ELKIN
The Best Little Town In
North Carolina
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ELKIN
Gateway to Roaring Gap and
the Blue Ridge
THE TRIBUNE
Serves the Tri-Counties of
Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin
VOL. No. XXXVII No. 38
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1949
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16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
CHATHAM FAIR
FOR SEPT. 29,
30 IS PLANNED
a Ninth Annual Event To Be
Held At Gilvin Roth YMCA
MANY PRIZES OFFEREE
C. W. Armstrong To Head
Program; Mrs. Mcllwee,
Mrs. Sprinkle To Aid
CHATHAM REVUE IS TOP
The ninth annual Chatham
Employee’s Fair will be held at
the Gilvin Roth YMCA on Sep
tember 29 and 30.
Officers of the Fair are Charles
W. Armstrong, Jr., chairman, Mrs.
W. A. Mcllwee, co-chairman and
Mrs. Dorothy S. Sprinkle, secre
tary.
A large number of prizes will be
offered in the various depart
ments. A sweepstakes prize will be
given to the person winning the
largest number of first prizes.
Entertainment in conjunction
with the Fair will be a number of
interesting features on Thursday
evening, September 29, followed
by a square dance in which all
dancers will be invited to -take
part. There will be no square
dance contest as in previous years.
The Chatham Revue of 1949 will
be the main attraction on Friday
evening, September 30.
Departments and chairmen are
Culinary, Sallie Gilliam and Ruth
Johnson; Children’s department;
Farm and Garden, Pauline Mas
ten and “Boots” Amburn; Handi
work, Lorene Whitaker and Lois
Shore; House Furnishings, Ann
Gilliam and Lula Holcomb; Plants
and Flowers, Mattie Osborne and
Carson Freeman; Hobbies, Clyde
Cothren and James Freeman;
Photography, Fred Harris and
Fred Eidson; Art, Bill Hartsell
and Emma Underwood.
The executive committee of the
fair is composed of Charles Arm
strong, Jr., Clyde Cothren, Hugh
Chatham, Mrs. Noah Darnell,
James Gray, Sallie and Anne Gil
liam, Edith Henderson, Mrs.
W. A. Mcllwee, Mrs. Dorothy
Sprinkle and Carl Plaster.
The* steering committee of the
fair and their duties are Mrs. W.
A. Mcllwee and Charles Gough,
exhibits; Erline Mayberry and
Amel (Red) Eller, entertainment;
Anne Gilliam and Herbert Caudle,
publicity; Sallie Gilliam and Rus
sell Burcham, transportation, and
Edith Henderson and James Gray,
reception.
C. C. Poindexter, Lois McKnight,
C. J. Hyslup and Robert G. Boles
are members of the advisory com
mittee.
W. E. Burgess will be in charge
of the lights and amplifier; Arthur
Southard will serve as watchmiyr
and guard and Charles C. Wolfe
will be in charge ol posters and
cards.
JAYCEESHOST
TO MEET HERE
Delegates From Several
Towns of District Two
Guests of Elkin Club
COU BROWN IS SPEAKER
Delegates from several towns
and cities in District Two of the
North Carolina Junior Chamber of
Commerce gathered here Monday
night as guests of the Elkin Jay
cees.
Cou Brown, president of the
State Jaycees, was principal
■yp speaker on the program which
consisted mostly of recreation. He
reported on the North Carolina
delegation’s trip to Colorado
Springs to the national conven
tion, expressing deep satisfaction
at the group's showing.
W. N. (Bill) Stevenson presided
over the meeting. Recreation per
iods were held both at the Ren
dezvous Club and at Neaves Park.
Wives and girl friends accompan
ied the delegates.
Jonesville Students
Attend F.F.A. Meet
Three Jonesville High School
students attended the State F.F.A.
convention Monday ’and Tuesday
in Raleigh. They were accompan
ied by Edward Miller, teacher of
vocational agriculture at Jones
ville High School.
« Those making the trip were
Billy Ray Benton, Tim Swaim and
Wayne Swaim. The boys, along
with their teacher, will organize
a Future Farmers of America
^ chapter at Jonesville High this
™ year.
John Witherspoon was the only
clergyman to sign the Declaration
of Independence, according to the
Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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GARDEN PROVES PROFITABLE—Vicky Franklin, 12, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Franklin, shows how she’s labored on a home
garden that has paid off. In addition to aiding her earn a Girl
Scout merit badge, the plants have gained Vicky spending money
and taught her things she didn’t know about gardening. Twenty
two quarts of tomatoes were netted from the small tract at her
home and there were peppers, squash, cucumbers, green beans, car
rots, tomatoes and many more things. She was aided in getting
started by her grandfather, Berne Franklin. (tribune photo)
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BOXSCORE
ON N.C.HIGHWAYS
Killed August 13 through
through August 15 . 5
Injured August 13 through
August 15 .-v. 110
Killed through August 15
this year .. 470
Killed through August 15,
1948 .„ 409
Injured through August
15 this year .5,519
Injured through August
15, 1948 .4,383
WILKES VOTE
KILLS ISSUE
County Turns Down A Pro
posed $600,000 School Rond
Issue At Polls
VOTING PROVES LIGHT
Voters of Wilkes County turned
down a proposed $600,000 school
bond issue at the polls Saturday,
a canvass of the returns of the
Board of Elections disclosed Tues
day.
The vote was: In favor of the
bond issue, 1,347; against, 1,889.
North Wilkesboro and Wilkes
boro gave majorities tc the pro
posal, but the rural precincts roll
ed up heavy majorities against the
bonds in an election characterized
by the light' voting.
Board of Elections officials
said only about one fifth of the
eligible voters participated in the
leferendum.
Nine precincts in Wilkes fa
vored the proposal. The other 21
gave majorities against the bond
issue.
The proposal was to issue
$600,000 in bojids to supplement
the $551,000 Wilkes will receive as
its share of the State school bonds.
The funds were to be used to
build additional classrooms, and
to install water and plumbing fa
cilities in schools where they are
not provided at the present.
Opponents of the bond issue
said the county could appropriate
$126,000 annually over a period of
several years and the improve
ments could be made on a pay
as-you-go basis.
Football Practice
To Begin Monday
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Football practice will begin
Monday, August 22, for Elkin High
School’s Buckin’ Elks, Coach Don
Lambeth announced yesterday.
High school aspirants expecting
tq come * out for the team were
asked to bring written permission
to play from their parents. The
coach also asked, that players
bring shoes and light work-out
equipment.
DOBSON LIONS
GROUPSNAMED
Committees Appointed By
Bausie Marion, Presi
dent, Are Released
TO SERVE COMING YEAR
Committees appointed by Bausie
Marion, president of the Dobson
Lions Club, to serve for the com
ing year were released this week
as follows:
Attendance—P. B. Madison,
chairman, W. B. Coleman and G.
R. Bridges; Constitution and by
laws—Charles Folger, chairman,
P. G- Bolich, Sam Austin and
Ophus Fulcher; Finance—Aubrey
Moore, chairman, Frank Freeman,
Harvey Holt and Herman Coe;
Membership — Jay Rosendahl,
chairman, F. V. Crissman, Rom
Folger and J. T. Trevathan; Pro
gram—Frank Comer, chairman,
R. C. Crater,- W. B. White and D.
C. Halsey; Convention—E. M. Bry
ant, chairman, Richard Folger,
Raymond Dillinger and J. G. Mc
Cann; Lions Education—John G.
Llewellyn, chairman. R. B. Black
welder, Lee Thompson and F.
Moore.
Also, Boys and Girls Work—R.
C> Carter, chairman, F. B. Madi
son, J. G. McCann and Jay Rosen
dahl; Citizenship and patriotism—
Rom Folger, chairman, Hort
Thompson, R. Folger and F. V.
Crissman. Sight Conversation and
Blind—Frank Freeman, chairman,
Lee Thompson, W. B. Coleman
and Frank Comer; Publicity and
Bulletin—Neill M. Smith, chair
man, Hort Thompson, John W.
Comer and J. E. Eades; Civic Im
prpvemenL-Harvey Hojt, . chair
man, J. G. Llewellyn, Aubrey
Moore and G. R. Bridges; Com
munity Betterment — Neill M.
Smith, chairman, W. B. White, D.
C. Halsey and J. E. Trevathan;
Education—John W. Comer, chair
man, P. G. Bolich, Frank Moore
and Charles Folger; Health and
Welfare—Sam Austin, chairman,
E. M. Bryant and Ophus Fulcher;
Safety—R. B. Blackwelder, chair
man, Herman Coe, J. E. Eades and
Raymond Dillinger.
Pardue Child’s Rites
Held Wednesday
Funeral service for Christopher
Kiger Pardue, four-month-old son
of Glenn and Lavinia Kiger Par
due of Jonesville, was conducted
yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon
at two o’clock at Arlington Baptist
Church. The Reverend D. L. Tem
ple officiated and burial was in
the church cemetery.
The infant died unexpectedly in
his sleep Tuesday after an illness
of two weeks.
Surviving, in addition to the
parents, are one brother, Ronald
Pardue; the paternal grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Heaton Pardue
and the maternal grandmother,
Mrs. Valitia Kiger, all of Jones
vill^.
The word devil means “little
god.”
PULLET SHOW,
SALE PLANNED
HEREAUG. 25
Annual Elkin Hatchery 4-H
Event At Livestock Market
10 BOYS, GIRLS ENTER
Similar Show and Sale To Be
Held In Mount Airy Next
Friday, August 27
ALL OF SURRY COUNTY
The annual Elkin Hatchery 4-H
Pullet Show and Sale will be held
at the Livestock Market here, Aug
ust 25, in which SO pullets will be
entered.
The pullets were placed with
4-H members in February by the
Elkin Hatchery. Each year 10 boys
and girls receiye 100 baby New
Hampshire chicks which are raised
until six months old, and then
nine pullets are sold at auction
and the money is used to purchase
more chicks for the following year.
Surry boys and girls entering
the show and sale are Lucille
Cheek, Mountain Park; Rachel
Southard, Mountain Park; Twin
kle Jackson, Elkin; Lois Jean
Jenkins, Little Richmond; Mary
Ruth Badgett, White Plains; Har
old Stanley, Copeland; Jimmy
Pratt, Copeland; Wade Wilmouth,
Dobson; Robert Hill, Beulah; and
Fred Marshall of Franklin.
A similar show and sale will be
held in Mount Airy, August 27 at
Simmons’ Warehouse.
^ive girls and five boys who re
ceived their chickens from Helms
Hatchery, Monroe, in February,
will enter the show and sale as
follows:
Charles Pardue, Mountain Park;
Bobby Ray Badgett, Dobson; Ben
ny Creed, Mount Airy; J. W. York,
Mount Airy; Arthur Beamer, Mt.
Airy; Ina Smith, Mount Airy; Ra
chel Edmonds, Dobson; Peggy
Snow, Mount Airy; Margie Simp
son, White Plains; and Treva
Hicks, Mount Airy.
Prizes are offered each year by
the Sears-Roebuck Company as
follows: Blue ribbon winners, $20
each; red ribbon winners, $10
each; and white ribbon winners,
$5 each.
Jonesville Man
Held On Charge
Clement Chappel, Yadkin coun
ty man who lives near Jonesville,
was arrested by the Yadkin sher
iff’s office this week on a charge
of not appearing for trial at the
last term of Superior Court whert
he was charged with driving a car
after licenses were revoked.
Sheriff Bill Moxley said that
Chappel had also been served
with a warrant charging him with
assault with a deadly weapon
against a Wood boy at Jonesville
sometime ago.
Frank Young Injured
In Bicycle Accident
Fiank Young, 16, of Elkin, was
admitted to Hugh Chatham Mem
orial Hospital last Thursday to
be treated for injuries about the
head received in a bicycle acci
dent.
He remained at the hospital
until Saturday.
The United States was the
greatest candy-producing country
in the world in 1948.
Judge Llewellyn Completes Number
Of Cases At Court Here Wednesday
Numerous cases were disposed
of here Wednesday morning in
Recorder's court before Judge
Harry H. Lewellyn, with cases
ranging from public drunkenness
to speeding.
Cases disposed of were as fol
lows:
L. j. Hawkins, false hotel regis
tration, costs.
Clifford Morrison, reckless driv
ing, $25.00 and costs.
Robert Clonch, carrying con
cealed weapon, $50.00 and costs.
Glenn Barnette, carrying con
cealed weapon, $50.00 and costs.
Kelly Senten, no operator’s li
cense, continued.
Joe H. Tilley, public drunken
ness, 30 days suspended sentence
and costs.
Richard H. Martin, Jr., operat
ing car while intoxicated, $100
and costs.
Homer G. Gentry and Bobby
Lee Cockerham, speeding and
reckless driving, $50.00 and costs
each.
Russell Collins, public drunken
ness, costs; resisting officer, $100
and costs and eight months on
a
public highways suspended upon
condition defendant does not
drink intoxicating beverages and
is of good behavior for two years.
Charles E. Mathis, public drunk
enness, costs.
Lester Burgiss, public drunk
enness, costs.
M. K. Haynes, operating motor
cycle without license. $25.00 and
costs.
W. K. Mackie, worthless check,
four months. Notice of appeal
given.
Jack Cockerham, public drunk
enness, 30 days suspended sen
tence and fine of $10.00 and costs.
R. H. Shelton, carrying conceal
ed weapon, 4 months. Pistol con
fiscated.
D. C. Wall, possession, nol pros.
T. H. Vestal, speeding, costs,
and 60 days sentence suspended
upon condition he does not oper
ate motorcycle.
Ed Cooper and Ed Taylor, pub
lic drunkenness, 30 days suspend
ed sentence and costs as to each.
Reece Oliver, public drunken
ness, costs.
Gilmer Macemore, operating car
while intoxicated, $100 and costs.
Dewey Parker, possession of li
quor for purpose of sale, $250 and
costs and 12 months sentence sus
pended for period of two years;
possession, prayer for judgment
suspended upon payment of costs.
John H. Hardy, speeding, $50.00
and costs.
Wesley Harp, public drunken
ness, 30 days suspended sentence
and costs.
Paul P. Brown, no operator’s
license, $25.00 and costs.
J. O. Hayes, speeding, costs.
Junior Whitaker, public drunk
enness, costs. ^
Edwin Hurt, drunk and disord
erly, costs.
R. M. Newman, improper muf
fler, costs.
Virgil Dixon, no operator’s li
cense, $25.00 and costs.
F. H. Bauguess, public drunk
enness, costs.
J. M. Bauguess, operating car
while intoxicated, $100 and costs.
F. C. Norris, reckless driving,
costs.
Ralph Swaim, speeding, $10.00
and costs.
APPOINTED — Vern W. Chase,
former manager of the Central
Telephone Company in Elkin,
has been chosen telephone engi
neer for the State Utilities Com
mission in preparation for Gov
ernor W. Kerr Scott’s program
of expanding public utilities
service. Mr. Chase, now living in
Mount Airy, also was manager
of Leaksville and Mocksville of
fices. He is experienced in the
operation of rural telephone sys
tems.
OVER 10,000
VISIT TOBACCO
Farmers On Organized Tours
This Summer Attend
Experiment Stations
OXFORD FARM LEADS
Tobacco research farms of the
North Carolina Agricultural Ex
periment Station attracted a rec
ord crowd of 10,265 farmers on
organized tours this summer, it
was reported this week by R. R.
Bennett and S. N. Hawks, tobacco
specialists for the State College
Extension Service.
The farm at Oxford led the list
with an attendance of 3,800, the
specialists said. Particular inter
est was shown in the field experi
ments and curing tests in progress
at this farm, they added.
Attendance at the other stations
was as follows: McCullers, 1641;
Upper Piedmont Research Farm at
Rural Hall, 1584; Lower Coastal
Plain Research Farm at Green
ville, 1277; soil conservation farm
at Shotwell, 753; Border Belt Re
search Farm at Whiteville, 625:
Upper Coastal Plain Farm at
Rocky Mount, 584.
The tours at Oxford covered 6V2
days with an average daily attend
ance of 584. Tours at each of the
other farms were completed in one
day.
“It has been found that the
planned tours give everyone an
opportunity to observe the work
at the stations and discuss their
problems with the extension and
research workers,’’ Bennett and
Hawks said. “At the same time,’’
they added, “the planned tours
avoid tying up the research work
ers at the stations with individual
or small group visits throughout
the summer to the extent that the
experiments might be neglected.”
THE AVERAGE TAX
An average citizen's taxes for
his local city government are
$95.18 annually. Federal taxes
for the same person average
$1079.60 a year.
SURRY NATIVE
BECOMES HEAD
SCHOOLBOARD
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Clarence D. Douglas Succeeds
Paul Reid As Controller
BY UNANIMOUS VOTING
Will Serve As Chief Fiscal
Officer For N. C. Board
Of Education
GETS GOVERNORS O. K.
A native of Surry County was
promoted Tuesday to the top job
in the State Board of Education.
By a unanimous vote, the board
voted to appoint Clarence D.
Douglas controller, succeeding
Paul Reid who resigned to accept
the presidency of Western Caro
lina Teachers College at Cullow
hee.
As controller, Douglas will serve
as chief fiscal officer for the
Board of Education and will su
pervise the spending of apprQxi
mately $90,000,000 a year. In addi
tion, he will supervise the spend
ing of some $50,000,000 the State
has provided for a school building
program.
State law provides that the job
shall be filled by the board with
the approval of the Governor.
Lieut. Governor H. P. Taylor,
chairman of the board, said that
“the Governor has been contacted
and this appointment meets with
his approval.”
Douglas went to Raleigh from
Surry County in 1920 as assistant
in the finance division of the State
Department of Public Instruction.
In 1923 he became director of the (
division, and in 1939 he was made
director of the division of audit
ing and accounting of the State
School Commission, predecessor to
the Board of Education. ^
Douglas will serve as acting con
troller until September 1 when
Reid’s resignation becomes effec
tive. The job of controller pays 1
a salary of $7,950 a year. Douglas 1
was paid $6,400 as chief auditor. t
Wedding- Permits *
Issued To Seven ]
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Seven couples were issued mar
riage licenses last week at the of
fice of Surry County's register of
deeds. Those getting permits were
as follows:
Marvin Holder, 23, and Polly
Marie Brannock, 18, both of Mt.
Airy; James E. Long, 26, and
Gladys McCarther, 21, both of
Mount Airy (colored); Early Eat
on, 21, and Marie Dobbins, 18,
both of Mount Airy; John Arnold,
18, and Beatrice Salmons, 16,
both of Cycle; Stewart H. Carter,
29, Winston-Salem, and Dorothy
Hamby, 25, both of Elkin; John R.
Creed, 20, and Betty Sue Childress,
20, both of Mount Airy; and Clar
ence E. Bowman and Elizabeth
Branham, 20, both of Mount Airy.
Rain Postpones
Kiwanis Outing
The annual Kiwanis outing to
Bluff Park, on the Scenic High
way, scheduled for Wednesday
evening, was postponed due to
rain, and the club will meet as
usual this evening at 6:30 o’clock
(Thursday), at the YMCA.
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Samples of brass wire more
than 2,000 years old have been
discovered, according to the Ency
clopaedia Britannica.
Yadkin
Swells
Steady
River
With
Rains
Surry Farmer’s
Wheat Yield Is
State’s Highest
A Surry County farmer has
reported a wheat yield of 47.8
bushels per acre to take the
lead in the North Carolina
wheat growing contest for 1949,
Dr. E. R. Collins, in charge of
agronomy extension at State
College, reports.
He is Hoyt Badgett, Route 1,
Ararat, who produced 369.6
bushels on 7.74 acres of land.
Calculations were made on the
basis of combine weight with no
allowance made for moisture.
Badgett's wheat yield was
certified by D. A. Halsey, as
sistant Surry County farm
agent. Badgett grew the Atlas
66 variety, seeding eight bush
els. Fertilization included 3200
pounds of 3-12-6 and 1300
pounds of ANL.
RURAL CHURCH
CLIMB LAUDED
iovernor‘Scott Says Expan
sion Will ‘Help Build
North Carolina’
IMPROVED COMMUNITY
Expansion and improvement of
rural churches will “help build
North Carolina,” Governor Scott
told delegates attending the 21st
annual state FFA convention at
State College, Raleigh, Monday.
The Governor also asked the
FFA members to consider the pos
sibility of obtaining church busses
to provide transportation for per
sons who wish to attend Sunday
school programs in their com
munities.
A broadened program for the
country churches and Sunday
schools, Governor Scott said,
would be “a tremendous thing for
the state’’ and would pay high
dividends in improved community
living.
“That is a project,” he said,
“that somebody has got to take a
hold of in North Carolina.”
Moral and religious training in
rural areas, he declared, has
lagged because of inadequate
church programs.
About the only improvements
made to rural churches in the past
50 years, the Governor stated,
have been a paint job every 10
years and a “cemetery cleaning on
homecoming day.”
Over 1,000 delegates to the con
vention heard the Governor re
view his “go forward” program
and appeal to them to take ad
vantage of the educational oppor
tunities open to them in the state.
Following his speech, the North
Carolina Association of the Future
Farmers of America awarded the
Governor an honorary Carolina
Farmer Degree — highest honor
conferred by the association. The
degree was conferred by Rufus
Warren of Route 2, Roseboro,
president of the association.
The Governor was introduced by
Dr. Clyde A. Erwin, state super
intendent of public instruction,
who also addressed the delegates.
He called on the FFA members
“to build up concepts that will
make America lead the world to
brotherhood, peace, and under
standing.”
Lower Leaf Poundage
Predicted For Yadkin
A lower tobacco poundage for
Yadkin County was this week pre
dicted by a large number of grow
ers in that section. The crop will
be at least one-fourth less, it is
believed.
The farmers say the expected
lower poundage has been caused
by: (1) the extreme difficulty un
der which the crop was planted:
(2) the exceedingly dry month of
June; (3) the subsequent prolong
ed wet weather; and (4) the ex
ceptionally hot, dry weather that
had prevailed, for the most part
during the past three weeks.
The crop might have produced
a normal yield, the farmers point
out, if the period of wet weather
had been followed by one of regu
lar showers instead of the hot, dry 1
weather, which caused the tobacco i
to burn. ]
No Serious
Flood Threat
Yet Offered
The Yadkin River, filled with
continual mountain rains since
Tuesday night, had swelled over
the low bottoms between Surry
and Yadkin counties by Wednes
day noon, but unofficial observers
believed no serious flood threat
was offered.
First evidence of climbing waters
was noted Tuesday morning when
debris accompanied the syrupy
river on its slow progress past El
kin and Jonesville.
By Tuesday night, the river had
ascended to the bottom’s thres
hold and presented a mild threat
to a circus which was forced to
make a quick exit following the
performance.
At the Big Elkin creek dam,
water had mounted about half way
up the falls by Tuesday noon.
Both the new and old river bridges
between Jonesville and Elkin were
dotted with persons who, though
not excited, were keenly interest
ed in the progress of the river.
Slow, steady rains since Tues
day night were interspersed with
heavy showers, but by Wednesday
noon it appeared that the rains
had abated. A heavy overcast,
however, still prevailed.
GROUND OPEN
TO CHILDREN
Playground On Corner ol;
West Main and Elk Spur
Streets Now Ready
JUNIOR WOMANS CLUB
The playground at the comer
of West Main and Elk Spur Streets
is now open to children, accord
ing to an announcement made by
Mrs. O. W. Mann, chairman of
the playground committee of the
Junior Woman’s Club.
The club wishes to express its
appreciation to Mrs. L. G. Meed,
Sr., who contributed materials for
the swings, and to Gilbert Meed
who erected the swings. See-saws
and sand boxes will be added to
the lot this week.
On the down town playground,
swings and sand boxes are already
on the lots, and see-saws are to be
placed there this week.
Construction is to begin this
week on a playground at the col
ored- school in North Elkin.
The Junior Woman’s Club has
received cash contributions for the
playgrounds from Mrs. George E.
Royall of this city and Mrs. N. J.
Martin of Dobson. Anyone else
who wishes to contribute money
or materials for the playground
project are requested to do so at
once by contacting Mrs. O. W.
Mann, Mrs. Eugene Motsinger, Jr.,
Mrs. Robert Kirkman, Jr., or Mrs.
Gwyn Franklin.
Government Deeds
Land To Wildlife
Congressman Charles B. Deane
has announced that in a ceremony
held Monday at the office of the
Secretary of the Interior James A.
Krug, the secretary officially sign
ed on behalf of the Government
a deed which conveyed to the
State of North Carolina approxi
mately 54,165 acres of land to be
used for the conservation of wild
life.
Present for this ceremony in ad
dition to the secretary of the In
terior and Congressman Deane
was Albert D. Day, Director of the
United States Fish and Wildlife
Service.
The transfer was made under
the provision of existing law
(vhich permits lands no longer re
tired by Federal agency to be
transformed to a State agency
under the condition that the prop
erty will continue to be used for
wildlife conservation. The entire
icreage is located in Moore, Rich
nond and Scotland Counties.
SYMPATHETIC JUDGE
A London judge recently ruled
;hat “cleanliness is next to Qod
iness” and refused to oust a ten
int who persisted in hanging out
iis Sunday wash.