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Most Popular Gifts Selected By Employees Truman Owens, Co-ordinator of the Clinton Mills Christmas Gifts Program, provided The Clothmaker with a list of the most popular gift items selected by Clinton employees. According to Owens, the seven piece cookwear set was selected by 76 employees, making it the most popular item in the nmoram K' v6' ? The nine additional most popular items were the hand mixer, 72; mixing bowls, 56; electric heater, 52; and ice cream freezer, 50. Other most popular items were pullman luggage, 45; ironstone dinnerwear, 43; oven cookwear set, 41; corning wear set, 41; and pressure cooker, 40. Clinton Mills of Geneva Personnel Director Bob Dettmar indicated that more Clnton Mills of Geneva employees also chose the hand mixer. Twenty seven Geneva employees will receive this gift from the Company. Other popular selected items include the pressure cooker, 21; cookware, 17; mixing bowls, 15. Also, the ice chest. 14; ice cream freezer, 13; porcelain cookwear, 13; grass trimmer, 12; cake plate cover 10; and the record storage cabinet, 10. | M unnsTmas A total of 547 thrifty Clinton Mills employees received Christmas Savings checks totalling $623,121.61 as the payout was made on November 13. Vacation Payouts For 1981 Exceed $745,000 A total of 966 eligible Clinton Mills employees shared in $301,036 Christmas vacation pay as the annual distribution was comnletprt IVremKor 1 1 In addition, 206 eligible Clinton Mills of Geneva employees shared in $27,285 Christmas pay. The Christmas vacation pay is in addition to the $335,465 the 1224 Clinton employees received prior to the July 4th week. During this same period, Clinton Mills of Geneva employees received $81,810 in summer vacation pay. The combined vacation pay for Clinton and Clinton Mills of Geneva exceeded $745,584.00. Clinton Mills' Since 1973 Clinton Mills has be< against hearing loss those employees \ This is done through the Comnanv'<; The program was developed as med sive evidence of hearing loss due to pi Research has shown that if a person whether it's a teenager spending hour; employee working in an area where ma person can, over an extended period While many parents despair of sepa Clinton Mills takes those measures n from noise on the job. Clinton Mills immediately became effort within the textile industry when i programs to provide effective protect Today, in those Clinton manufactur noise, the Company's hearing conser\ ployees against hearing loss. High-n< v ^5?&^^Mjp| /Smk A ireiv Frankie Harmon Harmon Promoted To Project Engineer Frankie Harmon has been promoted from Assistant Project Engineer to Project Engineer, according to Corporate Mechanical Engineer Harry Sullivan. Harmon, who joined Clinton Mills in 1978, holds a B.S. Degree in Engineering Technology from Clemson University. He and his wife, the former Sandv CamD bell, live at 607 B. Cedar Street, Clinton. Checks Included in this amount was $14,196.61 added as interest by M.S. Bailey & Son, Bankers. Clinton Mills of Geneva's 134 Christmas Savings participants shared in $108,748.26 in savings set aside during the year in preparation for the holiday season. The Geneva savings included $2,583.09 added by the Bailey Bank for interest. Completed 1981 Christmas Savings Accounts received full interest earnings at the rate of 5 Va% per annum. Pro-rated interest was paid on all accounts with 40 or more payments. Interest is not paid on accounts withdrawn prior to the normal payment date. To begin a 1982 Christmas Savings account, an employee must sign an authorization card. Anyone may start, stop, or change an account at any time during the year. Once a withdrawal is made from a Christmas Savings Account, another account cannot be opened during that particular Christmas savings account year. Comprehensive I ?n taking significant steps to protect /vho are exposed to high levels of noise. Hearing Conservation Program, ical science began introducing conclu miongea exposure to high noise levels, encounters such noise long enough? s each day listening to loud music or an ichinery creates excessive sound?that of time be affected by such noises, rating their teenagers from loud music, ecessary to guard against hearing loss a leader in the hearing conservation t began one of the most comprehensive ion for employees. ing areas where there is still high-level ration program continues to guard emDise-level areas are clearly marked by Gifts-To-Educatic Expanded By Ba The Bailey Foundation has made three major changes in its employee gifts-to-education program. The program is designed to encourage Clinton Mills, Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliated corporations and M.S. Bailey & Son, Bankers, employees to give personal financial support to qualifying educational institutions. Effective January 1, 1982, The Bailey Foundation will match the first tRH r\f nif+c i ri %. I~~ ? \JI 5111.J III a k.diciiucii year on a two-for-one basis. This means that if an employee gives $50, the Bailey Foundation will give $100, or, if an employee gives $25, the Foundation will give $50. After the first $50, gifts will be . . . About Your Employees who leave Clinton Mills employment and satisfy certain eligibility requirements. may be eligible to continue both employee and employee dependent health care insurance. In order to be eligible to continue group health care insurance, the employee must have been insured for at least three months prior to leaving the company. Applicable health care premiums are payable in adv at iv,C. Continuation of health care benefits is How Can I Imprc Almost any job is a good job to have. And many are satisfied with just that. If you are completely satisfied with your corner of the work world, that's fine. However, if you demand more in terms of accomplishment, and personal satisfaction, consider these suggestions: 1. Know your company?Read the bulletin boards, the company newspaper. Know what's going on! 2. Work safely?Obey all company rules. After all. thev were marie tn nrntort unn 3. Work to the best of your ability?Be on time all the time and make each working hour valuable to your company. 4. Be friendly?That costs nothing. But a friendly smile and a cooperative attitude work wonders. 5. Be enthusiastic?Believe in your work. 6. Take care of your health? Eat properly, get enough sleep, watch your diet. Get Hearing Conserval signs posted at entrances, and anyone g( wear approved protective devices while in without charge by the Company to those L_ni^iuycc^ eApubeu 10 noise nave n through audiometry testing. Noise leve devices and high-level noise is reduced OSHA is in the process of formulating Some parts of the new standard have aire; have been delayed while OSHA seeks basically, this has not affected our own H the Company is already doing those thir parts of the new standard now in effect. Clinton Mills program continues to fun schedule with our periodic audiometric te be tested; our noise-level monitoring is i anticipate at this time are those which v upgrading our program as new developr gineering permit us to do so. ...page three >n Program iley Foundation matched on a one-for-one basis, subject to a maximum limitation of $2,000 annually. The old limit was $1,000. Now, employees who are retired under one of the Company's pension plans will be eligible to participate in the Program. An employee contribution is one which is the personal gift of an employee, actually paid by the employee, and not merelv Dledeed to a nuaiifvino - , w -I J b educational institution. An eligible employee may make a contribution to more than one qualifying educational institution. Matching Gifts to education forms can be obtained in the Main Office from Mack Parsons. Insurance permitted at the employee's expense for the remainder of the month in which employment ends, plus one full month. After this, the employee has the option to select a conversion policy under terms and rates set by Aetna Life, Clinton's health care insurance provider. The maximum period of continuation permitted is sixty days, or until covered by another employer's group health care policy. Members of the personnel department will be pleased to discuss continuation and conversion procedures with you. >ve Myself? periodic physical and dental check-ups. 7. Do your part at home?a smooth family life is important for you. 8. Keep personal problems to yourself? everyone is bothered by petty problems. Keep your perspective. Problems do get solved in time?even major ones. 9. Recognize that there is always room for improvement. No matter what you do, find a better way. If that requires learning new methods and Drocedures. learn! If von mud ask questions, ask! And when you come up with a good suggestion, suggest! With all that said and read, it is easy to recognize that increased know-how, along with ambition and plain old-fashioned common sense, are the best ingredients for a successful future. Won Program )ing into such an area is required to the area. Such devices are Drovided J required to wear them, heir hearing checked periodically Is are checked through monitoring wherever feasible, a new noise standard for industry, ady been put into effect; other parts comments from the public. But, learing Conservation Program since lgs whlich OSHA requires in those ction smoothly. The Company is on ;sting of those employees who must ip-to-date and the only changes we ve will make ourselves to continue nents in medical science and en