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6 PV; Ray Gosseii, Plant No. 2 Roving Ten be a party of this WONDERFUL WORLD Ray is very quality conscious and alwa? inai ine siranas ox suver are iea xrom in World of Te? Asleep or awak", at work, or at play, sick or well, rich or poor, everyone uses textiles. So commonplace are textiles that the average person does not stop to wonder how a textile product?a uniform, a sack, or any other item made from fabric ? came into being, of what it is made, and what we mean when we say "the textile industry." In Laurens County the textile industry is by far the county's largest employer and the largest consumer of goods and services. t n a i_ n if _ 11 in ooum Carolina ine payrolls from textile plants amounts to hundreds of millions of dollars annually. The industry has a healthy bearing on state and local taxes, retail trade, and other important factors. Textiles and. textile - related industries account for approximately 75 per cent of the industrial employment in South Carolina, and over 50 per cent of the capital investment in manufacturing equip mtrni. South Carolina produces billions of yards of textile fabrics annually. Clinton Mills is proud to be a part of the industry which means so much to the state, the country, and jpjl jj der, is proud to OF TEXTILES. Louise Blacks rs makes certain importance of lex le cans correciiy. vuai mausiry. utiles Is An Essenl the welfare of its peoplePictured here are several photographs inside Clinton Mills plants. They show some of the processes Employees Receiv Fifteen Clinton Mills employees were recognized in June for having completed five or more years continuous service. Two Lydia employees received twenty year awards. These included Clayton A. Reece and Arthur E. Alexander. Betty J. Tyson received the com punjr o uiiij in iuv.ii jr tui a wuiu in uuii^. Betty is employed in the Personnel Department. Ten year awards went to William P. Cross your bridges before you come to them and you have to pay the toll twice. * * Angry father: "Young man, it's almost 1:00 a.m. Do you think you can :<l ~ 11 siuy wiiii iny uctugiutri uii iii^ui: "I don't know," came the reply. "I'll have to call my mother and ask her." 0 0 0 tu?* nuw a inai nyaui* Sign on a roadside nightclub near Columbia, S. C.: "Clean and decent dancing every night except Sunday." CLOTHMAKER Vtfli ft CIbRT fl t r ? m veil. Plant No. I Spinner, knows the :tiles. She is pleased to be a part of this tial Industry involved in making textile products which help create a fuller, ^ happier and more comfortable life ? for all. n A I e service Awards Revis, James F. Birehmore, and Roscoe R. Watson, all of Lydia. Nine employees were recognized for having completed five years continuous service. These included John E. Williams, Louis Kay, Wesley Crawford, ? Jr., John Iusti, all of Lydia; Nathaniel Robinson, and John H. Hair, Plant No. 1; Junnita W. Compton, Alice F. Nelson, Office, and Mary F. Curenton, Plant No. 2. BULK RATE I U S POSTAGE PAID J M Clinton. S C. V Permit No. 59 i