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VOL. XLV
YADKINVILLE, YADKIN COUNTY, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1939
No. 52
From
the
State
and
Nation
STATE
RALEIGH, Dec. 26 — Al
though no figures are available
aa far back as 1918, it is esti
mated that by 1932 local gov
ernment debt in North Caro
lina had increased more than
four times to the sum of over
$362,900,000. Without elab
orating upon the cause of this
debt and the purposes for
which it was incurred—a large
part was due to operating def
icits—-it is obvious that ec
onomic expansion and devel
opment as a whole for the en
hancement of taxable wealth
in many communities did not
keep pace with such tremen
dous increase in local govern
ment debt.
"NATIONAL
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26 —
A1 Jolson, the mammy singer,
was divorced today by his
* third wife, Ruby Keeler, who
said he “called me stupid" and
“would keep me awake all
night calling me names." Nat
tily attired in a tan camel hair
sport*! suit, tan sweater and
tan felt hat, the former stage
and film dancer told a su
perior judge in some detail the
reasons he called A1 cruel in
her divorce complaint.
COLUMBUS, O., Dec. 26 —
Discovery of the way cellulose
develops was disclosed today to
the American Association for
the Advancement of Science.
. Cellulse, taken from trees and
P," plants, is used in a billlon-dol
lar industry to make hundreds
of articles ranging from rayon
to explosives. How plants nan
ufacture this major part of
their structure has been one of
science’s great mysteries. The
discovery Is a step toward ar
tificial creation of this great
raw material by machines and
chemical reactions.
INTERNATIONAL
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COLON, Panama, Dec. 26—
While the Nazi freighter Dues
seldorf headed out to sea to
night under a British prize
crew, German Consul Walter
Schmidt said he had protest
ed the vessel’s clearance on the
grounds that Cristobal was a
toeutral port. Asserting he
acted both as German consul
and in the name of the North
Gennan Lloyd line, of which
he is the agent, Smith told the
Associated Press: “I was under
the impression that the ship
was in neutral waters and re
lied upon the international
ruling which forbids conveying
a prize of war through such
waters."
LONDON, Dec. 26—Austra
lia’s contribution to the British
empire’s war effort took tangi
ble form in the mother conn- i
ftr ytoday with the landing of.
a trained air squadron in Eng- |
land. Arrival of the tanned
airmen, little more than a
week after a division of Cana- |
dian active service troops de
barked at an English port, was
regarded as a demonstration
of empire solidarity. Under
command of Wing Commander
L. V. Lachal, the Australian
contingent is made up of pi- j
lots, gunners and observers
and had a ground staff of me
chanics ready to take over
their duties with the Royal
Air Force immediately.
BERUN, Dec. 26—Adolf Hit
ler, playing Santa Claus to his
western front troops, returned
briefly to French soil Christ
mas eve, 21 years after he last
left It, a gassed and tem
porarily Minded world war
corporal. An authoritative ac
count of the excursion said he
entered France at a section
^ which now is a no-man’s-land
and continued on to Spicheren
heights, between Saarbruecken
and Fortmch. There he spent
"some time” in a sector occu
pied by French troops until a
few weeks ago when French
troops withdrew under Ger
man presume to their own side
' 0t the border.
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Boonville Couple Married 50 Years
Pictured above are Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Spencer, of Boonville,
who December 17 celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary at
their home there.—(Photo courtesy of Journal and Sentinel.)
Enjoys Ripple in
Sunny California
The Yadkin Ripple
Yadkinville, N. C.
Gentlemen:
Enclosed find one dollar for
my subscription to the Ripple
for another year.
We enjoy reading it very
much and look forward each
W2ek to reading the news from
Yadkin county.
Sincerely yours,
CARRIE HUFF HAUSER
Santa Barbara, Calif.
Pardues Celebrate
50th Anniversary
Christmas Day
Mr. and Mrs. David 3. Pardue,
of near Yadkinville, celebrated
Christmas and their Golden Wed
ding together last Monday when
scores of relatives, friends and
neighbors gathered at their home
to pay their respects to the aged
couple who have worked side by
side for 50 years, some of them
years of hardships but mostly
years of pleasure. Their mar
riage took place on Christmas
day, 1889, when Mr. Pardue led
Miss Callie Caudle to the altar,
after gaining the consent of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Spencer
Caudle, who then lived near
Union Cross.
Coming first on the list of
those present Monday were the
11 living children of Mr. and Mrs.
Pardue, their 25 grandchildren
and three great-grandchildren.
The children were Mrs. S. W.
Brown and Mrs. Julius M. Miller,
Boonville; Mrs. R. o. Holcomb, of
Winston-Salem; Charlie, Eugene,
Cliff, Jesse and Robert Pardue,
and Mrs. L. A. Casstevens, of Yad
kinville; and Misses Laura and
Zetta Pardue, of the home.
Coming from a distance to at
tend the wedding celebration was
Mr. Pardue’s sister, Mrs. Carrie
Reece, wife of Winfield Reece,
who came with her daughter,
Mrs. Ina Mae Alexander, and
husband, Bert Alexander, and
their young son, 1,100 miles from
Clemons, Iowa. Another sister,
Mrs. Cora Adams, came from
Winston-Salem, together with
her son, Lyman Adams, and
daughter, Miss Vetra Adams. An
other sister, Mrs. Ossie Hobson,
of near Deep Creek Friends
church, was present. Also Mrs.
Rosa Dobbins, of Yadkinville, a
sister of Mrs. Pardue, and Mr.
Dobbins were visitors Sunday af
ternoon.
Christmas decorations w e
featured in the home and din;
room where a large table \
loaded with good things to €
Before dinner was served, pic
style, Rev. Charles H. Hutchi
spoke very feelingly of his as
elation with the family, of h
they had weathered the storms
life together and were now enj<
ing the peace and quiet of tl
home, surrounded by their cl
dren and good neighbors, 'l
choir of Pilot view Friei
church sang some appropri
selections, accompanied by &
Della Williams at the piano.
Mr. and Mrs. Pardue received
a large number of presents from
their children, neighbors and
friends. Mr. Pardue received a
large easy chair and he gave Mrs.
Pardue a gold wedding ring to
BOONVILLE MAN
FATALLY HURT
Barney A. Childress Instant
ly Killed; Companion Is
Seriously Injured
FUNERAL HELD MONDAY
Barney A. Childress, 60, of near
Boonville, was killed instantly
Saturday afternoon in an auto
mobile mishap on the new Boon
. ville-Crutchfield highway. Poy
Shugart of Boonville, driver of
the car, was seriously injured and
is in Hugh Chatham Hospital.
Max Woodruff, also a passenger
in the car, was only slightly in
jured.
The accident happened where
the paved highway ends on the
Crutchfield end of the highway
and the beginning of the dirt
road. The body of Childress was
badly broken and crushed. He
was a well known and respected
farmer.
Mr. Childress was a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Winston Childress and
was a member of Charity Baptist
church. He was married to Miss
Annie Brown 38 years ago.
Surviving are the widow; 10
children, Claude Childress of
Winston-Salem; Maude, Treva,
Irene, Vernie and Everett Child
ress, Mrs. Theodore Parker and
Mrs. Ruby Hall of Boonville, Clyde
Childress, Mrs. Prank Driver, of
Yadkinville; three brothers, Hen
ry and Early Childress of Win
ston-Salem, and Steve Childress
of Rockford; and three sisters,
Mrs. Vestal Hutchins of Yadkin
ville, Mrs. Mollie Hutchins of
East Bend and Mrs. Amelia Stin
son of Trinity.
Funeral services were held
Monday morning at 11 o’clock at
Charity Baptist church, where he
was a member, with Rev. E. A.
Stinson in charge. Burial was in
the church cemetery.
Beloved Lady Dies
At East Bend
Funeral rites for Mrs. Mary
Jane Kirk, 72, of East Bend, were
held at East Bend Friends church
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock,
with Rev. C. H. Hutchens in
charge. Burial followed in the
church cemetary.
Mrs. Kirk was bom in Davie
county but had resided in East
Bend for a half a centuary. She
was a member of the Friends
church and a beloved lady. Her
husband, Frank P. Kirk, died in
1927.
Surviving are one daughter,
Miss Eula Kirk, of East Bend; six
sons, Claude, Clarence and Clyde
Kirk, of East Bend; Charlie Kirk,
of Winston-Salem; John Kirk, of
Union, Iowa; and Carl Kirk, of
Atlanta, Oa.; six grandchildren;
one brother, Charles L. Wooten, of
Lyford, Texas; and one sister, Mrs.
J. Lee Norman, of East Bend; one
half sister, Mrs. J. Frank Hend
ricks and one half brother, T. A.
Banzant both of Mocksville.
Pallbearers were C. O. Hobson,
A. E. Harroll, Bob Joyner, R. E.
Smitherman, Walter Tomlinson
and J. W. Matthews.
take the place of the one he
didn’t have when they married.
Their friends hope this good
couple will live to enjoy many
more anniversaries. Both enjoy
splendid health at present.
AGRICULTURAL
PROGRAM HAS
NEW CLAUSES
Minimum Payment in Con
servation Program Is
Increased
PROGRAM IS DISCUSSED
Two new clauses have been
added to the 1940 Agricultural
Conservation Program which
makes it possible for any farm
owner in North Carolina to earn
a minimum payment of $50.00,
according to the County Agent’s
office here.
First: Any farm on which a
maximum payment to earn is
less than $20.00, it is automati
cally increased to $20.00. It will
be necessary that he perform
enough practices to earn this
additional payment.
Second: Any farm owner can
also earn in addition to his cot
ton, tobacco, wheat and soil
building payment a payment of
$30.00 for planting trees on four
acres of eroded cropland. It is
not necessary to plant four acres
to receive any payment but a
payment of $7.50 per acre will be
made up to four acres planted.
It is recommended that around
1200 tree seedlings be set per
acre. These seedlings can be se
cured from the North Carolina
j Department of Conservation and
Development through the County
Agent’s office at $2.00 per thou
sand delivered for the following
species: Loblolly Pine, Long Leaf
Pine, Short Leaf Pine, Black
Locust, Yellow Poplar, and Red
j Cedar. Black Walnut seedlings
| can be secured at $10.00 per
' thousand delivered and White
| Pine seedlings at $3.00 per thou
| sand delivered. This will allow
I the farmer a payment of $5.10 to
meet the cost of necessary labor
in setting the trees, which will
start growing into additional in
come for the farm. The Depart
ment will not fill any orders for
less than one hundred of any one
species.
The above seedlings are furn
ished only to be used as forest
plantings and erosion control.
They cannot be used for orna
mental planting and must not be
resold.
Orders for seedlings should be
placed as early as possible as
they will be filled in order of re
ceipt until the supply is demolish
ed. All orders must be placed by
February 25, 1940.
Application blanks for nursery
stock can be secured at the
County Agent’s Office in Yadkin
ville.
“Forest plantings will be a
monument to your work. Let’s
build now.’’ This is a statement
of R. W. Graeber, State College
Extension Forester.
A number of idle acres of land
in Yadkin County which is not
bringing in any income can be
set in forest trees that will bring
in additional income to the farm
er and also stop soil erosion on
these plots.
The Pot Grows
Larger
The Yadkinville theatre offers
$60.00 as the main attraction this
week for its “money night,” held
on Thursdays.
Starting three weeks ago, the
prize of $20.00 has carried over
each week when persons whose
names were drawn failed to ap
pear at the drawing.
Red Forces Lose 4,000 Men As
Finns Force Retreat Of Fifty
Miles In Cold Northern Areas
GERMANS PRACTICE KX Si.V.'.?
the German fleet are shown practicing: with their anti
aircraft g:uns. These vessels resemble the famed mosquito
boats of the British navy. Photo passed by the German
censor.
FALLING TREE
KILLS HUNTER
C. J. Vestal, of Courtney,
Slips and Falls While Run
ning Out of Way
WAS HUNTING OPOSSUM
C. J. Vestal, of Courtney, was
instantly killed Saturday morning
two miles east of Boonville, when
a tree fell on him as he was run
ning from it. He slipped and
fell and was unable to get up in
time to avoid being hit.
Vestal, accompanied by his
brother-in-law, Robert Durham,
and a brother, Johnnie Vestal,
were hunting opossums. An
opossum climbed a tree and they
were cutting the tree to catch it.
The tree fell across his body,
breaking his neck and back, kill
ing him instantly.
Vestal was born in Yadkin
county, a son of William and
Wilma Collins Vestal. He was
connected with J. H. Craver &
Son, handle makers, at Courtney.
He was married in 1930 to Miss
Gladys Carter of Winston-Salem.
He is survived by his widow and
mother; four brothers, Edgar and
Robbie Vestal of Winston-Salem;
Johnnie Vestal of Boonville, and
Albert Vestal of Jonesville; six
sisters, Mrs. Grady Durham of
High Point; Mrs. Collie Durham
of High Point; Mrs. John Collins,
and Mrs. Ila Wall of Winston
Salem; Misses Della and Pearl
Vestal, of Boonville.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock at
Courtney Baptist church, in
charge of Rev. R. L. West, the
pastor. Burial followed in the
church cemetery.
Main Objection
Blonde (anxiously)—And what
Is your main objection to em
barking on the sea of matri
mony?
Bachelor—The squalls.
Yadkin Ladies to See Brothers
Four White Horses Lead Famous
Rose Bowl Parade Hew Year’s
Mrs. Hiram Taylor, of Enon,
East Bend, Route 2, and her sis
ter, Mrs. C. E. Kelly, native of
Yadkin, now of Winston-Salem,
will witness an eyeful on New
Year’s day when thfy see four of
their brother’s fine white horses
lead the great Pasadena (Calif.)
Rose Bowl Parade In the Tourna
ment of Roses which precedes the
football classic of the year be
tween Southern California and
the University of Tennessee.
Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Kelly are
daughters of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Sid Matthews, well known
man of another generation who
lived at Conrad’s Old Store. One
of their brothers, Charlie L.
Matthews, a retired capitalist, has
been selected to lead the parade,
(me of the largest and finest pa
rades of the year, and will drive
his foui white horses. They are
also visiting another brother,
a construction contractor, and
Neal Matthews, a brother they
have not seen in more than 20
years.
Mrs. Taylor, well known Yad
kin lady, and her sister left 10
days ago for the shores of sunny
California to visit their brothers
and will stay for the big game
New Year’s day.
I
Rev. J. P. Davis
Likes New Work;
Also His Ripple
The following letter has been
received from Rev. J. P. Davis,
former pastor of Boonville,
Jonesville Baptist churches, but
now located at Leaksville, N. C.
“Find inclosed $1.®0 for The
Ripple, and change my address
to Leaksville, N. C. I am liking
my new work fine.
With best wishes to you and
hoping that you will have a
pleasant Christmas season, I
i am,
Sincerely,
REV. J. P. DAVIS
EAST BEND
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hobson of
Richmond Hill, were the guests of
Mrs. Hobson’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Roscoe Kirkman. during the
holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Todd and
family visited relatives in Yadkin
ville this week.
Mrs. J. G. Huff and daughter,
Miss Laura Huff, and Gates Huff
of Sanford, were the guests of
Mr. Charles Huff this week.
Mr. Carl Kirk of Atlanta, Ga.f
came here to attend the funeral
of his mother, Mrs. Jennie Kirk.
Mrs. Kirk was buried Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Martin are
spending a few days with Mr.
Martin’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Preston Martin. Mr. Martin holds
a position with the United States
government in the western part of
the state.
Mr. and Mrs. Lindon Williams
and children of Maryville, Tenn.,
are spending the holidays with
Mr. Williams’ parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Pearson Williams.
Mr. Hale Tomlinson and son,
Ralph, of Morthead, Kentucky,
are guests of Mrs. Will Tomlin
son.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Smitherman
and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Smither
man of Winston-Salem, were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. B.
Smitherman this week.
Mr. and Mrs. George M. Nich
olson and daughter, of James
town, Mr. and Mrs. Felix Webster
and family of Winston-Sajem;
Mr. John Nicholson of Walnut
Cove, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Nicholson and little son of Lum
berton, were the dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. George Nicholson
Monday.
Miss Kate Nicholson will leave
January 2 for George Peabody
College at Nashville, Tennessee,
where she will take a special
course in public health work. Miss
Nicholson is a registered nurse.
She was formerly rural nurse for
the Northern half of Stokes
county, but for the past 15
Good Driver
She (coyly)—Can you drive
with one hand?
He (expectantly)—You bet I
can.
She—Then have an apple.
COUNTER DRIVE
IS EXPECTED AS
TROOPS ARRIVE
Best Men Rushed into Cam
paign for New Attack
FINNS HARRY RETREAT
Make Repeated Surprise At
tacks as Russians With
draw in Confusion
SUPPLIES ARE RUSHED
Copenhagen, Dec. 27—(Wednes
day)—The Russians have been
forced to retreat upward of 50
miles in some placesiin northern
Finland, and are estimated to
have lost 4,000 men in fighting in
the extreme north in the last
three days, dispatches from Fin
nish army headquarters said to
day.
The Russians were reported
preparing to counterattack in the
north, however, with some of
their best troops, among them
veterans of the Polish campaign.
General Wallenius, commander
of the Finnish northern forces,
was quoted as saying he expect
ed the red army drive to come in
the vicinity of Salla, near Fin
land’s “waistline,” and said his
information indicated the Rus
sians had massed 300,000 men on
the eastern front from Lake La
doga in the south to the Arctic
ocean.
(Oslo dispatches said Norweg
ian observers near the frontier of ,
the Finnish Lapland had noticed
large quantities of Russian war
materials arriving and that a new
Russian offensive was expected
from Hoyenjarvi, 60 miles south
of the Arctic, despite widespread
blizzards and sub-zero tempera
tures.)
At Finnish headquarters it was
estimated 4,000 Russians lost
their lives in the last three days
as they completed their harried
retreat from the southernmost
point of their advance, 80 miles
south of the ocean.
The Finns had made ceaseless
attacks on the retreating Rus
sians in this far northern sector,
it was reported, and subjected
them to many surprise attacks.
Finnish headquarters believed
the Russian withdrawal there was
about over, however, and that
the time had come to expect a
counterassault with fresh men
and materials hurried northward
to cope with the unexpected re
sistance despite severe weather in
the bleak country.
Claude A. Houck
Dies in Winston
Claude A. Houck, 52, well
known in this section, died at a
Winston-Salem hospital Tuesday
afternoon after an illness of three
weeks.
Mr. Houck was well known
here, he having married Miss
Lucy Hamlin, daughter of the
late Prank Hamlin, once Yadkin
sheriff, and sister of Mrs. John
D. Holcomb, of Yadkinville. For
24 years he was station agent at
Rockford and since then at
Clemons.
He was a son of Rev. and Mrs.
T. J. Houck, of Ashe county. Sur
vivors include the widow, who is
now assistant to the pastor of
Centenary Methodist church,
Winston-Salem, one daughter,
four sons and two brothers, and
the parents.
The burial will be at Baldwin,
Ashe county, Thursday after
noon, with Rev. O. Ray Jordon
and Rev. H. D. Jessup in charge.
BIRTHS
The following births are an
nounced: To Mr. and Mrs. John
McKnight, a boy, Dec. 22; Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. Chipman, a boy,
Dec. 12; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Steel
man, a daughter, Dec. 15; Mr.
and Mrs. Willie Nance, a daugh
ter, Dec. 19; Mr. and Mrs. Ander
son Miller, a boy, Dec. 1ft; Mr.
and Mrs. Jasper Hobson, a
daughter, Dec. 15.