Statesville Daily Record from Statesville, North Carolina • Page 13

ftAILY ftiCOftD SAtUKBAY, MAY BARIUM HONOR Inman, left, and Hilda Donaldson arc tops scholastically in the Class of 1953 at Barium Springs. Hilda, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. L.

Donaldson, Charlotte road, is the valedictorian and Pattie, whose father is Ralph Inman of Lumberton; is the salutatorian. Valley Girl Scout Outlook Good About SO adult Girl SCouts and their guests heard satisfactory reports on finance, troop activities and camping at the semi-annual Catawba Valley Area Girl Scout nner meeting held last evening 7 o'clock at Trinity Episcopal Parish house. Three delegates, Mrs. Leonard Moretz oi Hickory, Mrs. R.

D. Warwick and Mrs. F. H. Dobbins of Stateiivale, were chcsen to represent the area at the 1953 National Girl Scout convention, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 18 through 21.

Their alternates are Mrs. R. S. Ferguson, of Taylorsyille, Mrs. Hoyle freeze and Mrs.

J. R. Marks of Mooresville. area 'fresident, Mis. Leonard Moretz, presided over the meeting, which was opened with the of the by the Miss Mary Darby, field director.

In the report given by Miss Elizabeth Bloodworth, executive cli- rector, it was revealed that there arc- now 56 troops in the area as compared to 54 just six months ago. She also stated that over 700 troops had attended Playday in lyiylorsvihe, that a new troop is in the process of organization at Karn'iony and another is being reorganized at Claremont. Miss Bloodworth predicted the greatest i season for camping that the area has eve; had. Registration for troop camping at the scout camp jj Concoiti has reached an all I 111 time high with a long waiting list recorded by the camp officials. Miss Elizabeth Figner, of the tional staff office, was present sne had a few words of grect- I ing for llie group.

A satisfactory treasurer's report was given by Miss Miriam Woolen and Mrs. Bon- Accountants Elect Boyer Eldon E. Boyer ol this city was elected vice president of the Char- chapter, National Association of the Cost Accountants, last night at the annual elections held at the Mccklcnbiirg hotel, Charlotte. Mr. Boyc: is vice president and treasurer of the Turner Manufacturing company.

He has served in a number of capacities in the Charlotte chapter and just prior to his election as a vice president, served as treasurer. Officers elected to serve with Air. Boyer were Andrew Boone, 'president, T. Z. Sprptt, vice president, Walter Grau, 'treasurer, and J.

J. Duckworth, secretary, all of Charlotte. The election of officers preceded the speech by Vance Hugging, comptroller of Duke Power company, Charlotte, on "Internal Auditing." Approximately 90 accountants a' tended the meeting. iici Knox read the staff and office committee report as prepared by Dr. Charlotte Gast of Hickory.

Mrs. Jason Buff, Hickory town chairman, reported 18 troops in Hickory with 409 members of which 286 are Girl Scouts and 123 adult members. The report of Mrs. E. E.

Kipka of Mooresville Showed 150 Scouts In Mooresville, a new troop at Mt. Mcurnt anti one in rural Prospect church community. Mrs. Horace Isenhour, reporting for Ncwton-Conover, listed 34 Girl Scouts ih that community with one senior troop and one intermediate troop. Thcit are 10' troops Statesville, according to the report of Mrs.

Charles Darby, chairman of the Statesville town committee and six Taylorsville as revealed by Mrs. C. G. Crowgey, Taylors- villc, chairman. Mrs.

Hosfeftler Plans Day Camp Cloverdale Farms, five miles out on the North Wilkesboro highway, will be the location for a new type of day camps for five-to-10-year old children. The day camp is the brain child of Mrs. Ernst Hostettler, who has had experience as director of camps in the mountains of Switzerland and has taught kindergarten and arts and crafts classes in Statesville and the county. She will be assisted at the camp by Mrs. Alex Hegenbart, who was a counselor in a girl's camp when living in Holland, and by Mrs.

Hostettler's nephew, Hans Christian Von Bayer, 15-year-old student, who comes here from Canada to be with the Hostettlers during the Summer. Mrs reports that 11 children are already registered but she is hoping to attract 20 or more to the camp, with her schedule of arts and crafts lessons, nature study, picnics, out-door recreation, nourishing lunches and pony rides in a temperature guaranteed to be 10 degrees cooler than that found In the city. Iredell Couple Given Degrees Colcn Hodtfson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Flake Hodgson of 622 Armfield street, was with honors from Appalachian Slate Teachers college in Boone Friday night.

Kis wife, the former Anne Nolen of Richmond, also received a licgrce at- the finals. Mrs. Hodgson's mother, Mrs. .1. Noleri, and giandmothev, Mrs.

S. E. Sterling of Glouster, Va. were guests in the Hodgson home before the college exercises. Internal Skin Graft Forecast EDGEWATER PARK, Miss.

Five surgeons of the Duke University Hospital have predicted successful grafting of skin inside the human body. They told a closing session of the American Association of Plastic surgeons here yesterday that grafts of outer skin were successfully transferred to abdominal cavities of dogs in a five-month experiment at Duke. The report said internal skin grafting may prbve useful in controlling bleeding in the liver and spleen, reinforcing artery walls and strengthening repairs of the bladder, a pelvis, esophagus and other organs. The doctors are Charles Horton, Nicholas Georgiade, Frank Campbell, Frank Masters and Kenneth Pickrell. Narcotics Suit Charges Two GREENSBORO, (U.R)—C.G.

Porter of Galax filed a $200,000 damage suit against two North Carolina men hcie, charging that they made a drug addict of hin and then "charged exorbitant price for narcolics." The suit, nied in federal district court yesterday, asked $100,000 compensatory and $100,000 punitive damages from B.O. and P.L. Choale of Sparta, N.C.' Porter claimed the drug addiction caused him to lose property worth $250,000 and go imo bankruptcy. IN HOSPITAL Miss Betty Byers, 811 North Center has entered H. F.

Long hospital for treatment. ATTENTION LADIES! Salesladies Wanted GOOD WORKING CONDITIONS. EXPERIENCE IN SELLING READY TO WEAR PREFERRED. Come In Monday, May 18 For Interview. 107 South Center WINTHROP Leone Moose of Statesville is a candidate for a Bachelor of Arts degree in fine arts at the May 31 commencement exercises of Wintltrop college, the South Carolina college for women at Rock Hill.

She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Moose. MrsE.A.Stroud Taken In Death Mrs.

Leila Feimster Stroud, 80, wife of the late E. A. Stroud, died Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock at her home in the Clarksbury church community. She had been ill for about one week. Mrs.

Stroud was the former Lela Quincy Feimster, a native of the Sharpesburg community of Iredell, and the daughter of the late John and Sallie Godbey Feimster. Since her marriage, she had lived in the Clarksbury community. Survivors include three sons, Ralph and John, both of Harmony, route and Rod of Asbury Park, N. J. Another son, Howard, died in 1943.

Although funeral jjlans are incomplete, Bunch Funeral home, which is in charge, announced that service will probably be held Sunday afternoon at Clarksbury'Meth- odist church, of which Mrs. Strotit had been a longtime member. TV Delayed For Raleigh RALEIGH (UP) will be delayed another month in coming to North Carolina's capital. John W. English, president of Sir Walter Television owners of radio station WNAO' and television station WNAO-TV, said the "inability of Federal Telecommunications Laboratories to deliver as promised on May 15" will cause a delay of "at least 30 days." English said 1 the "outrageous" delay would not interfere with the Raleigh-Durham TV fair planned for May 21-23.

Local Men's Sister Dies Mrs. Paul Allsbrook, sister 1 Marvin and 0. 0. Harwell Statesville, died Friday night a the home of her daughter, Mrs Glenn Ennis of Buies Creek Funeral services will be hclrl at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Johnson Fun eral home chapel.

New Officers Are Installed New officers were installed at tne final meeting of the year of N. B. Mi.is Parent-Teacher association last evening at the school. Ed Flowers, retiring president, presided arid acted as installation officer. Those installed were Chal Stikeleather, president: Mrs.

Luther P.rivette, vice president; Mrs. Sam Cline, secretary: Mrs. H. B. Brown, treasurer: Mrs.

Leonard Tcmpleton, historian. Little Nancy Lewis had devotions and Miss Edith Lackey led the "group singing. Mrs. H. B.

Blown reported on the recent convention of Parents' and Teachers Mrs. Adabelle Boyd, school principal, announced that the high school band will give a concert at the school Tuesday morning and expressed her sincere appreciation (or the work and cooperation of the teachers and parents during this sclvool year. It also announced there will be a tea for teachers and parents in the school library Tuesday from 3:30 until 4:.10 o'clock. Plans were made to continue the waste paper drive during the summer and dates were set for collection. These June 7 and August.

9. REVIVAL TO OPEN Evangelist. Oliver Green is be ginning a series of revival meetings, in Greensville. S. tomorrow.

Mrs. Allen Starrctte reported this morning that Stalcsville folks who like to hear the well known evangelist can lilne in on the radio at fi o'clock in the morn- ine and hear him speak from Greenville. Convicted Man Appeals Term LAURINBURG, (UP) Harry Howell, 25, was found guilty of second degree murder late last night in the pistol slaying of a young Faycttevillc policeman, but his attorneys immediately appealed the 22 to 25 year prison sentence given him. The all-male Scotland Court jury got the case at 2:05 p.m. yesterday, recessed four hours later for supper and resumed deliberations at 8:30 p.m.

They were deadlocked once and reported tliey unable to reach a decision hut Judge William T. Hatch sent them back to keep trying. Howell wa.s charged with first degree murder in the shooting of Larry Graham, 22, during a brawl at a Christmas night dance at the Laurinburg Maxlon air base. Me climetl he fired in self defense after Graham had cursed him and knocked him down. Howell sal, lcn.se.

and white-faced throughout the afternoon as the jury deliberated. He chewed gum constantly. After the supper recess he appeared more compose! and ac cpled the verdict and the sentence without any show of motion. When jury foreman James Bcane read the verdict, Howell and his father held a Hasty conference with defense attorneys and then had the jury polled. The attorneys then asked Judge Hatch to show mercy and give a "light sentence." Solicitor M.G.

Boyctte replied that "I think the jury has already shown enough mercy by not finding him guilty of first degree murder." Doomed File Appeals RALEIGH, (UP) Lloyd Ray Daniels, Negro sentenced io die in the state's gall chamber May 29, filed last fflintlttf appeals to thr- State Supfemi laic yestt'rday. The two Negroes, convicted till 1949 of the robbery-slaying of 11 Greenville taxi driver, have beiftl on death row in Central PrisOftl theit conviction. Attorney! Herman Taylor based their appeal! on grounds that new evidence been discovered. The U.S. Supreme Court refused! twice to leverse the death sefttftnel and refused last month to.

hear the! case agam. Gov. William B. stead has been furnished With thelf! rtcords but has not indicated I whether ht will intervene, Two otlier Negroes, Raleigh ler and Clyde Brown, are alaol doomed to die on May 29, but! Taylor stud he has exhausted legal remedies in their Editor Given School Award GREENVILLE, N.C. (UP) James Lawrence Whitfield, state! editor of the Raleigh News and! Observer, was awarded the 19581 alumni award for an outstanding! graduate of East Carolina College! in ceremonies here today.

Whitfieid, a native of received a bachelor's degree froral East Carolina in 1946 aftr ing from the army. Air Detector Is Improved LORAIN, 0. (UP) Wesley Goodell and Ross Herrick, elec- tr'onic experts, have devised a listening system which they feel may make faster detection of oncoming aircraft easier. Four microphones are arranged pointing in four directions above the spotter's headquarters. Sound is picked up and relayed to amplifiers inside the post.

The inventors claim the chief permit constant listening even in high winds and bad weather. Robert Franklin Knight, 10-year- old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. 0.

Knight relumed home last night from Norfolk where he visited his father, the past week. He toured the Ford plant while in Norfolk and visaed Ocean View and Virginia Beach. He traveled along to Norfolk bul was accompanied home by his father who is spending the weekend here. MARRIAGE LICENSES Marriage licenses have been is-, sued by the register of deeds to Grier Carson Sfrlwell Kather- iric Irene Hudson, and Benny Payne and Maggie Lou Woolen. LIONS CLUB As a courtesy to the North Carolina Odd Fellows lodge and auxiliary who are meeting here next week the Statesville Lions club will yield their meeting place at the Vance hotel and meet instead at the Carolina hotel.

FOOD AND GUILT SAVANNAH BEACH, Ga. (UP) awaiting trial in the Savannah Beach jail should eat lightly if they have guilty consciences. If found innocent, the city pays for the food they consumed in jail; if guilty, the cost is added to their fines. Penny Gone $500 Is Next NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C.

(UP) 'loss of a penny may cost David Combs, 30, an extra $500. Police said Combs dropped a penny in a weighing machine yesterday and became enraged when the machine didn't work and he couldn't get his penny back. He tossed the scales through a plate glass window. Hauled off to jail to cool off, he promptly wrecked all the plumbing in his cell. Total damages and Combs' loss: $500.01.

Mills Infant Funeral Held Graveside services were held Friday for Johnny Ray Mills, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Mills of Mooresville, who died yesterday one day after birth at Lowrance hospital. Mrs. Mills is the former Elizabeth Troutman, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. T. E. Troutman of the Boulevard. Surviving the child in addition to the parents are one brother and one sister.

Graham Sets Appointment RALEIGH, (UP) A.H. (Sandy) Graham, new chairman of the State Highway Commission, said today ho has appointed C.E. Brown of Fay- cucviile as division engineer in the newly-created Third Division at Wilmington. He also announced the appointment of Earl A. Crump of Wilson as director of personnel.

NO RESULTS HERE SACRAMENTO, Calif. delegation of school children hissed, booed, and grorned in the California State Assembly gallery Thursday, but to no avail. Assemblymen voted 44 to 4 to pass a bill allowing schools to remain open on Washington's and Lincoln's Birthdays, Labor Day. Memorial Day and Armistice Day. Let us go Back To The Bible! in a series of GOSPEL MEETINGS each evening at 8:00 P.M.

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