ELKIN
The Best Little Town
In North Carolina
■ The Elkin Tribune
ELKIN
Gateway To Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
VOL. NO. XXXIII No. 47 PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1945 $2.00 PER YEAR 16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
■ ,l"”1 111 ————i' — - .- —— ■ " .■ .- -i—i. — ■■■■ ■ ■ '■■■■ 1 .. 11 ■■■ ■■ - ■" 11 ... ■■■■■■■■■■■ ■■ '■ . " 1 ■" 1 ..'■■■■- "'Ta
STATE
STATESVILLE, Oct. 23—As
sured by authoritative sources
close to President Truman that
he will make his trip to States
ville as scheduled November 2,
officials in charge of preparing
for the “biggest day” in this
city’s history continued their
preparations tonight for the
mammoth event. “We have
been assured,” Senator Hugh
G. Mitchell, in charge of the
event, said tonight, “that the
President will be here and we
are going ahead with our
plans.” In fact, Mitchell said,
some of the biggest announce
ments yet made in the weeks of
preparation will be forthcom
ing within the next few hours.
RALEIGH, Oct. 23. — Offi
cial circles around capital
square today had their second
consecutive day of elation with
news from Washington that
Brig. Gen. Kenneth C. Royall,
of Goldsboro, had been nomin
ated by President Truman as
undersecretary of war. Gen
eral Royall’s nomination fol
lowed closely on the heels of
yesterday’s announcement that
Chief Justice Walter P. Stacy
of the state Supreme court had
accepted chairmanship of the
labor-management conference
scheduled to open November 5
in Washington.
NATIONAL
McliAE, Ga.. Oct. 23. — The
Telfair county draft board took
the position tonight that until
the nation’s strikes stop they
will refuse to send any more
men up for induction.” “We
feel,” said O. F. McEachin,
chairman of the board, “that it
is unfair to take 18-year-old
youths who are needed on the
farms, and are willing to work,
and send them into the armed
service when the present strike
situation continues. It just
doesn’t add up.”
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. —
Price Administrator Chester
Bowles said today that the end
of shoe and tire rationing is “in
sight.” At the same time, how
ever, he said that supplies of
prime meats, fats, oils, and su
gar are still “too scarce” to say
when they will become ration
free. Agriculture department
officials said yesterday that
meat, butter, fats and oils
would be taken off rationing by
January 1—“or earlier.”
HOPES THAT serious strikes
could be averted in the auto
mobile industry were buoyed
Tuesday night by,a Ford Motor
company statement that it be
lieved “solutions can be found
for the problems facing us.”
The statement attributed to
Henry Ford II, president of
Ford, came as preparations
were being completed by the
national labor relations board
for a strike vote tomorrow
among 325,000 General Motors
corporation employees.
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 23—The
United States Steel corporation
said “no” today to the demand
of the C. I. O. united steel
workers for a $2-a-day wage
increase — a decision affecting
the pocketbooks of an estimat
ed 1,000,000 employees of steel
and related industries. The de
cision was in the form of a let
ter read to union negotiators
by John A. Stephens, vice pre
sident of United States Steel,
at a hotel room conference.
INTERNATIONAL
BERLIN, Oct. 23. — The
four allied powers, after work
ing for six weeks on a uniform
denazification program for
Germany, appeared tonight to
be agreed on a subcommittee
level for the strong legislation
demanded by the United
States. It was impossible to
estimate how much more time
would be required before the
higher bodies of the allied con
trol council would sanction
putting teeth into the vaguely
worded command of the Pots
dam conference. Prolonged
negotiations, however, by Brit
ish, American, French and
Russian officers of subordinate
rank have produced tentatively
a denazification code which
approaches in severity the one
now in effect in the American
occupation zone.
The government has planned a
system of 79 national cemeteries
for World War dead. There will
| be ope in every State and t4rri
f tory.
Urges Military
Training For
Nation’s Youth
A-—
Truman Seeks
To Keep Nation
Ready For War
Washington, Oct. 23. — Presi
dent Truman asked Congress to
day to order universal military
training for 18, 19, and 20-year
old men to guard America’s secur
ity in an era of lightning-speed
war and to help keep world peace.
The President, in a personally
delivered message to a joint ses
sion of the senate and house,
warned that the United States
“never again’’ could count on the
“luxury of time” in which to arm.
Mr. Truman requested that the
nation’s youth be required to train
one year for war, in time of peace,
in his first Capitol Hill appear
ance in behalf of legislation since
he took office.
“In any future war, the heart of
the United States would be the
enemy’s first target,” the Presi
dent declared.
“Our geographical security is
now gone—gone with the advent
of the robot bomb, the rocket, air
craft carriers, and modern air
borne armies.
“The surest guaranty that no
nation will dare again to attack
us is to remain strong in the only
kind of strength an aggressor un
derstands—military power.”
He said that “even the atomic
bomb would have been useless to
us unless we had developed a
strong army, navy, and air force
with which to beat off the at
tacks of our foe, and then fight
our way to points within striking
distance of the heart of the en
emy.”
Mr. Truman recommended one
year of compulsory military train
ing of a citizen’s reserve force
subject to active service only by
call of Congress in time of war or
some war-bred emergency.
This great force, he said, would
include training in the national
guard and college units covering
every phase of military prepared
ness, science, manufacture, and
transport.
The chief executive asserted
that the system would be “a con
stant bulwark in support of our
ideals of government.”
“It would constitute the back
bone of defense against any pos
sible future act of aggression,” he
said.
The President declared that the
nation’s determination to remain
powerful “denotes no lack of faith
in the united nations organiza
tion.”
“On the contrary,” he explain
ed, “with all the might we have,
we intend to back our obligations
and commitments under the un
ited nations charter.
“Indeed, the sincerity of our in
tention to support the organiza
tion will be judged partly by our
willingness to maintain the power
with which to assist other peace
loving nations to enforce its auth
ority.”
YADKIN NATIVE
DIES SUDDENLY
Calvin Andrew Swaim Passes
From Apoplectic Stroke
Here Sunday Morning
RITES HELD WEDNESDAY
Funeral services for Calvin An
drew Swaim, 69, who died sud
denly from an apoplectic stroke
on Sunday morning at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Albert
Burch, in East Elkin, were con
ducted Wednesday afternoon at
the Shady Grove Baptist church
in Yadkin County. Rev. J. S.
Bryant, of North Wilkesboro,
Route 2. was in charge of the
rites, with Rev. J. L. Powers,
Elkin, assisting.
The deceased, a native of Yad
kin county and a son of the late
John D. and Margaret Benge
Swain, was a farmer of the Roar
ing River community, where he
had resided in recent years. He
was born on March 15, 1876, and
married Miss Ada Evans on Oc
tober 22, 1899.
Surviving are his widow, one
son and four daughters; Robert
Swaim, Mrs. Marshall Jordan,
Misses Lola and Lillian Swaim,
Roaring River, and Mrs. Albert
Burch, Elkin. Two children are
dead. Nine grandchildren, two
sisters, and four brothers also sur
vive.
Report On War
Fund Drive To
Be Made Soon
Due to the absence from
town of T. C. McKnight,
chairman of the local Na
tional War Fund drive,
Wednesday, no figures or
other information as to the
progress of the drive were
available here Wednesday
afternoon, but a report is
expected for next week’s
issue.
The drive has been under
way here since last Thurs
day and it is hoped Elkin’s
quota of $9,500 may be
raised within a short time.
In Surry county, the
rural areas have raised
about one-half their quo
tas, it was learned, and are
expected to go over the top
soon. However, the drive
appears to be going slowly
in towns, it was said.
It has been pointed out
that the need for the Na
tional War Fund is still
acute to provide entertainr
ment and other morale
boosting agencies for
American men still over
seas, and to provide help
for the peoples of liberated
countries.
TEACHERS ARE
TO MEET FRIDAY
Session Will Be Held In Dob
son High School Audi
torium At 2:00 P. M.
I)R. KIMMEL TO SPEAK
Surry county teachers will meet
Friday afternoon of this week in
the Dobson High School at 2:00
p. m., according to an announce
ment by John W. Comer, county
superintendent of schools.
The program will be featured
with a discussion led by Dr. Her
bert Kimmel, Professor of Educa
tion, of the Woman’s College of
the University of North Carolina,
Greensboro, in regard to the Ex
tension classes to be held in Dob
son every Friday night, whereby
teachers holding emergency cer
tificates, as well as all Surry
teachers who are interested in
further preparation and training,
can avail themselves of this op
portunity.
The two semester hour course,
given in twelve weeks, at a cost of
$10, offers certification credit,
said Mr. Comer.
Mr. Comer expressed the desire
to get the classes started within
the very near future.
Masons Are To Hold
Ladies’ Night Meet
The Elkin Masonic Lodge will
hold a ladies’ night dinner meet
ing at the Gilvin Roth YMCA
here Tuesday evening, October 30,
at 6:30 o’clock.
All members and their wives are
expected to attend, and a number
of special guests have been invit
ed.
All members are asked to notify
W. J. (Bill) Graham, chairman
of the committee arranging the
meeting, not later than October
27 as to whether they expect to
attend.
NIMITZ DAY — Admiral Chester W. Nimitz waves to the crowds of
New Yorkers, as his automobile moves up lower Broadway, at the
beginning of “Nimitz Day.” Earlier the Pacific naval commander
told congress that the navy played a most vital part in defeat of
Japan.
May End Rationing
Of Shoes By Nov. 1
To Cut Butter Ration, Maybe
End Tire Rationing Shortly
Washington, Oct. 24.— Tenta
tive plans call for an end of shoe
rationing either Oct. 28 or Nov. 1,
it was learned today.
Government officials also have
considered the possibility of term
inating the program earlier if
these plans became generally
known.
a chance to get ready for unra
tioned buying.
Those who favor Nov. 1 beleive
it would be a good idea to wind
up the program at the start of a
calendar month.
In either case, present plans call
for no announcement until the
eve of the effective date.
These are other developments
and prospects on the rationing
front:
1. OPA has decided to cut but
ter ration values from 12 points
a pound to eight. It will announce
this tomorrow.
2. Passenger tire rationing may
be ended late in December.
3. Truck tires are slated to come
off the list by late November.
Choice of a date for ending shoe
rationing is expected to be made
today or tomorrow by OPA and
War Production Board officials.
“At this time,” said one official
who asked anonoymity, “discus
sions definitely have boiled down
to picking one of two dates. This
could change, but it doesn’t seem
likely.”
Oct. 28—next Sunday—is advo
cated by those who feel that
termination of the program over
the week-end would give dealers
Large Number Of
Fish Are Caught
Approximately 500 pounds of
fish, including sheepheads, mack
eral, blue fish, hog fish, flounders
and other varities, were pulled
from the ocean waters off More
head City Thursday and Friday
of last week by a party of fisher
men including Max Boyles, Garl
Harris and D. G. Woodruff, of
Elkin, and Tom Phillips, of Green
ville, N. C., and W. R. Harmon, of
New Bern, the latter a son-in-law
of Mr. Woodruff.
The fish were brought to Elkin
and the surplus distributed among
friends. And although many of
the fish were of large size, “Uncle
Dave” Woodruff insisted on tell
ing of “the one that got away.”
Benham Man Hurt
When Auto Falls
James Walter Childress, 25, was
said Wednesday to be improving
at the local hospital here from in
juries sustained Sunday at a gar
age near his home when the car.
which he had placed on a hoist
in order to make repairs, fell on
him.
As a result of the accident,
Childress, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Childress, of Benham, suf
fered a fractured vertebrae and
was paralyzed from his waist
down.
“PEP PARADE”
PROVES GOOD
I
Large Crowd Enjoys Home
Talent Play Presented At
State Tuesday Evening
FINAL SHOW THIS P. M.
A representative crowd attended
the opening performance of “Pep
Parade” at the State theatre Tues
day night in which local talent
presented a musical comedy un
der the auspices of the Lucy
Hanes Chatham club for the ben
efit of the club’s welfare work.
The audience seemed to
thoroughly enjoy the show, which
was well directed and well acted,
and an even larger crowd is ex
pected to attend the final per
formance at the State this even
ing (Thursday).
The cast was well chosen and
each one fits his or her respective
role. Parts were farily divided so
that each person appearing had
an opportunity to “shine.” Tak
ing part were E. E. (Buck) Shore,
Erline Mayberry, Dorothy Sum
mey, Dorothy Hinshaw, Idelia
Benson, Red Eller, Mamie Dyer,
Edna Bumgarner, James Freeman
and Roxie Bowen.
The musical numbers and
choruses were clever and gaily
costumed.
The Peppette Kiddie Contest in
which 72 children under 8 years
of age are competing for the title
of “Master and Miss Elkin,” will
be presented from the stage just
before the first act of the final
showing of the “Pep Parade” this
evening. The contest closes at
1:00 p. m. today (Thursday),
when the jars will be taken from
the various business houses. All
children entered will be given war
stamps, and the winners will be
awarded handsome silver vases
now on display at Spainhour’s.
At the present date Becky Free
man is leading the girls with
Nancy Kay Pardue second and
Nancy White * third. Charles
Crouse is first among the boys
with Tommy Osborne second and
Charles Atkins third.
Elks Are To Face North Wilkesboro
Here After Walloping Sparta 26-6
Elkin High, fresh from a 26-6
win over Sparta here last Friday
afternoon ,is hard at work in
preparation for the game here
Friday evening at 3:30 with a
strong grid machine from North
Wilkesboro.
The North Wilkesboro school
has already informed the locals
that they are coming “loaded for
bear,” which will include, in ad
dition to a strong team, the high
school band and a large number
of the student body.
Local students, in order to
counteract the North Wilkesboro
showing of fans, are urging that
all citizens of Elkin turn out for
the game and bolster the Elk’s
morale with their support. The
Elks don’t expect to be outplayed
and they don’t want to be "out
rooted,” either, especially on
their own home grounds.
In last week’s game, the Elks
shoved across two touchdowns in
the second period and added two
more in the /final quarter to de
feat a stubborn Sparta team
which went down fighting.
Sparta drove down the field for
a first period touchdown and led
at the end of the quarter 6-0. But
the Elks, who have known what
it is to be on the small end of the
score before, slipped into gear and
chalked up two scores to take the
lead.
In the fourth quarter, York
stepped high, wide and fast for
45 yards to score.
Harris, Parks, York and Rat
ledge stood out in the play for
Elkin. Sparta stars included Hin
cher, R. Adams, J. Davis, B.
Reeves, Shepherd and Osborne.
k
Quota 4 or County In
Victory War Loan Is
Set At $1,450,000.00
KtmlllUN IS
PASSED AT MEET
Immediate Action To Secure
Flood Control Is Asked
By Delegation
NEW SURVEY IS ASKED
During a meeting held Wednes
day of last week in the courthouse
at Wilkesboro, which was attend
ed by citizens of four northwest
ern North Carolina counties who
are vitally interested in flood con
trol in the Yadkin valley, a reso
lution was passed asking imme
diate action to secure adequa'te
and complete flood control.
The hearing was called by Lt.
Col. J. P. Larsen, of Charleston,
S. C., district engineer, pursuant
to a request by the Commerce
Committee in the U. S. Senate. He
stated the purpose of the meeting
was to get views of the people on
flood control, malaria control, re
creation, fish and wildlife conser
vation and ground water levels.
Flood control was the principal
item considered and many citizens
expressed their views relative to
the need of flood control and some
of the speakers told their opinion
as to how it should be brought
about.
Those from Elkin and North
Wilkesboro, who addressed the
meeting stated that they favored
flood control, leaving the methods
to the army engineers to devise.
Those from the upper part of the
valley in Wilkes and Caldwell
counties reiterated their opposi
tion to a combination flool con
trol and hydroelectric power dam
as was eliminated from the flood
control bill by Senator Josiah W.
Bailey last year. They advocated
dry tributary dams and a dry re
tention dam on the Yadkin if
necessary, but much smaller than
the proposed hydroelectric dam.
All statements by the citizens
presented were recorded by the
engineers.
The hearing begun at Wilkes
boro Wednesday morning was
continued in Lenoir Wednesday
night, with many Caldwell coun
ty residents and a number from
Elkin and the Wilkesboros attend
i n?.
There a resolution was passed
asking for a new survey for
“flood control without inundating
populated areas,” and which
would be for flood control and
without hydroelectric power pro
visions.
Meanwhile, it was learned from
Lt. Col. Larsen that a “new sur
vey,” such as requested by the
Caldwell meeting, has been in
progress for weeks and will be
completed within a short time.
War Department engineers have
been working rapidly on field
work and have already made sur
veys of a number of proposed dam
sites, especially on Yadkin tribu
taries. Commenting on the work,
Lt. Col. Larsen said that recom
mendation would be made for an
adequate flood control program
which would require the use of as
little valuable land as possible.
W. M. Allen, Elkin attorney,
spoke at the hearing for the local
delegation.
May Now Buy, Sell
And Use Explosives
According to an announcement
by Fred T. Llewellyn, Clerk of Su
perior Court, Dobson, a general li
cense has recently been granted
under the Federal Explosives Act
whereby any person, who is not
otherwise prohibited by law or by
regulation or by proclamation of
the War Department, can buy,
sell, and use explosives and ingre
dients.
Heretofore persons buying ex
plosives have had to apply for and
secure licenses under the Federal
Explosives Act, Mr. Llewellyn said.
Hallowe’en Carnival
At Mtn. Park Friday
A Hallowe’en carnival will be
held in the gymnasium of the
Mountain Park high school on
Friday night of this week at 7:30,
according to Principal B. F. Mc
Cann. Several forms of enter
tainment will be offered for those
attending, including bingo, cake
walk, “hit the bottle,” penny
throw, basketball throw, and sev
eral others.
Refreshments will be available.
Succeeds Stokes
j4s Pastor Of
Local Church
REV. R. G. TUTTLE
Rev. Robert G. Tuttle, new pas
tor of the Elkin Methodist
Church, who succeeds Dr. J. Lem
Stokes II, arrived in Elkin Friday
with Mrs. Tuttle and their three
children, Elizabeth Jane, 11;
Kathleen Allen, 6; and Robert
Gregory, Jr., age 4.
Coming here from Sylva, Rev.
Mr. Tuttle delivered his first ser
mon Sunday morning. Son of a
former pastor of the Elkin Church
who served here as minister from
1909 to 1913, he received his A. B.
degree from Duke University in
1928, and following graduation,
coached track and taught history
three years at Tome Prep School
in Maryland. In 1931 he returned
to the Duke Divinity School and
received his B. D. degree in 1934.
Since that time he has been a
minister in the Western North
Carolina conference.
Mrs. Tuttle is the former Miss
Lillian Burton Allen, of Durham.
Sunday afternoon at 5:00
o’clock a Union service was held
at the Methodist Church with
other Elkin churches participat
ing.
EKIN LIONS
HOLD MEETING
T. C. McKnight Is Guest
Speaker At Session Held
At Y. M. C. A.
ENROLL NEW MEMBERS
T. C. McKnight, general secre
tary of the Gilvin Roth YMCA
here, was guest speaker at the
meeting Tuesday evening of the
Elkin Lions Club, which was held
at the YMCA.
Mr. McKnight spoke on the re
sponsibility civic clubs have to the
youth of their communities, and
urged that club members set a
good example and work for and
with the young people. By their
activity, he said, they can weave
the right kind of spirit in youth
that cannot easily be erased by
the passage of time.
New members who have been
welcomed into the Lions Club dur
ing the past month were announc
ed as follows:
D. C. Dickson, J. S. Elmore,
Grey Elmore, Earl Queen, Ernest
McCurry, C. A. Lackey, Dr. V. W.
Taylor, W. W. Walls, Guy Stinson,
Kelly Rose, W. L. Bell, James
Stewart, Russell McCoin, David
Brown, Ralph Triplett, E. T.
Reece, J. T. Blackwood, Denver
Cockerham, O. K. Richardson,
James Atwell, Linville Norman,
Dr. James Howard, Charlie
Young, Harvey Baker, H. G. Yoe
man, Ovid Wilcox, Clyde Baker,
James Amburn, George Hart, and
Louis Mitchell. R. H. Abernathy
had his membership transferred
from the Ramseur club.
Maple Springs To
Have Special Sale
A sale of articles which have
been contributed will be held at
the Maple Springs Baptist church
Saturday at 3 o’clock. Donations
have been made by members and
friends of the church and will be
sold at this time. The proceeds of
the sale will be used to complete
the church building.
Local Chairmen
To Be Announced
Here Next Week
The Victory War Loan, expect
ed to be the final bond campaign
of World War II, will get under
way throughout the nation next
week with a quota of eleven bil
lion dollars.
The Surry county over-all quo
ta has been announced by J. P.
Yokley, of Mount Airy, Surry
chairman, as $1,450,000. The E
Bond quota has been set at
$454,000.
Mr. Yokley stated that local
chairmen for the county have not
yet been named, but that they
will be appointed later this week.
He also said that he thought it
likely that Surry would easily sub
scribe its overall quota, but ex
pressed the opinion that the E
Bond quota would perhaps not be
as easy to sell, and stressed the
fact that all citizens should buy
E-Bonds if the county is not to
fall down in this department.
In reply to the question of why
a Victory Loan is necessary ,it
has been pointed out that the
money is needed to pay bills for
munitions and materials already
delivered and used; to pay the
cost of guarding Germany and
Japan; to pay for the care of the
nation’s wounded and disabled; to
pay off and provide benefits for
eight million or more veterans to
be discharged by next July, and
to keep the lid on price inflation.
The Victory Loan opens Octo
ber 28 and will continue through
December 8. The eleven billion
dollar goal includes a four billion
dollar goal for individuals.
ARE TO ATTEND
N. C. INSTITUTE
Welfare Workers Of County
To Go To Raleigh For
26th Annual Meeting
ON OCTOBER 30 AND 31
Bausie Marion, Superintedent
of Surry County welfare depart
ment, Mesdames Emma R. Mock
and James Ashby, and Miss Jeane
Fleishman, case workers, of the
Surry county welfare department
will attend the 26th annual Public
Welfare Institute for North Caro
lina Social workers in Raleigh
next week. The meetings will be
held at the Carolina hotel, on
Tuesday and Wednesday of next
week.
The program will include dis
cussions of current developments
in dealing with juvenile delinquen
cy, adoptions, and social case
work. The work of the Domestic
Relations Commission, the Medi
cal Care Commission, the State
Veteran’s Commission, and the
Hospitals board of control as they
relate to county welfare situations
will be considered.
Dr. Arthur Fink, new head of
the Division of Public Welfare and
Social work at the University of
North Carolina will give the fea
ture address Tuesday night on
“Current Developments in Train
ing for Social Work.”
The final address on “Social
Progress in the Southeast” will be
given by President Frank P. Gra
ham, of the University.
On Monday preceding the open
ing of the Institute Tuesday
morning, the N. C. Association of
County Superintendents of Pub
lic Welfare will hold their annual
business meeting and dinner ses
sion. Governor Cherry will ad
dress the superintendents night
meeting on “The State’s Respon
sibility for Public Welfare.”
Cars Damaged In
Collision Here
No one was injured but consid
erable damage was done to an au
tomobile operated by Laverne
Cockerham, of Roaring River,
shortly after noon here Wednes
day when the car was in a col
lision with a machine driven by .
Huie Templeton, Elkin mail car
rier at the intersection in front
of the Reeves Theatre.
Police stated that no charges
had been preferred as yet against
either party as far as the, accident
was concerned, but that Cocker
ham would be tried on a charge
of having no drivers license.