ELKIN
The Best Little Town
In North Carolina
. The Elkin
Tribune
ELKIN
Gateway To Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
3
VOL. NO. XXXIV No. 28
PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1946
$2.00 PER YEAR
16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
-Nursie, Water
Extension Is
*
rPlanned Here
*
4 Town Board To
Expand Service;
H Presents Budget
Town commissioners, meeting
Monday night at the town hall,
voted to secure the services of a
•rtull time nurse for Elkin and to
make available wherever possible
water to the city’s outlying de
velopments. The commissioners
also tentatively approved a city
budget for the next fiscal year as
^presented by Dixie Graham, city
^tax collector.
Members of the board agreed
that Elkin had a long-felt need
for a nurse, permanently station
ed here, to care for problems aris
was decided to take immediate
step's directed toward securing
such services, and the nurse is ex
pected to be established here in
** about a month. Expenses involved,
tiie board stated, will be in part
defrayed by county funds and
partly by a city supplement.
In view of several new develop
* ments rapidly growing within the
V'city limits, the commissioners be
gan Monday night to seek means
by which water lines can be eco
nomically conveyed to new dwell
ings in these areas. Where it Is
possible to do so, water is to be
provided to the new communities,
and the commissioners warned
that in certain cases users of the
tvater may be called upon to help
fefray expenses.
Mr. Graham presented a budget
for the fiscal year 1946-’47, and
J|he plan was tentatively adopted.
Pinal action will be taken at the
next meeting of the board. In
t sBiia^jbf increasing expenses, the
board declared itself to be againSt
instituting a higher tax rate, and
'^members are endeavoring to keep
within last year’s budget, which
called for a tax rate of $1.20.
Present at the meeting were a
large number of citizens, includ
--4ing a large majority of the city’s
ministers, who were there to urge
' that recent restrictions placed
upon beer and wine sales be main
tained. It was pointed out that
the new restrictions had done a
great deal toward reducing public
’ '^drunkenness, and Dr. Harry L.
Johnson, of the Hugh Chatham
Memorial hospital, testified that
Ithe number of patients admitted
to the hospital as a result of
drunkenness and resulting disor
derliness had been greatly de
creased since the new regulations
became effective. Chief of Police
JCorbett Wall added that persons
^^.rressted for intoxication during
May numbered considerably less
than those apprehended for the
i same offense in April, and he at
l^.tributed the decline to the beer
' and wine sale restrictions.
concerning public health. It
H: P. GRAVER
, DIES TUESDAY
Prominent Boonville Man Had
Been In Declining Health
Since 1935
FUNERAL RITES TODAY
Funeral services will be held to
day (Thursday) at 4 p. m. for
Henry P. Craver, 66, who died at
"♦his home in Boonville Tuesday af
ternoon aC 5:40 o’clock. Services
will be conducted at the home,
with Rev. John I. Kizer, pastor of
the Boonville Baptist church, of
ficiating.
*a''' A former Yadkin county repre
sentative in the State Legislature,
and more recently engaged in the
lumber and handle industry in
Boonville, Mr. Craver had been in
v declining health since 1935 and
suffered a stroke last July.
Born at Courtney, Yadkin coun
ty, he was a son of A. J. and Mary
Sprinkle Craver. For the past 50
years he had lived in Boonville.
He represented Yadkin county in
the Legislature in 1935, was a
member of the Boonville Baptist
church, and was active in church
and community work as long as
^ his health permitted.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Ethel Bray Craver; one son,
Charles P. Craver of Boonville;
one daughter, Mrs. Foy Hemric of
Cycle; three grandchildren;
'l«three brothers, D. H. Craver of
Boonville, Dr. A. W. Craver of
Greensboro, and R. F. Craver of
Toledo, Ohio, and one sister, Mrs.
Charles E. Clemens of Kansas
A City, Kan.
m Interment will be made in the
kf Boonville cemetery.
July 1 Deadline
For Purchase Of
Beer License
Beer and wine dealers in Sur
ry county have until July 1 to
purchase new license, according
to Mrs. Bertha M. Shinault,
Register of Deeds. These li
cense may be obtained at the
Register of Deeds office at
Dobson. Beer and nine fees
were due on April 30, but the
time limit for the purchasing of
them is extended until July 1,
Mrs. Shinault said, and all
dealers are urged to pay as
quickly as possible.
CORPORATION
IS APPROVED
Go-Ahead Signal Given For
Local Golf Course And
Country Club
NINE HOLES PLANNED
Go-ahead signal for the incor
poration of Elkin’s new commun
ity enterprise, the Cedar Brook
Country Club, has been given by
Secretary of State Thad Eure, it
was learned Tuesday. A certifi
cate of incorporation is expected
to arrive from Raleigh by tomor
row.
The enterprise, as decided upon
at a meeting of interested citizens
last Friday night, calls for incor
poration in the amount of $100,
000. Stock, at $100 per share, is
to be issued for $30,000 to cover
the cost of purchasing land on
the Swan Creek Road, where the
club is to be located. A nine hole
golf course is to be constructed,
with work beginning as soon as
possible. Backers of the project
expect the course to be complet
ed and ready for play by next
summer.
Dr. Vernon Taylor, temporary
president of the organization, has
stated that in the future it is
planned to increase golfing faci
lities to a full 18 holes, construct
a club house, tennis courts, and
a playground for children of
members. The nine hole course
is just a beginning, Dr. Taylor as
serted.
Other temporary officers elected
at the last meeting were John Sa
gar, vice-president and Henry
Butner, secretary-treasurer. The
group determined that annual so
cial golf dues will be charged to
stockholders, but it was not de
cided what form these dues will
assume. The decision is to be left
to a permanent board of directors
when elected.
A second meeting has been set
for tomorrow night at 7:30 at the
YMCA, at which time the first
shares of stock will be put up for
sale. All persons interested are
invited to attend.
BEAUTY SHOW
IS TO BE HELD
Jaycecs To Seek Prospective
“Miss America” In Con
test Set For July 3
RULES ARE ANNOUNCED
Seeking t.o determine if Elkin
contains a prospective Miss
America of. 1946, the local Junior
Chamber of Commerce is to spon
sor a beauty contest here Wednes
day, July 3. The winner of this
contest will become eligible to
compete for the,state title at Wil
son August 3, and if victorious
there, will journey to Atlantic City
as a contestant in the famed
"Miss America” pageant.
The state contest is to be spon
sored by the North Carolina Jay
cee organization, and entries will
come from the 40 individual clubs
in the state. Prizes await the
'winners in all contests.
Locally, Jaycees are asking the
merchants to select and sponsor
girls meeting the requirements. A
water show will precede the face
and figure judging Wednesday af
ternoon at the YMCA swimming
pool, and in the evening a talent
contest will be conducted. Girls
must possess some talent as well
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EMERGENCY
FOOD DRIVE
IS EXTENDED
Seek Food For UNRRA Dis
tribution Among Starving
NOT FOR GERMANS, JAPS
Chairman Myers Says Con
tributions Coming In Here
At Very Slow Pace
CASH, OR TINNED FOODS
The emergency food drive, con
ducted to provide food for UNRRA
distribution among the starving
peoples of Europe and Asia, has
been extended into July, C. N.
Myers, local chairman, has an
nounced.
Mr. Myers has revealed that
contributions are coming in at an
exceedingly slow rate, and he urg
es upon local residents the im
portance of contributing to this
cause. Cash and tinned food con
tributions are requested, with cash
preferred to enable the purchase
of food in wholesale quantities.
Several persons, Mr. Myers stat
ed. have asked where these contri
butions will go. He emphasizes
that neither Germany nor Japan
are to benefit from the drive. Fol
lowing is a list of countries eligible
for benefits from UNRRA:
Albania, China, Czechoslovakia,
Ethiopia, Finland, Greece, Hun
gary, Italy, Korea, Philippines,
Poland, Ukraine, Yugoslovia, Bel
gium, Fiance, Netherlands, Den
mark, Luxembourg, Norway, and
India.
SWIM CLASSES
ARE DELAYED
Postponed Until Monday,
June 24, Following Close
Of Bible Schools
LIFE SAVING JULY 1ST
The learn-to-swim classes that
were scheduled to begin at the
YMCA swimming pool have been
postponed until Monday, June 24,
when Daily Vacation Bible Schools
will be over, officials of the YMCA
have announced. All boys and
girls’ interested in learning to
swim are urged to join the class
when it begins.
The life-saving class originally
scheduled for June 24. has been
postponed until July 1, at 9:30
a. m.
In regard to the adult learn-to
swim classes, there are now two
classes being taught, at 11:30 a.
m. and at 5:30 p. m.; also from
11:30 a. m. until 12:30 p. m. there
is a recreational swim for adults.
Each morning from 10:30 to
11:30 progressive tests are held.
This is the period for instruction
in advanced swimming and im
provement in swimming strokes,
which are required for the life
saving course* being offered.
Playground activity has also be
gun with softball teams being or
ganized, with playing beginning at
9 a. m. on Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday mornings. All boys
interested in softball activity are
asked to meet with Mr. Safrit at
the Y Monday at 9:00.
Tribune Advertising Gets Results
WIND UP SUCCESSFUL SEASON — The Elkin High School baseball team has completed a successful season in which they won 13
games and lost only four. The team, pictured above, is made up of the following, first row, left to right: Bill Price, Dick Mayberry, Jack
Park, Jim Irwin, Jim Parker, Kctchel Adams, Dewey York, R, H. Abernathy, coach. Second row, left to right: “Sonny” Blackburn, Jim
Chipman, Bill Jurney, Bob Harris, Sam Adams, Bob Lawrence, Robert McCann. Another member of the team, Bradie Osborne, was not
present when the photo was made. Blackburn, Parker, Chipman and Price, the latter team manager, have been awarded their letters fol
lowing the close of the season. The following members were awarded stars: Park, Harris, McCann, York, Jurney, S. Adams, K. Adams,
Osborne. — Photo by BelL
Elect Caudill
President Of
Lions Club Here
JACK CAUDILL
At a meeting of the local Lions
club, Monday, June 3, members
elected Jack Caudill to serve as
their president for the coming
year. About 50 persons attended
the meeting.
Bill Graham, present president
of the organization, presided over
the meeting. A special session of
the board of directors followed
the adjournment. It was an
nounced that the next Lions club
meeting will be held June 17, and
at that time new officers will be
installed.
Other officers elected are:!
Glenn York, 1st vice-president:
Claude Farrell, 2nd vice-presi
dent; Roy Kane, 3rd vice-presi
dent; Fred Eidson, treasurer; Tom
Parnell, secretary; Graham
Greene, Lion Tamer; H. C. Bow
man, Tail Twister; and Glenn
Lewis, Luke Stuart, and M. C.
Whitener, directors.
GARBAGE DUMP
IN NEW SITE
Against The Law To Deposit
Garbage Along River
Bank Between Bridges
$25 FINE IS PROVIDED
Prisons hereafter dumping gar
bage on the river bank between
the bridges will be guilty of vio
lating a city ordinance and sub
ject to a $25 fine, Joe Saylor, city
coordinator, announced yesterday.
The dump on the river behind
the cattle shed was originally es
tablished for the burning of paper
and cardboard boxes, Mr. Saylor
stated, but it has become a dump
ing ground for all sorts of gar
bage and is a menace to the city’s
health. Rats, he said, abound
along the river bank in this area,
and these rodents are well-known
carriers of typhus and other
germs.
Mr. Saylor, making all efforts
to keep the city clean and main
tain sanitary conditions, asks per
sons dumping garbage to take it
to the city dump, located in North
Elkin near the Elkin Valley
church. Here it will not menace
city health and wjll not offend
visitors approaching town from
across the river.
The ground between the bridges
is to be posted with signs request
ing “No Dumping.”
Developments Break Thick And
Fast In Congressional Battle
As Second Primary Draws Near
WILL CONSIDER
FOREIGN LABOR
Farmers To Meet At Dobson
June 15 About Employ
ing Bahamians
TO GET INFORMATION
There is to be a meeting Satur
day, June 15. at 2 p. m., at the
Dobson courthouse of all farmers
in the county who are interested
in employing Bahamian laborers
in the harvesting of tobacco this
season. County Agent Neill M.
Smith has announced. These la
borers will also be obtainable for
general farm work.
Farmers will have an oppor- ,
tunity to learn the conditions un
der which these workers can be
employed, including wages, living
conditions, and other related top
ics. Problems in working with
Bahamian groups will be discussed
by H. W. Miller, farm labor as
sistant for Surry county.
Tobacco growers arc asked to
make a careful survey of labor
needs for tobacco harvesting, and
to decide whether or not they wish j
to pay 50 cents an hour for the
labor of Bahamian men and 40
cents for Bahamian women. As
to whether or not these laborers
will be used in this region is en
tirely up to the individual farmers,
Smith asserted. A tentative allot
ment of 40 workers has been set
by the N. C. State Farm Labor Of
fice to assist tobacco growers if
needed. They will become avail
able August 9.
Smith states that this date is
somewhat late for tobacco har
vesting, but reminds farmers that
the date was established by the
farm labor board, which must con
sider the fact that the Bahamians
have work to do in other parts
of the state until that time.
“As a whole,” Smith stated,
“Bahamian labor has been satis
factory in apple harvesting in Sur
ry county. Bahamians were not
used last year here for tobacco
work. However, D. R. Perkins,
Yadkin county agent, reports that
they were satisfactory in har
vesting tobacco in Yadkin coun
ty, where they were used.”
July Term Of Court
Has Been Postponed
Clerk of Court Fred Llewellyn,
has announced that the July
term of Surry county Superior
Court has been postponed until
September. This action was
taken in order to allow farmers
to conclude a large portion of the
season’s work before being sum
moned for court duty, and marks
the second postponement this
summer. It was previously an
nounced that the June term had
been cancelled until July. Ap
proximately 75 cases are already
on the docket for the September
session.
Way Is Cleared For
Yadkin Flood Plan
i
REA Withdraws Objection; Project
Will Now Re Presented To Congress
With the withdrawal last
Thursday of objections raised to
the Yadkin Valley Flood Control
project by the Western North
Carolina Electric Membership
To Stage Scrap
Paper Drive
Sunday, June 30
The Elkin Junior Chamber of
Commerce will conduct a scrap
paper drive, starting at 1 p. m.
Sunday, June 30. Elkin resi
dents are urged to collect and
make available for this drive as
much scrap paper as possible.
This paper is urgently need
ed. Government officials have
declared that the paper situa
ation is now more critical than
at any time during the war.
AUTO ACCIDENT
FATAL TO ONE
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L. F. Billings, Of Thurmond,
Dies In Hospital Follow
' ing Sunday Wreck
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BROTHER BADLY HURT
L. F. Billings, 21, of Thurmond,
died as the result of injuries re
ceived in a Sunday accident near
his home, and his younger broth
er, C. L. Billings, 17, was badly in
jured. The accident occurred at
about 10:45 a. m.
The elder brother died at about
5 a. m. Monday at the Elikn hos
pital, some ID hours after sus
taining severe head injuries. C.
L. Billings is expected to recover,
according to hospital reports.
The accident occurred near
Thurmond, when the car in which
the two brothers were riding ov
erturned. Witnesses say that the
car, driven by L. F. Billings, was
slightly over the line marking the
center of the road when a Grey
hound bus approached from the
opposite direction. In swerving to
avoid the bus, Phillips apparently
lost control of his vehicle, and
after twisting to the far right side
of the highway, back to the left,
and again to the right, the car
overturned several times, inflict
ing fatal injuries to the driver.
L. F. Billings was the son of
William Billings, who recently
moved to Thurmond from Sparta.
Corporation, the way now seems
clear for the presentation of the
project to Congress. It is hoped
that the recommendations of
army engineers for the construc
tion of four dams on the upper
Yadkin river and its tributaries
can be included in current legisla
tion now pending before Congress.
Army Engineers of Rivers and
Harbors are to meet Tuesday to
consider the final recommenda
tions of division engineers from
Atlanta. Ga„ who works this area.
If these recommendations are ap
proved, nothing remains but for
the project to be presented to
Congress. Approval is expected.
Following a meeting last week
in Washington, at which Mark W.
Bennett, president of the corpora
tion, voiced objections to the pro
posal on the grounds that no pro
vision had been made for hydro
electric installations, the Flood
Control committee met with di
rectors of the rural electric cor
poration at Lenoir and succeeded
in ironing out difficulties. The
directors withdrew unqualifiedly
their previous objections, W. M.
Allen, local attorney and mem
ber of the committee, announced
here last Friday.
Other members of the Flood
Control committee, who have been
wraging an uphill battle for nearly
five years, ever since the 1940
Yadkin flood, to establish meas
ures of flood control are: John E.
Justice, Jr., chairman from North
Wilkesboro, J. W. L. Benson, of
Elkin, and George F. Wiese and
V. D. Guire, of Lenoir.
As the matter stood, the rural
electric organizations requested a
hearing before governmental au
thorities on June 15. This hear
ing was granted, and thus marked
a delay of a year before the pro
posal could be presented for Con
gressional consideration. With the
w-ithdraw'al of the objection to the
non-inclusion of electrical power
considerations, the hearing now
becomes unnecessary and makes
immediate Congressional action
possible.
Mr. Allen has indicated that the
measure has the full support of
Senators Josiah W. Bailey and
Clyde R. Hoey, and of Represen
tatives John Folger, Robert A.
Doughton, and Congresswoman
Jane Pratt. The Senators have
agreed to lend their efforts to
seeing that a bill now up before
the Senate with provisions for
flood control projects in various
parts of the United States is
amended to include the Yadkin
project.
ORCHESTRA IS
TO BE FORMED
Seek Musicians To Form
Local Band; Said To Be In
Much Need In Area
MITCHELL HEADS MOVE
An effort to organize a small or
chestra, composed of local musicir
ans, is being made here by Jimmy
Mitchell, discharged army veter
an connected with Graham and
Click company, it has been re
vealed.
Mr. Mitchell has had consider
able experience with orchestra
work in the past, and he has ex
pressed a desire to assemble a few
interested persons together for the
purpose of creating a local band.
He states that there is a demand
for such an organization here and
in neighboring towns, and that
several persons have been inquir
ing as to securing the services of
an Elkin band. Several mu
sicians have already begun to
work with Mr. Mitchell toward the
creation of an orchestra, and ear
ly results are expected.
According to Mr. Mitchell, the
following instruments are most
urgently needed: saxophone,
trumpet, piano, accordion, clari
net, and bass violin. He requests
that he be contacted by anyone
playing these or other instru- ■
ments who might be interested in i
the project. .
Solicitor Scott
Says He Will
Probe Spending
Developments have come thick
and fast during the past week in
the Fiftti District Congressional
“battle of the century” between
Thurmond Chatham, high man in
the May 25 primary, and John H.
Folger, to be highlighted Wednes
day morning with an announce
ment by Solicitor Ralph J. Scott,
of Danbury, that he, aided by the
State Bureau of Investigation,
would probe campaign expendi
tures in the district.
Walter F. Anderson, of Raleigh,
director of the SBI, said that he
would assist in the inquiry but
said that he assumed it would be
Chatham Gives
Pearson Comment
P. A. C. Brushoff
Winston-Salem, June 10. —
Thurmond Chatham today de
clared that Drew Pearson's
comments on the Fifth district
congressional race are "in line
with his well known sympa
thies with the P.A.C.-C.I.O. at
tempt to dominate the Demo
cratic party, especially in the
South.”
Drew Pearson, in his radio
broadcast Sunday afternoon,
suggested that the house elec
tions committee investigate
“Charges that thousands of
dollars are being poured into
the Fifth district of North Car
olina by the millionaire Hanes
family and the Chatham blan
ket family to defeat Rep. Fol
ger.”
an investigation of the expendi
tures of all candidates. The in
vestigation, supposed to start next
Monday, is being called by Solici
tor Scott following charges by
Candidate Folger that Mr. Chat
ham spent between $150,000 and
$200,000 in the May 25th primary.
Meanwhile, the State election
board has announced that it is
now investigating alleged election
irregularities in Stokes county, and
in Dobson, Elkin and Bryan town
ships in Surry. Board members
began the investigation Tuesday
but progress to date has not been
announced. These charges were
brought by both sides, with Mr.
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TAKE POLIO
SAFEGUARDS
All Children Entering State
From Epidemic Areas To
Be Quarantined
BOARD TAKES ACTION
In order to prevent the develop
ment of a poliomyelitis epidemic
among North Carolina children,
the State Board of Health has de
creed that all children entering
the state from epidemic areas
shall be placed under quarantine
for a period of 14 days before be
ing allowed to mingle with native
residents.
This action was prompted by
recent outbreaks of the disease in
Florida and in San Antonio,
Texas. North Carolina, and par
ticularly its summer camps for
children, serves as a summer re
sort for many inhabitants of these
two states. Health authorities are
anxious to prevent any spread of
the disease which might be
brought about by youthful visitors.
The following regulations have
been adopted as emergency meas
ures by the Board of Health:
All persons under 16 years of
age- who come into this state from
a poliomyelitis epidemic area shall
be quarantined on their premises
for 14 days.
New admissions to camps of
children from epidemic areas shall
be prohibited.
All camps where children have
already arrived from such epi
demic areas shall be immediately
quarantined as a unit until two
weeks have elapsed following the
entrance of the last child from an
jpidemic area. Such quarantine,
in the case of these camps, shall
;onsist of the requirement that all
children in the camp remain on
:amp property and not have vis
tors under 16 years of age.