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Opening wh SCCA'nat'on al championship sports car races Saturday and Sunday, February 4 and 5, the annu al winter program that in cludes the 13th Annual Safe ty and Performance trials and the winter stock car races continues through Sun day, February 26, being cli maxed with the third annual 500-mile late model stock car race that features a parade of the 1961 model automo biles in competition for the first time of the year. Other events during the Speed Weeks program in Feb ruary will include the Grand Prix of the United States motorcycle races for the first such program at the speed- L wav. climaxed with a 200- S. t" kilometer race Sunday, Feb ruary 12, and the first racing event for the new Cannon ball Grand National compact division race of NASCAR on . Sunday, February 19. The three major racing days for the world famous two and a half mile track are set for Friday, Saturday and Sun day, February 24, 25 and 26, with the Friday program in cluding two 100 - mile Grand National races, a 50-mile mod ified type race and a 50 miie sportsman type race, all set for the two and a half mile high banked speedway. The program for Saturday, February 25, includes the third annual 250 - mile NAS CAR modified - sportsman national championrship' race with a 25 - rmle consolation event for the late models. The big "Daytona 500" on February 26 will be limited to a 60-car starting field. The two pole positions will be de termined in a pair of 25-mile races Sunday, February 12, these being scheduled along with the motorcycle classic. The two winners in these ev ents also get the two pole po sition for the two 100 - mile Grand Nationals on February 24. Then from the lOD-mile Grand Nationals on Friday 24, first 20 finishers in each race in addition to the two pole position drivers will qualify for the 500 -mile classic. The final 18 starters will be se lected from the 2imile con. solation on Saturday, this be ing slated along with the 250 mlle modified - sportsman championship race. The Daytona track, opened in February of 1959, has been established as the world's fast- gest and also serves a a testing Ibase for automobiles, tires, land all types of automobile accessories. I Other events on the sehed- gule include Pure Oil economy jruns at the track Monday find Tuesday, February 13 and 114. and NASCAR safety and Performance trials February j!5, 16 and 17. I For the lovers of drag races Cne speeaway s jong obl-k. , tretch will be the center of nightly activities from Fri day, February 17, through Friday, February 24. Midget races, directed by John Nelligan, are slated for the short track at Municipal Stadium for February 19, 23, 24 and 25, starting at 8:00 p. m. Records at stake in the Daytona events will include the two-lap qualifying mark of 152.129 miles per hour set by Jack Smith with a 1960 Pontiac last summer. Smith's 100-jnile record of 146,892 miles per hour and Lee Pet ty's 500-mile record of 135.521 miles per hour. Petty's re cord set in the sensational photo finish race in Febru ary of 1959. Following the February ac tivities, one of the top high lights of the summer acti vities at Daytor.a Beach will be the third annual "Daytona Firecracker 250" late model race, in which Jack Smith set a dazzling pace of 143.842 miles per hour last summer. Claude W. Thompson Funeral services for Claude W. Thompson, 73, were held Thursday afternoon at 3 P. M. at his home, 321 Salisbury St, Mocksville. Burial was in the Oakwood Cemetery in Statesville. Mr. Thompson died at 7:15 a. m., Wednesday, at his home. He was born Dec. 16, 1887 to William Graham and Albertine Sink Thompson in Rowan County. In 1910 he was mar ried to Miss Mae Steele, who died in 1912. To this union was born a daughter, who died in infancy. In 1914, he married Miss Sue Swicegood, who survives along with two daughters, Mrs. Leonard Caldwell of Lexing ton and Mrs. W. M. Ketchie, Jr., of Salisbury, and one a dopted son, George; six grand chi.d.en. Mr. Thompson was a mem ber of the First Methodist Church of Mocksville; the Mocksville Masonic Lodge and the Order of the Eastern Star. He worked for the State Highway Department for 13 years before entering the ser vice with U. S. Soil Conserva tion Service, retiring three years ago. Local People Mrs. Bessie Emerson has re turned to the home of her son, Sam Emerson in Char lotte, after visiting another son, J. A. Emerson in. Flori da for several months. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Kuhn are spending several weeks vi siting relatives here. Mrs. Mattie Jordan will return to Ardsley, New York with them where she has been living for the past year. Mrs. W. A. Ellis, Jr., has been sick this week at her home on Route 4, Mocksville. Miss Margaret Skinner has been sick this week. Sherman Shoaf is improv ing at his home on Watt St. after being sick for several weeks. Graham Gobble is improv ing after being a patient at Davie Hospital. Susie Jordan is doing nicely after undergoing a tonsilec tomy at Rowan Hospital last week. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Jordan. Bill Phelps attended the Bee Associational Meeting at Bur gaw on December 11. Duke Endowment Names Two Vice Chairmen Election of Benjamin F. Few of Greer, South Caro lina, and R. Grady Rankin of Gastonia, North Carolina, as the two Vice Chairmen of The Duke Endowment, was announced by the Endowment today. The posts had been held by Thomas L. Perkins and Norman A. Cocke, who were named Chairman of Trustees and Honorary Chair-, man, respectively, last Nov ember. Mr. Few, President from 1951 to 1959 of Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company, has been an Endowment Trustee since 1951; he "also is head of the Endowment's recently formed Committee on Edu cational Institutions. Mr. Ran kin, prominent North Caro lina industrialist and legisia- tor, h?.3 been an Endowment Trusteee since 1953. A native of Gieer, South Carolina and a graduate of Trinity College (now Duke University) at Durham, N. C, (B.A. 1915, M. A. 1916) Mr. Few was associated with the Liggett and Myers Tobacco Co. from 1916 until his retire ment as President of the Com pany in 1959. He is a Direc tor of the Duke Power Com pany and of the Chemical Bank New York Trust Com pany and a Trustee of the Bank for Savings in the City of New York. He has been a Trustee of Duke Universi ty ' since . 1941 and a member of the Duke Executive Com mittee since June, 1960. Mr. Rankin, a native of Belmont, North Carolina and an alumnus of the Universi ty of North Carolina, is well known both as a textile man and a state legislator. He or ganized Pinkney Mills in 1917, became Treasurer of Textiles Incorporated in 1931 and join ed the Duke Power Company in 1934 as head of the Com pany's textile interests. He was President of Superior Yarn Mills (Duke Power Com pany subsidiary) from 1945 until his retirement in 1959. Between 1931 and 1953 Mr. Rankin also served as member of the North Carolina Senate for Gaston County. During this period he was for three terms a member of the State Budget Commission, for one term President Pro Tern of the Senate and for two terms Chairman of the Senate Fin ance Commission. He also ser ved as Chairman of the State Education Commission (1945), member of the State Re-organization Commission (1953), member of the State Revenue Commission (1957) and Di rector of the North Caro lina Development Commission. Mi. Rankin is a Director of the DukePower- Company, the Wachovia Bank and Trust Co. and the Research Triangle of North Carolina and a Trus tee of the Cole Foundation for retired Methodist Minis ters. He makes his home at Gastonia, N. C. The nation's third largest private philanthropic found ' ation, The Duke Endowment is a perpetual trust founded in 1924 by the late James B. Duke, tobacco and power magnate. It has as its prin cipal beneficiaries Duke Uni- , versity, Davidson College, Fur man University and Johnson C. Smith University, hospi tals and orphanages in North and South Carolina, and rural churches and retired preachers in North Carolina. The En dowment is the controlling shareholder of the Duke Pow er Company, owning approxi mately 57 per cent of the Company's shares. ' Davie Divides With E. Rowan Davie High basketball teams returned to the conference wars last Friday night and divided a double header. The Davie girls played a thriller with the East girls and emergable the winner with a 35-34 decision. Callie Bailey led the scoring for the Davie girls but the scoring was not the whole gist of the victory. Davie has one of the best set of guards in the conference and led by Pat Beck it is hard for an opponent to pierce the circle of guards to score. Linda Schladensky and Cathy Grimes played an excellent ball game with Cathy keeping . Cavie in the ball game in the first half with her rebound ing and passes and then Linda taking over in the second half and doing the same thing. The amazing thing about both of these glils are that they are only freshmen. It will be in teresting to note what these two will do by the time that they are seniors. The next home game for Davie will be Friday night when Tfoutman comes tq Cooleemee. Troutman is supposed to have a good team so this should be in teresting to watch. Davie High boys came out oa the short end of a 47-44 score with Rowan and this makes their record in the conference 1-3. Davie boys could not get their offense go ing Friday night as East Ro - wan .continued to control bbOi backboards they could not put the ball through the basket. Tomlinson led the scoring for Davie but he was in trouble most of the game with fouls and finally fouled out with about four minutes left in the game. Jim Grimes was next in line in the scoring with eleven points and most of these were made in the third quarter when Davie pulled up from a thirteen point defecit at half time to a four point handicap at the third quar ler. Grimes Barker played a fine game on defense as he only played part of the last half. He took over the guarding of East's High scorer and held him on points after he had scored sixteen points in the first half. Parker was out with an injury the first part of the season but his return should help the team greatly. Davie plays Trout man Friday and Troutman is the team favored to take championship honors this year. We are looking for a good game and a large crowd to cheer our teams to victory. Recreation Activity , 7f By Fred Pierca DR. RICHARDS CHIEF OF STAFF OF DAVIE HOSPITAL Women Marines Serve Country Young women can now wear the eagle, anchor and globe of the United States Marine Corps, according to Marine recruiter Sgt. B. J. Morris. "Our Women Marines serve their country so the men mav fieht on land, at sea and in the air," said Sgt. Morris. Women from 18 to 31, who are high school graduates, may now enlist in the Women Marines for as little as two years, and in addition, may se lect the 120-day option. This new enlistment program en ables the woman applicant to enlist now, but not leave home for training until after the holidays. The new Lady Leatherneck may choose any day within a four month per iod to leave home for her training. Women Marines are now serving all over the United States, including Hawaii; they may a 1st serve in Paris, Lon don and Naples. The colorful and historic uniforms are designed by the fashionable Mainboche, of New York. BOWLING" -Erwin Mills Mens Bowling team was de feated by Cone Mill Monday night, 3 games to 1. Alvin Shaver had a 3 game aver age of 148 to lead Erwin Mills. Erwin Mills Women's team No. 1 split with Oestreicher winner, with 2 games each. Louise Scott led No. 1 with a three game average of 142. The teams score are as fol lows: Crawford 107, 129, 93, B:nson 114, 139, 120, Jordan 126, 121, 116, Scott 171, 119, 136. Erwin Mills Women's team N'o. 2 was defeated by Sav ings Supply 4 sames to 0. The teams scores are as fol lows: Osborne 107. 94, 109, Bean 197, 131, Sales 103, 102, 126, Alexander 110, 72, Rat ledge 78, 80. BASKETBALI Erwin Mills Womens Team defeated S.B.C. in the opening game 67 to 36, with Virginia Bean getting 41 points, Nell Bean 11, Daugh tery 8 and Vick 5. In the sec ond game Erwin Mills was defeated by J. C, Penny's 34 to 43. Virginia Bean had 17 points, Nell Bean 13, and Vick 4 Erwin Mills Men's Team lost their first two games to Moose -Lodge by a score of 58 to 33 and the pow erful Roakes team 76 to 28. The two Recreation Center boys teams split two games with Woodleaf with the 7th grade team losing by a score of 30 to 13 and the 8th grade boys winning 22 to 15. Cooleemee Day will be held in Valdese on February 11th and Valdese Day at Coolee mee on February 18th. There will be 3 girl's games and 3 boys games. Anyone that can furnish transportation for these players, please notify Fred Pierce at the Recrea tion Center. WEEKLY ACTIVITIES January 16 - 20 MONDAY Erwin Mills wo men vs. S. B. C 8:30 Y. M. C.A.; Erwin Mills Men vs. Carolina Hose 8:30 Y M. C.A. Erwin Mills Men vs. Cartex 6:45 Woodleaf Lanes, Biddy Boys practice 3:30. TUESDAY Story Hour 9:00 - 11:00; 1:30 3:30; Biddy Girls Practice 3:30; Davie County vs. West Ro wan at West 7:00 P. M. THURSDAY Clinic 9:00-11:00; Employment Se curity 1:00 - 2:30; (Ele mentary) Cooleemee at Smith Grove; Biddy Boys Practice. FRIDAY Erwin Mills wo men vs. J. C. Penny's 8:30 Y. M. C. A.; Erwin Mills Men vs. White Packing Com pany 7:30 - Y. M. C. A. Biddy Girls Practice. Local People Patients admitted at Davie Hospital January 2-9 includ ed: Florence Watkins, Nettie Nail, Betty Wishon, Jesse Bell Dickson, Catherine Frye, Ge neva Gregory, Ricky Lee Line berry, Hayden Beck, and Gra ham Gobble all of Cooleemee, and Barbara Gaither, Ronald Dean Foster, Geraldine Spry and Irene Foster of Route 4, Mocksville. t , k j f I: PRESIDENT- Lester ' Duck" E.l s of Cooleemee hs been elected president of t'.'e Da vie County Oil Deale.s Asso cialio::, Vice - President is Ciaude Horn, Jr., Second Vice Pres tlont, Quent.n Simth, and Gilmer Hartley, Secretary and Treasurer. Members of the As sociation a.e Bailey's Shell Service Davie Cii Co., Home Oil Co., Horn O.l Co., Hendrix Oil and Coal Co., Mocksville Oil Co., Smith Oil Co., and Ward Oil Co., and Quality OU Company of Salisbury. Dr. Bert L. Richards has been named Chief-of-Staff at the Davie County Hospital for 196L Dr. Richards was elect ed at a meeting of the medical staff held on Tuesday, Janu ary 3. He succeeds Dr. Fran cis W. Slate, who served dur ing the past year. Dr. Ralph Gambrel was named vice-chief of staff and Dr. Bob Foster was named secretary. Dr. Richards has been en gaged in the general practice of med'eine in Mocksville since October 15, 1959. A native of Lake City, Mich igan he received his M.D. from tne College of Medical Evan gelists in Los Angeles, Cali fornia. During World War II he served in the Medical Corps. He is a member or t ie Rowan-Davie Med.cai Sj i.'ty, the North Carolina Medic-i Socie ty, the American Meu cal As sociation, and is a d pimat of the American National Board of Medical Examiners. l7ood!eaf flews Mr. and Mrs. Roger Wil son announce the birth of their first child, Matthew Lee. born December 29th at the Davie County HospitaL Mr. Wilson teaches at West Ro wan High SchooL Flake Wilson is improving at Rowan Memorial Hospi tal after undergoing surgery this week. Harvey Wetmore has been sick at his home this week. He fell and broke two ribs while working on bis new welding shop. Mr. Bob Hood is undergoing treatment at Rowan Memo rial Hospital. Mrs. Bessie Rice of Salis bury, formerly of Woodleaf, is under observation and treatment at Rowan Memo rial Hospital. Arthur Perrell is improving at his home after undergoing surgery at Davie County hos pital. Circle No. 1 of the Pres byterian Church met with Mrs. J. W. Ward Tuesday night with 18 members present. Mrs. Ralph Dameron, chairman, dis cussed the business and the decision to . support a little Korean Orphan for another year was made. A picture of the little girl was shown to the members. Mrs. Jimmie Myers, had the Bible prog ram. A social hour followed and those present enjoyed pound cake, pickles, dainty sandwiches, nuts and Russian tea. Mrs. Douglas Bailey was hostess to Circle 2. The Woodleaf Garden club will meet Monday night at 7:30 P.M. with Mrs. Kenneth Chraffin. Mrs. Fred Koontz of Salisbury will conduct a pro gram on birds. Owners of Old Steam Engines To Organize North Carolina folks who own old-time stationary steam engines (not the railroad type) are planning to organize in fotmaUy. '-" A meeting to establish the North Carolina Order of Iron Men will be held Friday night at the home of Bob Powell of the Center community. Bob Brown of Asheville, who owns a 60-year-old engine, said this week there are 25 or more of the antique engines in North Carolina. The stationary engine was once a common sight on the American landscape. It was used on farms, foi -example, to operate machinery in the days before the advent of the gasoline engine. The "stationary" label de scribes its state while it was in operation. The engine even tually was mounted on wheels so it could be drawn to any place where it was needed for work. Birth Announcements Born at Davie County Hos pital to: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lee Watkins, Cooleemee, January 3, a son. Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Nail, Cooleemee, January 4, a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Rod den, Rt, 1, Woodleaf, a daugh ter, January 5. Social Security News Social security Lenefits may now be' paid to survivors of workers who died before Jan uary 1, 1940, if the worker had at least a year and a. half of social security work when he died, says Mr. J. G. Liebensberger, District Ma nager of the Social Security Administration. Before the social security amendments of 196 0, no monthly benefits were payable to the survivors for a worker who died before 1940. Under the new law, if a worker had social security credit for at least a year and a half, benefits may now be payable to his widow (and dependent mother) if age 62 or older, to his dependent fa ther at age 65, and to his dis able children if they became disabled before they reached age 18. This is true even if the family had collected the ' lump sum" at the time the family breadwinner died. For further information re garding this new provision, get. in touch with your social se curity office at 105 Corriher Avenue, Salsibury, North Carolina.