The clothmaker. [volume] (Clinton, South Carolina) 1952-1984, March 15, 1971, Page 4, Image 4
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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.
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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
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dedication, John Davis and President
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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
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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.
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