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Eight From Here
Complete Course
Eight Ccoteemee residents
are among the M-Davie County
women who have been certified
as trainecTbospitsl sitters snd
may be called on by the OaVSS
County Hospital for assistance.
Mrs. Mildred Foster, men
power directors for the Davie
Community Action Program,
set up the 16 hour course which
was conducted through the
facilities of the Davidson Com
munity College.
Registered Nurse, Mrs. Kste
Wilson, conducted the course
st the health occupations
classroom st Davie Central
High where clinical facilities
were availabel for instruction.
Prior to taking the course
sitters were only allowed to
call tor nurses when patient
care was needed.
Now. the trained sitters have
learned simplified nursing care
snd can handle sudt dunes as
bed baths, bed msting, feeding
helpless patients, turning ana
lifting patients and back rubs.
Those completing the course
are listed at the Davie Hospital
where they may be called tor
assistance.
The eight graduates from
Cooleemee are: Miss Willie Mae
Clark, Mrs. Elisabeth Neely,
Miss Mary Lou Wilson. Mrs.
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COOLEEMEE, N.C
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You Can Learn
How To Sew
The Vocational Home
Economics Department at
Davie Ooutity High School plans
to have a class in beginning
sewing. The instructors will em
phasise how to «****>— fabrics
and patterns, and how to con
struct a dress that will both
fit and be handsomely made.
The classes will be taught
in the Home Economics Depart
ment at Davie County High
School on the mornings of
August 18, 19, and 90. The time
will be from 8:30 until 11:90
a.m. A planning meeting will
be held in the department on
the morning of August 6 at
9 o'clock.
This opportunity is made
available under the public
school system and is free of
charge.
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Company To Continue
Utilities, Recreation
Erwin Mills' dyeing and
finishing plant here wili be clos
ed over the next three to foor
weeks, it was announced Tues
day by Burlington Industries,
owners of the plant since 19©.
The closing will affect about
150 people.
Burlington Mid that
the company would continue to
operate the water and sewer
plants, the recreational pro
gram. swimming pool and
library until a satisfactory solu
tion can be found.
Vice President Cyrus E.
Cooley said the (riant has been
operating at approximately
half-capacity of the
continuing decline in business
for heavier weight apparel
fabrics.
The big blow came in March
when Burlington closed its spin
ning and weaving operations
here. About 750 were laid off
then.
"We were hopeful that
finishing operations could be
continued even if on a limited
basis," Oooley said. "However,
hnsinam continued to
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312 th Returns
Davie War Vets
Are Coming Home!
Some 25 servicemen from Davie County are
scheduled to arrive home this weekend from Viet
nam.
They are members of the 312 th Hospital Evacua
tion Unit from u Winston-Sal€m which will be
returning home a couple of months early by orders
of President Nixon
Sp-5 Fred Ellis, who is stationed in Vietnam
with the 312 th, called his wife Friday with the
good news that he should be home this weekend.
The unit will arrive at Fort Bragg for processing
but it is unknown at this time if they will be
discharged there or in Winston-Salem.
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deteriorate and we have no
choice but to ceaae operations."
dosing of the dyeing and
finishing plant was not
altogether unexpected here.
Certainly Tuesday's an
nouncement was not nearly as
startling as the sudden an
nouncement in March that the
bulk of the plant would be dos
ed.
Most of the employes laid
off earlier have found employ
ment with Ffcer Industries tak
ing the largest number. Ffcer
now employes more people in
the Oootocmee and Davie Coun
ty than Erwin laid off in its
March closing.
Meanwhile, Burlington said
that most of the 250 people
• affected by the impending
layoff will share in some
1 $960,000 profit sharing benefits.
The company also said that
full assistance will be given
in finding other employment in
the area.
About 45 or SO people will
be retained by Burlington in
Cooleemee. They will operate
the water and sewer system,
the recreation program and a
warehousing operation that will
be continued.
Oootey said that Burlington
has endeavored to sell the
Cooleemee plants, either as a
complete operation or as
separate units. The company
has been in touch with the
Department of Conservation
and Development in finding a
buyer.
"We have had no success thus
far," Cooiey said, "tout efforts
will continue both within the
company and outside to find
other operations that might
utilize the plant."