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VOLUME 54
COOLEEMEE, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1961
WEEKLY REPORT FROM
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The death of a beloved re
presentative, a one day trip
to Greensboro, and the Atl
antic Coast Conference Bas
ketball tournament relegated
the normal activities of the
Legislature to a secondary
position.
The Lobby of the Sir Wal
ter Hotel, the favorite loafing
place of the Legislature, was
taken over during the
week by young seven foot
amazons wearing monogram
ed sweaters.
On Wednesday night two
Mocksvillians Art Ushaw
and Jim Andrews rolled into
the Capital city ostensibly to
attend a two-day conference
at State College. That the
Atlantic Coast Conference bas
ketball tournament was also
in progress during those two
days was purely co-incidental.
Mr. and Mrs. Ramey Kemp,
son Gregg, Jerry Hendrix and
George Foster also passed
through the Lobby of the Sir
Walter between basketball
games.
F. O. Craver, news director
of Television Station W. S. J.
S., corralled the Junior re
presentative from Forsyth,
Bill Wood and myself for a
television performance. After
the Wednesday session, Mr.
Craver led us to a grassy
spot on the Capital grounds
and as the television camera
ground away he questioned
us regarding various reform
proposals.
While the filming was in
process several of our more
playful colleagues stood out
of range of the camera and
made faces in an effort to
rattle us. Their efforts were
unnecessary because both
Wood and I were already so
rattled we would have broke
and run if Mr. Craver had
said "boo."
At any rate ,the results of
the performance flashed across
your X. V. screens on Friday
night at 11:15 o'clock P.M. I
take some consolation from
the fact that most folks had
gone to bed by that hour.
The flags flews at half mask
over the Capital on Thursday
and a white carnation was on
desk 69, bearing mute testi
mony of the death of one of
the kindest and most gentle
manly men ever to serve in
the House of Representatives.
Mr. Fleetus Gobble, veter
an representative from For
syth, had passed away during'
the night following a heart at
attack. Many stirring eulogies
were given by various repre
sentatives during the Thursday
session, but one point was re
peated time and again and
stood out over all the nice
things that were said about
him no one could ever re
call hearing Mr. Gobble utter
an unkind word about any
one.
Attend Episcopal
Convention
Those laymen attending the
twenty-seventh convention of
Episcopal Laymen of the Dio
cese of North Carolina from
the Church of the Good Shep
herd, Cooleemee were I. H.
Huske, Manning Huske, J. L.
Ijames, E. M. Barber, Wilson
Wagner, Claude Boger and
J. C. Sell. The convention was
held on Sunday at St. Mi
chael's Episcopal Church, Ra
leigh. The speaker was Lee
II. Bristol, Jr. Director of
Public Relations, Bristol-Myers
Products Division, New
York.
Episcopal Services
On Sunday, March 12, the
Rev. John McAllister will be
the priest-in-charge at the
Church of the Good Shep
herd, Cooleemee.
111
Lester P. Martin, Jr.
Dr. Frank Marsh
Speaker At
Parish Supper
On Sunday evening, March
12, Dr. Frank Marsh, M.D.,
of Salisbury and a member
of the Board of Trustees for
the Episcopal Home for the
Ageing will be at the Church
of the Good Shepherd, Cool
eemee. He will meet with the
vestry and Rev. John N. Mc
Allister at 5:30 P. M. at
the church. This will be fol
lowed by a congregational Pa
rish Supper and meeting at
6:30 P. M. Members are to
please make plans to be pres
ent and hear Dr. Marsh.
Mrs. Mitchell
Soots
Mrs. Kate Whitlock Soots,
69, of Mocksville, Rt. 4, wife
of Mitchell Soots, died at 6:20
p.m. Tuesday at Davie County
Hospital. She had been seri
ously ill the past four days.
She was born in Davie
County to Tom Whitlock and
Mary Jane Head Whitlock.
She worked for Erwin Mills
48 years and retired in 1957.
Mrs. Soots was a member
of First Baptist Church of
Cooleemee.
Surviving in addition to her
husband are four daughters,
Mrs. Charles Owens of Coolee
mee, Mrs. S. F. Foster and
Mrs. Robert McDaniel of
Mocksville, Rt. 4, and Miss
Mary Soots of the home; a
son, Floyd Soots of the home;
10 grandchildren; five great
grandchildren; a brother, John
Whitlock of Mocksville, Rt.
3; and four sisters, Mrs. Alex
Gullet and Mrs. Reid Boger
of Mocksville, Rt. 4, Mrs. Lee
Wilson of Cornelius, and Mrs.
Jake Bowens of Winston
Salem. Funeral services were held
Thursday at 3:00 p.m. at the
First Baptist Church with
Rev. Charles A. Burchette,
Jr. officiating. Burial was in
the Liberty Church cemetery.
Vacation Events
In North Carolina
Annual events reflect North
Carolina's claim to the title of
"Variety Vacationland". Down
on the Outer Banks, the Dare
Coast Pirates Jamboree in
late April officially opens the
beach season, just as the N.
C. Azalea Festival earlier in
the month palsy tribute to
spring blossoms. In March, the
U.S. circuits of steeplechas
ing and hunt racing open with
the Stoneybrook Steeplechase
in Southern Pines, and swing
to Tryon for the Block House
Races in early April. In June,
the North Carolina Rhodo
dendron Festival on Roan
Mountain celebrates the blos
soming of crimson rhododen
dron at mile-high elevations,
and "Singing On The Moun
tain" at Grandfather Moun
tain preserves the time-honored
custom of "sings" begun
in pioneer days. July is the
month of the Craftsman's Fair
of the Southern Highlands in
Asheville and the Scottish
Clans Gathering and Highland
Games at Grandfather Moun
tain. August opens with the
Mountain Dance and Folk Fes
tival in Asheville, and the
charity horse show begun
more than three decades ago
in Blowing Rock. September
and October means fairs,
and the continuation of the
round of boat races horse
shows, and fishing tourna
ments which begins in spring.
Field trials and fox hunting
are winter specialies in the
Sandhills and Piedmont.
Davie Defeats
Monroe
Davie County Rebels ad
vanced to the semi-finals of
the North Piedmont Tourna
ment with a 57-47 victory
over Monroe at the West Ro
wan gym on Monday night.
Last Friday night the Re
belettes fell behind early in
first quarter and lost out in
the first round of the tourna
ment to Mooresville by the
score of 50-39.
Lawrence
Williams Injured
Lawrence Williams, colored,
of Needmore Road, Rowan
County was injured Tuesday
afternoon in a warehouse, ac
cident here. He was rushed to
the Rowan hospital in Salis
bury. He suffered a fractured
right leg compound fracture
of right arm and a dislocated
hip.
F. 11. May
Dies At 88
Francis Marion May ,88,
of Mocksville died Thursday
March 2 at the Davie Coun
ty Hospital. Mr. May had
been in declining health for
several years and seriously ill
for two months.
Born in Davie County Sep
tember 17, 1872, he was the
son of the late Martin and
Margaret Whitlock May.
. Mr. May was, employed by
the Erwin Mills for several
years. He later worked for
the Smith-Dwiggins Lumber
Co. in Mocksville.
He was married twice. His
first wife, the former Sallie
Godbey, died July 14, 1923.
His second wife, the former
Annie Tutterow, died May
13, 1947. Survivors include
one daughter, Mrs. W. F.
Owens of Cooleemee; one sis
ter, Mrs. Tempie Peacock of
New Lisbon, Ind.; five grand
children; three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Saturday at 3 P. M. at Bear
Creek Baptist Church. The
Rev. W. C. Barkley and the
Rev. Charles Burchette offi
ciated. Burial was in Hick
ory Grove Cemetery.
Durham Bank
Enlarged
The Durham Bank And
Trust Co., Cooleemee Branch
have added 400 square feet
to their present floor space.
They now have a new pri
vate office with paneling and
built a storage room with am
ple shelving to take caret
of supplies, the other part of
the bank has sheet-rock and
has been painted making a
very nice appearance. Mr.
Charles Bahnson, who is head
of the local bank, states that
he hopes they can better
serve you with these new mo
dern facilities.
Mrs. T. M.
Shermer
Athletic Banquet Set For Exarch 24
Director of
Nurses Named
Miss Lucile Bulard of Clem
mons has been named Director
for the Davie County Hospital
in Mocksville. She succeeds
Mrs. Betty Gentry Pikula,
who resigned to join her hus
band who is an intern at the
Pottsville General Hospital in
Pottsville, Pa.
Miss Bullard assumed her
duties as of March 1st.
Miss Bullard is a graduate
of the Grace Hospital School
of Nursing in Banner Elk, N.
C. She attended summer
school at Duke University
and took extension courses
from the University of Con
necticut. She has worked in the fol
lowing positions:
Operating room supervisor
at Caldwell Hospital in Len
oir; Night Supervisor at the
Sage Memorial Hospital, Ga
nado, Arizona, under the Na
tional Board of Missions of
the Presbyterian Church; as
operating room nurse at the
U.S. Veteran's Hospital in
California.
During World War II she
served in the U. S. Army. For
the past 8 years she has ser
ved as head nurse at Uncas-On-Thames,
Norwich, Conn.
Lenten Services
Special services commemor
rating Jesus' passion and cru
cifixion are in progress at
Holy Cross Luthern Church
every Sunday evening at 7:30
p.m. from now until Easter.
Visiting pastors will preach
on the theme "Were You
There?"
This Sunday, March 12, the
Rev. J. Schoneberg Setzer
will preach on the subject,
"Were you there When He
was Crowned with Thorns?"
On Sunday, March 19, The
Rev. C. C. Adderhold will
preach on the topic, "Were
you There When He was Con
demned?' To conclude the series of
services Pastor Whitener will
preach on the subject, 'Were
You There When He Was
Crucified?"
Mrs. Minnie Caton Sher
mer, 83, of Advance, widow
of Tandy M. Shermer, died
at 2 P.M. Saturday at her
home.
She had been in declining
health for several years and
seriously ill for 30 days.
Mrs. Shermer was born in
Davie County to Alfred and
Mary Bailey Caton.
Her husband died last July.
Surviving are six daughters.
Mrs. H. A. Reynolds of Roa
noke, Va., Mrs. F. C. Agnew
of Northport, N.Y., Mrs. E.
W Parson of New Carlisle,
Ind., Mrs. J. L. Vogler and
Mrs. Julia Patton of Ad
vance, and Mrs. E. C. Mor
rison of Wilkesboro; three
sons, E. M. Shermer of the
home, X. A. Shermer of
Richmond, Va., and Jerome
Shermer of Columbia, S. C. 16
grandchildren; and 11 great
grandchildren. The funeral was held Mon
day at 2:30 P.M. at the Ad
vance Methodist Church by
the Rev. C. E. Crawford and
the Rev. Fletcher Andrews.
Burial was in the Advance
Baptist Church Cemetery.
Religious Survey Census To Be
Taken Sunday, March 19
A religious census being sponsored by the Interde
nominational Pastor's Conference of Davie County, is
to be taken in all of Davie County, Sunday, March 19,
There will be a lunch served at the First Baptist Church
in Cooleemee, immediately following the worship service
for those who will participate in the census. The lunch
will be served by 12:15, so that workers can begin
soon after that with the census taking. About 120 are
expected to participate. Survey sheets will be distri
buted to a member of families at the morning worship
services and it is hoped that they will be filled out and
put on the screen door, so that census takers will only
have to come by and pick them up. There will be rep
resentatives from the following churches: Jerusalem
Baptist, North Cooleemee Baptist, First Baptist, Church
of God, Church of the Good Shepherd, Presbyterian and
Methodist.
Working in this area, our territory will be all of
the community of Coolemee, down Highway 601 to Pine
Ridge and the road back to Cooleemee. Also it will go
to the American Legion Hut on Liberty road and across
the railroad on Junction Road.
Real Estate
Transactions
John S. Sanford and wife,
Jayne Sanford. to John S.
Sanford, Trustee under will
tf of John C. Sanford lot in
Mocksville township.
William F. Vogler and wife.
Norma F. Vogler ,to D. J.
Lybrook, Jr., tract in Shady
Grove Township.
William F. Vogler and wife,
Norma F. Vogler, to James
Gary Kilby, tract in Shady
Grove township.
Lora Coe and husband, Char
lie Coe, tracts in Mocksville
township.
E. W. Junker and wife, May
B. , to Dewey Parks, lots in
Mocksville township.
R. H. Lagle and wife, Erie
Lagle, to H. A. Lagle and
wife, Iva Lagle, tract in Jeru
salem township.
Ray McClamrock and wife,
Nancy B. McClamrock, to
Glenas McClamrock and wife,
Inell A. McClamrock, tract in
Mocksville township.
Raymond Clayton Shore and
wife, Lydia Ann Shore, to
C. French Shore and wife,
Maggie R. Shore, lots in Moc
ksville township.
C. Frank Shore and wife,
Maggie R. Shore, to Raymond
Clayton Shore and wife, Ly
dia Ann Shore, tract in
Clarksville township.
W. N. Smith and wife,
Blanche D. Smith, to William
Fred Dellart and wife, Annie
Belle DeHart, lot in Mocks
ville township.
Donald L. Naylor and wife,
Zelda B. Flint Naylor, to
Alva C. Crawford, lots in
Mocksville township.
Betty Minor to Charlie W.
Minor, tracts in Fulton town
ship. Charles E. Seats and wife,
Viola Seats, to Phillip A.
Beauchamp, tract in Farming
ton township.
Mattie E. Smoot to C. V.
Smoot and wife, Lorene Smoot
tract in Clarksville township.
Minnie Crater Foster and
husband, R. C. Foster, to
George D. Winfrey and wife,
Jettie S. Winfrey, tract in
Clarksville township.
G. O. Boose and wife, Troy
S. Boose, to Stewart W.
Rhodes, lots in Mocksville
township.
W. T. Hayes and wife, Wil
ma Hayes, to Bobby Lee Hep.
ler and wife, Yvonne D. Hep
ler, tract in Jerusalem township.
Specialist Fifth Class, E
5, Pi, David E. Milholen of
Stanton, California, is pres
ently in school at Ft. Bliss,
Texas for the purpose of at
tending the Improved Nike
Hercules Transistion Course.
This is the third electronic
course he has had since re
enlisting. He is the son of Mrs.
Charles F. Milholen of North
Cooleemee.
Etlabel Leonard
Dies
WINSTON-SALEM Mrs.
Mabel Lefler Leonard, 68, for
merly of Winston-Salem, died
Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock
at the home of a sister, Mrs.
George Williams, at Rt. 4,
Mocksville. She had been in
declining health for a number
of years and was seriously ill
since Saturday.
She was born Jan. 13, 1893,
in Davie County, daughter of
the late Frank and Clara Gray
Lefler. She spent her early
life near Mocksville and was
educated in the Davie Coun
ty schools.
For a, number of years she
taught school in adjoining
counties. She was married
April 22, 1933. to C. J. Leon
ard, who died May 24, 1952.
She was a member of Central
Terrace Methodist Church in
Winston-Salem.
Surviving are two sisters,
Mrs. George Williams of Rt.
4, Mocksville and Mrs. L. C.
Link of Winston-Salem.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. at Vogler's Chapel
in Winston-Salem and at 3:30
p.m. Thursday at . , Liberty
Methodist Church by the Rev.
C. J. Huneycutt and the Rev.
R. G. McClamrock. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
John D.
Hodges Enlists
John D. Hodges, age 18, en
listed with the Marine Corps
at Raleigh on February 20.
Joining under the 120-day En
listment Plan, he is now at
tending the Davie County
Consolidated High School and
will depart for training upon
graduation . from school this
June. By enlisting under this
"Delay" option, he could
choose any day to leave with
in the 120 day period. He is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
E. Hodges of Route 4, Mocksville.
Max Ulrich, Sports Director
and Manager of the news de
partment of WSJS-TV and
Radio in Winston-Salem, will
be the featured speaker at the
annual athletic banquet for
the Davie Consolidated High
School which will be held on
Friday night, March 24th, at
the Mocksville gymnasium.
Mr. Ulrich has been with
WSJS since 1950. In 1953 he
was the winner of the Di
Mizzio Award as the Out
standing Sportscaster of the
Year in North Carolina.
A native of Ohio, he grew
up in a small suburb of Cin
cinnati know as Wymoning.
While in high school he earned
three letters in basketball and
baseball and track. He served
2Vi years in the Navy, includ
ing one year in V-12 school at
Dartmouth College. Follow
ing service, he attended the
University of Cincinnati and
then transferred to the radio
department at the Cincinnati
College of Music where he
finished with a Bachelor of
Fine Arts Degree in Radio
Education.
After working at several sta
tions in Ohio, he joined the
staff of WSJS in April of
1950.
The banquet will henor all
the athletic teams and cheer
leaders at the Davie County
High School. It will feature,
in addition to the talk by
Mr. Ulrich, the presentation
of monograms to members of
the football, basketball (both
boys and girls) and baseball
squads and cheerleaders.
Trophies will be presented
to the most valuable football
player; the most valuable bas
ketball player; and the most
valuable baseball player. The
trophies are being given by
the various clubs in the
county, sponsors of the event.
All Conference
Callie Bailey and Pat Beck
were named to the North
Piedmont all-conference team.
Bailey, a star forward, and
Beck, a stellar guard, were
named to the LS player squad.
Both are seniors at the Davie
County Bifh School.
R. R. Everhardt has return
ed home from Rowan Memo
rial Hospital and doing nicely.
Booe, 85
Found Bead
William Gaston, Booe, 85, of
Yadkinville, Rt. 3, was found
dead Wednesday at his home.
Dr. W. M. Long, acting
Davie County coroner, ruled
that Mr. Booe died from na
tural causes.
He was born in Davie Coun
ty to Billy and Louise Reavis
Booe. He was a retired far
mer. . His wife, the former Miss
Rachael Comer, died in 1940.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Dave Whitaker of Mock
sville, Rt. 5, and1 Mrs. Frances
Roberston of Ocean Side,
Calif.; five sons, John L. and
William H. Booe, both of
Mocksville, Rt. 5, Marvin Booe
of Kannapolis, Raeford Booe
of High Point and Wade Booe
of Statesville; a brother. Mar
sh Booe of Yadkinville, Rt. 3;
17 grandchildren; 13 great
gradnchildren; and two great
great grand children.
The funeral will be con
ducted at 2:30 p.m. Friday at
the South Oak Ridge Baptist
Church by the Rev. Frank
Wilson, the Rev. Albert Brac
ken and the Rev. Tommy
Luffman. Burial will be in
the church cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Roy
Carter, Grady Snow, Donald
Reavis, James Bracken, Leon
ard Hanes and Junior Steel
man. Oil Burner
Overheats
On Wednesday evening at
11:00 the Jerusalem Fire De
partment was called when
the oil burner at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kurfees
overheated. The stove had
been turned off and when re
lit, it overheated due to ex
cess oil. There was no damage.