First Total Electric Award Is
Given Broyhill Co. By BREMCO
Blue Ridge Electric Member
■Up Corporation today pre
sented its first Total Electric
Building Award to Broyhlll
Furniture Industries, one of
the Southeast’s pioneers in
employing its lighting system
as the principal heat source.
The bronze plaque was pre
sented to Paul Broyhill, presi
dent of Broyhill Furniture
Industries, in recognition of
the company's new, all-electric
office and showroom building
in Lenoir.
The award, developed by
the Sacramento (California)
Municipal Utility District, has
been adopted by Blue Ridge
Electric for presentation to
architects, builders and de
velopers in recognition of all
electric commercial structures
as a symbol of excellence.
Blue Ridge General Man
ager C. E. Viverette said high
lighting levels — ranges of
100, 200 and 300 footcandles—
not only provide a heating
system but also add to the
marketability of commercial
space in all-electric buildings.
Broyhill officials, comment
ing on their decision to use
the heat-by-light system, said
that lower investment, lower
Garden Clubs Start
Decorations Contest
Start unpacking and plan
ning your Christmas decora
tions.
The Watauga Council of
Garden Clubs is sponsoring a
Christmas Decorating Contest.
The judging will include any
thing that can be seen while
driving by your home. This
includes indoor decorations
that can be seen from the
outside. Special attention will
be given to lighted trees
growing outdoors. The judg
ing will begin Dec. 18 at 6 p.
m.
Lodge On Victory
Ambassador Henry Cabot
Lodge reported recently that
the key to victory in the war
in Vietnam is to defeat the
Communist geurrila terrorist
force of more then 150,000
men.
operation and maintenance
costs, greater freedom for
space utilisation, and more ac
curate controls for desired
comfort levels throughout the
building were some of the ma
jor factors which influenced
their decision.
Broyhill'a management and
design staff created the con
cept of the new building,
which is a modern adaptation
of the Parthenon. The build
ing has 138,000 square feet of
space on three floors, in
cluding 43,000 square feet of
showroom space on the top
floor.
The windowless building is
heated primarily by light,
with only 42.4 kilowatts of
baseboard resistance heaters
to offset the heat loss in of
fices located next to the ex
terior walls. The showroom
has 1,200 150-watt recessed
ceiling lights to supply the
heat and lighting for the en
tire floor.
Another feature of the
building is a complete air
conditioning system. Air con
ditioning requires 247.5 tons
(50,000 BTUs per minute) of
cooling and operates through
a perforated ceiling.
“Blue Ridge is honored to
have been chosen by BroyhiD
Furniture Industries to pro
vide total electric service to
the office and showroom
building,” commented Viver
ette. “Broyhill and Blue Ridge
worked together to provide
underground electrical service
for the new facilities, thus
adding to the beauty of the
grounds.
"Owners and builders alike
have been quick to compre
hend the advantages of an all
electric building,” Viverette
continued. "The elimination
of boilers, stacks, fuel storage
tanks, insulated piping, circu
lating pumps, high pressure
valves and other equipment
makes savings on construction
costs readily apparent”
Blue Ridge Electric, with
22,500 members, serves Cald
well, Watauga, Ashe and Al
leghany counties.
C. E. VIVERETTE, General Manager of Blue Ridge Electric
Membership Corporation presents the Total Electric Building
Award to Paul Broyhill, President of the Broyhill Furniture
Industries.
Chamber Commerce
News Notes
This is a busy part of the
year. The holiday season and
other demands are on us, but
there are still some unpaid
dues to Dec. 31. We would be
glad if those who still owe
theirs, would at their conveni
ence, mail them in. Our bank
balance is dropping!
Miss Pamela Anne Brun
etti, Appalachian State Teach
ers College, Boone, has com
pleted her office course at the
Chamber of Commerce. Pam
is from Miami, Fla., attended
Miami Dade Junior College
for two years and transferred
to Appalachian in 1965. She
is a senior majoring in busi
ness and economics. Upon
graduation she plans to teach.
Our thanks to Miss Brun
etti for her fine work at the
Chamber ot Commerce.
• • •
We welcome our new
Chamber of Commerce mem
ber of the week, Ralph Tug
man, Tracy Circle, Boone.
The monthly Board of Di
rectors meeting tor the
Chamber of Commerce will be
Tuesday, Dec 6 at noon at the
Cardinal Restaurant. All
members are urged to attend.
Research is being done on
the location of the Jackson
Meeting House and School
Building.
This was the first building
of its kind constructed in the
County. It was located on the
Castle Ford Road, eight miles
east of Boone.
Further work will be done
on historical places in this
section of the County within
the next few days, and facts
will be placed before the His
torical Association with re
commendations that markers
be erected, if approved.
Highway Patrol f
Feels Labor Pinch
1(861811—1116 State Highway
Patrol la feeling the pinch of
a nationwide labor shortage.
Colonel Charles Speed, the
Patrol Commander, puts it this
way: “We are trying to main
tain our strength at the 790
men authorized by the 1965
General Assembly. Thus far,
we haven’t been able to do so.
And our traffic safety efforts
are suffering."
Speed says tbe patrol prob
lem is illustrated by plans to
begin a new 14-week basic
training school for rookie
troopers at the Institute of
Government in Chapel Hill
next month.
“We had planned to have a
class of 35 wbeb the school
opens Dec. 11,” said Speed.
“Right now we have openings
for 19 men in that class. And
we need them badly.”
The patrol is suffering from
the same problem that be
seige private industry and gov
ernmental agencies across the
country — a scarcity of quali
fied young men to fill avail
able jobs.
Colonel Speed says the Viet
nam war and the draft are
taking many youths who would
be eligible for employment
with the patrol. “Then, too,”
he says, “we have to compete
with private employers for the
manpower available after the
military has satisfied its
needs. The salaries paid by
private industry are more at
tractive than ours.”
Further complicating the
patrol’s recruiting problems
are its high standards. Appli
cants must be high school
graduates. They are required
to pass rigid mental and phy
slcal examinations, and they
must meet the minimum
height of 5 feet OH indies
and weight of 160 pounds.
The patrol is becoming more
aggressive in its recruiting
techniques as the labor mar
ket grows more limited. Ser
vicemen about to complete
their military obligations at
North Carolina bases are en
couraged to investigate the
patrol for employment if they
meet the basic qualifications.
Proctors for the State Person
nel Department are available
at several institutions of high
er education to conduct patrol
testing. Employment Security
Commission office personnel
around the State are kept up
to date on patrol vacancies.
And troopers in the field are
urged to encourage young
men of their acquaintance to
consider the patrol as a career.
Written examinations and
interviews are scheduled at
patrol headquarters in Raleigh
Nov. 29 for the 19 vacancies
remaining in next month’s
training school roster. Col.
Speed and the headquarters
staff will welcome applications
being made through District
Sergeants.
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MORE NEEDED—The S tate Highway Patrol, hampered by the
tight labor market, is stepping up its campaign for new recruits.
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