Journal Wins 2 First Prizes
In State Press Competition
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Coming
Events
Guest Sptoker
Rev. Charles Young of Lex
ington, former pastor of North
Cooleemee Baptist Church, will
have charge of the regular
services at North Cooleemee
Sunday, January 19, at 11 a.m.
Rev. McDaniel is one of a
group on tour of the Holy Land.
He will return home next week.
Homemakers Club
The Home Makers Club will
meet Friday, January 17, at
the home of Mrs. M. H.
Ridenhour at 7:80 p.m. All
members are urged to attend.
Exams Are
Underway At
High School
By KAREN HEADLEY
Elaine Osborne
Soow caused an unexpected
holiday for Davie students last
Tuesday.
Cinday Glascock, Katie
Glascock, Elizabeth Hall,
Cynthia Heffner, Bin McKay,
J. D. Purvis and Steve Stout,
members of the Debate club,
went to Chapel Hill Friday for
a Debate workshop. J. D.
Purvis spoke in the Persuasive
Speaking Conference.
Monday was the first day
of exams. The students bad
first and second period exams.
Tuesday, they bad fifth and
sixth. Exams for third and
fourth period were scheduled
for Thursday since there was
a ball game Tuesday night. This
gave the students an extra day
for study.
Davie will play South Iredell
Friday night m the Davie High
gym.
Chaffins Have
First Child
Sergeant and Mrs. Harold R.
Chaff in have announced the
birth of their first child, a son,
Harold Russell, Jr., on Jan 12
at Francis E. Warren Air Force
Base, Cheyenne, Wyo.
The baby weighed seven
pounds, three ounces. Mrs.
Chaff in is the former Bunny
Bean, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles F. Bean of Cooleemee.
Paternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Chaffin Sr.
of Rt. 1, Woodleaf. Mrs. Bean
will leave Wednesday from
Charlotte by Jet to visit her
mw grandson.
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The Cooleemee Journal woo two first prizes
for excellence in competition among North Carolina
weekly newspapers for the year 1968, it will be
announced tomorrow.
The Journal was judged best in the state for
its feature pictures and for its use of pictures.
Only one other weekly won two first prizes in
the nine categories of competition.
Photographer James Barringer took most of
the feature pictures in the issues submitted by
the Journal while Marlene Benson and her trusty
Polaroid took the rest.
Most of the Journal crew will travel to Chapel
Hill Thursday night to receive the awards, which
will be presented at a banquet at the University
of North Carolina. The contest is sponsored by
the North Carolina Press Association.
Those planning to go down to get the awards
are Marlene and Hayden Benson, Barbara and
Jim Barringer, Gerry and Jim Hurley and Iladcn
Hurley. This is the first year the Journal has
been a member of the state press association and,
of course, the first time the paper has won a
state award.
Rev. Burchette Leaves
For Latin American
Mission This Monday
Charles P. Burchette, pastor
of First Baptist Church, will
leave next Monday on a three
week tour of four countries in
South America.
Mr. Burchette is among a
group of North Carolina Baptist
Ministers taking part in a
Preaching Mission in Columbia,
Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil.
They will leave from Charlotte
next Monday morning, January
20 and return on Monday, Feb.
10th.
This is the year of the
"Crusade of Americas" em
phasis sponsored by 23 Baptist
groups in the Western
Hemisphere. Revival services
will be held on the American
Continents during this year. The
Back row; Buddy Alexander, business manager; Grimes
Parker, Cianard "Ftrpo" Creason, Gflmer Pope, Fred
Dunn, Jimmy Honbarrier, Bill Fewer and Dick Pierce.
emphasis is beginning in South
America at this time as it-is
summer time there now.
Mr. Burchctte will be visiting
the Mission Stations of Baptist
in Columbia, Ecuador and Peru.
When the group reaches Brazil,
each will bo assigned certain
places for preaching. Mr.
Burchctte will be preaching in
Itio dc Janeiro, Brasilia, Belem.
In Fortalcza he will be holding
a week's revival.
First Baptist Church has
made it possible for the pastor
to be a part of this Preaching
Mission by taking much of the
responsibilities for planning and
caring for the needs of the
congregation in his absence.