90th Annual Masonic Picnic Aug. 13;
Attorney General Morgan Guest Speaker
6*« i Year Wednesday, Aug. 5,1970 12 Paget
COOLEEMEE, NORTH CAROLINA 10 Cent*
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WEIGHING TOMATOES Roy Nolley
carefully lays ripe tomatoes on a scale
for weighing. Mr. Nolley of Gladstone
Road has a beautiful garden and has
taken some big tomatoes out this year.
(Staff photo by Barringer).
For Birthday Calendar
Lions To Collect
Birthday Dates
It's Cooleemee birthday calendar time again, and
the sponsoring Lions Club will begin collecting the
birthday dates of local residents beginning the week of
August 10.
Vernon Stout, chairman of the publication, stressed
the valuable role the calendar plays in keeping the
sense of togetherness in the community.
In a community the size of Cooleemee, nobody
outside the immediate circle of relatives and close
friends would know or care about such an important
date in the lives of a neighbor. The calendar lets you
know.
The Lions Club can be credited with helping
neighbor know more about neighbor. The club has
sponsored this project for years.
Calendars are sold at cost and the proceeds from
the advertising sales of the listings go to the club's
many charitable outlets and results in civic betterment
all over.
If you are not contacted and wish to have your
birthday and anniversary listed on the Cooleemee
Community Birthday Calendar, call Stout at 284-4661, or
any Lion can be of service to you.
CABBAGE CUTTER Roy Noiley and his grandson
Mark Hancock feed cabbage into a cabbage cutter. The
unusual old machine is used for making cabbage into
sour kraut. (Staff photo by Barringer).
ocVsville, 0 27028
Robert Morgan, the Attorney-
General of North Carolina, will
deliver the annual Masonic
Picnic address at noon on
Thursday, August 13th. This
will be the 90th Annual Masonic
Picnic for Davie County.
The planned program for that
day is expected to draw a large
crowd into the historic grounds
at Clement Grove to carry on
the tradition of the second
Thursday in August set many
years ago when the event
originated as a means of
providing funds for the Oxford
Orphange. Proceeds from this
event go to this orphanage.
The R. C. Lee Riding Devices,
long a feature of this annual
event, will operated each night
during the week of the picnic,
along with other midway at
tractions.
H. R. Hendrix, Jr., Master of
the Mocksville Masonic Lodge
No. 134, has appointed Robert
Hendricks to serve as general
chairman of the event. Lester
P. Martin and Mr. Hendrix will
serve as assistant chairmen
along with C. T. Robertson,
Master of Advance Lodge No.
710, and Frank York, Master of
Farming ton Masonic Lodge No.
265. Mr. Hendricks, assisted by
these men and various com
mittee members, has lined up
one of the greatest events in the
long and colorful history of the
Mocksville Masonic Picnic.
George Martin, program
chairman, has lined up a
program that includes the
Davie County High School Band
and the Oxford Orphange Glee
Club. The program is to be held
under the arbor and is
scheduled to get underway at
11:30 am.
The afternoon and evening
program will feature music by
the "String Dusters" with Bill
Koontz directing.
The famed picnic dinner will
be spread undo* the dinner
arbor immediately following
the conclusion of the morning
program.
Last year an estimated 10,000
persons paid admission into the
picnic grounds during the day
and evening ssessions of the
annual event. Officials are
making plans to handle even a
larger crowd this year.
Retarded
Kids Have
Field Day
It was a Field Day in every
respect when 35 retarded chil
dren turned out at the Cool
eemee recreation center,
Wednesday, July 29,1970.
"Hie all day affair was spon
sored by the Davie Co. Retarded
Children's Association. Bur
lington Ind. graciously tinned
over the entire recreation facil
ities to the Association for the
full day.
The children and 16 teenage
volunteers enjoyed a day of
swimming in the morning and
afternoon, with a rest period
and play period in between.
Lunch was served on the
grounds.
The Field Day activities con
sisted of relay races, sack
races, 50-yard dash, and a tug
o-war.
A cook out climaxed the day.
Parents, Jaycees, Jaycettes,
and all others interested in the
youngsters were guests. There
were approximately 150 people
present.