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E\ ? j?9 &>'. . Br Dl ^ j flit ' B BWr LENA MATHIS TWO RETIRE FROM LI Mozelle Young and Lena Mi Spinning and Spooling recently. Operator and Lena was a Spinne Dunawav Rama ? ? ? -v- v m w j mm m m m Brooks F. Duanway, Plant ^ No. 1 Carding Maintenance Technician, retired August 21 following more than 50 years loyal and dedicated service to the company. "I remember the days when ^B the company purchased cotton ^k locally and hauled it to the plants for us to use. I guess the adding of Kodel in Plant No. 1 was one of the biggest changes B I've seen," he added. Brooks, a charter member of the Clinton Mills Old Timers Club, plans to take it easy in his retirement. "I recently bought ^B a new boat, and I'm planning on ^^BB fishing as much as I can." "If I get the time, I'll probably cook a few turtle stews. This is something I've done quite often and provides me with a good food item to share with my family and friends." "I worked under ten superin- "I came to work tendents: King, Grady Cox, making $9.07 for a ? John Sparks, Joel Cox, McCall, When the depressii Brown, John Weir, wh gave me cut bact to $5 a w< my first fixing job; Sam had enough mone Williams, Frank Moore, and on," he added. Bob Hooks." Brooks and his \ T ^^ aM ^BMH Lk * /nflf4*^ mPl MOZELLE YOUNG TDIA SPINNING athis retired from Lydia Mozelle was a Spooler r. mbers When . *-~j^ ^ fi ft *~^B - r' I B ^^*", l^j ^ I i \ j m ^k?>"*fr;m BH(H)KS DUNAWAY as a sweeper Plant No. 2 Roller Picker, are >5 hour week. proud of their two children: on hit, I was Mrs. Allen Young, who teaches ?ek, and still music and draws house plans, y to get by and Mrs. I,e June Setzler a nurse at Asheville's St. Joseph vife, Cloa, a Hospital. KI K PAUL A? Paul Arr Keeps C Paul Arnold, Lydia Plant Air i Conditioning Technician, has been working with refrigeration equipment since 1948. "I started this type work while working with my brother Cecil, J who owns Laurens Refrigera- i tion and Electric Service," said 1 Arnold. "We worked together < about three years. During this 1 time, I was studying general l machinist work under the GI 1 program following discharge from the Army." Arnold came to Clinton Mills, ? Lydia Plant in 1951. Prinr tn i joining the company, he was y also employed by Watts Mill. "I stay abreast of what's i going on in air conditioning 1 technology," added Arnold as j he adjusted an air conditioning 1 evaporator he was installing. 1 "The company has sent me to s a number of air y conditioning seminars so that we would be up-to-date on the latest air conditioning techni- ( ques. 1 Arnold is constantly recom- < mending changes and improve- 1 ments in his plant's air j ( uorneison i i Wins Honors i At Episcopal George H. Cornelson III, a } rising Senior at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Va., will , serve as Chairman of the . Student Activities Committee for the fall term beginning Sept. < 8. George has also been elected to the Honor Committee, will serve as a Student Monitor, and has been chosen Co-CaDtain of both the E.H.S. Football and lacrosse teams. During the summer months, George and his cousin, Mark Shaw of Raleigh, N.C.. worked on a cattle ranch in Concepcion, Paraguay, S.A. for the Chesapeake International Corp. During their stay in Central and South America, they also [ visited Panama, Brazil, Chile. Peru and Venezuela. tNOLD told /OOl conditioning program. Recently, he designed and installed an air conditioning unit for the solid state slasher drives. "The water cooled system was almost entirely made from spare parts," he added. "Other than building materials for enclosing the system, our biggest expense was for the purchase of an inside evaporator air handling coil." He tries to maintain an 83 degree - 85 degree temperature for the slasher drives so they will operate at peak efficiency. ''The amount of air conditionng equipment within the plant las steadily grown over the ?rears," he added. "The com>any has always believed in naintaining its air conditioning jystem in the best condition wssible." A1939 graduate of Gray Court Owens High School, Arnold has two sons: Phillip, also a Lydia employee; and Paul Jr., who works at the Clii.ton Bowling aney. his wife is the former Tlemigene Moore of Laurens. He is a former Lydia Cub Master and has always had an interest in young people. "I guess my enthusiasm for air conditioning and mainteaance work stems from my nilitary service," he added. "I eceived 42 months during World War II, and 22 of them vere in the Pacific." Arnold vas the Motor Sergeant and vas noted by his mlitary associates for the superb naintenance program his comaany enjoyed. The Arnolds live at 284 Ixacust Street, Lydia. CM R J TMs "Miserv to a politician K swearing he isn't running for any office and having everyhod> believe him."