Yadkin's Oldest and Best Newspaper: Devoted to the Upbuilding and Best In terests of Yadkin County. YOL. XLVIII |fad kitt Wiippte ***** The Ripple Covers a County of 20,728 of the Best People in the World YADKINVILLE, YADKIN^COUNTY, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1940 No. 52 GREEKS TAKE ANOTHER CITY Chimara Falls to Hard Fight ing Forces as Italians Continue Retreat CAPTURE 30 OFFICERS Athens, Dec. 23—The Greek government announced today the capture of Chimara, a strategi cally important Italian supply base on the Albanian coast be tween Valona and Porto Edda. Announced at the same time was the capture of the 153rd bat talion of the Fascist militia, made up of 800 men and 30 officers. The Italians were reported in disorderly flight toward Valona, pursued by a Greek motorized column. Greek military sources said possession of Chimara open ed the way for the counterinvad ers to advance swiftly toward the Italian-held port over a good coastal highway i The Greeks earlier had report ed skirting the town and said their troops were fighting for ward toward the port of Valona, on the Adriatic, less than 30 miles up the coast. A Greek spokesman said then that Chimara was “under abso lute control of our artillery,” and the Greek forces were reported “shooting the works” to keep the Italians in retreat. Twenty miles to the northeast, on a second road to Valona, the Greeks claimed “brilliant sue-. cesses” in a “very large scale” battle for control of the moun tainous Tepeleni-Klisura region. The Greek spokesman declared the Italians were smashed back there with heavy losses after a determined stand of nearly a week. Tax Listers Will Work Next Month J. Roy Pendry, Tax Supervisor, has announced the tax listing dates and places where people will Jbe required to list their property during the month of January. The list is published in this issue. Mr. Pendry and Mr. Ray T. Moore, chairman of the board of commissioners, stated it was their hope and desire that everybody would list their property during the month of January with the regular listtaker. It has been noticable of recent years that people are negligent about giving in their property and after list ing time expect the county tax supervisor to take the list. It has become a burden to him and is not considered a part of his duties, except in emergencies. In fact it is stated that unless the situa tion improves it will be necessary to invoke some of the penalties provided for this negligence. Mr. Moore and Mr. Pendry are asking the co-operation of the people in this matter, which can not be avoided and should be done at the right time and place. NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an or der of the Superior Court of Yadkin County, made in the spe c i a 1 proceeding entitled Toy Matthews vs. B. C. Matthews, minor ,the undersigned commis sioner will, on the 6th day of January, 1941, at 1 o’clock P. M. at the Courthouse Door in Yad kinville, North Carolina, offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash that certain tract of land, adjoining the lands of Dock Matthews, Edgar Wooten and others, and bounded as follows, viz: Beginning at a stake half way between the store house and the garage, then South following the road to a stake in the road, then East through the center of the feed bam 66 feet to a stake, then South about 150 yards to a per simmon on the West side of the road, then following said road South to the forks of the branch then up the branch North east course with D. T. Matthews line to a stake at the old Rockford road, then up said road to the beginning, containing 6 acres, more or less. Another tract, beginning at D. T. Matthews comer in the old Matthews and Wooten line South to a water oak on the East side of the branch, the Matthews and Wooten comer, then West with B. C. Matthews and R. E. Matth ews line to the branch then North up the large branch as it mean ders forks of the branch point where the first lot comes to, then East with D. T. Matthews line to the beginning, containing 26 acres more or less. This the 2nd day of December, 1940. F. D. B. HARDING, 1-2-41 Commissioner. Boy Hunt Ends Happily The Mt. Nebo community, north of Yadkinville, was the scene of an intensive 18-hour search last week when little Sanford Wil lard, 8, disappeared after alighting from a Yadkinville school bus at Wishon’s store at 5 o’clock Thursday afternoon. After being found near his home Friday morning he told searchers he “just got sleepy and went to sleep” although he wandered most of the night. He is shown above, munching a sandwich with a cold drink after being found, while he is surrounded by Yadkinville Boy Scouts and neighbors who helped in the search. His father, Kenyon Willard, stands to the boy’s left (wearing cap). The boy developed pneu monia from the exposure but it is thought he will recover.—(Ripple Photo by Bill Rutledge.) Boy, Missing All Night, Found Asleep In Woods Searchers Comb Countryside in 18-Hour Search; Found by Neighbor PNEUMONIA RESULTS After a frantic all-night search Thursday night, little Sanford Willard, 8-year-old son . of Ken yon Willard, of the Nebo section, was found at eleven o’clock Fri day morning still asleep in the woods approximately one and one-half miles from his home. He had been missing since 5 p.m. the day before. Let off of the Yadkinville school bus around 4:30, he was seen by neighbors for a few min utes, and then disappeared. When he failed to turn up at home, friends and neighbors organized a searching party and hunted throughout the night. At nine o’clock Friday morning a truck load of CCC boys were called from the Elkin camp, and they, together with Sheriff A. L. In score and deputies, the Yadkin ville Boy Scout troop, and a group of boys from the local high school, combed the surrounding territory until he was found by N. G. “Buddy” Willard, asleep in the woods. The boy, who had complained the day before of being slightly sick, was thought to have wan dered off the path after dark ness. The boy was confined to bed after being examined by a physician, who said the boy was suffering from pneumonia. Lee Colvard Dies In Arkansas Home Houston Lee Colvard, 65, died at his home in Hot Springs, Ark., Dec. 3, according to a newspaper clipping received here by Sheriff A. L. In^core, which paper con tained a notice for lost heirs. It also stated he left a will but did not disclose the whereabouts of heirs. His estate is listed at $6,240 in value. He was a son of the late B. G. (Shack) Colvard, pioneer Yad kin county merchant who lived at Shacktown and for whom the place received its name. Only one brother, Jim Colvard, is liv ing in New Castle, Ind. Mr. Col vards sister, Sarah, was the first wife of Mr. Wiley W. Macy of Yadkinville, and it presumed their daughter, Ruth, is one of the heirs to the estate. He was buried in Hot Springs. SYRUP A Texas farmer is converting watermelon juice into a syrup by pressing the juice from the* meat and boiling it down, ten gallons of juice making one gallon of deep red syrup. If you are coasting you may be sure you are going down hill. I Friends to Observe Temperance Day On Sunday, December 29, the Friends of Harmony Grove church will observe Temper ance and Prohibition Day. All our members of the yearly meeting are asked to observe this day some time during the year. Since our state legisla ture convenes January 1st, the dry forces of North Carolina are asking all our citizens to co-operate in an effort to se cure such legislation as will again make our state a dry unit. We wish to urge the people of Yadkinville and surround ing communities to join with the dry forces to combat the greatest evil in our state. We invite all who can to be with us at Harmony Grove at 11 o’clock on the 5th Sabbath. The pastor will introduce the subject, and others will add messages. l. w. McFarland Last Rites Held For Mr. Melton nt Funeral rites were held at Union Cross Friends church Sun day aftemon for R. Houston Mel ton, 53, who died at his home three miles east of Yadkinville early Saturday morning following a stroke of paralysis. He had been in declining health for some time. The services were in charge of Rev. C. H. Hutchens and Rev. Isaac Willard, and burial was in the church graveyard. He was a member of Union Cross church. Mr. Melton had spent his life in the Union Cross section. He was unmarried. He was a son of the late W. G. (Bill) Melton and Mrs. Melton, also deceased, and was engaged in farming, and a re spected man. Survivors are tour brothers, Bob Melton, of Boonville; Frank, Emmett and D. A. Melton, Yad kin ville, route 2; one sister, Mrs. Cyrus Bruce, of the Baltimore section. Yadkin Must Serfd 13 on Jan. 20 The Yadkin draft board must send 13 men to the army camps on the 20th of January, although it was announced here that 10 persons were on the volunteer list. This will reduce the number of draftees to three if all the vol unteers pass a physical examina tion. It is also probable that the entire number will have volun teered by the time to send them away. TRUCKER DIES IN ACCIDENT “Dead Man Curve” Claims Another Victim Thurs day Afternoon DRIVER IS UNDER BOND C. W. Shirley, a helper em ployed by the Joseph M. Larosa Sons trucking line, of Indian apolis, Ind., was almost instantly killed on “Dead Man's curve,” three miles south of Brooks Cross Roads, Thursday afternoon when the truck he was riding in “jack knifed” on the curve. George Patterson, the driver, was charg ed with manslaughter after a coroner’s jury found probable cause that he was driving reck lessly at the time of the accident. He was released Friday under a $l,00d bond to appear at the Feb ruary term of court in Yadkin ville. Patterson testified that the I truck “jack-knifed” on the curve when another car forced him to apply the brakes too quickly when they met on the curve. His truck, a semi-trailer outfit, was loaded with fifteen tons of oranges. Tire marks showed that the truck traveled 255 feet after brakes were applied. Immediately after the accident, the motor of the truck caught fire, but was extinguished by the help of another passing truck. Shirley was pinned in the wreck, and workers spent a half-hour freeing him. Both men were from Walden, Ind., and were headed for Indian apolis with the oranges which they had secured in Orlando, Fla. The body of Shirley was sent to his home in Indiana for burial the latter part of last week Local Funeral Home Buys New Hearse The Mackie & Hinshaw Fun eral Home of Yadkinville has just purchased a new Packard hearse for use in their work, and it has arrived here. The new hearse is of the latest design, modemly equipped and a credit to any funeral home. Only recently they purchased a new Packard ambulance and this new hearse places them among the best equipped undertakers in this section. The Mackie & Hinshaw firm are constantly on the alert for any thing new that will keep them fully apace with the times and a guarantee of satisfactory work. Two Holidays for Bank of Yadkin Mr. E. H. Barnard, cashier of the Bank of Yadkin, in forms The Ripple that the bank will have two holidays this week, Wednesday and Thursday, during which the bank will not be open at all for business. It will open as usual Friday, December 27. Christmas day is a regular banking holiday and Governor Clyde R. Hoey, a few days ago, declared December 26th a holiday for all banks in the state, in order that bank employees might have two days together. Brewster Grant The death of Brewster Grant, young Mocksville attorney, re moves one of the finest young men this section has produced. He was a son of the well known attorney A. T. Grant, widely known and capable lawyer of Mocksville and a leader in the Republican party of fche state. Young Brewster Grant was kill ed near Kannapolis in an auto accident December 14, while on his way to Chajrlotte to fill a social engagement. A negro, Odell White, who apparently drove his car into the path of Mr. Grant’s car, also died of injuries. Mr. Grant was a fast rising young attorney and legislator. He was a member of the 1937 and 1939 legislature, beginning at the age of 23, and was the youngest member of the legislature during both terms. He had the respect and confidence of every member of both houses who knew him, and in speaking of his record Gover nor Hoey said after his death: “He was one of the State’s finest young men with a bright future before him.” To the parents and brothers and sisters of Mr. Grant, this paper and its publishers express deepest sympathy and sincere re gret in their great loss, which is not only a loss to them but to the county and state as well. — " ,I1TT w^aaa= i i ... ===a= Death Strikes Again at “Dead Man’s Curve” C. W. Shirley, 31, of Walden, Indiana, was almost instantly killed about noon Thursday when the huge truck, pictured above, left the highway at “Dead Man’s Curve,” three miles south of Brooks Cross Roads, and crushed him in the wreckage of the cab. Driven by George F. Patterson, of Indian apolis, the heavy “tractor-trailer” jackknifed to plow into a field at the left of the highway, the trailer falling upon the cab to pin Shirley against the dashboard. The body of Shirley is covered by the white sheet shown at right of photo, which was made prior to the arrival of the Yadkin county coroner.— (Tribune Photo.) Draft Boards Advised to Be Liberal Raleigh, Dec. 19—State selec tive service officials told members of North Carolina’s draft appeal boards today that they could “af ford to be liberal in interpreting regulations.” The appeal board members met in executive session, but selective service officials said the meeting was devoted largely to an explan ation of procedure. It was point ed out that only 800,000 of the 16,000,000 registrants in the United States would be called to duty during the first year of the draft, and that consequently it would “not be necessary to dis rupt any homes or any busi nesses.” Governor Hoey, in a brief speech, praised the board mem bers for their patriotism. Gov ernor-elect Broughton said he was pleased with the manner in which the draft machinery had functioned in North Carolina. BRITISH PUSH AIR OFFENSIVE London, Dec. 23.—British bomb ers pressed a new attack on Mannheim, important Rhineland rail junction, and targets in west ern Germany, during the night, climaxing a busy week-end of raids against Germany, Italy and four Nazi-conquered countries. (Reports from Switzerland that unidentified planes passed ovtg the Alps last night for the second consecutive night indicated the British also might have struck again into Italy. The Swiss re ports said Bern, Basel and Zurich had alarms and 11 persons were injured by bombs dropped near Zurich.) FUNERAL HELD FOR MRS. MARY DOBBINS Funeral services were held at Deep Creek Friends church Mon day afternoon for Mrs. Mary Etta Dobbins, 75, who died in her sleep at her Winston-Salem home Fri day night. The services were conducted by Rev. Charles Stev ens and burial was in the church graveyard. She had made her home in Winston-Salem 35 years. Survivors include: two sons, A. C. and E. W. Dobbines, both of Winston-Salem; one daughter, Mrs. Espie Essex, Winston-Salem; one brother, E. E. York, of Boon ville; one sister, Mrs. Lydia Shu gart, of Boonville; eight grand children; and two great-grand children. LOSS Fanners of the United States are now passing up every year $150,000,000 of income that could be realized through better man agement of farm woods, says the U. S. Forest Service. Borrowing the other fellow’s thoughts is like borrowing his clothes. You get something that neither fits or becomes you. 9 Nine persons have lost their lives in auto accidents on the highways of Yadkin county during 1940. That is a record for the county. Did you know that this was more people than have died in the county during 1940 from typhoid fever, pneumonia, diphtheria, tuberculosis or in fluenza? All of these have been considered deadly diseases dur ing all the ages. Will the au tomobile take their place in filling the cemeteries of our good county? We beg you, driver of cars, to take notice of this record and help to stop it. Money Orders Here Reach 100,000; Sold to Old P. M. Money order No. 100,000 was sold here Friday by Postmaster Willie Vanhoy, who took charge of the local office about three months ago. The Yadkinville post office was made a money order office in 1898 when Mr. M. W. Mackle was post master and wrote the first order. Mr. Mackie was called in by Mr. Vanhoy to write the big order Friday, 42 years after he had written the first one. The order was for $5.00 and was sold to W. E. Rutledge, a former postmaster, who himself signed nearly 50,000 of the money orders issued at the Yadkinville office while he was postmaster. He used the money order to pay an ac count in New York. SMALL CHANCE OF WHITE CHRISTMAS There was little prospect Mon day of a white Christmas for the nation. Temperatures already above normal probably will rise even higher in most sections of the country Christmas Eve, G. E. Dunn, weather forecaster at Chi cago, predicted. There was no forecast of snow in any section and light snow that fell late last week in North Carolina, New England, New York, Michigan, Iowa, Nebraska, the Dakotas and Colorado was ex pected to melt under the rising mercury. Even the heavy snows c