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What Are Plans For ""sop Roscoe McMorris Roscoe McMorris, Bailey Plant cond shift Card Operator, has noth special planned for Christmas. "I'm married and have no family other than mother," he added. "Therefore, Chr mas for me is an opportunity to rest anc a little visiting, but not much." Charles Gann Plant No. 2 Technician Charles G will join many fellow employees in sp< ing Christmas in Clinton. "This is alwa; happy time for all of us, and I'm just g< to enjoy being with my wife and child] "Other than stavine at hnmp I'll visiting with relatives in town.*' Cookware Set Most Popular Clinton Mills Christmas Gifts Pi gram Co ordinator Truman Owens h provided the Clothmaker with a list of t most popular items selected for gifts frc the Company this year. The cast iron cookware set (G-2O0 was selected by 130 employees and w the most popular selected item. Another cookware set (G-2025) w selected by 112 employees. The third most popular item was tl Munsey Deep Fryer. Eighty-five ei ployees chose this for their 1978 Clint* Mills Christmas Gift. Your Christmas? "This Christmas, my husband and will spend Christmas in Abbeville with hi father and brother," says Stenographe Ruby Able. "We don't have any children so Christmas is usually a time for us ti spend with our family and friends." ft ijdkjWsee fr ld0 ?, K ?M Ruby Able James Samples, Plant No. 2 secon shift spinning doffer, plans on spending quiet Christmas holiday with his family,4 have a seven year old son," says Sample: "and he's at an age where he really gel the most out of the holiday." "I've been with Clinton Mills on an off about 15 years, and this is probabl going to be one of the best Christmase that I've had. "All of my wife's family will probabl be with us, and there an1 about fifty < them that will be with us for a visit." ' - ?.?"*f~ . an<r ^ ,UIB jA ren* James Samples $522,387 Distributed To Christmas Savers w > Clinton Mills recently distributi $522,387.32 in Christmas Savings to 5( ,A thriftV pmnlovpp cavprc u;hn nartioinati y j r*^ ? ~ " ,,v yui wivi|/?v? as in the 1978 Christmas Savings Program he The Accounts, which include >m $11,705.82 in interest added by M.l Bailey and Son, Bankers, were distribute >9) November 17, along with the reguh as payroll checks. Individual checks for hourly pa as production employees ranged from $51 i $5,100, plus interest on completed savinf he plans. The average check totalled $937.8 n- Approximately 34% of Clinton Mill >n 1,650 employees participated in tl Christmas Savings Program. CHRIST Dear Fellow Employees: As the Christmas Season draws r express my appreciation to each of you fo cooperation shown throughout the year. Christmas is a time of the vear when will for each other. It is a season in wl loved ones are closer. I I sincerely hope that you and your s fullest, and that the New Year will brin] r May the warmth and peace of the C i, day of the New Year be filled with the bh D and prosperity. A Merry Christmas and a Happy N< Sine Robert Let's Get Ready 1979 Social Deduction ! I The social security (FICA) deduction from your paycheck in 1979 will be higher I than it is for this year. These increases stem from legislation enacted in 1977 to insure the financial stability of the social security system into the next century. Employees paying into the social security system are building lifetime 1(j protection for themselves and their famia lies. In addition to monthly benefits in retirement, social security also provides 5 disability and survivors insurance that ^ protects you and your dependents throughAiit \rnnr !A vuv j vui r? v/i rtuig ^Ccll 5. OUCldl btCUTliy d deductions also pay for Medicare hospital [? insurance for people 65 and older and for ?s those who have been getting disability checks for 2 years or more, [y Higher social security deductions also jf pay for "inflation insurance." The law provides for automatic increases in social security benefits to reflect rises in the cost of living. IMPACT OF CHANGES People earning less than $17,700 a year won't notice as big a change in their social security deductions as those in higher income brackets. If your earnings are $10,000 a year, for example, you will pay $8 more into social security in 1979 than you will have paid in 1978. That's about 15 cents more a week. If your earnings are $17,700, you will pay $15.00 more into social security in 1979-an additional 29 cents a week. On earnings of $22,900 or mnro th? social security tax in 1979 will increase by $333-or $6.40 a week. This larger increase reflects the higher taxable base in 1979. But those workers in higher income brackets also can count ?n higher benefits ^ when they are eligible for social security. Their monthly checks will be higher because benefit amounts are based on the amount of earnings on which social security taxes are paid. EMPLOYERS ALSO WILL PAY id MORE INTO SOCIAL SECURITY IN 1979 >7 SINCE THEY MATCH. nni.I AR for id DOLLAR, THE SOCIAL SECURITY TAXES PAID BY THE EMPIX)YEES. g IN THE YEARS AHEAD ' The social security law also provides ' for additional increases in the tax rate and *r the wage base in future years in order to keep the social security system on a sound financial footing. ? The table below shows the tax rate for 1980 through 1990, and the wage base for , 1980 and 1981. Starting with 1982, the earnings base will rise automatically according to increases in average wage levels. MAS, 1978 lear, it gives me another opportunity to r the fine spirit of loyalty, faithfulness, and our hearts are filled with warmth and good lich friendships seem to grow warmer and families enjoy the Holiday Season to the g peace and happiness to all. )hristmas Season be yours, and may every ?ssings of good health, continued happiness ew Year to you! rerely, M. Vance sident I Security Schedule In Employers and On earnings employees up to each will pay 1980 6.13% $25,900 1981 6.65% $29,700 1982 6.70% 1983 6.70% 1984 6.70% 1985 7.05% 1986 7.15% 1987 7.15% 1988 7.15% # 1989 7.15% 1990 7.65% * Wage base will increase according to average wage level increases. RECENT SERVICE AWARDS NAME PLANT 5 Years Dianne P. Gossett No. 2 Samile M. Tinsley No. 2 Norman K. Craven Staff John Miller No. 2 Martin L. Grubb Lydia Timothy T. Wyatt Lydia Joe K.Turner Lydia Lawrence A. Gross Lydia Brenda M. Cooper Lydia William P. Smith Lydia Johnny L. Jackson No. 2 Jessie L. Grant Bailey Bobbie J. Scurry Bailey Floree Wilson Bailey Willie L. Hill No. 2 James R. Nance No. 2 Lumas L. Rice No. 2 10 Years Betty L. Lewis No. 1 Luke W. Smith No. 1 Willie E. Robinson No. 2 Martha S. Gregory Lydia Larry J. Smith Lydia Cleo K. Carter Bailey 15 Years J.R. Swetenburg Staff David B. Whitman Tech. Services 25 Years Fred McCarson No. 2 30 Years Billy R. Heaton No. 2 ? - wuiiam M. f owler No. 2 Connie Davis No. 2 Frank Birchmore Lydia 35 Years James D. Werts No. 2 Nellie Lawson Moore No. 2 Otis Graham No. 2 40 Years John B. Arnold Store