THE FIRST TIME the** three national pro
jects executives got together was here Monday at
the annual meeting of the N. C. Park Commission.
Left to right: Don Morriss, supervisor National
Forests in North Carolina; Ed Hummell, superin- I
tendent of the Great Smoky Mountains National
Park, and Sam P. Weems, superintendent of the
Blue Ridge Parkway. (Mountaineer photo) I
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Farm Tour
(Continued from Page I)
fiatl and then reached Hamilton for '
the group'* first overnight stop. 1
Wednesday morning the group J
toured the Champion plant at
Hamilton and then turned west
ward into the Hoosier state for >
lunch in the College Union of Pur- ,
due University and an inspection j
of the university's school of agri
culture. I
The tour reached Chicago last ,
night at 7 o'clock. After dinner ,
in the Windy City, some members
of the group went on a boat cruise, (
others took in a major league ball j
game or Just rested for the next
day.
Today's tour of the Chicago (
Stockyards started at 8 a.m. and
the trip to the Museum of Science J
and Industry at 9:43. (
Most of the individuals on tihs
tour are "veterans" of previous
out-of-state farm treks. Of the
total of 89, only seven are partlci- ,
pating for the first time.
"Captains" of the two Trailways J
buses are K. O. Carswell of Thick
ety and R. C. Francis of Ratcliffe
Cove. County Agent Virgil L. Hoi- :
loway is driving his own car.
As the group nears home on the
return trip July 28. the tour will
halt at the state roadside park on
the Soco highway for a watermelon
slicing, with melons to be furnish
ed by the First National Bank of '
Waynesville.
On the tour are:
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Bailey, Mr.
and Mrs. R. G. Chason, Mr. and
Mrs. L. N. Davis, Mr and Mrs. N.
S. DeBord, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Har
rell, Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Holloway,
Mr. and Mrs. J. Sam Jackson, Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. Jenkins, Mr. and
Mrs. A. B. Robinson, Mr. and Mrs.
Welch Singleton, Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh K. Terrell, Mr. and Mrs.
Logan White, K. O. Carswell, Den
ny Cole, Joe Cornwell, Paul Davis,
Jr.. R. C. Francis, Charlie Greene,
Miller Hall, C. R Liner, W. C. Med
ford, Arthur Mehaffey, F. M. No
land, V. H. Pless, Hugh Pressley.
C. L. Reno, C. P. Shelton, Homer
Sink. E. E. Stockton, Bob Tippett,
Ray Worley, Hunter Worsham, Jr.
Mrs. T. G. Baird, Mrs. J. W.
Bennick. Mrs. E. G. Brooks, Mrs.
Alma Brookshire, Miss Cecil
Brown, Mrs. R. C. Cannon, Mrs.
Howard Cole, Mary Cornwell, Mrs.
Ralph M. Crawford, Katherine
Davis, Florence Drinnon, Eliza- I
ethb Galloway. Mrs. Hiram Green, !
Mrs. Nora Hall, Mrs. Fred B. j
Hampton, Mrs. Mary F. Hensen,
Mrs. Ed Harkins, Mrs. Glenn
Hipps, Hattie Holland, Miss Viola
E. Jackson, Mrs. C. H. Jones, Mrs.
Willis Kirkpatrick, Mary Medford.
Miss Opal Morgan, Mrs. L. E.
O'Dell, Mrs. J. L. Rhodarmer,
Mrs. Paul Robinson, Miss Effie
Rogers. Mrs. Albert Sharp, Mrs.
C. P. Singleton, Mrs. Hugh H.
Smathers. Mrs. Anna Dee Stamey,
Ctaudean Stockton, Martha String
field, Mrs. R. H. West, Georgia
Worley, Mrs. Troy Wyche.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde H. Ray, Jr.,
| Clyde Ray. Ill, Patience Ray, Mrs.
j W. M. Whisenhunt. and bus drivers
Buddy Rogers and R. W. Fleming.
56 New Plants, 89 Plant
Expansions In First Six
Months For North Carolina
RALEIGH ? A tabulation shows
>6 new plants and 89 plant expan
sions were reported in North Caro
lina during the first six months of
1955. Director Ben. E. Douglas of
he Department of Conservation
ind Development announced to
lay.
The 145 new plants and expan
sions will have a total planned in
vestment of $78,103,000, employ
ment for 8.280 new workers, and
in annual payroll totaling $23,129
)00. In 1954, new plants and ex
pansions in the State had total in
vestments in excess of $112,000
300.
Douglas, releasing a report from
Dallas T. Daily, head of the C&D
Department's commerce and indus
try division, on industrial develop
ment activities in the State for the
First half of 1955, said:
"The number of new plants and
plant expansions, the new jobs to
be made available, and the more
than $23,000,000 to be added in an
nual payroll encourage all of us
tremendously in our efforts to
raise the per capita income of the
people of our State. We hope to
exceed our 1954 totals of more
than $112,000,000 in new plant and
expansion investments and make
provisions for many new jobs."
In his report. Daily said the 56
new plants will have a total Invest
ment of $43,510,000, provide jobs
for 5,403 workers, and have an an
nual payroll of $16,131,000,
The 89 new expansions have
planned investments totaling $34,
593,000, will provide pobs for 2,875
workers, and an annual payroll of
$6,998,000.
Daily said "our efforts toward
dispersion (of industry in the
State) is reflected in the fact that
16 of these plants were located in
towns of less than 3,500 popula
tion and 14 east of Durham."
largest of the new industries or
expansions to be announced dur
ing the six months period is the
pole transformer manufacturing
plant of the General Electric Co.
now being constructed in the
Hickory-Newton-Conover area. It
will represent an investment of
$20,000,000 and provide new jobs
for 1100 workers.
That interest in North Carolina
as a possible site for new plants is
still relatively high is shown by
the fact that 247 new inquiries a
bout the State and what it has to
offer industry were received by
the department's commerce and
industry division during the first
half of the year. Representatives
of 46 manufacturing concerns also
visited the State during the period
to study possible plant sites, Daily
reported.
Three N. C. National Parks
Attract 2,500,000 Visitors
The Great Smoky Mountains
National Park, the Blue Ridge
Parkway and the Cape Hatteras
National Seashore Recreational
Area?three national park facili
ties comprising sizeable areas of
North Carotin's vacationlands?
were visited by over two and one
half million people during the
first six months of 1955.
This figure includes the formally
recorded attendance total of over
300,000 visitors to America's first
national seashore, so new that no
formal attendance figures could be
recorded for the first six months
of 1954. Estimated attendance for
the entire 12 months of 1954 was
Army Gives Waterville
Man Promotion In Japan
CAMP McGILL, JAPAN?Perry
J. Caldwell, son of Lush C. Cald
well, Waterville, recently was pro
moted to corporal in Japan where
he is a member of the 2d Amphib
ious Support Brigade.
Corporal Caldwell, a switchboard
operator with the brigade's 287th
Signal Company, arrived in the
Far East in August 1954.
The corporal entered the Army
in February 1954 and completed
basic training at Fort Jackson, S.
C. He is a 1952 graduate of
Waynesville High School.
110.000.
From January through April, the
Great Smokies Park and the Blue
Ridge Parkway had more visitors
than during the first four months
of 1954; May and June attendance
declined this year during unusual
ly cool weather.
National Park Service figures
show that from January 1 through
June, the Blue Ridge Parkway and
the Great Smokies Park, which
meet in Western North Carolina,
had a combined total attendance
of 1,413 879. The Smokies Park
with 825.218 visitors for the six
months, marked up ah attendance
gain of 19.967 over the correspond
ing period of 1954. The first half
of 1955 showed a total visitation of
1 588 661 for the Parkway, or
63 851 les than that for the first
half of 1954.
Peak travel months each year for
these most-visited facilities in the
National Park System arc July
I and August.
9 Camps
(Continued tram pare 1)
week's outing for the young people
of their churches.
Camp Schaub, a 4-11 Club Camp
at the Test Farm, has a capacity
of 125, and caters to 4-H club mem
bers from a wide area.
Although the number of textile
mills in New England has declined
sharply in recent years, remaining
mills still employ 170.000 people
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