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VOLUME 54
COOLEEMEE, N. C, THURSDAY, FEB. 23, 1961
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SAILORS, AHOY! Queen of the fou .th annual Sportsmen's Show of the Caro
linas, that's Miss Harriet Houston of Charlotte. The 20-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. George Houston, Harriet will add th ? regal touch to many of the show's boat
ing and outdoors equipment exhibits. Sh2 was chosen to reign over the big out
doors extravaganza by reason of (1) her sparkling beauty and (2) she's quite an out
doors girl herself-specializing in water skiing. The Sportsmen's Show is set for Feb.
21-26.
Heart Fund Drive
Son. by Legion
Cooleemee Post No. 54, The
American Legion, will conduct
a house to house fund rais
ing drive for the Heart Fund
this Sunday.
Thomas E, Vogler, Post Com
mander, said that more than
60 per cent of the deaths
in Davie County last year were
from heart diseases. Mr. Vog
ler stated that the Coolee
mee Post was pleased to be
helping with this project and
that he hoped the local citi
zens would cooperate with the
legion members Sunday after
noon. Mrs. John Spargo is
Cooleemee Chairman of the
Ilc-rt Tund Drive, and Hay
den Beck is Director of Heart
Sunday.
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Correction!
In the article entitled, NEW
CONTRACT SIGNED, which
appeared in our last week's
issue of the Journal, we stated
that Union Employees of the
Erwin Mills in Cooleemee had
signed a two-year contract.
But this was in error. The
employees at Erwin, North
Carolina signed a new two
year contract. The contract
between the Erwin Mills, Cool
eemee and the Local 251, AFL
CIO does not expire until
April 1, 1962.
Attends Winter
Meeting
DURHAM Hundreds of Jay
cees flocked into this city last
weekend as the North Carolina
Junior Chamber of Commerce
held its winter meeting, with
the announcement of North
Carolina's Three Outstanding
Young Men as the highlight of
the activities.
The TOYMNC awards are
based on the results of Dis
tinguished Service Award pre
sentations, made by local Jun
ior Chambers throughout the
state during the past two
months.
The awards were presented
to those three young men of
Jaycee age- 21 to 36 who
have, in the opinion of a pan
el of judges, contributed most
to the welfare and progress
of their community and state
and who have achieved the
greatest personal development
during the past year.
Presentation of the awards
were Saturday night, the sec
ond day of the three-day prog
ram, during a banquet that
had Olympic champion Rev.
Bob Richards as keynote speak
er.
Richards, an, ordained min
ister, now tours and lectures
on physical fitness, a subject
endorsed by the North Caro
lina Jaycees through theip
Junior Champ and , other
youth activity programs.
A delegate of the Jaycees
from the Mocksville chapter
included Vernon Dull, Nation
al Director.
Mary Etchison In
Top 4 At Mars
Hill College
A Mocksville girl, Mary Et
ch .vjii, is one of only four
students all coeds out of
1.1C0 who compiled a straight
-A record at Mars Hill Col
lege Tor thj fall-winter sem
ester, according to Registrar
Robert Chapman.
Mi.ss Etchison, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Everett F. Et
ch'son of RFD 2, Mocksville,
made all A's while taking 18
semester hours during the
term. She and two other stud
ents tied for third place in
the academic standings.
A 1960 graduate of Davie
County High School, Miss
Etchison is taking a liberal
arts course at the Baptist
Junior college.
U. S. Savings
Bonds Quota
For State
$51,600,000
The U. S. Treasury Sav
ings Bonds Division has as
signed a quota of $51,600,000
to North Carolina for 1961.
This is an increase of $500,000
over last year's goal.
During January, U. S. Sav
ings Bonds sales in the state
amounted to $4,771,810, which
is 9.25 per cent of this year's
quota. Compared to January,
1960, sales were off approxi
mately 3 per cent, or $160,022.
Davie County sales for the
past month were $20,979, a
19.1 per cent increase as com
pared to last January, ac
cording to Knox Johnstone,
Volunteer County Chairman.
FJorth Carolina's
Southeastern
Coast
Wilmington is center of
North Carolina's sub-tropical
Southeastern Coast, famed for
its springtime extravaganza
of azaleas and other flowers,
its smooth beaches and gentle
surf, and wealth of 18th Cen
tury buildings and 20th Cen
tury recreational facilities.
Wrightsville, Carolina and,
Kure Beaches are the sea
shore resorts here, while to
the south are historic South
port, old Fort Caswell, and nu
merous beach developments
for family vacationing.
In early April, the North
Carolina Azalea Festival at
Wilmington spotlights the
"more than a million" aza
leas blooming in Greenfield
Park, Airlie Gardens, at Or
ton Plantation, and in every
section of the city. Azalea
time at Wilmington opens
North Carolina's spring flow
er parade, which moves a
cross the coastal plain and
Piedmont in April and treks
up mile-high mountains in
May and June.
Davie Beats
West Rowan
Davie High Boy3 met West
Rowan last Friday night and
defeated them for the first
time in four meetings 51-39.
Davie jumped into a lead from'
the tip-off and West Rowan
never did catch up. The Re
bel Defense held the Fal
cons to four points in the
first quarter. This was the
second straight win for the
high school and it seems that
they have just come into their
own.
Davie with its height com
pletely cleared both back
boards and usually all that
West got was one shot at the
basket. John Grimes, Bill Ev
ans and Chuck Tomlinson led
the onslaught and they com
pletely dominated the play.
These three along with Mer
rel led the scoring for Davie
but their floor play and ball
handling completely overshad
owed the scoring. Their of
fense has begun to operate
smoothy and it is an interest
ing ball club to watch.
Davie went to Children's
Home on Tuesday night and
there they split a double
header with the Home. The
girls lost by the score of 48
41. It was a close ball game
and Davie had the opportuni
ty to emerge the v"ictor but
they could not get the shots
to drop when the chance to
go ahead came. The scoring
was pretty evenly divided a
mong the forwards with all
playing a good game.
The boys emerged the victor
for the third straight game
with the score of 49-39. lChild
ren's Home pushed Davie up
to about the middle of the
third quarter when the boys
put on a scoring spurt and
pulled away to a safe margin.
Tomlinson again led the scor
ing followed by John Grimes
and Junior Beal.
Friday night we go to Wine
coff and then return home on
Tuesday for the final game
of the season. The tourna
ments start on March 2nd at
the West Rowan High School
and we are expecting a large
crowd to follow our teams
over there to cheer them on
to what we hope will be a
Conference Championship.
Revival To Begin
On Wednesday, March 1,
Revival Services will begin at
7:30 each evening at the North
Cooleemee Baptist Church.
Special singing will be given
each night and everyone has
a special invitation. Rev.
Frank Gribble of Landis Bap
tist Church will do the preaching.
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Mocksville Saddle Club To Have
Parade Easter Monday
House Destroyed
By Fire
Mrs. Connell,
Woodleaf, Dies
Mrs. Lula Lee Connell, 67,
wife of L. M. Connell of Wood
leaf, died Tuesday at 1 P.M.
at her home following an
illness of several months.
Mrs. Connell wag born in
Randolph County, daughter of
the late Robert and Nora
Parrish Leach. She was mar
ried in 1909 to .Mr. Connell,
who survives.
Other survivors include two
sons, Olin Connell and Carl
Connell, both of Woodleaf; one
daughter, Mrs. Eva Doss of
Woodleaf; two brothers, John
Leach of Gold Hill and Coss
Leach of China Grove; one
sister, Mrs. W. B. Little of
Salisbury; 16 grandchildren;
and 15 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Thursday at 4 P. M. at Need
more Baptist Church. Offici
ating Ministers were the Rev.
L. D. Scruggs, the Rev. Wade
James and the Rev. Clyde
Settle. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Larry Pierce ot Charlotte
spent the week-end with his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
W, C. Brogdon.
Timothy Linn Sell
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Sell
of Durham announce the birth
of a 6 pound 13 ounce son,
Timothy Linn, on Febrary 18
at Davie County Hospital,
Mocksville. They have one oth
er child, a daughter. Elizabeth
Marie, age 19 months.
Rep. Lester P. Martin, Jr.
Weekly Report
i.C. House of
Representatives
Although the legislative
week got underway on Mon
day night with a short session
the real work commenced on
Tuesday morning as the joint
Senate-House Committee on
Appropriations met in the Re
venue Building. Senator Brock
and I serve on this joint com
mittee which, during the week,
met routinely at 9:00 A. M.
and adjourned in time for the
daily session of the General
Assembly at noon. The sev
eral meetings of this commit
tee helped to familiarize the
members with the new budget
and the general financial con
dition of the State.
The State's budget making
process is democratic in that
every State agency is given
two opportunities to be heard
--once before the Budget Com
mission and again before the
Joint Appropriations Commit
tee. Several months have al
ready been spent by the Bud
get Commission and several
more months will be spent
by the Joint Appropriations
Committee in evaluating the
budget and determining needs.
Presently the State is in a
good, sound fiscal condition
and it is the responsibility of
this General Assembly to keep
it that way. The General Fund
credit balance on July 1, 1961
(beginning of the new bienni
um) is estimated to be $53,
000,000, whereas the 1959 Gen
eral Assembly estimated the
credit balance at the end of
the 1959-61 biennium to be
approximately 2,800,000. The
three sources of the 53 mil
lion surplus are as follows: 3
million from additional rev
enue 'during 1957-59; 10 milli
on saved during 1959-61 ; and
40 million collected by the
Department of Revenue from
new tax sources. These figures
do not reflect any so-called
- "windfall taxes" from the new
withholding tax law. Instead,
they reflect additional revenue
that has not been collected
before, plus normal increases
from a growing economy.
This week the Speaker an
nounced appointments to sev
eral committees and 1 drew
assignments on the. House com
mittees on Education, Conser
vation and Development, Jour
nal, and Judiciary I, in addi
tion to the Joint Committee
on Appropriations previously
assigned.
Since the opening of the
General Assembly the Gover
nor has entertained the Gen
eral Assembly at a series of
early morning breakfasts. On
Wednesday morning 29 other
legislators and I attended one
of these functions. The Gov
ernor is a gracious host but
his little daughter stole the
show when she slipped quiet
ly into the dining room, made
a bee-line to the head of the
table, and then and there gae
His Excellency a good-morning
hug.
Lester P. Martin, Jr.,
Representative
The frame house of Jessie
and Janie Clement at North
Cooleemee was completely des
troyed by fire on Saturday
about noon. All furniture and
their clothes was lost in the
blaze. The house next door,
belonging to Nannie Brown,
who was away at the time,
caught fire also. The Jerusa
lem Township Fire Depart
ment was called too late to
save anything except the con
tents of one room, and kept
the fire from spreading.
The Mocksville Saddle Club
has announced plans for its
annual Easter Monday Parade
and Horse Show. The parade
will be sponsored by the Club
and some of the merchants of
Mocksville.
The parade will begin at 11
A.M. in front of the Davie
County Hospital and the
Horse Show will be held at
1:30 P. M. at. the Club Are
na. Prizes given away at the
Arena will include a pony, a
country ham, and a rod and
reel.
Anyone who would like to
enter the parade will be welcomed.
Church Services
On Sunday, February 26, the
Rev. John R. Kittenger will
be the priest-in-charge at the
Church of the Good Shepherd,
Cooleemee.
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Pvt Aaron Spry
Assigned To Co. C
15th Battalion
FORT JACKSON, South Ca
rolina, Feb. 8th - RECRUIT
AARON SPRY, Son of Mr.
and Mrs. Gray M. Spry, Sr.,
20 Erwin, Cooleemee, North
Carolina is presently assign
ed to Company S, 15th Bat
talion, 5th Training Regi
ment of the U. S. Army Train
ing Center, Infantry, at Fort
Jackson, S. C. where he is
undergoing eight weeks of
Basic Combat Training.
He will be taught rifle
marksmanship under the U.
S. Army's TRAINFIRE prog
ram which enables the mod
ern soldier to become a bet
ter rifleman in less time than
previous methods In this prog
ram, most of his training will
consist of firing his rifle at
pop-up targets at unknown
dstancos on terrain whion
duplicates combat areas. Other
.h:iiligrits of his intensive
training include squad tac
tics, bayonet and hand-to-hand
combat, and crawling the in
filtration course .while ma
chine gun fire is popping ov
erhead. Many of his instruct
ors are combat veterans of
World War II and the Ko
rean War.
During his seventh week of
training, he will live in the
field under conditions similar
to those in the forward areas
of a battle zone. He moves
over rough terrain on foot
and in tactical vehicles and
participates in numerous com
bat situations of a realistic
nature. He learns the prac
tcal applications of the skills
and knowledge gained in all
previous instruction.
As a climax to this first
phase of training, he will
review before the commanding
general of Fort Jackson. This
ceremony is witnessed by re
latives and friends of the
trainees who attend the "open
house" held by each company
on graduation day.
William B.
Ratledge
William Bryant Ratiede. 64
of Mocksville, Rt. 4, died
Monday at Baptist Hospital.
Winston-Salem. He had been
seriously ill a week.
He was born in Davie Coun
ty to J. F. and Sarah Jane
Casey Ratledge.
Mr. Ratledge was an em
ploye of the Davie County
Maintenance Dept., North Ca
rolina Highway Department.
He was twice married. His
first wife, the former Miss
Eva Lackey, died, and he later
married Miss Grace McDan
iel, who survives.
Also surviving are three
daughters, Mrs. Bob Harris
and Mrs. Orville Blevins, both
of Winston-Salem, and Mi's.
Ervin Wilson of Mocksville;
three sons, J. W. Ratledge of
Winston-Salem. Jimmie Rat
ledge with the U. S. Army
at Jacksonville, Ark., and Earl
L. Ratledge of the home; sev
en grandchildren and two
great - grandchildren; a sister,
Mrs. E. E. Koontz of Mocks
ville, Route 1; two brothers,
E. T. Ratledge of Woodleaf,
Route 1, and D. C. Ratledge
of Mocksville, Rt. 4.
Funeral services were con
ducted Thursday at 2:30 P.M.
at Center Methodist Church
by the Rev. George Auman,
the Rev. Worth Royal and
the Rev. Harold Simmons. Bu
rial was in the church ceme
tery. Nephews were pallbear
ers, and members of the state
highway department were hon
orary pallbearers.
In Hospital
R. R. Everhardt is a patient
at Rowart Memorial Ho.-pital
after suffering from i light
heart attack on Wednesday
morning, February 15. He is
doing nicely but will have
to remain from tw.-t to four
weeks in the hospital.
A tenth of all milk sold in
the U. S. is sold in the form
of cheese.
Amelia
Ratledge
Mrs. Amelia Mentora Rat
ledge of N. Main Street, Moc
ksville, died Saturday night
at the Davie County Hospital
of a heart attack.
Mrs. Ratledge was born in
Davie County to Frank and
Linda Ratledge Click and was
a lifelong resident of the Moc
ksville community.
She was first married to
Frank Ratledge, who died in
1915, and later married James
Ratledge, who died in 1950.
Surviving are two sisters,
Mrs. J. L. Doughton of Mocks
ville and Mrs. M. C. Everhart
of Statesville; and a brother,
John Click of Kernersville.
The funeral was conducted
at 2 p.m. Monday at the First
Methodist Church by the Rev.
C. B. Newton. Burial was in
Rose Cemetery. Nephews were
pallbearers.