The clothmaker. [volume] (Clinton, South Carolina) 1952-1984, December 15, 1981, Page page three, Image 3
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
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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.
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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<
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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.
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>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