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# KEEP ON WITH MR BONDS The Elkin Tribune KEEP ON win MR BONDS VOL. NO. XXXII. No. 24 ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1944 16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS SALVAGE SCRAP PAPER IS VITAL ffPR ANNOUNCES Advises City Officials of Need For Reuse JAYCEES TO COOPERATE Will Make Collections On Monday and Thursday Of Each Week ALL KINDS ARE SOUGHT The War Production Board has advised city officials of Elkin that it is vitally urgent and necessary that all scrap paper ordinarily thrown away or destroyed, be col lected and reused, stating that unless this is done merchants will face a severe shortage of wrap ping paper, bags and boxes. , Heretofore all paper of this kind collected by the city garbage trucks has been burned at the city dump, but hereafter the Elk in Junior Chamber of Commerce, acting in conjunction with the city trash department, will make » collection of this paper, it was announced Monday afternoon. In order to make the salvage job a success, it was pointed out that all types of scrap paper, tissues, circulars, office letters and corrugated boxes can be used. In order to aid in handing it, it is necessary that paper be placed in corrugated boxes or bundled and tied with strong cord. Empty coirugated boxes should be mashed flat and tied with cord. It is also necessary that sweepings and trash be kept separate from scrap paper. This type of trash will be collected as usual by the trash department. The Jaycees will make collec tions twice each week on Monday and Thursday afternoons from 3:00 to 6:00 o’clock. Everyone in , teres ted in the war effort is urg ed to save all scrap paper and boxes for salvage. H. E. PARKS, 69, IS FOUND DEAD Well - Known Roaring River Citizen Dies In Sleep At Huntersville FUNERAL RITES TODAY Herbert Eugene Parks, 69, well known citizen of Roaring River, was found dead in bed Tuesday morning at Huntersville, where he was working as relief agent for the Southern Railway Company. Mr. Parks was a retired mail car rier and railroad agent. He was a- native of Roaring River and a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Lindolph Parks, and was a member of the Roaring River Methodist church. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Sallie Boldin Parks; two daughters. Miss Lois Parks and Mrs. Bradford Hendren; one son, Eugene Parks, and three grand children, all of Roaring River. Funeral services will be held this morning (Thursday) at 11 o’clock at the Roaring River Methodist church. The Question Is, Should A Plane Be Chartered? A problem of considerable dimension has arisen at the Elkin postoffice following the posting of a letter with a Trap hill address, bearing an eight cent air mail stamp. At the present time there is *)o air mail service from Elkin to Traphill, however, inasmuch as the letter has the required amount of postage attached, some are of the opinion that a plane should be chartered to fly the letter to its destination. Postmaster F. W. Graham could not be reached for corA ment Wednesday afternoon, but it is believed he favors sending the letter through us ual channels. Jonesville High School Graduates, Class of ’44 . . 1 I .11 ■■■ ..— ■' 1 11.. .. . I I Pictured above are members of the graduating class of the Jonesville high school who will receive their diplomas at graduating exercises to be held Friday, May 19, at 8:00 o’clock. Those pictured are, first row, left to right: Mildred Rose, Imogene Hanes, Ger ry Burgiss, Ruth Swaim, Betty Jo Apperson, Anna Morrison, and Mildred Wall. Second row, left to right: Rosena Martin, Virginia Leigh Swain, Lorene Draughn, June Boles, Marie Robinson, Cornelia Lineberry. Third row, left to right: Gordon Graham, C. J. Hol comb, Jr., John Wesley Mathis, Ott Boles, Jr., Rowena Parker, Bill McBride, Eloise Osborne, Carrie Lee Lewis and Jessie Mae Weath erman. Members of the class who were not present at the time the picture was made are: Dorothy Martin, Wayne Lovelace, Mary Winters and Reba Porter.—Tribune Photo. DUNCAN TO BE KIWANIS GUEST Will Speak At Mother’s Day Program Here This Evening (Thursday) Y LEADERS GIVE REPORT A special Mother’s Day program will be held at this evening’s Meeting of the Elkin Kiwanis Club, with Rev. H. P. Duncan, of Asheboro and former pastor of the Elkin Methodist church, as speaker. Members of the club are asked to bring as their guest their moth er or mother-in-law, or both. The program is being arranged by C. J. Hyslup, club program chairman. The meeting last Thursday ev ening was in charge of T. C. Mc knight, who had as his guests a number of young people of Elkin and Jonesville who are leaders in Y. M. C. A. work, each making a brief report on the nature of their duties. Those present were: Kitty Ann Cranford, of the “Little Women’s Club,” Bobby Jones, representing the Elkin grammar school;-- Ailene Holcomb, Jones ville school Tri-Hi-Y club; Mar tha Harris, Elkin school Tri-Hi-Y club; Billy Boles, Jonesville Hi-Y club; Charles Dockery, Elkin Hi Y club; Barbara Benson, repre senting the summer Y. M. C. A. camp; Marilyn Maxwell, girl leaders club; John Wesley Mathis, Jonesville boy leaders club; and Ketchel Adams, representing Hi Y party held at the Y. M. C. A. each Friday evening. Due to the absence of President Garland Johnson, C. C. Poindex ter, vice-president, presided. Jaycees Sponsor Motion Picture A motion picture on Pan-Amer icanism, sponsored by the Elkin Junior^ Chamber of Commerce, will be' shown at the Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A. this afternoon (Thurs day), at 3:15 o’clock especially for high school students of Elkin and Jonesville high schools. The gen eral public, however, is invited to see the picture, which will be ad mission free. The picture is to be shown as a part of the Jaycee program for im oroving relations between the United States and its neighbors to the south, especially in the days to follow the present war when nor mal trading conditions will again be established. All high school students aye urged to attend. The picture will be about one hour in length. Mrs. R. M. Ogbum, president of the Parent-Teacher Associa tion, urges all members of the or ganization to see this picture. Rep. Folger Endorses Chatham For Secretary Also Boosted By N.C. Young Democrats Representative John Folger, of Mount Airy,» Fifth District Con gressman, told The Tribune Wed nesday afternoon that he had issued a statement endorsing Lieut. Comdr. Thurmond Chat ham of Elkin, as successor to Col. Frank Knox, whose recent death left this important cabinet post vacant. “I consider Mr. Chatham well qualified for such a position,” Rep. Folger said. “His record as Rep. R. L. Doughton told The Tribune by telephone from Washington Wednesday afternoon that the entire North Carolina delegation to Congress and the Senate, with the exception of Senator Cam eron Morrison, who had not been reached at the time, had endorsed Lt. Comdr. Chatham for Secretary of the Navy. Sen ator Morrison, who is out of town, has been wired and Mr. Doughton was sure he would join the others, he said. Mr. Doughton also stated that he plans to talk to the President personally about the matter. a business man; his qualities of leadership and his valuable ex perience as a navy man, gained in two major wars, should make him an ideal selection.” The Tribune learned Tuesday that a meeting of the North Car olina Congressional delegation was planning a meeting to en dorse Mr. Chatham, however, Mr. Folger, who was in Mount Airy at the time The Tribune talked to him, said he didn’t know whether (Continued on last page, 1st Sec.) Pre-School Clinic Here On May 16th A pre-school health clinic will be held at the elementary school building here on Tuesday, May 16, from 10 a. m. until 12 noon. The state law requires that a child beginning school must have a health certificate and parents are urged to bring their children to the clinic on Tuesday «r have them examined by the family physician preparatory to entering school next fall. The clinic Tuesday will be con ducted by the Surry county health department. Treasurer I J Garland Johnson, above, vice-president of The Bank of Elkin, was elected treasurer of the North Carolina Bankers Association at the convention of the organization which was held in Raleigh last Friday. J. N. Coburn, of Whiteville, was ’ named president. Governor Broughton was the speaker at the banquet session of the group. WOMAN’S CLUB playtonight To Be Staged At Elementary School Auditorium; All Local Cast The Elkin Woman’s Club show, “Victory Vanities,” will be staged here this evening (Thursday), at the Elementary school, and will again be staged Friday night at the Jonesville school with an all local cast. Proceeds from this show will be used to establish a fund which will enable underprivileged boys and girls to attend summer camp. Much interest has been shown in the Baby Contest, in which a Baby King and Queen will be crowned at the performance to night. The contest will close at 6 p. m„ this evening. A popularity contest in Jonesville is being held in conjunction with the perform ance there, with the contest end ing at the close of school Friday. The show will be pure comedy throughout, with specialty num bers by local talent, including chorus and dances by pre-school age groups. RONDA SECTION FORMS GRANGE Meetings of Farm Group To Be Held On First Thurs day of Each Month OFFICERS INSTALLED A Grange organization has been perfected in Ronda to serve that community and the surrounding section. The purpose of the or ganization is to further commun ity and farming interests. Meetings of the Grange will be held on the first Thursday of each month and all interested ^parties are invited to attend the meetings and to join the organi zation. Officers were installed at a meeting last week as follows: Worthy Master, Clyde Burchette; overseer, Finnie Anthony; lectur er, Mrs. Susan Church; steward, Bland Martin; assistant steward, Howard Blackburn; chaplain, Rev. R. R. Crater; treasurer, John Hurt; secretary, Ernest Edwards; gate keeper, Don Poplin; ceres, Mrs. John Hurt; Pomona, Mrs. Irvin Key; Flora, Mrs. Avery Byrd, lady assistant steward, Miss Nell Tharpe. Executive commit tee; Irvin Key, Everette Tharpe and E. D. Byrd. Boonville Soldier Is Prisoner of War Private Roy Casstevens, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Casstevens of Boonville, who was reported miss ing* in action on the Anzio beach head in Italy, on February 16, is a prisoner of war of the Germans, according to a letter received from him by his parents last week. Mr. and Mrs. Casstevens also received a letter from the War Department confirming the fact that Pvt. (Casstevens is a prisoner. They have three other sons in the service. Pvt. Casstevens entered the ser vice in June, 1943, and trained at Camp Croft, S. C., and Fort Meade, Md., and went overseas last fall. He was stationed in North Africa before going to Italy. To Hold Mother’s Day Progrram 14th A special Mother’s Day program, will be held at Flat Rock Baptist church in Yadkin county on Sun day, May 14. J. T. Reece, of Yadkinville, well known speaker, will bring the message. Special music will also be a feature of the program, which will begin at 11:20 a. m. A cordial welcome is extended the public to attend. NoOpposition Shown By Nazis As Troops Take Over Territory Local Stores To Close Next Wednesday P. M. A majority of Elkin stores and other business firms will close each Wednesday at noon starting next Wednesday, these closing hours to be observed during the summer months. Everyone is asked to keep in mind the closing so that they might anticipate their needs by shopping Wednesday morn ings or earlier. Drug stores and hardware stores, it is understood, will not observe the Wednesday af ternoon closing. REGISTRANTS PUT IN 1-A Are Newly Registered 18 Year-Olds In Surry Num ber 2 Draft Area OTHERS RECLASSIFIED A large number of newly regis tered selective service registrants with the Local Board No. 2 in Dobson, which serves this area, have been put in class 1-A (eli gible for military service). This group includes: Ollie J. Bowen, Gratsy P. Mar ion, Monroe C. Hatcher, Barton W. Simmons, Warren Blackburn, Billy S. Royall, William H. Miller, Glenn W. Riggs, Charlie R. Lyles, John J. King, Bobby G. Golden, Willie Mitchell, Shreves M. Min ton, Marshall Jessup, Calvin W. Bowman. Registrants reclassified include Roy E. Danley from 1-C to 4-F; Claude E. Flincham from 1-A to 4-F; Arthur R. Draughn from 2-C (farming deferment) to 1-A; Henry T. Gann from 3-C, (farm ing and dependency deferment) to 2-C-H (farming deferment and over 38); Wm. D. Jenkins from 2-C to 2-C-H; Harvey N. Danley from 2-A (occupational deferment) to 1-A-H (eligible for service but over 38) and Fred Stanley from 1-C to 1-A. One other registrant, Robert T. Rol lins, has been inducted into the service. NAB TWO FOR FAST DRIVING Yadkin Men Wreck Car Here Saturday After Chase By Local Police FACE HEARING JUNE 5 Ed Pinnix and Graham Pardue, both of the Pea Ridge section of Yadkin county, are under arrest on reckless driving charges fol lowing an accident which occur red on the Jonesville side of the river at the end of the old bridge late Saturday afternoon. A preliminary hearing will be held June 5. Prior to the accident, in which Pardue, alleged to have been driv ing the car, turned it over, the two men had been pursued by lo cal police who were seeking to arrest them for reckless driving Saturday afternoon in the bus iness part of town. They evident ly were going too fast to make the curve at the south side of the bridge. They were said to have hit a car on Bridge street as they headed toward the river. Pinnix, said to be the owner' of the car, suffered an injured arm in the wreck. He was also alleged to have been drinking. Pardue ran from the scene and was not ar rested until Sunday morning. HEAVIEST PLANE ATTACK OF WAR MADE ON COAST British Pulverize Invasion Coast In Night Flight U. S. OVER THE BALKANS Huge Bombs on French Coast Rock Southeast England As If Earthquake KEY POINTS ARE HIT Allied Headquarters, Naples, May 10.—Allied troops fanned out along the power rim of the Maiella plateau on the central Italian front today, moving swift ly and apparently without oppo sition to complete the occupation of the 200-square-mile salient abandoned by the Germans. Moving up along a front of more than 200 miles between the Nazi-held positions at Castel di Sangro and Casoli, Allied advance (Continued on last page, 1st Sec.) Roaring River Man Fatally Hurt Sunday Monroe Pierce, 49, a resident of the Roaring River community, was fatally injured Sunday when the car he was driving overturn ed off a country road near Roar ing River. He was taken to Wilkes hospital shortly after the accident by a passing motorist. He died about five hours later. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Tincie Pierce; one daughter, Georgia Lee Pierce of Roaring River; and one son, Harding Monroe Pierce, who is stationed with the armed forces at Charles ton, S. C. Funeral services were held on Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock at Whitehead, in Alleghany coun ty. Jonesville School Principal Resigns J. P. Lowrance, for the past three years principal of the Jonesville school, has resigned ef fective at the close of the present school term. He is a native of Mooresville. Mr. Lowrance has not announced his future plans and it is not known whether or not he will con tinue in school work. Prayer Service In Preparation “D-Day” Planned Spiritual preparation for the coming invasion of Europe is being made by the Elkiii Minis terial Association and lay members of the various church es, with a special Public Prayer and Intercession program to be held at the Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A. Monday at 8:00 p. m., in preparation for “D-Day,” it has been announced. Everyone is invited to at tend this service. “D-Day” will be announced by the usual blackout siren signal, and all citizens of Elk in and Jonesville are asked to meet at the Y. M. C. A. at 8:00 p. m. for prayer. Howover, should “D-Day” come on Sun day, citizens are asked to go to their own church at 8:00 p. m., instead of the Y. M. C. A. A special leaflet, containing the full program planned for prayer services both before and on “D-Day” is being prepared by the Ministerial Association for distribution.
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