Rocky Mount Telegram from Rocky Mount, North Carolina • 9

Handled Several Items Are il In Counc Action Monday Lassiter for rezoning approximately 3.33 acres of land located adjacent to the eastern zoning area of the City of Rocky Mount and westward to an area two miles west of the proposed location of 1-95 through Nash County. If -'i I i t.t IX i. Lrim i i Willie Grant Is Presented Award By City Willie E. Grant of th Rocky Mount Public Works Sanitation Division is the first recipient of the City's Worker of the Year award. Grant, employed here for over 20 years, was cited by Mayor Fred Turnage at Monday's City Council meeting for exemplary service, which includes over 400,000 vehicle miles driven without an ac- cident.

Mayor Turnage presented Grant a plaque expressing the gratitude of the City of Rocky Mount. 6 "This might appear to be a small plaque for so many years of work, but I assure you behind it lies the appreciation of the-entire city. There isn't a plaque big enough for that appreciation," Turnage said. Grant joined the City in 1953 as a refuse collector. On the basis of his work record he obtained a Chauffeurs license and was promoted to Packer- Driver in 1968.

He was recently promoted to Sanitation Equipment Operator II, and i hoy operates lftPMrd (jump-. master truck in the City. "He probabiy drives the most expensiv vehicle in the witire BY RONNIE SMITH Telegram City Editor 'Athletic fields, restrooms, planning agreements, and several' other items were handled 'by the Rocky Mount City Council Monday afternoon during one of its regular meetings. The planning agreement dealt with by the City Council concerned the arrangement with Nash County for the establishment of a joint planning board. The approval to the plan was given last week by the Nash County Commissioners, and the approval yesterday afternoon by the council removes the last stumbling block to the proposed plan.

The newly proposed planning board would work with the zoning classifications of the area located outside of the property line oi uauon jusuc Grocery south of Cokey Apartments from R-fi to B-l, recommendation for approval of request by Mrs. Ruby Braswell for rezoning of approximately .17 acre of land located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Raleigh Street and Nashville Road from K-6 to B-l. recommendation that' amendments, as specified in Planning Board minutes, be made to the City of Rocky Mount Zoning Ordinance to place restrictions on the use of portable sighs within the city's zoning jurisdiction. recommendation for the annexation of JKG Corporation and Cokey Road Apartments, I 1 AA I'll 4 A Turning its attention to the use of athletic fields, the council approved a recommendation from the city manager which designated that the policy of the city would be to have athletic fields for city recreational purposes, and not in an attempt to attract tournaments to the city. The council approved the recommendation, but also made plans to review the recommendation at a later date in an effort to establish prices, for the use of athletic fields.

Other Business Other business conducted by the City Council included the approval of the following recommendations from the city's Planning Board and called public hearings: -recommendations for approval of request bv The Cifv OUTSTANDING WORKER Willie E. Grant (right) of the Public Works Sanitation Division, receives Worker of the Year Award from Mayor Fred Turnage (left) as Herman Drake, head of the Sanitation Division, looks oo. A 20-year City employee, Grant is the first recipient of the newly-established honor here. (Telegram photo by Killebrew) Planning staff for the planning board would come from the City of Rocky Mount staff. The cost of operating the joint planning board has been set at $25,750 annually, with the county paying $19,312.50 (75 percent) and the city paying the remaining $6,437.50.

With activities directed under the new planning board, the city would provide coordination and preparation of long-range planning in areas that relate to both the city and the county. Action taken by the board would' be subject to approval of either the Nash County Board of Commissioners or the Rocky Mount City Council, depending upon the location of the affected area. Recreation Severarifems de3pg with rCreation were givena nod of approval by 'the council, m-r eluding the proposed new policy Waling with the use of athletic fields and the location of parks, There had been some Controversy over the proposed location of restroom at Sunset Park, as the city had first planned to locate the facilityat the corner of River Drive and Taylor Street. Many of the uy iw Lictmuii diiu nijr ui dinance, respectively. The evening telegram mi t-mu crrv liiiinr II jocky mout, n.

c. Tuesday afternoon march 26, 1 94 1 1 wppiw? 3 Save Life Of Local Child Final Brunswick Shw.Sale7- Christ Episcopal Church, located on Fairview Road, will conduct its last brunswick stew sale of the season Saturday, March 30. The stew will sell for $1.50 per quart. Persons interested in purchasing a quart of stew may pick up a quart after noon Saturday, or reserve a quart by calling 442-5561 Saturday morning. Revival Services Are Planned Rev.

J. R. Easom will.be the evangelist at special revival, crusade services beeinnine March 31 at the Church of God located i trucks considerably more than a Rolls-Royce." "In the petition naming Grant Employe Worker of the Year, the Council was advised that; "during his 20 years employment with the City, Grant has accumulated the outstanding record of using only 14 days sick leave. During his ten years service in a driving capacity in the Sanitation Division Grant has sustained no accidents to City equipment. (He) is an outstanding City employee and takes great pride in his work." The Worker of the Year Award will be presented on an annual basis to an employee beneath the supervisory level; Grant was also one of the nominees for the H.W.

Kueffner Award, a newly-established honor by the North Carolina chapter of the American Public Works Association. residents who live on Taylor Street had voiced opposition to members of the council concerning the location. Action taken by the council Monday approved the location of restroom facilities, but place the location of the facilities further back on River Drive and more toward the center of the recreational facilities. officers left the hospital. The child is son of Mrs.

Norman R. Becker of 409 Edgecombe Street. Arrests Local police today reported the arrests last night of Steven T. Rooks, 2517 Gwenn and Gregory Rivenbark of Arlington St. Exton charges of stealing gas.

Officers T. E. Thompson and E. M. Wooten reported that the two were arrested about 11 45 p.

and charged with stealing gas from a truck at C. S. Henry-Trucking Company. Wrecks Several accidents were in Two Rocky Mount police officers apparently saved the life of an eleven year old child early this morning, when they received a call at 1 m. that Ricky Becker of 409 Edgecombe Street was having seizures.

According to police files, Officers W. Davis and S. Winstead answered the call and that the child was not breathing when they arrived. They placed the child in the police car and administered mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on the way to Nash General Hospital. At the hospital, the child was given oxygen, police reported, and was doing fine when, the at Davis and Anderson St.

The public has been invited to attend the revival services, which are scheduled to begin at 7:30 each evening, according to the pastor, Rev. W. P. Pope. i mi' Are Won Awards Four Top MICHAEL ALSTON New Eagle Alston By Local Drama Students Named As Local High School Paper Is Presented Top Rating Margaret Griffin, Terri Leggette, Marcie" Kamins, Mindy Kamins, Stuart Rodwell and Stuart More than forty local students participated in the hosting and running of the festival which was attended by more than one hundred college and high school students from eastern North Carolina.

recognized for her performance in "The Loveliest Afternoon Of The Year" and Gary Carter was honored for his perfdrmance in "The Three 'Little Pigs, Or, A Ham's A Ham, For A' Other students appearing in the two award winning productions were Ken Bat-chelor, Judy Ann Boddie, Ann Daughtridge, Celeste Greene, vestigated by local officers Monday in damages were extensive. Officer W. L. Cherry investigated an accident at 9 09 a. m.

that occurred on U. S. 301 by- pass when a vehicle driven by Clinton D. Whitaker of Rt. 1, Box 51, Rocky Mount went out of control.

According to the police report, the vehicle ran off the and struck a sign and a brick wall near Mobile Homes. The driver was uninjured, and damages were estimated at 5500 to the vehicle, $100 to the brick wall, and $50 to the sign. In a traffic accident investigated by Officer Willie R. Williams at 3: 33 p.m., damages totaled $500 to two vehicles that collided at the intersection of West Thomas St and "Mayo Street The drivers were identified as Elizabeth Grace Safy of 1230 W. Thomas Street, and John Wesley Lucas of 625 E.

Ridge Rocky Mount. Officer Williams reported that the Safy vehicle was headed west on Thomas Street the Lucas vehicle was headed west on Mayo Street Elizabeth Grace Safy told the officer that she stopped for the stop sign and did not see any traffic, so she proceeded on and collided with the Lucas vehicle. A 1:20 p. rh. accident on N.

Pearl Street resulted in a safe movement violation against Frank Hale of 723 Henna Rocky Mount According to Officer D. W. Farmer, Hale was backing out of a driveway and did not see a car driven by Russell Lee Langley, Jr. of 1732 Rosewood Dr. Langley told the officer that he saw the Hale vehicle backing out of the driveway, but was unable to stop.

Damages were estimated at $1,000 to the Langley vehicle, and $250 to the Hale vehicle. rating a newspaper can receive and is based on intangible qualities that become evident to the Judges and which could be characterized as the personality of the entry. The rating recognized outstanding achievements in reporting the news and covering all the aspects of school life, the administration, and the community. While na specific score Several staff members of The Gryphon, Rocky Mount Senior High School's newspaper, learned that their paper had been awarded a Medalist rating at the Columbia Scholastic Press Association Convention they attended recently in New York City. "Medalist" rank is granted to publications selected for special consideration.

It is the highest College Singers Set To Give Performance Magical Show Planned Rocky Mount Senior High School's drama students, the Edsonians, won four top awards at the Eastern Regional Drama Festival held here over the past weekend. Two of these were "Distinguished" ratings for, their two entries in play production. The festival featured sixteen plays presented by eight college and high school drama groups from the eastern part of North Carolina. Seven "Distinguished" awards were given, Rocky Mount being the only group that received two such ratings. A "Distinguished" rating qualifies productions to be considered for presentation at the State Drama Festival to be held at Chapel Hill Saturday.

As a result of the awards the local group was invited to present their entry, "The Loveliest Afternoon Of The Year" on that occasion. The state presentation is a showcase festival for ten productions chosen by the judge to represent outstanding work from college, university and high school drama departments across the state. Five productions from each of the two regional festivals. Two local students also received acting awards during the awards ceremony that climaxed the conclusion of the festival. Paula Murrill was EaglaScout Michael Alston, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Will N. Alston of Long Avenue, Rocky Mount's newest Eagle Scout. Senior Patrol Leader of Troop 317, sponsored by the Clark Street Methodist Church, Michael received the badge at a troop court of honor held recently. Michael is a student at Senior High and long has been actively connected in his troop.

Leigh Ballance is Scoutmaster of Troop 317. Literary Works Being Accepted Gray Basnight, editor of N. C. Wesleyan College's literary magazine, "Aspects," has announced that original works are now being accepted for the spring issue. The deadline for submitting material is April 1.

All interested persons in the Rocky Mount and Wesleyan communities are encouraged to submit materials for the magazine, which is scheduled to be released in early Inlay. "Aspects'." publishes poetry, prose, musicr artwork and photographs, and authors' or artists need not have published prior to submitting to the Wesleyan magazine. is attached to this rank, it Is seldom given to publications with less than top scores. Not more than ten per cent of the entries in a given classification may receive "Medalist" distinction, thus, very few papers throughout the nation receive this honor. Previous standing in contests is not considered in judging the current issues.

Each paper is judged on its own present merits. However, in the paper is compared with the others in its own particular classification and is rated according to its relative standing with reference to the other entries in its class. This is the first time that The Gryphon has achieved this apex in rating. The officers and staff members of The Gryphon are: Editor, Debbie Harvey; Advertising Manager, Myra Fisher; Business MaxineJoyner; and Circulation Manager, Marcia. Robinson.

Staff members include: Kim Nelson, Terre Kilpatrick, Joy Bradley, Dawn Gindrup, Deborah Turner, Isabel Williams, Phyllis Goffney, Joe Reeves, Bill Matthews, Sara Jane Collier, Gail Parrish, and Cathy Allen. Their advisor is Mrs. Margaret Williams. The touring squad of the Wesleyan College's largest choral group, has been invited to present a choral seminar in church music at the Swansboro United Methodist Church on March 31. Noel Lovelace, director of the Stagers, stated that the seminar titnhe will be "How to Make Music From Those Black Ink Spots on the Page." Interspersed with choral renditions will be actualSvarm-up exercises, informal lectures by Lovelace on the historical aspects of choral music and comments and questions, from the audience.

Lovelace has divided the seminar program into seven parts medieval, renaissance, baroque, romantic, American spiritual, improvisatory, using congregational hymns, and contemporary music. Among the contemporary selections on the program are two composed by N. C. Wesleyan "Festival Doxology" by Dwight Berry, a senior music major, who will conduct the Singers while accompanying on the organ. The other student composition is "Three Psalms" by Scott Wilkinson, a senior music major, and this selection will feature Wilkinson accompanying himself on the guitar.

After the Singers' return from Swansboro, they will be in rehearsal for their upcoming 11th Annual Commencement Concert, scheduled for Tuesday, April 2, at 8: 15 p. m. in Everett Gymnasium. known for his magical abilities, and has appeared in five segments of the television show, "The Magician." He has also appeared in several films and television shows. A special advance sale ticket drive is being conducted this week for handicapped children and underprivileged children.

These tickets sell for $5 each, and enables six children in this classification to attend the show. The members jpf-the Evening Optimist Club are also conducting a regular advance ticket sale drive, with the cost of these tickets being for $2 each. Is the hand really quicker than the eye? Rocky Mount residents, and especially children, will get a chance to test the old theory on Thursday night, April 18, when nationally known magician Vince Carmen brings his "Woffderland On Parade" magic show to Rocky Mount Senior High School for a special two-hour performance. The visit by Carmen to Rocky Mount is being sponsored by the Rocky Mount Evening Optimist Club. The show is designed not only as entertainment for-children, but also adults.

Carmen has become welL Snowfall Turns Spring Into White Winter Wonderland BEAUTY IN THE SNOW Spring in Rocky Mount peeks out Christmas card scenes. At left an green-lined street is quietly under the lacy white of a surprise snowfall that blanketed the area transformed into a white, hashed ribbon of fluffy dandruff, while, in right) Fran Worsley and Bill and Mary Tadlock of Winstead Rd (Telegram photos by Killebrew) try ing to shake ot! uie unsuspected icing spread by Mother Nature. At right, meanwhile, a snow bunny and friends make the most of the situation, as evidenced by the joyful expressions of (left to Monday, changing the multi-hued veneer of the new season to the center, a stately spruce drops its arms in desperation, as.