ELKIN
The Best Little Town
In North Carolina
ELKIN
Gateway To Roaring Gap.
and the Blue Ridge
VOL. NO. XXXIII No. 50
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1945
$2.00 PER YEAR
22 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS
STATE
RALEIGH, Nov. 13 — The
State Baptist convention today
adopted a resolution request
ing President Truman to “ex
minate immediately” the ap
pointment of Myron C. Taylor
as ambassador to the Vatican,
saying his stay there was “un
constitutional.” The resolu
tion, passed unanimously under
suspension of rules at the op
ening session of the conven
tion’s annual meeting, also ask
ed Mr. Truman to “call home
immediately the steadily in
creasing staff at the United
States embassy at the Vati
can.” Declaring that “the only
justification ever offered by the
late President Roosevelt for his
appointment of Mr. Taylor was
an emergency ^measure in con
nection with "* the war,” the
resolution said Mr. Taylor’s re
call would meet with wide
spread approval.
f NATIONAL
* WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. —
1 President Truman and Prime
Ministers Clement Attlee and
W. L. Mackenzie King resumed
their atomic bomb talks at the
White House late today and
were in session for several
hours. On the basis of pre
vious information by a British
spokesman, this may be the
next to last conference before
the Anglo-United States-Can
adian joint comminique is is
sued Thursday or Friday set
ting forth atomic policy. To
day’s meeting presumably was
devoted to preliminary drafting
of the comminique. Support
ing this possibility was the fact
that the three heads of state
brought into their third discus
sion on the subject their policy
advisers.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. —
Price Administrator Chester
Bowles accused auto dealers to
day of a high pressure lobby
campaign to gain exemptions
from the OPA policy which re
quires retail merchants to ab
sorb part of higher production
costs. He announced that the
dealers’ demands are being re
jected. He added that price
ceilings for new automobiles, to
be announced Thursday, would
permit dealers to make a high
er profit than before the war.
He contended that a dealer
could make a $200 profit on a
$1,000 car whereas before the
war he could have made only
$115 on the same deal after
taking into consideration losses
on trade-ins.
HONOLULU, T. H., Nov. 13.
; — Patrols of military and city
) policemen enforced an uneasy
peace in the Damon tract resi
dential'district today following
a riot by 1,000 naval officers
* and enlisted men in retaliation
for "unprovoked attacks’’ 6y
civilian native Hawaiians. Arm
ed with bayonets, rocks, and
hammers, a mob of naval per
sonnel stormed through the
streets for several hours last
night and early today, stoning
homes and smashing at least
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SURRY HEN WILL
OPENNEWPLANT
Sam Marshall And Henry
Wolfe To Operate Plant
At Roaring River
MAKE CONCRETE BLOCKS
Sam Marshall, of Elkin, and
Henry Wolfe, of Mountain Park,
are members of a firm who are
launching a new industry at
Roaring River for the manufac
ture of concrete blocks for all
kinds of building construction.
This will be one of only two such
industries now in operation in
North Carolina.
New in construction and design,
the blocks will be 8x8x12 in
dimensions.
The plant is erpected to be
ready for operation inside the next
30 days, the trade name of the
product, being Duntile. Tile for
septic tanks will be included in the
output.
The new industry will not af
fect the radio business with which
Marshall is associated in Elkin,
soince Wolfe will supervise opera
tion of the Roaring River indus
try, it was stated.
HERE’S ONE REASON — Many folks have wondered audibly why
it is necessary to have a Victory War Loan drive now that the war
is over. One of the many reasons is pictured above. This photo
was made before the war was over, and shows a less fortunate mem
ber of a carrier receiving first aid treatment from a navy doctor.
It isn’t quite like the hospitals on the home front. The artisans
hammer and make repairs as this youth looked to the doctor for a
sign of hope. But he will make it and will be given hospitalization
and training by the very dollars that are now being invested in
Victory Bonds, so that he may again be physically fit to make his
own way in the world. Is any better reason needed for the purchase
of Bonds? *
SKETCHES OF
PARK SHOWN
Members Of Memo^al Proj
ect Meet Tuesday With
Landscape Architect
PLAN WORK JANUARY 1
Members of the proposed Me
morial Park committee, with Rob
ert G. Campbell, landscape arch
itect, met Tuesday for further dis
cussion on the park. Mr. Camp
bell presented the preliminary
sketches and work on the blue
print is being continued.
Mr. Campbell has been author
ized by the committee to make
final preparations to begin work
on the park, including the bridge
over the Elkin creek, which is to
connect the Elementary school
with the high school athletic
field.
Claude H. Farrell, chairman of
the park committee, has an
nounced that actual construction
on the park will begin about Jan
uary 1, instead of early spring as
was first reported.
EDUCATOR WILL
BE CLUB GUEST
Kiwanians To Hear Talk By
Secretary of State Board
Of Education
WELCOME NEW MEMBER
Paul Reid, executive secretary
of the state board of education
will be guest speaker at this even
ing’s meeting (Thursday), of the
Elkin Kiwanis Club at the Gilvin
Roth YMCA.
Kiwanian N. H. Carpenter will
be in charge of the program.
Stratton Mclver, district soil
conservationist, featured last
week’s program, presenting an in
teresting motion picture showing
the great loss to farmers by ero
sion and the best methods of soil
conservation.
Garland Johnson, chairman of
the Kiwanis agriculture commit
tee, arranged the program, and
Neil M. Smith, Surry farm agent,
introduced the speaker and visit
ing county agents, soil conserva
tionists, and their assistants.
During the meeting Rev. R. G.
Tuttle, new pastor of the Elkin
Methodist Church, was welcomed
as a new member by Kiwanian
C. N. Myers, acting in behalf of
the club. , .
There will be no meeting of the
club on Thanksgiving day, Novem
ber 22.
Seven Boys Go For
Army Examination
Seven boys were sent from the
Yadkin draft board yesterday
morning to Fort Bragg where they
took a pre-induction examination
for army service. One of those to
be sent was sick. He was Jay
Frank Bryant. The seven who
went were:
Everette Lee Brown, Albert
Reece Eskridge, Henry Herman
Baity, Henry A. Bryant, Jr., James
Goins, Joseph John Holbrook,
Ulysses S. Grant Allgood.
LIONS WELCOME
NEW MEMBERS
Bingo Session Is Feature of
Meeting Of Group At
YMCA Tuesday Night
VICTORY BOND GIVEN
Eighteen new members were
welcomed into the Elkin Lions
Club at their meeting Tuesday
night at the YMCA, climaxing an
extensive membership drive of re
cent months.
The program was in charge of
Lion Glenn Lewis, and featured
several games of bingo, the grand
prize of which was a Victory
Bond which was won by Heber
Mounce. A highlight of the pro
gram was the solos rendered by
Mrs. Ben Adair, who was accom
panied at the piano by Mrs.
Dwayne Irwin.
New members welcomed into the
club were: John Conrad, L. M.
Latham, Frear Adams, J. S.
Thomasson, C. N. Myers, Heber
Mounce, Graham Myers, Herman
Guyer, Fred Myers, Luther Baker,
William Adams, Hoyle Cranford,
E. E. Shore, Jr., W. F. Pardue,
Clint Saylor, Paul Lewis, Denver
Holcomb, and Roger Carter.
Ben Adair was the guest of Lion
Tom Parnell-.
A dance, proceeds to go for the
benefit of the high school labora
tory fund, will be staged by the
Lions Club at the high school
gymnasium Friday, November 23,
to which the public is invited.
Music will be provided by a good
orchestra, it was said.
Junior Order To Elect
Officers Friday Night
The Jr. O. U. A. M. will meet on
Friday night in the Junior Order
hall to elect officers. The local
council of the Junior Order will
open nominations of officers for
the coming six months, at this
meeting, and the election will be
held on December 7.
All members are urged to attend
these meetings.
P.-T. A. TO HOLD
FIRST MEETING
HERE THIS P. M.
Will Be In Elementary
School Auditorium
OBSERVE OPEN HOUSE
Parents And Other Interested
Persons Are Urged To
Attend At 3:30
TALKS WILL BE MADE
The Elkin Parent-Teacher As
sociation will meet this afternoon
(Thursday) at 3:30 in the elemen
tary school auditorium for its first
meeting of this school year. Par
ents and all others who are inter
ested in the school and its activi
ties are asked to come.
A form of open house will be
observed from 3:30 until 4:00 dur
ing which time parents will visit
t.he school rooms, familiarizing
themselves with the classroom
work through the booklets, post
ers, and bulletin board material
that will be displayed in the vari
ous rooms.
A main feature of the meeting
will be addresses by C. C. Weaver,
Jr., president of the P.-T. A., and
N. H. Carpenter, superintendent
of the Elkin city schools.
In conclusion a social hour will
be enjoyed, when parents and
teachers can meet. Refreshments
will be served.
Officers of the P.-T. A- are: C.
C. Weaver, Jr., president; Mrs.
Charles F. Dixon, vice-president;
Mrs. L. W. Laxton, secretary and
treasurer, and Mrs. J. A. Booher,
chairman grade department.
Committees have been named
as follows: Finance: Mrs. Charles
F. Dixon, Mrs. Tom Roth, Mrs.
Abe Harris, and Mrs. H. L. But
ner; hospitality, Mrs. E. L. Rice,
Mrs. Charles Ashby, Mrs. Bob
Eidson; publicity, Mrs. L. W. Lax
ton and Alan Browning, Jr.; pub
lication, Mrs. James Atwell.
ATOMIC ENERGY
IRKS MOLOTOV
Red Commissar Asserts
Bomb Cannot Be Kept Se
cret From Russia
Moscow, Nov. 10. — Foreign
Commissar V. M. Molotov, assert
ing the atomiq bomb cannot be
kept secret, promised Russians to
night that the Soviet Union will
have “atomic energy and many
other things.”
A signal bell had to be rung to
quiet the tumult that welled
through the hall of St. Andrew in
the Kremlin when Molotov made
this statement in his speech on
the eve of the 28th anniversary of
the Red revolution,
Molotov said the use of atomic
energy must not be employed in a
political play for strength.
He called for Allied control of
Japan, and while he described the
London Foreign Ministers confer
ence as a failure, he said “only
the joint efforts of the three great
powers” could “secure the vic
tories of the democratic countries
over Fascism.”
The United Nations, he asserted
must not “become thp tool of any
one great power.”
On atomic energy, the foreign
commissar said:
“We desire that our nation shall
bloom, and that there will be
atomic energy and many other
things.
“It is not possible at the pres
ent time for a technical secret of
any great size to remain the ex
clusive possession of some one
country or V le narrow circle of
countries. (
“This being so, the discovery of
atomic energy should not en
courage either a propensity to ex
ploit the discovery in the play of
forces in international policy, or
an attitude of complacency as re
gards the future of the peace-lov
ing nations.”
Elkin Defeats Boonville 12 to 7
Here Friday; To Play Lexington
In one of the hardest fought
games of the season, the Elkin
high school Elks Friday after
noon defeated a bitterly fighting
Boonville eleven 12 to 7 in one of
the best and most exciting games
played to date.
The Elks, who have seen other
Boonville teams come off victori
ous in years past, had been pointy
ing toward this game, and were
not discouraged when Boonville
struck for a touchdown in the first
period at the hands of Grady
Lackey, who snagged a pass and
ran 15 yards for the score, and
then hit the line for the extra
point to make the score 7-0.
In the second period the Elks
turned on the power to shove
across two touchdowns, and al
though they failed to make either
extra point, they had their vic
tory then and there.
Bob Ratledge put > across the
first score by taking a pass from
Bob Harris and sprinting 40 yards
for a touchdown. The second
score came when B. Ratledge
made a thrilling punt return to
put the ball deep in Boonville
territory, where Tom Parker
■\
smashed through the line from
the one-yard stripe to score.
Motsinger, Boonville player,
suffered a broken leg in* the first
period and another Boonville
player received medical treatment.
Both teams played an outstand
ing game.
Friday the Elks will go to Lex
ington to meet Lexington Hi in a
night' game. Lexington offers a
strong team which last week turn
ed back Thomasville in their an
nual gridiron classic by a score of
9-0.
AWARDED BRONZE STAR —
Captain A. F. Lapsley, husband
of the former Miss Janie Hall,
713 West Main street, has been
awarded the Bronze Star Medal
by the Army Commander, Unit
ed States Seventh Army, for
“meritorious service in direct
support of combat operations,”
as a medical officer from Nov
ember 2, 1944 to April 30, 1945
in France and Germany. Dr.
Lapsley entered service from
Badin, N. C., where he was as
sociated with Dr. D. B. Moore
in practice from 1936 to 1942
when he entered active duty
with the Army. He is at pres
ent stationed in Germany after
having previously served in Af
rica, Italy, and France. In ad
dition to the Bronze Star Medal
he holds four campaign stars for
participation in major cam
paigns.
ACHIEVEMENT
PROGRAM HELD
0 _
Home Demonstration Clubs
Of County Present In
teresting Pageant
MRS. TAYLOR PRESIDES
The Home Demonstration Clubs
held their Annual Achievement
program in the Dobson high
school building on Friday, Novem
ber 9th, at 2:00 P. M., with the
opening song lead by Mrs. Gas
ton Christian.
Mrs. P. N. Taylor, vice-president
of the County Council presided
and gave a welcome to the 200
club women and visitors present.
The devotion was given by Mrs.
H. P. Starling of the Franklin
Home Demonstration Club, and
the minutes of the last meeting
read by Mrs. Claude Golden, also
of Franklin.
A pageant showing the develop
ment of Home Demonstration
work in Surry county was given
with Mrs. R. G. Holyfield, presi
dent of the County Council, rep
resenting the spirit of Home De
monstration Club work. Other
main characters of the pageant
were: Mrs. Lester Brown, of Pilot
Mountain, Spirit of Home Man
agement: Mrs. Paul Brown, of De
votion, War Service: Mrs. B. A.
Jarvis, of Franklin, Food Preser
vation; Mrs. Gaston Christian, of
White Plains, Education and Rec
reation: Mrs. C. S. Griffith, of
Westfield, Clothing; Mrs. Grover
Wood, of Copeland, 4-H Club
work; Mrs. Guy Snow, of Beulah,
Foods and Nutrition; Mrs. Virgil
Jones, of Mount Airy, Artistic
Craftsmanship; Mrs. H. S.
Broome, of White Plains, the
Scribe who gave a history of the
club work; and Mrs. Woody Pruitt,
of Mount Airy, the Skeptic Wom
an.
The Grecians robes of pastel
colors worn by the characters
added to the dignity and impres
siveness of t^ie pageant.
Miss Anamerle Arant, District
Home Demonstration Agent, and
Miss Willie N. Hunter, Extension
Specialist in Clothing, from Ral
eigh, were visitors at the meeting.
A steam pressure cooker was
awarded the Pilot Mountain Club
for having done the most out
standing work dtiring the year
and the attendance gavel to the
Franklin Club.
A 4-H Club was organized at
Bannertown school Monday, No
vember 12th, with the following
officers elected for the year: pres
ident, Jimmie Dale Simmons;
vice-president, James O’Neal; sec
retary, Lucille Burgess.
Mrs. Bess Gilliam Davenport
and Neill M, Smith outlined
the 4-H Club program to the 80
boys and girls present.
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Draft Office Open
Five Days Weekly
Mrs. Florence Folger, clerk of
local draft board No. 1, Dobson,
has announced that the office will
be open 8:30 until 5:30 Monday
through Friday.
Particular attention is called to
the fact that the office will be
closed all day Saturday and all
legal holidays.
Victory Bond Drive Is
Going Slowly; Figures
To Be Given Next Week
TOBACCO CROP
SET HIGH MARK
North Carolina Farms Pro
duce 68 Per Cent Of All
Leaf In Nation
DURING CURRENT YEAR
North Carolina this year pro
duced 68 per cent of all flue-cured
tobacco grown in the nation, and
40 per cent of all tobacco grown in
the country, Agriculture Com
missioner W. Kerr Scott said
Tuesday. '
The State’s tobacco crop will
total 828,4400,000 pounds, or
7,193,000 pounds larger than any
other tobacco crop ever produced
in North Carolina* or any other
state, he said. Farmers are real
izing a yield of 1,138 pounds on
the average per acre. This is 12
pounds higher than the average
for the United States.
“We must not allow ourselves
to be lulled into sleepy content
ment by this great success,” he
cautioned tobacco farmers. “We
must continue research into to
bacco production on a larger scale
than ever before, and we must re
gain and expand the State’s ex
port trade.”
In a statement, he referred to
tobacco as “the backbone of this
state’s economy,” adding that
other sections of the world in
vision and enterprise with ref
erence to tobacco if it is to hold
its place in the quality and quan
tity ratio.”
Through research, he said, “we
must keep abreast of manufac
turers’ requirements. By so do
ing, we can help to maintain ’ a
strong demand for North Carolina
tobacco and thus assure our farm
ers a fair return for their pro
duct.”
The burley tobacco crop in
North Carolina, grown in western
counties, will total 20,580,000
pounds this year, an increase of
23 per cent over 1944 and twice
as large as any burley crop pro
duced in the State prior to 1943.
SERVICE FOR
MEN PLANNED
To Be Held On Sunday After
noon At West Elkin
Baptist Church
REVIVAL TO END 22ND
Rev. U. C. Bell, well known
Baptist evangelist, who is assisting
Rev. J. L. Powers in a revival
meeting at West Elkin Baptist
church announces that he will
have a meeting for men Sunday
afternoon at 3 o’clock and will
speak on a very important sub
ject which will be of interest to
both'working and business men.
The ladies are also invited to
come with their husbands and
friends. The revival services will
continue through Thursday night,
November 22.
The evangelist will speak on
other subjects such as “Hell, and
its Horrors,” “Heaven, and its
Beauties,” “The Second Coming
of Christ,” “The Unpardonable
Sin, and What It Is,” “Demons,
and What They Are.” “The Great
Question Neither Man nor God
Can Answer.”
The public is cordially invited
to attend these meetings. There
will also be special music and
singing ser, ices each night at
7:30.
Negro Woman-Is Held
For Reckless Driving
Elizabeth Dalton, colored
woman who lives in the vicinity of
Oak Grove Church, awaits pre
liminary hearing in magistrate’s
court* here bri a charge of reckless
driving which grew out of an ac
cident near East Elkin Baptist
Church Monday when the car the
woman was driving was alleged to
have crashed into two parked
machines, doing considerable
damage.
Officer T. B. Sams, who inves
tigated the crash, stated that the
Dalton car traveled 122 feet from
the time the brakes were applied
until it struck the parked cars.
No one was injured.
Thanksgiving
To Be Holiday
With Merchants
Elkin stores will observe
Thursday, November 22,
Thanksgiving Day, as a holi
day, it has been announced by
the Elkin Merchants Associa
tion.
It was also learned that plans
are under way to again decor
ate Elkin streets with Chris
mas lighting, as was the custom
prior to the war, but whether
or not this will be done must
await the outcome of a canvass
of local merchants which is
now in progress.
Neighboring towns, it is un
derstood, are planning to dec
orate their streets as in pre
war days.
LEGION PLANS
BIG BARBECUE
To Be Held At Neaves Park
Friday Night, Nov. 30 For
Members And Wives
ENROLLMENT NOW 81
The American Legion met last
Friday night at the City Hall with
twenty-five members present. The
post is pleased to have on roll for
the ensuing year of 1946 a total
of 81 members, as compared with
31 for the year past. A majority
of the additional members are
veterans of World War II.
During the business session of
the local post, known as the
George Gray Post No. 114, honor
ing Elkin’s only son who was kill
ed during World War I, Dixie
Graham, adjutant, was authoriz
ed to order the post flags to be
used in the meetings and Legion
ceremonies. Plans were also dis
cussed for'obtaining a Legion hut,
but no definite action was taken.
A barbecue supper was planned
for Friday night, November 30,
at Neaves Park, with all members
and their wives, and members of
the armed forces who can arrange
to attend, to be invited.
The next regular meeting of the
post will be held in December at
the Y. M. C. A. and will be a din
ner session.
MOUNTAIN PARK
WOMANIS DEAD
Mrs. Robert Elsie Tuell Dies
Wednesday Morning At
Elkin Hospital
FUNERAL RITES FRIDAY
Mrs. Robert Elsie Tuell, of
Mountain Park, died Wednesday
morning in the Hugh Chatham
Memorial hospital where she had
been a patient for only a short
while. Mrs. Tuell had been in de
clining health for some time but
her death was contributed to
pneumonia which she developed
the day before her death.
Bom on April 1, 1902, she was
the daughter of Robert and Sarah
Pardue Welborn. She was united
in marriage to Henry Tuell on
September 15, 1928, and was a
member of the Poplar Spring
Baptist church.
Mrs. Tuell is survived by her
husband and two sons, Eugene
Tuell and McCree Tuell, of the
home; ope brother, Rex Welborn,
of Burlington.
Funeral services will be con
ducted from the Poplar Springs
church on Friday afternoon at 2
o’clock, with Rev. Woodrow Wish
on, pastor, in charge. He will be
assisted by J. G. Wright and Rev.
Richard Day. Interment will be
in the church cemetery.
Pfc. Jack Mackie
Is Coming Home
Naples, Italy, Nov. 1 — "It
won’t be long now” were the
words of Private First Class Milas
W. (Jack) Mackie Jr., of Yadkin
ville, when he received official or
ders to return home today, after
having served 2 months in Italy.
Pfc. Mackie will be eligible for
discharge under the point system
on his arrival home. He has been
in the service four years.
Officials Urge
Citizens Take
More Interest
First figures on the progress of
the Victory Bond Drive will be
announced next week, it was
learned from Miss Mattie Mae
Powell, chairman of the local dis
trict, Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Powell stated that figures
were unavailable from a number
of bond selling agencies Wednes
day. County figures, too, were
unavailable, due to the absence
from his office of J. F. Yokley, of
Mount Airy, Surry chairman.
Miss Powell stated that the
drive here was going slowly and
that if Elkin is to buy its quota
of bonds considerably more activ
ity must be shown. She pointed
out that E-Bonds, the type us
ually purchased by the average
citizen, are going to be the hard
est to put over.
- It was learned from Mr. Yok
ley’s office that the drive in the
county is also going slowly, al
though it is believed the overall
quota of $1,045,000 will be reach
ed. However, the government is
urging that all counties make a
special effort to reach their E
Bond quota inasmuch as the sale
of this series will take surplus
money out of circulation and thus
aid in the battle aaginst infla
tion. Surry’s E-Bond quota is
$454,000.
Results of the door-to-door can
vas which was scheduled to be
made Tuesday night have not
been learned inasmuch as reports
are not yet in. in event that some
groups failed to make the canvass
of their areas Tuesday, these
drives will be made later.
Figures expected to be released
for next week’s issue should give
a picture of the progress of the
drive to date, and should be an
indication of what may be expect
ed when the drive comes to an end
on December 8.
Officials point out. that citizens
of the county should not take the
attitude that it is not necessary
to buy bonds, because the govern
ment faces huge expenditures in
paying for past contracts, sup
plying the men still in foreign
countries and taking care of the
sick and wounded for whom the
war has not ended.
UNION SERVICE
TO GREET FORD
Local Churches Plan Services
At Baptist Church To
Welcome New Pastor
SUNDAY EVENING, 7:30
A union service of the various
churches of this city will be held
at the Baptist church Sunday
evening at 7:30 to welcome Rev.
and Mrs. Howard J. Ford and
family. Rev. Ford has recently,
accepted the pastorate of the
Baptist church.
Music will be furnished by the
choir of the Baptist church.
Pastors taking part in the ser
vice will be Rev. R. O. Tuttle, pas
tor of the Methodist church; Rev.
Ralph Ritchie, pastor of the
Presbyterian church and Rev. J.
C. Wallace, pastor of tlje Pilgrim
church.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
Local Man’s Mother
Passes Away Sunday
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon at 4 o’clock from
the Liberty Methodist church in
Alexander county for Mrs. Joseph
W. Keever, mother of Leon K.
Keever, of Elkin, who died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Rex
Campbell, at Loray, on Suhday.
The former pastor, Rev. R. V.
Martin and Rev. Ferree, pastor of
the Stony Point church, were in
charge of the rites. Interment
was in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Keever had been in declin
ing health for the past year and
her condition became serious only
about three weeks ago.
Survivors include five children,
Leon K. Keever, Elkin. Mrs. Wal
ter C. Sample, of Charlotte, Mrs.
Harry S. Stroud, of Mocksville,
Mrs. Raynal Bagnal, of Eliza
beth City, and Mrs. Rex Campbell,
of Loray. Four sisters also sur
vive.