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1st Quarter, 1968

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CONTINUING PROGRESS!

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
OF THE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF
INDUSTRY AND TRADE
LT. GE . LOUIS W. TRUMAN, xeclilil'e Director
JULIUS F. BISHOP, Chairman Mayor City of Athens Athens, Georgia
KIRK SUTLIVE Vice President Union-Camp Paper Corporation Savannah, Georgia
B.T. BURSON Publisher The Camilla Enterprise Camilla, Georgia
ROBERT T. DAVIS, JR. President Swift Spinning Mills Columbus, Georgia
JOH K. PORTER President John K. Porter Company, Inc. Atlanta, Georgia
EUGE E A. YATES Vice President Georgia Power Company Atlanta, Georgia
ROGER SCHOERNER Execulh'e Vice President Southwire Company CarroUton, Georgia
JOH P. PICKETT Pickett Chevrolet Company Cedartown, Georgia
WILLIAM A. POPE Washington, Georgia
ALLY J. MORSE Vice President (Retired) Coats & Clark, Inc. Toccoa, Georgia
BUDDY M. ESMITH President Buddy M. eSmith Motors, Inc. Second Street Cochran, Georgia
JOHN E. PARKERSON PresideTl/ The Bank of Tifton Tifton, Georgia
W. T. ROBERTS Attorney at Law Montezuma, Georgia
CLARK E. HARRISO ,JR. President Clark Harrison & Company, Inc. Decatur, Georgia
THOMAS G. COUSINS President Cousins Properties, Inc. Atlanta, Georgia
JOH R. HI ES Hogansville, Georgia
ALEX S. BOYER, JR. P. O. Box 378 Sylvania, Georgia
WILLIAM BAZEMORE President The First ational Bank of Waycross Waycross, Georgia
RALPH CLEVELA D President Gainesville Milling Company Gainesville, Georgia
WALTER GRAHAM President Marietta Commercial Bank P. O. Box 6068, Station A Marielta, Georgia

CONTENTS

DIRECfOR'S VIEWPOINT . 1968 - First Quarter Sets Quick Pace
GEORGIA DEVELOPMENT
AVIATION ADVANCES RED CARPET TOUR TOURIST TOPICS . NEW AND EXPANDED INDUSTRIES
DEPARTMENTAL NEWS

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COVER: Artist's drawing of the 1-T-E Circuit Breaker Company's plant to be built in DeKalb County. (See story on page 4.) Credit for the cover: G. T. Deckbar, Locatell, Inc.

GEORGIA PROGRESS is compiled quarterly by the Georgia Department of Industry and Trade, 100 State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia 30334.

PAULA COSTELLO.

. Editor

JODI L. BROADRICK

Associate Editor

GEORGIA
ROGRESS

Volume 4 Number 1

1st Quarter, 1968

DIRECTOR'S VIEWPOINT

By Lt. Gen. Louis W. Truman ... Executive Director

Nineteen sixty-seven as a whole was a banner year for indus-

trial expansion in Georgia. The last six months of 1967 started

a "new" industry and "expansion" trend which not only made up

for a slow first half, but also ended by making 1967 the best year

ever for industrial growth in Georgia.

This trend has continued through the first quarter of 1968.

It is significant that March of 1968 marks the ninth month in a

row in which the State has maintained an average of over

$50,000,000 per month for new and expanded industry.

Conservative figures for the first three months of

this year are:

Total ew Industries .

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95

Number Reporting Capital Investment

to Date. . .

49

Capital Investment . . .

$ 89,191,460

Total Expanding Industries . . .

64

Number Reporting Capital Investment

to Date.

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LOUIS W. TRUMAN Lt. General, U. S. Army (Ret.)

Capital Investment. . . . . . $ 40,828,158 Total capital investment for new and
expanding industries. . . . . . $130,019,618 Industrial growth, for the first quarter of 1968, is much greater than the whole of the first six months of 1967. For the first half of 1967, capital investment for new and expanded industry was $94,304,102 while that for the months of January, February and March

The threat to Georgia's future economic growth rate is dramatically seen when figures of past history on Industrial Revenue Bonds are examined. The total value of Industrial Revenue Bonds issued from 1960 through 1967 was $211,307,000. The amount issued in 1967, alone, was $123,270,000. These issues accounted for almost 29% of the total 1967 capital investment for new and expanded industries in the State.

of 1968 was $130,019,618. This is a 38% advance for

At present, it appears that the issuance of Industrial

three months of 1968 over six months of 1967. The

Revenue Bonds after January 1, 1969 may be pro-

first quarter new industry figure of $89,191,460 is hibited. Certainly, such a loss of this type financing will

approximately three times the $28,669,776 for the prevent the establishing and expansion of the smaller

first half of 1967. The number of new firms (95) is companies in the rural communities of Georgia with

already nearly two-thirds of the total of 155 for all

the resultant positive harm to the economic develop-

of 1967.

ment in these areas.

These figures are indicative that Georgia's firm in-

At present though, a bright picture in Georgia's in-

dustrial base is well established and that Georgia's

dustrial growth is portrayed by the development of

reputation as a State with an excellent industrial cli- "home-grown industries." A splendid example of one

mate is becoming better known, both nationally and such industry is Southwire Company of Carrollton, fea-

internationally.

tured on page 8 of this issue.

Georgia's upward industrial trend becomes even

Home-grown industries are one of the answers to

more significant when it is considered in light of the industrial development in many Georgia communities.

Vietnam War, the Poverty War, the gold situation and When conditions are such that outside industry cannot

other factors which have affected many sectors of the or has not been attracted to a particular community,

economy of the nation.

the people of the community must make a careful

At the present time, there is the definite possibility evaluation to determine what is missing on the plus

that Industrial Bond Financing will be prohibited by

side of the community'S assets. Often such an evalua-

the Treasury Department, the Securities and Exchange tion will indicate not only what is needed, but fre-

Commission and Congress at some time in the not too quently will develop that which can be produced at

distant future. In the event this becomes reality,

the local level to start local industries.

there unquestionably will be a slow-down in the eco-

Georgia communities are gaining more and more

nomic development and growth in Georgia. The fact locally owned industries by just such fundamental eval-

that Georgia has so far maintained its high rate of uations. This gain is another indication that Georgia's

growth, in spite of these possible dampening trends, industrial base is diversified, firmly established and is

is in itself a compliment to Georgia's dynamic indus- constantly growing as each community makes itself

trial climate.

more attractive to some type industry or industries.

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GEORGIA DEVELOPMENT

DeKalb County Welcomes I-T-E

The ITE CIRCUIT BREAKER COMPA Y, shown in artist's drawing on cover, broke ground officially for its new 175,800 square foot plant in DEKALB COU TY March II. Attending the short ceremony were about 35 state and local civic officials, including the DeKalb County Commission Chairman, Brince Manning, leading area businessmen and ITE executives from the Atlanta area, as well as from Philadelphia, the company headquarters.
Speaking briefly at the ceremony, Gov. Lester Maddox expressed pleasure at the construction in Georgia of the new plant, which will employ 450 men and 215 women.
Other guests included Col. Harold Dye of the Georgia Department of Industry and Trade, Orie Meyers, Pre ident of the Chamber of Commerce, Commissioner Bill Evans and many other prominent leaders.
B. A. Giessner, manager of ITE Atlanta Operations, headed the local group at the ceremony.
. The modern, single story facility is being constructed on a 27-acre plot in the Montreal Industrial District, near Tucker.
At a luncheon following the ground breaking, Geissner explained that the new facility would be used for

the fabrication of a number of products that are produced and marketed by the company's Distribution and Controls Group. Used largely in industrial plant, commercial building and residential electrical systems, these products include: EQ circuit breaker and fusible load venters, metering boards, main disconnects, wireways, safety switches and unassembled panelboards.
Giessner said existing facilities in Atlanta would continue to be used as an assembly and distribution center for the manufacture of switchboards used on shipboard by both the Merchant Marine and Naval service.
In his remarks, President Musham stated, "The prognosis for the full use of this new facility is excellent because we have on hand a very large backlog of orders for this range of products."
Typical of the plant's modern production facilities are two fully automatic systems, one for electrocoating (painting) and the other for tin-plating various product component . There is also a power and free conveyor system for the transport and storage of goods in process.
This new facility is part of a multi-million dollar new plant and expansion program that was begun in 1967. The Atlanta operations date back to about 1945, before being acquired by ITE in 1956.

Uniroyal Expands Hogansville Plant

A major modernization and expansion program of hose and belt fabric manufacturing facilities at its HOGA SVILLE, Georgia, plant has been announced by UNIROYAL, INC.
Uniroyal has long been a leader in the manufacture of hose and belt fabrics and holds a number of patents in the field.
According to W. Lindsay Wylie, Vice President and General Manager of Uniroyal's fiber and textile division, the new facilities are scheduled to begin operation in March 1969 and will provide the company with the most modern plant of its kind in the industry.
A new air-conditioned weaving plant will be constructed which will include new looms especially designed to weave hose and belt duck, of both natural and synthetic fibers, to meet expanded and changing customer requirements. The 41,000 sq. foot unit will also provide facilities for inspection and quality control.
Construction of the new weaving building was scheduled to begin in April and is expected to be completed in June, 1969.
A. C. Link, Manager of the Hogansville plants,
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stated that the new weaving and fabric inspection operations would require all of the employees now working in these departments at the Reid plant and that additional workers would be required to run full threeshift production planned for the new facilities. It is expected that Reid employees now in carding and spinning will be transferred to fill many vacancies that will exist in the new weaving department and to fill additional jobs created in the Stark plant due to increased production in carding and spinning to supply the hose and belt duck yarns for the new operation.
Present spinning and preparatory facilities at Hogansville will be consolidated and modernized within the
present complex. New jobs are also being created as a result of con-
tinued increases in production requirements for the Asbeston plant located at Hogansville. Thus, it is expected that all employees now in the Reid plant will be required to man the production facilities at the Hogansville plants.
Link said that the Reid plant warehouse will continue to be used to provide storage space required.

Aerial view of new CPA plant located in Clyo
CPA Celebrates Major Expansion

NEW PLANT AT elYO!
About 2,000 farmers and special guests attended the grand celebration of COTTO PRODUCERS ASSOCIATIO 's new granular fertilizer plant at CLYO, Georgia, Feb. 7.
Located on the Savannah River in Effingham County, the million and ~ half dollar plant is one of the most modern in the nation and will have a capacity of 100,000 tons of fertilizer annually. It will serve farmers in the South Georgia area and will enable the Cordele plant to provide better services to farmers in other areas of the CPA territory.
The fertilizer industry and CPA manufacturing facilies have undergone tremendous change and progress within the past five years. CPA experienced a 28.6% increase in plant food tonnage during the 1966-67 fiscal year alone. This can be attributed to more usage of plant food and higher rates per acre being used.
The Clyo plant was a milestone in the history of CPA. In the past, only farmers west of Georgia have been able to participate in CPA. ow farmers in South Carolina can participate in CPA's growth.
The Clyo plant is equipped with an automatic bagging machine and storage facilities for 12,000 tons of plant food. It boasts of a mixing capacity of 50 to 60 tons per hour, probably the highest rate in the Southeast. One of the most unique features of the plant is that practically all equipment is operated by remote
control from the all-electric plant control room. Storage facilities include 400 tons storage for phos-
phate rock dust and 700 tons for super phosphate which will be manufacSured at the plant.
Paul Howze will serve as manager of the new plant.

GROUND BREAKING AT VALDOSTA!
Also, groundbreaking ceremonies were held on March 21 at COTTO PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION's sixmillion-dollar soybean processing and grain storage facility in VALDOSTA.
W. W. Gaston, Vice President, Marketing, CPA joined D. W. Brooks, General Manager, CPA; Mayor James Beck; W. P. Langdale, Chairman, County Commissioners; and James L. Dowling, Chairman, Valdosta/Lowndes County Industrial Development Authority in lifting the first spades of dirt on the fifty acres of land where construction is now underway.
Plans call for the multi-million dollar facility to be in operation this Fall and to process 1,500 tons of soybeans per day. In addition, CPA is constructing a fourmillion-bushel grain storage facility adjacent to the soybean processing plant. The plant will be operated as GOLD KIST SOY, a division of CPA.
Lowndes County was chosen as the site for the new facility because of the converging of rail transportation, the convenience of IPlterstate 75, and the proximity to the export areas of Savannah and Jacksonville. The plant will be designed and engineered by Blaw Knox Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the grain storage facility by Gulf States Construction Company, Atlanta, both working in cooperation with the CPA Engineering Department.
The annual esti.mated payroll for the soybean plant, administrative and office personnel will be approximately $550,000. In addition, purchases made in the area for utilities, office and plant supplies will exceed $600,000 each year.
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GEORGIA DEVELOPMENT

The McCOY LUMBER INDUSTRIES, INC., with home offices in Greensboro, orth Carolina, have put a new "wrinkle" in the lumber field. They are now shipping lumber from the Western Coast of orth America, principally British Columbia, Canada. A large portion of this lumber cargo arrives on the East Coast via GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY. Regular scheduled shipments of lumber cargo consist of Douglas Fir, Hemlock, and Western Red Cedar.
The ships which are used for transporting the lumber are especially designed for this type cargo. The "S.S. Riviera," a seven-hatch vessel, recently arrived at berth 57 of the Georgia Ports Authority to discharge at that time 4,200,000 board feet of cargo lumber. This was the largest lumber cargo ever to enter a Georgia Port.
The processing and sale of this lumber is handled by the company's Atlanta office under the management of Weyman Maxey. He and his associates are responsible for the distribution of the lumber cargo throughout South Carolina and the entire state of Georgia. It will be shipped out of Port via truck and rail to various lumber dealers and manufacturers on a specified basis.
Executives of the McCoy Lumber Industries believe a shipment of this size through the Georgia Ports Authority is indicative of the growth and expansion now in process in the southeastern region of the United States. This company will continue to schedule regular shipments through the Port of Savannah with the contemplated shipment of one cargo each three months or more often if business permits it.
Interstate Paper Opens
New Mill in Riceboro
INTERSTATE PAPER CORPORATIO purchased in J anua~y the first truck load of pulpwood for its modern $25 million kraft linerboard mill at RICEBORO in Georgia's Liberty County.
The mill, which began production in Mid-March, produces unbleached linerboard for use in the manufacture of corrugated boxes and shipping containers. The fir t load of pulpwood came from a timber site, owned by Mrs. James Fowler, near Soperton. Wood for the mill will be shipped by rail and truck from distances ranging up to about ] 25 miles from Riceboro from a 40-50 county coastal area of Georgia and adjoining sections of Florida and South Carolina. Some 225,000 cords of wood per year will be required to supply the Riceboro mill. The entire supply will be purcha ed from individual timberland owners, pulpwood dealers, ~nd sawmill operators in the form of chips. Production capacity will be 400 tons of linerboard a day, 140,000 tons a year.
To assist in the twin goals of conservation and optimum wood harvesting, Interstate is entering into management agreements with timberland owners. Under these agreements, prescribed cutting and timberland management practices are followed. Interstate foresters direct and supervise such conservation practices as selective harvesting, mechanical harvesting, site preparation and replanting.

At current prices, Interstate will payout between $4 and one-half and $5 million annually at yard delivery prices for its wood supply. It is estimated that this supply will be drawn from about 1,100 timberland owners during an average year. About 250 workers will be needed to harvest Interstate's needs.
Peanut Laboratory to Research
More Efficient Shelling Storage
The ATIO AL PEANUT MARKETING RESEARCH LABORATORY, a $619,234 project, will be constructed in DAWSON during the next 10 to 12 months. Groundbreaking ceremonies were held February 12.
Reed Hutchinson, who will be in charge of engineer research at the laboratory, said the laboratory will operate to produce more efficient methods of shelling and storage, and attempt to find ways to reduce the time peanuts stay in the field.
Problems of storage will be under research, Hutchinson said, to develop a more efficient storage environment. He stated that pests such as rodents and insects will be studied to help solve problems in that area. Attempts will be made to increase the ratio of dried peanuts and to develop a better quality of peanuts, he said.
The one-story facility, which will be built with gray brick and SlDJctural steel, is located on approximately seven acres. This is less than half of the 15 acres on the four-lane Albany Highway which interested citizens of the city and county purchased and deeded to the government as a site for the laboratory. However, the remaining acreage will be used later for the addition of a pilot shelling plant.
Yarn Spinning Plant to Produce
Synthetics for Carpets
Announcement has been made by Dan Hurst, president of YAR CRAFTERS, I C., of a new carpet yarn spinning plant to be located near CHATSWORTH on the Chatsworth-Dalton road.
The mill is being built to ultimately produce 12 million pounds per year of nylon, polyester, acrylic, rayon, and other synthetic yarns, with first production to begin in August. It is to be equipped with the latest and most modern equipment available.
Yarn Crafters, Inc., is a company recently formed by Hurst and several other Daltonians. Hurst formerly was vice president of Dixie Yarns, Inc., Chattanooga, Tenn., including Candlewick Yarns in Dalton.
Pabst to Establish
$40 Million Brewery Near Perry
PABST BREW G COMPA Y of Milwaukee (Wis.) has announced plans to build a $40-million brewery near PERRY that will provide jobs for about 500 persons. To be the company's fifth brewery and its first in the South, the facility will have a production capacity of ] .5-million barrels of beer annually. Construction will begin this summer on the 700-acre site, at a point to be known as "Pabst," six miles from Perry, with completion expected by mid-1969. The plant will be financed internally by Pabst.

GEORGIA DEVELOPMENT

Through Research ... Tomorrow's "Miracle" Materials!

By A. C. EVANS Research Associate G~orgia Department of Industry and Trade
The travel of astronauts to and from the earth will be associated with tremendous friction and heat. Their space~hips wi~l be 'protected at sensitive points by materIals fashIOned III furnaces at ultra-high temperatures.
~uture housewives will find housekeeping easier and nOise leve~s lower because walls and ceilings will be
c~eorviealreidnsWtailtlheda innewthwe assahmabele~aascyouwatyicatlhacterfaibmeircbomarad-
IS today. In our public places, parks and cemeteries, monu-
ments of stone may be protected from the sulphuric fumes..of modern ~ndustrial civilization by a coating of a siliceous materIal that "breathes" with the rock.
Materials for all of these uses have either been developed or are under development by scientists and engineers in the High Temperature Materials Division of
the. Georgia Tech Engineering Experiment Station. ThiS past month, the group was made into a full division from a branch operation because of their dynamic !?!owth and as recognition of the significant contributIOns made to numerous industries and the national
defense. ~nder the guidance of J. D. Walton, Jr. (Division
Chief). and N. E. Poulos (Associate Division Chief)
the HIgh Temperature Materials Division has received national recognition for its activities in three areas of materials research and development.
The first of these areas is slip-cast fused silica (a pure sand product) which began in 1956 and has resulted. in ~he use of this material in virtually all areas of applIcatIon for ceramics. Slipcasting is a ceramic
technique for .fab.ricating shapes by suspending a finely ~round matenal In water, then pouring the suspension III ~ plaster mold to absorb the water, thus leaving a soltd shape. When dry the shape is then removed and heat treated at high temperatures. Some of the major uses of slip cast fused silicia are:
-The stainless steel honeycomb panels used in
construction of the RB 70 (research forerunner to ~e SST) were brazed on fused silica tooling which was based on the material technology developed by the Division. North American Avia-
tion officials. doubt whether the plane could have been built successfully without fused silica. -Ceramic dies for hot forming sheet metal were
develope? for Lockheed Georgia. The technique has provided up to 90 per cent cost savings in
f?rming titanium and is used by virtually every airframe company. Panels for the Saturn launch vehicle are fabricated under this method. - ose cones have been developed and successfully tested. Solely because of the efforts of the division, slip-cast fused silica has become a leading candidate for all nose cone application and is the only material for re-entry radomes (nos: cone~ which house radar equipment), termmal guidance re-entry and hypersonic mis-

siles. The Division has fabricated the largest

slip-cast radome in the world.

-The first program undertaken by the Division

was for an industrial sponsor to develop a

permanent foundry mold. As a result of this

work a new multimillion dollar Georgia industry

was born-Glasrock Products, Inc. located in

Atlanta and Calhoun.

The area. of felted ceramics offers a potential equal

to that of slIp-cast fused silica. Applying techniques de-

veloped by the paper industry, the Division has created

a versatile ceramic process with a myriad of applica-

tions. Possibilities include (1) a lightweight ceramic

swaawlln,pdarnie~l e(?upo r

to 4 feet punched

by in

8 feet) which can be cut the same way as any othe:

felted buildmg product. The panel would be similar

t? tpe and require only occasional washings. (2) A

Significant change in design and construction of kiln

and. furnaces. (3) umerous chemical applications

ranglllg from filters to nuclear waster disposal prob-

lems. (4) The felting process also lends itself to the

fabrication of nose cones, leading edges and fins of

hypersonic missiles.

The remaining areas in which the High Temperature

Materials Division has excelled are in the fields of

ablation and rain erosion. A computer program has

been designed which can predict the behavior and

ablation of a silica radome during re-entry under a

wide range of conditions.

Ablation Test on Model Radome
International recognition has been received for the development of ~n inexpensive technique of screening nose cone matenals. Today, a laboratory experiment replaces weeks of expensive preparation and rocket sled tests for evaluating the erosion of missiles passing through rain fields.
This summer, for the second time, the Division will hos~ the Electromagnetic Windows (Radomes) SymposIUm sponsored jointly with the USAF Avionics Laboratory. This meeting will have attendees from all over the U. S. as well as other Western powers.
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GEORGIA DEVELOPMENT

Research - Cont'd.
These programs and many others are but a part of the everyday research activities at Georgia Tech. A considerable portion of the effort is aiding sponsors in developing new and better products. Within the past six months alone two new ceramics industries have sprouted within Georgia as a result of teachings and influence of the High Temperature Materials Division. These are: Thermo Materials, Inc. and Applied Ceramics, Inc.
The services of the High Temperature Materials Division offer immense opportunities for firms in Georgia. The Division has cooperated with the Industrial Developmen~ Division of Georgia Tech to help in developing the State's industrial growth potentials and aid Georgia firms in solving technical problems.
Southwire Proves "It Can Be Done"
"It can't be done" - the byword of Doubting Thomases everywhere - serves, also, as the challenge to men and women of vision, courage and determination, deaf to disc'ouragement and reverses.
It was just this kind of negative challenge that encouraged a group of enterprising young people in CARROLLTO , Georgia, 18 years ago to found SOUTHWIRE COMPA Y, pictured on back cover, the Southeast's leading producer of electrical wire and cable.
What started as a simple answer to the challenge of "it can't be done" has followed a patch-quilt pattern of growth until today the Southwire facility covers nearly 25-acres of Carroll County ground.
Daily more than 1,300 employees come to the Southwire plant and work with the most modern equipment in the wire and cable industry. During 1967 these employees produced more than 180 million pounds of aluminum, copper and steel products.
The modern equipment and machinery at Southwire is a point of particular pride for Roy Richards, Southwire's founder and President. Richards has devoted his entire business career to achievement through applied technology.
At Southwire Richards had his first opportunity to innovate in the wire industry when he introduced a continuous casting of aluminum process in 1953. In subsequent years Southwire has added numerous stars by its name as new ideas in product design and manufacturing processes were introduced into the industry.
Over the years Southwire has also brought much honor and recognition to the state of Georgia. Early in the 1960's, Southwire was the recipient of the late President Kennedy's "E" for Export award for its outstanding contribution to the export expansion program of the United States.
Although justly proud of its many accomplishments and growth of the past, Southwire is not content to merely look with pride over its accomplishments. Energetic expansion plans that reflect the start-up of an aluminum reduction facility and additional rod and cable plants have already been announced.
And, if 18 years fulfill the requirements for estab,lishing a heritage, Southwire has established the heritage of outstanding and aggressive management and planning which results in a growth record of which all Georgians can be proud.
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Coca-Cola Announces New Division

A new division of the COCA-COLA COMPANY has been announced by J. Paul Austin, President of the international soft drink firm.

Designated as Coca-Cola USA, the new division will

b.e headquartered in ATLANTA and will be responSible for all of the Company's operations and activities in the United States relating to the product, Coca-Cola, and the Company's other soft drinks.

Fred W. Dickson, formerly marketing director for the Company's Carbonated Beverages Division, has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of Coca-Cola USA, Mr. Austin said.

Company functions assigned to Coca-Cola USA will

be those re.lating to the manufacturing, development

~nd mar~etlllg of the Company's soft drink products

III the United States. They will domestic bottling subsidiaries,

include marketing, new products and

psaalceks~

age~, technic:al services, fiscal administration, public

affaIrS, planning and product manufacturing.

Mr. Austin also noted that the corporate headquarters group will continue to be responsible for the overall supervision of corporate affairs, including the formulation, implementation and coordination of policies of the Coca-Cola Company.

Inventors'. Exposition Was
Georgia's First
The Georgia Science and Technology Commission in cooperation with other agencies has planned Georgia's First Annual Inventors' Exposition. The Commission will bring together persons with patents and patents pending, as well as investors and entrepreneurs for the purpose of negotiating sale and license of patents, and to arrange for the production and distribution of new inventions. The Exposition was held May 16 and 17 at the Atlanta Marriott Motor Hotel. Persons who would like to obtain full details about the Exposition may contact Steven W. Smith, Research Associate, Georgia Science and Technology Commission, 2970 Peachtree Road, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia.

World Carpets Adds New Dalton Plant
Governor Lester Maddox officiated at groundbreaking ceremonies for a new plant of WORLD CARPETS at Whitfield Industrial Park in mid-February.
Governor Maddox spoke of the progress of the carpet plant since its establishment in DALTO in 1954 when its president, Shaheen Shaheen, began with six employees and 15,000 square feet of floor space. The firm now has 650 employees and occupies more than 700,000 square feet.
After his talk, Governor Maddox was given the gold-plated shovel bearing the emblem of Dalton with which he turned the first shovel of dirt.
The new plant will consist of 125,000 square feet of floor space and is expected to be completed within three or four months. Mr. Shaheen stated that other buildings tentatively have been planned for construction on the same site.

GEORGIA DEVELOPMENT

Regent line Opens Savannah Branch
REGE T LINE, a rapidly expanding transatlantic steamship company, has taken a further step towar~ consolidating its operation in this country. PresIdent of the J. R~ Shipping Co., Ltd., Rumanian-born Ion Ratiu, recently announced the opening of a branch office in SAVA AU.
The company and its subsidiary, Regent Line, has been represented in Savannah, Jacksonville, and Charleston, by the Southern Company for the last four years. It was founded four years ago by Ratiu. He now serves a Managing Director.
Today Regent Line offers scheduled sailings between the U. S. South Atlantic ports of Savannah, Jacksonville and Charleston and the Antwerp-Hamburg area on the European Continent. Chester, Blackburn and Roder, Inc. will continue to control the operations in the United States as general agents.
Ratiu is a former diplomat, journalist and Cambridge economist. He chose Savannah over Jacksonville and Charleston for the new installation. "Savannah has become our largest export port," Ratiu said, "while Jacksonville and Charleston handle mostly imports."
Maxson Macon Increases Payroll
Joseph Hoinowski, President of MAXSO MACO, a part of the Maxson Electronics Corporation, said the firm, which bought the former Macon aval Ordinance Plant in 1965, has increased its payroll to more than $11 million a year and employs in excess of 2,000 workers.
"Maxson has reduced the cost of producing items for the Defense Department considerably since 1965," Hoinowski added.
Maxson Macon added capital improvements of well over a million dollars last year and has scheduled improvements of some $700,000 this year.
Reliance Electric Selects Athens
RELIANCE ELECTRIC COMPANY of Cleveland, Ohio, late in February announced plans for an electric motor plant at ATHE S. The facility will be constructed under a $12-million industrial revenue bond issue to be floated by the Athens-Clarke County Industrial Development Authority. The company has acquired a 40-acre site in Athena Industrial Park and expects to start production next year on standard and special industrial electric motors. Altbough highly automated the Athens plant is projected to employ about 500 persons by 1972.
Porex Plant Construction On Schedule
Construction of a new 27,000 square foot manufacturing plant for POREX MATERIALS CORPORATIO ,FAIRBURN, Georgia, is proceeding on schedule. The new block and brick tructure will be completed in mid-summer, Bob Dickey, President, said. Dickey aid the new building will give the firm about three times as much space a the present Bay Street facility. Porex manufacures tips for marking pins along with products for laboratory and industrial use. The new building will cost about $250,000.

"Economic Profiles" Provide
Community Data for Industry
Adequate and current community information for industrial prospects is one of Georgia's most critical needs. Since there are many advantages in standardizing community data and presenting a more attractive package of information, Georgia s Department of Industry and Trade publishes uniform community "Economic Profiles." This project is conducted in cooperation with the Georgia State Chamber of Commerce, the Industrial Development Division of Georgia Tech and local development groups.
Initially, the program involves updating the oldest community surveys on fUe, sending teams into towns to collect current data. After analysis and editing, Industry 'and Trade publishes the material, using standard outline. Besides using uniform "Economic Profile" series covers, the reports are illustrated with aerial shots of industrial sites and photographs of civic buildings, churches, schools, and other community facilities. In addition, each profile features economic base maps of Georgia showing airports, railroads, major highways, electric power and natural gas transmission systems.
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Shown with a copy of an "Economic Profile" are A. C. Evans, Research Associate, and Roy Kelly, Industrial Representative, both of the Department of Industry and Trade.

"Economic Profiles" published as of March 1 are:

Adel

Fort Valley

Sandersville

Bainbridge

Gainesville

Sparta

Cairo

Gordon-Irwinton

Swainsboro

Calhoun

Griffin

Sylvania

Cartersville

Lavonia

Tennille

Cedartown

Lawrenceville

Thomasville

Covington

Louisville

Thomson

Cuthbert

Madison County

Toccoa

Dalton

McRae

Vidalia

Douglas

Milledgeville

Wadley

Dublin

Millen

Warrenton-

Eatonton

Monticello

Waynesboro

Elberton

ewnan

Wrens

Fitzgerald

Rockmart

Wrightville

Fort Gaines

Rome

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GEORGIA DEVELOPMENT

Industrial Revenue Bonds Aid Georgia's Growth

By Kathlene Mclaughlin
Statistician
Georgia Department of Industry and Trade
Industrial revenue bond have played a decisive role in this decade of Georgia's growth. Since the inception of bonds in 1958 37 local agencies (32 city and county development authorities, two countie , two port authoritie and one airport commis ion) have arranged 74

bond issues with a total value of $211,307,000. During the first half of the decade only two agencies provided six issues totaling $1,710,000. In the last five years the number of is ues and value of bonds increased rapidly. Revenue bond accounted for only three percent of the state's $153,170,000 capital inve tment in 1963. By 1967 capital investment had increa ed to $422,131,000 with bonds financing 29 percent. A summary of bond i sues by year appears in Table 1.

TABLE I

INDUSTRIAL REVENUE BOND ISSUES

BY YEAR

Year

Number of
Issues

Number of
Employees

Estimated Annual Payroll ($1,000)

Total Value of Bonds ($1,000)

1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 to date)
Total

11

11

2

130

2

500

ONE

8

1,060

12

1,292

12

1,297

19 1

5,023

15

3,900

2

600

74

14,0272

A
4,520 4,978 5,685 12,988 11,065 2,350 43,0862

370 1,340
10565 6,910 3,580
36,622 123,270
13,250 211,307

The new and expanded indu tries, 47 and 27, respectively, financed by industrial revenue bonds have created 14000 new job. Total increased payrolls (60 firms reported) from the e job are e timated at $43,086,000
annually. Bonds were originally intended to offer incentive
for industry to locate in rural areas of the state. Twothirds of the total number of jobs created, 9,800 of 14,000 jobs, were in rural sections. In 1967, 2,740

of 3,900 jobs created through bonds were outside the six metropolitan areas. Use of the e bonds has tended to pread the industrial base of Georgia.
Since employment is stimulated principally in the rural sectors of the state, the multiplier effect of the added jobs i tremendous. U ing the U. S. Chamber of Commerce publication "What New Industrial Jobs Mean to a Community," the following has been computed.

TABLE II

Employment Changes
Manufacturing onmanufacturing Industries Wholesale and Retail Professional and Related Services Bu iness and Per anal Services Construction Finance, Insurance and Real Estate Transportation, Communication and Other Public Utilities Agriculture Other Industries TOTAL, all nonmanufacturing Industries

No. of Workers
+ 14,000
2,660 1,960
840 700 560
280 140 1,960
9,100

U ing the ratio of 2 to 1, of the 9,100 nonmanufacturing job created by the addition of 14,000 manufacturing employees, approximately 6,000 were in the

rural areas. lndu trial revenue bonds have given impetu to the state's growth by stimulating local opportunities within the rural areas of Georgia.

lIndividual data for Brunswick Port Authority i ues were not disclosed. 2Includes Brunswick totals: 225 employee, $1,500,000 in payrolls and $15,400,000 in bonds.
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West Point to Enlarge Dalton Carpet Plant
A major expansion program designed to double capacity by 1973 was announced for the Carpet & Rug Division of WEST POINT PEPPERELL by Jack P. Turner~ Jr., DALTO , Division President.
Initial phases of the program, representing an inves~ent of $2,100,000 at the company's Springdale plant' in Dalton will include: major building additions of 144,000 square feet, an enlarged carpet dye house with fully automated equipment, an expanded product development department, and the addition of broadloom carpet printing equipment.
Work on all projects will begin immediately.
Trade Conferences Encourage Participation
A one-day conference on "Trade With Japan" was held in Atlanta on March 13 at the Parliament House.
This conference was sponsored by the World Trade Council of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with the U. S. Department of Commerce, the Japan Trade Organization, The United States-Japan Trade Council and the Georgia Ports Authority.
Henry S. McConnel, District Sales Manager for Eastern Air Lines, was Chairman of the conference. Participants included James D. Holt of the Georgia Ports Authority, Tatsuo A. Miyakawa of the U. S. Department of Commerce, and Gerald O'Brien, Executive Vice Pre ident of American Importers A ociation of New York.
Another conference, the "Far Ea t Export Expansion Workshop," was held March 28 at the Marriott Motor Hotel. This conference was aimed at encouraging small businesses that have not a yet participated in the exporting of goods. It was spon ored by the U. S. Department of Commerce, the Small Bu ine s Administration and Northwest Orient Airlines.
New Manufacturing Directories
To Be Published in the Fall
The Department of Industry and Trade will publish a new Manufacturing Directory in the Fall of 1968. This directory lists Georgia Manufacturers providing the following information:
Alphabetically by firm's name Geographically by city By Metro Area Grouping By Product Manufactured Employment shown by: Male, Female, Total Market indicated for area served: Local District State Regional, National and International The directory is a valuable source of information for locating suppliers, for industrial studies, for market analysis and for studying the growth, character and location of Georgia industry. At present, we are up-dating our records preparatory to going to press. In this regard, if your company did not appear in our last edition and you would care to be listed please contact us.

GEORGIA DEVELOPMENT
150 Georgians attended the annual meeting of the Oconee Area Industrial Commission at Rock Eagle State Park on March 12. On the left is B. E. Gooch, immediate past President, Oconee Commissioner from Putnam County; center, Jimmy Carter, speaker from Plains, Georgia; right, Dr. George F. Green, who succeeded B. E. Gooch as the new chairman of the. Oconee Commission.
American Metal Climax to Be 12th Plant to Locate in Peachtree City
A division of AMERICAN METAL CLIMAX, INC., will build a plant in PEACHTREE CITY, Georgia, to manufacture and distribute aluminum fabrication - the 12th industrial plant to locate in this planned city about 20 miles south of Atlanta in Fayette County.
Joel H. Cowan, Atlanta area manager for the Bessemer Securities Corporations, developers of Peachtree City, said the plant will measure 44,000 square feet on a 9-acre tract.
Initially, it will make aluminum parts for the mobile home industry, and later expansions will broaden the line to seamless aluminum irrigation pipe.
The plant will employ at first about 150 persons. Lynn Leach will be Manager of the new facility, Cowan said.
American Metal Climax is a diversified company with other divisions in Jonesboro and Atlanta. Peachtree City was founded in 1959 as a new town, built around the concept of a pre-planned community.
Carpet Tufting Plant Locates in Ringgold
HAFO DISTRIBUTORS, INC., a flooring wholesale chain headquartered in Winston-Salem, N.C., is building a tufting plant on a seven-acre tract at RINGGOLD. The Salem Carpet Mills, Inc., division's facility will contain 42,000 sq. ft., but plans are to expand eventually to a total of 140,000 sq. ft. Employment is scheduled at 20 persons initially, to grow to 100 within 18 months. Hafo, which distributes resilient tile and sheet goods, ceramic tile, and carpet cushion and supplies, entered the carpet business two years ago.
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GEORGIA DEVELOPMENT

Swainsboro Plant to Manufacture

Steam Specialty Items

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CLARK-RELlA CE CORPORATIO , a Cleveland, Ohio manufacturer of steam specialty items, in cluding water leveling devices, safety columns, automatic boiler controls, pressure regulators and shut-off traps, will open a subsidiary operation in SWAI SBORO with an initial employment of 20. It wil1 be located in a 37,000 sq. ft. building on Meadowlake Parkway; Earl Teribury wil1 be Plant Manager.

Raybestos-Manhatten to Locate
In Stone Mountain Industrial Park
RAYBESTOS-MA HATIE ,INCORPORATED, a manufacturer of conveyor belts and relined brake shoes, will occupy a 95,000 square foot plant located at 5682 East Ponce de Leon in the STONE MOUNTA I DUSTRIAL PARK, upon its completion. The $1,000,000 facility will house both manufacturing and warehouse areas. The contractor for the new building is Pattillo Construction Company.

Atlanta Airport Speeds Up Cargo Clearance
Special port-of-origin air cargo clearance procedure, designed to speed up Customs clearance of export cargo moving by air, has been established at the Atlanta Airport and in 27 other cities in the United States.
Under the regular procedure, air cargo is cleared through Customs at a gateway airport where the cargo is laden on the international flight which is to carry it abroad. If there is an error in the paper work involved, the shipment is delayed. If. the shipment is in ew York and the shipper in Atlanta or some other distant city, correction of documents can be expensive and time consuming. Under the port-of-origin procedure, the inland shipper may present his shipping documents at the nearest port-of-origin airport. This, plus spot checks of merchandise by Customs, can materially speed processing of shipments and correction of any errors, and eliminate costly delays at gateway airports.

Container Corp. to Open Atlanta Plant
CO TAINER CORPORATIO OF AMERICA will erect a 117,000 sq. ft. folding carton plant on a 17-acre site in ATLANTA'S Great Southwest Industrial Park. Unofficial estimates place the cost of the facility at between $3-and $4-million. This will be the firm's second manufacturing plant in the Atlanta area, including a recently opened plastic container plant at Tucker.

Mobile Living Show Held in April
The third annual Southeastern Mobile Living Show, titled "The Happy Buying Show," was presented at the Atlanta State Farmers Market, April 24-28. More than 150 ervices and upplier and nearly 400 10bile Home and Recreational Vehicle were expected to participate, according to Ed McGill, Executive Director of GMHA and show director. 200 exhibitors took part in the show, a 25'70 increase over last year.

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Uniplastic to Construct Plant in Rockmart
Plans have been completed for the construction of a IPL STIC CORPORATIO manufacturing plant in ROCKMART, Georgia, K. Zack Taylor, President, said. The facility, slated to begin production June 1, wil1 manufacture plastic parts for tbe automotive, agricultural, furniture, building and mobile home industries, Taylor said. Star Manufacturing Company, Cedartown, Georgia, will con truct the 12,000 square foot building on 24 acre in Rockmart's Industrial Park. According to Taylor, initial production capacity is to be approximately one million pounds per year. Taylor quoted the initial dollar investment as approximately 400,000. The firm plans to employ 50 people - 45 men and 5 women - at the time it begins full production. Taylor also expressed his appreciation for the assistance he has received from the Department of Industry and Trade and the civic leaders of the community of Rockmart.
Wood Products Complex
Nearing Completion at Camak
earing completion at CAMAK is a wood products complex, consisting of a sawmill, wood chip unit, dry kiln, pine lumber planing mil1 and an oak flooring plant, that wil1 be the first industry to locate in the Forward Four Counties Industrial Park. Incorporated as K OX WOOD PRODUCTS, INC., the company was organized by Peter S. Knox, Jr., of Thomson, who i serving as president. Operations are expected to begin this spring.
Gainesville Gets Dow Chemical Facility
DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY is building a facility in GAINESVILLE that will be used for formulation of poultry feed additives and distribution over the Southeast of Dow poultry products. The major product of the new plant will be "Coydon," a new coccidiostat developed by Dow that is already used in other countries and will be introduced to the United States as soon as the Federal Drug Administration approves it.

Southern Frozen Foods Receives Award
SOUTHERN FROZE FOODS, MO TEZUMA, Georgia, has been selected as the 1967 Agri-Industry of the'Year for Southwest Georgia. The selection was made by a distinguished panel of judges from over the state.
The firm was presented a citation at the Annual Banquet of the Georgia State Chamber on April 17 recognizing their contribution to the economy of the area and their service to agriculture.
Foundry Set for Cordele
An automated aluminum and ferrous foundry at CORDELE will be opened by FARMVILLE MA ITJ FACTURI G COMPA Y, employing 35 men initially and 50 ultimately. The 21,600 sq. ft., 224,000 building i being partially financed by a 161,280 Small Bu iness Administration loan to the United Development Corporation of Cordele.
Skidaway Institution of Oceanography
Dale Henson has resigned as Director of the Ocean Science Center, now called the Skidaway Institution of Oceanography. Henson is now with the Chamber of Commerce.
The University of Georgia is allocating $400,000 to build an academic structure for the Center. Budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 for the new facility is $1,075,000.
Printing Ink Plant Opens Atlanta Branch
SCHWARM AND JACOBUS COMPA Y of Cincinnati, Ohio has opened an ATLA]';TA plant for the manufacture and distribution of it S & J printing inks. Three persons currently are employed in producing inks for letter-press, offset and flexographic printing needs. Expansion is expected.
Keetch Metal Works to Locate in DeKalb
KEETCH METAL WORKS is having a 12,000 square foot building constructed at 1300 Fleetwood Drive in DEKALB COU TY by Engineered Buildings, Inc. The $60,000 facility will serve as a base for the company which fabricates sheet metal.
Newcomb Spring Co. Builds New Facility
EWCOMB SPRING COMPA Y, a manufacturer of springs, is building a new 20,000 square foot plant at 5408 Panola Industrial Boulevard in DEKALB COU TY. The 151,000 plant is being constructed by Pinkerton and Laws.
Thomas County to Have Monitor Clay Plant
Stan Smith, Vice President and General Manager of MONITOR CLAY PRODUcrS, INC., has announced the beginning of construction of a half million dollar plant to process fullers earth on a nine-acre tract near Ochlocknee, in THOMAS COUNTY, Georgia. Twentyfive workers are to be employed.

GEORGIA DEVELOPMENT
Glasrock Expands Atlanta Facilities
GLASROCK PRODUCTS, INC. has leased a 40,000 sq. ft. building adjacent to its corporate headquarters in the Northwest Chattahoochee Industrial Park at ATL TA. The facility, leased for a total of approximately $600,000, will be used by the industrial ceramics producer for manufacturing, warehousing and administrative functions.
Circle Partition Expands 50 %
CmCLE PARTITIO COMPANY of GEORGIA, I C. is adding 14,800 sq. ft. to its 30,000 sq. ft. facility in the TUCKER-STONE MOUNTAIN INDUSTRIAL PARK. The firm manufactures moveable steel partitions.
Textile Industry Holds Seminar in Dalton
A Seminar on Cost Control and Profit Planning, designed for the tufted textile industry, was held March 4 through 6 at the Holiday Inn near Dalton. Frank C. Wilson, a registered professional engineer and specialized management consultant, conducted the seminar. Subjects covered included cost calculation, cost control, and profit planning.
Manganese on the Blake Plateau
New sources of manganese, important in the manufacture of steel, are being sought from the sea.
A survey of manganese nodule deposits lying about 2,500 feet deep on the ocean floor off the southwest coast of the U. S. was conducted during October, according to the Environmental Sciences Services Admini tration.
A team from the orfolk-based Land and Sea Interaction Laboratory (LASIL) of Essa's Institute of Oceanography studied the northern Blake Plateau, a submerged area 75 to 120 miles off Georgia, South Carolina and Florida.
One purpose of the expedition was to obtain information to help determine whether the Blake Plateau nodules contain sufficient amounts of manganese, nickel, iron, copper and cobalt to make mining worthwhile. Up to 28 different elements, in addition to manganese, are concentrated in the nodules.
Origin of the mineral accumulations is not known. Scattered throughout the world's oceans, they form a layer on the ocean floor, almost like a cobblestone pavement.
The U. S. currently imports 90 percent of its manganese.
Grumman Plans New Plant Near Savannah
A sub-assembly plant will be established by GRUM MA AmCRAFT E GINEERING CORP. about 1.5 miles from its Travis Field plant in Savannah to assemble electrical parts for the Gulfstream II jet produced at the main plant. About 75 workers will be employed in an existing 40,000-sq. ft. building erected by the Savannah Port Authority.
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GEORGIA DEVELOPMENT
Brochures Report State's Industrial Potential
The Department of Indu try and Trade has recently i sued two brochures to prospects throughout the country. Favorable responses are being received and are being clo ely followed up by the Indu trial Divi ion of the Department.
Essential information in the two brochures is:

Hardwood Dimension Stock
The demand for hardwood dimension stock in Georgia is estimated at $5 million annually. Yet only $1.5 million of the market is being produced by local sources.
In addition to the available market within the state, national demand has increa ed. U. S. production has grown at an annual rate of 10.4% to reach a 1962 value of $146,706,000. A recent study by Georgia Tech has projected the national demand for hardwood dimension tock in terms of alue of shipments to be $217 million in 1970.
The economic factors which lead many furniture manufacturers to purchase hardwood dimension stock include:
- Advantages of specialization
- Lower fixed inve tment
- Reduced inventory
- Reduced freight charges
- Reduced wood wa te
- Knowledge of exact cost of parts
Georgia has an abundant supply of hardwood timbers necessary to produce hardwood dimen ion stock. Oaks and hickory are dominant in the northern mountain portion of the State' white oak, poplar and maples in the middle Piedmont Plateau; gum , cottonwood walnut and a h in the outheastern section.
Many Georgia locations have a decisive freight advantage over all competing locations in shipments to Georgia, Florida and South Carolina and point north.
Inter tate shipments are made possible by:
- Di ersity of wood species
- Variety of product form
- 0 special handling requirements
- Low transportation costs relative to F.O.B. mill price
Two proposed sites provide advantages in both marketing and lumber supply. Ellijay is within a 50mile radius of almo t 4 billion board-feet of hardwood aw-timber with oaks and hickory predominating. It is al 0 within 300 miles of 6 of the 15 major furniture manufacturing center in the Ea t with a market estimated at over $33 million annually. A 1070 penetration of this market would amount to sales of almost
3.5 million annually, an amount over 10 times the marketing value of the largest existing hardwood dimen ion tock producer in Georgia.
A second proposed site, Dublin, is within a 50-mile radiu of about 3.3 billion board-feet with gums, poplar and maple predominating.
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Metalworking Profits in Georgia
One billion dollars have been invested in Georgia's industries in the last five year. "Steel" reports that 420 new and expanded metalworking firms represent 30 percent of Georgia's recent industrial growth. Strong factors underlying this expansion are low labor costs, convenient ources of raw materials and excellent local markets.
A cost analysis by Georgia Institute of Technology compared wage rates in northwest Georgia with those in the northern United States. The report, based on
- 250 employees - Prevailing fringe benefits - Equal incentive pay
indicates that labor costs are 20-30 percent lower than in the northern United States. Savings of $300,000-
500,000 are possible on an annual payroll of 1.7 million dollars.
Raw material co ts in Georgia do not significantly affect the 20-30 percent labor savings. Costs are comparable to those in the northern United States.
Materials readily available include: - Steel - Aluminum extrusions - Aluminum sheet strips - Anodizing and plating services - Corrugated paper sheets - Paint
Steel, in widths up to 48 inches, is manufactured in the South. Using the southern sources exclusively, steel costs would be equal to or less than those in the
orth. When wider-width steel is used for as much as half of the production, the additional transportation would increase costs by only 2 percent.
Freight charges to the southern market are approximately 50 percent lower from the Georgia site than from a representative northern location. In fact, Georgia has an advantage over northern states in shipments to the entire Southeast.
Freight charges to a northern market will have little effect on the overall savings available in Georgia. For example, the annual cost of shipping 16 million pounds of metal de ks to a national market of 35 cities is only 0.8 percent higher-$40,000 on 5 million sales volume-from the Georgia location than from the northern one.
These two brochures will be followed in the near future by brochures on chemicals, electronics, transportation equipment, etc. The brochure shall cover the entire state and whet the appetities of profit-seeking industrialists.

GEORGIA DEVELOPMENT

Georgia's Industries Show Diversification . . .
Studies Over Five Year Period

By Berrien M. Cheatham
Statistician, Research Division
Georgia Department of Industry and Trade
P\. recent study based on capital inve tment during a fi e-year period-I 963 through 1967 inclusive-presents an interesting picture as to the type of industry which has come to Georgia, as well as the fields of industry into which greatest capital expenditure has gone.
An analysis of this five-year period pertaining to the top five new and expanded industries should bring into linear perspective the advancement in dollar investment in Georgia.
Chemical demonstrated the large t percentage of capital investment for new industries, accounting for some 27' per cent of the total. Since chemicals are a comparatively new industry in Georgia, expansion accounted for only 5 per cent of the overall investment. Capital investment over the past five years for the new industrie was $193,980,000 while expanded, during the arne period, amounted to $36,231,500.
Paper e tablished it elf in second position over the five-year span of time with 20 per cent for new industry and placed first in expansions with 26 per cent. The

total paper dollar investment for 24 new industries amounted to $143,201,000 while expansions added up to $166,060,000.
Rubber accumulated 15 per cent of the capital investment for new industries while rubber, because it is a comparatively new industry, had expansion increase of only 1 per cent. The capital investment in the 38 new industries was $110,812,500.
Textiles in the new category represented 11 per cent of the overall total. In contrast, the expanded figure compri ed 20 per cent. The 59 new textile firms amounted to $81,639,700. Expansions totaled $129,936,117.
Food products, in fifth place, carried 5 per cent for new and 7 per cent for expansions. The five new food product indu tries round out the complete picture scoring $37,134,000 while picking up an additional $46,392,000 for expansions.
The following tables represent the overall picture of industry standing by category for the period considered. The industries are divided into three groups: ew Industry, Expanded Industry, and Amalgamated ewand Expanded. It is interesting to note that by amalgamation a specific industry can alter its standing.

Georgia's Top Five Industries for the period 1963 through 1967 (Based on Capital Investment)

Year
1963

New Industries
Paper Chemicals Rubber Apparel Food Products

Expanded Industries
Textiles Food Products Apparel Fabricated Metals Chemicals

Amalgamated New
& Expanded
Paper Chemicals Textiles Food Products Apparel

1964

Chemicals Paper Printing Instruments & Misc. Rubber

1965

Textiles Paper Machinery Fabricated Metals

Paper Chemicals Textiles Stone, Clay, Glass Apparel
Paper Textiles Apparel Electrical Mach. Chemicals

Paper Chemicals Printing Textiles Food Products
Paper Textiles Fabricated Metals Apparel Chemicals

1966

Chemicals Textiles Rubber Transportation Fabricated Metals

Transportation Textiles Electrical Mach.
Food Products Paper

Chemicals Textiles Transportation Rubber Paper

1967

Rubber Food Products Textiles Instruments & Misc. Apparel

Transportation Paper Textiles Food Products Electrical Mach.

Transportation Textiles Food Products

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AVIATION ADVANCES
Flight Revalidation Course Draws 106 of State's Finest Instructors
106 of Georgia's finest flight instructors met at the ational Guard Armory at the Fulton County Airport, March 26, 27 and 28 for a three day Flight Instructor Revalidation Course, sponsored by the Georgia Department of Indu try and Trade, in cooperation with the Federal Aviation Administration. A top-level team of instructional experts from the FAA Academy, Oklahoma City Oklahoma conducted the concentrated course to provide Georgia flight instructors with the latest techniques. In conjunction with the course, a dinner was held at the Marriott Motor Hotel, Atlanta. Remarks were made by Cmdr. AI Hall (US ,Ret.), Staff Assistant to Vice President for Manufacturing and Material, Col. Frank Gabreski (USAF, Ret.), Director, Aircraft Public Relations, both of Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, Mr. Chester Wells Atlanta Area Manager of the Federal Aviation Administration, and Col. Harold A. Dye, (US Army, Ret.), Assistant Executive Director of the Georgia Department of Industry and Trade. The Revalidation Course was sponsored by the State and coordinated by the Aviation Division of the Georgia Department of Industry and Trade. This is the first such cour e provided to Georgia instructors free of charge.
J'I!Jill!J
GEORGIA
From left to righ,t: John Welsh, Aviation Representative from the Georgia Department of Industry and Trade; Carl Edmison, Spencer Houghton and Tom Clemmitt, the FAA instructional team from Oklahoma City which conducted the three day Flight Instructor Revalidation Course.
Georgia Aeronautical Charts
The Georgia Aviation public can still obtain free of charge, copies of the 1967 Georgia Aeronautical Charts by writing:
Aviation Division Georgia Department of Industry and Trade
100 State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia 30334
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New Georgia Airport Directory Available
The Aviation Division, Georgia Department of Indu try and Trade, announced the availability of the new Georgia Airport Directory in a recent letter to all aircraft owners and operators.
The new directory is a leather bound, 6" x 9" looseleaf booklet, listing all paved airports in the State and many of the unpaved strips.
Each airport is listed on a separate page and provides a layout of the airport and its location in relation to the nearest city. Also included is the pertinent airport information-maintenance, service, facilities, manager, etc.
Copies of the Airport Directory may be obtained by writing:
Aviation Division Georgia Department of Industry and Trade
100 State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia 30334
Price: $3.00
The Aviation Division will publish and distribute, free of charge, additions and corrections to the Directory every six months.
This excellent publication should be a welcome addition to the flight packets of all Georgia aviators.
Jackson County to Dedicate Airport
Formal dedication ceremonies were held for the new JACKSO CO TV AIRPORT near JEFFER SO ,GEORGIA, on Sunday, May 5, at 2:30 p.m.
Principal speakers were Governor Maddox, former Governor Sanders and U. S. Representative Phil Landrum. In addition, representatives from the Federal Aviation Administration and the Georgia Department of Industry and Trade participated in the ceremonies.
Officials of Jackson County and the cities of Jefferson and Commerce extended an invitation to all Georgia aircraft owners and operators to attend the program.
The new paved airport, located approximately three miles north of Jefferson is 4,100 ft. long, 75 ft. wide, and now open to the general aviation public. To handle the air traffic anticipated for the dedication ceremonies, a mobile FAA tower was in operation for the day.
The Georgia Airport System will be further improved with the planned dedication of four additional new airports:
Claxton-Evans County Ellijay-Gilmer County
Cochran Municipal Baxley Municipal
AlI the new airnorts are now operational and open to the general aviation public. They represent another milestone in the overall program to help keep the Georgia Airport System the finest in the nation.
An airport dedication is a unique opportunity for local communities to host the general aviation public and Georgia aviators are always welcome.
Specific information on each airport dedication will be forwarded to all Georgia aircraft owners and operators from the Aviation Division, Department of Industry and Trade, when details are firm.

AVIATION ADVANCES
Delta Completes Plans to Enlarge L-l00 Plane

Delta LT 100 Cargo Plane

Delta Air Lines has announced that negotiations have been completed with Lockheed-Georgia Company of Marietta, Georgia to stretch Delta's three L-I00 cargo planes. Delta was the first airline to place the commercial versiort of the famous Hercules C-130 cargo transport into scheduled airline cargo service.
Delta's present L-I00's are capable of carrying five
88" x 118" x 102" pallets plus an igloo-shaped container in the tail area. The new version will carry six such pallets, and a larger ramp container.
The new "stretched" version has many plus factors,
including: 1) a cargo compartment 199 inches longer; 2) increased payload cube capacity by 698 cubic feet; 3) on present cargo density of 10 pounds per cubic

foot, will provide a palletized payload of 20.7 tons-a gain of 20 percent. The improved plane will be equipped with more powerful Allison project engines, increasing the cruising speed 15 miles per hour at 20,000 feet. Significant additional performance gains include: 1) take-off distance shortened by 900 feet; 2) hot-day second segment climb limit improved by 11 percent;
3) initial cruise ceiling increased by 2,500 feet. The retrofit program will begin soon after the new stretched version has been certificated by the FAA. All three of Delta's L-I00's will be stretched on a rotating basis before the end of the year. The retrofits will be accomplished at the huge Lockheed-Georgia plant.

FAA Names Georgia Aviation
Mechanic of The Year!
At a special luncheon at the Hilton Inn, Atlanta, Daniel White of Mableton, Georgia, received the Federal Aviation Administration's 1967 Aviation Mechanic Safety Award for the State of Georgia.
A plaque, presented by Chester Wells, Federal Aviation Administration Area Manager read: 'Presented for demonstrating skill and imagination in developing the outstanding contribution to Safety in General Aviation through Maintenance Practices in the State of Georgia during the year 1967." Signed: William F. McKee, Administrator.
White, a native of Wilcox County, Georgia, has been an aviation mechanic for 11 years. He is one of only 70 Aviation Mechanics in Georgia who are specially certified by the FAA with the highly prized, "Inspection Authorization." As a state winner, White will now compete for regional and national honors.

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AVIATION ADVANCES
Lockheed Rolls Out-World's Largest Airplane

This photo shot from top of Lockheed-Georgia Company's engineering test center emphasizes C-5's 223-foot wingspan and T-tail which towers 65 feet from the ground. Rolled out March 2 before an international guest list led by President and Mrs. Johnon, U. S. Air Force Galaxy was introduced to thousands of Lockheed employees, nearly 600 news media representatives, foreign air attaches, military, congressional, and governmental leaders, and subcontractor personnel. Fuselage of JetStar, foreground, is no larger than C-5 engine nacelles. Finger-like extensions on wing trailing edges are fairings for flap tracks. U. S. Army vehicles represent the kind of load - nearly 265,000 pounds - the Galaxy can carry.

Emerson Co. Announces Opening
Of Facility in Warner Robins
The Electronics & Space Division of EMERSON COMPA Y, St. Louis, Missouri, has announced the opening of an engineering facility in WARNER ROB I S, Georgia.
The automatic test system known as GPATS, which is short for General Purpose Automatic Test System, is one of four systems installed at the Air Material Area. GPATS is an automatic tape programed test device which rapidly tests and finds faults in highly sophisticated airborne electronic systems.
The installation at the Warner Robins Air Material Area is presently being programed for depot test of the F-l11 Weapon System. Future plans for the GPATS include testing systems for the F-4 Phantom, the C-5 Galaxy and the All Weather Landing System of the C-141. The Emerson engineering facility at Warner Robins has been activated with twenty engi-
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nrering personnel and will be located in temporary quarters at 110 Hospital Drive. The payroll is set for $360,000 per year.
The Emerson Warner Robins Engineering facility will have responsibility for development of engineering and programing data required for full utilization of the automatic test systems in Air Force inventory. In addition to this engineering capability the Emerson hcility will provide on-the-spot service and immediate re ponse to cu tomers' requirements for maintenance
data and other engineering services related to the support of the automated test programs for electronic systems in Air Force inventory.
Emerson also anno~nced that they will utilize local and Middle Georgia industry for the manufacture, modification and repair of components and interconnecting equipment which is necessary for adapting airborne equipment to the special purpose test system. The Emerson facility at Warner Robins will be under the direction of William B. Frye.

TOURIST TOPICS

Georgia Welcomes Top Executives To

Bright Red Carpet Tour

Thirty-three top manufacturing executives from all pafts of the nation attended the 1968 Red Carpet Tour of Georgia, April 10, 11 and 12.
The eighth such industrial promotion was sponsored by the Industrial Development Council of the Georgia State Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with 20 of the State's leading development organizations and the Department of Industry and Trade.
This nationally recognized event, originated by the State Chamber in 1959, is designed to give executives of major corporations a whirlwind, aerial inspection of the State, pinpointing new developments, facts or facilities which could pur their interest in establishing a plant in Georgia.
In the past, the Red Carpet Tour has served as the launching point for a number of important industrial developments and has greatly stimulated industrial prospect leads for the State.
Beginning in Atlanta April 10th, the Red Carpet Tour party saw the C-5a at Lockheed in Marietta, then flew over orth Georgia communities in two airliners chartered by I & T, arriving in Macon late in the afternoon.

New Travel Serving Firms Create
1533 Employment Openings
Bill Hardman, director of the Tourist Division, has announced that 280 new travel-serving firms were opened from September 1 through ovember 1967: creating 1,533 new jobs.
The most significant increase of the job classifications are those in eating and drinking establishments, representing 55 percent of the total new employment, according to Hardman.
118 new restaurants, cafeterias, drive-ins, clubs and lounges opened during the three-month period with a total employment of 856 persons.
The second highest increase was reported in the field of lodging. early 85 percent of the employment increase in hotels and motels can be accounted for in three large firms, the Savannah Inn and Country Club, the Atlanta Airport Holiday Inn and the Atlanta Downtowner. Twelve new lodging e tablishments opened during the period of the survey. The increase in food and drink and lodging firms is followed by 135 automotive firms with 307 new employees and 16 new recreation/amusement firms employing 28 persons.
Tourist Division research is compiled by the Bureau of Business and Economic Research of the University of Georgia.

That evening, they attended a dinner hosted by Governor Maddox. On April 1I, after breakfast at Wesleyan College, the entourage had an aerial inspection of Southeast and coastal Georgia,' with lunch at the Cloister at Sea Island.
On Friday, April 12th, after spending the night in Albany, the group flew over Central Georgia, landing in Augusta where they saw the second round of the Masters Golf Tournament.
Some of these industrialists took advantage of special accommodations in Augusta which enabled them to stay and watch the remainder of the Masters Tournament.

Welcome Centers Report Record in Visitors
Georgia Welcome Centers had 1,665,300 visitors in 1967, more than double the number of persons who visited in 1966. The 1967 total includes visitors to the Valdosta Center, the Atlanta Airport and, for the first time, visits during three additional hours of operation in August and part of September. Even without these additions visits to the Welcome Centers increased 24 percent over 1966 visits.
Valdosta was the busiest of the centers with slightly less than a half-million visitors for the year. The other two interstate locations, Lavonia and Ringgold rank next in number of visitors. The greatest rate of increase occurred at the Ringgold Welcome Center on Interstate-75 where visits in 1967 increased 52.5 percent over 1966.
Powder Puff Derby to Finish In Savanah
The 22nd annual Powder Puff Derby, a 2,468.5 mile all-woman air race beginning in Van uys, California, will terminate this year at Travis Field, Savannah.
The race, endorsed by The inety- ines, Inc., will begin July 6 and the deadline to finish is July 9. Cash prizes amounting to $3,000 will be awarded to the first five places.
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TOURIST TOPICS
State Invites Canadians
To "See Georgia First"
A special "See Georgia First" supplement in the Toronto Telegram invited Canadians to travel South and visit the "Peach State" in January as temperatures dropped to five below zero in Toronto.
The supplement featured a full-color front page and articles on the State's travel attractions, especially golf. Bill Hardman, Director of the Tourist Division of the Department of Industry and Trade said, "Research has shown us that a large number of Canadians visit Georgia during the winter months with one sport in mindgolL" To increase their interest, resort areas including Savannah Jekyll Island and the Golden Isles and Callaway Gardens offered "Winter Golfing Specials" with off-season rates and special tour prices for golfers.
The newspaper supplement was published December 30, and the following week Mrs. Jackie Herrington, manager of the Sylvania Welcome Center, worked in the Telegram's Travel Bureau answering questions about Georgia's vacation areas, planning highway routings from Toronto to Georgia and distributing pamphlets to prospective vacationers.
A Georgia travel display was erected in the Travel Bureau's window on busy King Street in downtown Toronto. Hardman said, "The response was tremendous. Many Canadians visited the Travel Bureau to plan their first trip to Georgia and Mrs. Herrington said a number of people stopped in to tell her that they had visited Georgia and were planning repeat trips."

Georgia Exhibit Receives
Award at International Travel Show
The Georgia Travel Exhibit of the Tourist Division, Georgia Department of Industry and Trade, has been awarded an engraved plaque as the "Outstanding Travel Exhibit" at the International Vacation and Travel Show in Jacksonville, Florida.
The Georgia display was chosen over more than twenty-five other travel-oriented booths, including several foreign countries.
Backlighted color pictures of Georgia travel attractions and vacation areas highlight the handsome exhibit. The 50-foot long display is used in travel and vacation shows around the country to promote tourism and travel to the State of Georgia. Thirty feet of the red carpeted "Vacation Georgia" exhibit is staffed by well-trained receptionists from the state's seven welcome centers. At the travel shows the young ladies help prospective vacationers plan their stay in Georgia. The expert advice on highway routings helps the travelers get off to a good start on their trips. Historic Stone Mountain and Callaway Gardens each staff ten feet of the display. Hundreds of brochures are distributed at each travel show inviting people to "See Georgia First."

Window Display Advertising Georgia
Vacationlands "Toronto Telegram"
Travel Bureau Office
A thirty-minute television show featuring Georgia was video-taped for playback in five provinces of Canada, in connection with the newspaper supplement. Lanny Williams, coordinator of Publicity and Promotions for the Tourist Division and Mrs. Lee Ann Burgess, manager of the Atlanta Airport Welcome Center were guests on the program. Ernest H. Bartlett, a highly respected Canadian travel editor, acted as host for the program. Portions of the movie "Susan Hayward Invites You to Georgia" were shown and Mr. Bartlett conducted an informal interview about Geor-
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Georgians proudly display their "Outstanding Travel Exhibit" award at the International Vacation and Travel Show in Jacksonville, Florida. Pictured from left to right are Kay Erdman, Historic Stone Mountain; Beth Cody, Georgia Welcome Center receptionist; Lanny Williams, Tourist Division, Georgia Department of Industry and Trade; Dotte Swaringen, Historic Stone Mountain; Ed Stone, Callaway Gardens; and Marsha Bennett, Georgia Welcome Center receptionist.
gia's variety of vacationlands with Mrs. Burgess and Williams. The program has a viewing audience of approximately 75-thousand families.
The 'See Georgia First" promotion in Toronto was a cooperative effort by the Tourist Division of the Department of Industry and Trade, Callaway Gardens, Jekyll Island, Savannah, Historic Stone Mountain, Savannah Inn and Country Club and the Jekyll Island Motel Association.

Georgia Receives "Andy" Award
Has Georgia's mythical "Tobacco Road" image faded. into a golden panorama of topless skyscrapers, fanjet luxury, new homes, plants, progres~?
Advertising experts of five Southern states believe we're making headway. On March 28 in Atlanta they handed the coveted "Andy" award, symbolic of first place, to a state-sponsored national advertising campaign that tackled the old image head-on, with spectacular results.
Officials of the Seventh ("Deep South") District, American Advertising Federation, made the presentation to the advertising agents for Georgia's Department of Industry and Trade for the year's best newspaper campaign of advertising in 1,000-line size or less. The campaign was generated via a special promotional fund provided by Governor Maddox. He was the driving force behind the advertising campaign.
Sloganed "Go Ahead--Go Georgia," the campaign appeared last year in The Wall Street Journal and leading national magazines. A typical message showed a young couple dining out, with Atlanta's night-lighted skyline as a glittering backdrop. The headline: "Hillbillies." Opening line of text: "You won't find them dining in a revolving restaurant-lounge atop the breathtaking Atlanta skyline. Or hardly anywhere else in Georgia."
Another ad showed the city's night skyline twinkling with a million lights. Headline: "Sleepy South." Opening sentence: "Who wants to sleep in Georgia with so much going on?' Another pictured Peachtree's Met Opera marquee and a full-dress couple heading for the diamond horseshoe. Headline: "Simple Folks." Another showed a throbbing 4-lane freeway headlined, "Tobacco Road."
orth and South, readers responded with enthusiasm to the bold messages headlining age-old prejudicial myths which were promptly knocked down by photographs and text that reflected Georgia's soaring space-age pace, which is attracting new industry and new tourist business in record-breaking volume.
Creators of the award winning campaign were Burke Dowling Adams, Inc., Atlanta, advertising agency. Account Executive is Frank Griffith and the Creative Director is F. Glenn Verrill.
"Six Flags" Adds to Attractions
Six Flags Over Georgia, Atlanta's new multi-million dollar amusement center which opened last year, will start the 1968 season with $2-million addition to its community of amusements - "Lickskillett," a replica of the Dahlonega gold rush district. This new section of the park will include two new rides, an old-time arcade, courthouse, a pioneer-type building with shops, a watermelon stand and a barbecue restaurant. Expansions of other attractions also were ready when Six Flags opened for business in mid-April. Approximately 1,100 000 persons vi ited the amusement park during its fir t year of operation.
SEE GEORGIA FIRST!

TOURIST TOPICS
Fernbank Forest "Unique" in Scope
Fernbank Science Center, located in Fernbank Forest, a 49.5 acre tract of land in DeKalb County, Georgia, is unique in it cope and dedication. Its major re ource facilities of interest to the general public include the third largest planetarium (70-inch diameter dome) in the United States, complemented by the versatility and perfection innate to the Carl Zeiss Mark V projector. Programs are given Monday through Friday for the public at 8 p.m. with a charge of $1 per adult. There are also Saturday and Sunday programs. Teachers and students are admitted free.
The museum area encompasses some 19,000 square feet and is rich in a variety of exhibits and displays, each designed to be of specific interest to the general public. There are no fees for enjoyment of this facility.
The observatory, open to the public on Wednesday and Friday evenings from 8:30 to 11 p.m., in addition to several smaller reflectors and refractors, contains a a 36-inch fork mounted reflector telescope, making this installation one of the major observatories on the Eastern seaboard. This is also free to the public.
Fernbank Forest located behind the Science Center, is a rich climax oak-hickory-beech forest open to the public each weekday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Three and one-half miles of paved trails surrounded by rich floral spectacles of the season have provided enjoyment for thousands of people.
Fernbank Forest i leased from the Fernbank Trustees for $5 a year. The Science Center is operated by the' DeKalb County Board of Education.
Welcome Center Hostesses Visit Perry
On March 18, fourteen Georgia Welcome Center hostesses were in Perry. Their visit there was part of a tour of South Georgia cities and attractions.
Nelson Love, Director of all Georgia Welcome Centers, conducted the tour.
While in Perry, the hostesses were guests of the Perry Chamber of Commerce for dinner. A slide presentation on Perry was given as well as a packet of information and local products.
British Trade Mission "Largest" in South
The arrival in Atlanta of Her Brittanic Majesty's Consul General, Sydney H. Anstey, was followed closely by the biggest British trade mission ever to visit the Southeastern States.
The mission, JET-SELL, was co-sponsored by a number of official and semi-official trade organizations in the United Kingdom and consisted of representatives of some 60 firms covering a wide range of mainly consumer goods.
The representatives attended a one-day exhibition in the Atlanta Merchandising Mart and paid individual visits to trade contracts.
Seminole State Park to Expand
Seminole State Park, rapidly gaining usage, is to see an expansion of its facilities this year according to Georgia State Parks Director John Gordon. Senator Julian Webb and Representative Donald Kirksey report that five two-bedroom cottages will be built and a new boat dock, playground and hiking trails will be added.
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NEW AND EXPANDED INDUSTRY

'EW INDUSTRIES AAA Cabinet & Variety Wks.
Albany AAA Ornamental Iron
College Park Adrian Housing Corp.
Adrian American Metal Climax
Americu Applied Tech. Services
Atlanta Atlanta Machine Mfg. Corp.
Conyers Auto Soler Company
Atlanta B & B Mobile Home
Canton B & P Lumber Co.
College Park B & W Manufacturing
Valdosta Bleckley Farm Service
Cochran
W. R. BonsaI/Conley Bran on Indu tries
Conyers Braxton Lighting Co.
Watkinsville Clark Manufacturing Co.
Conyer Clark Reliance Corp.
Swainsboro Coachman Draperies
Moultrie Container Corp.
Atlanta Continental Rug Mill
Gainesville Crawfordville Furn. Parts
Crawfordville Creative Carpets
Chat worth D & M Carpet
Carter ville DeKalb Architectural Prod .
Lithonia Dimension Lumber Co.
Swainsboro Dow Chemical Co.
Gainesville Dynacolor Proces~ing
East Point Engli h Chip Company
Swainsboro Farm Implement Bldg.
Macon Farmville Mfg. Co.
Cordele Gaybourne Mill
Gainesville General Fire Extinguisher
Atlanta Georgia Coating & Clay Co.
Jeffersonville Gillis & Lee Milling Co.
Waycros Glasrock Products, Inc.
Atlanta Gulf Farm Center
Oglethorpe Handi-House
Swain boro H & R Metal Fabricators
Walnut Grove Holiday Mobile Homes
Douglas George A. Hormel Corp.
DeKalb County Hyde Park Engineering Co.
Norcross

T. T. E. Circuit Breaker Co.
Tucker International Latex
Ken ington Jeffers Sau age Co.
arrollton Jenkin Lumber Co.
Georgetown Jordan Mills, Inc.
Columbu K. I. P. Sportswear
Ball Ground Kai er luminum Chern. Co.
Tifton Kane Paper Company
'facon Keller I ndu~tries
Rome Kinnett' Dairy
Atlanta LLL Bagel Bakery
Atlanta Laminated Cabinet Co.
Rome Lark Builder. Inc.
Lyon Lathem Time Recording Co.
Atlanta Lawther Chemical Co.
Forest Park Leemar Plant
Waycross Livsey Manufacturing Co.
Decatur Maule Aircraft Corp.
Moultrie Medali t Manufacturing Co.
Hazlehurst Metro Pia tics
Doraville Monitor Clay Products
Thoma ville 'fu tang's Unlimited
Atlanta alional Billiard Chalk
'facon ewcomb Spring Co.
Atlanta Pabst's Blue Ribbon
Perry
Penn Refrigeration Valdosta
Phillips Air Devices Wren
Phillip Concrete Block Co. Fayetteville
Puritan Chemical Co.
Atlanta Puron Carpet Mill
Dalton R S B Fiber Glas Forms
LaGrange Reliance Electric Corp.
Athens Robertson Manufacturing Co.
Scottdale Schwarm & Jacobu
Atlanta Secret Charm Bra. Inc.
ewnan , Seydell Woolley & Co.
Atlanta Skyline Farm
Macon uperior arpets Carter ville Taylor County Sand Co. Junction City Tenne ee Corp. Augusta

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Thomasville Coca-Cola Thomasville
Transilwrap Co. Doraville
Truck Factory Hahira
UniRoyal Hogansville
Universal Ceramics LaFavette
United Draperies Americus
Uvalda Feed & Grain Uvalda
U. S. Golf Corporation
orcro s Vinyl Product, Inc.
Atlanta Waycros Wa tepaper
Waycro s William~ Furniture Co.
Sander ville Windell Mills
Dalton World Carpets
Dalton Worlington Sand & Lumber
Sander ville Yarn Crafters, Inc.
Chatsworth EXPANDED INDUSTRIES Advance Finishing Co.
Dalton Affiliated Ho pita! Product
Columbus American Carpet Mills
Carter ville .
B & L Poultry Macon
J. O. Barber Lumber Co. Luther ville
Barry Manufacturing Co. Gaine ville
Be t Concrete Products College Park
Bio Laboratorie Decatur
William L. Bonnell ewnan
Brew Schneider Blakely
Cartersville Undergarment
Corp. Carter ville Celane e Fibers Co. Rome Circle Partition Stone 'fountain Colonial Feed & Seed Cochran Colonial Stores, Inc. Atlanta Dalton Carpet Industries
Dalton Comer Manufacturing Co.
Comer Drever Southern Metals
Atlanta Douglas Food
Douglas Foremo t Proces . Co.
Dalton Ft. Valley Coca-Cola Bottler
Fort Valley Georgia Iron Works
Grovetown Georgia Lightweight Co.
Rockmart Georgia hoe Mfg. Co.
Blair ville

First Quarter 1968
Georgia Textile Corp. Calhoun
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Rockmart
Greenfield Metal Products Ellaville
Gowin Card, Inc. Dalton
Gulf State Container Corp. Camilla
Hampton Mills Ellijay
Hercules, Inc. Brunswick
Joan Art Mill Thoma ville
O. . Jona Co. Dalton
Kellwood Co.-Georgia Decor Div.
Perry Land & Building, Inc.
Tucker H. D. Lee Company
Ja per Leemar Corp.
Douglas Lock Loom Carpets, Inc.
Dalton Log Cabin Rug Mills
Dalton Mariana Fa hions
Baxley Max on Ordnance Div. of
Maxson Electronics Macon Merry Bros. Brick & Tile Augusta Minnehan Packing Co. 'fcRae Momar. Inc. Atlanta Murray Biscuit Co. Augu ta ichol Manufacturing Co.
ichols Park-Built Body. Inc.
Sylve ter R. L. Peck Mach. & Tool Co.
Brunswick Poly-Pac Company
Dalton Quaker Oat Co.
Doraville Ruffin Protective Coatings
DeKalb County Southern Switche Corp.
Dahlonega Star Finishing Co.
Dalton S. I. Storey Lumber Co.
Rome Sunnyland Packing Co.
Thomasville Sweetheart Plastics
Conyers Talon. Inc.
Cleveland Tex-Tuft Product, Inc.
Rome Thomas Pride Carpet Mills
Calhoun
Trend Mills Rome
Univer al Ceramics Adair ville
World Carpet Dalton
Wyandotte Chemical Co. Tucker

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DEPARTMENTAL NEWS

The Georgia Department of Industry and Trad~ ~ nounces the following appointments and changes ill Its
staff. .

COL. HAROLD A. DYE (U. S. Army, Ret.), the new Assistant Executive Director, is a graduate of Georgia Tech. After service in World War II in the European Theater, he was a partner in the Dye Construction Company, General Contractors, of Atlanta. Col. Dye continued his military service after being recalled for the Korean War. His last active duty, after graduating from the Army War College, was as a Systems Analyst for the Secretary of Defense in Washington, D. C.
He joined the Department of Industry and Trade as Public Information Officer in September, and was promoted to Assistant Executive Director in January.

WILLIAM O. BURKE, a native of Wrens, Georgia,

was recently appointed Director of the Industry Division

of the Department of Industry and Trade.

He attended the Georgia Institute of Technology,

gArtelea;ntGa~orGgeioargSitaa,tereCcoelilveigneg,

a Bachelor of Science deAtlanta, Georgia receiving

a Bachelor of Business Administration degree; and later

a Master of Business degree. Burke did two years of

post graduate work at Columbia Theological Seminary

in Decatur, Georgia in Liberal Arts.

He served as Signal Officer in the 45th Infantry Divi-

sion in Korea in 1952-53 and was awarded the Bronze

Star for Meritorious Service.

Burke's business experience is centered primarily in

the fields of industrial management and industrial devel-

opment. He was employed by the Factory In urance

Association of Atlanta, Georgia following his Army ex-

perience as Field Representative cal.ling on i.ndustrial

facilities in the Southeast. He was WIth Amencan Can

Company for six years where he was active in all phases

of manufacturing management and indu trial relations.

His last assignment with American Can Company was

that of Manager, Fibre Container operation in Tampa,

Florida.

He joined the staff of the Department of Industry and

Trade in 1966 as an Indu trial Development Repre-

sentative, and was promoted to Director, Industry, Divi-

sion, January, 1968.

O. GRA T DUKE has assumed duties as new Assistant Director of Industry in the Georgia Department of Industry and Trade. He succeeds James Hall in the post under Director William O. Burke.

Duke brinoo s with him eight and one-ha. lf y.e.ars expe.rience in area and industrial development 10 cItIe rangmg in size from 1,000 to 500,000 population in four states. Prior to his present position, he was Director of the Department of Industrial Development in Thoma.sville for almost six years. Before that, he served as ASSIstant

Manager of the Industrial Department for the Memphis Chamber of Commerce.
After receiving a degree in Business Administration from Memphis State University in 1953, Duke joined Firestone Tire & Rubber Company in Dyersburg, Tennessee as Budget Manager. He left a year later to become Collateral Appraiser with the Memphis Bank and Trust Company, where he was promoted to Loan Officer.
A native of Tennesse, he holds a B.S. degree from Memphis State University and received additional training in industrial development at Georgia Institute of Technology.
He has served professionally as Secretary of the Thomasville Payroll Development Authority, and as board member and executive committee member of the Southwest Georgia Planning and Development Commission which he helped found.
A native of Atlanta, JOHN R. GILLILAND joined the Department of Industry and Trade in January as an Industrial Representative. Prior to this position, he was President and General Manager of the College Park Milling Company. Gilliland attended Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia, and is a graduate of Georgia Military Academy.
BERRIEN M. CHEATHAM was born in Augusta, Georgia and educated in the schools of the vicinity. He completed two years' service with the United States Navy during World War II.
In June, 1949, he graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Arts degree. After several years in the merchandising field, he assumed a position with the Accounting Department of the CocaCola Company and was there for some eleven years until coming to the Research Division of the Georgia Department of Industry and Trade in February of this year as Statistician.
Cheatham is now working with the Division of Research which formulates and collects data on Georgia's new and expanded industries. He is also responsible for information used in compilation of the Georgia Manufacturing Directory.
MRS. MICHAEL COSTELLO joined the Department in February of 1968 as Assistant to the Director of Public Relations. Mrs. Costello holds a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Missouri, from which she graduated in January.
The Department al 0 is sorry to report that MILTO BELLAH, Director of Public Relations, suffered a heart attack in March. He is now recuperating in Savannah.
Bellah assumed the position of Director of Public Relations in mid-December. He came to the Department from Friedman & Company, Savannah, where he was Advertising Director.

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