ELKIN The Best Little Town I In North Carolina ELKIN Gateway To Roaring Gap and the Blue Ridge Bo? OL. NO. XXXIII No. 28 PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN. N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1945 $2.00 PER YEAR 14 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS .. '.—————S==2=====l I Capt. McKnight I Is Vidim of I Tragic Accident capt. john c. Mcknight Victim of an accidental bullet wound through the abdomen re Jf ceived while he was dismantling a German pistol, Captain John C. McKnight, 26, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. McKnight, of Elkin, died in a hospital at Augsburg, Germany, May 28. The accident occurred May 20. A letter dictated by Captain McKnight while in the hospital and received a few days prior to the War Department death mes sage, gave no hint that his con dition was so grave. Death was attributed to peritonitis. A letter to the parents here from Captain McKnight’s chap lain gave full details of the ac cident and the nature of his in juries, and described fully the funeral services held for him on May 29. The letter also men tioned that his childhood friend, Captain Billy Gibson, formerly of Sumter, S. C., had been with him in Augsburg for the past month. Captain McKnight had been wounded in action about a year ago, but after recovering five months later declined to return home. The young man entered the | army in February 1941 as a sec- | ond lieutenant.* He trained at Fort Benning, Ga., and went ov erseas nearly three years ago, seeing service in North Africa, Italy, Fiance and Germany with the Seventh Army. A younger brother, Lieut. Ben G. McKnight, died of wounds re ceived in New Guinea in Decem ber, 1942, Elkin’s first casualty of the war. In commending Captain Mc Knight for the Rhine crossing, his commanding officer said, “This is only one of the assign ments that you have faithfully performed. Crossing and break ing the Siegfried Line was ac complished with such speed and fearless determination under en emy fire that you made it look fairly simple. I am proud to say that no mission is too hazardous for you to accomplish. Your spir it and attitude are superb.” Surviving are the parents and one sister, Mrs. R. L. Alexander, who is with her husband, Lieut. Alexander, now at Bainbridge, Md., after having served over seas. Mr. McKnight, the father, is general secretary of the Gilvin Roth YMCA here. Funeral On Saturday For Mrs. Mary Burton Funeral services were conduct ed Saturday afternoon at Pros pect Methodist church for Mrs. Mary T. Burton, 83, who died at the home of her son, J. P. Bur ton, near Boonville, Friday, after ain illness of only a few hours, itev. E. C. Norman and Rev. R. L. Speer conducted the services and interment followed in the church demetery. The body lay in state |or one hour preceding the fun eral. / She was a native of Guilford taounty, but had lived in Boon ville for 55 years. Survivors include two sons, J. F. Burton, of Boonville, and D. F. Burton, of Marshalltown, Iowa; two brothers, J. N. Mendenhall of Hagerstown, Mo., and C. M. Men denhall, of Slater, Mo.; seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Chatham Buys Wool Of Five Counties The Chatham Manufacturing Company has purchased the en tire wool output of Ashe, Alle ghany and Watauga counties in North Carolina, and Carroll and Grayson counties in Virginia, it was announced by a company of ficial Wednesday morning. Wool purchased amounted to between 100,000 and 125,000 pounds, for which an average of 54 cents per pound was paid. Launch Final Battle Against Okinawa Japs 10,000 Enemy Troops Backed Into Pocket Guam, June 13.—Tenth Army reinforcements stormed onto Yae Ju-Dake plateau from three sides today and hammered perhaps 10, 000 Japanese back toward the sea in which may be the final battle of Okinawa. Marines and soldiers were pressing toward the southern tip of Okinawa with flame throwers, tommy guns and bayonets after scaling the rocky approaches to the plateau and murderous enemy fire. Some of the cliffs were so pre cipitous the troops used rope lad ders. The final American assault was under way, and it was a battle to the death with no quarter asked or given. Gains of up to 1,000 yards were reported in the past 24 hours. Marines of the First Division cracked the western end of the. Yaeju-Dake position in a pre dawn attack yesterday morning. They clambered up 150-foot Ku nishi ridge at 3:30 a. m., under cover of darkness with compara tive ease. Heavy fighting broke out after dawn, but the marines held their positions and reinforced them un der fire. At last reports, the ma rines were fighting their way south and west. The Seventh Infantry Division at the opposite end of the cross island line simultaneously battled 500 yards onto the eastern comer Of the Yaejtt-Dake escarpment at a point* northwest of Hanagusuku. BEGIN WORK ON BUILDING HERE Hinshaw Hardware Erecting Large Farm Machinery Warehouse, Showrooms BURCHAM CONTRACTOR Construction of a modern brick, reinforced concrete and steel structure on West Market street adjoining the Elk Printing Com pany, was begun Monday by H. C. Burcham, Elkin contractor for the Hinshaw Hardware Company. This building will house a full basement and street floor, will be 45 feet in width and 100 feet long. It will fill entirely the lot between the Elk Printing Company and the State theatre. To be completely fire-proff, the front of the building will contain offices and showrooms for farm equipment, as well as a farm ma chinery department. The front of the building will be of cream brick and plate glass construction. The remainder of the building will be used for the storage of farm equipment. It is expected to be ready for occupancy around October 1. Brendle Resigns Sanatarian Office Ford P. Brendle, who has been chief sanatarian with the health district composed of Orange, Per son and Chatham counties, with headquarters at Chapel Hill, has resigned his position, effective June 1, according to Dr. David Garvin, district director. * Brendle has been with the de partment there since Jan. 1, 1941, and prior to that time was with the health district composed of Forsyth, Stokes, Yadkin and Davie counties since 1934. He has been spending a few days with his pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Brendle, at Boonville, before entering a new position, although he was of fered a substantial raise in salary to remain at Chapel Hill. He has accepted a position as sanitary engineer for Biltmore Dairies, Inc., with headquarters in Charlotte. Mr. Brendle’s du ties will include the sanitary sup ervision of all the milk producers supplying the Charlotte plant, the supervision of the processing and bottling plant, and also the dis tribution. Other duties of his will by the encouragement of new pro ducers and the raising of the san itary standards of all producers. NEW PRESBYTERIAN PAS TOR—Rev. Ralph Ritchie has been named pastor of the El kin Presbyterian church and has assumed his pastorate. A native of West Virginia, Rev. Ritchie is a graduate of Hamp den Sydney College and Union Theological Seminary, at Rich mond, Va. Rev. and Mrs. Ritchie will reside at the Pres byterian manse at 289 North Bridge street. LATE NEWS IN BRIEF From the State and Nation NATIONAL SAN FRANCISCO, June 12. —The united nations confer ence drove steadily ahead today toward approving both veto rights for great powers and the vital peace-enforcement mech anism they will control. Some small nations kept talking against granting Russia, Brit ain, China, France and the United States authority to block by individual votes any actions to preserve peace in the security council of a new world league. But with a crucial test vote coming up in a committee considering the council’s func tions, the little powers were on the losing side and knew it. WASHINGTON, June 12. — President Truman suggested to day that congressmen raise their salaries frc'n $10,000 to at least $15,000 wear—after wage controls are .ted. But he said that for the vsent they should be content 4th an in crease that would ri consistent pay raise to $1,500 a year, since the formula permits a maxi mum 15 per cent boost over January, 1941, wage levels. In letters to House Speaker Sam Rayburn and Senate President Kenneth D. McKellar, Mr. Tru man urged that salaries of members of Congress be raised “to a level more in line with the job they are called upon to do.” WASHINGTON, June 12. — The house veterans committee today subpoenaed two officials of the Northport, N. Y., neuro psychiatric veterans hospital to answer charges of maltreat ment and a report that unat tended violent patients at tempted suicide. It also sub poenaed John H. Ale, manager of the Dayton, Ohio, veterans hospital. Rep. Homer A. Ra mey, Republican, Ohio, said patients have accused Ale of “treating them like dogs.” The ' Northport officials, ordered to appear Thursday, are Col. Louis Verdel, manager, and Dr. Will iam J. Turner, his chief medi cal officer. SAN FRANCISCO, June 12. —The Suzuki government of Japan obtained from the diet today virtually absolute power to rule the empire by decree in its “gravest crisis.” With little debate, the house of peers completed passage of the war time emergency measure, Ja pan's Dome! news agency re ported which puts the diet on a rubber stamp basis. The low (Continued on page eight, 1st sec.) BOYS ATTEND SUMMER CAMP Over 50 Local Youngsters Now At Silver Pines As Part Of YMCA Program Mcknight supervisor Approximately 50 or 60 boys of this city left Saturday morning for Camp Silver Pines at Roar ing Gap, to attend the Y Camp that is being held there this week. This camp has been in progress since June 2. The first group was made up of the young er girls and the second group of the high school girls of Elkin. The boys will be under the su pervision of T. C. McKnight, sec retary of the Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A.; N. H. Carpenter, swimming instructor at the Y; Rev. Ralph Ritchie, pastor of the Presbyter ian church; Leo Malvin, athletic director at the Y; and Rev. Worth Sweet, of Jefferson, N. C. The summer camps for the youngsters are planned for phy sical, mental, social and spiritual development. Mr. McKnight will spend each night at the camp with the boys and return to the Y each morning. ALLEYTRAFFIC MADEONE-WAY Cars and Trucks Should En ter Street Behind Stores From East Only ENTRANCE BEHIND BANK The alley which runs back of stores on West Main street from the bank corner to Turner Drug Company, serving The Basketeria, and adjoining stores, including the Elk Printing Company, has been made a one-way alley by action of the Elkin board of com missioners, it was learned Tues day. Due to the heavy traffic in the alley which frequently causes such congestion that cars and trucks cause a bottleneck, especial ly behind The Basketeria, traffic has been routed east to west, with entrance from North Bridge street and the exit on Church street between the State theatre and Turner Drug Company. Ac cording to the new ruling, traffic should not enter the alley from west to east. Signs are to be placed at the entrance and exit of the alley to inform motorists, it was said. Funeral Is Held For Mrs. Lane Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock from Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist church, near East J3end, for Mrs. Nealie B. Lane, 61, who died at her home at East Bend Saturday afternoon at 2:30, fol lowing an illness of three years. Rev. Ellis C. Norman conduct ed the funeral. Burial was in the Douglas cemetery. Mrs. Lane was well known in the East Bend .section, where she had spent her life. She was the daughter of the late Sallie Gough Douglas and Charlie Douglas, and the widow of Archie Lane, who died 25 years ago. ^ Surviving are four sons, Bu ford, Marvin, Troy and Walter Lane, and three daughters, Mrs. Carrie Cox, Mrs. Lillian Bullin, and Mrs. Stella Bullin, all of East Bend; 24 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. ' Duncan Is To Be Kiwanis Speaker Rev. Herman F. Duncan, a former pastor of the Elkin Meth odist Church, and a former mem ber of the Elkin Kiwanis Club, but who is now pastor of the First Methodist Church at Asheboro, will be guest speaker at this even ing’s meeting of the Elkin Club, which will be held at the YMCA at 6:30 o’clock. At last week’s meeting a motion picture, showing the manufacture of telephones, was presented by Kiwaniah WUl?ur Beddingfield. Graham Again Heads Elkin Lions Club W. J. GRAHAM The Elkin Lion’s Club, meeting at the Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A., here Tuesday evening, elected of ficers to serve the club during the coming year. W. J. (Bill) Graham, who has served the club as president since its organization less than a year ago, was re-elected president. Other officers named were: first vice-president, Dr. C. E. Nicks; second vice-president, Jack Cau dill; third vice-president, H. G. York; secretary-treasurer, T. L. Parnell; Lion Tamer, Graham Greene; Tail Twister, Gene Hall. Directors to serve two years were M. C. Whitener and L. M. Stuart. Directors who will serve one year were L. F. Walker and W. A. Poston. . Guests attending the meeting of the club were Lieut. Robert Nicks, who is home on furlough with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Nicks, and Private Benny Shu mate, son of Mrs. S. E. Shumate, who has recently returned to this country after having been wounded in Europe. Both were the guests of Dr. Nicks. HOLD SHUMATE RITES SUNDAY Funeral Is Conducted From First Baptist Church, In Elkin, At 2:30 P. M. MORRISETT IN CHARGE Funeral services for Shober Shumate, well-known Elkin man who ended his life with a pistol bullet through the head about 6:00 p. m. Tuesday of last week, were held Sunday at 2:30 p. m. from the Elkin First Baptist Church, with Rev. Stephen Mor risett in charge. Prior to the funeral the body lay in state in the church from 1:30 to 2:30. Interment was in Hollywood cemetery. The death of Mr. Shumate came as a shock to this entire community, he having shot him self while his home was in flames which originated in a basement workshop. Just how the flames started will perhaps never be known, although Chief of the Fire Department Ted Brown stated shortly after the fire that there was a distinct smell of gasoline when he reached the scene. Chief of Police Corbett Wan, who also investigated the blaze, said he did not smell gasoline, but that he was not close to the scene of the fire. Some were of the opinion that a can of gasoline exploded when flames reached it. Surviving are the widow, the former Miss Nora Russell; three sons, Earl Shumate, now in Ger many; Pvt. Benny Shumate, now home on leave; and Graham Shu mate, of the home; one daughter, Mrs. Clyde Combs, of this city, and one half-sister, Mrs. Grady Harris, also of Elkin, Persons from out of town who attended the funeral were: W. Shumate, of West Virginia; Mrs. James Brookshire, Miss Sadie Brookshire, and Mr. md Mrs. Russell Brookshire, all of Mora vian Falls; Mr. and Mrs. James Isaac and Miss Mae Jo Isaac, of Winston - Salem; Mrs. Duran Cheek and son, of Mountain City, Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Broyhill, of Pores Knob; John Halliday, of North Wilkesboro; Mr. and Mrs. Jonah Myers, of Mountain View, and Tom H. Adams and Cubey Adams, both of Bluefield, W. Va. THEY still die! — will YOU buy? C. H. VESTAL HURTJNCRASH Yadkinville Man, Aviation Instructor, Cracks Up During Take - Off . IN FORT THOMAS, KY. Charlie H. Vestal, of Yadkin - ville, aviation instructor at Smith Reynolds Airport, Winston-Sa lem, was painfully but not ser iously injured Monday afternoon when the Stinson plane he was piloting crashed, in a take-off at Port Thomas, Ky. Two other pas sengers in the plane were also injured, but not seriously, when all three were thrown clear of the plane. The machine explod ed and burned. Mr. Vestal, who is regarded as one of the best pilots in this sec tion, had piloted the plane be longing to Vernon Rudolph of Winston-Salem, and carried his passengers to the Kentucky Derby and was taking off to re turn home. The plane failed to gain altitude and struck the top of a tree, plummeted into a street, and landed on a vacant lot. Mr. Rudolph was piloting an ; other plane and saw his own plane crash from the air. Mr. Vestal resides in Yadkin ville with his wife and small son and cpmes home each night when not on a long trip. His father, E. J. Vestal, also resides in Yadkin ville. Latest advices from a hospital at Dayton, Ky., say Vestal and the passengers are all improving and he is expected home in week. DISCUSS PLANS FOR REST ROOM Merchants Association Directors Recognize Need For Facilities COMMITTEE IS' NAMED At a meeting of directors of the Elkin Merchants Association, held Tuesday morning at the city hall, plans were discussed for a public rest room for the use of fanners and other visitors to Elkin, it was announced Tuesday afternoon. Need of such facilities here have been apparent for a long time, due to the fact that only a few of the local stores provide such con venience for their customers, and visitors who come to Elkin for the day are handicapped because of the lack of public rest rooms. Gaston L, Hill, president of the merchants group, named the fol lowing committee to look into the matter: Eugene S. Spainhour, Claude Farrell, and Joe Bivins. Harris Speaker At Jaycee Meet A talk by Lieut. Robert H. Har ris was a feature of the meeting of the Junior Chamber of Com merce at the Gilvin Roth YMCA here Monday evening. Lieut. Har ris has just returned from extend ed service in the European war theatre. The speaker gave an interest ing account of his service with the Allied Military Government in the invasions of North Africa, Italy and Sicily. He mentioned that he had had oportunity to talk with Mrs. Enze Gemma, the form er Miss Rosebud Wade, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. I. Wade, of this city, while in Rome. Vice-President Vern Chase pre sided over the meeting in the ab s£nse of President Hubert Parker. Following the meeting, mem bers completed the task of loading a car of scrap paper totaling 25, 000 pounds which had been col lected here. Angeline Denny, 80, Dies At Hamptonville Angeline Denny, 80, died at her home near Hamptonville, Sunday night, after a lengthy illness. She was a native of that section, where she was born September 27, 1864, and had spent her life there. She was a member of Union Baptist church. Survivors include one daugh ter, Mrs. Carra Bell Ashley, of Hamptonville, and one brother, Turner Denny, of Ridgecrest. -'’uneral services were held at As^ury church Monday afternoon with Rev. W. H. Neese in charge. Burial was in-the church ceme tery. War Bond Show Is To Be Staged At. State Theatre This P. M. AWARDED PURPLE HEART— Private First Class James L. Calloway, has been awarded the Purple Heart for wounds re ceived in action in Germany, according to a message receiv ed by his wife, the former Miss Ear line Macemore, of Jones - ville. Private First Class Cal loway has been in service for the past two years, serving ov erseas for 14 months. Prior to going overseas he trained at Camp Croft, S. C., and Camp Robinson, Ark. At the time he was wounded he was serving with the 17th Airborn Division as a special messenger. He is a member of the 194th Glider In fantry Division, and the hold er of the Good Conduct Medal, the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, and he also wears the wings of a qualified Gliderman. Calloway is the son of Mr. and Mrs. I. S. Calloway, of Boon ville. ABERNETHY’S IS HONORED Local Drug Store Receives National Certificate Of Merit Wednesday FOR EXCELLENT RECORD The distinction of being cited as one of the nation’s outstanding Rexall drug stores is one that has come to Abernethy’s, of Elkin, along with the added distinction of being on Rexall’s annual Honor Roll. The award, announced Wed nesday morning, is made by the Intemationel Association of Rexall Clubs and the United Drug Com pany, parent organization of Rex all. The Certificate of Merit, much coveted honor, was received by Dr. J. G. Abernethy, owner of the store Wednesday morning. On richly engraved parchment, it states that the Elkin store and its staff have rendered exceptional service to their community. Dr. Abernethy and his sales people, to whom he gives much of the credit for winning the award, are to be congratulated because of this outstanding honor. Cycle Will Have New Postmaster The United States Civil Service Commission has announoed an examination to fill the position of fourth-class postmaster at Cycle, in western Yadkin county. Re ceipt of applications for the po sition will close June 28, 1945. The examination will be held at the Elkin post office building. The salary, as stated in the re lease from the office of the Civil Service Commission, is $1,100. Yadkin Tax Rate Will Be 88 Cents The Yadkin county tax rate for 1945 will be 88 cents on the $100 valuation, instead of 85 cents, as it has been for several years, it was announced by J. Roy Pendry, Comity Auditor, yesterday. The small increase is due to several things, but as the budget has not been completed by the county commissioners we cannot give the breakdown in the ex pected increases. 52 Per Cent of Quota Has Been Sold In County Elkin E-Bond buyers will be given an opportunity to boost the county’s E-Bond quota and at the same time see the premier show ing of the newly relaesed motion picture, “Salome, Where She Danced,” at a special Seventh War Loan showing at the State Thea tre here this evening (Thursday), at 7:30 o’clock. Admission to this show, which is being arranged by Dr. and Mrs. W. B. Reeves in cooperation with the War Loan drive, will be Bonds which wil lbe on sale in the lobby. Miss Mattie Mae Powell, co-chair man of the drive, will have charge of the Bond sales. Only one show will be screened. Need for the sale of E-Bonds in Surry is acute, J. P. Yokley, of Mount Airy, Surry chairman, told The Tribune by telephone Wed nesday morning. With a county E-Bond quota of $756,000, Surry had reached only 52 per cent of this figure, or 392,767.00, up until June 9, Mr. Yokley said, and this in the face of the drive now being in its final phase. Local figures, supplied by Miss Powell, and correct up to Wed nesday noon, show that a total of $175,330 in E-Bonds have been sold in the Elkin district, a large portion of this figure being in cluded in the Surry figure given above. Other series here total $102,685.00, Miss Powell stated. In view of the fact that Surry has never failed to meet its War Bond quotas in previous drives, with the exception of falling a bit short of its E-Quota in the drive which was under way during the infantile paralysis epidemic (and which was later made up during the Sixth War Loan), it is hoped that the E-Bond quota in this drive may be reached and over subscribed. But to d& it, Mr. Yok ley pointed out, is going to take a bit of digging down on the part of all Surry citizens. “Only after the war with Japan is won can we relax,” it was said, “for to do so now will only prolong the war and keep qyr men fighting that much longer.” HOLD RITES FOR WILKES LADY Wife Of Pleasant Hill Man Dies Monday At Home Of Her Daughter HAD SUFFERED STROKE Funeral services for Mrs. Wil lie Walls Alexander, 68, were conducted Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock at the White Plains Bap tist church, near Roaring River. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Mrs. Alexander, wife of W. Scott Alexander, of Pleasant Hill, died Monday morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Bar ney Blackburn, at Roaring River. She had been ill since suffering a stroke several weeks ago. She was the daughter of Mr. sind Mrs. Peter Walls. Surviving are the husband; three sons, Rev. Arvil Alexander, of this city; Sam Alexander of Jonesville; Ly tle Alexander, of Leaksville; Pri vate First Class Herman Alexan der, of the U. S. Army, in Germany; two sisters, Mrs. T. H. Eidson, of this city; Miss Laura Walls, Ronda, and one brother, Ambrose Walls, of Winston-Sa lem. Soda Fountains To Be Closed Sundays. Dye to the scarcities of sugar, beverage syrups, meats and other supplies, fountains and sandwich bars to two Elkin drug stores, Abernethy’s and Turner Drug ^Company, will be closed on Sun days until further notice, it was announced Tuesday. Elkin’s third drug store, the Elk Pharmacy, does not open at all on Sundays. Turner’s and Abemethy’s will be open Sunday afternoons for the sale of drugs and drug sun dries, it was said, and for the fill ing of prescriptions.

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