The clothmaker. [volume] (Clinton, South Carolina) 1952-1984, December 15, 1978, Image 2
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."
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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."
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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