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restricted diet," she continued.
"Cooking is relaxing to me," shi
I'm away from work."
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jobs."
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he company 24 years, 21 of which have been on the
1 made a lot of friends; so now, every time I bake
rneone else."
lonth, I try to do something for someone. If I bake
ck, I always check and be sure they are not on a
e continued. "This gives me a good pastime when
ost always worked in the spinning department. "I
,ter came here to work. When my children were
because they needed me at home."
0 years service, but I now never think of changing
r seems like members of one big family."
>rk, she is active in Calvary Baptist Church where
^lass.
le riding as well as outside yard work," noted the
ob duties.
Former General's
Assistant Is Now
Employment Manager
"We had 113 applications last week, and employed
13," remarked Clinton Mills Employment Manager Harvey
Dickert as he discussed his role within the Clinton Mills
Personnel Department.
"An average week will bring us 100 applicants, but I
nave seen it go as high as 211 in a given week," be added
is he stopped to answer an inquiry from a fellow
employment manager.
Dickert came to Clinton Mills eleven years ago.
A graduate of Newberry College, Dickert taught high
school chemistry and physics at Great Falls prior to being
irafted by the Army for service during the Korean
Conflict.
While in Korea, he served as an assistant to the
Commanding General of the 7th Infantry Division.
"I was in charge of protocol," stated Dickert. "This
gave me an opportunity to travel in Hong Kong and Japan
and opportunities to meet many high ranking army and
naval officers."
"When entertainers like Bob Hope and Jane Russell
wd others came to Korea, 1 was in charge of w*rwg the
arrangements," he emphasized.
When he received his military discharge, Dickert
returned to teaching, this time at Liberty High School.
"In thp T h>?1 olianM anma
graduate work at Clemson University, studying guidance
and counseling."
After leaving Liberty, l went to work as an assistant
departmental superintendent at Drayton Plant in Spartanburg.
I worked in spinning and spooling for six years," he
recalled, "but I left there to go to the Oakland Plant in
Newberry."
"That's where I was working when I came here,"
recalled Dick&rt as he discussed his work career. "
"Being an employment manager involves far more
hours than one normally expects. Everywhere you go in
the area, you are always approached by someone seeking
a job. On the other hand, I've got to be alert for someone
that I may be able to spot and place in the plants."
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