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ELKIN The Best Little Town In North Carolina lkin Tribune * V* ELKIN Gateway To Roaring Gap and the Blue Ridge VOL. NO. XXXIV No. 2 PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1945 $2.00 PER YEAR 18 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS i \ STATE RALEIGH, Dec. II. — Mov ing to take advantage of a new surplus property administration order authorizing federal agen cies to turn over immediately to state or local governments without charge any surplus property adaptable to housing, Gov. R. Gregg Cherry today in structed Wilmer Z. Betts, who is in charge of securing surplus property for North Carolina, to “get all of this temporary housing possible in the name of the State of North Carolina.” Cherry emphasized that prop erty secured in this manner would be used for housing re turning veterans, and as an ad dional measure to relieve a pressing housing shortage he said that he is strongly recom mending that the federal gov ernment give priority to veter ans on the construction of small homes costing up to $5,000. NATIONAL WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 — The house gave right of way today to legislation outlawing asserted racketeering practices by labor after sidetracking an other measure aimed at con tract-violating strikes. By a vote of 259 to 1(58, the house agreed to consider a bill levying heavy penalties on anyone In terfering with the interstate movement of goods “by robbery or extortion,” The measure it self is scheduled to be voted on tomorrow. Earlier, the house defeated by a vote of 200 to 182 a move to bring up legislation to penalize unions violating no strike contract provisions. Even - some proponents of the meas ure favored delay to give more time for study of labor legisla tion asked by President Tru man. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. — The United States tonight re affirmed a stem peace for Ger many and promised her “an exceedingly hard winter.” But it foresaw German economy be ginning a gradual recovery next spring and getting back on its feet about 1948. But the state, department announced a broad scale economic policy for Ger many which calls on the United States and other allied powers to finance a program of Ger man imports over the next two years. Such aid will be neces sary to “prevent disease and unrest” in the shattered nation, the department said. There was no estimate of the amount of money involved in the pro posed financial aid, but it was believed the American share might run into hundreds of PITTSBURGH, Dec. 11. — The C. I. O.-united steelwork ers, rejecting President Tru man’s appeal to continue at work, today set January 14 for the beginning of a general strike in the nation’s steel mills. Unless it is forestalled, the strike will be the largest in the history of American indus try, affecting an estimated 700,000 workers at basic steel mills and in the allied alum inum and iron ore industries. At issue is the steel workers’ demand for a $2-a-day pay in crease, which was turned down by the steel companies on the ground that wages could not be raised without commensurate increases in the price of steel products. INTERNATIONAL HEIDELBERG, Germany, Dec. 11. — Gen. George S. Pat ton, his neck fractured in an automobile accident Sunday, was slightly improved tonight as Mrs. Patton arrived at his bedside after a dangerous trans-Atlantic flight throtvn off schedule twice by bad weather. After conferring with eminent (Continued on page eight. 1st sec.) millions. jlrnrlamation until (UiriatmsB BY HIS MAJESTY frintfl QUstts 1945 ) ii n it y k! BADLY IN NEED OF LEGISLATIVE STRIKE ACTION Secretary Of Labor Calls For “Fact-Finding STEEL WORKERS NEXT Strike Of 700,000 Men Will Have Effect That Will Be Felt By All ECONOMY THREATENED With the C. I. O.-United Steel Workers of America having an nounced a strike of 700,000 steel, aluminum and iron ore workers for January 1, which will be felt in Elkin as well as throughout the nation as a whole, Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach told Con gress Wednesday the nation was in “critical need” of President Truman’s fact-finding labor pro gram, “The situation is one in which the national interest clearly calls for legislation action,” he said. “The inability of labor and man agement to rediscover the in strumentalities of collective bar gaining . . . has resulted in exten sive industrial unrest.” Schwellenbach testified before the Senate Education and Labor Committee in favor of legislation embodying Mr. Truman’s propo sals. The president recommended that he be authorized to set up fact-finding boards whenever la bor disputes threatened the na tional economy. While Schwellenbach urged ap proval, President William Green of the American Federation of Labor went before the House La bor Committee to restate his vig orous objections to Mr. Truman’s program. The A. F. L. and other segments of organized labor are especially opposed to a provision of the pending legislation which would forbid unions to strike while the fact-finding process is underway. FUNERAL HELD FOR A. D. STOUT Well Known Jonesville Citizen Passes At Hugh Chat ham Hospital A NATIVE OF IREDELL A. D. Stout, 70, of Jonesville, died last Friday morning at 8:30 in the Hugh Chatham Memorial hospital resulting from pneumonia and complications of which he had been critically ill for one day. Born in Iredell county on Sep tember 28, 1875, he was a son of S. G. and Martha Bynum Stout. Mr. Stout was a member of the Jonesville Baptist church, where he had lived for forty years. He was married twice, first to Miss Bertie Pearson and the second time to Miss Bertha Crater. He is survived by the widow and four sons, of the first marriage, L. F. Stout, of Pfafftown; Roy B. Stout, of Winston-Salem; Claude Stout, of Miami, Fla., and John B. Stout, of Los Angeles, California; four broth ers, C. W. Stout, of Charleston, W. Va.; E. J. Stout, of Bradford, .Ohio; E. S. Stout, of Los Angeles, Calif.; and L. B. Stout, of Reno, Nevada; two sisters, Miss Lucy Stout, of Moravian Falls; and Mrs. E. V. Parlier, of Ridgeway, Va.; four grandchildren and one great grandchild. The funeral was conducted on Sunday afternoon at -3 o’clock from Zion Baptist church, in Ire dell county. The body lay in state at the church from 2:30 until 3. Rev. Joe Hogan, Rev. D. G. Reece, and Rev. Glenn Mendenhall were in charge of the rites, and inter ment was tpade in the church cemetery. Nephews acted as pall bearers. Farmers Urged To Fill Out 1945 Reports All farmers of Surry county who have carried out soil-building practices on their farms in 194E and want to apply for a soil con servation payment, must fill out s 1945 performance report, accord ing to Hal E. Collins, secretary oi the Surry County A. C. A. Mr. Collins requests that yoi see your local community commit teeman or stop by the ACA office in Dobson at any time. No appli cations for payment will be ap proved that are filed after Febru ary 15, 1946, and the sooner yoi fill out your report, the quickei your check will be sent to you, h< stated. The Grand Canyon of the Colo rado is bordered by Arizofia or one side and Utah on the other. TWINS WIN SAME AWARD — Heroism is a family trait with the Longmore twins of Pittsburgh, Pa. Sons of Mrs. Charles Longmore, both were presented with the bronze star, won in Italy while fight ing with the U. S. Mountain troops. William is at left and his twin Charles at right. F. C. FORESTER DIES TUESDAY Prominent North Wilkesboro Citizen Was Widely Known In State FUNERAL RITES TODAY Floyd C. (Tom) Forester, 64, of North Wilkesboro, one of the most widely known citizens of North western North Carolina, died Tuesday at noon at Davis Hospital in Statesville. He had been in de clining health for several years. Mr. Forester, known as “Tom” to his many friends in this sec tion, as well as all over North Carolina, was one of North Wilkesboro’s best-known business men. For many years he was ac tive in politics in his county and State. He served as chairman of the Wilkes County Democratic executive committee for a number of years, was a member of the State executive committee, and a delegate to the national Demo cratic convention in 1932, at Chi cago, when Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated as the party’s standard bearer. Up until a few days prior to his death, Mr. Forester was active in carrying on his oil business which he operated at North Wilkesboro and Taylorsville. Mr. Forester was born on June 2, 1881, the son of the late Albert and Sarah Virginia Forester. He was married a number of years ago to Miss Mary Lina McLain, who, with two daughters, Mrs. F. P. Blair, Jr., and Mrs. Watson Brame, survive. Five grandchil dren also survive. The funeral services will be held this morning (Thursday) at 11 o’clock at the First Presbyterian church at North Wilkesboro. Burial will be in the family plot in Greenwood Cemetery. Guernsey Officials In Meeting At Pinehurst The winter meeting of the Exe cutive committee of the American Guernsey cattle club and the Ad visory council of Golden Guernsey, Inc., which met at Southern Pines Wednesday was well represented by several • northwestern men who attended. Among those from the north west who attended the meeting were T. F. Cooley, Elkin, president of the North Carolina Guernsey Breeders ^Association; M. F. Shore, Cycle; R. W. Pou, Forsyth county agent; T. Holt Haywood, Winston Salem; J. L. Quinn, Clemmons. This was the first time in his tory the American Guernsey cattle club has held an Executive com mittee meeting in the south. Surry Men Delegates Farm Bureau Meet Neill M. Smith, Surry county farm agent, P. N. Taylor, of White Plains, secretary of the Surry farm bureau, and Ray Norman, Route 1, Elkin, successful member in farm bureau membership cam paign, are delegates to the Ameri can farm bureau convention which is to meet in Chicago next week at the Sherman hotel. Approximately 5,000 farm bu reau leaders throughout the na tion will attend this convention. The Surry county delegates will leave Mount Airy on Friday on a special bus for the convention, along wijth 200 other representa tives of the bureau from North Carolina. The supply of sugar for the first quarter of 1946 will be sufficient to maintain civilian rationing at present levels. The oldest known rocks coma from Carilia, Russia and are be lieved to be one billion-eight-hun dred-fifty-million years old. Mercury Drops To 16 As Elkin Dons Goosebumps Elkin joined with the re mainder of the state Tuesday night to experience the coldest weather of the winter thus far, the mercury registering an un official low of 16 degrees early Wednesday morning. This was a drop of two de grees over the night before, when the mercury went to 18. If local residents thought the weather cold here, the residents of West Jefferson and Boone should be given their full share of condolences, because accord ing to reports, the mercury went to six above zero in both those mountain towns. It’s not guaranteed, but the report of the weatherman for Wednesday night and today (Thursday), was for somewhat Warmer in the mountains, with increasing cloudiness followed by rain Thursday evening or night. HALE RESIGNS RED CROSS JOB Officers Of Organization Hold Meeting At Blue Ridge Hotel, Mt. Airy ELKIN MEMBERS ATTEND Officers of the Surry county chapter of the American National Red Cross met on Thursday night at the Blue Ridge hotel in Mount Airy in a dinner session. Kellock Hale, Jr., who has been chairman of the Surry county chapter for the past six years re signed that postion at the meet ing. Mr. Hale will be succeeded by Robert Smith, of Mount Airy. Mrs. J. O. Bivins, chairman of the Elkin branch; Miss Bettie Al len, treasurer of the local chapter; and C. J. Hyslup, chapter con troller, attended the meeting and each were given a certificate in recognition for meritorious per sonal service, which signifies that these three have given 200 hours each of their time to Red Cross work. National Red Cross service pins were also presented to Mrs. Bivins, Miss Allen, and Mr. Hyslup. Lions Officials To Attend Friday Meet Lions International Director John H. Kalte, of High Point, and District Governor Okey J. Allison, of Winston-Salem, and Guy Ward, of Winston-Salem, will be special guests here Friday evening at a steak dinner meeting of the Elkin Lions Club, to be held at the Gil vin Roth YMCA at 6:45. During this meeting forty-nine new members, recently enrolled during a special membership drive, will be formally installed. A specif program has been ar ranged for the meeting. City Auto Tags To Go On Sale December 15 Elkin city tags, which must be purchased by all motorists who live within the city limits and be displayed on their automobiles, will go on sale at the City Hall here Saturday, December 15, it was learned Wednesday from Chief of Police Corbett Wall. Mr. Wall said the tags will cost $1.00 each, and must be purchas ed by January 1, 1946. He said a determined effort will be made to enforce the city tag 4aw, and motorists who fail to buy will be cited to court, where they will be taxed with the court costs in ad dition to the cost of the tag. FATALITIES ON N.C. HIGHWAYS SHOW INCREASE 77 Persons Killed And 436 Injured In October IS 26 PER CENT GAIN Many Of Fatal Accidents Caused Through Pure Carelessness 564 KILLED THIS YEAR The State Department of Motor Vehicles at Raleigh, said Wednes day that there was a 26 per cent increase in fatalities on North Carolina’s highways and streets in October of this year as compared with the same month in 1944. A total of 77 persons were killed and 436 injured in October, the department said, as 'compared with 61 killed and 332 injured in October, 1944. During the first 10 months of 1945, the report said, 5,714 acci dents were reported with 564 per sons killed and 3,313 injured, while during the same period last year there were 4,876 accidents with 512 persons killed and 2,780 injured. This is an increase for the 10-month period of more than 10 per cent. T. Boddie Ward, commissioner of motor vehicles, said that the “pathetic part of this report is that practically, if not all of these accidents could have been avoided through careful, efficient and courteous driving.” He ponited out that so long “as motorists continue to drive care lessly and recklessly with a total disregard to the safety of them selves and others—the tragic toll of human life will continue to be exacted.” “It would seem,” he said, ‘‘that the living would eventually learn the mistakes of the dead and maimed. Unfortunately, their story must be told by others.” Fatal accidents reported for Oc tober were listed as: Motor vehicle in collision with motor vehicle, 27; motor vehicles ran off highway, 22; motor ve hicle and pedestrians, 16; motor vehicle and train, 3; motor ve hicle overturned on highway, 3; other noncollision, 3; motor ve hile with fixed object, 2; and motor vehicle and bicycle, 1. MINISTERS OF AREA IN MEET Rev. R. G. Tuttle Heads Elkin - Jonesville Area Ministerial Group ARE TO MAKE SURVEY The ministers of the Elkin Jonesville churches met on Tues day at the Y. M. C. A., to reorga nize the EJkin-Jonesville Area Ministers Associatiin which had lapsed for about two months due to so many of the ministers having left Elkin and Jonesville recently. During the meeting officers were elected to serve for the 1945 46 year as follows: President, Rev. R. G. Tuttle, of the Elkin Metho dist church: vice-president, Rev. Ralph Ritchie, of the Elkin Pres byterian church; secretary and treasurer, Rev. C. Marvin Boggs, of the Jonesville Methodist church. Among many other matters dis cussed, tentative plans were made for conducting an area-wide re ligious survey within the near fu ture. Kiwanis Club To Be Host To Troop 46 Boy Scout Troop No. 46, spon sored by the Elkin Kiwanis Club, will be guests of the club this ev ening (Thursday), at the Gilvin Roth YMCA at 6:30 o’clock. Gordon Finley, district commis sioner of the Wilkes District, Old Hickory Council, will be guest speaker. Rev. R. G. Tuttle, pastor of the Elkin Methodist Church, and a member of the club, was speaker at last week’s meeting, using as his subject “The World Situation.” Legion Auxiliary Expresses Thanks The American Legion Auxiliary wishes to extend its apprecia tion to merchants and citizens of Elkin for the cooperation given them in collecting Christmas gifts to be presented to veterans in the Camp Butner Hospital on Christ mas day. Many useful and attractive gifts were given, among which were seven radios. Donations have already been sent to Camp Butner for distribu tion. HE’S MAD — Patrick J. Hurley, who recently resigned as U. S. ambassador to China with charges that professional diplo mats in the state department were sabotaging the basic prin cipals of American foreign pol icy, has threatened to carry his story to the public since a Sen ate investigating committee de cided to cancel their investiga tion of his charges. ELKIN SQUAD IS GUEST OF CLUB Junior Chamber Entertains Football Players At Banquet Monday LETTERS ARE AWARDED Members of the Elkin high school football squad were special guests of the Elkin Junior Cham ber of Commerce at a banquet staged at the YMCA Monday night. Frank Spencer, sports editor of the Winston-Salem Journal, was guest speaker for the event. He lauded the local boys on the fine spirit they showed during the football season and stressed the fact that boys learn much more than the game on the gridiron. “They learn cooperation,” he said, “that is not only necessary during a game, but necessary in the game of life.” Mr. Spencer also lauded Coaches Carpenter and Abernathy for the Job they have done in producing a winning team, and had high praise for the members of the Junior Chamber for the leading part they have shown in the school athletic program. N. H. Carpenter, superintendent of the local school, and one of the football coaches, thanked the Jaycees for backing the team. He expressed the opinion that the team had had a successful year. “I’m proud of the varsity,” he said, “but even more proud of the scrubs, for the scrubs make the varsity what it is.” He paid tri bute to all tiie boys on the squad for a job well done. Coach Carpenter* concluded his talk by recognizing those mem bers of the squad who had earned their letters, and awarded letters to the following: ends, Bob Law rence and Bob Harris; tackles, Jack Park and Sam Shugart; guards, Fred Ratledge and Ketchel Adams; center, Dickie Mayberry; fullbacks, Tom Parker and Brady Osborne; halfbacks, Bob Ratledge and Dewey York, and Sam Adams and Bob Sparks. Bill Price and Joe Myers were also recognized as co-managers of the 1945 team. Present at the meeting as guests of the Jaycees were Mayor Gar land Johnson and ttye following commissioners: C. N. Myers, R. C. Freeman, J. W. L. Benson and J. O. Bivins. Members of the Elkin school board were also invited, but due to illness or other reasons only one member, Jaycee Claude Far rell, was present. President Alex Biggs opened the meeting and turned it over to Jaycee Dr. Vernon Taylor, who ar ranged the program. Dr. Taylor said he had planned to show mo tion pictures of the recent Wake Forest - Duke game, but the film failed to arrive. Toward the close of the program Ketchel Adams, speaking in behalf of the football team, expressed thanks to Coaches Carpenter and Abernathg for their efforts and patience during the season, and presented each with a Chatham Blanket. It was announced during the meeting that Bob Ratledge had been elected captain of next year’s team. Annual Christmas Party To Be' Held It has been announced by the Y. M. C. A. officials that the an nual Christmas party for all the elementary boys and girls from Elkin and JonesviUe will be held on Tuesday evening of next week at 4:00 o’clock at the Y. All the boys and girls are invited to attend and enjoy the short movies that will be shown, the group singing, and refreshments. E-Bond Sales . .* Continue To Lag In Drive Surry Bonded Indebtedness Is Reduced * _ Surry county’s bonded in debtedness was reduced to $877,000 with the December payment of $26,000 on matur ing bonds, it has been an nounced by George E. Welch, county accountant. During the fiscal year pay ments on principal totaled $121,000, Mr. Welch said. Payments on interest during the same period — July 1 through December — amounted to $24,856.25, the summary for the first half of the year shows. SCHOOL HEADS HOLD MEETING Business Session Is Held In Office Of Supt. John W. Comer DR. ANDREWS SPEAKER Surry oounty school principals met on Wednesday night in a din ner session at the Dobson hotel at 6:30, after which a business ses sion was held in the office of John W. Comer, County school super intendent. # Featuring the program was an address by ^ Dr. Ralph Andrews, consultant ' of the community health service program, sponsored by the State Department of Pub lic Instruction. Dr. Andrews, in co-operation with the State Board of Health, proposed to promote a better health program to be con ducted throughout the schools of Surry county, due to the fact that more nurses and doctors are avail able now to the county. Mr. Comer has announced that Dr. R. B. C. Franklin, who has been away on a leave of absence as a member of the armed forces, is back and that the Board of Health expects him to return to his duties in the county as ad ministrative head by the first of February. It was also learned from Mr. Comer that Miss Harris, former army nurse, of Mount Airy, will begin work in the county on Mon day, along with Mrs. Pauline Ir win. ELKIN SPLITS OPENING GAMES Boys Easily Defeat Ronda 39-7, While Girls Are Losers By 29 To 22 TO PLAY WEST YADKIN Opening the basketball season at the Elkin school gymnasium here Tuesday night, the locals split a double header with Ronda, the Elkin boys winning easily by 39 to 7, while the Elkin girls lost 29 to 22. Key and Mathis stood out for the Ronda girls, while Steelman was the big offensive threat for Elkin, scoring 14 points. In the boys’ game. Bob Harris and Fred Ratledge were high scor ers for Elkin, Harris netting 23 points and Ratledge 8. The en tire team played an excellent game on the defense. The Elkin teams will meet West Yadkin school at the local gym. this evening (Thursday), the first game to start at 7:00 o’clock. Several Are Sent To Army Camps Several white and colored boysi were sent to Fort Bragg last week, from Yadkin county. Some of them went for induction and others for pre-induction exami nation. Those sent were: For induction, white: Foy Mel vin Scott, Jack Nathan Wishon, J. D. Groce. For induction, colored: William Henry Phillips, Chas. A Kimber, Cornelius Rudolph Horton, and Ernest Onsalow Spillman. For pre-induction examination, colored: Roy Hampton, Jr., James Junior Reindh^t, Alfred Her man Hauser, Chester Leo Porter, Vance R. J. Martin, Surry Is Over Top On Overall V-Bond Quota With a little over two weeks re maining in the Victory Bond drive, “E” bond sales are still lag ging, although the overall quota has been oversubscribed. According to Miss Mattie Mae Powell, chairman of the local drive, Elkin’s total “E” bond sales to date are listed at $146,800.00, which is an increase of $42,680.25 over last week’s report. J. F. Yokley, of Mount Airy, county chairman, has announced that “E” bond sales in Surry county as reported by the Federal Reserve Bank in Richmond, dated December 8, amount to $218, 075.00, which is 47y2% of this county’s quota that has been set for $454,000.00. This does not, however, include additional sales which were not sent in until the 8th, which it was believed, would total approximately $75,000.00, thereby making this county short of its quota by $150,000.00. Every effort is being made to cover this shortage, Mr. Yokley said. Neill M. Smith, county farm agent, is urging each of his lead ers to put on a person to person canvas, and both Beulah and Pilot Mountain have auction sales scheduled within the next few days. With the shortage of Christmas goods a reality, it is believed that bonds, “the present with a future,” will be used as Christmas presents. Surry county has met every bond challenge heretofore in all of the seven War Loans, and it is firmly believed by the officials that the Victory Loan that is now in progress will prove successful by the end of the drive which ends on December 31. State war Finance cnairman, Clarence T. .Leinbach has recent ly appealed to North Carolinians to take advantage Of the “last op portunity to show their patriotism in bond-buying” by purchasing nearly $900,000 worth of "E” bonds per day during the remain ing selling period of fourteen days in the victory Loan campaign. In vestment in this amount, said Mr. Leinbach, is necessary in order that North Carolina reach its E bond quota of $30,000,000. “We’ve still got a large chal lenge before us,” he said,” and the thing that should be realized is that the boys went across for us, and now it’s our opportunity to come across for them.” It has been pointed out that even though the fighting is over and the glamour is gone, bonds must still be bought in order to get the boys back home. A bond selling rally was con ducted last Friday night in Dob son under the direction of J. Sam Gentry, principal of the Dobson school. Neill M. Smith and Her man Coe, auctioneers, were large ly responsible for the $27,000.00 bond sale resulting from the rally. Discuss Golf Course At Wilkes Meeting A meeting was held Tuesday night at North Wilkesboro by citi zens interested in the construction of a golf course in that vicinity. It is understood that North Wilkesboro golfers have a plan for the construction of a course jointly with a number of Elkin citizens, with the course to be lo cated midway between the two towns. Action taken at the Wilkes meeting was not learned. Elkin Schools To Close 19th; In County 21st The Elkin schools will close for the Christmas Holidays on Wednesday, December 19,\ and reopen on Wednesday, January 2, 1946. According to Surry county school superintendent, John W. Comer, schools in the county will close on Friday, December 21 for the Christmas holidays to reopen on Monday, Decern- - her 31. It was said, however, that this ruling was amedatory in some cases where the schools have good reasons for a change in the holiday schedule.
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