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VOLUME 51
COOLEEMEE, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1957
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To Preach At Mid-
Week Lenten
Service
' u... : Crvrti t?Anm cmnlnvnoc TTruMn Mill: Trip Pool cf-'mcf1 con-
fng Mr. Wilson Chappel after having presented him with a hand-bag in honor of his
A'em from the Company on March za, 1S57. me employees, leu 10 rigni. are. oames ucaici
Wvn White. Marv Seaford. Olla Crotts. Lorena Nail. Chlois Wyrick, Richard Shores, Eliza-
s a j rnMr.4nn 'uriloon r'hannoll l.prn Shnaf Marv Tom
iels. Mvrtle Hellard. William Reavis. Minnie Lee Bamhardt. Ella Jones, Lila Wagner, Eva
SP7,iti John T.pp Williams Ruth Whitp Alhert Waener Marv Howerton. Giles Sexton, Walter
a Brown, and Oscajf Wyrick
I Vr jit Eraiii
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fletires After SO
iills, Inc.
continuous
Erwin Mills,
xwr. w ason
Jn Man in the
etired on March
end of the shift,
riand-bag by his
i3yees in a brief cere
Xoring his many years
ice with the Company.
jcef in the year, he will receive
V gold Watch from Erwin Mills
at the 25-Year Club Banquet.
In discussing Mr. Chappell's
retirement, Mr. Giles Sexton,
Overseer of Spinning, Spooling,
and Warnine: said. "It is -the
caliber of employees like Wilson
Chappell that makes a "company
strong and competitive. His loy
, alty to the Company, his co
operative spirit, his year-round
Urulness will live long in
nory of those who have
with him throughout
v The best wishes of
jur organization will
The life of Mr. Chappell has
been tied very closely with the
growth and development of the
Erwin Mills Cooleemee Plant.
"When I first went to work for
Erwin Mills as a 17 year old
The Rev. James M. rlinule,
Priest in Charge of St. Andrew's
Church in Mount Holly, willh-
preach at the mid-week Len
ten service at the Church of
the. Good Shepherd on Tuesday,
April 9, at 7:30 p. m. Before
?oing to St. Andrew's Father
Hindi was in charge of the
Church of the Transfiguration
in Bat Cave.
He has served as Secretary
and Registrar of the Diocese,
of Western North Carolina
and is serving on the boara or
trustees for Appalacian School
School in Legerwood. He is Revival Begins
well known for his preaching
missions in the Diocese of
Western North Carolina, and
will be remembered for the
mission he held last fall here
in Cooleemee. Father Hindle
:s not married. The public is
Oh
r t 4 I
Erwin T.lills Employees Ocssiis
Individual Safety Awards
COOLEEMEE, N. C. Apriljth continuous effort of all thfe
4- In recognition for having" employees in doing their jots
without a lost-time accident.' in' a.safe maaner.
300 employees of the no 3 fin
ishing plant, Erwin Mills, Inc.'
re-.
The. date 'of the last lost
timP accident in the no 3 fin
ishing plant was May 5, 1955,
Reu. Howard C. Knight
Cooleemee Division, have
u u 0r almost two years ago.
dividual magnetic money cups, - - ? ,
to which were attached letters Recently, Messrs, W
of convrratulations from Carli Wands, manager of tb
R. Harris. Vice President of ing plant; A. J. Tok4
Erwin Mills. I intendent; George
In these letters, Mr. Harris(sky, head "ffyer; and
congratulated the employees ot JamersonJ eenwe p.
th finichino- nlant nn their i manager,! ! sent..
outstanding safety record. He f finishing-
pointed out that this great at a bangu
safety achievement would not C-, by FraA
have been possible without( olina Comi
R. ,
cordially invited
this service.
to 'attend
Mr. Chappell is a native North
Carolinian, having been born in
Yadkin County. He is married
to the former Miss Ina Irene
Canupp of Cooleemee. They have
boy," Wilson said when he re-, eight children, 15 grandchildren,
tired, "we were using water-J and two great grandchildren.
power to run the mill. Then we Their children are: Mrs. Viola
switched to steam, then to elec-, vickers. Salisbury. N. C: Mrs.
tricity. I was working here when I Richard Xillyi Durham, N. C;
the mill burned in 1909 and later. Mrs. Alfred Turner. Durham. N.
r j
'7
saw it rebuilt into one oi me
best textile plants in the coun
try. Over the years, I saw the
hours of employment change
from a 55 to a 40-hour work
week! With the addition of mo
dern machinery and better meth
ods of job performance, I have
seen wages increase until I made
more money the last day I work
ed at the mill than I made for
the entire week back in 1907.
The reason I have never work
ed for another company is that
Erwin Mills has certainly been
in his years, of good to me throughout all these
"years."
i,
C; Robert Chappell, Richmond,
California; Carl Chappell, Mock-
sville, N. C; Marvin Chappell
James Chappell, and Conard
Chappell, wh6 are employed at
Erwin Mills, Cooleemee, N. C
Mr. Chappell is a member of
the Cooleemee Methodist Church
He owns his home at 11 Watts
Street, Cooleemee, where he has
lived for the past 39 years. His
hobbies,, in addition to watch
fixing in which he has been in
terested since he was a 12 year
old boy, are fishing and garden
ing.
ity Board Of Commissioners
Sinai Court Established
Impptine of the Board of Commissioners of
h on Monday the 1st day of April, 1957 thr
I a County Criminal Court for Davie County
t was appointed Judge to preside over saic
beins made for a period of two years
i The Judges sai ? vxea Dy ine noara at imny-iurre hujiuici
f ($3300.00) per V
.'. Vinn ntM Q:cViatf .I1IIKTP I TjT DreSiae IT
"";3r hji7vvm o a- t
i'orf a period of two years.
WHO IS THIS YOUNG
MUSICIAN AND HIS WIFE?
V.
Davie K.
Board eWLV
A. T. G'-j
Court, this ajL
C. R. Vogl
Vudges abseV
porge 'Martin V appointed prosecuting attorney of said t
this appointment being made for a period oi two years
ecuting attorney's salary fixed by the Board at Thre
I ($3,000.00) Dollars per year.
Court will be held on Tuesday morning, April 16
"-n Tuesday morning of each week thereafter.
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FORT BEN'NING. GA. M- i
Sgt. Robert E. Williams, of I
Cooleemee, N. C, Company E,
and SFC Peter J. Loresch of J
C Uirnnnn Pitt 7 i a fnmnn nM i
H. both of the U. S. Army In
fantry School Detachment,
set their sights toward becom
ing members of the Fort Benn
inor rifle team, which will
compete in, the third Armvmit-
che at the post April 29-May
Marvin Panch of Davtona Beach, 4. The Fort Bennin chamoion-
t
(:
4.
Davie County
Eighth Graders
Tour Raleigh
On Wednesday, April 3, fifty-
four eighth graders of Coolee
mee School traveled by Grey
hound bus for ;a tour of the
State Capitol city of Pvaleigh.
The teachers accompanying the
students were V. G. Prim, prin
cipal of Cooleemee School" and
Thomas Ridenhour, a member of
the faculty. The chaperones were
Mrs. James McDaniel, Mrs. W.
R. Wands, Mrs. J. P. Tutterow,
Mrs. Roy Howard and Mrs. C.
W. Howard. The tour included
a visit to Morehead Planetarium
at Chapel Hill, then to Raleigh,
for a visit to the Capitol Build
in?, the Museum of Art, the
State Museum, Hall of History
and the State Prison. The stu
dents were L. G. Allen, Jr., Carl-
'on Bailey, Wayne Burton, Ray
Crotts, Carl Foster, Donald Fos
ter, David Harris, Johnny Hod
ges, Monty Snyder, O. D. Stiller,
Gene Tutterow, Darryl Veach,
Tohnny Walls, Barry Williams,
Tackie Williams, Joyce Angell
at Beck, Phyllis Cartner, Frieda
Voster, Lois Hamilton, Jean How
S trd, Judy Howard, Mary Lou
Kinser, Priscilla Osborne, Jetty
Shaw, Betty Jean Spillman, Gray
4.ngell, William Broadway, Mil-
dan Campbell, Luke Gaither,
lohnny Grimes, Roger Hill, Ken
neth Howell, Jerry Lagle, Bruce
Lee, Douglas McDaniel, Eugene
Plott, Jerry Riley, Robert Spry,
Gerald Taylor, Johnny Tutter
ow, Scotty Vogler, Jerry Whit
aker, Joel Whitlock, Carol Jean
Alexander, Sue Bowles, Sarah
Carpenter, Darlene Ellis, Carlius
Hellard, Joan Hollins, Shirley
James, Jean Nesbit, Patty Par
ker, Judy Scott, and Jane Wands.
lty 1
Vasvi.
forth c
Sunday fit First
Baptist Church
!' Rev. Howard C. Knight will
; be the visiting evangelist at
the First Baptist Church be
ginning April the 8th and going
through Sunday, April the 14th
The pastor, G- N. Naylor, will
bring both messages this com
mg Sunday. Separate prayer
service for young people and
adults will begin at 7:00 aiitf
the Nursery will be opened
each night at 7:30 when the
worship se.rvice begins.
Rev. Knight, who is now
nastor of the First Baptist
Church in Kershaw South Car
olina, has many varied exper
iences and qualifications. He
was born in Ashevilles North
Carolina and is a graduate of
Emma High School, CeciVs
Business College, Mars Hill
College, Wake Forest College
and Southeastern Seminary.
Whilp at Mars Hill, he was
president of the B. S. U. and
was active in all kinds of ath
letics. During his student
days at Wake Forest College,
he organized a mission which
later became Trinity Baptist
Church. He has been in Ker
shaw since June 1955.
Learning the thrill of miss
ions from his experience of or
ganizing a mission church in
Tarboro, and gaining a con
cern for the lost of the world
while studying the lives of
missionaries as a student in the
Seminary and following his
wife's decision in April 1956,
Rev. Knight volunteered as a
"andidate for World Missions
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Sam Br
Taken 0
yaw" s
V
CAPPED Miss Ruby Caro
lyn Bowles, daughter of Mr. and
!Mrs. E. Thurman Bowles of
Cooleemee, received her nursing
cap at exercises held by the
Grace" Hospital School of Nur
sing in Morganton recently.
TV4
CLUES: Been living in this
vicinity for a number of years.
Have two daughters and one son
living here.
MSgt. Robert
Williams On
Rifle Team
3ake Sale
On Saturday, April 6., begin
ning at 10:00 a. m. the Wesleyan
Service Guild of the Cooleemee
Methodist Church will sell
cakes, cookies, ,pies and other
sweets at the Cooleemee Square.
Samuel Mac.
Broadway, 62, of
Community, Kannap
4:20 Monday afternol
an Memorial Hospital
Funeral services w
ed Wednesday after4
o'clock at Whitley's Cf?H
J. L. Love, pastor of Unit
odist Church officiated,
was in the Carolina Mi
Park.
Davie County, son of the laj
Tom and Margaret Hedricsw
Broadway. He has been a resi
dent of Kannapolis for the past
23 years. He owned and oper
ated a fishing lake in the Enoch
ville Community.
He had been in declining
health for . the .past three years
and seriously ill for the past
two weeks.
Survivors include his wife, the
former Betty Gullett; one dau
ghter, Mrs. Barney Wallace of
nTr. Minno ViranA ifnrait? KannaDOlis: lour sons, maimer
n. - m .i r xr i T nrim Pan Xf ana Carl
01, wne oi layior r. rwuuini
of Mocksville, Route 3, died at C. Broadway of Kannapolis; two T
the home at 2:30 a. m. Tuesday, sisters, Mrs. Brady Spry of Cool-
Surviving are the husband eemee and Mrs. Jesse Morisejf
to whom she was married in Franklin, nd three bro
1895; three sons, Henry B. Broadway vt Moc,
Koontz of Maybrook, N. Y... H. Z"ZF
t i , c ,. v. j Ira Broadway of Wooc
L. Koontz of Sahsbury and dcmdrJ; and
Taylor F. Koontz, Jr of Lexmg- ddhM
ton : two daughters. Mrs. 6
Claude F. Williams of Mocks-! . TT If
ville. Route 3, and Mrs. Annie DdVie Sherili
Ruth Leonard of Mocksvile, rft T de
Route 3; 17 grandchildren, T. 7
and one brother, Richmond RadlO SyStCl
Bailey of Orgen. j The Davie CoUi
Funeral services were held department will s
tlrs. T. F. Koontz
in June 1956. They are hoping 4 m Wednesday at Fork ped with a radi-'
to receive final appointment. t -uk tv p0 a t I
itquip-
Junicat-
sometime late in 1957.
Everyone is invited to parti
cipate in the revival services.
Tn addition to Youth Night on
Auril the 13th, a new method
of visitation is being useddur
5 isr the week. Each night
yrp will be 42 "Pew Captains"
whoso responsibility will be to
fill their pews and see that
even-one is made to feel wel
romp. Good c-osnel singing and
special music by the choir
will be a part of the service
each night.
T.F.ADING PARADE
Fla., will be defending his lead tn the NASCAR Grand National sn0 matches eded, March 27,
circuit when the late model speedsters invade North Wilkesboro at vjcAndrew Ranre. He U the
Speedway, North Wilkesboro, N. C. next Sunday afternoon, April ... . Pnpm.. w. .
7, for a 100-mile battle that gets underway at 2:30 p. m. Panch n"bar,rf of the Former Miss
drives a 1957 Ford. .Edna Brmogar.
Joan Shore
Makes All NW
Team
Joan Shore, star guard of
, the Davie High School Rebel
ettes, was named to the 1957
,! Journal and Sentinel All-North
west girls' basketball team.
Seventeen schools were rep
resented in the selections.
In commenting on her play
The Davie
loners at
1
bmmiss
4
week approve! pf purcha
j&ing thij
Riser officiated. Burial was in
the church cemetery.
PnllViParprs wpre Clvde Jon'
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es, Bonse Bailey, Joe Smith, I of units for U8fy th e sherif;
uecu wiuiams, v. r. nuuiHi department The units will
i i
n
s .f
4
and Medford Koontz.
Cathy LeAnne
Andrews
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Andrew
of Sanford have announced the
birth of a daughter, Cathy Le
Anne, on March 26, at Lee Coun
ty Hospital. She weighed eight
pounds, eight ounces.
Mrs. Andrew is the former
Lydia Ann Bailey of Woodleaf.
J
LOCAL CHILDREN Patri
;ia Ann Barber, age 14 months,
and Richard Adams, age 6, child
- y and John T. Bar
ber Ox Watt Street, Cooleemee.
Attend District
Fellowship Meet
On Monday evening, April 1.
representatives of the Church
of God attended the District
Fellowship Meeting at States
ville. hose attending were Rev
purchased through the
Defense program with
federal government shf
the cost.
There will be a master
located in the sheriff's office,,
and units installed in three K"
cars. This will be a three-way
system, enabling contact be
tween cars and station and vice
verse and also between cars
without going through the
station. The units will also be
connected with the State high
way Patrol system covering this
area.
during the season, this is whatj an(j nTs, Floyd Boger, Luther
was said: Brown. Sunday School Super-
"Joan played at Cooleemee intendent, Mrs. Baxter Miller,
last year where she was a star pr&sjdent of the Willing Work-
qnd she kept up the good work ers Band, Mrs. Nellie Williams
at Davie County. Rated one of Mrs. Edith Helard, Mrs. Clar-
the top defensive players in the ence Gaither, Misses Irene and
North Piedmont, Joan's a fine Gerald ine Gaither, Luke Gaith---"'"der.
an cee'lent ball er, Miss Helen Hepler and Mrs
handler and defensive player" Barnes.
Woods Burn Hear
Cooleemee Ball
Park
On Sunday afternoon about
2:00 the Jerusalem Township
Fire Department was called to-
put out a woods fire behind the
Cooleemee School between North
Cooleemee and the ball park.
About 150 ft by 75 ft space of
underbrush was burned when
the department brought the fire
under control. No damage wa3
reported.
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