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y ELKIN The Best Little Town In North Qbrolina * The Elkin Tribune * ELKIN Gateway To Roaring Gap and the Blue Ridge VOL. NO. XXXIII No. 40 PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6,1945 $2.00 PER YEAR 16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS . Drive For Memorial Park Fund To Start Today A ---_— -----— -- Those To Take Part Hold Meet h At Y Tuesday A meeting of the canvassers to solicit contributions for the con struction of the proposed Memo rial Park here was held at the Gilvin Roth YMCA Tuesday ev ening and the organization per fected to start solicitation of the 1 public today (Thursday). It is planned to complete the canvass in one week. T. C. McKnight, general secre tary of the YMCA, and N. D. Car penter, superintendent of the Elkin schools, spoke very con vincingly of the great benefit to ■ the youth of the community which would be realized from the proposed project as it develops. A It was pointed out that such a r park will be a fitting tribute to j the men and women of Elkin and ' vicinity who have served their homes and country so well in time of war, and will serve as a reminder to generations to come of the debt to those men and women for preserving American liberties. The ultimate aim is for the Memorial Park to serve the great est possible number of people by combining public school recrea tional facilities with a municipal Park system which will be admin istered by the Town of Elkin through a Park Commission ap pointed by the Town Commission ers. There are three major phases: Improvement of the Elementary 1 School playground area, and con struction of a bridge across Elkin Creek to connect the Elementary School with the High School ath letic field. This phase will pro vide badly needed additional play ground facilities for the children in Elementary School and make it possible to make use of the Ath letic field in physical development programs for the Elementary chil dren. It will also provide a route for children in both schools to walk from one school to the other or to their homes without passing through traffic congested areas downtown. Development of the High School athletic field into a modern and complete municipal recreation field. This phase calls for im proving grades and drainage of the existing field, installation of stands and bleachers, lighting the field for night athletic contests or other outdoor activity, and fenc ing in the area. Many purposes will be served by this unit. It will be used by the High School stu dents for their athletic and phy sical development activities; by other groups for athletic activity k or any other activity that doesn’t } conflict with the school program. Horse shows, cattle shows, band concerts, outdoor pageants or any other community activity can be staged on this field, and suitable accomodations for spectators and participants would be available. It is believed that sufficient reve . nue would be realized from this phase to carry on a large part of the current operating expense of the park system and provide funds for athletic and physical development programs in the schools. Development of the connecting areas into a scenic and recreation al park. This phase calls for gen eral beautification of the grounds, terracing, landscaping, planting of trees, shrubs and flowers, con struction of picnic areas with small furnaces and tables, grad jual development of tennis courts, 1 j handball courts, horse shoe <i * pitches, and such facilities for ' public recreation as is indicated from time to time by the desires and demands of the public. A competent park engineer will be engaged to draw up detailed plans as to how the area can be developed most economically and advantageously. Actual development will proceed as funds become available and along the lines of the greatest in dicated public need. Ration Board Will Observe New Hours Effective September 1, hours at the local OPA office will be from 10 to 12 a. m. and from 1 to 5 p. m., Monday through Friday. The office will be dosed all day Sat urday and on the first working day of the month if necessary to complete reports. After September there will be only two clerks remaining on duty | at the local office. Mrs. Roy Kane , and Mrs. Ralph Durham will con tinue their work. i Elkin Soldier Is Decorated For Gallantry PFC. CHARLES WINDSOR Pfc. Charles Windsor, son ol Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Windsor, oi Elkin, has been awarded the Sil ver Star for gallantry in action ir the European theatre. Pfc. Windsor, one of four son; who have seen service in the war is now stationed in Austria, bul the action in which he won the decoration took place in France close to the German border, wher the battalion to which he was at tached was called upon to rescue another battalion which was cul off by the Germans. According to a letter receivec by Windsor’s parents, “we went uf a big mountain and down the other side until we ran into three German pillboxes. I had a Brown ing automatic rifle. When we hH the pillboxes the Krauts openec up with everything they had anc our scouts were pinned down. The Krauts could see them but thej couldn’t see the Krauts, so everj time they moved they were firet at. Then we got an order to ge our scouts out by laying down i line of fire so they could pull bad up the hill. When we started fir ing we started getting shells fron all sides and did I sweat that on< out! I was lying out in the oper with shells hitting all around m< and in the trees nearby, but : kept firing the B. A. R. so oui Scouts could get out. We got al of them out but one and I gues: he was killed. I almost forget tc tell you this—while I was firing ] felt something tug at my rifle bell but I was so busy I didn’t loot to see what it was. After it was all over and I was sitting in a nice safe hole, I took my canteer out for a drink of water and mj hair stood straight up! Then were eight holes in my canteer and one piece of shrapnel in mj shovel which I had on my belt.’ Pfc. Windsor mailed the meda to his parents here. He is at pre sent attached to the Third Army NEW EQUIPMENT ISSUED MONDAY Elkin High School Footbal Team Is Provided With The Best Following two weeks of drill! and fundamental training the Elks of Elkin High School are rounding into shape for their firsi fex>tball game of the season witl Mineral Springs. The game wil be played here on September 28. Heavy equipment was issuec Monday morning, and accordinf to the boys on the squad, it is ai good as can be boasted by anj high school in the state. Jack Park, member of th< squad, said Tuesday that this yeai is quite different from any in th< past. *“We have all *the things w< haven’t had in the past; and w< also have one of the best coach ing staffs that c£n be found,” h< said. “Coach Carpenter and Coacl Abernathy are doing a swell jot in making ball players out of us Such things as getting a physica check-up from a doctor tft th< first of the season is an import ant factor. We have fine protec tion made possible by the peopli of Elkin, and the one way w< can express our appreciation i; by trying our hardest to be th< team, the *people expect of us.” Announce Plans For Building Of $50,000 Airport For Elkin To Be Modern And Adequate To Serve Needs A new airport for Elkin and this section, chartered under the name of Carolina Air Motive Cor poration, which will be construct ed at an ultimate cost within the next two years of $50,000, is now under construction on the south side of the Elkin-Winston-Salem highway, just west and south of The Rendezvous, it was learned Monday. Ed Church, of Elkin, will be the principal stockholder and per manent president and general manager. The new airport, it was said, will be thoroughly modem in ev ery way, and entirely adequate to serve Elkin and this area. It will have two runways, the main runway to be 2,700 feet long, and 200 feet wide. Such a runway will be sufficient for the landing of an airliner if need be. The second runway will be 1,400 feet ,in length. When completed, the company will have the franchise for local sales and service of Piper Cubs, Stinson and Fairchilds airplanes. Two new Cub trainers and one new Cub Cruiser have already : been purchased. A two-motor plane, which will carry six pas sengers and be equipped for night and blind flying, with a range of a thousand miles without refuel , ing, will also be maintained at the ' field for charter trips, Mr. Church said. ; According to present plans, the new field will be ready for flying | within the next 60 days. ’ The field will be provided with ! hangars for private planes as well , as for the planes owned b/ the company, and parts and repairs ■ will be made available. Modern restrooms for the public will be provided, as well as a snack bar. The property upon which the field will be located was purchas | ed by Mr. Church, and fronts the highway. Runways will take the | form of a large “V.” When ready for operation a ' full-time government licensed in structor will be on hand at all , times to instruct student fliers. | The field is less than one mile from Elkin. YADKIN SCHOOL SYSTEM OPENS Reports From Some Units Show An Increased Attend ance Over Last Year EXPECTING NEW BUSES All Yadkin county schools open ed Tuesday, and reports from , some of them indicate an increas ed attendance over 1944 opening, according to Fred C. Hobson, sup erintendent. From three schools we learn the figures for the two openings were as follows: Yadkinville 1944, 588; 1945, 611; Courtney 1944, 396; 1945, 417; West Yadkin 1944, 628; 1945, 678. All this week and next school : will begin each morning at 8:30 1 and close at 12:30, during the ' farm emergency. Mr. Hobson announces that they expect several new busses about Nov. 10. At present they 1 are using several 1935-36 wooden ; body busses. All later models have ; steel bodies. To Seek Bids For New Dobson School ‘ All plans are in readiness to of i fer contractors for bids for the construction of the new Dobson i school, it was learned following l the meeting Monday of the Sur 1 ry county board of commission . ers. I • When bids are submitted, work i on the new school, to replace the ■ building destroyed by fire, will get underway. * ! Gold was discovered near Los » Angeles in 1842 by a sheep herder > who was trying to dig up a few wild onions for lunch. ABOARD MISSOURI — Lieu tenant (jg) Earl Pardue, son of Mr. and Mrs. Free Pardue, of this city, is playing a role of momentous event in Ameri can history. Serving aboard the mighty battleship, U. S. Missouri, he was present when the Japanese envoys came aboard to sign the final surrender terms that brought an end to World War II. Lieutenant Pardue was as signed to this ship upon his graduation from the University of North Carolina in February, 1944. Lieutenant Milton Coop er, of this city, has also served aboard the Missouri but has been stationed in Washington, D. C., for the past several months. The Missouri, named for the home state of Presi dent Truman, is one of the most powerful warships ever built. It is now the flagship of Admiral William F. Halsey, Commander of the Third Fleet. CHATHAM WILL HEAD MAGAZINE Will Publish National Weekly Journal For Army And Navy Forces OF NATIONAL SCOPE Among those now planning es tablishment of the Army and Navy Bulletin, new national weekly journal for the armed for ces designed particularly for re serve officers and veterans of the present war, is Commander Thurmond Chatham, of Elkin. Mr. Chatham, it was said, is head of the Bulletin Company and among those who saw the need for a new, aggressive and hard hitting journal. The Bulletin will serve all the armed forces and will draw no line between reservist and regu lar, its sponsors say, but the re serve officer of today and the re serve officer veteran of tomorrow will be able to look on the Bulle tin as one greatly interested in their problems and welfare. The publication will advocate strong and adequate national defense at all times. Lieut. Robt. A. Erwin, USNR, of Washington and Raleigh, now awaiting medical discharge from the navy, will be managing editor. The first issue of the new publi cation is expected to appear about the middle of this month. YMCA Pool Open Each Day 2:30-7 The swimming pool at the Gil vin Roth YMCA is now open each day from 2:30 to 7:00 p. m., it has been announced. The pool will remain open daily except Sunday until September 15, if the weather permits, YMCA officials said Wednesday. Gospel Trio Will Sing At New Hope The High Point Gospel Trio will be at the New Hope church Sunday morning at the regular morning hour of worship. Rev. Clifford Vestal will bring the mes ootra of fVile fimo WWO ^ MV V*<1U VUMV* The public is cordially invited to attend. QUALIFY FOR SAFETY AWARD Secretary of Labor Informs Rep. Folger Chatham Again Wins Award HAS EXCELLENT RECORD Secretary of Labor Schwellen bach has notified the office of Rep. John H. Polger, in Washing ton, that the Chatham Manufac turing Company here “has again qualified for a certificate of safety achievement,” during the first six months of the year. The Chatham Company has been awarded this certificate sev eral times during the past few years. The Secretary of Labor wrote Mr. Folger that the Elkin com pany had an “accident frequency rate for the first six months of the year of 65.2 per cent below the first half of 1944. The minimum reduction neces sary for qualification for the safety award, the labor secretary said, is 40 per cent, which the lo cal plant topped by more than 25 per cent. NEW CAR PRICE SAME AS 1942 Price Administrator Bowles Says Price Increase Is Very Unlikely The new automobile prices will be approximately the same as in 1942, the OPA announced Monday night. Price Administrator Chester Bowles, announcing the long awaited “pricing principles" for new cars soon to roll from the as sembly lines, said a price increase was “most unlikely." Each manufacturer will figure his own ceiling, using a pricing formula laid down by OPA. Some makes may cost more than in 1942, when reports are in, but OPA saw no general increase in prospects, and emphasized that prices on individual cars have not yet been settled. It is “a fair assuption," said Bowles, that the public is unlikely to pay more for 1945 models than the present price on 1942 models — less the amount tacked on to reimburse dealers for storing the 1942 cars throughout rationing. That would restore prices to about those of 1942, because it knocks off a 27 per cent increase since 1942. The increases met the dealers’ costs of storing, cleaning, maintaining and checking the ve hicles. Bowles said the formula for pricing the new cars was handed to manufacturers in Detroit last week. When the companies come back with their prices, they must still get OPA approval to put them into effect. Under OPA’s reconversion pric ing formula, ceiling price adjust ments are based on costs in the last period of normal increases in basic pay schedules and in ma terial costs plus a normal peace time profit margin. The pricing rule for automobiles is based on 1941 models. The pro fit factor will be either the man ufacturers own 1936-39 margin or one-half the industry average of that period, whichever is high er. To Hire Expert To Inspect Golf Site About 50 local citizens attended a meeting held at the lake of Dr. S. M. Beale Saturday evening to discuss the advisability of con verting some of the property own ed by Dr. Beale into a municipal golf course. During the meeting, Which fea tured a country ham dinner, funds were raised with which to employ a golf course expert to come here and inspect the proper ty in order to determine if it is suitable for a 9-hole course. Board Names Saylor City Supervisor JOE SAYLOR Joe Saylor, superintendent of the Elkin Water Department for the past several months, has been named by the Edkin board of commissioners as city supervisor, Garland Johnson, mayor, an nounced following the meeting of the board Monday night. Mr. Saylor will continue to head the water department and will also be in charge of the garbage collecting and street departments. He will maintain his office at the city water plant. Mr. Johnson stated that Mr. Saylor was well qualified to serve as city supervisor, being thorough ly experienced in the type of work which faces him in his new job. For 12 years he was with the Hes ter Machine Company, as super intendent of construction work, and has had much experience in installing water plants, hydro electric stations, power plants, etc. For 10 years, prior to coming to Elkin, he was superintendent of the R. J. Reynolds estate near Devotion, and superintended all construction work there. Mayor Johnson said that all suggestions and complaints as to municipal affairs should be di rected to Mr. Saylor. YADKIN MEN GO TO FORT BRAGG Fourteen Leave Yadkinville Last Thursday For In duction Into Service SMALLEST CALL YET Fourteen young men left Yad kinville last Thursday for Fort Bragg to be inducted into the armed forces. They had previ ously been examined physically and passed. This is the smallest number yet sent for induction, and board members think the calls will be smaller. One boy, Howard McKinley Shore, did not come as he was notified because he was sick. He sent a physician’s certificate. Those who left were: Levi Tulbert, Charlie Clarence Myers, Floyd Emanuel StJohn, Byrlon George McCormick, Law rence Edward Lane, Walter Mon r o e Gillespie, James Edwin Teague, Sam Ray, Chester Jack son Foster, Jr., Calvin Green Wil lard, Matthew Bobby Poindexter, Leroy Clarence Miller, William Howard Shaffner, Billy Cass Call oway. Father of Local Man Passes Away Funeral services for L. B. Hyslup, of Richmond, were held Sunday, August 26, from the Bar ton Heights Methodist Church in Richmond, Va. Mr. Hyslup passed away after a brief illness August 24, in Rich mond, where he tfas connected with Miller & Rhoads as a buy er. He had often visited Elkin in connection with his business, and had numerous friends here. He is survived by, in addition to his sdn here, his widow and another son, L. L. Hyslup, of Richmond. The drumstick of an ostrich weighs about so lbs. Postwar Program To Enlarge Plant Here Revealed By Butler Will Modernize And Streamline With New Buildings And Machinery Following a meeting Tuesday, September 4, of directors and officials of the Chatham Manufacturing Company, Presi dent Albert Butler announced a post-war program of a mil lion dollar expansion to the local plant. The Elkin company, Mr. Butler said, will be further modernized and streamlined with new buildings and mach inery to continue the policy of keeping Chatham the most modern woolen mill in the world. A new addition on the south side of the present factory will be constructed as soon as materials are available. New NATIONAL MIAMI, Fla. Sept. 4. — A tropica] stbrm which may de velop dangerously after it reaches the Atlantic is sched uled to cross lower Florida dur ing the night, the Miami weather bureau warned late to day. The bureau warned all small craft from Cape Hatteras on the Atlantic to Tampa on the gulf to remain in port. WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. — Secretary of State Byrnes to day sharply rapped the army’s Pearl Harbor inquiry board for its criticism of former Secre tary Hull as Republicans made ready to reopen the sore sub ject in Congress. Byrnes told a news conference that the army board had gone beyond its jurisdiction in criticizing his predecessor’s policy - making and execution prior to the Japanese attack of December 7, 1941. WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. — Congress goes back on the job tomorrow to lend a hand with shifting America over from war to peace. There won’t be any rapid-fire passing of big bills for a while. They aren’t ready yet, although committees al ready are working on several. But plenty of action is stacking up for later on—action that will take charge of headlines, underscore the reconversion role of the first peace-time ses sion in lour years, and test the leadership of the Truman ad ministration. WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. — Economic Stabilization Direc tor William H. Davis said to night that the government’s postwar economic policy should raise living standards 50 per cent without increasing the cost of living in the next five years. He will shortly issue new wage-price regulations which are intended to permit substan tial wage increases without af fecting the general price level. WASHINGTON, Sept 4. — To attract more volunteers to the colors, the house military committee tentatively voted to day to liberalize the army’s re tirement system. A soldier would be allowed to retire vol untarily after 20 years. For the rest of his life he would draw half the average annual pay he received during his last six months of service. At pre sent a man can retire after 20 years but only if he is disabled. Automatic retirement comes after 30 years, at three quar ters pay. This automatic re tirement provision would be re tained under the new legisla tion. INTERNATIONAL PEARL HARBOR, Sept. 4.— Japan’s war lords “are not half ticket yet” and are going to “take a lot more killing in the future,” Vice A dm. John Sidney McCain, colorful commander of the famous task force 38, said today. “I don’t like to look in fhaly oyac” fha nnpnary^ pv. (Continued on page eight, 1st sec.) macnmery oi tne most emcienc type will be added and the em ployees may look forward to a finer plant in which to make bet ter goods for the markets of the world, it was said. By continually keeping abreast of every modern invention and improvement, the chatha m Company has increased ten fold in the past 20 years. The man agement will spare nothing to re tain its record of steady employ ment and better quality of its product — a happy combination of success. President Butler, in announc ing the expansion program, made it plain that he has evei'y con fidence that Chatham employees will join with him and the citizens of this community in helping build a better and bigger com pany. He emphasized the fact that through wholehearted co operation, Elkin has become a leading factor in the woolen in dustry. The confidence in the fu ture of Elkin is best expressed by this decision to enlarge and ex pand the company’s operations. Attending the meeting, in ad dition to local officials, were Commander Thurmond Chatham, T. J. Sheehe, vice-president in charge of sales; C. W. Poor and G. Martin Coffyn, of the New York office; J. D. Clark, Western sales manager; R. C. Getsinger, of Detroit, head of the automotive fabrics division, and Lt. Hugh G. Chatham, from the Naval Air Sta tion, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. SURRY SCHOOLS TO OPEN TODAY Principals of Various School Units Hold Meeting In Dobson ARE STILL VACANCIES The Surry county schools in rural and smaller town areas will open their 1945-46 terms today, (Thursday) according to plans announced from the office of Supt. John W. Comer at Dobson. The schools will operate on a short daily schedule until farmers have completed the harvesting of their crops. The principals of the various school units in the Surry county system met at Dobson last Thurs day to formulate plans for the year’s work, that meeting featur ing a discussion of curriculum, school bus operation and other problems that confront the schools this year. ' The county school principals and some of the teachers also at tended a joint meeting at Mount Airy high school on Tuesday morning of last week, which was also attended by the Stokes coun ty principals and the faculties of the Mount Airy city schools. Dr. J. H. Highsmith, well known state school official from Raleigh, was the principal speaker. The line-up of principals for the Surry county schools was completed when H. L. Nichols, of Durham, was signed to head the Shoals high school. However, there are still quite *a number of teaching vacancies in the various units of the county system. Kiwanians To Hear Highway Official Raymond Smith, of Mount Airy, state highway commission er for the Eighth District, will bd guest speaker at the meeting of the Elkin Kiwanis Club at. the Qilvin Roth YMCA this evening (Thursday), at 6:30 o’clock. Last week’s meeting featured a picnic atop the Blue Ridge ujhng the scenic highway. About 40 Ki wanians and their wives attended.