https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/f8d45390d01a40342da623c42082feb8.pdf 16ce98dc292e4ad2a6dd32f330882382 PDF Text Text �MEMO FROM MANAGEMENT By JACK BELSHAW General Manager, Wellman Industries , Inc. In 1964 , the restlessness of pre-teens set in . As our sons discover girls and our daughters d iscover boys , Wellman Combing Company with its heritage in natural wool f ibers discovered synthetics . I always receive a great deal of pleasure when presented the opportun ity to express the thoughts of my staff and myself to fellow Well man emp loyees. This opportunity is particularly appreci ated since this issue of the Wellman Topics celebrates our 20th Anniversary . As most of you know, I have not had the privilege of belonging to the Wellman organization for the full 20 years; however, I have had the opportunity to go through the " teen-age" years of Wellman Industries, Inc. with you . This " teen-age" period in the life of an organization is a very important period - much as it is in the life of a person. Although missing the infancy of Wellman Industries , Inc. , I can only say I am pleased to have been here during the critical " teens." It is upon this comparison between the life of a company or organization and our lives as individuals that I would like to comment in this message. In 1954, Wellman Combing Company was born as is a child . It was provided the necessities to allow it to grow, develop , and gradually mature - employees , material , bu ildings , equipment , and owner desire for Wellman Combing Company , which can be compared to food , clothing , housing and love for a child. In the first year, a healthy Wellman Combing Company grew in employees from 125 to 450 - much as the baby grows from seven pounds at birth to 21 pounds at the end of the first year. During the 1950's and early 1960's , the Company to crawl continued to grow as does the child - learni r,~f ~5 % of ' walk , run , and become a respected comberfo m the child of the Un ited States wool supply - raiser!• 1954 by all the Wellman employA'" · \J\,rcLLMAN TOPICS In 1964, production of synthetic fibers was begun, adding to the growth and development of the Company - which was fast approach ing its " teens ." As the Company entered its " teens, " it was then the largest importer of apparel wool , the largest producer of wool top and lanolin in the U.S.A ., and the synthetic operation had grown from an idea to a manufacturing unit four times its size in a mere three years . The / Company was truly in its "teen-age" years. Those yea/ ~ · s from the late 1960's to the early 1970's were full of t ~r growth , indecision, trail, error, success and failu v c all of which are healthy "teen-ager" exper~ en · -::s. Lloyd Pasley Lorey Gene Marsh . V . . ded Fibers We saw the beginning and end of the Bon b" th d Division, the rise and fall of Knitting, the' ~~h expansion of Plastics , the decline of vv - , oo 'an e growth of Fibers . t .. ,, . t',, " with life to prepare _s a teen-ager expen~e? , che Wellman " teen-age" himself as an adult, so d1~.,m y for its adult life . As years prepare the Com r . , lnc. , enters1ts21styearand W II Id t . e man n us nes d ·t ·t h"ldh d d I adulthood behi". ., ' I are I s c I oo ' a o escence, ' A . dineveryyoungadult , ourpast20years dt an eens · h b ,_.. ,. , f,.u II o f experiences w h"1c h. h ave prepare d us f or avef te .ure. Asistrueforchildren,itisthefamilyand our . u ' onmen t w h"1c h are pnman · ·1y respons1"bl e f ort h e ef nvir ,re of the Company. utu A , in celebration of th is 20th Anniversary , may I say no child has had better preparation for adulthood than Wellman Industries , Inc . , for it is all the employees who have grown , developed , and prepared the Company for the cha I lenges of the future . With that preparation, although I am sure we will experience the problems that accompany adulthood , Wellman Industries, Inc., will continue its growth and success - thanks to you - its family . Published quarterly by and for the employees of Wellman Industries, Inc., Johnsonville, South Carolina, 29555 Under the supervision of the personnel department - Edited by Frances Owens Produced By Carolina lndU"strial Press J Ruby Rogers Ballard Haselden Lyman Simmons Robert Donnelly Elbert Haselden Wilbur Coker Watt Eaddy -Carroll Barnhill Willie Cox and Rhoda Cox at the Junior-Senior Banquet Wallace Hayward Wilson Hardee �Walter Robinson CROCKER WAS BIG HITTER Tiny Matthews The Rams Were Champs B ack in February, 1957, the first edition of Wellman Topics had a picture of the Johnsonville plant on its front page. There was a story on the inside about George Garnett and how he had come to Johnsonville three years earlier to train the company's first workers at t he nearby Hardy-King tobacco warehouse . A month later, We llm an Topics an nounced that Joh n Van Davis had taken over as oversear in Carding. He replaced Robert J . " Bob" Foster, who resigned . included 200 persons who showed up for a barbecue at the main sheep barn , Pat Gillette was named Johnsonville High Homecoming Queen and four top quality Polworth rams were shipped in from Australia . Jim Carraway Rudo lph Thompson Pete Manowe Since then , Wellman Topics has chronicled things big and small about the folks who have and are still working here and their families. Here are some of the bits of information garnered from old editions of the paper that is published " by and for the employees of Wellman Industries ." Watt Eaddy in June , 1957, was honored for having worked 33 months without being absent for any reason . . . a month later, the Wellman Rams were the big " undefeated" team in the Southern Pee Dee Baseball League and Barry Crocker was the big man at the plate with a .465 batting average . . . Robert L. Port, a tester in Carding and Scouring , was g:ven a "safe worker award" by Mrs . Mae Huggins, who was in charge of the First Aid Room . . . . Joe Chinnes was a familiar sight with his " lunch w?gon." In 1958 . .. R. L. Port was still in the news by winning the July Topic ·1,·.- ' - . -·k·c._;_,,.. Jimmy Brock , Hllb oum Stone and Randy Sowell with " old 777" Walter Robinson and R. L. Port Reporters honor . . . . in September, Johnsonville scored a decisive 21-0 victory over Green Sea to win a football title. Billy Crocker made all three touchdowns. Gillette . . Miriam Poston and Allen Marsh got their picture in the paper for promoting safety. Bill Hanna was picked as the SAFGO winner. A year later, 1959, Sylvia Scott was wed to John R. Joye . She was then a receptionist . . . . Ilene Prosser and Jim Carraway got their five year service pins. The Christmas, 1960, edition topics showed pictures of Mr. Arthur 0. Wellman 's birthday party with a cake shaped like a lamb Frances Thompson was wed to Wayne Owens on Dec. 18. In March, 1960, Johnsonville Cub Scout Pact 421 celebrated its fourth birthd ay . It w as orQanized in 1956 by Mrs. John G.Wellman and led by Cubmaster Crawford P. The foll owin g year found Jack Well man and others on te levision in Charlest on pro motin g the wool ind ustry. Oth er items that made news in 1961 In 1963 , a special issue of Wellman Topics called attention to cheap imports that were threatening this country's textile jobs. In August , 1964 , Wellman workers were paid in $2 bills and the area was flooded with them. Mrs . Milda L. Langley retired the following month. A new plant expansion costing $5 million was the big news in Feb ., 1969 The company continued diversification through its synthetics division . . . . The company got a new name. The 15-year-old Wellman Combing Co . became Wellman Industries , Inc . . . . . Wellman Purchasing Agent Wilson Hardee was mayor of Johnsonvi lie. Crawford P. Gillette became vice president for administration and Pete Knoller became controller . I In June, 1969, the company got an award for a 46 .7 percent reduction in accidents . . . . Wellman formed " Fibers Division " the following September. I In 1970, Texti le World Magazin e talked abo ut Well man 's gaint step into the future by supplemen ting woo l combing wi th man mad e fiber product ion aimed at specialized markets . . . . A new Knitting o peration was started in July, 1971 . Woo l Superwash equi pment was going in in A pril , 1972 . • Wool Warms His Heart There wi 11 always be a warm spot in Walter Robinson's heart for wool. plan t. That adds up to 348 m illion pounds of wool top ," Mr. Robinson recalled. " Wool is and always will be the best fiber. Man can never make a f iber that is better than the natural stuff from sheep ," he smiled . " Of course , I'll always have a special place inside of me for wool. Times change , though , and Wellman has had to adjust to the conditions of the day. The company has diversif ied so we can have the brighter future the wonderful workers at Johnsonville deserve," he continued . " I talked with Controller Pete Kneller the other day and we did a little figuring on how much wool top we've produced in Johnsonville since 1954," Robinson said. " Since Wellman set up operati ons in Johnsonville , we have seen more than 870 million pounds of grease wool pass through the "We've always been known for our wool top. The ind ustry learned long ago that Well man meant the best in wool top . We're also earning a good rep utat ion for our Walter Robinson, Jack Belshaw , Wendell Richardson and Barry Crock er Leroy Barcu s newer products ," Mr. Robinson continued . " Look back over the years since Wellman has been in Johnsonville. Wool meant a lot of shipping money for the Port of Charleston. It has provided the income for many people who have built new homes and made business prosper ," Mr. Robinson said. "Yes sir, woo l wil l always be my favorite fiber . Wool has been wonderful to the Robinson fam il y. Wellman top has warmed millions . It has meant a lot to this community ," Mr. Robinson noted. Frank Davis �Ta xes From Wellman Have Boosted Education Modern Facilities Also Aided By Company Twenty Years In Johnsonville J ohn G. " Jack" Wellman , chairman of the board of Wellman Industries, Inc. , placed one of the telephone receivers on his desk back on the hook , told his attractive secretary Sylvia Joye to hold his calls for a little while and started talking to a newsman in his office for a brief interview. "This company wouldn't be where it is today if it were not for the cooperative spirit between our employees from the oldest, in terms of seniority , to the newest man or woman on the payroll," he insisted . " Personally , I have always been happy with people here. From the first day I came to Johnsonville , I have been impressed by the men and women who make up the Wellman family ," Mr. Wellman continued. " By famil y . mean all the men and women who work or have worked here and their families . Johnsonville has been good for Wellman and I like to feel Wellman has been good for Johnsonville ," he said WELCOME TO THE .PEE DEE -. . . Home of - WELLMAN INDUSTBIEs INC• Johnsonville, South Carolina• . . . a diversified textile n1anufacturer . ~t.tr? :! · ... ~i ;♦.,,_ . ......... Wellman taxes have helped build schools and the community . The Wellman payroll has been good for the economy . Hundreds of new homes and thousands of home appliances and televison sets have been bought with money earned at Wellman . Millions of dollars paid Wei Iman workers have also been spent for groceries and other necessities . " We've had our ups and we have had our downs. I would say that our 20 years in Johnsonville , though , have been mostly ups . I'm confident the future will be a bright one. You can be assured this company will do everything possible to remain a vital part of the textile industry . I'm personally looking forward to my next 20 years in Johnsonville . We love it here . We will make our home here ," he stressed. " I remember when we decided to come to Johnsonville. Our markets for wool top were here and Johnsonville was a good spot because of the availability of workers here and the Port of Charleston for the importing of grease wool, " Mr. Wellman recalled . Wellman came down as a wool combing operation . Wool 20 years later has been pushed to the background because of changing marketing conditions. Synthetics are big now. " Fortunately , diversification into other fibers has worked well for Wellman . By closing down any operation that does not contribute its share of earnings , we do not jeopardize the entire company. This enables us to keep more people working and to provide them with more job secu rity over the long run ," Mr. Wellman reasoned . " We are proud of our 20 years of growth and progress in Johnsonville and the Great Pee Dee. Much of this s uccess is due to our fine employees , the community, our suppliers, our customers and in general - our friends . They have helped make Wellman a respected name in the textile industry ," Mr. Wellman said. " We have co me a long ways since 1954 when we arrived in Johnsonville . I remember some of the people who came with us like George Garnett and Vic Papitto and the fine men and women who have been with us all these years in South Carolina ," Mr. Wellman said . " You bet we are going to do everything we can to keep Wellman both a good employer and a good citizen in the Pee Dee ," Mr. Wellman concluded . We've had our ups and we have had our downs. I am confident the future wi 11 be a bright one. -Jack Wellman �PROFILE Supervisors Finish Course Some of the Department supervisors at Wellman are showing off a little of the communications polish they picked up during a recent Dale Carnegie Course at lake City. / , Winners Harry Tanner and Ray Thornhill once again have been rewarded for suggestions they turned in to boost the overall operating efficiency and safety at Wellman : Ready cash awaits others with good ideas on how to make working conditions safer and improve A half dozen of the supervisors spent Tuesday nights for a couple of months driving over to Lake City to sharpen up their communication abilities. George Likes It Down South Completing the course were Ronald Brock, C. W. Cox, Leon Grier, Morris Perry , Wendell Richardson and Gerald Stone . Mr. Perry was singled out for a Best Speech " award for a little talk he gave the class on motivating people . Mr: Cox got the "Most Improvement " award. The " Special Achievement" award went to Mr. Richardson. efficiency. " Oh yes , I remember when I came down south to Johnsonville to help get things started at the Wellman wool top plant they were building near the banks of Lynches River," George Garnett said wh i le fingering t hrough a colorfu l publication entitled "Wellman 's World of fibers. " r l It was all wool then , none of this synthetic stuff. The company said its customers needed wool top and we wanted to get going as soon as we could in Johnso,wille ," Mr. Garnett continued . " You know , I've never disliked Johnsonville. I got to like the kind of restful type of life here and guess I was glad to get away from the hustle and bustle up north ," he said. " Anyway , the plant was being built when I got here. We set up a temporary training program in a tobacco warehouse over in Crocker Richardson YOU SAID IT To Our Roving Reporter THE Haselden Collins Wallace Williams Allison Wilson What Were You Doing In '54 QUESTION: What were you doing 20 years ago today? Cleona C. Collins, C & D - "We were farming over in Poston. We had a bad spell and it was hard to make good crops that year. That was the last year we farmed." The Answers: Benny S. Richardson , Spinning "1 was two years old. I suppose I was hanging around my mama's feet getting in the way while she did the housework." Jim Crocker, Maintenance - "I was living and workeng at Ware Shoals. We lost our house that year. It burned down. It wasn't really a good year but I've had a lot of good years since then - especially since 1956 when I came to Johnsonville ." Beelah Haselden , Tow - " I din 't remember too much about it. I do remember we had a big hurricane. I was working at Wellman when it came. The plant was new and much smaller then. The power went off in the plant and we all went home to see what damage the storm had done." John Henry Allison, Knitting "That's when they built the new school at St. Luke Elementry at Kirgsburg. The school is old now and it is not really a school at all. They've made it into a recreation building for the community." James Wilson, Fiber Finishing - "I was farming a little bit and courting a . lot. " Booker T. Williams, Fiber Preparation - "I was working in Charlotte, N. C. My children were very small. Now they're big and I'm older. Hard work can make you old." John Wallace, Shipping - "I was three years old so I Suppose I was just being spoiled. I've got an 18-monthsold daughter named Carol Levatte. She's about as big as I was in 1954." Hemingway . We had six women in that first class . One of them , Irene Evans , was a top notch . I'm glad she is st ill here ," he recalled . " I've been with this outfit since 1933. I worked in wool up in North Chelmsford , Mass. So , you see I've been with Wellman 41 years . I hope the next 41 will be just as good because I'm planning on sticking around, " Mr. Garnett emphasized. Now a supervisor in the Tow motor Dept. , Mr. Garnett cracked "I suppose you can say I've done a little bit of everything around the plant. Spent five years in the Wool Buying Department. " He married Jessie Mae Eaddy Stone back in 1954. They have two children , Susan Eaddy and Martha Garnett , a freshman at the Baptist College, in Charleston. George Garnett "I pass the time messing around the yard . I like to work in our yard . I still play the piano a little but not as much as I did when I was a young fellow ," he said. "The company's treated me right. I like the quiet life here. I never want to go back to the congested north," he concluded. RETIRED He's A Big Flash Fan So far, this has been one whale of a fall for John Lester Cribb . He's been spend ing part of his retirement watching the Johnsonville High Flashes play some pretty terrific football. " I love to see my team win . Coach Bob Rankin has come up with another real good team. Our boys really put Johnsonville on the football map ," Mr. Cribb smiled . Mr. Cribb worked at Wellman for almost 19 years before retiring. Since his retirement earlier in the year, he and his wife Christine have been catching up with visiting friends and the children . "We've got 11 children altogether. She's got two, I've two and we've got seven. That makes 11 and they are all mighty fine children. We are proud ot them," he beamed . In addition to football , he has been dropping fishing lines for the big ones in Lynches River. "You might say I'm being lazy a lot. Retirement can be fun, though ," he concluded . Mr. Cribb �Saluting Members Of The Wellman Family Who Have Perfect Attendance Records Cheryl Williams ' 54 Ilene Prosser with Keith Baker Mae Bell Melvin Jac·k Capps Mae Lee t:addy Snapshots FROM THE PAST TOW - 3 months: Janie Tyler, Laura B. Gamble , Amelia Burrows, Eather M. Booker, Dennison Davis, Jay I, Powell , Katherine Avant , Mildred Brewington, Valerie D.Rogers , Mvrtle B. Haselden, Dorothy Godfrey, Millie Nettles, Mildred K. Venters and Kenneth McFadden ; 6 months : Earline Foxworth , Irene C. Woodberry , Elloree Belflowe rs, Thelma E. Rogers , Everlena Bru nson and Julia M. Verner; 9 Months: Marvin Parrott , Phillip H. Woodberry , Carroll J . Gray, Caroline Newell, Lu cille Snowden , Lee M. Davis , Nellie M. Miller·, Eleanor M . Hanna, Opal R. Oliver, M . Letha Hucks , Lu la M. Wilson and Rena Mae Cox . T. 0. MAINTENANCE - 3 months : Albert Powell , Klee S. Flowers , Alexander Allison , Prince Nesmith , Wilbur C. Coker and David 0. Rogers ; 6 months: Ben Stuckey , Roger Hayward , Jack Johnson, Jim W . Eaddy, Rudolph Thompson , We_sley Altman , Jr. , William E. Smitn and Herman P. Larrimore ; 9 months : Jack R. Capps , David Alford , John Lester Cribb, Lloyd Green , Willie E. Cox , Wilbu r D. Pollard , Thomas H. Hanna, John S. Richardson, James S. Richardson , Meada Owens , Simon H . McNeil, Willie B. Haselden , Kilbourne Haselden and Ronald B. Cox. WOOL ROOM 3 months : Irene Evans , Reddick Williams , Jr., Ruby Johnson , Fannie Mae Gamble , Annie Mae Porchea, Albert Daniels , Lena P. Stone, E. Jane Turner and Phillip P. Cockfield ; 6 months: George Shelton , Oliver Porchea , Jr.; 9 months: Lloyd Pasley , Sinclair Sessions, Marion Pasley , Baker Parker, Ozzie Dorsey , Jr. , Jessie J. Wearing , Robert C. Cantey , Jr., · \lemon McWhite, Thomas L. Cooper ~nd \ l\lillian A. Hanna. KNITTING 3 months : Charlie King Ill , L . Alger Carmichael , Wynnell A. Howell , Carolyn McDaniel , Joseph Johnson, Jr. , Benjamin L . Brown , Adeline Richardson, Neomie M. Eaddy , Doris P. Cannon, Warren Burrows , Catherine LaNell Harrell and Robert L. Wilson ; 6 months: Mary M. Alston , Willie F. Graves , Louie R. Tanner, Ned Hughes, Joe D. Cook and J. Leroy Wilson ; 9 months: Eugene Burgess , Samuel Cook , Paul J . Vereen , John Henry Allison , Brunson Cooper, Jr. , and R. Gene Haselden . T. O. S1.~IP!ING Freddie Lee ._ ,raham ; 3 months : 9 months: George E. McCloud. ·,s: Rhoda M. T O LAB 9 · · .montt 0 d Katie C. Cox , B. Louise Goude a,. Marsh . GREASE RECOVERY - 9 month _s: Nathan Howell and Wylie Coker. CARDING 9 months: Ervin Parrott , Dewey K. Baxley and Walter Willis . -~ . T. 0. FINISHING ~ 9 months: W. George Gause . Carroll , Glenn , William A. and Mrs. Hanna and Billy in April , 1960 Miriam Poston and Allen Marsh Vic Papitto Jean McDaniel Nathan Howell CONVERTING - 3 months : Loris B . Taylor, Addlaide Poston and Odessa Dorsey ; 6 months: Harry Scott ; 9 months: Clyde Nesmith . C & D - 3 months: Jimmie J . Ceasar, Florence P. Gause, Ventes Nesmith, James T. Stone, Doris Lyerly, Joe Johnson , Buddy Lewis , Jake Wilson , Jr. , Henry Deas , Mclendon Prosser, Sam J. Singletary , Evel M. Davis, Malikiah Rogers , Waymon Cobb and Alvin Pope ; 6 months : Pete Jacobs and Dick Parnell ; 9 months: R. L. Holden , Earnest Simon , Cleveland Pressley , Bernice C. Marlow, Joe Moore and Leroy Barcus. PIN SHOP 3 months : J. D. Greenwood , Jr:; 9 months: William H. Hicks. FIBER PREPARATION 3 months: Carol Alston , Joseph McFadden , Frank Graham , Jackson Hanna, Woodrow Cooper, William Pressley and Tracie Woodberry ; 6 months: Willie james Hanna, Robert Winns and Olin Young ; 9 months: Abram Holmes . Robert Taylor , Buster Eaddy, Joe Singletary , Norman l::lrown, Roosevelt Washington , Prophet Peter- on, Hyser Graham, Charles Bull , Jr., ~ 'esley Pequese , John Gary , Willie W ·ight , Henry Bradley and James W; 1·1iams . .,...._ 3 months : Daniel SO , . Jeffrey Bacchus , Peter nd Pe ergrasc . ' 0 Eaddy William Barr Nesmith_, Cha11,- . John' 0 . Singletary: Clyde Richardson , ·9arlyn Glasscho ; 6 James Brown , and P, _ Jefferson months : Blance Capp~ , ,rt BrockBrown , Evelyn Harrell , Robt -~ ington , John Smith , Louis :,, . aw'. Lawerence Fulmore , Jr. , and Lonnie Cribb ; 9 months: George Mccutchen , David Woodberry, George McKnight, Enoch McFadden, William Hart , Myrtis Powell , Ellis Singletary, James Graves , Sular Graham , Laura Davis , Daniel Porchea , Quency Fulmore , Nellie McCullough , Gladys R. Da.,i s, Uldine Poston , Eva Mae Ri chardso1 . Jacob Eaddy , John Graves , John W . Singletary , George Mccown, Eallie Woodberry , Kelly Pressley , Wallace Woodberry , Charles E. Spates and Willie George Thomas. SHIPPING - 3 months: James M . Hayward, Jacob Belin , H Dav id Cribb , Ital y Pittman and Deltus Cooper; 6 months: John H. Campbell ; 9 months: Thomas Gray , Jr., James S. Brown , Abraham Frazier and Joe Washington . R & D - 3 months : Benjie Tanner; 9 months : Will ie M . Larrimore . FIBER SPINNING -3 months : Willie J . Peterson , Lillie Mae Parker, Thomas J . Wilson , Queen .E. Washington , Jack Myers , Jr., Jimmy M. Williams , Jacob Daniels , B. Eugene James, Katherine Alston , Aquilla Davis , Billy R. Stone, Nathan Davis , Herbert L. Wilson , Roosevelt McCrea, Ora B. Frazier, Frankie Gordon , Jr., Nathaniel J . Salters , and Bernard L. Davis ; 6 months : Esau Brown , Jacob Brown , Jerome Wood berry , William H . Johnson , Thurman Robinson , Ella Kay Poston and Bruce Rich ; 9 months: M. Deedy McGee, John W . Young , Hessie M. Benton , Alfonza Jones , Ida P. Myers . Joel E. Pollard , Johnny A. Davis, Henry M. Vereen Leon Prosser, N. Melease Miller, Jimmy L . Lewis , Milton Gause , Lenoir Barr, Leroy E. Capps , Josephine j _ McCown , Charles W. Ball , Joe Rogers , Ilene Prosser , G. Ballard Douglas , Jimmy J . Foorman , Willie G. Parker, James W. Carnell, Frank Taylor, Joshway McCray , Bobby Montgomery, Oscar Avant , Willie J . McWhite, Ella Mae Dozier and Leon MeNin . FIBER MAINTENANCE - 3 months Bobby L. Ard , Jimmy W. Marsh , Hilbourn Stone, John Graham , C. Jerome Parker, Nelson Moore, Andrew J . Cox Ill , G. Wildon Eaddy , Troy W. Collins , Basil Lewis , Jr. , Liew T. Pope, Norman Venters , Marvin Venters , Alton M. Joye and Eugene Woodberry ; 6 months: Olin D. Richardson , Hardee Godwin , Paul Stone , Harry Tanner, Doris Coker, Mack R. Cook and Tony W. Eaddy ; 9 months : Jink L. Hucks , Watis Pressley , Alen Woodberry , John McGill , Willie Dozier , Robert S. Johnson , Carroll Barhill , Basil R. Cribb ; Billy V . Bazen , Roy T . Richardson , Wallace Stone , Ira A. Cameron , J . Palmer Filyaw , James P. Brock , Sr ., Johnnie Owens , Lacie Richardson , Ronnie D. Cameron, Orum McNeil , D. Ray Thornhill, Danny H . Richardson , Roger Haselden , Mal colm Yaselden , Knox Richardso n, David ' '"hews, Eagar Smith , Ronald Jones, ~~•· ,._ · Wilson Willi s. M. Derrel o ee '" 1:vi• ~ ,,,.- ""\'"'c:ton A Coker, John D. LA ,3, , ,vfl ry r v : A,. Waxne Stone, Benchon Moore, John . · Parsons , Mack C. Parker and Ronald Coker. SUPPLY & GEN . SERVICES 3 months : Junior Mention; 6 months : Loree L . Stone ; 9 months : David M. Poston, St. Clair E. Huggins , Mayford Altman and Harry Barf ield . FIBER LAB - 3 months: Cheryl Williams , Joan Teal , Patricia Avant, Carrie B. Wright , Louise W. Cooper and Myrtle Miller; 6 months: Cel ia Kelly, Mae Lee Eaddy , Lind a Thompson, Pearli ne Cribb , Beatrice Brown , Letha Gaskins , Virgi nia Richardson , Joan Murphy, Geraldine Filyaw , Cheryl Morris , Shirley W. Cameron , B"ttY Poston, Rena Sisk and Ester J . Cooper; 9 months : Eulene Scott, Minn ie L. Haselden, Daisy Powell , Linda Haselden , Geneve Nettles , Emmie Richardson , Ester F. Cribb , Nancy J . Bellfl owers , Annette Nettles, Mary S. Wilson and Jennie R. Thom pkins. FIBER RECEIVING - 3 months: John Barr, Henry Willams , Kelly Thomas, Stashies Washington , Albert Lee Johnson and David L. Williams; 6 months: Larry J. Lewis , Ivory Eaddy , Ellerbe Woodberry and Willie J. White; 9 months : Willie J . Cooper, Hollin Pringle , Wesley McNeil , Issac L. Julious, Early Walker, Jr., Abraham Richardson, Jimmy Rodgers, Zone Hemingway , Roy L. Franklin and Prince Daniels . WELLAMID & WELLSTRAND 3 months: James Walker, Robert Lee Thomas , Ronald Powers, James Gilliard, William Barr, Gary Humphries, Thomas Bell , Bru ster Cooper, Booker T. Jones, Levon Hanna and Alton Parrott ; 6 months : Richard Williams , Jr., Keith Miller, Jimmy Davis and·s . B. Chandler; 9 months : Thomas Hanna, Therian T. Stacks and Sam Hugee. FIBER FINISHING - 3 months: Albert Cribb , Earl Richardson , Mose Bradford , Rollie Fulmore , Lenwood Hughes , Rufus Graves , Ruby Douglas , Johnny Johnson , Willie M. Hanna, Elwood B . Holden , Elizabeth Morris, Fl oyd Hemingway, Denward Prosser, Franklin Hayes, Donald McClam , James J . Thigpen, Zeb Prosser, Rufus Self , Corean Rogers and G i llins Daniels ; 6 months : Phyllis Will ams , Mayo Poston , Emmitt Eaddy, Italy Baker, Curlene Dorsey , Carol W . Wilkes, Willie Johnson , Josie Jones, Vera Poston , Lorena Dennis , Jimmy McAlister, Hubert Carmichael and Mary Sue Howell ; 9 months : Edith R. Ard , Elbert Haselden , William M. Moore, Mose Wi lson , Lloyd Haselden , Benjamin C. Fulmore , John Burgess , Kenneth B . Epps , Frances C. Miller, Jessie J. Cameron , Olie L. Owens , Luther W. Hyman , Rudolph Pittman , Stephen Wright , Robert Barr, Marvin Brown, Ruby J . Jones , W. Carroll uqnna, Elise P. Wright , Rothy Allison , "' . W .Wise , Eva D. Rhames , Edd ie 9runson , Burel Dozier, Odean S olomon ' , Yenry Prosser, Manning Parrott , Joh,, ' 'v , Walter McFadden , Ray , _Walter Eadu , ·,..,,es B. Haselden, Gracie Matthews, Ja, , , M ers. Isaac Brown and Ceasar .. Y �MY, HOW WE'VE GROWN This aerial photograph shows t he V Vellman Johnsonville operation as it appeared in 1955, a year or so after pr· eduction began on th e banks of Lynches River. It's easy to see how we've W,own when you compare it with the cover photo. · . •3 •s 'A~M9NIW3 H LL Z X 8 •£ 3J.n O~ SW~I17IM •H 7Aij3 HJ • VNl70YV:) Hl.nos '3""171hNOSNHOf ":)HJ: 83:rH:.LS.!l.a.NJ: .NYW'X"l::31:.M. • � 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 Fall 1974 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1974 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cheryl Williams