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REV. BILL SHEER
MORNING SPEAKER AT CHURCH OF GOD —On
. Sunday morning, December 5, at 11:00 A.M. the
Rev. Bill Sheek will be the guest speaker at the
Church of God at North Cooleemee, of which Rev.
I. C. Morris is Pastor. Before becoming Youth Direc
tor of the Churches of God of North Carolina. Mr.
was anj3utst«iKttftg--E#angeiist and Paster. He
was born in Itannapolis, N. C. and is married and
has one daughter. The family now lives in Charlotte.
The public is invited to come and hear this dy
namic speaker.
Davie County High School Gives
Basketball Schedule For Seasou
* The Davie High School bas-'
ketball teams will open their
1965-66 schedules on Friddy
night December 3rd at Al
-bemarle.
r The Davie Cagers will play
k a five game pre-holiday sche
dule against non-conference
foes. Their first home game
will be on Tuesday Decem
ber 14th against Thomasville.
The teams will not enter in
to North Piedmont Conference
fclay until after the Christ
mas holidays. Beginning Jan
uary 11th, Davie will play
a 14-game conference sched
ule on a home-to-home basis
twith all the teams in the
North Piedmont Conference.
Coach Bob Henry will take
over the reins of the Rebels
this year, while veteran Bill
Peeler will continue as the
, coach of the Rebelettes. Prior
to coming to Davie this year,
Coach Henry served as head
basketball coach at Granite
Falls School where his teams
won 115 games and lost only
, 65. :
The Rebels have only three
returning lettermen from last
year's squad. This includes
Randall Ward the only start*
er; Donald Cornatzer, a re-, 1
Shopping Center
Being Decorated I
Christmas
' The large tree near the
Central Carolina Bank has
been lighted and the Nati
vity scene has been set up to
give the Shopping Center the
* Christmas spirit. This decor
ation can be seen from any
angle of the Center. It is fine
for the whole community be
cause the tree jean be seen
> also from both Highways.
Complete Paving
Of Parking Lot
U The Parking lot to the sjde
and the rear of the Dairie
County Court House has
been paved. This will help
considerably with the perk
ing in the area and also, ♦'ill
add to the appearance.
serve who saw a lot of ac
tion- Phil Deadmon, a reserve
that saw considerable action.
Coach Henry also may get
some help from three trans
fers from Central Davie.
Coach Peeler has seven let
termen returning of which six
started at one time or anoth
er last year. These lettermen
include the two co-captains,
Audrey Wagner and Lib
Sexton.
The Schedule
The complete schedule is as
follows:
Dec. 3-Albemarle (there)
Dec. 10-Thcmasville (there)
!Dec. 17-Albemarle (here)
Dec. 20-South Rowan (here)
Jan. 4-South Rowan (there)
Jan. 11-Monroe (here)
Jan. 14-Children's Home
(there)
Jan. 18-West Rowan (there)
Jan. 21-North Rowan (here)
Jan. 25-Troutman (there)
Jan.23-Mooresville there)
Feb. 1-East Rowan (here)
Feb. 4-Monroe (there)
Febtß-Children'sHome (h#re)
Feb. 11-West Rowan (here)
Feb. 15-North Rowan (there)
Feb. 18-Troutmpn (here)
Feb. 22-Mooresville (there)
Feb. 15-East Rowan (there)
Talent Program
At Farmington
School Planned
There will be a "Talent
Program" Saturday, Decem
ber 4, beginning at 7:30 P.M.
at the Farmington School Au
ditorium. This program will
feature all local talent. Child
ren under 12 will be admitted
free of charge. There will
also be a Bake Sale and re
freshments at intermission. Ti
ckets are now on sale or will
be available at the door. Any
one interested in participating
in the program is asked to
contact O. C. Holt, Jr., phone
493-4368.
Mr. and Mrs. Scottie Vog
ler and family have moved
into the house formerly oc
cupied by Mr. and Mrs. Den
ny Creason on Joyner Stmt'
Me Power
/o Cat Rites
Jnce Again
CHARLOTTE Duke Pow
er Company has asked the
utilities regulatory commi
sions of both Carolines for
permission to chop its charg
es for electricity by over $1
million per year.
The rate reduction will be
the company's sixth since Ja
nuary, 1960. The proposed cut
will become effective Janua
ry 1, 1906.
A breakdown on the class
es of service to share in the
requested reduction is as fol
lows:
Residential service, $671,-
000; Municipal Street Lighting
Service, $283,000; and Total-
Electric General Service, 93,-
puke spokesmen regarded
the change in street lighting
rates, plus a company pro
posal to modernize street light
ing, to be the most important
of ths rate reductions as it
involves not only a reduct
ion in costs, but the furnish
ing of more light, in many
cases, for the lowered charge.
The new rates couple a re
duced monthly charge s«r
mercury vapor lights with w
offer to change all incandes
cent lights within Duke's 20,-
000 square mile service area
to mercury vapor.
The company said that it
would change existing incan
descent street lights to the
mercury at its expense. This
would involve replacing over
40,000 street lighting fixtures
throughout the company's 50-
county service area at a cost
of about $3 million, and would
take about two years to com
plete. The reduced charges,
however, will be effective on
January 1, 1966.
The mercury lights will re
duce cost to the cities and
will provide, on the average,
35 per cent more light for
the lower cost. Ninety-three
per cent of the street lights
cn the Duke system Will be
affected by the new rates.
The company thinks that
its new program of more
light for less money, will as
sist cities now trying to
raise their street light stand
ards to deter crime and ac
cidents .
Under Duke's street lighting
service, cities pay a flat mon
thly rate based on the size
ot the street light Duke Pow
er furnishes and installs all
fixtures, provides the elec
tricity, maintains the system
and makes lamp replacements
as necessary.
Ninety - eight cities and
towns in North Carolina and
52 in South Carolina will re
ceive reductions in their an
nual street lighting bills.
The savings for the indivi
dual customer affecttid by the
Residential Service reducti-
ons will be small, but con
tinues the trend pf lower
electric costs: This will come
to more than two-thirds of a
million dollars statewide.
Since 1959 Duke P:wer has
saved its customers several
million dollars through low
ered rates. The reductions
have affected all classes of
service, from individual homes
to large industries and muni
cipalities.
Spokesmen said that the
company is "continuing eve
ry effort to improve effici
ency of operation in the
hope that we can continue to
reduce the cost of electricity
in respect to the rising cost
of living."
The Duke spokesmen point
ed out that the National Pow
er Survey released by the
Federal Power Commission
earlier this year set 1980 as
the target date in which to
achieve for the nation an
average charge for all classes
of service of 1.2 cents per
kilowatt hour. Duke Power
attained that average in 1960,
twenty years ahead of the
FPC's date. By November 1865
its average revenue per kwh
was 1.12 cents. The reduct
ions of January 1, 1966 will
bring this figure even lower.
RETIRES
According to an announce
ment by the Erwin Mills Co.
the following have retired:
Mrs. Juanita Jones Fry* re
tired from the Spinning De
partment on Octobet IS, IMS
'Ben Geter retired from the
Cotton Warehouse an October
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COOLEEMEE, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1965
N. C. State Senator
CHRISTMAS PARADE— The annual Christmas Parade at Mocksville will be
held Saturday afternoon, December 4, beginning at 2 P. M. The parade will be
sponsored jointly by the Mocksville Jaycees and the Davie County Merchants
Association. Scheduled to appear in the parade are the following: U. S. Congress
man James T. Broyhill; N. C. Senator James V. Johnson; Davie County Repre
sentative Donald Bingham; Mayor D. J. Mando and city and county officials;
high school bands, professional and amateur flats, over 12 Beauty Queens, An
tique Car club entries, Mocksville Saddle Club entries, and, of course, Santa
Claus. Prizes will be given for the best entries. Bill Foster, chairman of the Pa
rade committee for the Jaycees, has issued an invitation to the public to see the
parade.
HOME DECORATHM CONTEST IS
SPONSORED LOCALLY BY ERWIN
Viet Nam Packages Should Haw
BOOR Mailed To Boys By Bee. Ist
Medicare To
Start h 1968
Benefits under the new
Health Insurance, or Medicare,
plan of the social security pro
gram becomes effective July 1,
1966, but there is much to be
done to get ready for the plan,
according to Robert C. Thomas,
District Manager of the Salis
bury social security office.
The main task is to get
everybody on the rolls who
should be. Since the Health In
surance plan will affect just
about everybody who is 65
or over, the Social Security
Administration has the re
sponsibility of getting in
touch with them to offer them
the opportunity of enrolling.
Social Security has a record of
about three-foilrths of the peo
ple who are over 65, and there
will be no difficulty in con
tacting them. Also, there will
be no difficulty in contacting
those who are receiving bene
fits through the Department
of Public Welfare. The real
job, then, according to Mr.
Thomas, is to contact those
who are not on the social se
curity, railroad retirement, or
public welfare rolls.
There are two main groups
which the social security of
fices are attempting to reach.
One group consists of those
people who are past the age of
65 and are still working. Many
in this category have not had
'the occasion to file claims
for social security benefits, be
cause they have continued to
work and were not entitled to
benefits. Although these peo
ple are still working and earn
ing too much to receive month
ly benefits, they should file
a claim now. By doing so, they
will automatically qualify for
the Hospital Insurance bene
fits, and will at the same time
have an opportunity to sign
up for the Medical Insurance
benefits.
The other group that should
be reached consists of those
individuate who are not en
titled to social security or rail
road benefits, and who are not
receiving benefits through the
Department of Public Welfare
or the Civil Service Commis
sion. Since these people are not
on any of these rolls, they will
not be as easy to contact as
those who are on the rolls.
These individuals should,
contact their social
security office. If they are un
able to do so, because of a
physical or mental condition,
then some relative or friend
should do it for them.
Mrs. Monroe HeUard is ill
with pnuemonia at her home
at M Dttka Street.
W
JAMES T. BROYHILL
U. S. Congressman
Christmas gifts and ctrds for
servicemen in Viet Nan must
be mailed by December Ist
for guaranteed delivery by
Christmfts Day, ' Pcmtmaster
Whit® announced todayi
Mr. White joined Postmast
er General LaWrence I*. O'-
Brien in calUng on the pub
lic to sed all remaining ho
liday mail to Viet Nam now
and he emphasized that no
firm assurance of delivery in
time for Christmas can be
given for parcels and geet
ings dispatched later than the
first day of December.
The local Postmaster said
he had been advised by the
Postmaster General that a re
sponse "beyond all expecta
tions" to the President's ap
peal for Christmas packages
and communications to Ameri
can fighting men in Viet Nam
has resulted in the Post Of
fice Department receiving
more than 130,000 pounds of
such mail daily and that to
tal is increasing by thousands
of pounds daily.
"The Postmaster General
has announced that Decem
ber Ist is the final mailing
date for which we can give
any firm assurances of deli
very," Postmaster White said.
"If mail is deposited beyond
that date, Mr. O'Brien promis
es the Post Office Department
will make every possible ef
fort to have it available at
the San Francisco military
dispatch points in time for
delivery on Christmas, but he
stresses the fact that we can
not offer any assurances at
ell beyond December 5."
The recommended December
1 deadline applies to all mail
for servicemen in Viet Nam.
Even if it is sent as air mail,
Postmaster White explained,
the critical factor is air space
from the West Coast to Viet
Nam and it must reach San
Francisco in time to allow
adequate time to arrange air
transport across the Pacific.
For servicemen in other ar
eas overseas, the surface let
ter and parcel deadline has
passed, but the previously
announced deadline of Decem
ber 1 to 10 for air mail
still prevails, Postmaster
White pointed out.
Lot Now Being
Cleared For
Parsonage
The property located just
cff (Marginal Street on the
Liberty Road, is being clear
ed. The grading and cons
truction of a four bedroom
Colonial type house with col
umns in the front, will begin
in the next few days, for
the new First Baptist Church
parsonage bf Cooleemee. There
will be a full basement in this
new hornet H. R. Hendrix of
llocksville is the contractor.
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DONALD BINGHAM.
Davie Representative
This is to announce a Home
Christmas Decoration Contest
for all homes within the Cool
eemee community. The Rec
reation Department will spon
sor the program with gift
certificate prizes to be aw
arded the winners. Prizes will
be $50.00 gift certificates for
first place, $35.00 certificates
for second place and $15.00
certificate for third place. Oc
cupants need not register their
, homes with the Recreatipa
Department, since all homes
will be eligble to participate.
Impartial judges will visit
our community sometime dur
ing the week prior to Christ
mas and select the winners
based on overall appearance
with originality being the ma
jor factor.
The Recreation Department
of Erwin Mills is sponsoring
this program with the hope
that it will stimulate more
homes to reflect the Christ
mas spirt and result in a
brighter and merrier Christ
mas for all.
Plan now to decorate your
home now.
White Asks All
To Write Clear
Cooleemee, N. C. 27014
One of the biggest problems
postal employees face is ille
gible handwriting. At Christ
mastime, when mail volumes
skyrocket, this can become a
major problem, Postmaster
William C. White said today.
"The use of ZIP Codes by
mailers does help speed up
the process because often if
the city and state are unread
able the ZIP Code will di
rect the mail to the post of
fice from which it will be
delivered. Clerks in that post
offce r being more familiar
with local residents, may be
able to figure out the per
son to whom the mail should
be delivered."
Another significant problem
is the number of parcels de
layed or actually undelivered
because of poor wrapping or
packing. Postmaster White
urged that special care be
taken to see that each pack
age is tightly stuffed and
that nothing rattles around
inside. Parcels are generally
shipped in bags and often
heavier items rest on top of
smaller, lighter packages. The
postmaster encouraged mail
ers to be a bit cautious and
insure all packages.
All parcels should be ad
dressed on only one side and
should have the address writ
ten somewhere on the inside
of the package in case the
exterior wrapping should
come off. It is a good idea
to also enclose a list of the
contents.
Poor packaging and illegi
ble or incorrect addressing ac
counts for about half a mil
lion undeliverable parcels
each year.
The first practical television
camera was the "iconoscope"
patented in 1938 by Vladi
mir Kosma Zworykin, a Rua
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SOCIAL SECURITY TO
KEEP OFFICE OPEN
American Argo
Appoints Tiller
use Fresidsnt
New York Appointment
of James Tiller as senior vice
president in charge of manu
facturing for American Argo
Knitting Mills is annouced by
Stanley Rosen, president.
Mr. Tiller has been asso
ciated with Argo for the past
11 years, in charge of the
company's southern sew
ing plants located at Swains
boro and Reidsville, Georgia.
He started in the apparel in
dustry as a graduate engineer
and was associated with Vani
ty Fair for several years prior
to joining American Argo
Knitting Mills.
Mr. Tiller will move his re
sidence from Swainsboro, Ga.
to company headquarters at
Schulylkill Haven, Pa. His
replacement as manager of
the Georgia plants will be
named in the early future.
Jane Mando Joins
Madrigal Singers
Miss Jane Mando, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Mando
of Mocksville, has been elect
ed to membership in the Ma
drigal Singers at Southwest
ern at Memphis, Tenn. where
she is a student.
The Madrigal Singers group
is a.voluntary organization
und(fc student leadership. Tfit*
group meets twice a week to
sing together, mainly for their
own enjoyment. (A Madrigal
is a form of music which
was popular during the 14th,
15th, and 16th centuries— the
"Golden Age of Polyphony."
The music sung by this group
is usually polyphonic in na
ture with a light character.)
The group Ls composed of
twenty students, both music
majors and non-music majors.
The group is active through,
out the year performing for
churches, civic organizations
and school functions. It accom
panies the Southern Singers
on tour every Spring and ap
pears in many programs thai.
The Madrigal Singers are
particularly busy at Christ
mas time as they carol at
most of the churches in Mem
phis, the homes of South
western faculty, and the
men's and women's residence
halls on the campus.
Top Dairy Herds
For Davie County
The six top dairy herds in
Davie Cour>ty during the
month of Non ember according
to the Dairy Herd Improve
ment Association were as
follows:
Fred F. Bahnson, Jr., 46
cows; average milk pr'oducti
to 42.9 average test, 3.5;
average milk production 38.3=
average test, 3.6; average but
terfat 1.39.
C. A. Street, Jr. 39 cows;
average milk production, 29.6;
average test, 4.4 average but
terfat 1.30.
C. L. Blake, 51 cows; av
erage milk production, 34.3;
average test, 3.8; average but
ter fat, 1.29.
H. F. Biackwelder, Jr., 25
cows; average milk product
ion. 23.7; average butter fat,
1.29.
John Ferebee and L. S. Bo
wden, 44 cows, average milk
production, 32.6 : average test,
3.8 average butterfat, 1.25
Top Five Cows
The top five cows in Davi®
County for November were:
"No. 54", owned by Joseph
L. Smith; 68.0 pounds of milk,
testing 4.3.91 pounds of but
terfat. ,
"No. 7*, owned by C. L.
Blake; 5T.4 lbs. of milk; test
ing 4.7; * 84 lbs. butterfat.
"Posita" owned by C. A.
Street, Jr.; 68.2 lbs. milk;
testing 3.8; 82 lbs of butter
fat.
"No. 12" owned by L. W.
and L. G. West- 60 lbs milk;
testing 4J;78 .'l». butterfat.
"B 18", owned by Arthur
Baker and lohnapa; 57.5 lbs.
of milk; tasting 41; 75 lbs. of
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The social security . district
office in Salisbury will re- 5
main open from 6:00 to 8:00
each Wednesday evening tn Jsj
December 8, 15, and 22 for
the added covenience of re.d» ..
dents of the area, Robert C ■"!*
Thomas, social security dis-* - ,«j
t.ict manager, s d
T eae evening hours are in
addition to the regular
a.m. to 5:00 p.m schedule pi
cffice, hcurs, Monday through
Friday The office will a!*o
be open 9:00 to 12:00 noon on &
Saturday mornings, December 1 1
4, 11 and 18.
Mr. Thomas pointed out that
it is important for many peo- -'J
pie to get in touch with the . i
district office to take advant
age of the health insurance
and other provisions of the
1965 amendments to the so
cial security program. Al- 4
though most people are able ;
to visit the office duriiffe the
day, many find it impossible
to do so because of employ
ment or home responsbiljties.
The three major groups of
people who should get in
touch with the social securi
ty office are the
Mr. Thomas said:
1. People who are now 68
or older but who are not en
titled to social security be
nefits. Some of these people |
are eligible for benefits but
have not applied for them
because they are still work
ing full time. Mr. Thomas
emphasized that it is desir
able for these people to ap
ply now to establish their
social security benefit rights
and to qualify for the hospi
tal insurance protection that .a
begins in July 1906:
who retire between 62 and
65 may receive cash benefits
but in a permanently reduced f 1
amount. They are not eligi
ble for hospital insurance un
til they reach 65).
Many of the people 72 or
older are not now getting
benefits because they (or their
husband) had not worked en
ough under social security to 1
qualify. Many of these peo
ple will now be eligible fo
cash benefits because the new
law reduces the amount of
work required for most peo
ple 72 or older.
2. Widows 60 or 61 years
of age who under the aid
law would have been eligi
ble for widows benefits «t
age 62. They may now apply >
for social security benefits as
early as age 60 if they wijh
to accept a permanently re
duced amount.
3. Unmarried students 18 to
22 years of age whose social
security benefits have been
stopped and students who re
ceive social security benefits
and are nearing age 18, ant Ssj
who plan to continue in
school. Upon application, molt
thly benefits can bo paid back
to January 1965 to unmarried
students who were under ate .
22 in January 19b5 and who
were dropped frcm tae soci- 1
al security rolls when they 
reached 18.
The Salisbury Social Securi
ty Office is at 105 Corriher
Avenue. The telephone num
ber is 633-6470.
GOP Women
$
To Meet
On Thursday, December 9,
the Republican Woman's Club
of Davie County will have
a meeting at the home of
Mrs. George Schladensky on
Crestview Drive in Mocks
ville. Christmas gifts will be
exchanged. Members are ask- A?
Ed to pay only SI.OO for the
Marty House, .f
sen of Mr. and
mond House was welcomed . S
into the Church of the Goed A
Shepherd, Cooieemee, on
day, by the rites of
Baptism by the
Grafton Cockreli. Mrs.
el Head and L. C. DedMMgfl
were godparent*.
Miss Barbara McDaruet