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By Shirley Thorne

County Line Correspondent

Relax with a meal Saturday, Sept. 28 and also help someone in need.  Just take a short 4.5 mile drive down Old Mocksville Road from NC 901 to New Hope Baptist Church for a fish-fry fundraiser for Michele Dyson.  Serving begins at 5 p.m. and cost is $12 per plate, which includes fried fish, fries,  coleslaw, hushpuppies, dessert, and drink, eat in or take out.

Michele was critically injured when a tree fell on her car as she was driving on Dyson Road Aug. 19. She is daughter-in-law of Hazel Dyson Smoot, formerly of Ridge Road.

Calvary Baptist will have a special worship service at 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 29.  Eddie and Pat St. Clair will be special guests. Eddie is a music director and conducts a prison ministry in Rutherford County. The couple will present a program of Christian music. After the service there will be a covered-dish dinner in the fellowship hall.  Church members invite everyone.

Upcoming community events include: V-Point Ruritan country breakfast from 7-10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 5;  Harmony Hill Camp Meeting at Harmony town square Oct. 9-13 with free meal at 6 p.m. followed by worship at 7;  and homecoming at Piney Grove AME Zion Church Sunday, Oct. 13, followed by revival Tuesday, Oct. 15- Wednesday, Oct. 16.

Through the years North Carolina has made changes in the structure of the school system. One of the first changes was the closing of one-room grade schools as the Cherry Grove School, the last such school in County Line, closed in 1935. Another major change was increasing the number of grades from 11 to 12 grades for high school graduation;  the class of ’47 was the first to have a 12th grade.

Most high schools were union schools with grades 1-12; some had elementary “feeder” schools. Wayside Elementary students went to Cool Spring High and Ebenezer Elementary  students went to Harmony High. As photos show, Harmony 8th graders were excited to be rising high school freshmen in 1947, and Cool Spring students were happy to be high school freshmen in the fall of 1953, even though each class remained on the same campus.

Michele Dyson remains in the burn center of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center;  she is in good spirit as her injuries slowly heal. Terry Dyson continues his medical treatments. Caleb Williams received great news last week;  Duke University Medical Center has decided to re-evaluate him for a liver resection or transplant since his latest MRI shows improvement.

Join us in prayer for the Lord’s divine healing and blessings upon Michele, Terry, Caleb, and others who are having health problems.  Remember in prayer the families affected by the mass shooting in Birmingham, Ala.

For news and memories to share, please call or text Shirley on 336-492-5115 or email sdtlink@hotmail.com.