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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.
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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.
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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<T four to 12 inches which early
last week buried northern Wis
consin and Minnesota were ex
pected to shrink.
TAR HEELS DON’T
EAT ENOUGH EGGS
Raleigh, Dec. 23.—C. F. Parrish,
extension poultry specialist at N.
C. State College, said today that
North Carolinans eat only 69 per
cent, as many eggs as the average
United States citizen.
“This is serious, especially in
view of the fact that health is an
important defense factor, and eggs
are one of our two most perfect
foods, milk being the other.”
SOCIETY
Hudson-Dickerson
Announcement was made of the
marriage of Miss Rachel Dicker
son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. F. Dickerson, of Hamptonville,
to Huston Hudson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Hudson, of Mount
Airy. The vows were solemnized
before the Rev. Mr. Parker at his
home in Dobson, Saturday, De
cember 14. For the present they
will be at home at the residence
of the bridegroom’s parents.
Gough-Hoots Wedding
Announcement is made of the
marriage of Miss Gladys Gough
to Ray Hoots, which was solem
nized at the home of Rev, J. G.
Allgood Saturday afternoon, with
Mr. Allgood officiating.
The bride is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Luther Gough, while
Mr. Hoots is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fletcher Hoots, all of the
Deep Creek Baptist church sec
tion. Mr. Hoots is connected with
the Pioneer Chevrolet Co.
Getting: His Number
A traveling salesman was regis
tering at a small hotel and a bed
bug crawled slowly across the
page.
“Well,” he said, “I’ve been bit
ten by all sorts of bugs in hotels
but this is the first time I ever
saw one crawl down to see what
room I’d be in.”
Sex equality will not have ar
rived until the co-eds are given
places on the football teams.
NOTICE
North Carolina,
Yadkin County.
In the Superior Court
E. B. Warden, Paul Warden and
Mrs. Turney Pass, Trading as E.
B. Warden & Company vs. J. W.
Cashion, Trading as Yadkin Fur
niture Company.
The defendant above named
will take notice that an action
entitled as above has been com
menced in the Superior Court of
Yadkin County to have a perma
nent receiver appointed for the
property of J. W. Cashion, trad
ing as Yadkin Furniture Com
pany; and the said defendant will
further take notice that he is re
quired to appear at the office of
the Clerk of the Superior Court
of Yadkin County on or before
January 3, 1941, and answer or
demur to the complaint in said
action, or the plaintiff will apply
to the Court for the relief de
manded in said complaint; and
the said defendant will further
take notice that he is required to
appear before His Honor J. A.
Rousseau, Resident Judge of the
17th N. C. Judicial District, at
North Wilkesboro, N. C., on Jan
uary 4, 1941, at 2:00 P. M., and
show cause, if any he has, why a
permanent receiver should not be
appointed to take charge of the
property of J. W. Cashion, trad
ing as Yadkin Furniture Com
pany, and dispose of same under
order of Court.
This the 4th day of December,
1940.
J• L. CRATER,
Clerk Superior Court.
HALL & ZACHARY,
Attorneys. 1-2