The clothmaker. [volume] (Clinton, South Carolina) 1952-1984, July 15, 1971, Page 6, Image 6
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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