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VOL. NO. XXXIII No. 14 *
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, MARCH, 8, 1945
$2.00 PER YEAR
18 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS
Drive Here Is
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rOpened At Red
Gross Meeting
FIELD DIRECTOR
t MAKES TALK AT
DINNERHONDAY
Tells Assembled ‘Workers of
Red Cross Work
INTRODUCED BY HALE
Elkin’s Qudta In War Fund
Drive Is Announced
At. $10,000
FULL SUPPORT URGED
Members of the Elkin Kiwanis
Club, tile Junior Chamber of
Commerce, the Lions Club and
Red Cross workers of Elkin and
It this area met Monday evening at
•the Gilvin Roth YMCA to hear a
talk by Charles L. Skarren, Amer
ican Red Cross Field Worker who
has just returned from 17 months
service in the European theatre of
war, and to make final prepara
tion for the Red Cross War Fund
drive that is now under way here.
Mr. Skarren made a very in
tfrttsing and informative talk
about the Red Cross and the way
it functions to aid the nation’s
fighting men both at home and
overseas, pointing out that this
k great agency goes with the fight
* ing men practically into the front
line./ He also recounted a number
of his own personal experiences in
France, Belgium and Germany
during the drive from Normandy
Into the German homeland.
G. Kellock Hale, Jr., of Mount
Airy, chairman of the Surry coun
ty chapter of the American Red
Cross, introduced Mr. Skarren.
^ Carl C. Poindexter, publicity
chairman of the local drive, acted
as master of ceremonies, and in
troduced various guests and Red
Cross officials, including Mrs. Rit
zer, Red Cross area supervisor of
this area.
At the conclusion of the meet
ing, Mrs. A. O. Bryan, who is
heading the local drive, made a
brief talk in which she thanked
everyone connected with the drive
for their support and cooperation.
Elkin’s quota in the drive has
been announced as $10,000. Every
one is urged to give generously.
YADKIN COUNTY
• CITIZEN DEAD
Lemuel Edwin Messick, of
Jonesville, Passes Away
Wednesday, A. M.
f FUNERAL RITES TODAY
Funeral services for Lemuel
Edwin Messick, 69, of Jonesville,
who died Wednesday morning,
will be held at 11:00 o’clock this
morning from the Island Ford
Baptist church, Rev. O. V. Caudill
officiating. Burial will follow in
the Island Ford cemetery.
Bom in Yadkin county, Mr.
Messick had lived! in Jonesville
for the past thirteen years follow
ing his return to his native state
from Louisiana. IJe had suffered
from heart trouble for the past
three and one-half years. Mr.
Messick was an Elder in the Pres
byterian church.
His wife, the former Eddie Bass,
dead and he is survived by one
^brother, Robert Messick of Jones
\ vilie; and two sisters, Miss Cara
Elizabeth Messick of Jonesville,
and Mrs. Sallie M. Greenwood of
Yadkin county.
Kiwanis Convention
Has Been Cancelled
For the third consecutive year,
Kiwanis International voted to
day to cancel its annual delegate
wartime convention in line with
Office of Defense Transportation
regulations.
More than 2,250 clubs and 140,
000 members throughout the
United States and Canada will be
affected by the decision, accord
ing to Ben Dean, Grand Rapids
advertising executive and presi
dent of Kiwanis International.
Kiwanis was one of the first or
ganizations to comply with an
ODT request in 1943 to cancel
1 large meetings and thus conserve
’ travel facilities. Kiwanis conven
tions attracted 6,000 and 7,000
delegates in ordinary times, Dean
said. vt__ ,
SERIOUSLY WOUNDED—Pri
vate Aaron D. Ashley of Boon
ville was 'seriously wounded in
Germany on February 19, ac
cording to an official War De
partment telegram to his moth
er, Mrs, Rosa J. Ashley. He en
tered the Army in November,
1942, and trained at Fort Knox,
Ky. Private Ashley has been
serving overseas since last De
cember.
STATE .
RALEIGH, March 6.—
Amendments to the continuing
revenue act, now estimated to
raise approximately $129,000,
000 during the next biennium,
were passed unanimously to
day by the house and sent to
the senate. Changes in the con
tinuing act, adopted in 1939,
would exempt insecticides from
the sales tax if bought for use
on poultry or livestock; and
would raise the tax on pure,
fermented wines to 30 cents a
gallon, and the tax on syn
thetic, or imitation wines, to
$1.20 a gallon. Other changes
were classified as minor. The
present tax is 20 cents a gal
lon on all wines.
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, March 6.—
A provision having the effect
of allowing individual nurses to
decide for themselves whether
they shall be drafted for mili
tary service won approval of
the house today. It was one of
several major changes made
before the house put off until
tomorrow a final decision on
nurses-draft legislation to meet
what the armed services have
(Continued on page eight, 1st sec.)
FLOOD CONTROL
RESOLUTION IS
GIVEN TO BAILEY
Local Delegation Makes Trek
. to Washington
ALLEN IS SPOKESMAN
Seek Yadkin Dam to Curb
Flood Waters, Without
Power Projects
FIGURES PRESENTED
Senator Josiah W. Bailey,
chairmen of the Senate commerce
committee, has asked Senator
Clyde R. Hoey, and Congressmen
John H. Folger, William C. Burgin,
and Robert L. Doughton to serve
as a committee with him to advise
and work on a resolution calling
for adequate floo4 control in the
Yadkin-Pee Dee river area and the
establishment of the Robert L.
Doughton National Forest to be
located in the Yadkin valley,
which was presented to Senator
Bailey in Washington last Thurs
day by a delegation of twelve citi
zens from Caldwell, Wilkes and
Surry counties.
Bailey further asked the group
to act individually to aid him in
obtaining informaton and other
necessary data for Congressonal
consideration. This plan was
agreed upon by the committee.
W. M. Allen, Elkin attorney and
acting spokesman for the group,
told Senator Bailey that it was the
opinion of the group that the erec
tion of one central dam or what
ever dams necessary for flood con
trol will save floods along the Yad
kin river. He further pointed out
that sufficient power for industry
iwas available and that removal of
the flood menace would provide
conditions conducive to industry
in the valley.
. Sentator Bailey pointed out that
the dams proposed by the dele
gation would cost considerably less
(Continued on page eight, 1st. sec.)
R. L GENTRY
PASSESAWAY
Was A Member of the Elkin
Police Force Since March)
1943
LAST RITES INCOMPLETE
R. L. Gentry, of Elkin, member
of the police force here since
March 26, 1943, passed away in a
Winston-Salem hospital Wednes
day about noon following an ill
ness caused by cancer.
A native of Surry county, Offi
cer Gentry had made his home
here for the past three years, and
was a diligent and conscientious
officer. Prior to moving to Elkin he
made his home in Mountain Park.
He was a member of the Baptist
church, and a member of the Elk
in Lions Club.
Surviving, in addition to his
wife, the former Miss Vemie Boyd,
a native of Mount Airy, are two
children, Doswell and Lewell; five
brothers, M. C. and Nelson Gentry,
of Mountain Park; Early Gentry,
of Dobson; Dari Gentry, of Mount
Airy, and Private Foley Gentry,
who is now overseas.
Funeral plans have not been
completed.
Capt. Dunnagan
Listed Dead By
War Department
CAPT. CHARLES DUNNAGAN
Captain Charles R. Dunnagan,
grandson of Dr.- M. A. Royall, of
Elkin, and the son of Mrs. Blanche
Dunnagan, of Roxboro, has been
reported by the War Department,
in a letter to Mrs. Dunnagan, as
having died in action on Septem
ber 7, 1944, when the \Japanese
freighter, on which he was being
transferrd to another prisoner of
war camp, was sunk near the
Philippines.
Captain Dunnagan was captur
ed by the Japanese following the
fall of Corregidor, but several
messages received from him prior
to September last year indicated
he was in godd health and getting
along all right. Details of the ac
tion in which he presumably lost
his life only a short while before
possible liberation, are contained
in the following letter sent to his
mother by the War Department:
“The War Department has now
received the official list of prison
ers of war on the Japanese freigh
ter, which you were previously in
formed was sunk on September 7,
1944. It is with deep regret that
(Continued on page eight, 1st sec.)
Final Play To Mark End
Of Tournament Tonight
The Elkin Jaycee Invitational
Basketball Tournament will wind
up in a blaze of glory at the Gil
vin Roth YMCA here tonight
(Thursday), as finalists battle for
the championship.
At this writing the semi-finals
are yet to be played. Teams which
were scheduled to meet in the
semi-finals'Wednesday night were
West Yadkin vs. Flat Rock girls;
Jonesville vs. Pilot Mountain boys;
Yadkinville vs. Boonville girls, and
Miller’s Creek vs. Yadkinville boys.
Winners of these games will fight
it out in tonight’s finals.
Many thrilling games have been
played since the tournament
opened last week, with a number
of hair-raising finishes that had
spectators standing in their* seats.
Large crowds have been in daily
attendance and even at this date
the tournament is considered an
outstanding success.
Among the many excellent
games played this week, thg game
between Miller’s Creek boys and
Union Grove Monday night prov
ed a thriller. Union Grove led
throughout the contest by a few
points until the last quarter when
Miller’s Creek forged ahead to
nose out their opponents by a
score of 23-21.
Tuesday night Pilot Mountain
boys upset a favored Boonville
team to win in another close game
25 to 23, forging ahead in the
final quarter.
In yet another thriller Tuesday
Plat Rock girls took an extra ses
sion to win over Pilot Mountain
37 to 3.
Outcome of games played since
last Wednesday up until Tuesday
night of this week are as follows:
Boys — Pilot Mountain, 18,
Franklin, 13; Jonesville, 19, Har
mony, 18; Union Grove 36, Court
ney 21; Shoals 32, Mountain Park
28; Boonville 31, Elkin 22; Ronda
26, Westfield 24; Miller’s Creek 33,
Plat Rock 18; Yadkinville 21, West
Yadkin- 17; Jonesville 61, Shoals
17; Miller’s Creek 23, Union Grove
(Continued from page one)
Plans Complete For 3rd Annual
Farmers’ Day Session Here On
March 15; 600 Farmers Invited
To Nominate Officials
Vi
At Mass Meeting Here
Town Election
Will Be Held
On May 7th
The Elkin board of commission
ers, meeting Monday night at the
City Hall, announced the date for
a mass meeting of Elkin citreens
for the purple of nomination a
mayor and board of commission
ers to be voted upon in the town
election of May 7.
Date set for the mass meeting,
which will be held in the Elkin
elementary school auditorium, is
April 6 at 7:30 p. m.
George Chatham was named
-registrar, and J. L. Lillard and
Glenn Bailey, judges.
The commissioners also passed
a resolution opposing a bill re
cently introduced in the state leg
islature which would extend the
jurisdiction of the Mount Airy
recorder’s court to cover all of
Surry county, including Elkin.
In event this bill should be passed,
local cases involving reckless driv
ing or other charges which can
not be tried by a magistrate, would
be tried in Mount Airy.
This bill, No. 309, has been pass
ed by the senate, it is understood,
but has not yet been passed by the
house. The Elkin board, in op
posing it, did so in the belief that
the Mount Airy recorder’s court
should have no jurisdiction over
Elkin cases of any kind.
Lions Collect
350 Pounds of
Waste Fats
Approximately 350 pounds of
waste fats was collected here
Sunday afternoon by the Elkin
Lions cluboin a townwide can
vas.
The next collection by the
Lions will be made on the first
Sunday aftemon in April. All
housewives are urged to save
waste grease of all kinds so
that it may be collected at that
time for use in making medi
cines and explosives for the
armed forces.
PATTON S MEN
PUSHINGAHEAD
Tanks and Armored Troops
Race Through Disorganiz
ed Resistance
AT MILE-AN-HOUR CLIP
Paris, Wednesday, March 7.—
Tanks and armored troop carriers
of Lieut Gen. George S. Patton’s
American Third Army raced
through disorganized German re
sistance less than 15 miles from
the middle Rhine today in a mile
an-hour flanking sweep that
threatened to bring Coblenz under
siege by nightfall.
Patton’s spectacular end run
through the rugged Eifel Moun
tains covering Coblenz momen
tarily overshadowed the great Al
lied victory to the north, where
the Rhineland capital of Cologne
fell almost without a struggle and
three Allied armies were massing
for a plunge across the Rhine into
the industrial heart of Germany.
Late field dispatches said ar
mored outriders of the American
Third Army were in the Montreal
area, 17 miles west-southwest of
Coblenz and less than 15 miles
southwest of the Rhine city of
Andernash, nine miles northwest
of Coblenz.
Patton’s tanks already had cov
ered more than 37 miles since they
kicked off from their Kyll River
bridgeheads east of Bitburg 48
hours ago and the Germans show
ed no signs of halting them short
of the Rhine.
The speed of the advance left
little doubt that the German col
lapse in the north had forced the
Nazi High Command to order a
general retreat behind the Rhine
all the way from Coblenz to the
(Continued.on page 8, 1st sec.)
AWARDED BRONZE STAR—
S. Sgt. William B. Martin, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Martin of
Rcnda, has been awarded the
Bronze Star Medal for meritious
service against the enemg. En
tering the army in 1940, Sgt.
Martin went overseas in March,
1944, and is at present stationed
in Belgium with a tactical air
outfit commanded by Brig. Gen.
R. E. Nugent. The citation ac
companying the decoration stat
ed that, “As a crew chief of a
fighter plane, Sergeant Martin
has demonstrated a strong de
votion to duty and a superior
mechanical ability. Despite ad
verse weather and dust condi
tions, Sergeant Martin has suc
ceeded in providing excellent
maintenance necessary 'to keep
his aircraft operating without
mechanical failure through a
large number of combat mis
sions.”
PALMER GUEST
OF KIWANIANS
President of Charlotte Cham
ber of Commerce Makes
Interesting Talk
NO MEETING THIS P. M.
Roy Palmer, merchandising and
advertising director of the Duke
Power Company, Charlotte, and
president ->f the Charlotte Cham
ber of Commerce, was guest speak
er at the meeting of the Elkin
Kiwanis club at the Gilvin Roth
YMCA last Thursday evening.
Mr. Palmer used as his subject
“The Challenge of Scientific Pro
gress,” and stated that the coun
try has made tremendous progress
toward further advancement
along this line in the postwar
world. His talk was highly enter
taining and enjoyed by all who
were present.
D. G. Smith was in charge of
the program. President T. C. Mc
Knight presided.
Due to the fact the Kiwanis
club met with other civic clubs at
a special Red Cross meeting at
the YMCA Monday evening, the
club will not hold its usual meet
ing this evening (Thursday).
MEET IN SEMI-FINALS OF JAYCEE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT—The two girls teams pictured
above, were to meet in the semi-finals of the Junior Chamber of Commerce Invitational Backetball
tournament at the Gilvin Roth YMCA Wednesday night to fight it out for the privilege of playing for
the championship tonight (Thursday), against either Yadkinville or Boonville in the finals. West
Yadkin, pictured at left, defeated Jonesville Monday night 23 to 15- while Flat Rook, right, was wfcu
ner over Pilot Mountain Tuesday night by the,close score of 37-36. Members of the team are, West
Yadkin, front row, left to right: Bobbins, G. Macemore, L. Macemore, Wallace, Vanhoy and Brown.
Back row, Church, Johnson, Castevens, Shore, Groce and Chappell. Flat Rock cagestens are, left to
right, front row: Puckett, White, Scott and M. Midkiff. Back row: Reynolds, Wilcox, R, Midklff, Shel
ton and Allred.—Photos by T. A. Redmon.
C. W. BAILEY TO
BE SPEAKER AT
DINNERSESSION
Former Governor Broughton
Is to Be Here
GOV. CHERRY INVITED
S(>*
Many Prominent Agricultural
Leaders of the State Will *
Be Guests
TO HOLD AT THE YMCA
Plains have been completed for
the Third Annual Farmers’ Day
meeting which is to be held here
next Thursday, March 15, at
which approximately 600 farmers
of Surry, Yadkin and Wilkes
counties are expected to be Elk
in’s guests.
Former Governor J. Melville
Broughton, who as governor of
the state attended the two pre
vious meetings, will again be pres
ent and will act as master of ce
remonies. Governor Gregg Cherry
has been extended an invitation
to come, but at this date he has
not definitely accepted, due to the
Legislature still being in session,
it was learned from Garland John
son, chairman of the Elkin Agri
cultural Council, which is arrang
ing the meeting.
Guest of honor and principal
speaker will be C. W. Bailey, presi
dent of the First National Bank,
of Clarksville, Tenn., and chair
man of the Food for Freedom
committee of the American Bank-*"*,
ers Association.
The program, which will be held
at the Gilvin Roth YMCA, will
get under way in the auditorium
at 3:00 p. m., in opening exercises
which will bring many outstand
ing agricultural leaders of North
Carolina together. Following this
session, the meeting will be broken
up into various groups to attend
sessions devoted to the special
farm topic in which the farmers
may be interested.
The annual banquet will be
staged in the evening in the audi
torium, at which time Mr. Bailey
will speak.
Elsewhere in this issue is a spe
cial Farmers’ Day Meeting sec
tion which gives full details as to
the various events scheduled.
GEORGE PAULS
PASSESMONDAY
Funeral Rites for Elkin Man
Held Tuesday from Fun
eral Home Here
WAS NATIVE OF GREECE
The funeral of George Pauls, 60,
of this city, who died Monday
morning, was held Tuesday af
ternoon in the Hayes-Speas Fun
eral Home Chapel. Rev. O. V. Cau
dill conducted the services. Burial
followed in the Hollywood ceme
tery with Masonic rites.
A native of'Greece, Mr. Pauls
came to Elkin in 1917 after serv
ing in the British navy since his
youth. His father operated a mer
chant vessel plying between
Greece and England. He owned
and operated Elkin’s largest cafe
for many years and later moved
to Myrtle Beach, S. C., to open a
restaurant there.
Last August he returned to Elk
in when he learned he was suf
fering from an incurable heart
ailment. He was a member of the
Elkin Presbyterian church and
Masonic lodge.
Former Resident
Of Elkin Is Dead
Roswell S. Cheves, former
dent of this city, died last w
at his home in Springfield,
following a lengthy illness.
Born in Pulaski, Va..
here a number '"Of ye*
which time he was eng*
lumber business. His i
former
this cit