ELKIN
The Best Little Town
In North Carolina
The Elkin Tribune
ELKIN
Gateway To Roaring Gap
and tlje Blue Ridge
l>
OL. NO. XXXIV No. 9
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. G, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31,1946
$2.00 PER YEAR
20 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS
Second Canvass
Will Be Staged
:()()
Sunday At 4
Last Sunday’s
r Clothing Drive
#Is Disappointing
Due to the fact that not as
much used clothing was collected
as was anticipated in the Victory
I Clothing Drive for Overseas Re
F lief last Sunday afternoon, a sec
ond town-wide canvass, which
will also include Jonesville, will be
staged this Sunday, beginning at
4:00 o'clock, C. N. Myers, chair
man, said Wednesday,
gfe Mr. Myers stated that last Sun
day's collection was both disap
pointing and gratifying—disap
pointing because only a compara
tive few made contributions, but
gratifying because those who did
^contribute did so in generous
T fashion. Many people, he said,
donated 25, 50 and even as high
as 100 or more garments.
Hundreds of homes have as yet
•failed to participate in the drive,
it was said, although all could
easily give something. And small
donations of clothing will be wel
* corned.
Many communities throughout
the nation are reporting contribu
tions averaging from one to five
garments for each of the town’s
population, Mr. Myers pointed out,
priding that he is hoping that
dukin will give at least 5,000 gar
ments.
^£1
▼va
Those who wish to donate to
the drive next Sunday are asked
Ito bundle up the bedding or gar
ments and place on the front
porch. Due to bad roads, only
the paved streets and roads in
kin and jonesville will be can
vassed. However, it was urged
that those who are not canvassed
for this reason bring their contri
butions to town and leave at any
one of the collecting stations, lo
cated at the postoffice and fur
niture stores.
Mr, Myers also asked that Elkin
ministers and school teachei's an
nounce the new canvass.
All clothing, shoes and bedding
collected will be sent to suffering
people of war ravaged countries
overseas, many of whom will die
of cold and exposure if immediate
assistance is not forthcoming.
RAT CAMPAIGN
* PROGRESSING
Lot of Work Remains To Be
. Done Before Town Is
Cleared of Rodents
COOPERATION IS ASKED
The long range program recent
ly planned to control typhus fever
in this city through the eradica
tion of rats in the downtown busi
ness buildings, and which was
launched here the first of the
year, is progressing according to
J) schedule, the officials of the pro
gram nave announced.
However, it was said, there re
mains a lot of work to be done
before the town will be considered
cleared of rats, the chief typhus
''carriers, as most of the buildings
were found to be in dire need of
rat proofing.
Lt. J. N. Farlow, of Winston
Salem, K. D. Green, of Elkin and
a discharged veteran of World
War II, and O. W. Brewer, of
fc^Mooresville, officials of the pro
gram, ask that occupants and
ownei's of the business houses co
operate fully to make the program
just as successful as possible.
h The plan, sponsored and backed
* both by the town and local civic
organizations, calls for a thorough
inspection after which a complete
form is made of the repairs and
work to be done with estimated
rfost which is presented to the
owner of the building. The owner,
it was pointed out, is of course
^ responsible for all costs of ma
terials and labor involved. City
clerk, Dixie Graham, acts as
treasurer for the program.
It is expected to take from six
to seven months to complete the
job.
^ Firemen Answer
Alarm Wednesday
f Firemen were called to the Auto
Trim Shop, located on South
Bridge street, Wednesday morn
ing, when a short circuit was said
to have resulted in a small blaze.
However, by the time the fire
» truck reached the scene the fire
had been extinguished.
LATE
NEWS
IN
BRIEF
From
the
State
and
Nation
STATE
DURHAM, Jan. 29. — The
Erwin Cotton mills has made a
wage offer to striking workers
of the Erwin plant based on a
65-cent minimum, it was an
nounced tonight by Dr. Frank
T. DeVyver, personnel director
of the mills. Present minimum
in the Erwin mills is 55 cents.
Dr. DeVyver said that imposi
tion of the new 65-cent mini
mum would result in further
adjustments being made in
some wage levels above that
figure. He stated that, as far
as he knows, the Erwin mills is
the first cctton mill in the
south to offer its workers a 65
cent minimum. Commenting on
the offer, H. W. Payne, vice
president of the textile workers
union of America, one of the
union negotiators, said tonight:
The offer made by the com
pany provides an excellent
chance for settlement of the
dispute.”
NATIONAL
NEW YORK, Jan. 29. —
Harry Hopkins, who played a
vital role in the new deal era
of American politics, died today
in Memorial hospital of an ill
ness which his doctors describ
ed as “obscure.” Even in death,
there was a hint of mystery in
the man who was so close to
the late President that he lived
for three and a half years at
the White House. A champion
of the common man who yet
moved freely among prime min
isters, dictators and presidents
of the world, Hopkins had been
under treatment for 11 weeks.
His illness was never reported
as critical. He was 56 years old.
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 29. —
Amid persistent but unconfirm
ed reports of an early break in
the steel strike deadlock, the
shock of the walkout tonight
was reaching out to many small
plants. United States Steel
corporation President Benjamin
F. Fairless denied that there
has been any settlement reach
ed in the nine-day strike. Irving
S. Olds, United States Steel’s
board chairman, denied the
corporation had received or
considered any new proposal.
The Pittsburgh press early to
day said that reports reaching
labor circles, but unconfirmed
by any other source, were that
“big steel” has agreed to grant
the 18*4 cent wage demand of
the C. I. O. united steelworkers.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. —
The house today, in a direct re
(Continued on page eight, 1st sec.)
LEGION DANCE
AT GYM FRIDAY
Proceeds To Go For Benefit
Of George Gray Post
Hut Fund
HAVE GOOD ORCHESTRA
Harold Gale and his orchestra,
of Winston-Salem, will play for
the dance that is to be held here
Friday night in the Elkin school
gymnasium, sponsored by the
George Gray Post of the Ameri
can Legion for the benefit of the
Legion Hut Fund, it has been an
nounced by the officials of the
post.
The orchestra, well known
throughout this section, has play
ed in leading hotels, country clubs,
colleges, etc., in this area and
promises to offer good dancing
music, as well as good listening
pleasure to the large crowd that is
expected to attend.
Tickets can be purchased from
Turner Drug Co., The Music Box,
Prevette’s Men’s Shop, or from
any Legion member.
The dance will begin at 9:00
p. m. and continue until 1:00 a.
m., it was said.
RECOGNITION DINNER SPEAKERS — Charles A. Cannon, left, of
Kannapolis, president of the Cannon Mills Company, will be prin
cipal speaker at the Recognition Dinner for Thurmond Chatham to
be held at the Gilvin Roth YMCA here this evening. Carl Goerch,
right, editor and publisher of The State Magazine, Raleigh, will
act as master of ceremonies.
March Of Dimes Drive
Nets $1,088 To Date
Local Quota In
Polio Drive Is
Not Yet Reached
With a local quota of $2,000, a
total of $1,088.27 has been con
tributed to date in the March of
Dimes campaign, it was reported
Wednesday by Sam Neaves, local
chairman.
Mr. Neaves said that a total of
$483 has been contributed by
Elkin merchants and other citiz
ens following a canvass, and that
Chatham employees have contrib
uted $605.27. No report has been
received as yet from the local
theatres and schools, but will be
announced later.
Mr. Neaves also pointed out that
no check on the March of Dimes
containers placed in local stores
and business houses has yet been
made. He urged that managers
of all stores place the jars so that
they may be easily seen by the
public.
In event anyone wishes to make
a substantial contribution in the
battle against infantile paralysis,
they are urged to mail or hand
check to Miss Ophelia Paul,
treasurer of the drive, at the Bank
of Elkin, or mail to Mr. Neaves.
The drive is scheduled to end
Saturday. It is hoped that Elkin
will reach and oversubscribe its
quota, inasmuch as half of the
funds contributed will remain here
for local use, the other half to go
to the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis.
SEVEN DIE IN
TRAGIC CRASH
Four Instantly Killed As Two
Cars Crash Head-On Near
Mount Airy Friday
ON FANCY GAP ROAD
The death toll of a head-on au
tomobile collision on “deadman’s
highway” four miles north of
Mount Airy last Friday night
reached seven when Miss Hazel E.
Hiatt, 18, succumbed Saturday
night at 6:45 at the Martin Me
morial hospital in Mount Airy.
Four were instantly killed when
the two cars crashed head-on on
Highway 52 when the car driven
by Ray Flippin, 24, of Pilot Moun
tain, the sheriff said, rounded a
curve, swerved to the left and
crashed into a car driven by Wade
L. Greenwood, 27, of Ararat, Va.
The four that died instantly in
addition to both drivers were Miss
Pearlie Macie Money, 28, of Mount
Airy, and Pfc. Joseph D. Flippin,
20, of Pilot Mountain, cousin of
Ray Flippin.
Curtis Owens, 17, of Staley, died
Saturday morning in tire Mount
Airy hospital, and James Franklin
Chappell, 28, of Mount Airy, died
at 5:30 at the hospital the same
morning.
State highway patrolman W. L.
McKenzie and Sheriff Sam C.
Patterson said Miss Money, Miss
Hiatt and Chappell were riding in
the car with Greenwood. Joseph
Flippin, Owens, and Edsil John
son, 21, of Pilot Mountain, sole
survivors of the crash, were in the
car with Ray Flippin.
Patterson said the Greenwood
car was moving south, headed in
the direction of Mount Airy. The
Flippin car was traveling north
toward Hillsville, Va.
The death toll in this crash
brought to 47 the number killed
on the Fancy Gap highway since
it was completed in 1928,
Hyslup General
Chairman 1946
Red Cross Drive
C. J. Hyslup, of Elkin, has
been named general chairman
of the annual Red Cross drive
which will get under W’ay
March 4, it was learned Tues
day from Mrs. J. O. Bivins,
chairman of the Elkin Branch.
A co-chairman and workers
will be announced later.
The county quota for the
1946 drive has been set at $10,
000, with a quota of $4,000 hav
ing been assigned to the Elkin
district. This district is made
up of Elkin, State Road, Moun
tain Park, Zephyr, Devotion,
Burch, Little Richmond,
Crutchfield and Rockford.
ELKIN SPLITS
DOUBLEHEADER
Girls Lose To 1*1101 While
Boys Win Thriller In
Photo-Finish 21-20
PLAY BOONVILLE HERE
Elkin high school split a twin
bill with Pilot Mountain cagesters
here last Saturday night, with the
Elkin girls losing 22-27, and the
boys winning 21-20 in a game
featured by a split-second finale
that had Uie large crowd present
on the edge of their seats.
The boys’ game was close all the
way through, the half seeing the
score tied 11-11. In the final
quarter, with only 25 seconds to
play and the score standing 19 to
20 in favor of Pilot Mountain,
Brady Osborne dropped in a field
goal to win. Harris led the attack
for Elkin with 11 points, but each
member of the team played fine
ball. Simmons was the main
threat for Pilot.
It will be remembered that Pilot
Mountain boys were winners of
the Jaycee Invitational Basketball
U«1J 1_« r.
l/VUt UUltiVttV AAV 1U AAVA V AUUU Uf/AAAAQi
and the 1946 edition would appear
to be equally as good. Both teams
on the floor Saturday night were
well matched. Pilot had previ
ously defeated Elkin, in their only
loss of the season to date, by two
points in a game played at Pilot
Mountain.
In the girls’ game, Key was the
big threat for Pilot, scoring 17
points.
Hie Elks, both boys and girls,
were scheduled to meet Boonville
here in a double header Wednes
day night, too late for the results
to make this issue of The Tribune.
Hodges Is Elected
As Supply Pastor
Rev. D. D. Hodges, of Mount
Airy, has recently been elected by
the Mountain Park Baptist church
as supply pastor for that church
to succeed Rev. D. G. Reece, of
Jonesville.
Rev. Hodges will conduct the
usual monthly church services at
the Mountain Park church on ev
ery first Sunday; however, due to
his pastoral work in the Surry
Baptist association, the hour of
worship has been changed from
11 o’clock a. m. to 2 o’clock in the
afternoon.
W. B. Williams, church clerk,
has announced that Dr. J. C. Can
ipe, of Boone, has accepted the in
vitation from the Mountain Park
church to conduct the annual re
vival meeting which will begin the
last Sunday night in June to con
tinue the following week.
SURRY FARMERS
ARE URGED TO
ATTEND MEET
Farm Bureau Federation Con
vention At Winston
PLAN FINE PROGRAM
Local Farm Officials Point
Out May Not Have Another
Opportunity So Near
HUTSON IS TO SPEAK
The North Carolina Farm
Bureau Federation will hold its
tenth annual convention at the
Robert E. Lee Hotel, in Winston
Salem, February 6, 7 and 8 with a
full program outlined for the
event.
Due to the fact the convention
is being held so close to Surry
County, Surry farm leaders are
urging a heavy turn-out on the
part of Surry members.
Those attending will have an
opportunity to hear and meet out
standing leaders in the State
Farm Bureau, as well as distin
guished leaders in the state’s ag
ricultural life. Prominent nation
al leaders in Congress will also be
present, as will Hon. J. B. Hutson,
under-secretary of agriculture.
All persons planning to attend
who will not have a place to spend
the night, are reminded to write
now for a reservation to one of
the Winston-Salem hotels.
The first day of the convention
will feature registration and com
modity conferences and committee
meetings, with an Associated
Women’s program, to be staged
at 8:30 p. m„ to be addressed by
Mrs. Charles W. Sewell, adminis
trative director of the Associated
Women of the American Farm
Bureau Federation, Chicago, 111.
Thursday, February 7 will see a
continuation of conferences and
committee meetings and other
special events, which will occupy
the attention of the delegates
mrougnout, uie rwuamuei ui uic
convention. The ev^nt will close
February 8, with a banquet at
which Under - Secretary of Agri
culture Hutson will be the speak
er. The banquet will be followed
by a dance.
Old Auto Tags Sing
Swan Song Tonight
At midnight tonight (Thurs
day), those yellow 1945 automobile
license tags will end their useful
ness and must be replaced by the
black 1946 tags if one doesn’t
want to get in trouble with high
way police.
Highway Patrol Corporal Sam
McKinney said Wednesday that
all cars must display new tags
February 1 or their owners will
face citation. The old tags ex
pired at the end of the year, but
a month’s grace was extended
motorists in which to buy new
tags.
COLLEGE CLUB
TO MEET HERE
Alumni of State College Will
Hold Session At YMCA
February 5th
TAYLOR IS TO SPEAK
H. W. <Pc*3) Taylor, Alumni
Secretary of State College, and R.
D. Beam, Executive Secretary of
State College Agricultural Found
ation, Inc., both of Raleigh, will be
speakers for the Northwest State
College Club which will meet in
Elkin on Tuesday evening, Febru
ary 5. at 6:30 P. M. in the
Y.M.C.A. according to an an
nouncement by Neill M. Smith,
Surry County Agent and President
of the local organization.
Taylor is scheduled to discuss
the work of State College General
Alumni Association and What and
How former State College students
can help returning veterans under
the G. I. Bill.
Beam is expected to explain the
work of the Agricultural Founda
tions of the College and assist in
developing an organization for in
creasing the membership and rais
ing funds in Northwestern North
Carolina. Before becoming Exe
cutive Secretary for the Founda
tion, Beam was in the Trust De
partment of the Raleigh Branch
of Wachovia Bank and Trust Co.
Smith stated that members of
local State College Club are ex
pected to bring their fathers or
any other special guests that they
think will be interested in the
Alumni Association and the Ag
ricultural Foundations, Inc. The
only requirement is that each
member return his card indicating
(Continued on page eight. 1st sec.)
Thurmond Chatham To
Be Honored At Dinner
At YMCA This Evening
TO BE HONORED — Thurmond Chatham, chairman of the board
of the Chatham Manufacturing Company, will be honored at a rec
ognition dinner to be staged at the Gilvin Roth YMCA here this
evening, under the sponsorship of Elkin civic clubs. The dinner will
be attended by hundreds of Elkin citizens and citizens of neighbor
ing communities, in addition to numerous out-of-town guests.
Photo by Redmon’s Studio.
Local Hospital
Included In
Approved List
The Hugh Chatham Me
morial Hospital here has been
included in the list of approv
ed hospitals in the United
States and Canada which was
officially released at the annual
meeting of the Board of Re-.
gents of the American College
of Surgeons.
The listing indicates hospi
tals of 25 beds or over which
have complied satisfactorily
with minimum requirements
assuring the best care of sick
and injured. The group's an
nual survey was concluded in
December. The college repre
sents approximately 14,000 sur
geons in this country and Can
ada who are interested in im
proving hospital service.
FORD SPEAKER
AT CLUB MEET
Pastor Elkin Baptist Church
Discusses New South
At Kiwanis Dinner
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
Rev. Howard J. Ford, pastor of
the Elkin First Baptist Church,
was speaker at last Thursday's
meeting of the Elkin Kiwanis Club
at the Gilvin Roth YMCA, using
as his subject, “The New South.”
Rev. Mr. Ford, a member of the
club, discussed the opportunities
to be found in the South, saying:
“We have the opportunity of
becoming the envied section of the
nation and we should continue the
struggle for educational oppor
tunities comparable to other sec
tions.
“We should continue to strive
for equalized freight rates,” he
continued, “and for improvement
of our roads in the rural areas,
condition of which is retarding
the progress of our schools and
other important activities.
“Management and labor should
learn to co-operate in our New
South rather than for either
group to dominate,” he empha
sized.
The speaker was presented by
Kiwanian C. N. Myers. President
Hoke Henderson presided. Dur
ing the meeting, two new mem
bers, Linville Hendren and Wil
liam T. Roth, were welcomed.
YADKIN SOLDIER
DIES IN WRECK
John Woodrow Myers Killed
Instantly In Accident On
Reynolda Road
OTHERS ARE INJURED
John Woodrow Myers, 25, of
Yadkinville, Route 2, a discharged
veteran from the army a few
weeks ago, was killed instantly
early Sunday morning on Rey
nolda Road near the Reynolda
blacksmith shop when the car he
was driving, carrying three other
passengers, overturned several
times when the driver lost control
of the car.
The deputy sheriff said Myers
was driving a coupe toward Yad
kinville, carrying James C. Hen
ning 17, East Bend, Route 2, who
was also injured, Donald Plow
man, 18, East Bend, Route 2, and
Billy Stewart, Yadkinville.
After the accident occurred the
three occupants, only slightly in
jured, were sitting on the side of
me mgnway a waiting neip wueii
a car driven by Charles W. Ras
mussen, a Camp Lejeune marine,
according to the investigating
sheriff, struck Henning and My
ers. Henning suffered internal
injuries and was removed to the
Baptist hospital in Winston-Salem
where his condition was described
as “satisfactory.”
Myers, who had just opened up
a filling station in Yadkinville, is
survived by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Asa Myers, and three sisters,
Miss Margaret Myers, Honolulu;
Miss Nancy Myers, Winston-Sal
em; and Mrs. Gray Howell, Yad
kinville.
Plan Cage Tourney
At Pilot Mountain
Principals and basketball
coaches of Surry county met Wed
nesday night in Superintendent
John W. Comer’s office, in Dob
son, to make definite plans for the
county-wide basketball tourna
ment which is to begin next Wed
nesday night and will last through
February 12, at Pilot Mountain.
At this meeting pairings, sche
dules, time of play, etc., were de
cided upon. This information will
appear in next week’s paper.
Referees for the tournament will
be Albert Martin and “Speedy”
Brown. Jjotfi of Boonvjlle.
In Recognition
Of Benefactions
To Community
Hundreds of citizens of Elkin
and neighboring communities, in
cluding members of Elkin civic
clubs and local busiriess men, will
attend the recognition dinner for
Thurmond Chatham which will be
staged at the Gilvin Roth YMCA
this evening (Thursday), begin
ning at 6:30 o’clock.
Sponsored by the civic clubs of
this city, the dinner will honor Mr.
Chatham as first citizen, patriot,
industrialist, philanthropist and
regular fellow, in recognition of
his interest, and that of the Chat
ham Manufacturing Company, in
the welfare of the town and of
this section.
A comprehensive program, 30
minutes of which will be broad
cast over WSJS, Winston-Salem,
beginning at 7:30 o’clock, has been
arranged, with Charles A. Can
non, of Kannapolis, president of
Cannon Mills Company, as speak
er who will deliver the recogni
tion address. Carl Goerch, of Ra
leigh, editor and publisher of The
State Magazine, will act as master
of ceremonies. Mayor Garland »
Johnson will extend greetings.
Following the response to Mr.
Cannon’s address by Mr. Chat
ham, presidents of the three spon
soring civic clubs will be recog
nized. They are Hoke Hender
son, president of the Kiwanis
Club; W. J. (Bill) Graham, presi
dent of the Lions Club, and Alex
G. Biggs, president of tne Elkin
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Special music has been arrang
ed for the event, which will be
held in the gymnasium, capable
of seating hundreds of guests.
The dinner will be attended not
only by members of the various
civic clubs and other business
men, but by other citizens, in
cluding both men and women, and
a large number of out-of-town
guests have been especially invit
ed, including many close friends
of Mr. Chatham.
It is considered quite approp
riate that the dinner should be
held in the YMCA inasmuch as
this modern building was a gift to
the town by Mr. Chatham and
the Chatham Manufacturing
Company.
BLANKETEERS
BEAT CHAMPS
Chatham Girls Bring To An
End Goldblumes Record
Of 69 Straight Wins
WERE NEVER HEADED
Displaying an exhibition of skill
seldom seen on a local court, the
Chatham Blanketeers last Friday
night defeated the powerful
Cook’s Goldblumes, national girls’
champions of Nashville, Tenn., to
bring to an end an unbroken re
uuxu Ul gained wuu uunug wic paau
three years. The score was 16 to
12.
The Nashville team was ad
mittedly the favorite before the
starting whistle. And living up to
expectations, they gave an im
pressive account of themselves in
warm-up practice, shooting goal
after goal with seldom a miss from
practically all angles of the court.
The remark, “it looks bad for
Chatham” could be heard from all
sides.
But goals scored in practice
don’t count in the score, and the
Goldblumes seemed to have lost
their talent for ringers when fac
ed with blanket-like coverage by
the Blanketeers. Toss after toss
went wild as the Chatham girls
gave their opponents no chance to
display the skill for which they
were famed, and as the half end
ed the score showed Chatham 9,
Goldblumes 0. An airtight de
fense had permitted no scoring.
As the second half got under
way, the same six Chatham girls
who started the contest were in
the lineup, and fought it out all
the way without substitution. And
although the visitors at last found
the goal, they were never able to
head the local girls who continued
to smother their attack.
Marshall and Banks, a pair of
All-Americans, were stars of the
Goldblumes attack, Banks scoring
eight of her team’s points and
Marshall the other four. As far
(Continued on page 8, 1st sec.)