jU ELKIN
The Best Little Town
In North Carolina
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The Elkin Tribune
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ELKIN
Gateway To Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
a VOL. NO. XXXIV No. 15
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1946
$2.00 PER YEAR
16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
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A arm Meeting
•Here Attracts
Man y Hundreds
Fine Address
* Delivered By
Dr. W. A. Irwin
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Nearly 1,000 farmers of Surry,
Yadkin, Wilkes and Alleghany
counties, were Elkin’s guests here
last Thursday at the Fourth An
nual Farmers’ Meeting staged in
the Gilvin Roth YMCA.
Starting with a general meeting
In the auditorium of the Y, the
day’s program was broken up into
various group meetings and was
then climaxed at a banquet which
Ttegan at 6:30 p. m. in the huge
gymnasium banquet hall.
Coming as a fitting end to a
program that was hailed as the
best yet in the four-year history
of the event, was the very fine
Address by Dr. William A. Irwin,
national educational director of
the American Institute of Bank
ing, New York City, whose talk on
^ the subject, "The American Way
of Life,” was one of the most in
teresting yet delivered at a meet
ing of this kind.
Introduced by former Governor
J. Melville Broughton, of Raleigh,
f who acted as master of cere
monies, Dr. Irwin told his listen
ers his impressions of the Ameri
can Way of Life as seen through
the eyes of an immigrant boy who
*tame to this country, via Canada,
from Scotland, and although he
admitted that it is not perfect, he
stressed the fact that it has made
the United States both the envy
aMd hope of the world.
Sponsored by the Elkin Junior
Chamber of Commerce, the Elkin
Kiwanis Club and the Elkin Lions
*Club, the program was opened in
the afternoon by Neill M. Smith,
Surry farm agent, who has been
one of the leaders in promoting
and staging the event. With Frank
$H. Jeter, State College agricultural
" editor presiding, two speakers
were heard.
Dr. T. B. Hutcheson, dean of ag
riculture, VPI, Blacksburg, Va„
discussed economical crop produc
tion as related to livestock, out
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j RITES HELD FOR
LUTHER HOBSON
Passed Away Sunday At His
Home Near Richmond Hill
After Illness
WELL - KNOWN FARMER
Funeral services were held at
Richmond Hill Baptist church
^Tuesday afternoon for Luther
"^George Hobson, 72, who died Sun
day at his home near Richmond
Hill after a lingering illness. Bur
ial was in the church cemetery.
Mr. Hobson was a native of that
section and had spent his life
there. He was a well known farm
er until his health failed.
Mr. Hobson is survived by his
wife. Emma Brown Hobson; three
sons, Worth and Carl Hobson,
both of the home, and Joseph Hob
► fson in service in Germany; seven
daughters, Mrs. Bill Taylor, Mrs.
Gemie Hinshaw, Mrs. Ralph Da
vis, Mrs. Joe Pendry, and Miss
Edna Hobson, all of Boonville,
Route 1, Mrs. Ronnie Hobson of
East Bend and Mrs. Guy Taylor
♦ of Raeford; 26 grandchildren; six
great-grandchildren; three broth
ers, R. J. Hobson and David C.
Hobson, both of East Bend and
P. E. Hobson of Eldora, Iowa; five
^ sisters: Mrs. Mary Matthews,
Mrs. E. C. Nor 'an and Mrs. Eu
, gene Miller all East Bend, Mrs.
R. K. Brown of Yadkinville, Route
1, and Mrs. Harrison Fleming of
Monboro, Va.
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Require Permit
To Solicit Ads
Or Funds Here
The board of directors of the
Elkin Merchants Association,
meeting Wednesday morning at
the City Hall, stressed a rul
ing that all out-of-town solici
tors of advertising or funds, for
whatever cause, must be okeyed
by the Merchants Association
committee.
It was pointed out that one
or two recent solicitations by
people from out of town had
been investigated and found to
be unworthy.
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FOUR INJURED
IN ACCIDENT
Two Require Hospitalization
Following Collision Near
State Road
ONE DRIVER ARRESTED
Four persons were injured, two
of them seriously enough to re
quire hospitalization, last Satur
day night at 8:30 when a car op
erated by Calvin Coolidge Vestal.
22, of Jonesville, was struck by a
machine driven by Talmadge Nix
on of State Road. The accident
occurred north of Elkin on State
Road highway.
The injured persons were all
traveling in the Vestal automobile.
Coy Kiger, 21, suffered a broken
right leg: Miss Nellie Blackburn,
22, of Elkin, suffered severe facial
lacerations: Vestal suffered minor
flesh lacerations, and Miss Ruby
Holcomb, of Jonesville, sustained
slight nerve shock.
Both Kiger and Miss Blackburn,
patients in the Elkin hospital, are
reported as progressing satisfac
torily. Vestal and Miss Holcomb
were released from the hospital
after receiving first aid Saturday
night.
Nixon, who was traveling alone,’
escaped injury.
The Vestal party was driving
toward Elkin, and the position of
the cars after the accident indi
cated a head-on collision had oc
curred. Both vehicles were badly
damaged.
Nixon, charged with driving
while intoxicated, was held under
$500 bond.
LEGIONDRiVE
BIG SUCCESS
About Two Hundred Mem
bers Enrolled In George
Gray Post Here
BARBECUE IS PLANNED
Officers of the George Gray
Post, American Legion, have an
nounced that their membership
drive, ending February 28, 1946,
netted a total of 200 new mem
bers.
The drive began on February 1,
1946. At that time approximately
45 members of the post were di
vided into two teams, the Reds
and the Blues. The team that se
cured the most new members was
to be entertained by the losing
team at a dinner meeting of the
post at the YMCA. The teams,
however, finished in a tie, each
having enrolled a hundred mem
bers.
The post now plans to have a
barbecue at Neaves Park some
time during the latter part of this
month, with both teams being re
sponsible for the entertainment.
Thurmond Chatham is expected
to be guest speaker.
Dixie Graham, Post Adjutant,
also announced that the post has
received its new colors, an Ameri
can flag and a post flag. The
flags, costing about $80, were paid
for by contributions made by local
businessmen.
At the monthly meeting at the
YMCA on March 6, it was decided
by the members that all future
meetings would be held the last
Wednesday of each month.
The George Gray Post now has
a total of 330 members.
Liquor Runner Taken
After Speedy Chase
A 90-mile-an-hour chase endec
last Wednesday morning at dawn
when officers arrested Robert
Pinkney Ferguson, 38, of Ogburn
Station for illegally transporting
liquor. Alchol Tax Unit Agent, P
G. Greer and Highway Patrolman
E. L. Smith, caught Ferguson af
ter «an eight-mile chase on high
way No. 67, near Boonville.
Liquor costing $500 wholesale
was seized along with the Fergu
son automobile. U. S. Commis
sioner M. W. Mackie, of Yadkin
ville, bound Ferguson over under
a $500 bond. An unidentified oc
cupant of the car escaped.
The only time a real go-gettei
gets a rest is when he Uys flat at
the head of the procession but he
eventually gets one.
ANNOUNCES FOR CONGRESS — Thurmond Chatham. Elkin In
dustrialist and a veteran of World W'ars I and II, Wednesday an
nounced his candidacy for Congress from the Fifth North Carolina
District. —Redmon Studio Photo.
Announces Candidacy
For Seat In Congress
NEW MEMBER OF LEGION —
Miss Lucy Gray, a former
WAVE, was the first woman to
join the local American Legion
post.
LADY VETERANS
JOIN POST HERE
Miss Lucy Gray And Miss
Alda Sue Hemric Become
Members of Legion
MISS GRAY 1ST WOMAN
Another heretofore exclusively
male organization was invaded
some days ago by a member of the
opposite sex when Miss Lucy
Gray, of Elkin, was acepted for
membership in the. George Gray
post of the American Legion.
Miss Gray became the first
woman member of the post in its
25 year history. She did not,
however, long enjoy the distinc
tion of being the only woman
member, a short time after she
joined. Miss Alda Sue Hemric, of
Jonesville, who served during the
war with the Nurse Corps, fol
lowed as the second female initi
ate.
Miss Gray entered the WAVE
September 1, 1943, and she was
honorably discharged October 15,
1946. She went through boot
camp at Hunter’s College, New
York. After completing training,
she was assigned to the records
section of the Navy Department
in Washington, D. C.
She was discharged with the
rating of store-keeper, first-class.
The male members of the post
are reported as being well pleased
with their new acquisitions.
Now that the Germans are on a
stravation diet, which is not a
matter to pleasure in view of suf
fering men and women, they know
what the Nazi world order meant
to millions of helpless people in
countries they overran.
Our own opinion is that the
British know how to handle the
Russian problem but they are too
weak to move without assistance.
('hatham Enters
Race From The
Fifth District
Thurmond Chathamk of Elkin
and Winston-Salem, chairman ol
the board of the Chatham Manu
facturing Company here, in a
simple statement issued Wednes
day morning, announced that he
had “agreed to become a candi
date for Congress from the Fifth
North Carolina* District.”
Mr. Chatham did not amplify
his statement, declining to make
further comment. He was expect
ed to file Wednesday.
The seat in Congress sought by
the Elkin industralist is now held
by Rep. John H. Folger, of Mount
Airy, who indicated in a statement
Tuesday that he would not again
seek the office, saying "if others
file I should eliminate mysell
from the race.” He had marie nc
other statement up to Wednesday
afternoon.
Mr. Chatham served in the navy
during the war, and was only re
cently returned to civilian life
after attaining the rank of com
mander. During his naval service
he saw active duty in the Pacific
aboard the U.S.S. Phoenix, and
where he won the Bronze Stai
medal for meritorius service ir
combat. He had taken a demo
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lALL bnilRL
ELECTION FOR
SCHOOL VOTE
County Commissioners Set
Date As April 16
SPECIAL REGISTRATION
Books To Be Open For Three
Weeks Prior To Vote;
Gilliam Registrar
ELKIN SCHOOL DISTRICT
The Surry county board of com
missioners have called a special
election in the Elkin school dis
trict to be held April 16 for sub
mission to the qualified voters of
the district for their approval or
disapproval of whether or not to
authorize a tax increase of not
more than 20 cents on the hun
dred dollar valuation, real and
personal, for the purpose of sup
plementing funds now provided by
the state so as to provide for the
Elkin school district a higher
standard of education than is now
provided.
The commissioners, following
the presentation of a petition
signed by several hundred citizens
of 'the area, also called for a new
registration of voters for the
school election, the books to be
open from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. each
day, except Sundays and holidays,
for three weeks, beginning Satur
day, March 16. April 13 was desig
nated as challenge day.
The special election will be held
at the Elkin City Hall. Reece Gil
liam was named as registrar and
Joe Bivins and Herbert Cochrane
judges.
At recent meetings here, both
the American Legion and the
Legion Auxiliary approved plans
for making the Elkin school dis
trict a local administrative unit,
whereby all schools of the district,
which includes the Elkin schools
and North Elkin school, wili bene
fit by a much higher standard of
education than is now provided.
Eight Surry Men
Go To Fort Bragg
Eight Surry county men left
Dobson Tuesday of this week
bound for the Induction Station,
Port Bragg, the county draft
board has announced.
The eight men, departing from
Dobson by bus, were placed in the
charge of Rex Jerrv Hall.
The list included: Rex Jerry
Hall, John Alfred McDaniel, Jack
Doby, Charlie Raymond Reece,
Roger Green Whitaker, Harold
James Collins, Alvin Richard Reid
and Isaac Oscar Wright.
Pleasant Hill
P.-T. A. To Meet
The Parent Teachers Associa
tion of Pleasant Hill school will
meet Tuesday, March 19, at 7
o’clock p. m., at the school, ac
cording to an announcement by
Mrs. Roger Harpe, president.
The predominant theme for the
month of March, “Building for
Physical Fitness," will be discuss
ed. All parents of pre-school chil
dren are urged to attend this
meeting.
IN eaves Lnlrv Is lop
Animal Here In First
Annual Cattle Event
SCOTT WILL BE
SURRY SPEAKER
Will Address Membership Of
Farm Bureau At Dobson
On March 22
ATKINSON TO PRESIDE
W. Kerr Scott, North Carolina’s
Commissioner of Agriculture, of
Raleigh, has accepted the invita
tion of County Agent Neill M.
Smith, to address the membership
of the Surry Farm Bureau in a
meeting to be' held in the court
house in Dobson on Friday, March
22, at 7:30 p. m. The commission
er will be introduced by Marion
Allen, Elkin attorney and civic
leader.
Hugh Atkinson, of Siloam, pres
ident of the Surry Farm Bureau,
will preside at this county-wide
membership monthly gathering.
Atkinson is to report to the mem
bership the work that the board
of directors has been doing in be
half of better roads in Surry
county.
A special feature of the program
will be the recognition of all Farm
Bureau leaders who secured more
than 10 members in the 1945
membership drive.
Smith stated that this program
is one of a monthly series planned
by the directors of the Qounty
Farm Bureau to assist the farmers
of the county in becoming better
acquainted with the state’s agri
cultural leadership and the work
now conducted by the state and
federal governments for the bene- I
fit of cooperating farmers.
SCARCITY EGGS I
IS PREDICTED i
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Believe Poultry Will Also Be t
Scarce For State Next (
Fall, Winter ;
BLAME FEED SHORTAGE \
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Government authorities are (
predicting a serious shortage of ]
poultry and eggs for North Caro- i
lina next Fall and Winter. ]
This warning comes at a time
when state marketing people are -
making a special effort to help (
poultrymen sell broilers and fry- ]
ers.
Tire reasons for the present sur- <
plus and predicted shortage are ]
the same — scarcity of feed. «
Farmers have been urged to sell (
poultry recently because it has <
been felt that the price of chick- i
ens, even with periodic raises, will <
not compensate for the indicated
future cost of feed. This will de- j
plete flocks and bring about a (
scarcity within a few months. <
One specialist has stated that c
the price of eggs next Winter may t
be as high as a dollar a dozen. 1
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NEARLY 1,000 FARMERS ATTEND BANQUET — The photo above will give an idea of the size of the
crowd which attended the farmers’ banquet held at the Gilvin Roth YMCA last Thursday night as the
climax of Elkin’s fourth annual Farmers’ Day Meeting. T. C. McKnight, YMCA secretary, said that
places were set in the large auditorium for 1,002 guests. Although all plates were not taken, the num
ber of farmers and other guests more than lived up to expectations. Other pictures of the Farmers’
meeting will be found on page 8, this section. —Photos by Bell
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SPEAKER — W. Kerr Scott,
North Carolina commissioner of
agriculture, Raleigh, .will be
guest speaker at the Surry
county Farm Bureau meeting at
Dobson on March 22. Mr. Scott
will be introduced by \V. M. Al
len, of this city.
POLITICAL POT
BEGINS TO BOIL
Numerous Candidates To Be
in The Field For Var
ious Offices
[‘KIMARY ON MAY 25TH
The Surry county political pot
>egan to boil this week when
rhurmond Chatham announced
hat he will be a candidate from
he Fifth District for the House
>f Representatives, but the Con
cessional post will not be the
>nly one for which elections are
;oon to be held. Every public
iffice in the county, except that
>f Register of Deeds, will be
hrown open in the coming Dem
icratic primary on May 25.
It js Surry’s turn to choose a
tate senator for this next term
n Raleigh. W. F. Marshall, of
Valnut Cove, served during the
ast session. Mentioned for this
►ffice are: Oscar Smith, Pilot
fountain, G. K. Snow, Mount
Viry, and Fred Folger, also of
dount Airy.
Henry Dobson, of Elkin, said
Wednesday he will again be a can
lidate for the State House of
Representatives.
The race for sheriff promises
ome excitement. Sheriff Sam
Jatterson is almost certain to
eek renomination, and he will be
hallenged by Morris W. Monday.
)ther likely candidates include
ormer Sheriff H. S. Boyd, Wel
lon Inman and Neal Thompson.
Hermit Lawrence is expected to
ile as opponent to present Clerk
if Court, Fred Llewellyn. Neither
if these two have announced their
andidacy as yet, but are expected
o do so shortly. Lawrence was
ormerly Register of Deeds. He
:ave up that post to enter the
irmed service, and was recently
lischarged.
The recent illness of Cleve
jlewellyn, Democratic party
hairman, has delayed proceed
tigs somewhat, but Mr. Llewellyn
s reported to be recovering,
•arty activities should soon be in
ull swing.
A. P. Fulk, of Pilot Mountain, is
erving as Chairman of the Board
f Elections.
Veed Fishing' Permit
If Use Fancy Baits
Frank W. Mackie, Yadkinville,
ame protector of Surry and Yad
in counties, states that persons
ashing to fish with artificial bait
r lures will be required to buy
censes. This does not apply to
hose fishing with poles in small
treams.
Licenses will be on sale here at
he Surry Hardware company.
loke Henderson Is j
Lions Club Speaker
Hoke Henderson, local attorney,
as guest speaker at the meeting
f the Elkin Lions Club at the
rilvin Roth YMCA Monday night,
sing as his subject the impor
mce of wills.
It was also decided during the
leeting that the club will stage
minstrel show at some date in
le near future.
Just about the month that ny
>ns become plentiful the women
ill decide to go bare-legged.
Aberdeen-Angus
Show And Sale
Is Big Success
A magnificent black bull con
signed by W. A. Neaves. of Elkin,
Black Gate Big Boy, and a heifer,
Princess Pearl, owned by L. W.
Turner, of Forest, Va., were
awarded the grand prizes Wed
nesday at the first annual show
and sale of the North Carolina
Aberdeen-Angus Breeders Associa
tion. The show was held at the
Gilvin Roth YMCA in Elkin.
After winning first prize in its
class, the Black Gate bull was
chosen by the judges as the grand
champion of all bulls shown.
Princess Pearl, winner of the first
class heifer competition, was
judged the finest female.
The show was held on the front
lawn of the YMCA. At the sale,
which was held during the after
noon in the gymnasium, the
Neaves bull sold for $1,600, and
Turner received $750 for the
heifer.
Prize winners according to
classes among the bulls were:
First class (born between De
cember 13, 1943, and March 25,
1944): Black Gate Big Boy, first:
Rock Butte, owned by Clark
Ranch, Warrenton, Va., second;
Black Man, of Little River Farm,
Oatlands, Va., third.
Second class (born between
June 19, 1944, and September 2,
1944): Epponian Eric of Elkton,
owned by L. W. Turner, of Forest,
Va., first; Annefield Eagle, owned
by W. B. Watkins, Berryville, Va.,
second.
Third class (born between De
cember 9. 1944 and December 16,
1944): Esquire, of Chapel Hill
Farm, Berryville, Va„ first; Ban
dolier, of Falling Waters Farm,
Tryon, second.
The heifers fell into six classes.
First class (born on July 1,
1943): K. Pride of Red Gate, own
ed by Edward Jenkins, Millwood,
Va., first; Barbara 4th of Red
Gate, second.
Second class (born between
March 15 and June 28, 1944):
Roundabout Blackbird, owned by
Thurmond Chatham, Elkin, first;
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PUSH RED CROSS
CAMPAIGN HERE
Complete Report To Date
Unavailable; Chatham
Drive Nets $1,866
DRIVE ENDS THIS WEEK
Although a complete report of
the amount having been collected
thus far in the 1946 Red Cross
campaign is unavailable, workers
are somewhat reluctant in ex
pressing optimism regarding the
outcome of the drive, with an
assigned goal of $4,000 for the
Elkin district.
T6 date, the Chatham Manu
facturing Company reports a total
of $1,866.04 having been donated
by its employees, and Mrs. Clyde
Long, co-chairman, reports that
approximately $750 has been
turned in from the residential
sections. The business district
figures were unobtainable Wed
nesday afternoon.
It is believed by officials of the
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To Reorganize
Surry Young
Democrats Club
The Surry County Young
Democrats club, inactive during
the war months due to the ab
sence of a large number of
members who were serving in
the armed forces, will be reor
ganized at a meeting'to be held
it the courthouse in Dobson
Monday night beginning at
8:00 o’clock.
Present officers of the group
are A. B. Carter, Mount Airy,
president; Frank Freeman,
Dobson, vice - president, and
John Lewelyn, Dobson, secre
tary-treasurer.
All Democrats, young and old
are urged to attend the reor
ganizational meeting, and la
dies are especially invited.
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