Camden County losing paper company

SAINT MARYS - Durango-Georgia Paper Company, one of Camden County&#39;s largest employers since 1941, is shutting down all operations and putting 900 people out of work. <br> <br> Saint Marys Mayor Deborah Hase, whose husband works at the paper mill as an environmental engineer, says the city, a town of about eight thousand residents on the Georgia-Florida coast, will lose at least $600,000 a year in property and franchise taxes. <br> <br> Company officials told employees Thursday that the plant would shut down in 60 days. <br> <br> Woodbine Mayor Burford Clark, who retired from the mill after 43 years, described the announcement as ``a sad day for Camden County.&#39;&#39; He said timber and pulp businesses in southeast Georgia also will be hurt because they rely on Durango to purchase their products.