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Hire Barbara P. Howard Lucy C. Johnson Martha M. Kepley Sharon S. Kiser Dominic J. Mando Erma W. Mauldin Delia V. McKinnon Lucinda L. McClure Paul L. McGraw Walter G. Morris Katherine O. Mullis Willa M. Newsome M. Lawrence Niblock Bill E. Peeler Alda Elaine Poteat Ralph J. Randall Earl C. Setzer, Jr. Ruth W. Short Eleanor E. Sifford Julius E. Suiter Selma W. Suiter Bessie D. Sullivan Margaret Aleen Steelman Ezra C. Tatum Jaqueline H. Thomas Harold Eugene Tyner John L. Walker Claire E. Wall James W. Wall Jack S. Ward Frances P. Wensil Elizabeth G. Willard Roger L. Wilson Ada R. Clark Mocksvllle Middle School Joseph W. McGuire, Jr. Principal Pecola L. Allison Elaine P. Brown Alice E. Dyson Kate L. Foster Thomas G. Foster, Jr. i Roberta D. Goodwin Linda A. Hardy Virginia P. Shutt Yvonne S. Stewart Clyde R. Studevent Mary E. Street Henry C. Tomlinson Grace P. Wootton Esther G. Wall Anna B. Williams Homecoming At Jerusalem Baptist Church To Be Held Sunday The annual Homecoming of Jerusalem Baptist Church will be held on Sunday, August 20th at the church. The 11:00 A. M. message will be brought by the Rev. B. R. Whisnant, a former member of the church. A picnic lunch will follow the morning worship services and there will be singing in the afternoon. Mrs. Mary Alice Wilson COOLEEMEE Mrs. (Mary Alice Wilson, 34, of North Cooleemee, died unexpected ly Saturday morning. She is survived by one son, James Nelson Neely; her mo ther, Mrs. Betty Neely of Cooleemee, three sisters, Mrs. Eleanor Failkner of Advance, *nd Addie Mae and Jane Nee ly of the home; three broth ers, William Paul, Carl Lee and Thomas Neely ,all of Coo leemee. Funeral services were Thurs day at 2:30 in the chapel of Morrison-Sturdevent Fune ral Home in Mocksville. Cooleemee School Vestal G. Prim, Principal Billie J. Beck Louise C. Campbell Mariola Crawford Mary S. Davis Ellen F. Dyson Helen B. Everhart Ophelia B. Ferebee Martha W. Fleming Mary M. Hasty Marjorie R. Hoyle Mary L. Hoyle Geraldine L. Jordan RECEIVES AIR FORCE COMMENDATION MEDAL GWONN Mich. -- Technical Sergeant Floyd H. Hillard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy V. Hill ard of 6 Watt, Cooleemee, N C., has received the U. S. Air Force Commendation; Med al at K. I. Sawyer AFB, Mich. Sergeant Hillard was dec orated for meritorious service as a food service supervisor at Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai AFB, Thailand He was cited for his outstanding skill, leadership and devotio to du ty- He is now at K. I. Sawyer with the Strategic Air Com mand, the nation's combat ready intercontinental missile and bomber force. The sergeant attended Cool eemee High School and com pleted requirements for his di ploma after entering the Air Force. His wife is the former Yong Su Yi from Korea. Ellis Family Reunion Held There were eighty - five friends and members of the family present at the annual reunion held at Ellises Lakes Sunday. Mrs. H. B. Wagner of Columbia, South Carolina and Mrs. Vertie Orr and daughters of Rock Hill, South Carolina traveled the greatest distance. Rev. Bobby Russell gave the invocation before the pic nic style lunch. Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Livengood and son provided a very delightful pro gram of music and group sing ing was enjoyed. The new officers elected for the following year were: Mr. Billy Smith of High Point, President and Mrs. Lester B. Ellis of Route 4, Mocksville, Secretary and Treasurer. The group voted to hold the re union at Ellises Lakes again next year. Mr. and Mrs. Ward L. Set zer and family have moved from Watt Street into their new hoime on Ruffin Street. John Burchette To Sing At Morning Service John Burchette, son of Rev. and Mrs. Charles Burchette, will sing at the Morning Wor ship Service at First Baptist Church Sunday. Mr. Burchette, a graduate of Stetson University, has for the last two years been head of the choral music department of the Edgewater High School in Orlando, Florida. For the last two summers he has been director of choral music for the outdoors drama, "Horn In The West" at Boone, North Carolina. He plans to continue his studies at the University of the Pacific at Stockton, Ca lifornia, next year. Mr. Burchette will sing 'The Wayfaring Pilgrim", accom panying himself on the Dulci mer, an instrument that origi nated in . the mountains of NorUt Carolina. Joan P. King Phoebe M. Lakey Agnes S. Leary Fannie L. McCallut Martha C. McKay Ruby M. Moore Pauline D. Prim Blanch L. Rash Chy J. Rash Thomas L Ridenhour Arminia S. Thomas Ruth J. Tutterow Edith H. Waller Sandra H. Daughtery Landscaping Near Plant The Erwin Mills Co., a divis ion of Burlington Industries is doing a lot of landscaping, bulldozing, and sewing grass in front cf the mill and around the recreation center. This will be a wonderful improvemeni to this property and will help the looks of the town as a whole. A lot of fill-dirt has been hauled in this area near the mill which has always been a hard situation to work with due to water problems, when the river rises and hard rains, plus a small stream that flows through the area that they are working on. All the undergrowth has been clean ed up and the grounds seed ed. Merchandise Taken In Robbery Monday night someone broke into the Howard Glass shop and the Glenn R. Reavis Chain Saw Co. on Highway 601, near Mocksville taking approximately 14 chain saws and other merchandise valued at several thousand dollars. Entry was made in the rear of the glass shop and on through another inside metal window into the Reavis serv ice department. Mr. Howard, owner of the glass shop, had nothing missing that he could determine, except damages to two windows. Library News All you readers of GHOST STORIES rally 'round on Aug ust 28th at 7:30 P. M. for that is when the library is showing a film you want to see! John Harden, _uthor of North Carolina Ghosts and Devil's Tramping Ground, pro vides some interesting and am using statistics on ghosts in this film, and relates many of his experiences in collecting material for his stories, and in gathering folklore of North Carolina. He makes a plea that a great deal of story material be recorded and more cultur al artifacts be collected. "Ghost books" are ever-pop ular with all ages and Davie County has its fair share of readers who enjoy the mysti fying and the supernatural. We expect a goodly audience on August 28, so come early and bring your friends! In addition, a travel film will show the beauty of our own America. This is a safe and wonderful trip we can enjoy via film in a com fortable chair at the library. Departure time: 7:30 P. M., on August 28. The Davie County Public Library in Mocksville will be closed on September 4th, Labor Day. Mrs. Mamie Leach returned to her home on Route 4, Mocksville on Friday from Baptist Hospital and is im proving. COOLEEMEE, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1967 jKaßMKgg—i^— LESTER MARTIN REAPPOINTED Governor Dan K. Moore has reappointed Lester Martin of Mocksville to the board of trustees of Ap palachian State University. His term is for eight years. He has served on this board for the past four years. His term will expire in 1975. A Mocksville attorney, Mr. Martin has served for two terms in the North Carolina General Assembly in 1961 and 1963. Kindergarten Registration Applications are being taken now for the Cooleemee Kind ergarten which will begin on September sth. To register a child, he must be five years old before December 31, 1967. If you wish to register your child, please call Mrs. Sue Cuthrell, at 284-4627, Coolee mee. SENIOR CITIZENS By Reporter The Senior citizens met Monday, August 14th at the Cooleemee Recreation Center. Mrs. C. W. Shepherd gave the devotional. Mr. Frank Mil ler led the prayer. In the absence of the presi dent, Mr. G. N. Spry, who was ill, Mr. Shepherd presided ov er the business meeting. [Mr. Noah Grimes was re ported in the hospital. Mr. Will Westmore had returned home from the hospital. There were 57 present and one vi sitor, Mrs. Willie Mae Clark. She is interested in forming a club for North Cooleemee and wanted to get some ideas. For the program, the mem bers helped write a story by filling in the blanks. The out come of the story was hilari ous. Following is the story: An Exciting Trip Last week Mrs. Annie Miller decided to take a trip to Grea sy Corner. She decided to in vite Mr. McMahan to go along. It was such a long way they decided to pack a picnic lunch, which consisted of dog sand wiches, man salad, and iced alcohol. They left home at 13 o'clock They traveled 21 miles an hour in their pig. They stop ped at the horse to eat their lunch. It was beside a beauti ful stream of water surround ed by a lovely baby. After lunch they hiked through the pony and up a beautiful sheep. They looked down and saw a very strange woman. It was such a rare speciman they decided to send it to the museum at Faith so that all the world could view this beautiful woman. They rushed back to their ugly airplane, got in, stepped on the Pepsi, and made it back to Cooleemee in 44 minutes. They wrapped the woman in man, tied it with a goat and hurried to the post office. The postmaster said "You can not Mail a package wrapped that way. All packages must be wrapped in a rabbit and tied with a cat." So they sent it to Kennedy and this was news. Reporters from all the newspapers in Woodleaf came to roll pictures. McCalls paid 97 thousand dol lars for the right to an ex clusive story. Mrs. Miller and Mr. McMahan were interview ed by Mrs. Sophie on Tv. They had a lovely time mak ing appearances froim Char- j lotte to Barber Junction. | After all the excitement they were singing to be able ■ to be running down in the quiet town of Cooleemee. I Odis Howell Lee Killed In Accident MOCKSVILLE A 31-year old Georgia man was dead on arrival at Rowan Memorial Hospital at 1:35 A. M. Sunday after he was killed in a sin gle car accident on county ioad 2539. State Highway Patrolman E. G. Shoemaker said Odis Howell Lee, 31, of Gainesville, Ga., was traveling on the road about tw miles south of Sal isbury Rowan County when his car ran off the right side of the road, back to the left side where he struck an embankment and overturn ed. A passenger, Franklin Hough, 30, of 524 East Fisher Street, Salisbury, was reported in sat isfactory condition at Rowan Memorial Hospital with head lacerations and body contus ions. Shoemaker said the 1961 Chevrolet convertible was a total loss. Lee was born in Gainesville to Toy L. Lee and Mary Nell Pierce Lee. Surviving are his father of Cooleemee and his mother of Gainesville, Ga., two daugh ters, Portia Lee and Sandra Lee of Cullman, Ala., a bro ther, Bruce Lee of Salisbury; and a sister, Mrs. Evelyn Ed wards of Gainesville. The body was taken to Lit tle and Davenport Funeral Home in Gainesville. Federal Funds Used To Construct Hospitals During the first six months of this year, $11,969,075.39 in Federal funds was approved to help finance the construct ion of hospital, mental retard ation, and mental health facili ties in North Carolina, Dr. Emil E. Palmquist, Regional Health Director of the Depart ment of Health, Education, and Welfare announced today. Dr. Palmquist said Federal assistance is provided commu nities to encourage a wider distribution of health facilities and to improve standards of care available throughout the Nation. Since 1948, when the programs first started, North Carolina Health facilities have received a total of $149,052,- 078.00 in Federal construction funds. Ephesus News By Mrs. Lois Wilson Suzanne Veach is spending this week in Landis with her cousin, Debbie Gullett. Mrs. iMozelle Veach went to Madison Wednesday to visit her sister, Mrs. Marie Turner until Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Powell and Mrs. Frances Goodman and daughters of Spencefr were guests of Mr. and Mrs. James West, Sunday and en joyed a cook-out honoring Lori Ann Goodman on her birth day. iMrs. Sadie Steele, Mrs. Jua nita Frye, Mrs. Theo Rice, Mrs. Lois Wilson and Miss Ella Call attended Open House at Smith Grove IMethodist Church on Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Avery Sink is on the sick list this week. She is at her home. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Veach and David and Mrs. Catherine Rushing of Spencer and Mr. L. D. Hendricks and Rickey and Pam of Union Chapel were Saturday visitors with Mrs. Ruth Veach. Mrs. Clyde Williams and children visited Mrs. Will My ers one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Call and son spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Call' They live in Charlotte. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Penn inger and daughter, Debbie of Woodleaf spent last week in Indiana. While there they visited her brother, and wife Rev. and Mrs. S. F. Cook of Plainville, and in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Swope in Danville, and went to Indiana polis. Enroute home they visit ed Mr. and Mrs. Avery Cook and family in Centreville, Vir ginia. Bilk ja; «■ :: S WHO IS THIS YOUNG MAN AND HIS SISTER? CLUES: This girl and boy did not attend grammar school here. Both maternai and pa ternal grandparents live in Cooleemee, as well as their parents. Youth Dies Of Injuries In Wreck MOCKSVILLE Wayne Al vin Howard, 17, of Mocksville, Rt. 3, died Tuesday at Davie County Hospital from injur ies received in an automobile accident Sunday night on Mill ing Road. He was born in Davie Coun ty to Hobart and Opal Rob erson Howard. Surviving are his parents; two brothers, Larry and Don ald Howard of the home; 3 sisters, Mrs. Allen Blakley of Mocksville, Misses Dorothy and Gay Howard of the home. The funeral was at 3 P.M. Wednesday at Dulin Method ist Church. Burial was in the church cemetery. Open Golf Tournament The Cooleemee and Mocks ville Jaycees announce the first annual Davie County Open Golf Tournament, to be held at the Twin Cedars Golf Course September 9, and 10. Qualifying rounds begin Aug ust 30th through September 5. Details will be published next week. Teachers Attend Vocational Conference Mrs. Ruth Short and Mrs. Delia iMcKinnon, home econo mics teachers at Davie Coun ty High School, attended the North Carolina Vocational Home Economics Conference August 6th through August 9. The conference was held on the campus at the Univer sity of North Carolina at Greensboro. Our Task-Evalu ate, Improve, Redirect and Expand was the conference theme. On Wednesday Mrs. Short and Mrs. McKinnon attended a luncheon meeting of the Home Economics Division of the North Carolina Vocational Association. Dr. Coyce Scar borough president-elect of the N.C.V.A., spoke on New Di rections in Vocational Educa tion. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rich ard Ward and family, Mrs. Alta Capel and Miss Pauline Capel, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Cheek attended the Cheek Reunion in the Community Building in Wilkes County on Sunday. A large crowd attended. Troop No. 22 Girl Scout Nows Notes Some wonderful news can now be told. The Pilot Area Girl Scout Council is the for tunate recipient of 27 acres of land given by Mr. and Mrs. John F. Trotman of Winston- Salem. Mrs. Trotman is a past president of the council. The land has a lovely lake fed by seven springs and stately woods with many kinds of trees. The council has purchased a 20-acre piece of land adjoin ing this gift land to make a nice place for Girl Scouts io camp and hike. The cookies the girls have been selling will now seem more import ant, for it is the money raised in this way that will erect a building to be used for all-year camping. There also will be some shelters to be used as headquarters for Lent camping and day camp ing. The first thing the girls can do is find a lovely meaning ful name for this camp. The new camp site is about Pre-Registration Of Davie Schools On August 23. 8:30 A. M. til 3:30 p. m. all new stud ents in Davie County who have not previously registered are to go by the principal's office in the school they are to attend and register. On August 28, pupil orien tation day will be held from 8:30 a.m. til 10:00 a.m. at each school. August 29th will be gin a full dfcy schedule ol school. Senior Citizens Featured By Dixie Classic Fair Winston - Salem, N. C.-- Senior citizens of Northwest North Carolina have had a special exhibit division and a fun festival designated for them by this year's Dixie Classic Fair. "There is a lot of interest am ong this age group in sewing and crafts work," said Neil Bolton, Fair manager, "so we thought the senior citizens de finitely ought to comprise a special division in our plan ning. Alter all, we got part of our fair theme this year from them —"For the Young and Young in Heart.' " Men and women of Senior Citizens clubs of the area will have the opportunity of exhibiting their handwork articles and to win valuable premiums. Such articles as clothing, hooked rugs, afghans, knitted or cro cheted pieces, paintings, wood work, mosaics, and the like will be judged Tuesday, Oc tober 3, at 8:30 A. M. A total of SIOO in premiums will be awarded- On Thursday of Fair Week the Fun Festival for Senior Citizens will be held at 2 P. M. in the new arena. A total of $lO5 in premiums will be awarded for such things as the person with the great est number of children and grandchildren, oldest person, oldest married couple, baldest man, woman with the longest See FAIR Page 8 HANES TO LOCATE WAREHOUSE IN DAVIE The Knitwear Division of Hanes Corporation today an nounced that it will build a warehouse in Davie County, approximately three miles from Advance. The new warehouse, which will have 5% million cubic feet of space, will be located 3 n Cornatzer Road along the Southern Railroad tracks. It is estimated thaat the total ;ost will run "well over $2 million. Hanes operates a plant at Farmington, in Davie County, PUBLISHED THURSDAY 18 miles west of Winston-Sa lem near and a nice traveling distance from any part of the council with out going through large cities. (Take your own water - as no work has been done on th« site.) One of the earliest things a troop can plan to do this fall is visit the site to see how it looks in the natural set ting. The troop should think of appropriate name that would be a fitting symbol of the camp. Each troop submits one name to their Neighbor hood Chairman by November 1. Each N. S. T. will make a selection and submit no more than 3 names to the Council Office by December 1. Camping Services Commit tee will make the final se lection of an appropriate name for the camp and use others to name units, etc. September- October—Troops visit camp site, By November 1 —Each troop submits one camp name to N. S. T. Dec. I—N. S. T. submits not more than 3 names to Camp ing Service Comm. December 14 - Camping Ser vice Comm. meets; selects name for camp-site and others suitable for units, trails, etc. At last the Camp Develop ment Committee has their job assignment and work can be gin on Camp Dot Perry and the new property in Davie County. At Camp Dot Perry, the plans are to do selective clear ing and terracing, and to build an open shelter so the sit£ will be more attractive to Ca dettes and Seniors for primi tive camping. On the Farmington site in Davie County, we hope to er ect a permanent, winterized unit for year-around camp ing. We have 47 acres on this site and this new develop ment will begin to fill the Sap between day camping and primitive camping. Cross your fingers that the work can begin on schedule and we may be using both developments by the 1968 season! The beckoning road is locat ed on the new camp property and promises to lead to many outdoor adventures for the girls in our council. By Mrs. Vivian Mills, Leader Mrs. Nellie Snider, Assistant Local Youth Participate In Youth Week Six young people from the First Baptist Church in Cool eemee spent last week in Kernersville to participate in the Youth Week Services at the First Baptist Church there. On Tuesday they went to Kernersville and stayed until Friday. On Wednesday eve ning, they went to the Mills Home in Thomasville and held a program, and also attended Class Room Quiz, a taped show which will be shown on Chan nel 8. Those participating were Miss Susan Brinegar, Freida and Ann Foster, Glenda Holt, Neal Smith and Chris Spry. for the manufacture of elastic webbing. Warehousing operations in the division's plants in Win ston-Salem, Newland, Sparta and Jefferson, in North Caro lina, and Galax, Va., will be combined in Davie County. The warehouse is expected to be in operation by mid-1968. Mr. Richard Port said that by "moving warehousing from our other plants in this area, we will gain valuable space for expansion of our manu facturing operations."