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SHERRILL TONEY'S SECOND PERIOD SCIENCE : dy Berry, Lee Guin, Brian Oliver, Kevin Ramey, Roderick
CLASS...observe textile processes as Walt Moss, Plant Alston, Tony Bridges, Jeremy Funderburk, Gary Philbeck, Clint
Manager at Park Yarn, takes the local seventh-graders on a Spicer Scott Wheeler. Thurmand Young, April Benefield. f
special plant tour in coordination with Textile Week. Students Charlene Crawford. Gayla Jones, Jackie Plonk, Tracey Ward, :
pictured are Aaron Anderson, Sean Garris, Sammy Harris, Gail Bess, Shannon Martin, Stephanie Gold, Sophia McGill,
Richard James, David Larson, Kerry McPherson, J.J. Powell, An- Michelle Pruitt, and Chrisa Weld.
TEXTILE WEEK CELEBRATION
OCTOBER 23-29
Park Y arn Mills has been a part of Kings Mountain’s industrial heritage To celebrate Textile Week, each one of their 225 employees were given
since 1906. Originally, it was known as John’s Manufacturing but was a six pack cooler and textile window and bumper stickers. The also gave
later renamed as Park Yarn. Today, it is owned by Glen-Raven Mills in plant tours to many classes of seventh graders from Central School and
Glen-Raven, North Carolina; but still operates under the Park Yarn addressed fourth graders at Grover Elementary.
name.
They produce a 50/50 blend of cotton-poly cone yarn to be used for Park Yarn holds 140,000 square feet of operating space. They plan to
knitting. The plant’s 128 spinning spindales manufacture 130,000 pounds invest $275,000 in remodeling and new machinery during the next six
of cone yarn each week. months.
PARK YARN MILLS
COMPANY, INC.
Grover Road, Kings Mountain, North Carolina
739-2536