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VOL. 105 NO. 36 • THURSDAY^ SEPTEMBER 5, 1963 TEN CENTS New Shoe Company To Replace Allied The Sportwelt Shoe Co., Inc. of ties now occupied by the Allied manufactured in Houlton and I pressed with the apparent qual- , velopment of the Houlton area A lease covering the shoe man­ ditional facilities if and wh«u Nashua, N.H., will establish a Houlton Footwear Inc., for the does reflect the adaptability of the ! ity of the workers now employed j from that point on will depend ufacturing building at the Houl­ such may be desired by the «om- shoe manufacturing operation in manufacture of men’s leather area and the workers as deter­ by the . Houlton Footwear Com­ somewhat on the results attained ton International Airport is being pany. Houlton within the next few days, shoes and military combat boots. mined by the operations of the pany and this along with the past I in this initial operation and Hie worked out with the new com­ SHULMAN MEETS OFFICIAL*! Aubrey A. McLaughlin, director “It is expected,” he said, “that Allied Houlton Footwear, which cooperation of the community I proven desire of the communits pany. Mr. McLaughlin said. A Charles Shulman of the Allied of Industrial Development, an­ the plant changeover will occur was the first to venture into prompted him to look at this for continued expansion. number of major repairs and im­ Houlton Footwear Co. was in nounced last evening. on or about September 16.” Aroostook County for the manu­ I community as a place in which to provements in the building will Houlton this week, meeting with facturing of shoes. I expand his operation. SOME RETRAINING Negotiations have been com­ F1IJHT FOR HOULTON I be made. The lease will be for an company officials as well as pleted which will result in the Mr. McLaughlin said that , The operation will start as pri- ' Although the present shot initial period of time with re­ HR DC and Town officials rela­ Sportwelt Shoe Co. taking over This will be the first time that Emanual Alberts, president of the inarily a stitching operation for workers must be somewhat re­ newal options as well as under- tive to this development. He high­ the operation of, and the facili­ this type of leather shoe has been firm, indicated that he was iin- ' leather shoe uppers, and the de-; trained for this operation, it is tandings relative to new or ad­ ly praised the community, its citi­ zens and its workers, explaining that he has been most happy with his relationship with the com­ munity. Engineering Firm Will Study “This.” Hie Industrial Director concluded, “is another step in our slow but positive progress towards economic improvement in the Feasibility Of Beet Refinery Houlton area.” Lockwood Greene Engineers, Inc. of Boston, New York and Spartenburg, S.C., have SAD To Meet been chosen to develop the economic feasibility and engineering study of a sugar beet refinery in Aroostook County. Upon Arrival Roger Erskine, chairman of the Maine Sugar Beet Steering Of Warrants Committee, said that Lockwood Area Growers Favor Greene was chosen over three other firms because of their September Meeting long record of success in develop­ ing and designing some of the Delayed: Boston Firm New Vote On Order top plants in America. Is Preparing Articles “We were particularly im­ Potato men in the Southern Aroostook area met at the pressed with Richard Lang, who The regular September meet­ Northland Hotel in Houlton Friday night, and went on re­ will be the project tor ing of the Board of Directors of cord as favoring a new balloting of growers on the contro­ the economic feasibility study of School Administrative District 29 a sugar beet refinery in Aroos­ has been postponed until the di­ versial marketing order. Although only about a dozen of rectors receive warrants tior the the 65 to 70 men who attended the meeting actually stood took County.” Mr. Lang is fresh from the suc­ special town meetings that are up to be counted on a motion requesting a new ballot, the cessful Parke Davis project in required for residents to vote on issue carried by a better than 3-1 margin. a school construction program. Greenwood, S.C. The economic Normally the directors meet the feasibility study that was com­ Discussion of the marketing piled for Parke Davis has been first Monday of each month. With oj^ler was supposedly a secondary written up in numerous business the first Monday of September being a holiday, it was decided to phase of the meeting. The session publications across the country. had been called primarily to bring The most recent honor being the postpone the meeting until action growers up to date on the possi­ selection by “Factory Magazine” could be taken on the warrant. bility of obtaining a sugar beet of the Parke Davis project as one Attorney John O. Rogers is quota, and to solicit acreage of the top plants in America. PATTEN HORSE SHOW — Pauline ami Leo Hogan, mem­ I he horse <4iow, ^poii-ored by the Patten Hiding Club, brought working in conjunction with the pledges from the growers for the bers of the Junior 4-H Riding flub of Houlton, move forward together one of tin- finest Pair Classes of the season. Pauline, firm of Ropes and Gray of Bos­ sugar beet program. The economic feasibility study ton in preparing the warrant. will cover five major points: (1) to receive their blue ribbons for winning the Pair Class in the on Gypsy, and Leo, on Prim-ess. gave an excellent ]M-rformance HOYT IS PRESENT horse show Monday held in conjunction with the annual Labor in winning tin- event. Behind them are some of the other entries When the warrant is received b> Marketing, (2) Site Selection and the SAD directors, dates for the When the sugar beet portion of Evaluation, (3) Capital Invest­ Day program at Patten. The afternoon show was a feature of in the ( lass, and part of the big crowd that completely circled the (lay-long program that attracted more than 5.000 |M*rsons. the ring. (Pioneer Times Photo) special town meetings in Heultoa. the meeting was closed, the mar­ ment, (4) Operating Costs, (5) Hammond. Littleton and Monti- keting order took over. John Hoyt and Financial Analysis. Expert Inipro-rd B\ cello will be set, and residents of Easton, chairman of the Maine Capital Investment will cover will be asked to vote on proposed Potato Marketing Committee, ex-1 everything from site preparation < oiinlx ’> Sugar Beet* Growers Told construction of a junior high plained what the order was, and to buildings, pulp systems, waste school in Houlton and an audi­ h