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fords hundreds of Clinton employees an opportunity for r interviewed some of these employees to find out what Plant No. 1 Spinner To Travel To Carowinds Jessie Suber is planning to take her two children to Carowinds. A Plant No. 1 Spinner for the past two years, Jessie is concerned about the costs of travelling. “I enjoy being off with my family. We can all spend a day at an area amusement park and it won’t cost a lot of money. “When vacation time comes, I enjoy the vacation pay and try to take care of it without going way off and spending a lot of money. ‘There is just too much talk about gas shortages for me to get too far away.” Jessie Suber Page 5 Southern Living Contrast To New York Life Clinton Warehouse employee Thurston Burnside made a number of trips from his Brooklyn, New York home to Clinton to visit with his grandmother before finally moving to Clinton a few months ago. A casual conversation with Burnside will reveal quite a contrast with New York life and the leisure pace southerners live. Born 29 years ago to a family who lived in the ghetto section of Brooklyn, he readily attributes this en vironment to the reason why he’s had an abundant exposure to the arts, music, sports, and other cultural events. His father was a chef in a New York hospital and his mother was a nurse. “I’m hesitant to talk about a lot of my experiences,” says Burnside, “because I don’t want to appear any different from the people I work with.” A former Army Captain who served from 1967 to 1975 as a paratrooper green beret during the Vietnam war, he is a trained demolition specialist as well as certified in numerous medical, ordnance, and technical fields. He also speaks three languages. “Historically, I’ve lived like a ‘gypsy,’ ” he comments. In the military, I studied two years at the Ohio College of Applied Science in Cincinnati. I also studied at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn where I received a degree in art.” An author of several articles on stereo speakers for the Audio Engineering Society of American, he devotes much of his off the job hours to repairing radios and stereos to supplement his income. “On Saturdays and after work week days also I work as an electrician. This is a trade I learned at an early age, but later received much practical experience as a skyscraper construction employee.” During the course of his Clothmaker in terview, Burnside touched on a host of work experiences including being a televi sion camera repairmen in Tucson, Ariz., as well as servicing appliances and hospital equipment at various places where he’d previously lived. Armed with a lot of experience and knowledge, he is a bit reluctant to discuss in a great deal of detail about his ex periences saying, “I just don’t want peo ple to think I’m trying to build myself up. I’ve just been highly motivated—lived at a very rapid pace in an area where you had an abundant amount of exposure to a variety of life styles, both educational and cultural.” mver Undecided 'itts, a Plant No. 1 Weaver, is a bit un- t where she’s going to spend her vaca- al years, I’ve gone to Baltimore with ,, but I’m not exactly sure if I’m going lis year. iter is anxious to go to Six Flags and I may be a better trip. It’s expensive to o I have to think about what I’m going I make a quick decision, th of July is a good time to rest, so I tay gone the entire week regardless of Rosa Leo Pitts Weaving Employee Heads For Beach “Every few years I decide to take my vacation at Myrtle Beach,” says No. 1 Weaving employee Johnny Rushton. “I work all year for the July 4th vacation week,” says Rushton' “The Fourth of July is an excellent time of the year to be off—and if you have a big crowd, the beach is a lot more enjoyable.” ave Plans ling Tournament ncinnati, Ohio to bowl in the an- wling Tournament,” says Main- ent employee Marshal Vaughan, is, a Plant No. 1 Loom Techni- >ing together. > drive. We’ve had some second avelling due to the energy situa- paid our $92 entry fee, so that is is try to get there anyway, as we hope they do, we should be i trip and return in about four Johnny Rushton Workers Compensation The first law to protect injured em ployees was adopted in Germany in 1871. A similar law was enacted in Great Britain in 1880. South Carolina passed its first worker’s compensation law in 1935 and was the 46th state to do so. Worker’s compensation is often confused with un employment compensation or with health and accident insurance. The three are completely different and separate. An employer has the option to place worker’s compensation insurance with a commercial carrier, or, as Clinton Mills elected to do many years ago, can choose to administer its own program as a “self- insurer.” Under this system all the acci dent costs are paid directly by the com pany and no outside insurance personnel are involved. All of Clinton accident cases are in vestigated, and the best medical care is provided. Costly, complicated, and time consuming processing is eliminated with benefits being paid as soon as it is deter mined that they are due. The employee who has suffered the accident receives prompt attention. Clinton Mills has two registered nurses—Mrs. Nell Haggart and Mrs. Mary Ann Stewart. These nurses provide prompt medical attention to injured em ployees. More extensive medical treat ment is made available when necessary. To be eligible for benefits, the injured employee must have suffered injury by accident “arising out of and in the course of his employment.” The company provides certain benefits at no cost to the employee. Adequate medical care must be provided, and the injured person receives compensation payments based upon a percentage of the wage he earned before his accident. This payment is somewhat less than the person would have earned had no ac cident occurred. The payment bridges the gap while production wages are being lost. The company pays the entire cost of all reasonable medical care services. The most important responsibility the employee has under this law is to give notice of his injury by reporting it to his Assistant Departmental Superintendent as soon as possible. There are very valid reasons for this requirement. A claim is very difficult to establish once details become clouded due to passage of time. Medical care is often urgently needed without the injured per son being aware of it. A delay can seriously alter the treatment methods as well as the recovery period and its end result. If the employee reports every ac cidental injury, he or she will be protec ted. This act has served millions of people well during the years it has been in effect, and it has been an important factor in the industrial development of our country. Even with the advanced accident preven tion practices we have in effect today, in juries occur, sometimes with tragic results. George H. Comelson SCTMA President Clinton Mills President George H. Cor- nelson has been elected president of the South Carolina Textile Manufacturers Association. Other Clinton Mills’ presidents who have served as president of the textile group include Clinton Board Chairman Robert M. Vance and the late P.S. Bailey.