Comments on: Ask Us: What Happened At International Paper?

By: corey barfield

corey barfield — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 00:56:10 +0000

i worked that shutdown this past week. was one hecktic week. but we got the job done.

By: Joe Hall

Joe Hall — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:07:17 +0000

If the mill shut down there would a lot more jobs lost, than the mill workers…Construction workers, loggers, truck drivers, machanics,tire shops,foresters, road builders. fueling stations, equipment dealers and repairmen, railroad workers, and the list goes on and on. Just think of the families the mill and the other companies, feeds, house’s, and clothes. And to think someone wants to see it closed down. May God have mercy on you.

By: TROUBLE

TROUBLE — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:36:33 +0000

@ joey McCall thank you i am sorry the FREE car wash doesn’t work right all the time. @4295cj just wants to complain

By: Really

Really — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:13:08 +0000

@ Bob…”I’ve lived here 25 years south of the mill. The smell still impacts my home when the wind is from the south.”

The Cantonment paper mill was formed in 1941 as Florida Pulp & Paper, and since then has had three successful owners: St. Regis, Champion, and now International Paper. If you bought your home 25 yrs ago, you knew it was located ‘south’ of a mill that had been established for quite some time. I may not have a degree in wind dynamics, but I know if you live south of the mill and the wind is blowing from the south, as you state, do you think you’re smelling something else? I have a solution for the inconvenience of the mill’s car wash not working properly at times, DON’T USE IT!

By: Hobie

Hobie — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:30:08 +0000

That’s the smell of money!

By: Willis II

Willis II — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:19:33 +0000

@ Bob, 25 years ago when you moved near the mill, the smell was awful. The smell has been improved by very large environmental standards (both in water and air quality). I have smelled the mill to long, 10 years ago when the mill started implementing the new environmental regulations. I have no sympathy for you since you bought a house effected by a mill located 40 years prior. I hope to have my child to continue to live the life we are able to provide for her now. Bob you buy house near a paper mill and now hope to live long enough to see it closed. I’ll be more than glad to allow my mortgage company to accept checks from you for my house payment every month.

By: 429SCJ

429SCJ — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:15:47 +0000

Amen Bobby. I guess I should not complain about waiting for the train.

My Father retired from Monsanto. He began employment there right after the plant came online. I should not say a word about the Mill and it’s three successive owners.

Monsanto was no slouch in the emessions department, back in the day.

By: CW

CW — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 03:44:55 +0000

My grandfather worked there for 25 years and retired early in 1981 due to a stroke (back when it was St Regis). He drove from Atmore all of those years and supported the family well on what he made there. He told lots of stories about his old coworkers.

By: AL

AL — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 02:02:05 +0000

Wow Bob… so you hope you live to see the employees laid off, the contractors put out of business, the local restaurants and gas stations impacted…..

I think it would be super easier just for you to move and inconvenience just YOU instead of the whole county!

By: hunter

hunter — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 01:11:03 +0000

Hey Bob 25 years ago the mill was already there so why did you move to where you could smell the mill. The paper mill provides well paying jobs for our citizens.