Steelwork is up on the addition at the Boone plant of IRC.
(Staff photo)
IRC, Expanding By 700 Employees,
Sees Need Better Transportation
BY RACHEL RIVERS
With its half-million-dollar
expansion progressing — and
consequently making room for
an additional 700 employees by
1970—irc officials are in
creasingly concerned about the
thoroughfares leading to the
Boone plant.
According to Facilities En
gineer Lee Propst, IRC took a
second look at its expansion
potential when the Town’s mid
October water crisis resulted in
a plant loss of $175,000 to
$200,000. Propst said an area
wide survey was reassuring, in
that Boone will have an ade
quate water-sewer system by
September of next year.
However, the survey on road
conditions showed that “trans
portation facilities are very in
adequate even for the existing
force.” Now employing some
700 persons, IRC expects to
double that number in the next
four years.
Propst explained that he has
written letters to the Highway
Commission and received re
plies, that, in part, point to
the fact that some roadways
and accesses into IRC are un
der the jurisdiction of the
Town of Boone.
He pointed to the fact that
IRC’s production is geared to
orders. Since many orders
could not be filled during the
Says Universal Heart
Of Man Blesses Posies
BY M. E. GARDNER
N. C. State University
In lieu of flowers the fam
ily has requested . . . How
often we have read these
lines. Let’s think about flow
ers for a moment by dipping
into the treasury of Elbert
Hubbard’s scrapbook and dis
cover, through the writing of
L. M. Child, the universal ap
peal of flowers; then make a
suggestion.
“Now the universal heart
of man blesses flowers. They
are wreathed round the
cradle, the marriage altar
and the tomb. The Persian in
the Far East delights in their
perfume and writes his love
in nosegays; while the Indian
child of the Far West clasps
his hands with glee as he
gathers abundant blossoms—
the illuminated scriptures of
the prairies.”
“The cupid of the ancient
Hindoos tipped his arrows
with flowers, and orange flow
ers are a bridal crown with
us, a notion of yesterday.”
“Flowers garlanded the
Grecian altar and hung in
votive wreath before the
Christian shrine. Flowers
should deck the brow of the
youthful bride for they are in
themselves a lovely type of
marriage.”
“They should twine round
the tomb for their perpetual
ly renewed beauty is a symbol
of the resurrection. They
should festoon the altar for
their fragrance and their
Military Chow
Robert S. McNamara, Secre
tary of Defense, wants stand
ardized chow for the armed
services. At the present time,
sailors get bigger meals. He
would like to get the equal
food allowance plan into oper
ation by July 1, 1968.
On Holiday Truce
Johnson Administration of
ficials strongly oppose a long
Christmas truce in Vietnam as
proposed by Pope Paul VI re
cently. Roving Ambassador W.
Averell Harriman said the
U. S. attitude does not rule
out a Christinas lull in the
fighting.
beauty ascent in perpetual
worship before the Most
High.”
According to Dr. Lodwick
Hartley, of our English De
partment, who is my adviser
on all things, literary, Mrs.
Child wrote this tribute about
1850 or 1860. This was long
ago and at a time when flow
ers were produced almost en
tirely for decorative and
memorial purposes by indivi
duals and small groups. While
our way of life has changed
considerably during the in
tervening years, we are per
haps more conscious than
ever concerning the universal
appeal of flowers as well as
other ornamental plants.
Today the production of
floral crops is a business—
intensive, highly specialized,
requiring heavy initial capital
outlay and high overhead op
erating expense.
My suggestion is this. That
we not deny our departed
friends and loved ones the
universal appeal, beauty and
meaning of floral tributes. I
have always felt that a friend
is entitled to both the floral
tribute and a memorial con
tribution, if this be the wish
of the family. I hope that
you can share this viewpoint
with me.
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Boone, N. C.
water crisis, huge sums of
money were forfeited. (IRC
does not store its products.)
Additionally, nearly $7,000 was
spent, he said, to bring in a
temporary supply of water.
Now confident that an ade
quate water system is being
constructed, plant officials are
thinking of the transportation
bottleneck in terms of what
effect it might have on the
local plant’s ability to draw
on future expansion funds,
which would extend employ
ment to local persons.
Current Program
The expansion now under
way will be fulfilled over a
five-year period, at a cost of
$1,500,000.
Propst explains that part of
the addition will be a two-story
office area comprising 21,000
square feet. “By relocating
the offices, we will free ap
proximately 20,000 to 25,000
square feet in the existing
plant—which will be renovated
and converted into production
area.”
The total cost of the build
ing program, which also in
cludes a one-story factory area
of 11,000 square feet, will be
about $650,000. Machinery ex
pansion will account for an ad
ditional outlay of $900,000.
About Aug. 15, piles were
driven in the marshy land be
side IRC to support the pro
posed building. Says Propst,
this was completed about Sept.
1 and a 36-inch drainage pipe
Moscow cool to Canada's
plea for Vietnam action.
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was installed to accommodate
new parking facilities.
Sept. 5, workers began pour
ing concrete. By the 20th of
the month, underground
plumbing was begun.
Concrete foundations were
finished Oct. 5 and IRC conse
quently hauled in 4,000 cubic
yards of earth fill (dirt at the
site had insufficient organic
content) and concrete floors
were poured in the factory
area starting Oct. 20.
Steel started coming in
around Nov. 1 and by Nov. 25,
the steel structure was com
plete. "As it stands now,”
Propst said, "the masonry work
is about 75 per cent completed
in the factory area.”
Fiddlers’ Contest
At Wilkes Central
Much enthusiasm is being
shown by entries in the first
fiddlers’ convention to be
sponsored by the North Wilk
esboro Lions Club, Neill Dal
rymple, contest project chair
man, said today.
Already, 11 bands have en
tered the contest, indicating
that competition is going to
be keen in this first of what
may be many annual events of
that type.
It will be held Saturday,
Dec. 3, at Wilkes Central
Miss Query
To Direct
Institute
An institute for advanced
study bv school library person
nel will be conducted at Appa
lachian State Teachers College
next summer.
Authorized by the National
Defense Education Act, the
institute will be open to 35
participants which will be
chosen from the Southeastern
section of the nation. School
librarians entering the field
of supervision for the first
time and those with limited
supervisory experience will be
eligible.
Miss Eunice Query of the
ASTC Library Science Depart
ment, will direct the institute.
Her staff will include Mrs. J.
R. Melton of ASTC as assist
ant director, Miss Elizabeth
Hodges of the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
as full-time instructor, and
many specialists in school li
brary supervision as consult
ants and lecturers. A full pro
gram, including field trips to
notable school systems, is
planned.
Miss Query last week at
tended a two-day conference
in Washington, D. C., where
problems and plans concern
ing such institutes were ex
plored.
Bev Russing Realty
Office On Blowing Rock Road
“Buy in Boone from Bev”
Hi
Folks,
Attention, all Coin Club members — no
meeting this Thursday night—seems everyone
is too busy with preparations for the big holi
day. However, there's no letup in the fine
listings we have to offer.
• Four bedroom brick excellent location
this is an unusually good buy.
• Three bedroom house with three acres of
land five miles from Boone.
• Small three bedroom in walking distance to
college- ow ner will finance—$8,500.
• Homespun llills—completely furnished two
bedroom— large fireplace—electric heat.
• Forest Hills — four bedroom 2Vi baths —
fully carpeted—hot water heat all electric
kitchen—extra lot included
• Log Cabin—two story extra large stone fire
place—good buy $8,500.
• Summer Cabin with beautiful setting on
Howards Creek $8,500.
® Three bedroom brick with full basement,
built in oven and range and carport. I
• Poplar Hill — Under construction — three
bedrooms, two baths, family room full base- !
merit, carport $18,500. Drop by office and
see plans.
• Farm—Brick house, tobacco base and barn (
■10 acres.
• Acreage — 40 acres much timber already I
growing—can be bought in whole or part
• Three bedroom brick with five acres of land
—good financing—five miles out.
• Beautiful Log Cabin—two bedrooms two |
baths—wormy chestnut interior—furnished
or unfurnished—owner will finance.
© Building lots of all sizes and in all locations
—jusl call.
Remember to call when you are thinking
of listing or buying—day or night.
Bev Russmg
264-9191
P. O. Box 64
Boone, N. C
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”Service IVith Sincerity”
High School Gymtorium, be
ginning at 7:15 p.m. A total
of $175 will be given in cash
prizes, in addition to trophies
and ribbons.
Groups already entered in
clude: Camp Creek Boys and
Star Spangle Boys of Galax,
Va., Carolina Buddies of East
Bend, Iredell Playmates of
Statesville, Twin County Part
ners of Mt. Airy, Green River
Boys of Wilkesboro, Blue
Ridge Partners of Galax (in
cluding Tiny Pruitt of North
Wilkesboro), Carolina Moun
taineers of Lenoir (including
Ralph Pennington of North
Wilkesboro).
In addition to the bands,
several fiddlers, banjo pickers
and dancers are entered on
an individual basis. They will
come from as far away as
Portsmouth, Va., the home of
Hubert Lohr, a banjo picker.
Many other entries are ex
pected before the fiddlers'
contest date, Dalrymple said
Demo Women
To Meet Friday
An important meeting of
the Democratic Women of
Watauga County has been an
nounced for Friday night,
Dec. 2.
Mrs. Rachel Hartley, vice
chairman of the County Ex
ecutive Committee, says sev
eral items of business are to
be considered and officers
will be elected.
The meeting will begin at
7:30 p. m.
Soviet President makes
state visit to Austria.
AMERICA & AMERICAN’S, JOHN STEINBECK’S newly re
leased verbal-pictorial book, features this picture of Wilkes
Countian Ivey Moore, Chief Seout of the Daniel Boone Wagon
Train which rolls across the Blue Ridge into Boone each sum
mer. Moore also was featured in a picture strip across the
front of the oversized volume. In text, Moore was identified
as a descendant of Daniel Boone. The picture, made by Bruce
Roberts, a New York photographer, also was used two years ago
when Moore appeared on the television show, “To Tell The
Truth”. A member of the North Carolina Travel Council, Moore,
in the role of Daniel Boone, has represented the Wagon Train
at international exhibitions and says that mail-inquiries about
Wagon Train ’67 are coming in daily. The Steinbeck book is
selling wildly in Winston-Salem, for pictures of Old Salem are
shown, and Moore says the author seems to have given most
exposure to New York and North Carolina.
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