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VOL. No. XXXVII No. 36
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1949
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24 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS
WILKES MAN’S
v SLAYER STILL
BEING SOUGHT
Joseph Herman Patrick Is
Riddled In Gun Duel
ON NIGHTWATCH DUTY
Officers Believe Theft To Be
Motive In Tuesday
Morning Killing
HIT BY FOUR BULLETS
Diligent search continued yes
terday for clues in the robbery and
slaying of Joseph Herman Patrick,
39, nightwatchman riddled with
^bullets in a gun duel at Gaddy
Motor Company just outside North
Wilkesboro early Tuesday morn
ing.
Sheriff C. G. Poindexter, aided
by Guy Scott, director of the State
Bureau of Investigation, North
Wilkesboro city police and high
way patrolmen, disclosed no new
developments after a full day’s ef
fort to learn the identity of the
man who shot Patrick four times
and took his billfold, which con
tained an undetermined amount
of money.
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At 2 a. m., Tuesday, Sheriff
Poindexter said, Patrick called by
telephone and told the operator
that he had been shot and want
ed help. The sheriff, with Police
men Carl Prevette and Earl
Childress, rushed to Gaddy Motor
Company and found Patrick in
dxjng condition in the upholstery
division of the firm’s large plant.
Patrick lived long enough to say
that a man shot him and had tak
en his money. Apparently, he had
dragged himself several feet from
where he was during the gun duel
to the telephone. Patrick’s gun
was empty, the sheriff said. He
had shot five times but there were
no indications that he had hit the
robber and murderer. Two bullets
had gone through a nearby auto
mobile in the shop.
From information gained from
the dying man and from visible
evidence it appeared to the offi
cers that the robber had crawled
under the fence surrounding the
(Continued on page eight, 1st sec.)
FLASH LOMAN
IS SUSPENDED
North Wilkesboro Manager
Ordered Out For Sea
son’s Remainder
HOLD MEET IN WILKES
Henry (Flash) Loman, new
^ manager of the North Wilkesboro
club, was fined $100 and suspend
ed for the remainder of the sea
son as the result of an alleged at
‘ tack on a Blue Ridge League um
pire, it was announced Tuesday
from Mount Airy.
Judge E. C. Bivens, president of
the league, notified Loman of the
suspension, stressing the point
that suspension would be for the
remainder of the regular season
and the league play-offs. It also
stipulated That unless the fine was
paid within 10 days Loman would
be declared ineligible for the en
tire 1950 season.
Bivens announced that Um
pire Schelor had supported Um
s pire Weldon during at argument
at a game between Mount Airy
and North Wilkesboro at North
Wilkesboro last Saturday night.
Schelor, in his report backing up
Welder’s charges, said “Loman
definitely assaulted Umpire Wel
don.”
After notifying North Wilkes
boro business manager, Larry S.
Moore, and Loman of the fine and
suspension, Judge Bivens received
the following wire from Moore:
“You are invited to meet Aug
ust 3 at 3 p. m. My office board of
directors meeting for the purpose
of seeking your resignation.”
This wire was signed by Larry
S. Moore.
Judge Bivens immediately re
plied:
“Sorry, I can not attend meet
ing.”
This exchange of telegrams led
observers to believe that North
Wilkesboro would fight the sus
pension of Manager Loman before
the board of directors. .
Judge Bivens had no comment
to make on Moore’s telegram as
to a possible directors meeting
l yesterday (Wednesday).
At press time, the meeting was
underway but no report could be
obtained by The Tribune as to
the outcome.
VET FARMERS MAKE TOUR — A study of their projects was made Friday when Ronda’s veteran
farmer students made a tour of their own farms to study the best advancement in various fields of
agriculture. Here the group observes the structure of a fish pond on the farm of Dwight Barker as
lecture is made on how it was built, the cost and the labor. <photo by bell.)
_ A
FARMING TOUR
IS CONDUCTED
Field Day To Review Farm
ing Practices Made By
Ronda Agriculture Vets •
HEADED BY IRVIN KEY
A field day for reviewing ap
proved farming practices was con
ducted Friday by Irvin Key, as
sistant teacher of the Ronda
Group of Veterans Farmer Train
ing students.
Eighteen members of the Ronda
group, and Robert Dunn, Jasper
Chipman and Hubert Willis, soil
conservationists, were included on
a tour which was made to the
homes and farms of members of
the groups.
Projects reviewed were as fol
lows:
At Claude Key’s farm, observa
tion was made of his newly-con
structed home which was built of
lumber cut from Mr. Key’s land.
Most of the construction was done
under his supervision and at a
moderate cost. Plumbing fixtures
were included in the building
which will be pUt into operation
after pumping facilities are in
stalled.
Observation of fish pond con
struction was made at both James
Cockerham’s and Dwight Barker's
farms. It was pointed out that
ponds in reasonably good loca
tions may be built at costs of be
tween $150 and $200. Both ponds
(Continued on page eight, 1st sec.)
Goforth Is To Be
Kiwanis Speaker
An interesting program was
presented at last week’s meeting
of the Elkin Kiwanis Club at the
Gilvin Roth YMCA, when Wood
row McKay, secretary of the Lex
ington Chamber of Commerce,
recounted some of his experiences
as confidant and secretary to the
late Henry Fox-d.
Mark Goforth, of Lenoir, new
highway commissioner of the
Eighth Division, will be guest
speaker at this evening’s meeting
(Thursday), of the club.
Window Service
Changes Made
At Post Office
Changes in post office win
dow service was announced
yesterday as follows:
On week days including Wed
nesday windows will open from
8 a. m. to 6 p. m., but money
order service will be exercised
from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., only.
Service on Saturdays will be
gin at 8 a. m., continuing to 5
p. m. Money order service on
Saturdays will begin at 9 a. m.,
continuing to 1 p. m.
Holiday service will be made
at the general delivery window
only, which will be open from
11:30 a. m. to 12:30 p. m.
WRECK FATAL
TO J. W: REID
Yadkin County Young Man
Killed Instantly When
Auto Overturns
FUNERAL HELD SUNDAY
James W. Reid, 22, of Yadkin
ville, Route 3, was killed instant
ly Friday evening when the auto
mobile he was driving overturned
several times on a dirt road near
Union Grove.
Reid was a son of W. T. and
Sally Bottom Reid, who live on the
Sant Garner place in the Bran
non community, Route 3.
An investigation following the
accident was made by Iredell
County officials, who said the car
driven by Reid was owned by Hor
ace Weatherman, of Greensboro.
Weatherman and Charles Ladd,
also of Greensboro, were riding in
the car at the time. Both said Reid
was driving.
The victim was buried Sunday
at Sweet Home Baptist Church in
Wilkes County.
He is survived by his parents;
two brothers, Don Reid of Hamp
tonville and Charles Reid of the
home; one sister, Flora Dell Reid
of the home; and a grandmother,
Mrs. Emeline Reid of Union Grove.
YADKIN COUNTS
TWO ACCIDENTS
Charges Made Against Driv
ers In Each Mishap Dur
ing Week-End Past
ADD TO GROWING TOTAL
Two more automobile accidents
in Yadkin County last ^week-end
added to the total number of fre
quent mishaps in this area dur
ing the past few weeks.
John Lee Williams, young Ne
gro of the Boonville community,
sideswiped an automobile driven
by W. D. Cheek, of near Yadkin
ville, about four miles north of
here around midnight.
Highway Patrolman C. B. Pierce
said that Williams was driving
toward Boonville on Highway 601
when the accident occurred. About
$400 damage was done to both au
tomobiles, but the occupants es
caped injury.
Williams is under a charge of
reckless driving.
John D. Baity, of Huntsville,
turned over his automobile near
the Forbush schoolhouse at 5 p.
m. Saturday afternoon, and left
the scene, according to Patrolman
Pierce.
Upon searching for the driver of
the car, Patrolman Pierce found
him about a half-mile from the
scene, in possession of a half-gal
lon of white liquor. He was charg
ed with drunken driving.
Representatives Go
To Training Union
Elkin Valley Baptist Church and
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church will
be represented at North Carolina
Baptist Training Union Week at
Seaside, Carolina Beach, this week.
Those attending from Elkin
Valley are Miss Wanda Tulbert,
Miss Frances Stevens, Miss Max
ine Collins and David Lee Flet
cher.
Pleasant Hill will be represent
ed by Miss Zetta Lou Freeman and
Miss Margaret Cleary.
In 858 the two sons of the Em
peror of Japan wrestled to de
termine which should have the
throne.
Two Of Surry Win 4-H Honors
Cockerham,
Moore Named
To Honor Club
Bobby Lee Cockerham of Moun
tain Park, and Bonhie Jean Moore
of Copeland and Elkin, were chos
en as members of the 4-H Honor
club along with 22 other 4-H
members from North Carolina.
The 24 top-ranking 4-H club
members were inducted into the
4-H Honor Club Tuesday night,
as part of the 16th annual 4-H
Club week at N. C. State College.
Cockerham is attending the 4-H
Club week and took part in the
club induction ceremonies, but
Miss Moore was unable to attend.
The new members of the highest
society in the State 4-H society
in the State 4-H organization,
were chosen because of outstand
ing rural achievements and lead
(Continued on page eight, 1st sec.)
CHOSEN FOR HONOR SOCIETY — Bobby Lee Cockerham, left,
of Mountain Park, and Bonnie Jean Moore, right, of Copeland and
Elkin, were among the 24 top ranking North Carolina 4-H members
chosen for the 4-H Honor Club. The members were inducted in
traditional ceremonies Tuesday night, held as part of the 16th an
nual 4-H Club Week which is now in progress at N. C. State Col
lege, Raleigh.
NEW RECORDER
COURT BEGINS
TRIALS HERE
Mount Airy’s Court Is Ex
tended To Cover Elkin
TO HOLD TWICE MONTH
Judge H. H. Lewellyn, Presid
ing, Completes Judgment
On Twelve Cases
HELD WEDNESDAY A. M.
A new recorder’s court was held
yesterday (Wednesday) in Elkin
for the first time since its auth
orization by the North Carolina
General Assembly.
Twelve trial decisions were
reached by Judge H. H. Llewellyn,
who will preside twice a month
here ov£r the court.
The court is an extension of the
Mount Airy recorder’s court which
under the new law includes Elkin.
Cases were disposed as follows:
Lewis Carl Murray, o. c. i., 90
days, $100 and cost.
Junior McKinley Dudley, reck
less driving, six months, suspend
ed on provision of paying $213
to Claude W. Goodwill and $70 to
Claude Pinnix, plus cost. Also six
months suspension of driver’s li
cense.
Ray Shores on charges of the
theft of an automobile and a sec
ond case of breaking and, entering
(Continued on page eight, 1st sec.)
STATE ROAD
MAN INJURED
Condition Of Daffron 0.
Davis Serious After
Struck On Highway
AT WINSTON HOSPITAL
Daffron O. Davis, 42, was ser
iously injured Sunday morning
when struck by an automobile op
erated by Samuel G. Harris, 29, of
near Yadkinville. Davis was cross
ing the road in front of his home
at State Road.
He was taken to Hugh Chatham
Memorial Hospital where examin
ation showed that both legs were
broken below the knees, his left
hip broken, and his skull fractur
ed. He was transferred to a Win
ston-Salem hospital Monday
where he underwent an operation.
Other than his being in serious
condition, no further report could
be learned yesterday.
Cpl. J. S. McKinney, who inves
tigated the accident said Davis
walked directly in front of the
Yadkinville car as he came from
behind another car. Harris, who
with his family, was driving to
ward Roaring Gap for a picnic,
returned to his home, his wife suf-*1
fering severely from shock.
Davis, familiarly known as
“Strawberry,” is an employee of
Chatham Manufacturing Com
pany.
LINE BUILDING
BIDS ACCEPTED
Surry-Yadkin R.E.A. Begins
Staking 285.4 Miles Of
Line Construction
TO SERVE 1,155 MORE
Construction will begin the lat
ter part of this month on 285.4
miles of power lines to serve 1,155
new consumers of the Surry-Yad
kin Rural Electrification Admin
istration area.
R. S. Burrus, manager of the
Surry-Yadkin office at Dobson, re
ported yesterday that a low bid
was made by Roy Richards Con
struction Company and that ac
ceptance had been made by the
R. E. A.
About 50 miles of line has al
ready been staked, Mr. Burrus
said. Construction is expected to
be completed on or around the
first of the year if building goes
according to schedule.
Besides the new addition, con
struction calls for increased sub
station capacity and other im
provements.
Wildfire disease has caused ser
ious losses in burley tobacco beds
in several western counties of the
State, including Haywood, Bun
combe, Madison, and Yancey.
Merchants To Feature
Dollar Day Specials
For Next Three Days
YUMMY, YUMMY AND A FULL TUMMY — Last week, before the
relief, Elkinites sweltered under the ferocity of “Ole Sol.” How
ever, some people just know how to keep cool, and Donald Franklin
Howell, 2, is one of those fortunate persons. Here Don, the son of
Nina Howell, who is maid at a hotel here, digs into another slice of
his favorite dish. And, look, it’s beginning to show! (tribune photo)
BOXSCORE
OH H.C.HIGHWAYS
Killed July 30 through
August 1 . 3
Injured July 30 through
August 1 . 95
Killed through August 1
this year . 446
Killed through August
1, 1948 . 376
Injured through August
1 this year ._...5,014
Injured through August
1, 1948 . 4,079
DOBSON LIONS
NAMELEADERS
Bausie Marion Installed As
President At Recent Meet
ing Of Club
Bausie Marion has been install
as president of the Dobson Lions
Club, it was announced yesterday.
At the installation meeting held
in Dobson, other members taking
office were as follows: Neil M.
Smith, first vice-president: Rom
Polger, second vice-president; J.
E. Trevathan. third vice-president:
J. Sam Gentry, secretary and
treasurer; P. V. Crlssman, Lion
tamer; and Aubrey Moore, tail
twister.
Directors installed to serve out
the remainder of ■h two year per
iod were P. G. Bolich and Harvey
Holt. Those installed to serve a
two-year term were Charles Pol
ger, the Rev. Robert C. Carter, and
Frank Freeman, past president.
BIBLE SCHOOL
BEGINSMONDAY
First Methodist Church Vaca
tion Classes Planned
Next Week
DIRECTORS ARE NAMED
Daily Vacation Bible School will
begin at the First Methodist
Church at 9 a. m. Monday and
will continue through Friday.
Sessions will be held daily from
9 a. m. until 11 a. m.
In the Beginner department
headed by Mrs. French Graham,
the topic of the week will be “The
World About Us.” Assisting Mrs.
Qraham will be Miss Martha Har
ris who will be in charge of the
hand work; Mrs. T. A. Redmon,
the story hour and Mrs. Roscoe
Poplin, music. Other helpers will
be Miss Pat Graham and Miss
Kitty Cranford.
“Our Daily Bread” will be the
theme used by the Primary de
partment. Mrs. W. L. Hine will be
in charge of the department and
will be assisted by Mrs. C. H.
Leary, Misses Nancy and Elizabeth
Ann Harris, Miss Virginia Gra
ham, Miss Bonnie Jane Hall and
Mrs. Van Dillon, Jr.
Mrs. Harry L. Johnson will di
rect the activities of the Junior
Department which will use as its
course of study, “The Use of Leis
ure Time.” Helping Mrs. Johnson
will be Mrs. Robert Lankford,
Miss Betty Harris, Miss Anna
Katherine Dobson. John Atwell
and Charles Ashby will be in
charge of the handicrafts.
During the week outside speak
ers will talk to the Junior group
on hobbies. Linville Hendren will
speak on birds and insects; Mrs.
Dwayne Irwin on music, and Mrs.
Raymond Harris on wild flowers
and trees.
Flashers Down Elkin;
Mostak On All-Stars
North Wilkesboro's Flashers
picked up four runs in the top of
the ninth to win over Elkin, 8-6,
at Memorial Park Tuesday night.
The Flashers combed four Elkin
pitchers for eight safeties and
overcame a three-run deficit to
pull the game out of the fire.
Bernie Keating, last of three
North Wilkesboro pitchers, receiv
ed credit for the triumph.
Manager Tige Harris, outfielder,
snuffed out the Flashers scoring
spurt by pitching two-thirds of
the final frame.
It was learned here yesterday
also that Johnny Mcfetak, ace El
kin pitcher, had been selected to
participate in the annual Blue
Ridge League all-star game at
Mount Airy Monday. Dick Ham
mock of Wytheville also was se
lected in a change brought about
because two previous selections,
Weinbach and Moore, have been
sold to higher leagues.
Three other Blainketeers, Gregg
Collins, Shorty Brown and Roy
Boles were chosen earlier to play
with the All-Stars against the
Graniteers.
Most Stores
Participate
In Reduction
Today, Friday and Saturday are
Dollar Days in Elkin.
Plans for this, the second dol
lar days event to be staged here
this year, have been under way
for months, under the leadership
of the Elkin Merchants Associa
tion. A great amount of time and
planning has been expended to
make this value event worthwhile
to everyone who takes advantage
of the money-saving values now
on sale.
Practically all Elkin stores are
cooperating to make dollar days
possible. Special purchases have
been made, and savings are being
passed on to customers. In other
instances, regular prices on sea
sonable merchandise have been re
duced.
Dollar Days are one method of
showing the appreciation of local
stores to their customers for their
patronage in the past, and as
several merchants have expressed
it, “if we cannot give our custom
ers extra special values that are
out of the ordinary once in a
while, then we don’t deserve their
continued trade.”
This issue of The Tribune con
tains the dollar days advertising
of those stores cooperating in the
event. Tribune readers can save
time and effort by checking each
advertisement carefully and not
ing the various values which ap
peal to them, and the stores
which offer them. This will elim
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MAP PLANSFOR
MUSICAL EVENT
Representatives Of Civic
Clubs Seek Appearance
Of Symphony Group
REPRESENTATIVE HERE
A group of representatives from
all the civic clubs of Elkin met
Tuesday night at the Gilvin Roth
Y.M.C.A. for the purpose of map
ping' plans for having the N. C.
Symphony Orchestra to appear in
Elkin this year.
The grodp met with Collins Er
vin, business manager of the or
chestra.
A steering committee was chos
en with C. J. Hyslup as chairman;
Mrs. Eugene Motsinger, co-chair
man; Claude Farrell, secretary
and treasurer, and Miss Lucy
Gray, publicity chairman.
The N. C. Symphony Orchestra
is a non-profit organization which
gives musicians a chance to make
an appearance.
The orchestra always gives &.
free concert for children in every
town which it appears, in addition
to its regular performance.
Council Passes
New No-Parking
Ordinances
Parking on both sides of the
street on Shoe Factory road,
from Elk Spur Street to the
ticket office of the ball park
was prohibited this week by an
ordinance of the Elkin Town
Council.
Also, no parking will be al
lowed on the east side of North
Bridge Street from Gwyn Ave
nue to the city limits, going;
north.
The ordinances took effect
August 4.
It was explained that park
ing on Shoe Factory Road by
Memorial Park during baseball
games presented a traffic hax
ard due to the congestion tak
ing place before, during and
after games. However, the
parking was disallowed at any
time.
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