Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Page 8 We Must Conserve Every Clinton Mills employee is one way or another seeing the results of the energy shortage which our country and the rest of the world is facing. Whether we realize it or not, we are using up our resources at an alarming rate. In a society which has become a victim of the dependency upon power driven devices, we must accept the challenge to conserve as much precious fuel as possible. The Clothmaker asked a number of employees about the ways they are helping to conserve energy. Dixie Bishop, Plant No. 2, has found alternative recreational activities. For outside exercise Dixie gardens and enjoys the sunshine by keeping busy at home. She finds this an excellent way to save gasoline. A resident of Mountville, she does, however, find the drive to and from Clinton getting more and more expensive. “We recently purchased a more ec- nomical car,” states Pat Tucker. “This is our answer to the rising fuel cost and dwindling supplies.” Odell Brown lives in Laurens and com mutes to Lydia every day. “I drive my own car, and it’s expensive. Nobody had to insist that I conserve, the price did that.” “A smaller car is more fuel efficient. We drive an economy model. That’s one way we are doing our part in the fuel crunch,” states Eileen Dowdle. “We’ve also installed a timer on our hot water heater as well as additional home insula tion and storm windows, all in an effort to be more fuel efficient. “We’ve cut our energy consumption as much as possible. We just don’t go nearly as much as we once did when the cost was lower,” says Donna Patterson. “We’ve just become too wasteful over the years,” says Lydia Supply Clerk Larry Smith. “When you stop to think about it, we can get along on much less. Most of us make un necessary trips just because we’ve gotten use to it.” George Hall lives in Kinards. He’s found car pooling the answer to the rapidly rising transportation cost. My friends chip in on the weekends and a group of us share the costs of wherever we want to go. “I’m just not real sure there is a shortage of fuel,” stated Gary Cunningham. “As the price goes up, looks like there would be less usage and more available. “Maybe the United States should consider trading wheat for oil.” “We’ve been real fuel conscious recently on the job. By combining our stops, we’ve been able to reduce our overall traveling.”