HICKORY GETS
AIRPORT LAND
IN BURKECOUNTY
Approximately $18,500 Be
lieved Involved In Trans
action Recorded Here.
A deed covering the transfer of
land adjacent to the Hickory Mu
nicipal airport from Walter P.
Winkler and his wife, Artis Wink
ler, has been recorded in Burke
county, W. Alvin Berry, register of
deeds, has revealed.
The property is situated in
Burke county.
Although the deed fails to spe
cify the amount of money which
changed hands, it is believed that
approximately $18,500 is involved
in the transaction. The City of
Hickory acquires title to certain
acreage and is given perpetual
easements over other areas. It i&
understood that the agreement
meets the terms of the Civil Aero
nautical Administration f01 aii -
port use involving heights of struc
tures and types of crops which
may be grown within a specified
area, now and in the future.
The Walter Winklers also release
the City of Hickory from all dam
ages and claims for damages by
reason of non-negligent operation
of aircraft to, from and about the
Hickory Municipal airport.
This action is believed to ha^ve
cleared the way for the City of
Hickory to proceed with plans for
the development of its airport. Mr.
Winkler is given one year to re
move timber from the land in
volved in order to comply with
those terms of the agreement
which restricted the height of trees
within a specified distance of the
runways.
Still to be acquired before the
airport can be fully developed in
accordance with CAA’s require
ments is certain property from
William Winkler. This additional
land is needed in order for the
city to remove certain land eleva
tions and buildings which are con
iidered hazardous to aviation by
government experts.
Mayor R. H. McComb and City
Manager H. L. Burdette acted for
the City of Hickory in the case,
and it is reported that authoriza
tion for them to do so came on
a resolution approved unanimously
by the Hickory City council at a
recent session.
"QUAK" REMEDIES FAIL
10 MAKE FARM HENS LAY
“Quack remedies” to make hens
lay—such as feeding red pepper
and strong herbs—are rapidly be
coming a tiling of the past among
Negro farm families in Halifax
county, says D. J. Knight, Negro
county agent for the State College
Extension Service.
Instead. Knight says, housewives
are resorting to more scientific
methods to increase the egg pro
duction of their flocks.
The county agent says many
farm women who attended neigh
borhood meetings this fall showed
great interest in improving their
poultry management practices.
They asked questions about feed-,
ing practices, age of birds, and use
of oyster shells, water, and graz
ing crops.
USE SAME ANTENNA
Engineers have worked it out so
that two television stations ope
rating on separate channels can
use the same antenna tower.
SANTA HELPS EASE PAIN—Little Junior Fowler age 3, weathered the storm of
having his broken leg set with hardly so much as a tear as Santa Claus stood by to lend
his support. This was young Fowler’s first glimpse of Santa, who came out to Grace
Hospital Saturday to spread gifts and good cheer in the children’s ward. Shown in
the picture, from left to right: Nurse Lucy Saunders, Junior Fowler, Will Fowler, the
boy’s father, and Santa Claus.—(News-Herald Photo). _
St. Nick Turns Doctor's Helper
Boy Breaks Leg, Gets
First Look At Santa
By JIM GRIFFITH
Saturday a lot of things happened to Junior Fowler, age
three, of Route four, Morganton.
But there are two things he will never forget:
1. He broke his leg. {
2. He saw Santa Claus for the.
first time.
THE EVENTS happened in that
order, but it doesn’t take a mind
reader to figure out which one gave
him the most pleasure.
It’s a little difficult for Junior,
at his age, to figure out what hap
pened to his leg. His father, Will
Fowler, said he was running
through the house Saturday morn
ing, fell down and broke his leg.
It happened so quickly that it
was all over in a fleeting second
and there was nothing left but
the pain. But seeing Santa Claus
wasn’t like that at all.
HE GOT to see Santa a long
time and the pleasure lasted a long
time.
After he was taken to Grace
Hospital early in the afternoon
and Dr. B. D. Hairfield was sum
moned to set his leg, Junior didn’t
exactly know what was happen
ing.
The place and the people, except
for his father, were strange to
him. Nurses closed in around him,
Dr. Hairfield started to work, and
everything looked pretty dark. But
then it happened.
SANTA CLAUS came in on his
annual visit to the Children’s Ward
at Grace Hospital and things perk
ed up, including Junior.
Oh, he whimpered once or twice
. . . and who wouldn’t with his
broken left leg being set and his
right leg in traction hanging from
the ceiling like a piece of loose
plaster.
But he didn't cry. Santa Claus
was standing by and few fellows
cry when Santa is around, not
even if the fellow is just three
years old.
BESIDES, MR. Claus was new
to Junior. He had never seen him
before. Only in a picture. Never
in the flesh.
Santa stayed with Junior and
Junior’s eyes stayed with Santa.
It was a neat arrangement and a
pleasant one. Junior all but forgot
the pain in his leg and the doctor
who stood over him, working
quietly and efficiently.
With balloons and candy that
Santa had given him clutched
tightly in his hands, Junior was
ready for anything.
' NURSES CAN’T hold a candle
to Santa as far as easing the
pains and fears of little boys. Not
when Santa Claus has a bag full
of toys and candy and a heart
full of the Christmas spirit that
all little boys and girls believe
in more than anything else.
DREXEL CHURCH OF GOD
SETS CHRISTMAS PLAYS
The Drexel Church of God will
present three very interesting
Christmas plays this week. These
1 plays, all centered around the
Christ, will help to reveal the true
spirit of Christmas.
On Wednesday evening, 7:30
p. m., the play, “Four Christmas
Notes’?, wfll be presented. On»
Thursday, 7:30 p. m„ the Contata,
“The Gift Supreme” will be
rendered by the Church Choir,
and the play, “A Child Shall Lead
Them”, will follow on the same
evening.
On Friday, 7:30 p. m. the play,
“The Shepherd Who Came Late”,
will be presented. All of the plays
and the contata are under the di
rection of Mrs. Sadie Bums. The
public is cordially invited to at
tend.
When Christmas
Was Not Merry
Merry Christmas has not always
been merry in American history.
Unmerry times started very early.
The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth
four days before Christmas 1620.
Christmas day found them between
the Mayflower and the cold, hos
tile shore. Most of them were
still living on the ship. And they
didn’t believe in celebrating Christ*
mas anyway.
Washington’s ragged troops were
crossing the icy Delaware in the
dark early morning hours of
Christmas 1776. They defeated
the Hessians at Trenton next day.
Christmas 1786 found unrest in
New England. Shay’s rebellion
flared that day. The rebels had
a rough time.
In 1837, Col. Zachary Taylor and
his troops were down in Florida
fighting the Seminole War. Christ
day found them fighting and de
feating the Indians at Lake Oke
chobee.
The Mexican war also saw
Christmas day action when Col.
Doniphan and 450 volunteers de
feated 1,100 Mexicans at Brazito
in 1946.
The national Capital had trouble
the Christinas 1851 when the Li
brary of Congress and part of the
Capitol burned.
Nine years later on Christmas,
1860, South Carolina issued its dec
laration of independence, the spark
that made the Civil War inevitable.
One of the early railroad strikes,
that of 1887, started Christmas
day. Some 20,000 employes of the
Reading Railroad walked out.
The surrender of Hong Kong
on Christmas 1941 was not part of
American history, but • Americans,
watched the event anxiously. It
was one step in the advance of the
Japanese which came after the
Pearl Harbor attack in 1941.
One of the Classic Christmases
of the unmerry type will long be
remembered by the men defending
Bastogne in 1944. The Battle of
the Bulge and the fight for the
defense of the little town were at
a climax. It was just two days
later that the isolated Bastogne
garrison was relieved. That
Christmas day found the boys deep
in the fighting.
COLONIAL
THEATRE_VALDESE
BEGINNING DECEMBER 22ND
THRU DECEMBER 27TH
Thursday—
Richard Widmark in
SLATTERY’S HURRICANE
Friday—
Ray Milland in
IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING
Saturday—Double Feature—
Allan Rocky Lane in
RENEGADES OF SONORA
also—
Johnny Weismuller in
JUNGLE JIM
Saturday—Late Show—
Glenn Ford in
UNDERCOVER MAN
CHRISTMAS NIGHT LATE SHOW
12:01 A.M.
Evelyn Keyes—Glenn Ford in
MR. SOFT TOUCH
Monday and ^Tuesday—
Shirley Tem^lf—Barry Fitzgerald
THE STORY Of SEABISCUIT -
May
W' '
Christmas
and the
Neu) Year be .
bright with happiness
for you.
COLONIAL
THEATRE .... VALDESE
BEGINNING DECEMBER 28TH
THRU JANUARY 4TH
Wednesday—
Joe Yule—Renie Riano, in
JIGGS and MAGGIE IN JACKPOT
JITTERS
Thursday and Friday—
Alan Ladd—Donna Reed in ,
CHICAGO DEADLINE
Saturday—Double Feature—
Tim Holt in
THE RUSTLERS
also— *
Roy Acuff in
HOME IN SANTONE
Saturday—Late Show
William Bendix in
THE LIFE OF RILEY
Monday and Tuesday—
Marie Wilson - John Lund
Diana Lynn in
MY FRIEND IRMA
Wednesday—
Bill Williams - Barbara in
CLAY PIGEONS
SANTA TO VISIT
STATE'S PRISONS
Raleigh.—Santa Claus is com
ing to the prisons, too.
On Christmas eve, at least three
of the State's penal institutions—
Central Prison, Woman’s Prison
and the Butner Youth Colony—
will be decked out to greet/him.
On Christmas day, all prisoners
are scheduled to get turkey din
ners. The prison department hasn’t
said yet what will be served to
men in solitary confinement.
Central Prison, Woman’s Prison
and Butner Youth Colony will have
trees, decorations and brief relig
ious services as well as the dinner.
Central Prison’s menu is repre
sentative of the coming big meal.
For breakfast, the prisoners will
have omelet, brown gravy, rice, hot
biscuits and loaf bread, jam and
jelly, syrup and coffee.
For dinner, they’ll get roast tur
key with dressing, creamed pota
toes, early June peas, giblet gravy,
candied yams, cranberry sauce,
sweet pickles, celery and lettuce
salad, fruit,- cocoanut, chocolate
and orange cake, loaf bread and
coffee.
For supper, like hundreds of
North Carolinians outside, they’ll
have leftovers.
KEEP FOOT ON GAS
WHEN YOU START TO SKID
Madison, Mis.—(ff)—Don’t stop
feeding the gas too quickly when
you start to skid. That’s almost as
bad as slamming the brakes on
full in an instant, says Archie H.
Easton, of the University of Wis
consin college in engineering.
TELEVISION CHANNEL
In television a channel is the in
visible path over which a station
sends its signal.
Nita's Day Nursery
N. C. State Licensed
PHONE 93-R
Hours - 6:30 AM.-6 P.M.
CLASSIFIED ADS
FRUIT TREES, NUT TREES,
Berry Plants, and Ornamental
Plant Material offered by- Vir
ginia’s Largest Growers. Write
for Free Copy of 48-page Plant
ing Guide in full Waynesboro
Nurseries, Waynesboro, Vir
ginia.
FURNISHED APARTMENT —
For rent. No children. See Mrs.
J. W. Glass at Connelly Springs.
ll-14c
LOST—UP TOWN. ONE STRAND
of pearls with rhinestone clasp.
Please return to City Hall.
TRIPLE B CABINET SHOP. Lo
cated five miles west of Valdese.
Built-in modern kitchen cab
inets, screen doors and window
frames. Screens repaired. Mill
tables. All kinds of woodwork.
Plywood for sale. Day phone,
Morganton 202 - W - 1. Night
phone, Valdese 116-W. tf
FOR SALE—THREE ACRES OF
land which faces highway in
Rutherford College. Call 221-W1
Valdese or write Box 454
Rutherford College. 12-21
FOUND ON SIDEWALK NEAR
Crow’s Funeral Home, a pair of
glasses from Dr. DeVere’s in
Morganton. Owner may claim
them at the News Office.
HELP WANTED—MALE AND FE
male—Man or woman to take
over route of established Wat
kins Customers in Valdese. Full
time income averages $45 week
ly. No car or investment neces
sary. We will help you get start
ed. Write J. R. Watkins Co.,
Dept. S-3, Richmond, Va.
DR. MARTHA L. WENTZ
Chiropractor
220 East Connelly St.
VALDESE, N. C.
Hours 9 to 5 Daily
Closed Thursday Afternoon
PHONE 128-L
PIGS FOR SALE — 8 AND 9
weeks old. $10. Walter Terrell,
Rutherford College. At home
from 3 to 5 p. m. except Thurs
day.
FOR SALE—TWO CHOICE AD
joining lots on top of Mineral
Springs Mountain over-looking
Valdese. Adjacent to water,
phone lines and electricity. See
S. R. Smart, Phone 328-L. tfc
HI-PEAK
DRIVfe-IN THEATRE
Tuesday and Wednesday
John Wayne,
Randolph Scott, in
“THE SPOILERS”
Also - Color Cartoon
Thursday and Friday—
“TARZAN AND THE
MERMAIDS”
With Johnny Weissmuller,
Brenda Joyce
Also - Color Cartoon
Saturday, Christmas Eve—
Dick Powell and
Elizabeth Scott in
“PITFALL”
Extra - Color Cartoon
Christmas and Monday—
Dan Dailey in—
“GIVE MY REGARDS
TO BROADWAY”
In Color
Extra - Color Cartoon
Bring the Whole Family—
Children under 12 in cars
Admitted Free!
Box Office Opens 6:15 P.M.
First Show at 6:45 P.M.
For Your Convent *
OPEN
STYLE jhqi
In Valdese VI
We Cash Payroll
Try a Want Ad lor Mck]
POOR f\
BY CLAUDE CALUs
“Cora’s new husband is ^
an she puts on all the
she can cany. She wants t,
do her best to keep her olj
poverty from snowin’ through’
Pastel Plastic
Bathroom Seats
Made by Church,
“The Best Seat in the
4 House”
In Gift Packages for
Christmas.
VALDESE
PLUMBING & HEATING CO.
FOR THE BEST IN PLUMBIN'
Phone 255 Valdese, N C
%CUmj Chnshnns to A
the spirit of hospitality and friendliness, so typical
of the Christmas Season, remain with you throughout the
i year and brighten ^the. associations you. share .with others.
j 0 . _———-——rrz.. * ———
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Kirksey & Co.
VALDESE, NORTH CAROLINA