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C. H. Wetmore
53 Years On Staff
Mr. C. H. Wetmore, Woodleaf Cor
respondent, has been writing the
"Woodleaf News" for the Journal for
the past 53 years.
"It an started when I was about
12 years old'*, said Mr. Wetmore. A
big smile came over his face as he
continued, "I wrote a letter to Santa
Clans and the late Mr. Sell printed
it in the paper. He told me to keep
on writing and he would send me
the Journal free."
- Mr. Wetmore, "Hebo" as he is
known to his many friends, was raised
on a large farm in Woodleaf. As a
boy, he would accompany his mother *
to Co&eemee to sell produce to the
local grocery stores.
GOP Women Mnf
The Davie County Republican
Women will hold their regular
masting on January 27, at the
Court Bouse in MocksviUe at
7:90 p.m.
He says he doesn't have much of
a garden now - only one and one-half
acres.
At the age of 17, Mr. Wetmore
worked in the old Drug Store. "I was
Dr. Hoyle's chief soda jerk", he laugh
ed. He also worked a while for Erwin
Mills before finding a home with
Southern Railway where he was
employed lor over 48 years. He retired
from the railroad two years ago, but
still enjoys traveling by train;
Mr. Wetmore is married to the
former Leitha Peeler of near Granite
Quany and will soon be celebrating
their 43rd anniversary. They have six
children and nine grandchildren.
Senior CMmm
' The Senior Clllw Club ij
hold thrir regularly scheduled
muting Monday. January 27,
at » am. at tt» COeMonoi
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Davie Library
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Journal Puts
Cooleemee On
Newspaper Map
T)i6 pictures of CoofoeiDce
Senior Citizens Club, taken fay
Photographer James Barringer,
were judged toe MR feature
pictures puDusned in a weeuy
newspaper in North Carolina
last year.
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tsamnger tooK im pictures
at a costume ball, and the
Journal used three pages of
pictures. One page showed the
King and Queen of the Valen
tine's Party, the aecood page
showed the happy expressions
of the club members and asked
the question, "What in the
World is So Funny?" The next
page showed Senior Citizens'
men dressed as women.
Said the judge:
"What in the World is So
Funny?" was a feature that
is bound to make the reader
jou: in the tan The pictures
were just plain human interest,
imposed and provocative. The
Cooteeofte Journal did a fine
Job."
USE OF PICTURES
The Journal had to enter
several editions of the paper
to -compete in the beat-use of
pictures category and all papers
were judged on the overall use
of pictures in the several issues.
siiCi uk pQS6 IB KftBCUuM
The J—tmk as Eaat in the state
for its use of pictures:
"The Cooleemee Journal used
a variety of subjects mid poses
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IK diierem ingifi to qq id
outstanding job. not
hriitatr to blow up pictures
where recommended for better
usage. Pictures in the Journal
helped the paper achieve an
excellence that most papers in
such small towns cannot
achieve because of the lack of
straight news"
BIG CELEBRATION
The Journal crew Hayden
and lfarlene Benson, Gerry and
Jim Hurley, Barbara and Jim
Barringer and Haden Htefey
went to Chapel urn tud
a ban.
The Journal suite was directly
across the hall from the
Charlotte Observer suite and
we rubbed elbows with aO of
their weO known writers and
even the owner, Jim Knight.
We couldnt help but get in
a few digs that the Cooleemee
Journal won more awards than
the prestigious Observer.
The Observer managing
editor said his writers must
have gone through 18 writing
like the Baltimore Colta played
on Super Bowl Day. And the
way lfarlene talked qp Coolee
mee and the Journal, you'd have
to figure her lor Joe Namath's
Just for good measure,
'Hole*' Spry came over to help
us celebrate. What Mariana
may have forgotten to tell about
Cooleemee, Mole let 'am hear
It .
Winners of the North Carolina
Pleas Association's IMS awards
for
OVER SMtt
Editorials Wallace Carroll,
Mure Writing - Sally
Smith, Charlotte News.
New Repotting BUI
Williams, Gastonia Gasette.
Sporting Reporting - Bffl
BaUengur, Charlotte News.
Snorts Features - Bffl
BaUenger, Charlotte News.
Feature Pkluiw DM
Hunker, Charlotte News.
News Pictures James P.
Barringer, Salisbury Post
UNDER njm
Editorials Roy Proctor,
TbomasviUe Times.
Feature Writing Helen
Arthur, Concord Tribune.
News Reporting Joan
Graves, Goldsboro News-Argus.
Sporting Reporting
Durward Buck, Morganton
News-Herald.
Sports Features Eugene
Price, Goldsboro News-Argus.
Feature Pictures Woody
Peek, Greenville Daily-Reflec
tor.
News Pictures Charles
Sauls, Richmond Daily journal.
WEEKLIES
Best News Bertie Ledger,
Advance.
News Coverage Eden
I^CWB
Feature Writing
Transylvania Times.
Editorials Havelock
Progress.
Best Column Tom Booey,
Alamance News.
Be* Feature Pictures
CooVafmne Journal
Beat Uae of PkUnea
Cooleemae Journal.
Be* Advertising Watauga
Democrat
General Excellence
Watauga Democrat
SEMI-WEEKLIES
Best News Story Chapel
Hill Weekly.
News Coverage Stanly
News k Press.
Feature Writing Fred
Morgan, Stanly News ft Press.
Bat Column Charles Deal,
Newton Observer.
Feature Pictures
WaynesviDe Mountaineer.
Use of Pictures Chapel
Hill Weekly.
Be* Advertising Morehead
City Times-News.
General Excellence
Smithfield Herald.
Holy Cross
Youth Sunday
The Holy Cross Lutheran
Church will observe Youth Sun
day en Sunday, I—l| Ift, at
the 11 a.m. worship service.
recognition wffl be
given to the young people as
they serve the congregation In
amai The en
titled "Youth In Action" wffl
the i TTBMyf of
young people participating in
the life ancTwnntof the church.
'Stone' Opens
On Saturday
The Stone Coffee House *
Mcuiouisi unircn
will be open Saturday night.
Miss Easkv, Davie County
librarian, wQI play the guitar
and sine and die Rev. Ralph
Earns, formerly of Osk Grove
Methodist Church, will be the
gua* speaker.
The Stone Is open from 7
It II p.m.