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||§§l The \^ldese News §sP ‘A LIVE NEWSPAPER IN A PROGRESSIVE TOWN” SHOP AT HOME I:. !■_— _VALDESE, N. C., THURSDAY MARCH 2, 1939 ~" I NoTl3 (aldese t# t. uirls Ylace becond In Industrial Cage Tournament OYS LOSE TO SPEER MILLS ir,s Lose To Brandon Mills In Finals Here Satur day Night. Ltwo championships almost vlldese community teams )1!’ Hnwn in defeat to Greer, S. Brandon Mill teams last an,.v«« Spartanburg, S. C. at ^ond southeastern Indus It basketball tournament. valdese boys had won eveiy o{ their scheduled matches A Saturday morning when p u-pre pitted against the ^ g q boys. The brilliant of Jacob who seemed to L every shot count for a L was a great help to the lo tto gaining a small lead. Edd , and Flack were right behind m\hen Jacob was put out of “gaine on fouls. The Valdese v- tried hard to keep the small L of a lead but toward the A as the game was pi actically id the Greer boys began scoring ots at random, and the score ended with Valdese trail , by five points, and which au matically put the locals out of a running. Id the girls' game which was iye(lat 7 p. m. at Andrews field m at Wofford College where e tournament was being held, e Valdese girls who were in the •Is lost a hard fought game to e Brandon Mills of Woodruff net. The Valdese girls tried eir best to stem the tide but e height of the Brandon girls ,ve them a decided advantage er the locals. The score ended to l with Valdese on the short i The girls were presented a rely cup, as runnersup in the [is1 division of the Southeastern dustrial basketball tournament. Id the opening game of the irnment, the Valdese girls won i easy victory over the Cliff side rls by a 22 to 10 score, while (Continued on back page) sgro Is Arrested foi Knifing Woman Reese of Connelly Springs Is Jailed In Hickory For Assault. Alphonso Reese, colored of Con i' Springs, was arrested near shome Tuesday afternoon by toy and Valdese officers on f charge of having assaulted 5 severely cut with a - knife ^ William of Berry town Mon evening in Hickory. |toe is employed as a driver to Piedmont Distributing Epany to Valdese and after he arrested by Chief of Police Jlof Valdese, Burke County J"y Sheriff Johnson and Po . an ^ers °f Hickory, he was M m the city jail in Hickory. tote Income Tax Wan AKity Hall °n Hand To Help in "H Out State In c°me Tax Returns the v2btree wil1 be on dutiy i T a/se city hall Monday Jefay, March 6 and 7, He w Public fill out their o’do^ °me tax returns from the J!1 the corning until 5 ^ afternoon. that all persons ^ anri ,mcome of $1,000 or Ca;b?/re sin^le must file h of ;9 /bose having an in 5 t&arriPH °°° or over and who Special in Jnust file returns, oa thp f !Uctions wil1 be giv *er$ mr/tangible tax, which ^onriItgages’ notes and CJS?*in a bank Hose » u wiU be attach *«t»teinWho fail to make cor returns. 0f Mr' and /iratn Q Abee’ John Daniel Soriai vfmuei’ were taken 'Hek fni,ospitai m Hickory 'Hies L ‘toatment. The ' about two weeks H. 5. Girl Is Hurt In Window Jump Lois Harris Jumps From Sec ond Story at High School Monday Afternoon. Lois Harris, 14-year old Valdese high school girl, was severely hurt Monday afternoon when she leaped from the second story win dow at the high school. The young girl was in stucb hall and had been sitting on the window when following the taunt of a group of students she leaped to the ground, approximately 20 feet below. In her fall she sprained he: arm and suffered several minor bruises which confined her to her bed at home for several days, it was found immediately after she had suffered the accident and been rushed to Dr. Palmer’s clinic Medical Society Elects Officers Dr. Yates Palmer Is Chosen Vice-President of Burke County Group. Dr. Yates Palmer was elected vice-president of the Burke Coun ty Medical society at their annual business session which was held in Morganton last week. The group chose Dr. John W. Ervin, Morganton physician, to succeed Dr. J. B. Helms as presi dent of the medical group. Dr. Edith Gooawin-Barbour was re elected secretary-treasurer. Dr. James W. Vernon was nam ed chairman of the program com mittee which consists also of Dr. Yates S. Palmer and Dr. R. H. Long, and the society elected Dr. E, W. Phifer as censor. The election came during the business session held in the re ception room of Grace Hospital’s new nurses’ home Thursday night, Feature of the program was a paper on diabetic coma read by Dr. Thomas W, Baker of Charlotte which was described by the doc tors as excellent. It was Dr. Ba ker’s first appearance before the local society, but members an nounced that they hoped to have the young diagnostician, formerly with Mayo’s clinic, back for an other meeting in the future. A number of case reports of more than passing interest were presented by Dr. F. B. Watkins and Dr. R. H. Long of the State Hospital and by Dr. E. W. Phifer. Wrestling At Gym Tomorrow Night Headliners in the wrestling cards will return to the commun ity center gym tomorrow (Friday) night, at 8:30 o’clock when Jim Clintsock tangles with Sammy Manacher of New York in the main bout of the evening, in a 90 minute bout with two falls out of three. Friday night also sees the re turn of Gene Bowman of Chatta nooga, Tenn., who will tangle with Glenn Wade in a 60-minute bout in the preliminary. Bowman, it will be remembered, was on the main bout card when wrestling was first inaugurated at the community center, losing his match to Jim Clintsock who threw him out of the ring. The gym urges everyone inter ested to turn out for a nice even ing of clean fun and to see these grunt artists do their stuff. WILL PREACH AT BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. J. C. Mitchell, native of England who has preached in 14 different countries, will preach at the Sunday evening service of the Valdese Baptist church at 7:30 o'clock. His text will be “This Type of Gospel of Christ.” Every one is cordially invited to come and hear Rev. Mitchel Sunday, March 5. RETURNS FROM NEW YORK Mrs. Alex Guigou returned Sat urday after spending a week in New York City. While there she was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Lanny Ross qf radio fame, Mrs. Guigou and Mrs. Ross have been intimate friends for a number of years. CAGE TOURNEY STARTSTONIGHT County’s Grammar Schools Will Play Finals Here Saturday Night Plans have been completed for a Burke County Grammar School 1 basketball tournament which will j be held at the high school gym | nasium starting tonight, and last ing through till Saturday. Entered in the tournament are' six girls teams, Salem, Valdese, Drexel, Icard, Mull and Morgan ton, and seven boys teams, which include Salem, Valdese, Morgan - ton, Drexel, Oak Hill, Mull and Hildebran. The boys will play first, the Drexel boys meeting Valdese at 4 p._m„ and the Salem boys meet ing Morganton at 8 p. m. The winner • of the Valdese-Drexel game will play the winner of the Morganton-Salem game, while the two losers will play each other to compete in the consolation prize. At 5 p. m. the Salem girls will meet Drexel, while Icard will meet Valdese tonight at nine p. m. In Friday’s matches, Oak Hill will be pitted against Mull, in the boys game at 6 p. m„ while the Hildebrand quintet will meet the winner of the Oak Hill-Mull game at 10 p. m. Friday night. In the girls’ game, Mull will meet Mor ganton, and two boys will ad vance the tournament to the finals Saturday. Winners of each group will play J winners Friday, and the finals j staged Saturday night at 6 p. m. The winning boys and girls team i will be presented a silver loving 1 cup. Coach Ward has announced the ; following to act as officials in the grammar school tournament: Referees — Johnston Satter white; Leon Lowman. Scorers—Francis Poe and Joel Delmas. Timekeeper—John Abernethy. Firemen — Jason Hughes and Wilson Murray. Gate—Robert Pascal and Ruth Church. Foul-Shooting—Oree Baker and Zelda Killian. Dressing Room — Boys. Sam Brinkley. Girls—Evelyn Taylor. Valdese school officials have (Continued on back page) D. Of A. Celebrates Third Anniversary Frank C. Patton of Morgan ton Is Principal Speaker Of the Evening. Lovelady Council No. 137 of the Daughters of America celebrated their third anniversary last Sat urday night, February 25, with an elaborate banquet at the Valdese school dining room with over 50 guests present. The program was opened with I the song “My Country Tis of ! Thee”, after which the prayer was delivered by Grady Walsh. A toast was given to the ladies by Lee Harris and was followed by a trumpet solo by Charles Young, followed by a tap dance by Jose phine Perrou. The main speaker of the even ing was Frank C. Patton of Mor ganton whose topic was on “America Staying Out of War.” The entire group enjoyed a number of games after the de lightful supper. The supper in cluded a fine menu after which the group enjoyed a three layer birthday cake in honor of the organization’s third birthday. VALDESE ALLYS BEAT COMMUNITY CENTERS The Valdese Bowling Alleys in a repular Intercity League match took three games from the Comr munity Center duckpin man Tuesday night. Girls Win Cup The loving cup which the Val dese community center girls brought back with them from Spartanburg, S. C. The local girls received it for being the runner ups in the Southern Industrial basketball tournament last week. Rally Is Held By Methodist Groups Marion District Group Launches Four Year Youth Crusade. Methodist young people of the Marion district filled the audito rium of the First Methodist church in Morganton last Friday night when they met at a youth crusade rally. Chief messages on the program were delivered by Rev. L. B. Hayes of Greensboro and Rev. Wilson O. Weldon of China Grove, while Rev. M. Teague Hipps of Salis bury, conference director of young people’s work, presided. The pre siding elder, Rev. J. C. Cornett, spoke briefly in announcing that the offering would go for the youth movement which has been launched as a four-year crusade. Miss Marianna Johnson, presi dent of the McDowell county un ion, spoke on the subject “Youth Is Ready.” Mrs. Connie Cope, district di rector, conducted the devotional period, and Rev. W. A. Newell, pastor of the local church pro nounced the benediction. Miss Va gie Drum of Valdese was song leader for the meeting, while Grover Butler of Glen Alpine, who was chief usher, was assisted by Lee Cassells of Rutherford Col lege, Bob Loven of Oak Hill, and William Butler of Oak Forest church. K. Rector Sought For Misdemeanor Crow Hill Man Destroys Fa ther-In-Law’s Car In Fit Of Anger. Kelly Rector, age 35 of Crow Hill, is being sought for having broken all the windows of a car belonging to his father-in-law, Rosey Settlemyre, Monday night, February 27. It is believed that Rector’s ac tions were, done in a fit of anger and after he had broken all the glass of the 37 Ford he took an axe and chopped all four tires. Rector has not as yet been ap prehended and is believed to have left the county. English Setter Blesses Depot V/ith Fine Litter Of Pups A beautiful brown English set ter blessed the Valdese Southern Railway depot with a litter of puppies one day last week after she had crawled through a hole dug under the loading platform and brought into the fair world eight fine puppies in assorted col ors. „ . ... The puppies were first noticed by five-year old Rebecca Ann Mc Neely, small daughter of Freight Agent Jake McNeely Sunday, who heard them crying under the sta tion floor, Monday the floor boards were raised and with the help of sev eral interested spectators, the puppies were removed and placed on a nice soft bed inside of the freight room. When the puppies were found the mother was with them, but only five of the eight born were living. It was not known who the dog belonged to and the depot made plans to dispose of the en tire family at an early date. DREXEL YOUTH IS SENTENCED Sterl Cannon Draws Two-to Three Year Term For Gymnasium Robbery Sterl Cannon,- young Drexel man, drew the stiffest sentence in Burke county Superior court last week when he was sent by Judge S. J. Ervin, Jr., to prison for a two-to-three year term for larceny of an auto and drew a ten-year sentence suspended for 20 years for breaking and enter ing. Cannon entered a plea of nolo contendere to both counts—grow ing out of the theft of George Hern’s auto in Valdese and the robbery of cigarettes from the Valdese community center in De cember. The court record shows that the prison sentence was imposed “because it appears to the court that the defendant has hereto fore served a sentence in State prison for robbery and larceny.” Young Eugene Hogan, local boy, who was involved in the same crimes, was placed on pro bation for five years, with a sus pended sentence of from one to two years. The case was Hogan’s first case in court. Jim Johnson of Lenoir was sentenced to prison for not less than one nor more than two years on a charge of forgery. He was specifically indicted for forging the name of J. H. Jennings and the Craig and Jennings furniture company of Lenoir in endorse ment for a check of $131.75. The check was cashed at Luther Mull’s service station at Bridgeport by Cecil Settlemyre, an employee, on January 13. Johnson, a former employee of the Lenoir plane, was said to have gotten mail from the company’s box at the postoffice, and officers said that several such cases have come to light since the alleged offense in this county. Canton Splits With Valdese Fifty-One Canton Players Are Guests of C. C- Here Saturday. A squad of 51 players^ from Canton Y. M. C. A. in their reg ular Canton Day exercises which were held at the community cen terter gym last Saturday succeed ed in dividing the honors, taking three events out of six as they met the Valdese aggregation. The local boys who have in augurated Canton Day played host to the visitors Saturday and engaged in various contests. The Valdese boys succeeded in win ning the pocket billiard contests, taking three games out of four. The golf matches which were played at the Mimosa golf course in Morganton and the ping pong tournament. Canton won the ten pin con test, badminton games and volley ball. The entire group from Can ton and 34 from Valdese enjoyed a delightful supper Saturday night at 6:30 o’clock at the Moun tain View Dining room. W. K. Sawyer, secretary of the Francis Garrou Memorial Hall, stated that he was very well pleased with the fine showing that the Valdese teams had made against the Canton Y. M. C. A. and that the community center expected to participate in a num ber of such activities in the near future. School To Start Baseball Practice Coach L. C. Ward announced this week that baseball practice for the high school would start sometime next week and that the serious work of building up a fine squad would depend on the re sponse shown by those who would turn out for practice. The local high school nine will have a fine set of uniforms to use this year and are expected to do great things on the diamond. It was stated that an interclass volley ball tournament would get under way next week during the activity period of 11:30 a. m. and that all those interested in play ing volley ball to please commun icate with him at the earliest possible time. % IS NOTARY PUBLIC Prank Pons, city hall clerk, an j nounces his appointment as a I notary public and will have his 'office at the Valdese city hall. Chamber of Commerce Elects John D. Guigou, President " r* - OES. Group Will Elect Officers The regular meeting of the Lovelady Chapter No. 147 of O. E. S., will be held at the usual time, Monday night, March 6, at the Masonic Hall. Every one of the members of the Eastern Star is urged to be present as the group will hold its annual election of of ficers. Valdese Woman Buried At Enon Mrs. J. F. McGalliard Suc cumbs To Pneumonia At the Age of 62. Funeral services were held at Enon Baptist church Sunday af ternoon for Mrs. Susan Franklin McGalliard, wife of J. E. McGal liard of Valdese. Mrs. McGalliard died at her home in Valdese Thursday night | from pneumonia after a week’s | illness. She was 62 years of age. A native of this county, she was born March 31, 1876, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Franklin She was a member of Enon church. Surviving are her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Grace Vaughn of Woodruff, S. C., and Miss Fannie McGalliard of Valdese and four sons, Paul, Colon, (Cat) Edward and Worth (Crip) McGalliard, all of Valdese. She leaves also the following sisters — Mrs. Laura Williams of Drexel, Mrs. Maggie Lee McGalliard of Hickory, Mrs. Ida Cook of Washington, D. C., and Mrs. Jones Franklin, of Flor ida. Services, held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock, were in charge of the pastor, Rev. J. B. Payne, and burial was in the church ceme tery. Meeting Held By County Teachers Burke County Classroom Teachers Elect Officers For Coming Year. i The Burke County Teachers as sociation held a meeting Monday afternoon at the elementary school auditorium in Valdese at which time the group cast their ballots for the coming election of officers for the North Carolina Education association. After their meeting which was well attended by teachers from all over the county the Burke county classroom teachers elected their local officers. Miss Louise Reed of Drexel was elected presi dent and Mrs. Francis Mull Par ker was re-elected as secretary of the group. Earle Searcy Is New Scoutmaster An interesting program by the Rattlesnake Patrol was the fea ture of the last meeting of the Valdese Boy Scouts at their meet ing at their club house Monday night. Darrell Powell and Ijjlmo Pascal were the main speakers of the program. ' Reid Suttle who has been acting as Scoutmaster for the past sev eral months, has resigned his post and become a member of the Scout board. He was succeeded as Scoutmaster by Earle Searcy, president of the Valdese Lions club. “JESSE JAMES” HERE FOR THREE DAYS Due to the large number of people wishing to see the picture “Jesse James”, the Colonial The atre announces that it will show the pitcure three days, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday. Performances have been an nounced for Saturday morning at 10 o’clock, Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock and Saturday night at 10 o’clock. Monday and Tuesday there will be special matinees at 1 and 4 p. m. % 0 PUN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS IN TOWN Civic Group Will Seek Mon ument To Commemorate the Founding of Valdese At their regular monthly meet ing, the Valdese Chamber of Commerce elected John D. Guigou to succeed J. P. Rostan as presi dent of the local civic group. Oth er officers who were elected unani mously, along with the president, were: O. H. Jim Pons, vice-pres ident; Frederick Ribet, secretary; and Rev. John Pons was re-elected treasurer. As the regular business of the group heard a report from J. D. Guigou, chairman of the commit tee, who informed the group that action on a Valdese bank will be delayed till another time. The subject of providing Christ mas decorations for the town was brought up by Johnny Garrou, who suggested that the Chamber of Commerce find some way to es tablish a fund to provide for lights for the streets during the Christ mas season this year. A commit tee was appointed to meet with the Valdese Merchants association and discuss the subject with them. Named on the committee were J. V. Benfield, Johnny Gar rou, and W. K. Sawyer. Town Manager Lee Ribet took the floor, and brought up the fact that Valdese will soon be fifty years old, and celebrating its gol den anniversary. It was suggest ed that the group see if that with state or other help, a monument to the first group of settlers in Valdese could not be erected. This marker, or monument to bear the names of the first settlers. It was suggested that such a measure be brought up before the State Leg islature. Committee was named with Lee Ribet, Ben Pons and Earle Searcy. President Rostan, in retiring from his term of office reviewed the progress that the organization had made during the past year, and stated that the entire group should strive to do even better in the forthcoming year. After the election of officers, the meeting was turned over to W. K. Sawyer, who gave a brief talk on the Valdese Community Center activities, and who urged that more members of the group try to take part in its activities. After the supper the group was entertained by the Valdese High School Glee club, under the direc tion of Miss Clare Burch. The supper was served by the Valdese high school home economics de partment. Home Building In State Shows Gain Home loans made by building, savings and loan associations of North Carolina greatly exceeded those of January of last year, ac cording to John B. Craven of Lex ington, president of the North Carolina Building and Loan League. A total of $1,625,000 worth of home loans were made during this month, of which $670,000 was for the construction of homes and $355,000 for the purchase of homes. The balance of $600,000 in loans were made for refinanc ing, repairs, remodeling, and oth er miscellaneous purposes. This splendid showing, during January, substantiates for this month the optimistic predictions of building, savings and loan leaders through out the State that 1939 will be even better than 1938, unless there is a sudden increase in con struction costs or a severe drop in business within the State. Continued emphasis upon the practical value of home ownership today is producing tangible re sults as shown by the fine Janu ary record of these home financ ing institutions. The new series of the Valdese Building and Loan association a now open and Rev. John Pons, secretary of the association, re ports that the response so far has been very gratifying. BABY SON JS BORN Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Franklin are the proud parents of a baby son, Dairy Allen, bom at Grace Hospital in Morganton last I Thursday.
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