PMA OFFICIALS
ARE CHOSEN
BY FARMERS
J. A. Clark of Linville township
was re-elected as chairman of the
Burke county Production and
Marketing Administration at a
meeting of delegates from the
various townships, held in Mor
ganton Friday afternoon.
Melvin T. Harbison of Sliver
Creek township was re-elected as
vice chairman, and William S. Hal
lyburton of Lower and Smoky
Creek township was re-elected as
regular member. Robert R. Sisk
of Upper Creek township was chos
en as first alternate and Charles
O. Young of Icard township as
second alternate.
Mrs. Mary W. Laningham was
retained as secretary and Mrs.
Alice W. Perkins was retained as
treasurer.
Township Elections Held
Delegate, alternate, committee
men and alternates were chosen in
an election held Thursday. In the
list below of those elected in each
township the first name, in each
instance, is the delegate; the sec
ond, the alternate delegate; the
third, the township committee
chairman; the fourth, the vice
chairman; the fifth, the regular
member; the sixth the first alter
nate; and the seventh, the second
alternate.
Drexel—James J. Baker, Willie
J. Williams, James J. Baker, A.
C. Bryant, Milton Cooper, Charlie
Franklin and J. Bynum Buff.
Icard—Giles W. Keller, Charlie
O. Young, Giles W. Keller, Charlie
O. Young, Lawrence Brady, W. T.
Penland and Hobert Berry.
Jonas Ridge Results
Jonas Ridge—C. E. Johnson, W.
D. Wiseman, W. M. Shuffler, W.
D. Wiseman, C. E. Johnson, Donald
Barrier and Ernest T. Barrier.
Linville—David L. Draughon, B.
C. Gwaltney, David L. Draughon,
B. C. Gwaltney, Commodore Shook,
B. H. Browning and W. R. Wil
liams.
Lovelady—Walter Terrell, Les
ter Vanhorn, Walter Terrell, R.
B. Tomlinson, Renaldo Pascal,
Wilbur Peyronnel and Lester Van
horn.
Lower and Smoky Creek—J. J.
Clark, Lawrence Smith, J. J.
Clark, Ernest Arney, L. L. Chester,
Lawrence Smith and Joe Causby.
Lower Fork—William E. Hudson,
Dorsey L. Sain, William E. Hudson,
Frankie Bums, Willard J. Willis
Dorsey L. Sain and Thomas W.
Sain.
Morganton—Tilman Walker, J.
C. Williams, Tilman Walker, D.
Ray Ross, Moran Harbison, J. C.
Williams and Wesley Parker.
Other Results Giyen
Quaker Meadows—John S. Ed
misten, Sr., Walter Taylor, John
S. Edmisten, Sr., Warlick Avery,
Walter Taylor, Pink Whisnant,
and Waits Harbison.
Silver Creek—E. A. Puett, Lee
Wehunt, E. A. Puett, Lee Wehunt,
W. B. Morrison, Marcus Ingle and
John Guigou.
Upper Fork—C. G. Hicks, W. C.
Harnhill, C. G. Hicks, W. A. Cook,
W. C. Barnhill, B. H. Suttle and
Stacy Cook.
SENATE RACE
(Continued from cage one)
Burke County Democratic Execu
tive Committee, said last week that
in a recent conference with Virgil
Guire, chairman of the Caldwell
committee, and Elisha Bebber,
chairman of the Alexander com
mittee, it was concluded there was
no reason to vary from the old
rotation plan and that Burke coun
ty would furnish the Senator from
the 28th District this time.
Mr. Kirksey said the three Dem
ocratic executive committees dis
cussed the rumors thoroughly and
reached the conclusion since no
other agreement was on record.
So, as things stand now voters
of the 28th Senatorial District
will elect a candidate from Burke
county to represent them in the
next General Assembly as State
Senator. The primary election is
less than six months off and
speculation on prospective candi
dates for various offices has al
ready started in good fashion.
GRAND JURY
(Qontinued from page one)
Clerk’s Office in both the Super
ior Court and the County Court
in good condition, commending
the Clerk’s Oflice for the recent ad
dition of cabinets provided for rec
ord space in that office.
“We, the grand jury as a whole
recommend to the court that some
action be taken as to the placing
of a minor incompetent now at
the County Home in some State
Institution such as Caswell Train
ing School where provisions for
such cases are now adequate. Con
ditions at the County Home other
than the above-mentioned minor
incompetent are found clean and
well-kept.”
STRINGING CHILDREN ALONG
Chicago. — Mrs. Ruth Bollnow
had 40 tiny boys and girls from
the Riverside Nursery School—
and a problem—on her hands. She
wanted to take the kids on a tour
of the huge Union Railroad station
but she didn’t want to lose any of
them. So she got a long rope.
The tots grasped it and, strung
out like snake dancers, they stayed
in place as Mrs. Bollnow led them
through the terminal.
Gains Are Made Iii Quest
For Vaccine Against Polio
Development of a method for
growing polio virus in non-nervous
tissue in a test tube marks a
“scientific first” for that disease
and brings a preventive polio vac
cine one step closer to realization,
it was disclosed today by Mr. Oscar
King director of the Burke County
March of Dimes campaign.
Citing a resume prepared by
the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis outlining the past
year’s accomplishments in polio
research, Mr King said financial
obligations imposed by last year’s
record polio epidemic threaten to
retard these studies, unless the
March of Dimes campaign Jan.
16-31 meets with an overwhelming
response from the American peo
ple.
The March of Dimes campaign
director reported that during 1949,
a group of scientists headed by
YULE PARTY
FOR BAPTISTS
The adult classes of the First
Baptist church of Rutherford Col
lege enjoyed a Christmas dinner
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Yancey, Sr., last Friday night.
After the bountiful dinner furnish
ed by the Woman’s Class, the chil
dren exchanged gifts and played
games directed by Miss Joanne
Annis in the children’s room. At
the conclusion of the social hour
the men and women also exchang
ed Christmas gifts.
Those attending this gathering
were: Mr. and Mrs. Horace Rector
and children, Gilda Kay and
Janice; Mrs. J. C. Berry, Cecil
Berry; Miss Mittie Newton; Mrs.
E. H. Annas and Miss Joanne An
nas; Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Costner
and children, Jimmy and Michael;
Mr. and Mi’s. Ed Herman and sons,
Johnny and Dennis; Mr. and Mrs.
F. S. Branch; Mr. and Mrs. O. H.
Witherspoon and children, David,
Jonathan and Rachel; Mrs. J. C.
Costner, Sr., Miss Mildred Cost
ner; Mrs. Glenn Ramsey, Jr.;
Mrs. Billie Barker and daughters,
Linda Kay and Jean; Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Yancey, Sr., and daughters,
Rachel and Ann, and Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Yancey, Jr. Mrs. M. I.
Harris was an invited guest.
SUPERIOR COURT
(Continued from page one)
October 3 near the Caldwell coun
ty line.
CONVICTION ON the murdei
charge could have carried maxi
mum punishment.
The defense contended through
out the trial that Kaylor was de
fending himself against Woods
who had attempted to make un
natural sex advances.
Counsels for the defense were:
Frank Patton, Max Wilson and
Hunter Martin.
THROUGH A motion of the de
fense after viewing the state’s evi
dence against Tommy Cook charg
ed with the killing of Roscoe Cars
well, the judge rendered a verdict
of not guilty.
Cook of Route 4 was charged
with the crime on the night ol
September 22 at his home.
Solicitor James C. Farthing is
prosecutor for the regular De
cember term of Superior Court.
OTHER CASES tried were:
Divorces Granted
Richard Talmadge James, plain
tiff, vs. Minnie Lula James, de
fendant. Plaintiff to pay court
costs.
Ora Wise vs. Loy Wise; plaintiff
pay costs.
Mrs. Edna Cannon Wilson vs.
Thomas E. Wilson.
Lillian Messer Creighton vs. Eu
gene Hammond Creighton.
Janette Mull Miller vs. Braxton
Miller.
Blanche Finger Whisnant vs.
Paul Jones Whisnant.
Mrs. Georgia Fox Franklin vs.
Clyde E. Franklin; annuled.
Hoyt S. Keeter vs. Dorothy B.
Keeter.
Ethel‘Waters Moore vs. Walter
Moore.
Fiances Marsh Ladner vs. Audry
Ladner.
Amelia Feimster Fagan vs. Ma
rion Fagan.
Mary Baber Eckard vs. Frank
Eckard; plaintiff to pay costs.
Finley Bums vs. Florence Coo
kery Bums.
Fred H. Braswell vs. Gessie
Pearson Braswell.
David G. Canipe, Jr., vs. Desma
Poteat Canipe.
Thomas Carr Michaels vs. Han
na Gladys H. Michaels.
Minnie Stamey Moses vs. Char
les Elam Moses.
Floyd H. McMahan vs. Geneva
Barker McMahan; plaintiff pay
costs.
Other Cases
Bert Berry; larceny; two year
suspended sentence on condition
that defendant leave North Caro
lina for 10 year period.
Samuel Phillips Bost; driving
drunk; $100 and costs.
Otis Norman and Joe Norman;
assault with deadly weapon; Joe
Norman three years suspended
sentence upon conditions and
$200 payment to prosecuting wit
ness; Otis Norman; two years sus
pended sentence upon conditions
that he abstain from all intoxi
cants and pay $400 and costs.
Samuel Johnson; six months
probation revoked.
Kansas-born Dr. John F. Enders
of the Children’s Hospital, in Bos
ton, and Harvard University, “had
succeeded in doing what other
scientists had failed to accomplish”
—growing human polio virus in
non-nervous tissue. For years, Mr.
King recounted, scientists have
sought unsuccessfully to do this.
Previous to the Harvard scien
tists’ accomplishment, he contin
ued, polio virus could be grown
only in the living nerve cells of
human beings and certain labora
tory animals. On one occasion
some years ago, two scientists were
able to grow the polio virus in a
test tube, he explained, but the
virus grew only when the culture
medium used was brain tissue.
Virus grown in brain or other
nervous tissue, Mr. King went on,
is not satisfactory for use in a
vaccine because it may produce
degenerative changes in the brains
of those individuals injected with
the vaccine.
If a polio vaccine is achieved,
there will be a tremendous de
mand for it, the March of Dimes
campaign director declared, and
a large supply of virus with which
to prepare sufficient vaccine must
be readily available. Futhermore,
he added, the vaccine must be
completely safe. Therefore, polio
virus free from nerve tissue must
be obtainable. He pointed out that
Dr. Enders accomplishment now
makes this possible.
11-YEAR-OLD BOY HIT
BY AUTO SATURDAY
Howard Trumble, eleven-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Trumble of Drexel, was struck by
an automobile Saturday in front
of the Valdese Plumbing and
Heating Company here.
The youth was not seriously in
jured, reports said, although he
was rendered unconscious for
awhile. He was taken to the Val
dese General Hospital and later
released.
BOY SCOUTS
(Continued from front page)
Wilson, troop 1, Rutherford Cot
lege.
First Class Rank r
Bobby Lane, Billy Cody, Burl
Lane, Maynard Abee, Carl Sparks,
troop 1, South Mountain; Jimmy
Stamey, Charles Parris, Eston
Hunter, Paul Hallyburton, troop 1,
Drexel; Douglas Graham, troop 5,
Rutherford College; Larry Cooke,
troop 1, Rutherford College.
Merit Badges
Automobiling: Garman Parris,
troop 1, Drexel.
Carpentry: Claude Sitton, troop
6, Morganton; Haskel Smith, troop
4, Valdese; Bob Sipe, troop 1,
Shady Grove.
Cooking: Russell Benton, Dean
Cline, troop 5, Morganton; O’Neal
Dabbs, Gene Harold Smith, Daniel
Benjamin McKenzie, Robert De
venny, troop 3, Morganton.
Firemanship: Paul Hallyburton,
David Griffin, Jesse Conley, Rob
ert Williams, Bobby Anthony,
troop 1, Drexel; Jimmy Nantz,
Bruce William, Jimmy Williams,
troop 1, Hopewell.
First Aid: Bobby Carswell, troop
1, Morganton.
Hiking: Harold Warren, troop
5, Morganton.
Home Repairs: Douglas Cline,
troop 1, Rutherford College; Her
mit Capes, Richard Leonard, Lon
nie Leonard, troop 3, Morganton;
Bobby Lane, Billy Cody, Burl Lane,
troop 1, South Mountain; Gerald
Smith, Roy Albright, troop 4, Val
dese; Roland Millinix, Glenn Zim
merman, troop 1, Shady Grove;
Eddie Poteet, troop 4, Morganton;
Ray Nanney, troop 5, Morganton.
Horsemanship: Yates Berry,
troop 1, Hildebran.
Leathercraft: Elmer Abee, troop
5, Morganton; Maynard Abee,
troop 1, South Mountain.
Masonry: Carl Sparks, troop 1,
South Mountain.
Painting: Joe Williams, Ernest
Stroup, Wayne Williams, troop 1,
Hopewell; Louis Parker, L. B. Mil
ler, troop 1, Connelly Springs.
Pathfinding: David Baker, How
ard Secrest, Preston Baker, Jr.,
Bobby Anthony, Preston Baker,
Sr., troop 1, Drexel.
Personal Health: Joe Patton,
troop 4, Morganton.
Pioneering: Pat Thompson,
troop 6, Morganton.
Public Health: Jimmy Fulmer,
troop 6, Morganton.
Reptile Study: Elmer Abee, troop
5, Morganton.
Safety: Vilas Monroe Johnson
Jr., Earl Moore, troop 3, Morgan
ton; Bill Connelly, troop 4, Mor
ganton.
Scholarship: F. H. Berry, Jr.,
Dean Jones, troop 1, Hildebran.
Star Scout Rank: Robert Wil
liams, Paul Burns, troop 1, Drexel.
POLK COUNTY GOES IN
DRY COLUMN SATURDAY
Try on,—(#*)—Polk County voted
against the continuation of legal
beer and wine sales by a majority
of about three to one in Satur
day’s referendum.
Polk became the 40th county
in the State and the eighth in
Western North Carolina to out
law beer and wine.
The complete but unofficial
election total was 1,538 against;
and 547 for.
December 26-27
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