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VOL. NO. XXXIII No. 17
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N, C.t THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1945
$2.00 PER YEAR
16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
STARS OF JAYCEE CAGE TOURNEY—Basketball talent galore
was represented at the Gilvin Roth YMCA Monday evening when
these pictures were made following a banquet in which champion
teams, runners-up and outstanding players in the recent Jaycee
Basketball tournament were honored by the Junior Chamber of
Commerce. Top picture shows members of the girls’ all-tournament
team. Front row, left to right: M. Dobbins, Boonville; P. Adams
Boonville; G. Hicks, Franklin; N. Taylor, Boonville; M. Cranfill,
Yadkinville, and F. Wood, Yadkinville. Back row; Peggy Wilcox,
Flat Rock; R. Midkiff, Flat Rock; L. Simmons, Pilot Mountain; D.
Wood, Union Grove; G. Groce, West Yadkin, and B. Oliver, Jones
ville. Middle photo, boys’ team, front row, left to right: M. Wall
Pilot Mountain, M. Eller, Miller’s Creek; B. Reid, Pilot Mountain;
R. Fowler, Pilot Mountain. Back row: L. Templeton, Union Grove
W. Critz, Union Grove, Billy Boles, Jonesville; E. Blackburn, Jones
ville; A. Hiatt, Flat Rock, and D. Church, Miller’s Creek. Bottom
photo shows the outstanding boy and girl player of the tournament,
Pemell Adams, left, of Boonville, and Mack Eller, of Miller’s Creek.
—Photos by T. A. Redmon.
Jaycees Are Hosts To
Cage Tourney Players
Present Awards
At Meeting At
YMCA Monday
Awards were made to the win
ning basketball teams, all-tourn
ament teams and outstanding
players of the recent Junior
Chamber Invitation Basketball
tournament, at a special meeting
of the Jaycees at the YMCA Mon
day evening.
Members of the championship
ams, runners-up and all-star
groups were present as guests of
the Jaycees.
T. C. McKnight, general seere
tary of the YMCA, was the princi
pal speaker, and in an interesting
and timely talk urged the players
to face life with high courage and
a smile and with complete faith
and trust in God.
“Drastic changes will come out
of the present war,” Mr. Mc
Knight said, “and new opportuni
ties will await the young men and
women of today.” He urged his
listeners to avail themselves of the
knowledge with which to face
these new opportunities and to
have the courage to grasp them
without fear.
Hubert Parker, president of the
Jaycees, presided over the meet
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SURRY MEN GO
TO FORT BRAGG
Are Sent To Camp For In
duction Into Service
On March 21
FROM DRAFT BOARD 2
The following men under
the jurisdiction of Surry draft
board No. 2, at Dobson, were sent
to Fort Bragg March 21, for in
duction intQ the various branches
of the armed services:
James Gwyn Eldridge, Rt. 1,
State Road; Dewey Sherman
Parker, Dobson, Rt 2; Opie Wood
row White, State Road; Coy Pres
ton Boyd, Rt. 1, Ararat; Guy
Edgar Snow, Rt. 2, Dobson; Jessie
Albert Vernon, Rt. 2, Dobson;
Jack Gentry Slate, Rt. 1, Pilot
Mountain; C. Leo Haynes, Rt.
4, Mt. Airy; Fred Claudius Hinson
Rt. 2, Rockford; Jim Dan Hem
mings, Mountain Park; Ellis
Lonzy Danley, Rt. 2, Dobson;
John Raymon Tucker, Siloam;
Walter Ray Simmons, Thurmond;
Clifford Henry White, Dobson;
Eugene Caldwell Schuyler, Low
gap; Dallas Lee Marion, Rt. 4,
Mt. Airy; Marvin Elbert Chilton,
Rt, 2, Pinnacle; Delmas Glenn
Blevins, Elkin; Amos Norvale
Lowe, Lowgap; James Lee Hol
brook, Rt. 1, Elkin; Glenn .Elvin
Marion, Rt. 4, Mt. Airy; Grady
Winfield Harris, Thurmond; Ray
mond Nance, Rt. 1, Elkin; Mar
shall Ray Norman, Rt. 2, Dobson;
Cranford William Phillips, Rt. 2,
Dobson; Robert Thomas Bryant,
Dobson; Alvin Junior Stanley, Rt,
1, Elkin; Boyd Ulysses Thompson,
Rt. 1, Thurmond; William Paul
Church, Elkin; Ezra Sparks, Box
17, Rt. 1, Traphill; Oscar M. Tol
bert, Toast; Robert Lee Brinkley,
700 N. Spring St. Winston-Salem,
Morrisett Is To
Be Guest Speaker
The Elkin • Kiwanis Club will
hear a talk by Rev. Stephen Mor
risett, pastor of the First Baptisl
Church here, at their regulai
meeting ot the YMCA this evening
(Thursday).
The program is being arranged
by Dr. J. G. Abemethy, chairman
of the Kiwanis Support the
Church committee, and all mem
bers are urged to attend.
At last week’s meeting a mo
tion picture on the harvesting
and shipping of citrus fruit ir
Florida was presented.
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Will Be Candidates
If Voters So Desire
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, March 27.
_The navy today cut back
drastically its latest warship
building: program even as Fleet
Adm. Earnest J. King said, “No
quick and easy victory (ever
Japan) can be taken for
granted.”
A $1,000,000,000 “insurance”
construction program announc
ed March 6 was slashed 75 per
cent. This reduced a projected
big new fleet of 84 warships
of all categories totaling 636,
860 tons to 12 escort carriers
of 150,000 tons. Other phases
of the navy’s overall building
program were not affected.
WASHINGTON, March 27.
—A wave of premature reports
and rumors of victory in Eu
rope spread over the country
today as united nations armies
continued their rush toward
Berlin.
One flood of rumors grew
from a White House disclosure
that President Roosevelt wants
his cabinet officers and United
States diplomats abroad to
stay at their posts during the
Sait Francisco conference start
ing April 25.
The White House later made
• it clear that Mr. Roosevelt’s
memorandum on the subject,
sent to Secretary of State
Stettinius on March 16, did
not spell any immediate Ger
man collapse. The purpose, it
was explained, was to reduce
the strain on transportation.
WASHINGTON, March 27.
—The house today voted to
authorize criminal penalties
for job-jumpers and labor
hogging employers by passing
a compromise manpower bill
condemmed by its opponents
as “tryranny and slavery
brought up to date.”
The roll call vote was 167
to 160, a margin of only seven.
The bill was the house
answer to President Roosevelt’s
request for measures to keep
essential workers on the job
and to show men on the battle
lines that the home front is
behind them.
Opponents of the bill — the
most drastic legislation of its
kind ever considered by Con
gress — are expected to wage
an all-out fight to defeat it in
the senate. The upper chamber
rejected an original house bill
which was milder than the
compromise version and then
passed a still weaker measure.
INTERNATIONAL
MANILA, Wednesday, March
28.—Maj. Gen William H.
Arnold’s Americal division
landed Monday on the east
coast of elongated Cebu island
under cover of United States
Seventh fleet guns and bomb
ing plans, pushing swiftly in
land to within less than three
miles of the important city of
Cebu.
This 28th island landing of
the Philippines campaign was
confirmed in a communique to
day by Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur after being disclosed
earlier by Tokyo radio.
The American Yanks, who
got'their baptism of fire in the
Solomons, caught the Cebu
defenders "off guard by the
move” and encountered only
moderate resistance, head
quarters said.
PARIS, March 27. — Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower in a
sweeping pictorial statement
on the fast-climaxing war said
today that the Gerfnans in the
west are beaten as a military
force. He expects them to fight
on wherever they can, he said,
and they may try to eftther
hold their seaports or to make
a final stand in the southern
German Alps.
He said that he had not
written off the war and that
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Royall States
He Has Nothing
To Say At Time
Pour Elkin men whose names
have been mentioned as candi
dates for town offices in the forth
coming mass meeting which will
be held April 6, have definitely
announced that they will serve if
nominated and elected, while a
fifth declined to commit himself
one way or the other.
Garland Johnson, who has been
mentioned as a successor to J.
R. Poindexter as' mayor, said
Wednesday morning that he would
serve in that capacity if the citi
zens wanted him. C. N. Myers,
Joe E. Bivins and J. W. L. Benson
said Wednesday that they would
accept the nomination for com
missioners.
Hugh A Royall, who has also
been prominently mentioned as a
prospective candidate for the
board of commissioners, stated
that he had no statement to make
at this time.
Mayor Poindexter, in a state
ment to The Tribune last week,
definitely declined to again be a
candidate to succeed himself and
C. C. Poindexter and H. P. Gra
ham also have let it be known
that they will not seek re-election.
Other members of (the present
board, C. C. Myers, C. C. Fulp
and R. C. Freeman will again be
candidates.
At the April 6 mass meeting,
to be held in the auditorium of
the Elkin elementary school,
citizens will nominate a mayor
and five commissioners. The
town election will be held at the
city hall on Monday, May 7.
Elkin officials serve two year
terms in office.
PLAN SUNRISE
crniiipr imnn
Dcnvitc nuu,
Community Service On Easter
Morn To Be Held At The
Local YMCA
ATTENDANCE IS URGED
A special community sunrise
service will be held at the Gilvin
Roth YMCA Sunday morning at
6:45 according to an announce
ment made this week by T. C.
McKnight, secretary of the Y.
Appropriate music will be pre
sented by the combined choirs of
all the churches in charge of
Rev. Stephen Morrisett and the
program will continue as follows:
Devotionals conducted by Rev.
O. V. Caudill.
Prayer led by Rev. J. C. Wal
lace.
Talk by Dr. C. C. Weaver, Sr.
Closing prayer by Dr. J. Lem
Stokes.
This is the first sunrise service
ever held in Elkin and plans
promise an inspirational treat for
all who take part in the worship.
In case of inclement weather the
program will be held inside the Y
otherwise it will take place on the
front porch and lawn.
A large-crowd is urged to be
present and make the service not
only a success but a tradition.
TO DEDICATE .
CHURCH HERE
Services To Begin At ll:0fo
o’clock April 8 At West
Elkin Baptist Church
POWERS IS TO PREACH
Members of the West Elkin
Baptist church will celebrate their
church dedication on April 8 with
services beginning at 11 o’clock.
Rev. J. L. Powers will preach
the dedicatorial sermon. Rev. B.
F. Rollins will offer a prayer.
Special music by the outstand -
ing quartets of the church will be
featured.
Grover Tilley will lead the
opening prayer. George Walters
will lead a special prayer which
will be followed by special music.
Folowing the offering, special
music and prayers, the pastor will
bring the message of the hour.
The occassion is freedom, from
indebtedness and everyone is cord
ially invited to attend the service.
Sailor Breaks
Up Black Market
Gang In Yadkin
DWIGHT W. HOLDER
Motor Machinist’s Mate 2/c
Dwight W. Holder, believes in an
all out effort to lick the enemy
both at home and abroad as evi
denced last week when he'joined
local authorities in the roundup
and confiscation of counterfeit
rationing coupons near Brooks
Crossroads.
Formerly employed by Chat
ham Manuacturing Company be
fore joining the navy, and recent
bridegroom of Miss Monica Day
of this city, Holder told authori
ties that he was stopped on the
street here by a boy who told him
he knew where he could get some
gas. He accompanied the boy
and purchased eight “C” coupons
for six dollars according to the
story told by an OPA spokesman.
Contacting the Winston-Salem
board he returned the next day
with E. J. George, OPA investi
gator, who bought coupons with
a marked twenty dollar bill. The
following day George, a lawyer,
and Deputy Marshall R. A. Staf
ford returned to the house and
found a large number of coupons
which they confiscated.
Mrs. Harvey Shore of near
Brooks Crossroads was arrested,
and a warrant was issued for her
husband as OPA officials captur
ed 495 bogus five gallon “C” gaso
line coupons and 3,770 sugar
coupons. The coupons were sus
pected of being counterfeit as the
result of the tip given authorities
by Holder who sacrificed two days
of his honeymoon to keep a
pledge he and some of his bud
dies took while aboard a subma
rine in the Pacific.
Mrs. Shore waived hearing be
fore Commissioner M. W. Mackie
at Yadkinville and was placed
under $1,000 bond for appearance
at a hearing set for April 5.
Holder said he joined the au
thorities in an effort “to break up
the black market racket carried on
by unscrupulous civilians we are
fighting for.” He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar E. Holder of
Winston-Salem, Route 1, and was
graduated from Ola Town high
school.
He and his wife left Friday for
San Francisco, where he will
await further naval duty. It was
announced Wednesday by Chief
Clerk Justus Randolph of the
Winston-Salem Rationing Board,
that he had received a call from
the District Office of Price Ad
ministration saying that the Co
lumbia Broadcasting System and
the National Broadcasting Com
pany are planning to put MMM
2/c Holder on a nation-wide
hookup as soon as he and Mrs.
Holder reach, San Francisco. Both
companies wei’e inquiring about
his train schedule to the west
coast and plan to put him on the
air Saturday if he will consent,
OPA officials said.
Sam Gilliam Dies In
Acton On Iwo Jima
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Gilliam of
Benham, were notified by the War
Department Wednesday that
their son, Sam Gilliam, was killed
in action at Iwo Jima on March
16. He entered service in June,
1944, and had been overseas for
the past six months. His wife is
the former Miss ijouise Childress.
He is survived by his wife, three
children, his parents, and several
brothers and sisters.
Study New Ceiling
Measure Wednesday
A tradte meeting was held at
the local rationing board
office Wednesday evening at 8
p’clock for the purpose of studying
the new retail price regulation
which applies to wearing apparel
and house furnishings. A rep
resentative of the district office
at Charlotte, was present.
Rhine Battle Turns
Into Open Chase As
German Lines Break
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Lions Postpone
Collection Of
Waste Fat Here
Due to the fact that the
first Sunday of this month is
Easter, the Elkin Lions Club
will not make their usual col
lection of waste' fats, it was
announced Monday.
The next collection of waste
fats will be made on the first
Sunday in May, it was said.
WALTER B. BELL
PASSES SUNDAY
Former Elkin Resident And
Publisher Dies In Winston
Salem Hospital
FUNERAL HELD HERE
Funeral services for Walter B.
Bell, 70, native and former resi
dent of Elkin, were held here
Monday afternoon at 5 o’clock at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. George
Royall, on Church street, with Dr.
J. Lem Stokes, II, officiating. In
terment followed in Hollywood
cemetery.
Active pallbearers included Ma
rion Allen, W. W. Whitaker, W.
L. Hine, E. S. Spainhour, J. G.
Abernethy, O. K. Richardson, D.
G. Smith, and Joe Bivins.
Mr. Bell died Sunday morning
in a Winston-Salem hospital,
where he had been a patient for
the past eighteen months.
Many years ago Mr. Bell and
his brother, W. M. Bell, jointly
published The Elkin Times. Later
he went to Albemarle and there he
was office manager of Efird Man
ufacturing Company. Moving to
Morganton he was with the Ervin
Mills of that city. Returning to
the profession, which was to be
his life work, he became managing
editor of The Charlotte Observer
and later was with the Raleigh
News and Observer.
Mr. Bell later went to Winston
Salem and over a period of years
was associate editor of The Union
Republican. Making his home in
that city he continued active until
his health prevented two years
ago. He was a member of the
Methodist church and. a Mason.
The son of the late John S. Bell
and Lula Gordon Bell of Elkin
the deceased was widely known.
His father was a pioneer merchant
of Elkin.
Surviving are four brothers, W.
M. Bell of Charlotte; Gordon Bell
of Memphis, Tenn.; Hal Bell of
Courtland, Va.; and L. C. Bell, of
Elkin; also five sisters, Mrs. R. S.
Scott of Charlotte; Mrs. Sterling
Strange of Richmond, Va.; Miss
Bertha Bell, Mrs. Evelyn Carter,
and Mrs. George Royall all of
Elkin. Mr. Bell was unmarried.
GROUP HEARD
BY GOVERNOR
Elkin Men Are In Delegation
Concerning Appointment
Of Surry Man
TO HIGHWAY BOARD
A large delegation of citizens
from this section of the state, in
cluding several Elkin citizens,
conferred at length Tuesday
afternoon with Governor Gregg
Cherry at Raleigh in the interest
of the appoinment of Raymond
Smith, of Mount Airy, as a mem
ber of the state highway and
public works commission from the
eigthth district.
It is understood that Governor
Cherry gave the delegation a
sympathetic hearing and promised
that he would not take any action
relating to the appointment until
some time between April 20 and
May 1. The new appointment
—or reappointment of Incumbent
Commissioner V. D. Quire, of
Lenoir — is effective May 1.
Elkin citizens who were a part
of the Raleigh delegation were
W. A. Neaves, R. C. Freeman and
Henry Dobson. §4 '
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TANKS RUSHING
EASTWARD INTO
NAZI INTERIOR
First Army Blasts 40-Mile
Breach In Germany
OPPOSITION IS LIGHT
Germans Said Abandoning
Towns and Villages All
Along The Front
LOSE ARMS, SUPPLIES
Paris, March 28.—The battle of
the Rhine broke into a wide-open
chase today as American and
British armored forces spilled
through the broken German lines
and raced eastward at top speed
along the central and northern
roads to Berlin.
The American First Army ex
ploded one of the war’s greatest
armored assaults squarely through
a 40-mile breach in the enemy de
fenses 230 miles southeast of Ber
lin.
The speeding American tanks „
swept almost 60 miles beyond the
middle Rhine to the outskirts of
Gissen, threatening to split the
remaining enemy lines in central
Germany and cut off the be
leaguered Nazi garrison 30 miles
to the south in Frankfurt.
Far to the north, hundreds of
British Second Army tanks
streamed through a 15-mile hole
in the German front along the
edge of the Westphalian Plains 20
miles and more beyond the Rhine.
The Tommies were advancing
within 30 miles of Muenster and
270 miles of Berlin across open
country dotted with wrecked and
binning equipment abandoned by
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PLAN HERE FOR
CLOTHES DRIVE
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Used Clothing To Be Asked
For Over 30,000,000
War Victims
TO URGE COOPERATION
Plans are being readied here for
Elkin’s participation in the United
National Clothing Collection cam
paign which is to take place dur
ing April, it was announced Wed
nesday by D. G. Smith, chairman
of the local committee represent
ing Elkin civic clubs which are
sponsoring the drive.
Dates and other details concern
ing the local drive will be an
nounced in next week’s Tribune,
Mr. Smith said.
Object of the drive, which will
be nation-wide in scope, is to
collect used clothing for refugees
and other needy peoples of the
war-tom countries, of which there
are said to be approvimately 30,
300,000, including men, women and
children, practically naked and in
desperate need of wearing apparel.
All types of used clothing will
be sought, with the exception of
evening dresses, open-toed shoes,
derby hats and clothing of that
nature, which would not be suit
able, and every citizen will be urg
ed to contribute in the drive.
Memorial Service
For Cpl. H. O. Byrd
Elkin Stores To
Be Closed Monday
Memorial services for Cpl.
Henry Otis Byrd who was killed
in action in Prance on September
20, will be held Easter Sunday af
ternoon at 2 o’clock in the Pleas
ant Grove Baptist church, south
of Ronda.
Rev. R. R. Crater, pastor, will
conduct the service.
Elkin stores,will be closed Mon
day in observance of the Easter
holidays, it has been
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