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ELKIN The Best Little Town In North Carolina THE TRIBUNE Is A IWember of the Audit Bureau of Circulations The Elkin Tribune ELKIN Gateway to Roaring Gap and The Blue Ridge THE TRIBUNE Serves the Tri-Counties of Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin VOL. No. XXXVII No. 12 PUBLISHED MONDAY AND THURSDAY ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 15)15) $3.00 PER YEAR IN NORTH CAROLINA 24 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS t . . Alan Browning sealing birth day gift of box of candy with tape bearing name of local hardware store. . . . George Liftman singing in Christ m a s concerts at three churches Sunday. . . . Man about to cross street, face twisted, appearing ready to cry. eyes bulging. Then, at the ap proaching curb making cataclys mic change in facial expression, resuming fairly normal, happy countenance . . . after exuding great quantity of tobacco juice. ^ . Local housewife to husband whp had set the table and placed silvfcrware wrongly: “You've got the knives on the wrong side of the plate again. Looks like I'm go ing to have to get you a copy of Wiley Post.” . . . Elkin merchant commenting on fact he had sold out all electric trains. “The fathers say they arc tliuying them for their children, he said. . . . Overheard on Main Street: One citizen telling another he was suffering from his first cold in 25 years. . . . T. C. McKnight wearing “cowboy” shirt at Y, getting razz ing from employees. . . . Man reporting that Prank Miller had bought out Southern Dairies. Winking aero s s the ^other’s shoulder. . . . An undefinable look on Harry Hensel's face when Herbert Graham presented him the 12:01 club's official plaque at the group's annual banquet at Hotel Elkin last night. . . . The puzzled, uneasy expres sion of other Coffee Shop custom ers as the 12:01 club continued its banquet. . . . xiuoucinu f-,1 uanuib. will late bring me in the way of a neck-tie from my wife again tins year?” . . . Boy gazing starry-eyed as pert lassie swishes down Main Street. . . . Mrs. Louise Long flashing infectious smile at work again fol lowing brief illness. . . . M-E-R-R-Y C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S-! -! Surry Seal Drive Is Short of Goal The Christmas Seal drive in Suny County is still over $1,500 under its goal, it was announced today, as only $4,471.32 has been raised. Mount Airy is the leading town 4so far in contributing towards the $6,000 goal officially set with El kin holding second. Mount Airy has brought in $2,706.57 and El kin has brought in $586.25. In third place in the race for top honors is Pilot Mountain with $106.95 and Dobson is fourth with $138.25. Only about half of he schools have turned in reports on the sales up to date and $537.10 is in from this source. & onesville Vets To Solicit Gifts The Boyd-Seagraves Post o: Veterans of Foreign Wars, Jones \ file, is sponsoring a drive foi Christmas parcels for the needy. Officers said today that anyont wishing to contribute should cal 630 and the donation will be pick ed up. Pickups will be made Saturday nd will be delivered to familie! urday night. oney, food, clothing and toy: I'e being solicited. Frankfort, capital city of Ken tucky, manufactures brooms shoes and lumber products. ALI. IS BRIGHT — Tlic light in the eves of a child at Christinas, the ring of his merry voice has been an enhancing value to the Yuletide for centuries. Children of the community this week arc aglow with the Spirit of Christmas, spreading their warmth of happiness to their elders. Here a group goes caroling — one of their favorite activities of Christmastidc. Left to right are Becky Freeman, daugh ter of IMr, and Mrs. James Freeman; David Marshall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Marshall; Barry Fox, son of Dr. and Mrs. M. O. Fox; Jane Franklin, daughter of .Mr. and Mrs. John Franklin; and Tommy Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tat Davis. i photo by redmon. POSTOFFICE SETS RECORD More Mail Was Handled Mon day Than Any Previous Day In History KK( TMPTS ARK (JKKATER Elkin's Post office broke all rec ords for volume of mail and re ceipts this week. Postmaster J. Fuller Moseley re ported 28,000 pieces of mail were cancelled Monday for the heaviest single day in the history of the local unit. An average of 20.0001 pieces have come through the can < Continued On Page Four) Heating Causes VMCA To Close For Christmas The Gilvin Roth YMCA will be Hosed beginning Saturday, Dec. 24, until Jan. 2 for the Christmas holidays, T. C. Me Knight, general secretary, an nounced this week. The closing is made necessary by the holidays given by the Chatham Manufacturing Co., as the heating of the Y is depen dent upon the mill. Mr. McKnigfit expressed re gret that the facilities of the Y could not be kept open for Ibis reason, but arrangements have been made to shorten the closing of. the game room. This department will open at noon Thursday, Dec. 29. Telephone Survey Is Underway In Yadkin By I). 1). WILLIAMSON Yadkin County Farm Agent A rural telephone survey is now underway in Yadkin County and enough workers have application 1 blanks to give every farmer in! Yadkin County an opportunity to sign stating that he is interested j ’ in obtaining a telephone. If you > have not been contacted, do not feel that you have been slighted, > just inquire in your community as to who has the blanks and see them and sign one of the blanks if you are interested in having a , telephone. On November 10, Claude R. Wickard, former Secretary of Agri ulture and now National Admlnis trator of R.E.A., in Washingtor and Gwyn K. Price, Administrate R E A, in Nortli Carolina, said tha they are not able ‘ to say wha the price of the telephones woul be at the present time, but assure the group that the price would b low enough that farmers could af ford the service of a telephont They also said that by signin these applications you arc not ob ligating yourself in anyway. The purpose of this first surve (Continued On Page Eight) LIQUOR, CAR CONFISCATE! Two Forsyth Negroes Arrest ed Alter Chase By Patrol man (’, B. Pierce _ ELK IN-BOON VI LEE KOAI 1 - Two Forsyth county Negroc and their automobile were confis j cated, together with six cases c white liquor, at Boonville Monda after a chase by Highway Patrol S man C. B Pierce. Patrolman Pierce, accompanie by Deputy Sheriff Fred Turne sighted Albert Feaster, driver, an James R. Oglesby, his passenge \ in a 1937 Oldsmobile sedan whil i they were driving on highway t j between Boonville and Elkin, an gave chase. The two Negroes, driving ea; toward Winston-Salem, reache the Boonville business district b( fore they were caught by the tw officers after jumping from the automobile and running. Patrolman Pierce said Feaste in addition to being charged wit transporting and possessing liquo 1 was also charged with driving afi - cr driving licenses were revoke* - : reckless driving, and passing . J school bus stopped on the highwa i' I discharging passengers, t! The liquor, totaling 36 gallon t j was destroyed. ! Jonesville Baptist - * Yule Programs Se y The annual Sunday Scho ’ Christmas tree and program ; the Jonesville First Baptist Churc will be held at 7 p. m„ tomorrow The annual BSU night will 1 held Sunday night at which Pei i ney Brown will be moderator. Community preparing For Merry Christmas _____7—_ i I TRAINMAN HURT IN WRECK HERE Station Wagon, Train Collide Tuesday; Freight Con ductor’s Leg Broken CAR BADLY DAMAGED G. C. Barber of Winston-Salem, conductor on the Winston-Salem North Wilkesboro branch of Southern Railway, suffered a brok en right leg here at noon Tuesday when the shifting train en route to North Wilkesboro collided with a small station wagon. The collision occurred at a crossing in front of the Chatham Manufacturing Company, the im pact knocking the conductor from the train onto the railway tracks. Joseph Pruitt, son of Raymond Pruitt of Elkin, who was riding in the station wagon with tlie Mount Airy youth, was treated in Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital for I scalp and hand lacerations and i was dismissed. The Winston-Sal ! cm conductor is a patient at the j hospital. Billy Elder. Mount Airy High School senior and chiver of the ; station wagon, blamed defective | brakes. The machine, owned by Clinton Davis of Mount Airy, was j practically demolished. Elder was ! charged with reckless driving. _ WILKES CASES ARE UNSOLVED Bul Man Is Arrested In Con neclinn With Slaying Of Paul Hemric INVESTIGATIONS GO ON Investigation into the Saturday rifle slaying of Paul Hemric, Ron ria man who was employed by the ; Elkin Furniture Company, appar ently was ended at least tempor- i | a lily ‘when Grant (Skinny) Hol brook was arrested and charged with murder. Holbrook is being held for trial in the March term of Wilkes Su . perior Court. He waived hearing k Monday and no request was made ' for bond. Little progress was made up to today in the investigation of two | other violent deaths in Wilkes County, however, Sheriff C. G. i Poindexter said this morning. The sheriff and his staff of dep . utics spent another full day yes ' I terday looking into the brutal slaying of Glenn Farrington on the s j Blur Ridge Sunday night and the ' | death of Felts Curtis near North f j Wilkesboro Friday night. v > Guy Scott, of the State Bureau ’ , of Investigation, helped Sheriff Poindexter yesterday afternoon as rtj they divided time between the ’> j two cases. cl Meanwhile, Coroner I. M. Myers °| (Continued On Page Eight) 7-----— THE GENTLEMAN HAS A GRAND STYLE — Bowing, David T. Look gallantly kisses the gloved hand of lovely Nancy Laird Loomis, a member of the Debutante Committee, during Debutante Cotillion and Christmas Ball held in the grand ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria in New York. Surrounded by sparkling yule decorations, 120 of the fairest made their bow to society at the affair. (International) 22 (1ases Tried New Recorders’ Court Clerk Takes Position -.— ❖ Twenty-two cases foamed Wed nesday’s Recorder’s Court in Elk in, whicli ushered in a new Clerk of the Court, J. S. Atkinson. Mr. Atkinson, a tax consultant, was appointed to the position re cently to succeed the late L. I. Wade. Formerly, Mr. Atkinson worked with the federal govern ment as a field deputy collector of internal revenue and as chief deputy of the Charlotte division office of Internal Revenue. Mr. Atkinson’s principal hobby has been local history and he has been particularly noted for his work in this field in Elkin. The following dispositions were made of the cases tried Wednes day: Shannon Clarence Brown, no operator’s license, failed to ap pear, nisi capias. Vernon Lyons, public drunken ness, $50, costs. Aubrey Lee Sloop, operating ve hicle intoxicated. Sentence of four months on road suspended on condition defendant pay $100. costs, and not drink any intoxi cating beverage for period of 12 months. Albert Burch, public drunken ness, costs. Roger Dixon, no operator’s li cense, $25, costs. A. J. Combs, transporting non tax paid liquor, sentence suspend ed on payment of $300 and condi-1 tion that defendant be on good • Continued On Page Four) Tribune To Close Friday Noon Until Tuesday The Tribune will not be is sued Monday but will be baek on regular schedule Thursday. The office will be closed Fri day noon until Tuesday morn ing. in order to give the per sonnel a much needed rest as few holidays are observed dur ing the year. The staff wishes its readers a very MERRY CHRISTMAS! Irvin Key Of Honda Wins Wilkes Contest Irvin Key of Ronda has been an nounced winner of the Wilkes County hybrid corn contest, Paul Choplin, county agent, reported today. Mr. Key harvested 127 bushels of corn per acre to take first place and the $25 prize awarded by'the sponsoring Wilkes Chamber of Commerce. Warner Hoots, also of Ronda, a 4-11 Club member and a Ronda High School student, placed fifth with 112.9 bushels per acre. Other winners were: Second, Fred Finley, Jr., North Wilkesboro, 12(1.4 bushels; Orvil Johnson, North Wilkesboro, 115; and A. X. Wyatt, North Wilkesboro, 113. d it d o r Community Charity Drive Is $74 Short Of Goal Of $1,000 t\ h i : The Community Christian Char j. ity drive today soared to within a shouting distance of tire $1,000 y goal as scores of residents added to the campaign’s possibility of s, making a thorough Merry and Bountiful Christmas to every fam ily. t >1 it h v. le t Until noon, $926.01 plus an abundance of food and clothing had been turned in to the receiv ing station at The Tribune office. The Rev. George Farah, chairman of the drive, announced that in vestigation by the Community Christian Charity committee had shown that 37 families were in immediate need. They will be treated with baskets of food, cloth- t ing, t«ys and other aid as needed. • Baskets will be delivered tomor- v row afternoon, but the drive will c continue until Christmas. Mr. Far- g ah emphasized today that the * campaign for additional funds will not be relaxed even if the goal should be reached. He stressed the need for baby clothes in addition < to money which “undoubtedly” will a be exhausted through the coming year. Aids that the committee will C render during 1950 as in the past c year will include medical care, specific items of need to the var ious families and other objects o put the family back to sen ufficiency. Money, food, clothing and toys ,-ill be accepted at The Tribune ffice until noon tomorrow. The oal is expected to be reached by hat time. Those making donations during he week have been: Kiwanis Club, $100. Pleasant Hill Baptist Church White Christmas offering), $39.20 nd clothing. First Baptist Church (White ihristmas offering), $100.16, food, lothing and toys. Young People’s class of the (Continued On Page Four) Vacation, Bonus Ready For Workers Elkin’s industrial workers will enjoy bonuses and vacations dur ing Christmas while they and other employees of the community prepare for the most active and prosperous year-end ever. Payment of Chatham Manufac turing Company’s bonus will be made tomorrow at 9 a. m., preced ing the annual Christmas party and vacation. The company's em ployees will begin their vacation tonight at 12 o’clock and will con tinue to 12 midnight, December 29. Eikm Furniture Company will close tonight and remain so until Tuesday morning. All employees will receive Christmas bonuses. Meanwhile other Ellkin em ployees will be given bonuses. Em ployees of Elkin merchants will be off Monday as an extended part of Christmas observance. The Bank of Elkin will be closed both Monday and Tuesday. The offices of the jSurry County Courthouse at Dobson will be clos ed from Saturday noon through Tuesday. The county agent’s of fice will close Saturday and re main closed until Thursday. The full staff will be back at work January 3. In connection with the Court house closing, Mrs. Bertha M. Sliinault, register of deeds, urged persons planning to pm chase mar riage licenses to do so before the last minute. No licenses will be issued after Saturday noon until (Continued On Page Four) YULECONTEST ENTRIES OPEN Contestants For Decoration Awards May Enter As Late As Tomorrow Noon JUDGES ARE NAMED Entries will be accepted in the I Christmas Decorating Contest, | sponsored by the Junior Woman’s ; Club, until tomorrow noon accord ing to an announcement made to day by Mrs, Hugh Salmons, chair I man. A number of entries have been : received for both divisions, interior and outside decorating, Mrs. Sal mons said. She urged all Elkin citizens to decorate their homes in some way and to enter the con test. The contest is sponsored each year to encourage homeowners to help make the community more beautiful for Christmas. The judging wili begin at 7 p. m. tomorrow and after the decis ion of the judges, prizes will be awarded for the best outside dec oration and for the best interior decoration. Judges for this year’s interior contest are Mis. H. II. Hensel, T. A. Redmon, and Mrs. R. G. Smith. Sr., and for the outside contest, Linville Hendren, Mrs. Mason Lillard and Mrs. E. C. James. The Junior Woman’s Club will be in charge of the outside division of the contest and will be assisted by the Senior Woman’s Club in the interior division. Turkey Shoot, Square Dance On Monday A turkey shoot and a square dance are on schedule for the George Gray Post 114, American Legion, here Monday. The turkey shoot will be held from 9 a. m. to 12 noon. Six tur keys will be given away. Monday night, the Christmas square dance will be held at the Legion Hut. Ladies will be admit ted free.