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Page 10-A IDAV Rays Good Samaritan To Aid Critically Injured Man (Editor’s Note: The following article of local interest came from the Southwest Minnesota Chapter of the Disabled American Veterans.) By Marty Kohlmeyer Staff Writer - MARSHALL Some people just can’t sit back and hope that someone else will take care of things. Melvin Zimmerman is like that. Zimmerman, a main tenance foreman at the Minnesota Department of Transportation in Marshall, had worked with Donald Holley for three days while Holley’s supervisor was on vacation this summer. Holley was iqjured when a DOT pickup in which he was a passenger rolled over August 17 near Minnesota. He was taken to Wiener Memorial Medical Center, and later transferred to Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D. where he was reported in critical condition with a bruised lung and a skull fracture. “I knew Don was in the intensive care unit and was in a “coma,” Zimmerman said. “His family was notified but because of financial and medical reasons, they could not come to him.” Holley attended South west State University the past two years on a basketball scholarship. He had not been home to see his Edenton family since he came to SSU. “He is the son of Ishom MARSHALL S. REDDING, M.D. IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE HIS ASSOCIATION WITH RICHARD B. COOVER, M.D. FOR THE PRACTICE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY 1142 N. ROAD ST. HRS. BY APPOINTMENT ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. 919/335-5446 Squeeze the most out of your com : s?v<5 ?v< Bf Uj, tM ■ Sell directly to us and receive competitive prices. Perdue has just expanded its storage capacity by twelve times to over 1.000,000 bushels—one of the largest storage complexes in North Carolina! In addition, we’ve addhd new' drying equip ment to handle even the highest moisture grain. What all that means for area formers is • Competitive Prices • Accurate Wfeights and Grades • Improved Facilities for tepid Unloading • Convenient Flours 6 Days/Week • Courteous Service and Improved Payment • Free Refreshments with every Grain Delivery £ *hjll always haver a placer Le> unleKiei at I Vrdue's Colierld elevator. Call -£ 358-0311 Ibrmemreletails. fTfXTTTTni 5 Holley of Chowan County. “I thought about Don lying there with no family to be with him and the friends he had from school home for the summer,” Zimmerman said. “I got progress reports from the hospital daily, but there was no change.” Last Friday afternoon when he came through the back screen door, Zim merman’s wife Darlene, knew there was something on his mind. “What would you think about seeing if we could get someone from North Carolina to be with Don?” he asked. “I didn’t know what to think,” said Mrs. Zim merman, who had never met Holley. “We sure didn’t have tne money. You don't know if you’ve got rocks in your head or v when 1 you start something like this.'” The Zimmermans, who helped to raise 19 children besides their own son, called a number of organizations to try and rouse support for their idea but no sponsor was found. However, three individuals did pledge about half the cost of a plane ticket. A phone call to Jerard Vlaminck of the Disabled American Veterans proved to be the stroke of luck the Zimmermans needed. With half of the money promised, Vlaminck said the DAV would sponsor a fund. Through John Hintz, coordinator of Housing and Student Activities at SSU, the Zimmermans reached the Holley family in North Carolina. Neither of the parents could make the long trip because of poor health, but Holley’s 23-year-old ■\ I \ Wq u. \ r b-ill-l WW p" v ■Hm' - A V ' k ! I L 'k | VfflrnT v r V |t WP* i Hh ol . U 1— pf r~ I a Technician Frank Lanning Jr. carried home SI 2,416 recently - the result of making a suggestion at work one day. Idea nets him $12,410 A suggestion for a new test procedure for cigarette quality has netted an R..J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. technician a siz able reward. Frank Lanning Jr. was told recently that the company liked his suggestion and had decided to reward him for the innova tion. He looked forward to a citation, or maybe a couple of hundred dollars. What he got was 512.410 all in crisp, wrapped SI bills. THE CHOWAN HERA i n sister, Gloria, said she would come, although she had never left Edenton, and certainly had never flown on “My knees knocked a little bit," Lanning said following the presentation at one of the com pany's Winston-Salem, N.C. factories. Before the novelty of the cold, hard and heavy cash wore off. Lanning traded it in for a more sensible check for the full SI 2.410. Lanning’s was the largest award paid by the company since it began the practice of rewarding innovations in 1954. 4 Hos social studies. Through APS teachers and parents can host one or several foreign high school students to live with families in then community and attend high scnooi ior one year For more information wn*e to AFF International Interculturai Programs. 313 E 43rd St NY NY 10017 Or call toll tree (800) 327 2777 In Fionda (800) 432 2766 ' AFS International Exrnatutes for high school students. We provide the students You provide tne love s a plane. | “About now the wife and I * were wondering if we were : getting into something that wasn’t any of our business,” Zimmerman said. “We were tired aid worried: what did - we expect? What would the sister expect? Where was the money going to come from? Could the sister get along in a large town after bringing her halfway across the country and leaving her in a strange town?” These thoughts churned inside the Zimmermans’ minds as they drove to Sioux Falls to meet the plane on which Cloria would arrive. The Zimmermans ex plained the accident and Holley’s condition to his J" tateS ’ n °' N ' C^*| *, ■ PERCENTAGE u RATE A WHEN YOU BUYANUIAKf ■ delivery A 1980 & 1981 | 1 Extended Through Sept. 23,1981 New Cars In Stock! U h g " Save at Peoples Bank and well help with the dishes* ItaaiiMNtiiiSE We ve cooked up another great reasonfor saving at Peoples Bank. Deposits2soormoreandgetComing Ware ~ free, or at a greatly reduced price. 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Because Holley was unable to speak, Zim merman could only guess at what Holley was trying to express. After hearing that Dean Nelson of Windom, the driver of the truck, was going to be all right, Holley relaxed. Holley took Zim merman’s hand, pulled Zimmerman’s face close'to his own and kissed Zim merman’s cheek. Holley later took Mrs. Zimmerman’s hand and kissed it, too, although they hadn’t met before. Room and board were secured at the hospital for Gloria. The best speaker is even better, when he is brief. 5 1 » The truth hurts people who do not like to face facts. f Thursday, September 3, l'*:n IMWMWWtI iMimmua ! 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