Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A Time for Recognition Page 3 Cecil Smith, left, recently completed 40 years continuous service to Clinton Mills. Cecil, who is a Clinton supply clerk, joined the company April 4, 1946. Plant Engineer Bryan Coleman is shown making the award presentation. Earline Ficklin, Plant No. 2 Cloth Room, completed twenty-five years con tinuous years service on March 6, 1986. Earline recalls her long association with the Company with Plant No. 2 Manager Mac George, left, and Cloth Room Superintendent Matthew King, right. Satterfield Completes Quarter Century of Service Gerald Satterfield proudly displays a mantel clock he chose as his twenty-five year service award from the company. He is employed in the Clinton Mills maintenance department. Gerald joined Clinton Mills March 2, 1961. Present for the award presentation were Assistant Plant Engineer Johnny Price, Plant Engineer Bryan Coleman, Director of Plant Engineering Silas Compbell and Vice President of En gineering C. Bailey Dixon. Recent Service Anniversaries 45 Years JoA. Japart No. 2 Louis Butler Constance D. Wilson No. 2 40 Years 10 Years BobW. Nelson Roosevelt Fair Lydia Myrtle Tucker. Lydia 35 Years James E. Robinson Lydia James C. KernellsJr JamesT. Richey 5 Years Ronald F. Pace John L. Wallace Staff Robert J. Dunaway Jr ...Maintenance Sammy L. Simpson No. 1 Johnette Brewington No. 2 25 Years Earline M. Ficklin Gerald D. Satterfield Betty A. Evans No. 2 No. 2 ...Maintenance Joseph Dickson Beverly P. Alexander James B. Young No. 2 Lydia Lydia Teresa C. Fowler Lydia 20 Years Joyce P. Sprouse Bailey Harvey Dickert Personnel Mark E. Campbell Bailey Nathaniel Cook No. 2 Bobby G. Lewis Geneva Gerald Satterfield William Mims, left, and Brian Shealy hold the trophy their team won in the recent 63rd annual textile basketball tournament in Greenville. Clinton Players in Textile Basketball Tournament By Sonny King A group of Clinton Mills employees sponsored a basketball team in the recent 63rd Textile Basketball Tour nament held in Greenville’s Memo rial Auditorium. They reached the finals of the Men’s "B" Division be fore losing 69-64 in the Champion ship Game against M & L Construc tion Co. In the opening game, they defe ated CRS Sirrine 72-45. Leading scorers were John Dixon with 20 points and William Mims with 16. In the quarter-finals, they defeated 3- M, 82-43. Kenyon Roberson and William Mims led the scoring with 19 and 17 respectively. They played a hard-fought game in the semi-finals before defeating Givings Youth Cen ter 58-53. Again Kenyon Roberson scored 17 points and Ricky Martin contributed 13. The team received the runner-up trophy and Kenyon Roberson and John Dixon were pick ed on the All-Tournament Team. Members of the team included Brian Shealy (Lydia Shop) and Henry Blalock (Bailey Spinning), who served as players-coaches, Kenyon Roberson (Lydia Weaving), Ricky Martin (No. 1 Spinning), William Mims (Lydia Shop), Aaron Simmons (Lydia Spinning), Rusty lusti (Lydia Weaving), and John Dixon (son of Baily Dixon, Vice President of En gineering).