ELfelN
The Best Little Town
In North Carolina
ELKIN
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Gateway To Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
VOL. NO. XXXIII No. 24
PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1945
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16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
All Is Ready
For War Bond
1 Rally Tonight
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NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, May 22. —
President Harry Truman has
agreed to accept an honorary
degree of doctor of laws in ab
sentia from Elon college, at
' Elon College, N. C., on May 22
during the commencement ex
ercises, the office of Sen. Clyde
R. Hoey, Democrat, North Car
, olina, announced tonight. The
invitation had been extended
the President through Senator
£ Hoey and Sen. J. W. Bailey,
Democrat, North Carolina, at
the request of Dr. L. E. Smith,
president of the college. The
President announced that he
would not be able to attend the
commencement exercises, Sen
ator Hoey’s office said, but
would be glad to accept the
honor which the college pro
posed to bestow upon him.
WASHINGTON, May 22. —
Selective service Director Lewis
B. Hershey today announced
draft changes under which
most men 30 and over will be
deferred indefinitely while
many of those in the 18-29
bracket will be called up even
if they hold essential jobs. He
told a news conference that in
duction of men over 29 will be
halted immediately if local
draft boards find they are en
gaged in work contributing to
national welfare. Fathers over
29 will be given sympathetic
consideration .and in most
cases be deferred simply by
virtue of their parenthood. He
revealed that selective service
plans to fill 45 per cent of the
90,000 July draft call with 18
year olds, 33 per cent from the
19-25 group and the remainder
from men 26-29 and those over
29 whom “we can’t avoid tak
ing.”
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 22.
—Japanese broadcasts today
stressed the need for control
ling “peace agitation,” for a
leader like Joseph Stalin and
for an “inspiration” such as
sovietism to combat the em
pire’s greatest crisis. Naisuki
Nakano, procurator - general,
was quoted by the Dome! news
agency in one of the FOC re
corded emissions as frankly
admitting the growth of
“peace agitation. . . in a por
tion of the populace” because
of the war situation. Nakano
was reported as ordering ar
rests for “any speech that
might cause disorder in the
national unity.” His statement
on the situation was made to
the first meeting of the presi
dents of the courts of appeals
and chief public procurators,
held Monday.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 22.
—With Britain and the United
States leading the fight, a pro
posal which would have placed
some strategic Pacific islands
automatically under interna
tional rule in a new world or
ganization, was blocked today
at the united nations confer
ence. Turned down in a com
mittee considering trusteeships
for dependent and strategic
areas of the world, was an
Egyptian amendment which
would have placed mandates
from the last world war under
supervision of a new league.
That would have covered such
islands as the Marshalls, Mari
anas, and Carolines, mandated
to Japan after the last con
flict'and snatched from her
this one at the cost of Ameri
can lives and blood.
WASHINGTON, May 22. —
The war and navy departments
jointly revealed today that Ja
pan has been bombing certain
undisclosed sections of the
United States by means of ex
plosive - carrying paper bal
loons. Lifting the rigid censor
ship veil as a means of warn
ing “people, and n especially
children, living west of the
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/
Event Will Be
Staged Here At
State Theatre
All is in readiness and a large
crowd is expected to attend the
opening rally for the Seventh
War Loan Drive at the State
Theatre here this evening (Thurs
day) at 8 o’clock, which will fea
ture a combined amateur show
and fashion show. *
Following the show at the State
a town-wide “door-knocker” can
vass will be made Friday evening
by Bond workers under the direc
tion of Miss Mattie Mae Powell,
co-chairman of the drive here,
during which citizens will be
asked to buy Bonds.
A large array of talent has been
lined up for the amateur show,
and 18 young ladies, all wives of
service men who are overseas, will
model the clothes in the fashion
show. Highlights of the event
will be brief talks by Lieut. Olin
King, Jr., a veteran of D-Day and
other European campaigns, and
Master Sergeant Earl Queen, Elk
in paratrooper who also took part
in the D-Day invasion and was
captured by the Germans. Both
talks are expected to be highly
interesting.
The amateur show, which will
be first on the program, will be
presented by Alan Browning, Jr.,
as master of ceremonies, with
Mrs. Dorothy Colhard 8ummey as
piano accompanist for a majority
of the musical numbers. The
show will feature, in the order
named, the following:
Kindergarten Band, Jerry
Weaver Laster, Kay Wells, the
Mountain Boys, Turner Durham,
Charlie Wolfe, Dr. J. Lem Stokes,
Constance Greenwood Brendle,
Barber Shop Quartet, Gene Hall,
Jim* Kolodny, Virginia Lineberry
Sprinkle and Cornelia Lineberry,
Jugtown Band, Neill Lineberry,
and the Pill Rolling Pushers. The
various acts will include music,
dancing and comedy.
A $25.00 War Bond will be
awarded as prize for the best
comedy number. Another $25.00
War Bond will go to the best num
ber in the remaining category.
The fashion show, presented
through the cooperation of Park
Place, Belk’s, McDaniel’s, Spain
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SHORE MOHON
BEFORE HAYES
Yadkin Man, Indicted By
O P A, Attempting T o
Have Charges Killed
AT WILKESBORO COURT
A motion by Harvey Shore,
Yadkin county man, to have
OPA’s case against him thrown
out of court on grounds of illegal
seizure of . evidence, was being
aryued in Federal court at Wilkes
boro Wednesday afternoon before
Judge Johnson J. Hayes as The
Tribune went to press.
Charged with dealing in coun
terfeit gasoline and sugar coupons,
Shore filed in District court at
Wilkesboro a motion to suppress
government evidence and squash
the case.
. After eluding Federal officers
since the latter part of March,
Shore surrendered to U. S. Mar
shal R. A. Stafford last Saturday
and was brought before Commis
sioner M. W. Mackie in Yadkin
ville, where he made bond of
$5,000 for his appearance at the
current’ term of Federal court in
Wilkesboro.
OPA officials charge Shore
with the possession and sale of
counterfeit gasoline and sugar
coupons, and the operation of a
regular black market business.
Mrs. Shore was tried in Federal
court in Winston-Salem May 9 on
four counts in the same case.
Judge Hayes sentenced her to two
years in a federal penitentiary
plus a $5,000 fine.
Investigator E. J. George of the
Office of Price Administration is
the principal witness for the Gov
ernment in this case, having been
to the Shore home twice for the
purpose of buying the illegal cou
pons. He was tipped off to the
Shores’ alleged black market ac
tivities by Dwight W. Holder, a
young Winston-Salem sailor, who
heard about the setup while he
was home on leave.
COVERING A PATROL — A soldier with a bazooka takes position behind a haystack to cover the re
treat of an advance patrol from enemy positions somewhere in the Philippines. Heavy purchase of
War Bonds in the Seventh War Loan Drive must be forthcoming to supply the needed equipment
for further fighting and to hasten the end of the war with Japan. — Official Signal Corps Photo.
D-DAY VETERAN
TO SPEAK HERE
Lieut. Olin King, Jr., Will
Make Talk At Meeting
0 f Kiwanians
CLUB HEARS MR. LANIER
Lieut. Olin King, Jr., of tiie
Treasury War Finance Commit
tee, will be guest speaker at this
evening’s meeting (Thursday) of
the Elkin Kiwanis Club. A veter
an of D-Day in Europe and other
important campaigns, the veteran
is expected to make a highly in
teresting talk. Following the Ki
wanis meeting, he will make a
brief talk at the War Bond Show
to be staged at the State Theatre.
At last week’s meeting Rev.
Walter Lee Lanier, who has been
taking part in a series of revival
meetings at the Elkin Methodist
church, was guest speaker, and
his talk was highly enjoyed.
Rev. Mr. Lanier was presented
by Dr. J. Lem Stokes. T. C. Mc
Knight, president, presided.
STOKES IS TO
PREACH SERMON
Will Take Part In W. Yadkin
Finals; W. M. Allen Com
mencement Speaker
WILL BEGIN ON MAY 23
Tuesday night, May 29th, be
ginning at 8:45, West Yadkin
high school students will present
the popular three-act comedy
drama “Bargain Bride,” as the
final part of the commencement
season at the West Yadkin high
school.
Prof. W. N. Ireland, principal of
the school, announced this week
that everything was in readiness
for the finals of the school, after
a few last minute changes had
been made.
The first part of the com
mencement program was a music
recital, held on Wednesday night.
Sunday afternoon, May 27, Dr.
J L. Stokes, n, pastor of the First
Methodist church of Elkin, will
deliver .the baccalaureate sermon.
The commencement address will
be delivered at 11 o’clock Tuesday
morning, May 29, by Attorney
Marion Allen, of Elkin.
There will be a ball game be
tween Yadkinville and West Yad
kin high schools on Tuesday af
ternoon, starting .it 3 o’clock
Seek Old Radios
For Use In Vet
Repair School
According to J. H. Beeson,
special service officer of the
local chapter of the American
Red Cross, the special service
officer at Camp Butner, near
Durham, has pointed out that
a part of the education recon
ditioning program of veterans
there is to be a radio repair
school, and he is asking for old
radios of all types and condi
tions.
Mr. Beeson stated that any
citizen having such radios that
they would like to give for this
purpose notify Miss Gertrude
Guyer, assistant to Mr. Beeson,
who has an office in the
Greenwood building on the
corner of North Bridge- street
and Market, and the radio will
be sent for.
Folger Is Continuing
Flood Control Fight
Writes Elkin
Man Concerning
Latest Moves
Representative John H. Folger,
of Surry, Congressman from the
Fifth district, continues to keep
his support and influence behind
the movement to secure flood con
trol for the upper Yadkin valley,
it was learned Tuesday from let
ters received from Mr. Folger by
Attorney W. M. Allen, of Elkin.
Mr. Folger stated that he had
received a copy of a resolution
adopted by the Senate committee
of commerce, sent to him by Sen
ator Bailey, who heads that com
mittee, and that later, in response
to. an inquiry, he received a letter
from Mr. Bailey saying that he
knows the Yadkin River flood
control ought to be provided if at
all possible, and that he is quite
confident that he can work with
Mr. Folger on the matter.
The Surry congressman quoted
a part of the resolution of the
Senate commerce committee as
follows:
“Resolved that the Board of
Engineers for Rivers and Harbors
be, and is hereby, requested to
review the report of the Yadkin
Pee-Dee river tributaries, with
the view especially to flood con
trol in the upper waters of the
Yadkin river in North Carolina,
for the purpose of determining
whether modifications of the rec
ommendations in House Docu
ment No. 652, 78th Congress, are
advisable at this time; and with
a special view to determining the
practicability of a strictly flood
control operation in the said up
per waters of the Yadkin river.”
Mr. Folger, after receiving this
copy of the resolution, set about
to see what, if anything, the
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FARMERS MAY
SECURE PLANTS
May Be Obtained In Sandhills
Section, County Agent
Smith Announces
SITUATION IS IMPROVING
Tobacco plants are now avail
able in the Sandhills of Moore,
Richmond, Hoke,' and Harnett
Counties in quantities sufficient
to meet the needs of Surry grow
ers according to Neill M. Smith,
county agent. Growers were ad
vised not to waste time in send
ing messages in advance of their
truck trip to the area.
Go for the plants at once if
your tobacco land is ready for
planting, Surry growers were ad
vised. This week and next week
is ideal time for planting the to
bacco crop.
Mr. Smith stated that at least
two-thirds of the Surry crop will
>be planted by this week-end.
Growers’ plant beds who have
finished planting early this week
will be available for neighbors
and friends next week, so the sit
uation is steadily improving and
practically all the crop should be
planted by June 1st.
The Mount Airy Tobacco Ware
housemen’s Association is cooper
ating with farmers in locating
plants. R. P. Jones president of
the organization offered the ser
vices of the group early last week
to farmers needing plants.
Application For
Sugar Must Be
In By The 31st
Canning sugar applications
of this area must be in the Elkin
Rationing Board office by May
31, it was announced by Mrs.
Roy Kane, secretary, Tuesday.
Coupons, if granted, will be
mailed to the applicants.
Sugar coupons, it was said,
will be issued to those appli
cants who obtained canning
sugar from the Elkin board
last year.
Mrs. Kane also stated that
all B and C book holders must
file a renewal application at
least 10 days before expiration
of the present ration. Appli
cants who are registered at
the Elkin board and who do
not live in Elkin, Bryan or
Marsh townships, must be
transferred to the board serv
ing the area in which they live.
FINALS ARE TO
BEGIN SUNDAY
Annual Contest Held At
Jonesville School Last
Week Opens Season
EARL C. JAMES SPEAKER
The annual recitation-decla
mation contest, which was held
at Jonesville last week formally
opened the beginning of com
mencement season at that school.
The winners were Kay Price, pri
mary girl, who spoke “Naughty
Zell’’; Sonny Patterson, primary
boy, who spoke “Under the Bug
gy Seat’’; Kay Wells, grammar
grade girl, who spoke “The Spar
row’s Pall.” There were no gram
mar grade boys participating, and
no high school students.
The baccalaureate sermon will
be preached by Thomas .C. Cook,
pastor of Little Joe’s Church, at
BariUm Springs, N. C., on Sunday
afternoon, May 27th, at 3 P. M.
On Tuesday morning, May 29,
at 11 o’clock, the eighth grade
graduating exercises will be held
in the high school auditorium. At
torney Earl C. James, of Elkin,
will deliver the address. Patricia
Boles is valedictorian and Sarah
Nell Mathis is salutatorian of the
eighth grade. The eighth grade
class will render music at this ex
ercise.
On Wednesday night graduat
ing exercises will be held for the
high school. Superintendent L.
Stacey Weaver, of the Statesville
school system, and former super
intendent of the Jonesville school,
will deliver the address. Diplomas
will be delivered by Principal
Watt Deal, and other awards, in
cluding the coveted Civitan award,.
offered each year to the student
making the highest rating as a
student and citizen of the senior
class.
Mary Jane Martin is valedictor
ian and Mattie Lee Wagoner is
saluatatorian.
The officers of the senior class
are Bill Boles, president; Myrtle
Hanes, vice-president; Lindburgh
Swaim, secretary, and Prances
Pinnix, treasurer.
The American flag is flying on
Hitler’s Eagle Nest in the Bavar->
ian Alps.
Churchill Resigns As
Prime Minister; Yank
Troops Push Forward
POPPY SALE TO
BE HELD MAY 26
Little Red Flowers Will Be
Sold Throughout Elkin;
Mrs. Martin Chairman
ARE MADE BY VETERANS
“Now we can begin! The poppies
are here!”
When the members of the
American Legion Auxiliary heard
these words today, many of them
started getting the little red flow
ers ready for sale on Poppy Day,
next Saturday, May 26th.
The poppies, many hundreds of
them, were in boxes shipped from
Oteen, where they were made by
disabled war veterans under the
direction of the Veterans of World
Wars I and II, department of the
Auxiliary.
Each little poppy is a paper
replica of those blooms that grew
so bravely on the battle fields of
the first World War. Since each
is shaped by hand, each is slightly
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MEMORIAL FOR
C. C. DOCKERY
Service Will Be Held FoV War
Victim May 27 At Union
Cross Church
WAS KILLED ON SAIPAN
A memorial service for Techni
cian Fifth Grade Charles C. Dock
ery, son of Mrs. C. W. Dockery,
and the late Mr. Dockery, who
was killed in action January 19,
on Saipan, will be conducted Sun
day afternoon, May 27, at 2:30
o’clock, at Union Cross Baptist
church. Officiating ministers will
be Rev. Harlan L. Creech, Jr., Rev.
T. S. Draughn, of Crutchfield,
Rev. J. L. Powers, of Elkin, and
Rev. L. M. Cooke, pastor of Union
Cross.
A member of Central Terrace
Methodist church, Technician
Dockery entered service in Decem
ber, 1941, at Fort Meade, Md. He
also trained at Keesler Field, Miss.,
and Camp Barkley, Texas. He
went overseas in December, 1943,
to the Hawaiian Islands and then
to Saipan. He was in the Air
Force, a member of an M. P.
Crash Crew. He was killed by an
accidental bomb explosion.
T/5 Dockery attended Asbury
College in Kentucky and Mars Hill
College, where he won a scholar
ship to the American University
in Washington, D. C.
MASS MUG
CALLED HERE
Citizens Of Elkin Township
To Consider Matter Of
Township Bonds
WELCH IS TO PRESIDE
All taxpayers of Elkin township,
including the Town of EOkin, are
urged to attend a mass meeting
to be held at the City Hs,U here
Friday, June 1, at 10 A. M., it was
announced 'Tuesday.
The purpose of the meeting will
be to discuss the advisability of a
county tax levy in Elkin township
in sufficient amount to retire the
outstanding Elkin & Alleghany
Railway bonds, which are callable
in July, 1947.
The meeting is being called by
the Citizens Committee of Elkin
township. George E. Welch,
county accountant, will preside.
Lions Club Is To
Have Bingo Party
A Bingo Party, sponsored by the
Elkin Lions Club, will be held
Friday and Saturday of this week
in the Dr. Nicks’ building on West
Main street, with play beginning
each evening at 7:30 o’clock.
Prizes will be awarded to the
winners of each game, and every
one is urged to attend for two
evenings of fun and recreation.
Proceeds of the parties will be
used by the club in their program
of civic endeavor in Elkin.
Asheboro Man
Named To Head
Elkin Schools
N. H. CARPENTER
R. W. Harris, chairman of the
Elkin school board, announced
Tuesday that N. H. Carpenter,
for the past three years principal
of the Asheboro high school, has
been employed to succeed J. Mark
McAdams, as superintendent of
the Elkin schools.
Mr. McAdams, who has served
as superintendent here for the
past 10 years, tendered his resig
nation to the board some weeks
ago.
Mr. Carpenter, a graduate of
Lenoir-Rhyne College with an A.
B. degree, and also holder of a
Masters degree in public school
administration from Duke Uni
versity, has had 10 years’ exper
ience as a teacher and principal
in public schools of the state.
Prior to going to Asheboro, he
taught at Randleman and then at
Sanford.
The new superintendent is 34
years of age, married, and has
one child, a boy of approximately
five years of age. He is a member
of the St. John’s Lutheran
Church in Asheboro, and a mem
ber of the Asheboro Kiwanis Club.
Mr. Carpenter was unanimously
elected by the Elkin school board
after the board had givten due con
sideration to approximately 20
applicants, Mr. Harris said.
CLUB SEEKING
NEW MEMBERS
Elkin Wildlife Organization
Will Stage Picnic Here
On June 8th
WANT 200 ENROLLMENT
Membership drive of the re
cently organized Elkin Wildlife
Club is now on, with at least 200
members as its goal, Sam Neaves,
secretary and treasurer of the or
ganization, said Monday.
Mr. Neaves also announced that
a picnic will be staged by the new
club at Neaves’ Park June 8, at
6:30 o’clock.
The Elkin Wildlife Club, an .af
filiate of the recently formed
North Carolina Wildlife Federa
tion, proposes to work for the re
storation, conservation and prop
er use of the wildlife and other
natural resources of this area and
in the state and nation to the end
that these resources shall be of
maximum benefit to the maxi
mum number of people. It’s aim
is to increase, restore and con
serve all wildlife resources.
With a membership now of ap
proximately 100, at least 200
members are sought.. Dues are
only $2.00 per year, half of which
goes to the state federation and
the remainder remaining in the'
local club.
Farmers are sought as members
and farmer dues have been set at
$1.00 per year Without the co
operation of farmers, of the area
the entire program would fail due
to the fact that thfey own the land
which produces the -game. His
support and aid are badly needed,
it was said.
The club will work through a
program of legislation, to secure
more adequate and progressive
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BELIEVE TO BE
MOVE TO CLEAR
UP SITUATION
King Expected To Have Him
Form New Government
OKINAWA FIGHT FIERCE
t _ -
Move Toward Two Cities On
Island As Long, Hard
Battle Is Intensified
GOOD GAINS ARE MADE
London, May 23. — Winston
Churchill resigned as Prime Min
ister today, but the King was ex
pected to commission him imme
diately to form a new government.
Churchill’s resignation submit
ted to King George VI, automat
ically disbanded the coalition
Government he formed in May,
1940, and which he led through
the depths of near-defeat to final
victory in the European War.
A brief announcement from
Churchill’s official residence at 10
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MANY ENTRIES
ARE EXPECTED
Believe 100 Or More Baby
Beeves Will Be Entered
In Fall Beef Show
MEETING IS HELD HERE
It is expected that 100 or more
entries this fall will be attracted
to the Elkin Pat Stock and Wool
Show and Sale, Garland John
son, mayor of Elkin and a mem
ber of the Elkin Agricultural Com
miteee, said Tuesday during a
meeting here with boys and girls
and their parents who are plan
ning to enter baby beeves.
The meeting was held at Neaves
Park, with County Agent Neill
Smith, as host. Approximately
50 were present.
L. I. Case, extension specialist
of State College, addressed the
youngsters on the fine points of
feeding cattle for shows. He ad
vised them to make their 6how
cattle a practical proposition
rather than a “gamble for the
grand champion place.”
The tentative date for the 1945
Elkin Pat Stock and Wool Show
and Sale was set as October 9
and 10.
Thirty-eight of the approxi
mately 100 boys and girls who are
expected to have entries this Fall
were present yesterday afternoon.
The group first gathered at
Neaves Park for Mr. Case’s ad
dress. Later they assembled at
W. A. Neaves’ cattle bam for a
cattle judging contest. Afterwards
they went to the park again for a
picnic supper.
Incident to the meeting, Mayor
Johnson announced that a host of '
4-H Club and P. P. A. boys and
girls would be entertained at the
annual show and sale this Fall.
The girls will be entertained at
private homes in Elkin, while the
boys will be asked to bring their
own bedding and sleep in the El
kin high school gymnasium.
An annual parade will be held
in connection with the show and
sale, as has been the custom for
the past two years.
Mayor Johnson said plans were
under way to build a shed in
which to hold the show, but that
it was questionable whether nec
essary priorities could be obtained
to complete the shed this Fall.
The building is to be erected near
the high school gymnasium.
Opening Of Y Pool
Changed To Today
—
Due to a last minute change
made necessary by a Bond rally
which was held at the Gilvin
Roth YMCA Wednesday evening,
the new swimming pool, announc
ed in The Tribune of last week to
open Wednesday, will not open
until this afternoon (Thursday),
at 2:00 o’clock.
Until school is out and the
weather definitely warms up, the
pool will be open from 2:00 to
7:00 p. m. each day. It’s use Is
far members of the YMCA only.
A. m