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Li V ....r,hrey NBC?troni Street ,,.0 Armstrong Fim or And of course, if all the peo ple sleeping in church were placed end to end, they'd be much more comfortable. Tips For Safe Driving Don't put off having your car checked regularly for defects which may cause you to have and accident. Repairs made in time will insure your safety. VOLUME 6 STATESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 19S9 P. O. Box 1141 Price Five Cents NO. 23 Iredell Library Friends Hear Mrs. Lafhrop In Organizational Meeting Mrs. Albert H. Lathrop of Asheville will be the speaker at the organizational meeting of the Iredell Friends of the Library scheduled for Thursday evening, June 4th, at 8 P. M. in the Men's Bible classroom at Broad Street Methodist Church. Mrs. Lathrop, a newspaperwo man of national recognition and author of note, is a native of Ra leigh and is now making her home in Asheville. She is a chart er member of the North Carolina Presswoman's Association, a mem ber of the Executive Committee and Trustee of the University of North Carolina, and served as President and is an active mem ber of the Asheville Friends of the Library organization. Her va rious accomplishments are recog nized in the new "Who's Who in American Women." Mrs. Lathrop will explain the role of a Friends of the Library organization in the community at the Thursday meet ing. Mrs. Clinton Reitzel, Chairman Pro-Tern of the Friends Plan ning Committee states: "The basic program of the new organization is to improve public library ser vice, county-wide, and to assist in the standardization and moderni zation of public library services and facilities in this community. The organized Iredell Friends of the Library will be to Iredell Li Library Notes .Russia and Communism are the subjects of two new books acquir ed this week at the library. Adali Stevenson's "Friends and Ene mies" is a description of his close observations of today's Russia and its people, following his 1958 tour of that country. The book is in fact a collection of reports which both young adult as well as adult will find informative and enlight ening. In "What We Must Know About Communism," Harry and Bonaro Overstreet in their usual perceptive manner, explain the theory, the Party and the Soviet Union as a force which intelligent citizens the world over should un derstand. They give the facts in this well written study of com .munism. 86 meditations "apply biblical teachings to human problems such as loneliness, anxiety, failure, dis appointment, doubt and many others" in "The Bible Speaks to Daily Needs" by Georgia Hark ness. Abingdon Press states "You will find this devotional guide helpful in day-to-day living as well as in time of personal crisis. Fur ther you will see that the great passages of the Bible hold the an swers to many personal problems. Whether for public or private use, this little book will give you a strong biblical base for your faith." Three beautiful illustrated books in the new Skira series of Art Books include a monograph on Pablo Picasso described as a small pocket atlas of Picasso's world, y Maurice Raynal; the other two are devoted to "Impressionism" and! ' Impressionism After 1875," and ' incorporate color plates of such' representative impressionists as' Monet, Cezanne, Pissaro, Cuurbet, Degas, Matisse, Lautrec, Ven Gogh,' and Sisley. Skire, the publisher,' siys that its aim in providing a I group of studies of the life and: work of great painters, both past' and present, in its "Taste of Our! Time" series of which the above three titles are a part, "is to bring out a set of small, handy sized volumes, each with a gener ous selection of color plates, which will afford a better, more coherent understanding of the problems that have haunted great artists in key art periods, whose ! solution in each case has led to aj new way of seeing." j The News ; I STOCKHOI.DFRS j Stockholders of the Statesville Country Club will meet Thursday.! J;:re 5 at 7.30 p. in. at the club-' i house. I braries similar in scope and role to PTA organizations and their relationships to the promotion of school interests." Membership in the Iredell Friends of the Library is not limited to any one segement of the community. It is open to any individual and any organiza tion that is interested in develop ing a standard library program in this community and a cordial in vitation to join the Friends group is hereby issued to all interested citizens, their families and their friends. The Planning Committee for the Iredell Friends of the Library organization is composed of Mrs. Clinton Reitzel, Chairman Pro Tern; Mrs. E. M. Land, Mrs. Wayne Rogers, Mr. Jay Hall, Mr. Henry Long and Mrs. Charles Spake of Statesville; Mrs. W. T. Tatujn and Mr. Rex Beaver of the County at large, Mr. 0. A. Dearman, Sr. of Harmony, Mrs. A. C. Craven, Mooresville Public Library Trus tee and representative of Moores ville; Mrs. John Cooper Fowler, Statesville Public Library trustee; Mrs. C. E. Bell, Iredell County Li brary trustee; and librarians, Mrs. Nancy S. Pumphrey, Statesville Public Library, Mrs. Florence Johnston, Mooresville Public Li brary and Mrs. Nancy H. Davis, Iredell County Library. The News Bookmobile Schedule Beginning June 1, the Bookmo bile started on a new schedule of five days per week, Monday thru Friday, instead of the former Monday, Wednesday and Friday schedule. Each bookmobile .stop will be served every three weeks, giving patrons quicker service. Schedule: Thursday, June 4, E. Monbo community, home of Mrs. Ed Murdock, 11 to 12, sponsored by Mrs. Gordon Troutman. Sharon, Woodman's Hall 1 to 2 Mrs. Franklin Beatty. Home Demonstration Club Stop (1) Mrs. Howard Stamey. Community Stops Mr. Pryor Nash 2, Mr. Tom Poston 3, Mor row's Store 4, Mrs. E. M. Sloan 5, Mrs. Ed Simmons. Friday, June 5th, Children's Story Hour Union Grove School 11 to 12 Mrs. Fred Bridges. Home Demonstration Club stops (1) Mrs. Coit Barnett; (2) Mrs. Beverly Tatum; (3) Mrs. Coit Lun dy; (4) Mrs. W. R. Robertson. Community Stops (1) Mrs. John L. Hall; (2) Mrs. W. S. Martin; (3) Mrs. Leonard Marlowe; (4) Mrs. W. A. Lowe; (5) Mrs. W. H. Redmond; (6) Mrs. J. H. Madison; (7) Bray's Store; (8) Mrs. R. F. Mason; (9) Mrs. Bill Cowan; (10) Mrs. Ralph Benfield; (11) Mrs. Sam Hall; (12) Mrs. Ann Jurney. Monday, June 8th. Children's Story Hour Oakdale Club House 10 to 11-Mrs. L. P. Bell. Home Demonstration Club Stops (1) Miss Lillie Bell; (2) Miss Net tie Swisher. Community Stops (1) Miss Al lie Ramsey; (2) Mrs. Wm. Sum mers; (3) Mrs. J. L. Long; (4) Mrs. Brown Porter. Tuesday, June 9th Children's Story Hour Vanderburg Church, 9:30 to 10:30 Mrs. H. A. Poston. Triplett Church, Mazeppa, 2:30 to 3:30 Mrs. Avery Sloop. Moores ville Public Library, Home Demo stration Club Stops (1) Mrs. Rach el Aired; (2) Mrs. Claude Kipka; (3) Mrs. Bert Alexander. Wednesday, June 10th, Chil dren's Story Hour, Wayside School 9:30 to 10:30 Mrs. James Atwell. Home Demonstration Club Stops, (1) Mrs. A. E. Hendley. Commun ity Stops: (1) Mrs. W. L. Wine cogg; (2) Mrs. Rex H. Menser; (3) Miss Mary Ann Woodward; (4) Grace Stop Station. Thursday, June 1th Children's Story Hour. Cool Springs Home of Mrs. Buck Page 9:30 to 10:30 Mrs. Page. Home Demonstration Club Stops: (1) Mrs. M. H. Wil liams; (2) Mrs. Clint Fox. Com munity Stops: (1) Mrs. V. F. Moore; (2) Mr. Wade Moore; (3) Mrs. W. S. Holden; (4) Mrs. Bu.st it Holton; (5) Mrs. Margaret Lynn: (6) McCy children; (7) Fox children. N. C. State Parks Open This Week Full summertime facilities at all North Carolina State Parks were made available this week, the Department of Conservation and Development announced. The parks, visited last year by more than 1,500,000 persons, are administered and maintained by the C & D Department's State Parks Division. The refreshment stand and res taurant at Mt. Mitchell State Park in Yancey county were opened on May 3. The park, 34 miles north east of Asheville is reached over a paved road from the Blue Ridge Parkway. Refreshments stands, swimming, bathing, services of park natural ists, bathhouses, and other facili ties will be made available at the State Parks having such attrac tions for the recreation-minded. The News Statesville Native Is Promoted By Southern Bell John F. Moore, a native of Statesville, has been appointed Sales Supervisor in the Goldsboro area for Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company. Mr. Moore is presently a supervisor in the company's state office in Charlotte. In his new position Mr. Moore will have supervision of Southern Bell sales forces in the Goldsboro area. He will also coordinate com munications matters between Sou thern Bell and Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. Mr. Moore is the son of Mrs. C. L. Moore, 325 S. Race street.. He joined Southern Bell in 1940. In 945, after serving with the U. S. Air Force in Africa, Italy and France, he returned to Southern Bell in the Company's commercial department in Charlotte. In 1950, following assignments in sales work in Charlotte and Wilming ton, he was named Supervising Customer Service Engineer in Ra leigh. In 1954, he was promoted to District Sales Manager for the Ra leigh 'District, and in 1955 he was named Sales Supervisor of the staff of the North Carolina Sales Manager in Charlotte. Mrs. Moore is the former Mary Elizabeth Middleton, daughter of Mrs. W. J. Middleton, Sr., of War saw, North Carolina. The Moores have two children Harriet, age five and Johnny, age two. They are members of the First Presbyter ian Church of Charlotte, where Mr. Moore has recently served as Vice President of the Adult Class and now teaches Sunday School there. Mr. Moore is active in a number of civic projectsin Char lotte. He is a charter member and former vice president of the Bell Telephone Toastmasters Club there. The News BRIDGE LUNCHEON The monthly bridge luncheon of the Statesville Country Club will be held at 10:30 a. m. Wednesday, June 10th. The National Geographic has a stirring story of West Germany's "rubble to riches," come back. One fourth of Wolfbury's residents are employed in the Volkswagen car factory, which turns out one of the snub nosed midgets complete, every 30 f 'conds. In eight years, 2,000,000 Volksies have rolled off the assembly lines. When the U. S. A. "helped." turn into the WE HELP OURSELVES, who would not rejoice? The Legislature, through its committee, is to be commended for killing the dog track bill, whose advocacies and ethics would place Moyock, Moorehead and Currituck, on the level of the Ha vanna cock fighting racket. Rev. Kelly Ingram got quote the better of Promoter Moore, in the ex changes on the floor. Mr. Ingram went to town at his own expense, which cannot be claimed for many Willard Ellis Held In Slaying 01 Sheriff Bebber Williard Ellis, 38 year old vet eran, is held on an open charge in the slaying of Alexander County Sheriff Thomas E. Bebber in Tay lorsville on Tuesday. Investigation proceeds into the' slaying and Ellis will probably, be charged with murder when find ings are all in. L. M. Warren, Alexander county, is acting as sheriff in Alexander county, suc ceeding to the post in acting ca pacity until the Board of Com missioners of Alexander names a permanent successor to Sheriff Bebber. Bebber was killed by a rifle shot that entered his back and emerged at his chest. He was shot as he stood on the stairway of the James Ellis home where he had been called to check Willard Ellis, son of James Ellis, who ap parently held a threatening atti tude toward his father. The Sher iff had started up the stairs to talk to Williard Ellis, a deputy going with him, when the shot struck him. He died before he could be gotten to a hospital. The funeral services were held Thurs day afternoon from Three Forks Baptist church in Alexander coun ty with burial in the church cem etery. Willard Ellis was brought to the Statesville jail for safe keep ing as high feeling was evidenced against him at the time of the in cident and he remains in jail. Sheriff Bebber was in his third term as officer of Alexander, the first of December would have marked nine years that he has held the office of sheriff. : The News W. B. Carlton Claimed By Death W. B. Carlton died early Tues day evening. Death came unexpect edly due to a heart attack. He had been in failing health for some time and was a patient in Davis hospital. Known to friends as "Will" or "Jack", William Burns Carlton was a native of Statesville, a son of one of the early families of the town. His father was Captain P. C. Carlton, his mother Mrs. Mary Boger Carlton and he was born on March 25, 1874, at the Carlton home that formerly stood on South Center street. He at tended Statesville schools, the Statesville Academy under Profes sor Hill and was a skilled account ant. In 1906 he married Miss Ber tha Lewis who survives. Also su viving are a daughter and a son: Mrs. Janice Carlton Barber and William B. Carlton, Jr., both of Atlanta, Ga.; two sister, Mrs. L. W. MacKesson and Mrs. Frederick Burger of Statesville; five grand children. Mr. Carlton was a member pf Trinity Episcopal church and the funeral servivces were held from that church on Wednesday after noon. Interment was in the fam ily plot in Oakwood. Flaming Arrows professional lobbyists, and when preachers are reminded to stick to morality and its proclamation by lobbyists, intent on promoting a cheap sport with a thick fringe of gambling, drunken driving, and bowsiness, generally, around it they can well remind the lay citi zen, that decency and law Keeping have a moral claim on all other citizens. Mr.. Ingram objects to taxing the vices for public gain, and doubtless overtaxed virtue which is horribly overtaxed at present, will agree, being spared an extra groan if spared hearing this guilty tinkle going down the till. It's a sorry way to adjust tax evils: laying on the back of vice, iWHAT SHOULD BE LAID OFF iniE BLEEDING SHOULDERS OF VIRTUE j It's refreshing to know that I Japanese authorities say it will be Stock Car Racer Loses In Race With Federal Officers SALISBURY Marshall little of Hiddenite in Alexander County is a stock car race driver. Sunday, he raced on the track at Hickory and came in second. Little, 25, raced again, Tuesday and this time he came in last. The winner was a car carrying Salis bury federal officers, Rowan and Mecklenburg ABC agents. The race Tuesday began about 7:30 a.m. when the revenue agents jumped Little's high-powered car as it was cruising along U. S. High way 21 out of Mooresville. The competition was sharp, and Little tackled a sharp curve on Mayhew Road in Iredell County that proved tougher than those on the Hickory Speedway. The resulting smashup demol ished the car. The revenue agents picked up Little and took him to the hos pital at Mooresville, where he was X-rayed and found to be unhurt except for some bruises. j In Little's car, a 1949 model with a new engine and two, four barrel carburetors, they said they found 132 gallons of illegal liquor. Little waived a preliminary hearing when taken before U. S. Commissioner Robert L. Scott in Charlotte. He was released under $500 bond and will be tried in federal court in Salisbury in Oc tober. From Charlotte Observer. The News Work Starts June 10 Oi Iredell Bridge Monroe R. W. Parks, vice-president of Dickerson, Inc., said here today work will begin June 10 on a five-span bridge on a county road between Amity and Elmwood in Iredell county. As the general contractor, Dick erson, inc., is responsible for all phases of construction involved in the structure project designed by the N. C. State Highway Depart ment. Parks said the $35,573 project consists of pouring 199.5 cubic yards of concrete, the installation of 39,745 pounds of reinforced steel and 86,100 pounds of struc tural steel, and the driving of 756 lineal feet of 12-inch prestressed concrete piles. Substructure work and the driv ing of piles will be the first phase of construction to get under way. Parks said. The project, which is expected to be completed by November 1, will provide employment for ap proximately 10 workmen at the peak of construction with jobs op en for approximately three labor ers. Dickerson, Inc., was awarded the contract for the Iredell county project May 6. a number of years before the Soviet Union can build enough strategic missiles for a coordinat ed attack against all U. S. bases at home and abroad to wipe out at one blow, U. S. nuclear-retaliation capability. The Japs say a "successful Soviet Pearl Harbor" is not in the cards. The Nippo nese say Hitler and Mussolini reached the decadence of the democracies to their own destruc tion, and they end by saying that as long as America does not ac cept the invincibility of the So viet bloc, that "much of what Khrushkev say is either bluff, or outright psychological pressure to get the U. S. to withdraw from ad vanced bases round the world. "We would do well to listen to a former enemy who respects us, not a potential combatant, who tries to bully us. Commissioners Set Tentative Tax Rate At $1.59 In Monday Meeting Meeting Monday, the Iredell county commissioners set a tenta tive county tax rate for 1959 of $1.50 on the $100 valuation. This would indicate that $1.50 will be about the rate for 1959, the same it was last year. The rate in 1958 was based on Legislative Summary The target date for adjournment now appears to be Saturday, June 13. Fears of an extension of the current session into late June or early July were calmed somewhat as the Joint Appropriations Com mittee accepted the report of the subcommittee without change. When the main appropriations bill will be reported out of the respec tive Appropriations Committees remains uncertain, but the capital improvements appropriations bills are expected to be reported early this week. Never has the hectic, confused and contradictory nature of a leg islative body been more beauti fully illustrated than during this seventeenth week of the session. In the shadow of adjournment, members introduced 171 new bills 26 more than the record set last week, and almost three times as many as were introduced in the ninth week of the session. Despite fe general sense of urgency, the House devoted a full hour to de bate on a bill which passed by a vote of 100 to 4. Agriculture The bm prohibiting the use of MH-30 on tobacco received vigor ous support in the Senate, but af ter more than an hour of debate it was killed on second reading. Opposition to the measure was based mainly upon the argument that evidence of harmful effects of the chemical upon the quality of tobacco was not convincing, and that until it was, the farmer should not be forced to return to the tedious and epensive labor of pulling suckers. A joint resolution, SR 414, was adopted this week, urging the North Carolina delegation in Con gress to obtain for the State any cotton acreage allotments that might be abandoned at the end of this crop year and that could go to other states. A much heralded bill to permit the State Milk Commission to reg ulate milk prices in order to pre vent disruption of the industry in any milk marketing area was in troduced by Rep. Yates and others (HB 1104). HB 1046 was intro duced by Rep. Harris of Wake to shift the burden of proof from the defendant to the plaintiff in an action alleging sale of milk below cost to injure competition. Rep. Venters introduced HB 11 18, providing for regulation of sanitary conditions in farm labor camps by local health boards un der rules adopted by the State Board of Health. Water Resources The House passed after brief but vigorous debate a House com mittee substitute for the water shed district bill. The substitute made a number of minor changes in the original bill and also au thorized operation of watershed programs through regular coumy government channels, financed by d valorem taxes, as well as through watershed districts. HB 1079, introduced by Rep. O'Neal of Hyde county and other eastern members, would abolish the Di vision of Commercial Fisheries of the Department of Conservation and Development and create an independent Commercial Fisher ies Commission to carry on its work. The News PASTEL PHONES POPULAR When choosing color telephones, families across the country in creasingly prefer the lighter shades. White, light beige, yellow, ivory and pink now account for more than 75 per cent of all of its new color telephone installa tions, says the Bell System. more than $88,000,000 valuation. The rate was raised that year from $1.30 to $1.50 per $100 valu ation, so supplying needed funds for school buildings and to launch a program of revaluation of coun ty property for tax purposes. The revaluation will not be felt be fjre 1960. The 1959 valuation of property has not yet been given by the tax supervisor, John T. Gillespie. When it is given the tax rate willl be set on estimated value. The law pro vides that taxes, not due before October of each year, may be paid after June 1 with attendant dis count, the amount paid to apply to the tax when the estimated value is set up. For that reason the com missioners set a tentative rate, to be used for pre-payment purposes, The News Storm Causes Heavy Damage In Statesville Area Some people who have lived here a long time said Wednesday evening's storm was as bad as any they have ever seen in this town. Combining with force the elements of rain, wind and electricity, the storm raged from late afternoon through early evening, its force seeming to increase with the time it lasted. The rain came in sheets and with wind driven force and at one time hail pounded like hard balls against window panes. Light ning was sharp and incessant. Damage was heavy but seemed to vary in sections, south Statesville reporting a heavier brunt than other town areas. From the looks of some gardens and lawns, there was a tract of great storm force from east to west beyond the town's center. A new steel fence around the rear of Mrs. Franklin Riker's garden on Oakhurst road was sim ply swept away. The concrete blocks that held the steel posts were driven half way into an ad joining garden and corn in the ad joining garden was flattened, indi cating that the force of rain and wind swept that way. The Free Nancy on North Center practically busted its banks, the muddy waters sweeping over ad joining lowlands and damaging the tennis courts at the High School. Large limbs were taken down and leaks appeared where there had never been leaks before. The force of the rain did, however, sweep it down rather than leaving it to make pools and puddles. There were fire alarms but re ports show more damage ensued from water than from fire. One house near Loray was severely dam aged when a tree was blown across it. People were marooned where they happened to be as the storm came with a sudden force that made it impossible to move on. A group returning from a club meet ing at Blowing Rock spent some most uncomfortable time on the side of the highway wondering if they would be swept down by the force of the wind and rain. People reported piles of hail stones in yards in some parts of the town and county but other parts had no hail. Fourth creek was up pretty high and warnings were out to traffic. The power held up remarkably well for such a testing. Lights flick ered frequently, were off a time or so but there was no suspension for any length of time. City streets were damaged and estimated S5,000 when water run ning under culverts washed out large holes and undermined the pavement. The News Foresters To Meet In Morganton The North Carolina subsection of the Society of American For esters will meet in the Morganton Hickory area June 19 and 20 to view forestry operations on Duke Power Co. lands and the work of the North Carolina Tiedmont Hardwood Forest Research Project.
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