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K I N F 0 RMATION YOU HI ED TO N 0 W CLINTON RETIREES RECEIVE DISTRIBUTION UNDER THE CLINTON RETIREMENT INCOME PROGRAM Clinton Mills retirees who converted their Executive Life Insurance Company accounts to our new Clinton Retirement In come Program (CRIP) received checks totaling $277,560.75. “While the CRIP Trust has not received any payouts from Executive Life,” Thad Wil liams, President and CEO, told the group who had been par ticipants in the Company’s former Profit Sharing Plan that through the Trust, “the Com pany was pleased to make this distribution of funds to them and appreciated their contribution to the Company’s success”. Shown with President Williams from left to right, first row: Louise Motes, Claude Ward, Katherine Heaton, S.B. Hames; second row: William Samples, William Petty, Wallace Phillips; third row: Charles Williams, Elton Bedenbaugh, Robert White, Prue Waters, Odell Lambert and Thurmon Jones. Absent were Selma Chumley, Henry T. Johnson, Jr., Vera Snow, Lois B. West, Cecil Ander son, Dorothy Driggers, Melvin Driggers, Jessie Lewis, Blonnie Monk. One death benefit was also distributed to an eligible retiree beneficiary. OUR NEW CORPORATE IDENTIFIER AND TRADEMARK Many of you may have noticed our OU!\!TO!\! in the Clothmaker, on our new letterhead, in our advertisements, as well as other Company materials. If you have seen it you may have wondered about why we are using OLS!\!TO!\! in place of Clinton Mills, Inc. The CUiMTOtU name serves two purposes. The first purpose for f M LS!l!TO!\! is to serve as an umbrella name for our three companies— Clinton Mills, Inc.; Clinton Mills Sales Com pany; and Elastic Fabrics of America. In this capacity OLHVTQH! is our corporate iden tifier. Our new letterhead, brochure and Clothmaker are excellent examples of this function. Secondly, the CLUVTQH! name functions as a trademark to identify our products and ser vices. The trademark is a symbol of the good will of the products and services they identify. To continue to build and promote good will in our products and services it is important to use the OU!MTO!M name as broadly and frequently as possible. For example, in the future you will begin to see us refer to our Company’s greige woven fabrics as “ l m U!\!TO!\! greige woven fabric”. We will also begin to use the l M L!!\!7ii!\! name on documentation related to the production, marketing, sale and shipment of goods. We have filed for legal registration of the name t m LS!\!TQ!\! as our trademark and service mark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. They will publish the OUMTQW mark in their Official Gazette this year. If approved, we will be able to use the encircled ® designa tion on all our promotional materials. CROCKER AND SIMMONS RETIRE (Continued from front page) At the community level Claude Crocker has served as a leader in improving the quality of life for the communities where Clinton plants operate. He has served in many leadership capacities in the Lions Club, United Way, Chamber of Commerce and Presbyterian Church. Even though Claude Crocker has “officially” retired, he will continue to serve Clinton Mills as a consultant and will work on special projects. Bl artha Simmons began her career with the Company in 1952 as secretary to Clinton’s MM Corporate Secretary, W. C. Neely. She held numerous administrative positions during her career with the Company. Among her many accomplishments, she has successfully served as the Company’s book keeper, and for a number of years had direct responsibility for the office administrative activities. In 1979, she was elected Corporate Secretary. She has kept an accurate record of all Direc tors and Stockholders meetings, been responsible for the salaried payrolls and been involved in many of the financial activities associated with the Company. Martha’s achievements also include serving on the Board of Directors and as an officer in the Clinton Credit Association and Secretary of the Clinton PAC. She has also been active in the affairs of the Clinton Foundation. She is an active supporter of athletics, member of the Broad Street United Methodist Church and enjoys traveling. Following is how Martha describes her career with Clinton Mills. .. “It’s been almost 40 years since Mr. Carlisle Neely offered me a job with Clinton Cotton Mills. I was going to work for the then Citizens Federal Savings & Loan, but Mr. Neely of fered me $15 more a month than I would be making at Citizens, so I came to work here and it turned out to be the only job I have ever had. I had no idea where Clinton Cotton Mills was located, but I found it. At that time, there were about 20-25 people in the entire office (Velma was one of them), we had one sales office, three plants (all in Clinton) no copy machine, fax machine, data processing department, personal computer, electric typewriter, very few electric calculators and only two outside telephone lines — our number was 52. Weekly sales at that time were considerably less than they are now, and we have four plants in Clinton, two in Geneva, and one in Greensboro, not to mention the three carpet yarn plants we had at one time. “I have never been sorry for my decision; I have enjoyed my ‘career’ with Clinton Mills and have very mixed emotions at this time. I have seen a lot of changes, some good, some not so good, and we have been brought into this computer-oriented age where day-to-day tasks are so much easier than they were. We used to type all weekly reports (manually figure the stock sheet, sales schedule and production report); type copies of letters, etc, to be distributed to others; type all invoices, checks, and everything that was done. Now, looking back, this makes me feel about as old as I thought Miss Gladys Wilson and Mrs. Elmyra Pitts were when I first came to work. “I have seen remodeling, building on, buying, selling and merging companies, people come and go, lost dear friends in death (however, there are still a few of the ‘old’ guard around), and I must say that the old saying about change being the only constant seems to apply to us and has worked well. Clinton Mills has grown in size, but continues to have loyal employees, and has always been a respected name in our markets and, I’m sure, will continue to be past our 100th birthday in 1996 and onward. I’m also sure our Quality First program is working, and our Mission Statement sums it up quite well. Under the leadership of Mr. Thad Williams and his staff, I am positive Clinton Mills will continue to grow, and is doing so even as I write. “I thank Mr. Williams who made me the first woman in management and later a Company officer, and I thank Clinton Mills for all it has done for me and what it has meant to me, and I wish Mr. Williams and Clinton Mills continued success. I look forward to being able to visit our grandchildren in Florida with my husband who retired last year and has gotton ahead of me in this area.” REDUCE MEDICAL COSTS (Toby Chaffin’s Article Continued) Information on the medical chart may be entered into the computer erroneously or transfer red inaccurately to the patients bill. At many hospitals the average 5 day stay produces a bill with 3,500 line items. Multiple billings also occur. Two different hospital departments sometimes bill for the same services. Patients are also being charged for the hospital’s mistakes such as botched tests and incorrect procedures. Many hospital charges are excessive. Following are just a few examples: ace bandage — $11.10; plastic cup — $5.06; baby pacifier — $16.00; paper slippers — $14.00; Tylenol tablets — $1.00 each; toothpaste — $4.50. Individuals as well as employers can not continue to absorb these tremendous cost increases. We must all work together to find ways of reversing the trend. Examine all your bills, both doctor and hospital. Get clarification on all questionable charges. If the hospital or doctor can not justify the charges, ask that they be removed from the bill. It is critically important that we all become actively involved with our health care providers and let them know we are look ing closely at all procedures, services and charges and that we will question anything that doesn’t look right and will not pay for excessive or unnecessary services. CLOTHMAKER STAFF EDITOR: Toby Chaffin ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Mack Parsons Kim Doss REPORTERS ON STAFF: Shirley Weeks, EFA Bob Dettmar, Clinton Mills (Geneva) Russell Vance, Clinton Mills Sales Co. MS PEGGY GILMER 205 GCRDCN ST CLINTCN, SC 29325 BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID Permit No. 293 Columbia, S.C.