Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Completes Test Clinton Mills Bailey, Clinton No. 1 and 2, and Lydia employees have recently completed their annual pulmonary function tests. This year's testing program has been conducted by Respiratory Consultants of Columbia, S.C. Shown are Clinton employees receiving their annual tests. k\ ^ ^ v A Pvt. SottarfwM Pvt. David E. Satterfield, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Satterfield, has completed his Marine Corps basic training at Parris Island, S.C. rvt. satterfield, an expert rifleman, is now stationed at Fort McClellan, Alabama, where he is attending Military Police School. DISPLAYS FISH ^ Vv _ I I V|k I Vn| |aM| f > n v yfU# UiW 1A HP H 1 \ '" 1 ~ J Scott Tucker, son of Steve and Brenda Tucker, caught this 1 Vi pound bream in a f I A 1 i ctriii punu recently. Scott's father is a Lydia Weaving employee. His mother is a Plant No. 2 Weaving employee. cthis anct^ % that (. ^2^ by Karol F Editor, The Gem Yes, there is a Clinton. We know there is because we were there in South Carolina recently. There are also Clinton Mills?four of them. One of them (Plant 2 now managed by Ted Davennnrtl "anin^lo-uiion" *V"> ? ? ? ? - ?/ upuiuiv ? IDC lO CI 1C I 1 1 til largest in America. In one three acre room in this plant there are 1228 looms. We found out Clinton not only has huge textile plants but it has nice people, interesting sights, and a clean and busy downtown. We found out too that the town and the plants have deep roots and a long history of service and civic pride. We came away glad that such people selected Geneva as a place for expansion. We toured the Bailey Plant where Carl Rogers, a knowledgeable man, gave us the fiber to fabric tour. We talked to the town's newspaper editor. Donny Wilder; its mayor, Wvman Shealy; the company officials and their wives, and to people working in the plants. We met Joe Wilkie's dad, Rob, who, of course, asked about his young grandson, Robert, who lives here in Geneva now with his dad and his mom, Peggy. Rob told us to look after his folks down here in Geneva and if we had a chance to snoil young Robert "just a little". We saw the Davenports, Ted and Frances, who are in the process of moving back into their home in Clinton after spending several years in Geneva where Ted was General Manager of the plant here. They were inteiested in all the Geneva news and sent a fond hello to their old friends. Doris Harvey showed us how all Clinton cotton is tested electronically for selection and acceptance. And we also saw how Clinton's organization is "programmed for quality" in all phases. Bailey Dixon, Vice President of Engineering and Subsidiary Operations, showed us old pictures of the plants surrounded by houses. He pointed out the company school, store, community house, and boarding houses which once were a part of the community. Then he showed us the plans for the newest Clinton plant to be built in Yuma, Arizona. We visited with President George Cornelson who told us of the plans for a 12 million dollar modernization project which will make Geneva's plants as modern as any textile plants anywhere in the world. We were impressed with President Cornelson's remark that he appreciated the quality of the work the people of Geneva put into the Clinton product. Most of the people we met asked about Hall's Oyster Bar and told us they had heard the world's best oysters were opened there. They also inquired about the Chicken Box and "the world's best seafood". Claude Crocker, vice president of in dustrial relations, was our hospitable host and talented tour guide. I do not believe he saw anyone all day that he did not call by name and introduce to us. From him we learned that the Clinton roots go deep. He told us how the company was founded in 18% by Mercer Silas Bailey. Other things in the town showed us that the history of the company is filled with service to its employees and to the town. We saw the Bailey Memorial Hospital, the Bailey Nursing Home, the Presbyterian Retirement Home, Thornwell Orphanage, and the Presbyterian Church established in 18(X), J^T\l lemlng ? J eva Reaper M h J r^*^B ^ \ - dEKV w growing out of the nearby Duncan Creek Church which was founded in 1764. We learned how a Presbyterian minister, educator and humanitarian, William Plumer Jacobs established Thornwell Orphanage in 1875 and Clinton Schools operated before 1860 then reopened by Jacobs as Clinton High School after the Civil War. Both the Presbyterian Home and the college are now owned by the Synods of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Claude Crocker took us to Whitten Center, founded in 1918 by Dr. Benjamin Whitten. Now the state training school for mentally and physically retarded children, this school has been treating mental retardation the "modern" way since 1913. The famed center was established in 1918 for the care and reclamation of the state's retarded and neglected children. The center has become a world wide model of its kind, where 2400 children are cared for bv a staff of 1700. Textile 10,0( Set For Sepl The South Carolina Textile Manufacturer's Association has honored Clinton by again allowing the Clinton YMCA and the City of Clinton to host the 1980 Textile 10,000 Roadrace. The Roadrace will take place September 27th at Ross E. Te/npleton Gymnasium on the campus of Presbyterian College. The special day will feature a run for everyone. At 9:00 a.m. there will he a one mile 'Fun Run', at 9:15 there will he a 5,000 meter or 3.1 mile race and at 10:00 the 10,000 meter or 6.2 mile race. With the cooperation of Clinton Mills and their computer system operated hy David Brown, there will he a Twosome race where a ladies time in the 3.1 race will he combined with her partner's time. I J Mayor and H|m Mrs. Hugh Herring Karol and Charles Fleming Our guide showed us the beautiful Presbyterian College and its new library in which is housed the original library of the founder. The liberal arts college has about 900 students and last year the football team finished its season as the number one small college team. Clinton is a football crazy town, following its high school team and the college team to Oklahoma City last year and planning a trip to Mexico this season. But the people there don't neglect baseball, basketball, tennis, golf or swimming...at least the recreational facilities would suggest they do not. We returned to our motel rooms Thursday night feeling, as Claude Crocker described it "like we'd been rode hard and put up wet". But it was a nice kind of tired?the way you are when you've spent a pleasant day among nice people. Clinton Mills has a slogan they use? "we are what we promised"....We believed it when we first heard it. After a trip to their town, we think Clinton might just be even more than that. in Dnro ember 27 who must he a member of the opposite sex and running in the 6.2 race, and the best total time will be the winnt Whitten Center will video tape the race to be shown afterwards to the runners. The race will begin at the Presbyterian College Gymnasium and procede to Springdale Rd. to Jacobs Hwy. 56 and then turn right and go through town following Broad St. to the American Legion Hut and take a right turn back on Adair St. and hack to the gym. The race has the sponsorship of the Textile Manufacturers Association, the Clinton YMCA, the Clinton Running Club and the Governor's Office on Fitness. Total [H'rsonnel necessary for such a race is 100 people.