The Elkin Tribune
ELKIN
Gateway To Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
* VOL. NO. XXXIv\no. 29
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1946
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• Yadkin Flood Control
'Plans Are Okeyed By
^ Board Of Engineers
Are Hoping For
Quick Action
By Committee
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Plans for the Yadkin River Val
ley Flood Control project have re
ceived the stamp of approval from
the Army Board of Engineers in
Washington, it was learned unof
ficially Tuesday.
The army board met Monday
morning to take action on recom
mendations submitted in April by
the South Atlantic Division En
gineers’ office in Atlanta. Al
though the offi~’al word of ap
proval had not, at the time the
announcement was made, reached
the Senate Commerce Committee,
favorable action on the project
has been indicated.
This approval clears the way for
a Senate Commerce Committee
discussion during hearing on flood
control legislation scheduled for
June 25. Biggest obstacle was re
moved week before last when REA
groups in Western North Carolina
withdrew protests and a demand
for a hearing before the army
board. The group had opposed
the exclusion of electric power
provisions.
In the meantime, other op
» position has sprung up among
* landowners in Happy Valley, where
it is claimed the back-up of wa
ters which will result from con
struction of the dams will cause
severe property damage. It is
^understood that one group of
jr landowners has retained W. H.
Strickland, of Lenoir, as attorney
to represent ttiem in their fight
^against the proposal. They have
informed several North Carolina
members of the Congressional
.„that they, want io be
represented at Senate hearings,
declaring that the backed-up wa
y ters will cause more damage than
occasional floods.
According to the divisional en
gineers’ report, original cost of
the project will be $7,194,000,
^ with an annual $25,000 dollars al
lowed for operation and mainr
tenance. Two dams would be
built on the Yadkin river, one six
miles above North Wilkesboro and
the other nine miles further up
stream. Two more would go on
the Reddies river, 1.6 and 12.8
above its mouth.
) JUNE 22 FINAL
DATE FOR FOOD
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Must Be Shipped By Then,
Myers States; Still Seek
Contributions
COIN JARS ARE PLACED
C. N. Myers, chairman of the
local emergency food drive to pro
vide food for UNRRA distribution
among the starving peoples of Eu
rope and Asia, said Wednesday
^ morning that all canned food must
be shipped not later than June
22, but that cash donations will
be accepted up until July 1.
Mr. Myers said that only a
;* small quantity of canned foods
has been donated to date. He also
stated that glass jars had been
placed in the various stores in
which everyone who wished to
help in the drive could place
money.
. A committee will make a can
vass of tire local merchants and
business men the last of this
month to seek contributions, he
said.
In discussing the drive, Mr. My
f.. /»lers emphasized that neither Ger
many or Japan are to benefit
from the food and money col
lection.
Hold Youth After
Automobile Wreck
Junior Clinton Chappell, 18, of
Jonesville, Route 1, has been
charged with reckless driving and
with operating a motor vehicle
without a driver’s permit, follow
ing the investigation of a wreck
in Arlington Sunday evening at
about 6 o’clock.
The car, operated by Chappell,
belonged to Glade Shaw, 17, of
Jonesville, Route 1, who was trav
eling as a passenger. It reported
ly left the road out of control on
a curve as the party was pro
ceeding toward Elkin, struck and
broke off a power pole, and then
overturned. No one was injured.
The accident was investigated by
J Corp. J- B. McKinney, of the Btate
** Highway Patrol.
JL
Comer Takes Tribune
To Task For Paid Ad
Surry School Head Denies He Fired
Teachers Or Even Has Authority
John W. Comer, Surry county
superintendent of education, has
taken The Tribune to task in a
letter printed herewith, in which
he asks that a correction be made
as to an advertisement appearing
in last week’s issue charging that
he fired several Surry county
schoolteachers because they sup
ported Thurmond Chatham, can
didate for Congress from the
Fifth District, in opposition to his
opponent, John H. Folger.
In his letter, Mr. Comer denies
that “I am a ringleader in the
Folger Machine,” and states that
he welcomes an investigation of
the charges against him which
was suggested by a Tribune edi
torial of last week, and that he
intends for such an investigation
to be made by bringing “the ac
cusers into court and permitting
them to prove their accusations. ’
This statement is in accord with
a statement which has been made
by Thurmond Chatham that he
intends to make every effort ir
respective of the outcome of the
June 22 run-off, to investigate and
expose the political vendetta
which has resulted in charges
against the Surry school superin
tendent, and of election irregu
larities, both at the polls and in
the matter of unlawful trending
during the campaign.
Mr. Comer’s letter, addressed to
H. 'F. L&ffoon, Tribune publisher,
and publicity manager for Mr.
Chatham, follows in full:
“Dear Mr. Laffoon:
“In reply to a paid ad in your
newspaper of last week I should
YADKIN WOMAN
DIES TUESDAY
Mrs. Ada Hemric Brown
Passes Away At Jonesville
Route 1 Home
FUNERAL RITES TODAY
Funeral services will be held to
day (Thursday) at 11 a. m. at
Swaims Baptist Church, for Mrs.
Ada Hemric Brown, 64, who died
at her home at Jonesville, Route
1, Tuesday afternoon after a se
rious illness of two days. She had
been in declining health for three
years.
A daughter of the late John and
Jane Benton Hemric, Mrs. Brown
had spent her entire life in the
community in which she died. She
was a member of the Swaims
Baptist Church.
She is survived by her husband,
Henry Brown; four children, Clo
is and Worth Brown of Jones
ville, Mrs. Bessie Chappie of
Cycle, and J. Edgar Brown of
Yadkinville; three brothers, Mar
shall Hemric of Jonesville, Worth
and Frank Hemric, both of Boon
ville; one sister, Mrs. Ella Chap
pie of Cycle; and one grandchild.
Rev. E. C. Norman and Rev. E.
L. Templeton will conduct the
funeral services, and interment
will be made in the church cem
etery.
Eldridge To Again
Head Glade Valley
E. B. Eldridge was re-elected
superintendent of Glade Valley
High school, Presbyterian school,
owned by Orange and Winston
Salem Presbyterites, at a meeting
of the trustees last week. He was
also voted an increase of $200 in
salary for the coming year.
Report showed the school closed
a record year this spring with stu
dent receipts at a new high as well
as increased revenue from the
farm.
Plans were formulated at the
meeting to stage a campaign to
secure funds with which to erect
new buildings for the school. Paul
Ingle of High Point, was named
chairman of the special committte
heading the campaign. Around
$8,000 is already in hand for the
building program, it was an
nounced
like to make a correction if you
are interested in the truth and
would care to give your readers
the correct information.
“For your information, I should
like to state that I have never
fired a teacher. I have not fired
four teachers in Surry County this
year as is the implication by the
advertisement. For your further
; information I do not have the au
thority to fire a teacher. I deny
and challenge you to prove that
I fired four teachers in Surry
County because they supported
Thurmond Chatham for Congress.
I further deny that I am a Ring
leader in the Folger Machine and
further assure you that this cheap
propaganda will not be regarded
(Continued on page eight, 1st sec.)
BOYS DAMAGE
SURRY SCHOOL
Enter Building At Franklin
And Destroy Property;
All Admit Guilt
NAMES ARE WITHHELD
Four youthful culprits, charged
with unlawfully entering Franklin
school Sunday, June 2, and again
June 9, and with maliciously de
stroying property therein, were
i arraigned before Clerk of Court
Fred Llewellyn at Dobson Tues
day morning. All admitted guilt.
The names of the boys, ranging
in age between about 10 and 15,
were requested withheld by au
thorities. Their parents, present
at the hearing, agreed to pay
damages, and the court released
the youngsters on probation.
The four boys, allegedly in
fluenced by an 18-year-old who
has not yet been apprehended, en
tered the Franklin school on the
two Sundays mentioned. Enter
ing the home economics class
room, they scattered papers, flour,
and other articles over the floor
and furnishings, negating the
work of teachers who spent sev
eral days cleaning the school after
classes were suspended for sum
mer vacation. The boys also
broke the glass panes and frame
work out of one of the doors, and
took eight dollars from a box in
the school. Total damage amount
ed to about forty dollars.
Inasmuch as none of the young
culprits had ever been apprehend
ed for juvenile deliquent acts pre
viously, Commissioner of Welfare
Bausie Marion, recommended
clemecy. Each of the boys’ par
ents agreed to pay ten dollars
apiece for damage committed to
school and county property.
HOUSING UNIT
BEING BUILT
Construction Of First Of
Emergency Units Expected
To Be Ready In 10 Days
FOUNDATION IS LAID
The first of the veterans emer
gency housing units for Elkin is
expected to be ready for inspec
tion within 10 days, Hubert
Parker, member of the veterans
housing committee, announced
yesterday.
Foundation for the house is now
under construction, and the house
itself is expected to arrive here
sometime next week. It will be
located in Westover Heights about
600 feet behind the home of Fred
Page. The first house has been
sold to Henry Meinung and is to
be placed on his lot.
Meinung has agreed to offer the
house for inspection by interested
veterans. It will contain four
rooms and will be almost fully
equipped with plumbing and heat
ing facilities. It is hoped that
definite information can be given
concerning how to obtain one of
these units by next week, Mr.
Parker stated.
SAYS FOLGER
GOT BENEFIT
ao SUPPORT
Analysis Of May 25 Vote
Shows Union’s Support
IN FOUR PRECINCTS
Bennett Charges CIO Lined
Up Its Henchmen And
Made Them Vote
SAYS ALARMING FACT
According to Paul A. Bennett,
Chatham campaign manager, an
analysis of the May 25 primary
vote in Forsyth county clearly in
dicates that John Folger received
the full support of the Political
Action Committee of the C. I. O.
in his race for Congress. Mr.
Bennett cites the fact that the
only four precincts carried by Mr.
Folger in Winston-Salem were the
same as those carried by Gene
Pratt, the C. I. O. candidate for
legislature.
These precincts were east first,
east third, north third, and south
third, in which Mr. Folger polled
a total of 1,960 votes and Pratt,
in his race, picked up 1,861 — a
close difference of 99. More than
half of Mr. Folger’s entire Wins
ton-Salem vote came from these
four precincts, which, it is claim
ed, are clearly dominated by C. I.
O. influence.
“It is a significant and alarm
ing fact,” Mr. Bennett declared.
“It proves that the C. I. O. lined
up its henchmen, paraded them
to the Winston-Salem polls, and
made them vote for Folger and
Piatt. It proves that the C. I. O.
is trying to move in and domin
ate our political and economic
life.”
Mr. Bennett went on to point
out that on June 16 a Washington
news dispatch quoted a high rank
ing union official as saying that
his organization is giving full ac
tive support to John Folger. John
Eddleman, representative of the
textile workers union and a P. A.
C. leader, said that Sidney Hill
man’s organization is concentrat
ing its efforts on the Fifth Dis
trict’s Congressional race in
North Carolina, and that on the
basis of Mr. Folger’s favorable C.
I. o. record in Congress they are
supporting him.
This organization which is
working day and night for Mr.
Folger, Mr. Bennett continued, is
the same one that in recent
months has paralyzed the na
tion’s business and has caused
President Truman to declare that
a grave national crisis existed.
The C. I. O. has declared its in
tention of moving into North Car
olina and the South to dominate
our political and economic life as
it has in other sections of the
country.
OPEN CUSTOMS
STATION HERE
Collection Station Is Author
ized Last Monday By
Treasury Dept.
CHATHAM WOOL IMPORT
Opening of a new customs col
lection station here was authoriz
ed last Monday by the treasury
department. Deputy Collector
James E. Crowe will be trans
ferred from Elizabeth City, ac
cording to the announcement, to
take charge.
Due to the presence of Chat
ham Manufacturing Company,
and the large imports of wool
coming to that concern, Elkin
ranks high on the customs list for
a city of its size. It is these wool
imports which make a customs
station here feasible. Mr. Crowe
has been working in this area for
some time as a customs official,
and his arrival to a permanent
position here will be welcome.
Authorities in Wilmington have
expressed the hope that with the
new station here Chatham wool
will be routed through that city.
At the present time the wool is
coming here by way of Boston
and New York, where it enters
the United States.
Replacing Mr. Crowe at Eliza
beth City will be J. D. Winslow,
an attorney.
Plan Services At
W. Yadkin School
A special invitation is extended
the public to attend services each
Sunday afternoon at 4:00 o’clock
at the West Yadkin school at
which time congregational sing
ing will be enjoyed for 30 min
utes, led by Edwin Poteat, of
Yadkinville.
A Graybar electric transcrip
tion machine has been purchased
whereby a transcribed sermon by
Dr. George W. Truett will be
heaird.
Tribune Is To
Again Announce
Primary Returns
The Tribune, which held an
election party on the night of
the first primary which was at
tended by a large crowd inter
ested in learning returns from
the day’s balloting, will again
announce returns of the ballot
ing in the second primary Sat
urday night.
Loudspeaker equipment in
stalled through the courtesy of
Smith Williamson, of the Wil
liamson Electric Service Com
pany, of Jonesville, will again
be used. As fast as returns can
be gathered by telephone and
radio they will be announced
over the speaker.
Due to the fact that the sec
ond primary will not see as
many candidates voted upon,
returns should come in quick
er than was the case on May
25. Everyone is invited to at
tend the election party.
TEACHER HAS
TESTIMONIAL
J. W. Calloway, Who Said He
Was Fired By Comer, An
swers Bert McCann
HAS 1 0 7 SIGNATURES
J. W. Calloway, of Mountain
Park, Surry school teacher whose
contract was terminated by John
W. Comer, Surry superintendent
of education, has made public a
testimonial to his character and
teaching ability bearing the
names of more than 100 persons
whom he termed “the best citizens
of the Mountain Park commun
ity.”
Mr. Calloway declared in a let
ter accompanying the testimonial
that Bert McCann, principal of
Mountain Park School, had
"maligned my character” in Mr.
McCann's denial of Mr. Callo
way’s version of the charges.
Mr. Calloway, in his affidavit
had stated that Superintendent
Comer had notified him his ser
vices would not be needed for the
coming year, within a few days
after Principal McCann had told
him that he, Calloway, had been
supporting Thurmond Chatham
and was likely to lose his job. He
made affidavit that Mr. McCann
told him he, McCann, owed his
job to John Comer and that
Comer, in turn, owed his job to
John Folger.
Superintendent Comer denied
that the action terminating Mr.
Calloway’s contract was influenc
ed by politics. He added that Mr.
Calloway was a Republican and
should not have been involved in
a Democratic primary.
Principal McCann also denied
in an affidavit the Calloway
charges, stating that some of the
women teachers had complained
that Mr. Calloway had been in
sulting to them, and that Mr.
Comer had intended to dismiss
(Continued on page eight. 1st sec.)
SALE OF STOCK
IS UNDER WAY
Between 75 And 100 Shares
Of Cedarbrook Club Have
Been Sold
COMMITTEES NAMED
Between 75 and 100 shares of
Cedarbrook Country Club stock
have been sold since sales opened
Monday night, Roger Carter,
chairman of the corporation’s
Sales and Publicity committee an
nounced yesterday.
About 300 shares of the stock
are to be made available, it was
revealed last week. The club is
to be incorporated for $100,000.
At Monday night’s meeting at
the YMCA, attended by about 30
interested citizens, the stock was
first offered for sale. Commit
tees were also appointed to han
dle the affairs of the newly
founded club. Committee mem
bers are as follows:
Constitution and By-laws com
mittee — Vernon W. Taylor, Jr.,
chairman: Hoke Henderson, Earl
James, John Sagar, H. L. John
son, and Abe Harris.
Building committee — Henry
Butner, chairman: A. O. Bryan,
co-chairman: E. T. Shamel, Delos
Underwood, F. C. Page, Avery
Neaves, and Lee Benson.
Sales and Publicity committee—
Roger Carter, chairman: Harvey
Laffoon, George Hart, Bill Stev
enson, Ed Snyder, Delos Under
wood, Henry Butner, John Sagar,
Ed Speas, Paul Royall, and Gene
Eller.
Membership committee — Julius
Hall, chairman; Delos Under
wood, M- 6. Fox, Graham Myers,
and Johp Mayberry.
Candidates Intensify
Campaigns As Date Of
Second Primary Nears
Frank Riggs Resigns
As Dobson Registrar
Elkin And Bryan Registrars Still
On Job Following State Board Probe
Following investigation of elec
tion irregularities in Surry coun
ty by the State Board of Elections,
Frank Riggs, registrar of the Dob
son precinct during the first Dem
ocratic primary, resigned his post.
In his letter of resignation, sub
mitted to Arthur Fulk, chairman
of the Surry board of elections,
Riggs did not give any reason for
his action. It was, however, de
clared that his resignation was
entirely voluntary, and did not
come about at the instigation of
the state board.
Registrars of the two other
Surry precincts under fire during
recent hearings have indicated
MOTHER LOCAL
MAN IS DEAD
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Mrs. Octavia Caroline Mose
ley, Formerly Of Elkin,
Passes Away
FUNERAL RITES TODAY
Mrs. Octavia Caroline Moseley
83, formerly of Elkin and Crutch
field, but more recently of Wins
ton-Salem, died Tuesday at 12:00
noon, in Winston-Salem at the
home of a daughter, Mrs. E. I.
Reece. She had been in declin
ing health for three months and
seriously ill for a week.
A daughter of the late William
and Emily Henderson Jackson,
she was born June 20th, 1862,
in Surry county and spent the
greater part of her life in Crutch
field. For the past five years Mrs.
Moseley lived with Mrs. Reece for
several months qf each year.
Her husband, W. D. Moseley,
died in 1938. She continued to op
erate the family farm after his
death. She was a member of the
Ebenezer Methodist church in
this county.
Surviving are two sons, J. F.
Moseley, of Elkin, and J. G. Mose
ley, of Crutchfield; four daugh
ters, Mrs. E. L. Reece, Winston
Salem, Mrs. B. G. Mackie, Waco,
Texas, Mrs. c. J. Foster, Washing
ton, D. C., and Mrs. W. A. Correll,
Cornelius; 17 grandchildren and
two great grandchildren; a sister,
Mrs. J. W. Simmons, of Boonville,
also survives.
Funeral services will be held at
Volgers Funeral Chapel at 10 a.
m. Thursday, with Rev. Mark
Depp, pastor of the Centenary
Methodist church, Winston-Sa
lem, officiating. Interment will be
made in the Hollywood cemetery
here in Elkin at 12 noon.
EXPENSES FILED
BY CANDIDATES
Folger Expenses Listed At
$5,243.34 And Chatham
At $5,476.06
$6,000 IS LEGAL LIMIT
Both John Folger and Thur
mond Chatham, rival candidates
for Democratic nomination to
Congress from the Fifth District,
have filed expense accounts cov
ering campaign expenditures dur
ing the first primary, it was re
vealed by state department offic
ials.
Folger listed expenses amount
ing to $5,245.34, of which $3,577.
34 was set down as coming from
donations. Chatham, accused by
his opponent of having spent up
wards of $150,000, listed expenses
at $5,476.06. $4,310 of the amount
coming from donations. Bach
candidate was allowed to spend
$6,000 in the battle for the Con
gressional post.
C. B. Deane, of Rockingham,
and W. E. Horner, of Sanford, op
ponents for Congressional nomi
nation in the Eighth District have
also filed accounts. Deane, who
was victorious in the race, listed
donations of $4,800 and a total
expenditure of $5,768.67. Horner,
the loser, reported $760 in con
tributions and $4,422.55 in expen
ditures.
that they intend to remain at
their posts during the second pri
mary on Saturday, a run-off be
tween John Folger and Thurmond
Chatham for Congress. These
registrars are Dixie Graham, of
Elkin, and Frank Thompson, of
the Bryan township.
It will be recalled that follow
ing the first primary, which did
not provide a majority of votes for
any Congressional candidate,
Chatham forces charged that
Dobson election officials did not
conduct an honest election, in
that registration and poll books
were improperly kept and that
certain persons were accused of
placing illegal ballots in the Con
gressional ballot box. The Folger
group countered with charges that
officials in Elkin and Bryan town
ships voted persons who were not
legal residents of the area, and
also registered life-long Repub
licans as Democrats. Public feel
ing was aroused to such a pitch
that the State Board of Elections
called for an investigation.
Mentioned as a possible succes
sor to Riggs is John Llewellyn,
Dobson livestock dealer.
YORK NAMED AS
HEAD OF LEGION
Greensboro Man State Com
mander Following Conven
tion In Winston-Salem
OTHER OFFICERS NAMED
W. M. York, of Greensboro, was
elected State Department Com
mander of the American Legion
Tuesday at Winston-Salem at the
closing of the 28th annual Legion
convention. York was opposed for
election to the office by J. Wade
Hendricks, of Statesville. Caro
lina Beach was unanimously
selected as meeting place for the
1947 convention.
Following the report of the time
and place committee, headed by
Edwin Burge, of Asheville, newly
appointed Grand Chef de Gare of
the Forty and Eight, delegates
were selected to attend the na
tional convention to be held in
San Francisco, Calif., the latter
part of September.
Other officers elected were:
Claude Ramsey, of Raleigh, na
tional committeeman: W. K.
Stewart, of Wilmington, alternate
committeeman; Rev. John S. Mc
Cready, of Morganton, chaplain;
E. H. Bain, of Goldsboro, histor
ian; and Walter C. Benson, of
Charlotte, judge advocate. ,
Speaker for the morning was
Col. Leonard H. Nason, New York
author and veteran of both world
wars. He told legionnaires that
the efforts of the government to
protect the rights of veterans were
proving inadequate, and charged
that the American Legion should
assume the responsibility of
changing the attitude of the gov
ernment and the public in general
as regards the veteran.
Victor Johnson, of Pittsboro, re
tiring commander, commended
the members on their splendid co
operation during the past year
before presenting the command
er’s badge to York. New officers
were installed by Commander
Johnson.
A member of the Raleigh dele
gation recommended that jeweled
national commander’s pin be or
dered and presented to Bryan
Booe, of Winston-Salem, in recog
nition of his outstanding record
over six years of office as na
tional committeeman.
Final registration for the con
vention was something over 1,350,
and officials declared it to be one
of the most successful in the de
partment’s history.
Sets New Air Record
Former Commanding General of
the Eighth Army Air Force, Jim
my Doolittle, Tuesday cut the
commercial airline time between
Houston, Texas, and Chicago, 111.,
almost in half to establish a new
speed record between tire two
cities. Doolittle covered the 938
air miles in three hours and 37
minutes.
Voters Are To
Again Go To
Polls Saturday
Saturday will see the voters of
the Fifth Congressional District
once again go to the polls to cast
their ballots in a second primary
to determine whether Thurmond
Chatham, of Elkin and Winston
Salem, or John H. Folger, of
Mount Airy, is to be the nominee
to Congress of the Democratic
party in the general election this
fall.
Meanwhile, as the primary date
draws nearer, the two candidates
continue to battle it out with
speeches, newspaper and radio ad
vertising. Chatham forces are
conducting their final campaign
along constructive lines, seeking to
bring before the voters the issues
and the platform upon which Mr.
Chatham stands. Folger forces,
to date, are continuing to attack
Mr. Chatham’s voting record of
the past.
As usual, the Elkin township
polls will be located at the town
hall. Polls will open at 6:30 a.
m. and close at 6:30 p. m. Inas
much as there is no other run-off
election in the county, Surry vot
ers will receive only one ballot,
containing the names of Mr.
Chatham and Mr. Folger.
In the first primary held on
May 25, in which Chatham, Fol
ger and Joe Harris, the latter of
Winston-Salem, were candidates,
neither candidate obtained a ma
jority. During the days follow
ing the primary first Chatham,
then Folger, took the lead, with
the final official count finally
giving Chatham a 59 vote lead.
Following the announcement of
the official returns, Folger, the
low man, called for a second pri
mary. ,
CONSTRUCTION
RECOMMENDED
Plans Under Way To Push
Building Of New School
At Dobson
APPROVAL IS EXPECTED
Recommendation for the con
struction of a new school building
at Dobson has been submitted to
the State Board of Education by
W. F. Craddle, director of housing
and planning for the board, it was
revealed Tuesday by John W. Co
mer, superintendent of Surry
schools. If approved, the county
will be granted a priority for the
purchase of construction materi
als.
Sam Gentry, principal of the
Dobson school, and architect John
Franklin, of Elkin, journeyed last
week to the Federal Housing Ad
ministration in Greensboro to ap
ply for building preference, but
there the two men learned that
first a recommendation would
have to be secured through the
board of education, by way of Mr.
Craddle, before the housing au
thorities could take any action.
Since a new school building is
badly needed in Dobson, to replace
the one which burned several years
ago, approval is expected. Next
on the Surry county constructioa
list comes school projects at
Copeland and at Flat Rock. Re
quests for building priorities are
expected to be made in these cases
as soon as the Dobson project is
underway.
Thieves Steal Auto
Battery Monday P. M.
While parked on Main street
Monday evening, a car belonging
to Mrs. Brady Shores had its bat
tery removed and carried away by
two daring thieves who committed
the act in full view of several wit
nesses, including I£rs. Shores her
self.
Mrs. Shores said that she be
lieved that the .two men were
working, not on her car, but on
one of their own, while other wit
nesses were under the impression
that the thieves were mechanics
making repairs. But when Mrs.
Shores some time later, tried to
drive away, it was discovered that
the battery had been stolen.
State College Extension Service
poultrymen say that the grain
normally fed to three chickens in
a month will provide enough ce
real to feed a starving foreigner
for one month.