EDITOR WEIMAR JONES
Tranklin Editor Jones Authors
Hook "Mv Allair With A Weekly"
■Weimar Jonas, editor of The
Franklin Press, is the author of
a book, ‘<My Affair With A
Weekly", which will be publish
ed August 6 by John F. Blair,
Publ rstfiKir, of Winston-Salem.
Tine book is made up oif select
ions from his widely-read weekly
cohimn, ‘'Stirially Person,aJ.” Tn
Wk Foreword, Mir. Jones says,
"Thus book its about my home
and county, about my weekly
rww«paii>er, and about me as Its
editor . . . Beoai’iv* Franklin and
Macon County are much Like ru-i
rat enumties and theiir county -!
sent towns thie country over . . .
maybe this Little 'book is about i
many people in many places."
Chapters that obviously have
to dio with newspanerine aire “A
Ijettler From the Editor," “Only!
a Weekly”, "Want to Buy a
Newspaper?” and “How to Writej
an Editorial.” Tapirs of a more
desvilfti »ry nature Lnclude “A
Juke Box Muted.” “In Praise of!
Old Maid Auntts," “Tale of a!
Tba." Adventures tin Myar»ia,”|
end “Why the Russians Want
the Mlion."
Mr. Jones has had wide exper
ience as a newspaperman, hav
ing worked in various capacities
fw The Greensboro Daily Record,
The A-er coated Press, The Chaff
krtite Ob^rver, The Asheville Oit
>®n and The Asheville Times.
Between newspaper jobs he tried
cither work hut says that when
b“ and inis wife bought The
Franklin Press in 1945, “then
life really began!" The highest
•Tima diiuent he has over received
lonoemiiing hits irunming of The
Press was thiits: “They used to
say: ‘ If you wan t to go to sleep!
at might, iread The Franklin Press
before you go to bed; that way. j
you'll have nothing on your I
mind ' . . . Well, that junt ain't
so any more."
Mr. Jones has served as ft inect -
«' vice-president, and then pre
sident of tlie North Carolina j
Freds Aaoodatiion, spent a year
at the University of North Oar
“olina in Chapel Hill as visiting'
Tecrttorer in journalism, and hasi
wn numerous state and nation
al editorial awards.
Toward ithe end of Hue t>ook,
.Mr. Jones attempted to sum up
bis philosophy as a inewspaiper-j
man.. One 'paragraph is as fol-j
lows: “1 believe llhe obligation
of a country inditor is only half
xfiSrfiapged when he informs his
readers — fully, accurately, ob
jectively — and stimulates them
lo think. Beyond itliiat, his job is
to emit, the simple vimtuos ithatl
have made this nation great and
to speak out so clearly that the
same voice of the country is sure
to be heard, despite the cities'
din.”
Scouts Enjoy
Week At Camp
Thirty-nine Scouts, members
of Troop 2 of St. Matthew's Lu
theran church, spent last week
at Piedmont Boy Scout Camp.
Trc np Scribe Speedy Ramsey
reported Ithe group ‘'had an en
iovablo week, with good food,
Little sun and little rain.”
Fifteen Scouts advanced in
rank during the camp period,
with boys .registered in pioneer
ing, first aid, softball, and rifle
ranee classes. Troop 2 competed
in Field Day and won first place
in waiter boiling and placed in
canoe competition. Sammy Mau
ney and Jay Powell participated
in the water boiling competition
and in the canoe race were Sam
my Mauney, Jay Powell, Sandy
Mauney, Robert Suber and Dan
ny Finger.
Thursday was Parents’ Night
at camp with special activities
planned. Sammy Mauney, Dan
ny Finger, Robbie Suber, Scott
Cole and Fred Wrlgh.t partici
pated in a skit.
Accompanying the Scouts to
Camp were Scoutmaster Otis
Falls, Jr. and Assistant Scout
masters Charles Ramsey, Jimmy
Blanton, and George H. Mauney.
Steve Moore and Mr. Smith were
camp directors.
Troop 2 Scouts attending were
Doyt Phifer, Phillip Lawson, Jay
Powell, Sandy Mauney. Don
Spurting, Robert Suber, Bill Ste
wart, Danny Finger, Kenny Par
ker, Rodney Smith, John W. Mel
ton. Steve Orisrg, Mike Ivey, Ric
kv Ellison, Mike Butler, Sammy
Mauney, Scott Palmer, Speedy
Rarmey, Roger Parker, Lei and
Meaoham, Briggs Palmer, Philip
Gladden, Austin Williams, Jr.
Fred Wright, 111, Randy Sprouse
Tony Alexander, Rocky Huffstei
ler, Jimmy Pressley, Peter Haus
or, Chris Pressley, Ray White
Danny Seism, Eugene White
Ronnie Dover, David Lefitwich
Eddie Bridges, and Scott Cole.
“All boys and leaders wish to
thank everyone for help in ma
king our trip possible," Ramsey
said. Furnishing (transportation
were Leonard Smith, George H,
Mauney, Otis Falls, Mrs. Fred
Wright, Jr., Mrs. Dan Finger,
Mrs. Glee E. Bridges, Paul Cole,
Dr. J. P. Mauney and Chairles
Ramsey.
The Scouts returned home Sat
urday morning.
'What'll
I tell
my
wile!"
Sounds like trouble pardner. Stop
at Medical Pharmacy on the way
home and pick up first aid and
sick room supplies and . . . how a
bout a box of candy?
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Mis. Sides'
Mother Passes
Funeral services were conduc
ted Saturday for Mrs. J. W. Ro
gers, 80, of Kannapolis, mother
of Mrs. W. C. Sides of Kings
Mountain.
Death occurred at 7:40 Thurs
day at the home of a daughter,
Mm. B. W. Fletcher In Kannap
olis. Mrs. Rogers had been in de
clining health since February,
but death was unexpected.
The funeral was held at 3 p. m.
in Kannapolis at Trinity Metho
dist church, with Dr.. Charles D.
White, pastor of Trinity church',
Rev. Mike R. Howard, pastor of
Bethpage Methodist church, offi
ciating. Bunal was at Greenlawn
Cemetery in China Grove.
Mrs. Rogers was a native of
■Rowan county, and the daughter
of the late Jesse Morgan and Eva
Callaway Morgan. She had made
her home in Kannapolis since
1920. Her husband, J. W. Rogers,
died in 1944.
Mrs. Rogers was a member of
Bethpage Methodist church where
she had been honored with a life
time membership in the Woman's
Christian Society and had been
the namesake of the Mary Rogers
Circle.
Survivors, in addition to Mrs.
Sides, include: five other daugh
ters, Mrs. Boyd Fletcher, Mrs.
Yates Moore, Mrs. C. W. McKin
ney, Mrs. Lee Lowery, and Mrs.
Craig Keever, all of Kannapolis;
two sons, Luther Rogers of Kan
napolis, and Hubert Rogers of
Salisbury, N. C.; one sister, Mrs.
Amanda Propst of China Grove,
N. C.; 19 grandchildren, and 7
great-grandchildren.
Davis Trio
To Sing Here
The Blind Davis Trio, a group
of blind singers from Gastonia,
will be featured in the Sunday
evening services of Eastside
Baptist church.
The group will present a spec
ial program of song along with
the regular church (trio and
quartet. Rev. W. M. Helms, pas
tor, will preach on the occasion.
A special invitation from the
group has 'been extended to the
public-at-large.
Defoliants and desiccants are
used to speed the drying of plant
tissue or cause leaves and foliage
to drop from plants to facilitate
harvesting.
Marilyn Felicia Falls, dl
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel 1
celebrated her second birtl
Sunday, July 31, 1960. Tw3
four children were present,
party was enjoyed by all
little children. Many pres
was received by the honoree.
party was given by her I
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sf
Kibler.
[r; and C. D. Penuel, of Ashe
[, Division Traffic Manager.
ie new department officials
East Division (which in
the Raleigh, Greensboro,
ngton and Winston-Salem
s) will toe N. E. Huffman
Division Commerda]
■r; C. A. Jolley, Jr. ol
:te, Division Engineer; B
re, of Raleigh, Divisior
anager; and I* R. Nich
f Greensboro, Divisior
iger.
/asson pointed out tha
Bell’s investment ir
ulina operations ha*
risen from $34,000,000 in 1945 to
nearly $220,000,000 at the end at
1959. Telephones In the Southern
Bell area jumped from 160,000 to
620,000 in the same period.
"This has been a tremendous
growth, and we foresee the econ
omy of North Carolina continu
ing at a very rapid pace. These
changes are designed to serve
more efficiently the increasing
numlber of telephone users In
North Carolina,” he said.
Fungicides are used to prevent
i or curt plant diseases caused by
i fungi.
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