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THE BAll.E3 NEWS
Serving Southern Nash County Since 1947
SPRING HOPE, N.C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1982
I.%N 9876-543X
NUMBER 10
te Lags In Paving Detour
are angry that
two years after the closing
Bridge, the dirt road on
was rerouted remains
highway planning board
1980, approved A recom-
to close Webb's Mill
reroute traffic along S.R.
Lg align-
and paving S.R.
years since Cameron
ial projects engineer for the
at of Transportation) told
t it would be paved," Spring
Roy Wilder said, "And
time they lived up to that
are on S.R. 1148,
than a mile in length, he
enough money to do it,
so why don't they do it like they pro-
mised they would?"
He said the road should pass all re-
quirements for being paved and that
DOT should "honor the commitment."
The Department of Transportation
will begin to investigate the possibili-
ty of finding an alternate method for
financing the road paving, said Jack
Murdock, secondary roads officer in
the Division of Highways of the
Department of Transportation.
"We are planning to contact the
Nash County Board of Commis-
sioners, which had expressed some in-
terest and made comments about the
road," he said.
"The only source of funds right now
is from the County Construction
fund," Murdock said. "Part of this in-
vestigation is to see if we can find an
alternative because there are no pro-
visions for funding the road at this
time."
Murdock said Monday that he
would contact the board after the re-
rating the priority of the roads. More
information about the paving
possibilities for the road would be
available in two weeks, he said.
The road is currently 26th on a
priority list of 136 secondary roads
awaiting pavement in Nash County.
The list is about to be re-evaluated,
which takes place every two years.
"We are in the process of re-rating
all unpaved roads in the county," Mur-
dock said, "to see if there has been
any change to increase the position of
a road."
Factors which influence paving
priorities include the numbers of
houses, churches, schools, and
businesses, and the volume of traffic,
he said Monday.
The number of secondary roads
paved, depending on the length of the
roads, is usually two or three a year,
Murdock said. Secondary roads
without bridges usually cost
$85-100,000 he said.
An attempt to secure funding from
the federal Highway Administration
failed, according to Cameron W. Lee
Jr., assistant to the assistant highway
administrator. "The administration
usually provides funds for bridge
replacement, primarily for interstate
and major bridges, but was unwilling
to provide funds," Lee said.
The 140-ft., one-lane bridge was
closed July 22, 1980, upon the recom-
mendation of state engineers, who
found the 59-year-old structure unsafe
for any vehicle weighing more than
one ton.
According to 1980 DOT study,
replacing the bridge would cost a
minimum of $902,000, whereas the
cost of reouting the traffic would cost
$122,000. The report also said that on-
ly 400 vehicles used the bridge a day.
CLOSED OFF - State-erected barricades block traffic from crossing
Webb's Mill Bridge after state engineers recommended closing it on
July 22, 1980, for safety reasons. Traffic was rerouted on unpaved
road S.R. 1148, but the road, supposed to have been paid, remains un-
paved after two years of waiting by area residents. (Enterprise photo
by Williamson.)
Town Shop WLns
Business Award
SWEEP -- Ellen Williams, owner of The
Shop, receives the "Most Appealing
," award from Spring Hope Revitalization
Ken Ripley at a banquet Fri-
Clean Sweep Week. Verla Lewis of
Store (left) and Ted Bissette/right| of
whose stores received honorable
i ;
mentions in the contest, look on. The commission-
sponsored contest encouraged Spring Hope mer-
chants to "spruce up" their businesses and to attrac-
tively arrange their merchandise for the holiday
season. The criteria for the competition were an ap-
pealing store front, store interior, and decor. The
Town Shop rated 45 out of a possible 55 points.
BY SHERRY WILLIAMSON
The Town Shop earned the honor of
being Spring Hope's "Most Appealing
Business" at a Friday night banquet
to climax Clean Sweep Week.
The three businesses meriting
,'hor.a bJ me.n:LiJJ S
Bissette Inc., Heilig-Meyers, and
Sykes Seed Store.
Sponsored by the Spring Hope
Revitalization Commission, Clean
Sweep Week was an attempt to en-
courage local merchants to clean up
their stores and attractively arrange
their merchandise for the holiday
season.
Ellen Williams, owner of The Town
Shop, which received 49 out 55 possi-
ble points in the competition, was
awarded a plaque by Ken Ripley,
chairman of the Revitalization Corn-
wn Furniture Company
ILLIAMSON
sewing operation to make cushions for
aluminium lawn furniture made at the
Sun Terrace's Louisburg manufactur-
ing plant.
Fabric and stuffing materials will
be shipped into the plant to make the
pads, with January first targeted as
the opening date for production, said
Robert Byrd, plant manager of the
Louisburg Sun Terrace plant.
"Interviews will probably be held in
December, with some of the workers
helping to set up the production
furniture corporation has
Hope as the site of its
plant, scheduled
Perations in January.
trace Casual Furniture, a
Gay Products, recently
building across from Peo-
from Spring Hope resident
ant, which will initially
residents, will be a
p Considering
auldlngcboslng
equipment," he said.
Byrd said Spring Hope was chosen
as the plant site because it was only
19 miles from the Louisburg plant,
where the pads will be matched up
with the furniture. Also there was an
available and experienced work force,
he added.
Industrial equipment, costing
almost $40,000, will include sewing
machines, fabric cutting equipment,
and office furniture, he said. The com-
pany will also be installing heaters
Subcommittee of the
mty Schools' Long-Range
rian Committee is looking
at recommendations that
to a supplemental property
County schools, a multi-
ilding at Bailey Elemen-
1, and the eventual closing
g Elementary School.
County school district
Sked next fall to approve a
ttal tax of up to 15 cents per
valuation for school
under a recommendation
by a school subeom:
was to take final ac-
night on the supplemen.
and a $7.5
school construction
Rion plan.
eommil ee't reeommenda-
to the full committee
! full committee will send
mission, during the banquet at the
Country Inn.
Verla Sykes of Syke's Feed Store
and Ted Bissette of F.D. Bissette Inc.
were on hand to receive honorable
mention. Twenty-two retail
businesses were judged by the out-of-
w re. F,: town judge ...........
Thirty-six merchants and their
guests were told that the most impor-
tant thing for a business to have is a
marketing plan by guest speaker
Robert Bridwell. Bridwell's speech
was entitled, "How to Increase Your
Holiday Sales."
Bridwell, a former Nash County
planning director, focused on
marketing and merchandising prin-
ciples merchants can use to attract
customers to their businesses.
Every business should have a
marketing plan, which is setting up a
,__ the Nash Board of Educa-
elU "
tot ction in January. Funding
n, re \\;uire approval of the Nash
u2y erd of Commissioners.
Plfe drft recommendations includ-
eg
$5 rdllion for construction of a
middle shool near Red Oak to serve
tha.norfern part of the county. The
school would open in 1988.
E9540@,000 to renovate Maude B.
Hubbard School for re-opening next
fall to alleviate crowding at
Benevenue Elementary School. The
school would house kindergarten
through grade five.
[=]$600,000 to convert Nash Central
Junior High into a high school for
grades 9-12. Funds would be used to
construct a vocational shop, new
classrooms, a stadium, and a student
parking lot. Architect George Daniel
Knight Jr. of Rocky Mount estimated
(Continued on Page 8}
plan to et people into the store,
Bridwell said.
The first step is to identify t
market. This is information on wh
the customers are, where they liv,
how to reach them, how much mon¢/
they spend. He said that sources for
this inform$nlnclude the census
bureau or p[nhing offices.
The second step is to develop a
marketing plan by working out a
strategy. "In a tight market, a
business needs to use advertising to
encourage customers from 25 miles
away to visit their stores." Bridwell
said.
Another marketing strategy is
place merchandise conveniently
where customers can see it. "A
customer is not going to buy it unless
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To Open SH Plant
and building offices, after repairs to
the roof are made by the building's
owner, Byrd said.
Craig Anderson of Tampa, Fla., will
be the plant manager. Ed Pittman,
retired former manager of the
Louisburg Sun Terrace Plant, will
help set up and oversee the plant until
Anderson becomes established, he
said.
The fabric used by the plant is pur-
chased in Alabama, with the stuffing
purchased in Charlotte, Byrd said.
The high shipping cost is one reason
the corporation decided to make its
pads, he said.
"There is a tremendous cost sav-
ings on shipping if we make our own
pads because of the shipping distance
and because the pads are so bulky on-
ly a small quantity can be shipped at
one time," he said.
"There is a strong possibility that
we will need a larger work force as
the need for more pads increases,
which so far has happened every
Ellis (left) and Richard Matthews (rlght look on.
The FCA is donating turkeys to two needy families
in Southern Nash County from proceeds raised in n
powder puff football game which pitted the
sophomore and junior girls qalnst the senior girls.
(Enterprise photo by Williamson.J
TALKING TURKEY -- Nash County Department
of Social Services Social Worker Renan Hicks ac-
©epts a turkey from AI Stuart, a junior at Southern
Nash Senior High School and member of the
Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and Pete House,
physical education teacher, while coaches Rosalie
year." Byrd said Friday.
Sun Terrace is one of thee world's
largest producers of lawn :urniture,
with its corporate head quarters
located in Clearwater, Fla. The cor-
poration's three plants are loated in
BrooksviUe, Fla., Nacogdoche's, Tex.,
and Louisburg.
Sun Terrace, whose area cu,tomers
include Rose's and Brendle',.s, is a
manufacturing and wholesale c,)rpora-
tion, Byrd said. "We have no retail
stores whatsoever," he said,
Holiday
Services
Tonight
"Over the river and through t he
woods, to Grandfather's house ve
go...." to gobble the mealtime deligh, t.s
of Thanksgiving Day.
Not only do families gather at
homes, but area residents of all faitht
are also gathering in churches this
week to celebrate the blessings and
bounty they have harvested.
In Spring Hope there will be com-
munity services held at Ephesus Bap-
tist Church tonight at 7:30. The ser-
vice, led by Rev. Clark Rounds, is
sponsored by Peachtree Baptist, First
Baptist, Gibson Memorial United
Methodist, and Ephesus Baptist Chur-
ches.
In Bailey, community services will
be held at the Bailey United
Methodist Chuch tonight at 7:30. The
service, led by Rev. Samuel S. Moore,
is sponsored by the Bailey Baptist and
Bailey United Methodist churches.
Middlesex held community services
on Sunday night, sponsored by Lees
Chapel, Middlesex Baptist. and Mid-
dlesex United Methodist Churches.