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LUKE SMITH Dents fAi "If we didr warp and fillir "The warp protection in wi loom." Luke reali Being a go the size. Several fu run through th passes throug "All of the on the loom t> "you can pick Away froi eighteen (18) ? Gambrell, Bra * *? vyBi / " "I'd just like to try to conquer the ball," said William Gambrell, as he practiced putting in preparation for the Clinton Mills Golf Tournament. Gambrell has been playing golf about two years. K\ ?^ ^ r^ K JKn -rpv mS0* * ^ j^^ __ i^ , ike Slasher Job Inter i't put the size on the warp yarn, it w< ig together," says Luke Smith, Plai yarn which we use in weaving has t saving, so that it is just right for the i izes the importance of keeping a w; iod slasher operator involves more tl 11 warp beams are loaded into the sla e slasher simultaneously and each ha h size solution and over heated eye yarn must pass through many dents i earn," says Luke. "After you handle i up the ends and tell the number j 11 his job, Luke is an avid sports f? months old twin boys. swell Prepare For Tc 1353 1 *?, * ' * Jimmy Braswell, Plants 1 and has been practicing for the l^b< tournament. Jimmy has been pla and is a member of the l^kesidt v esting )uld be almost impossible to it No. 1 Slasher Operator. o have the exact amount of c 'igorous harness action it will 1 ki? olr iitiuui cvc aiways uu 111s sic ian just running the warp ya sher creel, and ends from ea s to be threaded exactly righi linders for drying.1 which keep it wound evenly a ! the yarn for awhile," conti] ust by the way they feel." an and enjoys being with hi turnament ? T I . V*. ' * r * + t *** 2 maintenance employee, )r Day Clinton Mills golf ying golf about five years : Country Club. 11 1 1 ( M i f? j : J" * ^ weave the oating for 1 get in the isher. 11 -L ni uiruugii ch of these t. The yarn nd straight nued Luke, s wife and V3B i,* v \ i Tu) I I' I A / / REX HA Rex Ha Is 'All I "The late President, P.S. Bailey, use to say, "Rex, your're all Lydia," recalled R ov Hnrric rn^nntlv oc Ho A1U1 I IU 1 VWIIVIJ HO IV talked about his forty (40) years service to the company. Rex was referring to his days of playing first base on the Lydia baseball team, and how he kidded Mr. Bailey on the difference between the Clinton and Lydia teams. "It was 1936 and I was within two weeks of my sixteenth birthday and I got a job laying up roving for twenty five cents an hour. RECENT SERVICE AWARDS ^ame Plant 5 Years Horace E. Howell No. 1 Dril Swayngham No. 2 rony C. Williams No. 2 Sara T. Heaton No. 2 Margaret Boyd No. 2 Pearline McJunkin Lydia Henry Hart * Bailey 10 Years Luther Franklin No. 1 Thomas Young No. 2 Carrie F. Gallman No. 2 David J. Martin No. 2 Harold L. Austin Lab Jimmy L. South Lydia 15 Years Velma C. Burnett Office 20 Years Alexander Reeder Warehs. 25 Years Lucille Dunaway Training Paul A. Arnold Lvdia 30 Years Inez Black well No. 2 40 Years Rex Harris Lydia _ v, ' Li KRIS rris Lydia' There were twelve people applying for the same job and I got it, he added as he reminisced about his early working days. "I knew if I did not have some enthusiasm about my work, one of those twelve would soon replace me." "I've lived here at Lydia all my life except for a couple years we lived in the country. I'm still all Lydia, and wouldn't consider living or working anywhere else." Rex enjoys watching baseball on television and fishing when away from work.