ELKIN
The Best Little Town
In North Carolina
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ELKIN
Gateway To Roaring Gap
and the Hue Ridge
VOL; NO. XXXIII No. 33
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1945
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WILMINGTON, July 17 —
Plans to contact several
branches of the armed service
.. in an attempt to interest them
» in Camp Davis, ordered aban
doned yesterday, as a convales
cent and redistribution center
of the army air forces, were
announced today by Rep. Gra
ham T. Barden, of New Bern.
He said that he intended to
talk with marine corps officials
in view of their expanding op
erations at New River, about 35
miles northeast of Davis, in an
effort to “sell them” on the
use of the camp. The con
gressman, now at his home in
New Bern, also said that vet
erans administration officials
would be contacted. He ex
plained that during this period
of demand for hospital facili
ties to accomodate wounded
veterans he thought that its
temporary use by the veterans
administration as a relief sta
tion seemed feasible.
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NASHVILLE, Tcnn., July 17
— Thirteen new cases of polio
raged in western Tennessee to
night, bringing the state’s total
to 67 since January 1. The
state health department said
that seven new cases were re
ported in Henderson county,
three in Carroll, and one each
in Henry, Decatur, and Laud
erdale counties. The depart
ment added that the south
eastern office of the Red Cross
in Atlanta has assigned seven
field nurses to the area to help
care for the victims while eight
nurses from the Tennessee
health department also have
been sent. >
WASHINGTON, July 17 —
President Truman, continuing
his drive for streamlined gov
ernment, today asked Congress
to scrap the three-man surplus
property board and give its
powers to a single administra
tor. Experience has shown that
the $10,000,000,000 of surplus
war materials can be handled
best by a single head with un
diluted responsibility, he said
in a message to Congress. He
added that “administration by
a multi-member board has
complicated day-to-day opera
tions.’’ The proposed adminis
trator would be the new chair
man of the present board, W.
Stuart Symington, of St. Louis,
who replaced former Democra
tic Senator Guy M. Gillette, of
Iowa.
WASHINGTON, July 17. —
The armed forces today get
first call on virtually all of the
nation’s railway passenger cars.
The office of defense transpor
tation has placed all passenger
coaches, baggage and express
cars in a big pool to be avail
able on demand for the use of
the armed services. The action
does not automatically curtail
service available to civilians,
but sets up the mechanics for
making more passenger equip
ment available for use in the
redeployment of troops from
Europe to the Pacific. And in
the end, the agency empha
sized, there will be less equip
ment for civilian use. The or
der, which affects more than
30,000 cars of various kinds,
provides that they can be used
for such purposes as the ODT
may direct.
GUAM, Wednesday^ July 18.
—Utter contempt for the Japa
nese military was evident in an
. unprecedented1 United States
navy action today in per
mitting radio broadcasts from
the attacking fleet while the
bombardment was in progress.
A code word—“phonograph”—
broadcast from the battleship,
Iowa, was the tipoff that the
operation had started, and
gave Admiral Nimitz the. signal
to release his communique an
nouncing the bombardment.
Mutual broadcaster Jack Ma
hon, disclosed that the battle
line of some of the biggest
war ships was within 10 miles
of the Japanese coast, and that
the coastliife itself was shelled
over a 2-mile area. He said the
area was crowded with 500,000
Japanese.
WASHINGTON, July 17 —
Senate Republicans split wide
over the Bretton Woods world
bank-fund today, one grout
wanting to have nothing to dc
with it and another backing it
as a benefit to the United
States and the world. The plan
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Discuss Plans
For Memorial
Park In Elkin
Civic Heads
To Meet With
Kiwanis Today
A discussion on the proposition
of the establishment of a Mem
orial Park for the men in service
from this section will feature the
meeting of the Elkin Kiwanis
Club at the Gilvin Ijoth Y. M. C.
A. this evening (Thursday)
which will be attended by the
heads of all other civic clubs of
the city.
The matter was discussed at a
meeting of the board of directors
of the Kiwanis Club, to which R.
W. Harris was host, at the Y. M.
C. A. Monday evening.
The site of the project would
be from the rear of the elemen
tary school to the filtering plant,
and is considered an ideal loca
tion for a park by a specialist in
this kind of work, who went over
the site here last week. It would
contain approximately six acres
of land, part of which belongs to
the city and the remainder to
Chatham Manufacturing Com
pany. The Chatham Company
has agreed to let the land be used
for this purpose.
It is understood that the money
for the project would be raised by
donations from citizens of Elkin
and this section. Cost of the
project has not been announced,
but will probably run from $10,
000 to $20,000, depending on what
is needed to make it a complete
park for a community of this size.
The matter has been under
consideration by the Postwar
Planning Board of which D. G.
Smith is chairman and the city
officials, for some time, and it
will be decided this evening
whether or not to go ahead with
the project.
FIRE DAMAGES
CLEANERS HERE
Explosion In Clothes Drying
Machine Sets Fire To
Lawrence Cleaners
Fire, caused by an explosion in
a drying machine, Thursday af
ternoon caused a small amount of
damage to the Lawrence Dry
Cleaners on West Main street
here, and also damaged a quan
tity of clothing.
The explosion, the cause of
which is not known, blew open
the door of the machine and set
fire to the ceiling. Clothes in the
machine were damaged, as were
other clothing nearby.
Prompt action on the part of
the employees brought the blaze
under control by the time the
local fire truck reached the scene.
Firemen quickly extinguished the
blaze.
Eugene Lewis, an employee, re
ceived slight burns 4as a result of
the blaze. The loss, it is under
stood, was covered by insurance.
The fire truck was delayed a
few moments in reaching the
scene due to the ignorance or in
difference of motorists who
ignored the siren and blocked the
street.
Harmony Grove
Friends Church
Sponsors Contest
Harmony Grove Friends church
is sponsoring a junior speaking
contest on temperance. This is
a national contest that is being
conducted throughout the Friends
churches in the nation.
This contest was started by the
“Women’s Christian Temperance
Union,” and is conducted to help
to make people more conscious of
the need for temperance. A con
testant may compete for five dif
ferent medals. The winner here
receives a silver medal and he oi
she then goes to Guilford College
in August to a yearly meeting
where they compete against win
ners from Friends churches all
over North Carolina for the Gold
Medal.
The boys and girls taking part
in the contest at Harmony Grove
Friends church are: Margie Hin
shaw, Ann Speer, Lois Gough
Gene Wagoner, Bobby Casstevens
1 and Billy Casstevens.
This contest will be held next
Sunday evening, July 22, at 8
o’clock at Harmony Grove Friends
church. The public is cordially
invited to attend.
KILLED IN ACTION — Pri
vate First Class Clarence Har-,
ris, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. S.
W. Harris, of Hamptonville,
was killed in action on Luzon,
May 1, 1945, according to a
letter received from his com
manding officer. He stated that
he' was shot through the head
while attempting to reach a
position to deliver more effec
tive fire on the enemy. Private
First Class Harris enlisted in
1942 and went overseas in Feb
ruary, 1943. Surviving are his
wife, the former Miss Hazel
Gallihcr, of Harmony; two
brothers, four sisters, and one
grandmother.
ELKIN P. 0. IS
NOW 1ST CLASS
Advanced To Top Rating Ef
fective July 1, Postmaster
F. W. Graham Reports
JONESVILLE 2ND CLASS
The Elkin post office, effective
July 1, was advanced to a first
class post office, F. W. Graham,
local postmaster, announced Wed
nesday.
The rating of a post office is
based upon postal receipts, Mr.
Graham said, which must amount
to $40,000 ’ yearly. Postal receipts
here for the year 1944 amounted
to $42,165.93.
In comparing present receipts
with those of a few years ago,
Mr. Graham pointed out that in
1934, the year in which he as
sumed office, local receipts
amounted to only $9,078.34, mak
ing the post office third class.
However, an increase each year
since 1934 advanced the office to
second class in 1935.
In discussing the advancement,
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SERVICE BOARD
HERE COMPLETE
Junior Woman’s Club, With
Aid of Stores and Business
Houses, Sponsor
FOR ELKIN TOWNSHIP
The Elkin township’s service
men’s board, sponsored by the El
kin Junior Woman’s Club has
been completed. It is located on
the Methodist Church property
facing the Elkin Hotel.
This project represents much
work and without the help of the
public it would have been impos
sible, according to the sponsors.
They ask your co-operation in
helping to keep the board in good
condition and up-to-date.
Due to the fact that the names
are painted on the board, addi
tions will be made at the foot of
each letter of the alphabet.
The Junior Woman’s Club
wishes to express its appreciation
to the following: Chatham Man
ufacturing Company for building
the board, The Merchants Asso
ciation and individuals for cash
donations, the Selective Service
Board at Dobson for furnishing
names, the Elkin Lumber Com
pany for giving lumber, Harry
Hensel for donating posts, The
Elkin Tribune for listing the
names in the paper, the Meth
odist Church for the use of its
property, and Charles Wolfe v for
painting the names on the board.
If there is a Gold Star or the
name of any boy from Elkin
township that should be addedi
you are requested to send infor
mation in care of post office box
729, Elkin.
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FINAL FIGURES
SHOW SURRY IS
FAR OVER GOAL
All Previous War Bond Drives
Are Surpassed
E QUOTA NOT REACHED
Sales Are 93 Per Cent, But
More Than Sixth Loan By
About $50,000
EXPRESS APPRECIATION
Although Surry county reached
only 93 y2 Per cent of its E-Bond
quota in the Seventh War Loan
drive, figures released Wednesday
by J. F. Yokley, chairman of the
drive, and W. L. Glancy, per
manent chairman, disclose that
the county surpassed all previous
drives, buying approximately
$50,000 more E-Bonds than were
purchased during the Sixth War
Loan.
It was also disclosed that Surry
far exceeded its overall Bond
quota, buying 262 per cent of its
overall quota of $1,432,000, or
$3,750,836.25.
Individual sales of Bonds alone,
which include E-Bonds and other
series other than the types pur
chased by industrial firms,
amounted to $1,716,266.25, which
is more than the overall quota.
All other Bonds amounted to
$2,034,570.
“The county is to be congratu
lated on this outstanding record,
which thoroughly demonstrates
that our citizens are backing the
boys in the armed forces,” Mr.
Yokley and Mr. Glancy stated in
a joint letter to The Tribune.
“Appreciation goes to all com
munity leaders and their helpers,
who have given so much of their
time in promoting sales; also all
purchasers of Bonds are to be
commended for their loyal sup
port.”
Bond figures for the Elkin dis
trict show that a total* of $290,600
in E-Bonds was purchased, or
more than 38 per cent of the en
tire county quota. Overall figures,
with the exception of E-Bonds,
amounted to $111,185, or a grand
total of $401,785.
Miss Mattie Mae Powell and
Garland Johnson acted as co
chairmen of the local drive.
Yadkin Pastor Is
Cleared of Charge
Rev. Guy Arthur Hovis, pastor
of five Yadkin county churches,
was declared innocent of indecent
exposure charges by Judge Leroy
Sams, in Winston-Salem munici
pal court Monday morning.
Two young women testified
that Hovis was the man who ex
posed himself Saturday afternoon
while sitting in a car in the
middle of the block on Liberty
street with the car door open.
A police officer testified that
Hovis said the exposure was ac
cidental and that he must have
had a hole in his clothing. The
officer said he found a rent in
the man’s trousers.
Appearing in behalf of the
preacher were several ministers
and members of the East Bend
church where he is pastor. They
testified his character was good.
Cordell Hull was practicing law
in Tennessee before he was old
enough to vote.
Cycle Sailor
Is Victim Of
Bomb Attack
RAY EDSEL SALE
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Sale, Cycle,
have been notified by the Navy
Department that their son, Ray
Edsel Sale, 20, was killed in action
by an enemy bombing attack on
his ship on May 11.
Petty Officer Sale was buried
at sea on May 12 with services
conducted by the chaplain. A
memorial service with full honors
and the ship’s company attending
was held May 20.
Following his graduation from
Ronda High School in 1942, Sale
enlisted in the Navy. He attend
ed the Aviation Radioman School
at Jacksonville, Fla., and the
Navy Gunnery School at Holly
wood, Fla. He served as an avia
tion radioman, having been in'the
Pacific for 18 months. He was a
member of the Union Baptist
Church.
The parents and two sisters,
Misses Wilma and Martha Sale of
Cycle, survive.
TO HOLD JOINT
MEETING HERE
George Gray Post of Ameri
can Legion, And Auxiliary
To Meet At YMCA
JOHN T. DAY, SPEAKER
A joint meeting of the George
Gray Post of the American
Legion and the Legion Auxiliary
will be held at the Gilvin Roth
YMCA here Wednesday, July 25,
at 7:30 p. m., it has been an
nounced by George Stockton,
commander.
John Tucker Day, of Route 1,
Walkertown, a former resident of
Elkin, who began his school
career here in 1906 under the late
Prof. J. H. Allen,, will be the guest
speaker for the event. His wife
will accompany him here.
Also to be present are Grover
C. Bodenheimer, of Kemersville;
and Mr. and Mrs. J. Wade Hen
dricks, of Statesville. Mr. Hen
dricks is commander of the 15th
district, and Mrs. Hendricks is
president of the North Carolina
department of the auxiliary.
Legionnaires and auxiliary
members from Wilkesboro, Spar
ta, Mount Airy, and Yadkinville,
are invited to attend the meeting.
All members of the local post
and the auxiliary are urged to at
tend.
Japanese Coast Is In
Flames As U. S. Fleet
Pushes Bold Attack
ADAMS SAW WAR
AT FIRST HAND
Elkin Soldier Lay Wounded
On Battlefield For Many
Hours Awaiting Aid
IS HOME ON FURLOUGH
Private First Class Freer
Adams, husband of the former
Miss Ruby Steelman, of Boonville,
and son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Adams, of Yadkinville, is now at
home on a leave after 18 months
i service overseas, much of which
time was spent on the front lines
in France and Germany.
Of the German people Freer
had a lot to say, and much of it
wasn’t any too much credit to
them. He saw war first hand,
and felt the terrible effects of
it. He was wounded seriously and
lay on the battle field many
hours before he could be evacu
ated by the medics, so hard push
ed were they. He saw his best
buddy killed at arm’s length from
him and could do nothing about
it because of his own wounded
condition.
After being evacuated from the
field of battle, Adams spent the
greater part of the remaining
time before returning to the
States in army hospitals. He ar
rived in the United States two
weeks ago.
Among the interesting souve
nirs he brought home were two
small pocket watches of excellent
makes, a German pistol, an au
tomatic pencil and several other
interesting items.
Prior to entering service Pfc.
Adams was employed at Aber
nethy’s Drug Store, and made his
home in this city.
Prisoner Escapes,
Captured Same Day
William Stokes Tew, a long
term prisoner, who escaped from
the Yadkin county state prison
camp last Thursday about 1:00
o’clock in the afternoon, was cap
tured the same day about 7:00 p.
m. near Burch Station by Corp.
W. S. McKinney, State Highway
Patrol, of Elkin, and Constable
Paul McCormick, and Dallas In
gram, of the state highway forces.
Tew, an honor prisoner serving 17
years for manslaughter, had com
pleted seven years of his sentence.
Ration Office Here
Closed Saturday P. M.
The local OPA office is now
closed to the public on Saturday
afternoon as well as on Wednes
day afternoon. Office hours are
10:00 to 12 a. m. and 1:00 to 4:30
p. m. every day excepting Wed
nesday and Saturday, when the
office will close at noon.
SERVICE BOARD COMPLETED — Pictured above is the newly completed servicemen’s board which
stands at the comer of North Bridge street and East Market, facing Hotel Elkin. Located on property
of the El^in Methodist Church, the board bears the names of servicemen from Elkin and Elkin
township, and was sponsored by the Junior Woman’s Club, under the direction of Mrs. Rosamond
Neaves Smoot. . ", ' , —Tribune Photo.
AWARDED FIFTH BRONZE
STAR — Corporal Raymond L.
Norman, son of Mr. and Mrs.
R. H. Norman, of Boonville, has
received the Bronze Star Medal
for the fifth time, according: to
a letter received by his parents
recently. The medal was given
to him for “heroic achieve
ment’’ with the 9th Air Force
in the battle of Dover, the in
vasion of Normandy, the battle
of Brest and Belgii?:«i and the
invasion of Germany. He en
tered service in June, 1942,
trained at Fort Eustis, Va., and
Camp Stewart, Ga. He went
overseas in Octobir, 1942.
SPECIAL MEET
IS HELD HERE
Reorganization Meeting of
P. 0. S. of A. Held At
YMCA Here Monday
PARNELL IS PRESIDENT
A reorganization meeting of
the Patriotic Older Sons of Amer
ica, Inc., Washington Camp No.
36, was held at the Gilvin Roth
YMCA here Monday evening,
with D. W. McCulluch, of Lexing
ton, state secretary, presiding.
During the session new officers
were elected, with T. L. Parnell,
of Elkin, as president. Other of
ficers were: M. M. Osborne, vice
president; J. E. Martin, Master
of Forms; F. T. Moore, of Ronda,
recording secretary; J. B. Bell, of
Ronda, secretary - treasurer;
Franklin Miller, conductor; C. F.
Rogers,• outside sentinel; C. H.
Day, inside sentinel; and M. R.
Bailey, Carl Harris and L. F.
Walker, trustees.
Meeting dates, and the place of
meeting, will be announced later,
it was said.
The P.O.S. of A. was organized
almost 100 years ago by a small
band of patriotic citizens pledged
and obligated by the provisions
of this order to support the ideals
of George Washington and his
associates, and as a concerted
power to place restrictions upon
immigration, and to set in motion
some plan that would educate the
immigrants in the principles of
a free government.
T/4 James Martin Is
Home From Overseas
Technician Fourth Grade
James Martin has returned to the
United States after 35 months
service «overseas and is at home
for a leave with his wife, the
former Miss Callie Carter and
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Z.
Bent Martin, in Jonesville.
He served in England, Africa,
Sicily, Italy, and Southern
France, and is the holder of seven
battle stars, the good conduct
medal, the European Theatre of
Operations ribbon, and was a
member of a Company which was
awarded the meritorious service
achievement plaque, given for
bravery.
Martin is also in line for the
Soldier’s Medal for the rescue of
six children from a mine field in
Italy. After a 30-day furlough
he will report for reassignment
with the Army.
Red Cross Room To
Close Until Sept.
Announcement is made that
the Red Cross knitting room will
be closed for the remainder 6f
July and August.
Anyone wishing to turn in knit
ting or to get work to do, may
call Mrs. Clyde Long, telephone
275-R. " v'f
Hundreds Of
Planes Smash
At Tokyo Area
Guam, July 18. — Hundreds of
American and British carrier
planes were reported smashing at
the Tokyo area for the second
straight day today while the en
emy coast still, flamed under a
2,000-ton broadside from the guns
of the Allied Fleet.
Japanese broadcasts said the ?
great carrier strike that spread
havoc across Tokyo's sprawling
network of airfields from dawn to
dusk yesterday was resumed in
force around noon today.
Three hours later the attack
was still raging and upwards of
500 Allied warplanes were bomb
ing and strafing airdromes and
other military installations on all
sides of Tokyo, the enemy ac
counts said.
The new air blow came less
than 12 hours after a thundering
night bombardment by an Anglo
American surface fleet against the
defenseless Japanese coast, bare
ly 25 miles from Tokyo.
Fleet dispatches hinted the Al
lied battlewagons were maneuver
ing off Tokyo Bay this afternoon
and the Japanese alerted their
coastal population to expect fur
ther shelling.
“The enemy task force is liable
to attack us at any chosen time
and place,” the Japanese Domei
News Agency admitted bleakly.
The Japanese later reported
that sizable formations of Libera
tors and fighters from Okinawa
struck Southern Kyushu and Shi
koku today and that 100 fighters
and bombers again raided Shang
hai. The Chinese seaport was
bombed heavily by 60 Liberators
and Mitchell bombers yesterday,
according to Tokyo.
Factories, homes and docks in
the wood-and-paper cities lining
a 50-mile belt of Japan’s eastern
shores above Tokyo were blazing
furiously from a two-hour night
bombardment by the Allied sur
face raiders that began around 11.
p. m. (Tokyo time) last night.
CLUB TO HOLD
FISH FRY HERE
Exchange Club Will Devote
Proceeds To Underpriv
ileged Children Work
DELEGATES ARE NAMED
The Elkin Exchange Club will
hold a fish fry Friday evening.
August 3, beginning at 7:30
o’clock, to which the public Is in
vited at a nominal charge. Pro
ceeds will go toward the club's
underprivileged children activi
ties.
Tickets for the fish fry will be
sold in advance by members of
the club.
At last week’s meeting, held
Thursday evening at the YMCA,
K. V. McLeod, president, and O.
D. Causey, were named as repre
sentatives to the state convention
to be held in Durham Wednesday,
July 25. Plans for the fish fry,
and routine business, were also
considered at this meeting.
Urges Citizens
To Save Waste
'Paper For War
With waste paper still high
on the War Department’s criti
cal list, local collections have
steadily fallen off during the
past months, Clyde Carroll, of
the Elkin Junior Chamber of
Commerce, said Wednesday af
ternoon.
Mr. Carroll said there seems
to be some misunderstanding
here as to when paper collec
tions are made. He said that
waste paper is collected each
Monday morning in the resi
dential section, and each Mon
day afternoon in the business
area. Only one collection in
each area is made weekly.
“It’s important that this
paper be saved and readied for
collection each Monday,” he
said, “due to the fact that it
is so critically needed in the
war effort.” He urged that ev
eryone save all their waste
paper and cardboard and cor
rugated boxes so that It
be collected.
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