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Page 11 Voice Of Clinton Mills Answering 1,000 Times A Day To the almost 1,000 persons calling into Clinton Mills daily, Doris Tumblin, recep tionist for the past 17 years, is a readily identifiable voice of the company. There are times when Doris is actually talking to 7 to 9 people at a time as the control panel of her dimension 400 telephone system signal the massive amount of traffic conducted daily. “Many are connected right to the party they are calling, others are held to await location of the person, forwarding of the call, or the line to be freed.” “Every call coming in to the main of fice, training center, personnel depart ment and the four plants must come through here. At the rate of about 125 calls an hour,” added Doris, “as she con tinued to press dialing buttons at a rapid pace.” “It’s just a lot of excitement,” she ad ded, “but it takes 100% concentration to keep up with who is on which line and the party they are seeking to reach.” “Channeling calls through 125 exten sions, arranging conference calls, call forwarding, etc. requires a complex system—yet we handle it efficiently,” she added. “A few years ago, we had just four plants. Now, there are ten, and I handle quite a bit of telephone traffic between the out of town operations.” Beside the telephone, Doris is in charge of making reservations for numerous ex ecutives travelling througout the country, making motel and hotel room reserva tions engaging rental cars and preparing itineraries for those needing them. Visitors, sales people, technical representatives are also greeted by Doris as they await the person they are tran sacting business with in the plants. As an additional duty, Doris relays messages to freight lines as to the plant location for fabric to be shipped. Doris Tumblin Billy Abercrombie Clinton Service Station m People Make A Company Eric Clayton, No. 1 Weaving Willie Bluford, Maintenance