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Boost Valdese! Watch It Grow! “ft LIVE NEUJ ■/‘PAPER IN Q PROGRE^yiVE TO III N” Your Local Merchants Deserve Your Support nl. 11 VALDESE, N. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1949 No 8 Organize Baptist Church At Rutherford College NEW MEMBERS ADDED TO ROLL LAST SUNDAY RCV. M. I. Harris Moderator Of Session To Organize Mission Into Church The Rutherford College Mission ffas organized into a Baptist church Sunday afternoon, Feb ruary 13. at four o'clock, with an overflowing crowd gathered into the old Rutherford College library building for the occasion. Rev. M. I. Harris, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Valdese, the church which had sponsored the mission, was chosen to mode rate the session; and Rev. M. M. Summey. pastor of Abee s Gi ov e Baptist Church was selected as clerk. After some words from the mo derator. W. F. Pons, who had ser ved as superintendent of the mis sion Sunday school, read a report from the Advisory Council of the Catawba River Baptist Associat ion. All who heard the report reco gnized that the council placed its approval upon the organization of the church. Some 34 people responded to the request that all who wished to be come members of the church to present themselves, and came for ward with their letters in hand. After that those who wished to join by watchcare pending the ar rival from another church, or by baptism on profession of faith were asked to present themselves, and a large number came. A motion was made by O. H. Witherspoon that this group con stitute a missionary Baptist church, and the motion was un animously approved. Another mo tion was also passed to the effect that all those who came for mem bership within a period of two weeks could also be considered charter members of the church. The attention of the group was then called to the fact that a name should be selected for the church. Mr. Witherspoon's motion that the church be called the First Baptist Church of Ruther iContinued on page two) Valdese Firemen To Repair Toys For Christmas The Valdese Fire Department has taken upon itself the job of repairing used toys to be distri buted next Christmas, it was learned this week from Fire Chief Lee Ribet. Mr. Ribet asks that the toys be turned over to the depart ment early, so they can get to work on them, and not be caught in the usual last minute rush. If present trends continue, there will be more children without toys uext Christmas than at any time during the past several years. All families having discarded toys that can be repaired, are asked to turn them over to the Pilot Club which is sponsoring the workshop in conjunction with the memen. In case there is any Question about the "repair-ability” thaf t0y’ let the filemen Jlld^e Toys may be taken to the Val !ese News office, sent by the chil dren to school, or given to a mem 3ei the Pilot Club. Anyone wish ,n§ toys picked up may phone 176. Little Symphony Concert Tickets On Sale Here Tickets for the North Carolina Little Symphony, which will ap pear in Valdese on March 8, are now on sale, and may be secured at the elementary school from Miss Mildred Shore or Mrs. Harold La Fevers, at the high school from Miss Anita Ghigo and at the Val dcse News office. The prices are $1.20 for adults, and 60c for children. Tickets are for the evening per formance at 8:15 o’clock, only, there being no admission charge for the concert for school chil dren at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. People who hold symphony memberships may attend not only the local concerts, but any other perfotmances of both the little and the full symphony. The tickets being sold now are for the Valdese performance only. BUICK DEALER TO OPEN HERE IN TWO WEEKS Bernard Buick Company Is Name Of New Firm For Valdese. A new business for Valdese, Ber nard Buick Company, will open in another two weeks in West Con nelly Street building previously used by George Motor Company. Bobby C. Bernard is the owner of the new enterprise, and signed his final contract with the Buick company last week. As Buick deal er he will have three models; the Special, the Super and the Road master. A complete service department, with a factory trained mechanic, will be operated. While the concern will at first occupy only the space used by the George Motor Company, in the near future it will be expanded to include the A & D Farm Supplies building. Mr. Bernard is well known in Valdese, having lived all his life in Icard, where his father, M. J. Bernard operates the Waldensian Winery. Mrs. Bernard is the for mer Miss Helen Davis, of Connelly Springs, dietitian at the Valdese General Hospital. The Bernards own the buildings where the new agency will be lo cated. PLAN REMODELING OF VALDESE LEGION HUT Remodeling ©f the main floor of the American Legion Hut on Bienvenue Road, in Valdese is ex pected to be coihpleted within the next two weeks, it was learned from Legion offiioi&ls. When the work is-completed, the hut will have reading and loung ing rooms and twocprivate dining rooms, where members of the Le gion and Legion Auxiliary may en tertain private groups'. Meals will be served on weekends by mem bers of the auxiliary, GRASS FIRE - A grass fire on Dixie a£*eet near the home of Hoy MetcalfVas ex tinguished by the Valdese^ volun teer fire department ^Monday morning. ropular Organist and Vocalist Will Appear In Concert Next Sunday , ls- Verna Little Goode, organ ana Mrs. Glenn Miller, vocal :p’b°th of Hickory, will be pre >7; Sunday evening, February it th «u 0 o'clock, in a recital triii . ernethy Memorial Meth riip C mrcil uf Rutherford College, he vTecital will be sponsored by 1Ubi^u:SIC Evers’ Club, and the :end. ^ coi'idally invited to at nh special compliment to the lav’ Whose February programs pen,on the life of Handel, irs- Goode will jar„n Play Handel’s Com; ?Tne Ml's- Mille1’ will sing »ialr. Lnt° Me” from “The Mes :iu\m-i„riUmbers by Mrs- Goode ections and61?1"014®®1® organ se' preludes ' ^ two Tschaikowsky iPalt °n the pro" PCiUdy “How Beautiful Upon the Mountains”, “My £&d and I”, “I Walked Today Wtyofe Jesus Walked”, and Malotte’s se££ ting of “The Lord’s Prayer”. \ The club will take a special of-\ fering for expenses. MRS. GARROU TO AID GIRL SCOUT TROOP 13 Mrs. Edward Garrou has been named assistant leader of Girl Sccut Troop 13, to work with Miss Sue Searcy, leader, and Mrs. Clin ton Brown, also assistant leader. Joyce Ann Callender and Mar garet Smith said their Scout laws and promise at' the meeting Thursday afternoon at the home of Miss Searcy. Games were play ed. ... t PICK WORKERS FOR RED CROSS DRIVE HERE Fund-Raising Campaign To Get Underway With Fine Cooperation. Haynes Rutherford of Valdese, co-chairman of the Burke County Red Cross drive which is schedul ed to begin March 1, has announc ed the names of his corps of work ers for the Valdese area. In charge of the Red Cross rpo gram in the various industries are the following: C. C. Long, Wal densian Hosiery .Mill; Dan Bou nous, Jr., Pineburr Hosiery Mill; John Simmons, Pauline Hosiery Mill; Lenoir Lowdermilk, Pilot Full Fashion Mill; Ben Grill and Sebren Cannon, Francis Louise Full Fashion Hosiery Mill; Ervin Williams, John Massey Hosiery Mill; Armand Verreault, Dolly Hosiery Mill; Mrs. Joe Hern, Val dese Manufacturing Company; Earl Searcy, Jr., and Ben Page, Waldensian Bakery; Miss Ruth Martin and D. H. Martinat, Mar tinat Hosiery Mill; Roy D. Boggs, Valdese Weavers. , Dick Pons and Dick Ribet will work together in canvassing the business district. No house-to-house canvass has been planned thus far, said Mr. Rutherford, because a represen tative of most families will be con tacted either in the industrial plants or the business area, j Mr. Rutherford also stated that he considered it fortunate that such a fine group of workers had agreed to assist with the drive this year, and that excellent re sults are expected in this worth while cause. MRS. POLLY BRITTAIN'S RITES ARE CONDUCTED Funeral services for Mrs. Polly Smith Brittain, ninety-nine, of Connelly Springs, Route One—the George Hildebran section of Burke county—who died Friday morning following an illness of two weeks, were conducted at Wilkie’s Grove Baptist church at eleven o’clock Saturday morning and burial made in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Arthur Brit tain, Virgil Stamey, Leroy Kiser, Coy Brittain, Virgil Lowman and Clyde Brittain. ATTEND DISTRICT MEET ROYAL ARCH MASONS Dick Ribet, Ben Grill, Frank | Goode were in Lenoir Friday night | for a district meeting of the Royal Arch Masons, Knights Templar of the Commendery and Council of Select Royal Master, York Rite Masonic bodies. Mr. Ribet is High Priest of Ca tawba Chapter No. 60, Royal Arch Masons. Approximately one hundred members attended the meeting from Lenoir, North Wilkesboro, I Hickory and other towns. Dignitaries present included Dr. C. H. Pugh of Gastonia, Grand i Commander of North Carolina. COLLEGE HONOR CLUBS PICK BURKE STUDENTS Eveleen Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Taylor, Valdese, has been elected into membership in the International Relations club, the social science honor club of Mars Hill College. Pauline Watts, daughter of Mr.! and Mrs. T. B. Williams, Route 2, Morganton, has been chosen for i the Spanish honor club. In order to be eligible for mem- | bership a student must make at least 35 quality credits, “B” on one j subject represented in the club and not below “C” on any subject. PRESENT FILTER PLANT PLANS TO BOARD -pickson ,the town's engineer, of Charlotte, were in Raleigh last lesday to present to the State BQih-'d of Health the plans for en la^gihg Valdese’s water filter plant. Th^£>lans were approved. ON DEAN’S LIST Loy Ray Burris, son of Dr. and Mrs. L> R. Burris, is one of 86 pharmacy school students who made tdate dean’s list for the past quarter,at the niversity of North Caroling. The requirement for the dean’s I|sfc,jis an average of 87.5 cn all Burris is a member of thg frfeffitmaa class, . \City Manager Lee Ribet and Mr. j ___ i_l. _,_ -r Tourney Queen Libby Huffman, above, attrac tive Hickory High sophomore and star forward for her team, was crowned tournament queen of the 11th Annual Valdese Gold Medal Tournament Saturday night. She received a handsome trophy from Director Jimmy Chambers who stated that Libby had been select ed from 280 girls who participated in the tourney . MRS.HUFFMAN’S RITES TUESDAY AT ST. JOHN’S Relative of Residents Of Val dese Dies After Two Year Illness. Mrs. Media Alice Huffman, fifty seven, of Connelly Springs, Route One, died in a Valdese hospital at 5:40 o’clock Sunday afternoon. She had been in declining health for two years, but death was attri buted to a stroke of paralysis. Funeral services were conduct ed at St. John’s Baptist church in the George Hildebran section of Burke county at two o’clock Tues day afternoon, and burial made in the church cemetery. Mrs. Huffman, ,the daughter of the late Kenneth and Catherine Hudson Lail of Burke county, is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Grady Craig of Valdese, Route One, Mrs. Lee Hildebran of Mor ganton, Mrs. Walter Peyronel of Connelly Springs, Route One, and Mrs. Bill Reep of Hickory; two sons, Kermit Huffman of Ruther ford College and Clifton Huffman of Valdese; three sisters, Mrs. Jake Shuping of Valdese, Mrs. O. T. Townsend of Henry River and Mrs. George Mull of Connelly Springs, Route One; two brothers, Obie Lail of Ridgeway, S. C., and Vester Lail of Hickory; and twelve grand children. FORMER VALDESE PASTOR DIES IN SEATTLE, WASH. Friends in Valdese have receiv ed word of the death Sunday of Rev. W. A. McCall of Seattle, Washington. Rev. McCall was minister at the First Baptist church of Valdese for several months when the pastor, Rev. M. I. Harris, was in the hospital about six years ago. VALDESE ROTARIANS HIGH IN ATTENDANCE The Valdese Rotary club was second high in attendance among the clubs of the 194th district for the month of January. Granite Falls was first with 100% attend ance for the month. The rating of the Valdese club was 98.33%, high er than the rating which placed it first for the month of December. VETERANS BUY FARMS About 41 per cent of the $81, 000,000 loaned by the Farmers Home Administration during the year went to returned servicemen to buy or equip farms. Veterans who are becoming established in agriculture made up about a quarter of the 320,000 farmers participating in the program. i COUNTYWIDE FESTIVAL OF MUSIC SET Valdese Chosen As Scene Of Annual Event To Be Held In May. The county-wide music festival for all schools of the Burke county school system will be held in Val dese again this year, some time in the month of May. The date will be set later. Valdese was selected for the fes tival because the steps of the ele mentary school form an ideal stage for the program. Having profited by the experi ence of putting on the first festi val, members of the committee say that this year’s festival will be even better than last year’s, which was attended by more than a thousand people. The greatest single improvement will be in the seating. Plans are being made to move bleachers to the schoolhouse lawn and it is hoped that all spectators can be seated. The program will include num bers by a combined primary chorus, a combined grammar grade chorus, a combined high school chorus, one or more high school bands, a rhythm band and a combined col ored school chorus. Last year the Negro schools appeared separately on the program, but this year they will be combined. Invitations have been sent to every school in the county, and so far all but one have responded favorably. A committee appointed by R. L. Patton, county superintendent of schools, consists of Mrs. Harold LaPevers, Valdese elementary school chairman; Miss Margaret McGimsey, Oak Hill; Mrs. Eloise Dellinger, Drexel; Miss Ruth Bo lick, Rutherford College; Mrs. Ab bie Hildebrand, George Hilde brand ; Mrs. Beddie Harbison, Pilot Mountain; Mrs. Doris Young, Mull; Miss Mary W. Hamer, Hilde bran; Miss Sarah Perkins, Icard; Harold Rummage, Chesterfield, Robert Gourley, Valdese high school. The colored schools will also be represented on the committee. W. V. LINDSAY’S RITES ARE HELD AT BETHLEHEM Sixty-Five-Year-Old Resident Of Valdese Passes In Hospital Friday. Funeral services for W. V. Lind say, sixty-five, of Valdese, who died in a Valdese hospital at 11:45 o’clock. Saturday night following an illness of two months, were conducted at Bethlehem Methodist church at Bridgeport, near Val dese, at four o’clock Monday af day afternoon, with the Rev. W. M. Rathburn officiating. The body lay in state at the church for an hour, and burial was made in Pleasant Grove church cemetery. Mr. Lindsay, bom in Burke county October 24, 1883, the son of the late Frank and Rhoda Lind say, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Maggie Settlemyre Lindsay; two sons, Phifer and Edison Lindsay of Valdese; six daughters, Mrs. Lee j Duncan, Mrs. Clyde Pierce, Mrs. Glossie Anderson, Mrs. Pete Eak ins and Mrs. Frances Heavner, all of Valdese, and Mrs. Rex Lock hart of Hickory; seven brothers, Lester, Ronell and D. D. Lindsay Marvin and J. H. Lindsay of Mor ganton, Jake Lindsay of Hickory, of Vale and Ernest Lindsay of Hickory; two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Cook of Vale and Mrs. Junie Smith of Morganton; sixteen grandchil dren and one great-grandchild. VALDESE LIONS VIEW FILM ON FORESTRY A motion picture, “A Scout in the Woods”, was shown to the Valdese Lions Club at its supper meeting Thursday evening at the Pilot Cafeteria. Albert Maxwell, of Morgan ton, of the State Fores try board, showed the picture and spoke briefly on forestry and the preservation of forests. Dr. W. H. Parker was in charge of the pro gram. The club will sponsor a minstrel show by the Drexel Lions Club in the near future. The date for the performance will be announced later. I Boys’ Basket Tourney Is Underway Here This Week -—----- -- _** • All-Tournament Selections Talented players were plentiful in the girls’ division of the Gold IVledal Tournament last week, but officials had to trim down their choices to twelve and the above girls composed this select group. Front row, right to left, Hull of North Brook, Propst of Banoak, Kiser of Waco, Newton of North Brook, and J. Hoover of Gamewell; second row, right to left, Scronce of Banoak, Hoyle of North Brook, White of Casar, McCurry of Lincolnton, Wilkerson of Marion, and Buchan an of Gamewell. Morgan of Pleasant Garden was absent. Trophies Awarded Girls’ Teams Saturday Night The left half of the trophy case at the Valdese Community Center was emptied Saturday night when Reece Scull made the presentation of awards at the close of the girls’ division of the 11th annual Gold Medal Basketball tournament. In the other half are the awards for the boys division, which will close Monday night, February 28. There were 32 teams entered in the tournament, and 448 people took part. Awards valued at more than $400 were presented to play ers and coaches. While her teammates stood around, Captain Hoyle of the champion North Brook team re ceived the life-size gold-plated basketball to the accompaniment of a gusto of cheers. Trophies in graduated size were awarded to Gamewell, second place; Banoak, third place; and Waco, fourth place. Named to the all-tourney team were forwards Newton of North Brook, Kiser of Waco, Propst of Banoak, J. Hoover of Gamewell, Rotogravure Section Is Expected To Be Ready In March The special rotogravure section of The News-Herald, and The Valdese News which has been in process of preparation for some time, is expected to be ready some time the latter part of March, it was learned last week. Reuiring a special process of printing and highly skilled work ers, the rotogravure section has been delayed by circumstances be yond the control of The News Herald. Strikes among workers in the plant where the section is be ing prepared has been the major cause of the delay. However, the firm producing the section assured this newspaper that proofs would be ready within a few days. Scronce of Banoak, Hoyle of North Brook; guards, White of Casar, McCurry of Lincolnton, Wilkerson of Marion, Hull of North Brook, Buchanan of Gamewell, Morgan of Pleasant Gardens, Sue Propst of Banoak held the record of making the highest number of points (40) for one game, and the highest number (126) for the tournament, but re ceived only the reward for high score for one game, the award for (Continued on page two) HIGH PEAK HAS CHURCH BOS Baptist Church Uses Vehicle To Aid Members Getting To, From Services. The High Peak Baptist church has purchased a bus from the Burke Transit Company and is using it to transport people to and from church services on both Sunday • morning and Sunday evening. The bus made its first trips Sunday. Temporary routing for the bus calls for it to begin its first trip at Carl Mull’s residence near the Searcy farm, go to the highway at the Drexel intersection, then down the highway to Bridgeport and re turn to the church by the way of Bynum Buff’s residence. The second run will be from the church to Anderson Rector’s, back to the underpass at Bridgeport, and thence to the church again. Rev. T. W. Hearne, pastor of the church, said that a few changes may be made in the schedule later. Sunday services at the High Peak church are: Sunday school, 9:45 a. m.; worship service, 11 a. m.; Training Union, 6 p. m.; worship service, 7 p. m. Prayer meeting is held Wednes day evening at 7 o’clock. Parents, Teachers Of Valdese Urge Support Of More School Funds Following a talk by R. L. Pat ton, county superintendent of schools, on school conditions in Valdese and throughout the state, the Valdese Parent-Teachers As sociation voted unanimously Thursday evening to send tele grams to legislators from this area, requesting their support of larger appropriations for schools and teachers. The telegrams were sent to Honorable Mat Wilson, care of North Carolina Senate, Raleigh, and “Honorable O. L. Horton, House of Representatives, Ra leigh”. They said: “The Valdese P.-T. A. requests your support of the recommendation of the State Board of Education for larger ap propriations to state schools and teachers.” The P.-T. A. is also requesting t that all individuals in town who are interested in the welfare of the schools either write or send tele grams to Mr. Horton and Mr. Wil son,, encouraging their support of the school appropriations, doing it immediately as the time is short. The program of the P.-T. A. meeting also included instrument al selections by members of Ro bert Gourley’s school bang: a solo by Max Baker, and a girls’ quartet. The room count at the meeting showed that Miss Mary Harris and her sixth grade group won the at tendance prize, with 29% of par ents present. Rev. M. W. Heckard, minister of the Valdese Methodist church, at tended a religious seminar at Dil worth Methodist church in Char lotte Thursday and Friday. The seminar was conducted by Duke University for the ministers of western half of North Carolina. NORTH BROOK GIRLS CHAMPS OF TOURNEY Hickory Girl Is Selected Queen of 11th Gold Medal Event. _____ ' —T With last week’s girls’ tourna ment just a memory—and a very pleasant one for the championship North Brook girls—the boys have taken over the spotlight this week as the 11th Annual Gold Medal tournament heads down the home stretch. In the finals of the girls’ tourney Saturday night, the smooth-play ing North Brook sextet from Lin coln county carried home the bulk of' the handsome awards. The champions finally stopped a sur prising Gamewell team from Gald well county with a 37-26 victory. Banoak defeated Waco 38-29 fot the consolation honors. Favored to cop the boys’ title is Fallston’s Flying Five of Cleve land county, winner of 22 straight games and champions in their own county. Coach Blaine Baxter’s boys were impressive in dumping Taylorsville 50-15 in the opener Saturday. Other teams given a good chance to cop high honors are Maiden, Morganton and Hick ory. Cleveland county appears to have the strongest entries from any one county. Stony Point's quint is defending its title, but does not appear as strong as last year. Results of games played Satur day and Monday: Fallston 50, Taylorsville 15 Startown 37, Nebo 29 Belwood 47, Glen Alpine 37 Kings Creek 29, Mountain View 28 Hickory 27, Mooresboro 23 (Continued on page two) This Week In Valdese Wednesday, February 23 2:30 p. m.—The Home Demon-" stration Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Ben Pons. 6 p. m.—Boys’ basketball tour nament at Community Center. 7:30 p. m.—The Les Amis Bridge Club will meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Francis Tron. —o— Thursday, February 24 3:30 p. m.—Girl Scout Troop 13 will meet at the home of Miss Sue Searcy. 7:15 p. m.—High Peak Council No. 355, Jr. O. U. A. M., will meet in the Junior Order Hall. 6 p. m.—Boys’ basketball tour nament at Community Center. 7:30 p. m.—The Norman Cordon Music Club will meet at the home of Miss Catherine Guigou. —o— Friday, February 25 6 p, m.—Boys’ basketball tour nament at Community Center. 8 p. m.—The Dutch Club will have a dance at the Waldensian clubhouse. Saturday, February 26 7:50 p. m. — Boys’ basketball tournament at Community Cen ter. —o—— Sunday, February 27 11a. m.—Worship services at all churches. 7:30 p. m.—Organ-voice recital at the Abemethy Memorial Meth odist church in Rutherford Col lege. Monday, February 28 7 p. m.—The Women of the Waldensian Presbyterian church will have a meeting at the church. 7:30 p. m.—Final game of boys’ basketball tournament at Com munity Center. Tuesday, March 1 12:30 p. m.—The Rotary Club will meet at the Pilot Cafeteria. 7 p. m.—The Executive Board of the Women of the Waldensian Presbyterian church will meet. 7 p. m.—Boy Scout Troop 1 will meet in the Scout hut. 7:30 p. m.—The American Le gion will meet at the Legion Hut. 7:30 p. m.—The American Le gion Auxiliary will meet at the Legion Hut. i
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