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smi :rytsitr.r.:: . ." : ; ;S;n~::5jw!HH53 # SINCE 1896 VOL. 21. NO. 5 Published B\ turman b. brow Furman E. Brown, a 61-year-old Lydia watchman, has been awarded the Carnegie Hero Medal for his deter^ mined efforts to save an elderly woman from a house fire last year. Mr. Brown also received a check for $750 in commemoration of his act of heroism. Mr. Brown, who has been employed by Clinton Mills since 1957, said of the award, "I can hardly believe this has happened to me. I guess the good Lord knew I needed to fix my roof and He sure provided the money in an unexpected way." The Curnegie Hero Fund Commission ^ was created in 1904 by Andrew Car^ negie, who once said, "I do not expect to stimulate or create heroism by this fund, knowine well that hernir artinn is impulsive but I do believe that, if the hero is injured in his bold attempt to serve or save his fellows, he and those Bailev Scholars] k- a ituk* The Bailey Foundation has named M right, as M. S. Bailey Scholarship recipit represented the Bailey Foundation in m Q High School's Awards Day last week. Baate OirtwHo.l-a SMtaiiwisi yi s*J!f*5?*S -'Iji vr*T: vf:*S??";v5T'* ""':^cr::':-ii*S^ r and For Employees of Clinton Mills, CI n Receives Carne dependent upon him should not suffer pecuniarily." The fund was generally set up "to place those following peaceful vocations, who have been injured in heroic effort to save human life, in somewhat better positions pecuniarily than before . . Mr. Brown was notified earlier this month that he had been named one of the 1971 bronze medal winners. He received a certificate and is to receive a bronze medal within a few weeks, as soon as it has been appropriately inscribed. He is being recognized for his efforts */r TT 1 i ' ? save ivirs. nerDcria t/\unt tsert) Abercrombie from a fire which destroyed her home on Poplar Street, Lydia, on September 12, 1971. Mr. Brown was on his way to work at Lydia when he discovered the fire. He went into Mrs. Abercrombie's burning house hip Recipients ilrn Rlnr.L-urr.il I">?V.V.: _ Tn_ 11 ??. umvnnvll, IV1V, UI1U IJI'UUIC rilllUW, ;nts for 1972. Jim Von Hollen, center, aking the presentations during Clinton (Continued on page 8) '- * | ^ ^ ^.' " " ' . rx;^;;;i-wj linion, S. C. MAY. 1972 gie Hero Award _v>* *v"* Furman E. Brown and pulled her out onto the back porch and into the yard. A newspaper carrier, Danny Holder, helped Mr. Brown move Mrs. Abercrombie away from the fire. Mrs. Abercrombie died later in the day. Mr. Brown, who resides on Route 2. Laurens, is the father of seven children and has 14 grandchildren. He is a member of Bellview Baptist Church. Industrial Relations Workshop The Fourteenth Annual Industrial Management Workshop will be held at Presbyterian College June 8 and 9. The program is designed to brine together the operating supervisors and personnel managers for practical discussions relating to employee relations. Claude A. Crocker, Director of Employee and Public Relations, is chairman of the June 8 morning session, and r nlfin A Prx/Anor D o w?.. . *?. vuvpci , i ciduiinci x-/ll t'tlUl, is Chairman of the June 9 morning session. Management personnel from all Clinton Mills plants will attend the annual event.