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Thursday, December 5, 1940
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MORE ABOUT THE LADY GHOST
Bill Rutledge, who writes "Through the Keyhole" for
The Yadkin Ripple, was one of us who were discussing ghost
stories here at the office a couple of weeks ago, and being
one of those types who likes to investigate things and run
them to ground, he took two full days last week in an at
tempt to get the real low down on the story of the girl who
thumbs rides at the underpass on rainy nights and then dis
appears to the utter confusion of whoever has picked her up.
Last week in The Ripple, Bill gave an accounting of his
efforts in this direction, which turned out to be in all direc-
tions. And because we think you
will enjoy his column and be
cause it will save us the trouble
of writing ours this week, we are
passing it on, word for word, as
he wrote it:
THE GHOST BREAKERS
It all started about two weeks
ago while the office forces of the
Elkin Tribune and the Yadkin
Ripple were busUy engaged in the
task of wrapping and stamping
and sorting out the Ripples as
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they came off the folder. Arthur
Laffoon, composing room fore
man, somehow brought the con
versation around to ghosts. Then,
after he, Alan Browning, Howard
Windsor, Albert Glover, your cor
respondent, and Fred Laffoon
had each told one, printer Rob
ert Windsor told the supposedly
true tale of the girl who was kill
ed at the underpass between High
Point and Greensboro, and on
' several instances since has re-
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE. EI,KIN, NORTH CAROLINA
portedly thumbed rides into High
Point with motorists. Qi route,
she would always disappear from
the car, while still in motion, no
doubt causing the driver no end
of amazement. Several drivers,
it has been reported, have pro
ceeded to go to the address given
by the girl, and arriving there
would be told that the girl had
been killed several months before
in an auto accident at the under
pass. We had heard the story
sevral times before, and, after
due consideration, we loaded our
car with cameras, flash guns,
range finders, and a typewriter,
and with the possibility of writing
the story for national publication, i
picked, up R. L. West, Jr., Sunday j
and embarked upon our first i
ghost hunt. I
• • *
First, let it be stated that
searching for information on a
ghost, especially a lady ghost, l
calls for a stout heart, persevei*-,
ance, stamina, a sense of humor,
and plenty of gasoline. Several
days prior to Sunday we had ■
written a gentleman in Greens
boro who was supposed to know a J
gentleman who was supposed to
know two gentlemen who had
picked the girl up. Sure enough,
he replied and stated that the
gentleman, a Mr. Cheek, lived on
the other side of Graham, N. C.,
and we could find him at his sis
ter's home. So Mr. West and
your columnist proceeded to Jour
ney to Winston-Salem, Greens
boro, Burlington, and Graham,
where, after inquiring around, we
found that Mr, Cheek lived on
the Graham road almost to Pitts
jboro. ■ Arriving there, we found
that Mr. Cheek had moved back
to his old home in Greensboro
only the week before.
* • •
So we turned around and came
back to Greensboro, proceeding
to his home on the High Point
road. He was not there. After
calling a hurried consultation, we
decided to start from scratch, and
motored down the High Point
highway, passing through the
underpass where the girl was
supposed to have met her death.
She was not thumbing Sunday
night, so we proceeded to High
Point, where we tried to get some
definite information on the story.
Everyone had heard something
about the strange case, but knew
only rumors. So we proceeded to
Thomasville, where we ran into
Louis Brumfield, Editor of The
Thomasville Tribune, and a rela
tive of L. P. Brumfield, of Yadkin
ville, who knew nothing of the
case, having been there only a few
months. So we three started can
vassing the town in search of in
formation. In a few minutes we
were told that a member of the
police force the.e might have
some information on the matter.
When we found him, eating a
slab of chocolate pie in a cafe, he
related how, several years before,
a friend of his by the name of
Byerly, who was now in Greens
boro, had sworn to him that he
stopped for her one night, opened
the door of his truck, and the girl
had disappeared. We made a
note of this.
• • •
We then proceeded to canvass
the fire department, and one of
the members volunteered the in
formation that a brother-in-law
of his, while driving from Thom
asville to his home in Virginia,
had picked the girl up. He went
on to say that his brother-in-law,
knowing nothing of the case,
swore to him that she had disap
peared, and he went on to the
address the girl had given him
(in Virginia, this time) and was
told that the girl had been kill
ed previously. We made a note
of this, too. And we called it a
day, returning to Yadkinville.
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Monday, we decided to continue
the investigation, and drove to
High Point, and talked with John
Mebane. City Editor of the High
Point Enterprise, who told us
that he had written stories on the
lady ghost at different times, but
had never been able to get any
really definite information on the
matter. Mr. Mebane, who relat-;
ed that he had sat in his car near,
the underpass himself waiting for:
the girl to appear, said that when
he would hear of anyone picking :
the girl up he would call them, I
but would always be referred to |
someone else, the incident always
rotating around. But, the old i
Rutledge spirit of never giving up I
asserting itself, we motored back
to Greensboro and searched for
Mr. Cheek again. He was not at
home. So we proceeded into the
city and to a telephone booth, and
dialed every Byerly in the tele
phone book, seeking information
as to the whereabouts of the
Byerly who picked up the girl.
Finally, we were referred to his
parents, who lived in High Point,
and we made another note.
* * •
Then, to pass off the time, we
took in a movie. When it was
over, we called Mr. Cheek again.
He was in! However, Mr. Cheek
was very sorry, but he could give
us no names, having just heard
the tale several times around the
vicinity. And so your weary
ghost-hunter returned home again
from a second day of searching.
Resolved to run the story down to
the last clue, we have written
both of the mm, one in High
Point, the other in Virginia, for
verification on their stories. And,
in the meantime, the story keeps
popping up. While questioning
the policeman in Thomasville
Sunday night, a farmer who was
present related that he lived near
the underpass, and that his
daughter-in-law had reported
seeing the girl only last month,
but when she returned with his
son-in-law, there was no one at
the underpass. Mr. Mebane told
us Monday that it was reported
to him only last week that the
girl, dressed in a long white even
ing dress, had been seen there.
Some day, maybe . . .
* • •
Do you believe in ghosts?
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| EAST ELKIN
I The Loyal Workers team met at
the home of Tommy and Jimmie
'Parker Tuesday night at 7 p.m.
The meeting was presided over by
j Rev. Fllncham, president. Jim
i mie Parker read the scripture and
Jack Daye led the prayer. Tom
jmy Parker told Bible stories. A
i gift was presented to Mrs. Nina
Smoot. Dr. J. G. Abernethy was
[ guest speaker and made a won
' derful talk to our boys on "Thanks
giving." Refreshments were serv
| ed by Mrs. Parker and we were
i dismissed by Dr. Abernthy.
Friends of Mr. Walter Osborne
' will be sorry to learn that his
! condition grew worse and he was
[ taken to the hospital where he is
very ill.
| i Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Elleredge
| spent Sunday visiting friends
. near Kapps Mill.
The men's council held their
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night. Mr. E. M. Elleredge was
the leader and made a wonderful
talk. Rev. J. L. Powers also made
a wonderful talk.
Mrs. A. A. Newman and son,
Doyle, spent the holidays in Pin
nacle visiting her sister, Mrs. D.
W. Culler.
Rev. Claude E. Fllncham spent
the holidays in Mt. Airy visiting
relatives.
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