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, set' di THE Final Service In Billy Graham Crusade Will Be Saturday Afternoon, Oct. 26 Iredell W v v v Concord Presbytery Transfers Mitchell College To Community Effective December 31 VOLUME 5 STATESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1958 P. 0. Box 1441 Price Five Cents NO. 43 Mitchell College Transfer Is Authorized At a meeting of Concord Pres bytery, held Tuesday afternoon in Marion, authorization was given to the Presbytery's trustees of Mitchell College to transfer all properties and assets of the col lege to the Mitchell College Foun dation, Inc., the transfer to be ef fective December 31 of this year. This action by the Presbytery implemented and completed the action taken by the Concord Pres bytery in 1955 when it agreed to transfer the local college to a com munity corporation upon the ful fillment of certain obligations. Those obligations have been met and fulfilled and the Presbytery now fulfills its part of the agree ment thereby making of Mitchell college, a Presbytery owned school, a community owned school. Rev. N. R. McGeachy is chair man of the Presbytery's board of trustees of Mitchell College and R. D. Grier is president of the Mit chell College Foundation, Inc. One stipulation of the contract tinder which the Presbytery would release the college to the com munity, was the raising of $350,000 as community support. The finan cial report that the Foundation gave to the Presbytery on Tuesday showed assets of $405,000 for the college. The News United Fund Drive At Half Way Mark The United Fund solicitation of residences in Statesville and in the county .north of Mooresville have begun to raise more than $53,000 for a dozen agencies to benefit from the one-shot drive. Gordon Scott is general chairman. The campaign began October 13th and is now at its halfway mark and will be shorter than last year's solicitation. The drive so far has been showing better re sults than the year before. Mrs, Johnson Dies Unexpectedly; Funeral Held At A, R. P. Church Mrs. W. Erskine Johnson died Tuesday morning in Davis hos pital. The funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the First Associate Reformed Presbyterian church and interment was in Oakwood. Mrs. Johnson had been under treatment during recent weeks and entered the hospital a week ago. Death came very suddenly about 9:50 Tuesday morning fol lowing a heart attack. Mrs. Johnson was a woman of distinctive personality and un questioned ability. Her first in terests lay with her home and with her family. The home bears the touch of her individuality and her children in their own lives, their own homes, testify to the high standards she upheld as mo ther and homemaker. As a business woman she was highly capable, her particular ability lying in the field of sales manship. She made wide acquaint ances in the town and throughout this and adjoining counties dur ing the years of her salesmanship and she said once that one of the most gratifying returns of her work was to have people bring themselves to her recollection as former customers, never a one of them but glad to see her again. She was associated with Mrs. Har old Yount in electrical appliance sales work, was with Johnston Furniture company for a number of years and was the manager of the Country Club Furniture Store. She returned to the sales field with the Iredell Morning News as advertising manager of the paper and she held a continuing inter est in the paper, following it close ly during her weeks of enforced rest and often speaking of plans that she had for the future. H. REX EDISON Gaston Man Appointed To March Of Dimes A leading business executive of Gastonia, H. Rex Edison, has been appointed to the State March of Dimes Advisory Committee, it was announced today by the Charlotte office of The National Founda tion. Edison who is manager of the Bess Milling and Wholesale Groc ery Company has been active as a Foundation Volunteer since he became chairman of the Gaston County Foundation Chapter in 1940. He resigned that position in 1955 to become State Chairman of the 1956 March of Dimes. As a member of the advisory staff he will assist Chairman Jim Tatum with speaking and person al appearances and with the over all planning of the 1959 March of Dimes for North Carolina. Also on the Committee are Sjaul Butler of Southern Pines, W. u. Smith of Wilmington and J. S.' Waters of Pittsboro. The News WINDOWS BROKEN Over the past weekend nine win dows were broken out of the Statesville Senior High School bus, that was parked at the rear of the school. A report Wednesday indicated no clue had been found as to the parties responsible for the act. MRS. JOHNSON She was a member of the Kil- Kare club, a social group; of the Business and Professional Wo men's Club, of the War Mothers and was active in Sunday School and women's work of the First A. R. P. church where she was a loyal member. The pastor of that church conducted the funeral ser vices on Wednesday afternoon. The former Ola Bell, Mrs. John son was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Everett J. Bell of Rock Hill, S. C, and was born on February 4, 1900. She was mar ried to W. Erskine Johnson on November 3, 1920 and they spent their married life in Statesville. Her husband survives; two sons, W. Erskine Johnson, Jr., Carl Bell Johnson, her daughters-in-law, Mrs. Erskine Johnson, Jr., and Mrs. Carl Bell Johnson, who were as daughters to her, and two grand daughters. One brother survives, Carl A. Bell of Chattanooga, Tennessee. r j V -.f -J , I Davis Hospital Announces Plans For Expansion Davis hospital in Statesville has announced the appointment of an administrator and plans for ex pansion. Dr. Sam Holbrook, medi cal director, and Miss Lily Norket, secretary-treasurer, state that Law rence C. Walker will fill the new ly created job of hospital admin istrator. He is a Davie county na tive, son of the late Rev. W. J. S. Walker, a Methodist minister. He and Mrs. Walker live at 129 Vine street; she is a teacher at N. B. Mills school. The Walkers have two children, a daughter living in Brunswick, Ga and a son, Larry, who is at Duke medical school. Walker is a Mason and a Kiwan ian. He was for a dozen years ad ministrator at Martin Memorial hospital in Mt. Airy and has most recently worked also as account ant at Statesville Flour Mills in Statesville. The new expansion at Davis hospital will include a 4-story wing leading off the obstetrics wing. The first floor of the 7,000 square foot addition will be a sur gical clinic; the second floor eith er an expansion of the labs or the eye, ear, nose and throat, facili ties; on the third floor will be 6 additional air-conditioned private rooms and baths and on the top floor a 8-bed recovery section. The parking area will be extended to provide for 36 more spaces. The News Graham Crusade In Final Week Billy Graham has begun his fin al week of crusade meetings in Charlotte. More than 400,000 thous and people have heard him in person since he opened on Sep tember 21, with 14,000 of those making "decisions for Christ." For the closing meeting, which is Saturday, October 25, signals have been reversed. Because the program will be televised, in part, it has now been decided that the Saturday closing meeting will be at 6:30 p. m. only. Charlotte's WBTV Manager Charles Crutch field proposed the idea and is ar ranging for a "live" telecast of the last part of the final crusade service Saturday night. On Sunday the Billy Graham team will move to Columbia, South Carolina, for their final meeting in the Carolinas. A return crusade meeting in Columbia will be held on the State House steps Sunday afternoon, October 26, at 3:00. All seats are free and there are scats for more than 15.000 in the Coliseum and adjoining Ovens auditorium. The News Mrs. Garland In Auto Accident Mrs. Ray Garland and her seven-year-old daughter, Beverly, are at their home on East Front street. Mrs. Garland's sister, Mrs. George Miller, was with them on Wed nesday. Mrs. Garland and her daughter were involved in a 2-ve- hicle accident Monday night near North Wilkesboro. Mrs. Garland suffered cuts and bruises and Bev erly suffered a cut on her hand. Their car was reported to be a total loss. Mrs. Garland and her daughter were removed to the home of Mrs. Garland's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Campbell in Wilkes coun ty after the accident and they re mained there until Tuesday night when they came home. .Mrs. Gar land is secretary to Statesville City Manager Herman Dickerson. Her husband is the local SBI agent. The News MITCHELL PLAYERS Members of the Mitchell Play ers with their sponsor, Miss Ann Shealy, plan to go to Salisbury November 1 to see the presenta tion of the musical, Huck Finn, to be presented by the Blue Mas queraders, Catawba College's Dra matic group. The Mitchell players have two one act plays as fall workshop schedule and a three act play is planned for public pre sentation next spring. Contracts Let For Harmony Gymnasium Contracts were let Tuesday eve ning by the Iredell Board of Edu cation for a new physical educa tion building at Harmony High School. The contracts totalled $64,- 823.90 and work will begin when the old gym is torn away. Yount Lumber Company of New ton was given the general con tract; Watts Plumbing and Heat ing received the plumbing award aad Haram Plumbing and Heating of Mooresville and Ralph Dun- con of North Wilkesboro got the electrical work. Members of the Harmony school committee met with the board of education. Superintendent of Ire dell Schools Credle iill advertise for bids for removing the old gym P. S. West Construction com pany was given general contract for the two classroom addition to Houstonville Negro school. The News New Programs Announced For Grace Park Center New programs have been an nounced for the Grace Park Re creation Center. Persons may reg ister for the courses now by phon ing TR 2-2481, or by coming by the recreation office on Wet Bell Street. The courses include a Kids' Art Class that started on Wednesday, Oct. 22, from 4-4:45. A Craft Class featuring the mak ing of Christmas presents and de corations taught by Mis. Ernst Hostettler and daughter, Dorothy, will start on Saturday morning, October 25 from 10 till 11:30. A weekly Saturday afternoon roller skating program will start on Sat urday afternoon, October 5 from 1-5 p. m. Three local Statesville Yo-Yo championship contests will start on Saturday morning, Octo ber 25 at 10 a. m. Other contests will be held on Saturday, Novem ber 1, and Saturday, November 8, 10 a. m. Prizes will be awarded at all these contests. The State Yo Yo championship will be held in Statesville on November 15 with contests being held at both the Grace Park and Garfield Recrea tion Centers. An adult night program featur ing ladies' exercise and volleyball from 7-8, and a Civic Club volley ball league from 8-9 will sta,rt on Monday night, October 27, with other activities such as bridge, ta ble tennis, billiards, chess, check ers, table games and basketball shooting. On Tuesday morning, Oc tober 28, from 10-11 a morning ladies' exercise class will be held. This class will b held each Tues day and Thursday morning at 10 a. m. The News Miss Christmas Heads Teen Age March Of Dimes Miss Merry Christmas of Shelby has been appointed State Teen Age Program Chairman for North Ca rolina's M.irch of Dimes. Jim Ta tum, State Vlarch of Dimes chair man, says she is a natural for the job which will be to assist and coordinate activities of county Teen Age Program chairmen over the state and make news appear ances. The teen age chairman is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Christmas of Shelby and was born on December 14th, 1940. She is a high school senior in Shelby. Henry Young To Manage Cleveland Branch Of Bank Henry Young, former manager of the Installment Loan Branch of the Northwestern bank, has been named manager of the branch bank of Northwestern in Cleve land. He took up his new duties on Monday and is succeeded at the installment Loan Branch here by Latney Harris, formerly of Dan ville, Va. Mr. Harris, whose home is Wytheville, Va., was working in Danville, Va., for four years prior to coming to Statesville in Sep tember. He is unmarried and lives on Mulberry street. Mr. Young will commute to Cleveland, retaining his family home at 514 Queen's Court. The News ASC County Committee Named The ASC county convention met Tuesday morning and re-elected members of the County Commit tee as follow: Johnny D. Brown of Sharpes- burg, chairman; J. C. Smith of Houstonville, vice chairman; Carl Troutman of Mt.Mourne, regular member. Brown and Thompson have been community committee men or county committee mem bers for more than 20 years and Smith has served 18 years. There are 24 community committees in the county and the chairmen make up the county convention. The committee members will administer the farm program for 1959. The News Wayside P. T. A. Plans Festival The Wayside P. T. A. met at 7:30 o'clock on Tuesday evening, October 21. Plans were completed for the Harvest Festival to be held at the school on October 31. A Country Store, an art gallery, a cake walk, a fishing pond, bingo, and other surprise events will be on the agenda for the Festival. Dinner was served in the school cafeteria at 6 o'clock, and the pro ceeds from the dinner went for the development of the new play ground. Announcement was made at the meeting that the purchase of the land for the new playground was final, and that development of this land should begin in the near fu ture. The News Bell TV Series Begins Sunday What science has learned about the human senses is told in "Gate ways to the Mind," the Bell Sys tem Science Series program to be telecast over WSOC on Sunday, October 26th at 4:00 p. m. "Gateways to the Mind" is the first 1958-59 Bell television pro gram. It features the noted edu cator, Dr. Frank Baxter. This one hour telecast, in color, presents scientific information about how we see, hear, taste, smell and touch and about our other senses, too. For example, science has re cently discovered that man has 14 senses instead of five. The pro gram dramatically illustrates how life without these senses would be like living in a dark vacuum, with no entrance and no exit, with no lines of communication ito the outside world. It is designed to appeal to the old and young alike. County-Wide Event Set For Oct. 30 Will Draw Prominent Party Officials Congressman Basil Lee Whitener will be keynote speaker at a Democratic rally for Iredell precinct leaders, party members and all interested persons Thursday, October 30 at the county fairgrounds. John F. Long, chairman of the Iredell County Executive Com mittee, Democratic party, has appointed Attorney I. T. Averv Jr n chairman of the event. BASIL LEE WHITENER Flim-Flam Suspect Arrested In Raleigh A 50 year old white man, iden tified as James Frank Webb is in Iredell county jail awaiting trial, probably this week, on a charge of false pretense in the flim-flam deal early in September in which a local Negro was hoodwinked out of about $300. Webb, said to be a salesman from Columbia, S. C, was picked up at the State Fair by Raleigh authorities and was brought to Statesville by city police. He is wanted in several other towns for other charges. The false pretense charge here is concerned with charges that Dave Jackson of the Belmont community gave Webb the $300 in exchange for a bundle purported to be greenbacks, which proved to be blank paper cut to banknote size. R. L. James, who is charged with involvement in the same af fair, is out on $2,500 bond. The News Barger Reports On Bond Sales P. M. Barger announces that 74.5 per cent of the 1958 annual quota of $49 million has been at tained during the first nine months of the year in U. S. Savings Bond sales in the state. Iredell county sales for September were $59,610. Cumulative sales for the year in Iredell are $440,118 which is 64.2 per cent of the 1958 county quota. Series H September sales of $448,000 took a big jump to show a 74.5 per cent increase over the same month in 1957. Bertie, Gates, Hertford, Hoke, Macoa, Onslow, Orange and Pam lico counties have made their quota in savings bonds sales for this year. The News Scotts Alumni Have Homecoming At Scotts Homecoming, held last Friday evening at the Scotts High School, the alumni associa tion held its annual meeting and elected new officers. Ernest Trout- man was named president; Mrs. Francis Conger, vice-president; Mrs. George M. Little, secretary and Miss Nancy Foulks, treasurer. On the board of directors are Frank Redmond, Coite Bowman, L. B. Hoff, Mrs. Billie Hedrick Brown. Mrs. Henry Lewis of the class of 1911 was an honored guest at the dinner along with former princi pal W. E. McDonald. 4,:, ' ' A, j .4 I ,. 1 "3 The rally will be preceded by a barbecue supper from 5:30 until 7:30 p. m. The rally will begin at 8 in the fairgrounds arena and will be attended by many promi nent local and state party leaders. Bob Davis of Salisbury, state Young Democratic committee pre sident and Art Vann, president elect from Durham are among those who will attend. Congressman Whitener, elected to the 85th Congress in Novem ber 1956, is a member of the Ju diciary Committee. He is a grad uate of Duke University and prac ticed law in Gastonia, where he was solicitor of the 14th Solici torial district, 1946-1954. He or ganized the Junior Chamber of Commerce in that city and has served as vice-president and presi dent of that state organization. He is a former membor of the N. C. House of Representatives, resign ing in 1942 to enter the U, S. Navy. He served as state president. Young Democratic Clubs of N. C. in 1946-47, permanent speaker of the Young Democratic National Convention in November 1949 and has held prominent posts in that organization. Whitener was a delegate from the Eleventh Congressional Dis trict to the 1948 National Demo cratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pa. He has also been active in the Bar Association and has served on Commissions of that body. A Methodist, member of Kiwan is, Elks, American Legion, Forty and Eight, V. F. W., 32nd degree Mason, member of York and Scot tist Rite Bodies; Shriner as well as other civic and fraternal or ganizations. The News Scotts H. D. Club Names Officers Scotts Home Demonstration club has approved the following officers- for next year: Mrs. Rex Campbell, presidentr, Mrs. Chase Morrison, vice president; Mrs. Ernst Hos tettler, secretary and Mrs. Dare Pritchard, treasurer. The club held its October meet ing with Mrs. Norman McColl and Mrs. Paul Gryder at Mrs. McColl's home. Club projects were planned, among them a spelling bee "and the members decided to partici pate in the harvest festival of Scotts P. T. A. A new activity bus for the school at Scots was discussed and plans were made to participate with the P. T. A. and other community groups in getting money for this bus. Mrs. McColl, Mrs. Rex Campbell. Mrs Hugh Ervin, Mrs. Dare Pritchard and Mrs. Ernst Hostettler were nam ed to this project committee. Mrs. Dawson Rufty was elected to represent Scotts club in the Leader-of-the-Year contest. Mrs. Hostettler and Mrs. Morri son demonstrated braided and hook rug making and displayed some of these rugs. During a social hour after the meeting the hostesses served re freshments. The News BIRTH ANNOUNCED Horn October 18 in St. Joseph Hospital, Augusta. Ga., to Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Merry. Jr., of Au gusta, a daughter, Leigh Ann. Mrs. Merry is the former Miss Lillia Mae Neely of Statesville.