ELKIN
The Best Little Town
In North Carolina
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ELKIN
Gateway To Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
VOL. NO. XXXIII No. 27
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, Ni C., THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1945
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NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, June 5.—A
compromise peacetimi draft
program was presented to Con
gress today as the two major
ex-service men's organizations
endorsed the principle of uni
versal military training. Of
fered by the Veterans of For
eign Wars in an apparent
attempt to remove strong oppo
sition from educational and re
ligious groups, the compromise
calls for compulsory military
training of able-bodied youths
in home environment in such a
manner as to minimize dissup
tion of education and normal
home life.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 5.—
The united nation conference
looked to Washington, London
|and Moscow today for guidance
toward a solution of the knotty
veto issue, on which France
made known she would vote
with the United States against
Russia. At stake is the right of
free discussion of events threat
- ening peace within the security
* council of a new world league.
Russia says the big-five—her
self, France, the United States,
Britain and China—must have
the right to block such discus
sion. But the preponrerance of
opinion and votes in the con
ference appeared to be against
her.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 5.—
Little Denmark was voted
unanimously a member of the
united nations security confer
ence tonight and became the
50th nation to take a seat at
San Francisco. Because today
is the anniversary of the pro
mulgation of the Danish con
stitution, formal procedure was
set aside and the 49 members
of the conference were polled
by telephone on the question of
Denmark’s admission. Custo
marily the action by the steer
ing committee and the confer
ence would be necessary for
admission.
INTERNATIONAL
CHUNGKING, June 5. —
Chinese troops drove within 20
miles of strategic Liuchow to
day while their countrymen on
the coast widened to 100 miles
a ready-made Asiatic beach
head 450 miles due west of Ok
inawa. Meanwhile it was re
vealed that Japanese troops
have abandoned four big indus
trial towns in the Hong Kong
area in a contraction of their
holding along the vulnerable
invasion - threatened south
China coast.
V' PARIS, June 5.—In the most
drastic terms ever dictated to a
defeated power, the joint al
lied military control council
has assumed all responsibility
for the military, civilian and
economic administration of
Germany and has declared null
* and void every vestige of au
^ thority created by Hitler’s
third reich. The declaration
virtually wiped out Germany’s
status as a nation, and left it
an allied protectorate. The
terms Whittled Germany down
to its pre-1937 borders, shak
ing loose Austria, the Sudeten
land, and all other territories
formerly occupied by Germany
and left the door open for fur
ther alterations of .its fron
tiers.
LONDON, June 5.—Damas
cus dispatches reported new
violence in Syria tonight as
Prime Minister Churchill
charged that France had rein
. . forced her garrisons in the Le
vant despite a British warning
)|k and thus brought on the pres
ent crisis. Reports reaching
Damascus said that French
troops, violating their cease
fire orders, mortared and ma
chine-gunned the flimsy vil
lage of Rakka, in the northern
part of the country, to ruins
and possibly caused high cas
ualties. British officers were
said to have restored order af
ter the French had been firing
for an hour. Speaking in the
house of commons, Churchill
bluntly rejected Gen. Charles
de Gaulle’s proposals for a full
big five settlement of the near
east dispute as “to time-con
suming.”
Canning Sugar Is
Frozen By Office
C. C. Weaver, Jr., chairman of
i the Food Panel, has announced
j that no other applications for
i> canning sugar can be taken.
The district office has can
celled issues for canning sugar,
. temporarily.
PILOT MODEL — This is the first rough of the huge stone or bronze statuary that will adorn Wash
ington in tjie years after the war. It shows, in clay, the historic flag raising on Iwo Jima by the Ma
rines. Left to right are the world famed artist, N avy Painter Second Class Felix G. W. de Weldon,
sculptor of three of England’s Kings, who moulded the art; Ted R. Gamble, national director of the
Treasury War Finance Division, and the three survivors of the Iwo Jima flag raising crew: Pfc. Rene
Arthur Gagnon, Manchester, N. H... Pfc. Ira Hamilton Hayes, Indian Chief of Sacaton, Ariz., and
Pharmacist’s Mate John Henry Bradley, of Antigo, Wis., and Appleton, Wis.
Elkin Man Ends Life
As Flames Burn Home
S. E. Shumate
Dies In Yard
of Home Here
The basement of his home in
flames, S. E. Shumate, well
known Elkin jeweler, ended his
life in a side yard with a .38 cali
bre pistol bullet through his tem
ple about 6:00 o’clock Tuesday
evening.
Chief of Police Corbett Wall
and Fire Chief Ted Brown said
following the fire that it would
perhaps never be definitely
knpwn how it originated, but that
indications were that gasoline
had Seen poured about the base
ment room used by Mr. Shumate
as a work shop, and set oh fire.
The house, while not complete
ly gutted, was damaged badly by
the flames, and with the excep
tion of two rooms, a majority of
the contents were a total loss.
Inasmuch as no one actually
witnessed the tragedy, just what
actually occurred is unknown, but
according to available informa
tion it is believed that Mr. Shu
mate, who has been crippled
since childhood, emerged from the
side door of his flaming work
room to shoot himself a short
distance from the house. A neigh
bor, Gaar Harris, one of the first
to reach the scene, told police
(Continued on page eight, 1st sec.)
W.M.U. TO MEET
IN JONESVILLE
Interesting Program Planned
For 32nd Annual Ses
sion On June 15th
PLAN LINEN OFFERING
An interesting program has
been planned for the 32nd annual
session of the Woman’s Mission
ary Union of the Yadkin Baptist
Association, which will be held at
the Jonesville Baptist church
Friday, June 15, with Mrs. LauT
rence H. Todd as acting superin
tendent.
The program will be as follows:
Meditation music, Mrs. Wiley E.
Dobbins; Prayer, J. G. Allgood;
Greetings, Miss Bertha Adams;
Response, Mrs. Jasper Long; De
votionals,’ Mrs. Stephen Morrisett;
Memorial dedications, Mrs. Maude
Paris; Mission study, Mrs. Pa'ul P.
Davis; Stewardship, Mrs. R. D.
Smith; Community Missions,
Miss Angie Conrad; Announce
ments were made and a brief bus
iness session was held during the
morning.
The afternoon program; Medi
tation music, Mrs. Wiley E. Dob
bins; Meditation, Mrs. Augusta
Reece; Report of Training School,
Mrs. G. D. Renegar; Presentation
of Linen offering to Baptist Hos
pital, Mrs. W. E. Brooks; Accep
tance, Rev. Charles E. Parker;
Special music, Mrs. Virginia
Sprinkle, and the message, “She
That Winneth souls Is Wise,” by
Rev. James M. Hayes.
New Superintendent
County Home Named
John Scott, superintendent of
the Surry county farm, will be
succeeded July 1 by S'"'t Nixon,
of Mountain Park, it was learned
following fhe meeting of the Sur
ry board of commissioners at
Dobson Monday.
Mr. Scott tendered his resigna
tion to the county board some
time ago, effective July 1.
Other business transacted by
the board was of routine nature,
YOUTH DROWNS
IN FISH POND
Marvin Eugene Caudle Was
In Wading When Stepped
Into Deep Water
RESCUE EFFORT FAILS
Marvin Eugene Caudle, 10 years
old, was drowned in a small pond
of water on the Mannie Williams
farm, three miles east of Yadkin
ville, late Thursday afternoon, as
he and two companions went to
the pond to go swimming. He was
the only child of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Conrad Caudle.
Young Caudle, who could not
swim, was wading along the edge
in shallow water when his com
panions warned him he would slip
off into deep water if he didn’t
watch out, and soon he did. The
two boys with him were Bobbie
and Delano Dinkins, both of
whom could swim. When he did
slip into the water the others at
tempted to save him, and after
he had come up the second time
they got him into shallow water,
but he somehow got back into the
deep water and was about to drag
one of the other boys with him
when he turned him loose.
Joe Reynolds, who lives a short
distance away, heard the boys
scream and ran to the pond, ar
riving about the same time the
father of the boy appeared on the
scene, and the two got him out of
the water, but all efforts to revive
him were in vain.
The boy was bom in Carroll
County, Virginia, but they had
lived on the Williams farm for
four years.
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon at the home of the
boy’s grandfather, James W.
Smithers, at Woodlawn, Va., and
burial was in the Smithers family
cemetery nearby.
Rockford Child Is
Seriously Injured
Alma Coe, 2%-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Coe,
of Rockford, suffered a serious
head injury at the Coe farm Mon
day night. She was brought to
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospi
tal here. Her1 condition still re
mains serious.
The child fell from a tobacco
sled and was struck by a vehicle.
THEY still die! — will YOU buy?
ELKIN SCHOOLS
CLOSE MONDAY
Dr. C. C. Weaver, Of Elkin.
Delivers Local Com
mencement Address
DIPLOMAS AWARDEE
Commencement exercises f o i
the city schools came to a close
Monday evening when the thirty
eight graduates received theii
diplomas at the school auditor
ium. Dr. C. C. Weaver, Sr., de
livered the commencement ad
dress.
Dr. Weaver, out of his wide ex
perience, advised the graduates
not to be afraid of life, but tc
think for themselves and not tc
let others discourage them.
Marcella Hayes, class valedic
torian, won the scholarship award
Danforth Foundation awards were
given to Charles Dockery and Ha
zel Holcomb. Miss Holcomb also
received the citizenship medal
The activities medal was given tc
George Littman and athletic
awards were given to Frances
Hemric and Tom Garland
Charles Dockery received recogni
tion for his work as editor of the
Elk Antler, high school paper
and Tom Garland for his service
as president of the student gov
ernment.
Three of the graduates were nol
present to receive their diplomas
Leo Collins and Edsel Whittington
are now serving in the Navy
(Continued on page eight, 1st sec.)
DOBSON SPEAKS
AT FARM MEET
Says Past Legislature Die
Much For All Farmers
Of The State
SURRY REPRESENTATIVE
Henry C. Dobson, of Elkin, Sur
ry’s representative in the last
legislature, told the officers and
directors of the Surry Farm Bu
reau Federation in a meeting al
Dobson Friday that the last leg
islature did more for farmers ol
this state than had any legisla
ture within the past ten years
Mr. Dobson has represented Sur
ry county for five terms of th«
legislature. He said that these
accomplishments were due to the
influence of organized farmers
particularly the County and State
Farm Bureau Federation.
Mr. Dobson urged the Bureau
leaders to build up a strong or
ganization in every community
It was his opinion that the job ol
the law-maker would become eas
ier as organizations became
stronger in presenting the needs
of farmers. He stated that gen
erally law-makers wanted to dc
what the people wanted done
But without Farm Bureau organ
izations the representatives were
left to guess at the wishes of the
people or to become disinterested
Farmers can certainly be heard in
the legislative halls of the countrj
if they will unite with a good or
ganization like the Farm Bureau
he told the Surry leaders.
(Continued on page four, 1st sec.)
Surry Lags On E-Bond Quota
As Drive Enters Final Phase;
Announce Premier Bond Show
BOOST IN PAY
FOR TEACHERS
IS APPROVED
Elkin Board Okeys Six Per
Cent Supplement
SEVERAL VACANCIES
Teachers Desiring Jobs Here
Should Contact N. H.
Carpenter At YMCA
TO ARRIVE HERE 10TH
At a recent meeting, the Elkin
school board approved a six per
cent supplement for teachers in
the Elkin schools, it was learned
Monday from R. W. Harris, chair
man of the board. This supple
ment is to be based on the state
salary schedule for next year.
The school felt that the teach
ers in the Elkin schools deserve
recognition for their continued
loyalty and hard work, Mr. Har
ris said, and he further pointed
out that in securing replacements
Elkin will be in a position to
compete with other systems pay
ing a supplement, thereby insur
ing Elkin of the best teachers.
This movement, it was said, is
in the interest of progressive im
provement of the Elkin school
i system.
Mr. Harris stated that there are
vacancies in the high school for
the following teachers: science,
history, mathematics, commercial,
girls’ physical education and di
rector of athletics. Teachers in
terested in these vacanpies should
address N. H. Carpenter, superin
tendent of Elkin schools, who will
arrive in Elkin from Asheboro
June 10th. Inasmuch as Mr. Car
penter will be associated with the
Gilvin Roth YMCA during the
summer vacation months, all let
ters should be addressed to him
care of the “Y.”
ENLIST FARMER
IN MEAT PLAN
Hope To Insure More Equit
able Distribution Of
Civilian Supply
PROGRAM FORMULATED
Farmers in Surry county are
being enlisted in a program to
help assure an uninterrupted flow
of meat to our armed forces and a
more equitable distribution of the
civilian supply, W. C. Cox, chair
man of the Elkin War Price and
Rationing Board, said Tuesday.
I Mr. Cox pointed out that OPA,
the War Department, Office of
Economic Stabilization, War Food
Administration and other govern
ment agencies, working with farm
organizations and meat producers,
have formulated a program to re
lieve in some measure, the scant
meat supply in non-producing
areas.
The objective of the program,
' Mr. Cox continued, is to channel
more meat into federally-inspect
ed slaughter and processing
plants. The government and a
high percentage of non-meat pro
ducing areas draw heavily on the
limited supply of federally in
spected meat by virtue of federal
law that only federally inspected
meat can be shipped across state
lines to these areas.
Under the program, farmers
who slaughtered less than 6,000
pounds of meat for sale during
1944’ will apply to the War Price
and Rationing Board for a permit
to continue to slaughter, Mr. Cox
(Continued on page 8, 1st sec.)
Club Is To See
Special Picture
W. S. Beddingfield will have
charge of the Kiwanis program
to be staged this evening (Thurs
day), at the Gilvin Roth YMCA,
and will present a motion picture
showing the manufacturing pro
cess of telephone equipment.
First Sergeant Earl Queen, of
Elkin, recently liberated from
a German prison camp, was
guest speaker at last week’s
meeting, giving a very interest
ing talk on his experiences a
captive of the Nazis.
Report Body Of Hitler
Found In Berlin Ruins
RULED IN ACTION — The
family of Pfc. Ray Reece Tran
sou, 24, above, son of M. L.
Trausou, and husband of the
former Miss Clyde Harris, of
Roaring River, were notified
Tuesday of his death on Okin
awa, on April 30. Pfc. Transou,
a veteran of Attu, Saipan, and
the invasion of the Philippines,
had been in the armed forces
approximately three years, hav
ing been overseas two years.
He is survived by his father,
one sister, Sally Transou, and
three brothers, Corp. James
Trausou, now in Germany;
Corp. Walter Transou, who is
on Okinawa, and Pvt. Roland
Trausou, stationed in Georgia
arid now on his way home. A
memorial service for the young
man will be held at Pleasant
Hill Baptist church Sunday af
ternoon at 3:00 o’clock.
ELKIN OFFICER
FREE OFCHARGE
Was Indicted By Lee Snow,
Near Mountain Park,
For False Arrest
SNOW HEARING MONDAY
Elkin policeman T. B. Sams,
charged by Lee Snow, of near
Mountain Park, with false arrest,
not permitting him to commun
icate with his attorney, relatives
or friends, and not notifying him
of the charge against him, was
found not guilty by Magistrate
Scott Nixon in a hearing at
Mountain Park Tuesday after
noon.
According to the evidence,
Sams arrested Mr. Snow some
time ago here and placed him in
jail. Witnesses stated that Mr.
Snow was not drunk and disor
derly and appeared to be okey at
the time. Mr. Snow testified
that when he was placed in a
cell of the local jail Sams slam-'
med the door shut, which struck
him in the forehead, and denied
him the privilege of seeing his
lawyer or friends.
The charge of public drunk
enness against the Mountain
Park man has not been heard,
but is scheduled to come up
Monday before Magistrate J. L.
Hall, it was said.
Mr. Snow was represented by
Parks Hampton of Elkin, and
John R. Jones, of North Wilkes
boro. Sams was represented by
Fred Folger, of Mount Airy.
Miss Peggy Royall
Is Honor Graduate
Miss Peggy Royall, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Royall, of
this city, graduated, magna cum
laude, from Greensboro College,
June 2. .
Miss Royall has been an out
standing student during her col
lege career. During her senior
year she served as president of
the Y. W. C. A., one of the out
standing organizations of the
campus; she was also listed in
“Who’s Who Among American
Colleges and Universities.”
, During the summer Miss Royall
will attend the Lisle Fellowship in
Denver, Colorado, prior to ac
cepting a position as director of
Christian Education at Central
Methodist church, Asheville.
Japanese Warn
of Imminent
Invasion Try
Berlin, June 7.—Adolf Hitler’s
body has been found and identi
fied with fair certainty, it was
learned from a high Russian mil
itary source here today.
The body, smoke - blackened
and charred, was one of four dis
covered in the ruins of the great
underground fortress beneath
the new Reichschancellery after
the fall of Berlin.
These four bodies, any one of
which answered pretty well to
Hitler’s description, were remov
ed and carefully examined by
Russian army physicians. All
were badly burned from the
flame throwers with which the
Red Army soldiers finally cleared
out the underground command
post where Hitler and his leading
Nazi made their last ditch stand.
Asked why no official an
nouncement of the discovery has
been made yet by Moscow, this
Russian source said as long as
any element of uncertainty ex
ists the Russians do not wish to
(Continued on page 4, 1st sec.)
SHOW INTEREST
IN BOND DRIVE
Council Of Church - Related
Colleges Taking Active
Part In Campaign
BONDS FOR COLLEGES
Davidson, June 1. — Rapidly
mounting interest in the War
War Loan Drive of the North
Carolina Council of Church-Re
lated Colleges is reported by Dr.
P. H. Gwynn, Jr., Director of the
State-wide Campaign. The pur
pose of the Drive is to promote
the purchase of war bonds in or
der to bring the struggle with Ja
pan to a swift and successful con
clusion. Those who buy bonds
are urged to donate them to the
colleges participating in the Drive
to be used for the building of
Christian character in the days of
peace.
Prominent citizens throughout
the State by letter and personal
comment are giving their enthusi
astic endorsement to this unique
idea, with its combination of pa
triotic and educational values.
Dr. Zeno Wall, great North Car
olina Baptist leader, says: "Your
appeal for war bonds for our col
leges is a timely and wise one.”
Dr. Julian Miller writes an ed
itorial appearing in the Char
lotte Observer: “We not only,
therefore, commend this move
ment of the 23 church-main
tained colleges in North Carolina,
but urge our people across the
State to give serious concern to
the appeal which they are unit
edly making and to support this
good cause to the full light of
their financial abilities.”
Colleges united in this com
bined effort are Atlantic Chris
tian, Catawba, Davidson, Elon,
Flora Macdonald, Greensboro,
High Point, Lenoir-Rhyne, Mere
dith, Queens, Salem and Wake
Forest mong the Senior group.
Junior colleges participating are
Brevard, Campbell, Gardner
Webb, Lees-McRae, Lousburg,
(Continued on page four, 1st sec.)
Yadkin Soldier Is
Hurt In Accident
Staff Sergeant Alfred Helton,
of Yadkinville, route 1, was bad
ly injured in an automobile ac
cident near Yadkinville Tuesday
morning about 12:30 o’clock. He
was reported to have suffered se
rious injuries when the coach in
which he was riding turned over
one mile west of Yadkinville.
Willard Wooten, who lives on
the Yadkinville - Brooks Cross
Roads highway, was with Helton,
who was brought to the Elkin
hospital.
Helton was only recently liber
ated from a German prison
camp.
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OVERALL QUOTA
NEARING GOAL
CHAIRMAN SAYS
Plan Special Showing Of New
Movie At State
ADMISSION WAR BOND
Sale Of Series E In Surry
Thus Far Is $450,000
Short Assigned Quota
WILL TAKE HARD WORK
While over-all War Bond sales
in Surry county have passed the
million mark, the county is still
$450,000 shy of its assigned E
Bond quota of $756,000, J. F. Yok
ley, of Mount Airy, county chair
man said Wednesday morning.
Mr. Yokley stated that over-all
sales up to June 2 total $1,173,993,
as compared with the quota of
$1,432,00. E-Bond sales, however,
total only $306,637 as of that date,
he said. Sale of Series F and G
Bonds total $224,456.
In Elkin, with figures complete
to Wednesday, sale of E-Bonds
now total $167,112.75, Miss Mattie
Mae Powell, co-chairman with
Garland Johnson of the drive
here,, announced Wdnesday af
ternoon. Sale of other Bonds,
however, total only $39,185.
As their part in an effort to
sell more War Bonds, Dr. and Mrs.
W. B. Reeves, owners of the State
theatre here, have announced a
special premier showing at the
State on Thursday night, June
14, at 7:30 o’clock of the techni
color production “Salome, Where
She Danced.” This motion picture,
only recently previewed by Life
Magazine and described as excel
lent entertainment, has just been
released. Admission will be the
purchase • of one War Bond in the
theatre lobby. There will be only
one showing.
Mr. Yokley said Wednesday
that it was going to take real dig
ging if Surry is to reach her • E
Bond quota, and urged every citi
zen to buy all the War Bonds
possible.
ELKIN BOARD
MEETS MONDAY
Approve Resolution Recom
mending Boost Of Town
ship Tax To Pay Bonds
The Elkin board of commis
sioners, meeting Monday even
ing at the city hall, passed a res
olution recommending that the
Surry county board of commis
sioners increase the tax levy of
Elkin township from three cents
to 10 cents in order to raise suf
ficient funds to retire Elkin &
Alleghany Railway bonds which
are callable July 1, 1947.
The commissioners also wit
nessed motion pictures filmed by
Walter Burgiss,, showing the un
tidy alleys and other unsightly
places in Elkin’s business dis
trict, as well as motion pictures
made from an airplane of the
town as a whole. It was admit
ted by the board members that
Elkin looked much prettier from
the air than from “close up.”
Plans are being made to correct
the existing situations as it ap
plies to unsightly conditions, it
was said.
It was also asked that home
owners refrain from raking up
leaves and trash from yards and
piling it in the streets.
Other matters taken up by the
board were more or less routine,
Mayor Garland Johnson said.
123,349,777 Pounds Of
Old Clothes To Date
Although all reports are not yet
in in the United National Cloth
ing Collection drive, during which,
nearly 9,000 pounds of serviceable
used clothing for war victims
overseas were collected in Elkin as
reported in last week’s Tribune,
figures for the nation, complete
up to May 24, shows st total of
123,349,777 pounds collected, D.
G. Smith, chairman of the Elkin
drive, said Tuesday.
Figures for North Carolina
show collections to date of 1,418,
074 pounds collected.
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