ALW AYS abreast with
THE CHANGING TIME
IN RANDOLPH COUNTY
THE COURIER LEADS
THE COURIER
THE COURIER AND
ASHEBORO MARCH
IN STEP—AHEAD
BOTH ARE LEADERS
tpj.weekly
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Est. As The Regulator
February 2. 1876
Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN
ASHKBOEO. N. C., SUNDAY, DEC. 6, 1936
Changed To The Courier
September 13. 1879
PUBLISHED TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SUNDAY
$2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
NUMBER 87
Operating Costs
Of City Schools
Now Made Public
Tabulation Of Salary And Op
crating Costs Securd
From Superintendem
Salaries Fixed
Average Monthly Salary Is
S67..17 I>er Ca’endar Month
For White Teachers
operating budget for the
schools of Asheboro has been pro
pared and made public by Sup
erintendent Reginald Turner. This
includes salaries for all teachers
for the white high school and
elementary schools and for the
colored school, the Randolph Coun
tv Training school.
.^11 of these salaries are paid
from state funds except a part of
the secretary’s salary which conics
from local funds. Teachers’ and
principals’ salaries are paid fo
eicht months' in the year. The
superintendent’s salary and the
secretary’s salary are on a twelve
month’s basis.
Teachers’ salaries are fixed by a
solan' schedule which is adopted
by the state school commission
and the state board of education.
The salary scale is based upon
academic training and experience
in teaching.
The average annual salary of a
white teacher in Asheboro is
*808.46. This is an average of
,j(]7..'i7 per calendar month.
The operating budget as released
by Superintendent Turner, with
teacher's name, position, monthly
salary, and yearly salary, follows:
White Schools
Reginald Turner, superintendent,
$l?5$i3, 82104.; Miss Ina Parks.
-Trotary. $50, $600.
Asheboro High School
Miss Alma J. Lassiter, principal,
$143.50, $1148; Miss Cornelia Ay
ers, history, science, $112.50;
$900; Miss Virginia Barker,
mathematics. English, $112.50,
$900; John J. Garrett,
science, $07, $776; Miss Clara E.
Gill, social science $112.50, $900;
Miss Massa E. Lambert. English,
$112.70, 8000;,Airs. John G, Pre
v>tte. English, $112.50; $000; Miss
Mabel Robertson, home economics,
$112.50, $900; Miss Mary Little
Steele, social science, French, $97,
$770; Ernest C. Swing,
mathematics, $90.50, $724; Miss
Juanita Taylor, commercial, $17,
$770.
Elementary School
Mrs. Gilbert Councilman, ele
mentary principal, seventh grade,
$112.50, $900; Miss Leona Wood,
seventh grade, $106, $848; Miss
Anne F. Young, seventh grade,
$100. $838; Miss Rachel Busby, j
sixth grade, $78, $624; Miss Madge!
Hobgood, sixth grade, $90.50;
$724; Miss Callie Vuncannon, sixth
grade, $94, $752; Miss Winifred
Eaddy, fifth grade, $112.50, $900;
Miss Georgia Warren, fifth grade. I
$94, $752; Mrs. Elizabeth Woodard,!
fifth grade, $90.50, $724; Miss
Louise Hunt, fourth grade, $91,1
$752; Mrs. Vida H. White, fourth j
grade, $109.50, $876; Mrs. Bessie
Rice, third grade, $106, $848; Miss
Ruth Tucker, third grade, $90.50,
$724; Miss Enolia Presnell, second
grad\ $90.50, $724; Miss Nancy E.
Adkins, first and second grades,
$112.50, $900; Mrs. DeEtte K.
Cranford first grade, $87.50, $700.
Miss Donna Lee Loflin, elemen
tary principal, fourth grade,
$112.50, $900; Mrs. John T. MoffiU,
fifth grade, $94, $752; Miss Vir
ginia Warner, fourth grade,
$112.50, $900; Mrs. Margaret W.
McLeod, third grade, $106, $848;
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Rees:, third
! grade, $84.50; $676; Miss Kat.y
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M. E. Young People’s Dlvisonl
Appoints Committee Members
A meeting of the chairmen of
the standing committees of the
^oung People’s Division of the
First Methodist Episcopal church j
"as held Thursday evening at the
home of Mahlon King. At this,
time the membership of the var
ious committees was fixed for the
coming year. The committees and
their members follow, the first
person in each committee being the
chairman unless otherwise de
signated.
Morning worship: Virginia
Cross, Robert Homey, Dorothy
Hix, Carl Pugh, John Dahl, Fernko
Johnson.
Evening worship: Sara Helen
Covington, Vivian Wrenn, Gloria
Anderson, Mozelle Homey, Fleta
Faye Bonkemeyer. John McGlohon,
Baxter Kearns, Worth Copple, Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Craven.
Evangelism and church relation
sh.p: Worth Bonkemeyer. Nannie
Mo.c Bonkemey.-n-, Eugenia Tysor,
Elizabeth Harrell, Mary Brown„
Bucj McBride, Marion Stedman, i
Haul Hunsucker.
'.lissions and world friendship:,
Proposal Made Combine
Community Building &
City Hall For Asheboro
! ■'
Selected to Direct j
Publicity for G. O. P. |
Casey
New publicity di-1
rector of the Re
publican national
committee is Leo|
J. Casey, veteran j
newspaper m a n . j
Casey, working
with Chairman
John Hamilton,
will play a lead
ing part in re- j
building party
fences for the |
hoped-for 1!M0
comeback.
Mt. Olivet W. M. A.
Has Good Meeting
j Friends, Neighbors, and Re
latives Help M. F. VVrenn
Celebrate 75th Birthday
Bud Beck Funeral
L. E. Teague Completes Im
provements At His Home;
Many Visitors
Erect, Dec. 5.-—The Woman’s
Missionary meeting met for the
November meeting with Mrs. W.
H. Maness at her home here. After
the business meetings, a social
hour followed during which deli
cious refreshments were served by
the hostess.
Several from this community at
tended the funeral of 11 ud Deck at
Riverside church Monday after
noon.
Several friends and relatives of
M. F. Wrenn gathered at his home
on November 22 to celebrate his
75th birthday. A sumptuous picnic
dinner was spread on the Ipwn.
Mrs. ul W. Teague spent some
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Recanvass To Be
Made By Officials
Employers Have Been De
linquent In Making Ap
plication For Security
Postmasters have been notified
to recanvass employers who have
been delinquent about registration
for the social security act, before
they draw up their lists.
Registration by employers undwj
the social security act was running
so far behind expectations that the
government instituted a check-up
of delinquents.
Where it had been estimated
that 3,500,000 were affected, only
about 1,500,000 applications for
identification numbers were report
ed received at the Baltimore of
fice of the security board to- date,
or less than 43 per cent of the
estimate.
The deadline for the applications
passed on November 21. Postal of
ficials said some were still drib
bling in; but that most of those re
ceived had cleared the post offices
for Baltimore.
In requesting the post office de
partment to list the delinquent em
ployers, the security board said the
enrollment of 2(>,000,000 workers
was progressing according to
schedule. The deadline for the
workers’ applications for “wage
account” was Saturday night.
Myrtle Lea, Janet McMasters,
Margaret Craven, Marie Kearns,
Marshall Kearns, Dale Freeman.
Recreation and personal develop
ment: Mahlon King, Mary Sue
Hayworth, Marie Craven, Bud
Hedrick, Dorothy Presnell, Mary
Reese King, Mary Anna Hughes,
William Rush, Etta Lee Craven,
John Bunch, Joe Andrews.
Publicity: publicity superinten
dent Thad Moser, Robert Mc
Glohon, Betty Prevett, J. A. Dun
can, Wescott Moser, James Walker,
J. C. Ellen, Maxine Branson.
Other officers of the Young Peo
ple’s Division who were elected
earlier in the fall are: J. Frank
McCrary, superintendent of the de
partment; Mahlon King, president,
Worth Ilonkemeyer, vice president;
Helen Thompson, secretary; Cath
erine Kearns, treasurer.
Teachers: Mrs. W. A. Under
wood, Mrs. W. C. Covington, Mrs.
Reginald Turner, Mrs. Beulah
Branson, Mrs. Don McGlohon, v.
L. King, Henry Redding, J. R.
Hill, Ed Craven.
Possible Now To |
Secure The Money i
PWA Funds Would Be Avail
able For Erection Of Pro
| posed Community Hall
Plans Drawn Before
New Gymnasium Takes Care
Of Some Of Former Plans;
City Hall Needed
The announcement that the
l‘WA project for additions to tiie
sewer and water system of the city
of Asheboro is now ready for final
approval, recalls another PWA
project for Asheboro which is still
pending. This is a proposed com
munity building, which was first
brought up in August and Septem
ber of 1935.
It is understood that city officials
and other leaders of the community
are now preparing to push this
project, since there are several ad
vantages to be gained at this time.
In the first place President Roose
velt has announced that practically
all PWA projects granted now wili
go to Southern states as nothing
much could be done in the north
during the cold winter months.
Since Asheboro has received only
the one other project, it is felt that
the town would be in a good posi
tion to get this building.
Furthermore, since some of the
features of the community build
ing as originally planned have been
provided by the new gymnasium,
it is now proposed to make the new
building a combined community
house and city hall. It has been
pointed out that a town with a
population estimated at from
8,000 to *10,000 should have some
public building which would be a
credit to the town.
Another advantage of getting
this building now is that the gov
ernment will pay 45 per cent of
the cost, leaving but 55 pel cent
for the city to put up. Since it :s
evident that Asheboro must have
some larger official building than
the present city hall in a few
years anyway, the benefit of sav
ing nearly half the cost can be
seen.
The original allocation of PWA
funds to Asheboro was to have
been approximately $125,000. Some
$00,000 of this is taken care of by
the water and sewer project, and
plans for the community building
called for about the same. On the
basis of paying only 55 per cent,
the city can get both of these pro
jects for a cost of about $70,000.
The original plans of the com
munity building called for a swim
ming pool with chlorination plant, J
locker rooms and shower baths, a j
recreation room, kitchen, serving
pantry, a combined gymnasium and
auditorium with stage and specta
tors’ galleries, a public library, and
a general office. It was to be of
brick, reinforced with steel braces,
having wooden floors, and a mod
ern heating plant.
If the project can be carried
through as a combined community
and city hall, the athletic features
would probably be cut out since
the town now has a gymnasium.
Whether to include a swimming
pool could be decided later. Rooms
would be provided for the mayor’s
office, the accounting department,
and collection department, as well
as a council room for board meet
ings. i
The sewer and water project, the |
approval of which is expected soon,
provides for an additional 500,000
gallon filter unit, 9,000 feet ol six
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i
Arlie Dixon Is
Found Dead Sat.
Creating considerable excit
ment until the verdict of Dr. W. j
L. Lambert, county coroner j
established the fact that death
was due to heart failure, was
the finding of the dead body of
Arlie Dixon. A citizen of west
Asheboro, passing along high
way 64 a few yards past the city
limits, at 6:30 Saturday after
noon saw the body of a man ly
ing in a field 15 yards off the
highway and summoned Pugh’s
ambulance. At the Kandolph
| hospital, it was found that the
man *was dead. Dr. Lambert, |
however, made a thorough ex
amination and attributed the
death to a heart attack.
Mr. Dixon left home an hour
before he was found dead, ac
cording to his wife, the former
Miss Chloe Presnell, who with
three children, survives. There
are several brothers and sisters |
living at Ramseur. the former j
home of the deceased.
Special Session
State’s General
Assembly Called j
-. -9
Henry L. Ingram. State
Senator From Randolph
Receives Telegram
Others Notified
' Lawmakers Of The State Will
Gather In Raleigh Thurs
day December 10th
Senator Henry L. Ingram, state
senator from Randolph, received a j
r telegram from Governor J. C. B. j
| Ehringhaus Saturday afternoon j
| calling a special session of the |
state legislature. Mr. Ingram’s ^
telegram read as follows: “You are
hereby notified that a special ses-j
sion of the state general assembly 1
has been called to convene on j
Thursday, December 10th, at 11:00
a. m. to consider the unemployment j
insurance compensation insurance
act,” signed J. C. B. Ehringhaus, j
Governor.
Similar messages were receive:;!
by Bryan McBride of Raeford,;
aiso state senator from this dis
trict and by Bryan W. Davis, Ran
dolph county’s representative in
the house.
During the past few weeks when
other states were a-twiri about
whether they were complying with
the federal requirements for the j
social security compensation act, |
North Carolina's Governor Eh-!
ringhaus took the stand that this j
state had sufficient laws concern- j
ing this matter. The attorney gen
eral voiced this opinion, which the j
Governor took as law and gospel.
Many of the chief lawmakers of
the state, however, did not hold
with the Governor and the attorney j
general against the federal govern- i
ment and statements have been
carried in the public press for th$
past two weeks pro and con.
Meanwhile, the figures estimated I
j as the state’s- loss unless proper■
I and necessary laws were enacted
by the general assembly before
December 31st, the time limit, were
set at $2,500,000. This is the suiv
the state would receive by com
pliance with the act.
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News Flashes
-from
j Everywhere
ship Strikers will
APPEAL TO PUBLIC
San Francisco.—Leaders in the
west coast’s maritime strike, har
ing failed to cause any wide spread*
support in the east, are planning
to publicize the strike, and make
I the people acquainted with their
working conditions and reasons for
walking out. Several huge parados
have been scheduled, and the strik
ers are counting on aid from fav
orable newspapers.
CHINA AROUSED BY
JAPANESE ACTS
Nanking, China.—Japanese acts
of aggression in China have finally
goaded the Chinese into action. The
Chinese foreign minister Thurs
day issued a virtual ultimatum
demanding satisfaction for the re
ported landing of 1,000 Japanese
marines in Tsingtao, including
withdrawal of the troops and the
release of Chinese officials and
documents.
MIDDLE SLASSES
SUPPORT KINO
London.—King Edward, beset by
church, cabinet, parliament, and
| press because of his connection
i with Mrs. Wallis Simpson, has re
ceived the enthusiastic support of
Great Britain’s middle classes.
Crowds gathered around Bucking
ham Palace cheering him Friday,
then marched on to the office of
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin
carrying banners protesting his ae
I tion against the king. Mrs. Simp- i
1 son has crossed to France to es
cape the hubbub that has sprung
up in London in the past few days.
CHAPEL HILL TEACHER
WINS MAYFLOWER AW ARD
Raleigh.—Dr. Mitchell Bennett
Garrett, professor of history at the
University of North Carolina, was
awarded the Mayflower Cup Friday
for his historical work, “Estates
General in 1879”, which deals with
the events leading up to the French
revolution. Dr.-Garrett was the
fifth U. N. C. professor to receive
the award, given for the best lit
erary W’ork produced in North
Carolina, in the six years it has
been presented.
LIQUOR NOW LEGAL
IN NORTH DAKOTA
Bismarck, N. D.- Thursday, for
the first time since North Dakota
was admitted as a state 47 years
ago, liquor was sold legally. A law
providing for the legal sale of
liquor was approved by the voters
at the November election, but op
ponents are raising the question of
its constitutionality.
Did Wally Lose
In Love To Her?
i
Senora Espil, above, is said to
be the only woman ever to van
quish Wally Simpson in the game
of .hearts. ..Eighteen years ago,
then Mrs. Courtney Letts Stillwell,
she is said to have won from Mrs.
Simpson the affections of Senor
Felipe Espil, rich Argentine con
sul. Mrs. Stillwell later wed
wealthy John Borden of Chicago
divorcing him in 1933 to wed
Senor Espil.
Welfare Appeal
Fully Explained
Robert Lloyd Makes Clear
Need For Asking For Help
In Welfare Work
>
No Federal Fund
No Provision In Regular
County Budget Makes Cloth
ing Purchase Impossible
In order that there may be no
misunderstanding about the appeal
that is being made by the Welfare
deparUnent for funds, clothing,
Uantiolpfutuun Ui
is should be made clear just what
this appeal is for, according to
Robert Lloyd, welfare officer. Ow
ing to the facf that Federal funds
were discontinued December, 191I5,
there are no available funds for
employable families in case of
emergencies such as desertion,
sickness, accident etc. It must be
distinctly understood that this ap
peal is not made for any county
approved case known as the out
side poor list as the county com
missioners have provided for these
in the regular budget. However,
there arc a number of families in
Randolph county that are in des
titute circumstances because they
live in the rural district and can
not get to W. P. A. work if same
was available. These families can
not buy shoes, stockings, union
suits, sweaters and other articles
not produced in the W. P. A. sew
ing rooms. A number of children
have been reported that are hav
ing to stay out of school on account
of not having adequate clothing
to keep them warm. For these
children and for widowed mothers
who cannot leave their small chil
dren to obtain work, and for thc
siek, this appeal is made.
The department is in special
need of shoes, sweaters, stockings
and boy’s unionsuits. However, any
serviceable clothing will be greatly
appreciated by the department.
SPECIAL SESSION
VIRGINIA ASSEMBLY
Richmond, Va.^- Virginia will
have a special session of its legis
lature if a majority of the mem
bers pledge support of an unem
ployment insurance bill and agree
to limit the session tp discussion
of that one issue and other uncon
tested matters, said Governor
George C. Peery Wednesday. Vir
ginia joins three other states which
have moved in the past few days
to save pay roll taxes from going
out of the state under the Social
Security Act.
Christmas Mailing Kush Now
Under Way Says Postmaster
The Christmas mailing rush has
already begun and J. O. Redding,
Asheboro postmaster, has made an
appeal to the people of the town
to get off their Christmas letters
and packages as soon as possible.
Early mailing will be of benefit
both to the post office staff and to |
the public. Workers at the post |
office are already overworked with j
the first of the Christmas mail.;
and if the majority of this is kept;
until the last few days before j
Christmas, it will place an unneces
sary hardship on them.
On the other hand if the mail'
comes in all at once, it cannot be;
handled promptly and will not j
County Teachers
Hold Meeting On
Saturday Dec. 5
Superintendent Turner Pre
sides And Introduces
Senator H. L. Ingram
Talks Salaries
Several Teachers Of Various
Schools Discuss Topics Of
Mutual Interest
.Senator Henry Ingram was the
chief speaker as the public school
teachers of Randolph county met
in the auditorium of the West
school in Asheboro, last Saturday
morning for the regular December
meeting. There was a large at
tendance from the various schools
of the county, as well as from the
city schools.
Superintendent Reginald Turner,
of the Asheboro schools ,presided.
After devotional exercises conduct
ed by the Rev. H. P. Powell, pastor
of the First Methodist F,piscopal
Church, South, of the city, came
the principal address of the day by
State Senator Henry Ingram. Afr.
Ingram discussed the past, present
and possible future of North Caro
J lina schools. He said, “The deve
j lopment of public education in
| North Carolina is a thrilling
| story,” and spoke of the fact that
; our public schools will celebrate
| their one hundredth birthday next
year. The speaker recalled the dark
i days of 1933, when stern retrencii
ment became necessary, but ex
; pressed pride in the fact that since
that time schools have been kept
open and salaries of teachers paid
promptly. He then made an in
teresting comparison of education
al conditions in North Carolina and
those in the nation at large, whicn
showed that our state still has a
1 long way to go.
The next discussed the possibili
t ties of improving these conditions.
The principal difficulty, he thought,
I come in making sufficient appro
priations for the needs of the
schools without raising taxes.
Miss Alma J. Lassiter, principal
of the local high school, discussed
| in an interesting manner the tenure
t .now being proposed
[by the North Carolina education
| association; and Miss Clara E. Gill,
' of the local school, followed with
a forceful discussion of the retire
ment bill proposed by the same or
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Stores Start Early
On Christmas Trees
Several Asheboro stores have al
ready made early bids to attract
the attention of Santa Claus by
putting up Christmas trees cover
ed with holiday trappings. Orna
ments, tinsel, wreaths, and lights
form brilliant decorations against
the deep green background.
Among the first to set up their
trees were the Carolina Power &
Light company, Huntley-Stockton
Hill, Scott Book & Stationery
Store, Hughes-Morris Hardware
company and Hudson-Belk. Many
other stores have entered into the
Christmas spirit with streamers of
the Christmas colors, red and
green,, and various figures and
posters indicative of the holiday
I season.
i Down Town Concert
i For Christmas Eve
The Asheboro school band will
play down town in Asheboro on
Christmas eve. The band will start
about 7:00 o’clock p. m. and will
continue until about 8:00 o’clock.
This band is a unit of the Young
Men’s Musical Association. This
will be one of the most eventful
performances since the band was
organized.
Reginald Turner, Asheboro
school superintendent, is very
much interested in the band and
hopes that the town will fully ap
preciate its civic value. The citizens
of Asheboro are urged to come out
and hear the band as it gives this
concert.
reach its destination at the time
calculated upon by the sender.
With all the added Christmas mail
it is inevitable that some delay
will result, but early mailing: will
help greatly.
In mailing the sender should
also allow for some extra delay on
the receiving end. Mr. Redding
said that patrons of the post office
should remember that in ordinary
times packages to the west coast,
for instance, took about ten days,
and to New York and that
vicinity about three or four days,
and even with the most prompt
handling at this time, extra days
must be allowed for.
Political Heir
Of Pendergast
Active control of the powerful
, Pendergast political organization
| in Missouri passed to James M.
| Pendergast, above. 41, when his
j uncle, Thomas J. Pendergast, long
I the dominant leader in the state
Democratic party, withdrew be
cause of illness. The other Pender
gast, stricken during the Demo
cratic national convention this
year, will act as an adviser to his
nephew.
Bennett Speaks At
State Grange Meet
Chief Of Soil Conservation
Service To Be In Raleigh
December 9
Native Tar Heel
One Of Foremost Authorities
In United States On Care
Of Soil
College Station, Raleigh, Do-.
5.—H. H. Bennett, chief of the
Soil Conservation Service, Wash
ington, D. C., will be among the
outstanding sepakers of-the an
nual session of "the North Caro
lina State Grange, at Raleigh,
December !).
Bennett, a native of Anson coun
ty, is one of the foremost authori
ties theUnited States on soils’.
The present program of the Soil
Conservation Service is largely the
outgrowth of his relentless in
sistence on a concerted fight to
save the nation’s most basic re
source.
Born on a farm near Wades
boro, Bennett began his associa
tion with the soil by chopping
cotton on his farm at the age of
10 years. After his graduation
front the University of North
Carolina in 1903 he immediately
entered the Bureau of Soils of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture
as a soil chemist.
Since that time he has studie 1
the problems of agriculture and
I the soil, not only throughout the
United States, but also in Alaska,
I Cuba, the Canal Zone, West Indies,
| and South America.
From 1919 to 1933 Bennett had
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Glen Wells Players
Appear Here Monday
The series of Lyceum entertain
ments which have contributed so
much to the enjoyment of Ashe
boro will come to a close Monday
with the presentation of a modern
play, “The Cricket,” by the Glen
! Wells Players. The performance
1 will begin at 7:.'i0 in the aduitorium
i of the Park street school.
I The play is a comedy, dealing
| with life in the household of a
congressman. It gets its name from
a servant who is the center of ac
tion and who is called “Cricket for
short.”
With “The Cricket” will end a
! well-rounded course of programs
| sponsored by the Kiwanis" club,
which will use the benefits for the
underprivileged children of Ashe
boro. The Collins Management
Services has brought to Asheboro
two splendid musical programs and
! an excellent lecturer, and the
| townspeople are expecting as fine
| a performance from the Glen Wells
Players Monday.
Scout Conference
At Woman’s College
Greensboro, Dec. 5.—A Giri
i Scout conference of state-wide
I scope will be held at the Woman's
| college of the University of North
] Carolina January 15 and 16 under
the joint auspices of the college
and the Greensboro Girl Scout or
ganization, according to C. W.
Phillips, director of public rela
tions at the college.
Miss Alice Phillipson of the Na
tional Training service with head
quarters in New York and Atlanta,
will be at the college to direct the
program, and all Girl Scout lead
ers in the state are invited to be
present. Mrs. Douglas Long, Girl
Scout Executive of Greensboro will
be in charge of the local arrange
1 ments.
ir. T. F. Wheeldon
mows Orthopedic
■Pictures To Club
A>
ro One Of Fifteen
ics Operated By This
Richmond. Va., Doctor
Before Rotarians
Dr. Outlines Briefly Courses
Of Treatment Used For
Randolph Cases
The program at the Rotary club
luncheon Friday was based on mov
ing pictures of the work of the
Crippled Children’s Clinics con
ducted by Dr. Thomas F. Wheel
don of Richmond, Virginia. Dr.
Wheeldon operates fifteen ortho
pod ic clinics within a radius of
•'>00 miles of Richmond, one of
them being in Asheboro.
The pictures shown were of
patients treated at Dr. Wheeldon’s
clinics, including several Randolph
county children. Dr. Wheeldon ex
plained the cases and treatment a3
they were shown on the screen.
A good number of the patients
treated had been paralyzed as the
result of' infantile paralysis. The
pictures revealed the advantage
gained by immediate treatment
following the initial stage of the
disease had passed and the greatly
aggravated damage resulting when
treatment was delayed for years
after the passage of the disease)
Children treated immediately were,
as a rule, restored to normal, and
could walk or use their limbs oth
erwise without apparatus. These
who were not able to secure heip
within a short time became incur
able with the lapse of years.
Part of the treatment advocated
by Dr. Wheeldon consisted of mas
saging the paralyzed muscles. Im
mersion of the patient in water
was also helpful, as it was found
that he could then work his limbs
more easily.
With reference to the situation
in Randolph county, Dr. George 11
Sumner, county health officer, stat
ed that there were 216 crippled
children in the county, 162 of
whom could still be aided by treat
ment. The clinic at the Randolph
hospital is especially valuable be
cause it offers the possibility of
immediate aid to the children of the
county. The state maintains a very
fine orthopedic hospital at Gas
tonia, but it has a waiting list of
2,000.
Attending the meeting was Miss
Verbena Welsh of Ramseur, the
first patient of the Randolph Coun
ty Clinic. Miss Welsh said that
since Dr. Wheeldon’s treatment she
has had perfect use of her muscles
and now enjoys playing baseball.
I Because of the special nature of
the program a great many guests
of the club were present. All the
doctors of the county were invited,
and among those able to attend
were Dr. Claude Hayworth, Dr. J.
H. Soady, and Dr. H. L. Griffin of
Asheboro, Dr. C. C. Hubbard of
I Farmer, and Dr. J. R. Johnson of
Ramseur.
Mrs. Russell Parks, Mrs. Cleve
land Thayer, and Mrs. W. L. Lam
bert were also invited guests of the
club. They have volunteered re
gular assistance at the monthly
clinics.
Also present by invitation were
Miss Annie Reece Quinn, superin
tendent of the Randolph Hospital,
and Charlie Bossong and William
J. Armfield, HI, who have con
tributed generous! y to the support
of the clinics.
Charlie Brandon was the guest
of Corbitt Scott and Mrs. I. F.
Craven of Ramseur the guest of
her son, Alton Craven.
ANOTHER MILLION OF
HIGHWAY SI RPLPS USED
Raleigh.—Governor Ehringhaus
Thursday allocated from the high
way surplus fund $800,000 for im
proving county highways and
$200,000 for an industrial plant at
Central Prison which will provide
work for the state’s prisoners. In
repairing roads particular atten
tion will be to school bus routes
damaged by the storms of last
winter.
Asheboro Is Gay
With Yule Lights
Multi-colored lights festooned
across the main business blocks
of Asheboro will surely lure
Santa Claus to town with a well
packed bag this Christmas. Ap
pearing for the first time Satur
j day afternoon at sunset, shop
pers, hurrying home, paused for
a moment to look at the
spactacular effect on the other
wise somber main street on
Saturday afternoon.
Local merchants, catching the
Christmas spirit, and having
previously fortified themselves
with a full and varied supply of
Yuletide merchandise, displayed
some attractive wares and also
flaunted attractive wares and
also flaunted attractively de
corated windows—heralding the
[ season.
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