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PICTUIiE OF COOLEEMEE MILL IN 1920 —Above is the old Cooleemee Mill. This picture was
made about 1920. Mr. Jerry Ijames, now retired, has a lot of knowledge of the history of the mill due
to his long association with the company from November, 1902 until December, 1954. When the mill was
built part of the brick was made in front of the mill, and some on the river at the old brick yard. Wood
furnaces were used to burn the brick. Mr. Ijames said that Marion Hellard, now deceased, said a ramp was
built up to the first floor and that he and others drove wagons pulled by mules up this ramp to carry ma
terials to the workmen. Then, after the first floor was built, ramps were made on to the top and the
materials were hauled on up the same way. Mr. Ijames states that it was 71 feet between the mill and
the cloth room and a well, around 300 feet deep, was between these buildings and is possibly still being
used. At that time, he said the water was pumpsd out of the well into a tank at Park Hill. His job was
to keep-up all the property which at that time included all the houses and mill property.
Mr. Ijames said that the biggest job, not too many 'years ago, chat he and his crew of 80 men had to do
at that time, was to remove the partitions in this building. They had to go under the mill, and shore up
with timbers to the first floor, and when the steel and timbeis were put in, went on up to the second
story, shoring up as they went all the way to t the top. This was certainly a hard and crude way, but
Mr. Ijames said the'y used a hand hoist to raise the heavy material to its place. His regular crew of car
penters and laborers consisted of around 20. At the present time, Erwin Mills here, a division of Bu
lington Industries, Inc. has made many changes. One could hardly realize it is the same location.
The wooden buildings beside the mill, housed the fire hydrants and hose and other crude equipment
for fire fighting. All precaution was made after the fire in 1908, which destroyed a large portion of the
building behind the one shown .here, including the picker room, slasher room, and machine, shop, to jnvfrsnt
and control fire at the mill.
Yadkin Man
Heads Davie
County Co-Op
E. R. Crater of Yadkin Coun
ty was named president of the
Davie Electric Membership
Corp., September 4.
Several thousand pople from
Davie, Iredell, Rowan, Alexan
der, Wilkes and Yadkin coun
ties attended the annual mem
bership meeting at the Masonic
picnic grounds at Mocksville.
They elected officers and
heard a speech by N. C. Agri
culture Commissioner James A.
Graham.
Other officers are T. N.
Crawford of Iredell, vice presi
dent; J. F. Dobson of Iredell,
treasurer; and R. L. Seaford
of Davie, secretary.
Others named to the board
were Tom Bailey Woodruff of
Davie, W. J. Myers of Rowan,
Russell Oxford of Alexander,
Conrad Eller of Wilkes, W. B.
Renegar of Iredell, Grover
Chatham of Alexander and
Paul H. Stroud of Davie.
Graham said progress is
causing some problems for
agriculture. "Although we are
sometimes hard put to meet
the demands they bring," he
said, "and at times must stretch
both our financial and per
sonnel resources to the utmost
limit, we do not deplore pro
gress. On the contrary, we wel
come progress and stand ready
to make every change and
meet every challenge it pre
sents."
For instance, he said, the
manufacture of fertilizer has
become more sophisticated.
Some fertilizers today claim
to have more elements, he said,
and more complex testing pro
cedures are required to de
termine if the guaranteed ele
ments are present.
New technological develop
ments have also increased the
work of the state soil-testing
•ervice, the checking of insecti
cides and measures to protect
the consumer, he said.
The Agriculture Department
is also charged with the re
sponsibility of checking oil and
gasoline and the strength of
masonry blocks. Work in such
areas as those is becoming
more dificult, Graham said, as
production, usage and new
methods increase.
Mrs. Ida Creason has been
moved from Fran-Ray Reht
Home to Davie Hoapital for
treetoMftU
Open House And Dedisat'on Of
Davie Hospital To Be Sunday
The dedication of the new
addition to Davie County
Hospital will be held on Sun
day at 2 P. M. in the Mocks
ville Elementary School au
ditorium. Following the pro
gram, open house will be held
at the hospital and tours will
be given by members of the
Davie County Auxiliary and
the hospital staff.
William F. Henderson, Exe
cutive Secretary of the North
Carolina Medical Care Asso
ciation will be the speaker
at t':e dedicatory program and
G. R. Madison, Chairman of
the hospital board of trustees,
will be master of ceremonies.
Others on the program will
be Mayor D. J. Mando of
Mocksville, H. R. Hendrix, Jr.
chairman of the Davie Coun
ty Board of Commissioners,
Dr. F. W. Slate, Chief of Staff,
of Davie County Hospital.
The invocation will be given
by Rev. Jack Rhyne, pastor
of Holy Cross Lutheran
Church and Voluntary Chap
lain Supervisor. The benedic
tion will be given by the
Rev. I. W. Ijames, pastor of
Clement Grove Church.
Center Fair
Saturday
The Center Fair will be
Saturday, September Uth at
Center Community Building.
Entries for the fair, will be
accepted Friday night, Sept.
10, from 6-9 p.m. and Satur
day morning from 7-8. Judg
ing of exhibits will begin at
9 A. M.
Activities during the day
will include a Little League
baseball game to be played
Saturday afternoon.
Barbecue and hot dogs with
cold drinks will be sold all
day and a barbecue supper
consisting of barbecue, slaw,
french fries, hushpuppies, cof
fee, tea, and dessert will be
served beginning at 5 P. M.
A county store will be fea
tured and the climax of the
activities will be under the
arbor at 8 P.M.
Proceeds from the event
will go into the Center Vol
unteer fire Department and
the building fund for a new
community building at Cen
ter.
4-H Horse
Show Saturday
Davie County 4-H Clubs are
having tbeir annual 4-H Horse
Show at the Mocksville Saddle
Club Arena behind the Da
vie County Hospital Satur
day, September 11th, start
ing at 7 P. M.
The main attraction at the
show will be the drawing of
a ticket for the winner of
"4-H Clover," a 14-month-old
quarter horse, that will be gi
ven to some lucky person.
Other events at the Horse
Show will be the regular
horse show events demonstra
ted by a large number of 4-
H boys and girls.
Everyone is invited to at
tend Davie County's 4-H Horse
Show.
Rowan Fair
ft Be Better
Than Ever
The 1965 edition of the Ro
wan County Agricultural and
Industrial Fair commences on
Monday, September 20, 1965.
The official ' opening is set for
6:00 P. M.
Every effort is being made
to make this fair "bigger and
better than ever." Addition
al items have been added to
the premium listings and
more prize money is being
offered than any time since
the fair opening.
The second agricultural and
education exhibit building
fills a long-standing need.
Family Moves
To Virginia
Rev. and Mrs. Charles Mur
ray and children, left Sun
day, August 29th, for Rich
mond, Va. to make their home.
He will attend the Union
Theological Seminary this
year for further study. He
is former pastor of the Cool
mdm Presbyterian Church.
COOLEEMEE, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1965
Postmaster
Ei]| White
Commended
Postmaster White has been
commended by William H.
Meal, National Director of the
U. S. Savings Bonds Divis
ion, for his leadership and
service to the Treasury's
School Savings Program.
In a letter to the Postmaster,
Mr. Neal pointed out that a
successful School Savings pro
gram through which pupils
buy U. S. Savings Stamps at
school on a regular basis—"re
quires the joint cooperation
of teachers, parents, and vol
unteer workers —and, above
all, good service by the post
office and the understand
ing leadership of the Post
master."
School Savings, which op
erates in many Davie schools,
is a part of the nationwide
Savings Bonds program and,
in Mr. Neal's words, "has
launched the thrift careers of
millions of boys and girls."
Then, commenting on the fact
that the bond program will
observe its 25th anniversary
in 1966, he said: "Many of
those who began with School
Savings during World War
II are now regular buyers of
Savings Bonds—and, as par
ents, are anxious or their
children too to enjoy the
benefits of this patriotic thrift
program."
Postmaster White comment
ed that "the sale of Sav
ings Stamps to the public—
and especially to our young
people through the School
Savings Program is a serv
ice we are proud to render.
I know of no finer way to
build for a better tomorrow
than by training our youth
in the sound American heri
tage of thrift."
Savings Stamps in five de
nominations, from 10 cents to
$5, are on sale at all times
at the post office, and on
Stamp Day in schools.
Visiting here due to the
serious illness of their fath
ther, M. L. Webb is Mrs.
Betty Sue Moore of Winston-
Salem, Mrs. Margaret Bandik,
Mr j. Edith Kerby, of Wash
ington, D. C., Mrs. Doris Be
cales of Philadelphia, Isaac
Webb of Alexandria, Va. and
Bob Webb of Kensington, lid.
Man Adnitted
To Hospital With
Malnutrition
Sydney Caudell, age 6£,
of Mocksville Route No. 4
is in Davie County Hospital
recuperating after staying in
the woods around his home
for nearly four months, sleep
ing and eating in a hermits
fashion. One of his neghbors
saw 'him the first of the
week but he was hard to rec
ognize due to a Jong 4 months
beard. It is reported that he
had been back to his home
occasionally during this peri
od but had nQt been seen by
anyone coming in or leaving.
His condition is improving at
the hospital where he will
stay a few days until he re
gains his strength and some
weight. He lives alone since
the death of his wife a few
years ago, it is reported that
he became despondent and
just wandered .in the woods.
Mrs. Blackmon
Promoted
Mrs. Malcolm L. Blackmon
who is employed by Lynn
Haven Nursing Home Inc. of
Mocksville, North Carolina
has been promoted to General
Supervisor of Nursing on the
morning shift and medical as
sistant to W. J. Wilson R. N.
President and Administrator
of Lynn Haven Nursing Home '
Inc.
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Library News
New books for many tastes: '
1. The Radio
Handbook - 1865.
2. The Gentle People —Zis
tel.
Stories of animals who came
to stay, written with warmth,
humor and wisdom.
3. Roofs of Gold • Colum.
Poems to be read aloud—'
a refreshingly imaginative an- '
thology of poems ripe with
meaning for the reader who
is just developing a taste for
poetry. Altogether beautfiul
to look at, to read, to re
member.
4. "Utmost Fish!" Mc-
Cann. j
A man's exciting, adventure
novel of World War I. "Ut
most Fish!" is a British sub
mariner's expression from
World War One, meaning 'Fire
all torpedoes!" It was adopted
by Winston Churchill, who
used to write it on memo
randa and plans that he want
ed to have pushed forward
with all possible speed and ef
fect.
5. Mushrooms, Molds and
Miracles - Kavaler.
Yeasts, molds, mushrooms,
mildews and the other fungi
pervade our world. They
work great good and terrible
evil. This book takes the
reader on a journey through,
the strange kingdom of these
fungi.
Davie County
Native Dies
After Wreck
Mrs. Mary Lucille Cope, 33,
of Avon Park, Fla., wife of
J. K. Cope, died at 8:30 a.m.
Sept 2, at a Monroe hospital
of injuries rceived in an auto
mobile accident Aug. 29 on
U. S. 74 east near Monroe.
She was born in Davie Coun
ty to Charlie and Fannie Smith
Frye. She was a graduate of
the City Memorial Hospital
School of Nursing in Winston-
Salem. She had lived in Mocks
ville and been nursing super
visor of Davie County Hospital.
For the past year she had been
head nurse at Avon Park Hos
pital in Florida.
Surviving are her husband;
a son, John Kenneth Cope; a
daughter, Kay Elise Cope of
the home; her parents of
Mocksville, Rt. 4; a brother,
James Frye of Advance, Rt. 1;
and a sister, Mrs. Naylor Vog
ler of Advance, Rt. 2.
The funeral was at 2 p.m.
Sunday at Eaton's Chapel.
Burial wts in Macedonia Mora
vian Church graveyard.
There are people ready to
exercise control over others
without being able to control
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Davie County Boy Scout Annual
Fggnd Campaign Is Now Underlay
Collese Students
Leave This Week
Seme of the college students
leaving this week were:
Monty Ridenhour, Darryl
Veach, Diane and Larry Hen
dricks of Mocksville, for West
ern Carolina.
Dare Winfree for Southwood
College.
John Owens for Campbell
College, his senior year.
H. M. Jacobs for State
Barbara McDaniel, Jeannie
McDaniel, for Appalachian
Kat'iy Grimes for Eastern
Carolina at Greenville, North
Carolina her sophomore year.
Mr. and Mrs. Gurney Mes
sick, Mrs. Annie Garwood,
Mrs. Cosby Sales, and Karen
Chandler spent from Friday
until Sunday visiting in the
mountains of Western North
Carolina.
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DOES A GREAT JOB FOR THE CHURCH AND THE KINDERGARTEN
Roger Funderburk. above, turned his hobby toward projects that have aided the
Church of the Good Shepherd and the Cooleemee Kindergarten. The story below
tells of his accomplishments and the aid he has rendered toward outstanding
projects.
Local Man, With Hobby and Expert
Craftsmanship Has Aided Projects
Roger Funderburk's hob
by has proven to be a boon
for the Church of the Good
Shepherd, and subsequently,
for the Cooleemee Kindergar
ten. The church had a need
and a problem to provide ade
quate equipment and play ap
paratus with a limited bud
get. Because Roger is a de
dicated church member who
also happens to be a skilled
craftsman, he personally took
care of both the need and the
problem by donating countless
hours during the hot sum
mer months to build all the
furnishings essential for the
operation of a kindergarten,
with materials supplied by
the church.
The picture shows only a
portion of what he has made;
the public is invited to come
to the Open House to be
held Sunday September 12,
from 3:00 - 5:00 P. M. in the
Parish House.
Although both Roger and
his wife, the former Dorothy
Nell Campbell, are both na
tives of Cooleemee, they have
only recently returned to
make their home here. After
a three-year hitch in the Air
Force he worked as an assist
ant overseer in a textile mill
in Siler City. At that time
the Episcopal Church there
was struggling to become es
tablished and church services
were being held in the Mill
office. It just so happened
that there was an abandoned
church on a plantation near
the neighboring town of Gulf,
N. C., and the members of
the Siler City church decid
ed to purchase the structure,
LOCALS
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Kuhl
man and family have moved
from Route 4, Mocksville in
to t w eir new home at Kern
ersville.
Mr. and Mrs. William Ow
ens and son. John, spent the
week-end visiting Rev. and
Mrs. M. T. Gales in New
Brockton, Alabama.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rice ac
companied Mr. and Mrs. C.
H. Nolley to Chattanooga, Ten
nessee over the week end.
They visited C. H. Nolley, Jr.
and family.
Taylor Owens is doing nice
ly at Rowan Hospital after
undergoing surgery on his leg
last week.
Darryl Veach of Western N.
C. College, Cullowhee. re
turned Sunday after spending
two weeks visiting his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Delmar
Veach.
dismantle it, move everything
to the new site, and rebuild
it exactly as it had been.
Now this may sound like an
awful lot of trouble— and it
was. That's when Roger got
his first taste of "doing good
works". You see the struc
ture was over a century old,
replete with a slave gallery,
and beautiful aged wood. The
dismantling process uncover
ed a mystery that still hasn't
been solved: Each piece of
the frame had a Roman num
eral handcarved on it, and no
one knows when it was done,
or where the pieces came
from. At any rate, Roger and
the others had to draw care
ful diagrams of where each
piece fit because they quick
ly learned that no piece was
interchangeable l it had to be
put back in precisely the
same place from which it
had been removed, and then
fastened with wooden pegs
yet.
Along with the rebuilding
came the refinishing and Rog
er had the sole responsibility
of restoring the altar, com
munion rail, and pews to
their original luster. Consid
ering that they were covered
in grime which had been ac
cumulating since before the
I Civil War, this was no small
task. He had to resort to
steel wool, scraping, pumice
stone, paint remover, and
sanding before the moment
came when he was ready to
hand-rub 28 pounds of bees
wax into the natural heart of
pine.
At the moment, Roger, who
work* days lor the John
The D?vie County 1965 Boy
Scoi t finance campaign open
ed officially Tue day, Sep
tember 7. T-.e quota is $4,-
351.52 during the next two
weeks. Eryan Sell is finance
chairman of this drive.
Mr. Sell and his committee
have set goals for each dis
trict. T~ey will endeavor to
contact everyone in Davie
County during the campaign. *
"If through some oversight,
you are missed and wo-ild '
like to make yor contribution i
please call me", said Mr. Sell.
Ceramic Classes
The first classes on ceramic
instruction will begin on Mon
dav. September 13th, at 6:30
P.M. at the Cooleemee Recre
ation Center. All interested
persons may attend.
Jo u nny Marklin, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Johnson Marklin of
Mocksville left Monday to en
ter the U. S. Army.
V. Barger Construction Com
pany of Mocksville, is com
pleting a workshop at his
home on Duke Street, where
he can work nights. Since
beginning work on the kind
ergarten equipment he has re
ceived orders for a custom
built gun cabinet, bookcases,
and for the refinishing of
several antique pieces. From
the interest that has been
shown in his work, no doubt
he will be receiving orders
from now until Christmas.
There is one order that has
had top priority, however.
The Church of the Good
Shepherd will hold its Annu
al Bazaar Saturday, Novem
ber 13, and he has promised
to provide several select items
to be sold.
One wonders how he will
manage to find time to pur
sue his study of Church his- j,
tory (in which he is already
well-read), or continue to turn
out culinary delights from his
kitchen when he practices an
other favorite ihobby—gour
met cooking At the last
parish supper there was a ,
delicious German chocolate
cake as undeniable proof of
his prowess with the pots and
pans. So you name it- from -
kindergarten equipment to J
bake sale to church history j
to teaching Sunday So|M}plj
(Dot teaches too) to *%jM
storing old churches— it's UH£|
there, is one unique indivW#rs|i
Dot and Roger are thjbfil
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