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, 3, CLINTON ' MILLS ii .L 1070 muivii \ y r * IK ROBERT M.VANCE Clinton ^ Clinton Mills Board of Directors have promoted four executives to positions of greater responsibility and named two new members. Robert M. Vance, who has served as President of the Clinton based textile firm since 1958, has been named Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. He will be succeeded by George H. Cornelson as President and Chief Operating Officer. As previously announced, all plants will observe Easter Monday, April 16, as a PniH Hnliriav Eligibility requirements will be posted as usual on the News Centers. Eighteen li Get Match Eighteen educational institutions in seven states received a combined total of $11,460 in contributions from the Bailey Foundation during the past year under the provisions of the Matching Gifts Program for Clinton Mills and M.S. Bailey Bank employees. There were 31 employees at four locations contributing from $10 to $1,000 to educational institutions. The Matching Gifts to Education Program is designed to encourage Clinton Mills, Inc. its subsidiaries, and affiliated "x^^^Poblishe^Byon^F^^n^ GEORGE H. CORNELSON /lills Promot C. Bailey Dixon has been promoted to the position of Vice President of Engineering and Subsidiary Operations, and Arthur C. Young has been elected to the newly created position of Vice President of Marketing. Mrs. Emily Bailey Bigby of Hartsville, Sr anH Vnnno wprp alsn nampd Directors of the Company. Vance began his career with Clinton Mills as a summer employee in 1929. He has served as its President since 1958. He is Vice President of Clinton Mills Sales Corp. of New York and Chairman of the Board of M.S. Bailey & Son, Bankers, Clinton, S.C. His textile, banking, and other business interests are extensive. He is a Trustee of the Institute of Textile Technology of Charlottesville, Virginia, on the Board of Directors of Textile Hall, ATMI, Presbyterian College, and affiliated with numerous other local, state and national civic, charitable, professional, religious and educational organizations. Cornelson had been Executive Vice President of the Company since 1970. He is nstitutions ling Gifts corporations' employees and directors to give personal financial support to educational institutions of their choice which meet the eligibility requirements. Such gifts, in amounts of $10 to $1,000 per calendar year will be matched dollar for dollar by The Bailey Foundation. An employee, at the time of his or her contribution, must be in the active regular employment of the company, and shall have had at least one year of continuous service in such employment. (Continued on page 7) LOTH M/ >yees of Clinton Mills, Clinton, S.C. es Four Exc also Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Clinton Mills Sales Corp. He joined Clinton Mills in 1954 in the Industrial Engineering Department. In 1958, he was elected Vice President. In addition to his affiliation with Clinton Mills, he is also President and Treasurer of Cornelson Company, a director of M.S. Bailey 8c Son, Bankers, and a director of Elastic Fabrics of America. He is active in numerous business and M. S. Bailey Scholarships Application forms for the 1979 US. BaUey Scholarships sad Loans Programs are available foam Mack Parsons in the Clinton MiDs Main Office. The rtoartiii ; for filing an application is Apktl H. Clinton Mill Marvin G. Gault, Jr. has been named Director of Technical Services succeeding A. C. Young. - ft- i? * i mi ts:ti. :? iaco . .? | ne JULneu i^ union ivuua in iv%*o as an Industrial Engineer and had been Assistant Director of Technical Services since September of 1966. Gault is a member of Broad Street Methodist Church, and is a past president, secretary-treasurer, director and member of the Clinton Kiwanis Club. A veteran of World War II, he is a member of the YMCA Building Committee, and has participated in several seminars on Occupational Safety and Health Standards. He is also a member of the Walter Johnson Club. w ^H ARTHUR C.YOUNG k + m a *% ;i;unvea professional organizations. Dixon will assume responsibility for the firm's knitting and carpet yarn divisions in addition to Corporate engineering functions. Dixon has been with the Company since 1955 and has held varied managerial and officer positions in the organization. He is a Registered Professional Engineer, and active in the engineering activities of the American Textile Manufacturers Institute and the South Carolina Textile Manufacturers Association. Arthur C. Young joined the Clinton firm in 1949 and established the Company's first Standards and Technical Services Department. Young has had extensive responsibilities including manufacturing and sales liasion for coordinating production and sales. He currently serves as a member of the Textile Advisory Committee of the Institute of Textile Technology and is a member of the Textile Quality Control Association. s Ups Gault ^?1 Marvin G. Gault, Jr.