The Elkin Tribune
VOL. NO. XXXII. No. 23
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1944
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16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
Co-Manager
n 1
Earl C. James, prominent
Elkin attorney, has been named
co-campaign manager of Sur
ry county with Graham Har
rison, of Mount Airy, for Dr.
Ralph McDonald, Democratic
candidate for the nomination
of governor. Dr. McDonald was
in Elkin for a short while Mon
day afternoon where he con
ferred with Mr. James.
STATE
CHARLOTTE, May 3. — All
motorists using their cars for
occupational driving “B” and
“C” book drivers are eligible
for new passenger tires effec
tive May 1 as a result of in
creased civilian allocations
from the office of the rubber
director, L. W. Driscoll, Dis
trict Director of OPA, has an
nounced. Two other steps also
were taken to broaden eligibi
lity for tires: 1. Motorists
holding basic “A” rations now
become eligible for the small
remaining stock of used tires,
Grade III, in areas where used
tires are still available. How
ever, in areas where none are
available, boards will be in
structed not to issue certifl-i
cates for used tires. 2. Light
delivery trucks, previously eli
gible only for used tires, may
receive new passenger tires,
upon demonstrating need.
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, May 2. —
Allied submarines hacking at
harried * Japanese shipping
have cut a new gap of 17 ships,
four of them war vessels, out
of the Nipponese lifeline of
conquest. The total represents
12 American kills, including a
light cruiser and two destroy
ers, announced respectively by
navy headquarters in Wash
ington and the admiralty in
London. The American coups
brought to 695 the number of
Japanese ships sunk, probably
(Continued on last page, 1st Sec.)
Mrs. B. F. Norman
Passes Wednesday
Mrs. Matilda Kathleen Norman,
89, widow of B. F. Norman, died
early Wednesday morning at the
home of a son, B. F. Norman, at
State Road. Mrs. Norman was a
native of Yadkin county and a
daughter of the late Martin and
Lucinda Shores.
She was a member of Mining
Ridge Baptist church.
She is survived Joy three daugh
ers, Mrs. W. R. Snow, Benham;
Mrs. K. H. Wilmoth, Leaksville,
and Mrs. W. R. Wilmoth, State
Road; three sons, J. S., B. F., and
F. W. Norman, all of State Road;
one brother, Daniel Shores, of
Thurmond, and two sisters* Mrs.
Lucinda Carter of State Road and
Mrs. Susan Taylor of this city.
Funeral services will be held
this morning (Thursday) at 11
o’clock at Shoaly Branch Baptist
church, in charge of Rev. L. B.
Murray. Rev. Ford Walker and
Rev. T. G. Bauguess. Interment
will be in the church cemetery.
Announce Plan
In Elkin For
Invasion Day
BELLS, SIBENS
TO SOUND NEWS;
PLAN SERVICE
Unless On Sunday, Meeting
At The Y. M. C. A.
TO PRAY FOR SUCCESS
Dr. J. L. Stokes and Other
Ministers To Take Part
In Meeting
ALL URGED TO ATTEND
Plans for the announcement of
the news of the invasion on “D”
day, and a special service to be
held at the Gilvin Roth Y. M. C.
A., have been ■ announced here by
J. W. L. Benson, head of the Elk
in Citizens Defense Corps.
1 According to the announce
ment, the news that the invasion
of Europe has begun will be flash
ed to Citizens Defense headquar
ters here and will be relayed to
the people by the sounding of
sirens and ringing of church bells.
Should the news come in the day
time, or in the early evening prior
to 8:00 p. m., a special service at
the Y. M. C. A. will be held at
8:00 o’clock of the same day.
However, should the news break
at night, the meeting will be held
at 8:00 o’clock the following ev
ening.
It was said the meeting would
be of a patriotic nature, including
a prayer service for the success of
the invasion. Dr. J. L. Stokes, II,
pastor of the Elkin Methodist
church, will have charge, and will
be aided by other Elkin minis
ters.
T. C. McKnight, secretary of
the Y. M. C. A. here, said Wed
nesday that in event the news of
the invasion should break on
Sunday, the meeting at the Y. M.
C. A. wouldn’t be held on Sunday
night, but that citizens would at
tend service^ at their respective
churches.
POULTRY PLANT
BEINGREADIED
Joe Saylor te Operate Chick
en Dressing Business On
i East Main Street
MODERN IN EVERY WAY
A modern poultry dressing plant
is being installed here by Joe Say
lor, and will probably be ready for
operation within the next few
weeks, it was learned from Mr.
Saylor Tuesday.
The modem plant which will
house tbs business is now under
construction on East Main street
next to Smithey’s Department
Store, and when completed will
contain a modem poultry picking
machine and cooling vats.
The entire plant will be com
pletely modem and sanitary in
every way, Mr. Saylor said, and
will fully meet state specifications.
Notice To
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Subscribers
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be stopped.
For Cherry
W. A. Neaves, above, promin
ent Elkin man and an official
of the Chatham Manufactur
ing Company, is serving with
W. F. Woodruff, of Mount Airy,
as co-manager of the Gregg
Cherry campaign in Surry for
the Democratic nomination for
governor.
CONVENTION IS
HED SATURDAY
Surry Democrats Endorse
Lieut. Com. Chatham For
Secretary of Navy
CHAIRMEN ARE NAMED
Surry county democrats, meet
ing in convention at Dobson last
Saturday afternoon, unanimously
endorsed Lieutenant - Comman
der Thurmond Chatham, of Elk
in, to succeed Col. Prank Knox,
who died unexpectedly last week,
as secretary of the navy.
The convention also elected a
county chairman and vice chair
man of the Democratic county
executive committee, and named
vice chairmen for the various
townships. K. C. Lewellyn was
named county chairman, and
Miss Mary Virginia Barker, of
Elkin, vice-chairman.
A vote of thanks was given
Arthur Fulk, of Pilot Mountain,
for taking the chairmanship of
the county board of elections,
succeeding the late R. A. Free
man, of Dobson. A similar vote
was given Mr. Lewellyn for head
ing the executive committee.
W. M. Allen, of Elkin, presided
over the convention and intro
duced the resolution endorsing
Mr. Chatham for secretary of the
navy.
Those named as township vice
chairmen were as follows: H. P.
Graham, Elkin; Joe Norman,
Bryan; Mrs. Paul Folger, Dobson;
W. L. Jackson, Franklin; Randall
Reeves Long Hill; H. O. Waltz,
Mount Airy; Mrs. S. M. Smith,
Pilot Mountain; J. G. Wood,
Rockford; S. Gray Scott; Shoals;
Hugh Alkinson, Siloam; Mrs. Al
len Greene, Stewarts Creek, and
W. B. Blair, Westfield.
Every Democrat who attends
the state convention at Raleigh
will be a delegate from the coun
ty, the convention decided.
W. M. Johnson, of Mount Airy,
was named as secretary, with
Alan Browning, Jr., of Elkin, and
Mrs. Jesse Belle Blackwelder, of
Dobson, assistant secretaries.
Dr. R. J. Lovill
Acting- Co. Doctor
Dr. R. J. Lovill, of Mount Airy,
has been named acting county
physician in the absence of Dr.
R. B. C. Franklin, who is now
serving in the army medical corp.
Appintment of Dr. Lovill was
made Monday at a meeting of the
board of Surry county commis
sioners.
Other business transacted was
of a routine nature, it was said.
REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR!
NAZIS GIVE UP
ALL HOPE OF
A COMPROMISE
Gamble Desperately B y
Transferring Men
TO THE WESTERN FRONT
Germans No Longer See Pros
pects of Break In Alliance
Of United Nations
EXPECTING INVASION
London, May 3. — Germany
warned her European satellites
today that all hopes for a com
promise peace has been abandon
ed, and Swedish dispatches said
the Nazi High Command, gam
bling desperately for a victory in
the west, has shifted 50 divisions
from the Russian front to meet
the impending Allied invasion.
The German Transocean News
Agency declared in a broadcast to
the Continent that there no long
er is any prospect of a break in
the Anglo - American - Russian
alliance and that Germany is
braced for climatic land battles
in the east and west.
“The invasion and the final
battle in the east will take place
shortly,” Transocean said, quot
ing a dispatch written by Fritz
Theil, Berlin correspondent for a
Bucharest newspaper.
“Nobody in Berlin has the
slightest illusions about a com
promise peace,” the broadcast
added.
Simultaneously, the German
home radio warned its people that
“we are on the eve of decisive mi
litary events.”
“The German Reich is fully
prepared for these decisions and
no preinvasion alarm can change
even an iota of the measures that
have been provided for the de
fense of the Continent,” the
broadcast said.
Meanwhile, The London Daily
Telegraph’s Stockholm correspon
dent reported that Germany has
virtually split its armies in two
through a huge transfer of men
from the Russian front, massing
1,500,000 men in western Europe
and 1,750,000 against the Soviet
Armies in the east.
The shift, which doubled Ger
many’s western Europe forces was
made on the recommendation of
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel,
German anti-invasion Comman
der, the dispatch said, character
izing the move as “the greatest
military gamble ever made.”
JAYCEES HOLD
MEET MONDAY
Dr. Beale Appeals For Groups
Support In Getting School
Coach Here
INTERESTING SESSION
An appeal to the Elkin Jaycees
to use their influence to bring to
Elkin an athletic coach was made
at the meeting here Monday ev
ening by Dr. Seth Beale.
Following Dr. Beal’s appeal, a
motion was passed for the ap
pointment of a committee to ap
pear before the city school board
to enquire as to the support which
would be offered the movement.
Fleet Mathis, chairman of the
intra-club activities, announced
plans for the organization of a
softball league for business and
industrial men of the town, and
also announced that an effort is
to be made for the organization
of a “Knee Pants League” for
youths from 10 to 16 years, the
latter to be conducted under the
supervision of the Y. M. C. A.,
(Continued on page four, 1st Sec.)
Registration
Books Here
Are Now Open •
Registration books for Elkin
township are now open each
Saturday at the office of Hugh
Roy all, registrar, and will con
tinue to remain open until the
primary.
All persons in this township
who are not registered, must
do so in order to be eligible to
vote in the primary. Persons
who voted in the last general
election here will not find it
necessary to register.
Thurmond Chatham Is
Boosted As Successor
To Late Colonel Knox
ENDORSED FOR HIGH JOB c“r,
Thurmond Chatham, of Elkin, has been boosted as a suc
cessor to the late Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox,' who
died last Friday. Among those endorsing Mr. Chatham for
this high position are Representative Robert A. Doughton
and Representative W. O. Burgin. Friends of the Elkin
industrialist believe him ffilly capable of conducting the
office of Secretary of the Navy in an able, efficient man
ner, as he possesses every qualification for the job.
Meats, Except
Steak and Roast,
Now Point Free
A radio news bulletin broad
cast Wednesday at noon stated
the OPA had announced that
effective Wednesday at mid
night, all meats, with the ex
ception of beefsteak and beef
roasts, would be removed from
the list of rationed foods.
CYCLE CITIZEN
IS FOUND DEAD
J. Arthur Stokes Dies In His
Sleep At His Home On
Friday of Last Week
FUNERAL HELD SUNDAY
J. Arthur Stokes, 64, was found
dead in bed by neighbors at his
home in Cycle community on Fri
day of last week. Apparently he
had been dead for a day or two
before his body was discovered.
He lived alone, which accounted
for the fact that his death was
not immediately known. A coron
er’s inquest was held following
the finding of the body, and it
was determined that death was
caused from natural causes.
Funeral services were Sunday
afternoon at Swan Creek Baptist
church, in charge of Rev. Rich
ard Pardue. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
He is survived by three daugh
ters, Mrs. Lydia Dobbins, Mrs.
Thomas Hudspeth and Miss Ollie
Stokes, of Winston-Salem; five
sons, Buford, Wilson and R. T.
Stokes, of Winston-Salem; L. D.
and Raymond Stokes of Cycle,
and one brother, Harrison Stokes,
of Winston-Salem.
The first oil well in the United
States was struck in 1859 on Oil
Creek, Pa.
SCHOOL FINALS
BEGIN MAY 14
Dr. J. L. Stokes To Deliver
Jonesvjlle School Com
mencement Sermon
19TH GRADUATION DAY
Commencement exercises for
the Jonesville schools will begin
on Sunday, May 14, at 3 o’clock
in the afternoon with the com
mencement sermon by Dr. J. L.
Stokes, II, pastor of the Elkin
Methodist church.
The graduating exercises will
be held Friday evening, Ma? 19,
at 8 o’clock. The program will be
presented by members of the
senior class.
The class is composed of Betty
Jo Apperson, June Boles, Jerry
Burgiss, Lorene Draughn, Imo
gene Haynes, Carrie Lee Lewis,
Cornelia Lineberry, Dorothy Mar
tin, Rosena Martin, Anna Morri
sop, Eloise Osborne, Rowena Par
ker, Reba Porter, Mildred Rose,
Marie Simmons, Ruth Swaim,
Virginia Leigh Swaim, Mildred
Wall, Jessie Mae Weatherman,
Mary Winters, Oscar Boles,' Jr.,
Gordon Graham, C. J. Holcomb,
Jr., Wayne Lovelace, John Mathis
and Bill McBride.
Scout Camporee Is
Held May 13 and 14
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A district Boy Scout Camporee
was held at Neaves’ Park last
Saturday and Sunday in which
12 patrols, numbering 65 scouts,
took part.
> Following the event, four pa
trols were declared eligible to at
tend the council camporee to be
held at Bluff Park, on the scenic
highway, May 13 and 14.
A. R. Plaster and J. Mark Mc
Adams, scout officials in charge
of the camporee, said that the
event was the best that has been
held yet with a lot of improve
ment being shown by the boys in
camping technique.
REP. DOUGHTON
ENDORSES ELKIN
MAN FOR PLACE
Says Couldn’t Find Better
Man For Navy Job
BURGIN ALSO FOR HIM
Surry County Democratic
Convention Gives Him Un
animous Endrosement
IS FULLY QUALIFIED
Representative Robt. L. Dough
ton, veteran North Carolina Con
gressman, has gone on record as
heartily endorsing Lieutenant
Commander Thurmond Chatham,
of Elkin, as a possible secretary of
the navy to fill the vacancy creat
ed last Friday by the unexpected
death of Secretary Frank Knox.
The name of Mr. Chatham as a
man fully capable of holding the
navy cabinet job at some future
date was suggested by The Tri
bune in a front-page editorial the
latter part of December, last year.
Since Col. Knox’s death from a
heart attack Friday, many North
Carolina newspapers have boost
ed the Elkin man as a likely
choice for successor to the post,
pointing out his qualifications
both as an industrialist and as a
navy man.
In endorsing Mr. Chatham,
Congressman Doughton said that
“some of us will certainly bring
Commander Chatham’s name to
the President’s attention.” He was
high in his praise of him, declar
ing that “the President couldn’t
find a better man for Secretary
of the Navy if he searched the
country over.”
“Chatham is an experienced
navy man for one thing,” Dough
ton said. “He is also a bom bus
inessman and a good organizer.
He is extremely successful in get
ting along with all types of men.
He has every qualification for an
efficient Secretary of the Navy.”
Representative William O. Bur
gin, of Lexington, also praised
Mr. Chatham, saying that he was
a man who could fill capably the
high naval position.
Unanimous home-county en
dorsement on the part of Surry
Democrats was given Mr. Chat
ham last Saturday at the Demo
cratic convention at Dobson.
At the present time Comman
der Chatham is somewhere in the
Pacific on active duty with the
fleet. Entering the navy as a lieu
tenant commander shortly after
the outbreak of the war, he was
promoted to commander. Howev
er, rather than being content with
dry land sailing behind a navy
desk in Washington, he voluntar
ily accepted a demotion in rank
back to lieutenant commander so
that he could see active duty with
the fleet. Since going to sea he
has taken part in several major
naval actions.
Jaycees Are To
Conduct Drive
For Scrap Sunday
The Elkin Junior Chamber
of Commerce will conduct an
other scrap drive for the col
lection of waste paper and tin
cans Sunday afternoon from -
2 p. m. until 5 p. m.
Inasmuch as no extra gaso
line has been allocated for the
drive, local citizens are asked
to cooperate 100 per cent in
putting out their scrap in a
convenient place so that there
might be no waste motion in
the collection.
A representative of the WPB
who was here recently stated
that the need for scrap of this
nature is vital, and although
the local Jaycees have already
collected a total of 50,000
pounds in Elkin, Jonesville and
Arlington, the need will con
tinue to increase during the
next two months.