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VOLUME NO. 60
1-40 CONTRACT APPROVED BY
STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIOH
The State Highway Com
mission last week approved
a contract for initial work on
the construction of Interstate
40 in Davie County.
The contract for grading,
fencing and structures (bridg
es) on the first strip in Davie
went to Harbert Construction
, Co. of Birmingham, Ala., and
Structures, Inc., (of Green*
ville, South Carolina for $2,-
668,192. The two firms will
share the contract.
This is the first of two seg
ments of 1-40 in Davie County
let to contract. The State High
way Commission called for
bids Tuesday on the second
strip from near Mocks ville to
the Iredell County line. Bids
will be opened on grading,
r fencing and structures on this
job March 28.
This will leave only one
strip left to link 1-40 from
Winston - Salem to Statesville.
That strip is in Iredell Coun
. ty-
The Highway Commission
approved 32 highway con
struction projects yesterday
costing $12.7 million. They are
scattered in 28 counties.
The most expensive project
See 1-4# CONTRACT Page 8
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN DAVIE COUNTY
FOUND INADEQUATE DY STATE ENGINEERS
On October 18,,, 1966, the
Division of School Planning
in the North Carolina State
Department of Public Instruc
tion began an engineering
6urvey of the elementary
schools in Davie County. This
survey was requested by the
Board of Education in order
to obtain a professional eva
luation of the elementary buil
dings and their facilities.
This school survey report is
on file in the Board of Edu
cation office and available to
those who wish to examine it.
A synopsis of this survey in
cludes the following informa
tion:
Classrooms not meeting the
standards according to the
size (750 square feet) within
each school: Central Davie, 13
rof 17 classrooms non-stand
ard; Cooleemee, 24 of 28 class
rooms non-standard ;Parming
ton, 11 of 12 classrooms non
• standard; Mocks ville Prima-
Iry 7 of 8 classrooms non
standard; Mocksville Elemen
tary, 17 of 19 classrooms non
standard; Shady Grove, 14 of
15 classrooms non-standard;
Smith Grove, all 8 classrooms
non-standard in size. A total
of 97 of 111 classrooms now
in use do not meet required
standards in size. 101 of 111
classrooms do not have a
desirable size of 800 square
leet.
Only one elementary libra
ry was considered adequate;
five were inadequate in meet
ing the needs of the elemen
tary students. Only one of the
Church Of Good
Shepherd
Services
Sunday, March 19 - 9:30
Slewing and distribution of
Sermon.
10:45—Church School.
Holy Week Services.
Monday - 7:15 A. M. Holy
* Communion
Tuesday - 7:15 A M. Holy
Communion
Wednesday - 7:15 A. M.
Holy Communion
'Mlaundy Thursday - 7:15 a.
m. Ante-Communion
7:30 a.m. Holy Communion
Good Friday - 7:30 PJM.
I Litany, Meditaition
Easter Eve - Saturday —.
I' 7:30 P. M. Evening Pray
er.
Meditation, Lighting of the
Paschal Candle.
Sunday - Banter Day, 6:00
I a.m. Sunrise Service.
Holy Communion and Ser
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Bob Hoyle Vice-Chairman
Of Davie Red Cross Drive
Roy P. Marsh, Principal of
the Mocksville Element lary
School, will head the 1967
fund raising drive in Davie
County for the American Red
Cross. Douglas Collins of
Mocksville and Bob Hoyle of
Cooleemee will serve as vice
chairmen of the drive.
Richard Beck of Cooleemee
Chairman of the Davie Coun
ty Chapter of the American
Red Cross, announced that the
quota for this year is $2,993.00
the same as last year.
"It is very vital that this
quota be met if the Red Cross
program in Davie County op
erates efficiently", said Mr.
Beck. He announced that the
drive would run through the
month of March.
John Johnstone will serve
as chairman for special gifts
and Don Wood as treasurer.
The following will be chair
men in their respective com
munities:
aleipsntary site* .was adequate
for accommodating the num
ber of elementary students
served.
Hie Engineering Committee
recommended that all of the
elementary buildings be re
placed as quickly as funds are
available. The Mocksville Pri
mary building could be used
as a special facility but was
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Sen have returned to their home in MocksvßJe after two months vacationing In Florida. This is an aerial view
of the approximately 2.000 trailers that brought more than 4,000 persons to West Palm Beach for the annual Southeastern Airstream.
Trailer Rally February 17-19. The shiny trailers are parked around a huge tent which had been set up at the campsite Just east of the .
Sunshine State Pakway. The rally included games and entertainment for the mobile set. There were three shows daily. For one >
performance, a special troup of Broadway stars from New York City were flown in for a professional variety show. On Sunday church'
was held m the tent with nearly 4,000 attending. Twenty-four ushers collected donations amounting to almost $2,000 which was given
to a charitable institution there. Mr. Sell was one of the ushers at the service. A western beef barbecue was served during the rally
and the 4.000 people were served within 41 minutes. * 106
Mr. and Mrs. SeU attended the Unit Rally at Ft Myers on February 27-March 4. They plan to attend another Unit Rallv erf North
arel South Carolina which wMI be held in Charleston, S. C. on April 7, 8, 9. Hie Out-of-Doors Mart located at 3686 Reynolds Road,
HJghwag 67N, WtastomSalem, N. C. is the dealer Mid information outer of these Air Stream Trailers for this area.
Mocks ville: Sam Nichols
Farmington: Mrs. D. R. Ben
nett
Smith Grove: Jim Wilson
Davie Academy: Mrs. Mary
Foster
Clarksville: Mrs. Frances
Beck
Center: Henry Tutterow
Oak Grove: Vernon Whi
taker
Fork: Mrs. Jean Hauser
Shady Grove: Vestal Potts
Cooleemee: Mrs. Muriel
Gude
North Cooleemee: Mrs. Pru
dence Johnson.
Jerusalem: Mrs. Fletcher
Queen
Efc>hesus and Liberty: Miss
Joanne Stroud.
Industry: Frank Cox
"Our Red Cross program is
financed by voluntary. gifts.
The Red Cross depends on
private contributions and vol
unteer efforts of private ci-
See 808 HOYLE Page 8
> not recommended for regularf
• classroom use. Although con
-1 tinued use of these facilities
was not advisable or econo- i
mically practical, the Com- i
mittee recommended rewir
ing, relighting, and upgrad- :
ing of rest room facilities in
these schools if their use should 1
I be continued. Elementary class- i
i rooms were listed as combus-
COOLEEMEE, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1067
iVisf
TIMMIE SKI J.
Finds Gun
On Sunday night, March
5, when the Davie Jewelers
was robbed of $3,798.10 worth
of merchandise, an automatic
rifle was taken. Timmie Sell,
six-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Sell of Mocksville
was looking under the Rankin-
Sanford warehouse building
for bottles to add to his col
lection, when he saw an au
tomatic rifle, immediately
showing it to his mother, she
became frightened, not know
ing whether or not it was
loaded, she called Joe Foster,
local officer. It was later id
entified by the owner, Jim
Mcßride, owner of the Darvie
Jewelers, sapart 0 f the mer
chandimjSpen. Timmie re
ceived Wnlffall reward for
finding the rifle.
tible, and were too old Jw*
inadequate for continued use.
Following a study of this
survey and of the Citizens'
Committee for Better Schools,
the Davie County Board of
Education petitioned the
County Board of Commission
ers for a bond referendum
for the construction of three
new elementary schools.
C. O'Neal Walker Named
Manager Of Cooleemee Plant
Mocksville
Jewelry Store
Robbed
Foster's Jewelers, located
on North Main Street in Mocks
ville, was broken into and rob-
Ibed sometime Sunday eve
ning or early Monday morn
ing. The robbery was discov
ed early Monday morning by
a young woman going 4o work
who noticed the glass in the
front door was broken.
It was estimated that around
SB,OOO to SIO,OOO in watches,
rings and other merchandise
was stolen.
Entry was made by break
ing the glass in the lower
part of the front door.
State Bureau of Investiga
tion is assisting local officers
in the investigation.
Dog Vaccination
Clinic
Davie County Heath De
partment in cooperation with
the Davi? County Dog Warden
will sponsor 14 Rabies Vacci
nation Clinics for dogs. There
will be a nominal charge of!
SI.OO- pa dog to pay expen |
ses and the veterinarian* dic
ing the vaccination will do
nate their time. On Saturday,
March 18, the clinic will be
held at the Cooleemee School
beginning at 9:00 A. M til
9:30 A. M.
Mrs. Lewis Ellis is a pa
tient at Davie Hospital.
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C. O'NEAL WALKER
RANDALL WARD TO PLAY
IN THE ALL-STAR GAME
Randall Ward, star guard
at the Davie High School bas
ketball team, has been chos
en to play in the Marion Ci
vitan Basketball Classic. This
North and
Sotttlr Piedmont All - Staw
against the Northwestern and
Southwestern Conference All-
Stars, will be played at the
Senior High Gym in Marion
on Monday, March 20th, at 7:-
30 P. M.
Doug Chalk of West Rowan
and Kenneth Frazier of Al
bemarle will coach the Pied-
Mont All - Stars. Ken Brack
■ ett of Marion and Lloyd Little
of Shefey will the
| Northwestern - Southwestern
i Conference players.
Now Open For
Business
The B & H Tire Service,
locatad at Greasy Corner, is
now open for business. They
have the latest equipment for
tire recapping and also are
equipped to put on red, blue,
or white sidewalls on your
present tires. This new es
tablishment is owned end op
erated by Johnny Hendrix and
Marvin Bowles. Both these
men are experienced tire men
and invite all their friends
and customers to come by for
a free tire inspection. They
will also be able to equip
your auto with the nationally
known Richmond tire, which
rates among the top quality
tires as for mileage and wear
and road ability. They will
carry a complete line of all
sLus, and are set up to give
you quick and efficient serv-,
ice at this new place of busi- j
ness.
Junker Feed
Mills Elected
To Association
Junker and Son Feed Mill,
: Inc., Mocksville, have been el
| ecied to membership in the
| American Angus Association at
St. Joseph, Missouri, announces
Glen Bratcher, secretary.
There were 527 memberships
iFSued to breeders of register
ed Aberdeen-Angus in the
Unitd States during the past
month.
Local School
Participates li
Clothing Drive
The Goodwill Industries col
lected a total of 1,097 bags
of clothing from the school
children of Davie County dur
ing the recent drive.
The schools participating in
the collection included Cen
tral Davie, Cooleemee, Farm- J
infton, Mocksville, Shady
Grove, Smith Grove and Wil
liam R. Davie.
S-Sgt. Turner Jordan left
by plane from Charlotte on
Sunday after apeodin* tea
days here with Ms parents,
fflflr. and Mrs. Adam Jordan.
He is stationed in Las Vegtt,
Nevada.
PUBLISHED IHDBSnSt
i n i"jg» '
C. O'Neal Walker has beau
named manager of the Cool—
mee Plant of Burlington Indus
tries' Erwin Mills divisi—. it
was announced this week by
Erwin Executive Vice Presi
dent Marchant C. Cottingham
of Durham.
Mr. Walker succeeds Jane
Boyce, who recently resigned
to join Abney Mills.
The new manager has baa*
associated with Erwin mil.
for 18 years, the last several
years as manager of the Com
pany's Stonewall, Miss, plant. §
A native of Enterprise, Ala
bama, he attended r^" 1 *
schools in Columbus, Ga., and
also attended Georgia Tech. He
entered the textile business in
Columbus and in IMI moved
to Trion, Ga., where
connected with the Riegel Tax
tile Corporation. He moved is J
Stonewall in IMS.
He is past president of the
Mississippi Manufacturers' As
sociation; past president o i the
Choctaw Area Council of Bpy
Scouts; elder in the First Pres
byterian Church in Meridian,
Miss.; is a Shriner, and was
president of the Stonewall
Lions Club.
He also served as trustee of
the Independent Colleges of
Mississippi, and was vice presi
! dent of the Stonewall Bank,
Mrs. Walker is the former
L Frances Evans at Columbus,
Ga. She is a graduate of the
University at Ga , has taught
public school, and is a ■sgntMir.-
of the Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution. They have
three married daughters.
Rebels »S7L
: Rowan On
Friday
The Davie High Rebel base
ball team. Coached by Bi|
Peeler, will play at East Row
an this Friday.
1 Coach Peeler has a veteran
squad of twelve lMtermen re
turning this year. These in- .
elude: • i
! Phil Deadmon, catcher and
infield; Don Williams, catcher
Sanford Sain, Ist base; Nor
man Boger, pitcher and out
fielder; Dub Potts, 2nd base; i
Joe Mando, short-stop; Ron
nie Shoaf, 3rd base; Garland
Allen, outfield; Edgar Osborne j
outfield; Wayn? James, out
field; Dennis Cartner, pitcher
Jerry Hendrix, pitcher.
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GOOD CATCH £W. M
Shepherd at Main Street, Coo- J
leemee, is Aown with &ra|
large, 5 1/4 ttx Bass caught 1
last week at a kvral pond: 18nli|
reports that m soon as m
caught this one. he quit m*M
ing. He and hia trnmOf eggl