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Boost yoldoso! It Grow! THE fl LIVE NEUI./"PQPER IN A PROGRE/yiVE TOIlfN Your Local Merchants Deserve Your Support VALDESEj N. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1949 Nn 4ft .[ivelady Masonic Lodge $$ Officers For 1950 1ST MASTERS IE HONORED (ERE TUESDAY pjccal Nf" Worshipful jgster Lovelady Lodge for Next lear. * annual "Past Masters’ was observed by Lor eladj NO. 670 A. P. & A. 1M. of L Tuesday night of this . ffith a capacity crowd in icance to enjoy the progiam lake part in election of of s for the new year. T officers elected for 1950 are pascal Worshipful Master; Haigler. Senior Warden; E. Richards, Treasurer; George I secretary. jjing the Tuesday night pro i the following Past- Masters avelady Lodge were honored served in the capacities rank Pascal as Master: Horace de.Senior Warden: J. P. Hat junior Warden: Harley7 ce. Senior Deacon: Adam let. Junior Deacon: Dick Ri ' Secretary: D. W. Alexander, jsorer: A. H. Setzer. Senior fard: Pete Meytre. Junior Sto tt: Henry Pascal was in charge allots. he refreshments for the oc on were in charge of R. H. nton who handled this detail t efficiently. special Christmas collection the Oxford Orphanage and Masonic Eastern Star Home taken and amounted to $289. The Lodge expressed its ap iation for the contribution a business firms and individ iho are not members of the i. IECLASS KHRISTMAS PARTY HELD nethy Memorial Metho t Classes Join On Occa ion Last Friday Night. Woman’s Bible class ol athy Memorial Methodist F entertained the Men’s t Class and their wives at the page Friday night with a pas Party. Mrs. H. F. King “ as hostess and greeted the Parsonage was arrangec ™ut with Christmas deco '■ ihe buffet were small nas trees covered with hair and greenery was 1 ® the fii’eplace. On the ’ table greenery and a farm ras Ptaced on a mirrow anc F garden scenes were or F tables. ‘■png directed the games by L - each guest to relate interesting Christmas ex F of their lifetime. Mrs. J L ‘ asked each to draw a and then in groups oi Were asked to sing |L carolSi John Causey Charles Comwei: l «the prize at the con presented to Mrs Roman's Bible class [kostess. by the presi li- oiass, Mrs. Margaret ■ Present were Mr. ■Houck MSey’ Mr- and ] »; Mr- and Mrs. J hi"? Mrs. Cha EretP^u Ray Travis. 1 S G H f;Miss Maude 1 k.' Maaney and Ja T1? Fh'St Cl i lading ^•H. BerryPar SHOPPING efT Board Authorizes Free Parking For December 19-26th The Valdese Town Board took a step at its meeting Tuesday night designed as a convenience to shoppers in town by authoriz ing the police department to pro vide free parking on downtown streets from December 19 through December 26. Police Chief Non is Ramsey said the parking meters would be covered during that period. The Valdese Merchants Association endorsed the action wholeheart edly. IDEAL BEAUTY SHOP MOVING TO NEW HOME Formal Opening Tomorrow With Prizes; Occupies Old Eversmart Shop. The public—especially the la dies—is cordially invited to attend the grand opening on Thursday of this week of the new and improved Ideal Beauty Shop which will be in its new location in the quarters formerly occupied by The Ever smart Shop. The Ideal Beauty Shop, owned and operated by Mrs. Floread Buff, will open in the morning in its attractive rew quarters at nine o’clock. Visitors may register at the door and become eligible for valuable prizes to be given away that afternoon at 5:30 o’clock. These prizes include a twenty dollar permanent wave, a ten dollar permanent wave and other items. Visitors do not have to be present to win. Interior of the new home of the Ideal Beauty Shop has an attrac tive and pleasing color scheme of light green and a new floor cover ing. Four new booths are avail able for customers. Assisting Mrs. Buff in the ope ration of this popular and well known beauty salon are Mrs. Eve lyn Killian and Miss Ruby Huff man. VALDESE POST OFFICE OPEN SATURDAY P. M. Postmaster Jim Farris of Val dese announced yesterday that the Valdese post office would re main open, giving full service, all day Saturday of this week, closing at six p. m. The post office will also render parcel post window service onl^ on Saturday afternoon, Decembei 24. Other windows will be closed that afternoon. The office will observe Monday, December 26 as a holiday. DREXEL BAND TO GIVE CONCERT DECEMBER 20 The Drexel High School Band will present a concert on Tuesday night, December 20, at eight o’ clock at the school auditorium. This will be the first showing of the new uniforms, recently pur chased by the school, according tc Dane Smyre, director. Honored By Residents Of Shelby In a special feature story appearing recently in The Shelby (N.C.) ’Daily Star, Athos Rostan, above, former resident of Valdese, was acclaimed “Today’s Clevelander At Work”. Mr. Rostan was recently elected president of the Shelby Chamber of Commerce and is manager of the Waldensian Bakery at Shelby.—Photo courtesy Shelby Daily Star. Athos Rostan Is Featured In Shelby Newspaper Story Another of Valdese s young men has made his mark in the world and this one by following his father in one of the largest baking firms in this section. He is Athos Rostan, son of Mr. and Mrs. J, P. Rostan of Valdese. In a feature story, written by John Cannon and appearing in a recent issue of The Shelby Daily Star, the junior Mr. Rostan was acclaimed “Today’s Clevelander At Work”. He was recently elect ed president of the Chamber of Commerce of Shelby where he makes his home and is manager of the Waldensian Bakeries. f ollowing is the story as it ap peared in the Shelby newspaper: “Today’s Clevelander at Work, Athos Rostan, newly-elected president of the Shelby Chamber of Commerce, doesn’t really know how much pf a working man he is going to be until he begins to check up with Bill Ficklen, man ager of the chamber, on what is expected of a president. “However, if anybody can take work in his stride, it is Athos, who has known nothing else since he was a child. He’s not large, but he packs a wallop for and devotion to his adopted Shelby. “He is a Waldensian from Italy by lineage, a New Yorker by birth and a North Carolinian by choice. He happened to be born in New York City, where his father was in the restaurant business but came to Valdese when he was three years old. Prom almost that age he assisted his lather in the bak ing business. He started out pack ing pies and doing other little odd jobs around the bakery, at the same time going to school. “He obtained most of his high school training at the Valdese high school, doing his final year’s work at Riverside Military Aca demy. He entered the University of North Carolina in the fall of 1939 and obtained his B. S. degree from that institution in 1934. “In November of the same year he married a Cleveland county girl, Miss Mary Sue Holland, who happened to be working in Val dese. It was a whirlwind courtship, Athos met his future wife about the middle of October and by the fifteenth of the next month he was married. They have two chil (Continued on page four) Huge Christmas Tree Is Lighted In Ceremonies A large Christmas tree placed on the front lawn of the Valdese Elementary School building was lighted late Sunday afternoon in an impressive service conducted by the citizens of the town. The lights.were acquired through the donations of the bakery and the various mills. As the first part of the pro gram, the 5th and 6th grade chorus presented two Christmas Valdese Rotarians Have Fine Program To Observe Annual Ladies' Night Event The Valdese Rotary Club held their annual Ladies. Night Ban quet at the Pilot Cafeteria Thurs day night, December 8, at 7:30 o’ clock. The program was begun by the singing of America, after which Rev. Mac Summey gave the in vocation. Special music was rendered by Lucile Williams, accompanied at the piano by Anita Ghigo. Among the numbers she sang were: “Morning”, “La Paloma” and “White Christmas.” The dinner which was prepared by the cafeteria staff, was then served by the P. H. A. girls. The special guests were then in troduced by the president, Louis Beaton. Those he introduced be sides the guest speaker were the District Governor, Jason Deyton and wife of Spruce Pine, the representative of Lenoir Rotary Club, Clarence Beach and wife, the representative of the Morgan ton Rotary Club, Dr. W. A. Kibler and wife, and Dr. Walter Nau, and wife, who represented the Hickory club.. Ira Shey and wife of New York were the guests of A. F. Garrou, Dr. W. H. Parker and wife were guests of Mr. A. H. Setzer. Reese Scull, president of the local Lions Club, and wife and Rev. A. B. McClure and wife were also guests of the club. The speaker, Dr. Walter T. Mc Falls past president of the Ashe ville Rotary Club was then intro duced by Mr. C. C. Long. He is the only speaker who has been in vited twice in the same year to the number one Rotary Club in Chi cago. ‘ His talk was on “The Five Needs That People Have and the main (Continued to page four) songs, “Everywhere Christmas Tonight” and “Bethlehem, Lul laby”. Several of the ministers of the town had charge of the devotion al. Rev. Mauney, Rev. Walker, Rev. Heckard and^Rev. Jones read the scriptures, after which Rev. Summey gave the prayer. Mr. Wilson, principal of the elementary school, then intro duced Jimmie Chambers, who spoke on “Lighting the Tree” The 5th and 6th grade chorus then very appropriately sang “O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree”. Rev. A. B. McClure delivered a message of Christmas, while seve ral songs were sung as an inter pretation. A High School Trio composed of Louise Perrou, Eloise Williams and Vivian Grisette sang, “Star of the East”, the grammar grade chorus sang “The King’s Birthday” and Sandra Guigou and Jerry Murray gave a poem entitled “A Christmas Carol”. The Girl’s Glee Club of the high school sang “Carol of the Bells” as the closing song and Rev. Davis gave the closing pray er. One of the main features of the program was the presentation of a gift to Rev. McClure by the P. T. A. and other civic organiza tions. Mr. McClure is leaving this community to go to the Barium Springs Orphanage, and the gift was given as a recognition of the fine work he has done in Valdese. CALDWELL MAN IS ASSISTANT FARM AGENT Will Assume Duties In This County On January First. Herbert L. Speas, assistant county farm agent for Caldwell county, has been appointed assis tant county farrr^ for Burke coun ty, it was announced thiough the office of R. L. Sloan, Burke farm agent, yesterday. Mr. Speas will fill the vacancy in this county caused by the recent resignation of W. D. (Bill! Robin son who is now manager of the Burke Farmers Cooperative Dairy. The resignation of Mr. Speas from his Caldwell ccmnty post is to become effective January 1, the announcement said, and he is to assume his duties in Burke county as of the same date. Mr. Speas, a native of Forsyth county, came to Lenoir four years ago, immediately following his re lease from active duty with the U. S. Army. He served with an in fantry division in the European theatre of operations, holding the rank of captain. He was graduat ed from N. C. State college in 1942, earning the degree of Bache lor of Science in agronomy. He is an active member of the Organiz ed Reserve Corps in Lenoir, and is a member and director of the Le noir Rotary club. Mr. Speas is prominent in work among 4-H clubs, and has assisted in the organization or reactiva tion of five clubs in Caldwell county. Mr. and Mrs. Speas and son will move to Morganton around the first of the year. FEW CASES IN COUNTY COURT Three cases of driving while under the influence of intoxicants were heard in the regular Tues day session of Burke county crim inal court. Judge H. L. Riddle, Jr., presid ed. Cases tried were: William Duncan; driving drunk; $100 and costs. Sam N. Huffman; speeding; costs. A. V. Johnson; larceny; costs. James Owens.; non-support; six months suspienaed sentence foi two years; costs. Harry Biddix; driving drunk; 80 days on read. Cecil D. Paiker; speeding; costs Carl Forney; reckless driving; not guilty. Charles Fay Farrow; speeding; costs. , George Ray DeShields; driving drunk; $100 and costs; license re voked. Homer T. White; speeding; guilty; costs. Conley Benfield, Lonnie Fowler, Noah Smith; manufacturing and possession of illegal whiskey; six months on the road. CHRISTMAS STORY TO BE GIVEN THURSDAY The Christmas Story, presented in tableau, will be presented by the Valdese P.-T. A., cosponsored by the Music Clubs of Valdese Thurs day evening, December 15, 7:30 o’ clock at the Valdese Elementary school auditorium. The public is cordially invited to attend. AT CHURCH OF GOD The Christmas program at the Church of God on North Church street will be presented Sunday night, December 17, beginning at seven o’clock, it was announced by the pastor, the Rev.' C. R. Jones. CHANGE IN SCHOOL DATES The Christmas holidays have been extended for two days for the students of the Valdese schools, from Wednesday, De cember 21, to Monday, January 2. All former graduates are in vited to visit the school while home on vacation. The graduates of ’49 are espe cially requested to attend the program which will feature them. This program, which was ori ginally scheduled for December 30, will be held January 2, in stead. Gerald Arrowood and Lib Coulter are in charge of plans for this program. Six Valdese Students Are Picked For U. S. Register Editor-Manager Named; News Plans Expansion Well-Qualified Journalism Graduate Will Take Up Duties After Christmas; Circu lation Drive Planned For Near Future Richard Byrd, Jr., a native North Carolinian and a graduate of the School of Journalism of the University of North Carolina, has accepted the position as editor and manager of The Valdese News, it was announced this week along with plans for a circulation drive and other expansions of this newspaper. Mr. Byrd, who comes from Warsaw, ;s a young man of superior Qualifications and comes to The Valdese News with the highest recommendations. He is well qualified to hold the job and was selected not only for his enthusiasm for his work but for his ex pressed pleasure over becoming a resident of Valdese. The new editor of The News will assume his duties here shortly after Christmas. He has already visited Valdese and expressed himself as being highly pleased with the town and the people whom he met while here, believing, as all Valdese residents do, that the town holds excellent opportunities. Plans for a drive to increase the circulation of The Valdese News were also announced this week and are expected to get under way soon after the Christmas holidays and when Mr. Byrd assumes his duties. He will also inaugurate other gradual expansion plans for the newspaper which are designed to bring to readers of The News a more complete and readable publication. New A&P Store Is Modern Super Market Food Center The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company opens its newest self-service super market in Val dese Thursday of this week. The handsome new store is located in a recently—completed building next door to the Major Electric Company on highway 70, just east of the A & P’s former location here. The super market is completely new and completely modern, housed in an attractive red-brick building and is classed along with A & P’s finest, most modern food department stores. The new A & P store for Val dese will be managed by the fol lowing department heads: Gus Jacumin will be grocery manager; McCoy Robinson will be produce manager; M. E. Bums will be owner and operator of the meat department. Mr. Jacumin is a native of Val dese and has been manager of an A & P store for four years. He is a member of the Bollinger Chapel church and the American Legion. Mr. Robinson has had wide ex perience in the produce business having been associated with the A & P for two years. Mr. Jacumin and Mi’s. Robinson are veterans of World War Two. Mr. Burns will operate the meat department on a lease arrange ment with the A & P. He is well and favorably known throughout this area and has had a wide ex perience in this field. Mr. Jacumin, A & P Manager said, “There’s real shopping com fort at this new A & P Self Service Pood Store with its convenient lo cation, wider aisles, the newest display equipment, the latest type flourescent lighting, and a wealth of good food and wonderful values in every department.” ‘‘The entire store will make the customer’s shopping quicker, simpler, and more convenient and this store is more than ever one of the best, most modern food de partment stores you’ve ever seen but its up-to-the-minute appear ance hasn’t altered its down-to earth prices. Nothing can change A & P’s policy: ’The highest quali ty possible for the lowest prices possible day in, day out through out the store’.” Mr. Jacumin con tinued. Mr. Jacumin said he and the entire personnel extend a cordial invitation to each of their many friends and patrons to come by the A & P Self-Service Food Store on Highway No. 10, east of A $ P’s former store and see the numerous up-to-date inovations. “We also wish to thank all our past customers for their patronage and hope to serve you better in the new store,” the manager said. A & P’s present store will be moved and consolidated with the new store on Highway 70 just east up-to-date innovations. Farmers To Vote Thursday On PMA Committeemen Farmers in each agricultural community will elect a committee of three farmers plus two alter nates. At the same time a farmer delegate to the county convention will be chosen, who, with delegates from other communities, will elect a three^man county committee. Polls open Thursday morning at eight o’clock and close at five p. m. Names of the delegates, alter nate delegates, community com mitteemen and alternate commit teemen were listed for each com munity as follows: Drexel Community Delegate, alternate: J. J. Baker, Willie J. Williams. Committeeinen, alternates: J. J. Baker, A. C. Bry ant, Milton Cooper, Charlie Frank lina, J. Bynum Buff. Polling place at Barus’ Upholstering Shop, Bridgport. Icard Community Delegate, alternate: Giles W. Keller, Sanford A. Carswell. Com mitteemen, alternates: Harold Perry, Charlie Young, Hobert Ber ry, Giles W. Keller, Sanford A. Carswell, W. T. Penland, Lawrence Brady. Polling place at Giles Kel ler’s and Brittain’s Store at Dan Johnson Place. Jonas Ridge Community Delegate and alternate: W. M. Shuffler, W. D. Wiseman. Com mitteemen and alternates: W. M. Shuffler, W. D. Wiseman,* C. E. Johnson, Donald Barrier, Ernest T. Barrier. Polling place at Par son’s Store. LInville Community Delegate and alternate: David L. Draughon, B. C. Gwaltney. Com mitteemen, alternates: David L. Draughon, B. C. Gwaltney, Com (Continued on page tour) Holidays For Valdese Stores Are Announced All Valdese stores, except the grocery stores, will be closed two days immediately following Christinas Day, December 26 and 27, and will be open for business all day the following Wednesday, December 28, it was announced through the Valdese Merchants Association this week. Valdese grocery stores will close only one day after Christ mas—that will be on Monday. They will remain open only a half day Wednesday of that week, the announcement said. SELECTED ON BASIS OF FINE QUALITIES Book Gives Biographical Sketches Of Outstanding < H. S. Juniors, Seniors. Six students from Francis Gar rou High School have been select ed as the most outstanding stu dents from this school to be in cluded in their 1949-50 edition of the High School Register. The High School Register is an annual publication containing biographical sketches of outstand ing high school juniors and seniors selected from schools ac credited by regional associations or by the several states. These six students were chosen on the basis of scholarship, leader ship, service to school and com munity, personality and probable future usefulness to society. Students from Francis Garrou High School to be included in this year’s edition of the High School Register are: Mildred Abee, Betty Louise Bumgarner, Alice Marie, Epley, Wilma Pruitt, Jack Robinson, and Joette Smith. Ribet, Pons Attend Profitable Meeting Of City Managers Among the municipal officials over the nation attending the In ternational Conference of City Managers held in Palm Beach, Florida, last week were Valdese City Manager Lee Ribet and Val dese Mayor A. A. (Trigger) Pons. They returned Friday night from the four-day meeting which began Monday of last week. Both Mayor Pons and Mr. Ribet reported a most profitable confer ence which was attended by repre sentatives from thirty-nine states and several foreign countries. A variety of topics of interest to municipal officials were taken up and included city finances, city improvements and other municipal problems. This was Mr. Ribet’s first time to attend an interna tional conference where city prob lems are thrashed out. , Valdese Wednesday, December 14 6 p. m.—Choir practice at First Baptist church. 7:30 p. m.—Wednesday Night Bridge Club. —o— Thursday, December 15 3:30 p. m.—Girl Scouts No. 13 6:45 p. m.—Lions Club Meeting 7:30 p. m.—Yule Tide Pageant presented by P.T.A. at the Val dese elementary school auditor ium. 7:30 p. m.—Sub-District meet ing at Glen Alpine. Sunday, December 18 11 a. m.—Worship services at all churches 6:30 p. m. — Baptist Training Union 7 p. m.—Methodist^ and Presby terian Youth Fellowships Monday, December 19 7:30 p. m.—Lovelady Chapter No. 147 will meet 7 p. m.—Boy Scout No. 12 7:30 p. m.—D.A.R. will meet. 8 p. m.—Beta Club Christmas party at the high school 7:30 p. m.—Y.W.A. Christmas party at Mt. Calvary Baptist church. ——0— Tuesday, December 20 12:30 p. m.—Rotary Club meet ing 7 p. m.—Boy Scouts No. 1 7:30 p. m.—Sans Souci Bridge Club 7:30 p. m.—Valdese Music Club meeting 7:30 p. m. —- American Legion meeting. 7:30 p. m. — American Legion Auxiliary.