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ELKIN The Best Little Town In North Carolina ELKIN Gateway To Roaring Gap And The Blue | Ridge I NORTH CAROLINA’S NO. 1 NEED GOOD HEALTH VOL. No. XXXV No. 9 PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1947 $2.00 PER YEAR 14 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS agpl SWEDISH ENGINEER — Ake Nilsson, young technical engineer from the Engel-Fabrikerna Corporation in Motala, Sweden, is shown inspecting a scouring machine at the Chatham Manufac turing Company. Mr. Nilsson will spend about two months here in a study of machinery and processes used in the manufacture of woolen products. —Tribune photo. Swede, Here To Study .Textiles, Likes U. S. A. Ake Nilsson Is Now At Chatham Co. To Observe Blanket Manufacture \ | By THOMAS WILSON ^ Inter viewing a Swede who doesn't understand English very well is like trying to work a com plicated cross-word puzzle. It’s interesting, but it's hard to figure out what words to use. You have to dig up synonyms until you fin ally hit upon a word he under ^ stands, and sometimes you run * out of synonyms. Most foreigners find English difficult to master because of grammatical irregularities, but Ake Nilsson, young Swedish en gineer who is studying production methods at the Chatham Manu facturing Company here, thinks the greatest difficulty in under standing American speech is due to the wide variation in Northern and Southern pronunciations. Mr. Nilsson arrived in New York January 14 after an 11-day voyage from his native Sweden. He came to Elkin by train to be gin a study of textile and related industries in the United States. Mr. Nilsson is a technical en gineer for the Engel-Fabrikerna corporation in Motala, Sweden, a company which manufactures woolen products similar to the output of the Chatham plant here. He is studying the mach inery used in textile manufactur ing processes here, and will carry a report of his observations and study to his company in Sweden. But machinery is not Mr. Nilsson’s only interest in this country. “I am studying the American people as well as Ameri can machines,” he declared. He expressed appreciation for the cooperation and assistance of Chatham officials who arc advis ing him in his study. _ ‘‘Americans are friendly people. V'' I like them,” he said simply. The standard of living in Sweden compares favorably with that in America, although prices there are considerably lower, Mr. Nilsson said. A system of price control, similar to America’s now defunct OPA, keeps prices down in Sweden, he explained. Tui’key and beef are the Scan dinavian’s f a v o r it e American foods. Fish is the meat served Ford Is Speaker At Kiwanis Meet Rev. Howard Ford, pastor of . the First Baptist Churdh here and ^ a member of the Elkin Kiwanis Club, last Thursday night was speaker at the Kiwanis meeting at the YMCA, discussing ‘'Ki wanis Objects and Objectives." Mr. Ford made a very interesting and constructive talk which was ▲ greatly enjoyed by all present. n«AfYvnm Phairmyn P TSJ TVTv u bUJ Program Chairman C. N. Myers refused td give any advance in formation concerning the pro gram for this evening’s meeting (Thursday), which will come as a surprise to the members when ,ey meet at 6:30 p. m. ! most frequently in Sweden, he said. Mr. Nilsson is fond of ice sail ing and winter sports. He saw his first basketball game in the YMCA gymnasium here, which he declared was very interesting. Mr. Nilsson has traveled exten sively in Germany and other European countries, but this is his first trip to America. He was impressed, he said, with the sky scrapers of New York, the wide streets of American cities, and the nation’s capitol. “Washington is a beautifully planned city,’’ he commented. Mr. Nilsson plans to spend about two months in Elkin. Upon completion of his study here, he will visit the Du Pont industries in Wilmington, Delaware, which manufacture dyes for his com pany in Sweden. He plans to study Du Pont laboratory tech niques and dyeing processes. Later, he plans to visit factories which manufacture machinery for woolen mills. He said his com pany, which formerly used Ger man-made machinery, would probably turn to the American market now that German equip ment is no longer available. Before his return to Sweden in September, Mr. Nilsson said he wanted to see as much of America as possible. "It is a beautiful country,” he declared. Jonesville Splits 2 With Yadkinville Jonesville high school girl cag ers Friday of last week downed the Yadkinville girls by a lopsided 29 to 11 score, while the Yadkin villc boys squeezed by the Jones ville five 27 to 26. Vestal and Fisher were top scorers for the Jonesville girls, while Wood sparked the Yadkin ville team. Davis led the Yadkinville boys to victory while Bob Vestal and Rose were the big men for Jones ville. Jonesville plays Courtney Fri day night at the Jonesville gym nasium, the girls’ game getting underway at 7:30. Elkin Splits Games With Mountain Park Elkin High School split a doubleheader basketball game with Mountain Park last Wednesday night, the girls of Mountain Park defeated the Elkin girls 21-11, while the Elkin boys’ team won over the Mountain Park boys 22-18. White was the high scorer for the Mountain Park girls, and Thompson, with seven points, led the boys’ scoring. Osborne scored 11 points for the Elkin boys. ‘'Cotton’’ Harris injured his left ankle in the game. MUCH OF QUOTA REACHED HERE IN POLIO DRIVE Chatham Employees Contri bute $537.35 SOME FUNDS NOT YET IN Local Theatre Collections Up To Tuesday Night Total $450, Reeves States ELKIN’S QUOTA IS $2,000 Three-fourths of Elkin’s $2,000 quota in the annual March of Dimes campaign has been contri buted according' to an announce ment by Chairman Sam Neaves yesterday. Employees of the Chatham Manufacturing Company contrib uted $535.75 of the total, local merchants and professional of fices gave $397.00, and miscellane ous contributions amounting to about $70.00 were turned in to Miss Ophelia Paul, treasurer of the committee, at The Bank of Elkin, Mr. Neaves said. Meanwhile Dr. W. B. Reeves an nounced that through Tuesday solicitations made in local thea ters, the Reeves, State and Lyric, had netted a total of $450. Deposits in the dime banks which were placed in store win dows have not been added, and funds collected by the local high school have not been reported. Mr. Neaves expressed hope that when these reports are in, Elkin will be over the top in the drive. The campaign for funds to fight infantile paralysis will con tinue through Friday, January 31. H. H. WELLMAN CLUB SPEAKER District Governor Of Lions Is Guest At Meeting Held At YMCA Monday OTHER GUESTS PRESENT K. H. Wellman of Concord, dep uty district governor, was guest speaker at the regular dinner meeting of Elkin Lions Club at the Gilvin Roth YMCA Monday even ing. Mr. Wellman, introduced by Lion Fred Eidson, gave an infor mative history of Lions Interna tional and traced its progress dur ing past years. He pointed out that there were 85,000 separate cases of community service record ed during the year of 1946. Ben Q. Foreman, district gover nor, and Sam Stone, Jr., secretary both of Concord, were present and participated in the program on Lions’ education. Lions Mark Goforth and J. L Thompson of the Dobson Clufc were present to give the outlined plans for the Fiddlers’ Convention which is being sponsored on Jan uary 31. The proceeds will be used for building a Legion hut. Thirty-five Elkin Lions attended the meeting. Lion Claude Farrel! presided. Mr. Wellman was pre sented a Chatham blanket by the club. THREE INJURED IN AUTO CRASH Mrs. Miles D. Shore And Twin Daughters Are Hurt In Collision CAR STRUCK IN REAR Mrs. Miles D. Shore, 37, and hei twin daughters, Pauline and Lo rene, 18, of Route 1, Elkin, re ceived treatment at the Hugh Chatham Memorial hospital as a result of injuries received in an automobile collision Saturday night north of State Road. The accident occurred when a car driven by Miles D. Shore, 43 and occupied by his wife and three daughters, entered highway 21 from a side road and was struck in the rear by a car driven bj Earlie Harris, 29, of Mountain Park, according to Corporal W. S McKinney, state HigMway Patrol man who investigated the acci dent. The Shores were taken to the hospital here for treatment. Mrs Shore received cuts on the leg and a broken collar bone. Lorcne Shore suffered shock, and Pauline Shore received head injuries. Dorothj Shore, 13, was released after being treated for head lacerations Shore and Harris received minoi injuries. Ho date has been set for a hear ing to determine the cause of the accident. Both cars were badl} damaged. PLANS LAID FOR “KICKOFF DINNER” — Plans for a “Kickoff Dinner” February 8 at Sedgefield Inn near Greensboro preceding “Statewide Reorganization Week” February 10-16 of the Young Dem ocratic Clubs of North Carolina were formed by key officials of the organization at a week-end meet ing here. The Statewide “Kickoff Dinner” will be followed by local chapter dinners throughout North Carolina. It was also announced following the Gastonia week-end planning meeting that the Young Democrats will actively support legislation now before the 1947 General Assembly to lower the voting age in North Carolina from 21 to 18. Shown here, in a scene snapped during the preliminary conference are Frank Freeman of Dobson, State-wide reorganization chairman of the Young Dem ocrats; Basil L. Whitencr of Gastonia, President; and Stewart Atkins, legislative chairman. Negro Is Held For Murder Of Children In Insane Fury, Yadkin Colored Man Throws Youngsters In Well A charge of first degree mur der was lodged against Eugene Scales Tuesday at Yadkinville after the 31-year-old Negro killed his three children by throwing them into a well late Monday night in an insane frenzy. Dorothy Ann, 8, Grace Helen, 6, and Alice Fay, 2, were the vic tims of their father who went suddenly beserk and almost de stroyed the entire family, includ ing himself, Monday night. • Ruth Scales, 20-year-old wife of the negro who is now in cus tody in the county jail, told in vestigating officers that her hus band, shouting, “Jesus says it’s time to go,” grabbed the three children and threw them into the well on the back porch of their house and then tried to throw her in after them. However, he was unable to push her through the small opening in the well-box, so he shoved her back onto the porch, she said. Following this, he climbed up on the box and jumped into the well himself, falling upon the children who lay in the four feet of water at the bottom. The Negro woman then related that her husband remained quiet momentarily, after which she called down into the well, asking if he was hurt and if he could climb back out. “When the Lord tells me to come back up I’ll come,” he an swered her. After a minute or two of threshing arbund, he call ed that he was coming back up. His wife lowered the well bucket to him, but the windlass broke within a few seconds. He con tinued to climb by clutching the POLICE HEARING SET FOR TODAY Officer Hugh Laffoon Is Charged With Assault And Forcible Trespass TO TRY HOLCOMB BOYS Hearing for Officer Hugh Laffoon of the Elkin police force will be held at 7:30 p. m. this evening (Thursday) at the city hall before Justice of the Peace Julius Hall. Officer Laffoon was charged last week with assault and forcible trespass by Mac Shaw Holcomb, local man arrested by the officer in December on an in terfering with arrest count. The hearing was originally scheduled for Monday morning, but was postponed on a motion by the plaintiff. At the same time a hearing for Mac Shaw and Bill Holcomb, brothers, will be held. The latter is charged with possession of liquor, being drunk and disorderly, and resisting arrest. He was ar rested by Officer Laffoon with the plaintiff on the night of December 4, 1946, after an alleged affray on Main Street. sides of the narrow well and in s short time pulled himself to th( top of the well box and outside. M this point she ran to e neighboring house where sh< summoned Sheriff A. F. ‘Bill’ Moxley and Deputy Ed Wishor who placed Scales in jail and hac the bodies of the three girls re moved from the well. Scales has always been a law abiding and respectable negro ir the community, according tc neighbors. The family made theii home on the farm lands of Pau P. Davis, adjoining highway 421 in Forbush township. After be ing confined and charged witl murdering his three children Scales told Sheriff Moxley, “] must have gone crazy.” A post-mortem was conductec (Continued On Page Eight) Y MEN’S CLUB GETS CHARTER District Governor Presides At Meeting Held Tuesday Night At YMCA SEE PERFORMING DOG The Elkin Y’s Men's Club re ceived its charter at a dinnei meeting Tuesday night in the Gil vin Roth YMCA. V. C. Austin district governor of North Caro lina Y's Men's Clubs, presided ai the meeting and presented th< charter to the local club, whief was organized last, fall. Members of the Kannapolis Y’i Men’s Club were hosts at th< meeting. Feature of the program was e talk by Sergeant G. M. Lentz, o: the Winston-Salem police force who introduced his performing dog, "Jeff,” in his talk on safetj programs. Following the opening song "America,” which was led by A W. Kelley of Kannapolis, T. C McKnight, general secretary o: the YMCA here, pronounced th( invocation. Walter Safrit, director of boys work at the local YMCA, then of fered greetings, and Sergeani Lentz was presented. The induction ceremony in cluded talks by Carlyle Rutledge A. W. Kelley, Elbert Lippard, W W. Hartsell, Brad Holland and W J. Bullock, all of the Kannapolis Y’s Men’s Club. They cxplainec the objectives of the Y’s M*cn'; Clubs and what being a “Y’; man” means. The basis of mem bership, Mr. Rutledge said, wa; "unselfishness of character.” Mr Kelley spoke on the Y’s Men’; Club's relation to the YMCA, as serting that its purpose was tc “carry forward every phEise of the program of the Young Men’s Christian Association.” Mr. Lippard said that being a (Continued on Page Sight) ARREST NEGRO ON 4 CHARGES Albert James Fletcher Sen tenced To 00 Days In Jail On Three Counts BOUND OVER ON FOURTH At a hearing before Magistrate J. L. Hall Saturday morning, Al bert James Fletcher, negro, was found guilty of drunk and dis orderly conduct, damage to per sonal property and violation of a city ordinance which prohibits firing a weapon within the city limits. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail on each of the three counts and bound over to superior term of court in April on a fourth charge of carrying a concealed weapon. Bond was set at $500. Fletcher was arrested Friday night at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital by Police Officer G. H. Payne, who found a .32 automatic : pistol in Fletcher’s pocket. The weapon was reported stolen. Mayhew Swaim, taxi operator, stated that he carried Fletcher out to a point near the hospital and that during the ride, Fletcher shot a hole in the floor-board of his cab and fired several shots through the window. Fletcher accosted the switch board operator on duty at the , hospital, and asked about Super intendent of Nurses Virginia . Greenwaldt. The operator said she told him that Miss Green waldt was out and that Fletcher went up to the second floor and back to the colored ward. Police arrived on the scene shortly afterwards and arrested Fletcher. Fletcher, a former employee of the hospital, and recently employ ed by Hotel Elkin, reportedly held a grudge against personnel at the hospital because of his discharge some time ago. Pilot Mountain Is Winner Of Contests Pilot Mountain’s boys’ basket ■ ball cagers won a 39-21 victory over the Elkin boys, while the Pilot | Mountain girls defeated the Elkin ■ girls, 34-30, in a double-header game Friday night. Simmons hit the basket for 24 | points to lead the Pilot Mountain girls’ scoring, while Parker led the • Elkin girls with 15 points. Gordon scored 15 points, and Patterson and Inman got seven 1 points each for the Pilot Mountain boys. B. Ratledge chalked up six , points for Elkin’s boys, and F. Ratledge and Shugart accounted for four points each. Elkin meet Mountain Park at the high school gymnasium here tonight (Thursday) at 7:30. Fri day night, the Elkin teams meet Boonville there, and the Winston Salem Gray high school will come to Elkin for a game Saturday night. The ancient Spanish fleet which brought Inca treasures from the mines of Bolivia and Peru to be transported across the Isthmus of Panama was called the Plate Fleet from the Spainish word for silver, “Flata.” Ninety per cent of all home fires are preventable. Tournament Is To Begin Here Next Tuesday Elkin Woman Wins Daily Fishing Award (Special To The Tribune) West Palm Beach, Fla., Jan. 23—A feminine angler from Elkin, N. C., stepped in yester day to win the daily award on the fourth day of the 10th an nual Silver Sailfish Derby of the West Palm Beach Fishing Club during a day that saw 42 “sails” reported caught of which 18 were released. Mrs. James R. Poindexter, who landed the 7 ft., 9 in., 56 lb., prize winning catch, was fishing the edge of the Gulf Stream here with Capt. Jerry Hazelton as skipper of the cruiser “Aruba.” Included in the party were: Dr. and Mrs. S. J. Glass of Pittsburg, Pa., Dr. Charles B. Willis of Orange, Va., F. A. Haycox of Norfolk, Va., and J. Carter Walker of Wood berry Forest, Va., all of whom caught sails with the exception of Mrs. Glass. GROUP IS TO ATTEND MEET Surry Delegation Will Leave Sunday For Farm Bureau Convention ASHEVILLE IS SCENE A delegation of Surry County farm leaders will leave Dobson Sunday afternoon to attend the State Farm Bureau Convention in Asheville. Sessions of the conven tion begin Sunday and will con inue through Wednesday, Febru ary 5. S. H. Atkinson, president of the Surry Farm Bureau, announced that he would introduce a resolu tion at the convention asking the state organization to make efforts to secure funds from Congress to measure the 1947 tobacco allot ments. Those expected to go to Ashe ville for the convention are: S. H. Atkinson, of Siloam; P. N. Tay lor, secretary of the White Plains Farm bureau; Claude W. Thore, Route 3, Mount Airy, chairman of the Surry AAA committee; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hardy, of Siloam; H. E. Schafer, Route 3, Mt. Airy; R. W. Shinault and Grady Cooper, of Dobson; Neill M. Smith, Surry farm agent; and S. N. Hawks, as sistant agent. The delegation plans to meet at the court house in Dobson and leave there about 1:30 p. m. BORROWERSTO MEET TUESDAY Farm Ownership Group Will Hold Session In Club Room At Yadkinvillc TO SERVE FREE LUNCH The annual joint meeting of farm ownership borrowers from Surry and Yadkin counties will be held in the Women’s Club Build ing in Yadkinville at 10 a. m. next Tuesday, it was announced by Hubert W. Cartner, FHA sup ervisor for the two counties. G. M. Goforth, Ji\, assistant county farm agent for Surry, and D. P. Perkins, Yadkin county’s agriculture agent, will speak at the meeting. Miss Mary Lewis, of Mocksvillc, will also take part in the program with a discussion on good health. Mr. Cartner announced that films on nutrition and farm re cord keeping would be shown. Fol lowing the meeting a free lunch will be served. The, meeting is held annually in recognition of Surry and Yad kin farm owners who have com pleted payments on their FHA loans. Deeds of trust will be de livered to those who have liqui dated their loans. Two diamonds came through the Bilinki Atom Bomb test vir tualy unaffected. Only a light brownish tinge on one stone was shown. 25 High School Teams Entered In Jaycee Event Twenty-five high school basket ball teams have accepted bids to the 1947 annual Elkin Junior Chamber of Commerce Basketball Tournament, to begin Tuesday night at the Gilvin Roth YMCA. The tournament will continue through Saturday, February 11. Dr. Vernon W. Taylor, chair man of the tournament commit tee, announced this week that final entries total 12 boys’ teams and 13 girls’ teams from several Northwestern North Carolina counties. Elimination contests will be held Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Semi-finals will be played Friday and final champ ionship games Saturday. Winning girls’ and boys’ teams will receive $200 each as first prize. Runners-up will each re ceive $100. In addition trophies and souvenir basketballs will be awarded. Pairings announced by Dr. Taylor are as follows: Tuesday — Brawley girls vs. Elkin girls, 7 p. m.; Gamewell girls vs. Ronda girls, 8 p. m.; Shoals boys vs. Sparta boys, 9 p. m. Wednesday — Mooresville girls vs. Shoals girls, 7 p. m.; Moores ville boys vs. Nancy Reynolds boys 8 p. m.; Taylorsville girls vs. Spar ta girls, 9 p. m. Thursday — Union Grove boys vs. Stony Point boys, 7 p. m. Harmony girls vs. Stony Point girls, 8 p. m.; Harmony boys vs. Ronda boys, 9 p. m. Teams drawing byes in the first round were Mount Airy, Brawley, Elkin and Taylorsville boys, and Nancy Reynolds, Union Grove, and Mount Airy girls. Three North State Collegiate Conference officials will referee the games, each official working two games per evening. Jaycees serving as chairmen of various committees are John May berry, gate; Gilbert Meed, ticket sales; Charles Sasher, timing and scoring; James Shore, ushers; Hoyle Cranford, awards; and Clyde Carroll, advertising and publicity. Ab Crater is aiding Dr. Taylor as co-chairman of the tournament committee. The Jaycees plan to sponsor an invitational tournament each year, and the current event is the first of the series. During past seasons the tournament has been more or less confined to the Yad kin Valley Conference. ELIMINATION CONTEST 6TH Contestants In Public Speak ing Competition To Be Held At Dobson FIRST PRIZE IS $25.00 Final elimination speeches in the contest for public speaking on soil conservation will be held in the court bouse at Dobson on Thursday, February 6, at 7:30 p. m., it was announced by Neill M. Smith, farm agent and chairman of the USD A Agricultural Council for Surry County, and Soil Con servationists J. E. Trevathan and H. M. Willis. Individual schools have already held elimination contests, and winners from the following schools will compete in the county-wide contest in Dobson: Elkin, Moun tain Park, Dobson, Copeland, Shoals, Pilot Mountain, White Plains, Beulah, Franklin and Westfield. First prize in the contest is $25, which is being given by the Elkin Jaycees. The Dobson Lions Club is offering the second prize of $15, and the third prize of $10 is being given by the Pilot Mountain Lions Club. Judges of the speeches will come from Yadkin County. At the same time a committee of three judges from Surry County will select the winners in the Yadkin finals. Neill M. Smith, Surry farm agent, urged that farm people and friends of the contestants attend the program as an indication of their interest in the work of school principals and English teachers who assisted students throughout the county in the preparation of speeches.
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