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ELKIN
The Best Little Town
In North Carolina
The Elkin Tribune
ELKIN
Gateway To Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
VOL. NO. XXXIII No. 44
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1945
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National War
Fund Drive To
Begin Oct. 11
Organizational
i Meet Held At
Dobson Monday
Approximately fifteen Surry
County communities were repre
sented at the dinner meeting held
in the Woman’s Club house at
Dobson, on Monday night, Octo
ber l, for the purpose of organiz
ing and launching the National
War Fund drive to be staged dur
ing the month of October.
W. E. Woodruff, chairman of
the Mount Airy district, presided
over the meeting. Major L. P.
McLendon, of Greensboro, prin
cipal speaker, and a veteran of
World War 1, in a stirring address
outlined briefly the state of af
fairs existing in our country dur
ing the years of 1941 through
T. C. McKnight, chairman of
the Elkin district in the Na
tional War Fund drive, said
Wednesday that the campaign
would get under way here
Thursday, October 11, at a
dinner meeting of workers who
would meet with the Elkin Ki
wanis Club.
Final plans will be mapped
for the local drive at this time.
1945 and the possible disaster that
lack of backing the forthcoming
drive might bring in the years to
come.
The year 1941, he said, found
us confused and startled, when on
December 7 disaster struck on our
shores. Humiliation and despera
tion were ours in 1942. With the
coming of 1943, the actual
strength of our men and resources
were a startling realization, and
the foundation was laid for what
was to follow. It was this year,
the speaker said, that could be
compared to a rapidly growing
boy who begins to feel his
strength. New courage, new
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BOARD FAVORS
RAT PROPOSAL
Town Commissioners Go On
Record As Ready To Co
operate With Merchants
INTEREST IS SHOWN
At the regular monthly meet
ing the Elkin board of com
missioners Monday evening, the
board went on record as favoring
a proposed anti-rat campaign
here. It was learned from Mayor
Garland Johnson.
Mayor Johnson said that the
town officials were willing to co
operate in every way with Elkin
merchants in exterminating rats
under a program proposed by the
state board of health. However,
he said that it was not known
just when a state man could be
here to begin the extermination
process. ,
E. S. Spainhour, vice-president
of the Elkin Merchants Associa
tion, said Wednesday that Elkin
merchants, following a meeting at
the city hall Monday afternoon in
which the plan was discussed, ap
peared to be favorably impressed
and willing to co-operate.
Revue To Feature Fair
Of Chatham Employees
The Chatham Revue of 1945,
an all-star variety show with a
cast of over 100 people, will fea
ture the Chatham Manufacturing
Company’s annual Employee’s
Fair, which will get under way
at the Gifvin Roth YMCA here
today (Thursday), and continue
through Friday night.
Doors to the exhibition hall will
open at 12:00 noon today, and
visitors are assured of more and
better exhibits than last year, in
all departments.
Thursday night will feature a
community singing, led by local
harmony experts, while the an
nual dog show will be held Fri
day morning on the north lawn
of the YMCA. In event of rain
the dog show will be held in the
basement of the building.
•The Revue will give two per
ormances Friday, the first to be
Flood Control
Hearing Slated
For Wilkesboro
Army engineers will open
hearings at Wilkesboro court
house at 10 a. m. October 17 on
Yadkin-Pee Dee flood control
proposals, Sen. J o s i a h W.
Bailey, senate commerce com
mittee, chairman, ' announced
Friday.
The Wilkes county hearings
will be the first of a series
planned since Bailey last De
cember withdrew from the
flood control bill a proposed
$10,840,000 flood control, navi
gation and hydroelectric reser
voir at Wilkesboro.
In calling the hearings, the
army engineers are following
the provisions of a resolution
adopted by the senate com
merce committee “in the inter
est of flood control . . . and to
obtain information pertaining
to the bearing of the requested
improvements on malaria con
trol, recreation, fish and wild
life conservation, water supply
and ground water levels.’* .
Bailey withdrew the proposed
Wilkesboro dam from the 1944
flood control bill because of ob
jections to its hydroelectric
provisions.
MANY FINED IN
DOBSON COURT
Judge of Mount Airy Record
ers Court Found Not
Guilty of Charge
HODGE GIVEN 7 YEARS
In the September Surry County
term of court, beginning Monday,
September 24, at Dobson, with
Judge J. W. Pless, Jr., officiating,
the following cases were disposed
of:
In the case of H. H. Llewellyn,
judge of recorders court, Mount
Airy township, charged with op
erating a car while intoxicated,
the court consuming a day and a
half in taking evidence, the jury
returned a verdict of not guilty.
Claude D. Bates charged with
reckless driving. Motion for
judgment of non suit was sustain
ed.
Arthur Palmer, charged with
operating a car while intoxicated,
was given six months imprison
ment, suspended on paying a fine
of $75.00 and costs and that he
not operate a motor vehicle for
two years and that he be of good
behavior for a period of five years.
William Robert Bauguess plead
guilty to the charge of reckless
driving and was sentenced to
three months in prison, being sus
pended on paying a fine of $25.00
and costs and that he not operate
a motor vehicle for six months.
Willie Parks Vanhoy, charged
with operating a car while drunk,
was given six months in prison.
The sentence was suspended on
condition that he pay a fine of
$75.00 and costs and that he not
operate a motor vehicle on the
State highways for two years and
be of general good behavior.
Sam C. Harris, under charge of
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staged in the afternoon begin
ning at 2:15 and the final per
formance at 8:00 p. m.
Act 1 of the revue will feature
“Musical Moments with Stephen
Foster,” presenting songs written
by this beloved American compos
er. Those taking part in this fea
ture will be Jim Anderson, Leo
Dunn, Arthur Pendry, Dick
Chinch, William Turner, Virginia
Sprinkle, Cornelia Lineberry, Dr.
J. Lem stokes, and Mamie Dyer,
in addition to the Chatham
Chorus.
Act II will present the well
known comedians and musicians,
Dr. Gene Hall and Prof. Charlie
Wolfe, combining their talents in
a skit entitled “The Old-Time
Medicine Men.”
Act III will present a fashion
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The Tribune, joining with newspapers all over the nation this week in observance of Na
tional Newspaper Week, is extending an invitation to all citizens of the community to
visit the Tribune plant at any time* they may wish to see how a newspaper is produced.
Those wishing to see the Tribune press in operation should come either on Tuesday after
noon or Wednesday evening when the paper is being printed. This invitation holds good
at any time as this newspaper welcomes visitors whenever they may desire to pay a visit.
MANY ATTEND
REUNION HERE
81st Division Veterans of
First World War Hold
District Session
HAVE VARIED PROGRAM
One hundred and forty-eight
veterans of the 81st Division of
World War 1, and their ladies met
in a district reunion at Hotel
Elkin Sunday.
During the business meeting,
Mayor Garland Johnson welcom
ed the visitors to Elkin.
John Tucker Day, 13th District
commander of the Legion, of
Walkertown, made a forceful
talk on “Veteran’s Loyalty.”
James E. Cahall, national adju
tant, also delivered an address,
using the new 81st Division as his
subject, and presided at the elec
tion' of division officers.
John Tucker Day was elected
district commander. R. B, Davis,
6f Pilot Mountain, and J. L. Har
ris, of North Wilkesboro, were
named district vice commanders.
During the day the veterans
met at 3:00 p. m. at the Methodist
Church for an impressive me
morial service. W. M. Allen, of
Elkin, made an excellent address,
with "Lasting Peace” as the
theme. A beautiful musical pro
gram was rendered.
Following the memorial service
the national adjutant placed a
cross and wreath at the Elkin
War Roster.
The veterans, their ladies and
invited guests enjoyed a chicken
dinner at Hotel Elkin following
the meeting.
At the close of the meeting, in
which membership committees
were named from each of the 10
counties in the district, the veter
ans voted their Ohanks to the City
of Elkin, Elkin Merchants, and
The Tribune, for their co-opera
tion.
Memorial Park
Total Is $5,892
A total of $5,892 has been raised
thus far for the Memorial Park,
it was learned Wednesday after
noon.
Claude Farrell, chairman of the
drive, said it was hoped to bring
the drive to an end October 10, at
which time it is expected that at
least $6,500 will have been con
tributed.
Guernsey At Klondike
Tops Sale At $6,000.00
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Breeders From
Coast To Coast
Attend Auction
An average of $1,063 each was
paid Monday by cattle breeders
from coast to coast and from all
over the Atlantic Seaboard for 35
head of Guernsey cattle featur
ing the famous Foremost strain,
in the third annual sale at Klon
dike Farm, owned by Commander
Thurmond Chatham of Elkin.
These fine animals were con
signed from Virginia, the Caro
linas and New York State. They
were sold to breeders in the Car
olinas, Virginia, New York, Calif
ornia, Pennsylvania, and Mary
land.
Topping the sale was Klondike’s
three-year-old cow Klondike Hol
lifaith, with a heavy concentra
tion of the famous Langwater
Foremost blood strain, going to J.
M. McDonald, owner of McDonald
Farms, Cortland, N. Y., for a cool
$6,000.
Runnerup for top price was a
heifer bred at McDonald Farms
which A. L. Brown of Concord
purchased for $2,600.
There were only two bulls in
the sale, both consigned by Klon
dike Farm, W. L. Boswell, Burke
ville, Va., bought one of these six
months old, for $1100, and Dan K.
Foster, Hendersonville, bought the
other, 10 months old, for $1,500.
Two animals were consigned
from Forsyth County. T. Holt
Haywood’s Arden Farm, Clem
mons, managed by J. L. Quinn,
sold a cow slightly over two years
old to George Coble, Lexington,
for $825 and O. T. Fowler and
Zeb Gambill’s Grandview Farm,
Pfafftown, sold a 14-months-old
heifer for $475.
Other animals consigned by
Commander Chatham sold for $1,
100, $825, $1,400, $500, $750, and
$1,000 the only other animals
consigned from this part of the
State. J. R. Poindexter of Elk:
bought one of these for $750.
Other cows bought by breeders
and dairymen in this vicinity were
one consigned by A. L. Brown,
Concord, bought by M. F. Shore,
Cycle, for. $650: one consigned by
A. Mistr and Sons, Richmond, Va.,
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k Stores To Open,
Close A Half
Hour Earlier
Due to the change from
daylight saving, or war
time, to the old standard
time, Elkin merchants
have announced that effec
tive Friday morning local
stores will open at 8:30 a.
m. instead of 9:00, and
will close at 5:30 p. m. in
stead of 6:00, as has been
the custom during the war
years.
This move was decided
upon at a meeting of the
Elkin Merchants associa
tion at the city hall Mon
day. It was pointed out
that the new hours will
center the time stores re
main open each day more
satisfactorily during the
daylight hours.
Dr. J. S. Holbrook
Home From Europe
Dr. J. s. Holbrook, who is a na
tive of Traphill, and who has beer
serving with the Army Air Force
in the European Theatre of Op
erations for nearly four years, hae
landed in the United States, ac
cording to information received bj
relatives and friends.
Dr. Holbrook rendered medical
and surgical assistance to wound
ed American boys on all the majoi
European battlefronts, in Norti
Africa, and the Mediterranean as
well as France and Germany. II
is expected that he will receive
an honorable discharge from the
Army at an early date.
Prior to entering service he was
a member of the David Hospital
I staff, in Statesville. He will re
sume his duties there upon dis
charge. Dr. Holbrook is a heart
specialist and has charge of the
dietetic patients bf the hospital.
Trotting and pacing are gaite
foreign to the horse. His onlj
natural gaits are the walk anc
the gallop.
Elkin Expecting Huge
Crowd For Annual Fat
Stock Show Next Week
YOUTH CENTER
TO OPEN HERE
Will Be For Benefit of Stu
dents From Elkin And
Jonesville High Schools
AT GILVIN ROTH YMCA
The recreation room at the Gil
vin Roth YMCA, which has been
set aside for members of both the
Elkin and Jonesville High School
which has been named ‘‘The
Youth Center” will open for the
first time on Friday evening at
7:00 o’clock.
Chatham Manufacturing Com
pany has provided the necessary
building for the room which is
located in the basement of the Y.
Students wish to raise enough
money to furnish the room. Re
freshments will be sold on Friday
evening with the money going to
ward furnishings for the room.
The Youth Center will be open
each Friday and Saturday evening
from 7 o’clock ustil 11 o’clock. Y.
membership is required of all stu
dents who attend.
This project has been approved
by N. H. Carpenter and Watt
Deal, who were present at the
meeting which was held last week
for the purpose of organizing
committees.
Officers elected were: President,
Ketchel Adams; vice-president,
Bernice Rary; secretary, Betsy
Richardson; treasurer, B. Pratt
Scroggs. Members of commit
tees are: decoration committee;
chairman, Bernice Rary, Loretha
Chappell, Edward Chappell, Fred
Davis, Margaret Click, Lucille
Hall, and Libby Royall; finance
committee; chairman, B. Pratt
Scroggs, Nancy Mayberry, Sara
Holcomb, DeLos Martin, Ruth
Martin, and David Lee Fletcher;
Music committee, chairman, Jean
Brown, Dicky Mayberry, Gene
Nicks, Peggy Chatham, Pat
Young, Jean Chappell; building
committee, chairman, Jack Parks,
J. C. Minnish, Joe Myers, Ray
Freeman, and James Leives.
ELKIN LOSES
FIRST GAME
Put Up Scrappy Fight
Against Heavier Mineral
Springs Squad Friday
MEET MT. AIRY NEXT
Bowing to a larger, heavier
team, the Elks of Elkin high
school last Friday afternoon
dropped their first game of the
season to Mineral Springs by the
score of 32 to 7.
Despite the one-sided score, the
local gridsters put up a scrappy
fight with no let-up until the final
whistle sounded.
Both teams fought it out for
the first quarter with Mineral
Springs making but one touch
down. In the second the visitors
scored again, and came back in
the third to put over another
touchdown. In the last quarter
two more touchdowns were put
across.
Elkin scored in the third quarter
when Tom Parker pushed across
the goal line, then boosted his
i score to seven by kicking the ex
tra point.
Outstanding for the Elks were
York and Ratledge, proving
threats throughout the game.
Tomorrow evening (Friday), the
Elks will go to Mount Airy to
meet the Mount Airy high school
in a night game starting at 8:00
o’clock. Mount Airy, with a big,
heavy team, presents a formidable
opponent but the Elks are in no
way dismayed.
Yadkinville Child
Is Injured In Fall
Michael Barron, three year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Bar
ron, of Yadkinville suffered a
broken arm and a fractured shoul
der in a fall from a car while the
family was on the way to church
near Yadkinville last Sunday. His
father is serving in the Pacific.
The child was brought to Hugh
Chatham Memorial Hospital in an
ambulance where he is now mak
ing a staisfactory recovery from
his injuries.
SHOW MANAGER — Neill M.
Smith, Surry county farm
agent, is manager of the Elkin
Fat Stock Show and Sale which
will be held here next Tuesday
and Wednesday. Aiding Mr.
Smith is Sam Neaves, assistant
manager, of the Elkin Junior
Chamber of Commerce, which is
sponsoring the event, and farm
agents from the other counties
participating.
LAUNCH DRIVE
FOR WAR FUND
Yadkin County Organized
And Work Already Under
Way In Some Areas
JESSUP IS CHAIRMAN
Allan Jessup, chairman of the
United War Fund Drive for Yad
kin county said yesterday that
final plans were being made for
the drive in district meetings over
the county this week, and that
work had already started in some
sections. In the Courtney district,
plans have already been perfected,
and the leaders there hope to raise
their quota within the next couple
of weeks.
The quota for Yadkin county
this year is $6600. It was pointed
out by President Truman in his
talk Tuesday night that the drive
is as important this year as it
ever has been because there are
so many more needs for our help
among the war-wrecked coun
tries of the world in addition to
the needs of our own soldiers and
sailors.
The district quotas are as fol
lows:
Jonesville — $1300.00; Yadkin
ville — $1250.00; Boonville -—
$900.00; West Yadkin — $900.00;
Courtney — $675.00; East Bend —
$725.00; Fall Creek — $450.00;
arfd Forbush — $450.00.
This year in addition to the
canvass of the homes, officials
plan to have a church day for
every church in Yadkin county.
District committee chairmen
have been named as follows:
Jonesville: Watt Deal and Mrs.
Lila S. Woodruff; Yadkinville,
Luther Todd and Ernest Long;
Boonville, Albert Martin and
Frank Woodhouse; East Bend,
Laurence Todd and Prof. W. A.
Beal; Courtney, Jack Barnes and
Mrs. Lacy Reavis; Forbush, Bruce
Matthews, Mrs. A. A. Doub, and
Bruce Jarrett; West Yadkin, Louis
Haire and Clyde Wlight; Fall
Creek, Carl Shore and Principal
Chy J. Rash.
Fire Prevention Week
Observance Urged Here
A complete inspection of the
business section of Elkin and as
much of the residential area as
can be covered, is planned by the
local fire department during Na
tional Fire Prevention Week, Oc
tober 7 to 13.
E. E. Shore, Jr., of the local fire
department and state chairman of
the fire prevention program, said
Wednesday that Elkin and the
area served by the local depart
ment has had few fires thus far
this year due to the fact that
firemen have done a good cleanup
job by removing hazards, and urg
ed that all citizens be extremely
careful about their homes and
business places in seeing that fire
hazards are not allowed.
All too often, he said, fires are
due to carelessness, and although
frequently blamed on "defective
wiring” and "rats,” in many cases
the human element is to blame.
Closets filled with rags and waste
paper, cluttered attics, indiffer
ence as to the disposal of ashes
and other acts of carelessness fre
quently are the cause,of the loss
of a home or place of business.
It is very important, he said,
now that the fall season is here
and stoves and furnaces will soon
go into action, to check carefully
all heating equipment, chimneys,
flues, etc., to discover and correct
any hazard before fire has a
chance to get in its destructive
work.
Every citizen is urged to realize
the importance of Fire Preven
tion Week and not leave it up
'to the members of the fire de
partment to see that their homes
and business places are free of
fire hazards.
Governor Is To
Address 4H And
F.F.A. Members
Everything is in readiness for
Elkin’s third annual Pat Stock
Show and Sale which wiil be
staged here next Tuesday and
Wednesday under the sponsorship
of the Elkin Junior Chamber of
Commerce, which will be assisted
by a number of cooperating agen
cies.
The show and sale will be held
at the show ground located just
off South Bridge street. Two
large tents will be erected for the
occasion and the grounds will pro
vide ample space for the large
crowds expected to attend.
The Tuesday program is expect
ed to be attended by 2,000 or more
4-H Club and F. F. A. students
and farmers, who will hear an ad
dress by Governor R. Gregg
Cherry at 10:30 o’clock in the
large auditorium of the Gilvin
Roth YMCA. A motion picture,
suitable for the occasion, will al
so be shown.
Following a bag lunch at noon,
to be prepared by the YMCA, a
short parade of the over 100 fat
cattle to be exhibited, will be
staged on the Elkin streets.
A feature of the parade will be
the appearance here of the 25
piece Moravian Church band, of
Mount Airy, which will play dur
ing the parade, and will also have
a part in the Tuesday morning
program.
1 Tuesday’s program will end with
a banquet sponsored by the Jay
cees for the exhibitors and their
sponsors. The banquet will be
held at the YMCA.
The sale will.be staged Wednes
day with a large number of buyers
expected to be present to bid in
the choice beef to be offered.
Neill M. Smith, Surry county
farm agent, who has been active
in planning the event, is manager
of the show, assisted by Sam
Neaves, of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce. Paul Swaffar, secre
tary-manager of the Atlantic Ru
ral Exposition, Richmond, Va., is
scheduled to judge the entire
show, including the showmanship
contest open to all boys and girls
who have cooperated in the Coun
ty Beef projects. Oscar Pitts, now
of Asheville, will act as auctioneer.
GOERCHGUEST
SPEAKER HERE
Emphasizes Matchless Prog
ress of North Carolina At
Kiwanis Meeting
TEACHERS ARE GUESTS
Carl Goerch, editor of State
Magazine, Raleigh, and one of the
best known citizens of North Car
olina, was guest speaker at the
meeting of the Elkin Kiwanis
Club, Thursday of last week at the
Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A., at which
teachers of Elkin, North Elkin,
Jonesville and Pleasant Hill were
guests.
Speaking from first-hand in
formation gained by his journeys
from one extreme to the other of
North Carolina, and far from the
beaten path where the personali
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