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ELKIN The Best Little Town In North Carolina ELKIN Gateway To Roaring Gap And The Blue Ridge NORTH CAROLINA’S NO. 1 NEED GOOD HEALTH VOL. No. XXXV No. 13 PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1947 $2.00 PER YEAR 16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS LEADERS OF NEWLY FORMED CATTLE CLUB—Shown above are the officers and directors of the Yadkin Valley Jersey Cattle Club, which was organized here last week. Seated, left to right, are Paul Burch, president; Bobby Hobson, vice-president; Henry D. Fleming, secretary-treasurer; and R. W. Shinault, director. Shown standing, left to right, are Coy Mathis, director; Neill M. Smith, Surry county farm agent; Roy W. Reece, director; Claude Pardue, membership committee; C. Tom Murphy, promotion committee; C. C. Alexander, director; S. B. Brandon, membership committee; G. Mark Go forth, assistant county agent; and Harry K. Lutz, field representative of the North and South Car ^ olina Jersey Cattle Club. « —Tribune Photo. Jersey Cattle Club Is Organized Here * Forty-Five Cattlemen Gather At Elkin City Hall To Form Group The Yadkin Valley Jersey T\ Cattle Club was organized at a || meeting of about 45 cattlemen in the city hall Friday afternoon. Paul Burch, of Mountain Park, was elected president of the new club, which will seek to promote wider interest in Jersey cattle breeding and will sponsor sales jand shows of Jersey cattle in this wp'area. Bobby Hobson, of Boonville, was elected vice-president of the organization, and Henry D. Flem ing, also of Boonville, was named secretary-treasurer. Ray Morrow, general manager of the Morrocroft Farm in Char lotte and president of the North >4 Carolina Jersey Breeders Associa tion, discussed the advantages of the organization. F. R. Famham, dairy extension specialist of N. C. State College, spoke on the ex panding Jersey cattle programs in the state, and County Agent Neill M. Smith outlined the facilities of Elkin and Surry county for live stock programs. Harry K. Lutz, field representa tive of the North and South Caro lina Jersey Breeders Association, also spoke at the meeting. Seven directors representing each of the seven counties includ ed in the organization, were elect ed as follows: R. W. Shinault, of Dobson—Surry; Roy W. Reece, of Boonville—Yadkin; Roger Cov v R. L. Poindexter, Elkin Native, Dies Relatives were notified here Thursday of the death of Robert Lee Poindexter, 44, native of Elk in, at a hospital in Chicago, Illi nois. He died Wednesday follow ing an illness of over a year. Mr. Poindexter was a son of Robert L. and Amanda Martin Poindexter. He had served in the merchant Marine corps for a num ber of years, returning here for occasional visits. He is suvived by one brother, i Carl C. Poindexter, of tills city, * and two sisters, Mrs. M. Q. Snow, also of Elkin, and Mrs. Viola Price of Greensboro. Funeral was conducted Friday in Chicago where interment was made. An albino deer weighing only 125 lbs. was killed recently by a Richmond hunter. There was not a spot of color on him. Beagle Trials To Be Held On Friday, Saturday The Yadkin Valley Beagle Club field trials will be held in Honda tomorrow and Saturday, according to an announcement by F. T. Moore, secretary of the club. Originally scheduled for last week-end, the meet was post poned due to the snow. The order of running shows 13-inch males and females on Friday, and 15-inch males and females on Saturday. All interested Bcaglers arc invited to attend and take part in the events. 4 i * * ington, of Rural Hall, route 1— Stokes; Coy Mathis, of Roaring River—Wilkes; Zeb Weather spoon, of Jefferson—Ashe; John ny Myers, of Laurel Springs — Alleghany; and Arlie Foster, of Germantown—Forsyth. Paul Burch, J. R. Walker and Henry D. Fleming of Boonville, S. B. Brandon of King, Charley D. Atwood of Clemmons, and Claude Pardue of Traphill were elected to serve on a membership commit tee. The officers and directors of the new club will meet in the city hall on March 6. at 1 p. m., to discuss further plans for increasing mem bership and plans for the State Jersey Cattle Sale. ROY L. NIXON DIES TUESDAY Injuries Sustained In Acci dent Last October Prove Fatal To Young Man F I N A L RITES TODAY Roy Lee Nixon, 23, of State Road, died Tuesday at Mountain Home Tennessee Hospital, John son City, where he had been a patient for several weeks. Mr. Nixon was injured October 21 when the jeep in which he was riding overturned between Moun tain Park and Zephyr. Prior to entering the government hospital at Tennessee, he was a patient at Hugh Chatham Memorial hospi tal in Elkin. He was a son of Mrs. Opal Willie Nixon and the late Virgil Nixon, of Mountain Park. Surviving are the mother; the wife, Mrs. Tessie Cox Nixon, of State Road; three daughters, Bar bara Jean, Joyce Ann, and Ruby Lee Nixon, all of the home; one sister, Mrs. Robert Smith, Moun tain Park; three brothers, James' S. Nixon, Mountain Park, Jackie B. Nixon, and Tommie Gale Nix on, both of State Road. Funeral will be conducted this afternoon (Thursday) at 2:30 o’clock at the Mountain Park Baptist Church, of which he was a member. The pastor, Rev. W. E. Burrus, assisted by Rev. J. Walter Calloway, will be in charge of the rites. Interment will be made in the church cemetery. The body was removed yesterday afternoon from Hayes - Speas funeral home to the home at State Road. Pilot Mountain And Flat Rock Winners The Pilot Mountain boys edged out Franklin, 34-33, and the Flat Rock girls won a 24-19 decision over Elkin in Flat Rock last Wed nesday night to cop the Surry county basketball championships. Both Pilot Mountain and Flat Rock were selected to play in the Yadkin Valley tournament cur rently under way at the YMCA gymnasium. Pilot Mountain is undefeated in conference play, and both the boys’ and gii'ls’ teams were given top-seeded positions in the tour nament. ALL-TOURNEY TEAM NAMED Elkin Teams Place Three On Star Squad Following Surry County Contest PLAYED AT FLAT ROCK An All-Surry county tourna ment team was selected following the finals of the cage meet in Flat Rock last week. The cham pion Pilot Mountain boys and the Flat Rock girls each placed three players on the all-star team, which was selected by coaches | whose teams participated in the event. Betty Pruitt, Mattie Shelton, and Ruth Brim, of the Flat Rock team, were named as guards on the all-tournament squad, while Pilot Mountain placed Roy Sim mons, forward; Dick Patterson, guard; and Norman Gordon, cen ter, on the boys’ team. The players selected were as follows: (Boys’ team) Guards — Dick Patterson, Pilot Mountain; Bobby Marshall, White Plains; Swanson Richards, Beulah, and Bob Rat ledge, Elkin. Centers — James Nestor, Westfield, and Norman Gordon, Pilot Mountain. For wards — Herman Nichols, Frank lin; Alton Phillips, Franklin; Roy Simmons, Pilot Mountain, and Jim Gravely, Flat Rock. (Girls’ team) Guards — Veneeda Love, Westfield; Mattie Shelton, Flat Rock; Ruth Brim, Flat Rock; Opal Holcomb, Elkin; Parthene Slate, Franklin; Betty Pruitt, Flat Rock; and Betty Swift, Mountain Park. Forwards — Sarah Parker, Elkin; Lois Sim mons, Pilot Mountain; Polly Wor rell, Franklin; Jean Payne, West field; Betty Sprinkle, Mountain Park, and Ruth Marion, Dobson. BEN G. SHORE DIES TUESDAY Aged Yadkin County Man Passes At Home Of Son Near Yadkinvillc FUNERAL RITES TODAY Funeral will be held tbday (Thursday) at 2 p. m. for Ben O. Shore, 82, who died at 3:45 p. m. ruesday at the home of a son near iTadkinville. A son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Shore, he was a retired farmer. His wife, the former Miss Nancy Hoots, died in 1911. Surviving ar four sons, J. H. P., Marshall, Haston, and French Shore, ail of Yadkinville; six daughters, Mrs. Floyd Groce, Mrs. Bennett Cranfill, Mrs. Ben Miller, Mrs. Gray Eddleman, and Miss Mildred Shore, all of Yadkinvillc, ind Mrs. B. E. Besingers of Lan dis; a brother, Charlie Shore of High Point; a half brother, Miles Shore of Richmond, Va.; a sister, Mrs. Irvin Zachary of High Point; -wo half sisters, Mrs. Sarah Wood 3f High Point and Mrs. Robey Wagoner of Cycle; 46 grandchil dren; 31 great-gt-andchildren. Service wil be conducted at Deep -reek Baptist Church, of which Mr. Shore was a member. Rev. M. F. Reavis, Rev. J. G. Allgood, ind Rev. Clifford Vestal will of ficiate, and grandchildren will be jallbearers. RED CROSS TO STARTANNUAL DRIVE MARCH 10 Elkin Quota This Year Is An nounced As $2,700 MR. FORD IS CHAIRMAN District Chairmen Are Ap pointed To Conduct Cam paign Throughout Town NEED FOR FUNDS GREAT Rev, Howard J. Ford, local chairman of the 1947 campaign to raise funds for the Red Cross, has set March 10 as the opening date for the drive in Elkin. Seven district chairman have been appointed to head the drive in various areas of the city, and Franklin Folger has been named chairman of the special gifts com mittee. Hoyle Cranford is chairman of the business district, and Mrs. R. C. Freeman has charge of the residential section. Mrs. T. F. Cooley and Mrs. Lester Holloway are chairmen of the Klondike Farm area and North Elkin, re spectively. Solicitations in Moun tain Park and Devotion will be under the direction of Mrs. Paul Brown. C. J. Hyslup, chairman of the Elkin Red Cross chapter, will have charge of the drive for funds at the Chatham Manufacturing Company, and Alex Briggs is com mittee chairman at the Elkin Furniture Company. Elkin’s quota this year is $2,700. Half the funds collected here will remain with the local chapter, and half will go to the national fund. Although the war has ended, the Red Cross still needs funds to carry out a peace-time program of mercy and service. Wherever disaster strikes, the Red Cross stands ready to aid the victims. In the wake of fire and flood, epi demic and earthquake, the Red Cross swings into action to bring relief to the suffering. Veterans still need the assist ance of Red Cross field directors and trained workers. Hospitaliz ed men need the services of re creation workers. Red Cross classes in home nurs ing, first aid, water safety, and accident prevention require train ed teachers. Funds for Red Cross work are derived solely from individual do nations. The support of every citizen is requested in order that Elkin may reach its quota in the annual campaign. WINTERMAKES BELATED VISIT Snow And Sleet Pepper Elkin To Depth of Four Inches Schools Take Holiday TRAFFIC IS SLOWED Winter came in earnest to Elkin last week, covering the city with the first snow of the season. Sleet and snow fell intermittently all day Thursday and by nightfall had covered the earth to a depth of four inches. Ice - covered highways slowed transportation, and motorists without tire chains were helpless on steep city streets. Many car owners left their automobiles at home and walked to work. Greyhound bus schedules were halted temporarily Thursday, al though local buses continued some runs. I County schools were closed Thursday and Friday, and city schools suspended classes Friday. School children took advantage of the holiday to go sled-riding. Areas west of Elkin were report ed harder hit by the snowstorm, which covered the entire north eastern section of the nation. By Saturday, highways had been cleared and regular transportation schedules were being maintained. Schools re-opened Monday, and Elkin was almost back to normal 1 although slush and icc still cover- 1 ed large areas. Conference To Be Held On March 12 , —i— i The second quarterly confer- i ence of the Dobson-Mountain i Park Methodist Charge will be 1 held in the Pleasant Ridge church I at Zephyr on Sunday, March 2, immediately following the 11 1 o’clock service, according to an s announcement by Rev. E: M. I Hoyle, pastor of the charge. 1 Dr. H. G. Allen, district super- s Intendent, will preside at the meeting. Rev. Hoyle urged all officials of t Boyd’s Chapel, Dobson, Pleasant a Hill, Union Hill and White Rock r churches to be present. a ■ DINNER SPEAKER — Bishop Clare Purcell, of Charlotte, will speak at the Methodist Men’s Fellowship dinner in the YMCA here Monday night at 6:30. About 150 are expected to at tend the dinner, which is spon sored annually by the junior and senior boards of stewards of the Methodist Church. MANY FARMERS ATTEND SHOW Poultry School And Egg Ex hibition Are Staged At Dobson Tuesday SPEAKERS ARE HEARD Nearly 200 farmers from Surry and nearby counties attended a poultry school and egg show in Dobson Tuesday. Poultry spec ialists from the extension service of N. C. State College spoke on poultry-r a i s i n g methods and problems, using charts to illus trate their discussions. Speakers included R. S. Dear styne, head of the poultry depart ment at State College, C. F. Par rish, T. T. Brown and E. W. Glaz ener. “Keeping Poultry Healthy” was the subject of Mr. Qearstyne’s discussion, and Mr. Brown spoke on “Getting the Most for Poultry Products.” County Agent Neill M. Smith, presided at the meet ing. Following an intermission for lunch, the specialists answered questions relating to poultry-rais ing, and T. T. Brown named the winners in the egg contest. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Parker, of Ararat, won a pressure cooker contributed by Thompson Broth ers, of Dobson, as first prize for the best dozen eggs submitted in the contest. Cash prizes or $4 each were awarded Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Martin, of Rockford, for the best white eggs entered, and to Mr. and Mi’s. Luther Bullin, Route 2, Dobson, for the best selection of brown eggs. Second prize of $3 in the white egg division went to Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Blackburn, Route 5, Mount Airy; and third prize of $1 was awarded Mr. and Mrs. Clyde E. White, Route 1, Elkin. Mrs. V. P. Mackie, of Yadkin ville, won second place and a $3 cash prize in the brown egg di vision. Third place and $2 went : to Miss Betty Johnson, Route 4, Mount Airy. Fourth prize of , $1.50 was awarded M. W. Mackie, of Yadkinville. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Martin, of Rockford, won fifth prize of $1, and Miss Ruth John- . son, Route 4, Mount Airy won sixth place and 50 cents. The cash prizes were contribut ed by Brown’s Hatchery of Pilot ' Mountain, and the Elkin hatch- ' ery. SEEK INCREASE LEAF EXPORTS Officers And Directors Of | Surry Farm Bureau To , Meet Saturday i ATTENDANCE IS URGED Officers and directors of the Surry County Farm Bureau will consider a plan for increasing ex ports of the 1947 tobacco crop at a meeting Saturday afternoon at 1:30 in the court house at Dob son. Joe R. Williams, assistant sec retary of the North Carolina Farm Bureau, will present the program that is being developed in connection with this year’s to bacco crop, and approval of the plan will be requested. S. H. Atkinson, and P. N. Tay lor, president and secretary, re spectively, of the Surry County Farm Bureau, urged farm bureau leaders to make a 'special effort to attend the meetings. The black rat came into Europe between the 8th and 9th centuries and was responsible for the hor rible plagues which occurred soon after his arrival. ( i t c i I s c c c f t a f v d e 1: k ABOUT 1,000 FARMERS ARE INVITED HERE Are Extended Invitations To Annual Farmers’ Program HAVE FINE SPEAKERS Chief Of Nation’s Soil Con servation Service Will Speak At Session GALA BANQUET AT 6:30 Nine hundred and fifty farmers of Surry, Yadkin and Wilkes counties have been extended in vitations to attend the annual Farmers’ Day Program in the Gilvin Roth YMCA here next Thursday, March 6. Outstanding specialists in the field of agriculture will speak on the afternoon program, with Dr. Hugh H. Bennett, chief of the na tion’s soil conservation service, heading the list. The program be gins at 2 o’clock with introductions and announcements by County Agent Neill M. Smith. Eddie A. Wayne, vice-president of the Fed eral Reserve Bank at Richmond, will speak at 2:10, and Dr. Bennett will address the assembly at 2:40 p. m. Following Dr. Bennett’s address, farmers will meet in group ses sions to hear specialists from the extension service speak on topics ranging from strip cropping to rural industries and forestry. The ?roup meetings will consist of three half-hour sessions which will be concluded at 5:20 p. m. At 6:30, a banquet will be held, in the gymnasium of the YMCA, with former governor J. Melville Broughton serving as master of ceremonies. Dr. Clark G. Kueb ler, president of Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin, will make the after dinner speech. Fanners who plan to attend the program and who have not re turned their invitation cards are urged to do so at once so that banquet tickets may be mailed. MAY USE BONDS FOR INSURANCE Explanation Concerning Ter minal Leave Pay Is Given By VA NATIONAL SERVICE Ex-servicemen may use terminal leave bonds prior to their maturity i>nly toward payment of National Service Life Insurance, the North Wilkesboro VA Contact Office pointed out today. Assignment to VA for payments, an NSLI may be for the following purposes: 1. To pay premiums currently md in advance on insurance al ready in force; in connection with he purchase of new insurance; or n connection with the reinstate nent of lapsed insurance. 2. To pay the difference in re serve required when converting serm insurance or when changing from one converted plan to an other having a higher reserve /alue. 3. To repay, wholly or in part, my policy loan, made prior to luly 31, 1946, with interest to that late. The entire bond must be as signed and the bondholder will be allowed an amount equal to the principal of the bond plus interest recording to the end of the month n which the assignment is made. Any balance above the amount accessary to make the desired pay nent will be credited to the insur :d's account and will be used for he purpose of paying future pre niums unless the insured specific tlly requests that this balance be leld to his credit for return in ash on the maturity date of the >ond or on his death before ma urity. Sound Over On Hit-Run Count At a hearing in Magistrate’s hurt Monday morning before ustice of the Peace J. L. Hall, tich Wood was placed under a 3DO bond and bound over to the uperior term of court on a charge f hit and run driving. Wood is alleged to have hit a ar driven by Posey Lee Stevens i n February 6, near Zephyr, and ailed to stop. It was reported i hat he later returned to the scene : nd Ransom Wood, a brother of ’ lich, allegedly assaulted Stevens i ith a broken beer bottle. 1 Charges against Ransom were i ismissed at the hearing, however. Several cases of public drunk mess were disposed of, with vio- i dors paying $5 and costs. j Local Man Is Shot; Robbery Attempt Here Serious Fertilizer Shortage Expected Steelman Reports Washington, Feb. 22—Presi dential Assistant John R. Steelman reported tonight there will not be enough ferti lizer to meet the demands of American farmers this year de spite all government efforts. “Serious regional shortages have already begun to appear,” said his statement on the in teragency fertilizer program, a report which shoved fertilizer to the first rank of federal problems. And amid the scarcity, the army has been directed to cut down its production of nitro gen fertilizer in ordnance plants, Steelman announced, because of the shortage of rail road tank cars which are need ed also for other products. The army has been produc ing fertilizer for the occupied countries. DIGNITARIES TO ATTEND MEET Representatives Of Young Democrats To Hold Session At Sedgefield GOVERNOR MAY ATTEND John McLellan, United States senator from Arkansas, will ad dress representatives of Young Democratic Clubs at an organiza tional rally at the Sedgefield Inn, near Greensboro, on Saturday, March 1, at 7 p. m. Frank Freeman, chairman of the state organization committee, was in Raleigh Tuesday to invite state officials to the rally, and in vitations have been mailed to clubs in each of the 100 North Carolina counties. The delegation of state officials expected to attend the rally in clude Lt. Governor Ballentine, Secretary of State Thad Eure, State Treasurer Charlie Johnson, Commissioner of Labor Forest Shuford, Attorney General Harry McMulfan, Commissioner of Pa roles Hathaway Cross, and Com missioner of Agriculture Kerr Scott. Mr. Freeman stated that Dem ocratic leaders were enthusiastic over the meeting, and that a large representation was expected. A number of Surry county Demo crats are planning to attend the rally. SNOW CANCELS SPEAKING MEET Finals In Soil Conservation Contest Postponed Until April 3rd IS TENTATIVE DATE The State finals of the annual soil conservation speaking contest, scheduled to be held in the Gilvin Roth YMCA here last Thursday afternoon, were postponed due to hazardous travel conditions result ing from snow and sleet. Bill Mitchel, of Franklin county, was the only one of nine contest ants to arrive for the contest. Sev eral scheduled speakers and judges who started for Elkin were strand ed at various points in the State. Leonard Dean, district winner from Granville county, got as far as Winston-Salem, where the snow prevented his continuing the trip. Dr. J. H. Highsmjtfr, of the de partment of Public Instruction, and a Judge in the contest, was held up in Burlington. Others call ;d enroute to say they were un able to continue their trip. Garland Johnson, chairman of ;he agricultural committee of the State Bankers’ Association which s sponsoring the contest, stated ■hat April 3 has been tentatively >et as the new date for the finals, rhe date will be subject to confir nation by the judges, and assumes hat the contestants will be avail iblc on that date. The first regular showing of a notion picture in New York was n 1886. l 1 t 1 i t ] c i ] r 1 -- ' . James Marion Held By Wilkes County Police James Marion, employee of a local shoe shop, is in a North Wilkesboro hospital with bullet wounds in both legs as the result of an attempted robbery near West End early Friday morning. Marion is under the custody of Wilkes county police, and his brother, Jesse, is in the Wilkes jail charged with being an ac complice in the crime of breaking and entering. James reportedly entered the service station of E. G. Durham on the North Wilkesboro road through a window, while his brother waited outside in a car. Mr. Durham, who lives in an apartment under the store, was awakened by the noise and went up to investigate. James allegedly fired at Mr. Durham and attempt ed to escape. Mr. Durham re turned the shot through the win dow and wounded James in both legs. Jesse brought Ins brother to the hospital here, and Sheriff C. G. Poindexter placed them both un der arrest Friday. James was transferred to the North Wilkesboro hospital Mon day. CAGE TOURNEY IS UNDER WAY Play Tonight Will Conclude First Round; Elkin Girls Are Defeated JONESVILLE BOYS WIN Four teams will clash on the YMCA court here tonight to con clude the first round of the an nual Yadkin Valley Conference Tournament. Quarter-finals will be played tomorrow and Saturday nights, and the semi-finals are scheduled for Monday night. Meeting tonight are the Cope land and West Yadkin girls at 6:30; Elkin and Boonville boys at 7:30; Pilot Mountain and White Plains girls at 8:30, and East Bend and Mind's Creek boys at 9:30. The East Bend girls turned back Dobson in the opening game 3f the tournament Monday night, 35-24, and the Jonesville girls de feated Ronda's six, 37-16. The West Yadkin boys took a 21-19 decision from Yadkinville, while the White Plains boys edged out the Dobson lads, 18-15. In the second night of tourna ment play (Tuesday), the West field teams copped a double vic tory from the Mountain Park and Mountain View cagers. The West field boys won over Mountain View, 36-23, while the girls, six turned in a 35-25 win over Moun tain Park. Jonesville’s strong >oys’ team defeated Mount Pleas mt, 36-24. and the Mountain View girls upset Elkin, 23-19. The scores of last night's games ire not available at press time. Kiwanians Hear Contest Speaker An adress on soil conservation >y Billy Mitchell, contestant in he Soil Conservation Contest cheduled to have been staged at he YMCA last Thursday, was a eature of the Elkin Kiwanis neeting Thursday evening. Short alks were also made by Mrs. Isther Willis, district home dem mstration agent, and E. B. Gar ctt, state soil conservationist, of taleigh. Program for this evening’s meeting (Thursday), of the club ias not been announced. To Coach Members Of Masonic Lodge March 3 Thru 7th Howard Hardy, of Copeland, district deputy grand lecturer of the Masonic Order, has ac cepted an invitation to coach Elkin Lodge number 454 in Masonic work at nightly meet ings from March 3 through 7. All Masons arc urged to at tend. The meetings begin at 7:30 each evening In the Ma sonic H&U.