Students’ Work Shown At Industrial Arts Exhibit
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At Industrial Arts Exhibit in the gym
nasium at the Fieldale Community Cen
ter, W. B. Chambley (in white coat) and
Randolph Joyce, Fieldale businessman,
look over a table top made by Mr.
Joyce’s son, Randy, a student at Fieldale
High School.
Picture at right shows Bobby Cundiff
and chairs he made and exhibited. Bob
by is the son of Raymond Cundiff, sec
ond hand in the Bleachery at the Towel
Mill, and Virgie Cundiff, of the Towel
Mill Sewing Department.
The exhibit included all objects made
by students in industrial arts classes
during the year. Schools participating
were Fieldale, Martinsville, Bassett and
Drewry Mason.
World Champion To
Play Checkers Here
Tommie Wiswen, worlG's champion
free-style checker player, will give an
exhibition at Consolidated Central Y.-
M.C.A., Wednesday evening, July 2, at
7:30 p.m. As on previous visits here, Mr.
Wiswell will demonstrate blindfolded
playing and will play simultaneously
against several opponents.
The program will be sponsored by the
Checker-Chess club of Consolidated
Central Y.M.C.A. E. A. Rogers, of the
Finishing Mill, is club president and G.
C. Swinney, of the Blanket Mill, is sec-
retary-treasurer.
Checker enthusiasts from a wide area
Ministers Pay Visit
Mrs. Harvey Cheshire, who has been
an invalid for approximately 25 years,
is shown as she was visited by the Rev.
C. W. Jennings (left), pastor of River-
view Presbyterian Church in Spray, and
the Rev. John LaForte, former pastor
of the church but now pastor of a church
in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. Cheshire was an early employee
of the Woolen Mill and is the widow
of Harvey Cheshire who was a long-
service employee of the Woolen Mill be
fore his retirement some years ago un
der the Pension Plan.
are expected to attend. In addition to
the Tri-Cities, players are expected
from Fieldale, Martinsville and Dan
ville, Va., Winston-Salem, Reidsville
and other surrounding communities.
Mr. Wiswell will be an overnight guest
in the Swinney home prior to going to
the North Carolina Checker Tournament
in Hickory on July 4. Mr. Swinney and
the champion have been friends for
many years.
Gospel Singing Event
Attracts Large Crowd
The first “Land of Eden” Gospel Sing'
ing Convention held at Leaksville-Spray
Junior High School June 7-8, was con
sidered very successful. The Leaksville'
Spray Y’s Men’s club has voted to spon
sor a similar event next year.
Approximately 800 persons attended
the program on Saturday night an
about 700 persons attended on Sunday
afternoon. Trophies were awarded tn
outstanding singing groups. Among
taking part on the program were tn
Fieldcresters, a quartet composed o
Fieldcrest employees, and the Spray
Baptist Men’s Chorus which has abo^
20 members, many of whom are FieW'
crest men.
Tyler Murphy, who is employed at the
Central Filter Plant, was general chaif'
man of the event, and Gary Ball,
Central Warehouse, was program chair'
man.
Nineteen singing groups participated-
Awards were made as follows: firs
place, the Harmonettes Trio, Winston-
Salem; runners-up, the Troubadours,
Rural Hall; the Glenn Melody Four,
Kernersville; and the Mt. Zion Quarte >
Stokesdale.
The Spray Baptist Men’s Chorus, won
first place for men’s choruses and the
Lextones, of Lexington, were first
the female quartette division.
Retiree And Bass
0. p. Wall, retired superintendent of
the Bedspread Mill, shows a day’s catch
of fresh water bass made on a recent
trip to Currituck Sound.
Mr. Wall retired under the Pension
Plan in 1946 with over 46 years of con'
tinuous service. He has been going ^
Currituck for many years but says this
year’s fishing was the “best ever.”
Other fishermen accompanying hin*
on the three-day trip were C. C. Camp'
bell, paymaster at Fieldcrest; IVlr-
Campbell’s son, C. C., Jr., of Winston-
Salem; Weldon Reynolds, husband of
Dot Reynolds in Industrial Relations;
E. L. Clute and D. G. Huggins.
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