Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Graduates Recognized —Pages 5, 6, 7 & 8— Hearing Tests Underway —Page 12- Bailey Scholars Recognized —Page A— Jeff A. Davenport Brian E. Stanton John Tiller Are You Registered to Vote? Now that the June primaries are over, it is important to remind those employees and their families who are not registered to vote that it is necessary to do so in order to vote in the General Election this fall. Weall know that in order to vote in South Carolina, we must be registered. To become a registered voter in South Carolina, a person must be at least 18 years of age on election day, and a resident of the State, county and precinct in which they wish to register to vote. Application must be made in person with the County Board of Voter Registration at their office or at legally organized voter registration drives throughout the county. There is no length of residency requirement in South Carolina in order to register to vote; a person can register at anytime without a waiting period. A person must be registered at least 30 days prior to any election in order to vote in that election. The office of the County Board of Voter Registration at the county seat is open during normal courthouse hours. If your voter registration certificate is lost or stolen, you may obtain a duplicate, even on election day, from the County Board of Voter Registration. You must go to the Board in person to get a duplicate certificate. Five Clinton Sons Boys' State Delegates Five young men, all rising seniors at Clin- During the week-long activities on the ton High School, and sons of Clinton Mills' Citadel Campus, the delegates received ex employees, were delegates to Palmetto tensive training in the democratic principles Boys’ State earlier this month. of government. The representatives were chosen on the Representatives sponsored by Clinton basis of academic achievement, participa- Mills were Jeff A. Davenport, son of Mr. and tion in extra-curricular activities, and in- Mrs. Ted Davenport, and David Dillard, son terest in the Boys’ State program. of Mr. and Mrs. Moses Dillard. Boys’ State, sponsored annually in co- other Clinton Mills’employee sons parti- operation with the American Legion, is, in cipating were Brian E. Stanton, son of Mr. effect, a convention for arming the young and Mrs. BillStanton;JohnTiller, son of Mr. students for their future responsibility as and Mrs. Jim Coleman; and Mike Wilkins, leaders in government in the state. son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Wilkins. Mike Wilkins Vacation Pay Eligible Clinton Mills and Clinton Mills of Geneva employees will receive July 4th vacation pay exceeding $574,873. Four hundred seventy-one Geneva em ployees will share in $123,643, while 1,299 Clinton employees will receive $451,230. The July 4th vacation pay is in addition to the more than $473,000 eligible employees received in Christmas vacation pay in De cember of 1985. At this time, 1,095 Clinton employees received $396,002 while 310 in Geneva received $77,133. The combined payouts exceeded $1,048,000. Vacation pay is in addition to the seven paid holidays and other fringe benefits pro vided by Clinton Mills for its employees. Employees Make Plans For Vacation Clinton Mills employees are making pre parations for the annual July 4th vacation shut-down and eligible employees will head to their favorite vacation spot armed with thousands of dollars in vacation pay pro vided by the Company. Operation schedules relating to stopping and starting have been posted on the plant information centers. The time and place for payroll checks dis tribution for week ending June 29 are also covered in plant notices. Prior to beginning the vacation holiday season, each employee received a personal band-aid dispenser as a reminder of the Company’s continuing interest in em ployees' safety both on and off the job. The safety topic for the pre-July 4th holi day season is driving, drinking and drugs. Pamphlets have been distributed to Clinton (S.C.) employees on this subject as another phase of the Company’s accident prevention educational program. Statistics show that driving under the in fluence of drugs and alcohol is one of the major causes of accidents in the State each year. Many over-the-counter drugs as well as certain prescription drugs such as cold, allergy and sleeping medicines produce mental and physical conditions detrimental to safe driving. Clinton Mills wishes everyone a safe July 4th holiday vacation.