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ELKIN
The Best Little Town
In North Carolina
ELKIN
Gateway To Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
VOL. NO. XXXIII No. 41
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1945
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.—
Judge John J. Parker, of the
U, fourth Circuit court of appeals,
* sitting at Richmond, today was
offered by President Truman
the post as presiding justice
over the trial of war criminals.
Parker’s legal residence is
Charlotte. Neither Parker,
who came to the White House
from Richmond at the request
of the President, nor Sens.
\ Josiah W. Bailey and Clyde
Hoey, who conferred with the
chief executive prior to his
conference with the appeals
court jurist would confirm the
offer.
From
the
State
and
Nation
f WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.—
Amidst charge of “politics”
hurled from both sides of the
chamber, the house today
j' unanimously approved a joint
congressional investigation of
the Pearl Harbor disaster but
defeated Republican attempts
to equal party representation
on the committee. On the roll
call vote of 308 to 0, the mem
bership agreed to a concurrent
resolution already passed by
the senate, calling for a 10
man investigation — five mem
bers from each house, but with
Democrats in the majority.
Earlier, on a strict party vote
of 168 to 136, the Democrats
squelched a Republican at
tempt to equalize the com
mittee.
WASINGTON, Sept. 11. —
War time will be abolished as
of September 30, Congress
/ leaders decided today. The
house interstate committee
voted without dissent for a bill
to end “fast” time at 2 a. m. on
that date, a Sunday. Senators
said similar action would be
taken on their side of the capi
tol soon and there seemed little
doubt that both chambers
would approve the bill. Clocks
thus will be turned back one
hour. They were advanced an
hour on January 20, 1942, as a
war measure, intended to in
crease daylight hours of pro
duction and to save fuel, light
and power. Representative
Boren, Democrat, Oklahoma,
announced the house commit
tee action. He said he would
bring up the bill tomorrow for
a vote by the entire house and
doesn’t expect a dissenting
vote.
ALAMOGORDO, NEW
MEXICO, Sept. 11. — The fan
tastic facts about the atomic
bomb crater, a saucer-shaped
depression, 25 feet deep and a
half-mile across, where the top
quarter-inch of New Mexico’s
I red-gray soil boiled and
bubbled and then cooled into a
carpet of jade and turquoise
colored glass, were released to
day. A party of 31 writers and
photographers, a dozen army
officers, and five scientists
spent half an hour in the
crater Sunday afternoon in the
first public inspection. The
group was led by Maj. Gen.
Leslie R. Groves, head of the
atomic bomb project.
INTERNATIONAL
TOKYO, Sept. 11. — Tight
ening the occupation grip on
Japan, General MacArthur to
day ordered 40 important Jap
anese held for questioning and
one of them, former Premier
Hideki Tojo, of Pearl Harbor
infamy, promptly shot and
gravely wounded himself. Ten
members of the cabinet which
helped the former dictator
plunge Nippon into war with
the United States were among
the ranking personages order
ed detained. Steady expansion
of the occupation zones con
tinued. It was announced that
two more landings would be
made shortly. The United
States 81st infantry division
was scheduled to go ashore at
Aormori, northern Honshu
about September 23. A feu
days later the United States
77th infantry division and the
Ninth corps headquarters will
land at Otaru, on Hokkaido
the northernmost home island
Mrs. C. C. McCann
Passes Away Monday
Mrs. C. C. McCarfn, 81, of Trap
hill, died at her home Monday
night after an illness of several
^ weeks.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at Traphill
Park Campaign
Is Under Way;
Results Good
DEATH! — Norway’s arch
traitor, Vidkun Quisling, photo
graphed during his trial, was
found guilty and sentenced to
death. During the hearing he
sang the familiar refrain of in
nocence. He said he refused to
flee from Norway as he feared
that civil war would result.
SMITH SPEAKER
AT CLUB MEET
Eighth 1) i s t r i c t Highway
Commissioner Addresses
Kiwanis Club Here
ROADS TO BE IMPROVED
‘We are anxious to build roads
where they will serve the most
people in the best way,” Raymond
Smith, of Mount Airy, highway
commissioner of the Eighth Dis
trict, told the Elkin Kiwanis club
at its dinner meeting at the Gil
vin Roth YMCA Thursday of last
week. The speaker stated that
they hoped to get started on a
road building program just as
soon as materials and labor were
available, but pointed out that
the public should not expect too
much too soon.
Commissioner Smith stated that
road maintenance was dependent
on prison labor, and tfiat this had
declined about 50 per cent during
the war, due to the fact that a
lot of men who would have been
sentenced for minor offenses were
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ATTENDANCE AT
JONESVILLE UP
Total School Enrollment On
Opening Date 826; High
School Has 137
NO FACULTY VACANCIES
The Jonesville public school got
off to a good start this past week
according to the statement of
Watt Deal, superintendent. There
is an increased attendance
throughout the whole system,
with a total enrollment to date of
828. There are 137 enrolled in
high school at this time, which is
an increase of 17 over the total
high school attendance enroll
ment of last year.
There are no faculty vacancies
as is the case in many schools
throughout the state.
After this week the school will
be on regular schedule. A short
schedule had been arranged for
the first two weeks of school in
order to give the boys time to
work on the farms in the county.
A baseball team for boys and a
softball team for girls will be or
ganized this fall. There will also
be volley ball for both boys and
girls.
Yadkin Youth Sent
To Polio Hospital
Luther Mason, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Luther'Mason, of Yad
kinville, was diagnosed as having
infantile paralysis at Baptist Hos
pital in Winston-Salem Tuesday.
The youngster was sent imme
diately to Charlotte Memorial
Hospital for Infantile Paralysis, it
was said. The case was diagnos
ed as “bulbar paralysis,” 'which
affects breathing and swallowing.
Although the child was very
weak and his condition described
as serious, he was not paralyzed
when he left the hospital.
Workers State
Hope To Reach
Goal In Week
About one-third of the business
section of Elkin has been covered
by workers soliciting contributions
to the proposed Memorial Park,
and although no figures have as
yet been reported, workers state
that response is good and the out
look is bright for reaching the
goal and getting started on the
project.
The drive is to continue for an
other week, it was said," and it is
hoped that 'final figures will be
available for next week’s issue of
The Tribune.
It is the plan of those actively
engaged in supporting the project
to make it a memorial to the men
and women of Elkin and this sec
tion who served during the war;
a memorial that will not only
honor their names, but will serve
the community both now and in
the years to come. Everyone will
be asked to contribute what they
can so that the park may become
a reality.
When once completed, the park
will be maintained by the Town
of Elkin.
CARPENTERIS
LIONS SPEAKER
Discusses Civic Betterment
In Connection With Com
munity’s Schools
INSTALL TWO MEMBERS
The Elkin Lions Club met at
the Gilvin Roth YMCA Tuesday
evening to hear a talk by N. H.
Carpenter, superintendent of the
Elkin schools, and to welcome two
new members into the organiza
tion.
Mr. Carpenter discussed civic
betterment in connection with the
schools and pointed out the many
benefits to the community which
would result from the construc
tion of the proposed Memorial
Park.
New members welcomed into
the club were Louis Mitchell and
George Hart. Guests present were
Louis Bishop, of Lexington, the
guest of Lion Glenn York, and
Captain Frank Walker and Pri
vate Odell Lawrence, both the
guests of Lion L. F. Walker.
President Bill Graham presided.
WILKESMANIS
WRECKVICTIM
John Sherman Bauguess
Passes Away In Hospital
Here After Accident
RITES HELD TUESDAY
John Sherman Bauguess, 49, of
Austin community in Wilkes
county, died at 8 a. m. Monday in
the Hugh Chatham Memorial
hospital from injuries received in
an automobile accident about
midnight Sunday.
Mr. Bauguess was one of six
persons in the car, which over
turned in a ditch about a mile
from his home. He suffered a
skull fracture, and internal in
juries. He did not regain con
sciousness.
The driver of the car was Vestal
Holloway, who was not injured.
Clay Wiles, a soldier from Moun
tain View, and Mr. Bauguess’
daughters, Misses Selma, Doris,
and Patsy, suffered bruises and
flesh lacerations.
The victim was the son of Natt
Bauguess and the late Julia Pruitt
Bauguess. Surviving are the wid
ow, Mrs. Verna Ingool Bauguess;
three daughters; nine sons, Arvel,
James, Charles, P’red, Clyde,
Vaughn, Zeno, Bobby and Sher
tfnan Jr., all of Austin community;
two brothers, Sheridan of Traphill
and Fisher of Winston-Salem;
five sisters, Mrs. Clayton Black
burn of Traphill, Mrs. Ernest
Beeson of Winston-Salem, and
Misses Molly, Tressie and Vanice
Bauguess of Traphill, and the
father, Natt Bauguess.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at 2 p. m. at the Stony
Ridge Baptist church. Rev.
Grant Cothren was in charge.
Burial was in the family cemetery
near Austin.
JAPS SIGN SURRENDER — General Hsu Yung Chang signs the
surrender document aboard the USS Missouri as General Mac
Arthur and his Allied staff look on. MacArthur signed with five
different pens, to be presented to General Wainwright and others.
Elkin Doctor One Of
First To Reach Japan
Capt. W. R. Wellborn Sends Letter
On Plane With Peace Documents
A letter that shared space on I
the plane which brought the Jap
anese peace terms to Washington,
D. C., was received this week by
Mrs. W. R. Wellborn, Jr., from her
husband, Captain W. R. Wellborn,
who is battalion surgeon of the
11th Air Borne division which is
serving as the honor guard for
General MacArthur, in Yokohama.
Mrs. Wellborn learned this week
by news photograph that her hus
band was in Yokohama. The pic
ture which was in state papers
showed him rendering first aid to
liberated prisoners shortly after
his arrival in Yokohama. Captain
Wellborn is the son of Mrs. W. R.
Wellborn, Sr., and the late Dr.
Wellborn, of this city. His letter
is as follows:
“Well today is the big day and
this is the city with all the spot
light on it. Peace terms are to be
signed today and our battalion
commander, Major Meseneau, is
to fly the peace terms signed, back
to Washington. I am going to see
if he won’t take this and mail it
in the states; it will then take
only 36 hours for this to get there.
“The 3rd battalion of the 11th
Airborne is the honor guard for
MacArthur. The division was se
lected for its outstanding per
formance to be the Army’s honor
division for the army in Yoko
hama. We were the first- troops
to arrive in Japan and our bat
talion has been on the job since
then. All the high officials of the
Allied Nations are here and it is
quite a treat as well as an honor
Chatham Defeats
Old Richmond 6-0
The Chatham baseball team
took the measure of Old Rich
mond here Saturday afternoon,
defeating them 6-0.
Chalking up 14 hits during the
contest, the locals had easy going.
B. Woodruff had a perfect day at
bat, getting five hits for five times
up, while Tat Davis garnered
three hits for four times at bat.
During the game only two of
Old Richmond’s team reached as
far as third base.
to be here in the same building
watching the proceedings.
“I came in with our honor bat
talion as battalion surgeon and
was about, if not the first. North
Carolina man here. Certainly I
was one of the first medical offic
ers here, if not the first. I know
of only two others and they were
not seen until two days after I
arrived.
“Newsreels and cameramen with
news reporters are very plentiful.
It is possible that I am in quite a
few, however, only about a fourth
of those taken are ever printed,
so you may never recognize me.
You can keep on the lookout and
maybe find me and my aid station
treating a prisoner of war who
was liberated.
“Am glad the war is over, but as
yet we have not celebrated V-J
day as you have at home.
“Save this letter and see if it
rides the same plane as the peace
terms.”
RIDINGDEVICES
HERE SEPT 17-22
R. C. Lee Coming Under The
Sponsorship of Local Ma
sons For Orphanage
TO BE AT SHOW GROUNDS
The R. C. Lee, Inc., riding de
vices, well-known in Elkin for a
great number of years, will be
here all next week, September 17
22, under the auspices of the local
Masonic Order for the benefit of
the Oxford Orphanage.
The rides, five in number, will
be located on the show grounds
just off South Bridge street.
During Lee’s stay here, all ticket
booths will be handled by mem
bers of the local Masonic commit
tee, it was announced.
Among the rides to be here will
be the merry-go-round, tilt-a
whirl, swings, ferris wheel and one
other, the nature of which was
not learned.
Governor Cherry Will
Be Speaker Here For
Fat Stock Show Oct. 9
GAIN IS SHOWN
IN ENROLLMENT
Local Schools Have Total of
721 Students; 1,026 In
Local District
ONE TEACHER NEEDED
Total enrollment in the Elkin
Public Schools, including the high
school, Elkin elementary school,
North Elkin, and the Elkin color
ed school, has been announced by
N. H. Carpenter, superintendent,
as ’,026, a slight increase over
last year.
Mr. Carpenter said the high
school enrollment now stands at
176 as compared with an opening
enrollment of 172 last year.
In the elementary school, en
rollment was announced as 545,
just two more students than en
rolled last year. Total enrollment
for the high school and elemen
tary school is 721.
At North Elkin an increase of
25 pupils over last year was
shown, a total of 252 now being
on record there. The Elkin col
ored school has an opening roster
of 53 students, eight more than
last year.
Due to the resignation of Miss
Alice Dixon, who has accepted a
position with Guilford College,
near Greensboro, there remains
one vacancy on the high school
faculty.
The athletic program of the
high school is going forward with
daily football practice, although
the schedule of games is not yet
complete. Equipment for this
program has been furnished under
the sponsorship of members of
the Elkin Junior Chamber of
Commerce, who have given $2,000
thus far to assure a sound pro
gram of athletics for the school.
Mr. Carpenter said he wished to
express his thanks to the parents
and citizens of Elkin for their
splendid co-operation in the open
ing of school.
“Pee Wee” Pardue
Makes His Escape
Harvey ‘‘Pee Wee” Pardue, of
Elkin, serving a term of from 10
to 15 years on a charge of robbery
of a store in Yadkin county, made
his escape Monday near Sparta
while engaged with a road crew
of prisoners.
Pardue had not been captured
at last reports Wednesday morn
ing. He was said to have been
carrying water for the prisoner
crew when he set his bucket down
and disappeared.
The Surry - Yadkin Electric
Membership Corporation has
awarded a contract in the amount
of $263,633.62 for the construction
of 264 miles of electric line to
serve 615 members.
Brief Open Season On Surry Deer
To Be Decided At Dobson Hearing
R. Floyd Crouse, newly ap
pointed chairman of the Game
and Inland Fisheries of Sparta,
will hold a hearing at the court
house in Dobson September 21 at
8:00* P. M. on the matter of a
short open season on deer in
Bryan, Franklin and Stewart’s
Creek township.
The Elkin Wildlife Club, of
which Howard Hatch is president
and Sam Neaves, secretary, urges
everyone interested to attend this
meeting.
In a letter to T. N. Woodruff of
Mount Airy, dated August 28,
Crouse says: “Will you please,
through your club, have as much
publicity .given to this hearing as
you can.” This announcement by
the game commissioner will be
welcome news to many sportsmen
in Surry county. An effort was
made last year to have an open
season on deer in Surry county
and a representative of the game
commission was sent here from
Raleigh to get an estimate of the
number of deer in the three town
ships, but nothing was done about
it. Now there seems to be an op
portunity to put it over and it be
hooves every sportsman in the
county to fix the date of the hear
ing in his mind and be on hand
for it.
It will come as a surprise to
some people to learn that this
county has a crop of wild deer
sufficiently large as to permit the
killing of a few of them. The
herd is to be found on some low
mountain ranges below Lowgap
ana extending over a strip of cut
over timberland some eight by
twelve miles in extent, running
west from Fish river to Mitchells
river. The herd got its start from
deer that escaped several years
ago from Dick Reynolds’ enclosure
on the headwaters of Mitchells
river. Legend has it Mr. Reynolds
had his deer rounded up near his
summer home and was having
them driven in front of his wife
while he made moving pictures of
them, someone, so the story goes,
left the gate open and the deer,
seeing an opportunity to escape
confinement, took French leave
and settled in the section above.
The deer in their new quarters
enjoyed a wild hilly country for
the most part unsettled. The ad
joining farmers liked the novelty
of their new neighbors and have
aided* the game commission in
preventing poachers or coon hunt
ers from disturbing them. They
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have multiplied until now there
are said to be several hundred.
Some estimate that possibly 150
male deer should be killed off to
improve forage conditions.
It may be of interest to sports
men to know how a sport open
hunting season for deer or other
game is conducted. In some
places where such open seasons
have been declared the game com
mission has limited the number of
sportsmen who were permitted a
license to enter the hunt. First
the would-be deer slayer fills out
a card with his name and resi
dence and makes out his check for
five or ten dollars, whatever the
license fee may be made. Before
the hunt takes place the com
mission shuffles the cards and
draws out the names up to the
limit allowed to hunt. The lucky
fellows are informed what day or
days they may hunt and the un
lucky ones have their checks re
turned to them.
It is desired by Mr. Crouse that
sportsmen from all over the coun
ty be present at the hearing in
Dobson. Leading sportsmen in
the various towns and communi
ties should hold get-togethers and
talk it up and see that a large
number of interested people are
present at the hearing.
TO SPEAK — Governor R.
Gregg Cherry will speak here at
a special 4-H and FFA program
Tuesday morning, October 9,
during the third annual Elkin
Fat Stock and Wool Show and
Sale.
SURRY MAN IS
KILLED BY CAR
Struck By Automobile While
Walking Along Highway;
Sheriff Investigates
HEARING IS SLATED
Jessie G. Isaacs, 70, Surry coun
ty farmer of near Thurmond, died
early Sunday morning of injuries
received when he was run over
while walking home from Moun
tain Park.
Isaacs had returned from Elkin
to Mountain Park by bus and was
walking the l'emainder of the dis
tance to his home when a car
driven by Ellis Hodge struck him,
killing him instantly.
Two other youths, John W.
Wright and Richard Cox, were
passengers.
Sheriff Sam Patterson and Pa
trolman Sam McKinney, of Elkin,
investigated the accident and said
the boys reported that Isaacs “had
started to dodge and became con
fused, going back into the path
of the car.”
It is understood that a hearing
will be held in Dobson Monday in
Juvenile Court, as the driver of
the car is only 15 years of age.
Survivors are the widow, Mrs.
Mamie Higgin Isaacs; one broth
er, A. C. Isaacs, Thurmond; four
sisters, Mrs. Sarah Ann Myers,
Mountain Park; Mrs. Mollie
Smith, Farmville, Va.; and Mrs.
Dora Moore and Mrs. Maggie
Combs, of Thurmond.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday noon at Union Hill Bap
tist church with Elder Ford Walk
er and Elder Mack Brooks in
charge.
TOJO HAS GOOD
CHANCE TO UVE
Is Given Direct Transfusion
From American Sergeant
, After Shooting
OTHERS KILL SELVES
Tokyo, Sept. 12. — Former Pre
mier Gen. Hideki Tojo, strength
ened by a direct blood transfusion
from an American sergeant, was
given a better than even chance
today to recover from a suicide
attempt and stand trial as Japan’s
No. 1 war criminal.
Four others on Gen. Douglas
MacArthur’s list of 40 wanted war
criminals were arrested by Ameri
can counterintelligence officers
fcr trial today. All non-Japanese,
they included Mark L. Steeter, an
American civilian who allegedly
wrote and participated in Tokyo
propaganda broadcasts after be
ing captured at Wake Island.
Two more suicides—successful
ones—by Japanese Army officers
also were disclosed, one, Col. T.
Oydomari, public relations officer
at Imperial general headquarters,
killed himself with a pistol after
poisoning his wife, son and
daughter only a few, hours before
MacArthur’s order abolishing the
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Event Is To Be
Sponsored By
Elkin Jayeees
Governor R. Gregg Cherry will
speak at a special 4-H and F. F.
A. program at 10:30 Tuesday
morning, October 9th, during the
Elkin Fat Stock and Wool Show
and Sale, it was announced Mon
day morning.
The Elkin Junior Chamber of
Commerce will sponsor the event
this year, in co-operation with
other civic organizations of the
city. Neill Smith, Surry county
farm agent, is manager of the
event, and Sam Neaves assistant
manager. County agents of Alle
ghany, Yadkin, Wilkes and Stokes
counties will also assist in the
management.
The North Carolina Bankers
Association has contributed $500
to be used for premiums, as they
have done in the previous two
shows. One hundred and twenty
calves have been entered for this
year, as compared to 22 the first
year and 48 last year.
This year the show and sale will
be held in a large tent, to be lo
cated on the showgrounds near
the Elkin Livestock Market, just
off South Bridge street. The tent
will be furnished and erected by
the Dize Tent & Awning Com
pany, of Winston-Salem. The
warehouse in which previous
events were held is not available
this year.
The following committees have
been appointed from the Junior
Chamber of Commerce:
ruDiicity — iioyie uramora,
chairman; Walter Metz, Julius
Speas, Alex Biggs, John Kennedy.
Exhibitors’ and Sponsor’s Ban
quet — Dr. V. W. Taylor, chair
man; .Van Dillon, Jr., Gene Hall.
Special 4-H and FFA Program
— Claude Farrell, chairman; Vern
Chase, Dr. S. M. Beale.
Reception — Buck Shore, chair
man; Andy Greenwood, Bill Gra
ham.
Parade — Ted Brown, chair
man; John Mayberry, Earl Queen,
David Brown.
Hospitality — Lem Stokes,
chairman; N. H. Carpenter, Dr.
M. O. Fox.
Sales — Homer Edwards, chair
man; Graham Myers, Ben Adair,
Vance Byrd, Stauber Flynt, Bill
Freeman, Reece Gilliam, H. W.
Thompson, H. H. Barker, Jr.,
Tent — Chick Thompson,
chairman; Gilbert Meed, Ab Cra
ter, Tat Davis, Glenn Lewis,
John Sagar.
Sales Record — Hubert Parker,
chairman; Charles Poplin, Julian
Elmore.
Loading-Out — Harold Brendle,
chairman; Fleet Mathis, Bob Eid
son, James Freeman, Dick Harris,
Sig Holcomb, Jim Kolodny, James
Shore, Ed Speas.
Disbursement — Sam Neaves,
chairman; Bob Lankford, Char
les Weaver, Jr.
Scrapbook — Clyde Carroll,
chairman; Herbert Cochrane,
Sam Boose.
All Is Ready Here
For Jaycee Dance
Everything is in readiness for
the dance to be held at the Elkin
school gymnasium Friday night
under the sponsorship of the Elkin
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
All proceeds will go to the Elkin
high school athletic fund.
The dance, which will get under
way at 9:00 p. m. and continue
until 1:00 a. m., will feature the
music of Richard Scott and his
all-colored orchestra, direct from
Mayview Manor at Blowing Rock.
The public is invited. Scrip has
been announced at $2.00.
Yesterday Last
Day of Wednesday
Closing of Stores
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At a meeting of the directors
of the Elkin Merchants Asso
ciation Tuesday morning, at
which various lines of business
of the city were represented, it
was voted unanimously to dis
continue the Wednesday after
noon closing, and yesterday
was the last day that the stores
will be closed on Wednesday'
for this year.
This movement is in line
with other cities and towns in
this section, > President G, L.
Hill stated.
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