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With Welfare Dept.
neon was the honoree, Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
nl ed with a farewell dinner Shepherd, Mr. and Mrs.
oJuly
on July y5, 1965. The dinner wasris,
given in honor of her
E. C. Mor-
Mr. and Mss. Melvin R. Mar
retirement
from the Davie County Welfare
tin, Mrs. Missy Foster, Mrs. Oph-
clic Kepley,
Department after 35 years
Miss Karen Smith,
of'aer.
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Mrs. Carol McAlister, Mrs. Viola
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The dinner was held in the Shan.,
Nowell; and Mr. Victor Batchelor.
gri-fa Raom of the Two Steak
rioting the evening, Mc Martin
House in Winston-Salem, N. C. At-
presented Miss Allison with an an.
tending the dinnerm
were embers
graved silver bread tray, on be.
half of the Welfare Staff.
of the Welfare Board and staff of
Miss Allison
the Welfare Department including
will retire as of
August 1, 19M.
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For 24 -Years Service
C.Spurgeon Anderson has
been honored by the
MocksvBle Masonic Lodge No.
134 for his 24 -years of service
as secretary. Mr. Anderson
retired from this position as of
December 31st and was
succeeded by Gene Smith.
Mr. Anderson was presented
with the Masonic Secretary
Apron autographed by sixty of
the members of the local lodge.
This is the apron he has wom
during his service in this office
since 1945.
The presentation of the
autographed apron and a copy
of the resolution adotpted by
the membership was made to
Mr. Anderson at the annual St.
John's Dinner. The
Presentation was made by
Lester P. Martin, Jr. on behalf
of the lodge.
The resolution read as
follows:
WHEREAS, Brother C. S.
Anderson having this date
retired as Secretary of
Mocksville Lodge No. 134 A.
F. and A. M. after faithful
service in this capacity since
1945 until present date; and
whereas Brother C. S.
Anderson has served as
Secretary of the Mocksville
Lodge longer than any other
during the long history of the
Lodge; and whereas, there are
very few members of the
Mocksville Lodge No. 134 that
an recall any other secretary
than C. S. Anderson.
BE IT THEREFORE
RESOLVED by the members
of Mmksvile Lodge No. 134
that their sincere appreciation
be expressed to Brother C. S.
Anderson fnr his 24 years of
faithful efficient and dedicated
service as Secretary of the
Lodge, and
BE IT FURTHER.
RESOLVED that a copy of
this resolution be spread upon
the minutes of the Lodge and a
copy of the same be furnished
to Brother C. S. Anderson.
The resolution was adopted
on December 5th at the regular
meeting of the Lodge and was
unanimously passed.
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MRS. JENNIE ANDERSON ... and her scrapbook of memo[' --
"by the side of the road and be a friend to man! .. .
Zrs. Jennie Anderson
By GORDON TOMLINSON 1 Ville. And during all o[ the e Blackwell Anderson in CalaheL"
"Let me live m my house by it can truly be said that she htimast on July 31. 1111, But tar the
the side of the mad, I been a friend to all who have sake of history. let's go back a lit -
Whom the race of men go by:' known her. tie farther.
"They are good, they are bad:[ This month, Mrs. Jennie les Around 1800 Charles Anderson
they are weak, they are ata ng. she is a..... om Mrs known to so came from Virginia to settle on
Wise, fcolish so am I; menyl, brokeup her home and the east bank of Hunting Creek
-'Then why should I sit m the want to live with her daughter. In the Calahaln section of Davie
xorneYs seat. Mra. Freeman SIYe, in Takoma County. He had received a Brant
Or hurl the cynic's ban? Park. Maryland. 30 long a Part of land and with his three sons
--Let me live in my house by the ofthis county antl communfty, came down to make his home.
side of the road. rite story of the growth and pro- The three Anderson boys:
And be a friend to man.".... Breus of this area is most inter- Richard. Garland and Spotswood
es[ing when vimved through the settled m this western section of
Since the Sp:tnB of 1807. Mrs. eyes of this remarkable woman. Dflvle County. Richard and Gar-
. Jennie, Anderson has lived in Always an Anderson. Mrs. Jen- land built homes m the Calahaln
her home by the side of the road) nie was one of four children bornj community with Spotswood settl-
on North Main Street in Mocks- to Dr. John Anderson and Julia [Continued on Page 21
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1962
D" County Public Library
Mocksw'fle, NC
14ORE ABOUT
Mrs. Anderson
Ing mora in what is now the
' Center neighborhood.
Early Life
A son of Richard Anderson
was Dr. John Anderson. Other
sons included Albert and Charles.
All lived in -the Calahaln section
with Dr. John serving the area as
j a medical doctor.
Dr. John Anderson married
Miss Julia Blackwell from the
eastern side of Hunting Creek
and there were three childrn:
Mrs. Jennie, Dr. Fred Anderson,
Richard Anderson and Mrs. Em-
ma Armf field.
Albert Anderson married Miss!
Fannie Poindexter of East Bend.
Among their several children was
the late Z. N. Anderson. But this
is a story of Mrs. Jennie.
As a child, Jennie Anderson
attended a little log cabin sch :ol
near her home for aboat 3 -months
out of the year. This school was
provided and paid for in most
f�he three Anderson bro-
ssremk s;"most of the children
`1Lfit0ding this school were An-
dersons.
At the age of 13, she went to
' Statesville and enrolled in Mit-
chell College which she attended
! for 3V2 years. From there she went
i to Salem College and in 1894 re-
ceived a Bachelor of Arts degree
'from this college.
On February 18, 1897 she and
Zollicofer Nelson Anderson, her
firs`, cousin and childhood sweet-
heart, were married. For the
next two years they continued
to live on their farm in Calahaln.
In the spring of 1359, Mr. and
Mrs. Z. N. Anderson moved to
Mc.-ksville where Mr. Zol went
into the merchantile business
with the late O. L. Williams.
Their store was located at the
present site of the Sanford build-
ing, now owned by Don Headen.
They purchased their home.
from James Call, brother of S.
M. Cali, who moved to Florida.
At that time this was one of only
a very few houses that stood on
an old dirt road which is now
the Main Street of Mocksville.
Mrs. Jennie vividly recalls those
early days of horse and buggy
travel. Only a few people would
go by each day as compared to a
Sunday afternoon this past sum-
mer when Mrs. Jennie said she
sat on her front porch and count-
ed over 700 cars in one hour.
"I counted 700 in an hour and
may have m e3ed some because
they went by so fast," said Mrs.
Jennie.
Early Masonic Picnics
She recalled that in 1902 the
word came that some of the new
inventions ... the gasoline bug-
gies ... were going to be driven
into Mocksville frrm Winston-
Salem for the Masonic Picnic.
.3he said that a local officer was
dispatched to wait in front of her
house and give special instruct-
ions to the operators of these
homeless cgxriages in the effort
to avoid frightening the horses
and disrupting traffic of those
attending the picnic. However,
only one of these vehicles showed
up after the officer lmd waited
most of the day.
j On Picnic Day of 1912, a son
' was born to Mr. and M:s. Z. N.
Anderson. living but a few hours.
On June 28, 1915, their daughter,
Mary Nelson ... now Mrs. Free-
man Slye of Takoma Park, Md.,
f was born.
All these years as a housewife,
Mrs. Jennie had never thought of
teaching school. Then in 1912
i when she was approached by the
I, late Jacob Stewart and H. C.
il Bradley and asked if she would
111 become a teacher in the Mocks-
ville school. Being issued a tem -
In 1899 she carried her first
basket to the Mocksville Masonic',
Picnic and then for 60 consecutive j
years thereafter she had: a basket
at this famed event.
"Back in the early days we
never heard of sandwiches." said rr
Mrs. Jennie. "We made our own t
bread, fried chicken and ham,
made cakes. etc., for this event: '
She recalls that also in the
early days there was no dinner
arbor and the meals were spread
on tables under the open sky.
"On at least one occasion it
rained after the lunch was spread.
The chess pies stood full of wa-
ter. The chocolate cake was
soupy . . . and I can see yet a
woman that had a red ribbon
that had faded and streaked her
white dress; Said Mrs. Jennie.
After ten years in the mercan-
tile business, Mr. Zol joined O. L.
Williams at the veneer plant.
Then he went into the wholesale
grocery business: then became
county accountant; anr- then tax
collector for the Town of Mocks-
Ylle.
Mr. Zol also served as mayor
of Nl'ocksville and it was during
i his term that the first lights
were turned on in town.
1porary certificate, she attended,
Helps Others
mummer school until she obtained
Down through the • years the
an A Grade Life Certificate.
Town of Mocksville grew and
For 20 years Mrs. Jennie taught
'prospered and Mrs. Jennie con- ;
the third grade in the Mocksville
Lnued to live in her house by the
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school. During this time she was
aide of the road and dk-play her
never absent or tardy except on
'friendship to all with whom she ;
one occasion .. . a death in the
came in contact. In the rear of
family. She cannot begin to.
her home she maintained both a
count the number of Pupils that
vegetable and a flower garden,
she ha_ taught and her pupils
doing most of the work herself :
cannot begin to evaluate the in-
Each year she would plant some
spiration and guidance that she
corn and save some from seed
gave to them. In 1942, she retired
• • . for this corn originated from
as a school teacher.
some t h a t Charles Anderson
First Worthy Matron
brought with him to North Caro -
Mrs. Jennie was a charter mem-
lina more than 200 years ago.
ber of the local chapter of the
In the early days when there
Order of the Eastern Star. When
were no hospitals and medical
it was first organized in 1925, she
doctors were scarce, Mss. Jennie
was selected by the Mocksville
lent her assistance as a nurse to
Masonic Lodge to be the first
those in need from one end of ,
worthy matron. Remaining active
• the town to the other. And no i
.n this o-ganization until the past
one could even begin to measure
five or six years, she held about!I
the cookies and other treabs which '
every office in the Eastern Star.
she enjoyed baking for the chil-
A member of the First Mctho-
dren of the neighborhood.
Church of Mocksville, Mrs.
"I have always enjoyed sharing
Idist
Jennie taught Sunday School for
i�hat I have and trying to help ;
many years including the Men's
others" said Mrs. Jennie recent -
Bible Class.
Iy. "My father always said that ;
+ Alwayi an active member of the
as a doctor or as human beings
Woman's Society of Christian Ser -
we should treat, feed, clothe,
rice, she was recently presentedI
counsel and make comfortable
with a life membership to this
whenever and wherever we can
organization by members of her!
Circle. I
This I have always tried to do."
And to this many will add
AMEN . . . which in the case of
Mrs. Jennie, means "W E L L
DONE!"
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`7Walter F: a' Anderson, na v
Davie County and until recently
the head of the State Bureau of In-
vestigation, is the subject of a re-
solution adopted in his honor by the
Wesley Bible Class of the Fairmont
Methodist Church of Raleigh, N.C.
which he has served as teacher.
The resolution is as follows:
RESOLUTION
CONCERNING
WALTER. FOSTER ANDERSON
NfHMtEAS, we are a group of
men, citizens of the State of North
Carolina, who come together once
each week as members of Wesley
Bible Class of the Fairmont Metho-
dist Church, Raleigh, North Caro-
lina; and
WHEREAS, we are speaking in no
Guise in the name of or in behalf
of our Church, but only in our ca-
pacity as citizens of this City and �
State; and
WHEREAS, 'Walter Foster Ander-
son served faithfully as a teacher '
of our Bible CIass for several years,
during which time we came to know
hini well; and
VhMBEDAS, it is our belief that
Walter Foster Anderson has not only
made a great contribution- in the re- (
ligiousan and civic community in
which be lives, but also in the law
enforcement .profession, both in
North Carolina and throughout the
nation.
N4DW. TFID WX)RE, BE IT
FESOLVE7D:
d. THAT we hereby take occasion
to express publicly our belief in the
honesty and integrity of Walter Fos-
ter Anderson and that his character
is above reproach, and
2. TEM. although it is the right
of a constitutional officer of the
State of North Carolina to dismiss �
an employee who serves at his,
pleasure, we believe it to be only
sitting and (proper far Walter Ander-
son who has rendered outsbanding
& distinguished service to be given
an explanation of why he was dis-
missed and an opportunity to pre.
set facts in his behalf; and
3. -THAT copies of this Resolution
be sent to the Governor of North
Carolina, the ,Attorney General of x
North Carolina, the press, radio, TV,
and 'Walter (Foster Anderson.
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Mr. And Mrs. Angell
Celebrate Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Angell began
their Golden AVedding celebration
Sunday morning with a breakfast
for all of their clOdren and their
families at their home on Yadkin.
ville Load.. This was followed with
the group attending worship serv.
ice at Blaise-baptist Church and 'Mr.
and Mrs. Angell repeating their
marriage vows.
From 2 until 5 p. an. the six cbiil-
dren. their wife and husbands en-
tertained at an open house far their
parents. The affair was held at the
home of their son and daughter in
law, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Angell Jr.I
on Country Lane. Mrs. Angell wore
for the occasion a gold brocade cos•
tame suit with black accessories
land a corsage of Christmas roses.
Orange punch, a tiered wedding
cake decorated with white wedding
tells and yellow roses, mints and
cods were served to 150 gudZa who
called during the appointed hoom.I
Following the open house, the
family gathered In the recreation
room of Mr. and Mrs. Alton Carter's
MR. AND MRS. C. J. A.NGELL
—Golden Wedding Observed—
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Angell of Yadkinville Road.oluerved their
mGolden
Wedding ativersary Saoday from 2 to 5 p. m. at the hmne of Mel, sari, C.
J. Angell Jr. at Country Lane. The couple's other children are Mrs. J. D.
Purvis of Route 5; Mrs. A. C. Clement, Rt. 2; Mrs. Bobby Daniels, Winston-
Salem; Mrs. Bobby Horton, Salisbury Street, and Mrs, Acton Carter, Yod-
kinville Road.
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Mrs, Apperson, Leader
In HD Club Work, Dies
MOCKSVILLE — Mrs. Beu- for of the Davie County Red
lah Vernon Apperson, a leader Cross Chapter from 1953 to 1959.
in Home Demonstration Club She was a member of the board
work in North Carolina and the of directors of the Davie County
nation, died at 2:20 p.m. yes- Hospital.
terday at Lynn Haven Nursing She was born in Davie Coun-
Home here. ty to Buford B. and Mary Hen -
Mrs. ' Apperson, wife • of dricks Vernon. She was a mem-
George M. Apperson of Mocks- ber of CooIeemee Presbyterian
ville, Rt. 4, was a retired'school Church. She graduated from
teacher. Asheville Teachers College,
She was president of the Woman's College in Greensboro
Country Women's Council of the and Catawba College in Salis-
United States in 1950 and had bury.
been president of the State Fed- Surviving besides her hus-
eration of Home Demonstration band are a son, George M. Ap-
Clubs in 1948.49. She was elect- person Jr. of Memphis, Tenn.;
ed vice president of the Associ- and two daughters, Mrs. David
ated Country Women of the Davis of Cleveland, N.C.; , and
World in 1953 and. represented Mrs. Bayly Turlington of Sewa-
the United States.. nee Tenn. •
She received the Woman of Tse funeral will be at *4 p=
the Year plaque from the Prog- Wednesday at the Cooleemee
ressive Farmer magazine in Presbyterian Church. Burial
1952.. , will be in Cherry Hill Ceme-
Mrs. Apperson organized the tery. The body is at Eaton's
Junior Red Cross in Davie Funeral Home. The family asks
County and Iater was its coun- that memorials be liven to the
ty chairman. She was a direc- Davie County Hospital.
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"MR. ED ....... Ed+ Avett.`..celebrated his 89th brithday event this
week participating fully in life. He is shown above enjoying Arlen n
piece of his birthday cake with his two daughters: Mrs.
Devito (Helen) left and Mrs. Henry Cole Tomlinson (Eva Grace)
right.
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"MR. ED".....Ed Avert.. icnll fe.tHehs shown above enjoYN6 a
week Participating
piece of his blrlhdaY cake with his two daughters: Mrs. Aden
Devito (Helen) left and Mrs. Henry Cole Tomlinson (Eva Grace)
right.
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NEW RESIDENTS OF MOCRSVILLE arc Heritage Apartments. They have been re -
Mr. and Mrs. Gilberts Benitez of Cuba. They settled here under the sponsorship of the First
are shown above looking over one of the issues Presbyterian Church at Mocksville.
of this newspaper In their new home in the
(Sponsored by the Presbyterian Church—
Cuban Couple
Davis County Public Ubraly
Mocks0le, NC
Are Resettled Here
A couple who fled from the;
Castro regime in Cuba have bj!
resettled In Mocksville under the
sponsorship of the First Fresby-
terlan Church of M'0eksville.
The couple, Mr. and Mrs. Gil-
berto Benitez are now living in'
the Heritage APartmeats on the
Lexington Road. Mr. Benitez has
accepted a position with the
Nage Furniture Company a n d
We. Benitez has gone to work.
at Monleigh Garment Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Benitez were
brought here from Miami, Fla.
They have been married 01117 two
months.
The Session of the Mocksvllle
Presbyterian Church- voted re-
cently to sponsor the resettle-
ment of a couple here. The
church has furnished and KuiPP-
ed the apartment. -
Mt. - and Mrs. Benitez arrived
here on Oct. 25.
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IMRS. LOIS BENNETT
PASSES FRIDAY
Funeral for Mrs. Annie Lots
Bennett, 35, of Salisbury, who;
died at the home of her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Daniel,
of Mocksville, Friday morning,:
after a lingering illness, was:
held at the First Methodist`
church of MocksvMe at 4 pm.
Sunday. Rev. J. E. Pritchard
conducted the service. Burial
was in Rose cemetery.
Survivors include her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Daniel of
Mocksville; her husband, H.: H.
Bennett, of Salisbury, and three E
children, Nellie Joan, 10, Ruth
Floella, 8. and Herman, Jr., 15
months; three brothers, C. Les- ,
lie, a twin brother, Armand, both .
of Mocksville and James A. of
Newton, N. J.; one sister, Mrs.
R. H. Shank of Atlanta, Ga.,
and her paternal grandmother.
Mrs. G. P. Daniel.
Active pallbearers were Bobby +
Eugene Bennett, D. Reid Ben-
nett, Raymond Bennett, Jahn .
Smith, P. Lyerly and Herman
Daniels. Honorary ' pallbearers
were C.R. Crenshaw. Rufus San-
ford, Hermit Smith, Woodrow
Wilson, D. C. Rankin and James
Warren.
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Mrs. Paul B. Blackwelder —
Our Loss ... Is
Often called the "Queen City", the
City of Charlotte's regal splendor was
never more enhanced than in the re-
cent dipping of her hand into Davie
County to take two of our most es-
teemed leaders.
First it wars Paul Neil, our hospital
administrator.. Then last week it was
Mrs. P. Blackwelder, the Davie County.
Librarian.
It would be superflous here to at-
tempt to recount the contributions
made by Mrs. Blackwelder to Davie
County both as the county librarian
and'as a citizen. The progress and ex-
parrsion of the local library of course
,can be attributed to many people .. .
but at the core was Mrs. Blackwelder.
Their Gain �t
A librarian must have many attri-
butes and Mrs. Blackwelder has many, ;
however, perhaps her greatest assets
lies in her evaluation and organizat-
ional abilities. These are reflected in
the smooth functioning of the local
library; it is reflected in the compete -
tent library staff; and it is reflected
in • the esteem the library is held by
various -authorities and officials
throughout the state.
It perhaps would seem trite to say;
"Davie County's loss is Charlotte's
gain" and ,She will be missed here
very much". however, we feel sure
that the people of Dade will agree
... both of these statements are true
and most sincere!
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DAVIE 4-H CLUB BOYS ARE
RAISING SOME FINE TOBACCO
Leslie Blackwelder, of the Mocksville 4-H club, son .
of Mx. and Mrs. C. J. Blackwelder, Route 2, is seen in
a field of 402 Tobacco. This field received 1,000 pounds
of 3-9-6 fertilizer. There are 14 other 4-H club mem-
bers in the county who axe carrying tobacco projects.
These 14 boys are growing a total of 15 acres.
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FINE EXAMPLE OF COUNTY PRODUCT
Above is Paul Blackwelder of Twin Brook farm and
a registered Guernsey heifer. Twin Brook Maxim
Magnolia, which was a year old on April 25, 1946.
This heifer was sold in the Quail Roost Maxim sale
May 6 to W. C. Myers of Union Grove for $625. The
dam of this heifer produced 13,522 pounds of milk
and 556 pounds of butter fat as a 4 -year-old. This
animal is an excellent foundation heifer for any fu-
ture herd.
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T. A. Blackwelder, Jr.,
When Bolt Of Lightning
Three Others
Injured When
Bolt Hits Combine
Thomas Alexander Blackwelder,
Jr., 39. of Momsville. Rt. 2. was
killed by a bolt of lightning Sat-
urday afternoon during a severe
storm.
He was p:Onounced dead on
�Irrival about 5:30 Pam at the
Sapt'st Hospital. A doctor had
'ried to revive him all the way
o the Baptist Hospital from near
,he Blackwelder home where he
was struck by lightning.
Dr. Walter A. Ward, acting
'V..EYth County coroner. ruled
Yh•. Blackwelder's death due to
rlectrocuticn.
Dr. Earl Watts of the Baptist
3aspital, visiting In Davie County
it the time Mr. Blackwelder and
tis three companions were hit by
llghtn'ng, rode to Winston-Salem
With Blackwelder In an ambu-
Ance trying with mouth-to-mouth
resuscuitation and chest massage
to revive hie.
Three Hart
Three persons working with
VI.. Blackwelder In a field haz-
Jesting a crop when the L'ght-
Jing struck were treated at the
Davie County Hospital. They
:ncluded Mr. Blackwelder's neph-
sw, Joe Chaffin. who was ad-
mitted to the hospital with
burns; Mr. Blaelkwelder's son.
Dwight; and a brother, J. L.
Blackwelder, both released after
treatment of inlutles apparently
not serious.
The group was in process of un-
h'.tching the combine from the
tractor when the bolt hit. Mr.
Blackwelder was reported on the
ground undor the combine, wark-
. 9 to unhitch it.
Funeral
Funeral services for Mr. Black-
welder were held Monday after-
noon at the Shines Baptist
Church. The Rev. John McDan-
lel. the Rev. wade Hutchens. the
Rev. Dewey Hames and the Rev.
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Killed
Strikes
T. A.. Blackwelder, Jr.
"The influence of the man
and his life, T. A. Blackwelder.
Jr., will continue to be felt In
this section of the county even
though he has been called
The substance and truth of
this statement made by one
of the ministers at the funeral
of this young 39 -year-old man
Monday aftemoon continued to
ring long after the cessation of
the final rites and the dcpar-
lure of the crowd.
For T. A. Blackwelder, Jr. was
one of the county's most solid
citizens. A hard working dairy-
man, he was active In all phas-
es of his community's life....
family, church, community and
political. Whenever there was
a job that needed to be done,
T. A. could always becounted
on to do his part. His work and
his interest In making life hot-
ter for everyone w'R always
be recalled whenever his name
is mentioned.
That he was well liked and
respected was apparent from
the hoses of hdentls that turn-
ed out for the funeral and the
large number of floral tributes.
His friends came from all walks
of Ilfe and others sent messag-
es pf condolences. Governor
Terry Sanford 'vl his mes-
sage of =pr.d,hy Irom Raleigh.
Rep. Hugh Q. .Hexander from
Washington also sent a wire
cspressing sympathy to DH's.
Blackwelder and family.
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4-H CLUB MEMBER IS GROWING HER
PULLETS ON PARASITE -FREE RANGES
Davie county poultry growers are producing pul-
lets on clean ranges that are free of parasites. Above
is Nancy Boger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Boger
of Farmington, a 4-H club member of Farmington,
who is seen with her Parmenter Red pullets. The
range shelter with the wire bottom and sides keeps
the pullets out of the droppings. The pullets have
access to the water fountain and feeders, as well as .-
plenty of green grass.
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The recent announcement by Miss Ruth Booe, pres-
ident of the local home demonstration club, that the club.
would donate two war bonds and service for 40 to the,
Rotary. club, reminds us once more of what a public-spir-I
ited woman Miss Ruth is.
For years she has given of her time and energy to
help local civic projects. She goes about such work with
more -devotion than many would who were receiving pay—
arriving early, staying late.
Wherever a woman's time and talent are needed, Miss .
Ruth is always on hand. She is one of those rare indi-
viduals who just goes about constantly seeking things to
do for her community. And, my, how she works at it!
Without any ostentation, and thought of reward.
Sad will be the day for all of us v&ea time, as it must,
will beckon a halt in the activities of dear Miss Ruth.
Davie County Public Ubraq
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Ben Y..Boyles
Ad: 50 -ye
rounars ago
a tired, lame & dusty p
ba,eioou boy walked
into Mocksville. Find-
ing
ind ing the town and its';
people to his liking, he"<
found himself a job
and went to work._ From the beginning
this man had a big
heart. .- All down
through the years in
every phase of a life
that had many facets, R`
this man's first and
foremost concern was
other people. He went
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out of. his way to help
people,, doirfg t9 always
in such a way as not to
attract attention or seek plauditr.
There are many that can relate stories concern-
ing this -man and his "big heart". However, one that
best typifies this man is something that happened
lackin the late 1930's or early 1940's. The date, how-
ever, is irrevelant.
Engaged in a business with a partner, the, two
had extended considerable credit to their customers.
Suffering somewhat from slow payments, this man
took some statements and set out on a personal coll-
ection tour.
At.the first house his knock was greeted by a
mother with a crying baby in her arms. Before the
erstwhile collector could state his business, she began
to tell him:
"My baby is sick and needs medicine. We don't
have any money and we owe the drug store. I don't
know whether they will let us have any more medi-
cine on credit or not!"
Without saying a word about the bill he had
came to collect, this man reached into his pocket and
took out his last ,ten -dollar bill and gave it to the
woman saying:
"Go get that baby some medicine".
This man then returned to his place of business
and handed the sheaf of statements to his partner
saying:
"From now on you go collecting. I can't afford
it!"
Of course this could be only one man ... a man
that probably had more sincere and devoted friends
than anyone that has ever lived in Davie County ...
Benjamin Yoman Boyles.
Ben served two terms as Sheriff of Davie County
ands his$fftife-phllosophy oFlew,eMoremnent-eenter—
ed around keeping people out of •trouble. .
"There is a little good in the worst of us and a lot
of bad usually in the best of us", he used to say.
Ben loved Davis Island. He loved to go there just
to relax and be away from worldly bothers and troub-
les. And he went there last weekend. '
All day last Friday Ben helped his nephew and
some others work on a building. His nephew kept
after "Uncle Ben" to quit and go to the cabin and
rest.
Around 5 p. in. Ben put down his hammer and
announced: "Well, Uncle Ben is going to blow his
whistle!T.
He went to the cabin and asked Mrs. Myers for
some baking soda saying he was a little sick. Mrs.
Myers did not have any baking soda but did have
some Bromo Seltzer and asprin which Ben took and
lay down across the bed.
The others soon came in and inquired of Uncle
Ben how he felt.
"Oh, I'm feeling much better. I'll soon be all
right", came the reply.
A few minutes later he was asked again.
"Oh, I'm all right now. I'll be up in just a min-
ute", said Ben.
And in just a few -minutes that was all!
Ben gave up his life In a manner similar to that
which he lived ... unpretentious ... non -complaining
.. and without giving trouble to anyone. It was also
perhaps fitting for Ben that his life ended on the day
that marked the physical end of life for another great .
personality many years ago.... a personality that
also put others before self.
Ben Boyles needs no epitaph. His life ... full of
doings for others ... transcends any words that may.
-be*writtened or uttered. And he is a memory that will
always be cherished by his many friends in all walks
of life.
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owed critical Smdey nihtght•
Sen. Brack suffered a stroke
paralysis at his be. shoat
p.m. Saturday. .
A Davie CoaatY attorney, E
Brock has served in the Genf
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1995, ]951, ]saf ava sass.
resented tha 24th Sea Wt
trio composed of Davis,
and Wakes Counties, in 19:
1949, Ies5 and 1961.
Sen. Brock bas been a
in the Republican party it
west North_ Carallna for
SEN. B. C. BROCK
Rennblicaa leader...
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He was always interested in others. He was always very helpful
and very generous with his vegetables, fruits, his money, and most
important of all.....with himself. A very neighborly man, always
ready to help no matter what the job.
He was a man to whom many doors were always open. A man
of great influence, who was probably honored more across the
state than at home.
This was Bur Coley Brock Sr., 77, of Farmington, a former
Republican state legislator and House minority leader, who died
Saturday at the Lynn Haven Nursing Home after an illness of
more than seven years.
B. C. Brock was born in Farmington on November 26, 1891,
the son of Moses and Henrietta Air" (Coley) Brock. He
graduated from Clemmons High School in 1913 and from the
University of North Carolina n1 andhin e low school
in 1916.former Laura
On December 23,
McPherson Tabor of Morganton. They had eight children.
Mr. Brock began the practice of law in Winston-Salem in 1916,
having his office there until 1925 when he moved it to
Mockwille.
He was just out of college when he first ren for the State
House of Representatives from Davie County and won. In 1932
ha won anther term in the House and was again elected two Years
later. He represented Davie County in the House of
Representatives in 1917, 1933, 1935, 1951, 1957 and 1959. He
was minority leader in 1933 and 1937.
He served as State Senator from the 24th Senatorial District
(Davie, Yadkin and Wilkes) in 1937, 1943, 1949, 1955, and
1961.
In 1952 he asked friends to abandon a movement they had
started to draft him to the presidency of Brevard College.
He ran for Congress in 1944. He was defeated by W. O. Burgin
but amassed a larger number of votes than had aver been received
by a Republican in the Eighth District.
He was a member of the Farmington United Methodist
Church, where he was a former superintendent and chairman of
the board of stewards. He was an ordained lay speaker of the
Methodist Church and was lay leader of the Elkin District from
1940 to 1941, and associate lay leader of the Thomasville District
from 1943 to 1959...
He served on the Farmington School Board for many Years
and was a trustee of Appalachian State Teachers College.
He was first vice-president of the "Better School and Road
Program" which was successfully promoted by Governor W. Kerr
Scott.
In addition to professional membership, he belonged to the
Farrington Masonic Lodge, the Pino Grange, Woodmen of the
World, and the Patriotic Order Sons of America.
•Surviving are his wife; six sons: B. C. Brock, Jr., Richard J.
Brock, William Laude Brock of Farmington; John Tabor Brock
and Rufus L. Brock of Mockwille; James Brock of Kinston. A
daughter, Mrs. Basil M. Tucker of Eden; a sister, Miss Margaret
Brock of Farmington; and a brother, John Moses Brock of South
Carolina.
B. C. Brock was a man of great influence Who was respected
and honored by leaden all over the state.
As one of them observed:
"Only the recording Angel and the people involved know how
many acts of kindness and compassion and helpfulness he did.
•He suffered a stroke in 1961 while listening to a radio
announcement concerning the death of Lt. Governor H. Cloyd
Philpott. Following several months in the hospital, he was
transferred to Lynn Haven where he remained in a coma until his
death Friday. Funeral services were held Monday at the
Farmington United Methodist Church. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
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Late Davie Legislator
Honored by Assembly
Hamel aengn sunry
RALEIGH — The General came to know him In that
Assembly honored the memory chamber in the later years.
of Burr Coley Brack of Davie He served five terms in the
County yesterday, by resolution Senate — 1937, 1943, 1949 and
and by word of mouth. 1955 — and, though he sat on
Brock, who was born at the back row, Allsbrook became
FarmWgtoo and lived most of acquainted with him.
bis life is Davie County, was a Brork was minority leader in
Republican with a legislative the House in 1933, when there
career dating back to 1917.' was not much of a minority to
He died $ee. 17 at the age of lead, and also in 1957, when
77. A stroke suffered several Republican strength had
years ago had confined Brock increased.
to his bed — speechless — will The resolution said that
death. Brock was a "respected
The resolution honorin his member of the bar," practicing
6 law in Winston-Salem from 1916 BURR C. BROCK SR.
memory was a formality, and to 1925, and after that m
was voted upon almost MocksvWe. ... GOP leader ...
mechanically by many It also noted that he was a
legislators who never served member of the North Carolina The legislators resolved that
with him. Republican Executive Com. "In the death of B. C. Brock,
But the word of mouth tribute mitten from 1937 to 1959, and the state and Davie County
was circulated by such was at all times active in have suffered the loss of an
legislative veteran as Rep, church affairs. outstanding citizens."
James Vogler, D -Mecklenburg, "In further service to the The General Assembly
and Sea Julian Allabrook, D. state and his community," the directed that a copy of the
Halifax. resolution said, he was ap. resolution be certified by
Brock served atiltterms In pointed a trustee of what is now Secretary of State Thad Eure
the House — 1917, 1933, 1935, Appalachian State University at and transmitted to Brock's
1951, 1957 and 1959. Vogler Boone. family.
Davie County Public Library
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Burr Coley Brock, Sr.
y1,d
He was always interested in others. He was always very helpful
and very generous with his vegetables, fruits, his money, and most
important of all..... with himself. A very neighborly man, always
ready to help no matter what the job.
He was a man influence, whhoowas robdoor$ were always ably honored mo epen. A man
across the
st great at ho probably
state than at home. a former
This was Burt Coley Brock Sr., 77, of Farmington,
Republican state legislator and House minority leader, who died
Saturday at the Lynn Haven Nursing Home after an illness of
more than seven Years.
B. C. Brock was born in Farmington on November 26, 1891,
he son of Moses andHenrietta Alverta (Coley) Brock. He
graduated from Clemmons High School in 1913 and from the
University of North 23, 1919ina nd its law he marriedoothe 1/ormer Laura
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On December 23,
McPherson Tabor of Morganton. They had eight children.
Mr. Brock began the Practice of law in'.41-non-Salem in 1916,
having his office there until 1925 when he moved it to
Mockwille.
He was just out of college when he first ran for he State
House of Representatives from Davie County and won. In 1932
he won anther term in he House and was again elected in House year
later. He represented Davie Cunt 1957 and 19 se of
Representatives in 1917, 1933, 1935,
He
was minority leader in 1933 and 1937.
He served as State Senator from the 24th Senatorial District
end
(Davie, Yadkin and Wilkes) in 1937, 1943, 1949,
1961.
In 1952 he asked friends to abandon a movement they had
started to draft him to the presidency of Brevard Collega.
He ran for Congress in 1944. He was defeated by W 0. Burgin
but amassed a larger number of votes than had mar been received
by a Republican in the Eighth District
He was a member of the Farmington United Methodist
Church, where he was a former superintendent and chairman of
the board of stewards. He was an ordained lay speaker the
Methodist Church and was lay leader of ha Elkin Districtt from
1940 to 1941, and associate lay leader of the Thomasville District
from 1943 to 1959...
He served on the Farmington School Board for many years
and was a trustee of Appalachian State Teachers College.
He was first vice -President of he 'Better School and Road
Program" which was supcessfully promoted by Governor W. Karr
Scott.
In addition to professional membership, he belonged tot e
Farmington Masonic Ledge, the POO Grange, Woodman of the
World, and the Patriotic Order Sons of America.
•surviving are his wife; six sons: B. C. Brock, Jr., Richard J.
Brock, William Laurie Brock of Farmington: John Tabor Brock
and Rufus L. Brock of Mockwille: James Brock of Kinston. A
daugher Mrs.
garet
Brocktof Farmington; nd Tuckerasil M. bro her.. John Me= B ock of Souh
Carolina.
B. C. Brack was a an of great influence who was respected
and honored by leaders all over the state.
As one of hem observed:
Only he recording Ansel and the people involved know how
many acts of kindness and compassion and helpfulness he did.
*He suffered a stroke in 1961 while listening to a radio
announcement concerning the death of Lt. Governor H. Cloyd
Philpott. Following $moral months in the hospital, he was
transferred m Lynn Haven where he remained in a coma until his
death Friday. Funeral services were held Monday at the
Farmington United Methodist Church. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
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General Assembly
The orlh oliva General
Assembly honored the memory
of Burt Coley Brock of Davie
County last Thursday, by
resolution and by word of
mouth.
Brock, who was born at
Farmington and lived most of
his life in Davie County, was a
Republican with a legislative
career dating back to 1917.
He died Dec. 17 at the age I of 77. A stroke suffered several
years ago had confined Brock
to his bed -speechless- until
death.
The resolution honoring his
memory was a formality, and
was voted upon almost
mechanically by many
legislators who never served
with him.
But the wd f th
Honors B. C. Brock
or o sou He served five terms in the
legislative
was circulated by such Senate - 1937, 1943, 1949 and
legislative veterans az Rep. 1955 -and, thou he sat on
James Vogler, D•Mecklenburg, the back row Allabrook
�ax. Julian Allsbrook, D - became acquainted with him.
Brock served eight terms in Brock was minority leader
the House - 1917, 1933,1935, in the House in 1933, when
1951, 1957 and 1959. Vogler there was not much of a
came to know him in that mimority leader in the House
chamber in the later years. in 1933, when there was not
much of a minority to lead,
and also in 1957, when
Republican strength had
increased.
The resolution said that
Brock was a "respected
member of the bar". practicing
law in Winston-Salem from
1916 to 1925, and after that in
Mocksville.
It also noted that he was a
member of the North Carolina
Republican Executive
Committee from 1937 to
1959, and was at all times
active in church affairs.
"In further service to the
state and his community," the 1
resolution said, he was
appointed a trustee of what is'
now Appalachian State
University at Boone..
The legislators resolved that
"In the death of B. C. Brock,
the state and Davie County
have suffered the loss of an
outstanding citizens."
The General Assembly
directed that a copy of the
resolution be certified by
Secretary of State Thad Eure
and transmitted to Brxl-..'s
family.
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John Brock Named
To Welfare Board
JOHN T. BROCK
John T. Brock was reappoint-
ed by the State Welfare Board for
a term of three years to the
Davie County Welfare Board. Mr.
Brock was serving the unexpired
term of Robert Hoyle of Coulee -
Mee who resigned from the Board
In 1981.
Other members of the Welfare
Board are: G. A. Tucker, Chair-
man, of Mocksville and R. D.
.Bennett of Farmington.
The Welfare Board meets at
3 P.M. on the last Friday In the
month in the office of the Wel-
fare Department which is located
,on the ground floor of the Coun-
ty Office Building. Office hours
are from 8 to 5 Monday through
Friday.
Members of the staff include:
tMrr. C. C. Smoot, Director; Miss
I Ossle LW n. .Caseworker for
Jerusalem, Clarksville, Calahaln.
ships; yfiss c. yolyn Fun; :Case=
worker for Mocksville and ShW
Grove townships; Miss Neils Ran-
son, Caseworker for the Blind.
who Is In the office the first three
Wednesdays of each month; Mn.
Rebecca Were and Mrs. Missy
--ter are the clerical personnel
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GOP "Lincoln Day Dinner" Is March 4fh
Congressman
To Speak Here
A Tennessee Con I/ sI whose
grandfather was barn and lived for
several years in Davie County, will
be the featured speaker at the an-
nual Davie County "Lincoln Day
Dinner" to be held at the Davie
County High School Cafeteria on
. Friday night, March 9th, at 7:30
p. M.
- Congressman Bill Brock of Chat-
tanooga. Tenn. has accepted the
invitation to addres the Davie
County Republicans on this date.
A distant' cousin, Rufus Brock. is
serving as dinner chairman.
William Emeron Brock, the'
Congressmans grandfather for
whom he is named, was born in
Davie County. While living here,'
he worked for the R. J. Reynolds
Tobacco Company and was the
first traveling salesman for Bort Congressman BW Brock
company. About 1900 he moved
from Davie County to Clarksville.
Tenn. and later to Chattanooga years to represent the 3rd District
where in 1909 he farmed the part- of Tennessee in the U. S. House of
nership which eventually develop- Representatives and was reelected
ed into the Brock Candy Company. in 1964.
Congressman Bill Brock was He is a member of the Banking
horn in Chattanooga, Tenn. on and Currency Committee; Region -
November 23, 1030, the Brst an
al Assistant Whip in the House of
of William E. and Myra Rrue':i Represenlalives; a member of the
Brock. He is a graduate of the GOP :National Committee on Hu-'
McCal!ie School and Washington man Rights and Respon--abilities. 1
and Lee University. He served in Congressman Brcck has intro-
the U. S. Navy during 1951-56 as a duced a till in Congress which
Lieutenant, J. G, aboard the USS would share up to 5% of the Fed
Cacapon. Much of his duty was in eral revenues with state govern
the Phiflippines and Inda China. He ments for education. This bill has
is now a lieutenant in the Navy received the enthusiastic endorse -III
Reserve. uncut of many governor, state le -
He is the first Republican in 42,91slators and educators.
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Worthy Matron
Miss Sue Brown, above, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Brown
Of Mocksville, was elected wor-
tbY matron of the local chapter
Of Eastern Star at a meeting
last week. A public Installation
of all of the new ,officers wBl be
ield FYiday, March 22, at 8 p.m.
In the Masonic hall.
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Mrs, Emma Brown
100th Birthday Anniversary
By GORDON TOtiII,INSON
One hundred years ago the
youngest of a large family was i
born to James Nathaniel and
Margaret Cuthrell Brock. This
was Mrs. Emma Louise Brown.
The place of birth was in the old
Brock howl on the Faruiington-
Huntsville Road, one mile north
of where she now lives in Farm-
ington.
Mrs. Brown. • probably Davie
County's oldest citizen, celebrated
her 100th birthday anniversary
last Thursday. Sitting in her fa-
vorite rocking chair, wearing a
corsage given her by the Farm-
ington Masonic Lodge. she enjoy-
ed birthday with her two daugh-
ters. Miss Kate Brown and Miss
Margaret Brown. Cards and flow-
ers came to her from her frfsnds
from all sections of the state and
Washington. D. C. Neighbors and
friends of the community dropped
in to see her.
The home in which she now
lives in front of the Baptist
Church in Farmington was new
when she moved into it a few
months after her marriage on
September 23, 1886 to Richard C.
Brown of the Huntsville section
of Yadkin County. Into this home
was born four children, two of
whom died in infancy. The other
two, Misses Kate and Margaret
Brown, now live in the home with
their mother.
While her immediate family is
small, her nieces, nephews and 1
cousins, down to the fifth genera-
tion, are legion. These are scat-
tered throughout the United Stat-
es.
The old Brock home where she
was born no longer stands. but
she is pleased that on almost the
same site a new home is being
built by a great-nephew, James
M. Brock, son of State Senator
and Mrs. B. C. Brock. and great-
grandson of Mrs. Brown's father.
Except for a year spent with a
brother near Marshalltown. Iowa
when she a girl, and a few win-
ters spent with her two daugh-
ters in Washington. D. C. after
her husbl 6%; death in 1938, all of
her life has been lived in Farm-
ington. Prior to the last few years.
she was active in church and
community affairs in this com-
munity.
In her early youth she attend-
ed, with her family, the old Olive
Branch Church near Farmington.
out of which grew the present
Farmington Methodist Church of
which she is now the only living
charter member. The church was
chartered in 1881.
She is a great grand daughter
of Nathaniel Brock, 1L,
o ution
ary War Veteran,
came
frcm Princess Anne County. V;r-
ginia to North Carolina and set-
tled in Davie County [then a
part of Rowanl during the latter
past of the 18th century
One of Mrs. Brown's earliest ,
outstanding memories is of the
Civil War When Yankee soliders
came through and took from her
father's farm whatever they could
find, including all the here s and
guns. Some of the guns e
F des-
troyed along with much other
property. Five of her brothers.
one of whom never returned.
f o u g h t with the Confederate
Army.
During most of her ane -hun-
dred years, she has enjoyed good
health. Her farm -wife chores nev-
er got her down and no job seem-
ed too big for her to tackle—from
painting the house to climbing
out on the roof, even in her late
eighties, to clean out the gutters. • '!
When 85 -years -old-, she took'!
her first airplane trip from Wash-
ington. D. C. to Winston-Salem I
without batting an eyelash.
At the age of 93, she fell and' j
broke a hip and a wrist. As a re-
sult of this she was hospitalized
for the first time in her life for
a period of two weeks. However,
after nine weeks she was begin-
ning to walk again and she has
no further trouble from that
source.
Mrs. Brown is rehiarkably free t
from the aches and pains that
come to so many with age. By
and large the years have been
good to her, but recent ones have
taken their toll—dimming her
vision—dulling her hearing—and
blurring her memories. ••However. <
she is seldom depressed or unhap-
py that she can no longer be an
active part of things as she. once
was. She is grateful that she can
live out her days in the old house
that has been her home for seven-
ty-five years—where all her chil-I
dren were born and where two of
them died—And that she can sit
on the porch or in the yard on
summer days and whistle back to
the Bob -Whites that call from
the nearby weed patches and
aedgerows.
And she is most grateful to the
host of relatives and friends, both
old and young, near and far, who
remember her in so many nice
ways.
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SEnEMEER
Celebrated Sunday
Mocksville
a.. ul ro ma 4.1MOCKSVILLE — "From
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Conesmga Wagons to space
travel ... heartiest congratu-
lation Madam Centurion. Wish
Yen more and more happy
birthdays."
The telegram was one of
more than 199 messages re-
ceived last weekend by Mrs.
Mack D. Brown on her loath
birthday.
When Meekie Am Leach
was born to Davie and Me-
lina Warren Leach in the Jeri-
cho section of Davie County,
the South was reefing under
its defeat by the Union army
and the entire nation bad not
Yet recovered from the assas-
siaation of President Lincoln
earlier in April of that year.
The little girl born on a Da-
vla County farm Sept 19, 3865,
would Ii ve to see many
changes.
After receiving her educa.
tion in the ',ban], of Davie
County, Meekie Leach was
married Dec. 26, 1883, to Mack
D. Brown, who died Oct. 15,
1941. Mrs. Brown still lives in
the house to which she moved
an North Main Street at
Hocksville in 1893.
Born one year after the
MueksvIDe Baptist Church was
organized,
she Joined this
^hurch in October 1887 and is
odaY the oldest living mem.
ser.
Through the years she has
lved a quiet life filled with
Woman Is 100
MRS. MACK D. BROWN
...born in Davie...
the activities of rearing eight
children. Four of them—Percy
and Rufus Brown, Lima Brown
Green and Maxie D. Brown—
are dead.
Helping her celebrate her
birthday were her other four
children Misses Clayton
and Kathryn Brown of the
home and Mrs. Frank (Viola)
McMillan and Mrs. P e r r y
(Bonnie) Ashe of Lumbermn
and two of her five grand-
children — Mrs. John M.
Raneke of Lumberton and S.
Charles Green of Lake City,
S.C.
Alla here were five oY her
elght great.gmadchlldrm —
John, Margaret and Nancy
Raneke of Lumberton and
Charles ID, Betsy and David
Blessed With good health,
Mrs. Brown has spent only
one night in 109 years in a
hospital. That was about 10
years ago when her nose bled
a little and her doctor thought
easervanen. She re.
:me the next day and
never had an illness
her to bed for any
Van of Mrs. Brawn's favor.
Ito activities is listening to the
radio to news reports and po-
litical speeches.
An avid Democrat, Mrs.
Brown voted in the presiden.
tial election of 1920 — the
first year women were M -
lowed to vote.
She recalls voting for James
M. Cox for president and for
a man later to became her
favorite president, Franklin
D. Roosevelt. for vice presi-
dent.
On her 190th birthday aped•
vers; ary she ate her usubl
breakfast of cereal, eggs and
coffee.
Without eggs and coffee,
I don't know whether mother
would haveever made ft,"
remarked a daughter. "She
thinks she has to have both
every day."
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Miss Anne Cain
District Health Nurse
Mrs. Anne Arnold Cain, a
native of Yadkin County, and
who resides at Hamptonville,
has been appointed supervising
nurse of the Davie -Wilkes -
Yadkin Health Department by
the North Carolina State Board
of Health and the District
Board of Health. She assumed
the duties effective September
1,1968. �,, ?'
Mrs. Cain is a graduate of
Harmony High School, City
Hospital School of Nursing,
Winston-Salem and George
Peabody College for Teachers,
Nashville, Tennessee. She has
had additional studies at Duke
University, the University of
North Carolina, Wake Forest
College, and Appalachian State
University.
For the past four years Mrs.
Cain was employed by the
Yadkin County Board of
Education as a classroom
teacher and taught at Courtney
School.
Mrs. Cain's prior experience
includes work as a staff nurse
in the Department of Pediatrics
at Duke University Hospital.
She has also served as
educational director at the
Davis Hospital School of
Nursing, Statesville, and the
Rowan Hospital School of
Nursing, Salisbury. In public
health work, Mrs. Cain has
been employed as staff nurse
with the Greensboro City
Health Department, Forsyth
County Health Department,
and the Davie -Yadkin Health
District. She has also served as
staff nurse with the school
health coordinating unit of the
North Carolina State Board of
Health.
Married to R. Roscoe Cain,
merchant and farmer of
Hamptonville, Mrs. Cain has
two children, a son who is a
senior at Starmount High
School and a daughter who is a
sixth grade student at West
Yadkin School.
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Campbell Gets:.
Rank Of Major
JAMES T. CAMPBELL
James T. Campbell has been
promoted from the rank of Captain
to Major effective April 29th, 1968,
according to information received
from Captain R. M. Purkldser,
Director of Administration, Head.
quarters. USAAMMAC, Germarry.
Major Campbell is stationed in
Mannheim, Germany with the
382nd Transportation Company and
is Chief of Production Control for .
the company.
Entering the Armed Forces Aug.
ust loth. 1953, he completed basic
training at Fort Jackson, S. C. in
December 1953. He has received
the National Defense Service med.
al, the Bronze Star, the Air Medal
and the Good Conduct Medal. Prior
to being stationed in 'Germany.
Major Campbell served with the
581h Tratyvrtation Battalion in
Vietnam. .. i
t Major Campbell s the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Prentice Campbell
of North Main Street, Mocksville.
Ile is a graduate of Mocksville
• High School and Clemson College.
He is married to the former Vail.
. is Brown of Elkin red they have
3 children. Jimmy, Anne and
Michael. ....
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.. from out of
..An old wooden sausage mill from out of the past is held
by Paul Carter of Mmksvfll from 4. The mill belongs to his
sinter, Mrs. J. G. Crawford of Cooleemee and has been in
the family since 1890. According m Mr. Carter, A. T.
Lefler married Lou Rowell In 1890 and the couple moved
into an old log house on the J. G. Crawford farm where
they found the old sausage mill. Row long It had been
there. no ane knew. The mill is made completely of wood
the past! ia-, I 17 p
except for steel knives and spikes alerted for grinding
the sausage. When found, It was saturated with grease.
The end was also worn down which allowed the spikes to
cut grooves in the cylinder. Mr. Carter and his son.
Gerald Ray, soaked the wooden mill in clorox and
refinished It into an attractive antique. (Photo by Mike
Clemmer)
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Mocksville, NC
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Married for 50 Years
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Charles of
Mocksville, Route 4, were mar-
ried 50 years on January 8,
and both celebrated their 73rd
birthdays last year.
Mrs. Charles was Miss SIWe
Crump, daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. James Crump,
of Davie County.
'Their children are S. W. and
Loulse Charles ,at home; Mrs.
Leslie Fox, Pleasant Garden;
Mrs. E. C. Sanford, Mrs. T. B.
Woodruff and Mrs. J. 8 Car-
ter, of'MocksvWe, and Mrs.
Virgil Barringer, Granite.
Quarry. They have Ave grand-
children.
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Martha. Clemont,
M114 -0y' Auto .1
A 16 -year-old Davie • .County ,
girt was fatally injured last Wedi.
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Inesday night when struck- by a ' i
car after she started across V ' S. •'
158 and hesitated when she saw
the oncoming machine. It
Miss Martha Lee _Clement, 18, l
daughter of A. C: and _ Virginia
Angell Clement 'of- Mocksville. <,
Route 2, died at 8:15. p4n.' tdter i
being taken -to Davie County. Hos-
pital. j
State• Highway Patrolman A, W.
I Cox said Miss Clement way hitt
by a car driven by Mrs. Glenna .i
1Hendrix, 24, of Smith Grove about
7:30 pm. 1
He said the girl• was crossing t
f the highway in front of her home -'i
I She saw . the. car before she i
reached -the center and 'had
started back .LD the. side =from ri
which she started when she was
hit. He said she was carried alfoat ,
112 feet from the point of lm
I pact. i r •: .. 1. .: 1N. , u+. iiJ,'
Miss Clement suffered a rup-
tured heart and other: chest -and
pelvis lh}urles: ,
MLs Clement was !born -June
13, 1941.
Surviving are .her parents: •tM !
brothers and 'three sistersr Ayers j
III, and John. Marshall - ClemciA 1
and Miss ' Mazel, Christina, . and
Jeanie Clement, all -of. the ,ho`mc.
and three grandparent, 14ir. and
Mrs. C. J. Angell of .-Mocl�s`tllle,�
and Mrs. A. C. Clement of Mocka-
ville, Route 2. ,
Funeral services were -held • Fri- {
day afternoon at the. Oak Gi vc1i
Methodist Church_ The Rev. Rab, li
ert Oakley officiated. Burial: gras l
in .the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were Michael ` An-
gel. Jimmy Abwood, J, . T. Smith.
Jr., Kenny. Walker,. Duffle Daniels
and Richard Cox.
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Moc4wIle, NC
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---THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY IN MOCKSVUZE---
Thanks Jo !
It was 1939 ... thrity years ago ... that a lovely young
woman came to Modcsville and assumed ownership of the
Mayfer Beauty Shop.
After operating this shop for less than flue¢ years, Miss
Josephine Cooley was injured in an automobile accident,
becoming paralyzed from the wais4 down.
And this was the beginning of "The Io CooleK Story'
that is known not only all over this state, but throughout
many others. A story of courage ... a story of self-reliance
.. a story of devotion to others ... all woven into one Jo
Cooley.
., The story of to Cooley and how she has continued to
manage and operate the Mayfar Beauty Shop is too well
known to be recounted here. Also, the story of Io Cooley
and her work and devotion to help other paraplegia
throughout the entire state is as equally well known.
However, we do take this opportunity to extend our
beat wishes to Jo Cooley and the Mayfair Beauty Shop an
the event of their 30th anniversary and say thanks to Io ...
a person that has meant so much to so many.
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MocksAle, NC
Twenty -Six Years In Business Here-- 1
Jo Cooley Has Apniversary Event
By 6ORDON OLA'SON
It -was in ri938 that a pretty young
miss came to Mocksville and estab-
lished a beauty shop.
This -week. this young lady (for
no one is younger in spirit) and her
shop observe a 26th anniversary
event. During the past 26 years much
has happened . .. but nothing has
daunted this young lady's desire to
make life more beautiful for every-
one . . . 'both through her chosen
profession in beauty culture and
through personal cheerful service to
others.
Jo Cooley came to Mocksville in
1938 and took over the Mayfair
Beauty Shop. She was born in Galax,
Virginia, but her family soon moved
to North Carolina and she graduated
from the High Point High School,
Four years after beginning her
career as a beautician. Jo was in-
volved in an automobile accident and
sustained a bac injury which re-
sulted in paraplegia. She spent seven
months in the hospital and then went
home to remain in bed most of the
time for 18 months. She was told
she would never sit up again.
However, Joe refused to give up
or sell the beauty shop. She man-
aged the shop from her bed and in
addition, began to set hair from an
ambulance cot, (which she used as
a "mobile bed."
Progressing gradually, Jo soon be-
gan shampooing hair as well as sett-
ing
etting it, and found that she could do
as good a job as any operator. From
that time on, she resumed her role
as :chief operator in her shop.
In this business venture, Jo sought
and found more efficient ways of
getting around. -She began using the
folding wheel chair and in 1946
learned to drive her own car.
On one of her many, .trips to hos-
pitals, Jo .hast• been -•a patient at
the Baptist Hospital in Winston-
Salem. There she met Dr. Eben
Alexander, chief neuro -surgeon. In
1952. at the invitation of Dr. Alex-
ander, Jo and four other paraplegics
met at the Baptist :Hospital to form
an organization for the paraplegics
in North Carolina.
In 'June of .1953, Jo arranged a
meeting in her apartment in Mocks-
ville. She :wrote personal letters to
p a r a pl e g i c s and quadriplegics
throughout the state asking them to
come and to bring friends. Seventy
people responded . .. 35 in wheel-
chairs. It was at this meeting that
the North Carolina Paraplegia - s-
soriation was born. Jo (vas elected it's
first president, and the group has
been growing ever since.
In observance this week of the
26th anniversary of the Mayfair
Beauty Shop, Jo issued the following
statement:
4 1 , . -y
- AVe are celebrating our 26th year
in business in-Mocksville. We want
to invite all of our friends and
customers to .come in Thursday, Fri-
day or Saturday to see our remodefed
shop. Refreshments will be served.
Our shop is now as modern as any
in the state.
"'We started out 26 years ago with
one shampoo booth and we now have
four. We have gro%m with this great
town of 1�iocksville.
We .use only nationally advertised
supplies and our work is uncondition-
ally guaranteed.
1We greatly appreciate you won-
derful
onderful people for your loyal support
for the past 26 years."
In addition to Miss Cooley, the
staff of the Mgyfair Beauty Shop
today consists of Nancy Allen, Sue
Crotts and Lessie York.
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Featured In The Salisbury Post—
The Story of hiss Jo Cooley
By ROSE POST She Is responsible, just last
Post Staff Writer week end, for bringing a wheel -
Brakes screamed, lights pierc- chair basketball game to the lit-
She was in the hospital in
ed the darkness, the whole world tle town of Mocksville that shock-
Charlotte for nine anonths —
seemed to explode. ed everyone by drawing a crowd
much of that time in a full body
When it was over, the car had of over 2,000 people. cast. When she came out of the
turned over 12 times. And she is constantly teach-
cast, she weighed 60 pounds.
One girl was dead. Ing anyone and everyone how to '
At that time, no effort was
A boy had a fractured skull. live without legs.
made to help a person with a spin
A n d p r e t t y 26 -year-old Jo It's easier today than it was r
al injury sit up and she was tak-
Cooley, beauty shop owner in 22 years ago when Jo Cooley had
en to her sister's home in Ashe-
Mocksville, had a severed spine. her accident.
born — complete with -hospital
"She won't ever walk again," She had been in Mocksville
bed and ambulance cot and spe-
the doctors told her family. "She for three years at the time. a
cial duty nurses. The ambulance
won't ever sit again. She'll be lit- girl with determination even
cot, with its rollers, was her con-
tle more than a vegetable." then. She wanted to own a beauty
tact with the outside world.
That was 1942—before the in- shop and had bought the one in
One day she grabbed hold of
jured of World War 11 had start- Mocksville, with help from her
the frame on the hospital bed
ed to return, before the words, brother, because it was small and
and turned herself over.
paraplegic and Tehabilitation had would give her sufficient experi-
"And I hollered so loud you
become a standard of the Amen- ence to run ae larger one later, I
could've heard • me half a block."
can vocabulary. she hoped.
That was 1942 — and there The accident occurred five mil -
Maybe that was the biggest
was nothing to be done for Jo es from Lexington as the three
stele moment.
Maybe it was the day she in -
Cooley except to try to keep her young people were returning to
silted they sit her up.
alive Mocksville after an evening visit
That first time, her legs turned
But 22 years have passed now. with fa'iends.
"kept he oths r two were put into
.
black when she was put back
And Jo Cooley has been
down — but she had been sitting
alive so many times that her
doctors accuse her of having more "They sat me up In a police
up! And the next day she made
lives than any cat. car and took me to the hospital
them put her up again and stay -
ed that way for an hour.
Moving so fast in her wheel in Lexington. I fainted when they
"I wanted to get in the bath -
chair that it's hard for people sat me up. Later when I came to,
tub so bad, I didn't know if
with feet to keep up with her, I knew I couldn't move but I had
le to get me out,
they'd ever be ab l
Jo has proven to herself and just had a Red Cross course. In
but I figured they couldn't
thousands of others that being fact, I had the handbook with
they could change the water
crippled isn't sufficient excuse me in the car when the accident
Avery day.
for not doing things. happened. And I thought I was
Her sister had two children—
• in shock."
She is a business woman with From Lexington she was sent
five and six years old at the time.
a going operation in. Mocksville. to Chaxlotte and for a week no
When Jo got in the tub, the chil-
She is personally responsible hope was held for her life.
dren ran up and down the streets
for a million dollar gift for a re- "They had my brother tell me
habilitation center at Batpist then that I wouldn't walk or sit
in Winston-Salem. up again. I told him I would.
She is the founder of the That's what all of us think in •
North Carolina .. Paraplegia As- the beginning . . . but that isn't
sociation, which. is bit -by -bit courage. Not real courage. Cour-
changing the face of the state age is accepting what you are
so that It welcomes people in and making the best of what you
wheelchairs. have."
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' around their home. A friend had wheeled her
to movies
-s in the bathtub. Aunt acrossnight.
mothethe
�B� Heret
"Aun• Jo
in the bathtub;' they fecfly well when she left. She
ed.
ed.
"I asked 'em later if they didn't came home to find her dead.
want to sell tickets. She went to the funeral, cry -
The children. she thinks, were Ing inside herself because she
Self' when she took her first trip'
her salvation. They. at least' hadn't been the one. "That was!
alOr
and found she could make
were never afraid of hutting her the end of the world for me.
it, when she flew to Miami for
feelings, never afraid of mention- But she returned to her sister's her
first hail-stlyine contention
Ing her crippled legs and body house realizing that I had me that far away and when she flew
"Even now;' she says, "I never to look after. If I lived, I could -
to New York for •the same thing.
It's ive with. my brothers or sister
mind children's questions.�:; The Years have been so full '
Shush them as and nothing. I had to do for has trouble .
the parents who .do
though they think I'm going to myself.'that
even Jo Cooley
remembering it all.
e-
think there's something sham And so •tlult night. after the
about being is a wheelchair
herself from
For one - thing, there have been
31 of them all told.
ful funeral, she pulled
that bothers me. You have to her chair to her bed and remov-t
operations —
R.eoite the medical terms and Jo i
�pt what is: •
Jo accepted —and didn't ac- ed her brace with no help.
Co°ley's had it. Broken bones
been put of the trouble.
sept. She couldn't walk. but she "From then on I've never de-
BecvaUsee no proper re -
intended to get around- pended on anyone."
With the turning in bed and
she back to Mocks-
habilitation at the beginning'
bones became so brittle that
the sitting and the tub behind When got
her, she made her family get her vilie, she began to cut and set
tried putting her
her
„I,m sure my, legs would just
now if i could stand up."
a wheelchair —one of those old hair. First she
high-backed vairletles — and dis- customers on a little bench. Then`
tried a piano stool. Finally (
crumble
a physeal therapist
Orie timei
broke her leg trying to limber p
carded the hospital cot. ehe
"I couldn't sleep very well at she bit on a low chair that had
in the shop all along and
her knee a little. the series of
And there was
night and I spent hours alone been
in -the dark thinking of how I she's using it yet.
operations on her 'hip for osteo -
lids Flight times surgery fail -
could get back to Mocksville. MY one day a customer came in
mYhad
and the doctor Duke
brothers and sister said it was who'd washed her own hair and ed ready
can't, hadn't .given up. was
absurd .You know you wanted it sat, "but she
they'd tell me." gotten it clean. heck, I figured I
to
ou�6lon awn ce n time
a full-body
She was wearing could do better than that, and
ninth
it worked. But not until she had
brace and her mother, who
lf she did.
I' t 12 hours on the operating
decided to be Jo's nurse rs
almost let her Since then she's been her own
and had suffered shock ne-'
C 18 blood transfusi°ns'I
5tating
when a nurse
wheel chair fall off a porch• was chief operato:.
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waiting on her constantly- other thrills came — when she
"But mother, was waving to got a smaller, folding wheel chair, l.
come with me" so. 18 In°nths of when she got a car with manual
ter the accident, she went back controls so she could d1=ler
to Mocksville. little
At first, she did very just answered the Phone, made
appointments. pt the books
But a short while later her
mother died.
And. strangely enough, she be-
lieves it was her mother's death
that gave her back her life.
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JO COOLEY ... on the job at her beauty salon.
"They've buried me so many part of her life now. Through It
times it isn't even funny." North Carolina communIties are
But Jo Cooley can usually find being led to putting ramps on
something funny in everything — streets and building motels and
and that might be by she's been restaurants that paraplegics can
called on to help so often with get into with their wheelchairs.
other paraplegics. Three are the L4ocksvhle had already done
children of a paraplegic she tak- that for Jo Cooley. There are spec-
es swimming every summer. And tat ramps that enable her to get
there's the boy from Lenoir from her shop to her car, to the
whose family asked her to come grocery stores and to the Mo.
and show how a cripple gets in ,yes.
and on. of a tub. i It is atso through the North
Her attitude was such that, Carolina Paraplegia Association
while a patient at Baptist Bos- that she and other paraplegics
pital In Winston -Salem she be- oan share their problems and.
came good friends with Dr. Eben their discoveries and the thrills
Alexander. noted neuro-surgeon) they get when they learn to do
who has done so much work with something new.
paraplegics. Rehabilitation is one of the
It was through Dr. Alexaildar's blg,lvords In Jo's life today. She
suggestion that Jo decided0 -umly believes that if more had)
try to form a North Carolina been known when she had hers
Paraplegia Association. The first accident and the facilities that'
attempt was a failure. Only four are now, available had been avail-)
people showed up for the meeting able then, she'd be able to walk
and nothing came of It. But the with braces and crutches.
second time she tried, a totalof It may well be the depth of
70 came m her little apartment on that belief that convinced the
a Sunday afternoon—so many women she talked to give�a-
that she herself couldn't get inonymously — one million dollars
the living room. I to the Baptist Hospital in Win.
And the organization Is a vital 'stun-Salem for a MMhablhtatlon
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THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1964
DETERMLYATION PAYS OFF—They said Jo Cooley would be a vegetable after a seri-
ons wraek left her paralysed 22 years ago. Today, after 31 operations and astounding de-
termination, Jo Cooley is a successful businesswoman in MocksviRe as well as the foun-
der of the State Paraplegia Association. [Post Staff Photo]
center. whoneed it Im company and the country and as far away as
Meanwhile she's been a one- she's as likely as not to be chair- Nassau ["I've even got as far as'
woman rehab center for hun- man of any tlrive or of m comity getting a passport m go to Europe
tlreds of people — teaching them activity that gets proposetl. before I had to go to the hospital
to drive, helping them get jobs. She wouldn't leave Mocksville again.•']
doing wbatever she could. for a larger town or a larger shop Because MOcksviLLe pays her i
most important, she thinks, I now for anything In the world— the supreme compliment.
she's taught families that they though she loves to travel and "People here forget I'm in a. i
must encourage their own para- has made numerous trips an over wheelchair."
plegics to do for themselves. —
"That's when you get the thrill,
not when someone does something
for you."
And Mocksville lets Jo Cooley
do for herself and it. She's a
member of the Merchants Asso-
ciation rand through it got hos-
pitalisation for herself for the
,first time this year — up to now
she's paid for ail her hospitallsa-
tion herselt].
She turns her especially equip -i
Pad apart0gu over to anyone
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Mocksville, NC
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ly,UK ;RS. KELLY COPE
Every generation has 1 men and women
whose personal character and community ser-
vice give them a position of distinction, and
Of
wins for them the este Within the pasand ot few
friends and neighbors• passing of those I
years Cooleemee has seen the p
-Old Timers" who served their generation well,
and who helped to make Cooleemee a good
place in which to live.
Lately, Cooleemee has -felt the loss of and-
ther of those who are deeply mourned in their
passing as a part of a generation rapidly o e
ping away. Mrs. Mamie Cope was truly
of those who tion one o be remembered buted much towards for
mg her genera ts ole. Mrs. Cope
greatness of character i led gave much of 2
had an interest in people,
and service
herself in friendliness,
to make the way better and happier for them.
She was faithful devoted fthe and loyal to it. She was Church,
d
and was
voted wife and home maker. Her husband,
Mr.
ush ,
. gay Cape, served Davie countywas and
Sheriff, and in office or business and solid ci- .
is, an example of that integrity
tizenship which made his own contribution o
the betterment of his generation;
In our extension of sympathy to her sur-
vivors, we would add a reminder that they
can well be thankful for their relationship to
her, and in the tknowledge that her life was
a rich blessing
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j Mrs. George Cornatzer Named
Mother of the Year for Davie
Mrs. George Cornatzer, of Rt. 1,-ervxr.
Advance, was named Davie Caan-
ty Mother of the Year. by the
Davie County Home Demonstra-
tion. Clubs.
Mrs. Cornatzer is the mother of
,.
four children. They are Mrs.
Maxine Newman, Rt. 1. Advance; T .
Tommy Cornatzer, RA 2, Advance;
Mrs, Peggy Poster of El Pas ' '
Texas: and Jimmy, of the home.
Mrs. George Cornatzer Is the
daughter Of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Shack, born In Davie County,
:and a charter member o! the
Baltimore - Bixby Home Demon-
stration Club. Mrs. Cornatzer
held many offices in the Home,
Demonstration Club as well asp
teaching two years in the old
Baltimore School.
She is an active member of the hIRs. GEORGE CORNATZER
Bixby Presbyterian Church, has
taught a Sunday School class After the Reynolds Processing
for many years, takes an active Plant bought their home place,
part in the Women of the Ohurch =he and he, husband reside In
organization and Is now serving their new home on Baltimore
as histaram. Road in Davie County.
Along with rearing her four Mrs. George Cornatzer Will be
children. she cared for her uncle, competing in the State Mother of
the late John Sheek, for 15 years the Year Contest to 4e held In
In her home. Raletah on April 1 and 2, 1963.
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Leads In��/ Fight
aAgainst
Dr.. Y Y Silliann
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lila Corna.3t.i e
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A Dr's Caualy r2U'a is one of
Papers Are Published
Iha u.1 vial Ic acrs in tele I�ht
An important part of Dr Cornat.
c rainst ccseer. I
zer's allies are the tiles containing'
Dr. W':!.:;m E. Canoe:, son of I
reprints of articles Published by him
::re late Air. and Ms. W. P. Carnal- 1
and members of the department. To
zer of Uie Farmington Community.
date, 150 research papers, master's
e::msed his wcrk recently and
thesis and doctoral dissertations
Pointed out that a core for caner)
have been published in scientific
can't be worked out until we know
journals.
what's happening in a normal cell.)
Dr. Cornatuar's philosophy is that
Ths research is now being done in 1
a dissertaLoa U worthless if it re -
the Wochermstry department of the
mains stoc!r away in the shelves of
University of North Dakota of
a library. Publication, he says, is
whirl: he is founder and chairman.
desirable for three reason,: (11 It
col the Ireland Rescarci Laborab
-Y. he directs. I
helps the stndcnt immensely — his
rating masmadicaliy apes up with
c. wh:oh
Publication; (21 It is of great bene.
A brother of Clinton Comater of
fit to the supervising department:
A_'vance Rt. 2, Dr. Cornatzer is a
131 It is of great benefit W the
1925 graduate of the Farmington
entire field.
fists School and received a B S.
The bimheno try departments of
degree in chemistry from Wake
the University of Nacth Dakota can
Feast CaBe;e in 1939. He maned his
claim a perfeot publication mccrd.
M. S. and Ph. D degrees at the
Every masters thesis and dxtarzd
University of North Carolina. He has
dissertation has been published in
never practiced medicine, but holds
a scientific journal.
and M. D. degree from the Bowman
Dr. Cornatzer attributes to this
Gray School of Medicine, where he
publication record the live million
was an assistant professor in bio-
dollars his department has received
chemistry betare going to the Uni-
in research oirn:s since 1951.
verity of North Dakota in 1551.
On National Board
The University of North Dakota,
Dr. Comztzer is currently serving
located at Grand Falls in that state.
on the National Board of Medical
invited Dr. Cornatzer W establish a
Examiners. He is one of :ix doctors
biochemistry department and he its
in the nat4m selected W prepare
Now 40 at
questions fur the 1964 test in bio -
chairman. persons are
chemistry. Must median) schools '
work in the department — graduate
rcgn:re tiat Cicir students pass the;
SWakare an fellowship:. poat.dmc
torate researchers staff nnmlw•s.
exam before beginning their third I
are.
year of study.
Dr. Cornatzer also started an en-
"Due to the difficulty of the sub-
and burnoose analysis lab in
sect matter and the diffiWty of
zyme
1951 for he:pitals in the state and
exam," 'Dr. Cornatzer points out
N s lab is the only one of its kind
fatality rate in
'thenen
W North Dakota.
sera.^high
Working closely with the bio-
-Dr. Comatzer has wan a number
department is the Ireland
of awards and grants in his field.
chemistry
Cancer Research Laboratory. The
In 1952 he won a Trm'el Award to
lab bas expanded from, them room
pre -em a paper in Paris. In 1959
when it was founded in
he presented ancrher paper in Lon.
it occupied
W the five-story,it.or structure
the nt of a Travel
Its? she
1953
now house; it. Forty
Awards and in won an award
which
was
be
students and IS staff members are
W SWefitolm. Since 1951 he has been
currently doing research in this
a cnnsullaut fol• the Oak Ridge
htstinde of Sucicar Studios. Medical'.
building.
it,main areas of re-
Divisica, d:cm:c Energy Commiss-'
Dr. Coma r s
search are liver disease and phos- i
pholipide metabolism. A discussion
Of his work centers around the i
sandy of body s mamer. As
Cornatzer puts it:
-They work like a lock and key.
Each epzYnies is responrbIs tar a
specific reactlon and aUn'm a'
an-
zymes is known W produce 30 dis-
eases."
A more modern name far the
young science of biochemistry.
says Dr. Comratiter, is molecular
biology. the study of calls.
He says that medicine is in a
molecular age. Biologists have class-
ified all living matter: their work
now lies in research into the cell.
"Every modern biologist, whethre
he knot's it or not. is a biochemist",
says Dr. Coroners'.
lie is a member of several scient.
is societies and associations among.
rem the Amin loan Society of
iiolmical Chemists.
In 1961 he was selected a Fellow
•'d the Acad.-my by the Nrn' York.
A'a:temy of S:iences in ren_n:dm
:tai a i)Icvemeni bt ecarae.
its is ma�.'ed W the forma: Mar.
F esu an of LaGrange.. Gecr-
gia. T.:ey ata the parents of Nancy
born in 1954 ard William En-
gen.. Jr., tarn in less.
DR. WRJJAM E. CORNATZER . tattle of Davie County -
hands the Blo-Chevdstry Depadamait at the University of Norm
Dakola is one of me nation's leaders in the fight against career.
Davit' County public ii6ra
Mocksvilie, NC ry
Cecil Cranfill Dies Of
Jan. 2 Wreck Injuries
Bailey of Rt. 3, Mocksville; and
Cecil Andrew Cranfill, 17,
his great gandparents, Mr. and
of Depot Street, Mocksville,
Mrs. Charlie Bailey of Rt. 1,
died Friday morning at the
Mocksville.
Baptist Hospital in
Funeral services were
Winston-Salem from injuries
conducted Monday at Eaton's
received in an automobile
Funeral Home Chapel by the
accident. This became Davie
Rev. Hoch Holbrook and the
County's second highway
Rev. Zella Stanley. Burial was
fatality of 1970.
in Rose Cemetery.
The accident occured
January 2nd at Cooleemee
Junction, when the car which
he was driving ran off the road
at a high rate of speed and hit a
(role. Cranfdl received a broken
neck, a concussion and leg and
chestinjuries in the accident.
He was born July 19, 1952,
in Davie County, the son of
Mrs. Connie Bailey Cranfill of
Depot Street and the late
William Sherrill Cranfill. He
was a senior at Davie County
High School.
Also surviving are two
sisters, Mrs. Jimmy Hampton
of Rt. 4, Mocksville, and Miss
Sharon Cranfill of the home; a
brother, Billy Cranfill,
stationed in Germany with the
U. S. Army; the maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Cecil Crimfill
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—Once A Woodsman—Always A Woodsman.
The Art
Of
akEingSpli
By Marlene Benson
Once a woodsman, always a woodsman!
Mrs. Cranfill is very proud of the work her husband
And that's just what Mr. Sonny Cranfill of 1173 Oak does and says "He makes the best splits of anybody
Street, Mocksville is ..... in a very talented way. around."
He makes "splits". And he's been making them for
over 40 years.
He begins this process with freshly cut timber and
using an ax, cuts the logs into pieces small enough to
handle.
And, then, using hand tools, which he makes himself,
splits the wood, into pieces so small and pliable that it is
possible to weave them into baskets.
There is certainly an art in knowing how to make splits,
and to watch Sonny at work makes you aware of this.
He explained how he rives the wood, which is to split the
logs or blocks along the grain. And he keeps on splitting it
until It is just the right thickness.
"They can't be too thin", he explained as he kept on
working.
There was a certain amount of pride displayed, as he
told about the time he made 55,000 splits for the late Ben
Boyles, former sheriff of Davie County.
"Mr. Boyles brought in.a big load of timber in blocks",
he said "And I made the splits for a half of what they sold
for".
Sonny has been selling splits to Mack Knight of
Shackto
No doubt about it. When Sonny finished with them, they
were all exactly the same length, width and thickness. He
tied them neatly in bundles of 50 and stacked them in a
very professional way.
They were so perfect In every way, It was hard to
believe they were made entirely by hand, and with hand.
made tools.
Mrs-Cranfill said that Sonny had not been able to do
anything except make splits since 1958. She explained
that he had worked in a sawmill since he was just a young
boy. But about 13 years ago, he was cutting trees in the
woods and one fell on him. He was disabled for about seven
years.
Since 1965, Sonny has been making splits for anyone
who brings him the timber. He said he had also made a
few shingles in his time.
There is no waste when he ft*ed making a load of
splits. The scrap shavings and bark are saved. The
Cranfills use this for heating their modest home in the
winter. Mrs. Cranfill has asthma and they can't heat with"'
oil, so they used the wood scraps and coal.
Mrs. Cranflil also has to walk with a cane and depends
on her husband to help with her house work, "But I won't
-&&, m Yadkin County, for 40 years now. After he m let him wash dishes when he's making splits", she said,
sells them, they are treated with a preservative and "It makes his hands too tender to handle the wood."
smoothed down. "They make tobacco baskets out of Sonnyhas everything set u
ery g p very conviently for making
them." splits in his yard. He has made a form to support the
timber, and another to hold the splits until he finishes
DAV I E C O lJ N T Y with enough to tie in a bundle. There is even a convienent
Place for each of his hand tools.
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This is a one man operation for Sonny, a $� 67 years
THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1971 — 1 B old, and he handles it like an entire work crc�i{
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at left is the size of the logs that Sonny uses to make splits. With his hand made tools,
he begins to rive the wood until the splits are just the right thickness.
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Sonny demonstrates just how pliable the splits are when completed (L).
can easily be woven into tobacco baskets. He neatly ties them in bundles of
R) and stacks them in his yard, ready to be delivered.
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