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: The Kings Mountain Herald
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| HEE
| MARTIN'S
| MEDICINE
By MARTIN HARMON


Nieces and nephews of Wil
liam Plonk honored him Sunday
at Resurrection Lutheran church
dining room.
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| The birthday celebration bur-i
been telling fclk that, coinci- |
party. Recheck with
the event, reveals there were 82.
gathering next year? Several
have suggested it.



TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
My son, attend junto ‘my avisdom, and bow thiw ear to my understending;
I ee eet te eee et sn eesanet emer — i
Answer Indicated
In response to the city commission's
resolution urging rapid action on imple-
menting the UU. S. 74 by-pass project,
bruce wentz, secretary of the vepart-
ment of Transportation has written the
Mayor that an indication on the US 74
timetable should be available by July 1.
That, of course, is that, much, but
the we..o. ur nr. Lentz’ letter gave little
if any indication that US 74 is on the
high priority list.
Indeed, Mr. Lentz wrote, there are
sufficient approved projects on the list
from prior highway commissions to
consume anticipated funds for the up-
coming eight years.
The present commission is now de-
termining “priorities”, said Mr. Lentz.
It is presumed that My. Lentz and
the highway comm ¢sion wil hat Ta
benefit of latest traffic counts, not only
those taken on Monaay mornings arer
10 o'clock, but, hopefully, a tew samp-
lings on weekends: 3
George W. Mauney was reminiscing
an incident last summer when a traffic
clogged weekend motorist stopped in
‘ront of his house and asked, “Is there
any quicker way to get through this
town.” Mr. Mauney routed the motorist
to Gold and west to Oriental.
There really isn't any quick way, as
some motorists, most locals and some
“throughs” have discovered or ferreted
cut alternates to crowded King Street.
News, of course, but the unhappy
#.nd, 1s contained in Mr. Lentz’ letter,
in the report that the 7.3-mile by-pas.
project is now estimated to cost $12
million.
The old saying that haste makes
waste often applies, but not in this in-
stance. 1''me was when highway engi-
reering cost estimates for the by-pass
was a comparatively modest $7 million.
A Jady asked of the Herald this
week what the Herald knew or the by-
pass project. The answer: exactly what
vou know.
The summation is: not much.
Two factors are currently delaying
federally shared road projects (US 74 is
50 nercent federally paid, 50 percent
state).
The principal factor is that Presi-
dent iviavu was suns va PALI
cipation. by freezing the federal por-
tion.
The other is the argument in Con-
gress between Congresmen from Metro-
politan centers who want to change the
tormula and rob the highway fund (sup-
plied by federal gasoline taxes) for
mass transit and fast transit between
urban areas. The Congressmen from the
hinterlands, not needtul of high speed
inter-urban trains and other mass
transit media, want to continue to in-
vest in concrete as Kings Mountain (and
the motorist passing through) does.
Ave
The Herald was somewhat amused
on a recent morning at the Charlotte
Observer's espousal of the mass trans-
it position. Mecklenburg is growing and
is North Carolina’s chief metropolitan
candidate. But is Charlotte yet a mass
transit city?
A US 74 by-pass or throughway has
been in the “serious” talking stage since
1949—just 24 years.
Figuring five years to build, and
assuming (hardly assured) a top prior-
ity rating by the current highway com-
mission, that would make it about
three decades in the doing thereof.
Meantime, the traffic pile-ups get
worse, worse and (pardon our gram-
mar) worser.

Congratulations to Blair Pethel,
grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Booth W.
Gillespie, who has been appointed to
attend the governor’s school this sum-
mer. The student is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Franklin Pethel f Greensboro.
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As Was Feared
The Good Book saith a house di-
vided shall not stand.
The Bibilical dictum was recalled
when Jim t:0isuouser, cpu
ed an upset victory for governor last
November and ggain when the heavily
Democratic General Assembly conven-
ed.
The result, on the record, has been
worse nan mgt nave wveel expeceed
by even the more pessimistic.
In North Carolina, where the Gov-
ernor (happily or unhappily) has no
veto power, it might have been assum-
ed that the General Assembly would
have picked up the reins and voiced
the “gee’s” and “ha’s” required to man-
age the ship of state.
Instead, the state has witnessed a
Mexican stand-off (one scared and the
other glad of it).
The excuse of annual sessions
(we'll go back to Raleigh next year”)
has been invoked on many important
issues. No-tault insurance has been
ditched until 1974, and many others
fall in the same category.
It, of course, was no surprise that
the General Assembly, blessed (or curs-
ed) with a $250 million surplus, would
put sufficient burden on its appropria-
tions committees that $49 million had
to be pared off appropriation proposals
to meet the constitutional requirement
of a balanced budget.
Will the record improve?
Doletully . . . not likely.
Penalty of Progress
After June 1, Mountain Lanes Bowl-
ing Center will no longer be in opera-
tion.
The Kings Mountain Redevelopment
Commission first purchased the build-
ing, later the facilities, of the city’s lone
bowling establishment — training site
for several area citizens who ventured
into the big leagues of national champ-
ionship play and brought home the ba-
con — national championship honors.
The bowlers, doing business at the
same stand for more than a quarter
century are homeless and unuoappy.
They're looking tor a place to go.
Most folk are sympathetic to the
Central Business District redevelopment
project, for they realize that much of
the business district was constructed as
much as 75 years ago and seen better
days.
However, the relocations are diffi-
cult, and some means should be devised
to accommodate the bowlers as well as
private vendors of goods and services
which citizens need.
Progress has never been without
its penalties, but there are ways to con-
vert the penalties into pluses via imag-
inative approaches.
Bill Laughter
While his many friends rejoice in
his advancement, they are concurrently
unhappy that this advancement removes
William F. (Bill) Laughter and his
family from Kings Mountain.

Mr. Laughter’s life to date can well
be categorized ‘good citizen".
An active churchman, Mr. Laughter
practices his religion in his daily rela-
tionships with others.
Glen Alpine, where Mr. Laughter is
the new postmaster, is Kings Moun-
tain’s loss.
Congratulations to George W.
Plonk, Jr., a medical interne appointee
at Bowman Gray School of Medicine in
Winston-Salem.
Proverbs 5.1
born in 1835.
MOVE TOWARD JUSTICE
IN SCHOOLING ACT WwW t
It is good to see that America’s an §
move toward justice in the fin-|
ancing of public schools is ero School Board '
ceedirg on the state and
levels to which it was abandon: |
ed when the Supreme Court de-
! cided not to act nationally in it
on his 81st cirthday at a dinner | pehalf.
ferations, the
(not be lost, now that the prob-
!geoned into a family reunion of| out of the
the William Lafayette and Re- hy peversing a
gina Ware Plonk progeny. I had|¢: !
dentally, 81 were present for the|widely
Maude was |
Plonk Harper, guiding spirit for| cently the Now J
1 Court joined the
The extra one seed for another | pling that Nw Jersey's
{financing system did ot satisfy!
|a state constitutional amendment
requiring equal education oppor-
Association,
Just recommended that the state know if this is directed at me,” |
Viewpoints of Other Editors
local |
Representative
The Kings Mountain Board of
| Education Monday night agreed
to further study a request from
the Association of Classrcom
| Teachers (ACT) for representa-
For the enefit of coming gen-
momentum must
{lem--frankly admitted by the .. : :
{ high COUT 118 DOH: San | tion on the board of educaticn. |
The ACT made the request at |
the monthly meeting of the |
moveme for re . J !
ReTR Or asm school board, asking that a
Texan’ othe \ r teacher be named to the board as |
ig 4 Ol 4 non-voting member.
o . |
I'he Supreme Court kept itself]
ion that


‘hool financing, cased partly |
ply ox The board only last month
V g 21 y axes 3 3 I:
0, . | na gs Mounta High |
unconstitutional. More re- named Kings Mountain High |
ersey Supreme School junior John Knox McGill |
rotor : by | 19 the board as a non-voting
e > member,
school nt. Don Jones said he did not |
recommend the resolution and |
one board member, Alex Owens,
expressed disfavor with the idea.
nm | unity. | Owens noted that a teacher
It was the first family gather-| Similarly cases have been com. Should “put in his time in the
ing ever for the William Lafay-|ing up in many states. Pressure ¢lassicom — what he is getting |
etie Plonk clan. The elder Mr. [for change js mounting. | paid for.” :
Plonk, “who died in 1924, was | Supt. Jones said he has always
The Massachusetts
C Teachers | felt that he is the teachers’ rep-
for example, has resentative on the board. “I don’t |
{shift from reliance on property he said, “but I have fried to rep- |
William Luther Plonk,
| IOS. Key add i: 4
who's taxes for education to increased resent them in a way they want-
f never married, has 22 nieces and Sales and income taxes wth ed to be represented.” |
nephews, of whom 19 were pre- No diminution of local con-| Two high school teachers, Phil
sent. Honored guests included his trol”. Bryson and Mrs. Carolyn McWhir- |
sisters, Dr illic ? f hi : or, noted t Jones might have !
[sisters, Dr. Lillian Plonk, of\ aavor white, in a lengthy | 5. ted that 3 hight have
{ Asheville Mrs. Eunice Plonk “iti FAA FF 21a WY misinterpreted the intentions of
Be ’ ,, | Position paper on achieving : |
Harmon and Mrs. Mary Plonk | equal eduction in Boston” said the resolution. ] |
[ Lovell, of Kings Mountain; his that the Supreme Court riiing Bryson said the resolution. was |
| sisters-in-law, Mrs. Carl A. upapes jt all the more impera. med at getting the teachers |
lonk Asheville 3. Rufus! ive th tore era jewpoints and Mrs. McWhirter !
{ Plonk, of Asheville Mrs. Rufus jy that the legislature take iewpoints
I.. Plonk and Mrs. Clarence S.
two aunts-in-law, Mrs. Michael
L. Plonk, age
and Mrs. J
Hickory.
Calvin
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{ i tions. One likely solution involves
| Mrs. Cal Plonk, a genealogical a combination of property taxes ed and
| historian like her late husband, and other support, with
an h lecisive actlon to end the injus-
Plonk, of Kings Mountain; andl jee
e ry | youngster's education depend u;
97, of Gastonia,! ty
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Plonk, of jy»
| raises difficult
said the purpose is to better com-
of having the quality of a aT. there is a teacher |
! in the system who fieant this to!
commun: ha a direct slap at the superin-
| tendent,” Mrs. McWhirter said. !
She added that there is often a |
“phreakdcwn in communications |
between what has really happen- |
what happens on our
e wealth of his
The attack on such injustice
financial ques-
end.”
means .
The board also agreed to fur-
| related that the first Plonk to|for ironing out d.sparities. New a
| emigrate to the states was | prchblems could result from full! ther study a second request by |
| Joseph, who arrived from Ger-|rej’acement of property taxes] the ACT on the use of teacher |
| many in 1823, settling in the by state and federal revenues evaluation forms. i
| southern edge of Lincoln coun-|for example, the iron possibility| The ACT requested that any |
| tv. Forebear Joe lived to be 10). of money from general taxes forms other than the regular |
[ | rushing into rich neighbrhoods. | evaluation form now being used |
| bi ; be submitted to the teacher per- |
| mm i Many such ramifications are scnnel policy committee for re- |
\ Dr. George Plonk was a mas- | dealt with in a timely Brookings | view and recommendation to the |
| terful master of ceremonies. [Instiution study “Reforming board of education.
! {School Finance.” It notes that] 5 . {
! m-m .any reform plan would raise] According to Jones, the resolu- |
't ot a 1 expend tures on schools. | tion came about as a result of
1 covered biographical “~tails,
| interspersed with a few favorite
| anecdotes, about Uncie William, |
"who :ecam, plain William when
[1 was a little shaver and he tired |
|of the “Uncle”. It happens that
| William was born slightly less
i than 400 years (by thre2 months) |
| before Columous set sail to dis-
i cover the New World on August
[3, 1492, ani exactly 117 years
{after the patriots to the East,
| signed the Mecklenburg
ation of Independence in 1775.
| Low-spending districts would be
“leveled
spending districts “leveled down.”
Indea¢
in ragging any school down for!
the sake of equality. The revera-
tions of
| changes
their
school
gests.
a cdmment he made to Dean |
up” rather than high. | Westmoreland, policy committee |
chairman, that communications |
regarding evaluations between |
principal and teacher should be |
put on paper in some check-list |
format which would be easy for
the principal to administer.
Westmoreland estimated that
90 percent of the teachers are |
catisfied with the present form.
He said passage of the Fair Em-
other ployment and Dismissal Act had
, there would be no point

include
values as,
the
sug-
reform could
in property
tax relationship to
changes, the study
Meanwhile, a flurry of
Declar-| gt dies is rais'ng questions a out | brought about widespread inter
{the impact of formal education, |
est in any additional evaluative |
{suggesting that home and other materals that might be used.
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William finshed high school
{in Kings Mountain at the tende
factors
ence to children than differences
in school. But no one could rea-| school calendar for the District |
I'l sonzbly take these as an excuse! II NCAE meeting and to exclude
may make more differ- The teachers further requested
to have Oct. 5 as a part of the
ag, of 14 and had navigated Le-| for letting up in the effort to use of the public address systems
i noir College (now Lenoir:
| Rhyne), three years later. Grad-
{uating in the same class were
| his late sister Laura, valedictor-
{ian, and brother Rufus, |
‘relationship
| cents and quality
m-m
|gressman E. Yates Webb
| j though the fact that an expensive than gas, at
| He became secretary to Con-| education may not necessarily be| schools and to negotiate with |
of | “good” does not mean that
give as many children as possi-! schools as a means of evaluating
ble as good an education as pos-| teachers.
sible.
| In other business the board:
I 1) Heard a request from the |
is no strict! gghool architect on the school |
etween dollars and jmprovement program and voted |
education —!ty have all-electric power, rather
East’ and West |
Obviously there
a | Duke Power Co. on use of electric |
Shelby, until World War I, when'cheap one is more likely to be heat at the proposed new junicr
he became sergeant-major to a so. Whatever the rsearchers say, high;
| genera] stationed at Chaumont, all parents want a good school
he! rather
| France. Following the war,
was personal secretary to
{ here during his father's
| illness, then a return to New
{ York until the early thirties
|when he returned home and
| joined Plonk Brothers, where |
[he's been aver since and still is. |
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Dr. John Rhodes, a Raleigh
| nephew, got his medical school- |
ing at Harvard. On one trip to
Boston John had the good for-
tune to te on a train which Fred
Butler, William's good friend,
was conductor. “I ate all the
way to Boston,” John recalls,
“free”!
m-m
John (his mother was Ida
Plonk, eldest of the family) was
| always close to his grandfa-
| ther’s family, one summer lived)
with Grandpa and jerked soda |
at Finger Drug Company, ano- |
ther served as his Grandfather's |
chauffeur, and yet another lived |
at Uncle Rufe’s. He describes |
| that summer on the farm as one |
of “good eat:n’ and hard work”".
He described Uncle Rufe as a
“gentle disciplinarian”, a man of
| “character, positive thinking and
| gentle disposition”. i

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|
|
i Ha suggested the same attri-
utes apply to William Luther
{ Plonk, 81 years young.
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| The word is that there'll be
| more great-nieces and great-nep-
| hews eligible to attepd in "74.
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the | their child. Their chances should Davison, recommending the coun-
president of United States Rub-| be better if the move for equal ty levy the full 20 cents authoi-
ber Company, then a short stay educational opportunity is
final | sued with vigor
2) Approved forwarding a let-
than a poor school for ter to county finance officer, Joe
pur- | ized levy as a supplemental tax;
and wisdom. 3) Approved the hiring of Rob-
Chritian Science Mon: tor. ert Hendrick as addition band-vo-
pee cal music teacher for the high


GOVERNOR JAMES E. HOLSHOUSER, JR. (R), is shown receiving
a certificate of appointment as Honorary Chairman of the North
Carolina U. S. Savings Bonds Committee. The appointment was
made by Secretary of the Treasury George P. Shultz. Presenting |
the appointment certificate is Bland W. Worley (L). President |
The Wachovia Corporation. and Volunteer North Carolina State |
Chairman for Savings Bonds. |
| ne ;
school and junior high;

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KINGS MOUNTAIN
Hospital Log
VISITING HOURS
Daily 10:30 to 11:30 AM.
3tod4 PM.and 7 to 8 P.M.
Mrs. Yates D. Blanton
Mrs. Eather G. Branch
Mrs. Samuel E. Goles
Mrs. Julia D. Condny
Arthur L, Davis
William Jake England
Ranson D. Goforth
Mrs. Virginia G. Grigg
Lawrznce Guy
Mrs. Gertrude LL... Hoffman
Mrs. Jessie L. Hord
Max Daniel Ingle
Mrs. Eugene D. Jackson
Ervin Alfred Jenkins
Mrs. Verdie Ma, Kale
Paul B. Kirby
Hazel E. Lankford
Laura Jane Laws
Mrs. Ruth M. Lemester
John Lewis Jr.
Mrs. Irene G. Melton
Walter M. Moorhead
Manuel ‘A. Moss
Mrs. Colean D. MeDaniel
Mrs. Betty P. Parker
Mrs. Rufus Phifer
orman Lee Pittman
Forest C. Sipe
Mrs. F. Lee Yarbro
Kevin R. Bingham
Billy F. Bridges
Mrs. Floyd E. Jackson
Mrs. (Glennie Blackston
Edward 0. Gore
Mrs, Jasper R. Putnam
Bobby C. Beaty
Charles C. Dixon
Mrs. Garlin Hoyle
Mrs. Bertha K. Hullender
Mrs. Will W. Whetst.ne
ADMITTED THURSDAY
Isaac Bell, Jr, Rt 1,
city.
Mrs. Nona G.
Box 190, city.
Andy C. Hall 202 E.
Bessemer City.
Gerald D. Hipp,
Box 266,
Burris, Rt
623 E. Gold
| St., city.
James M. Mayes, Rt 3, city.
ADMITTED FRIDAY
Mrs. Faul A. Byers,
Street, B. C.
Mrs. Marie Irene Carroll, Rt, 2,
Cherryville. {
Mrs. Fred M. Dulin, 401 <. |
King St., city.
i
104 E.,
Mrs. Hubert R. Ijames, 3039
Knollwood Dr., Gast. |
Mrs. Pinkey T. Mitchell, 406
S. 10th St, B. C.
Sam Paul Welch, No. 4, Wells |
St. .Ext., city. !
Carl V. Wiesener, Sr, 114 S.1
| Gaston St., city.
ADMITTED SATURDAY |
Arthur J. Hedden, 805 Mea- |
dowbrook, city, |
Frank Phillips, 297 N. Dilling |
St... city. i
Rabert A. Shick, 2627 Pem-
Gast.
Robert A. Woods, Rt. 1, Box
' 203, city.
ADMITTED SUNDAY
Mrs. Ruby iL. Dixon, 211 Dil-
ling St., city,
Marvin H. Martin, Rt, 3, Box
351 City. i
Harlin E. Stoterau, 306 Silver
| Bell Road.
1;
Main St.
| of Gaflney,
Thursday, May 24, 1973
Hu-ert G. Clemmons, 48 Ches-
terfield Ct., City.
Mrs. Victor Garrett, Rt. 1,
! city.
Mrs. Shirley Ann Cochran, 17
25 Maxton Avenue, Gast.
Mrs. Carmon L. Byrum, P. O.
Box 215, Hickory Grove, S. C.
James A. Hill, 103 E. La. Av-
enue, B. C.
Gene Floyd Taltert, Rt. 1,
Clover
Mrs. Homer May, 2400 SKy-
land Drive, Rd. Gast.
ADMITTED TUESDAY
Mrs. William E. Meeks, 407
Walnut Street, City.
Gene H. Falls, 1200 E. Forbes
Road, Gast.
wersor Gary Ross, 600 Jackson
8t., city. ’
Wilpurn J. Campbell, Rt. 1,
Bessemer City.
Roy Ervin Bridges, Rt. 1, city.
Mrs. Harold D. Childers, bul
W. Pine St., Blacksburg, S. C.
William J. Rowland, 501 Vir-
ginia Avenue, B. C. =
James Earl Whitaker, 1725
Parkdale Avenue, Gast.
Announcements
Birth
Mr, and Mrs. Herman L. Bush,
Route 1, Gastonia, announce the
birth of a son, Tuesday, May 15,
Kings Mountain hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Wayne LeRoy,
605 McDonnel St, Clover, 5. C,
announce the birth of a son, Fri-
day, May 18, Kings Mounfain
hospital.
Mr. and Mis. Jason M. Smith,
Rt. 2, Box 705, Bessemer City, an
nounce the birth of a son, Mon-
day, May 21, Kings Mountain
hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Meeks,
107 Walnut Street, anncunce the
birth of a son, Wednesday, May
23, Kings Mountain hospital.
AVC Corp.
Buys Grover Mill
Minette Mills of Grover, estab-
lished in 1919 by the late Charles
F. Harry Sr., was sold Tuesday to
AVC Corporation cf Charlotte ana
Philadelphiafor $2.5 million.
It was announced Wednesday
in a joint statement by Dr. Frank
H. Reichel Jr., president of AVC,
Charlotte, and June L. Parks Jr,
presidentof Minette
Mills, Inc., that a plan has been
formulated whereby in excess of
80 percent of the common stock
of Minette would be acquired by
AVC. Under the plan the result
would he the acquisition of 100
| percent of the common stock by
AVC. It was reported that Min
ette stockholders will receive $250)
far each of the 10,000 shares now
cutstanding.
Teums call for initial payment
of 15 percent with the balance in
| notes payable over the next eight
years. Additional payments bas-
ed on attainment of certain eam-
ings levels during the next twa
years might also be made.
The mill currently employs 550
persons and runs three shifts. It
St, city. ' makes upholstery fabrics and
ADMITTED MONDAY bedspreads and grosses approxi-
Mrs. Jason M.
Box 705, B. C,
Mrs. ‘Annie D.
2, Phifer Rd. city.
Mrs. Robert (K. Moss, 109 Rich-
land St., Clover.
Smith, Rt. 2,
McDaniel, Rt.
4) Heard a report from Supt.
Jones on the sale of $2.5 million
in bonds upcoming May 29;
5) Heard a report from Jones |
that desegregation information |
requested by the Dept. of Health, |
Education and Welfare had been
submitted; |
6) Was informed that Bethware
Schocl was a state winner in a |
recent statewide beautification '
project and voted to forward a !
letter of appreciation to the
school and the PTA; |
7) Approved the following
teacher elections: Gail Womack, |
Mrs. Rebecca Champion, Mrs.
Cora Knight and Glenda Goforth;
Dorothy Finger, Nancy Reynolds,
8) Accepted the following res-
ignations: Mrs. Linda S. Black,
East; and Mrs. Joan H. Murphy, |
Central.
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| stock was owned by others, there
Keep Your Radio Dial Set At
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KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
News & Weather every hour on the hour,
Weather every hour on the half hour.
Fine entertainment in between
mately $16 million annually.
Charles F. Harry Jr., chairman
of the hoard of Minette Mills
Har-Ray Mills Inc, and Grover
Industries, said Wednesday thm
most of the Harrys were against
the sale. “But we were outnum-
and since most of the
was not much peint in trying to
hold on,” he said.
Har-Ray Mills, a spinning plant
operation, and Grover Industries,
a warping, dyeing and slashing
operation, was not involved in
the sale and will remain with
the original owners. The Harry
family cwns controlling stock in
both operations.
Minnette was built in 1919 by
Charles F. Harry Sr, who was
[ a lumber dealer. It was first in
the table cloth manufacturing
business. Bedspread manufactur
ing was added in 1928 with up-
holstery fabrics added shortly
thereafter, according te C. F.
Harry Jr.
Minette became a corporation
in 1946 and the Harry sons and
daughters were given opportuni
ties to obtain stocks.
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