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Deaths ATTA EMON HENDRIX Atta Emon Hendrix Atta Emon Hendrix, 75, Ad vance, N. C. died Monday of last week in Winston-Salem fol lowing a heart attack suffered three weeks ago. A lifelong resident of Davie Coiinty, Mr. Hendrix was a lead er in REA efforts, was general agent for an insurance com pany, was a Mason and Baptist. He is survived by his widow, seven daughters and four sons. Mr. Hendrix maintained a summer cottage on Rich Moun tain in Watauga County. funeral was conducted Wed nesday afternoon in Thomas ville. Burial was in Fork Bapt ist Church Cemetery near Mocksville. Jonathan Hodges Jonathan Edward Hodges, 81, of Malden, died Monday in a Burke county hospital. He was bom September 21, 1884 in Watauga County to Larkin T. and Martha Miller Hodges. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Rose Douglas Hodges; four daughters, Mrs. Clarence Ballard of Lincolnton, Mrs. Van Purser and Mrs. Horace Eddy, both of Charlotte, Mrs. Frank lin Arndt of Maiden; three sons, Frank Hodges of Mary land, Glenn Hodges of Malden and Lloyd Hodges of Florida. Funeral services were con ducted Wednesday at 3 p. m. at the First Methodist Church in Maiden. Burial was in the Mai den city cemetery. Mrs. R. D. EdihfehSf? Mrs. Zora Cornell Edhtferten, 73, of Zionville, Rt. 1, wife of R. 1). Edmisten, died Friday at Cannon Memorial Hospital at Banner Elk. She was bom in Watauga County to James and Sarah Adams Cornell. She was mar ried twice. Surviving are her husband; a son, Marion Bentley of Char lotte; a daughter, Mrs. John Mains of Havre de Grace, Md.; a brother, Oscar Cornell of Malta, Mont.; and two sisters, Mrs. Hazel Tester of Boone and Mrs. Allie Francis of Deer wood, Minn. The funeral was held at 2 p. m. Sunday at Mabel Baptist Church. Burial was in Reece Cemetery. Charlie Coffey Charlie Alexander Coffey, 71, of 713, Slowing Hock Rd., Lenoir, died Tn^day morning at his home. He was born in Caldwell eounty to Jeffie and Jnlla Hollifield Coffey, a re tired fanner and a member of Boone’s Fork Baptist Church, ' Surviving are the widow, Julia Evelyn Knight Coffey; four sons, Jessie Cdffey of Whitrtel, Collis Coffey of Le 'fioir, Paul Coffey Of tVinstBfl Salem, Balph Coffey of Fresno, Ohio; three daughters, Mrs. Bower Hedges (Lethie May) of Fresno; Ohio, Mrs. George Townsend and Mrs. Edgar Cof fey, both of Lenoir; three bro thers, Thomas L. ' Coffey of Blowing Rock, Harley Coffey of Granite Falls, Glenn Coffey of Taylorsville; four sisters, Mrs. Annie McRae of Linville, Mrs. Ella Smith of Morganton, Mrs. Pearl Day of Lenoir and Mrs. Reece Moody of Blowing Rock; twenty grandchildren. Funeral services were con ducted at 10 a. m. Thursday at Boone’s Fork Baptist church. Officiating were the Rev. Car son Eggers and Rev. Frank Knight Burial was in the White Springs cemtery. Dr. Homer R. Reed Dr. Homer Raleigh Reed, 73, of Blowing Rock, formerly of Greensboro, died Tuesday, May 10 at Blowing Rock Hospital. He was born in Macon Coun ty, 111., and attended the Nat ional College of Chiropractic in Chicago and practiced for 15 years in Wisconsin before com ing South. He ran a private hospital in Greensboro until 1945 when he came to Blowing Rock and operated the Hemlock Motel. He retired a year ago. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Beatrice Caffey Reed; a son, Jacob D. Reed of San Francis co. Calif.; three brothers, Ralph Reed of Fargo, N.D., Mark Reed of McAllen, Texas, and Byron Reed of Decatur, 111.; and a sister, Mrs. Raleigh Bea man of Decatur, 111. The funeral was held at 4 p. m. Wednesday at Forbis and Dick Funeral Chapel in Greens boro. Burial was In Greenhlil Cemetery in Greensboro. Mrs. E. B. -Cannon j rHjfir Libbie Baird Cannon, Ast-bf Banner Elk, Rt. 2, widow of Elbert B. Cannon, died Mon day, May 9 at Cannon Memorial Hospital at Banner Elk. She was born in Watauga County to William Monroe and 8arah E. Clark Baird. " Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Frances W. McGinnis Of Banner Elk and Mrs. Ona Law rence of Elizabethton, Tenn. The funeral was held at 1 p. m. Wednesday at Liberty Meth odist Church. Burial was in the church cemetery. A CORRECTION In the obituary of Mr. Ira Bolick which appeared in the Democrat last week, it should have been stated that there are 4 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. Standing on the second floor of a dormitory being constructed on campus, Wayne Cannon of Valle Crucis lends a hand by cutting pipe for the big project. He is employed by Pyramid Mechanical Corporation under the plumbing contract. He graduated from Cove Creek High School and married the former Carolyn Brown. They have five daughters: Deborah, age 7; Sandra, 6; Karen, 5; Angela, 3; and Brenda; ohe and a half months. Cannon has been oh the construction job nine months, and formerly was employed by Blue Ridge Shpe Com pany. Drowns In Florida Wheeler L. Reece, 24, erf Fort Lauderdale, Fla., formerly of Trade, Tenn., wait drowned in Fort Lauderdale April 29. He was a native of Johnson County, and an, employee of Trailway Bus Terminal in Fort Lauderdale. Survivors Include the widow, MrS, Shirley W. Reece, Fort Lauderdale; one daughter, Pa tricia Abu Reece, Fort Lauder dale; the father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Reece, Trade; three brothers, Staff Sgt. Carl B. Reece, U. S. Army, Viet nam, Shelton Reece, Washing ton, D. C., Dennis Reece, Trade; two sisters, Mrs. Janice Carlisle, Maryland, Mrs. Follie Davis, Trade. Funeral services were con ; ducted from the zionville Bap tist Church with Rev. Roby ■ Rggers officiating. Interment was in Zionville Cemetery. Vietcong gets U. S. medicine donated to Algeria. . .. — ... - - Spacecraft of future to land like a jet. . APPALACHIAN THEATRE, BOONE, N. C. -TWO BIG DAYS Friday & Saturday -MAY 20-21-— WILL NOT BE HELD OVER I | HEAft THE NASHVILLE SOUND HI THE COUNTRY MUSIC CAPITAL Of ^ WORLD! j| IMMY —. ItHHWGS SHOT JACKSONi lOUSJM EBB PIERCE! ToRmTiYK] HA w\ ms! IWARNER MACK [WAYNE i autry mm "and Others... BRAND NEW NEVER HERE BEFORE lot feOdNE RON "-. • —AIM Showing Theee Leading Theatre*— Beerea Theatre, Elkin, May ttll Parkway Theatre, W. iefteraon, May 2#-21 StarUte Dr ln, Wilkeahoro, May 1»-1»-2»21 Villa Height*, Siatetrllle, May li-lg.gg.2I Admission 25r-50e, Dky Adv*M<* Ttgiota Know The Weather BY E. H. SIMS With summer not far away, and summer lightning storms, or thunderstorms, approaching, the facts about lightning be come especially timely. • Lightning, it is true, kilts a number of people each year. Dangerous places are under a big tree, in the bathtub, or around or between sizable metal objects — during a lightning storm. In the average all-metal airplane, you are safe. Lightning is caused by up and down drafta in thuhderheads, which change the electrical composition of the air, building up cloud areas of positive charge. Such a cloud area, com ing near an oppositely-charged object, exchanges electrical charges with it. If you observe that lightning is active In the west, it will 1 probably be upon you soon, but seeing it in other directions usually means it will not mo lest you. The old rule for judging the distance of light ning by counting the seconds is valid. You see the flash, count a number a second until you hear thunder. Then divide the sec onds by five, because sound travels only a fifth of a mile a second. Your answer is the dis tance of the lightning from you \ —in miles. _ Four REA Co-Ops Pondering Merger Of Their Operations four of North Carolina's S3 electric membership corpora tions hare launched studies to evaluate the advantages and dis advantages of merging their op erations. The studies are being supervised and directed by a committee composed of two rep resentatives from each of the cooperatives. The committee, for easy identification purposes, has adopted ss its name, “Merg er; Evaluation and Study Associ ates” (MESA). The associated EMCs and their respective rep resentatives on MESA are: Blue Ridge EMC, Lenoir. N. C.—Bert Mast, president; C. E. Vivefette, general manager; Cornelius EMC, Cornelius, N. C.—Henry C. Gabriel, board member; Donald Rice, general manager; Davie EMC, Mocksville, N. C. —E. R. Crater, president; J. C. Jones, general manager; and Surry-Yadkin EMC, Dobson, N. C.—Johnnie Collins, board member; R. S. Burma, general manager. The MESA studies have been authorized by resolutions unan imously adopted by the board of directors of the four cooper atives. The studies will deter* min objectively whether or not the economies and other advan tages of combining the four EMCs into one system would outweigh the disadvantages. For several years, the cost of power supply for each of the EMCs, compared with other ex penses and compared with rev enues, has been steadily climb ing. Since EMCs are always in creasing their demand for pow er, means must always be sought for lowering power sup ply cost. EMCs this year began paying Certain property afld franchise taxes, and beginning next year will pay these and other taxes in full. The result will be a sub stantial increase In operating expbnses. Also, it is reliably expected that interest charges On future REA loans will be at a considerably higher rate than in the past. For all of the foregoing rea sons—and also because the EMCs never cease looking for ways of improving their organ; izations and their services to members—the four associated Cooperatives believe the pros pect of realizing substantial economies and other benefits through merger is at least worthy of study. It should be emphasized, however, that it is not now known whether merger Advantages would outweigh merger disadvantages; that Is why the joint studies are being i Undertaken. Among several areas to be studied are rates, power supply cost, financing, revenues, system engineering, corpotate and organization structure, personnel, and oper ating procedures and policies. It should also be emphasized that, regardless of the merger study results; (1) tfo one’s rates would he increased. On the contrary, One hoped-for result is the low ering of rates. (2) Consumer-members’ cap ital credits would not be dis turbed. Hopefully, capital cred its would be retired even faster than they have been in the past. (3) No EMC employee would be displaced, hor their wages, fringe benefits or working Con ditions decreased or in any Way impaired, in fact, In time the 2^ at our * Every Insurance Service Hurt tinman Ingenuity am i§> vise the moment yon step through our front 4oer. We Offer Complete FacUltiet for AU ■ - r>. • . ... "V Line# of Insurance COE INSURANCE & REALTY CO. 317 Main 3«. Dial AM 40330 rtvth immums *r nmm amuca* ao uit combined work force of the as sociated EMC» would be cap able of renderinc even faster and more dependable services than the excellent service now furnished. Also, new employees might well be called for to render certain specialized ser vices in addition to those now being rendered. (4) The fundamental right of EMC members to govern their own electric system would not be impaired. Indeed, each member would have an equal voice with all other members, as is now the case, but that voice would share in the control of a much larger organization— if merger should actually m* terialize. It will take several months tr complete the merger studies and to evaluate the results. Unless the studies should reveal clear ly that a merger would be in the decided best interests of the associated EMCs and their consumers, MESA will give no consideration whatever to merg er recommendations. In any event, an EMC’s board of directors does not have the authority to effectuate a merger. A merger would require the ap proval of the memberships of all affected EMCs. Should the four associated EMCs actually combine, the re' suiting system would serve ap proximately 44,000 members from some 8,300 miles of line in 19 counties, making it the larg est distribution electric ^cooper ative in the United States. Pres ent members served, miles of tine and counties served in— for each of the associated EMCs —are as follows: Blue Ridge—20,000 members —3,700 miles of line—serving In Alleghany, Alexander, Ashe, Avery, Caldwell, Surry, Wafau Republican Voters Of The 44th Legislative District Avery — Mitchell Watauga It now appears that I will not be able to contact as many of you and I would like to have before the Pri mary Election on May 28th. To those of you whom 1 have not been able to see, I want to assure you that if I am nominated and elected your Representative in the General Assembly, that you will be represented in a fair and impartial way. There will not be any legislation introduced by me until it has the approval of the in terested parties of the coun ty involved. My campaign is based on my record as a Represent ative in the General As sembly and no one else. My record proves that I have not been unfair to the tax paying citizens who elected me. 1 appreciate the confi dence shown me by my local county. If elected to serve the 44th District, I will strive to acquire the same confidence. Respectfully yours, MackS.Isaacs , Republican Candidate . 44th Legislative District (Political Advertisement.) ga and Wilkes. , Cornelius—4,200 members— 790 miles of line—serving in Cabarrus, Catawba, Gaston, Ire dell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg and Rowan. Davie—10,400 members—1, 830 miles of line—serving in Alexander, Davie, Iredell, Row an, Wilkes and Yadkin. Surry-Yadkin — 9,400 mem bers—1,920 miles of line—serv ing in Forsyth, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin. you want to buy or tell a home ... a farm ... a butinett .. . watch thit space for real valuesI 1— COMMERCIAL BUILDING FOR SALE OR RENT. Ideal for Civic Club or warehousing or small factory, ap proximately 5000 sq. feet. Good heating system, good financing. 2— EASIER THAN PAYING RENT—Good 3 bedroom brick \ with 3 room apartment on lover level. Hot water heat, \ storm windows located on corner lot. Grand Blvd. Monthly rental income $180.00. A good investment or let apartment pay for your home. Price $18,750. 8—TAILORED FOR TWO—King size cottage located just outside of city limits, large one bedroom year around house, wall to wall carpet, fire place, automatic heat, city water, completely furnished, ready to live in. Small down payment—monthly payment only $37.50. Tree top view overlooking Boone. Don’t wait—it can’t last. 4— NEW 9 APARTMENT—Over $8,400 gross income, con veniently located near downtown and college. All apartments completely furnished. Hot water beat Fixed expense approximately $1300. Good financing. This property can make you independent. Shown by appointment only. 5— TOP INVESTMENT—12 units of the best construction. 3 bedroom livirig quarters. All rooms completely furn ished including TV. Good financing. 8—HERE’S A BIG LEAUGE HOME for your little leag uers—8 big bedrooms, steam heat, almost one acre lot, located on high knoll with beautiful view in city limits. Price only $10,000.00. 7—NEW CAREFREE LUXURY.^tl&NG—Ideal' for re- " . tirement or summer hqtne'.i j Imagine your own private trout pond in the front ygrd, also nice mountain stream, two spacious bed rooms with private bath to each, wall to wall carpet, large sun porch, fireplace, good fi nancing. Price $14,500. Located 2 miles out 8— WE NEED LISTINGS for 3 and 4 bedroom houses. We have an investor looking for commercial building to buy. 9— COUNTRY LTVINQ, good 9 bedroom brick, 1% bath, full basement, 1V4 acres located just out of Blowing Rock city limits. Shown by appointment. | 10—JUST LISTEI>—Large 2 bedroom house, automatic heat, large level lot. located two miles from Boone Golf Course. Price only $7,500. Good financing—monthly payments only $47.00. 11— ATTENTION ALL INVESTORS: You don’t have to spec ulate on this 20 acres of beautiful land, located between Hound Ears and Seven Devils development, ideal for private estate or de reIopment. Beautiful picturesque view of Grandfather Mountain. Don’t pass up this as a solid investment. Also has a good cottage located on property. One-third down, good terms on balance 12— MOTHER NATURE AT ITS FINEST—New Swiss type A frame located on Wooded one acre lot with niee mountain stream. Electric beat. Located near both Ski Slopes and golf courses. Bargin of the month. 19—17 ACRES LAND located just out of city limits on 105 Ideal for development. Streets have been graded and laid out. Good terms. 14 NEW 3 BEDROOM BRICK, carport, full basement. Loeated on Highway 331, about 8 miles west of Boone. Immediate possession. 15—37 ACRES LAND, large barn, 3/10 tobacco base. Lo cated jast off Hwy. 421 at Zionville. Good financing. id—BUMMER OR YEAR AROUND. Beautiful 2 bedroom, 2 full baths, large living room with fireplace, exposed beams, large son porch. 1 acre lot with trout pond in front yard, nice mountain stream running through property with natural rocks and trees. Located two miles out *7' HIGH ON A HILL—What a view! New rustic cottage with large deck parch, fireplace, ltt bath, % acre lot $11,500. 19— AN AUTHENTIC LOG HOUSE, 9 bedroom, Urge ea Hiedral ceiling, living room with fireplace, two full baths, beautiful view, located about 2 miles out Price $15,000—Good terms. 20— 3 BEDROOM—Custom brick ranch house, located corner lot 100 Woodland Drive. Large family room with fire place, two baths, large carport. Price $21,000. located near shopping center, college and schools. 28—RELAXING AND REFRKSHINO—1980 Ft Modem House Trailer, located On 20 acre tract overlooking New River, about 8 miles oet immediate possesekm. 28—TWO BLOCKS from College Campus. Two bedroom brick, new furnace. Wall to wall carpet Price $13,000. Immediate possession. ** nkbd listings rot s bedroom bomb | r Coe Insurance % Realty Company DIAL AM Mtli sss Xll MAIN tfrMMT ' ‘ IS^a—— II. ■! > 1 '
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