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^ -—*-* The Ripple serves twenty seven states, the District of Columbia, and the Dominion of Canada - - ,---j Yadkin’s Oldest and Best Newspaper—Devoted to the Upbuilding and the Best Interests of Yadkin County The Ripple Covers a County of 18,000 of the Best People in the World VOL. XLV YADKINVILLE, YADKIN COUNTY, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1940 No. 7 LATE NEWS IN BRIEF From the State and Nation LOCAL ‘'DIB' LEWIS , of State Road, charged with reckless driving and intoxication, fol lowing the wreck of his car Sunday afternoon when it was in collision with another car operated by Lonnie Shaw, of Yadkinville, is being held un der bond after having spent Sunday night in the Likin jail. Both cars were badly damaged, and a young woman, Miss Pauline Lashley, occupying the Lewis car, sustained minor in juries. The wreck occurred on highway 21 near Grassy Creek Farm. STATE RALEIGH, Feb. 13 — Ken neth A. Kirby, pharmacist con nected with the state highway and public Works commission, today confirmed reports that he was considering being a candidate for insurance com missioner in the Democratic primary in May. The incum bent is Dan Boney, who is seeking re-nomination. NATIONAL WASHINGTON, Feb. IS—A bill providing $966,772,878 for the navy—a record peacetime appropriation despite a slash at $11,699,699 below President Roosevelt’s recommendations— started through the house to day amid warnings that to guard its wealth the United States must have greater naval power than any other nation. While cutting deeply into es timates for ship construction, ordinance and naval aircraft, the appropriations committee urged that the projected bat tleships and new cruisers be restudied with a view to mak ing them the most powerful in the world. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 — Joseph P. Kennedy flatly re fused tonight to enter the presidential race, declaring that his job of ambassador to England in these times of strife “involves matters so precious to the American peo ple” that his energies should not be diverted. Only a short time before, friends of the Bostonian had announced that a slate of delegates pledged to him would be entered in the Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary April 30. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 — Voting 49 to 27, the senate to day approved legislation to make possible additional loans of $20,000,000 each to Finland and China. The bill, passed over the pretest of a group which heatedly contended that the action was an “entering wedge” for later loans to Great Britain and France, now goes to the house. NEW YORK, Fet>. 13—Wil liam Solomon, an influential Tammany district leader, and Charles H. Mullens, a Repub lican assistant deputy state comptroller, were arrested to day on an indictment accusing them of having extorted $34, 833 for negotiating $750,000 in state contracts for the Bur land Printing company, incor porated. They were taken into custody in the office of Dis trict Attorney Thomas E. Dewey when they arrived there with counsel, at the prosecu tion’s request. Both pleaded innocent to a seven-count in dictment, specifically charging bribery, extortion and taking unlawful fees, and bail for each was fixed at $10,000. INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL, Turkey, Feb. 13 — Turkey pushed military preparations in concert with the armies of her French and British allies today. Australian troops, the vanguard Of 30,000 Australian and New Zealand soldiers who landed in Egypt yesterday, began arriving in Palestine. Reliable quarters re ported that British and French officers, with the aid of Turk ish military authorities, have made a thorough survey of roads, railroads, food supplies and other conditions in readi ness for the contingency of a movement of British-French forces into Turkey. EAST BEND MAN RETIRES FROM MAIL SERVICE After Serving 35 Years He Is Relieved of Duties TRAVELED MANY WAYS (Special to The Ripple) At the age of 65 N. G. Hutch ens, of East Bend, has no dread of old age and the many a ca lamity that befalls a great num ber of his age in the evening of their lives. The big answer be hind this fact is the circumstance of Mr. Hutchens’ recent retire ment from the United States Postal Service after 35 years as a rural mail carrier. Mr. Hutch ens retired from the service the last day of January, of this year, and now looks into the future with an eye to the rest and en joyment of life that should be his after serving the rural people of the East Bend section of Yadkin county for that great number of years in all kinds of weather. In his years as an employee of “Uncle Sam” no kind of weather kept him from serving his pa trons, and he went in all kinds of weather, traveling in a varied number of ways from foot to the automobile. Always uppermost in his mind was efficient service to those he had been appointed to serve. As everybody knows, a retired mail carrier or any other postal employee Of Uncle Sam draws a substantial pension for the re mainder of his days after his re tirement, and for that reason, coupled with the fact that today a rural mail carrier on a 50-mile route pulls down close to three thousand dollars including his automobile expenses, there is al ways vigorous competition when an opening occurs in the rural mail service. The East Bend sit uation is no exception with be tween 50 and a hundred vieing i for the position. But in Mr. Hutchens’ early days as a carrier cases were greatly reversed. Then it was a rigorous task to carry the mail by horseback, or by horse and buggy, and carriers were scarce and hard to get. Mr. Hutchens recalls many dreary ex periences that he had in his early years as a carrier when he had to struggle through snow drifts and cold in the winter, and floods and electrical storms in the sum mer, while traveling by horseback or by horse and buggy. Mr. Hutchens, Gurney as he is known by all the patrons along his route, recalls that the, first trip he ever made as a “mail boy” as the carriers were called in the horse and buggy days, was in August, 1905. At that time he was serving as substitute for his father-in-law, J. Hampton Pat terson. 1905 was the year that rural routes were established at East Bend and Mr. Hutchens has served since their establishment. Hutchens tells an interesting history of the development of the rural service since he became as sociated with it in 1905. At that time, believe it or not, the top salary for a standard route of 24 miles was 57 dollars a month, and nothing extra was added for up keep. ' No wonder there were not many takers then for the same coveted jobs of today. A little later about 1910 the price ad vanced to close to 67 dollars a month, and by 1915 it had ad vanced to $85. During this time a supplement in the way of up keep for vehicles was added. This amounted to two cents a mile. At his retirement his route had been extended by consolidation to 50 miles and his upkeep allowance was 5c a mile. Mr. Hutchens carried the mail as substitute until 1918, but due to the sickness of his father-in law he made most of the trips. In 1918 he became fyll time carrier on East Bend route 1, but says he has carried the mail on all four of East Bend’s routes. To show just how highly Hutchens is and was esteemed by his fellowmen in and around East Bend, note that he was appointed to his position during a Democratic administra tion, although he is a faithful Republican. “Now this is not ex actly for publication,” he says, “but the Democrats put me in. If they hadn’t worked for me, I could never have received my ap pointment.” The Democrats knew, as well as the Republicans, that they had a man who had shown through his life in the commun ity and years as a substitute, that they had a man that was faith ful and honest. Hutchens was queried about his future plans, the writer being Crosses Ocean NEW YORK CITY — Charles Henry Sills, 11 months, shown with his dog “Duffy” as he ar rived here from rtnglnnd Mrs. 0. L. Brown Passes After Long Illness Funeral services were held at Flat Rock Baptist church Satur day afternoon for Mrs. Lois Allen Brown, 31, wife of O. L. Brown, who died at her home at 12:30 Thursday. Rev. C. C. Holland, Rev. Grady White and Rev. E. W. Turner conducted the services and burial followed in the church cemetery. Mrs. Brown was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sol G. Allen, of Buck Shoals. She was born May 24, 1908. Survivors include the parents, five children, Texie, Aaron, Tina, Bettie and Zola Brown, all of the home; two brothers, W. T. Allen and Homer D. Allen, Hamptonville, R. F. D.; one sister, Mrs. C. W. Ireland, Hamptonville. She was a faithful member of Flat Rock Baptist church. THREE COUNTIES FORM ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION John W. Comer, superintendent of Surry county schools, an nounced Tuesday that an athletic association was formed by the schools of Surry, Yadkin and Wilkes counties, in a meeting held in Elkin Monday afternoon. The purpose of the organization will be to promote cleaner ath letics and broaden the scope of physical education. The associa tion will also regulate the tourna ments held in the three counties. Albert Martin, of Boonville, was appointed chairman of the group and E. R. Spruill, of Ronda, was elected secretary of the asso ciation. ARE TO OPEN BIDS ON CRUTCHFIELD BRIDGE Bids for the Crutchfield bridge, last remaining link of the short cut tourist route across North Carolina, will be opened February 27, by the highway commission. The bridge will span the Yadkin river and the Southern railroad, running along on the Surry side, making a river bridge and an over pass in one project. In addition to serving the tourist traffic to an almost entirely new, fast-traf fic route, it will eliminate one of the remaining grade crossings in North Carolina and will serve people along the route with better highway facilities. eager to find out the thoughts of a man who doesn’t have to wor ry about ^iis job ever again as long as he lives, and he said, “Well, I have two farms that I plan to oversee a little better than I have been doing, and I have some other business inter ests here in East Bend that will command some attention. I never have fished any much. I didn’t have time. But now I plan to do a little fishing. They tell me there are some pretty good fish in the Yadkin river, and some big ones in the ocean. I plan to find out about this.” When the writer left him he was reclining in his easy chair at his home, enjoying his radio and probably thinking about happy times ahead because he didn’t have to worry about the future. CARD OF THANKS We extend our sincere thanks to all our neighbors and friends who were so kind and helpful to us during the illness and after the death of our mother, Mrs. Sarah Hampton Poindexter Norman. The many expressions of sym pathy and presentation of the beautiful flowers was a source of help to us in our hour of be reavement. THE CHILDREN PROMINENT MAN OFBOONVILLE PASSES FRIDAY Henry W. Reece, Former Merchant and Business Man, Passes FUNERAL HELD SUNDAY Funeral services for Henry W. Reece, 63, prominent citizen of Boonville, were held Sunday af ternoon a t Boonville Baptist church with Rev. J. P. Davis, of Spray, former pastor, and Rev. R. E. Connell, present pastor, conducting the serviced. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Mr. Reece had been in declin ing health for two and a half years, following a stroke of par alysis. Prior to this he was a prominent merchant and busi ness man there for many years. He was a member of the Baptist church there and served as a deacon of the church and Sun day school superintendent until failing health forced him to re tire. Survivors include the widow, who before marriage was Miss Emma Angell; one daughter, Mrs. Chapel Wilson, of Boone; two sons, Roy w. Reece, of Boonville, and James Reece, of New Hope, Va.; three sisters, Mrs. Sam Hol loway, of Morehead City; Mrs. Oliver Palmer, Montezuma, Iowa; and Mrs. Oliver Moxley, Boon ville; and one brother, Rev. D. G. Reece, of Jonesville. Active pallbearers were: J. R. Walker, O. C. Motsinger, Fred Key, Harvey B. Gentry, G. H. Hudler and Albert Martin. Honorary pallbearers were; J. A. Speas, C. R. Transou, J. M. Speas, J. W. Shore, J. Luther Jones, Harrison Craver, Gwinnie N. Dobbins, J. L. Motsinger, T. A. Chipman, J. J. Coram, R. M. Fletcher, Gilbert Pardue, Watt Deal. ** TOURNAMENT IS TO START 21ST Many Teams Are Entered in Tri-County Event to Be Staged AT ELKIN GYMNASIUM The annual Tri-County Bas k e t b a 11 tournament, sponsored here by the Elkin high school in the Elkin gymnasium, will get under way next Wednesday night, February 21, with a large number of schools entered. J. Mark McAdams, superintend ent of Elkin schools, who with Coach J. S. Bumgarner, is in charge of this year’s event, said Wednesday afternoon that pros pects were bright for a successful tourney. Both girls’ and boys’ teams from Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin have entered. Attractive gold trophies will be awarded* winners and runners-up in this year’s events. These trophies are on display in the show window of Abernethy’s Pharmacy here. Severe Winds Hit In This Section; Damage Is Heavy A severe wind, seldom equalled in this section, struck yesterday, continuing from about 10 a.m. until near nightfall and doing much damage to timber, houses, etc. In sections houses were unroof ed; large trees were uprooted or broken off and smaller buildings moved or demolished; it was a very bad day for signs and post er panels, many of them being blown down. The Rutledge Post er Advertising Co., operating in Yadkin, Surry and Stokes coun ties, last night estimated their damage at hundreds of dollars. At Elkin the school building was partly unroofed, endangering the lives of 475 children, many of whom had just left a playground where the heavy roof landed. At Jonesville, the school building suffered much damage, with some damage at West Yadkin. Other sections have not been heard from. One ounce of the artificial fibres in a sheer stocking forms a thread 800 miles long. Russian Prisoners Dine In Finland SOMEWHERE IN FINLAND—Soldiers of the Soviet who were taken prisoners by the Finnish Army are shown during meal time at the camp in which they were interned. Milk is included in their diet. This photo was passed by Finnish and British censors. Electric Lines Fast Linking Rural Sections Where but a few years ago homes in a majority of the rural areas of this scetion were lighted by kerosene lamps, the magic of electricity has now brought a ’ more efficient source of illumina- J tion and inexpensive power, a sur- ! vey of records of the Elkin office 1 of the Duke Power company has ] disclosed. And although many ‘ rural lines have been constructed , in the past, other lines have been okeyed for the future. In the areas of Surry, Yadkin and Wilkes counties served by the j Elkin office, there are now 251.38 , miles of rural lines serving 1,603 j customers and 1,271 farms. These . lines do not include other power \ lines in the three counties which \ are in neighboring districts. < During 1939, 49.2 miles of rural i lines were constructed and put into operation in the three coun- \ ties. These lines serve 314 cus- i tomers, it was said. — I In the immediate future 22.84 ] more miles of rural lines are to 1 be built. These lines have been ' approved for construction and will 1 be strung as soon as details of se- 1 curing right-of-ways have been 1 completed. 1 Although the cost of operating 1 and maintaining rural lines is greater than that of city lines, the ' same electric power rate prevails in rural areas as in towns and | cities served by the company, it ’ was said. Bob McNeill May , Become Candidate For Governor « i In a statement made Tuesday ’ when he visited friends in Yad- j kinville, Robert H. McNeill, Washington and Statesville at- ‘ torney, stated that he might en- , ter the primaries to seek the Re publican nomination for Gov ernor of North Carolina. However, he said, he will make * no definite announcement on the ' matter until he has had an op- ' portunity to think it over thor- , oughly in the light of further ex pressions of sentiment from Re publicans throughout the state. McNeill, who attended the con- ■ vention of North Carolina Young • Republicans and the Lincoln Day dinner in Greensboro Monday, stated that “during all of Mon day morning and evening I was deeply gratified to be urged to ( enter the Republican primary as s a candidate for governor.” 1 “My friends with whom I have 1 rendered party service for 40 \ years, and many of the young ' men and women, including col- 1 lege and university groups, join ing in, urging me to make the ( race. These men and women who 1 so honored me literally, came 1 from Beaufort to Marshall, and r from Jefferson to the South Car olina line. £ “I feel deeply sensitive of the 1 honor these representative Re- ( publicans desire me to have and 1 I feel it the more because our party in 1940 ‘is on the march,’ * and if we are wise in our actions * and make no mistakes in the se- ( lection of our candidates we will s carry the state and thereby aid in a great national victory. • i “The proffered honor involves * a great responsibility, but I would t gladly assume the heavy duties and responsibility if I felt assur ed the rank and file of the party, as well as its splendid leadership, desired me to do so. However, I £ want to wait a few days before i making a final statement. The e matter is too serious for ill-con- t sidered action.” 1 FINNISH FUND GETS A START Organization Being Perfect ed and Donations Are Coming in The chairman and secretary of he Finnish Relief Drive in Yad nn county have contacted all ichool principals and former Red rross chairmen and committees n the interest of the relief fund, iccording to Mrs. Paul P. Davis, ihairman, and W. E. Rutledge, lecretary - treasurer. Plans have been made for do lations to be collected as early as possible, because of the pressing leed of this little nation. The ichools have been asked to put on jersonal drives, giving every child in opportunity to contribute to his worthy cause. It is hoped by he officers that various churches vill take a free-will offering as ;oon as it is possible to do so. Mrs. Davis said, in speaking of he drive: “The need of the Fin lish people for so many materials >o defend themselves against Russia and Communism is urgent low. Any delay on our part will :ause many lives to be lost . . . ives of those who are fighting so valiantly to save their homes and ^reserve democracy. Let us pray md work, and give so that we nay help this nation in distress.” Donations may be given to the :hairman or secretary, or any of ,he district chairmen or commit tees or any school principal. Also vhere churches are interested hey are asked to take up collec ions. “Finns Ask Quick Help of All Civilized World” read a headline n yesterday’s paper. They are >eing crushed by a mighty en :my, a nation they have done lothing against. They are fight ng, freezing, starving and your lickels, dimes and dollars will lelp, but action must be quick. U1 monies go direct for Finnish •elief. There are no salaries mywhere. Donations received by the sec retary-treasurer yesterday includ ;d: \ Friend .50c r. E. Shore .50c N. E. Rutledge .50c Bill Rutledge .50c 1. H. Stancil .25c r. H. Dobbins & Son .$1.00 Poultry School Next Tuesday The Poultry Extension Service >f State College, Raleigh, will ponsor a Poultry School to be leld Tuesday, Feb. 20, at West 2nd School in Winston-Salem, rom 10 a. m. to 3:30 p. m., accord ng to County Agent R. A. Mc jaughlin. Four cars will be available to arry all interested puoltry raisers o Winston-Salem, and will leave rom the County Agent’s office ruesday at 9 a. m. In addition to the school, an egg how will be staged, and prizes vill be awarded to the exhibitor >f the best dozen of white eggs, md the best dozen of colored eggs. This will be a very educational chool, and Mr. McLaughlin urges ach poultry raiser in Yadkin ounty to go and carry a dozer; or o eggs. Mr. C. F. Parris, Mr. T. E. Brown md a number of other Specialists rom State College will make short alks. MILK CONSUMPTION The consumption of fluid milk md cream is increasing, follow ng the improvement in business mployment and payrolls, reports he U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics. FINNS ASK FOR IMMEDIATE AID AS FIGHT RAGES Battle Surpasses in Intensity World War Fights SAVAGE ATTACKS MADE Russia Claims to Have Cap tured 23 More Finnish Ports Tuesday THOUSANDS ARE KILLED Helsinki, Feb. 13—Finland’s su preme command late tonight de clared that the 13-day struggle in the red-brown snows of the Mannerheim line “surpasses in intensity even the most strenuous battles of the world war” and proclaimed Finnish resistance still unbroken, but called on the “civilized nations of the world” for quick help. The statement of the military headquarters climaxed announce ment of Finnish counter-attacks which, it was stated, had resulted in the capture of all strategic ports occupied by the Russians during the furious struggle. With it, too, came the news of new and savage attacks by Russian bomb ers on cities behind the lines. The center of Porvoo, pleasant little seat of Finnish culture near Helsinki, was gutted by flames from incendiary and explosive bombs. Twenty-eight were build ings burning in the town’s busi ness district. Other towns bomb ed included Laati, Heinola, Sorta vala and Viipurl, the latter two in the war zone. (Russia’s nightly military com munique announced that 23 more Finnish ports were captured Tuesday, for a total of 84 of these positions taken in the last five days. The same communique insisted the Finnish counterat tacks, although conducted by large forces, had been thrown back with heavy losses, and that the Russian actions are “develop ing successfully.”) Detailing the tremendous scope of the fighting on the Karelian isthmus for the first time, the high command said: “The series of battles may be called something like the ‘Summa miracle,’ comparable to the Somme and Verdun, but never theless, despite the fact that the soviet men are falling by the thousands and tens of thousands, that’s why we need help in all forms—men, material, especially airplanes.” Funeral Held for Mrs. Millie Hobson Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Union Grove Baptist church for Mrs. Millie Hobson, 85, who died Sat urday after a two weeks illness with pneumonia, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. U. G. Miller. Rev. Charles H. Hutchens con ducted the services and burial was in the church cemetery. Mrs. Hobson was a native of Yadkin county and had spent her life in the county. She was the widow of the late Tyre C. Hob son who died several years ago. Mr. Hobson was operator of the Hobson ore mines near his home at Union Grove during the civil war, furnishing iron to the Southern army to make guns and war materials. Mrs. Hobson was a devoted Christian woman. Surviving are two sons, D. C. Hobson, of East Bend, and P. E. Hobson, of Eldora, Iowa; four daughters, Mrs. Tom Hobson, of East Bend; Mrs. M. H. Fleming, of Mansboro, Va.; Mrs. U. G. Miller, of East Bend; and Mrs. R. K. Brown, of Yadkinville; two stepsons, Luther Hobson, of Boon ville, and Jack Hobson, of East Bend; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Mary Matthews, of East Bend, and Mrs. E. C. Norman, of East Bend. John S. Parker John S. Parker, native of Yad kin county, died at his home near Cameron Monday following a stroke of paralysis. Mr. Parker moved from Yadkin county to Winston-Salem several years ago and was with Reynolds Tobacco Co., before going to the sandhills. Two sisters, Mrs. Martha Dob bins of Crutchfield and Mrs. Sarah Burgess of Boonville, survive to gether with other relatives. He was buried near his home Wednes day.
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