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6D Asheville Feb. 16, 1906 Coca-Cola To Buy Florida Franchises The Associated Press CHARLOTTE Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated said it signed an agreement to buy two soft drink companies in the Florida panhandle for an undisclosed amount. The companies are known as Panama City Coca-Cola Bottling Co. and Quincy Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

Both manufacture and distribute soft drinks in the Florida panhandle. Sales for the two were approximately $7.4 million in fiscal year 1985. The acquisition is expected to be completed by March 1. Marvin W. Griffin, president and chief executive officer of Coke, said he anticipates that both of the companies will be integrated with the "Haley Group" bottling operations in southwest Georgia that recently were acquired by Coke, and with Coke's Columbus Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

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Market St. Asheville, N.C. (704) 253-6689 Growing From Page ID with clubhouse were built as a result of the plant's commitment to Hominy Valley. Even during the Depression, American Enka maintained full production. By 1940, the company employed 3,000 people and had a payroll of $4.5 million per year.

Robert Armstrong, treasurer at American Enka from 1949 to 1980, says the plant was "the economic backbone of the entire area." "We were the largest employer and taxpayer in the region," he explained. "We also provided a department and ambulance service that protected the plant, but would go out into the community if it was needed. We were a major supporter the community and served as its main source livelihood." of In addition, says Armstrong, the company provided funds for a swimming pool at Hominy Valley Recreation Park and helped make the new Enka High School, currently under construction, possible by selling 50 acres of land to the Buncombe County school board. Hominy's Giant Changes Name Today, American Enka no longer exists. The company was recently bought out by Badische the American subsidiary of a German chemical plant called BASF, and is now referred to as BASF Fibers.

Yet its legacy to the growth of Enka-Candler and Hominy Valley remains. Enka was good to us," said Ben Pace, a member of the Enka-Candler Business Association and owner of three Country Food Stores in the area. "Before the plant was built, we were just a place for people who were on their way to somewhere Pace and other local businessmen say that Deal Rent A Car SPECIAL RATES AVAILABLE Fantastic Weekend Specials! Plus Low Daily, Weekly Monthly Rates FOR YOUR SPECIAL RATE CALL 253-5317 136 MERRIMON AVE: ASHEVILLE, N.C. R. Bruce Gibbs BUSINESS ESTATE UNDERWRITERS, INC.

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Kempson, CLU, ChFC William R. Gantt, CLU MASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL OPINE what was ect helping and back and ing really got Hominy Valley on the move the $5.6 million water and sewer line projbegun in 1978 and still under way that is to rid the area of chronic septic tank environmental problems. "I've seen tremendous expansion since said Pace. "Development was being held because of the expense involved in sewer water installation." More than a dozen new businesses, includhotels, restaurants, fast-food chains, serv ice stations and other er commercial properties have established themselves in Enka-Candler since 1977. Scheduled to open this year is the first phase of the $5.1 million Westridge Market Place, a shopping complex that will house a Food Lion grocery store, an Eckerds drugstore and six as yet undetermined other businesses.

6 We were the largest employer and taxpayer in the region. We also provided a fire department and ambulance service that protected the plant, but would go out into the community if it was needed. We were a major supporter of the community and served as its main source of livelihood. Former American Enka Treasurer Robert Armstrong The project, developed by George Beverly Jr. in partnership with Dr.

David Cappiello and George F. Goosman, will conclude with the addition of a cafeteria, 60,000 square feet of retail space and a 200-unit residential complex. Also nearing completion is the $14.5 million Enka High School, a project first proposed in 1 1970. The nine-building, complex, due to open this summer, will replace Erwin High as the largest secondary school in Buncombe County. A new ice skating rink is expected to open in October near 1-40 in Candler, and a golf course, located near the Haywood County line is in the planning stages.

Echoes From Page ID phens-Lee from 1934 to 1941 and later was an associate professor at Morgan State. Hardin and his wife, Hermione, live in Baltimore. Education: Gladys Pierce Forney Forney, a native of Wilmington, is a graduate of Shaw University and the University of Illinois. She began her teaching career at Stephens-Lee High School and now teaches psychology, sociology, economics and government at Asheville High. She is vice chairman of the Asheville Buncombe Community Relations Council and is one the boards of minority affairs at UNCA and YMI Cultural Center.

She was honored as the 1983 recipient of the Human Rights Award presented by the Asheville Baha'i Community. She and her husband, Ernest, live on Rock Hill Road. I Religion: Brewer Brewer, a native of Washington, has been pastor of Tried Stone Missionary Baptist Church for 44 years and pastored other churches in Canton, Dillsboro and Grover. He has conducted evangelistic services throughout South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio and New York. He and his wife, Rosa, have six children.

Business: William A. Jones A native of Barbourville, Jones is co-owner and manager of Allen and Associates Mortuary in Asheville. He is a graduate of Kentucky State College and Gupton College of Mortuary Science. A retired medical technician at Asheville VA Medical Center, he is a member of Central Asheville Optimist Club, the board of deacons of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church and several national and state morticians organizations.

Jones and his wife, Zenobia, have two children. Music: Jacqueline King King, a native of Kingstree, S.C., is a music specialist in Asheville City Schools. She is a graduate of Bennett College in Greensboro and the University of Maryland and president of Friends of the YMI Cultural Center: a member of Gamma Enka-Candler's 'Independent Thinkers' Most of the credit for such progress goes to the Enka-Candler Business Association, which has worked over the years to upgrade the area. Organized in 1958, its initial goal was to encourge residents to stay in Candler and boost its economy. "There just weren't that many businesses here, so everyone went to Canton, Waynesville and Asheville to spend their money," recalled Mrs.

J.T. Chappell, a charter member of the or ganization and a long-time resident of Enka-Candler. Through their efforts, the Business Associates have not only managed to keep commerce alive and well in Enka-Candler, but the 40-member group also helped pass the school for the new high school, proposed a special school tax to provide supplemental materials and extra teachers, was instrumental in getting sewer lines and a new water system funded, provided employment for high school students, contributed to school clubs and activities, worked to improve local highways and helped instigate recent access to countywide phone dialing. At one time in an effort to ward off a possible annexation from the city of Asheville they also banded together to incorporate Enka-Candler. The effort failed because of changes in incorporation laws, but the group proved its point: -Candler was worth fighting for.

"These are independent thinkers out FORNEY RUFFIN BREWER DAVIS ham. A graduate of N.C. Central University and the University of North Carolina, he was a special assistant to former Gov. Jim Hunt. He is.

a life member of the NAACP, chairman of the Durham Housing Authority, board member of Southern Regional Council and Durham Homes and a trustee of Morehead Avenue Baptist Church in Durham. Ruffin and his wife, Avon. Athletics: Jesse J. Davis Jr. Davis, a native of Asheville and a three-letter athiete at StephensLee High School, is a teacher and coaches golf, football and basketball at Westwood High in Atlanta.

He is a graduate of Morris Brown College in Atlanta and Georgia State University and was honored as Georgia Coach of the Year in 1970 and South Fulton County Basketball Coach of the Year in 1975. He is a member of national state athletic associations. Davis and his wife, Juanita, have two children. here," said Pace. "We have a history of know-.

ing what needs to be done, and doing it for ourselves." Adds Harold Sloan, vice-president of Southern Pump Tank Co. in Candler, "The Enka-Candler business community is closeknit and works well together. Now that we have new blood and new interests moving into the area, I think we're going to see even better changes ahead." Needs are still evident in Hominy Valley. Chappell would like to see "a good library, more medical facilities, an additional exit off Interstate 40 and more highway safety improvements." Jim Pruitt, former member and officer of the Business Association, hopes to see a major clothing chain come into Enka-Canider along with small industrial complexes. A Pride In Direction Meanwhile, residents are proud of where they've been and where they're going.

"Enka-Candler's growth is a reflection of its people," said Teresa Capps, past president of the Business Association. "I'm really proud of the way the area has expanded and consider this a wonderful place to live." Optometrist Julian Crowder, the association's newly elected president, sees a more progressive attitude on the part of Hominy Valley's business and residential community. "We've been pretty isolated here in the past," he said, "but I think businesses are reaching out more and people are becoming more open to expansion. My prediction is that we'll have greater growth in the next 10 years than we have in the past 20." "Just because we haven't developed rapidly in the past, doesn't mean we won't in the future," said Pace. "The east and the south parts of the county have all expanded.

Now it is our turn to grow, and we're going to take it." WILKES HARDIN Gamma FOYLE Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha; ReynoldsMille Chorale; Berry Temple United Methodist Church; and state educational organizations. She and her husband, James, have one daughter. Humanitarian: Lou Fogle Fogle, a native of Franklin, and a graduate of Clemson University, is athletic director and football coach at Lexington High School in Lexington, S.C. He was football coach at Asheville High in 1972-73 and was honored as Western North Carolina Coach of the Year in 1973. He later was head coach at Dorman High in Spartanburg, S.C., (1974-80) and was named South Carolina Coach of the Year in 1980.

He also coached at Pisgah High in Canton for one season. Fogle and his wife, Joanne, have two daughters. Civics: Benjamin S. Ruffin A native of Durham, Ruffin is vice president, special assistant to the president of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co. in Dur- Asheville Office Park (former Allen Center) 31 College Place in central business district Office space at $6 per sq.

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