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March 8, 1934.
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hetoro, “Center of
North Cerolinm”
Building Committee Pashes Plans
For Asheboro’s Community Center
Calls For Expenditure Of Ap
Community Needs
Stressed In Plans
A Building That Would Serve
Urgent Needs Of the Town;
Detailed Plan Is Given.
Aaheboro’s Community Building
looms into reality as the architects
atana are approved, pictures of the
building appear, and local cconnflt
tees work valiantly toward the be
ginning of actual work upon the
building that will fill a long-felt need
an the life of the town. Albert
Woodroof, architect, held a confer
ence with Charles McCrary. Tuesday
and completed arrangements for the
construction of the building.
An interview with Mr. McCrary
and Mr. Woodroof reveals that the
building will be a most practical one,
as well presenting a handsome ex
terior, as is shown on this page.
The design is what architects call
conservative moderns’. The approxi
mate cost o# the building and lot
will be $42,000. The design calls
for a blended red brick with a finish
and trim of limestone, the flat faces
of which are to‘ be relieved by
modernistic ornament in low relief.
The Plan
The plan for the interior is a
direct and simple one and will doubt
less work into a very usable budd
ing. On the main floor is an audi
torium with a seating capacity of
700. A balcony runs around three
sides of this worn, making it adapt
able for assemblies, plays and. enter
tainments of all kinds, as wall as
a gymnasium. A stage 30 by 66
feet is another feature of this
room.
Pacing the street there will be a
large room to be used as a general
office, a library or public reading
room, and commedius office* for the
Chamber of Commerce. Above the
offices there will be an assembly
room 30 by 44 feet suitable for club
meetings, civic meetings and ban
quets. A modem kitchen adjoins
the assembly room as do tfiree other
rooms that may be used ae ante
rooms or offices.
Under, the gymnasium will be a
large swimming pool, with space on
either side, tocher and shower rooms
toilets,
Committees Busy
A general committee composed
of Charles McCrary, Harris Birk
head, Carl Page, Lee Kearns, Davis
Cranford, Cleveland Thayer and J.
D. Roes have been active on this pro
ject for sometime, seeing the need
of Ashefooro for such a building.
Many citizens who are not actively
working for the 'building are great
ly in sympathy with such a move
ment and will aid when the oppor
tunity presents itself.
Since the plans-are settled, there
is a sub committee composed of
Harris Birkhead, J. D. Ross, Oarl
Page and Cleveland Thayer, tb se
cure a lot upon which to locate
the building. Several lots have been
offered, but people who have pro
perty that would be suitable are
asked to communicate with a member
of the committee.
Definite plans for financing the
plan are now being worked out by
the general committee and will be
made public soon so that within
a short time work will be started on
this community plan which will ma
terialize into a splendid community
building.
Juniors Appoint A
School Committee
At Regular Meeting
The regular meeting of Asheboro
council No. 199, Jr. O. U. A. M., was
held Tuesday night, March 6. After
the business was finished the doors
of the council room were opened to
visitors. The Bulla quartet rendered
several selections of old time melo
dies. The most enjoyable of these
was a solo, "The Old Spinning
Wheel," by WU1 Dickens. Edgar
Thomas and Vernon Phillips furnish
ed instrumental music. Members of
the order desire to thank the enter
tainers for their delightful program.
The local council meets every
Tuesday night and all visiting Juni
ors are welcome to attend. This
council will put on a class initia
tion March 20th. All neighboring
councils are welcome to bring their
candidates to this meeting. Have
them sign the pledge book at their
home council mod we will do the
rest Asheboro has six candidates
already for that date. >
The following special committee
was appointed to confer with other
committees of the P. O. S. of A.,
Chamber of Commerce and American
legion in regard to improving our
local school conditions: D. B. Mc
Crary J. H. Hurley, E. W. Morgan.
-J. H. Kivett, K. 6.
Randolph County
CWA Workers Get
Numbers Reduced
Randolph county CWA workers
got' another cut in numbers this
week, with a reduction from S5S
workers to 318, effective tonight.
Those* still working get a reduc
. i tion in wages, this having become
effective' March 2. This wage
scale is* 80 cents an hour for skill
ed workers, 50 cents for semi
skilled and 30 cents an hour for
unskilled. Workers in Asheboro
township get 24 hours work each
fhek and those outside Asheboro
township 15 hours weekly.
The number of workers has
been reduced to the point that
only a dozen projects are under
way and these are to be drop
ped as soon as they can be com
pleted or gotten to the point they
can be stopped with advantage
gained by the work already done.
The airport is one of the pro
jects stilf under way, with the
possibility of its being dropped
before it is completed in entirety,
unless tjtmre comes another ruling
from the national civil works ad
ministration.
American Legion To
Celebrate Founding
On March Fifteenth
At Banquet With Auxiliary
Members As Guests; Legion
Favors Community Building
The regular monthly meeting of
Dixon Poet No. 45, American Legion,
was held In the Legion hall Tues
day night, presided over by A., E.
PresneU, commander. Reports were
heard from the school committee,
the hut committee and other com
mittees appointed at former meet
ings of the post
A matter brought to the attention
of the Legion in connection with the
proposal to build a Legion hut was
that of throwing Legion support to
the proposed community house in
stead, and renting a hall in this
buUding for Legion' purposes. This
idea acmearal to meet with the ap
provafofm**; Mid « committee
was appointed to confer with the
community building committee with
this ip View. Three members .of
the Legion a*% «f *« X*m
nuttee considering the community
building.
Since March 15th is the 15th
anniversary of the founding of the
Legion, the post voted Tuesday
night to hold’ a banquet on that /date
and to invite the members- of Die
Legion Auxiliary as guests. Ar
rangements for this matter were left
to a committee of three.
Randolph Youth Is
Convicted In Court
In Onslow County
Sheriff C. E. King and Deputy
Sheriff Ben Morgan returned Wed
nesday from Jacksonville, Onslow
county, where they attended trial of
Reid Coltrane, of.Randolph county,
and Rosooe Grice, of Fayetteville,
charged with larceny, breaking and
entering and disposing of stolen
property. Coltrane and Grice were
convicted but not sentenced before
the Randolph officers left.
These young men are also wanted
! in Randolph county on warrants con
taining similar charges to those on
which they were convicted at Jack
sonville. However, they were not
brought back at this time for trial,
but may be at any tame the Ran
dolph county officers are ready to
present their case to court. Charges
against Coltrane and Grice grew out
of the finding of a quantity of stol
en goods at Northwest, in Bruns
wick county several days ago. Part
of the goods found there were- identi
fied as being some of those stolen
from Marley Brothers at Ramseur
and Randolph Grocery Company at
Randleman.
Amos Furniture Co.
Closed Successful
Sale (hi Saturday
The Amoe Furniture Company on
Sunaet avenue closed Saturday what
was probably the moat successful
•ale of funpitore and radios in its
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Architect’s Drawing Of Proposed Community Building For Asheboro
Fine Collection
Taxes Reported
By Sheriff King
Nearly $16,000 In 1932 And
1933 Taxes Collected At
Sheriff's Office In Feb.
Tax Supervisor
R. C. Johnson Appointed To
This Place, Township List
Takers Not Yet Named.
The Randolph county board if
commissioners met In regular ses
sion Monday. A large part of the
time of the (board .was taken up
with hearing complaints from those
who had been assessed with taxation
on dogs which they did not own.
This matter was corrected by the
commissioners in every instance call
ed to the board’s attention.
Mrs. C. P. Fox was released of
$9j36 taxes' on (valuation of $800
worth of solvent assets listed in
error.
The county farm agent was per
mitted the use of an additional
roam m the^baagrnmt, tto^being one
R. C. Johnson, Register of Deeds,
was' appointed tax supervisor for
the county, though the list takers
were not named at Monday’s meet
ing. These are to be named later
in the month.
Sheriff C. E. King reported a
fairly good tax collection for the
past month. Of the 1932 taxes, the
Sheriff had collected $800.07 during
the month, leaving a balance due
amounting'to $9,365.73. Of the 1933
taxes, Sheriff King had collected the
past month $15491.54, leaving a
balance due of $93,253.53.
Little Theatre To
Present Play Here
Evening March 10th
“Trial Of Mary Duigian” To Be
Presented At The Court House
Here, Saturday Evening.
Asheboro’a Little Theatre will pre
sent the second play of the season
on Saturday evening, March 10th at
the Court House in Asheboro. The
play presented is “The Trial of
Mary Dugan,” a case where a wo
man’s life hangs in the balance—
charged with the murder of her lov
er. The evidence is strong against
her as the trial progresses. The girl
is defended by her brother, a young
lawyer who appears before a jury
for idle first time.
The whole affair, is most realistic
being presented in the county Court
House where there is no stage-set
ting necessary—the judge presiding
from the accustomed place and the
jury sitting in the accustomed seats.
Those who have a flair for murder
cases, and Asheboro court scenes
have’proved this town is no excep
tion, will hear a thrilling, realistic
mm from start to finish. The cast
includes many well known business
people of the town—the characters
having been chosen from the local
school faculty, insurance offices
mills, stores, lawyers, society folk
all throwing .themselves into their
various, parts, welding withall a
clever, gripping rtory._ .
Harvey Grippe, is directing the
play is taking the part of the
attorney for Mary Dugan. The first
nlap presented by the little Theatre
was one written, staged and directed
by Mr. Crippe, “O, Madam” which
received favorable comment from
those who sarw the production.
Tickets are on sale by members
of the little Theatre and will be sold
«t the door by members of that or
ganization.
Hold Regular Meeting
The young women’s and young
men’s classes, Loyal Sons and
Daughters, of Giles Chapel church
irid their regular meeting Fbhtu
try 24th at the home of the pastor,
Rev. Hethcox. Devotions were
looted by Mr. HMftnpc after1
k business session was held,
the!
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Randolph’s School
Get Approval Of
The Local Govermftent Commis
sion in Raleigh Tuesday approved
Randolph county's application for
permission to borrow from the
Federal Public Works Adminis
tration a sum of , $200,000 for
Included
.were eleven
school building
in the applkafton
school buildings or additions pro
jects. The proposed loan had
been approved already ,hy the
state PWA director And the State
department of
the
There ; remains Only for
county mperintsadcqt to
the projects cm the application
form famished hy the PWA be
fore the papess w*l he sent to
Washington for ssttan by Sec
retary Ickea. This switter will
require paly a few .days; and the
project will be approved or dia
approved in As goital city in
Constructlfm ] Nevr
Baptist dwelt To
Begin Nj
- After several -
tive planning, the
tion of Asheboro will see the
work begin on the construction of
the new church on Monday momang.
Dr. Herman Stevens announces that
the face-brick have arrived and. are
on the lot where other material and
tools are giving a business-like ap
pearance to the scene. The com
mon .brick to be used in the build
ing will be purchased at the local
brick yard as needed.
Dr. Stevens hopes that the church
will he completed entirely by the
first of July and the building is
being rushed to completion. Dr.
Dempsey Barnes is chairman of the
building committee and to him, and
his splendid committee, is due con
siderable credit for the smoothness
of the plans and executive ability
displayed throughout the period of
planning.
Are Making Plans
To Open A School
Of Music In City
The Hawaiian Teachers, Ltd.,
National Institute of .Music have a
.group of representstivea in Asheiboro
this week who are completing ar
rangements for opening a school of
music in the town. A number of
.pupils have already been eairodled
and others are enrolling as fast as
the representatives make the. nec
essary contracts. A teacher will be
located in Asheboro and the school
will be conducted in the Aahlyn
Hotel in about two weeks.
Those who wish to make plans
for study an the Haiwafian radio
tone guitar may do so by calling
Mr. Speaker at the Central Hotel.
Several people have heard various
members of the group are pleased
with their performance. Mr. Johns,
a member of the group, played for
the members of the Friday After
noon dub at the past meeting and
was greeted with warm applause.
Gave Men’s Supper
Tuesday Evening At
Presbyterian Church
.Another of the occasional mm’s
suppers that have hem source* of
interest and inspiration to the men
of the -Presbyterian church during
the paat 'eveeral months, was held in
the chinch dining room Tuesday
evening. Kemp Alexander acted as
chainssh of this supper-meeting and
presided. The singing, under the
direction of David CaabweH yns an
enjoyable part of the program.
Four brief talks were high lights
of the evening. "Looking Ahead,”
was discussed by M. I. Ellis; "Church
Needs," S. D. Story; "Loyalty", E.
L. Kay; “Vimtar's Vigor," F. O.
an. (hi invocation was given by
ftB. Neely presented the
and J. Russell
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Building Plans
State Commission
short order.
The matter was laid before the
Local Government Commission in
minute detail. The school build
ing program for the county was
discussed and presented graphical
ly and emergencies existing in
need of school buildings stressed.
The county’s financial condition
was laid before the commission,
which, however, already knew of
it, probable tax rate discussed,
and, in fact, every angle of the
county’s financial and school con
dition gone into thoroughly.
Granted the same day the Ran
dolph project found favor in the
eyes of the commission was ap
proval of Guilford county’s pro
posal to borrow $260,000 for
school building purposes, and Gra
ham county’s proposal to bor
row for a court house and jaiL
New Interpretation
ii Corn-Hog Contracts
Helpful To Farmers
$15 a baud for every hog
by which they reduce their pmdnc-j
tkm this year, according to W. iW. j
Shay, swine specialist at State Col
lege, who has charge of the corn
hog sign-up in this State.
The contracts specify that the
growers will get $5 a head on 75
per cent of the number of hogs
their base average production
they reduce their production by
per cent.
/ Thus, a grower who had been pro
ducing 20 hogs would reduce the»
number .to 15 and get $5 a head
for the 15 hogs, or $75. The $75 is
the equivalent of a payment of $15
a head on the five hogs he would
fail to produce this year, Shay
pointed out.
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He reported considerable interest
in the corn-hog reduction program
and said .that postmasters over the
State have sent in the names of
17,000 farmers to whom forms and
information regarding the campaign
are being mailed.
Reports on the number of con
tracts signed in the State are not
available now, but Shay said that
150 contracts have been placed in
Alamance county and that the county
agent has expectations of placing
at least 100 more.
A meeting 'was held in Raleigh
Friday by C. L. Chambers, of Wash
ington, who has charge of the south
ern States’ extension service, to igive
county agents final instructions for
administering the comdiog program.
The county agents in a number of
cases are holding meetings to stimu
late interest in the sign-up, while in
other places the contracts and in
formation regarding the campaign
are .being distributed by mail. The
expense of a personal canvass of
every grower in North Carolina
where com and hog production is
not extensive would be too great,
Shay explained.
Finals Program At
Asheboro School Is
To Begin On May 6
The following program for com
mencement exercises of the city
schools is given out from the of
fice of superintendent R. J. Hilker:
Sunday, May 6—Sermon. Name of
minister and hour will be announced
later.
Monday evening, May 7—<3ass ex
ercise.
Tuesday morning, May 8.—Essay
contest.
Tuesday evening May 8—Gradua
tion exercises. Speaker of evening
will he announced at a later date.
Wednesday morning, May &—
Seventh grade graduation promo
tions, awards, etc.
Mines Masse E. Lambert and
Cornelia Ayers am hi charge of
directing
The largest
— — a. iui
yet seeaea w
- in Lincoln
both eoil
Randolph G. 0. P.
Convention Set
For March 24th
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Convention Called By W. L.
Ward County Chairman For
Electing 33 Delegates.
Interest Manifested
In The Convention And Also
The State Gathering In Char
lotte; Ferree Mentioned.
Chairman W. L. Ward has called
the Randolph County Republican con
vention to meet in Ashe boro on
Saturday afternoon, March 24, at 2
o’clock, for the purpose of electing
delegates to the state convention to
be held in Charlotte on April 4th,
and delegates to the judicial and con
gressional conventions to be called
by their respective chairman at other
dates. County chairman and secre
tary will be elected for Ran
dolph county at tikis amwintTon. Pre
cinct meeting^kreto ee held March
17th.
Randolph county is entitled to 38
delegates and U alternates to tike
state convention. The fact that a
state ■»■<"««<■ is to be selected at
,that meeting interest among the
Randolph county Republicans in the
state convention is at fever heat.
Hon. A. I. Ferree is being mention
ed by leading Republicans through
out the state as the next chairman.
It is planned to have a good speak
er fdr a 30 minute address.
The convention will ibe held at the
court house and it is expected that
a large gathering of Randolph Re
publicans will be in aitandance.
Junior Class Plans
To Present A Play
At An Early Date
Members of the Junior class in
the local high school are preparing
to present the play, -“The Arrival of
Kitty,” by Swartout, some time in
April. The play is a comedy in
three acts, with modern setting in
the Catskill mountains. It is a
royalty play that has been presented
with great success in New York City.
J. J. Sanderson and E. A- 'Habel,
of the faculty, both members of the
Little Theatre (group, of Asheboro,
are coaching the production. Both
are iwell prepared for the work.
The following members of the
Junior class make up the cast:
Walter Bunch Sidney Truesdale, Bill
Presnell, James Lane, Nell Allred,
Catherine Cranford, Boyd Ferree,
and Blanche Clayton Allred.
Board Of Education
To Purchase Trucks
Board Gives County Superin
tendent Authority To Pro
ceed With Buying Buses.
The Randolph county board of
education met Monday afternoon in
the office of T. Fletcher Bulla,
county superintendent, and discussed
pertinent matters relative the schools
of the county.. The board gave the
county superintendent permission to
buy two Ford' school trucks, the
county to pay for one and the state
for the other.
T. Fletcher Bulla, county superin
tendent, reported excellent progress
on the boring of a deep well to
furnish waiter for Trinity high
school.
A delegation from Cedar Falls
came before the board asking for
improvements on the present school
building. The county board has in
mind the remodeling of the building,
adding another room and brick ve
neering it in entirety, costing about
$2,500. However, help is being
sought from the CWA and as soon as
this can be worked out, the im
provement will be made.
The board was confronted with the
problem of what to do with nine
teen abandoned school booses in the
county, nolne wealth very much in
w*. No action was taken at this
meeting. The hoard feeie It will
cast efrmi* as much to advertise the
buildings as the price they will
•ft Ufa
R. J. Hilker
Asheboro
Election Made At Recent Meet*
ing Of The School Board;
For The 1934-35 Term.
Served Eight Years
And Re-Election Is For Ninth;
School Has Made Rapid Pro
gress Under Leadership. :
The Asheboro school board, at a
recent meeting, re-elected R. J. Hil
ker superintendent of the local
schools for the 1934-35 term, and a
little later received Ms acceptance.
Superintendent Hilker has served
the school faithfully and efficiently
for the past eight years, and citizens
of Asheboro feel that the town is
fortunate in securing his services
for the ninth year. Mr. Hilker is a
graduate of Lawrence College, Ap
pleton, Wisconsin, and holds a M. A.
degree from the University of Vir
ginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. Be
fore coming to Asheboro, he taught
in other North Carolina towns.
During Mr. Hilker’s administra
tion, the Asheboro schools have
shown marked progress and growth.
In 1926-27, the year the present
superintendent came to Asheboro, the
total enrollment in the white schools
was 946; tins year the total number
enrolled is 1336. The commercial and
home economics courses have been
added during the present administra
tion; and the new system of grad
ing, whereby more young people are
enabled to graduate, even though not
prepared for college, has been inau
gurated.
Mr. Hilker is a member of the
Schoolmasters Club of the North
western District of North Carolina,
and served as secretary of that or
ganization a recent year. He is a
member of .the North Carolina Ath
letic Association and of Phi Delta
Kappa, an honorary educational
fraternity, into which he was in
itiated at the University of Virginia
a few years, ago. The Asheboro sup
erintendent is also a life member of
the National Educational Association.
Funeral Service Is r4
Held Past Saturday '
For Mrs. R. El Betts
Estimable Asheboro Woman
Died Thursday Morning; Well
A large number of friends and
relatives attended the funeral and
burial services held .Saturday morn
ing for Mrs. R. E. Betts in Ashe
boro. Rev. R. S. Truasdale was as
sisted by Rev. Joel Trogdon in the
funeral services, held at the First
Methodist church and burial follow
ing in the Asheboro cemetery.
Mrs. Betts died on Thursday morn
ing in the Randolph Hospital, Inc.,
at Asheboro, following a feiw days
illness. She was, before her mar
riage to Mr. Betts, Miss Mattie
Steed, a daughter of Jonathan
Steed, of Asheboro, who is among
the survivors. Mrs. Betts was fifty
five years old. Other survivors be
sides her husband and father are
four sons, Charlie, Walter, James
and Clarence; four daughters, Har
riet, Margaret, Ruth, Elaine, off of
Asheboro, and Mrs. W. R. McPher
son, of Lexington.
Mrs. Betts, a native of the town
and county, was well and favorably
known in this community as are the
family who own and operate the
Sanitary Market, of this place.
Christian Scientist
To Deliver Lecture *■
Sunday, March 11th
Hon. William E. Brown, C. S. B.,
of Los Angeles California, member
of the Board of Lectureship of The
Mother Church, The First Church of
Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massa
chusetts, will deliver a free public
lecture on Christian Science entitled
“Christian Science: The Religion of
Spiritual Vision” in National Thea
tre, South Elm Street, Sunday after
noon, March 11, 1984 at 3:30 P. M.,
under the auspices of First Church of
Christ, Scientist, Greensboro, North
Carolina.
This lecture will be radiocast over
Station WBIG, Greensboro.
Seifior Class Play ' V.
Will Be Presented
Friday, March 16th
Member* of the senior class of
Asheboro high school are rehearsing
every evening for the annual play,
which is td he presented in the
auditorium, Friday evening, March
Id. The play, which is being coach
ed by H. B. Campbell and Hal John
son, of the faculty, is “Hie Touch
down,” a three-act comedy by
Marion Short. A synopsis of the,
plat and cast of characters will be
published next week. Admission
charges will be 20 and 35 cents.
Mr. King Transferred