The Virginian-Pilot
                            THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, January 23, 1996              TAG: 9601230249
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B1   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   18 lines

MEETING THE CHALLENGE

ILLUSTRATION: Color photo by DREW C. WILSON/The Virginian-Pilot

A 110-foot-long carpet roll presented a logistical hurdle for four

Philadelphia carpet installers Monday when they had to squeeze the

carpeting onto a small elevator at the Hampton Inn in Kill Devil

Hills. The four installers, Robert Briggs, Mel Johnson, Frank

Tomasiello and Roy Sackett, met the challenge.

by CNB