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Elkin
“The Beat LittU: Town
in North, Carolina”
The Elkin Tribune
14 Pages
TWO SECTIONS
::TOL. No.itXX. No. 12
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY. JANUARY 30,1941
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
s
BRIEF
Secretary Stimson
Stresses Factor of
Time In Testimony
BATTERED BUT UmOWED but jnbowed, the city of London.
heart of the British Empire- presents this scene of devastation. Rearing up out of
the flames and smoke of surrounding; build'iOg:s is St. Paul’s Cathedral. This photo
was made during a frreat fire raid on the B-ilish capital.
I
KIWANISCLUB
HEARS REVIEW
OFPAST YEARS
NATIONAL /
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2
Newspapers here and In
Yort save credence t« reports
that 8. Clay Wllllain*. chalr-
nian itf the bovd ol the B. J.
Beynoids Tobacco company,
woedd be asked by the Roose
velt adminlstf^Uon to assume
the duties of minister to Great
Britain, a newly created post
in the diplomatic service. It
waa s^d that the asslyiunent
of-Mr. WUUams to duty in
ijsidon woold colnelde with
the appolntnaenl of John C.
Winant as ambassador to Enc*
land to sneeeed Joseph F. Ken
nedy, who tendered Jib rcsls-
nati«t some weeks aco. slynl-
fylnc at the same time his lack
of sympathy for some of the
president's tureign poUcles.
SAYS PASSAGE
OF BILL IS VITAL
TO U. S. SAFETY
Believes Britain Will Win
With Aid
AXIS !S VULNERABLE
Senate Committee Is Told
Bill Is Not Dictatorial
Bui Democratic
Interesting Program Staged
During Meeting
WOULD BETTER SCHOOLS
Body Votes Unanimously to
Ask for New Bridge
Approach
OBJECTIVES ARE LISTED
AMENDMENTS STUDIED
HON. CLYDE R. HOEY
CLYDE R. HOEY
TO SPEAK HERE:
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2S.—In
clipped monosyllabics, Gen.
Gco^e C. Marshall today ex-
1^111 ii[| i1 the opinion that Brit
ain eonld whip Germany with
the Amtftcan aid contemplat
ed nnd^ the lease-lend bill,
while Secretary Bforyenthau
declared thal unless the bill b
passed the British must stop
richtlny. The views of the
army's chief of staff, expressed
to reporters aflar he had tes
tified at a Mciut Session of the
house forrifu affairs e«nmnj| hail
tee, recaUad the terthnony p
cn bat week by CoL Charles A.
UndhfSih. Undberih said
that even with the fuU milHary
of the United SUtes
Britain could not hope success
fully to invade the continent
of Europe, unless Germany
cedlapsed Internally.
Washinston.. Jan 29.—Seertary
of War Stimson today defined the
0 >Jective of the ald-to Britain bill
as the purchase of time—"the
time necessary to arm and pro
tect ourselves."
The United States Is forced to
buy' the time, he declared, "and
we are buying time from the only
nation which can sell us that
time."
Appearing before the Senate
forel^ relations committee, the
War Department chief renewed
his advocacy of the legislation to
meet "the extraordinary emergen-
cy which Uie aggressor nations
ANNIVERSARY BANQUET nave created for this country."
Cites Reasons
In a formal statement he mar
shaled his additional arguments
for the bill und r these headings:
That Great Britain, given help,
was In a position to prevail;
That the axis powers were vul
nerable in many respects;
That intsmaQonal law Justifies,
rather than forbids, full aid to
The club b composed of 60'Brltaln. and
n-A>- ATTinlm'^R * of the! 41., 1
FORME ELKIN
WOMAN PASSES
“Lone Ranger”
Presented in
Tribune Today
IHIGHWAYME
RESIGN JOBS
Mr». Ellen Blackwood Dies at
Home of Her Daughter
in Ronda
WAS NATIVE OF STOKES
Fortner (governor to Be Guest j
of Thurmond Chatham
Unity Club
Hon. Clyde R. Hoey. of Shelby,
former governor of North Caro
lina. will be guest speaker ai. the
second anniversary banquet of
the Tliurmond Chatham Unity
club of Chatliam Manufacturing
compan}' to be held on Friday ev
ening. January 31. at the banquet
II atrHotel Elkin.
Mrs. Ellen Poster Blackwood,
71, formerly a resident of Elkin,
died early Thurslay morning at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Carl Hendrix, at Honda. Mrs.
Blackwood was the widow of N. J.
Blackwood, Sr., who died Jan
uary 11, 1940.
Mr. and Mrs. Blackwood moved
from Elkin to Wlnston-Bsdem In
1918 and resided there until Mr.
Blackwood's death. Sioce that
time she had made her home in
Honda. She was a native of
With this issue of The Tri
bune "The Lone Ranger,”
thrilling new action cartoon,
begins a series of exciting ad-
vent.ires In The Tribune.
Cl rated by Fran Striker,
"The LMie Ranger" will ap
pear in thb paper each week
and should prove a popubr
feature for both children and
rrown-nps alike. In no way
connected with any advertis
ing. thb feature U provided by
The Tribune purely for the en
tertainment of its subscribers.
Turn now to the first in
stallment and follow the ad
ventures of the Lone Ranger,
Tonto and Silver each week.
Members of Commis.sion Ten
der Resignations to Gov
ernor Broughton
McCRARY ACTING CH’M
Governor Broughton has an
nounced that all members of the
state highway and public works
commission, including Chairman
Prank L. Dunlap, have tendered
their resignations to him.
Action of the commissioners,
he said, was not "Instigated or
requested by me." He added
young men, emrloi'e«’ of thel xiial the bill b not dictatorial,
mill, and has weekly meetings, j proper action of a demo-
wllh programs on cultural, po-jcratlc government,
lltical. scientific. rellglou.K and, while the Senate committee lb-
other topics wlUi many notable' stimson. the House for-
speakera for the meetings. Elec-igj^j^ affairs committee began a
live officers of the club »r®=jsiudy of proposed amendments to
Hugh Salmons president: Alex measure In hopes of getting It
Chatham, Ul, vice-president; I |,y tomorrow night.
Walter Metz, secretary-treasurer;; Democratic majority tenta-
Recce Gilliam, assbtant
- - ' ik'c'y favored adding provisions
tary-treasurer: Bobby Harrb. par- , years;
llameniarlan. and w. J. Hysl P', banning the use of convoys: re
director.
I quiring periodic reports for Con-
LONDON. Jan. 28.-^ritbh
naval authorities announced
tenely today that the big war-
converted Uner Empress of
Australia b “safe In poH." and
one source suggested that ra
dio messages reporting her tor
pedoed and sbeUed might have
been "a German trick.” The
messages were received last
night by the Miami Fla., sta
tion of Tropical Radio, wtdeh
said they had no way of tell
ing Whether they were genuine.
Beginning at 10:3G p. m, E. S.
T., the messages, over a period _ _ _ _
of about 20 minutes, gave i,, upekrv mpprino of the'First Baptist church, the pastor,
WMmiw- evonte. Jelly Mor,l..tt, «11 pr.acl, on
. . public relation., mu. Ol! lit -“blect. ' Tl.e Power ot Ure
'f,” U.e Bobetl E. Lee Hotel in Wm- R«“rreerion." At tl.e evcnlnit
• belm lOieUed ai.ln. 1 jtott-Salem. »aa auest epeaker. ■ lervlce at 1;30 Rev. MotrUelt
Mr. Leftwieh b well known for. v-ill talk on second Corinthians.
The dinner Friday evening will, g^ess on leasc-lend operations, and
oe a stag affair, with guests hi | directing the President to consult
addition to the club members i army and navy heads before
being company officials, depart- iramsferrlng military equipment.
ment heads and plant foremen.
too *** approxi- j{i£(;ioNAL CONFERENCE
"'ai the first anniversary meet- TO BE HELD FEBRUARY I
Ing last year Hon. Thad Eure.
secretary’ of the SUte of North Sunday at the morning hour of
Carolina, was guest speaker. 'worship, at 11 o’clock,
and beloved woman.
Funeral services were held from
the home of a >on, Howard
Blackwood, in Winston-Salem.
Interment was in Forsyth Mem
orial Park there.
Survivors Include five daugh
ters. Miss Sallle Blackwood. Wln-
ston-Salcm: Mrs. Carl Hendrix,
Ronda; Mrs. L. E. Copple. Jr..
New York City; Mrs. C. C. Lear.
Clearfield, Pa.; and Mrs. Pauline
McSwalm, of Miami. Pla.: three
sons. N. J. Bbekwood. Ji’.. Elkin
and Winston-Salem: Howard
Blackwood and c. O. Blackwood,
al.so of Winston-Salem. One ab
ler. Mrs. G. M. Wllcoxen. of Du
buque, Colo., and two brothers. N.
E. Foster. Calif,, and J. V. Foster,
of North Wllkesboro, and seven
grandchildren also survive.
FOUR INJURED
IN AUTO CRASH
J.. F. (Buddy) Fields Most
Severely Hurl as Car
Turns Turtle
WRECK IN JONESVILLE
TWO TEAMS ARE
YET UNBEATEN
INTERNATIONAL ■ nb interest in music. On Tuesday. February 4.
LONDON, Jan. 28.—Minus I ' 'dsa- regional pastors' conference
tin hat, Wendell L. ^^hlkle i ^ g a WTfi i w’ill be held at the church, with
plunged cheerfully about Lon-jpAK I Y r'l AIV\ "“•’kers from the state asso-
don today through four alrjl /U\ 1 1 1 ii/Uw | cigUon present to assbt with the
raids, acting as If nothing out ___ ¥\r« t IMaTrinn' pastors. Sunday
of the ordinary had happened I IIU UL A 11||\|M V\lschool and young peoples' work-
and permuting nothing to dis- l\LlilL/iilLuv3i ers arc invited to attend the
turb hb strenuous schedule. meeting.
Vudkinvillc Boys and Sparta
Girls Hold Perfect Rec
ords in Conference
STANDINtJS ANNOUNCED
In the first naxl visitation of ^ ^ Birthdav Dancc
the day, and the first he had , „ . . ,
experienced, he was caught ^•'1' i resident at Hotel
without the steel helmet he Elkin Tonight
had brought from the United
SUtes—and he like*Ue sue- ! p|^00R S H O W FEATURE
ceeded in entering the house of •
commons without a gas mask,
ordinarily required equipment
admitted there.
NEW SANITARIAN
ASSUMES DUTIES
had Just stepped out of St.
Paul's cathedral when the
day's Initial warning sounded.
He cocked an ear. smled and
said: "Fine! that’s Just fine!"
CAIRO, Egypt, Jan. 28.—A
"free French” camel corps op
erating from Chad—the north
ern area of equatorial Africa—
has begun an offensive against
the Italians In southwestern
Libya, thus opening a third
fighting front In an African
struggle menacing the whole
of the fascist empire. Thb
new blow against the Italians
was belatedly announced by
radio tonbht by General
Georges Catronx, an associate
of Genetal Charles de OaoUe,
the snprane commander of all
those Frenchmen who rejected
the annbtlce with Cktinany
have been fighting on as
Britain’s aBfcs.
Franklin Folger. Jr., chairman
of tile local Blrtliday Party for the
President, announces that plans
are In readiness for the party
here.
An afternoon bridge and rook
party will be held thb afternoon
(Thursday) at Hotel Elkin and In
the evening round dancing and
square dancing will be enjoyed.
Harold Gale and hb orcrestra
from Winston-Salem will play for
(Continued on Last Page. Sec. 1)
BLANKETEER TEAMS
TO MEET DRAYTON
Basketball fans have a treat In
store for them thb week-end
when the boys and glrb teams of
the Chatham Blanketeers meet
the strong teams frexn the Dray
ton millK in Spartanburg, S. C..
on Friday, January 31. and Sat
urday. February l, at the local
gymnasium. On both nights the
games wUl begin at 7:30.
Palmer Dewey Cain. Jr., of
Harmony, has assumed hb new
duties as sanitarian with^ the
Surry county department of
health, succeeding diaries A.
Butler, who recently resigned to
accept a place with the Rocky
Mount health department.
Mr. Cain Is a graduate of Wake
Forest College and came to hb
new post direct from a course In
the school of public health at the
University of North Carolina.
Please Notify
Tribune If Paper
Fails to Arrive
The Tribune b anxious to
have each copy of the paper
reach subscribers r^rokirly,
whether delivered by mail or
carrier boy. In event Uist yoor
paper b not delivered regular
ly by either source. It b re
quested that The Tribune be
notified Immediately so that
the cause may he corrected.
With but two undefeated teaou,
remaining, the Yadkin Valley
Pour-County Basketball Confef-
■ b well under way. with ■
teams stacking up about even at]
over the territory. Only the Yid-
klnviUe boys and Sparta glrb
hold undefeated record
. Ute close of the season,
which ends the week of February,
17. a conference tournament will
be staged here at the Elktn gym
nasium to determine the cham
pion boys’ and glrb' teain.s.
Pour people were hurt, one
seriously, in an automobile wreck
which occurred shortly after 4:00
o’clock Wednesday afternoon
the hlgnway In Jonesville Just a
short dbtance from the Jones
ville creek bridge.
Those Injured were J, P. (BW
dyi Fields, of Cool Springs, only
occupant of one of the cars and
the mast seriously hurt, and Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Collins and
Mr. Collin.s’ mother, Mrs. A. M.
Collins, all ot North Elkin. With
the exception of Pleld.s. who re
ceived a badly Injured arm and
lacerations, the others suffered
only brubes and lacerations, ex
amination at the hosplWl db-
closed.
Preston Southard, of North
Elkin, driver of the car in which
the Collins were passengers, stat
ed that Fields attempted to turn
around on the highway, and that
he was unable to slop hb ma
chine before it had crashed into
the other automobile. Force of
tl»c Impact turned Fields’ ma
chine up-slde-down. wrecking it
badly. Southard was en route to
Statesville at the time of the ac
cident. where he was taking Mrs.
Raymond Collins to a hospital.
Aside from a bump on the nead
and minor lacerations, he was not
hurt.
(Continued on Last Pfi.Te, Sec. 1)
FOUR SURRY SCHOOLS
CLOSED BY INFLUENZA
! the five Surry cuunty
schoob which have been closed
account'of the current epi
demic, only one has reopened, it
was learned from Dobsem Wed
nesday.
Beulah school opened Monday,
after being closed last week. Low
Gap. Pilot Mountain, ^eltoo-
town and Mount Airy schoob re
main closed. It was said.
Although cases of t^ disease
here have shown some Increase;
since last week, the sltuaticei here
b not considered near the epl-!^
demlc stage, It la understood.
B.W. DOUGLASS
PASSES AWAY
Elkin Man Dies Wednesday
Morning FoUowinjj Ill
ness of Week
H 014 D FUNERAL TODAY
Benjamin Walker Douglass. 74.
died at hb home on West Main
street early Wednesday morning
from a critical Illness of a week
following a stroke of panlysb.
Mr. Douglass bad been in declin
ing health for a number of years.
He was a native of Washington
county.
The family came here In 1933
from Dobson, where they resided
(Oonttmisd on last Page, 6so. 1)
that he hod asked the conunls-
loners to continue to serve for
10 or 90 days, and tliat they had
agreed to do thb.
Broughton's announcement
made a f^ moments after he
had conferred In executive ses
sion with the commission, did not
state specifically whether the
commissioners would or would
not be reappointed by him.
Simultaneously with Brough-
t ojr' s announcement. Cl.alrman
Dunlap told newsmen that he had
been advised by hb physician to'
take a rest, and that the Gov
ernor ard members of the com
mission nad consented to allow
him to take sick leave ot 90 days,
starting February 1.
In hb long service as a state
official. Dunlap has accumulated
more than 100 days of sick leave,
and so will continue to receive
hb salary while taking
Thursday's meeting of the
Elkin Klwanb club at Hotel
Elkin was featured by the read
ing of the lntematl(mal Presi
dent's message by Past President
L. S. Weaver; a review of the ac
tivities of the club during the 17
years he has resided here, by Rev.
L. B. Abecnethy; a Ibt of some
objectives by Rlwanlan H. F.
Duncan, and a motion to ask the
State Highway Commission to re
place the approach to the river
bridge, which was destroyed in’
the recent flood.
In reviewing the accomplbh-
ments of tlie club Rev. Mr. Aber-
nethy stated that the club was a
clearing house for the communi
ty, and had done a great good
since its organization. He men
tioned a few of the things which
the Klwanb club has either spon
sored or assbted In putting over
Including building of Hotel Elkin,
getting the Duke Power Into thb
sectltxi. the Lakes-to-Rorlda high
way. road to North Wllkesboro.
Hugh Chatham Memorial hoepl-
tal. and later an addition to the
hospital. The Klwanb club has
also dqne good work in assisting
In the'nlght school, he stated.
Rev. Mr. Duncan Ibted as some
of the objectives which he
thought the club should get be
hind thb year, the following: bet
ter equipment and facilities for
Scout movement here; movies for
colored people (now being pro
vided In Ute construction of a
new theatre with colored bal
cony); more room and equipment
for public schopb; and a stadium.
Governor Broughton, asked di
rectly whether Dunlap's leave
meant that the chairman "b out
for good.” replied: "It may or It
may not."
During Dunlap’s leave. D. B.
McCrary, of Asheboro. highway
commissioner from the sixth dl-
vblon. '.viU serve as tcmporeiy
chalrmin.
YADKIN WOMAN
Was Widow of I.jite Rev.
.Miles H. Vestal; Had Suf
fered Broken Hip
FUNERAL HELD SUNDAY
Mrs. Victoria Haynes Vestal.
81. of Yadklnvllle. widow of Rev.
Miles H. Vestal. «me of the best
known ministers of thb section
and former presiding elder of the
Western North Carcrflna Meth-
odbt Conference, died at the lo
cal hospital at midnight Thurs
day. Mrs. Vestal suffered a brok
en hip at her home two weeks
ago and her condition had been
critical since she received the in
jury.
8he was a native of Jonesville
and a daughter ot the late Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Haynes.
Survivors Include two daugh
ters, Mrs. Estelle V. Johnson.
Yadklnvllle: Mrs. ir. Page Clark,
of Southern Pines; lour sons. Dr.
Henry W. Vestal. Somerttn, Ariz.;
Paul J. Vestal. North Wllkesboro:
Ernest Vestal. Baltimore. Md.;
and Albert C. Vestal. Salbbury;
eight grandchildren; seven great
grandchildren and one brother,
Thomas B. Haynes. Jonesville.
Funeral was held Sunday after
noon at 4 o'clock. Interment
In YadklnvUle cemetery.
(Continued on Last Page. Sec. 1)
GREEK PREMIER
METAXASDEAD
New Government Is Or^niz-
cd to Carry on Work of
Brilliant Leader
CORYOZIS IS NAMED
Athens.—Premier John Metax-
as. 70. dictator of Greece nearly
five years died today after a brief
Illness, and King George II swift
ly organized a new government
which he said would cony on the
war against Italy until victory
was achieved.
A royal proclamation axmounc-
cd that Alexander Coryozb. gov
ernor of the national bank of
Greece, had been named to head
a government composed of all the
present mlnbters.
Coryozb and the tninbtors took
the oath of allegiance In the pres-
of the monarch at 10 
nil7C TlIIlDCriAV 3 am. e.s.t..)-just three hours
llllJU lllUl\Ol/AI and 40 minutes after Melaxas died
sub-
at hb home In Klphbsla.
urb of Athens.
Metaxas's death followed a
throat operation. He had been ill
since Saturday.
PRESBYTERIANS
INSTALL OFFICERS
In a special service at the Pres
byterian church Sunday evening,
Van Dillon. Sr., and R. L. MUb
were Installed as elders and Hoke
F. Henderson and David Causey
as deacons. The sermon was by
Ih-. R. E. McAplln. of Wlnstoa-
Salem. and the dedicatory prayer
was by Attorney H. O. Welb, Jr.,
also of Winston-Salem.
Renew Drive to
Raise Funds for
Embattled Greeks
with $142.61 raised locally
for the Greek War Belief fond
and approximately $800 re
ported by Mount Airy, the to
tal in the county has reached
aliDosl $1,000. The drive b
being renewed throughout the
county and further contribu-
tloBS are Malted. DoitaUons
may be left locally either at
The Tribune office or at The
Bank of ElUn.