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MAKE EXTRA MONEY VERY EASILY
Above is W. H. Kimrey,, assistant county agent,.
taking a swarm of bees out of a persbdmOn tree on
the farm of Cecil Leagans at Cana. He is seen catch-
ing the bees in an ordinary peach. basket tied on the
end of a 15 -foot pole.
The bees were transferred to a modern 10-11ame
hive on the spot. Mr. Kimery says this is an easy
method of catching bees.
Persons interested in keeping bees will find that
they are a profitable sideline, particularly in these .
times of sugar shortage. One colony of bees will pro-
duce at least one super of honey, weighing between
40 and 50 pounds, in addition to enough to carry them
through the winter.
Beekeepers are urged, however, to use good equip-
ment and re -queen their colonies at least every three
years, The equipment should include modern or pat-
ented 10 -frame hives with solid reinforced foundation
in each of the frames. Information on beekeeping
will gladly be furnished by the county agent's office.
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Library Gets, John Boone Dee'd-
Mrs..Louise Utley of Carta is pre- The deed goes on setting forth
senting to the Davie County Li- the full rights, etc. and was sign-
brary a copy on an old deed ed by:
which apparently settled the � Rebecah Boone [who made her
estate of John Boone in 1806. mark]; John Wilson, Samuel Lit-:
This deed reads as follows- tel, James Penry, Mark Whitaker,
THIS INDENTURE made this John )Viedannel, Nancy Clifford 111;
Sixth Day of November, 1806 be- [who made her mark; John Frost
tween Rebacha Boone, wife of •and Benjamin Boone.
John Boone, decd: Benjamin The instrument was proven in
Boone, son of said dec'd for him- the February session of Rowan
self and as attorney for John ( —
Medannal, Mark Whitaker & I County Court of 1809.
Nancy Clifford wife of Jacob Clif- I This John Boone was the cou-
ford decd; John Wilson. John sin of Daniel Boone. Iie was the•
Frost, James Penry, Samuel Lit- 1 son of Benjamin Boone, a., bro-
tle, heirs of the said John Boone thei' of Squire Boone. John Boone
deed of the One Part, and John made the trek with his Uncle
Boone of Rowan County and Squire from Pennsylvania and f!
State of North Carolina. Son of sdttled around what is now the I
the said John Boone decd of the C e n t e r Community in Davie
other part. County.
WITNESSETH that for and in While Mrs. Utley is not'a
consideration of the sum of $150 Boone descendant, she could Abe
to her the said Rebecah Boone, an Honorary Scout for the Boone
wife of the said John Boone decd Family Association with head -
in hand paid by him the said quarters in Seattle, Washington.
John Boone, son of the said John This is an Organization by some
Boone, decd. and $75 to each of Boones for all Boones. This group
said heirs of him the said John participated on July 28th, this
Boone, deed in hand paid by year, in the launching of the nu -
him, the said John Boone, son of clear -powered Polaris -firing sub -
the said deed, at or before the marine, DANIEL BOONE.
ensealing and delivery of these Mrs. Utley has done much re- 1
presents the receipt whereof the, search on her own family ances-
said Rebecah Boone wife of the try and on many other families.`
said John Boone deed and theI She still does some work and is '
heirs of the said decd. Doth ac- f especially interested in the Boone f
knowledge themselves fully satis- and Howell connectionswhose
fied contented and paid of every land grant was located a . few
part and parcel thereof doth ful- I miles north of Mocksville .
ly acquit exonerate and discharge She is interested in any infor-'
him the said John Boone son of ' mation pertaining to these' two
the said John Boone, decd, his families and anyone having' aay
heirs and assigns fo_ever and doth formation is requested to call
by these presents give, grant,
bargain, sell alien', eneoff and her at her home.
confirm, and hath fully and I
clearly given, granted, bargained.
sold, enfeoffed and confrimed,
unto him the John Boone, son of
the decd, his heirs and assigns,
forever, all that tract or parcel
of land containing part of the
two tracts of land granted to
John Boone dec'd, one by Earl
Granville, the other by the State
of North Carolina.
The land was described as that
..... Lying on the North side of
Hunting Creek, beginning at a
birch on the creek bank Thomas
Pem-i's corner, ' running thence
North 34 deg East 47 chs to a
Hickory his corner; thence North
12 chs and a tib to a black oak
his corner; thence East 421/2 chs
to a black oak Benjamin Boons
corner on Zada Leaches line;
thence South 60 chs to an oak on
the creek bank, the beginning of
John Earl Granville's grant to
John Boone, decd; thence with
the various courses of . the creek
to the beginning, containing 420
acres be Uie same more or less. J
together with all and singular the
Improvements, appurtenances and
advantages to the same belong-
ing or in any wise appertainir.i,."
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The cabin above is a replica a. one which the Bolme family.,'
Squire. Sarah and children, occupied when they moved Into
Davie County. Their cabin is believed to have been located
on the bards of Bear Creek and the present home of Mrs.
George Evans on U.S. 84 West is believed to have been built
around a cabin similar do this.
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GRAND CHAMPION BULL OF N. C.
ABOVE 1S BLACK GATE BIG BOY, the 1946 grand champion two-year-old bull of this state,
bought last week at Elkin by Mrs. Margaret Woodson of Boxwood Farm. Standing left to right
are Terry Burton, manager of Boxwood Farm; Willie Stroud, manager of Black Gate Farm at
Elkin; W. Avery Neaves of Elkin who consigned the bull; Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Woodson.
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Aerial view showing progress of 52 acres permanent lake and flood storage dam near Farmington after a rain. Construction of am is
over 90% complete. Land treatment measures by landowners, of Sparta is
Additional clearing, seeding of dam, and other areas, deepening of some shallow areas by Dutchman Creek Watershed of Sparta
District
is rict is. (Photo by Larry Riddle).conditions improve. Homer rvtoxley of the Sparta Triangle Construction Company
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River Ferries Connected Counties in 1876
During the 1870's Devle County was furnished with two ferries under legislative
acts. One connected Davidson and Davie Counties across the Yadkin River at Ful-
ton. Another connected Davie and Rowan County across the South Yadkin River.
The above picture shows this ferry on the South Yadkin River.
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10 — DAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1970
Mocksv*11eManmMadeDiamonai r
Rivals .-.World& s Finest Gem Stone
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By MARLENE BENSON
Commercial Lapidaries, Ltd.
What in the world is that?
Well, during the past six months it
has become one of the most talked
about little businesses in North Caro-
lina.
Commercial Lapidaries, Ltd. em-
ploys six men and six women, all of
whom have had professional, on the
job training in cutting precious and
semi-precious gem stones.
It is presently located over the
Bank of Davie in Mocksville and is
owned by Don Spry and James
McBride, both of Mocksville, and
Jerry Call, formerly of Cooleemee,
now living in New York City.
This new company, which is ex-
panding as rapidly as training al-
lows, deals only in cutting the new
simulated material called "diamo-
nair," a semi-precious gem stone
which is man made.
The biggest achievement for this
small company came last October
when Jerry Call,.a joint owner and a
full time employee of Gemological
Institute of America in New York
City, cut a duplicate of the diamond
Richard Burton purchased for his
wife, Elizabeth Taylor.
"The duplicate," Jerry explained;
"Was cut from the new synthetic
material called diamonair and is an
exact copy of the genuine diamond.
In fact," he continued, "it would take
a professional jeweler to determine
the difference."
Jerry also explained that in order
to cut the duplicate, he had to study
the genuine diamond. During this
time he was under constant guard.
"The genuine diamond, he said,
"Is a 69.42 carat, flawless, pear
shaped stone."
Richard Burton purchased the
diamond from Parke -Bernet Gal-
leries, after Cartier had bought it at
an auction for $1,050,000 (one million,
fifty thousand dollars.) Burton's
price has never been disclosed, but
he paid $3,500 for the duplicate.
Jerry says that he has been
interested in gemology since his
boyhood days, and just wasn't satis-
fied until he could get into it as his
life's work. ,•
Jerry, - a Cooleemee High School
graduate, acquired his training from
the Gemological Institute in Los
Angeles, Calif., prior to accepting a
position with Gemological Institute
of America on Fifth Avenue, New
York.
He opened the joint business,
Commercial Lapidaries Ltd., in
Mocksville and began operations on
June 1, 1969.
Don Spry is in full charge of
production, Jim McBride has charge
of personnel and Jerry is in the
advisory capacity. All are qualified
gemologists. Don and Jim were pro-
fessionally trained in the lapidaries
field in New York City.
At this time they are under con-
tract to Airtron Division of Litton
Industries of Morris Plains, N. J.
These stones, which are being cut in
Mocksville, are being sold ex-
clusively by Saks Fifth Avenue, in
New York at $50 per carat. They can
not be purchased anywhere except
Saks at this time.
Litton sends the rough material to
Mocksville where it is then fashioned
into a gem stone and returned to
them.
Commercial Lapidaries has con-
stant security precautions and is not
opened to the general public.
When asked why this new synthet-
ic material was in such great de-
mand, Jerry explained that diamo-
nair is so durable and so near
diamond -like in appearance only a
professional can determine the dif-
ference.
In fact one lady took a 10 carat
ring on approval from Sak's Fifth
Avenue this summer, but decided not
to keep it and returned it the next
day. The ring stayed in the showcase
an entire day before another lady
decided to buy it. The ring didn't fit
and needed some adjustment so she
lef t it and was to pick it up later.
When the clerk took it out of the
showcase, the manager of this par-
ticular department in Sak's, noticed
the mounting was different and upon
a close examination found that it was
a genuine $100,000 diamond. The lady
who took it on approval had returned
her ring instead of the $500 diamo-
nair.
Evidently it looked too realistic. It
stayed in the showcase all day with
the diamonair rings selling all
aroufid it.
Jerry said, the diamonair is man
" made'of.yttrium'i lun
Yttrium, a very rare earth mineral
was also found in large quantities in
the moon rocks brought back by
Apollo 11. "It has a garnet struc-
ture," he said, "and hence would be
called a colorless synthetic garnet."
One thing that Jerry is quite
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Jerry Call skillfully cuts the duplicate of
-. the Elizabeth Taylor 69.42 carat diamond
from the new "diamonair" material.
proud of, being a North Carolinian,
22, but he was unable to say if the
is the fact that North Carolina pro-
local stations will carry it.
duces more gem stones, non com-
Because of Commercial Lap-
mercially, and in larger quantities
idaries, Mocksville i's beginning to be
than any state in the North American
well known in the diamond circle in
continent.
New York.
Recently a rock hound in a new
The company is in the process of
mine in Hiddenite found the largest
reproducing a 70 carat diamond, but
emerald crystal ever found in the
Don Spry was unable to give .any
North American continent. The crys-
details at this time.
tal weighed approximately 1400 ca-
Sak's Fifth Avenue has been on a
rats. This mine is also open to the
sell out basis of the diamonair since
public now.
they went on sale last October 15, and
Jerry taped a television show in
Commercial Lapidaries will prob-
New York on December 9, "To Tell
ably be making plans for expansion
The Truth" with Gary Moore. This
in the near future.
show will be shown there on January
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THREE DAVIE PEOPLE DIE IN
TRAGIC ACCIDENT NEAR CANA,
In one of the most tragic acct - respiration to Mrs. O. M. Howell,
dents in this section in manyI expelling some water from her
year, three members of a pro- lungs, but his'efforts were of no
minent Davie family died last avail.
Tuesday afternoon about six o'- i Word of the accident is said
clock from drowning and injury to have been spread in the com-
when the car in which they were ,munity by car which passed the
riding hit a bridge railing and bridge after the accident and
turned upside down in Dutch- told people living along the high -
man's creek near Cana. way about it. It was about 30
The dead are Mrs. Woodrow minutes after the accident that
Howell, 26; her daughter, San- a tractor arrived to remove the
dra, 2% years; Mrs. O: M. car.
Howell, 55, mother-in-law o!
Mrs. Woodrow Howell, all of
Cana, route 1.
The family had been visiting
In Cana and were returning to
their home. The car passed the
home, apparently out of control,
continued down the hill, ran
Into the left railing of the bridge
knocking it down and then fell
into the creek. Mrs. Woodrow
Howell was drivng.
Woodrow Howe4, well known
farmer, was going to the barn
to milk, it was stated, saw a car
passing the house and recog-
nized it as his vehicle. The dis-
tance from the Howell home -
place to the creek is less than a
quarter mile, down grade and
a slight curve. Mr. Howell ran
to. the scene and pulled his
mother out of the car but was
unable to extricate his wife and
baby who were pinned under the
seat. Mrs. O. M. Howell lived only
a few minutes. She suffered a
fractured skull. It was stated
that the water in the creek was
about waist deep. It is thought
that the two women probably
died almost instantly from In-
juries and that the baby was
drowned.
Renephon Hunter, a neigh-
bor and recently discharged
soldier who was working in a
nearby field, heard Mr. Howell
scream and ran to the bridge,
Having learned how in the ser-
vice, he administered artificial
-Failure of the brakes was
attributed as the cause of the
car being out of control. The
road from the house to the
creek is bumpy, narrow, has a
ditch on either side and was re-
cently drug, it was stated. Some
thought the condition of the
road was responsible for Mrs.
Howell not being able to stay
on the highway, the approximate
center of the front bumper of
the car hitting the bridge railing.
A tractor was brought to the
creek to pull out the car before
Mrs. Woodrow Howell and the
child could be extricated.
Mrs. Woodrow Howell, the
former Miss LaDeen Lakey and
daughter of E. S. Lakey, Farm-
ington merchant, is survived by
her husband and lather.
Mrs. O. M. Howell is survived
by three sons, Lieut. Sam Hoaielf
of Kansas, Ezra Howell of State !
College and Woodrow Howell of t
the home; one daughter, Mrs.
Roland Pair, Huston, Texas;
four brothers, Ezra Furches,'
Draper, Frank Furches, Salis-
bury; Wade Furches, Farming-
ton .and Conrad Furches of
Miami, Fla.; and her stepmother,
Mrs. Sam Furches of Miami,
Fla.
,Funeral services were held
yesterday, Thursday, afternoon
at 4 p. m. at Farmington Metho-
dist church. Interment was in
the church cemetery.
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Letter"'From
The Thom'sons
Apartado 1052
Ensenada, Baja, Calif.
Dear Friends Bac Home,
First of all, Ron. James and I
want to say "thank you" for all
the Christmas cards and gifts you
sent. Besides helping make it pos- I
sible for us tj remain on the field,
they brought Davie County very
close to ,Mexico for a little
while.
I wish you could see our chil-
dren. There's two-year-old Jorge,
who hollers at me, "Sister. Sis-
ter!" and never wants anything;
sweet, quiet Teresa, herself'' so .
small, who mothers all the bsbi'es;
Margariti. who comp;etely won
my heart by telling me, "Sister, I
dreamed about the cake you
made." — and all the others, each
with his own special place in our
hearts. '
Our days are very full with dis-
pensing conttnizous supplies of the _{
gospel, food, clothing., love and i.
band-aids. Have you any idea of
the astronomical %mount of food
it takes to keep all these stom-
achs reasonably full? For ex-
ample, a 100 pound sack of flour
lasts about four, days. And, by'
the way, 'Kiss it and make it
well, cures a sore finger Just as
fast in Spanish as in English.
The new boys' dormitory, which
we so desperately need, is going
up slowly, but steadily, as the
finances come in. We surely need
it ,for the rainy season is upon
us, and the water leaks gener- `
pusly , and indiscriminately into
the boys' dorm and into our tiny
trailer. Nearly everybody has a
cold. _
It means so much to know there
are folks back home remembering i
us and praying for us. We thamk '
Cad for you. Cod bless you all.
Sincerely,
Evona and Ron Thomson j
County Public Library
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A CARLOAD OF NEW MODEL T's ARRIVE
NEW MODEL T FORDS ... are shown above hook the cars together and pall them by tractor' -.
being pulled through the square of 310eksHDe to Sanford Motor Company where the assembly
by a bettor. In those days the autos were ship- would be completed and the _mature installed.
ped by train. unassembled. Personnel of Sanford . The exact Year the above picture was made is
Motor Company would go to the depot, unload not known. . . .
the cars and place the bodies on the cleats. -
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by Rep. Gilbert Lee Boger; Ellzabetk
nonme noger,son of Rep, and Mrs.
I, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. tiVi;llam E. Hall.
plans for next week. However, as in the case of
d in uch next week , as they will be on their
Boger and Debbie Bingham were appointed
Hall was aupointed by Rep. Homer Tolbert.
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Miss I e -a native
of Mocksville and now living in
Lexington, has written the fol-
lowing letter correcting a his-
torical item that appeared in a
recent issue of this newspaper. It
reads as follows:
Dear Gordon:
I have been enjoying your
articles in The Enterprise about
old times in Mocksville.
The description last week about
the old, Weant house was grand
and correct, as I remember it.
But somebody certainly misin-
formed you about Mr. Weant liv-
ing there with his sisters. He had
no sisters. He Iived there with his
wife [who was Josephine Camp-
bell from Salisbury] and their
three daughters. The two oldest
girls were twins, the youngest girl
married Frank Hall Brown of
Mocksville Rt. 4. They were our
neighbors -for forty years and I
knew the family well.
And about the house that Mrs.
B. I. Smith lives in .. . If there
was ever a store building on that
lot I never heard of it. I know that
her great-grandparents were liv-
ing in that same house in 1858,
and I don't know how long be-
fore. [My mother came to Mocks-
ville to live in 18581 and as I think
you are interested in knowing
about old homes, it might be of
Interest to . know about some oth-
ers. The house just across the
street from the postoffice and now
occupied by the Seamons was
standing where it now is and a
man by the name • of Lewis Gar-
ner and his family was living
there. in 1828. I don't have this
in writing, but know it to be true
because my father was born in
the same house in 1855. He told
me this.
Also, the house next to they
Rotary Hut where the Sherman
Jones now live is known to us old
timers as the "Parnell House."
This house was owned and occu-
pied by that family from the year
1858 until it was sold by the
grandchildren about 1940.
The house across from the
Freezer Locker . on the corner of
Salisbury Street and Sanford
Avenue, now owned by Mr. Dur-
ham, I know to be well over 100
Years old because my grandfather
Meroney once owned it and there
are other houses as old that you
might like to get the history of
some day. My house doesn't come
in that category, though it looks
as old. It was built in 1891 and
Muton Call. Sr. and his uncle.
were the builders.
You see I've lived in Mocksville
70 years and always was. from a
child, interested in hearing the
old people talk. If you should be
interested, sometime when I am
at home I'd like to tell you more
of the things I know and remem-
ber.
Good luck and best wishes to
YOU.
Sincerely,
Lillie Meroney
Lexington, N. C.
[ Note : Miss Meroney is correct
concerning Mr. Weant living
there with his wife and their
three daughters. The information
concerning a store on the site of
the present home of Mrs. B. I.
Smith came from an article out-
lining early Town of Mocksville
by the late Miss Mary Heitman].
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YORE ABOUT Jerry, you don't look like you The series came into being al- son and McHone alternate nai-
1 used to! • most by accident. it was suggest- rating the show; and the beauty
YADKIIV RIVER
After less amenities than the ed by Mary Jo Hippie, a member of the land Itself, enhanced by
tain on this sometimes perilous 24 years warranted, 111is Martin of the promotion department at beautiful MUSIC, occupies a large
journey over rocks and throu-h E supplied the information on b�:h VISJS, who happened to drive in -1 part of both programs.
narrow channels was E d die tj Yadkin Colle a oa New Ya ar•s Sad storm harpy stories• noc-
estatzs.
Greene. whose charminT wife Nearly 40 years no Dr. Dou-Ins! Day of 1963. Because Simpson. tal•'ttc stories, mystery storie, and
teaches music at High Point Col -I Rights matte a trip down t'.:c ri-; and narrator, Bob hlcHone, had commentary form the fabric at
lege: j ver from North Wilkrsbero to, done an outst::n.lian Job on a lhcse Rvo• outstana 11- sho%v_q.
The famous Wilkesboro name of Georgetown Through the courte-I radio program, '•A Portrait of Incidentally.. when the unfor-
Smithy figures in one sequence.!!
sy of his widow, some at his pho- Abraham Lincoln:' she suggested Lunate fisherman,. Shettey, was
Smithy, a meehant, supplied the 1 tcgraphs are included in the SVS- • they do a television show on Yad- } buricd, the. organist. Mrs. Hobart
cash to reopen a now -famous' JS presentation of thz story of kin CoKege. They did ... and the L. Greene of Yadkin College,
Piedmont North Carolina bank i the river. series began. chose a song for his funeral that,
— on. the condition that the I llrs. S. B. Clapp. who, with her ' whila familiar to all. lent a mac -
beard: of directors a.-.ept his+ husband. owns Old Mill Farm, pro- I The two shoos on the river gill abre and almost humorous note
choice of president. conclude the series for the season,
I Tided a wealth of informatio;i to the c_:asion. Her selection was
Back in what some would con -new series is anti. -i-2 1e Methodist
about the mill itself, and incidents but next fall ated, featuring an hour program- Numb-..iex 0 in the
sider the good old days of whiskyg! Another person especonnected with the river. p £ongtcok — "Let's all gather by
i ciaye
llhelp- on the birth anti growth of Win -
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making, Advance. N. C., was the the river...: '
whisky capital of the Old North: - „ ; ston-Salem. Also incladed will be,
State. Revenue officers made per-' ful in gathering information was the mystery story of MarshaL't In the intsrest of authenticity.
Miss Nancy Tillotson, assistant , ,
iodic visits to insure that tax! librarian of tha Davidson Comity Ncy, one of the greatest soldiers Simpson recorded the background
stamps were being properly RP- I I of the French Napoleonic Age,, mU;ic for this portic:i of the
! Library in Lexington.
plied to the kegs, according to ! who according to legend Well—` program on the some organ that
their proof (alcoholic content I . The sponsor of this series of I supported by historical fact, es- • played at Slieffey's funeral.
The distillers of Advance were in- historical documentaries. Mr. N. caped a firing squad and spent Prom. the formation of the Yad-
clined to be somewhat lenient, if W. Mitchell, president of Pied- 31 years t:aching school neari ::in more than 150.000.000 years
not, indeed, remiss, in their use mont Federal Savings and Loan Winston-Salem. ago to the mallards that winter
! of the stamps. So when the re- Association, suggested the sub- "The Yadkin River, Lapid of along its banks t¢day, the two -
venue officers arrived in Winston- jest matter of the show -which the Great, Trces. Lifestream of part series tells a story that no
! Salem for an over -night stay at turned out to be two shows—and the Piedmont. • contains matarial ; television viewer will want to
the old Zinzendorf Hotel, a local provided the leads to several of ithat . will Interest everione. Simp-1 miss `
justice of the peace would hop on the anecdotes which add interest I - . --'— - ---- --- - - - - his horse and gallop all night to to the programs.
Advance to warn the likker-mak- The two shotes, combined, min -i
t ors that the revenuers were on us introductions and commercials, f
! the way. In the show, the part of add up to about 5 minutes. Simp- i
this law-aNding but likker-loving son estimates that more than 1°O1
citizen is played by a Moravian hours of research went into the 1
minister. . show before a word of the script I
t Archeological information con- was written. Two weeks spent I
ceining the Yadkin River's form- filming the sequences that make
ation. 1s0 -million years ago, was up the two programs. To put the
provided by the producer's geolo- shows together required another
gy professor Dr. William White, two weeks of editing, rehearsing,
of UNC at Chapel Hill. recording music, and planning
Informatdam about, two; al! 'the promotion.
fine• o1dj booms aibrig; the B'kdkin Carroll McDade. an employee '
—Peter bazsM- of Winnoneh Mills in Lexington.I .
and C'¢+1'• William bMaXs assisted Simpson in providing
•'MarchmorA"* waa nett e=F to some of the music used during
come by After inaW. fins£ at: dt*� the show. McDade, a tine singer
ens• of citizens; the newspaWl' and member of the Men of Lex -
and the- Daxfe• ®unty IiitnazY..•!ington Choir, plays a concert
Simpson, wag refeased to the um- i guitar. But as a special favor to .
official histord m at the counttg. I Simpson, he played his harmoni-
Miss Flossie Mart= lea to Simpson's accompaniment
The name was familiar, and on the guitar. t
when Simpson rang the front The two river shows will cam- f
door bell, and Miss Flossie an- plete a season's series of six spon- i
® swered, he recognized a face he sored by Piedmont Federal and
O O `iad not seen for 24 years. With- Loan Association, which began
ut one word of introduction, he with "the Story of Yadkin Col-
qL inply said, "I'm still mad about lege, "first televised last June 3rd.
t •'G' i got on biology!" Other programs in the series have
Vlightly taken aback, the re- included "Stokes County; The
school teacher looked at the Legendary Days;" "Bethabara, i,
mustached visitor a mo- House of Passage;" and "Daniel
v _ then laughed and said, . Boone: '
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