Statesville Record and Landmark from Statesville, North Carolina • 11

I STATESVILLE RECORD LANDMARK Nation Cold Weather And Snow 2 Systems Battering Nation 3By United Press International Two weather systems packing a one-two punch for the eastern half of the nation churned into a fury today with their sub-zero temperatures and snow deluge. While one system churned across the Allegheny, Appala- Pettit Named As President Alvin E. Pettit, 603 East Front Street and director of public works for the city, was elected president of the Statesville Recreation Businessmen's volleyball club last night at the Grace Park Recreation Center. Other officers are Thad M. Harris, vice president, and Jack Springer, treasurer.

Elected to the board of directors were Dr. James F. Rodgers, Reinhold Jalahs, Dieter Finke, Willard W. Overcash and Albert Archibald. The club meets every Wednesday at 7 p.m.

at the Grace Park Center. Members desiring to do some lap jogging, take calisthenics or use the health exercise machines may report at 6:30 p.m. New members are invited to join any Wednesday night. REAL HONEST chian and Blue Ridge Mountains and through the Shenandoah Valley another followed its wake into the Northern Plains and Midwest. Warnings of up to four -inch accumulations in parts of West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland heralded the impact of the leading system.

It already had covered many roads in the area with ice with sleet and freezing rain Wednesday Driving Warnings Up Trailing west from the eastern mountain section like a tail were hazardous driving warnings today for portions of Tennessee, Kentucky and much of Arkansas, caused by freezing drizzle mixed with light snow and freezing rain. No sooner will midwesterners acclimate themselves to those conditions than they will be hit by the coldest temperatures so far this young winter. The second wintry system, born in the Arctic, carries a frigid blast of temperatures as low as 42 below zero, marking its entry into the United States at North Dakota and Minnesota. The Arctic blast was expected to continue its rampage from the Plains into all of the Midwest by Friday. At 2 a.m.

EST today, Williston, N.D., already had recorded a 33 1 below zero reading. Snow Predicted Snow Predicted Snow forecasts were issued today for the northern Rockies and Plains, mixing with freezing rain from the Ozarks to the southern Appalachians and into the Great Lakes and New England. Highway travel was slowing Wednesday night all the way from Arkansas to the Virginias and Pennsylvania. Fatal accidents already were being blamed on the treacherous road conditions. Thirty degree temperatures combined with snow and ice to cause rush hour delays in the New York City area Wednesday.

Students of schools in nine Virginia counties got an unexpected holiday Wednesday when slippery roads forced closing of classrooms. An Evanston, woman was found frozen in her back yard Wednesday, while not far away a light plane overshot a runway at Chicago's Midway Airport because of snow-obscured runway markings. The Pacific Coast and south, enjoyed a sharp weather contrast of relatively warm weather. REDUCED REAL HONEST TO GOODNESS SAVINGS AFTER-INVENTORY SALE At Kimbrell's we have just finished our annual inventory and have declared war on a large selection of merchandise! These are on items, and some pieces. have the room These of-a-kind items, close discontinued pieces, slightly damaged items have got to go! Also many other items drastically reduced but no room to list them here! Come and see! REDUCED REDUCED Metal Samsonite Garbage Rack Week-End-Tote $12,95 Regular $5 $17.95 Regular $7 Holds two 50 gal.

cans Only 1 to sell. Odd Only 1 to sell mid REDUCED REDUCED Marble Top Maple Full Size Bed Cigarette Table Regular $11 $39.95 Regular $22 $19.95 Odd Only 4 to sell. Odd REDUCED REDUCED Carpet 6x9 Cotton Rug In door Out door, White, foam back 12 12 Regular Regular $58 $14.95 $6 $154 Only 1 to sell. Discontinued PLENTY OF STORE-SIDE PARKING 146 E. Broad St.

Tel. 872-3691 PAGE 11-A Death Claims M. Johnson Sanford M. Johnson, 81, a former resident of Iredell County, died Tuesday in Norfolk General Hospital after a lengthy illness. A retired paint contractor, he had been making his home with his son, Wendall G.

Johnson, of Virginia Beach, Va. He was the son of the late S. C. and Lillie Guy Johnson and was born May 14, 1886. He was married to the late Alma Saunders, who died in 1959.

Surviving, in addition to his son, are five brothers, Dover Johnson of route: 2, Hiddenite, Latta Johnson of Ft. Lauderdale, Clyde Johnson of Charlotte, Wade Johnson of Denver, and W. Mott Johnson of Washington, D. two sisters, Mrs. Clarence Lackey, and Mrs.

G. S. Pharr, both of route 2, Hiddenite; nine grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Reavis Funeral Home with Rev.

W. T. Brackett officiating. Burial will follow in Stony Point Cemetery. The body will remain at Reavis Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 7 o'clock until 9 o'clock tonight.

Rescue Squad Report Given The Iredell County Rescue Squad, operating from their new headquarters at 1420 West Front Street, answered 28 calls during the month of December. The 28 calls were broken down as follows: 14 wreck calls, five blood relays, one assistance, one eye relay, one pedestrian fatality, three house fires, two false calls, and one search. Also during the month of December, 15 members (honorary and active) completed the Standard and Advanced First Aid Emergency Course given by the American Red Cross. Those completing the course were Ronnie Stewart, Mike Courain, Carroll Starrette, Scott Bunting, Eric Dailey, Robert Overcash, Johnny Eller, Robert Webster, Dewey Benge, Tommy Jones, Tommy Chapman, Paul Campbell, Bill Baynard, Jerry Byers, and Charles Sherrill. During the month of December, the rescue squad logged 844 volunteer man hours of service to the citizens of Statesville and Iredell County.

Court Asked To Bar Guns GREENSBORO (UPI) U.S. District Court here was asked Wednesday to bar the federal government from displaying seized weapons when the conspiracy trial of 11 men opens next Monday in Salisbury. Defense Atty. Webster Medlin of Concord argued in his petition that the display of 47 guns and ammunition seized in a raid by federal agents July 18 would "prejudice the jury against the defendants and deprive them of a fair trial." The 11 defendants have pleaded innocent to charges of conspiring to intimidate school officials and others in Rowan and Cabarrus counties. A 12th defendant has pleaded guilty.

Medlin asked the court to prevent the government from displaying the weapons in the courtroom or any other place where they might be seen by the jury "until such time as a foundation is established for their admission into Duke Aiding Baptist Hospital WINSTON SALEM (UPI)North Carolina Baptist Hospital here has been awarded a $1 million gift by the Duke Endowment Fund of Charlotte. Carter M. Preslar, chairman of the hospital's board of trustees, said a portion of the grant will be used in support of a paramedical school and the new remainder will help finance a proposed 14-story addition to the hospital. He also announced that the hospital has signed a $1.8 million contract with King-Hunter Inc. of Greensboro to construct a new teaching facility, with construction to start by Jan.

15. Bruton Selects Eagles For Post RALEIGH (UPI)-State Atty. Gen. Wade Bruton has appointed Sidney S. Eagles Jr.

revisor of statutes for North Carolina. Eagles succeeds Leon H. Corbett Jt. as ex officio secretary to the Statutes Commission. Corbett resigned to enter private practice.

Eagles is a native of Saratoga. He holds a law degree from Wake Forest University. 4, 1968 STEEL SOLE -The man wearing these boots is in no danger of injury or lockjaw from walking over protruding nails on a construction job. The soles of his boots contain a paper-thin stainless steel insole, first developed to protect soldiers in Vietnam from sharp Viet Cong pungi-sticks. CASH OR CREDIT WE'RE EASY TO TRADE WITH REDUCED REDUCED Twin Maple Credenza Bookcase Bed Mirrors $49.95.

Regular $8 $24.95 Regular $7 Only 2 to sell, Only 3 to sell. Odd slightly damaged REDUCED REDUCED Pictures Transistor Close Out Radios Values $24.95 to $4.95 Values $34.95 to $19.95 $8 All price Only 5 to sell. Odd No special orders at these prices. REDUCED REDUCED 3 pc. Bassett 3 pc.

Caldwell Mediterranean French Provincial Bedroom Suite Bedroom Suite Regular $193 Regular $289.95 $339.95 $228 Only 2 to sell. Close out Triple dresser mirror. panel bed, chest. Only 1 to sell. Discontinued.

AS REDUCED REDUCED Used Used 2 Pc. Green Recliner Sofa Bed Suite $16 $26 Only 1 to sell. Only 2 to sell COLD SITUATION- -In Pittsburgh, a dog named Paragot who recently moved east from California takes a long hard look at his first snow. WE DO NOT SELL YOUR ACCOUNT BUY FROM KIMBRELL'S PAY KIMBRELL'S REDUCED REDUCED Prestige Recliner Traditional Chair Green Plastic, wood panel arm $99.95 Regular $481 Regular Only 2 to sell. Odd $89.95 $37 Only 1 to sell.

Paint on arm. REDUCED I REDUCED Swivel Rocker Wool cushion. back plastic Braided Rug Regular $79.95 $47 $49.95 Regular $27 Only 1 to sell. Damaged Only 2 to sell. Close out REDUCED REDUCED Used Philco Used Hotpoint Record Player Electric Range $14 $18 4 Burners Only 1 to sell.

Only 1 to sell. REDUCED REDUCED Used Used Duo Therm Platform Rocker Oil Heater $12 $8 Only 1 to sell Onlv 1 to sell.