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C & W TIRE DAMAGED BY FRIE A 10,000 loss was estimated by the local recapping firm at Greasy
Corner, when damaged by fire on Saturday. The management wishes to express their appreciation to Jerusalem
Fire Departments No. 1 and No. 2, Fork, Center, and Mocksville, for their work in preventing further damage.
They resumed operation Wednesday with all stock replaced, and necessary repairs made.
TEXTILE UNION ELECTS
OFFICERS AND STEWARD
COLEEMEE Secret bal
lot elections were completed
recently by members of Loc
al 251 .United Textile Workers
of America. AFL-CIO, for of
ficers and shop stewards. The
officers will serve for 1962
and 1963 and the shop stew
ards for 1962.
Harold F. Foster was re-elected
Business Agent for the
14th consecutive year and Paul
R. Hoffman was elected Presi
dent for the 8th time. Other
officers elected were: William
H. Swaim, Vice President;
Emma R. Spry, Recording
Secretary; William F.Owens,
Financial Secretary; Betty F.
Rose, Assistant Recording Se
cetary; Hubert L. Foster, Ser-geant-at-Arms;
William F.
Owens, Chaplain and Edith O.
Hellard,' Assistant Chaplain.
Trustees elected were: Ro
bert J. Ridenhour, Henry C.
Cook and Lawrence F. Mills
Elected to the General Shop
Committee were: Harold F.
Foster, Paul R. Hoffman, Wil
liam H. Swaim, Claudie Boger
and Robert L. Daniels.
Shop Stewards and Altern
ates elected are listed by de
partments. Spinning Room:
Earl Whitaker, William S.
Bailed Maudle B. Wofford,
Ralphv Owens, Odell C.
Phelpsl Early L. Adams.
Spool rpartment: Epsy
Leroy f, Roy T. Athey
and Robie J. Brooks.
Card Room: Claudie Boger,
Baxter L. Creason, William
H. Swain, Thomas H. Seamen,
Vance E. Haire and Woodson
J. Shores.
' Weave Room: Emma R. Spry,
Luther R. Head, Dorcas C,
Vogler, Mark N. Thome, Arc
hie S. Foster and Peggy W.
Hellard.
Slashing Department: R. B.
Whitley, Jr., Hubert L. Fos
ter and Herbert A. Woodward.
Greige Cloth Room: James
F. Koontz, William F. Owens,
and John B. Miller.
Mrs. Beck, 81
Mrs. Annie B. Beck, 81, wi
dow of John W. Beck and re
sident of 418 East Fisher
Street, Salisbury, died at 9:
25 P. M. Thursday at Ro
wan Memo rial Hospital.
Death followed a short ill
ness although she had been
in declining health for five
years.
She was born June 8, 1879
in Davie County, the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Ridenhour. She was educa
ted in the Davie Schools, and
had been a member of the
Faith Baptist Church for 45
years. She was active in the
extension department.
She was married to John
Beck in 1895 and he died in
Faith in 1931.
She is survived by three
sons, Roy R., of the home,
J. Fletcher, and Nathan A.,
both of Route 4, Mocksville; ,
four daughters, Mrs. Floyd
Hartman of the Faith Road,
Mrs. Wade Vickers of Route
4, Mocksville, Miss Mattie
Beck and Mrs. Alfred Eury,
both of the home; 19 grand
children and 33 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Saturday at 3 P. M. at the
Faith Baptist Church with
the Rev. Leser B. Huff, pas
tor, and the Rev. James F.
Graham of Vail, former pas
tor, in charge. Burial was
in the family plot in the
Faith Baptist Church Ceme
tery. Pallbearers was grandsons,
John L. Earnhardt, Virgil A.
Earnhardt, Bobby Beck,
James H. Ritchie, W. J. Ri
chie Jr. and Morris Yates.
Rev. Spitler At
Good Shepherd
Finish Cloth Room: Ernie
L. Foster, Walter H. Snider,
John R. Penninger and Gary
Overcash.
Electrical Department: J. F.
Grimes, Jr. and Glenn A.
Ijames.
Outside and Carpenter De
partment: Raymond C. Per- M;eone
rell and John H. Myers. ffllSSIUnS
Machine Shop: Thomas E.
Vogler and Robert J. Ridenhour.
On Sunday morning, Rev.
Downs Spitler will be the
priest-in-charge at the Church
of the Good Shepherd.
Church-wide
School Of
Bleaching, Dyeing and Fin
ishing Department: James F.
Phelps, Louis V. Myers, Wil
liam A. Whitaker, Robert L.
Daniels, Henry C. Swaim and
David L. Jordan.
- Cotton Warehouse: Deleast
Payne, Hodge Phifer, Paul
Fowler and Grover Grant.
Shipping Warehouse: Bris
coe J. Stevenson and Jarnes L.
Fleming. . . .
The annual Church - wide
School of Missions for the
Cooleemee Methodist Church
has been scheduled for Sun
day, January 21, and Sun
day, January 28. Each ses
sion will begin at 5 o'clock,
P.M. and will close at 7 o'
clock. There will be a thirty
minutes break in each ses
sion for a sandwich supper
which will be prepared by
members of the Women's So
ciety of Christian Service,
See MISSIONS Last Page
Fire Dept. Favors Extended
Area Phone Service
The local Fire Department
is a non-profit organization
operated solely on donations
and money received from
various fund drives sponsored
by the members and their
wives. The department is run
by volunteers who receive no
money for their time or serv
ice. These services are offered
free to all citizens in the dis
trict. Our entire community
receives a benefit from their
protection.
One of the large expenses
in the operation of our de
partment is the cost of a direct
telephone line into Mocksville
where all fire departments in
the county are centrally dis
patched. Central dispatching
of needed equipment is more
efficient for the whole coun
ty and is required by rule of
the State Insurance Commis
sion. The compliance with this
rule by our local department
has caused a decrease in fire
insurance rates for those peo
ple within a four miles radius
of a fire station. To give this
service to citizens costs the
Departments approximately
$40.00 per month or $480 per
year.
If "extended area phone
service" to Mocksville is ap
proved it will mean a sub
stantial saving to the Fire
Department. A Saving to the
Fire Department is a saving
to the entire community.
Please remember these facts
when you have an opportunity
to cast your vote on "extended
area phone service" for Coo
leemee and Mocksville, Rich
ard Beck, President Local Fire
Department.
Robert D. Poole
MOCKSVILLE Robert
David Poole, 96, of 746 Lex
ington Street, died at 7:15
P.M. Sunday at his home.
He was born in Alexand
er County and had lived at
Mocksville for the past 23
years.
He was a retired farmer
of the Mount Ulla communi
ty in Rowan County.
He was married first to
Mrs. Lillie Poole. His sec
ond marriage was to Edna
Davis Ratledge. He was mar
ried in 1938 to Bertha Fos
ter, who survives.
Also surviving, by his first
marriage, are two sons, the
Rev. H. R. Poole of Lexing
ton and the Rev. Howard
Poole of Saint Pauls, and
two daughters, Mrs. Charles
Hollingsworth of Norfolk,
Va., and Mrs. Lon Sloop of
Mount Ulla; by his second
marriage one son, Davis Poole
of Charlotte. One brother,
Milas Poole of Charlotte, also
survives.
Funeral w a I conducted
Tuesday at 2:30 P. M. at
Eaton Chapel by the Rev.
Donald Funderburke. Burial
r was hi Rose Cemetery.
Miss America
Hostess For
National Uph.
High Point Roy B. Cul
ler, Jr., president of National
Upholstery Company here,
announced that Miss. America
of 1962, Maria Beale Flet
cher, will act as the firm's
official hostess for the Win
ter Southern Furniture Mar
ket in High Point January
15-19. ' .
For several years each Miss
North Carolina has served
National Upholstery Co. in
this capacity. Miss Fletcher,
prior to her crowning at At
lantic City as Miss Ameri
ca of 1962, was Miss North
Carolina.
Miss Fletcher's visit to High
Point will be one of the
first engagements in her
home state during her reign
as Miss America.
Maria entered the Miss
Asheville Pageant early in
1961. She captured the title
and a $500 Pepsi-Cola local
scholarship. She then re
turned to New York City to
join the Radio City Music
Hall Rockettes. She captured
the Miss North Carolina title
and a $1,000 State Pepsi-Cola
Bottlers Scholarship from
their $3,000 fund. And fin
ally she captured the Miss
America title and a $10,
000.00 scholarship award, for
for a total of $11,500.00 in
scholarship funds to complete
her college education.
Brother of Local
Man Dies
ELKIN The Rev. Clarence
Henry Settle, 39, of Union
Grove, died Saturday morn
ing at Iredell Memorial Hos
pital at Statesville. He had
been seriously ill several
months.
He was born in Wilkes
County to Clifton and Flossie
Lyons Settle.
Mr. Settle had been in the
Baptist ministry for 14 years.
He was pastor of Saint Paul's
Baptist Church in Iredell
County.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Vestie Weatherman Settle; a
daughter, Wanda Ann Settle
of the home; two sons,
Charles Henry Settle and
Jimmy Dale Settle of the
home; his parents, of Elkin;
eight brothers, Lawrence Set
tle of Ronda, the Rev. Clyde
Settle of Cooleemee, Mack
Settle of Elkin, Ray Settle
of Aberdeen, Md., Jack Settle
of Newton, Harvey Settle of
Elkin, David Lee Settle of
Winston-Salem and Avery
Se BROTHER Last Pace
3 Hour FIA
Race Added
The biggest addition to the
1962 Daytona Beach racing
schedule will be the first an
nual three-hour FIA Grand
Touring and sports car race
scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 11,
with world championship
points to be awarded the car
manufacturers.
The three-hour classic, which
is expected to attract many of
the top International world
championship drivers, is sche
duled for 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb.
11, with the finish time set
for 5 o'clock. The race will
be staged over the 3.81 mile
sports car course that includes
practically all of the two and
a half mile high banked track
plus the twisting infield roads.
The event, however, will be
run counter clockwise or dif
ferent from the usual sports
car races.
Stirling Moss of London,
rated as one of the world's
greatest drivers, recently in
spected the course and at least
temporarily entered the big
speed classic that is expected
to attract all of the top grand
touring cars plus all the big
ger sports cars. The start
ing field will be limited to 60
cars with 40 positions reser
ved for the grand touring
classes.
Cash prizes of approximate
ly $15,000 are being posted by
Speedway President Bill
France for this event with
the overall winner assured of
$4,000. The first overall win
ner gets a cash -bonus- of $2,
000 plus a $1,000 for being
first in either the grand tour
ing or sports car category and
an additional $500 for being
first in class.
Slated along with this big
Federation Internationale de
Automobile classic for the
same week-end will be a spe
cial program for Formula Jun
ior cars and drivers with two
10-lap heats over the 1.63 mile
course to determine the start
ing positions for a 40-lap fea
ture. These events are sche
duled for Sunday, February
10, along with the 25-mile
American Challenge Cup race
for the Grand National 1961
winners .The winner of the
Formula Junior feature will
also be awarded the Count
Lurani trophy along with first
place cash award.
Much interest has been
shown in the FIA three-hour
Daytona race with inquiries
being received from through
out the world. Additional in
formation for drivers may be
obtained from Houston Lawing,
race secretary, Daytona Inter
national Speedway, Daytona
Beach, Fla.
The three-hour event will
be a LeMans start with the
green flag being dropped from
a count down starting at 1:55
p.m. Cars eligible will include
Grand Touring cars, Classes
7-15 (over l,000cc) as de
fined in appendix J of the
International sporting code
and sports cars of classes 7-12
(over l.OOOcc) as outlined in
appendix C of the Internation
al sporting code.
The race will be similar in
entries and status to the 12
hour Scoring endurance race
scheduled for March with
world championship points be
ing awarded to manufacturers.
Drivers will be limited to 2
for each car, but drivers may
be switched from one car to
another within teams.
Dr. Foster flamed Chief-of-Staff
At The Davie County Hospital
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MARVIN SPRY
Marvin Spry
Begins 8th Year
In January, 1955 Mr. and
Mrs. Marvin Spry, Charisse
and Dell, came to be a part
of the First Baptist Church,
Ocala, Florida, with Mr. Spry
assuming his responsibility as
Minister of Music. He is the
youngest son of Mr. and Mrs.
Granville H. Spry of Coolee
mee. The past seven years, un
der his leadership, has
brought the development of
a full-graded choir ministry
, which, now totals 7 choirs
with a total enrollment of
257. Highlights of the past
year included the organiza
tion of a Dutch Handbell
Choir first of its kind in Flo
rida, with invitations to play
extended from both in and
outside the state.
Marvin was invited ot par
ticipate in a ten-day evange
listic service tour in Jamai
ca in April and was accom
panied on the trip by his
wife, Colleen.
Mr. Spry has received a
citation from the Choral Con
ductor's Guild of America,
making him an honorary
member, for his outstanding
work in the field of choral
music.
Recently the church appro
ved a recommendation by the
Deacons that he assume pas
toral responsibilities during
the time that their church
is without a regular pastor.
This action reveals the love
and confidence of the people
for him.
Mrs. Spry has been active
in the total church program,
filling places of leadership in
the Sunday School, Training
Union, and choir. The child
ren also have made their
places in the hearts of the
people.
A prayer of Thanksgiving
was said for the Sprys as
they began their eighth year
of service with First Bap
tist Church, Ocala, Florida.
Dr. ' Bob M. Foster has
been named Chief of Staff at
the Davie County Hospital
for 1962. Dr. Foster, was elec
ted at a meeting Tuesday
January 2, 1962. He succeeds
Dr. B. L. Richards, who ser
ved the past year.
Dr. W. M Long was named
vice chief of staff and Dr
B. G. Weathers was named
secretary.
Dr. Foster opened his of
fice for the general practice
of medicine in July, 1960.
A native of Mocksville, he
was graduated from Mocks
ville High School and Ca
tawba College. He received
his M. D. degree from the
Bowman Gray School of Me-'
dicine in Winston-Salem and
served his internship at the
U. S. Public Health Hospital
in Staten Island, New York.
His service training was with
Hospital in Cherokee, North
Carolina.
He is a member of the
Rowan - Davie Medical So
ciety, the North Carolina A
cademy of General Practice,
the American Medical Asso
ciation In 1956 he was made
a life member of the Alpha
Omega Alpha National Hon
or Medical Society. He is
also a member of the Phi
Chi Medical Fraternity.
Dr. Foster is married to the
former Colean Smith of
Mocksville. They have three
children: Stephanie, 5; Step
hen 2; and Sabrina, 6 Months.
Bake Sab
The WFGG of Cooleemee
are having a Bake Sale on
Saturday morning at 10:00
at the Cooleemee Soda Shop.
Homemade pies, cakes, cook
ies, ' brownies and fudge can
dy will be on sale.
Home Savings To
Have Opening
The Home Savings And
Loan Association located at
507 W. Innes St., Salisbury
will have open house on
Tuesday, January 16, from 2
P. M. until 9 P.M. Everyone
is cordially invited to attend
this event and register for
many prizes.
WMU of North
Cooleemee Bapt.
The W.M.U. of North Cool
eemee Baptist Church held
their regular monthly meet
ing on Friday night at the
home of Mrs. James Gre
gory. The Brotherhood of the
Church was invited and elev
en members were present,
with 15 members of the W.
M.U. present also.
After a devotional service,
the group enjoyed a good
fellowship meeting, and a
supper of barbecued rabbit,
friend chicken, assorted ve
getables, salads, and cakes
and pies for dessert.
Mary Alice Stokes
Mrs. Hassel N. Stokes, 37
of 217 Queen Anne Road Sal
isbury died Sunday night at
11:40 at the Rowan Memori
al Hospital. She had been
in declining health for two
years and seriously ill for
one month.
The former Mary Alice Jar
vis, she was born January
14, 1924, in Cooleemee, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
Jarvis of Cocleemee She was
educated in the Cooleemee
schools and at Appalachi
an State Teachers College.
Mrs. Stokes was a mem
ber of the Second Presbyteri
an Church and active in all
cnurch work
She leaves her husband,
Hassel N. Stokes, whom she
married on May 29, 1948; two
daughters, Anne Jarvis
Stokes and Julie Newman
Stokes of the home; her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Jar
vis of Cooleemee; one bro
ther, Walter G. Jarvis of
Crossnore; and two sisters,
Miss Kalherine JSarvis of
Cooleemee and Mrs. H. W.
Tutterow of Route 1, Mocks
ville. Funeral services were con
ducted Tuesday at 3 o'clock
at the Second Presbyterian
Church. The Rev. C. A. Mc
Girt and the Rev. Charles
Burchett of Cooleemee offici
ated. Burial was in Rowan
Memorial Park.