fjW n; J"! „„/n r v _^_r--- U\t Canlrcmec Journal VOL. NO. 59 Rev. Clyde W. Faulkner Is Rural Minister of Year BIRMINGHAM, ALA.—Rev erend Clyde W. Faulkner, Haynesville Methodist Charge, has been named Rural Minis ter of the Year for North Carolina by The Progressive Farmer magazine and Emory University, Atlanta, Ga. The Award was presented to Mr. Faulkner July 14 during the 22nd Town and Country School, Church and Commun ity Workshop, conducted an nually by the Candler School of Theology, Emory Univers ity. Mr. Faulkner's charge in cludes Oak Forest, Ogden, Hickory Stand, and Sweet water churches. He had been on this Charge since 1961, and the Sweetwater church was started under his leadership. Each of the other churches has been renovated or remodeled since he has been there. One parishioner said, "He not only does the work of a minister, but labors with his hands to help others." He per sonally helped in the church renovation programs, and is known throughout the area for the help he has given friends and neighbors in planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops when emergencies arise. Mr. Faulkner grew up on a farm in Vance County, N. C. This early acquaintanceship with farming has been quite beneficial to him and to his rural parishioners. He serves as a substitute teacher in the local high school when he is needed. In 1965 he went to Puerto Rico on a church building mission. Mr. Faulkner's first church was on Hatteras Island where his work with fishcrnjen gave him the apt title. "Fisherman of Men." His ability to be a friend to the people he serves as well as their minister has well qualified him as North Carolina's Rural Minister of the Year. Mrs. J. G. Crawford spent a week with her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Giles Myers in Greenville, S. C. On Thursday, Mr. Crawford and Mariola went down to bring her home. Mrs. Myers and son, Johnny accompanied them home to spend a week. tSfiss""" 1 > - i, a r "~i LJL fc-jNK W~'-■ • ■ MRS. MAGGIE (GRANNY) WILSON Cooleemee Woman is 101 Mrs. Maggie Click (Granny) Wilson is one of a small min ority who lived to be 100. Granny Wilson celebrated her 101 st birthday on July 6. She lives with her daugh ters, Miss Mary L. Wilson and Mrs. Zeola Walker. Five child ren have died. She is the wid ow of Samuel Wilson who died in 1924. She has spent her life in Davie County and has lived for more than 50 years in Cooleemee. Granny has been blind now Local Woman's Brother Dies YADKINVILLE Lewis A. Kiger, 69, a retired farmer of East Bend, Rt. 2, died at 9:30 a.m. Sunday at his home. He was born in Yadkin County to Tandy and Sarah Ellen Head Kiger and was a mamber of Huntsville Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary Jane Hester Kiger; four sons. Franklin L. Kiger of 2021 Leight Street, Winston-Salem, Ray P. Kiger of Clemmons, Rt. 2, Louis E. and Curtis A. Kiger of the home, three daughters, Mrs. Mary E. Fulp of Winston- Salem, Mrs. Annie May Royall of Yadkinville and Mrs. Linda Faye Outen of East Bend, Rt 2; a brother, Bryant Kiger of Mocksville, Rt. 5; and a sister, Mrs. Mollie Hancock of Mocks ville, Rt. 5. The funeral was at 3 p.m. Tuesday at En on Baptist Church. Burial was in the church cemetery. A.fOpshaw Assistant To President WILKESBORO Two per sonnel changes in Holly Farms Poultry Industries, Inc., have been announced by president C. F. Lovette. Arthur M. Upshaw formerly of Mocksville and now of Wil kesboro has been transferred to the main office here to serve as assistant to the pre sident. He was a vice-presid ent and director, and assistant general manager of the Mocks ville division. John A. Guglielmi has taken Upshaw's position in Mocks ville. Guglielmi has worked in the Holly Farms hatchery, boiler production and poultry sales divisions for four years. for several years but she calls her grandchildren by name and likes to touch each of the little ones. Until recently, she recalled days of slavery. Her memory now is not so good. She still enjoys singing and praying and visits from the pastor of her church, New Bethel Baptist. For many wears, Granny, received calls from those who had been burned. She was be lieved to have the gift of re lieving those suffering by "us ing" for burns. Attending Convention Miss Janet Ridge and Mrs. Shelby Nichols left Tuesday for St. Louis, Missouri to at tend the National Future Homemaker's Con ven tion. They will return home on Monday. Mrs. Nichols is FHA Advisor at Davie High School and Miss Ridge is a student. Trexler Family Has Dinner On Sunday at noon, the Adam Trexler Family enjoyed a dinner at their home on Grove Street. Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Beam and children of Greenville, S. C. Mi-, and Mrs. James Scott, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Melton, Mr .and Mrs. Donald Trexler and family, Mr. and Mrs. James Trexler, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Trexler and Ray and Clay Trexler. Four generations of the family were there, Adam Trex ler, and son, James Trexler, and his son, Donald Trexler and son, Bobby. Cartmell Rites MOCKSVILLE Funeral services were held Saturday at 3 p.m. for George Casey Cartmell, 18, of North Main Street. Burial was in Rose Cemetery. The youth died Thursday night after being struck by a car while riding a motorcycle. A native of Rowan County, the youth was born March 9. 1948 and was the son of Gray don S. and Emily Rodwell Cartmell. Survivors include the mother, two brothers, Graydon S. Jr. and John Edwin Cartmell, both of the home; maternal grandmother, Mrs. J. W. Rod well of Mocksville; paternal grandmother, Mrs. Ethel C. Henry of Kokomo, Ind. LOCALS Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Day wait of High Point spent Sun day visiting his brother and family, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Day. wait. Mr. and Mrs. Scott Jordan ,and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Smith and sons are vacationing this week at the beach. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Beau champ and Mr. and Mrs. Har din Boger of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Spent last week visiting Gatlinburg, Tenn. and other Mountain resorts in the Moun tains. Mr. and Mrs. Boger's children accompanied them on the trip. Mrs. Billy Flynn is a patient at Davie County hospital for treatment and Observation. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Jordan are spending this week at the Beach. Mrs. Henry Shoaf returned home Sunday after visiting her aunt, Mrs. Ethel Potocnick at Virginia Beach, Va. Mrs. J. U. Myers is improv ing at her home on Route 4, Mocksville after being sick for several days. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Nichols and children spent last week vacationing at Carolina Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Brine gar of Kannapolis are building a new home at Edgewood Circle. Linnet Potts of Clemmons visited his sister, Mrs. O. H. Hartley and Mr. Hartley re cently. Mrs. Kate Parker of Char lotte spent last week here visiting her mother, Mrs. C. W. Alexander and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. David Han cock and son, Mark of Prince George, Virginia spent last week end here visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Nolley and Mrs. Molly Han cock. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Hodgson of Greensboro spent the week end with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Vender Hodgson. Donald Trexler is sick at his home on Center Street. Billy Mullinax of Salisbury, formerly of Florida, spent last week end with his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Jacobs. Donna Jo Trexler, 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don laid Trexler underwent eye surgery recently at Forsyth Memorial Hospital. COOLEEMEE, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1966 Eplf fl f J r't SI l^fe.l B> I i mm ' a X Bfc. w jSB li I m Ff' M / m fIH^H •j*> >^BL»;.. *'4 yf 1 ;Jraߧ^|y^^■; -- B 9 mhmi||H mi nn ■ BF/ ""T ' M » tf" ii -5. * Bk^ * , . NEW LIONS OFFICERS The Cooleemee Lions Club installed its new officers for the 1966-67 year Monday night. Pictured above (cen ter) is Allen Snipes, President, being congratulated by Robert Stewart (left), Immediate Past President and William Gales (right), Sec retary and Treasurer. Other Lions taking office were: Denny Creason, Tail Twister; Grafton Cockrell. Lion Tamer; Richard Beck. Ist Vice President and John Small, 2nd Vice President. Mr. Snipes stated that he hoped the club would be able to enlarge its membership during the coming year and also discussed the possibility of the club sponsoring awards for the Lion of the Year, the Man of the Year and the Woman of the Year. He also urged the members to visit more often with the blind of the community and to have them as guests of the club for special occasions several times during the year. BY PHOTO AND GIFT SHOP Davie Library Wins Honor A scrapbook covering all publicity concerning the Davie County Public Library during the Fund Raising Campaign and building of the library has received the John Cotton Dana Publicity Award. Mrs. I. H. Huske prepared the scrapbook for entry in a con test sponsored by the Public Relations Section of the Mex ican Library Association and the H. W. Wilson Bulletin. The citation read: Special Award for an ambit ious campaign making the new library building a county-wide enterprise. The spirit and pur pose of the campaign involved all of the people. Award winners, selected from libraries serving a popu lation up to 25,000, were in Borger, Texas; Mocksville, N. C.; and Long view, Washing ton. 1 "Our library was the only winner of an award in South eastern United States,".said Mrs. Huske, "and all of Davie County deserves the honors since its activities made the publicity possible. Davie County's scrapbook covered publicity used in printed and pictorial form, ending with the Dedication of the new library building. Much of the material was from the two county papers, as well as those of adjoining counties and several other state publi cations. Co-operation of the local radio station was also ac knowledged. The Dana awards are pre sented to libraries submit ting scrapbooks showing out standing publicity and judges are connected with libraries in various parts of the United States. The awards were presented at the H. W. Wilson Company Tea in the Terrace Room of The Plaza in New York. July 11. Miss Phyllis Snyder, Lib rary Consultant at the N. C. State Library accepted the a ward for the Davie County Public Library. A duplicate of the Scrap book was made and is on dis play at the Library if anyone desires to see it. Dr. Spargo Gets Ace At Club Dr. John Spargo of Coolee mee scored a hole-in-one on the par three, 180-yard 14th hole at the Salisbury Country Club Sunday. He used a five iron. Witnessing the ace were Allen Snipes and Cliff Koop. Dr. Young On Veterinary Board Dr. R. A. Glass of Jackson ville was installed as Presid ent of the North Carolina Vet erinary Medical Resea rc h Foundation, Inc. at a recent annual meeting in Asheville. Dr. Glass succeeds Dr. C. W. Barber of Raleigh as President. Members of the Board of Dir ectors of the Foundation are: Dr. Martin Litwack of Ral eigh, Vice-President; Dr. C. J. Lange of Greensboro, Treasur er; Drs. C. N. Copeland of Hickory, C. W. Young of Mocksville, M. J. Holse of Greenville, T. C. Needham of Wilmington and D. M. Kalet of Winston-Salem. Dr. C. C. McLean of Southern Pines fas elected Executive Director of the Foundation. The Foundation was organ ized by the North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association in 1958 to promote educational and scientific research in the field of Veterinary Medicine, and to build and support a Veterinary Research Center. The Research tract of land donated to the Foundation by Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Moss of Mile-Away Farms, Southern Pines. The founders of the Foundation believe that a Med ical Research Center will be able to find methods for pre venting and curing many Horse, Dog and Cat diseases. The center will do much to all eviate suffering, study breath ing, and integrate investigat ions in the fields of human and medicine and general science. The Center will reduce the losses in life, health and use fulness of our champion ani mals. Sportsmen, Breeders and Fanciers all across the coun try will applaud North Caro lina for this progressive step forward. II MP S T v - V s 1 VMS WTM it# JKS m^3Mhftm.. :^ W^£She!i^^^^^lP&S3?^ i &i Jh9^9£> Hk 4 -'■ ||| JL ' f^RMH ■■■■■K,. : , :• WHO ARE THESE COOLEEMEE PEOPLE? Clues: Several of them are now members of the Senior Citizens Club and among them are several brothers and their wives- Library News Worlds are between the covers of a book! Let's discov er them! 1. THE QUEST Allen A report on extra errestrial life. The author offers a hard look at what man may meet in space a creature we can only describe as The Allen. 2. PASSPORT TO ADVEN TURE Scott Quentin Reynolds called this author "the Richard Halliburton of the jet age" and Lowell Thomas labels the book "one of the most fascinating travel 'jooks I have ever read". Latch on to the Scotts' magic carpet. 3. THE MULE ON TH MINARET Waugh Absorbing fiction, colorful, sensitive and informed. A novel about the Middle East. 4. A WELSH STORY—Varney An autobiographical story of rare, warm humor and nostalgic charm of a girl who grew to womanhood in a mining town in Wales. 5. MALAYSIA Purcell Purcell's unrivalled knowl edge of Southeast Asia brings to this study of Ma laysia a keen appreciation of the subtle influence cf culture, religion and social organization on the pattern of contemporary life. Time ly, since the "confrontation"' between Malaysia and Indo nesia is a major factor in world affairs. Mr. and Mrs. Junior Messick and children spent last week at Carolina Beach. Chambley Accepts Job As Overseer of Mill Carding | Social Security ; Office To Remain Open The Salisbury social security office will remain open to the I public until 9 p. m. each Fri- J day night until further notice, according to an announcement 5 by Robert C. Thomas, district [ manager. ) The extended hours are of fered for the convenience of those people who work until 5 p. m. and who would other wise have to lose time from their jobs in order to take care of social security matters. | To provide this extra service to the community with no in crease in the district office' f staff, it will be necessary thatj ' only part of the staff be on; 1 duty on Friday mornings and from 5 to 9 p. m. Friday nights. For this reason, people who . can conveniently do so are en > couraged to visit the office . during regular hours, 8:45 to I 5 p. m., Monday through f | Thursday, or during Friday 1 afternoons. The full staff on i duty at these times will be able to provide faster service to visitors. " The social security office is located at 105 Corriher Ave. Raymond Pierce is rebuild -1 ing his home on Midway Street « which was destroyed by fire some months ago. Mr. Bill Chambley, his wife, Agnes, and their two boys, James and John, recently moved to Cooleemee from Le nior, N. C. Mr. Chambley has accepted employment as the Overseer of Carding at the local Burlington Industries Plant. They have moved into their home at No. 4 Marginal Street. Mr. Chambley, formerly with Hayes Manufacturing Company at Lenior, N. C., has had considerable experience in the textile field. He is original ly from Columbus, Ga., having completed high school and j military preparatory school in i that city. He is a past presi dent and charter member of ; the Fieldale Lions Club, a master mason, with numerous years of work in the Boy I Scouts of America. Maurice Long Killed In California Maurice "Al" Long, nephew of Mrs. Delia Byerly (deceas ed) was killed in an auto ac cident in San Diego, California on July 10. He is survived by his mother, Mary Long of St. 1 Petersburg, Florida, also his wife, Lee, a daughter, son and grandchild. He is a cousin of Mrs. Reba Daywalt, Mrs. Chlois Wyrtck, Heathmon and Clyde Byerly of COQIMUMI

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