ELKIN
The Best Little Town In
North Carolina
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ELKIN
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VOL. No. XXXV No. 21
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1947
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Cancer Drive
»To Begin Here
On April 25th
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Will Ask Quota
Of $1,000; Lions
Club Is Sponsor
A campaign to raise funds in
tne fight against cancer will get
nder way here tomorrow, April
25, under the sponsorship of the
Elkin Lions Club. A minimum of
$1,000 has been set as Elkin's
quota, according to Lion Presi
dent Jack Caudill.
Glenn Lewis has been appoint
ed chairman of the drive. Busi
ness and residential districts will
be canvassed in an effort to con
clude the campaign by May 1.
Persons not contacted are request
ed to mail their contributions to
Mr. Lewis at the post office.
The Lucy Hanes Chatham
^Clubs number one and two will
direct the drive at Chatham Man
ufacturing Company.
Mr. Caudill urged that citizens
respond generously to the appeal
for funds. The money will be
used primarily for research in an
effort to determine the cause and
cure of the deadly disease. Funds
will also be expended in an educa
tional program designed to ac
< -Quaint the public with the early
symptoms of cancer, since most
cases are curable if treated early.
Governor Cherry recently is
sued a proclamation designating
April as Cancer Control Month,
and asked the state to cooperate
Vib the fight against the disease
which takes thousands of lives
yearly.
W. A. WHITE IS
• GAME WARDEN
fyisk Man Is Appointed For
District Nine, Which In
/ eludes Surry County
LICENSE ARE ON SALE
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William A. White, of Rusk, has
been appointed District Fish and
Game Protector for district nine,
which includes Surry county, ac
cording to an announcement by
the Division of Game and Inland
Fisheries in Raleigh last week.
Mr. White said that several
streams in Surry county have been
stocked with legal size trout
(seven inches and over). He also
called attention to the fact that
persons using artificial lures are
required by law to have county or
6tatc fishing license. Persons fish
ing outside their resident counties
are required to have state license
for both casting and hook-and
line fishing.
License are on sale at the fol
*k>wing places: Surry Hardware
Company, Elkin; Register of
Deeds office, Dobson; W. E. Mer
riet Hardware Company, Mount
Airy; Lamm Drug Store, Mount
Airy; T. N. Woodruff Grocery,
Low Gap; and Smith Drug Store,
Pilot Mountain.
Fisher River, from state high
way 268 to U. S. highway. 601, has
been designated as a spacing
area and is closed to fishermen
from May J to June 30, 1947.
RONDA MAN TO
4 HEAD LEAGUE
C. E. Burchett Elected Presi
dent Of Newly Formed
Yadkin Valley Group
WATT DEAL VICE-PRES.
C. E. Burchett, of Rondal was
elected' president of the newly
formed Yadkin Valley Baseball
League at a meeting in the YMCA
here last week. Watt Deal, of
Jonesville, was named vice-presi
dent, and Jim Hcmmings, of Elk
in, was elected secretary.
Allan Jessup, of Boonvillc, A. C.
I^ckerson, of Hamptonsville, and
■f® C. Burrus, of Rockljord, were
appointed to serve with? the offi
cers on the board of directors.
Seven teams arc entered in the
league, whose season is scheduled
to open May 3. The tcrims and
their managers are: ElkSn, Jim
jkemmings;. Clingman, Prank
Johnson; Copeland, R. W. Bur
rus; Hamptonvillc, Paul Martin;
Jonesville, Ed Boles; North
Wilkesboro, Joe Johnsoii; and
Boonville, "Speedy” Brown,
Eldora Farmers
To See Slides On
Hay Production
The regular monthly meeting
of farmers of Eldora township
will be held at 7:30 tomorrow
night, April 25, in the Eldora
school, according to an an
nouncement by County Agent
Neill M. Smith.
S. N. Hawks, Jr., assistant
agent, will have charge of the
meeting and will show slides on
hay and pasture production,
and on hybrid corn-growing
methods.
REA LOAN WILL
GIVE SERVICE
Sixty-Eight Farm Homes In
Surry, Yadkin And Wilkes
To Get Electricity
APPROVE!) BY WICKARD
Sixty-eight farm homes of
Surry, Yadkin and Wilkes coun
ties will have electricity as the re
sult of a $160,000 REA loan ap
proved in Washington last week.
Part of the funds will also be used
to finance completion of delayed
projects.
The loan to the Surry-Yadkin
Electric Membership Corporation
of Dobson was approved by Ad
ministrator Claude R. Wickard
and will make possible the instal
lation ol 33 miles of power lines
to serve 68 additional farms.
The Surry-Yadkin co-operative
has $1,264,000 to its credit, not in
cluding the latest loan, and has
financed 1,117 miles of service
lines to electrify 3,608 farms in
this area.
The loan is the twelfth made to
the co-operative, of which J. A.
Tilley of Dobson is president.
ELKS DEFEAT
SPARTA 10-1
Pound Out 12 Safeties To
Snow Under Team From
Across Mountains
YADKINVILLE TODAY
Elkin high school's Bucking Elks
turned back the Sparta baseball
nine, 10-i, last Friday afternoon
in Sparta.
The Elks pounded out 12 safe
ties with Coney Couch, Bob Har
ris, S. Adams, and K. Adams each
turning in two-base hits. One
Sparta pitcher gave up six hits in
the third inning that clinched the
victory for Elkin.
Short stop Bob Harris led the
Elk attack with three hits out of
four trips.
Bob Lawrence and Tim Chip
man had the mound dities for
Elkin in the seven-inning game.
Elkin scored eight runs in the
third inning and one each in the
first and second innings.
The Elks meet Yadkinville on
the local field this afternoon
(Thursday.)
Discussions Feature
Lions Club Meeting
A program of unrehearsed dis
cussions on questions of world
peace, the current business out
look and Christianity were pre
sented at the regular dinner meet
ing of the Lions Club in the
YMCA Monday night.
Jim Crowe, Davis Rcccc and
Fred Eidson were awarded prizes
for their discussions of the follow
ing questions, presented by Pro
gram Chairman Claude Farrell:
Will the Democracies of the world
and Soviet Russia settle their dif
ference peacefully, or is World
War 111 in the making? What is
the outlook for business? Is Chris
tianity on the wane or upgrade?
President Jack Caudill presided
at the meeting, which was attend
ed by about 40 Lions.
The American farm familj
wants better-fitting clothes that
arc colorfast and won't shrink 01
stretch, according to a recent poi:
of 52 Extension clothing special
ists.
SPRING FESTIVAL LUNCHEON SESSION — Part of the more tha n 400 home demonstration club members and visitors from Surry,
Yadkin and Wilkes counties are shown as they heard a luncheon session address by Dr. Jane S. McKimmon at the “Spring Festival of
Home Demonstration Clubs” in the Gilvin Roth YMCA here Tuesday. Elkin Kiwanians, sponsors of the program, were hosts to the farm
women. The event was made possible by contributions from Elkin business firms. —Tribune Photo.
Gasoline Truck
Damaged By Fire
A large gasoline truck of the
Pure Oil Company here was badly
damaged by fire Saturday after
noon, which gutted the interior of
the cab and did considerable dam
age to the motor.
The truck was standing near
the Pure Oil bulk plant on South
Bridge Street when the fire occur
red, and was empty at the time.
Firemen extinguished the blaze
with chemicals.
HAYESFAVORS
KEEPING BOMB
Federal Judge Tells Rowan
County Grand Jury Nation
Should Not Share Secret
CHURCHILL IS PRAISED
Salisbury, April 21. — Judge
Johnson J. Hayes at the opening
of the April term of Federal Court
here today stated to the grand
jurors that “we seem to be living
in a somewhat neurotic world and
it behooves every individual to do
his duty as an American citizen.”
“I think Winston Churchill is
one of the keenest of world’s stu
dents of government and he said
in an article recently that the
United States has taken England's
place as the leading power of the
world. However, he warned us of
the envy and jealously this power
would stir up among the nations
of the earth,” said the judge.
In this connection the judge
told the story of a man who jump
ed out the window of a sky scraper
and as he passed each open win
dow yelled to those inside “I am
safe so far.”
“I thought that World War I
would end all wars but in 25 years
we had another world war that
put the first big war in the piker
class. I thought when this war
ended we surely would have no
more wars but now it seems we
have more dissatisfaction in this
country and in the world than
ever before.
"I think we should keep the
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Dates Set For Clinics
In Surry School System
Children To Be Vaccinated Against
Whooping Cough, Other Diseases
The Surry County Health De
partment, in cooperation with the
county and city schools, will have
clinics at the various schools dur
ing the period from April 28
through May 14 to immunize
school children against diphtheria,
smallpox and whooping cough.
When a child enters school next
term, he will be required on the
part of his parents or guardians
to present to the first grade
teacher an immunization card
stating that he has been immuniz
ed against these diseases; other
wise, the child will not be enroll
ed. It is stated by the Health
Department that these immuniza
tions will not be offered in the
fall at school as heretofore. Par
ents have the privilege of bringing
their children to the preschool
clinic, to the office of the Health
Department, or taking them to
the family physician for the im
munizations.
Two doses one month apart for
the immunizations will be given.
The first dose will be given at the
preschool clinic, and the second
dose may be secured at the Health
Department a month later.
At the clinic a card will be given
to each child stating what he has
been vaccinated for. This card
must be presented at the Health
Department when the child comes
for his second dose. Children
who were vaccinated a year or
more ago against whooping cough
and diphtheria will be required to
take a booster dose again.
The pre-school clinics are as
follows;
April 28 — Rockford Street, 9
a. m. to 12 noon; Banner town, 1
p. m. to 3 p. m..
April 29 — Franklin, 9 a. m. to
12 noon; 1 p. m. to 3 p. m.
May 1 — White Plains, 9 to 12
noon; Red Brush, 12:30 p. m. to
1:15 p. m.; Qreenhill, 1:45 p. m.
to 3 p. m.
May 5 — North Main Street, 9
a. m. to 12 noon; J. J. Jones, 1 p.
m. to 3 p. m.
May 6 — Beulah, 9 a. m. to 12
noon; Lowgap, 9 a. m. to 3 p. m.
May 8 — Westfield, white, 9 a.
m. to 11 a. m.; Westfield, colored,
11 a. m. to 12 noon; Chestnut
Ridge, 1 p. m. to 2 p. m.; Elkin
Elementary, 9 a. m. to 12 noon.
May 9 — Flat Rock, 9 a. m. to
12 noon; Combstown, 1 p. m. to 2
p. m.; Sandy Level, 2 p. m. to 3
p. m.; Mountain Park, 9 a. m. to
12 noon.
May 12 — Copeland, 9 a. m. to
12 noon; Eldora, 1 p. m. to 3 p.
m.; North Elkin, 9 a. m.
May 13 — Siloam, 9 a. m. to
10:30 a. m.; Rockford, 11 a. m. to
12 noon; Shoals, 1 p. m. to 2:30 p.
m.; Shoals, Colored, 2:30 p. m. to
3 p. m.
May 14 — Pilot Mountain, 9 a.
m. to 12 noon; 1 p. m. to 1:45 p.
m.; Cooke, 2:15 p. m. to 3 p. m.;
Pilot Mountain, Colored, any Fri
day afternoon at Health Depart
ment in Pilot Mtn., 2 p. m. to 4
p. m.
Concrete Block Plant
Is Open For Business
A new manufacturer of concrete
blocks, White Bros., Concrete
Block Company, has begun opera
tion here a short distance west of
the Pure Oil bulk plant on South
Bridge Street.
The new plant, which has a
daily capacity of 2,000 blocks, is
owned and operated by N. D. and
W. F. White, who also have a
similar plant at Buck Shoals. They
are manufacturing all sizes and
designs of blocks, using only the
best of materials. The plant is
equipped with modem block mak
ing machinery.
An advertisement, located else
where in this issue, gives complete
details.
Ancient Egyptians, during the
day of the Pyramids, cultivated
the watermelon.
Search River For Yadkin Man
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Continue Hunt
For Body Of
D. W. Ireland
A search still continued late yes
terday for D. Webster Ireland, 44
ycar-old resident of the Hampton
villc community, who was drowned
late Monday afternoon in the
Yadkin River at Shallow Ford,
near Huntsville, while fishing
from the stream. *
Mr. Ireland was one of a party
of seven persons from the Hamp
tonville community who were fish
ing in the vicinity, in sight of the
Huntsville bridge, at the time of
the accident which claimed his
life in a few brief seconds.
Mr. Ireland was fishing in the
river about a hundred feet from
the shore on the Yadkin side at
the time of the tragedy. He was
following the foundation of an old
dam which had crossed the river
many years ago, and had waded
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SEEK RECOVERY OF DROWNED MAN’S BODY — Pictured
above are friends of Webster Ireland, Yadkin man who was drowned
late Monday afternoon while fishing in the Yadkin River near
Huntsville, as they load rope Into a boat preparatory to stretching
it across the river to begin grappling operations. With back to
camera is N. P. Bryant, of Yadkinville, as he feeds rope into the
boat to Tcte Dinkins, of the Forbush section. The swift water
greatly hampered operations.
—(Yadkin Ripple Photo by Rill Rutledge).
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Boys Escape Injury
In Automobile Crash
Earl Masten, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Weaver Masten, of Elk Spur
Street, and several companions
escaped Injury Sunday afternoon
when the car he was driving
which belonged to his father turn
ed over twice on the Ronda high
way near the home of Dr. Seth
M. Beale.
The car was extensively dam
aged
SURRYCOURT
IN SESSION
Approximately 30 Cases Dis
posed Of During First
Two Days Of Term
JUDGE GWYNN PRESIDES
Some 30 cases were disposed of
during the first two days of the
April term of Surry superior court
in Dobson this week.
Bill Day was convicted of reck
less driving and given a six
months suspended sentence after
entering a plea of guilty to the
charge.
Roba R. Simpson, Odell Led
better, John P. Waugh, William
C. Alexander, Howard Key, Ben
ton C. Pardue, James M. Staley
and James Walter Billings were
each found guilty of operating
automobiles under the influence
of liquor and were fined $50 each
plus costs. Six-months road sen
tences for the men were suspend
ed for three years on good be
havior, with the condition that
they refrain from operating ve
hicles on the public highways for
18 months.
Similar judgments were handed
down by Allen H. Gwyn, presiding
judge, for Claude A. Cockerham,
convicted of reckless driving, and
Robert Clay Walker, who was
found guilty on charges of opera
ting a car under the influence of
liquor and reckless driving.
Tommy Johnson was sentenced
to serve two years in the state
prison on conviction of larceny.
Doretha Isabelle Clark was
found guilty on nine forgery
charges and sentenced to a total
of 28 months in the county jail.
I Sixteen months of the sentence
were suspended on good behavior,
however. She was also ordered to
refund certain sums to several
stores in connection with the for
gery charges.
Prayer for judgment in the case
of Chester Bowman, charged with
violating probation, was continued
until the September term of court.
Judgment for Bertie Pruitte,
charged with operating a slot ma
chine, was also continued.
Grover Whitt was given a three
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Hiliary P. Butcher
Found Dead In Bed
Hiliary P. Butcher, 63, of Dob
son, was found dead in bed early
Tuesday morning. He died pre
sumably of a heart attack.
Surviving Mr. Butcher are the
widow, Mrs. Clcllic Wood Butcher;
two sons, Connie Butcher of Dob
son and Corbett Butcher of Low
gap; four daughter, Mrs. James
W. Bailey of Albemarle, and Mrs.
Seri Caudle, Mrs. Fred Finley, and
Miss Ruth Butcher, all of Wins
ton-Salem.
Funeral arrangements were un
obtainable Wednesday afternoon
when tire Tribune went to press.
Over 400 farm
Women Present
At Meet Here
Terrific Hail
Strikes Yadkin
County Tuesday
A sharp drop in temperature
was felt in Elkin and vicinity
Tuesday following: a small
cloudburst Monday that cen
tered in the Boonville area.
Large hailstones fell between
Boonville and East Bend, it was
reported, and high winds ac
companied the storm.
The highway east of Boon
ville was covered with water to
a depth of 15 inches for a short
while.
ALBEMARLE MEN
VISITORS HERE
Delegation Entertained At
Luncheon At YMCA;
Sought Information
ON FARM DAY EVENTS
Neill M. Smith, Surry county
farm agent, was principal speak
er at a luncheon in the Oilvin
Roth YMCA here last Friday when
Elkin business men were hosts to
a delegation of Albemarle business
leaders.
The Albemarle Chamber of
Commerce is planning to stage a
farmers’ day similar to the annual
Farmers’ Day Program held in
Elkin under sponsorship of the
Kiwanis Club, and the purpose of
the delegation's visit was to learn
how Elkin leaders conduct the
event.
County Agent Smith explained
how Elkin planned its Farmers’
Program, Fat Stock Show and
Farm Woman’s Day, which are
annual affairs here.
Mayor Garland Johnson presid
ed at the luncheon session.
Prior to the luncheon, the Albe
marle group was conducted on a
visit to the Klondike Farm north
of Elkin.
Gus Moose, president of the
Albemarle Chamher of Commerce,
headed the visiting delegation.
Others in the group were James
W. Dixon, secretary of the organi
zation, C. B. Miller, George Mc
Manus, Ned Gibbs, Keith Almond,
Horace Bowers, George A. Hughes,
A. A. Furr, Cecil Lowder, Howard
Singletary and John B. Harris.
62,000 ENROLL
FOR TRAINING
These Veterans of North Car
olina Take Advantage Of
Government’s Program
STATISTICS ARE GIVEN
Continued increases i n the
number of North Carolina veterans
enrolled for education or training
under the O. I. Bill and Vocational
Rehabilitation act have brought
the total to almost 62,000, the
North Wilkesboro Veterans Ad
ministration office reported today.
At the beginning of April, ac
cording to VA regional headquar
ters in Winston-Salem, there were
56,627 veterans training in the
state under provisions of Public
Law 346, popularly known as the
"G. I. Bill.” Of these, 39,384 were
in college, school, farm or other
institutional training programs
and 17,243 were engaged in ap
proved types of job-training.
Disabled veterans, training un
der Public Law 16, numbered 2,210
in educational and other institu
tional pursuits and 2,677 in job
training.
The office revealed that pay
ments'in 40,183 disability pension
or compensation cases were being
made as the month started. Pur
chase of 56 more automobiles for
amputee veterans was certified for
payment during ^Jarch; under a
special law, 354, North Carolina
veterans have already been de
clared eligible to get vehicles at
government expense.
During March, applications
were received from nearly 7,000
veterans who desire to enter either
institutional or job training.
In 1898 Birmingham, Ala., was
said to be the third iron shipping
point in the world.
Dr. McKimmon
Addresses Group
At Lunch Session
Dr. Jane S. McKimmon, na
tionally-prominent leader in home
demonstration work, addressed a
luncheon session of more than 400
farm women of Surry, Yadkin and
Wilkes counties in the Gilvin Roth
YMCA here Tuesday to highlight
the first “Spring Festival of H«me
Demonstration Clubs” ever staged
in this section.
Addressing the group on the
“Magic of Good Speech,” Dr. Mc
Kimmon declared that the ability
to speak well was one of the first
marks of a cultured personality.
Terming speech one of the tools
of her trade, she praised the work
of her college teacher in drilling
her on elocution. She advocated
consistent practice as a means of
improving poor speech.
Dr. McKimmon asserted that
the Festival was “significant of a
fine county and a hustling little
town.”
Miss Iris Davenport, Woman’s
Editor of The Southern Agricul
turist, spoke at the afternoon
meeting on “Distinctive Dress.”
She stressed the importance of at
tractiveness in one’s dress, assert
ing that outward appearance was
an advance agent in meeting peo
ple. "A person is neurotic who
does not wish to be attractive,”
Miss Davenport declared.
John H. Harris, extension spe
cialist in landscaping, and A. C.
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FOLGER VOTES
' AGAINST BILL
He And Rep. Cooley Only Two
Of State Delegation
Against Labor Measure
AIMED AGAINST STRIKES
John H. Folger. of Mount Airy,
and Harold D. Cooley, of Nash
ville, were the only two of North
Carolina’s 12 House members to
vote against the Omnibus Labor
Bill which passed the House of
Representatives last week by a
vote of 308 to 107.
“The bill had some good
features in it,’’ Mr. Folger was
quoted as saying, “but, as one
fellow expressed it, they wanted
us to take a rotten apple to get
one thing that was good.’’
The measure would curb indus
try-wide bargaining, ban the clos
ed shop, outlaw jurisdictional
strikes and secondary boycotts,
and make unions liable for “un
fair” labor practices along with
employers. Court injunctions
could also be obtained to stave off
serious strikes.
The bill met considerable oppo
sition in the Senate, where debate
on a milder labor measure was
scheduled to begin yesterday.
MUSICPROGRAM
HERE ON MAY 6
Plans Arc Being Made In An
ticipation Of Large Crowd
To Hear Singers
TICKETS DISTRIBUTED
Rev. Ralph Ritchie, chairman
of the Jonesville-Elkin Civic Music
Program to be held in the YMCA
here on May 6, said yesterday that
arrangements were being made in
anticipation of a large attendance
at the event.
Tickets have been distributed to
the civic, business and veterans’.,
groups who arc sponsoring the
program, and to schools in Joncs
ville and Elkin.
“Sponsoring groups are co-op
erating splendidly in preparing for
the event," Mr. Ritchie said.
The program will be under the
direction of Grady Miller, of Win
ston-Salem, and will feature two
40-voice choral groups from the
Twin City.
Watt Deal, Jonesville school
principal, is vice-chairnian of the
program, and a number of citizens
from both Elkin and Jonesville arc
assisting in preparing for the
event.