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PAGE TWELVE THE PILOT—Souihern Pines, North Carolina Am^rotron Conference (Continued from Page 1) . tion, with, Amerotron devoted en- and plans for the future, with a tirely to the textile side. The look at the picture in Textron-' drive for diversification, conceiv- American, the parent company,'ed as a cushion against too much of which Mr. Huffines is also the concentration, .has resulted in the head. Other ^ecutives On Hand On hand for the press con ference, in addition to Mr. Huf fines, were: Robert P. Holding, Smithfield, a director of Textron-American, a special guest; Herman E. Good man, director of pubKc relations, advertising and sales promotion; R. M. Cushman, executive vice- president of manufacturing; F. R; Gramelsbach, director of indus trial relations; F. T. Roberts, in ' charge of administration and acquisition of q variety of non textile operatidns, all indepen dently operated^ autonomous companies. In the textile field, Amerotron has added a new plant in Barnwell, S. C., for the pro duction of fine woolens. This is the first plant to be built by the new company. Amerotron ranks fourth in the nation in the textile field, Mr. Huffines pointed out. He said that all inefficient technical operations had by now been weeded dht of THURSDAY. OCTOBER 13. 1955 manufactoring. Area B; J. B. Campbell, personnel director. Area B; and W. H. Burroughs, controller and assistant treasurer. Mr. Holding, Mr. Cushman and Mr. Burroughs took part in the press conference, with Mr. Huf fines. Press representatives present were H. Clifton Blue of The Sand hill Citizen, Aberdeen; Nelson C. Hyde of The Pinehurst Outlook; Paul Dickson of The News-Jour nal at Raeford; the Editor of the weekly newspaper at Barnwell, S. the mills and each was a com pletely modernized plant. As for Carolina, had it not been for this .drawback, Mr. Huffines described the difference in power rates available in the South CaroUna- Georgia area and reminded his hearers that Textron had built five plants in these states during the last six years, a move made mainly, he said, because of cheap er power. “The excessive costs charged by the Carolina Power and Light Company,” said the textile man, “constitute a serious objection to locating mills here. Their rates are from 15 to 20 per cent higher.” Town, Post Office Praised Further criticism, mixed with praise, followed, as the listeners tried to get the whole picture. Mr. Huffines highly complimented the Southern Pines tcwn government and post office staff, as well as finances, while the company was “your effective congressional rep- not yet entirely in the clear since. resentation,” for greatly improved the merger of last winter, the postal service, but his opinion of credit gain, he said, has been j the telephone service was hardly steady and more than satisfactory, so high. Opportunities For I “The telephone servicq is still Local Personnel atrocious,” he said, “and that’s a Consolidation of the all manu-'fact. There are no other words for facturing administration in Aber- it.” deen will mean the addition of Mr. Huffines had little good to from 50 to 75 workers, Mr. Huf fines said, with a slightly lower number needed for the account ing department. The employee C.; Mrs. Valerie Nicholson, loeal correspondent for State dailies-installation there and Mrs. James Boyd of The Pi-'°* processing lot. ™ , 1 Employee count at Raeford now The Mid Pines event was the'stands at about 1,250. A hundred second of such meetings of key ew looms will be added at that men held since the merger of the plant during the next three Big (aree: Robbins Mills Textron j„onths. Mr. Huffines said that and Americ^ Woolen, last Feb- the labor situation in all the area ruary. It will be an annual affair, ijg “excellent.” bringing to this section the lead- | -why No Expansion ing men in all phases of this busi- foj. This Area? ness. Many of those of the Sand-1 Questioned about future ex- hills plant^ of course, live here | pension in this section, Mr. Huf- and Mr. Huffmes himself con-jfiues disappointed his listeners, tmues to hye in Pinehurst where ^one was planned, he said. he expects to spend, as last year, several of the winter months. Diversifioalion Going Well , In his remarks to the press, the president said that the policy of .diversification, set by the com pany as a goeil last spring, was “Actually,” the president elab- say of the United Telephone Co. of the Carolinas, that serves this area. He said that his company had circumvented some of the dif ficulties run into on lon,g distance calls through the Southern Pines central office, by putting in direct lines from New York and the in dividual plants. In this connec tion, he spoke of the cooperative attitude of the Aberdeen people in contrast to Southern Pines. “We have gotten absolutely nowhere with the Southern Pines office,” he said. Asked about the plans, as an nounced by the telephone com pany, for improved service through new machines to be in stalled within two years, the ex ecutive said. . . and he was join ed by others of his company pres going right ahead. Textron- American was rapidly achiev ing its aim of a half textile. orated, “there are still too many!,■: . “i can see no reason for handicaps m the way of textile a long wait. It’s hard to im- expansion in this area.” Mr. Huffmes said the mainig^j.j^ delay handicap was the high cost of i _ „ . ' , electric power, a costly item in' following the press conference textile operations. Stating that the new Barnwell woolen plant might have been — ^ ^ y I ** V c; half non-textile basis of produc- built here instead of in South CONTRACT PAINTING ESTIMATES FREE SHAW PAINT & WALL PAPER CO. Phone 2-7601 SOUTHERN PINES with the president, the group ad journed for a buffet lunch, served by Mrs. Frank Cosgrove and her staff. ' REPORT FIRES , Don’t try to be a fireman. Call the fire department before trying to put out even the smallest blaze. When you report a home fire by telephone, be sure to give your street address and number, your name, and tell the department what is burning. 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