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ELKIN
Gateway To Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
* The Elkin Tribune *
ELKIN
The Best Little Town
In North Carolina
VOL. NO. XXXIV No. 47
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1946
$2.00 PER YEAR
20 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS
RAPE CASE HAY
BE RETURNED
‘ TO STATE COURT
Crime Said To Have Taken
Place In Wilkes County
INVESTIGATION MADE
Tried In Court At Wilkes
boro In December
HALL WILL PROSECUTE
The charge of rape and kidnap
ping lodged against Marvin Bell,
22, and Vernon Litteral, 35, by
P. B. I. agents will likely be trans
ferred to the State Court and
tried in Wilkes county, it was
learned from Solicitor Avalon E.
Hall, who will prosecute the two
men.
; Solicitor Hall, who is attending
4t- court in Avery county this week,
was contacted yesterday and stat
ed that his investigation and that
of officials had determined that
pretty brunette Peggy Shore, 15,
was raped in Wilkes county on
the night of August 23, after she
had been kidnapped while walk
ing to her home just west of Elk
in, after alighting from a bus. She
was shoved into a car, blindfold
ed, and started on a night of hor
ror with the two men, according
to investigating officers.
A. In addition Litteral will iiKeiy
have a charge of crime against
nature lodged against him. The
girl stated that Litteral, whom she
did not know at the time repeat
edly threatened to kill her, but
that Bell, also a stranger to her
then, kept him from further
harming her. To add to her hor
v ror, she told officers, Litteral
V would kick the side of the car
and tell her it was a machine gun
and that he would blow her to
pieces with it. She stated that
Bell was the first to rape her, in
the back seat of the car.
From Wilkes county they went
to Bristol, Tenn., where she was
dumped into a field and left. She
struggled to a farm house, with
her clothes almost all torn away
and bloody. She was given aid1
and started to her home which
she reached that night. For sev
eral days she was hysterical, but
gave sufficient clues to officers to
| catch her attackers.
In the meantime Litteral had
been sentenced to 60 days on the
* roads in Winston-Salem for viola
tion of the prohibition laws. He
was at Boone prison camp when
removed to state central prison
for safekeeping. Bell was arrest
ed at his home near Roaring Riv
er in Wilkes county and placed in
Yadkin jail. Both men are now
being held without bond by Fed
K erai courts, in separate jails, but
Solicitor Hall stated that the Dis
trict Attorney's office had indicat
ed the case was more properly one
for the State courts.
Solicitor Hall stated yesterday
he had asked Sheriff C. G. Poin
dexter of Wilkes county to swear
out warrants against the two men,
and that the cases would be dock
eted for the December term of
Wilkes court.
Both men have made general
confessions which fully corrobor
ates the story told by Miss Shore.
Bell has served time for liquor law
violations and Litteral has been
tried upwards of 40 times for var
ious offenses in Forsyth, Yadkin
and other counties.
Miss Shore is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Shore of the Pleas
ant Hill section, just west of Elk
in, in Wilkes county.
YADKIN YOUTH
< ROBS_FATHER
Luther Ellis Williams, 20,
Takes $800 From
Parent's Trunk
HELD UNDER $300 BOND
Luther Ellis Williams, 20, ar
rested Friday on charges of steal
ing $800 from his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Ellis Williams of Yad
kinville Route 2, made bond for
k $300 to the February term of
* court, according to Sheriff A. L.
Inscore. He waived a hearing.
Williams was arrested by Sheriff
Inscore and Guy Scott of the State
Bureau of Investigation after his
parents reported the theft of the
money from a trunk in their
home.
Upon finding that the youth
had recently departed from the
home, the two officers discovered
him working at Winston Furniture
Manufacturing Company. After
I* his arrest, the boy admitted steal
ing the money over a period of
months.
He had $140 on his person and
$200 in a suitcase. The rest of the
money had been spent on two wrist
watches and diamond rings which
^ he had given to girls.
HONORED BY VFYV — William
J. Jones, first Elkin soldier to
be killed in action during World
War II, will be honored next
Wednesday night by the local
Veterans of Foreign Wars post.
The post has adopted the name
of William J. Jones for its of
ficial title, and in a dedication
ceremony at the YMCA will
honor Mr. and Mrs. John B.
Jones, Lt. Jones’ parents.
WILL DEDICATE
VFW POST 30TH
Thurmond Chatham To Be
Speaker at Meeting Honor
ing Mr. And Mrs. Jones
IS NAMED FOR SON
A ceremony dedicating the local
post of Veterans of Foreign Wars
to Mr. and Mrs. John B. Jones,
for whose son, William J. Jones,
the post is to be named, will be
held at the YMCA Wednesday,
Oct. 30. Thurmond Chatham will
be guest speaker.
Commander Earl Day has an
nounced that the next seven days,
ending Oct. 30, have been tfeclared
‘‘VFW Week”, during which time
members of the post will conduct
a membership drive.
Directly preceding the dedica
tion ceremony, members will stand
colors in front of the postoffice
building. They will be in full uni
form of the particular branch of
service each individual represents.
The name of William J. Jones
was selected for the post by virtue
of the fact that Lt. Jones the first
resident of Elkin to be officially
declared killed in action during
World War II. Mr. and Mrs. Jones
will be the guests of honor.
LOCALMENARE
CRASHVICTIMS
M. H. Helton, of Jonesville,
And Robert Warren, of
Klkin Injured
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HURTS ARE NOT SERIOUS
M. H. Helton, 61, of Jonesville,
and Robert Warren, 48. of Elkin,
were among eight persons injured
in an automobile accident which
occurred about one-half mile east
of Ridgecrest last Friday morn
ing.
Relatives of Mr. Helton here re
ported that he was not seriously
hurt, having sustained a lacerated
knee and a rather severe shaking
up. Mr. Warren suffered cuts
about the face.
According to State Highway
Patrolman, Glenn Roberts, who
investigated the accident, the. car
operated by Mr. Helton collided
with another machine driven by
Enley Earl Vance, 36, of Minne
apolis, N. C. Mr. Helton said that
the steering apparatus of his car
became locked and forced him to
the left side of the road into the
path of Vance's car.
Others injured in the accident
were Vance, face cuts; Cecil Vance
of Wagmouth, West, Va„ bruises;
Mrs. Cecil Vance, 30, possible
chest injuries; Mrs. Vernie Vance,
64, of Minneapolis, broken nose;
Mrs. Inez Fair, 45, of Elk Park,
possible internal injuries; and
Mrs. Paul Cook of Elk Park, sev
ere lacerations of the face.
All of the injured except Enley
Vance were treated at the Mission
Hospital in Ridgecrest. Mr. Vance
was taken to the Veterans Admin
istration hospital.
Folger To Speak
At Mountain Park
John H. Folger, candidate for
re-election to Congress on the
Democratic ticket, will address a
political rally at the Mountain
Park school, tomorrow night (Fri
day) at 7:30 p. m.
The public is invited to attend
this rally, which will mark the
beginning of the current political
campaign in the area.
A second rally, a county-wide
affair, will be held Saturday night
at Dobson, where Monroe Redden
of Hendersonville will apeak.
COUNCIL MEETS
TO TALK OVER
CO. NUTRITION
Endorse Soil Conservation
Speaking Contest
FRANKLIN IS SPEAKER
To Make Survey Of Food
Habits of Boys, Girls Be
tween Ages 9-11
TREVATHAN PRESIDES
Twenty-one members of the
Surry County Agriculture Workers
Council met Monday in the Home
Demonstration agent’s office at
Dobson to hear a discussion on
public health by County Health
Officers Dr. R. C. B. Franklin, to
discuss a nutrition program, and
to endorse the Soil Conservation
Speaking Contest w'hich will take
place during the winter and early
spring.
Dr. Franklin spoke on the inter
related work of the health depart
ment and other county agencies,
and how they helped one another
by closely cooperating. He added
that the most outstanding ad
vancement made by the health
service in the past year wyas the
addition of a county health nurse,
who makes regular and scheduled
visits to the county schools to look
after the health of the children.
The council agreed to help Mrs.
Grace P. Brown, Home Demonstra
tion agent, in making a survey of
the food habits of boys and girls
between the ages of nine and 11
years. A cross-section of students
of those ages in public schools will
be observed for three consecutive
days, and a report submitted from
the findings.
The council also agreed to fully ;
endorse and pledged support to
the Soil Conservation Speaking
Contest, which met with so much
success last year. District contests
will be held in the county in Jan
uary and February. Finals of the
event, as was the case last year, j
will be held in Elkin.
An announcement by C. G.
Kirkman revealed that the meat
canning plant at White Plains will
hold a special meat canning day
on Tuesday of each week. Per
sons wishing to take advantage of
this opportunity to can their meat
are urged to contact Mr. Kirk
man and arrange for a date.
The meeting was presided over
by President J. E. Trevathan. Mrs.
Bess G. Davenpoi't was elected
secretary.
KIWANIS OFFICIALS — C. C. Poindexter, left above, was elected
president of the Elkin Kiwanis Club at the Kiwanis meeting at the
YMCA last Thursday night. Mr. Poindexter is serving during the
present year as vice-president. Linville Hendren, right, was elect
ed vice-president. New officials will take office early in January,
1947.
POINDEXTER TO
HEAD KIWANIS
Linville Hendren Is Elected
Vice-President Of Club
At Last Meeting
TO HONOR VETERANS
At the meeting of the Elkin Ki
wanis Club at the YMCA last
Thursday evening. C. C. Poindex
ter was unanimously elected
president of the club during 1947.
Mr. Poindexter, who is now serv
ing as vice-president, will succeed
Hoke Henderson, who is now serv
ing as president.
Linville Hendren was elected as
vice-president, and Julius Hall
was re-elected secretary.
Directors elected for 1947
were: T. C. McKnight, Dr. E. G.
Click, H. C. Graham, C. N. Myers,
Clifton Leary, Ben Adair and Hu
bert Willis. Mr. Henderson, by
virtue of his present office will
automatically become a member
of the board when his term ex
pires in December.
At this evening’s meeting
(Thursday), the club will honor
its members who served in the
armed forces during the recent
war. Dr. Click will be the speak
er.
Members to be so honored are:
J. Milton Cooper, Franklin Fol
ger, Linville Hendren, O. William
Mann and A. Lee Neaves.
Democrats Are
Urged To Attend
Executive Meet
The Elkin township Demo
cratic Executive Committee,
will meet this evening (Thurs
day), at 8:00 o'clock at the City
Hall, it was announced Tues
day by W. M. Allen, chairman.
Mr. Allen urged that all com
mittee members be present,
and stated that all other in
terested persons would be wel
come. Important matters are
to be discussed, he said.
COMER DEFENDS
SCHOOL ACTION
States That He Had Tried A
Year Ago To Bring About
Needed Bus Repairs
BLAMES LOW SALARIES
Following a recent editorial in
The Tribune, which Superintend
ent of Surry Schools, John W.
Comer, termed “somewhat critical
of his activities in relation to the
school bus situation,’’ Mr. Comer
stated that he was held “virtually
helpless” by existing conditions,
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ELKS WIN OVER JONESVILLE ELEVEN 26-0—The Fuckin’ Elks of Elkin high school last Friday
defeated a game but less experienced Jonesville eleven 26-0 at the gymnasium field here. Top photo
above shows Fred Ratledge (10), as he skirted right end to pick up yardage for the Elks. Delos Mar
tin (8), is coming in to stop him on the play. In center photo, Harris, Jonesville, plunges across the
right end of the Elkin line, to be stopped by J. Park (12), and Blackburn, who is shown coming in on
the play with arm outstretched. Sam Shugart, center facing camera, is coming in to offer aid if
necessary, w'hile Webster, (15), and D. Vestal, (10), both of Jonesville, approach the scene of action.
Bottom photo shows Fred Ratledge, Elkin, carrying the ball, flanked by his brother, Bob Ratledge,
on a run which picked up needed yards. Bobby Vestal, (5), Harris (21), and Day, (7), of the Joncs
ville team, rush to intercept Ratledge. Brady Osborne, Elkin, center on ground, throws a block In
front of Harris. —Tribune Photos.
WILL SPONSOR
AIR SHOW HERE
NOVEMBER 24TH
Event Will Be Staged By
YFW And Lions Club
ALTERNATE DATE DEC. 1
World Champion Acrobatic
Flyer To Take Part In
Event; Other Big Acts
AT THE LOCAL AIRPORT
Co-sponsored by the local Vet
erans of Foreign Wars post and
the Lions Club, an air show fea
turing the daring flying of Bev
erly Howard, world’s champion
acrobatic flyer since 1936. will be
presented here at the Blue Ridge
Airport November 24th or on an
alternate date of December 1st,
depending upon weather condi
tions favorable to flying.
Mr. Howard, president of the
Hawthorne Flying Service with
headquarters in Orangeburg, S.
C., has held the acrobatic flying
trophy continuously since 1936,
and recently successfully defend
ed it at the Cleveland Air Races
for 1946.
Among many others on the pro
gram will be Jimmie Greenwood,
a parachute jumper who speciali
zes in delayed openings, and
Charles W. Bing of Lynchburg,
Va., another stunt specialist. A
comedy act will be included.
VFW Commander Earl Day has
announced that he has received
telegrams from each of the per
formers stating their willingness
to be here for the show.
Commander Day, David Brown,
John Kelly and Russell Burcham
constitute the VFW air show com
mittee. Mr. Burcham is also head
of the program committee. The
Lions Club committee is headed
by Glenn York. Walter Burgiss,
of the Chatham Manufacturing
Company, has been appointed
chairman of the steering commit
tee.
Attorney Earl James has agreed
to act as Master of Ceremonies.
FIVE ARE HURT
IN AUTO CRASH
Two Automobiles Hit Almost
Head-on On Straight
Stretch of Highway
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
Five persons were injured and
two cars demolished about 10
o’clock Saturday morning near the
Yadkin State prison camp when
two cars hit almost head-on in a
straight road.
Eugene Dinkins, 22, of Shack
town driver of a 1941 Chevrolet,
was the worst injured of all. He
had one leg broken in two places
above the knee, was injured in
ternally and got a number of cuts
and bruises. His wife received a
number of small cuts and bruises
and severe shock. A brother,
Claud Dinkins got a bad cut on
the leg requiring 36 stitches to
close, but Mrs. Dinkins, who be
fore their marriage about two
months ago, was Miss Joyce Hut
chens of Yadkinville, and Claud
were released from the hospital
after first aid.
Loyd McCollum, 25, driver of
the other car, a 1934 Chevrolet,
and a nephew, Rob Childress, rid
ing with him are still patients at
a Winston-Salem hospital. Mc
Collum has a broken leg and arm,
and Childress has the same.
A car driven by Marshall Mc
Knight of Shaektown had just
passed the Dinkins car, making a
cloud of dust rise between the
Dinkins and McCollum cars. Dink
ins told officers when he saw Mc
Collum he was almost on him.
Deputy Sheriff Ed Wishon and
State Highway Patrolmen investi
gated the accident but no arrests
have been made.
To Start Work On
Dobson Building
Work is scheduled to begin to
day on the new Dobson school
building, John W. Coiner, superin
tendent of county schools, has an
noupced. The new building is to
replace one that was destroyed
several years ago by fire and
could not be replaced previously
due to wartime shortages.
The contract for the construc
tion of the building was let to
the Fowler-Jones Construction
Company of Winston-Salem. It
is to be erected at an estimated
cost of $130,700.
Mr. Comer also announced that
work will begin on agriculture
buildings at seven of • the county
schools as soon as Architect John
Franklin of Elkin completes plans
and blueprints. The agriculture
buildings will go up at the Frank
lin, Flat Rock, Beulah, White
Plains, Pilot Mountain, Copeland
and Mountain Park schools.
Shoppers Here
Welcome Meat
Reappearance
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Registration
Books Are Now
At City Hall
Registration books for the
November 5th general election
are now open at the city hall,
Registrar Dixie Graham has
announced. The books will re
main open through Saturday,
Oct. 26.
Mr. Graham reminds voters
that those who registered for
voting in the Democratic prim
ary elections last spring need
not register again for the gen
eral election. Neither, he said,
will it be necessary for those
who have registered for and
voted In previous general elec
tions in this township to regis
ter again.
Those for whom it will be
necessary to register, he says,
are persons who have recently
become eligible by virtue of age
or citizenship, those who have
recently transferred their resi
dence to Elkin, and those per
sons who have never voted in
previous elections.
WOODMEN WILL
HOLD MEETING
Semi - Annual District Log
Rolling Is To Be Held
Here Saturday
ARE TO STAGE PARADE
Woodmen of the World will
hold their semi-annual district
Daniel Boone Log Rolling here
Saturday, according to an an
nouncement by R. L. Harpe, field
representative.
Festivities will begin with a
parade at 2 p. m., which will be
gin at the old bridge on Bridge
street and conclude at the YMCA,
where the remainder of the meet
ings will be held. Local merchants
are invited to enter floats in the
parade.
At 2:45 p. m. a business meet
ing will be held, and simultane
ously the women’s circle of the
organization will assemble, also at
the YMCA. A banquet will be
held at 6:30 p. m. and Nick T.
Newberry, State manager from
Charlote. will speak. Miss Blanche
Aikin, State manager for the
ladies, will also be present.
In the absence of Miss Ruby
Carroll of High Point, district
president of the Supreme Forest
Woodman Circle, Mrs. Goldia
Steele, national representative and
financial secretary of the Twin
City Grove 25 of Winston-Salem,
will preside over the ladies.
The public is invited to attend
a three-act play, entitled “Always
in Trouble," which will be present
ed at 8 p. m. at the YMCA in con
nection with the Log Rolling. Ad
mission will be free.
ARE PLANNING
FOR CAMPAIGN
Surry Infantile Paralysis
Foundation Lays Ground
work For Campaign
OFFICIALS ARE NAMED
Preparing for the March of
Dimes Drive, which will get under
way in January, the Surry County
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
met recent ly in Dobson to reorga
nize and discuss plans.
It was announced at the meet
ing that a state-wide conference
will take place tomorrow in
Charlotte, opening at 10 a. m. and
continuing until 4:30 p. m. Key
members of the state and national
headquarters will be present, and
Dr. Ralph McDonald, chairman of
the state organization will address
the group. State Representative
Phillip S. Randolph will also be
present.
Officers of the county founda
tion are John W. Comer of Dob
son. chairman: Sam Neaves of
Elkin, vice-chairman; Bausie Ma
rion of Dobson, secretary and
treasurer. The board of directors
includes J. F. Yokley of Mount
Airy, chairman,, Dr. R. C. B
Franklin. Roger Marshall of Elk
in, and Wilkerson Gordon of Pilot
Mountain.
Butchers Admit
Price About 20c
Above Ceiling
Despite the boost in pries occa
sioned by a release of OPA ceil
ings, most local shoppers are
greeting the reappearance of meat
with whetted appetites and open
pocketbooks, a survey of Elkin's
major meat markets reveals.
The price of beef, most butchers
admit, is about 20 cents a pound
above the abolished ceilings. Few
shoppers are openly complaining,
however, since most of them seem
too happy about being able to have
meat once again.
Little if any pork is appearing
on the market. Most counters
contain only beef and veal, and
that raised locally. Western beef,
the butchers predict, will begin to
come in through the big packing
houses in about a month. It
takes some time, they point out,
to slaughter and process western
cattle, a great portion of which
comes through Omaha, Neb., and
Chicago, 111.
The pork picture is somewhat
darker.
While cattle have continued in
fair abundance, the shortage be
ing caused by the refusal of breed
ers to sell on the market, the pro
duction of hogs has considerably
declined. There just aren’t as
many pigs as there once were.
Reason for this, in the grocers’
opinion, is that farmers found
that they could make a higher
profit by selling their corn, which
would have normally have gone for
feeding hogs, direct. The price of
grain soared while pork prices re
mained relatively low. So farm
ers reduced the number of hogs
they had been raising and let the
feed go for a higher profit.
More pork is expected on the
market w'ithin about 60 days, but
a normal supply will not be avail
able for some time, it seems.
This, of course, goes for lard,
fat meat for seasoning, and other
pork by-products.
Canned and cured meats will
also remain on the list of scarce
items for some time, since it takes
time to prepare such products for
distribution, and, too, because
most cured meats are of the pork
variety.
And there goes the fond dream
most persons have been entertain
ing of having an abundance of
bacon with their scrambled eggs
in the morning.
The dealers agree that no buy
ers' strike seems to be apparent,
but some have observed that a few
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ELKS TO PLAY
N. WILKESBORO
To Face Wilkes Team There
Friday After Defeating
Jonesville 26 To 0 Here
“MIDGETS” SEE ACTION
Elkin high school launched a
four touchdown attack against a
less experienced but stubborn
Jonesville eleven here last Friday
afternoon to win the gam-3 26-0
Bob Ratledge led the locals with
two touchdowns.
Jonesville, playing its first sea
son, fought back gamely, but was
unable to cope with (he Elks, al
though they threatened in the
fourth quarter with a drive close
to the Elkin goal line.
After a drive from the 40 up to
10 yard line. Bob Ratledge ran 10
yards to score for Elkin. His
second score came when he gal
loped off six more yards for pay
dirt after a 35 yard drive, to make
the score 12-0.
Fred Ratledge plunged over in
the second period to score, and in
the third period Bob Ratledge
threw a 20-yard pass to Bob Law
rence who ran 15 yards to score.
Osborpe made good two place
ment kicks.
Elkin’s "Midget team,” made uit
of small but determined young
sters who will be the stars of to
morrow, saw action during the
game and did themselves proud
considering, their size and weight.
The Elks will go to North
Wilkesboro Friday afternoon for
a game with North Wilkesboro
high school, which is scheduled to
start at 2:30 o’clock. Jonesvivllc
will meet Flat Rock here this af
ternoon (Thursday), on the Elkin
field.