Davie Girls, Boys Win Openers
Cooleemee Journal
Jaycette
Welcome
Wagon
The Cooleemee Jaycettes
have this week undertaken the
Welcome Wagon project. All
newcomers to the community
are asked to contact Mrs. Aub
rey Wensil or Mrs. Flake Black
wood.
The Welcome Wagon, spon
sored by local merchants, will
present to all newcomers, pack
ets containing information of
all major activities in the com
munity and also, gift certificates
from the participating mer
chants.
Anyone learning of new
comers to Cooleemee, please
contact one of the local Jay
cettes so they may officially
welcome them.
Hairdressers
Fashion Show
The Davie County
Hairdressers Association will
sponsor a fashion show at the
Center Community Building on
Monday, March 10, at 8 p.m.
Models will display all types
of hair styles. Many door prizes
will be given away and favors
will be presented to everyone.
Tickets may be purchased
from any beautician in Davie
County for only 50 cents. The
public is cordially invited.
World Prayer Day
The World Day of Prayer
will be held Friday, March 7,
at the Cooleemee United
Methodist Church at 7:30 p.m.
Everyone from all churches
is cordially invited.
Captain Clyde Roberts
Wounded In Vietnam
Mrs. Joan Pierce Roberts, formerly of Cooleemee and now
living in Fayetteville, received word Satruday that her husband,
Capt. Gyde Roberts, was grounded when engaged by enemy
fire while serving his second tour of duty in Vietnam.
According to information given the Journal by Capt.
Roberts' mother-in-law, Mrs. John Pierce of 38 Duke Street,
he was wounded in the right arm and hand and both legs on
Tuesday, February 25.
After receiving treatment and surgery in the Field Hospitals,
he was evacuated to the U.S. Army Hospital in Japan where he
is awaiting further surgery. Additional information concerning
Capt. Roberts' condition will be published as soon as the
Journal is notified.
Capt. Roberts was born in Keyser, West Virginia, but says
Cooleemee is home. He has over 10 years service with the U.S.
Army and is a 1964 graduate of O.C.S. He has spent over nine
years of his career as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne
Division and Special Forces.
Capt. and Mrs. Roberts have two sons, Randy, 11, and
David, 9.
Anyone interested in sending a card or writing to Capt.
Roberts should mail them to the following address:
B3rd Yeer
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Davie fans whoop it up during conference toumement.
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Davie Marine
Killed In Vietnam
Elvie Bell Jr., 23, of Kt. 4,
Box 255, Mocksville, c corporal
with the U.S. Marine Corps,
was killed Friday while serving
on a tour of duty in Vietnam.
He was born Oct. 21, 1945,
in Davie County, son of Mr.
and M;s. Elvie Bell Sr. of
Mocksville. Educated at Davie
County High School, Livingstone
College, and Rowan Technical
Institute, he enlisted in the
Mrrine Corps in June of 1966
and went to Vietnam on Feb.
3, 1958.
Also surviving are three
brothers, James W. Bell, sta
tioned in Korea with the U.S.
Army, and Bobby G. Bell and
Larry Allan Bell, both of the
home; and ths maternal
grandfather, Lindsry Flint of
Rt. 4. Mccksville.
Funeral arrangements are in
ccmp.ete. The bcdy will he
brought to the Noble and Kelsey
Funeral Home.
Tourney
Underway
At Davie
The Davie girls will play
North'lredell in the semi-finals
of the North Piedmont Con
ference tournament at Davie
High tonight (Wednesday) at
7 p.m.
If they defeat North Iredell,
they will face the winner of
the South Iredell-North Stanly
game in the finals Thursday
night at 7 p.m.
The Davie boys played North
Stanly in the second game of
the semi-finals Tuesday night.
A victory would send them into
the finals Thursday at 8:30 p.m.
against the winner of the North
Rowan-Mooresville game.
The Davie l>oys. winners of
the North Piedmont Conference
title with a 15-1 conference
record defeated West Rowan.
54-4(5.
The girls, third in the con
ference with a 14-4 record,
whipped Mooresville 48-21 Mon
day night.
First round results of the
tournament were:
Boys
N. Stanly 67, S. Iredell 50
Davie 54, W. Rowan 46
Mooresville 64, C. Davidson s*»
N. Rowan 61, E. Rowan 51
(•iris
S. Iredell :12, N. Davidson 29
N. Stanly 44, E. Rowan 27
Davie 48, Mooresville 21
N. Iredell 26. C. Davidson 19
Susan Brinegar
In French Club
Susan Brinegar, daughter of
Mrs. Margaret Brinegar of 41
Davie Street, Cooleemce, is a
member of the French Club
at Appalachian State Universi
ty-
The French Club welcomes
as members all .students who
are majoring in French or plan
ning to teach it. The club's
primary aim Ls to enhance the
student's knowledge and un
derstanding of the French
culture through its varied ac
tivities.
Miss Brinegar is a '6B
graduate of Davie County High
School and is a freshman at
the University.
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ELVIE BELL JR.