Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Tribble I I i His Car| Bobby Tribble of Plant No. 2 carding was an experiencnnkinA^ r?nlrrtf kr\frxnf vu cauuivw itianvt uvivt v puvting aside his carpenter's tools to join Clinton Mills three years ago. "Several times I considered going into business for myseii, says iriDDie, Dili _when I considered the initial JDk I j c9w I ~~ 1 IH|i ^ CLAUDE WARD Em i Re< To flintni overwhe year, en Bailey F Stev United V ed Unite contribu i- i Put Asid< jenter's investment and cost of doin business, I thought I'd bette stick wilii lexiiies. iriDDie gained consider able experience buildinj cabinets for a local mobile home manufacturer, an< when his employer closed it doors, he choose to entei textiles rather than ventun ployees Co :ord Amoui United Waj n Mill's employees have on lmingly to the 1977-78 Greati iployees along with the comp* foundation, have given and pi km X I "'3 IT I fi\MH HUB*"?'? I r >?MI e Fennell, Manager, Payroll I /ay Industrial Chairman Sonnj id Way Pre. dent Willie Prick< tions and pledges on Novemb 3 Tools g out on his own. r "I have no regrets," he continued. "My job has enabled me to provide for my r, ,ir it* "--1 C .t:u .. ? 5 nuc emu iuui ciiiiuren, ne e continued. "In addition, I I normally have plenty of time 3 off to hunt, fish, and enjoy r other types of sports." J Claude Wa i Claude Ward has seen a lot ^ of changes and progress at I Clinton Mills since he came to work here 30 years ago. "I was born in Hendersonville, N.C.," says Ward, 1"and my family moved to Union, S.C. when I was seven years old. We lived on a farm." "When World War II was going on, I was drafted, and when I served my service time, I was dischared and \ ntribute it f ce again contributed ir United Way. This iny's gift through the edged 121,027. Department, left, and r King, right, presents ;tt witjh the employee er 1. J m BOBBY TRIBBLE rd Has Seen returned to Union." "After a year I hadn't ' Pniin/4 o ? -A' * iuuiiu a juu, du my uruuicr* * in-law, Claude Grady, en- < couraged me to move to t Clinton. This was in 1947." 1 "I was able to get a job as a truck driver on the outside crew, and this lasted until v the company sold the homes. 1 This caused my job to be 1 eliminated, so I transferred 1 to the weave room as a cloth r -^ffer." KATHY LAWSON Kathy Lawson Is 'Miss CHS' Kathy Lawson, daughter Lawson, was crowned the 1977 Mi activities of the Clinton-Fort Mi She was crowned by Cathy 1 Mrs. Lumas Byrd. Lumas is a Ly< Miss Lawson's father is a pi tot ^ V i Changes "A few years later, about 58 or '59 I had a chance to ransfer to the maintenance lepartment as a building echnician, and I've been lere ever since." Ward, who lives on 403 Fpffpr<:nn Strppt at nnp timo vas an avid fisherman and lunter, but in recent years, le's almost given up these lobbies. Mrs. Ward is a lumber 2 spooling employee. \ v -m i \ Iffl h\ ^ of Mr. and Mrs. Homer ss CHS during homecoming 11 game. Byrd, daughter of Mr. and lia maintenance employee, ant No. 1 loom technician.