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OCT 11 - 17, 2017
Vol 39 No 43 | 1 Section | 10 Pages
Single chapter turns into a book BY NORMA B. DENNIS FREELANCE WRITER Norma@normabdennis.com It was not the book Brenda DeMoss Lanz planned or the one she pitched to publishers, but it was the one they wanted her to write. “When I told them about a chapter in the book I was writing, they told me that it should not be a chapter, but a book,” Lanz said. “I literally started over.” The result is How to Heal Old Wounds and Find Your Voice, which was published in September. Lanz Photo by Norma B. Dennis will have her first book signing since Brenda DeMoss Lanz holds a copy of her book How the release of the book on Oct. 12 to Heal Old Wounds and Find Your Voice. She will have from 6-8 p.m. at the Jamestown Public a book signing at the Jamestown Library Oct. 12 Library. “The old adage, ‘Sticks and stones beginning at 6 p.m.
can break your bones, but words can never hurt you,’ is not true,” Lanz said. “Words can hurt.” Lanz’s father began to preach when she was 10 years old. She said when people found out she and her three siblings were preacher’s kids, their attitudes towards them changed. “It was like living in a glass house,” Lanz said. “We were often criticized by others if our behavior was less than perfect. “Words hurt until we deal with them,” she added. “It took me decades to find my healing.” Lanz, who lives in Jamestown, spent two years researching information for her book, relying on her brothers and sister to help fill in the timeline of events. She also talked with friends from her youth group and
others who shared similar childhoods. “The book deals a lot with our lives as preacher’s kids,” Lanz said. “I end each chapter with scripture, but people who are not religious also can read the book for healing and to find peace. Everyone is looking for peace and comfort in this crazy world.” The major topics of the book deal with love, unity, forgiveness, thankfulness and peace. It was only recently that Lanz began to feel compelled to write. She began her working career as a nurse, was a terminal manager in the trucking industry for several years and later worked in medical sales. Burnt out with corporate America and the travel her job required, she decided to SEE CHAPTER, PAGE 2
Council looks to purchase vehicles BY CAROL BROOKS NEWS FREELANCER cab1hp@gmail.com New business on the Jamestown Town Council’s agenda for Oct. 17 includes the purchase of a sanitation truck and leaf truck. The Town’s Capital Improvement Program plan passed in June indicates the cost of the sanitation truck is $200,000 and the leaf truck, $180,000, with the funds for both coming from a transfer from the General Capital Reserve Fund. The current garbage truck is a 2002 model and primarily used for brush collection while serving as a backup garbage truck. The leaf truck would replace the older 2000 model which is not automated. The current leaf truck is a 2008 model and has had many repairs over the years. It is not reliable but could be used as a backup to a new vehicle. Also on the agenda is a discussion of the High Point Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Regional Bicycle Master Plan, led by Greg Venable, HPMPO representative. Jamestown is a member of the HPMPO and the town is in the process of applying for a grant to help plan bicycle-friendly improvements to the town. In July, Jamestown resident and avid cyclist Wid Painter asked the Council to consider adding bike lanes to streets in the town. (See Jamestown News Aug. 2, 2017.) Since that time, Planning Director Matthew Johnson has sought ways the town could receive a grant for the lanes. Under Title 23 of the United States Code of
1991 MPOs are required to include pedestrian and bicycle plans as part of the Metropolitan Transportation Plan. In addition, the N.C. Department of Transportation adopted a Complete Streets policy in 2009. The policy directs the Department to consider and incorporate several modes of transportation when building new projects or making improvements to existing infrastructure. This includes bike paths. It’s been just over a year since Jamestown Park Golf Course reopened after remodeling and revenue and number of rounds played are up. Course Manager Ross Sanderlin will expand on these numbers in his quarterly park and golf course report. The Town Council will also consider approval of a new Personnel Policy for the town, reappoint three members of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee and consider approval of a donation of funds from the PinecroftSedgefield firefighters for restoration of the 1928 fire truck which the Council agreed to purchase at its February 2017 meeting. A budget amendment unanimously passed at that time stated that the town would (re)purchase the town’s first fire truck for $4,500 and the town and PinecroftSedgefield Fire Department would refurbish the vehicle to use in parades, children’s activities, and more. It will be housed at the Jamestown Fire Station. The Town Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 17 in the Council Chambers at Town Hall. The public is invited to attend.
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Gary Haithcock loved to fish and is shown with a large catch he reeled in while surf fishing.
GThe ARY HAITHCOCK rest of the story BY NORMA B. DENNIS FREELANCE WRITER Norma@normabdennis.com If you have lived in Jamestown for any length of time, you may remember that Food Lion on West Main Street was once Cloverleaf Grocery Store. Its owner and operator, Gary Haithcock, a Jamestown resident since 1976, grew into the business – working in his father’s original grocery store in High Point and, with his wife Linda, eventually buying the business from his father B.W. Haithcock. The grocery store that B.W. started in the 1940s went through several name changes before becoming Cloverleaf. It operated in as many as three locations at one time, including in Jamestown and the High Point area. Haithcock retired from
the last store still open on Montlieu Avenue. During his business career, Haithcock was a member and served on the board of directors at Associated Grocers Mutual in Charlotte. He was a member and served on the board of directors for the High Point Merchants Association and was chosen as Member of the Year in 1989. But Haithcock, who passed away Sept. 19, 2017, at the age of 74, was much more than a businessman. Here is the “rest of the story,” showing a glimpse into Haithcock’s life and character beyond the walls of a grocery store. As a youth, Haithcock worked in his father’s store, along with schoolmates from Allen Jay High School. “I was 14 when I started to work for Gary’s father,” said Harold Proc-
tor. “Gary was a couple of years older, but we ended up being good friends. After Gary got his license, he would drive to Columbia, S.C., to get produce and sometimes invited me to go. We got better acquainted as we traveled.” Proctor described Haithcock as a hard worker, outgoing and the type of person who never met a stranger. “He was set in his ways, however,” Proctor said. “Once he made up his mind about something, it was hard to change. But I don’t know if we ever had a cross word in all the time we worked and played.” Proctor recalled the time Haithcock got a new 1958 Chevy and took it out on I-85 when the highway was still under construction to see how fast it would go. SEE HAITHCOCK, PAGE 2
Oakdale Mill, Village featured in library program The final two programs in the Jamestown Public Library’s History Series again focus on local history. Relive memories of Oakdale Cotton Mill and Oakdale Village on Oct. 17 with the showing of “Oakdale Cotton Mills –
Close-knit Neighbors,” a video produced in 2009 by local historians Mary Browning and Pat Koehler. The 26-minute video chronicles the history not only of the mill but of the community of workers at the mill, many of whom lived in the adjacent village. The project began in 2007 as a book but soon grew into the video as the authors inter-
viewed many people associated with the mill and realized the stories should be told in an oral history. Many of those people will share their personal stories following the video viewing on Oct. 17. Oakdale Cotton Mills, which opened in 1865, was not only a place to work, but a community of close friends. The mill provided housing, a grocery
store and even college tuition to those who needed it. At one time, everyone in Jamestown seemed to either work at the mill or know someone who did. Copies of the video and book will be available for purchase at the Oct. 17 event and at the Mendenhall Homeplace. SEE LIBRARY, PAGE 2
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