Cooleemee Operations
Cut Sharply By Burmil
Efwifl Mitts wil dose its
yarn manufacturing and
weaving operations in
Coofeemee, but wfll continue
iM Yaar
No. It
Coming
Events
Homnmaknro Club
The Cooieemee Home Makers
Club will hold their regular
meeting on Friday, Hart* 21,
at 7:90 pjn. with lira. Janie
Vogler on Center Street
All memberi are urged to
be present.
Episcopal Woman
The Episcopal Church women
of the Church of the Good
Shepherd held their regular
meeting on Wednesday, March
5, at the home of Mrs. Bill
Webb.
The eight ladies present en
jr^sssrjrrs
Berber.
IVittclous refreahmente were
served by the hoateai.
Joyc«tt« Sols
The Cooieemee Jaycettes will
hold a door to door canvaaa
in the community on Thuraday,
March 13, to sail decorative
onUna. Proceeds of the sale
will go to the Community
Development Find.
The ladies plan to begin their
canvaaa at*:9o p.m.
The American Legion Poet
No. 54 will celebrate their 50th
anniveraary Friday, March 14,
with a barbecue supper at the
Legion Hot at 7 p.m.
All members are urged to
join in the celebration. The Poet
alao extends a cordial invitation
to all World War I veterans,
whether they are a member
or not.
The local Poet was organised
in 1010.
Copt. Roberts
Being Brought
To Ft. Bragg -
Capt. Clyde Roberts of the
U. S. Amy is scheduled to
arrive at Womack Army
»tal in Fort Bragg this
for further treatment.
Capt. Roberts waa wounded
in the right arm and hand and
both kga on February 25 in
Viatnam. This was Us second
tour of duty in Vietnam during
hit tOysara ef service.
Sa ia married to the former
Joan Pierce ef Cooieemee and
they have two sons.
Cards or letters may ha ad
dressed to the following ad
dress:
Capt. Clyde C. Roberta (pa
tient)
Womack Army Hoopital
Fort Bragg, N. C.
to operate the dyeing and
finiitiint. pi HI 11
Notice of the shutdown was
made to employes at meetings
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Hittiliafl Up • • • George Jordan hitches up an aluminum houae which will serve as headquar
tan for fishing trips to the coast this spring and summer. Others shown are Gus Dedmon, Terry
Dednton, Turner Gregory, and Mike Wagner.
Ready For Spring Fishing
With spring Just around the
corner some of the local
fishermen and campers have
been quite busy. They intend
to be ready and waiting.
For the past several years,
this group of fishermen have
been fishing off a little island
at Core Banks on the coast.
They call it Davis Island, a
fisherman's paradise. It is
located in Sterling Dickson's
Fishing Camp.
yesterday and today.
The closing of the two
operations was as a result of
continuing poor business in
Than are no facilities or con
veniences OB the not
even electricity. A few shacks
have been built, which will pro
vide a roof over your hand,
but the fishing there Is juat
great.
Theee fellows enjoy going ao
much they decided to put them
a little houae there. An
building thft
be assembled and furnished
here would be Juat the thing.
markets for heavyweight
cotton and synthetic Mend
apparel fabrics, management
said. Such fabrics include
Terry Dedmon, George
Jordan, Mike Wagner, Loman
Jordan, Turner Gregory,
Lawrence and Robbie Page and
Bob, Bobby and Sonny Cheek
all decided to pool their money
and get the ball rolling.
They ordered the little houae
from a company in Georgia.
When it Anally arrived, they
could hardly wait to assemble
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gabardines, twills and poplins,
which are fabrics heavfly
affected by foreign imports.
Not affected by the dosing
will be some 400 employes in
the dyeing and finishing
operations. They will continue
to process fabrics
manufactured by other Erwin
plants. Talks with individual
employes will begin today.
Cotnpany personnel officials
will explain the unemploy
ment . profit during and ot Iter
benefits to each employe
affected by tlte closing.
A company spokesman said
brwin will continue to operate
tlte recreation center, pool and
water and sewer plants.
"The closing.** said one
official, "is in no way a
reflection on the people or the
town. We liatc to sec this as
much as anyone in Coolccmee
does. Tiic fact is that the
operation lias been losing
money for two years, and
nothing we could do seemed lo
(urn (lie tide. Probably tlte
most important factor was the
foreign imports, which hurt (lie
Itcavy apparel fabrics industry
so badly ."Company Statement
Tlw'cSpln^^llillwncnl.
released Tuesday afternoon,
was as follows:
Lrwin Mills announced
today tliat continuing poor
business in markets for
heavyweight cotton and
synllictic blend apparel fabrics
will force the shutdown of
yarn manufacturing and
weaving operations at its plant
here.
D . Ii . Barham,
manufacturing division
manager, said dyeing and
finishing operations at the
Coolccincc Plant will not be
affected and will continue to
process- fabrics manufactured
by other Lrwin plants.
lie said that a decline in
demand and depressed prices
for the types of fabric made
here, brought on in part by
imports from the l ar bast of
both fabrics and finished
apparel, had caused the local
plant to operate at a
"substantial loss" for the past
two years.
*'livery effort has been
made to make this a profitable
operation," Mr. Barham said.
"We have spent very
substantial sums of money for
improvements in plant and
equipment since 1962, but
there has been only
deterioration in business and
we must reluctantly take this
step."
He stressed that only the
"greigc" mill, which includes
yarn and weaving operations,
was involved in the shutdown.
"Between 700 and 800
employees will be affected," he
said. "More than 400 will
xmtinue in jobs in the dyeing
and finishing operations. H
Closing of the plant areas
involved is scheduled to take
place on an orderly basis over
the next four to six weeks as
production and inventory
runouts are completed.
"With the help of the North
Carolina Employment Security
Commission, we believe jobs
can be found in this area for
the people affected," Mr.
Barham aid.