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VOL. NO. 88
Law Requires A Permit
For All Burnings Here
The critical fire season of
Spring is here again, and
Davie County residents
should make it a point to
become familiar with the N.
C. Burning Law, and find out
how it affects then.
In three brush fires investi
gated by the Davie County
Forester's office during the
week ending March 13, 1966,
there was a direct violation
• of the law in each case. Such
violations are punishable by
fine or imprisonment or
both.
the Burning Law states
that it is a violation to start,
, or cause to be started, any fire
within 500 feet of forest areas
under the protection of the
North Carolina Division of
Forestry, between the first
day of October and the first
day of June inclusive, except
from 4:00 p.m. until midnight,
without first obtaining a per.
Mit from an authorized agent
of the State Forester.
In other words, a person
does not need a permit to
burn between 4:00 P. M. and
midnight, or if he is more
than 500 feet from the near,
est woods, or within 100
, feet of an occupied dwelling
house, or between June sec
ond and October first of each
year.
In addition, the State For
ester is authorized to cancel
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CRAFTSMAN—Mr. Walter R Wilson, n cm in retirement, still enjoys his workshop in the back of his home on Mocksville,
Route 4, where he v and his wife have ttved since 1921. In this shop, he has many tools to work with, but the know-bow that he
poffwoap* is very important In his working with various types of wood, it takes patience and time to do good work, such as, the
» wormy Cheßtnut gun cabinet shown above which he has just finished for Joe Utile of Mocksville, who is very proud of this show
piece that is unexcelled in workmanship. ...
When he first started to work as a'young man, he drove a horse and buggy to Cooleemee where he helped build the Cool
eemee school butk)lng and also helped build rix others, along with many houses in this area. Hien as time became a little more on
the automotive way of travel, he bought a Star automobile, and later a T-Model Ford to commute to his work. He states that
the hardest work he ever did, was on top of the Erwki Mill building here, putting up ceiling and repairing the roof, which was done
1 the hard way without any of today's modem equipment
Mr. Wilson is not only a craftsman fat Ms work as i cabinet maker, he is well respected in this county as a fine man and
in the community where he Uvea. He is a nwrnber of Liberty Methodist Church and teaches the Adult Women's Class, No.
jiPkfcuni fag - Fbotft A Gift fihof^
*ll permits and prohibit the
starting of fires in any of
the woodlands under the pro
tection of the North Caro
lina Division of Forestry, or
within 500 feet of any such
protected area during periods
of hazardous fire conditions
In Davie County, Burning
Permits may be obtained
from any of the following
places: Bailey's Shell Service
Station at Fork; Red's Gro
cery and Service Station at
Advance; The Cooleemee Herd
ware in the Shopping Center;
Sheffield's Grocery and Hard
were; Johnson's Gulf Service
and Grocery at Farmington;
Cartner's Sinclair Service on
the Statesville Highway; The
County Agent's Office or the
Davie County Forester's of
fice.
In addition, the Davie
County Forester's office will
provide a copy of the burn
ing laws, advice on burning,
and on the spot assistance in
your burning, as well as a
burning permit. For such as
sistance or more information
call 634-5319 or 634-5265.
Burning Permits require
no fee and there is no charge
for assistance from the For
ester's Office.
It is vitally Important to
the future of North Carolina,
to protect every forest re
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BUS AND CAR COLLISION INJURES 21 PERSONS
W. N. Hasty has been a pa
tient at Rowan Hospital.
Mrs. Conrad Chappen is im
proving after undergoing sur
gery at Rowan Hospital.
. Mrs. Howard Wilkins has
beat a patient at Rows Hos
pital.
COOLEEMEE, N. C„ THURSDAY, MARCH H !•«
C. W. Howard entered De
vie Hospital on Friday.
Mrs. Daisy Barnes entered
Davie Hospital on Saturday.
Mrs. Roy Nolley entered Da
vie Hospital Sunday for ob
servation and possibly an
operation. i
DAVE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL HNS
A GROUP OF "A" STUDENTS
Five Davie Fire Deparfaneats I
Called Te Fight Blaze
Honor Society
On Friday, March 11, the
National Honor Society of Da
vie County High School held
its annual Induction Service
in the cafeteria of the school.
Is order to become a mem
ber of the National Honor So
ciety, a student must main
tain a 92.5 average and ex
emplify the qualities of char
acter, leadership, scholarship,
and service.
Lib Sexton, president, open
ed the service with a welcome
to the parents and students
Devotions were given by the
chaplain, Richard Clodfel.
ter. The other officers of the
organization, Sudie Smoot
treasurer; Brenda Smith, vice
president; Jean Evans, sec
retary; and Richard Clodfel
ter gave short talks on char
acter, scholarship, leadership
and service.
The speaker for the eve
ning was James Everidge,
superintendent of the Davie
County Schools.
Jim Wall, group advisor
recognized the following ju
nior members; Nancy Allen,
Faye Alien, Randy Bailey
Brenda Barney, George Barn,
hardt, Larry Boyer, Carol
Brook, Linda Burgess, Ricky
Cartner, Kay Cline, Darlene
Dull, Brenda Forrest, Leonard
Foster, Kaye Gullet, Keith
Hamrick, Phyllis Harris, Da
vid Heffner, Brenda Hendrix
Vicki Hendricks, Sue Hilton
Pat Howell, Ellen King, Steve
Lipham, Kay McClamrock
Janet Ridge, Jane Rumple
Adeline Short, Mary Smith
Linda Tutterow, Lynn Tut.
terow, Lisa Upshaw, Steve
Steve Walker, Randall Ward
and Pat Lakey.
The senior members are
Sarah Blackmon, Richarc
Clodfelter, Judy Ellis, Steve
Gales, Karen Meirell, Larrj
Meyer. Dianne McClamrock
Danny McDaniel, Veraa Saf
ley. Lib Sexton, BrencU
Smith, Lanny Smith, Sudi
Smoot, Susan Upshaw, Brendi
Spry, Jane Jones and Jear
Evans.
ADVANCE Volunteers
frem five rural fjre depart
ments fought a blistering barn
fire fed by about 1,000 auto
mobile tires and stacks of old,
tinder-dry lumber late Tues
day.
Charles Markland, assistant
chief of the Advance Fire De
partment, said units from five
departments assisted at the
site known as the old D. R.
Bailey place.
Burning out oi control de
spite efforts by the numerous
firemen was a large, log barn
in which were stacked about
1.000 rubber tires. The barn
was in turn surrounded by a
number of adjoining wood and
tin-covered sheds and a built
on milking room which was
piled high with dry lumber.
When firemen first arrived
at 4:55 pjn. the barn and ad
joining sheds were burning
furiously.
"It was so hot we just could
n't put it out," Markland ex
plained.
At the height of the fire
when billowing black clouds
of smoke poured from the
furiously burning barn, the
smoke could be seen from
Interstate 40 in Forsyth Coun
ty and from various part* of
Davidson County.
Firemen concentrated in
preventing the spread of the
fire into the dense underbrush
and to the nearby, deserted
old Bailey homeplace.
This they accomplished but
.an old oak tree, estimated
about 100 feet tall, caught fire
and after it was extinguished
firemen had to saw it down
to prevent its eventual fall.
As night closed about the
area, firemen kept the fire
contained within the burned
off area and awaited the ar
rival of a bulldozer to push
piles of redhot embers into
one heap.
Working at the fire site were
members of the Advance,
Farmington, Cornatzer, Fork
Church .and Jerusalem fire de
partments.
Some of the firemen remain
, ed at the scene until after
, midnight Tuesday.
The hot ruins Tuesday
smouldering dangerously and
Markland said firemen were
keeping a wary eye on the
coals, which would become
particularly worrisome if
there should be an increase
in the wind velocity.
NOTICE
Mr*. Gladys Wagner, •pen
tor of the CoaanKy Grocery
* Service, located ea the
Fourth six weeks straight
"A" students.
9th GRADE
Debbie Alexander
Billy Anderson
Lanette Barney
Sarah Call
Karen Cook _ ,
Nancy Frye
Janet Hoyle
, Kenny Ma be
Linda Richardson
Tbnia Ryan
Bonnie Tutterow
Paula Walker
10tk GRADE
Frederick Bailey
Michael Barney
Jerry Boger
Mitzi Brigman
Pat Gales
Sharon Howell
Lavada Markland
Mark Mintz
11th GRADE .
Larry Eugene Boyer
Linda Burgess
Kay Cline
Leonard Foster
Keith Hamrick
Eileen King
Steve Lipham
Janet Ridge
12th GRADE
Richard Clodfelter
Judy Ellis
Jean Evans
Steve Gales
Danny McDaniel
Larry Meter
Marty Morrow
Lib Sexton
Brenda Smith
Lanny Smith
Brenda Spry
Ann Stewart
Pjjfjpj
Airman Larry F. Bnwuatr
Selected For
r
! Training At
f Sheppard AFB
SAN ANTONIO, Tex.
Airman Larry F. Bumgarner,
son of Mrs. Margaret Bum
gamer, Cooleemee, N. C., hai
been selected for training at
■ Sheppard AFB, Tex, as an
' Air Force aircraft mamtan
i ante specialist.
The airman, at IMS graduaU
I of Davie County High School
I Mocksville, N. C., recently
i wmpleted basic training a)
(Above PirtOTtaJßy fWte ft
Twenty-one persons we—
injured when a car and bua I
slammed together headon on
Highway 62, nine miles weak M
of Mocksville at ll:St PJfc 1
Saturday.
The bus drivar, who had to J
crawl out a window In i »i— '
' the bus door iWM slammed I
shut, walked a 100 yards to
a nearby bouse to telephone |
for help. The driver aceao.
plished the walk despite a 3
broken bone behind his knee
cap.
The bus voarec to the left Jj
and " slopped on the kA |
shoulder of the highway, the
front caved in and the deer 4
Jammed shut
Driver of a five-axle tret
tor - trailer truck behind J
the bus slammed on brakes
to avoid striking the car
which had stopped in the
highway on impact.
Skidding because o£ the
full load the truck was haul
ing, the tractor-trailer stop
ped about 12 feet from the
shattered oar.
Bus driver Henry A. RenL
gar, 54, of Winston • Salem,
crawled out of a bus window
and walked about 100 yards
to a house to telephone for
assistance.
Gaither was trapped in the
shattered wreckage of Ms
car and it took some time
for the rescue volunteers to
pry away the metal and to
free the driver.
The bus remained on its
wheels but the door was '
jammed tight and refused to
open.
Patrolmen Pittman and
Hanson and two rescue squad
members crawled up the side
of the bus and into the ve
hicle by the windows.
The four men then helped
the passengers, the majority
of the 23 passengers were
women, out of a window. |
Those on the ground then
helped passengers down a step
ladder propped up on the 'A
side of the bus.
Drivers of the bus and
car, and 19 of the 23 bus j
passengers were taken to Da- *
vie County Hospital. Eleven i
of the 19 passengers were •'
treated for various injuries, j
most for bruises and a bras- ■
ions. The other eight wens j
examined and released.
Only two persons, the bus '
and car drivers, were admit- j
ted. The bus driver suffered
a broken leg and cuts about J
the hand. The car driver had I
facial and chest lacerations
and a leg injury.
The automobile was dem* M
olished. A bus company of- j
r ficial estimated damage to the j
bus as between SIO,OOO and |
Discussion To j
Be Held
- On Sunday evening, Necsfc i
r, 27, at TM a Panel Pismnwn j
i- will be held at the Jerusalem j|
is Baptist Church of which &(|Pj|
n people of the church ore