https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/b95e99008bdcff13370859a4ebd4ee10.pdf 2b2a580e065442ce28a31879fdae75eb PDF Text Text PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY AND FOR EMPLOYEES OF WELLMAN COMBING COMPANY, JOHNSONVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA VOLUME VIII WELLMAN TOPICS - NUMBER III CHRISTMAS EDITION, 1964 OFFICE NEWS Chest X-Ray Survey Was Very Successful Joy White, Reporter Johnny and Jackie Dukes recently enjoyed a vacation in Hearld Harbor, Maryland. We are glad to hear Mrs. Gillette is back home after a short stay in the hospital. We wish her a very speedy recovery. Pat and Gale Tyler spent their vacation in W est Palm Beach, Florida. We are sure that Peter Knoller will have a nice Christmas this year. He and his father plan t o tour_ England, frans:e, _)tfilY and Switzerland:·· Have ·-::a'. •nice · · trip, Peter. ". S~zie Wise was se~~cted .by the Jaycees to nae.;' ci:; , fie r, :I'ohnsonville. Christmas Eil:isatle float. You cert?inly made , a . lp;vely c representative.· for ·. Johri,son.ville, Suzie. Aren't Ken ,Po.wers· an¢[ Ge.m:ge. Garnett the l~ckly ones_:getting tD spend · ae wee~end . in _: Palm Beach; " Florida. · Everypne had . ..a . ni_ce. ..time at our annual Christmas party which was held this ·yeai:..at ,.the Moose Lodge ·,.in ,. Georget0yvn. ,. . 1 Dr. C. L. Murray, Director of the Florence County Health Departmen t has announced that the Chest-X-Ray Survey held in Floren ce County in November reached more people than any held in recent yars. From th 4,064 persons x-rayed in 13 working days, two persons were found to have tuberculosis and seven are being followed because of findings which are called susp1c1ous for tuberculosis. In addition 52 persons were re~e1-red t. v i hci.· ¥h;> r-:il· io r. a f er. f•:>J - lowup on other chest conditions shown by the x-rays. Almost 100 p ercent of the Wellman Combing Company employees were reached in this county survey. Dr. Murray has expressed his appreciation to all those at Wellman who assisted in making this service available. FINISHI~G . ~ .. q ,SHIFT. Eyelyp_ Parn~ll, ,. Re.porter We would like to welcome Hessie Mae ~enton t0 our shift . and hope t,hat s,he_ will -~njoy working with. ui· . '__. . Grace Cannon sure is happy these days. Could it be because " . ... b: .• '._ ~i'8' Mom and Dad moved next door? ~ ~ 3.§,~ Sorry i;o hear Evelyn Parnell's ren spent the day in Andrews TOW - A SHIFT son-in-law is in the Medical Colrecently with relatives. Grace Joye, Reporter lege Hospital in Charleston reB en Mc.I nnis of California and Ida Myers spent the weekend covering from burns , received Hustous Walters of Lydia visited in Charleston doing her Christseveral weeks, ago. ,w e ,a ll wish , Evelyn , Parnell and family this . mas shopping. Ida is really proud hirrr a speedy recovery. · . we~k~pd. of her new Grandson, Vince Cox, Max Perry and Willard Dennis C Sliift. wishes ·e ach and every- born on September 28. are uhusuailly· happy lately,, Could·.' one a . Merry, Christmas and , A Everyone seems to be in a it b-e· rrecause it Is all cmost .time,, ~~~ Year. hurry these days. It's good Christfor Santa? c,2 mas doesn't come but once a year. Kareert ·Johnson'. wH,r miss the . Scr):afr-the use .of atomic energy Mildred Dennis enjoyed a last minute ·{j:hr'is.tffi1J.S' .rshQiilping,,} because-.she rhas al.Fe'ady finish-ed.:·:i im\~t." s t!w.t Jp.e r.oad to hell is weekend recently with her daughter Elaine in Greenville, South Tiny 'Matthew!s b'.r:other ::sur.e!ly pa,ye§ y.,tth, g~<'!~!:-J ny:entions . . . Carolina, did d:o. a . good jo.b.;iro. tearing up .:; 4 -4• . Grace Joye and her family athis car: Better·.hurry.·uj:r: and . get ·,, .W alking-:isn'Jt rea-B:y 0a l-ost ·art-t 0 it fixed · before it turns ·,colct. .,,.,., how' els~ ean-•you get ·from the· tended the wedding of her niece, Libby Thornley in Moncks CorHessie Mae Benton and child- house to' the garage? (!.~ ~'un Vn ". fi .. l ,i . =y '- HiitY . -.:.. , ·- ~- . . n er on Saturday, the twelfth of December. Libby formerly worked in the Finishing Department at Wellman from October, 1962 t o ,J une, 1964. Ida Myers: John, do you know what Santa Claus did in the garden? John Collins : No. what? Ida: Hoe, Hoe, Hoe! Nancy Lawrimore enjoyed a week with her daughter in High Point, North Carolina recently. We wonder if Nancy can get all the boxes she has taken home to put Christmas gifts in under her tree . Sure must be a big tree. John Collins and family enjoyed a day visiting in Andrews recently. We would like to wish everyon e a v ery Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. ~ - - . -. _. _ •• ~ . 4 About 45 distinct breeds of wool-producing sheep are raised in Great Britian. �WELLMAN TOPICS Page Two Wellrnan Topics Published Monthly by and for Employees of WELLMAN COMBING COMPANY .Tohnsonville, South Carolina P ersonnel Manager and Editor Assistant to the Editor - - - - - - William L . Mace Frances Owens Member of South Atlantic Council of Industrial Editor s CHRIST MAS As y ou grow older the time between the first snowfall and the first robin grows shorter. Winters aren't as cold as they once were and summers aren't as hot. Ball players aren't as good as they used to be, and you wonder what the younger generation's coming to. As you go through life your outlooks and opinions are changed by t ime and tempered by exp erience. One thing, thou gh, that changes little, is the good and gracious atsmosphere oi Christmas. Your conception of Santa Claus may not quite jibe with what it u sed to be, but outside of that, Christmas is still the same, wonderful, festive, spirited occasion as ever. So put your heart in tune with Jingle Bells and Silent Night and have your merriest Christmas ever. And may 1965 be a safe. happy .and s a ti., !ying y-ar for y u ~nd. :., our::;. UNFINISHED BUSINESS The elections are over and the nation is looking ahead t o January when President Johnson w ill b egin a new Administration and a new Congress will tak e office in Washington. The textile industry has a number of items of unfinished business which must be attended by the new Administration and the new Congress. First, the two-price cotton system must be laid to the rest permanently. At present, the system is at rest for a two-year period which ends in 1966. Second, the t extile program announced b y President John F . Kennedy in May, 1961 must be fulfilled if the textile indu stry is to be permitted to develop all of its potential. Fortunateiy, for the indust ry and for the nation, President Johnson has committed himself to the unfulfilled portions of the program. Third, there must be a continuing analysis of the foreign trade situation to insure that it never again gets out of hand and to bring all textile imports under a system of controls such as those presently in effect fo r cotton textiles. None of these items of unfinished business is asking for special attention or special treatment. Each is fully justified by the force of events taking place each day. Their justification doesn't mean that they will be developed, however, without h ard work and effort on the part of everyone in the textile industry. SYMPATHY Deepest sympathy is texended to Jimmy Cribb (Combing, C Shift), Kenneth Cribb (Combing, B Shift) and their family on the de ath of their father, John H. Reed Cribb of the Center Community in G eorgetown County on December 14. Freedom is being able t o d o w ha t you please without considering a nyon e except a w ife, boss, police, state, federal and city aut horities, and neighbors. As soon as you get close . to the truth, you are told that you are gettin g personal. Jolly Ole Saint Nicholas Over one hundred years ago Thomas Nast, the famous cartoonist, created our present-day image of Santa Claus. 111e jolly, white-bearded, old gen.tleman we know today bears little resemblance to the original Saint Nicholas. For hundreds of years Saint Nicholas was pictured as a bearded saint in flowing church robes, riding a white horse. In his arms he carried gifts for good children. and birch rods for naughty ones. Early Dutch settlers in the New World changed the image. Gone were the horse and flowing church robes. Saint Nicholas was now pictured with a broad-brimmed hat, a long Dutch pipe. and short breeches. Then in the beginning of the nineteenth century Washington Irving described Saint Nicholas, or Santa Claus, as a jolly, chubby fellow, rid~ng through the air in a sleigh drawn by reindeer. Dr. Clement C. Moore in his poem, "A Visit from Saint Nicholas'', published in 1823, established this image throughout the nation. Thomas Nast's final transformation of Santa Claus, in 1863, is with us today. And though the image of Santa Claus has had many changes, _th.e spirit of love and generosity for children remains the- :sattte. !- _,._ ~- _.:~~ Safe At Home .. Astronaut J ohn Glenn, as a Marine Corps Pilot, flew numerou s combat m issions in World War II and Korea. He withstood a r igorou s training period in preparation for his famo us flight in space. He orbited the earth in a feat which was unthinkable only 15 years ago. All this he did w ithout injury t o himself. L ast Februay, Colonel Glenn fe ll in his own apartment, struck the side · of his head and suffeI"ed such severe injuries that h e was -force d to ithdraw his candidacy for United States senator from Ohio. It took him several m onths to recover. Last year in South Carolina, h undreds of persons w ere in more or less the same predicament. They were extra careful in traffic. They ob eyed all the safety rules at work. They practiced water and boating safety. But they returned h ome and were seriously and painfully injured in the safety of their own home. All of which sh ows that w e must protect ourselves wherever w e are. H ome is n ot the haven that we would like to think it is. �WELLMAN TOPICS SCOURING - A SHIFT Wellman Families David C. Stone, Reporter j Scouring, A Shift, would like TEXTILE INDUSTRY PUSHING UPWARD 28-YEARS EMPLOYMENT-The employees shown above have a combined tctal of 28 years employment at Wellman Combing Company. Left to right, they are: Zeb Prosser (Preparing, A S h ift), 6 years, 4 months; Leon Prosser . (~in~shing, A _Shift), 6 years, 8 months; Minnie Lou Prosser (Fm1shmg, A Shift) , 5 years, 11 months; Henry Prosser (Carding, B Shift), 6 years. 11 m onths; and Lula Belle Driggers (Finishing, B Shift), 2 years, 2 m onths. Zeb, Leon, and Henry are brothers, M innie Lou is the wife of Zeb, and Lula Belle is Minnie Lou's sister CARDING - "The textile industry has stable, efficient, dependable work er s with a high sense of loyalty. Their prospect ...fo.r _ the ..future are bright. The textile industry of which they are a part is changing swiftly, pushing upward toward a high er status in American indust ry." -Marshall Doswell, Director of Public Relations, The Springs Cotton Mills. The American textile indu stry will invest more than three-qu arters of a billion dollars for modernization and expansion d u ring 1964. A SHIFT and "ev~ning" have the same meaning,, take not e of t he different effect they have on a gown. COURTESY l'JAT I O N A L OF S A FET Y CO U NCIL PIN SHOP Brunson Evans, Reporter Daisy Powell, Reporter Recently some of the boys on Gert r u de Tanner is back home A Shift enjoyed a squirrel and recuperating from a minor operaduck ilau at Snow~ ur- tion. ing the cookmg of su pper ar'"'1..-.c..- --.'rr,;,-Ss,-,1"'~-rsctcl:err-vm:oafter supper, the hunters on A is out after spending a few days Shift t ook part in a hunt. Every- in the h ospital. We hope to have one who attended the supper you back again soon, James. seemed to have enjoyed it. ParkCongratulations to Richard Morley Tilton and N orman Venters ris. He is the proud father of a prepared the food. P lans are b aby girl. now in t he making for a ChristH arvey Stone is back with us mas outing. We are hoping most t empor ar ily for a while. of the shift will attend. W e h ave enjoyed eating a busChristmas is coming u p fast hel of apples that the boss and all of u s are fou nd busily brou ght in the P in Shop recently. L atis Hughes attended Libby attending to "Sant a Claus" and Thornley's wedding in Moncks the buying of Christ mas gifts, Corner on Saturday night. but let 's not be t oo b u sy t o reWe miss Ted Avant who is m ember what Christmas really is. Christmas is t he birt hday of transferred t emporarily to the ou r Saviour J esu s Ch rist and Noble Combs . If anybody sees Santa Claus should be celebrated accordingly, and h e has any ext ra gloves, tell not by seeing how m u ch we can him t o b e su re and leave some drink or how m u ch like the Devil we can act , bu t by celebr ating at Richard's h ouse. for the glory of God, our Creator. So let's make t his Christmas one COMBING - A SHIFT Benny Hatchell. Reporter of brotherly love, peace and safeWe're glad t o welcome to our ty. shift, E rvin Parrott, Grady RichSo here's A Shift in Carding, ardson, Winston Haseld en , Thomwishing all of you a Merry Christ- as Dennis and J oseph Hughes. mas and A H appy N ew Y ear. We're glad to have Cleo BraveIf you think t he words "night" Don't b e a car bon copy of some one else,· make you r own impressions. With The Sick ~. to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. If anyone wants to hear the pitter patter of little feet, visit the homes of anyone on A Shift in about seven or eight months. We would like to welcome R. L . White to our shift and r egret the loss of Robert McDougal to the Fiber Department. We were very sorry to hear that J. C. Baird's wife was in the hospital. We are also sorry to hear that Arlen Prosser's wife h as been sick. I w ould like to thank everyone at the .Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church of Possum Fork for th•~ concern shown to me and m y family while my wife was in the Hospital in Charleston. Things are surely brightning up in the Scouring Room. Could it b e that everyone has a paint brush in his hand Page Three boy back from his long vacation . Davol Davis' wife is out of the hospit al and doing fine. We wish all a very Merry Christmas . Dr ive so that your driver's license will expire before you do. Recent Hospital Admissions:Martha, w ife of Joe Bell (C Preparing); Georgetown Memorial Hospital; December 1. Erskine Haselden (Pin Shop) ; Johnson Memorial Hospital ; Decemb er 3. Gertrude, wife of Allen Burrows (Day Carding); Georgetown Memorial Hospital; December 8. Eileen, wife of C. P. Gillette (Controller); Conway Hospital; December 7. Drexell, son of Kelly Avant (Wool) ; McLeod Infirmary; December 6. Glenn, son of Ronald Cox (Day Carding); Georgetown Memorial December 11. Lo uise, wife of Rema Davis (A Carding); McLeod Infirmary; December 7. George H enry, son of Isaiah Wright (Cleaner); St. Johns Episcopal Hospital, Brooklyn. New York; December 11. Jack Ward (A Combing), his wife, Judy, and their daughter w ere all a dmitted to McLeod Infirmary following an automobile 2,ccident on December 12. P REP ARING - A SHIFT Eerl Thompson, Reporter We would like to welcome He nry Calcutt to A Shift. Alvin Lewis must have a new girl friend or a new razor. He is starting to shave once a week. We h ave all h eard the song. "All I Want for Christ mas is My Two Front Teeth." Zeb Prosser has his own version of this song. It goes like this, " All I Want for Christmas Is a Complet e Set of Teeth." Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all. You have a p erfect right to your opinion-provided it agrees with mine. "And bring Pop a king-size first aid kit. H e's accident prone!" COUR TESY OF NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL �Page -Four Lines By Lew is If you ask the young boy operating the lemonade stand who his competitor is, he'll tell you "It's the kid with the nearest lemonade stand". And the competition is as hot as the day. It's loud, blunt persuasive and to be sure, penny concious. It's a battle for busmess i~ the best tradition of young enterprise. However, in today's bigger battle for textile business it is not always quite so clear with just whom we are competing. W e are, of course, competing for customer favor with other t extile companies offering similar products. Or, we may be competing with companies in other industries who are vying for the dollars a buyer has to sp end. In another sense, this competition becomes more personal, more direct, when you look at it · this way. Every t extile employee is actu ally in competition with a c::;r~:::upunuing e - plu_y e 1t1 a competing mill. You may know him, and you may not. In any case, you are unlikely to know how efficiently he is operating. Nevertheless, to help your company stay in business, the aim is to out-save, out-control, outeconomize and out-improve your counterpart competitor. These days we hear a good deal about doing a better cost control job in our mill. What do we mean by "better" costs? Do we mean better than we did last week, last month or last year? Do we mean better than the next department? Perhaps so, but we also mean better than employee in the other mill with whom you are competing. Sure, we all have costs . Both we and our competitors. But, whoever has the lowest costs and can produce the highest quality product gets the most business, and whoever gets the most business can afford to invest more money in the business to maintain present jobs and create n ew ones. Who cares about costs? We all care about costs. A s savers and investors we seek a £air return, a reasonable profit. And, we know that the ability of any t extile mill to profit and progress depends on its ability t o charge a fair mark-up over costs and WELLMAN TOPICS expenses. As textile employees we seek steady jobs and opportunity. These are assured in companies which remain competitively strong. There is no bett er way for a worker to insure his job security than to insure that his company will competitively stay in business. A s we said before, company growth means more jobs and st eady sales m ean steady jobs. Our freedom to compete has forced every company to make the most efficient use of natural resources, material and manpower or face fi nancial loss or failure . L et u s all hope that in the area of quality workmanship and firstrate service to our customers, there is no evidence of laxness. We all depend on our customers, and particularly in these tough, competitive times. We must put our emphasis every minute on doing the best job we can for them. FINISHING - B SHIFT Cheryl H anna , Repor:ter Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Venters who are expecting m ore pitt er-patter of little feet at their home. B Shift welcomes Barbara Wise back to our shift :,fter a fe,v weeks layoff. We would also like to welcome James Russ to our shift as a n ew operator. B Shift extends its congratulations and best wishes to Jimmy Pope and his new bride who were married on November 14. Since the Thanksgiving feas t , Lilla Mae Poston hasn't been able t o tie her shoes. Buddy Cooper, you better watch it! A certain "Tiger" from Hemingway will catch you yet. We would all like to know who Jimmy Williams' new admirer is on C Shift. He really has our curiosity built up! Merry Christmas t o all from B Shift. Weddings Mary Tanner Cribb Mary Kay Tanner and Gary Cribb were married on October 9, 1964 in the Eben ezer Methodist Church. Rever end Charles Moore, Jr. performed the ceremony. Mary Kay is the dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Tanner of Hemin gway. She is a 1963 graduate of Hemingway High School a nd is presently employed at the Florence Electromotive Company }n .i''l0ren ce. Gary works in Preparing on B Shift and has been employed here since August 26, 1963. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alb ert Cribb of Johnsonville and his father works in the Pin Shop at Wellman. Gary and Mary Kay are making their home in Johnsonville. BIRT HS A girl, Denetta, to Jessie (Wool, B Shift) and Mary L ee 'wearing on Octob er 19. A b oy, Edward, to Eddie (Cleaner, Day) and Evelyn Hayward on November 1. A girl, Pamela, to Richard (Pin Shop) and Perla Maude Morris on November 10. A boy, Wayne, to Wylie (Carding, Day) and Betty Lou Coker on November 25 . Twin Boys, Mingel and Manuel, to Mingel (Carding, Day) and Mary Dunmore on November 30. A girl, Kim, to Andy (Day, Combing) and Barbara Daniels on Sl;lnday, December 13, 1964. SYMPATHY "Hope I can get this :tree hom e without breaking any lim bs." COURTESY NATIONAL OF SAFETY COUNCIL Nina Howard Pope Nina Howard b ecame the bride of Jimmy E . Pope (Finishing, B shift) on Saturday, November 14. Th e ceremony was performed by Judge M. C. Floyd at his home in Conway. Nina is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Prat Howard of Andrews. Nina and Jimmy are making their home in the Center Community. We extend our s incere sympathy lo May ford Altman (Supply) and his family on the death ! of ., his· .mother, Mrs. John- W. Altman on December 11 . Myr:tle Abrams Lewis Myrtle Lee Abrams and Delmar 0. Lewis (Preparing, B shift) were unit ed in marriage on Saturday, September 12 at the Johnsonville Pentecostal Holiness Church by the Rev. D. L. Young. Myrtle is the daughter of Hub ert R. Abrams (Preparing, B shift) and Mrs. Abrams of Johnsonville. Myrtle and Delmar are making t:heir home in J ohnsnoville. Ambition may be the main thing which keeps p eople moving, but the "No Parking" sign is doirig its part. �WELLMAN TOPICS Page Five I _ _ _Wellman Personalities vey and Betty Barfield. She att ended Andrews and Lake City High Schools. Since becoming employed at Wellman Combing Company on September 6, 1954, Nina was a Noble Comb t ender until February 15, 1964, when she became a Tow Cutter operator in the Tow Department. Wayne A . (Chick) Humphries Chick was born at Prospect on Octob er 30, 1917 and is the son of John T. Humphries and the late Eliza McDaniel Humphries. Chick attended Prospect school through the 10th grade. After l eaving school Chick farmed and served in the Army from September, 1941 to June, 1945. During W orld War II he served as a 105 Howtzer Gun Crewman in the 36st Division of the 131st Field Artillery Batallion. He...r-e.c.erued i sic trainin g at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and served overseas in the European Theater. For wounds received in action at Salerno Beach, Italy, Chick was awarded the Purple Heart. His section was the first on the beaches in this action and his gun crew destroyed a German machine gun that was firing from the top of a silo. For this action Chick was awarded the Bronze Star. After his discharge from the Army, Chick farmed again before coming to work at Wellman Combing Company on Octo~er 29, 1954. He was hired as a Feeder in the Card Room and worked in all jobs in that department and was assigned the duties of Shift Overseer on August 1, 1961. Chick is presently the Overseer of C Shift in Carding. Chick and Alma James were married on November 1, 1947 and they have two sons, Charles Wayne, who is 16 years old and in the tenth grade at Johnsonville High School, and Gary Harmon, who is 14 and in the ninth grade . Chick a nd his family live in the Prospect community and attend the Little Star Free Will Baptist Church. A favorite recreation of Chick's is fishing. Maybe a red corpuscle is a Russian noncommissioned officer. Ma~ Lee Eaddy Mae Lee was employed as a Noble Comb Tender a t Wellman Combing Company on September 4, 1964, and continued in that job until transferred to the Pin Shop as a booksetter on December 10, 1962. Mae Lee was born on January 4, 1925, in the Leo Community and is th e daughter of the late W. Andrew Prosser and Bertha Mrs. P rosser Tanner Prosser. now Tives in - o umoia. In 1944 Mae Lee graduated from India ntown High School and she and Rushton E. Eaddy were married on March 4, 1943. They live at Johnsonville and have two daughters, Theresa, 14 years old who is in the ninth grade at Johnso nville High School and Dell, who recently celebrated her sixth birthday. Mae Lee's favorite past time is fishing. She and her family attend the Methodist Church in Johnsonville. Nina is married to the Honorable Odell Venters, a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Florence County. They have one daughter, Mrs. ~onald (Nella Rae) Stone who is a member of the Johnsonville School faculty, and they have three grandchildren. Prior to coming t o work at Wellman she worked part-time in her husband's department store in J ohnsonville. Nina's hobbies are fishing and bowling. COMBING - C SHIFT David Cribb, Reporter C Shift welcomes to their shift th e following new personnel : John H. Cox, Mitchell Driggers, Jerry Lyerly, and Larry Atkinson. We are glad to have Carol Post on back with us. Carol was in a ca r wreck and was out of work for about 3 weeks. W e hope Don Driggers will b e back with us soon. Don fell and broke his arm. We are glad to have William Calcutt back with u s. William was in a car wreck and was out of work for about a month. C Shift hopes everyone will take a liking to the new clean-up campaign. It should make things look a lot cleaner. WOOL ROOM Irene Evans, Reporter We wish to convey to our General Overseer, Steve Knight, and his fami ly many happy moments of family fellowship in their new home. There is a rumor going around that Arnold Keefe will soon become a champion squirrel hunter, thanks to his vacation. If you want to know the names of ::my broken bones. ask Kelly A r/cd1:t;--tlue tc a evu-p-lc 0£ :;,:e-edi;;--~~=-- o.ccident s to his two boys. We wbh them both a speedy recovery. " If I could be a Santa Claus, in a one -horse rocket sleigh, I'd zoom away on Christmas Eve, and return on New Year's Day." --Edgeworth Daisy Powell Daisy :was born at Nesmith and is the dau ghter of the late R. D. and D aisy M obley McLean of Nesmith. She is a 1941 graduate of Indiantown High School. Nina B. Venters Nina ,vas born at Andrews and is the daughter of the late Har- D aisy and Pete Powell were married on May 10, 1941 and lived in Charlest on for .several years where she worked at the American Cigar Factory about one and a half years . Pete is presently employed at the Porter and Hemingway Tractor Company in Hemingway. They live in J ohnsonville and have one daughter, Mrs. Henry (Jackie) Poston. Henry is a Senior at Clemson University and J ackie is a bookkeep er at the First N a tional Bank at Clemson. Since being employed by Well. man Combing Company on /September 20, 1954~ Daisy has always been a Finisher T ender until she transferred to the Pin Shop on "Better put some sal:t on the ky walk . . . I just saw the boss go by." COURTESY OF NATIONAL SAFETY COUNC IL March 12, 1962. She is presently a Booksetter. Dai${ attends the First Baptist Chufch in Johnsonville. She says she has no particular hobbies except perhaps fishing. �WELLMAN TOPICS Page Six CARDING - FINISHING - B SHIFT Terrell Altman, Reporter Have you ever heard of a large truck having 23 forward gears? If not, ask Buren McCracking. It seems that he u sed to drive one. Terrell Altman said that he had a 1947 Model T. V. John Henry Prosser said that he thought that T. V. had been out around h ere for 30 years or more years. Luther (Bo-weavel) Marlow went to the doctor the other day to see about his appetite. He said the doctor told him to not eat anymore than h e could hold. We are proud to have Willie D. Collins, Jr. on B Shift. If anyone has a squirrel dog for sale, contact Norman Humphries. Boyd Marlow is now a fullfledged coon hunter. Wesley Altman, Jr. would like to have a 15-pound opossum if anyone catches one. He said they eat good with sweet potatoes and grits. Waldon Roberts has an increase in his light bill. We wonder why W aldon? Ralph Coker is giving free driving tests in the parking area now. Anyone in• the plant interested in his test, please contact him at once. He's nearly booked up. It _seems _that JacK Tyler 1s getting a lots of bumps on the head lately. Arlis McDaniel is now a happy man. He. has a new job. Don't you like those H. M. G.'s Arlis? Wonder why Lyman Simmons calls Red Haselden "Uncle Red" now??? We are looking forward to a big Christmas. Everyone please observe all safety precautions during the holidays. Medical research tends to show that you'll live much longer if you give up everything that makes you want to. ' ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARAD E - Santa Claus is shown after he arrived in Johnsonv ille on Wednesday , December 9th while riding on the local fire truck in the annual Christmas parade. TOW - B SHIFT N ina Venters, Reporter Our deepest sympathy to Milda Langley and her fami!J' in the loss of her brother recently. Birthday congratulations go to Katie Coker's daughter on h er ninth birthday and to Jessie Mae birthday. Nina Venters and her family sp ent an enjoyable Thanksgiving Day at Litchfield Beach. They are very happy that Donnell, her granddaughter, is home from the hospital. Milda Langley and her family are planning to spend Christmas with their son , Donald in Clemson, South Carolina. We are glad to have Brice Caster back at work following a slight back injury. The synthetic department is proud t o be moving to the number one warehouse when all pre- PUSH BUTTONS A N D BUTTON-PUSHING "As we search for (the) highly develop ed method of meeting the needs of people, we are obliged t o r em ember that it is not all a m'ltter of machinery and mechanization, aut omatic controls and :iti tmn ation, p 11 .~ h l:mttons 8.nd button-pushing. We are obliged t o r emember that there is no substitute for human skill, imagination and ingenuity. There must be, always someone t o push the button that starts the process. Even b efore the pushing b egins, there must be someone to design the button."-William E . Reid, President, Riegel Textile Corp., a nd President, American · Textile Manufacturers Institute. paration s are completed. We all miss Pressley Hanna since he has been transferred to the Noble Combs. A SHIFT Rena Cox, Reporter We are glad to report that Katie Marsh's husband is doing fine and w e hope it won't be much longer before he will be able to return to work. It looks like T roy Hanna had b etter give up cars all toget her, or get him a chauffeur to do his driving. H e has had two wrecks in the past few months. We missed Larry Collins while he was away. Have you all noticed Mattie Ruth Tanner driving that new Chevrolet around. It really looks good. R ena Mae Cox and family visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mack Capps last weekend. We would like to welcome Bernice Parker to our shift. She t ransferred from the T ow D epartment. We would like to wish each employee and his family a very Merry Christmas. Please drive carefully du ring the holidays because the life you save might be yours. COMBING - B SHIFT George D. Rheuark, Reporter We are glad to have Jerry Williams and Tommy Miller back t o w:rk after beimt l c1irl ni'f for a wn1le. We would like to welcome t o our shift Hoyt Collins, Thomas FilyQw and Eu gene Smith. We hope they will like working at Wellman Combing Company. We're glad to see Lenwood Coker back to work after being sick for a week. Hope you are f?e ling btter, Lenwood. B Shift is very sorry to lose Basil Cribb to his new job. We hope he will like it. If you don't, Basil, come back to t he good old B Shift. The most flammable kind of wood is a chip on the shoulder. � 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 Christmas 1964 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource December 1964 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cheryl Williams