NEW CHIP MILL MANAGER

The new Mills Spring Chip Co. wood processing plant is expected to open full operations later this month.

The scale house and maintenance building have been built, and most of the equipment is in various stages of being installed.

"We have already chipped some debarked slabs," said plant manager Greg Thompson, "but, full operations won't take place until later this month, possibly Oct. 20."

Thompson, a wood procurement forester for Canal Wood Co. in Demopolis, Ala., for six years, was hired to manage the Mill Springs operation.

Thompson, a native of Alabama, is a graduate of Mississippi State University School of Forest Resources.