ELKIN
The Best Little Town In
North Carolina.
THE TRIBUNE
Is a Member of the Audit
Bureau of Circulations
The Elkin Tribune
ELKIN
Gateway to Roaring: Gap and
the Blue Ridge
THE TRIBUNE
Is Read By 14,000 People In
Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin
VOL. No. XXXV No. 18
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1947
$2.00 PER YEAR
16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
TO HOLDSTATE
FINALS IN SOIL
» CONTEST TODAY
Will Be Held At YMCA This
Afternoon At 1:30
EIGHT CONTESTANTS
Winner Will Receive Ex
pense-Paid Trip To Bank
ers’ Convention
TO BE KIWANIS GUESTS
The state finals of the second
annual Soil Conservation speaking
contest will be held in the YMCA
re this afternoon at 1:30. Sav
ings bonds of $200, $100 and $50
will be awarded winners of the
first three places, and the top con
testant will receive an expense
paid trip to the North Carolina
Bankers’ Association convention in
Asheville May 29 and 30.
The three top speakers will also
be guests of the Elkin Kiwanis
Club tonight, and will deliver their
winning speeches following a din
ner at 6:30.
Eight contestants, representing
45 counties, will compete in the
j contest this afternoon. They are
MAlton Weaver, Ashe county; Leon
ard Dean, Granville county; Mat
tie Sue Carpenter, Cleveland coun
ty; Boyd Hopkins, Stanly county;
William Mitchel, Franklin county;
Francis Pressly, Iredell county;
Edward Storie, Caldwell county;
and Luther Baxter, Randolph
county.
W. H. Neal of Winston-Salem,
^president of the North Carolina
./^Bankers’ Association, will preside
at the contest and introduce the
speakers. Judges will be Dr. J.
Henry Highsmith, Dr. Jane S. Mc
Kimmon, retired asistant director
, of the N. C. Agriculture Extension
w Service, Dr. R. W. Cummings, N.
^C. State College Agronomy head,
Gurney P. Hood, State Commis
sioner of Banks, and M. G. Mann
of the North Carolina Cotton
Growers Cooperative.
The agricultural committee of
the North Carolina Bankers’ As
sociation, of which Elkin’s Mayor
tiarland Johnson is chairman,
sponsors the contest annually in
cooperation with the Soil Conser
vation Service and the Extension
Service of N. C. State College.
Contestants are coached by Eng
lish and vacational agricultural
teachers in the various high
^ schools represented by the speak
ers.
DAY CLARIFIES
VFW POSITION
Organization Docs Not
Endorse Political Candi
dates, Commander Says
IS NON-POLITICAL GROUP
In a story on candidates for
town offices last week, The
Tribune reported that Russell
Burcham had been proposed by
the Veterans of Foreign Wars as
■"a candidate for town commission
er.
Earl Day, retiring commander
of the VFW, states that this was
in error. Although individual
members of the post have backed
Mr. Burcham, the VFW is a non
political organization, Mr. Day
said, and is not permitted to en
dorse any candidate for political
office.
In clarifying the position of the
group, Mr. Day said that, as an
organization, the Elkin Post “has
at no time discussed the local
political situation or proposed or
endorsed the candidacy of any
^person in the coming local elec
tion. The Veterans of Foreign
Wars is in no w’ise a political or
ganization, each member being
free to enter into, or refrain from
entering into politics as he may
desire.”
R. W. GYaeber. in charge o;
Forestry Extension, State College
recently assisted the State Hospi
tal, Goldsboro in selecting, mark
ing and scaling 290,000 board fee
of timber for a harwest cutting.
“Cornzapoppin’ ”
To Be Presented
By Woman’s Club
“Cornzapoppin’,” a play fea
turing home-town talent to be
presented by the Junior Wo
man's Club has been postponed
until April 17 and 18, according
to an announcement made
'Wednesday by Miss Erlinc May
berry, president.
The original dates, April 10
and 11. would conflict with a
program to be presented by
Elkin High School, it was said.
A
EMINENT FARMERS — Henry II. Abild, Wakonda, left, and John
Meland, Sisseton, Roberts county, South Dakota, who have been
named "Eminent Farmers of 1947.” The awards announced by South
Dakota State college, are based not only upon efficient farming
practices, but contributions to the community and state. By good
management, growing legumes for soil fertility and raising pigs on
clean ground, Henry Abild has become one of the most successful
farmers in Clay county. His daughter is a professor at Yankton
high school. Both sons are successful farmers. John Meland has
been an ardent supporter of any movement for the betterment of
agriculture in his community. He introduced Vikota oats and Mida
wheat and Kota flax into the county. He has five children. The
daughter teaches the home school and all sons arc engaged in ag
riculture pursuits.
April 14 Is
Set Here For
Zoning Hearing
Monday, April 14, has been
set as the new date for a public
hearing relative to zoning Hos
pital Road and other areas in
the city, according to an an
nouncement by Dixie Graham,
city clerk.
The hearing was originally
scheduled for April 7, but was
postponed one week due to the
fact that Easter Monday falls
on that day.
It has been proposed that the
following areas be zoned: Hos
pital Road. Spring Street Ex
tension and Highway No. 268,
Oakland Drive, Church Street,
North Bridge Street, Gwyn
Avenue and Market Street.
The hearing will start at 7:30
p. m. in the city hall.
REGISTRATION
BOOKS TO OPEN
L. I. Wade Is Named Regis
trar By Town Board
For Coming Election
VOTING DAY ON MAY 5
Two election judges raid a regi
strar for the town election of May
5 were appointed at a called meet
ing of the mayor and board of
commissioners in the city hall
Monday afternoon.
L. I. Wade was named registrar
and N. J. Blackwood and R. G
Franklin. Jr., were appointed elec
tion judges. J. L. Lillard and S. O
Maguire were designated as alter
nate judges.
Registration books will be open
for two weeks beginning Saturday
April 12, and continuing through
Saturday, April 26.
The books will be at the city
hall on Saturdays, and at the
home of Mr. Wade, 628 Elk Spur
Street, on week days.
May 3 was set as challenge day
at the meeting.
The polls, located at the fire
station in the city hall, will be
open on election day, May 5, froir
6:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m.
MANY ATTEND
MEETING HERE
“Family Life Training” Ses
sion Is Held At YMCA
Tuesday Afternoon
DEMONSTRATION CLUBS;
A large number of family life
' leaders from home demonstratior
clubs in Surry, Yadkin and Wilke;
counties attended a “Family Life
Training” meeting in the YMC/
here Tuesday.
Mrs. Virginia Swain, extensior
specialist in family relations, wa;
the chief speaker for the meeting
In the afternoon, home demon
stration agents of the three coun
ties heard a discussion of sewini
machine attachments by Miss Ju
lia Mclver. extension clothini
specialist, who gave a demonstra
tion with her talk.
Leaders of 4-H clubs in tin
three counties also attended th<
meeting, which was arranged b;
Mrs. Grace Pope Brown, Surr;
county home demonstration agent
Brazil has a senate and chambe
of deputies.
DRAFT LAW IS
DEAD AND GONE
No More Letters With
“Greetings” To Be Sent
To Potential Soldiers
DRAFT BOARDS ME El
There will be no more letter:
with "greetings” from the Presi
dent of the United States to po
tential soldiers.
The draft law died Monday at
midnight.
Fred McKinley Shores of Thur
mond, who registered with th(
draft board in Dobson Monday
was the last of more than 12,00(
Surry county men to register ir
the selective service system that
took 10,020,637 men for militarj
service in World War II.
Of Surry county’s 12,000 regis
trants, approximately 4,300 were
either inducted or enlisted for ser
vice with the armed forces.
But Surry county’s two draft
boards, like thousands of other:
across the nation, held their fina:
meetings Monday afternoon. At
12:01 a. m. Tuesday, draft boarc
offices became “Office of Selective
Service Records.” They will per
form the mammoth task of pre
paring files of registrants foi
shipment to some central depot
in the state where they will be
kept for possible future emergen
cies.
Mrs. Florence Folger, co-ordina
tor of the two Surry countj
boards, said she had no definite
information as to where or wher
the files would be shipped, but
estimated that the work of ar
ranging the voluminous data ir
compact form for shipment woulc
require several weeks.
Two members of the Sum
county draft board number two
C. A. McNeil of Elkin and J. G
Wood of Dobson, have served con
tinuously since September 16, 1940
when the original draft act wa:
passed. W. B. White of Dobson
the third member, has server
more than three years. Othei
men who served on the board dur
ing the six and one-half years o:
selective service were Walter Mat
thews of Pilot Mountain, T. N
Woodruff of Lowgap, G. W. Scot'
of Shoals, and J. E. Trevathan o:
Dobson.
In tribute to the citizens all ovci
the nation who served on loca
draft boards, President Trumar
said Monday that the "selectivi
service system has rendered thi
nation a service of incalculabli
value. Those who made possibl
its accomplishments during tin
1 emergency — the vast majority o
whom served without compensa
tion — deserve the country’s grat
itude ...”
From now on the army will at
tempt to maintain its strength o
about a million men with volun
, tary enlistments alone, although :
universal military training pro
, gram has been under considcra
t tion by Congressmen.
No draft calls have been issue:
[ since last October when militar:
leaders said they had enough vol
unteers to declare a draft holida;
. for the rest of the year.
Mount Airy Man Is
Held Without Bone
R. L. <Bob> Jessup, charge*
with the murder of Roy Towe nca
• the Bunker Woods Service Statioi
on March 15, was bound over t
! superior court without bond at ;
: hearing before Judge Harry Lew
' ellyn in the Mount Airy Record
r er's Court Monday afternoon.'
. The ease will be placed on th
docket for the April term of Surr;
r superior court, which will conven
in Dobson April 21.
Elkin Stores
To Close On
Easter Monday
Elkin stores will be closed all
day Easter Monday, April 7, ac
cording to an announcement by
Mrs. Beauford Stanley, secre
tary of the Elkin Merchants
Association.
Local merchants have follow
ed the custom of closing their
business establishments on this
day for several years in obser
vance of the Easter season.
HEARING HELD
FOR THREE MEN
Charges Of Larceny, Store
Breaking, Etc., To Be
Heard Next Monday
GUILTY OF NUISANCE
Ralph and Thurmond Stanley,
route 1, Elkin, and Edward Wood,
route 2, Dobson, were found guilty
on public nuisance charges and
fined $25 each by Justice of the
Peace C. A. McNeil in Magistrate’s
Court Monday morning. Wood
also paid a $10 fine for simple as
sault after being cleared of the
original charge of assault with a
deadly weapon with intent to kill.
Judgment on charges of larceny,
receiving stolen goods, and store
breaking, which had also been
lodged against the three men, was
deferred until next Monday when
, the hearing will be continued.
The men allegedly broke into
the Twin Oaks store near Crutch
1 field and took merchandise valued
at $76 to $100. Officers said they
were trying to sell the goods to the
Stokes filling station at Crutch
field.
Wood had been charged with as
sault against R. F. Creed, of East
Bend, who ran out of gas near the
, filling station and reportedly got
into an argument with the three
men.
FARM MEETINGS
WILL BE HELD
Schedule Of Sessions Releas
ed By Smith To Dis
cuss Hybrid Corn
NORTH ELKIN APRIL 4TH
County Agent Neill M. Smith
has released a schedule of Farm
Bureau meetings to be held in the
interest of stimulating hybrid corn
production in Surry county. Slides
on the best corn-growing practices
will be shown at the meetings,
with particular emphasis being
placed on fertilization, cultivation,
spacing and soil improvement.
The meetings are expected to
I increase interest in the county
wide com growing contest spon
, sored by the Surry county Farm
Bureau. A total of $90 in cash
’ prizes will be awarded contestants
with the highest corn yields per
acre.
The meetings are scheduled as
follows: Pilot Mountain, April 3;
| North Elkin, April 4: White Plains,
. April 7; Franklin, April 8; Mount
ain Park and Low-gap, April 9;
. Flat Rock, April 10; Beulah, April
11; Little Richmond, April 14; and
Long Hill, April 16.
Wives To Be Guests
Of Y’s Men’s Group
i -
i Members of the Elkin Y's Men's
: Club will have wives and friends
5 as their guests at the dinner mect
: ing of the group in the YMCA
: Tuesday night, April 8, at 6:30.
: Featured on the Ladies’ night
E program will be a trio of Jones
• ville high school girls who will
■ sing several numbers. Walter Sa
frit will discuss the functions of
- Y’s Men’s Clubs, and Carl C.
E Poindexter will conduct a phase
• of the program.
i Kemp Reece, chairman of the
- club’s activities committee, ar
. ranged the program for Tuesday
night.
1 -
; Annual YMCA Camp
On June 19 To 26
The annual YMCA camp will be
held at Camp Hanes, near Pilot
Mountain, this summer, and rcser
I rations have been made for lit
l boys and girls of Elkin and vicin
ity for the week of July 19-26, it
1 was announced today,
r The Winston-Salem Y M C A
i maintains Camp Hanes for the use
> of its members and other YMCA
1 groups in this area, and furnishes
. personnel for directing summer
- activities.
Local young people who wish tc
: attend the camp this summei
t should contact their YMCA lead
2 ers here. The cost for a week’s
stay at the camp is $15.
WINE AND BEER
BILL WILL NOT
SOLVE PROBLEM
Pilot Mountain Cannot Vote
On Wet-Dry Status
HAS TOO FEW RESIDENTS
Bill Provides 15 Per Cent Of
Voters In County May
Call For Referendum
ONCE EVERY 3 YEARS
By MARJORIE RAGAN
Tribune Raleigh Bureau
The much-applauded wine and
beer bill worked out by a finance
sub-committee will not solve the
problem in Surry County.
And so it remains for Surry rep
resentative George Snow to try to
get his local bill, to ban the sale
of alcoholic beverages in the town
of Pilot Mountain, through the
General Assembly.
Snow was disappointed to leam
early in the week that Pilot Moun
tain has only 925 citizens, as
counted in the 1940 census. The
committee substitute provides that
only municipalities with as many
as 1,000 residents can vote on the
question.
And there’s another catch that
prevents Pilot from having an out
in the statewide legislation. Mun
icipalities may vote on the ques
tion ONLY after the county at
large has voted dry, in respect to
wine and beer. And Surry county
is not expected to go dry.
However, the substitute has been
enthusiastically received by the
house. In fact, Dan Tompkins of
Jackson County, author of other
statewide anti-alcohol legislation,
says it’s the best bill of its kind
since the beer and wine bill of
1933.
The bill seems to please both
the wets and drys. Actually; it pro
vides local option in a manner
similar to the ABC system, except
that the counties will not handle
the products.
The bill provides that 15 per
cent of the qualified voters of a
county may call for a referendum
on wine or beer, or both, as often
as once every three years. If a
county votes dry, any municipal
ity in it having as many as a
thousand residents may call for a
separate election the following
year.
Under the bill, counties retain
ing beer and wine would receive
additional profits from sales.
Taxes on wine and beer would
be exactly doubled, and according
to Representative Gene Bost of
Cabarrus county, chairman of the
subcommittee which drew the bill,
this would mean an additional
$4,000,000 for the state treasury.
The $4,000,000 would be distri
buted to counties and municipali
ties on a population basis, about
$1 per person.
One of the few Republicans in
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SCOUTS ARE TO
HOLD CAMPOREE
Annual Event Of Elkin-Yad
kin District To Be Staged
At Neaves Park
ON MAY 3RD AND 1TH
Boy Scouts of the Elkin-Yadkin
District will hold their annual
camporcc in Neaves Park on the
week-end of May 3 and 4 with two
days of scouting activities planned
for the event.
Patrols wishing to participate
in the camporee must apply to
their district commissioners not
later than April 29, and individual
scouts must have had a physical
examination within three months
preceeding the camporee.
Pennants will be awarded pat
rols on the basis of number of
points scored in use of camp sites,
personal appearance of Scouts,
camping equipment, food, safety
and sanitation, program and ac
tivities, patrol organization and
leadership and new camp ideas.
Patrols with more than 738 of a
possible 820 points will be awarded
blue pennants, and lesser scores
will receive red, yellow or green
pennants.
The program begins at 8 o'clock
Saturday morning, May 3, with
registration and drawings for
camp sites. The patrols arc sched
uled to set up their camps in the
morning, and group games and
other activities will be held in the
afternoon.
An assembly at the flagpole is
scheduled for Sunday morning
following reveille and breakfast
Church call is at 8:35, and the
camps will be judged at 10:15,
Following lunch, the Scouts will
break camp and prepare for final
inspection.
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> REFLECT THE JOYOUS MOOP OF THE HAPPy EASIER 'SEASON.
Mass Meeting
To Be Held
Here Friday
Elkin voters arc reminded
that the mass meeting for nom
inating candidates for town of
fices will be held in the elemen
tary school auditorium tomor
row night, April 4, at 7:30.
Mayor Garland Johnson and
Commissioners J. O. Bivins, J.
W. L. Benson, R. C. Freeman
and Charlie N. Myers are seek
ing re-nominations, and Russell
Burcham has been proposed as
a candidate to replace Commis
sioner C. C. Myers, who stated
last week that he would not be
a candidate to succeed himself.
The election will be held in
the fire station at the city
hall on Monday, May 5.
TOWN MEETING
AT DOBSON 4TH
Citizens Will Discuss Propos
ed Bond Election For
Water, Sewage System
WILL HEAR ENGINEER
A second town meeting of Dob
son citizens will be held at 7:30
tomorrow night, April 4, in the
court house to discuss the propos
ed bond election for municipal
water and sewage facilities.
A consultant engineer from Dix
on and Stillwell, Charlotte engi
neering firm, will present the com
pleted plans for the water system
and tentative estimates for the
sewage disposal facilities.
Mayor Frank Freeman stated
that the election on a bond issue
to finance the $73,000 water sys
tem would definitely be held, and
the meeting tomorrow night will
determine whether Dobson citizens
wish to include funds for the sew
age disposal facilities.
A meeting was held last Friday
night relative to the proposed elec
tion, but detailed information on
engineering costs was lacking and
no conclusive decisions were reach
ed. According to Mayor Freeman,
however, the consensus of opinion
among those present seemed to be
that funds for both the water and
sewage projects should be included
in the bond issue.
To Present Colors
At Clingman School
There will be a presentation of
National Colors a t Clingman
school, Sunday, April 13, at 2 p. m.
The program will be sponsored by
Dcnnyvillc Woodmen of the World
Camp No. 806.
S. O. Maguire of Elkin will de
liver the address and Boy Scout
Troop No. 91 of Ronda will assist
in the program.
Chinese tallow trees, found in
the U. S. from South Carolina to
Southern Texas, are ornamental
shade trees, which have no known
insect enemies and whose foliage
not even goats will eat.
BUILDING FUND
TO $20,000.00
Promissory Notes Totaling
That Amount Have Been
Signed To Date
$24,000 IS REQUIRED
A total of $20,000 in promissory
notes, to be used as collateral for
a loan to finance the proposed ag
ricultural exposition building, had
been signed up to Wednesday
noon, according to E. W. Mc
Daniel, chairman of the drive.
With $24,000 in notes require^
to back the estimated $18,000 loan
$4,000 remain to be collected. Mr,
McDaniel stated that his commit
tee expected to complete the drive
next week.
T. F. Cooley and Russell Bur
cham are other members of the
exposition committee which is
asking Elkin business men to sign
promissory notes in $100 denom
inations for the loan to finance
the building.
The proposed exposition build
ing is the third phase of a threer
point park program that includes
development of the high school
athletic field and the elementary
school playground. Funds for the
two latter projects are already
available.
EASTER SUNRISE
SERVICES HERE
Will Be Held In Both Elkin
And Jonesvillc Cemeteries
At 6:10 A. M.
ALL WILL TAKE PART
Easter sunrise services will lx
held in both the Elkin and Jones
villc cemeteries, R. J. Hogan, sec
retary of the ministerial associa
tion of this area, has announced
Services will begin promptly at
6:10 a. m., and choirs from the
combined churches will have
charge of the music.
The program at the Hollywooc
cemetery will consist of the invo
cation by J. C. Gwaltney; music
Ralph Ritchie: scripture, Joseph
C. Brown: prayer, J. L. Powers;
message, Robert G. Tuttle; anc
benediction, Howard J. Ford.
C. Francis Noble, pastor of the
Pentecostal Holiness Church, will
deliver the message at the Jones
ville sunrise service. The music
will be in charge of Arthur Mar
tin: scripture, C. Marvin Boggs:
prayer, Clifford Vestal; and bene
diction, R. J. Hogan.
The churches in the association
extend a cordial invitation to the
public to attend the service closest
to them Easter morning.
Musical Program At
Pleasant Hill 10th
A musical program will be pre
sented Thursday night, April 10
at 7:30 p. m„ at Pleasant Hit
School. xTbc program will feature
home talent. The Men’s Chorus ol
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church wil
participate and several quartettes
and trios will appear.
FARM WOMEN TO
HOLD ALL - DAY
PROGRAM HERE
Will Represent Surry, Wilkes
And Yadkin Counties
YMCA ON APRIL 22ND
Dr. Jane S. McKimmon,
Pioneer Leader In Home
Demonstration, Speaker
KIWANIS CLUB SPONSOR
Dr. Jane S. McKimmon, pioneer
leader of home demonstration
work in North Carolina, will be the
principal speaker at an all-day
program for farm women of Sur
ry, Wilkes and Yadkin counties
in the Gilvin Roth YMCA here
April 22.
Miss Iris Davenport, Woman’s
Editor of The Southern Agricul
turist, will speak to the afternoon
session following Dr. McKimmon's
luncheon address.
The event is the first of its kind
to be staged in this area, and large
delegations of home demonstra
tion club members from the three
counties are expected to attend.
Sponsored by the Elkin Kiwanis
Club, the program will feature
speeches by home demonstration
leaders and Extension Service
specialists on topics relating to
farm life.
The program will get under way
at 10 a. m. Mayor Garland John
son will welcome the women to the
meeting in behalf of Kiwanians,
and Mrs. A. T. Whittington, chair
man of Wilkes county home de
monstration clubs, will give the
response. A. C. Kimrey, Exten
sion specialist in dairying will
discuss “Production of Clean Milk
for the Home,” and John Harris,
landscaping specialist of the Ex
tension Service, will speak on
"Beautifying Home Grounds.”
Lunch will be served from 12:30
until 2 p. m., following which Dr.
McKimmon will address the group.
She will be introduced by Mrs.
Foy Norman, president of Yadkin
county home demonstration clubs.
Miss Verna Stanton, assistant
state home demonstration agent,
will introduce Miss Davenport at
the afternoon meeting. Her topic
will be “Distinctive Dress.”
Mrs. P. N. Taylor, president of
the Surry county home demon
stration council, will preside on
the program.
Surry county’s home demon
stration agent, Mrs. Grace Pope
Brown, is largely responsible for
carrrying out the work of plan
ning the program and arranging
invitations. The event is pattern
ed somewhat after the Farmer’s
Day programs held in Elkin each
Spring and will probably become
an annual affair.
The theme of the program will
be the slogan of home demonstra
tion clubs, “Today’s Home Builds
Tomorrow’s World.” The official
name for the event is the “Spring
Festival of Home Denlonstration
Clubs.”
Wilkes Pair Charged
With Operating Still
Possessing and operating an un
registered still was charged against
Burnett Cheek and Charlie E.
Cox, Wilkes County, in arrests re
ported yesterday by the office of
Marshall Edncy Ridge, at Greens
boro.
Taken before Ralph Davis, com
missioner at Wilkesboro, the two
were committed to Yadkin County
jail at Yadkinville in default of
$500 bond each and will be tried
at the May term of District Court
of Wilkesboro.
The marshal's office also report
ed that B. R. Burke, escaped pris
oner from the United States Pub
lic Health Institution at Lexing
ton, Ky., was arrested in Mount
Airy Saturday and is now being
held in Yadkin County jail pend
ing orders for his removal.
Two books in the Bible arc
named for women, 37 for men.
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