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Gateway To Roaring Gap
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VOL. NO. XXXIII No. 45
PUBLISHED* WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1945
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20 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. —
General of the Army George C.
Marshall appealed to the
American people today to
maintain the nation’s armed
strength and “power to attack”
as the best guarantee of their
own security and the future
peace of the world. Despite the
hopes of peace by international
agreements, now intensified by
the implications of atomic ex
plosion, Marshall warned that
the United States wilt court
disaster if it lays down its arms
before a proven method of pre
venting war has been found.
General Marshal! called for
universal peacetime military
training, so the United States
can quickly mobilize 4,000,000
trained fighting men if war
threatens again.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. —
Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves,
director of the army’s $2,000,
000,000 atomic bomb project,
today urged Congress to set up
a commission for future atomic
development because “we’re
flirting with national suicide if
this thing gets out of control.”
Appearing at house military
affairs committee hearings on
legislation to establish a nine
man control commission,
Groves said the rest of the
world will require “a number
of years” to catch up with
American progress in the field
of atomic energy. “We’re ahead
now,” he said. “They can catch
us. It’s going to take time but
I don’t know how long.” He
and Secretary Patterson testi
fied after President Truman
reiterated that the United
States would not share the
“know-how” of making the
atomic bomb.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. —
John L. Lewis today made pub
lic his terms for ending the
coal strike, and sharply criti
cized the operators for not ac
cepting then) immediately. His
plan called for an end to the
strike if the operators would
negotiate the dispute over rec
ognition of Lewis’ foremen’s
union. Calling a news confer
ence, the united mine workers
head said he and his aides were
left “waiting at the church
while the operators “filibuster
ed” in an attempt to draft a
counterproposal.
TIPTONVILLE, Tenn., Oct.
9. — The top levels of the arm
ed services are being overhaul
ed by President Truman to
take greater advantage of tech
nical knowledge.of reserve of
ficers who served during world
war n, it was learned tonight
as the chief executive wound
up his brief vacation in Ten
nessee. Changes anticipated
by the President do not involve
any major shakeup of the top
army and navy commands, but
within a short time such arm
ed service chiefs as Gen. Bre
hon Somervell, Air Gen. Henry
(Hap) Arnold, and Fleet Adm.
Ernest J. King, chief of naval
operations, were expected to
leave their commands.
INTERNATIONAL
TOKYO, Oct. 9. — American
troops searching for Japanese
war loot have seized more than
$250,000,000 in gold and silver
in the past two days, Gen.
Douglas Mae Arthur announced
today. In the army and navy
ministries alone $12,000,000
worth was found. The raids
disclosed that the Japanese
government had no knowledge
of the gold and silver held by
the military and that neither
the army nor navy has made
any accounting of expenditures
to the government since 1937
— the year of the invasion of
China. The hoards included
58,000,000 ounces of gold and
silver bullion and coins, 33,400
ounces of platinum on which
no value was set, and Japanese
silver coins valued at 27,000,000
yen ($1,800,000 at the occupa
tion exchange rate of 15 to
one).
Singing Classes At
Island Ford Church
Rev. R. E. Reich, of Connelly
Springs, Burke county, is conduct
ing singing classes each evening
at the Island Ford Baptist church,
t The classes will continue for two
r weeks.
The public is cordially Invited
to attend.
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THREE TOP WINNERS IN FAT STOCK SHOW — Pictured above are the top winners in the fat
stock show held Tuesday afternoon at the show grounds on South Bridge street. Nancy Gambill, 9.
of Sparta, is shown at right with her grand champion calf which sold Wednesday, afternoon for 62
cents per pound. Center is June Morrison, of Iredell county, and her reserve champion. Left is
Robert Hutchinson, of Wilkes county, third place winner.
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LEAD PARADE — M/Sgt. Earl Queen and Major David Brown, on horses, provide an honor escort for
Governor R. Gregg Cherry as the Fat Stock Show Parade got under way up Main Street shortly after
noon. Governor is riding in the jeep seen just behind the two horsemen, accompanied by Mayor
Garland Johnson and other show officials. Lieut. Gene Aldridge was at the wheel. The fat stock
entries had not come in sight when this photo was made. —Redmon Photos.
WAR FUND WILL
OPEN CAMPAIGN
Workers And Leaders To
Meet With Elkin Kiwanis
Club This Evening
ALLEN TO BE SPEAKER
The Elkin district campaign for
the United War Fund drive will
get under way here tonight
(Thursday), at a meeting to be
held in conjunction with the Elk
in Kiwanis Club, at which time
plans will be discussed and all ar
rangements completed.
W. M. Allen, a member of the
club, will be the speaker of the
evening.
It has been pointed out by T. C.
McKnight, chairman of this year’s
drive, which will be the last, that
the success of the drive is more
important than any of the pre
vious ones. Although the war has
ended, millions of American sol
diers are still abroad, and the
peoples of liberated countries,
facing winter with shortages of
both food, clothing and housing,
are desperately in need of aid.
The quota for the Elkin district
is $9,500.
MOCKSVILLE TO
PLAY ELKS HERE
Smarting under a 60 to 0 de
feat at the- hands of Mount Airy,
played on a wet field under lights
at Mount Airy last Friday night,
the Elks of Elkin high school have
been pointing all week for their
game here Friday afternoon with
Mocksville.
As the score indicates, Mount
Airy, with its larger, heavier team
and an unlimited supply of re
serves, proved too much for the
Elkin boys who nevertheless
fought doggedly all four quarters
and were still in there fighting
when the final whistle blew.
Friday’s game will be played on
the school athletic field and is
scheduled to get under way at
4:00 o’tlock.
50 Nabbed In
September For
Ignoring Light
A total of 50 motorists have
been cited to court and tried
for running through traffic
lights here during the month
of September, Chief of Police
Corbett Wall said Monday in
reporting on the activities of
the local police department.
Chief Wall also stated that
39 arrests had been made for
public drunkenness, six for
speeding and four for affray
during the month.
It was stated that all persons
cited for running through a red
light who failed to show up for
trial on the day indicated,
would have a warrant issued
against them and they would
be arrested.
WILL PRESENT
COMEDY DRAMA
“Pep Parade,” In Three Acts,
To Be Staged Here By
L. H. C. Club
OTOBER 23RD AND 25TH
The “Pep Parade,” a three act
musical comedy, will be presented
by an all local cast Tuesday and
Thursday evenings, October 23
and 25, at 8, at the State Thea
tre under the auspices of the Lucy
Hanes Chatham club of Chatham
Manufacturing Company. The
performance is for the benefit of
the welfare work program of the
club.
Miss Helen Blake Williams, of
Kansas City, Mo., will direct and
produce the show which features
clever plot with ten speaking*roles.
The domineering wife will be por
trayed by Mrs. Carlisle Summey;
the hen-pecked husband, E. E.
Shore, Jr.; the lovely daughter,
Erline Mayberry; the boy ' next
door, Red Eller; the banker, look
ing for a rich wife, James Free
man; a Swedish maid, Mrs. Paul
Hinshaw; a Ifrench fortune teller,
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BOONVILLE MAN
PASSES AT HOME
Virgil JS. Brown, 74, Retired
Rural Mail Carrier
Died Saturday
Virgil B. Brown, well known
Boonville citizen, died at his home
there early Saturday morning aft
er a lingering illness. He would
have been 74 years old Oct. 22.
Mr. Brown was a native of the
Boonville section and had spent
his life there. He was a ,son of
the late Jim Brown and Sarah
Ray Brown. He was appointed a
rural mail carrier at Boonville in
1904 and carried, the mail until
he was retired in 1935. He was
married to Clara Bell Green of
Wilkes county in 1900.
Survivors include the widow;
seven children, Mrs. Wallace
Brown, Delmer Brown, and Mrs.
Paul Warden of Yadkin ville;
Grover Brown, Mrs. Howard Dor
sett, of Boonville; Mrs. R. T.
Stimpson of Winston-Salem; Mrs.
Claud Taylor of Raleigh; two
brothers, S. J. Brown, Boonville,
Route 1; J. R. Brown of Winston
Salem; and 10 grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon at 3 o’clock at
Boonville Baptist church where
Mr. Brown had been a member for
many years. Rev. J. P. Davis,
Rev. R. L. Speer and Rev. Hogan
conducted the services. Burial was
in Boonville cemetery. Nephews
were pallbearers.
Mass Meeting Set
For Yadkin County
A mass meeting of leaders and
citizens of the Yadkinville School
(district will be held in the Yad
kinville Courthouse next Monday
night, October 15, at 7:30, in be
half of the United War Fund
Drive, according to Ernest Long
and Luther Todd, co-chairmen of
the ' Yadkinville district. Todd
and Long have extended a per
sonal invitation to many of the
leading citizens in various sections
of the school district and also
stated that all workers for the
district are expected to be present.
The Yadkinville district quota this
year is $1,250,
Over 2,000 Attend Annual Fat
Stock Show Here; Grand Champ
Calf Brings Total Of $573.50
CHATHAM FAIR
GREAT SUCCESS
Throngs Crowd Exhibition
Hall To See The Many Fine
Farm And Home Exhibits
REVUE IS ENTERTAINING
The Chatham Employees Pair,
held in the auditorium of the Gil
vin Roth YMCA last Thursday
and Friday, attracted huge crowds
on both days of the annual event.
The fair, as always, featured a
wide variety of exhibits of an ex
cellent nature prepared by em
ployees and their families, and
was brought to a close Friday
night by a well-directed and high
ly entertaining stage show which
was witnessed by a capacity
house.
In the exhibit awards, Mrs.
James Burcham, winner of the
largest number of first prizes, was
awarded the sweepstakes prize of
$5.00.
Grand-prize winners in the va
rious departments were as follows:
Culinary department—canning,
Mrs. James Burcham; cooking,
Mrs. Noah Darnell; children’s de
partment, Tommie Jo Darnell.
Garden department — live at
home, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Greenwood; garden, Mrs. Brady
Woodruff.
Handiwork department — Miss
Lucille Ogburn.
House furnishings—Mrs. Glenn
Hamby.
Plants and flowers — Mrs.
Blanche Ross.
Other departments included
hobbies, photography and art, and
souvenirs and relics of World War
II, sent home by Russell Burcham,
Maurice Bumgarner, and Brady
Osborne.
Of much interest also was the
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Henderson Is
To Head Kiwanis
Club For 1946
HOKE F. HENDERSON
Hoke F. Henderson, prominent
Elkin attorney, and vice-president
of the Elkin Kiwanis Club during
the past year, was unanimously
elected to head the club for the
coming year at the meeting held
at the Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A.
Thursday evening of last week.
Officers elected in addition to
Mr. Henderson were vice-presi
dent, Carl C. Poindexter, and Ju
lius L. Hall, secretary-treasurer, to
succeed himself. This will be Mr.
Hall’s ninth successive term as
secretary-treasurer of the club.
Vice-president-e 1 e c t Poindexter,
who is a charter member of the
organization, has served as presi
dent, vice-president and secretary,
in addition to editor of the
Elkiwanian, weekly bulletin of
the club.
Directors named were W. M. Al
len, Claude Farrell, Raymond W.
Harris, Garland Johnson, Dr. E. L.
Rice, David- G. smith and Eugene
Spainhour.
The installation of officers will
take place next January. Presi
dent T. C. McKnight presided over
the meeting.
The m*e e t i n g this evening
(Thursday) will be devoted to
plans for the United War Fund
Drive, which starts locally today.
Representatives of other civic or
ganizations will be present.
Rev. H. G. Ford
Accepts Call To
First Baptist
REV. HOWARD G. FORD
Rev. Howard G. Ford, former
pastor of the Wilkesboro Baptist
church, has accepted the pastorate
of the First Baptist church here
to succeed Rev. Stephen Morri
sett who has recently moved to
Gardner-Webb Junior College in
Boiling Springs.
The incoming pastor, holder of
an A. B. degree from Wake Forest
College and a graduate of the
Southwestern Seminary, Fort
Worth, Texas, will assume his
duties here about the middle of
November.
Prior to serving in the Wilkes
boro Baptist church, Elkin’s new
pastor held the pastorate position
at Sparta.
Rev. Ford brings with him to
Elkin his family of a wife and
three children: Linda Sue, 7; John
Howard, 3; and Virginia Lee, 3
months old.
Mrs. Ford has specialized in
religious education and music at
the Southwestern Theological
Seminary and attended school at
Mars Hill College.
The forthcoming pastor and his
wife are both native North Caro
linians, claiming Alexander county
as their home.
M. kLYONS
DIES SUNDAY
Passes Away At The Age of
83 In The Home Of His
Son Near Austin
FUNERAL HELD TUES.
Meredith A. Lyons, 83, died
Sunday at midnight at the home
of a son, Charlie Lyons, in the
Austin community, Wilkes county.
Mr. Lyons was a member of
Roaring River Baptist church and
a deacon for many years.
He was a life-long resident of
the community in which he died
and in recent years had made his
home with his son.
He was married twice, first to
Miss Mary Truett. Following her
death he married Mrs. Pheobe
Roberts, who died several years
ago.
Survivors include four sons, J.
M., of Richmond, Va.; Jesse, of
Boonville, C. F„ of Traphill and
Charlie Lyons, of Austin; a daugh
ter, Mrs. Bryant Taylor, of Muc
ton, Md.; 23 grandchildren and 14
great-grandchildren; two sisters,
Mrs. J. R. Crabb, of Danville, Va.,
and Mrs. Preston Crabb, of Trap
hill.
Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday, at 2 p. m., at Knobbs
Baptist church, Wilkes county, by
Rev. Grant Cothren and ■ Rev.
Glenn Royall. Interment was in
the church cemetery.
Farmers Must Place
Lime Orders By 20th
J. A. Tilley, chairman of the
Surry county C. A. C. A., urges
farmers who have not already
done so, to place their orders for
lime between now and ^October
20th. No orders will be approved
after that date. Mr. Tilley states.
The chairman also said that
Austrian winter peas and rye
grass are available.
JAYCEES HOSTS
TO FARMGROUP
N. C. Bankers Association
Secretary Is Guest Speak
er At Banquet
EXHIBITORS ATTEND
Elkin’s third annual Pat Stock
Show was highlighted on Tues
day night when the exhibitors,
4-H club members, Future Farm
ers of America, officials and
sponsors were feted at the Y. M.
C. A. with over 200 attending.
A cordial welcome was ex
tended the group by Alex Biggs,
president of the Elkin Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
The banquet, sponsored by the
Junior Chamber of Commercte,
was featured by an address deliv
ered by Fred W. Greene, secretary
of the North Carolina Bankers’
Association. In his address, the
speaker, using as a theme, “Use
Your Head,’’ cautioned the alert
and energetic farmers of the fu
ture against over-production and
over-expecting. “Don’t expect too
much, but do better,” Mr. Green
stressed. He urged that a plan
of diversification be employed in
order to curb the perils of loss.
Soil Conservation, he suggested,
could be brought about by more
and better grazing lands; thereby,
encouraging more planning of
herds.
“Because of inflationary values
we must ‘Use Our Heads,’ ” he
concluded.
Greene was introduced by
Elkin’s mayor and chairman of
the Agricultural Council, Garland
Johnson.
Neill M. Smith, Surry County
Farm Agent and manager for the
show, after commending the ex
hibitors in his usual good humor
ed fashion and recognizing the
county agents and agricultural
leaders from the eleven counties
represented, introduced the dis
tinguished guests present, includ
ing Mrs. Grace P. Brown, Surry’s
home demonstration club agent,
who in turn recognized the agents
and assistants from the other
counties.
The judge, Paul Swaffar, Sec
retary-Manager of the Atlantic
Rural Exposition, Inc., Richmond,
Va., made special recognition of
the winner of the grand champ
ionship ribbon, Nancy Gambill,
nine-year-old Sparta 4-H mem
ber, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Gambill, of Alleghany coun
ty. The reservq champion winner,
June Morrison of Iredell County,
was also asked to stand and be
recognized.
BAPTIST ASS’N
MEETSLOCALLY
67th 'Annual Session Is Held
At First Baptist Church
Last Friday
HAVE FULL PROGRAM
The 67th annual session of the
Elkin Baptist association was the
guest of the First Baptist church
of Elkin on Friday of last week
with the majority of the churches
represented.
Rev. E. M. Eldridge presided as
moderator and W. H. Combs as
clerk.
During the morning session
which convened at 10 a. m., Rev.
J. L. Powers, of Elkin, preached
the associational sermon. This
session was also featured by a
discussion of Mars Hill college by
dioyt Blackwell.
Recognition of visitors, the
reading of church letters by the
different delegates, and appoint
ment of committees were also In
cluded in the morning session.
The afternoon session was fea
tured by reports of the various
causes, among which were includ
ed missioins, peroidicals, the Bap
tist hospital, the orphanage,
woman’s missionary union, Chris
tian education, ministers relief,
Sunday school, temperance, etc.
At the noon intermission, the
woman’s missionary union of the
local churches served the dele
gates and visitors.
East Elkin Baptist church was
chosen as the place for the next
session of the association.
Governor Cherry
Guest Of Show
On Opening Day
Little Miss Nancy Gambill,
nine-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Gambill. of Sparta,
saw her grand champion calf of
Elkin’s third annual Pat Stock
Show and Sale, sell for 62 cents
per pound Wednesday afternoon
to bring her a check for $573.50.
The calf, weighing 925 pounds,
was bought by the Cash & Carry
Stores, of this city.
Last year’s high bid for the
grand champion, at that time a
state record, was 60 cents per
pound.
June Morrison, age nine, of Ire
dell county, owner of the reserve
champion, netted a check for
$455.90 for her 970 pound calf,
which was sold to F. A. Brendle
& Son for 47 cents per pound.
The third place calf, owned by
Robert Hutchinson, of Wilkes
county, brought 32 cents per
pound, and was purchased by the
North Wilkesboro Kiwanis Club.
The sale was still in progress as
these words were written, with 121
more calves remaining to be sold.
Oscar Pitts, of Asheville, was act
ing as auctioneer.
Thus marked the closing event
of Elkin’s Fat Stock Show and
Sale for 1945, which has been
far and away the greatest success
of all. Entries of 124 fine baby
beeves, plus a record attendance
of perhaps 2,500 4-H and F. F. A.
boys and girls, and their families,
made the event of much greater
proportion than the 1943-44
shows.
Highlight of Tuesday's program
was the address at the Gilvin
Roth YMCA of Governor R. Gregg
Cherry, who told a capacity au
dience of farm youth representing
10 counties, that the day was a
red letter day for them in many
ways, and that in learning how to
raise livestock and how to appre
ciate the qualities desired by the
livestock industry, they are seek
ing the best for North Carolina.
He said that this section of North
Carolina is ideally suited for cat
tle production which should grow
into a major industry in the fu
ture. Gov. Cherry was introduc
ed by W. M. Allen, local attorney.
Following the governor’s ad
dress, a big bag lunch was served
the visiting boys and girls at the
YMCA, which was followed by a
parade along Elkin streets in
which all calves entered took
part. The parade was led by M
Sgt. Earl Queen and Major David
Brown in full uniform, riding
horses and carrying flags. Imme
diately behind came a jeep driven
by Lieut. Gene Aldridge, which
contained Governor Cherry, May
or Garland Johnson, Mr. Allen,
and other officials. A band from
Mt. Airy also was in the parade,
and many of the visiting youngs
ters took part.
The show judge, Paul Swaffar,
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SIX SLATED TO
HAVEHEARING
Are Charged With Assault
With Deadly Weapon And
Affray At State Road
ONE SENT TO HOSPITAL
Six persons, all of the State
Road vicinity, are awaiting hear
ing before Magistrate J. L. Hall
here on charges of affray and as
sault with a deadly weapon as the
result of a fight in a State Road
filling station Saturday night in
which one of the defendants, hit
over the head with a bottle, was
sent to the local hospital.
The man injured was George
Hall, an ex-soldier, who lost an
arm duripg the war. He, his
niece, Lois Milikan* and Deck
Cockerham were said to have En
gaged in the affray with Willie
Byrd Kennedy, his father, and an
other Kennedy man whose name
was not learned.
According to available informa
tion, the affray was said to have
started when one of the party
made a slighting remark about
“one - armed persons,” meaning
the soldier. Some of those invol
ved, it was alleged, had been
drinking.
Deputy Sheriff L. I. Wade, of
Elkin, made the arrests.