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THE YANCEY RECORD.
Lawson-United Feldspar Modernizes Plant
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Mineral Company at Minpro,
near Spruce Pine, list almost
completed tlic conversion of
an older plant into a new
operation to meet present -
day requirements.
Complete elimination of
air pollution was one of the
major objectives of this pro
gram, and work was started
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Morganton, High Point, Spruce Pine, North Carolina; Grand Rapids, Michigan
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on tliis imder the guidance of
Kirk r. Hum Ntfg. Co. There
was no health problem invol
ved, just dust; but the col -
lection equipment aiginally
installed did not meet with
present requirements. No
silica is ground. Later,when
a planned new fluid-bed ‘■fry
er system is iistalled, dust
will be fully controlled.
Water pollution control
FEBRUARY 2-1. 1972
was begun in North Carolina
about 10 years ago and is now
under the control of theEbard
of Water ami Air Resources.
Coopcration between the
Board and indistdes, etc, lias
done much to clear up strains.
The company's problem, as
with air, is not a serious one.
All waste water and tailings
go to a scries of two settling
ponds. A Saucrman scraper
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is used to clean out sediment
at intervals, and this mater
ial is being used to fill in
waste land for industry, etc..
The result of modernizing
the entire Feldspar operation
at Law sen- United, has been
a modern,efficient, flexible
plant with higher recovery,
better quality, and complete
air and water pollution con
trol.
LAWSON UNITED
Wildlife
Planting
Materials
Is it getting hard to find
a covey of quail on your
farm? Does it seem that
there are fewer rabbits
around than in past ye ars ?
One reason might be a short
age of food and of cover for
wildlife on your farm. If so,
the North Carolina Wildlife
Resources Commission has a
program which has helped
improve wildlife population,
on many farms. It might
work on yours. Now is the
time to find ott.
The Wildlife Commission
is again this year making
available to landowners and
sportsmen a variety of plant
ing materials which attract
or sustain wildlife population
These plantings are awilabfe
free on a first come, first
served basis, and you can gpt
planting materials and tech
nical advice from your dis
trict wildlife biologist who
is John M. Collins, Route 7,
Box 627, Morganton, N. C.
Applications for these
plantings—which are grown
and distributed by the Wild
life Commission—are also
available through the Soil
Conservation Service and Ag
ricultural Extension Service
peisonnel.
Four basic types of plant
ing materials are available.
They are shrub lespedeza
seedlings for use in field
borders, old plant beds or in
open pine woods; perennial
seed mixtures for use in pro
viding a permanent wildlife
food supply in "odd comers"
and other places where the
planting will not be grazed
or burned; annual seed mix
tures for use in small patches
near cover and sericea lespe
deza for use with shrub lespe
deza in field borders and on
turn rows, ditch banks or
spoil banks.
This year, plant in the
spring where you hunt in the
fall.
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TROUT PONDS PROVIDE RECREATION AND GOOD EATING—A trout pond can provide excellent recreation for a
landowner and his neighbors. A new booklet just published by the USDA Soil Conservation Service, “Trout Ponds For
Recreation”, Fanners Bulletin 2249, is available free from SCS offices in North Carolina. The essential ingredients
for trout production are a reliable source of good quality cold water, soil that holds water without seepage, and a loca
tion free from the danger of heavy run-off or flooding. SCS assistance is available to help design suitable ponds.
Homemakers Caa Protect Eaviroameatal Quality
We are living in an age
of solid w aste explosion!
Waste disposal experts say
that the amount of garbage
being produced can be con
servatively estimated at 4.5
pounds per person per day—
much of which originates in
the home. Apart from the
sheer volume of solid waste
produced each day, the prob
lem of its disposal has been
made more difficult because
of the widespread use of non
disposable containers. We
all contribute to the pollu
tion. Every time we buy
a "no deposit, no return"
bottle or "pop-top" can, we
add to our environment's
pollution problem. If most
of industry fails to recycle
its battles, cans and cartons,
only YOU, the consumer can
reform the system. Your
Henredon Keeps Standards High
Henredon Furniture Indus
tries, Inc. was incorporated
as a State of North Carolina
corporation on October 5,
1945. Grading was started
in October of that year. In
March 1946 construction of
the new factory was begun.
The first shipment of fumi -
ture was made in April 1947.
This first factory consisted of
approximately 175,U00 sq.ft,
slightly more than one half
the size of this Spruce Pine
plant.
Hen-RE-Don is a coined
name made up of the names
of three of the originators of
the company. Hen is for
Henry Wilson (deceased Feb
ruary 1967), RE is for Ralph
Edwards (deceased October
1956) and Don is for Donnell
VanNoppen. Sterling Col -
lett, now President of the
company, is the other mem
ber of the founding team.He
was in military service at
the time of incorporation in
1945.
National advertising of
the preduct and the name
started in 1948. This lias
been consistently continued
and over the years this has
cost a cumulative total of
approximately six million
dollars. The name Henre -
don is therefore known to
better furniture stores, de
partment stores, and discri
minating consumers through
out the United States.
Operations in Morganton
began in 1947 and in 1957,
Henredon acquired the
Schoonbeck Co. of Grand
Rapids, Michigan and their
branch, the North Carolina
Schoonbeck Company of
High Point. Since then,
these plants have doubled
in size and continue to grew
with additions and expan -
sions, without sacrificing
efficiency and highstanduxi,
weapon can be the adoption
of a personal life style on
restrained consumption. Do
not underestimate the power
and importance of the in
dividual because help in im
proving our environment
must begin with the indivi -
dual.
The following suggestion
. are practical measures you
can adopt:
Soft drinks in aluminum
. cans and "no deposit, no re
turn" bottles are major solid
waste polluters. Many soda
brands come in returnable
bottles which can be reused
up to 20 or more times. Buy
them, and return them. And,
they are much safer than the
thin-walled, one-way bot
tles.
Take extra time and ener
gy to flatten all your ca ns
Spruce Pine was selected
for the new plant not only
because of the beautiful top
ography which is air condi -
tioned by nature but because
of the wonderful character
and industriousness of citi
zens in this region.
For many years, a factoiy
in this mountainous country
was a dream of T. Henry
Wilson, who was President
Causes-Effects Os Pollution
By Mis . Juanita Gouge
Extension Aide
Water in nature is farfran
pure. Even the clearest
mountain brook contains
traces of iron, copper and
other subtances. But such
water is not polluted. The
materials in it help make it
taste delicious. Water is con
sidered polluted if it contains
wastes produced by man. Pol
lution comes from three prin
cipal sources: (1) untreated
sewage (2) industrial wastes
and (3) agricultural chemi -
cals.
Untreated sewage: About
2500 U.S. cities dump un
treated, or only sligatlytrea
ted sewage into rivers and
lakes. Untreated sewage
from homes contains large
amounts of organic wastes
(wastes from animal and plant
matter). Organic wastes can
safely by dumped into a river
or lake if the water contains
enough oxygen. The oxygen
and bacteria that use oxygen
break down most of the wastes
but if the river is overloaded
with wastes, the oxygen sup
ply becomes exhausted. Then
the sewage rots and gives off
smelly gases, and greasy
'Hines form on the water.
before putting them out for
the garbage collection. It is
easier to flatten the cans if
you leave a small portion of
the top and bottom lid attach
ed before pushing it inside
the can. Then flatten the
can by stepping on it.
Convenience packaging
is an ecological honor. Do
not buy six-packs or variety
packs when a larger single
package will serve the same
purpose. The extra packag
ing costs extra money and
adds to the waste disposal
problem.
Use containers that disin
tegrate readily. Glass, plas
tic and aluminum cans are
virtually indestructible.
Use decomposable—"bio
degradable " —pasteboard,
cardboard or paper containers
instead...
(If you can’t,at least buy
of Henredon until his death
last February. He worked
hard and diligently to ac
complish this dream. He
lived to see the plant under
construction but, unfortun -
ately, died before produc -
tion could be underway, ft
will be the determinedeffert
of each individual from top
to bottom to make this suc
cessful.
Industrial wastes: Industry
pollutes rivers and lakes with
many kinds of wastes. Slaugh
ter houses pour fat, blood aid
the stomach contents of ani
mals into the water. Organic
wastes also come from vege
table canneries, textile sac -
tories and paper mills. Plants
that make metal and chemi
cal products dump sal s and
acids into the water. Oils,
tars and greases come from
many industries.
Heat also pollutes watet
Industry uses most of its w a
-for cooling. When sac -
tories return this water to
rivets and l«':es, the water
is warmer than when it was
taken. The higher tempera
tures can kill fish, ft also
reduces the oxygen content
of the water, slowing the
breakdown of organic rmtter.
Agricultural chemicals:
Farmers use large amounts of
pesticides and weed killeis.
These chemicals work to
produce the great quantities
of food we need, but some
of them are poisonous to
fish, birds and man. Every
year agricultural chemicals
arc used over the land. Some
of the chemicals sprayed
and use returnable battles).
Don't buy food in plastic
wrappers if reasonable alter
natives such as unpackaged
fruits and vegetables are
available.
Use baking soda for many
of your housefiold cleaning
needs. Concern for the safe
ty of products, as they affect
the family and the environ -
ment, has made this old re
liable staple relevant to
today's needs. A solution
of soda, about three table -
spoons per quart of water,
makes a good cleaner for
large surfaces such as wood
work, tile, porcelin,enamel
or plastic, ft's also the tra
ditional cleaning solution
for the refrigerator, coffee
pot, cut glass, and crystal.
Odorless, itself, baking soda
ousts unwanted smells by
absorbing and neutralizing
them rather than masking
them with a synthetic fra
grance. Since it's a standari
baking ingredient it's re as -
surinrly people-safe which
gives it special value as a
cleaner for areas that come
in touch with food and babfc.
The versitility of baking socb
makes it possible for you to
cut down on those special -
ized products, most of which
come in non-recycled con
tainers.
Are you willing to let im
provement in environmental
quality begin with you, in
your own home?
on crops are washed off by
rains, and flow into rivets;
or they seep into the ground
and flow into rivers. These
chemicals collect in bodies
of some animals and consid
erable amounts of pesticides
have been found in the fish
caught far out at sea.
Fertilizes can also pol
lute the water. Like pesti -
cides, they are carried to
rivers and lakes by rain. Fe
rtilizers contain nitrates and
phosphates, which are also
found in sewage from homes.
Nitrates and phosphates help
water plants grow, just as
they do land plants. As
these substances are added to
the water, the plants multi
ply rapidly. In time they
cover large areas of the wa
ter. The w ater's oxygen
level falls, and the normal
balance between fish and
other water animals is upset.
Fish that need more oxygen
die and fish that need less
oxygen and eat different
foods replace them. In time
even these fish die because
they cannot get enough oxy
gen and the water becomes
dirtier and dirtier and smell
ier and smellier.