GOLDMAN COMPANY
SPECIAL SECTION
THE ENTERPRISE
VOLUME XLIII?NUMBER 56 ff'illiamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, July 12, 1940. ESTABLISHED 1899
Goldn ian Company to Start Operations Here Next Week
New Factory Will
Turn Out Baskets
By The Thousands
???
David Goldman, President of
The Company, Started
In Small Way
Once the large plant of the Gold
man Package Manufacturing Com
pany enters upon a normal operat
ing schedule, there'll be no shortage
at baskets in this section of the coun
ty
According to a preliminary an
nouncement released yesterday by
an official of the company, the new
factory will have a daily production
of nearly 17,000 baskets, the number
varying according to basket types.
This production is bared on an eight
hour work schedule. When the peak
manufacturing season is reached, the
local plant will ship out several car
loads and truck loads of baskets each
day to Glassboro and Philadelphia
for distribution. Normal shipping
schedules will be based on two car
loads daily, it is understood.
Just at this time the plant will be
called upon to produce several types
of baskets especially those used in
packing peaches and various types
of truck. Later as the harvesting sea
son approaches, the company will
start making sweet potato baskets
possibly for Martin County farmers
and those in adjoining territory in
addition to their thousands of old
customers in several other states.
While the company is in a posi
tion to make nearly every kind of
wood container, it centers its pro
duction on eight baskets used in
packaging apples, peaches, corn, to
matoes, grapes, bananas, sweet po
tatoes and peas.
Machines have to be changed for
the manufacture of different kinds of
baskets, necessitating delays of from
one-half to an entire day. The needs
of the trade are carefully anticipat
ed and changes are not made often
during any one season.
Five Buildings
House New Plant
Five buildings, including all types
of construction, are need to house
the new plant of the Goldman Pack
age Manufacturing Company near
the river here.
The Number 1 building houses the-j
offices of the company. Just a few
yards away is the main plant, a
structure measuring ISO by 9? feet |
and housing the greater part of the
machinery and manufacturing equip
ment. On the lower side of the plant
is the modern boiler room equipped
with two boilers, conveyors and
controls. Just back of the boiler
room is the dry kiln, a structure
built of brick and measuring ISO
by 18 feet. Almost connecting the
kiln is a storage house where the
finished product is held pending the
receipt of shipping instructions.
Additional storage space will be
provided to meet any increase in
business.
Construction work is not yet com
plete on all the buildings, but the
plant will be ready for operation in
its entirety within two or three weeks
according to a statement coming from
one of the company officials here to
day.
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Company To Serve Light
RefrethmenU At Opening
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Anticipating visits from a large
number next Monday, the Goldman
Package Manufacturing Company is
making available light refreshments
in quantity for its expected guests,
an officia lof the firm announced to
day.
WILLIAMSTON'S NEWEST INDUSTRY
Pictured above is the main
unit of the Goldman Package
Manufacturing Company's new
factory on Williamston's East
Main Street The company will
keep open house next Monday to
mark the opening of the town's
latent Industrial enterprise. A
cordial welcome is being extend
ed the public to insprrt the plant
in operation at that time.
Cooperative Spirit Is
Shown by Firms Here
Workmen Readily
Agree That It's Big
Job To Move Plant
As they 11 eared the completion
ot their task today, officials of
the Goldman Package Manu
facturing Company were In full
agreement that It is a tremen
dous job to hnllil a factory, move
and install machinery by the
tons.
The installation of the huge
machines in the basket factory
here Is virtually complete, and
workmen are making minor ad
justments in tuning up the
equipment for operation next
Monday.
Recalling the difficult and hax
ardous task of moving In and
installing the huge machines,
Secretary Milton L. Goldman
said that the work was accom
plished without serious accident.
One or two toes and fingers
were slightly mashed and bruis
ed, hut no otte was badly huFt
and little damage was done to
the machines.
Trucks were in operation al
most without interruption dur
ing the greater part of three
months in hauling in the ma
chinery and supplies for the fac
tory.
Goldman Firm Han Big
Diitributing System
Maintaining a fleet of seventeen
trucks and using the facilities of
both rail and water transportation
companies, the Goldman Package
Manufacturing Company has an ef
fective system of distribution for its
products.
While direct deliveries will be ef
fected on abort notice to the trade
in this part of the country, the com
pany will continue its main distri
bution center at Glassboro, New Jer
sey, where offices will also be main
tained in connected with headquar
tera in Philadelphia.
Welcome Extended
To New Industry
By Local People
Bunkfl Factory 1* Recognized
A* Vuluahle Aiwel To
Commit nitv
Anxious to extend greetings and
express a few words of welcome to
the Goldman Package Manufactur
ing Company on the eve of the
opening of its new factory here next
Monday, forty local business and
professional men are cooperating in
the issuance of this special section
of The Enterprise today.
Recognizing in the factory a val
uable asset to the town and commun
ity, the local business firms are giv
ing expressions of welcome in the
several advertisements appearing in
this section. They are pledging their
cooperation and expressing a friend
ly interest in the new industry, its
owners, operators and managers,
hoping for them every success and a
pleasant relationship in their new
surroundings.
An advanced opening date for the
factory left little time for preparing
the section of the paper, and it was
only through the willing coopera
tion of the plant management and
local business establishments?thai
the cooperative welcome is extend
ed the new industry today instead
of next Tuesday. The hurried sched
ule necessitated changes in the pa
per make-up when pictures of the
company executives failed to reach
here as the edition was in the mak
ing.
The names of the business firnl*,
and others cooperating in extending
a joint welcome to the Messrs Gold
mans and Levin, are, as follows:
Davis Pharmacy, Williamston Sup
ply Co., Margolis Brothers, Belk-Ty
ler, Branch Banking and Trust Co.,
Harrison Oil Co., F. B. Birmingham,
Virginia Electric and Power Co.,
Guaranty Bank and Trust Co., Wil
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One Variety Cotton
Tests Are Showing
Up Well In County
I'lutiM Co Forward for Group
r,lii**ing of Crop Next
Season
Working toward a one-cotton va
riety for this county, leading fann
ers are conducting a series of tests In
'in inf flu* I t 1 u .
Ct IJ T I ll'l V v\ rvt I l" 1 111 if 11111 UTnl vjpv ,
late reports from the three demon
strations in scattered areas of Mar
fin stating that the tests are pro
gressing nicely and are looking un
usually well under existing weather
conditions. "
While applications are being filed
by numerous sections specializing in
a single cotton variety for classing
service, farmers in this county will
hardly be ready to ask the service
before next year.
The importance of a single variety
cotton and classing servicers borne
out in the following story released
by the United States Department of
Agriculture through its Atlanta of
fice: :
Requests for application forms on
which to file for free government
classing of 1940 cotton have gone to
the Atlanta office of the Agricultur
al Marketing Service from 051 group
representatives and members, it was
reported today by Joe H. McLure,
who is in charge of the cotton class
ing office in this area.
The several cotton offices of the
service report a total of more than
2,000 requests for application, which
is more than twice the number of
groups approved for the free class-1
ing and market news service last
year. "The large number of re
quests for applications already re
ceived," Mr. McLure said, "indicates
that even more cotton improvement
associations want their 1940 cotton
classed than was the case last sea
son. This increased interest makes it
especially important that applica
tions be filed not later than early
July to facilitate approval of the
forms and delivery of supplies to
each group representative before his
first cotton is picked."
Of the applications already filed,
110 had been approved to June 24
compared with 98 approvals reported
to June 24 last year. "Considering
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Work on New Industrial Plant
For the Manufacture of Baskets Is
Rapidly Nearing Completion Here
Basket Plant Second Industry
To Locate in County Recently
Recognizing the advantages offer
ed in the South, leading industrial
ists are moving their plants closer
to the sources of raw materials and
enjoying cheaper operating costs
made possible by climatic conditions
and a willingness of labor to cooper
ate with capital for the common wel
fare of all.
Martin County, possibly due to its
location and other important factors,
ha sattracted the attention of indus
rialists in recent years, and as a re
sult the second large industrial en- \
terprise is about to launch an ex
tensive operating schedule. The
North Carolina Pulp Company mov
ed to this county several years ago
to centralize its manufacturing ac
tivities in a territory of vast raw ma
terials. And now the Goldman Pack
ago Manufacturing Company is open
ing a basket factory within sight of
the raw materials necessary in the
manufacture of containers for farm
products %
It has been the practice in past
years to strip the section of its nat
ural resources and ship them north
ward for manufacture. The practice,
while offering certain returns, re
moved any claim to wealth that the
actual manufacturing process would
offer itself
. According to reliable estimates, in
dustry valued in excess of one hun
dred million dollars has moved into
this State in recent months. It is
possible that one-twentieth of the
value of those industries is repre
sented in the plants located in this
county.
New Plant to Boost
Employment Locally
Normal Operations
Will Provide Work
For About 140 Men
Kiiii>loy<-<-? Will Ur 1'akrn
Kroni Local IjiImii- Sup
ply Almost Kiitirrl\
While it will hardly solve the un
employment porblem here at the
present time, the normal operation of
the new plant of the Goldman Pack
age Manufacturing Company will
provide a steady income for a large
number of workers. According to
Secretary M. L. Goldman, the plant
will employ between 160 and 170
workers when a normal operating
schedule is effected. During the first
few days, the plant will he manned
by what Mr. Goldman termed a
"skeleton force". The employment
list will be grodually increased un
til normal operations are reached,
Mr. Goldman explaining that the
remainder of this month and possi
bly a,part of August will be requir
ed in stepping up production to
plant capacity.
With the exception of the plajit
Kiipi.rintnnHMiit, Mr V.?K. Ihltemail,
und his assistant, Mr. E. G Johnson,
and Mr. M. L. Goldman, secretary
and director of local operations, the
new enterprise will draw its work
ers from the local labor supply.
Nearly 350 applications for jobs have
heen filed with the company since
construction work was started early
last April. Machine operators will
be carefully selected from the group,
most of the jobs falling into the
hands of white men. Possibly some
of those who have been associated
with the plant during the construc
tion period will be given preference.
A few white female workers will
find openings in the plant as well
as a few colored women
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MILKS OF I'IPKS
?Laid end to end, the pipes
used in the main dry kiln of the
Goldman Package Manufactur
ing: <lompany in its new basket
factory here would extend from
this point almost to Kveretts. Ap
nroximatelv 36,000 feet of steam
piping are being laid in the kiln
as workmen rush to complete
the large brick structure for
early use.
The kilri is 150 feet long and
18 feet wide, and pipes are laid
in layers the entire width of
the building and from end to i
end.
A basket is on the dry side
when it comes out of the kiln an
hour and a half after it is start
cd through on a conveyor.
Crowds Attending
'The I vOst Colony'
Wanted- -More than 10,000 specta
tors from all states of the union at
tended the opening week perform
ances of Paul Green's "The Lost Col
ony" at the huge Waterside Thea
tie. Playing nightly from June 20th
through July 7th, the historical dra
ma will now be presented every
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sat
urday and Sunday through I^abor
Day, September 2nd.
Highlights of the Week included
an address by Rev Walter Prele,
presiding bishop of the Methodist
Episcopal Church in Virginia and
the Carolinas; Youth Day, the first
special day of the season, which was
attended by more than 1,000 NYA
boys and girls of the state; and the
presence nf outstanding dramatie
critics.
Hobe Morrison, critic ftsf Variety,
the theatrical magazine, declared,
"The Lost Colony" to be one of "the
most impressive dramatic events in
Company Officials
To Attend Formal
Opening Monday
\ 11 Typen of ConluincrH For
Farm Product* Will lie
Mann fart iir<-<l llcrc
The Goldman Package Manufac
turing Company will start operations
in its new factory near the Roanoke
River here next Monday, it was an
nounced today by Milton L. Gold
man, assistant secretary and direc
tor of Southern operations for the
firm Final arrangements for the
formal opening of the plant, the
largest and latest addition to Wil
liamston's industrial front, are vir
tually complete at this time, Mr.
Goldman said.
While the early operations will
hardly approximate a normal sched
ule. the formal opening is expected
to prove of much interest in business
and industrial circles here. Officials
of the company, including Messrs
Meyer M. Levin, vice persident, of
Glassboro, N J ; Samuel Goldman,
secretary and treasurer, of Over
brook, Pa., are expected to attend
the formal opening. Mr. David Gold
man, president of the company, will
be unable to attend the event on ac
count of pressing duties in Philade
lphia, it?was., learned. The company
is holding open house at its plant
Monctajvandthc putrnr is invited to
inspect the operations there during
the day
Milton L. Goldman, supervisor of
the firm's southern operations, and
Mi F F. R;it?'m:tn?plant superin
tendent, alung mtli Mi. E. G. John
son, assistant plant superintendent,
will have parts in the formal open
ing program.
Millions of feet of timber have
been shipped from thus point to
factories in the North for manufac
ture into baskets. Next Monday will
mark the manufacture of the first
basket by machine in this county
and immediate section.
The importance of the opening of
the plant to the business and indus
trial life of this community and sec
tion is reflected in its size and
scope of operations. Ranking as one
of the largest of its type 111 the coun
try, the Goldman Company is the
first to take a local i
manufacture it into finished product
light here at home. Heretofore, this
section has shipped out its raw prod
ucts for manufacture in other cen
ters, enriching those centers while
the natural resources back here were
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his life." He was accompanied by
Thomas LeBrum, of the staff of the
Philadelphia Daily News. In addi
tion to their praise for the Paul
Green drama, they were carried
away by the charm of the Virginia
Dare Country.
Youth Day, which was held July
5th, included miscellaneous fun for
the NYA members. Addresses were
made by Thud Eure, secretary of
state, Thatcher Winslow, assistant
national youth administrtor; and
John A: Lang, state director of NYA.
D. Bradford Fearing, president of
the Roanoke Island Historical Asso
ciation which presents "The Lost
Colony" as a non-commercial ven
ture, presided over the activities.
Greetings!
Goldman Company
We take pleasure in extending a eordial welcome to the employers and employee* of this
new enterprise. We consider this manufacturing concern a distinct asset to our town and
section. Creating a market for our virgin timherlamls, employment for a large number
of skilled and unskilled labor and a payroll of large proportions, the Goldman Package
Manufacturing Company will add to the growth and prosperity of this section. We are
delighted to have this firm locate in our midst and with the merchants and other business
firms of WILLIAMSTON, We say, WELCOME.