Hazel wood Post Office Has Crown SfeadHy
I.<1 l.ftlOji ot the modern II air I wood i'ont Office, which now en
joy* a new home, brought about by civic intrreat of the commun
ity u a town Improvement. Shown here are the aeveral aecttona
of boxes for patrons of the office.
THR IIAZEI.WOOD Post Office on Main Street
is a fint 'ulass office, handling a large volume of
mail daily. Postmaster Thurman Smith is shown
in front of the modern brick building.
The Ha/elwood Post < )ffice was
irr. de an independent Post Office
In Apt'lk 1??
During the past 11 year*, there
?lias lieen a tremendous growth In
all the departments in this office,
f The tirst Postmaster serving
"the office was Mrs. YVIlma ltoyle
.l ucas The present Postmaster
?Thurman K Smith took offtca In
July 1947. <
At the present tlms. there is
?one full time clerk and two part
|t ime clerks The present person
aid of the office U John C. Sum
morrow, Thomas H. Davis and
Mrs. Carroll VVhitner. The major
revenue is derived from the In
dustrial plants namely: Wellco
Shoe Corp , I'nagusta. Mfg. Corp.,
Royle & Pllklnglon Co., and the
A C Lawrence Leather Co.
It Is estimated that at present
the office is handling approxi
mately 30.000 pieces of first class
mail per month This office has
held the rattng of first class since
1001.
Receipts for the first el* months
of 1050 were 020.902 07. This
was a decrease from $28,387.14
for the same period of 1933. It
represent* a decrease, which is
due mainly from tha law which
reetricte tha alia and weight of
parcal post mailed at one First
Class Office to another First Class
Office.
It is interesting to note that
while the office showed only an
11.7% decrease In sale of stamps
and other miscellaneous items, it
showed a 412% decrease in
metered mall which is used pri
marily for parcel poat. The re
THE REV. W. P. GOSNELL. pw
tor of the I1u?lnood Church of
God.
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relpta for the first six months of
1946. which was 10 years ago
were $2,378 38. This amounts to
it substantial increase over the
10 year period.
In the money order department
the increase has been gradual
over the past 10 years In 1946
the money order business amount
ed to $30,295.68 with fees of
$282.52. This was for the first
6 months of the year. In the
period of January to June 1956
money orders issued totaled
$115,502 58 with fees of $1.256 95.
There has teen a general de
crease in the work hours alloted
to the office by the Post Office
Department in the past two years.
The office had an 8.IT decrease
in work hours for the first six
months of this year over the
same period of last year. At the
present figures the office is aver
aging $11.00 in receipts for each
man hour used. While actual
work hours have been curtailed,
no service to the public has been
curtailed.
The Post Office is opened at
8 a.m. six days per week and
closes at 5:30 p.m. daily except
Saturday. On Saturday it closes
at 12:30 p m.
The money order window opens
at 9:00 a m. and closes at 5 30
p.m. daily.
There is no window service on
Sunday, though the mail is put
Into the boxes at 11 a.m.
It is anticipated that the office
will continue to hold the first
class rating for the coming year.
TIm 30 ?tabar Manhrood
?avaotfc-day Advantfat
hat flteaa ever *1900 la iiffta higi
this year.
Church Of
God Makes
Additions
To Buildings
The Church of God in Ilazel
.vood recently purchased new
living room furniture for the
church parsonage, plans to in
stall a new hardwood floor in the
auditorium and to purchase new
interior decorations.
Remodeling work on the Youth
Center also is scheduled
A revival meeting will be con
ducted by the Rev. A. L. Leon
hardt, Jr. of Canton, beginning
the first week Jn November
Other evangelists slated to
come to the Huzelwood Church
of God are: the Rev. George D.
Voorhis of Brooklyn. N. Y., the
Rev. L. J. Stone of Wnlterboro,
S. C.. and the Rev. Alex Dunn
of Laurinburg. N. C.
The Rev W P. Gosnell. Jr.,
is pastor of the Church of God.
In 30 years, customers of Caro
lina Power and Light Company's
Hazel wood office have increased
from 200 to 3000.
I
Unagusta Manufacturing Com- ,
pany's labor turnover averages
less than one per cent a year?
roughly, two people.
TIIF. ClU'RClf OF COD IN IIAZELWOOD In
itialled new pews during the year. Its new pastor.
the Rev. W. R. Cosnell. plans a series of revivals
as his first project.
BREAKING NO SPEED LAWS is this loom at
Koyle and Pilkington Co., Inc., as it weaves this
upholstery material at about two yards an hour.
The design is controlled bv a punched cardboard
pattern, much like the old player piano rolls.
Some fabrics have as manv as 10,240 threads to a
54-inch width.
Royle & Pilkington Is A
f
Leader In Tapestry Field
Enough upholstery fabric is
woven every year at Royal iV
Pilkington Company, Inc.. to pave
.lie highway from Hazelwood to
Charlotte. The firm manufactures
approximately 350,000 yards an
nually.
The finished product is distri
buted all over the United States,
up into Canada and down all the
way to South America. There is
little difference in taste of the
buyers in such far-apart regions,
according to executives of the
plant. What appeals to the Latin
American eye may be. just a?
popular in the remcte north of
Canada.
Most used yarns are nylon.
Bemberg, viscose rayon and a
mixture of fine and coarse
combed cotton. The company's 85
employees work amid a decora
for's dream of colors, as literally
hundreds of different shades
must be kept on hand to fill
< urrent orders.
A company executive noted
that the present trend in the East
is for subdued colors, pastel
shades going into the heavier
tones, with a smattering of metal.
In pattern, fabric with texture
interest leads, with such varia
tions a.-> embossed designs, tone
on-tone and thiek-and-thin.
Weaving a 54-inch upholstery
fabric is a time-consuming busi
ness, even though a loom can
pick up 105, threads a minute.
Average speed is three yards an
hour, although a few fabrics can
be woven at six.
Royle A- Pilkington's employees
receive paid vacations and holi
days, as well as hospitalization.
We've Got A Good Town...
But, Let's Make It Betterl
By Working Together
We Can Win The
FINER CAROLINA
CONTEST
?
And The
'1000?? CASH PRIZE
HAZELWOOD
SERVICE STATION
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LET'S ALL
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IN THE
FINER CAROLINA
PROGRAM
AND
WIN FIRST PLACE
WE KNOW THAT HAZEIAVOOD
IS A GOOD TOWN, Bl T
LETS MAKE IT EVEN BETTER!
ROYLE & PILKINGTON CO., Inc.
R B. COLKITT. MGR.
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