ELKIN
The Best Little Town
In North Carolina
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The Elkin Tribune
ELKIN
Gateway To Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
UfOL. NO. XXXIV No. 19
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, A vftlL 11, 1946
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WASHINGTON, April 9. —
Soft coal operators and union
IP spokesmen traded angry
charges of “stalling” at the end
^ of another fruitless bargaining
conference Tuesday, and Labor
|h Secretary Schwellenbach hint
ed at drastic government ac
tion if the nation-wide mine
strike is not settled within the
few' days. U. M. W. Presi
■drnt John L. Lewis revealed
that the operators rejected a
new set of union health and
mBm welfare proposals, and he told
reporters their attitude “belies
Ifc any hope of negotiating a con
tract with them.” The opera
tors countered that Lewis re
fused to talk about the “main
and important” issue of wages,
d there had been “no real
llective bargaining.?
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WASHINGTON, April 9. —
Rep. William O. Burgin, of
Lexington, was reported to be
“holding his own” late this aft
ernoon. Seized with a heart
attack Saturday night, Repre
sentative Burgin was taken to
Doctors’ hospital, where he was
placed under the care of Dr.
Paul Dickens, noted heart spe
cialist, who diagnosed Burgin’s
ailment as coronary disease.
Mr. Burgin has had “a com
fortable day,” Dr. Dickens told
the News Washington bureau,
“he is holding his own, but it
will be another day before I can
complete my examination and
fully decide his exact condi
tion.”
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WASHINGTON, April 9. —
Rationing of flour—to bakers
and retailers, but not to con
sumers—was suggested today
by the government in its at
tempt to get wheat for export
to faminine arefis. Agriculture
department officials told a con
ference of millers and bakers
that a 25 per cent reduction in
the distribution of flour for do
mestic consumption must be
made during the next 60 to 75
days to help meet foreign com
mitments. They said wheat
and flour supplies will be re
plenished as soon as this year's
crop starts moving to market
in June. They suggested a
government order which would
make it unlawful for millers to
distribute domestically more
than 75 per cent of the quan
tity of flour distributed in a
base period. Officials suggest
ed that the base period be
either the corresponding month
last year or January of this
year. The proposal brought
sharp protest from milling and
baking industry spokesmen.
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WASHINGTON, April 9. —
The house military affairs com
mittee today approved legisla
tion extending the draft in lim
ited form for nine months to
February 15, 1947, with induc
tion of fathers and essential
farm workers specifically pro
h i b i t e d. The compromise
measure, which was expected to
come before the full house by
Friday, was adopted after the
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* CHATHAM IS TO
MEET GUILFORD
\ Game Here Friday At 4:30
P. M.; Meet Lenoir-Rhyne
Next Monday P. M.
^ LEAGUE TO OPEN MAY 1
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The 1946 edition of the Chat
ham Blanketeers, preparatory to
beginning play in the newly form
ed Inter-City Baseball League
which opens on May 1, will play a
number of games prior to that
date, Charlie Gough, manager,
said Wednesday.
Mr. Gough announced games
with Guilford College and Lenoir
Rhyne, the Guilford College game
to be played on the Chatham
Field here Friday at 4:30 p. m.
Lenoir Rhyne will come here next
Monday, for this game to also
g>et under way at 4:30.
Fast play is expected to feature
the Inter-City League, which is
made up of Chatham, High Point,
QRD of Greensboro: McCrary, of
Asheboro; May Hosiery, of Bur
lington, and two teams from
Winston-Salem, Hanes Hosiery
and Hanes Knitters.
Admission to the games to be
played here Friday and Monday
was announced as 25 cents.
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THREE INJURED
IN JONESVILLE
WRECK SUNDAY
Death Of Man Indirectly Re
sponsible For Smashup
COUPLE AND CHILD HURT
Speeding Auto Glances Off
One Automobile To Crash
Into Another
DRIVER FACES CHARGES
An accident resulting in the
death of one man indirectly caus
ed injury to three more persons
in Jonesville Sunday night.
Walter Hemrick, an elderly resi
dent of Jonesville, fell off an em
bankment before his house, re
portedly as the result of a heart
attack. He died immediately,
suffering a broken neck.
Some time later, at the same lo
cation on the highway leading
through Jonesville. Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Vestal, of State Road, and
their small son, Donald, were in
jured in a three car automobile
accident, occurring partially as a
result of a crowd gathering at
the scene of Hemric’s fall.
A car driven by Robert Bran
don, 18, Jonesville, came upon the
scene, side-swiped an automobile
owned by Harry H. Barker, Jr., of
Elkin, and crashed head on into
the Vestal machine.
The Vestal car was knocked
off the road and overturned, land
ing on its top. Vestal, his wife,
and child were extracted from the
wreckage with difficulty. They
were transported to the Elkin hos
pital, where their injuries were
pronounced serious, the child be
ing in the least serious condition.
Brandon and a companion.
Jack Brown, 22, were also taken
to the hospital, but released after
first aid had been administered.
Brandon, a veteran, was charg
ed with reckless driving and re
leased under $500 bond. He is
scheduled to appear in court May
7.
FATHER-SON
KIWANIS MEET
Members Urged To Bring Son
Or Other Young Man To
Meeting This P. M.
PROCTOR WILL SPEAK
This evening’s meeting (Thurs
day), of the Elkin Kiwanis Club
will feature the annual father and
son program, all members being
urged to bring their sons or some
other young man. Dr. C. K.
Proctor, superintendent of the
Masonic Orphanage, of Oxford,
will be the guest speaker.
The program will be in charge
of Kiwanian Vernon Taylor.
Kiwanians who do not know a
boy or young man to take to the
meeting as guest, are urged to get
in touch with T. C. McKnight, of
the YMCA, who has a list of boys
who are members of the YMCA
and who would enjoy attending.
At last week’s meeting Kiwan
ians heard an interesting talk by
Rev. Walter J. Miller, of Salis
bury, who spoke on the subject
“What’s Your Hurry?”
During the meeting Sam Boose
was welcomed as a new member
by Kiwanian Howard J. Ford. Dr.
Harry L. Johnson, surgical super
intendent of the Hugh Chatham
Hospital, a former member, has
also been welcomed back into the
club.
Sanford Publisher
Congress Candidate
W. E. (Bill) Horner, publisher
of the Sanford Herald, a candi
date for Congress from North
Carolina’s Eighth Congressional
District, was in the city Wednes
day.
Mr. Horner, as a representative
from Lee county, has served four
terms in the State Legislature. He
offers his record in that capacity
as a basis for his announcement
for Congress.
Mr. Horner, 44, is married and
the father of three children. He
is an active member of the Meth
odist church, also a member of
the Kiwanis and Elk Clubs, a
Mason, and a Woodman.
FREE RIDES TO CHURCH
Hickory, April 9. — A Hickory
taxi company has announced that
18 of its vehicles are available to
the public for trips to and from
Sunday church services — free of
charge. Morning and evening ser
vices of all denominations are in
cluded, the company announced.
The normal flow of Niagara
Falls is 207,000 cubic feet of water
a second.
TOLL — THREE INJURED — Pictured above are two of three automobiles involved in an accident in
Joncsville Sunday night. Top photo shows the car belonging to Robert Brandon, 19, of Jonesvillc,
after it careened from a machine owned by Harry H. Barker, Elkin, and collided with another auto
mobile occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Vestal and their small son, Donald. The Vestal machine is
shown in the lower photo. All three of its occupants, residents of State Road, were seriously injured.
Brandon and Jack Brown, 22, who was riding with him, escaped with minor cuts and bruises.
—Photo by Bell
FIRE DESTROYS
SMALL TANKER
Sinclair Oil Truck, Owned By
H. I*. Graham, Wrecked
By Flames
ON DOBSON HIGHWAY
Traffic on the Dobson Road was
blocked for about half an hour
shortly before noon Tuesday when
an oil truck, owned by H. P. Gra
ham, of Elkin, caught fire about
three miles from the city limits.
The truck, a small tanker used
for transporting fuel oil and kero
sene, was completely demolished.
The driver, Ralph Byrd, of Jones
ville, escaped without injury. No
one else was involved in the acci
dent.
Witnesses reported that two ex
plosions followed the initial out
break of flames, but that neither
was particularly violent. Byrd,
who had just delivered most of his
load to Gentry’s service station,
estimated that between 30 and 40
gallons of oil remained in the tank
at the time of the fire.
He stated that he was driving
along the road toward Elkin when
he noticed smoke rising from be
neath his feet. Flames imme
diately appeared, and he quickly
pulled to the side of the highway
and hurriedly cleared the flaming
vehicle.
Traffic both ways was halted
until the flames subsided.
Cause of the fire has not been
determined. According to Mr.
Graham, the truck was not cov
ered by insurance.
Clingman Child
Fatally Injured
Phillip Mathis, 6-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mathis, of
the Clingman community, died
Monday night at 8:00 o’clock in
the Hugh' Chatham Memorial
hospital at a result of injuries
sustained Sunday afternoon when
he was struck by an automobile
while crossing the highway in
front of his home. The car was
said to have been operated by
Floyd Wilson Ranflleman, o f
Hamptonville.
The child’s condition was re
ported favorable shortly after ad
mission to the hospital and death
was not expected.
Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 p.
m. at Pleasant Hill 'Baptist
church. Interment was made in
the church cemetery.
Traffic Violations
On Increase Locally
Drunken and reckless driving,
according to Chief of Police Cor
bett Wall, has been on the in
crease during the past week with
in the city limits.
Chief Wall warns that all driv
ers must rigidly obsferve traffic
regulations, which have been
established as a measure of public
safety, if accidents are to be
avoided. The lives and welfare of
local residents depend upon the
cautious handling of atuomobiles.
Driving while intoxicated is an
exceedingly dangerous practice.
Charges brought against per
sons this week for drunken and
reckless driving outnumber con
siderably similar cases during past
weeks.
Sunrise Service Is
Planned Here Easter
The Elkin-Jonesville Area Min
isters Association will sponsor a
communtiy Sunrise service Easter
morning. The service, which will
be held in the Hollywood ceme
tery, will begin at 5:35 a. m. The
sun will rise at 5:45 during the
worship service.
The choirs of all the churches
in the Elkin-Jonesville commun
ity will participate in the pro
gram. The public is cordially in
vited to attend the service.
PLAN NEEDED
SCHOOL WORK
Construction of Dobson
School Slated For July;
To Cost $100,000
WILL IMPROVE OTHERS
At a meeting of the County
Board of Education Monday, it
was decided, according to John W.
Comer, Superintendent of Surry
Schools, to begin as soon as pos
sible some of the much needed
construction on county schools.
Heading the list will be a new
school building at Dobson, to re
place the building destroyed by
fire several years ago. Mr. Comer
has stated that it will cost ap
proximately $100,000 to construct
the new building, and work will
start soon after July 1.
Next in line, according to Mr.
Comer, are improvements on the
schools at Flatrock and Copeland.
These two projects are to require
approximately $75,000 each.
Mr. Comer has indicated that at
least $1,000,000 is needed to over
haul the county school system, but
that it will be some time before
that much money becomes avail
able. At present, he said, about
$202,000 can be raised for school
improvements.
Elks Wallop Mt. Airy
Ball Club By 16 To 5
Elkin high school’s baseball
team was in the midst of a game
with Mocksville here Wednesday
afternoon when The Tribune went
to press, after coming back from
a 10-0 defeat at the hands, of
Mount Airy last week to lick the
Granite Bears l«ere. last Friday
afternoon 16 to 5.
Perhaps with that first lass
(and it was the first game of the
season,) still firmly in mind, the
Elkin boys put on the heat when
they got Mount Airy on their
home field here, holding them
scoreless in the first three innings.
In the fourth frame the visitors
made four runs, and in the eighth
they tallied another, their last of
the game.
The Elks scored one run in the
first inning, six runs in the
[fourth, four in the fifth, three in
the sixth, one in the seventh and
one in the eighth.
Bob “Cotton” Harris knocked a
homer in the seventh to highlight
the Elks’ attack.
Blackburn" and Chipman, shar
ing mound duty for the Elks, with
S. Adams catching, allowed only
eight hits. Pitching for the visit
ors were Overby, Dobson and
their “ace,” Cox, with Seagraves
catching.
Scoring for the Elks were: K.
Adams, 3; J. Parks, 2; B. Harris,
2; S. Adams, 2; Blackburn, 1;
Parker, 1; Chipman, 1; and Os
borne, 2. The three Bear pitchers
gave up 13 hits.
Scoring for Mount Airy were:
Seagraves, 1; Browne, 1; Snow, 1;
and Slate, 2.
The Elks will meet West Yad
kin here Friday afternoon at 3:45
o’clock at the high school gym
nasium field.
School Election Will
Be Held Tuesday; 870
Voters Are Registered
CHATHAM IS
CLUB SPEAKER
States Responsible Men
Should Occupy Posts In
Wildlife Direction
MANY GUESTS PRESENT
A meeting of the Elkin Wildlife
Club was held Friday night at
Neaves’ Park, with Thurmond
Chatham, candidate for Congress
from the Fifth District, serving as
principal speaker.
Guests at the gathering includ
ed many well-known representa
tives from Wildlife Conservation
Associations in North Carolina.
Elkin’s Mayor, Garland John
son, was master of ceremonies. Mr.
Johnson introduced two prelim
inary speakers before coming to
the main address of the evening.
These two men, H. C. Davis,
Greensboro, vice-president of the
Piedmont District Wildlife Con
servation Federation, and Floyd
Crouse, Sparta, member of the
Board of Conservation and Devel
opment and Chairman of Fish and
Game Commission, each spoke for
five minutes, calling for a renew
ed interest in the conservation of
wildlife in North Carolina.
Mr. Chatham recalled how wild
game was abundant in North Car
olina less than 30 years ago, and
he pointed out how serious the de
crease in game had become in re
cent years. He urged that the
hunter, the fisherman, and the
farmer, who owns the land, co
operate to save what wildlife still
exists and to aid in increasing as
much as possible the supply.
“Above all,” Mr. Chatham stat
ed, “we must see to it that respon
sible men, men who are them
selves hunters and fishermen, oc
cupy important positions on our
Wildlife Board and on wildlife
conservation units.*
He said that a man must be
more than a mere politician in
order to be able to assume the
responsibility of conserving wild
life in North Carolina.
Supper was served to members
and guests on the grounds. About
400 persons attended.
Guests included Alan Shore,
President of the Yadkin county
club; Dr. Fred Garvey, Winston
Salem, President of Forsyth club;
E. J. Stoker, Greensboro, Secre
tary-treasurer of N. C. Wildlife
Federation: Hort Doughton,
Statesville, District Chairman of
N. C. Wildlife Federation; Hay
wood Merritt, Secretary of Mount
Airy club; Charles Hanes, Ram
rod of Mount Airy Club; and Ivory
Moore, president of North Wilkes
boro club.
TAKE PART IN
DISCUSSIONS
Dr. Harry Johnson And Dr.
Vernon Taylor To Dis
cuss Peptic Ulcer
AT MT. AIRY MEETING
Two Elkin men, Dr. Harry L.
Johnson, chief surgeon of the
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospi
tal, and Dr. Vernon W. Taylor, of
the hospital medical staff, are
scheduled to participate in dis
cussions at a meeting of the
Eighth District Medical Society,
to be held in Mount Airy today.
They will discuss “Recent Obser
vations in Peptic Ulcer.”
Other discussions to be held
during the meeting are: “Gonor
rheal Arthritis,” by Dr. O. Norris
Smith, Greensboro: "Recent Ob
servations in Meningitis,” by Dr.
George Wood, High Point; “Car
cinima of the Large Bowel,” by Dr.
Howard Bradshaw, of the Bowman
Gray School of Medicine, Win
ston-Salem; “Treatment of Acute
Anterior Poliomyelitis,” by Dr.
Robert B. Lawson, Bowman Gray
School of Medicine. These talks
will take place during the after
noon session at the Mount Airy
Country Club.
Chief speaker at the dinner ses
sion at 7:00 P. M. at the Blue
Ridge Hotel will be Dr. Oren
Moore, of Charlotte.
Officers of the Eighth District
Society are Dr. Pied M. Patterson,
Greensboro, counselor; Dr. Roy C.
Mitchell, Mount Airy, president;
Dr. Howard C. Ashby, Mount Airy,
vice-president; Dr. Robert M.
Caldwell, Mount Airy, secretary
treasurer.
WHERE IS HITLER? — For a
while people in East Boston,
Mass., thought Hitler had ar
rived at that port, but they were
seeing double — and his double
was Stanislaw Jaskusa, a Polish
seaman. He has declined movie
parts and refuses to strike the
Nazi salute.
ELKIN VETERANS
STAGE MEETING
Backing Thurmond Chat
ham’s Campaign For Con
gress From 5th District
PROCEDURE IS OUTLINED
Elkin veterans who are backing
Thurmond Chatham's campaign
for election to Congress from the
Fifth District met Tuesday night
at the Gilvin Roth YMCA. The
rally was called by the recently
organized Veterans' Committee for
Thurmond Chatham.
Earl Queen, chairman of the
committee, presided over the
meeting. He opened by explain
ing, for the benefit of those vet
erans who reached voting age
while in the service, the qualifica
tions which enable a resident of
North Carolina to vote in the
Democratic primary elections.
Giving the proceedure which must
be followed in registering for the
privilege to cast a ballot, he urg
ed that all men present, not pre
viously registered, do so as soon
as the books were opened. He
also suggested that this informa
tion be carried to veterans not
present at the gathering.
A brief outline of Chatham’s
past achievements as a business
man, farmer, and civic leader was
offered by Hugh Salmons, mem
ber of the committee’s publicity
gx-oup. It was brought out that
Chatham had a vital interest in
education in North Carolina, was
actively concerned with wildlife
preservation in the state, and, as
a manufacturer, was noted for
outstanding fair employment
practices. As a veteran, Salmons
declared, he is interested in the
affairs of veterans, in topics relat
ed to their welfare and to the
well-being of the nation as a
whole.
At the close of the meeting
Queen anounced that similar vet
erans’ organizations in other parts
of the Fifth Congressional District
were being formed.
SIMULTANEOUS
REVIVALS END
Attendance During Dobson
Circuit Methodists Meet
ings Said Good
5 CHURCHES TAKE FART
Simultaneous revivals of the
Dobson Methodist circuit closed
Sunday morning after a week’s
session, with eighteen being re
ceived into the churches on pro
fession of faith and seven by
transfer of certificate.
Attendances during the meet
ings, said Rev. Wilson Nesbitt,
pastor of the circuit and located in
Dobson, were very good and five
communities included in the cir
cuit participated In a fine spirit.
Special services were held for
the young people and children
both at the churches and schools
in the communities.
Visiting ministers were: Rev.
Reid Wall, of Winston-Salem,
Dobson: Rev. W. H. Blair, of
Charlotte, Level Cross; Rev. E. H.
Lowman, of Cool Springs, Rock
ford: Rev. R. V. Martin, of Lewis
ville, Siloam; and Rev. John W.
Hoyle, of Winston-Salem, Stony
Comer Favors
Proposal For
Elkin Schools
Registration books for the
special school supplementary tax
election were closed Saturday,
and it has been announced that
870 persons registered for the
privilege of voting. In connection
with the special election, John W.
Comer, superintendent of Surry
county schools, has issued a
statement in order to clarify his
position as regards the subject.
Election will be held Tuesday,
April 16, with polls open from
sunrise to sunset. Polls are to be
located in the fire station at
town hall. All persons registered
are reminded that they must vote,
or otherwise have themselves
counted against the proposal.
Books will be open at town hall
this Saturday from 9:00 A. M.
until 3:00 P. M. for the purpose
of challenge.
John W. Comer, in an inter
view Tuesday morning, submitted
information designed to clarify
his stand on the proposal.
Mr. Comer stated that it was
his purpose and duty to support
any measure that promises in
creased advantages to school chil
dren within the county, and that,
in his opinion, a special tax for
Elkin schools and the establish
ment of a separate unit here, if
such can be accomplished, would
decidedly improve educational
facilities.
In the interest of city schools,
Mr. Comer said, it would be better
for Elkin to have its own special
levy and school unit, since partici
pation in a county wide levy, as
previously proposed, would cause
the city to lose about $5,000 in
revenue to the remainder of the
county.
A special administrative unit
would be a decided step forward,
he continued, meaning that Elkin
would have a full time superin
tendent in addition to the present
school authorities, and that he
would receive $325 more in salary
than the principal now receives.
The superintendent would be pro
vided with clerical assistance, of
fice expenses, and necessary trav
el. A principal for the elemen
tary school would be provided by
the state. All school personnel
would be directly responsible to
local school authorities, rather
than indirectly responsible as they
are now.
Mr. Comer also believes that by
having its schools under local
control, more interest and respon
sibility would be created upon the
part of local citizens, that better
and more adequate instructional
facilities could be provided, more
suited to the needs of the com
munity.
He pointed out that the pro
posal, if carried, will not incon
venience to any appreciable de
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WILL SPONSOR
CANCER DRIVE
Lions Club To Again Take
Over Campaign; Roy Kane
Is County Chairman
EVANGELIST SPEAKER
The Elkin Lions Club, in coop
eration with other Lions Clubs of
the county, will again sponsor the
National Cancer Campaign in
Surry county this year, Roy Kane
having been named as county
chairman, it was learned following
the meeting at the YMCA here
Monday evening at 6:30 p. m.
The cancer drive will be staged
during the last two weeks in April.
Luther Baker has been named
chairman of the solicitation com
mittee, which includes Glenn
Lewis and Fred Eidson. The pub
licity committee is made up of
Glenn York, chairman, and Gra
ham Greene.
Rev. Howard J. Ford, pastor of
the Elkin First Baptist Church,
and Rev. Knolan Benfield, pastor
of the First Baptist Church erf
Hickory, who is currently con
ducting a revival at the Elkin
Baptist Church, were guests of the
club at Monday’s meeting. Mr.
Benfield made a brief talk in
which he pointed out the worth to
a community of a civic club.
During the meeting Claude Far
rell was welcomed as a new mem
ber.