ELKIN
The Best Little Town
In North Carolina
ELKIN
Gateway To Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
VOL. NO. XXXIII No. 32
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN. N. C., THURSDAY. JULY 12, 1945
$2.00 PER YEAR
14 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, July 10 —
Final figures in the seventh
war loan showed torjght that
America piled up the fabulous,
all-time record amount of
$26,313,000,000. nearly double
the $14,000,000,000 quota. Hen
ry Morgenthau, Jr., announced
the final results in what he
called his “valedictory” speech
as secretary of the treasury.
The E-Bond goal of $4,000,000,
000 was narrowly missed. Sales
of E bonds totalled $3,976,000,
000. But this was above any
other drive. The previous E
bond record was $3,187,000,000
in the fourth war loan early in
1944. Sales to individuals were
$8,681,000,000, compared with
a quota of $7,000,000,000. Mor
genthau, speaking over the ra
. dio, thanked all war bond
w workers for their co-operation
P throughout seven bond drives.
WASHINGTON, July 10. —
Japan’s vague peace feelers
were brushed aside today by
acting Secretary of State Grew
with a sharp reminder that the
United States is interested only
in the enemy’s unconditional
surrender. Grew told of four
specific indirect approaches on
1 behalf of the Japanese but
said that the United States
government never has received
a real peace offer from the
Japanese government “either
through official or unofficial
channels.” The Japanese,
Grew said in a statement, are
using peace feelers as the Ger
mans did, to stir up trouble in
the allied countries and parti
cularly to try to arouse debate
on the terms to be applied to
Japan.
WASHINGTON, July 10 —
Senate leaders made it plain
today they think the American
delegate to the united nations
should have the right to com
mit U n it e d States troops
against a potential aggressor.
This position was taken in the
senate foreign relations com
mittee by Chairman Connally,
Democrat, Texas; Senator
Vandenberg, Republican, Mich
igan, and Minority Leader
White, Republican, Maine. The
development in the united na
tions charter hearing was pre
cipitated by Senator Millikin,
Republican, Colorado. Millikin
wanted to know whether it
would violate the charter to re
serve the use of troops to
either Congress or the Presi
dent, when the security council
of the united nations decided
force is needed to keep peace.
Sensing a move to write in a
reservation, Connally declared
that such an idea would violate
“the spirit of the charter.”
ABOARD CRUISER, in Mid
Atlantic with President Tru
man, July 10 — President Tru
man is en route today to Eu
rope for his first “big three”
meeting which may shape the
course of world affairs for gen
erations. He is traveling in a
battle-tested warship. The ves
sel is part of a two-cruiser task
force, under the command of
Rear Adm. Allan R. McCann.
The presidential party, which
includes James F. Byrnes, sec
retary of state, and Fleet Adm.
"William D. Leahy, the Presi
dent’s chelf of staff, will fly
from the port of debarkation
to the Berlin area in the big
C-54 luxury liner in which
Truman traveled to the united
nations conference at San
Francisco.
INTERNATIONAL
MANILA, July 11. — Aus
tralian troops today moved to
ward 200-foot-high Mount Ba
- tochampar where Japanese
forces have massed for a de
termined stand after complete
ly losing both Balikpapen har
bor and the Pandsansari Mil!
refineries.
BERLIN, July 10 — Ameri
can, British and Russian arms
leaders, working smoothly to
* gether to settle troublous
points of dispute, set up an in
ter-allied governing authority
for Berlin today and reached i
friendly agreement on tempor
ary feeding and fueling of th<
German capital. During thi
week-end the food and fue
situation was in -dispute
American and British occupa
tion forces had not taken ove
their zones of Berlin because o
that and the general situatioi
looked bad for allied co-opera
tion in administering togethe
a city of 2,750,000 thoroughl;
beaten and discouraged people
M .4
Japs Claim Carrier Plane Attack Ends
Jittery Radio
Warns Fleet
Is Still Near
•!
Guam July 11. — Tokyo said
the U. S. Third Fleet broke off
its carrier strike on Japan today
after a terrific aerial bomdard
ment in conjunction with Ameri
can Army planes that wrecked at
least 173 Japanese aircraft and 32
ships between dawn and dusk
yesterday.
As the fleet withdrew, U. S.
Army raiders from Okinawa pick
ed up the preinvasion air assault
on the battered Japanese home
land. Tokyo said a flight of
about 150 American Mustang and
Thunderbolt fighters lashed the
Japanese suicide plane bases on
eastern and southern Kyushu for
about two hours this morning.
The fighter foray carried the
preinvasion bombing of Japan
into its 36th straight day.
Jittery Japanese spokesmen
said the American battle fleet
that battered the Tokyo area
with upwards of 1,000 planes yes
terday had pulled back out of
range during the night.
“It is apparent that the enemy
task force has withdrawn after
the raid in fear of our special at
tacks,” the Domei News Agency
said.
In the same broadcast, how
ever, Domei ■ warned that the
American carriers, battleships,
cruiser and lesser craft of the
raiding fleet were still hovering
off the coast of Japan in position
to resume the assault at any
time.
Earlier enemy broadcasts said
the carrier raids could be expect-,
ed to continue for “several days.”
Domei said yesterday’s bombing
lasted for 12 hours, from 5 a. m.
to 5 p. m. (Tokyo time) and esti
mated that as many as 1,200
Yank fighters, dive bombers and
torpedo bombers took part in the
attack.
It added the usual claim that
“almost no damage” was inflicted
in the target area and that 26
American planes were shot down.
COMMITTEE IS
NAMED BY FSA
Plays Important Part Of
Program Carried On
Within Yadkin County
SHOWS BETTER METHODS
Hubert W. Cartner, Yadkin
County PSA Supervisor an
nounces the appointment of Sid
ney W. Vestal and Claude H.
Hobson as members of the PSA
Committee. Mr. Vestal replaces
Charles H. Hutchens whose term
expired June 30, 1945 and Mr.
Hobson replaces Grady W. Miller.
This vacancy being caused by Mr.
Miller’s resignation. Bloom C.
Shore who has been serving on
the Committee will continue to
serve for another year.
The FSA Committee plays a
very important part in the PSA
Program that is carried on within
a county. All applications are
certified by the committee and in
the case of loans to purchase
farms, the farms and the loans
are certified by the committee.
The committee also gives advise
to FSA borrowers and assists
whenever possible in teaching
them better methods of farming.
Mr. Cartner states that Con
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Sanitary Ratings
Announced Here
Ratings of hotels, markets, hos
pitals and eating places were an
nounced Monday by the Surry
health department.
Markets in Elkin were giver
the following grades: Basketeria
90; Cash & Carry, 91; P. A
Brendle & Son, 91; Smithey’s, 90
i Hotel ratings were as follows:
Home Hotel, 87; Hotel Elkin. 86
Hugh Chatham Hospital, 87.
k Eating establishments were
■ graded as follows in the ordei
s listed: Dutch Castle, 90; Boggs
s Cafe, 86; Home Hotel dining
l room, 77.5; Elk Pharmacy, 86;
. Atlantic Cafe, 85; Bon Ton Grill
■ 70; Eat Quick Cafe, 90; Smithey’i
• Cafe. 84; Turner Drug Company
f 87; Abemethy’s, 95.
i Grades 7 to 79 equal C; grade:
■ 80 to 89 equal B, and grades 9<
r to 100 equal A.
r The State Road Cafe, at Stab
. Road, received a grade of 86.
TRAPHILL MAN
STAGES BLITZ
William Holbrook Leads Local
Police Merry Chase
After Arrest Here
FACES THREE COUNTS
William Holbrook, of Traphill,
was put in jail here Tuesday to
meditate upon the error of his
way after having aroused a dis
turbance in a local cafe here that
resulted in his arrest, his escape,
his re-arrest and practically all
the charges police could think of
to place against him.
According to local police, Hol
brook, “mean drunk,” drove up
in his car Tuesday afternoon,
parked it on Main street, and en
tered a local cafe where he call
ed for beer. The waitress, not
ing his well oiled condition, re
fused to sell it to him, whereupon
he was said to have grabbed her
by the throat, and to have taken
on all comers who came to her
rescue.
When Policeman T. B. Sams
was summoned, he arrested Hol
brook after a struggle in which
he sustained an injured hand,
and led him off to the local
hoosegow with a handcuff on one
of his wrists. However, as he was
unlocking the jail door, Holbrook
broke loose and ran, and proceed
ed to lead practically all Elkin
police a merry chase for quite
sometime. Later, however, he was
seen and recaptured by Police
man Ruffin Haynes near the
home of George Chatham on
North Bridge street, and placed
safely in jail.
Officer Sams said that he was
charged with operating an auto
mobile while intoxicated, assault
on a female, and affray.
YADKIN YOUTHS
TAKENSUNDAY
Are Said To Have Admitted
Theft of Two Trailer
Tires And Wheel
TWO ARE UNDER BOND
Troy Vestal, 16, of Arlington;
Bill Ashley, 18, of the Knobs sec
tion of Yadkin county, and R. E.
Garner, 15, of Winston-Salem,
were arrested Sunday afternoon
by Yadkin Deputies W. E. Wish
on, of Yadkinville, and Red Ves
tal, of Jonesville, on a charge of
having stolen two trailer tires
and a wheel from the trailer of
Roy Newman early Sunday
morning.
When confronted with the evi
dence, the boys were said to have
admitted their guilt. Vestal and
Ashley were placed under bond of
$300 each for the appearance at
the August term of Yadkin su
perior court, and the Gamer boy
was turned over to the juvenile
authorities in Winston-Salem.
The tires and wheel were re
covered in the woods near the
Ashley home.
CHATHAM FAIR ]
BEGINS OCT. 4
To Stage “Chatham Revue of
1945” In Place of Annual
Amateur Show
The Fifth Annual Chatham
Employees’ Fair will get under
way in the YMCA gymnasium Oc
tober 4, it has been announced.
This year, instead of winding
up the fair with an amateur sh&w
as in the past, the final night
will feature the Chatham Revue
of 1945.
C. J. Hyslup, who will direct
the program, has announced that
it will consist of a variety pro
gram arranged in five or six acts,
featuring the best talent among
Chatham employees and their
' families.
All participants in the show
: will be entered on a non-compe
titive basis, and no prizes will be
, offered for the best act.
> Although complete plans for
. the fair have not been made,
housewives, gardeners and farm
i ers are urged to begin early pre
• paration of their exhibits. Work
is now underway on' the catalog,
! which will be distributed as soon
as printed. _•
NURSES’ AIDE CLASS GRADUATES HERE—Pictured above is the third Red Cross Nurses’ Aide
class to be graduated at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital here. This photo, made at graduation
exercises held at the Gilvin Roth YMCA, pictures from left to right: Mrs. Jennie D. Hanks, Mrs.
Olivia Royall, Mrs. Louise R. Bryan, Mrs. Elizabeth H. Harris, Mrs. Ruth J. Martin, Mrs. Effie
Hanks, Mrs. Ruth Poston, Mrs. Bessie Gilliam and Mrs. Carolyn C. Roth. One member of the class,
Mrs. Virginia S. Lewis, was not present when the picture was made. —Photo by Redmon.
A
Hospital Makes Appeal
For More Blood Plasma
Weaver States
Are Down To
Only 7 Pints.
Although blood plasma is
urgently needed aj Hugh Chat
ham Hospital at all times, the
blood bank there was down to
only seven pints as of Tuesday,
Dr. C. C. Weaver, superintendent,
announced in an appeal for blood
donors.
Oftimes blood plasma, when
readily available, spells the dif
ference between life and death
for a patient, it was said. But
with the supply of plasma so dan
gerously low, the situation has
become critical.
At least 100 pints of plasma
should be on hand at all times.
Dr. Weaver said, and he issued an
appeal for donors to contribute
their blood, pointing out that in
many instances patients are too
sick to await the necessary time
required for a donor-to-patient
transfusion, which is oftimes de
layed by the difficulty in finding
the right type of blood, or else
the patient does not have the
money to pay for this type of
transfusion wherein, the donor
might make a charge for his
blood.
“Who knows?” it was said, “but
that the pint of blood given- for
the hospital blood bank might be
instrumental in saving the life of
a friend or even a member of the
donor’s immediate family.”
Everyone wishing to give blood
to the local blood bank may make
necessary arrangements by con
tacting hospital officials.
P. O. S. of A. Is To
Meet At Y July 16
There is to be a meeting of
Washington Camp No. 36, Patrio
tic Order Sons of America, Mon
day evening, July 16, at 8:00
o’clock at, the Gilvin Roth YMCA
here for the purpose of reorgan
izing the P. O. S. of A. in Elkin,
it has been announced by D. W.
McCulloch, state secretary, of
Lexington.
Several state officials of the or
ganization are to be present at
the meeting and all members of
the order are urged to attend as
the meeting will probably shape
the destiny of the organisation in
Elkin, it was said.
New Nurses’ Aide
Class Is To Start
Miss Roxie Bowen, chairman of
the Red Cross Nurses’ a>ide, an
nounces the beginning of a new
class this week. Fifteen persons
enrolled at the first meeting on
Tuesday, and anyone else wish
ing to train for a Nurses’ aide
may still join this, class by en
rolling at the Friday meeting,
Classes will meet each Tuesday
and Friday afternoons from ope
to four o’clock with Mrs. S. M,
Beale again instructing the class.
Sephia Egg And
Potato-Tomato
Vines Newest
A sephia brown egg with a
white stripe around the mid
dle, plus a potato vine with
small potatoes growing on the
root end and small tomato-like
somethings or other growing
on the top of the vine, are the
high spots of this week’s Freak
Department.
The egg was brought in by
Mrs. Jack Royall, of near
Thurmond, who said it was
produced by a Barred Rock
hen belonging to her daughter,
Mrs. Lelia Wilmouth, also of
near ‘Thurmond, and that the
hen, after laying it, went about
for several days speaking to
absolutely nobody.
The combination potato-to
mato vine was sent by a Tri
bune reader who lives on Route
7, Winston-Salem, but who
asked that her name not be
used. Both the egg and the
potato-tomato vine are on the
Freak Editor’s desk in case
anyone doesn’t believe it.
JAYCEES HEAR
TOWNOFFICIAL
Mayor Garland Johnson Is
Speaker At Meeting Held
Monday Night
WELCOME TWO MEMBERS
Mayor Garland Johnson was
guest speaker at the meeting of
the Elkin Junior Chamber of
Commerce Monday evening, giv
ing a financial report and an
outline of the present adminis
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Reece Re-elected
Association Head
J. Thad Reece, for the past sev
eral years moderator of the Yad
kin Baptist Association, was un
animously re-elected as head of
the association for another year
at its annual session at* Island
Ford Baptist Church last week.
Other officers elected were:
Rev. G. D. Renegar, vice-modera
tor; Allen Jessup, clerk; Mrs. Al
lan Jessup, assistant clerk, and
Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Renegar as
chorister and pianist, respective
ly. i
In the absence of Rev. J. C.
Kay, pastor of Boonville Baptist
Church, Rev. Kelly Barnett, pas
tor of Chapel Hill Baptist Church,
delivered the annual sermon. Din
ner' was served on the grounds.
Reports were heard in the aft
I emoon. .*_
CHATHAM WINS
SAFETY AWARD
Is Second Certificate of Safe
ty Achievement To Come
To Local Plant
RECORD OUTSTANDING
For reducing lost time acci
dents more than 40 per cent for
the first six months of 1945 over
the corresponding period of 1944,
the Chatham Manufacturing
Company will receive another
Certificate of Safety Achievement
from the United States Depart
ment of Labor, it was learned
Wednesday.
A comparative study of the
company’s lost time accident re
cords shows a decrease of 63.1 per
cent in the total number during
the first six months of this year
as compared with the same period
in 1944, the best six months’ re
cord that has been made since
the Safety Program was put into
operation throughout the plant.
Twenty departments of the
plant are recognized as “100 per
cent safe departments” for the
first six months of this year, and
the following departments appear
on the Chatham Safety Honor
Roll: Binding, Burling, Card
Room, Commissary, Dye House,
Electrical, Napping, Office, Out.
side Force, Packing, Picker Room
Power Plant, Printing, Receiving
Shipping, Warp Room, Waste
Room, Wet Finishing, and Wool
Room.
C. J. Hyslup, director of safety
said that while no figures are
available at this time, it is safe tc
assume that the reduction of 63.1
per cent will be among the high
est in plants throughout the
country.
It is expected the Safety Cer
tificate will be presented to the
company within the next few
weeks.
Age Doesn’t Mean A
Thing To This Lady
Mrs. Susan Shuman, 88, of St
Louis, Mo., has completed hei
27th trip from St. Louis to visit
relatives at Pleasant Hill.
The elderly lady, despite hei
advanced years, reached hert
about two weeks ago to visit hei
sister, Mrs. J. B. Darnell, and was
accompanied by her two daugh
ters, Mrs. Jennie Keyes and Mrs
Liza Fennimore, and two greal
grandchildren. She returned tc
St. Louis Saturday, making the
trip by bus.
Extension Given
C-3 Slaughterers
An extension of the registratior
date for class 3 slaughterers has
been granted by OPA from Jun<
30 to October 14. This was done
because farmers do not slaughtei
livestock duiing summer months
It is urged however, that farm
, ers who plan to slaughter and sel:
any amount or meat, register a:
early as possible so that appropri
ate quota bases for slaughtering
may be set.
sk,.'Mia,
Figures Incomplete,
Seventh Drive Over
Top By 256 Per Cent
Eclipse Here
If Any, Wasn’t
So Very Hot
Some said they saw it and
some said they didn’t. Maybe
it was all in the viewpoint.
Anyway, the solar eclipse of
the sun Monday morning,
when the moon went sailing
’twixt it and the earth, didn’t
prove very exciting in these
parts.
It hasn’t been learned here
abouts just how much of the
sun was obscured by the moon
as seen from Elkin. Some say
so much, and others say not so
much. As for the Tribune’s
official observer, he isn’t say
ing at all because, due to for
mations of clouds, he didn’t see
anything.
The eclipse was total along a
25-milc band angling north
eastward from Cascade, Idaho,
through Montana and up into
Canada, and the show there
was short and sweet, with no
more than 3 seconds of total
ity. But hereabouts it didn’t
even get a little darker insofar
■"as could be noticed, and there
hasn't been a single report of
any chickens going back to
roost.
KICK OF HORSE
PROVES FATAL
Funeral Services For Rev. W.
T. Crissman Held Saturday
At Double Creek
WAS HURT ON JULY 4TH
Funeral services for Rev. Wil
liam T. Crissman, 71, widely
known Baptist minister, of
Siloam, route 1, who died last
Thursday night of injuries re
ceived when he was kicked by a
horse the day before, were con
ducted at 3:00 p. m. Saturday
afternoon at Double Creek
Church, near Copeland. Rev.
Scales Draughn and Rev. David
Day officiated. Interment was in
the church cemetery.
Rev. Crissman had been a
minister for more than 25 years
and had served Baptist churches
in Surry, Stokes, Yadkin and For
syth counties. At the time of his
death he was pastor of Friend
ship Church in Yadkin county.
New Bethel in Forsyth, and Slate
Mountain, near Mount Airy, in
this county.
He was married about 45 years
ago to Kliss Lillie Wood, who sur
vives. Other survivors include a
son, Clifford Crissman, of Siloam;
two daughters, Mrs. Phylo Bau
guess, of Siloam, and Miss Ossie
Crissman, of the home; twe
brothers, Burlie Crissman of East
Bend, and George Crissman, of
Vass; and one sister, Mrs. Nannie
Whitaker, of Pilot Mountain.
CLUB TO HEAR
GUEST SPEAKER
Dr. M. B. Stokes, Father of
Methodist Minister, Will
Address Kiwanians
ENJOY QUIZ PROGRAM
Dr. M. B. Stokes, father of Dr
J. Lem Stokes, II, pastor of the
Elkin Methodist Church, will be
, guest speaker at this evening’s
meeting (Thursday), of the Elkin
Kiwanis Club, which will be held
at the Gilvin Roth YMCA at 6:3C
o’clock.
Dr. Stokes was for many
i years a representative of the
Methodist Church in the Mission
' ary fields of Korea, China anc
’ Cuba, and his talk is expected tc
' be highly interesting.
At last week’s meeting, Program
Chairman Clifton Leary conduct
ed a quiz which found Kiwaniann
[ Gaston Hill ard J. H. Beeson the
| winners. Each was presefated
. with a prize.
President T. C. McKnight pre
sided over the meeting.
E-Bond Quota Is
Only Goal That
Is Not Reached
Although final figures are not
in, reports of the Federal Reserve
Bank on Surry county War Bond
sales in the Seventh War Loan
Drive up to Monday show that
Surry has exceeded its over-all
quota of $1,432,000 by 256 per
cent, J. F. Yokley, of Mount Airy,
Surry chairman, announced Wed
nesday.
Bonds sold now amount to $3,
665,426.50, or $2,233,425.50 more
than the assigned quota.
Individual Bond sales, which
include E-Bonds and other series
other than industrial types, now
total $1,630,856.50, or more in
themselves than the entire over
all quota.
Only on E-Bonds has the coun
ty failed to reach its quota of
$756,000 sales now standing at
$622,338, or 83 and 1/3 per cent.
However, Mr. Yokley said, when
final figures are in he hopes that
this figure will be larger.
All in all, Mr. Yokley told The
Tribune, he thinks that Surry
county citizens have done a re
markable job in their support of
the Seventh War Loan drive, and
he expressed his thanks, as Sev
enth War Loan Chairman for the
county, to all workers in the cam
paign and to all who have pur
chased Bonds.
Complete and official figures
will be received for publication
next week, . and these figures,
swelled by last minute purchases,
will make the impressive Surry
county figures listed above, even
larger.
YADKIN BOY IS
FATALLY HURT
Gerald Hutchins, 6, of Yad
kinville, Crushed By
Father’s Truck
RITES HELD WEDNESDAY
Yadkinville, July il. (Special)
—An unusual tragedy occurred
here late Monday afternoon when
Gerald Hutchens, 6-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hutchens,
was crushed to death beneath a
heavily loaded truck operated by
his father. Death was instan
taneous, and the body of the
young boy was badly mangled by
the dual wheels passing over the
body.
Mr. Hutchens operates a heavy
truck for hire and Monday after
noon drove in with a load of
lumber to park for the night.
When he parked he found he had
driven too far in the garage and
his doors would not open. He
then backed a few feet, but in the
meantime the little boy had run
out to greet his father and was
struck by the truck. Whether the
boy fell under the wheel or was
knocked down is not known, as
Mr. Hutchens did not know the
boy was there until he got out of
the truck to go into the house.
Mr. and Mrs. Hutchens live in the
Eastern part of Yadkinville. *
Survivors include the parents;
one brother, Roger Hutchens, 7;
one sister, Margaret Carol Hut
chens, 1; the paternal grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Mick Hutch
ens, and the maternal grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Herm Hutch
ens, all of Yadkinville, Route 9.
Funeral services were held at
the home yesterday afternoon'at
2 o’clock, with Rev. Mrs. E. G.
Key in charge. Burial followed in
the cemetery at Pilot View
Friends church.
The sympathy of the commun
ity goes out to Mr. and Mrs. Hut
chens in their bereavement.
Walker Bible Class
• To Hear Dr. Stokes
Dr. M. B. Stokes, now on fur
lough from his work in Cuba,
and visiting* in the home of his
son, Dr. J. Lem Stokes, n, will
speak to the Walker Bible Class
di