ELKIN
The Best Little Town In
North Carolina
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VOL. No. XXXVII No. 48
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1949
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r'YADKIN COUNTY
X-RAY SURVEY
BEGINS TODAY
Davie-Stokes-Yadkin Health
Department In Charge
CIVIC GROUPS HELPING
House-To-House Canvassing
Included In Attempt To Ex
amine Every Person
LIST SEVERAL LEADERS
A mass x-ray survey Will begin
in Yadkin County today (Thurs
day) and will continue through
November 15, it was announced
today by Carl E. Shell, acting ad
ministrator of the Davie-Stokes
Yadkin District Health Depart
ment.
Mr. Shell said that various civic
groups of Yadkin County will aid
t in making the survey, contacting
as many residents as possible to
encourage x-ray examinations.
The Jonesville P.-T.A. will pro
vide hostesses for the Jonesville
Arlington area. Mrs. Luther S.
Long, president, will conduct
house-to-house canvassing by
members of The newly-organized
Girl Scout troop under the direc
tion of Mrs. D. C. Dickson, Scout
leader.
Ivry Johnson and the Jonesville
Lions Club will place posters and
street banners.
X-ray examinations will be con
ducted in Arlihgton November 8,
and in Jonesville November 10-12
and 15.
Miss Lula Belle Highsmith,
^health educator with the Division
of Tuberculosis Control of the
State Board of Health, and Mrs.
Mildred O. .Page. health educator
with the division who works with
the colored population, have been
in Yadkin County for several days
helping with the survey.
In Boonville, the responsibility |
for surveying will be shared by
several organizations. Mrs. Ralph
^ Walker, president of the Hpme
Demonstration Club, and Harvey:
Gentry, master of the Boonville1
Grange, will make plans for house
to-house visiting in East Bend and ;
the surrounding area.
In Yadkinville the Woman’s
Club and the Home Demonstra- j
tion Club, under the direction of
their presidents, Mrs. Hurley Hin
shaw and Mrs. Bill Moxley will
work jointly on house-to-house
ir visiting and on providing hostess
" es for the time when the unit is
operating on the Court House1
square.
The Eastern Star, with Mrs. A.
E. Hall as president, will help in
the preparation of the complete
x-ray schedule which will be mail
ed to all post office, rural and
star route box-holders in the
county.
Places where X-ray examina
tions will be held were published
in last week's Tribune.
Youth Choir Practice
To Start November 5
w' A youth choir, consisting of
young people of Elkin and sur
rounding communities of 13 to 23
years of age, will hold their first
rehearsal Saturday night. Nov. 5,
at the First Baptist Church.
Miss Mildred Freeman, who will
direct the choir, said yesterday
that the group is being formed
primarily to present a program of
Christmas music and will rehearse
each Saturday evening of Novem
ber. She expects approximately
100 young people to participate in
the program.
Miss Ckthey Leeper will be or
ganist.
* Girl Scout Week
To Open Monday
Elkin Girl Scouts will join with
other girls all over the nation in
celebrating National Girl Scout
Week, October 31-November 5.
Girl Scout Troops from Elkin
and Joncsville will begin the week
by attending the 11 o’clock worship
service at the Presbyterian Church
Sunday.
Many activities have been plan
ned for the coming week. Each
It year Girl Scout Week is observed
during the week of the birthday
of the founder of Girl Scouting,
Mrs. Juliette Lowe.
"Come Along With Us, Girl
Scouts of the U.S.A.,” is the slo
gan adopted for the week
Woodmen To Hold
Fish Fry Tonight
A fish fry will be held tonight
(Thursday) for members of the
Woodmen of the World Post 105,
.Ralph Huffstickler, publicity
'chairman, announced today.
All WOW members have been
invited. The supper will be held
at the Motorcycle picnic grounds
at 7 o’clock. It will not be held
in the event of rain.
THEY JUST HAPPENED TO DROP IN — No, there was no family reunion scheduled nor was any special company expected at the home
of Mrs. Ella Settle, of Benham, Sunday, October 16, but before the day was over Mrs. Settle’s seven children, with their respective wives and
husbands, had gathered at the old home place, as the photo above shows. Mrs. Settle is pictured in the center, seated, flanked by her chil
dren and in-laws. The children are: Mrs. Paul Holbrook. North Wilkesboro: Mrs. E. T. Durham, of Newell, W. Va.; Virgil Settle, Benham;
Mrs. \V. E. Pardue, Forest Hill, Md.; C. M. Settle, New Orleans, La.; Mrs. Richard Heidel, Liverpool, Ohio, and C. B. Settle, Benham.
(PHOTO BY REDMON)
LOCAL MARKET
EXPANDS WARES
Elkin Curb Market To Feature
Hand-Made Gift Items
And Baby Clothes
WOMAN’S CLUB AIDING
In addition to the farm produce
and bake goods found in the Elkin
Curb Market, handmade gift
> items and baby clothes will be sold.
Beginning Friday, the Elkin
Curb Market will offer its patrons
a more varied selection of items
made and brought in by interested
citizens within the Elkin trading
area.
The Elkin Junior Woman’s Club
in keeping with its "Build A Bet
ter Community” project, and in
cooperation with Mrs. Grace Pope
Brown, Home Demonstration agent
In order to start the project,
the Junior Woman’s Club will
sell articles made by the club
members, tomorrow (Friday).
The money from this one par
ticular sale will be used for the
club project.
for Surry County, have formulated
plans to renew interest in the1
curb market and aid it in becom
ing a more active center of ex
change for homemade products.
Members of the Fellowship Club
(retired women employees of the
Chatham Manufacturing Com
pany) and various citizens of the
town and area have expressed a
desire to offer for sale the results
of their leisure time handiwork.
The proceeds from the sale will
not go to the Junior Woman's
Club, but to the sellers themselves.
Women from the surrounding
counties are cordially invited to
participate in the activities of the
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Youth of Presbytery
To Meet Here Sunday
More than 200 young people
from the Winston-Salem Presby
tery will attend an annual rally
of Youth Fellowships here Sunday.
The Rev. Ralph Ritchie, paster
of the First Presbyterian Church,
said today that 23 churches would
be represented at the gathering
which wall be held at the Gilvin
Roth YMCA, beginning at 2:30 p.
m.. Sunday.
Special emphasis of the rally
will be on the work of the youth
group in individual churches.
The Youth Fellowship of the
Elkin Presbyterian Church will be
host to the group and will treat
the delegates with a buffet supper.
Twice-Weekly
Publication
Begins Monday
The Tribune will begin its
twice-weekly publication Mon
day.
The first issue will appear
Monday; the second. Thursday.
Each Monday and Thursday
following will be publication
I dates.
Subscription rates will be
raised to $3 for in-the-state
subscribers, and S3.50 for out
of-state subscribers beginning
November l.*Itenewed subscrip
tions and new subscriptions will
be accepted at $2 and $2.50 un
til November 1.
ALLEN TAPPED
FOR NEW POST
Brother of Mrs. Robert Tuttle
May Be Named Ambassa
dor To Yugoslavia
IS COLI) WAR EXPERT
George V. Allen, brother of Mrs.
Robert Tuttle who resided in El
kin during her husband's four
I year pastorate at the Elkin Meth
odist Church, is being considered
! to handle one of the United
States’ toughest assignments.
Informed quarters in Washing
| ton said this week that the gov
ernment is planning to send the
Assistant Secretary of State Al
len to watch out for American
: interests in the struggle between
the Kremlin and Marshal Tito.
Mr. Allen, who is director of
America’s world propaganda cam
paign against communism, lias
been tapped as the next'Ambass
ador to Yugoslavia. He will suc
! ceed Ambassador Cavendish W.
i Cannon, who is returning to the
United States because of ill health.
Allen was on the diplomatic fir
ing line when the cold war start
ed. He was Ambassador to Iran
in 1946, when the Soviet Union
launched a pressure campaign
against that country in an effort
to force it into Moscow's orbit,
and realize an old Russian dream
of access to the Indian Ocean.
Prompt and vigorous American
support in the United Nations and
elsewhere—for which Allen large
ly was responsible — contributed
greatly to the successful Iranian
resistance.
Largely in recognition oi his
work in Iran, Allen was made As
sistant Secretary of State in 1948.
Exports from Guam include co
pra and coeoanut oil.
25 Trials Completed
At Wednesday’s Court
Twenty-five cases were tried in
Wednesday’s session of Recorder's
Court here.
Trial dispensations were as fol
lows :
Robert Allen, speeding. $10 and
costs.
William Holleman, public drunk
enness, costs.
Bobby Lee Hayes, reckless driv
ing, nolo contendere, costs.
Eugene Mike Durham, o. c. i.,
four months on roads, $100 and
costs. Suspended on surrender of
driver’s license.
Hansford Wilhelm, public
drunkenness, seif a and capias is
sued, judgment final.
Robert Brown, o. c. i., four j
months on roads and $100 and;
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costs. Road sentence suspended on
surrender of driver's license.
Radford Cook, public drunken
ness, scifa and capias issued,
judgment final.
Dale DeVries, speeding, scifa
and capias issued, judgment final.
Ed Snow, public drunkenness,
costs.
Isom Kennedy, public drunken
ness, costs.
Gurney Lyons, possession of ille
gal whiskey, 60 days on roads,
suspended on $25 and costs.
Gurney Lyons, public drunken
ness, four months on roads and
costs. Sentence effective if defen
dant fails to obtain gainful em
ployment or if he drinks any in
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Carolina Guernsey
Sale At Lexington
The sixth annual Carolina
Guernsey Sale will be held Mon
day, November 7, at Maegeo
Farms near Lexington, it was an
nounced here yesterday by Neill
M. Smith, county agent.
The sale will begin at 12:30 p.
m., under the management of
George B. Salley. Guernsey cattle
enthusiasts in this area have been
invited to attend, Mr. Smith said.
ROADPROGRAM
IS TO BEGIN
Rural Road Work To Be
Pushed Immediately To Get !
Ahead of Bad Weather
TEER SUIT IS DISMISSED
Raleigh — Work on the $200,
000,000 rural roads program “will
be carried out as rapidly as pos
sible in order to get ahead of ap
proaching Winter weather, High
way Commissioner Chairman Hen
ry W. Jordan said this week.
Jordan’s statement followed by
two days the dismissal of a suit
against the commission by Nello
L. Teer of Durham, a road build- :
ing contractor.
In the suit, Teer sought a res
training order to prevent the com
mission from using proceeds of the
$200,000,000 road bond fund for
anything except paving of roads.
Jordan's statement also came
after he had conferred with At
torney General Harry McMullan,
who was in charge of defending
the commission in the suit, and
with officials of the budget bu-!
reau.
Jordan said he had been ad- '
vised by State Treasurer Brandon
Hodges and D. S. Coltrane, assist
! ant director of the budget, that
proceeds of the sale of the first
$50,000,000 in bonds for the $200,
000,000 program have been receiv
ed and are now available for
allotment by the budget bureau
and expenditure by the highway
commission.
“In accordance with the plans!
heretofore adopted for the expen
diture of the first part of these j
funds the program will be carried
out as rapidly as possible in or
der to get ahead of approaching j
Winter weather,” Jordan said.
Agriculture Teacher
Group Elects Davis
James H. Davis of Flat Rock
High School has been elected
president, and Jim Dan Hemmings
of Mountain Park High School,
has been named secretary of the
Surry Agriculture Teachers group.
Plans for next year's community
fairs were discussed at the last
meeting. The group intends to
sponsor several community fairs
for 1950.
Also, plans for F.F.A. participa
tion in a strawberry planting pro
gram sponsored by the Mount
Airy Kiwanis Club were discussed.
Each agriculture department will
supervise and assist the F.F.A.
members in their individual plant
ing programs.
Miss Haynes Added
To Welfare Staff
Miss Mary Josephine Haynes, of
Mount Airy, has begun duties as
case worker with the Surry Coun-.
ty Welfare Department at Dob
son. She succeeds Mrs. Ophus M.
Fulcher, who resigned earlier be
cause of a change in residence.
Miss Haynes is a graduate of
Blue Mountain Coll-igc in Missis
sippi. She received an M. A. degree
from the University of North Car
olina last Spring. .
TRAINS TAKEN
FROM SERVICE
Passenger Trains Here Elim
inated By Lack of Fuel Due
To Coal Strike
, CHANGE MAIL SCHEDULE
The effect of the current coal
strike, which has already been felt
here in the form of empty coal
bins, made itself apparent again
Wednesday when Elkin's two daily
I passenger trains, No. 13 and 14,
: were removed from the Winston
| Salem - North Wilkesboro run due
j to lack of; fuel.
The passenger trains made their
last trips Tuesday, and will not '
, again be restored to service until
| settlement is made in the coal
! strike and fuel to fire the engines j
again becomes available. Thus
far, freight service has remained
on usual schedule.
Removal of the two passenger
I trains has necessitated a change
in local mail schedules, which is
now being brought into Elkin by
motor truck and freight. Under
the emergency set-up, first class
mail, registered mail and some
parcel post arrives in Elkin from
Winston-Salem at 10:30 each
morning. Larger parcel post and
railway express comes up on the
westbound freight, which main
tains no strict schedule.
Out-bound parcel post is now
; leaving Elkin by mail truck, and
letter mail and some parcel post
, is routed by the highway post of
fice, west bound in the morning
and east bound in the evening.
A temporary star route, it was
announced by post office officials,
has been set up from here to Rusk
| and Devotion.
The removal of the trains does
not affect mail which leaves here
each morning at 6:30 o'clock, or
the incoming mail from Winston -
I Salem, which arrives here each
afternoon at 2:30 p. m. by truck.
Boy Scout Fund Drive
Progress Is Success
The Boy Scout fund drive #is
! progressing successfully, it was re
J ported today by Charles Utley,
publicity chairman.
I However, the goal has not been
reached in the Elkin-Yadkin dis
trict and contributions are still
needed, he said. Anyone wishing
to make a gift may contact Lin
ville Hendren or Ralph Ritchie
who are leading solicitations.
The area of American Samoa
is 75 square miles.
STATE AWARDS
GO TO THREE
FROM COUNTY
For 4-H Club Achievement
For Year Just Ending
SELECTED ON RECORDS
Anna Jean Holbrook, Evelyn
Waugh and Bobby Lee
Cocker ham Win Awards
BEULAH IS BEST CLUB
Three Surry County 4-H mem- I
bers figured prominently in j
awards handed out in 4-H Club
achievement for the year just end- i
ing, according to Jesse James, as
sistant State club leader.
Miss Anna Jean Holbrook, of
Elkin, Bobby Lee Cockerham of
State Road, and Miss Evelyn
Waugh of White Plains were the
achievement winners while Surry
also was given another honor in
the Beulah 4-H Club’s winning
the title of “The Best Club in the
State.’’
Selected on the basis of records
submitted to the State office, the
winners in most cases will receive
free trips to the National 4-H
Club Congress in Chicago late in
November. In addition, their rec
ords will be forwarded to Chicago,
where they will be judged for sec
tional and national honors. Last
year, North Carolina had one sec
tional and four national winners.
Miss Holbrook won the award
in citizenship (girl), Mr. Cocker-;
ham won the leadership (boy) !
award, and Miss Waugh won the ;
clothing award.
The Beulah club also was among |
the 10 clubs of the State having
i the best health records.
Tommy Creed of the Beulah
club had earlier received an
award in Class A dairy produc
tion.
These boys and girls have out
standing records of work. In many
instances their 4-H club work was
only a part of their extra curri
cular activities. The rating of 4-H
club members is in part depend
ent upon their scholastic work.
Judges in the State contests
were Mrs. Mary McAllister, South
eastern District home agent; Colin
S. Mintz, Eastern District farm
agent; J. C. Powell, Edgecombe
County farm agent; and Miss
Mary Cornwell, Haywood County
home agent.
OFFICERS NAB
WHISKEY LOAD
Total of 85 Gallons of White
Booze Taken Friday In
Cycle Section
TWO MAKE FAST ESCAPE
A total of 85 gallons of white
liquor fell into the hands of Yad
kin County officers Friday after
noon in the Cycle section.
Sheriff Bill Moxley said the
liquor, ten gallons of which were
apple brandy, were confiscated to
gether with an old-model pick
up truck by Deputy Sheriffs Fred
Turner, Loyd Prim and C. Russell.
The load was discovered by ac
cident, when the truck passed the
automobile in which the officers
were riding and they heard the
five gallon casks in which it was
contained rattling against each
other.
Two men in the pick-up ran and
escaped when they were stopped.
The truck was registered in the
name of Worth Mayberry, of
Cycle, Sheriff Moxley said.
Education is free and compul
sory in Puerto Rico.
STILL MISSING — Walter
Flasher, 49, a coal miner who
worked occasionally at the farm
of Decatur Gentry near Elkin,
disappeared more than two
weeks ago. He is yet to be found.
This picture, found among his
belongings left in his automo
bile, may help to locate the lost
man if he is still living. Attempts
to contact relatives have failed.
—
DISAPPEARANCE
STILL MYSTERY
! Walter Flasher, Who Disap
peared More Than Two
Weeks Ago, Not Found
NO TRACE OF FAMILY
The whereabouts of Walter
Flasher remains unknown.
The 49-year-old coal miner dis
1 appeared more than two weeks
ago from the farm of Decatur
Gentry near Elkin where he occa
sionally worked.
Sheriff Sam Patterson said yes
terday that no trace had been
found and that the disappearance
presented a puzzle 10 which he
could see no immediate solution.
Deputy Sheriff Gold Payne of
Elkin reported that he had visited
the Gentry home and investigated
the disappearance extensively. As
far as could be ascertained,
Flasher had only two relatives—
a wife and son—living near Char
lotte, but a wire from Mr. Gentry
to them remains to be answered.
Flasher reportedly went missing
after he had gone to the fields
to dig potatoes on the morning
of October 10. The potato digger
and a few potatoes were found
nearby, but no trace of the miner.
His car was left at the house with
the keys in the switch along with
some clothing and a banjo inside.
Sheriff Patterson reported that
only one official search had been
made but said he was told that
neighbors and friends sent out a
searching party soon after the
disappearance.
Plan 4-H Council
Meeting Monday
The Surry County 4-H Council
will discuss parliamentary proce
dure at a meeting to be held Mon
day at the Dobson courthouse.
Assistant County Agents Don
ald A. Halsey and Henry O. Dun
bar will meet with officers of the
council and present the study.
Members of 23 clubs of Surry
County are expected to attend.
Family Life Leaders
To Hold Meeting Here
Home Demonstration “Family
Life” leaders of Surry, Yadkin and
Wilkes counties attended a lec
ture-demonstration by Mrs. Cor
inne Grimsley, family relations
specialist of Raleigh, in Elkin
Tuesday.
Leaders will give similar dem
onstrations at the November club
meetings of their respective groups.
75-Cent Wage Act Is Likely
To Benefit South’s Economy
Washington — Payrolls in the
South are likely to be increased by
as much as $150,000,000 a year
because of the new 75-cent mini
mum wage act.
This became clear this week
from talks with wage-hour ad
ministration officials. They esti
mated that at least half of the
1.500.000 workers who are expected
to get raises because their pay now
is below 75 cents an hour are in
the South and Southwest.
The wage-hour administration
estimated that approximately
570.000 workers in eight Southern
states are eligible for%pay boosts
under the new law. These states
are Tennessee. Virginia, North and
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
Alabama and Mississippi.
The administration estimated
an additional 270,000 workers
stand to get pay boosts from five
Southwestern states, Texas, New
Mexico, Oklahoma. Arkansas and
Louisiana.
William R. McComb, wage-hour
administrator, has estimated that
the direct wage increases caused
by the law for workers now getting
less than the 75-cent hourly level
will average between five and 15
cents an hour.
So a rough calculation can be
made. Assuming the workers in
volved are averaging 35 hours of
work, a week and they will get
about 10 cents an hour on the av
erage to bring their wage to the
75-cent level, it means such a
worker would get $3.50 a week ad
ditional.
Multiplying the $3.50 figure by
the 840,000 number estimated to
be due for a raise, the additional
payroll figure of around $3,000,000
a week is obtained. On a yearly
basis this works out to roughly
$150,000,000.
Wage-hour administration offi
cials said industries of the South
and Southwest now having the
greatest proportion of workers
now making less than 75 cents are
logging, sawmilling, textiles, in
cluding manufacturing of cotton
work shirts and pants, fertilizer,
wood furniture manufacture, cot
tonseed oil processing, wholesale
ing and commercial warehousing.
ELKIN VETERAN
POST TO BEGIN
HUT BUILDING
Decision Made Tuesday Night
At Committee Meeting
40 X t() DIMENSIONS
Excavation To Begin This
Week On Eight-Acre Tract
In West Elkin
THIRD OF FUNDS READY
; The William J. Jones post of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars be
1 gan steps here this week to build
a VFW Post Hut in West Elkin.
Decision was made Tuesday
night by the hut committee, which
is headed by Commander Russell
Burcham, to give the “go ahead”
to excavation and subsequent con
struction of a 40-by-70-foot build
ing. The hut would be for both
veterans and community use.
Grading will begin this week on
an eight-acre tract of land pur
chased by the post through pro
ceeds gained from an air show
given last year. One-third of the
funds needed to complete the
building is now in the post treas
ury and the remainder will be
solicited beginning immediately.
The building will be of cinder
blocks with a gable roof. The
basement, which will be used for
post activities, will be 40 x 70
feet. An upstairs, for community
use, will consist of a ball room
of the same size. Other rooms,
toilet and kitchen facilities will be
housed in an 18 x 34 foot addition.
The local post of the VFW was
formed three years ago this month
with Earl Davis as commander.
The members met at the YMCA
, and later moved to the basement
1 of a downtown building where
they now hold meetings.
The post is outstanding in Dis
trict and Departmental circles. It’s
commander, Russell Burcham, is
senior vice-commander of the
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COCHRANE TO
TAKE COURSE
State Road Man To Study
Artificial Breeding of Cat
tle At State College
BEGINNING NOVEMBER 7
Don W. Cochrane, Jr., of Route
1, State Road, has made applica
tion to receive instruction in the
artificial breeding course to be
taught at State College beginning
November 7.
Cochrane, a farmer and student
in the Veterans Farmer Training
class at Mountain Park, will
serve as an artificial inseminator
when he completes his training.
He will work under the supervision
of the Surry County Breeding Co
operative.
According to the records of
Grady Cooper of Dobson, secre
tary and treasurer of the Surry
Breeding Cooperative, 476 cows
were bred artificially during the
first 13 months of the breeding
program’s operation in the coun
ty.
Other officers of the group are
R. E. Snow, Elkin, president; Car
roll Perkins, Dobson, vice-presi
dent; N. A. Lowe, Jr.-, Mount Airy,
Joel Jessup. Mount Airy, and
Franklin Miller, Elkin, directors.
Agriculture Workers
To Hold Meet Today
A meeting of the Agricultural
Workers Council will be held in
the Dobson Courthouse today
(Thursday) at 3:15 p. m., Neill
M. Smith, county agent, announ
ced yesterday.
Representatives of the Social
Security Agency will discuss
changes in the social security pro->
gram as amended by Congress.
Also, H. R. Niswonger, exten
sion horticulture specialist, will
discuss a strawberry planting pro
ject which is to get underway
soon among 4-H members, F.F.A.
and F.H.A. groups in cooperation
with the Agricultural Committee of
the Mount Any Kiwanis Club, Mr.
Smith said.
VFW Group Attends
Mocksville Meeting
Several persons from the Will
iam J. Jones Post of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars and V. F. W.
Auxiliary attended the 11th dis
trict meeting of the V. F. W. in
Mocksville during the week-end.
Among those attending were
Mrs. E. P. Layne, Mrs. Maurice
Bumgarner, Mrs. James Dobbins,
Miss Olene Royall, Russell Bur-'
cham, John Foster, Bill Harris and
Jack Robinson.