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RED CROSS WAR FUND
VOL. NO. XXXII. No. 15
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1944
16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
Drive Of Red
Cross Is To
Begin Friday
ELKIN DISTRICT
QUOTA $10,000;
COUNTY$25,000
Local Goal Is $4,000 More
Than Last Year
TO MEET WITH KIWANIS
Chairman Hale Will Be The
Speaker At Gathering
of Workers Thursday
ANNOUNCE COMMITTEES
The Red Cross 1944 War Fund
drive will get into full swing here
Friday morning following a meet
ing of officials and workers with
the Elkin Kiwanis Club this
’ evening at the Gilvin Roth Y. M.
C. A., at which Kellock Hale, Sur
ry Red Cross chairman, will be
present.
The Elkin district, which com
prises about one-third of the
county, has been given a quota
of $10,000, or $4,000 more than
was sought in the drive last year.
Mrs. A. O. Bryan, of Elkin, is act
ing as chairman of the local
drive.
Committees and teams who will
take part in the drive have been
announced as follows:
The following committees and
teams have been announced to
take part in the drive:
Chatham Manufacturing Com
pany committee—C. J. Hyslup,
chairman; R. W. Harris, Fred
Neaves, W. E. Burcham, Robert
G. Boles, Howard C. Hatch, Ezra
T. Shamel, A. R. Plaster, W. R.
Hartness, Jr.
Elkin Furniture Company com
mittee—Glenn Bailey, chairman;
Miss Nan Johnson.
Hensel Lumber Co., Harry Hen
sel, chairman.
Team No. 1—Mrs. E. S. Spain
hour, chairman; Mrs. Graham
Myers, Mrs. M. W. Maxwell, Mrs.
R. C. Freeman, Mrs. H. C. Gra
ham, Mrs. Marjorie Meisler, Mrs.
Carl Boyles, Mrs. Henry Butner,
Mrs. James Freeman, Mrs. James
Atwell, Mrs. Harvey Baker.
Team No. 2 — Mrs. Earl M.
Hodel, chairman; Mrs. Turner
Carter, Mrs. C. C. Myers, Mrs,
Nat Blackwood, Mrs. H. P. Gra
ham, Mrs. Errol Hayes, Mrs. June
Robertson, Mrs. W. H. Maguire,
Mrs. Clyde Long, Mrs. E. W. Mc
Daniel, Mrs. David Brendle, Miss
(Continued on last page, 1st Sec.)
MRS. SHINAULT
IS CANDIDATE
Acting Register of Deeds An
nounces She Will Seek
Job In Election
SUBJECT T O PRIMARY
Mrs. Bertha M. Shinault, of
Dobson, deputy register of deeds
for the past seven years under W.
P. Lawrence and later his son,
Kermit Lawrence, announce# on
Tuesday that she will be a can
didate for register of deeds of
Surry county - subject to the
Democratic primary to be held in
June.
Mrs. Shinault, the only candi
date in Surry to announce for of
fice to date, has been acting reg
ister of deeds since Kermit Law
rence was inducted into service in
the navjf last fall. ,
Surry voters will have oppor
tunity to elect candidates for on
ly five offices this year. In addi
tion to register of deeds, candi
dates for commissioners, house of
representatives, coroner and sur
i veyor must be named.
Thus far, no one has announc
ed for any office other than for
register of deeds. However, sever
al statements are expected with
in the near future.
Surry Republicans will hold
their county convention at Dob
son March ll.
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STATE
RALEIGH. May 7.—E. V.
Me Lamb and Ralph Medlin,
Benson merchants, have been
bound over to U. S. district
court under $5,000 bond each
on charges of possession and
transfer of counterfeit sugar
ration coupons, the Raleigh
office of price administration
said today. At a hearing be
fore U. S. Commissioner A. B.
Adams, in ftunn, OPA charged
that McLamb had used approx
imately 15,000 counteract su
gar ration coupons — repre
senting 75,000 pounds of sugar
—in the purchase of sugar
from wholesalers, Raleigh OPA
Chief T. S. Johnson, said.
Johnson said that OPA also
charged that Medlin used ap
proximately 5,500 counterfeit
ration coupons.
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, March 7. —
The veterans’ bonus bill backed
by five service groups and
providing benefits as high as
$4,500 for overseas fighting
men got off to a bad start in
the senate today. Over the
protests of its authors, Sena
tors Johnson, Democrat, Colo
rado, and Reynolds, Democrat,
North Carolina, the senate
version of the bill was referred
• to the finance committee for
study, rather than to the mili
tary affairs committee which
Reynolds heads. In the fi
nance committee, it will au-'
tomatically go to a subcom
mittee headed by Senator
Clark Democrat, Missouri, one
of the founders of the Ameri
can Legion, and a backer of
the Legion’s rival “G. I” bene
fit bill.
WASHINGTON, March 7. —
Japan’s mightiest central Pa
cific bases—Truk in the Car
olines and Saipan in the Ma
rianas—now are virtually use
less to the enemy as major na
val bastions, Adm. Chester W.
Nimitz revealed today on an
heralded visit to Washington.
The commander in chief of the
United States Pacific fleet,
credited the striking power of
American submarines with all
but isolating the two strong
holds, and said that their work
t soon may be “a controlling
factor” in what the Japs can
do.\
WASHINGTON, March 7. —
Counsel for a senate investi- I
gating committee today called j
for White House files on the j
rural electrification adminis
tration and, when told the re- j
quest would have to be made
to President Roosevelt, himself,
declared the committee would
do Just that. The unusual call
* for opening the chief’s execu
tive’s files to legislative investi
gators raised anew the possi
bility of a Congress-White
House clash. Mr. Roosevelt
had moved over the week-end
to avert such a head-on colli
sion by Instructing Jonathan
Daniels, one of his aides, to
a viswer 'the committe’s ques
tions concerning White House
efforts to secure the resigna
tion of Harry Slattery as REA
administrator, Daniels had re
fused earlier and had been
threatened with contempt pro
ceedings.
INTERNATIONAL
Ntew DELHI, March 7.,—
American troops have crushed
a strong Japanese attempt to
escape entrapment in the
Hukawing valley of northern
Burma, inflicting heavy losses
on the enemy, a southeast
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To Speak At Dobson
Gregg Cherry, candidate for
the Democratic nomination for
governor of North Carolina, will
be speaker at a general county -
wide meeting of Surry county
school teachers at Dobson high
school Friday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock. Teachers of the Mount
Airy city school unit will also
attend. The public as a whole is
invited to attend the meeting
and hear Mr. Cherry speak,
John W. Comer, surry superin
tendent of schools, said Tues
day.
OFFICER NAMED
BY CO. BOARD
Paul McCormick Is Appoint
ed Constable For Dobson
Township Monday
JURY LIST ANNOUNCED
Paul McCormick, of Dobson,
was appointed as constable of
Dobson township by the Surry
county board of commissioners at
their meeting at Dobson Monday.
Other matters taken up by the
board were said to be of a routine
nature.
The following names were drawn
as jurors for the criminal court
term of Surry county which will
begin April 24:
H. P. Stewart, G. W, Sparger,
D. C. Rector, all of Mount Airy;
Herman Amburn, Mount Airy, Rt.
3; Jim S. Jenkins, Dobson, Rt. 2;
M. C. Fowler, Mount Airy; John
Park, Elkin; G. H. Walters, State
Road; J. W. McKinney, Mount
Airy, Rt. 1, Lonzie Hodges, Dob
son; Marvin Wilmoth, Dobson,
Rt. 2; J. Warren Stone, Pilot
Mountain; Marvin Perry, Elkin,
Royte 1; E. M. Stone, Mount Airy,
Rt. 4; Coy Money, Mount Airy, Rt.
4; Harvey Nichols, Mount Airy,
Rt. 4; Rufus L. Cox, Mount Airy,
Rt. 1; Grady A. Coe, Rockford;
Alison H. Davis, Elkin; J. W. Bar
ker, Mount Airy; W. R. McCann,
Mountain Park; J. Willis Denny,
Pinnacle, Rt. 2, L. E. Sawyers,
Ararat; Meggs Needham, Pilot
Mountain; Tom Hamlin, Dobson;
Jennie Kirkman, Mount Airy, Rt.
2; J. R. Caudle, Mount Airy, Rt. 1;
R. M. Hudgins, Mount Airy, Rt. 5;
W. H. Foy, Mount Airy; Garfield
Galyean, Lowgap; C. G. Burge,
Pilot Mountain; R. C. Patterson,
Mount Airy; Edd A Carter, Mount
Airy, Rt. 1; Chas M. Atkins, Dob
(Continued on page four, 1st. Sec.)
RED CROSS 0. K.
PRISONER SAYS
Albert J. Stanley Writes To
Parents From German
Prison Camp
LAUDS ORGANIZATION
Following is a letter from Al
bert Jackson Stanley, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. Stanley, of Moun
tain Park, mailed July 27, 1943,
from a German prison camp.
Stanley was reported missing in
action after the battle of Tunis
ia. Later he was located by the
Red Cross as being a prisoner of
war, and his parents were notifi
ed of this fact, who were also
furnished with a list of articles
that could be mailed to their pris
oner son once a month, and also
informed them they could write
him as often as they wished, and
that he would be permitted to
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NEW PROGRAM
IS PLANNED FOR
ROYS AND GIRLS
To Be Open To High School
Students Only*
PLANNED EACH FRIDAY
Local Y. M. C. A. Joining In
National-Wide Campaign
Against Delinquency
COMMITTEE IS NAMED
In an effort to provide whole
some recreation for high school
boys and girls, and in cooperation
with a national program aimed
at preventing youth delinquency,
the Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A., has
plans for a special program each
Friday night at the Y for high
school boys and girls only.
To assist a committee made up
of Miss Margaret Abernethy, Mrs.
Catherine Salmons and T. C. Mc
Knight, the latter general secre
tary of the Y. M. C. A., leaders
in various groups from Elkin and
Jonesviile have been selected to
plan and supervise the Friday
programs, the first of which will
be held Friday of next week from
8 to 10 p. m.
Those selected are as follows:
Cornelia Lineberry, Alieme Hol
comb, representing Jonesviile Tri
Hi-Y Club, and Billy Boyles, of
Jonesviile Hi-Y Club.
Ketchel Adams and Charlie
Dockery, of Elkin Hi-Y Club.
Virginia Graham, Elkin Tri-Hi
Y Club.
John Wesley Mathis and Ed*
Chappell, of Y. M. C. A. Boys’
Leaders Club.
Marilyn Maxwell, Y. M. C. A.
Girls’ Leaders Club.
A teacher from each of the
schools will also work with the
group.
Under the supervision of this
group and* the committee, the
weekly programs will feature
special music, special motion pic
tures, informal games and an
occasional square dance, Mr. Mc
Knight said. He also stated there
would be a refreshment bar han
dled by a special committee which
would sell cakes and cookies, soft
drinks, etc.
The meetings will be limited
strictly to high school youth, Mr.
McKnight said.
HOSPITAL MEET
HELD AT YMCA
Roth Named to Group of
Managers to Succeed
Late Mason Lillard
The board of managers of Hugh
Chatham Memorial hospital met
Thursday morning at 11 o’clock
at the Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A.
Rev. L. B. Abernethy, of Char
lotte, chairman of the board, pre
sided.
Thomas M. Roth of this city
was elected to the board to suc
ceed the late Mason Lillard, who
served as secretary and treasurer
of the board since the hospital
was organized. Mr. Roth was
elected as secretary of the board
and J. L. Hall, business manager
of the hospital, was named as
treasurer.
Reports were submitted and
other business transacted. The
board was highly pleased with
the progress being made by the
hospital.
The meeting was largely at
tended. Among those present
were: L. B. Abernethy, chairman,
and J. A. Jones, both of Char
lotte: Dr. C. C. Weaver of Win
, ston-Salem; J. P. Yokley of Mt.
Airy; A. L. Butler, W. A. Neaves,
Chas. G. Ashby, Alex Chatham,
Dr. E. G. Click, Rev. W. M. Smith,
J. L. Hall and W. M. Allen, all*
of this city. Special luncheon
guests were Rev. W. B. West of
Charlotte, Dr. R. Dwight Ware
of Winston-Salem, and Dr. E. L.
Rice and Dr. V. W. Taylor, Jr.,
of the hospital staff.
Surry-U. S. D. A.
. Meeting March 17
Due to the fact that numerous
farmers of the county will be in
Elkin next Thursday where they
will attend the Farmers’ program,
the Surry U. S. D. A. meeting will
be held Friday, March 17, instead
of on Thursday as is the custom,
Neill Smith, county farm agent,
announced Tuesday.
This change in date applies to'
next week only.
Radio Station WBT To
Broadcast Address Of
Farm Banquet Speaker
DJ7 AT Cd M rn D T They haven’t all the com
l\Lj/iLi LUlYlr \Jl\l forts of home, but T/4 Rob
ert Macon of Shreveport, La., has at least one of them. He
has managed to grab himself a chair to make his vigil a
little easier to bear as he keeps watch from a hole on the
Nettuno-Anzio beachhead.
Surry Tops All Quotas
In 4th War Loan Drive
Sale Of E Bonds Is Over Top By
$15,000; Chairman Well Pleased
Final figures on the Fourth
War Loan drive in Surry have
disclosed that the county topped
its $1,261,000 quota by a total of
$704,479.
It was also a'nnounced that
Surry’s § Bond quota was also
DEPUTIES ARE
LISTED FOR CO.
Sheriff Patterson Announces
List of Men Who Are
Serving Under Him
ADDRESSES ARE GIVEN
Sheriff Sam C. Patterson, of
Surry county, has issued a list of
his deputies following several ad
justments in a number of town
ships of the county. At this time,
he said, no persons other than
the deputies listed have the au
thority to serve papers under him.
The list of deputies and their
addresses, follow by townships:
Bryan: W. F. Thompson and F.
C. Sprinkle, both of Mountain
Park; Dobson: J. C. Hutchins,
Dobson: Elkin: J. F. Irvin, Elk
in; Franklin: P. E. Bedsaul and
A. C. Galyean, both of Low Gap;
Mount Airy: Rex Tilley, chief
deputy, and W. P. Stevens, both
of Mount Airy; Marsh: Charlie C.
White, route 2, Dobson, and Gil
mer Corder, route 1, Elkin; Pilot:
T. B. Sams, Pilot Mountain;
Rockford: L. F. O’Neil, and John
M. Hardy, both of route 2, Dob
son; Shoals: L. E. Hardy and T.
H. Scott, hoth of route 2, Pin
nacle; Westfield, Bob Jessup,
Westfield; Long Hill; W. N. Spar
ger, route 1, Pilot Mountain;
Eldora: H. P. Stewart, route 1,
Ararat.
No deputy was listed for Ste
wart’s Creek township.
To Check Local
Stores On Prices
The effective date of the new
community prices that have been
released by the Office of Price
Administration was Monday,
March 6, it has been announced
by W. C. Cox, of the local ration
board.
Mr. Cox stated that during the
week of March 13 to 18, all local
stores will be checked to see if
they are complying with the offi
cial prices.
over-subscribed by approximate
ly $15,000. E Bonds are the type
usually purchased by individuals
and range in denomination from
$25.00 to $1,000.
According to D. G. Smith, who
acted as chairman of the local
drive, the complete county total
was $1,965,479. Sale of E Bonds
amounted to $664,200.
J. P. Yokley, chairman of the
county drive, was very much
pleased at the success of the
drive.
Several Cases Are
Tried By Magistrate
The following cases have been
tried before Magistrate J. L. Hall
during the past week:
Tommy Woodruff and Garvey
Phillips, speeding, $10.00 and
costs each.
S. H. Watson, public drunken
ness, $3.00 and costs; George
Chatham, Jr., public drunken
ness, $2.50 and costs; Gurney
Marsh, Gurney Lyons, public
drunkenness, $2.50 and costs
each; Lewellyn Wilkins and Reu
ben Chappell, public drunkenness,
$3.00 and costs each.
Mrs. Wilma Cummings, assault
and destruction of personal prop
erty, 30 days suspended sentence
in each case, provided she be of
good bhavior and pay fine of
$10.00 and costs.
Glenn Cummings, assault, 30
days suspended sentence upon
condition he be of good behavior,
and pay $10.00 and costs.
Y Representatives
Are To Meet Monday
Representatives of the Inter
State Y. M. C. A. will meet at the
local Y. M. C. A. next Monday at
12:30 p. m., to discuss Y. M. C. A.
work in the Carolinas, T. C. Mc
Knight, secretary of the local Y
said Tuesday.
Those who will attend the
meeting are: J. Wilson Smith,
Inter-State Secretary, of Char
lotte; R. W. Harris, R. G. Smith,
J. W. L. Benson and* Mr. Mc
Knight, all of this city.
Expert To Be Here
To Aid In Filing
A representative of the Feder
al Department oj Internal Reve
nue will be at the Elkin City Hall
Monday through March 15 to
assist taxpayers in filing their
income tax returns, Barney Cash
well, deputy collector, said Tues
day.
MEETING TO BE
HELD AT YMCA
NEXT THURSDAY
A. L. M. Wiggins Will Deliv
er Principal Talk
GOVERNOR TO PRESENT
Word H. Wood, Native of
Elkin, to Be Honor Guest
At Annual Event
PLANS GOOD PROGRAM
The Annual Farmers’ Meeting
to be held here Thursday after
noon and evening, March 16, at
which Governor J. M. Broughton
will present A. L. M. Wiggins,
president of the American Bank
ers Association, as speaker, will
be broadcast in part over radio
station WBT, Charlotte, begin
ning at 8:30 p. m., Garland John
son, chairman of the Elkin Agri
cultural Council, said Wednesday.
The Charlotte radio station will
carry Governor Broughton’s in
troduction and Mr. Wiggins’ ad
dress, Mr. Johnson said.
A very interesting program for
the meeting Ijas been arranged,
and 500 or more farmers from
Surry, Yadkin, Wilkes and Alle
ghany counties are expected to
attend, as well as approximately
100 Elkin business and profession
al men, and other guests.
In the afternoon conferences
on various phases of agriculture
relative to current problems will
be led by the following speakers:
R. W. Graeber, C. F. Parrish, L.
I. Case, H. R. Niswonger, E. V.
Vestal, J. A. Arey, D. S. Weaver,
J. Wade Hendricks and Dr. R. L.
Lovvorn, all extension officials.
At the banquet to follow in the
evening, which will be staged in
the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium, May
or J. R. Poindexter will give the
address of welcome. Guest of
honor will be Word H. Wood, of
Charlotte, chairman of the board
of the American Trust Company
and a native of Elkin.
A highlight of the afternoon
session will be the showing of
agricultural motion pictures in
color, made available by Lt. R.
J. Reynolds, U. S. Navy. Other
talks and discussions slated will
include a keynote speech by Har
ry B. Caldwell, master of North
Carolina Grange.
Due to the fact that it is im
possible to mail invitations to all
the farmers of the four counties
to be represented, farmers who
have not received an invitation
but wish to attend should get in
touch with their respective farm
agents.
NAZIS REGROUP
FOR NEW PUSH
Ignore Heavy Losses In At
tempt To Push Fifth
Army Into The Sea
TRADE HEAVY BLOWS
Allied Headquarters, Naples,
March 8.—German tanks and
troops were reported regrouping
under constant Allied fire today
for a new drive against the An
zio beachhead, while Fifty Army
forces on the Cassino front trad
ed increasingly heavy blows with
Nazi gunners and combat patrols.
Bitter patrol clashes and artil
lery exchanges raged on all the
main battle sectors, but an Al
lied communique said deep snows
in the mountains and mud in the
lowlands made all troop move
ments difficult and there were no
major changes in the front lines.
Reports from the beachehad
front indicated, however, that the
Nazi commanders, undeterred by
the staggering losses suffered in
their three attemps to wipe out
the Fifth Army salient, were re
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