Elkin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
VOL. No. XXVIL No. 27
IATENEWC
from the
State and Nation
U. S. EMBARKS ON
"BIG NAVY" POLICY
Washington, May 17 The
United States formally em
barked on its formidable "big
navy" policy today when
President Roosevelt signed into
law the $1,090,656,000 fleet ex
pansion bill
The measure authorizes war
ship, auxiliary vessel and air
plane construction over a 10-
year period. Congress enact
ed It in response to President
Roosevelt's advice that "our
national defense is * * * inad
equate for national security."
As he recommended, it pro
vides for a 20 per cent, increase
in the navy's authorized ton
nage. Actually, experts have
estimated, it will add from 50
to 75 per cent, to the fleet's
fighting strength. The new
ships and planes will be in
addition to others now building
or already completed under the
1934 Vinson-Trammel act.
FOUR MORE
BODIES RECOVERED
Atlanta, May 17 Recovery
of four more bodies from the
ruins of the fire-swept Term
inal hotel brought the known
death list tonight to 30.
Fire Chief O. J. Parker ex
pressed the belief that more
bodies would be found in the
wreckage of the five-story
building which was swept by
fire early yesterday.
Late today two bodies were
found. One, that of a man,
was unidentified; the other,
that of A. R. A 1 dredge, Fitzger
ald, Ga., railway conductor,
previously listed as missing.
CONVICTS ARE
CAPTURED
Columbia, S. C., May 17
Three condemned convicts who
escaped before dawn today
from the Richland (Columbia)
county jail, were recaptured
this afternoon and tonight sev
eral miles north of here.
George Wingard, 19, of Co
lumbia, and Herbert Moorman,
41, of Detroit, Mich., were
taken about sundown after a
300-yard chase along a creek
bank and two hours later
Clayton Crans, of Rochester,
N. Y., was apprehended in the
same vicinity.
TORNADO DOES
SIOO,OOO DAMAGE
Clarksdale, Miss., May 17—
A tornado swept through south
Coahoma and north Bolivar
counties late today, leaving an
eStimatfed 25 persons injured
and causing damage estimated
at SIOO,OOO.
Authorities said an early
check indicated no lives had
been lost. Most of the injured
were negroes.
MORE SIDEWALKS
PLANNED LOCALLY
Walk Is to Be Constructed on
Church and West Market
Streets
ARE FILLING IN GAPS
A cement sidewalk is to be
built on Church and Market
streets, it has been learned from
Paul Gwyn, town clerk, who
stated that the walk would join
the concrete at the rear of the
Turner Drug company building,
continue north to the intersection
with Market street, and extend to
the concrete pavement which be
gins at the corner of the Elk
Printing company building.
Plans are also under way to
construct a sidewalk on up the
righ hand side of Church street
to join the pavement which begins
back of the Pilgrim church.
Work of completing the gaps
on Elk spur street which were
left when property owners failed
to voluntarily agree to the walk
way, has been started since the
pasting of an ordinance by the
town commissioners .calling for
this construction with the cost to
be assessed against the property.
Construction of the walk from
North Bridge street to the hos
pital is nearing completion.
I, Nervous diseases are much mote
"prevalent amosfe brain workers
than among others.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
PLANE MAY PICK
UP MAIL HERE IF
HELD ADEQUATE
Scheduled to Arrive at Noon
Today
NATL. AIR MAIL WEEK
Athletic Ground at School
Gymnasium Is Only Land
ing Field Available
PILOT IS SO ADVISED
If the weather is good and the
pilot thinks he can make a safe
landing on the field at the Elkin
school gymnasium, then Elkin's
first air mail to leave directly by
plane will wing its way through
the sky today shortly after noon
in observance of National Air
Mail Week.
Original plans called for the
mail plane, to be piloted by L. S.
McGinnis, of Winston-Salem, to
land here on a field east of town
on the banks of the Yadkin river.
However, since plans were made,
the owner of the field has had
it plowed up.
Other fields here and nearby
that have been used at various
times during the past as landing
fields, have also been put in
cultivation, with the result that
the athletic field at the gym
nasium is the only place left
where a plane might land.
This field, however, is not as
desirable as it might be due to
the fact that a high tension pow
er line skirts one side while a
telephone line skirts the side next
to Big Elkin creek. Pilot Mc-
Ginnis has been informed of the
location and its hazards, and
whether he will attempt a land
ing here could not be learned as
The Tribune went to press.
National Air Mail Week began
Sunday and will end Saturday.
Today has been designated as
National Air Mail Pick-up Day,
and in addition to picking up
mall from Elkin. planes will also
make stops at Mount Airy, Yad
kinville and other towns through
out this section of the state. The
mail will be carried to Winston-
Salem where it will be forwarded
to Charlotte and put aboard a
regular air mail plane.
The advantages of air mail in
speed is shown by the fact that
a letter mailed here at 5:30 p.m.
today would be in Los Angeles
tomorrow night shortly after 11
o'clock. Air mail postage rates
are only three cents higher than
regular rates.
F. W. Graham, Elkin post
master, has urged that everyone
mail as many letters via air mail
as possible this week.
ARE ERECTING
NYA BUILDING
Structure at Dobson Will Be
Used to House NYA
Enterprises
PLAN CANNING PROJECT
Expected to be completed with
in the next three weeks, a build
ing to be used for NYA projects
is being constructed on the school
grounds at Dobson.
The National Youth Adminis
tration is constructing the one
story frame building with NYA
labor. Materials are being furn
ished by the Dobson school. Ap
proximately 25 boys are employed
on the project.
Supervisor for Surry, Yadkin
and Forsyth counties, Mrs. Lucy
Barber is in change of the pro
ject, with Roy Johnson super
vising the work.
Needed equipment will be In
stalled in the building when It is
completed. The NYA will then
be able to give vocational in
struction in automobile mechan
ics, carpenter work, wood work
ing and many other subjects.
Plans sire under way to train boys
to repair school buses.
A canning project Is also being
planned to start around June 1.
This project will give employment
to about 15 girls. Fruits and
vegetables canned will be used
next fall to provide warm lunches
for school children.
Object of the NYA Is to give
vocational training to underpriv
ileged boys between the ages of
18 and 25.
According to a leading life in
surance company, as quoted by A.
M. Crossley, the cost of the av
erage ch«d, including education,
medical attention, and many
other items from birth to eighteen
years of age, ts SII,OOO.
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Linda Hancock, mascot; Hilda Guyer; second row, Rachel Ruth Wolfe, Vergie Johnson, Ruth Cave, Irene Whitaker, Maurice Stanley,
Jane Jarvis, Frank Marlon; third row, Vernlce White, Bets Folger, Edith Moore, Kermit White, Reba Fulk; fourth row, Almeda Mitchell.
Voyn Marion, Aubrey Payne; fifth row, Charles Dockery, Lincoln Marsh, Shepherd Gillespie; sixth row, Ode 11 Hudson, Spencer White,
Roland Gillespie, Principal A. H. Wolfe, Bill Freeman, and Chester Blevins.—(Cut courtesy Winston-Salem Journal.)
MAY 28 WILL BE
POPPY DAY HERE
Little Red Flower Will Be
Worn in Memoriam to
World War Dead
MADE BY VETERANS
On Saturday, May 28, little red
poppies will bloom on millions of
coats throughout America. Little
bright, crepe paper poppies glow
ing over remembering hearts on
Poppy Day, as a beautiful tribute
of gratitude to the memory of
the world war dead, and as a
service to the unfortunate living.
During the winter and spring,
millions of bright red poppies
have been fashioned by the busy
fingers of disabled veterans in the
hospitals and workshops in every
part of the country. These pop
pies, exact replicas in paper of
those that grew in "Flanders
Field", have been bravely made
by these men who are striving to
earn a livelihood for themselves
and families. On this day of re
membrance all Americans will be
given the opportunity to show
their appreciation for the services
of those who lost their lives and
for those who dared to die but
survived to suffer pain and hard
ship.
The average citizen knows why
we have Poppy Day, They know
the poppy is worn in memoriam
to those who made the supreme
sacrifice that Democracy might
endure, and as our expression of
gratitude. They also know that
j every dime, quarter or dollar de
rived from the poppy sale creates
a source of revenue for Child
Welfare and Rehabilitation work.
There is an old and true saying
that "Americans do not need to
be informed nearly as much as to
be reminded."
When the women of the George
Gray Post of the American Legion
Auxiliary ask you to buy a poppy,
let it not be said that you "forgot
to remember."
TO BUILD LUNCH ROOM
TO SERVE STUDENTS
George W. Coan, Jr., state WPA
administrator, has approved a
$1,193 project for construction of
a lunch room to serve students at
Dobson consolidated school, it has
been announced.
Dobson high school, with an
enrollment of more than 1,000, Is
one of the largest in Surry coun
ty, and a considerable number of
the students are transported from
their homes by bus.
A lunch room for these students
from rural districts will mean a
material convenience eliminating
necessity of bringing prepared
lunches from home.
PASTORS' CONFERENCE
NEXT SATURDAY A. M.
The monthly meeting of the
Elkin Baptist Pastors' Conference
will be held In the Bast Elkin
Baptist church next Saturday
morning from ten until twelve
o'clock.
All pastors in this section are
cordially Invited to attend. A good
program has been planned.
ELKIN. N. C., THURSDAY S MAY 19, 1938
Rep. Doughton
Is Operated on
In Washington
Robert L. Doughton. of
Laurel Springs, representative
from the Ninth North Carolina
district, was operated on Sat
urd a y at Sibley hospital,
Washington, for prostate gland
trouble. This Is said to be the
first time that Mr. Doughton
has ever been confined to his
bed with any trouble whatso
ever.
The distinguished chairman
of the House ways and means
committee will be 75 years old
next November 7. He was re
ported to have stood the opera
tion well, and reaction was en
tirely favorable.
PLANS FOR MEET
ARE COMPLETED
Home Demonstration Clubs
to Meet at Dobson School
May 26th
DEAN SCHAUB SPEAKER
Plans for the federation meet
ing of the home demonstration
clubs in the sixth district at the
high school in Dobson on Thurs
day, May 26, have been completed
by the County Council of Home
Demonstration clubs in Surry
county.
The club members of Stokes,
Forsyth and Davie counties will
attend the meeting. The home
demonstration clubs in Surry
county will be hostess.
Dean I. O. Schaub, director of
Extension Service, state College,
Raleigh, will be the principal
speaker. Mrs. N. J. Martin, chair
man of the sixth district, will
preside. The devotional will be
rendered by Rev. W. J. Miller, of
Mt. Airy. Mrs. M. H. Shore, of
Pilot Mountain, will deliver the
welcome. Mrs. E. M. Macon, of
Stokes county, has been selected
to give the response. Greetings
will be given by Mrs. T. W. Loyd,
state president of Home Demon
stration clubs, and by Miss Emma
Comer, district president of the
Federation of Women's Clubs.
Special music will be rendered by
Mrs. John Lewellyn, of Dobson.
A reading will be given by Mrs.
J. W. Thore, of Rockford, and a
short play by the club women of
Forsyth county.
The meeting will begin prompt
ly at 10:30 a.m. and will continue
until 3 o'clock, with a recess of
an hour and a half for lunch. A
picnic lunch will be served. The
public Is cordially invited.
SOIL CHECKS ARE
RECEIVED IN SURRY
The first batch of checks for
payment to farmers who coop
erated in the 1937 soil conserva
tion program, totaling $30,000,
has been received by J. W. Craw
ford, Surry county farm agent.
Remainder of the approximate
ly $135000 which Burry's more
than 2,000 farmers will receive, is
expected In the near future,
Crawford stated.
CHARLES E. MYERS
DIES WEDNESDAY
Member of Prominent Yadkin
County Family Had Been
111 About One Year
FUNERAL RITES FRIDAY
Charles Everette Myers, 29,
died at his home at Cycle Wed
nesday morning about 7:30, fol
lowing a serious illness of a year.
Mr. Myers was a member of a
prominent Yadkin county family {
and was a son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. David Clinton Myers.
He had been engaged in the mer
cantile business at Cycle for
about ten years and for the past
three years .had served as post
master there, having served as
assistant postmaster for a num
ber of years before his appoint
ment as postmaster.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Bessie Hemric Myers, two child
ren, Leo, 7, and Peggy Sue, 5,
two brothers, Carl M. Myers of
this city and Graham M. Myers
of Sparta and one sister, Miss
Hettie Myers of Elkin.
For a number of years he had
been a member of the Union
Baptist church and was also a
member of the W. O. W. fratern
ity.
Funeral services will be held
Friday morning at 11 o'clock
from Oak Grove Baptist church.
The rites will be in charge of
Rev. N. T. Jarvis, Rev. A. S.
Mathis, Rev. Grady White and
the pastor, Rev Enoch Wooten.
SUMMER SCHOOL TERM
IS BEGUN WEDNESDAY
Summer school for elementary
and high school students who de
sire to make up work during the
summer months, began here Wed
nesday morning in charge of J.
Mark McAdams, superintendent
of the Elkin schools.
The term will last for five
weeks.
It had not been planned to
offer instruction to elementary
school students, but due to sev-.
eral applications, it was decided
to do so. Mrs. McAdams is in
charge of this work at the ele
mentary school building, while
Mr. McAdams is teaching high
school students at the high school
building.
In case anyone wishes to enroll
for the term, they should see Mr.
McAdams at once. Classes are
held in the morning only.
STROKE IS FATAL TO
HENRY C. COOKE, 67
Henry Columbus Cooke, 67,
died Thursday afternoon at his
home near Swan Creek from
heart complications and a stroke
of paralysis suffered the previous
Monday.
The deceased was twice mar
ried, frist to Miss Martha Sparks
and after her death to Mrs. Fan
nie Elliott Smith, who survives
with four children, one sister
and one half-sister.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday morning at 11 o'clock from
Swan Creek Baptist church. In
terment was In the church ceme
tery.
Your Picture May
Win You Passes
To Theatre Here
An opportunity to get your
picture in the paper and at the
same time receive two free
tickets to the Lyric theatre is
being riven readers of The
Tribune, bet inning with this
issue.
Elsewhere in this paper will
be found a candid camera
photograph made on Main
street, in which several people
are pictured. To the young
lady whose head appears in a
white circle will be given two
free passes to the Lyric theatre
here if she will call at The
Tribune office.
Beginning next week, three
candid camera photographs
will appear, and to those whose
heads are circled will be given
two passes each.
Watch The Tribune each
week. Your picture may ap
pear.
YADKIN CO. WOMAN
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Red
ding Passes Following
Brief Illness
RITES HELD WEDNESDAY
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Redding,
82, died at the hospital here
Tuesday following a brief ill
ness. The deceased was a na
tive of .Yadkin county and a
daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Simms. She was
twice married, first to Samuel
Sparks and after his death to
Enos M. Redding, who preceded
her in death 19 years ago.
Surviving are two daughters
and one son, Mrs. J. C. Martin,
of t.his city, with whom she had
made her home for a number of
years, and Mrs. Arthur Masten
and L. G. Redding of the Cycle
community. Two sisters, Mrs.
M. A. Hinson of Yadkinville, and
Mrs. William Money of Ronda,
21 grandchildren and 14 great
grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday morning at 11
o'clock from Swan Creek Bap
tist church in charge of the
pastor, Rev. N. T. Jarvis, assist
ed by Rev. Eph Whisenhunt,
of the First Baptist church in
this city.
Mrs. Redding had been a mem
ber of Swan Creek church since
early womanhood.
TULLY BLAIR WILL
SPEAK HERE SUNDAY
Tully D. Blair, president of the
Security Life and Trust company
and an elder in the First Presby
terian church in Winston-Salem,
will speak at the Presbyterian
church in this city Sunday morn
ing at 11 o'clock.
The public is cordially invited
to hear him.
The lowest temperature at the
North Pole is 60 degrees below
zero, Fahrenheit
Elkin
The Best Little Towa
In North Carolina"
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
FARM LABORERS ,
SURRY'S LARGEST
JOBLESS GROUP
Unemployment Census in
County Analyzed
574 ARE UNEMPLOYED
Among Women Semi-Skilled
Workers Make Up the
Largest Group
117 SEMI-SKILLED MEN
By PAUL MAY
(Tribune Washington Bureau)
Washington, D. C., May 17. —
Listing Surry county's unem
ployed by occupations, on the ba
sis of the unemployment census
last November, it is shown that
today the county has more farm
laborers out of work than any
other occupation group among
its jobless men.
Among Surry county's unem
ployed women, on the other hand,
the semiskilled workers make up
the largest occupation group.
Of 571 Surry county men who
reported themselves totally un
employed, 164 were farm labor
ers. Other major occupation
groups among the county's jobless
were semiskilled workers, 117;
skilled workers and foremen, 94;
miscellaneous laborers, including
all drilled workers except farm
and servant classes, 70;
owners and tenants, 31.
Mijor occupation groups among
Surry county's 253 jobless wom
en were: semiskilled workers, 80;
farm laborers, 24; clerks and
kindred workers, 20; and servant
classes, 18.
Surry county had 8 totally
unemployed professional work
ers, 4 of them men; 33 farmers
and tenants, two of them wo
men; 5 former proprietors, man
agers and officials, one of them
a woman; and 38 jobless, in
cluding 31 women, whose occu
pations were not reported.
DR. JOHNSON TO
CONDUCT REVIVAL
Will Arrive Here Sunday for
Meeting to Begin at First
\ Baptist Church
SERVICES TWICE DAILY
Dr. Walter L. Johnson, pastor
of the First Baptist church in
Mount Airy, will arrive Sunday
afternoon to preach in the annual
revival which will begin at the
First Baptist church in this city
Sunday evening.
At tht Southern Baptist con
vention in Richmond last week.
Dr. Johnson received an appoint
ment from the Foreign Mission
Board to do mission work in
Mexico. He will leave for his new
post early in June.
The church feels exceedingly
fortunate in securing Dr. John
son at this time. Since the first
of the year Dr. Johnson has re
ceived thirty-six new members
into the fellowship of his church,
twenty-six of this number were
by baptism.
Services will be held twice
daily, at 9:30 in the morning and
7:30 in the evening. The church
extends a cordial invitation to
the public to attend the meet
ings.
ELKIN, JONESVILLE
SENIORS ARE GUESTS
Thirty-one seniors from Elkin
high school and sixteen seniors
from Jonesville high school were
guests of the Elkin Kiwanis club
at the regular weekly dinner
meeting at Hotel Elkin Thursday.
In addition to the seniors, Miss
Alice Dixon, class sponsor for the
Elkin group, and Mrs. J. R. Wells,,
sponsor for the Jonesville class,
were also guests.
Attorney William M. Allen ad
dressed the graduates, using as
his subject "Where Are You Go
ing?".
Members of the club will meet
at Hotel Elkin this afternoon
(Thursday) at 5:45, and go from
there to Winston-Salem for a
Joint meeting of the third divi
sion of the state clubs at the Rob
ert E. Lee hotel. The affair will
also be observed as ladles' night.
Wedding: Permits
Marriage license were granted
and released for publication
during the past week for the
following two couples:
Melvin P. Sullivan, of Afield,
to Frances Evans, of Klkio, and
Gavin H. Dortch. Jr., of Elkin,
to Mable Doughton Davis, of
High Point.