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VOLUME NO. 60
SWIMMING POOL TO OPEN
Tuesday, May 30, officially
opens the Summer Program
at the Recreation Center. If
the weather permits the swim
ming pool will open at nine
A. M. "Bimmy" Parker will
serve as the life guard and
Richard Barber will be the
bath house attendant. Admis
sion to the pool will be 10c
for all students grades 1-12
and 25c for adults. Swimming
lessons will be given during
the summer. More information
about definite dates for the
classes will be given later.
The hours the pool will be
open are as follows: 9:00
12:00 Noon, 2:00 5:00 P.M.
and 7:00 9:00 P. ML Mon
day, Tuesday, Thursday, Fri
day, Saturday, and 2:00
6:00 P. M. Sundays.
The Church Softball League
■will begin play on Tuesday,
May 30th at 7:00 P. M. All
games will be played at the
school field. Six men's teams
and four women's teams are
entered in the league this year.
Play was originally scheduled
to begin at the high school
these games have been re
scheduled to be played at a
later date. No admission is
charged. Everyone come on out
and support your favorite
teams.
Little League and Pony
League play also begins dur
ing the next two weeks. The
Pony League travels to Smith
Grove this Saturday, May 27,
to play at 2:00 P. M., and
the Little League travels to
Fork on Tuesday, June 6th, to
play at 5:30 P.M. Any per
sons who could help provide
transportation to and from
any of the Little League or
Pony League games during
the summer, please contact
Doug Anderson at the Recre
ation Center .
The Recreation Center will
be open Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday, Friday, and Satur
day, from 9:00 A. M. to 12:00
Noon an 1:00 P. M. to 5:00
P. ML The library will be
open during the same hours
except Saturdays when it will
be open only from 9:00 A. M.
to 12:00 Noon. Many activities
are being planned for the
summer, such as tennis tourna
ment, ping pong tournament,
pool tournament, horse shoe
tournameint, fete. Announce
ment of these events will be
made as they occur. Let's all
join in and enjoy a good sum
mer.
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LOCAL FISHERMEN Shown with their latest catch, these local fishermen caught 58 King Mackerel, 1 Tuna, and 1 Dolphin,
while fishing on May 6, at Wrightsville Beach, N. C. They are left to right: Captain Bobby Merrett of the "Corallina," First Mate,
Ralph Potts, Frank Penninger, Fred Dunn, David Fink, David Reavis, Jr., D. W. Barrier, Jack Hodges, Pete Reavis, Junior Dyson
and Walter Dudley , ,
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GRADUATES Jame
Charles House, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Roscoe House of Grand
Island, Nebraska was a grad
uate of Grand Island High
School on May 26. He is the
grandson of Mlrs. Mary House
and nephew of Raymond
House of Cooleemee. His fa
ther is a former Cooleemee
resident.
May Meeting Of
Episcopal
Churchwomen
The Episcopal Churchwom
en held their regular month
ly meeting on Wednesday eve
ning at the Parish Hall of
the Church of the Good Shep
herd, Cooleemee. There were
ten members from Cooleemee
and five from Fork to attend
the meeting. After separate
business sessions, the group
assembled in the basement for
refreshment of coffee - cake,
and coffee. The hostesses were
Mrs. I. H. Huske, Miss Mar
garet Skinner and Mrs. Joe
Murphy.
Hie group plans to close their
summer meetings on June 21,
when they will join together
in a trip to Winston - Salem
and dine out.
When the fall meetings be
gin, they will be held the
first Wednesday in each month
instead of the third as has
been done the past year. Mrs.
Elmer Barber is the presi
dent.
Mrs. Sally Presnell of
Greensboro is spending a few
days visiting her sister, Mrs.
Molly House. They spent a
few days in Asheville visit
ing Mrs. Presnell's daughter
and family.
205 Seniors To Graduate May 29
Parkor
Wins Again
John Parker of Cooleemee,
who is playing baseball with
Spartanburg Phillies this sea
son, won his 6th game last
Friday night in Lexington.
Parker is scheduled to pitch
Tuesday, May 30th, in Lex
ington, if games are not post
poned due to the weather.
GOP Women
The Davie County Republi
can Women's Club held their
regular monthly meeting May
22nd at the home of their
president, Mrs. George Schla
densky.
Plans were completed for
our patriotic salue to the Gold
en Age Club of Mocksville
and the Senior Citizens Club
of Cooleemee. This will be a'
covered dish supper to be held
at the Rotary Hut on Tues
day, May 30th beginning at
6:30 P. M. Each one attending i
is asked to bring a covered 1
dish. Prizes will be awarded
to the winners of the essay
contest which the club is spon
soring.
Mr. Bill East, Editor from
Twin-City Sentinel, Winston-
Salem will be the guest speak
er on "Communist operations
in the United States and what
we should do about them".
"W6 urge all members of
these three clubs to attend
May 30th and the husbands
and friends are especially in
vited to hear this excellent
speaker.
Mr. and Mrs .Robert Stew
art and family have moved
into the House on Margmai
Street formerly occupied by
Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Rabold,
who moved to Salisbury. The
vacant house is being reno
vated.
BOMB MIG BASES
The U. S. Air Force and
Navy planes made their first
attack recently on MIG jet air
fields in Kep near Hanoi.
Bombings have continued with
reported success.
COOLEEMEE, N. C„ THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1967
Horse And Pony Show
To Be Held Saturday
Senior Citizens
By Reporter
The Senior Citizens trip to
the mountains planned for
Thursday, June 1, has been
postponed indefinitely.
Seventy-one Senior Citizens
enjoyed a fun program on
Monday conducted by Mrs.
Frank Seders. First, she
taught us a song, "Michael,
Row Your Boat." Her accomp
anist was her tambourine.
Then various members were
asked to stand and after giv
ing their name asked to tel|
of something in their past life
that they had accomplished
or were proud of. The most
hilarious to respond, said her
name was Liz Taylor and her
greatest accomplishment was
having five husbands. The
I next six members, most of
: whom were carrying brown
bags, came to the front and
each took turns, "Showing and
Telling". We were shown kiss
| ing dolls, a cherished antique
' cup and saucer, a collector's
item glasstop fruit jar, a nur
sing bottle and baby doll, a
view master and stuffed and
skeletons of sea monsters. The
"Telling" was quite entertain
ing, especially the lost verte
bra of the whale that swal
lowed Jonah.
One chaplain, Mrs. George
Miller, brought an interesting
and consoling discussion on
Job after reading a passage
from the Book of Job.
Two new members were
added to our roll, Mrs. Dewey
Angel and Mrs. Lillian Gib
son.
A sympathy card was sent
to Mr. Arthur Howard and a
get well card to 'Mrs. Rome
Shoaf. Reported ill at this
time was Mrs. Ida Foster and
Mrs. Floyd Daniel.
Lovely flowers were brought
by the members.
Birthday cakes baked by
Mrs. Sadie Steele, Mrs. Floyd
[ Daniel, Mrs. Sherrill Munday,
. Mrs. Will Wetmore and Miss
' Victoria Byerly, along with
mints and coffee were served
| to members born in the month
of May.
The Mocksville Saddle Club
will sponsor an Open Horse
and Pony Show on May 27,
at the Club arena behind Da
vie County Hospital. The show
begins at 7:00 P. M. The
judge will be Leonard A. Lu
binski, of Jackson, Tenn. the
Ring Master, Alvin Richard
son of Mocksville, and Master
of Ceromonies, Jim MbDonnal
of Monroe.
Admission free, refreshments
on grounds.
Accepted For
Rowan Tech. Inst.
Ten persons from the Davie
County area have been ac
cepted for admission to Row
an Technical Institute in Sep
tember. They will train in va
rious programs to prepare for
careers in the fields of health,
trade, and technical occupa
tions.
They are: Teddy Wayne
Boger, James Rayford Cart
ner, Medford Alton Foster, Ce
cil Sanford Sain; in Business
Administration; Brenda Kaye
Joyner in Medical Secretary;
Carl Frank Dwiggins, Larry
Warren Richie, Barry Lamont
Spry in Electrical Installati
on; Reginald Jerome Gaither
in Air Conditioning and Refri
geration; Bernard Wilkes El
liott in Welding.
Monte Ridenhour
Graduates
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rid
enhour and Mr. and Mrs. Lem
Harris of Mocksville attended
the graduation exercises of the
Ridenhour's son, Monte, on
Sunday morning at 10:30 at
Western Carolina College, Cul
lowhee, North Carolina. He
received a BS degree.
Reappointed
Mrs. Minnie Allen has been
reappointed for another two
year term as Justice of the
Peace. Her office is in the
Allen Grocery and Flower
Shop, Gladstone, Cooleemee.
Hurt In Fall
Mrs. Lois Wilson is a pa
tient at Davie Hospital un
dergoing treatment for injuries
received in a fall down the
basement steps of her son,
Jimmy Wilson at Redland on
Saturday night.
Library News
The Davie County Public |
: Library received almost two |
hundred guests during the
TOUT sponsored by the Mocks
ville Woman's Club on May
17. Most of them were from
other counties, some even from
Va.
On Friday, May 19, the Can
dy-stripers Tea was held in
the Multipurpose Room of the
library;
During the summer months
the Cooleemee Branch Li
brary will be open one hoar
longer in the afternoon to
accomodate the many young
people who like to visit
there after lunch. The com
plete summer schedule for
the Cooleemee Branch, be
ginning when school closes
is:
LIBRARY HOURS
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday,
Friday
9 12 and 1 5
Saturday 9 12
Closed all day
Wednesday
If you are not hearing Mrs.
Knox Johnstone's book re
views on Radio Station WD
SL, at 10:30 A. M. each Friday,
do form the habit of listening!
She always has something in
teresting for you, and keeps
you up-to-date on events in
your library, as well.
On May 19th she told you
about the very popular "I've
Only Got Two Hands and I'm
Busy Wringing Them", by
Jane Goodsell.
On Friday, May 26, she will
offer you some mare of Jane
Goodsell's humorous book.
Mrs. Lessie Blackville spent
the weekend visiting her uncle
and aunt, Rev. and Mirs. G. W.
Privette in Winston - Salem.
NEW 3.5 MILLION RESEARCH
Governor Dan Moore Friday
described textiles as one ol
America's most modern indus
tries and said that North Care
lina will continue as the
world's leader m tne textile
industry.
Speaking at the dedication
of Burlington Industries' new
3.5 million Research Center on
Interstate 40 near the Guilford
College exit, the Governor
made reference to textile im
ports and noted that lie has
consulted with government
leaders on the problem and
is "optimistic that corrective
steps can and will be taken by
the responsible Federal agen
cies to relieve the burden of
unfair foreign competition."
"I have written the Presi
dent and have traveled to
Washington to meet with the
Vice President to ask him for
help," Govorner Moore stated.
I have talked with members
of the North Carolina Congres
sional delegation and govern
ors of other major textile pro
ducing states. They have join
ed with me in trying to rectify
this situation."
He cited the textile indus
try's North Carolina payroll
($1 billion) and expansion
($2lB million) last year and
described the new Burlington
facility as "a beacon of re
search aimed at a brighter,
more abundant future for Bur
lington and the entire textile
industry."
The Center is located on In
terstate 40 near the Guil
| ford College exits and iess
than 15 minutes from Kern
ersville. Its laboratories com-
I plement and coordinate M-
v;
REV. CHARLES BEAMAN, Jr.
to Deliver Sermon
Cooleemee
Civic Club
The Cooleemee Civic Club
will meet on Tuesday, June
6th, at the home of Mrs.
George Schladensky on Crest
view Drive, Mocksville, with
Mrs. J. C. Sell as joint hos
tess. The program is planned
by Mrs. Grafton Cockrell, Mrs
Allen Snipes and Mrs. Craig
Snead.
First Potatoes
LUTHER Moon of Cross St.,
Cooleemee, reports to the
Journal that he has already
had potatoes from his garden
this week.
C. E. Fowler
School Janitor
Charlie Edd Fowler, 56, of
Cooleemee, died at his home
Thursday following a heart
attack.
He was a native and life
long resident of Davie Coun
ty, and had worked as janitor
at the Cooleemee School for
20 years.
Funeral service was held
Sunday at 4 P. M. at Friend
ship Baptist Church in Cool
eemee. Burial was in OJd
Cross Roads Cemetery.
1-40 DEDICATED
search efforts of Burlington
jperating divisions within spe
cialized areas.
Terming Burlington a com
pany "woven tightly into the
economic fabric of this state,"
Governor Moore noted that
luring 1966 the Company built
;ix of its seven new manu
facturing facilities in North
Carolina.
"Burlington Industries had
its beginning in North Caro
lina just 43 years ago," he
sairf. "Although it is today
recognized world-wide for its
leadership in the industry, it
has remained primarily a
North Carolina company. It
nas 120 plants in 15 states and
operates in eight foreign coun
tries. Seventy-four of these
plants are located in North
Carolina and more than half
jf its 69,000 employees are lo
cated in this state."
EXEMPLIFIES CONFIDENCE
This Company's new Research
Center houses a 170-member
research and development staff
Gov. Moore said the structure,
'represents an investment in
a better way of life for all
and exemplifies Burlington's
confidence in the future."
Charles F. Myers. Jr., presi
dent of the diversified textile
concern, said several years of
planning have gone into the
construction of the new faci
lity which is "designed for
exploring new avenues into
the future of the textile in
dustry."
See FICTUKBS Face 8
PUBLISHED THURSDAY
A total of 205 seniors arc
scheduled to receive their di
plomas in graduation exercise*
to be held Monday night at
8 P. M in the high school
gymnasium.
The annual Commencement
Sermon will be delivered on
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 P.M.
by the Rev. Charles G. Sea
man, Jr., District Superintend
ent of the Thomasville Dis
trict of the Methodist Church.
He will be introduced by tne
Rev. Claude Hartsell, pastor
of the Cooleemee Methodist
Church.
Mr. Beaman has an AB de
gree from As bury College, BD
degree from Candler Sihool
of Theology .Emory Universi
ty, Atlanta, Ga. and has served
several pastorates throughout
the state.
At Monday evening's gradu
ation, processional will got
underway at 8 P. M. The in
vocation will be given by
Phil Deadmon, President of
the Senior Class. The high
school glee club, under the
direction of Walter Graham,
will sing "The Quest"
Hie featured address will be
[ made by three top scholars
j in the graduating class:
> Steve Walker will speak on
"The Concept of A Student:
Past.
Linda Burgess will speak on
"The Concept of A Student:
Present.
■» Keith Hamrick will speak
e on "The Concept of A Stud
y ent: Future,
a
The diplomas will be
sented by John N. Norte*,
Principal of the Davie County
High School and James &
Everidge, Supt. of Davie Coun
ty Schools.
I Hair Dressers
. To Meet Jiie 5
r The Davie Hair Dresser*
r Association will meet June %
at Beatty's Restaurant in Sal
d isbury. Car pools will meet
- in front of Marie's Beauty
- Shop in Mocksville at 6:30
d P.M. Everyone is urged to at
tend.
"Some of the more unusual
textile products made possible
or better by research," Mir,
Myers said, "include material*
for bullet-proof vests, heat
resistant fabrics to cover space
vehicle nose cones, glass fab
rics for decorative and indus
trial use, fabrics given unu
sual properties by radiation,
and a wide range of improved
textiles for the home, apparel
and industry."
"The growth of a new fami
ly of permanent press fabrics,
and now with soil-release cha
racteristics," Mr. Myers not
ed, "has given the American
consumer ease-of-care textile
products far superior to any
thing known before."
Mr. Myers said his Com- J
pany's research effort is also
investigating new and better
ways to control industrial
wastes, development of elas
tomers and polymers for ap- -
plication in textile and fur
niture products, and high "
speed photography to analyse 1
textile machinery operation. U
"North Carolina is uniquely v
endowed with qualities wihioh J
nurture such growth as rep» I
resented by this Research >3
Center," he said. "Among |
these is quality of state i
government. Governor Moot* 1 # J
administration has demoostra- .»
ted a genuine concern for and «;
has taken many positive steps |
in promoting healthy indus- ; !
trial development."
"The Tar Heel state, with J
a rich heritage of textile prog- j
ress," Mr. Myers said, "bi« an 1
almost unlimited future lot
continued growth and pro«» i
(parity tor all Ms j