Rutherford
County Offers
Unequalled
Opportunities To
Manufacturers
and Others
XIV —No. 13.
VIEWS OF OUR NEWS
By CHICAGOAN
*>.icago, Dec. 29.—T0 each
•?, very member of The Courier's
f., fly of readers, A Happy New Year
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Y, Editor Alcock, whose efforts to
e rve* bis community will continue
v-M.'h 1932 with the same vigor
■: characterized them in the past:
A. Happy New Year. May his de
;• inent subscribers shake with re
when they realize their lack
( appreciation, and may the mer
,,.ls and other business men con
linue to accord him the advertising
-ob printing patronage that his
, Km establishment deserves.
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To The Courier's printers, to its
reporters and to its printer's devil:
A Happy New Year. May the printers
n vc-i upset an "n" and the reporters
ru'ver miss an important news item.
S.". 1 careful as they may be, there'll
be the devil to pay each Saturday
night of 1932. As for the devil, may
hi never ''pi" a form nor be late for
his sweeping a single morning of the
ru'\v year.
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To the many good advertisers of
past week's: A Happy New Year. You
have served the people of your com
munity well by keeping them inform
ed of the trend of prices. You have
helped establish the reputation of
Forest City as a town in which busi
r.v - men are ever alive to their op
portunities and never lag in the
steady march of progress.
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To our good correspondents from
the various localities, church and
school news reporters and to our
society editor: A Happy New Year.
Your contributions are one of the
main reasons why each issue of The
Courier is so eagerly awaited. May
your interesting reports continue
and.may you find as much enjoyment
nuking them as we do reading the
paper after your letters are publish
ed.
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To Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Gold, who
have moved from Cliffside to Alex
ander: A Happy New Year. May you
find congeniality and interest in your
new surroundings and may your new
neighbors ever remember 1932 as
the New Year which brought to
their midst new acquaintances that
s'i n ripened into everlasting friend
ships.
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To the young man who so recent
ly took up residence with Mr. and
Mrs. Perry Hardin of Golden Valley:
A Happy New Year. Little boy, you
will never know I made this wish,
unless mayhap your parents clip this
paragraph to remind you in later
y ars that you were but a little babe
on the New Year's day of 1932.
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To Rudolpih and John Blanton and
the other college students home for
holiday vacations when the last Cour
ier was printed: A Happy New Year.
the remaining months of the
P 1 ■ sf nt school year bring you honors
and knowledge but most of all, may
a realization of the fact that
v n your present course is ended,
\ . hall have only prepared yourself
for the lessons to be learned as you
I 'eed year by year through the
College of Life.
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Holiday cheer was present in the
A Brandle home in Providence last
-day when it held as guests Mr.
M Airs. S. E. Harrill. Happy was the
day f the gathering and happy were
• wishes expressed by hosts and
£ • ts. at the reluctant leave tak
iJi?. The greetings are wafted to me
l>y !he Courier. In echo, I return
■ i". A Happy New Year!
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because the rest of The Courier
be devoted to other things more
! t'tant than my ramblings, I must
no more for this week, but be
':i I lay aside the paper, let me
' -h that the countless others whom
' have come to know through this
1 ]> r have just as Happy a New
t; .r as those whose names I have
mentioned. !
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Mr. Wesley Williams, of Georgia
! et-h, Atlanta, Ga., and Miss Mar
ft Williams, of Greensboro col-
Greensboro, spent the holidays
'o with their parents, Rev. and
! J, W. Williams.
FOREST CITY COURIER
FOREST CITY ONE OF THE TEN BEST PLANNED AND MOST BEAUTIFUL CITIES IN THE U. S. A." U. S. DEPARTMENT'. SURVEY.
SAVING MONEY ON
COSTLY DIRECT MAILING
Rutherford county store own
ers will be interetsed in the fact
that a great New York establish- j
ment controlled by John S.
Burke in November and Decern- ,
ber, 1931, passed the 1930 rec
ord in number of sales and gross
receipts.
Mr. Burke states that improv- j
ed conditions, in spite of depres- |
sion, are attributed largely to j
aggressive -newspaper advertis- i
; ing. Mr. Burke says that hereaf- I
. ter he will save money spent on
, costly circulars, and other store
literature distributed through the j
| mails, and add the amount sav
j ed—hundreds of thousands a
year—to productive advertising
1 in newspapers.
Here is an authentic "check
up" by one of the country's most
successful merchants, who has
proved to his own satisfaction
that newspaper advertising is j
the best, and cheapest method to
• be used in successful merchari
dising.
Your advertising in The Cour
• ier goes directly into the homes
of the prospective buyers of
Rutherford county, where it is
a welcome visitor, and never cast
j
aside without a glance. The
wide-awake merchant knows it
is the cheapest and best method
' of advertising. Our local rate is
j .rnly 25s per inch. And we know
numbers of newspapers in the
I state, with only half the circula
i tion of The Courier, who get' j
35c and 40c per inch. Ponder
these facts before making up
your 1932 advertising budget.
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OAK GROVE NEWS;
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- Ellenboro, R-2, Dec. 29. —A Christ
mas program and tree was given at
, Oak Grove Wednesday night. The
! following program was given. Songs
"Silent Night" by choir and "Holy,
Holy, Holy" by congregation, Scrip
ture reading, Edith Biggerstaff,
prayer Mr. A. G. Randall, welcome,
Edith Biggerstaff. "The Christmas
Candles" by four girls, "W r hat it
takes to make Christmas," a number
of children, "Light of the world,"
Dorothy Carter and Ruby Wilson,
"The Star of Bethlehem" by eight
girls and a sacred play "Christmas
Hearts are Humble" was given last,
after which the gifts were taken from
the tree. Rev. J. N. Snow made a
short talk and pronounced the bene
diction.
Next Sunday is regular preaching
day at Oak Grove, Everybody come.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Magness and
children, Earnest Jr., and Sara Mar
tha, of Marion, spent the week end
at Mr. C. O. Magness'.
Miss Kathryn Randall spent Sun
day with Miss Ollierea Randall.
Mrs. Iva Biggerstaff and Messrs
Nollie and Dwight and Misses Edith
and Hazel Biggerstaff spent Sunday,
at Mr. Cleat Hardin's near Gilkey. ;
Misses Reba Hamrick, Kathryn and
Ollieree Randall and Mozelle Jolly
and Messrs Jack Jolley and Ewert
Burns visited Miss Etta and Mr. Roy
Blanton, Sunday afternoon
Miss Edith Biggerstaff spent Fri
day night with Miss Maebeth Scruggs;
near Cliffside.
Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Hawkins and
daughter, Marjorie and Mr. and Mrs.j
Joe Hawkins and little daughter, Ber-,
nice, of Avondale, were visitors at
Mr. M. E. Hawkins, Christmas.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Claude El- (
more, Dec. 25, a son. 1
| Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Tate and i
Messrs Clarence and Odell Tate are
visiting relatives in Maiden, Belmont
and Cherryville.
Mrs. Mary Blanton, Misses. Etta
Blanton and Ila Hamrick and Roy
Blanton and Maynard Hamrick were
visitors at Mrs. J. M. Randall s, Sat
urday night.
Mrs. Connie Duncan of Spruce
Pine, Mr. Claude Jolley and family
of Polk county and Mr. and Mrs. (
i Franklin Warlick' and little daughter j
Doris, of Fallston, were visitors at
Mr. W. A. Jolley's, Sunday.
Misses Ettie Bailey and Susan |
Biggerstaff spent S.unday with Miss
Eugenia "Randall.
Mrs. J. M. Randall and Misses
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST'OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1931.
Change Poultry
School Dates
A change in dates from January
j5, 6, 7 and 8, to January 26, 27,
j 28 and 29 in our county-wide poul-'
! try school to be held in Forest City !
! has been made. Dr. Kaupp suggested j
this change so as to give more an i
opportunity to attend and to allow j
him to finsh up some work started.
| in Florida.
This school will be absolutely
I free and all are urged to attend,
especially those interested in poul
i try. Don't forget the dates have been ,
changed from January 5, 6, 7 and
8 to January 26, 27, 28 and 29, 1932.
PLAN REVIVAL OF
MONAZITE MINING 1
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Company Opening Mining Vil- 1
lage Near Bostic—Begin
Operations Soon.
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Rutherfordton, Dec. 28.—The mona
zite industry is now underway. Frank
R. Porter of the Porter Placer Min
ing company of Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, has been in this county some
time working on the project. He has
headquarters here at the Isothermal
hotel, though the plant will be located
near Bostic. J. T. McGregor, secre
tary of the local chamber of com- T
merce and manager of the hotel, who ,
has been interested in the mining
industry for some time, was instru-,
mental in securing the industry for
this county.
' Mr. Porter has had 35 years' ex- j
perience in the mining business. He j
plans to erect a large and modern ;
monazite plant on Broad river near *
, Bostic at the junction of the Sea
| board and Clinchfield railroads. Mr.;
Porter has contracted with B. Bryan
Harrill of Forest City for five acres (
; of land at the site. There will be a j
• good highway, two railroads, tele- j
! phone and electric lights accessible j
| for the plant. Mr. Porter plans to j
I have the plant in operation not later .
.than April Ist. The plant will pay j
the farmers $25 per ton for mona- j
' zite sands to start with.
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Basketball Game
Thursday Night j
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! The all sta*s, that is the star high I
school graduates and other players!
that have represented the high school;
in former years, will play the high
school team. This will be one of the ;
best games and the last one of the
old year. The admission for this game ;
• will be men, 15c, women and school |
children, 10c.
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I After the holidays the admission j
price for the high school games will
|be ten cents for women and stu
dents and twenty-five cents for men. (
I The men usually have to pay the :
admission for the wives and children, i
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1 For this reason most of the men will
! feel the effects of the low admission
fees. It is regretted that it is neces- '
i sary to change the admission price, j
The proceeds of the game Thurs-,
day night of this week will be used
to buy new uniforms for the high
school team. The old uniforms are 1
about worn out. The fans want to see
the local team dressed in good uni- !
forms. See a good game and help
make your team look better.
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Ollieree Randall and Evelyn Grayson
spent Friday at Mr. C. B. Harrill's. I
I Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Kennedy visit-!
| ed at Mr. Webb Kennedy's near For-'
est City, Friday.
I The Epworth League met Sunday
night and elected new officers for
i the coming year. Mrs. Connie Jolley |
Duncan of Spruce Pine made a
talk which was enjoyed. The
worth Leagues closed a contest Sun- j
day night Groups one, two, three
and four have been in a contest for j
attendance, collection and Bible
reading two and four won.
Mr. W. T. Harrill's, Mr. T. A. Big
gerstaff, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Harrill j
and Mr. Coren Bailey and family
were visitors at Mr. H. . Harrill s
Friday. j
Mr. Forest Matheney and family
and Mr. Miller Martin and family
j spent Friday at Mr. A. B. Bailey's, j
| Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Harrill and
' children Billy and Rebecca of Hen- j
rietta, were visitors at Mr. C. B.
Harrill's, Saturday. • i
SUNDAY SCHOOL
MEETING JAN. 3
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Sandy Run Sunday School As
sociation to Convene With
Alexander Church. *•
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The Sandy Run Baptist Sunday'
School Association will meet in the 1
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Alexander Baptist church Sunday af- 1
ternoon, January 3rd, at 2:30 o'clock. j
All Sunday school workers and oth
ers are urged to attend and -start
the New Year right. The following
program will be given:
2:30-2:45 Songs: Devotion, Rev. j
C. C. Matheny, Alexander Baptist i
church; Special music, Spindale quar- 1
tet.
2:45-2:50 Meaning of Church con
trol: Supt. Vance Price, Mt. Plea
sant, (R).
2:50-3:00 Discussion of enrollment,
Supt. G. C. Harrill, Caroleen.
3:00-3:10 Advantages of grading, ';
Mrs. Chas. Ford, Forest City First, j
3:10-3:20 Use of Baptist Litera
ture, Supt. G. M. Cole, Holly Springs.
3:20-3:30 Meaning of Bibles used,
Supt. T. J. Bagwell, Henrietta.
3:30-4 :JO Checking reports, an- j
nouncements, counting delegates!
present, adjournment.
The last meeting was most encourg
ing. The weather was very bad, yet j
20 Sunday schools sent representa-;
tives. There were 55 officers and j
teachers present. Reports were sent
in from 25 Sunday schools. If your
school did not send a report last
month, join this 25 and let's make
it at least 35 this month. I read out
the list of those sending reports this ;
month. Fill out these reports im
mediately after the fourth Sunday
so that we may fill out chart and
give your school full credit before
the meeting on. the First Sunday af
ternoon.
FLUkENCE MILL NEWS
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' Prayer meeting- Saturday evening
j at 7 o'clock at the home of Mr. Clar
| ence James, with Mr. M. L. Lynch
j in charge.
j Mr. N. B. Reid will preach at the
Florence church Thursday evening
at 7:15 o'clock.
Mrs. Joan Toney spent Christmas
j at Mr. Howard Whisnants.
J Mr. and Mrs. Frank Toney spent
j the Christmas holidays in the Sun
-1 shine community visiting relatives.
| Mr. and Mrs. Laxton Harden, of
| Newton, are spending a few days
! here with his mother, Mrs. Horace
Harden. —
j Miss Mary Johnson and Mr. Alonzo
j Putman were visitors in Shelby,
I Sunday.
j At the morning service at the
• Florence Bapitst Sunday, Supt. J. W.
( Webb presented 18 pins to those
i who attended every Sunday in year
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Mr." and Mrs. S. S. Doggett and
| children are spending a few days at
the home of Mrs. Doggett's father,
j Mr. J. A. Mode.
Mr. J. W. Towery and family were
. visitors in Ellenboro Sunday at Mrs.
Towery's mother, Mrs. Sallie Dob
bins.
Miss Ruth Towery is spending the
Christmas holidays at Mr. Rufus
i Towery's in Sunshine.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Fant and children
j' of Valley Falls spent the Christmas
I holidays here at the home of Mr.
Charlie Green.
Mr. C. R. Hudlow and family spent
Christmas at home of his parents,
Mr. A. C. Hudlow. i
Miss Pauline Erwin, of Charlotte
Sanitorium, is spending the Christ
mas holidays at home.
Miss Mary Padgett, of Pacolett,,
S. C., spent Christmas at Mr. and
Mrs. A. C. Hudlows. j
Messrs Roand Padgett and Eddie
Padgett and two (laughters Mary and
Bessie, Miss Minnie Bright of Paco
let, S. C., were the dinner guests of j
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Hudlow- Christ- j
mas day.
Among who attended the
pound party at Mrs. Roland Smith's
Saturday night were, Misses Carrie, ■
Pearl and Nellie Burgan, Edna Er
win, Emma Crawley ,Janine, Pau-.
line and Moree Hudlow and their:
house guest, Miss Mary Padgett.
Messrs Earnest Coffey and Everett
Toney. I
Mrs. Broadus Crawley and chil
dren are spending this week with her
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Cliffside Mill * I
Gets Tax Refund
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j Washington, Dec. 28.—Tax re
j funds aggregating several hundred
thousands dollars were granted North
Carolina taxpayers last year by the
federal government, the bureau of (
j internal revenue revealed yesterday :
in a voluminous report filed with j
I the house committee on expendi- j
tures in the executive departments, j
; Among those receiving tax re
funds up to or more than $1,000:
were: Eastside Manufacturing
company, Shelby, $1,743.65;
| side Mills, Cliffside, $12,998.84. M
BUSY DAYS FOR !i
OFFICER EDWARDS
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County Traffic Office* Makes
Number of Arrests on High- 1
ways During Holidays.
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j Traffic officer Garrett Edwards 1
made a very thrilling ride Jast Wed- 1
nesday, which- resulted in the cap- i 1
ture of two-men and five gallons of
whiskey. Officer Edwards chased the ,
automobile twenty-two . miles over a
slippery, wet dirt road"%efore cap- !
turing the men. He first noticed the ;
car near Rutherfordton, and gave
: chase which carried him out Route
! No. 181 via -Indian Lake, through
| McDowell county and finally over
| taking them in Burke county. The
entire ride was made at a great dis
• advantage to Mr. Edwards, as his.
motorcycle threatened every second
,to skid on the slippery mud road.
| The men were brought to Ruther—
| fordton and lodged in jail to await
a hearing in Recorder's court,
i On the day before Mr. Edwards
' arrested t* T o men in an automobile •
j near Spindale, and took fcavo gallons
|of liquor. He also captured an au
! tomobile, one man * and one-half
I ! gallon of Knfuor on Route 19, between
! Rutherfordton and Columbus, and on
j Wednesday arrested another man
: between Forest City and Rutherford
■ i ton, who had some whiskey in the
t car.
On Christmas Eve Mr. Edwards f
II took an automobile in Colfax town
; ship. The driver was arrested. Some ,
| liquor was found in the car, but most,
i. of it had been broken in the chase.
Mr. Edwards made a number of
;, other arrests (furing the holidays,
- 1 most of the parties being charged
! with operating vehicles while under
: ( the influence of whiskey. Several
5 drunks were also arrested by him. !
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tHRISTMAS PROGRAM AT
) FLOYD'S CREEK SCHOOL
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Forest City, R-l, Dec. 28.—A
i i large crowd attended the Christmas
. program, which was given at the
? Floyd's Creek school, on last Wed
f nesday evening. The program con
j sisting of songs, dialogues, short
1 plays and recitations, was well giv
- S en and enjoyed by the people.
, ! At the close of the program, Santa
: Claus delivered to each child in school
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- , a present from the large Christmas
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■ tree, which was beautifully decorat
•Jed and weighed down with presents.
I Miss Georgia Wells, the assistant
I teacher, presented a number of
> to those who have been neither ab
• sent nor tardy since school opened.
The presents and gifts gave the chil
dren much joy and made Christmas
seem real to them.
} At the close of the evening ex
ercise, the principal, M. L. Johnson ]
gave to each pupil a treat. 1
I The evening was well spent bring-;
ing to the children joy and to the old- ]
er ones, memories of the past. ,
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Mr. and Mrs. Carl Baldwin had as
their guests for the holidays, the lat
ter's mother and sister, Mrs. Aba B.
Taylor and Miss Flora Taylor, of,
Greensboro and Mr. Sidney Glinn,!
of Goldsboro.
Master Edward Marks, of Burling
ton, arrived at Forest City, R-3, to i
spend the holidays with his grandpar- j
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Baber.
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sister, Mrs. Bronson Bennick's at
Cliffside. ' i
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Goode and .
children spent Christmas at Mr. Wal-
ter Downey's at Alexander. j
| Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wilkins and
children are spending this week with ]
Mr. Wilkins parents, near Harrlss. j
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96 COLUMNS
SI.OO Per Year in Advance
COUNTY WELFARE
DEPARTMENT AIDS
MANY CHRISTMAS
Co-operation of Clubs and So
cieties Over County Brought
Happiness and Cheer to
Many Children.
Rutherfordton, Dec. 28.—The coun
ty department of Public Welfare ex
tends thanks and appreciation for
the'kind interest shown and helpful
donations given at Christmas time
by citizens and clubs, Sunday school
classes and various organizations of
the county.
Christmas was a "happy event to
many poor and neglected children.
There were as many as 300 little
girls hugging dollies and 300 little
boys happily blowing horns, eating
candies, nuts and fruits who would
have been sorrowfully neglected had
it not been for the kind-heartedness
and generous gifts from the public.
The County Welfare Departments
received checks and cash gifts from
•many which bought shoes and com
fortable clothing for sick and un
fortunate grown-ups as well as chil
dren and there were helpful dona
tions of foods and second-hand cloth
ing sent, all of which contributed
largely toward making comfort, peace
and happiness for the needy and
those who would have been forced
to have gone without.
The Rutherfordton firemen gave
Christmas trees at which about 160
children of Rutherfordton, Ruth and
Spindale received generous treats.
Bright colored mesh stockings, bag
ging by weighted gifts, were distri
buted at this gala occasion by Old
Santy himself, at the City Hall on
Wednesday afternoon. Little children
of disappointed .parents, some or-%
phaned and many with skk fathets
and motliera, came Tvith bright, bensu'
ing smiles, clean faces and hands; at
lot of them dressed neatly in
checked Spindale ginghams, made by
students of sewing classes of High
schools in the county. Spectators at
tending the festivity happily observ
ed expressions of delight as names
were called and small girls hugged
pretty new dolls and boys puffed out
round cheek as they blew bright
horns. The children thrilled over
fresh juicy oranges and apples as
much as at candies and nuts and the
occasion was a joyful success.
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ChurJren Ifl I'eniote sections of the^
' county received colored mesh stock
ings which had been filled by volun
teers and these were distributed by
! various committees of clubs and in
terested and dependable citizens. Ac
tive welfare community clubs were
liberal and worked diligently to seer
that no child failed to receive gifts
at ClifFside, Caroleen, Henrietta,
Avondale, Lake Lure and other well
: organized towns of the county. The
; Forest City Family Welfare Asso
ciation took cal'e of numberless poor
and made happy hearts and comfort
able appetites.
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Many unfortunate families were
listed and locations described by the
Welfare Departments which the Ki
wanis clubs of the county "pounded"
with palatable foods; many hungry
and disappointed hearts sat at Christ
mas dinner experiencing delight of
having big fat hens, cakes and good
things which wfere furnished by mem
bers of clubs—men who have big
hearts that reach out to his less for
tunate brother.
Depression is considered a curse
but proof is given at this holiday
season that generosity still holds
reign and that he who sacrifices reaps
the raptuous joys of giving in a far
greater degree than does the man
with the full purse.
PIEDMONT COUNCIL MEETS 12
The annual meeting of the. Pied
mont Council, Boy Scouts of Amer
ica will be held at the Masonic
Temple, Gastonia, Tuesday night,
Jan. 12th. " The Silver Beaver aw-,,
ard has been conferred upon four
members of the Council and will be
awarded at this time. Those re
ceiving the award will be: Presi
dent, J. W. Atkins and Fred L.
Smyre, of Gastonia; Rev. W. J.
Roach, of Lowell and Dr. Allen J.
Jervey, of Try on.