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■be m ?nS theF Western Patronize Valdese Mer State. Its chants—They offer you J< WgJ* ‘dollars Quallty Goods K*a ■vei' ^ sonable Prices. ---- -“A LIVE NEWSPAPER IN A PROGRESSIVE TOWN” SHOP AT HOME t__ ____VALDESE, N. C., THURSDAY FEBRUARY 3, 1939 ” " „„ a IONS HOLD barn_party ,w Members Are Formally inducted Into Club Sat urday Night. Lions and their guests hdr annual Barn Party ' dance at the Waldensian 1 ia*t Saturday night. "Troup which was dressed In % country style with over fund gingham dresses were Id a delicious supper which d been supervised by Mr. and Js George Squillario. p0Dular recordings gave forth e music as the celebrants con ‘ued in dancing after their New members which “'been admitted to the club ce the last annual Barn Party “ formally initiated into the oup with impressive cere ies The clubhouse was ap topriately decorated to resem e a country farm, with stable iy and other decorations. An old fashioned well, with ater was set on one side of the ouse which caused much corn et on the ingenuity of the reparations for the occasion. After several announcements ad been made regarding the ini ations and the prizes which were , be distributed the entire group )ntinued to enjoy themselves ith dancing and games. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. ates Palmer, Mrs. George Wil ams, and Miss Noami Bounous. The Lions hold this Barn Party nnually to formally induct into leir ranks members which have *n admitted to the organization uring the year, and to encourage ew members into signifying their itention of joining the club. All ttending reported a fine time. Jim Clintstock Defeats Bowman M Attended Matches a Big Success; Promise More and Better Ones. A large turnout at the first rntling matches staged in VaJ-* ese last Thursday night witness-* d headliner Jim Clintstock’s vie wy over Gene Bowman, Chat inooga, Tenn. grappler in a inety minute bout at the Com lunity Center Gymnasium. Clintstock won the first fall, 'hen he got Bowman down in 8 minutes. After a short rest owman came back and knocked lintstock flying, with three fly ig tackles and won the second ill in less than a minute, Both came back after the sec Ad fall, and after a good deal | hair pulling, and biting by' ;lintstock, he managed to Anally wow Bowman out of the ropes a the floor to take two out of wee falls. to the preliminary, Alonzo y18- Australian kangaroo, tan led with Sammy Manacher of ew York. and with one fall each, “ lasted the scheduled ny minutes with neither getting match. Woods seemed a more Penenced hand at the art of jmitog than Manacher, and Pt the referee, Tommy Thomp ' at odds with him by pulling every time that Thomp ^ tried to count him down, he attandance was very in i' *gm£’ and it is hoped that Jrflble-. more an<* better he bigger names in JW of wrestling wifi be f°r the Gym in Valdese. Mr. Ground Hog Appears Today The groundhog makes his traditional appearance today to decide what our weather will be this spring. These forecasts of the little animal are awaited eagerly all over the country. Sufficient sunshine to cause ais retreat to his quarters will mean isx more weeks of hiber aation and a late spring. Fail ure to see his shadow will mean in early spring. After raw and blustery win .er, with cold rains sandwiched between feeble attempts of sunshine and almost imper ceptible efforts toward snow, ilis appearance is eagerly awaited. Local Farmers Seek Legislation Group Fears Cow Test May End Unless Assembly Acts Soon. _ , Guernsey breeders and other • owners of livestock in Burke and McDowell counties voted last week to ask the Legislature to appropriate funds to make pos sible the continuance of the cattle testing now under way here, which otherwise is doomed to end May 1. The action on the threatened halt to the campaign to free Burke herds of the disease, came at a meeting called by the Burke County Guernsey Breeders asso ciation at which plans were made for the annual Guernsey cattle show. Breeders set Wednesday and Thursday, September 20-21, as tentative dates for the ninth an nual exhibition. The group of livestock owners, assembled at Lazarus Brothers’ store, included Burke breeders and a delegation from McDowell coun ty headed by S. L. Homewood, farm agent. Secretary Frank Michael was j instructed to dispatch to State Senator H. J. Hatcher and Repre sentative A. Leon Butler the re quest that they seek legislative ac tion that enable the disease eradi cation campaign to continue. The testing for Bang’s disease of con tagious abortion has Just recently been started in both Burke and McDowell counties, in co-opera* tion with State and Federal agri cultural departments. Mr., Mrs. Krieger Attend Funeral Mr. and Mrs. Ben Krieger left Saturday afternoon for Cleveland, Ohio. They had received word that Mrs. Kreiger’s father, Mr, Abra ham Epstein was very ill, and was not expected to live. Mr. Epstein who had been ill for the past five months, died Sunday afternoon, and was buried in Cleveland Mon day. Benlee’s Department store was closed Monday afternoon, SCOUTS HEAR TALK BY PHILIP GUIGOU 1 .' (By Earle Searcy, Jr.) Philip Guigou was the chief speaker at the last meeting of the Valdese Scouts as he addressed them on “Parts of Our Govern ment.” The Snake Patrol also presented a short but interesting program. Fred Ribet gave a short talk on “Current Events”, and after sev eral other items of business, the Scouts adjourned their meeting. Mfer Flays Republicans For Voting Grandfather On Republican Ticket erestp/5^ Valdese will be in to*, w to note the following Qhkrf!? carried by Tom Bost >oro r/!y column °f the Greens ^Bun y ,News warding A. lese «7k er’former mayor of Val illl tf. ° recently introduced a ot in ab°lish the absentee bal Wure: C°Unty at the State Leon Butler, ot he rea] uJty> introduced one of hi thP absentee repealers, tak |r the RfUl?ty of Burke from un Was ten' iaw’ and Saturday "My^Wfcy. .. h a ijrjf. great grandfather war ln the Revolution ist «n ? voted the Democratic said?1?.? f he Uved,” Mr. ’ btit recently the Re "heir hands on his and they voted him absentee on the Republican ticket. “He has been dead more than 100 years, but now that the Re publicans have learned how to use the absentee ballot and to use it against us Democrats, I am op posed to it. A Burke county Dem ocrat doesn’t relish having even his dead folks voting the Republi can ticket. It’s hurting us up there in Valdese and other Burke precincts. Last Fall a voter who has been scratching his ticket reg ularly and voting most of the Democratic ballot swore he never would vote another Democratic ticket as long ashe lived, but one of our fellows said that after he died he would vote our way. we thought for a long time the ab sentee ballot did help us, but we (Continued on page eight) "Twins"—Mother, Daughter The gorgeous White “twins” who won special mention among the prettiest at the twin convention held in Chicago are revealed as mother and daughter. They are pictured in New York whfire they are employed in a night club. Left, Crystal ,the daughter, and right, is Priscilla, the mother .fifteen years older. LINCOLN DAY BANQUET FEB. 9 Group Will Hear State Chair man J. F. Newell At Banquet. Plans are under way for the fifth annual Lincoln Day dinner which will be held at the com munity house Thursday night, February 9 at 7 o’clock, under the auspices of the Burke County Re puublican club. Jake F. Newell of Charlotte, State chairman, will deliver the principal address for the banquet session which has been set two day ahead of the State-wide Lin coln Day dinner to avoid conflict ing dates. Details of the celebration are being arranged by committees whose appointment was an nnounced yesterday as follows: Speakers Committee — N, M. Patton, chairman; T. B. Hedden, O. T. Webb, W. H. Barkley, N, O. Pitts. Banquet Committee — O. T. Webb, chairman; Mrs. Carl Wall, Buddy Ward, Aggie Beach, Mrs. r. O. Huffman, Mrs. Marvin Duckworth, Mrs. Tommie Clontz. Ticket Committee—P. E. Smith, chairman; Cletus Yoder, Hilde bran; Murrel Settlemyre, Drexel; J. B. Melton, Glen Alpine; Lenoir White, Glen Alpine; Philip Pitts, Glen Alpine; Robert Pitts, Glen Alpine; Verne Benfield, Valdese; John Guigou, Valdese; Glenn Ramsey, Valdese; E. T. Bollinger, Harrison Taylor, Tom Huffman, Joe Ben Curtis, H. B. Shiflet, Tate Powell, C. V. Lael, Glen Alpine; Joe McGimsey, Dorse Johnson, Hildebran; D. W. Alexander, Val dese; Ellis Glass, Rhodhiss; San ford Carswell, Icard; Crom Hood, Chesterfield; Ernest Watkins, Harrison Pritchard, Ben Watkins, Mrs. Roy Clarke, W. E. Dale. Program Committee—A. J. Tay lor, chairman; J. F. Bowers, R. O. Huffman, Miss Goldie Shiflet, Mrs. Hal Whitener, Eugene Ham ilton, Mrs. C, V. Leel, Glen Alpine; Mrs. T. E. Garrison, Mrs. W. R. Patton, Charlie Sain, Hugh Hally burton. VICTORY QUARTET SINGS AT GASTONIA The Victory quartet from the Church of God at Valdese attend ed the convention at the First Baptist church at Gastonia Sun day night, where they rendered a number of special songs. This quartet is composed of Lucille Stallings, Dolly Williams, Mae Williams, and Ruth Page. The Rangers from WBT in Char lotte were with them also. The convention was greatly enjoyed. attend exposition Mr. Harley Shuford, O. C. H. Hughes and Joseph Johnson at tended the Southern Furniture I Exposition at High Point Wednes Iday* Receives Trophy Won At Pinehurst John Grant Receives Golf Award That He Won In Pinehurst Tourney John Grant received this week the trophy which he was awarded for having won the Carolina Yarn Association Golf Tournament, which was held at Pinehurst this late Fall. The award is a plaque, which bears the names of all the win ners of the tournament from the year 1931 to 1938. The tournament has been won twice by Valdese men. In 1936 it was won by Mr, John Pons, and was played at Pinehurst. The plaque win be held by Mr. Grant till the playoff of the tour nament, in the late Fall of 1939, when it will be inscirbed with the name of the winner of the tour nament then, and be kept by him for a year. The winners of the tournament, since it was started in 1931, are as follows: 1931 won by Fred Lem mons, and played at Sedgefield. 1932 won by Herman Smith, and played at Roaring Gap. 1933 won by F. M. Duncan and played at Roaring Gap. 1934 won by A. T. Pharr, and played at Pinehurst. 1935 won by M. B. Foil and played at Pinehurst. 1936 won by John Pons and played at Pinehurst. 1937 won by Kiesewtter and play ed at Pinehurst. 1938 won by John Grant and played at Pinehurst. Debate Is Held By High School Groups Coach Ward’s Group Wins Affirmative Side of Argu ment Friday P. M. A debate on the query, “Resolv ed: That the Press Has More To Do With the Formation of Pub lic Attitudes Than Any Other In stitution”, was given by Mr. Ward’s class and Mrs. Hauser’s class last Friday afternoon at the Valdese school auditorium. The affirmative side of the de bate was taken by Coach Ward’s section which was composed of Evelyn Bounous, Louise Wilson, George Whitley, Ben Spinks, Clementine Perrou, and Mary Frances Garrou. Mrs. Hauser’s section which took the negative side of the argument, included the following members: Louise Canrad, Hum bert Rostap, Evelyn Taylor, Claude Berry, Rachel Berry and Jason Hughes. The debate was won by the af firmative side. Officers for the debate were: president, Helen Da vis, secretary, Willadean Day, timekeeper, Earl Searcy. The judges fo rthe occasion were: Mildred Lyerly, Winifred Garmon ^and Ruby Alice Spinks. JOBS ARE GIVEN TO MANY HERE Burke Employment Office Reports Many Are Still Seeking Jobs. The county office of the North Carolina State Employment Service placed 583-workers in em ployment during the year 1938, according to a feport just made by Manager W. Stanton Hardee. Among the types of work in which applicants were placed were con struction, domestic service, tex tiles, furniture, agriculture, retail distribution and commercial ser vices, The Y^ar just closed rep resents the largest activity the county office has had, he said. At present there are 1,339 un employed persons registered as actively seeking work, the employ ment service records show. Among this number of applicants can be found nearly any type of worker, from the commercial-professional group to the unskilled labor classi fications, the manager added. When an employer calls the office for workers, applicants are select ed and referred solely on the bases of qualifications and merit, he explained. While most of the placements made in 1938 were in Burke coun ty, some placements have been made in response to clearance or ders from other sections of the State. Cotton Quota Filing To Close Farm Agent Sloan Says “Far mers Must Make Appli cation Soon.” Burke county farmers who are without a cotton acreage allot ment and who seek to grow cotton in 1939 are requested to file appli cation immediately in the office of County Agent R. L. Sloan. Requests for allotments must be submitted to the Raleigh office not later than February 15, the county agent has just been ad vised. The opportunity for making re quest for allotment is open also to farmers who formerly were allot ed cotton acreage but have lost it because they have not planted cotton in the past three years. Farmers growing cotton in this county in the past three years have already received allotments amounting to 1,586 acres, the county agent stated. UNDERGOES OPERATION Mrs. Henry F. Martinat was operated on last Tuesday morn ing at Dr. Long’s hospital in Statesville. Her many friends will be glad to learn that she is get ting along fine. _ i Rev. Sylvan S. Poet Will Conduct Sermon Sunday REV. SYLVAN S. POET Mrs. Cobb Dies At Home In Morganton Funeral Held Saturday For Well-Known Burke County Woman Valdese friends were shocked to learn of the death of Mrs. T. G. Cobb at her home in Morganton late last Thursday night. Mrs. Cobb, who was 72 years of age, died suddenly from a heart attack while confined to her home as a result of a broken arm which she received three weeks ago in a fall while shopping and she was apparently well on the road to recovery from that mishap. Widely known throughout the county, Mrs. Cobb had many friends here. She was for many years an active leader in civic movements designed for the bet terment and upbuilding of Burke county. She had a prominent part in the construction of the Morganton community house and was chairman of the Woman’s club welfare department which annually sponsored the filling of Christmas baskets for the poor. Mrs. Cobb was the widow of Theodore Gettys Cobb, former owner and editor of the Morgan ton News-Herald, who died July 5, 1916. Upon Mr. Cobb’s death, he was succeeded as publisher by their daughter, Miss Beatrice Cobb. Mrs. Cobb was a native of Lin ville township, a daughter of R. N. Kincaid, and before marriage was Miss Ella Kincaid. She had spent her entire life in this coun ty. Surviving are six daughters, Miss Beatrice Cobb of Morganton, Mrs. Pauline C. Griffin of Raleigh, Mrs. John W. Alleyn of Chatta nooga, Tenn., Mrs. E. R. Joyce of St. Augustine, Fla., Miss Lucile 1 (Continued on page eight) V/oody Rich Is Topic Of Boston Columnist's Baseball Comments Many people in Valdese will re member its “heyday” in baseball and many of its players particul arly those who came to the Tex tiles as rookies and have made good in big league ball. One name which probably out shines any that have every trod the mound for the Textiles is that of Woodrow Rich, local Burke county boy who made a name for himself at Little Rock,’ Ark., and has recently gone up to big league ball. The following is taken from an article by John Drohan, feature writer for the Boston Traveler: By John Drohan. It’s a far cry from Valdese, N. C., to the large and commodious stadia of the American league, but Billy Evans who discovered Wood rod Wilson Rich pitching down yonder a couple of years ago for a mill team believes that the big Tarheel named for the one-time President of these United States will make it. Woodrow Wilson Rich will report to Manager Joe Cronin at the Red Sox training camp at Sarasota, Fla., a little more than a month hence, and not only Evans, who discovered him, but Doc Prothro who manag ed him at Little Rock last season, is willing to bet the family jewels that Woodrow Wilson won’t let him down. Prothro Thinks in Lofty Terms Prothro, as a matter of fact, told your correspondent at the big league meeting a little more than . ♦ t a month ago that he would give $25,000 for Rich and no questions asked. Doc, you may recall it, is managing the Phillies, but where he would get $25,000, or what he would use for money, is none of our business. However, it merely goes to show how well Prothro thinks of this raw country boy who may startle American league fans even more than did Jim Bag by, Jr., this season. If you feel that Prothro thinks highly of Master Rich, then what Billy Evans thinks and says is gilding the lily. Since Billy’s rep utation depends on the showing of Woody, as the boys down at the general store call him, it’s just as well to get Billy’s version. “I had been tipped off about this boy,” said Evans, in recount ing how he happened to discover him in the wilds of North Caro lina, “by a Red Sox fan. And you'd be surprised how many in the Tarheel State have been in terested in the Hose since the days of Eric Shore and other boys who contributed to Red Sox success in the past. Anyway, this Red Sox fan told me about this Rich, who was pitching for a mill team in Valdese. “I was motoring through North Carolina on my way to visit the other Red Sox farms, so I said to myself, ‘Well, even if it is a little out of my way, what have I got to lose?' So I grabbed myself a map and located this Coffeyville (Continued on page eight) PASTOR ARRIVES LATE THIS WEEK Appointment as Regular Pas tor To Be Confirmed By Presbytery Soon Rev. Sylvan S. Poet of Chicago, who has been called to the pas torate of the Waldensian Pres byterian church here, is expected to arrive some time late this week and assume his duties as pastor of the Valdese church. He will deliver his first sermon this coming Sunday at the eleven o’clock service. The manse has been prepared for his arrival and is expected that he will move in almost as soon as he arrives. He is expected to fill the va cancy left by Rev. James A. Caligan who resigned as pastor last year to take up his studies abroad. Rev. Poet has been connected with the Samaritan Neighbor i hood House in Chicago and comes to take up his charge here well recommended. It was stated that he will be formally inducted as pastor of the church when the Presbytery meets. Rev. Mr. Poet was born in Torre Pellice, Italy. He graduated from the Waldensian College and Nor mal school in Torre Pellice and went from there to serve 18 months with the Mountain (light) Artillery. Immediately after that service he was sent to Mosul, Iraq, as secretary of the Italian Consulate. The last six months there he acted as vice consul. It was there that he decided to enter the ministry. From there he came back to his home in Torre Pellice( Italy, and then came to the United States as a student of theology at the New Brunswick Theological Seminary of the Re formed Church of America at New Brunswick, N. J. It was there that he received his B. D. degree and was licensed to preach and ordained to the ministry by the Classis of New Brunswick. He studied one year at Princeton Theological Seminary where he received his master’s degree. While at Princeton he started a mission at the New Utrecht Re formed church in Brooklyn, New York to which he was appointed as regular pastor when he return ed from a visit to Italy in 1934. He was married in January, 1936, to Miss Elizabeth Verdoja, daught ter of Rev. and Mrs. Louis Ver doja. He was called to the Wal densian Presbyterian church and Samaritan House of Chicago in February, 1937. Rev. Mr. Poet has one son, Paul Arthur, who was born August 27, 1937. Valdese Cagers Whip Mars Hill Lions Lose First Game Of Season to Waldensian Lads Saturday. The Valdese community center lads defeated the Mars Hill Lions at Mars Hill last Saturday night by a 3* to 32 score. The Waldensians handed the Lions their first defeat this sea son in their second game with Mars Hill. Coach Dickerson’s lads started with an early seven point lead, but the CC’s led by Don Campbell, grabbed the lead before the end of the first half and managed to keep well ahead of the Mars Hill cagers till the end of the game. The lineup: Mars Hill Pos. Valdese Charles__ F_Perrou Hubbard_F_Flack Whitaker_C_Campbell Heading_G_ Pitts White _G_Owens Subs: Mars Hill, Hood, Peek, Leatherwood, Ray, Sams; Val dese, Messer, Brlhkley. CRANFORD BABY IS BURIED YESTERDAY Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Arthur Talmage Aber nethy Wednesday afternoon for the day-old baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pat Cranford of Valdese. A number of friends and rela tives were present for the burial which was conducted at the Shady Grove cemetery in east Valdese.
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