Second Section
Home, Office Given
To Honor Parents
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THE LATE REV. AND MRS. N. 11. GREENE
By L. H. HOLLINGSWORTH
Clyde R. and George C. Greene,
and their families, have announced
the gift of a home and office for
its associational missionary to the
Three Forks Baptist Association
of Watauga county as a memorial
to their parents, the Reverend and
Mrs. Nathan M. Greene. Their fa
ther passed away on September 1,
1955, and Mn. Greene died Novem
ber 9, 1966.
"Uncle Nathan," ai he was af
fectionately known to boats of peo
ple in northwest North Carolina,
was a pioneer Baptist leader and
preacher among the Baptist
churches of this area. He was
ban September SB, IMS. He n
baptised late the membership of
Meat Cup Baptist Church Jan
uary 10, UK thus apending al
moat aixty years of active Chris
tian service. He filled nomtroas
places of leadership and service in
his own and other churches in the
association (or approximately for
ty-five years, including teaching
in the Sunday Schools, superint
endent of Sunday School, and dea
con.
Mrs. Greene, also a native of the
Heat Camp section, was born Oc
tober I, 1877, and Joined Meat
Camp Church on December 13,
1891. Through the years she was
active in the total life of the
church, serving especially in Wo
man's Missionary Union work,
Sunday School and choir. Perhaps
moat important of all, she shared
interest and concern with her hua
band lit his work and waa true
helpmate to God's minister.
Mr. Greene's miaaionary con
cern, expressed in the work of
his own church and community
and overflowing into surrounding
areas wherever there waa chal
lenge and opportunity for Chris
tian service, reached a climax and
found particular expression when
he waa ordained aa a Baptist min
ister January 21, 1930. For seven
years he was the aasoeiational mis
sionary, as well as serving as pas
tor of various churches.
Among the several churches now
considered as strong points of Bap
tist life in the area and organized
as a direct result of his labors are
Mountain Dale, Green Valley,
Tabernacle, and Perkinsville. He
was the first pastor of each of
these churches except for Moun
tain Dale.
Since the most distinguishing
characteristic of his life and work
was his missionary interest, par
ticularly in the area of Three
Forks Association, it seems most
fitting that when his children and
grandchildren set out to honor
him they should choose some area
of aaaociational missions work in
which to do so. They have chosen
to give to the Association the home
in which he spent the closing years
of his life. Located in Pekinsville,
just a little way from the church
of which he was last a member,
the property includes a small store
building which will serve as office
and study for the associations]
missionary and as a headquarters
for the cooperative work of the
churches of the area.
Though plans are incomplete at
this time, a formal name for the
gift will be chosen and an ap
propriate marker set up. Plan
ned also is an associational-wide
service of acceptance and dedica
tion.
The Reverend Hoyt Roberaon
ia the mlaaionary of the aaaociation
and in the near future it ia expect
ed that he will move into the home.
The Reverend C.' O. Vance, mod
erator of the aaaociation, in ex
presaing the appreciation of the
people for this gift, declared ft
to be a significant step forward is
the ever-growing work of Baptists
in the county. He called upon
the people and the churches to
match the dedication of "Uncle
Nathan and Aunt Nannie" as well
aa the generosity of their children,
with renewed dedication and
stronger and more concerted ef
forts on their own part
Road Improvements
In Division Listed
Raleigh—During December, the
State Highway U>mmission com
pleted 12.S0 miles of road im
provements in the Eleventh High
way Division, Commissioner Ralph
Winkler reported today.
Caldwell, Alleghany, Surry,
Ashe, Wilkes, Yadkin, Avery and
Watauga Counties compose the
Eleventh* Highway Division. Divi
sion headquarters are in North
Wilkesboro. J. H. Councill is Divi
sion Engineer.
In Ashe, the following two 30
foot wide county roads and their
lengths were graveled by State
forces: Junction 221, 0.S mile; and
Ore Knob, 0.8 mile.
In Avery, several county roads
and their / lengths were graded,
drained and graveled by State
forces as follows: Extension Little
Buck Hill, 0.6 mile; Clarktown,
0.39 mile; H. M. Horney, Jr., 0.2
mile; and Martins Branch Road,
0.7 mile. All the roads are 20 feet
wide except Martins Branch Road
which is 16 feet wide.
In Watauga, the two following
12-foot wide roads and their
lengths were graded, drained and
surfaced by State forces; Locust
Gap Road (Beaver Dam), 0.0 mile;
and Shoe nuke Road (Meat Camp),
0.4 mile. Four 12 to 15-foot wide
roads and their lengths were grad
ed, drained and gravel surfaced as
follows: Dutch Creek Road, 1.0
mile; Hagaman Road (Windy
Gap), 1.1 miles; Mast Gap Road
Revision, 0.3 mile; and Old Turn
pike Road, 0.75 mile. State forces
did the work. Meat Camp Road
was resurfaced with crushed stone
for 0.8 mile. The road is 12 feet
wide. Elk Road, 16 feet wide, was
surface treated for 2.5 miles. The
County Home bypass to Jlodges
Gap «u graded, drained and baas
and surface treated for 2.0 miles.
The road it 22 feat wide. State
forces did all the work on the
roads in Wataufa County.
Query Is Named
To School Post
Kin Eunice Query of the Li
brary Science Department has
been asked to serve aa a member
of the North Carolina committee
on achool library study of the
southern states work conference.
This conference, which has met
each year for the past seventeen
years at Daytona Beach, Fla., Is
sponsored by the chief state school
officers and secretaries of State
Education Associations of the
fourteen southeastern states. "It
has become an institution known
throughout the country and the
publications resulting from the
studies it makes have a wide cir
culation, even in foreign coun
tries."
"The work of the conference
centers around projects for study
after careful consideration by the
executive committee. These pro
jects are usually studied for a
period of three years by commit
tee members selected jointly by
the chief state school officer, the
secretary of the State Education
Association, and the executive
committee member from each
state." The three new studies are
to be Concerned with adult educa
tion, school libraries, and the edu
cation of exceptional children.
The conference will be held
this year at Daytona Beach from
June 3 through June 8.
JOB TOTAL
Employment in December con
tinued at record level* for the
month, although the total Was low
er than in November. Aa of mid
December, about 64,800,000 was
700,000 below the previoua month.
Non-farm employment increased
over the month. The drop in agri
cultural employment amounted to
1,110,000, reducing the farm force
to a December low of 8,100,000. The
non-f»rm payroll total reached S3.
000,000 for the first time.
Many Disabled '
Are Given Jobs
Raleigh—A total of Mil $7
sically handicapped pertooi were
placed on Jobs In North Carolina
during the put year, the Employ
ment Security Commission report
ed today.
This waa a slight increase over
the fl,M6 placements in IBM, one
of the Commission's best years in
placement of the physically handi
capped.
"The increase In placement of
the physically handicapped—
though moderate—follows a Vat
tern that has developed in recent
years," ESC Chairman Henry E.
Kendall said. "It is encouraging
to note that more and more North
Carolina employers are realizing
that a properly placed handicap
ped worker is just as efficient as
his able-bodied co-worker."
Pest Control
School Slated
An Apple Pest Contral School
will be held at the Federal court
room in the postoffice bunding at
Wilkeaboro on Friday, January 29.
The program will begin at 0:30
and end around 3:00 p. m.
Some discussion leader* will be
Dr. Carlyle Clayton, Research Pro
lessor, State College, George
Turnipseed, Research Entomolo
gist, George D. Jones, Extension
Entomologist, N. C. State College,
and others.
They will welcome your quest
iona on fruit production.
Attend District
Scout Meeting
W. C. Richardson, district chair
nun of the Watauga Diatrict, Boy
Scouts, and the following men
attended a district council meeting
at Elkin Tuesday night:
Dr. Lee Reynolds, Milt Jordan,
the Rev. E. H. Lowman, Dr. Law
rence Owsley, Howard Williama,
Cecil Miller. B. W. Stallings, Jen
nings B. Robinson, and Bill Bing
ham.
The meeting was called to dis
cuss scouting for the year 1907.
Bank of America nears the $10
billion mark.
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