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ROADWAYS  MAGAZINE 

Published  bi-monthly  for  employees  of 
The  North  Carolina  State  Highway  Commission 
By  the  Highway  Commission 
Public  Relations  Department 

VOLUME  XIV 
NUMBER  XIII 


Public  Relations  Officer    Keith  Hundley 

Editor    Frances  Newhouse 

Associate  Editor    Jewel  Adcock 

Receptionist    Jane  Williams 


DAN  K.  MOORE   GOVERNOR 

JOSEPH  M.  HUNT,  JR   CHAIRMAN 

Commissioners 


Don  Matthews,  Jr. 

W.  W.  Exum 

Ashley  M.  Murphy 

Carl  Renfro 

J.  B.  Brame 

Carl  Meares 

Thomas  S.  Harrington 


John  F.  McNair,  III 
George  L.  Hundley 
George  H.  Broadrick 
Raymond  Smith 
W.  B.  Garrison 
James  G.  Stikeleatiier,  Jr. 

W.  Curtis  Russ 


W.  F.  Babcock    State  Highway  Administrator 

C.  W.  Lee    Chief  Engineer 

George  Wllloughby    Secondary  Roads  Officer 

John  L.  Allen,  Jr   Controller 


RETIREMENTS 

I  don't  believe  that  there  is  anyone  among  us  who  does- 
n't look  forward  just  a  little  bit  to  retirement  days  when 
we  may  forget  the  eight  to  five  schedule  and  do  the  things 
we  have  wanted  always  to  do,  but  just  never  before  seem- 
ed to  find  the  chance  to  pursue  a  hobby,  travel,  or  just 
plain  relax. 

But  like  every  thing  else  in  life  retirement  calls  for 
some  advance  and  serious  planning.  Relaxing  is  fine  but 
after  a  month  or  so  relaxing  may  become  just  as  tedious 
as  hard  labor.  Traveling  is  an  exciting  experience,  but  it 
cost  money  and  most  retirees  actually  bring  home  less, 
and  if  a  way  and  a  means  of  retiring  aren't  provided  for 
in  advance  retirement  can  be  a  total  disillusionment. 

What  can  be  done  to  avoid  the  pitfalls  of  an  ill-planned 
retirement.  First  start  planning  now  for  your  retirement, 
but  second  don't  sacrifice  all  pleasure  now  for  what  might 
only  be  a  few  years  in  the  future. 

Roadways  Magazine  extends  to  all  retiring  and  retired 
employees  of  the  SHC  a  long  and  happy  new  life  in  their 
retirement  years. 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS 
IN  THIS  ISSUE 

FEATURES 
AWARDS 

10  Years  as  Highway  Administrator    1 

A  Day  in  the  Life  of  W.  F.  Babcock    2 

Legion  of  Merit  Award    3 

Veteran  Highway  Employees  Awards    4 

Pictorial  Review  of  Ceremony    5 

Highway  Employee  Contributes  New  Idea    6 

Beaufort  Ferry  Repaired  by  Ferry  Operations  Crew  ....  7 

Planning  Engineer  James  S.  Burch  Honored    8 

N.  C.  State  University's  First  Woman  Engineer    9 

Indian  Burial  Ground  found  by 

Highway  Commission  Employees    11 

Brazilian  Engineers  Tour  Highway    13 

1967  35-year  Awards    14-15-16-17 

NCSHPEA  Association  News    18 

Hello  Henry  by  Keith  Hundley    19 

Pot  Luck   20 

Highway  Progress,  February  thru  July   21 

North  Carolina  Road  Progress    24-25 

Headquarters    26-31 

Division  News    32-49 

COVER  NOTE 

The  Cover  for  the  July-August  Is- 
sue of  Roadways  is  in  honor  of  W.  F* 
Babcock     (Highway  Administrator) 
L  i  «S      and   Major  General   Ivan  Hardesty 
(Legion  of  Merit  Award  winner).  The 
two  faithful  highway  Employees  are 
1 4     pictured  inserted  in  an  aerial  view 
||J     of  a  modern  Highway  around  Dur- 
ham, North  Carolina. 


10  Years  As  Highway  Administrator 


Mr.  Babcock  and  Secy.  Mrs.  Nancy  Hall  who  has  been 
Secy,  to  Mr.  Babcock  for  10  years. 

July  1967  marked  another  milestone  in  the  career  of 
Williard  Farrington  Babcock.  It  marked  his  tenth  year 
as  chief  administrative  officer  for  the  North  Carolina 
Highway  Commission. 

The  state's  highway  system,  its  highway  organization 
has  come  a  long  way  under  the  leaderhip  of  Bill  Babcock. 

It  was  the  1957  General  Assembly  which  recognized 
the  highway  commission,  creating  the  position  of  Direc- 
tor of  Highways.  W.  F.  Babcock,  who  had  been  teaching 
in  the  School  of  Civil  Engineering  at  North  Carolina 
State  University  since  1941,  was  asked  to  fill  the  posi- 
tion. Babcock  gave  up  a  full  professorship  which  he  had 
been  granted  by  State  in  1952  to  come  to  the  Highway 
Commission,  and  here  he  has  been  since. 

In  his  new  position,  Babcock  sat  at  the  head  of  an 
organization  10,000  strong  with  an  annual  budget  of 
more  than  $150,000,000  and  responsible  for  more  miles 
of  streets  and  highways  than  any  other  single  state 
agency  in  the  United  States. 

Bill  Babcock  was  no  stranger  to  the  intracacies  of 
highway  development.  He  had  taught  many  of  the  en- 
gineers employed  by  North  Carolina's  Highway  Commis- 
sion. He  had  himself  been  directly  involved  in  transpor- 
tation having  acquired  a  fine  reputation  as  a  consultant 
engineer  through  development  of  thoroughfare  plans 
and  traffic  studies  for  more  than  50  North  Carolina 
communities  between  1948  and  1957,  and  before  that 
developing  a  rapid  transit  program  for  the  State  of 
Massachusetts  just  after  World  War  II. 

Bill  Babcock  comes  by  his  love  of  engineering  by  al- 
most hereditary  means.  His  father,  John  Brazer  Bab- 
cock, III.  was  a  professor  of  Civil  Engineering  at  Massa- 
chusetts Institute  of  Technology,  and  Bill  grew  up  in  an 
academic  surrounding. 


He  received  his  BS  degree  from  MIT  in  1939,  his  Mas- 
ter's Degree  in  Civil  Engineering  with  Transportation 
Option  a  year  later.  It  was  two  years  later  that  he  moved 
to  North  Carolina  State  as  an  instructor,  setting  into 
motion  the  chain  of  events  which  ended  in  his  being 
named  "Director  of  Highways"  in  1957. 

A  great  many  changes  have  been  wrought  in  the  high- 
way program  under  the  watchful  eye  of  W.  F.  Babcock, 
and  a  great  many  Highway  Commissioners  and  Chairmen 
have  depended  on  his  skills  and  his  knowledge  in  the 
ten  years  since  1957.  To  list  all  the  changes  would  take 
a  goodly  portion  of  this  magazine,  but  among  some  of 
the  more  important  ones  are,  the  creation  of  a  long 
range  master  plan  for  highway  development  in  North 
Carolina  (the  first  in  the  State's  history  which  included 
analysis  of  all  highways  and  a  cost  analysis  of  highway 
needs),  the  establishment  of  a  Project  Control  Depart- 
ment to  handle  pre-construction  details  and  schedules  of 
the  authorized  projects  each  year,  the  creation  of  a  Photo- 
grammetry  Department  for  aerial  mapping,  the  develop- 
ment of  in-service  training  program,  the  use  of  a  Plan- 
ning Board  to  review  projects  and  policies  (The  board  is 
made  up  of  both  state  and  federal  highway  people), 
instituted  use  of  computers  in  the  highway  research  and 
planning  programs,  and  there  are  many  others. 

Bill  Babcock  is  known  to  love  hard  work,  there  are 
even  those  who  say  with  admiration,  "His  work  is  also 
his  hobby".  It's  not  unusual  to  find  him  at  his  desk  at 
7:30  A.M.  any  working  day,  or  to  discover  that  he's 
been  up  since  5:00  dictating  letters  to  be  done  that  day 
at  the  office,  or  to  catch  him  at  his  desk  on  Saturday 
mornings.  Bill  Babcock  loves  his  work.  He  lives  and 
breathes  the  highway  business. 

Williard  Farrington  Babcock,  this  year  marking  his 
10th  year  with  the  Highway  Commission,  has  made  him- 
self a  reputation  known  throughout  the  nation  through 
his  association  with  the  American  Association  of  State 
Highway  Officials,  is  a  man  whose  footprints  will  be 
visible  in  North  Carolina's  paths  of  transportation  for 
many  years  to  come. 


Babcock  at  Highway  Commission  Meeting. 


I 


Mr.  Babcock  and  Chairman  Hunt  going  over  a  new  set  Babcock  talking  over  project  with  Cam  Lee 

of  plans. 


A  DAY  IN  THE  LIFE  OF 
W.  F.  BABCOCK 


Mr.  Babcock  presiding  at  Planning  Board  Meeting.  Full  Length  View  of  Planning  Board 


N.  C.  N.  G.  Head  Receives 
Legion  of  Merit  Award 


Lt.  Gen.  Throckmorton  pinning  the  medal  on  General 
Hardesty. 


Major  General  Ivan  Hardesty,  commander  of  the  North 
Carolina  National  Guard's  30th  Division  was  presented  the 
LEGION  OF  MERIT  award  on  June  7th,  1967.  This 
award  is  the  nation's  2nd  highest  award  presented  to  a 
member  of  the  Guard. 

The  presentation  was  made  by  Lt.  Governor  Bob  Scott, 
who  was  inspecting  the  Old  Hickory  Division's  field  train- 
ing exercises  on  the  Fort  Bragg  military  reservation. 

Lt.  General  John  L.  Throckmorton,  commander  of  the 
18th  Airborne  Corps  and  soon  to  become  the  3rd  Army 
commander  pinned  the  medal  on  General  Hardesty. 

A  proclamation  signed  by  President  Johnson  said  the 
award  was  made  for  "exceptionally  meritorious  service" 
and  because  Hardesty  "HAS  SERVED  AS  AN  INSPIRA- 
TION TO  ALL  WHO  HAVE  COME  INTO  CONTACT 
WITH  HIM." 

General  Throckmorton  said  this  is  his  fourth  year 
to  visit  the  30th  Division  during  its  field  training  exercises 
and  he  was  very  much  impressed  with  the  smooth  manner 
in  which  the  units  moved  from  civilian  occupations  to 
military  life.  The  30th  Division  had  reached  a  high  state 
of  combat  readiness  and  the  credit  for  this  goes  to  Gen- 
eral Hardesty. 

General  Hardesty  was  born  in  Raleigh,  North  Carolina 
where  he  now  resides  at  630  Woodburn  Road  with  his 
wife  and  two  sons.  Hardesty  is  employed  by  the  State  of 
North  Carolina  as  the  Assistant  Chief  Engineer  with 
the  Highway  Department. 

The  General  attended  North  Carolina  State  University 
in  Raleigh  and  is  a  graduate  of  the  Army  Basic  Infantry 
Officers   School   and  the   Advanced   Infantry  Officers 


School  at  Fort  Benning,  Georgia;  also  the  Command  and 
General  Staff  College  at  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kansas.  He 
has  attended  eight  consecutive  National  Guard  division 
refresher  courses  at  Fort  Leavenworth  and  Leavenworth 
Army  War  College  at  Carlyse  Barracks  and  is  a  graduate 
of  the  Senior  Officers  Atomic  Employment  Course  there. 

General  Hardesty  enlisted  in  the  North  Carolina  Na- 
tional Guard  in  June  1926  with  the  Service  Company  of 
the  120th  Infantry.  He  was  called  into  active  service  with 
that  organization  in  September  1940  at  which  time  he 
was  commissioned  a  Second  Lieutenant.  He  was  promot- 
ed to  First  Lieutenant  in  April  1941  and  to  Captain  in 
February  1942  while  serving  with  the  120th  Infantry  of 
the  30th  Infantry  Division. 

In  September  1942,  General  Hardesty  left  the  30th  In- 
fantry Division  and  was  assigned  to  the  334th  Infantry 
of  the  84th  Division.  He  remained  with  that  organization 
until  June  1943  when  he  was  transferred  to  the  333d  In- 
fantry as  Executive  Officer,  and  later  as  the  Commanding 
Officer  while  in  the  European  Theatre  of  Operations. 

His  promotion  to  Major  was  in  November  1942,  to 
Lieutenant  Colonel  in  October  1943  and  to  Colonel  in 
December  1945.  After  being  released  from  active  duty  in 
January  1946,  he  was  a  member  of  the  Army  Reserve 
until  July  1947. 

He  rejoined  the  North  Carolina  Army  National  Guard 
as  the  Executive  Officer  of  the  119th  Infantry  as  a 
Lieutenant  Colonel.  He  was  promoted  to  Colonel  in 
March  1951  when  he  assumed  command  of  the  119th  In- 
fantry. In  July  1953,  he  was  reassigned  as  Chief  of  Staff 
of  the  30th  Infantry  Division  where  he  served  until 
March  1961  when  he  became  Assistant  Division  Command- 
er of  the  30th.  He  was  promoted  to  Brigadier  General  in 
April  1962.  In  September  1964,  he  was  appointed  Com- 
manding General  of  the  30th  Division  and  promoted  to 
Major  General. 

General  Hardesty  has  been  awarded  the  Silver  Star, 
Legion  of  Merit  Award,  the  Bronze  Star,  the  Combat  In- 
fantry Badge,  the  American  Defense  Medal,  and  the 
Russian  Order  of  Alexander  Nevsky. 


General  Hardesty  looking  at  a  sign  the  men  put  up 
during  recent  Guard  training.  The  sign  was  10  miles  in 
the  woods. 


Governor  Moore  Presents  51  Veteran 
Highway  Employees  Awards 


Governor  Dan  K.  Moore  presented 
service  certificates  to  51  veteran 
Highway  Commission  employees  in 
ceremonies  which  began  at  2:00 
P.M.,  Thursday,  June  22nd  at  the 
Highway  Building  auditorium  in  Ra- 
leigh. 

Thirty-eight  men  were  honored  for 
40-years  service  to  the  Highway  Com- 
mission, and  12  men  and  one  woman 
received  awards  for  45-years  service 
during  the  annual  awards  program. 

Highway  Commission  Chairman 
Joseph  M.  Hunt,  Jr.  introduced  Gov- 
ernor Moore,  with  Highway  Adminis- 
trator W.  F.  Babcock  who  acted  as 
presiding  officer  for  the  occasion.  The 
invocation  was  delivered  by  The  Rev- 
erend W.  H.  R.  Jackson,  Chaplain  at 
Central  Prison  in  Raleigh. 

Former  Chairman  of  SHC  A.  H. 
(Sandy)  Graham  was  called  upon  to 
give  a  few  remarks  to  the  retiring  em- 
ployees. He  congratulated  the  em- 
ployees receiving  the  awards  and  ex- 
pressed his  delight  to  be  back  at  this 
memorable  occasion,  as  the  Highway 
was  always  close  to  his  heart. 

Among  those  honored  for  45-years 
service  was  Clyde  T.  Carmichael, 
Chief  Chemical  Testing  Engineer, 
and  the  last  remaining  member  of  the 
original  Highway  Laboratory  staff. 
Mr.  Carmichael  began  work  with  the 
Highway  Commission  as  a  lab  assist- 
ant in  1922. 

The  Commission's  State  Bridge 
Construction  Engineer,  Luther  C. 
Dillard  was  among  those  being  honor- 
ed for  40-years  service.  Dillard  join- 
ed the  Highway  Commission  in  1925 
after  graduating  with  a  BS  in  Civil 
Engineering  from  N.  C.  State.  His 
first  position  with  the  Commission 
was  as  a  draftsman  in  the  Bridge  De- 
partment. 

Arrangements  for  the  1967  awards 
program  were  made  by  State  High- 
way Commission  Personnel  Officer  J. 
Raynor  Woodard,  in  cooperation  with 
the  Public  Relations  Department. 

Those  who  received  40-year  awards 
were:  Sam  L.  Andrews.  Atwood  As- 
kew, Allen  L.  Bass,  David  C.  Bentley. 
Roy  D.  Berry.  William  L.  Bolick. 
Martin  A   Bowers,  Robert  C.  Bunch. 


William  A.  Carter,  Lester  H.  Correll, 
Giles  E.  Crutcher,  L.  C.  Dillard. 
Glenn  H.  Duncan,  Kirk  M.  Duncan, 
Horace  F.  Edwards,  Alfred  G.  Griz- 
zard,  John  B.  Hamilton,  Daniel  O. 
Hewett,  A.  J.  Hughes. 

John  E.  Joyner,  Isaac  A.  Korne- 
gay,  Joseph  A.  McLean,  James  E. 
Moore,  Marvin  C.  Newbern,  Allen  T. 
Parsons,  Herman  E.  Perry,  Robert  L. 
Pinkham,  Alvin  W.  Rader,  O.  C.  Ro- 
bertson, U.  L.  Sebastian,  Henry  C. 
Sowers,  Carl  H.  Spruill,  Glen  A.  Sut- 
ton, Andrew  M.  Thompson,  Harry  A. 
Turner,  Robert  L.  Vinson,  Roger  N. 
Weaver  and  Marcellus  P.  Yount. 

Those  who  received  45-year  awards 
were:  Thomas  R.  Buchanan,  Clyde  T. 
Carmichael,  Robert  L.  Hickerson. 
Clyde  M.  Jones,  Harry  L.  Light, 
Parks  R.  McCorkle,  John  L.  McDon- 
ald, Robert  C.  Speight,  Lee  M.  Tay- 
lor H.  F.  Waller,  Clarence  I.  Wal- 
ters, Floyd  E.  Whitener  and  Mrs. 
Harriet  W.  Gossett. 

Retirement  of  Division  4 
Highway  Engineer  Sets 
Up  Chain  of  Promotions 

The  retirement  of  Division  Four 
Highway  Engineer  E.  P.  "Ed" 
Koonce  set  up  a  chain  of  promotions 
and  transfers  involving  four  other 
men. 

Chief  Engi  neer  C.  W.  Lee  said  that 
Koonce,  a  veteran  of  40-years  service 
to  the  Highway  Commission,  will 
step  down  at  the  beginning  of  the 
new  fiscal  year  and  will  be  succeed- 
ed by  his  long-time  assistant,  R.  W. 
"Bob"  Dawson. 

In  addition  to  this  change,  Donald 
T.  Overman,  now  serving  as  Area 
Maintenance  Engineer  for  Divisions 
One,  Two,  Three,  Four  and  Six,  will 
succeed  Dawson  as  Assistant  Division 
Engineer.  J.  I.  Lynch,  currently  Dis- 
trict Engineer  at  Goldsboro  serving 
Wayne  and  Johnston  Counties,  will 
succeed  Overman.  Wade  Pridgen, 
currently  serving  as  Traffic  Services 
Supervisor  for  Division  Four,  will 
succeed  Lynch  as  District  Engineer 
at  Goldsboro. 


All  changes  become  effective  July 
1,  1967,  Chief  Engineer  Lee  said. 

Edgar  P.  Koonce  was  born  in  Le- 
noir  County  June  7,  1902.  He  attend 
ed  the  University  of  North  Carolina 
and  the  U.  S.  Naval  Academy  at 
Annapolis,  Maryland  before  joining 
the  Highway  Commission  in  1923. 
He  has  been  with  the  North  Carolina 
Highway  Commission  since  that  date 
except  for  three  years  between  1929 
and  1932.  during  which  time  he  work- 
ed for  the  Louisiana  Highway  De- 
partment and  a  private  construction 
company  in  Mississippi.  Returning  to 
North  Carolina  in  1932,  Koonce  held 
several  positions  before  being  ap- 
pointed Division  Four  Engineer  in 
August,  1953.  Mr.  Koonce  is  married 
to  the  former  Katherine  Teackle  Bell. 

R.  W.  Dawson  was  born  in  Onslow 
County  December  16,  1911,  and  has 
been  with  the  Highway  Commission 
since  1932,  the  same  year  he  received 
his  degree  in  electrical  engineering. 

Dawson  has  served  in  a  number  of 
engineering  positions  for  the  High- 
way Commission  over  the  past  35 
years,  including  junior  and  senior  in- 
spector. District  Engineer  and  main- 
tenance supervisor.  He  was  appointed 
Assistant  Division  Engineer  for  Di- 
vision Four  in  July,  1960. 

Mr.  Dawson  is  married  to  the  for- 
mer Mildred  Winstead.  They  have 
three  daughters. 

Donald  T.  Overman  joined  the 
State  Highway  Commission  in  March, 
1953  after  graduating  from  N.  C. 
State  University  and  receiving  a  Mas- 
ter's Degree  in  Secondary  Education 
at  East  Carolina  College.  Overman 
also  served  in  both  World  War  II 
and  the  Korean  conflict  before  join- 
ing the  Highway  Commission. 

Overman's  new  appointment  as  As- 
sistant Division  Engineer  in  Division 
Four  marks  his  return  to  that  area, 
having  served  first  as  a  Highway  En- 
gineer there  in  1953.  More  recently, 
Overman  has  been  Safety  and  Emer- 
gency Planning  Engineer  for  the 
Commission  (July  1.  1963  to  July  1, 
1966)  and  was  appointed  Area  Main- 
tenance Engineer  for  the  East. 


4 


Highway  Employee  Contributes  New  Idea 


By  GEORGE  BRINKLEY 


In  MAINTENANCE,  problems  arise  daily.  Some  are 
solved  and  some  are  not,  but  experience  has  shown  that 
if  you  look  far  enough  you  will  find  that  many  dedicated 
maintenance  employees  are  working  on  most  of  them. 
Such  is  the  case  with  Bill  Woodruff,  Maintenance  Super- 
visor in  Stanly  County  who  has  found  a  workable  solu- 
tion to  protection  of  salt  in  storage. 

Two  years  ago  the  Highway  Commission  began  what 
is  known  as  the  "Bare  Pavement"  method  for  snow  and 
ice  control.  This  involves  the  use  of  salt  on  the  trunk 
and  major  primary  system  during  snow  and  ice  storms 
to  prevent  the  bonding  of  ice  to  the  pavements  and  to 
facilitate  removal  of  accumulated  snow  and  ice.  Storage 
facilities  were  limited  the  first  year  and  it  was  soon  found 
that  salt  suppliers  could  not  replenish  our  stocks  in  time 
for  us  to  be  ready  for  the  next  storm.  Consequently  many 
locations  were  out  of  salt  when  the  second  snow  storm 
struck. 

Following  this  experience  we  increased  our  storage  ca- 
pacity by  building  additional  cribs  for  reserve  supplies 
and  planned  to  use  light-weight  covers  or  tarpaulins,  but 
soon  found  that  durable  covers  were  not  available. 

THE  PROBLEM  arose  from  the  fact  that  salt  deliver- 
ies were  made  in  22  ton  dump  trucks  directly  to  our  stor- 
age facilities.  Although  the  trucks  could  dump  directly 
into  our  gravity  bins,  there  was  not  enough  height  for 
them  to  raise  the  body  and  dump  into  existing  sheds.  If 
we  built  cribs  which  would  accommodate  the  dump  trucks, 
no  suitable  cover  was  available  and  the  salt  was  exposed 
to  the  elements. 

Bill  Woodruff's  idea  worked  and  will  provide  long- 
range,  low-cost  protection  for  salt  stocks.  The  roof  in 
place,  provides  the  same  protection  as  a  building.  The 
roof  rolled  back  allows  dump  truck  delivery  and  elimi- 


Bill  Woodruff  in  front  of  Salt  Storage  Bin. 

nates  the  necessity  for  loader  to  push  deliveries  into 
storage  space. 

The  walls  are  constructed  of  concrete  blocks  and  the 
floor  is  made  of  bituminous  material,  sloped  to  the  front. 
The  roof  is  of  convention  design,  made  from  salvaged 
materials  and  mounted  on  angle  iron  track  and  steel 
rollers  which  were  salvaged  bridge  steel. 

The  Bridge  Maintenance  Department  has  drawn  a 
complete  set  of  plans  with  slight  modifications  to  in- 
crease the  capacity.  The  walls  were  raised  to  six  feet  and 
the  width  and  length  may  be  varied  to  meet  the  needs 
of  a  particular  location.  Walls  may  be  constructed  of 
concrete  blocks  or  poured  in  monolith  wall  and  footing. 

"Roadways"  extends  congratulations  to  Bill  Woodruff 
and  suggests  that  he  be  considered  for  the  HIGHWAY 
SUGGESTION  AWARD. 


Storage  crib  for  reserve  storage 
with  sliding  roof  in  place 


Sliding  Roof  For  Reserve 
Salt  Storage  Crib 


Sliding  roof  rolled  back 
to  receive  truck  delivery 


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Beaufort  Ferry  Repaired  by 
Ferry  Operations  Crew 


On  June  15,  1967  a  rather  severe  vibration  on  the 
Beaufort  Ferry  occurred.  The  ferry  operates  across  Pam- 
lico Sound  between  Bayview  and  Gaylord's  Bay  near 
Texas  Gulf  Sulphur.  The  vibration  caused  very  much  con- 
cern with  the  Ferry  Operations  Crew.  Mr.  E.  Linzey  Bell, 
Mechanic  Foreman  I,  stationed  at  Bogue  Sound,  who  is 
responsible  for  mechanical  repairs  at  this  location  along 
with  the  Ferry  at  Southport  decided  to  rent  a  diver's 
suit  and  make  a  personal  inspection  of  the  Ferry.  He 
found  one  blade  on  the  starboard  propeller  completely 
broken  off  and  one  blade  on  the  port  propeller  bent  down 
at  about  three  inches  from  the  point  of  the  blade. 

It  was  determined  that  the  Ferry  was  in  no  condition 
to  continue  in  operation  and  repairs  would  be  needed  im- 
mediately. They  thought  at  first  of  towing  the  Ferry  to 
Manns  Harbor  for  repairs,  but  it  was  decided  that  the 
railway  at  this  point  was  not  adequate.  It  was  also  sug- 
gested to  secure  bids  from  the  two  shipyards  at  New  Bern 
to  do  the  work  which,  of  course,  along  with  the  other 
consideration,  would  have  been  rather  expensive  and 
time  consuming.  Also  it  was  noted  that  the  three  Ferries 
at  the  Bogue  Sound,  one  of  which  would  have  replaced 
the  "Beaufort"  were  operating  on  full  schedule  during 
this  season  of  the  year,  and  particularly  during  weekends. 

Mr.  D.  E.  Snow,  the  Equipment  Superintendent  for 
the  Ferries,  had  been  away  from  work  for  several  weeks 
due  to  a  heart  condition.  During  his  absence,  Mr.  Ivey 
H.  Evans,  Mechanic  Foreman  II,  had  been  Acting  Super- 
intendent, but  early  last  week  was  admitted  to  the  hos- 
pital for  an  operation  and  was  also  away  from  work.  In 
the  absence  of  the  supervisory  personnel  referred  to,  and 
after  considerable  consultations  by  telephone,  Mr.  Bell 
suggested  with  the  help  of  Mr.  Ray  Collins,  skilled  bridge- 
man  (diver)  and  Mr.  Gordon  Morey,  semi-skilled  bridge- 
man  (assistant  diver),  it  might  be  possible  to  make  re- 
pairs to  these  propellers  under  water  at  the  point  of 
operation.  The  Bridge  Maintenance  Department  at  Wil- 
mington had  the  necessary  propellers  in  the  parts  de- 
partment. Mr.  J.  J.  Powell,  Bridge  Maintenance  Engineer, 
agreed  immediately  and  he  arranged  for  Mr.  Collins  and 
Mr.  Morey  to  assist  in  the  repairs. 

The  work  got  away  early  Saturday  morning  with  the 
support  of  operating  personnel  from  the  Ferry  Depart- 
ment, Bridge  Maintenance  Department  and  Equipment 
Department. 

Considerable  difficulty  was  encountered  in  removing 
the  propeller  with  the  broken  blade.  Equipment  was  im- 
provised for  pulling  the  propeller  since  this  was  not  avail- 
able otherwise.  By  nightfall,  the  damaged  propeller  had 
been  removed.  On  the  next  morning,  Sunday,  the  operation 
was  continued  and  the  new  propeller  was  straightened.  The 
ferry  was  back  in  service  fo  rthe  3:00  p.m.  scheduled  trip 
across  the  Sound  on  that  afternoon. 

These  repairs  were  made  in  a  depth  of  about  10  feet 
of  water  and  about  12  inch  visibility  and  during  a  rain- 


Above — The  Ferry  Beaufort 

fall,  and  very  windy  weather  which  also  added  to  the 
problem.  In  spite  of  these  conditions,  the  Highway  per- 
sonnel representing  the  different  department,  made  these 
repairs  under  most  unusual  conditions.  We  feel  that  the 
dedication  and  loyalty  displayed  by  all  the  personnel  in- 
volved was  most  unusual  and  we  want  to  commend  each 
employee  involved.  Unquestionably  this  task  was  not 
easy.  We  Thank  Each  of  You  for  getting  this  ferry  back 
in  operation  in  such  a  short  length  of  time. 


Two  Highway 
Engineers  Spotlighted 

Two  Department  heads  of  the  State 
Highway  Commission  received  the  spot- 
light of  national  publicity  this  spring. 
Maintenance  Engineer  GEORGE 
BRINKLEY's  article  on  maintenance 
appeared  in  the  April,  1967  issue  of 
BETTER  ROADS,  and  Equipment  En- 
gineer LAYTON  H.  GUNTER  was  fea- 
tured on  the  cover  and  as  guest  column- 
ist in  the  June,  1967  issue  of  DIESEL 
EQUI  P  M  E  N  T  SUPERINTENDENT. 
Both  magazines  are  distributed  to  con- 
tractors and  agencies  in  the  public 
works  field  all  across  the  country. 


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James  S.  Burch,  Planning  Engr. 
Honored  At  Luncheon 


Above  (1  to  r)  Max  R.  Sproles,  Mrs.  Burch  and  Mr. 
Burch  receiving  their  gift  certificate. 


James  S.  Burch,  who  retired  June  30  as  State  Highway 
Planning  Engineer,  was  given  a  luncheon  by  the  Planning 
and  Advance  Planning  Departments  of  the  State  Highway 
Commission  on  June  29  at  Balentine's  Restaurant  in 
Raleigh's  Cameron  Village. 

Max  R.  Sproles,  who  succeeds  Mr.  Burch  as  Planning 
and  Research  Engineer,  acted  as  master  of  ceremonies 
and  presented  a  gift  to  Mr.  Burch  from  the  Planning  and 
Advance  Planning  Departments. 

State  Highway  Administrator,  W.  F.  Babcock  presented 
a  Certificate  of  Retirement  to  Mr.  Burch.  Billy  Rose, 
Advance  Planning  Engineer,  presented  Mr.  Burch  a  Cer- 
tificate which  contained  signatures  of  all  members  of  the 
Planning  and  Advance  Planning  Departments  who  were 
associated  with  the  retiring  engineer. 

Mr.  Burch  said  at  the  luncheon,  which  was  attended  by 
nearly  seventy  people,  that  his  career  has  been  "a  long 
road,  but  one  very  interesting  and  challenging."  As  the 
first  State  Planning  Engineer,  Mr.  Burch  established  the 
state's  first  Planning  Department  in  1936. 


FALL  ATTRACTION 

GRANDFATHER  MOUNTAIN  —  A  new  season  be- 
gan for  Grandfather  Mountain  on  April  1,  a  traditional 
sign  that  spring  is  in  the  highlands. 

The  famed  Mile  High  Swinging  Bridge,  the  visitor  cen- 
ter, and  the  museum  displays,  was  opened  Saturday, 
April  1st  to  launch  the  1967  season,  and  the  facili- 
ties will  operate  on  a  daily  schedule,  8:00  A.M.  to  sunset, 
until  November  15. 

On  August  19-20,  pictures  and  puchritude  take  over, 
when  the  Grandfather  Mountain  Camera  Clinic  and  the 
Carolinas  Press  Photographers  Queen  Pageant  are  held. 
Selection  of  the  Queen  highlights  the  two  days. 

Ceremonies  celebrating  the  15th  anniversary  of  the  con- 
struction of  the  now-famous  Mile  High  Swinging  Bridge 
will  be  held  September  2.  The  bridge,  stretching  between 
two  of  Grandfather  Mountain's  peaks,  was  dedicated  by 
the  late  Governor  William  B.  Umstead  on  September  2, 
1952. 

By  October  5,  autumn  foliage  usually  is  approaching 
peak  beauty,  and  this  kaleidoscopic  extravagance  remains 
through  October  25. 

Grandfathers  Mountain's  facilities  close  for  the  season 
on  November  15.  Then  the  old  man  watches  winter  settle 
upon  his  crags  and  crowns,  and  waits  hopefully  for  anoth- 
er spring  in  the  highlands. 


8 


First  N.  C.  State  University 
Aeronautical  Woman  Engineer 


When  most  Southern  belle's  were 
busily  thinking  of  frilly  dresses  and 
rich  husbands,  Katharine  Stinson,  Ra- 
leigh, North  Carolina,  chose  a  profes 
sion  in  a  man's  world.  Naturally, 
many  obstacles  were  placed  in  her 
way,  but  Katharine  had  definite  ideas 
about  being  an  Aeronautical  Engi- 
neer. 

Katharine's  love  for  airplanes  be- 
gan at  an  early  age.  She  was  build- 
ing model  airplanes  by  the  time  she 
wasseven  years  old.  Captain  Eddie 
Stinson  learned  of  Katharine's  inter- 
est in  airplanes  and  because  she  had 
the  same  name  as  Captain  Eddie's 
sister,  gave  Katharine  her  first  air- 
plane ride  when  she  was  10  years 
old  in  1927. 

When  Katharine  tried  to  enroll  in 
North  Carolina  State  College  to  study 
engineering,  she  was  refused  admis- 
sion and  advised  that  she  should  ap- 
ply for  admission  to  North  Carolina 
Womens'  College.  After  some  con- 
versation Katharine  learned  that 
North  Carolina  State  College  would 
consider  her  for  acceptance  as  a  jun- 
ior after  two  years  at  another  col- 
lege. Katharine  was  very  determined, 
so  after  one  year  at  Meredith  Col- 
lege and  two  sessions  of  summer 
school  (instead  of  two  years)  she  re- 
applied with  enough  credits  to  quali- 
fy as  a  Junior  at  N.  C.  State  College, 
much  to  the  amazement  of  the  Dean 
of  the  Engineering  School.  Thus. 
Katharine  was  the  first  girl  to  at- 
tend and  graduate  with  a  degree  in 
engineering  from  N.  C.  State  College. 
It  is  interesting  to  note  that  the 
college  which  originally  refused  to 
admit  Katharine  as  an  engineering 
student  later  cited  her  as  an  out 
standing  engineering  graduate  from 
N.  C.  State  Col'ege.  Katharine's  engi- 
neering background  is  not  limited  to 
engineering  theory.  When  most  girls 
were  playing  with  dolls  and  attending 
tea  parties,  Katharine  was  working 
with  mechanics  at  the  airport  to  earn 
airplane  rides.  She  learned  to  fly  and 
qualified  for  her  pilots  certificate 
while  still  in  high  school.  As  part  of 
the  requirements  for  her  engineering 
degree,  sheworked  in  the  foundry 
and  machine  shop. 


After  graduation,  Katharine  was 
the  first  woman  engineer  hired  by 
the  Civil  Aeronautics  Administration. 
Since  her  employment  with  CAA/ 
FAA,  Katharine  has  progressively 
handled  many  complex  engineering 
assignments.  She  has  won  the  ad- 
miration and  respect  of  all  her  col- 
leagues in  government  and  industry 
because  of  her  outstanding  engineer- 
ing ability. 

During  World  War  II  she  was  the 
CAA  engineer  on  a  military  project 
for  converting  light  airplanes  to  gli- 
ders for  pilot  training. 

Katharine  served  as  the  CAA  pro- 
ject engineer  to  investigate  Boeing 
Model  314  flying  boar  wing  spar 
Tailures.  During  this  investigation,  X- 
Ray  was  used  for  the  first  time  to 
inspect  inaccessible  parts  of  aircraft 
structures.  Today  X-Ray  is  one  of 
the  major  methods  used  to  conduct 
nondestructive  inspection  and  testing 
in  the  manufacture  and  maintenance 
Oil  aircraft.  Katharine  served  as  the 
CAA  engineering  coordinator  for  the 
certification  of  military  surplus  air- 
craft at  the  end  of  World  War  II. 

Katharine  served  as  Chief  of  Spe- 
cifications in  CAA/FAA  for  over  10 
years.  In  this  capacity  she  was  re- 
sponsible for  the  preparation  and  is- 
suance of  specifications  for  all  U.  S. 
civil  aircraft,  engines,  propellers,  and 
equipment.  In  addition,  she  was  re- 
sponsible for  and  developed  a  system 
which  is  still  in  use  for  expediting  is- 
suance of  Airworthiness  Directives 
(AD).  These  ADs  are  actually  "one- 
shot"  regulations  used  to  legally  no- 
tify aircraft  operators  whenever  an 
unsafe  condition  is  discovered  in  an 
aircraft  design  and  provides  informa- 
tion and  requirements  on  corrective 
action  to  be  taken  to  keep  all  civil 
aircraft  up  to  FAA  safety  standards. 
This  is  one  of  the  most  important  re- 
sponsibilities of  the  FAA  in  regulat- 
ing and  maintaining  a  high  level  of 
safety  for  aircraft  in  service. 

For  two  years  prior  to  her  present 
assignment,  she  served  as  Chief,  Reg- 
ulations and  Procedures  for  the  En- 
gineering  and    Manufacturing  Divi- 


sion. In  this  capacity  she  had  primary 
responsibility  for  determining  techni- 
cal accuracy  and  publication  of  all  is- 
suances released  by  the  Engineering 
and  Manufacturing  Division. 

Katharine  is  presently  serving  in 
the  capacity  of  Technical  Assistant 
to  the  Chief,  Engineering  and  Manu- 
facturing Division.  The  Engineering 
and  Manufacturing  Division  is  re- 
sponsible for  the  development  of  safe- 
ty regulations  and  standards  for  the 
design,  manufacture,  and  perform- 
ance of  aircraft  and  for  the  certifica- 
tion of  each  aircraft  found  to  meet 
these  standards.  All  civil  aircraft  are 
required  to  have  an  FAA  airworthi- 
ness certificate  to  operate  in  the  U.  S. 
As  Technical  Assistant,  Miss  Stin- 
son is  the  principal  engineering  ad- 
visor to  the  Division  Chief  on  new 
and  complex  technical  developments 
in  aircraft  design  and  certification. 
She  participates  in  the  development 
of  policy  and  assists  in  determining 
broad  courses  of  action  to  be  taken 
by  the  Division  which  have  long 
term  and  worldwide  influence  on 
aviation  safety  and  economy. 

As  evidence  of  her  outstanding  abil- 
ity, devotion  to  duty,  dependability, 
and  many  other  desirable  attributes 
conducive  to  the  type  of  employee 
that  every  supervisor  would  like  to 
have  on  his  staff,  Katharine  has  re- 
ceived many  excellent  efficiency  rat- 
ings and  in  the  last  three  years  re- 
ceived a  Sustained  Superior  Perform- 
ance Award,  and  an  outstanding  per- 
formance award. 

In  addition  to  her  professional  en- 
gineering responsibilities  with  the 
FAA,  Katharine  finds  time  to  pursue 
many  extra-curricular  activities.  For 
example: 

1.  Present  Governor,  South  Atlantic 
Region,  Soroptimist  Club.  (Classi- 
fied Service  Club  for  Women  — 
Like  Rotary  Club.) 

2.  Member  President  Johnson's  Wo- 
mens Advisory  Committee  on 
Aviation. 


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3.  National  President  for  two  years, 
Society  of  Women  Engineers. 

4.  District  Treasurer  and  Member 
of  Ninety-Nines  (Membership  is 
limited  to  women  with  current 
pilot  certificate.) 

5.  Charter  Member  and  Secretary- 
Treasurer  of  the  Washington 
Chapter  of  American  Institute  of 
Aeronautics  and  Astronautics. 

6.  Woman  engineering  member  of 
the  District  of  Columbia  Engi- 
neers Council. 

7.  Engineer  Member  on  the  Joint 
Board  on  Science  Education  in 
the  Metropolitan  Washington 
Area. 

8.  Member  of  the  American  Society 
of  Mechanical  Engineers. 

To  feed  the  world's  hungry,  food 
will  be  grown  increasingly  from  be- 
hind the  prop  of  an  airplane  rather 
than  behind  the  handles  of  a  plow, 
says  the  first  woman  engineer  ever 
graduated  from  North  Carolina  State 
University. 

Miss  Katherine  Stinson,  a  native 
of  Raleigh,  who  now  holds  a  high 
position  with  the  Federal  Aviation 
Administration  will  deliver  her  ideas 
on  airborne  agriculture  to  the  Second 
International  Conference  of  Women 
Engineers  and  Scientists  in  Cam- 
bridge, England  early  next  month. 

Miss  Stinson,  who  qualified  for  her 
pilot's  license  while  in  high  school, 
points  out  that  aircraft  are  now  per- 
forming farm  work  —  once  reserved 
to  mules  and  men  —  in  at  least  45 
countries. 

Planes  are  used  to  help  cultivate 
270  million  acres  of  croplands  and 
foress  around  the  globe,  she  notes. 

"By  no  other  means,"  she  says, 
"can  crops  be  treated  so  efficiently 
and  quickly." 

Engineers  and  scientists  from  most 
of  the  nations  of  the  world  will  hear 
Miss  Stinson's  recommendations  at 
the  conference  whose  theme  is 
"Food."  Delegates  will  discuss  all  as- 
pects of  the  problems  associated  with 
producing  food  for  an  ever-expand- 
ing population. 

Miss  Stinson,  representing  the  Fed- 
eral Aviation  Administration  of  the 
U.  S.  Department  of  Transportation, 
will  present  a  paper  on  "The  Role  of 
Aircraft  in  Food  Production." 

As  an  example  of  the  efficiency  of 
airplanes  in  farming.  Miss  Stinson 
cites  the  fact  that  a  plane  can  spread 
fertilizer  over  100  acres  an  hour.  A 
good  tractor  can  cover  only  three  to 
five  acres  an  hour. 


"Through  aerial  sowing  and  the 
application  of  top  dressing  alone," 
she  says,  "New  Zealand  mutton  pro- 
duction has  been  increased  as  much 
as  60  percent." 

Miss  Stinson  readily  concedes  that 
"aircraft  alone  are  not  the  answer" 
to  world  hunger. 

But,  she  concludes,  "utilized  to 
their  full  potential  and  coupled  with 
the  advancing  medical  and  sociologi- 
cal developments  aircraft  can  contri- 
bute much  toward  a  peaceful  and 
hunger-less  world." 

Miss  Stinson  was  graduated  from 
N.  C.  State  in  1941  with  a  degree  in 
aeronautical  engineering,  breaking 
the  barrier  against  females  in  an  en- 
gineering school  that  had  been  re- 
stricted to  men. 

After  her  graduation,  she  imme- 
diately achieved  another  first,  be- 
coming the  first  woman  engineer  with 
the  Civil  Aeronautics  Administration. 

Since  the  early  40's,  she  has  held 
increasingly  important  posts  with  the 
CAA  and  the  Federal  Aviation  Ad- 
ministration and  today  is  technical 
assistant  to  the  chief  of  the  engi- 
neering and  manufacturing  division 
of  the  FAA.  She  lives  in  Alexandria, 
Virginia. 

She  will  be  accompanied  to  the 
conference  by  her  sister,  Mrs.  Maude 
Morrow,  who  is  housemother  of  Delta 
Sigma  Phi  Fraternity  at  North  Caro- 
lina State  University. 

They  will  depart  from  Dulles  Air- 
port on  June  30  and  will  tour  Eng- 
land, Wales  and  Scotland  during 
their  two-week  stay  in  the  United 
Kingdom. 


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A  Letter  We  Liked" 


July  29,  1967 


Gentlemen: 


Please  see  that  this  letter  gets  to 
the  person  who  will  get  the  credit 
(or  blame)  for  having  US  17  im- 
proved to  the  extent  that  it  is  from 
the  North  Carolina- Virginia  border  to 
Elizabeth  City. 

I  am  a  future  taxpayer  or  a  future 
North  Carolina  highway  casualty  — 
which  ever  comes  first. 

It  is  a  pleasure  driving  on  US  17 
since  the  improvement  and  I  am  one 
person  who  wants  to  thank  the  per- 
son responsible. 

Sincerely, 

Albert  J.  Brenner 
510  Bell  St. 

Elizabeth  City.  N.  C.  27909 


THANKS! 


Is  it  oranges  or  apples  this  time? 
Yes,  and  even  bananas  sometimes 
Back  from  lunch  we  come  in  a  rush 
Ahoy!  Near  the  receptionist  desk 
there's  fruit  for  us. 
The  Chairman  has  left  apples  and 
oranges  to  take  to  our  seats 
Isn't  he  great  to  give  us  such 
treats ! 

Thanks,  Chairman  Hunt 
You  have  brightened  our  day 
We  enjoy  your  goodies 
Muchos  gracias.  we  say! 

(J.  A.) 


it" 

Thanks 
To 
Chairman 

Hunt 


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Salvage  Archaelogy 

GASTON  COUNTY 
NORTH  CAROLINA 
By 

BENNIE  C.  KEEL 
Research  Laboratories 
of  Anthropology 
University  of  North  Carolina 
at  Chapel  Hill 
May,  1966 


INTRODUCTION 

This  report  presents  data  and  ob- 
servations resulting  from  the  salvage 
of  an  archaelogical  site  destroyed  in 
the  course  of  construction  of  a  bridge 
by  the  State  Highway  Commission. 
The  Research  Laboratory  of  Anthro- 
pology was  informed  on  March  25, 
1966  by  the  State  Highway  Commis- 
sion that  an  Indian  grave  had  been 
uncovered  in  the  course  of  fill  opera- 
tions by  earthmoving  equipment  at 
Hardins,  Gaston  County,  North  Caro- 
lina. The  writer  visited  the  site  and 
learned  that  several  artifacts  were 
found  with  the  reported  burial.  A 
search  in  the  borrow  pit  failed  to  re- 
veal any  additional  information.  Earth 
moving  had  been  temporarily  sus- 
pended until  engineers  enlarged  the 
area  to  be  excavated.  It  was  arranged 
for  the  Archaeologist  to  be  present 
when  excavations  were  renewed.  One 
additional  burial  and  three  features 
were  encountered  when  operations 
resumed. 

The  site  is  bordered  by  a  small 
creek  or  branch  on  the  north,  to  the 
east  by  the  Carolina  and  Northwest- 
ern Railroad  which  runs  along  the 
foot  of  a  line  of  hills  dividing  Hoyle 
Creek  and  the  South  Fork  River 
which  in  its  turn  forms  the  western 
boundary  of  the  site.  The  site  is 
designated  in  the  North  Carolina 
Archaeological  Survey  and  named  the 
Hardins  site  for  the  nearby  commun- 
ity. 

The  soil  is  Congaree  fine  sandy 
loam,  deposited  by  the  South  Fork 
River  over  a  gravel  bed.  The  depth 
of  the  soil  ranged  from  one  foot  in 
eastern  edge  of  the  site  to  approxi- 
mately five  feet  along  the  natural 
levee  paralleling  the  South  Fork 
River. 


Above — Ground  and  Polished  Arti- 
facts. 

The  burials  and  features  were  lo- 
cated in  the  northern  portion  of  the 
borrow  pit.  The  exact  size  of  the 
site  was  not  determined  due  to  ex- 
tensive borrow  excavation.  Surface 
materials  indicating  Indian  occupa- 
tion were  found  along  the  edge  of 
the  woods  bordering  the  borrow  exca- 
vation and  indicated  that  the  major 
area  of  occupation  was  between  the 
river  and  creek  in  what  is  the  north- 
ern portion  of  the  borrow  pit.  Archae- 
ological evidence  shows  that  the  site 
was  occupied  twice  for  short  periods 
of  time.  The  first  occupation  occurred 
about  1500  B.C.  the  final  and  more 
intensive  settlement  took  place  about 
A.D.  1650  by  Catawba  Indians. 

DESCRIPTION  OF 
BURIALS  AND  FEATURES 

The  burials  and  features  encounter- 
ed at  the  Hardins  Site  are  describ- 
ed below.  All  of  them  date  from  the 
Catawba  occupation  of  the  site. 

This  burial  was  disturbed  by  earth 
moving  equipment.  The  burial  was 


of  a  child  of  age  three  or  four  years. 
Accompanying  the  burial  were  two 
ceremonial  axes,  a  celt,  shell  beads, 
a  shell  pendant,  and  a  piece  of  mica. 
One  shell  bead,  pendant,  and  one  of 
the  axes  and  the  celt  were  collected 
by  Mr.  Edwin  Hoyle  of  the  State 
Highway  Commission  and  turned 
over  to  the  writer  for  study.  The  re- 
maining ceremonial  axe  was  collected 
by  one  of  the  construction  workers 
and  was  not  examined  by  the  writer. 
The  piece  of  mica  was  not  collected, 
but  was  described  by  Mr.  Hoyle  who 
supplied  the  above  information. 

This  burial  was  also  discovered  in 
the  process  of  fill  excavations.  This 
burial  was  that  of  a  second  child  aged 
five  or  six  years.  The  disturbed  re- 
mains indicate  that  the  body  was 
placed  on  its  left  side  in  a  flexed  po- 
sition, the  knees  were  drawn  up  to 
the  chest  and  the  right  arm  placed 
over  the  right  knee,  the  left  arm  un- 
der the  left  knee.  In  the  area  be 
tween  the  chin  and  knees  a  cere- 
monial axe  and  a  polished  stone  dis- 
coidal  were  placed  as  grave  offerings. 

The  graves  encountered  at  Gaston 
both  contained  the  remains  of 
young  children.  Both  corpses  were 
evidently  flexed  and  both  contained 
grave  goods.  The  grave  goods  will 
be  further  described  below. 

Three  features  were  encountered 
by  fill  removal  in  the  presence  of  the 
writer;  undoubtedly  others  were  des- 
troyed but  escaped  notice  during  pre- 
vious borrow  excavations. 

A  circular,  round  bottomed  post 
hole  which  contained  the  base  of 
a  Savannah  River  projectile  point 
made  of  quartzite.  This  post  hole 
measured  nine  inches  in  diameter  and 
one  foot  deep.  The  Savannah  River 
point  was  an  accidental  inclusion. 
The  feature  dates  from  the  middle 
seventeenth  century. 

This  cooking  pit  measured  24  x 
40  inches  with  a  depth  of  eight  inch- 
es. It  contained  the  largest  amount 
of  material  found  in  the  course  of 
archaeological  salvage.  Identifiable 
food  remains  consisted  of  deer  and 
turtle  bones,  mussel  shells  and  a 
walnut  shell.  Daub  or  house  plaster 
and  a  mud  dauber  nest  which  had 
been  built  in  a  section  of  cane  were 
present.  Ceramics  consisted  of  sixty 
sherds  representing  at  least  ten  dif- 
ferent vessels. 


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DESCRIPTION  OF  ARTIFACTS 

A  wide,  though  not  numerous, 
vanity  of  artifacts  were  recovered 
from  the  Hardins  Site.  It  is  note 
worthy  that  only  the  chipped  stone 
artifacts  can  be  classed  as  tools.  The 
two  projectile  points  and  one  blade 
are  evidence  of  pre-ceramic  inhabi- 
tants of  the  site.  The  triangular  ar- 
row point  used  by  the  pottery  makers 
are  absent  and  point  out  that  the 
collection  is  in  no  way  an  adequate 
sample.  The  remaining  artifacts  left 
by  the  middle  seventeenth  century 
cccupants  are  ceremonial,  recreation- 
al, or  ornamental  with  the  exception 
of  the  chipped  stone  hoe  and  tobacco 
pipe.  The  description  of  artifacts 
follows: 

The  poll  portion  of  a  chipped  stone 
hoe  was  found  on  the  surface.  This 
specimen  is  somewhat  larger  than 
typical. 


Chipped  Stone  Artifacts 


Three  spatulate  shaped  ceremonial 
axes  were  recovered  from  the  two 
graves  encountered  during  borrow  ex- 
cavation. One  of  these  was  found  by 
Mr.  Edwin  Hoyle  with  the  first  bur- 
ial; the  second  was  removed  from  the 
same  grave  by  a  construction  worker 
and  was  unavailable  for  study.  The 
first  axe  measured  13.2  cm.  in  length, 
having  a  maximum  width  of  11  cm. 
and  a  thickness  of  1.7  cm.  This  spe- 
cimen was  unpolished  except  along 
the  blade  and  probably  was  consider- 
ed unfinished  at  the  time  it  was 
placed  in  the  child's  grace.  The  sec- 
ond axe  recovehed  but  not  available 
for  study  was  reported  as  being  well 
polished  and  slightly  larger  than  the 
unfinished  specimen. 


A  small  thin  highly  polished  celt 
of  Carolina  banded  slate  was  re- 
covered by  Mr.  Hoyle  from  the  grave. 
It  measured  7.2  cm.  in  length,  3.5 
cm.  wide  at  bit,  0.9  cm.  at  poll  and 
has  a  maximum  thickness  of  0.4  cm. 
This  small  well-made  artifact  must 
be  considered  as  a  ceremonial  object 
due  to  its  small  size  and  fragility. 
It  could  not  have  been  used  as  a 
utilitarian  wood-working  tool. 

The  ground  stone  game  disc  found 
with  the  grave  is  made  of  a  fine- 
grained white  quartzite.  It  is  well 
shaped  and  has  a  tolerance  of  1 
mm.  in  its  diameter  of  7.0  cm.  It  is 
2.5  cm.  thick.  A  large  fragment  was 
chipped  from  the  edge  of  one  side 
prior  to  its  use  as  a  grave  offering. 

Steatite  Vessel  Fragment: 

A  single  fragment  of  a  steatite  or 
soapstone  vessel  was  recovered  from 
the  surface  on  the  river  side  of  the 
borrow  pit.  This  is  the  common  ves- 
sel used  during  the  late  Archaic 
Phase. 

Beads: 

A  single  spherical  bead  made  of 
mussel  shell  was  recovered  from  the 
grave. 

Pendant  or  Pin: 

The  pointed  end  of  a  shell  pendant 
or  ear  pin  was  found.  The  fragmen- 
tary nature  of  the  artifact  precludes 
its  full  identification. 

Pipe: 

About  one  third  of  the  stem  por- 
tion of  a  clay  pipe  was  recovered 
from  the  surface.  This  fragment  rep- 
resents the  typical  tobacco  pipe  made 
during  the  late  prehistoric  and  his- 
toric periods  by  Indians  living  in  the 


Ceramics  Stone  Artifacts 


Piedmont  and  mountain  sections  of 
North  Carolina.  This  particular  spe- 
cimen is  decorated  with  a  series  of 
thin  incised  lines  around  the  circum- 
ference of  the  stem. 

DESCRIPTION  OF  CERAMICS 

By  the  seventeenth  century  the  in- 
digenous ceramics  of  the  North  Caro- 
lina Piedmont  had  begun  to  exhibit 
certain  traits  which  originated  fur- 
ther to  the  south.  The  standard  coni- 
cal or  subconical  pot  form  with  cord, 
fabric,  or  net  impressed  surface  fin- 
ish was  replaced  by  a  wider  variety 
of  forms  and  surface  finishes.  Dur- 
ing this  period  a  group  of  ceramics 
appear  in  the  Catawba  River  basin 
that  can  be  traced  directly  to  those 
made  by  the  historic  Catawba  In- 
dians. 

The  Hardins  Site  data  imply  a 
small  agricultural  settlement  during 
the  middle  of  the  seventeenth  cen- 
tury. Ceramics  are  directly  compar- 
able to  those  found  on  historic  Ca- 
tawba sites  and  indicate  that  the 
tradition  of  Catawba  pottery  was  al- 
ready well  developed  at  this  time. 
The  dead  were  interred  in  pits  and 
with  grave  goods.  This  is  true,  at 
least,  for  children  though  there  may 
be  differences  in  mortuary  customs 
for  adults.  Ceremonialism,  it  would 
seem,  was  well  advanced  with  spe- 
cial paraphernalia. 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 

The  writer  would  like  to  acknowl- 
edge the  excellent  cooperation  of  th? 
State  Highway  Commission  and  es- 
pecially Mr.  Edwin  Hoyle  of  the 
Bridge  Construction  Division  who 
originally  reported  the  site,  for  his 
interest  and  considerable  aid  in  carry- 
ing out  the  salvage  project. 

FOUR  RULES  FOR  SUCCESS 

1.  Put  yourself  into  your  work. 

2.  Try  to  improve  on  your  best. 

3.  Cultivate  a  keen  interest  in  what 
you  are  doing. 

4.  Don't  worry. 

Chuckle 

Somebody's  inventing  new  things 
every  day.  They  have  new  traffic- 
lights  in  Las  Vegas:  Stop,  Go,  and 
Eight  to  Five  You  Don't  Make  it. 


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Brazilian  Engineers  Tour 
Highway  Commission 


W.  F.  Babcock  and  the  Brazilian  Engineers. 


It  looked  like  a  small  United  Na- 
tions Session. 

At  the  head  of  the  big  table  in  the 
meeting  room  of  the  N.  C.  State 
Highway  Commission  sat  Highway 
Administrator  W.  F.  Babcock.  Strung 
out  along  the  table  were  the  various 
department  heads  with  stacks  of 
planr.  and  papers  before  them.  Just 
behind  them  along  the  outer  perime- 
ter of  the  room  sat  a  group  with 
small,  receivers  in  their  ears. 

After  each  statement  made  by  Bab- 
cock, an  interpreter  repeated  what 
he  had  said  in  staccata  Portugese, 
and.  those  along  the  wall  would  nod, 
nudge  and  look  at  each  other  know- 
ingly. 

This  was  planning  Board  on  Mon- 
day, June  26,  and  for  the  second 
June  in  a  row,  the  North  Carolina 
Highway  Commission  was  playing 
host  to  a  group  of  Brazilian  Engi- 
neers. This  time  there  were  16;  last 
time  15,  but  again  they  came  under 
the  auspices  of  the  Agency  for  In- 
ternational Development  and  the  U. 
S.  State  Department.  Again  there 
was  one  lady  in  the  group.  This  year 
she  was  Senora  Dalva  Nou  Schneid- 
er, Chief  Engineer  of  the  Bituminous 
and  Soil  Laboratory  of  the  Sergipe 
Province  (State)  Highway  Depart- 
ment. More  about  her  later. 

After  a  first  day  of  orientation  and 
learning  about  the  North  Carolina 
Highway    Commission  Organization, 


the  Brazilians,  in  the  care  of  Con- 
struction Engineer  John  Davis  and 
Maintenance  Engineer  George  Brink- 
ley,  set  out  via  bus  to  see  what's 
going  on  and  how  it's  done  in  North 
Carolina's  highway  program. 

The  four  days  of  travel  included 
looking  at  construction  along  the 
east-bound  lane  of  US-70  between 
Raleigh  and  Durham,  construction 
of  roads  in  the  Research  Triangle 
Park,  construction  on  the  urban  sec- 
tion of  the  Durham  Expressway,  con- 
struction of  Interstate  95  in  Nash 
County  just  north  of  Gold  Rock,  con- 
struction of  the  Clinton  Bypass,  and 
secondary  road  construction  and 
maintenance  over  Wake,  Durham, 
Sampson,  Johnston  and  Duplin 
Counties. 

It's  interesting  to  note  that  while 
our  friends  from  Brazil  were  greatly 
impressed  by  the  amount  and  magni- 
tude of  "super-highway  construction" 
going  on  in  North  Carolina  they  were 
most  impressed  and  most  interested 
in  secondary  road  construction  which 
is  very  similar  to  the  kind  of  con- 
struction going  on  in  Brazil  at  pres- 
ent. 

In  interviews  with  Raleigh-area 
newspapers,  radio  and  television 
newsmen,  the  Brazilian  engineers 
said  there  are  more  similarities  than 
differences  in  the  composition  of 
state  highway  commissions  and  fed- 
eral highway  agencies  here  and  there, 
the  thing  which  impresses  them  most 
is  the  fact  that  we  get  things  done 


in  a  hurry,  that  we  go  from  planning 
to  actual  construction  in  such  a  rela- 
tively short  while.  They  were  very 
much  amazed  to  learn  that  North 
Carolina's  highway  system  is  the 
largest  under  the  control  of  a  single 
agency  among  all  the  states. 

In  an  interview  with  Mary  Jo 
Cashion  of  the  RALEIGH  TIMES, 
Senora  Schneider,  who  has  traveled 
widely,  said  she  was  amazed  to  find 
so  few  women  involved  in  engineer- 
ing pursuits  in  the  United  States. 

"I  met  women  engineers  in  Europe 
and  Africa",  she  told  Mary  Jo 
through  her  interpreter,  "but  so  far 
I  have  not  met  one  here.  I  would 
like  to."  Our  attempts  to  get  Senora 
Schneider  and  Traffic  Engineer 
Emily  Blount  together  failed. 

Senora  Schneider  was  proud  of 
her  role  in  the  overall  highway  pro- 
gram of  Sergipe  Province,  but  to 
the  Raleigh  Times  Woman's  Page 
writer  apparently  prouder  of  the 
fact  that,  "I  have  many  men  working 
for  me",  she  said  it  in  Portugese 
smiling  broadly,  and  then  winked  at 
Mary  Jo  as  the  interpreter  told  her 
what  it  meant. 

The  group,  which  left  Raleigh  via 
jetliner  for  Texas  and  points  west 
on  June  30,  was  in  the  States  through 
July,  and  missed  an  opportunity  to 
see  the  Highway  Commission  in  ses- 
sion. The  June  meeting  was  in  Wash- 
ington, N.  C. 

Before  departing,  a  spokesman  for 
the  group  said,  "We  are  very  much 
impressed  by  your  highway  adminis- 
tration and  by  the  results  you  get.  Al- 
though this  was  the  first  state  on  our 
tour,  we  don't  expect  to  see  anything 
any  more  impressive,  or  to  receive 
better  treatment  than  we  have  here. 
We  have  learned  a  lot  we  can  use  to 
make  Sergip'e  Highway  System  bet- 
ter. We  thank  you." 

We  look  forward  to  a  new  group 
next  year. 


SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER  issue 
of  ROADWAYS  WILL  FEA- 
TURE "ROADWAY  DESIGN" 
BY  W.  A.  WILSON,  JR.  STATE 
DESIGN  ENGINEER. 


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Left  to  Right:  Division  Engineer  D.  W.  Patrick,  George 
D.  Ashbell,  Luther  L.  Austin,  Harry  S.  Phelps,  Robert  L. 
Pinkham  and  Assistant  Chief  Engineer  H.  D.  Irving. 

Absent:  John  E.  Crain,  George  W.  Daniels,  Leon  Har- 
ris, Wayland  Joyner,  Gurley  W.  Lawrence,  William  C. 
Sexton  and  Delmar  W.  Williams, 


Left  to  Right:  Division  Engineer  D.  W.  Patrick,  George 
W.  Cartwright  and  Assistant  Chief  Engineer  H.  D.  Irving. 


35- YEAR  AWARD 


Left  to  Right:  Division  Engineer  D.  W.  Patrick,  Eu- 
gene G.  Credle,  Phillip  L.  Jackson,  Hartwell  T.  Liverman, 
Robert  L.  Pinkham,  Preston  Steadman  and  Assistant  Chief 
Engineer  H.  D.  Irving. 


RETIREMENT 

Left  to  Right:  Assistant  Chief  Engineer  Ivan  Hardesty, 
John  Q.  Adams,  Major  Daughety,  James  R.  Gray  and 
Division  Engineer  C.  W.  Snell,  Jr. 

Absent:  Louis  L.  Johnson,  George  A.  Phillips  and  Carl 
Whitley. 

1967 

35  Year 


35- YEAR  AWARD 


Left  to  Right:  Assistant  Chief  Engineer  Ivan  Hardesty, 
John  Q.  Adams,  Joseph  Batchelor,  Charles  T.  Bell,  Syl- 
vester V.  Catlett,  William  S.  Clements,  John  O.  Hardy, 
John  B.  Jennette,  John  R.  Martin,  Warren  E.  Wethering- 
ton  and  Division  Engineer  C.  W.  Snell,  Jr. 

Absent:  David  P.  Joyner. 


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RETIREMENT 

Left  to  Right:  Group  I — Commissioner  Ashley  M.  Mur- 
phy, Harold  J.  Butterfield,  William  C.  Cooper,  Waldo  E. 
Hewett,  Andrew  W.  Ivey,  Malcolm  M.  King  and  Division 
Engineer  Paul  J.  DuPre. 


Retirements 


and 

Awards 


35-YEAR  AWARD 

Left  to  Right:  Commissioner  Ashley  M.  Murphy,  Robert 
A.  Ashworth,  Jr.,  Loman  M.  Mitchell  (Bridge),  Theodore 
J.  Page  (Equipment),  Raymond  T.  West  and  Division  En- 
gineer Paul  J.  DuPre. 


Group  II — Commissioner  Ashley  M.  Murphy,  Maxwell 
A.  Morton,  William  B.  Pelletier,  Arthur  L.  Rochelle,  Glen 
A  Sutton,  Lee  M.  Taylor  and  Division  Engineer  Paul  J. 
DuPre. 

Absent:  Charles  W.  Findeisen 


RETIREMENT 

Left  to  Right:  Division  Engineer  R.  W.  Dawson,  Clif- 
ton R.  Cherry,  John  E.  Delbridge,  E.  P.  Koonce,  Stans- 
bury  S.  White  and  Assistant  Chief  Engineer  H.  D.  Irving. 

Absent:  Willie  Sykes,  Jesse  R.  Taylor  and  Moses  D. 
Wallace. 


35- YEAR  AWARD 

Left  to  Right:  Division  Engineer  R.  W.  Dawson,  Frank 
H.  Edwards,  Leonard  L.  Mohorn,  Arthur  E.  Morris,  Wil- 
liam H.  Wiggins  and  Assistant  Chief  Engineer  H.  D.  Irv- 
ing. 

Absent:  Isaac  A.  Kornegay,  Moses  D.  Wallace  and  Gadi 
W.  Walters. 


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RETIREMENT 

Left  to  Right:  Assistant  Division  Engineer  C.  C.  Painter, 
Harry  Buster  Royster  and  Assistant  Chief  Engineer  Ivan 
Hardesty. 

Absent:  Taze  A.  Matthews,  Philip  G.  Stainbuck  and 
Douglas  F.  Williams. 


35- YEAR  AWARD 

Left  to  Right:  Assistant  Division  Engineer  C.  C.  Painter, 
John  B.  Harris,  William  Alvin  Laws,  James  T.  Robertson 
and  Assistant  Chief  Engineer  Ivan  Hardesty. 

Absent:  Roy  W.  Gupton,  Ralph  King  and  Ben  F. 
Wheeler. 


RETIREMENT 

Left  to  Right:  Shepp  Hall,  Garland  D.  Hewett,  Kenneth 
S.  McCaskill,  James  L.  Nance  and  Division  Engineer  N. 
S.  Day. 

Absent:  A.  T.  Hight 


35- YEAR  AWARD 

Left  to  Right:  Group  I — Division  Engineer  N.  S.  Day, 
Julian  M.  Andrews,  John  F.  Cannon,  A.  E.  Cox  (Equip- 
ment) and  Kenneth  Hester. 


Group  III — Equipment  Superintendent  R.  A.  Averitt 

and  A.  E.  Cox. 


Group  II — Division  Engineer  N.  S.  Day,  Dossie  Martin, 
Archie  N.  Mclntyre,  Samuel  M.  Wilson  and  Willie  P. 
Smith. 

Absent:  Donald  W.  Taylor  (Bridge). 


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DIVISION  RETIREMENTS 
CONTINUED 
DIVISION  7 


35-YEAR  AWARD 

Left  to  Right:  Highway  Personnel  Officer  J.  Raynor 
Woodard,  Elgie  G.  Bush,  Robert  V.  Graham,  John  W. 
Hooper  and  Assistant  Chief  Engineer  H.  D.  Irving. 


Absent:  Frank  A.  Campbell,  William  A. 
Mrs.  Margaret  L.  Howell. 


Pearson  and 


RETIREMENT 

Left  to  Right:  Highway  Personnel  Officer  J.  Raynor 
Woodard,  Robert  V.  Graham,  C.  H.  Goodwin  (Equipment) 
and  Assistant  Chief  Engineer  H.  D.  Irving. 

Absent:  Frank  A.  Campbell,  John  Dillon,  Emery  C. 
Hughes,  James  E.  Moore,  Arthur  R.  Piner,  John  W. 
Rainey  and  Clyde  I.  Roberts. 


RETIREMENT 

Left  to  Right:  Assistant  Chief  Engineer  Ivan  Hardesty, 
Homer  R.  Early  (Bridge  Maintenance),  James  L.  Stewart, 
Roy  S.  Webster,  Thomas  M.  Williams  (Equipment)  and 
Division  Engineer  T.  C.  Johnston,  Jr. 

Absent:  Grifton  M.  Brooks  (Equipment). 


DIVISION  8 


35-YEAR  AWARD 

Left  to  Right:  Division  Engineer  T.  C.  Johnston,  Jr., 
Howard  P.  Hoover  and  Assistant  Chief  Engineer  Ivan 
Hardesty. 

Absent:  Grifton  M.  Brooks  (Equipment). 


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NCSHPEA.  ASSOCIATION  NEWS 

A  REPORT  TO  THE  EMPLOYEES 

By  OTIS  M.  BANKS  &  DAVID  W.  KING 


UNIT  1  —  NCSHPEA  meeting  at  Hertford  June  29, 
1967.  L  to  R:  K.  B.  Bailey,  1st  Vice  President  installing 
new  Unit  Officers:  D.  W.  Patrick,  Unit  Chairman;  W.  Earl 
Moore,  Unit  Vice  Chairman  and  Ted  Willard,  Unit  Secre- 
tary. 


A 
N 
N 
U 
A 


UNIT  2  —  NCSHPEA  annual  meeting  at  Greenville 
June  30,  1967.  L  to  R:  K.  B.  Bailey,  1st  Vice  President, 
installing  Mrs.  Iris  Sutton,  Unit  Vice  Chairman;  E.  D. 
Credle,  Unit  Secretary,  and  Mr.  Charles  Snell,  Division 
Engineer.  Absent  in  picture:  C.  W.  John,  Unit  Chairman. 


U 
N 
I 

T 


UNIT  3  —  NCSHPEA  meeting  at  Burgaw  July  14, 
1967.  L  to  R:  K.  B.  Bailey,  1st  Vice  President  installing  L. 
F.  Dail,  Unit  Chairman;  Eugene  Woodring,  Unit  Vice 
Chairman  and  Marie  Ferrell,  Unit  Secretary. 


UNIT  4  —  NCSHPEA  meeting  at  Wilson  July  6, 
1967.  New  Officers  —  L  to  R:  Archie  Worley,  Unit  Vice 
Chairman;  Pat  Abernethy,  Unit  Secretary  and  W.  H. 
Swart,  Unit  Chairman.  1st  Vice  President  K.  B.  Bailey, 
installing. 


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UNIT  5  —  NCSHPEA  meeting  at  Durham,  July  7, 
1967.  New  Officers  —  L  to  R:  1st  Vice  President  K.  B. 
Bailey,  installing  W.  C.  Grimes,  Unit  Chairman;  G.  E. 
Crutcher,  Unit  Vice  Chairman  and  Doug  Waters  Unit  Sec- 
retary. 


UNIT  6  —  NCSHPEA  meeting  at  Fayetteville  July  19, 
1967.  L  to  R:  W.  L.  White,  Unit  Chairman;  Leroy  Cain, 
Unit  Vice  Chairman  and  S.  F.  Ammons,  Unit  Secretary. 

A  f  A* , 

UNIT  7— NCSHPEA  Meeting  at  Greensboro  July  20, 
1967.  L  to  R:  K.  B.  Bailey,  1st  Vice  President — installing 
Carl  Wilkins,  Unit  Chairman;  J.  B.  Taylor,  Second  Vice 
Chairman;  A.  L.  Coltrane,  Unit  Secretary. 

Absent:  Clyde  Jones,  1st  Vice  Chairman. 


UNIT  8— NCSHPEA  Meeting  at  Sanford  July  21, 
1967.  L  to  R:  K.  B.  Bailey,  1st  Vice  President— installing 
Fred  Whitesell,  Unit  Chairman;  Richard  Siler,  Unit  Vice 
Chairman;  Virginia  Williamson,  Unit  Secretary. 


18 


HELLO...  HENRY 

By  KEITH  HUNDLEY 


It's  just  like  on  "To  Tell  the  Truth". 

Both  guys  say,  "My  name  is  Henry  Hammond",  and 
they  both  mean  it. 

I  ran  into  this  interesting  situation  the  other  day  when 
I  discovered  via  a  telephone  call  that  there  are  two  Henry 
Hammonds  working  for  the  Highway  Commission.  Both 
of  them  are  working  in  Raleigh.  Both  are  involved  in 
design  work.  Both  have  initials  involving  combinations 
of  the  letter  "h"  and  "c". 

I  wouldn't  even  bring  up  this  whole  confusing  matter 
except  that  these  fellows  constantly  get  each  others  tele- 
phone calls  and  mail,  and,  well,  I've  put  it  off  as  long 
as  I  can,  so,  I  might  as  well  get  on  with  the  explanation. 

Let's  do  it  the  Army  way! 

Henry  Hammond  Number  One  is  HAMMOND,  Henry 
C.  Employed  in  the  Highway  Commission's  Landscape  De- 
partment, works  on  the  design  of  such  facilities  as  road- 
side rest  areas  and  scenic  overlooks.  He  has  worked  for 
the  Commission  for  three  years,  was  graduated  from  the 
University  of  Georgia  at  Athens  and  was  born  on  the 
military  reservation  at  Fort  Bragg,  North  Carolina. 

Henry  Hammond  Number  Two  is  HAMMOND,  Clyde 
H.  Employed  in  the  Highway  Commission's  Roadway  De- 
sign Department  designing  roadways,  has  been  with  the 
Highway  Commission  since  January  1,  1967,  was  grad- 
uated from  the  University  of  South  Carolina  and  is  a  na- 
tive of  Columbia,  South  Carolina. 

C.  HENRY  HAMMOND 


HENRY  C.  HAMMOND 


Now,  if  we  could  keep  this  thing  as  we  have  it  here 
with  the  simple  military  type  sketches  and  the  military- 
type  names:  HAMMOND,  Henry  C,  and  Clyde  H,  we'd 
be  all  right.  No  problem.  But  no.  Both  these  guys  want 
to  be  called  Henry.  They  prefer  it,  demand  it.  Even  the 
listing  in  the  State  telephone  directory  is  confusing.  Then 
landscape  Hammond  is  listed  as  "Henry  C."  The  design 
Hammond  is  listed  as  "C.  H."  So,  people  who  want  to 
speak  to  Henry  Hammond  call  Henry  Hammond,  it's 
just  that  they  don't  always  get  the  right  Henry. 

Am  I  making  myself  clear? 

Anyway,  Henry  C.  get  C.  Henry's  phone  calls.  C. 
Henry  gets  mail  intended  for  Henry  C.  Roadway  problems 
and  landscape  problems  mix  and  blend.  Everybody  gets 
confused. 

My  point  —  if  I  can  get  back  to  it  now  after  all  this  — 
is  if  you  want  to  speak  to  Henry  Hammond  on  the  tele- 
phone, or  if  you  want  to  write  to  him,  make  darn  sure 
that  your  "H"  and  "C"  are  in  the  right  position  before 
you  dial  or  take  pen  in  hand. 

Look,  before  I  leave  the  typewriter  here  to  go  get  an 
aspirin,  let  me  try  out  one  more  thought  on  you.  Why 
don't  we  look  around  for  one  more  guy  named  Henry 
Hammond,  take  all  three  to  New  York  and  really  drive 
Bud  Collyer  nuts.  When  he  says,  "Will  the  REAL  Henry 
Hammond  please  stand  up",  it'll  look  like  a  standing  ova- 
tion. 


19 


WORTH  IT  ALL  —  It's  a  long  drive  from  Asheville  to 
Raleigh,  but  a  fine  Highway  Lady  found  it  all  worth  while 
on  June  22nd.  Mrs.  Harriet  W.  Gossett  who  has  given 
the  Highway  Commission  45  years  of  diligent  and  com- 
petent service  was  here  with  50  men  to  receive  her  serv- 
ice award  from  Governor  DAN  MOORE.  After  the  cere- 
monies she  was  glowing,  and  well  she  might.  In  her  own 
words,  here's  what  happened:  "Not  only  did  Mr.  Babcock 
introduce  me  as  the  real  Division  13  Engineer,  but  I  got 
a  big  kiss  from  the  Governor".  I  guarantee  that's  one  time 
Mrs.  Gossett  felt  like  staying  on  as  a  "flatlander". 

FISHING  FEVER  —  That  expected  and  enjoyable 
summer  disease  hit  the  Hundley  household  on  June  24. 
Two-thirty  A.M.  found  the  Hundley  bunch  on  the  road 
for  one  of  its  '"vest-pocket  vacations"  on  Emerald  Isle. 
We  had  no  difficulty  making  the  first  ferry  run  at  Bogue 
Sound,  and  then  at  the  Iron  Steamer  Pier  parlayed  a  full 
moon,  a  rising  tide  and  cool  cloudy  weather  into  a  full 
fishbox.  At  cleaning  time  they  totaled  56  mullet,  trout 
and  spots  with  a  hogfish  or  two  tossed  in.  Wife  Shirley 
caught  her  share  as  did  daughters  Vickie  and  Leithie.  The 
old  saying  goes:  "If  you  can't  fish  .  .  .  cut  bait"  ...  I 
took  a  knife  along. 

EUREKA  —  On  a  previous  outing,  this  column  asked 
the  searching  question  of  Division  14  Engineer  A.  J. 
Hughes,  "Mr.  Red,  who's  got  them  scissors?"  That  all 
referred  to  the  fact  that  Mr.  Hughes  had  carried  the 
scissors  used  to  cut  the  ribbon  for  the  dedication  of  the 
1-26  Hendersonville  Bypass  and  was  jokingly  accused  of 
trying  to  add  them  to  his  personal  archives.  I  needled  him 
about  while  he  was  in  Raleigh  to  get  that  40-year  award, 
he  pulled  up  short,  snapped  his  fingers,  and  said,  "I'm 
glad  you  said  that  Keith.  I've  got  to  stop  by  the  equip- 
ment depot  and  pick  up  five  pairs  of  engraved  scissors  I 
left  down  there".  Well,  I'm  good  for  something. 

FISH  TALE  —  Big  Vernon  Branch  back  in  the  Re- 
production Dept.  in  Raleigh  was  the  butt  of  a  joke  the 
fellows  were  telling  around  here  the  other  day.  Seems 
Branch,  who  towers  to  well  over  six  feet  and  weighs  ac- 
cordingly, fishes  a  good  deal  off  the  ocean  piers.  Way  the 
story  goes  some  of  his  friends  saw  him  at  the  pier  fish- 
ing through  a  knothole  not  an  inch  and  a  half  across. 
Smiling,  the  friend  said,  "Vernon,  you  can't  pull  a 
fish  up  through  that  knothole".  Old  Vernon  just  grinned 
and  said,  "Yeah,  but  he  can't  pull  me  down  through  it 
cither".  It  appears  whales  must  be  his  usual  fare. 

LONG  LIST  —  I  heard  right  much  comment  lately 
about  what  a  long  list  of  honorees  there  was  at  the  last 


service  award  ceremony  here  in  June.  Thirty-eight  40- 
year  and  13  45-years.  That  kind  of  long  association  speaks 
well  for  both  the  organization  and  the  individual  em- 
ployees. 

POW  WOW  —  Word  gets  back  to  this  camp  that  only  a 
last  minute  pow  wow  with  leaders  of  the  Cherokee  Na- 
tion saved  Chairman  Hunt,  Administrator  Babcock  and 
Secondary  Roads  Man  George  Willoughby  from  being 
scalped  at  Waynesville.  It's  a  good  thing  Commissioner 
Russ  speaks  their  language  when  it  comes  to  roads. 

WHAT?  —  Some  of  the  King  Kong  Koffee  Klatch, 
made  up  of  highway  employees  working  mainly  on  the 
second  floor,  give  me  the  word  that  Phil  Hefner  drove 
all  the  way  to  Maiden  a  weekend  or  two  ago  just  to 
get  a  chocolate  shake  at  "Slick's".  Fascinating  the  way 
they  hand  them  out  that  little  window,  ain't  it,  Phil? 

LETTERS  —  Remember  how  old  Perry  Como  used  to 
sing,  "We  get  letters,  lots  and  lots  of  letters  .  .  .  ?  I'm 
sure  we  all  do,  but  none  of  them  are  much  rarer  than  the 
one  the  ever-interesting  Alyce  Cunningham  included  in 
her  Division  14  news  last  issue.  I  laughed  'til  I  cried, 
literally. 

CAST  OFFS  —  If  any  of  you  folks  have  any  old  stale 
—  even  slightly  off  color  —  jokes,  send  them  to  Mr.  Poe 
Cox,  Location  Dept.,  State  Highway  Commisison,  Ra- 
leigh. Cox  was  recently  named  editor  of  the  JAYCRIER 
for  the  Garner  JayCees  and  needs  all  the  help  he  can  get. 


20 


Highway  Progress  Feb.  thru  July 

The  period  between  February  and  June  has  been  an 
extremely  busy  time  for  the  North  Carolina  State  High- 
way Commission  with  the  State's  greatest  program  of 
road  building  and  improvement  swinging  into  high  gear. 

Looking  back  over  the  first  half  of  the  calendar  year, 
I  have  picked  out  some  figures  and  data  which  I  felt 
would  be  of  interest  to  you,  and  which  would  provide 
the  basis  for  a  numbe  rof  stories  and  features  over  the  next 
several  weeks. 

First,  let  me  give  you  a  general  picture  of  some  of  the 
Commission's  activities  during  the  past  six  months. 

A  total  of  174  contracts  were  awarded,  having  a  cash 
value  of  $47,931,666  and  involving  1,625  miles  of  road 
construction  and  other  improvements. 

Of  this  overall  total,  two  contracts  were  awarded  on 
the  Interstate  System  with  a  cash  value  of  $5,102,457. 
These  call  for  the  grading  and  construction  of  two  of 
three  links  of  1-40  between  Winston-Salem  and  States- 
ville  across  Davie  County.  The  sections  total  more  than 
17  miles.  The  third  section  of  some  10.4  miles  to  tie  into 
the  completed  Statesville  Bypass  will  be  let  to  contract 
on  July  25th  and  reviewed  for  award  by  the  full  Highway 
Commission  on  August  4th,  1967. 

On  the  Appalachian  Highway  System,  three  contracts 
totaling  $4,800,000  were  awarded.  They  involve  construc- 
tion along  US  19-23  from  Lake  Junaluska  to  Clyde  and 
from  Hazelwood  to  Balsam  Gap.  (The  Waynesville  By- 
pass), and  the  construction  of  the  west  approaches  to  the 
new  Smoky  Mountain  Bridge  over  the  French  Broad  at 
Asheville. 

In  addition  to  these  projects,  there  were  other  impor- 
tant contracts  awarded  across  the  State: 

The  relocation  of  US  421  at  Wilkesboro,  the  Wilkes- 
boro  Bypass,  11.5  miles.  A  Federal-aid  project. 
The  construction  of  two  additional  lanes  in  the  four- 
laning  of  the  US  70  Bypass  at  Kinston,  2.5  miles.  A 
bond  project. 

Construction  of  West  Boulevard  from  Airport  Drive  to 
near  Cliffwood  Drive  in  Charlotte,  3.6  miles.  A  bond 
project. 

Widening  and  resurfacing  of  two  sections  of  NC  12 
on  the  Outer  Banks,  one  section  just  south  of  the 
Herbert  Bonner  Bridge  at  Oregon  Inlet,  the  other 
just  north  of  Buxton,  3.5  miles.  A  bond  project. 
The  construction  of  a  segment  of  the  Durham  Express- 
way in  the  City  of  Durham  between  Alston  Avenue 
and  Chapel  Hill  Street,  2.3  miles.  A  Federal  aid  pro- 
ject. 

The  widening  and  resurfacing  of  the  east-bound  lane 
of  US  70  between  Bethesda  in  Durham  County  and 
Duraleigh  Road  in  Wake  County,  8.8  miles.  A  bond 
project. 

Construction  of  the  lift-span  bridge  across  the  Cape 
Fear  at  Wilmington.  A  Federal-aid  project. 
Construction  of  the  superstructure  and  approaches 
along  Secondary  Roads  1300  and  1508  in  Washington 
and  Bertie  Counties.  A  Federal-aid  project. 
These  eight  projects  are  indicative  of  the  large  amount 
and  wide  range  of  highway  construction  let  to  contract 
during  the  first  half  of  the  year,  construction  supported 
by  both  bond  funds  and  regular  State-Federal  matching 
funds. 

The  following  tables  show  some  of  the  activities  of  the 


Highway  Commission  during  the  period  February  1 
through  June  30,  1967: 

Status  of  Interstate  Mileage  in  North  Carolina 
as  of  June  30,  1967 


Miles  open  to  traffic    385.9 

(does  not  include  routes  presently  in  use 
as  temporary  Interstate) 
Miles   presently  under  contract    133.2 


Miles  in  Right-of-Way  acquisition  and/or  design  stage    251.0 

Total  Interstate  miles  allotted  to  North  Carolina    770.1 

ULTIMATE  COST  OF  AUTHORIZED 
BOND  PROJECTS 
as  of  JUNE,  1967 


PRIMARY  SECONDARY  URBAN 

Division    1                           $  11.5C0.000  $  2,252,000  $  1,838,000 

Division    2                                  9,600,000  3.750,000  3,425.000 

Division    3                                 10,700,000  3.600.000  3,255,000 

Division    4                               13,324,000  2,013,000  6,125.000 

Division    5                               10,192,0:0  2,802.000  4,636,000 

Division    6                                 14,373,600  3.950,000  2,043,000 

Division    7                                9,721,(00  3,410,000  9,506,000 

Division    8                                  9,900,000  4,752.000  2,009,000 

Division    9                                  8,377,1(0  3,160,000  5,202,000 

Division  10                                  8,095,700  2,751,000  9,494.000 

Division  11                               10,251,600  6,515,000  1,743.000 

Division  12                                  8,506,200  2,670,000  5,425,000 

Division  13                                 10,161,200  4,952.000  2,941,000 

Division  14                                  9,456,300  5,425,000  1,322,000 

$144,158,900  $52,002,C00  $58,964,000 

THOROUGHFARE  PLANS  FEBRUARY-JUNE,  1967 

THOROUGHFARE  PLANS  PLANS 

ADOPTED  REVISED 

1.  Cullowhee                                    1.  Greenville 

2.  Leaksville-Spray                          2.  Madison-Mayodan 

3.  Hendersonville                             3.  New  Bern-Bridgeton 

4.  Taylorsville                                 4.  Sanford 

5.  Robbins 


REVISIONS  TO  PLANS 
PREVIOUSLY  ADOPTED 

1.  Greensboro 

2.  Zebulon 
AGREEMENTS  ON  CITY-STATE  SYSTEM 

RESPONSIBILITIES  FOR  THOROUGHFARES 
INCLUDED  IN  ADOPTED  PLANS 

1.  New  Bern 

2.  Bridgeton 

3.  Oxford 

4.  Roseboro 

5.  Southern  Pines 

6.  Spruce  Pine 

7.  Stantonsburg 

8.  Tarboro  (revised) 

9.  Sanford 

Thoroughfare  Plans  mutually  adopted  by  the  Highway  Commission 
and  the  municipalities  totaled  87  as  of  June  30  1967,  and  involved 
some  104  separate  communities.   (There  are  several  multi-city  plans.) 

CONTRACT  AWARDS  BY 
THE  STATE  HIGHWAY  COMMISSION 


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Total 
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Value 

February 

33 

$12,694,800 

289.332 

$2,668,192 

March 

32 

5,081.136 

195.197 

2,434,265 

April 

33 

7,887,045 

330.040 

0 

May 

33 

10,929,920 

472.387 

0 

June 

43 

11,338,765 

338.055 

0 

174 

$47,931,666 

1,625.011 

$5,102,457 

A  breakdown  of  the  completed  mileage  on  each  of  the  State's  five 
Interstate  Corridors  is  available  now  on  the  Highway  Commission's 
Interstate  Status  Map  as  of  February.  1967.  A  new  map  showing  pro- 
gress to  July,  1967  is  now  being  prepared. 

SECONDARY  ROAD  ACTIVITY 
FEBRUARY-JUNE,  1967 

PROGRAMMED  FOR 

IMPROVEMENT  ULTIMATE  COST 

75.8  Miles    $  866,604.00 

PROGRAMMED  FOR  PAVING 

121.4  Miles    $2,247,830.00 

MILES  ADDED  TO  STATE  SYSTEM 

142.2 

APPALACHIAN  DEVELOPMENTAL 
HIGHWAY  SYSTEM  PROGRESS 
FEBRUARY-JUNE,  1967 


CONTRACTS  VALUE 

Lake  Junaluska  to  Clyde-US  19-23    $2,100,000 

Hazelwood  to  Balsam  Gap    875,000 

West  approach  to  New  Smoky  Mountain 

Bridge,  French  Broad.  Asheville   _   1,825,000 

Total  Mileage  Involved  —  6.6  miles 


During  the  period  February  to  June,  the  9.1  mile  Waynesville  By- 
pass between  Lake  Junaluska  to  Hazelwood  was  opened  to  traffic, 
and  right-of-way  authorization  was  approved  for  the  18-mile  section 
between  Murphy  and  the  Tennessee  State  Line. 


The  Interstate  System 


The  11.000  mile  National  System 
of  Interstate  and  Defense  Highways 
was  authorized  by  Congress  in  1956 
following  a  series  of  studies  and  de- 
bates stretching  back  to  late  1930's. 

The  system  was  to  be  developed  t;> 
connect  the  nation's  major  cit  es  and 
to  provide  for  the  free  flow  of  com- 
merce, to  cut  travel  time  between 
cities  and  to  reduce  traffic  conges- 
tion, to  improve  highway  safety  and 
to  strengthen  the  national  defense 
capabilities.  It  is  the  biggest  road- 
building  program  the  world  has  ever 
known. 

North  Carolina  is  no  "johnny- 
come-lately"  to  the  interstate  high- 
way construction  scene,  having  done 
the  corridor  locations  for  its  five 
routes  as  early  as  1947,  and  having 
expended  some  $60,000,000  on  con- 
struction of  the  system  before  Con- 
gress made  90  per  cent  Federal  fi- 
nancing available  in  1956. 

Neither  is  North  Carolina  giving 
up  its  traditional  role  as  a  national 
leader  in  interstate  highway  construc- 
tion today.  Since  funds  were  first 
made  available  from  the  Highway 
Trust  Fund,  the  State  has  spent  more 
than  $174,000,000  on  the  Interstate 
System,  exclusive  of  right-of-way 
and  other  engineering  costs.  In  addi- 
tion, the  State  has  completed  approxi- 
mately half  the  Interstate  mileage 
allocated  to  it. 

The  Interstate  System  in  North 
Carolina  breaks  down  into  five 
routes:  Interstate  26,  Interstate  40, 
Interstate  77,  Interstate  85,  and  In- 
terstate 95    total  allocated  mile- 
age is  770. 

Interstate  85  is  the  "long  route" 
on  the  North  Carolina  System,  com- 
prising almost  a  third  of  the  total  al- 
located mileage.  The  route  begins  in 
Virginia  and  ends  at  Interstate  65 
in  Alabama  and  traverses  North 
Carolina  for  some  233  miles,  enter- 
ing just  north  of  Henderson  and  leav- 
ing just  south  of  Kings  Mountain. 
This  route  serves  the  major  cities  of 
the  so-called  "Piedmont  Crescent", 
including  Henderson,  Durham, 
Greensboro.  High  Point,  Lexington. 
Charlotte  and  Burlington. 

Only  slightly  shorter  than  1-85  is 
1-40,  which  rises  at  Interstate  85  in 
Greensboro,  serves  Winston-Salem  as 
the  State's  only  urban  Interstate 
section,  winds  its  way  west  to  Ashe- 
ville,  then  up  the  rugged  Pigeon 
River    Gorge    of    Haywood  County. 


and  exits  into  Tennessee.  When  fi- 
nally completed  the  route  will 
stretch  all  the  way  to  Barstow,  Cali- 
fornia, with  219  miles  of  it  in  North 
Carolina. 

The  third  longest  of  the  Interstate 
routes  in  North  Carolina  is  Inter- 
state 95.  This  is  the  Eastern  North 
Caro'ina  Interstate,  running  for  some 
182  miles  along  a  north  to  south  line 
between  Roanoke  Rapids-Weldon, 
where  it  enters  from  Virginia,  to  just 
south  of  Lumberton,  where  it  makes 
its  way  into  South  Carolina. 

There  are  two  so-called  "short  in- 
terstate routes"  in  North  Carolina. 
The  first  of  these  is  1-77,  which  en- 
ters the  state  near  Mt.  Airy  from 
Virginia.  The  route's  northern  ter- 
minus is  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  but  it 
traverses  this  state  for  only  96  miles 
across  Surry,  Yadkin,  Iredell  and 
Mecklenburg  Counties.  The  route 
ends  at  Charlotte. 

The  other  of  the  two  is  1-26.  This 
one  could  be  called  the  "Interstate 
of  the  Carolinas".  It  rises  at  Inter- 
state 40  at  Asheville,  heads  south 
through  the  Saluda  Valley  and  en- 
ters South  Carolina  near  the  Polk 
County  town  of  Columbus,  a  distance 
of  only  slightly  more  than  40  miles. 
The  route  continues  on,  however,  to 
the  South  Carolina  port  city  of  Char- 
leston. 

When  the  Interstate  System  was 
originally  planned,  it  was  anticipated 
that  the  41,000  mile  system  would  be 
completed  by  1972,  but  recent  drains 
on  the  Highway  Trust  Fund,  the  war 
in  Vietnam  and  other  economic  fac- 
tors have  combined  to  change  that 
date. 

Currently  the  huge  system  is 
scheduled  for  completion  in  1975, 
provided  there  are  no  additional  fund- 
ing delays. 

Cost  of  Highways 

"The  best  things  in  life  are  free" 
is  a  fine  sentiment.  However,  in  our 
present  highly  developed,  urbanized 
society  almost  everything  —  like  it  or 
not  —  costs  money.  Look  around  you 
and  think  about  your  daily  life. 
What  is  free? 

"Ah-hah,"  you  may  say  —  "the  air 
is  free  to  breathe.  Nature  is  free, 
and  anybody  can  take  a  ride  in  the 
country  free." 

But  let's  look  at  these  things  more 
closely.  It  doesn't  cost  anything  to 


breathe  air,  but  cities  are  at  this 
moment  having  to  perform  costly  re- 
search to  develop  costly  control  de- 
vices for  preventing  air  pollution  and 
purifying  air.  You  don't  put  money 
in  an  inhalation  meter  with  every 
breath  you  take,  but  tax  money  is 
being  spent  for  research  and  control 
of  our  precious  air. 

What  about  nature  —  is  it  free? 
The  nature  that  people  in  urban  areas 
have  readily  available  to  them  is 
confined  to  parks  and  playgrounds. 
These  may  be  free  to  romping  chil- 
dren and  strolling  teenage  couples, 
but  they  are  not  free  to  the  tax- 
payer. Large  sums  of  tax  revenu? 
are  spent  every  year  establishing  and 
maintaining  parks  and  playgrounds. 
If  your  family  is  lucky  enough  to  live 
next  to  acres  of  open  fields,  ideal  for 
running  games  and  kite  flying,  you 
are  among  the  favored  few.  With  the 
rapidly  increasing  urbanization  of 
our  nation,  the  neighboring  sand  lot 
or  vacant  field  is  sure  to  become  al- 
most a  phenomenon.  For  large  mass- 
es of  our  present  population  the 
great  out-of-doors  is  only  accessible 
via  an  auto  trip  some  distance  out- 
side the  city.  Here  the  cost  is  invest- 
ment in  an  automobile. 

Which  brings  us  to  our  next  item 
—  a  free  ride  in  the  country.  What 
does  a  "free"  ride  really  require.  Ba- 
sically, it  requires  two  items.  One  is 
investment  in  an  automobile,  which  I 
just  mentioned.  But  that  is  putting 
the  cart  before  the  horse.  The  chief 
item  is  roads;  an  investment  must  be 
made  in  building  and  maintaining 
roads  so  that  taking  a  pleasure  drive 
is  possible. 

Roads  are  necessary,  however, 
whether  going  for  a  pleasure  drive, 
to  work  or  on  a  business  trip.  Roads 
are  of  considerable  importance  to  our 
American  way  of  life.  Both  in  terms 
of  the  freedom  of  movement  which 
mobile  America  enjoys  and  of  eco- 
nomic prosperity,  modern  highways 
play  a  vital  part.  When  we  speak  of 
transportation,  we  are  speaking  to  a 
massive  degree  about  highways.  As 
most  everything  else  of  consequence 
in  our  lives,  highways  cost  money. 

Our  estimated  national  transporta- 
tion bill  in  1965  was  a  little  over  $140 
billion.  Highway  passenger  and 
freight  transport  accounted  for  about 
$115  billion,  or  82  percent  of  the  total. 
Private    automobiles    accounted  for 


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more  than  88  percent  of  the  1965 
passenger  dollar.  Seventy-three  per- 
cent of  the  freight  dollar  was  spent  on 
highway  transport.  Highways  now 
account  for  92  percent  of  intercity 
travel. 

In  the  past  ten  years  the  United 
States  has  spent  more  than  $114  bil- 
lion on  roads  and  streets.  $150  bil- 
lion is  expected  to  be  spent  for  high- 
ways in  the  next  ten  years.  Thus 
highway  expenditure  will  probably 
top  a  quarter  of  a  trillion  dollars  in 
a  20-year  period. 

A  program  of  this  magnitude 
should  and  does  stir  interest  and  con- 
troversy. 

People  frequently  asks  what  it 
costs,  on  the  average,  to  build,  main- 
tain and  operate  a  mile  of  road.  On 
the  surface  of  the  matter,  this  seems 
to  be  a  simple  and  reasonable  ques- 
tion, but  there  is  no  easy  answer.  It 
is  a  case  where  averages  are  almost 
meaningless. 

Many  road  construction  projects 
are  actually  projects  of  reconstruc- 
tion; that  is,  the  modernization  and 
renewal  of  roads  that  already  exist. 
In  such  cases,  there  may  be  no  new 
investment  in  land  for  right-of-way, 
or,  if  the  road  is  to  be  widened,  it 
may  be  necessary  to  acquire  addi- 
tional land.  Depending  on  the  cir- 
cumstances, this  land  may  be  quite 
cheap  or  very  expensive.  In  the  case 
of  an  urban  highway  built  on  new 
right-of-way,  the  cost  of  the  land  may 
be  the  largest  item  of  expense. 

Then  there  is  the  question  of  how 
to  amortize  the  capital  investment 
so  as  to  be  able  to  calculate  the  cost 
of  the  highway  on  an  annual  basis. 
The  various  elements  of  the  highway 
have  different  life  spans.  The  excava- 
tion, grading  and  compaction  of  the 
right-of-way  constitutes  a  more-or- 
less  permanent  part  of  the  highway. 
The  surfacing,  on  the  other  hand,  will 
wear  out. 

In  spite  of  the  obvious  difficulties 
involved  in  arriving  at  a  meaningful 
average,  calculations  of  this  sort 
have  been  made,  with  the  object  of 
finding  out,  as  accurately  as  possible, 
what  it  costs  to  provide  a  mile  of 
service  to  the  individual  motorist. 

It  is  quite  obvious  that  it  costs  a 
great  deal  more  to  build  and  main- 
tain an  expressway  than  it  does  to 
build  and  maintain  a  secondary  road. 
On  the  other  hand,  when  the  cost  is 
divided  among  the  vehicles  using  the 


roads,  the  expressway,  because  of  its 
much  greater  volume  of  traffic,  is 
the  cheapest  investment  on  a  per- 
vehicle  basis. 

Calculations  by  the  Bureau  of  Pub- 
lic Roads,  based  on  the  1964  High- 
way Program,  indicated  that  Inter- 
state System  highways  cost,  per  mile, 
per  year,  an  average  of  $25,467,  while, 
on  the  same  basis,  local  secondary 
roads  cost  only  $2,552  per  mile  per 
year.  When  this  cost  was  divided  by 
the  number  of  vehicles  using  the 
highways,  it  was  found  that  the  Inter- 
state road  cost  four  tenths  of  a  cent, 
per  vehicle  mile,  while  local  secon- 
dary roads  cost  1.38  cents  per  vehicle 
mile.  Other  categories  of  roads  fell 
between  the  two  extremes. 

One  break-down  of  highway  capital 
expenditures  indicated  that  49  per- 
cent of  the  investment  was  in  right- 
of-way  and  grading,  24  percent  for 
bridges  and  other  structures,  and  27 
percent  for  paving  and  shoulders. 

Highway  users  are  the  fount  of 
highway  funds.  State  and  Federal 
highway  funds  are  derived  primarily 
from  motor  fuel  and  vehicle  taxes  and 
other  charges  levied  on  highway 
users.  The  revenue  from  Federal 
highway-user  taxes  which  are  ear- 
marked for  highway  purposes  goes 
into  a  special  Highway  Trust  Fund, 
from  which  is  paid  the  90  percent 
Federal  share  of  Interstate  construc- 
tion and  the  50  percent  Federal  share 
of  construction  costs  on  other  Feder- 
al-aid projects. 

The  unit  costs  of  highway  con- 
struction have  remained  relatively 
stable  since  1960,  but  lately  have 
been  moving  up.  Stability  of  costs 
through  the  years  has  been  made  pos- 
sible largely  through  sustained  in- 
creases in  productivity.  The  highway 
construction  industry  has  largely  es- 
caped the  gradual  creep  in  prices  and 
costs  experienced  during  the  last  de- 
cade by  most  other  sectors  of  the 
economy.  Transportation  Secretary 
Alan  S.  Boyd,  in  a  recent  speech,  at- 
tributed the  relative  stability  in  the 
highway  industry  to  a  combination 
of  improved  techniques,  materials, 
equipment  and  management  tools, 
all  of  which  greatly  increased  produc- 
tivity. There  are  some  indications 
that  the  period  of  relatively  stable 
construction  costs  has  ended  and 
we  are  entering  a  period  in  which 
we  will  not  be  able  to  realize  in- 
creases in  productivity  sufficient  to 
offset  other  rising  cost  factors.  Main- 
tenance costs  have  also  been  increas- 
ing at  an  accelerated  pace. 


The  situation  points  toward  the 
need  for  increased  research.  Research 
has  proved  valuable  in  the  past.  Slip- 
form  paving,  a  method  of  surfacing 
highways  which  was  a  novelty  not 
many  years  ago,  is  now  widely  used 
to  produce  durable  concrete  pave- 
ments at  reduced  costs.  With  rapidly 
rising  excavation  costs,  an  answer 
must  be  found  for  more  efficient  ex- 
cavation methods.  Research  in  new 
excavation  methods  is  being  conduct- 
ed right  now.  In  connection  with  this, 
experimentation  is  going  on  in  the 
use  of  lasers  for  blasting  rocks.  Nu- 
clear gauges  for  faster,  non-destruc- 
tive field  tests  of  soil  compaction  are 
already  in  use,  thanks  to  research. 

The  National  Program  of  Research 
and  Development  for  highway  trans- 
portation, begun  in  1965,  is  responsi- 
ble for  most  of  the  highway  research 
being  conducted.  This  is  a  coopera- 
tive effort  of  the  Bureau  of  Public 
Roads  and  the  State  highway  depart- 
ments, administered  by  the  Highway 
Research  Board,  an  arm  of  the  Na- 
tional Academy  of  Sciences.  Research 
sponsored  by  and  coordinated  with 
the  extensive  research  efforts  of  pri- 
vate industry  aimed  at  producing 
more  efficient  equipment  and  im- 
proving the  characteristics  of  high- 
way materials. 

Research,  however,  will  by  no 
means  alleviate  the  entire  problem 
of  rising  costs,  especially  in  urban 
construction;  and  urban  construction 
accounts  for  the  great  majority  of 
all  highway  construction  that  will  be 
done  in  the  future.  Urban  construc- 
tion involves  many  complications. 
Right-of-way  acquisition  is  a  costly 
and  complicated  element  of  building 
highways. 

The  best  path  is  one  that  will  not 
cut  neighborhoods  in  two  but  will 
follow  along  neighborhood  lines,  will 
often  tunnel  under  an  area  rather 
than  wipe  out  a  lovely  residential  dis- 
trict, will  skirt  historic  and  scenic 
sites  rather  than  cut  through  them  as 
the  crow  would  fly.  No  one  can  dis- 
pute that  this  policy  of  weaving  high- 
ways into  urban  environment  is  de- 
sirable. However,  planning  highways 
in  such  a  manner  usually  involves 
considerable  additional  cost.  At  one 
time  Americans  had  to  make  the 
choice  between  economy  and  ultimate 
desirability  and  they  customarily 
chose  economy.  Today  the  scales  have 
shifted  to  demand  for  a  more  desir- 
able environment.  Increased  cost  of 
providing  transportation  means  is  the 
ultimate  result. 


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Department. 


Headquarters 

liy  Jewel  Adeock 

FINANCE  — 
KAY  SNAKEN- 
BURG  recently 
received  a  lovely 
diamond  ring. 
PERCY  ATKINS 
enjoyed  two  weeks 
attending  summer 
camp  at  Fort 
Jackson,  S.  C. 

Vacations  are 
booming  in  the 
WANDA  GOODWIN 
spent  a  week  visiting  her  parents  in 
Kentucky.  LINDA  EDGERTON 
went  to  Florida  for  a  week's  visit 
with  her  sister.  Myrtle  Beach,  S.  C. 
was  the  scene  of  MARY  ZIMMER- 
MAN'S vacation,  while  JUDY  MOR- 
RIS enjoyed  four  days  at  Topsail 
Island.  MILDRED  TIPPETT  thinks 
fishing  is  a  lot  of  fun  since  landing 
a  25  lb.  dolphin  at  Morehead  City. 
PHIL  YARBROUGH  took  his  fam- 
ily to  Atlantic  Beach  for  a  week. 
Florida  was  the  vacation  site  for 
MARILYN  LONG  and  her  family. 

Touring  the  mountains  of  Western 
North  Carolina  was  a  nice  vacation 
for  SHERRY  McCLUNG.  Atlantic 
Beach  was  a  lot  of  fun  on  a  recent 
weekend  for  MARY  PRICE.  FAYE 
JENNETTE  spent  a  week  in  Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts  visiting  her  broth- 
er and  friends.  SALLY  MOSS  went 
to  Carolina  Beach  for  several  days. 
MARY  JANE  COPPEDGE  toured 
the  mountains  of  Western  North 
Carolina  for  a  week.  BRENDA 
LEWIS  enjoyed  a  few  days  at  At- 
lantic Beach.  ELISE  PARRISH 
spent  a  recent  weekend  with  friends 
and  her  family  at  Carolina  Beach. 

It's  nice  to  have  T.  L.  AMMER- 
SON  back  on  the  job  after  a  recent 


hospitalization.  Best  wishes  to  MARY 
LEONARD  who  resigned  July  14th 
to  take  up  full-time  housekeeping  and 
await  the  arrival  of  the  stork. 


EQUIPMENT  —  Department 
Head  L.  H.  GUNTER  and  wife, 
Ruth,  vacationed  at  Harrisburg. 
Pennsylvania  during  July.  A  high- 
light of  the  trip  was  a  visit  with  Col. 
and  Mrs.  John  W.  Irving  at  Cumber- 
land Depot,  where  Col.  Irving  is  cur- 
rently serving  as  Post  Commander. 


Billie  and  HENRY  LOWERY, 
daughter  Miriam,  and  other  family 
members  vacationed  for  a  recent 
week  at  Ponderosa  Fanrly  Camp 
Grounds  near  Myrtle  Beach.  MARY 
JANE  and  Bob  MacGILLIVRAY 
were  weekend  visitors  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Jim  Newcome  in  Charleston, 
South  Carolina  the  weekend  of  July 
4th.  Other  July  vacationers  were 
PEGGY  and  Bill  SUTTON,  who 
journeyed  to  Washington,  D.  C. 


Welcame  to  summer  employees 
JUDY  KEITH,  VICKI  WADE, 
DONNA  WILLIAMS  and  JEAN  H. 
BRANNAN.  JO  ANNE  BASS  and 
husband,  Robert  Earl,  enjoyed  dining 
at  the  North  Hills  Steak  House  re- 
cently. Robert  Earl  was  honored  as 
"Boss  of  the  Day"  by  Radio  Station 
WRNC  on  July  6th  and  was  the 
lucky  winner  of  tickets  for  two  steak 
dinners.  Another  lucky  winner  re- 
cently was  PEGGY  SUTTON,  who 
received  a  General  Electric  Radio  in 
a.  local  sweepstakes. 


EQUIPMENT  DEPOT  —  Good 
luck  to  A.  E.  JONES  from  the  Truck 
Shop  and  W.  R.  HIGHSMITH  of  the 
Machine  Shop  who  retired  June  30th. 
It's  nice  to  have  GERALD  D.  HILL, 
HENRY  O.  YOUNG  and  Mrs.  GER- 
ALDINE  LACEY  as  new  employees 
at  the  Depot. 

LANDSCAPE  —  Welcome  to 
SANDRA  BYRD.  new  stenographer 
in  the  Department.  Congratulations 
to  the  HENRY  C.  HAMMONDS, 
who  are  the  proud  parents  of  their 
first  child,  a  son,  Henry  C.  Ham- 
mond. Jr.  KAY  DAVIS  enjoyed  a 
week's  vacation  with  her  family  in 
Roanoke  Rapids. 


VETERAN 
ENGINEER  RETIRES 


Clyde  T.  Carmichael,  Chief  Chem- 
ical Testing  Engineer  for  the  Mater- 
ials &  Tests  Division  of  the  State 
Highway  Commission,  retired  June 
30th  with  more  than  45  years  of  con- 
tinuous service  with  the  Commission. 

Mr.  Carmichael  is  the  last  survivor 
of  the  original  Highway  Laboratory 
Staff,  which  was  set  up  in  1921-22  to 
test  the  large  quantities  of  materials 
to  be  used  in  the  extensive  road  and 
bridge-building  program  authorized 
by  the  1921  General  Assembly. 

He  began  work  as  a  laboratory  as- 
sistant in  1922,  became  assist- 
ant chemical  testing  engineer  in 
June,  1925,  and  was  promoted  to 
Chemical  Testing  Engineer  in  Jan- 
uary, 1929.  The  designation  was  later 
changed  to  Chief  Chemical  Testing 
Engineer. 

Mr.  Carmichael  worked  on  several 
ASTM  Technical  Committees  for 
many  years,  and  frequently  contri- 
buted to  committee  work  of  the 
American  Association  of  State  High- 
way Officials.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Sphinx  Club,  Raleigh  Engineers' 
Club,  Milburnie  Fishing  Club,  N.  C. 
Society  of  Engineers  and  William  G. 
Hill  Lodge  218,  AF&AM. 

Before  Mr.  Carmichael's  departure, 
he  was  honored  at  several  parties,  a 
steak  dinner  and  presented  with 
many  nice  gifts. 

Highway  employees  will  greatly 
miss  a  man  of  Mr.  Carmichael's  sta- 
ture. He  was  a  dedicated  and  loyal 
highway  engineer  and  all  his  friends 
wish  for  him  many  happy  years  of 
retirement. 


J6 


Above — Raymond  Crouse  (Design  Engineer) 


LOCATION  —  Now  a  professor  at 
the  University  of  Maryland  is  R.  L. 
P.  CUSTER,  who  recently  resigned 
from  the  Geology  Section.  It's  nice 
to  have  CARLEEN  CAMPBELL  as 
a  new  summer  employee  and  NAN- 
CY ELAINE  ROGERS  as  a  new 
draftsman  in  Property  Survey. 

Recent  vacationists  were  LOUISE 
and  Roy  HIGH,  Atlantic  Beach;  the 
R.  J.  WILSONS,  Cherry  Point;  the 
JOE  CREECHS,  Kure  Beach;  the 
HORACE  JERNIGANS,  Connecti- 
cut; and  the  CARTER  DODSONS, 
Ohio. 

RIGHT  OF  WAY  —  Best  wishes 
to  Mrs.  ALEX  MAGNER,  secretary 
to  Mr.  Webb,  who  resigned  from 
Right  of  Way  August  4th  to  become 
a  mother  and  housewife.  Welcome 
to  Mrs.  DEBBIE  MOONEYHAM, 
who  is  Alex's  replacement.  Employ- 
ees will  also  miss  Mrs.  LOIS  ENNIS. 
W.  D.  MOON'S  secretary,  who  re- 
signed to  become  a  housewife-mother. 
JESSIE  GARDNER  is  Lois'  re- 
placement. 


Chief  Location 
Engineer's  Son 
Boyce  Midgette,  Jr. 


Howard  Boyce  Midgette,  Jr.  is  a 
June  graduate  of  the  North  Carolina 
School  for  the  Deaf  in  Morganton. 
During  his  school  years,  "Butch"  was 
a  Boy  Scout,  an  Explorer,  a  member 
of  the  Goodwin  Literary  Society,  the 
Jr.  NAD,  and  the  Monogram  Club.  He 
participated  in  football,  basketball  and 
track.  Having  had  five  years  of  study 
in  the  graphic  arts  department  at  NC- 
SD,  Butch  plans  to  get  a  job  doing 
printing  or  linotype  operation  next 
fall.  He  is  the  son  of  Chief  Locating 
Engineer  Boyce  Midgette,  Sr. 


Raleigh 
Reservist  Honored 

Raymond  Crouse,  a  design  engineer 
for  the  Highway  Commission,  has 
been  chosen  for  the  United  States 
team  that  will  compete  for  the  Palma 
Trophy  match  and  the  world  long 
range  rifle  championships. 

The  competition  will  be  near  Ot- 
tawa, Canada,  August  10-19,  with 
Canada,  Great  Britain,  South  Africa, 
and  possibly  New  Zealand  providing 
the  competition. 

Crouse,  a  sergeant  in  the  Army  Re- 
serve, fired  599  out  of  a  possible  600 
from  600  yards  last  August  at  Camp 
Perry,  Ohio,  and  holds  the  rating  of 
distinguished  rifleman,  highest  honor 
given  to  any  shooter. 

In  advising  Crouse  of  his  selection, 
James  C.  Whitney,  captain  of  the 
Palma  team,  wrote:  "You  can  well 
be  proud  of  your  ability  as  a  rifle- 
man as  you  are  now  a  member  of 
the  most  select  team  of  long  range 
riflemen  ever  assembled." 

This  is  Crouse's  fourth  year  of 
competitive  shooting,  but  it  will  be 
his  third  year  on  the  All  Army  Re- 
serve team  of  18  that  will  compete 
in  the  national  matches  at  Camp 
Perry. 

He  is  a  graduate  of  New  York 
Military  Academy  and  attended 
State.  He  is  the  training  NCO  and 
survey  section  chief  for  Hq.  &  Hq. 
Btry.  4th  Bn.  17th  Arty,  of  the  Army 
Reserve  here.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Sir  Walter  Gun  Club  and  the  Na- 
tional Rifle  Association. 


BRENDA  PRICE  left  the  Depart- 
ment in  a  whirlwind,  taking  a  week's 
vacation  in  Nassau,  and  then  return- 
ing to  her  new  job  in  Traffic  Engi- 
neering. Mrs.  SARA  WATTS  re- 
places Brenda.  Congratulations  to  the 
BUDDY  CAGLES  who  became  the 
proud  parents  of  a  son  April  23rd; 
and  to  the  BEN  BROWNS  upon  the 
arrival  of  their  little  son,  June  28th. 
Back  from  a  six-months  stay  in  the 
Army  are  FRED  BARKLEY  and 
ALVIE  PATTERSON.  Co-workers 
are  glad  to  see  LUCILLE  JONES 
back  at  work  after  a  recent  hospital- 
ization. 

W.  H.  WEBB,  JR.,  M.  E.  WHITE 
and  JOHN  HOLMES  attended  the 
American  Right  of  Way  Association 
Seminar  in  Boston,  Mass.  during  the 
week  of  May  21-26th.  Congratulations 
to  JOE  McSWAIN  who  was  married 
to  Burgess  Murphy  July  10th  in 
Chapel  Hill.  New  faces  in  the  De- 
partment are  BECKY  JONES.  RI- 
CHARD B.  CONELY,  BOB  COON 
and  HAROLD  BYNUM. 

Vacationists  abound  in  Right  of 
Way!  JOHN  HOLMES  took  his 
family  to  Kure  Beach  for  a  week. 
PAT  BRYANT  and  children  vaca- 
tioned at  Buckroe  Beach  in  Virginia. 
W.  D.  MOON  and  family  went  to 
Nags  Head  and  Williamsburg,  Vir- 
ginia. JUDY  BISHOP  and  family 
spent  a  nice  week  vacationing  at  Ja- 
neiro on  the  Neuse  River.  WAR- 
NER POWELL  took  a  week  off, 
stayed  home  and  reports  are  he 
probably  spent  most  of  the  week  on 
the  golf  course.  Virginia  Beach  was 


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a  lot  of  fun  for  PAT  WILKIE  and 
BETTY  RADFORD  the  first  week 
in  August.  W.  J.  MURRAY  and  fam- 
ily went  on  a  'fishing  expedition  to 
Kure  Beach  and  found  out  that  was 
the  week  the  fish  weren't  biting. 

KATHERINE  FORREST  and 
family  spent  a  relaxing  week  at  the 
beach  on  Pamlico  River.  EVELYN 
PARTIN  and  her  family  toured 
Tennessee,  South  Carolina  and  Geor- 
gia. LIB  TALTON  enjoyed  a  nice 
week  at  Carolina  Beach.  The  JOHN 
HONBARRIERS  had  a  nice  long 
visit  in  Dobson  with  his  in-laws.  The 
BRANTLEY  MURRAYS  went  to 
Kure  Beach,  fishing,  of  course.  BOB 
McCOY  and  family  spent  a  week  at 
Kure  Beach.  CHARLES  TIMBER- 
LAKE  took  his  family  to  New  York 
and  also  toured  the  New  England 
states.  Holden's  Beach  was  the  scene 
of  ELEANOR  TAYLOR  and  family's 
vacation.  Members  of  Right  of  Way 
and  their  families  had  a  nice  cook- 
out  at  Pullen  Park  in  June.  Reports 
are  the  hot  dogs  were  just  great.  For 
the  employees  who  couldn't  afford  to 
go  out  of  town  July  4th,  a  swinging 
party  was  held  at  BETTY  RAD- 
FORD'S place.  Everybody  is  still 
raving  about  how  great  it  was! 

ROADWAY  DESIGN  —  Our 
deepest  sympathy  to  RONALD  DA- 
VIS in  the  recent  death  of  his 
brother,  and  to  BOB  BROWN  whose 
father  passed  away  July  25th. 

Roadway  welcomes  the  following 
new  employees:  TERESA  D.  COLE- 
MAN, EZRA  H.  RASNAKE,  MARY 
JANE  EGBERT,  WILBUR  BERN- 
SHOUSE,  CARL  RAY  BANKS, 
KENNETH  FUNDERBURK,  AR- 
THUR CLYDE  BRANNAN,  III, 
PHILLIP  LESNIAK,  ARCHIE  F. 
CARTER,  RONALD  DAVENPORT, 
WILTON  R.  DRAKE,  JR.,  DAVID 
G.  HALL,  WILLIAM  H.  LEAVELL, 
BRUCE  R.  PARK,  HENRY  B. 
SHORE,  MARTHA  H.  U  S  R  Y, 
JUDY  KAYE  YOUNGBLOOD  and 
GARY  F.  JESSUP. 

Congratulations  to  the  DAN  Me- 
PHERSONS  on  the  birth  of  their 
first  child,  a  girl,  Christine  Marie, 
who  arrived  in  June,  and  to  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  RAMEY  F.  KEMP  on  the 
birth  of  a  boy,  Michael  Lyle,  born  in 
May. 

Recent  vacationists  in  the  Depart- 
ment were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  MANUEL 
RODRIGUEZ,  three  weeks  in  Miami, 
Florida  visiting  relatives  and  friends; 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  SAM  BROWN,  a  fly- 
ing trip  to  Washington,  D.  C.  to 
spend  a  week  with  their  two  sons; 
the    CHARLES    BARNDT  family. 


two  weeks  in  Chicago  visiting  rela- 
tives and  attending  his  younger 
brother's  wedding;  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
GERALD  SMITHERMAN,  two 
weeks  with  relatives  in  Jemison,  Ala- 
bama; Mr.  and  Mrs.  HAROLD 
PLUMMER,  several  days  in  Ohio; 
Mi.  and  Mrs.  BILLY  VEAZEY  and 
family,  several  days  in  Clanton  and 
Montgomery,  Alabama;  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
TONY  HAMERKA,  a  week  in  Tus- 
caloosa, Alabama  and  the  FRANK 
PACES,  a  week  in  South  Carolina. 

ALLEN  ATKINS  spent  two  weeks 
at  summer  camp  at  Sandia  Base, 
New  Mexico,  attending  the  Army  Re- 
serve Officers  Career  Course.  Friends 
are  wondering  if  that  new  sparkling 
diamond  is  the  reason  SARAH 
BROWN  has  suddenly  become  left- 
handed. 

BRIDGE  —  New  permanent  em- 
ployees in  the  drafting  room  are 
JANE  McCOTTER,  SUE  ROYAL 
and  JUDY  BLEVINS.  Jane,  whose 
husband  is  a  student  at  State  Uni- 
versity, is  from  Elizabeth  City.  Sue 
lives  with  her  parents  in  Benson  and 
commutes  each  day.  July  lives  in 
Fuquay-Varina  and  also  commutes 
daily.  Her  husband,  Roger,  is  an  em- 
ployee for  the  City  of  Raleigh.  It's 
nice  to  have  JERRY  TWIGGS  in 
the  drafting  room  as  a  new  trainee. 

C.  B.  PATTON,  JR.  transferred 
August  5th  from  Bridge  Design  t3 
replace  MAX  COLLINS,  JR.  as 
Area  Bridge  Construction  Engineer 
in  Divisions  One  and  Four.  Collins 
transferred  to  Bridge  Maintenance 
where  he  will  replace  K.  R.  SCOTT, 
Assistant  State  Bridge  Maintenance 
Engineer,  who  retires  September  1st. 
GERALD  WHITE  assumed  Patton's 
position  in  the  drafting  room  as  squad 
leader. 

The  BILL  ROGERS  family 
spent  a  restful  vacation  in  the  moun- 
tains at  Whittier.  CHARLIE  KING 
and  his  family  also  vacationed  in  the 
mountains.  While  visiting  at  Boone, 
they  enjoyed  the  ever  popular  sur- 
rounding attractions:  Horn  in  the 
West,  Tweetsie  Railroad,  Grand- 
father's Mt.,  and  the  swinging  bridge. 
After  leaving  Boone,  they  toured  the 
Parkway,  visiting  Blowing  Rock  and 
Linville  Falls.  KEN  CREECH  re- 
ports his  little  daughter,  Mary  Yvon- 
ne, was  so  impressed  with  "Tweet- 
sie" that  she  is  still  playing  "Indians" 
and  the  novelty  railroad  is  her  favor- 
ite topic  of  conversation. 

The  GERALD  WHITES  and  the 
JOHN  SMITHS  had  fun  at  the 
races  in  Daytona  Beach,  Florida.  AN- 
NIE RUTH  and  Howard  SUGG  met 


Meet  Pfc.  Buddy  Brownd,  son  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  E.  Brownd  of  Ra- 
leigh, who  is  stationed  in  Germany 
with  the  U.  S.  Infantry.  Buddy  receiv- 
ed his  eight-weeks  basic  training  at 
Fort  Bragg.  His  father  is  Mechanic 
Foreman  in  the  Engine  Rebuilding 
Department  of  the  Equipment  Depot. 

with  ten  other  couples  for  a  recent 
weekend  of  fun  at  the  St.  John's  Inn, 
Myrtle  Beach.  All  members  of  a 
dance  club,  the  trip  was  their  "first" 
together.  Since  it  was  such  a  suc- 
cess, the  group  is  busy  planning  a 
"next". 

J.  L.  NORRIS  and  wife.  Jessie 
Ruth,  spent  several  days  at  Pawley's 
Island  visiting  friends.  They  reported 
a  wonderful  time  and  delicious  food. 

GEORGE  HOLDSWORTH  and 
his  wife,  accompanied  by  his  wife's 
family,  drove  up  to  Expo  '67  in  Ca- 
nada. On  the  way,  they  camped  at 
Lake  Welch,  New  York,  a  state  park 
about  40  miles  north  of  New  York 
City.  They  spent  two  days  at  Expo 
'67  and  saw  about  one-third  of  it, 
enjoying  the  theme  pavilions  most  of 
all.  These  pavilions  portrayed  and 
demonstrated  the  overall  theme  of 
Expo  '67,  "Man  and  His  World." 


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RETIRED  BRIDGE 
ENGINEER  DIES 


The  Late  W.  S.  Wilson 


The  many  friends  and  associates 
of  Mr.  W.  S.  Winslow  were  saddened 
by  his  untimely  death  on  June  24, 
1967.  He  had  retired  as  Assistant 
Chief  Engineer-Bridges  in  July  1963. 

Mr.  Winslow  was  born  in  Waldo- 
boro,  Maine,  on  May  31,  1898.  He 
was  educated  in  the  Waldoboro  pub- 
lic schools  and  the  University  of 
Maine,  where  he  graduated  with 
honors  in  1919  with  a  B.S.  degree  in 
Civil  Engineering. 

A  World  War  I  veteran,  Mr.  Win- 
slow  was  a  member  of  the  Raleigh 
Engineers  Club,  the  North  Carolina 
Highway  Research  Board  and  TAU 
BETA  PI,  the  national  honorary  en- 
gineering club. 

Mr.  Winslow  came  to  the  North 
Carolina  State  Highway  Commission 
in  April  1923.  In  September  1924  he 
became  the  State's  first  Hydrographic 
Engineer,  a  position  he  held  until 
appointed  to  the  Assistant  Chief  posi- 
tion in  November,  1960. 

Mr.  Winslow's  untiring  devotion  to 
his  work  has  left  many  footprints 
in  the  sands  of  time  of  North  Caro- 
lina's Highway  Network.  He  will 
be  long  remembered  and  always  ad- 
mired. 

He  is  survived  by  his  wife,  Mrs. 
Edith  R.  Winslow,  two  daughters, 
Mrs.  Edith  Bourne;  Mrs.  Ann  Brock 
and  one  son,  Dr.  Paul  Winslow,  and 
four  grandchildren. 


Welcome  back  to  ROLAND  NOB- 
LIN,  Area  Bridge  Construction  En- 
gineer, who  was  out  for  several  weeks 
with  a  broken  arm  and  shoulder,  re- 
sulting from  a  fall.  Roland  cautions 
everyone  to  beware  of  low-strung 
property  line  markers  that  some- 
times go  unnoticed. 

Star  catcher  WORTH  BAILEY  of 
the  Bayleaf  Community  Softball 
Team  says  he  really  enjoys  the  week- 
ly game  on  Saturday,  but  there  is  a 
rumor  going  around  that  it  takes 
him  all  week  to  get  over  the  Satur- 
day game  to  get  in  condition  for  the 
next,  and  Monday  is  especially  bad. 
Fellow  employees  wonder  how  BUD- 
DY WIGGINS  likes  flying  since  he 
acquired  a  new  Thunderbird. 

BRIDGE  MAINTENANCE  — 
Congratulations  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
BILL  FREEMAN  on  the  birth  of 
their  little  daughter,  Bethany  Jo, 
June  27th.  Mrs.  Freeman  is  an  em- 
ployee in  Bridge  Maintenance.  The 
RONNIE  JOHNSONS  report  a  won- 
derful weeks'  vacation  in  Gatlinburg, 
Tennessee. 

MAINTENANCE  —  Our  heart- 
felt sympathy  to  Department  Head 
GEORGE  BRINKLEY,  whose  fath- 
er, John  Gilbert  Brinkley,  passed 
away  in  Wilmington  July  17th.  Fun- 
eral services  were  held  at  the  Ma- 
sonboro  Baptist  Church  in  Wilming- 
ton July  19th,  and  several  Highway 
employees  attended. 

Welcome  to  J.  I.  LYNCH,  JR., 
former  District  Engineer  at  Golds- 
boro,  who  recently  transferred  to 
Maintenance  as  Area  Maintenance 
Engineer  for  Divisions  1,  2,  3,  4  and 
6.  Lynch  replaces  DON  OVERMAN, 
now  Assistant  Division  Engineer  at 
Wilson. 

Good  luck  to  RAYMOND  CATH- 
EY,  personable  staff  engineer  in 
State  Maintenance  Engineer's  Office, 
who  resigned  to  accept  a  position 
with  Henningson,  Durham  &  Ri- 
chardson, Consulting  Engineers  in 
Charlotte. 

Department  Head  G.  BRINKLEY 
attended  the  Highway  Research 
Board  Maintenance  Personnel  Com- 
mittee Meeting  in  San  Francisco, 
California  August  17-21st.  Mr.  Brink- 
ley  is  Chairman  of  the  Highway  Re- 
search Board's  M-3  Maintenance 
Personnel  Committee. 

PURCHASING  —  New  York  City 
was  an  exciting  trip  for  BETTY 
PEARCE  recently  where  she  saw  the 
play,  "Hello  Dolly",  and  enjoyed 
sightseeing. 


Charming  little  Jenny  Elizabeth 
Cato  is  contemplating  blowing  the 
candle  out  on  her  very  first  birthday 
cake,  while  mother  Sandy  watches. 
Jenny  Elizabeth's  daddy,  Chuck,  is  in 
the  Bridge  Drafting  Department. 

SUE  DAVIS  reports  a  wonderful 
time  visiting  her  sister  in  Philadep- 
phia,  Pa.  RAOUL  MAYNARD  took 
his  family  to  the  Blue  Ridge  Moun- 
tains on  a  recent  vacation.  Raoul 
reports  a  grand  time,  especially  view- 
ing the  "Go  Go"  girls  at  "Tweetsie". 

PERSONNEL  —  Several  employ- 
ees of  the  Personnel  Department 
have  enjoyed  vacations  during  the 
past  two  months.  CAROLYN  WAL- 
LACE had  a  wonderful  time  in  Wil- 
kes Barre,  Pennsylvania  and  Ocean 
Grove,  New  Jersey,  where  she  visited 
with  friends  for  a  week.  JOYCE 
CLARK  saw  red  spots  on  her  vaca- 
tion. It  seems  that  her  children  de- 
cided this  was  the  time  for  the  meas- 
les. CLOYCE  ALFORD  and  his  fam- 
ily journeyed  down  to  Crescent  Beach 
S.  C.  for  the  week  of  July  23-30th. 
Cloyce  returned  sporting  a  nice  sun- 
tan  and  reports  everyone  had  a  ball. 
While  in  the  area,  they  visited  Myr- 
tle Beach  and  Brookgreen  Gardens. 
Cloyce,  to  the  delight  of  the  people 
on  the  beach,  wore  his  topless  bath- 
ing suit  every  day. 

TED  AUSTIN,  traveled  to  Cherry 
Grove  Beach  for  a  nice  week's  vaca- 
tion and  relaxation  necessary  to  re- 
cover from  battle  fatigue,  resulting 
from  two-weeks  active  duty  in  Co- 
lumbus, Indiana  with  the  National 
Guard. 

Several  members  of  Personnel  at- 
tended the  Unit  Association  meetings 
held  in  various  parts  of  the  State. 
The  purpose  of  these  meetings  is  to 
present  the  thirty-five  year,  forty 
year  and  retirement  awards. 


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Double  vision?  No,  but  almost! 
Robyn  and  Rhonda  Radford  are  the 
vivacious,  four  -  year  -  old  indentical 
twin  daughters  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  E. 
Radford  of  Louisburg.  Robyn  and 
Rhonda  are  real  proud  of  "big  sister" 
Betty,  who  is  a  stenographer  in  Right 
of  Way. 

PATSY  PEARCE  celebrated  her 
third  wedding  anniversary  July  10th. 
Department  Head  RAYNOR  WOOD- 
ARD  was  honored  on  his  birthday 
with  a  delicious  cake  and  luncheon 
at  Balentines. 

PHOTOGRAMMETRY  —  Con- 
gratulations to  DAN  BEARD  of  the 
Field  Party  who  was  married  in  June 
and  is  now  living  in  Lexington;  and 
to  W.  D.  CUTHRELL  of  the  Field 
Party  who  was  also  married  in  June 
and  now  lives  in  Asheboro. 

Deep  sea  fishermen  from  Photo- 
grammetry  in  July  were:  JIM  BAI- 
LEY, TOM  FAHNESTOCK,  VAL 
TRASK,  FRANCIS  LEDFORD  and 
EARL  GARRETT.  No  report  was 
made  on  the  number  and  size  fish 
caught! 

LEONARD  ROMSKA  took  his 
family  to  Detroit  Michigan  for  a  va- 
cation with  family  and  friends.  The 
JACK  MATTHEWS  enjoyed  a  week 
of  fishing  and  fun  at  Kure  Beach. 
MARLENE  CAULBERG  and  fam- 
ily spent  a  week's  vacation  at  the 
Outer  Banks  and  Myrtle  Beach,  S.  C. 
TOM  THROWER  took  his  wife  to 
I  I  »rida  for  a  week.  The  JOHN  MC- 
DONALDS spent  a  long  weekend  in 
the  North  Carolina  mountains. 

New  York  City  and  lots  of  sight- 
seeing was  fun  for  a  week  for 
.JOYCK  POYTHRESS  and  her  hus- 
band. CONNIE  WEBSTER  and 
family  spent  a  week  touring  Virginia, 
West  Virginia.  Pennsylvania,  Ohio 
and  Maryland  in  July.  Connie  has 
just  received  his  private  Pilot's  li- 
cense and   is  working  on   his  com- 


mercial license.  Artist  E  L  I  S  E 
SPEIGHTS  had  a  delightful  week's 
vacation  at  Oriental  attending  the 
Annual  Painting  Class,  and  extra- 
curricular activities  included  sailing 
on  beautiful  Pamlico  Sound. 

Friends  are  glad  to  know  that 
PETE  EDWARDS'  wife  is  recup- 
erating nicely  at  home  after  under- 
going surgery  at  Rex  Hospital.  Wel- 
come to  PAM  HOLTHOUSER  of  the 
Stereo  Section.  Pam  is  from  Moores- 
ville  and  recently  graduated  from 
UNC-G,  Greensboro,  majoring  in 
math. 

BRUCE  CLARKSON  and  VAL 
TRASK,  JR.  attended  a  special 
school  for  patrol  leaders  at  Camp  Du- 
rant  for  one  week.  They  are  members 
of  Scout  Troop  345.  FRED  ROSEN- 
DAHL  of  the  Engineering  Section  is 
Scoutmaster  and  Chester  Grey  and 
Val  Trask  are  committeemen. 

PLANNING  &  RESEARCH  — 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  LeROY  V.  JAY  of 
122  South  Dixie  Trail  attended  the 
recent  Law  School  Commencement 
Exercises  at  the  University  of  North 
Carolina  at  Chapel  Hill  where  their 
son-in-law,  Dwight  H.  Wheless,  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Juris- 
prudence. Mr.  Wheless  introduced 
Earl  F.  Morris,  President-Elect  of 
the  American  Bar  Association,  who 
gave  the  graduation  address. 

Mr.  Wheless  was  president  of  the 
Student  Bar  Association  and  was 
honored  in  April  at  the  Holiday  Inn 
in  Durham  with  one  of  the  American 
Law  Student  Association's  highest 
awards,  the  Silver  Key,  for  outstand- 
ing service  to  the  Association.  Only 
fourteen  such  awards  were  given  in 
the  United  States  this  year.  In  ad- 
dition, Mr.  Wheless  has  laid  the 
foundation  for  a  special  observance 
to  be  held  at  the  Law  School  in  the 
fall,  which  will  be  attended  by  mem- 
bers of  the  United  States  Supreme 
Court. 

Mr.  Wheless  is  married  to  the  for- 
mer Lou  Jay  of  Raleigh  and  they 
have  a  three-year-old  son.  Jay. 

MATERIALS  &  TESTS  —  The 
Physical  Testing  Lab  of  the  Depart- 
ment has  had  several  employees  on 
the  sick  list  recently.  FRED  WAL- 
LER was  hospitalized  recently  at 
Rex;  BOBBY  BAKER  is  now  back 
on  the  job  after  several  days  in  the 
hospital;  a  bad  case  of  mumps  kept 
MARSHALL  MATTHEWS  at  home 
for  a  week;  and  WILEY  STEPHEN- 
SON   was   on   crutches   for  several 


weeks  as  the  result  of  breaking  a 
bone  in  his  left  foot.  We  sincerely 
hope  that  by  now  all  have  recuperat- 
ed and  are  feeling  fine. 

JARVIS  DUKE  became  a  proud 
grandfather  July  19th,  when  a  fine 
8  lb.  10  oz.  boy  was  born  to  his  son 
and  daughter-in-law,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Stanley  Duke  of  Cary. 

J.  E.  THOMPSON  and  Mrs. 
Thompson  spent  several  days  visiting 
their  son,  Robin,  and  his  family  in 
St.  Albans,  Vermont.  Expo  '67  cli- 
maxed a  New  England-Canada  va- 
cation enjoyed  by  C.  E.  MITCHELL 
and  his  family.  W.  T.  THOMPSON 
and  his  wife  also  traveled  through 
the  New  England  states  and  parts 
of  Canada  to  the  Expo  '67  Fair  and 
had  a  wonderful  trip. 

In  the  recent  Soap  Box  Derby  held 
in  Raleigh,  Frankie  Waller,  son  of 
F.  E.  and  Mrs.  WALLER,  won  a 
trophy  for  having  the  best  construct- 
ed racer  in  the  Derby;  Gary  Hicks, 
grandson  of  DALE  EASTER- 
BROOKS,  was  awarded  a  trophy  for 
having  the  best  brake.  Congratula- 
tions to  both  boys,  and  best  wishes 
for  even  greater  succeess  next  year. 

Mrs.  ALMA  CONE  has  become 
quite  a  baseball  fan  since  her  son, 
Johnny  Cone,  Jr.,  is  playing  Little 
League  ball  on  the  Leon  Byrum  team. 
Last  summer,  at  age  nine,  he  played 
shortstop,  made  one  error,  and  had 
a  fair  batting  average.  This  sum- 
mer he  has  pitched  the  team  to  sev- 
eral victories.  The  following  employ- 
ees enjoyed  short  vacations  recently: 
LUCILLE  CRAWFORD.  ALMA 
CONE,  F.  T.  WAGNER  and  M.  D. 
BARBOUR. 

TRAFFIC  ENGINEERING  — 
RUTH  PARKERSON.  who  had  been 
in  charge  of  the  stenographic  work 
of  the  Department  since  it  was  es- 
tablished in  1945  retired  July  1st 
of  this  year.  Ruth's  many  friends  will 
miss  her  and  hope  for  her  a  happy 
retirement  in  New  Bern,  where  she 
is  making  her  home  with  a  sister 
and  brother.  MARY  HINES  has  as- 
sumed Ruth's  duties  in  the  Depart- 
ment. 

Several  new  faces  have  been  added 
to  the  TED  staff.  KENNETH  MI- 
LAM, former  trainee,  is  an  assistant 
design  engineer  in  the  Design  Sec- 
tion. Formerly  of  Burlington,  Ken 
and  wife  Lynda,  have  a  four-month- 
old  daughter  Cynthia  Lynn.  CHAR- 
LES O.  WOODALL  has  also  joined 
Design  as  an  engineering  technician. 
He   attended   Campbell    College  for 


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three  semesters  and  was  a  student  at 
W.  W.  Holding  Technical  Institute 
for  a  year.  BRENDA  PRICE  is  a 
new  stenographer,  transferring  from 
Right  of  Way.  RONNIE  WEBBER, 
a  native  of  Farmville,  is  an  engineer- 
ing technician  in  the  Signing  Sec- 
tion. His  wife,  Brenda,  is  a  graduate 
of  East  Carolina  College  and  present- 
ly is  studying  at  Rex  Hospital  to  be 
a  medical  technician.  Ronnie  will  at- 
tend classes  at  W.  W.  Holding  Tech- 
nical Institute  this  fall.  EARLEEN 
MEDLIN,  formerly  temporary,  re- 
cently filled  a  vacancy  among  the 
clerical  staff. 

Temporary  employees  include 
EVANGELOS  THEODOROPOU- 
LOS,  a  native  of  Greece  and  civil  en- 
gineering student  at  N.  C.  State  Uni- 
versity, who  is  working  with  the  Sign- 
ing Section  this  summer.  Summer  em- 
ployee R.  G.  (Pete)  HOFFMAN  is 
working  with  the  Signal  Section  and 
plans  to  enter  NCSU  this  fall. 

A  group  of  ACE  workers  are 
helping  out  in  Special  Studies  this 
summer,  earning  money  to  continue 
their  education.  The  employees  and 
schools  they  plan  to  attend  this  fall 
are:  MYRNA  DWORSKY,  Camp- 
bell College;  JUDY  POOLE,  UNC- 
Chapel  Hill;  PATRICIA  TURNER, 
Bennett  College;  JOHN  SHAW,  and 
GERALD  WOODS,  UNC  -  Chapel 
Hill. 

PETE  DEAVER  and  family  spent 
a  week  at  Atlantic  Beach  the  first 
week  in  August.  CHARLIE  SES- 
SOMS  and  family  vacationed  at  At- 
lantic Beach  for  a  few  days  the  last 
of  July.  EMILY  BLOUNT  and  her 
mother,  Mrs.  Clayton  Brown,  spent 
a  few  days  at  Wrightsville  Beach. 
SARAH  WHITE  and  husband,  Lynn, 
attended  the  annual  Scottish  Games 
and  "gathering  of  the  clans"  at 
Grandfather  Mountain  as  part  of 
their  vacation  schedule. 

The  JAY  OWENS  visited  relatives 
in  Florida  over  the  Fourth  of  July 
holidays.  Some  of  the  fishermen  in 
the  department  have  been  trying 
their  luck  in  the  vicinity  of  Atlantic 
Beach.  CHRIS  STAFFORD  and  ED 
BUTLER  went  to  Emerald  Isle  for 
a  few  days,  and  a  trip  to  Harker's 
Island  was  taken  by  TERRY  HAR- 
RIS, JIM  BRYAN,  TOMMY 
KNOX  and  DON  DuPREE. 

CHAIRMAN'S  OFFICE  —  High- 
way   friends    miss    Mrs.  HELEN 


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What's  up  Dad?  I  didn't  know  you 
were  going  to  take  my  picture,"  says 
surprised  little  Brian  Heath  Smither- 
man.  Five-months  old  Brian  is  the 
son  of  Gerald  and  Wanda  Smither- 
man,  and  dad  works  in  Roadway  De- 
sign. 

SMITH,  Secretary  to  Chairman 
Hunt,  who  has  been  ill  for  several 
weeks,  after  an  operation  in  Wake 
Memorial  Hospital.  At  this  writing, 
Helen  is  reported  to  be  recuperating 
nicely  at  home  and  plans  to  return 
to  work  about  the  middle  of  August. 
Mrs.  MARGARET  SEAGROVES 
has  been  helping  out  in  the  Chair- 
man's Office  while  Helen  has  been 
sick. 

Miss  LINDA  LUNDY  and  her 
fiance,  Bob  Hawkins,  were  injured 
in  an  automobile  accident  in  July 
when  the  car  they  were  driving  ran 
into  a  speeding  train.  Linda's  fiance 
was  hospitalized  for  two  weeks  with 
serious  injuries,  but  Linda  was  able 
to  return  to  work  with  minor  injur- 
ies. At  this  writing,  Linda  and  Bob 
still  plan  to  get  married  on  the  date 
set  —  August  27th. 

PUBLIC  RELATIONS  —  Public 
Relations  Officer  KEITH  HUND- 
LEY took  his  wife,  Shirley,  and  lit- 
tle daughters,  Vickie  and  Leith,  way 
out  west  to  Waco,  Texas  for  a  two- 
weeks  vacation  during  August. 

JEWEL  and  Jim  ADCOCK  enjoy- 
ed a  week's  vacation  the  last  of  July 
at  Bayside  Shores,  Little  Washing- 
ton, and  Myrtle  Beach,  S.  C. 

JANIE  WILLIAMS  and  her  fam- 
ily had  a  delightful  time  at  Myrtle 
Beach  for  several  days  in  July. 

SI 


FRANCES  NEWHOUSE  and  her 
family  went  on  a  camping  trip  the 
week  of  July  4th.  From  all  reports  of 
the  congested  conditions  and  mosqui- 
to bites,  Frances  wants  to  know  if 
anyone  is  interested  in  a  good  Cox 
Camper. 


Proving  that  the  big  ones  don't  al- 
ways get  away,  Mrs.  Mildred  Tippett 
proudly  displays  the  25  lb.  dophin 
she  caught  aboard  the  King  Fisher 
while  fishing  at  Morehead  City.  Mil- 
dred is  in  the  Key  Punch  Section  of 
Finance. 


DAYLIGHT 
SAVING  TIME? 

By  JEWEL  ADCOCK 

What  am  I  saving  —  it  couldn't  be 
time 

And  I  look  at  the  clock  as  it  strikes 
nine 

Just  three  hours  til  it's  time  for  bed 
But  it's  only  eight  o'clock  or  I've  lost 
my  head! 

It's  still  light  outside,  and  you  can't 

fool  the  chickens 
They,  too,  must  hate  it  like  the  very 

dickens. 

The  clock  strikes  twelve  and  I  jump 
in  bed 

It  seems  the  alarm  goes  off  soon  as  I 

cover  my  head 
Time  to  get  up  at  the  crack  of  dawn 
DST  is  for  the  birds  I  mutter  with  a 
groan! 


For  their  many  highway  friends 
who  might  like  to  write  or  visit 
them  sometime,  retired  Highway 
Commission  Secretary,  Miss  Ina 
Ferrell,  and  her  sister,  Mrs.  Ethel 
Ferrell  MacNeill,  have  left  their 
residence  in  Raleigh  and  are  now 
making  their  home  at  Hayes  Bap- 
tist Home  in  Winston-Salem. 

Miss  Ferrell  was  the  Highway 
Commission's  first  Commission 
Secretary  and  was  greatly  respect- 
ed as  a  loyal,  dedicated  member  of 
the  staff.  She  served  the  Commis- 
sion efficiently  and  diligently  for 
many  years  before  her  retirement 
several  years  ago. 


M.  G.  Carawan 


Condolences  go 
to  Mr.  R.  C. 
SPEIGHT,  Road 
Oil  Supervisor,  on 
the  loss  of  his 
brother. 

Summer  employ- 
ees in  District  2 
who  are  helping 
out  with  the  over- 
abundance of  work 


Division  Correspondent  are       as  follows: 

RODNEY  BOULDIN,  BOBBY 
TAYLOE,  RONALD  DUNNING, 
GENE  BURKETT,  DOUGLAS 
PEELE,  STEPHEN  WOOD,  HAR- 
VEY RUMFELT,  HAROLD  Mc- 
COY,  BERNARD  ROBERTSON, 
DONALD  RAY  POPE,  DONALD 
RAY  HARRELL,  FRED  SAMS, 
and  DAVID  COOLEY. 

Get  well  wishes  are  extended  to 
FRANK  DANIELS,  Machine  Oper- 
ator III,  and  JOHN  A  STRICK- 
LAND, Machine  Operator  I. 

Mrs.  J.  H.  WILLOUGHBY,  Steno- 
grapher in  Construction  Department, 
recently  enjoyed  attending  a  Junior 
Woman's  Club  meeting  in  Elizabeth 
City. 

Numerous  employees  in  District  2 
that  were  recent  visitors  at  various 
locations  are  as  follows:  CLIFFORD 
RAY  ASKEW,  Clerk  II,  and  wife- 
Nags  Head;  J.  O.  SELLARS,  Right- 
of-Way  Agent,  wife,  and  family — 
Winston -Salem;  GLENN  CARA- 
WAN, Staff  Engineer,  wife,  and  girls 
—Atlantic  Beach;  R.  E.  MILLER, 
Landscape  Supervisor,  and  wife — 
Florida  and  Baltimore;  MARK 
LAWRENCE,  Construction  Depart- 
ment, and  LUCY  LAWRENCE, 
Stenographer  i  n  Right  -of-Way — 
guests  of  their  son  and  family  in 
Fuquay-Varina;  NEDRA  HOLLO- 
MAN.  Stenographer — Nags  Head 
and  Newport  News;  NED  BIVENS. 
Traffic  Engineer,  wife,  and  boys — 
guests  of  their  parents  in  Kannapolis; 
L.  L.  RAWLS,  Assistant  District  En- 
gineer, wife,  and  family — Lake  Gas- 


ton; Mrs.  JIM  WHITE,  Stenograph- 
er, Mr.  White,  and  family — guests  of 
Mr.  White's  parents  in  Statesville;  C. 
B.  MUMFORD,  JR.,  Maintenance 
Foreman  IV,  and  wife  and  daughter 
— Brunswick,  Georgia  and  Jekyll  Is- 
land; J.  B.  GARRIS,  Laboratory 
Technician  II,  wife,  and  family — 
Myrtle  Beach,  S.  C;  GENE  ALLS- 
BROOK,  Road  Oil  Department,  wife, 
and  son— Atlantic  Beach;  EUGENE 
LINDSAY,  Sign  Supervisor,  and  wife 
— Outer  Banks. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  BILLY  BRIDGERS 
and  family  are  vacationing  in  Wies- 
barden,  Germany.  This  is  Mrs.  Brid- 
gers  first  return  to  her  home  in  ten 
years.  Mr.  Bridgers  is  with  the  Con- 
struction Department. 

Following  are  employees  in  Dis- 
trict 1  who  have  returned  from  their 
vacations  at  the  locations  mentioned: 
L.  H.  BUNCH  of  Gatesville— Expo 
67;  R.  C.  BUNCH  and  family— New 
England  States;  DOT  GARD— Ard- 
more,  Pa.;  L.  F.  REEDER  and  fam- 
ily— guests  of  Mr.  Reeder's  parents 
in  Dade  City,  Fla.;  CARSON  SPIV- 
EY  and  family— Nags  Head;  ALVIN 
HALL,  Elizabeth  City  Construction 
Office — camped  with  his  family  at 
Hanging  Rock;  DONNIE  WOOD  and 
wife — traveled  in  western  part  of 
North  Carolina. 

Sympathy  is  extended  to  the  fam- 
ily of  J.  W.  PROVO  who  died  July 
12th.  Mr.  Provo  lived  in  Elizabeth 
City  and  was  employed  with  the 
Commission  for  37  years,  during 
which  time  he  served  as  Section  Fore- 
man in  Pasquotank. 


Pictured  above  is  Carrie  Lynn 
Twine  at  six  weeks  of  age.  She  is 
the  first  child  of  her  proud  parents. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Roger  Twine  of  Ri>i<t<! 
1,  Belvidere.  Mr.  Twine  is  .»  (ruck 
driver  in  District  One. 


WILLIE  E.  LOWE,  Bridge  Tend- 
er on  the  Camden  Bridge,  is  confin- 
ed to  Albemarle  Hospital. 

Mrs.  P.  L.  JACKSON,  wife  of  Sup- 
ervisor Jackson,  is  a  patient  in  the 
Norfolk  General  Hospital. 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ned  Bivens  and 
children,  Timothy  Ray,  age  5J/2,  and 
Jeffrey  Scott,  age  2. 

Mr.  Bivens  is  Division  Traffic  Engi- 
neer and  the  family  reside  at  Route  1, 
Aulander.  Their  previous  home  was 
in  Cary  prior  to  coming  to  Division 
One  the  first  of  this  year. 


Mr.  GEORGE 
ASHLEY  PHIL- 
LIPS, from  New 
Bern  Maintenance, 
a  Bridge  Tender 
H  since  1951.  retired 
,  as   of  June  30th. 

Mr.  Phillips  serv- 
ed the  "Neuse" 
and  "Trent"  brid- 
ges in  a  fine  way 
Division  Correspondent  for  some  16  years. 

Mr.  C.  W.  YOHN,  Engineer  I  in 


Hazel  Baker 


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Mrs.  William  Curtis  Rogers,  the  for- 
mer Brenda  Sue  Denby,  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  O.  S.  Denby  of  Choco- 
winity.  Sgt.  Rogers  is  in  the  Air  Force 
and  is  stationed  at  Langley  Air  Force 
Base,  Virginia  where  the  couple  will 
make  their  home.  Mr.  Denby  is  Dis- 
trict Mechanic  Foreman  at  Washing- 
ton. 

Construction  in  Mr.  J.  B.  JENET- 
TE'S  office,  and  his  family  enjoyed  a 
two  weeks  vacation  trip  to  Florida  in 
June.  They  were  guests  of  Mr. 
Yohn's  parents  in  Lakeland  and 
toured  many  Florida  attractions  while 
on  their  trip. 

JIMMY  SHUFFLER,  Temporary 
Engr.  Aide  in  Construction,  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Lynn  Watson,  also  of 
New  Bern,  on  July  22nd  at  the  First 
Baptist  Church  in  New  Bern.  Con- 
gratulations to  Jimmy  and  Lynn. 
Jimmy  is  a  Senior  at  ECC  in  Green- 
ville and  also  plays  on  the  first-string 
football  team  of  ECC.  He  and  his 
bride  will  reside  in  the  Methodist 
Student  Center  in  Greenville  for  the 
next  year  and  assume  the  duties  of 
counselors  to  students  who  visit  the 
Student  Center. 

Mrs.  HELEN  T.  BRILEY  assum- 
ed the  duties  of  Stenographer  I  in 


the  office  of  Mr.  C.  Y.  GRIFFIN, 
District  Engineer,  in  New  Bern  on 
June  26th.  Mrs.  Briley  replaces  Mrs. 
MELVA  H.  PRIDGEN  who  did  an 
excellent  job  during  the  four  years 
she  served  as  Steno  in  District  2. 
Mrs.  Pridgen  resigned  in  order  to 
become  a  full  time  housewife  and 
spend  more  time  with  her  "almost" 
year  old  son. 

JOHN  BANKS  (Right  of  Way  De- 
partment) and  family  are  vacationing 
in  Oklahoma. 

Best  wishes  to  JANET  AN- 
DREWS, secretary  in  the  Appraisal 
Department,  who  is  leaving  Aug- 
ust 4th  to  become  a  full-time  house- 
wife. 

Mr.  WILLIE  CLEMENTS  of  the 
Road  Oil  Department  is  a  patient  in 
the  Wilson  Sanatorium.  Best  wishes 
for  a  speedy  recovery. 

ROBERT  DUKE  JENKINS,  Engr. 
Tech.  II  left  July  21st  to  go  back  to 
school  at  VPI.  We  wish  for  he  and 
Sarah  the  best  of  luck.  We  will  miss 
them  greatly. 

Out  on  Sick  Leave:  W.  M.  ED- 
MUNDSON,  hope  he  is  feeling  bet- 
ter and  will  be  back  to  work  soon. 


Vacation  Recently:  L.  E.  DAW- 
SON,  vacationed   a   week   with  his 


Above  is  the  lovely  Virginia  A. 
Craft,  a  June  graduate  of  Rose  High 
School  in  Greenville,  who  has  been 
selected  to  attend  the  Academic  Cen- 
ter for  Latin  American  Studies  June 
19-29th  at  East  Carolina  College.  Vir- 
ginia is  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Richard  L.  Craft  of  Greenville.  Mr. 
Craft  is  the  carpenter  for  the  2nd  Di- 
vision. Congratulations,  Virginia. 


sister  and  family  at  Gaston,  Alabama. 
He  reported  a  wonderful  time  "Down 
South". 

C.  I.  LUCAS,  vacationed  in  Penn- 
sylvania. 

EARL  DANIELS  reports  he  en- 
joyed his  vacation. 

MARK  WORTHINGTON  reports 
that  he  vacationed  in  Florida.  These 
highway  people  do  get  around. 


Miss  Diane  Briley,  daughter  of  Mrs. 
Mae  Briley  of  the  Appraisal  Section, 
poses  just  before  a  prom.  Diane  is  » 
sophomore  at  Rose  High  School. 


Congratulations  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Vernon  E.  Carawan  on  their  marriage 
June  11th  in  the  Salem  Methodist 
Church  at  Simpson.  After  honeymoon- 
ing in  Williamsburg,  Va.  they  are 
making  their  home  near  Greenville. 
Vernon  is  employed  in  the  Traffic 
Services  Department  for  the  summer. 
Both  Vernon  and  wife,  Glenda,  are 
students  at  Lenoir  County  Community 
College  and  will  return  to  school  in 
September, 


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Irene  Hewitt 


Vacation  time  is 
here  again  and  we 
have  a  few  to  re- 
port. MARIE 
FERRELL,  secre- 
j  y    „   tary  at  the  Dist.  1 

'&  office  at  Burgaw, 
and  family  went 
camping  recently 
in  the  mountains, 
making  their  head- 
Division  Correspondent  qUarterS  at  Holly 
Cove  Camp  Ground  near  Sylva.  Af- 
ter visiting  Fontana  Dam  and  other 
scenic  spots,  the  highlight  of  their 
trip  was  mining  for  rubies  and  sap- 
phires. Since  this  was  their  firit  ex- 
perience in  mining,  they  were  quite 
exciting  about  their  valuable  "finds". 

RUBY  CAMPBELL,  secretary  in 
the  Right-of-Way,  recently  went 
camping  with  her  family  to  Myrtle 
Beach,  S.  C.  BOBBY  POWELL,  Dis- 
trict 1  Engineer  of  Burgaw,  recently 
took  his  wife  and  boys  camping  to 
Asheville  and  nearby  places.  PAUL 
J.  DuPRE,  our  Div.  Engr.,  has  just 
returned  from  a  vacation.  He  and  his 
family  visited  his  wife's  relatives  in 
Boone. 

Yours  truly  and  family  vacationed 
with  a  trip  to  the  mountains  of  North 
Carolina  and  Virginia,  the  Shenan- 
doah Valley,  Natural  Bridge  and 
Williamsburg,  Virginia. 

ROSE  DUNCAN,  secretary  in  Div. 
Office,  has  just  got  moved  in  her  love- 
ly new  home.  We  know  she's  going  to 
enjoy  it  very  much. 

Continuing  on  the  vacation  list  is 
STANLEY  HORRELL,  Auto  Parts 
Clerk  II,  in  the  Equipment  Dept.  He 
reports  a  nice  vacation  to  the  moun- 
tains, visiting  Asheville,  Maggie  Val- 
ley, Cherokee  Reservation  and  taking 
the  Blue  Ridge  Parkway  from  Ashe- 
ville to  Blowing  Rock.  While  at  Mag- 
gie Valley,  he  visited  Ghost  Town 
and  at  Cherokee,  he  saw  the  pageant, 
"Unto  These  Hills". 


We  are  glad  to  have  JAMES  O. 
MURPHY  back  in  our  division  again. 
He  is  a  trainee  and  was  with  us 
sometime  back  in  the  Construction 
Dept.  and  is  now  with  us  serving  in 
Dist.  1.  Maintenance.  This  is  his 
last  trainee  assignment  before  being 
assigned  to  something  permanent. 

Congratulations  to  ALBERT 
GRIMMER,  of  Dist.  1  Maint.  Office, 
and  wife  on  birth  of  their  first 
child,  David  Clark  Grimmer  on  July 
7th.  Also  congrats  to  CHINNIS  S. 
McCOY  of  Construction  on  birth  of 
his  second  child,  a  boy. 

Congratulations  to  FLOYD  J. 
BASS,  our  Asst.  Div.  Engr.,  who  has 
gained  a  son-in-law.  Daughter  Mary 
Frances  was  married  in  a  lovely  wed- 
ding on  July  1st  in  Elizabethtown. 

We  had  quite  a  few  employees  to 
retire  on  July  1st.  They  are  as  list- 
ed: WALDO  E.  HEWETT,  Bridge 
Tender,  Dist.  1;  M.  M.  KING,  M.  F. 
IV,  Dist.  1.  Mr.  King  is  sick  and  we 
hope  he'll  be  feeling  better  soon. 
LEE  MACK  TAYLOR,  Bridge  Ten- 
der, Dist  1;  HAROLD  J.  BUTTER- 
FIELD,  M.  Y.  F.,  Dist.  1;  ARTHUR 
L.  ROCHELLE,  M.  O.  I,  Dist  1;  G. 
A.  SUTTON,  M.  F.  II,  Dist.  1;  A. 
W.  IVEY,  M.  O.  Ill,  Dist.  2.  Mr. 
Ivey  is  also  sick  and  we  hope  he'll 
soon  feel  better;  H.  L.  ROBINSON, 
Cook  I,  Road  Oil;  CHARLES  W. 
FINDEISEN,  G.  U.  M.,  Traffic  Serv- 
ices. 

On  the  sick  list  is  ARTHUR  G. 
CADDELL,  Bridge  Tender  in  Dist. 
1;  also  EDWARD  E.  SHEPARD,  M. 
O.  I  of  Landscape  Dept.  We  wish 
them  a  speedy  recovery.  We  welcome 
back  from  the  sick  list  RODNEY  L. 
CLAYTON,  M.  O.  I  of  Road  Oil 
and  FRED  J.  MINTZ  of  Dist.  1. 

MARVIN  E.  STARLING,  JR.  of 
Dist.  2  returned  back  to  work  recent- 
ly after  a  tour  of  active  duty  with  the 
N.  C.  National  Guard. 

We  wish  to  extend  our  sympathy 
to  the  families  of  WOODROW  R. 
SMITH  and  MILTON  W.  WAG- 
STAFF  of  Dist.  1.  Mr.  Smith  died 
on  June  14th  and  Mr.  Wagstaff  on 
June  4th.  It  was  also  a  great  loss  to 
us. 

We  sure  miss  W.  E.  KENNEDY 
of  Dist.  2  and  RAYMOND  F.  JOHN- 
SON and  NATHAN  W.  JOHNSON 
of  Road  Oil  who  have  resigned  for 
other  employment. 


Brenda  and  Linda  Tew,  together 
with  father,  Elliott  Tew,  who  is  Main- 
tenance Yard  Foreman  in  Division 
Three,  District  Two. 

Brenda,  left,  is  a  Junior  at  Camp- 
bell College  and  has  better  than  a 
'B'  average.  She  is  majoring  in  Ele- 
mentary Education. 

Linda,  right,  attended  Southwood 
Junior  College,  Salemburg,  last  year. 
She  will  enter  Wilson  Memorial  Hos- 
pital in  August  to  begin  nursing  train- 
ing. Linda  was  on  the  honor  roll  at 
Southwood  College. 


Things  have 
really   been  buzz 
ing     in  Division 
Four    this  past 
month. 

Our  very  best 
to  Mr.  E.  P. 
KOONCE.  retiring 
Division  Engineer. 
May  you  and  Mrs. 
Koonce     have  a 

Marearet  Barefoot  long  and  happy 
Division  Correspondent  |jj0     gy    ^he  wgy 

they  have  sold  their  home  in  Wilson 
and  are  moving  to  Jacksonville.  We 
will  all  miss  you. 

Congratulations  on  promotions  to: 
R.  W.  DAWSON,  Division  Engineer: 
D.  T.  OVERMAN.  Assistant  Division 
Engineer;  J.  I.  LYNCH,  JR.,  Area 
Maintenance  Engineer;  W.  H.  PRID- 


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Top  to  Bottom:  Koonce,  Dawson 
and  Overman. 


GEN,  JR.,  District  Engineer  at 
Goldsboro  and  K.  R.  HILL,  Traffic 
Services  Supervisor. 

Also  congratulations  to  SHIRLEY 
HAYES  (Road  Oil  Clerk)  on  her 
promotion  to  Stenographer  in  Divi- 
sion Office  and  to  Miss  ROSE  FEL- 
TON,  Clerk  in  Road  Oil  Department. 

SHIRLEY  HAYES  has  just  re- 
turned from  a  glorious  week  in  the 
sun  at  Atlantic  Beach.  She  has  a 
beautiful  tan  to  show  for  it. 

Celebrating  birthdays  in  July  were: 
ROY  ARMSTRONG,  JACK  CRICK- 
MORE,  JIMMIE  CULLOM,  JR., 
ANN    G  R I  F  F  I  S,  LINDBERGH 


HARLOW,  JESSE  JACOBS,  BEN 
MAYO,  JOHN  PITT,  O.  C.  RO- 
BERTSON, EDWARD  SWEAT, 
JAMES  WARD  and  JOSH  WEBB. 

Get  well  wishes  to  EDWARD 
SWEAT,  who  is  recuperating  at  his 
home  in  Weldon  following  hospital- 
ization in  Roanoke  Rapids. 

LINDBERGH  HARLOW  is  the 
proud  possessor  of  a  camper  unit 
which  he  and  his  son,  John  Richard, 
designed,  constructed,  and  fitted  to 
his  new  pickup  truck  body.  The  Har- 
low family  has  already  enjoyed  using 
it  for  several  overnight  trips  to  the 
coast. 

Sincere  sympathy  is  extended  to 
the  family  of  CLYDE  WALDEN 
LITTLE  who  died  recently.  Mr.  Lit- 
tle was  a  former  Machine  Operator 
in  Halifax  County  until  his  retire- 
ment in  1962.  His  brother,  William, 
is  a  Truck  Driver  for  Halifax  County 
Maintenance  and  another  brother, 
Lloyd,  was  a  Truck  Driver  here  until 
his  retirement  in  1964. 

Vacations:  Mr.  J.  W.  EVANS,  M. 
F.  IV,  Wayne  County,  recently 
spent  a  week  visiting  his  son  in  the 
N.  C.  Mountains  and  upon  his  re- 
turn to  Eastern  Carolina  spent  some 
time  fishing  at  Southport.  We  hear 
he  had  real  good  luck  bringing  in  the 
fish. 

Sick:  Best  wishes  for  quick  recov- 
ery to  DANIEL  TAYLOR,  who  is  in 
Wayne  Memorial  Hospital. 

Sympathy  is  extended  to  Mr. 
WILLIAM  HENRY  WIGGINS  in 
the  recent  loss  of  a  brotheer,  James 
M.  Wiggins. 

The  Construction  Department  in 
District  Three  wishes  to  welcome  Mr. 
HUGH  MATTHEWS,  Tech.  II, 
who  recently  transferred  to  their  De- 
partment from  the  Training  program. 

Mr.  C.  R.  CHERRY  retired  on 
July  1st  after  42  years  service  with 
State  Highway  Commission.  Mr. 
Cherry  began  service  with  the  State 
October  12,  1925.  Congratulations  to 
Cliff  Cherry  for  his  many  years  of 
faithful  service. 

M.  W.  MOORE,  Resident  Engineer 
at  Nashville  has  three  young  men 
taking  that  big  step  into  the  married 
world  within  a  three  week  span  — 
July  28th— Mr.  VAN  CHAMBLEE, 
Engineering  Technician  I;  August 
6th— Mr.  DONALD  FLY,  Engineer- 
ing Aide  and  August  11th — Mr.  H. 
N.  COBB,  Engineering  Technician  I. 
All  three  couples  will  make  their 
homes  in  Rocky  Mount. 

The  stork  visited  two  of  our  em- 
ployees lately.  Resident  Engineer  R. 
F.  COLEMAN  became  a  father  for 


the  fourth  time,  a  baby  girl,  on  May 
13th.  Engineering  Aide  H.  H.  SKIN- 
NER became  a  father  for  the  first 
time,  a  baby  boy. 

New  Employees:  RALPH  N.  HOL- 
LOMAN,  M.  O.  I,  and  L.  E.  STAN- 
LEY, M.  O.  I,  welcomed  by  the 
Johnston  County  Maintenance  forces. 

D.  M.  ARNETTE  and  D.  D. 
BEST,  Truck  Drivers,  welcomed  by 
Wayne  County  Maintenance  forces. 

Retirement:  Best  wishes  are  ex- 
tended to  PAUL  MITCHELL,  M.  F. 
IV,  Wayne  County,  retired  August 
1st  due  to  disability. 


AWARD  FOR  HEROISM 


Sp.  4  Ronald  Rhea,  20-year-old  son 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mack  White  Rhea 
(Halifax  County  Maintenance  Fore- 
man) of  Rt.  2,  Roanoke  Rapids,  has 
been  awarded  the  Bronze  Star  medal 
for  heroism  while  serving  in  Viet  Nam. 
Ronald  arrived  there  in  November  of 
1966  and  has  already  received  two 
Purple  Hearts  while  overseas.  The  ci- 
tation, presented  while  Sp.  4  Rhea 
was  Private  First  Ctass,  states  that 
Rhea  distinguished  himself  by  heroic 
actions,  fearlessly  exposing  himself  to 
enemy  fire  as  he  laid  down  a  heavy 
volume  of  suppressive  fire  for  his 
squadron  and  remained  exposed  to 
enemy  fire  until  every  member  of  his 
squad  was  aboard  an  armored  person- 
nel carrier.  Due  to  his  personal  cour- 
age and  devotion  to  duty,  all  of  his 
comrades  were  able  to  board  the  ve- 
hicle without  sustaining  any  casualties. 
His  actions  are  in  keeping  with  the 
highest  traditions  of  military  service 
and  reflect  great  credit  upon  himself, 
the  25th  Infantry  Division,  and  <he 
United  States  Army. 


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MRS.  JAMES 
DAVENPORT  HUNDLEY 


Peggy  Bright 
Division  Correspondent 


SAM  AVER- 
ETTEE  and  Wife 
vacationed  in 
West  Virginia  re- 
cently. 

LEONARD 
CLAY  and  Wife 
vacationed  in  Ohio 
recently. 

Other  employees 
on  vacation  recent- 
ly  included 
GLENWOOD  BROGDEN,  GAR- 
LAND ELLINGTON  and  EAR- 
NEST OAKLEY. 

EARNEST  C.  ADCOCK  purchased 
a  new  automobile  recently. 

WILLIAM  GRADY  was  sick  and 
hospitalized  recently.  He  has  im- 
proved and  has  returned  to  work. 

Good  luck  to  H.  B.  (Buster)  ROY- 
STER  who  retired  on  disability  re- 
cently after  serving  approximately 
31  years  with  the  Maintenance  De- 
partment. 

Employees  receiving  Service 
Awards  recently  included:  ROY 
BLACKWELL— 30  years;  E.  B.  DA- 
VIS, G.  L.  ELLINGTON,  W.  A.  EL- 
LINGTON, H.  E.  HICKS,  V.  V. 
MORTON,  and  H.  G.  WHEELER— 
20  years;  G.  J.  BROGDEN— 15  years; 
C.  P.  WILSON— 10  years;  B.  F. 
HILTON,  L.  E.  OAKLEY  and  G.  W. 
WOODY— 5  years;  GILES  CRUT- 
CHER  was  awarded  a  plaque  for  40 
years  service  with  the  Commission. 
Crutcher,  Mayor  of  Stovall,  got  his 
first  job  in  his  late  teens. 

SAM  AVERETTE  was  on  the  sick 
list  and  was  hospitalized  recently. 

W.  F.  THOMAS  and  CLARENCE 
WILSON  were  also  on  the  sick  list 
for  a  few  days  recently. 

BRUCE  HOCKADAY,  ALBERT 
MAY  and  PENDER  WOODLIEF 
were  on  vacation  recently. 

GEORGE  BAILEY'S  new  hobby  is 
bicycle  riding.  He  rides  bicycles  when 
he  is  in  the  proper  mood. 

VENCEN  MORTON'S  new  hobby 
is  marble  shooting. 

WILLIAM  REAMS  is  being  ad- 
vised and  assisted  by  GEORGE 
BAILEY  in  the  development  of 
William's  cattle  ranch. 


Watts  Street  Baptist  Church  was 
the  setting  Saturday,  June  17th  for 
the  wedding  of  Miss  Linda  Caroline 
Brame  and  Dr.  James  Davenport 
Hundley. 

The  bride  is  the  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  James  Ballard  Brame.  Mr. 
Brame  is  Commissioner  for  Division  5. 
The  bridegroom  is  the  son  of  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  Deane  Hundley,  Jr.  of  Wallace. 


Best  wishes  to 
Landscape  Super- 
visor and  Mrs.  R. 
E.  BLACKBURN, 
who  were  married 
July  21st  at  Con- 
cord Baptist 
Church  near  Sted- 
man.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Blackburn 

_  _  _.  will     make  their 

W.  S.  Kin* 

Division  Correspondent  home  at  3206  Na- 

to  Road,  Fayette- 
ville. 

ELIZABETH  MELVIN,  along 
with  her  husband,  Getty;  daughters, 
Kay  and  Ann;  and  niece,  Julie  Mc- 
Donald of  Jacksonville,  spent  a  week- 
long  vacation  camping  in  the  moun- 
tains of  North  Carolina  and  on  into 


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Kentucky.  "Lib"  is  Steno  III  in  the 
Division  Office. 

BILLY  DEES,  Division  Traffic- 
Engineer,  attended  the  U.  S.  Open 
Golf  Tournament  in  New  York, 
while  on  his  vacation. 

SWAIM  KING,  Office  Manager, 
along  with  his  brother  Glen,  of  the 
Location  Department,  spent  a  recent 
Saturday  deep-sea  fishing  at  Little 
River,  S.  C. 

Get  well  wishes  are  extended  to 
CLARENCE  SMITH  who  is  still  out 
sick,  also  to  Mrs.  JEEMAH  BUDD 
who  is  recovering  at  home  after  an 
extended  illness. 

Our  sympathy  is  extended  to  ORIS 
AUTRY  and  J.  C.  AUTRY,  employ- 
ees in  the  Road  Oil  Dept.,  in  the 
death  of  their  father  in  June,  also 
to  AVERY  FAIRCLOTH  in  the 
death  of  his  brother  in  July. 

The  Road  Oil  Chapter  of  the  N.C. 
S.H.&P.E.A.  held  its  annual  meeting 
to  elect  new  officers  on  June  23rd. 
Elected  as  officers  were  S.  P.  RI- 
LEY, Chairman;  W.  L.  WHITE, 
Vice  Chairman  and  LEROY  FAIR 
CLOTH,  Secretary-Treasurer. 

The  Unit  Chapter  held  its  annual 
meeting,  at  the  Downtowner  Motel 
on  July  19th,  and  the  following  new 
officer  were  elected  —  W.  L.  WHITE, 
Chairman;  L.  R.  CAIN,  Vice  Chair- 
man and  STEAVE  AMMONS,  Sec- 
retary-Treasurer. 

Nice  to  see  N.  B.  SINGLETARY. 
A.  J.  JORDAN  and  S.  H.  SPELL 
back  on  the  job  after  recovering 
from  injuries  received  on  the  job. 
They  are  employed  in  the  Road  Oil 
Dept. 


We  wish  a  long  and  happy  retire- 
ment to  James  L.  Nance,  above,  Main- 
tenance Foreman  II,  who  retired  on 
June  30th.  Mr.  Nance  is  from  Bladen 
County. 


E.  H.  McClure,  Maintenance  Fore- 
man II  caught  the  above  catch  at 
Lake  Moultrie  at  Cross,  South  Caro- 
lina. The  bass  averaged  6  lbs.,  and 
were  caught  from  Chestnut's  Fishing 
Camp. 

Mr.  J.  R.  ADAMS  and  family  had 
a  very  good  fishing  trip  to  the  Outer 
Banks.  Mr.  Adams  is  Maint.  Fore- 
man I  in  Harnett  County. 

Mr.  C.  L.  HOUGH  and  wife  made 
a  trip  to  Maryland  to  visit  their  son. 
Mr.  Hough  is  a  Machine  Operator 
III  in  Harnett  County. 

Mr.  R.  W.  DARROCH  and  family 
spent  the  week  of  July  4th  at  their 
cottage  at  Carolina  Beach.  Mr.  Dar- 
roch  is  a  Truck  Driver  in  Harnett 
County. 

Mr.  G.  L.  JOHNSON  and  family 
had  a  very  nice  trip  to  the  moun- 
tains of  North  Carolina  and  Virginia. 
Mr.  Johnson  is  Maint.  Yard  Foreman 
in  Harnett  County 

We  wish  Mr.  W.  M.  BETHUNE 
speedy  recovery,  and  wish  to  see 
him  back  with  us  soon.  Mr.  Bethune 
is  a  Machine  Operator  III  in  Har- 
nett County. 

We  all  wish  to  express  our  deep- 
est sympathy  to  Mrs.  F.  T.  Gilbert 
in  the  loss  of  her  mother.  Mrs.  Gil 
bert  is  the  wife  of  F.  T.  GILBERT, 
Machine  Operator  in  Harnett  Coun- 
ty. 

Maintenance  Foreman  IV  and  Mrs. 
H.  K.  AUTRY  recently  spent  their 
vacation  in  Texas. 


Best  wishes  to  HORACE  BRITT, 
WELTON  COLLINS,  and  M.  L. 
KINLAW  who  were  transferred 
from  the  Road  Oil  Dept.  to  the 
Maint.  Dept.,  also  to  D.  E.  BROWN, 
who  was  transferred  from  Road  Oil 
to  Construction. 

We  were  glad  to  have  Mr.  D.  W. 
WEAVER  back  at  work  after  a 
short  stay  in  Rex  Hospital.  Mr. 
Weaver  is  Maint.  Foreman  III  in 
Harnett  County. 

Mr.  S.  D.  TYNDALL,  General 
Utility  Man  in  Harnett  County,  had 
a  very  nice  vacation  with  all  of  his 
children  and  grandchildren  home 
with  he  and  his  wife. 

Mr.  R.  L.  SENTER  and  wife  spent 
an  enjoyable  weekend  at  Myrtle 
Beach.  Mr.  Senter  is  Machine  Oper- 
ator II  in  Harnett  County. 


DIVISION 
SEVEN 


5I0N  I 


Carolyn  Graves 
Division  Correspondent 1 


Employees  o  £ 
Caswell  County 
are  proud  of  their 
new  Maintenance 
Quarters  which 
was  formally  dedi- 
cated on  Friday. 
June  23,  1967. 

Sympathy  ex- 
tended to  GEO. 
W.  FAULK  in  the 
t  death  of  his  moth- 
er, Mrs.  Nettie  B. 
Faulk  in  Sanford  on  June  16th,  and 
to  C.  D.  KIMES  in  the  death  of  his 
father  on  July  5th. 

Here's  hoping  Mr.  J.  E.  MOORE 
will  enjoy  his  retirement.  He  retired 
on  July  1st,  after  36  years  of  service 
with  the  State. 

Mr.  R.  V.  GRAHAM  also  retired 
on  July  1st,  after  38  years  of  service 
with  the  State. 

Welcome  to  R.  G.  COMPTON,  who 
joined  us  on  July  3rd,  as  Highway 
Inspector  and  who  is  living  at  2003 
Fernwood  Drive. 

Employees  enjoying  vacations  re- 
cently were  —  the  R.  D.  GREENS, 


Introducing  Julie  Anne  McPherson, 
one-year-old  granddaughter  of  James 
G.  Wood,  Alamance  County  Mainte- 
nance Foreman.  Her  parents  are  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Clyde  McPherson. 

OSCAR  WILSONS,  R.  H.  ROBIN- 
SONS, J.  A.  ROACHES,  W.  R. 
KNIGHTS,  L.  W.  SHARPES,  J.  C. 
MARTINS,  T.  J.  STEPHENS,  H. 
W.  JOYCES,  C.  R.  ROBERTS, 
HELEN  PRINGLE,  H.  R.  BOY- 
ETTES,  W.  W.  WHITES  and  AR- 
LENE  RAY. 

J.  B.  SNYDER  and  D.  M.  HAW- 
KINS are  back  at  work  after  extend- 
ed illnesses. 


Miss  Sarah  Allen,  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  R.  J.  Allen,  arrived  June 
28th,  in  Seoul,  Korea,  for  a  two  years 
period  in  the  Peace  Corp.  Sarah  grad- 
uated from  Southeast  Guilford  High 
School  in  1963,  and  from  UNC-G  in 
June,  1967.  She  received  her  Peace 
Corp  training  at  Peabody  College  in 
Nashville,  Tenn.,  the  summer  of  1966. 
She  will  teach  in  a  Korean  High 
School. 


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Congratulations 
to  the  BOB 
BRITTS  on  the 
birth  of  a  baby 
boy  on  June  16th. 
Mr.  Britt  is  a 
member  of  the 
Wagram  Construc- 
tion Party. 

We    regret  that 
W.  G.  GARNER, 

Virginia  Williamson    [if  p  x 

Division  Correspondent  MOOre      O  O  U  n  t  V 

Maintenance  De- 
partment, is  confined  to  bed  at  the 
McCain  Sanatorium.  We  hope  that 
his  stay  in  bed  will  soon  be  over  and 
Mr.  Garner  will  be  able  to  return  to 
his  work. 

Among  those  vacationing  have 
been:  ROBERT  SMITH,  Assistant 
District  Engineer,  and  family,  to 
White  Lake;  the  HENRY  JORDANS 
to  Wrightsville  Beach;  C.  F.  WIL- 
LIAMS, Maintenance  Foreman  II, 
Randolph  County,  and  wife  sightsee- 
ing in  the  mountains;  ED  WILLET- 
TE,  Machine  Operator  I,  Randolph 
County,  trying  his  luck  at  fishing; 
BILL  ALLRED  with  the  Sign  De- 
partment, Asheboro,  and  family  va- 
cationing at  Surf  City  Beach  fishing, 
eating,  and  relaxing;  FRED  BALL, 
Sign  Shop  Foreman,  Asheboro,  and 
family  sightseeing  in  the  mountains; 
Mrs.  WALTER  DELONG,  Secre- 
tary in  the  Division  Office,  vacation- 
ing with  her  family  at  Windy  Hill 
Beach;  GENTRY  MORGAN,  va- 
cationing in  New  Orleans;  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  ED  DARDEN  vacationing  at 
the  beach. 

Welcome  to  W.  R.  CRAVEN,  JR., 
who  recently  reported  for  work  as 
Clerk  II  in  the  Asheboro  District  Of- 
fice. 

All  of  us  in  the  Division  Office  are 
missing  JOE  ADAMS  who  for  many 
years  has  been  in  the  Road  Oil  Of- 
fice here  at  the  Division  Office.  Joe 
has  assumed  the  duties  of  Road  Oil 
Foreman,  and  we  wish  to  congrat- 
ulate him  on  this  new  position.  Also, 


Mrs.  Joseph  Donley  Joyner  was 
Miss  Phyllis  Anne  Brown  before  her 
marriage  on  Sunday,  July  16,  1967. 
The  double-ring  ceremony  occurred  in 
the  First  Baptist  Church  in  Hender- 
son. 

She  graduated  from  the  University 
of  North  Carolina  at  Greensboro  with 
a  B.S.  degree.  For  the  last  two  years 
she  has  been  teaching  health,  physical 
education  and  biology  at  North  Moore 
High  School  in  Robbins.  She  will  be 
teaching  the  same  subjects  there  this 
year. 

Mr.  Joyner  is  Right  of  Way  Agent 
with  the  Highway  Commission  in 
Aberdeen.  The  couple  will  be  making 
their  home  in  Aberdeen. 

Following  the  wedding,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Joyner  left  for  a  wedding  trip  to 
the  Shenandoah  Valley  in  Virginia. 

we  welcome  HAROLD  MATTHEWS 
into  the  office  as  Road  Oil  Clerk  in 
the  position  formerly  held  by  Mr. 
Adams. 

It  was  very  good  to  talk  recently 
with  BOB  SOUTHALL,  Resident 
Engineer  in  Wagram,  by  telephone, 
when  Mr.  Southall  called  to  thank 
me  for  sending  him  a  copy  of  Career, 
which  he  was  enjoying.  Mr.  Southall 
has  been  having  some  trouble  with 
his  leg  for  the  past  few  months  and 
is  now  at  his  home,  Prince  Street, 
Laurinburg,  trying  to  give  this  leg 
some  special  attention.  All  of  us 
hope  that  Mr.  Southall  is  going  to 


enjoy  that  new  riding  lawn  mower 
(which  he  admits  is  one  of  the  lux- 
uries he  has  given  himself)  while  he 
takes  care  of  his  leg.  Mr.  Southall 
has  been  with  the  State  Highway 
Commission  for  31  years,  and  is  one 
of  our  most  valuable  employees  — 
and  one  who  is  loved  by  all.  While 
Mr.  Southall  is  recuperating.  BUD- 
DY NELSON  is  helping  look  after 
the  construction  work  of  the  Wag- 
ram Party. 

Employees  of  Division  Eight,  as 
well  as  other  State  Highway  Employ- 
ees, wish  JIMMY  STEWART 
(James  L.  Stewart)  many  happy 
years  of  retirement.  Mr.  Stewart  re- 
tired July  1st  from  his  position  as 
Maintenance  Supervisor  in  Lee  Coun- 
ty, after  having  been  with  the  State 
Highway  Commission  since  March 
15,  1922.  Mr.  Stewart  was  honored  on 
June  30th  with  a  surprise  retirement 
dinner  held  at  Campbell's  at  San- 
ford.  About  90  fellow  employees  were 
present.  Following  a  most  delicious 
buffet  dinner,  Mr.  T.  C.  JOHN- 
STON, Master  of  Ceremonies,  called 
on  some  of  the  old-time  employees 
(that  is  in  years  of  service)  for  some 
reminiscing  about  the  good-ole  days 
with  the  Commission.  Many  interest- 
ing and  humorous  facts  were  brought 
out  about  life  with  the  Commission 
through  the  years.  Mr.  Stewart  was 
presented  a  fishing  rod  and  reel,  a 
beautiful  service  placque,  and  an 
electric  shoe  shine  kit  by  his  fellow 
employees.  On  his  last  day  of  active 
duty  with  the  Commission.  Mr.  Ste- 
wart came  by  the  Division  Office 
with  a  large  box  of  chocolate  candy 
inviting  everyone  to  have  candy.  I 
hope  he  remembers  he  promised  to 
do  this  each  year.  Best  of  luck, 
health,  and  happiness.  Mr.  Jimmy. 

Mr.  R.  S.  WEBSTER,  Machine 
Operator  3.  Chatham  County,  retired 
July  1st,  after  having  been  with  the 
State  Highway  Commission  since 
1946.  Mr.  Webster  has  been  a  faith- 
ful and  hard-working  employee  and 
has  rendered  much  valuable  service 
to  the  work  of  the  Commission.  We 
will  miss  you  Mr.  Webster  and  wish 
you  the  best  of  luck,  health,  and 
happiness. 

Congratulations  are  in  order  for 
Z.  V.  (Bill)  TOLA  on  his  promotion 
to  Maintenance  Supervisor  for  Hoke 
and  Lee  Counties.  Mr.  Tolar  has 
been  associated  with  the  Commission 
for  many  years  and  his  wide  exper- 
ience and  capable  manner  will  be  ap- 
preciated by  all  in  this  new  work. 


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Also,  our  congratulations  to  N.  W. 
(Nip)  SINGLETARY  upon  his  pro- 
motion to  Road  Oil  Foreman,  filling 
the  position  formerly  held  by  Mr. 
Tolar.  We  wish  both  of  these  employ- 
ees the  best  of  luck  in  their  new  posi- 
tions. 


Mrs.  William  Thomas  Hancock  of 
Asheboro,  the  former  Miss  Shirley 
Haywood,  is  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Benson  Haywood  of  Norman. 
The  couple  were  married  in  the  Arm- 
field  Heights  Baptist  Church  in  A*he- 
boro  on  June  25. 

Mr.  Haywood,  father  of  the  bride, 
is  Gang  Foreman  in  Richmond  Coun- 
ty. 


DIVISION 
NINE 


Mr.  LLOYD  A. 
COOKE,  Road 
Maintenance  Sup- 
ervisor in  Rowan 
County,  and  his 
family  recently 
enjoyed  a  weeks 
vacation  at  Ocean 
Drive  Beach,  S.  C. 

We  wish  to  ex- 
tend a  long,  heal- 

DiviFion0CoyrrPespoPndentthy  and  happy  re- 
tirement to  Mr.  E. 
L.  EVERHART  who  retired  on  July 
31st.  Mr.  Everhart  was  a  Machine 
Operator  in  Davidson  County. 


Mrs.  CAROLINE  HONEY- 
CUTT,  Stenographer  in  the  Salis- 
bury District  Office,  and  her  family 
recently  spent  two  weeks  visiting  her 
parents  at  Long  Beach,  N.  C. 

Congratulations  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
JAMES  SIDNEY  MABE,  who  be- 
came proud  parents  of  a  7  lbs.  7  oz. 
daughter  born  on  July  3rd.  Mr.  Mabe 
works  in  Stokes  County  and  is  em- 
ployed in  the  Traffic  Services  De- 
partment. 

Sympathy  is  extended  to  the  fam- 
ily of  HERMAN  WESLEY  JOHN- 
SON. His  sudden  death  came  as  a 
shock  to  all  in  Winston-Salem,  Road 
Oil  Department.  Mr.  Johnson  was 
employed  with  the  Commission  only 
a  short  time. 

Get  Well  Wishes  are  expressed  to 
Mrs.  Joseph  Gregory,  who  was  hos- 
pitalized for  surgery.  Mrs.  Gregory 
is  the  wife  of  J.  W.  GREGORY,  M. 
O.  Ill,  Road  Oil  Department,  For- 
syth County.  A  speedy  recovery  to 
both  her  and  Mrs.  R.  Hart,  a  pa- 
tient at  Ashe  Memorial  Hospital. 
Mrs.  Hart  is  the  wife  of  RICHARD 
HART,  M.  O.  I,  Road  Oil,  Rowan 
County. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  WALTER  B. 
PUGH,  Leonard  and  Paul  will  be 
journeying  to  Wrightsville  Beach  for 
a  few  days  relaxation  and  a  refresh- 
ing pause  in  mid-summer. 

We  learned  that  JULIE  INABI- 
NET  "rubbed  shoulders"  with  T.V. 
Star,  "Illya"  who  appears  on  "Man 
From  Uncle"  while  both  were  dining 
at  the  "Brasserie"  in  New  York. 
During  her  brief  visit  there,  she  at- 
tended the  revival  of  the  play  "South 
Pacific"  at  the  Lincoln  Center  Thea- 
tre. Her  report  —  Superb! 

Mr.  V.  C.  FREEMAN'S  retire- 
ment has  resulted  in  the  following 
changes:  Mr.  R.  A.  WILLIAMS  re- 
placed Mr.  Freeman,  Mr.  I.  W. 
MORRIS  replaced  Mr.  Williams  and 
Mr.  REX  ANDERS  replaced  Mr. 
Morris. 

Mr.  H.  C.  BOWMAN,  Welder  in 
the  Division  Shop,  enjoyed  a  visit 
from  his  daughter,  her  husband  and 
children  who  reside  in  Oklahoma 
City,  Oklahoma. 

The  son  and  family  of  Mr.  G.  H. 
LEWIS,  Mech.  II,  District  Shop, 
have  returned  to  Missouri  after  hav- 
ing spent  their  vacation  with  parents 
in  North  Carolina. 

Mr.  G.  D.  WALLER,  Mech.  II, 
spent  a  week  on  the  coast  fishing, 
but  to  date  no  fish  fry  has  been 
planned. 


Congratulations:  It  seems  Mrs. 
EDITH  CARPENTER  made  all 
our  Right  of  Way  news  this  month 
and  many  rewards  have  come  to  this 
deserving  girl  for  her  achievements. 
She  was  awarded  a  lovely  pin  for  10 
years  of  Secretarial  Service  to  the 
N.  C.  State  Highway  Commission. 

Again,  the  W.  R.  CARPENTERS 
have  become  proud  grandparents. 
Their  daughter  Judy  Wiles  and  son- 
in-law  Jerry  Wiles  announced  the 
arrival  of  a  five-pound  five-ounce 
baby  girl  on  July  17th.  Little  Allen 
Wiles,  3-year-old  grandson  also  wel- 
comes his  little  sister,  Pamela  Denise. 


Mr.  V.  C.  Freeman,  who  retired  ef- 
fective July  1st,  is  shown  holding  a 
plaque  which  was  presented  him  by 
fellow  employees  from  Division  9 
Equipment  Department.  Mr.  Freeman 
began  work  July  5,  1924. 

WILLIAM  REYNOLDS  has  re- 
signed from  the  Right  of  Way  De- 
partment to  pursue  a  career  in  For- 
estry, which  was  his  Major  at  N. 
C.  State.  Best  of  Good  Luck,  Bill. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  EARL  SMITH  from 
Eastern  North  Carolina  are  both  as- 
sets to  this  area.  Earl  is  an  Agent 
in  Right  of  Way  and  Dianne,  who 
teaches  in  the  public  schools  here,  is 
continuing  her  teaching  this  Sum- 
mer with  the  Elementary  Secondary 
Education  Act  for  pre-school  chil- 
dren. This  program  is  designed  to 
prepare  children  for  the  FIRST 
GRADE. 


31) 


Edith  Carpenter,  and  husband,  Wil- 
liam R.,  have  recently  been  elected  as 
Governor  and  Senior  Regent  of  the 
Loyal  Order  of  Moose  in  Winston-Sa- 
lem. In  this  capacity  they  attended  the 
National  Meeting  in  Jacksonville, 
Florida  and  enjoyed  a  lovely  business 
meeting  and  vacation  for  one  week. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  P.  SHAW  trans- 
ported their  guest,  his  9-year-old 
niece  Lenise  Shaw  of  up-state  New 
York  to  Bluefield,  W.  Va.  where  she 
will  visit  her  grandparents.  Lenise 
had  been  a  patient  in  Duke  Hospital 
with  a  broken  arm. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  H.  BROOME. 
Ill,  and  son  Robbie,  IV,  spent  a 
week's  vacation  at  Cherry  Grove 
Beach,  S.  C.  It  ended  all  too  soon 

Right  of  Way  Agents  A.  OWEN 
BESSELLIEU  and  C.  EARL 
SMITH  assisted  the  Shelby  Division 
on  temporary  duty  for  one  week. 

Sympathy:  Our  deepest  sympathy 
is  extended  to  JAMES  H.  MAYS 
and  family  in  the  loss  of  his  father- 
in-law,  Sam  William  Martin  of  San- 
dy Ridge,  who  passed  away  on  July 
9th  at  Annie  Penn  Memorial  Hospi- 
tal, Reidsville.  Mr.  Mays  is  employ- 
ed as  a  Maintenance  Yard  Foreman 
with  the  Stokes  County  Maintenance 
Department,  Walnut  Cove. 

TUCKER  A.  HESTER  and  family 
in  the  loss  of  his  rmther,  Mrs.  Nancy 
Pegram  Hester,  Route  1 .  Belews 
Creek,  who  passed  away  May  29th 
at  Forsyth  Memorial  Hospital,  Win- 
ston-Salem. Mr.  Hester  is  employed 
as  a  Machine  Operator  III  with  For- 
syth County  Maintenance  Depart- 
ment, Winston-Salem. 

Mrs.  Ruby  Lock  Young,  67.  of  Ru- 


ral Hall,  passed  away  on  June  5th 
at  John  Umstead  Hospital,  Butner. 
Mrs.  Young  was  the  mother  of  WIL- 
BURN  LEE  YOUNG,  employed  by 
Forsyth  County  Maintenance  Depart- 
ment, Winston-Salem,  as  a  Heavy 
Truck  Driver  and  wife  of  LEE  BRY- 
ANT YOUNG,  a  former  Mainte- 
nance Foreman  II  with  the  Forsyth 
County  Maintenance  Department, 
Winston-Salem,  who  retired  on  Oc- 
tober 31st. 

Retired  Employees:  A  long  and 
happy  retirement  to  JOHN  HENRY 
WRIGHT,  Truck  Driver  with  the  Da- 
vie County  Maintenance  Department, 
Mocksville,  who  retired  on  July  1st. 

WILLIE  EDGAR  SAIN,  Mainte 
nance  Foreman  II  with  the  Davie 
County  Maintenance  Department. 
Mocksville,  who  has  been  out  of 
work  since  July  of  last  year  due  to 
extended  illness,  is  retiring  on  dis- 
ability retirement  August  1st. 

Congratulations:  Miss  Phyllis 
Anne  Moorefield  became  the  bride 
of  Paul  O.  Young,  Jr.,  Saturday, 
June  17th,  at  7  p.m.  at  First  Baptist 
Church  of  Walnut  Cove.  The  Rev.  J. 
M.  Johnson  officiated. 

Mrs.  Young,  the  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  C.  E.  Moorefield  of  Walnut 
Cove,  is  a  graduate  of  South  Stokes 
High  School  and  has  just  completed 
the  one-year  commercial  course  at 
the  University  of  North  Carolina, 
Greensboro. 


Mr.  Young,  Jr.,  the  son  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  PAUL  O.  YOUNG,  SR.. 
Route  1,  Walnut  Cove,  is  a  graduate 
of  Walnut  Cove  High  School,  has 
completed  the  machinist  course  at 
Forsyth  Technical  Institute  and  join- 
ed the  U.  S.  Coast  Guard  in  August, 
1966.  He  is  presently  attending  the 
Coast  Guard  Aviation  School  at  Eli- 
zabeth City,  where  they  are  presently 
making  their  home. 

Mr.  Young,  Sr.,  is  employed  with 
the  Stokes  County  Maintenance  De- 
partment, Walnut  Cove,  as  a  Main- 
tenance Foreman  II. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  WILBURN  LEE 
YOUNG  proudly  announce  the  birth 
of  a  son,  Darin  Lee.  June  23rd.  Mr. 
Young  is  employed  as  a  Heavy  Truck 
Driver  with  the  Forsyth  County 
Maintenance  Department,  Winston- 
Salem. 

Returned  to  Work:  RUSSELL 
SWAIN  returned  to  work  on  July 
10th  as  a  Machine  Operator  I  with 
the  Forsyth  County  Maintenance  De- 
partment, Winston-Salem.  Mr.  Swain 
has  been  out  of  work  since  April  5th 
clue  to  extended  illness. 

Sick  List:  LUTHER  S.  GIBBONS. 
Truck  Driver  for  the  Forsyth  County 
Maintenance  Department,  Winston- 
Salem,  is  recuperating  at  his  home 
after  being  hospitalized  for  several 
months  due  to  an  on-the-job  accident, 
February  6th.  We  hope  that  he  will 
continue  to  improve. 


This  picture  shows  progress  being  made  on  the  new  Equipment  Shop  be- 
ing constructed  on  the  Maintenance  Yard  at  Salisbury.  This  new  Shop  is  to 
replace  the  one  which  was  completely  destroyed  by  fire  in  December,  1966, 


Visiting:  Robert  Lee  Chew,  IV, 
made  his  first  visit  to  North  Carolina 
in  July  along  with  his  parents,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Robert  Lee  Chew,  III,  of 
Merritt  Island,  Fla.  Little  Robert, 
IV,  born  May  15th,  visited  his  grand- 
parents, Mr.  and  Mrs.  ROBERT 
LEE  CHEW,  JR.,  of  923  S.  Haw- 
thorne Road,  Winston-Salem.  "Grand- 
daddy"  Chew  is  District  Engineer  at 
Winston-Salem. 

Vacations:  ALICE  GREESE, 
stenographer,  and  husband  Bob 
spent  their  vacation  in  the  Cape  Cod 
Area  and  at  "Expo  67"  at  Montreal. 

JIM  MOORE,  Area  Appraiser, 
spent  his  vacation  in  Lexington,  Ken- 
tucky and  Bristol,  Virginia. 

TOM  WHITLOCK  and  wife  Pat 
and  children  Sandy  and  Cindy  spent 
their  vacation  relaxing  in  the  sun 
at  the  beach. 

BILL  TOMLINSON  and  wife  Sue, 
who  are  newlyweds  since  June  18th, 
spent  their  honey  moon- vacation  at 
Williamsburg  and  Washington,  D.  C. 
Our  congratulations  are  extended  to 
Bill  and  Sue. 

DON  COX  and  family  vacationed 
at  the  beach  for  a  week. 

LINDA  WILLIAMS,  Stenograph- 
er, vacationed  a  few  days  at  Boone 
where  she  treated  her  litt'e  niece, 
June  Russell,  to  a  visit  to  Tweetsie 
Railroad. 

CAROL  DOTY,  Stenographer,  and 
family  spent  a  few  days  at  Sanford. 

JIM  BRADFORD  and  family 
spent  a  week  at  the  beach  relaxing 
in  the  sun. 

Appraisal  School:  BOBBY 
HEATH,  Appraiser,  spent  two  weeks 
(July  10  21)  attending  Rider  College 
in  Trenton,  New  Jersey  where  he 
took  AIREA  Course  I. 


JIMMY  MOORE 
SOAP  BOX  DERBY  WINNER! 


Other  News  of  Interest:  Mr.  JIM 
MOORE,  Area  Appraiser,  is  a  very 
proud  father  these  days  and  he  has 
every  reason  to  be.  His  son,  Jimmy, 
won  the  Soap  Box  Derby  in  Lexing- 
ton, Kentucky.  Jimmy  spent  850 
hours  designing,  building  and  painting 
his  soap  box  racer  and  his  work  cer- 
tainly paid  off.  He  covered  1,100  ft.  in 
29.7  seconds  to  bring  the  Lexington 
All-American  Soap  Box  Derby  title 
back  to  Lexington.  Last  year  Frank- 
lin, Kentucky  took  the  title  home. 
Jimmy  won  a  $500.00  savings  bond 
and  a  trip  to  Akron,  Ohio  to  compete 
in  the  national  finals  on  August  19th. 
and  the  winner  there  will  receive  a 
$7500.00  scholarship.  BEST  OF 
LUCK  JIMMY!! 

Our  congratulations  go  to  Mrs. 
JAYNE  JONES,  Stenographer  in 
the  Appraisal  Section,  who  was  nam- 
ed "Secretary  of  the  Day"  on  July 
18th.  The  "Secretary  of  the  Day 
Award"  is  sponsored  by  local  radio 
station  WSJS.  The  winner  receives  a 
framed  gold  seal  certificate  and  a 
beautiful  flower  arrangement  for  her 
desk.  Keep  up  the  good  work,  Jayne!! 

Dust  Thou  Art 

By  RACINE  VAN  DUSEN 
Division  9— R/W 

My  very  first  experience  as  a  new 
Secretary  with  the  Right  of  Way 
Department  was  how  to  correctly 
spell  "privy"  and  a  briefing  on  how 
to  "resurrect"  the  dead! 

Speaking  of  the  dead  .  .  .  they  have 
been  "resurrected"  and  reinterred  by 
our  expert  C.  P.  SHAW.  Able  In- 
spectors were  A.  OWEN  BESSEL- 
LIEU,  ROSCOE  J.  LEFTWICH  and 
J.  L.  GOINES.  I  would  be  remiss 
not  to  mention  that  LOUIS  S.  AL- 
LEN, JR.  did  a  lot  of  "digging"  in 
the  early  stages  of  this  project  which 
is  part  and  parcel  of  clearing  the 
right  of  way  here  in  the  City  of  Win- 
ston-Salem for  the  North-South  Ex- 
pressway (U.S.  52). 

It  all  really  began  long,  long  ago 
in  about  the  year  1837  when  Mather 
Susan  Johnson  was  born.  Her  heri- 
tage was  to  be  born  a  slave;  live  and 
die  a  slave.  She  expired  in  1919  and 
was  buried  in  the  old  Bellview  Ceme- 
tery. However,  she  was  not  the  first 
person  known  to  be  buried  there  but 
according  to  records,  she  lived  72 
years  and  was  the  oldest  person  to  be 
buried  there.  The  first  burial  was 
Mary  M.  Reynolds  who  was  born  in 

41 


1853  but  expired  in  1894  at  the  age 
of  41.  1869  is  the  only  date  on  the 
marker  of  General  C.  Pickard  and  it 
is  not  known  if  this  is  the  date  of 
birth  or  burial.  It  is  known  that  a 
number  of  persons  interred  were 
members  of  the  ZION  TABERNA- 
CLE FIRE  BAPTIST  HOLINESS 
CHURCH  OF  GOD  OF  THE 
AMERICAS. 

Preliminary  work  was  extensive 
and  tedious,  as  much  so  as  anyone 
part  of  the  other  stages  of  this  pro- 
ject. One  of  the  first  prerequisites  for 
moving  a  cemetery  is  identifying 
the  names  on  the  grave  markers  and 
notifying  the  nearest  of  kin  by  pub- 
lic advertisement,  in  order  to  secure 
their  permission  and  insure  their 
peace  of  mind  and  contentment  in 
moving  these  persons.  The  SHC  pro- 
vides a  new  location  or  the  living 
relatives  may  designate  where  they 
wish  the  remains  reinterred.  It  was 
most  difficult  and  in  some  instances 
impossible  to  determine  names,  dates, 
etc.  on  the  old  stone  grave  markers 
as  "time  and  tide"  had  defaced  them. 
Some  merely  had  a  rock  at  the  head 
or  foot  without  any  designation  and 
some  could  have  had  a  marker  of 
wood  as  parts  of  same  were  found  al- 
most completely  deteriorated.  There 
was  no  evidence  of  care  or  mainte 
nance  of  the  cemetery  for  ages.  How- 
ever, from  the  responses  of  our  ads, 
we  feel  all  known  living  relatives 
were  reached.  Permission  was  grant- 
ed to  reinter  all  remains  from  both 
the  Happy  Hills  and  Belleview  Ceme- 
teries to  the  three  locations  provided 
by  the  SHC  —  Evergreen.  Watkins 
and  Piedmont  Memorial  Gardens. 
Every  person  formerly  buried  was 
reinterred  whether  known  by  marker 
or  unknown  because  of  no  marker  or 
identification  at  all.  The  new  loca- 
tions have  insured  the  SHC  of  per- 
petual care.  The  contractor  furnished 
new  grave  markers,  engraving  those 
with  information  found  on  the  origi- 
nal ones  and  a  service  was  held  for 
those  reinterred,  where  requested. 

The  headaches  of  the  living  really 
began  with  the  onus  of  complying 
with  rules  and  regulations.  FIRST 
off,  do  what  Federal  -  Aid  Contracts 
specify.  SECONDLY,  do  as  Raleigh 
specifies.  THIRD,  do  as  the  N.  C. 
State  Board  of  Health  and  Forsyth 
County  Health  Department  specifies. 
FOURTH,  comply  with  the  City  of 
Winston-Salem  Code,  Chapter  6 
(Cemeteries);  AND  FIFTH,  a  four- 
page  N.  C.  SHC  Proposal  and  Con- 


tract  written  and  re-written  and  fi- 
nally approved.  However,  these  laws 
and  technicalities  are  necessary  pri- 
marily to  protect  peace  of  mind  of 
any  living  relatives.  C.  P.  SHAW 
initiated  this  project  as  early  as 
1965  and  the  cost  so  far  is  estimated 
at  $40,789.00.  Progress  being  assured, 
one  may  drive  down  this  proposed 
highway  in  the  future  and  perhaps 
see  a  marker  reminiscent  of  an  era 
pre-Civil  War! 

I  must  say,  the  next  step  really 
"spooked"  my  sensitive  nature  —  Ad- 
vertising for  professional  grave  dig- 
gers which  come  under  the  title  of 
Funeral  Director,  Licensed  Embalm- 
er,  Mortician-Contractor,  etc.  Also 
lots  (spaces)  had  to  be  acquired  from 
cemeteries  who  would  accept  the  re- 
mains of  colored  persons  for  reinter- 
ment. Through  channels  (Attorneys) 
it  was  determined  the  persons  own- 
ing cemeteries  where  reinterment  was 
to  take  place,  had  title  to  the  land. 
We  feel  the  price  for  exhumation  and 
reinterment  was  reasonable,  consider- 
ing today's  high  cost  of  burying  the 
dead! 

The  entire  process  of  exhumation 
and  reinterment  was  private.  There 
were  no  sightseers  or  photographers, 
with  the  exception  of  one  newsman 
from  WSJS.  A  State  Inspector  super- 
vised and  accompanied  each  body  to 
the  new  destination.  Two  local  City 
Policemen  made  regular  appearances. 
A  majority  of  the  work  of  exhuma- 
tion was  done  by  hand  with  long  steel 
rods  from  necessity  of  locating  any 
minute  articles  or  clothing,  etc. 
which  by  law  must  be  reinterred  with 
the  remains.  A  bulldozer  was  permit- 
ted only  to  remove  underbrush, 
stumps,  overburden,  etc.  to  permit 
access  to  the  cemeteries.  Some  graves 
appeared  to  be  "tall"  while  others  in 
one  section  were  "short"  indicating 
children  perhaps.  A  complete  map 
of  the  Cemetery  is  on  file,  showing 
those  bodies  identified  and  numbers 
indicating  those  not  identified  and 
the  area  from  which  all  were  exhum- 
ed. No  work  was  accomplished  on 
Saturday  or  Sunday. 

In  most  cases  where  the  body  had 
been  buried  for  say  around  100  years, 
it  had  returned  to  DUST  FROM 
WHENCE  IT  CAME. 


A  PSALM  OF  LIFE 

Tell  me  not,  in  mournful  numbers 

Life  is  but  an  empty  dream 
For  the  soul  is  dead  that  slumbers 

And  things  are  not  what  they  seem 
Life  is  real!  Life  is  earnest! 

And  the  grave  is  not  its  goal; 
"Dust  thou  art,  to  dust  returnest" 

Was  not  spoken  of  the  soul 
Not  enjoyment  and  not  sorrow 

Is  our  destined  end  or  way 
But  to  act  that  each  tomorrow 

Finds  us  farther  than  today 
Art  is  long  and  Time  is  fleeting 

And  our  hearts  though  stout  and  brave 
Still,  like  muffled  drums,  are  beating 

Funeral  marches  to  the  grave 
In  the  world's  broad  field  of  battle 

In  the  bivouac  of  Life 
Be  not  like  dumb,  driven  cattle 

Be  a  hero  in  the  strife 
Trust  no  Future,  however  pleasant 

Let  the  dead  Past,  bury  its  dead 
Act — Act  in  the  living  Present 

Heart  within  and  God  o'erhead 
Lives  of  great  men  all  remind  us 

We  can  make  our  lives  sublime 
And  departing,  leave  behind  us 

Footprints  on  the  sands  of  time 
Footprints  that  perhaps  another 

Sailing  o'er  life's  solemn  main 
A  forlorn  and  shipwrecked  brother 

Seeing,  shall  take  heart  again 
Let  us,  then,  be  up  and  doing 

With  a  heart  for  any  fate 
Still  achieving,  still  pursuing 

Learn  to  labor  and  to  wait. 

.  .  .  Henry  Wadsworth  Longfellow 

FOOD  FOR  THOUGHT 

The  way  things  are  being  speeded  up  in  this  country,  it  won't  be  long  before 
a  person  can  take  a  two-week  vacation  in  four  days. 
The  best  thing  to  do  behind  a  person's  back  is  pat  it. 

You  ought  to  be  able  to  live  within  your  income  —  you  can't  live  without  it! 

Many  employees  spend  time  shining  up  to  the  boss  that  they  should  use  in 
polishing  off  some  work. 

About  the  best  method  of  climbing  higher  is  to  remain  on  the  level. 

The  smartest  person  is  not  the  one  quickest  to  see  through  a  thing,  but  to 
see  a  thing  through. 

Few  of  us  can  stand  prosperity,  especially  if  it's  another  man's. 

Always  do  right.  This  will  gratify  some  people,  and  astonish  the  rest. 


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} 

\  DIVISION 
L  TEN 

Friends  and  em- 
ployees   of  the 
Tenth  Division  ex- 
tend   to  Machine 
Opr.    I   and  Mrs. 
LESLIE  M.  KEL- 
LY   sympathy  in 
the  death  of  their 
-  ft  son.    PFC  Harry 
Allen   Kelly,  who 
"""    was  killed  in  Viet 
DivisioACoV^spondentNam      July  15th 
when  his  jeep  hit 
a  landmine.  He  was  serving  as  a  ra- 
dio operator  with  the  919th  Engineers 
Cavalry.   Harry   Allen  was   a  1964 
graduate  of  North  Mecklenburg  High 
School. 

The  entire  Tenth  Division  and 
friends  of  the  Highway  Commission 
were  deeply  shocked  at  the  sudden 
death  of  EDWIN  M.  FINISON,  Dis- 
trict Engineer  for  Mecklenburg  and 
Union  Counties.  Mr.  Finison  died 
Saturday,  July  8,  1967.  at  his  cabin 
on  Lake  Tillery  in  Stanly  County. 
He  is  survived  by  his  wife,  Helen  W. 
Finison,  and  a  son,  Edwin  Bryant 
Finison,  a  2nd  Classman  at  the  U.  S. 
Naval  Academy  at  Annapolis,  Mary- 
land. 

Ed  was  born  August  27,  1911  in 
Randolph  County.  He  attended  Troy 
High  School  and  Guilford  College  be- 
fore coming  with  the  Highway  Com- 
mission in  1935.  He  also  received  a 
diploma  in  Engineering  from  Inter- 
national Correspondence  School.  In 
1936,  he  was  transferred  to  our  Con- 
struction Department,  where  he  re- 
mained until  his  transfer  to  the 
Maintenance  Department  as  Road 
Maintenance  Supervisor  in  Stanly 
County  in  1953.  In  1957,  Mr.  Finison 
was  transferred  and  promoted  to  Dis- 
trict Engineer  in  Charlotte. 

Ed  had  many  friends  throughout 
the  entire  Highway  Commission  as 
well  as  organizations  associated  with 
the  Highway  Commission,  and  will 
be  greatly  missed  by  these  associates. 

We  extend  our  sympathy  to  Act- 
ing District  Engineer  C.  N.  WHIL- 
DEN,  JR.  and  wife  in  the  sudden 
death  of  Mrs.  Whilden's  father. 


Karen  Lee  Thomas,  age  3  years  and  Sherry  Jane  Thomas,  age  l]/2  are  the 
adorable  granddaughters  of  J.  P.  Thomas,  M.  F.  II  in  Anson  County. 


Our  best  wishes  for  a  speedy  re- 
covery to  W.  L.  PENNINGER  and 
C.  A.  BARBEE,  both  are  ill  and  in 
Stanly  County  Hospital.  Both  men 
are  with  Cabarrus  County  Mainte- 
nance. 

Sympathy  is  extended  to  the  fam- 
ilies of  V.  L.  RITCHIE,  B.  B. 
BLACK  and  T.  L.  PATTERSON, 
employees  in  Cabarrus  County  who 
recently  had  a  death  in  their  family. 

J.  A.  MILLS  enjoyed  a  nice  trip 
to  Brunswick,  Georgia  to  visit  his 
daughter,  and  got  in  some  good  fish- 
ing while  he  was  down.  Mills  is 
M.  F.  I  in  Cabarrus  County. 

Best  wishes  to  T.  D.  BROWN, 
T.  D.,  who  was  married  recently. 

Congratulations  to  the  following 
Stanly  Maintenance  men  who  re- 
ceived service  pins:  J.  H.  HUNEY- 
CUTT,  M.  O.  II,  15  years;  C.  A. 
FRICK,  M.  O.  II,  15  years;  C.  L. 
BURRIS,  Truck  Driver,  15  years; 
E.  M.  HINSON,  M.  O.  II,  20  years; 
G.  D.  LOWDER,  M.  O.  I,  20  years; 
P.  A.  SMITH,  M.  F.  II,  20  years; 
J.  M.  BYRD,  M.  F.  IV,  30  years  and 
R.  W.  LANIER,  M.  F.  II,  35  years. 

J.  W.  KENDALL,  M.  O.  Ill,  in 
Stanly  County,  along  with  Mrs.  Ken- 
dall and  their  two  daughters  enjoyed 
a  two  week  vacation  visiting  Vicks- 
burg,  Mississippi,  Civil  War  battle- 
ground; Las  Vegas,  Nevada;  the 
Grand  Canyon,  "Temple  Square"  in 
Salt  Lake  City  and  many  other 
places  of  interest. 

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Stanly  County  Road  Maintenance 
Supervisor,  W.  E.  WOODRUFF  and 
Mrs.  Woodruff,  along  with  their  two 
daughters,  Kim  and  Leslie,  spent  an 
enjoyable  week  in  the  Nation's  Capi- 
tal, visiting  the  White  House,  The 
Capitol  and  all  the  Memorials  to  our 
great  men  of  history.  They  were  ex- 
tremely lucky  to  be  able  to  hear  the 
Marine  Band  in  Concert. 

Division  10  Unit  of  State  Highway 
Commission  and  Prison  Employees' 
Association  held  their  annual  meet- 
ing at  the  Employees'  Clubhouse  in 
Monroe  on  Friday.  July  28th  at  4:00 
P.M. 

Our  Asst.  Chief  Engineer,  Admn., 
Mr.  IVAN  HARDESTY,  presented 
Service  Awards  to  our  personnel,  as 
follows:  40  Years  Award  to  M.  A. 
BOWERS  and  35  Years  Awards  to 
J.  R.  BROWN,  J.  F.  CARPENTER 
and  R.  W.  LANIER,  respectively. 
Mr.  Hardesty  also  presented  State 
Highway  Commission  Retirement 
Certificates  to  M.  A.  BOWERS. 
CHARLIE  DENSON,  D.  H.  HA- 
GER  and  CICERO  MORRIS. 

Mr.  K.  B.  BAILEY,  Asst.  Direc- 
tor of  Prisons,  presented  Service 
Awards  to  the  following:  30  Years 
Award  to  GEORGE  C.  NEWTON 
and  20  Years  Award  to  J.  M.  WIL- 
LIAMS. 

Mr.  J.  R.  WOODARD,  Personnel 
Officer  of  the  State  Highway  Com- 
mission, was  present  and  made  a 
short  talk  to  our  group.  With  Mr. 
Woodard  was  one  of  his  assistants, 
TED  AUSTIN,  Training  Officer. 


A  business  meeting  was  held  and 
the  following  were  elected  as  officers 
for  the  coming  year:  T.  V.  STATON. 
JR.,  Chairman;  JACK  T.  COLEY, 
Co-Chairman  and  DUDLEY  D.  Mc- 
SVVAIN,  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

At  the  close  of  the  meeting,  a  de- 
licious barbecued  chicken  supper  was 
enjoyed  by  all  and  appreciation  for 
the  preparation  of  same  was  express- 
ed to  our  Union  County  hosts,  whose 
culinary  arts  can  hardly  be  surpass- 
ed. 

Resident  Engineer  L.  P.  "Buck" 
ALLMAN  and  wife  are  the  proud 
parents  of  a  10  lb.  baby  girl,  born 
July  29th.  They  now  have  a  three- 
year-old  son  and  the  baby  is  named 
Sandra  Dawn. 

Members  of  the  Right  of  Way  De- 
partment and  their  families  enjoyed 
a  cook  out  July  20th  in  honor  of  DA- 
VID W.  PLUNKETT,  who  resigned 
from  the  Right  of  Way  Department 
to  work  for  State  Insurance  Commis- 
sion in  Charlotte.  We  hope  David  will 
like  his  new  job  and  the  golf  cart  the 
Right  of  Way  Department  gave  him 
as  a  going  away  present. 

Welcome  to  W.  B.  WILLIAMS 
who  recently  moved  here  from  Ahos- 
kie.  Since  Bill  and  Gail  have  been 
living  here,  they  have  had  a  new  ad- 
dition to  their  family.  They  have  a 
little  boy,  Baxter,  age  three  years 
and  the  little  girl,  Lee  Ann,  was 
born  June  16th. 

Congratulations  to  JERRY  L. 
HARRIS,  M.  O.  I  of  the  Traffic  Serv- 
ices Dept.  who  recently  got  married. 
Jerry  married  the  former  Miss  Flor- 
ence Drenda  Barbee.  They  are  living 
in  Oakboro. 

Mr.  CLYDE  S.  HUNEYCUTT, 
Traffic  Services  Supervisor,  Division 
10,  his  wife  and  son,  Gregory,  enjoy- 
ed a  recent  vacation  trip  to  the  Out- 
er Banks.  The  Huneycutt's  visited  the 
National  Seashore  Recreational  Area, 
Cape  Hatteras,  Ocracoke  Island, 
where  they  saw  wild  ponies,  and 
Manteo  where  they  saw  the  Lost 
Colony  play.  The  saw  many  wreck- 
ed ships  in  which  is  called  the 
Graveyard  of  the  Atlantic.  The  Hun- 
eycutts  also  spent  quite  a  lot  of 
their  time  fishing. 

Congratulations  to  THOMAS  W. 
SHAVER    of    the    Traffic  Services 


Mrs.  Diane  Kindley,  above,  Typist 
in  Office  of  Resident  Engineer,  L.  P. 
Allman,  in  Charlotte  —  Mr.  Dave  Ro- 
berts, Area  Construction  Engineer, 
with  headquarters  in  Albemarle,  was 
visiting  in  the  newly  opened  Construc- 
tion Office. 

Dept.,  Division  10,  and  wife,  Kath- 
leen, who  have  a  new  baby  girl  nam- 
ed Lori  Anne. 

Condolences  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  LES- 
LIE M.  KELLY  and  family  (he  is 
with  Huntersville  Maintenance  in 
Mecklenburg  County).  Son,  Harry 
Allen  Kelly,  age  21,  was  killed  in 
Viet  Nam  on  July  15th.  Full  military 
rites  were  accorded  at  the  graveside 
in  the  church  cemetery  in  Northern 
Mecklenburg  County  on  July  24th. 

Condolences  to  the  family  of  Mrs. 
Bleeker  Ferguson  Estridge,  widow 
of  CHARLIE  ESTRIDGE,  formerly 
employed  in  the  Maint.  Dept.  of 
Hwy.  Comm.,  who  passed  away  in 
the  hospital,  on  July  29th.  Her  only 
son,  EDWARD  ESTRIDGE,  is  in 
the  Parts  Dept.  of  the  10th  Division 
Equipment  Office.  She  is  also  sur- 
vived by  a  brother,  PERRY  H. 
FERGUSON,  who  is  employed  with 
the  District  2  Maintenance  Depart- 
ment, in  Mecklenburg  County. 

Sympathy  is  extended  to  the  fam- 
ily of  EDWIN  M.  FINISON,  who 
died  suddenly  July  8th  in  Stanly 
County.  Mr.  Finison  was  District 
Engineer  of  the  second  district  of  the 
North  Carolina  Highway  Commis- 
sion. 


Dolores  Rogers 


Best  wishes  for 
a  long  and  happy 
retirement  go  out 
to  Mr.  C.  W.  FOS- 
TER, District  3 
employee  who  re- 
ti  red  effective 
August  1st. 

Sympathy  is  ex- 
tended to  Mrs. 
CORA  LEE 
GREER,  Stenog- 

Division  Correspondent  rapher  m  the  Dig. 

trict  2  Office,  who  lost  her  mother  re- 
cently; to  Mr.  JAMES  ATWELL, 
Assistant  District  Engineer  for  Dis- 
trict 1,  whose  wife,  Mary,  died  July 
4th;  to  the  family  of  Mr.  R.  W. 
(Sam)  BROWN,  Maintenance  Fore- 
man II  in  Yadkin  County,  who  died 
June  15th;  to  the  family  of  RUBIN 
WOOD,  Truck  Driver  in  Surry  Coun- 
ty, who  died  June  1st;  and  to  B.  R. 
PARDUE,  Machine  Operator  II  in 
Surry  County,  who  lost  his  father  re- 
cently. 

In  the  Right  of  Way  Department, 
W.  E.  WINSTEAD  is  at  home  and 
improving  after  suffering  a  heart  at- 
tack and  K.  R.  CONNER  in  at  home 
following  surgery.  We  wish  them  both 
a  speedy  recovery. 

Congratulations  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
F.  D.  TRIVETTE  on  the  birth  of  a 
baby  boy  on  July  6th.  Mr.  Wood  is 
a  Truck  Driver  in  Yadkin  County. 

Mr.  A.  B.  CRIST,  Right  of  Way 
Agent,  is  back  at  work  after  spending 
two  weeks  at  summer  camp  in  Fort 
Gordon,  Georgia. 

Mr.  C.  V.  JONES,  Machine  Oper- 
ator III  in  Surry  County,  retired  ef- 
fective July  1st,  with  22  years  of  serv- 
ice with  the  Highway  Commission. 
We  wish  Mr.  Jones  a  long  and  happy 
retirement. 

Welcome  to  HARVEY  LEE 
PARKS,  Engineering  Trainee,  who 
is  working  in  the  Elkin  District  Of- 
fice. 

I  am  quoting  below  a  letter  which 
Mr.  JAMES  ATWELL.  Assistant 
District  Engineer  for  District  I, 
found  in  his  files.  Mr.  Atwell  throught 
it  might  be  interesting  to  our  readers 
to  compare  salaries  at  that  time  and 
the  present: 


COMPARISON  OF  1941  SALARIES 

October  25,  1941 

Mr.  C.  C.  Ashby 

District  Engineer 

Elkin,  N.  C. 

Dear  Mr.  Ashby: 

I  wish  to  advise  you  that  you  have 
been  officially  promoted  from  Main- 
tenance Supervisor  to  District  Engi- 
neer, and  Mr.  James  Atwell,  Instru- 
mentman,  has  been  promoted  to  the 
position  of  Maintenance  Supervisor. 
It  is  with  pleasure  that  I  notify  you 
of  these  promotions  as  I  have  known 
you  both  for  a  good  many  years  and 
your  work  has  been  entirely  satisfac- 
tory. I  wish  you  both  success  in  your 
new  work  and  I  am  thoroughly  satis- 
fied that  you  will  both  make  a  suc- 
cess in  your  new  positions. 

Mr.  Baise  did  not  see  fit  to  ap- 
prove my  recommendations  to  the 
Budget  Bureau,  and  the  Budget  Bu- 
reau in  return  did  not  approve  Mr. 
Baise's  recommendations  as  to  your 
salaries.  Your  salary  will  be  $2,400 
per  year  and  Mr.  Atwell's  will  be 
$1,980.  These  salaries  are  effective 
October  6th. 

I  assure  you  that  from  time  to 
time,  I  will  try  to  get  these  salaries 
raised. 

Yours  very  truly, 
Z.  V.  Stewart 
DIVISION  ENGINEER 


W.  F.  BABCOCK 


Mr.  Babcock  as  he  looked  10  years 
ago  when  he  first  came  with  the 
Commission. 


Rodney  Thomas  Gwyn,  son  of  Resi- 
dent Engineer  and  Mrs.  T.  E.  Gwyn, 
Mount  Airy,  N.  C,  has  entered  the 
Air  Force  Academy  in  Colorado  where 
he  will  have  a  four-year  course  of 
study  and  training  that  will  culminate 
with  a  commission  in  the  U.  S.  Air 
Force. 

Upon  entering  the  Academy,  Rod- 
ney received  an  "Honors  at  Entrance 
Award"  for  distinguished  achievement 
at  Mount  Airy  High  School  and  was 
recognized  as  ranking  in  the  top  tenth 
of  a  group  of  one  thousand  young  men 
who  will  join  the  Air  Force  Cadet 
Wing  this  year.  A  1967  graduate  of 
Mount  Airy  High  School,  he  main- 
tained a  scholastic  average  of  95  or 
above;  he  was  President  of  the  Stu- 
dent Council,  Secretary  of  the  Math 
Club,  Treasurer  of  the  Photography 
Club  and  served  as  Head  Photograph- 
er for  the  Annual  Staff.  Rodney  was 
a  member  of  the  Monogram  Club, 
Dramatic  Club,  Honor  Society,  Hi-Y 
Club  and  Wrestling  Team. 

Upon  graduating  from  high  school 
he  received  awards  for  Best  All 
Around  Student,  American  Legion  for 
Best  Citizen,  a  trophy  voted  by  the 
wrestling  team  as  most  valuable  play- 
er and  a  gold  medal  for  a  regional 
wrestling  win.  Rodney  was  one  of 
three  local  nominess  for  the  More- 
head  Scholarship.  He  was  President 
of  the  Senior  Hi  Fellowship  at  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church  in  Mount 
Airy  and  attended  the  Governor's 
School  in  the  summer  of  1966,  spe- 
cializing in  the  area  of  Math. 


Jean  Cline 
Division  Correspondent 


New  Baby  — 
Born  to  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  H .  D  . 
CHANDLER  — 
Truck  Driver  in 
Gaston  County  — 
Son. 

Mr.  and  Mrs. 
CHARLES  SELF 
Asst.  District  En- 
gineer, District 
One  Office  —  va- 
cationed at  White 
Lake. 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  B.  WELLMON 
— ■  Maintenance  Supervisor.  Camped 
week  at  Camp  Arrowhead  —  Enjoyed 
this  very  much,  in  fact  so  much  he 
came  home  with  blistered  feet,  sittin' 
propped  up,  just  restun'. 

DON  BLANTON  —  Clerk  —  Dis- 
trict One  office.  Weeks  vacation  at 
Myrtle  Beach  —  Had  a  good  time 
even  though  he  is  sweating  out  call 
from  Uncle  Sam. 

J.  W.  McSWAIN,  District  One  em- 
ployee, two  weeks  visit  in  San  An- 
gelo,  Texas  with  daughter  and  grand- 
children. 

Sickness  —  F.  C.  Abernathy,  Gas- 
ton County  employee,  returned  to 
work  after  extended  illness.  This 
due  to  car  accident,  he  was  working 
on  his  car  and  it  rolled  over  him,  but 
he  seems  to  be  doing  fine  now. 

Sympathy  is  extended  to  the  fam- 
ily of  Mr.  RAY  A.  SHOEMAKER. 
Mr.  Shoemaker,  who  passed  away 
June  17th,  was  a  retired,  former  em- 
ployee of  the  State  Highway  Com- 
mission in  Iredell  County. 

Mrs.  ROSEMARIE  SNAVELY, 
Clerk  II  in  the  Statesville  District 
Office,  has  rerently  had  visitors  from 
Lancaster,  Pennsylvania  —  her  sis- 
ter and  brother-in-law,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Kenneth  Patterson,  with  little 
daughter,  Cindy  Ann. 

Mr.  C.  C.  MAUNEY,  Resident  En- 
gineer of  Statesville  spent  two  weeks 
vacationing  in  Oklahoma  with  his 
family,  visiting  relatives  and  friends. 

Mr.  NEIL  DYSON,  Engineering 
Aide,  of  Stony  Point  will  be  leaving 
the  month  of  July  for  the  Army. 
We're  sorry  to  see  you  leave  but 
wish  you  luck  and  hope  you'll  return 
to  the  department  soon. 


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Amy  Louise  Reaves — age  3  months. 
Vance  B.  Reavis  and  Isaac  M.  Patter- 
son, Iredell  County  employees,  are 
the  proud  grandparents  of  this  ador- 
able little  girl. 

It's  a  rumor  that  JIM  SPRINKLE 
is  going  to  be  Papa  again.  Congrat- 
ulations, Jim. 

KENNY  KESS  also  returned  from 
vacationing  this  week  in  Florida  with 
his  parents. 

Mrs.  BARBARA  ANDERSON 
from  Mooresville  has  been  employed 
by  the  Construction  Department, 
working  for  CHARLES  MAUNEY, 
Resident  Engineer. 

ED  COOKE  and  RALPH 
GREENE  of  Right  of  Way  Depart- 
ment are  welcomed  back  after  a  stay 
this  summer  in  the  14th  Division. 

MIKE  BREWER  of  the  Right  of 
Way  Department  is  back  at  work 
after  recuperating  from  injuries  suf- 
fered in  a  recent  automobile  acci- 
dent. 

MILES  HUGHES  of  the  Division 
Office  and  family  vacationed  at  the 
beach  in  July. 

It  was  good  to  see  R.  J.  ALBERT, 
retired  Highway  employee,  who  visit- 
ed in  the  Division  Office  in  July.  Mr. 
Albert  is  now  living  in  Richmond,  Va. 

Retired  Office  Engineer  E.  R.  Mc- 
GIMPSEY  is  enjoying  a  three  week 
tour  of  the  Northwest. 

BILL  ESKRIDGE  of  the  Equip- 
ment Department  and  family  are  va- 
cationing at  White  Lake. 

BETTY  JOHNSON  of  the  Divi- 
sion Office  and  family  will  vacation 
at  Myrtle  Beach  the  first  week  in 
August. 


Wedding  Bells  in  the  Equipment 
Department  —  BEN  PALMER  of 
the  Equipment  Department  and  Mrs. 
Ruth  Blanton  of  Shelby  were  married 
Saturday,  July  29,  1967.  Congratula- 
tions to  Ben  and  wishes  for  many, 
many  Happy  Years  of  Married  Life. 
The  couple  will  reside  905  E.  Marion 
Street,  Shelby. 

New  employees  in  Construction 
Dept.:  ANDREW  BLOUNT  AL- 
LEN —  Civil  Technology  Trainee; 
MICHAEL  NEIL  PARROTT— Civil 
Technology  Trainee  and  JOHN 
DORSET  EARLE  —  Engineer  Tech. 
II. 

We  are  happy  to  have  R.  R.  NI- 
CHOLS, Resident  Engineer,  back  to 
work  after  undergoing  surgery  in 
July. 

ASHLEY  COOPER  HUFFSTET- 
LER  retired  from  Construction  Dept. 
effective  July  1st  after  18  years  of 
service  with  Highway  Comm. 

CHARLES  E.  ANDERSON,  High- 
way Engineer  I,  is  at  home  after  a 
major  operation  at  Bowman-Gray 
Hospital  in  July. 

WILLIAM  M.  ANDREWS,  Engi- 
neering Technician  II,  is  a  new  em- 
ployee in  the  Shelby  Construction 
office  of  W.  H.  MANLEY,  Resident 
Engineer.  Bill  comes  to  Shelby  on 
transfer  from  the  Bridge  Design  De- 
partment in  Raleigh. 

FELIX  A.  PRUITT,  Civil  Tech- 
nology Trainee,  was  a  June  bride- 
groom. 

DATHER  H.  SPANGLER,  High- 
way Inspector  II,  will  be  leaving  the 
Shelby  Construction  office  in  Sep- 
tember on  retirement.  We  wish  for 
him  many,  many  Happy  Years  of 
reti  rement. 

Several  of  the  Statesville  Construc- 
tion Party  employees  left  the  Com- 
mission in  July  with  W.  D.  PITTS, 
T.  E.  HASTINGS  and  NEIL  DY- 
SON being  drafter  into  the  Army 
and  GEORGE  C.  CHAMBERS 
joining  the  Navy. 

Welcome  to  the  following  new  em- 
ployees in  the  Statesville  Construc- 
tion Party:  JERRY  RUPPE,  Hwy. 
Eng.  I;  ERNEST  R.  BRYAN,  JR.. 
Trainee;  D.  W.  BRINKLEY,  C.  P. 
COCKRELL  and  G.  R.  HOL- 
BROOK.  Engineering  Aide. 

Someone  in  our  Division  went  fly- 
ing during  the  month  of  June.  Why, 
of  course,  it  was  Resident  Engineer 


Mr.  John  Frank  Morrison,  above, 
Machine  Operator  3  in  Iredell  Coun- 
ty, retired  on  June  30th.  In  his  honor, 
the  Iredell  County  employees  gave  a 
dinner  on  June  30th  at  which  time  a 
watch  was  presented  to  him.  Mr.  Mor- 
rison has  been  a  most  loyal  and  de- 
pendable employee  of  the  Highway 
Commission  for  nearly  forty  years 
and  we  wish  him  many  happy  years 

JOHN  W ATKINS  and  wife.  The 
Watkins  went  by  car  from  Statesville 
to  Florida  and  from  Florida  they 
flew  to  Nassau  for  a  fun  filled  vaca- 
tion. 

AMBROSE  and  JEAN  CLINE 
and  daughter.  Amy,  vacationed  to 
Montreal,  Canada  for  a  "look-see"  of 
Expo  67  going  via  Niagara  Falls  and 
returning  through  Vermont  and 
other  northeastern  states. 

C.  R.  ACKER.  JR.,  R.  E. 
GREEN,  R.  STANLEY  MORGAN, 
MIKE  BREWER,  OTTIS  E. 
COOKE,  MARSDON  BLANTON 
and  EARL  LUTZ  of  the  Right  of 
Way  Department  attended  a  ball 
game  in  Atlanta  in  July  to  see  the 
Atlanta  Braves  play  Philadelphia  and 
Pittsburgh. 

JACK  FINCH  of  Right  of  Way 
Dept.  attended  appraisal  course  at 
Rider  College  in  Trenton,  New  Jer- 
sey in  Julv. 


Then  there  was  the  fellow  who 
wanted  to  know  if  he  could  have  a 
day  off  with  pay.  When  asked  why, 
he  replied,  "I  want  to  catch  up  on  the 
time  I  missed  for  coffee  breaks  when 
I  was  on  vacation." 


46 


Esta  Lee  King 
Division  Correspondent 


RICHARD  RO- 
BERTS of  the 
Landscape  Dept. 
and  his  wife, 
Pearl,  are  vaca- 
tioning in  Califor- 
nia during  the 
month  of  July.  Ri- 
chard and  Pearl 
drove  t  o  Louis- 
V  i  1 1  e  ,  Kentucky 
for    a    few  days 


with  their  two 
daughters  and  their  families.  They 
then  flew  to  California  by  jet.  By 
the  sound  and  looks  of  post  cards  re- 
ceived in  the  Division,  they  are  cer- 
tainly taking  in  all  the  sights.  But 
we  wonder  about  the  trip  to  Tijuana, 
Mexico! 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  GUS  HEDDEN  re- 
cently spent  a  week  in  Texas  with 
their  son.  Gus  evidently  enjoyed  his 
trip,  but  we  thought  he  would  be 
herding  cattle  rather  than  chasing 
and  catching  horned  lizards.  Gus  is 
an  employee  in  the  Landscape  Dept. 

CLYDE  ORR  has  been  vacation- 
ing- He  and  his  wife  and  daughter 
made  the  rounds  of  several  camp 
grounds  in  Western  North  Carolina 
and  Eastern  Tennessee.  Of  course  the 
fishing  rod  went  along  too. 

PAUL  LANKFORD  and  family 
spent  a  delightful  and  hot  vacation 


The  distinguished  gentlemen  are  In- 
spectors for  Mr.  P.  R.  Robison,  Resi- 
dent Engineer.  On  the  left  is  Mr. 
Jack  Buckner,  Structure  Inspector.  On 
the  right  is  Mr.  John  Gossett,  Chief 
Roadway  Inspector. 


week  in  Georgia  during  the  month  of 
July. 

ALINE  ALLMAN  of  the  Right  of 
Way  Dept.,  along  with  husband  and 
son,  spent  her  vacation  in  Albany, 
Georgia  and  Panama  City,  Florida. 
While  there  Aline  and  son,  Jeffrey, 
celebrated  their  birthdays.  Would  you 
believe  Aline  had  a  birthday  cake  too. 

It  is  good  to  have  EDNA  RAM- 
SEY back  to  work  after  having  spent 
a  week  home  with  a  very  sick  son 
who  had  the  mumps. 

Mr.  SHOBER  KEARNEY  is  en- 
joying a  vacation  playing  golf. 

Mr.  BOB  ADAMS,  Resident  Engi- 
neer, participated  recently  in  the 
golf  tournament  held  here  in  Ashe- 
ville. 

Mr.  MERYL  COMPTON  has  gone 
into  the  trapping  business.  He  made 
a  gum  to  catch  rabbits,  but  is  catch- 
ing opossums.  Meryl,  we  hope  you 
don't  catch  a  skunk 

Congratulations  to  Mr.  JIM 
CREASMAN  on  his  marriage  to 
the  former  Miss  Brenda  McMahan 
on  June  16th.  Mr.  Creasman  is  em- 


Patricia  Ann  Rice,  Typist  I  in  Mr. 
C.  J.  Ball's  Office.  Welcome  to  you, 
Patricia,  and  may  you  enjoy  your 
work  with  us. 

The  Dept.  of  Materials  &  Tests 
here  in  Asheville  report  they  are 
happy  to  have  two  fine  young  men 
employed  in  their  laboratory  during 
the  heavy  construction  season  this 
summer.  They  are  Mr.  RONALD  S. 
ROBINSON,  son  of  Mr.  PAUL  RO- 
BINSON, Resident  Engineer  in  Di- 
vision 13,  and  Mr.  G.  E.  BASKER- 
VILLE,  JR.,  son  of  Mr.  G.  E.  BAS- 
KERVILLE,  Road  Oil  Supervisor 
for  Division  13.  "Good  Luck"  to  both 
of  you  in  college  this  fall.  Mr.  Ro- 
binson is  attending  Clemson  College 
and  Mr.  Baskerville  is  attending 
Mars  Hill  College. 


We  only  got  the  back  of  this  Divi- 
sion 13  Construction  employee.  It  may 
be  that  someone  will  recognize  him. 

ployed  in  the  Dept.  of  Materials  and 
Tests,  Asheville  Laboratory,  and  is 
the  son  of  MARVIN  CREASMAN 
in  the  Equipment  Dept.,  Division  13. 

A  speedy  recovery  is  extended  to 
Madeleine  Weaver,  wife  of  Mr.  J. 
C.  WEAVER,  Highway  Engineer  I. 

Mr.  A.  L.  NEAL,  Resident  Engi- 
neer, would  like  to  welcome  Mr.  R. 
E.  GREENWOOD,  Engineering 
Aide,  and  Mr.  T.  W.  GOWAN,  JR., 
Highway  Engineer  I,  who  was  trans- 
ferred from  Mr.  K.  W.  RABB'S  of- 
fice. 

W.  R.  HAWKINS,  Engr.  Tech.  I 
in  Mr.  Neal's  office,  has  purchased  a 
new  Larson  Boat  and  is  having  fun 
teaching  his  fellow  employees  how 
to  water  ski. 

Welcome  to  Mrs.  ALENE  P. 
ENGLAND,  Typist  I  in  Mr.  A.  L. 
NEAL'S  office.  Alene,  we  hope  you 
enjoy  your  work  with  us. 

Congratulations  to  Mr.  L.  R. 
WE  STALL  upon  his  transfer  to 
Maintenance  Supervisor.  We  are  sure 
Mr.  Neal  is  sorry  to  lose  a  good 
construction  employee. 


Messrs.  George  Prescott,  Dannie 
Turner,  and  Edd  Buchanan  of  Divi- 
sion 13  Construction  were  among  a 
party  of  six  that  motored  to  Manteo 
on  July  7th  and  went  deep  sea  fishing 
on  the  8th.  The  party  caught  256 
pounds  of  fish.  Pictured  are  some  (or 
maybe  all)  of  the  fish  that  were 
caught. 


47 


DIVISION  FOURTEEN 


WOULD  YOU 
BELIEVE?  Fire 
in   July!    In  fire- 
pi  a  c  e,    that  is. 
JACK  BECK  and 
Grace  entertained 
I  a  few  friends  at  a 
^^K^^^^^fl  I  i  their 
fl  house  4  — 

[  they     have  just 
^^^^^  completed  a  lovely 

Allyce  Cunningham  Hpck   on  hack 

Division  Correspondent sun   aecK   on  DacK 
of  house.  That  was 

all  right  for  awhile  but  go  so  "cool" 
had  to  go  in  to  a  nice  warm  fire  in 
fireplace.  Temperature  dropped  to  45 
degs.  that  night.  As  the  Floridians 
say,  "Unusual  weather". 

STEWART  SYKES  has  joined  the 
Staff  Engineer's  office  as  trainee. 
Stewart  finished  State  University  in 
June  — ■  And  girls,  take  note,  he's  sin- 
gle and  quite  good  looking.  All  trans- 
fers to  our  office  will  be  accepted  by 
DON  RAXTER  in  Personnel.  BILL 
WARE,  another  single  guy  with  us, 
and  Stewart  rented  a  trailer.  Bill  says 
if  Stewart  will  do  all  the  cooking  he 
will  do  all  the  eating  —  fair  enough, 
eh?  By  way,  Stewart  hails  from  Dur- 
ham, and  that's  no  bull! 

OTTIS  E.  COOKE,  the  last  of  our 
men  loaned  to  us  for  a  few  months, 
has  returned  to  home  ground  in  Shel- 
by. We  miss  him.  Mr.  Cooke  seemed 
to  like  our  part  of  the  country  up 
here,  so  one  day  in  conversing  with 
a  property  owner,  he  told  him  would 
like  to  own  a  little  land  up  here  — 
the  man  said  he  had  some  and  about 
how  much  he  like  —  "Oh,  about  $500 
worth",  replied  Mr.  Cooke,  "Fine", 
said  the  man,  "bring  your  wheelbar- 
row around  tomorrow  and  you  can 
have  it." 

DON  RAXTER  took  vacation  re- 
cently, stayed  home  and  hoed  out 
his  garden,  between  showers.  If  the 
price  of  tomatoes  fluctuates,  blame 
Don.  He  also  said  he  went  black- 
berry picking  but  ended  up  catch- 
ing more  red  bugs  than  getting  black- 
berries. Whatta  vacation! 

BOB  PATTILLO,  District  Engi- 
neer, refuses  to  smile  these  days. 
Bob  says  he  is  removing  the  dam- 
age done  by  playing  football  when 
his  front  teeth  were  pushed  out  of 


shape  —  It's  a  little  difficult  eating 
this  good  ole  mountain  corn  as  was 
observed  by  Red  Hughes  at  lunch 
other  day  —  Bob  left  more  grains  on 
cob  than  ate. 

BILL  RAY,  Asst.  Division  Engi- 
neer, and  family  spent  a  couple  of 
weeks  visiting  in  Florida.  Bill  "says" 
he  caught  some  large  fish  —  Said  ho 
caught  some  red  snappers  but 
thought  they  belonged  to  Castro  and 
threw  them  back  in. 

Resident  Engineer  GEORGE 
CLAYTON  has  a  few  boys  working 
this  summer  before  returning  to  col- 
lege. They  include  GARY  BISHOP 
who  will  be  a  sophomore  at  Western 
Carolina  University;  BRIAN  GAR- 
RETT will  be  a  sophomore  at  N.  C. 
State  University  this  fall;  DANNY 
FISHER,  a  senior  at  Western  Caro- 
lina University;  GERALD  GREEN, 
freshman  this  fall  at  Western  Caro- 
lina U. 

RALPH  BARGER,  Right  of  Way 
Department,  and  family  toured  Flor- 
ida during  vacation,  sightseeing  all 
the  way  to  Miami  and  back.  Ralph 
said  he  would  have  seen  more  but 
the  kids  wanted  to  say  on  beach  all 
time. 

FRANK  BRYSON,  Sign  Supervi- 
sor, has  had  his  grandsons  from  Dela- 
ware with  him  for  a  few  weeks.  They 
do  a  mess  of  fishing  and  hunting 
while  they  are  here.  Camping  was 
scheduled  but  with  all  our  rain  and 
wet  weather,  I  don't  imagine  they 
got  in  much  of  that.  Can  YOU  re- 
member the  summers  spent  at 
"Grandpa's"  house? 

KEN  DRIVER  who  spent  a  few 
months  on  his  training  program  in 
the  Division  Office  has  now  been 
transferred  to  Location  Department 
in  Asheville  —  we  sure  miss  the 
good  ole  cakes  he  use  to  bring  that 
his  wife  baked  —  and  Ken,  we  miss 
you  too! 

We  are  glad  to  have  J.  W.  PITTIL- 
LO,  Road  Maintenance  Supervisor 
for  Haywood  and  Transylvania  Coun- 
ties, back  at  work.  Mr.  Pittillo  has 
been  out  since  May  1st  with  a  back 
injury  and  was  hospitalized  approxi- 
mately a  month.  Also,  JOHN 
PLOTT,  Area  Foreman,  Haywood 
County,  is  back  on  the  job  after 
about  six  weeks  absence  because  of 
illness. 

Following  the  retirement  of  Mr. 
FLETCHER  H.  EDWARDS,  HEN- 
RY S.  HUNTSINGER  was  promoted 
to    Area    Foreman,    Polk  County; 


Steve  Brady,  with  Daniel  Boone 
Council  Troop  221,  Franklinton,  N.  C, 
attended  camp  at  Camp  Daniel  Boone 
in  Haywood  County  and  while  there 
earned  the  harpshooter's  Medal  and 
Rifle  and  Shotgun  Shooting  Merit 
Badge.  Steve  was  tapped  for  the  Or- 
der of  the  Arrow.  This  young  man  is 
the  grandson  of  A.  E.  Snelson,  Area 
Right  of  Way  Agent  and  is  the  son  of 
Mrs.  John  Brady  and  the  late  Mr. 
Brady. 

RENZO  JONES  to  Construction 
Foreman;  WILLARD  JOLLEY  to 
Patch  Foreman;  and  WILLIE  WAL- 
KER to  Truck  Foreman. 


Division  14  Office  held  a  picnic  on 
lawn  of  Highway  Office  and  the  men 
did  all  the  cooking,  serving  and  en- 
tertaining. Nice,  eh?  Red  Hughes  and 
Don  Raxter  did  a  good  job  of  char- 
coaling hamburgers  and  hot  dogs.  Bill 
Ware  is  very  handy  at  opening  "bot- 
tles". It  was  such  a  success  that  have 
ordered  another  one  soon.  Catch  the 
next  issue  for  further  details. 


48 


HENRY  HUNTSINGER  IS 
HIGHWAY  DEPARTMENT 
COUNTY  FOREMAN 

HENRY  HUNTSINGER  of  Mill 
Spring  has  been  made  County  Fore- 
man of  the  N.  C.  Highway  Dept.  He 
succeeds  Fletcher  Edwards  who  has 
retired.  Mr.  Huntsinger  has  been 
serving  as  Grade  Foreman  and  has 
been  with  the  Highway  Dept.  for 
20  years. 

He  is  married  to  the  former  Miss 
Hazel  Bradley  and  they  have  one 
son,  Michael,  age  14,  who  will  enter 
Polk  Central  this  fall. 

A  native  of  Mill  Spring,  he  is  a 
graduate  of  Stearns  High  School  in 
Columbus.  He  is  a  deacon  in  the  Mill 
Spring  Baptist  Church,  and  has  serv- 
ed as  a  member  of  the  Polk  County 
Election  Board  for  the  past  14  years. 
He  is  a  former  Worshipful  Master  of 
Jeff  L.  Masonic  Lodge  No.  605  and 
at  present  is  District  Deputy  Master. 
He  is  a  former  member  of  the  Mill 
Spring  Local  School  Committee. 


FLETCHER  EDWARDS  RETIRES 
FROM  HIGHWAY  DEPT. 

FLETCHER  EDWARDS,  who 
went  to  work  with  the  N.  C.  State 
Highway  Dept.  as  a  truck  driver  in 
1926,  has  retired  as  County  Foreman, 
e.  position  he  held  for  the  past  11 
years.  He  succeeded  the  late  Clayton 
W.  Constance. 

A  native  of  Polk  County,  he  is 
married  to  the  former  Miss  Chressie 
Burnette.  They  have  two  children. 
A  daughter,  Mrs.  Norman  G.  Foster 
(June  Edwards)  is  a  graduate  of 
Western  Carolina  University  and  she 


and  her  husband  live  in  Houston, 
Texas  where  Mr.  Foster  works  for 
the  space  program.  They  have  one 
son,  Norman,  Jr.,  who  is  16  years 
old.  Their  son,  Horace  Edwards,  who 
is  also  a  graduate  of  Western  Caro- 
lina is  married  to  the  former  Miss 
Joe  Ann  Caldwell  of  Campobello  and 
they  have  one  son,  Richard,  who  is 
six  months  old.  They  live  in  Inman 
and  he  is  the  production  supervisor 
at  the  Landrum  Plant  of  Bigelow- 
Sanford. 

In  addition  to  his  job  with  the 
State  Highway  Commission,  Mr.  Ed- 
wards has  been  active  in  civic  affairs. 
He  served  on  the  Mill  Spring  Local 
School  Committee  for  14  years  and 
on  the  Polk  Central  School  Commit- 
tee for  six  years.  He  is  Chairman  of 
the  Board  of  Stewards  and  on  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Bethlehem 
Methodist  Church.  He  also  served  as 
election  judge  at  the  White  Oak  Pre- 
cinct for  many  years. 

Coming  up  through  the  ranks,  Mr. 
Edwards  was  familiar  with  all  phases 
of  highway  work.  In  addition  to  serv 
ing  as  truck  driver,  he  was  a  motDr 
grader  operator  for  14  years  and  was 
tar  patch  foreman  for  6  years  before 
taking  over  as  County  Foreman. 

Mr.  Edwards  said  that  he  has  en- 
joyed the  work  (through  good  and 
bad  times)  and  that  the  people  of 
Polk  County  had  given  him  wonder- 
ful cooperation  during  his  years  with 
tho  highway  dept.  He  also  said  that 
he  had  enjoyed  his  association  with 
the  men  of  the  Highway  Department. 


JAMES  M.  (Bill)  WELLS 


Mr.  BILL  WELLS  retired  June 
30th  as  Maintenance  Foreman  2  in 
Haywood  County.  He  began  work- 
ing with   the  Highway  Commission 


in  Division  10  under  Mr.  J.  C.  Wal- 
ker in  1922.  He  left  the  Highway 
Commission  for  a  period  of  time  and 
returned  in  1941,  working  as  a 
Gang  Foreman,  Motor  Grader  Oper- 
ator and  Maint.  Foreman  II. 

He  and  his  wife,  Florence,  and 
their  youngest  daughter,  Mary,  live 
in  Canton.  Mary  plans  to  be 
married  in  August.  He  has  four  other 
children:  Mrs.  Ned  Brown,  a  house- 
wife in  Canton;  Joe  Wells,  employed 
at  Enka;  Walter  Wells,  employed  at 
Champion  Paper  &  Fibre  Co.;  and 
Burton  Wells,  an  Engineer  with  the 
Soil  Conservation  Service  in  Colum- 
bia, S.  C. 

Mr.  Wells  states  he  does  not  hunt 
or  fish,  but  will  keep  busy  working 
on  his  place  and  gardening.  He  also 
states  that  his  35  years  with  the 
Highway  Commission  have  been 
pleasant  ones  and  values  the  friend- 
ships he  has  made.  We  all  wish  him 
a  long  and  happy  retirement. 


PROGRESS: 

Said  Jane  Addams  (1860-1935), 
American  social  worker  and  founder  of 
the  famed  Hull  House  of  Chicago: 
"PROGRESS  IS  NOT  AUTOMATIC. 
The  world  grows  better  because  peo- 
ple wish  that  it  should  and  take  the 
right  steps  to  make  it  better.  If  things 
are  ever  to  move  forward,  someone 
must  be  willing  to  take  the  first  step 
and  assume  the  risk."  With  this  quote 
in  mind,  we  would  like  to  compliment 
our  own  Mr.  W.  F.  Babcock,  who  has 
guided  the  Highway  Commission  on 
the  road  of  accomplishments  with 
leadership  and  success  for  the  last  ten 
years.  We  extend  to  you,  Mr.  Bab- 
cock our  THANKS  AND  APPRE- 
CIATION and  HOPE  for  another  ten 
years  equally  as  successful. 

W.  F.  BABCOCK 


Mr.  Babcock  as  he  looks  today  at 
his  desk  in  the  Raleigh  Office  of 
Highway  Commission  Building. 


A  recent  aerial  view  of  "Death  Valley"  near  Greensboro. 


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