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Em ployees not placed will be entitled to severance and other benefits and most will be eligible to receive payments from the company's profit sharing plan. He said about ISO employees are affected by the move. The closing is attributed to a slowdown in some areas of apparel fabric markets served by the division. The Hot Springs plant manufactures yarn which goes to other plants for weaving into worsted fabrics for the men's suiting and uniform trade. "We regret that current economic conditions make it necessary to close the plant," Mr. Blue said, "but the division is by necessity making every effort to pconomlie and consolidate to meet market conditions and to remain competitive." He said the decision in no way reflects on performance of Hot Springs employees. "They have done a great Job, and the community has also given its full support. This makes it doubly difficult to close the plant." He said operations will continue for several more weeks to complete the run-out of production. The Company has no immediate plans for the property, but indicated that it would work with state and local agencies to find another industry for the plant. Burlington has operated the local plant since 1954 Another Nursing Home Approval David T. Flaherty, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Human Resources announced on October 90, 1974 approval of the proposal of Madison Manor Nursing Home to incur a capital expenditure for construction of 7t-bed nursing home facility at Mars Hill, N.C. Prior to approval, the project proposal was reviewed by the Division of Facility Services, ' North Carolina Department of Homaa Resources and by Mountain Ramparts ' Heath Planning: CouadL The decision te ap prove this project was in ' concurrence with the advice and recommendations of these agencies, y Vi .'..' Review of the project was ' conducted under the authority of federal law on the basis of plans, crier ta and standards . adopted by the planning agencies involved. These standards arc nsed te determine if a hf::h facility pro)vt is needed, can be staged, caa be pfrste-d at a rscnb!e cort, a-1 in corporstes c : strir g feslurt. Coord - ' " .? t e"d nc''" l r it " ; $ f - - -- -i TV e.f l U ' ' ' " 15 CENTS Burlington To Close Plant At Mot Springs Burlington Manager Reports On Closing Activities Frank Blue, Manager of Burlington, Hot Springs Plant, reported today that individual interviews with the plant's 150 employees were completed within 48 hours of the closing announcement last Tuesday, and that "Every effort is being made to find em ployment for these people at other locations", as well as locate a new industry for the plant. He said a team of Personnel Managers Joined Joe Tem plet on, local Plant Personnel Manager, to interview em ployees personally about the run out of their particular Job, New Offer Jobs In Hot Springs By ED SPEARS CtUsea Staff Writer Madison County Pallet and Frame Company, a new organization headed by Tony McNeill of High Point, an nounced plans Friday to lease the new 30,000 square foot industrial building erected this year by the Hot Springs Development Corporation. The company, Neill said, expects to employ 15 to 20 persons initially, and an ticipates expanding to 200 or more workers In the next two years. Lawrence Ponder, in dustrial development chairman for Madison County, said it win take six to eight weeks to complete work en the " building - by pouring a con crete floor and installing heating and lighting te meet the company's special needs. Vote Buying Trial Slated : . . . ' A.-'r ; ForDec.ll : Three Madison County men two Democrats and a Republican are scheduled to appear In the county's District Court Dec. 11 on vote buying charges. V-. ' ' A third wsrrant was served Thursday on Cnnley Gofsrth of PL 1, Mars' !. s Demoor ' ? - - h ("re it r 4 ' ' PER COPY their desire or ability to relocate, severance and other benefits including Profit Sharing. He said some placements have already been made and others are pending. Efforts will continue during the run out of production over the next several weeks. "We have also been in touch with the Division of Com munity Assistants of the Department of Natural and Economic Resources in Asheville and Raleigh, as well as Western Carolina In dustries about possibilities of another industry in Hot Springs. Similar contacts are About half of the building will be devoted to the production of pallets for the shipping of goods. Eventually the plant may fabricate 100,000 pallets a year, McNeill said. The other half will manufacture sofa and recUner chair frames under a contract with the C-Rite Furniture Company of High Point. McNeill said. Employes will be trained for the work on the Job, he added. The agreement, said Ponder, is a lease wtth the option of purchasing the 120 by 2M beige steel structure off River Road on the northern edge of Hot Springs. . McNeill said the availability of labor, also timber, and wtth two interstate highways within 30 miles of the plant site were factors in locating the plant here. --'., 1 Madison suffered a setback ta its todustrial development program this week wtth the announcement that the yarn plant of Burlington Apparel Fabrics bore will be phased out of production ta the next few weeks. - Ponder noted, however, that me county has been working on long-range development plans to stimulate economic growth, and Ui&t the former Mato building on U e f ' r--' Bypass now is bci'j r vertdforusebyI;',TT!,v .1 Oil, Inc. la Pom! r f. J, J s rice has f '--I an 1 .:h r ' ' ' ; nn n r rn nam ji o V f , . ''1'iA Ji 1 ' .a k hi 4 J being made through the company Real Estate Department", Mr. Blue said. Blue said response of em ployees and community leaders "Confirmed oar belief that we have an excellent work force and a really fine community. They have been most understanding and cooperative". Burlington announced last Tuesday that it would cease production of Worsted yarn at . the Hot Springs Plant because of the slow down ia tome market areas served by the Burlington Apparel Fabrics Division. - building has been used to recent summers for a tomato packing operation leased te Way Abel of Canton, and that a new packing structure trig be provided befor ffff summer of 1875 arrives. International OfL based te Atlanta, U installing a IQ9.CI gallon tank, blending and boiling equipment It rake specialised industrial lubricants that withstand metal temperatures above t J . degree F.iand. cleans as kihricatf. 'V'-r.,'.' The Madison I pfanT manager, Stan Robertson, tat ' announced that the plant expects to be in operation la1 about tt-days with in!' J employment of Ave pers v rising eventually to from I ; M employes. Ponder said. . Election Resrr'$ Not Included In Table 'J, Other rercSs not inch ' the election Ul'.e a follow?: G.u-f Justice of 7 Court: fujie f 3,f " ; J. tms K: 2,' 1 A " . ? : : r - .'. ' . i, ft.-' ' 1
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