https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/9aea281b0a451c836038aeaa59156c01.pdf ffba28000c34c0ff922ae0b648832194 PDF Text Text ..... ,1 -....~ 111t11 Cheryl Williams na...-,,,,,;., , / • ) 2335 Schoolhouse Dr Hemingway, SC 29554 �:\, i ''l.{r' . .... ··.. ' .i f:?!~~~~ :;:r'/4;::1 MEMO FROM ..-:• . :,::::::-:-- :~, ,r1" .-:-· ' .\1'::\!i!!j' BY JOHN G. WELLMAN BOARD CHAIRMAN, WELLMAN INDUSTRIES, INC . n the last issue of the Topics I urged each one of you to get out and vote for 'the candidates of your choice. By exercising your right to vote, you would be voicing your opinion on what direction our country should take. This right to vote was something that was fought for you many years ago. The reenactment of the battle at Black Mingo and the victory by Francis Marion as brought out In this issue of the Topics again reminds us of the great struggle that our forefathers went through nearly two hundred years ago. I'm sure many of you had this in mind when you cast your vote on November 4. As shown by the results of the election, both on the state and national level, you voiced opinions that I am proud to share with you. We must curb inflation, limit government spending, have a strong military force, stop government's un• necessary regulations in too many areas of our lives, and create an atmosphere in which the free enterprise system can become the leader and moving force in our economy that it deserves. As we celebrate Christmas and look forward to better years to come, keep in mind that we all have to work and take part in helping to realize our future goals and expectations. We can not just sit back and expect others to take care of us for the rest of our lives. Best Wishes to you and your loved ones during this Holiday Season. Published quarterly by and for the employHs of Wellman lnduatrlH, Inc., Johnsonville, South Carolina 29555, under the supervision of Doug Matthews, Vice President of Personnel. Edited by Frances Owens, EmployH Com• munlcatlona Manager. Produced by Carolina lnduatrlal Preaa. Printed by Pattillo Printing Company, Inc., Florence, South Carolina. ME M 8 ER ij·. Carolinas DaODBG~ O Association of I nternat1onal Assoc1at1on of Business Communicators ~--' BUslnesscommunlcatorS A sk what Santa Claus travels in around Wellman Industries and you just might hear that it's a big tractor trailer rig. That's how the hundreds of gifts he annually brings to Wellmanites were transported to Johnsonville from one of his North Pole field warehouses. It would take a very big sleigh to handle the wide variety of Christmas presents on the list Santa received from Wellman employees. The most requested gifts this year included stainless steel cookware, a 40-piece wrench-socket set and multi-speed food mixers. There were a lot of toys also on the list. Many of those are expected to show up around family yule time trees on Christmas morning. page 3 �Walter Robinson And Bill Miles Break Ground For Energy Plant WELLMAN'S SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL AND ENERGY PRODUCTION SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED TO E A REAL 1 ENERGY SAVER W ellman Industries, Inc. has · become the first industrial firm in South Carolina to break ground for a plant to convert municipal and industrial solid waste into steam energy. The 8,000 square-foot "Solid Waste Disposal and Energy Production System" plant is being constructed on a five-acre site just south of the sprawling Wellman facilities at Johnsonville. Designed to be a real energy saver, the system will consist of modular combustion units fitted with an energy recovery boiler to recover heat in the form of steam. The facility was designed to process 50 tons of refuse per day. The twostage, controlled air process will pAge4 produce a relatively clean emission into the atmosphere. The company has received an Incinerator Construction Permit from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC). Wellman has been notified that the permit application was reviewed by the DHEC engineering staff and that with proper operation and maintenance, the proposed unit will comply with South Carolina Air Quality Control Regulations and Standards. The permit issued by the Bureau of Air Quality Control states that tests indicating compliance with applicable standards will be required prior to issuance of a permit to operate. "The energy plant will replace the consumption of approximately 700,000 gallons of fuel oil of 100 million cubic feet of natural gas annually. " - John G. Wellman, Sr. Wellman Operations Service Manager Walter Robinson said the construction of the energy plant should take about a year. The facility will create jobs for 11 additional employees. Board Chairman John G. Wellman said the energy-producing facility is in support of the national effort to reduce the consumption of energy and at the same time reduce the energy costs of Wellman Industries. "The energy plant will replace consumption of approximately 700,000 gallons of fuel oil or 100 million cubic feet of natural gas annually," Wellman pointed out. The company presently uses fuel oil and natural gas in the production of steam used in its various manufacturing processes. Wellman said that during the past two years, the cost of fuel oil had doubled, the cost of natural gas had increased by about 70 percent and that in the past six years, the contract cost for handling the company's solid waste had doubled . "The reduction of the energy costs to Wellman Industries witl favorably affect the continued competitiveness of our operating costs and thusly should assure our employees of more job security," Wellman emphasized. The steam generation facility will use Wellman's own industrial refuse in addition to municipal and county trash. This use of processed waste at Wellman is expected to allevi_ ate the ever increasing problem of the availability and cost of acceptable landfill space. Wellman has entered into a 15-year contract with the county of Georgetown reserving for the company a maximum of 15,000 tons per year of its processed municipal solid waste. It has been estimated that the savings to the taxpayers of Georgetown County for every ton that it does not bury is approximately three to four dollars plus an increase in the useful life of the present land field acreage. The company is currently negotiating with Williamsburg County officials whereby that county may also offer its citizens the benefits which may come from a similar arrangement in disposing of county waste. No agreement has been reached at the time Wellman Topics went to press, Wellman said. The City of Johnsonville has also expressed the desire to utilize the Wellman facility for disposal of its municipal waste. Johnsonville Mayor Connie S. Decamps has stated that an arrangement with Wellman Industries would create economic benefits to the town and to its citizens. Disposal of city trash at the Wellman facility would eliminate the 56 round-trip miles to the Florence County Landfill by city vehicles and the need to purchase a new packer-type vehicle could possibly be eliminated. Wellman stated that the company's investment is the result of successful negotiations and cooperative arrangement between private industry and city and county governments and that no federal or state funds are being used . "This is a milestone in energy conservation," Wellman concluded. �F or most Wellmanites, Christmas is not only the time to honor the birth of Christ, but a time for families and friends to get together. It's a time for feasting and a special time for children. Samuel Walker, who drives one of those big Wellman tractor-trailer rigs, has had "the Christmas spirit since about Thanksgiving. Christmas means a lot to me. It's the birthday of Jesus. I've already told Santa Claus what the kids want. My little boy wants a big, tractor-trailer like the one I drive." Jo Ann Webb, Spinning, is looking forward to "good things to eat and exchanging gifts on Christmas. Of course, we shouldn't forget what Christmas really is and we should honor Jesus. Christmas means a lot of fun for the children, a time for everyone to enjoy one another." Midge DuRant, Personnel, agrees that Christmas is "that time of the year when people seem to be more considerate of others. It is a time for families being together, to perhaps be a little care free while forgetting world problems." Alene Nettles, Production Control smiled that this Christmas "will be a time to show the boy friend off to the family . I'm not saying what I'm giving him for Christmas but I'm expecting something nice from him." Dennis Daniels, Fiber Finishing, said he has "a whole lot to be thankful for ... glad to be around for another Christmas. We'll be visiting my mother and family up in North Carolina. We'll also have dinner with my wife's folks in Hemingway." Kenneth Hucks, Superwash, said Christmas is his "favorite time of the year. The whole family will be home to eat Mama's cooking. Nobody cooks like Mama. She makes a great nut cake." Eisenhower Legette, Sorting, has enjoyed shopping "especially for a hobby horse for my little girl Tris. She'll get other things, too, like a tricycle. Christmas is a special time when the happiness of children rubs off on the grownups." Siner Woodbury, T. 0. Preparing, will spend Christmas "with the kids and remembering that this is when we celebrate the birth of Christ. Wouldn't it be nice if the whole world followed in his peaceful footsteps." Wi 11 iam Marlow, Combing, noted that "Christmas is a happy time. I like to see the day celebrated in simple ways for it is the Lord's birthday. Gifts are nice but Christ's birth is the greatest gift of all." Cynthia Parks, Administration, sees Christmas as "a time for family and friends getting together to honor the birth of Christ. Every Christmas is special." Frances Lewis, Sorting , is loo king forward to her nine-months old baby Dennis having his first Christmas . It will also be nice for my little girl Elaine. Having that time with the family is very nice." Midge DuRant Alene Nettles a. Cynthia Parks Eisenhower Legette Frances Lewis �Cheryl Scott Leon Richardson Gregory E. Huggins Harry K. Gaskins Allen Lee McDaniel Elizabeth Miller Carolyn Cribb Dena Jones Thurma Jean Poston Isaiah Woodberry Marie Richardson Uldine Poston Carol Bradley Before You Start Any Job, Large Or Small Think Safety First Of All. Carol Bradley Saf ety ' S L"k I e A Fl ower, It Has TO G row. Spinning Cheryl Scott Fiber Laboratory Don't Let Accidents Teach You -Your Safety Rules. Safety Coincides With Safe Work Habits Leon Richardson Gregory E. Huggins Wellstrand T. 0. Shipping Fall Into Winter With Safety. Thurma Jean Poston Personnel • The Proper Way To Run A Machine Means Learning All Safety Features And Keeping It Clean. This Christmas, Let Safety Be The Gift You Give Yourself. Elizabeth Miller Spinning Plastics Uldine Poston Spinning Turning "Blind Eyes" On Safety Mig ht Become Rea1ity. Dena Jones T. 0 . Administration Use Safety Every Day For Your Savings Bond For The Present And The Future. Plastics Isaiah Woodberry Well strand Safety Is More Than A Fairy Tal e. Carolyn Cribb page 8 Safety Doesn't Just Happen, It Takes All Of Us To Make It Work. Harry K. Gaskins Allen Lee McDaniel • Safe Husband, Safe Wife, Safe Children, Happy Life. Spinning Safety Is For You To Choose, If You Win Or If You Lose. Marie Richardson General Admin istration �Hemingway Cub Scouts honored the colors The star of the show Wellman Industries entered a colorful float JOHNSONVILLE HEMINGWAY PARADES SURE SIGN SANTA IS COMING TO TOWN Waiting for Santa Yeah, team! T Christmas carols were sung by the kids All tucked in their bed page 10 housands of persons turned out to view this year's Christmas parades in Hemingway and Johnsonville. Sponsored by the Business and Professional Association in Hemingway and the Pee Dee Junior Woman's Club in Johnsonville, the parades were easily among the best to announce that Santa Claus will soon be coming to town. Santa was the star of both parades but he had to share the billing with beautiful girls, politicians and colorful floats adorned with hundreds of young people. While many themes were included, the most impressive ones were floats reminding the crowds about what Christmas is all about - the celebrating of the birthday of Christ. High-stepping majorettes and area high school marching bands provided the tempo for the parades as they moved through Hemingway and Johnsonville. One of the Johnsonville floats reminded the crowd that Americans are still being held hostage in Iran for the second straight Christmas. Area beauty queens participated Ride 'em cowboys Bright faces extended greetings of the season A truck load of happy carolers �A salute to the colors A Revolutionary War cannon was demonstrated by the Swamp Fox Battalion of the S. C. National Guard QtlJristmas Was Different In The Days Of Francis Marion · Jltstnrtc iiattlt ®f Witt iilack :!ltngn f&ttnartth The Baron Prepares For His Christmas Feast At Williamsburg n the days when Francis "Swamp Fox" / Marion roamed the Pee Dee countryside, Christmas was a time to honor the birth of Christ, to do a little hunting and to sit down to a big feast at plantation houses. The banquet, reminiscent of holiday dining in old England, was lavish at some plantations. The Baron's Feast, presided over by "the Baron " himself at historic Williamsburg, Va., recalls those colonial day banquets. The delicacies included both fowl and pork from the farm and game from nearby forests. Some early settlers, however, discouraged feasting and observing Christmas other than to honor Jesus in worship services. Frivolous celebrations were not regarded by them as the proper thing to do in observance of the birth of Christ. It was in the south, largely, that the ancient customs of caroling, mummering, feasting, page 12 hunting and lighting firecrackers became an American Christmas tradition. Christmas was celebrated in South Carolina even during the bitter Civil War. This Christmas season in Williamsburg is being celebrated with the gracious hospitality and time-honored traditions handed down from the days of Francis Marion. Homemade decorations, beautifully decorated homes and the warm glow of candlelight from hundreds of windows diminishes winter's chill. It's Christmas without the garish glitter of multi-colored lighting displays and the artificiality of plastic wreaths and snow made of foam. It's Christmas with the enticing aroma of mince-meat tarts and the burning of oak logs in an open fireplace. There is roping of the greens, mistletoe and holly. An old fashioned Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all Wellmanites everywhere. T he year 1780 was a most critical time for South Carolina's Whigs, seeking their independence from Great Britain. Savannah and Augusta were in British hands; Charleston and Georgetown had fallen. In mid-August, the Americans suf• fered one of their worst defeats of the Revolutionary War when General Horation Gates, hero of Saratoga, was routed at Camden . It was against this grim background that a spark of hope was ignited by partisan leaders in the Pee Dee such as Francis "Swamp Fox" Marion. Marion and his Williamsburg Militia demonstrated that guerrilla warfare with a few dedicated men could turn the tide. That happened near Black Mingo Creek on September 28, 1780 - a date recalled 200 years later by a reenactment of historic battle by Georgetown and Williamsburg counties. Hundreds of men and women who work at Wellman Industries live in "Swamp Fox Country" - named for the hero of Black Mingo and other battles of America's bat• tleground of freedom. It is a proud heritage suitably recalled at a time when America needs to return to old-time patriotism . A number of events were commemorated during the recent Low Country History Festival but none was more colorful nor more soul-stirring than the reenactment of the Battle of Black Mingo. One of the best descriptions of the battle is included in the book "Swamp Fox" by historian Dr. Robert D. Bass who now lives in Marion County. Marion and his troopers were up, cooking, eating and tending their horses before dawn on the day of the battle. From their hideaway in the swampy woodlands not far from present-day Johnsonville, they rode to meet tne enemy . Marion could not swim and there was no ferry to cross the Little Pee Dee River. He feared water but he did not fear death. He clinged to the pommel of his saddle and held on as his horse swam the river. His men followed. From there, they moved on past Hickory Hill, Port's Ferry, Witherspoon's Ferry and crossed Lynches River. They had heard Colonel John C. Ball and his British troops were encamped around Dollard's Tavern. James Fowler, a rich merchant in Charleston and a rice planter on Black Mingo Creek, established a trading post called Willtown in the early 1700's. A jolly Irishman named Patrick Dollard had an inn at Willtown. Also called a tavern, it was known as the Red House. it was from the Red House that the British went to meet Francis Marion when they heard his horses crossing an old wooden bridge. The Battle of Black Mingo lasted only 15 minutes, but for the scant hundred men involved it was bloody. Of his 46 men, Ball left three dead and 13 wounded or captured. Several others died of their wounds. Marion left two dead and two of his fighters so riddled by buckshot that they never again saw action. He left his six wounded at Dollard's Inn. Marion captured the enemy's guns, ammunition and baggage. Their triumph, however, was the capture of the blooded horses of the Tories. One of them was a spirited gelding that had been Colonel Ball's charger. Marion claimed the horse, bridle and saddle of his defeated rival. With puckish humor, he renamed the steed Ball. Marion's Black Mingo triumph over the Tories and blow for American independence, as reenacted, is shown by the photographs on these four pages. It is a proud heritage for the land Wellman Industries is proud to claim as home. �Battle flags were paraded An empty saddle for a fallen warrior Women shared the hardships of the war Battle scenes were depicted by men dressed in authentic American, Hessian and British uniforms A wounded soldier is removed to safety The victors passed in review Long rifles were typical of Revolutionary War weapons Retreat at Black Mingo Heroes of the historic battle stand by for inspection The honor guard moved out front �N ews01akers Wellmanites Busy With Community Activities W Battle colors were sheathed and presented to the presiding officer Camp fires were used to prepare food for the troops State Senator Bill Doar welcomed the crowd The British made Collard's Tavern their headquarters Beth Little and Dr. Johnstone Parr wear costumes of tHe period. These ladies were properly attired for the day ellman ites are continuing to make news with activities in the communities in which they live. Among the newsmakers are Jack Wellman , Jr., Elaine Tanner, Frances Owens and R. L. Port. Vice President Jack Wellman, Jr. has been elected chairman of the Florence-Darlington Technical College Education Foundation. He succeeds James Scott of Fibers Industries. Wellman holds a bachelor's degree from Davidson College and a master of business administration degree from Harvard University's Graduate School of Business Administration . He is also a graduate of the Leadership South Carolina program . The foundation, a non-profit, tax-exempt organization, was established in 1979 to support the educational purposes of FlorenceDarlington TEC. The foundation promotes funds to meet both the financial needs of students and to update equipment and other needs. Elaine Tanner, R.N., has received the South Carolina Nurses' Association 's "Excellence in Practice Award" for 1980. The wife of John E. Tanner, in Data Processing, she was presented the award at the South Carolina Nurses' Association convention in Columbia. "This award is the highest honor a nurse can receive from the association," said SCNA President Cora Marie Nelson, R.N., of Newberry. "Our 'Excellence in Practice Award' is presented each year to a nurse engaged in clinical practice who has been instrumental in influencing superior patient care. Mrs. Tanner works with the Waccamaw Health District. Frances Owens, Personnel, has been named the Vice Chairperson of the Pee Dee Area Personnel Club Officers of the Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce. The organization includes corporate members from 104 area businesses and industries. R. L. Port, Lanolin Recovery, has drawn a salute from South Carolina Farm Bureau Federation President Harry Bell. Port is the president of the Georgetown County Farm Bureau. Bell said it is the state winner in percentage gain in farmer membership during 1980. The Georgetown chapter is in the top ten of membership gain statewide and placed second for best coverage of a Farm Bureau event, the staging of the Georgetown County Farm Bureau Day. Jack Wellman, Jr. Elaine Tanner Frances Owens R. L. Port, left, is congratulated for a job well done by State Farm Bureau President Harry Bell. page 17 �Harry Gaskins Elwood Goodwin and James Walker look at Plastics Achievement Award Erv Lewis, left, looks at one of St. Clair Huggins' Christmas gifts. Plastics Gets Delco Remy Award T he Wellman Plastics Division has received a "Quality Achievement Award " from Delco Remy for producing high-quality material used in the company's manufacturing process. L. J. Salzman, director of Reliability and Quality Control at Delco Remy, a division of General Motors, said products received from Wellman and other American companies prove that there is still high quality work being done in this country. " Quality is as American as apple pie and Wellman Plastics is a good example of a quality manufacturer. The products produced by your employees and shipped to Delco Remy during 1980 were of excellent quality," Salzman said . "Your organization and personnel are to be congratulated for a "quality job - well done." We look forward to your continued quality performance in the future," Salzman said. He said Delco Remy has noticed a steady improvement in the quality of American made goods during recent years. · i 1 Their Ideas Got Christmas Cash St. Clair Huggins Ready For Santa S t . Clai r Huggins has had a lot more time to do his Ch ri stmas shopp ing and yuletime visiting this year as a ret iree from Wellman Industries. " But I do miss my friends at Wellman . I made a lot of good friends there and hope to get by to see them every now and then ," Huggins said. At Wellman for 15 years , he spent most of his time in Su pp ly. He's living in Hemingway where, so far, since ret iring he has " mostly loafed, f ished a little and visited a lot ." " I don 't have any spec ial plans for Christmas . I'm t hankful t hat I am feel ing better and my health has improved . I have a pacemaker in me now and I feel better t han I have in a long ti me. I'm thankful for that ," he said . Huggins saw a lot of changes during his 15 years around the long bins and counters in Supply. " There are thousands of items in Supply and there is a need for every little bolt and nut there. They try to stock everything the company needs to keep the machines going," he said . He said "Supply operates kind of like a store where orders for everything from tiny bolts to giant pieces of equipment weighing hundreds of pounds are found. Requisition forms instead of money is the currency there." He said Supply has grown during the past few years to meet the needs of a growing Wellman Industries. Supply had only a few hundred items 15 years ago. The inventory now includes thousands ot items. T. J . Hanna, T. 0 . Maintenance, and Jessie W. Hug hes, Fi ber Mai ntenance, have a little ext ra Christmas cash they picked up by participating in the Wellman Suggestions Awards program . Hanna's winning suggestion was to take the brush drive belt off Cards and replace them with a positi ve chain drive to eliminate problems of constant belt breaking. Hughes suggested the Spin Pump drive shafts on Line #5 be replaced by stronger ones. Made by him, they are stronger and require less maintenance and up-keep than the ones they replace. Sandra Booker Wellman Beauties Honored L ori Brock, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs . James P. Brock, Jr., Superwash , has been crowned Miss Gold and Black at Johnsonville High School. Sh e' s a junior at Johnsonville High . Sandra Booker, daughter of Eather Mae Booker, was selected " Miss Congeniality" at t he pageant. Her mother works in Fiber Spinning . Congratulations to the winners and to the other girls who participated in the annual pageant at Johnsonville High. Jessie W. Hughes page 18 Lo ri Brock T. J. Hanna page 19 �Josh Greene makes a point. They were in Greene's class. Jeffro Belin , Clyde Richardson , Wallace Woodberry, and Sam Hayward completed mechanical training course. Employees Go Back To School M odern techniques, efficiency and safety are being emphasized in continuing job education programs for the men and women at Wellman Industries. Mixed with a little common sense, they add up to better ways to keep the production lines humming and employees more satisfied in the importance of their jobs. Rudolph Pressley, Robert Taylor, Early Walker, and Bruce Allison were in the "lift truck" course. Josh Greene returned for more classroom sessions for members of the Wellman Management team . Greene, once again , touched on motivation, what makes a good supervisor, communications, labor turnover and absenteeism in sessions at Bluff House. Participating in Greene 's classes were Lenoir Barr, James Pasley, Teresa Collins, Bob Jobe, Troy Collins, Jimmy Brock, Rhett Salley, John Henry Cuttino, James Brown, Thaddeus Pressley, Rogers Epps, Bob Blacklock, Selwyn Marlow, Bob Roose, Willie Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Bill Hicks, Bill Thompson, Joe Frank and Emily Wi llis. Other recent classroom activities included a course for lift truck operators, electrical and mechanical training courses , and seminars especially for workers approaching retirement age and on how to use Loctite products. Completing the lift truck classes were Roger Haselden, Jerome Parker, Eugene Woodberry, Kelly Pressley, Joseph Jackson , Charlie Eaddy, John Graham, Jimmy Pope, David Matthews, Larry Powell , Abraham Frazier, Early Walker, Redderick Williams, Charles L. Williams , Charles L. Willis, John F. Young, Willie George Hanna, Prince Wilson, Rudolph Pressley, Leslie N. Shaw, Robert Taylor, James E. Graham , Samuel Self, Charles Cooper, Dennis McFadden , John McAlister, Allen Cleveland Filyaw, Wayne Stone, and Nelson Moore completed electrical training course. Eugene Burgess, John Henry Allison, Robert Jordan , Instructor Ch ip Moore, Winston Douglas, and Gene Joye talk "glue". Hanna, Eddi e McGil l, Bruce Allison, Junior Bacchus and Raymond Cokely. Taking part in the Mechanical Training program were Jeffro Belin, Clyde Richardson, Wallace Woodberry and Sam Hayward. In the Electrical Training program were Cleveland Filyaw, Nelson Moore, and Wayne Stone. The training instructor was Bob Roose. The Loctite seminar included Ronald Jones, Stanley Hanna, Bealer Caudill, John Filyaw, Simon McNeil, Don Thompson, Joe Eaddy, John Edwards, Jim Nazelrod, Danny Richardson, Thomas Hanna, John Graham, Herman Larrimore, Cecil Parrott, Doris Coker, Jessie Hughes, Mayo Poston, Jr., John H. Allison, Wallace D. Stone, Thomas Hanna, Wilbur Coker, Basil Cribb, Virgil Prosser, Winston Douglas, Eugene Burgess, Gene Joye, Sam Eaddy, Jerry Chastain, Harry Jones, Wilbur Pollard and Doolittle Stone. Jean Owens of the Social Security Office discusses retirement with Ilene Prosser. Taking advantage of the pre-retirement seminar were George Shefton, Mose Dickerson, Mclendon Prosser, Hester Hanna, Theola Ammons, Clyde Rowntree, Albert Cribb, John Henry Prosser, Ilene Prosser, Hezekiah Graves, Lacie Richardson, Orum McNeil, John Gary, William Barr, Joe Johnson, Henry Bradley, Marvin Brown and Wil liam A. Hanna. page 20 page 21 �Service Anniversaries Fifteen Years Harry Allen, Ill R&D Cheryl H. Williams Fiber Lab C. Jerome Parker Fiber Maintenance Twenty -Five Years Leon Melvin Fiber Spinning Grady L. Owens Plastics Olln D. Richardson Fiber Maintenance Latis Hughes Fiber Finishing Bill Hicks T. 0. Carding & Scouring Lonnie D. Coker T. 0 . Combing Wesley Altman , Jr. T. 0 . Maintenance Virgil Prosser T. 0. Maintenance Drexell Turner T. 0 . Maintenance Ronald Cox Tow Bill Hanna Boiler Operations Frances Owens Personnel Keith L. Baker Fiber General Administration Jacob Belin Traffic Twenty Years Thomas J. WIison Fiber Spinning page 22 Chapman Eaddy, Jr. Fiber Shipping Thomas Lee Cooper Pre-Blending Liston T. Williams Plastics Ted V. Avant T. 0. Combing Leroy Barcus T. 0. Finishing Mack Parker Garage page 23 �Welcome Aboard T. 0. CONVERTING - Edward D. Pressley. CARDING - Alphonza Thomas, Larry Jordan , Joe A. Faison, Jeremiah Weaver and John E. King . CASHMERE - Jacob D. Belin . COMBING - Carey Singletary, Larry W. Smith , Thomas C. Wilson, William L. Marlow, Clarence K. Jones, Wilbur Collins, Jr., Kenneth Marlow, Raymond Weston, Richard Lewis, Calvin Altman, Mitchell Perritt, Chuck Fulmore, Virgil Dorsey, Buster Hanna, Silas Davis. T. 0. PREPARING - Woodrow N. Graham, Terry Cooper, Roosevelt Kearson , James E. Benton, Jack Hanna, DuRant Parrott, Siner Woodbury and Steven Skinner. T. 0. SCOURING - Henry B. Wells, Thomas Dorsey, Jr., Jefferson Singletary, Steve Bass, Buddy Grant, Reginald Williamson, Bruce W. Moore, Wilford P. Mention, Willie E. Nesmith, Alphonza McCrea, Jacob E. Eaddy and Blondell Lowrimore. T. 0. FINISHING - Thomas E. Askins, Dennis G. Cribb, Dean McAlister and Kenneth Marsh, Jr. SUPERWASH - Donald J. Haselden, J. Lester Thompson, John R. Earl, Kenneth L. Hucks and Sandra F. Ray, TOW - D. Gene Powell and Randall T. Cox. SORTING - Thomas Washington, Jr., Ronnie Epps, Steven McWhite, Jerry Armstrong, Jack Lynch, John W. Reed, Jr., Nathaniel Morris, Terry A. Coker, Calvin Pressley, Ronnie Smith, Berlin Belin, and Dearlyn Belin. FIBER PREPARATION Ceaser L. Hemingway, Norman L. Barr, Windel L. McDaniel, Joseph L. Nesmith and Willie E. Bell. FIBER LAB - Angela Thompson, Teresa L. Poston, Tammy G. Collins and Debra D. Tanner. FIBER FINISHING - Kenneth Generette and John L. Whitnauer, Jr. FIBER BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS - Larry J. Palmer and Eisenhower J. Legette. SUPPLY Jeanette H. Marlowe, Willie F. Wilson and Alfred J. Ford, Jr. BOTTLE RECOVERY - Carl L. Davis, Alphonso Graham and Wendell Reed. PLASTICS - Allen Hanna and Russell Cribb. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Lerlita Mack. Promoted New In Management T roy Collins has returned to Wellman Industries as a Shift Supervisor in Fiber Preparation. He worked with BE&K Construction Company. He and his wife have two children . They live in the Prospect Community. Another new face in the Wellman management picture is that of Ghazi "Gus" Khattab, a native of Saccasunna, N. J. He has joined the Wellman team as a Polymer Chemist in Troy Collins Ghazi "Gus" Khattab Research and Development. A veteran of 15 years in Plastics Engineering, he received his PhD from Poly Technical Institute of Brooklyn, N. Y. Presently living in Johnsonville, he and his wife Stasia have a son, Alex, 17. He previously worked with Allied Chemical, GAF and Bio-Medical Sciences. The promotions list includes the names of Lenoir Barr and John L. Edwards. Deaths and Funerals Mr. Harvey I. Creel, Sr., Father of Betty J. Poston (Fiber Laboratory) on October 5, 1980. Mrs. Rockie W. Hucks, Wife of Jink L. Hucks (Fiber Maintenance) and Mother of Ray Hucks (Technical Services) on October 28, 1980. Mrs. Alda Dastou, Wife of George Dastou (Technical) on October 31, 1980. Mrs. Florrie Ray, Mother of Manning Ray (Fiber Finishing) deceased November 27, 1980. Lenoir Barr John Edwards Barr, a second hand in Spinning, has moved up to Supervisor. He and his wife Jamie have a daughter Teresa, 9. At Wellman for more than eight years, he has worked mostly in Spinning. His family lives near Kingstree. Edwards, a 24-year veteran at Wellman, is Maintenance Supervisor in Fiber Maintenance. He was a lead mechanic there. He and his wife Bobbie Jean and their three children live on Route 2, Gresham. Births A girl, English, to R. L. (T. 0 . Converting) and Jenny (T. 0 . Maintenance) Holden on August 31, 1980. A boy, Kevin, to Willie James (Plastics) and Charlene Barr on September 27, 1980. A boy, Benson, to Devern (PreBlending) and Donetha Dorsey on August 27, 1980. A girl , Brandy, to Johnny (Bottle Recovery) and Berneta Belin on September 21, 1980. A boy, Wayne, to Dennis (Fiber Shipping) and Bernice McFadden on October 20, 1980. A girl, Cynthia, to Jerry (Preparation) and Glenda Poston on October 20, 1980. A boy, Rue, to Rudy (T. 0. Maintenance) and Everlene Blaine on October 24, 1980. A boy, Tedric, and girl, Taneisha, to Theodore (Personnel) and Orger Allison on October 24, 1980. A boy, Lucas, to Roger (Fiber Maintenance) and Delorese Haselden on October 30, 1980. A boy, Shelley, and girl, Sherry, to Alphonso (Bottle Recovery) and Tiny Graham on October 30, 1980. W ellman Topics needs your help. We want to make your magazine more interesting and to include more people in its coverage. You can help by calling Personnel with any suggestion you might have for a news story or feature story. Tell us about Wellmanites and members of their families who should be covered by Topics. Call Personnel with yours news tips. �HONOR ROLL Employees With Per/ect Attendance • 7 YEARS • 63 MONTHS • 3 YEARS • 21 MONTHS • 1 YEAR Dewey K. Baxley John W. Burgess Robert C. Cantey, Jr. Gladys A. Davis Winston Douglas Sular Graham William H. Hicks George E. McCloud Baker Parker John A. Parsons Lloyd Pasley Marion Pasley Colee Powell Cleveland Pressley Knox Richardson Sinclair Sessions Marvin W. Brown Thomas J. Wilson • 5 YEARS Henry Bardley Thomas Hanna Wynnell A. Howell Jerome Jones Wallace Woodberry Ralph Coker Gerald Joye • 33 MONTHS Fairy Lee Bartell Moses G. Cooper Letha Gaskins Willie Gause Harry Graham Ruby Johnson Charlie Richardson Leon G. Richardson Robert Taylor Jacob Beli n Jacob Brown John D. Chandler Ashmeade Cooper J. Lamar Cribb Christopher Davis Wildon Eaddy George Frazier Quency Fulmore Rufus Giles B. Keith Haselden Kilbourn Haselden James Jenkins Bernice Marlow Oliver Porchea Roosevelt Prosser Jane G. Robinson Sam Singletary Douglas L. Stuckey, Jr. Mack Roy Verner, Jr. Donald 0 . Williams Richard Williams Mary Wilson • 57 MONTHS Deltus Cooper Robert Woodberry Thomas Gray, Jr. Aaron L. Johnson William H. Johnson Willie M. Larrimore Tiny E. Matthews J. Bernice Parker Eugene Woodberry • 54 MONTHS • 81 MONTHS Wesley Altman, Jr. Doris Coker James M. Hayward Paul Stone Phillip H. Woodberry Simon McNeil John M. Nesmith Therian Stacks • 4 YEARS J. D. Greenwood, Jr. Laura E. Davis Burial Dozier Nathan Howell Ruby J. Rogers Stephen J. Wright • 75 MONTHS • 45 MONTHS Jeffery Bacchus John J. McAlister Leroy Barcus Leon Prosser Willie Woodberry • 78 MONTHS • 30 MONTHS Charles Bulls, Jr. Jacob Ellison James Gilliard Willie James Hanna Joe Johnson Eugene Jones Nellie McCullough Manning Ray Frank Taylor • 18 MONTHS Theola Ammons Eddie Lee Bluefort Solomon Brunson Roger Epps Nathaniel Franklin Hosea Graham John Lee Graves Luther Hyman Johnny 0. Johnson Glen McLean Frances C. Miller Elizabeth Morris Rudolph Pittman Cheryl Scott Eulene Scott Jesse James Spates John Washington • 27 MONTHS • 6 YEARS • 42 MONTHS Meada Owens Benjamin Stuckey Leon E. Barr Thomas Lee Cooper Chapman Eaddy Jimmy J. Footman David Matthews Kelly Pressley Ilene Prosser Roy E. Stone Caroline Newell Olin Richardson • 2 YEARS • 69 MONTHS • 39 MONTHS Wilbur D. Pollard • 66 MONTHS Emmit Eaddy Odean Parrott Odessa J. Davis Ventes Nesmith Thomas Wilson Carroll Barnhill David Edward W. George Gause Edward L. Melvin • 15 MONTHS Alfred Barkers, Jr. John D. Davis Cleveland Filyaw Elwood Goodwin William A. Hanna Pete Jacobs William Joye Ella K. Poston Myrtis Powell Bruce Rich Earl Richardson Larry E. Williams David Woodberry John D. Singletary Sarah E. Thompson Cheryl Williams Henry L. Williams • 6 MONTHS • 9 MONTHS Joe Burgess Esther Cribb David Dorsey, Jr. John L. Edwards Curtis L. Fulmore Lee Arthur Goss McKinley Graves Myrtle Haselden Latis S. Hughes Joseph Jackson, Jr. Robert Julious Harold McCrea Jimmie C. McGill John McGill Ricky Martin Benchon Moore Ceasar Myers Harry L. Nesmith Peter James Nesmith Ervin Parrott Michael Prosser Thurman D. Robinson Clarence W. Rogers Leroy Scott I Elder H. Bacchus Ju nior L. Bacchus Lenoir Barr J. C. Bartelle Jef fro Belin Rudy Blaine Arthur Braveboy Dempsey Braveboy James S. Brown Johnny L. Brown Ronnie Brown Everlena V. Brunson David W. Butler Shirley W. Cameron Hubert A. Carmichael Wi llie E. Cox Perline Cribb Edd Cunningham John Henry Cuttino Levi Dollard Jim W. Eaddy Waiter Eaddy Abraham Frazier Lawrence J. Fulmore Daniel J. Gause Guster B. Gibson Willie G. Hanna James B. Haselden Herbert Hemingway Rufus L. Holden Abram Holmes A. Allen Howard Cleo Jackson B. Eugene James Levi Jenkins Levi Jenkins, Jr. Issac L. Julious Charlie King , Ill Samuel Linen Will iam McElveen Joseph McFadden Walter McFadden, Jr. Eddie McG ill Alphonso McWhite Melease Miller Joe Moore Silas Nesmith Mack C. Parker Joel E. Pollard Dessie Pressley L. J. Pressley Eva Mae Richardson Thelma Rogers Harry Scott Ellis Singletary Alphonso B. Smallwood Lucille Snowden Donald Taylor Tommy Turner Johnny L. Verner Samuel Walker Clyde Washington , Jr. Hillie Weaver Redderick Williams, Jr. Lula Mae Wilson Willie J. Wilson Alen Woodberry Nathan Worrell Elise P. Wright Ervin Wright Steven Wright • 3 MONTHS Johnny Adams Bruce Allison Mary Alston Derrick Avant Italy Baker Larry Barcus Albert Barr Elijah Barr John Barr, Jr. Nathn iel Barr Robert Barr, Jr. Willie L. Barr Thomas Bell Eather M. Booker Ben Brockington lshmel Brunson Timothy Bryant Richard Bull , Jr. Jeffrey A. Burgess Ulysses Burgess Jimmie J. Ceaser Eva Christion Harry Clemons Waymon Cobb WIibur C. Coker Gloria Cooper Ivory Cooper Ronald L. Cooper Jimmy Cox Rena Mae Cox Amos Cyrus Henry L. Cyrus Collins D. Daniel Jacob Daniels Buster Davis Chester A. Davis Delious A. Davis, Jr. Israel Davis Jaronia Davis Loyd Davis , Jr. Zelma Deas Carlton Dennis Kenneth M. Dennis Willard Dennis Moses Dickerson Curline Dorsey James Dorsey Ruby H. Douglas Willie Dozier Adrain Dunmore Bobbie J. Eaddy Mae Lee Eaddy Tony Eaddy Sam J. Edwards Johnnie L. Ellison Earline Foxworth Thomas Foxworth Betty Frazier Ora Bell Frazier Garrison Fulmore Rollie Fulmore Florence Gause David Gibbs Julious Z. Gibson Levern Gibson W. Lee Glasscho Roy Goss Charles Graham Harry E. Graham, Jr. Christopher Grate Hezekiah Graves James A. Graves Johnny L. Graves Joseph Green Rose Wall Griff in Donald Hall Allen B. Hanna Elbert Haselden Roger Haselden Curtis Lee Hayward H. George Hemingway Mary Sue Howell Sam R. Hugee Jessie W. Hughes M. Elizabeth Hyman Lillian Johnson Deborah Joye William B. Julious Willie C. Larrimore Alma L. Lee Frances Lewis Larry Lewis Melvin Lewis Doris Lyerly Jimmie McAlister Joshway McCray J. L. McDaniel Lory McKnight Orum McNeil Willie McWhite Arthur Marlow, Jr. Katie C. Marsh Gracie Matthews Bobby A. Montgomery Robert Lee Moore Roy A. Moore William M. Moore Jimmy A. Mullins Alfred Murphy Chester Nesmith Frankie Nesmith Annette Nettles Olie Owens Jerome C. Parker Betty C. Poston Frances Poston Mayo Poston Barbara A. Powell Daisy Powell Reg inald Pressley Lyndon L. Prosser Eva Rhames J. Michael Rich Arsenia W. Richardson Virginia Richardson Mike T. Roose Will ie E. Salters Edward Scott Julious Scott Marlon J. Scott James Shaw David Singletary Jessie Singletary Rufus S. Singletary Sarah Singletary Samuel D. Smith A. Wayne Stone Betty Stuckey Wheeler 0. Stuckey George Swinton Montecella Taylor Kelly J. Thomas Alfred Thompkins Julia Mae Verner Queen E. Washington Willie J. Williamson Eddie Wilson Danny Woodberry Jerome Woodberry �& WELLMAN I.ND"USTJUEII zxc. J OHNSONVILLE , SOUTH CAROLINA 29S55 . • ,, PAID Bulk Rate U.S. Postage Johnsonville, S.C. Permit 9 � https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/26e464f55910d2a68d901b98aff62fcd.pdf ffba28000c34c0ff922ae0b648832194 PDF Text Text ..... ,1 -....~ 111t11 Cheryl Williams na...-,,,,,;., , / • ) 2335 Schoolhouse Dr Hemingway, SC 29554 �:\, i ''l.{r' . .... ··.. ' .i f:?!~~~~ :;:r'/4;::1 MEMO FROM ..-:• . :,::::::-:-- :~, ,r1" .-:-· ' .\1'::\!i!!j' BY JOHN G. WELLMAN BOARD CHAIRMAN, WELLMAN INDUSTRIES, INC . n the last issue of the Topics I urged each one of you to get out and vote for 'the candidates of your choice. By exercising your right to vote, you would be voicing your opinion on what direction our country should take. This right to vote was something that was fought for you many years ago. The reenactment of the battle at Black Mingo and the victory by Francis Marion as brought out In this issue of the Topics again reminds us of the great struggle that our forefathers went through nearly two hundred years ago. I'm sure many of you had this in mind when you cast your vote on November 4. As shown by the results of the election, both on the state and national level, you voiced opinions that I am proud to share with you. We must curb inflation, limit government spending, have a strong military force, stop government's un• necessary regulations in too many areas of our lives, and create an atmosphere in which the free enterprise system can become the leader and moving force in our economy that it deserves. As we celebrate Christmas and look forward to better years to come, keep in mind that we all have to work and take part in helping to realize our future goals and expectations. We can not just sit back and expect others to take care of us for the rest of our lives. Best Wishes to you and your loved ones during this Holiday Season. Published quarterly by and for the employHs of Wellman lnduatrlH, Inc., Johnsonville, South Carolina 29555, under the supervision of Doug Matthews, Vice President of Personnel. Edited by Frances Owens, EmployH Com• munlcatlona Manager. Produced by Carolina lnduatrlal Preaa. Printed by Pattillo Printing Company, Inc., Florence, South Carolina. ME M 8 ER ij·. Carolinas DaODBG~ O Association of I nternat1onal Assoc1at1on of Business Communicators ~--' BUslnesscommunlcatorS A sk what Santa Claus travels in around Wellman Industries and you just might hear that it's a big tractor trailer rig. That's how the hundreds of gifts he annually brings to Wellmanites were transported to Johnsonville from one of his North Pole field warehouses. It would take a very big sleigh to handle the wide variety of Christmas presents on the list Santa received from Wellman employees. The most requested gifts this year included stainless steel cookware, a 40-piece wrench-socket set and multi-speed food mixers. There were a lot of toys also on the list. Many of those are expected to show up around family yule time trees on Christmas morning. page 3 �Walter Robinson And Bill Miles Break Ground For Energy Plant WELLMAN'S SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL AND ENERGY PRODUCTION SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED TO E A REAL 1 ENERGY SAVER W ellman Industries, Inc. has · become the first industrial firm in South Carolina to break ground for a plant to convert municipal and industrial solid waste into steam energy. The 8,000 square-foot "Solid Waste Disposal and Energy Production System" plant is being constructed on a five-acre site just south of the sprawling Wellman facilities at Johnsonville. Designed to be a real energy saver, the system will consist of modular combustion units fitted with an energy recovery boiler to recover heat in the form of steam. The facility was designed to process 50 tons of refuse per day. The twostage, controlled air process will pAge4 produce a relatively clean emission into the atmosphere. The company has received an Incinerator Construction Permit from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC). Wellman has been notified that the permit application was reviewed by the DHEC engineering staff and that with proper operation and maintenance, the proposed unit will comply with South Carolina Air Quality Control Regulations and Standards. The permit issued by the Bureau of Air Quality Control states that tests indicating compliance with applicable standards will be required prior to issuance of a permit to operate. "The energy plant will replace the consumption of approximately 700,000 gallons of fuel oil of 100 million cubic feet of natural gas annually. " - John G. Wellman, Sr. Wellman Operations Service Manager Walter Robinson said the construction of the energy plant should take about a year. The facility will create jobs for 11 additional employees. Board Chairman John G. Wellman said the energy-producing facility is in support of the national effort to reduce the consumption of energy and at the same time reduce the energy costs of Wellman Industries. "The energy plant will replace consumption of approximately 700,000 gallons of fuel oil or 100 million cubic feet of natural gas annually," Wellman pointed out. The company presently uses fuel oil and natural gas in the production of steam used in its various manufacturing processes. Wellman said that during the past two years, the cost of fuel oil had doubled, the cost of natural gas had increased by about 70 percent and that in the past six years, the contract cost for handling the company's solid waste had doubled . "The reduction of the energy costs to Wellman Industries witl favorably affect the continued competitiveness of our operating costs and thusly should assure our employees of more job security," Wellman emphasized. The steam generation facility will use Wellman's own industrial refuse in addition to municipal and county trash. This use of processed waste at Wellman is expected to allevi_ ate the ever increasing problem of the availability and cost of acceptable landfill space. Wellman has entered into a 15-year contract with the county of Georgetown reserving for the company a maximum of 15,000 tons per year of its processed municipal solid waste. It has been estimated that the savings to the taxpayers of Georgetown County for every ton that it does not bury is approximately three to four dollars plus an increase in the useful life of the present land field acreage. The company is currently negotiating with Williamsburg County officials whereby that county may also offer its citizens the benefits which may come from a similar arrangement in disposing of county waste. No agreement has been reached at the time Wellman Topics went to press, Wellman said. The City of Johnsonville has also expressed the desire to utilize the Wellman facility for disposal of its municipal waste. Johnsonville Mayor Connie S. Decamps has stated that an arrangement with Wellman Industries would create economic benefits to the town and to its citizens. Disposal of city trash at the Wellman facility would eliminate the 56 round-trip miles to the Florence County Landfill by city vehicles and the need to purchase a new packer-type vehicle could possibly be eliminated. Wellman stated that the company's investment is the result of successful negotiations and cooperative arrangement between private industry and city and county governments and that no federal or state funds are being used . "This is a milestone in energy conservation," Wellman concluded. �F or most Wellmanites, Christmas is not only the time to honor the birth of Christ, but a time for families and friends to get together. It's a time for feasting and a special time for children. Samuel Walker, who drives one of those big Wellman tractor-trailer rigs, has had "the Christmas spirit since about Thanksgiving. Christmas means a lot to me. It's the birthday of Jesus. I've already told Santa Claus what the kids want. My little boy wants a big, tractor-trailer like the one I drive." Jo Ann Webb, Spinning, is looking forward to "good things to eat and exchanging gifts on Christmas. Of course, we shouldn't forget what Christmas really is and we should honor Jesus. Christmas means a lot of fun for the children, a time for everyone to enjoy one another." Midge DuRant, Personnel, agrees that Christmas is "that time of the year when people seem to be more considerate of others. It is a time for families being together, to perhaps be a little care free while forgetting world problems." Alene Nettles, Production Control smiled that this Christmas "will be a time to show the boy friend off to the family . I'm not saying what I'm giving him for Christmas but I'm expecting something nice from him." Dennis Daniels, Fiber Finishing, said he has "a whole lot to be thankful for ... glad to be around for another Christmas. We'll be visiting my mother and family up in North Carolina. We'll also have dinner with my wife's folks in Hemingway." Kenneth Hucks, Superwash, said Christmas is his "favorite time of the year. The whole family will be home to eat Mama's cooking. Nobody cooks like Mama. She makes a great nut cake." Eisenhower Legette, Sorting, has enjoyed shopping "especially for a hobby horse for my little girl Tris. She'll get other things, too, like a tricycle. Christmas is a special time when the happiness of children rubs off on the grownups." Siner Woodbury, T. 0. Preparing, will spend Christmas "with the kids and remembering that this is when we celebrate the birth of Christ. Wouldn't it be nice if the whole world followed in his peaceful footsteps." Wi 11 iam Marlow, Combing, noted that "Christmas is a happy time. I like to see the day celebrated in simple ways for it is the Lord's birthday. Gifts are nice but Christ's birth is the greatest gift of all." Cynthia Parks, Administration, sees Christmas as "a time for family and friends getting together to honor the birth of Christ. Every Christmas is special." Frances Lewis, Sorting , is loo king forward to her nine-months old baby Dennis having his first Christmas . It will also be nice for my little girl Elaine. Having that time with the family is very nice." Midge DuRant Alene Nettles a. Cynthia Parks Eisenhower Legette Frances Lewis �Cheryl Scott Leon Richardson Gregory E. Huggins Harry K. Gaskins Allen Lee McDaniel Elizabeth Miller Carolyn Cribb Dena Jones Thurma Jean Poston Isaiah Woodberry Marie Richardson Uldine Poston Carol Bradley Before You Start Any Job, Large Or Small Think Safety First Of All. Carol Bradley Saf ety ' S L"k I e A Fl ower, It Has TO G row. Spinning Cheryl Scott Fiber Laboratory Don't Let Accidents Teach You -Your Safety Rules. Safety Coincides With Safe Work Habits Leon Richardson Gregory E. Huggins Wellstrand T. 0. Shipping Fall Into Winter With Safety. Thurma Jean Poston Personnel • The Proper Way To Run A Machine Means Learning All Safety Features And Keeping It Clean. This Christmas, Let Safety Be The Gift You Give Yourself. Elizabeth Miller Spinning Plastics Uldine Poston Spinning Turning "Blind Eyes" On Safety Mig ht Become Rea1ity. Dena Jones T. 0 . Administration Use Safety Every Day For Your Savings Bond For The Present And The Future. Plastics Isaiah Woodberry Well strand Safety Is More Than A Fairy Tal e. Carolyn Cribb page 8 Safety Doesn't Just Happen, It Takes All Of Us To Make It Work. Harry K. Gaskins Allen Lee McDaniel • Safe Husband, Safe Wife, Safe Children, Happy Life. Spinning Safety Is For You To Choose, If You Win Or If You Lose. Marie Richardson General Admin istration �Hemingway Cub Scouts honored the colors The star of the show Wellman Industries entered a colorful float JOHNSONVILLE HEMINGWAY PARADES SURE SIGN SANTA IS COMING TO TOWN Waiting for Santa Yeah, team! T Christmas carols were sung by the kids All tucked in their bed page 10 housands of persons turned out to view this year's Christmas parades in Hemingway and Johnsonville. Sponsored by the Business and Professional Association in Hemingway and the Pee Dee Junior Woman's Club in Johnsonville, the parades were easily among the best to announce that Santa Claus will soon be coming to town. Santa was the star of both parades but he had to share the billing with beautiful girls, politicians and colorful floats adorned with hundreds of young people. While many themes were included, the most impressive ones were floats reminding the crowds about what Christmas is all about - the celebrating of the birthday of Christ. High-stepping majorettes and area high school marching bands provided the tempo for the parades as they moved through Hemingway and Johnsonville. One of the Johnsonville floats reminded the crowd that Americans are still being held hostage in Iran for the second straight Christmas. Area beauty queens participated Ride 'em cowboys Bright faces extended greetings of the season A truck load of happy carolers �A salute to the colors A Revolutionary War cannon was demonstrated by the Swamp Fox Battalion of the S. C. National Guard QtlJristmas Was Different In The Days Of Francis Marion · Jltstnrtc iiattlt ®f Witt iilack :!ltngn f&ttnartth The Baron Prepares For His Christmas Feast At Williamsburg n the days when Francis "Swamp Fox" / Marion roamed the Pee Dee countryside, Christmas was a time to honor the birth of Christ, to do a little hunting and to sit down to a big feast at plantation houses. The banquet, reminiscent of holiday dining in old England, was lavish at some plantations. The Baron's Feast, presided over by "the Baron " himself at historic Williamsburg, Va., recalls those colonial day banquets. The delicacies included both fowl and pork from the farm and game from nearby forests. Some early settlers, however, discouraged feasting and observing Christmas other than to honor Jesus in worship services. Frivolous celebrations were not regarded by them as the proper thing to do in observance of the birth of Christ. It was in the south, largely, that the ancient customs of caroling, mummering, feasting, page 12 hunting and lighting firecrackers became an American Christmas tradition. Christmas was celebrated in South Carolina even during the bitter Civil War. This Christmas season in Williamsburg is being celebrated with the gracious hospitality and time-honored traditions handed down from the days of Francis Marion. Homemade decorations, beautifully decorated homes and the warm glow of candlelight from hundreds of windows diminishes winter's chill. It's Christmas without the garish glitter of multi-colored lighting displays and the artificiality of plastic wreaths and snow made of foam. It's Christmas with the enticing aroma of mince-meat tarts and the burning of oak logs in an open fireplace. There is roping of the greens, mistletoe and holly. An old fashioned Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all Wellmanites everywhere. T he year 1780 was a most critical time for South Carolina's Whigs, seeking their independence from Great Britain. Savannah and Augusta were in British hands; Charleston and Georgetown had fallen. In mid-August, the Americans suf• fered one of their worst defeats of the Revolutionary War when General Horation Gates, hero of Saratoga, was routed at Camden . It was against this grim background that a spark of hope was ignited by partisan leaders in the Pee Dee such as Francis "Swamp Fox" Marion. Marion and his Williamsburg Militia demonstrated that guerrilla warfare with a few dedicated men could turn the tide. That happened near Black Mingo Creek on September 28, 1780 - a date recalled 200 years later by a reenactment of historic battle by Georgetown and Williamsburg counties. Hundreds of men and women who work at Wellman Industries live in "Swamp Fox Country" - named for the hero of Black Mingo and other battles of America's bat• tleground of freedom. It is a proud heritage suitably recalled at a time when America needs to return to old-time patriotism . A number of events were commemorated during the recent Low Country History Festival but none was more colorful nor more soul-stirring than the reenactment of the Battle of Black Mingo. One of the best descriptions of the battle is included in the book "Swamp Fox" by historian Dr. Robert D. Bass who now lives in Marion County. Marion and his troopers were up, cooking, eating and tending their horses before dawn on the day of the battle. From their hideaway in the swampy woodlands not far from present-day Johnsonville, they rode to meet tne enemy . Marion could not swim and there was no ferry to cross the Little Pee Dee River. He feared water but he did not fear death. He clinged to the pommel of his saddle and held on as his horse swam the river. His men followed. From there, they moved on past Hickory Hill, Port's Ferry, Witherspoon's Ferry and crossed Lynches River. They had heard Colonel John C. Ball and his British troops were encamped around Dollard's Tavern. James Fowler, a rich merchant in Charleston and a rice planter on Black Mingo Creek, established a trading post called Willtown in the early 1700's. A jolly Irishman named Patrick Dollard had an inn at Willtown. Also called a tavern, it was known as the Red House. it was from the Red House that the British went to meet Francis Marion when they heard his horses crossing an old wooden bridge. The Battle of Black Mingo lasted only 15 minutes, but for the scant hundred men involved it was bloody. Of his 46 men, Ball left three dead and 13 wounded or captured. Several others died of their wounds. Marion left two dead and two of his fighters so riddled by buckshot that they never again saw action. He left his six wounded at Dollard's Inn. Marion captured the enemy's guns, ammunition and baggage. Their triumph, however, was the capture of the blooded horses of the Tories. One of them was a spirited gelding that had been Colonel Ball's charger. Marion claimed the horse, bridle and saddle of his defeated rival. With puckish humor, he renamed the steed Ball. Marion's Black Mingo triumph over the Tories and blow for American independence, as reenacted, is shown by the photographs on these four pages. It is a proud heritage for the land Wellman Industries is proud to claim as home. �Battle flags were paraded An empty saddle for a fallen warrior Women shared the hardships of the war Battle scenes were depicted by men dressed in authentic American, Hessian and British uniforms A wounded soldier is removed to safety The victors passed in review Long rifles were typical of Revolutionary War weapons Retreat at Black Mingo Heroes of the historic battle stand by for inspection The honor guard moved out front �N ews01akers Wellmanites Busy With Community Activities W Battle colors were sheathed and presented to the presiding officer Camp fires were used to prepare food for the troops State Senator Bill Doar welcomed the crowd The British made Collard's Tavern their headquarters Beth Little and Dr. Johnstone Parr wear costumes of tHe period. These ladies were properly attired for the day ellman ites are continuing to make news with activities in the communities in which they live. Among the newsmakers are Jack Wellman , Jr., Elaine Tanner, Frances Owens and R. L. Port. Vice President Jack Wellman, Jr. has been elected chairman of the Florence-Darlington Technical College Education Foundation. He succeeds James Scott of Fibers Industries. Wellman holds a bachelor's degree from Davidson College and a master of business administration degree from Harvard University's Graduate School of Business Administration . He is also a graduate of the Leadership South Carolina program . The foundation, a non-profit, tax-exempt organization, was established in 1979 to support the educational purposes of FlorenceDarlington TEC. The foundation promotes funds to meet both the financial needs of students and to update equipment and other needs. Elaine Tanner, R.N., has received the South Carolina Nurses' Association 's "Excellence in Practice Award" for 1980. The wife of John E. Tanner, in Data Processing, she was presented the award at the South Carolina Nurses' Association convention in Columbia. "This award is the highest honor a nurse can receive from the association," said SCNA President Cora Marie Nelson, R.N., of Newberry. "Our 'Excellence in Practice Award' is presented each year to a nurse engaged in clinical practice who has been instrumental in influencing superior patient care. Mrs. Tanner works with the Waccamaw Health District. Frances Owens, Personnel, has been named the Vice Chairperson of the Pee Dee Area Personnel Club Officers of the Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce. The organization includes corporate members from 104 area businesses and industries. R. L. Port, Lanolin Recovery, has drawn a salute from South Carolina Farm Bureau Federation President Harry Bell. Port is the president of the Georgetown County Farm Bureau. Bell said it is the state winner in percentage gain in farmer membership during 1980. The Georgetown chapter is in the top ten of membership gain statewide and placed second for best coverage of a Farm Bureau event, the staging of the Georgetown County Farm Bureau Day. Jack Wellman, Jr. Elaine Tanner Frances Owens R. L. Port, left, is congratulated for a job well done by State Farm Bureau President Harry Bell. page 17 �Harry Gaskins Elwood Goodwin and James Walker look at Plastics Achievement Award Erv Lewis, left, looks at one of St. Clair Huggins' Christmas gifts. Plastics Gets Delco Remy Award T he Wellman Plastics Division has received a "Quality Achievement Award " from Delco Remy for producing high-quality material used in the company's manufacturing process. L. J. Salzman, director of Reliability and Quality Control at Delco Remy, a division of General Motors, said products received from Wellman and other American companies prove that there is still high quality work being done in this country. " Quality is as American as apple pie and Wellman Plastics is a good example of a quality manufacturer. The products produced by your employees and shipped to Delco Remy during 1980 were of excellent quality," Salzman said . "Your organization and personnel are to be congratulated for a "quality job - well done." We look forward to your continued quality performance in the future," Salzman said. He said Delco Remy has noticed a steady improvement in the quality of American made goods during recent years. · i 1 Their Ideas Got Christmas Cash St. Clair Huggins Ready For Santa S t . Clai r Huggins has had a lot more time to do his Ch ri stmas shopp ing and yuletime visiting this year as a ret iree from Wellman Industries. " But I do miss my friends at Wellman . I made a lot of good friends there and hope to get by to see them every now and then ," Huggins said. At Wellman for 15 years , he spent most of his time in Su pp ly. He's living in Hemingway where, so far, since ret iring he has " mostly loafed, f ished a little and visited a lot ." " I don 't have any spec ial plans for Christmas . I'm t hankful t hat I am feel ing better and my health has improved . I have a pacemaker in me now and I feel better t han I have in a long ti me. I'm thankful for that ," he said . Huggins saw a lot of changes during his 15 years around the long bins and counters in Supply. " There are thousands of items in Supply and there is a need for every little bolt and nut there. They try to stock everything the company needs to keep the machines going," he said . He said "Supply operates kind of like a store where orders for everything from tiny bolts to giant pieces of equipment weighing hundreds of pounds are found. Requisition forms instead of money is the currency there." He said Supply has grown during the past few years to meet the needs of a growing Wellman Industries. Supply had only a few hundred items 15 years ago. The inventory now includes thousands ot items. T. J . Hanna, T. 0 . Maintenance, and Jessie W. Hug hes, Fi ber Mai ntenance, have a little ext ra Christmas cash they picked up by participating in the Wellman Suggestions Awards program . Hanna's winning suggestion was to take the brush drive belt off Cards and replace them with a positi ve chain drive to eliminate problems of constant belt breaking. Hughes suggested the Spin Pump drive shafts on Line #5 be replaced by stronger ones. Made by him, they are stronger and require less maintenance and up-keep than the ones they replace. Sandra Booker Wellman Beauties Honored L ori Brock, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs . James P. Brock, Jr., Superwash , has been crowned Miss Gold and Black at Johnsonville High School. Sh e' s a junior at Johnsonville High . Sandra Booker, daughter of Eather Mae Booker, was selected " Miss Congeniality" at t he pageant. Her mother works in Fiber Spinning . Congratulations to the winners and to the other girls who participated in the annual pageant at Johnsonville High. Jessie W. Hughes page 18 Lo ri Brock T. J. Hanna page 19 �Josh Greene makes a point. They were in Greene's class. Jeffro Belin , Clyde Richardson , Wallace Woodberry, and Sam Hayward completed mechanical training course. Employees Go Back To School M odern techniques, efficiency and safety are being emphasized in continuing job education programs for the men and women at Wellman Industries. Mixed with a little common sense, they add up to better ways to keep the production lines humming and employees more satisfied in the importance of their jobs. Rudolph Pressley, Robert Taylor, Early Walker, and Bruce Allison were in the "lift truck" course. Josh Greene returned for more classroom sessions for members of the Wellman Management team . Greene, once again , touched on motivation, what makes a good supervisor, communications, labor turnover and absenteeism in sessions at Bluff House. Participating in Greene 's classes were Lenoir Barr, James Pasley, Teresa Collins, Bob Jobe, Troy Collins, Jimmy Brock, Rhett Salley, John Henry Cuttino, James Brown, Thaddeus Pressley, Rogers Epps, Bob Blacklock, Selwyn Marlow, Bob Roose, Willie Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Bill Hicks, Bill Thompson, Joe Frank and Emily Wi llis. Other recent classroom activities included a course for lift truck operators, electrical and mechanical training courses , and seminars especially for workers approaching retirement age and on how to use Loctite products. Completing the lift truck classes were Roger Haselden, Jerome Parker, Eugene Woodberry, Kelly Pressley, Joseph Jackson , Charlie Eaddy, John Graham, Jimmy Pope, David Matthews, Larry Powell , Abraham Frazier, Early Walker, Redderick Williams, Charles L. Williams , Charles L. Willis, John F. Young, Willie George Hanna, Prince Wilson, Rudolph Pressley, Leslie N. Shaw, Robert Taylor, James E. Graham , Samuel Self, Charles Cooper, Dennis McFadden , John McAlister, Allen Cleveland Filyaw, Wayne Stone, and Nelson Moore completed electrical training course. Eugene Burgess, John Henry Allison, Robert Jordan , Instructor Ch ip Moore, Winston Douglas, and Gene Joye talk "glue". Hanna, Eddi e McGil l, Bruce Allison, Junior Bacchus and Raymond Cokely. Taking part in the Mechanical Training program were Jeffro Belin, Clyde Richardson, Wallace Woodberry and Sam Hayward. In the Electrical Training program were Cleveland Filyaw, Nelson Moore, and Wayne Stone. The training instructor was Bob Roose. The Loctite seminar included Ronald Jones, Stanley Hanna, Bealer Caudill, John Filyaw, Simon McNeil, Don Thompson, Joe Eaddy, John Edwards, Jim Nazelrod, Danny Richardson, Thomas Hanna, John Graham, Herman Larrimore, Cecil Parrott, Doris Coker, Jessie Hughes, Mayo Poston, Jr., John H. Allison, Wallace D. Stone, Thomas Hanna, Wilbur Coker, Basil Cribb, Virgil Prosser, Winston Douglas, Eugene Burgess, Gene Joye, Sam Eaddy, Jerry Chastain, Harry Jones, Wilbur Pollard and Doolittle Stone. Jean Owens of the Social Security Office discusses retirement with Ilene Prosser. Taking advantage of the pre-retirement seminar were George Shefton, Mose Dickerson, Mclendon Prosser, Hester Hanna, Theola Ammons, Clyde Rowntree, Albert Cribb, John Henry Prosser, Ilene Prosser, Hezekiah Graves, Lacie Richardson, Orum McNeil, John Gary, William Barr, Joe Johnson, Henry Bradley, Marvin Brown and Wil liam A. Hanna. page 20 page 21 �Service Anniversaries Fifteen Years Harry Allen, Ill R&D Cheryl H. Williams Fiber Lab C. Jerome Parker Fiber Maintenance Twenty -Five Years Leon Melvin Fiber Spinning Grady L. Owens Plastics Olln D. Richardson Fiber Maintenance Latis Hughes Fiber Finishing Bill Hicks T. 0. Carding & Scouring Lonnie D. Coker T. 0 . Combing Wesley Altman , Jr. T. 0 . Maintenance Virgil Prosser T. 0. Maintenance Drexell Turner T. 0 . Maintenance Ronald Cox Tow Bill Hanna Boiler Operations Frances Owens Personnel Keith L. Baker Fiber General Administration Jacob Belin Traffic Twenty Years Thomas J. WIison Fiber Spinning page 22 Chapman Eaddy, Jr. Fiber Shipping Thomas Lee Cooper Pre-Blending Liston T. Williams Plastics Ted V. Avant T. 0. Combing Leroy Barcus T. 0. Finishing Mack Parker Garage page 23 �Welcome Aboard T. 0. CONVERTING - Edward D. Pressley. CARDING - Alphonza Thomas, Larry Jordan , Joe A. Faison, Jeremiah Weaver and John E. King . CASHMERE - Jacob D. Belin . COMBING - Carey Singletary, Larry W. Smith , Thomas C. Wilson, William L. Marlow, Clarence K. Jones, Wilbur Collins, Jr., Kenneth Marlow, Raymond Weston, Richard Lewis, Calvin Altman, Mitchell Perritt, Chuck Fulmore, Virgil Dorsey, Buster Hanna, Silas Davis. T. 0. PREPARING - Woodrow N. Graham, Terry Cooper, Roosevelt Kearson , James E. Benton, Jack Hanna, DuRant Parrott, Siner Woodbury and Steven Skinner. T. 0. SCOURING - Henry B. Wells, Thomas Dorsey, Jr., Jefferson Singletary, Steve Bass, Buddy Grant, Reginald Williamson, Bruce W. Moore, Wilford P. Mention, Willie E. Nesmith, Alphonza McCrea, Jacob E. Eaddy and Blondell Lowrimore. T. 0. FINISHING - Thomas E. Askins, Dennis G. Cribb, Dean McAlister and Kenneth Marsh, Jr. SUPERWASH - Donald J. Haselden, J. Lester Thompson, John R. Earl, Kenneth L. Hucks and Sandra F. Ray, TOW - D. Gene Powell and Randall T. Cox. SORTING - Thomas Washington, Jr., Ronnie Epps, Steven McWhite, Jerry Armstrong, Jack Lynch, John W. Reed, Jr., Nathaniel Morris, Terry A. Coker, Calvin Pressley, Ronnie Smith, Berlin Belin, and Dearlyn Belin. FIBER PREPARATION Ceaser L. Hemingway, Norman L. Barr, Windel L. McDaniel, Joseph L. Nesmith and Willie E. Bell. FIBER LAB - Angela Thompson, Teresa L. Poston, Tammy G. Collins and Debra D. Tanner. FIBER FINISHING - Kenneth Generette and John L. Whitnauer, Jr. FIBER BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS - Larry J. Palmer and Eisenhower J. Legette. SUPPLY Jeanette H. Marlowe, Willie F. Wilson and Alfred J. Ford, Jr. BOTTLE RECOVERY - Carl L. Davis, Alphonso Graham and Wendell Reed. PLASTICS - Allen Hanna and Russell Cribb. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Lerlita Mack. Promoted New In Management T roy Collins has returned to Wellman Industries as a Shift Supervisor in Fiber Preparation. He worked with BE&K Construction Company. He and his wife have two children . They live in the Prospect Community. Another new face in the Wellman management picture is that of Ghazi "Gus" Khattab, a native of Saccasunna, N. J. He has joined the Wellman team as a Polymer Chemist in Troy Collins Ghazi "Gus" Khattab Research and Development. A veteran of 15 years in Plastics Engineering, he received his PhD from Poly Technical Institute of Brooklyn, N. Y. Presently living in Johnsonville, he and his wife Stasia have a son, Alex, 17. He previously worked with Allied Chemical, GAF and Bio-Medical Sciences. The promotions list includes the names of Lenoir Barr and John L. Edwards. Deaths and Funerals Mr. Harvey I. Creel, Sr., Father of Betty J. Poston (Fiber Laboratory) on October 5, 1980. Mrs. Rockie W. Hucks, Wife of Jink L. Hucks (Fiber Maintenance) and Mother of Ray Hucks (Technical Services) on October 28, 1980. Mrs. Alda Dastou, Wife of George Dastou (Technical) on October 31, 1980. Mrs. Florrie Ray, Mother of Manning Ray (Fiber Finishing) deceased November 27, 1980. Lenoir Barr John Edwards Barr, a second hand in Spinning, has moved up to Supervisor. He and his wife Jamie have a daughter Teresa, 9. At Wellman for more than eight years, he has worked mostly in Spinning. His family lives near Kingstree. Edwards, a 24-year veteran at Wellman, is Maintenance Supervisor in Fiber Maintenance. He was a lead mechanic there. He and his wife Bobbie Jean and their three children live on Route 2, Gresham. Births A girl, English, to R. L. (T. 0 . Converting) and Jenny (T. 0 . Maintenance) Holden on August 31, 1980. A boy, Kevin, to Willie James (Plastics) and Charlene Barr on September 27, 1980. A boy, Benson, to Devern (PreBlending) and Donetha Dorsey on August 27, 1980. A girl , Brandy, to Johnny (Bottle Recovery) and Berneta Belin on September 21, 1980. A boy, Wayne, to Dennis (Fiber Shipping) and Bernice McFadden on October 20, 1980. A girl, Cynthia, to Jerry (Preparation) and Glenda Poston on October 20, 1980. A boy, Rue, to Rudy (T. 0. Maintenance) and Everlene Blaine on October 24, 1980. A boy, Tedric, and girl, Taneisha, to Theodore (Personnel) and Orger Allison on October 24, 1980. A boy, Lucas, to Roger (Fiber Maintenance) and Delorese Haselden on October 30, 1980. A boy, Shelley, and girl, Sherry, to Alphonso (Bottle Recovery) and Tiny Graham on October 30, 1980. W ellman Topics needs your help. 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Stuckey George Swinton Montecella Taylor Kelly J. Thomas Alfred Thompkins Julia Mae Verner Queen E. Washington Willie J. Williamson Eddie Wilson Danny Woodberry Jerome Woodberry �& WELLMAN I.ND"USTJUEII zxc. J OHNSONVILLE , SOUTH CAROLINA 29S55 . • ,, PAID Bulk Rate U.S. Postage Johnsonville, S.C. Permit 9 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wellman Topics Subject The topic of the resource Wellman Inc, Wellman Combing Company Description An account of the resource 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. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Wellman, Inc. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wellman Topics Winter 1980 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1980 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cheryl Williams