Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY. OCTOBER 6, 1961 THE WARPER—This new super-speed warper at Oakland ,30 miles per hour. Each end on the full beam will be Mill is one of two which winds 416 ends of warp yarn on | about 17 miles long, a section beam at the rate of 900 yards per minute—over First Cotton Run Through Oakland Mill In 1912; Plant Now Owned By Kendal! Enlarged And Modernized One of the interesting textile manufacturing plants of Newber ry is the recently modernized and expanded Oakland Plant of The Kendall Mills, division of The Kendall Company. The plant is located about 1^4 miles from the center of Newberry on lands form erly owned by the late Col. W. Y. Fair. The elevated land on which the plant is located provides good natural drainage and is • ideal for a manufacturing establish ment. Numerous trees of many varieties add their natural beauty to the mill and the adjacent village. The Oakland Cotton Mills as the plant was known when it was incorporated on August 3, 1910, had an authorized capital of $400,000. The late Col. Walter The Final OK Had To Come From The Top H. Hunt was its organizer and first president. The first cotton was run through the new Oakland Mill on March 8, 1912, but it was July of that year before the plant was in full operation. The 20,- 160 spindles and 542 looms in the original mill consumed about 400 bales of cotton, annually. About 225 people from this com munity were employed in the manufacture of wide sheeting N and print cloth which were the principal output for a number of years. In May of 1925 The Kendall Company acquired Oakland Mill. Since that time the plant has been a part of this concern which has as one of its principal mark et^ the hospital dressings which use surgical gauze. Oakland was soon geared for the production of exceptional quality cloth which was used in the manufacture of surgical gauze sold under the Curity and later the Bauer and Black trademarks. The mill then had 30,464 spindles and 660 looms. In 1949 The Kendall Company began a modernization program at Oakland Mill. Some of the old machinery was brought up to date, but a greater portion of it was replaced with the latest cotton textile machinery. The mill was planned and arranged as far as possible to allow for eventual expansion to a larger mill. Early in 1950 The Kendall Company decided to begin the ex* pansion of the modernized mill. Plans were brought up to date, machinery was ordered and final ly actual construction of the building addition was started in April of that year. Careful plan ning and scheduling resulted in the arrival of the hew machinery just as the building was being completed in September. The fol lowing four months found the mill personnel busily engaged in the installation of machinery which would double Oakland’s productive capacity. In January of this year the modern Oak land Mill with 61000 modern spindles and 1440 looms was in operation. Today we have in our com munity a bigger and better Oak land Mill—a cotton mill which consumes about 20,000 bales of cotton each year in the manu facture of cloth. Oakland furnish es year around employment in comfortable and pleasant work ing conditions to over six hun dred people. The annual payroll at Oakland of approximately $1,800,000 is a large contribution to the economy of the thriving city of Newberry and surrounding area. On next Tuesday and Wednesday the public will have an opportunity to see the opera tions of this modern industrial plant TO MR. HENRY KENDALL TO KENDALL OFFICIALS TO MANAGER CARPENTER TO THE OVERSEERS AND TO ALL OAKLAND EMPLOYEES OUR VERY BEST WISHES . .4. W-mEk • v ■ • m-,~r Thanks Mr. Kendall For Favoring Our City So Handsomely Newberry Is Grateful Spartan Grain & LAND - pas f r - To Our Newberry Neighbors THE KENDALL COMPANY And BEST WISHES For a Most Successful OPEN HOUSE EVENT ■ ■ ■ • r ■* HI Here s something new in swim suits, also something new in movie stars. Wearing stars and stripes is Julia Adams, newly elevated to stardom by Universal-International. Shell be seen shortly opposite Richard Conte in “Hollywood Story,” and thereafter in support of Arthur Kennedy and Peggy Dow in “Bright Victory.” Joanna Cotton Mills Company Manufacturers of Shade Cloth, Drapery Fabrics and Mop Yarns is?