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Boost Valdese! Watch It Grow! Your Local Merchants Deserve Your Support VoL 11 VALDESE, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1949 No. 2 MASONS PICK NEW OFFICERS FRIDAY NIGHT Man Construction Of New Hall On Tea Room Prop erty Here. Members of Lovelady lodge runn ier 670 of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons elected officers for 1949 at an ‘•emergent” meeting held last Friday night and met again Monday night in regular session. Francis Verreault was elected to head the lodge as Worshipful Mas ter. succeeding J. Henry Pascal. Other officers named were as follows: senior warden—Edward Pascal: junior warden — Carl Haigler; treasurer — Emanuel Richards; secretary—J. A. Ver reault. Jr.; senior deacon—Ellis Brown: junior deacon—Charles Hurst; senoir steward—Ted Clem nier; junior steward—E. S. Glass; tyler—A. W. Garrou. With a membership now of 119, the lodge is looking forward to a year of growth and progress. Plans are already set for a building pro gram which will be undertaken in the spring, according to Dick Ri bet, chairman of the lodge’s build ing committee. Steel for the build ing, which will be constructed on the old Scotch Tea Room property cn East Connelly street, arrived in Valdese this week. The lodge purchased the tea room property several years for the express purpose of building on it. Mr. Ribet described the propos ed building as about 80 feet by 40 feet in dimensions, two stories and of brick and steel construction. Its expected cost is between $15,000 and $20,000. The tea room build ing will be altered and part of it wrecked and the new structure will be added on to it. A netv Baptist mission is plan ning to use the tea room until building commences in the spring, Mr. Ribet said. January 18, the lodge will hold an “emergent” meeting for the purpose of giving the second de gree of masonry to a number of candidates. OFFICERSNAB MAN IN THEFT OF CAR HERE Soldier Wanted Elsewhere Is Charged With Taking Car In Valdese.. The Pilot Mountain soldier who made off with T. J. Cassel’s car last Wednesday afternoon in Val dese and later abandoned it after being pursued by an irate filling station operator seeking pay for gasoline, has been caught, it was learned Monday. Mr. Cassel, owner of Castle’s Cafe in Valdese, said that the soldier, identified by police as Wayne P. Joyce, must have had a strong aversion to walking. Joyce, it was said, had been sought by law enforcement officers in several nearby counties and is credited with five automobile thefts. ‘He was in my place Wednes day afternoon”, Mr. Cassel said, reconstructing the details of the daring theft. “I had pulled up to the side entrance, had come in by the side door to get some more sandwiches to take to the weave mill. This soldier went out the side door right after I came in. MEt didn't occur to me that he wotQd take my car. I was ready to leave again in about five minutes and seekin^cny car was not at the side, I b«gan to wonder if I had parkofcfe it elsewhere. I soon learned tf*s$ it was really gone.” Mr. Cassel said that he stfsppct ed that Joyce took the car the new highway to the soutfc^ and turned into the Hickory^helby r°ad. At Johnson’s service Station near Ban Oaks school, J&pop is re ported to have purchased gasoline 1 die car was nearly emfyfy when "tolen) and left the mofoe/unning ,'vhile the attendant was, putting !.n the gas. He then pfoyed away Jcom the station withtsv't paying, the attendant jumped^ in his car and followed Joyce, who turned off r,n a side road in a effort to shake S;n his pursuer. The -avenue of f s' ape he chose, hchve'yer, led to a enc^ where he had to abandon Cassel’s car and^.flef into the woods. RELIGIOUS jCENSUS A religious census. will be taken „ Valdese the, first week in Peb aary by the First ^Baptist church, announce at the church “Ufidav. Valdese Polio Officials At Meeting When local chapter polio officials and drive chairmen from a 11-county area gathered recently at the Mimosa Golf club in Morganton to discuss 1949 March of Dimes plan, the above Valdese citizens were on hand to assist in the planning of this year’s county drive that has a goal of $20,000. Left to right are Edward Garrou, Valdese chairman of the March of Dimes; Mrs. C. K. Lynn and Frankie Pons, members of the Burke county chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.—(Val dese News Staff Photo). March Of Dimes Drive Outlined _ O Broken Into Seven Phases For Concentrated Work By Committees. A tactical organization for put ting the 1949 polio drive over the top in Valdese was outlined Mon day night at a meeting of the committee for this area. Edward Garrou, chairman for Valdese, presided. Others present were Mrs. Lacy Hall, chairman of the Women’s division of the drive, Frank W. Pons, Mrs. C. K. Lynn and Charles Burgin. The work was broken down into seven phases, with workers ap pointed for each division. They are: 1. Publicity, Mrs. Lynn and Miss Frieda Culberson. 2. Canvass of the business dis trict, Mrs. Lacy Hall, chairman, Mrs. Haynes Rutherford, Mrs. J. P. Rostan, Jr., Mrs. J. M. Cham bers and Mrs. Elmer Winkler. 3. Industry, Edward Garrou, chairman; Martinat Hosiery Mill, Miss Ruth Martin; Pauline Mill, John Simmons; A. F. Garrou and Sons, Gordon Johnson; Walden sian Baking Company, J. P. Ros tan, Jr.; Pineburr Mill, Dan Bou nous; Pilot Full Fashion Mill, Le tt oir Lowdermilk; Waldensian Hosiery Mill, C. C. Long; Valdese Manufacturing Company, Mrs. Joe Hern; Valdese Weavers, Roy Boggs; Pons Full Fashion Mill, O. H. Pons, Jr.; Dolly Hosiery Mill, Armand Vereauit; John Massey Hosiery Mill, Jacfc Burns; Francis Louise Full Fashion Mill, Sebren Cannon; Burke Yarns, Frank Gad dy; Pilgrim Mills,. Sam Brinkley; Lovelady Hosiery Mill. Ulysses Grisette; Brinkley Lumber Com pany, Miss Ruth Brinkley. , 4. Schools, C. B. Honeycutt and JOhn L. Johnson. 5. Civic organizations, Frankie Pons, chairman; Lions Club, Le noir Lowdermilk; Rotary Club, Dick Ribet; Masons,.Francis Ver reault; Eastern Star, Mrs. Fran cis Verreault; Parent-Teacher As sociation, Mrs. Leon Guigou; Pilot Club, Miss Lila Cox; American Le gion, Reece Scull; Legion Auxiliary, Mrs. Fred Ribet; Junior Order of United American Mechanics, Glen Ramsey, Sr. 6. Sports Activities.* Jimmy Chambers, chairman. 7. Youth Activities, George Squillario and Miss Sue Searcy. LIONS CLUB MEETING HEARS DRAMATIC READING The Lions Club was delightfully entertained at its meeting Thurs day night at the Pilot Cafeteria by Charles Elliege, teacher in the Ma rion city schools, who gave two dramatic readings, each about 20 minutes in length. Mr. Elliege is a graduate of the University of North Carolina, where he was active in the Caro lina Playmakers. His home is in Rutherfordton. NAVY RECRUITER HERE Navy recruiting representatives will be in Valdese and Morganton Friday, January 14, at the post of fice to interview young men inter ested in volunteering for service in the U. S. Navy. Safety Signal Light For Praly Street Crossing Valdese's worst railroad crossing the one on North Praly street, will soon be made safer for automobile traffic when railroad workmen finish the installation of an eight light traffic signal now being erect ed there. Long the most dangerous cross ing in town because of its blind approach, news of the signal light’s installation at the crossing was joyously received here. City Man ager Lee Ribet, who has plugged for the light for a number of years, said that it would make for much safer driving conditions for cross town traffic. C. A. Woodard, the Southern Railway's foreman of the job said that he expected to have the light installed and ready for operation in about 10 days. His workmen be gan on the project Monday. NINETY-FIVE ARRESTS MADE DURING 1948 Public Drunkenness Heads List In Number; Traffic In Second Place. The Valdese police department turned in 95 arrest for various of fenses during the calendar year 1949, records at the Valdese city hall disclose. A goodly number of the offenses were tried in municipal court here before mayor Oscar M. Harrison while still others went on to higher courts having jurisdiction. By far and away the leading of fense was public drunkeness as 136 arrests were made for this misdemeanor. Valdese residents, in this respect, however, were no different from other localities throughout the section, a fact which points out that temperance is a virtue yet to be learned by many. Second high on the list were traffic violations, a total of 72 for the year. In third place was im proper automobile equipment, an offense which necessitated 11 ar rests. Other offenses: / Assault on female—2; trespass ing—5; vagrancy—2; destroying personal property—1; peace war rant—1; driving drunk—7; drunk and disorderly—3; non-support— 3; gambling—9; profanity—2; violation of prohibition law—2; affray—2; no drivers license—2; disturbing the peace—7; trans porting liquor—3; reckless driving —2; assault—2; hit and run—1; running red light—8; worthless check—1: speeding—2; no license on tractor—1; larceny—2; and disorderly—2. Joe Gillie Hiergesell, daughter of Mi-, and Mrs. Lindor Hiergesell, who has been confined to her bed for several weeks by a serious case of rheumatic fever, is reported to be much better. _ There are to be two signal posts, one on each side of the tracks on North Praly street. Each post will be mounted with four red lights w hich will flash on and off at al ternate intervals, making the sig nal plainly visible from several blocks away. A bell will ring while the lights blink as an additional warning that a train is approach ing the crossing. The switches which activate the lights and bell are about 2,000 feet on each side of the crossing, Mr. Woodard explained. When a train passes either of these switches the lights will immediately begin flash ing and the bell ringing. In the case of a train which passes the cross ing and stops at the station several hundred yards to the east, the sig nal will function until the train has been at rest for about 10 sec onds. However, as soon as the train (Continued on page two) JUNIOR ORDER GETS FOURTEEN NEW MEMBERS High Peak Council Holds Fish Dinner Last Saturday Night. High Peak Council, number 355 of the Junior Order, United American Mechanics, initiated 14 new members at a meeting last Saturday night at the Junior Order hall on Massel street and reinstated 10 former members. The occasion was celebrated with a fish dinner and a number of visiting brothers were on hand. The initiation of the 14 new men was done mainly by the Burke mont (Morganton) council’s de gree team. The new members are Hugh C. Hutchins, James J. Hutchins, John S. Byrd, Roy Shuping, Garland McGalliard, Earl L. Odom, Lee Ribet, Howard Berry, Rev. Bertis Fair, Jonas R. Bowman, William C. Yancey, I. N. Ramsey, Roy E. Harmon and An drew Skidmore. Those reinstated to membership were O. M. Harrison, S. D. Ollis, A. J. Street, Albert Self, Curtis H. Williams, D. W. Barber, Marvin Powell, W. E.^Garrou, Thomas J. Chapman and* Roy Yancey. Bill McCombs of Morganton, councillor of district four, was present for the proceedings. The High Peak Council membership now is 70. Glenn Ramsey is councillor. HORTON NAMED ON THIRTEEN COMMITTEES Burke’s Representative Also Chairman, Vice-Chairman Of Committees. O. Lee Horton, Burke county’s representative in the general as sembly, has been named on thirteen of the committees of the House of Representatives, is chair man of one committee and vice chairman of another, it was re vealed Tuesday in the announce ment of committee members by Speaker eff the House Kerr Craig Ramsey of Rowan county. Mr. Horton was named chair man of the committee on Insti tutions for The Deaf, and vice chairman of the committee on Employment Security. Other committees of the House (Continued on page Two) Building Permits Issued In ’48 Over Quarter Million Leads 1949 Baby Parade Valdese General Hospital’s New Year’s baby reposes peacefully in spite of the glare of flash bulbs. The mother is Mrs. Earl Hilde bran of Connelly Springs, Route One. The nurse in the picture is Miss Orpha Ford. Valdese Merchants Honor First Baby In 1949 Here Putting in a belated appearance (8:30 p. m. January 1) the Val dese General Hospital’s New Year’s baby missed the county champion ship, but held absolute dominion in his own little world for a few days, and was honored by Val dese merchants with a shower of gifts. The baby was the seven-pound seven-ounce son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hildebran of Connelly Springs, Route One, a soft little bundle with a red face, moist black hair and a contented ex pression. His father is a farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Hildebran have five other children living, the oldest a girl 18 years old. Mrs. Hildebran, who is 34 years old and for whom this was the Little Girl Asks Twin Of Self In Wheelchair Staff Photo by Brady Bynum' Three-year-old Elizabeth Parker, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Parker, Valdese, and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jno. M. Mull of Morganton, smiles during Santa’s order-taking visit to Warm Springs Foundation on Christmas Eve, not knowing that behind the big box stands the only thing she wanted for Christmas—a doll in a wheelchair. Mrs. Parker placed the miniature duplicate of her daughter and wheelchair behind the box, but Santa waited until Christmas morning to make the delivery. Eliza beth’s Yuletide order was sent to the foundation’s craft shop where an almost exact duplicate was made, including the little straps which hold her arms in place.—Courtesy Columbus, Ga., Ledger-Enquirer. i seventh child, was quite excited over having her baby be the New Year’s baby. “I never thought about anything like that happen ing to me,” she said. And she was very much interested in having the picture made. “It doesn’t matter how I look,” she said, “but I do hope you can get a good one of the baby.” The sleeping baby pos ed obligingly but didn’t show his face very well. The Hildebrands received cards which they were to take to the various merchants who would give them the following gifts: Major Electric Company, night light; Children’s Shop, bottle warmer; Belk-Broome, air mattress; Peo ple’s Drug Store, baby set; Val dese Jewelry Store, sterling silver baby cup; Your Florist, baby flow er arrangement; Dress Shop, quilt ed satin bed jacket for the mother; Ruth’s Beauty Shop, bath powder; Squillario’s, sterling fork and (Continued on page two) ROTARY HEARS MISS COBB TALK Publisher Talks Informally On Recent Visit To Nine Foreign Countries. The Valdese Rotary Club was taken on a tour of the world at its meeting last Tuesday at the Pilot Cafteria. Miss Beatrice Cobb, publisher of The Valdese News and the Morganton News-Herald, who has recently returned from a trip around the world, spoke informal ly to the club on her experiences. Miss Cobb visited in 19 coun tries, but dwelt mainly on her im pressions of England, Germany, Austria, Turkey and Pakistan. The devastation in Europe, she said, is inconceivable. When she asked General Clay, for whom she ex pressed great admiration, if it wouldn’t be better simply to abandon Berlin, move out in the country and start a new city, he explained that so much of Berlin was underground—its electrical and water systems, and part of its transportation system. The gene ral added that he thought the city could perhaps be rebuilt in 20 years. WATCHMAKERS MEET The Catawba Valley Watch makers Guild held its regular monthly meeting Wednesday night, January 5, at the Community Building in Morganton, with the newly elected president, C. R. Bur nes of Granite Falls, presiding af ter the installation of new officers. A new film by the Gruen Watch Company was shown. Two watch timing machines were demonstrat ed: the Watchmaster by F. L. Boutilier of Morganton, and the Paulson Timeograph by Mr. Logan, also of Morganton. FIGURES FOR BUILDING IN TOWN LIMITS First Baptist Church Heads Permit List With New Ed ucational Annex. Building permits amounting to approximately $325,000 were is sued in Valdese during 1948. This figure is for buildings to be erected within the city limits only, since no figures are available on con struction plans outside the city limits. The largest figures included in this total were for industrial con struction and for the educational building of the First Baptist church. Heading the list as the largest permit was that to the First Baptist Church for $70,000. Next is the Francis Louise expan sion program costing $65,000. Work on the Francis Louise has been completed. The church’s edu cational building is now undef construction. The Pilot Full Fashion is now enlarging its office space, fof which a permit for $62,500 was is sued. i The Valdese Methodist church built a parsonage costing $10,000. The Waldensian Hosiery Mill, Inc. was issued a permit for con struction costing $8,000, 'the Val dese Manufacturing Company one for $10,000 for additional office space. The new four room wing to the high school was estimated on the permit to cost $20,000, and the Tise estate permit to build a store building was for an estimated $15,000. The Tise building is now completed and houses the Duke Power Company and Garreen’s Credit Jewelers. Most of the other permits were for homes and smaller edifices such as garages. MINISTERS TO MEET MONDAY Pleasant View Church To Be Scene Of Catawba River Meeting. Ministers of the Catawba River Baptist Association will hold their monthly conference at 10 o’clock Monday morning, Jgflruary 17, at the Pleasant View Baptist church. Rev. J. O. Summerlin will lead the opening song service and Rev. C. R. Upton will have charge of the devotion, which will be followed by a business meeting. The main address of the morning will be delivered by Rev. Paul N. Wilson, pastor of the Antioch church, whose topic will be on “The Pastor and Deacons Working To gether.” This Week In Valdese Thursday, January 13 7:15 p. m.—High Peak Council No. 355, Jr. O. U. A. M., will meet in the Junior Order Hall 7:30 p. m.—The Pilot Club will have business meeting at the Community Center. 7:30 p. m.—The Burke County Sub-District of the Methodist Youth Fellowship will meet at the North Morganton Methodist church. Friday, January 14 7:30 p. m.—The Daughters of American Revolution will meet. Sunday, January 16 11:00 a. m.—Worship services at all churches. Monday, January 17 7:30 p. m.—Lovelady Chapter No. 147, O. E. S., will meet in the Masonic Hall. Tuesday, January 18 12:30 p. m.r-The Valdese Rotary Club will meet at the Pilot Cafe teria. / 7:30 p. m.—The American gion and the Legion Auxiliary wilt hold meetings at the Legion Hut. 7:30 p. m.—The Valdese Music Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Leon Guigou. _ -o -o -o -o
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