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THE The Bloodmobile will be at the Elks Club House on East Front Street on Friday, noon to 6 p. m. Iredell W v v v United Fund campaign is now on. Join in this united way to ser- worthy causes that VOLUME 5 STATESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1958 P. O. Box 1441 Price Five Cent NO. 42 ij Presbyterians See Program On Church Extension Family Night dinner, held at the First Presbyterian church Wed nesday evening, was featured by a program on church extension. The pastor, Rev. N. R. McGeachy. spoke on the extension program. Circle No. 4 of the women of the church, had an accent on the extension program at its meeting Monday afternoon. With the gen eral theme "The Serving Church," the program was the story of some of the work done recently, at tractive slides illustrating the nar ration. Pictures showed, all made a few years ago by Rev. T. B. Southall, included The Church in the Woods at Bridgewater, West View church, somewhere in the area of Marion and Morganton and a number of scenes at Camp Grier. The lake at Camp Grier made a particularly attractive picture. Also showed were pictures of the Men of the Church of Con cord Presbytery at an annual din ner at Barium Springs and the of ficers of the Presbyterial. Miss Ann Michael was pictured plan ning a program in area work and Mrs. John L. Fairley in her work here with the leadership school. The -News John Lewis, Jr. Admitted To Bar John Lewis, Jr., was sworn in as a member of the Iredell county bar on Monday morning in the court room of Iredell's court house. Judge Allen Gwyn made a good and very earnest talk after the young attorney had been received by bar members, stressing the re sponsibilities that belong to a lawyer and emphasizing the need for clear and comprehensive think ing Presented to the court and the bar by his father, one of the sen ior members of the Iredell county bar, John Lewis, Jr., was given the oath by Attorney A. B. Raymer in whose office he is now wonung Full bar representation was pre sent to receive the youngest addi tion to their ranks. John Lewis, Jr., only child of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Lewis, gradu ated from the city schools, from the University of North Carolina and from the Law School of the University, receiving his law de gree in June of this year. His father. John Lewis, and uncle, the late Henry Lewis, comprised the twin brother law firm of Lewis and Lewis. The News U. S. Exhibit Wins Gold Medal At German Food Fair The U. S. agricultural exhibit received a gold medal for being the best international exhibit at the German Food Fair in Munich, according to information received by the U. S. Department of Agri culture. The Fair began Sept. 25 and closed Oct. 5. The award was presented by the Business Men's Association of Munich and was accepted on be half of the United States by Hor ace G. Bolster, of USOA's For eign Agricultural Service, exhibit director. More than 44 nations had exhibits at the Fair. The exhibit featured high qual ity U. S. food available to meet German import needs. Products displayed were dried, fresh and canned fruits; poultry, wheat, corn, rice, soybeans, honey, frozen foods and prepared mixes. The exhibit at Munich was the 31st to be presented at an inter national Fair as a means of ex panding foreign sales of U. S. farm products under the market devel opment provisions of Title I of Public Law 480. It was sponsored by USDA in cooperation with pri vate U. S. trade groups. The News MR. S1IERRILL John Sherrill of route 2 is ser iously ill in Iredell Memorial hos pital. He has been in failing health for several years and underwent me ainpuiuuwi ui a it-5 ivuuv;. ( Mr. Linney Injured In Auto Accident Gates Linney of Linney's Grove underwent brain surgery in Bap tist hospital on Monday. He stood the operation satisfactorily. Mr. Linney was injured Saturday when his car went off the road in the Rocky Springs community. He was taken to the Alexander coun ty hospital and was removed from there to the Baptist hospital in Winston-Salem for the operation. Mr. Linney was alone when the accident occurred and there is an uncertainty as to whether he had an attack of illness and so lost control of his car, or whether the accident was due to some other cause. A retired postmaster of War wick, Va., he is a member of the Linney family of Linney's Grove and he and his family have been living in the Williams' cottage in that neighborhood since, returning to the home community. The News Entre Nous Club Opens Fall Season The Entre Nous club, meeting with the club president, Mrs. E. M. Land, opened the fall season with the birthday party. This club, one of the senior social organizations of Statesville, was organized in October and the anniversary is generally marked at the first fall meeting. The dinner table was touched with a hint of fall in the berry center piece and the hint of sum mer lingered in the bowl of beau tiful roses that was on the side board. Roses and early fall flow ers were intermixed in the recep tion rooms and the hall. A delic ious dinner was served with pheas ant as the main course. Three of the club members, Mrs. James H. Cornell, Mrs. Elvie Mc- Elwee Selby and Mrs. E. R. Ran kin returned last week from the foliage trip through the New Eng land states and after dinner they gave some of the high spots of their fascinating visit. Mrs. Land showed pictures that she and her sister, Mrs. Riker, took when they made the New England tour in late summer and some of Mrs. Riker's impressions of the historic towns, their architectural designs, the furnishings of homes and the general planning added to the program. In keeping with the fall and with the New England rem iniscences were the favors that Mrs. Land gave her guests, color ful miniature jugs of maple syrup. Miss Carrie Hoffman of Dan ville, Va., was the only out of town club member present. The News Field And Stream Club Meets With Mrs. John Rickert Tv,o FioiH and Stream Garden club met at the home of Mrs. Joh Rickert on Snow Creek road last Friday evening with Mrs. James Rickert as associate hostess, ine president, Mrs. Sam Hall, presided Mrs. W. H. Robertson lea me ae votions. Plans are being made to sow erass in the Snow Creek church yard soon and plans are in hand for a Daoer drive on October a Everyone having paper to pick up can call Mrs. W. H. Robertson at TR 3-8962 and some one will call for it, or it can be taken to the church or to the home of any club member. Mrs. W. R. King and Mrs. Ed Johnson told of drying, or pre serving, flowers and had some rirett arrangements to show what can be done in this line. Visitors at the meeting were Mrs. Hal Leach of Mebane, Mrs. J. A. Mc Lain. Mrs. Harry McLain and Mrs. Tom Leach. Gingerbread with whipped cream topping and cot fee and nuts were served. The News TOIL AND TAN C. F. Thompson of Statesville Nurserv. gave a talk on bulbs at the last week's meeting of Toil and 'an Garden club. He illustrated is talk with pictures of flowers grown from bulbs. The club met with Mrs. H. v. Smith. Two new members were welcomed, Mrs. Charles Ncely and Mrs. Sidney Black. Brigman Exhibit At Museum There is a one-man exhibit on at the Arts and Science Museum this month the LaMarr Brig man show. The exhibit will be open to the public on Saturday afternoon and again on Sunday and visitors are given a cordial invitation. Saturday hours are 2 to 5 and Sunday the museum will open at 2 p. m. LaMarr Brigman is teacher of Industrial Art and Art at Harding High School in Charlotte. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia, a university that has a widely recognized art department; he is a veteran of World War II with overseas duty and holds a number of art awards. He has ex hibited in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, at Weatherspoon galleries in Greensboro and a number of other museums and gal eries. He uses a variety of media and is a designer of jewelry in addition to his painting. One of the Brigman pictures is presently on exhibit at the City Library. The News Archives Dept. Publishes Book Edited By Powell A volume of early Carolina doc uments covering the years 1664 1675, edited by William S. Powell, librarian of the North Carolina Collection in the U. N. C. Library, has been published by the Depart ment of Archives and History in Raleigh. The original documents, deal ing with the establishment of a government i nthe colonial county of Albemarle and with personal affairs of the colonists were a gift to the State of North Carolina from the late Congressman Thur mond Chatham. They are now in the State Archives in Raleigh. Powell's book, entitled "Ye Countie of Albemarle in Carolina," contains an exact transcription of the documents together with in troductory material which recounts the story of the seventeenth cen tury settlement of Carolina. A year-by-year chronology of important events in the infant cal ony between 1602 and 1704 plus a large folded chart setting forth the various English charters, grants, and proprietors of Jhe ter ritory of Carolina from the time of John Cabot to the Declaration of Independence, complete the book. Powell had edited earlier this year an annotated bibliography en titled "North Carolina Fiction, 1734-1957," published in the Li brary Studies Series. Last Decem ber he received a Charles A. Can non Award for work in historical research and restoration. In 1956 Powell was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for re search in England to uncover the identities of the Roanoke Island colonists and explorers of 1584- 1590. Holder of three degrees from UNC, he formerly worked for Yale University's Rare Book Room and the N. C. Department of Archives and History. Wm. S. "Bill" Powell is a na tive of Statesville and did some youthful "research" work for the WPA, compiling local historic data. The News ; Food Stores Now Sell Canned Clocks While man has yet to succeed in stopping time, he's finally gotten around to preserving It in steel "tin" cans. A Connecticut clock manufact urer recently egan packing alarm clocks in cans for shipment to food stores. According to the manufac turer, the cans protect the clocks from breakage during handling. The cans also prevent lubricating oils from drying out. The manu facturer issues a one-year guaran tee on his products, rather than the usual ninety days. Harmony Parade, Dinner Friday, Termed Big Success Committee Begins Study Of County Schools Headed by Superintendent Har ry Arndt of Catawba county a com mittee of six men, appointed by the State Department of Public Instruction, Division of School planning, arrived in Iredell coun ty Wednesday to begin a survey in connection with the possibility of consolidated county high schools. This group is making surveys and getting statistics on which they will base a recommendation to the board of education. The county school board requested the survey in order to have expert di rection in any step that is made in consolidation. There is noth ing definite as to consolidation but the majority of opinion seems to favor it, the debatable question being location. There will be a re port as to the committee recom mendations after the have been submitted to the board of educa tion. The News Weiils Give Up Statesville House Mr. and Mrs. Bruno Weill have given up the house on North Elm street that has been their resi dence for the greater part of their life in Statesville. Business inter ests have required a great deal of travel and much time was of nec essity spent away fro'm here, so they decided to break up their housekeeping. They will continue their visits and will probably be here as much as in the more re cent years, but they will have here after transient headquarters. They have an apartment home in New York City and they are in York, Pa., a great deal also, and in oth er places where the Thonet Indus tries are located. North Carolina Furniture, Inc., is the local branch of the more than a century old In dustries and it was in official con nection with this business that Mr. and Mrs. Weill first came here in 1941. Widely travelled and a most interesting couple, Mr. and Mrs. Weill have been an addition to the town and have made sin cere friends here who regret to see them give up residence. The News Granges In Iredell Area Recognized Six granges from the Iredell area are among 71 N. C. granges that will be recognized for out standing community development by the Security National Bank of Greensboro and each winning grange will be presented $25. The granges honored are Hid- denite-Stony Point, Kennedy Sharpe, master; Balls Creek, J. C. Ratchford, master; Ebenezer, Wil liam Blackwelder, Master; Central, James T. Lewis, master, Mono gram, S. R. While, master; Union Grove, Victor Crosby, master. The local granges have all car ried out a wide range of commun ity projects, including agriculture stabilization, industrial develop ment, citizenship, health, youth programs, etc. - The News FORT DOBBS D.A.R. The Fort Dobbs chapter of the D. A. R. will meet Tuesday, Oc tober 21, at 3 o'clock with Mrs. Ross Bunch at her home on West Front street. The executive board will meet at 2:45. Mrs. S. A. Kernodle of Burling ton, national chairman of mem bership, State chairman of approv ed schools and past State vice pres ident, will be the speaker. j Bloodmobile At Elk's Club Friday The bloodmobile will be at the Elk's club house on Friday, Octo ber 17, from noon until 6 p. m. The usual quota of 125 pints has been set and it is hoped that it will be attained. The giving was a bit slow during the late vacation weeks and during the fair and now, with the coming of the fall and the cooler weather, it is an ticipated that there will be a big ger and better response. Donors are asked to check their credit cards and keep them up to date. Serving at the bloodmobile cen ter on Friday are: Dr. E. I. Shafer, Jr., from 12 to 2; Dr. A. J. Causey, 2 to 4 and Dr. C. Roy Rowe, Jr., from 4 to 6. The News Local Librarians At Workshop Misses Virginia Deaton, Hope Clark and Mary Neil Conner at tended a library workshop in Le noir this week. This workshop is progressive, giving work certifi cates for those participating. Misses Deaton and Conner were in the bookmobile division of the shop; Miss Clark in the children's department, a phase f library work that she heads in the city library of Statesville. The three day workshop closed Thursday. It was financed through federal li brary aid and at no local cost to those attending. Last Friday Mrs. Nancy Pum phrey of the city library; Mrs. Nancy Davis of the Iredell County Library, attended a central Pied mont library conference in Salis bury. This conference was for discus sion of general library problems and ideas. A subject that centered the chief interest of the confer ence was centralized cataloguing service. This is a new idea and one that is being advanced first through the Piedmont district of the Library association. It is not only a new idea for the State, it is also new in the country at large, so far as is known not be ing in official operation in any state except on a small scale and on a trial basis in an area of Los Angeles, California. The central service of catalogu ing, also of processing and even purchasing, is the project under study. It has many phases of ser vice and there are many questions to be considered, so at present it Is purely in a study form with a committee named to explore the idea. Both Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Pumphrey have been named to this committee and they are also on the adult service section of the North Carolina library association. The News Truckers Honored At NCMCA Meet Seven pioneers of the trucking industry in North Carolina were honored for their long years of service to the industry and the community When they were offic ially proclaimed "Directors Emeri tus" of the North Carolina Motor Carriers. They were 'given parch ment certificates. The seven are Kluttz, Charlotte; H. D. Horton, Charlotte; R. H. Garland, Char lotte; C. S. Burton, Reidsville; R. L. Brinson, High Point; and W. A. Akers, Jr., Gastonia. The recognition of these men was part of the program of the 29th anniversary convention of the NCMCA, held in Pinehurst. The convention closed Wednesday. David M. McConnell, Charlotte attorney, and Dr. W. H. Alexander, minister -lecturer of Oklahoma City were program speakers on Tuesday. $3,500 Raised For Event Witnessed History was made in Harmony nessed the first parade in the town's history. Not only was the drawing attraction for this Pala nm:inn !,, not Ridge Military Band, but also the iuvc lo eai as was eviuencea oy evening. Monticello P.T.A. Votes Improvement For School Committees for the year were appointed at the Tuesday night meeting of the Monticello Parent Teachers Association when Mrs. D. H. McHargue,. presided. Those appointed to serve this year are: Membership, John Mor rison, Mrs. Phyllis Lackey, Mrs. Ed McLelland, and John Douglas; Hospitality, Mrs. W. L. Mund henke, Mrs. Blanche Canter, and Lee Sherrill; Publicity, Mrs. Fred West and Mrs. Earl Brookshire; Grounds, Fred Bell, Sam Brinkley f.nd Walter Gibson; Social, Mrs. Mildred Alexander, Mrs. W. C. McHargue, Mrs. Wilbur Waugh, Mrs. Chariest. Stikeleather, Mrs. Paul McKinney, Mrs. Frank Long, Mrs. Glenn Talbert, Roland Mund henke, Grady Sharpe and Jimmy Thompson. '' The meeting opened with in spiring devotionals given by mem bers of Mrs. Bailey's sixth grade. Jeannie Mundhenke gave a talk on Psalms 23, explaining the meta phor David used. Don West read the Bible passage and a quartet sang the Psalm in conclusion. Mrs. McHargue appointed Mrs. W. Z. Morrison as chairman of the Fall Festival. She will be as sisted by Key Mothers. I. L. Porter, school principal, spoke on Monticello school, giving many interesting facts concerning it. He told of the improvements accomplished and of those which were planned. Of these, he said a fire alarm system and program clock were needed. The associa tion voted to provide the school with both of these. Following the meeting, parents visited their children's rooms and were briefly taken through a daily schedule of work and activity. The News Grandchildren Visit With Alexanders Mr. and Mrs. Fred Alexander had their four grandchildren, all boys, with them for the past week end. The youngsters, six, five, four and two years old are, David and Fred Johnson, Charles and Steven Harrell. The Johnson's boys are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Johnson of Bristol, Tennessee, and they spent a long weekend with their grandparents while thejr own parents spent a delightful week end at a houseparty in Blowing Bock. The Harrell boys are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Harrell of Charlotte and they joined the grandparents' weekend party while their own parents were enjoying a ball game and homecoming at Chapel Hill. The News BASKETBALL LEAGUES The first organizational meeting for the city recreation girls and men's basketball leagues will be held on next Thursday night, Oc tober 23, at the Grace Park Re creation Center, announced Jack Springer, Superintendent of Re creation. The girls team mana gers and interested players will meet at 7 p. m., while the men's group will meet at 8 p. m. Starting dates, league rules, and general organization plans will be discussed. New prospective team representatives are cordially in vited to the meeting. Health Center: By 5,000 Persons Fridav nicht as Sflnn narcAn o mm f fact that people in Iredell County the 1800 plates served during the After a demonstration on the athletic field by the Oak Ridge Military Band, Garrett Allen of WSIC conducted a hula hoop con test. Andy Barker of Love Valley was in charge of the parade and conducted the square dance which was held in the school's gymnas ium. One of the outstanding features in the parade was a powerful old time steam engine imported from Davie County which came through, the town as "The Thing." Pierce VanHoy, a key figure be hind the fund drive for the new health center for North Iredell and his co-workers were given credit for the success of the eve ning. North Iredellians are now as sured of a health center in Har mony as the proceeds from the tickets sold for the evening's par ticipation amounted to $3,500.00; with another $2,000 being made available by the town of Harmony, and with yet $200.00 to go. Lt. Governor Luther Barnhardt, Senator C. V. Henkel and Rep. Hugh Alexander were present for the activities. The News . Four Generation Family To Move To Statesville E. M. Berry, newly appointed designer with North Carolina Furniture, Inc., has rented the house at 145 North Elm street where Mr. and Mrs. Bruno Weill formerly lived, and he expects to bring his family here from Winston-Salem next week to take up residence. Mr. Berry is a native South Ca rolinian. His. wife is a native of this state. They have one child, a son, Russell, who was two years old in August. Mrs. Berry's mo ther, Mrs. J. E. Reinhardt, makes her home with them also, and Mrs. Rcinhardt's father, Rev. B. A. York, making it a four generation family. Mr. York, a retired Methodist minister, celebrated his 100th birthday anniversary in August. He is known to many in this area as Bynum A. York, son of the famed Brantley York who estab lished the famous York Institute near Hiddenite and was later as sociated with old Trinity College, forerunner of Duke University. The News Brownie Troop Elects Officers By Susan Canter Brownie Troop No. 44 met at the Myers Little House Tuesday, October 14. The following officers were elected: President, Cary Sher rill; vice-president. Penny Hiatt; secretary, Carol Schrimp; treasur er, Sonia Mizell; reporter, Susan Canter. Marjorie Millholland was made chairman of the cleanup, committee. Mrs. I. K. Millholland and Mrs. Meritt Johnston are the leaders. The News HOWARD MURRY EXHIBIT The Howard Murry exhibit has been removed from the Arts fnd Science Museum following a most satisfactory exhibit that attracted the interest of many. Mr. Murry presented one of his paintings to the Museum and it will hold a position of honor on the walls, the nucleaus, it is hoped, of a goodly collection.
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