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Page 3 Industrial Leaders Recognized At Shrine Club The Laurens County Shrine Club honored its area industrial leaders with a barbecue hash supper June 7 at the club’s Lake Greenwood facility. Over 150 business leaders, including numerous ones from Clinton Mills, par ticipated in the annual event. Bailey Plant Carding Superintendent Steve Floyd, left, and Marketing Plann ing Manager Steve Warren, center, return for another plate of barbecue. Jim Ellison, right, is the server. Center Shriner J.T. Lanford, left, and Rob Wilkie, right, both Lydia employees, chat with Joe Medlock about Clinton Mills’ support of the Shriner’s Hospital and other activities. Top Retired Lydia Plant Engineer responsible for cooking the barbecue hash for the local industry appreciation sup per. Bottom David Word, retired Clinton Paymaster, assisted in raising funds for the event. Clinton Shriners enjoy hash supper Hampton Works Way Into Old Timers Club Harold Hampton The Old Timers Club gained a new member on May 24 as Harold Hampton, Clinton’s plumber, completed 25 continuous years of service. Hampton, who grew up in the Clinton subdivision area, has spent much of his working career with the company. “I’d been here a lots longer, but I quit and went to Florida—that time working on the railroad. It didn’t take long for me to find out there’s no place like home. I came back.” Rejoining the company in 1955, Hampton enjoys reminiscing about the day the late President P.S. Bailey came by where he was working as a carpenter and told him he was to be the company plumber. Hampton’s wife, Kathryn, a Lydia Weaver, has been with the company since March 15, 1948. The Hamptons have two sons, Dennis, a Clinton maintenance employee, and Darrell, a highway patrolman. They also have a daughter, Tammy. During hours away from work, Hampton and his family enjoy living at their summer home on Lake Greenwood. After 31 Years . . . Copeland Enjoys Work “If you work somewhere over 31 years, you’ve got to like it,” says Slasher Operator Frank Copeland. “I come to work here in 1939 and worked a couple of years before moving to Virginia. “It wasn’t but a short while until I was drafted into World War II and there I stayed for three years, most of the time working as a motor mechanic in a field artillery outfit. When I got discharged, I returned to the Clinton area to work in Joanna. “I well remember when Mr. Clyde Trammell, the retired “Master Mechanic” (now called Plant Engineer) offered me a job and I gladly took it,” Copeland said. “Altogether I must have worked in the shop for about 12 years,” added Copeland as he propped on the hood of his truck. “Finally, I transferred on the outside and worked there another 12 years.” “A few years ago, a job came open in the Slasher Room and I took it, and that’s a summary of my working association with the company.” Copeland is proud of his continuous work record—an achievement he shares with his many friends. “Three of my five living children work right here,” he added. John Kelly is in Spinning; Frank is in Spinning; and Tommy is in Weaving. That’s a good in dication we like where we work,” he con tinued with a smile. Away from work, Frank takes an ac tive part in New Bethel AME Church, pastored by the retired Clinton Old Timer Rev. Willis Hunter. Frank Copakmd