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4 Left to right watching the Hag as it is raised with the U. S. flag are Virgil Webb, Melvin Satterfield, Walter Sigman, Lewis N. Wallace, Dick First Corporate Flag Senior Employees Parti Senior employees from each of Clinton Mills local plants joined with President Robert M. Vance. PLnt Managers, and other Corporate Officers in raising the company's first corporate flag recently. t_ i- n? Ill Illb 1 tf 111 d 1 t\ riCMUCIH V UIILC noted that royal purple had been selected as the dominant color for the flag. Purple, since Biblical times a symbol of rank, royalty, and leadership, is produced by blending red and blue. By borrowing the red and blue from the American flag, while maintaining the white, Clinton Mills has incorporated all the colors of "Ole Glory." The purple color of the new flag represents Clinton Mills rank and role of leadership in the textile industry. The company's logo, the CM, is superimposed in brilliant white on the royal purple background. Below the logo are six v ite stars. They represent the six manufacturing plants of Clinton Mills: Clinton Mills Plant 1 and 2, Lydia, Bailey. Superior Knits of Greensboro, N. C. and Elastic Fabrics of America, Ft. Washington, Pennsylvania. Representing the plants with their I ... l/ v 1 4 r |kl li? i Swetenburg, who gave the prayer of dedication, John Davis and President Vance. ^ i ] i icipate In Flag Raising employment dates in parenthesis were: I la Kernells, (*20). Plant ~2; Grange Campbell, ('22), Supply; Melvin Satterfield, C24), Lydia: Brooks Dunaway, ('25), Plant *1; Virgil Webb. ('25), Plant ~1; J. Brevard Patterson, ('40), Bailey; and John Davis, (*25), Office. The average length of service of the senior employees was over 45 years. "We can all stand tall and be proud of our past and confident of our future. Long may this flag, under God, wave as a symbol of our heritage and our leadership, and our confidence of an even brighter future." President Vance stated, "We are proud of our heritage of rank and. leadership, of each of the six plants which comprise the Clinton Mills organization, and of each of our 1,800 loyal fellow employees. Clinton Mills is a reflection of People and Progress." The flag, specially designed and manufactured by one of the nation's leading flag manufacturers, will be flown below the U. S. flag at each plant and prominently displayed at company-sponsored events. CLOTHMAKER _ t AKsAj, f # L/cpl Roger Hanley, a member of j Co 2 1. 2nd Platoon of the United Stales Marine Corps, is now stationed n Viet Nam. Hanley was employed at the Lydia Plant of Clinton Mills prior to enter ing service. His mother. Mrs Sue Hanley is a former ~2 Spinning employee. Roger has two sisters who are Clinton Mills employees. They are . Sandra Hanley, -2 Weaving, and Linda Hanley, ~1 Spinning. u? y i ^Xlinton Mill^^^linlon