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Strikeleather promis ed to assign funds from the 300 Million Dollar Road Bond Issue for the engineering, purchase of right-of way, and construc tion of d>, new road i ' i 1 ■>•!• of tin Conmis 1.--, >■ ;se -A V *r !ill’ll . *,t 'li (,vh<-n ' “ n> THE YANCEY RECORD Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County Burnsville, N.C. and *an occasional highland stream. As these pages of The Yancey Record will attest, this scenic land has made progress Highway Commission, meeting in Raleigh, assigned sixteen thousand dollars for engineer ing the project and surveying the proposed route. Strikeleather has indicated that the length of road construc tion will depend on the amount of funds that the Highway De partment will have to spend in purchasing right-of-way proper ty from th* end of the Burns ville by-pass to the Cane Creek bridge. The Chamber s Task Force on Roads, headed by Paul Wooten, considers this project a fruitful star* in achieving its long-range g<> ' < inprovc all of US (f 'lsvill- to tin Matli&iip t ,nty t. 0,- Thursday April 20, 1967 in the past year and, along with it, the Yancey County Chamber of Commerce has matured and come of age. Chamber Dinner Friday A speech by juen Belt, popu lar News Director of WLOS-TV in Asheville, will highlight the annual meeting of the Yancey County Chamber of Commerce to begin with dinner at 7:30 p. m. in the cafeteria of East Yancey High School. In addition to Belt’s speech. Chamber members will hear a prbgress report and vote on three amendments to the by laws of the organization. Also attending the dinner meetmg will be the officers of the Mitchell ('minty Chamber of Commerce at’ 1 ’ selected guests f 'it the town of B iker . nl’ Hanes Acquires Site For Factory In the long continued effort of our Chamber of Commerce {o attract new industry to Yan cey C unty, an important prize has finally been landed. The Hanes Corporation of Winston- Salem. leading North Carolina manufacturer of knitwear and ether quality clothing, has pur chased a site on Highway 19E a quarter mile east of the Cane River High School for the erec tion of a factory expected to employ some 200 or more people The closing of the transaction followed several weeks of con sideration between Hanes Offi cials and members of our Chamber of Commerce task for ce on industry, headed by Philip Thomas. Town officials were also involved as well as the Northwestern Bank. Several vis its were made to the area by various Hanes people under the leadership of Senior Vice Presi dent, Reginald F. Brooks. Several possible sites were considered, and* before a final decision was reached, test bor ings were made to determ ne the suitability of the preferred site for foundation construction. The site purchased is of about 30 acres, located on the north side of 19E and extending on the north to the Cane River. The property was purchased from Ernest Briggs, Frank E. Signs Will Be Erected At Entrances To County Colorful signs, greeting travelers to Yancey County, are soon % to be erected at three sep arate road-side entrances in the eastern, western, and southern sections of the county. The signs are scheduled to be set up near the Madison County line along US 19, not far from the Mitchell County line along US 19-E, and off the Blue Ridge Parkway along NC 80. Made of cream-colored letters routed in panels of stained wood, the attractive signs were pre pared by Clyde Smith, well known sign designer in Spruce Pine. When erected in the next two weeks, the signs will rest on a base of eight-by-eight inch tim bers and will carry the mes sage: “Entering Yancey County, Gateway to Mt. Mitchell, High est Peak in Eastern America.” The signs are a project of the Yancey County Chamber of Commerce and work on the project is being carried out by the chamber's Yancey Promo tion l ask Force Number Thirty-Four Briggs and Olive Briggs Ford. The Hanes people are not pre pared to state when- th6y will start construction, or give such details as the precise size of the factory. They have asked our Chamber of Commerce to assist them in making a labor survey to determine the number of women interested and quali fied for the type of employment they will offer. The results of this survey may be a factor in determining the size of the building. The Har.es people have stated that the building will probably be similar to their plant near Pineola in Avery County. This 'is a handsome building, situated in a large well landscaped tract. The Hanes Corporation oper ate eleven plants, mostly locat ed in North Carolina, employ ing more than 10,000 people. The Hanes family, active in the management of the company, has been notable for their par ticipation in civic and cultural affairs, and the corporation has the well earned reputation of' being a good “corporate citizen” in the communities where they have plants. PARTS OF SECONDARY ROADS TO GET PAVED Four sections of secondary roads are scheduled to be paved when the State Highway Commission approves the low ' bid for the work, turned in by Dickerson Inc. of Monroe. In a telephone conversation Wednesday morning ’with Paul Wooten, Chairman of the Yan cey Chamber’s Task Force on Roads, Truman Conley describ ed secondary road work slated for Yancey County. According to Conley. two miles of the Blue Rock Road will be paved, from NC 80 to the forks of the Hall Chapel Road. Nine-tenths of a mile on the Bakers Creek Road will be paved from the end of the present pavement to the end of the road. The Plum Branch Road, of which one and four-tenths mile has been graded, drained, and base surfaced, will be paved for eight-tenths of a mile. The gra vel section of Arbuckle Road will be paved, with the excep tion of a short section for which the right-of-way has not been granted. Conley reported that Highway Department plans for this spring aim schedule the re building of a bridge on Prices •’reek Road.
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