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1------VALDESE, N. C., THURSDAY FEBRUARY 23, 1939 ~ ~ ’ — N ,,
r CAGE TEAMi
II TOURNAMENT
,1, Valdese Teams Entered
Southeastern Indus
1 trial Tournament.
nuiHpst Community Cen
"Ls Basketball team left;
S afternoon to play a re-;
esdayJ; witn tile Covington
» at Asheville Tuesday |
* before condnuing their trip
^ onhurg Wednesday morn- ;
•SSwr viU play in the;
'nlf Southeastern Industrial
Netball Tournament.
rue valdese g rls team, which;
2 entered in the girls divis
?ft Wednesday morning and
were scheduled to play their |
"lewith the Clifton Mills,
riffton s. c.. yesterday noon.
|(C1 were to play the South
* franklin Process Co. cagers
3 p. M. yesterday.
Among the members of the boys
fSn who are making the.
1 the tournament are Ed
L Edwin Flack, Laird Jacob.
m Campbell, Howard Pruette,
noir Lowdermilk. Claude Owens,
S Messer, and Shig Brinkley.
Members of the girls team in- j
Je Ruby .Little, Fern Church,;
jfjorie Rudisell, Coraleen Pitts, I
to Pons. Edna Smith, Anna
n, Rhoney, Janie Tron, Belle ,
nriair Murleen Childress and
Se'Bamsey.
Mine Tax Man
Here March 1st
ill Help Income Tax Pay
ers To Fill Out Their In
come Tax Returns.
A notice has been issued by the
Idese postoffice department that
deputy collector of internal rev
ue will be at the Valdese post
ice on March 1 to help income
xpayers fill out their income
i returns.
There will be no charge for
is service and those who havt.
All out these blanks anr aally
e urged to make it a point to
t him and let him explain how
make returns properly.
Income taxes must be paid if
n have a net income of $1,000
over, or your gross income is
,000 or over, if you are single
f married and not living with
or husband or wife.) If you are
irned and living with your hus
nd or wife you must file a re
ft if your net income is $2,500
if your gross income in $5,000
over.
It was stated that all incomes
® ^ filed not later than
15. 1939, with the collector
internal revenue for the dis
d in which you reside or have
w principal place of business,
not more than
WOO or imprisonment for not
lre tban one year or both, is
ffd by statute for willful fail
to nmke return on time and,
edition, 5 to 25 per cent of
eamount of the tax.
[ew Clothing Store
ipens, Boyles Bldg.
‘‘M Tate, Jr., of Hickory,
ihiJfn0age Carroll's Credit
idiv « ?tore which will open
February 24 in the Boyles
X,°lMain street- Mr. Tate
2 ?hly exPericnced in the
>(C?nlnttSS' He eXP6CtS 10
I k l mthe near future. He
assisted in the operation.
Marg"et
lbJpeflWHst?re will specialize in
men a*ij'to'Wear merchandise
and women on credit.
schools
sponsor shows
is$ *** high school Junior
tin's mo!??1?or one of Mark
fryer rvf beloved works, “Tom
tty 27 a e?lve”’ Monday, Feb
order the Colonial Theatre
^SeLr?e funds for the
fcdai "Junior banquet. As
high I?cticn ^here will be
*,i0rus’a style
l^ersmart1^ lUPervision of
lttiperiativtpB(^uty Sh°P and
Nil ' yes the Senior
|^De Presented.
^br^y 28, the Drex
'S'at'flS.'sr
Local Scouts1 Seventh Anniversary I
Reading from left to right: top row: Claude Killian, Fred Ribet,
Donnie Martinat, Earl B. Searcy, Jr., Ernest Ribet, Raymond Squil
lario, Assistant Scoutmaster Edward Pascal; middle row: Robert
Brinkley, Waybern Jones, Elmo Pascal, Frank Pons, Humbert Ros
tan, O. H. Pons, Jr,; bottom row: Ralph Walsh, Parks Sherrill, Jr.,
Derrill Powell, Frank Page, Her shall Jones, Silvio Pascal, and Rich
ard Pascal. (Photo by Prof. Stemple)
B. & L. REPORT
SHOWS INCREASE
Local Association’s Report is
One of Best Since It
Was Organized.
The Valdese Building and Loan
reports one of its best years dur
ing the year 1938. “I see no rea
son,” stated Rev. John Pons, sec
retary of the association “why
1939 should not prove to he one
of the best years In recent times,
because of*fifie increased demand
for new homes and of the larger
funds available to home owners,
and because of the higher type
of co-operation between the home
owner, lending institution, archi
tect and building supply dealers.”
Annual reports show that dur
ing 1937, the Valdese Building
and Loan Association built up a
total asset of $299,293.52, while
during 1938 the net gain was
$393,310.16. The amount of to
tal mortgage loans during the
1937 year amounted to $283,740,
while in 1938, they reached $362,
940.
The Valdese Building and Loan
was organized in Valdese Septem
ber 1, 1933, and since its organi
zation has suffered no losses. It
has excellent facilities for the per
son intending to make a loan, or
wanting to save for future need.
All one is required to do is get
in touch with the secretary and
with little delay, may have one’s
application submitted and ap
proved.
“People in Valdese are build
ing more and becoming more
home minded,” he continued,
“and an encouraging factor is
that so many people contemplat
ing building are not desirous of
borrowing the full amount they
can get, but have an ample
amount of cash to apply on the
construction and furnishing of
the home they are planning. They
are not borrowing to the limit.”
Valdese still has a shortage of
homes and there is room for a
large building program for home
owners. Our community has al
ways been a home-owning one,
which proves the fact that of its
high quality citizenship and has
gained us the name of the “Fast
est Growing Town In North Car
olina.”
Work Started On
New Valdese Bldg.
Mrs. Madeline Tise Will Erect
New Building Next
To Benlee’s
Grading work was started Sat
urday on a new three-story build
ing on Main street by Mrs. Made
lame Tise. Construction will be
rushed to completion by the con
tractors, Herman and Sipe, of
Conover.
The new structure, 30 by 98
feet, will be of brick and modern
in every respect. The plans are
to have it completed and ready
for occupancy by May 1.
It will be adjoining the build
ing now used by Benlee’s Depart
ment store and will be mostly oc
cupied by Kirksey & Co. An
other story will be added to the
structure now occupied by Ben
lee’s.
Paving Contract Is j
Nearly Completed i
PWA Office Announces That *
Street Project Is Near*
ly Done.
Regional Director H. T. Cole;
yesterday announced that Val
dese’s $65,300 PWA paving proj
ect was 50 per cent completed.
At this time Mr, Cole reported
from Atlanta that the regional of
fice had received a request for
$6,550 public works administra
tion funds as a grant payment on
the project,
Under PWA regulations this re
quisition—for one-tenth the total
cost—can be paid when the im
provement is 70 per cent finished.
The request was filed at the 50
per cent stage so that PWA could
examine the documents and have
the funds ready by the time the
project reached the 70 per cent
state completion, Mr. Cole said.
Payment will bring PWA funds
paid to the project to 35 per cent
of the total cost ,and leave only
10 per cent to be paid at the time
of completion,
With this payment, 90 per cent
of the total cost will be made
available for the construction ac
count. All of the owner’s share—
$35,915—will be deposited before
PWA’s final 10 per cent payment
is made.
Curtis Giri Is
Put On Probation
Judge Ervin Gives Her Five
Year Probation Charge In
Lieu of Jail Sentence
Lorene Curtis, 17-year old
Wilkes county girl, was placed un
der probation in Burke Superior
court Monday after the grand
jury indicted her for arson grow
ing out of the partial burning of
a home where she was employed
as cook near Valdese.
In the opening day of the one
week court term, Judge S. J. Er
vin, Jr., Morganton’s contribution
to the Superior court bench, bas
ed a decision toward leniency on
the girl’s youth and her record
which heretofore has been good.
Pleading guilty to larceny of
clothes, the young woman was
given a six-to-twelve months sen
tence which was suspended with
the defendant placed under pro
bation for five years. Pleading
guilty to an attempt to commit
arson, a misdemeanor, prayer for
judgement was continued for one
year. The charges arose from the
alleged theft of clothes from the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Everett
Berry near Valdese and the dam
age of the house by fire, which
the girl admittedly set to conceal
the theft. She had been employ
ed at the Berry home for several
months.
ANNOUNCE MOVIE QUIZ
WINNERS MONDAY NIGHT
The winners of the national
movie quiz contest which was con
ducted throughout the nation will
be announced from the stage of
the Colonial Theatre this coming
Monday night.
It was Stated that quite a num
ber of Valdese entries were sent
in and that some may be the win
ners of the attractive prizes which
were offered.
THE VALDESE NEWS
OFF TO GOOD START.
(Editorial)
The Valdese News is and will be
reluctant to “blow its own horn”,
but it is perhaps not out of place
at the end of its third month of
existence to say that the man
agement of the paper is well
pleased with and very appreciative
of the reception that has been
accorded it and the support al
ready received. Financially it is
beginning to break even, which
perhaps, was hardly to have been
expected until it was at least six
months old. This alone indicates
that Valdese is ready for its own
newspaper and that the two can
continue to grow and develop to
gether.
Because in years past several
papers have made attempts at
publication here the question
quite naturally arises “Will this
one last?” The very fact that
The News was recently admitted
for second-class mailing privi
leges, at the Valdese post office
indicates that it is not just a ven
ture. The postal laws are very
strict in this particular and evi
dence must be supplied to indi
cate that the paper entered is a
bona fida publication with real
promise of permanence. The Val
dese News is not a “fly-by-night”
undertaking, subject to suspension
or closing up if it has some re
verses, It was not established on
trial—for a few weeks, or months
or even a few years, but for the
long pull with and for Valdese.
Extra help was needed during
the starting period, but with that
“weathered”, H, C, Buchan, Jr.,
who has served as general man
ager, is leaving for another posi
tion. Marcel Tron and J. C.
Alleyn will continue jointly in
charge of news, advertising and
job work and there will be no
immediate additions to the staff
of the paper.
The continued cooperation and
good will of advertisers, subscrib
ers and of the citizenship gener
ally is solicited to the end that we
may give Valdese a paper worthy
of the progress and vision of this
fine community.
GIRLS JAILED
IN S. S. RAID
Sheriff Raids Good Luck; 3
Young Girls Arrested
On Moral Charges
A raid on tourist cabins at the
Good Luck service station between
Morganton and Valdese Sunday
resulted in the arrest of three
girls, ranging in age from 15 to
19, and two men named as oper
ators of the establishment on
moral charges, climaxing week
end activities of law enforcement
officers.
Sheriff Paul M. Dale an
nounced the arrest of Vester
Mull, said to be the owner of the
station, and Newt Clarke, an em
ployee, on charges of “permitting
unmarried females under the age
of 18 years on premises for im
moral purposes.”
Sheriff Dale said he and Deputy
H. B. Pascal arrested Willie Pow
ell, 19, Vonda Patton, 15, and Be
atrice Branch, 17, on charges ol
fornication and adultry when
they visited the tourist cabins at
the station on Highway No. 70.
A number of raids for alleged
violation of the liquor laws were
staged by city and county officers
ever the week-end.
Lenoir Duckpin
Man Sets Record
Center Bowlers Lose Three
Straight To Hickory
Tuesday Night.
The Valdese Bowling alleys won
two out of three games aaginst the
Lenoir duckpin here Tuesday
night, when Craig, of Lenoir, roll
ed a total of 163 pins for a single
game in the third round to set a
new record for the league.
Cole Savage was high scorer for
the Valdese Bowling alley with 374
points for three games.
The Community center bowlers
lost three straight games to the
Hickory bowlers in their regular
inter-city match in Hickory.
Plays For Dance Tomorrow Night j
Charlie Randel who comes direct from Murray’s Ballroom in New
York to play for a benefit dance at the community center gymnas
ium tomorrow night, February 24. Randel will have with him his
13-piece orchestra and his two featured singers, Barbara Lane,
blues singer and Gary Van Dyke, young lyric tenor. The dance is
being sponsored by the Valdese Lions and the community center
in order to raise funds to equip the community center tennis
courts.
Gym Court Teams
Have Good Season
In reviewing the community
center’s basketball season so
far, we find that the boys have
played 48 basketball games this
season. Out of the 48 games
13 were lost and 35 won. This
should prove that our boys
should give a good showing in
the, tournament at Spartan
burg this week. The girls have
played 24 games, winning 19
and losing only five. The girls
have played a better game of
basketball this last half of the
the season, and stand to make
a good showing in the South
eastern Industrial Tournament.
Scouts Organized
Seven Years Ago
Local Troop Rounds Out
Seven Years of Existence
Here This Week.
• t __
A group of 25 Valdese Boy
Scouts turned out for a delightful
weiner roast Monday night in
stead of holding their regular
meeting at their club house.
The entire group enjoyed a
number of games and welcomed
several new members into their
ranks.
This coming week the local
Scouts observe their seventh an
niversary, being organized Febru
ary 28, 1932. The troop had as
its Scoutmaster at the time Ben
Shytle who was then employed
by the Waldensian Bakery.
Mr. Shytle guided the local
Scouts for a while then the task
was turned over to C. C. Long,
and then to Kemp Tunis. Other
Scoutmasters of the troop since
its organization have been Dan
Bounous, Manning Bills, John
Coffey, Rev.. G. F. Hood and Reid
Suttle.
The troop was under the spon
sorship of the Chamber of Com
merce for a time till the Lions
club took it over and has been
acting as its sponsor.
The troop has passed through
its ranks over 150 Scouts in the
seven years that it has been or
ganized.
The troop meets each Monday
night at a regular Scout cabin, on
St. Germain street which is don
ated for their use by Frank Pascal.
Reid Suttle is Scoutmaster; Ed
ward Pascal, assistant Scoutmas
ter; Claude Killian, junior assist
ai^t, Donnie Martinat, scribe;
Ernest Ribet, leader of Wolf Pa
trol; Elmo Pascal, leader of Rat
tlesnake Patrol; Raymond Squil
lario, leader of Flying Eagle Pa
trol.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
WILL MEET TONIGHT
The Valdese Chamber of Com
merce will hold its regular month
ly meeting tongiht at the Valdese
school house at 6:30 P. M,
All members are urged to be
present, as the group will hold its
election of officers for the coming
year.
MRS. M. MICOL
TAKEN BY DEATH
Eternal Sleep Overtakes One
of Valdese’s Oldest
Residents.
Funeral services were conducted
Monday afternoon for Mrs. Marie
Madeline Micol, widow of Peter
Emanuel Micol, who died at her
home Sunday morning, after a
lengthy illness. Mrs. Micol was
one of the first Waldensian groups
to settle m Valdese, and at the
time of her death was 82 years of
age.
The services, which were in
charge of Rev. Sylvan Poet, were
conducted at 2 P. M. at the Wal
densian church, and she was bu
ried in the Waldensian cemetery.
Mrs. Micol was born in the Wal
densian valleys in Northern Italy,
May 18, 1856, and was the daugh
ter of Philip and Marie Tron
Giraud.
Surviving are one brother, Alex
ander Giraud of Italy, one son,
Edward Micol, and two daughters,
Miss Alice Micol, and Mrs. Albert
Pons, all of Valdese.
Wilson Freed Of,.
Federal Charge
Jack Wilson, young Valdese
cafe employee, was freed Friday
in a hearing on a Federal charge
of possessing goods stolen from
the U. S. mails.
U. S. Commissioner T. Earle
Franklin said the charge was dis
missed when he found no probable
cause of guilt. The not guilty ver
dict came when the prosecution
testimony failed to establish any
responsibility in the ownership of
a watch which government agents
alleged was stolen by Marshall
Oxentine, 16.
me aeienaant ana ms wit
nesses were not called upon to j
testify, but it was understood that
Wilson had contended all along
that he had purchased the watch
in good faith and had no knowl
edge of the alleged violation of
the postal laws.
Young Oxentine, who last week!
pleaded guilty and waived hearing
on a charge of robbing from the
mails items addressed to J. E.
Robinson, Valdese jeweler, was
released Manday on $500 bond,
Commissioner Franklin said.
First held under $3,00 bond,
Oxentine’s bail was set at $500
on recommendation of District
Attorney Marcus Erwin of Ashe
ville, pending trial at Federal
court in Statesville April 3, Mr.
Franklin stated.
H. S. CAGERS TEAMS
LOSE TO'DREXEL
Old Fort high school basket
ball teams defeated the Valdese
teams Tuesday night by the scores
of 30 to 19 for the boys and 22
to 16 for the girls.
Saturday night the Waldensian
cagers lost two hard fought games
to their old rival, Drexel, at the
high school gym. The boys’ team
lost by the close score of 16 to
14. Satterwhite was high scorer
of the evening with 10 points.
The girls’ team lpst their game
27 to 19. Nichols got eight points
to lead the visitors while Baker,
with six, led the local lassies.
CROWD ATTENDS
ANNUAL DINNER
Waldenses Celebrate Grant
ing of Religious Free
dom, Saturday.
One of the largest crowds in
many years gathered at the Val
dese school house Saturday night
when the Waldenses celebrated
their annual “Dix Sept Fevrier”
celebration.
Waldenses and their friends
joined in commemorating the
date on whicM their forefathers
were granted religious freedom in
the Cottian Alps in Italy on Feb
ruary 14, 1848, by King Charles
Albert of Italy.
The invocation before the sup
per was pronounced by Rev. Ver
reault after which some two hun
dred odd guests enjoyed a delight
ful supper which was served by
the Women’s Auxiliary of the
Waldensian Presbyterian church.
The toastmaster’s duties for the
evening were taken over by A. F.
Garrou, who introduced Profes
sor J. B. Watts of Davidson Col
lege as one of the evening’s prin
cipal speakers.
Professor Watts is writing a
book on the Waldenses who set
tled in Valdese, and he asked the
co-operation of the public in sup
plying him with data, which may
help in his research. He mention
ed that sometime ago while look
ing over some documents of
Hugenots who had settled in
South Carolina, that he ran across
the following reference to the
Waldenses of Valdese: “To send a
group to colonize near the Wal
denses, but to see that they be
better equipped to survive hard
times than the Waldenses.”
Rev. Sylvan S. Poet, new pastor
of the Waldensian Presbyterian
church, was a featured speaker at
the banquet, urging that the glor
ious tradition and remembrance
be carried on by younger genera
tion. The speaker told of his
pleasure in being present as a
church leader, and observed that
people should try in these times
to have a little more religion in
their everyday life, whether Bap
tist. Methodist or Presbyterian.
Rev. John Pons told of the
glowing tribute which the Wal
denses in the valleys paid their
liberator, the Italian king, Charles
Albert, and how he had been
tutored in his youth by a Wal-,
densian professor. This, he ob
served, was probably a contribut
ing factor in his action toward
them in later years.
Several others were recognized
for brief talks, after which J.
Henry Pascal began playing the
; “courenta”, native Waldensian
dance and after tables were clear
ed away many of the older folks
danced as they did in days gone
by in the Cottian Alps.
Group To Present
Briarhopper Boys
Radio Stars To Appear Here
At School Tomorrow
Night, 8 P. M.
Johnny McAllister’s Briar Hop
per boys who broadcast over WBT
in Charlotte, will be sponsored to
morrow night, Friday, February
24, at 8 o’clock at the Valdese high
school auditorium by the Valdese
high school Beta club.
The group will feature Dad,
Billy and Homer Briar hopper in
a delightful evening of entertain
ment and everyone is urged to at
tend.
The school’s Beta club was the
guest of the Granite Falls Beta
club at Granite Falls last week.
The groups carried out the Val
entine spirit in their games, and
in their entertainment as they
played a number of games and
poems and stories were related
about St. Valentine. Cards were
distributed to the various guests
present asking them to imitate
different things and a prize was
given for the best imitation. The
group also enjoyed a delightful
game of Chinese checkers after
which refreshments were served.
Among those who attended
from Valdese were: Elsie Pascal,
Sylby Pons, Frances Davis, Mil
dred Lyerly, Harriet Tron, Edith
Tise, Joel Dalmas, Ernest Ribet,
Johnson Satterwhite, Robert Pas
cal, Joe Heavener, Willie Lail, and
their club sponsor, Miss Anita
Ghigo.
HERE PROM CHICAGO
John Rostan and Pat Engh, of
Chicago, are spending several
days visiting friends in Valdese.
They are the guests of George
Perrou.