New Unagusta Plant Will Be Ameng The Finest In Entire Country
A GENERAL VIEW of the new and modern 1'nagusta plant, which
is ncaring completion. This picture was made from the loading end
of the plant. Materials How through the plant on a stream-lined
production method. Trucks load at the end. while railroad cars are
loaded from the other side of the plant.
INSTEAD of boring one hole
at a time in Mood for furni
ture, this niarhine will bore
six identical holes, and in a
minimum of time It is a verti
cal hydraulic borer. Several
other large machines are now
enroute to the plant from the
manufacturer in Denmark.
New Lines
Of Furniture
To Be Made
A holocaust less than a year ,
ago was the spark that set off |
a huge building and moderniza
tion program for one of Hazel
wood's oldest industries. Burned
to 'he ground last November, the
No. 2 plant ot Unagusta Manu
facturing Corporation is sched
uled to reopen in little over a
month.
The new building's 200,1)00
square feet will house the equip
ment necessary to turn rough
lumber into bedroom and dining
room furniture which will be
shipped all over the United
States, to Canada or to Central
America.
Mahy-tonned machinery, air
conditioning units, dust collec
tors, a 1200-horsepower boiler'
and a sprinkler system including
2S0-000-gallon storage tank are
THIS IS the gigantic edge gluer machine iust received at I'nagusta Manufacturing
Company. The machine is so large that a 60-foot Hat car was necessary to bring it
here. The machine weighs about 40.000 pounds. It is the largest made, and is
heated hy steam.
THE OFFICE ol the t'nagusta Manufacturing
Company, .iust across the street from the post of
lice. The offices are modern in every detail, with
the latest office equipment available.
timling their places in the pic
ture of Unagusta's "new look."
Shortly after the new plant
goes into operation, about Jan
uary, executives expect to re
employ their usual force, num
bering 350 or more. The force
was cut to 200 after the fire.
Uhigusta employees stay with
the firm, wttli the annual labor
turnover less than 1 per cent
.Ninety per cent of the employees
have been with the company for
six years or more; and 25 per
sons have been there for more
than 25 years
Hospitalization, life insurance
and a retirement plan are paid
for entirely by. the company, with
employees supplementing their
twn hospitalization if they de
sire. For the past 15 years the
plant has been unionized; and
it has recently signed a five-year
Contract.
Medical
Assembly
Meets In
Hazelwood
Ha/elwood was the headquar
ters this June for the 3rd annual
MouhiaintOp Medical Assembly,
and present plans are to repeat
the event here next yofir.
Five states were represented
by 77 physicians, most of them
accompanied by their families.
The panel.of speakers included
six of the IcaditiK physicians in'
the South.
IT WILL TAKE ALL OF US!
THIS YEAR WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE OUR TOWN
AND TO WIN THE $1,000.00 PRIZE OFFERED IN THE "FINER CAROLINA" CON
TEST - - - BUT. IT WILL TAKE ALL OF US TO DO THE JOB ? NO ONE PERSON, NOR
ANY SINGLE COMMITTEE OR GROUP OF PEOPLE CAN DO THE JOB ALONE - - -
WE MUST ALL PITCH IN AND DO OUR PART.
Let's Make
HAZEL WOOD CAROLINA'S FINEST
i
UNAGUSTA
MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
Hazel wood, N. C.