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is?i The \^lde se News per _ _ President’s Ball. - -— “A LIVE NEWSPAPER IN A PROGRESSIVE TOWN” I _ A-\__— —I -- VALDESE, N. C., THURSDAY JANUARY 26,1939 No. 8 IQUOR CHASE starts here hertf and Deputy Capture Moreanton Man In East ern Part ofCounty. thrilling cliase which started Ce early last week resulted 1 1 captured oi whiskey valued ‘f* ? S1.000 and in the ar Cl S Haves Dale of Morganton Paul Dale and Deputy ' Cample' Pascal of Valdece. ' * was about the largest haul T^Ide since the sheriff took of a month ago and con ee°; ,03 gallons of various Lds of whiskeys. 'pl who was released on a •rThond awaiting trial in county ’tL court next Monday, is CU of the sheriff and a piglibor for a number of years n sher1'ff D'ale moved last 0 k from the Salem community , Burkemont avenue in Morgan )fl. . , . . The Ford car, which is being ld by officers, contained 36 ,;e< of'liquor in a variety of so .jwj popular brands almost suf ciently large to equip a liquor ■ore. Included were a number ■ the more expensive brands. The chase began in Valdese jout 9 p. m., last Tuesday and [tended eastward to Icard, where ayes Dale turned southward on county road. In close pursuit, ie officers said they were able , get almost abreast and then iot down the left rear tire of ,e Dale car. The left front tire jgered a blow-out as a result 1 hitting rock in its rapid flight it Dale kept his car going for jout two miles on the rim. The leriff's car in bumping the rear the front auto hooked bumpers id together the two vehicles left ie dirt road and plunged irough a fence, near old Zora lurch, five miles south of Icard. ayes Dale, who was alone in the uto with the liquor cargo, was lid to have jumped from the t and started running on foot, it was overtaken by Sheriff ale in a short distance. iym Takes Double [leader Friday Night ocal Boys Defeat Statesville Goforths and Covington Of Asheville. Playing a double header with io of the hardest competitors iey had yet encountered, the mmunity center boys took both mes, defeating the Statesville tforth Motor boys by a 38 to 33 3re and topping the Covington >ort lads from Asheville 49 to Friday night at the gym. Don Campbell led the local Met with a total of 11 points : scoring honors, while Gallyon Statesville managed to sink field goals and one foul shot lead the game’s scoring honors m 13 points to his credit, hie lineups: IPos. Statesville .- P.. Holland .- F-Webber 11 — C - Reavis - G - Gray -. G-Lazenby Valdese, Bounous, Messer, Lowdermilk and Brinkley; He, Gallyon, Reives. 1 second game of the even 3 Covington boys were a seven point defeat as f their first string men }t be in the lineup. Coach started his second string opening of the second the end of the first half C. C. boys trailing by one ? the score read 18 to 17. earance of the first string on Put the local lads in L’ as the third quarter to 25. Pos. Covington s'.- £.- Hearn m-l-. — L- Bennett j. G-Harrison G-Dowtin Valdese, Flack, S' Messer, Campbell, Ca"* PittS: C0Vlng Reynolds ^TOisDAY *«0M HOSPITAL * KPascal of the t Davk°uhas beei* serious 'Urneri Kh0spital in States n a , home yesterday. His lftlan,ve.ry hiuch improved ho«>*» « ^°n be compete. Singer Nelson Eddy and Bride Baritone Nelson Eddy, popular radio and screen entertainer, deserts the ranks of the bachelors and elopes to Las Vegas, Nev., to marry Mrs. Ann Franklin, former wife of the film director, Sidney Franklin. EAST BURKE MAN IS BURIED John Stamey Dies Saturday After Suffering Stroke Of Paralysis. Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at Abee’s Chapel for John Stamey, age 57, who died at his home five miles south of Valdese Saturday night about 9 o’clock. He had been suffering from a paralysis stroke due to a hemorrhage of the brain. Mr. Stamey who was born in Burke county and lived here all his life, is survived by two broth ers and two sisters. The brothers are Sebren Stamey of Connelly Springs, Route 2, and Abe Stamey of Valdese. His sisters: Mrs. P. M. Deal, of Connelly Springs, Route 1, Mrs. Dealis Bradshaw of Valdese, Route 1, and Mrs. Ames Lail also of Valdese. Also surviving him is his wife, Mrs. Etta Stamey, who was Etta Lail before her marriage and six chidren: Mrs. Henry Lail of Hick ory, Mrs. Press Hufner of Hick ory, and Loy, John, Jr., Augusta and Dora, who live at home. He was the grandfather of six grandchildren who also survive him. He was the son of the late An drew and Betty Stamey, A large crowd attended the fu neral which was conducted by Rev. Jesse Blalock, pastor of Abee’s Grove church, and who was assisted by Rev. Otis Cooke of Abee’s Chapel church. IS BACK FROM FURNITURE MART Harley Shuford, an official, and O. C. H. Hughes, designer, of the Valdese Weaving company, re turned Friday from Chicago after attending the Chicago Furniture Mart. Mr. Hughes left Valdese January 8 and spent some time with his mother at his home in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, be fore joining Mr. Shuford in Chi cage. Mr. Hughes stated that the market was one of the most suc cessful ever held and added that there was a record number of accredited buyers in attendance. As a result of the heavy buying at the market Mr. Hughes says that there is every indication that the business of the local mill will increase during the coming year. Rev. J. C. Cornett Will Preach Here Rev. J. C. Cornett, presiding elder of the Marion district, will preach next Sunday even ing at the 7 o’clock service at the Valdese Methodist church. A cordial invitation to the public and to the members of the church is extended to be present. Wrestling Matches At CC Gym Tonight Wrestling, which is becoming more popular with sport loving fans the country over, will make its debut here at the Community Center Gymnasium tonight, at 8:30 p. m., when Jim Clintstock meets Gene Bowman in the main event of the evening. The match will be of 90 minute limit, with two falls out of three. In the preliminary match, Alonzo Woods tangles with Sam my Manacher, in a sixty minute limit bout, and two falls out of three. Both of these matches promises to be good bouts, as Clintstock, Bowman, Woods and Manacher are all headliners in the wrestling bouts which are staged at Char lotte by Jim Crockett. The success of the continuation of wrestling at the center depends on the response shown by the general public to the matches to night. A cordial invitation is extended by the sponsors of these matches to the ladies to attend, as they promise one grand evening of fun, with these headline wrestlers. The referee will be Tommy Thompson, the o n ly licensed wrestling referee in the state. TITUS PRITCHARD TO PREACH SUNDAY ■ Titus Pritchard, of Statesville, will preach Sunday morning at 11 o’clock and at the Sunday night services at 7:30 of the Val dese Bible class At the Junior hall which is located opposite the Val dese school in the basement of the Valdese Service station. Mr^ Pritchard has chose a very interesting topic and a sincere invitation is extended to the gen eral public to hear him. New York Waldenses Will Observe 25th Anniversary At Hotel McAlpin Plans Are Being Completed For Annual 17th of February Celebration In Valdese, On Saturday, February 18 While Waldensians in Valdese will celebrate their annual Seven teeth of February celebration at the Valdese schoolhouse on Satur day evening, February 18th, Wal densians residing in New York will be completing their plans to observe the 25th anniversary of “La Valdese,” Waldensian Mutual Aid Society, in New York. The group in New York will ob serve their silver anniversary with a big ball at the Hotel McAlpin, in New York, Saturday night, Fep*? ruary 25th. Each year the organ ization which was founded in Feb ruary, 1914, and which has mem bers in several states of the Un ion celebrates with an annual ball, in February or early March, and with a pipnie in Several prominent Waldensians here in Valdese have been granted honorary memberships to the or ganization. The late Francis Gar rou, Sr.,- was one of their honor ary members and so is A. F. Gar rou. The celebration in Valdese will have more of a touch of the cele bration which is observed in the, Waldensian valleys, for the sev enteenth is the date which the Waldenses observe as their relig ious emancipation in the Cpttian Alps. The women of the church arc conducting the work for the an nual fete, and anyone interested in producing tickets is asked to get in touch with some of the women of the auxiliary or with Melany Bounous. INCOME TAX MAN HERE MARCH 1ST Will Help Income Tax Payers To Fill Out Their Income Tax Returns. A notice has been issued by the Valdese postoffice department that a deputy collector of internal revenue will be at the Valdese postoffice on March 1 to help in come taxpayers fill out their in come tax returns. There will be no charge for this service and those who have to fill out these blanks annually are urged to make it a point to see him and let him explain how to make returns properly. Income taxes must be paid if you have a net income of $1,000 or over, or your gross income is $5,000 or over, if you are single (or married and not living with your husband or wife). If you are married and living with your hus band or wife you must file a re port if your net income is $2,500 or if your gross income is $5,000 ot over. It was stated that all incomes must be filed not later than March 15, 1939, with the collector of internal revenue for the dis trict in which you reside or have your principal place of business. A penalty of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than one year or both, is imposed by statute for willful fail ure to make return on time and, in addition, 5 to 25 per cent of the amount of the tax. Addition Planned By Abee's Chapel Plans Call For Six Sunday School Rooms, Place For Choir and New Pulpit. (Special to Valdese News) A special meeting was called last week to decide on the plans for the addition to Abee’s Chapel church. Thje group selected a committee of six to decide on the final plans and go ahead with the work. The six appointed were: John Abee, Floyd Lowman, Zeb Lowman, Will Lowman, W. H Lowman and Aodis Lowman. The committee met Saturday and decided to remodel the church, making the church in the form of a T shape with six Sunday school rooms. There will be two rooms on each side and two across the back. Two of the rooms will be open to the addition by folding doors. There will also be a place built for the choir and a new pulpit built. The work will be done by the various members of the church and supervised by Aodis Lowman. It is expected that work will be started on the addition to the church real soon. H. S. Beta Club Holds Meeting Group Discusses Plans For High School Annual They Plan To Publish. Final plans for the high school annual which the Beta club is planning to publish were dis cussed at the last meeting of the high school group at their club room in the Valdese elementary school. The work is very well in hand and the material has been gather ed and the pictures taken and mailed to the printer. The club I expects to announce its annual at a very early date. Present at the last meeting of the club were the club sponsor, Miss Anita Ghigo, and John Ab ernethy, Ruth Alexander, Mary Neal Cornwell, Frances Davis, Joe Heavener, Willie Lail, Mildred Ly erly, Elsie Pascal, Robert Pascal, Johnson Satterwhite, Harriet Tron, Ernest Ribet apd Joel Dal mas. MISS CARPENTER IN NEW YORE CITY Miss Myrtle Carpenter left Val "dese Sunday night for New York City where she will spend a week in purchasing spring merchan dise for The Dress Shop. Miss Carpenter is expected to return Saturday. Most' Attractive t Miss Marie Pons, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Pons, has been voted the most attractive girl in the election of senior class super latives at Mitchell College in Statesville. PRESIDENT'S BAIL PUNS COMPLETED Many From Valdese Named To Act On Committees To Carry On the Work. A large number of people from Valdese have been appointed to serve on committees for the An nual Burke County President’s Ball and to serve in conjunction with the President’s fight, against paralysis. The committees which have been appointed to serve all over the county are headed by Miss Be atrice Cobb, who is General Chairman# D. Holman Sigmon is Chairman*of the President’s Ball. The “March of Dimes” phase of the campaign is now getting un der way and will be climaxed with the county-wide birthday ball which will be held in the armory auditorium Tuesday night, Januuary 31. The Valdese ticket committee is headed by Albert Garrou, general chairman; Jim Pons, Mrs. Yates Palmer, Mrs Joe Hern, J. V. Ben field, Parks Sherrill, Dallas Brink ley and John D. Guigou. Others from Valdese on the various committees are: Finance and Donations—Philip Garrou. Publicity—Marcel Tron. Dime Greeting Cards—Dr. Rob ert Bonner and Joe Hern. It was stated that Dime cards may be obtained at any Drug store in Valdese or at the com munity center or The News office. Banquet Is Held By M. E. Young People Glen Alpine Plays Host To Groups of Marion Dis trict Friday. Over 300 Methodist Young Peo ple from Burke, McDowell, Ruth erford and Caldwell counties at tended the Marion district Young People’s banquet which was held in Glen Alpine last Friday night. The following interesting pro gram was presented: * “The Enlistment of Youth As Followers of Christ,” by Vernon Wall, of Rutherford county. “Making the Life and Teachings of Christ Vitally Effective in Per sonal and Social Living Today,” was given by Marianna Johnson of McDowell county. “The Discovery of the Nature and Purpose of the Christian Church” by Lillian Ross, of Mor ganton. A vocal solo, “The Holy City” by Vance Whitener, accompanied at the piano by Gertrude Clarke. After the program had been concluded the presidents of the various unions gave short inter esting talks. Rev, J, C, Cornett, who was the main speaker of the evening, spoke to the assembled group on the subject “Youths Crusade.” Mrs. Connie Cope, district di rector, acted as toastmaster for the evening. The banquet was well attended by the Valdese Methodist group with 16 members present. Also present were many of the pastors of the various Methodist churches in the district. The supper was served by the women of the Glen Alpine church and the banquet hall was appro priately decorated for the occa sion. Lunchroom Is Opened For Valdese School Children ~. - ... ■ ■■ ■ < Scouts Report On Past Year's Work Members of Local Scout Troop Have Earned a Total of 169 Merit Badges. (By Earle Searcy, Jr.) Boy Scout work for the past year has shown a definite increase, as seen in the report that Assis tant Scoutmaster Edward Pascal gave the local Lions organization, at their meeting, when a .large number of the scouts were their guests. In early June 19 boys attended the Piedmont scout camp near Tryon. In October a number of them with a leader attended tha Boy Scout Jubilee at Chapel Hill. They go to church in a body, at least two Sundays per month, and have done considerable hiking. They undertook two overnight hikes, and made use of their new scout equipment. The boys through hard work have earned a tota lof 169 merit badges for the past year. Most of them subscribe to the regular Boy Scout Maga zine, “Boy’s Life.” The troop has six tenderfoot scouts, eleven Second Class Scouts, nine First Class Scouts eleven Star Scouts, six Life Scouts, and three Eagle Scouts. Their last meeting Monday night was spent in the reading of the Bible, also as part of the pro gram was “Five Years From Now”, Which was presented by Elmo Pas cal and written by Tommy Far rington. Group To Conduct Tubercular Clinic Burke County Health De partment Will Open Clinic Monday, January 30 The Burke county health de partment will begin on Monday, January 30, an adult tuberculosis clinic. The clinic will be conducted in the health department office on Sterling street in the old post office building in Morganton. Dr. W. D. Carter, the health officer, said yesterday in telling of plans for the free examination, said Dr. L. B. Skeen of the clinic staff of the North Carolina San atorium will conduct the clinic for the purpose of examining per sons known to have tuberculosis, those who have had tuberculosis in the past, and adults over 15 years of age who have had inti mate contact with a known or suspected case of tuberculosis. This clinic is for the benefit of all residents of Burke, white and colored, Dr. Carter explained. Each person attending will be given a complete examination, in cluding a fluroscopic examination of the chest. Beginning January 30, the clinic will run for a week, or longer if necessary, and from 30 to 40 adults can be examined daily. SPECIAL MATINEES AT THE COLONIAL The Colonial Theatre announces that due to the fact that there will be a wrestling match at the Com munity Center tonight, they are showing two matinees this after noon so that the public may at tend these early shows and not miss the wrestling matches. Matinees on “Kentucky” will be shown at 1 p. m. and at 4 p. m. today. On Monday for the picture, “Men With Wings”, there will be special matinees at 1 and 4 p. m. Another matiness has been an nounced for Tuesday. ■ s s __ Fine Variety of Meals Is Of fered to Valdese School Children. Tuesday saw the opening of a School Lunch room, operated by WPA workers, under the sponsor, shfp of the Parent-Teacher Asso ciation at the Valdese school din ing hall. Valdese has long felt the need of a proper lunch room to feed its school pupils who cannot trav el back and forth from home for their noon hour meal. At the lunch room the children may obtain hot soup, and a regu lar plate lunch for a very nominal sum. All sorts of drinks, ice cream and pies are placed on sale at five cents each. The menu for the plate lunches are changed daily so as to afford a variation of dish es for the children. The equipment for the cooking and the serving of the school' lunches has been procured by the local P.-T. A. which has long felt the need for such a lunch room. The work is supervised by Mrs. Harbison, who has charge of all the school lunch rooms in the [county. The first day, the lunch | room took in a total of $10.35. LIONS HOST TO SCOUT TROOP Local Club Completes Plans For Annual Bam Party Saturday. The Valdese Lions club, at its regular meeting last week, decided to continue sponsoring the Val dese Boy Scouts for another year. The club had as their guests at their regular supper twenty-four boy scouts of the Valdese troop. Lion Edward Pascal, who is as sistant Scoutmaster, gave a report on the general scoutwork, and of activities accomplished by the lo cal troop in Valdese, during the past year. The Lions will again apply for the renewal of the scout charter for the local troop, under their guidance, when it comes due and will try to help them in every way possible. The club has subscribed to erect a scout cabin at the Pied mont scout camp, at Lake Lanier, which work will be begun shortly. Last year when Valdese was sup porting a baseball team, the scouts had the concession of rent ing cushions to the spectators. The money made by the local scout troop was used to help carry on its work. ' The Lions had as their guests, Charles Long and Richard Fra zier. They welcomed into their ranks George Williams. The date for the local club’s An nual Bam Dance has been set as Saturday, January 28th, at which time, new members will be for mally inducted into the club. In charge of the program is Joe Hem, who promises the Lions a fine evening of entertainment. Junior Red Cross Enrolls Schools Mrs. Philip S. Grill of Val dese Is County Chair man For 1939. Mrs. Philip S. Grill of Valdese has been appointed Burke county chairman of the American Junior Red Cross for 1939 and has an nounced the enrollment for schools in the county to continue through February 2. January 9-February 2 was the period set fo rthe campaign for all Burke schools, high schools and elementary, in city and rural set-ups. I In announcing the campaign Mrs. Grill said: “Again January 9-February 2 brings the opportunity to the en tire school systems of Burke coun ty to enroll or re-enroll in the American Junior Red Cross. Each school whether city or rural is urged to cooperate with the Amer ican Red Cross by enrolling the children in the children’s division which teaches: “We believe in ser vice fon others, in health of mind and body to fit us for better ser vice, and in world-wide friend ships. “Each school interested in this noble work is urged to get its re port of enrollment and member ship dues to the chairman by February 2.”
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