CONGRATULATIONS! VX
years a valued employee of the Chatham Manufacturing
Company, shakes hands with Lieutenant Commander
Thurmond Chatham, U. S. N., president of the Company,
just prior to receiving from Brig. General Clifford Iiee
Corbin a beautiful “E” pin which he accepted on behalf of
the^employees of the Company, who later received in
dividual pins. Photo was made during exercises at the
Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A. Monday in which Army-Navy “E”
Award was presented the Chatham Company.—Tribune
Photo.
Chatham Company Is
Presented "E” Award
Excellence Pennant Unfurled in Presence of High Army,
Navy Officers, State and National Figures, and
Employees of Company Monday Afternoon
On behalf of the Chatham
Manufacturing Company, Lieu
tenant Commander Thurmond
Chatham, U. S. N. R., and presi
dent of the Chatham Manufac
turing Company here, Monday af
ternoon received the highest hon
or that can be paid to an indus
trial plant in war time — the
Army-Navy Award of Excellence.
The attractive “E” pennant was
presented Commander Chatham
by Brigadier General Clifford Lee
Corbin, of the quartermaster’s
corps, Washington, D. C., in an
Impressive presentation ceremony
held at the Gilvin Roth
Y. M. C. A., in the presence of
Chatham employees and high
ranking officers of the army, navy
and marine corps, and high state
and national officials.
To “Uncle Dave” Woodruff, one
of the company’s oldest employ
ees, but now retired after 48 years
of service, General Corbin pre
sented a sterling silver pin em
blematic of the individual’s effort
in the program. Mr. Woodruff
received the pin in behalf of the
REPLY RECEIVED
TO BOND WIRES
Treasury Department Calls
July Bond Sales Remark
able Achievement
POSTMASTER NOTIFIED
Mayor J. R. Poindexter has re
ceived a letter from R. W. Coyne,
field director, War Savings Staff,
Teasury Department, Washington,
D. C., in reply to the telegram
sent to President Roosevelt, July
31 concerning the sale of bonds
here in July.
The letter follows:
We have your telegram of July
31, addressed to the President, an
nouncing the highly successful
War Bond campaign in Elkin dur
ing the month of July.
In a letter to Mr. P. W. Ora
ham (Elkin Postmaster), we ex
plained that official figures are
not broken down for sales units
smaller than counties. Although
it is not possible to measure the
sijt ©ess with which cities through
out the United States ^xiended
skies objectives in -July^ we wish
to thank the leaders of Elkiif arid
all who participated in this re*
markable achievement.
We hope that succeeding sties
objectives will be surpassed by m
I» equally generous margin.
: Chatham employees, who received
similar pins following the cere
mony.
The ceremony, held in the Y. M.
C. A. auditorium, was broadcast
over a state-wide network of ra
dio stations, and was presided
over by Former Gov. Clyde R.
Hoey, of Shelby. The program
was opened by Albert L. Butler,
vice-president of the Chatham
Manufacturing Company and ac
tively in charge of the company
during the absence of Mr. Chat
ham.
Mr. Hoey, who presented Gen
eral Corbin and introduced the
other notables present, praised
the spirit of the Chatham work
ers and expressed the desire that
the entire’ nation might develop
a similar enthusiasm to end the
war victoriously.
General Corbin, in his presen
tation address, paid tribute to the
men on the production line. “That
the Chatham Company has been
deemed worthy to receive this
honor is a tribute not only to ef
fective management on the part
of company officials, but to the
untiring efforts on the part of
each and every employee,” he
said.
The Chatham company has
converted and expanded its plant
to meet wartime needs to the
point where 80 per cent of its en
tire effort is directed toward war
production, the speaker said. At
the time the recommendation for
the “E” award was placed before
the army board for production
awards, he said, the firm had
completed the manufacture of
more than two and one-quarter
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Guernsey School To
Be Held At Klondike
One of the three Guernsey
judging schools to be held in
North Carolina during the week
of August 17, will be held at
Klondike Farm here on August 18,
with dairy farmers, county agents
and vocational teachers attend
ing.
Other schools will be held "in
Durham and Haywood counties.
The school here will begin at
10 o’clock in the morning. Dean
H. H. Kildee of Ohio State Col
lege, will be the principal instruc
tor for ea'ch school and Prof. J.
P. LaMaster of Clemson College,
S. C., will assist with the show
here.
Five classes of cows and heifers
and two classes of bulls will be
judged at each of the shows.
The Elkin Tribune
VOL. No. XXXI. No. 40
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE
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Brig. Gen. Clifford Lee Corbin presents the coveted Army-Navy “E” pennant to Lieut. Comdr.
Thurmond Chatham, U. S. N., and president of the Chatham Manufacturing Company, in photo at
top, made during the presentation exercises of the Excellence Award at the Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A.
Monday afternoon. Lower photo shows the pennant displayed by Miss Ann Lineback and Miss Ann
Gross, who raised it on high from a staff which had been erected in the auditorium, immediately
after Commander Chatham had accepted it from the hands of General Corbin.—Tribune Photos.
Draftees To Be Guests
At Banquet August 18
Large Number Of Men To Leave
Soon For Induction Into Army
A banquet will be staged at the
Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A. here
Tuesday evening, August 18, at
7:30 for all selective service draf
tees who will leave for induction
into the United States Army on
August 20 from the Dobson draft
board. The banquet, which will
be similar to those staged for oth
er draftees, will again be sponsor
ed by the George Gray Post of the
American Legion, in cooperation
with other civic organizations and
individuals. Each of the men
leaving for camp will be presented
a gift.
An interesting program will be
presented for the entertainment
of the guests. The program will
be highlighted with a talk by T.
C. McKnight, superintendent of
the Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A.
The list of men who are to go
to the Army this month was re
leased by the local draft board
Wednesday, and appears below. It
marks the largest quota yet sent
from this area.
Sam David Thomas, transfer
red from other board; James Rob
ert Young, Elkin; Jefferson Em
ery Poindexter, Rt. 4, Mt. Airy;
Charlie Henry Crissman, Rt. 1,
Siloam; James Paul Sprinkle, Rt.
1, Pilot Mountain; Harvey Wil
liam Key, Rt. 1, Elkin; Boyce Ed
gar Davis, Elkin; Oatis Clifton
Boles, Rt. 1, Elkin; Claude Reece
Barker, Elkin; Richard Carl Mar
tin, Rt. 1, Elkin; Guy Edward
Stinson, Elkin; Robert Roby Ken
nedy, State Road; John Mack
Bullen, Liberty, Rt. 3; Sam Lewis
Sizemore, Elkin; Arthur James
Inman, Rt. 2, Pilot Mountain;
Porter Gray Hardy, Rt. 2, Dobson;
Paul Sprinkle, Elkin.
James Lewis Byrd, Elkin and
Orangeburg, S. C. (voc.); Earl
Winston Sammons, Thurmond;
Lytle B. Tulbert, Rt. 1, Elkin;
Rufus James White, Rt. 1, Elkin;
James Oscar Gentry, Elkin; Ezra
Daniel Thompson, State Road;
Archie Lee Draughn, Rt. 4,
Mt. Airy; Kermit Franklin Ander
son, Elkin; Herman G. Royall,
Elkin; Walter Richard Johnson,
Elkin; Claudius W. Eason, Low
gap; William Henry Lein
bach, Elkin; William Albin Mc
Ilwee, Elkin; Joe Walter Sim
mons, Pilot Mountain; Alvin Car
lyle Wood, Dobson; Walter Mor
rison Snow, Rt. 1, Elkin; Gilmer
S. T. Whitaker, Rt. 1, Siloam;
Linnie Isaiah White, Rt. 1, Elkin;
James Monroe Hill, Rt. 2, Pilot
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FOLGER SPEAKS
TO JR. CHAMBER
Tells of Experiences in Con
gress and Urges Full
War Effort
GUESTS ARE PRESENT
John H. Folger, congressman
from this district, was guest
speaker for the Junior Chamber
of Commerce meeting held Mon
day evening at the Neaves picnic
park. Mr. Folger was here for
the formal exercises attendant to
the awarding of the Army-Navy
pennant to Chatham Manufactur
ing company for excellence in
production of war materials.
A picnic supper was served, con
sisting of country ham and num
erous accessories.
Special guests in addition to
Congressman Folger were Dr. E.
G. Click, Hugh Royall, R. C.
Lewellyn and J. W. L. Benson.
Mr. Folger spoke briefly on his
experiences in congress and urged
the Jaycees to put forth every ef
fort for war duties now and for
the period following our victory.
C. C. Weaver, Jr., president of
the group, presided over the ses
sion.
The electric generators on a big
U. S. battleship or carrier could
fill the electric power require
ments of a city the size of New
ark, N. J. Such warships have
power plants generating an out
put two-thirds as great as that of
TVA’s Norris Dam.
Americans Pushing
Way Into Interior
Of Three Islands
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Curb Market Has
Customers, Not
Enough Sellers
The Elkin Curb Market,
which opened here several
weeks ago is faced with a pecu
liar situation due to the fact
that it has more calls for pro
duce than it has produce to of
fer.
Claude Farrell, a member of
the Junior Chamber of Com
merce, the organization which
sponsored the market, said
Tuesday that more sellers are
needed to supply the demand.
To date, Mr. Farrell said, the
market has had to close around
10:30 or 11:00 o’clock in the
morning due to the fact that
all sellers who brought in pro
duce had sold out, and that
iach Saturday numerous per
sons seeking to buy at the mar
ket were disappointed because
nothing was left.
“We want all farmers who
have produce to sell to use the
market,” Mr. Farrell said. The
customers are there waiting to
buy. All they have to do is
bring in their goods.”
Farmers are required to go
through no red tape to use the
market and are urged to sell
their produce there each Sat
urday.
ARE PLANNING
SALVAGE DRIVE
Local Committee Hears Ra
dio Talk By Governor
Broughton Thursday
•EVERYONE CAN HELP
A. O. Bryan, chairman of the
local Scrap Salvage committee;
said Wednesday that plans are
under way here for the local
Scrap Salvage Caifipaign, and
that as soon as complete informa
tion is available as to packing,,
shipping and disposing of the
various scrap materials wanted
for the war effort, full details will
be announced.
One feature that is being plan
ned is a “Junk Rally” to which
everyone will be invited to attend
and bring as much junk, as they
can, but complete details have not
been announced..
The committee met last Thurs
day evening and heard a Radio
pep talk by Governor Broughton,
who spoke from Raleigh.
He pointed out, in discussing
the materials wanted, that even
housewives can help make bombs
for Bei lin by preparing to do their
part in the campaign.
House furnishings and other
equipment owned by the average
American housewife contain a to
tal of nearly 1,000 pounds of iron
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Liquor Flows Freely
Here Over Week-end
Twelve persons were arrested
here during the past week-end on
charges of public drunkenness.
Tried Monday before Magistrate
J. L. Hall, the cases were dispos
ed of as follows:
Prank Martin, colored; T. C.
Lear, Charlie Combs, Willie Mar
tin, Bob Allen, colored; Dewey
Blackburn, Boyd Shepherd, and
Archie Combs, public drunken
ness, each fined $2.50 and costs.
David Shore, public drunken
ness, $1.00 and costs; DeWitt
Crabb, public drunkenness, 30
days; David Watts, public drunk
enness, taxed with costs; Paul
Swaim, public drunkenness, $2.00
and costs.
Romey Marion, 90 driver’s li
cense, taxed with costs.
FACING STRONG
JAPANESE AIR,
LAND ATTACKS
—u
Few Details of Fighting
Received
PLANES PLAYING PART
Marines Fighting Inland
With Bayonet and Hand
Grenades
APPROACH OBJECTIVE
General MacArthur’s Head
quarters, Australia. — United
States Marines are fighting- their
way into the interior of three key >,
Solomon Islands against a. des1
perate Japanese defense and un
der a furious attack by enemy
bomber and fighter planes, re
ports indicated today.
Details of the fighting were
awaited eagerly at headquarters
especially because of a belief that
the marines, in effecting their
first landings, used parachutists.
On the sixth day of the first
great American offensive in the
Pacific, it was indicated that the
Japanese were fighting a desper
ate delaying action while from
bases all over the southwest Pa
cific they rushed every warship,
troop ship and plane they could
in a determined attempt to break
the foothold the marines, in a
combined naval, land and aerial
attack, had won at the southern
end of the Solomons.
(An Australian broadcasting
commission correspondent report
ed from an advanced base that it
was believed the marines were
making progress and the marines
and other shock troops were
firmly established in the Tulagi
area, aided by the full weight of
an allied naval and ferial offen
sive.)' ' ;/ ,
Allied naval and land based
planes were reported fighting a
wild battle with increasing num
bers of Japanese planes, includ
ing Zero fighters.
The American forces had no
land-based fighter planes and
their only Iand-basefl bombers
were those of the United Na
tions forces in the Australian
zone, based 1,000 miles or more
from the nearest allied flying
field to the battle area.
The marines, landed from their
Commando invasion boats, were
believed to have secured their
footholds on Tulagi, Florida, and
Guadalcanal islands and were
fighting their way inland with
bayonet and hand grenade
against strong Japanese forces.
They were battling through
swamps, coconut groves, undulat
ing grasslands and clumps of
trees, and filtering up the streams
where crocodiles lurked waiting to
attack the wounded.
There was every indication that
despite losses which the United
States Navy command calculated
in advance would be severe, the
the United States forces, naval
land and aerial, were approach-,
ing their objective of occupying
islands in the Tulagi area as the
first step in pushing the Japa
nese back toward home. '
Defense Meet
For Today Is
Postponed
y _____
The meeting: of members of
the local Citizens Defense
Dorps, announced last week for
this evening:, has been can
celled until further notice, it
was learned Wednesday from
Boy Kane, of the Defense Of
fice.
Further notice as to when
the meeting: will be held will be
forthcoming: later, it is under
stood.