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2 The Clothmaker PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY CLINTON MILLS EDITED BY MACK PARSONS. EXT. S4 PURPOSE The Clothmaker presents news, information and features about Clinton Mills employees, plants, products, policies, and market conditions. The Clothmaker inal A: ? AVUUa AW 9 A A C U Vj A U C II 1IIC 1IV5 between employees and management. An Equal Opportunity Employer All Of Us Must Face Competition When you hear the word competition, what comes to your mind? Major league baseball, track meets, car races, golf, or some other major sport? Chances are you think of competition as being a contest between prod1 lpfc pnrnnraiinnc nr V.V.W, vw* f Wi UVlV.no v/i AOV bVUVO. A Hid ID no more accurate than if you think of farming in terms of land, animals or crops. Farmers do the farming; the farmer uses other things to get the farming done. In business, competition is a personal contest between people in one company against the people in all other companies who are producing the same line of goods. You, the employee, do the competing. Our plants, machines and equipment are only the competitive tools. Profit motivates our private enterprise system; competition makes it worK. competition iurmsnes tne checks and balances which assure that our national economy operates for public good as well as for private gain. As long as we are free to complete, society's interests are well protected. If a man shoots for a higher profit by raising his prices, customers can and usually do go to his competitors. If he commands a handsome profit by reason of a unique and desirable product, others soort will be trying to build an even better product?at a lower Today Is The Best "Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety. Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blun Play Safe . . . Birthday Comir Check Drivers . Clinton Mills employees who have birthdays coming up soon are reminded by the State Highway Department to check the expiration date on their drivers licenses. If the expiration date is 1971, those individuals could save themselves some time and inconvenience by renewing their licenses before the birthday n Mrs. Vera Snow, #1 Cloth Room w.uovx kiiuhs me uupuriance OI quality in a competitive market. price. Thus, competition constantly adjusts the market to society's needs. In benefiting the customer, competition also helps a company?by stimulating research, improving product design, sharpening the general conduct and management of the business. Similarly, competition works to stimulate and improve the individual. In short, competition is never a bed of roses, and it's sometimes pretty rough; but as long as it is free, it's a good thing for the individual employee, the company and for the nation. Be a good competitor. Let's work to win! : Dav Of The Year J ders and absurdities, no doubt, crept in. Forget them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays." CLOTHMAKER Lg Up? License arrives. South Carolina rfriuprs lippns?c are issued for four-year periods and expire in the fourth calendar year on 4 the driver's birthday. "THOUSANDS of licensed drivers are having to be re-examined, just as if they had never had a license, simply because they let their birthday slip by without having their license renewed." said E. P. Austin, Director of the Department's Motor Vehicle Division. "The law requires that these drivers take both the written and road test when their license is expired. If the 4 license is renewed on or before the birth date, onlv an eve test is rennir*?H " he said. AUSTIN SAID THAT at some point in the future, the Department expects to be able to notify each driver 90 days prior to the expiration date of his license. "Until that time comes, however, each driver must assume the responsibility for keeping up with the expiration date of his license," he said. The Columbia driver liscensing office ^ estimates that 150 to 200 drivers are re-examined weekly because of license expiration, according to Austin. "The Charleston and Greenville offices are having similar experiences." he said Seventeen Receive Service Awards Seventeen Clinton Mills employees, 4 whose length of service totalled 220 years, were recognized during the month of March. Seven employees received 20-year service awards. They were J. D. Hanley, Lillie Webb, James C. Kernells, James B. Cathcart, Jr., James T. Richey, Ronald Pace, and Robert Dunaway. Receiving 15-year awards were Mary A. McClain, Plant #2, and William M. 4 Bowling. Lydia. Receiving ten year service awards were Earline Ficklin and Gerald Satterfield. Both are Plant #2 employees. Six employees were recognized for having completed five years of service* These included Joe A. Japart, Constance D. Wilson, Juanita M. McGinnis, and Nathaniel Cook of Plant *2; David E. Hughes, Lydia; and Ellis H. Dickert, Personnel. S