ELKIN
The Best Little Town
In North Carolina
The Elkin Tribune
ELKIN
Gateway To Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
OL. NO. XXXIV No. 8
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1946
$2.00 PER YEAR
14 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
RALEIGH, Jan. 22. — Dr.
Clarence Poe, of Raleigh, edi
tor of the Progressive Farmer,
has been elected chairman of
the federal board of vocational
education, it was announced
here today. The board, which
meets quarterly in Washington
to review activities of vocation
al education in the fields of
commerce, agriculture and la
bor, and in home economics, is
composed of Secretary of Agri
culture Clinton P. Anderson,
Labor Secretary L. B. Schwell
enbach, Commence Secretary
Henry A. Wallace, Dr. Poe, Ro
bert J. Watt, of Massachusetts,
and Dr. Paul H. Nystrom, of
New York, the latter three ap
pointed by the President to
represent the other three
fields.
'NATIONAL
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22. —
Senator Russell, Democrat,
Georgia, told the senate today
that Adolf Hitler, if alive could
get an American paper-hang
er’s job under the FEPC bill,
subject of a senate filibuster.
Russell delivered an extended
personal analysis of the meas
ure, and about the nicest thing
he called it was “this mon
strosity.” “If Adolf Hitler
could come over here,” he de
clared, “he could hail an em
ployer up before this FEPC
kangaroo court and get a job
as a paper-hanger and keep
some American soldier from
getting the job.”
NEW YORK, Jan. 22. —
Heavy surpluses of gasoline
which already have caused
come price cuts moved the
Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey into taking the same ac
tion today. The company an
nounced a general reduction in
wholesale prices of gasoline, ef
fective tomorrow, in North
Carolina, South Carolina and
in parts of Tennessee, Virginia
and West Virginia. Price re
ductions will vary, ranging up
to 1% cents a gallon, the com
pany said, but added that some
localities would not be affect
ed because of existing subnor
mal prices.
PITSBURGII, Jan. 22.—The
impact of the great steel strike
* spread to allied fields today as
the industry followed labor's
lead in disowning responsibil
ity for the metal-producing
shut-down. Effects of the al
P- most complete stoppage in steel
and aluminum began to be felt
in layoffs of railroad and river
barge workmen and coan min
ers. Benjamin F. Fairless,
president of the United States
Steel corporation, said the steel
industry had met the wage
claims of the 750,000 C.I.O.
steelworkers “more than half
way” and responsibility for
their walkout “rests with the
union,”
DETROIT, Jan. 22. — The
C.I.O. united automobile work
er’s union advised President
Truman today it had with
drawn its acceptance of a com
promised 17 Vi per cent wage
increase in its dispute with
General Motors corporation
and reinstated its original de
mand for a 30 per cent in
crease. At the same time the
union called on tool and die
workers in the Detroit area to
halt all work for General Mot
ors next Monday. The litter
action was taken, a union spok
esman said, because “we have
waited in vain for G. M. to join
with us in acceptance of rec
omendations of the President’s
fact-finding board.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. —
The navy tonight announced
further reduction in point
scores, effective March 15 and
April 2, designed to make an
additional 191,100 personnel
eligible for discharge. The re
ductions do not affect dis
charge of marines or coast
guard personnel. In announc
ing the reductions, Vive Adm.
Lewis E. Denfeld, chief of navy
personnel, said the navy will
have discharged 1,500,000 per
sonnel, according to schedule,
by February 1. “The further
reductions announced today,”
he addef'i “will mean that by
April 2, /he navy will have re
turned go civil life approxi
mately ,WO-thirds of the 3,000,
000 peikonnel subject^ to de
mobilization” by next Septem
ber 1.
Cannon Will Be
Chief Speaker
At Dinner Here
Plans Complete
To Honor Elkin
Industrialist
Charles A. Cannon, of Kannap
olis, president of the Cannon
Mills, will be principal speaker at
the recognition dinner to be held
here Thursday evening, January
31, for Thurmond Chatham,
prominent Elkin industrialist.
The diner, sponsored by Elkin
civic clubs, merchants and other
citizens, will be held in the audi
torium of the Gilvin Roth
Y. M. C. A., beginning at 6:30
o’clock. The address by Mr. Can
non and response by Mr. Chat
ham will be broadcast over Radio
Station WSJS, Winston - Salem,
from 7:30 to 8:00.
Carl Goerch, of Raleigh, pub
lisher of The State Magazine, and
well-known humorist, will act as
master of ceremonies.
The dinner is to be tendered as
an expression of appreciation to
Mr. Chatham, and to the Chat
ham Manufacturing Company, of
which he is chairman of the
board, for the many benefactions
to the town during the years past.
In addition to the hundreds of
local citizens expected to attend,
prominent out-of-town guests
have been invited, among then?
many close friends of Mr. Chat
ham.
Members of the committee
planning the event have announc
ed that the program for the event
has been completed, but declined
to divulge any details prior to the
dinner.
CYCLE FARMER
DIES TUESDAY
Thomas H. Money Passes
Away At His Home Fol
lowing Heart Attack
WAS NATIVE OF YADKIN
Thomas H. Money, 75, promi
nent farmer, of Cycle, passed
away Tuesday afternoon at his
home, following a heart attack.
A son of the late Hardy and
Plutina Messick Money, Mr.
Money was a life-long resident of
Yadkin county. He was maided
to Miss Dora Johnson, who pre
ceded him in death by two years.
The deceased is survived by
one daughter, Mrs. Lon Cheek, of
Cycle: one son, Roy Money, also
of Cycle; one brother, J. D.
Money, of Hamptonville; one sis
ter, Mrs. Ida Johnson, of Cycle;
eight grandchildren and one
great grandchild.
The body remained at Mackie
& Hinshaw Funeral Home, in
Yadkinville, pending arrival of
relatives.
Elkin Camera Club
Names New Officers
The Elkin Camera Club, meet
ing Tuesday evening at the Gil
vin Roth YMCA, named new of
ficers to guide the organization
during the ensuing year. Willie
Bell was elected president; Van
Dillon, Jr., vice-president, and J.
C. Brown, secretary-treasurer.
In addition to the election of
officers, a business session was
held. Following the business
meeting, refreshments were serv
ed.
Appear Before
Road Officials
To Ask Relief
Large delegations of citizens
from many sections of Surry
county appeared before state
highway officials at Mount
Airy at their, regular "third
Tuesday” session last week, to
urge that highway forces do
something for the county’s
rural highways.
Heavy rains and snow during
the winter have resulted in bad
conditions, with the latest pre
cipitation leaving the roads
worse than ever.
In reply to the complaints,
highway officials declared that
present conditions make work
r on the roads all but impossible,
but promised all possible relief
as soon as the weather permits.
INJURIES FATAL — Thomas
H. Knight, above, died in Hugh
Chatham Hospital here last
Friday morning of injuries sus
tained when a water heater ex
ploded in his barber shop three
days before. Funeral rites were
held at Island Ford Baptist
Church Sunday afternoon.
INJURIES FATAL
TO T. H. KNIGHT
Well-Known Elkin Iiarbcr
Succumbs At Local Hos
pital of Severe Burns
FUNERAL HEI
A) SfJND
NDAY
Thomas Hilton Knight, 57, well
known resident of this city for 20
years, and proprietor of the Elkin
Barber Shop fo^ several years,
died in Hugh Chatham Memorial
hospital last Friday morning at
2:15 o’clock, a result of burns
sustained whe|i a water heater
exploded in ttye rear of his place
of business eirly Tuesday morn
ing of last w«ek.
The explosijon occurred when
Mr. Knight vtas sitting by the
stove reading! a newspaper, re
sulting from ! a fire having been
built in the stove by an employee
who was unaware of the fact that
the water had been cut off due
to remodeling being done in the
shop. Scalding hot water and
steam and a large piece of iron
was forced on Mr. Knight when
the explosion occurred.
Mr. Knight,was a son of Alfred
and Mary Lipdley Knight, and
was reared in: Iredell county. He
was a loyal cjhurchman, a mem
bet of the Island Ford Baptist
church, and uias treasurer of the
church.
Surviving aie the widow, Mrs.
Mabel Elledge 'Knight; two sons,
Thomas Hiltoi , Jr., and James
Hazel Knight,
from military
ter, Mrs. Philip
recently discharged
service; one daugh
Barr, of Winston
of Kannapolis
Francis Ford
Church, of St
Salem; one brother, John Knight,
two sisters, Mrs.
and Mrs. Albert
-iitesville.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Sunday aftei^oon at 2 o’clock
at the Island Ford Baptist church
with Rev. R. J. Pardue, Rev. J. L.
Powers, and Rev. T. S. Draughn in
charge of the rites. Interment was
made in the Hollywood cemetery
here.
Very thin sheets of gold may
be purple or crimson in trans
mitted light.
$383 COLLECTED
IN POLIO DRIVE
REPORT SHOWS
Jars Are Placed In All Busi
ness Houses Here
LOCAL QUOTA IS $2,000
Chairman Urges Generous
Contributions To Aid In
Fight Against Disease
THEATRES CO-OPERATE
Sam Neaves, local chairman of
the March of Dimes campaign
sponsored by the National Foun
dation for infantile Paralysis, an
nounced Wednesday that a par
tial canvass of Elkin business men,
now in progress, has resulted in
contributions to date of $383.00,
and that jars were being placed
in all business houses to receive
contributions from all citizens who
desire to aid in the fight against
the dread disease.
Mr. Neaves also stated that he
has been assured of the co-opera
tion of local theatres, who will
take collections at each show dur
ing the drive, and of local schools.
It was pointed out that the local
quota in the drive is $2,000, and
although the drive is called “The
March of Dimes,” dimes alone will
not prove sufficient to reach the
goal. Mr. Neaves urged that ev
eryone give as generously as pos
sible, because the money goes for
a great cause and one that should
appeal to every person, be he par
ent or not.
Miss Ophelia Paul has been
named treasurer of the drive, and
anyone wishing to make a sub
stantial contribution to the fund
is asked to either mafU^heck .^o
Mr. Neaves or to mail or hand to
Miss Paul at The Bank of Elki'nv
The drive is scheduled to end
on Saturday, February 2.
ELKS DEFEAT
JONESVILLE
Local Cagesters Win Double
Header Over Arch Rivals
Tuesday Night
BOYS LOSE TO PILOT
In three basketball games re
cently played by the Elkin High
boys and girls, both teams have
lost only one game each. The
most recent game, a double
header played here Tuesday
night with a strong rival, Jones
ville High, the local teams proved
victorious in both games with
the girls winning 27 to 21, and
the boys taking the nightcap 21
to 14.
Steelman led the offensive for
Elkin with 18 points, Hanes drop
ped in seven points and Royall
two. Fisher was the threat for
the opponents. The score at the
half was Elkin. 14; Jonesville, 11.
Robert McCann led the scoring
in the boys’ game with seven
points. Harris and Osborne ad
ded to the score with five points
each, while Adams shot four
points to a triumph for the local
team. The score at the half
stood Elkin 10, Jonesville 5. Tem
pleton was the big threat for
Jonesville.
It is understood that this is the
second time in thirteen years
that either the Elkin or Jones
ville teams have won a double
header in games between the two
schools. This game, which proved
to be the most outstanding game
of the season, was played before
a capacity crowd of 700 spectators
'.Continued on page 8, 1st sec.)
PASSES — J. R. Windsor,
for many years superin
tendent of the Elkin Water
Department until about a
year ago when he purchas
ed a home at Ronda and
moved his family there,
and a highly respected citi
zen, passed away Wednes
day afternoon between 2
and 3 o’clock in the Wilkes
Hospital, at North Wilkes
boro. Mr. Windsor enter
ed the hospital there about
two weeks ago, but his con
dition was not thought to
be serious at the time.
However, he grew progres
sively worse, and succumb
ed after a blood clot was
said to have blocked an ar
tery leading to the heart.
Complete details were not
'Available to The Tribune as
it went to press, nor were
funeral plans complete.
Sprviving in his immediate
family, in addition to his
wife'; are one daughter,
Mary\ and five sons, Rob
ert, Howard, Woodrow, Joe
and Charles Windsor. Char
les, a mdmber of the United
States army, is now in Ger
many.
E. ELKIN MAN
DIES THURSDAY
1
Gwantley Whitfield Creed
Passes Away Following
Long Illness
Gwantley Whitfield Creed, 65,
passed away Thursday morning
at his home in East Elkin, fol
lowing a long illness. He was a
son of Gideon and Flora Eldridge
Creed, a member of East Elkin
Baptist church, and a member of
the board of deacons of that
church.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Metta Martin Creed; two sons,
Hugh Creed of Elkin and Thomas
Creed of Flint, Mich.; two broth
ers, Morgan Creed of Mount Airy;
John Creed of Thomasville and
four sisters, Mrs. Walter Bur
cham of Elkin; Mrs. Frank Car
ter of State Road; Mrs. Lester
Wood of Greensboro and Mrs.
Reuben Hanks of Yadkinville.
Funeral services were conducted
Saturday at 2 p. m., at the East
Elkin Baptist church with Rev. J.
L. Powers and Rev. B. F. Rollins
in charge of the rites. Interment
was in the Hollywood cemetery
here.
A._______ .t.
WILL ORGANIZE
TRAINING UNION
Plans Under Way At Baptist
Church For January 27
Through February 1
OFFER STUDY COURSE
Plans are now being made to
organize a Baptist Training Un
ion at the First Baptist church
during the week of January 27th
through February 1. During this
week a Study Course will be held
each evening of Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Friday.
The Study Course will offer
classes for Juniors 9-12 years of
age; Intermediates 13-16 years of
age and Adults 17 years and up.
Each class will study the B. T. U.
Manual for that particular de
partment. The Junior manual
will be taught by Miss Ellen
Daniel; tht Intermediate manual
by Mrs. L. C. Holloway, and the
Adult Manual by Rev. Howard
J. Ford.
The ladies of the Woman’s
Missionary Society of the church
will serve a light supper each ev
ening of the study course at 6:30
and study classes will begin at
7:30.
The church members and those
interested in this organization
are urged to attend this course
of study.
FORD WILL BE
CLUB SPEAKER
Pastor Of First Baptist
Church To Talk To Elkin
Kiwanians
SPELLING BEE HELD
Rev. Howard Ford, pastor of the
Elkin First Baptist Church, and a
member of the Elkin Kiwanis
Club, will be principal speaker at
the meeting of the club at the
Gilvin Roth YMCA this evening
at 6:30 o’clock. Rev. Mr. Ford
will use as his subject, “The New
South.’’
At last week’s meeting, Carl C.
Poindexter, substituting for J.
Maryon (Spike) Saunders, of
Chapel Hill, who was unable to be
present as scheduled, officiated at
an old-fashioned spelling bee
among members of the club,
choosing the words from an old
"Blue Back Speller.” Winners of
the contest were Rev. R. G. Tut
tle, first place, and Dr. Vernon
Taylor, second place. Each was
presented with a prize on behalf
of the club by Kiwanian C. N.
Myers.
It was announced, following last
week’s meeting, that Jasper Hicks,
governor of the Carolinas Kiwanis
District, has appointed three
members of the local club to im
portant district committees. T. C.
McKnight was named chairman
of the Boys and Girls Work com
mittee; Carl C. Poindexter was
named a member of the commit
tee on public relations, and Gar
land Johnson a member of the ag
ricultural committee.
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TO MEET BLANKETEERS HERE FRIDAY — Cook’s Goldblumes, the national AAU champions who will play the Blanketeers here Fri
day night are shown above, left to right: Kathryn Marshall, Mary Jane Marshall, Lorene Brown, Sarah Byrd, Captain Alllne Banks, Lu
cille Gentryi Margaret Sexton, Dorris Weems, Margie Cooper, Polly e Hudson and Virginia Humbler,
Crushed beneath the wheels of
the car from which she had ac
cidentally fallen, Jeanette Byrd,
2, above, died almost instantly
Friday morning as her aunt,
Miss Vivian Eller, was backing
the machine from the driveway
at the child’s home at State
Road. The little girl was the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Van
Byrd.
CHILD VICTIM
OF ACCIDENT
Jeanette Byrd, Age 2, Meets
Tragic Death After Fall
F rom Car
FUNERAL HELD SUNDAY
Little Miss Jeannette Byrd, two
year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Van Byrd, of State Road,
was killed almost instantly Fri
day morning when she fell from
the car in which she was riding,
driven by her aunt, Miss Vivian
Eller, and was run over when the
car was backed into the drive
way of her home.
The little girl, an only child of
Mr. and Mrs. Byrd, died on the
way to the hospital here.
The child’s mother was, at
the time of the accident, awaiting
a bus for Fayetteville at the sta
tion here, where she planned to
visit her husband, a World War II
veteran, who was ill at the Vet
erans’ Hospital suffering from
rheumatic fever. He was remov
ed from there to his home at
State Road by ambulance Friday
night.
Miss' Eller was preparing to
take the child to the home of its
grandparents, at Benham, to re
main while the mother was away,
when the accident occurred.
She was born April 25, 1943.
Surviving are the parents and
both maternal and paternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Eller, of Purlear, and Mr. and
Mrs. H. F. Byrd, of Benham.
Funeral services were conducted
at 11 a. m. Sunday at Benham
Baptist chuch. Interment was in
the church cemetery.
AAU CHAMPS TO
BE HERE FRIDAY
Most Exciting Game of Sea
son Expected When They
Meet Blanketeers
HAVE WON 64 GAMES
Cook’s Goldblumes, of Nashville,
Tenn., the national AAU champs
for two consecutive years, will
meet the Chatham Blanketeers on
home territory Friday night, Jan
uary 25, at 8 o’clock, in what is
expected to be the most exciting
game of the season. The Blanke
teers took their only defeats of
the season at the hands of the
Goldblumes in Nashville earlier
this month. The champs won
twice over the locals, the first
game 24 to 15, and the second 36
to 27.
The Goldblumes have won 64
consecutive games, and have had
two undefeated seasons in the last
four years. The team’s captain,
Alline Banks, has been All-Ameri
can for six years, and in last year’s
national tournament scored more
points alone than the four oppos
ing teams combined.
The Goldblumes will also have
on display Mary Jane Marshall.
All-American forward and Mar
garet Marshall, four times All
American guard. Anne Lineback
and Jennie Sherill are the All
American representatives from the
Blanketeers.
Give liberally to the National
Clothing Collection!
I
Canvass To Be
Made Here Next
Sunday At 2 p. m.
C. N. Myers, chairman of the
local Victory Clothing Collection
drive for overseas relief Wednes
day morning announced complete
details of the forthcoming town
wide clothing canvass to be stag
ed Sunday afternoon beginning at
2:00 o’clock, and called for the
co-operation and support of all
Elkin citizens.
Mr. Myers said that a number
of trucks with workers, including
Boy Scouts, will first meet at the
Eagle Furniture Company, and
will completely canvass the town
in all areas, with the exception
of those sections in which the
roads are bad. He asked that all
clothing be bundled up and plac
ed on the front porch or by the
front door.
All types of clothing is desired,
including infants wear to clothing
for adults. Shoes, dresses, under
wear, sheets, blankets, remnant
goods of any description, black
out curtains—anything that may
be of use to someone suffering
from the cold and exposure of
war-torn countries overseas.
Although the canvass will not
be made until Sunday, between
that date and the present time,
and until January 31, Mr. Myers
stated, anyone desiring to bring in
clothing may leave it at the post
office, Hayes & Speas Furniture
Co., Home Furniture Co., Blue
Ridge Furniture Co., or at the
Eagle Furniture Co. The more
clothing brought in the more it
will help those who will under
take the collection Sunday. It
was also pointed out that if by
chance the canvassers failed to
pick up some clothing during the
drive, it should be left at any of
the depots listed above.
No calls will be made outside
the city limits due to the wide
area which must be covered in a
brief time Sunday afternoon, and
all persons who will not be reach
ed are urged to bring their con
tributions in not later than Janu
ary 31, when the drive ends.
It was pointed out that the na
tional goal of the drive is for one
hundred million garments, which
means that every person should
contribute at least one garment.
However, Mr. Myers said, all are
asked not to stop at one garment
but to give as many as possible.
In discussing the drive to date,
Mr. Myers said that he had just
opened one box donated by some
one from the country, which con
tained 13 pairs of pants, two wool
sweaters, 33 neckties, two coats,
and a few other items. “I don’t
know who left the box,” he said.
‘‘He may have lost a son but he
still has a heart. As the Good
Book says, ‘Go ye and do like
wise.’ ”
Guard R. Phillips
Is Taken By Death
Guard R. Phillips, 44, a bach
elor, died Friday night at the
home of his mother, Mrs. Nancy
Phillips, from pneumonia, follow
ing an illness of arthritis of many
years.
He was a son of Mrs. Phillips
and the late Charlie A. Phillips.
Survivors include, in addition to
his mother, two brothers, Worth
and Charlie A. Phillips; five sis
ters, Mrs. McKinley Burcham,
Mrs. Thomas Hanks, Mrs. Odell
Gockerham, Miss Viola Phillips,
Benham; Mrs. Robert Byrd, Lo
max.
Funeral services were conducted
Sunday at 2 p. m., at Benham
Baptist church. Interment was
made in the church cemetery.
Will Meet To
Discuss Golf
Course Here
A meeting of citizens inter
ested in a golf copre to serve
Elkin will be held at the Gil
vin Roth YMCA here Thursday
evening at 7:30 o’clock.
The meeting will feature a
discussion of the *advisability
of building a course for Elkin
alone, or possibly joining with
North Wilkesboro in a course
to be located somewhere be
tween the two towns, accord
ing to a spokesman for the
group.
All interested citizens are
urged to be present.
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