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ELKIN The Best Little Town ? In North Carolina ELKIN Gateway To Roaring Gap and the Blue Ridge VOL. NO. XXXIV No. 3 PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1945 $2.00 PER YEAR 16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS From the State and Nation NATIONAL WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. — Byron Price, former censorship . director, left a parting warning .^tonight that opinions and criti eisms can not and should not be brought “under government restraint.” His final report, re leased by the White House, as serted that censorship “should - come into being solely as an in strument of war.” Even in war, Price declared, its work must be confined to (1) depriv ing the enemy of information and (2) collecting intelligence which can be used against the enemy. f P WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. — Official sources said tonight they expect President Truman to reject a C. I. O. attempt to use the oil industry fact-find ing panel for getting an admin istration answer on how much wages should be increased without raising prices. The is sue went to the White House when the oil workers union (C. I. O.) insisted that the panel include in its recom mended wage adjustment a ruling whether price relief would be required or whether the higher pay could be paid out of profits. Panel Chairman Frank P. Graham told the un ion in 10 major refining com panies at a brief public hearing today that the question in volves “over - all government policy and is presently being considered by the officials in volved.” WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. — A spokesman for producers of building materials protested to day that the construction in dustry had not been consulted properly about the govern ment’s new housing program. Douglas Whitlock, former pres ident of the Producers’ council incorporated, told the govern ment-sponsored housing con ference that the program de signed to spur home building should have been discussed with an industry advisory com mittee before it was announc ed by President Truman. While he pledged industry co-opera tion, Whitlock said in effect that since the government had initiated the program, it wotild have to take responsibility for the outcome. INTERNATIONAL MOSCOW, Dec. 18. — As foreign ministers of the United States, Britain and Soviet Rus sia met for their third formal session today, the Moscow newspaper New Times indicat ed Russia would favor con tinued meetings of the big three powers in the interests of world collaboration. Referring to recent proposals that veto rights of the five major nations on the united nations security (Continued on page eight, 1st sec.) J. M. HARRIS DIES MONDAY Swan Creek Man Passes Away After Suffering Long Period Of Illness RITES HELD WEDNESDAY James Milas Harris, 69, died Monday night at his home in the Swan Creek community, following a long illness. Mr. Harris, a native of Wilkes county and a member of White Plains Baptist church at Roaring River, was twice married; first to the former Lucinda Portei, who died 19 years ago, and then to Mrs. Lilly Cook Vestal. Surviving are tlje widow, two daughters, Mrs. Troy Latham, of Winston-Salem, and Mrs. Don Gilliam, of Ronda, Route 2; three sons, Truman Harris, of Jones ville, Fred Harris, of Ronda, and Turner Harris, of Winston-Salem; two brothers, Robert Harris, oi Roaring River, and Marshall Har ris, of Ronaa; and six sisters, Mrs. Solomon Spferks and Mrs. George Cothren, of Roaring River, Mrs. Nelson Alexander, of Wilkesbom Mrs. Capp Alexander, of Coolee mee, Mrs. Barney Caudle, of Elk in, and Mrs. Dick Childress, oi High Point. Funeral services were conducted White Plains Baptist church ednesday at 11 a. m. by Rev. D Reece and Rev. Richard Par due. Burial was made in the church cemetery. Business Here To Suspend For Yule Holidays Manufacturing Firms, Stores To Be Closed Holidays are in order for a ma jority of the employees in Elkin industrial plants, stores and gar ages in observance of Christmas, a check by The Tribune disclosed Wednesday iporning. The Chatham Manufacturing Company will close Saturday morning at 8:00 o’clock and re sume operations Wednesday morning at the same hour, R. W. Harris, general superintendent announced. The Elkin Furniture Company will close Friday evening and re open Thursday, December 27, ac cording to M. R. Bailey, superin tendent. Service garages will close Sat urday at noon and remain closed until Thursday morning. The Gilvin Roth YMCA will be closed all day Monday and Tues day, but will open on regular schedule Wednesday morning. Elkin stores and business houses, other than drug stores and theatres, will observe two full days for Christmas, Tuesday and Wednesday. Drug stores will close all day Tuesday but will be open as usual Wednesday. Thea tres will continue their regular schedule for the entertainment of holiday patrons. Elkin schools, which closed yes terday at noon (Wednesday), for the Christmas holidays, will re open Wednesday, January 2. SUPPORT WON FOR LEAF PLAN Surry Men Are In Tar Heel Delegation To Farm Federation Meet IS HELD IN CHICAGO The North Carolina delegation to the American Farm Bureau Federation convention at Chicago, has won unanimous support for an accurate measurement of the 1946 tobacco crop in the meeting of the resolutions committee, it has been learned here. The Tar Heel delegation includes Neill M. Smith, Surry farm agent; P. N. Taylor, of White Plains, secretary of the Surry farm bureau, and Ray Norman, Elkin, Route 1, suc cessful member in farm bureau campaigns. The resolution was exactly what Mr. Taylor outlined as the North Carolina group was enroute to the convention. The resolutions committee, of which R. Flake Shaw, executive secretary of the Noi;th Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, is a member, also approved the prin ciple which would allow the sec retary of agriculture to raise or lower crop quotas as conditions justified. Surry county was one of the 33 North Carolina counties which made their quotas and better in the recent Farm Bureau Federa tion drive for a million members. Express Thanks For Flag Contributions The George Gray Post of the American Legion has ordered post and garrison flags for the organi zation here, and wishes to publicly express appreciation to the follow ing firms and business houses whose contributions have made purchase of the flags possible: Elkin - Jonesville Building & Loan Association, Belk-Doughton Co., Spainhour’s, McDaniel’s De partment Store, Surry Hardware Co., Graham & Click 5-10c Store, Walker’s 5-10c Store, Eagle Furni ture Co., Hayes & Speas, Harris Electric Co., Moseley & Reece, Holcomb Bros., Inc., Redmon’s Studio, Hinshaw Hardware Co., Lucky Break Pool Room, The ’ Bank of Elkin, Elkin Dry Cleaners, J. C. Penney Co., Blue Ridge Furniture Co., Park Place Mercan tile Co., Speas Auto Supply Co., Turner Drug Co., Reeves Theatre, City Cabs, and The Music Box. George Stockton is commander of the local post. Dixie Graham is adjutant. Inmates of American prisons gave 100,695 pints of blood to the armed forces during the war. Hanes Approves Editorial On Labor Strife The Tribune is in receipt of the following appreciated letter from Robert M. Hanes, of Win ston-Salem, president of the Wachovia Bank and Trust Company of that city, and a former president of the Ameri can Bankers Association: “I have just had the pleasure of seeing your issue of Decem ber 13 and wish to congratu late you on the excellent make up of your paper, but especially upon your editorial “Union La bor vs. U. S. A.” I think this is one of the most sensible statements of the labor-man agement case I have seen and I am hoping it will have wide quotation. “The great unorganized ma jority in America is suffering from organized minority rule. Some method should be devised whereby the majority shall rule in this country and not organ ized minorities. “I am indebted to you for your editorial.” BUCHANAN HERE TO ASSUME JOB Is Executive Secretary of Home Missions For Win ston-Salem Prlesbytery SUCCEEDS O. V. CAUDILL Rev. Ralph Buchanan, who ar rived in Elkin last Friday from Pine Hall, N. C., where he was pas tor of a field of churches, has as sumed hie duties here as Executive Secretary of Home Missions for the Winston-Salem Presbytery, which includes Winston-Salem in the east to West Jefferson in the west. Rev. Buchanan, successor tc Rev. O. V. Caudill, who left here in late summer for a new type oi work in Salisbury as scretary of the Synod of North Carolina’s Committee on Building, received his religious training at the Union Theological Seminary, in Rich mond, Va., and has had wide ex perience in his chosen line of work. Many in this city will remembei Rev. Buchanan as one of three men who several years ago, while students at the Seminary in Rich mond, conducted series of evange listic services and bible schools in western North Carolina, including Elkin. Rev. and Mrs. Buchanan, botl: native North Carolinians, are making their home for the presenl at 339 West Main street. Mrs Buchanan is a graduate of the Woman’s College of tl\e Universitj of Norh Carolina, and has hac special training in religious edu cation at the Union Theological Seminary in Richmond. Car Damaged When Struck By Trucl The automobile belonging to R C. Freeman, of this city, was rath er badly damaged during the snov the latter part of last week when £ large produce truck, heavily load ed, accidentally backed into it a: it was parked on West Main stree near the Episcopal church. Mr. Freeman had parked hi: car there when, due to the ic; condition of the street, he was un able to reach the top of the hill About an hour later the truck going west, also stalled on the hil and slid back into the car. Later when a wrecker pulled the ca: from where it had been jammec into the curb, it rolled backwarc and struck a telephone pole. Funeral Held For Mrs. Sally Smooi Funeral services for Mrs. Sail; Smoot, 85, were conducted Mon day morning at 11 o’clock fron the Charity church. Mrs. Smoot, widow of Johnni Smoot and well known resident o Traphill township, died Saturda; of last week. Surviving are two sons, Charli Smoot, of Austin, and Will Smooi of Benham. JOHNSON TO SUCCEED RICE — Dr. Harry L. Johnson, left, of Greensboro, has been named to succeed Dr. E. L. Rice, right, as chief surgeon at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital here. Dr. Rice has resigned to again enter the medical missionary field in China, and will leave Elkin about March 1. Dr. Johnson was formerly as sociated with the hospital, coming here when the institution was founded in 1931. He and his family are expected March 1. E-Bond Quota Is Still Behind, Figures Show Officials Urge Purchase Of Bonds As Excellent Christmas Presents Latest figures on the Victory bond drive show that the “E” bond quota for Surry county has not yet been reached, with only nine more selling days remaining in the alloted time to fill the as signment. Elkin’s chairman, Miss Mattie Mae Powell, reports a total of $156,575.00, or an addition of $9, 775.00 over last week’s report. The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Va., according to J. F. Yokley, of Mount Airy, county chairman, reports sales in “E” bonds in Surry county, as of De cember 14, $297,000.00, which is 65 % % of the quota. Officials urge the purchase of “E” bonds to be used for- Christ mas gifts, this being the most valuable gift for the smallest amount of money that could be given. A bond, “the present with a future,” will do much toward JINX PLAGUES LOCAL COUPLE Allens Hit Mules, Wreck Car, Borrow Another And It Catches On Fire BUT FINALLY GET HOME Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Allen, of this city, came out second best in an argument with three mules Monday while en route here from Raleigh, when, on the highway east of Greensboro, the aforemen tioned mules refused to get out of the way of their car. Fortunately neither of the Elk in couple were injured, although the mules proved to be more dur able than the car, the latter be ing pretty well battered up in the impact. Mr. Allen said that his wife, who was driving, figured that she had as much right, or maybe more, to the highway than did the mules, while the mules, being naturally stubborn, just didn’t give a hoot, and there they were, all tangled up when the sound of the crash died away. This was a pretty sad state of affairs, the Elkin attorney said, . and one that he couldn’t argue k his way out of. However, as luck would have it, Dr. Harry L. John . son, of Greensboro but formerly of Elkin, kindly agreed to let Mr. ' and Mrs. Allen have one of his , two cars to continue on their trip, no doubt warning him to keep a > careful lookout for mules and , other assorted four-footed var mints. i Everything looked rosy for a r while. Dr. Johnson’s car purred like a contented cat along the . highway until, somewhere be , tween Greensboro and Winston l Salem, the Allens began to smell , smoke, and a few minutes later • were completely discombooberated I to discover that Dr. Johnson’s car l had chosen that very moment to catch fire. To make a long story somewhat longer, Mr. Allen managed to burn his hands in extinguishing the i flames, but at last the smoke died “ away, whereupon Mrs. Allen said they had had enough excitement r for one day and suggested that - they stop over in Winston-Salem 1 at a hotel for the night. Where upon Mr. Allen said—and as if he ; meant it too—he wasn’t going to f do it, for if he did the chances r were 99 ^o 1 the hotel would catch fire and burn up. > And from what can be gather , ed, the remainder of the trip was uneventful. getting the boys who are still sta tioned on foreign soil home sooner and will help to provide them with the necessary food, clothing, and entertainment that is vital to them, bond boosters urge, as well as the one gift that will help to a large extent to curb inflation at home. Rallies throughout the county have been held during the past month and in most cases have proved to be very sucessful, offi cials say. BELIEVES DRIVE TO BE SUCCESS McKnight Says Prospects Bright For Campaign To Exceed Last Year ALL FIGURES NOT IN Although total figures for the Y. M. C. A. membership drive are unavailable, T. C. McKnight, gen eral secretary of the local organi zation, has announced that it looks as though this year’s cam paign for members will prove to be more successful than last year’s. The many benefits and advan tages of being a member of this Christian organization are widely realized, and Mr. McKnight has said that there’s still an oppor tunity for the citizens of Elkin who haven’t already joined to get their membership cards. The Y. M. C. A., the oldest welfare organization in existence today, has done much for the youth of Elkin in providing healthful recreational facilities, directed by a well trained person nel, officials of the drive point out, and feel that every citizen should avail themselves of this oppor tunity in which to help so many for so little. The sustaining membership, the membership that has been stress ed mostly among the adults and business men, whereby a larger number of boys and girls can be benefitted, has been taken by many, it was said. Mr. McKnight has asked that anyone knowing of a soldier who might be missed among the list of those receiving complimentary membership cards, to please no tify the Y and one will be made out for him. To Conduct Rites For John T. Mays Funeral services will be conduct ed at Union Hill Methodist church today (Thursday) morning at 11 o’clock for John Thomas Mays, 75, who died Tuesday at 8 a. m., at the home of his son, Kyle Mays, of Mount Airy, Route 3. He had been in declining health for sev eral years. Mr. Mays was a member of Gum Orchard Missionary Baptist church. Survivors include two sons, Bethel Mays, of State Road, and Kyle Mays; three daughters. Miss Alma Mays and Mrs. Harvey Swift, of Mount Airy, Route 3, Mrs. Mack Nixon, of Thurmond; 11 grandchildren, three brothers, Joe Mays, of Jonesville, George Mays, of Hanes, and Henry Mays, of Dobson; and one sister, Mrs. Nancy Hayes, of Hanes. Rev. Brady Snow will be in charge of the rites, and interment will be made in the church ceme tery. Dr. H. L. Johnson To Succeed Dr. Rice As Surgeon At Hospital YADKIN BRIDE WRECK VICTIM Mrs. Leslie Shugart, 19, Is Killed And H u s ba n d Critically Injured IS IN HOSPITAL HERE Mrs. Leslie Shugart, Jr., 19, of Yadkinville, died Friday afternoon of last week in the Hugh Chat ham Memorial hospital from in juries sustained Wednesday when the car in which she and her hus band were riding collided with a truck. Her husband, Leslie Shugart, 24, was reported to be in a critical condition, suffering a fractured skull, and had not regained con sciousness yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Shugart were mar ried 18 days before the accident occurred. She was the former Miss Marie Swinarsky, of East Rutherford, New Jersey, and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Swinar sky of that city. Surviving are her parents; one sister, Miss Evelyn Swinarsky, of the WAVES; and one brother, Franpis F. Swinarsky, of East Rutherford, N. J. Funeral services were conducted at the Mackie and Hinshaw Fun eral home, in Yadkinville, with Rev. H. D. Garmon, in charge. Immediately following the service, the brother of the deceased car ried the body to the home in New Jersey. LIONS INSTALL NEW MEMBERS High Official Of International Organization Here For Special Meeting . AWARDS PRESENTED John H. Kalte, of High Point, chairman of the Board of Gover nors, Lions International, offi cially inducted 49 new members of the Elkin Lins Club and pre sented them Lions emblems, at a special meeting of the club at the YMCA here Friday evening. Mr. Kalte also presented Key Membership awards to several members and the Master Key awards to Lions R. L. Reinhardt and Charlie Alexander. Okey Allison, district governor, of Winston-Salem, welcomed the new members into the organiza tion. Other guests present were Ben Foremen, deputy district governor, of Salisbury; L. B. Coulter, sec retary of the Lions Club at Salis bury; Walter C. Huber, of the High Point club, and Robert Wel lens and Bill Bresler, both of New York City. President Bill Graham, who presided, announced that the club had become the sponsor of the East Elkin Boy Scout troop. Next Tribune To Be Published On December 24 The next issue of The Tribune, ordinarily scheduled to appear Thursday, December 27, will be published Monday, December 24, and The Tribune office will be closed all day Monday, Tuesday and Wed nesday, December 24, 25 and 26 for the Christmas holidays. All advertisers and cor respondents are urged to note the earlier publishing date and prepare ads and news copy early enough to make the issue. Following the publication of the Christmas Eve issue, the next Tribune will appear on the regular date, which .will be January 3, 1946. YULE MUSIC IS PLANNED HERE Both Methodist And Baptist Churches To Have Special Christmas Music SUNDAY AT 5 AND 7:30 Two programs of Christmas music havfe been announced for Sunday at the Methodist church and at the Baptist church. A candlelight cantata “Yuletide Memories” will be presented Sun day afternoon at 5 o’clock by members of the Beginners, Junior and Senior Choirs at the Metho dist church. Miss Barbara Benson, a local girl who is a music student at Stephens College, Mo., will play a violin solo and will accompany the choir in special selections. At 7:30 o’clock a special Christ mas program will be obeserved at the First Baptist church. Special music will be presented by the choir and the congregation will participate in the candlelight ser vice. At the conclusion of the ser vice a Christmas love offering for the building fund of the new church will be taken. The Methodist choir is directed by Mrs. Dwayne Irwin and the Baptist choir by Mrs. Gwyn Franklin. Liquor Runner Is Caught With Booze A Winston-Salem man by name of Livengood was arrested about a mile east of East Bend Monday night by Highway Patrolman Sam McKinney, of Elkin, and agents of the federal alcohol tax unit after search of his car disclosed 60 gal lons of illicit liquor. Corporal McKinney said the car was spotted at Boonville and was not overtaken until they had passed through East Bend. Livengood was given a hearing in Winston - Salem Wednesday morning and bound over to federal court. POLIO POSTER — Joan Crawford inspects the new Roosevelt poster for the March of Dimes, January 14 to 31, of which John W. Comer, of Dobson, is chairman for Surry county. Since the Na tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis was founded in 1938 by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Miss Crawford has assisted in the annual drive for the sinews of the war against polio. Resigns Post To Reassume Work In China The board of directors of Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital here, following a meeting Wednesday morning, announced the resigna tion of Dr. E. L. Rice, chief sur geon of the institution since September, 1943, and disclosed that Dr. Harry L. Johnson, of Greensboro, formerly chief sur geon here, would succeed him. The board announced Dr. Rice’s resignation with regret. Dr. C. C. Weaver, superintendent of the hospital, said that Dr. Rice had proven a valuable asset to the hospital and that he and Mrs. Rice would prove a distinct loss to the community, as they have been exceedingly active in civic and religious affairs since coming here. Dr. Rice has resigned so that he may return to China as a medi cal missionary, a work which was interrupted with the outbreak of war. He will leave the hospital March 1 to attend the Chinese Language school, department of Oriental Studies of Yale Univer sity, where he will remain for two school terms. He expects to go to china in the fall of next year. Only recently the Elkin surgeon was elected a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, an organization founded in the Unit ed States and Canada to promote better surgery, and in which mem bership is a very high honor. Although regretting the loss of Dr. Rice to the hospital, the board of directors were highly pleased that it has been possible to ob tain Dr. Johnson to succeed him. Dr. Johnson, a native of Chatham county, who received his medical education at Guilford College, the University of North Carolina and the College of Medicine at Cin cinnati, in addition to post gradu ate work at the Ford Hospital in Detroit, was the first surgeon ever to serve the hospital here, assum ing his duties when the hospital''*, opened in April, 1931. Both he and his family endeared themselves to the residents of Elkin and this section, and his loss was felt with real regret when he later resigned to go to Hickory. Later he moved to Greensboro where he has been practicing for the last seven or eight years. Dr. and Mrs. Johnson and their two children, Phyllis and Hairy, Jr., will arrive here March 1 to make their home. FOURTH SNOW FALLS HERE Approximately Five Inches Covers Ground As Winter Tightens Grip TRAFFIC IS DISRUPTED _ • Elkin’s fourth snow in a period of about two weeks, Tuesday aft ernoon and night deposited ap proximately five inches of snow here, disrupting traffic to a con siderable extent and causing a number of minor automobile ac cidents. The snow began falling shortly after noon and continued steadily until after nightfall, when it changed into sleet. Motorists found the going tough on hills and those who had no chains were forced, in many instances, to leave their cars either at home or on downtown streets. One car*, the driver of which was not learned, almost plunged down a steep embankment on Elk Spur street, lodging with the rear wheels on the sidewalk and the front of the car hanging over the embankment, but luckily no one was hurt. A check of Hugh Chatham hos pital here Wednesday afternoon disclosed that no victims of snow-caused accidents had been admitted there. Local buses have maintained a fairly regular schedule, but out of-town buses did not run at all Wednesday morning due to icy highways. Buses craning into Elkin Wednesday afternoon were not attempting to maintain sched ule. According to weather forecasts, freezing temperatures were to pre vail Wednesday night and today, with no warm weather in imme diate si^ht.
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