little In North Carolina ELKIN Gateway To Roaring Gap And The Blue Ridge The Elkin Tribune NORTH CAROLINA’S NO. 1 NEED VOL. No. XXXV No. 8 PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1947 f $2.00 PER YEAR f 16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS Bond Issue Is < Proposed For Surry Schools _ *—-— Elkin’s Share Would Amount To $250,000.00 J / Elkin would receive $250,OQO for ^ new school buildings under the proposed million-dollar bond is sue announced last week by John W. Comer, superintendent of Surry County schools. Mr. Comer announced that the county board of education plans to hold an election, probably in March, to determine whether Surry County citizens are willing to authorize the issue of $1,000, 000 in bonds for the planned county-wide school building and expansion program. The regular election books will be used, and no \ new registration of voters is planned. The vote will be on a “yes” or “no” basis, and only the votes cast will be counted. Under the proposed bond issue Mount Airy would receive $450,000 for a new high school system, Flat Rock and Copeland would be allocated $80,000 each, Franklin would get $40,000 for additional school rooms and White Plains, .i.. Westfield and Mountain Park \ would receive $30,000 each for more rooms. These sums are in addition to the $250,000 ear marked for Elkin. \ Superintendent Comer has also called for bids to be submitted not later than January 31 for the construction of agricultural shop buildings for the schools of Flat Rock, Beulah, Copeland, Pilot Mountain, Franklin, White Plains, and Mountain Park. A bond is sue was voted last year which pro vides funds for this construction I program. ELKIN MEN TO ATTEND MEET ^ Second Annual Session Of N. C. Wildlife Association To Be Held 271 h WILL BE AT RALEIGH Hugh G. Chatham, president of the local chapter of the North Carolina Wildlife Federation, has announced that about a dozen members of the Elkin chapter plan to attend the second annual meet ing of the Federation to be held at the Sir Walter Hotel in Raleigh on January 27. Dr. Ira N. Gabrielson, president of the Wildlife Management In stitute, Washington, D. C., will be the chief speaker at the meeting. Dr. Gabrielson is considered the nation’s foi'emost authority on the subject of wildlife resources. The largest gathering of sportsmen in the history of the State is expect ed to attend the sessions. The Wildlife Federation is sponsoring legislation which would set up a separate Game and Fisk department in the State govern ment. At present this department is under the Department of Con servation and Development. Other speaker's on the program are Dr. H. S. Swingle, fish cultur ist at Alabama Polytechnic Insti • tute; Col Frank Page of Greens boro, first president of the Fed 4eration; Rev. Fletcher Nelson ol NMorganton; Harry B. Caldwell ol Greensboro; Hon. John Martin ol Atlanta, publisher and editor ol “Southern Outdoors,” and I. T Quinn of Richmond, head of th( Virginia Game and Inland Fisher ies Commission. Fire Does Small Damage To Home Fire, said to have originated ir a faulty flue, caused about $10( damage, to the home of R. JE Wood in Joncsvillc early Tucsdaj morning. Fire Chief Ted Brown said tha the fire department answered at % alarm at about 7:50 a. m. Th< blaze was extinguished quickl; and with no difficulty. Chief Brown said that the fin broke out in a bedroom, to whicl most of the damage was confined 4Cause of the fire, he said, was : flue, to which was connected i •wood stove, that was not lined Soot fell to the bottom of the flue caught fire, and ignited workworl surrounding the chimney. Advertising Gets Result City License Tags On Sale At City Hall City Clerk Dixie Graham an nounced this week that city au tomobile license are now on sale at the city hall. All local car owners are expected to have tags by February 1. The price is $1. DELAY HEARING ON LOCAL BILL Recently Introduced In Leg islature To Make Elkin Schools Separate Unit PRESENTED BY SNOW Hearing on the bill recently in troduced in the State legislature to make Elkin township a separ ate school administrative unit, originally scheduled to be held be fore the joint Senate-House edu cation committee this morning, has been postponed several days, it was learned yesterday. The bill requesting that the sep arate administrative unit be set up here was introduced by George I K. Snow, Surry member of the State House of Representatives, Monday of this week. It provides that administration and super vision of Elkin grade school, Elkin high school, North Elkin elemen tary school, and the Elkin town ship colored school be placed un der a board of trustees or com missioners named by the govern ing body of the City of Elkin. Boundaries of the school dis trict, the bill outlined, will be the same as boundaries of the present Elkin school district, but will be subject to change by action of the Surry County Board of Education and trustees of the school unit. Mayor Garland Johnson indi cated yesterday that the bill has been regarded favorably by State Senator R. P. Jones of Surry County. Members of the city board of education as designated in Mr. Snow's bill are R. W. Harris and Claude H. Farrell, four years; C. S. Foster and Hugh Royall, three years; and Everett Holbrook, one year. Terms are to start April 1, 1947, if the proposal is carried. Elkin schools have been under county supervision for about the past 15 years, when residents did not agree to supplement teachers’ salaries as had been done in the past, since 1922. Last April, in a special election called by the board of county commissioners, citizens voted to pay a supplementary school tax not to exceed 20 cents per $100 property valuation. Amount of tax was subsequently set at 17 cents. MORSE IS TO DISCUSS PARK County Agent Neill Smith To Attend Session At Winston Salem January 24 SAYS DEFINITE NEED Thomas Morse, in charge of North Carolina State Parks, will speak at a meeting in Winston Salem Friday, January 24 at 1 p. m. in the Chamber of Commerce office. Mr. Morse will discuss plans under way for the development of , Hanging Rock Park, near Dan bury, and the general program of public parks development. The Hanging Rock park was used as a | camping site last year by 4-H | clubs of Surry. Stokes, Rocking ham, Davidson and Guilford counties. ' County Agent Neill M. Smith 1 who will attend the meeting, ex ! pressed appreciation for the in ' terest in improving Hanging Rock as a recreation center, s “There ’» a definite need foi i 6uch a park,'* Mr. Smith said . “Formerly, 4-H clubs of northwest i era North Carolina used Camp i Millstone, in Richmond county, as . a camping site. Often the camp , there was not available to 4-H ; clubs of this area.” Hanging Rock Park was firsl used as a camping site by Stokes 9 county 4-H club# in 1845. MISS PAUL IS TREASURER OF POLIO DRIVE Will Accept Local Contribu tions At Bank of Elkin ELKIN’S QUOTA $2,000.00 Governor Cherry Appeals For All-Out Support; Will Close January 31 MUST MEET CHALLENGE Miss Ophelia Paul has been ap pointed treasurer of the local com mittee for the March of Dimes campaign which began last week, according to an announcement by Sam Neaves, chairman of the committee. I Miss Paul will accept contri butions at The Bank of Elkin from citizens not contacted by other members of the committee. Dime banks will be placed in down-town stores this week for the convenience of shoppers whc wish to contribute to the cam paign, it was announced. Thursday through Saturday a special drive will be conducted at the Chatham Manufacturing Company for the collection of funds. A campaign in the county schools, under the direction of John W. Comer, school superin tendent and county chairman of the March of Dimes committee, is under way. Elkin’s quota in the campaign is $2,000. An appeal from Governor R. Gregg Cherry for all-out support of the current Infantile Paralysis. Campaign, which closes January 31, has been received here. “I am counting on every com munity in the State to do its share in raising adequate funds to con tinue the fight against this dread disease,” the Governor said. “It is an obligation which all men of goodwill will be glad to recognize. We must be prepared to meet the challenge of polio in the summer of 1947. We must have sufficient funds on hand to insure ourselves against another epidemic such as we have just ■experienced.” Governor Cherry said that ‘‘it is quite evident that comparative ly few families can hope to meet the financial obligations involved (in treatment of infantile para (Continued on page five) NEW OFFICERS NAMED MONDAY Neill M. Smith Is Again Named Chairman Of Agri cultural Council SURVEY REPORT GIVEN New officers for the Agricul tural Workers’ Council were elect ed at a meeting in the court house in Dobson Monday afternoon. Neill M. Smith was re-elected chairman of the group; C. E. Mauney, agriculture teacher at the Copeland school, was named vice-chairman; and Mrs. D. C. Davenport, assistant home dem onstration agent, was elected sec retary. Results of a recent nutrition survey, were discussed by Mrs Grace Brown, home demonstra tion agent. The survey indicated that the greatest deficiencies in Surry County diets were in citrus fruits and green and yellow vege tables. Out of 152 school children included in the survey, only 34% listed tomatoes or citrus fruits in their meals for a three-day period. Only 51% ate vegetables during the period. Miss Minnie Ruth McNeill, elementary school super visor, conducted the survey with the assistance of Surry County teachers. The results were tabu ■ lated by Mrs. Brown. A more comprehensive nutrition • survey is expected to be complet . ed during good health week, Feb ruary 2 to 9. ; Thirty-eight agricultural work ’ ers and officials of farm organiza I tions and home demonstration clubs attended the meeting. : Elkin Man Guest On Shakedown Cruise ' R. G. Smith, of this city, left . Wednesday for Norfolk, Va., to ■ board the new aircraft carrier, > the USS Valley Forge, as guest > and civilian observer of a week of ) naval air maneuvers in the [ Caribbean Sea. The trip will mark the shakc l down cruise of the new carrier. Tribune Advertising Gets Results YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS RESTORED HER HEALTH—Your con tributions of dollars and dimes last year made it possible for this young lady to recover from an attack of the dread infantile para lysis. She and her doll (at left) were admitted to the State Ortho pedic Hospital at Gastonia several months ago. She is Mimi Eve Elliott, daughter of John W. Elliott, R. F. D. No. 2, Shelby. You can help many other such youngsters regain their health by con tributing to the annual March of Dimes campaign which gets un derway Thursday of this week, January 16, and continues through the month. Recalls Early Days Western Union Here FIRST OPERATOR — Shown above is Mrs. Willie (M. C.) Whitener, Elkin’s first Western Union operator. Mrs. Whitener came from Mount Airy to be manager of the local telegraph office when it was opened in June 1928, and has served in that capacity continuously since that time. Her resignation was effective Monday. TEAMS ENTER J-C TOURNEY Seventeen High Schools Ac cept Invitations To Date, Taylor States TO BE ANNUAL EVENT As of yesterday, 17 high school basketball teams from Surry and neighboring counties had accept ed invitations to the annual Elkin Junior Chamber of Commerce basketball tournament, Dr. Ver non W. Taylor, chairman of the sponsoring committee, revealed. January 20th was originally set as deadline for entries, but due to several unexpected difficulties which were encountered, any en tries made until the first part of next week will be acceptable. Dr. Taylor said. Several teams invit ed have not yet returned cards to indicate whether they will or will not participate. At the Jaycees’ regular meeting Monday night at the YMCA, members voted to make the invi tational tournament an annual affair. Previously the event has been conducted more or less in cooperation with the Yadkin Val ley Conference, but beginning this year it is to be sponsored in dependently of any other organi zation. Prizes to be awarded, members decided, will be $200 each to win ning boys’ and girls’ teams, and $100 each to runners-up. Trophies and miniature gold basketballs will also be awarded to participa tors. The trophies will be placed on display at a downtown store sometime this week. Mrs. Whitener, First Operator, Resigns Post By THOMAS WILSON Mrs. Willie . H. Atkinson, president of the ; Surry County Farm Bureau, has called a meeting of the officers, directors and convention delegates , of the Farm Bureau to be held at [ the court house in Dobson on Sat : urday, January 25, at 10 a. m. i The delegates chosen to attend • the State Farm Bureau convention i in Asheville will be confirmed. Mr. Atkinson urged all dele gates, officers and directors to at tend. Litteral And Bell To Die For Assault SCOUT EXECUTIVE — W. A. Dobson, regional scout executive of Region Six, which consists of the 36 Boy Scout Councils in North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, is a native Southerner who has been both a volunteer and professional Scout leader since 1921. Before becom ing Regional Executive on Feb ruary 10, 1936, Mr. Dobson wras Scout Executive of the Atlanta Council for eight years. Under his administration the Atlanta Council grew from 67 troops with 1,567 Scouts to 148 troops with 3,004 Scouts. LOCAL POLICE ATTENDSCHOOL Special Police School Being Held At Mount Airy; To Discuss Accidents OFFICERS TO LECTURE Chief of Police Corbett Wall and members of the local police force are attending a police School in Mount Airy this week. The school began Tuesday and will continue through February 18. Clares are held from 2 to 4 p. m. each day and from 7 to 9 p. m. each eve ning, the same subjects being cov ered at both sessions so that of ficers on night duty and those on day duty receive the same instruc tion. Walter F. Anderson, director of the State Bureau of Investigation, and agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation are lecturing at the meetings. “Public Relations Courtesy” is the subject of Mr. Anderson’s lecture. State Attor ney General Harry McMullen and Albert Coates, director of the law institute of the Universary of North Carolina, have also been in vited to lecture at the sessions. Traffic accidents, investigation, traffic and accident prevention will be discussed at the meetings. Law enforcement officers of Surry County and the Mount Airy vicin ity have been invited to attend the school at no expense. STOCKHOLDERS TO HOLD MEET Cedarbrook Country Club Session To Be Held At Y This Evening At 7:30 TO NAME NEW OFFICERS Stockholders of the Cedarbrook Country Club will hold their first annual meeting tonight (Thurs day) at 7:30 at the Gilvin Roth YMCA. The program, according to Dr. Vernon Taylor, president of the organization, is designed to bring members up to date on what has been done on the construction of the new golf course, what needs to be done, and what plans for the future are. * New officers and two new di rectors, to serve for the next two years, arc to be elected at the meeting. Dr. Tayjtor reports that, very satisfactory progress has been made since the club was organized less than a year ago. He urges that all stockholders attend to night's meeting, which is said to be very important. Dr. Taylor has also revealed that a full-time caretaker, Bill Bryant has been employed to care for the grounds. By late next summer it is expected that the course wll be ready for play, and that a professional golf instructor will be added to the staff. Appeal Notice Is Filed To Supreme Court Found guilty of rape by a jury of Caldwell county men in Wilkes County Superior Court Saturday of last week, Ralph Vernon Lit teral and Marvin Claude Bell were sentenced to die in the gas cham ber at Raleigh March 15. Judge H. Hoyle Sink handed down the verdict at 6:35 p. m. Saturday, after the trial had oc cupied most of last week in the historic old Wilkesboro court house. The men were charged with the rape of Peggy Ruth Shore, then 15, of the Pleasant Hill commun ity, last August. “The manner of performance of your duty is in keeping with the dignity of the manhood of the state of North Carolina,” Judge Sink told the jury, following the verdict. “If the virtue of woman hood and the sacredness of the home are destroyed, there is noth ing left to live for.” Jury Foreman L. H. Jessup first announced: “We find the defend ant guilty as charged in the bill of indictment.” Judge Sink or dered the jury to return to their room, and accepted the second verdict of “Guilty of rape as charged in the bill of indict ment.” The 12 men, selected from a venire of 150 persons from Cald well county, took but 15 minutes to reach a decision. Counsels for both defendants made motions to set aside the ver dict and for a new trial, which were denied. Notices of appeal to the Supreme Court were posted. Bell sobbed audibly when sen tence was passed, leaning on his wife’s shoulder. Litteral, who had plead insanity, remained calm, chatting with his mother and wife who had testified earlier in his behalf. Miss Shore, whose testimony of a wild night ride in the company of the two men was never con tradicted, w’aited in the Wilkes Health Department office while verdict and sentence were an nounced. "I am relieved,” W'as her only remark. Jonesville Splits W. Yadkin Contest The Jonesville high school girls lost to a strong West Yadkin team 29-28, while tire Jonesville boys defeated the West Yadkin boys 40-23 in a double-header basket ball game Monday night. Fisher and Owens were out standing for Jonesville, and Cas tevens was the biggest threat for West Yadkin. Dick Vestal of Jonesville was high scorer with 20 points. The Jonesville cagers meet Yad kinville Friday night at 7:30 in the Jonesville high school gym. S. S. Group To Meet Jan. 28th The Surry Baptist Sunday School association will meet at Haymore Baptist Church, Mount Airy, on Sunday, January 26 at 2:30 p. m. Speakers for the occasion will be Rev. C. E. Otey, Dr. R. K. Red wine, and Rev. H. L. Baurham. Special singing will be presented . by a girls’ quartette. Eighty-one per cent of Glacier National Park in Minnesota is accessible only by trail. MARCH OF DIMES 4 FIGHT INFANTILE PARALYSIS JANUARY U-3Q