ELKIN
The Best
Little Town in
North Carolina
GILVIN ROTH Y. M. C. A. EDITION
The Elkin Tribune
40 Pages
5 SECTIONS
VOL. No. XXXI. No. 25.
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Strong Additional
S. Forces
Arrive
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In Australia
« STEADY STREAM
OF TANKS AND
GUNS ARRIVING
Curtain Says Troops Are Well
Equipped
PREPARE OFFENSIVE
To Slap At Japs Even in Face
Of Undiminished Invasion
f Threat
BOMBERS DO DAMAGE
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Canberra, Australia, April 29. —
Strong additional United States
reinforcements have arrived in
Australia, Prime Minister John
Curtin announced today in a
statement to the house of repre
sentatives.
He said the American troops
were well equipped and included
“important technical units.”
The prime minister also an
nounced that he had created “the
prime minister’s war conference”
consisting of himself, General
Douglas MacArthur and such
ministers and officers as he might
summon to discuss highest stra
tegical questions.
In his statement on the Ameri
can reenforcements, he said:
“Strong additional United
States reinforcements which are
well equipped and include im
portant technical units have ar
rived.
“The equipment position has
materially improved.
“In addition to acceleration of
local production of munitions,
supplies of tanks and guns are ar
riving. from overseas in increas
ing numbers and quantities of vi
tal war equipment have been re
ceived from ships originally des
tined for the Dutch East Indies.
“Supplies of modem United
States aircraft have made possi
ble reinforcement of our northern
air bases, resulting in constant
raiding of Japanese bases in New
Guinea, New Britain and Timor.”
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DATESETFOR
BIBLESCHOOL
Methodist Vacation Study 1
Class to Start on June
15th
DUNCAN IS IN CHARGE
The Board of Christian Educa
tion of the Methodis^gChurch, in
a meeting at the church Monday
evening, set the date for the an
nual ddily vacation Bible school
to open for a two-week session :
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Price Ceilings Placed
On Nearly Everything
Washington, April 28. — The
government tonight ordered rigid
controls on prices of millions of
everyday commodities eaten, worn
or otherwise used by the people
and pegged rents 111 302 commun
ities in one of the most sweeping
anti-inflationary steps in the na
tion’s history.
Price Administrator Leon Hen
derson, who thus struck the first
major blow in President Roose
velt’s fight to halt a dangerous
inflationary threat, estimated the
ordered — known as “general
maximum price regulation’’—will
cut the present cost of living by
IV2 per cent.
The regulations, to be followed
by sharp curbs on installment
buying and other anti-inflation
panaceas, will remain ih effect
for the duration but subject to
i
any changes the price control of
fice decrees.
There is no exact estimate of
the number of articles affected
but officials said there are “lit
erally millions.” Thus, instead of
listing those affected the OPA
merely listed those excepted,
chiefly certain farm products
which are subject to specific leg
islation.
The highest wholesale and re
tail prices prevailing during last
March were designated as the ab
solute maxim urns which may be
charged, effective next month, for
the countless articles making up
the American way of life—bread,
beef, pork, canned foods, coffee,
clothing, cigarettes, drugs, toilet
ries, furniture, home appliances,
hardware, and other so-called in
dispensibles.
J J T7 J7I7 D/lTIf V |f J Pictured below is the main structure of the Gilvin Roth Young Men’s
\jlLV iiV 1\\J 1 ll I . lYl.Ks. /l. Christian Association which will be formally dedicated and opened to the
public here Saturday afternoon beginning at 2:00 o’clock. The photo does not show the rear part of the beautiful
building which houses the large gymnasium and the recreation room. Completely modern in every respect, and con
taining equipment on a par with anything in the country, the new Y. M. C. A. is expected to become a center of the
religious, educational and recreational life of the citizens of Elkin and neighboring communities.—(Tribune Photo).
MOUNTAIN FIRE
EXTINGUISHED
Blaze in This Section Believ
ed Started By Unknown
Persons
r H R E E MEN IN JAIL
Fire in the mountains in this
mmediate section have been ex
iinguished, it was learned Tues
iay morning from George Royall,
)f Roaring Gap.
Mr. Royall stated that the blaze
which gained considerable head
way Saturday night were finally
jrought under control when about
100 men were sent to the scene by
;he Chatham Manufacturing Co.
lere.
Three men have been arrested
md are now being held in jail at
Sparta on charges of setting the
'ires which burned along the
nountainside near Roaring Gap,
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Instructions For Sugar
Registration Are Given
Citizens Must Have Complete Data
• When They Go To School To Sign Up
With all sugar sales frozen for a
week, Elkin institutional and in
dustrial users registered under the
sugar rationing plan Tuesday and
Wednesday, while plans were be
ing completed for the registration
of household users next Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day.
In Jonesville, due to failure of
the registration forms to arrive
in time, industrial and institu
tional registration was postponed
until today (Thursday), and Fri
day. These users of sugar will
register at the high school build
ing, while Jonesville household
users will register May 4, 5, 6 and
7 at the Jonesville elementary
school, between 2:15 and 6:30 p.
m.
All applicants for sugar ration
ing books are cautioned to be ful
ly prepared with full information
when they go to register next
week.
Only one member of feach fam
ily may register for the family
unit, but he or she must have
with them data regarding the
other members of the family. Ra
tion books will not be issued until
5 Cases Tried In
Magistrate Court
A number of cases have been
tried before Justice of the Peace
J. L. Hall during the past week.
Those disposed of were as fol
lows :
Gilmer Evridge, speeding, $10.00
and the costs.
Will Clore, two cases public
drunkenness, 60 days in jail.
C. B. strange, two cases public
drunkenness, 60 days in jail.
Nelson Macemore, public drunk
enness, costs.
Colen Tucker, running through
red traffic light, fined $2.00.
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all the data are furnished, it was
made clear.
Here is the information which
should be furnished at the time
of registration:
1. A list of the members of the
family and their exact names.
2. An exact description of each
member of the family unit, in
cluding height, weight, color of
eyes, color of hair, age and sex.
3. The exact relationship of
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TWO INJURED
IN ACCIDENT
Fred Barnett and Herman
Atkins Face Hearing for
Reckless Driving
CARS COLLIDE FRIDAY
Fred Barnett and Herman At
kins, both local men, will be giv
en a hearing here next Monday
before Magistrate J. L. Hall on
charges of reckless driving as the
result of a collis^n last Friday
night at the intersection of Gwyn
Avenue and Market streets. Two
Jonesville girls, Mabel Hemric
and Lorene Vestal, were injured
in the accident. Both were riding
in the Barnett car.
Police said Barnett was alleged
to have run through a red light
and struck the car occupied by
Atkins as it entered the intersec
tion. Both cars were damaged,
but Barentte and Atkins were not
injured.
The Hemric girl suffered a con
cussion of the brain, and the Ves
tal girl head lacerations. Both
were discharged from the local
hospital Monday.
TWO ARRESTED
FOR ROBBERY
Buck Lyons and Dewey Rog
ers Held for Court Under
$750 Bond
WERE NABBED SUNDAY
Buck Lyons and Dewey Rogers,
both local young men, were placed
in jail at Dobson Monday follow
ing a hearing before Magistrate
J. L. Hall on a charge of highway
robbery. Bond was set at $750
each.
The two young men were
charged with having forcibly
robbed Nelson Macemore, young
Yadkin county farmer of the
Boonville community, of $95.00 in
cash on the Yadkin river bridge
early Sunday morning.
When arrested later Sunday
morning by Policeman Tom Lewis,
Lyons was found to have the sum
of $45.00 in the pockets of his
clothing, while Rogers had $30.00.
The missing $20.00 was later re
covered by Chief of Police Corbett
Wall.
Police said that 30 minutes
prior to the robbery the three
men, all reported to have been
drinking, were ordered to go home
after being observed rambling a
round town. Macemore said that
Lyons and Rogers hurried to the
bridge to hold him up as he pro
ceeded to his home.
Lyons is under bond in another
case, having been bound over to
court prior to his arrest Sunday
on a charge of the theft of some
automobile tires.
Bingo Party For Navy
Relief Planned At Y
A benefit bingo party for the
Np,vy Relief Society is planned
for Thursday, May 14th, at 8
o’clock, at the Gilvin Roth Y. M.
C. A. The party will be in charge
of Charles Hanes, local chair
man of the campaign to raise
funds for the war work of the
society, and Herbert Graham, Jr.
Ntgnerous prizes will be award
ed the players and the general
public is invited to attend.
Dedication Program
To Be Held At 2:00
o’Clock In Afternoon
Rent Prices Here
And In Mt. Airy
Pegged By OPA
The Office of Price Adminis
tration Tuesday night pegged
rents in Elkin and Mount Airy
at their March 1 level in a rent
control program intended to
curb rising living costs.
Administrator Leon Hender
son designated the two com
munties as defense rental
areas. They are among 302
such areas in 46 states.
TOTAL OF 373
REGISTER HERE
Men Between 45 and 65 Sign
Up Under Selective
Service Act
HELD AT THE CITY HALL
A total of 373 men between the
ages of 45 and 65 years registered
here under the selective service
act Monday, it was learned from
J. L. Hall, registrar.
Men in this class will not be
subject to call for actual combat
duty, but will be classified for use
in industry and other uses. They
will not receive a questionnaire to
determine their eligibility for the
armed services, but for labor and
occupational service.
The registration was handled
efficiently here at the City Hall
under the direction of Registrar
Hall. Several young ladies who
are taking post graduate work at
the Elkin high school assisted in
the registration, as did several
men from the Chatham Manufac
turing Company office staff.
Revival In Progress
Elkin Valley Church
A revival meeting is in progress
this week at Elkin Valley Baptist
church. The pastor, Rev. R. E.
Adams, is being assisted in the
services by Rev. J. Harvey Saun
ders, pastor of the Florida Street
Baptist church in Greensboro,
who is bringing inspiring, spirit
ual messages. Services are held
each morning at 10:30 and each
evening at 8 o’clock and will con
tinue through the remainder of
the week.
The church extends a cordial
welcome to the public.
Elkin’s Blackout Said
To Be Complete Success
Elkin's first blackout, staged
Friday night in cooperation with
cities, towns and communities in
23 North Carolina counties, was
described by J. W. L. Benson and
other civiilan defense officials as
being “practically perfect.”
From the time the alarm
sounded about 9:17 p. m., through
the 30 minute blackout period,
citizens of the entire area cooper
ated in a wholehearted manner
in extinguishing all lights, keep
ing off the streets and otherwise
observing rules of the test.
Flaws in the test were caused
by several lights in the downtown
district wh,ich had been forgot
ten and left burning in empty
buildings, but air raid wardens
succeeded, in most cases, in get
ting these lights out shortly after
the alarm sounded.
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Public Invited To
Attend Program;
To Stage Tour
The magnificent Gilvin T. Roth
Y. M. C. A. will be officially open
ed and dedicated Saturday after
noon, May 2nd, at 2:00 o’clock
with a short and impressive pro
gram conducted from the stage in
the gymnasium building. The
public and membership is cordial
ly invited to attend the opening.
Located on East Main Street on
the site previously occupied by the
Alex Chatham home, this fine
Colonial type brick building with
its white columns rising majesti
cally, truly depicts the foresight
and vision of Thurmond Chat
ham, his associates, and the lead
ers of Elkin, who about a year ago
began the planning of the Gilvin
T. Roth Y. M. C. A. Plans by
Harold Macklin, architect, and J.
W. L. Benson, built by the Frank
L. Blum Company, this building
has everything in physical struc
ture and equipment that any Y.
M. C. A. plant could offer.
The opening and dedicatory
program is purposely planned to
be rather short. Those taking
part on this program are Ray
mond W. Harris, the president of
the Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A., who
will trace something of the his
tory of the building program and
will recognize the leaders who
have worked so diligently to make
this Y. M. C. A. possible. He will
then present Lt.-Commander
Thurmond Chatham, whose influ
ence and help has been a vital
factor in giving to Elkin the Gil
vin Roth Y. M. C. A. The Key
will be presented to Mayor J. R.
Poindexter for the people of El
kin and community by Mr. Chat
ham. The recognition of the Gil
vin Roth Y. M. C. A. into the
brotherhood of the organizations
of the Interstate Y. M. C. A. Fel
lowship will be made by Charles
E. Norfleet of Winston-Salem. Mr.
Norfleet is chairman of the Inter
state “Y” Committee of the Caro
linas. There will be brief remarks
by Rev. L. B. Abernethy, repre
senting the churches of the com
munity. T. C. McKnight, the Gen
eral Secretary, will be introduced
by President Harris, and an
nouncements will be made regard
ing certain operations and facil
ities of the new “Y” building. Fol
lowing a Glee Club rendition and
the benediction there will be a
guided tour for the public and
membership throughout the build
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The entire civilian defense
corps here swung into action at
the first sound of the alarm,
which was given by the Elkin fire
siren, the steam siren on the
laundry, and the whistle at Chat
ham Manufacturing Company.
But thanks to the fine spirit in
which the public cooperated it .
was not necessary for the war
dens to over exert themselves as
lights winked out as if by magic.
All members of the defense or
ganization were loud in their
praise of the success of the test,
and officials at corps headquar
ters at the city halls reported that
they received only a few calls as
to violations, which in the most
part were caused by oversight and
not deliberately.
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