Extra Heavy Turkish
CANNON TOWELS
Solid Color I Window
Size I Pane Check
22” x44” 20” x 40”
59c 39c
Wonderful Values
CANNON SHEETS
First Quality
Full 81 x 99 81 x 108
$1.59 $1.69
15” x 24” Multi-Striped
COTTON DISH
TOWELS
9c each
Solid Color 12” x 12”
CANNON WASH
CLOTHS
12 for $1.00
42” x 36” Premium
PILLOW CASES
39c each
Handsome Assortment
of Full Size
CHENILLE SPREADS
$4.89
70” x 80” Cotton Plaid
BLANKETS
$1.47
36” Our Pride
Unbleached Muslin
4 yds. 89c
A great saving on high
quality 36” Muslin
Ladies Regular $3.98
SILK SLIPS
Straigt Cut - Lace Trim
$1.98
Children’s Wool
GLOVES
Reduced to
78c
PIECE - GOODS SALE
Gabardine
Rayon Flannel
Bark Cloth
Burlington Mills -
Babycheck Fabrics
Faille Tweeds
Values to 88c yd.
59c
One Table of
DRESS FABRICS
values to $1.00 yd.
January Clearance Price
69c
All Materials Values
to $1.79 yd. Sale Price
$1.00
Ladies Cotton
PAJAMAS
Solid & Print
Broadcloth
$2.98 value
$1.00
100% Wool Jersey
Sag - No - Moor
Striped | Solid Color
reg. 2.58 yd. reg. 2.98 yd
$1.79 $1.98
Women’s
COTTON SLIPS
Embroidery Trimmed
98c
Crease Resistant
Rayon and Acetate
DRESS FABRICS
48c yd.
36” Pin-Wale
CORDUROY
78c yd.
Ladies
NYLON SLIPS
$2.98 value
January Clearance
$2.58
ENTIRE STOCK ! HEAVYWEIGHT
BOY'S JACKETS
REGULAR $4.95 and $6.95
Heavy Gabardine with Quilted Linings
JANUARY CLEARANCE PRICE
$3.50
Boy’s Regular $2.58
SPORT SHIRTS
Jan. Clearance
Gabardine & Broadcloth
Long Sleeve
$1.55
Boy’s and Girl’s
WIND-BREAKERS
Unlined Lined
2.98 value 3.98 value
$1.98 $2.58
One Lot Of Boy’s
FLANNEL SHIRTS
and Striped Polo Shirts
50c each
Men’s Suede-Knit
TEE - SHIRTS
With Collars
$1.55
Boy’s Regular $1.98
Flannel
SPORT SHIRTS
$1.00
Wing
SPORT SHIRTS
Reg. $3.98 value - Now
$2.58
Close Out Lot!
Children’s
SWEATERS
$1.98 values.$1.00
$4.95 values.$2.00
Manhattan
SPORT SHIRTS
$4.95 value
Jan. Clearance Price
$3.50
Special Lot of Men’s
FLORSHEIM
SHOES
Keg. $18.95
Jan. Clearance Price
$12.95
>r.e Lot of Sundial Shoes
::r.d Foot - King Shoes
values to $7.95
Jan. Clearance Price
$5.00
One Lot Of Men’s
WEYENBERG
OXFORDS
Broken Sizes
$7.50
—
MEN'S SPORT
SHIRTS
F ruit-of-ths-Loom
$3.00 values
Jan. Clearance Price
$2.00
Mens and Boy’s
PULL-OVER
SWEATERS
33 1-3 Off
Odd Lot of Men’s
SPORT COATS
411 Reduced to
$15.00
Special Discount On
MEN'S SUITS
All Wool Flannels
and Worsteds
$29.50
Men's Dress Shirts
Pink - Blue - Grey - Tan
$1.55
MEN'S JACKETS
Mutton Collar - Quilted
Lined - $8.95 value
Now $5.00
Men's Work Sox
3 pr. for $1.00
$20 MILLION PLANT
PLANNED IN CATAWBA
1,100 Persons To Be ^
Hired. By GE Firm i
Hickory—The General Electric !
Corp. announced today it will con- I
|struct a ;$20 million distribution!
I transformer plant between this I
j community and Newton. The new
facility will carry a $b million an
nual payroll.
| The plant, to contain 400,000
square feet, will he erected oh
j property lying between Highways
70 and 70-A about a half mile east
of the Fairgrove Church ltd. It
will be located on a 130-acre .plat j
of land bought by the company,
Raymond VV. Smith, general
manager of G.E.’s distribution
transformer department, -aid con
struction will begin in the near fu'
ture. with manufacturing to begin
some time next year. The plant
j building will represent an ap
I proximate tO-million-dollar invest
I ment. with equipment costing
another 10 million.
JOBS FOR 1,100
The plant will employ approxi
mately 1,100 persons, he said. All
but about 100 of these will be
hired locally. I.ess than 100 super
visors will be transferred here
from the G.E. plant at Pittsfield,
Mass., where distribution trans
former department headquarters
are maintained.
Manager of the plant will be
Alex .C BoLsseau, who Is being
transferred here from Pittsfield, t
Most of the workers will be
men with some women employed
in the office. Hiring: of personnel
will not begin until next year, ac
cording to present plans.
The office will be at tile front
of the building, to be one story
in height and modern in design.
Plans for the building have been
completed and test borings of the
property already made. Contrac
tors soon will be asked to submit
bids for construction with the hope
that actual construction can begin
before the end of winter.
NOT TRANSFER
In his announcement, Mr. Smith
pointed out that the plant repre
-e! t■ an expansion of G.E. facil
ities operations and not a trans
fer of operations.
Mr. Smith's announcement .stal
ed that the headquarters of G.E.
Distribution transformer depart
ment will remain in Pittsfield, and
that primary function of the new
plant will be manufacturing.
lie said that the new plant will
he a self-contained unit with pres*
■ nt plans calling for pole type dis
tribution transformers.
The plant was made necessary,
he said, by high increase ;n power
consumption and a forecast of
even greater demands for power
in the next decade. Mr. Smith
said "the Southeast was selected
.nee it is in this area of the coun
try that great growth has been
The plant is the second G.E.
unit to be aimouncea lor uii»
state in the past month. An
nouncement orf construction of G.
E.’s new outdoor lighting center
in Hendersonville/ was made afew
weeks ago.
G.E. also has plants in Golds
boro and Asheboro. The new one
will be the 134th in the chain
operated in some 103 cities.
The State Dept, of Conservation
& Development, the late Governor
William B. Umstead and Gov. Lu
ther Hodges assisted G.E. officials
in setting up their plans for the
plant.
The new plantf will be connect
ed with the Southern Railway’s.
Salisbury-Asheville Division tracks
by a ouarter mile spur track.
LUNCHEON IS HELD
Mr. Smith made the announce
ment at a press luncheon held at
the Catawba Country Club and at
tended by invitation by Director
flien E. Douglas of the State De
partment of Conservation and De- '
velopment.
“We decided to locate neie in
another of our company's expan
sion moves because this section
came closer to meeting our re
quirements than any others we
saw,” Mr. Smith said. “And the
people have been most cooperative
in helping us locate here. We feel
the Southeast section of our na
tion offers the greatest opportuni
! ties for the future.”
| Smith praised Governor Hodges,
Director Douglas, U. S. Senator
Sam -7. Ervin Jr., Representative
. Charles R. Jonas of the 10th
NTorth Carolina Congressional Dis
; diet, Tom Willis, city manager of
Newton, and others for “doing a
great deal to help us with locating
one of our new major units in
North Carolina.”
, Gaston v'tjij::t\ ’> H>."r> March of Diim - cfepaijrn was launched last week with a kickoff dinner in
' Gastonia. i ;' - is the year that campaign • uders hope to raise the most money, since they are at the
| point of eoiiq.uer.ini*1 polio with a new vaccine. Lett to rij>*ht are Mrs. Rhea Lewis of Bessemer City,
! chairman of the women’s division; the Rev. Leroy Trexler ot ( herryville. county campaign director;
and Rj.bc! 1. tines of Charlotte, state representative for the National Foundation for Infantile
j Paralysis.
HARRELSON CO., INC.
READY - TO - WEAR
All Ladies Coats, Suits and Dresses
REDUCE
1-2 and 1-3
i
LADIES
WINTER COATS
Formerly $55.00 Now $37.00
Formerly $50.00 Now $34.00
Formerly $32.50 . Now $21.50
Formerly $22.50 . Now $15.00
LADIES
WINTER SUITS
Formerly $50.00 . Now $34.00
Formerly $44.50 . Now $30.00
Formerly $24.50 . Now $16.00
Formerly $18.00 . Now $12.00
LADIES WINTER DRESSES
Formerly $22.50 .Now $15.00
Formerly $18.00.Now $12.00
Formerly $15.00.Now $10.00
One Lot Of Ladies Dresses Values Up To $15.00
NOW $5.00
Children's Winter Coats
Formerly $17.98 . Now $12.00
Formerly $14.98 . Now $10.00
Formerly $12.98 . . Now $9.00
Ladies Winter Skirts
Formerly $10.98 . . Now $7.50
Formerly $8.98 . . . Now $6.00
Formerly $6.00 . . . Now $4.00
One Lot Of All Wool and Orion Sweaters
$6.00 Value - NOW $3.00