BACKW ATTACK
The Elkin Tribune
BACKim ATTACK
VOL. NO. XXXII. No. 10
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 3, 1944
16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
YANKS MAKE PROGRESS IN MARSHALLS
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Surry 4th War Loan Sales In January Total $576,545
ELKIN DISTRICT
SALES $100,256,
CHAIRMAN SAYS
Surry E Bond Sale's Are
$192,675, Elkin’s $73,256
BOND AUCTION TONIGHT
Military Band To Be Here
Friday Afternoon On
Bond Selling Tour
CONCERTS ARE PLANNED
The Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond, Va., has reported that
sale of War Bonds in Surry coun
ty totals $576,545 through Jan
uary 31, it was learned Wednes
day from J. F. Yokley, of Mount
Airy, county chairman of the
Fourth War Loan. *
Of this amount, $192,675 were
in E Bonds, the report disqlosed.
Locally in the Elkin district,
the total sale of bonds through
February 1 amounts to $100,
256.25, D. G. Smith, district
chairman, said Wednesday. Of
this amount, $73,256.25 were in E
bonds.
Surry’s quota for the drive is
$1,261,000, of which $648,900 have
been assigned as the quota for the
sale of E bonds.
Two special War Loan Drive
features are scheduled for this
week, the first, a War Bond Auc
tion, to be held this evening
‘(Thursday), at 8:00 o’clock in the
Y. M. C. A. gymnasium, and the
second, a concert by a military
band from Greensboro, being
planned for Friday afternoon.
The bond auction has been made
possible through the generosity of
Elkin merchants and other bus
iness firms who have donated
desirable articles of merchandise
to be sold. Bidding will be in
bonds, and the winning bidder
will receive both the article and
the merchandise he bids in, plus
a ticket to the Kiwanis-Jaycee
basketball team planned for next
week. Rev. Herman F. Duncan,
Charlie N. Myers and T. C. Mc
Knight, who alternated as auc
tioneers in the bond auctions
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ACHIEVEMENT
PROGRAM 7TH
L. R. Harrill, State 4-H Club
Leader, to Deliver Ad
dress at Dobson
PLAN GOOD PROGRAM
The annual 4-H Club Achieve
ment Program will be held in the
courthouse, in Dobson, Monday,
February 7th at 10:00 a. m.
L. R. Harrill, State 4-H Club
leader of Raleigh, will deliver the
address. Mr. Harrill is recognized
as one of the outstanding 4-H
Club leaders of the nation, and
is well known to the 4-H Club
group.
Medals will be presented to the
county 4-H Club winners,, and a
banner will be presented to the
outstanding club in the county.
Skits and demonstrations will
be given by Mountain Park, Dob
son, Copeland and Siloam clubs.
Beulah and Lowgap Glee Clubs
will render special -numbers.
Bobby Cockerham, of the
Mountain Park 4-H Club, will
give a report of his poultry pro
ject.
Marceline Simmons, of the Pilot
Mountain club will tell of her 4-H
Club achievements, and Jack Til
ley, of the Westfield Club, what
4-H club work has meant to him.
A banner will be presented the
club having the largest per cent
of members present based on
miles traveled.
A special invitation is extended
to parents and club leaders, and
all 4-H club members are urged
to attend.
Receives Medal
Pfc. Romie C. Stokes, son of
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Stokes, of
Cycle, is recovering from
wounds he received last Sep
tember 13, and has been award
ed the Purple Heart. Pfc. Stokes
entered the army September 9,
1941, and is stationed in North
Africa. He has been overseas
since May, 1943.
BANQUET HELD
HERE TUESDAY
Over 300 Attend Enjoyable
Event At Y. M. C. A.;
Hear Excellent Talk
SQUARE DANCE STAGED
Over 300 Elkin merchants and
their employees and other guests
Tuesday evening attended the an
nual Employer-Employee banquet
staged in the gymnasium of the
Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A.
Guest speaker of the evening
was Bob L. Patton, an outstand
ing humorist, of Morganton, who
used as his subject, “What Do
You Fear?” Using a large number
of jokes and funny stories during
the course of his talks, Mr. Patton
provided his listeners with real
entertainment.
Gaston L. Hill, president of the
Elkin Merchants Asociation pre
sided over the meeting, giving a
brief resume of the activities of
the group during the past year.
George E. Royall acted as mas
ter of ceremonies, and presented
the speaker, highlighting his part
of the program with a gag in
which four men present were in
duced to step behind a screen and
bare their legs, following which
their wives, seeing only the bare
shanks, were asked to identify
their respective husbands. Not a
single wife picked the right man.
A musical highlight of the pro
gram was a group of songs by a
quartette from the Lucy Hanes
Chatham Club, accompanied at
the piano by Mrs. Dorothy Col
hard Summey.
H. F. Laffoon, publisher of The
Tribune, was recognized during
the meeting concerning The Tri
bune’s winning of two first place
N. C. Press Association awards.
Following the banquet a square
dance was held in the basement
of the “Y” building.
Truant Officer
Former Deputy
Merlin Robertson, Surry county
truant officer, was a deputy un
der Sheriff Sam Patterson prior
to resigning to assume his new
duties the first of the year, hav
ing served in this capacity from
the time Sheriff Patterson took
office.
Mr. Robertson was the deputy
who located a watch in Thomas
ville that resulted in the arrest
and conviction of Romey Marsh,
Early Marsh and Pedro Johnson
for the robbery of J. V. Calloway
in February of last year.
It will be remembered that Mr.
Calloway, an aged farmer, was
beaten, bound and gagged, and
robbed, and left tied up by his
assailants.
SURRY MEN ARE
SENT FOR EXAM
ON JANUARY 31
First Group To Go Under
New Induction Ruling
ABOLISH SCREEN TEST
Men Will Now Know Wheth
er or Not Physically Fit
For Military Duty
SAVES TIME, TROUBLE
The first group of selectees
from Surry county, board No. 2,
were sent to Camp Croft January
31 for a pre-induction examina
tion under the new ruling doing
away with a local exam prior to
going to camp.
Heretofore selectees were call
ed up for a local examination, or
“screen test,” after which they
were classified by the draft board.
Men placed in 1-A were then sent
to camp for induction ignorant
of whether or not they would pass
or be rejected. Under the present
plan, men are called up and sent
to camp for the regular army ex
amination, and then are sent
home. Those who passed are then
subject to call within three weeks
or later. However, should a man
pass his physical and not be call
ed within the next 90 days, h
would have to take another army
exam if called thereafter.
Under the new procedure men
liable for military service will
know whether or not they are
physically fit for military duty
at least three weeks in advance
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(Continued on last page, 1st Sec.)
AREToIS) in
FILING RETURNS
Deputy Collector to Be Here
March 6-7 At Mill and
At Town Hall 8-15
BLANKS COMPLICATED
In order to spread as much
cheer and comfort as possible
among the ranks of those who
must file income tax returns not
later than March 15, a represen
tative of the federal department
of internal revenue will be in
Elkin March 8 through 15, and in
other parts of Surry. Alleghany
and Wilkes on other days, to as
sist in filing the returns.
Inasmuch as this year’s blanks
are considerably more complicat
ed than somewhat, it is apparent
that many taxpayers will need
assistance. It was stated that
those who have their own private
source of aid would be wise to
hold on to it, as deputy collect
ors are expected to have their
hands full throughout the filing
period.
Places and dates at which dep
uty collectors will be during thd
period are as follows:
February 15-16, Sparta court
house; February 17-19, town hall,
Pilot Mountain; February 21-26,
Blue Ridge Hotel, Mount Airy;
March 1-2, Dobson courthouse;
March 3-4, town hall, North Wil
kesboro; ftlarch 6-7, Chatham
Manufacturing Company, Elkin;
March 8-15, town hall, Elkin.
Square Dance To Be
Held For Polio Fund
A square dance, sponsored by
the Junior Woman’s Club, will be
held Friday evening at 8 o’clock
at the Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A.
All proceeds from the dance will
go to the infantile paralysis fund,
one-half to remain in this coun
ty and the remainder to go to the
national foundation.
An admision fee of twenty-five
cents will be charged. A string
band has been engaged to furnish
music for the event.
The public is invited to attend.
CHARGED WITH MURDER
of the man found dead in a pickup truck near East Bend
last December, has been placed in jail to await trial next
week on a charge of murder. With Mrs. Dean’s arrest,
Yadkin officers now hold three under murder charges, the
first two suspects arrested being Woodrow Lane and Ear
ly Vernon (“Honey”) Sears.
Mrs. Dean Is Cjharged
With Murder In Case
Collections In
Theatres Amount
To Nearly $500
Dr. W. B. Reeves, manager
of the Reeves and o-ate The
atres here Tuesday announced
that collections taken in the
two theatres during the past
week for the infantile paraly
sis fund March of Dimes,
amounted to a total of $486.38.
The theatre management add
ed $13.62 to this amount to
make it an even $500, and the
check was sent to national
headquarters on Wednesday
morning.
Dr. Reeves stated that on
behalf of both theatres he
wished to express appreciation
to theatre patrons for their
generous donations. He point
ed out that of the amount col
lected, 40 per cent will be re
turned to Surry county for aid
to victims of infantile paralys
is.
CYCLE MAN IS
HURT IN WRECK
Fred Turner Flirts With The
Law Again and As Usual
Comes Out Loser
IS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
Fred Turner, Jr., (called June)
of Cycle, had another brush with
the law Saturday night and as
usual came out loser. He wrecked
his car, landed in the hospital
and was bound over to superior
court for reckless driving.
Turner was at Brooks Cross
Roads about midnight when dep
uty sheriffs came along. He
turned around on two wheels, ac
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Yadkin Woman Is
Held In Forsyth
Jail For Trial
Mrs. William Everett Dean,
Woodrow Lane, and Early Vernon
(“Honey”) Sears, all charged
with the murder of Mrs. Dean’s
husband, who was found dead in
a pickup truck last December
near East Bend, will be placed on
trial for their lives at next week’s
term of Yadkin superior court.
Solicitor Avalon E. Hall has
said that insofar as he knows the
cases would be ready for the court
byv the time the Yadkin grand
jury has acted upon them early
next week.
Dean was found early Sunday
morning, December 19, in his
pickup truck near his home, his
head bashed in. It was apparent ■
that he had been dead only a ]
short time when found. j
The lights on Dean’s car were ]
burning and the car was in gear. ]
The vehicle apparently had been ■
allowed to roll off the carriage- i
way of the road of its own mo
mentum or else had been pushed.
The truck was undamaged and I
there was nothing to indicate <
(Continued on page four, 1st. Sec.) ]
Red Cross Quota 1
Here Is $10,000 i
A quota of $10,000 has been as
signed to Elkin in the annual Red
Cross War Fund drive, which will
be held during March, according
to an announcement Tuesday by
C. J. Hyslup, controller of the Sur
ry County Chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross . The Surry coun
ty quota is $25,000.
Mrs. A. O. Bryan will serve as
chairman of the war fund drive in
the up-town area and Mr. Hyslup
for the Chatham Manufacturing
Company.
Plans are being formulated for
the drive locally and further plans
will be announced.
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The Question Is,
Did The Ground
Hog See Shadow?
The question is, did the
ground hog see his shadow
Wednesday?
Some say yes and some say
no. Those saying: yes point out
that early Wednesday morning
the sun came up in a great
red ball before being obscured
later by clouds. This, they
maintain, was sufficient to
frighten the ground hog back
into his den.
But others say that the sun
wasn’t strong enough to cast
a shadow, and that the ground
hog is scared of nothing but
shadows, and as a result stayed
out all day long, and spring
will soon be here, tra la.
Time will perhaps tell who
is right. If the weather goes
hog wild during the next 40
days, it will be conclusive proof
the little animal did see his
shadow and retired to his den.
If the weather is good, then
won’t that be proof that he
didn’t see nothin’?
ZURA E. LONG
PASSES AWAY
Well - Known Elkin Citizen
Had Been In Declining
Health Several Years
FINAL RITES TODAY
Zura E. Long, 58, well known
Elkin citizen, and for many years
an employee of Elkin Furniture
Company died at the local hos
pital at one o’clock Wednesday
morning, following a critical ill
ness of two weeks. He had been
in declining health for several
years.
Mr. Long was a native of
Wilkes county and a son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Shade Long.
He had been a resident of Elkin
for 33 years.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Bessie Mickle Long, five
daughters, Mrs. Herman Royall,
Mrs. Albert Lewis, Mrs. Harold
rempleton and Misses Betty and
trances Long, all of this city;
five sisters, Mrs. Amanda Walk
ir of Reddies River; Mrs. Irene
Dancy and Mrs. Alvy Wingler of
tforth Wilkesboro; Mrs. Maggie
Wyatt of Hays and Mrs. Will
£ilby of Reddies River; or^p half
sister, Mrs. Betty Elleuge of
"Jorth Wilkesboro and two half
>rothers, John A. Long of Jones
rille and Edward Long of this
:ity.
Funeral rites will be held this
ifternoon (Thursday) at 3:30 at
he home on Spring street, in
:harge of Rev. O. V. Caudill, pas
or of the Presbyterian church,
nterment will be in the family
dot in Hollywood cemetery. The
dasonic fraternity, of which the
leceased was a member, will be
n charge of the graveside rites.
\rmentrout Veneer
Company Is Sold
C. W. Grubb, of High Point,
tas purchased the equipment of
be Armentrout Veneer Company
ere from C. H. Armentrout, and
rill operate it under the name of
llkin Veneer Company, it was
;arned Wednesday.
The plant manufactures single
ly veneer, and employs 25 peo
le.
Mr. Armentrout has returned
) High Point where he will be
a gaged in the veneer business
lere.
FOOTHOLDS ARE
GAINED ON TEN
KEY BEACHES
Japs Stunned By Shelling,
Offer Small Resistance
LOSSES ARE SAID LIGHT
Counterattack By Enemy Re
ported In Nip Broadcast
From Tokyo
18 PLANES SHOT DOWN
Pearl Harbor, T. H., Feb. 2 —
Upwards of 30,000 U. S. Marines
and Army troops, in a 500-mile
amphibious jump along the in
vasion route to Tokyo, have seized
10 islet beachheads in the Marsh
alls and begun major assaults on
the main strongholds of Kwaja
lein, Roi and Namur Islands, front
dispatches revealed today.
Swarming ashore under the
protective fire of the largest naval
striking force ever assembled, as
sault troops quickly established
their footholds in the Kwajalein
atoll Monday against light or
non-existent resistance. More
than 40 Japanese were slain and
a number captured, while Ameri
can casualties were extremely
light.
The Japanese, stunned and de
cimated by a record 14,495-fc>n
aerial and naval bombardment,
rallied all available forces and be
gan a desperate defense, however,
as the Americans turned their full
might against the Kwajalein Is
land naval base at the southern
end of the 66-mile long atoll and
the Roi-Namur air base at the
northern end.
(A Japanese communique
broadcast by the Tokyo radio and
recorded by CBS said Japanese
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BOND RALLIES
BEING STAGED
Will Be Held At Various
Parts of County During
Next Two Weeks
PLACES, DATES GIVEN
A series of War Bond rallies in
support of the 4th War Loan
drive, now under way in Surry
county, is being staged in various
sections of the county under the
sponsorship of Surry banks and
building and loan associations.
The War Bond quota for Surry
is $1,261,000, and every citizen is
expected to do his part in enabl
ing the county to reach this fig
ure in actual cash sales of bonds.
Free entertainment is being
staged at some of the rallies now
being held. Everyone is urged to
attend the rally in their neigh
borhood and buy as many bonds
as possible. Places and dates are
as follows:
Franklin school, February 11;
Little Richmond school, February
8; Beulah school, February 16;
Bannertown school, February 9;
Shoals school, February 8; North
Elkin school, February 8; Eldora
school, February 4; Siloam school,
February 3; Copeland school, Fed
ruary 7; Pilot Mountain school,
February 7;- Green Hill school,]'
February 10; North Main Street
school, Mount Airy, February 5;
Rockford Street school. Mount
Airy, February 12. All rallies will
begin at 8:00 p. m.