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By Emily Killette r
The county is always glad to
welcome a new business or industry.
Kenansville welcomed a new saw
mill in 1935.
The December 12, 1935 issue of
THE DUPLIN TIMES records the
beginning of a branch saw mill of
Commercial Hardwood Company
opening in Kenansville. Commercial
Hardwood Company was head
quartered in New Bern. The busi
ness was the second in just a few
months time to open in Kenansville,
Prior to the location of the saw mill,
the DUPLIN TIMES newspaper had
moved its operations from Warsaw.
Below is a reprint of the DUPLIN
TIMES article about the new saw
mill operation.
New Industry Operating In
Kenansville
Kenansville was awakened Tues
day morning by the call to work of
the new saw mill located just outside
the limits of town and operated by
the Commercial Hardwood Company
whose headquarters are in Newbern.
This new mill is the elevated band
saw type with a capacity of 20,000
feet of lumber per day. About 30
men are employed, most of whom
are local men, which will add much
to the general business condition in
Kenansville.
The plant is owned by Mr.
Cl$rance Kirven of Newbern, but is
now being operated by F.H. Dar
nell, contractor, who is living with
his family near the site of the mill.
William Mesic of Newbern is sawyer
andiDan McMurtry of Tenn., keeps
the jaws in good shape. On the yard
is T\ Smallwood, who says that he
lookis for "Bigwood." He buys the
timber and checks on the measuring.
The* mill is driven by a 100 horse
powef boiler.
Logs are being brought to the mill
by r^il and by truck. Only hardwood
is-iise"d and this is air dried on the
yard and shipped to the furniture
factories throughout this and neigh
boring states. The air-drying process
is hastened by a special arrangement
on the yard by which the lumber can
be set on the end perpendicular to
the ground, causing the sap and
water in the wood to drain toward the
end and out of the board and giving
the sun and air a better chance to
reach all sides of the timber.
Water for the boiler is furnished
from two wells, from which the water
is drawn into an auxiliary tank by
steam.
Loss are unloaded from the cars
by a derrick which stands 36 feet in
the air with SO ft. braces and a 60 ft.
arm. The wooden beans which are 40
and 60 ft. in length are made from
virgin long leaf unbled pine. This
derrick is the principal task in
placing the logs from the ground,
where they are unloaded from trucks
and cars, to the deck of the second
story of the mill from which they are
rolled to the saw. This derrick is
operated and controled by steam.
Fuel for the boiler is furnished by
the waste from the saw which is
carried by elevator shaft to the fire
box, and by slabs and board watte
which, are placed in the fire box by
hand. Visitors are allowed to climb
the stairs on the east side of the mill
and stand on the platform at the
head of the stairs from which they
can see the mill in operation.
Just a short distance west of the
new mill, E.R. Penney's softwood
and stave mill is located. He has
recently installed steam boiler and
engine and is employing a goodly
number of men. These two indus
tries are doing much to reverse the
wurrniiiiiiiuimimi
unemployment situation in Kenana- ?
villa.
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awarded academic scholarships to
JaiQes. Sprunt Technical College
through endowment funds estab
lished ~by Individuals or groups in
support of the college or the James
Sprunt Foundation.
Students apply for scholarships
each spring and recipients are
selected by the scholarship
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Scholarships range from SI80 to $300
per academic year and are used to
help defray the costs of tuition,
books and other educational ex
penses.
Selected as 1985-86 academic
scholarship winners are: Tonda
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Scholarship (2nd year); Patsy Taylor,
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James E. and Mary- Z. Bryan
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arship; Rhonda K. Lewis, B. Hert
ford and Ora Herring Wiggs
Scholarship.
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