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1 Page8 0^) Did you see... Did you see — Lydia Card Room associ ates taking a second look to make certain housekeeping was at its usual excellent state....Several Clinton associates receiving much self gratification after visiting with Counselor Richard Cain... John Wallace ex plaining retirement benefits to a host of re cent retirees....President Thad Williams congratulating members of the Clinton Mills softball team for winning the ASA Class C Industrial State Championship....Plant No. 1 Weaving associates enjoying the new food service equipment in their canteen....John Willard explaining how he refinished furni ture when away from his job as a Clinton Security officer....Furman Pyles mastering his new duties as Lydia Plant Carpenter- ....and doing an excellent job making cabinets, repairs, etc An anxious associ ate seeking blood replacements from coordi nator Sonny King....Numerous associates inquiring as to the approximate date when the 1987 Christmas Gift Booklets would be distributed....Debbie Alexander and Mary Lyons double checking all shipping papers to make sure shipments are made as sche- duled....Nell Haggartand Mary Ann Stewart explaining to prospective associates pro cedures for Drug Test Screening... Johnny Rushton attempting to replace one of many burned out lights in the plant and office- ....Some Plant No. 1 associates being re quested not to park in office parking lot dur ing first shift....Many associates taking pride in the large account balances they were accruing in the Clinton Credit Asso ciation....and some even encouraging their associates not to withdraw all of their funds during the Christmas buying season.... Mack Parsons, Truman Owens, Lucille White and Bob Dettmar processing weekly disability in come checks for eligible associates while Linda Lawson recorded the data necessary to proces the claim efficiently....Geneva General Manager Barry Hooks being fea tured in Textile World magazine for his role as president of the Alabama Textile Man ufacturers' Association....Each of Clinton's more than 2,300 manufacturing associates being educated and trained in respirator usage, chemical handling, noise levels, and cotton dust requirements. Credit Assoc. Tops $1 Million The Clinton Credit Association has exceeded the $1,000,000 deposit mark, according to Manager Harvey Dickert. “Clinton associates have partici pated in the association in a very sup portive manner," noted Dickert. ‘‘Payroll deductions average $46,000 per week. When we add our generous dividend rates and make deductions for loan payments, we still are able to increase our assets at a very acceptable rate." “Our loan demand has exceeded all our expectations," he continued. “Almost 500 loans totaling approxi mately $900,000 have been made to associates to meet their financial requests." The Association has 2,072 mem bers who are finding their account balances growing rapidly because of weekly systematic savings. Members are encouraged to mini mize withdrawals in order to build a large personal account balance. The Credit Association is designed for borrowing and saving, and is not a checking account or Christmas sav ings program. The Association’s Certificates of Deposit offer some of the most attractive dividend rates of any area financial institutions. Associates are encouraged to in crease their savings rates and to transfer idle funds from other sources to the Credit Association in order to take advantage of the gener ous rates offered in both share and certificate accounts. “We need to attract more funds in order to expand our loan program,” explained Dickert. "We can only loan money when we have available funds on deposit. More deposits mean di vidends for savers as well as available funds for loan purposes.” The entire Credit Association staff appreciates the support everyone has iven in order to meet this 1,000,000 milestone in a short period of time." Made in The USA-lt Matters to Miss America It's a natural...Miss America 1987 will don an all-American-made wardrobe and tell everyone she meets, “It matters to me." The Crafted With Pride in U.S.A. Council has announced its sponsorship of the annual Miss America Pageant, to be held in Sep tember, and the selection of Miss America as a spokesperson for the Crafted With Pride Council. “As the personification of uniquely Amer ican style, Miss America is the ideal spokes person," said Bob Swift, executive director of the Council in making the announcement at a news conference in New York. He de scribed the new relationship as “a perfect marriage of interests." The current Miss America, Kellye Cash, was on hand to promote the new role of her successor. “This is a terribly important orga nization, and we're all proud to be working with it. I don't think we could be involved with any organization so important to us and the U.S.," she said. As part of her duties for the Council's “Made in the U.S.A." campaign, the new Miss America will participate in special re tail events in 10 major markets, promoting domestically-produced home textiles and apparel. She will spend 40 days this year and next working with the Council and will spread the “Made in the U.S.A." message in national and local broadcast and print media. Immediately after being named, Miss America will visit New York Cityto choose a new wardrobe of U.S.-made apparel and domestically-produced home textiles to re do her home. “Home textiles will definitely be included," Swift said. “Her home will be refurbished, and that will be used in promo tions to support the people who provide the home furnishings. All of the major domestic mills are involved with the Crafted With Pride campaign." Ready-to-wear apparel chosen by Miss America for her wardrobe will be hang- tagged at retail stores as a “Miss America Choice" said Swift. “We hadn't planned on a hang tag or a sticker for home textiles but that's a possibility," he added. Gospel Messengers Release Tape Two Cl i nton M i I Is assoc ia tes a re mem bers of The Gospel Messengers, a local religious muscial group, which has recently released a cassette audio tape entitled “Answering the Call." John Pate, No. 2 Weaving, and Jimmy Heaton, Plant No. 2 Spinning, join Mark Entrekin, Tim Entrekin, Robin Entrekin, Linda Faye Brewer and Tony Strickland in producing 10 songs for listener enjoyment. The recording, featuring Heaton as the back-up drummer and Pate as a singer, con tains 10 favorite gospel songs. Among these are “That Will Be A Happy Morning," “One Day At A Time," “Sweet Beulah Land," “Gone," and “He Knows Me." Side two of the recording contains such gospel songs as “Little David," “Stand Up And Be Counted," “Look What He's Done For Me," “How Great Thou Art," “My Hands Are Full," and “The Prayer." Keep Lung Test Letters Letters regarding pulmonary lung function tests do not have to be signed and returned, according to Sonny King, coordinator of Health and Safety. These letters are for associates’ personal use. Receipt of the letter is acknowledged by a master printout which is signed at the time the letters containing the results of most recent tests are distributed. Associ ates are to disregard the signature posi tion. Anyone having questions regarding their pulmonary test results should con tact their respective plant nurse or Sonny King. BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID Clinton, S.C. Pormrt N*. B9