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NEWSLETTER

M ember Georgia Press Association
Published monthly by GEORGIA DEPT. OF COMMERCE
100 State Capitol
* MARVIN GRIFFIN Governor BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS EMORY L. BUTLER
Chairman T . C. BRANSON, JR. HOKE PETERS
BEN JESSUP TRAMMELL MciNTYRE
* SC OT T CANDLER Secretary FRED D. MOON
Editor

Vol. 10, No. I

Novem ber, 1958

s 147 RADIO TV

STATIONS IN GA.

Georgia has 147 broad casting stations, says the U . S. Dep artmen t of Commerce. I ncl uded a rc 134 AM and F M radio stations and 13 television
outl ets.

SUNWEAR TO OPEN PLANT AT RUTLEDGE
A new industry to m anu factu re men's an d boys' wa lking shorts a nd swim tr un ks will op en shor tly in Rutledge. I t will be called Sunwea r of Geo rgia, Inc.
M r. and Mrs. Horace Trui tt a nd S. L. L eslie incorporat ed th e new fir m. T he T ru it ts wer e associated wi th Thur mond Mf g. Co . for ma ny yea rs.
T he pla nt , loca ted in the M. L. Wa llace Bldg., will employ 40 to 50 persons.

LAKE ALLATOONA VISITORS AT RECORD TWO MILLION

T he nu mb er of visitors to Allatoona Dam an d R eservoir area is expec ted to reach a record tot al of two million thi s yea r.
At tendance in 1957 was 1,537,000. R eservoir M an ager O . H. M onroe said a chec k of au tomobile tags show s tha t more than half of t he visitors come from the Atlan ta metropo litan ar ea , while th e remainder represent practica lly ever y sta te in th e un ion a nd ma ny for eign coun tries. T he 12,000-acre la ke crea ted by th e dam, lying in Ba rtow, C hero kee a ~d Cobb Co unties, is easily accessible via excellent paved roads. It is a m ecca for sportsmen a nd sigh tseers a like.

ALL ATOONA GU IDE POS T Workmen place sign board.

KRESS CHOOSES AUGUSTA SITE
S. H . Kress & Co. is erec ting a 73,000 square-foo t wa reh ouse a t Au gu sta whi ch will serv e as it s d istribution center for the en tire Sou theast.
Locat ed six mi les sou th of th e city limits, th e one-s tory brick building will cost $300,000 to $400 ,000 .
K ress off icia ls said ini tial emp loyment at the facility will be 70 peop le.
SHRIMP GROUP FORMED
T hirty p rincipa ls in the shrimping ind ustr y which employs more th an 1,000 person s a nd 50 boats, have formed th e C ha tha m Coun ty Sea food Producers Assn., a t Savannah.

PULPWOOD PUTS $77 MILLION IN GEORGIA'S TILL
Pu lpwoo d produ ced in Geo rgia in 1957 was va lued at $77, 180,000, says th e Sout hern Pul pwood Conservation Assn .
Georgia aga in led the Sou th , with Alabama running secon d with $46 million .
Nea rly all of Georgia's 159 counties sha red in pulpwood incom e, with Pierce, Wayne, Camden and C linc h Cou n ties leadi ng.
BROILER PLANT OPENS
Swift & Co. 's new broi ler processing plant at Douglas, a half-milli on dolla r insta llation, h as go ne into produ ction .

COVER PHOTO
E towah Mounds, said by arch aeologists to be th e fin est ceremonial and burial site in th e country, and th e newl y ded icated Et owah Museum. Bet ween th e mounds and the museum is part of th e moat whi ch formerly surroun de d the prehi stori c C ree k co m m u n i ty; in th e backgrou nd is th e Etowah Ri ver. The mu seum houses hundreds of Indian ar tifac ts of stone, wood , copper and bon e, including two priceless idol s of Georgia white marble. (Story on Pa ge 3 )- ae rial photo by Jo e W ra y, At la n t a .

N. S. SAVANNA H- He re's how th e world's first nu clear-power ed civilian ship will look whe n it jo ins th e U. S. M erchan t Marine fleet in 1960. Bear ing the na me of th e first vessel to cross th e Atlantic under steam 139 yea rs ag o, t he new Sava nna h will be 587 feet lon g, displa ce 21,800 ton s, and ha vc a serv ice speed of abo ut 20 kno ts. U nde r const ruc tion no w at Cam den, N.J ., she will be laun ched next ycar and is scheduled to go into service in 1960. This sketch is by Rel ian ce Elect ric & Enginee ri ng Co., Cleveland, Ohio, wh ich is supplying electric motor dri ves for pumps, winc hes an d oth er auxiliaries throughout th e ship . R eliance has a sales branch in Atlanta.

GEO RG IA J)EPA RT~vIENT OF CO.1vlMERC E

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NEWSLETTER

November, 1958

ETOWAH MUSEUM TO DRAW TOURISTS FROM THE WORLD

(SEE COVER PHOTO )

Etowah Mounds Museum, de-

scribed by Governor Marvin Griffin

as a depository of "some of the most

priceless archeological artifacts ever

unearthed in America," is open near

Cartersville.

The Governor, dedicating the

$135,000 stru cture, declared that it

will draw tourists, students and pro-

fessional observers from all parts of

the world.

The mu seum ad jo ins th e fam ou s

mounds about one mil e west of Car-

tersville, in a sweep ing curve of th e

Et owah River. The mounds, believed

to be 1,000 yea rs old, are regarded as

th e fin est Indian ceremonia l and mor-

tu a rv sites in th e U nited St at es.

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AMONG H UNDREDS of a r tifa cts rec ove red fr om one of th e mounds being excava ted by L ewis H. L awson ,
.I r. , residen t a rchaeologist of th e Geor -
gia Histori cal C ommission , arc tw o idols ca rved from solid m arble. T hese figures, th e on ly ones of th eir kind ever found in this coun try, are among th e displ ays in th e mu seum . Other exhi bits include pearls, cop pe r axes a nd em bossed c o p p e r shields, flint swor ds and cere mon ia l a nd mortua rv item s of met al, tile, wood a nd ston c.
" W ith th e development of our historical sites, Georgia is moving forward," Governor Griffin told a crowd of 4,000 gathered for the exercises. "Not to develop them would be like taking seed corn to the mill and having it ground into meal, leaving nothing for the future."
H e pointed ou t th at th e histori cal :( rnm ission has a lre ady ope ne d Jarl t Manor , pre-Revolutionary tavern nea r T occoa, th e Dr. Crawford W. Long Museum a t J effer son, and th e Chi ef V ann man sion near Ch at sworth.

ETOWAH MUSEUM DEDICATION-Governor Marvin Griffin makes principal
address. Seated, left to right: Bartow County Commissioner Griffin Smith ; Mrs . B. J.
Bandy, Dalton; Cartersville Mayor Charles A. Cowan ; Mrs. Erwin Mit ch ell, joseph B. Cummings, Augusta, chairman, Georgia Historical Commission ; M . L . Fle etwood ;
Secre tary of State Ben W. Fortson, jr., Congressman Erwin Mitchell; Dr. A. R. K elly ; judge j . L. Davis; Commerce Secretary Scott Candler. Thousands attended exercises.

Other proj ects under way in clude th e restor ati on of New Echot a, th e old Cher ok ee ca pita l near C alhoun ; a colonia l mu seum a t Midw ay, in Liber ty County ; restor ati ons of Eagle T avern, W atkinsville, th e White House at Au gu sta, and Fort M cAlli ster, near Savannah , a nd a C onf ed erat e mu seum a t W ashin gt on.
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PRESIDING at th e cere mo ny , J osep h B. Cumming, of Augu st a, chairman of th e histori cal commission, ca lled th e mu seum a "c ultu ra l monum erit ."
State Co mme rce Se c re ta ry Scott C andler em phasized th e tourist va lue of Etowah and th e o ther histori cal pr oj ect s.
The Etowah site was occupied and the mounds built between 900 and 1550 D.C., archaeologists say. Creek Indians from a wide area of north Georgia and east Tennessee gathered for rituals in temples which stood on the summits of the mounds. This ceremonialism was cen tered around the growing of corn, and in-

volved an elaborate ritual con sisting of a priesthood, symbolism and much exotic paraphernalia.
Origin all y th er e were seven mounds in th e gro up, but four were leveled by con tinuous cult iva tio n. Of th e tri o remaining, tw o a re kn own to be burial mounds and th e third . whi ch is mu ch lar ger in size, is bcli ev'ed to h ave been th e princip al ceremonial site .
Dr. W arren K. M oor ehead , nationa lly kno wn a rchaeologist, exp lore d one of th e sma ller mounds in 1925-27 , ope ning up 100 g raves, and recover ed 12,000 a r tifa cts. H e d ecl ar ed th e mound exha usted , but M r. L arson, five yea rs ag o, began diggin g in th e same spo t. Alr ead y he h as located scores of graves a nd un earthed th ou sands of items, including th e priceless idol s.
The largest of th e Et owah mounds still stand ing h as a circum ferenc e a t th e base of marc than one -fourth of a mile, is 70 feet tall , a nd h as a flat top nearly as large as a baseball field .
A legend in No rthwest Georgia is th at this mound is restin g place of th e Israelites' lost Ar k of the Cov ena nt.

INDIAN DANCE-Cartersville's jim Scott, who is a featur ed performer dance at th e dedication of th e new mu seum at Etowah Mounds, pre-historic
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GEO RG IA DEPARTMENT

NEWSLETTER

No\"C'mber, 1958

MICHIGAN PAPER MANUFACTURER PUTTING BIG PLANT AT GRIFFIN

KVP Co., Kalamazoo, Mich., a leading manufacturer of paper and paper products, will begin const ru ction of a converting plant and warehouse at Griffin before th e end of the year.
Initial unit of the installation, con taining 30,000 square feet, will cost $300,000.
Dwi ght L. St ocker , K VP pr esid ent , sa id th e plant will sta r t with 20 to SO emp loyees.
I t will engage in conve r ting ope ra tions- t he printing, waxin g. re wind ing and shee ting of p ap er. No pulp making or pap er m a chin e- a rtivitv is plan ned .
The plan t is sche d uled to be in ope ra tion ea rly in 1959.
Besid es tw o pap er mill s a t K al amazoo. its hom e city. KVP has six othe r plant s loca ted" in th e U n ited Sta tes a nd Ca na da .
THE FIRM has ncarl v +.000 em ployees, 2,::100 of wh om a r;' a t work in its plants in th e U nited States . Sales figures for th e com pa ny hav e risen from $75,000 in 1910 to O\T r $5+ million in 1957.
KVP is one of the coun try's leading producers of food protection papers and printed waxed wrappers. The products serve many major industries.
The new plant will be erec ted on 15 ac res in th e new indus tria l a rea owne d bv th e City of G riffin. ju st sou theast ' of th e cit) limits. .
BLUE BELL ERECTS
$300,000 ADDITION
Blue Bell, In c., Co mmerc e, is erec ting a 60,000 sq ua re- foot bui ldin g a t its plant whi ch will be used for office s a nd cu t ting and sh ipping space. M anag er T . F. H arden est ima ted cost of th e add itio n a t $300,000.
BIGGEST SHOP CENTER
Br oadview Pl aza, Geo rgia's largest shopp ing cen te r, has been formall y opene d in Atl anta. The cen te r, costing $24 mill ion . includ es 50 sto res. shops a nd offices const ructed on fou r busin ess levels, a nd pr ovid es [rre parking for 5,000 ca rs.

NEW MILL UNIT - T his aerial view of Pepperell Mfg. Co. , Lindale, shows in the for eground th e new 100 ,000 square-foot loom room. T he addition, into which 1,000 looms recently wer e mov ed, is built on an area formcrly uscd for a baseball field .

SAVANNAH PORT LEADS SOUTHEAST

IN FOREIGN TRADE, ENGINEERS SAY

T he Port of Sa va nna h agai n led th e

South At lanti c region in for eign ca rgo tonnage in 1957, say th e U S. Engi-

neer s in a rep ort ju st released .

Imports anc! ex po r ts mo vin g th rou gh

th e port during th e yea r totaled 4,-

210,429 ton s com pa red to 4,1 57,020

tons in 1957, or a ga in of 1.3 p er cen t.

The 1957 ton nage was near th e I"CC-

or c! set in 1955. wh en 4.220.000 ton s

wer e h andled . .

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In cr eases were not ed in 1957 in ship-

ments of flour, lat ex, naval sto res, cot-

ton, syn thetic fib er s, lumber , railroac!

ATLANTA TO GET SKYSCRAPER TRIO
Peachtree St. in midtown At lanta faces a boom in skyscra pe rs.
W . B. Sh ar tzer plan s a $2.5 million building, mostl y apa r tme nts, a t th e northwest corner of th e famous thoroughfar e and Bak er St. It would be 14 stories.
Georgia Power Co . will erect a 15 to 20-floor office building a t th e sou thwest corner of th e same int er secti on .
Atl anta M er ch andi se M art is blu epr inting a $20 milli on new hom e, to cost $ 11 million . a t Peachtree a nd H arri s.

tics, fu el oil, gypsum roc k, cla ys, a nd scrap iron. D ecrea ses from th e previ ous veal" s level were seen in fertilizer s. indu'strial chem icals, m achinery, paper : gaso line a nd sugar.
LINGERIE PLANT GETS NEW HOME
Dclcnc Lingeri e, In c., Cartersville, now opera ting in tw o locations, will conso lida te a ll of its faciliti es under one roof J an . 1.
President Irving Delan cy a nnounced th e firm has acqu ir ed a long-term lease on th e plant formerl y opera ted by Bartow T extile Corp .
Delen e has been in ope ra tion two years and now has 140 em ployees. M r. D eL an ev sa id thi s number will be increa sed in th e new location .
NEW BERRY DORM
Grou nd has been b rok en a t Ber ry Co llege, M ount Berry, for a new dormit orv to hou se 132 studen ts. Cost of th e str uctur e will be $400,000 , half of whi ch was don a ted by th e Charl es A. Dan a Found ati on . .

GEOH,GJA DEP ARTM ENT O F C O M M E RC E

NEWSLETTER

N ovember , 1958

MILL
FORCE OF 500

Peerless Woolen Mills will erect a new manufacturing p lant in Tifton which will open with an initial ernploymcnt of 500.
Peerless, a member company of Burlington Industries, Inc., already has one mill at Tifton which has 130 workers. The company also has plants at Rossville, Ga., and Cl eveland, Tenn.
John H . Hutch eson , J r. , of R ossville. Peerless board c h a i rrn a n , sa id a n agreem ent had been reach ed with th e T if to n Industri al Corp ., local dev elopm ent g ro u p , to purcha se land a nd con st r uc t th e new pl ant for lease to the manufa t-tu ri n g firm . It is sche d u led to ope n ea rly n ext yea r.
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THE STR UCT URE , occu py ing 175,000 sq ua re f(Tt , will b e built on a l Ofl-arrc t ract just west of t he city limi ts, on the T ift on-Alban v 1-1\n".
Mr. Hutcheson said the 'new plant will represent a completely new and much larger operation for the Tift County city. Equipment at the present facility, together with new machinery, will be installed. He said the old plant would continue limited manufacturing processes, but would also be utilized for warehous mg.
P eerless, found ed in 1905 by .Toh n L. Hutcheson , Sr. , ha s grown from
modest beginning a t Rossvill e to em pl oy m or e than 3,000 worker s a t it s three lo cations,
The orga n iza tion is a leading produ cer of fin e woolen fabrics for m en' s a nd women 's clothing, a u to mo b ile fab ri c, bl anket s a n d worst ed ya rns .
MILLION-POUND PEANUT BUTTER ORDER LANDED
Per ry Co ., of P erry, is producin g a n o rde r for 1,032 ,000 pounds of peanut butter , and 60 add ition a l em p loyees h a ve been added .
Manager R obert Pinson sa id the butter is for the fed eral lunchroom prog ra m , a n d is bein g manufa ctured fro m su r p lu s p eanuts now in go ve rnme n t storage.
The pl ant is operatin g around th e d ock to fill th e huge con trac t.

BUSTLING AT BRUNSWICK-Here's an air view of Solva y Process Division Plant of Allicd Chcmical & Dye C orp., Brunswi ck, wh er e expansions to doubl e th e ori ginal installation got und erway as soon as op erations began. The $20 million plant manufa ctures ch lor ine and caustic soda. It employs lIIorc than 150 people. -Joc Wray photo.

ELLAVILLE'S PERSISTENCE WINS MOBILE HOME PLANT

Ell aville's det ermined effo r t to secu re a m aj or industri al p a yroll h as p aid off h andsomely.
C ha m p ion H om e Builders C o. , Dryd en. Mi ch., ma nu fac tu re r of m obile h om es, ha s' signe d a n ag ree me n t to esta b lish a branch pl ant in the little Schl ey County city.
B. E . Pelham, presid ent of Schley C ounty Industrial C o rp. , who h as led th e town's four-veal' d ri ve for an industry to em p loy m en , sa id Champion pl an s to begin ope ra tions by producing four m obil e home units a d a y. Initial em p loy me n t a t th e pl an t will be 60 to 75 .
T h e in dus tr ia l group last winter secured a p a yroll for w omen , W a yn e
H EART OF LAGRANGE
The new H ea rt o f L a Grange M ot el, 20-u n it fa cility, locat ed a t the intersection of U . S. 29 a nd G eorgia 109 ill L aGrange, ha s o pene d .

Mfg . C o., a garme n t pl ant whi ch em pl oys 25 sewing opera to rs.
A plant for Ch ampion will be ere c ted o n a 39 -acre site between Ander sonvill e a n d Americu s Hwys., ad jace n t to th e C entral of Geo rg ia R ailroad , Mr. Pelham sa id .
THURMOND MFG. CO. SOLD TO PIEDMONT
Thurmond M fg . Co. , one of M adison' s olde st a n d l ar g e st indust ri al pl ants, is now opera ti ng as Pik e G arme n ts, Inc.
P iedmont Sh irt Co ., Greenville, S. C ., p u rc hased the busin ess fr om K a ynee Co. , Cl eveland . The Thurmond pl ants in M onticell o a nd Duluth wer e in cluded in th e sa le .
The Madison plant em p loys 225 persons, wh ile th e three units ha ve a com bin ed p a yroll o f 500 .

GEORG IA DEPARTMENT OF COM M ERC E

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NEWSLETTER

JACK SON El\IC BUILDS THREE U NIT S LIKE THIS.

JACKSON ELECTRIC BUILDS 3 OFFICES
Jack son Ele ctri c M ember ship Corp., J effer son , is erec ting new offices at J effer son , Lawren cevill e and Neese.
Pr esley Con st ru cti on Co.. T occoa, is building ' th e three struc tures a t a tot al cost of $15 9,000.
Each bui lding will be air -co nd itione d a nd con ta in display lobby, cas hier's cage, manag er's office and rest rooms. Adjoining eac h will be a wareho use of 2,060 sq u are feet and a pole storage yard.
The buildings a re sche d uled to be com p leted in 'Febru ary.

FEED, PULP FIRMS BOOM RICHLAND
The feed and pu lp busin ess is booming a t Ri ch land .
H . L. M oor e Co., has com pleted an other large wa reh ou se to tak e ca re of its expa nding feed mi ll business. Cost: $20,000 .
M iller Co., a no the r feed firm, has purchased th e old oil mill site and is installin g $50 ,000 worth of new eq ui pment.
T wo pu lp yards, recently opened, a re sh ip ping 100 ca rloa ds a week. They a re Georg ia C raft Co. a nd L add T imber and Pulpwood Co.

MOULTRIE ACQUIRES SITE FOR INDUSTRY
A newly-formed Moultrie-C olquitt County I ndu strial Corp. has acq uir ed a 3 18-ac re site for development of new industry. T he tr act adjo ins th e city limits on Adel Hwv,

$100,000 INSTALLATON
R eyn old s Aluminum Supply Co., Atlanta met als a nd building m at eri als manufact urer , has insta lled 18-in ch pre-enamelling eq uipme n t c o s tin g $ 100,000 to augment its 36-inc h fa cility in alodizing and painting coiled met a l sto ck in a con tinuo us, au to ma tic ope ra tion .

WAYCROSS LEADS IN PECAN INDUSTRY WITH ESTABLISHMENT OF 3RD PLANT

W aycross has taken the lead in D ixie's pecan ind ustry with est ab lislunen t of a new processing- firm , Southla nd P ecan s, Inc.
The new pl an t will boost th e W a yeros s area producti on to 20 m illion pounds a nnually, half of Geo rg ia's ent ire outp ut this yea r.
Southland, loca ted in a mod ern structure on M em ori al D r., is owne d
by M . M. M onroe, Jr., W illiam .J.
Monroe a nd Walter H opings. It em ploys 40 to 50 work ers.
W a ycro ss not only is the largest pe-

can pr ocessing cen ter in th e South, but now hold s th e position of third lar gest in th e world . Its volume is excee ded
oLnoluvis,bvMoSa.n Antoni o.. T exas.. a nd St .
The Geor gia C rop R ep orting Ser vice estima ted th e state's pecan crop thi s yea r a t 4 1 milli on pounds, seven and one -ha lf milli on pounds mor e th an 1957. T he only sta te ra n king nea r Geo rgia this year will be T ex as, wh ose estima ted p roducti on is ~8 milli on pounds.
Prospect for th e en tire U . S. p rodu ction is 170 million pound s.

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November , 1958
FULTON BAG MILLS IN TWO MILLION EXPANSION MOVE
Fu lton Bag & Co tton Mi lls, At lanta, is in a $2 mi llion exp a nsion a nd mod ern iza tion p rogram .
Claren ce E. Elsas, president, said th e program will ena ble th e internation ally know n finn to p rovid e mat eria ls an d serv ices not previously of fere d .
Am ong th e de velo pme n ts will be new eq uipme n t to pr o c e s s plasticcoa ted and wrin kle resistant fini shes, qu illing and spooling ma chinery to handle coar se yarns, and printing machine ry for producing wat erproof la minated pap er s a nd textiles.
Mr. Elsas also sai d th a t as a pa rt of th e pr og ra m, th e compa ny will cease manufactu rin g textil e bags, one of its sta p le p rodu ct s sinc e 1868.
CORNELIA PLANT SELLS, REOPENS
Cornelia Ga rm ent Co., C ornelia, has purch ased th e plant of H ab ersham G arment Co. in th at citv, a nd is re openi ng it to m anu fa ctur~ 'boys' p ants.
Abo u t 150 persons will be em ployed, J . L. Brui ce, man ager , sa id. This will bring th e number of work er s emp loyed bv Corneli a G arment Co. to more th an 40 0.
MILL AT THOMASTON IN 3RD EXPANSION
A th ree-storv add ition whi ch will prov ide 50,000 ' sq ua re feet of space is being cons tr ucted a t th e Bleach er y D ivision of Thom aston Mills, T ho mas to n.
This, points ou t .J. T. Hightower,
pr esident, is th e th ird ex pa nsion of th e bleach ery in 10 yea rs. H e sa id em p loyment in th e division has increased in the sam e peri od by a pproxi ma tely 120.
COUNT PULASKI DAY
Sav annah obser ved O ct. 11 as th e 179th anniversarv of th e death of th e Co un t C asimi r Pul aski, Polish -Am erican pa tri ot wh o was killed in th e seige of th e city du rin g th e R evolution ary War. Presid ent Ei senh ow er issued a procl amation for th e ann ive rsa ry .

NEWS LETTER

GEORGIA IN CASH

Geo rg ia is far in th e lead of all othe r states in rate of postwar incre ase in value of livest ock and livestoc k p roducts .

With a rise of 200 per cent since 1946, Georgia's livestock indust ry also sen t th e sta te's en tire cro p struc ture into th e background .

Liv estock and its product s last yea r

brou ght to Georgia far me rs $358,282,-

000. T his figure topped returns from

a ll cro p prod ucts by $85,545 ,000 . It

also reversed the situ a tion in 1956

when receip ts from crops excee de d

those of livestock bv more th an $50

million .

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T ot al 1957 va lue of both cro ps and livestock was $63 1,0 19,000 .

November, 1958
TOPS ALL STATES FROM LIVESTOCK

A M AJOR FA CTOR in th e upt rend in livestock cash has, of course, been the incr ea sed output of broiler s. Geor gia bro ilers last yea r netted $ 150,336,000 , whi ch led a ll sta tes.
H ogs brou gh t $57.8 milli on, dairy p rod uots, $5 1.2 million, cattle and ca lves, $4 7.6 milli on , eggs $42 mi llion, farm ch ickens, $4. 2 million, turkeys $ 1.8 m il l ion , sheep and lambs, $509,000.
I n th e crop divi sion , cot ton lint and cottonseed combined brought in only $70.2 milli on. Peanuts netted $48.6 million , tob acco, $48. 2 mi llion , corn, million , tobacco, $48 .2 m illion , peach es bro ug ht $6 m illion , watermelons, $5.8 million , pecan s, $3 million .
SUMTER DEDICATES THREE NEW PLANTS
Sumter Co untians have dedi cated th ree spanking new ind ustrial pl a n ts that were esta blished at Am eri cus through loca l money and effort.
The industri es, announce d in rece n t issues of Newsletter , a re:
New M oon H omes, I nc., manufactur ing mob ile homes; Gen tsche Bed ding Co. , manufa ct ur er of furnishin gs for mob ile homes, and Fayette Mfg. Co., wh ich bui lds frames for mobile homes a nd tr ailers for hauling machine ry .
The three plants together employ 200 worker s.

" M R . I ND USTRY" -G eorgia C ommerce Sec re ta ry Sc ott Cand ler is welc ome d to the rostrum by Elde r K enneth R. Pinkstaff, pr esid en t of M ett er Ki wan is C lub, and B. G . Bowen , Jr., p resi de nt of Me tter Chambe r of Commerce , at a join t meeting hon or ing M r. Cand ler fo r his effo rts in help ing Metter secure new ind ustri es. At th e m eeting an ope ning da te was set for Caref ree Fo otwear Corp. , and M et ter Mfg. Co ., Garment ma n ufact urer, an no unced pl an s to doubl e the size of its plan t.

CARTERSVILLE PUSHES MILL

TO START WITH NEW YEAR

Builders at Cartersville ar c pushing to comp lete and eq uip a new ind ustr y, Standard T exti le Mi lls, I nc., in tim e to start full oper ation on J an. I.
Ba rtow D evelo pme n t Corp., subsi d iar y of the Cartersville-Bartow County Ch amber of Commer ce, is erec ting th e mill to lease to th e new compa ny.
Shouky Sh ah een , for me rly a n offi-
GEORGIA MOVIES ON ALASKA VIDEO
Alaska , th e younges t st at e in th e U nion, is ge tt ing a n idea of wh at her
cider sister, Geor gia, has to offe r in tourist a nd industr ial a ttrac tions.
Six showings of the Department of Commerce's promo t iona l films arc scheduled on Alaskan television stations during November. Two showings had a lrea dy been held in O ct ober.
Commer ce Secr et ar y Scott Candler said th e showings a rc originating in Anchorage, J uneau a nd F airbanks.

eial of World Carpet Mills, D alton , heads St andard .
Standard M ills will manufacture bot h woo l an d synthe tic ca rpet ya rn s.
T he new mi ll is bein g erec ted in an industrial tract immedia telv south of the Cart er sville Under garment Co.' s plant.
AUGUSTA STEEL FIRM TO BUILD NEW PLANT
Augusta Iron & Steel Work s will erect a new steel fa brication plant on an l l-acrc tr act ou tside th e city, wh ere North Leg R oad cross th e Georgia Railro ad mainl and .
JOHN DANIEL BUILDS J ohn B. Daniel, Inc., Atlan ta whole -
sale drug firm, is erec ting a new warehouse and office bui lding on Northeast Expressway in D eK alb County, between North Druid H ills and Cl airmont Rds . The 60,000 square-foot struc tu re will cost $300 ,000 .

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GEORG IA D E PARTMENT O F CO M M E RC E

NEWSLETTER

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N ovr-m be r. 195n

-HIGHLIGHTING OUR PROGRESS-

Tate dedi cat ed it s new post officc . .. Another mot el sla ted for J ekyll Island will conta in 202 units, cost $ 1,600,000
North Geor gia College, D ahlon ega , received an alloca tion of $ 125,000 to enl ar ge its libra ry . . . Dalton Telephone Co. ded ica ted it s new $ 1 mill ion home .. . Sylvania-Screven Co unty Develop ment Corp . was org an ized to seck new industry.
Cornel ia Ban k is rem odel ing a n adjoi ning building for expa nsion . T homson plan s 85 housing units . C itizens & Southern's Emory bank is in a beautiful new buildin g on Cl ai rmont Rd ., just ou tside D ecatur . .. Carrollton op en ed its new publi e libr an' . . . REA loan of $406,000 was a pp roved for Cherokee T elephone Co., Donalsonvi lle . . . C on stru cti on a t Monroe includes Walton County office build ing, Big Apple supe rma rket, warehouse for Walton REA.
Piedmont College, De morest, ded icated a $ 135,000 science hall .: .. Cap eh art H ou sing project at Robins Air Force Base will add 150 units for military fa mi l i e s . . . Washing top Co un ty's third a nnua l K aolin Festiv al . is Nov. 9-15 . . . E. Aldine Ri ch ardson is new pr esident of DeKalh County Chamber of Commerce . . . Fa rm er s Bank of Tifton bought a site for a new home . . . Albany's air port is adding a $300,000 building.
Barrow Co unty H ealth D ep artment opened a new clinic in Wi nder . . . Smy rna dedi cated its new city hall . . . Construct ion of a 30-un it hou sing project to cost $300,000 is underway in Dahlonega . . . Cok er's H ospital, Can ton, has been incorpora ted as Coker M em ori al H 0 s p it a I . . . Co lum bus M edi cal Center opened a new libr ar y . . . First Nationa l Bank of Barnesville p lans a new build ing . . . D eca tur's citv hall has been remodeled a t a cost of $40,000.
H ot el LaF a yette, Sparta, has been rem odel ed . . . C um ming's wa tcrw ork system is being expanded . . . Va ldosta 's new city ha ll is comp lete . . . Lakeland's L oui s Smith M emorial Hospit al reopen ed . . . H a ro ld Akin was chosen to head th e T homasto n-Upson County Chamber of Commer ce . . . Columbus is bu ildin g two fir e sta tions.
Statesboro's Wagon & Buggy Co. enla rged its store .. . ' Vest Point has com pleted a $260,000 wa terworks expan sion progr am .. . An A& P Superma r ket opened in Do uglas . . . Sonora M asoni c L odge, nea r Calhoun, dedica ted its new temple.
St. Marys H ospital Authority p lan s

iIIEW AT C O LU:\lBUS - New hom e of U nited Oi l Corp., recently completed at C olumbus, at cost of 8225, 000. T he str ucture contains 25 ,000 sq ua re feet of space.

a 25-bed Iacilitv . . . C. & S. N a tiona l Bank, Savannah, has purch ased land on whi ch to bui ld a drive-in br an ch . . . Emory University plan s $2 million hospital imp rov ements and a research win g to th e biology build ing costing $225,000 . .. Dix ie T eleph on e Co., Claxton, rece ived a RE A loan of $665,000 with wh ich to pu rcha se Fa rm ers T elephone Co., Springfield.
Fu lton Co unty H ealth Center plan s a $ 1,5 10,000 fa cility near Atlanta's Grad y H ospit al .. . First N at ional "Bank of Commerce is remode ling . . . Savanna h Electric & Power Co . dedicated it s $ 10 million plant at Port ' Ven t worth .. . J ackson County's new $75,000 heal th cen te r opened in Jefferson . .. Law Build ing, In c., is a new $40,000 st ruet u re in D ecatur.
J ohn '''IT. Dent, pr esident of Geor gia M arble Co., Tate, is new president of the M a rbl e In st itute of Amer iea . . . Atla nta Boys C lub is comp leting a Lak ewood br an ch costing $375,000 . . . University of Geo rg ia will add three dormitories to its Athe ns ca mpus . Statesboro bought a new fire truck . Bank of Du luth has adde d a n adjoin ing bu ildi ng . . . P ulaski County celebra ted its 150th a nniversa ry . . . Pauld ing County M emorial Hospital, Dallas, is open . . . Blackshear va lida ted $ 100,-

000 bonds to bui ld a sewerage disposal plant . . . Big Apple's Thomaston su permarket enlarged . . . Geor gia Power Co. is in new offi ces and disp lay rooms at Cartersville.
Southern Rail ro ad has erec ted a freigh t and p a ss en g er term in al in Brunswick . . . M orrison 's Cafeteria. Savannah, moved to mod ern new qu a rtel'S . . . New Arm y R eserve Center in Fort Valley opened . . . Carrollton Librar y is in a new bu ildin g . . . F ay ett eville has a new reser voir and is expa nding wat er mains . .. Trust Co . of Ga., Atlanta, ope ned a br an ch bank in Buck hea d.
M illen's new radio sta tion, WGSR, is on th e air . . . A $3.5 mill ion expan sion of Southern Bell T elephon e Coo's toll bu ildin g in Atlanta is underw a y. I t will add four new sto ries a nd mezza nine to th e present bu ilding.
GLASS BOAT FIRM PICKS THOMASVILLE
M olded Fib er gla ss Boat Co., Union City, Penn. , is esta blish ing a warehouse at Thom asville.
Pr esiden t R . S. M orrison says thi s is a step towa rd op ening a br an ch assembly pl an t in th e city next yea r.

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NEWSLETTER

DECEMBER 1958

State Leads Nalion In Indusf,.y Gains .
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NEWSLETTER

Membe r Ge orgia Press A ssociation
Pu blished mont hly by GE O RGIA DEPT . O F C OMMERCE
100 Sta te Capi tol
* MA RV IN GRIFFIN Governor BOA RD OF COl\IMISSIONERS EM OR Y L. BU T LER
Chairman T . C. BRANSON, JR. H OKE PETERS
BEN J ESSU P T RAMMELL MciNTYRE
* SCOTT CANDLE R Sec reta ry FRED D. MOON
E di t or

Vol. 10, No.2

Decemb er, 1958

CONYERS SIGNS AUSTEX PLANT
Austex 'Foods, In c., Austin, T ex ., will locate a food canning plant at Conyer s whi ch will emp loy 50 workers.
Gordo n E. Mills, vice-pr esiden t, said construc tion of a 40,000 square-foo t pl a nt will sta rt in J anua ry.
Compan y officia ls said th ey hop e to hav e th e plant in operation by July.
Au stex pr oduct s include ca nned chili, spaghe tt i and meat balls, lim a bean s, ham , beef stew, hot dog chili, barb ecu e sauce , corn ed beef hash a nd tam a les.
RUBBER PLANT FOR SWAINSBORO
N ew York Rubber Corp., of New York, will locate a pl ant in Swainsboro whi ch will initiall y employ 100 p erson s.
P. D . Ash, boa rd chai rman, said th e fir m has acq u ired a 350 x 200-foot build ing , which will be used to fabrica te inflatable ru bber raft s an d similar ite ms .
PHOTO COVER Winter sai ling on Lake Allatoona. Atlanta Yacht Club's first commodore, E. O. Smithfield, crews for Bob Miller aboard his Y flier . T he chi llier th e breeze on the great lak e, the better Georgia sai lors like it . T he At lanta clu b has 200 members.photo by Margueryte R eynolds.

MASTER SALESM AN-Secreta r y of Commerce Scott Candler accepts from Governor Griffin th e Ameri can Marketin g Association award for "s elling Georgia to th e Nation." Redfern H. Hollins (second from right ), pr esident of th e Atlanta Chapter, AMA , pr esen ted the plaque, whi ch was recommended by a committee headed by Hu gh S. Ah ern (right), business analyst of th e U.S. Department of Comm erce.-Lane Bros. photo

JOB OF 'SELLING GEORGIA'

WINS CANDLER AMA AWARD

Georgia Commerce Secretary Scott Candler a nd the depa rtm en t he head s have been honored wit h the first award to be made by t he Atlanta cha pter, American M a rketing Associat ion, for "o utstanding serv ices in t he field of marketing."
The award, whic h will be made a nnually in the futu re, cites the De pa rtm ent of Commerce for its "excellent performance" in "selling Georgia's potential to the na tion."
T he cita tion, in th e for m of a beautiful copper p laque, was p resented to Secr etary Candler by R ed fern H . H ollins, presiden t of th e Atl anta cha pter, a t a jo int meet ing in Atl anta of th e America n M a rk eting Association and th e Sou thern Economic Association .
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GOVERNOR MARVIN GRIFFIN was guest of honor a t th e p resentat ion lun ch eon .
The Department of Commer ce was selec ted for th e a wa rd by a spec ial AM A comm ittee head ed by Hugh S.

Ahern, bu siness a nalyst of th e U. S. D ep artment of Commer ce.
Mr. Ahern, a former pres ident of the AMA cha pter, informed the gro up's board of directors that da ta com piled by his office on Georgia's economic progress du ring the post war years has pl aced the state in the forefro nt of industri al develop men t wh en compare d wit h that of many highl y industrialized areas of the na tion, as well as the country as a whole.
The latest U. S. Depa rt ment of Com mer ce survey shows th at Geor gia is leading the nation in 25 of 29 key fields of industri al and economic p rogress.
Du ring M r. Candler's four-yea r ten ur e as head of th e commerce dep artmen t, Geor gia has added 1,000 new indu st rial payr olls.
JAIL CONTRACT LET
Fulton County Commission let a contr act tot alin g $ 1, 185,000 for cons truc tion of a mod ern jai l to repl ace Fulton T ower , an tiquated coun ty basti lle.

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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NEWSLETTER

De cember , 1958

GEORGIA IN RECORD YEAR OF INDUSTRY AND TOURISM

By SCOTT CANDLER Georgia S ecreta ry of C ommerce
December finds Geor gia closing th e books on a not her reco rd yea r.
With the addition of better than 225 new payrolls, the state's industrial community in 1958 has maintained its four-year rate of expansion and, we beli eve, at the same time consolidated its position as No. 1 industrial state of the Southeast.
In come from tou rism, wh en all reports ar e in, is expected to total som e $500 mllion. This record in com e from a sou rce whi ch th e Department of Commer ce likes to refer to as our " I ndustr y Without Sm okestacks," is du e in la rge meas u re to development of new tou rist a ttractions, expa nsion a nd impr ovem ent of esta blished sites a nd shrines, and th e vigor with wh ich all of our attractions hav e been prom ot ed du ring th e yea r . Geor gia 's grea tly expanded highwa y program has also had an im portant ro le in incr easing th e flow of tou rists.
THE NEW INDUSTRIES established or announced during th e yea r represent ca pital inv estm ent totalin g a bou t $110 million. They will provide a bout 7,000 new jobs a nd have an aggrega te annu al p ayroll of $44 milli on .
Also during 1958, more than 100 established industries announced or began expansion programs which will cost at least $107 million. These firms, through enlargement of existing plant facilities and installation of new , modern equipment, will increase the state's industrial payroll by 3,000 more workers.
Of th e new indust ries cou n ted during th e yea r, a few a re in th e la rge, or 100-worker ca tego ry, many a re medium size, a nd man y mor e are sma ll. But wh ether lar ge, small or medium, eac h of th em represents a fresh well-h ead of emp loy me nt and prosper ity for th e community in wh ich its wheels turn .
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IT IS GRATIFYING th at many of our new industries are setting up in sma ll town s and rural a reas wh er e steady employmen t is need ed to offset un empl oym ent, brou ght ab out by sags in the agr icultural econo my .
Every Federal and regional survey of industrial and commercial progress

BUSY AT ATHENS-Here's a splendid aerial view of the rec ently activated Westinghouse Electric Corp. plant at Athens, where more than 1,000 workers produce transformers for th e industrially expa nding Southeast. The installation cost upward of $25 million and is a model in the electronics field.-photo by Joe Wray.

continues to show Georgia in the

forefront.

In its most recent survey, the U. S.

D epartment of Commerce shows

Georgia leading the nation as a whole

in rate of gain in 25 of 29 key seg-

ments of business and economy. This

report is being carried in full else-

where in this edition of Newsletter.

For the first time in th e history of

Geor gia, professional scientific research

is bein g made in th e sta te's potentials

for op ening up new a reas of indust ry

and

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AN APPROPRIATION of $ 100,000 by th e 1958 Ge neral Assembl y, plus an alloca ting of $5 1,000 by G o v e r n 0 r G riffin, enabled th e Dep artment of Commerce to avail itself of th e ser vices of th e University of Geor gia, Georgia Institute of T echnology, and th e Forestry R esear ch Foundation, for th ese stud ies.
Complet ed or nea ring comp letion by th e T ech research staff arc surveys cove ring metal work ing, fr ozen foods, cha rcoal briquettes, pl asti cs, air condition ers, Portland cemen t, wood briqu ettes a nd particle board, electronics, light metal castings, amber glass, chem ica ls a nd cera mics.
The Forestry Research Foundation in conjunction with the Department of Commerce is exploring new meth-

ods for utilizing the waste products of the state's forestry industry.
The department is working with the College of Agriculture, University of Georgia, in completing a study of the food potentials of coastal bermuda grass and studying the feasibility of processing coastal bermuda in pellet form.
The dep a rtment has in its file of industrial p rospect s, manufacturers wh o a re inter ested in all th ese fields.
The D epartment of Commer ce in 1958 con tinued it s ex tensive adver tising of Geor gia's industrial pot entials a nd tourist a ttractions via leading nationa l magazines a nd newspap ers.
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HIGHLIGHTING th e yea r' s p rogra m were ads proclaiming th e sta te's lead er ship in ad apting scien ce to educa tion for th e be nef it of a tomic-age indust ry, a nd a pi ctorial story of Georgia tou rist a ttractions.
The education - for - science campaign was climaxed by an eight-page section in Management Methods Magazine. This advertisement was in the form of interviews with the Governor, Secretary of Commerce, leading educators and outstanding business executives.
The tourist advertisement, consist-
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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLET T ER

December , 1958

U. S. PURCHASES OF $323 MILLION

SURGE GEORGIA BUSINESS IN 1958

Georgia business firms in th e fiscal yea r ending June 30 were awarded cont racts by th e U . S. govern ment for go o d s and serv ices valued at $323 ,086 ,000.
This was the second largest am ount s p e n t in th e Sou theast a nd 17th ~ reatest in the nation as a wh ole.
It was $74,427,000 mor e th a n the amo unt rep resent ed by Georgia a war ds in fisca l 1957 and $ 126.932,000 more tha n in fiscal 1956.
Con t racts aw a rd ed in th e sta te from
.I uly 1, 1957, th rough .J une 30 thi s yea r
brou ght to a gra nd total of $2,396,239,000 th e val ue of awards made in th e eight-ye a r peri od since th e n ation al defense pm gr am was instit uted .
Georgia con t racts in clude num erous typ es of goods a nd services, rangin g Irorn food, cloth ing, electro nic equipmen t a nd wood produ cts to constructio n and m ainten an ce of build ings and highw a ys on m ilita ry inst allations.
Contract awa rds in the Southeast in fisca l 1958 wer e: Geor gia, $323,086,000; Alab am a, $ 163,220,000 ; Fl orid a, $308,89 1,000 : M ississippi, $42,589,000 ; Nort h C arolina, $329,537,000 ; Sou th Ca rolina, $57,654,000; T ennessee, $80 ,489,000 .
CROWN CARPET BUYS BATES CHENILLE MILL
C rown Ca rpet M ills, D alton , has purch ased th e 30,000 squa re-foot plan t of Bat es Nat iona l C hen ille, also of D alton .
M urray Sobel, Crow n vice-presiden t a nd general manager , said the company has tr a nsferred its ship ping a nd wa rehou se op erations from Fort O glet hor pe to th e new ly acq u ired D alton plant.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY- Governor-elect E rnes t V andiver cu ts an ice cre am ca ke, believed

to be th e lar gest ever made, as K inn ett D airies, In c., M acon, cele brates th e 50th anni-

versary of Kinnett I ce C ream. The ca ke, m ad e with 50 gallons of ice cream , weighed
250 pounds. At left is J. R . Kinnett, president of th e dairy, whi le J ohn R . Kinnett; Jr.

vice-pr eside nt and gene r al m an ager , hold s a slice of th e ca ke.- H arde n photo

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BULLETIN
A pap erb oar d mi ll to cost a pproximately $50 million will be buill neal Augusta by Con tinental Can Co. Con struction will sta rt ea rly in 1959 a nd th e fac ility is sched uled to be in opera tion by 196 1. Init ial employme n t will be 400 .

PERRY PLANT PRODUCING 2,000 BEDSPREADS A DAY

Bedspreads made by Perr y Mfg. Co., an indu str y which opened in Perry last Februarv with a sma ll cre w a nd a lim ited nUl~b er of mach ines, are now bein g sold in sto res from Canad a to Sou th Am er ica.
This was disclosed by M a rtin Austin, pr esiden t of th e firm , as th e spreads

wer e featured by Sears, Roebu ck & Co. in colored advertisemen ts pl aced in na tionall y circu lated magaz ines.
Sca rs, which is a stockholde r in th e factor y, is distributing its en tire produ ction th rough 580 reta il stores, and is, according to Mr. Au stin, " ca lling for mor e."
The pla nt , whi ch du ring its short ca reer h as expande d to 170 emp loyees, is p roducing 2,000 tailor ed bedspr ead s a da y. T his is the la rgest ou tpu t of thi s product in th e worl d .
The spr ea d-makers wor k in a 46,000 squa re-foo t building u nder th e most modern cond itions, an d th eir tot al payroll amoun ts to almo st one-ha lf m illion dollar s a year.

NEW Q U ARTERS-Her e is th e n ew plan t of Pi edmont Paper Co ., at 218 Ottley Dr., N.E., Atlan ta. The 30,000 sq uare -foot st ructur e is th e third exp ansion of th e compa ny. which was found ed in 1950 by Hugh M . M arx as a one-m an oper at ion.

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CO M M ERC E

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DOUGLAS AIRPORT GRANT
Civil Aero na u tics Administration has approved a gra n t of $24,750,000 for th e Douglas M unicip al airport.

NEWSLET T ER

December, 1958

GEORGIA GAINS LEAD U. S. IN 25 OF 29 KEY SEGMENTS

Georgia is leading the nation in

gains in 25 out of 29 key segments

of industrial expa nsion and economic

progr ess.

Sh e is counting new indust ry , in-

cluding hea vy indust ry, nearly twice

as fast as th e rest of th e cou ntry.

Ex penditures for new plants a nd

equipme nt in Geo rg ia are double the

expenditure in t he nation as a whole.

In both manufacturing employ-

ment and pa yroll s, Georgia is far

ah ead.

T hese facts ar e disclosed by the lat -

est federal survey of the nation's

growth in the postwar era. Compiled

by th e Atlanta field offi ce of the U. S.

Department of Commer ce, th e study

compares progr ess in Geor gia, th e

Southeast a nd th e coun try as a whol e

in th e period 1947 to 1957-58 .

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THE RATE of increase in new manuf actu ring establishme n ts, according to th e sum mary, was Georg ia , 40 percent, th e nation, 26 per cen t.
Large manufacturing plants, those employing 500 or more workers, incre ase d 46 per cent in Ge orgia against onl y 26 per cent for th e rest of th e country.
Counti ng all new bu siness firms , industrial and comme rcial, establish ed during th e decade, Georgia's gain for the 10-year period was 49 per cent. T he ga in nationally was 24 per cent.
In the all-busin esses category, employm ent rose 47 p er cen t in Georgia agains t 30 per cent in the U . S.
Expenditure for new pl ants an d equip me nt was up 175 per cen t in Geor gia , 87 in th e nation.
I n manufacturing employme n t, th e number of work er s in Georgia rose 34 per cen t; th e incr ease over th e nation as a whole was 10 per cent.
Georgia manufa cturing payrolls rose 131 per cent, the nation 's, 111.
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IN THE F IELD of value ad ded by manufacture of goods produced, Georgia's incr ea se was 111 per cen t, against 95 for th e coun try . T he ga in by Geor gia boosted her into the rank of states whi ch now turn out two billion dolla rsplus worth of manufactured p roduct s.
In the realm of income, t he gros s

personal inc ome of Ge org ians adva nced 87 per cent an d their per cap ita income mo ved ahead 62 per cent. The national increases were 83 and 54 per cent, respecti vely.
The cash farm in com e over the nation stepped up 17 per cent, but in Geo rg ia it soa re d by 51 poin ts.
The value of life insur an ce in force . a lways a sure sign of th e prosperity of a peop le, increased 194 per cent in Georgia. T he U. S. incre ase in life insurance was 130 per cent.
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OTH ER AREAS of the cco nomv in which Georgia leads th e nati on. ' ac cord ing to th e report, include:
R etail and wholesale sa les, retailwholesale em ployment, retail trade pa yr olls, value of construction con tracts let, electric energy produced , number of tel ephones in ope ration,

number of mot or vehicles register ed , airline passengers ca rried and airline ca rgoes loaded , number of beef ca ttle on fa rm s, va lue of commercial broiler s produced , number of chic kens hatch ed commercially.

The only four ca tegories in which Georgia's score fa iled to excee d th at of th e nation were ba nk dep osits, em p loyment in con tract cons truc tion, valu e of world tr ad e handled through ports, and value of min er als p roduced comme rcia lly .

In th e seven-sta te Sou thcast-s-G cor-

gia, A I a b am a , F lorida, Mi ssissippi ,

North Carolina, South Ca rolina and

T ennessee-Georgia lead in 15 of th e

29 a reas su rvi -ved. tied in two. and

tra iled in 12. .

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The acco mpanying tab le compa res the per centage ga ins of Geor gia, th e Southea st a nd the nati on as a wh ole.

STATE, AREA, NATIONAL GROWTH

V alu e added by M anufacture Manufacturing Employm ent Manufacturing Establishments Large P lant s (500 worker s) Expenditures for New Plan ts Manufacturing Pa yro lls Gross Personal Income Per Capita In com e Cash F a rm Income I ndu stri al-Commercial Firms Employm ent (All busin esses) R etail Sa les W holesale Sales R etai1-Wh olesa le Employm en t R etail Trade Payro lls Value Constru ction Contract s Life Insurance in Force Electri c En ergy Produced Telep hones in O pera tion M otor V ehicles Register ed Airlin e Passengers Airline Cargo es Beef Cattle V alue Commer cia l Bro ilers C hicks H atched Commer cia lly Bank Deposits Construction Employment World T rade Value Minerals Produced

Georg ia

S.E. (% Incr ease )

U.S.

111

101

95

34

23

10

40

40

26

46

27

26

175

11 9

87

13 1

122

111

87

90

83

62

59

,14

51

28

17

49

51

24

47

48

30

41

38

30

44

43

30

52

53

32

166

162

104

174

220

61

194

194

130

209

242

165

Wi

154

103

106

121

83

309

300

223

38 1

:H 5

167

143

119

45

650

555

226

654

440

66

47

58

49

39

61

53

73

169

132

100

110

105

-U.S . Dep artm en t of Commerce

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT O F CO M M ERCE

NEWSLETTER

FA BUL OUS PLAYGRO U ND-j ekyll I sland , off Brunswick , whe re th e j ekyll Island Aut hority is developing a recr ea tion al pl a yground for year round famil y vacations. T he island, once th e site of a mill ion aire colony , no w Sta te prop er ty, is nine and on eh alf mil es wide by a m ile and three quarters acro ss at its gi rth, and has a conti n uous beaeh 11 miles in len gth. j oe W ray, At la nta flyin g photographe r , was over Brunswick whe n he sna ppe d hi s camera. T he bridg e con nec ting j ekyll with the mainla nd is at upp er righ t, th e Atlantic at upper lef t, a nd the in land waterway in foreg rou nd .

-Candler Report
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ing of eight pages of pictures in Co rone t Maga zine, was followed in a subseq ue n t issue by a complimentary section of eight pages. The department a r range d to com bin e the two sections in an a ttractive folder , 100, 000 copies of which were d istributed.
The Departm en t of Commerce during th e year di stributed nearly threequa rters of a m illion pieces of industrial a nd tourist lit erature.
T he response to th e d epartment's advertising campaigns wa s so heavy that it wa s necessary to add to t he sta ff of its mail ing division .
O ur tourist films have been shown before most of the civic clubs a nd other organizations th rou gho ut Georgia, and in addition have ave rage d 20 showings monthly th rou gh th e year on television sta tio ns over th e nation . Geor gia was one of th e first sta tes to make it s promotion films ava ila ble for television viewing in th e new State of Alask a .
For its "exce llen t performan ce" in "selling Georgia's potentials to th e na tion," the Department of Commer ce was select ed to recei ve th e first annu al achiev em ent award of th e At lanta Chapter, Amer ica n M a rk eti ng Association .

ERO EXPANDING FOR 4TH TIME AT HAZLEHURST
Ero Mfg. Co. , H azlehurst, is adding a new bui ldin g to its plan t which will contain 60,00 square feet of wo rk space. I t is of steel and jumbo brick constru ction .
T he structure is sch edule d to be completed in th e spring, M anager C hester Brezinski said , a nd will hou se a produ ction line for the manufacture of boa t cushions, life jacket s an d ski bel ts.
Ero began op er ations a t Hazleh ur st in 1949 with 50 employees, turning out sea t covers, wed ge cushions and in sula ted underwear. T he p ayro ll has now increased to 250 workers.
Mr. Brezinski said th e present expansi on is th e fourth a t th e p lant since it opened.
$130,000 RESTAURANT
S&S Cafet er ia is construc ting a new resta uran t bui ldin g in M acon which will cost $130,000 . The struc ture is loca ted at T hird Ave. a nd 13th St., on the for mer site of St. Pau l M etha'dist Churc h.

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December, 1958
NEW BAG FIRM TO EMPLOY SO AT SAVANNAH
Dowlin g Bag Co ., of V ald osta, will soon ope n a bran ch op eration at Sava nna h at th e pl ant form erl y occ upied by Fulton Bag & Cotton Mills.
J am es Dowling, president, sa id his firm has leased 30,000 squ ar e feet , rep resenting two of the nin e buildings used by Fulton , and shortly after th e first of th e yea r will employ 50 Savannahi ans in th e manufact ure of bu rlap a nd other texti le bags.
KROGER SLATES BIG ENLARGEMENT
K roger Co. will a lmost dou ble th e capac ity of its division al distribution p lant in East Poi nt.
F. A. Williams , division vice-president, said construc tion is sta r ting on a n annex wh ich will add 30,000 squa re feet of air-co ndi tioned space for perishabl e product s, 8,000 squ are feet of extra refriger ator space, and expande d ga rage, loading and office faciliti es.
The war ehou se serves 53 K roger stores in Georgia , Alabam a a nd T en nessee.
BLUE BIRD BUYS CANADA PLANTS
Blue Bird Body Co., F ort V alley, has pu rch ased Fit zjohn Coach of Canada , Ltd. , Bra ntfo rd, Ont., and it s bra nch plant at Muskegon , M ich .
I31 ue Bird was established in Fort Valley in 1927 and has grown int o a world-wide orga n ization.
SOUTHLAND COFFEE BUYS MARGOlD OLEO
Southland Coffee Co ., Atl anta, h as pu rchased Margold Corp., a nd will operate the m argarine m anufacturing firm as a subsid ia ry, keep ing its name
int act. J. D . Anderson, president of
Southland , becomes president of Margold also.
BLOUSE PLANT BUILDING Constructio n is under way a t Tign all
on a 13,200 square-foot br ick building which will hou se th e pl an t of J em eal Blouse Co ., th e town's fir st indust ry.

NEWSLETTER

December, 1958

SEWELL'S 3RD BREMEN UNIT GARMENT INDUSTRY MODEL

Sewell Mfg. Co ., Brem en , nation a lly known me n's clot hing manufacturer, is bu ild ing a third pl ant u nit which will be a mo del for the garment industry.
The new bui ld ing, of struc tu ral steel with masonry wall s, is being erec te d on a 40-acre site on e mil e ea st of Brem en . Its 70,000 squ ar e-foot a rea will afford spac e for manufacturing, off ices, sto rage, pressing and fini shing a reas, a chape l, shop m ech ani cal ro om and loading do ck . Ther e will be parking faciliti es for 350 ca rs.
The windowless bui lding will be aircond itione d through out. The interior will feature plasti c tile floors and acou stical tile ceilings.
The pl ant will be used for th e manufa cture and fini shing of coa ts.
Sewe ll claims to produ ce three per cen t of th e men's clothing manufactured in th e nation .
Ro y R. Sewell, president, sa id th e new fa cility " h as been design ed to enable us to keep up with mod ern advances in manufacturing techniques." Top conside ra tion has been give n to em ploye e comfor t, he added , and planning will afford better quality con trol.
MILL EXPANDING INTO NEW HOME AT DOUGLASVILLE
Clover Mills, D ou glasville, has leased th e nearby p lant a nd warehouses formerly occupied by Gl endale Mills, of Spartanburg, S. C ., and will consolidate its operations in th e new location .
The plant consists of eight acr es of land and buildings with floor space tot aling 135,500 square feet.
Additional mach iner y, whi ch will more th an double th e present plant's cap ac ity, is expec ted to be in op er ation ea rly n ext year.
Clo ver at present em ploys 100 workers.
PONCE DE LEON DAIRY SOLD TO PET CHAIN
Ponce de L eon D airy, an Atl anta pioneer in th e field , h as been ac quired by Pet Dairy Produ cts, Johnson City, Tenn., a subsidiary of Pet Milk Co .

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H UB OF I N D U STRY-Swift & Coo's new $500,000 poultry processi ng pla nt at Douglas, which was built with local participation. Although it on ly recen tl y began ope rating, the new pla nt has already been responsible for a tremendo us upsu rge in the broiler production ind ustry.-Douglas Enterprise photo by Tom Frier , j r,
u. S. ENVELOPE TO DOUBLE
SIZE OF CHAMBLEE PLANT

U . S. Envelop e Co . ha s begun a n expa nsion pr ogr am whi ch will more th an doub le th e size of its At lanta division plant in Chamblee.
A new bui lding to cost $500,000 is scheduled for comp let ion in 'F eb rua ry.
I t will inc rease th e work a re a of th e
GEORGIA GAINS 129 RESIDENTS EVERY SUNRISE
Ev er y rising sun shines on 129 new resid en ts of Geor gia .
The U . S. Bureau of Cen sus, whi ch recen tly com pleted its a nnua l estima te of popu lati on , says thi s was th e sta te's average ga in betw een July 1, 1957, and th e same d ay thi s year, as well as th e av er age for th e past eight yea rs.
The 129 dail y increase in population is attributed to immigration s as well as throug h births .
Geor gia's tot al popula tion on July 1 of thi s yea r was 3,8 18,000 a nd th e civilian popu lati on , 3,749,000.
The tot al populati on includ es th e a rme d for ces sta tione d within th e state, but excludes Geor gian s serving elsewhere.
COAST MOTEL SOLD
St anl ey Motel on O geech ee Rd., Sava nnah, has been purchased by St an ley Motel, In c., fr om Ernest C. C assill.

DeKalb Co unty installation to a total of 80,000 feet. It will also m ean th e even tua l em p loyme n t of about 50 new em ployees, di vision m an ager D. W. Zink sai d. Present em ployme n t a t th e plant is 108.
Located on a 16-a cre site at 5481 New Pea chtree Rd ., Chamblee, th e pr esent p lant has been producing envelopes and sta tione ry sin ce it was com p leted in 1954 . M r. Zink said a tabl et dep artment will be ins tall ed in th e new building.
GENERAL SHIRT ADDS TO PLANT AT LOUISVILLE
G en eral Shirt C orp., Lo uisville , is const ruc ting a 5,000 square-fo ot addition to its pl ant whi ch will provid e for extra eq uipme n t and an incr ease in emp loyees.
H erman J . Raskin , manager, said he ex pec ts th e p ayro ll to rise to 200 wh en th e new bui ldin g is put into ope ra tion in J anuary.
Gen eral, manufacturing men's and boys' dr ess and sport shirts, op ened 12 yea rs ago and has ope ra ted wit hout int erruption exce p t for a shor t period afte r th e origina l plant bui lding wa s destroyed by fir e. The pr esent plant was erected in 1954 .

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLETTER

December , 1958

-HIGHLIGHTING OUR PROGRESS-

Augusta's new State Port on th e Savannah Ri ver was dedica ted bv Gov ernor G rif fin . . . Na tiona l B~n k of Athe ns is erecting a new bu ilding . . . W est Poin t wat erworks imp rovement s include a million-ga llon tank and a pip elin e across the C h att ah o o ch e e River . . . C he ro kee Counti an s voted $ 100,000 hospit al bond s . . . Seventy new housing un it s a rc slated a t V al-
d ost a. Gen eral Electric Corp. ded icated its
$300,000 pla nt in August a . . . Allen 's Inval id H om e, Milledgeville, has been pu rch ased by a gro up of private ph ysicia ns . . . G rou nd was br oken for Rome's Bovs' C lub cente r . . . M a rv Carter Pai~ts opened a Thomasvill~
bran ch . . . Ed .Jar ed was elected head
of G ainesville-H all County Chamber of Commerce . . . Cen tra l of Georgia Railroad observe d its 125th bir thd ay .
M iss Geor gia Dairies, In c. an d Ced ar V alley Co-op Dairies h ave consolida ted a t Rom e. . . . A five-story pa rkin g ga -
rag e will be erected a t Cone and Popla r St s., Atlan ta . . . Shirley Davis, Bainbridge, was queen of th e N ati on al Peanut Fest ival in Dothan , Ala. . . . M cC lellan d' s Ten Cent St ore, Gainesville, 'opened a n an nex ~' -.- . Co rn elia will double th e size of its wat erw orks
plant. Stein Pr in ting Co., burned ou t in
downtown Atlanta, is in a new plant on M onroe D r. . . . Prudential I nsur ance Co., Atlanta, has ere cted a bra nch office buil ding in East Point . . . F irst Na tional Bank of Lawren ceville moved to a n ew bu ilding . . . Fairmont T eleph one Co. received a $262,000 RE A loan for expa nsion. . . . S. H . Kress Co. occ upied its new $325,000 hom e in Brunswick.
Plans a re to dem olish Atla nt a's historic K imball .House H otel and rep lace it wit h a p ar king ga rage .. . . Baldwin Co unty's new airpo rt,-.costing $ 125,000 , is in opera tion a r-M illedgeville . . . M or ela nd Sh opping Cen ter, bein g erected in Ea st Atla nta, will cost $3.5 million . .. Brasel ton Bro th er s, Braselton mer ca nt ile firm, celeb ra ted its 71st birthdav . . . Ground was broken a t F ra nk li~ I nstitute, ncar R oyston, for a printing plant for th e Pentacostal H oliness C hu rch . . . Jackson dedi cated its new citv hall.
Piedmont R egion al Lib ra ry moved to a new bui ldin g in Winder . . . M acon 's new sewage disposal plant, under constru ction, will cost $4.1 million . . . Worth County vot ed a $250,000 schoo l bond issue . . . LaG ran ge College, LaGrange, is adding a gym nasium . . . Ph oebe Putney H ospital, Alba ny, h as

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BRUNSWICK ST ATE DOCK-Here's the way enginee rs envisage th e new $2 million facility und er construc tion at Brunswick. Governor Marvin Griffin, who alIocated funds for th e proj ect , recentl y turned th e first spade of earth to launch construction.

opened it s $2. 1 mi llion a nnex . . . Moultrie Mfg. Co. is in a new p lant bu ild-

ing . . . Cott on Prod ucer s Assn. pl ans to erect a bui ldin g on Peach tree Rd ., Atla nta . . . REA alloca ted $802,000

to Ringgold T elephone Co., for expa nsion . . . Lawr en ceville put its modern $243,000 disposal pl ant in opera tion.

Echols County's centennial was celebrated a t Sta ten ville . .. Manchester received a pproval of a $229, 423 allocation for urban ren ewal . . . LaFayette

is erec ting a $25,000 municip al bu ilding .. . S. M ar vin Griffin Buildi ng, nam ed for the Governor, wa s dedi cated a t South Geor gia Trade & Voca tion al

School, Ame ricus. . . . J oh n H owell, Thomson Nehi bottler, is new pr esiden t of th e Georgia Bot tler s Assn.. . . Georgia Hi storical Commission will erec t

a mu seum a t Midway to cost $50,000 . . . Atlanta Ga s L igh t Co. is ex tending gas servi ce to Norcross, Duluth, Su wanee, Lilburn a nd Sn ellville in G winett County.

Bank ers H ealth & Li fe Insur ance Co.

is in its new bui lding on Bull St., Sa-

va nn a h

. T hompson-Boland- Lee,

Atla nt a shoe cha in. is 50 vea l's old .. Ca nton's Nation al G ua rd 'un it occspied its new a rmo ry . . . Quitman County observed its cen tennia l wit h exercises in Geo rgetown . . . T ift College, Forsyt h, has adde d a $350,0 00 physical educa tion bui lding.
Statesboro's post office is bein g remod eled . . . B. B. N ash will head Perry Ch amber of Commerce in 1959 . . . Cl ayt on T r ibune saluted Rabun Co unty wit h a special indust rial ed ition.

ARROW LOCATES

GARMENT PLANT

AT PEMBROKE

Arrow Knitting M ills, In c., Brook-

lyn , N.Y., manufacturers of ch ildren's

a pp are l, will locate a pl an t in Pem broke

which will employ fr om 300 to 500

wom en.

Pembro ke Develop men t Corp . will

bu ild a modern fa cilitv to house the

in d ust r y.

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF" COMMERCE
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* MARVIN GRIFFIN Governor BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS EMORY L. BUTLER
Chairman T . C. BRANSON, JR. HOKE PETERS
BEN JESSUP TRAMMELL McINTYRE
* SCOTT CANDLER Secretary FRED D. MOON
Editor

Vol. 10, No. 3

J anu ary, 1959

J anua ry, 1959

AUGUSTA PLANT DOUBLING SIZE
H omestead D raperies, Inc., Augu sta , is do ub ling th e size of it s pla n t an d will add 200 n ew emp loyees, Ab e W ar shauer, president, sa id . T he enla rg ement wi ll m ak e H om estead on e of th e largest d raperies manufacturers in the worl d.
NEW MANUFACTURE DIRECTORY ISSUED
G eorgia Departm en t of Co mme rce has issued a new directory of m an uf actur ers and p rocessers I ~c a t ed in th e sta te .
The di rect ory conta ins 450 p ages. Each finn is dou ble listed, fir st by loca tion, second by p rod uct m an uf actur ed . Approxim a te em ploymen t of eac h firm is indicat ed .
T he directory may be obtai ned a t th e D ep artmen t of Co mmerce, 100 Sta te Capitol, At lant a . It s cost is $5 per copy.
COVER PHOTO
Seeking a diff erent view of Atlanta's skyline, Jo e Wray pointed both his plane and his ca mera southwes tward acro ss th e old " Bu t termilk Bottom" area and sn app ed mo st of th e skyscrapers a n d big business hou ses in th e down town area. In th e fo reground is the H ea rt of Atlanta mot el.

JUST A REMINDER-Lest you for get th at it won't always be chilly wea the r, Jo e Wr ay, Newslette r's flyin g photogr aph er, du g out thi s view mad e last summer of th e new swimming pool at C-sta , the Citizens & Southern Na tiona l Ban k's emp loyee recreational ar ea on Lake Allatoona. 'T won' t be long until we'll be outdoors again.

VANDIVER INAUGURATION TO SPUR INDUSTRY DRIVE

Gov ern or -elect Er n e s t V andiv er, wh o was chosen on a p la tform tha t conta ined a stro ng indust rial pla nk , will be swo rn in as G eorgia's chief execu tive T uesd ay, J an . 13.
T he new governo r, now lieuten a nt governo r, p ledged tha t hi s administ rat ion would " ro ll up its sleeves and
MICHIGAN FIRM PICKS AMERICUS IN PLANT MOVE
A Michigan manuf acturing firm has moved it s p lan t to Am er icus.
Simplex Na il & M a nufact u ring Co ., Det roi t, has open ed in a 40x l 60-foo t buildi ng, where 25 au tomatic cutting ma chines a rc snappi ng ou t roof ing nails for th e construction industr y of th e na tion . A dozen wo r kers a rc no w being emp loye d .
M ar vin K ing, execu tive vice-p residen t of thc firm , sai d lab or sq uabbling in M ichigan contributed to the decision to reloca te th e factor y in Georgia.

go to work in ea rnest" to further th e industria liza tion of th e sta te .
T he 73rd governo r will be sworn in a t cere monies in fr ont of th e west entr an ce to the St a te C a pitol. Supreme Cou rt Justice Ca rlt on M oble y of M acon will ad minister th e oa th .
L ieuten ant Gov erno r-ele ct Garland Byr d, lon g a lead er in Georgia's in dust rial progress, wi ll ta ke offic e a t the sa me time. H e will tak e his oa th fr om Court of App ea ls J ud ge J oseph D . Q uillian of W inder.
MOTEL TO OPEN AT HELEN SOON
A new mot el- restau ran t wi ll open soon in H elen , on the site of th e fam ou s old M ou ntain R an ch H ot el, which burned in 1946 .
E rn est T. Loyd, of Atlan ta and M ountain L aur el F a rm , White Coun ty, head s a corpora tion wh ich will build th e facilit y.
Mr. L ovd sa id the mot el wi ll consist of two two-stor v units wi th a restau ra nt situa ted b e t~v cen them .

GEOR GIA D E PARTMENT O F CO M M ERC E

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NEWSL ET T ER

January, 1959

GEORGIA ECONOMY TREBLES, LEA V ES U. S. GAINS BEHIND

The passing of 1958, the thirteenth

yea r since the second World War

en ded, found Georgia poin ting to a

doub ling and trebling of its indu s-

tr ial eco nomy.

The state's expansion d uring the

period, says th e At lanta field office

of th e U . S. Department of Com-

merce, in all but a few instances left

the nation as a who le far behi nd.

D rawing up on a vai lable dat a in both

governmen tal a nd pri vat e cha n nels in

support of th at sta tement, th e fed eral

ag ency sa id Georgia's progr ess in-

clud ed th e following developments:

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BANK DEPOSITS incr eased by mor e th an three-qu arter s of a billi on
dolla rs. V alu e added bv manufacture of
goods produ ced il~ industrial plants rose by mor e than a billion do llars.
The number of m anufacturing plants increased by 1,700, including forty emplo yin g 500 o r mor e wor ker s.
Eighty -five thousand more manufacturing employees came into the state.
Manufacturing payrolls increased by more than $600 m illion.
Expenditu res on new plants a nd e9uipment showed a $150 million nse.
T he value of constr uction con tracts awarded rose by nearly $350 millio n, and the addition of 14,000 workers wa s needed to carry out th e new bu ilding operations.
C arryin g Georgia licen se tags on streets a nd highways were nearly 700,000 mor e mot or vehicles th an a t th e close of Wor ld W ar II .
Insurance com pa nies placed in effect nearl y $6 billi on mor e in life in -
sura nc e.
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PROD UCTION of elec tric energy to turn th e wheels of industries and uti liti es adva nced 7 Vl billion kilowatt hours.
T o tak e ca re of th e ga ins in population and in bu sin ess ac tivities, Sou th ern Bell had to install 500,000 addit iona l teleph on es.
' Vholesal e sa les increased by more t han a billion do llars and retail sa les by more than $900 million .
To kee p pace with this rise in the trad e field, 70,000 ad ditional workers were needed, and retail trade p ay-

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CENTER OF INDUSTRY - Perry Mf g. Co ., Perry, in operation less than a yea r, is the biggest producer of ta ilored bedspreads in the world . Sears, R oebuck & Co . han dles its prod ucts exclusively, advertises them na tionalIy. -J oe ' Vray pho to

ro lls were " upp ed" by more than $200 million.
T he value of goo ds handled in Georgia's cu stoms districts of At lanta, Brunswick an d Savannah rose by nearly $100 million . With th e ex pa nsion in bu sin ess and other activities went a corresponding incr ea se in person al incom e during th e post-w ar period of two a nd a ha lf bi llion doll ar s, and a com plemen ta ry gain in per ca pita per son al incom e of some $700.
GEORGIA'S FA RMERS experi enc ed a rise of more th an $200 mi llion in cash receipts for th eir product s as re tu rns from livestock a nd its products displaced crops as th e maj or " cash crop. "
Wi th th e development of new bu siness opportuni ties in Georgia and th e Southeast, 17,000 commercial a nd indu stria l firms moved into th e state, adding to th e work er popul ation by nearly 250,000 em ployees .
Airlines serving th e sta te con tinue d to develop th eir facilities to th e p oint wh er e th ev saw a rise of mor e than 900,000 re~enu e p assengers a nd n early 9,000 ton s of freight and expre ss.
Of particular pride to Georgians was the state's showing in t he livestock field. T he number of beef cat-

tIe on farms increased by more t han 600,000, and the post -war period saw the sta te move into the nation's No. 1 position in broi ler production, both in output of broilers as well as in commercia l ha tchi ngs wit h a rise of $130 million in val ue of broilers sent to dinner tables, and 240 m illion in production of chickens for broiler an d egg purposes.
As a final fillip to a n other wise good post-wa r adva nce men t, Geo rgia could point to th e fact th at half a million new residents migrat ed to th e sta te to tak e adva n tage of it s bu siness, cultu ral and socia l pot entials.
In 25 of 29 of th e for egoing increases during th e post-w ar years, G eor gia left th e nat ion as a wh ole behind in rate of progr ess, th e Co m merce D ep artment con clude d .
NEW YORK INDUSTRY MOVES TO TALLAPOOSA
St offel Seal Co rp., Tuckahoe, N . Y , is movin g its p ap er tag di vision to Talla p oosa .
Tallap oosa M ayor R . .J. Simanton
said th e fir m will ope n in temporary quarter s with app roxima tely 20 emplo yees, pend ing construc tion of a new plant bu ildin g.

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CO M MERCE

N EWS LETTE R

J anu ar y, 1959

GEORGIA INDUSTRIAL NEWCOMERS

F ollowing is a list of new indust ries a n no u nce d in 1958.
The list was p rep ared by th e D epartment of Co mme rce wi th th e assistance of utility fir ms, railroads, ban ks, city a nd cou nty officials, newspaper ed ito rs and cham be rs of com me rce th rou gh out the sta te.
A.G .N . Contracting & En gr avin g Co. , At lanta, Sh eet M et a l Product s. . Acr ee M ining Co ., Ced artown, Minmg.
Ad el Block C on cr et e Co ., Ad cl, Concrete Prod ucts.
Adg if Co ., At la nta, Ci ga rette Li ghters.
Alamo Garmen t Co ., Alamo, Shir ts. , Alba ny Asp halt Co ., Albany, Aspha lt P rod ucts. Am er ican A e I' 0 s o l Co ., Atla nta , C hemi ca ls. Am eri can A I' t M etal Co ., At lanta, M etal Product s. Amer ican Bak eri es, Atlanta, Food P r o d u cts. Ameri can C yan amid Co., Va ldosta , Chemica ls. Ameri can Food s, Inc., Ea st Point, C anned Biscui ts. Ameri can Granite Co., O glethor pe Co., St on e Product s. Anderson , V. E ., M fg. Co., R om e, M etal D oo rs. Appalachi an Miner al s, Monticello, Feld sp ar.

. Armour Co., Dou gla s, Egg Proc es-
SlOg.
Arr ow Knitting Mills, Inc., Pembroke, Child ren 's Appar el.
Associated Furniture Co., Hiram , Furniture.
Associated Rubber Co ., T all apoosa , R ubber P roduct s.
Athens Con cret e Co., Athens , Concr et e Product s.
Atla n ta Fine Color Co., Atlanta , C hemi ca ls.
Atla nta Wire Works, In r. , Atlanta , M et al P roduct s.
Atla n tic M fg. Co ., Savan na h , Sportswear.
Atlas Alumi num Prod uct s, Savan na h , Alumin um Doors.
Aus tcx Food s, In c., Conyers , Can ned M eat P ro d ucts .
Ball Ground Cab i n e t Shop, Ball Groun d , Cabinets, C hurch Pews.
Barnesville Pl ani ng M ill, I nc., Barnesville, L u m ber Prod ucts.
Barnesville Printing Co ., Barnesville, Printin g.
B en s on Cabin et Co., Columbus, Cabinet s.
Best I ce & L ocker Co., G ainesville, M eat Product s.
Bestwall G yp sum Co., Brunswick , G yp sum.
Bibb Mfg. Co., 'Forsy th, T extiles. Biddy Lumber Co., Pea rson, Lumber.

I N TH E H EART O F FA R M COUNTRY-Ha ndsome hom e of Sy lveste r Texti le C orp. , Sylveste r, wh er e work er s quickly ada pte d themsel ves to needl e skills and ar e turnin g ou t fini shed apparel. New industry favor s rural Georg ia.- J oe Wray photo

G EO RGIA D E PA R T MENT OF C O M M ER C E

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Big A Feed Mill, T occoa, Feed .

B i I toR i t e Cabinet Co., Co lumbus,

Sto re Fix tures.

Bishop 's H at ch er y, In c., Athens,

H atch crv , Bl airs~'ill e Printin g Co., Blairsville,

Printing.

Blanton Plow Co.. Rome. M etal

Product s.

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Blue Rid g e Processing Co ., Blue

Ridge, M eat Prod ucts.

Bonsa i, \V. R ., Co ., At lanta , Con-

crete Products.

Brake Bondi ng Co ., L ithon ia. Trans-

port ation Equipment.

Breme n -Bo wdon Lnv. Co ., Bowdon,

M en's Suits.

Brooks Co un ty Lu mb er Co .. Qui t-

ma n, Lumber. .

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Broome Pr int ing Co. , Dalt on , Pri n t-

mg.

B I' 0 W n Printing Co., Bru nswick. P r i n t in g .

Brown R eadv M ix Co.. Columbus,

Con cr et e Prodt;ct s.

.

Brunswick St eel Product s, Br un s-

wick , Fab r icated M etal Produ ct s.

C & 0 Ornamenta l Iron Works.

Brunswick. M et al Pr oducts.

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Cairo Industrial Product s, Cairo,

Wood Produ ct s.

C andv Crunch . In c., Chamblee,

Candy. .

.

C a~ton Conc re te Co ., Canton, Con-

crete Product s.

C arefree Footwear, Inc., M etter, Women's Shoes.

C arlson I ndustries. Atlanta . Trans -

port a tion Eq uipmcn t.

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C arr Consolida te d Biscuit Co .. Va l-

d osta, Cookies, C rac kers.

C ar ter, \VilIia m , Co ., Thom ast on ,

U nderwea r.

Ce da r V all ey Mills. Inc.. Ce da rtown .

Feed .

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C ha mpion Hom e Builders, Inc., Ella ville, M obi le H om es.
C ha tham Blow Pip e C o., Sav annah , She et M et al Product s.
Cher o kee Pr oduct s Co., Atl anta , Plasti c Product s.

Ci ty Ice Co., G ainesville, Icc.

Colli er , Ralph , Colb ert, Feed .
Co mfort C raft, Inc., Atl anta , Aluminu m Furniture.

Confede ra te 'M etal C o., Colum b us, Sm elt er Prod uct s.

Con solida ted G en er a l Produ cts , At la n ta , Blind s.

Con tinenta l C an Co ., I nc., Augusta, Paper Products .

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NEWSLETTER

January, 1959

S50 MILLION PAPER MILL
GEORGI,A'5 BIG GAIN OF '58

A mammoth paperboard and paper mill which Continental Can Co . soon wi ll begin constructing near Augusta, was Georgia's big-gest in dustrial pl um of 1958.
The installation, which will cost $50 million and employ 400 workers, brought the year's new industry value to more than $ 160 million, said Scott Can dler, Georgia Secretary of Com merce.
The Continental plant, to be loca ted on th e Savann ah R iver 11 mi les sou th of Augusta, will produ ce :~ 5 0 ton s of blea ch ed su lpha te pap erboard a n d pap er a day.
It s in itia l em p loyme nt of 400 persons will be in th e mill itself. Further , a la rge number of for esters, wood smen and othe rs will be emp loyed in woodlands a nd other wood pr ocurem ent op er ations whi ch will supp ly th e plant' s av erage pulpw ood requ irem ent of 700 cords a day.

OCCUPYING a 2,600-a cre site on th e m ain line of th e Central of Georg ia Railroad and along Airp ort Rd ., th e mill will draw pulpwood supp lies not onlv from its own timberlands in Georgia 'a nd Sou th C arolin a, but from farmers a nd for est ers throu gh out th e area .

In announcing the decision to locate the p lant in the Augusta area. Gen . Lucius D. C lay , chairman of the board of Continental Can, who is a native of Marietta, said:

"Continental's deci sion to ma ke an invest men t of this sub stantial magnitu de in a bleached foodboard mill is based on the expectation that this product will continue to be the fastest growing segment of the paperboard industry for several years to
come.

"T he Augusta site has been selec ted

with a view to future expa nsion. With

a m ple wa ter supp ly, abund ant spa ce,

close access to sources of both hard-

wood and soft wood, and a good la bor

market, thi s locati on could sup po rt su f-

ficient producti on to full y meet Con-

tin ental' s requirem ents for bleach ed

products over a long peri od of tim e." .

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.:.;.

C . S. HUESTIS, man ager of th e paper products division of Continental , said constru ction of the pl ant will start in early F ebruar y and th e facilit y is

INDUSTRY IN P INEY WOODS-Manhattan Shirt Co's. recently ac tiva ted plant at Ashburn, the company's second G eorgia installation. Attending th e dedi cation of th e
ultra-modern fac tor y, Sylvan Geismar, Manhattan pr esid ent, said that a ir-cond itioning
ha s done more than anything else to op en up ru ral areas of the state to manufact ur er s. He predicted that Geor~ia within a few years will be the ~arment m anufacturing h ub.

to be completed in ea rly 1961. He said 1,000 construct ion workers
will be on the job during th e peak of the work.
The choice of Augusta as site for the new mill resulted, Go vernor Marvin Griffin said, from "one of the finest examples of t eamwork Ge orgia has ever had."

T he Gov ernor, who him self pl ayed an important role in get ting the indu str y, pr ai sed Au gu sta's Co mmi tt ee of 100, Au gu sta C ha m ber of Commer ce, Georgia D ep artmen t of Commerce, Sta te Hi gh way D ep artment, Augusta and Ri chmond County officia ls, an d th e ra ilro ads a nd utili ties who coopera ted in th e effor t .

Plant Starts Without Fanfare To Give Sylvania Big Payroll

With no anno un ceme nt before its fir st p ayroll was di stributed , Screven C ounty's newest ind ustry began to hum recently in Sylvania .
R . R. M cL a rt y T russ Co., whi ch fabricates timber truss ra fters for th e hou sing industry, is th e firm .
I t began op er ations, rep orts th e Scr even County News, " as quickly as a sudden sno wsto rm ."
Mr. M cL arty, a n Au gu sta resident a nd own er of Scr even Lumber Industries, said his new p lan t is th e only one of it s kind in th e Sou th east . When it s cap ac ity is reach ed , he expec ts to employ 150 men in addition to th e 60 now working in his Sylva nia lumber m ill.
Us ing au to ma tic machinery, th e plant produces uniformly fin ished trusses of an y di men sion with no hand lab or wh atsoever.
T h e au to ma tica lly mad e tru ss h as been accep ted by building can tract or s

for individu al as well as g roup hou sing construc tion .
The pl ant opened with orders on hand for 10,000 units.
ANDY-CRAFT GETS $250,000 ORDER
A con trac t for 300 boats to be delivered during 1959 h as been signed by Andy-Craft Pr oduct s, Inc., Alm a, with Duval M a rin e Supp ly, Inc., J acksonville, F la .
.J. A. J ohnson , J r., Andy-C ra ft presi-
dent, said th e order fo r 14- a nd 18-f oot fiber glass boats approx ima tes $250,000 .
NEW PLANT ADDS 200 An annex cont aining 17,500 squa re
feet has been com p lete d a t Clark M fg. Co ., Lincolnton ga rme n t finn . It will mean 200 new em p loyees as soon as eq u ipmen t ca n be installed, compa ny officia ls said .

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G EO R G I A D E PAR T M EN T OF C O M M ERC E

N EWS L ET T ER

J anua ry, 1959

NEW INDUSTRIES HUM IN GEORGIA

(Continued from Page 4 )
C onye rs Mfg. C o., Co nyers, M etal Fu rniture.
Crosbv Aerornarinc Co. , D onalsonville, Bo'ats.
Crown C hemi cal Co., M ountai n V iew, C hem ica ls.
Currev Bro th ers, Atla nta, Picture Fra mes. '
D & L Plating Co rp ., Carrollton, M et al F abri cat ors.
D avid son Indust ries, In c., Toccoa , T ex tile E quipment.
Dawson M ach ine S h op, Dawson , M ach ine Products.
Dcka Co rpora tion, At lan ta, Wood Pr odu cts.
Del -Cook Lumber Co ., Adel , Lu mber.
D elta Pr o d u c t s Corp ., Co nyers , C hemicals.
D emo rest H andl e Co., Alapa ha , Tool H andles.
D en- N a p Electri c M old Co., M acon , M et al F ab ricat ors.
Di xie En gineerin g & M fg. Co. , Atlanta, C utting Tips.
D ixie Poultry Co ., Toccoa , Poultry Pro cessing.
D ou glasville C a n c r e t c Product s, Dou glasville, Con cr ete Produ cts.
Dowling Bag Co ., V ald osta, T extile Bags.
D u la ney Veneer Co ., Cu thber t, Plywood D oors.
Eastern Ab rasives, In c., Sav a nnah , Abrasive Belt s.
Edison T extiles, In c., Ed ison, Infants' \,yea r.
E lectro nics Sou theast ern , In c., G riffin, E lectro nic T ub es.
Fayette Mf g. Co. , Amer icus, M obile H omes.
Fi at M et al Mfg. Co. , Alba n y, Show er Bath Units.
Fl cmstcr, Fowler, Lu mb er Co ., M illedgeville, Lumber.
F leet wood Trailer Co ., Do uglas, Mobile H omes.
Flint Riv er M ills, Bainbridge, F eed . Fort M 0 u n t a in W eavers, In c., C ha tswo r th, Rugs. Frazier L u m b c I' Co ., M cintosh, Lu mb er Pr oducts. F I' i e d a Sandwich Co ., Brun swick, Food Products. Ga teway Lu g g a g e Co., J ackson , Lu ggage. Gays Peanu t Dryer , O cilla, F eed .
Gen er al Arma tu re Mfg. Co ., Deca tur , El ect rical Equipm ent.
Ge ne ral Electri c Co., Augusta, TV Picture T ubes.

General El ectric Co., Ch a mb lee, Electrical Equipment.
Ge ner al M edi cal Supply Co ., D eca tur, M edi cal Pr odu cts.
Gents ch Bedding Co., Am er icus, Furniture.
Georgia-Carolina Mfg. C o., Au gusta, Awnin gs, Boa t Trim.
Gcorgia F a rm Products, I nc., Cochran , Feed .
Gcorgi a G ulf Su lphur Corp ., Bainbri dge, Chem ica ls.
Gcorgia H osier y Mills, Cave Spr ing, T extiles.
Georgi a M ilk Confedera tion, Atla nta, Food Products.
Georgia R end er ers, I nc., Rome, F eed .
Georg ia Vctrificd C lay Co., H a rlem , C lay Product s.
Gibson T extile Mfg. Co., Stone M ountain , M etal Products.
Gillma n Paint C o., Atl ant a, Paints. Goo dc Brothers Poultry Co., C ollege Park, Poultry Pro cessing. G ra y Mfg. Co ., F or est Park, Transportation Equipment. Greyshaw Co. of Geor gia, Atlan ta, P lasti c Pr oducts. G riffin Lumber Co ., V ald ost a, Lu mber . Griggs Co ncrete Product s Co., M acon, Co ncr ete Pr odu cts. H ar kins, ]. W ., F eed M ill, M cD onough, Feed. Hill Ch emica l Co., Brunswick, M orticia n Sup plies.
Hinton Box Co., Dea rin g, Wood Product s.

H oughton , E. F . & Co ., Carrollton, T ex tile C hem ica ls.
H ouston Mfg. Co ., Abb eville, Lumber.
Huff, Robert G., Sylva nia, Fo undry. Inland M fg. Co., J asper, Apparel. Interstat e Co ffee Co ., Au gu sta, C offee Roasters. J ackson R ead y Mi x Co ., Atla n ta, Co ncr ete Products. J arvis Brothcrs . Cas ket Shell Co ., Rom e, C askets. J effreys-M cElrath Mfg. Co., ~vl i l lcdgcville, Wood P roduct s. J em eal Blou se Co ., T ignall , \Vomcn 's Ap pa rel. J on es, A. A. Co ., Tifton , Co ne retc P rodu ct s. J on es & Boyd Mfg. Co ., In c., Smy rna, L imit e Scr een .
J ones, .J. L. , Woodwork Shop, Bruns-
wick, Furnitu re. J ones, j oe C., Peanu t Co. , M ila n,
F eed . Justice Bros. Lu mb er Co ., Ni chols,
Wood Chips. K. H. Mfg. Co., Ki ngsland, T ra ns-
por tat ion Equipment.
K een, L . K. , F eed Mill, C adw ell, F eed .
K elly Car pet Co., Fra nk lin, T h row Rugs.
KVP Co., Gri ffin, Pa per P roduct s.
L an gd ale Co., Pear son , Lumber.
L ar son Boa ts of Geor gia, Nashv ille, Boat s.
L ewis Crab Co., Brun swick, Food Product s.

KEY TO VAST AREA-Jim Woodruff Dam and Locks, str addling the GeorgiaFlorida line below Bainbridge, was recently com pleted at a cost of $50 million. It is the fir st phase of a $190 million dev elopment of th e Ch att a hoochee, Flint and Apalac h icola Rivers. It opened the Port of Bainbridge, G eor gia's fir st inland port. Other dam s under
construction will mak e na vigation possibl e as far north as Columbus.- J oe Wray photo

G EO R G I A DEPARTMENT O F C O M M E RC E

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NE\\'SLETTER

PLANTS~ PAYROLLS~ PROSPERITY

Lewi s Lumber Co ., C ai ro , Lumber. L ewi s, M . B., Tab C ard Co., At lanta, Printing. Lib ertv Coach Co., Co lumbus, M obile Ho~es . M a chi ne Fab ricat in g & D esign Co ., Sa va nna h , M ach ine Sho p. Maco G ra in Co., M a rsh all ville,
F eed. Manha tt an Shirt Co., Ashburn, Pa-
j a ma s. Marbleseal Co., Chamblee, Paint. Martin Sal es Co. , Waycross, Furni-
ture, Fixtures. Maxwell Est r off Co ., Au gu sta,
Sportswear. Mayfair Ch enill es, Inc., D alt on ,
T extiles. M cCranie Brothers, Wi llacoochee,
Wood Produ cts . M cK inl ey Tool & D ie W orks, Con-
ye rs, M achine Shop. M eadows :M fg. Co., Atl anta, T ex-
tile Machiner y. M emphis C an Co., Atl anta, Pap er
Container s. M ercu re Steel Co rp., Co llege Pa rk,
O rn amental Iron . Miller & Miller Co., St on e Moun -
tain, Pap er Box es. Milmat T im ber F a rm s, Inc., Cobb ,
F eed . Minerals & Chemi cal s Co. , Atta-
pulgu s, Chemi cal s. Mitch ell Lumber Co., M et calf , Lum-
ber . Momar Chemi cal Co., Atl anta, Sani-
tation Chemi ca ls. Moore Lumber Co., Al ap aha, Lum -
ber. Mt. V ernon Corp., Mt. V ernon ,
D resses. N ation al Pap er Co., At lanta , P ap er
Products . N ati on al Program Printing Co., At-
la n ta, P rinting.
N elson , J. K ., Sycamore, F eed .
N ew M oon H om es, Am ericus , M obile H om es.
N ew Ri ver Lumber Co., Ti fton , Lumber.
New York Rubber Co., Sw a insbor o, Rubber P roducts.
North Fou nd ry M oulding Co. , At lanta, Cl ay C asting.
N orthea st G eorgi a Broi lers, Bowman, Broiler Processing.
No xon Ru g Mills, Inc., Dalton , Rugs.
Owen s Manufacturing Corp. , M acon, Aluminum Windows, D oor s.
. Pa ga Mining Co ., Carter sville, Minmg .

Pa nK O M fg. Co. , Inc ., J effers on, Fa rm Equipmen t.
Pasley Plastics M fg., Atl anta, T oys.

Pca vev Co nc re te Co .. Atl anta . Co n-

cre te Pr~d ucts.

.

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Peck. R. L. Tool & D ve Co .. Bruns-

wick. M achinerv.

.

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D .:. P ep p e'r Co ., Co lum bus, Soft

D rink s.

Perry Mfg. Co ., Perry, Bedspread s.

Pfarner Mfg. Co., Smy rna, Furni-

ture.

Pharr Furniture Mfg. Co ., Atlanta,

F u r n i t u re. Phillips & Kimbrough Peanut Co. ,

Cochran, F eed . Pied mont Co. , Douglasville, Roofing
M a t e r i a ls.

Pioneer Provision C o., At lanta, M eat

Products.

Premium Feed Mi lls, C on yers, Feed .

Prime Industries, Inc., Atl anta,

Furniture. Puritan Co rdage Mill s, Madison ,

T extiles. Quality Mach in e Sho p, Savannah ,

M achine Shop. R ed Barn Mill, Thomasville, Feed. R estaurant Equipmen t M f g. Co .,

D ouglasville, M et al Fixtures. R eynolds Aluminum Co., Atl anta,

Aluminum Products.

R h e i n Bros., Inc., Alb an y, Studio

Couche s, Mattresses. Rio Vista, Inc., Atlanta, Food Prod-

ucts. Rite Pa ck Co. , Atl anta, Co nta ine rs.

Rivers Candy Co ., M acon, Food. Robertson Factories, Atl anta, T ex-

tiles. Robett Mfg. Co. , Atl anta, Apparel.

Robinett, G . M . Dawson, Furniture. Rock City Box Sales Co ., Cochran,

Paper Produ cts. Rose Mfg. Co ., D ecatur, Furniture. Rulli Awning Works, Dublin, M et al

Awnings.

Sav annah Bottling Co ., Savannah ,

Soft Drinks.

Savannah B u r i a I Vault Co. , Sa-

va nnah, Burial Vaults.

Savanna h T ermin als, Inc., Savanna h,

Asphalt Produ ct s.

Sham roc k Knittin g Mills, I nc., At-

lanta, Appar el.

Sibley Feed Mill, Milled geville, F eed .

Sim plex Nail & Mfg. Co., Am ericus,

Nail s.

Skinne r Poultry Co ., Inc., Carrollton,

Pou ltry Processing.

Smith-Hunt Co. , Athen s, M achine

Shop.

So uthern Co nc rete Block Co., At-

lanta, Co nc rete Products.

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Southern Latex Co ., Dalton , T ex tile

Latex.

Sou thern Planters, I nc., Q uitman.

Food Cannerv.

So uthern Poul try Co .. M onr oe. F eed

Proc essin g.

,.

.

Sou the~n St a tes Feed Co rp., M orr ow,

Food .

So uthern T oy & Hobby Co. , Atla nta ,

Toys.

So uthla nd P e e a n Co ., Waycross,

Food Packagin g.

Spa lding Mfg. Co., At lanta, Sp orts-

wear.

Spartan Air cr aft, Albany, Mob i I e

H o m es.

Sp ring ier, L. B., Lumber Co., Gaines-

ville, Lumber.

Stoffel Sea l Co rp., Tallap oosa, Pa-

per T ags.

Sun C hem ica l C o., Atl anta, Che mi-

ca ls.

Sunshine M etal Product s, Inc., Ar-

lington, Iron Furniture.

S u n we a I' of Ga. , Inc., Rutled ge,

Sho rts, Swim Suits.

Superior Fixtur es Co ., Augusta , Sto re

Fixtures.

Suthe rla nd Pap er Co ., Alb an y, Pa per

Product s.

S~i ft & Co. , Douglas, Broil er Pro-

cessmg.

Taylor Milling Co ., Boston , Feed .

Terrell County Grain & E levator Co.,

Dawson, Feed .

T ext ile Rubber C o., Inc., Bowdon,

Rubber Products .

Tigna ll Mfg. C o., Tignall, Apparel.

Tip Top Pou ltry Co ., Marietta, Pou l-

try Processing .

T olleson Lumber Co ., Alap aha, Lum-

ber.

Tracy Luckey Corp., H a rlem, F eed .

Tread o's Pecan Pies, Sylva nia, F ood

Pr oducts.

U . S. Elect ronic Tube Co., East Point, Elect rical Equipment.

Vall ey Industries, West Point, Ap parel.

Viking T rail er Co r p ., Swai nsboro, M obil e H omes.

W anner -Sca rb orough M fg. Co ., Dudley, Fu rniture.

W est Che mical Product s, Inc., Atlanta, Sa nita tion Chemi cal s.

Whitehurst Cas ket Co., J eff erson-

ville, C askets.

.

W ilm a rk Steel Co ., C olum b us, M etal Fabricator s.

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J anu ar y, 19:>9

-HIGHLIGHTING OUR PROGRESS-

Columbus doubled its a rea to 26 sq u a n~ miles a nd increased it s popul ation to 1~1 5, 000 . . . C layton County
will vo te .I an. 28 on a $ 1,368,000 school
bon d .issue . . . Doyle Jon es Jr. becam e soh- .. OWJH~ I ' of the J a ckson ProgressArg us by bu ying th e in terest of his brother, Vincent J on es . .. Food F a ir St ores. I n r. . will erec t a new sto re in 13rook~\"Ood . Plaza, V aldosta . . . T elfa ir H ospi tal, Savannah, is completing a $70,000 rem odeling p roj ect.
A Presbyteria n S t u d en t Ce nte r sched uled to be built a t th e U niversity of Georgia, Athens, will cost $ 170,000 . . Sparta's H otel L aF a yette is remod eling . . . Mi lledgev ille will get a new post office struc ture . . . R adi o Sta tion W DAK, Co lumbus, increased its power . . . F a rm ers & M erch ants Ban k, Washington, pl an s a new home . . Hu tch eson M emori al Tri-C ountv H osp ital, Fort Oglethorpe, will launch a $ 1.5 million bu ilding p rogr am .
Athens' Di an a Sh ops will move to a new build ing . . . A combination p arking ga rage an d retail stores structu re, five and a h alf stories ta ll, will be bui lt on th e site of Atlanta's histori c Kimball H ou se. Cos t is estima ted a t $600 ,000 . . Dawson's new H olid av M ot el. $90,000 facility with 22 units,' Iormally ope ned . .. Citizen s Telepho ne Co., Leslie, is erec ting a new home . . . Swainsboro Ch amber of Commer ce will build a home . . . Sandersville h as sla ted an 80-unit hou sing p roj ect.
Cherokee County W at er Au tho rity will lav its first rural wa ter line between Canton and Forsyth County a t a cost of $90,000 . . . Bank of Eastman is in a new bu ilding . . . W ALB -TV, Albany, will build a I,OOO-foot tower near Doerun and in crease its power to 3 16,000 wa tt s . . . Chattooga County's new heal th cen ter was dedi ca ted a t Summerville . .. Indep enden t Life & Accident In s. Co. is erec ting a $400 ,000 buil din g on W est Peachtree St. , Atlanta.
No rma n Co llege, Norman Park, h as adde d an 800-sea t auditorium . . . Fulton County will build a $ 1 million ju venil e cour t building in Atlanta . . . Big Apple ope ned a hu ge store in Smyrna . . . Con tr act was let for a $ 1 million p assenger ter minal at At lanta Airpor t . . . George Ed wa rd Smith Post, VFW, schedu led an $80,000 home in Dalton.
.Jam es W. Woodruff, .I r., Co lumbus,
was appoin ted by Presiden t Ei senhower to head a committee to studv riv er development in th e South . . .. Winn-

THANKS FOR A MOUNTAIN- Go vernor Marvin Griffin a nd ho sts a t a dinner tender ed him by th e D eKalb C ou n ty Chamber of Comme rce in a pp re ciat ion of his pu rc hase of Stone Mountain an d su rrou nd ing lands for d evelopment of a sta te park. L. to R., E. Aldin e R ichardson , chamber pr esid en t; G overn or G r iffin, Georg ia Co m mer ce Sec reta ry Sc ott Candler , who is also a m emb er of th e Stone Mount ain M emorial Assn. , and Price Gilbert, j r., vice chairman of th e memorial group.

D ixie opened a store in Tifton . . . C&S N ati on al Bank, Savannah, h as occupied its new br an ch bank on Victor y D r. .. . A shopping cen ter at Country Club Plaza , Augusta, will con tain 25 bu siness units.
W. H . L ay & Co., Chamblee, ac q uir ed H alt er' s Pr et zels, In c., Can ton , O hio . . . Atlanta's Ban k of Georgi a opened a new br a nch at Buckhead .. . Sa ndra White, 16, of Meigs Co unty, was n am ed " M iss Geor gia REA" . . . Georgia Education Assn . occupied its new $300,000 headquart er s bu ilding in At la nta.
A Bru nswick la ndma r k, th e O gleth orp e H otel, is being razed to mak e way for a modern building . . . Summerville News celebra ted its 75th birthda y by pu blishin g a n historical edition . . . Brooks County is pl anning to mark its centenn ial thi s year . . . C . C. Rush,

Lexin gt on, N. C., bou ght three Glennville mot els, Crysta l, Sou thl and and
Glass House, from .J. .J. J on es.
First F ed eral Savin gs & Loan Assn. of Savannah will erec t a Iou r -sto rv building . . . H arper M ot or Lines i's expanding its terminal in Fitzgerald .. . Blackshear acqu ired a site for a sewage disposal p la nt . . . Douglas County REA was gra n ted $586 ,000 for expa nsion in Douglas, Paulding, Cobb a nd Bartow Co unties.
SOUTHERN ACQUIRES 18TH BREAD PLANT
Southern Ba keries C o., Atlanta , has purchas ed th e plant of Schneider Su nbea m Ba king Co., in W ashington, D . C., br ing ing to 18 th e number of p la n ts it now ope ra tes.

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