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 No. 32 PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1946
$2.00 PER YEAR 14 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
Senate Passes
* Flood Control
Bill On Friday
i.
Provisions For
Yadkin River
'Are Tacked On
The Senate last Friday passed
the billion dollar flood control bill
which contained provisions for the
construction of four dams on the
Yadkin and Reddies rivers in
North Carolina.
Because the North Carolina
project was tacked on as a Senate
amendment, the bill must again
_^%s the House before it can be
^Usented for the president’s ap
proval.
Initial cost of the Yadkin flood
control project will be $7,194,000.
Army engineers estimate the even
tual cost at $198,232,000, which
does not include any power dams
in accordance with tire engineers’
recommendations. The bill allows
such projects to be constructed by
army engineers with funds pro
vided annually by war department
civil functions appropriation. The
next regular appropriation is due
•June 30, 1947.
IThe four dams authorized will
be built at the following costs: At
North Wilkesboro, $2,180,500;
above North Wilkesboro, $2,085,
500; on the Reddies above the
mouth, $1,006,700; and on the
Reddies near the mouth, $811,
ip. The total first cost of $7,194,
includes funds to permit con
struction of higher dams for pos
sible power developments.
BREEDERS TO
MEET JULY 27
Aberdeen-Angus Association
To Hold Annual Session
At Currituck
f WAS ORGANIZED HERE
North Carolina Aberdeen-An
gus breeders are to meet Satur
day, July 27, at Bells Island Farm,
at Currituck. The meeting is
scheduled to begin at 10:30 a. m.,
with county agents attending with
the breeders.
The North Carolina Aberdeen
\ Angus Breeders Association was
organized July 12, 1944, here in
Elkin. At the present time W.
Avery Neaves, outstanding breed
er of this section, is president of
the association.
Bells Island Farm, owned by W.
S. Gray, Jr., of New York City., is
located about three miles south
east of the Currituck courthouse.
L. A. Powell, county agent, and H.
C. Ferebee, director for Eastern
North Carolina District, as well
' as Mr. Gray have offered to pro
. ' vide all facilities for holding the
$■ aphual meeting.
Morning session will be devoted
to association business. At this
time plans for the election of new
officers, a 1947 show and sale,
and an enlarged 4-H Angus fat
stock program will be discussed.
One or two well known breeders
and authorities will speak during
the afternoon, and an inspection
tour of several nearby herds will
be conducted.
Visitors are to have an oppor
tunity to attend the famous "Lost
Colony” pageant at Manteo on
Saturday night. Headquarters for
^’"'the association, Mr. Neaves has
announced, will be the Virginia
Dare Hotel at Elizabeth City.
Sam Warren Held
On Liquor Charge
Sam Warren of Elkin and Ron
da, was held for federal court
Tuesday by U. S. Commissioner
M. W. Mackie on a charge of
transporting non-taxpaid liquor.
Warren was caught several days
ago after officers had chased him
over 100 miles, according to Mr.
Mackie. When found his car
contained no liquor but 13 cases
were found behind a building
nearby. He failed to appear for
the first hearing. He gave bond
and was released.
Lucy M. Shore To Be
Cycle Postmistress
m The nomination for Postmis
tress of Lucy M. Shore for the
Cycle office, in Yadkin county,
was sent to the Senate Monday for
' confirmation by President Tru
man.
» She succeeds A. R. Sal
SPEAKS HERE — James M.
Hayes, Jr., State commander of
the VFW, is to speak here Tues
day, July 16, at 7:30 p. m. at
the YMCA. He will speak be
fore the newly organized Elkin
VFW post, headed by local com
mander, Earl Day. Visitors are
invited.
J. M. HAYES, JR;.
TO SPEAK HERE
Will Address Local Post Of
Veterans Of Foreign
Wars July 16th
IS NEWLY ORGANIZED
James M. Hayes, Jr., state com
mander of the VFW, is to appear
here Tuesday, July 16, where he is
scheduled to speak before the
newly organized Elkin VFW post,
Earl Day, local commander has
revealed.
Hayes, who is also commander
of the Winston-Salem post, is the
son of Rev. J. M. Hayes, Sr., who
was formerly pastor of the First
Baptist church in this city. He is
a prominent Twin City lawyer,
and was recently elected to the
State House of Represntatives
from Forsyth county. During the
war he served with the United
States Marine Corps, from which
he was released holding the rank
of major.
Day stated that he expects a
large number of veterans to at
tend, and he extends a cordial in
vitation to any visitors who might
be interested in hearing an ad
dress by Commander Hayes. The
meting will take place at the
YMCA at 7:30 p.m. on July 16.
GROUP TO NAME
ITS OFFICIALS
Those Interested In Newly
Incorporated Club Are
Asked To Attend
TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES
Persons interested in obtaining
stock in the Cedarbrook Country
Club, and those interested in ex
amining the by-laws and constitu
tion of the organization, are to
meet tonight, Thursday, at the
YMCA at 8 o’clock.
At this meeting directors and
officers of the recently incorpora
ted club will be elected. By-laws
and constitution are due to be ap
proved and made public for the
benefit of stockholders and pros
pective stockholders. According to
Dr. Vernon Taylor, the certificate
of incorporation submitted by club
organizers has been returned ap
proved, and establishing a func
tioning body is all that remains to
launch the new enterprise.
Also at tonight’s meeting stock
certificates will be issued to per
sons who have applied for stock,
and to new subscribers. An inten
sive drive is to begin in the near
future for the purpose of selling
shares in the club, and Dr. Tay
lor has stated that members of
the sales committee will soon be
gin to contact prospective buyers
in town.
Dr. Taylor urges all interested
persons to attend this meeting in
order to gain a full understanding
of the corporation’s provisions and
aims.
The first known shipment of
petroleum occurred in 1790. Two
5 gallon cans were carried on
horseback by a citizen of Oil Creek
to Pittsburgh and traded for pro
visions.
SEEK ARSONIST
WHO SET FIRE
TO KILN, CARS
County Police Suspect Iden
tity In Dobson Fires
MUCH LUMBER BURNED
One Automobile Is Destroyed
And Another Is Found
Saturated With Gas
NAME IS NOT REVEALED
Although his identity is suspect
ed by the police, the Dobson ar
sonist who set fire to a dry kiln,
an automobile, and attempted to
fire a second automobile has not
yet been apprehended.
The man, whose identity has
not been revealed by police pend
ing capture, is accused of having
saturated two automobiles with
gasoline on the morning of June
30 and successfully firing one of
them. Then the same afternoon,
according to Constable Paul Mc
Cormick, he presumably set fire
to a large dry kiln at the Dobson
Building Supply.
The car belonging to Mrs.
Blanche Norman, of the county
seat, was found burning beside her
home after a short circuit caused
by the heat caused the horn to
blow. Neighbors helped Mrs. Nor
man push the blazing vehicle out
of the way before it could ignite
her house. Later on the car be
longing to Rev. Wilson Nebsitt, a
neighbor, was found saturated
with gasoline, but the presence of
several struck matches proved
that the arsonist's attempt to
ignite it had failed.
At about one o'clock in the aft
ernoon the kiln, containing about
15,000 feet of number one oak
board, was completely destroyed.
Loss was estimated at $3,000,
Warrants have been issued for
the arrest of the suspected arson
ist. He is believed to have fled
the scene of his crimes in order
to avoid capture, but police are
said to have a clue as to his
whereabouts.
FOOD WEEK TO
BEGIN JULY 15
National Home Food Preserv
ation Sponsored By Dept.
Of Agriculture
TO STRESS CANNING
National Home Food Preserva
tion Week will be observed July
15-22 by the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, Mrs. Myra K. Slate,
FSA home supervisor for Surry
and Yadkin counties has an
nounced, and she adds that farm
families participating in Farm Se
curity programs are already hard
at work preparing for the coming
winter.
"The week has been set aside to
focus attention upon the neces
sity of home canning and the
preservation of food at a time
when supplies are badly needed
throughout the world, and will in
augurate the beginning of inten
sive food preservation efforts
through the summer and fall,”
Mrs. Slate said.
FSA housewives’ slogan ior 1946
is "More Food for More People.”
Each family has been working
hard to fulfill this pledge. Mrs.
Slate has stated that she has seen
some of the best gardens this year
that she has seen for some time,
and that everybody seems to be
realizing the importance of can
ning food and saving for win
ter. FSA families have always
placed emphasis on canning, but
efforts are being intensified this
year in view of the famine
abroad. Families are preserving
food in jars and also by using
pressure cookers and other meth
ods recommended by North Car
olina authorities.
Mrs. Slate has expressed the
belief that FSA families will be
well supplied with food this win
ter if the program already started
is continued.
Children Asked To
Meet For Camp List
Boys and girls who have sign
ed up to go to camp have been
asked to meet at the YMCA Fri
day afternoon at 4:00 to get their
camp lists and final instructions
tarents who would like to accom
pany their children to the YMCA
for this information are invited.
There are still a few vacancies
in both boys and girls camp
groups, it was said. The camp will
be held jointly at Camp Hanes
the week of August 17-24. Any
young person interested in going
to camp is urged to register im
mediately.
South Dakota is known as the
“Sunshine State.”
UNCLE DAN IS HONORED — James Daniel (Uncle Dan) Woodruff, second from left, is shown here
receiving from the hand of E. G. Padgett, representing the National Safety Council, the annual safety
award presented to industrial workers by that organization. Between the two men, seated, is C. J.
Hyslup, director of safety for Chatham. At far left, seated, is Mrs. Woodruff. Mr. Hyslup served as
master of ceremonies at the banquet held at the YMCA Tuesday night in Uncle Dan’s Honor.
ARE TO INSPECT
SEVERAL FARMS
Tour Will Be Conducted Wed
nesday, July 17, In This
Area Of Surry
TO MEET AT TOWN HALL
An inspection tour of several
nearby farms is to be conducted
Wednesday, July 17, Neill M.
Smith, county agent, has an
nounced. Those persons interest
ed in farming progress in this por
tion of Surry county are urged to
assemble at the town hall at 1:00
p. m. on the above date.
This tour is one of three being
conducted in the county by ex
tension agents and representa
tives of the soil conservation ser
vice. Each tour is to cover a
third of the county, with all three
coming the first part of next week.
Here Sam Austin and Hubert
Willis, of the Soil Conservation
Service, will work with Mr. Smith
in conducting the tour.
Below are listed the farms to be
visited with the particular phase
of agricultural improvement to be
observed:
W. A. Neaves’ farm, results of
good treatment on poor land to
produce a permanent pasture;
Hurt brothers’ farm, use of lime
and phosphate in establishing
pasture land, small grain rather
than corn as grain feed; Klondike
Farm, preparation of land for al
falfa and corn following alfalfa
in rotation; W. C. Wolfe’s farm,
methods used in producing hybrid
seed corn; F. D. Burcham, grow
ing disease-resistant red clover; P.
B. Cocker ham, result of phosphate
on lespedeza; J. P. Nixon, timber
stand improvement, strip crop
ping, terraces, wildlife borders,
production of certified oats, and
ladino clover.
E. W. McDaniel, preparation of
land for permanent pasture and
fish pond; and Frank Farley, re
forestation, ladino and orchard
grass meadow strips, strip crop
farming, and com following seri
cea.
Mr. Smith is warm in his praise
of Willis and Austin, who have of
fices here in Elkin. He states
that this is a splendid opportunity
for residents of the area to ob
serve what has been done in the
way of soil conservation and pro
gressive farming since the two
men began work here.
Everyone interested in the tour
is invited to go along, Smith said.
He requests that each person fur
nish his own transportation.
CHATHAM ISTO
PLAYORDHERE
Win Double-Header Over Tri
angle Hosiery, of High
Point, July 4th
The Chatham Blanketeers, win
ners of a double-header over Tri
angle Hosiery of High Point in a
Fourth of July special here last
Thursday, and winners over Boon
ville at Boonville Saturday, are to
meet ORD, of Greensboro, here
Friday afternbon at 4:15 o’clock,
and on Saturday will go to Wins
ton-Salem to meet Hanes Knitters
in a game called for 3:00 p. m.
In last Thursday’s double bill,
the Blanketeers unleashed heavy
hitting power to win the first
game 10-6 and the second 7 to 4.
In the practice game with
Boonville Saturday the Elkin
team continued to hit well to de
feat the Yadkin team 7 to 1. Gray,
Hampton and Hall slammed out
homers for Chatham.
Annual Award Of Merit
Presented To Woodruff
First Member of Southern Industry
To Receive National Safety Award
James Daniel (Uncle Dan)
Woodruff, 68, who for the past 50
years has been an employee of
Chatham Manufacturing Com
pany of this city, Tuesday night
became the first textile worker
and the first member of a South
ern industry ever to receive the
National Safety Council’s annual
award of safety merit.
The banquet held in his honor
at the YMCA was attended by
Chatham officials, visiting safety
experts, and by members of the
Chatham Safety Council, which is
an organization composed of the
foremen of each department and
chairman of the individual safety
committees in the plant.
The certificate, honoring Uncle
Dan’s splendid record of 50 years
without a lost-time accident, was
presented by E. G. Padgett, di
ALUMNI GROUP
HOLDS MEETING
State College 01 d Grads
Gather At Bluff Park
On Scenic Highway
FEATHERS IS SPEAKER
State College alumni from Sur
ry, Ashe, Alleghany, Wilkes, and
Yadkin counties, the Northwest
State College Club, held their reg
ular summer meeting at Bluff
Park on the Parkway last Monday
evening. Coach Beattie Feathers,
State football mentor, gave the
feature address.
Coach Feathers showed moving
pictures of the 1945 Duke-State
game and gave a running descrip
tion of the plays. He also discuss
ed State’s football prospects for
next year, mentioning assistant
coaches Bob Suffridge and Craw
ford.
Neill M. Smith, president of the
club, introduced H. W. (Pop) Tay
lor, who entertained members and
guests with a humorous talk.
"Pop” introduced Coach and Mrs.
Feathers and their two daughters.
Members, guests and families
present numbered around 65. A
picnic supper of ham and fried
chicken was served preceeding the
program for the evening. Speeches
were made in the Lcurel Springs
high school auditorium.
Two Cars Damaged
In Accident Here
Two cars were damaged Tues
day morning when they collided at
the intersection of Spring and
Bridge streets. The accident was
attributed to wet pavement.
According to Chief of Police
Corbett Wall, an automobile oper
ated by Roger J. Moore, of Wins
ton-Salem, traveling west on
Spring, was rammed by a machine
driven by Ed Russels Wagoner, of
Benham, when the latter’s brakes
failed to grip on the w’et pave
ment. Wagoner was traveling to
ward the business district on
Bridge street.
With Moore was W. F. Parham,
of Oxford, and Harold Hemric
was riding with Wagoner. None
of the occupants were injured.
Chief Wall stated that no charges
were brought against either driv
er, and that Wagoner agreed to
pay damages.
rector of safety for the North
Carolina Industrial Commission
and secretary of the National
Safety Council's Textile Section
Executive Committee. Presiding
over the occasion was C. J. Hys
lup, director of safety for Chat
ham. Mr. Hyslup announced at
the banquet that the Elkin textile
firm had just completed 1,143,867
man hours without a single lost
time accident occurring anywhere
in the plant.
In addition to the honor coming
to Uncle Dan, his two sons, Mar
shall and Grady, were accorded
recognition for having worked
since 1924 with no industrial acci
dents. The Woodruff family has
amassed a total of 94 accident
free years. Mrs. Woodruff, seated
beside her husband at the ban
quet, was complimented by For
rest Shuford, State commissioner
of labor, a special guest, for the
part she had played in providing
a good home for her family, thus
keeping them free from domestic
worries, to which he attributed a
large percentage of accidents oc
curring in industries in the U. S.
Invocation was pronounced by
Rev. J. L. Powers, of East Elkin
Baptist church. Special music was
rendered by the Piedmont Quar
tet composed of Leo Dunn, Ar
thurlee Pendry, Dick Church, and
Jim Anderson with Charles Jones
at the piano, and by Dwayne
Brown and his string band.
In making the award to Uncle
Dan, Padgett pointed out that the
honoree had been safety conscien
tious long before employers and
other agencies had begun to pay
mucii attention to industrial ac
cidents, and he declared that Un
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TWO INJURED
IN ACCIDENTS
Two Machines Wreck Night
Of July 3rd When Leave
Road On Curves
INJURIES NOT SERIOUS
Two accidents, both caused by
machines leaving the highway on
curves, occurred in the vicinity of
Elkin around midnight, July 3rd.
John Guy Myers, 34, of Jones
ville, was slightly injured when
the car he was operating failed to
take a turn on the Swan Creek
road about five miles from here.
The car overturned and was heav
ily damaged. Mr. Myers was tak
en to the Elkin hospital, but was
released after first-aid had been
administered.
Butch Adkins, of Dobson, sus
tained back injuries when the car
in which he was riding overturned
on a curve on the Dobson high
way, about five miles out. The car,
which belonged to Adkins, was be
ing operated by Benjamin Frank
lin Calahan, 21, of Dobson. Cala
han received cuts and bruises, and
was released from the hospital af
ter first-aid and an examination.
Adkins was detained at the hospi
tal until the extent of his injuries
could be determined.
Both accidents were investigat
ed by Corp. Sam McKinney, of
the state highway patrol.
Surry County
Farmers Will
Vote Tomorrow
Will Determine if Tobacco Marketing
Quotas Are to be Continued Longer
Tomorrow, Friday, polls will be
opened in each township in Sur
ry county from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. to
give tobacco farmers an oppor
tunity to vote in the referendum
to determine if marketing quotas
are to be in effect on flue-cured
tobacco after the current crop is
disposed of.
Claude W. Thore, chairman of
the Surry County ACA Committee,
11 ENTRIES IN
BEAUTY SHOW
Water Show And Beauty
Pageant To Be Held At
YMCA On July 17th
EXPECT MORE ENTRIES
To date 11 entries have been
made in the “Miss Elkin” Beauty
Pageant, to take place at the
YMCA July 17. Earl Queen, mem
ber of the sponsoring committee
has announced. All 11 of the girls
are being sponsored by local busi
ness houses.
Those entered in the contest,
together with the sponsoring busi
ness establishment, are:
Vena H. Shore, 19, Graham and
Click’s Store: Frances N. Bar
nette, 19, Cash and Carry Stores,
Inc.; Eloise Gentry, 18, Bon Ton
Grill: Bettie Jean Pardue, 19, W.
M. Wall Jewelry Store: Maxine
Aldridge, 20, Belk-Doughton Co.;
Kathleen Cochrane, 20, Bank of
Elkin; Jewel Warren, 23, Sydnor
Spainhour Co.; Rosemary Wish
nieff, 19, McDaniel’s Department
Store; Mildred Freeman, 18,
Turner Drug Co.; Peggy Line
berry, 19, Chatham Manufactur
ing Co.; and Lena Sale, 23, The
Music Box.
Mr. Queen states that entries
will be received up through Sat
urday afternoon, July 13. Several
more entries are expected.
BANDITS HOLD
UP POKER GAME
Reward Of $1,000 Offered
For Their Arrest By
Wilkes County Man
HAUL NETS $28,000.00
A cash reward of $1,000 has
been posted with Sheriff C. G.
Poindexter, of Wilkes county, for
the capture of the two masked
bandits, who last Saturday held
up a poker game at the home of
Jim Foster, three miles south of
North Wilkesboro, and escaped
with $28,000.
Sheriff Poindexter said that the
reward money was being offered
by Foster, who lost a greater part
of the bandits’ haul.
Foster, Charlie Combs, Joe Hol
land, and Dobe Powell were enjoy
ing what Sheriff Poindexter called
a "friendly little game’’ early last
Saturday, when it was reported
that two men, masked and wear
ing dark glasses, entered the room
armed with a sub-machine gun.
Announcing ‘this is a stick-up’’
and threatening the players with
death should they disobey orders,
the bandits backed the men up
against the wall. While one cover
ed the players, the other scooped
up about $3,000 from the table
and took about $8,000 from the
pockets of the men. Then he forc
ed Foster to open a wall safe from
which about $17,000 was extract
ed.
The bandits shoved the money
into sacks they had brought for
the purpose and made their es
cape. Outside they cut the tele
phone wires leading into the
house.
Poindexter said that as near as
he could gather, the bandits were
white, one about five feet eight
inches tall and wighing about 190
pounds, and the other about five
seven weighing about 170. One
wore what appeared to be an ar
my fatigue suit and the other
wore khaki shirt and trousers.
In making the haul, Foster re
ported that the bandits overlook
ed $500 in cash and $200 in silver
in the safe. No new developments
were reported up to yesterday.
Vermont is New England’s only
inland State.
has announced that polls will be
set up in the following locations:
Mountain Park school and
Zephyr (Snow’s store) in Bryan
township: Courthouse in Dobson
township; E1 d o r a school and
Union store in Eldora township:
North Elkin school in Elkin town
ship: Blevins’ store in Franklin
township: Needham’s service sta
tion in Longhill township: Little
Richmond school in Marsh town
ship; City Hall, White Plains
school, and Flat Rock school in
Mt. Airy; Pilot school in Pilot
township; Copeland school and
Rockford school in Rockford
township; Shoals school in Shoals
township; Siloam school in Siloam
township; Beulah school and Pine
Ridge service station in Stewart’s
Creek; and Woodville, Westfield
school and Cooke school in West
field township.
BOBBY SPARKS
HURT IN WRECK
Driver Of Speeding: Car Is
Held On Charge Of
Reckless Driving
OVER EMBANKMENT
Bobby Sparks, 19, of this city,
received serious injuries in a
Fourth of July automobile acci
dent, which occurred at about 2
p.m. on Spring street extension
near the Pleasant Hill road.
The car, driven by Johnnie
Sparks, 21, of Jonesville, was re
portedly traveling at a high rate
of speed when the accident hap
pened. Investigating officer, T. B.
Sams reported that the car skid
ded nearly 100 feet before going
over an embankment and coming
to rest in a low field by the road
side.
Three passengers, in addition to
Bobby Sparks, were Joseph Pin
nix, 21, James Kimmer, 20, and
Royall Martin, 20, all of Jones
ville. None of the others were seri
ously injured.
Hospital authorities revealed
that Bobby Sparks had sustained
fractured verterbrae of the neck.
He is reported recovering. Johnnie
Sparks was booked on charge of
reckless driving.
5CMFIGURE
IN WRECK HERE
Automobile Smashes Into
Line Of Parked Cars In
Front Of Hotel
FOUR ARE INJURED
Five cars were damaged yester
day, Wednesday', afternoon at
about 3:30 when a single vehicle
went out of control on Bridge
street and crashed into a line of
parked automobiles in front of the
Hotel Elkin.
According to witnesses, the car
operated by Doughton Wilmoth
was traveling toward the intersec
tion of Bridge and Market streets
at a considerable rate of speed. It
sideswiped a car going in the op
posite direction, and then swerved
to hit the rear of a parked car,
which in turn was rammed into
another, which hit still another.
The fourth and last car in the
line, although not damaged, was
knocked about ten feet by the im
pact of the collision from behind.
Riding with Wilmoth were Dor
othy Wilmoth, Lewis Childress,
and Amogene Crouse. All were
taken to the hospital, but none
were believed to have been seri
ously injured. Reports, however,
are not complete.
The Wilmoth machine was se
verely damaged. Parked cars be
longing to Ed Inyder, Claude C.
Harrison, and Jack Elderton were
all damaged front and rear, while
the sideswiped machine, whose
owner was not immediately iden
tified, also suffered damage. The
sixth car in the wreck escaped
with nothing more than a severe
jolt. All parked cars were unoc
cupied.
Occupants of Wilmoth’s car
claimed that his brakes gave way
as he was coming down hill. Police
are expected to file charges of
reckless driving following an in
vestigation. _
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