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Mrs. J. B. Spry
At 67, Children
Keep Her Young
By MARLENE BENSON
News Editor
Mrs. J. B. Spry Sr. a Cooleemee
native, leads a very active life at
67' years of age and loves every minute
of It.
In 1957 her husband built a fishing
*/Oiid and little store, then turned them
over to her to take care of. Many
local fisherman have spent a great
deal of their leisure time on the banks
of this pond. Most of them pay 25
cents, in addition to the regular fishing
fee, into a kitty that enables them
to qualify for the jackpot prize. This
money Is awarded to the firs* person
that catches a fish weighing 26 pounds
or over.
Roscoe Jones won a S2OO jackpot
m May with a 26Vi pound carp and
Jim Adams' catch topped the scales
art 35 pounds in August for another
|2OO prize. The current jackpot stands
unclaimed with $l4O.
The fisti pond has been a lot of
pleasure tor Mrs. Spry and for the
past three years has shown a little
profit. The store, which was first
'stocked with only $25, has built up
considerably. There are candy,
crackers, snacks and drinks for the
fishermen and many other useful
household items.
In addition to the fishing pond and
store, Mrs. Spry, has 200 hens that
she takes care of. Of course, they
must be fed and watered daily as
well as gathering the eggs, which she
sells to a lot of local people.
TAKES CARE OF NINE
This could be enough to keep the
average person busy, but not Mrs.
Spry. The most important thing in.
her life is taking care of children,
so she baby sits, too. Although she
has raised 11 children of her own,
has 30 grandchildren and nine great
grandchildren, she still has enough
love for the seven little ones that she
keeps five days a week.
One week out of every month she
has two more, her grandchildren, that
she keeps overnight, dresses and
sends them to school the next morn
ing. During thfe week their parents
are working the second shift and
grandmother is delighted in having
them. This makes a total of nine
children.
Mrs. Spry has been a baby sitter
for year*, but in the past several
months has accepted this as a regular
job. Many parents of the children she
keeps have asked how she managed
to do all the work sha does, how
she ever gets her regular housework
done and if the children ever got on
her nerves?
"I do my housework the best I
can," explained Mrs. Spry, "and the
children, I love them and they love
me. I guess I lust have different
nerves. Most of the children call me
grandmother," she continued, "except
the smallest ones and they can't say
grandmother, -so they call me
mamaw." continued on page 3,
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16 Pages 10 Cents
Wednesday. Nov. 8. 1967 W VWn
Sgt. Ridenhour
Wins Bronze Star
Medal For Heroism
Master Sergeant James A.
Ridenhour, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Cicero Ridenhour of 4 Watt
Street, won the Bronze Star
Medal for heroism and
meritorious service while man
ning a communications station
outside of Saigon, The Joumat
has learned.
Sergeant Ridenhour was
presented his medal i n
ceremonies at Davis, California,
by Lt. Col. Burton L. Anderson.
Sergeant Ridenhour enlisted in
the Army in January 1948. Since
then, he has served in Japan,
Alaska, Korea and Vietnam as
well as the United States.
He and his wife and two sons,
Roger and Mickey, live at 1402
Duke Drive in Davis, California.
He has three other sons, Jimmy,
who lives in Newport News, Va.;
J. D.,j who is serving in the
Army in Germany; and Bobby,
a Marine stationed in San Diego,
Calif.
Turkey Shoot
Cooteemee Jaycees wifl bold
a turkey shoot November 11
and 1& These Will be held on
the vafaant tot tacross from Shop
ping Center next to Ibe
American Legion Gsnetezy.
Turkey dhoot wiH begin at 10
a.m. both Saturday muaiujft.
Mrs. Byerly Critically Hurt
Mrs. Heathman Byerly of D?vie Street was critically injured
and Mr. Byerly was less seriously injured wlien a train hit their car
at a crossing in Charlotte yesterday morning.
Both are patients at Charlotte Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Byer
ly has a broken arm. broken pelvis and was suffering from shock'
yesterday. Mr. Byerly was not believed to have been seriously in
jured.
According to word received at The Journal, just before our
press time yesterday, the light was flashing at the crossing. Two
cars went across safely. Mr. Byerly tried to make it but got hit by
the engine.
Details of the accident and a report on Mrs. Byerly's con
dition will be found in today's Salisbury Post.
Chin Chopper's
Back Home, Buys
U-Stop-N Grill
Grimes (Chin Chopper) Han
cock has traded in his
policeman's badge for an apron.
He just couldn't stand it away
from Cooleemee any longer so
he's coming home.
Grimes, former East Spencer
chief of police, resigned that
post and has bought the U-Stop
N Grill in North Cooleemee. He
plans to move his family back
in the near future.
It was quite a shock to see
an apron tied around Chin Chop-
Er's waist in place of the .38
has worn for more than 12
fears as a law enforcement of-
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