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ELKIN
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The Best Little Town
In North Carolina
* The Elkin Tribune *
ELKIN
Gateway To Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
VOL. NO. XXXIV No. 33
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1946
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$2.00 PER YEAR
16 PAGES—-TWO SECTIONS
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Vets’ Housing
Unit Is Ready
For Inspection
Is First One
4 Of A Number
Planned Here
First of the veterans’ housing
units to be erected here is now
open and ready for inspection, ac
cording to Hubert Parker, of the
housing Commission. It is locat
ed on Henry Meinung’s lot about
600 feet north of Westover
heights.
4’ Cleaning and painting have
Tieen delayed and probably will
^not be completed until next week,
Mr. Parker said, but in the mean
time the house may be visited by
prospective buyers. It is at a
stage of construction which al
lows it to exhibit the potentiali
ties.
Exact sale price of the units
cannot be established, Mr. Park
er stated, until it is determined
just how many of the houses will
be required here. It is not ex
A pected that the price will go over
$2,800 in cases where the buyer
provides his own lot. It should
not be more than $3,100 if erect
ed on a tract of land provided
for the purpose. Lots in this tract
are to be purchased by the hous
ing commission and sold at cost.
Entire transaction is to be
-tendled by the Elkin Veterans
^^msing Commission at no profit,
Mr. Parker declared, and every
effort will be made to hold costs
down to an absolute minimum.
Last day for filing an applica
tion for one of these units will be
Thursday, July 25. Applications
may be filed at the Bank of Elkin,
the Building and Loan Associa
tion, or the Chatham Employees’
Credit Union. The Housing Com
mission will review applications'
and assign houses on basis of
need.
< REGISTER FOR
r, COLLEGE WORK
GI’s Planning More Schooling
Asked To See N. H. Car
penter Next Week
1 UNC SPONSORING PLAN
All servicemen and ex-service -
men of this section who are inter
ested in going to college and re
ceiving benefits under the G. I.
Bill of Rights, are requested by
N. H. Carpenter, superintendent
of the Elkin City Schools, to reg
ister next Monday and Tuesday.
The University of North Caro
lina, Chapel Hill, is sponsoring
and supporting the plan; howev
er, Mr. Carpenter said, this does
J not mean that a registrant must
I attend that university. A regis
trant will be eligible to go to any
college in the state, depending on
his personal choice.
The purpose of the registration,
it was pointed out, is to assist the
colleges in determining to some
extent the number to be planned
for when they open, as well as to
find out if extension courses need
be arranged. The plan benefits
both black and white.
Places for registration arc at
the Elkin High School, from 9:00
to 12:00 and from 2:00 to 5:00
O’clock; Dobson High School, and
"^Mount Airy High School will hold
registrations on the same day.
Adair, Grigg In
Penney Honor Club
W. B. Adair, manager of the lo
cal J. C. Penney Company store,
and C. E. Grigg, salesman, were
recently notified by the Penney
Company’s New York office that
they have been included in last
year's “20 High Club,” an honor
f ary organization for the concern's
outstanding sales personnel.
The 20 highest managers, sales
men, and saleswomen, from the
standpoint of total sales for the
year, are admitted to this club an
nually. A similar club is organiz
ed in each of the concern s dis
tricts throughout the country
eaoli year, members of which be
come eligible for the national club
on the basis of comparative sales
records .
Employees of the Elkin store
Mfgve received unusual honors in
"placing two of their numbers in
the National J. C. Penney 20 High
Club.
A comet increases in brilliancy
as it approaches the sun and
fades as it departs.
Dr. Taylor To
Head Cedarbrook
Country Club
DR. V. W. TAYLOR
Dr. V. W. Taylor, of the Hugh
Chatham Memorial Hospital, was
elected last Thursday to head the
new Ccdarbrook Country Club,
which is being organized to pro
vide golfing and other recreation
al facilities for its members and
stockholders.
Other officers elected at the
meeting were John Sagar, vice
president and James Ambufn, sec
retary-trasurer. Directors elected
through January, 1947. are Roger
Carter, Joe O. Bivins. A. O. Bryan
and F. C. Page. Directors serving
through January, 1948, will be
Henry Butner, Dr. H. L. Johnson,
Alex Biggs and Dr. M. O. Fox.
About 30 members attended the
meeting, at which officers were
elected, and consitution and by
laws read and approved. Dr.
Taylor revealed that approximate
ly 130 shares of stock have been
sold to date. The club officers
have set the goal at 300 shares.
New shares will be issued this
week, and all persons interested
in purchasing membership are re
quested to contact Dr. Taylor, Mr.
Carter or Mr. Amburn.
YADKIN JURORS
ARE NAMED
Will Serve At Next Term Of
Superior Court Which Con
venes August 19
PHILLIPS TO PRESIDE
Jurors have been drawn for the
next term of Yadkin superior
court, which will convene in Yad
kinville on August 19th, with
Judge F. Donald Phillips presid
ing. Solicitor A. E. Hall will
prosecute the docket. The jurors
are as follows, showing each
name and the township in which
they live:
W. Lee Trivette, Buck Shoals;
Solomon Lee Groce, Buck Shoals;
LeRoy R. Simmons, Deep Creek;
Paul G. Ratledge, Forbush; Char
lie Trivette, Buck Shoals; Gray
Norman, East Bend; W. L. Cass
tevens, Boonville; Mode A. Ves
tal. Buck Shoals; LeRoy Hemric,
Buck Shoals; Gray Blakley, East
Bend; R. W. Brown, Boonville;
Elmer Sparks, Boonville; Mack
W. Poindexter, East Bend; Ralph
Wooten, Fall Creek; J. Carl Doug
las, East Bend; Hobert L. Hall,
Boonville; J. F. Bovender, Boon
ville; Taft Cummings, Boonville;
Everette Childress, Boonville;
George D. Wagoner, Knobs: Loyd
Craver, Liberty; J. F. Doboins. Jr.,
Liberty; Frank Driver, Liberty;
Melton Holcomb. Deep Creek;
Grover Myers, Buck Shoals; D. L.
Cleary, Deep Creek; Ralph Co
ram, Boonville; J. Link Caudle,
Boonville; J. A. Brown, Jr., Boon
ville; D. W. Cheek, Deep Creek;
Samuel W. Calloway, Buck Shoals;
Joe Cockerham, Boonville; R. D.
Baity, Boonville; R. M. Shaw,
Boonville; T. C. Collins, Boon
ville; D. Lamont Burgess, Buck
Shoals; P. L. Poindexter, Boon
ville; Julius T. Reece, Boonville;
W. T. Pardue, Boonville; W. Vance
Shore, Boonville; Wade Martin,
Knobs; A. J. Fleming, Boonville.
Members of the Amish church
are forbidden to join labor un
ions.
FARM ACCIDENT
TOLL FJGHEST
IN THE NATION
Lead All Occupational Tolls
In Various Industries
14,800 OUT OF 8,100,000
Accident Rate In Farm
Homes Total 6,000 During
The Year Of 1944
STATISTICS COM PILED
l A total of 14,800 agricultural
workers, out of 8.100,000 employed
in the United States, were killed
during 1944, figures compiled by
the National Safety Council show.
Of these 4.300 were killed in oc
cupational accidents, and 6,000
were killed in home accidents.
Occupational fatalities on the
farm exceed in number those of
any other industry, records show,
although from a percentage
standpoint deaths among mining,
quarrying, and oil and gas well
workers is the highest in the na
tion. Fifty-three out of every
100,000 farmers were killed in
work accidents during 1944, while
235 out of every 100,000 mine and
well workers were killed. A
breakdown of the 14.800 total
shows 4.300 killed in occupational
accidents, 6,000 in home accidents,
3,500 in automobile accidents (ex
clusive of occupational fatalities
involving vehicles), and 1,000 in
public accidents.
Approximate percentages of
causes of work fatalities are as
follows:
Machinery 30 per cent, livestock
24 per cent, falls 12 per cent, ex
cessive heat seven per cent,
lightning six per cent, bums and
explosions five per cent, crushed
by falling trees four per cent,
others 12 per cent.
Approximate percentages of fa
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COMER DROPS
CHATHAM SUIT
Surry School Head Forgives
And Forgets As Heat Of
Election Dies
SUPPORTERS B LAME I)
John W. Comer, Surry county
superintendent of schools, who
was charged by Thurmond Chat
ham with having fired several
Surry county school teachers for
political reasons, and who, prior
to the second primary between
Mr. Chatham and Rep. John H.
Folger, retaliated with a notice
of intention to file suit against
the Elkin and Winston-Salem
man, has dropped his charges
with the statement that he feels
the adverse publicity of a court
trial would not benefit either per
son.
Mr. Comer said he had written
Mr. Chatham personally that he
was discontinuing all contentions
and litigations, telling him in ef
fect that he (Mr. Chatham), had
been misled by overzealous sup
porters in Elkin who did not have
the interests of the Surry county
school system at heart but were
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FIRE DAMAGES STORE AND CAFE HERE — Fire, which originated in the basement of the West
ern Auto Associate Store on East Main street last Friday morning, spread to the Bon-Ton Grill and
did considerable damage before it was extinguished by the Elkin Fire Department. In the photo
above, smoke is seen pouring from the front entrances of both the Auto Associate Store and the Grill.
Firemen were hampered in their efforts to get at the blaze due to the intense smoke and fumes.
—Tribune Photo.
CAR WRECKS ON
N. BRIDGE ST.
Two Jonesville Men Escape
Serious Injury As Car
Overturns
DRIVER I S ARRESTED
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Two young men, both of Jones
ville, miraculously escaped serious
injury early Monday morning
when the car in which they were
riding went out of control on a
curve on North Bridge street,
near. the city cemetery, and over
turned. The accident, occurring
at about 1:30 a. m., almost de
molished the machine.
According to Kemp Reece, 24,
whose father, Ed Reece, of Jones
ville, owned the car, the driver,
John L. Bray, Jr., 22, of Jones
ville, Route 1, was blinded on the
curve by lights coming from the
opposite direction. The car went
out of control and skidded off the
pavement, to come to rest on its
side in the year of a nearby house,
which is occupied by Mrs. Clyde
Eller.
Both Reece and Bray were
taken to the hospital, where
Reece was confined for some time
until the extent of his injuries
could be determined. Bray was
released after first-aid. It was at
first thought that Reece might
have suffered a concussion, but
subsequent examination proved
that he had not.
Officer Hugh Laffoon, who in
vestigated, reported that tire
marks indicated that the ma
chine slid 149 feet on the pave
ment before striking the curb,
traveled 35 feet along the curb,
and then jumped off the road to
take down the post and the tree,
which measured 26 inches in cir
cumference.
Reece, the only occupant beside
the driver, suffered head and
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Blaze Damages Store
And Cafe Here Friday
Western Auto Store, Bon-Ton Grill
Suffer Loss In Hard-To-Fight Fire
Fire, thought to have originated
from a battery charger in the
basement of the Western Auto
Associate Store at 120 East Main
PLAN ANOTHER
BOXING SHOW
American Legion Here Lining
Up Second Card To Be
Held In Near Future
LOCAL TALENT SOUGHT
Another American Legion box
ing card is scheduled to be held
here within the next 30 days, Ray
mond Vestal, of the Legion boxing
committee, has announced. As in
I the previous program, proceeds
will be contributed toward a hut
fund for the George Gray post.
Encouraged by the interest
manifested by fight fans early in
June, the Legion will attempt to
bring this time an all-local card.
Mr. Vestal indicated that special
effort would be made to make it
unnecessary to bring fighters here
from other cities. The program
will be Legion promoted as well
as Legion sponsored.
A good nucleus of local fighters
was established as a result of the
earlier bouts, and it is expected
that more local talent will be ac
cumulated before the matches are
presented. Boys of all ages and
weights are being urged to con
tact Mr. Vestal if interested in
fighting. He can be located dur
ing the day at Turner's Drug
Company.
ALMOST DEMOLISHED — Pictured above is the automobile, owned by Ed Reece, of Jonesville, which
was overturned on North Bridge street early Monday morning. The car was being driven by John
L. Bray, Jr., 22, of Jonesville Iloute 1. Mr. Reece’s son, Kemp Reece, 24, was traveling as a pas
senger. Neither occupant was seriously injured. Bray who claimed the car skidded on the wet pave
ment, v^as charged with reckless driving and speeding. _ —.Tribune Photo.
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j street, swept through two down
: town business establishments here
last Friday morning, causing con
I siderable damage to both.
Businesses damaged were the
Western Auto Store, owned and
operated by O. D. Causey, and
the Bon Ton Grill, owned by W.
M. Wall and. Earl Day. The fire
was discovered by Mr. Causey as
,he was going down in the base
ment from the main floor of his
building. According to reports, it
seemingly originated beneath the
basement steps in the vicinity of
the store’s battery charger. An
empty oil drum was exploded by
the blaze, adding to its severity.
The fire worked into the wall
between the grill and the auto
store, and quantities of thick
smoke were produced by the burn
ing material in the basement.
Firemen had difficulty extin
guishing the blaze due to the
smoke. It was not brought under
complete control for more than
an hour.
An automobile and much me
chanical equipment was damaged
in the basement of the Western
Auto Store. Smoke and water
from the fire-fighting apparatus
caused damage to the main floors
of both establishments. Damage
was estimated at several thous
and dollars.
Owners indicated that both
businesses were covered by insur
ance.
OFFICERS NAB
MAN AND BOOZE
Surprise Claude Calloway As
He Prepares To Place
Whiskey In Auto
TWO OTHERS GET AWAY
Twenty-four gallons of boot
leg hootch were taken and one
arrest made Sunday morning near
Mountain Park when a group of
State and county law officers sur
prised three would-be transport
ers of the booze in a woodland
hide-out.
Officers making the raid were:
P. G. Greer, of the ATTJ; Corp,
J. S. McKinney, of the state high
way patrol; Hugh Laffoon, of the
Elkin police force; and P. C.
Sprinkle.
Greer organized the raid which
tobk place at about 10 a. m. Act
ing on previous information, the
officers found hidden behind a
log in a woods just off the high
way four cases of non-tax-paid
whiskey. Before it could be con
fiscated, a car carrying two men
and a woman drove up and
stopped. The officers hid, and
the two men left the car to sam
ple the whiskey and then attempt
to put two of the cases in their
machine. The officers revealed
themselves, grabbed one of the
men later identified as Claude
Calloway, of Thurmond, and re
covered the whiskey. The other
man and the woman made their
escape.
Hearing for Calloway was
scheduled lor Monday at 2 p-to.
VFW President
Asks Vets To
Stick Together
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In Reporting
Fires, Call
Operator Only
For prompt service in report
ing a fire the information as to
where the fire is should be giv
en to the telephone operator,
Ted Brown, chief of the Elkin
fire department, said yesterday.
It is not necessary, Chief
Brown pointed out, to attempt
to telephone him or any other
member of the fire department.
Local telephone operators will
summon the firemen and give
them the location, thus saving
valuable time. All calls report
ing a fire are considered as
emergency calls, Chief Brown
said and are handled by the
operator than if a person at
tempted to call a member of
the fire department in person.
PICK DELEGATES
FOR 4-H COURSE
All But Four of Surry’s Clubs
Represented Thus Far For
Raleigh Event
BRENDLE FROM ELKIN
All but four of Surry county’s
4-H clubs have selected boys to
i attend as delegates to the 4-H
Short Course to be held at N. C.
State College, Raleigh, August 12
17. The boys will be under the
direction of Hugh D. Barden, as
sistant county agent.
The program for boys and girls
at State College will be divided
into three parts daily. In the
mornings 4-H organization, citi
zenship, health, and family rela
tionships will be taught. During
the afternoons demonstrations,
camp tours, and tours to various
departments of state government
will be conducted. The evenings
will be devoted to music apprecia
tion classes, athletic programs and
recreation.
4-H caps have been secured and
will be issued to delegates upon
arrival on the campus.
Boys to attend are as follows:
Bobby Lee Cockerham and
Charles Walters, Mountain Park:
Philip Dockery, Dobson: Charles
Fowler, Pilot Mountain: Joe Al
len, Shoals: Arnold Seal, Beulah:
Thomas Ramey, Lowgap; James
Collins, Copeland: Sam Taylor,
White Plains: Edwin Atkinson,
Siloam, Richard Dobson, Banner
town: Floyd Brendle, Elkin, and
Aaron Tilley, Westfield. Dele
gates have not yet been named
from Franklin, North Elkin, Elk
in elementary school and Flat
Rock. Names of girl delegates
have not been announced.
All delegates must be over 12
years of age. Fee for the five
das's, including transporation, is
$15.00.
POLICE DIES
IN ACCIDENT
Mount Airy Officer Fatally
Injured While Chasing
Speeding Driver
HAD FRACTURED SKULL
Henry D. Kennedy, 38, of the
Mount Airy Police force, died at
5. a. m. yesterday at the Mar
tin Memorial Hospital, Mount
Airy, as a result of injuries re
ceived in an automobile accident
occurring at about 8 p. m. Tues
day near Boones Hill.
Officer Kennedy, accompanied
by Officer Emmett Semones, of
the Mount Airy force, was report
edly attempting to run down a
speeder when the accident oc
curred. Kennedy, who was driv
ing, apparently lost control of the
car, which overturned, throwing
him out onto the ground. He was
taken to the Mount Airy hospital,
where he died several hours later
as a result of A fipetured skull.
Semones escaped with minor in
juries. The aecifBtot happened
near the home otjJUv. J. O. Bel
ton, of Bannertcwn.
The alleged ®eeder, identified
as Herbert Oilier. 18, son of E. R.
Gilley, of Boogies Hill, was later
arrested on Charges of speeding
and reckless 'driving. Gilley, a
service was home on fur
lough. / _ • ,
Scores Present
Day Profiteers
In Talk Here
Veterans must stick together if
they are to have a voice in the
nation’s government and in the
formation of its future policies,
James M. Hayes, Jr., State com
mander of Veterans of Foreign
Wars, told a meeting of that or
ganization here Tuesday night at
the YMCA. “We have a right to
some say-so in our government,”
he told his audience, “and we
must have organization if we are
to achieve our goals.”
Mr. Hayes spoke before the re
cently oraganized VFW post here
at a special invitation issued by
Post Commander Earl Day. In
addition to being State command
ed, Mr, Hayes, a Winston-Salem
attorney, is post commander of
that city, and was recently elected
to the State House of Represen
tatives from Forsyth county.
Declaring that veterans are po
tentially a strong political force,
he pointed out that, together with
their families, they comprise
about 60 million votes, far more
than enough to swing any nation
al election. It is, however, neces
sary to form a strong organiza
tion, he stated, if anything is to
be accomplished.
He told members and their
guests that a closely knit organ
ization of veterans was too big a
thing for any individual or force
in the country to successfully
buck, and that it had the addi
tional advantage of being sup
ported, in the majority of cases,
by public opinion.
“The next three months will
tell the story,” he said. “If we
are to organize at all, it must be
within that period.”
Speaking of the VFW, he pro
nounced it an organization of
men who had been molded into
close comradeship by the com
mon experiences of battle against
enemies of the United States, men
who had proven that they had
the best interests of their country
at heart. He said that the or
ganization is composed of veter
ans of wars since the Spanish
American war, and that it has
the enthusiasm of youth tempered
by the wisdom and experience of
age.
He spoke disparagingly of
“present day profiteers, who were
taking advantage of the relaxa
tion of price controls to stuff
their purses.” The present infla
tionary trend, he asserted, is mak
ing it almost impossible for vet
erans to take advantage of edu
cation opportunities offered by
the government, since the subsis
tence allowance offered, while
formerly generous enough, is now
proving inadequate to meet rising
living costs. He called for con
gressional action to control the
prices of the necessities of life,
food, shelter, and clothing, which
have soared so high that veterans
are finding it difficult to provide
for themselves and their families.
The speaker also called for Im
mediate action on pending legis
lation to provide enlisted men of
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BIBLE SCHOOL
IS UNDER WAY
Daily Vacation Course In
Progress At Elkin Pres
byterian Church
ABOUT 50 ENROLLED
Daily Vacation Bible School is
now in progress at the Elkin
Presbyterian church with approxi
mately 50 students enrolled.
Classes started Monday morning
to run through Saturday, with
hours from 9 to 11:30 o’clock.
Teachers for the school are:
Beginners department, Mrs. Lu
ther Yandell, Mrs. Kenneth
Royall, and Mrs. Prank Curtis;
Primary department, Mrs. Harry
Hensel; Junior department, Mrs.
T. A. Leeper and Miss Maxine
Ludwig; Pioneer department, Mrs.
D. Carter Dickson and Mrs. R. L.
Buchanan.
Rev. Ralph Ritchie, pastor of
the church, termed,the school as
successful and stated that a com
mencement exercise would be held
Saturday morning at 11:00
o’clock, climaxing the week’s work.
All parents and friends of the stu
dents are Invited to attend.