Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?""R?:?2T^r. ^ :r^xs?:nj5ix?c":j5 | '* -yt n .'h r'tyy * ?? .< r.':::.*t;_:-;: ;;::: ..v. -r.:;" J .-. Jj;:f*D::; ;*r;>:?"*: ^ ~?n.;ir: | SINCE 1896 :S|a55'iF52^lH*i VOL. 21. NO. 7 Published B WALTER SIGD ur^h/x? A PI;?4?? Tv>T:n^ *v UilCi QI5II 1 cl 11, V_ 1_LI 1IUI1 lVllll^ Controller, has been promoted to the newly created position of Director of Corporate Planning and Development, ) effective August 1, according to an announcement by Clinton Mills President Robert M. Vance. In addition, Vance said that George Thaddeus "Thad" Williams will succeed Sigman as Controller. Williams is currently associated with the Columbia law firm of Robinson, McFadden, Moore & Pope. In his new capacity, Sigman will be responsible for advising and assisting President Vance in the long-range ^ planning and development of the continuing internal growth and external expansion of the 76 year old local textile firm by analyzing financial opera tions and expansion opportunities and directing forward planning activities for acquisitions and mergers. Sigman holds a B.S. Degree in Business Administration from the University of South Carolina and is a Certified Public Accountant. He was a Staff A i A C TT 1_: o n -11- t~\. _i_15 ? fii-t.-uumani ior nasMiis at oens, ruDiic Accountants, before joining Clinton Mills as Controller in 1965. SIX MANUFACTL Six Clinton Mills manufacturing men were promoted and assigned new positions of broader responsibility, effective Monday, July 17, according ^ to D. H. Roberts, Vice President of Manufacturing. J. R. "Dick" Swetenburg, former T ir/lin D1n?>t ~r I 1 ujtuici i mm iyiuiiuk^1. nus oeen promoted to Clinton Plant No. 2 Manager. Thomas E. "Ted" Davenport, former Clinton Plant No. 2 Spinning Overseer, assumed the Lydia Plant Manager's position which was formerly held by Swetcnburg. Others promoted and receiving new ;:v.; -1"v.-'?" -I;ir; r. T-i -tr; - ^ i * ' " rjr-: ' ^ ill MAKFR y and For Employees of Clinton Mills, CI l IW A TVT IVT A v inrv rr i>AlVm1U 1 mm Walt Sigman Williams, a Columbia, S. C. native, received a B.S. Degree in Business Administration in 1961 from the Uni versity of South Carolina and a Bachelor of Law Degree in 1965. In 1967 he was awarded his Master of Law in Taxation from New York University. He is married to the former Mildred RING MEN RECEI assignments include Mac George, from Lydia Spinning Overseer to Clinton Plant No. 2 Spinning Overseer; Barry Whitman, from Bailey Plant Night Superintendent to Lydia Spinning Overseer; Bob Hooks, from Clinton Plant No. 1 Spinning Assistant Overseer to Bailey Plant Night Superin tendent; and Johnny Malpnss, from Supervisory Trainee to Plant No. 1 Spinning Assistant Overseer. Swetenburg, a graduate of Clemson University, has held numerous manufacturing managerial posts since joining Clinton Mills in 1963. He served KMX | J . inlon. S. C. JULY, 1972 O NEW POST Thad William* Russell of Spartanburg. The Williams have two children, Thad, 4; and Vir ginia, z'i>. "This new alignment is designed to strengthen our company's operational effectiveness and adaptability in meeting the potentials of the future," Vance said. VE PROMOTIONS as Plant No. 1 Superintendent before becoming Lydia Plant Manager in 1968. Davenport, who joined Clinton Mills in 1962, holds a Mechanical Engineering Degree from Clemson University. He is currently serving as President of the Clinton YMCA. George received his B. S. Degree in Textile Management from Clemson in 1965. He joined Clinton Mills in 1968 following two years military service George serves as a Deacon in the First Presbyterian Church, Laurens. He, his wife, the former Jeanette Man(Continued on page 3)