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ELKIN
The Best Little Town
In North Carolina
VOL. NO. XXXIII No. 8
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1945
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IS PRISONER — Pvt. David L.
Bell who was reported missing""
in action in France last Septem
ber when he participated in the
invasion of Southern France, is
a prisoner of the Germans, ac
cording to a message received
by his father, Lon A. Bell of
Hamptonville. Private Bell vol
unteered for paratrooper service
in November 1943. In making
his fifth practice jump he suf
fered an ankle injury and was
transferred to the infantry. He
went overseas last June, serving
in Italy before taking part in
the invasion of France.
NATIONAL
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. —
The war production board and
the office of price administra
tion today jointly proposed a
program to save civilians $500,
000,000 a year on their clothing
bill and to make available more
low-cost, essential clothing of
better quality. Price Adminis
trator Chester Bowles and W.
P. B. Chairman J. A. Krug tolu
a press conference that they
were in complete accord on the
project and that they believe
it holds definite promise of
ending inflated prices and
keeping the nation decently
clothed in the face of dwin
dling supplies of cotton, wool
and rayon g^Ods.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. —
Henry A. Wallace’s nomination
to be secretary of commerce
wa:c shoved on to a senate side
track today, while his critics
sought to hack away the job’s
vast financial responsibilities.
The commerce committee voted
10 to 2 to defer consideration
of the nomination and take up
first the proposal by Senator
George, Democrat, Georgia, to
strip the government’s big
lending agencies from the com
merce department. Hearings on
the George bill were called for
2:30 p. m. tomorrow. George
and Wallace were invited to
testify as was Jesse Jones, the
banker President Roosevelt re
moved as commerce secretary
to make room in the cabinet
for the former vice president.
Jones accepted the invitation,
but there was no immediate
word whether Wallace would
be present.
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PEARL HARBOR, Jan. 23.—
The tremendous sweeping pow
ers of Adm. William S. Halsey’s
Third fleet throughout the wa
ters of the China sea—Japan’s
lake—was emphasized with the
revelation today that his car
rier-borne fliers carried out an
other devastating attack
against Okinaw’a in the Ryuky
us. The powerful enemy base at
Japan’s front door-step was hit
on January 21, Adm. Chester
W. Nimitz announced, partially
confirming a Japanese For
mosan communique which said
American carrier planes struck
Okinawa on January 21 and 22.
“Reports of the damage inflict
ed are not available yet,” the
communique said. However
hard fighting is believed to
have resulted as strong enemy
defenses are known to be locat
ed on these islands.
INTERNATIONAL
21ST BOMBER COMMAND
HEADQUARTERS, Guam, Jan.
23.—American Superfortresses
flying in tight formations for
protection against fierce Jap
L, . anese air resistance bombed
HI factories at Nagoya, Japan, to
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Body Found In Lake
Believed Surry Man
Near West Palm
Beach, Florida
On December 23
The body of an aged white man,
believed to have been Jesse Couch,
80, of Surry, was fished from a
lake near West Palm Beach, Fla.,
on December 23, 1944, it has been
learned from county welfare au
The man was tentatively identi
fied through pictures of his body
forwarded here by Florida police, !
and the fact that he was known !
to have left Elkin on December 21
for West Palm Beach leads wel
fare officials to the belief that
their identification is correct.
Couch, who was said not to have
had any near relatives, had been
making his home with Grover
Pardue, of near Little Elkin
church. He was said to have lived
in this section for the greater part
of his life.
Surry welfare officials were
contacted by Florida police when
an envelope, containing the ad
dress of the Surry Welfare De
partment, was found in the cloth
ing of the body pulled from the
lake. The envelope was empty.
Couch had been receiving aid
from the department for some
time.
It was said that the old man
had often been heard to say that
he believed he would “go to Flori
da where it is warm.” Police said
that he had made his appearance
at the West Palm Beach police
department a short while before
his body was found in the lake,
but that he would answer no
questions as to his identity or
where he was from.
It is not known how he happen
ed to be ih the lake. It is not
thought probable, considering his
circumstances, that he had been
robbed and thrown in. It was
thought possible, however, that he
might have accidentally fallen in.
Couch was the son of the late
Oliver and Adeline Prather Couch.
IS PRISONER — Mr. and Mrs.
George Stokes of Cycle have re
ceived notice from the War De
partment that their son, Pfc.
Romie C. Stokes, is a prisoner Qf
the Germans. Pfc. Stokes was
wounded at Salerno last Sep
tember and was awarded the
Purple Heart. He has also won
the Good Conduct Medal, and
the Combat Infantry Badge. Mr.
and Mrs. Stokes have received a
letter from their son stating
that he was in good health,
'yiey also have two other sons
in the service. Pvt. Truman
Stokes of the Army Air Forces,
and Odell Stokes of the United
States Navy.
DRAFT STATUS
OF ip GIVEN
Number of Classifications
and Re-CIassilications
Announced By Board
IN CHARGE THIS AREA
The following men have recent
ly been classified and re-classified
by the Dobson draft board No. 2,
which holds jursidiction over this
area:
Andrew J. Williams from 1-C
enlisted to 1-C discharged; Wes
ley N. Gwyn from 4-F to 2-V (F);
Willie A. Kennedy from 1-A to
2-B (necessary in waf work);
Otis C. Boles from 4-F to 2-B (F)
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SERIOUSLY WOUNDED—Pvt.
Paul M. Whitaker has been list
ed as seriously wounded in ac
tion in Leembourg on Decem
cember 25. His division partic
ipated in the capture of 2,000
prisoners, and has seen action
in 64 towns. Pvt. Whitaker has
been the winner of nine medals,
according to a statement made
by his mother, Mrs. Alma Whit
aker, of Cycle.
MEN ARE SENT
TOFORTBRAGG
Left Dobson On Wednesday
Morning To Take Pre-In
duction Examination
SEVERAL FROM ELKIN
The following list of men left
Dobson Wednesday for Port Bragg
where they were to receive their
pre-induction physical examina
tion for military service, it has
been announced by the Surry
county draft board No. 2, at Dob
son:
Clayton Willie McCann, Moun
tain Park; Carlie Elmer Atkins,
Route 2, Dobson; Otis Odell At
kins, Route 4, Mount Airy; Arthur
Johnson Booth, Jr., Route 2, Pin
nacle; Raymond Nance, Route 1,
Elkin; Roy Lee Lowe, Lowgap;
Thaddaus Daniel Hardy, Route 1,
Siloam; Dalbert Alex Simmons,
Route 1, Pilot Mountain; Raleigh
Pinckney Brim, Jr„ Route 2, Pin
nacle; Marshall Ray Norman, Rt.
2, Dobson; James Elbert Smith,
Siloam; Cranford Wiliiam Phil
lips, Route 2, Dobson; Robert
Thomas Bryant, Dobson; Alvin
Junior Stanley, Route 2, Dobson;
James Wearn Mooney, Route 2,
Dobson; Arlis Milton Coe, Route
2, Dobson; Marvin Elbert Chilton,
Route 2, Pinnacle; John Raymon
Tucker, Siloam; Robert Rufus
Bledsoe, Route 2, Dobson; Amos
Norvale Lowe, Lowgap; James
Ray Puckett, Route 2, Pinnacle;
John David Cheek, Dobson; Roby
Durmond Stanley, Route 2, Dob
son; Jessie Albert Vernon, Route
2, Dobson.
William Richard Byrd, Elkin;
Louis Glenn Tucker, Pilot Moun
tain; William Junior Hutchins,
Siloam; Eugene Caldwell Schuy
ler, Lowgap; Morgan Durmond
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Explosion C
Excitement
They said it was exciting while
it lasted!
Maybe because folks have been
reading so much in the papers
about the German buzz-bombs.
Anyway, a call went out for any
and all available police late Satur
day afternoon when a sudden and
terrific explosion, of mysterious
origin, shooked the countryside
several miles north of State Road.
Chief of Police Corbett Wall was
contacted by Mayor J. R. Poindex
ter, who was at his farm north of
Elkin when the explosion occurr
red, and said officers of some type
were needed. Chief Wall then got
in touch with Patrolman Patt Mc
kinney by the simple method of
calling Salisbury and asking the
Highway Patrol radio •station
there to call Mr. McKinney up via
the radio telephone he has in his
patrol car. The patrolman was
back in town 15 minutes later.
Chief Wall, who has as much
curiosity as the next man, decided
he had better go along inasmuch
as during the recent Civilian De
ARE HALFWAY
TO GOAL HERE
IN POLIO DRIVE
Contributions By Chatham
Employees Total About
$500.00
OTHERS UNREPORTED
Drive In Business Section Of
Town Is Now Under Way,
Chairman Neaves Says
ASKS FULL SUPPORT
The drive for funds for the Na
tional Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis is now in progress in
the business section, with “March
of Dimes” jars located in the vari
ous stores and business houses,
Sam Neaves, local chairman, said
Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Neaves stated that the drive
had been completed in the Chat
ham Manufacturing Company,
and that approximately $500 had
been contributed. He said this
figure amounted to appnteimately
half of the local quota.
Reports from other districts
have not yet come in, he said, but
it is hoped that the section will
meet and surpass its quota. The
drive ends January 31.
Goal of those in charge of the
drive is a dime from every person,
but it was said that in order to
really meet the goal, those able to
give more would have to do so.
However, it was pointed out, no
person should be ashamed of giv
ing only a dime if that was all
they could afford, as every cent
contributed will go to a cause that
has the eventual stamping out of
childhood’s most terrible enemy
as its goal.
WOUNDED THIRD TIME—Lt.
Bill Pardue, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Free Pardue, was wound
ed in action in Germany. De
cember 31, and awarded the
Oak Leaf Cluster, it was learn
ed last week by a notice from
the War Department to his
wife, the former Miss Ermyn
Langley, of Charleston, 8. C.
This is the third time Lt. Par
due has been wounded. He re
ceived the Purple Heart and the
Oak Leaf Cluster last October
for wounds received in France.
He has been overseas since
July, 1944, and is stationed with
an Infantry Division. Mrs.
Pardue and their small daugh
ter reside in Charleston.
auses Much
Near Elkin
fense activity .t was his job to
unscrew the fuses from any and
all time bombs which might fall
in this vicinity, and so the two of
ficers rushed swiftly to the gener
al vicinity and started an investi
gation.
Contacting A. C. Phillips, who
lives in the neighborhood, they
learned that the explosion literal- ,
ly rocked the entire section. The
ground shook Windows rattled. :
Trees swayed in the breeze. Every
one was sure a German buzz
bomb, probably aimed at New
York, had strayed off down this
way, or else maybe a steam dis- 1
tillery somewhere in the section 1
had let go. But didn’t anyone .
know just where it had happen
ed.
It was pretty exciting for " a
while. But it wasn’t until the fol
lowing Monday that it was learn- :
ed that a measly three sticks of j
dynamite, set off by a farmer for i
fear his children might find it, ]
had been the cause of it all! i
Maybe someone should apolo- -
gize to Hitler. .. ?
AWARDED BRONZE STAR —
Pfc. Henry G. Tulbert of the
Medical Division of the United
States Army has been awarded
the Bronze Star Medal for he
roic achievement in connection
with military operations against
an enemy of the United States
in France on November 10.
Without regard for his own wel
fare, he left his place of safety
under enemy artillery firfe to
render first aid to a wounded
man and evacuate him to shel
ter. Pfc. Tulbert entered the
service in February 1943. He is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. B. C.
Tulbert of this city.
ARE TO RAISE
POST-WAR FUND
Special “Crusade For Christ”
Service To Be Held At
Methodist Church
SEEK MINIMUM OF $5,000
Sunday, January 28, the local
Methodist church will observe the
Crusade for Christ, a movement
in which Methodism is asked to
raise $25,000,000 for post-war re
lief and rehabilitation. Other
Methodist churches throughout
he Western North Carolina Con
ference will hold similar services
>n the same date.
The Elkin church has been
asked to contribute $3,600 toward
the over-all goal, and the local
;ommittee, which is headed by R.
3. Smith as chairman, will seek
a minimum of $5,000 with a view
toward joining hundreds of other
congregations that have already
Dversubscribed their quotas.
It is pointed out that the post
war world needs are far greater
than can be met by a minimum
response on the part of the church
members. Elkin Methodists are
being asked to come to the Sun
Jay morning service prepared to
leave their pledges. These pledges
may be paid at any time between
now and January 31 of next year.
The Crusade headquarters in
Chicago reports that present indi
sations point to at least a 20 per
:ent over-oubscription of the $25,
000,000 goal. Dr. J. Lem Stokes,
pastor of the local church, said
that this is gratifying to all who
have sensed something of the
challenge which presents itself
from among the war sufferers. He
also stated that other denomina
tions are taking up the matter of
relief and will share in the tasks
that loom so large ahead.
The local Crusade comm it te in
cudes, in addition to Chairman
Smith, the following: W. M. Al
len, Dr. E. L. Rice, Hubert Parker,
Dr. E. G Click, Clifton Leary,
Charles (7. Weaver, Jr., T. A. Red
mon, Claude Farrell* Eugene
Spainhour, Dave Smith, George
Roy all, and R. W. Harris.
John P. Burch Said
Missing In Action
Mr- and Mrs. Paul Burch of
Mountain £ark have been notified
>y the War Department, that
heir son, John Phillip Burch, has
seen missing in Germany since
December 16.
Young Burch was a member of
the Infantry Division, and had
jeen awarded the Good Conduct
Medal. He is a graduate of
Mountain Park high school, and
>f State College where he majored
n agriculture.
He is well known by the mem
bers of the college group in this
lection.
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Pvt. Fred C. Reece
Is Reported Missing
The War Department has noti
ced Mrs. Fred C. Reece that her
msband, Pvt. Fred C. Reece has
>een missing since January 7th at
Luxemburg. He is the son of Mr.
md Mrs. Owen Reece of Jones
'ille and took training at Camp
Vhite, Oregon.
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Breach Last Natural
Defense Line In Big
Assault Along River
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TO HALT RISE
APPAREL PRICE
OPA Program Expected To
Reduce Cost of Clothing
In Next Few Months
BOWLES GIVES DETAILS
The Elkin ration board has been
notified by Chester Bowles, of the
OPA, that controls are to be
tightened within the immediate
future to stop and decrease the
prices of wearing apparel.
Mr. Bowles stated that the
alarming rise in the price of
clothing shows no sign of abating,
with the rate of rise accelerating.
Unless firm action is taken now
the entire stabilization program
will be in danger, he said.
Principal reasons for the in
crease in clothing prices are:
Shifting by manufacturers to
higher price lines and consequent
disappearance of low-cost cloth
ing from stores: actual price in
creases; deterioration in quality
of many gartnents, causing a fur
ther price increase that cannot be
measured.
The controls which will be plac
ed in effect within the next few
months were outlined as follows:
1. Within the limits of supply,
textiles will be channeled into
more essential and lower priced
types of apparel.
2. Manufacturers will produce in
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WOUNDED—The former Miss
Geneva Corder, of this city, has
received a message that her hus
band, Pvt. Samuel M. Bullin,
Jr., above, has been wounded in
action in Germany on Decem
ber 12. Pvt. Bullin entered the
service in June, 1944, and
trained at Camp Croft, S. C.,
and Fort Meade, Md.. going ov
erseas last November. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bullin,
of Rusk.
WAGGONER IS
CLUB SPEAKER
Pastor of Nortl Wilkesboro
First Methodist Church
Guest of Kiwanians
NO MEETING NEXT WEEK
“My Philosophy of Life” was
the subject discussed at the meet
ing of the Elkin Kiwanis Club last
Thursday evening by Rev. A. C.
Waggoner, pastor of the First
Methodist church of North Wilk
esboro, guest speaker for the ev
ening.
In the absence of President T.
C. McKnight, Vice-President Hoke
Henderson presided. Dr. C. C.
Weaver introduced the speaker.
The program for the Kiwanis
meeting this evening has not been
announced.
No meeting of the club will be
held next week, due;to an inter
club meeting which will be held at
Salisbury Wednesday'. A majority
of the members of the Elkin club
are expected to attend to hear a
talk by Ben Dean, advertising ex
ecutive and president of Kiwanis
International. The meeting will
be held at the Yadkin Hotel.
KILLED IN ACTION—Private
James A. Stanley, of this city,
has been reported' by the War
Department to have been killed
in action in Germahy on De
cember 19. He had been award
ed the Purple Heart for wounds
received in action in France
last July. Pvt. Stanley joined
the Army in 1943. He is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Emory Stan
ley, and his wife is the former
Miss Nellie Isaacs. He is sur
vived by his widow; a daughter,
Glenda; his parents, and two
sisters, Miss Perlenia Stanley
and Mrs. Horton Gentry.
ELKIN LIONS
HOLDMEETING
Fat Salvage Collections To Be
Made First Sunday
In Each Month
COMMITTEES NAMED
The Elkin Lions Club, following
their dinner meeting at the Gil
vtn Roth YMCA Tuesday evening
at 6:30, perfected plans for a con
tinuation of their campaign to
collect waste fats, and announced
committee chairman who will
serve during the coming year.
Collection of fats will be made
each first Sunday in the month
beginning at 2:00 p. m., it was an
nounced. All housewives are urged
to save their waste fats and put
in a convenient place for collec
tion on the dates specified.
Three new members were wel
comed into the club during the
meeting. They were H. G. York,
Eugene Lewis and R. E. Smith. W.
J. Graham, president, presided.
Activities committee chairmen
were announced as follows:
Boys and girls, R. E. Smith;
citizenship and patriotism, Luth
er Stuart, chairman, W. A. Pos
ton, co - chairman; community
betterment, Glenn York; educa
tion, M. C. Whitener; health and
welfare, Dr. Seth M. Beale; safe
ty, R. L. Gentry, sight conserva
tion and blind, J. F. Ludwig; in
itiation committee, John Ken
nedy, R. E. Jennings, Graham
Green; military affairs, E. J. Free
man; greeters, Tom Parnell, Gene
Lewis, Glenn York.
Committee To
Study Needs Of
Hospital Here
Finns for an eventual new
wing of approximately 30
rooms to Hugh Chatham Mem
orial Hospital here, were dis
cussed Saturday at a meeting
of hospital committee mem
bers, U was learned Monday
from Dr. C. C. Weaver, super
intendent of the hospital.
Dr. Weaver stated that a
committee made up of J. W. L.
Benson, Dr. E. L. Rice and
himself was named to investi
gate plans for such an addi
tion. He said that before any
definite move was made it was
important that a surrey be
made to determine the actual
needs that could be incorporat
ed in such a structure.
Should such an addition,
which is bad|yy heeded, be con
structed, it would increase the
capacity of the hospital by
about 33 and one-third per
cent. '
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YANKS WHITTLE
DOWN BULGE IN
HARD FIGHTING
Attempt To Overtake and De
stroy Retreating Nazis
BULGE NOW SIX MILES
Artillery and Fighter Bomb
ers Destroy Thousands of
German Vehicles
CATCH ARMY ON MOVE
London, Jan. 24. — Marshal
Ivan Konev’s First Ukraine Army
forces have crossed the Oder Riv
er in Silesia, Reuters News Agency
said today in a dispatch from
Moscow.
The dispatch said the Russians
had “established at least one
bridgehead across the Oder,” last
natural defense line for the heart
of Germany.
The report did not specify where
the crossing was made, but it may
have been at Brieg, 25 miles south
east of Breslau where Berlin ear
lier reported the Russians were at
tacking in force.
Brieg is on the west bank of the
Oder about midway between Bres
lau and Oppeln. »
The German High Command,
acknowledging wholesale setbacks
from end to end of the blazing
eastern front, said that the “de
cisive battle” was nearing a
climax, and had reached a pitch
of ferocity and violence “which
cannot possibly be surpassed.”
Nazi military spokesmen, corn
firming Moscow reports that Poz
nan was under assault, said two
columns of Marshal Gregory K.
Zhukov’s Army were storming the
city from the east and south. The
tenor pf the spokesman’s comment
and a High Command admission - v
of “embittered fighting” therein*
dicated the city s fall was imipi
nent. '
Soviet field dispatches reported
the attack on Konigsberg and said
that other Russian forces pushing
up through the western belt of
East Prussia were within 15 miles
of Elbing, the fall of which would
slam the door on some 200,000
Nazi troops in the province.
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YADKIN GROUP
GOESTOCAMP
Leave Yadkinville Early This
Morning (Thursday) For
Camp Croft, S. C.
ARE TO BE INDUCTED
Twenty-three Yadkin county
boys will leave Yedkinville early
this morning for Camp Croft, S.
C,. where they will be inducted in
to the various forces of the arm
ed service. They are:
Worth Kitchen Burgess, Route
1, Cycle; McCree James Walters,
Janesville; John Robert Turner,
Route l, Boon ville, Homer Colum
bus Welch, Route {2, East Bend;
Arvin Lameul Harris, Route 2,
Yadkinville; Garvip Cook, Route
1, Jonesville; Ivin Cecil Chappell,
Cycle; Richard Rober Joyner,
Route 2, East Bend; Emory Paul
Windsor, Hampton ville; Corbett
Reavis Hoots, Union Grove; John
Wesley Adams, Route 1, Yadkin
ville; James Roy Howell, Route 1,
Cana; Wilbert Free Harrison,
Route 1, Yadkinville; Allen Enos
Brown, Boonville; Joseph Henry
Cranfill, Hampton ville; Mcalpin
Wood, Route 2, Yadkinville; Dan
iel Lee Gilley, Route 1, Jonesville;
Clay Lamae Parker, Jonesville;
Allen Clay Dobbins, Cycle; Ray
Junior Collins, Route 1, Boonville;
Paul Vernon Beane, Route 2, East
Bend; Alex Leroy Shore, Route 1,
Cycle; Cooledge Harold Shore,
Yadkinville; Hiram Thomas Wil
lard, Route I, Yadkinville; Joe
Harold Holcomb, Route 1, Jones
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