' RRTNTTI-TTTIFP^ the Cottktm# 3aiiraai fOLUME NO. 60 OUR TRIP TO RALEIGH By Cindy Richardson Thursday morning at six o'clock eighty three excited seventh graders of the Coolee mee School left for Raleigh. The first stop we made was at the Blue Mist Restaurant south of Asheboro. From there we went through Ramseur, Sil er City, Pittsboro, and on to Raleigh. At State College we visited the William Neal Reynolds Coliseum and Andrew John son's restored birthplace which are on the college campus. The coliseum has approximately ( twelve thousand five hundred ■eats. In uptown Raleigh we visit ed the Natural History Mus eum, the Governor's Mansion the Legislative Building, the State Capitol, and the Hall of History. In the Natural History Museum there were stuffed animals of all kinds, including , buffalo. Also there were snakes, turtles, and the shrunken head of an Indian girl. In the Governor's Man sion there are three stories. There is a large portrait of Mrs. Moore in the south parlor which belongs to her and the Martha Washington chair is i also there. The Legislative Building is built of white mar ble. It has three floors and a roof garden. This building was built in the years nineteen - sixty through nineteen sixty three, costing six and one four th million dollars. The State Capitol was started in eigh teen thirty three and finished in eighteen forty and is now one hundred twenty seven years old The desks in the Rotunda are the ones made when the Capitol was built. Qfgiiizatioul Meeting Of Educators The Davie County Board of Education held an organi sational meeting Monday af ternoon. G. R. Madison and J. W. Wil son were sworn into office for ax-year terms. G. H. C. Shut* was re elected chairman and G. R. Madison, vice-chairman. Other members of the board include: Hudson Hoyle, Mrs. Bobbie Jean Andrews and Lather West James E- Everk|pe was rea ppointed as county superin tendent far a two-year term. A. M Riser, Jr., wa6 re named supervisor. Char'es J. Wells, Director of Faderal Programs; Mrs. Helen P. Crenshaw, Library Coordina tor; (Mrs. Mary W. Sexton, Beading Teacher. mntipals were appointed lor the various schools as follows: Central Davie, Vernon Thompson Cooleemce Elementary, Y. a. Prim Davie High School, John N. Morton Farmington Elementary, John Dwight Jackson Mocksville Elementary, Roy P. Marsh Shady Grove Hementary, S. G. Wallace. Smith Grave Elementary, James H. Donrtell, Jr. William R. Davie, Miss Ka thryn Brown Cooleemee Civic Club Meets The Cooleemce Civic Club held their regular monthly waling at the home of Mrs. Alien Snipes on Marginal St Extension with Mrs. Grafton Cockrell and Mrs. Craig Snead aa joint hostesses. After a short opening by the president Mrs. Fred Pterce, the program, under the direction of Mrs. John Barber and Mis. Jack Jerome was held The program was about School Bond, Teacher Supplement, New Jail, and the Library. Present to give (totalis and discussion ware James County School Superindent, and H. R Hendricks and Bud Alexander County Commiatooners Mrs. nances Miliar of the CHiflfn* r, *r nmit *Tr far Bob tar Schools. About twenty members were peessnt and faur visitors. At the close of the meet ing, refreahments warn en joyea. They are handcarved, smooth ed with beeswax and were put together with wooden pegs. The Capitol was heated by twenty six black Italian fire places from eighteen forty till eighteen ninety. In the Hall of History we first saw a film telling us some of the things that we would see. We saw a replica of the train, Raleigh and also some of the clothe;; that were worn in the nineteen twenties. Paintings by John White, looms, rifles, and spin ning wheels, were also on dis play. At eleven forty we stopped «t Cameron Village to eat at the S & W Cafeteria. Free time was given to the students un til one o'clock. We went on to Central Prison and were told about the electric chair and the gas chamber. The electric chair was removed in nineteen thir ty five and the gas chamber was put in. There have been about three hundred twenty six executions in North Caro lina and the last one was in nineteen sixty one. On our way to the More head Planetarium in Chapel Hill we paused briefly to see wonder of the State Fair Ground Arena. At the Morehead Planetarium we saw an Easter program, The Easter Awakening, which was most impressive to each stu dent. We stopped at McDonalds in Greensboro to eat supper and about eight o'clock the two buses pulled into the Coolee mee Shopping Center. We were tired, but glad to get home after a very exciting trip. Yoith Dog Show OR Satarday All youth in the Oootoemee School are invited to attend and enter their dogs in the Youth Dog Show to be held at the Cooteemee Elementary School Saturday, April 8. Registration begins at IJO P.M. with the show starting at 2:00 P.M. The classes are open for entering the dogs, including a Dog Fashion Contest Everyone is invited to at tend this show sponsored by 4 - H and Youth Division of your Cooperative Extension Service. There is no entry or admission fee. Drops Practice li Davie Dr. B. G. Weathers has re signed from the medical staff at the Davie County Hospital and the Farmington Medical Center dosed as of Monday of this week. Dr. Weathers has requested that all communications con cerning him or the medical center be addressed to Medi cal Center Services, Box 529 Elkin, N. C. Miss Burchette Named To Phi Beta Kappa Miss Mary Kathryn Burch ette, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Charles Burchette ol Cooleemee, is among 36 Wake Forest College students who have been named to Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's top scho lastic fraternity tor liberal arts students. Miss Burchette is majoring in mathematics. She is vice president of Kappa Mu Ep silon, honorary mathematics fraternity. She has served on the orientation committee and is • member at the Student Government. JH ifIHL - 1 IMM HP I»H| - Bg;. , ** Shown pictured above are officers of (he Davie County Hairdressers Association that were chosen to serve at the organization meeting held Monday night. Seated front row, left to righ, Mrs. Kath leen Cartner. treasurer, and Mrs. Ann Spry, secretary. Standing, left to right, Mrs. Dot McDaaiel, vice president, and Mrs. Dot Mason, president. Davie Hairdressers Orgaiize The Davie County Hair dressers Association was or ganized Monday night at a dinner meeting at C's Barbe cue. There were 42 charter members. Officers chosen Jor the As sociation. include: Mrs. Dat Mason, president; Mrs. Dot Ann Spry, secretary; and Mrs Kathleen Gartner, treasurer. Plans were made Cor ttaa Association to meet the lot Monday night in each month. Programs will be planned. The next meeting will be held at U-Stop-N Grill, Cool eemee Monday, May Ist at 6:30 P.M. Any licensed op erators are urged it© attend the meetings Guests present Monday night included Mr. and Mrs. Henry Williams and Sybil Williams of Lexington. They assisted the local group in or ganizing. Charter members present Monday night included: Ruby L Fbeter, Mae Howard, Lin da Share, Vauda Gohte, Jo McClamrock, Irene Poster, Jo Cooiey, Libby Creason, Lynda Driver, Jan Jones, EUxabeth Dull, Margaret Wilson, Kath leen Cartner, Vada Walker, Pat Markland, Thee G. Brown Lois Green, Dorothy Carter, Helen Bailey, Nancy R. Fos ter, Mildred Pennington, fistie Jones, Jean Haipe, Ruth Wal ker, Erwin Danisi, Frances Daniel, Anke Lou Smith, Brenda Beck, Marie White, Margaret Brinegar, Gertrude Booe, Ruby Owens, Dot Ma son, Gladys Shore, Matt*? M Renegar, Betty P. Harris, Ann Spry, Sara Scott, Mabel Tay lor, Lucille Ellis, Gail Camp bell and Dot McOanieL Completes Army Course Army Private Darryl L. Veach. 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Delmer L. Veach Route 4, Mocksville, N. C., complet ed a four-week administration course at PL Huachuca, Ariz., March SI. He was trained in the pre paration of military records and forms. Instruction was al so given in fundamentals of the Army filing system, typ ing, end operation of office machines. Veach received a PS. de gree in IM6 from V astern Carolina College, Cullo hee, N. C. His wife, Da via, lives at 1207 W. Market St., Greens boro, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Sell of Mocksville and Mr. and Mrs. A E. McElveen of Winston- Salem left Wednesday to at tend the Air Stream Rally at Charleston, S. C. on April €, 7, 8. They expect to become members of the North Caro lina - South Carolina Caravan of Air Stream Trailers while there. COOLEEMEE, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1»67 g*rmr- - . £BL REV. J. C. HONEYCUTT Jr. Revival Services First Baptist Revival serioss will be held at First Baptist Church next week. Rev. J. C. Honey cutt Jr. will be the visiting evangelist. At 7:00 P. M. each evening proceeding the ser ioes a service for boys and girls ages 8-12 will be held to ha directed by the pastor and visiting minister. Serv ices will begin at 7:30 each evening A Nursery will be provided for children through age 3 years. This conveni ence is being provided by the ladies of the church. Rev. HoneycuU is a na tive of Kannapolis, N. C. where he attended school. He is a graduate of North Carolina State University at Raleigh, graduating in Civil Oigineering. He was with the State Highway Commission as an engineer before entering the ministry. He graduated from Southern Baptist Semi nary in 1955. Mr. Honeycutt is married end the lather of 3 children ages 12, , and 7. He was pastor of the Bruing ton Baptist Church for 8H yews. He is presently pastor of Western Avenue Baptist Church in StatesvUle where he has been for the last 4 years. He is president of the Statesville area Ministerial Association and was general chairman of the successful Anti-ABC fight in Sdatas ville. It is a real privilege for the of F&rHfc Baptist Church to have Mr. Honeycutt in revival. The pastor and members of First Baptist Church gives you, th.3 people of Coolee mee a cordial invitation to attend these special services, April 9-16. Wed C. Pierce accepted em ployment on April 1, with the City Recreation Depart ment at Atlanta, Ga. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Fred Pierce and has re cently returned from iiwram with the U. S. services. More Bids OB laterstate 40 Bids on 7.155 miles of grad ing, fencing and structures on 1-40 from a point about 750 feet soutihwfsst off SR-411*7, northeasterly to a point about 0.5 mites each of US 601 were reveiwed by the State High way Commission last weak. The low bid of $1,840,147.45 was submitted as a joint vten ture by L A Reynolds of Winston • Salem and Silar Construction Co., Inc. of Franklin. The low bid of $994,118.10 was submitted as a joint ven ture by James T. Tripiett and L. R. Ryan of Chaster, S. C. Davie Hones Robbed Two more Davie Couitty homes were broken into over the past weekend and attempts made to break in two others. Sheriff George Smith said that the home of J. C. Cassidy on US 158 was entered Satur day night and ramsacked while the family was away. An esti mated S4OO in cash was taken. Also the home of Ken Stroud on the Davie Academy Road was entered and around $25 taken. Sheriff Smith said that an attempt was made to breakin the home of James Ivester on Mocksville Rt. 1 when glass was cut from a door. Ervin Angell also apparent ly flushed two could-be rob bers when he and his family returned home from church Sunday evening. The two boys were seen "to nni from near the house jump a fence and flee into the darkness. Sheriff Smith said that in each of these cases blood hounds were brought to the scene but could only trail the robbers to a parked car near by . Officers are still investigat ing the robbery of more than (4,000 in cash from the home of Donald Bingham on US 158 on March 25th. Doing Student Teaching GREENVILLE— Sixty-three North Carolina counties, 13 other states and the District of Columbia are represented by. the 296 East Carolina-Cofr lisge students who are in tern teachers during the cur rant school term. The 296 education majors are teaching in. school sys tems in 25 North Carolina counties. Most of the stud ent* are Tar Heels, but also represented in the group are Delaware, Geotgi*, Iliinots, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mis sissippi, New Jersey, Ohio, P*. South Carolina, Texas, V*. and West Va. Each student is assigned a practice-teaching job through the office of Dr. Thomas A Cham bliss, director of stud ent-teaching at East Carolina. The ECC studeats conduct regular classes under the di rection of supervisors. They are graded for their on-the job performances. From Davie County, Myron if. Angell of Route 3, Mocks ville is at Jamssville High School, teacher of Science. Meethodist News Item The M.Y.F. of the Coolee mee Methodist Church elected new officers Sunday. The fol lowing are .the results of the voting. President Janet Hoyle. Vice President—Susan Wall. Secretary Ruth Hoyle. Local Treasurer Tina Hoyle. M Y. Fund Treasurer Pat Gal**. Reporter (to Subdistrict newspaper) Robert Stewart. Representative (to Subdist rict) Pat Gales. Fellowship (recreation) Jenny Stewart St Debbie Spry. The MY.F. is planning * bake sal* for Saturday, April IX LOCAL CHILDREN HELP INDIA FAMINE VICTIMS The foimtin grades of the Cooks-mee Elementary School will send money on Friday to the Board of Work! Mis sions, designating the fund ,o be used to aid India fam ine victims. They expect to have $25.00 by that day to send to the children of India. Anyone can send money and specify where they want it used and for what purpose. This is a very worthy pro>act and the children have been enthusiastic in collecting the money to send to the more unfortunate. The fourth grade class of 'Mrs. Mary S. Davis, has appointed Janet Aithey as treasurer and they have do nations amounting to $14.25 and the class of Mrs. Richard Beck collected $10.75. Another means of contri buting funds to India, maty he made through CARE, 615 FOrsyth St Building, Atlanta, Ga. 30303. The epring and summer months will be the desperate season in the states of Bihar and Utter Pradesh, India. From April into July at least, 40 million people --hail the population in areas parch ed by drought • will require major food assistance. Only outside help can avert mass starvation. This grim warning «w is sued by Bee H. Brown, South eastern Field Director of CAKE, which has launched an emergency fund drive to pro vide * midday meal far (he mast vulnerable victims: chil dren «od nursaoc or expect ant mothers. Ftotn 00-the- .jcene Xc. Brown ci ted these **""** foots: Far two straight years the rains ham* failed. Food grain production in the affected ar ea was one-third of normal last year. Recent crops reach ed only 5 per cent of norm al in thousands of villages. Villagers, most of whom an day workers on farms, have had no work for months Their resource®, in grain or cash, are go ne. Already there are reports of people eating roots and %ee bark. Even for those who can pay, fair-price stores cannot meet the official 10-oz. daily grain ration. Six-ounce adult ration*; are generally the rule, and in many sections this is down to 4 ox.- about 1200 cakxriea, or roughly half the minimum needed to retain health. Children ere subsist ing on 800 end 700 calories. A 20-man CARE team is in the famine eras, directing a program tuat began last Oc .oto.r and is now feeding 3Mi niliion children and mothers. Approximately 80 per cent Questions and Answers QUESTION: What will happen to these abandoned schools is new schools are constructed? ANSWER: Legally, public buildings must be dis posed of through a public auction. However, the Board of Education has a right to reject these bids. If the community desired these buildings for their own use, sane agreement with the Bsaid of Iflarattou could possibly be reached. —QUESTION: Will larger schools make better schools? ANSWER: Yes, more blocked areas of subject matter may be offered; more special teuchen earn he provided fat areas such as physical education and reading; a large variety of materials and equipment will be available for students and touchers; and, a larger school provides more efficiently for the needs of the individual students. QUESTION: What effect will these schools have on the Ink transportation system? ANSWER: Routes should be shorter; buses should have tu travel fewer miles te their iliatiaatlsn and routes should be less diuuHsus than at prtnent with has back-tracking on most of thee rente. QUESTION: I thought the 3* sales tax was sup posed to bring quality education? What happened? be teflahwt of^aMarL^dSulwkd bjTJmcStfSal ia constantly raWng Its standards and r»qalrii*>«fc. Yon do not ERINO education; yon strive for are children, fmom toddlers up to age 14. With condition; steadily worsening, the reci pients will hs increased to 7 million by late April -4 million in Bihar, harfiwt-hlt ■tale, and 1 milton in at%ac ■ eat Utter PrdaeSh. Another million persons may have to be added in the following two months. With luck, the monsoon will conns in July or August and the food crisis will ease. Concentration on children and mothers was requateed by the Indian Government, which asfead CARS to tote responsibility for this gtW when the crisis started. The government and other volun tary agencies are helping dif ferent categories. In addition to its famine program, CABS is feedng 8* million school children to 12 states. The same technaQuea are used in the emergency feeding* Meals for the drought vic tims are cooked and mrvtd • - - Figures Rbtive To bsaes To Be Voted Upon h May At the request of a number of otemted citizens at Da vie County the Paid fit County Cnnim ■■wwn ham jneleasad the ftiihwrim figures relative to tike anticipated af fect upon the tax rate at Che issues to be voted upta ia this axniof sparial alactipn. aM four propositions are ap proved and at—nine that the full amount of bonds approv ed are needed end soM at the outset and that the full am ount voted upon for the li brary and teachers pay sup pietnsnl are levied, that the overall tax rate for the fiaoal year in which this is done would be sl. 38 and l/4c. Of this amount 2 and 1/4 cents would be to retire County Jail bonds of $175,000; 32c to retire the $3,000,000 school building bonds; 5 cents for Cunty Library; and 11 i*m« for teachers pay supplement or other needs. The issues pertaining to the School Building Bonds and the Teacher Pay Supplement are being submitted to the people at the request of the Davie County Board of edu cation. The issue pertaining to the Library tax is being submitted in consequence of the Board PUBLISHED THPIWBMW commoditiss ilillt bgr At, United States and attar go* ] md kol apfeaa far «*. lv room, of ti* HHtofatf* ft ft the only Mai of ram. But (he MMncf faopf otter «qui|»M to Mr fn wnt future hniinw. Qattlfi buftw SMT be Mttt to; CftlUß India ftmim MM ifta4 •15 marsytfa Boiidftc AOMftb £ 'a (VMRMMBd fUMMMI he would apply to Dm rated -1 ' ent judge for an ante- dkmaaf j ÜBUUKY TAX fOK ; ; taon asking a tax vote for the support of the pufatie libraiy went "over the top" with mm the voter* will make ; their wishes. Before his vote, each petaun «f| want to know what to inwal ved for henaelf and hs iin to The library ia not aafcifs but rather Jto e aoand talc i type at library i* statewide - our inmmnJ Wfara • - J system Its nrak it follow* "ae the aJhT«SI* j dey" tat ttbto. kx*-tm*Cu M plMininc will iown jto RM4I.« efficient uae in the ftitmjjl y J en opportunity in the tot' 1 vote to boikd on 4« maNgM base they hawe told tor *ml | library eKviefc Hue is the time to 4htofe :1 this over, end to «fc artjrj TVxMteses ateod ready to •wer queetfcne about the vie County ftiMe Work on the pelitto* Uiilß done by individual •«* It Ml impntihl* ahfln^Hß to epproech ewyme to IMga county Air hie eiGMfaat Sin when the required m>|H| not son. ie gretetui to l m^naaa!'and? *ll*J?. Thtak it w»r{ | * ~^§