Elkin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
VOL. No. xxvn. No. 26
IATENEWC
from the
State and Nation
JAPS INVADE
SOUTH CHINA
Shanghai. May 11—(Wed
nesday) Japanese naval
forces have invaded South
China for the first time in the
10-months-old war in an at
tack on Amoy, rich Fukien
province port 150 miles west of
the Japanese-owned island of
Formosa.
The new attack started early
yesterday with airplane and
warship bombardment and ap
parently was designed to draw
a portion of Chinese central
armies away, from the stale
mated central front.
Chinese announced today
their forces had countered the
southern invasion by repulsing
Japanese on all other fronts
of the widespread war zone.
WOLF GIVEN
NEW CONTRACT
Raymond B. Wolf will be the
head coach of University of
North Carolina's football forces
for the next five years!
Announcement of a new
lengthy contract for the young
tutor was made last night by
Robert A. Fetzer, director of
athletics.
"We are very well pleased to
have Coach Wolf continue with
us," explained Coach Fetzer.
"Mr. Wolf has very fine rec
ord here and has proven that
he fits in very acceptably with
our set-up."
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GERMANS CHEER
HITLER'S RETURN
, Berlin, May 10 —Rank on
rank of cheering Germans to
night gave a vociferous torch
lit welcome to Adolf Hitler,
home from his visit with Benito
Mussolini to strengthen the
axis of friendship linking 120,-
000,009 Germans and Italians.
Hitler's special train rolled
slowly into Lehrter station be
tween unbroken chains of
torch-bearers lining ten and a
half miles ef railway track into
the capital.
RED TAPE
DELAYS ACTION
Geneva, May 10—Red tape
today delayed the efforts of
Great Britain and France to
win freedom for league of na
tions members to recognize
Italy's con quest of Ethiopia.
The carefully-laid plans of
the league powers, which vir
tually would erase Ethiopia
from the list of nations and
from league membership, how
ever, appeared assured of ulti
mate success.
GWYN IS SPEAKER
AT KIWANIS MEET
Candidate for Judge in This
District Speaks on "Youth
of the Land"
TO ENTERTAIN SENIORS
Solicitor Allen H. Gwyn, of the
21st judicial district and a candi
date for judge, was guest speaker
at last Thursday evening's meet
ing of the Elkin Kiwanis club at
Hotel Elkin.
Mr. Owyn spoke on "Youth of
the Land"', seating that between
eight and 10,000 men and boys
had come before him during his
three and one-half years' term as
solicitor, in his opinion, he said,
the average young man in court
was not necessarily bad at heart,
but was a victim of environment.
Parents should take a greater in
terest in the rearing of their
children, he stated, teaching them
more thoftughly the difference
between right and wrong at an
early age.
H. P. Graham, program chair
man, introduced Mr. Owyn.
Frank Martin, of Asheville, was
the guest of Kiwanian Hugh
Royall. Dr. H. D. Hosklns was
the guest of Dr. c. L. Haywood,
and Dr. EX O. Click the guest of
W. M. Allen.
At this evening's meeting of
the club, the graduating classes
of Elkin and Jonesville high
schools will be the guests of the
club. On May 19, the club will ,
go to Winston-Salem for a meet
ing at noon. This meeting will
take the place of the regular
Thursday evening meeting.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
COUNTY DECLINES
PART IN DISEASE
CONTROL PROGRAM
Lack of Funds Given As
Reason
MEETING HELD MONDAY
i Would Have to Match Fund in
Drive for Venereal Dis
ease Control
: TO ADOPT SAME BUDGET
Lack of funds was given as the
reason for Surry county's refusal
to participate in the state board
of health's venereal disease con
trol program made possible by the
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation.
Such an announcement was
made following a meeting of the
Surry county commissioners,
county board of health and Mt.
Airy city commissioners at a
meeting in Mount Airy Monday.
The state asks that each coun
ty match funds provided by the
foundation to fight venereal di
seases. Surry commissioners said
the $19,000 needed annually for
social security prevents the coun
ty participating in any other
program. «
Surry county has a budget of
$10,981.37 for its health program.
Of this amount, the county ap
propriates $4,350: Mount Airy,
$1,848; Elkin. $360; State board
of health, $1,320; United States
Public Health Service. $2,825 and
small sums come from other
sources.
The same budget will be adopt
ed for the coming fiscal year, it
was pointed out, with only minor
changes.
Recently Dr. Carl V. Reynolds,:
state health officers and repre- 1
sentatives of the state board of
health, visited Surry and out-'
lined the venereal control plan
to the county commissioners.
Those attending the meeting
Monday night held at the city,
hall in Mount Airy were: J. W.
Lovill, of Mount Airy, county
commissioner; W. J. Swanson. of.
Pilot Mountain, chairman, andi
M. Q. Snow, of Elkin, other two!
members of the board, were not!
present.
The county board of health!
was represented by John W.
Comer, of Dobson. superintendent
of Surry schools; Dr. Hugh Parks,
of Elkin, and Dr. John L. Ashby,
of Mount Airy.
Mayor John D. Thompson and
the following members of the
Mount Airy city council were
present: J. W. Parker. W. L.
Sydnor. D. M. Owen. T. E. Smith,
Jr., and M. C. Fowler.
MAN IN JAIL FOR ~ .
THEFT OF CLOTHING
Oscar Chipman, Surry county I
man, is in jail at Dobson on a
charge of entering the home of
Dallas Bauguss, near State Road,'
and stealing bedclothes and wear- !
ing apparel.
The theft was said to have j
taken place Sunday night while
Mrs. Bauguss was at the Elkin
hospital visiting her husband, who
is a patient there. Chipman is j
alleged to have driven a wagon i
up to the house and loaded it with
bedclothing and wearing apparel.
He was arrested by deputies
after Mrs. Bauguss identified
clothing found in his possession.
REVIVAL SERVICES
AT BOYD'S CHAPEL
A series of revival services will
begin May 19 at 7:30 at Boyd's
Chapel. Rev. W. M. Boyd of
Waynesboro. Ky., will bring the
messages. The first service will
be an illustrated lecture, with
lantern slides, by Rev. Mr. Boyd,
on "The Life of Christ".
A cordial invitation is extended
the public to attend all of the
meetings.
ATTORNEY TO SPEAK
HERE NEXT SUNDAY
J. M. Wells. Jr., Winston-Salem
attorney, who was scheduled to
speak at the Presbyterian church
in this city last Sunday was unable
to keep his appointment, but will
speak next Sunday, May 15, at the
11 o'clock hour. A cordial Invita
tion is extended the public to at
tend.
BENHAM WOMAN BITTEN
BY COPPERHEAD SNAKE
Mrs, Jane Harris, of Benham,
was bitten on the leg Wednesday
of last week by a copperhead
snake. She was brought to the
local hospital for treatment and
was able to return to her home,
the latter part of the week. I
Thirty-One Elkin High School Graduates Receive Diplomas
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Elkin High School graduated 31 seniors Tuesday evening. The class is shown above, left to right, front row, Edith Adair Whis
enhunt and Bobby James, mascots; second row, Ruth Buelin, Louise Lawrence, Frances Martin, Edwina Lawrence, Beatrice Newman,
Edna Billings, and Helen Finney; third row, Helen Hayes, Selma Guyer, Alice McCoin, Mary Sale, Graoe Lawrence, Hunter Maguire,
and Hugh Gill eland, Jr.; fourth row, Gene Hall, Opal Hayes, Irene Pianix, Helen Dickerson, Dick Graham, Frank Walker, Freida
Dobbins, James Powers, and Franklin Miller; fifth row, Mattie Osborne, Irene Day, John Ratledge, James Gray, Charles Harris, Fred
Laffoon, Joe Gwyn Bivins, and Ralph Dorsett.—Cut courtesy Winston-Salem Journal.
Free Tickets to
Elk Theatre for
Finding Mistakes
A new feature, "Cartoon
Errors", makes its first appear
ance in The Tribune with this
issue.
The cartoon, located else
where in this paper, contains
a number of errors. Two free
passes to the Elk Theatre will
be awarded weekly to the per
son sending in the nearest cor
rect list of errors in the draw
ing. t
All answers to this week's
cartoon should be in The Tri
bune office by next Tuesday at
5:00 p.m. The winner will be
announced in next week's issue.
Everyone is invited to join
in the fun. Turn now to the
cartoon and maybe you will
be the winner of this week's
free ducats.
ARRANGE PROGRAM
FOR MEETING HERE
Elkin Jr. O. U. A. M. to Act
as Host to Meeting of
Seventh District
JOHNSON IS TO SPEAK
The program has been ar
ranged for the meeting of Dis
trict No. 7, Jr. O. U. A. M., here
Friday evening with the local
council as host. The seventh dis
trict is made up of Surry, Wilkes
and Yadkin counties, in which
there are 15 councils and a total
of 1,388 members.
The business session will be held
in the Council Hall / on North
Bridge street at 3:00 p. m. A pub
lic session will be held at 7:30 p.m.
which will be featured by a local
quartet and string band, and by
an address by State Councilor
Victor R. Johnson, of Pittsboro.
F. E. Bass, of Siloam, is dis
trict deputy state councilor and
will be assisted in the meeting by
the following district officers:
Bradly Dancy, N. Wilkesboro, dis
trict past councilor; A. F. Gra
ham, Copeland, district vice-coun
cilor; N. P. Bryant, Yadkinville,
secretary; L. W. Cook, Copeland,
financial secretary-treasurer; and
Rev. D. A. Robertson, Mount Airy,
Chaplain.
An acre of trees can evaporate
1,500 tons of water in a season.
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4bove are four memJws of the EOdn High School gmdmtlnf CIMK who were prriwintrd with
special awards Tuesday erenhig during the commencement graduation exercises. They are, left to
right: Janes Powers, moat athletic; Alice MoCols, scholarship; Gene Hall, activity, and
Billings, citizenship. The first three award* were presented by Mln Lucile Young, of the elementary
school faculty. The ciUxenehip award, donated annually by the American Legkm Auxiliary, was pre
sented by Mrs, George Royall, president of the local chapter.—Tribune pirates by J. Mark McAdam.
ELKIN. N. C., THURSDAY. MAY 12, 1938
31 SENIORS ARE
GIVEN DIPLOMAS
Dr. John W. Cooke, of Wom
an's College, Greensboro,
Delivers Address
AWARDS PRESENTED
Elkin school commencement
came to a close Tuesday evening
in the auditorium at the ele
mentary school building as 31
seniors received diplomas.
The graduation exercises, in
addition to seeing the presenta
tion of diplomas, also saw the
presentation of special awards to
honor students.
Dr. John W. Cooke, professor of
education, Woman's College of the
University of North Carolina, at
Greensboro, delivered the literary
address, being introduced to the
capacity audience by W. M. Allen,
Elkin attorney.
Presentation of diplomas was
made by Superintendent J. Mark
McAdams. Special# awards for
"most athletic", "scholarship" and
"activity" were presented by Miss
Lucile Young, of the elementary
school faculty, and went to James
Powers, Alice McCoin and Gene;
Hall, respectively.
The American Legion Auxiliary
citizenship award of $5.00 was
presented to Edna Billings by Mrs.
George Royall, president of the
local organization.
Beta Club certificates were pre
sented by Rosamond Neaves,
president of the local school Beta
Club.
Commencement exercises open
ed Sunday evening with the com
mencement sermon, delivered by
Rev. J. M. Hayes, field secretary
of Meredith College, of Raleigh.
Class Day exercises followed Mon
day evening, and Tuesday morn
ing at 10:00 o'clock the Elemen
tary School Promotion exercises
were held.
MRS. BOOHER AWARDED
$750 IN TELEPHONE CASE
A suit for $40,000 brought
against the Central Electric and
Telephone Co., by Mrs. Embree
Booher, of Elkin, was settled with
a compromise judgment of $750,
signed by Judge Johnson J. Hayes
in federal court at Winston-Salem
last week.
Mrs. Booker had asked $30,000
actual and SIO,OOO punitive dam
ages for her injuries she said she
suffered in her ear when a deaf
ening explosion occurred over the
telephone which she was using.
Win Awards for Outstanding Work
Honor Student
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Charlie Dunnagan, of Elkin,
who has marked up an enviable
reeord-of achievement during
the past four years as a student
at North Carolina State.
JAMES J. MARTIN
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Well-Known Yadkin Citizen
Passes Away Early Sun
day Morning
James Josephus Martin, 74,
well known citizen and merchant,
died at his home near Jonesville
early Sunday morning from a
complication of diseases. The
deceased was a native of Yadkin
county and a son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. James Martin.
For a number of years .he had
been a member of Fall Creek
Baptist church and during a
great part of the time served as
a member of the board of deacons
of the church. His wife, formerly
Miss Pamelia Cecil, died in 1922.
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon at one o'clock from
Fall Creek church. The rites were
in charge of the pastor. Rev.
Isom Vestal, assisted by Rev.
Grady Burgiss.
He is survived by the following
children: D. C. Martin, Elkin;
James, Oscar and Sam Martin,
Jonesville; Derris Martin, Boston,
Mass.; Lcnnie Martin, Winston-
Salem; Mrs. Lillie Bryant and
Mrs. D. A. Vestal, Jonesville.
Three sisters, Mrs. Elbert Fin
ney and Mrs. Frank Finney, of
Jonesville, and Mrs. Charlie
Spann of Yadkinville, also sur
vive.
| LOCAL YOUTH IS
IN "WHO'S WHO"
Charlie Dunnagan Has Mark
ed Up Enviable Record
at State College
IS TO RECEIVE DEGREE
Charlie Dunnagan, of this city,
a senior at North Carolina State
College, Raleigh, is among the
college students in the United
States in the "Who's Who" among
students in American colleges and
universities.
Mr. Dunnagan, who will receive
his degree in textile engineering
in June, is a son of Mrs. Blanche
Royall Dunnagan, of Yadkinville,
and a grandson of Dr. and Mrs.
M. A. Royall, of this city.
Mr. Dunnagan is a member of
the following honorary clubs and
fraternities: Phi Psi, (Textile),
Blue Key, Golden Chain, Scab
barcf and Blade, Upsilon Sigma
Alpha. Monogram Club, Red
Masquers Dramatic Club, 30 & 3,
■ Tomkins Textile society, he is
also a member of the Alpha
Gamma Ro fraternity.
A list of major honors accorded
him during his collegiate career
are: cheer leader Ist. 2nd and 3rd
year, head cheer leader 4th year;
president Red Masquers; president
North Carolina Collegiate Press
Association; business manager of
the Technician, school paper;
Publication Board key; staff cap
tain in charge of publicity R. O.
T. C. regiment and member of
Publication Board of State Col
lege. In addition he was also
a delegate to the Y. M. C. A.
conference from North Carolina
State college; conducts the radio
program "The Collegiate Column
of the Air" from WPTF, Raleigh,
weekly; business manager for the
R. O. T. C. camp annual at Port
McClellan, Ala., during his junior
year.
Mr. Dunnagan has also done
many other outstanding things
during his school years, graduat
ing from R. J. Reynolds high
school in Winston-Salem, he en
tered State College with SIOO and
with the exception of a tuition
I loan has paid all of his college
' expenses himself by varied odd
'jobs both during the school year
1 and vacation periods.
NEWLY BORN INFANT
IS FOUND IN BARN
A tiny, black-haired infant
girl, two hours old, was found
wrapped in a fertilizer sack stuf
fed behind a chimney flue in a
tabcco barn near Shoals Sunday.
The child was found after its
cries had been heard by people •
passing.
Mrs. Maggie Beck, widowed'
mother of eight children, whoj
lived nearby, admitted the baby
was hers and that she hid it
there, after first denying to
[Sheriff Harvey Boyd that she
knew anything about the matter.
The tiny girl, turned over to
its mother while officers ponder
ed whether to bring charges>
against her, was little worse fori
Its experience.
RAINFALL FOR THIS
SECTION DEFICIENT
According to C. N. Bodenheim-i
er, who keeps official weather re- !
ports here, the first four months
of 1938 had a deficiency of 10.90
inches of rainfall as compared
with the first four months of last
y«ar which had what is consid
ered a normal rainfa'd for this
section.
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Elkin
"The Best Little Tow*
In North Carolina"
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
[DEBATE IS OPENED
ON RECOVERY BILL
IN HOUSE TUESDAY
Foes Attack Act As Spending
Orgy
EXPECT QUICK PASSAGE
Solons Are Not Expected to
Change Form or Con
tents of Measure
MONEY IS EARMARKED
Washington, May 10 —President
Roosevelt's multi-billion-dollar re
covery program started through
the House today, praised by Dem
ocrats as a means of providing
5,000,000 jobs in the next fiscal
year and sharply attacked by Re
publicans as a "wild spending
orgy."
Passage in substantially its
present form and without delay
was assured when the appropria
tions committee earmarked the
gigantic fund to placate anti-new
deal Democrats who feared it
might be used in reprisal against
them at the polls in the Novem
ber elections. Leaders hope to
enact the bill the latter part of
the week or the first of next.
As thrust before the lower
chamber the measure calls for
appropriations of $2,519,425,000
and authorizations of $535,000,000.
Other provisions in the spending
lending program already approved
or pending in Congress, will bring
the total of the administration's
latest campaign against the de
pression to $5,041,425,000 instead
of the $4,512,000,000 originally es
timated by the President.
FORMER ELKIN MAN
PASSES AWAY IN S. C.
A message was received here
Saturday bearing the news of the
death of Jessie L. Teal, 42, of
Lamar, South Carolina. The cause
of his death was not stated.
Mr. Teal, a resident of Elkin
and Jonesville for several years,
was prominently connected with
the tobacco business, being a
tabacconist of wide reputation
and held a position as buyer for
one of the important companies.
A veteran of the World War
and a member of the Masonic
Order, he has many friends here
and in other states who will re
gret his passing.
Survivors Include one daughter,
Miss Jean Teal of Jonesville, his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Teal,
Lamar, S. C., and several brothers
and sisters.
Funeral services were held Sun
day in Lamar.
PLAN REVIVAL HERE
4th SUNDAY IN MAY
A revival meeting will begin at
the First Baptist church in this
city the fourth Sunday in May.
Dr. Walter Johnson, pastor of the
First Baptist church in Mt. Airy,
will assist the pastor. Rev. Eph
Whisenhunt, in the services.
According to Food Industries, a
typical American annually con
sumes 16 pounds of beef, 12
pounds of coffee, 102 pounds of
sugar, 177 pounds of white flour,
17 pounds of butter, 167 pounds
of fresh fruit, 18 dozen eggs, 180
pounds of potatoes, 918 pounds of
milk—a total of more than 1,635
pounds.
Big Freeze Came
On May 10 Away
Back in 1906
The Tribune Is indebted to
Mrs. R. L. Hubbard for the
following: reprint from a paper
dated May 10, 19/9, regarding
a freeze on May 10; 1906. Ac
cording: to Mrs. Hubbard, the
cold wave affected the entire
Piedmont • section of North
Carolina and the cold wave
here was accompanied by snow
flurries.
"Tomorrow is the thirteenth
anniversary of a most impor
tant happening in this part of
the country—the May freese.
It was on the moraine of
the tenth day of May, 1906,
that farmers awoke throughout
all this part of North Carolina
to find wheat and corn bitten
to the (round, tobacco plants
scorched and a chill in the air
which was sufficiently keen to
form considerable ice in ex
posed vessels of water.
Onjw wn not destroyed,
but some had to be replanted
and the crops generally thai
year were delayed considerably
by the cold am*."