ELKIN
The Best Little Town In
North Carolina
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ELKIN
Gateway to Roaring Gap and
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THE TRIBUNE
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VOL. No. XXXVII No. 43
PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1949
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.MOUNTAIN PARK
FAIR PLANNED
FOR OCTOBER 7
To Be Sponsored By School
K Agriculture Department
EXHIBITS ARE LISTED
Jim Dan Hemmings, Voca
tional Agriculture Teacher,
To Supervise Event
SEVEN JUDGES NAMED
A community fair for Mountain
Park will be sponsored October 7
by the Mountain Park Agriculture
department, it was announced yes
terday by Jim Dan Hemmings,
teacher of agriculture and super
visor.
Farmers, producers of farm
crops, F.F.A. members, 4-H club
members, Veteran farmer train
ees, Home Demonstration club
'Tnembers, Future Homemakers and
any interested persons of the
Mountain Park school district will
be welcomed to the exhibit, Mr.
Hemmings said.
Exhibits in field crops, canned
stuffs, needle work, handicrafts,
educational exhibits and live-at
home exhibits will be judged and
ribbons awarded.
Future Farmers of America and
4-H clubbers will enter their live
stock in competition for ribbons.
Livestock entries will be limited to
these two groups due to space
limitation.
Judges will be Mrs. Grace P.
Brown, Home Demonstration
Agent; Miss Leslie Johnson, As
sistant Home Demonstration
|*Agent; E. N. Meekins, District
Supervisor of Agricultural Educa
tion; Hubert Willis, Soil Conser
vation Service; D. A. Halsey, As
sistant County Agent; James R.
Welborn, Jr., and Clarence L.
Warren, Vocational Agriculture
teachers at Westfield and Pilot
Mountain, respectively.
Mr. Hemmings explained that
all correspondence and entries
should be addressed to him at
Mountain Park. All exhibits should
be placed in the gymnasium by 6
p. m., Thursday, Oct. 6. Judging
will begin Friday at 10 a. m., and
the exhibit hall will be open to
the public Friday afternoon and
night.
Mountain Park school will be in
charge of all concession rights, he
said.
^Concert Tickets
Will Be Mailed
Members of the Surry-Yadkin
Community Concert Association
will be mailed their season tick
ets in October, according to an
announcement made this week.
The 1949-50 season will consist
of three concerts. The first will
be held November 3, at 8 p. m.
at the State Theatre. Michael
Rhodes, baritone, is to appear on
that date.
Alfred and Herbert Teltschik,
duo-pianists, are the artists sched
^ uled for the second concert on
February 20.
Susan Reed, soprano and ballad
singer, will be presented on March
31, which will be the third ahd fin
al concert of the season.
’39 Truck Stolen
Near State Road
A 1939 Ford pick-up truck was
stolen early Monday morning from
its owner, Harvey Haynes of near
State Road.
Cpl. W. Sam McKinney, who in
vestigated, described the truck as
black, having a trailer hitch on the
k rear and bearing the license plate,
T 928746.
An attempt was also made to
steal another automobile, but it
failed when the car was rolled
into a ditch, Corporal McKinney
said.
Farrell To Speak
At Dobson Meeting
Claude Farrell of Elkin, mem
ber of the State Board of Educa
tion, will be principal speaker at
the first county-wide teachers
meeting to be held today (Thurs
day) at 2 p. m.
John W. Comer, superintendent
of Surry County Schools, said that
about 240 teachers were expected
to attend.
Troop 48 To Resume
Winter Meetings
Scouts of Troop 48 will con
vene again at 7:30 p. m. Thurs
day at tlje Gilvin Roth YMCA
ifa after a Summer’s vacation, Scout
master Herbert Graham announ
ced yesterday.
Council camporee awards will be
made at this time for all who par
ticipated in the event.
THREE PEOPLE KILLED — Three persons have died and 40 more were injured, some critically, when Southern passenger train No. 15
jumped the track inside the city limits of Newton, 25 miles west of Statesville, at 5:10 A. M. Monday, while going at 80 miles an hour. The
Diesel engine and six cars tumbled into a big ditch, while four Pullman cars, with sleeping passengers, stayed on the track. Shown in
the picture above are rescue workers digging out Fireman Herman Bishop of Asheville, who died later. Two Negro cooks died at their post
Ahen the cars were derailed.
X-RAY EXAMS
AT CHATHAM
Surrv Health Department
Staff To Be At Plant Mon
day Through Friday
AT ELKIN, OCTOBER 3-8
X-ray examinations will begin
at Chatham Manufacturing Com
pany Monday and will continue
through Friday of next week, it
was announced here this week by
Miss Mazie Jean Jones, health
educator for the Surry County
Health Department
Work is now being conducted at
Dobson at the courthouse where
it will continue through tomorrow
(Friday).
The unit will be in Elkin Octo
ber 3-8 at the Elkin Health De
partment. X-ray examinations will
be made from 9:30 to 4 p. m.
The Surry County Health De
partment carries on a continuous
case-finding program on tubercu
losis. The department owns four
X-ray machines, one of which
takes 70 millimeter films and is
used for mass survey work. This
machine is moved to three towns
in the county, twice a year.
Employees of Chatham Manu
facturing Company are X-rayed
annually. During the past Sum
mer, 2,500 industrial employees in
Mount Airy were X-rayed. At
other times in the year, X-rays
are available from the Mount Airy
Department offices each day ex
cept Thursday.
Through the first of September,
according to Miss Jones, 60 new
cases of tuberculosis have been
detected in 10,000 X-ray tests.
Last year 11,860 X-ray films were
made and 91 new cases of tuber
culosis were detected.
The X-ray service is made
without charge to the residents of
Surry County, but comes from the
funds provided by the sale of
Christmas Seals by the Tuberculo
sis Association.
Davis Returned
To Local Hospital
Dafron Davis, who was seriously
injured several weeks ago, was
admitted to the Hugh Chatham
Memorial Hospital, Sunday, from
the Baptist Hospital in Winston
Salem where he has been a patient
since his accident.
Mr. Davis received his injuries
when he was struck by an auto
mobile near his home at State
Road on July 31.
North Wilkesboro
Wins B-R Playoffs
North Wilkesboro staged an up
hill battle to wrap up the Blue
Ridge League final playoffs by
edging out a 6-5 victory over
Wytheville at North Wilkesboro
Tuesday night.
The victory gave the Flashers a
4 to 1 record in the final series.
The Wilkes team managed to land
in the league playoffs by a slight
margin over Elkin.
CHATHAM ASKS
F. B. SUPPORT
“Join Farm Bureau and Help
Build State That Will Mean
More To Us All”
IN BACKING CAMPAIGN
Congressman Thurmond Chat
j ham said in a statement released
this week that he urges everyone
to "join the Farm Bureau and
help us build a State that will
mean more to us all.”
The Fifth District Representa
tive, in support of the North Caro
lina Farm Bureau’s current state
wide campaign for 80,000 members
also said:
"I cannot think of anything
more important to the welfare of
North Carolina than the building
up of the farm organizations.
“We are particularly blessed in
that we have unlimited possibili
ties agriculturally. Through or
ganizations like the Farm Bureau
our people will be able to go ahead
much faster than if they did it
individually.”
S. H. Atkinson, president of the
Surry County Farm Bureau, ap
pealed to the farmers of Surry
County to become members of the
Farm Bureau Parity for Agricul
ture Club by joining 'the organiza
tion and securing the member
ships of at least nine other farm
ers.
During the 1948 state-wide
Farm Bureau memberskip drive,
Atkinson said, 1,827 Tar Heel
faim men and women were mem
bers of the club, thereby dedica
ting themselves to fight for the
parity principle for agriculture,
the goal of Farm Bureau over the
years which applies not only to
farm prices and income, but to
country living standards, social
conditions and opportunities as
well.
Farm Bureau memberships writ
ten by Parity Club members last
year totaled 53,420.
Judge Clement Faces
Full Docket At Court
A heavy docket faced Judge J.
H. Clement Monday as Surry
County Superior Court began a
two-week criminal session.
Judgments were given for the
first two days of court as follows:
Seab Adams, assault on female,
prayer for judgment continued for
two years, cost of action and not
to molest his wife.
W. R. Mackie, worthless check,
30 days in Surry jail.
Jesse Woodie, forgery, six
months in Surry jail.
Roy Barnes, aiding and abet
ting, charge dismissed.
Early Baugus, aiding and abet
ting, four months Surry jail.
R. J, Wood, larceny of auto,
60 days in Surry jail.
Ray Shores, housebreaking, lar
ceny and receiving, two years, in
Surry jail.
David Whittington, on a charge
of B. and E, L. and R., was placed
on probation.
Elmer Beck, abandonment, six
months Surry jail, capias not to
issue to put road sentence into
effect if defendant pay $5 each
Saturday for use and benefit of
his child until the last Saturday
in October, then $7.50 each Sat
urday until order modified or
changed.
Fred Doss, v. p. 1., six months
Surry jail.
Ralph Cheek, non support, 12
months Surry jail, suspended if de
fendant pay $40 per month and
cost.
Louis Bowler, o.c.i., four months
Surry jail, capias not to issue to
put road sentence into effect pro
vided defendant pays $100 and
cost, surrender his driver’s license
and not operate a motor vehicle
for 12 months.
Glenn R. Gardner, illegal man
ufacture of liquor, (1) six months
Surry jail; (2) 12 months, to run
at expiration of first sentence.
Capias not to issue to put road
sent'ence into effect provided the
defendant remains a law abiding
citizen for a period of two years.
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BOXSCORE
OB R.C.BI6BVAYS
Killed Sept. 17 through
Sept. 19 . 3
Injured Sept. 17 through
Sept. 19 . 63
Killed through Sept. 19
this year ....... 568
Killed through Sept. 19,
'1948 . 486
Injured through Sept. 19
this year .....6,455
Injured through Sept.
19, 1948 . 5,133
P.-T.A. MEET
TO BE TUESDAY
Informal Reception To Be
Held At Elementary School
For All Parents
OFFICERS ARE NAMED
An informal reception for new
and old teachers of Elkin Schools
will be held at the Elementary
School at 7:30 p. m. Monday.
Sponsored by the Elkin Elemen
tary Parent-Teachers Association,
the event is designed to acquaint
the teachers with parents of stu
dents of both the High School and
Elementary School. All parents
have been urged to attend, not
only P.-T. A. members, it was
announced.
The P.-T. A. is now in full or
ganization with the election of of
ficers for the 1949-50 school year
and naming of committees.
Claude Farrell is president of
the group; Mrs. T. A. Redmon,
vice-president; Mrs. Leslie Rein
hardt, treasurer; and Mrs. W. R.
Hartness, Sr., secretary.
Committees are as follows:
Budget and finance—Mr. and
Mrs. James Booher, chairmen;
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Triplett; Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Lankford; Mr.
and Mrs/ Richard Chatham and
Mr. and Mrs. Tat Davis.
Program—Mr. and Mrs. Van
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Membership Drive
Conducted By P.-T.A.
The Elkin Parent-Teacher As
sociation is conducting an exten
sive membership drive which will
end Friday. The membership com
mittee of the P.-T. A. sent out
letters this week by the children
in every class room to the par
ents inviting them to join the
organization.
The goal of the committee is
to have every father and mother
a member of the P.-T. A.
Parents receiving the letters
who have not returned the en
velope enclosed with their dues
of twenty-five cents, are request
ed to return them by their child
not later than Friday.
Members of the P.-T. A. mem
bership committee are Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Dixon, Mr. and Mrs.
Garland Johnson, Mr. and Mrs.
Gilbert Meed and Mr. and Mrs.
Julian Elmore.
Bryant Reunion
To Be Held Sunday
T;he Bryant reunion will be held
Sunday, September 25, at the
Mitchell Chapel Methodist Church
in Yadkin County.
Rev. W. Boyd Bryant, paster of
the Broad Street Methodist
Church, Altavista, Va., will bring
the message at the 11 o’clock wor
ship service. This will be followed
by a picnic lunch at 12:30 p. m.
All relatives and friends are in
cited to attend the reunion and
to bring a picnic lunch.
KIWANIANS TO
FETE TEACHERS
Faculty Members of Schools
Of This Area Are To Be
Guests At Meeting
MONEY EXPERT GUEST
The teachers of Elkin, Jones
ville, North Elkin and Pleasant
Hill schools will be guests of the
Elkin Kiwanis Club at its meeting
this evening (Thursday), at the
Gilvin Roth YMCA. The meeting
will begin at 6:30 o’clock.
Rev. Archie Ellis, pastor of the
First Baptist Church of Salisbury,
will be guest speaker.
At last week’s meeting H. L.
Whitmore, of the Charlotte
Branch of the Federal Reserve
Bank of Richmond^ gave an inter
esing talk on counterfeit money
and how to detect it. He had with
him a number of counterfeit bills
which he exhibited, and he ex
plained the various methods of
spotting phony money, including
silver coins.
In discussing the manufacture
of money, Mr. Whitmore stated
that plates from which bills are
printed are hand engraved, and
that no one artist makes a com
plete plate. All plates are made
by hand with the exception of
the fine scroll work around the
edges of the certificates, which
are made by a machine, of which
there are only two in existence,
both owned by the United States
government.
Seven Get Licenses
From Deeds Register
Seven marriage licenses were
granted last week at the office of
the Surry County Register of
Deeds. Those getting permits were
as follows:
Tod Caldwell Dark, 33, Gastonia,
and Evelyn Ura Simmons, 26, Mt.
Airy; Zeb Gibson, Jr., 24, and
Lydia Kirkman, 26, both of Win
ston-Salem; Eddie Carson Dor
sett, Jr., 26, and Prances Louise
Parker, 18, both of Mount Airy;
Earlie Easter, 21, Mount Airy, and
Mary Ellen Pillars, 19, Fancy Gap;
Homer A. Warden, 26, Winchester,
Va., and Rosa Kessler Ryder, 38,
Roanoke, Va.; Ralph Stanley, 18,
Crutchfield, and Maxine Dockery,
17, Elkin; and Foster Nunn, 19,
Pinnacle, and Bernice Fulk, 19,
Siloam.
Whalebone comes from the
skin lining the mouth of the
whale, and is not true bone.
Chatham Gives $ 10,000
Grandstand To Be Built
In Elkin Memorial Park
BAPTISTS PLAN
47TH MEETING
Surry Association To Convene
At Calvary, Westfield,
September 29-30
PATRICIPANTS LISTED
The 47th session of the Surry
Baptist Association will be held
September 29 and 30 at Calvary
Baptist Church and Westfield
Baptist Church, it was announced
by Clerk Claude Harris of Moun
tain Park.
The program theme, “United
for Christian Service,’’ will begin
at 10 a. m., Friday at Calvary
Church with the Rev. R. Carring
ton Paulette directing the open
ing song. The Rev. Jesse Wood
ruff will deliver the annual ser
mon.
Reports will be given on Fri
day afternoon by the Reverends
E. M. Eldriage, Silas Smith, Brady
Snow, R. K. Redwine, J. Holder
and Fred Jurney. The Rev. Joe
Hall will conduct a memorial
service and the Rev. Clarence
Jenkins will be the afternoon
speaker.
At Westfield Saturday morning,
a devotional will be given by the
Rev. L. A. Fleming. Reports will
be given by the Rev. W. E. Bur
rus, Lee Hiatt, the Rev. C. E.
Otey, Vernon Laughridge and
Mrs. John Simmons. The annual
missionary sermon will be deliver
ed by the Rev. W. H. Poindexter.
Sam McKnight will give an or
phanage report and Dr. John
Walton will be the speaker.
At the afternoon session, a de
votional will be given by the Rev.
J. W. Chilton, and a report will
oe given by Mrs. C. E. Otey.
The two-day program will end
at 3 p. m. with the election of
officers.
LIONS FISH
FRY FRIDAY
Annual Gathering Will Be
.Held At Neaves Park;
For Blind Benefit
TICKETS GO ON SALE
The annual Lions Club fish fry
will be held Friday night from
5 to 7:30 p. m. at Neaves Park, it
was announced today.
In case of rain, the event will
be held Saturday night.
The menu will include fish, Mc
Leod corn dodgers, slaw and cof
fee, and charge will be $1 per
plate.
Proceeds will go for the benefit
of the Blind Fund. Tickets will
be on sale by members of the
Lions Club, and at Spainhour’s,
Elk Pharmacy and Griffin Sport
ing Goods.
Members of the local Lions Club
are actively participating this
week in the annual state-wide
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Mrs. Howard Is
Named President
OfB.AndP. Club
(PHOTO BY REDMON)
MRS. JAMES HOWARD
Mrs. James Howard was elect
ed president of the Business and
Professional Woman’s Club Thurs
day evening, to succeed Miss Lucy
Gray.
Other officers named were Miss
Grace Laffoon, vice-president;
Mrs. Ora Vanhoy, secretary; Mrs.
W. B. Reeves, treasurer and Mrs.
Ted Griffin, program chairman.
Following the dinner, a musi
cal program was presented by
Miss Jackie Frazier, soprano solo
ist of North Wilkesboro and a
former student at Juilliard School
of Music, who sang several selec
tions. She was accompanied at
the piano by Miss Lois Scroggs,
also of North Wilkesboro.
Miss Frazier sang “Let My Song
Fill Your Heart,” “When I’m Near
You,” “Begin The Beguine,”
“Lover” and “Yours Is My Heart
Alone.” Miss Scroggs played a
piano solo.
During the business session the
group voted to sponsor a Girl
Scout troop and also gave a sum
of money to be used to purchase
books for the Elkin Elementary
School library.
Guests at the meeting in addi
tion to Miss Frazier and Miss
Scroggs, were Mrs. J. W. L. Ben
son, Mrs. E. T. Shamel, Miss Doro
thy Jean Salmons, Mrs. N. J.
Blackwood, Miss Elinor Mont
gomery and Mrs. Carl Young.
Wiles Child Dies
At Hospital Here
Little Margaret Louise Wiles,
14-month-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Elbert Wiles of Lomax
died Tuesday night in Hugh Chat
ham Memorial Hospital.
Funeral arrangements are in
complete.
Every section of the Yangtze
river has its popular local name
by which the natives call it.
LATE BULLETIN...
Plans To Move Virginia Plant
To Elkin Revealed By Chatham
The Chatham Manufacturing
Company disclosed yesterday
(Wednesday) that it is working on
plans to move its Waynesboro, Va.,
blanket operations to Elkin.
Vice-President Hugh Chatham
said the fiirm would retain an
option to purchase the leased
Waynesboro plant, however, until
December in case plans should be
changed.
But he said it was the present
intention of the Chatham firm to
move the Waynesboro operations,
which involve approximately 300
persons to Elkin, in order to cen
tralize all of the company’s man
ufacturing activities.
The Waynesboro plant was
leased last December for one year
by Chatham in order to manufac
ture the Bunny Esmond crib
blanket. The lease, with Textron,
Inc., also gave Chatham the option
to buy after the year had ended.
Mr. Chatham said the firm had
studied the situation and thought
it would be more efficient to put
the operations together at Elkin.
He said plans are now proceed
ing on the expansion of the com
pany’s plant at Elkin in order to
take care of the new activities.
Machinery used at Waynesboro is
not available at the present Elkin
plant and must be ordered.
The Chatham official said that
if the move is carried through,
enough personnel will be added at
Elkin to take care of the new
blanket operations. But he said
that 300 persons will not be need
ed at Elkin, since some present
personnel will be able to take care
of some of the work.
Employees of the Waynesboro
plant already have been notified
through their manager, M. A. Sim
ons, of the present intention of
Chatham to discontinue opera
tions there Dec. 31. Enough or
ders are on hand to carry the
work through that,time, it was
said.
Elkin Valley Group
Receives Gratitude
The Helen Caudle circle of the
Elkin Valley Baptist Church have
received a letter from a family at
the Displaced Persons Camp
Kleinkotz in Gunzburg, Germany,
thanking them for the clothing
sent by the circle.
The letter is from a woman
named Leonija Versis who tells
about the life in the displaced
person’s camp. The circle sent
some religious booklets which the
writer’s husband translated to be
used at the religious services held
by the Baptists in the camp.
The writer of the letter also
states that she and her family
are waiting transportation to the
United States and are being spon
sored by Lexington, N. C.
Tribune Advertising Gets Results
Stockholders
Meet; Promote
Plans For ’50
A $10,000 grandstand will be
erected at Memorial Park before
the start of the 1950 baseball sea
son, it was announced here Fri
day night.
At a meeting of stockholders
and guests of the Elkin Blanket
eers, Inc., Dick Chatham revealed
the plans of Chatham Manufac
turing Company and its president,
Albert Butler, to erect a concrete
and steel structure with locker
rooms, toilet facilities for both
players and the public, and 20 or
25 box seats. J. W. L. Benson,
Chatham engineer, will supervise
the construction. The grandstand
will seat approximately 450 per
sons.
The structure will be contribu
ted to the park commission of the
Town of Elkin by Chatham, which
will also furnish lights and the
manager for the Elkin Blanket
eers again next year.
At a meeting at Neaves Park,
stockholders and other citizens of
Elkin and vicinity re-assured Club
President H. F. Laffoon and Busi
ness Manager Charles Neaves that
they approved the success of the
Blanketeers during the past sea
son and turned in Dromises that
they would support the club with
more money this year.
Business Manager Neaves re
' ported that the club operated at
an approximate deficit of $5,000
this year, but that all debts were
backed with stock already in the
club.
Various stockholders expressed
their willingness to give more than
they gave last year, declaring that
“baseball must continue in Elkin.’’
Mayor Richard T. Atkinson
challenged the town to match the
sum given by Chatham for a
grandstand. Mr. Atkinson said he
visualized a better year for base
ball next year here. Others, mak
ing similar pleas were Avery
Neaves, retired superintendent of
Chatham Manufacturing Com
pany, who said, “We cannot fail
to keep baseball in Elkin.” John
A. Speas, Boonville hardware
dealer, said organized baseball in
Elkin had provided invaluable en
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School Enrollment ^
Here Numbers 838
Eurollment of students in Elk
in high school and elementary
school this year totals 838, it has
been announced by N. H. Carpen
ter, superintendent. Of this num
ber, 355 are enrolled at the high
school and 483 in the elementary
school.
It was also learned that the Elk
in elementary school has begun
lunchroom operations, with ap
proximately '325 to 350 meals be
ing served daily.
Junior Women Plan
Fashion Program
The Junior Woman’s Club will
present its annual fashion show
on Thursday evening, October 6
at 8 o’clock at the Gilvin Roth
YMCA.
Tickets will go on sale Friday
and may be secured from members
of the Junior Woman’s Club.
Fashions will be modeled from
Sydnor - Spainhour Company,
Belk-Doughton Department Store,
J. C. Penney Company, Park
Place Mercantile Company and
Cato’s.
In conjunction with the fashion
show, other entertainment has
been planned.
Legion Plans Square
Dance On Saturday
A square dance will be held
Saturday at 8 p. m., at the Legion
Hut under the sponsorship of the
George Gray Post 114, American
Legion, it was announced yester
day.
Kelly Couch, with his Bell-Tone
Band! will play for the dance.
Admission will be $1 for gentle
men; ladies will be admitted free.
This is the first dance of the
season and the outcome will de
termine the number and fre
quency of dances to be staged dur
ing the winter.