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VALDESE, N. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1949
No. 48
peer, Wine Voted Down Yesterday
#velady Lodge To Fete
y Masters On Monday
fICERS TO
|E ELECTED
*T MEETING
^Communication Mill
Iso Be Observed At Mon
day Sight Meeting.
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1st Masters of Lovelady Lodge
F.and A. M. Number 670 will
honored next Monday night,
gjjjjer 12 "'ben the local lodge
, .■stated Communication'
[the election of officers. The
ntisset for 7:30 o'clock. Re
gents will be served and a
aal Christmas collection taken
the Oxford Orphanage.
11 members and Past Masters
-red to attend. Past Masters
die Lovelady Lodge are Frank
tal. 1533-34: Henry Grill. 1935;
ace Goode. 1936: Ed Micol.
;:j.p.Hatley. 1938: Rev. John
E 1939—deceased; Een Grill.
1: Harley Goode. 1941: Adam
iet. 1942: Dick Ribet, 1943;
I Alexander. 1944; T. R.
iy. 1945: A. H. Setzer, 1946;
eMeytre. 1947: Henry J. Pas
1948: Francis Verreault. Mas
in office now.
ijali “Pap" Caldwell and Sam
an. Negroes, both of Bou
le street, were found guilty of
tit with a deadly weapon in
%’s session of criminal
,fr,e“ Whitenburg; speeding;
NEGROES
ENTENCED IN
HTYCOURT
it Docket Disposed Of In
arke Court On Tuesday
Of Last Week.
!!fflson was given six months
liewad and Caldwell was given
months suspended sentence on
years probation.
te two men were charged with
each other on the night of
28 as the result of an
lent.
Ber cases on the court docket
jmond Carswell; assault
six months suspende
‘ears on probation
%all Wakefield; failing
J with court orders; 90 ds
, brandy Morrow; lar
‘•aige, one year suspended
McNeeiy; vie
ted nPl0lLbtiori judgment; s
S° Jear on roads.
i*eins: aiding and at
•'ung drunk; license
■^Piemv.C0StS'
^ioa ;?’.carrymg b]
and costs.
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%,Scti,S50.and “
without , Hamrick; opc
lcost? bllVer's license;
^ license0 ’ operi
lalphT! ni ’ costs.
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Campaign Head
Oscar King, above, Morganton
attorney, has been appointed
chairman of the 1950 Burke Coun
ty March of Dimes, it was an
nounced this week by T. Earle
Franklin, chairman of the Burke
County Chapter, National Foun
dation for Infantile Paralysis.
BASKERVILL
LIONS SPEAKER
“News which is of most in
terest to the greatest number of
people makes the best news” said
John C. Baskerville, of Hickory
and former secretary of the Lenoir
Chamber of Commerce. Having
been editor of one large newspaper
and news reporter of others, Mr.
Baskerville was quite at home as
he talked to the Valdese Lions
Club on the subject of “Publicity.”
L. P. Guigou, having known the
speaker since school days, present
ed Mr. Baskerville to the Club.
Little mention has ever been
made of the food which is always
served by the Pilot Cafeteria but
the Lions Club thinks that it is
something to “Roar” about. Mr.
Thornton, the chief cook and
manager, along with his staff, are
to be commended for the fine food
and pleasant manner in which
they go about serving it. (It is be
lieved that it is because they eat
their own cooking before serving
that they are always so pleasant in
their work.’
RUSSIAN MINISTER AT
MT. CALVARY BAPTIST
Rev. Michael T. Kerechun, field
secretary of Russian Bible Society,
with headquarters in Washington,
D. C. spoke at Mount Calvary Bap
tist Church Sunday night. His
subject was “The Greatest Need
of the Russian People.”
He said that there were 144 dif
ferent nationalties in Russia, with
77 different religions. He stressed,
the fact that Russians needed
Bibles printed in their languages,
and that th agreatest movement
in Russia is the Baptist movement.
As a special feature he sang 2
songs and quoted some scripture
verses in the Russian language,
after which an offering for the
purpose of getting Bibles for the
Russians was taken.
TWO ARRESTS
RESULT FROM
AUTO WRECKS
Three Accidents In Eastern
Burke Cause Heavy Dam
age To Cars.
Four automobile accidents, re
sulting in heavy damages and two
arrests, were reported over the
weekend by state highway patrol
men.
A car driven by Charles A. West
of Lenoir ran off an embankment
Saturday at 3:30 p. m. on the
Hickory highway east of Valdese.
Both Roy K. Haynes, accupant
of the vehicle, and West were tak
en to the Valdese General Hospit
al by a Sossoman ambulance
where they were treated for gashes
across the scalp.
West was charged with driving
under the influence of whiskey.
State Patrolman Chandler in
vestigated the accident.
Saturday at 11:30 a. m. an auto
mobile driven by' Ethel Clinton
Snipes, Route 4, Morganton, over
turned just beyond Mull School on
Highway 18 coming north.
No injuries were reported, but
the car was heavily damaged. Pa
trolman Chandler investigated.
At 1 p. m. Sunday a car driven
by Samuel Bost of Hickory trav
eling west on Highway 70 struck
the Connelly Springs bridge.
The front end of the automobile
was heavily damaged, .State Pa
trolman John O’Kelly, investigat
ing officer, said.
Bost is charged with driving
drunk.
Harold N. Brindle, Rutherford
College, traveling east just south
of Connelly Springs, ran off the
highway Saturday night and turn
ed over twice, according to Pa
trolman O’Kelly.
The automobile was a total loss,
O’Kelly said.
ROAD PROJECTS
ARE SURVEYED
Surveys for three road projects
in Burke county are reported by
the staff of the State Highway of
fice in Hickory, D. L. Rink, resi
dent engineer, said yesterday.
The Bob Icard road in Burke
county is included. The three and
seven-tenths stretch leads North
from Highway 70-A at Cape Hick
ory tavern to the Connelly
Springs-Rhodhiss road.
Another Burke project is the
Enon church road, which is two
and two-tenths miles long. It ex
tends from Hickory 70 at Bridge
port, North in a semi-circle to the
North edge of Valdese.
The Johnson Bridge road in
Burke county leaves the old High
way 10 just West of Hildebran and
extends South to Winkler’s store,
a distance of four and two-tenths
miles.
DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA
MEET THURSDAY NIGHT
The Daughters of America will
hold their Christmas Party,
Thursday night, December 8, at
the home of Miss Lilly Branch in
Rutherford College. All members
are urged to attend and bring with
them something to eat and a $1.00
gift.
Lovelady Chapter O.E.S. Contributes
Generously To Home For The Aged
At the regular meeting on Mon
day night, members of Lovelady
Chapter No. 147, O. E. S., and
friends responded generously in
contributing gifts for the Masonic
and Eastern Star Home for the
aged in Greensboro.
Mrs. Daphne Mackay of Old
Port and George Robinson of
Spindale attended officially as
deputies of the district, and gave
helpful and instructive talks to
the chapter.
Archibald Patterson, past grand
patron of the grand jurisdiction of
Quebec, Canada, and Mrs. Patter
son were visitors and expressed
favorable commendation on the
work of the chapter.
The hall was a colorful scene
with its officers in formal attire,
with greenery and arrangements
suggestive of the holiday season.
A tree, laden with Christmas
cards, under which was piled a
generous supply of gifts for the
Home and quantities of food and
clothing for a needy family gave
evidence of great charity and lov
ing kindness. The cards were
later removed from the tree arcd
distributed among the members
who were later to address and mail
them to guests at the Home.
It is noteworthy that the com
mittee in charge of the arrange
ments for the Christmas giving to
the Home made a special request
that each person employed at the
Home be remembered with gifts
along with the guests, many of
whom have rendered years of ser
vice with little recognition.
A social hour with refreshments
followed the interesting meeting.
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New Officers Of Home Demonstration Clubs
Mrs. John Simmons of Valdese (second from left above) was installed as vice-president of the
Burke County Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs in candlelight ceremonies 'held in Morganton
last Thursday. Others in the photo are, left to right, Miss Evelyn Wiggins, Burke county home lem
onstration agent; Mrs. Simmons; Mrs. Warlick Avery of Oak Hill, president; Mrs. J. C. Williams,
Hopewell, secretary; Mrs. R. E. Benfield, Hildebran, treasurer.
Valdese Represented At Club Event
MRS. SIMMONS
NEW VICE-PRES.
Perfect Attendance Awards
Made To Members Of Home
Demontsration Clubs.
Valdese and eastern Burke
county was well represented and
recognized at the Achievement
Day program of the Burke Coun
ty Federation of Home Demon
stration Clubs held in Morganton
last Thursday.
Installation of new officers, the
awarding of perfect attendance
certificates and addresses by local
and visiting persons, highlighted
the meeting held in the Morgan
ton Community House beginning
at eleven a. m. and continuing in
to the afternoon.
Miss Betty Kincaid, president of
the county council, presided as
the group joined in singing “Hail
Club Women, Crowned Through
Service” to open the morning ses
sion at eleven o’clock. Miss Kin
caid extended the welcome and
greetings were heard from R. L.
Sloan, Burke county farm agent;
A. Parks McGimsey, chairman of
the county board of commission
ers, and Mrs. Esther Willis, district
home agent. Response, on behalf
of the clubs, was given by Mrs.
Glen Eckard of the Icard club.
Afternoon Session
Lunch was served at the Com
munity House following the roll
call of clubs. Miss Beatrice Cobb,
publisher of The News-Herald and
The Valdese News, made the ad
dress of the afternoon. She was
introduced by Mrs. Sallie R. Peeler
of the Quaker Meadows Club.
Perfect attendance certificates
for the year were awarded to the
following club women: Miss Isabel
Dalmas, Valdese; Mrs. A. A. Pons,
Valdese; Mrs. John C. Simmons,
Valdese; Miss Jennie Cannon,
Connelly Springs; Mrs. John H.
Simpson, Connelly Springs; Mrs.
Callie Norman, Mrs. Rufus Rich,
Mrs. Bertie Lou Lane, Mrs. Walter
Johnson, all cf the Pilot Mountain
Club;
Mrs. Glen Eckard and Mrs.
Francis Penland of the Icard club;
Mrs. Robert Loven, Oak Kill; Mrs.
Fred Piercy and Mrs. Delbert Bo
, wers, Quaker Meadows; Mrs. Mar
shall Page, Mrs. Tate Powell, Mrs.
Victor Thompson and Mrs. John
Thompson, all of the Drum
(Continued on page five)
HENRY SALVAGEOT IS
ADVANCED IN GRADE
Henry O. Salvageot, USN, of
Valdese, presently serving on
board the landing craft LST 1041
was recently advanced to the rate
of electrician’s mate, third class.
Salvageot enlisted in the Navy
on Jan. 20, 1948 and received his
recruit training at the Naval
Training Center, Great Lakes, 111.
A Proclamation
“Whereas the Valdese Elementary School is placing on
the lawn in front of the Elementary School Building
a lighted Christmas tree I, the Mayor of the Town of
Valdese, do proclaim this a worthy community pro
ject, and one that will add to the beauty and enjoy
ment of the Christmas Season. Let it therefore be
known that I, the Mayor of the Town of Valdese, do
approve and set the date and hour of Sunday, Decem
ber 11th, at 5:45 o’clock, as the official time for the
lighting ceremony of this community Christmas tree.
Let me urge all the citizens of our town and commu
nity to come and take part in the program that is be
ing arranged for our enjoyment.
“Done this the 5th day of December, 1949.”
A. A. PONS, Mayor.
G. R. CLINE, Mayor Pro-Tern.
A large Christmas tree will be'
placed on the grounds in front of
the elementary school through
donations of the Mills and other
business firms of Valdese. The tree
will be lighted with approximately
two hundred assorted color lights.
Sunday Dec. 11 at 5:45 P. M. has
been set as the official date for
lighting the tree, A brief program
for this occassion is being plannee
in which it is hoped all Civic Or
ganizations and Pastors of the
community will take part.
The sixth, seventh, and eighth
grade boys and girls chorus will
furnish the music.
The whole community is invited
to attend the Tree Lighting Cere
mony. This program is planned for
an outside Christmas event, in
case of rain it will be held at the
same place and time inside.
KENTUCKY VISITORS
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Glass of
Louisville, Ky., are visiting Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Glass of Connelly
Springs.
“LAFF IT OFF” STORY
A complete story, prepared
with the splendid cooperation
and work of Miss Alyce Epley,
was omitted from this issue of
The News due to reasons beyond
our control. However, the en
tire story will be carried in next
weeks’ issue.—The Editors, The
Valdese News.
Finding Of Mans Body In
River Ends Long Search
A thirty-one day search for the
body of Malcolm W. Wise who was
drowned in Linville River came to
an end aSturday afternoon when
officers from the Burke county
sheriff’s department pulled the
partly decomposed remains of the
missing man from the waters a
few hundred yards below the po
wer dam.
Wise, of Nebo, Route 2, Burke
county, had been missing since he
and a companion, Forest W. New
ton, were returning from a coon
hunting trip and ran off the Lin
ville river bridge on the foggy
morning of November 2. Newton’s
lifeless body was found on the day
of the accident trapped in the
Jeep in which they had been rid
ing.
Officers said the present low
stage of the Linville river aided in
the discovery of Wise’s remains. A
group of hunters were walking up
the river bank and saw the body
bobbing up and down between twf
sunken logs. The body was 300
yards below the bridge where the
Jeep left the road.
The body was discovered by S.
M. Benfield and his son-in-law,
Eversmart Shop Holding Opening Event
In New Location Here Today
Today The Eversmart Shop is i
holding a grand opening in its new j
home formerly occupied by Your
Florist shop and a warm welcome
awaits visitors to this modernized
ladies-ready-to-wear and beauty
shop.
The ne\^ home of The Ever
smart Shop has been completely
redecorated throughout and is
especially arranged to take care of
its new occupant which has been j
in business in Valdese for a num
ber of years with a large following
of satisfied customers.
: Visitors to the grand opening to
day may register at the door and
by so doing will be eligible to re
ceive one of the valuable prizes
being given away by the beauty
shop and the ready-to-wear de
partments. First prize is twenty
five dollars in cash and The Ever
smart Beauty Shop will award a
prize of a ten-dollar permanent
wave. There are also other prizes
for the grand opening.
In the near future the Ever
smart Shop located at Drexel will
be closeed and all merchandise
there will be brought to the Val
dese shop. Miss Patsy Melvin, one
of the co-owners now managing
the Drexel store, will come to Val
dese at that time. Other co-owners
of The Eversmart Shop are Mrs.
Dick Burns and Mrs. Jeff Bums.
Over 200-Vote Margin Is
Cast Against Beer Sales
Valdese Is still in the dry column so far as the legal sale of
wine and beer is concerned.
In what many observers of balloting in Valdese termed a record
curnout of voters Tuesday the legal sale of beer was voted down
by a 202 vote margin; wine sales were opposed by a margin of
195 votes.
BURKE MAN IS
KILLED WHEN
TRAIN HITS CAR
Harold Lloyd Miller, 18, Is
Victim of Crash Last
Saturday.
Harold Lloyd Miller, 18, Hickory
Route 4, was killed instantly Sat
urday at 6:45 a. m. when the car
in which he was riding South
collided with train No. 16 travel
ing West near Hildebran.
Miller, the only occupant of the
car, was on a country road going
South towards highway 70. His
body was thrown approximately
50 feet, according to a state pa
trolman who investigated the acci
dent.
The car was completely demol
ished.
James Richard Miller, brother
of Harold Miller, was following
close behind in another car but
managed to stop, officers reported.
The train stopped after' the
crash, investigating officers said.
Chief Deputy Sheriff Pons
Duckworth and State Highway
Patrolman J. H. O’Kelly investi
gated the scene of the accident.
The victim was born in Burke
coufity. Surviving are his parents,
Ezra Eli and Bessie Lowman Mil
ler of Burke county; four sisters,
two brothers and the maternal
grandfather.
Funeral services were conducted
at Winklers Grove Baptist church
at 10 o’clock Monday morning
with Rev. Dewey Newton, Rev. T.
W. Young and Rev. Jack Halland
officiating. Burial was made in
the church cemetery.
Ned W. LaFevers, who were bird
hunting in that area and who
notified the sheriff’s department
here. Chief Deputy Sheriff Fons
Duckworth and other officers went
to the scene and aided in pulling
the body from the water.
A Sossoman Funeral Home car
brought the body from the river to
Morgan ton.
ed Monday afternoon at two o’
ed yesterday afternoon at two o’
clock at the Oak Grove Baptist
church with the Rev. Ed Bennett,
pastor of the North Morganton
Baptist church, officiating. Burial
was made in the church cemetery
with Sossoman in charge of ar
rangements.
Wise was a son of Mrs. Elizabeth
Wise Curtis of Greenville, S. C..
formerly of Burke county, and the
late John Wise of Burke county.
(Continued on page five)
ADVERTISING AIDE — Frank
Cline, above, experienced advertis
ing lay-out man and advertising
illustrator, will assist advertisers
in The Valdese News in arranging
and writing advertising copy, it
was announced this week by J. D.
Fitz, advertising 'manager.
me omciai count, completed
about 7:30 o’clock Tuesday night
showed the following results of the
special municipal election in Val
dese:
For The Legal Sale of Wine, 361.
Against The Legal Sale of Wine,
556.
For the legal sale of beer, 360.
Against the legal sale of4 beer,
562.
This is the second time this year
that the voters in Valdese went to
the polls to cast ballots on the
question of legal sales of wine and
beer within the town.
Results of the other election,
held throughout Burke county last
September 10,indicated that a ma
jority of voters in Valdese proper
favored the legal sale of the two
beverages.
A safe margin favoring the sales
were chalked up in the September
election in the Valdese area al
though the county as a whole vot
ed a decided dry ballot thereby
outlawing the beer and wine sales
effective as of last November 9.
The total ballots cast in Val
dese’ Tuesday election set some
sort of a record. Observers said it
w7as one of the highest on record.
In the last municipal election,
when town officials were named,
there only something over 800 bal
lots cast.
Officials of Tuesday’s election
were Silvio Pascal, registrar; Mar
vin Powell and L. E. Deaton,
judges.
HOMEMAKERS CLASS
PLANS CHRISTMAS IDEAS
The two remaining lessons be
fore Christmas for the Homemak
ers class will be on Christmas
cookery. Ideas for Christmas dec
oration and entertaining will be
discussed. Enroll now to get soma
Christmas tips. Meetings will be
Wednesday, December 14, and
Monday, December 19, at 7 p. m.
JIMMY CHAMBERS OUT
Readers of The Valdese News
and the public in general will be
glad to learn that Jimmy Cham
oers, director of the Community
Center, is able to be out again
and that his regular column ap
pears in its usual place in this
issue of The News.
This Week
In Valdese
Wednesday, December 7
6:00 p. m.—Choir Practice at
First Baptist Church.
7:00 p. m.—Choir Practice at
Presbyterian and Methodist
churches.
Thursday, December 8
3:30 p. m.—Girl Scouts No. 3.
7:15 p. m.—High Peak Council
No. 335.
7:30 p. m.—Pilot Club Meeting.
7:30 p. m.—Mt. Calvary W. M.
U. Circle Meetings.
7:30 p. m.—Sub-District Meet
ing at Glen Alpine.
7:30 p. m.—Rotary Club meeting
Ladies Night—Dr. McFall, speaker
Sunday, December 11.
11:00 a. m.—Worship Services
at all churches,
6:30 p. m.—Baptist Training
Union.
7:00 p. m.—Methodist and Pres
byterian Youth Fellowships.
Monday, December 12
7:00 p. m.—Mixed Chorus Prac
ticeu
7:30 p. m.—Abee’s Grove W. M.
U. Circle Meetings.
7:30 p. m.—Masons meeting.
7:30 p. m. Methodist Circles
meetings.
7:30 p. m.—First Baptist church
general meeting.
Tuesday, December 13
12:30 p. m.—Rotary club meet
ing.
7:00 p. m.—Boy Scouts No. 1.
7:30 p. m.—Rutherford College
W. S. G. meets.
. 7:30 p. m.—Junior Order Hall.
( 7:30 p.m.—F.H. A.
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