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�... a word about
what is good
about America
MEMO FROM
MANAGEMENT
By JACK BELSHAW
General Manager, Wellman Industries, Inc.
T
he speeches , publicity releases,
and other efforts by the various
candidates for public office from
the local level to President of the United
States seem to reflect on the ills of the
country and what each of the candidates
advocates to correct those ills.
Although it is only natural to focus on
the apparent ills in order to sell one's
self to the public as a cure for those ills ,
in thi s bicentennial year it would also
seem appropriate to reflect on the
accomplishments of our economic
syst em foun ded on the basis of free
enterprise .
Our free enterprise system , more than
anything else , has produced greater
wealth and distributed that wealth more
w idely to a greater percentage of our
people than any economic system in the
history of the world. In America today ,
two-thirds of the pe(:)ple who live below
the so-called poverty line live lives of
lu xury compared to the better than
average family in three-fourths of the
nations of the globe.
Since the late 1950's real purchasing
power has jumped 40 %, 2 million new
jobs have been created and we have cut
the number of people below the poverty
line in half.
Medical Science has added ten years
to 0IJr lives during the same period.
Our economic wealth has made it
possible to offer $110 billion in food and
economic aid to less fortunate nations
since the end of World War II.
Although we must continue to strive
for excellence , in reflecting on our
country during this 200th anniversary
year we need to remind ourselves that
even with our current problems we have
more energy per capita , more food per
mouth, more clothing per body, more
homes per family , more cars per driver,
more freedom per individual and more
opportunities per dream than any people
who have ever lived.
Publi shed qu arterl y b y and for the employees of Wellman Industries . Inc ., Johnsonville , South Carolina
29555. under the supervision of Doug Matthews , Personnel Director . Edited by Frances Owens .
Member of The Carolina A ssoc iation of Business Communicators • Produced by Carolina Industrial
Press . Printed b y Pattillo Printing Compan y, Inc ., Florence , South Carolina.
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EMILY WILLIS
SHE'S THE PRESIDENT
Of The Florence Chapter Of The National Secretaries Association
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mily Ann Willis, of Johnsonville, is proof
a woman can have both a career and a
family and be highly successful with
both.
Presently working as secretary to Vice-President and General Manager Jack W. Belshaw at
Wellman Industries , she's the new president of
the Greater Florence Chapter of the National
Secretaries Association.
Mrs. Willis is a charter member of the chapter
which was organized in 1969. She earlier served
as the chapter's vice-president and as corresponding secretary.
Mrs. Willis marked her 20th anniversary at
Wellman in April.
Her two decades as a
member of the Wellman family have included
service in the Payroll Department, on the
switchboard and, since 1968, as a secretary.
She's married to Randolph Willis and they
have three children. Randy, 21, is a senior at
Francis Marion College; Renee, 19, is a rising
sophomore at Clemson University; and Russell,
12, is a student at Johnsonville Middle School.
Mrs. Willis finds time in her busy life to
contribute to her community and church. She
teaches Sunday Nursery School at the Johnsonville Methodist Church.
She is membership chairman of the Johnsonville High School Booster Club and served as
secretary of JUMP.
She is active in the
Johnsonville Carolina Registered
Emergency
Medical Technicians organization and a member
of the Johnsonville Rescue Squad.
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Other officers recently installed in the Florence Chapter of the National Secretaries Association include Mrs. Leo Wayne (Kay) Hanna, of
Johnsonville, vice-president; Emma Smoot, of
Darlington , recording secretary; Linda Hoyal, of
Florence , treasurer; and Gena Cook, of Florence,
corresponding secretary.
Emily Willis
Wellman Welcomes
A
boy , Bryan , to Roy
(Scouring) and Melvina
Stone on March 3.
A boy , Wynn , to C. W.
(F i ber Management) and
Vickie Cox on April 5.
A boy , Brent , to Thomas
and Ginger (Fiber Lab)
Franks on April 14 .
A boy , Jermaine , to L. J.
(Spinning) and Barbara
Bartell on March 26 .
A boy , Kevin , to Jimmy
(Spinning) and
Patsy
Morris on April 11.
A boy , Jody , to J. Carroll
(Combing) and Cindy
Eaddy on May 30.
A
girl , Angie , to Paul
(Process Control) and
Wanda (F iber Lab) Poston on April 5.
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inning extra cash for making suggestions
on how to improve things around the
plant has become a habit with some of
the ladies at Wellman. Cheryl Morris, Mae Lee
Eaddy and Ginger Franks, all in Fiber Lab , once
again have been presented checks for suggesting ways to improve plant safety and efficiency.
A fourth lady in Fiber Lab , Cheryl Williams ,
Ginger Franks
Cheryl Morris
SUGGESTIONS
has joined them on the Suggestions Award list.
Others receiving awards checks for their suggestions include Allen Hanna, Charles Ball,
Mayo Poston, Jr., Rufus Graves, Jr. and Clyde
Nesmith. There's more cash waiting for others
who come up with acceptable suggestions to
aid safety and efficiency .
Charles Ball
Mae Lee
Cheryl Williams
Allen
Eaddy
Rufus Graves
Clyde Nesmith
Mayo
Hanna
Poston,
Jr.
During War
INDIANTOWN
CHURCH BURNED
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ajor James Wemyss was probably the
most-hated of al I British forces and
loyalists to the crown during the Revolutionary War's Carolina battles. It was Wemyss
who marched his 63rd Regiment from the High
Hills of Santee to Kingstree and from there rode
on a mission of sword and fire. His regiment
burned a swath 15 miles wide from Kingstree
along the seventy-mi le road to Cheraw.
His
men broke up every loom , burned every gristmill
or blacksmith shop, and bayoneted every sheep .
Wemyss regarded the old Indiantown Presbyterian Church as " a sedition shop" and had it
burned to the ground . Major John James , one
of General Francis "Swamp Fox" Marion's
heroes lies buried in the church yard.
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THREE ELECTED TO COUNCIL
WELLMANITES IN THE NEWS
Mace
Whiteside
Poston
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hree Wellman employees have been elected to
seats on the Johnsonville City Council. They
include Jack Whiteside, Billy Mace and Henry
Poston and they are following in the tradition of
other members of the Wellman family who have
helped build a better community.
Other Wellmanites in the News are Rob Moore,
Randy Glover, John E. Tanner and Plant Nurse
Thurma Jean Poston.
Moore is a new Supervisor in T.O. Scourino and
Carding. He and his wife, of three months, Linda
have moved to Pine Oaks .
He's a graduate of
Francis Marion College. Tanner has been named to
the Board of Directors at Francis Marion Academy, at
Hemingway . Nurse Poston has been elected to the
Board of Directors of the S. C. State Association of
Industrial Nursing.
Glover, one of the southeast's finest golfers has
taken over as Club Pro at the Wellman Co untry Club.
He comes to Johnsonville from Kings Grant Country
Club, at Summerville.
Tanner
Moore
Nurse Poston
Glover
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Saving Energy
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Charles Cox
Wylie Coker
SERVICE PINS
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n a couple of years, Wellman Industries will
celebrate the company's 25th anniversary on the
banks of Lynches River. A lot of changes have
taken place in the company since the decision was
made to build the first wool-combing plant in the south
at Johnsonville in 1954. Good employees, especially
those who have been members of the Wellman family
for a long time, have made it possible for the company
Elloree Bellflowers, Jack Wellman, Mack Sanders
Thomas J. Wilson
Arthur Braveboy
John D. Davis
PRESENTED FIFTEEN YEAR VETERANS
to diversify into other areas of the textile industry.
South Carolina recently observed her 300th Birthday
and the nation, on July 4th, will be 200 years young .
Such anniversaries are important. That is why Board
Chairman John G. Wellman makes a special effort to
present service pins to employees reaching the 20-year
mark.
The company's Vice-President and General
Manager Jack Belshaw presents pins to those with 15
Thomas Hicks
years of service.
Mr. Belshaw recently presented 15-year-service pins
to Simon H . McNeil, Jessie J. Wearing, Thomas J.
Hicks, John D. Davis, Jimmie Rogers, Jr., Thomas J.
Wilson, Charles D. Cox, Jr., and Wylie J. Coker. Mr.
Wellman presented 20-year pins to Elloree Bellflowers
and Mack Sanders.
Jessie Wearing
Jimmie Rogers
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united effort by men and women in the
textile industry to substantially curb their
companies' energy consumption is proving successful, according to a recent report
released by the Department of Commerce.
The report shows that the textile industry,
which ranks 10th in annual energy consumption
by U. S. industries , achieved a 6.6 percent
improvement in energy efficiency during the
final six months of 1975 over the same period in
1973.
More specifically, at Wellman Industries, Inc.,
such energy conservation techniques as heat
and air conditioning control, piping insulation,
lighting conservation and processing equipment
changes have been employed.
According to
Wellman's Operations Service Manager, Walter
Robinson, these efficiencies have accounted for
a 17.5 percent reduction in energy usage during
the final six months of 1975 over the final six
months of 1973.
The energy conservation program at Wellman
under the leadership of Bill Miles, Fibers
Maintenance Manager, and with the cooperation
of all management personnel, has specifically
initiated programs such as:
1. Set office thermostats at 68° during the
heating season and 78° during the
summer.
2. Turn off office lights at night, when
offices are empty at lunch time, and
when an office is not in use for an
extended period during the work day .
3. Where possible turn off office air conditioners at night and over weekends.
4. Maintain minimum lighting in work
areas when department or section is not
in operation .
5. Activate heat exchangers to recover heat
from warm or hot discharge water.
6. Extensive program to insulate steam and
hot water lines to prevent wasted heat.
7. Stepped up program to repair steam
leaks.
8. Concentrate on closing doors throughout the Plant to prevent wasted heat or
air conditioning.
9. Staggering start-up time to minimize
peak demands for electricity.
10. Installation of individual gas meters on
gas fired dryers and boilers to identify
any inefficient units.
11. Extensive boiler overhaul program to
increase boiler efficiency.
12. Modifications to process equipment to
greatly reduce the hot water required .
13. Installing a computer for power management for anticipated savings of an
additional 15 percent in electrical power.
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REPORT
THEY'RE LEARNING
T
he training room during
the past month
has
looked somewhat
like
disaster struck and left battered
bodies in its wake. The bodies
have all been in pretty good
shape.
The bandages
and
splints are part of a First Aid
Course being taught employees
from throughout the plant.
W. M. Tisdale and his wife
Mary are instructing the course
as part of a continuing effort by
Wellman Industries to provide
safe working conditions for employees .
The Tisdales placed emphasis
on emergency care on and off
the job.
Students have been
learning proper techniques for
providing first aid to those who
might need it.
Students completing the ninehour course received certifi-
cates.
Employees picked for
the
course include :
Fiber Maintenance Don
Thompson ,
Darrell
Coker,
Jessie Hughes , Ronald Jones ,
John Parsons , Jimmy W. Morris , Basil Cribb, George Nichols
John Filyaw , Ray
Thornhill ,
John Edwards , Harry Tanner,
Dannie Richardson and William
E. Smith.
Fiber Lab - Grady Morris ,
Sam Howell , Willis McDaniel
and Jerry Cox.
Fiber Finishing
Wayne
Humphries , John Collins, Rothy
Allison , Ernest
Richardson ,
Ronald Brock , Willie M. Hanna,
Farrell Lindley , Winston Haselden and Charlton Thompson.
Textile Operations Tom
Tanner , Wylie Coker, Buddy
Wise , A. J. Humprhies , Basial
FIRST AID
Lewis , Gerody Boatwright , Byron Annas , Lonnie Coker and
Robert Moore.
Plast ics - Lyn Gause , Liston
Williams , O'Farrell Ard , Dexter
Driggers and Frank Stewart.
Plant Nurse - Thurma Jean
Poston.
R & D - Bob Cushman .
Grease Plant - R. L. Port.
Tow - Marvin Parrott , Jerry
Taylor , Ronald Cox and Raleigh
Haselden.
Fiber Receiving Warren
Rogers , Sweeney Altman , Hubert Richardson , Greg Mouzon,
and Allen Marsh .
Sorting & Preparat ion
Charman
T.
Parker,
Gale
Hughes , David Brown, George
Frazier, Carey Powell , Charles
Cox , Jerry Posto n, Steve Coker
and Morris Perry.
Perry.
Fiber Shipping - Max Perry,
David Stone, Bill Thompson,
Phil
Ammons ,
and
Larry
Matthews .
Fiber Spinning
David
Stone, Bill Thompson, Jimmy
Morris , Muldrow Coker, John
W . Evans , John G. McWhite,
Buddy Dennis and Ray Bostian .
TO Maintenance Herman
Lowrimore, Wilbur Coker, Jim
Crocker, Jack Capps, Simon
McNeil and Albert Powell.
Administration
Emily
Willis .
TO Technical
Charles
Campbell.
Spinning - Leon Grier, Stanley Hanna, Jim Lytle and Curtis
Turner.
TO Lab - Ray Hucks.
John Collins, Ronald Jones, John Parsons, W. M. Tisdale
William Coker (seated) , George Frazier
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Mary Tisdale, Samuel Howell, O'Farrell Ard, Ray Hucks
Jimmy Morris, A. J. Humphries and Rothy Allison
Jerry Taylor, Phil Ammons
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John Collins , John Parsons, Buddy Wise, Jimmy Marsh, David Brown,
Ronald Jones, Wilbur Coker, and George Frazier
Basil Cribb
Allen Marsh
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SALUTING
The
Bicentennial
SNOW'S ISLAND
The Camp Site For The Legendary
GENERAL FRANCIS "SWAMP) FOX'' MARION
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olonel Banastre Tarleton and his British
calvarymen rode head-on into the swamplands of old Britten's Neck northeast of
what today is Johnsonville until the legs of their
horses sank knee-deep into the muck. Tarleton
and his horsemen had been chasing General
Francis Marion and his brigade of American
militia all the way from the Black Mingo. The
British found themselves threshing helplessly in
the thick swamplands somewhere
between
where Lynches River emptied into the Great Pee
Dee River.
Marion and his men had simply
disappeared into the mists that rose and swirled
from the sluggish waters covering the lower
trunks of the towering cypress trees.
The puzzled British didn't know that just
beyond the thick growth and murky water of
Lynches River was Snow's Island. They didn't
know that Marion himself watched from the
hidden high ground of Snow's Island while they
prepared to withdraw to Camden.
"Come on boys," shouted Tarleton. "Let's get
out of here. The devil himself could not catch
this swamp fox."
The commander of Lord
Cornwallis' calvary had given Marion the nickname that was to stick with him through the
Revolutionary War and on into history.
The
nickname was a natural for Marion.
Author
Stewart H. Holbrook, in his book "The Swamp
Fox of the Revolution", recalls that "no American leader had more need to play fox than
General Marion. Denied the fighting strength of
a full regiment simply because there were not
enough patriots to go around, he had instead to
use the speed and cunning of a fox against
superior forces."
Snow's Island was the perfect hideout for
Marion's men. Surrounded by the waters of
Lynches River, the Great Pee Dee, Muddy Creek
and Sockes Creek, the camp site was impenetrable to all except those mid-Pee Dee farmers
and hunters who knew the island. The island
was Marion's chief hide-out, commissary and
hospital.
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From Snow's Island, Marion raided and
otherwise harassed the British. He invented a
new kind of fighting - a kind of fighting for
which his whole life had unwittingly prepared
him and whose influence upon the future has
been without parallel: guerilla warfare. Tactical
necessity made Marion and his outnumbered
men masters of an unprecidented hit-and-run
offensive technique. Armed with his inexhaustible knowledge of the swamps, he evaded wave
after wave of professional troops, badly thinning
their ranks, crucially contributing not only to
Britain's failure in the South but also to its total
defeat in the whole of the Revolutionary
Colonies.
There is no more inigmatic or extraordinary
figure in all of American history than Francis
Marion. A small wizened man who walked with
a swaying limp, he was swarthy, eagle-nosed
and talked little. He usually wore a battered old
helment of the militia and his canteen never
held anything else than vinegar mixed with
water.
Marion's successful operations at first astonished and then angered the British. They
became determined to suppress the guerilla
support that Marion mustered in the Pee Dee.
Major James Wemyss and his 63rd British
Regiment were dispatched to the area to wipe
out Marion's men and their supporters. Wemyss,
like others sent to get the Swamp Fox, failed.
From Snow's Island, Marion's men rode to
battles at Fort Motte, Fort Watson, Moncks
Corner, Georgetown, the upper Pee Dee and into
North Carolina, Nelson's Ferry, Tarcote Swamp,
Parker's Ferry, Black Mingo and the British
supply lines between Camden and Charleston.
The legendary Swamp Fox and his men were not
disbanded until after the British evacuation in
December, 1782.
He left the brigade and
returned to his plantation.
Marion and his men racing through Swamp Camp
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••-•~••ROADS AND FEP.RIES
IN MPll<:ION'S r»,.'(.
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KORNER
DEATHS
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Earl Matthews , Father o f
Larry Matthews (Fiber
Manag em ent) on March
11 .
Italy Pittman (T. 0. Shipping ) on April 4 .
Mrs. Cu I ia Parker, Mother
of Mack Parker (Fiber
Maintenance) on May
22.
Charlotta
George Douglas , Fath er of
G.
Ballard
Douglas
(Sp inning ) on May 29 .
On The Cover
Our cover calls attention to the nation's Bicentennial.
Wellman Industries joins In saluting America on her
200th Birthday.
WE WELCOME OUR
WELLAMID - Jesse G .
Cantey , Jr. ,
Harry
J.
Pressley , J . Floyd Powell ,
Roma L. Kelly ,
Belton
Jones , Jr. , Richard
T.
Cox, Will ie Cunningham ,
Jr., Lee Daniel Moore ,
Ralph Washingt o n, Alon zo
Wash ington , Thomas
L.
W i ll iams , Glenn J . McLean ,
LaViciharria
M.
Lloyd , Ronald G . Watford ,
John G. Coker , Danny R.
Sisk and Abraham L. Cyrus .
SPINNING - Henry L.
Barr, Joel C. Flowers ,
Freddie L. Pearson and
Edward Davis .
CARDING Floyd M.
Linnen , Calv in
Wa lke r,
Willie J . Williams , Jeffery
Li nnen ,
Edward
J.
Hughes , Carl Brown , Roscoe Priest , Edward Davis
and Israel Dav is.
T. 0. FINISHING
George
Woodberry , Jr.,
Gerald Bost ick , Ralph Ful more, Barbara A. Wise ,
Ernest W . Kinder, Don
Verner and Eric McG i ll .
Ji mmy
harlotta Jones , according
to
her
grandmother Josephine Mccown , is about
the finest baby in these
parts . She's shown here
with a basket of flowers.
Another
Bicentennial
Baby being boasted about
by proud parents is J i mmy
Bryan Stone.
He's the
son of Roy and Melvina
Stone.
Wellman Topics is interested in printing pictures of your children and
grand chi ldren. Just drop
them by Personnel.
NEW EMPLOYEES
GRADING - Wash Singletary , Edd ie Lewis , Jr. ,
Jackie E. Col l ins , Luther
Lewis , Ju li ous Z. Gibson ,
Melvin Weaver, Lorenza C.
Taylor, Robert Taylor, Jr. ,
Thurman C. Taylor , John
R. Eaddy and Larry L.
Richardson .
WOOL RECEIVING
George S. Jones , Ira L.
Powell
and
Jefferson
Williams .
T. 0. PREPARING Roy L . McCray , Gregory
Wi lliams ,
Moddie
L.
Brown and Ni ckey Lyerly .
COMBING - Robert L.
Bradley ,
Theodore
R.
Speights , Nathaniel Washington , Allen D. Dicks ,
Alphonza Gamble, Richard
D. Coker, Kathy B. Powell
and J. Carrol I Eaddy .
OFFICE Beverly L .
Elliott and Tracy D. Eaddy .
DATA PROCESSING Jessie A . Geathers.
SCOURING Bu rgess.
Ulysees
SORTING - Zeb Ford ,
Jr. , Dillon Cockfield , David
Dorsey , Calvin C. Davis ,
Henry E. Lance , Horace L.
Linnen ,
Ervin
Wright ,
Douglas E. Graham , Hardy
Lewis ,
Larry
Johnson ,
Alfred
Murphy ,
Ronald
Johnson , Alvin McElveen ,
Calvin Pressley , Floyd T .
Pressley , Donald Edwards ,
Donald L. Brown , Lester
Davis , Herbert L. Brown ,
Elbert B. Porchea, Helbert
Woodberry , Fredd ie
J.
Watkins , Steven W right ,
Arthur L. Armstrong , Kenneth Dorsey ,
Henry
J.
Davis , W i llie E. Lewis ,
Richard Salters , James A .
Davis , James
Will iams ,
Edward L. Spears
and
Daniel Wilson .
FIBER
PREPARATION
- Simon Linen , Ronnie L.
McNeil , Marvin Armst rong ,
Nathaniel Cooper, Henry
Thompson
and
Levern
Pressley.
CONVERTING
wood R. Dav is .
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Lyn-
FIBER FINISHING
James L. Eaddy , Jr., Leon
E. Barr, Alfred McKnight ,
Allen Nesmith , Tereyl D.
Prosser and Jeffrey Booker.
MANAGEMENT - Ro~
ert H . Moore , Jr. and
Randall M . Glover.
CARDING & DRAFTING
- Kelly Wilson and David
L. Posto n.
FIBER RECEIVING
David L. Davis , Ray B.
Eaddy , Will iam McElveen
and Garland Green .
PRE-BLENDING
der L. Gibson.
Fel-
T. 0. MAINTENANCE Eimpson McKnight , Timothy J. Harrelson , Randy
Willis , Kenneth E. Barn hill , Gilbert C. Wall , Hal
Lewis and Gene Joye.
THREE MAKING HIGH
MARKS IN THE
ACADEMIC W ORLD
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r. Paul C. Gillette, 32,
Assistant Professor of
Cell Biophysis and Pediatrics (Cardiology) is one of
three children of Wellman employees making high marks in
the academic world. He is the
recipient of the Young Investigator's Award given by the
Section on Cardiology of the
American Academy of Pediatrics.
The Rev. Stephen Rowntree ,
Phd, has received his Master's
Degree from the School of
Divinity at Harvard University.
He's the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Rowntree , in Management.
Rev. Stephen Rowntree
Jo Ann Bradley, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs . Henry Bradley,
Fiber Preparation , has won an
award for her work as a mathematics tutor for freshmen in the
Department of Mathematics and
Computer Science at Claflin
College. A senior math major,
she has also been consistently
on the honor roll.
She is a
member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority.
Dr. Gillette, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Crawford P. Gillette, Management , worked at Wellman
during his school years at Johnsonville High, the University of
North Carolina and Clemson
University and during summer
vacation periods. He attended
the Medical University of South
Carolina and has been associated with Baylor University
Medical Center as an Intern ,
Resident, Fellow and Assistant
Professor.
The award he won, which
includes $500 stipend , is given
each year for a research study
that is judged most original.
The title of his study is "Effects
of Electrive lschemic Cardia
Arrest on Myocardian Performance in Isolated Subcellular
Fractions".
The work is of
particular significance to card ia
surgeons. Dr. Gillette and his
colleagues studied one method
of stopping the heart in preparation for surgery and starting
it again.
Dr. Gillette is a Diplomat of
the Board of American Academy
of Pediatrics , a Diplomat of t he
Board of the American Acad emy of Pediatric Cardiovascular
Section , A Fellow of the A merican College
of
Cardiolgist s
(Pediatrics) and has been elected a member of the Society
of Pediatric Research.
He is presently located at St.
Luke's Episcopal Hos pital and
the Texas Childrens Hospital in
the Texas Med ical Center at
Houston.
Jo Ann Brad ley
�Hal Huggins
Terilyn McClary
Jeff Ramage
Paula Ammons
GRADUATES
TO THE NEW GRADS
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Janis Cribb
Bever1y Lindley
Linda Prosser
Jeannie Howard
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Congratulations
Brenda Holder
Patty Bennett
Zella Mae Gause
Tony Cribb
ongratulations are in order for a new crop of
high school and college
graduates including the sons
and daughters of Wellman employees . The company is happy to salute the grads and wish
them well in the years to come .
Among this year's graduates
are :
Jeff Ramage , son of Bob
Ramage
(Management) ,
at
Johnsonville High ; Paula Ammons, daughter of Theola Ammons (R & D), Johnsonville
High ; and Zella Mae Gause,
Brittons Neck High , daughter of
W. George Gause (Fiber Preparation) .
Also : Brenda Holder, daughter of Alex Holder (Management) Johnsonville High ; and
Beverly Lindley , daughter of
Farrell Lindley (Fiber Management), Johnsonville High .
Also : Linda Prosser, daughter of Lyndon L. Prosser (T .O.
Finishing), Hanna-Pamplico
High ; Janis Cribb, daughter of
Perline Cribb (Fiber Lab) Pleasant Hill High ; and Tony Cribb,
son of J. Lamar Cribb (Spinning) Hemingway High.
HONORED BY WELLMAN
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ight of the area's top students have been singled out
as academic leaders of their
schools by Wellman Industries.
The top academic girl and boy
students from Hemingway High,
Battery Park High, Pleasant Hill
High and Johnsonville High have
been presented plaques by the
company for their "Outstanding
Academic Achievements".
Patty Bennett and Hal Huggins
Janice Stone
were tops at Hemingway High .
Battery Park honors went to
Terilyn McClary and Keith Nesmith.
At
Johnsonville
High ,
the
plaques were presented to Janice
Stone and Curtis Woodberry.
Pleasant Hill honors went to Jay
Williams and Jeannie Howard .
Miss Howard is the daughter of
General Howard , in Fiber Maintenance.
Jay Williams
Curtis Woodberry
Keith Nesmith
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TELL HOW THEY
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THE NATION'S
Roy Stone
COCONUT
Elwood Gooawin
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Ceasar McGill
Annie Mae Porchea
Albert Powell
Vera Poston
his July 4th, the nation's 200th birthday , is
going to be extra special for South Carolinians. Many of the battles of the American
Revolution were fought on Carolina soil - some led
by such Pee Dee patriots as Peter Horry , Thomas
Sumter, John James and General Francis "Swamp
Fox" Marion .
Independence Day week has always been a time for
folks in these parts to spend a little time at the
beach or just taking it easy.
Roy Stone, Scouring , is one of those planning a
trip to the Grand Strand . He is expecting to spend
some quiet time with the family .
For Elwood Goodwin , Plastics , this Independence
Day will be a time to think about what the country
has meant to him and his family. He said he hopes
the year ahead will be a bright one , especially for
people who have been out of work.
Caesar McGill , Supply , is a bit concerned over
what he feels has been " over-commercialization of
the Bicentennial ".
"Celebrating the Bicentennial is a good idea and I
am for it. !think it should be observed with respect.
Celebrating our freedom should be sacred. That's
the way I feel about it, " McGill said .
Annie Mae Porchea, T.O . Finishing, said she's
proud to be an American and feels the Bicentennial
is worth celebrating . She said her family is planning
nothing special on July 4th .
Vera Poston , Fiber Finishing , is looking forward to
her daughter Billy Jean coming down for a few days.
Billy Jean is coming with her husband and grandchildren Bobbie Jo and Johnnie Jo. They'll all go to
North Myrtle Beach for a little vacation.
Albert Powell, T.O ., began celebrating the nation's
200th birthday by buying a piece of it. He bought 96
acres of farmland and is going to build a home on it.
PIE?
R
eddick Williams , T.O. Receiving, enjoys coconut pie , and figures he is lucky because his
wife Sarah makes them just the way he likes
them .
Mrs. Williams , Sorting , has been a member of the
Wellman family for about ten years . Her husband
began working here five years before she came
aboard.
" Actually , he likes to eat. He'll eat about anything
I cook. He is not hard to please, but he especially
likes coconut pie ," Mrs . Williams smiled .
They have two children , Linda and Naru .
The
family lives in Hemingway and, as usual this time of
the year , is spending a lot of time in the garden .
"We've planted a big garden this year . We have
been digging potatoes from it. The beans , corn and
peanuts are looking good. Home-grown vegetables
always taste better," Mrs . Williams said .
Sarah Williams
COCONUT PE
3 Unbaked 9" Pie Shel Is
1 St ick Butter
2¼ cups Sugar
6 Eggs
3 cups Milk
1 ½ lbs. Cocon ut
Cream butte r and sugar. Add eggs ; stir in mil k.
Fold Coconut into
mixture. Pour into pie shell s. Bake in a 325" oven for approx imately 40
minutes .
Fishing Contest Leaders Named
T
he annual Wellman Fishing contest is over and
it is only a matter of a few days before the
winners will be known .
The contest , which opened in early spring , ended
June 30th with final entries being posted to see
who'll wind up with this year's award checks .
The judges were st ill looking for prize-winners in
the trout , perch and crappie divisions during the final
days of the contest but there were plenty of entries
for the other categories .
Winnifred Avant was leading in the Bass division
with an 11-pound , four-ounce entry . Ronnell Tanner
led for a while with a ten-pound , four-ounce bass.
Pete Jacobs and Franklin M. Hayes each had one
pounders in the Bream category while S. 8. Chandler
was tops in Rock Fish with a 19-pound , 15-ounce
beauty.
Pete Jacobs had a one-pounder in the
Warmouth category and Winnifred Avant was tops in
Catfish with a seven-pounder.
Elise P. Wright was out front with a two-pound
Red Breast , Jay I Powell had the biggest Mud Fish
with a 14-pound , four-ounce catch. Sweeney Altman
led in Jack Fish with a four-pound , three-ounce
entry.
�PERFECT ATTENDANCE
Central Tompkins, Henry Poston, Wallace Stone and Phillip Port
FIBER LAB - 3 months: Eulene
Scott, Geneve Nettles, Louise W .
Cooper, Cheryl Williams and Virginia
Richardson; 6 months: Bobbie Dennis , Betty Poston , Linda Thompson ,
Gail Prosser, Betty Stuckey and
Marilyn Haselden; 9 months: Esther
Cribb; 15 months: Cheryl Morris; 24
months:
Shirley W. Cameron; 27
months: Pearline Cribb; 30 months :
Linda Haselden.
Doris Coker
GREASE RECOVERY -
30 months :
Nathan Howell.
TECHNICAL - 6 months: Wynell
A. Howell; 12 months:
B. Louise
Goude and Blond Dell
months: Baker Parker.
FIBER RECEIVING -
WELLMANITES TURN OUT FOR THE
BLOODMOBILE
0
nee again, Wellmanites have answered the call for blood.
This time, volunteers produced 89 pints of blood for the
American Red Cross. Local volunteers pitched in and
helped the Red Cross Bloodmobile from Charleston collect the
valuable contributions. Several men and women at Wellman are
closing in on the magic mark of giving a gallon of blood to the
Red Cross. Many Wellmanites provide year-long protection for
their families by being regular contributors to the blood
program.
Hollin Pringle
Colee Powell
Shirley Eaddy
Cohen;
30
3 months:
Issac L. Julious, Barney Hayward,
Larry J . Lewis, William Hart , Sam
Julious and Lacie Graves; 6 months:
Hollin Pringle, Willie J. Cooper,
Richard Hannah, William Pressley and
David Napier; 9 months:
Earnest
Dorsey and David L. Williams; 12
months :
Abraham Richardson; 15
months: Earl Richardson; 21 months :
John Wal lace ; 30 months :
Prince
Daniels , Zone Hemingway , Jimmy
Rogers and Wesley McNeil.
FIBER FINISHING - 3 months:
Ruby Douglas , Marvin McKnight , Willie M. Hanna, Hubert Carmichael , Zeb
Prosser. Eva D. Rhames , Solomon
Brunson , Aaron L. Johnson . John
Henry Prosser. Walter McFadden ,
Italy Baker, Ton y W. White. Roger
Bluefort , Rufus Graves , Arthur Taylor.
Mary Ann Chandler , Willie Blow ,
Michael Butler and J. Christopher
Eaddy ; 6 months: Rudolph Pittman ,
William M. Moore, Walter Eaddy,
Gracie Matthews , Sam J. Singletary ,
Alma Lee and Willie
Rogers ;
9
months: Freddie Barr . Levi Jenkins,
Levant
Campbell ,
Mose Wilson ,
Archie Davis , Gilbert L. Richardson ,
Willie D. Hanna, Marvin Brown and
Elwood B. Holden ; 12 months :
James B. Haselden , Emmit Eaddy ,
Vera Poston and Lenwood Hughes : 15
months: W . Carroll Hanna, Jessie J.
Cameron and Johnny Johnson ; 18
months: Elbert Haselden ; 21 months :
Curline Dorsey; 24 months : James J .
Thigpen; 30 months : Rothy Allison ,
Elise P. Wright , Ruby J. Rogers ,
Stephen Wright , Frances C. Miller,
John Burgess , Burel Dozier and Manning Ray .
TOW 3 months:
Thomas J .
Hicks , Janie Tyler, Rena Mae Cox ,
James Wilson, Earline Foxworth , Kenneth Dean and D. Gene Powell ; 6
months: Edith Ard , Cynatha Rabon ,
Larry Powell, Joseph Johnson , Jr.,
Millie Nettles, Everlena Brunson , Dennison Davis and Jay I. Powell; 9
months: Inez Nettles; 12 months:
Marvin Parrott; 15 months: Opal R.
Oliver; 18 months : M. Letha Hucks ;
21 months:
Raleigh Haselden ; 30
months: Phillip H. Woodberry.
-
HONOR ROLL
FIBER SPINNING & WELLSTRAND
3 months: Hester Hanna, Robert
L. Woodberry, Earnest Burgess , Jr. ,
Jimmy L. Lewis, Queen Washington ,
Jimmy J. Footman, B. Eugene James,
Nathaniel Flegler, Richard Sumpter,
L. A. Hemingway, Billy R. Stone,
Roosevelt McCrea, Frankie Gordon ,
Jr. , Nathaniel J. Salters, Eli Williams ,
Dennis McFadden, Willie E. Salters,
Nathaniel Davis, Leo Miller, Willie Joe
Wilson , Blanche Capps, Eugene Dorsey , Myers Nesmith, Malachia Verner,
Samuel J . Barefoot , Elmore Bell , Jr.,
Fred Ellison, Timothy Graves, James
Owens, John Bishop , Randolph Singletary , Larry J. Davis, Ronnie McGill ,
James E. Davis , Kenneth Nesmith ,
Winnifred Hanna, Bruster Cooper,
Sam Hugee, George McFadden and
Harry Lee Williams; 6 months:
Merease Miller, Leroy Capps , Jacob
Daniels , Mary D. Wise, Bobby Montgomery, Sam Cooper, Jr., Katherine
Alston , Nathaniel Moore, Jerome
Woodberry, Bernard L. Davis, Eat her
M. Booker, Carolyn McDaniel , Joseph
Polite, Jr., and J. David Barr; 9
months:
William D. Barr, Leon G.
Richardson, Uldine H. Poston , Joe L.
Peterson, Ilene Prosser, Lenoir Barr
and Thomas Wilson; 12 months:
Thomas J.
Wilson,
Jimmy
M.
Williams , Oscar K. Avant , Carolyn
Cribb , Mary Singletary , Esau Brown ,
Lula Mae Wilson and Willie J. Davis ;
15 months: William H. Johnson , Ella
K. Poston and Willie J . Lewis ; 18
months: Milton Gause, Charles W.
Ball and Eugene Jones; 30 months :
M. Deedy McGee, John W. Young ,
Alfonza Jones , Leon Prosser, Joe
Rogers , Ballard Douglas, Frank Taylor
and Willie G. Parker.
FIBER SHIPPING - 12 months:
Jacob Belin ; 21 months :
John J.
McAlister; 24 months:
James M.
Hayward ; 27 months: John H. Campbell ; 30 months: James S. Brown .
T. 0. SHIPPING 3 months:
Deltus Cooper, McKinley Hicks, Jr.,
Albert B. Cribb , Gregory E. Huggins
and Robert C. Cantey , Ill; 18 months :
Samuel Walker; 30 months: George
E. Mccloud .
FIBER PREPARATION -
3 months :
Isiah Wright , Joe Singletary , James
Burgess , Woodrow Cooper, Myers
Sco tt , Ernest Simon , Al Jones, John
H. Dorsey and Lester Winns ; 6
month9: Willie James Davis , Edgar
Gause, Jr., Theodore Wilson , Kelly
Thomas, Carol Alston, Alonza Cooper,
Wesley Peguese and Pearl ie Graves ; 9
months :
Robert Winns ,
George
Gause, Samuel Linen and Cecil Taylor; 12 months:
David Dorsey; 15
months:
Willie
Woodberry
and
Joseph McFadden ; 18 months: Randolph Johnson ; 21 months : Bu ster
Eaddy ; 27 months:
Willie James
Hanna; 30 months:
Robert Taylor,
Prophet Peterson, Charles Bull s, Jr. ,
John Gary , Willie Wright and Henry
Bradley .
WOOL - 3 months: Chester A.
Davis , James A. Lewis and Isiah
Davis ; 6 months: Harry Isaac Wilson ,
H. Harry Eaddy and Vernon McWhite;
9 months:
Thomas L. Cooper; 12
months: Irene Evans ; 18 months:
Jessie J . Wearing and George Shelton ; 30 months : Lloyd Pasely , Sinclair Sessions , Marion Pasley , Ozzie
Dorsey, Jr., Robert C. Cantey , Jr. and
Myrtis D. Powell.
SUPPLY - 6 months:
Loree L.
Stone; 30 months: Harry Barfield , St.
Clair E. Huggins and David M. Poston .
TRAFFIC - 3 months:
Thomas
Gray , Jr. ; 6 months: Junior Mention;
9 months: Albert Lee Johnson and
Freddie Lee Graham.
PIN SHOP - 24 months: J . D.
Greenwood , Jr.; 30 months: William
H. Hicks.
FIBER
months:
MAINTENANCE
3
Tony W. Eaddy , Mack R.
Cook , John McGill, Ira A. Cameron ,
Orum McNeil, John Graham, Danny
H. Richardson , David Matthews , Jimmy C. Pope, Milton A. Coward, Jessie
W. Hughes, Hezekiah Graves, Mack
C. Parker, Randall Evans , James
Haselden, Cecil Parrott , G. Wildon
Eaddy, Marion Howell, Robert Generette, Jr., and Harry L. Clemons ; 6
months: Benjamin Fulmore, Eugene
Hyman, Moses Dickerson , Charlie
Eaddy , Eugene Woodberry, Alfred L.
Thompkins, Edgar Smith and Ralph
Coker; 9 months : A. Wayne Stone ,
William E. Smith and Prince Nesmith ;
12 months : Hardee Godwin and Lacie
Richardson; 15 months:
Billy C.
Avant, M. Derrell Coker, Terry B.
Richardson and Derrick Avant ; 21
months: John L. Edwards, J. Lorie
McDaniel ; 27 months:
Paul Stone ,
Olin D. Richardson and Ronald Coker;
30 months : Cleveland Pressley , John
D. Davis , Henry Poston , Benchon
Moore, John A. Parsons , Watis Pressley , Carroll Barnhill , Billy V. Bazen,
Wallace Stone and D. Ray Thornhill.
SORTING - 3 months : John D.
Singletary , Ellis Singletary, James
Graves, Peter James Nesmith, Julious
Armstrong, Dock Wilson, John Smith ,
William Barr, Jefferson Brown, Joe
Burgess, Gerald Johnson, Carol Bradley, Samuel Alston , . Rufus Burgess
and Th elder Gamble, Jr.; 6 months:
Ola Mae McFadden , Laurence Fulmore , Jr. , Leon Barr, Elder H.
Bacchus , Ruby Johnson and Fannie
Mae Gamble; 9 months : Nathaniel
Robinson, Odessa Davis, Evelyn Harrell and Elizabeth Morris; 12 months:
David Woodberry , Eall ie Woodberry
and Buddy Lewis; 15 months : Nellie
McCullough; 18 months:
Ouency
Fulmore ; 21 months:
Jeffrey Bacchus ; 24 months : Henry Deas and
Daniel Pendergrass ; 30 months:
George McCutcheon , George McKnight , Sular Graham , Laura Davis ,
Gladys R. Davis and John W. Singletary.
PROJECT CONSTRUCTION 3
months: Malcolm Haselden, Nelson
Moore ano Freddie Lee Woodberry; 27
months:
Doris Coker; 30 months:
Colee Powell.
WELLAMID - 3 months: J. Ronald
Powers, Eugene Burgess ,
Charlie
King, Larry Moore, Leroy Scott , Delmus Burns , Randel Lewis, Samuel
Graham, Otis Brown, Freddie McFadden and Elroy Fleming ; 6 months:
Eddie Wilson, Letha Gaskins and
Michael Prosser; 9 months:
John
Henry Allison and Thomas Bell; 12
months:
Therian T.
Stacks;
15
months: Daisy L. Powell ; 24 months:
S. B. Chandler and James Gilliard .
T. 0 . MAINTENANCE -
3 months:
Daniel P. Hicks, Virgil Prosser, James
S. Richardson and
Clarence
W.
Rogers ; 6 months:
Ned Hughes,
Gerald Joye, James Crocker and Willie Joe Tanner; 9 months: Jim W.
Eaddy, John S. Richardson and
Thomas J . Hanna; 12 months: Lloyd
Green; 15 months: Arthur Marlowe,
Wi Ibur D. Pollard and Drexell Turner;
18 months:
Meada Owens , Ben
Stuckey; 21 months: David 0 . Rogers
and Willie B. Haselden; 24 months:
Albert Powell , Herman P. Lowrimore ;
27 months: John Wesley Altman , Jr.,
Rudolph Thompson; 30 months:
Winston Douglas , Willie E. Cox,
David Alford , Jack R. Capps and
Wallace Woodberrv.
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT - 3
months:
Willie M. Larrimore; 15
months: Grace Cannon.
TEXTILE
PROCESSING
3
months:
L. Junior Bacchus , Keith
Miller, Thomas Cooper, Jr., Dick
Parnell , Harold R. Nesmith , Jr.,
Jimmy Singletary , Clyde Richardson ,
Silas Nesmith , Marek R. Verner, Jr.,
Allen Gause, Doris Lyerly , Ashmeade
Cooper, Thomas Coles, Edward Kirton , Gussie Palmer, Tom Cooper,
James R. Bass , Jimmie Ceasar, Rudy
A. Blaine , Foster Moore, Gerald Cooper, Frankl in Hayes , Ricky Jones,
Quentin Keith, Raymon Cokely, Lazarus Timmons , Allen Hanna, Donnie
Hughes, Essie Graham , Mattie Ann
Burgess, Alice Bartlett and George
Lewis , Jr.; 6 months: Phillip Cockfield, Harry Scott, Roosevelt Nesmith,
James Wilson , Mclendon Prosser,
Frankie F. Graves , Bobby Joe Cobb ,
Jimmy Hanna, Jim Lewis , Alvin S.
Pope, Jr. , David Barr, Daniel Marlowe,
Kenneth B. Epps , Florence P. Gause,
Tiny Matthews, Eddie McGill , Ron nie
Brown , Charlie Willis and Gerald
Belin ; 9 months : Benny Richardson ,
Billy M. Hanna and Gene Bradley ; 12
months : Joe Johnson , Odean Parrott
and J. Leroy Wilson ; 15 months:
Walter Willis , Joe Moore and R. L .
Holden; 21 months :
Lyndon L .
Prosser; 24 months : David Cribb; 30
months :
Ervin Parrott , Dewey K.
Baxley , Clyde Nesmith , Knox Richardson and Leroy Barcu s.
�T
wo hundred years ago , our founding
fathers stood at a crucial turning point
in this great country's history . Beset
then by grave doubts , they ultimately resolved to stake everything on a handful of
ideas and ideals. They forged those ideas
and ideals into founding principles and then
fought to uphold them .
The American
Revolution brought forth a new system of
government based on freedom , justice and
individual rights .
W
e, at Wellman , believe our nation has
reached a point in history when a
second American Revolution is called
for, a revolution not of violence, but of
fulfillment, of fresh purpose and of new
directions. The Bicentennial Era is a time
when we must once again assert the primacy
of individual initiative in moving our country
forward .
We, who believe in free enterprise, believe
that the mightest force ever unleased on the
face of th is earth was the force that was
released in 1776 when a free people were
told : " You may enjoy and keep the rewards
of your initiative and ability and your
ambit ion and your work" . America is great
not because of what government did for
people but because of what government
permitted people to do for themselves.
The Bicentennial is a time to recall the ideals and ideas
that has made this country great. It is time for a profound
sense of renewal and rededication to freedom and to free
enterprise.
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Wellman Topics
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Wellman Inc, Wellman Combing Company
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Over the years, Wellman Inc. created an employee magazine detailing goings on in Johnsonville and with the company. Various surviving copies of this magazine are digitized in this collection.
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Wellman Topics July 1976
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4 July 1976
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Wellman Inc
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Cheryl Williams