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Nc. 14 Wednesday, April 9, 1969 10 Cents
Industry-Hunting Group
Organized In Cooleemee
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Learning To Read A New Way
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Kathy Roberts is using head phones
to learn how to read easier and
better. Parents of pre-school schildren
are invited to see and have explained
some of the new teaching methods
during four visitation days a t
Cooleemee School next week. The pro
Dave Cover Elected Jaycee President
The Cooleemee Jaycees held
their regular meeting Thursday
night, April 3, and elected new
officers for 1969-70.
Dave Cover of Davie Street
is the new president. Other of
ficers include: internal vice
president, Charles Church; ex
ternal vice president, Jim
Steele; secretary, Dan Moore;
a
gram is not limited to parents of pre
school children but is for all interested
persons in the community. See Page
2 in today's Journal for a complete
listing of times of the visitation
periods.
treasurer, Lloyd Martin; direc
tors, Mike Jordan and Larry
Cope.
The new officers will be in
stalled on May 3, at a banquet
to be held at Ketner's Cafeteria
in Salisbury.
Jim Steele was voted by the
club as Sparkplug of the year
and Charles Church spoke of
the year. They will represent
the local club at the state con
vention to be held in Fayet-
on May 16-17.
The Cooleemee club is also
in the running for the number
one club in the population
Division through the state. The
winher will be announced at
the convention.
Bob Hoyle Elected;
Duke Power Assists
Community interest was high
as more than 40 persons
assembled Thursday at a
Jaycee sponsored meeting at
the U-Stop-N Grill and laid out
plans for Davie County's first
organization designed primarily
to bring new industry into the
area.
Cooleemee Industrial
Development Association was
formed at the meeting, officers
were elected, and the basic
guide lines for the operation
of the organization were laid
out, upon the advice of a pro
fessional development office of
Duke Power Company.
Bob Hoyle was elected presi
dent. Other officers are: Bill
White and Allen Snipes, vice
presidents; Mrs. Libby Creason,
secretary ; and Flake
Blackwood, treasurer. Serving
on the board of directors are
Wayne Eaton, Ed Goodwin, Ed
Hoyle and Mrs. Peggy
Ridenhour.
Ed Goodwin, area manager
of Duke Power Company, in
troduced Dick Cranfield of
Durham to the group. Mr. Cran
field, a member of the com
pany's Industrial Development
Department, was very in
terested in the economic
development within the area.
He explained that the duties
of the Cooleemee Industrial
Development Association would
be to help relocate new industry
in the Cooleemee area, to bring
prospects here and to sell the
area to these prospects.
"The first step is uniting ef
forts," Mr. Cranfield told the
group, "to help the community
grow." The organization will be
in contact with developments
throughout the country for in
dustries interested in relocating
or expanding. He also told the
group that a community
prepares itself in many ways
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for a new industry and can
not l»e done overnight.
The first steps after the
organization of the C.I.D A. will
he to make a county wide study
to obtain Ihe necessary facts
and figures that will lx? needed
to determine whether it will
be profitable for an industry
to relocate here.
The officers and directors will
present this information to the
industry interested in expanding
or relocating.
Persons eligible to become
members of the C.I.D A. will
l>e anyone who would ordinarily
belong to a Chamber of Com
merce, ministers and the
business men and women of
the community.
Officers elected to serve the
organization must spend a lot
of time obtaining the required
information and be willing to
show a group of people around
the community to help locate
the proper site for any type
of new industry.
At the conclusion of the
meeting, newly elected president
Bob Hoyle reminded the
members that this will be no
easy job for the organization
and he desires the support of
the entire community.
Gary G. Jordan
In Philippines
Sergeant Gary G. Jordan, son
of Mr. and Mrs. James R.
Jordan of 2 Marginal St., has
arrived for duty at Clark AB
Philippines.
Sergeant Jordan, a lele-com
munications specialist. i s
assigned to a unit of the Air
Force Communications Service.
He previously served at Thule
AB, Greenland. He is a 1963
graduate of Davie County High
School.