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Boost Valise! Watch it Grow! THE A LIVE NEUJ./’PAPER IN A PROGRESSIVE TOUJN” 11 VALDESE, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1949 Your Local Merchants Deserve Your Support No. 29 All Hep For The Races ,Ke Rutherford College Cub Scouts lined up their racers for the second Cub-Mobile derby Satur fternoon. The event represented weeks of planning on the part of their leaders and weeks of work cllbs who made their own racers. This picture was taken from the top of ramp down which s started on their course.—(Valdese News Photo). Iver $47,000 Spent This lYear By Polio Chapter ck in January. Burke county m one of its greatest fund ig drives in history. Tire polio mic of last summer \\ as still in everyone's memory and limes and dollars poured into larch of Dimes over S28.000. lat has become of that mon las all of it been used? Since is no epidemic in North lina this summer, will we be to save some of it to apply on January's drive? These and questions were answered to rhen T. Earl Franklin, chair and Paul Caldwell, treas c: the Burke County Chapter le National Foundation for 'Infantile Paralysis released an eye-opening financial statement. Spent All—Plus §19,000 Yes, Burke county has spent all of its S28,000 raised last January and then some. In fact, we have the amount raised during the March of Dimes, plus $19,000 more from the National Founda tion. Of the more than $28,000 raised $14,161.59 stayed in Burke county as stipulated when the drive was i in progress. Advances from the National Foundation since Janu ary 1, 1949, have totalled $32, 598.69. Individual contributions (Continued on page two) itdreds See Rutherford College Parade and Youth Race Event proximately 450 spectators the runway Saturday af on to watch the 12 entries in erford College's ‘'Cub-Mo Derby cross the finish line. i£ Cline, sponsored by the Market, was proclaimed p:on in Class 1. in which the s had to have official soap ierby wheels. >pins the honors in Class 2 STORS WILL EET MONDAY "ba River Baptist Group i ill Discuss Planning For Last Rites. Pastor and Undertake lin? a Funeral Together le the subject for discussio f Catawba Paver Baptist As !;on Pastors conference Mon u§ust 1, at 10 a. m. at th ant View Baptist church. Carl Hemphill, pastor c easaRt View church, an ■ oossomon, of Sossomon ?ome’ Morganton, wi the discussion. hteu last meeting the minis j ^to meet twice a mopt • TBp <SCe a m°nth- as: f01 a Hie Monday after the fin s2v eM°nday after tl: ^ulai' r V'ei'e desisnatetl e eS1 timp of meeting. • thp vr.rr ’ is a devi&tio f l1 gu'ar schedule, whic ;r,ll°'ved thereafter. !KC mm M l,DAY on ICE" SHOW Mr. ix'yeatiVold underwent Calvin ansPlaminJof°f:'atiGi;!,f01’ 8nt foot a rnusole on ital, Chai-in* ‘ ° Pi f loy'®nan if week. ue’ on Wednesday ^ with seven or, r from the nQ- otli r',Pa ^ored BUest dAatnc ward* % °n lee * LJle ,show uu f iiaay ^ve to’b,0”'“ ihp test in iSe‘Haute 11!118 horaei on •’ ^tei'day. (TUes (ball-bearing wheels but not of ficial) was George Talmon, whose sponsor was Houck’s Refreshment Bar. And in Class 3 (non-ball bear ing wheels) Gene Wood brought home the banner for his sponsor, Your Florist. Reese Scull, president of the Parent-Teacher Association of the Rutherford College school, which was staging the event, served as master of ceremonies, giving the crowd a play-by-play and spill-by spill commentary on the races, and announcing all prizes. “Frisky” Bronson supervised the finish line and held the stopwatch to time the racers. Preceding the derby was a pa rade with Amanda Hall, “Miss Rutherford College for 1949”, dressed as a queen, riding in a float sponsored by Ruth’s Beauty Shoppe. Her attendants were the two runners-up in a contest, Alice Hallyburton and Judy Humphries. A prize of $8 for the best float entered by a Scout organization (Continued on page two) PRESBYTERIAN YOUTH ON OVERNIGHT TRIP The Youth Fellowship of the Waldensian Presbyterian church made an overnight trip to Mt. Mitchell last week, leaving Thurs day afternoon in a truck driven by R. J. Erwood, and returning Friday at noon. Rev. A. B. McClure's cooking breakfast for the whole crowd, two trips to the top of the moun tain, one of them at sunrise, the experience of sleeping rolled in blankets on the “plain hard floor” of the two cabins, and a visit to the FM station, were highlights of the trip. The party included Ruthie Wil liams, Jenelle Searcy, Barbara Bounous, Jane Caudell, Rosalba Pascal, Paggy Benfield, Emogene Jons, Jeanette Dippman, Louise Perou, Dolly. Rutherford, Joan Rutherford, Doris Searcy, Steve Perrou, Frank Goode, Frank Ber ry, Dickie Ribet, Bennie Pons, Mac McClure, Mrs. Earl Searcy, Mr. Erwood, Emanuel Perrou and Rev. Mr. McClure. BOARD MEETING POSTPONED The regular meeting of the Valdese Town Board has been postponed from Monday,, Au gust 1, to Monday, August 8, because several members will be out of town at the scheduled time. MRS. SEAGLE PASSES; RITES HELD ON 23RD Funeral Conducted at Abee’s Grove; Died Last Wed nesday In Hospital. Mrs. Zula Carswell Seagle, fifty three, of Valdese, died in a Valdesa hospital at tw'o o’clock Wednesday afternoon following an illness of two days. The deceased was born in Burke county May 21, 1896, a daughter of the late William and Fannie Carswell, is survived by her bus band, Calvin Seagle; four sons, Willard of Dorchester, Ga., Robert, Russell and Ralph of the home; one daughter, Mrs. Estelle Moon of Dorchester; four sisters, Mrs. H. P. Settlemyre of Valdese, Mrs. Wilson Garrison of Morgan ton, Mrs. Augusta Dale of Valdese and Mrs. Bassie Dale of Morganton. Funeral services were conducted at Abee’s Grove Baptist church at four o’clock Saturday afternoon and burial made in the church cemetery. CHURCH TO SELL PART OF RIDGECREST LOT In a recent church conference, the First Baptist church of Val dese voted to sell half of a lot it owns at Ridgecrest. The lot, which measures 225 feet by 100 feet, is considered larger than the church would ever need for the cottage it plans to build someday. No buyer has yet been secured for the property but several of the members of the church have expressed an interest in it. Proceeds from the sale of the property will be applied against the church debt, it is understood. The church purchased the Ridgecrest lot before the war. Valdese Weavers Have Display At Hickory Bank The Valdese Weavers, local manufacturing firm, has an at tractive display this week in the lobby of the First National Bank in Hickory as part of the indus trial show which has been under way there for some time and has been the center of widespread interest. The Valdese firm manufactures tapestry and upholstering goods. J. L. Cilley of Hickory who is in charge of the exhibit said the exhibits continue to attract nu merous visitors whose comments have highly praised the exhibitors. GRAND MATRON WILL VISIT O.E.S. CHAPTER Worthy Grand Matron of the North Carolina, Order of Eastern Star, Mrs. Edna C. Moag, of Greensboro, will be a guest at the next meeting of Lovelady Chapter No. 147, O. E. S., on Monday, Au gust 1, at 7:30 p. m. Other im portant visitors are also expected, and a ceremonial will be held. BETTER RATING SEEN FOR NEW A&PSTORE Construction Started On New Home of Valdese A&P Food Store. When the Valdese A&P moves into its new building (supposed to be finished by October 1) it will also move from a Class 3 rating to a Class 1 rating, with a cor responding slight change in prices. It is understood that the A&P classifies its stores according to size and volume of business. A larger store, with lower overhead, can retail at lower prices. Only the super-markets get Class 1 prices. Total floor space in the new building, which is being erected by the Guigou estate, will be just about triple that of the store’s present quarters. Loye Lowman, contractor for the new building, says it will have a 4 feet front and be 107 1- feet deep, with a 40 feet, by 50 feet half-basement, giving it. approxi mately 6,300 square feet in all. Floor space now is 2,070 square feet, the present building being 23 feet by 90 feet. For comparison, the new A&P will be 10 feet wider than the Major Electric Company’s store. Construction was begun Mon day, July 18. Gus Jacumin will continue to be manager of the new store, and M. E. Bums will operate the meat market. A. F. GARROU AND SON SAIL Albert F. Garrou left last Wed nesday for New York, where he and his son, Albert F. Garrou, Jr., took passage on the New Amster dam for a sixty-day trip to Europe. Their ship was to sail on July 22, arriving in South Hampton, Eng land, on July 28. Father and son will spend eight days in England, following which they will go to the continent where they have engaged an automobile for travel through France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium and possibly Holland. Mr. Garrou senior was born in the Italian Alps near the French border, but was a babe in arms when his parents came to America and subsequently to Burke county where they established the present town of Valdese. On the present trip abroad, the Garrous will spend a few days in the vicinity where the father was born. The return trip will be by plane, passage having been booked on a Sabina trans-Atlantic plane out of Brussels, September 14. , Leaving Valdese on the train with Mr. Garrou were Mrs. Ed Lane, the former Miss Jane Gar rou, and two sons who were re turning to their home on Long Island after a visit with the Gar rous, and Mrs. Garrou, who plans to stay with her daughter while Mr. Garrou is abroad. BIBLE SCHOOL TO END Commencement exercises for the Vacation Bible School of the FirSt Baptist church will be held Friday evening at 7 o’clock. The enroll ment last week was 170, with an average attendance of 149. New Pastor Rev. C. R. Jones, above, is the new pastor of the Valdese Church of God. The church is in the midst of a revival this week and the new minister is doing the preaching. TO INSTALL NEW OFFICERS OF LIONS CLUB Ladies’ Night Event Planned In Connection With Event For Friday Night. New officers of the Valdese Lions Club will be installed at a Ladies’ Night meeting Friday evening, July 29, at 7:3 p. m. at the Mimosa Golf Club in Morganton. Dinner music will be provided, and there will be dancing after wards. The new officers are: Reese Scull, president; Dr.- Yates Pal mer, first vice-president; Hall Williams, second vice-president; Roy Boggs, third vice-president; Edward Garrou, secretary-treas urer; Lacy Hall, Lion tamer and James Robinson, tail twister. One-year directors are Earl M. Spencer and George Williams, Jr., and two-year directors are James Farris and Haynes Rutherford. Lenoir Lowdermilk, retiring president, will act as toastmaster. SON OF LATE PASTOR CALLED The Rev. Parks Harris, son of the late Rev. M. I. Harris, former pastor of the Friendship Baptist church and Valdese Baptist church, who died suddenly July 10, has been called to succeed ganton church following action by ganton curch following action by the congregation Sunday. It was also learned that the Rev. Mr. Harris accepted the call and the date for his assuming the pastorate here depends on his be ing relieved at his pastorate in Red Oak. TWO VALDESE STUDENTS ATTEND GIRLS' STATE Joette Smith and Wilma Pruitt are attending Girls’ State at Greensboro this week. They were selected from the rising senior class of the Valdese high school for their leadership ability and high scholastic records, and are sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary of Valdese. SHELBY EDITOR PRAISES NEW HIGHWAY 350 Holt McPherson Speaks Highly Of New Toluca Valdese Stretch. Holt McPherson, managing edi tor of The Shelby Daily Star and author of a column in that paper entitled, “Behind the Front Page”, recently had some nice comments on the new highway to Shelby which recently was completed. Following is the excerpt taken from his column: “A credit to North Carolina’s highway system is the new Toluca Valdese stretch which not only af fords scenic treasures among the Tar Heel state’s best, but also cuts driving time to Valdese, Lenoir and Blowing Rock considerably. “The entire stretch, which be gins with a right turn off highway 18 at Pink Crowe’s home just above Toluca, is finished except for a rough, 150-yard detour this side of Valdese where an underpass is being constructed. Well-graded with banked turns, the route’s big gest surprise is on Baker’s Moun tain where a wide sweeping curve breaks out on a breath-taking view of a lush, emerald green valley of rolling pastures and tiny farms dotted with white frame homes. “The route to Lenoir is now al most seven miles shorted by trav elling to Valdese, crossing from Valdese past Rutherford College to Whitnell and in to Lqftoir. Within another month a straight-shot connecting link will be completed from the new Valdese highway to Connelly Springs, Rhodhiss and Lenoir. Most important is the cut-down in driving time rather than miles saved. The modern highway allows the Lenoir or Blow ing Rock motorist to encounter a minimum of traffic while missing larger towns.” THREE SPONSORS The Valdese firemen, American Legion Post No. 234, and the Boy Scouts were sponsors of the Wil liams riding' divices which were in town last week, located on the Tise lot. Proceeds were shared by the three organizations. { Refreshments were sold by the Lions Club, which operated the refreshment booth. Pilot Sales Force Meets Here The sales force of Jacob and Schey, of New York, distributors of Valdese-made Alba hosiery, met with officials of the Pilot Pull Fashion Mill July 11-13, for the first annual general sales meeting of the organization. Purpose of the meeting was to introduce Paul Hackett, new sales manager. In the pic ture above, left to right, are: First row, Ralph Cutting, John C. (Jack) Mansell, Robert Byers, Betty Turcott, James C. (Jim) Gorman, John Hargrove, and Louis Dubrow; second row: C. B. (Red) Brown ing, Fred H. Goetz, Arthur J. (Art) Dion, Mayer Samselig, O. H. Pons, Ira M. Schey, A. F. Garrou, and George Stevens, Jr.; third row, Paul Shelton, Ben Pons, J. L. Jacob, Hyman Solomon, Paul E. Hackett, ?aul A. Zizelman, Philip Garrou, Geo. E. Williams, Jr., Ira M. Schey, Jr., and Parks, Sherrill, Jr.— (Photo by Greene). ___ Named incipal HENSON CASE FEATURE OF COURT DOCKET, Peaceful Settlement Reached In Jonas Ridge Shooting; Other Cases. Walter and Levi Henson, broth ers of the Jonas Ridge section, have apparently settled their dif ferences which led to Walter’s ar rest for shooting Levi in the hip. In Burke county Criminal Court last week, Walter was given six months sentence, suspended for two years, on condition that he remain of good behavior and not molest his brother. Levi stated that he did not wish to prosecute the case. Judge H. L. Riddle. Jr., or dered the .22 calibre rifle which fired the shot sold by the county. The complete docket tried last week is as follows: Joe Mitchell, possession of equipment to manufacture liquor, state took nol pros with leave on recommendation of prosecuting witnesses (Deputy Sheriff.) Noah Garfield Brittain, operat ing without license, nol pros with leave. Noah Garfield Brittain and Lester Walker, assault with deadly weapon and obstructing traffic state took nol pros with leave. Miles Tomlinson, malicious in jury to property, nol pros with leave. Thomas Jefferson Clark, driv ing after license revoked, not guilty, Andy Corpening, larceny, n o 1 /pros with leave. \ George William Powell, failing to stop for siren, remanded to Justice of the Peace. Andrew Stamey and Harold Stamey, assault with deadly wea pon, nol pros with leave. O. G. Benfield, receiving stolen goods, six-months probation judg ment put into effect. Six months sentence on above count suspend ed for 2 years on condition de fendant remain of good behavior and stay away from property of Southern Railway. Bill Hoyle, speeding, costs. Lester Mull, non-support, nol pros on payment of costs. Clarence Icard, violation of pro hibition laws, $50 and costs. Clarence Jackson Sams, reck [ less driving, costs. B. H. Roberts, not guilty on reckless driving charge, but guiltv on failure to have motor vehicle title transferred. Fined costs. Robert Largent, failing to com ply Tyith former orders of court. Ordered to comply with former orders. Walter Henson, assault with deadly weapon, six months sus pended sentence. Ellis Fullbright, violation of prohibition law, $40 and costs. John'H. Davis, reckless driving, costs. Appealed to August term of Superior Court. Bond set at $300. Alex Orders, not guilty of forci able trespass and cursing in public, but f6und guilty of public drunk ness and fined costs. On attempt ed > assault charge, prayed for judgment continued, and fined costs. OLLY MAN CES HIM IN ELEMENTARY Changes In School Personnel Revealed As Plans For Opening Progress. John L. Johnson has been nam ed principal of the Valdese high school for next year, and G. D. Wilson of Mt. Holly as principal of the elementary school, according to an announcement from A. Grill, chairman of the school board. Mr. Johnson has been principal of the Valdese elementary school for the past two years, and is a highly respected and much loved citizen and school man. His election as high school principal has been received with delight. With 15 years of experience as teacher and principal behind him, Mr. Wilson comes well recommended for his work with the elementary school. A grad uate of Mars Hill College and Appalachian State Teachers’ College at Boone, he has been elementary school principal at Mount Holly for the past three years. Prior to that time he held a similar position in the Hoskins school in Mecklenburg county. He has also been principal of the Belfast elementary school in Wayne county, near Goldsboro. He is a Mason and has been ac tive in civic and church affairs, having taught the men’s Bible class at the Mount Holly Baptist church for the three years he was there. Mrs. Wilson, who is a graduate of Eastern Carolina Teachers’ College, Greenville, will teach the sixth grade. She is an accomplish ed musician. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and their 14-year-old son will move to Valdese in the near future. At present Mr. Wilson is attending summer school at ASTC. The faculty of the elementary school is complete, Mr. Johnson said, and will be announced short ly. The change in pricipals was brought about by the resignation of C. B. Honeycutt, high school principal for the past two years. Mr. Honeycutt will be principal of a 21-teacher consolidated school at Swannsboro, which is south of Morehead City and > near Camp Lejeune. This Week In Valdese Thursday, July 28 6 p. m.—The Pilot Club will meet at the Pilot Cafeteria. 7:15 p. m.—High Peak Council No. 355, Jr. O. U. A. M., will meet in the Junior Order Hall. 8 p. m. — Open house at the Waldensian Presbyterian church for. the Youth Fellowship. Friday, July 29 3:30 p. m.—The Pioneers of the Waldensian Presbyterian church will go to Clearwater Beach for a picnic. 7:30 p. m.—The Lions Club will have a Ladies Night at the Mim osa Clubhouse. Sunday, July 31 11 a. m.—Worship services at all churches. 11 a. m.—Revival starts at East Valdese Baptist Mission. 2 p. m.—Burke county sub-dis trict of the Methodist Youth Fel lowship will go to Brown Moun tain Beach for picnic. Monday, August 1 9 a. m.—Vacation Bible School begins at the East ValdesA Baptist Mission. 7:30 p. m.—Lovelady Chapteif No. 147, O. E. S., will have an im portant meeting at the Masonic Hall. * * * Tuesday, August 2 12:30 p. m.—The Rotary Club, will meet at the Pilot Cafeteria. 7 p. m—The Fishing and Boat ing club will meet at the Com munity Center. 7:30 p. m.—The American Le gion will meet at the Legion Hut.
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