Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CLOTHMAKER % Seventeen hundred Clinton Mills e gifts from the Company. L-R Mrs. Iris closely before making their selection. EMPLOYEES SELE< Christmas came during mid-Septem% ber aeain this vear for more than 1700 Clinton Mills employees. For the eighth consecutive year, Clinton employees picked their Christmas gifts from the Company from a selection of attractive and useful items. This years list of gifts included 83 items, up from the G7 offered last year. The most popular items from last ft TT 1\/I 1_ n _ TS~ now lviucri uo ivi Drug abuse is considered one of the major problems of the country. The newspapers, magazines, television and radio continue to inform about the problem and information is readily available to everyone. How much have YOU learned about drug abuse? The quiz below will help you detcr% mine how much you know about the major classes of drugs, their effects and dangers. The information is needed by everyone?especially parents and potential drug users?who may be unfamiliar with today's drug problem. Test yourself on these true or false statements. The answers are given on page 5. TRUE OR FALSE T F ^ 1. ? ? A frequent characteristic common to persons addicted to any of the major drugs is needle marks on the arms. 2. ? ? Marijuana is usually taken by smoking it. like tobacco. 3. ? ? "Narcotics" is the proper in...... f.... ?nl.. tl... iviiii i'm imii> tin iinrj^tii types ?>f drills. 4. ? ? LSD is useful for almost no legitimate medical purposes. I mployees visited the Christmas gilt disj Smith, Jesse Williams, Roosevelt Jones, :T CHRISTMAS GIFT!: year's selection have been included again this year. Other gifts were added to make this year's selection larger and even more attractive and anneal ing. A display tree of the complete gift line was set up at each plant so that employees and members of their families could get a close look at the items tow About Drugs? 5. ? ? "Pot" is a slang name for lysergic acid diethylamide. 6 . Some authorities feel that marijuana should be le galized. 7. ? ? The cannabis plant, which yields marijuana, can be grown in South Carolina. 8. ? ? There is almost no way to detect a user of amphetamines. 9. ? ? There are no legitimate uses for barbiturates. 10. ? ? Barbiturates are usually taken in pill form. 11. ? ? Tranquilizers arc more dangerous when taken with alcohol. 12. ? ? Withdrawal from barbitu rait* aaaicxion is usuasiy accomplished easily without professional care. 13 . The hallucinations resulting from a dose of LSD may recur unpredictably or even become permanent. 14 . The use of marijuana does not affect a person's ability to drive safely. 15 . There may be a connection between the increase in drug addiction and crime. 3 >lays earlier this month to choose their and Martha Simmons examine the items 5 IN SEPTEMBER available. The displays were up for one week. Again this year a full color booklet ch A\l?inn oqoK e~r i fl it U ?-? V.UV1I 5111 W J I I I C? UC3LI ipuuil of them was distributed to each employee, along with a Gift Selection Card. All Gift Selection cards must be returned by October 1. Two Complete First Aid Courses Hank Cronic and Mack Parsons completed requirements September 15 to become FIRST AID instructors using the American National Red Cross Multimedia system. The two represented Clinton Mills in two 71/2 hour sessions at the ETV Center in Columbia. Here they learned the proper first aid techniques and how to teach these principles using a series of film strips, practical exercises, workbooks, and discussion sessions. Old 1 inters Select (wilts Christmas Shopping was completed early for 65 retired inactive Clinton Mills "Old Timers" as they again participated in the Clinton Mills Christmas Gift Selection Program. Gift selection cards, along with a letter from Clinton Mills President Robert M. Vance, were mailed to eligible participants on September 15. Each was asked to examine his per sonal gift selection booklet carefully, make his selection, and return the enclosed card indicating his choice to Truman Owens in the Personnel Department. The gifts will be distributed in early December.