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► I ELKIN The Best Little Town In North Carolina The Elkin Tribune ELKIN Gateway To Roaring Gap and the Blue Ridge VOL. NO. XXXIV No. 34 PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1946 $2.00 PER YEAR 14 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS DR. E. L. RICE ISSPEAKER AT KIWANIS MEET Former Elkin Hospital Sur geon To Go To China WILL LEAVE SEPTEMBER Due To Conditions Must Ship Car, Food And Other Necessities From U. S. 1 IS GIVEN PARTING GIFT Dr. E. L. Rice, who with Mrs. Rice and their children will leave soon for Huchow, China, as medi cal missionaries, was guest speak er at the Elkin Kiwanis meeting last Thursday night. Dr. Rice, who was surgeon at the local hospital for two years, resigning his position to go back to China, made an interesting talk in which he stated he had seep the great need for medical service there, and that he and his family were going in response to this need. Huchow, he said, has a popula tion of 500,000 people. The Hu chow hospital has 160 beds and is four stories in height. This hospi tal admits patients regardless of whether they have money to pay for treatment. Due to the terrible inflation in China, it will be nece&ary to take his own car, beds, mattresses and k other household equipment with * them. Dr. Rice said, pointing out it will also be necessary to ship groceries, especially foods for the children. Inasmuch as coal is sell ing in China for $250 per ton, they are also shipping oil stoves and a kerosene burning refrigerator. Dr. and Mrs. Rice and family Viiope to sail sometime in Septem Dr. Vernon Taylor, hospital physician, introduced the speaker. At the close of the meeting. Dr. E. G. Click, in behalf of the Ki wanis Club, of which Dr. Rice was a member during his stay here, presented him with a fountain pen and pencil set as a token of the club’s high regard. S week tire club went to Bluff Park, on the Scenic highway for a picnic meeting, taking their wives as guests. i GROUP TO MOLD ANNUAL PICNIC Fruit Growers Association Plans Event On Friday, August 2, In Wilkes INVITATION EXTENDED Brushy Mountain Fruit Growers Association’s annual picnic will be held Friday, August 2, at the home of I. J. Broyhill, at Boomer in Wilkes county, County Agent Neill M. Smith announced early this week. The program wall be gin at 10:30 a. in. and last until 2:30 p. m. An invitation is being extended to all fruit growers and their families in the region, Smith said. Sfhey are being urged to attend and bring a picnic basket. An in teresting and informative program is planned for orchard enthusiasts. Directions to the home of Mr. Broyhill will be posted at Wilkes boro and at Moravian Falls. The meeting place will be clearly marked, so that persons not fami liar with its location will be able to find it. The program for the day wTill be divided into two parts, morning and afternoon. During the morn ing the program will be under the ^direction of H. R. Nisw'onger, who is in charge of Horticulture Ex tension, State College. The men of the group will meet in the or chard for a demonstration and discussion of research work in the use of new sprays developed to combat disease, by Dr. C. N. Clay ton, research plant pathologist of State College. Growers will have an opportunity to discuss prob lems with Mr. Nisw’onger. Women, during the morning, under the direction of Mrs. Annie H. Green, home demonstration A agent of Wilkes, and Mrs. Helen P. White, assistant agent, will hear Mrs. Pauline Gordon, exten sion specialist in home beautifi cation and home management of Raleigh, discuss home problems. At noon the group will gather for a picnic lunch under.the guid ance of Vaughan Jennings, presi dent of the association. The North Wilkesboro Kiwanis club will be special guests for lunch. At 12:30 p. m. there will be an address by Truman Nold, secre tary of the National Apple Insti tute, Washington, D. C., and at 1 p. m. Dr. C. F. Smith, research entomologist of Raleigh, will dus ciiss the use of DDT in control of apple pests. II Legion Post To Meet At Neaves Park August 1st The George Gray post of the American Legion is scheduled to hold a meeting Thursday, August 1, at 6:30 p. m. at Neaves Park, Post Commander Milton Cooper has announced. The program will include a fish fry, and all legionnaires are urged to attend. Legion caps, according to Earl Queen, are now available to members who placed orders for them. They may be obtain ed immediately from Mr. Queen. 2-DAY VETERAN SERVICE GIVEN Veterans Administration Of fices Located In Elkin City Hall TUESDAYS - THURSDAYS Two-day a week services are now being provided here by the Veterans Administration, offi ces are located on the second floor of the town hall and will be open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:30 a. m. to 4 p. m. R. E. Goodale, of the North Wilkesboro office, will be the ad ministration’s representative in Elkin. Mr. Goodale stated that this city is one of only two in the state being provided two day a week itinerant service, the other being Asheboro. Other cities and towns without permanently locat ed offices are visited but once each week. Mr. Goodale will be here to give information to any veteran on any matter pertaining to veterans af fairs. He will handle claims, in surance adjustments, applications for education benefits, and other provisions under veteran legisla tion. Regarding G. I. Insurance, Mr. Goodale says that his office has available blanks and forms neces sary for the reinstatement of in surance policies which .h^ve elapeed. He urges that this Swj' done by veterans wherever pos sible. Under provisions of the insur ance act, any veteran who has al lowed his policy to elapse may re instate it by paying two months’ back premiums and by then con tinuing to pay regular premiums at intervals of 30 days. No mat ter when the policy was allowed to elapse, veterans have the privilege of reinstating insurance in this manner until December 31, 1946. Premiums will be paid in the amount the veteran was paying w’hile in the service. Mr. Goodale reminds veterans that G. I. insurance does not have to be converted until eight years from the time the policy first be came effective have elapsed. In other words, if the policy was taken out Jan. 1, 1942, it may be carried at the original term rate until Jan. 1, 1950. TOBACCO SELLS FOR 47c POUND High Quality Leaf Brings High Figure As Bright Leaf Markets Open BIDDING SAID BRISK Valdosta, Ga., July 24—Brisk bidding marked the opening to day of the 1946 bright leaf tobac co markets in Georgia and Flori da and prices for high quality leaf averaged as high as 47 cents a pound. The 47-cent average was report ed by Howard Griffin who sold 25 piles of the leaf on the Hahira, Ga., market. The first row of 51 piles at Hahira averaged 42'/2 cents. At Valdosta, the first two rows were sold at an average of 44 cents a pound. This was several cents above last year’s opening average. Warehouse floors were filled at Valdosta, and prices generally were between 42 and 47 cents with much of the leaf going at 46 cents. The first row at Moultrie brought from 39 to 50 cents a pound with the average near 44 cents. Poorer grades brought from 20 to 28 cents, but one pile of “hot” leaf sold for 10 cents a pound. The Statesboro market opened strong with the average price for the first row at 40 cents. Three quarters of a million pounds were on warehouse floors, and quality was descibed as good. The Indian spent thousands of years perfecting the tepee and white man has not been able to improve it as the ideal cold weather tent. MISS ALDRIDGE IS WINNER OF BEAUTY TITLE Elkin Girl To Compete For “Miss North Carolina” PEGGY LINEBERRY 2ND Jaycee Sponsored Beauty Contest And Water Show Proves Big Success IS HELD AT Y M C A Beauty crown, of “Miss Elkin— 1946” was placed upon the blonde curls of Miss Maxine Aldrige, 20, Elkin born and bred, at the con clusion of the Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsored beauty con test at the YMCA Wednesday night of last week. Miss Aldridge was selected from among a field of 13 contestants for her pulchritude and talent to represent Elkin at the “Miss North Carolina” pageant to be held early in August at Wilmington. Runner up in the contest was Miss Peggy Lineberry, a 19 year-old brunette, and third place went to Miss Jew el Warren, 23. Winning recognition for beauty and talent is an old story to Miss Aldridge. As a student at High Point College she was twice selected college beauty queen, as a sophomore by Varga, of Esquire Magazine fame, and as a junior by the famous John Rob erts Powers. Last year as a sen ior she was class winner in a beauty contest, as well as maid of honor to the college May Queen. Previously she was a May court attendant for two years. Miss Aldridge’s other activities at High Point College, where she entered after graduaing from Elkin high school, included three years of cheer leading, becoming chief cheerleader her senior year, advertising manager of the school newspaper, "The Hi Po,” junior and senior years, and editor of the annual, “The Zenith,” senior year. She was also selected “most popular” and “most friendly” girl in the senior class. Judges for the contest here were Lindsay Holcomb, of the Mount Airy Junior Chamber of Com merce; Reid Staton, Winston-Sal lem, vice-president in charge of internal affairs of the Junior Chamber of Commerce; and Odell Lambert, Greensboro, president of the State Jaycee organization. Miss Aldridge was crowned by Thurmond Chatham on the stage of the Gilvin Roth YMCA before a (Continued on page six, 1st sec.) POLICE SOLVE BIKE THEFTS Twelve - Year - Old Youth Is Nabbed With One of Missing Wheels NAME IS WITHHELD A recent wave of bicycle thefts was solved early this week, when a 12-year-old culprit was appre hended with one of the stolen bikes in his possession. The youngster, whose name was re quested withheld, admitted to stealing and selling the bicycles, all of which were recovered. Officer T. B. Sams, acting chief of police during the vacation of Chief Corbett Wall, said that about six bikes had been taken from various locations in the city during the past week. Two were taken Tuesday evening and one last Saturday night, with about three more disappearing previous ly. According to Mr. Sams, all bikes were recovered, including the ones which the youngster had sold and collected money for. Taking into consideration the boy’s age, and the fact that his father agreed to compensate for financial loss in curred by persons who inadvert ently bought hte stolen property, the youth was not indicted. He remains in the custody of his fa ther with the provision that he be kept off city streets. Church Planning Outdoor Service Members and friends of Jones ville Methodist Church will meet at Williams Park, Sunday, July 28, for outdoor services. After Sunday school classes have met for their lessons, the en tire group will gather in a selected part of the park for the morning worship led by the pastor, C. Mar vin Boggs. Following the benediction, din ner will be spread on the ground and an hour of fellowship will conclude. The group will leave from the church at 9:30 a. m. and return after Z o’clock. THE JUDGES’ CHOICE — Picture above amply illustrates why Miss Maxine Aldridge was selected to represent Elkin in the State beauty pageant to be held at Wilmington in August, and to possibly represent the city in the “Miss America” contest later at Atlantic City. Upon her face, figure, and talent rides the hope of a “Miss (Elkin) America — 1946.” Tribune Photo TO HOLD HORSE SHOW AUG: 31ST Elkin Lions Club Will Spon sor Event, First Ever To Be Held Locally WINNER OF HIGH HONOR The Elkin Lions Club, which was recently recognized at a na tional Lions convention as being the most outstanding club in the United States from the standpoint of membership solicitation, has anounced plans to conduct a horse show, the first of any size ever to be held here, Saturday, August 31. The show is expected to attract widespread interest, with entries coming from a wide area. Details of the program and planning are to be announced at a later date. Proceeds from the show are to go toward aiding with the Pat Stock show in the fall and to the science department of local schools. During the recent national con vention of the Lions organization, the Elkin club was discovered to have acquired more new members during the past year than any other club in the entire nation. Lions are justly proud to have this honor accorded their com paratively young club. Next meeting of the club will be held Monday. July 29, at 6:30 p. m. at Neaves Park. Speaker for the occasion is to be Fred Dixon of Raleigh, who is well acquainted with and active in civic work in the state. A. H: LEWIS PASSES AWAY Boonville Man Dies In Elkin Hospital Following Short Period Of Illness FUNERAL HELD FRIDAY Albert H. Lewis, 30, of Boonville, died in the Chatham Memorial hospital in this city at 5:00 p.m. Wednesday of last week, following an illness of two weeks. A veteran of World War II, Mr. Lewis entered service in 1940 and served eight, months overseas, hav ing been wounded in the Belgium Bulge. He was married three years ago to Marjorie Long, who sur vives. Other survivors are his parents, C. H. and Yettie Lewis; three sis ters, Mrs. Gip Pardue of Boon ville, Mrs. Tuttle Pardue of Mount Airy and Mrs. Janies Johnson of Newark, Del.; and three .brothers, Henry Lewis of Philadelphia, Pa., Tom Lewis of Jonesville and Wil son Lewis of Boonville. Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. Friday at the Boon ville Baptist Church, with Rev. J. I.,iKiser; pastor, officiating. Inter ment was nude in the church cemetery. < Brother Of Local Citizens Passes Carl Russell, 56, native of Mo ravian Falls but more recently of Muncie, Ind., died Tuesday of last week at his home in Indiana fol lowing declining health for a number of years and serious Ill ness for 10 days. Mr. Russell moved from his home in Moravian Falls 30 years ago to Muncie, Indiana. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. St. Clair Russell, of Wilkes county. His wife preceded him in death three years ago. He is survived by five sisters, Misses Minnie and Madge Russell, and Mrs. S. E. Shumate, of Elkin, Mrs. Annie James, of Miami, Florida, and Mrs. Amelia Brook shire, of Moravian Falls; one brother, Raymond Russell, of Elkin. Funeral services were conduct ed Thursday at Muncie, Indiana, and interment was made in the City cemetery there. Misses Madge and Minnie Rus sell, Mrs. S. E. Shumate and son, Bennie, of this city, attended the funeral. FARMERGIVING A FINE EXAMPLE T. L. Smith Works Wonders On Farm Near Mountain Park, Agent Says IS TO RAISE CATTLE T. L. Smoot, who came to Surry county from California, is setting some splendid examples in farm ing in this region. He recently purchased a farm between Thur mond and Mountain Park, where in two months, according to County Agent Neill M. Smith, he has worked wonders. Mr. Smoot plans to develop the 250 acres into a beef cattle farm. “This farm was badly neglect ed,” Smith stated. “It had not been properly cultivated in several years.” The Smoot farm was recently visited by H. R. Niswonger, horti culture specialist of State College, and two county extension agents, there to offer advice and help to a stranger to Surry farming con ditions. “What has happened to this farm within the past two months is an eye-opener to anyone,” Smith claims. Mr. Smoot says that Surry county farming is different from that in California, but that with proper machinery and equipment it can be made successful for even a stranger. “It is challenging to watch him forge ahead with farm machinery, which if some farmers could ob tain and use properly, would pro duce changes In feed production and livestock farming that several could write about and all eould see,” gmitb eald, } • I YADKIN WOMAN PASSESSUNDAY Mrs. Grade Ann Brown Dies Sunday Following Long Period Of Illness FUNERAL ON TUESDAY Mrs. Gracie Ann Brown, 73, of Yadkinville, died Sunday evening at 6:25 o’clock at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Jones Todd. A daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay Vestal. Mrs. Brown was twice married. First to Hous ton Steelman and second to J. T. Brown, both of whom preceded her in death. She was born March 1, 1873, in Yadkin county and had spent her entire life there. She had been in declining health for the past 10 years, being seriously ill for onjy two days. She is survived by the follow ing children: Mrs. Todd and Neil Steelman, both of Yadkinville, Mrs. Ernest Norman of Elkin: and Israel Vestal of Yadkinville: three stepchildren, Mrs. Leonard Collins of Marshaltown, Iowa, Arno Steel man and Mrs. Effie Warden of Yadkinville; two brothers, Walter Vestal of Boonville, and Arthur Vestal of Pasadena, Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. Ed Collins of Harnett County, Mrs. Winfred Steelman of Boonville, and Mrs. William Doty of Winston-Salem: and 12 grand children. Funeral services were conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Deep Creek Friends Church, with Rev. C. H. Hutchens and Rev. Clete Simmons in charge of the rites. Interment was made in the church cemetery. CHATHAM WINS SEMIPRO GAME Defeats Proximity, of Greens boro, Tuesday At Asheboro In State Tourney DAVIS SLAPS OUT HOMER A couple of fast, closely con tested baseball games were on tap for semipro fans at Asheboro Tuesday afternoon as the state tournament got back on schedule after rain had cancelled all but one game of Monday’s schedule. The Chatham Blanketeers, of this city, used three hits to best advantage to defeat Proximity, of Greensboro 3 to 0, while American Yarn Processing, of Mt. Holly, de feated May-McEwen from Burl ington 3 to 2. Davis won the first afternoon game for Elkin practically single handed when he smacked the ball over left field fence for all three of the Blanketeers’ runs in the third inning. Pardue led off in a walk and Ben Woodruff singled, setting the stage for Davis’ homer. Proximity never threatened ser iously, failing to back up Fair cloth’s pitching with a hitting at tack. Water To Be Off In East Elkin 3 Hours Sunday City water service to the area east of Chatham Manufactur ing Company in East Elkin will be suspended for about three hours Sunday, July 28, accord ing to Joe Saylor, city coordin ator. The suspension, Mr. Saylor said, will be due to the making of some necessary repairs on the water main in the area. Water will be off from about 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. ARE TO VISIT MAYES’ FARM Assistant County Agents Are Being Trained Under The G. I. Bill of Rights ARE MAKING A TOUR Thirty assistant county agents, under the direction of the Farm Management Staff of State Col lege, are scheduled to stop in Elkin tomorro,w, Friday, for a visit to the farm of W. Avery Neaves. In the group will be Mark W. Go forth, Jr., assistant Surry agent. The extension workers are all veterans of World War II, who are being trained under the G. I. Bill of Rights on-the-job training pro gram for work with the extension service. The tour, which takes the trainees to outstanding points of interest in the state, is part of the course being offered by the State extension service. Tomorrow the group is schedul ed to assemble at 7:30 a. m. at the O’Henry hotel, Greensboro. From there they will proceed to County Agent D. R. Rerkins’ office in Yadkinville. From 9:45 to 10:15 the farm of M. F. Shore at Brooks Crossroads, a Guernsey cattle farm, will be visited. Special in struction and observations in pas ture management and develop ment and herd management will take place. The men will visit Neaves’ Farm here between 11:15 and 11:45, to observe pastures and Mr. Neaves’ black Aberdeen Angus herd. Lunch will follow in Elkin, after which the group will move on to Boone. It was originally intended for the trainees to visit Klondike Farm, but this will not be done due to the fact that T. F. Cooley, farm manager, •will be unable to be present on this particular date. DDT PAMPHLET IS AVAILABLE Is Available Upon Request From County Agent’s Office At Dobson “DON’TS” ARE LISTED Now available at the county agent's office at Dobson is a new pamphlet, prepared by J. T. Con ner, Jr., extension entomologist of State College, on the properties and use of DDT, County Agent Neill M. Smith has announced. The pamphlet, Smith said, is available upon request, and it should be of interest to town and city residents as much as to farm ers of the section. Widespread distribution of the information contained therein is desired by the extension service. The booklet contains informa tion on the effect of DDT on in sects, men, and animals; effect on vegetables and field crops; on fruit; available forms of DDT and how to use each one; and recom mendations as to the various methods of applying the mixture in specific cases. The following “don'ts” are list ed: Da not use DDT oil sprays on animals. Do not buy DDT prod ucts that fail to show the DDT content. Do not buy the product unless prepared by a reputable manufacturer. Do not use DDT on blooming plants being visited by bees. Do not use DDT when in doubt as to proper application without first consulting the coun ty agent or extension ento mologists. In many cases, Smith warns, DDT is still in an experimental stage. It must be used with care and users must necessarily keep abreast of latest developments made by researchers if best re sults are to be obtained. In 1946 about 50 farm dwellers will die each day from accidents and three farm people will be in jured every minute. An alarming total. Ducks that feed on the surface have narrow lopes ca the hind toe while divers have proad lopes. POLIO CASES SHOW A GAIN THUS FAR ’46 Public Health Officials Hope Will Not Be Epidemic ONLY 38 CASES IN N. C. State Only Lightly Affected Thus Far This Year; Was Hard Hit In 1944 FLORIDA SEES INCREASE Washington — Infantile para lysis cases have been more num erous so far this year than for any comparable period since 1934, but U. S. Public Health Service officials offered hope yesterday that the outbreaks would not de velop into a major epidemic. One official who prefers anony mity said that while incidence for the country as a whole is “above normal expectancy” and the num ber of cases is rather high in many states, “the outbreak can be classed as epidemic only in cer tain areas of four states.” He listed those states as Flor ida, Texas, Alabama and Colora do, adding that in the latter, more than half the cases have oc curred in Denver. Up to July 13, there were 2,596 cases throughout the country, compared with 1,679 for the same period last year, 1,752 in 1944 and 1,626 in 1943. Not since 1934 when the total for a comparable period was 2,695 has the total to July 13 been so high. “The number of cases is still going up as indicated by week-to week figures,” said the health ser vice man, "but there are some grounds for hope that the current figures will eventually drop below' those of 1944 which was classed as a major epidemic year.” Texas had 54 new cases, com pared with 45 for the preceding week; California’s increased from 17 to 26; Colorado’s from 22 to 31. Colorado has had 135 cases so far this year, and 70 of them, with six deaths, have occurred in Denver. Florida, second hardest hit state so far this year, showed a drop from 32 to 24 in its “new case rate” in a week. On the other hand, Minnesota's new cases increased from 20 to 40 in a single week. Tire following states have had more than 100 cases so far this year, (figures for the comparable period a year ago are in paren theses :) Texas 391 (357); Florida 338 (30); California 261 (138); Ala bama 136 (73); Colorado 135 (9); New York 128 (257); Louisana 104 (16); and Illinois 102 (32). The state of Washington had 63 cases this year through July 13, compared with 35 for the same period last year. In 1944, North Carolina, Ken tucky, New York, Illinois and Ohio were the hardest hit. So far this year, North Carolina has had only 38 cases, Kentucky 29, and Ohio 60. S. S: ASS’N. TO HOLDMEETING Surry Organization Session To Be Held At Union Cross Baptist Church HIATT IS TO PRESIDE The Surry Baptist Associational Sunday School meeting will be held Sunday at 2:30 at the Union Cross Church, with Superintend ent A. L. Hiatt, presiding. “Why We Have a Sunday School” will be the subject dis cussed by Rev. J. T. Ashley, of Durham, and director for the summer of the. Daily Vacation Bible Schools in the Surry Asso ciation. Rev. Ashley is a returned army chaplain. W. C. Baughn, of the Flat Rock Church, Mount Airy, will speak using as his sub ject, “Why We Teach.” In addi tion to special music by the Junior choir of the First Baptist Church of Mount Airy, directed by Mrs. H. P. Mills, and a devotional exercise led by C. S. Brannock, Rev. Lon nie Fleming, of Mount Airy, will deliver an address on “Last Op portunities.” This meeting has been desig nated as Junior Day 'and that age group especially are urged to attend. Group leaders for the associa tion are: Group one, Boyd Wall; group two, Sam McKnight; group three, J. R. Llewellyn; group three-A, T. C. Alberty; group four, Sam Joyce; group five, Alton Leonard; group six, C. N; Smith; group seven, E. L. Schuyler. The Metropolitan museum of New York has 325,811 square feet of exhibition floor space.