i > ’ ELKIN The Best Little Town In North Carolina * The Elkin Tribune * ELKIN Gateway To Roaring Gap and the Blue Ridge VOL. NO. XXXIII No. 48 PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1945 $2.00 PER YEAR SECTION TWO—8 PAGES .... ——-1 ..- ■ 1 ■JiaffHaw Police Report No Headway In Theft Of Cars Believe Theft Ring Operating In This Area <« No trace has been found of three automobiles which have been stolen here during recent weeks, leading local police to be lieve that the thefts were the work of an organized ring of car thieves, it was learned Wednesday from Chief of Police Corbett Wall. The first automobile to be stolen was taken on the night of October 18 from a parking place on West Main street near the Lawrence Cleaners buulding. The car, a black Ford tudor, the prop erty of Walter C. Metz, of Elkin, was spirited away while Mrs. Metz was attending a movie theatre. Wednesday night of last week two other automobiles were stolen. One, a 1941 Ford Coupe belonging to G. E. Twinning, of South Carolina, was taken from its parking place in front of Ho tel Elkin. The other, a black 1940 Ford, property of Mrs. Bertha Call, of Ronda, was taken from its parking place near the Chat ham Manufacturing Company, where Mrs. Call is employed. One thing which leads police to suspect the thieves of being con nected with an organized gang was the manner in which the Twinning car was taken. It was said that the owner, who had had his car stolen once before in Richmond, Va., had locked the steering wheel and all the doors to his car, and had then discon nected some wires to the motor. However, all these precautions were of no avail. V MASONS STAGE _ LADIES’ NIGHT Local Lodge Entertains At Banquet Meeting Tuesday Night At YMCA J. S. HIATT SPEAKER The wives of Ellon Masons were delightfuflly entertained by their husbands at a banquet at the Y. M. C. A. Tuesday evening when more than fifty couples met to observe ladies’ night. The ladies, before joining the gentlemen who were entering the dining halL from an opposite di rection, were presented red and white carnations by Glenn York and Jack Caudell, members of the program committee. The dinner session was featured with an interesting and humorous address by Rev. J. S. Hiatt, form er presiding elder of the Metho dist church in this district, who used as his topic, “Taffy and Epitaphy.” W. J. Graham, chairman of the program committee, presided over the meeting and gave a hearty welcome to the Masons and their wives attending. C. O. Garland, present Master of the local lodge, was introduced by Mr. Graham, who, in turn, introduced the speaker. A highlight of the program was a duet by Mrs. Ben Adair and Mrs. Maurice Bumgarner, accom panied at the piano by Mrs. Dwayne Irwin. Bingo was enjoyed by the la dies, with Mrs. James Amburn and Mrs. E. E. Shore, Jr., winning prizes. Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Weaver, of Elkin, were honor quests. Past Masters of the Elkin Lodge who were present and rec ognized were: M. C. Whitener, Glenn York, Roy Barker, A. D. Harmon, A. O. Bryan, Hugh Roy all, Abe Harris, O. E. Boles, H. D. Woodruff, R. L. Reinhardt, and Louis Weatherman. Winners Named In Popularity Contest Rosette Boles of Route 1, Elkin, and Joe Golden, of State Road were declared winners in the re cent popularity contest held at Mountain Park school recently. The winners, both ninth grade students in the Mountain Park school, were awarded gifts by that school honoring their popularity Others competing in the contest were Nancy Wall, Bettie Jo Dar nell, Bettie Jean Walker, Ales Wall, Howard Burchett, and Ales Carter. STATE RALEIGH. Oct. 30. — North Carolina’s highway speed limit will become 50 miles per hour beginning tomorrow. The coun cil of state recently adopted the new speed limit to replace the old wartime limit of 35 miles per hour. NATIONAL WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. — President Truman tonight an nounced a new government wage-price policy and stated that industry as a whole can afford to pay higher wages within the present price struc ture. At the same time he warned labor to be “reason able" in its demands. He told the nation in a radio broadcast that labor “has a stern respon sibility to see that demands for wage increases arc reasonable.” At the same time he issued an executive order authorizing Judge John C. Collet, stabiliza tion administrator, to put into effect a basically changed gov ernment wage policy liberaliz ing provisions governing wage increases which previously re quired government approval. Mr. Truman outlined several reasons for his belief “that in dustry as a whole can affofft substantial wage increases without price increases.” WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. — Congressional concern over na tion-wide strikes took positive form today when the house military affairs committee ap proved a bill to repeal the strike vote and plant seizure provisions of the Smith-Con nally law and tighten the sta tutory ban against union poli tical activity. The measure also would impose stiff penalties against a union which struck while, it had a contract con taining a no-strike agreement. The union would be liable for damages in fn<lA«*nl r4l*' a i/Uvi i*i a/iom ii/« court and also would lose its rights as bargaining agent for one year. An employer would be relieved of his obligations under the contract. WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. — Amid praise from sympathetic senators, the army today un veiled its detailed charts for a single cabinet department with authority over land, sea and air forces. Sensitive to strong navy opposition to any “mer ger” of the navy and war de partments, the army spokes man quickly assured legislators “this is not a proposal to merge the army, navy, and air force into a single service.” Instead, Lt. Gen. J. Lawton Collins de scribed the proposal as one that would “guarantee ade quate autonomy" for the navy, the marines and navy air units, las well as the air forces and the army. All would be placed under a single civilian “secre tary of the armed forces.” INTERNATIONAL CHUNGKING, Oct. 30. — Gunfire rattled on in 11 pro vinces of disjointed China to day, while central government and. Chinese., communist spokesmen in Chungking con ceded that tb3 violence-pro (Continued on page eight, 1st set Ritchie Is Named Chaplain of Squad The Elkin Emergency Squad met last Thursday night at the City Hall. Due to the fact that the organi zation’s chaplain, Dr. J. Lem Stokes, II, has been transferred by the Methodist conference to another field, Rev. Ralph Ritchie, pastor of the Elkin Presbyterian Church was elected to succeed Dr, Stokes. During the meeting an interest ing talk was made to the mem bers by Rev. Mr. Richie. SIGN HERE, PLEASE Post Office Thief Is Nabbed Quickly Robbery Here Nets Culprit Total of $140 Henry Louis Denney, 15-year old negro boy, was arrested here last Thursday by Chief of Police Corbett Wall on a charge of breaking into the Elkin post of fice and stealing cash in the amount of $140.20. Denney, said to have been on parole for a similar offense at Mooresville, his home, after hav ing served 14 months of his sen tence, was carried to Albemarle by Federal officers, where he will face trial in juvenile court. The youth entered the post of fice here, according to Postmaster F. W. Graham, by breaking a hole in a pane of glass in a rear win dow, through which he reached to unlock the window. The money, which represented box rents and key deposits, was in a lock box which was prized open. The negro was arrested after he had taken a large amount of (Continued on page 8, 1st sec.) RATION BOARD GUEST OF CLUB Kiwanians Hosts To Mem bers of Wartime Agency And Their Helpers PLAN FOOTBALL MOVIE Members of the Elkin ration board and local price panels were guests of the Elkin Kiwanis Club at its meeting at the YMCA last Thursday evening. T. C. McKnight, president of the club; G. L. Hill, C. N. Myers, W. M. Allen and several other Ki wanians assured the ration board members that the community as a whole appreciated their efforts to serve on the board in a fair and impartial manner. Short talks were made by Chairman of the Board W. C. Cox, W. W. Whitaker and Thomas Ring, on behalf of the board. Miss Grace Davis, guest of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Leary, enter tained the meeting with several solos, accompanied by Mrs. Ben Adair. Rev. Ralph Ritchie led the club in a lively group singing. At the meeting this evening (Thursday), Kiwanians will see color movies of the Duke-Ala bama “Sugar Bowl” game of last New Year’s Day. Tribune One Of 25 Papers In Nation Selected The Tribune has been noti fied by William J. Oertel, act ing director of the Weekly Newspaper Bureau, of Syra cuse, N. Y., that it has been selected as one of 25 weekly papers in the United States for study and analysis as a basis of a series of readership sur veys now being planned. This honor was conferred upon The Tribune by virtue of the fact it was prize-winner in a recent contest of the Nation al Editorial Association, at which time it was selected as winner of second prize for gen eral excellence throughout the nation. Red Cross Room Is Now At City Hall The Red Cross Sewing Room has moved from its location at the corner of Market and Bridge street, to the offices formerly oc cupied by the Rationing Board on the second floor of the City Hall. SHOE RATIONINC BROUGHTTOENE No Longer Necessary T< Have Ration Stamp; Was Begun February 8, 1943 OUTPUT IS INCREASIN( The end of another wartim emergency measure—rationing o shoes—came Tuesday night a 12:01 a. m. Wednesday morning it wa okey to walk into any store am purchase a pair of shoes withou worrying about a shoe stamp provided, of course, one couli find the shoe he or she wanted. Local merchants, while havini a fair stock of shoes as a whole have felt the pinch of wartim shortages and cannot supply thei customers in all cases with th style and size shoe desired. How ever, due to substantial increas in shoe production since V-J Daj it is hoped that shoe stocks wii soon return to normal. Shoe rationing began on Feb ruary 8, 1943, when civilians wer limited to three pairs each pe year. This quota was later re duced. Chester Bowles, OPA adminis trator, has announced that th outlook for November and De cember is for 29 million pairs o shoes each month. This, he saic would be equal to the pre-wa demand. FLY STEAKS TO GOVERNOR — Graham Myers, left, a member of the Elkin Junior Chamber of Commerce, and Henry Dobson, Surry county representative to the General Assembly, are pictured just before taking off for Raleigh from the Elkin airport with sev eral choice steaks for Governor R. Gregg Cherry. The steaks were taken from the grand champ of the recent fat stock show and sale here at which Mr. Myers was the purchaser of the prize animal for the stores he heads. —Photo by Henry Woodruff. Plans Mapped Tuesday For Victory War Loan Drive In Elkin Area STUDENTS WILL CANVASS TOWN Results Thus Far of Sale of Athletic Season Tickets Are Disappointing URGED TO BACK TEAM Students of the Elkin high school will'canvass the town on Friday of this week to sell season tickets for this year’s school ath letic program, according to Dr. V. W. Taylor, chairman of the Jaycee Athletic Committee. One ticket entitles the bearer to see all games played by the local team, including all sports. Sales so far this year have been disappointing, Dr. Taylor states, and due to the fine spirit of sportsmanship and excellent showing of the football team dis played thus far in the the Elkin sports world, better support should be forthcoming. Dr. Taylor, therefore, asks that citizens of Elkin back the team to the fullest extent by buying a season ticket when called on by the pupils Friday. I CHATHAM OUT OF THE NAVY | Local Industrilist Is Released To Inactive Duty After i Over Three Years TO DIVIDE TIME Commander Thurmond Chat ham has been released to inactive duty from the Naval Reserve and , has returned to his home in Win ' ston-Salem after three and a half years of service, including combat 2 in the Pacific. ^ Mr. Chatham’s first assignment t was in the Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Department, Washington, 3 and his last under the office of 1 the Secretary of the Navy. In t between these assignments he saw . service aboard the cruiser Phoe 1 nix in the Southwest Pacific. It was for his service on the Phoenix 1 that he was awarded the Bronze , Star. 3 Concerning his plans for the f future, Mr. Chatham was quoted 2 as saying that he would spend ■ part of his time in Washington as 2 president and publisher of the . Army and Navy Bulletin, new na 1 tion-wide weekly journal for the armed forces, particularly for ■ non-regular officers of the Army, 2 Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast r Guard. He will also be active as ■ a leader in the Rons, a new or ganization for reserve officers in • Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast 2 Guard. This announcement manifests f an earlier expressed interest Mr. . Chatham has in the cause of na r tional defense and perpetual pre paredness, causes that he believes ‘ were “sold short” after the first World War by lapsing interest. ELKIN DEFEATS N. WILKESBORO Will Go To Mocksville Today For Return Game After Winning Friday 31-0 RATLEDGE TOP SCORER The Elkin high school Buckin’ Elks will go to Mocksville today (Thursday), for a return game with Mocksville after staging a strong offensive attack here last Friday afternoon to whitewash North Wilkesboro 31 to 0. The Mocksville game will begin at 3:30 p. m., and a large number of the high school student body is expected to attend. In the game with North Wilkes boro, Bob Ratledge toted leather to chalk up four of his team’s touchdowns. Two tallies were pushed over in the second period with three more coming in the final period. B. Harris accounted for one touchdown. Outstanding for Elkin were K. Adams, B. Harris, Bob Ratledge, Shugart, Osborne and York. For North Wilkesboro, Turner, Par due, Ballard, Rosseau, Winters and Stokes. AWARDED BRONZE STAR — Major James R. Burcham, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Bur cham, 831 West Main street, has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal, according to an an nouncement made by Major General Thomas A. Terry, com mander of. the India-Burma Theatre. Burcham was cited for his work as assistant command ant at the India-Burma head quarters in New Delhi, India. His citation read ip part: “He established an efficient organi zation and maintained a high standard of discipline and mor ale among its personnel. In ad dition to his other duties, Ma jor Burcham has been housing officer, billeting office;* and transportation officer of the Delhi area. He has worked many hours of his own volition far beyond those normally ex pected in order that his head quarters might function smoothly.” CHATHAM GIVEN SECOND AWARD Safety Award Is Presented Monday Night At Dinner Meeting of Council IS SECOND FOR YEAR The Chatham Manufacturing company was presented its second safety award of the year from the United States Department of La bor for outstanding safety achieve ment, on Monday night of this week at a dinner meeting of the Plant Saftey Council. This award, presented by E. G Padgett, Safety Director of the North Carolina Industrial Com mission, Raleigh, to R. W. Harris Superintendent of the company was given as a high commenda tion for the outstanding safetj record obtained by the plant foi the first six months of this year as compared with the same period of last year, which showed a 65.1 deduction in loss time accidents over last year’s record for the firsl six months. The first award which was presented in January covered the last six-months period of 1944. C. J. Hyslup, director of the Safety Council, presided over the meeting and introduced the speaker. Is He Coming? We Don’t Know The great mystery, “is he is ox is he ain’t” coming to Statesville Friday, in which President Tru man is playing the star role, was still a great mystery as far as The Tribune was concerned at press time Wednesday evening. Although announcements have been issued from Washington stating the President has cancell ed all trips, stories in the daily press with Statesville datelines have continued to say that he is still expected, and hope hasn’t been abandoned. Last reports were that States ville will have a celebration re* gardless, with War Secretary Rob ert Patterson, and Secretary ol the Treasury Fred Vinson, plus assorted governors, as guests of honor if Mr. Truman doesn’t show Many North Carolina farmers are reporting about 30 per cent increases in yields of com from the use of hybrid seed. The cost of the extra com in running from 4 to 6 cents a bushel. Miss Powell Is Named To Head Local Campaign J. F. Yokley, Surry county chairman of the Victory bond drive, and W. L. Glancy, per manent chairman for the drive, both of Mount Airy, met with the local committee on Tuesday of this week at the Y. M. C. A. for the purpose of organizing Elkin and its district, which includes Mountain Park, North Elkin, and Little Richmond. The overall quota for Surry county in this, the last bond drive, has been set at $1,045,000, with the E Bond quota being $454,000, Mr. Yokley said. Miss Mattie Mae Powell, of the Building and Loan Association, was named as chairman to head the local drive, which, according to Miss Powell, will get under way locally about the twelfth of November. Raymond Harris, Hubert Park er, and D. G. Smith, members of the local committee who attended the meeting, expressed their be liefs that Elkin would reach its quota this time as it has always done in the past drives. Neill M. Smith, Surry county farm agent, was named to head the rural areas in the county. Other chairmen named were Her man Coe, Dobson; W. M. Mat thews and J. W. Gordon, co chairmen for the Pilot Mountain district. CHERRY ENJOYS TASTY STEAKS Choice Cuts From Grand Champ of Fat Stock Show Presented Governor WRITES HIS THANKS Governor R. Gregg Cherry, who was a guest of Elkin during the recent fat stock show and sale here, is fully convinced that the finest meat in the world can be raised and is raised, in North Car olina, after being made a gift of several choice steaks taken from the grand champion of the show. Graham Myers, whose Cash & Carry Stores, purchased the grand champion calf at 62 cents per pound, flew to Raleigh after the animal was butchered, with the steaks for Governor Cherry, accompanied by Henry Dobson, of Elkin, Surry County representa tive to the General Assembly. In a letter to Mr. Myers, the Governor said: ‘‘I never had a finer steak than the one I had for supper Monday night of this week, for which I want to thank you all over again. Your gift convinced me all the more that the finest meat in the world can be raised, and is raised, here in North Car olina. I do appreciate your thoughtfulness and wanted you to know how keenly I enjoyed the meat.” The governor didn’t forget the little girl, Nancy Gambill, 9, of Sparta, who raised the grand champ. In a letter to her he said: Dear Nancy: Thanks to Mr. Graham Myers, who was the lucky purchaser of your champion calf, I have just had the opportunity of discovering just how fine a fine (Continued on page eight, 1st sec.) Electric Power To Be Off An Hour Sunday Electric power in Elkin, Boonville, East Bend and Yad kinviile areas will be off Sun day afternoon in order that a number of necessary repairs may be made, it was announc ed Wednesday by D. G. Smith, manager of the local office. Mr. Smith said the power would be' off locally and in the Boonville and East Bend areas from 2:30 p. m. to 3:30 P. m. In the Yadkinville area it will be off from 2:30 p. M. until 4:00 p. m. These hours were chosen in the hopes that customers serv ed by the company would suf fer a minimum of inconven ience, it was said.

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