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ELKIN
The Best Little Town
In North Carolina
The Elkin Tribune
ELKIN
Gateway To Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
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VOL. NO. XXXIV
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1946
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20 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS
, COMMENCEMENT
EXERCISES HERE
A TO BEGIN 31ST
^ Class Day Exercises To Be
Staged On That Date
4 SERMON ON JUNE 2ND
T. C. McKnight To Make
Address At Graduation
Exercises June 3
AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Commencement exercises for the
Elkin High school graduates will
begin Friday night of next week
when Class Night will be observed,
according to an announcement by
N. H. Carpenter, superintendent
of the Elkin city schools. The
baccalaureate sermon will be de
livered the following Sunday
evening at 8:00 o’clock by Rev.
Ralph Ritchie, pastor of the Elkin
- Presbyterian church, and final
9 graduating exercises will be held
on Tuesday night, June 4. T. C.
McKnight, general secretary of
the YMCA, will make this prin
cipal address. Eighth grade grad
ruation will be observed on Mon
day night, June 3. The exercises
/ will be held in the Elkin Elemen
/ tary school auditorium, with each
[ program to begin at 8:00 o’clock.
Jonesville High school gradu
ates will hear Rev. Ritchie Sun
day night of this week when he
will deliver the baccalaureate ser
mon in the Jonesville school au
#ditorlum at 8:00 o’clock. Gradua
tion exercises will be held Wed
nesday night, May 29, Superin
tendent Watt Deal, has announc
ed, with Judge Johnson J. Hayes,
A of Wilkesboro, addressing the
class. Jonesville eighth grade
graduation will be observed Tues
day morning of next week at 10:30
✓ o’clock, with Mr. McKnight ad
^ dressing the group.
, LEGION FIGHTS
AT GYM JUNE 7
i Boxing Matches To Feature
Joe McHone And “Wild
Bill” Bedsaul
LOCAL BOYS TO SHOW
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Legion sponsored boxing exhibi
tion, to be held Friday, June 7, at
the high school gymnasium at 8
p. m., has been completed, Pro
•w moter Arthur York has announc
ed.
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The feaured fight matches two
heavyweights, Joe McHone, of
Mount Airy, and ‘‘Wild Bill” Bed
saul, of Woodlawn, Va., in a 10
round bout. McHone has won 14
straight fights, and his opponent,
Bedsaul, is said to have challenged
him from among the spectators at
his last fight.
In the 150 pound class Jim
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WILL ENLARGE
SOIL CONTEST
N. C. Bankers To Include 40
Counties In Conservation
Speaking Contest
MUCH INTEREST SHOWN
Mayor Garland Johnson reveal
ed recently that the Soil Conser
vation Speaking Contest, the fi
nals of which were held here last
month, will be held again next
year, and on a much larger scale.
This decision was reached at the
meeting of the North Carolina
Bankers’ Association at Pinehurst
two weeks ago. The winner of
this year’s contest, Miss Helen
Walker, of Sparta, gave her prize
winning speech at that time be
fore state bankers.
Instead of 12 counties, which
were represented in the past con
test, the affair will be expanded
to include 40 counties. This en
larged program came as result of
the interest and response created
by the recent program. Inquiries
have been received by Mayor
Johnson and by the local Soil
Conservation Service from many
localities outside North Carolina,
requesting information regarding
the program.
It has been felt that the con
test accomplishes two major pur
poses. It gives high school boys
and girls an opportunity to render
prepared speeches before large au
diences, and in addition it aids in
creating interest in the soil con
servation program i n regions
where contests are conducted.
As in the past, the affair will
be largely sponsored by the Bank
ers’ Association, with the hifclp of
local organizations.
DENOUNCES CHATHAM AT CIO-FOLGER RALLY — William R. Dalton, Reidsville lawyer, is pictured above ap
pealing to CIO members to support John Folger for Congress from the Fifth District, and denouncing Thurmond
Chatham at a CIO-Folger for Congress rally held in Winston-Salem Sunday afternoon. Mr. Dalton was presented to
the crowd, which numbered approximately 1,000 colored people and about 25 white people, by Robert Black, colored,
pictured at his right (facing audience), who acted as chairman of the meeting. Phillip Koritz, CIO official who also
had a part in the program, is seated next to Black. Another rally picture on page eight, this section.
SATURDAY TO
BE POPPY DAY
Red Memorial Flowers To Be
Worn Here In Tribute
To War Dead
AUXILIARY IS SPONSOR
Saturday will be Poppy Day in
Elkin and in thousands of other
cities and towns throughout the
United States.
Millions of Americans will pay
tribute to the nation’s war dead
by wearing memorial poppies.
Millions will make contributions
to aid war’s living victims, and
disabled veterans, and the families
of the dead and disabled.
Preparations for the observance
of Poppy Day here have been com
pleted under the leadership of
Mi's. Edworth Harris, Poppy
Chairman of the American Legion
Auxiliary. Volunteers from the
Auxiliary will be on the streets
early Saturday morning with bas
kets of poppies which they will of
fer to be worn in honor of the
dead of both world wars. They
will continue to distribute the lit
tle red flowers throughout the
day, endeavoring to give everyone
in the city an opportunity to wear
a poppy in memory of those who
gave their lives for America.
No price will be asked for the ■
poppies, but contributions will be 1
solicited for the welfare and re- 1
habilitation funds of the Legion
and Auxiliary. All money receiv- 1
ed will be used for the benefit of 1
disabled veterans and families of 1
veterans. It will be expended
largely in aid to needy veterans
and families in this locality dur
ing the coming year.
The local poppy workers will be !
part of an army of more than
100,000 volunteers which will dis
tribute poppies in the United
States tomorrow. All will donate
their services for the day without
pay. The only paid workers in
the poppy program are the dis
abled veterans who make the 1
flowers. The poppies to be dis- '
tributed here tomorrow have been ,
made by disabled veterans of both '
wars.
Dobson Lions Push
Gardening Program
Sponsoring a project to increase
interest In gardening within the
corporate limits of the town, the
Dobson Lions club is ^ offering
prizes to persons developing the
best gardens during 1946.
Prizes will be awarded in No
vember, after the end of the sum
mer season. Members of the com
munity betterment committee of
the club will make periodic in
spections of gardens entered in
the contest, beginning the first ,
of June. Prizes will be awarded
on the basis of number and va- \
riety of vegetables, quality of
plants, disease and insect control,
utilization of products, and other j
points of comparison. >
Club members feel that in ad
dition to bettering the community,
gardens will in some measure help
relieve the world food crisis. ji
Nominees To Be Named
In Primary Saturday
Polls To Be Located At City
Hall; Large Vote Is Expected
Candidates for the various
county, state, and national offices
have sharpened their spikes,
hitched up their trousers, and are
now preparing to enter the great
political sweepstakes, which will
be run Saturday, May 25, from
6:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m.
Voters in Surry county will find
before them at the polls on elec
tion day a ballot containing the
names of 15 candidates for Dem
POLITICAL POT
IN YADKIN HOT
Several Races Will Be De
cided In Republican Pri
mary Saturday
MANY CANDIDATES
With only a few more days left
before May 25, when several po
litical races will be decided in the
county, the Yadkin political pot is
virtually at the boiling point.
The hottest race in the county
appears to be centering around
the five-cornered campaign for
nomination for sheriff on the Re
publican ticket. There seems to
be little information on the an
ticipated outcome of the voting
for this county position. The five
men running for the past are Paul
Woodruff, 27-year-old veteran of
more than four years of army
service in World War II, much of
which time was spent overseas;
Marion Haire, who for the past
several years has been one of
Sheriff Inscore’s most efficient
deputies: Bill Moxley, Boonville
farmer and merchant, whose fa
ther served as sheriff before him;
Ralph Long, Yadkinville business
man, who has also served as the
party’s county chairman; and Bart
Brown, Brooks Cross Roads farm
er, who is said to have a big fol
lowing in his community.
The Deane-Horner congression
al race has been somewhat over
shadowed by the intense cam
paign between John Folger and
Thurmond Chatham in the Fifth
District. Both Deane and Horner
supporters are claiming victory
for their candidate, but the con
sensus for the county is that the
race will be close.
The only other Democratic cam
paign on for Saturday is the race
for the office of County Board of
Education. Paul P. Davis, incum
bent, decided not to run for re
election, and Hiram Taylor was
nominated to take Mr. Davis’ place
on the board. E. P. Cornelius of
the Union Cross section, and D.
Allred Reynolds of Yadkinville,
are also candidates for the board.
The other two present members of
the board, Cliff Wallace of Hamp
tonville, and Ott Boles, of Jones
ville are candidates for re-elec
tion.
ocratic nomination and two for
Republication nomination. Six of
fices are to be contested for.
In Elkin, Dixie Graham, city
registrar, has revealed that about
2,600 persons have registered to
vote. This figure includes both
Democrats and Republicans.
About 500 new names were added
to the books since the last elec
tion. Mr. Graham reminds voters
that merely being registered is
meaningless unless a vote is cast,
and he urgps that a good showing
be made at the polls on Saturday.
Polls here will be at the fire sta
tion at the city hall.
The race which has aroused the
most interest in recent weeks is
that for Congress of the United
States. Thurmond Chatham,
John Folger, and Joe Harris are
offering themselves for this post
from the Fifth Congressional Dis
trict.
For the State Senate Oscar W.
Smith and R. P. jonefi are candi
dates for the Democratic nomina
tion. For the State House of Rep
resentatives the Democratic can
didates are George K. Snow and
Henry Dobson. Two Republican
candidates are also up for nomin
ation to the House, Graham W.
Somers and Ernest Inman. No
other public office will be con
tested on the Republican ticket.
Candidates for Sheriff from
Surry county are Sam Patterson
and Morris W. Monday. Fred
Llewellyn and Kermit Lawrence
are opposing each other for nom
ination in the Clerk of Court race.
Candidates for county commis
sioners include M. Q. Snow, 8. M.
Smith, R. E. Ashby, and Marshall
Fowler.
In a county and district pre
dominately Democratic, it is ex
pected that the coming primary
will determine the holders of pub
lic offices for the next term. This
has been the case over the past
number of years. So voters are
urged to step out Saturday and
vote for the candidates of their
choice.
Ready To Issue New
Chauffeurs’ License
According to an announcement
recently released by Samuel L.
Gaynor, Jr., assistant director of
the Highway Safety Division, all
driver license examiners in the
state are now ready to issue 1946
47 chauffeurs’ license. An exam
iner will be in Elkin at the city
hall every Wednesday between the
hours of 9 a. m. and 5 p. m.
The present chauffeur’s license
will expire midnight, June 30,
1946. All persons operating a
motor vehicle as a common or
public carrier of persons or prop
erty, or employed for the principal
purpose of operating a passenger
motor vehicle, must apply for the
1946-47 chauffeurs’ license on or
before June 30.
CAMPOREE HELD
HERE BY SCOUTS
Thirteen Patrols Win Ribbons
In Annual Event Held At
Neaves Park
100 SCOUTS TAKE PART
One hundred Boy Scouts, con
sisting of 19 patrols from seven
troops enjoyed the biggest and
best camporee ever held in this
district during the past week-end
at Neaves Park, beginning at 8:30
Saturday morning and ending
Sunday afternoon at 8:30 o’clock.
TJie scouts began arriving at the
camp site early Saturday and the
morning was spent setting up the
individual patrol camps. At lunch
time, they prepared 'their own
meals as they did each meal
through Sunday dinner. Satur
day evening an hour of fun was
enjoyed around the camp fire, aft
er which v they retired to their
tents for the night.
An inspection of the camp site,
despite the storms of Saturday
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BRIDGE WRECK
INJURES THREE
Truck Hits Car On Span
Across Yadkin River Be
low East Bend
CAR SKIDDED AROUND
Three persons were injured,
two of them seriously enough to
require hospitalization, in an au
tomobile accident occurring about
2:30 Monday afternoon on the
Donnaha bridge, which crosses
the Yadkin river jurt below East
Bend.
Those injured were: Brady Cox,
45, who suffered facial lacera
tions; Doc Cox, 65, head injuries;
and Mrs. Melzona Wheeler, 65,
shock. Brady and Doc Cox were
taken to the Winston-Salem City
hospital. All three gave as their
address Charleston, W. Va.
The accident occurred when a
car operated by Mrs. Leola Mae
Cox, 40, approached the bridge
from the Winston-Salem side, and
was met by a truck, operated by
Glenn Plemmons, 22, of Route 7,
Winston-Salem, which was travel
ing in the opposite direction. Mrs.
Cox claimed that she applied
brakes when observing the nar
rowness of the bridge, and that
her car skidded around broadside
to the oncoming truck on the wet
pavement. The front wheels of
her machine were hanging over
the left side of the bridge when
the collision occurred.
All of the injured persons were
riding with Mrs. Cox, who was re
turning from a visit to the City
hospital. Her intended destina
tion was the Boone hospital, where
her husband is a patient.
The accident was investigated
by Cpl. Sam McKinney, of the
highway patrol, who was accom
panied by Chief Corbett Wall, of
the Elkin police force.
Chatham Cites Folger
Support By CIO Rally
In Talk Here Monday
MOST CARS NEED
REPAIRS BADLY
Chief Wall Says Over Half
Of Machines Have Bad
Lights Or Devices
DRIVE IS TO CONTINUE
The drive which started here
this week, in conjunction with a
nation-wide campaign to make
motorists aware of the mechanic
al condition of their automobiles,
has thus far revealed that about
75 per cent of the cars inspected
stand in need of repairs, Corbett
Wall, chief of police, states.
Over one half of the inspected
machines had defective lights or
defective safety devices, such as
windshield wipers, horns, and
rear-vision mirrors, the chief re
ported.
Together with Corp. W. S. Mc
Kinney, of the State Highway
Patrol, Chief Wall and his force
are making plans to continue the
inspection of city automobiles
through the month of June. When
defects are found, motorists are
warned to have repairs made as
soon as possible.
Because of the limited produc
tion of automobiles during recent
years, many machines now on the
road are old and worn. According
to safety authorities, these con
stitute a menace to safe droving
unless much needed repairs are
made. The drive is designed to
make motorists aware of this fact.
The danger is particularly acute
now that the vacation season is
opening and traffic is becoming
heavier on the highways.
Kiwanians To Attend
Meeting At Winston
The Elkin Kiwanis Club will
not hold its regular meeting at the
YMCA this evening but will go
to Reynolds Park, Winston-Salem,
Friday evening to the annual
meeting of the Third Kiwanis Di
vision.
All members of the club plan
ning to make the trip have been
requested to meet at Hotel Elkin
Friday afternoon at 4:45 to board
the bus which will transport the
delegation.
At last week's meeting Coach
Carl Snavely, of the University of
North Carolina, was guest speaker.
In an interesting talk he discuss
ed football as it is played today in
comparison to the way it was
played in past years.
Tribune To Hold
Election Party
Saturday Night
The Tribune is making plans
to hold an election party Sat
urday night to report on results
from the Fifth District primary
as fast as returns can be ob
tained. Returns from nearby
counties will also be given.
In order to better do this.
Smith Williamson, owner of
the Williamson Electric Ser
vice Company, will install a
loud speaker on top of The Tri
bune building so that everyone
may hear. A microphone will
be located in the Tribune office
and returns broadcast over the
loud speaker.
Registrars and judges in the
precincts are asked to send in
their reports to The Tribune as
quickly as possible after the
polls close Saturday at 6:30 p.
m.
Everyone interested in pri
mary returns are invited to at
tend the election party.
NINE MEN GO
TO FT. BRAGG
Are Sent By Surry Draft
Board No. 2 At Dobson,
For Induction
NAMES ARE ANNOUNCED
Despite recent controversy in
Washington concerning its con
tinued existence, the draft is still
making itself felt in Surry coun
ty. During the past week nine
men left Dobson for induction in
to the armed services and one was
sent to Fort Bragg for pre-induc
tion examination.
The men to be inducted are all
under 26 years of age. the group
being composed of volunteers and
men formerly classified 4-F. Ar
thur William Calloway, who is to
receive a pre-induction examina
tion, volunteered to make the trip
to Fort Bragg.
Inductees are: James Ralph
Southern. Elkin, Rt. 2; Claude
Wesley Wilmoth, Mount Airy, Rt.
1; Boyd Calvin Marsh, Pilot
Mountain, Rt. 1; Paul Edward
Kennedy, Elkin; Elbert S. Hardy,
Dobson, Rt. 1; James Olin Poin
dexter, Siloam, Rt. 1; Dollie R.
Parker, Mount Airy, Rt. 4; Spen
cer C. Wilmoth. Dobson, Rt. 1;
and George W. Hayes, Mount Airy,
Rt. 3.
Veteran Housing Commission
Allots 50 Houses For Area
First House Expected To Be
Ready For Inspection Soon
Reporting that rapid progress
is being made in obtaining hous
ing for veterans of this city, the
Elkin Veterans Commission has
announced that this area has been
allotted 50 houses by the federal
government.
Arrangements are being made
to have the first house erected
and ready for inspection by inter
ested persons within 30 days. This
unit has been purchased by Hen
ry Meinung, Jr., who is cooperat
ing with the Housing Commission
by making it available for inspec
tion. It will be located on a lot
near Westover Park.
As soon as Meinung’s house is
prepared for demonstration pur
poses, the commission plans to ac
cept applications for similar units
for a period of two weeks. All
available houses will be assigned
to veterans on basis of need and
in the order of filing. Another
two week period will be set aside
for financing arrangements by in
dividual buyers.
When sales and financial ar
rangements are completed, the
Housing Commision is to take op
tion on the houses sold and nego
tiate a contract for the moving
and re-erection of the entire lot
at one time. Houses may be
erected on the veteran’s own lot,
or they may be bought for erec
tion in a group on a tract of land
secured by the commission and
subdivided into small lots for the
purpose. Units will be sold at the
lowest possible cost. At present
the cost is estimated at $2,800, ex- :
elusive of the land. To some ex
tent the final cost will depend on
the number sold and on the loca
tion and grouping. The commis
sion plans to refund to buyers any
savings they can effect below OPA
ceiling price.
After inspecting the first unit
to be erected, veterans may file
applications at the Bank of Elkin,
the Elkin-Jonesville Building and
Loan Association, and the Chat-,
ham Employees Credit Union. Ap
plications will be reviewed by the
commission and applicants
promptly notified of approval ox
rejection.
The program to provide hous
ing for veterans was instigated by
Thurmond Chatham and backed
by a number of interested citizens.
New Restrictions On
Beer And Wine Sales
According to an announcement
made by Dixie Graham, city clerk,
new restrictions are to be placed
on the sale of beer and wine in
the city. The new rules become
effective today.
Dealers have agreed to limit
sales to daylight hours on week
days by closing shop at 7:30 p. m.,
Mondays through Fridays. No
wine or beer will be sold after
L p. m. on Saturdays. After a
?iven period of time, dealers will
oe allowed a hearing to determine :
f their businesses are suffering i
:inancially. ' i
Made Honorary
Lion At Banquet
In His Honor
Speaking before the Elkin
Lions club, of which he was made
an honorary member, Thurmond
Chatham Monday night at the
Gilvin Roth YMCA took up the
challenge issued by Folger-CIO
forces at a Sunday rally at Win
ston-Salem. Mr. Chatham stated
that the issues of the Fifth Con
gressional race were now clearly
defined, and that no doubt could
now exist as to the side of the
fence occupied by his opponent,
John Folger.
Mr. Chatham issued the follow
ing statement:
“It was gratifying to note, in
this morning’s paper, that the is
sues of this campaign are finally
becoming crystal clear. I have
been denounced right and left,
but mostly left, because I voted
my convictions in the past. But on
Sunday, for the first time, the
real issues were vividly exposed.
“I refer, of course, to the CIO
Political Action Committee meet
ing Sunday afternoon in Winston
Salem in the interest of John H.
Folger, who was extolled as a man
who could be counted on to vote
in accordance with the wishes of
the CIO and the fellow-travelers
of that type. As is customary
with the propaganda of that par
ty, the CIO and all its works was
identified with the welfare of
the ‘Common Man’—a contention
that I deny.
“It is the interest of the so
called ‘Common Man’ that places
me squarely against the CIO
wrecking crew that is now labor
ing to reduce this country of mod
ern liberal freedom to the me
dieval slavery of Russia. I wel
come the opportunity to make this
fight in our section of the coun
try, which is now so severely ham
strung by efforts of the CIO-PAC
party line nationally.
“At the same time I am rather
appalled that my opponent would
submit, without disapproval, to
the linking of his name to the
movement represented by Sun
day’s meeting. I am amazed that
his is a vote, committed in ad
vance, that can be counted on the
side of those who would bring all
our wheels of industry to a halt,
array neighbor against neighbor,
class against class . . . and even,
in this our Southland, race against
race.
“One of the CIO speakers, I
am informed reliably, spoke dis
approvingly of the customs of the
South that enable each of the two
races to live side by side com
fortably, the natural segregation
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TO ORGANIZE
VFW CHAPTER
Veterans Of Foreign Wars
Official Here To Make
Plans For Campaign
IS SAID OLDEST GROUP,
Following a visit Here Tuesday
by James L. Davis, Jr., and Coy H.
Newport, deputy chiefs of staff of
the North Carolina department of
V.F.W. headquarters, it was an
nounced that plans are being
made to organize a chapter of
that organization in Elkin.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
of the United States is said to be
the oldest veterans organization
in the country, having had its in
ception in 1899 immediately fol
lowing the Spanish-American war.
According to the deputies who
visited here, the organization of
fers practical, patriotic service to
the nation, and it is primarily de
voted to the principle that “seeks
to honor the dead by helping the
living.” It assists with the care
and welfare of disabled veterans
and their families, the men said,
and also with the dependents of
deceased veterans. The V.F.W.
National Rehabilitation Service in
Washington is prepared to serve
disabled veterans at all times, the
organizers stated, without fear or
favor.
All veterans who served on for
eign soil or in hostile waters are
eligible for membership. Earl
Day, at the Bon-Ton Grill, Lin
/ille Norman, at Park Place, and
..uther G. Baker, at Brendles Gro
:ery are prepared to give further
nformation to interested vets.