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Published by Anvil Brand, Inc., of High Point, N. C.
SPECIAL
TOOTH
ANNIVERSARY
EDITION
VOL. VIII
SUMMER QUARTER, 1961
No. 2
HALLMARK’S HOME PLANT, above, is in Clinton, S. C. whose
Chamber of Commerce sign is shown below.
“sr.jaiE
Mayor Congratulates
Lawrence Edwards
CLINTON
i
PAUL
RUNDO
SOUTH CAROLINA
CENTER OF TEXTILE PIEDMONT
• Presbyterian College
• Thomweli Orphanaqe
• Whitten Village
New York Sales
Offices, Empire
State Bldg.
HALLMARK STORY—The Hallmark Shirt manufacturing operation is in Clinton, S. C., and High Point,
N. C., while its sales program extends throughout the United States and abroad. In the photograph at
upper left, Clinton Mayor Peck Cornwell congratulates Lawrence Edwards, plant manager, on llallmark
reaching its 100th year. Center photographs show the Clinton plant which recently was re-engineered for
improved production flow and quality and the Chamber of Commerce sign which lists the outstanding fea
tures of Clinton which is, as shown on the state map on the sign, in the Piedmont section of the state. Paul
Rundo is a director of the company and New York District Manager and Alma Reynolds is the “senior” em
ployee at Clinton. Hallmark’s New York offices are located on the 55th floor of the Empire State Building,
shown at right.
HALLMARK MARKS 100th YEAR
SHIRT COMPANY HAS SEEN SOFT, RUFFLED
DICKIE EVOLVE INTO MODERN DAY GARMENT
By Donald M. Munson
NEW YORK—The exact date
has been lost, but sometime during
1861, two launderers named Miller
and Bingham in Troy, N. Y., de
cided they had washed and
starched their last stilf collar and
would go into the business of mak
ing them.
Now called the Hallmark Shirt
Co., the High Point, N. C., firm
will celebrate its 100th anniversary
this year. During these 100 years
men’s shirts have reflected the
manners of the times, evolving
from the high, stiff collared ruffled
dickey of the dapper Jim Fiske
to the soft comfort of today’s
plenteous styles.
There are no records available
for the beginning operation of
Miller & Bingham, b>it according
to B. K. Woodward, Jr., a son of
a later partner himself for many
years, the company got off to a
successful start and in 1865, after
the death of Mr. Bingham, new
partners were taken on. It was
then known as Miller, Hall &
Hartwell.
About the same time, ruffles
came off the dickeys and the stiff
bosom came into vogue. The firm
(juickly adapted the new style and
did a brisk business selling the
collars alone. A few years later the
dickeys were attached to full shirts
and the stiffly starched cuffs and
neckbands were sold separately.
The gentleman of the 1890’s, if he
could keep soup stains off his
dickey, usually changed his shirt
only once a week.
Colored shirts were not popular
until the turn of the century, and
then, along with the barber shop
quartet and John L. Sullivan, the
fancy colored and stripped shirt
landed on the scene like “sweet
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lOOTH BIRTHDAY
Hallmark is planning to cele
brate its 100th birthday with an
“Openhouse” at the plant in Clin
ton on Saturday, September 16,
All the Clinton employees and
their families will be invited as
will some special guests. Refresh
ments will be served.
Alma Reynolds
Senior Employee
Alma M. Reynolds has the dis
tinction of being the senior em
ployee at Hallmark in Clinton,
having come with tlie company
in October of 1941. She has
worked in pressing, boxing and
stock and now is supervisor of
finishing.
She and her husband, Henry;
have two sons and four grandchil
dren. Alma’s mother, Mollie Moul
trie, lives with the Reynolds. She
is 93 years old.
ALMA
REYNOLDS
Paul Rundo
"Grew Up"
In Hallmark
Paul Rundo, Hallmark district
manager, literally “grew up” in
the company, having gone to work
immediately upon his graduation
from high school as a stock clerk
for Hallmark, then located at 361
Broadway in New York City. TJiat
was in 1937 and the factory was
in Kingston, N. Y.
In 1939 Mr. Rundo was made
head of the Shipping Department
and in 1941 was transferred to
Clinton, S. C., and helped set up
the plant there.
After serving three and a half
years with the Air Force during
World War Two, he returned to
Hallmark at their offices at 271
Church Street in New York City
and was in charge of production.
In 1950 he also was put in charge
of purchasing and in 1955 returned
to Clinton as Assistant Superinten
dent. Two years later he returned
to the New York office in the Sales
Department and last year was pro-
motcfl to district manager.