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VOL. No. XXXV No. 14
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1947
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PROGRAM WORKERS—Above
are two men who have devoted
much time and effort to make
the Farmers’ Day Program a
success. Top photo shows Elk
in’s Mayor Garland Johnson,
I who has had a big part in ar
ranging the program. At the
bottom is Neill M. Smith, Surry
County Farm Agent, who pre
pared invitations and spent
many hours preparing for the
event.
' CHATHAM GUEST
SPEAKER HERE
Elkin Industralist Tells Ki
wanis Business Must “Get •
Out And Scratch”
CIVIC CLUBS LAUDED
Thurmond Chatham, Elkin in
dustrialist, told members of the
Elkin Kiwanis Club at its meet
ing at the YMCA last Thursday
evening, that the time has come
when business “must get out and
scratch.” in marked contrast to
recent years when orders came
easy and the supply wouldn’t
meet the demand.
Mr. Chatham, in making this
statement, did not sound a dis
couraging note, however, pointing
out that it will be good for every
one to really have to dig for busi
, ness.
' In discussing foreign affairs, he
pointed out that Russia is at pres
ent proving to be the fly in the
ointment as far as stability is
concerned. He said Russia had
broken every pledge, and this fact
was proving of worry to govern
ment officials, this unrest and
concern being reflected in the na
tion’s economy.
The speaker lauded the Elkin
Kiwanis Club and other civic
clubs of the city, pointing out
that such clubs are of great bene
fit to the town.
"We must plan for the future,”
he said, "so as to be able to take
A advantage of any favorable cir
~ cumstances which may arise.”
During the meeting, which was
presided over by President Carl
Poindexter, Hugh Chatham, a son
of the speaker, was welcomed into
the club as a new member by Ki
wanian Ben Adair.
Due to the Farmers’ banquet
scheduled for this evening at 6:30
o'clock, sponsored by the KiwTanis
club, there will be no regular ses
sion of the club until next week.
To Present Musical
Sermon Here Tuesday
a A musical sermon, "The Love
W- of God," will be presented at the
Elkin Elementary School Audi
torium Tuesday, March 11, at
7:30 p. m., by Rev. Joe Brown
and family.
Mr. Brown, minister of the Elk
in Pilgrim Church, and his wife
A and small daughter are all ac
complished musicians, and can
play a wide variety of instru
ments.
Everyone is invited to attend
the musical sermon, and no ad
* mission is to be charged.
ELKIN HOST TO FARMERS OF SECTION
FAVORS BILL
TO SEPARATE
COMMISSION
Senator Jones Votes To Di
vorce Wildlife Dept.
FROM GAME, FISHERIES
Jones And Snow Favorable
To Anti-Fireworks Bill
Which Passed House
BOOZE PROBLEM ACUTE
BY MARJORIE RAGAN
Tribune Raleigh Bureau
Senator R. Posey Jones, just re
covering from an illness, returned
to his seat in the Senate this
week in time to cast his vote in
favor of the bill to separate the
wildlife commission from the Di
vision of Game and Inland Fish
eries.
The Senate, with no discussion,
passed the amended bill with a
strong voice vote.
Amendments to the original bill
— introduced in the House — in
clude one to cut the terms of
agency commissioners from 9 to 6
years, and to invest in the gover
nor power to settle controversies
in the execution of some of the
provisions of the bill.
Senator Jones was among 17
co-signers of a similar bill intro
duced in the Senate.
The bill will set up a separate
wildlife agency for the state, to
be operated from hunting and
fishing license fees. An executive
director would be appointed and
his salary would be set by the
Governor without the approval
of the council of state. A nine
member commission, selected
from nine districts in the state,
would be appointed by the gov
ernor. The length of terms for
the commissioners was one of the
most controversial phases of the
bill. Representatives of Wildlife
clubs throughout the state con
tended that under the system of
nine-year staggered terms, no one
governor could pack the commis
sion.
The chairman of the conserva
tion and development committee
in the Senate — Senator Erskine
Smith of Stanly county — was
among the few persons voting
against the separation on the sec
ond reading in the Senate. Sena
tor Smith was instrumental in
having a similar bill reported un
favorably at the 1945 session of
the General assembly.
Senator Jones and Representa
tive George Snow were both fav
orable to the anti-fireworks bill,
which passed in the house this
week. Jones had planned to in
troduce a local bill banning fire
works, in case the state-wide
measure failed. The only strong
protest in the house against the
fireworks bill came from Repre
sentative Bob Kermon of New
Hanover county. Kermon offer
ed an amendment which would
have excepted his county from
provisions of the bill, but he was
voted down.
As the Senate finance commit
tee heard heated discussion this
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Chatham Blanketeers Again
Successfully Defend Crown
The Chatham Blanketeers, dis
playing the spirit and determina
tion that makes champions, suc
cessfully defended their Southern
Textile Championship against the
best Textile teams in the South at
Greenville, S. C., February 26-28
and March 1.
In winning the tournament, the
Blanketeers defeated Drayton
Mills of Spartanburg, S. C., in
their first game 39-13. Shugart.
Lineback, and Reich led the teams
offensive with 13. 9. and 7 points
respectively. The entire team
played brilliantly defensively, hold
ing ♦he opposition to two firld
goals.
In the second game with Pclzer
of Greenville, S. C., the Blanke
teers ran up an 18-0 lead after the
first eight minutes of play and
coasted to a 51-7 victory. It was
Shugart, Reich and Gordon who
lead the offensive and the Sherrill
twins and Shugart who held the
Pelzer girls to only two field goals.
In the final game Chatham de
feated their old rivals Hanes
Hosiery 20-18 in a thrill-packed
game from start to finish. Ann
Lineback and Polly Martin led the
team to victory. Lineback led the
offensive with 11 points and play
ed a brilliant floor game. Martin
SHOW AND SALE
HERE ON 12TH
Second Annual Aberdeen-An
gus Event Will Be Staged
In YMCA Gym
TEN BULLS, 35 FEMALES
The second annual show and
sale of the North Carolina Aber
deen-Angus Breeders’ Association
will be held in the Gilvin Roth
YMCA here next Wednesday,
March 12.
Paul Swaffar, of Richmond,
Va., a judge in last year’s event,
will again judge the animals en
tered in the show, which will be
held on the lawn of the YMCA at
10 a. m.
Ten bulls and 35 females,
selected from leading herds in
North Carolina and Virginia, are
listed for the sale, which will get
underway at 1 p. m. in the YMCA
gymnasium under the direction of
auctioneer Tom McCord.
Sam A. Neaves, sales manager,
stated that guests and consignors
will be honored with a buffet sup
per in Hotel Elkin at 7 o’clock on
Tuesday night preceding the day
of the sale.
Cattle to be sold will be quar
tered in a tent on the parking lot
next to the YMCA prior to the
show.
Purchasers at the sale will be
furnished certificates of registry
and transfer for each animal,
and an official of the North Caro
lina State Veterinarian office will
be present to issue health papers
for interstate shipments.
Commissioners To
Meet Next Monday
The regular monthly meeting of
town commissioners will be held
next Monday night, March 10, in
the city hall.
Scheduled for last Monday, the
meeting was postponed due to the
Methodist Men’s dinner meeting
held that night.
was a standout on defense. She,
along with the Sherrill twins and
Shugart stopped the Hanes offense
cold.
The Blanketeers led by the
versatile Sherrill twins and Doris
Shugart played what is probably
the finest defensive basketball
ever seen in the entire South,
holding the opposition to only
nine field goals in three games —
an average of1 only three per game.
Doris Shugart who has' played
brilliantly on offense all season
showed that she is also one of the
greatest defensive players in girls
basketball by stopping the oppos
ing guards at only one field goal
and three foul shots, a total of
five points for the entire tourna
ment.
Three of the Chatham Blanke
teers were placed on the 1947 All
Southern Basketball team. Ann
Lineback and Doris Shugart at
forward, and Jennie Sherrill at
guard. Other players being select
ed on the All-Southern team were
Jackie Swaim, and Ruth Phelps
of Hanes Hosiery, and Alma Wil
son of Drayton Mills.
Shugart was elected the most
valuable player in the Class A
Girls for the entire tournament.
MAJOR SPEAKERS ON FARMERS’ DAY PROGRAM — The four
men pictured above will have major roles in the fifth annual Farm
ers’ Day event this afternoon and tonight. Upper left photo shows
Chester C. Davis, Sr., president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St.
Louis, Mo., who will make the principal address of the day at the
banquet session. Upper right is Dr. Hugh II. Bennett, chief of the
United States Soil Conservation Service, who will address the after
noon assembly. Bottom photo, left, shows Edward A. Wayne, vice
president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, who will speak
on the afternoon program, and at the right is former Governor J.
Melville Broughton who will serve as master of cereriionies for the
banquet session.
Red Cross Drive Will
Seek Quota Of $2,700
To Get Under Way Here Monday As
Local Workers Swing Into Action
With Elkin's quota set at $2,700
in the 1947 Red Cross campaign,
local workers will begin soliciting
funds Monday for the annual
drive in an effort to reach the
goal by the end of next week.
Elkin has a record of never
having failed to contribute its
assigned quota in the annual
campaigns. Last year, the city
over-subscribed its assigned quota
of $4,000 by more than five hun
dred dollars. Generous contribu
tions are requested so that Elkin
may maintain its record and
again go over the top in the drive.
Under the direction of Rev.
Howard J. Ford, chairman of this
DITCH BUSTING
DEMONSTRATE
Will Be Staged By State Col
lege Extension Engineer
On March 13th
AT C. F. SMITH FARM
H. M. Ellis, agricultural exten
sion engineer of N. C. State Col
lege, will give a. ditoh-blasting
demonstration next Thursday
morning, March 13, on the farm
of c. F. Smith in Stewart's Creek
Township, and a similar demon
stration in the afternoon on
Grady Cooper's farm near Dob
son.
All farmers interested in the
technique of digging ditches with
dynamite are invited to attend the
demonstrations. Mr. Smith's farm
is located two miles from high
way 89 on the cast side of Stew
art’s Creek. The demonstration
will start at 10 a. m.. and the aft
ernoon demonstration on Mr.
Cooper’s farm will begin at 2
o’clock.
year’s drive, will be seven assist
ant chairmen who will head the
work in various sections of the
city.
Surry county’s quota this year
is $6,700 and drives in other sec
tions of the county are already
under way. Mount Airy launched
its drive last Tuesday with a
meeting of Red Cross workers who
will canvass that city.
lire national goal in the cam
paign is $60,000,000 and will con
tinue. through March 31.
TO BEGIN X-RAY
DRIVE MONDAY
Local Health Office Has
Necessary Equipment In
Fight Against T.B.
TO MAKE NO CHARGE
The local county health office
will begin a drive Monday. March
10, to x-ray all residents of Elkin
and vicinity in connection with
the fight against tuberculosis.
A chest x-ray machine will be
set up in the health office here
tomorrow', and Miss Louise Bailey,
of Mount Airy, will be in charge
of the work. Mrs. Daisy Crouse,
local county health nurse, stated
that a permanent machine would
also be installed here for future
use.
X-rays will be given from 9 a.
m. to 4 p. m. each day except Sat
urday and Sunday from March
10 through 23. Mrs. Crouse urg
ed all persons who have not re
ceived x-rays previously to take
advantage of the service. No
charge is made lor the x-rays.
Elkin school students were x
rayed last fall in a similar drive.
CAGE TOURNEY
WILL BE HELD
P.-T. A. Is Sponsoring Invita
tional Meet At School
Gym Next Week
FOUR SCHOOLS ENTERED
The Elkin Parent-Teacher as
sociation will sponsor a grammar
grade invitational basketball tour
nament at the Elkin High School
gymnasium, Thursday and Friday
nights of next week, Mrs. Hubert
Parker, chairman of the Budget
and Finance Committee, has an
nounced.
The four schools participating
in the tournament are West Yad
kin, Jonesville, Traphill, and Elk
in, with both a boys and a girls
team from each school.
The schedule is as follows:
Thursday, at 6:30 o’clock, boys
teams, West Yadkin vs. Jonesville,
and Traphill vs. Elkin; girls teams,
Elkin vs. Traphill, and West Yad
kin.vs. Jonesville. Finals will be
held Friday at 7:30, with trophies
being awarded to the winning
teams. *
Home Demonstration
Agents To Meet Here
Home demonstration agents of
Surry, Yadkin and Wilkes coun
ties will meet in the YMCA here
Friday morning at 8:30 with Miss
Anna Merle Arant, northwestern
district home demonstration
agent, to complete plans for the
farm women’s meeting to be held
here April 22.
Mrs. Grace P. Brown, Mrs. An
nie Laura Green and Miss Irene
Brown, are the home agents of
Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin coun
ties, respectively.
In New York City is is against
the law to open or close an um
brella in the presence of a horse.
Sparta and Franklin Take
Yadkin Valley Cage Crown
In a battle that went into two
overtime periods, the Sparta girls
edged out Flat Rock, 24-23, to win
the Yadkin Valley Conference
Tournament crown here Tuesday
night, while the Franklin boys won
a 32-31 decision over Pilot Moun
tain in a contest that also ended
in a deadlock aiid necessitated
overtime play.
The Sparta-Flat Rock game
ended 22-all, and after a score
less overtime period. Sparta drop
ped a field goal in the second ex
tra period to win the crown.
Pilot Mountain and Franklin
went into the overtime period with
a 28-28 tie. and Franklin scored
four points to capture the crown
in the boys' division.
All-tournament teams selected
were as follows:
Girls — Wright and Fisher,
Jonesville; Moxley and Andrews,
Sparta; Brim, Shelton, Allred,
Plat Rock; Casstevens and Groce,
West Yadkin; Simmons, Pilot
Mountain; Dearmin, Westfield;
and Slate, Franklin.
Boys — B. Harris, Elkin; D. Ves
tal and R. Freeman, Jonesville;
Patterson, Gordon and Simmons,
Pilot Mountain; H. Nichols and A.
Phillips, Franklin; T. Pardue,
Over 1,000 Expected
To Attend Meetings
And Banquet At
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Annual Employer
Employee Banquet
Tuesday, Mar. 18
Elkin's annual employer-em
ployee banquet will be held
Tuesday night, March 18, at 7
p. m. in the YMCA.
Tickets will be on sale Mon
day through Friday of next
week at SI.50 each. They may
be purchased at Abcrnethy’s or
Turner’s drug store, or at the
Merchants Association office in
the city hall.
HOLD MEETING
AT SEDGEF1ELD
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Young Democrats Hear Call
To Repair Weaknesses
And Rebuild Stability
FREEMAN MAKES TALK
At a reorganization banquet of
North Carolina Young Democratic
Clubs in Sedgefield Inn last Sat
urday evening, Senator John L.
McClellan, Democrat of Arkansas,
called on Young Democrats to re
pair party weaknesses and rebuild
the party to its original stability.
In a blast at G. O. P. leaders, he
declared that the Republican
party has shown no marked im
provement in program or leader
ship, despite recent election vic
tories.
Senator McLellan was introduc
ed by Solicitor Charles T. Hagan,
Jr., following a presentation of
violin solos by Miss Susan Deyton
of the music department of the
Woman’s College of the University
of North Carolina.
Frank Freeman, of Dobson,
chairman of the state organization
committee, discussed the reorgan
ization program of Young Demo
cratic clubs, following which Lt.
Governor L. Y. Ballentine spoke
briefly.
Gigging In Inland
Waters Is Unlawful
William A. White, acting district
game protector for Surry County,
warned yesterday that killing fish
in inland waters by gigging is pro
hibited by law, and violators will
be subject to punishment.
Mr. White stated that there
have been reports of fish being
speared in streams at night with
the aid of torches, and emphasized
that the practice is illegal.
State law provides that fish in
inland waters may be caught only
by hook and line, rod and reel, or
casting, with certain exceptions
for non-game species.
Boonvillc; and J. Nestor, West
field.
Elkin high school boys’ team, al
though eliminated in the semi
finals by Franklin, provided, with
the able assistance of Boonville
and Westfield, two of the tourna
ment’s thrilling games.
Last Thursday the contest be
tween Elkin and Boonville, wliich
was won by Elkin by two points,
was a nip and tuck affair with
both teams playing an outstanding
brand of basketball that kept
spectators on the edge of their
seats until the final whistle blew.
Saturday night Elkin played
Westfield in another exciting game
which saw Westfield tic the score
in the final half-minute of the
game, but a field goal on the part
of the locals put them ahead with
seconds to play, to win.
Monday night Elkin was elimi
nated by Franklin, after a good
game which was close until the
final quarter when Franklin drew
ahead.
Considered an upset was the de
feat of the West Yadkin girls by
Flat Rock Monday night when the
Surry team nosed out their oppon
ents by one point. West Yadkin
copped the championship last
year.
Three Counties
Represented At
Annual Event
The fifth annual Farmers’ Day
Program, sponsored by the Elkin
Kiwanis Club, will be held in the
Gilvin Roth YMCA here today
with an expected attendance of
nearly 1,000 farmers and agricul
tural leaders from Surry, Yadkin
and Wilkes counties.
Feature of the evening program
will be a banquet session address
by Chester C. Davis, Sr., president
of the Federal Reserve Bank of
St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Davis’ address,
beginning at 7:30, will be broad
cast over radio station WSJS.
Due to a last-minute change of
plans, Dr. Clark Kuebler, president
of Ripon College who was sche
duled to appear on the program,
will not be able to attend.
The afternoon program will be
gin at 1:30 with a showing of the
movie, “Four Pillars of Income,”
following which Neill M. Smith,
Siu-ry County Farm Agent, will
make introductions and announce
ments. Edward A. Wayne, vice
president of the Federal Reserve
Bank of Richmond, Virginia, will
address the assembly at 2:10 on
“Farm Records,” and Dr. Hugh H.
Bennett, Chief of the United
States Soil Conservation Service
will speak at 2:40 on “Soil Conser
vation.”
Following Dr. Bennett’s address,
the assembly will separate into
three groups to hear extension ser
vice specialists discuss various ag
ricultural and related subjects.
The group sessions begin at 3:30,
and each will consist of three half
hour periods. Speakers for the
first period, from 3:30 to 4:00, are
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TO FILE BRIEFS
IN MURDER CASE
Hearing Held Here Saturday
For Mrs. Lavora Wood;
One Witness Heard
HEARING MARCH 15TH
At a hearing Saturday for Mrs.
Lavora Marion Wood, Crutchfield
woman who is charged with the
fatal shooting of her husband.
Justice of the Peace C. A. McNeil
ordered both the defense and
State attorneys to file briefs on
the case with him by March 15,
at which time a further hearing
will be conducted.
Only one witness, Edward
Wood-, son of the Crutchfield
woman, was heard Saturday. He
testified that Mrs. Wood killed
his father as charged by the
State.
The briefs were ordered prepar
ed when certain technical aspects
of the case arose to preclude fur
ther testimony. Justice of the
Peace McNeil will pass on the
briefs March 15.
Mrs. Wood is at liberty under
$2,000 bond. She allegedly killed
her husband, Harvey G. Wood, on
January 5 at her home in the
Crutchfield community. Wood
was said to have been trying to
gain entrance to the home when
his wife fired several shots from
a .32 calibre pistol through a win
dow and killed him almost in
stantly.
Loot Is Recovered
Near N. Wilkesboro
Part of (lie loot allegedly stolen
from the B and T drug store in
Sparta, last week was found by
officers Sunday about 15 miles
west of North Wilkesboro on high
way 421. A 400-pound safe con
taining $1,500 in government
bonds and about $200 in checks
were found covered with snow
near the home of Richard Jones,
who pointed out the safe to in
vestigating officers.
Highway Patrolman Sidney
Carter said the hinges on the
on the safe had been chiseled
ipart and the safe pried open.
Dr. T. R. Burgiss, owner of the
store, slated that about $500
worth of narcotics was also stolen
>y what officers think may have
>een a band of narcotic thieves.