ELKIN
Gateway To
Roaring Gap
And The Blue
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f OL. No. XXXV No. 6
PUBLISHER WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1947
$2.00 PER YEAR
16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
Jonas Is To
Discuss Good
Health Plan
Will Address
Joint Meet Of
Elkin Clubs
i j A joint meeting of the Elkin Ki
* wanis Club, Lions Club and Junior
Chamber of Commerce will hear
Colonel Charles R. Jonas, of Lin
colnton, this evening (Thursday),
at 6:30 at the YMCA, who will
speak on the Good Health Pro
gram which has been proposed in
North Carolina.
Colonel Jonas is executive vice
president of the North Carolina
Good Health Association, and is
president of the North Carolina
Bar Association. A graduate of
the University of North Carolina
v » and also of its law school, he be
w came interested in the Good
Health Program for this state
when he learned that North Caro
lina was at or near the bottom in
percentage of men rejected from
military service on account of
physical disabilities. He saw ac
tive military service from Septem
ber 20, 1940, when he was assigned
to duty in State Selective Service
headquarters as legal officer and
officer in charge of coordinating
work of the local and appeal
boards of the state, serving in that
capacity until January 23, 1946.
It is expected that Col. Jonas
will have a message of unusual
V interest and importance when he
Speaks about the great need for
better health in North Carolina
at this evening’s meeting.
. WMl) MEETING
HERE ON 14TH
Annual Leadership Confer
ence To Be Held At The
Gilvin Roth YMCA
V' MRS. FARMER SPEAKER
The annual Leadership confer
ence of the Wilkesboro Division
of the Woman’s Missionary Union
of North Carolina Baptists will be
held on Tuesday, January 14 at
Gilvin Roth YMCA, according to
an announcement by Mrs. C. N.
Myers of this city.
The meeting will be called to
order at 10 a. m. and will continue
until 3:30 p. m. Lunch will be
served at the Y.
Guest speaker for the occasion
will be Mrs. J. S. Farmer of Ral
eigh, president of the State W. M.
U.
All associational superinten
, dents, young people’s leaders, and
^ chairmen of committees are urged
to attend. Interested members of
the W. M. U. are extended a cor
dial invitation.
Mrs. Myers requests that all
luncheon reservations be made
with her before Monday, January
13.
FARM WORKERS
TO MEET 15TH
John A. Arey To Be On Hand
To Discuss Plans For
Surry Milk Survey
TO BE HELD IN DOBSON
Surry County Agriculture Work
ers Council, composed of person
nel of the couhty agent's office,
teachers of agriculture in county
schools, and members of the Soil
Conservation Service, will meet in
Dobson Wednesday, Jan. 15, at 3
p. m., according to an announce
ment by County Agent Neill M.
Smith.
John A. Arey, dairy extension
specialist of State College, is to be
on hand to discuss pians for a
survey within the county to deter
4Q ^ mine the amount of milk produced
and whs produces it. Possibilities
of further and expanded milk pro
duction by farmers and dairymen,
in event major marketing facili
ties are provided, will also be in
vestigated.
jte At 7:00 p. m. the sa?pe date Mr.
Arey is to discuss milk production
with veterans taking agriculture
training under benefits of the “G.
I. Bill of Rights.” Teachers of
veterans classes are being asked to
^notify their students of this meet
^ing.
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NEW YMCA PRESIDENT —
Robert G. Boles was elected by
the board of directors of the
Gilvin Roth YMCA to serve as
president of the organization for
the year 1947. Mr. Boles was
elected to the board of directors
in 1945 to serve a three year
term, expiring December 31,
1948. He wiH within the next
14 days announce the appoint
ment of various committees to
function in relation to “Y” ac
tivities.
ASSAULT CASE
STARTSMONDAY
Ralph Litteral And Marvin
Bell Plead Not Guilty To
Charge Of Assault
INSANITY IS CLAIMED
Ralph Vernon Litteral and Mar
vin Claude Bell, arraigned in
Wilkes court Monday, plead not
guilty to the capital charge of
rape of Peggy Ruth Shore, pretty
15-year-old brunette, of Pleasant
Hill on August 23, 1946.
In addition to the pleas of not
guilty, Fred Hutchens, attorney for
Litteral, entered a plea of insanity
for Litteral.
Prior to arraignment, Eugene
Trivette, representing the firms of
Trivette, Holshouser and Mitchell,
and Hayes and Hayes, counsel for
Bell, lodged motions to quash the
bills of indictment. One ground
stated was that there were no
names of women in the Wilkes
jury box from which the grand
jury was drawn that returned the
indictment on December 11, 1946,
after the amendment was passed
which stipulated that women shall
serve on juries in North Carolina.
Another ground for the motion,
which Hutchens also entered for
Litteral, was that the federal gov
ernment had jurisdiction over the
defendants, who were not notified
they were being transferred from
federal court, where they were
held on kidnapping charge, to the
state court for trial on the charge
oi rape.
Judge !I. Hoyle Sink, presiding
over the special term of Wilkes
court beginning Monday; denied
the defense motions.
Litteral and Bell are alleged to
have kidnapped the young Shore
girl near Elkin on August 23 and
to have carried her into Tennessee,
raping her a number of times en
route. She told officers that Lit
teral threw her into a car after
she had alighted from a bus near
Elkin after 11 p. m. on the above
date.
Judge Sink ordered a special
venire of 200 men summoned from
Caldwell county to appear for be
ginning of the trial on Monday,
January 13. Solicitor Avalon E.
Hall argued to the court that the
case had been discussed so much
in Wilkes that it would be next to
impossible to secure a jury from a
Wilkes venire.
Trial of Claude Leslie Spears, a
veteran of the Parsonvillc com
munity, on charge of murder for
the death of Harrison Jennings
in the North Wilkesboro jail May
31, 1946 was begun Monday. Spears
is alleged to have beaten Jennings,
55-year-old citizen of the Fair
plains community, to death in jail
after both had been jailed on
drunkenness charges.
Although the world food situa
tion is slightly better now than it
was a year ago, grave contrasts
still persist between the favored
and the disadvantaged countries.
A prejudiced bigot is a person
who abominates your religion as
you dominate his.
BOLES NAMED
TO HEAD YMCA
DURING YEAR
Will Succeed C. C. Poindexter
In That Job
ROYALL VICE-PRESIDENT
New Directors Are Elected To
Serve Until December 31,
1949 At Meeting
PARKER IS TREASURER
Robert G. Boles was elected
president of the Gilvin Roth
YMCA for the year 1947 by the
organization’s board of directors,
meeting at the YMCA building
Friday of last week.
Mr. Boles is to succeed C. C.
Poindexter, retiring president. Ac
cording to T. C. McKnight, gen
eral secretary, he will announce
the appointment of various com
mittees within the next two weeks.
Other officers elected for 1947
were George Royall, vice-presi
dent; Hubert Parker, treasurer;
and J. Milton Cooper, recording
secretary.
New directors elected to serve
until December 31, 1949, were
Hugh G. Chatham, Mr. Cooper,
and E. T. Shamel. Directors whose
terms expired December 31, 1946,
and who were re-elected for three
additional years were George Roy
all and Fred Neaves. D. G. Smith
was elected to fill an unexpired
term running through 1947.
Mr. McKnight explained that
the board consisted of 15 mem
bers, five of whose terms expire
each year. Other directors, terms
expiring in 1947, are R. W. Harris,
J. W. L. Benson, H. C. Hatch, and
W. Marion Allen. Those whose
terms expire in 1948 are Garland
Johnson, Mr. Boles, Mr. Poindex
ter, Gene Spainhour, and Mr.
Parker.
Mr. McKnight has stated that,
on the basis of incomplete results,
this year’s membership drive is
indicated to be a little ahead of
the drive conducted last year.
Complete results will be posted in
the near future.
WILL DISCUSS
FARMERS’ DAY
County Agents of Surry, Yad
kin And Wilkes To Meet
With Mayor Johnson
ANNUAL ELKIN EVENT
County agents of Surry, Wilkes,
and Yadkin counties meet this
afternoon at 2:30 at the city hall
to discuss with Mayor Garland
Johnson plans for the annual
Spring Farmers Day Program.
Mayor Johnson is director of the
agricultural council of Elkin.
County agents attending will be
D. R. Perkins of Yadkin, R. D.
Smith of Wilkes, and Neill Smith
of Surry.
Emphasis this year at the an
nual occasion is to be placed upon
feed pi-oduction, livestock develop
ment, and soil conservation. Dr.
I. O. Schaub, director of extension
services of State College, has in
dicated that a number of agricul
ture specialists will be able to at
tend the program in order to lead
discussions and give courses of
instruction.
Crutchfield Woman Held for Death of Husband
Hearing for Mrs. Lavora Marion
Wood, Crutchfield woman charg
ed with the fatal shooting of her
estranged husband, Harvey G.
Wood, 46, a Boonville mechanic,
will be held here February 1st,
probably before Magistrate C. A.
McNeil.
The shooting occurred at about
6:30 p. m. Sunday at Mrs. Wood’s
home. She was arrested some
three hours later and confined in
the county jail at Dobson. Monday
morning she was released under
$2,000 bond set by Solicitor Ralph
Scott of Danbury.
Two local officers. Deputy
Sheriff Heber Mounce and Police
officer G. H. Payne answered a
call Irom Mrs. Wood which re
portedly came about 0:30 Sunday
night.
According to Mr. Mouncc, the
woman reported that her husband
was hanging around her house
and she was afraid he was going
to cause trouble. It was not until
the officers arived that they dis
covered that Wood had been shot,
and had been dead about three
hours before they reached the
scene.
His body was found sprawled
across the front seat of his car
parked before the house, feet on
the running board. A bottle par
tially filled with whiskey was
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LEADING THE FIGHT AGAINST POLIO — President Truman
Supports 1947 March of Dimes, Jan. 15-30, assuring full coopera
tion to Basil O’Connor, president of the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis, sponsor of the nationwide drive for funds to
finance the fight against polio. “The battle is far from won,” the
President said. “It must continue until this disease is finally wiped
from the face of the earth.”
Polio Drive Is To Be
Held January 15 To 30
Chairman John W. Coiner Says Need
For Funds Has Never Been Greater
The 1947 March of Dimes, an
nual fund raising drive of the Na
tional Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis which sparkplugs the
never-ceasing battle against polio,
will be held January 15 to 30, it
was announced today by John W.
Comer, of Dobson. Surry chairman
of the March of Dimes campaign
committee.
The need for funds, Mr. Comer
said, has never been greater, since
the nation has just emerged from
the worst epidemic of polio in the
history' of the National Founda
tion for Infantile Paralysis, found
ed in 1938 to spearhead and co
ordinate the battle against this
disease.
“United States Public Health
Service figures show,” said Mr.
Comer, “that the 1946 polio epi
demic is second only in severity
to the great epidemic of 1916, the
worst in recorded history. This
means that not only were the
Foundation and its chapters called
upon as never before to supply ex
pensive equipment, personnel and
every other aid known to modern
science to the stricken, but they
still must assist those who have
not yet achieved maximum recov
ery. And there are more of these
than there have ever been before.
“The National Foundation also
spent millions of dollars during
1946 in medical scientific research
to trace the cause of infantile
paralysis,” Mr. Comer explained.
"It will continue to do so until
that cause is discovered and con
quered.
“The National Foundation also
intends to pursue vigorously its
SCENE OF FATAL SHOOTING — Pictured above is the house of Mrs. Lenora Marion Wood, 37, who is
charged with the fatal shooting of her estranged husband, Harvey G. Wood, 46, a Boonville mechanic.
The house is located in the Crutchfield community. White arrow points to door glass through which
the bullet from a .32 calibre pistol, allegedly fired by Mrs. Wood, crashed, to pierce the heart of her
husband, who died a few minutes later attempting to enter his automobile parked before the house.
Wood was said to have been try in? to force bis way into the house when the shot was fired.
—Tribune Photo.
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far-reaching educational program
to inform the public on precau
tions against the disease; what to
do if and when polio strikes, and
what your March of Dimes is pre
pared to do for every American,
regardless of age, ci'eed, color or
race, stricken by the dread crip
pler—and that is to provide the
best" available care, regardless of
cost, until maximum recovery is
assured.
“The people of Surry County, in
common with Americans every
where,” Mr. Comer went on, “have
been most generous in the past in
supporting the fight against in
fantile paralysis through the
March of Dimes. Indications are
that they will be even more gener
ous this year because they know
that this fight is their fight. They
realize that the March of Dimes is
their best insurance against polio
—and that the battle will go on in
the laboratory until final victory
is won and infantile paralysis
joins the other great scourges of
mankind unmasked and disarmed
by knowledge.
"The annual March of Dimes,”
Mr. Comer concluded, "is the only
means the National Foundation
has for financing its battle
against infantile paralysis.”
Millions of farm people, in the
first year after V-J Day, called
upon workers of the Extension
Service for facts, new ideas and
skills to help make the adjustment
to sound peacetime farming, ac
cording to M. L. Wilson, director
of Extension Work for the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
TO CONSIDER
CONSTRUCTION
OF BUILDING
Mayor Names Committee To
Look Into Possibility
TO HOUSE LIVESTOCK
Deny Request Of Veterans Of
Foreign Wars To Bring In
Full-Fledged Carnival
RIDING DEVICES OKEY
Mayor Garland Johnson, at the
regular monthly meeting of the
town commissioners at the city
hall Monday night, appointed a
committee to look into the possi
bility of constructing here build
ings suitable for livestock shows
and sales.
Mayor Johnson’s action came as
result of a request pVesented by a
group of interested livestock
breeders and associates. The
group, appearing before the com
missioners, consisted of W. A.
Neaves of this city, T. F. Cooley,
Klondike Farm manager; County
Agent Neill M. Smith, and L. I.
Case extension livestock specialist.
Committee appointed to visit
neighboring towns where such
show and sale facilities have al
ready been constructed, and to
make a detailed report as to type
of buildings, costs of construction
and upkeep, and other related
problems at a future meeting of
the commissioners, consisted of
Commissioners R. C. Freeman and
J. W. L. Benson, Mr. Cooley, Mr.
Neaves, and Joe Saylor, city coor
dinator. County Agent Smith and
Mr. Case were appointed to serve
in an advisory capacity.
Another matter brought before
the commissioners was a request
by the local Veterans of Foreign
Wars post for permission to bring
to the city the Gate City Carnival
for the purpose of setting up rides
and shows here. Proceeds derived
from the carnival, the VFW
spokesmen said, were to go into a
hut fund.
The commissioners informed the
delegation that a city ordinance
prevented such shows from being
conducted inside the city limits,
and that to grant the organization
its request would mean repealing
the law.
A compromise was reportedly
reached, whereby the board mem
bers consented to allow riding de
vices alone to be brought here,
which the ordinance does not for
bid.
Jaycee Tourney
Is Scheduled
For Feb. 4-11
The third annual Elkin Jun
ior Chamber of Comerce Invi
tational Basketball Tourna
ment has been scheduled for
the week beginning February 4
and continuing through Febru
ary 11, at the Gilvin Roth
YMCA. About 30 boys and
girls high school teams have
been invited.
North State Conference offi
cials will be on hand to referee
games. A total of $600 in cash
prizes will be awarded, and
winning teams will receive
trophies and gold souvenir bas
ketball replicas.
Surry Court
Disposes Of
Assault Case
HEADS MASONS — Graham C.
Greene was recently installed as
Worshipful Master of Elkin
Masonic Lodge 454. Other offi
cers are Glenn Lewis, senior
warden; Loman C. Richardson,
junior warden; James F. Am
burn, secretary; Marion C.
Whitener, treasurer; Fred Eid
son, senior deacon; Henry C.
Bowman, junior deacon R. E.
Smith, senior steward, and
Ralph R. Dorsett, junior
Steward.
CORRELL FREED
$15,000 BOND
Alleged Murderer Of Charles
C. Baker In Wilkes Faces
Trial In March
TWO WITNESSES TESTIFY
Johnny H. Correll of Lenoir, ac
cused of murdering Charles C.
Baker at Club 40 and 8 near
North Wilkesboro December 28,
was released from custody Thurs
day of last week under a $15,000
bond.
Amount of the bond was set by
Solicitor Avalon E. Hall of Yad
kinville at a hearing before Wilkes
County Coroner I. M. Myers,
which took place the day of the
fatal shooting.
Correll is scheduled to face trial
at the March term of Wilkes Su
perior Court, to begin March 5th
at Wilkesboro.
At the hearing two witnesses
reportedly testified that Correll
and Baker, manager of the club,
became involved in an argument
during a dice game. Baker, the
witnesses said, ordered Correll to
leave the establishment, and dur
ing the quarrel stepped behind the
bar and emerged holding a gun.
Correll, it was said, while backing
toward the doc- behind a girl,
also drew a gun which he had
carried in a pocket.
He allegedly shot Baker through
the forehead, killing him instant
ly. Correll remained at the scene
until the arrival of Sheriff C. G.
Poindexter.
CLUB OFFICERS
ARE INSTALLED
District Governor DuPre
Rhame Is Speaker At Ki
wanis Ladies Night
POINDEXTER PRESIDENT
Officers who will serve the Elkin
Kiwanis Club during 1947 were
formally inducted into office last
Thursday evening at the Gilvin
Roth YMCA by DuPre Rhame, of
Sumter, S. C., governor of the
Carolinas District. C. C. Poindex
ter was installed as president, suc
ceeding Hoke Henderson. Lin
villc Hendren was installed as
vice-president, and J. L. Hall as
secretary-treasurer. Mr. Hall
succeeded himself in that capacity.
The newly installed board of
directors is made up of Ben Adair.
Dr. E. G, Click, Hardin Graham,
Clifton Leary, T. C. McKnight, C.
N. Myers and Hubert Willis.
Governor Rhame, in his talk to
the club spoke on building for
peace, patriotism and opportunity.
He charged the Kiwanians to
build with faith, to have faith in
Kiwanis and faith in God. In in
stalling the new officers he charg
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G. G. Glenn
Sent To Jail
3 To 5 Years
Heaviest sentence handed out
by Judge Frank M. Armstrong
during the first few days of Surry
County Superior Court at Dobson
was drawn by Granville G. Glenn.
Glenn was ordered imprisoned
for a period of not less than three
nor more than five years after he
was found guilty of assault with
intent to commit rape.
One divorce was congumated, in
the case of E. L. McMilliam vs.
Ada McMilliam on grounds of two
years separation.
The case of James E. Edwards,
Jr., Mount Airy man bound over
on a murder charge, was continu
ed for the defendant.
Other cases were: Harley Pin
nix, operating car intoxicated,
fined $75 and cost, 12 months
suspended sentence.
Walter Gadberry, same as
above.
Connie Bratt Holbrook, operat
ing car intoxicated, fined $75 and
cost, 12 months suspended sen
tence, and ordered to pay damages
to the John Mayberry Cab Co.
Frank Loyd vs. Percy and Stella
Barker, non-suit on grounds of
mutual settlement.
Bstty Mauldin vs. W. W. Guyer
and Raymond Hanks, declared
non-suit when evidence showed
defendant had vacated property
in question and paid rent on
same.
Ellis Thomas, assault on a fe
male, fined $100 and cost, two
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NEGRO FAMILY
GETS $20,750
Judgment Returned Against
Greyhound Bus Company
As Result of Accident
OCCURRED JULY 31, 1945
Four members of a Negro fam
ily of the Traphill area were
awarded a total of $20,750 in a
judgment against the Atlantic
Greyhound Bus Company this
week during the January session
of Federal Court in Wilkes county.
The plaintiffs were represented
by the law firms of Allen and
Henderson of this city, and
Whicker and Whicker of North
Wilkesboro. Gene Trivette and
Fred Hutchens, attorneys, appear
ed on behalf of the Greyhound
concern.
According to attorney W.
Marion Allen, evidence proved
that at the time the collision oc
curred between the bus, traveling
between Winston-Salem and Mor
ganton and the car occupied by
the Negro family, the bus was
traveling on the wrong side of the
highway.
Tire accident occurred July 31,
near the Ronda Baptist Church.
The car, occupied by Walter Hunt,
Mary Ellen Hunt, 5-months, Le
roy Hunt, 5, Bobby Warren Hunt,
2, and Josephine Hunt, 11, alleg
edly entered highway 268 from
the Traphill highway. It was
struck by the bus. operated by C.
L. Steed, which was traveling on
highway 268.
Evidence supported by the tes
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Crime Shows
Big Increase
Here In 1946
Crime in Elkin showed an in
crease of around 40 per cent in
1946 over the previous year,
Chief of Police Corbett Wall
announced Wednesday.
During: 1946, a total of 779
arrests were made, the report
showed. Citations given for
minor offenses were not in
cluded in the figures.
Among types of offenses list
ed, public drunkenness arrests
numbered 369 to lead the list.
Speeding charges came next
with 150 cases, while arrests
for violating the prohibition
laws numbered 47, and drunken
driving 40. Oilier figures given
were: reckless driving, 17; no
driver’s permit, 44; auto thefts,
8, and murder 1.
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