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Lawson Can Almost All C "In the twelve years I'\ been here," says Larry Lav son, "I've run almost ever job in the Card Room." Employed in 1965 as bobbin stripper, Larry he worked as a service opei ator, card, drawing, and rw ing operators prior to lean ing to "fix." RUTH McGINNIS Nabors Likes Herman Nabors has bee operating the Clinton Mill filter plant since 1958. Pric to that, he worked in th spinning and spooling dc partment. "I had come to the con pany in 1950," recalle Nabors, "and in 1958 I had t enter the VA hospital, an when I returned to work, transferred from the spoole room to the maintenanc department as a securit nffiror " "In the meantime, th company had an opening i the filter plant, so I decide to give it a try-and I've bee here ever since. It's one < the best jobs I could have, HERMAN NABORS Grant Enjoys Both Job And Sports William D. Grant h< worked at Clinton Mills ( several different occasioi since 1954. Grant, a Plant No.2 doffe enjoys fishing, auto m< chanics, and other spori when away from his job. Operate ard Room Jobs re "In the past year, we've v- had to move a lot of machin y ery to make way for the changes and progress in the a Card Room. It's given me IS much exp^ripnre in working r- around a complete change/ over," he added, i- Larry, who is married and has a 2Vz year old son, first ? ? fl ItrfSIH Filter Job n added Nabors. After hours the filter ,r plant operator enjoys worke ing with his three Tennessee walking horses which he keeps in a pasture at his rural home, d Prior to joining the com? pany, Herman was assistant " manager of the local A & P I store and later, assistant r produce manager of a Dixie e Home store. Before entering y World War II, Herman was manager of the Broadway e Theater in Clinton. n "Of all the jobs I've had d and other companies that n I've worked for, I can really >f say that I like this the best," he noted. came to work in Plant No. 2 while working at night and attending Clinton High School in day time. "When I left school, I came in here to stay," he recalled. Off the job, I^arry enjoys auto mechanics and fishing, anu a|Aii? me ins primary means of recreation. Spinning J Ruth McGinnis says her job as a spinner is running the best its ever run since she first joined the company in 1931. "I learned to spin when I was 14 years old", said the 63 year old spinner, "and I guess 1 have less ends down on a job ti.an I've ever seen it." Born in Union County and raised in Bessener City, PAULFALLAW WILLIAM D. GRANT "Mm y > R Hk-V' ?i * 11 I I PLj ?^FV KK0i LJ^*r/p ? ,f" r LARRY LAWSON ob Runs Be* N.C., Ruth recalled how she learned to spin-and without any pay. "It took me three days working with another spinner to learn to put up ends and do other spinning jobs, and when I could do it, I earned $1.54 for 36 hours work. Ruth and her husband Jasper, now retired, are both Cliinton Mills Old Timers. Bailey oc/ic Joins ClinU Paul Fallaw, a 1967 M.S. Bailey Scholorship recipient, has joined Clinton Mills as computer programmer. He is a graduate of Clinton High School and received his B.S. Degree in math from Presbyerian College. Paul later entered Clemson University to begin work on his Master's Degree, and returned to Thornwell to teach math the following year. Following his year's teaching at Thornwell, he re-en BULK RATE U. S. POSTAGE PAID Clinton, S. C. Permit No. 59 ADDRESS CORRECTIC Jk I ?BHHIHIHBH it "We've been a part of the community and company for a long time, " she added. "We've raised five children since we've been in Clinton and never lived beyond walking distance to the plants. "When you've worked at one place and live close to your job as long I have, the job and company become a part of you," emphasized Ruth. >/ar >n Mills ierea uiemson wnere ne completed his Master's requirements in 1974. For the past three years he taught school in Loch^rt and for the past year was manager of a Mr. Zip, a convenience store operation. Paul was one of three members of his family who were M.S. Bailey Scholarship recipients. He is married to the former Edith Bonds and currently commutes to Clinton from Lockhart. G >N REQUESTED