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wm. ELKIN The Best Little Town In North Carolina * The Elkin Tribune * ELKIN Gateway To Roaring Gap and the Blue Ridge VOL. NO. XXXIII No. 42 PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1945 $2.00 PER YEAR 14 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS Will Ask Town To Back Drive On Rats Here A ■" .... I Increase Seen In Typhus Fever In This State At a meeting Tuesday evening at the Gilvin Roth YMCA, the Elkin Postwar Planning Board, with the public health commit tee, unanimously voted to ask the city to sponsor a permanent rat ' exterminating campaign and to purchase a sanitary, container garbage truck, as well as urge all citizens to purchase standard size garbage cans. The rat exterminating cam paign would be put on largely in the interest of public health and the prevention of typhus fever, but it was also pointed out that rats destroy millions of dollars ^ worth of property each year. E. L. Hinton, of the State Depart ment of Health, Raleigh, who ex plained the campaign in detail, stated that it is put on by the state in co-operation with local communities. He said that it has been estimated that one rat de stroys $2.00 worth of property each year, and that the rat popu lation in the United States is equal to the human population. Mr. Hinson also told the plan ning board that the town would be required to furnish^ money for the extermination campaign which would be* returned to the property owners in services ren dered in ridding their places of business of rats. Such a cam paign. he said, would be of a con tinuous nature, with inspections made at intervals. Mr. Hinton and Dr. E. L. Rice, who is chairman of the public health committee, will present the matter to the board of town com missioners at their meeting Mon day, October 1. A meeting of the business men of the city has also been called for that day at 2:00 p. m. for the purpose of explain ing the benefits of the campaign to merchants and other interest ed citizens. TOBACCO PRICES AVERAGE HIGH Farmers Are Pleased With Sales On Mount Airy And Winston Markets TUESDAY OPENING DAY Moderately heavy sales and av erage prices for most grades rang ing from $1 to "$4 per hundred higher than last year marked op ening sales on the North Carolina and Virginia old belt flue-cured tobacco markets Tuesday, the fed eral-state market news service re ported. Due to heavy rains that have existed for the last few days, de liveries to all markets were light, but sales in warehouses having first sales were reported heavy, However, most floors were only about half filled and all markets were reported cleared for today’s selling. Practically all lower quality grades were unchanged to $1 higher when compared with op ening day last year. Medium and lower qualities ranged from $1 to $7 higher, with low green leaf displaying the greatest gain. The bulk of sales ranged between $32 and $45, with a practical top of $46, the market news report said. The Mount Airy tobacco mar ket reported that opening sales to taled 291,800 pounds which sold at an official average of $42.34 per 100 pounds. Farmers were re ported pleased with prices offer ed. All floors were cleared for sales Wednesday. From Winston-Salem it was re ported that sales were slightly more than 1,000,000 pounds, and prices ranged from $43 to $47 per hundred pounds. Junior Chamber Meets Monday The Junior Chamber of Com merce met in regular session Monday night. The vice-presi dent, R. L. Lankford, presided in the absence of the president. Thirty-five members were present and one new member, Sam Mc Kinney, was enrolled. The business session was given over to a discussion of committee assignments and their work for the coming Fat Stock Show and Sale which is sponsored by this club. NATIONAL WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 — Selective service tonight an nounced a new deferment pol icy for ’teen-age youths which will permit an estimated 97 per cent of all high school students to graduate before! they are called for induction. At the same time, it announced regu lations which will permit any college student who enrolled before he was 18 to finish his current quarter or semester un less he ceases to pursue his studies continuously and satis factorily. Likewise, any high school student who enrolled be fore he was 18 may be deferred until graduation or until he reaches the age of 20, which ever is earlier. Deferment will be withdrawn, however, if he leaves school or fails to make satisfactory progress in his studies. SANFORD, Sept. 18.—In the heaviest downpour of rain that Sanford has ever experienced, the entire town is flooded. The great concrete dam at the pumping station broke on both sides at about 5 p. m. today with the fire department call ed to give assistance to the citizens of the town standing by unable to help. The reser voir was entirely emptied and the dam was swept away. The only water supply for the town is the standpipe. The board of aldermen met to consider put ting up a temporary dam. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18.— Japanese gold totaling an esti mated 300 million to two billion dollars will be seized under a reparations policy that will be “tough on Japan,” Edwin W. Pauley, American member of the allied reparations commis sion, said today. Pauley, 43, member and former treasurer of the Democratic national committee, told a news con ference he will leave within 30 days for Japan, accompanied by the secretary of the nhvy and a war department repre sentative, to formulate repara tions policies. WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. — President Truman today back ed up Gen. Douglas MacArth ur’s plans to slash the occupa tion army in Japan. Mr. Tru man thereby pulled the rug from under the state depart ment. Despite the diplomats' consternation at MacArthur’s assertion that 200,000 “regular” army men can police Japan, Mr. Truman said he was glad to hear.it. And he went further. • He said 4 at a news conference that if Japan can be occupied with fewer troops, so, too, probably, can Germany. All this dovetailed with congres sional thinking—thinking that may get many men back home and out of uniform sooner than they expect. WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 — President Truman continued his shuffling of top govern ment posts today{ naming: 1. Robert P. Patterson, New York Republican, as secretary of war, and 2. Senator Harold II. Burton, Ohio Republican, for the sppreme court. He also an nounced he had received the resignations of John J. McCloy and Robert A. Lovett as assist ant secretaries of war, but said he was not accepting them immediately. Both Patterson and Burton succeed Republi cans. Patterson moves from undersecretary of war to suc ceed 77-year-old Henry L. Stimson, whose resignation the President accepted “very re luctantly.” He described Stim son as “one of our great public servants.” INTERNATIONAL TOKYO, Sept. 18. — A typhoon which grounded mili tary planes and ripped at the (Continued on page eight, 1st sec.) OFFICERS OF AMERICAN LEGION — Pictured above are the 1945-46 officers of the North Carolina Department of the American Legion. Commander Victor R. Johnson, Pittsboro, is in the center. Others in the group are: left to right, top row: Department Vice Commanderrs E. L. Walker, Forest City; Brown Wilson, Gastonia; J. W. McLennan, Burlington, and Ralph Dowd, Dunn. Second row: Department Historian Edgar II. Bain of Goldsboro and Chaplain Lawrence A. Watts, Raleigh. Third row: Department Adjutant James M. Caldwell and Department Judge-Advocate Thad G. Stem, Oxford. Bottom row: National Committeeman Bryan Booe, Win ston-Salem; Alternate National Committeeman Ralph Shell, Hick ory; Department Service Officer C. A. Pennington, Oteen; and As sistant Service Officer Karl A. Muschettc. Johnson and Stem are attorneys; Bain is director of North Carolina Committee - United States Brewers' Foundation; Watts is chaplain, state prison; Pen nington and Booe, postmasters; Walker, insurance agent; Wilson, cotton broker; Dowd, railway mail clerk; McLennan, contractor; and Shell, oil dealer. $4,469 Is Contributed To Memorial Park Here All Solicitors In Local Drive Have Not Yet Turned In Reports A total of $4,469.29 has been contributed to the Memorial Park Fund, it was learned Wednesday afternoon from Hubert Parker, publicity chairman of the drive. Mr. Parker said that not all soli citors have made reports yet, and CHATHAM WINS FINAL CONTEST Defeats Boonville 5-1 To Wind Up Current Season Saturday Afternoon WON 23 OF 31 GAMES The Chatham baseball team, playing its last, game of the year to wind up a successful season, defeated Boonville Saturday after noon there by the score of 5 to 1. Wendell Steele, pitching, and Ducky Martin, catcher, turned in an outstanding performance for the locals. Brown, on the mound for Boonville, was taken out in the fifth after giving up three triples. He was replaced by Allen Jessup, who allowed only two hits. A Shore, catching for Boonville, turned in an outstanding perfor mance. Leading the hitting for Chat ham was Deal and Mounpe, both getting three hits for four times up. During the season Chatham has played a total of 31 games, losing only eight. The team has de feated, at least once, every team it has played during the season. , Lee To Return To Elkin Next Week The Lee riding devices, sched uled to have played here this week, were forced to change their plans due to the high water Mon day and Tuesday of the Yadkin river, and have gone to Wilkes boro where they will remain the rest of this week and part of next, it was learned Wednesday. Ac cording to present plans, the rides will return here about the middle or latter part of next week and remain for the following week. Lee was scheduled to play Wilkesboro next week. He will play here under the auspices of the Masonic Lodge. the figure is expected to go high er when all reports are in. In discussing the fact that not all citizens have as yet been soli cited, he stated that any citizen who has not been called on should feel free to make a contribution by making out a check to the Memorial Park Committee, and mailing it in care of The Bank of Elkin. FREAK STORM DOES DAMAGE Barns, Houses, Timber And Crops Damaged In Moun tain Park Section ACCOMPANIED BY RAIN A freak hurricane, bringing tor rential rain, Thursday evening in flicted considerable damage to crops and timber, and severely damaged a number of buildings in around the Mountain Park sec tion. At the height of the storm, the front porch of the home of Jud son Williams, near Kapp’s Mill, was demolished, and the roof of another house in the vicinity was said to have been blown off. A large barn owned by Grady Parsons was hurled from its foun dation, while on the farm of Ar thur Wright, a stock barn which housed a pair of mules, was mov ed several feet off its foundation. Growing corn was said to have been leveled, and orchards were damaged by the blow. So far as can be learned, the windstorm struck only in that section. Dallas Store Has Busy Time Selling Nylons Dallas, Sept. 15.—It was a busy two hours for clerks in a Dallas department store, while the nylon stockings supply of 1,200 pairs completely disappeared. The two-block line outside the store was headed by a man in quest of size nine. “I don’t care if they were made before the civil war,” said one woman. ‘‘I’m Jired of stockings that run up and down my legs.” Officials said the hose were the first bought to retail in the nation since the war ended. Flood Waters Of Yadkin River Cause Crop Damage Amounting To Many Thousands Of Dollars CAR IS WRECKED IN CHASE HERE State Road Man Is Jailed On Charge of Speeding And Reckless Driving NEW OFFICER ON FORCE Robert Bauguss, of State Road, was put in jail, and Jack Smithey, of Thurmond, was treated at Hugh Chatham Hospital here Sat urday night for minor injuries sustained when the car driven by Bauguss crashed into a telephone pole in Pleasant Hill after what police stated was a wild and woolly exhibition of speeding and reckless driving. Policeman T. B. Sams was in pursuit of Bauguss when the acci dent occurred. Witnesses stated that the State Road man had narrowly escaped wrecking the car earlier in the chase, the machine at one time turned completely around and headed in the oppo site direction due to the speed in taking a curve. Police charged Bauguss with speeding and reckless driving, and he was bound over to superior court after waiving hearing in Magistrate’s Court here Monday. No charge was lodged against Smithey, who was a passenger in the car. Chief of Police Corbett Wall said Wednesday that another policeman has been added to the local force, giving it a strength of five men. The new officer, who is now on the midnight shift, is Gold Payne, who comes from near Lowgap. Officer Sams, Chief Wall said, has been assigned to the enforcement of parking laws and traffic light laws, and that he and Sams together are at tempting to curb the speed situ ation here. During the past month, Chief Wall reported, approximately 25 motorists have been tried for speeding and running through traffic lights. He said there has been a steady increase in traffic violations since the end of the war. PROF. DIXON IS STIU TEACHING Now 81 Years Old, Veteran Elkin School Man Helps Out At High School HAS HAD LONG CAREER Prof. Zeno H. Dixon, now 81 years of age, is again teaching school, although he retired ten years ago. His daughter, Miss Alice Dixon, resigned as a teacher in the Elkin high school to take a teaching position at Guilford College, leaving a vacan cy which her father is filling. Classes in English, French and Latin are taught daily by Prof. Dixon and he enjoys his work very much after his long absence from the school room. Prof. Dixon began teaching at the age of 19 and has had a long teaching career. He came to Elk in from Tennessee and taught in the Elkin schools for 13 years. He was principal of the school in Yadkinville for 20 years, and in Jonesville for 7 years. In the fall of 1942 he substituted in the West Yadkin school for four months. Ever willing to supply in either the pulpit or schoolroom, Mr. Dix on will continue to teach until a permanent teacher can be found. Born February 29, 1864, he has not had the opportunity to cele brate many birthdays after all. Perhaps that is why he remains so young. He is loved by all who have worked with or under him. Surry Granite Will Be In Mississippi Bridge Stone from the North Carolina Granite corporation at Mount Airy will be used in the construc tion of a bridge across the Miss issippi at Memphis, Tenn. This is a highway project of both Ten nessee and Arkansas. The stone will be used for piers and ap proaches. Surr£ county granite has been used in other large bridges throughout the United States. The Arlington bridge across the Po tomac at Washington, D. C., being one of them. Firemen To Fill Extinguishers Here Sept. 26 Local business houses and homes which possess fire ex tinguishers that are in need of refilling have been urged by the Elkin fire department to telephone either Harris Elec tric Company or the Brown Machine Company, so that ex tinguishers may be called for, Abe Harris, assistant fire chief, said Wednesday morning. Mr. Harris stated that the extinguishers would be filled next Wednesday, September 26, but must be collected prior to that time. No charge for the service will be made other than the actual cost of the chemicals used. Owners of extinguishers who think that they may be okey are warned that in time the chemical tends to evaporate or lose strength, and that it is wise to have them checked periodically. WILDCATS ARE TO MEET HERE Reunion of Famous 81st Div ision To Hold Reunion September 30th MEET AT HOTEL ELKIN Veterans of the historic 81st or Wildcat Division will hold an all day reunion for ten counties of Northwest North Carolina in Elk in, Sunday, September 30. The reunion will open with reg istration at the Hotel Elkin be ginning at 9:00 a. m. At 11:00 a. m. the business meeting will be held. The veterans and their ladies, civic, fraternal, and patri otic organizations and the general public will meet at 3:00 p. m. to hold an impressive Memorial Ser vice at one of the churches, and a beautiful musical program will be rendered. W. M. Allen, local at torney, will make the Memorial address. i The veterans will enjoy a chicken dinner following the Me morial service. Victor L. Johnson, of Pittsboro, state commander of the American Legion, who is also a wildcat vet eran, will attend. John Tucker Day, of Walkertown, the District Commander of the Legion, who is a wildcat, will also attend. Banks Arendell, national com mander of the wildcat veterans from Raleigh will be the morning speaker. ' James E. Cahall, national ad jutant of the wildcats, from Washington, D. C., is in Elkin to work with the local committee, headed by Lonnie F. Walker, and G. E. Wagoner. Headquarters will be at Hotel Elkin. HOMECOMING AT MOUNTAIN VIEW Will Be Held At Baptist Church Near Brooks Cross Roads SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 A home coming will be held Sunday, September 30, at the Mountain View Baptist church, near Brooks Cross Roads. The meeting will begin with Sunday school at 10 o’clock fol lowed by the regular worship ser vice with the pastor, Rev. Lloyd Pardue, bringing the message. Dinner will be served oh the grounds in picnic style with a talk by a former pastor, Rev. J. L. Powers, at that hour. At th£ afternoon service there will be singing by the Mountain View choir, a Winston-Salem quartet, the friendly girls’ quartet of Yadkinville, a church quartet from Winston-Salem, with solos by Gerry Holcomb. Other singers are especially invited to attend, and all are asked to come and bring baskets. A new water-holding cotton firehose has been developed. The new fabric may prove very, useful as tent cloth, tarpaulin, and other rain resisting clothing. SORRY BAPTISTS MEET SEPT. 27 Association Will Hold Forty Third Session With Mt. Carmel Church PROMINENT SPEAKERS The Surry Baptist Association will hold its forty-third annual session at Mount Carmel church on the Fancy Gap highway on Thursday, September 27. Distinguished speakers from other Baptist Associations who will appear on the program are Dr. I. G. Greer, Rev. J. A. McMill an, and Rev. E. C. Parker. There will be morning, after noon, and evening sessions. Music will be directed by Mrs. C. E. Otey. Beginning at 9:45 a. m., the morning program is as fol lows: devotional, Rev. Fred Jour ney; roll call churches: recogni tion of pastors and visitors; re port of Woman’s Missionary Un ion followed by discussion, Miss Elizabeth Norman: report of Missions — state, home, and for eign—Carl Snow; address, M. A. Huggins; report on Christian Lit erature, Rev. A. Finch; report on Centennial Crusade, Rev. R. K. Redwine; announcements; ser mon, Dr. I. G. Greer. The afternoon session will begin at 2 p. m. with the following pro gram: devotional, Rev. Richard Day; report, Ministerial Relief and Annuity, J. E. Trevathan; re port, orphanage, Rev. Brady Snow; report, hospitals, Rev. L. A. Fleming; address. Rev. J. A. Mc Millan; address, Rev. C. E. Park er; memorial service, Rev. J. H. Hall, report, executive committee, H. M. Finch; report, Christian ed ucation, W. E. Woodruff; report of the treasurer, R. W. Key; re port of committees; election; ap pointment of committees. At the evening service beginning at 7:30 p. m. the devotional will be led by Rev. L. M. Cook, follow ed by special music by a men’s chorus of Mount Airy. After the sermon by Rev. J. W. Calloway re ports will be given on Baptist training union, Rev. Felix Wago ner; on Sunday schools, Rev. C. A. Simmons. The final address will be on temperance by Rev. C. E. Otey. LOCAL OFFICERS TO ATTEND MEET 26th Annual Welfare Insti tute To Be Held In Ra leigh Oct. 30-31 CHERRY IS SPEAKER Annuouncement was made this week by Dr. Ellen Winston, com missioner of Public Welfare, that the 26th annual Public Welfare institute for North Carolina social workers, will be held in Carolina Hotel, Raleigh, October 30-31. The theme for discussion is "Current Developments in Public Welfare,” with such topics as changing practice in social case work, changing philosophy of the public assistance program, (current de velopments in social work train ing, and parliamentary procedure, to be discussed. The state association of County Superintendents of Public Wel fare will meet prior to the insti tute with a dinner and business meeting on October 29. Governor Cherry will be the speaker. Repre sentatives from this area at the meeting will be Mrs. A. T. Banks, Yadkin county; Bausie Marion, Surry county; and Charles C. Mc Neill, Wilkes county. The institute has been held without a break since 1919. Earlier this year it was announced there would be no meeting due to travel restrictions, but a decision to hold a shortened meeting was made soon after ODT restrictions were removed. Rod, Gun Meeting The Elkin Rod and Gun . Club will meet Friday • evening at 8:00 o’clock at the Y. M. C. A. Some 7 million workers in man ufacturing industries are now be ing served food in the plants i where they work. In some plants absenteeism and accidents have been materially reduced. River Highest Here Since Flood Of 1940 The Yadkin River, fed by con tinuous rains which began falling steadily here Saturday night fol lowing periodic showers Thursday, Friday and Saturday, reached the highest flood stage Tuesday morning that has been recorded here since the record flood of August 14, 1940. The river, which began to snake out of its banks early Monday morning, is estimated to have caused damage to com and hay crops amounting to a half million dollars in Wilkes, Surry and Yad kin counties alone, in addition to the damage it has done in the washing away of valuable top soil and erosion. Property damage here wasn’t high, due to the fact that the wa ters rose slowly,' and those with property in the path of the flood were able to move out. A major ity of the business firms here lo cated on South Bridge street, took John E. Justice, of North Wilkesboro, chairman of the Yadkin Valley Flood Control Committee, has called a mass meeting of the citizens of towns and communities \ lying along the Yadkin in Surry, Yad kin and Wilkes counties, and all other persons inter ested in flood control, to be held at the Town Hall in North Wilkesboro Friday, September 21, at 7:00 p. m. Garland Johnson, Mayor of Elkin, has urged that all citizens possible attend this meeting, which will be de voted to ways and means of getting action on a flood control program which will put a stop to the disastrous floods which have plagued the valley for years. no chances, but moved Monday afternoon and Tuesday night. However, the water failed to reach the high mark expected and would have done little damage in some cases had things been left as they were. The flood reached its crest early Tuesday afternoon and began to recede about 3:00 p. m. The water came high enough to overflow South Bridge street to a depth of about 10 inches, and followed the lowland to enter the machine shop of Bryan’s flooding this building to a depth of several inches. The' Elkin Livestock Market was flood ed to a depth of four or five feet. Down river the water was back (Continued on page eight. 1st sec.) ELKS ANNOUNCE GRID SCHEDULE Will Meet Mineral Springs Here Friday, September 28, At Four o’clock ARE WEAK. IN RESERVES With their third week of prac tice behind them, the Buckin’ Elks of Elkin high school, forced indoors by the recent heavy rains, have plenty of hard work ahead of them in preparation for thier first grid game of the season Septem ber 28, with Mineral Springs. The Mineral Springs team is re ported strong with many letter men returning, and will have a one-game advantage on the Elks when they play here as they will open their schedule Friday night it Winston-Salem when they play Draper. Lack of reserves is the big prob lem facing the local team this year, it was said. The football schedule for the season has been announced as follows: Sept. 28, Mineral Springs, here; Dctober 5, Mount Airy, there (night); October 12, Mocksville, nere; October 19, Sparta, here; Dctober 28, North Wilkesboro, lere; November 2, Mocksville; ;here; November 9, Boonville (pending); November 16. Hickory, ;here (night); November 22, 3parta, there. Other games may be added to his schedule at a later date, it v&s said.