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jK Spring Parade of Patronize Valdese Mer ns is on. Dress chants—They offer you Fasl1101 Quality Goods at Rea for the new season. sonable Prices. -------“A LIVE NEWSPAPER IN A PROGRESSIVE TOWN” SHOP AT HOME _____VALDESE, N. C., THURSDAY MARCH 16, 1939 _ No 15 keets morris 0. APRIL 6TH ... play For Lions Club’s Annual Easter Bene fit Dance. Skeets Morris and his Auburn lvaiier orchestra, featuring lie Moore, girl singer, who are Id nightly over the Columbia r0adcasting system from WRVA Richmond. Va., where they are Ling at the Tantilla Gardens, m play for a benefit Easter mce here Thursday, April 6, 9 30 until 1:30 at the Val 1 community center gymnas The dance, which is being sponsored by the Valdese Lions club, is for the benefit of the Valdese Boy Scout troop and funds will be used to carry on these youngsters. [e'‘good work of Morris, besides maturing h i na if and Connie foore, his girl inger, displays tie band’s re writable ver atility in doub ng many dif- j erent instru-; lents in his unique arrangements, hey sometimes feature a saxa hone sextet, a trumpet trio, pi no duo and a sweet vocal mixed do, The band is considered by lading critics as having outstand ig possibilities and are expected i receive big time engagements non. The Auburn Cavaliers come juth to play for a large number [ Spring college dances. They re favorites at Florida State Wo len's college, Alabama College for Pomen, Marion Military Institute i Alabama and have recently ompleted engagements at the ickwick club in Birmingham, la, San Carlos Hotel, Pensecolo, la., Tower Beach club and the ragon ballroom in Houston, exas. 'ilot Bowlers In National Tourney A five man bowling team rep esenting the Pilot Full Fashion dll, has been entered in the na onal duckpin bowling congress >urnament which will be held ris Saturday, March 18, at Wash igton, D. C. The team representing Valdese ill leave for the tournament hday and includes the following len: John Church, Jay Spencer, ole Savage, Clarence Powell and ®vid Erwood. The' local team 18 been leading all the other ttee teams in the Intercity iague between Valdese, Hickory od Lenoir. ^eal bowling fans have high opes that the Valdese aggrega on wtll capture one of the prizes 1 the national event. The Navy Takes To Oars __ A sure sign of spring is this view of oarsmen of the United States Naval Academy engaged in their first workout on the Severn River at Annapolis, Md. • Where To Buy Your Spring Clothes In Our Community March 21 ushers in a new sea son in clothing and many other items which are necessary to beautify the modern home. Val dese stores have co-operated in listing the many new styles and nationally advertised brands of clothing and merchandise which they carry in stock. The general public is offered a wide variety to select from for both Spring and Easter wear. Mallory and Wilson hats are featured at the Men’s Shop, along with a fine selection of Botany ties, Arrow, Manhattan and Towne shirts. They are the agents for two tailoring houses, M, Born and Chicago Woolen Mills. Benlee’s Department store is greeting Spring with a fine selec tion of women’s suits, dresses and toppers which come in gay colors and are fine for Spring, Along with a fine line of shoes he is fea turing So Smart Parish Fashion shoes. Also on the spring lists hats by La Salle, and a wide var iety of fine shirts and ties. The Bur Lambert Tailoring shop is out with the latest styles in fabrics and design by J. L. Taylor Clothing company. Mr. Lambert says, “Green is the best selling color this spring.” Carrol Clothing is featuring a fine assortment of Varsity Club hats, Carroll Ann Toppers and Endicott Johnson shoes. For the smart and inexpensive dresser the Style Shop offers a fine assortment of dresses in new colors and styles with a fine line of suits and toppers which are just the thing for spring. The Cesarine Beauty Shop is offering a fine money saving spe cial for the Easter holidays. Belk-Broome is featuring house furnishings for the opening of spring. Housewives who are plan ning to start their house cleaning soon should see Bejks for their housewares, i MISS MARY PARISE IS HERE VISITING AUNTS Mrs. Humbert Leger gave a small dinner Saturday night in honor of her niece, Miss Mary Leger, of New York, who arrived here last week to spend sometime visiting her aunts, Mrs. Leger and Miss Emily Parise. Guests pres ent included Misses Isabel and Catherine Dalmas and Miss Emily Parise. She will be honored at another small dinner tonight by her aunt, Miss Emily Parise, who will en tertain a number of friends at her home. w/er Refuses To Comment On Senator Hatcher's Statements Representative a. Leon Butler, 0 spent the week-end here, de ed to comment on charges by liW J‘ Hatcher, that he has J? t° co-operate on local leg ut ?n in the General Assembly, he discussed at some length an interviewer some of the fus 01 local interest now be A the legislature. en.,ed what reply he had to %p°f Hatcher’s statement, the lat h Valdese mayor declared elf a record wil1 speak for it iith th Parried further questions man' adage t0 the effect that ion s fnemls need no explana eve jtd ^is enemies wouldn’t be on the much-discuss tanphat w°uld provide for the icetIJnrnent of salaried rural po !«prp as ,aides to the sheriff, he rnr iative Butler stated that °rtedf police bil1 has been re" iary avorably by House judi ^ committee No. 1 “of which ilenda fmember and is on the j an lQr Passage. I have plac ivw amendment in tl>is bill lePow»e county commissioners ^ den/ to ab9Hsh the rural po 1 BiXrtment when the people fc abAi. .county demand that it The records at <Ws out*” he assert ed. The bill has already passed the Senate. Representative Butler said he had requested that the milk bill, introduced by the Burke senator and providing for a $200 annual license fee for out-of-county milk sellers, had been revived at his request after it had already been killed by a house committee. “Several milk bills have been in troduced in the House and all were sent to Judiciary No. 2,” he ex plained. “The Burke county bill was also sent to this committee. The committee reported all of these milk bills unfavorably. The explanation of the chairman, George Uzzell of Salisbury, was that the committee had gone in to the question and found them all unconstitutional. When the Burke county bill was placed on the unfavorable calendar, I had it re-referred to Judiciary No. 2 to give the senator and myseli an opportunity to explain the sit uation in the county. The rec ords at Raleigh will bear this out. I am 100 per cent for the milk bill.” , , .. a He pledged his support for the bill that would provide a fish hatchery sub-rearing station for Burke county whenever the mea sure gets out of the Senate. Valdese School • Lists Honor Roll The Valdese grammar school announces that the following is the honor roll for the month of February: First grade: Ramona Sanders, Jimmie Wanda Bouchard, Wilma Pruitte, Barbara Owens, Faye Deal, Betty Hice, Omearl Lam bert, Norman Hinkle, Fred Cran ford, Bobby Berry, Samuel Page, Imogene Lail, Rheta Roberson, Billy Robinson, Edward Bright, Billy Butler, Jene Epley, Frank Goode, Peggy Benfield, Madine Keever, Doris Searcy, Alma Whis enant, Catherine Williams, El oise Williams. Second grade: R. L. Abee, Ern est Epley, Jackie Erwood, Leroy Lail, Belvin Ogles, Mary Crowe, Mary Agnes Deal, Doris Grill, Ro salie Grana, Mary Oxentine, Bet ty Humphries, Mary Salvageot, Clara Mae Powell, Ray Ogle, Roy Ogle, Mary Stilwell, Jackie Mc Corkle, Lee Harris, Jr., Charlie Hice. Third grade: Dorothy Lowder milk, Coleen Brown, Carl Brink ley, Vivian Ogle, L. B. White sides, Donald Searcy, Marvine So ward, Earl Page, Catherine Low (Continued on eighth page) } __— ATTENDS UNCLE’S FUNERAL TUESDAY A former Hickory resident, Benjamin Dixon Gaddy, died at Duke Hospital in Durham Mon day morning of a complication of diseases. Mr. Gaddy is the uncle of Frank Gaddy, who is head of the dye department at the Pilot Full Fashion Hosiery mills. He was 48 years old and is sur vived by his wife, five daughters and one son. He was buried Tuesday after noon and among those who at tended the funeral were A. F. Garrou and his nephew, Frank Gaddy. Eastern Star Meets Monday , - I The Lovelady chapter No. J 147, order of the Eastern Star j will hold the last meeting of the fiscal year next Monday, March 20 at the Masonic hall at 7:30 p. m. j All officers are asked to be present to practice for the spe cial meeting to be held Tues day, March 28, at which time the district deputy, Mrs. Jewel Greer, of Lenoir will make her official visit and install the new officers. SHERIFF'S MEN i CAPTURE LIQUOR Over $3,000 Worth of Bottled in Bond Found at Doc’s Dug-Out Inn. A record liquor haul was made t>y county officers Saturday when the captured bottled - in - bond whiskey valued at over $3,000 in a raid at Doc’s Dug-Out-In, six miles west of Valdese. Troy (Doc) Williams, operator { of Doc’s Dugout Inn, was releas- I ed on bond after Sheriff Paul M. Dale and five deputies found in a concealed closet a cache of over 70 cases of liquor, much of which j was described as being the more | expensive brands, ' Armed with a search warrant, the officers visited the service sta-! tion on Highway No. 70, about | five o’clock Saturday afternoon. For over an hour an intensive search failed to reveal any li quor, until Deputy H. B. (Campie) Pascal discovered an opening from a closet into the hiding place beneath the roof of the story-and a-half building, Sheriff Dale said. A broomstick, used as a bar on which hung clothes hangers and a number of articles of clothing, held in place a section of the closet wall. When the bar was removed a three-foot section of the wall fell in, opening the en trance to the cache, officers ex plained. The haul included 62 full cases of whiskey and a large quantity of individually wrapped bottles, running the total to over 70 cases. It was indicated that the county will seek to sell the liquor, which has a wholesale value of around $2,500 according to unofficial esti mates, under the terms of a new law which allows Dry counties ta dispose of confiscated tax-paid li quor to counties having liquor stores, Williams was placed under $400 bond awaiting trial in Burk* county criminal court at its next session March 27, With Sheriff Dale on the raid were Deputies W, C, Hoyle, H. B. Pascal, Wilburn Wilson, Pitts Da vis, and E, R, Moran, Methodist Union Meeting Is Held Group Hears Chinese Stu dent Talk On Religion and Customs Of China. Miss Charlotte Kas, a Chinese student at Lenoir Rhyne College in Hickory, was the guest of the Burke County Methodist Union, at their regular monthly meeting, which was held at Oak Hill church of the Table Rock charge. Miss Kas gave a very interest ing talk on the religion and cus toms of China, after which Mrs. Connie Cope, district director, gave a short talk on the Youths Crusade for the county, which was scheduled to meet tonight at the First Methodist church in Morganton. Miss Lillian Ross, the group president, then took charge, and in the attendance checkup, it was found that Mt. Harmony church of Hildebrand had won the ban ner, and that the Bible for effi ciency was taken by the Glen Al pine group. The meeting was well attended and also present were a large group of ministers from the va rious churches in the county. After the program and business, recreation and refreshments were enjoyed. PROUD PARENTS Mr. and Mrs, Frank Gaddy are the proud parents of a baby girl, born Tuesday night, She will be named Patricia Carol, IS IMPROVING Friends of Ben Pons will be glad to know that he is improv ing rapidly, and is expected home from the hospital Saturday. Bank Of Black Mountain To Open Branch Here; Asked By Merchants Florida Furs A pleasant surprise to specta tors watching the annual parade of fur fashions in Miami, Fla., is Miss Mary Joyce Walsh who wore this new fur jacket over her bathing suit. Valdese Wins Cage Tourney In Marion I —.. ..... Local Lads Capture Cham pionship For Two Years In Succession. (By Lenoir Lowdermilk) The Valdese Community Cen ter Basketball team defeated Glenwood All-Stars by a 43 to 19 score last Saturday night at Ma j rion, to win the Marion Gold Me dal Cage Tourney for their se cond year in succession. In the first round of the tour jney, Valdese defeated Hudson 36 j to 23, and in the semi-finals they i trounced the Valdese Pilot team headed by Frisky Bronson by a 53 to 19 score. All Valdese players were award i ed individual gold basketballs, in j addition to the team trophy. Don ! Campbell and Edwin Flack were j chosen for the all-tournament Steam. Campbell was awarded a 1 medal for the Best Sportsman ship, and Flack received one as one of the outstanding players of the tournament. Ed Pitts was chosen for the se cond all tournament team, and a medal was awarded to Jim Pons, as manager of the Valdese C. C. ' lads. I _ COLONY PLAYERS TO PRESENT PLAY Cast Is Announced For W. C. Hainan’s “Clouds And Sunshine.” Clouds and Sunshine, a three act comedy drama by W. C. Her man, will be presented by the Old Colony Players Friday and Sat urday night, March 17 and 18, at 8:15 o’clock in the Valdese gram mar school auditorium. The drama which is one of the original “Toby Plays, promises to be a full evening of entertainment and is under the direction of Miss Clare Burch, who is being assist ed by Miss Rheinhardt. The cast has been announced as follows: George Tucker, the pastor’s bro ther, a black sheep—Johnson Sat ter white. ' Samantha Bees, the pastor’s housekeeper—Elizabeth Kinard. Rev. Joseph Tucker, the village pastor—Kenneth Sherrill. Toby Haxton, Joe’s Choir boy— Roy Riddle. Josiah Bumble, president of the school board—Buddy Glass. Susie Green, a school girl—Mrs. George Squillario. Marjorie Morgan, the village school teacher—Melanie Bounous. Bill Stevens, an ex-convict— Charles Burgin. Tri-Coimfy Dental Group Meets Here Lincoln County Is Admitted Into Organization; Name Remains Unchanged. A fourth county, Lincoln coun ty, was added to the Tri-County Dental Society when they met here at the schoolhouse Monday night, it was announced by Dr. David Abernethy of Hickory. “The name of the group will remain the same although a new county has been added,” he stat ed. The group held a joint meet ing here with the Tri-County Nurses Society. New dentists who come in with the group as a result of the action are: Dr. J. R. Self, Dr. S. H. Steelman and Dr. C. H. Harrell all of Lincolnton. Dr. G. M. Billings, eye, nose and throat specialist of Morgan ton, spoke to the two societies on “The Relationship of Physical Defects in Vision That May Be Caused by Oral Infection.” The physician also pointed out the close relationship between the dentist and the eye, nose and throat specialist, and gave several specific instances of eye infec tions caused directly by infected mouths. Dr. Abernethy said the societies plan a membership drive between now and the State convention in Raleigh in April. The group will hold its next meeting at Clearwater Beach in April. Glenwood High School Wins First Annual F. G. M. H. Cage Tourney -- In the finals of the first Annual Non-Conference High School Bas ketball Tournament, which was conducted at the Francis Garrou Memorial Hall last week, Glen wood, of McDowell county, suc ceeded in capturing both first places, when they defeated Pleas ant Gardens High school teams by one point. In the first game the Glen wood girls, led by Marlowe with nine points to her credit managed to eke out a hard fought 15 to 14 victory over Pleasant Gardens. The game was nip and tuck, and neither team at anytime during the game had over a two point I lead over their opponents. Conry ! led the losers with six points. ! in the boys game, Glenwood 1 managed to keep a one to two 1 point lead for the greater part of the game and the score ended 20 to 19. Kaylor led the scoring for the Glenwood quintet with eleven points, while Young and Withrow paced the losers with seven points each. 1 The winning teams were pre sented with a beautiful basketball trophy, and gold basketballs, while the losers were presented with silver basketballs. Mr. L. P. Guigou and W. K. Sawyer, who is in charge of the gymnasium, assisted by Francis Garrou, Jr., presented the winners and the runner-ups with prizes, which were donated by local mer chants, and hosiery by local mills. The tournament started last Wednesday, when Pleasant Gar den boys defeated Startown 42 to 10, and the Pleasant Garden girls won over Blackburn 31 to 9. Startown girls won over Val deses 1 to 12, while Union Mills boys lost to Catawba 27 to 23. Thursday night Glenwood elim inated Drexel girls 28 to 17, and Valdese boys lost to Fallston 21 to 19. Nebo boys defeated Moun tain View 21 to 15 and Glenwood boys trimmed Drexel 34 to 20. In the semi-finals Friday night Pleasant Garden girls advanced to the finals by beating Startown 42 to 25. In the boys game Pleas ant Garden won 31 to 16, and Glenwood eliminated Nebo 42 to 20. 'files request WITH THE STATE Branch Bank Will Provide Complete Banking Ser vice _ Here. The Valdese Merchants associa tion at a special called meeting Monday afternoon voted unani mously to invite the Bank of Black Mountain to locate a branch in the central part of Valdese. The group of 20 members sent the following telegram to Com misioner of Banks Gurney P. Hood at Raleigh: “To support tne petition offer ed by the Bank of Black Moun tain to install the above branch bank for the patrons of Valdese and vicinity.” Local merchants have felt the need of a local bank for a long time and the Bank of Black Mountain acting on a petition which was signed by Valdese mer chants has issued the following statement: “W. H. Powlas, cashier of the Bank of Black Mountain, an nounces that the Bank of Black Mountain has been petitioned by the citizens of Valdese to establish a branch bank in Valdese to give complete banking service to the community. The petition, com pleted, is signed by well over 100 manufacturers, retail business men, professional men and civic minded residents of the Town of Valdese. The petition is being filed with Gurney P. Hood, Com missioner of Banks for North Carolina, for approval by the State banking department. It will then be filed with the Federal Deposit Insurance corporation. “The pressing need for banking service is keenly felt by citizens of Valdese. This is attested by the fact that practically all busi ness men engaged in retail trade in Valdese signed the petition in viting the Bank of Black Moun tain to establish a branch. “The Town of Valdese, estab lished in the latter part of the past century by the Waldenses who from the beginning have guided its development, has for its slogan ‘The Fastest Growing Town of North Carolina’. The industries of the town now in dicate that the slogan has been well chosen. The heavy payrolls of local industries create a bee hive of business activities in the town. “The Bank of Black Mountain is pleased to make this new con nection in Valdese, and believes it can render a real service to the community. “The Bank of Black Mountain, a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance corporation, is a well established bank, having its home office in Black Mountain and depository branches in Weaver ville and Old Fort. Officers of the bank are W. C. Honeycutt, president; Dr. R. C. Anderson, vice-president; W. H. Powlas, cashier; . B. Dotson, assistant cashier. Directors are W. C. Honeycutt, Dr. R. c. Anderson, Dr. R. F. Staplen, J. P. Ashley and W. H. Powlas. “In Valdese the Bank of Black Mountain plans to establish a branch to give complete banking service. It also plans to increase its capital structure and offer some of the new capital to resi dents of Valdese. The officials of the bank indicated that in the new setup some resident of Val dese might be invited to become a director.” LENOIR-HICKORY DEFEATS VALDESE The Valdese bowling alleys lost two games out of three to the Le noir bowlers at Lenoir Tuesday night. Valdese lost the first two games and took the last game. Miller was high man for Lenoir with 326 and Jay Spencer led Valdese with 325. The community center duckpin men lost two games to Hickory in the intercity match. Valdese lost the first and lost the other two. BABY BOY IS BORN Mr. and Mrs. Garland Page are the proud parents of a six pound baby boy who is named James Dean Page, which was born Mon-* day morning at 4 o'clock.
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