Remarkable milestone far the Elizabeth City area is this round 500-man barracks (foreground) shown under construction at the U. S, Coast Guard Air
Station there. It is only the second round barracks ever constructed. Official Coast Guard phata. (PASQUOTANK)
100 Milestones of 1967
The byline on The State’s annual
“100 Milestone" review belongs to
many Tar Heels — so many that their
names could only be printed herein at
the expense of the story they have re¬
ported.
Each county summary is an account
by interested citizens from within the
county, listing the developments which
from that local viewpoint appear sig¬
nificant.
Naturally, some counties are more
fully reported than others. The editor,
whose principal problem has been fit¬
ting these reports into an allotted space,
has necessarily blue-pencilled some re¬
ports and expanded others.
While the “100 Milestone” review
makes no claim to being a complete re¬
port of what happened in North Caro¬
lina last year, it is certainly significant
in the amount of information it con¬
tains, And of equal significance, in our
mind, is the fact that it is an expression
of pride and accomplishment by so
many Tar Heels. — W.B.W.
ALAMANCE
Piedmont Steel and Tube Co., a subsidiary
of Berger Tuhe Corporation of Maspeth,
N. Y., completed a 70,000 sq. ft. facility
costing over $1.5 million; will require over
200 employees. Universal Textured Yams,
inc,, began construction on a 125,000 sq. ft.
plant near Mebane, expected to employ 225
workers. Travora Textiles, Inc., a sub¬
sidiary of Cannon Mills, began expanding
its operation in Graham by 160,000 sq. ft.,
an $800,000 addition, to require 225 more
employees.
In Mebane, the Mebane Co. added 50,-
000 sq, ft. at a cost of $400,000, to double
production. A million dollar expansion by
White Furniture Co. will increase production
by 25 percent.
Construction began on two new school
buildings in Burlington costing $2.4 million,
and on six new school buildings in the
county costing $2.6 million. The $600,000
Burlington Post Office was completed and
the old building converted to government
use. The new Graham Municipal Building
was dedicated in October. Construction
started on Burlington’s new municipal build¬
ing, County Court House Annex was com¬
pleted.
Burlington gained release of the Fairchild
Airport from the federal government and
sold the property for development purposes.
Plans to improve the Municipal Airport in¬
clude extension of runway, additional hangar
space and new lighting equipment.
Burlington authorized an expenditure of
S1.5 million for water and sewage facilities.
Extensive street improvements were made,
and a City Beautification Commission was
appointed. Building permits in Burlington
and Graham totaled over $13.5 million
through November, an increase of over 70
percent. Through September gross retail sales
in Alamance County were up more than 5
percent.
North State Bank and Wachovia Bank
and Trust Co. opened new offices in Bur¬
lington and Graham, respectively. Construc¬
tion was started on the Alamance County
Mental Health Clinic. Haw River Com¬
munity Building was completed.
Many new stores and small office build¬
ings were constructed in the county, and
numerous industrial expansions were under-
tS
THE STATE, January t, 19SS
