Henderson daily dispatch., May 25, 1932, Image 8

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ASSOCIATED AND CENTRAL PRESS BERYICB
DANK CAMPAIGN IS
NOW BEING PUSHED
Workers Hoping for Success
by Meeting On Thurs
day Evening
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Workers in th« campaign to sell
1100,000 of stock and enough addi
tional to create 320.000 surplus for the
reorganization of the closed First Na
tional Bank of Henderson were still
pressing their efforts t«>day. They
were anxious to complete the sale
by Thursday evening, when the next
meeting of the workers is to be held
at the bank.
Something more than JlO.noo of
stock ts to be sold, according to latest
reports, and it is hoped that by Thurs
day night the prospects who have not
been waited upon may be seen and
that their pledges will be sufficient
to assure the success of the move
ment.
Leader* in the undertaking are
anxious thaj the stock may be dis
posed of as soon as possible, so that
plans for the reopening of the bank j
at an early date may be conrfpleted
and the institution restored to the
community life of the city and county, i
ZEB VANCE GRANGE
MET LAST THURSDAY
Interesting Program (ilwn lnd,*r 111- 1
rection of Mlmm Kllwheth
Nelson. lecturer
The Zeb V'ance Grange held their
regular meeting Thursday night May
19 after the meeting wan open in ito
regular form, and business was dis
eased
The lecturer. Mine Elizabeth Nel
eon. rendered a very interesting pro
g-am on poultry. Thv program was
opened by the song “Old McDonald
Had a Farm " which was kits of fun.
Then as Mias Neteon called the roll
each answered with the silliest thing
they ever did Mr Joh n Floyd read (
a very helpful paper on the location
of a poultry house Mrs Davis renti
a paper on care of baby chicks. Miss
Mildred Stone gave a reading, it pays
to scratch „
Mtf* Lady Barnett gave a poem on
boa* our Grange. Miss Davis gave i
many good jokes which were enjoy
ed by all AH joined in and sang
My Old Kentucky Home. After which
the m»*etir.g was closed in its regular
form to open June second Reported.
George Bancroft, the historian, ori
ginated the idea of a naval academy
for the United States when he was
Secretary of the Navy under Polk
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•.he task of glorifying New York’s 1932 crop of rookie cops. The model
is one of a class of 275 police recruits who will he graduated May 25th at
Madison Square Garden ceremonies, passing in review before Mayor
Jsr»e* J. Walker and the consul generals of New York.
GET DIPLOMAS ON
WASHINGTON ESSAY
Atlanta Sunday American
Contest Participated In
by Children
A number of school children in this*
city and county have been named for
diplomas in the contest conducted by
‘he Atlanta Sunday American for the
best essays on George Washington on
the occasion of the bicentennial year
of his birth.
M iss Lillian Grissom, of the Epsom
high school, was named to receive a
diploma in the contest, and the fal
lowing from this locality who were
reacted as independent essay writers
who will receive diplomas: Miss Alice
Cline Smith. Miss Elizabeth Wilson,
Miss Estelle Catlett. Miss Annie
Laurie Rowland and Miss Helen G.
Kearney, all listed from Henderson.
The first prize essay, carrying the
award of the William Randolph
Heart gold trophy and a cash prize
BtmhersmtßatlgßiHpafrfj
cT SI CO. was won by a North Caro
lina boy. going to David Odotri. of
the Ncwland high school at Newland.
in Avery county. His thesis was given
first place among 100,000 entrants.
The subject of his essay was “Wash
ington's Farewell and the Lessonß To
Be Learned from It.’ 5
It is considered quite an honor to
be selected for a diploma, as were
the Vance county young women. In
a contest in which such a* large num
ber of essays were submitted.
Middleburg Man
Ministers Class
Leader at Wake
As a result of dturient elections at
Wake Fores* for the session 1932-’33
I. B. Jackson, of Middleburg, will
become president of the ministerial
class.
Mr. Jackscn is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. I. J. Jackson. He is a member
cf the Phikimathesian literary society
tnd the iStudent legislature. TTub year
hr was also secretary-treasurer of the
junior class, and is well liked on the
Eaptiat campus.
CATTLE JUDGING
CONTEST MAY 28
Preliminaries For State Con
test to Be Held By
Young Farmers
The annual cattle judging contest
for members of the Aycock and Mid
dleburg high school clubs of the
Young Tar Heel Farmers will he held
on next Saturday afternoon at 1:30
oclock at the Rrookside Dairy Farm
it was announced today by George
B. Blum, instructor in vocational edu
cation in the two schools, who is in
charge of the work here.
This contest will be preliminary to
the district contest to be held at State
College In Raleigh on Tuesday. June
7, at which time contestants will be
selected for the Statewide elimination
later in the month, on June 29, when
the I'itp.te's representatives will be
selected for the national contest at
Kansas. City in September.
The county eliminations next Satur
day will be open to all members of
the two organizations except the boys
who were seniors the past year. Prof.
Rlum stated. He experts a number
of participants.
Last year the Vance county team
made a good, showing both .at home
and in the district contest, but they
are hoping to do even better this year.
DAVIDSON ALUMNI
ARE COMING BACK
Davidson. May 25. —Davidson Col
lege’s alumni office is now receiving
a large number of notices from the
alumni of the Institution th*t they
will visit Davidson on June 1 for
Alumni Day exercises of the 96th
commencement, and a much greater
number of ballots are coming in for
officers of the Davidson Alumni As
sociation.
These notices and ballots are in
response to a general invitation mail
ed last week by Ernest Milton, exe
cutive secretary of the Alumni Asso
ciation, to the entire alumni body,
which comproises more than 4000 liv
ing alumni. The 14 classes scheduled
for reunions at Davidson had pre
viously received letters from their
presidents and other officers of the
various classes, and early indications
arc that the alumni attendance here
Wednesday week will be excellent.
The Davidson alumni are casting
their ballots‘for the president and
vice-president of the Alumni Asso
ciation,
Probably no field of invention has
been more startling in its results than
that connected with ocean transport.
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After yenss of inactivity this 1902
Courier automobile again bowls
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hard times make the purchase of
% new automobile inconvenient for
ASKS INFORMATION
DF RELATIVE HERE
Texas Lady Wants a Data
on Family Once Living
In County
Information about a relative who
once lived in this county is sought by
Mrs. J. W. Murchison, of 636 Pat
terson Avenue, San Antono, Texas,
and any one who reads this article is
asked to write to her or to communi
cate with the Daily Dispatch. Mrs.
Murchison, who formerly was Miss
Clara Williams, writes the Dispatch
as follows
"Some time ago I sent a clipping to
your postmaster from a Houston,
Texas, paper asking for information
in regard to the Williams family,
especially George, and I believe
Nathaniel. It was from a lady of your
town, it stated, but her name was
not given, or I would write to her. I,
too, want more data, as my great
grandfather and grandfather were
named George. I have a brother and
nephew by the same name. My grand
mother was Sarah Moore, of Trfount
Airy. N. C., and a daughter of Mr.
R. Moore. The family moved to Haw
kins county. Tennessee, when she was
a little girl. A brother. Cleon Moore,
was a senator in the Tennessee leg
islature.
“If you can insert thi3 in your
WEDNESDAY, HAY 25, 1931
its owner, Henry M. Brown. The
car waa last licensed in 1919 and
is believed to be the oldest car
in the state in active everyday
service.
paper, or in some way put me In
touch with the lady, I will appreciate
it extremely."
J. D. PECK RUNNING
FROM TOWNSVILLE
J. D. Peck is a candidate for con
stable of Townsville township and not
of Henderson township, as was stated
in the list of candidates published by
the Daily Dispatch last week. Mr.
Peck's name was wrongly placed in
the list that was furnished to the
Dispatch by the County Board of
Elections.
AROUND TOWN
Recorder's Court Idle.— No session
of recorder’s court was held today,
there being no cases for trial.
Gets Suspended Term. In police
court today one case was tried, thas
of plummer Robertson for be(ng
drunk., He was given 30 dayfc, 'com
mitment not to issue on good be
havior and on condition that he not
get drunk again in' twelve months.
Juniors To Meet—The Raymond B
Crabtree Council of the Junior Older
will meet Thursday night. May 26 at
5 o’clock in the American Legion hall
It is stated that this meeting 1b an
important one. Officers for the com
ing term will be elected. All mem
bers are urged to be present.
FOUR MINISTERS
AfCHURCH MEETS
Only Two of Six Uptown
Protestant Preacher, Are
In The City
Two-thirds of the pastor* of m.
kix uptown Protestant church*-,
Henderson are out of the cm .J*
week attending church m*e, n ! *l™
are holding revival meetings and tZ°
others are at conventions of »h °
general church groups f,r
R ? v W ° errtn **r. pastor of , h e
Methodist Protestant church „ *
Columbus. Ohio at thn n
General Conference of the MetS*!
Protestant Church of the
States, having been away fr, r mor „
than a week But he is expected bar"
by Sunday. He i* an official dele**,;
tr T‘ * h * I L or ? Caro,i ™ Conference
_. R * V ’ W K C humming, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, is at Mon
treat, in Wastern North Carolina at
tending the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church, to which he »
an accerdlted delegate from the Gran
vilte Presbytery. He will be a * av
until next week and his services next
Sunday will be conducted by Rev j
S. Kennison. of Townsville. '
Dr. H. A. Ellis, pastor of the Firs*
Baptist church, is in Swansborn On
slow county, conducting a r e V j VB ,
meeting at a Baptist church there
being one of a number of ministers
in the denomination who have been
pressed into service for revival meet
ings in remote parts of the State He
will be gone until sometime next
week.
Rev D E. Eamhart. pastor of the
First Methodist church, is engaged m
a revival meeting at Hillsboro, but it
is understood he will be back to hold
the regular service* in his church
next Sunday, as usual.
New England Increased 10 percent
in population from 1920 to 1930.
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