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ELKIN The Best Little Town In North Carolina THE TRIBUNE Is A Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations The Elkin Tribune i ELKIN Gateway to Roaring Gap and the Blue Ridge THE TRIBUNE Serves the Tri-Counties of Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin VOL. No. XXXVII No. 49 PUBLISHED MONDAY AND THURSDAY ELKIN, N. €., MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1949 33.00 PER YEAR IN NORTH CAROLINA 16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS Seen Along... The Elk Trail . . . The falling leaves and the fires along the roadside. A tired husband pulling a rake as his wife stands, arms folded, barking or ders. ... Harry Hensel remarking to the merriment of the “12:01 club” at its daily informal luncheon that he’d never wanted a second ^ cup of coffee so bad as now. The menu for that day revealed an extra charge for a second cup— now that coffee prices have risen. . . . Children playing at sandlot on cornei- of Church and Market. Little girl remarking saucily that she’s no “shorty” to teasing play mate. . ... Man in church completely unaware of price tag on left sleeve of new suit. . . . Workers giving Town Hall a new look with a paint brush. . . . Mrs. W. C. Williamson of State Road displaying a tax re ceipt dated July 8, 1877. . . . Pedestrians scattering as > driver makes turn on Main Street * contending he had right-of-way. . . . Phyllis Johnson, just re turned from Europe, preparing to make series of talks on her trip. . . . Herbert Graham's visitor, a Notre Dame alumnus, explain ing that there's nothing to it that 1,000 athletes turn out for prac tice at South Bend. . . . Woman driver, peeved be c.ause nian *n front stopped in ro.ad^BC’*'' TCh'versation, toot *10171 at length. Man grimacing and waving wildly for her to pass. . . . One lady to another on Main Street. “They have? Well, I hope it doesn't look like him.” . . . Joe Saylor praising work of Mayor Atkinson for his clean-up campaign. . . . Lewis Alexander tellipg about a goat. His audience giving hilarious attention. . . . Reeves Holder’s gun going on the blink as squirx-els begin to litter his hunting ground. . . . Lmville Hendren pruning trees on lawn of Presbyterian Church. . . . Billy Eidson telling his par ents that all he wanted for Christ mas was a baseball suit with a number 11 on it. and Santa Claus to bring Dick Patterson to see him. . . . "Uncle Dave” Woodruff, North Bridge Street and D. W. Sprinkle of Route 1, Elkin, at a recent visit to The Tribune of fice, remarking that they had been receiving The Tribune every since its beginning. . . . The Rev. Clete W. Simmons displaying a sweet potato grown by a member of his congregation Spencer Mooney of State Road, The potato, which surpasses the one turned in to The Tribune re cently, was grown (according to Mr. Spencer) while Mr. Mooney did his fishing. The preacher gives Mr. Mooney's wife credit for raising the potato although Mr Mooney personally takes the cre dit. — (Editor's Note: This feature will be published regularly with with everyone as its author and everyone as its subject. Contri butions are solicited by the Elk Trail editor. They may be sub mitted eitker by phone, letter or in person, but in all cases the contributor must also supply his name. The feature is intended to present little interesting, amus ing scenes of Elkin and vacinity and incidents that are worth while but not ordinarly large enough for a news story.) < Wilkes Hospital Bids Reviewed Tomorrov Medical .Care Commission repre sentatives*will go to North Wilkes boro tomorrow to open bids on i big 100-btd hospital, it was an nounced Saturday. The hospital, estimated to cos $1,200,000, will be the 10th on of 100 beds or over to be startei under the commission’s buildim prograih.- Hospitals of 100 beds no\ are under construction at Laurin -4 burg, Clinton, Albemarle, Lenoir Smithfield, Burlington, High Poin and Gastonia.'-A 120-bed struc ture, tl^. largest project yet un dertakeo^ is being built at Green ville. WILKESCOUNTY TURKISH LEAF NETSJ14.719 65 Farmers Harvest 17,938 Pounds of New Cash Crop TOP GRADES BRING $1.20 Labor Is Done During Slack Time On Farm, Harvested Around July and August QUALITY IS EXCELLENT A report last week showed that 65 Wilkes County farmers have marketed a new cash crop, Tur kish tobacco, receiving $14,719.95 for 17,398 pounds of the sun-cured aromatic leaf. Tobacco was delivered to Trap hill and Wilkesboro where top grades brought $1.20 a pound. Many growers averaged 85 cents to well above 90 cents a pound. I. C. Cleary of Route 1, Hays, sold 791 pounds for $672.35. This was produced on six-tenths of an acre. Russell L. Johnson, Route 1, Cycle, produced 702 pounds on less than half an acre and sold it for $613.40, or at an average of 87 cents per pound. H. F. Hayes, Route 3, North Wilkesboro, produced 509 pounds i on three-tenths of an acre, selling for an average of 92 cents per pound or $468. The quality of Turkish tobacco being produced in Wilkes County and in other Piedmont and moun tain counties of the State is said ; to be as good as that imported from areas around the Black Sea. Authorities say that Turkish to bacco crops can be produced suc cussfully by farmers who have not had any experience in producing other types of tobacco. First-year | growers are producing high quali | ty tobacco by following closely the recommendations made by the Ex tension Service of North Carolina, according to authorities. The major part of the labor 1 comes during the period of har ' vest, July and August, at a time ! when many farm families have i leisure time. X-RAY SURVEY IS SUCCESSFUL Administrator Says Response In Yadkin County Is Gratifying — SERVICE IS FREE TO ALL Response to the chest x-ray i survey in Yadkin County has been gratifying, it was announced by ! Carl Shell, acting administrator of the Davie-Stokes-Yadkin Dis | trict Health Department. Shell iirges everyone in the i communities yet to be served by j the x-ray survey to take advantage of this opportunity to be x-rayed free near their homes. All of the patients get a written report on the x-ray and it is not nec essary to undress for it, the health department emphasizes. The schedule of stops for this week: Yadkinvillc- School (school on ly), Thursday, 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.; 'East Bend-Smitherman’s Store, Thursday-Saturday, TO a. m.-4 p. m.; Cycle — Cheek’s Service Sta tion, Friday, 10 a. m.-4 p. m.; For ' bush School (for school and com imunity), Friday, 10 a. m.-4 p. m.; Wagoner, Saturday, 10 a. m.-4 p. jm.; Flint Hill, Saturday, 10 a, m. to 4 p. m. 23 CHURCHES ATTEND RALLY Presbyterian Youth Meeting Is Largest of Kind In Win ston-Salem Presbytery 4 SPEAKERS FEATUREE Approximately 225 young people from 23 churches attended the an nual Youth Rally of the Winston r Salem Presbytery at the Gilvir Roth YMCA, yesterday. In spite of inclement weather ■ the rally was the largest of it! ■ kind ever to be held in the Win i ston-Salem Presbytery. featured speakers on the pro gram were Dawes Graybeal, a stu t dent at Lees-McRae College. wh( ; lead the Bible study; the Rev 1 George- Staples of Richmond. Va. 5 who spoke on “How To Be A Gooc i Leader;” and the Rev. John W . Luke of Glendale Springs, wh< , gave th^inspirational message oi t “How Tn Be A, Good Follower.” A buffet supper, arranged by thi - women of the Elkin Presbyteriai - Church, was served the delegate in the Youth Center of the Yv ADDED TO STAFF—Van New man, sports and news writer, has been added to The Tribune staff as the newspaper today marks its debut into the semi weekly field. Ills principal duties will be sports coverage for this section. He also will assist in The Tribune’s news coverage. SPORTS, NEWS WRITER ADDED Van Newman, Sports Writer For Columbia Record, Joins Tribune Staff ENABLES SPECIALIZING Van Newman of Sumter, S. C., has been added to The Tribune staff as sports editor and news reporter. Mr. Newman, who before com ing to Elkin was assistant sports editor of the Columbia Record daily, attended Duke University and later received an A. B. de gree in journalism and a B. S. degree in chemistry at the Uni versity of South Carolina, where he was sports editor of the stu ! dent newspaper, The Gamecock. He is married to the former Miss Alice Edens of Dalzell, S. C. ' He is a Baptist and a Navy veter an. This marks—along with The Tribune’s going semi-weekly — the first time that the news paper has employed a staff mem ber whose principal duties will deal | in the field of sports. Heretofore sports w?as covered by the newt ' staff. Mr. New-man, however, will spend some time in news report ing. The addition makes possible ! full-time news coverage by the new's editor, Robert Isbell, whe until now reported on sports also The addition also enables the stafl more specialization in the variout departments. — AVERAGE LEAF NEARS RECORD _ Higher Prices For Tobacct Approaches Opening Day’s $48.24 Peak SALES VOLUME IS HEAV\ Higher average prices for mosl grades plus improved qualitj raised the weekly average las' week on the Old Belt tobacco mar kets to within 60 cents of the sea son peak of $48.24 establishec opening day. Volume of sales wa: heavy Monday and Friday bui light during the rest of the week According to the United States North Carolina and Virginia De partments of Agriculture the in creases in the majority of in stances were from $1.00 to $5.01 per hundred. As a whole, cutter and top qualities in other group; held fairly steady at levels of thi previous week. The most consist ent gains were for medium an< lower grades. The general quality of offering (Continued On Page Five) SCHOOL BUSES FOUND FAULTY ARE CORRECTED Overloading’ Is Cited-As Prin cipal Fault Found SCHOOLS ARE NOTIFIED Sgt. Johnson of Winston Salem Patrol Office Lists Defects Uncovered NO BREAKDOWN IS MADE "Most of the mechanical faults have already been corrected,” Sgt. H. C. Johnson of the Winston Salem highway patrol office said Saturday, regarding the findings of defects in school buses in Yad kin and Surry counties. Overloading and mechanical faults were reported by the patrol in their inspection of 249 buses in Yadkin, Surry, Forsyth and Stokes counties. Eight of the bus es were found to be carrying too many children at one time, ac cording to the investigation. Sgt. Johnson made no break down as to counties in the inspec tion, but each school and mainte nance department has been noti fied of the findings. Also in the report, Sgt. John- j son declared that bad lights were found on 55 of the buses, bad horns on 15, defective foot brakes on 10, improper windshield wipers on 14, faulty steering assemblies on eight, bad emergency brakes on 27, bad tires on ten, and absence of rear view mirrors on 35. FLESHER FOUND ‘WELL HAPPY’ Coal Miner Dropped Every thing, Disappeared From Elkin Farm Oct. 10 REPORT ‘NOT UNUSUAL’ The strange case of Walter Flesher has been solved. It appears now that this man, missing for almost three weeks, did what hundreds of men talk about doing but never do. He just dropped everything and disappear ed. He was found at Coeburn, Va., Saturday, where he was working and was reported well and happy. The disappearance of the 49 year-old West Virginia coal miner presented a mystery to Surry County officers and neighbors I from the vicinity where he was working at the time. Flesher was employed by Decatur Gentry, Sur ry farmer who lives near Elkin. Three weeks ago today, Flesher, who had gone to the fields to dig potatoes following his arrival in , North Carolina just two nights be | fore, dropped his potato digger and hadn’t been seen since. A search ing party was made up the next i morning but no trace—other than a few freshly-dug potatoes and the digger—was found. A telegram was sent by Gentry to Flesher’s son in Midland. Light was thrown on the subject Friday when an answer finally arrived. James Flesher, the miner’s son, who resides with his mother at Midland, explained that it was "not unusual’’ for his father to leave everything and stay gone for long periods. Work On YFW Hut Delayed By Rain Walk on the VFW hut has been delayed by bad weather, but the grading was scheduled to start again today. Excavation was Originally slat ed to begin Friday, but rain pre vented it. But all of the contracts 1 have been settled, according to Commander Russell Burcham, and i regular work will begin on the hut Wednesday or Thursday, if the grading is completed. GIRL SCOUTS ATTEND CIIURCII — To begin the observance of National Girl Scout Week, October 31-November 5, the Girl Scouts of Elkin and Jonesville attended the Elkin Presbyterian Church, yes terday. Shown leaving the church after the service arc Mrs. Charles Utley, Brownie leader, the Rev. R. V. C. Ritchie, pastor, shaking hands with Brownie Mary Lou Meed, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim mie Meed. Looking on are Girl Scout Margaret Fletcher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fletcher, and Mrs. G. A. B. Moore, Intermediate leader. (tribune photo> SCOUT DRIVE IS CONTINUED “Every Effort lieinj; Made To Surpass Last Year's Goal,” Ritchie Says EMPHASIS AT CHATHAM The Elkin-Yadkin Boy Scout finance drive should excel last year’s goal if solicitations go as expected this week, Ralph Ritchie, co-chairman of the drive, said to day. Every effort is being macje to surpass last year’s goal,’’ Mr. Ritchie said, “’but more donations must be received to boost the drive to its goal of $2,600. Emphasis in solicitations at Chatham Manufacturing Company will be stressed this week, Mr. Ritchie said. At Chatham, Hubert Parker is heading the drive. Work ing with him are Raymond Harris, Tom Roth and other Scouters. | “It is understood that a con certed effort will be made during this week throughout the mill to give everyone an opportunity to participate in this worthwhile pro gram in our town and surrounding communities,’’ Mr. Ritchie added. FORESTRY HELD DAYS OBSERVED High School Boys And Vet Trainees Plan To Partici pate In Wilkes County SET FOR NOVEMBER 8-10 Observance of forestry field days will be held in Wilkes County No vember 8-10 with' demonstrations planned next Tuesday for high school boys and veteran farm trainees of Roaring River, Ronda, Clingman and Benham schools. The demonstration will be held at E. F. Edwards’ farm at 9:30 while another demonstration is planned for Mountain View, Traphill and Mulberry schools at Charlie Harrold’s farm, at the same time. At 1:30 p. m. a dem onstration at Edwards’ farm for Ronda, Clingman and Mountain View farm training veterans will be held. E. G. Finley, chairman of the (Continued On Page Five) Tribune Starts Semi-Weekly \ Amid Wave Of Congratulations Today The Elkin Tribune makes I its debut into the semi-weekly I field following 37 years as a I weekly publication. Congratulations poured into the , office during the week from Elkin merchants, citizens and out-of ’ town persons as the staff made [ preparations for the first issue. Unsolicited advertising accord > ing best wishes to the paper in its ! advancement is featured in this issue, while The Tribune’s pub i Usher, H. F. Laffoon, today re i turned his gratitude to those well i wishers. Included in the letters and tele V grams of good wishes were the fol- ‘ lowing statements: From Hugh Chatham, vice president of the Chatham Manu facturing Company: "... Your paper deserves much credit . . . because it has always been at the forefront of every movement for cooperation and civic and rural betterment. Over the years, The Tribune has built up a reputation which stands for the best in news papers and which has been so ex cellent that on many occasions it has achieved national recognition. “Therefore, it is a great pleas ure to me, and I am certain that I speak for all employees. of our company, to wish you success with your newr publishing schedule and sincerely to affirm our bAief that The Tribune will maintain the high standards of the past.” Prom Mayor Richard Atkinson came this statement: “We are happy . . . the Town of Elkin and its citizens ... to congratulate The Tribune upon its venture into the semi-weekly field. Elkin citizens have a special pride (Continued On Page Five) Girl Scout Week Opens With Varied Activities -,-A - Farmer Loses Wallet; Finds Honest Man Raymond Collins, farmer of Elkin, Route 1, wants it known that he knows at least one gen tleman. Three weeks ago he went to Winston-Salem to sell a barn of tobaceo. He later lost the pro eeeds from the sale, an amount of $221. Then Tuesday the wallet showed up. It had been turned over to Winston-Salem police who notified him. Mr. Collins is sending the finder, D. L. Todd of Reynolds Park Grill, Winston-Salem, a check for $25 as a token to prove “it pays to be honest.” VIRGINIA CLUBS STAY IN LEAGUE H. F. Laffoon of Elkin Elect ed Vice-President of Blue Ridge PLAYER LIMIT SET AT 17 Recent rumors that the three Virginia clubs in the class D Blue Ridge League plan to withdraw from the loop are without founda tion, it was declared at a meeting of the league directors in Galax, Va., yesterday. To leave the league, a club would have to get the approval of the entire circuit, according to president John Spiers of Radford. The league will continue with Elkin, North Wilkesboro, Mount Airy, Radford, Wytheville and Galax represented with teams, ac cording to present plans. Harvey F. Laffoon, president of the Elkin club, was elected vice president of the league at the meeting held in the Bluemont Hotel in Galax and Spiers was re-elected president. Mr. Laffoon replaces Hubert White of Galax. Mr. White was given a rising vote of thanks by the directors for his service to the organization during his term as vice-president. Each team will be allowed a to tal of 17 men this year, includ ing not more than two class men, seven limited service men, and not less than eight rookies this sea son, it was voted by the directors. The Blue Ridge is officially seeking two more teams to make it an eight-club loop, and is def initely interested in Martinsville, now in the Carolina League. Any realignments of leagues will be discussed at the minor league meeting set for Baltimore in De cember. C. R. Williams, who works with the umpiring staff, was named assistant to the president at the meeting yesterday also. H. F. Laffoon and R. C. Free man, director, represented the Elkin club at the meeting. Carnegie Institute of Technol ogy, Pittsburgh, Pa., was founded in 1900. ‘Come Along With Us’ Is Week’s Slogan This week is Girl Scout Week in Elkin, Jonesville and the na I tion. “Come Along With Us, Girl j Scouts of the U. S. A.,” is the slo gan for Girl Scout Week which ; is observed each year during the week of the birthday of the foun der of Girl Scouting, Mrs. Juliette i Lowe. Many activities have been plan ned for the coming week by the nine troops of Elkin and Jones ville, and each day of the week i has been designated for a special program. To begin the week the Girl Scouts attended the Presbyterian Church yesterday, to hear the Rev. R. V. C. Ritchie speak on | "Your Life” at the 11 o’clock wor i ship service. Today, Monday, is Homemaking Day; Tuesday, Citizenship Day; Wednesday, Health and Safety Day; Thursday, Internationa] Friendship Day; Friday, Arts and Crafts Day and Saturday, Out of-Doors Day. The troops will have a window display in Sydnor-Spainhour De partment Store and a short movig on Girl Scouting will be shown at the Reeves Theatre during the week. On Saturday the girls have planned a cook-out. Girl Scouting has been expand ed in this area this year with a total of nine troops, five in Elkin and four in Jonesville, which in clude approximately 100 girls between the ages of 7-18. Various organizations in Elkin and Jonesville are acting as spon sors for the troops. They are the Elkin Kiwanis Club, American Le gion, American Legion Auxiliary Business and Professional Womans Club, Jonesville Parent-Teachers Association and Jonesville Lions Club. NEW VFW POST IS ORGANIZED Bo.vd-Seagraves Post To Hold Meetings Twice Monthly In Jonesville ED BOLES IN COMMAND A Veterans of Foreign Wars post has been organized in Jonesville with Ed Boles as commander, it was announced today. The organization will be known as the Boyd-Seagraves post and will hold meetings on the first and third Mondays of each month, Meetings will open at 7:30 p. m at the Dinner Bell restaurant. Roscoe Morrison, Sr., has been named senior vice-commander and Bill Eldridge, junior vice-com mander. Others are, Wayne Byrd, quar termaster; Don Bray, adjutant; Russell Vestal, chaplain; Oscar Holcomb, post surgeon; Ellis Harpe, three-year trustee; Click Wilkins, two-year trustee; and Dick Paulson, one year trustee. DUES INCREASE, CLOSING HOURS CHANGES MADE New Rates Will Be $5, $10, And $18 Per Quarter RISING COSTS ARE CAUSE Stores To Stay Open Until 8 P. M. For Four Days Before Christmas CLOSE AFTER CHRISTMAS The Elkin Merchants Associa tion last week voted to raise its quarterly dues for the first time since 1932 and outlined plans for Christmas shopping hours. E. S, Spainhour, president, an nounced that new dues will be $5. $10, and $18, advancing from the old rates of $3.75, $6.75, and $12.75. * This increase in dues is in step with the rising costs *and is still lower than those charged by many associations in nearby towns, Mr. Spainhour explained. Stores in Elkin will stay open until 8 p. m. on Tuesday, Wednes day, Thursday and Friday nights before Christmas. Stores will be closed on Monday following Christmas Day. Among the Merchants Associa tion’s activities in the past several years are the promotion of semi annual Dollar Days and the spon soring of a yearly employer-em ployee banquet. Christmas decorations and the Christmas party for children held in the local theatres are also as sociation projects. One of the more important du ties of the association is raising money to put on the Fat Stock Show each year. The Jaycees ap pealed to the association for help in this two years ago. Road meetings at Mountain Park, Brooks X-Roads, and Ben ham were, sponsored at the asso ciation last summer. The credit bureau of the association is revis ing its files and is in better po sition to help the merchants in supplying credit information. Another service of the associa tion is the functioning of the ad vertising committee, which passes on permits for solicitations. BETTER WAYS MEET PLANNED Work On Improved Methods Projects For 1949 Will Be Studied TO OPEN NEXT MONDAY One boy and one girl from each of 49 counties, chosen for their outstanding work in better elec tric methods projects for 1949, will attend the State better meth ods electric congress to be held in Raleigh on November 7-8, it was announced this week by the 4-H Club office at State College. Principal speakers for the con gress will be L. Y. Ballentine, State commissioner of agriculture; Col. J. W. Harrelson, chancellor of State College; R. B. House, chancellor of the University of North Carolina; I. O. Schaub, di rector of the State College Ex tension Service; and D. S. Weav er, assistant director of the Ex tension Service. Six college scholarships valued at $100 each will be awarded to three boys and three girls who are selected as territorial win ners in the better methods contest. The six runners-up will, receive gold watches. The congress is co-sponsored by Westinghouse Educational Foundation, Carolina Powfer And Light Company, Nantahala Power and Light Company, and Virginia Electric and Power Company. The delegates will be accompan ied by one assistant farm or home agent from each county. Head quarters will be the Carolina Hotel, (Continued On Page Five) BOX SCORE OH N.C.HIGHWAYS Killed Oct. 25 through Oct. 28 . 5 Injured Oct. 25 through Oct. 28. Ill Killed through Oct. 28 this year . 667 Killed through Oct.. 28, 1948 ..*... 572 Injured through Oct. 28 this year .7,353 Injured through Oct. 28, 1948 . 5,964 .1 HI.11 "I ion—«»»«■» .1
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