ELKIN
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VOL. No. XXXV No. 20
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1947
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20 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS
Mayor Tells Of
.Many Problems
Facing Board
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Shortages Of
Equipment Are
Major Plague
In an interview on city affairs
-^Tuesday afternoon, Mayor Gar
land Johnson stated that Elkin’s
police department would probably
have a patrol car “within 90 days.”
Prevailing high prices and the
inability of automobile manufact
urers to meet demands for new
cars have handicapped efforts of
city officials to obtain the police
car, Mayor Johnson said.
Local officers have been travel
ing on foot, or using their own
automobiles, since the police car
was sold at auction several months
ago. Mayor Johnson explained
that the old car was in need of re
^ pairs, and that it was decided to
sell the car while it would bring a
good price and in order to avoid
large repair bills. Efforts have
been made to purchase a replace
ment in several other cities as
well as through local dealers,
Mayor Johnson asserted.
Bids have also been requested
on two new trucks for the street
and water departments, according
4 to the mayor, but again the pro
duction lag in the automobile in
dustry has hampered efforts to
procure new equipment. It is ex
pected that new vehicles to replace
the present trucks will be pur
chased as soon as they are avail
able.
In connection with requests for
extension of the water system,
Mayor Johnson said that material
shortages were responsible for de
lays in providing more adequate
facilities. Water piping at reason
able prices has been available only
Pin small quantities, he declared.
As for Elkin streets, which have
been described as untidy, Mayor
Johnson said that a policy of
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, SURRY FARMERS
TO HEAR FLOYD
County-Wide Meeting At
Courthouse In Dobson To
night At 7 :JJ0 o’clock
SEEK TO END DRIVE
E. Y. Floyd, director of the Plant
Food Institute of North Carolina
and Virginia and a former execu
tive officer for AAA, will speak at
a county-wide meeting of farmers
in the Dobson court house at 7:30 ,
tonight (Thursday).
Efforts will be made to conclude
the drive in Surry county to raise
* $1,399.62 for Tobacco Associates,
Inc. C. D. Smith, of Dobson,
treasurer of the campaign, said
that approximately half the quota
for Surry tobacco growers had
been contributed, and it is hoped
that the remainder can be raised
tonight. The tobacco growers’
quota for the entire state was $35,
000 and most of this amount has
been raised. The drive in Surry
county has been delayed due to
recent snows and unfavorable
weather conditions.
Mr. Floyd was North Carolina's
first tobacco extension specialist
and is expected to present an in
Ateresting discussion on Tobacco
* Associates, Inc., a noon-profit or
ganization designed to promote
export markets for flue-cured to
bacco.
Workers in the drive are urged
to be present with reports on their
phases of the campaign.
Wilhelm Bound Over
For Manslaughter
t
At a hearing before Justice of i
the Peace C. A. McNeil Monday .
morning, Hanford O. Wilflelm was
bound over to the April term of '
superior court on charges of man- j
slaughter in connection with the ;
( accidental death of Dorothy Mae
" Cave here in January.
According to officers who in- 1
vestigated the accident, the late
Miss Cave suffered fatal injuries 1
when the automobile in which she ;
and Wilhelm were riding failed to
make a curve on North Bridge 1
^Street and, crashed into a stone 1
wall on the opposite side of the
street.
Wilhelm waived evidence at the <
hearing and was bound over under
$1,000 bond. i
4.
Tribune Is To
Publish Photos
Of Brides
Effective May 1st The Tri
bune will begin publishing pic
tures of brides in its society
columns.
With the inauguration of
this feature some rules will be
necessary and will be explained
to interested parties who call at
our office. As is customary with
other leading weekly and semi
weekly newspapers in North
Carolina, no charge will be
made for space but the actual
cost of the cut will be charged.
This is due to the fact that we
do not have an engraving plant
as do larger daily papers. Pic
tures for publication should be
brought to our office not later
than 2 p. m. on Friday before
publication in the following is
sue on Thursday. We urgently
request that these photos be
filed with us immediately after
the wedding or marriage an
nouncement as they are of no
news value unless published im
mediately.
Your cooperation will be ap
preciated and we feel sure that
this will be a valuable added
feature to your home news
paper.
MANY CASES ON
SURRY DOCKET
Over 100 Are Scheduled For
Trial At April Term At
Dobson, Starting 21st
TWO MURDER CHARGES
More than 100 cases are sched
uled for trial at the April term of
Surry county superior court which
convenes in Dobson Monday,
April 21, with Judge Allen H.
Gwyn of Reidsville presiding.
Robert L. Jessup, Mount Airy
man charged with the fatal shoot
ing of Roy Towe near the Bunker
Woods service station on March
15, is listed an the court calendar
for trial Monday. It will be the
second time Jessup has faced a
murder charge in Surry county
court. He was sentenced to serve
15 to 20 years in the state prison
after being convicted of shooting
and killing Faye Seay in 1936, but
was released on parole after serv
ing a little more than two years
of the term.
A second murder trial scheduled
for Monday involves Mrs. Lavora
Marion Wood, Crutchfield woman
who allegedly killed her estranged
husband, Harvey G. Wood, with a
pistol shot as he was attempting
to gain entrance to their home on
January 5. Mrs. Wood is at lib
erty under $2,000 bond pending
her trial.
HOME TALENT
PLAY TONIGHT
“Cornzapoppin” To Be Shown
At State Theatre; Friday
Show At School
GENE HALL TO EMCEE
Curtain for the first of two
showings of the stage play, ••Corn
zapoppin,” featuring local talent,
will go up tonight (Thursday) at
8:13 o'clock at the State theatre.
The second show will be held at
the Elkin Elementary school Fri
day night.
Musical selections, solos, and
specialty numbers will intervene
between the three-act comedy.
Misses Peggy Lincberry and Mil
dred Freeman will render solo
selections, and Mr. and Mrs. Her
man Layne will entertain with a
waltz. Chorus numbers composed
of elementary and high school
girls will also intervene.
Gene Hall will act as master of
ceremonies at the performance,
sponsored by the Elkin Junior
Woman’s club for the benefit of
the local schools. Music will be
furnished by the Jug Town band.
The baby popularity contest, re
vealing Mr. and Mrs. Elkin, will
close Friday at 4:30, and winners
will be announced at the final
showing.
FESTIVAL PLANNERS — Mrs. Grace Pope Brown, above left,
Surry county’s home demonstration agent, and her assistant, Mrs.
Bess G. Davenport, right, have played leading roles in preparing for
the “Spring Festival of Home Demonstration Clubs” to be held in the
YMCA here nfext Tuesday. Mrs. Brown is serving her tenth year as
Surry s home agent. Mrs. Davenport accepted the position as as
sistant agent in 1944.
SORRY AGENTS
PLAY BIG PART
Mrs. Grace Pope Brown And
Assistant, Mrs. Davenport,
Deserve Credit
DEMONSTRATION MEET
With a program featuring out
standing speakers and an expected
attendance of more than 300 farm
women from Surry, Wilkes and
Yadkin counties, the “Spring Fes
tival of Home Demonstration
Clubs’’ to be held here Tuesday is
virtually assured of overwhelming
success.
That achievement will be large
ly due to the efforts of Mrs. Grace
Pope Brown, Surry county’s home
demonstration agent, and her as
sistant, Mrs. Bess G. Davenport.
They have spent long hours of be
hind-the-scenes planning in pre
paration for the event. Program
planning, preparing invitations,
contacting farm women, and hun
dreds of details have required
their constant attention.
Mrs. Brown will complete her
tenth year as Surry's home agent
next January. Prior to accepting
her present position, she was en
gaged in home demonstration
work in Hertford county. She is
a graduate of Peabody College in
Nashville, Tenn., where she maj
ored in home economics. Before
entering home demonstration
work she taught home economics
in the schools of her native Pikes
ville, Tenn. Mrs. Brown is a mem
ber of Epsilon Sigma Phi, honor
ary extension fraternity whose
membership is limited to those
who have spent 10 years or more
in home demonstration work.
Mrs. Davenport is a graduate of
Elon College. Following her grad
uation she taught home economics
at Stokes, Pitt County, N. C., for
three years. She accepted the
position af assistant home agent
for Surry county in the Spring of
1944.
WILL PRESENT
OPERETTA HERE
Everyone Interested In Music
Urged To Take Part In
“Trial By Jury”
BAIR IS TO DIRECT
Plans were made here at a
meeting at the YMCA last week to
stage the Gilbert and Sullivan op
eretta “Trial by Jury” under the
direction of Clifford Bair, widely
known voice teacher of Winston
Salem, and formerly in charge of
the voice department at Salem
College.
First rehearsal for the operetta
will be staged at the YMCA next
Tuesday night, and an invitation
has been extended to everyone
who is interested in music to take
part. Including the principal
characters, which will be selected
by Mr. Bair, the jury, wedding at
tendants and spectators, a cast of
about 40 people will be needed.
Members of the Elkin Methodist
Church choir, the Baptist Church
choirs, and other choirs of this
community are urged to attend
the rehearsal next Tuesday and
take part in the production. Mem
bers of Elkin high school glee
club, which has made a very fav
orable reputation under the di
rection of Miss Adelaide Bunker,
director, are also urged to take
part in the production.
Mr. Bair will be in full charge
of the operetta, which will be
staged the latter part of June with
adequate stage settings and cos
tumes. The entire cast and chor
uses are to be made up of local
musical talent.
Ordinance Of
New Zones Is
Now In Effect
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The recently-adopted amend
ment to Elkin’s zoning ordi
nance, which adds three new
areas to the restricted list, is
now in full force and effect, ac
cording to City Clerk Dixie Gra
ham.
No opposition to the plan
was presented at the public
hearing held in the city hall
Monday night relative to the
zoning amendment, Mr. Gra
ham said, and the measure be
comes effective immediately.
The original zoning ordi
nance was enacted July 17,
1939. The new areas added by
the amendment arc on Haw
throne Road, Oakland Drive
and Highway Number 268. The
ordinance provides that no
buildings other than “dwellings,
dwelling houses, apartments,
apartment houses, rooming
houses or hotels” shall be con
structed in the areas zoned.
LADDS GROUP
FORCONTEST
Soil Conservation Head
Praises Bankers For
Sponsoring Event
WORTHWHILE PROGRAM
W. Herbert White, president of
the North Carolina Association of
Soil Conservation District Super
visors, has high praise for the
North Carolina Bankers Associa
tion which sponsored tire recent
soil conservation speaking contest.
“Because of the contest at least
half a mallion of our citizens in
all walks of life know more about
conservation of ‘soil and mois
ture,” Mr. White said. “Nothing
has happened since the passage of
the North Carolina Soil Conser
vation and Districts Law in 1937
which will mean as much to the
future welfare of our people as
this backing we are getting from
the bankers.”
The state finals of the contest
were held in the YMCA here April
3. It was started in 1946 with 10
counties participating. This year
45 counties were eligible to com
pete, and plans arc under way for
a state-wide contest next year.
Mr. White termed the cost of
the contest to North Carolina
bankers—about $500—an invest
ment "in the land.” He declared
that “dividends will continue to
come from this investment as long
as we have people in this state
who eat and wear clothes.”
As a result of the contest, Mr.
White said, “citizens know more
about how wealth starts on the
land and how every one pays the
bill when soil is washed from our
fields.”
"Time is running out on us,”
Mr. White asserted. “We have
been ‘fiddling while Rome burns.’
I think the bankers have started
something more than worthwhile.”
Expect Triple Super
Phosphate At Dobson
The county agent’s office at
Dobson is expecting a car load of
triple super phosphate which will 1
be used to demonstrate the value 1
of high analysis phosphate on
permanent pastures and hay crops,
according to County Agent Neill
M. Smith.
The TVA at Knoxville, Tenn., is 1
providing the fertilizer, which is 1
sa;d to be three times as strong 1
as ordinary phosphate, for de- 1
inonstration purposes. Thirty-six
areas in Surry county will be in- :
eluded in the demonstrations, Mr. 1
Smith said. i
300 Farm Women Of Surry And
Neighboring Counties Are To
Attend Special Program Here
$200,000 FOR
LOCAL SCHOOLS
If Voters Approve Bond Issue
To Finance Project
In Surry County
PETITIONS CIRCULATED
Elkin’s school system will be al
lotted $200,000 in a proposed mil
lion dollar school building pro
gram in Surry county if voters ap
prove a bond issue to finance the
project.
County officials have agreed to
call an election if 15 per cent of
the voters indicate a desire for the
proposed issue, and petitions re
questing the bond elections are
being circulated this week
throughout the various townships.
It was reported yesterday that the
required number of signatures
would probably be obtained within
the next few days.
According to Superintendent of
Schools John W. Comer, the coun
ty can issue $1,000,000 in bonds
for school purposes without rais
ing the present tax rate of $1.
The Mount Airy city schools
would get $400,000 of the $1,000,
000 issue, and $270,000 would be
expended on school buildings at
Copeland, Beulah, Flat Rock and
White Plains. A total of $110,000
would be apportioned to Dobson,
Mountain Park, Beulah, White
Plains, Franklin, Flat Rock, Pilot
Mountain and Copeland for the
construction of agricultural build
ings. Another $110,000 would go
for additions to school buildings
at Franklin, Pilot Mountain, West
field and Mountain Park. With
$100,000 in the county treasury,
the total building program would
involve an expenditure of $1,100,
000.
WILL SELECT
LEGION QUEEN
Some Lucky Girl To Be Nam
ed “Miss North Carolina
American Legion”
BETWEEN 18 AND 28
Wilmington, April 15. — Some
lucky Tar Heel Miss will be crown
ed “Miss North Carolina American
Legion’’ during the state conven
tion of American Legion Posts
scheduled to be held at Carolina
Beach June 14, 15, 16 and 17, it
was announced here today by W.
L. Farmer, Carolina Beach, con
vention chairman. ,
The Legion queen, to be chosen
for personality and beauty of face
and form, will be selected during
a beauty contest to be staged at
Carolina Beach on Sunday, June
15, under auspices of the Carolina
Beach post .
All American Legion posts
throughout North Carolina are
being invited by Farmer to spon
sor local beauty contests in order
to have an entrant selected before
June 1 for the state competition.
Winner of the state contest,
along with two runners-up, will
be guests of the Carolina Beach
post for an all-expense-paid
week's vacation at that resort
anytime during the summer. In
addition, the top three contestants
will receive clothes, accessories,
and other merchandise.
To be eligible for competition,
a girl must be unmarried and must
have reached her 18th birthday by
June 1, and must not have passed
nor 28th birthday by that date.
Dobson Men Confer
About Bond Issue
Dobson's Mayor Frank Free
man, J. Herman Coe and Edwin E.
Reid went to Raleigh yesterday to
;onfer with W. Ewart Easterling,
secretary of the local government
commission, on the proposed bond
ssue to finance water and sewage
iisposal systems in Dobson.
If the projects are approved by
Dobson voters, the bonds will be
sold through, the local government
commission. An estimated $123,
)00 will be required to finance the
wo projects.
Dobson’s governing body is
scheduled to set a date for the
>ond election at a meeting next
reek.
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SPEAKERS ON SPRING FESTIVAL PROGRAM — The four prin
cipal speakers for the “Spring Festival of Home Demonstration
Clubs” to be held in the YMCA here next Tuesday are shown above.
At the upper left is Dr. Jane S. McKimmon, pioneer in home dem
onstration work and nationally-recognized authority in her field.
She will deliver the luncheon address. Miss Iris Davenport, upper
right, will speak at the afternoon session. She is Woman’s Depart
ment editor of The Southern Agriculturist and a widely-known
speaker. A. C. Kimrcy, lower left, dairy specialist of the extension
service, and John H. Harris, right, extension specialist in land
scaping, will speak at the morning session.
Seize 100-Gallon
Still In Bryan
Sheriff Sam Patterson and his
deputies seized a 100-gallon still
in Bryan township this week, but
no arrests were made. Officers
are searching the area for the op
erator of the still.
According to the sheriff, the
raid yielded 1,250 gallons of mash.
The still was reportedly located
near the home of Bob Pierce.
FUCITIVEIS
BROUGHTBACK
Long Arm Of The Law
Reaches Into Deadwood,
S. D., For Fred Murphy
IS RETURNED BY PLANE
The long arm of the law reach
ed out to South Dakota last week
to bring back Fred Murphy, 45, a
fugitive from justice who is want
ed in Surry and Alleghany coun
ties on several charges.
Surry county’s Sheriff Sam C.
Patterson and D. G. Richardson,
sheriff of Alleghany county ar
rived in Mount Airy Saturday by
plane from Deadwood, S. D., bring
ing Murphy with them. The
sheriffs made the trip to Dead
wood by train, and chartered a
plane for the return trip.
Murphy, a former resident of a
community on the Skyline Drive
pear Lowgap, was arrested last
winter in Sparta, where he broke
jail in December. His whereabouts
since then were a mystery until
recently when he visited relatives
in this section. Surry county
authorities received information
that he had gone to South Dakota,
where they had officers arrest
him.
The sheriffs left Mount Airy a
week ago last Saturday by train
to get their man. They started on
the return trip last Friday morn
ing. The party spent Friday night
in Springfield, 111., and continued
to Mount Airy the next day.
Surry and Alleghany counties
will share the expense of having 1
Murphy brought back, since both I
sheriffs have charges to prefer I
against him. He is charged with I
breaking and entering and other 1
[aw violations.
A representative in the U. S, I
Bouse must be more than 24 years i
ild. i
CARTER TO BE
CLUB SPEAKER
Kiwanians Entertained At
Meeting Last Thursday
By School Glee Club
PRESENT FINE PROGRAM
Rev. Joe Carter, pastor the First
Presbyterian Church of Newton,
and a former pastor of the Elkin
Presbyterian Church, will be guest
speaker at the meeting of the
Elkin Kiwanis Club at the YMCA
this evening (Thursday), at 6:30.
Rev. Mr. Carter is said to be a
gifted speaker and his talk is
expected to be highly entertain
ing. The program wil be in charge
of Kiwanian Walter Combs.
At last week’s meeting the club
was entertained by the Elkin high
school glee club, under the direc
tion of Miss Adelaide Bunker. This
group of singers, following the
supper at which they were guests
of the Kiwanians, presented a pro
gram that was thoroughly enjoy
ed, including a number by the
boys’ chorus. The program was
arranged by Kiwanian Sam Boose.
FLOOD CONTROL
HEARING SOON
Congressional Session May
Begin “A bout The
Last Of April”
FUNDS ARE AUTHORIZED
A congressional ‘hearing on the
Yadkin river flood control project
wiir probably begin "about the last
of April,” according to a spokes
man for the House appropriations
committee. Hearings on the Yad
tin plan, and similar projects else
where, were originally scheduled
[or last month but were postponed
[or undetermined reasons.
An expenditure of $7,194,000 for
he construction of four dams on
he Yadkin above North Wilkes
)oro has already been authorized,
>ut the funds must be approved by
he Appropriations committee be
ore the project can be started.
Loans by the Rural Electrifica
ion Administration to 1,011 bor
owers have reached a total of a
lilliou dollars.
Festival Home
Demonstration
Clubs Tuesday
Invitations have been extended
to more than 300 farm women of
Surry, Yadkin and Wilkes coun
ties for the “Spring Festival of
Home Demonstration Clubs” to be
held in the Gilvin Roth YMCA
here Tuesday, April 22.
Dr. Jane S. McKimmon of Ra
leigh, nationally-recognized leader
in home demonstration work, will
be the principal speaker at the all
day program. She will deliver a
luncheon address on the “Magic
of Good Speech” following morn
ing session talks by specialists of
the extension service of N. C.
State College.
The program is scheduled to
start at 10 a. m., with Mrs. P. N.
Taylor, president of the Surry
county home demonstration coun
cil, presiding. Mayor Garland
Johnson will welcome the farm
women to the meeting, the first
of its kind ever held in western
North Carolina.
Speakers on the morning pro
gram are John H. Harris, exten
sion specialist in landscaping, and
A. C. Kimrcy, dairy specialist of
the extension service. Mr. Harris
will speak on “Beautifying Home
Grounds,” and Mr. Kimrey will
discuss “Production of Clean Milk
for the Home.”
Lunch will be served at 12
o’clock, following which Mrs. Foy
Norman, president of Yadkin
county home demonstration clubs,
will introduce Dr. McKimmon.
Miss Iris Davenport, Woman’s
Department Editor of Southern
Agriculturist, will speak at the
afternoon meeting on “Distinctive
Dress.” She will be introduced by
Miss Verna Stanton, assistant
state home demonstration agent.
The event is being financed by
Elkin merchants and business men
under the sponsorship of the Elkin
Kiwanis Club. Mrs. Grace Pope
Brown, Surry county home dem
onstration agent, and her assist
ant, Mrs. Bess G. Davenport, are
responsible for the program, which
is expected to be highly interest
ing to home demonstration club
members from the three counties.
MUSIC PROGRAM
PLANNED HERE
Will Feature Choral Groups
And Soloists From
Forsyth County
Y. M. C. A. ON MAY 6TH
A music program featuring
choral groups and soloists directed
by Winston-Salem’s Grady Miller
will be held in the Gilvin Roth
YMCA here on May 6 under the
joint sponsorship of Jonesvillc and
Elkin civic, business and veterans’
organizations.
A 40-voice female chorus, the
“Maids of Melody,” and a similar
male group, the “Forsyth Singers,”
will be the leading performers on
the program, which is being held
i n conjunction with National
Music Week.
Rev. Ralph Ritchie, pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church, is
chairman of the program, and
Watt Deal, Jonesville school prin-’
cipal, has been appointed as vice
chairman.
Russell Burcham is chairman of
the publicity and program com
mittee. He will be assisted by
Mary Idelia Benson and Mrs. C.
R. Rary.
Tickets at 25 cents for adults
and 10 cents for students will go
on sale this week-end. Clyde
Cothren, Kemp Reece, Mrs. Harry
Henderson and Mrs. James Young
comprise the finance and ticket
committee.
Decoration for the event will be
planned by Erline Mayberry, Mrs.
Jack Caudill and Mrs. R. G. Boles.
Mrs. Harry L. Johnson. Mrs. J. W.
L. Benson and Mrs. W. L. Hines
have been appointed to serve on a
gift committee.
Mrs. George Royall is chairman
of the reception committee and
will be assisted by Ola Crowder
and J. H. Beeson.
Walter Burgiss wil have charge
of sound equipment.
U. S. meat production under
Federal inspection for the week
ending March 8, totaled 296 mil
lion pounds, according to the U. S.
Department of Agriculture.