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LARRY OWENS
Agnes Blackwell.
'Lydia
"Lydia is my home and I
wouldn't even consider living
or working anywhere
else," says Mrs. Agnes
Blackwell, Lydia Spinner, as
she completed 25 vears con
tinuous service to the Company's
Lydia Plant - thus
gaining membership into the
elite Old timers' Club.
"If I hadn't quit before, I'd
have over 30 years service,
but I'm glad I've got this
good record," noted Blackwell.
"In a few days I'm going
to move over on Spruce
Street; this will be close
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Barker Joins Old 1
Vivian Barker complete)
continuous service to Clinton W
A loom filling supplier sir
1952, Vivian noted the improver
new 100ms wrucn nad improved
"I worked at Buffalo Mills i
and then I came over here to
Herbert Hughes, who is now r?
"Coley Campbell, for who
looms." she noted as she accept!
in commemoration of her long c
Left to right are Vivia
Superintendent Coley Campbe
and Plant No. 2 Manager Dick
is, Miller
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enough for me to walk to
work," she added.
"Working at Lydia has
been an important part of
my life. When away from
work, I enjoy attending the
Lydia Pentecostal Church
and teaching the primary
Sundffy ScKbol class." con
tinued Blackwell as she happily
recalled her working life
at Lydia.
"The people I work with
and for mean so much to
me," she continued. 'That's
why I always feel so good
about my job and the people
at Lydia."
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d a quarter century of
[ills April 24, 1977.
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nents in air conditioning and
i her job over the years,
n Union County for a while,
work on the second shift.
;tired, was my supervisor."
>m I now work was fixing
id a Bulova Accutron Watch
ledicated service,
in Barker, Asst. Weaving
>11, Superintendent Bill Hill,
Swetenburg.
Help Nei
Larry Owens and Jimm
Miller are both members <
the Newberry College base
ball team. Larry, a risin
senior, plays right Held an
has a season batting averag
of .290.
A graduate of Clinto
High School, Larry is th
son of Mr. and Mrs. Truma
Owens, both Clinton em
ployees.
Jimmy is a catcher on th
team. A rising sophomore
he is the son of Mr. and Mrs
Ezzie Miller, also both Clin
ton Mills' employees.
Jimmy and Larry wen
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uuui outstanding l^nntoi
High School athletes. Larr;
was a centerfielder on th<
Clinton High baseball tean
and also played football an<
basketball.
Jimmy was a member o
the football and b&sebal
team.
Both young athletes an
Bailey Loan Scholars.
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AGNES BLACKWELL
Dixon Named
ATMES Chairman
Bailey Dixon, Clinton
Mills Vice President of Engineering,
was elected Chairman
of the American Textile
Managerial Engineering
Society recently during the
association's spring meeting
held at Hilton Head, S.C.
Dixon succeeds Harper Norman
of Abney Mills.
The election followed a
two day seminar in which 60
corporate professional engineers,
representing major
textile companies throughout
the U.S. and Canada,
formulated plans and goals
to aid in reducing air and
water pollution, as well as
developing comprehensive
energy conservation programs.
A highlight of the meeting
was a report by the American
Textile Machinery Association
relative to the various
research programs they
have underway.
Other officers elected to
serve with Dixon were Jim
Ward, Avondale Mills, Vice
Chairman; Lester Eldge,
Spartan Mills, SecretaryTreasurer;
and Toby Hance,
Fieldcrest, Program Chairman.
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Andy Hames
Completes 401
"You name the job and
I've done it," says Andy
Hames, Plant Number 2
Spinning Assistant Departmental
Superintendent, in
relating his past 40 years
continuous service with
Clinton Mills.
"I started as a fixer, and
later learned to doff and
fix," noted Hames.
For the past 22 years
Andy has been an Assistant
Departmental Superinten
dent. "During these years,
I've seen many changes and
improvements in the textile
industry, and especially this
company."
"The addition of pneumafil
cleaning, improvements in
our drafting system, air
conditioning, employee pay
and benefits rank among the
greatest changes I've seen,"
he continued. "I've worked
for the last three company
presidents and numerous
plant managers and superintendents."
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Andy supervises 36 employees
on the second draft.
"Today, the individual employee
requires much more
of my time than 22 years
ago. but I understand this,
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patient, and cooperative
with all my people."
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