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NUMBER 5}
This Week
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RALEIGH
TT- ,, nec. 19.—WPA workers
within one mile of the
S of towns and cities of the state
““r. 5000 or more population will
S an increase of Mper cent m
&av for work on WPA projects,
State Director George W. Coan Jr.,
bounces. The order will be effec
f" January 1. Meanwhile, an order
during the hours of work from 140
£730 a month became effective
Member 18. No increase is made m
Sal areas, the increase for urban
"Xrs bring the rates of pay to a
closer parity, Mr. Coan said. The in
JS «d the order to get pay to
^fkers within five days after the
^period ends will do^muchte re
lieve dissatisfaction among »rA
"tfTcoan has also received ah ad
dition allotment of $1,000,000 for this
Jate bringing the total allotment to
m 100 000 so far. Thirty per cent of
tae new fund will be used for creat
ln«r work for women and the balance
*11 be used on approved projects
ad projects yet to be approved, Mr.
(ban said.
Only 400 Confederate veterans, less
than one out of 300 who bore arms
in the 1861-6 conflict, are now re*
*aving pensions in this state, State
Anditor Baxter Durham reports.
Checks went out to them and other
pensioners last week and are now
available in court clerk’s offices. Fif
ty-four have died during the past
year. Their checks total $78,000, or
at the rate of $1 a day. Checks for
$100 each went to 61 aged negroes
who accompanied their masters to
war. The 021 “Class A” widows get
$160 each six months, total $138,150,
and the 1,750 “Class B” widows get
$50 each six months total $87,760.
Class A widows married their hus
bands before the war ended and Class
£ widows married them before 1889.
He total pension checks for the six
months was $303,750.
No way has been found for paying
sick leave to public school teachers,
but the state school commissions
made provision last week for keeping
a record of absence of teachers from
sickness, largely, it was said, to^^get
General Assembly, which, also, failed
to provide the funds for carrying it
out. The special committee which
made an investigation headed by
Grady Gaston, Gastonia, conferred
with Governor Ehringhaus, who did
not approve the idea of saying the
leave will be paid if funds can be
found, on the ground that all teach
ers would assume that a promise and
be disappointed if it could not be
done.
More than 75,000 flue-cured to
bacco growers in the state, owning
between 85 and 90 per cent of the
state’s tobacco acreage, have signed
the four-year adjustment contract, E.
Y. Floyd, of State College, director of
the state’s program, announces. The
sign-up continues through this
■With, ending January 1, except in
easeptional cases, as when one
grower buys land from another, the
signing may be done later. Adjust
—t. and details wffl ha announced
Mt later the* February 1 by Sacra
Asheboro School
Recessing Friday
Christmas Holiday
Pupils And Faculty To Enjoy
Two Weeks, Returning To
School On January 6th
Beta Club Tapping
Local School Students In State
Colleges Are* Making Splen
did Achievement Records
Asheboro school children and |
teachers will leave school on Friday, ]
December 20th, for a two week’s va- j
cation, returning on the morning of'
January 6th. According to the au-1
thorities, the school has enjoyed a
rather smooth running fall term.
The fourth month will end about the
middle of January and examinations
will follow thereafter. The exact
date for mid-term exams has not yet
been set.
The Rev. H. P. Powell, pastor of
the First Methodist Episcopal church,
addressed the local high school at
the assembly hour Friday, December
13. The occasion was that of the
“Tapping” exercise held by the local
chapter <tf the National Honorary
Bata club. The minister spoke to the
high school in general and the Beta
club in particular on the basic prin
ciples of the club, and made a most
helpful and inspiring address.
The members of this club, which
corresponds in general to Phi Beta
Kappa in college, are chosen from
the junior and senior classes in high
school. Only those who average as
much as eighty-five on all subjects
are eligible for membership. Candi
dates, to be successful, must also be
recommended for outstanding char
ter by both club and faculty. The
watchwords of the club are honesty,
courage, leadership, and scholarship.
The nine members of the club at
present are as follows: Carl Phillips,
president; James Lowdermilk, Ear
lene Wood, Agnes Cox, Bertha
Brown, Virginia' Smith, Alice Smith,
Cleo Pugh, and Catherine Crowell.
1 Those “tapped” on Friday are the
following: Billie Bulla, Howard
Brown, Helen E. Brown, Mildred
Millsaps, Feritko Johnson, Velna Wil
liams, Olga Kinney, Sara Hayworth,
Reports from various North Caro
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Action Abolishing
Two N. C. Medical
Units Reconsidered
Resolution Decreeing Abolition
Of 2 Year Med Schools
Made Past Spring
meeting of
al Education
Danger to the medical schools of
the University of North Carolina and
Wake.Forest through threatened loss
of recognition by the American Med
ical Association apparently was
averted by action of the Council of
Medical Association in Chicago last
week, it was learned Monda
The vigorous battle in behalf
the two-year medical schools which
this state for years bore
inheralded meeting in
which it was decided
schools would be rat
iuauy instead of collectively,
order withdrawing recogni
r all two year schools in 1938
was the end sought by the
of North Carolina’s two
1, which have held A-l
for years, and which, offi
confident, can continue to
that standard even in com
petition with four year schools.
The Chicago meeting was attended
5f President Frank Graham of the
niversity of North Carolina, Dr.
C. C. Carpenter, assistant dean of
tbs Wake Forest Medical School, apd
Dr. Wm. DeB. McNider of Chapel
Hill.
The result of the meeting was di
vulged In a letter from Dr. Wm. D.
Cutter, secretary of the Council of
Education, which stated:
the Committee
and Hospitals
December 9, it
muiuiider the resolu
_o»en in September to become
effective on July 1, 1938, under
which the committee would no longer
lilt two-year medical schools, and the
committee voted that 2 year medical
schools be rated individually instead
of collectively."
ed Cross Roll Call
Re«Hf $415-82 For
^yjpmbership Drive
rhej^K^Soss roll call, recently
npl^HH Bandolph county met
•h flpgllhd cooperation on all
M «Mh£e total aum of $415.82
sedttSHMr Robert Wood, chairman
• th?Soll call, state* that Ashe
■o raised $397.32. Various com
nities in the county also eontrib
<d with Liberty and Randleman
An Old-Time Merry Christmas To All
To our friends who are so far away that our Rext week’s issue will not
reach them before Christmas day—wg greet you with the old-time wish
that your Christmas will be both merry and happy and that the new year
will bring joy to you—coupled with prosperity and peace. At this season
| when the whole world takes on the spirit of the Christ child and friends
send greetings to each other—we greet each and every subscriber and call
you Friend, in the good, old-fashioned way. The Courier will pay another
visit to the homes of our subscribers the day before Christmas but, just in
case the next issue is too late, we take this opportunity of saying "Merry
Christmas” to you all.
WPA Allots $6,300
In Randolph County
Sanitation Project
According to late reports, more
than $6,300 has been set aside by
the W. P. A. for a community sani
tation project in Randolph county.
This project will employ 26 men and
its efforts are centered mainly on
building privies in the rural section.
Persons living in the rural dis
tricts who would like sanitary privies
are asked to get in touch with Dr.
Sumner who will send the labor
free. All needed is building mater
ial, the labor being furnished and
paid for by the W. P. A.
Trinity P.-T. Os
Entertained Meet
On Monday Evening
Girls Athletic Club Trinity High
School To Sponsor Ama
Trinity Woman Accepts Posi
tion With Internal Revenue
Department, Greensboro
Trinity, Dec. 17.—The sudden and
tragic death of Mrs. C. A Vuncan
non, one of our highly esteemed res
idents, who was struck by a truck in
a traffic lane on South Main street,
High Point, Friday night and who
died a few hours later in the Guil
ford General Hospital, has cast a
gloom over our village.
Mrs. Vuncannon with her daugh
ter, Miss Ruth Vuncannon, and her
house guest Miss Grace Douglas of
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AH Liberty Choirs
To Present Cantata
Sunday, December 22
Combined Choirs Of Liberty
Churches Under B. A. Bar
ringer To Give Program
Liberty, Dec. 18.—The combined
choirs of the Liberty churches, under
the direction of B. A. Barringer, will
present a cantata, “The Birthday of
The King,” by Norwood Dale Sunday
night, December 22nd, in the Metho
dist Protestant church.
Appearing as soloists or in trio or
quartet arrangements will be Mrs. T.
R. Wall, soprano; Mrs. Chester
Bourne, Mrs. D. C. Holt, and Mrs.
De Lacy Foust, contraltos; Charles
Elkin, tenor; and W. B. Stanley and
N. R. Me Masters, bassos.
Combining as it does the outstand
ing voices of the various local
church choirs together with its able
director, Mr. Barringer, this cantata
is expected to be one of the highlights
of the local Christmas season.
Members Mrs. Murray Field Music
Class To Present Recital Tonight
The members of Mrs. Murray
Field’s music class will present their
Christmas musicale on Thursday eve
ning, December 19th. The program
will be held in the auditorium of the
school at 7:30 o'clock and the public
is cordially invited to attend.
iitorium will be decorated
occasion, giving an appropriate
ting for the program which will be
made up chiefly of Christmas music.
Piano solos, duets, trios and cham
ber music will be combined with
Christmas carols and stores in an
unusually interesting ^arrangement.
So varied is the program that music
Six Randolph Boys
Are Enrolled This
Year Wake Forest
Waldo Cheek, Of Asheboro, Sec
ond Year Law Student, Ac
tive In Campus Life
Wake Forest Dec. 17.—Six men
from Randolph county are included
among the 1000 students enrolled this
year at Wake Forest College.
Four are from Asheboro and two
are from Liberty. There are three
sophomores, one junior, and one sen
ior. One is in the second-year law
class while the others are i taking
pre-professional work or i courses
leading to the Bachelor’s defer**.
Listed according to hometowns
they are:
Asheboro—Waldo Cheek, a second
year law student, son of Mr. ‘ and
Mrs. R. F. Cheek; Walter L. Nance,
sophomore, son of Mrs. L. F, Nance;
D. N. Whitaker, a junior, and W. M.
Whitaker, a sophomore, sons of Mr.
and Mrs. L. L. Whitaker. i ,
Liberty—M. B. Dark, a senior, son
of Mr. and MrSW.A. Btt Dark; <Bd Jfc
S. Hardin, a soptopJpa,
and Mr*. Wade Kai&n.
These men are taking a prominent
part in the campus life at the Bap
tist institution. Cheek is business
manager of The Student, undergrad
uate literary-humorous magazine,
student assistant in the college news
bureau, a member of Gamma Eta
Gamma, national legal fraternity,
and Chi Eta Tau, honorary philo
sophical fraternity.
Franklinville Now
Arranging Xmas
Community Events
Franklinville P.-T. A. Holds Its
Regular Meeting In Audi
torium Tuesday
Scouts Repair Toys
Various Church Groups Prepar
ing Entertainments For
Coming Holidays
Franklinville, Dec. 16.—The P.-T.
A. held the regular meeting at the
school auditorium Tuesday evening.
The rainy weather kept a number of
our people away. Nevertheless they
had a profitable meeting. One of
the mam features, was the splendid
address of Rev. N. M. Harrison of
j High Point College, who spoke of
1 cooperation between the parents and
teachers. Musk was furnished by
'pupils of Miss Pearl Spence’s music
class. The cleanliness banner was
I'awarded to the third grade, under
[ the management of Miss Eunice
Btuiks. Attendance banners were won
by the seventh and eleventh grades.
Mrs. J. L. Jones was hostess to
the missionary society of the M. E.
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ed piusical parts. The program will
dose, quite fittingly, with a group of
earols with Mrs. S. B. Stedman ac
companying at the piano.
This is the first recital given by
the pupils of Mrs. Field to which the
general public has been invited and
it is probable that many people will
avail themselves of this opportunity
of hearing her pupils. Last year Mrs.
Held gave several small recitals in
ter home, confining the visitors to a
smaller grotip from necessity. This
time, however, the school auditorium
will affojtd ample roo» f«N||j|^rtq
are
•follow
11s, St
Ross
Billy
Ramseur Woman
Gets Letter Via
Pan American Ship
Samuel Coward Of Ramseur Is
Given Surprise Party Cele
brating Birthday
Christmas Service
Dr. Tate, Who Is Slowly Im
proving At Ramseur Home,
Hias Several Visitors
Ramseur, Dec. 17.—Thirty six can
dles on a large cake told the tale for
one of our neighbors Sunday night,
when Samuel Coward was surprised
by his wife and a number of friends.
He was enticed away from home by a
member of the family and upon his
return found the guests ready to
spring the surprise. The home on Li
berty street, was fittingly decorated
for tht occasion in the Christmas mo
tif and the cake and other refresh
ments made him forget how old he
was. Everyone enjoyed the evening
and extended Mr. Coward their
heartiest and best wishes for many
more such events.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Webster spent
Sunday with relatives and friends at
Reidsville. ”
Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Phillips spent
the week end with friends at Greens
boro.
Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Baldwin and
others of Clarkton visited Dr. C. S.
Tate Sunday. Dr. Tate is slowly im
proving at his home here and en
joys the visits of his many friends.
Rev. H. M. Stroup preached Sun
day morning and night to attentive
congregations. He made sm earnest
appeal for clean, upright* living and
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Randleman News Of
Recent Happening Is
.Varied In Its Natiire
Streets Aglow With Lights In
Christmas Colors Giving
Town Festive Appearance
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Doctor Moves Office
Social Affairs Include Bride
Elect, Miss Helen McCollum,
And High School Parties
Randleman, Dec. 18.—The Randle
man streets are beautifully decorat
ed for the Christmas and New Year
holidays. Fir trees and colored lights
are constructed all through the busi
ness section and show up very good.
This Christmas apparel was made
possible by donations from the busi
ness houses of the town.
Mrs. C. D. Kistler and Miss Joanna
Van Werry entertained a group of
friends and relatives in honor of
Miss Helen McCollum, bride-to-be.
Bridge and rook were the evening’s
entertaining feature and four tables
were in play. Miss McCollum is to
be married, Christmas day to Claude
Van Werry.
The senior class of the local high
‘school and the sister sophomore class
was entertained Wednesday evening
by the room faculty and grademoth
ers. Novelty Christmas presents were
exchanged and an evening of fun and
entertainment was enjoyed. The af
fair was held in the • home-economics
department of the high school.
The Christmas Sunday school treats
will be given out to the members
Sunday morning. Randleman’s six
churches have all begun their Christ
mas pageants and they will be pre
sented next week.
Dr. J. C. Rudd, prominent Randle
man physician is moving to his new
office in Greensboro, this week. Dr.
Rudd came to this community a year
and a half ago and in the time he has
been here he has made many friends
and is widely known to the members
of the medical profession in the
county.
Miss Rose Parrish, of the school
faculty, was called to the home of her
parents in Durham, Friday, due to
the death of her father.
Ho! St. Nick, Brinford Bulla; Under
the Christmas Tree, Julia Alexander;
Climbing the Hill, Kittie Lee Fritz;
Merry Sleigh Bells, Patricia Bunch;
Rythm Drill, Primary and Grammar
Grade students; Robins Lullaby,
Margaret Alexander, Piano; Julia
Alexander and Jimmie Lee Field, vio
lins; Mrs. Kemp Alexander, cello;
Trio: Rondo, Emma Frances Luther,
Glaria Anderson, Mrs. Field; Poin
pettia, Margaret Alexander; Violin,
Polish Dance, David Stedman; Trio,
Waltz, Lucille Cox, Mrs. Fields Cath
erine Kearns; March of the Candy
Dolls, Glaria Anderson; Trio: A
Sleigh Ride, Lois Grimes, Marjorie
Hill, Mrs. Field; Santa Claus is com
Lewis, Jr.; Trio: Danse
Betty
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Confederate Veterans And
Widows In Randolph Now
Receiving Pension Checks
First Methodist
Church To Hold
Sunrise Service
Rev. Howard P. Powell, pastor
of the First Methodist church of
Asheboro, is planning a sunrise
service with communion for
Christmas morning. The service
will begin at 7:00 a. m. and is
open to members of any denomi
nation. Rev. Mr. Powell invites
every citizen of Asheboro to at
tend and participate in this sacred
hour, beginning the day in the
spirit of the Christ.
This is the only church service
announced for Asheboro for
Christmas day and will prohably
be largely attended. For some years
it has been a remarkable thing
that there were no church ser
vices in the town on religious
holidays. Rev. Mr. Powell is to be
commended for his plan of com
munion on this day and for his
generous invitation to the public.
Funeral Rites For
Lewis J. Ridge Are
Held Farmer Friday
Farmer Merchant Has Recover
ed From Attack Diphtheria
And Is Out Again
Farmer, Dec. 18.—The funeral ser
vice for Lewis J. Ridge, aged 66,
whose death occurred in the Randolph
Hospital, was held at the home of his
sister, Mrs. O. D. Thornburg on Fri»
day morning with interment follow
ing in the Farmer cemetery. The
services were conducted by Rev. L.
A. Bennett, pastor of Farmer charge.
The deceased was the son of the
late Burrell and Mary Ridge, and was
reared in the community, but spent
most of the time since his youth in
Atlanta,' Charlotte, High Point, and
other points where he was employed.
He is survived by two brothers,
Walter and Ernest Ridge, and two
sisters, Miss Emma Ridge and Mrs.
O. D. Thornburg, all of Farmer.
Our genial merchant, J. R. Ham
mond has recovered from a severe at
tack of diphtheria, and is again at
his place in the store.
James Cranford, young son of Mr.
and Mrs. O. V. Cranford, is ill.
Orris Parrish, son of Mr. and Mrs.
. 0. V. Cranford, is ill.
Orris Parrish, so nof Mr. and Mrs.
Onslow Parrish suffered a broken
arm when he slipped and fell while
at play at school on Monday.
John Nance has recently moved to
the Clay Bischer place.
Mr. and Mrs. Beverly Lank of
Campobello Island, Canada, are
spending the winter in the county,
making their headquarters at Mrs.
Flora Morgan’s. They are the par
ents of Mr. John W. Lank, who taught
in Farmer school a few years ago,
and spent one winter with him here.
They have many friends at Farmer
and Ramseur who are glad to see
them again.
Liquidating: Agents
To Send Out Cheeks
In Full To Depositors
On Friday, December 20th, the de
positors of the Asheboro Bank and
Trust company will receive another
check from the liquidating agents.
These checks will pay the depositors
of the bank in full without any stock
assessment. This was not true of all
banks that have not reopened since
the bank holiday, and is a source of
pride to those in charge of this busi
ness as well as satisfaction to the de
positors.
S. B. Stedman, former president of
the Asheboro Bank and Trust com
pany, is liquidating agent with E. H.
Morris, former cashier, acting as as
sistant agent. The checks were made
out in Raleigh and sent to the local
liquidating agents for distribution on
Friday.
Just what further steps will be
taken by the agents of the bank are
not at his time available, but the
stockholders have not yet been called
upon and are quite well pleased with
management of the entire business.
Announcements concerning thev plans
for completion of the business will
probably be made early in the new
year.
SEVERAL COUNTY BANKS
TAKE TWO-DAY HOLIDAY
The two banks of Asheboro, the
Bank of Randolph and the First Na
tional, plan a two day holiday for
Christmas, and will, therefore be
closed on Wednesday and Thursday.
Joining in this plan also are the
People’s Bank at Randleman and the
Bank of Coleridge at Ramseur.
Only Five Veterans Left In TMy
County Who Receive Pen
sion Checks
Checks Come Under
Two Classifications
Class A Checks For $300 And
Class B For $100; Many
Yet Unclaimed
'in >
Checks for Confederate war vete»
rans and their widows have been re
ceived at the office of the Clerk of
Court. A few have received them and
more are waiting to be claimed ip
the office. The checks come unde;
two classifications class A and clasp
B. The former is for $300 per yea;
and goes to the veteran or widow to
tally disabled; the latter for $100 per
year and goes for partial disability.
Veterans in this county receiving
checks are J. W. Howell of Randle
man; W. E. Ledwell, T. D. McMas
ter, A. C. Rush, Seagrove and L. O,
Sugg, Erect Widows are: Mary J,
Lamb, widow of W. H. Lamb; Mar
tha Langley, widow of James Lang
ley; Martha A. Spivey, widow of Jo
siah Spivey; Susan Swing, widow, B,
K. Swing; Jane Turner, widow of
John T. Turner; Jane Vamer, widow
of Wm. Pressly Vamer.
Betsy Davis, widow of Wesley A,
Brady, of Coleridge; Nancy C. Brown,
widow of Wm. Brown; Amanda Calli
cutt, widow of Asa Callicutt, of Pis
gah; Margaret Cranford, widow of
Marley Cranford; Hattie R. Cross,
widow of W .H. Cross; Mrs. W. S,
Crowson, widow of W. S. Crowson,
Annie Davis, widow of W. Davip;
Roxanna Dorsett, widow of Ivey Dor
, sett, of Farmer; M. Ellen Foust,
widow of John Foust; Mary Free,
widow of D. W, Free, of Ashebo;o;
Della L. Goins, widow of Daniel Go
ins, Asheboro; Sumantha Hardister,
. widow of Ezekiel Hardister, of Elea
i zer; Susan R. Henley, widow of Wil»
; liam Henley; M. S. Lassiter, widoif of
i B- H. Lassiter, of Randleman; Elia
I beth Jane Lilly; ~
. widow of A, C, Lyndon, of Deatons.
> Marinda Lyndon, widow of Jesse
, Lyndon, of New Hope Academy;
Mary E. Rightsell, widow of Samuel
Rightsell, of Ramseur; Mary P,
Scarlett, widow of Stephen Scarlett;
Elma Siler, widow of W. D. Siler; El
la Spivey, widow of Carney Spivey;
Edna Stokes, widow of R. C. Stokes,
of Ramseur; Elia Tysinger, widow of
Sol Tysinger, of Mechanic; and
Claudia A. Younts, widow of S. L
Younts, of High Point,
Christmas Pageant i
Will Be Presented
Presbyterian Church
Mrs. Kemp Alexander will be is
charge of decorations.
A cordial welcome is extended te
the public to attend this service os
Sunday, December, 22nd, at fivp
o’clock.
Modem Incubating
Plant To Operate
Here By January 1
The twilight service held on the
Sunday before Christmas at the
Presbyterian church has become •
tradition. For ten years at this hour,
amid a simple setting of green and
white, the Bethlehem story has bees
re-enacted. As one reverently wor»
ships there and watches the unfold'
ing of the sacred story from its ear
liest foregleams in prophecy to ite
glorious fulfillment in the Child of
Bethlehem, the heart is stirred and
faith rises to a new level of Joy
and' aspiration.
The cast of characters _giv£U i*
the order in which they will appear
is as follows:
The Watchman, B. W. Woodley;
David, Lester Monroe; First Angnf
of Prophecy, Miss Dorothy Whitak'
er; Isaiah, Lynwood Smith; Second
Angel of Prophecy, Miss Margan|t
E. Robins; The Angel of the Anna'
ciation, Miss Sara Hayworth, 'DM
Madonna, Mrs. Ogbum Yates; Group
of children angels; Group of ~
herds.
The music is in charg
James Burns and Mrs. L. L. VUp
aker.
Mrs. James Neely assisted by
Mrs. Harris Birkhead will design the
costumes.
Alton Kearns, of the Farmer con*
munity, is planning to open a modern
electric incubating plant in Asheboro,
It will be located on Sunset avenMk
between Dr. Weston’s office and the
Coca Cola bottling plant and will be
ready for business by the first of
January.
Chicks from North Carolina ae«
credited flocks will be offered for
sale. The varieties include Barred
Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, White
Wyandots and Leghorns. »