*
ELKIN .
The Best Little Town
In North Carolina
TRIBUNE
.ELKIN
Gateway To Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
* VOL. NO. XXXIV I{o. 26
PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1946
$2.00 PER YEAR
14 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
.Patterson Is
*Winner Over
' M. W. Monday
Snow Reelected;
Lawrence Ousts
Fred Llewellyn
From present indications a sec
ond primary will be necessary in
the Fifth District in order to de
termine whether Thurmond Chat
4 ham or incumbent John Folger
will be the Democratic nominee
for Congress in the November
election. The last tabulation of
votes throughout the district
gives Folger a 13 vote lead over
Chatham, but the count is not yet
regarded as official.
As the record now stands, Fol
ger polled a total of 21,223 votes
and Chatham 21,210. Joe Harris,
the third candidate, is credited
» with polling 805 votes.
* Unofficial counts show that in
' Surry county Folger received
4,541 votes to Chatham’s 2,919. A
settlement of the controversy
* over the balloting at the Dobson
precinct will be necessary before
an official count can be released
for the county.
Less confusion was apparent in
i races for offices within the coun
^ ty, although in at least one in
stance the contest was unusually
close. For nomination to the
State House of Representatives,
Jk George K. Snow defeated Henry
’ Dobson by only 84 votes. Final
count: Snow, 3,146; Dobson, 3,062.
Sheriff Sam Patterson gained a
large majority over challenger
Morris W. Monday in his bid for
Preelection. He polled 4,515 votes
to Monday’s 2,581.
R. P. Jones defeated Oscar W.
jf Smith in the race for State Sen
ate by a 4,078 to 2,291 majority.
Incumbent Fred Llewellyn lost a
bid for renomination to the Clerk
of Court office' to Kermit Law
rence, former Register of Deeds.
^ The present tabulation gives
Llewellyn 2,418 votes and Law
rence 4,147.
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Voters elected to retain M. Q.
Snow and S. M. Smith as county
commissioners, and the name of
Marshall Fowler was added to the
list. Defeated candidate for the
county board was R. E. Ashby.
Snow received 3,728 votes, Smith
3,917, Fowler 3,887, and Ashby
3,173.
The Tribune has been unable
to determine who won the Repub
lican race for nomination to the
State House. Candidates were
Graham Somers and Ernest In
man.
These tabulations are not yet
declared official, but no radical
changes are expected in the elec
tion for county offices.
DEANE DEFEATS
^ HORNER IN STH
Official Count Shows 354
Votes Majority In Congres- -
4 sional Contest
RENAME POINDEXTER
According to official re
turns, C. B. Deane, of Rocking
^ ham, defeated W. E. Horner, of
Sanford, by 354 votes in the
Congressional race from the
Eighth District. Wilkes county,
with 28 of 29 precincts reported,
gave Deane 962 votes and Horner
. 812.
The vote in Wilkes was said to
have been the lightest in several
years, despite the fact that both
the Republican and Democratic
parties contested for nominations.
^ On the Republican ticket Sher
iff C. G. Poindexter was renom
inated by a decisive majority over
Githern L. Eller. In the race for
Clerk of Court, C. C. Hayes, in
cumbent, defeated W. S. Fletch
* er in another one-sided contest.
Mr. Fletcher had previously an
nounced that he intended to
withdraw from .the race, but his
name remained on the ballots due
to the fact that they had al
ready been printed.
On the Democratic ticket the
sole contest was between Rufus
B. Church and Joel J. Bentley for
» sheriff. Unofficial returns from
18 precincts gave Church 724
votes to Bentley’s 527.
In a special election held at
the time of the primary, Miss
Jane Pratt, Democratic nominee;
^ won over Republican Frank Hulin
~ In the contest for completion of
the Congressional term of the
late W. O. Burgin.
Some people are called solons
when they are actually morons.
Rabid Dog Is
Killed In North
Elkin Tuesday
A rabid dog in the keeping of
Gat Pardue, on Eller street,
this city, was killed Tuesday
afternoon and his head taken
by Policeman Hugh Laffoon to
Winston-Salem Wednesday
morning. Tests showed the
dog to have been mad.
The animal, said to have
been of mixed parentage, was
killed by the Pardues after one
of its puppies had bitten a
Pardue child. The puppies were
also killed.
Chief of Police Corbett Wall
urged Wednesday, following re
ceipt of the positive report
from Winston-Salem, that all
persons in the neighborhood
who had dogs, keep them con
fined and under observation.
Mr. Wall said it was likely that
the rabid animal had bitten
other dogs of the neighborhood.
MOXLEY WINNER
IN YADKIN CO.
Is High Man For Sheriff;
Brendle Is Ahead In Race
For State House
DEANE GETS MAJORITY
The official canvass of Satur
day’s election returns in Yadkin
county disclosed that in the race
for sheriff, A. F. (Bill) Moxley re- j
ceived a total of 1,391 votes, with
his nearest rival, R. V. Long, poll
ing 292. Other candidates receiv
ed the following vote: Bart Brown,
288; Marion Haire, 198, and Paul
Woodruff 76.
In the race for House of Rep
resentatives, J. E. Brendle of
Boonville, led the ticket with 689
votes while Henry Shore was next
with 669 votes. R. B. Long was
in third place with 582 votes, Hu
bert Evans, of Jonesville, was
fourth with 198 votes.
In the Congressional primary
between C. B. Deane, Rockingham
attorney, and W. E. Horner, San
ford publisher, Deane received 774
votes to Horner’s 458, giving
Deane a majority of 316 in Yad
kin.
In the special election to elect
a Congressman to fill out the un
expired term of the late W. O.
Burgin. Miss Jane Pratt, Demo
crat, was winner over H. Frank
Hulin, Republican, of Lexington,
in the district voting. However,
in Yadkin county Hulin received
1,661 votes and Miss Piatt 1,169.
In the Yadkin Democratic race
for three places on the board of
education, winners were Hiram
A. Taylor. 963: G. C. Wallace, 932;
O. E. Boles, 865. D. A. Reynolds
received 494 votes and E. P. Cor
nelius 354.
In the race for a seat on the
board of county commissioners, S.
R. Crater won over J. Will Garner
by 13 votes. The count was: Gar
ner 277, Crater 290.
SHOW HOW TO
GROOM CATTLE
Arrangements Made For
Demonstration In Prepar
ation For fShow
THIS MORNING AT 9 A. M.
Looking forward to the Fat
Stock Show to be held here in the
fall, arrangements have been
made to hold a demonstration in
fitting cattle for show purposes at
the farm of E. H. Holbrook, Elkin,
Rt, 1, this morning at 9:00 o’clock.
Demonstration will be under the
direction of L. I. Case, animal
husbandryman of State College.
Assistant county agents and
teachers of agriculture in the
county schools are expected to at
tend to receive instruction as to
how to teach the finer points of
animal showmanship to 4-H and
FFA club members. An effort is
being made to give every boy and
girl interested an equal opportun
ity in developing the ability to
show cattle.
Points to be covered in the dem
onstration are: feet trimming,
washing, curling, showmanship,
feeding, and preparing the animal
for the show.
FLAPPY IS A PERFECT PUPIL . . . Without missing a day at the
Grace A. Greene school, Dayton, Ohio, Flappy attends daily with
his lord and master, Francis Elzey. He’s persistent, obedient and
very punctual. He probably will graduate into the second grade
regardless of the fact that he has not learned to read.
MYERS TO HEAD
FOOD CAMPAIGN
Local Furniture Store Man Is
Named Chairman To Col
lect Food, Cash
WANT CANNED STUFF
A recent announcement reveal
ed that Charles N. Myers, locally
prominent merchant, has been ap
pointed chairman of the Emer
gency Food Collection organiza
tion for this city.
The task of this organization is
to collect food and cash with
which to buy food for the starv
ing peoples of the world. Con
tributors are urged to give cash
wherever possible, since t.h§ money
will go further if food is bought
centrally and in large quantities.
Also there will be considerable
saving in the cost of collection,
packing, and transportation.
Because of difficulty in hand
ling food for overseas shipment,
the Emergency Food Collection is
necessarily limited to foods pack
ed in tins. Canned foods are
easily identified and conveniently
handled. Some types of canned
foods are more urgently needed
than others. Highest priority will
be given to milk (condensed, evap
orated, or dried), meat, fish, and
peanut butter. Next on the list
are: baby food, baked beans,
stews, soups, honey, fruit, juices,
and vegetables.
President Truman has said:
“Our national self-respect and
our duties as human beings de
mand that we do all possible to
stop the spread of famine.”
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
said: “Food is necessary all over
Europe and must be sent to pre
serve the peace.”
YOUNG ADULTS
GROUP TO MEET
More Than 200 Are Expected
To Attend Meet At Mt.
Airy Today
PROGRAM STARTS AT 8:00
More than 200 leaders in the
Young Adult movement of the
Methodist church, from Elkin,
Boonville, Pilot Mountain, Wins
ton-Salem and surrounding points
are expected to attend the Forsyth
District meeting of this organiza
tion at Central Methodist church
in Mount Airy today.
The program will begin at 8 p.
m. with Young Adults of the Cen
tral Methodist acting as host. Hale
Yokeley is president of the organi
zation, and Glenn Robertson will
be in charge of special music.
Speaker will be Rev. William Mc
Culley, pastor of the Mt. Tabor
Methodist church. Rev. McCulley
is Conference chairman and com
mission chairman on evangelism
and church loyalty.
Officers for the Forsyth District
include: Henry Graham, of Win
ston-Salem, president: Raymond
Kimel, of Winston-Salem, vice
president; and Virginia Sorensen,
of Mount Airy, secretary. Officers
of the Central Methodist church
organization are: Yokely, presi
dent; Harry G. Long, vice-presi
dent; and Miss Sorensen, secre
tary.
The Young Adult movement
was recently organized in Mount
Airy, and is showing increasing
activity in church work and in
the Christian movement through
out the world.
Revival At Mount
Pleasant Church
Revival services began at Mount
Pleasant Baptist Church last
night (Wednesday) to last ten
days. Services begin at 7:30, with
Rev. Clarence Gwaltney, pastor of
Elkin Valley Church, assisting the
pastor, Rev. A. B. Hayes.
The public is cordially invited
to attend this series of services.
If you hitch your wagon to a
star, hitch it to one that shines.
Traphill Class To
Graduate Saturday
The eighth grade of Traphill
High school will present their
graduating exercises in the school
auditorium Saturday night, June
1, at 8 o’clock.
A playlet, "Under Sealed Or
ders," will be presented by mem
bers of the class.
Salutatorian of the class is Bil
lie Absher. and Holland Warren,
is the class valedictorian. Rev.
Charlie Miles will make the prin
cipal address and present the
diplomas.
N. Unto
GRADUATE 4TH
Final Exercises To Be Staged
Tuesday Morning At
9:30 o’clock
27 ARE TO GRADUATE
Final graduation exercises of
the North Elkin Elementary
school will be held Tuesday morn
ing, June 4, at 9:30 o’clock, ac
cording to Paul G. Lewis, princi
pal. Salutatorian Zella Martin,
will give the welcoming address,
and the class history will be read
by Jonn Simmons and Alex Jack
son.
Marie Gaither has been named
as the giftorian. The last will and
testament will be read by Braxton
Woodruff and Betty Jean Jackson.
Following the presentation of
diplomas and certificates by the
principal, Mr. Lewis, to 27 eighth
grade graduates, Betty Jean Por
ter, class valedictorian, will make
the closing address.
Those receiving diplomas will
be:
Mary Helen Brookshire, Greta
Jean Cheek, Charles Cocker ham,
Romie B. Collins, Lorene Dudley,
Ray Dudley, Mary Louise Elliott,
Myrtle Lee Elliott, Marie Gaither,
Benny Hugh Hayes, Alex Hay
week Jackson, Betty Jean Jack
son, Ima Rea Jackson.
Patty Rae King, Celia Jane Mc
Coin, Jerry Ralph Maines, Zella
Martin, Nancy Lou Nixon, Betty
Jean Porter, Jimmy Lee Pruitt,
Annie Mae Richardson, Edwin
Royall, Barnet Shumate, John
Simmons, Alma Slawter, Lillian
Wells, James Braxton Woodruff.
S. M; HARRELL
DIES TUESDAY
Baltimore Man Was Brother
Of Dr. R. B. Harrell And
Mrs. W. W. Whitaker
HOLD MILITARY RITES
Sparger Marshall Harrell, 50,
brother of Dr. R. B. Harrell and
Mrs. W. W. Whitaker, of this city,
died Tuesday afternoon of a
heart attack in Washington, D. C.
Mr. Harrell, a veteran of the
first world war, had suffered to
some extent for some time due to
having been gassed in that con
flict. He was married to the for
mer Miss Elsie McCormick, of Bal
timore, Maryland. His occupa
tion was that of a radio tech
nician.
Surviving are his wife and one
daughter, Mrs. Earl Maus, of Bal
timore, Maryland; one brother,
Dr. R. B. Harrell; and four sis
ters, Mrs. R. A. Frye, Piolt Moun
tain, Mrs. Matt Tuttle, Winston
Salem, Mrs. H. L. Lyon, Oxford,
and Mrs. W. W. Whitaker, this
city.
Full military funeral sendees
were held Saturday morning at
9:00 at the National Cemetery, in
Baltimore, Maryland.
Bank Of Elkin To
Be Closed Today
Officials of the Bank of Elkin
have announced that the local
bank will be closed all day Thurs
day (today) in observance of
Memorial day. The bank will re
sume operations at the usual hour
on Friday.
Official Returns In County
Are In Snarl As Charges Fly
Before Surry Election Board
Folger Ahead By 13
Votes In New Count
Stokes County
Shows Increase;
Protest Lodged
Representative John H. Folger j
picked up a net gain of 13 votes
over Thurmond Chatham, his op- \
ponent in the Fifth District Con- [
gressional race, as the official can- j
vass of the Stokes County vote in
Saturday’s Democratic primary
was held at Danbury Tuesday in
an atmosphere of growing tense
ness and frayed tempers which
gave way to flying fists.
Immediately following an
nouncement of results, Mr. Chat
ham protested officially the en
tire Stokes vote.
Following the hurling of charg
es by Spruill Thornton, represent
ative of Mr. Chatham, of election
irregularities, and countercharges
by Ralph Scott, State Solicitor and
a native of Stokes, all ballots were
impounded pending action by the
State Board of Elections.
Chairman Laura Ellington called
the meeting of the Stokes County
Board of Elections along with the
registrars of the 21 county voting
precincts to order at 11 a. m. Lit
tle was accomplished prior to the
noon recess due to the absence of
the registrar of a Walnut Cove
precinct.
By 2 p. m., when the afternoon
session opened, both the Walnut
Cove registrar and the unused
ballots from the King precinct
were present in the Stokes County
Courthouse.
Carlos Davis, member of the
Board of Elections, read the of
ficials returns on a precinct by
precinct basis. When this was
completed Mr. Davis and Mr.
Thornton engaged in a brief, warm
exchange rising from Mr. Thorn
ton’s request that he be allowed
to check the figures obtained from
Mr. Davis’s reading with the of
ficial returns. During the ex
change Mr. Davis, apparently re
senting the presence of the For
syth County delegation, said, “This
is the first time in the history of
Stokes County that outsiders have
felt it necessary to appear and
question the activities of Stokes
County registrars.’’
The differences between Mr.
Davis and Mr. Thornton were
quickly settled by a rapid re-check
of the county returns, precinct by
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CHATHAM WINS
THREE GAMES
Defeat McCrary Of Asheboro
Twice And May McEwcn
In Close Contest
PLAY HANES SATURDAY
The Chatham Blanketeers will
play Hanes Knitters, of Winston
Salem. here Saturday afternoon
at 4:15 in a league game, Man
ager Charlie Gough announced
Tuesday.
In a game played Wednesday
of last week, the Blanketeers de
feated McCrary, of Asheboro, 6 to
3, with Woodrow Lawrence turn
ing in a good pitching perform
ance. In a game with McCrary
at Asheboro following Wednes
day’s contest, the Blanketeers
again won by 7 to 4.
Saturday, in a game with May
McEwen, the Blanketeers won a
thriller by the score of 1 to 0.
Complete Swimming
Schedule Next Week
Officials of the YMCA have an
nounced that a complete swim
ming schedule for the summer
months will appear in next week’s
issue of The Tribune, and in re
ply to a number of requests re
garding the “learn to swim” cam
paign, dates for the classes will
also be announced at that time.
Next Wednesday, however, it
was said, the pool will be open in
the morning from 10:30 to 12:00,
as well as in the afternoon at the
regular hours from 2:30 to 6:00
o’clock.
New Man Added
To Circulation
Department
T. G. Baugus, of Thurmond,
has accepted a position in the
circulation department of The
Tribune and entered upon his
duties Monday.
Mr. Baugus will solicit new
subscriptions and collect re
newals. Any courtesies shown
him will be greatly appreciated.
ELKIN FINALS
BEGIN FRIDAY
Class Day Exercises To Be
Held At Elementary School
At 8:00 P. M.
GRADUATE ON JUNE 4T1I
Class Day exercises of the class
of 1946 of the Elkin High school
will get under way Friday night of
this week at 8:00 o’clock in the
Elementary auditorium. The pro
cessional will be played by Das
well Gentry.
The program will consist of a
court herald portrayed by Betty
Jean Darnell; piano solo, Maxifte
Ludwig; Class History, Dorothy
Parks; Prophecy, Dick Mayberry;
Last Will and Testament, Jean
Chappell; Gifts, Pat Harris and
David Fletcher; Presentations,
Bettie Lou Steelman, Senior class
president; Acceptance, Jack Park,
Junior class president.
Rev. Ralph Ritchie, pastor Elkin
Presbyterian Church, will deliver
the baccalaureate sermon Sunday
evening, June 2, at 8:00 o'clock,
in the Elkin Elementary school
auditorium, where all the exer
cises will be held.
Final exercises will be held
Tuesday night, June 4, at 8:00
with T. C. McKnight, general sec
retary of the Gilvin Roth Y. M.
C. A., scheduled to deliver the
principal address on graduation
night. He will be introduced by
R. W. Harris. Elkin school board
chairman. Salutatorian of the
class, Martha Harris, will welcome
the group. Presentation of dip
lomas and awards will be made by
N. H. Carpenter, superintendent
of the Elkin city schools, and the
class valedictorian, Maxine Lud
wig, will give the closing address.
The sixteen seniors receiving
diplomas Tuesday night are: Jean
Chappell, Ellen Cothren, Betty
Jean Darnell, Susie Daye, David
Fletcher, Thelma Gambill, Martha
Harris, Pat Harris, Christine
Hayes, Vermelle Henderson, Her
man Lane, Maxine Ludwig, Dick
Mayberry, Dorothy Parks, Betty
Lou Steelman, and Frances
Swaim. Mascots are little Miss
Connie Triplett, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Triplett, and Mas
ter Michael Adams, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frear Adams.
Commencement marshalls are
Carolyn Francis Byrd, chief, Ca
therine Walls, Mary Belle John
son, Charles Walls, and Bradie
Osborne.
Cupid Had Slow Time
In Surry Last Week
Cupid, apparently awed by last
week’s political turbulence, failed
to show his beaming face but three
times in Surry county during the
past week-end.
Establishing something of a
record, only three couples ap
plied to Mrs. Bertha Shinault,
Register of Deeds, for marriage li
cense during the week, climaxing
the Democratic primary elections.
They were; Porter White, 27,
of Mount Airy, and Georgia Tay
lor, of Mount Airy, receiving li
cense May 23; Carroll Wagoner,
21, of Mount Airy, and Faye
Chappell, 20, of Mount Airy, re
ceiving license May 25; also on
May 25 licenses were issued to J.
D. Snow, 17, of Elkin, Route 1,
and Catherine Southern, 17, of ■
Mount Airy, Route 3.
We have gone a long way edu
cationally, but we are still closer ]
bo the bottom than we are to the j
bop of the ladder. i
NEW JAYCEE PRESIDENT —
Members of Elkin's Junior
Chamber of Commerce unani
mously selected R. H. Lankford,
Jr., as club president at Monday
night’s meeting at the YMCA.
JAYCEES NAME
NEW OFFICERS
R. H. Lankford, Jr., Heads
Local Organization; To
Sponsor Stock Show
NEILL SMITH SPEAKER
New officers and directors were j
elected Monday night by the
Junior Chamber of Commerce at
the club’s regular meeting at the
YMCA. Members also voted to
sponsor the Fat Stock Show to be
held here this fall.
Neill M. Smith, Surry county
agent, spoke to members, urging
that they get behind the stock
show which is becoming an annual
affair. He praised the work the
club did last year along these
lines and told what it had meant
to the community.
Smith was introduced by Mayor
Garland Johnson, who, as chair
man of the agriculture commit
tee of the North Carolinla Bank
ers' Association, is also interested
in seeing the show continued this
year.
New officers elected for the
coming term arc: R. H. Lankford,
Jr., president; Sam Neavcs, 1st
vice-president; Dr. Vernon Taylor,
2nd vice-president; Fleet Mathis,
secretary; Sam Atkinson, treasur
er; and Roger Marshall, publicity
director. The new directors are
Clyde Carroll, Walter Metz, N. H,
Carpenter, and Homer Edwards.
BIBLE SCHOOL
STARTS JUNE 10
First Baptist Church Vaca
tion Session To Last
Nearly Two Weeks
FORD TO BE PRINCIPAL
The First Baptist Church will
hold its annual Vacation Bible
School June 10-21. The school
will open at 8:30 in the morning
and close at 11:30 each day, Mon
day through Friday, for two
weeks. Registration will be held
on Friday afternoon, June 7 at
4:00.
The pastor, Rev. Howard Ford
will act as principal of the school
and local workers and members of
the Sunday school will serve on
the faculty. The school is open
to all boys and girls from four
through sixteen years of age and
will include an interesting and
meaningful program for these age
groups.
The faculty is not complete but
the following are among the work
ers enlisted to serve:
Miss Glenda Norman will act as ■
superintendent of the Beginners’ '
department and with her will be !
several of the college young peo- (
pie. Mrs. Hadley Badgett will be (
the superintendent for the Pri- ,
nary department. She too will ,
rave other young people to help. I
Vfrs. R. L. Reinhardt will lead the ■
Junior department Plans are j
lot complete for the Intermedi- ,
ite department as yet. 2
These two weeks will prove very \
lelpful to boys and girls and it
s hoped that a large number will t
Lttend. £
Contest Dobson
Precinct Vote
On Many Counts
At two sessions of the Surry
bounty Board of Elections, held
ruesday and Wednesday at Dob
son, charges and counter-charges
svere hurled by opposing sides con
cerning the legality of the voting
in three of the county's precincts.
The meetings are to be continued
through today, with no definite
results as yet reported, and with
no official tabulation of votes in
the primary election of last week
made known.
Tuesday’s meeting was called by
the county board of elections for
the purpose of making an official
tabulation of votes in the county’s
18 precincts, and to air any
charges made against voting prac
tices by either side. Congressman
Folger was present in person, and
Chatham was represented by At
torney Milton Cooper, of Elkin.
Official tabulation of votes wa3
delayed until Wednesday, due
to the fact that ballots from
two precincts, Franklin and Stew
arts Creek, had not yet arrived
at the time of the meeting.
In the statement issued on be
half of Chatham by Cooper, the
claim was made that “primary
election in Dobson precinct was
not legally conducted, in that il
legal ballots were placed in the
Congressional box . . . and that il
legal ballots were also attempted
to be placed in the box; that no
registration book was present at
the voting place or ever referred
to during the day . . . and that
any person presenting himself
was permitted to vote without any
reference to the said book; that
observers . . . were not permitted
to watch the election book in ac
cordance with law's; that poll book
was improperly kept; that various
persons were allowed to mark
ballots in violation of election
laws” and that there were num
erous violations and irregularities
in the voting of the Dobson pre
cinct. Signed affidavits were pre
sented as evidence.
Arthur Fulk, chairman of the
board of elections, accepted the
statement and ordered that regis
tration and poll books of the Dob
son precinct be impounded. At
the suggestion of Henry Dobson,
defeated candidate for the State
House of Representatives from El
kin, Fulk also agreed to impound
the county ballot box at the pre
cinct.
Congressman Folger, after hear
ing accusations against the pre
cinct which he carried by approx
imately 600 votes, counter
charged that there were irregu
larities in the voting in the town
ships of Elkin and Bryan. Fol
ger demanded an investigation of
the registration and ballot books
n these townships which gave
Chatham an approximate 1,200
(Continued on page eight. 1st sec.)
SMASHUP SENDS
3 TO HOSPITAL
Accident Occurs On Traphiil
Road About 6:00 P. M.
Saturday
CARS BADLY DAMAGED
Three persons were taken to the
Elkin hospital Saturday as the re
sult of an automobile accident oc
curring on the Traphiil road at
about 6:00 p. m.
The injured were: Elmer Bill
ings, 16, of Lomax, who suffered
a badly lacerated face; Fred
Dothren, 9, of Traphiil, who lost
a front tooth and received cuts;
and Paul Brown, 15, of Joynes,
vho sustained cuts on the head.
According to the report, the col
lision of the two cars involved
came about when a machine oper
ated by Lester Spicer, 16, of Trap
lill, attempted to pass another car
joing in the same direction. He
vas met by another automobile,
iriven by Claytus E. Cothren, 16,
>f Traphiil, who was coming from
he direction of Elkin. Cothren
itruck the Spicer machine in the
Spicer machine in the side, caus
ng extensive damage to both ve
licles. Billins and Fred Cothren
rere with Claytus Cothren, and
Jrown and Junior Spicer, 15, were
irith Lester Spicer.
The accident was investigated
y Corp. W. S. McKinney, of the
itate Highway Patrol.