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r, Your Local Merchants Deserve Your Support II VALDESE, N. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1949 No. 47 ffiSMART gor PLANS BIG OPENING , occupy garters jnd Have Opening On December 7th. . Eversmart Shop, popular I ready-to-wear and beauty i hare a grand opening • its new location next 1. December 7. The shop 35 me building formerly p Your Florist. , neW location of The Evei &0p has been redecorated Mit and is especially ar il to take care of its new oc it Next Monday the shop will jed all day preparing for the i opening. a the grand opening day visi af The Eversmart Shop may Herat the door and by so do j be eligible for one of the B jo be awarded by the store, ipize win be twenty-five dol jn cash and there will be other k, The Eversmart Beauty 3 ril award a prize of a ten ir permanent. be Eversmart Beauty Shop has jbusiness for approximately fn years and the up-to-date s shoppe was added several s ago. Co-owners are Mrs. Pons. Mrs. Jeff Burns and i Patsy Melvin. it co-owners also announced Miss Melvin, who has been sting the Eversmart Dress j in Drexel, will come to the be store since the Drexel i«ill b closed as of December i merchandise in the Drexel e will be brought to the Val shop. II DRUG CO. NEW HOME it Rock Drag Store of Val isnow comfortably and con mtly located in its new home -door to the Valdese Food JPt near the school building. »home of this well known [firm has new fixtures and an overall pleasing ap snce. R.Burris, owner of the store, td attention to the addition to Piffle of the store of “Cut 1 By this, Mr. Burris pointed mean we believe the public Slower prices on all items fnew Drug Store brings wt'ese another modern place isiness. The new fixtures, the Pfecription department and f arrangement all rank ^ae more up-to-date stores of ilDREXET SCHOOL DECEMBER 2 L. 7a auction sale Will be oi iat the Drexel high ^onhidaymght, u at 7,30 o’clock. Items 5andh 6en donated by resi st, 1TSS flrms of ^'exel on the block” at that f0rt;fIOm the sale will be school ]fhUrchase of books for Ca rary and f<» band ielfel f, lnstruments. The band wil1 fur aainment ?eie Wl11 be other ion, ' cbarse for ad ?L!hoto shop 0 sh°p ingth6 h,as opened oki locati°n i “ Valctee. H Tlle News tel RfiS? HeiSane' Mayor Pons Assured Of Insurance Rating Study Believes Town Has Complied With Requirements Of In surance Bureau In Efforts To Obtain Lower Fire Insurance Rating. Mayor A. A. (Trigger) Pons of Valdese has been contacted by the North Carolina Fire Insurance Rating Bureau regarding Valdese having complied with all recom mendations sent sometime ago and that the town is now eligible for seventh class under the National Board of Fire Underwriters there by justifying lower fire insurance rates on properties within the town’s corporate limits. For sometime Valdese town of ficials have been endeavoring to meet certain recommendations re garding the providing of adequate fire protection and, according to the letter to Mayor Pons, the of ficials have gone a long way to ward meeting this and making a lower fire insurance rate possible for the town. In a letter to Mayor Pons, the North Carolina Fire Insurance Rating Bureau had the following to say: “We are pleased to have your letter of November 7, 1949, advis ing that you have now complied with all the recommendations sent you on August 12, 1949, whicty will justify National Board of Fire Un derwriters 7th class. “We are arranging for an up-to date inspection and upon receipt of the engineer’s report we will be pleased to review the matter and establish the classification which is indicated by the inspection. We are asking that the engineer con tact the Town Manager and the Fire Chief as requested in your letter.” Suggestions Offered To Aid Christmas Mail Schedules Postmaster Jim Farris of Val dese opened the Chi’istmas season at the local post office by issuing his annual appeal for early mail ing of Christmas cards and gift packages and also listed several suggestions to mailers for keeping Christmas mails on schedule. Mailers of Christmas greeting cards were cautioned about two important things. Cards in enve lopes not sealed require two cents postage. Sealed envelopes require three cents postage provided they do not exceed the three cent weight limit. Many Christmas cards will be delayed in delivery or may not be delivered at all, it was pointed out, because of improper or insufficient addresses. The pastmaster cau tioned mailers to use correct, legi ble addresses. On sealed cards th§ sender should place his or her re turn address on the envelope. Christmas packages for distant states should be mailed by Decem ber 5, Mr. Farris said, and all Christmas parcel post packages ROTARY HAS GOOD MEETING J. D. Fitz, member of the Mor ganton Rotary Club and immedi ate past-president of that club, spoke to the Valdese Rotary Club at its meeting Tuesday of last week at the Pilot Cafeteria. J. M. Biggerstaff was in charge of the program. Mr. Fitz discussed some of the work and accomplishments of Rotary. Following the address by the Morganton Rotarian, Joe Carter, Negro entertainer of Morganton brought to Valdese for the Rotary meeting, entertained the club with a number of songs. Visitors at the meeting included Tarvin Jones of Graham, Shem Blackley of Shelby, Joe Cobb of Hickory, A. S. Nelson, Macon Wil liams and Earl Austin of Lenoir, Holman Sigmon, E. A. Kirksey, Randy Loftis and T. D. Hefner of Morganton. The Valdese Rotarians are mak ing plans for a Ladies’ Night ob servance to be held Thursday, De cember 8, at Pilot Cafeteria. Dr. fWailter McFall of Asheville is scheduled to be the speaker for that event. FIREMEN ANSWER TWO CALLS LAST MONDAY The ValdCse fire department an swered two alarms Monday after noon, one to a home which was destroyed, and one to a hazardous grass fire. The home of Frank Brittain, lo cated southwest of town, was a total loss by fire. The alarm reach ed the fire department too late for the firemen to be of any assist ance. It was said no one was at the Brittain home at the time and all furnishings were lost. The grass fire was near the home of R. R. Innis. No damage was reported there. should be on their way not later than December 10. Christmas cards going to other states should be placed in the mail by December 15 and greeting cards for local delivery * should be through the post office at least a week before Christmas. Suggestions Postage — Prepay postage fully on all mail matter. Stamps—Save time by buying stamps in advance of the rush period. Addresses—All mail matter must be plainly and completely address ed, preferably in ink, giving street address or post office box or rural route and rural box number when ever possible. Mail intended for delivery in .the larger cities should be addressed to include the deliv ery zone number when applicable. It is important that the sender’s return card appear in the upper left comer of the address side. Ad dress tags should not be used un less absolutely necessary, in which case a copy of the address and sender’s return card should be placed inside the parcel for pur pose of identification, if necessary. Address labels and tags should be free- of any extraneous written or printed matter. Packing and Wrapping—Pack articles carefully and tightly in strong durable containers. Wrap and tie packages securely with good quality paper and cord, but do not seal them unless name and address of sender are shown to gether with the printed inscrip tion reading, “Contents, Merchan dise—Postmaster: This parcel may be opened for postal inspection, if necessary,” as sealed parcels not so labeled or endorsed are subject to the letter rate of postage. The name and address of the sender may be handstamped or typewrit ten on the labels. LOCAL CHURCHES OBSERVE THANKSGIVING EVENTS Besides turkey and pumpkin pie, the people of Valdese really got in the spirit of Thanksgiving last Thursday. Thanksgiving worship services were held at the Wal densian Presbyterian, 1st Baptist, and Mt. Calvary churches. Offer ings were given at the Presby terian Church for the Barium Springs Orphanage, and at the Baptist Churches for the Kennedy and Mills Home Orphanages. The various choirs presented beautiful hymns of praise and Thanksgiv ing and the messages were in keeping with the theme of Thanksgiving. PRESBYTERIANS WILL HOLD BAPTISMAL SERVICE On Sunday afternoon December 4, a special Baptismal Service will be held in the Waldensian Presby terian Church. Parents in the con gregation will present their chil dren for the sacrament of Bap tism. The minister requests all those who wish to share in this service to call him at the manse sometime this week. AT DREXEL BAPTIST—Dr. Robert Allen Dyer, above, return ed missionary to Japan and pro fessor at Gardner-Webb College, is teaching in a school of missions Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night of this week at the Drexel Baptist church. Dr. Dyer spent sometime as a prisoner in a Japa nese concentration camp. PUNNING FOR NEW CENSUS IN BURKECOUNTY Burke County’s New Federal Census Work Under the Charlotte Office. Burke county’s 1050 Federal census will be conducted from the district office to be set up in Char lotte, it was announced Saturday thi’ough a press release from the nation’s capital. Uncle Sam will count noses in the forty-eight states next year and North. Carolina will have twelve district offices from which about 4,500 enumerators will be directed by 254 crew leaders. District offices will be at Ashe ville, Charlotte, Gastonia, Golds boro, High Point, Lexington, Ral eigh, Rocky Mount, Statesville, Washington, Wilminjgton and Winston-Salem. The Census bureau said an nouncements will be made in the state as to where and when to send applications if you want to be an enumerator but that the an nouncement is not expected before March 1950. The Census Bureau said the Charlotte district office would serve the counties of Avery, Burke, Catawbsj, Lincoln, Mecklefnburg and Mitchell. The office will have a staff of 20 persons with 20 crew leaders and 330 enumerators. REV. WALKER ASSUMES NEW VALDESE PASTORATE Rev. W. E. Walker assumed his new duties as pastor of the East Valdese Baptist church Sunday, delivering both the morning and evening sermons. Mr. and Mrs. Walker and their ten-year old daughter, Nancy, have already established their residence in Val Fort Worth, Texas, where Mr. dese. They came to Valdese from Walker had been attending South western Baptist Theological Semi nary. LOYALTY DAY SET BY BAPTISTS FOR SUNDAY Next Sunday should be a big day in the hearts of all Baptist people. It is “Loyalty Day,” the purpose of which is for every member to express their loyalty to God by attending the services and worshipping as a true Christian. The budget committee of the First Baptist Church also has as aim to set before the members. The newly adopted budget is $2600.00 and each member is asked to sign a pledge card in order to contribute to the new budget. * - NO HALF HOLIDAYS Valdese stores will remain open all day on Wednesdays this month until Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Weigh man of Washington, D. C. and James Weightman, a student at Ben Lippen School for Boys at Asheville, spent Thanksgiving holidays here with Mr. and Mrs. Willis Lachot and family. BEAGLE CLUB HAS SECOND FIELD TRIAL Next Meeting of Burke Coun ty Beagle Club Set For Monday, Dec. 5. The Burke County Beagle Club held its second pack field trials on November 12 with forty-eight hounds, or twelve packs, taking part. Running grounds were at the Swan Ponds Dairy in the west ern part of the county and a large crowd of hound owners and others were on hand to witness the event. Judges for the trials were Paul. Greene of Caldwell county and Michel Shuford of Maiden. Owners of the winning packs are as follows: Thirteen-Inch Packs First pack, Lenoir Pack, Lenoir; second, Round Mountain Pack, North Wilkesboro; third, Abee and Lambert, Valdese; fourth, J. B. Ogle, Connelly Springs; fifth, Milton and Arrell, Lenoir. Fifteen-Inch Packs First, W. M. Abee, Valdese; sec ond, Odell Berry, Valdese; third, Charlie Stamey, Drexel; fourth, Charles Berry, Valdese. The regular monthly meeting of the Burke County Beagle Club will be held the first Monday night in December which wTill be De cember 5 at seven o’clock in the Waldensian Club House, Valdese. Everyone interested is invited to attend these meetings. The club also welcomes new members. FATHER OF MRS. TEANEY DIES Bascom Henry Osborne, 66, of High Point, father of Mrs. C. L. Teaney, secretary of the Valdese Merchants Association, died at his home in High Point Sunday night. He had been in declining health for the past several years. Funeral services were held from the home in High Point Tuesday afternoon and burial was made in Guilford Memorial Park mauso leum. Mr. Osborne was born in Guil ford coiihty May 27, 1883, the son of Cicero and Sarah Jester Os borne, and had spent his entire life in and around High Point. He was married October 9, 1908, to the former Ida Sara Spencer, who survives. Other survivors are two daughters, Mrs. B. O. Hill of Suffolk, Va., and Mrs. C. L. Teaney of Morganton; one son, Spencer Osborn of High Point; one sister, Mrs. A. P. Kersey of Greensboro; and two brothers, Eu gene Osborn of High Point and Charlie Osborn of Pleasant Gar den; and five grandchildren. HERBERT CORPENING, OF NEWTON, DIES SATURDAY Richard Herbert Corpening, 58, sales manager for Hafer Motor Company in Newton, died in a Newton hospital early Saturday morning after an illness of six weeks. He is well known in Mor ganton and vicinity and is the fa ther of Mrs. Helen Ross, news edi tor of The Catawba County Enter prise, and national committeewo man of the Young Democratic Clubs of America. Funeral services were conducted this afternoon at three o’clock at the Corpening home in Newton. D.A.R. Chapter Of Valdese Met 28th The Colonel John Alston Chap ter of the Daughters of the Ameri | can Revolution met Monday even ing at the home of Mrs. Clinton Brown in Valdese. The regent, Mrs. C. C. Long, led the ritual. Mrs. Brown, who had charge of the program, read the President General’s message and some let ters which had been kept in her family for many years. Delicious refreshments were ser ved. The next meeting will be at home of Mrs. Louis Garrou. Mr. and Mrs. Sebran Cannon and daughter, Sandra Kaye, had as their guests during Thanksgiv ing Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Poteat and Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Garrison of Drexel. ( AH Local-Talent Show Here For Two Nights “Laff It Off” Is Laugh Provoking Stage Show At Elemen tary School Auditorium Tonight and Friday Night Beginning At 8:03. There’s fun and lots of it com ing to Valdese Thursday and Fri day of this week when the Val dese Post of The American Legion presents the hilarious show “Laff It Off”. The stage show will be presented at the elementary school auditorium December 1 and 2— tonight and tomorrow night—and the curtain is scheduled to rise at 8:03—yes, we said 8:03. The fun-making and laugh-pro voking show will have a cast of characters made up of all local talent and is directed by a spe 1950 LICENSE PLATES GO ON SALE DEC. 1 New Plates Have Background Of Black With Yellow Numerals For 1950. The new 1950 automobile license plates will go on sale today, it was announced by J. H. McCombs at the Western Auto Associate Store in Morganton where the local dis tribution office is maintained. Mr. McCombs said the hours of the license distribution office will be from 9 a. m. until 6 p. m. and he is urging motorists to obtain their plates early in order to avoid a last-minute rush. The 1950 plates have a black background with yellow numerals. Mr. McCombs said that $2.00 plates for trailers up to 1,500 pounds in weight and ten dollar plates for trailers from 1,500 to 2,500 pounds have been discon tinued in lieu of a three-dollar plate for trailers 2,500 pounds and under. BAPTISTS PLAN EVENT DEC. 5TH Baptists of the Catawba River Baptist Association are expected to rally their total training member ship on “M” night, December 5, at the Pleasant View Baptist church at 7:30 o’clock. “M” night is mobilization night for Southern Baptists. Dr. Robert Dyer, professor at Garner-Webb College and a re turned missionary to Japan, will be the guest speaker. Dr. Dyer spent several months in a Japa nese concentration camp and was subjected to al lits horrors. Conferences for leaders and for pupils wil lbe conducted by the component associational officers. These start promptly at 7:35 p. m. Relief Group Met The Waldensian Relief Com mittee met Saturday night, No vember 12 at the home of Mrs. Aldo Martina l Twenty-seven packages were packed and mailed to orphanages, institutions, old peoples’ homes and homes for in curables in the Waldensian Val leys. BETA CLUB NEWS The Beta Club met November 22 at the Valdese High School. The president called the meeting to order. Ways of making money were discussed during the business session some of them were: basket ball concessions, sale of pansy plants. The club also plans to bake and sell cakes until Christmas at the Trade Event each Saturday. After this brief session, the meeting was adjourned because of other sche duled meetings. Dr. and Mrs. Robert Groh of Washington spent Thanksgiving with Mrs. Groeh’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Satterwhite. In attendance at the Lions Bowl game in Hickory Saturday night were Nubber Harris, Tom Turkey Moodycut, Groy Poteat, Pearshape Grisette and Mr. McClure. cial arranger, Reva Hamilton, who has been in Valdese for several days preparing for the show’s pre sentation. A large ad in this issue of The Valdese News about the show al so carries with it a misspelled word contest as well as other informa tion about the show: The cast of characters includes the following: Mr. John Q. Public, Reese Scull; Mrs. John Q. Public, Peggy Ben field; Cousin Katy, Jane Caudell; Gene Autry, “Frisky” Bronson; Judy Canova, Mary Alice Garrou. Rochester, Bobby Herman; “Pappy” Chiselfinger, Jimmy Pons; Walter Winchell, Max Baker; Dorothy Dix, Lenoir Lowdermilk; Inquiring Reporter, C. Lee Harris; Popeye, J. Spencer; Blondie, J. B. Weaver. Orphan Annie, Claude Killian; Jiggs’ Maggie, George Anderson; Dasie Mae, Jonas Bowman; Baby Sparkle, Renaldo Pascal; Sally Brown, Alyce Epley; Tom Brown, Robert Gourley; Star of Tomor row, Margaret Deaton. CHESTER RITES ■HELD SUNDAY Funeral services were conduct ed yesterday afternoon at two o’ clock for Arthur A. Chester, age 68, of Morganton, Route 2, who died Friday night at the home of a daughter. He had been ill for ibout six months. The services were held at the Quaker Meadows Presbyterian church with the Rev. J. Hector Smith officiating. Burial was made in the church cemetery with Kirksey Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mr. Chester was born in Cald well county May 1, 1881. His wife, who survives, was the former Miss Effie Whisenant of this county. He was an active member of the Church of God and had been an employee at the Drexel Furniture Company for a number of years. In addition to his widow, Mr. Chester leaves two daughters, Mrs. Ed Saulman of Route 2 and Mrs. Melvin Benfield of Route 2; six sons, Odis C., Roby L., Atlas A., Fred L., and Herman J., all resi dents of Morganton, Route 2, and Enoch A. Chester of Drexel; a sis ter, Mrs. Sarah Berry of Granite Falls; twenty-five grandchildren and one great grandchild. ANNOUNCE NATIONAL COON, POSSUM HUNTS Coon and possum hunting in the Pisgah National Game Preserve and the Santeetlah, Fires Creek, and Standing Indian Wildlife Management Areas in Nantahala National Forest will be permitted this year, according to Clyde P. Patton, Executive Director of the North Carolina Wildlife Commis sion. Ten nights of hunting, from De cember 12-23, will be permitted in the Pisgah National Game Pre serve, and ten nights of hunting, from December 5-16, in the Nan tahala areas. In the Daniel Boone area of Pisgah National Forest, hunting will be allowed only on December 19-23. Special permits to hunt in the Pisgah Preserve will cost $5.00 for a party of from one to five hunt ers. In all other areas special per mits will cost $1.00 per hunter with no limit on the size of the party. Bag limits on all hunts are one raccoon per hunter per day, with an unlimited number of opossums allowed in the bag. Permits and general information will be avail able at checking stations in the areas opened to raccoon and opos sum hunting. JIMMIE CHAMBERS BACK Jimmie Chambers, a recent pa tient of the Richard Baker Hos pital returned home Monday. His condition is much improved and he hopes to be out among his friends soon. ONE VOTING PLACE TO BE SETUP HERE Valdese Gets Second Chance This Year To Vote On Beer, Wine Sales Voters within the corporate limits of the Town of Valdese will have the opportunity next Tuesday for the second time this year to cast ballots as to their pre ference regarding the legal sale of beer and wine. A special elect ion on the matter was called bj the Burke County Board of Elect* WILL MOVE BUSINESS In a recent published state ment, Henry Bertalot said in event Valdese voters see fit to approve legal sale of beer and wine he would move his place of business to a less congested area where “it will meet the approval of the State Malt Beverage Di vision of ABC, the Town Board and the Recreation Center.” ions foiiowing presentation of the required number of names of qualified voters within the town requesting the election. Registration books for the special election closed November 26. Saturday of this week will be challenge day. There will be only one polling place Tuesday and this will be at the town hall. Only qualified vot ers residing within the corporate limits of the Town of Valdese will be voting. umciais ior me special election are Silvio Pascal, registrar; Louis Deaton and Marvin Powell, judges. Approved Sales Before ' Although the legal sale of beer and wine was voted out in Burke county as a whole in the special election held September 10, the law provides that a municipality may call another election if suffi cient qualified voters request it. In the September 10 election the two voting places in Valdese gave good margins favoring the legal sale of beer and wine. The city hail box carried the biggest margih, 214 for the legal sale and 71 against; the school house box voted 220 for legal sale and 202 against. This Week In Valdese Wednesday, November 30 6 p. m.—Choir practice at Fir& Baptist church. , 7 p. m.—Choir practice at Pres byterian and Methodist churches. 7:30 p. m.—Study Course at First Baptist church. Thursday, December 1 7:30 p. m.—Presentation of “Prisoner at the Bar” at First Baptist church. 7:30 p. m.—Pilot Club meeting at Swan Club. 8:30 p. m.—“Laff It Off” spon sored by American Legion at Val dese elementary school auditori um. Friday, December 2 7:30 p. m. — Study Course at First Baptist church. 8:30 p. m.—“Laff It Off” spon sored by American Legion at Val dese elementary school auditori um. —o— Sunday, December 4 11a. m.—Worship Services at all churches. 1 p. m.—“Every Member Canvas” at First Baptist church. 6:30 p. m. — Baptist Training Union. ' 7 p. m.—Methodist and Presby terian Youth Fellowships. Monday, December 5 7 p. m.—Mixed Chorus practice. 7:30 p. m.—Mt. Calvary Y. W. A. meets with Miss Eva Fox 7:30 p. m.—Training Union mass meeting at Pleasant View Baptist church. 7:30 p. m. — Lovelady Chapter No. 147, O.E.S. ' —o— Tuesday, December 6 12:30 p. m.—Rotary Club meet ing. 7 p. m.—Women of Waldensian Presbyterian church executive board meeting. 7:30 p. m—American Legion. __
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