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ELKIN The Best Little Town In North Carolina THE TRIBUNE Is A Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations The Elkin Tribune ELKIN Gateway to Roaring: Gap and the Blue Ridge THE TRIBUNE Serves the Tri-Counties of Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin VOL. No. XXXVII No. 6 PUBLISHED WEEKLY elkin, n. c., Thursday; January 6,1949 1 $2.00 PER YEAR 16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT „ HIKES RATES b - Postage Increase Intended To Offset Annual Deficit BEGAN NEW YEAR’S DAY Air Mai! Goes To Six Cents; Special Delivery Hiked To 15 Cents GREETING CARDS GO UP Postmaster J F. Moseley, of the Elkin branch, United States Post Office, called attention this week to the change in postal rates which commenced 12:30 a. m., January 1. The hikes are intended to off set the annual post office deficit, Ksaid. The biggest changes, so far as e average post office customer is concerned, are in air mail rates and the cost of sending small size greeting cards. All Christ mas cards and birthday cards formerly sent at one and one-half cents each are now at two cents. Air mail postage goes up from five to six cents an ounce on let ters and small parcels weighing up to eight ounces. Bigger pack ages, which are easier to handle, will continue at the postal zone rates effective last September. Special delivery mail increased from 12 to 15 cents. A new air postcard costing four cents will make its debut. Small greeting cards less than three inches wide and four inches long, now mailed for one and one half cents if unsealed hereafter will UUSL Lillee Utma acaicu, not. Unsealed flat pieces more than nine inches wide or 12 in ches long also will cost three cents. Summerfield Martin On Virginia Trial The trial of Summerfield Mar tin, Ray Cummings and Joe Staf ford, all indicted by a Henry "county, Va., grand jury Monday for housebreaking and grand lar was set yesterday (Wednes day) ‘morning in county circuit court in Martinsville, Va. Martin and Cummings face fagharges of breaking into Clift s ijejEvice station at Martinsville last summer and Martin and Stafford jointly charged with entering yfertson's store at Horsepasture Martinsville last fall. Je escapades of Summerfield .mjupitin have been of much inter est'if) the Elkin and surrounding area's because of his many adven tures with the law in the past 25 years. He was captured re cently after a two-month escape from Forsyth County jail. > hree Attend Jaycee Meeting In Charlotte Dr. V. R. Taylor, Jr.,- Herbert Graham, Jr., and Van Dillon, Jr., represented the Elkin Junior Chamber of Commerce at a meet ing of the Charlotte Jaycees, Tuesday evening, the occasion be ing the 28th anniversity of the founding of Jaycees in the United States. The speaker was Paul Bagwell, , president of the National Junior Chamber of Commerce, of Mich igan, formerly of Henderson, N. C. A dinner and dance was held •*. at the El Morroco Club in Char lotte. Approximately 200 people attended including North Carolina - Jaycee officers and representatives •from all the clubs in the Western ..^District. McKinney Lectures To Drivers’ Class Cpl. W. Sam McKinney, of the -,North Carolina State Highway 'Patrol, spoke to the Elkin High School drivers’ class Monday on the three "E’s” of driving. His talk is one in a series of lectures and projects studied by the class in connection with better driving. He named the three “E’s” as . education, engineering and en forcement. Members of the physi cal education classes also were present for the lecture. House Stripped By Fire Monday .. A stone-veneer bunglow on high way 67, one mile east of Elkin, was ravaged by fire Friday night •while the occupants, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Anthony, were absent. All clothing and funiture were destroyed. The origin of the fire was undetermined. The dwelling was owned by Mrs. W. S. Chap pell. '■ ’The annual world consumption is' over 800 million pounds. LITTLE MISS 1949 — Mrs. Kim Thompson Moxley, of Boonville, holds her six-pound, two-ounce daughter for her first picture, taken when she was exactly seven hours and 30 minutes old. Little Miss Moxley was the first child born in Elkin in the new year. She was born at the Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital at 4 a. m., New Year’s Day. (tribune photo) SURRY’S CUPID GOESRAMPANT Thirty Marriage Permits Issued In Period Extending Through Yule Season SEVERAL FROM ELKIN Dan Cupid went wild with Christmas joy in the two-week season ending Monday. Surry County Register of Deeds Bertha M. Shinault reported that 30 mar riage permits haa oeen issuea from her office during the rush. ! License were granted to the fol lowing: Edwin Duncan, Jr., Sparta, and Cynthia Bethea Allen, Elkin: Arestus Childress, 24, Thurmond, and Alma. Pauline Roberts, 18, State Road; Bud Lawrence, 25, and Mildred Edmonds, 18, both of Elkin; Mauruin Laster, 22, Rusk, and Effie Mae Hamlin, 20, Elkin; N. L. Tickle, 59, and Lula Simp son, 42, both of Mt. Airy; Robert Milton Evans, 23, Gallopolis, Ohio, and Mary Agnes Fitts, 20, Mt. Airy; Hamp Church, 19, Rusk, and Elizabeth Marion, 17, Dobson; Earn Johnson, 21, and Miller Lee Bartley, 19, both of Lowgap; Johnny Amos, 24, Bassett, Va., and Grac.ie Collins, 23, Mt. Airy; Andrew Jackson Wood, 53, Thur mond, and Annie Pugh, 47, Grant, Va.; Davis Monroe Haynes, 18, Elkin, and Peggy Ten-ell, 18, Rockford; Albert Bowles, 37, White Plains, and Annie Blanche Smith, 30, Francisco; Herman Hayes, 21, and Gloria Smith, 20, both of Mt. Airy; Thomas Haynes, 38, Jonesville, and Jewel Eldridge, 21, Rusk; Roy Marion, 22, and Fay Johnson, 18, both of Mt. Airy; James A. Brannock, 18, and Annie Lou Simmons, * 19, both of Mt. Airy; J. Frank Martin, 48, Bur lington, and Ola Steele, 42, Mt. Airy; R. L. Faulkner, 68, and Lillie Hawks Lamb, 38, both of Lambs burg, Va.; and Ezra Andrew Hol ley, 22, and Ailare May France, 16, both of Mt. Airy (colored). Also Tom Councill, 32, and Car rie Greer, 25, both of Boone; Mat mem SIIUUl, JJ, vv mra, un., and Rossie Lee Williams, 35, Elk in (colored); Vernon Vass, 40, Laurel Fork, Va„ and Tommie M. Dunbar, 40, Mt. Airy; Maruin E. Bright, 37, and Betty Hatcher, 27, both of Mt. Airy; Walter Glass, 26, and Mary Jane Steelman. 16, both of Roaring River; Roger Ray, 22, Pleasant Hill, and Irene Sloop, 17, Elkin; Fred Winston Bailey, Houston, Tex., and Betty Lou Sparger, Mt. Airy; Charlie S. Barnes, 31, .Pilot Mountain, and Annie Mae Denny, 21, King; Charlie Sexton, 44, Benham, and Lucille Myers, 26, Jonesville; and James M. Cockerham, 21, Durham, and Lucy Travis, 19, Ararat, Va„ (colored). Local Firm Will Move To New Home The Home Furniture Co., owned and operated here by A. T. Whit tington. is now holding a removal sale in preparation to moving the business to a new and larger building on East Main street, next door to Cash &; Carry. The new building, which is nearing completion, is being erect ed by C. C. Myers, of Elkin, and is of brick, concrete and steel con struction. It is of one story and full basement type. Mr. Whittington said it would probably be around the first of February before the structure would be ready, and that he had rather sell his present furniture stock at reduced prices than go to the trouble and expense of moving it to the new store. * Surry Criminal Session Docket Has 182 Cases The State of North Carolina will prosecute 182 cases at the Surry County Superior Court criminal session beginning next Monday. The session will run through Thursday, January 20, under Judge H. Hoyle Sink. Uncontestcd divorce cases will be heard at the conven ience of the court. Civil cases will commence January 20. 7 OF YADKIN, SURRY ENLIST i Local Army Recruiting Office j Signs Youths For Reg ular Army Service SOME FOR ETO DUTY The local Army Recruiting Of fice reported this week the enlist ment of seven youths from Surry and Yadkin counties. Ira W. Hinson, Thurmond, gen eral delivery, enlisted in the regu lar army for a period of three years. He is the son of Worace Hinson, of Thurmond. James E. Brown, Jr., Jonesville, enlisted for the European Theatre of Operations in the regular army for a period of three years. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Brown, Sr. Jonah A. Garris, Jonesville, en listed for • the European Theatre for a three-year term in the reg ular army, as did Mack A. Settle, also qf Jonesville. Mack is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Settle. Harold W. Cheek and Jerald E. Hemric, both of Jonesville, each signed for two years service in the regular army unassigned. The former is the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Cheek. Hemric is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hemric. .Qinminrr 11 f nv tVio HrH _ nance, Fort Bragg, was Luther J. Williams, Route 2, Yadkinville. He enlisted for a period of three years. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.. Luther Williams. Charles F. Reece, Route 1, Jonesville, enlisted for three years with the United States Air Force. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roby' K. Reece. Weather Delays Tank Operation The newly-erected, 100,000-gal lon water tank in West Elkin will go into operation as soon as weather permits the installation of a pump, Dixie Graham, town clerk, said yesterday. The tank has already been ap proved b y consultant engineer Richard Moore. “It should not take more than a week for the installing of the pump to be completed once it is begun,’’ Mr. Graham said. Jonesville, Elkin High Party Friday A “good-will” party will be given tomorrow (Friday) night at the newly-opened Youth Center at the Gilvin Roth Y.M.C.A. for students of Jonesville and Elkin high schorls. The event will be held immediately following the Blue Jay-Buckin’ Elk basketball double header at the Jonesville High School gymnasium. IAN OF YEAR’ DEADLINE NEAR Nominations Must Be In By Week's End To Get Com mittee’s Consideration SPONSORED BY JAYCEES This week-end is the deadline for submitting names for consid eration for the title of “Man of the Year” in Elkin. Edwin Royall, contact commit teeman for the Jaycees, said yes terday that nominations were be ing solicited from everyone to be considered by a secret committee, not members of the Jaycees. “The award is not intended as recognition of contributions to the Junior Chamber of Commerce, its activities, or for business success, but for the young man, between 21 and 35 years of age, of goo'd personal character and ability, who has done outstanding ser vice to the community,” Royall declared. ilUlllVO A A X MwU UUWiUlUlV-Vt UU | that the nominations may be ap proved by the North Carolina Jaycee office. The letter bearing nominations must not be post marked later than Monday, Jan. 10, Royall said. Moonshine Plants Closed By Officers Yadkin and Surry County offi cers closed in on the moonshine business over the week-end to put a damper on the New Year for at least two booze manufacturing plants. Yadkin officers arrested Gwyn Rogan Mathis of Wilkesboro, Route 3, Friday night after they stopped his coupe and found 60 gallons of illegal whiskey in it. Mathis is being held for a hearing. The car and whiskey were confis cated. Early Friday morning Surry sheriff’s deputies seized a 200-gal lon illicit distillery near Kapps Mill. They didn’t apprehend the still operators but destroyed 1,000 gallons of beer. Boy Hunts Single Handed; Returns Empty Handed “How did you get so beat up?” CpI. W. Sam McKinney, state trooper, asked a youth as he lay bleeding about the face on an emergency table. “ ‘Possum huntin’ at night,” the boy retorted. “Did you have a dog?” the corporal queried. “Nope.” “A flashlight?” “A gun?” “Uh, uh.” “Well did you even see a ’possum?” the patrolman asked finally in exasperation. “Naw,” the boy replied, “I just saw some tracks and be gan running after them. That’s how I got banged up.” CLUB OFFICIALS TO BE INDUCTED District Governor liovce, Of Durham, To Be Speaker At Knvanis Meet TO BE LADIES’ NIGHT District Governor Spurgeon Boyce, of Durham, will formally install the new officials of the Elkin Kiwanis Club at a special ladies’ night program to be staged at the YMCA this evening (Thurs day), at 7:00 o’clock. Officers to be .installed are: C. Hall, secretary-treasurer. Direc tors who will take office are: Charles W. Armstrong, Jr., Harry Hensel, Rev. Ralph Ritchie and Hubert M. Willis. Each of these directors will serve for two years. Lieutenant Governor Clem Lips combe, of Reidsvile, is expected to be a guest at the meeting. Brown Rites Held At Shady Grove Jacob Free Brown, 76, a retired farmer 'of the Shady Grove com munity, died at his home Sunday afternoon after a long illness. Funeral service was herd at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Shady Grove Bap tist Church, of which he was a member. The Reverend A. C. Lar rimore, pastor, oiliciated, assistea by the Reverends J. G. Allgood and D. L. Temple. Burial was in the church cemetery. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Victoria Ray Brown, whom he married 51 years ago; five sons, Dewey Brown of Elkin, Flake, Dennis and Ray Brown, all of Boonville, and Weldon Brown of Hamptonville; three daughters, Mrs. O. C. Motsinger and Mrs. R. L. Martin, both of Boonville, and Mrs. Beulah Harrison of Winston Salem; 18 grandchildren; one great grandchild, and one brother, James Brown of Boonville. Jonesville Town Licenses On Sale Jonesville town tags for the year 1949 are now on sale at the tax collector’s office under the Post Office. Officials have urged auto mobile owners to buy and display these licenses as soon as possible. In 1940 thei-e were 2,145 Kiwanis clubs in existence, most of them in America. Scott Urged By Surry Farmers To Consider Paving County Roads YADKIN LAW NABS THREE To Ee Tried In February Superior Court On Charges Of Theft, Burglary TAKEN IN YADKINVILLE The long arm of the law reached out and finally nabbed three young thieves in Yadkinville last week following an epidemic of robberies in which six business firms were the victims. Reposing in the Yadkin County jail under heavy bonds are Roy “Parky” Marsh, his brother, Brady Marsh, and Shannon Brown, each charged with six cases of break ing and entering and stealing money and merchandise during December. Both Marsh brothers are from Yadkinville, while Brown, a native of Surry County, has been living with his grandfather, Winfield Brown, of near Boonville. Sheriff Bill Moxley said yester day the first break came in the cases when a wrist watch, stolen in one of the robberies, turned up in town, and when one of the Marsh boys was seen wearing a pair of stolen trousers. Arrested Saturday, Roy Marsh continued to deny the thefts un j til the stock numbers on the pair of trousers was checked and found to tally with the other merchan n f/il nn TJoiroC Sr- Rl’AUIP ' department store in Yadkinville. He then admitted the robbery and implicated the two other boys, who w'ere then arrested. Sheriff Moxley said that all three of the boys have admitted the thefts of the business firms. The first in the series of break ing and entering was on Novem ber 30, when Yadkin Auto Parts Company was robbed of about $80.00. On December 5, The Yadkin Grill was entered by the three boys and $27.00 in money and an Elgin wrist watch was taken. On the same night, Mason Hardware & Electric Company was (Continued on page eight) Christian Charity Total Now $469.50 Further contributions to the El kin Christian Community Char ity drive mounted to $469.50 dur ing the past week. The Rev. George Farah, chair man of the drive, said that fur ther work on supplying needy families with food, fuel and cloth ing would be continued through out the year from the funds and materials given in the campaign carried on through the holidays. Latest contributions were from; Mr. and Mrs. Abe Harris and family — clothing. Dr. and Mrs. R. B. Harrell — $10. Dr. and Mrs. James A. Harrell —$10. IT’S A WOMAN’S WORLD — Petite Carrie Jane Rumple, 17, weighs only 113 pounds, but maneuvers the largest school bus on the Ronda school route. A good student, a good basketball player and a pret ty girl are among her other admirable qualities. Miss Rumple, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Rumple, Clingraan, is one if nine children. She is one of the few women ever selected to operate a, bus. Says R. O Poplin, principal of the Ronda school, "She’s very rarely late and keeps the best order on her bus of the fleet.” (tribune rhoto) Elkin Woman Is Mistaken For Robber Mrs. Mary McNcely, of Elkin, is powerful glad she isn’t an In dian and doesn’t look like an Indian. For if she was or did, chances are she might be in jail right now. The other day Mrs. McNeely was en route to Elkin from Red Springs. When she reached the vicinity of Pembroke, the high way was suddenly blocked by highway patrolmen, who stopped her car and swarmed arouml with some of the larg est pistols Mrs. McNeely said she had ever seen in her life. Seems as how the Scottish Bank of Pembroke had just been robbed by three Indian men and an Indian woman. And seems as how Mrs. Mc Neely’s car answered the de scription of the hold-up car to perfection. “I was scared nearly to death,” Mrs. McNeely told The Tribune. “My hands became all thumbs and I had an awful time finding my driver's license and other identification cards. But I convinced the officers I wasn't an Indian and that I hadn't robbed any banks, and they let me go.” Mrs. McNeely will be glad to know' that the Indian woman she wras mistaken for has been arrested, and is now in jail with the three Indian men. YADKIN JURORS DRAWN MONDAY Two - Week Superior Court Term Begins February 7, Judge IMess Presiding 2ND WEEK UNCERTAIN The County Commissioners in session a t Yadkinville Monday drew juriors for the two weeks term of court which begins at Yadkinville February 7, with Judge J. Will Pless of Marion presiding. The second week of court is al ways uncertain, and if there is no court there will be no jurors summoned. Those drawn are as follows: Mrs. Hattie Reavis, Everett R. Hoots, Jones Todd, Mrs. Henry Sheek, Mrs. V. L. Renegar, B. H. Dinkins, James Parks, Rovy L. Benton, J. J. Coram, E. E. Smith, G. Cletus Wilmouth, Roscoe Mor rison, Clifford Vestal, V. L. Angell, R. D. Campbell, Melvin J. Size more, Bruce Warden, Curtis Joy ner, Hubert L. Phillips, W. P. Evans, T. C. Hauser, Dewey Groce, Henry C. Haynes, Leham Tem pleton, Mrs. F. M. Haire, A. E. Zachary, Clarence Allgood, George Prim, Earl Gant, Pet D. Jester, Sanford E. Burgess, Kermit Ash ley, J. W. Miller, T. Nelson Hut chens, Henry Hodge, Thomas J. Groce, J. Z. Holleman, D. C. Mar tin, Otto R. Burchette, A. Leslie Bruce, Mrs. Guion Davis, Mrs. James Williams, Richard Draugh an, L. J. Loflin. Second week, if any: Gwyn Whitlock, Harvey Vestal, Loyd Carlton, Bart R. Brown, J. Grady Holcomb, T. G. Maynard, Harvey J. Peoples, R. D. Baity, Bobbie Regans, John Evans, T. S. Collins, Jim T. Haynes, G. C. Wal lace, W. S. Steelman, Ray C. Hol comb, Robert M. Hunt, Clayton Long, J. B. Rcavis, M. T. Joyner, Sallie Allen, John B. Wiseman, Mrs. Carl Rary, Arthur Adams, Ray T. Reavis. Wooten Rites To Be Friday Afternoon Funeral service for Jesse Wade (Dock* Wooten, 35, prominent businessman of Yadkinville, will be held at 2 p. m. Friday after noon at Harmony Grove Friends Church. Mr. Wooten died Wednesday morning at 3 a. m. in a Winston Salem hospital of a hemmorhage. He had been ill for sometime. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Helen Wooten and one son, both of the home. Meat production under Federal inspection for the week ended De cember 18 totaled 366 million pounds. All On List Would Cover Bus Routes A list of Surry County roads to be considered for hard surfacing were submitted Tuesday to W. Kerr Scott, governor-elect of North Carolina, and the Highway Commission. The country road program was designed by the Surry Farm Bureau with the approval of the Surry County Commission. All roads listed were school bus routes. Farm Bureau officials said yesterday that their program is in consistency with Mr. Scott’s proposed program of home-school road improvement and believed he would act favorably. The roads listed, which officials say will include every township in Surry County, are Prison Camp to Bottom; Mountain Park up Mitchell River; Copeland to Rock ford: Shoals School to Truelove’s Store, thence to the county line; Dobson via Ararat to Pilot Moun tain; Cook School to Highway 89; Salem Fork via Union Cross to Twin Oaks; Zephyr to Mountain Park to Highway 21, thus con necting Dobson and Sparta with an all-weather road; Pine Ridge to White Plains; Poplar Springs Church to Zephyr; Pine Ridge to Crooked Oak Church; Cook to Westfield; Skull Camp Service Station to Lowgap, Blevens Store Highway; and Lowgap, Blevens Store and Salem Fork. The letter said in part: “The Surry County Farm Bureau, as a farm organization, is interested in doing what can be done in the county and state to promote good roads so necessary fcr the argicultural development of the county and state. Realiz ing your experience with farm or ganizations, the Farm Bureau be lieves that you, as Governor of North Carolina, will be interested in cooperating with the Surry Farm Bureau in the development of a long time county road sys tem. For this reason the Farm Bureau submits herewith a coun ty road program with the approv al, cooperation and influence of the Surry County board of com missioners. The objective of sub mitting a joint recommendation is to create harmony in the ranks of Surry citizenship.” Members of the Farm Bureau Directors signing were S. H. At kinson, chairman, P. S. McCor mick, C. D. Smith, H. C. Lawrence, C. E. Marion, P. Boyd Nelson, W. J. Davis, Sheldon Poole, Claude L. Pell, W. V. Holder, P. N. Taylor, Elmer Hodges, L. M. Key, Tilden Ramey, Robert Jones, J. K. Thompson, F. E. Lane, Ovid Hurt and Reed Joyce. County commissioners M. Q. Snow, chairman, S. M. Smith and M. C. Fowler approved the re quest. Todd Named Head Of Yadkin Lodge Luther S. Todd, of Todd Imple ment Company, Yadkinville, has been made worshipful master of Yadkin Lodge No. 162, A. F. and A. M. Mr. Todd succeeds William H. Poindexter, Jr., as top officer of the Yadkinville Masons. Other 1949 officers are: Phillip J. Hupp, senior warden; Charles V. Burchette, junior warden; Hur ley M. Hinshaw, treasurer; Grady M. Mackie, secretary; Labon W. Hauser, senior deacon; Virgil N. Todd, junior deacon; Henry E. Stryker, steward; Woodrow W. Dixon, Sr. steward; and Eugene C. Adams, tyler. New Furniture Store Now Open A new furniture store, the Mod ern Furniture Company, has op ened on East Main street in the building formerly occupied by the Blue Ridge Furniture Co., which went out of business in December. The new firm, which will carry a complete line of furniture and electric appliances, is owned and operated by R. J. and L. J. Par due, Jim Mitchell, Arthur Lee Pendry and Tom Hemric. Mrs. Vivian Shumate is secretary. The first Normal School in the world was established in Vermont.
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