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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 Teopie In
Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin
VOL. No. XXXV No. 23
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1947
$2.00 PER YEAR
20 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS
SCHOOL BOND
HEARING WILL
' BE HELD 19TH
Opposition To Million Dollar
Issue May Voice Objections
AT SURRY COURTHOUSE
Petition Bearing- Nearly 5,000
Names Presented In Be
half Of Program
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ELECTION IS REQUESTED
A public hearing relative to the
proposed million-dollar bond issue
for a school building program in
Surry county has been set for May
19 at the court house in Dobson,
according to a statement yester
day by Superintendent of Schools
John W. Comer.
The hearing will give any voters
opposing the plan an opportunity
to register their objections, and
will also serve to clarify any
phases of the proposed bond issue
that voters wish discussed.
The Surry county board of com
missioners set the date for the
hearing at a meeting in Dobson
Monday night after a petition
bearing the names of nearly 5,000
voters had been presented in be
half of the school building pro
gram. The board of education
formally adopted a resolution re
questing the commissioners to call
the election, and a public hearing 1
as required by law is the next 1
step in preparing for the bond
election.
It is anticipated that, if no op- 1
position is raised to the plan, a
bond election will be called about
the middle of June.
The bond issue would provide
funds for additional school facili- '
ties at Elkin, Mount Airy and nine j
other schools in the county.
ARE TO MOVE i
headquarters!
Highway Commission Office
To Be Moved From Lenoir
To North Wilkesboro
F O R EIGHTH DISTRICT
Headquarters for the state high
way commission's Eighth Division,
including Surry and nine other
counties of northwestern North
Carolina, will be moved from Le
noir to North Wilkesboro, it was
announced last week.
The new office will be located
on the highway commission’s
property near the prison camp and
the highway division garage at
North Wilkesboro. The move was
decided upon at a meeting of
members of the State Highway
and Public Works Commission in
Raleigh recently.
The Eighth Division office was,
originally established in North !
Wilkesboro and later moved to its,
present location in Lenoir when j
V. D. Guire became commissioner
for the division.
Counties included in the Eighth
Division are Surry. Yadkin. Alle
ghany, Wilkes, Stokes, Forsyth,
Davie, Caldwell, Ashe and Watau
ga.
H. W. (Pop) Taylor
Alumni Club Guest
H. W. (Pop) Taylor, general
aJumni secretary of N. C. State
College, was the principal speaker
at a meeting of the Northwestern
Alumni Club in the YMCA Mon
day night.
i Mr. Taylor reported on the pro
gress of the school and discussed
plans for completion of a new
coliseum on the State College
campus.
Pictures of the N. C. Statc-St.
John basketball game at the Na
tional Invitational Tournament in
Madison Square Garden were
shown.
Forty-three alumni of N. c.
State attended the meeting. The
Northwestern Alumni Club is
composed of members from Surry,
Yadkin, Wilkes, Alleghany and
Ashe counties.
Elkin Postmaster
To Receive Award
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Elkin's postmaster, French Gra
ham, is scheduled to be awarded
a certificate of appreciation for
"meritorious personal service" in
connection with the naval recruit
ing program during World War
* II.
Lt. Paul G. Sumrell, officer in
charge of the recruiting office in
Raleigh, indicated that he would
be in Elkin today (Thursday) to
present Mr. Graham with the cer
y tificate on behalf of the Chief of
" Naval Personnel.
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Jonesville Hi
Seniors Will
Present Play
The Senior class of Jonesville
high school will present its an
nual play in the high school
auditorium on Friday night,
May 9, at 8 p. m. The play is
a three-act comedy by J.
Tobias entitled “Here C'omes
Charlie.”
Members of the cast are
Ranny Smith, Charlie Hinson,
Bernice Rary, Odell Macemore,
Peggy Long, Margaret Ever
idge, Peggy Vestal, Elton Cas
stevens, Bobby Dunkel and
Mary Ellen Minick.
Tickets are on sale at 50 and
25 cents. The public is invited
to attend.
CONCERT HERE
REAL SUCCESS
First Civic Music Program
Enthusiastically Received
By Crowd Of 600
HEAR VARIED PROGRAM
The first annual Jonesville
Elkin Civic Music Program, fea
turing The Forsyth Singers and
rhe Maids of Melody, was enthus
astically received by an audience
estimated at 600 persons in the
3ilvin Roth YMCA here Tuesday
evening.
The two choral groups were di
•ected by H. Grady Miller in a
concert that included many of the
veil-known compositions of Ger
ihwin, Berlin and Porter. The
ormality of the program was de
ightfully broken by the Lions
Ulub Quartet, whose members ap
peared on the stage as a barber
ihop foursome. Their tonsorial
ittire of white jackets and huge
nustaches, and their pantominic
enditions of favorite songs
>rought prolonged rounds of ap
plause.
Paul Pegram, accompanist, gave
n outstanding performance at
he piano.
Several selections were present
ed by the Mellow Larks, a girls’
trio, and the entire company join
ed in singing Romberg’s “Your
Land and My Land” to conclude
the program.
Rev. Ralph Ritchie, general
chairman of the program, present
ed both choral groups with small
checks as a token of appreciation
from the sponsoring organizations.
Mr. Miller was presented a Chat
ham blanket.
Following the - program, Mr.
Ritchie expressed thanks to the
various committees “for the splen
did cooperation and hard work
they put forth” to make the pro
gram a success.
The committees were: General, ,
Watt Deal, vice-chairman; Hospi- .
tality. Mrs. George Royall, chair
man, Miss Ola Crowder, Mrs. G. H.
Beeson, Mrs. Eugene Spainhour,
Mrs. D. G. Smith, Miss Lois Me- .
Knight, T. C. McKnight; Program
and Publicity, Russell Burcham,
chairman, Miss Idelia Benson,
Mrs. C. Rary; Tickets and Fi- \
nance, Clyde Cothren, chairman, ,
Kemp Reece, Mrs. Jim Young, ‘
Mrs. Edith Henderson; Decora
tion, Mrs. Erline Mayberry, chair- 1
man, Mrs. R. G. Boles, Mrs. Jack
Caudill; Appreciation, Mrs. Harry (
Johnson, chairman, Mrs. Wilbur 1
Hine, Mrs. Haddon Kirk. (
“Thanks are especially due the ]
staff of the Gilvin Roth YMCA for J
their part in the arrangements,” ‘
Mr. Ritchie said.
PRICE NAMED '
SCOUT JUDGE,
Will Serve As Chief Judge (
For Old Hickory Coun
cil Cantporee i
AT ELK KNOB MAY 17TH 1
At a meeting in the YMCA
Monday night, Paul Price, chair
man of camping and activities for ‘
the Elkin-Yadkin Boy Scout Dis- (
trict, was named chief judge for
the Old Hickory Council Camporee
to be held at Elk Knob May 17 «
and 18.
John Sabotta, of Mount Airy,
was appointed honorary chief
judge, and Coy Bingham, of Ashe
county, and Horace Vance, of For- l
sylh county, were appointed as- 1
sistants. (
About 500 Scouts from the eight t
counties in the Old Hickory Conn- I
cil are expected to attend the c
council camporee. Eighty - five
Patrols are eligible to participate t
on the basis of outstanding 1
records made at recently-held dis- 7
trict camporees. (
The council camporee will be I
judged on the same basis as the
district camporees, with the ex- c
ccption of camp kinks, which have i
been omitted for the council event. 2
CONTESTANTS
OF AREA LOSE
Janesville Girl Stays Longer
In Spelling Bee Than
Others Of This Area
GREENSBORO GIRL WINS
Constance Curry, pretty little
brunette, of Greensboro, walked
away with top honors in the an
nual Journal and Sentinel Spell
ing Bee at Winston-Salem Satur
day. Constance correctly spelled
“contemptible" after Delford
Richey, of Forsyth county, tripped
on the world in the final compe
tition.
There were 36 contestants in the
contest, a few losing out on simple
words in the initial rounds, but
die majority staying with it until
the words grew more difficult.
Dorothy Osborne, of Ronda,
went down in the fourth round
oy leaving the “t” off of “locust.”
[n the seventh round, a Surry
county girl, Patricia Welch, of the
Mount Airy schools misspelled
‘notorious,” and Surry county
schools champion Eleanor Jane
Watson, of Dobson, went out in
:he eighth round by putting an
sxtra “r” in “suburban.”
Joan Smitherman, of Jonesville,
•epresenting Yadkin county, stay
ed longer than any other contest
int from this immediate area, but
ost out in the ninth round when
she spelled zephyr “zepher.”
In the opening round, one
roungster, no doubt nervous,
spelled weep, “weap.”
Prior to the spelling bee, the
sontestants and their companions
vere guests of the Journal and
Sentinel at a luncheon held at the
Robert E. Lee hotel. Each was (
jresented a nice dictionary.
Harold Essex, general manager
>f Radio Station WSJS acted as
ironouncer. Mrs. Overton Butner,
>f Winston-Salem; Mrs. Kate
Jackie Waynick, of the editorial .
taff of the Journal and Sentinel, '
ind Alan Brovming, Jr., of The |
tribune staff, acted as judges.
Llean-Up Day Set
For Yadkin County
Home Demonstrations agents (
lave designated Friday, May 16,
is a combined clean-up and rat i
radical ion day for Yadkin Coun- i
y
Officials of the Town of Jones- ;
■ille urge the cooperation of all
he citizens in making this coun- <
y-wide campaign a success. :
Packages of rat poison, which i
vill not be harmful to dogs or ;
ats, arc on sale at the Town Hall,
fonesvillc Basketeria, J&P Gro
ery, and Holcomb and Swaim
grocery.
I. F. Amburn Named
President Elkin TP A !
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James F. Amburn was elected i
•resident of the Elkin Post CC of i
he Travelers’ Protective Associa- <
ion at the annual dinner meeting <
f the organization in the YMCA ;
Monday night. Mr. Amburn sue- i
eeds George E. Roy all. ,
Delegates were also named for
he national convention to be t
teld in High Point May 15-17. t
"hey were Max Boyles, French s
Jraham, Bill Freeman and Louis ]
litchell. j
C. C. Poindexter conducted an c
ntertaining quiz program at the j
accting, which was attended by
0 members. I,
THEY PACKED THE GALLERY TOO — Top photo shews the
nearly 800 Surry County 4-14 Club members who filled the court
house at Dobson to overt lowing Monday for the annual 4-11 Health
Pageant and Dress Revue. Students were granted a half holiday
lor the occasion, and 18 county schools were represented at the
event. Lower picture shows the Surry County kings and queens of
health who reigned at the pageant. Health winners were selected
from senior club members (over 14 years of age) and from the
junior members (under 14). At the left are Sam Taylor, of White
I lains, and Lorine Snow, of Dobson, senior king and queen. The
junior health champs at the right are Darrol Simpson, of Copeland,
and Marie Hunter, of North Elkin. —-Tribune Photos
CES WILL
PLAY LOCALLY
Ferris Wheel, Merry - Go -
Round And Other Rides
Coming On May 12
NEW BUILDING F U N I)
Williams Riding Devices, of
Vlorganton, featuring a ferris
vheel, merry-go-round, swings,
Jctopus and a kiddie ride, will be
n Elkin next week, May 12
;hrough 17.
The rides will be set up in the
'iver bottom near the old Yadkin
iver bridge. Raymond Carswell,
nanager of the concern who was
n Elkin Monday to arrange for
he event, stated that the devices
vere clean, modern rides and that
ickets would be sold at reasonable
nices.
The event is being sponsored by
he Exposition Building Commit
ec, of which E. W. McDaniel is
•hairman, and proceeds from the
■ides will go to the exposition
wilding fund. Proceeds from eon
:essions to be set up in connection
vith the rides will go to the Ma
;onic Order orphanage at Oxford.
Mr. McDaniel commented that
:ivic clubs of Elkin should be vit
illy interested in the success of
he event, in view of its purpose,
md urged everyone to attend.
Musical Program Is
Feature of Meeting
The Kiwanis club ladies’ night
neeting staged at the YMCA last
rhursday evening in observance
>f the club's 24th anniversary,
eatured a musical program under
he direction of Dr. E. G. Click,
vho also took advantage of the
ipportunity to deliver a lecture
tressing the importance of Ki
vanians '‘being nicer to their
rives and other women.”
Both the humorous lecture and
he musical program were enjoyed
>y all present. The musical pro
iram included violin solos by Mrs.
jivingston Williams, vocal solos
iy Miss Jean Click, and a number
if selections by a double quartet
nade up of Kiwanians.
Mrs. J. Henry Beeson was ac
ompanist at the piano.
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89 Votes Cast
As Officials
Elected Here
Mayor Garland Johnson and 1
Commissioners Charlie N. My
ers, J. O. Bivins, J. W. L. Ben
son, R. C. Freeman and Russell
Burcham were named as Elk
in’s governing- body for the next
two years in a routine election
Monday that saw only 89 votes
east
Mr. Burcham was the only
new candidate for office. He
succeeds C. C. Myers, who did
not seek re-election.
The candidates were unop
j posed.
CLUB PLANNING
PHOTO COURSE
New Series Of Instructions
For Beginners To Start
Here On May 13
IS OPEN TO EVERYONE
A new course for beginners in
photography is scheduled to be
started at the next meeting of
the Eikin Camera Club in the
YMCA on May 13, at 7:30 p. m.
Willie Bell, president of the
club, stated that the course would
be open to anyone interested in
photography as a hobby. Mr. Bell
will teach the first part of the
course with lectures on the fun
damentals of photography, and
other professional photographers
will be presented later in the
course.
Procedures in developing and
printing will hi' emphasized in the
course, which is designed especi
ally for beginners, Mr. Bell said.
He urged that those interested in
enrolling turn their applications
in to him as soon as possible,
since the number of applicants
must be limited.
The only requirements for mem
bership in the club are that ap
plicants be over 12 years of age
and have an active interest in
photography. The club meets
twice monthly.
WARNS AGAINST !
OVERPLANTING
Surry Tobacco Growers Cau
tioned Against Exceeding
Leaf Allotments
SUBJECT TO PENALTIES
Claude W. There, chairman,
Surry County Agricultural Con
servation Association Committee,
today cautioned all tobacco grow
ers in Surry County against over
planting their farm acreage al
lotments this year.
“Growers who harvest any acre
age of tobacco in 1947 in excess of
their farm acreage allotments are
subject to marketing quota penal
ties and will not be eligible for
full participation in Government
price support loans.
Growers who plant within their i
farm acreage allotments can mar- ^
ket all their tobacco without pen- i
allies and are eligible for full
Government price support loans.
In connection with price support
loans, Mr. Thore emphasized that:
any acreage harvested in excess J
of the farm acreage allotment will J
make all the tobacco produced
within the allotted acreage on the
farm ineligible for any price sup
port loans. “This year there will
be no acreage tolerances in estab
lishing loan eligibility, as con
trasted with the 1946 tolerance of
the lesser of three-tenths acre of
5 per cent of the allotment. Any
acreages harvested in excess of
farm allotments, however small,
will disqualify growers for full
loan privileges and subject them
to marketing quota penalties.”
Mr. Thore also stressed that
eligibility for Government price
support loans on tobacco is be
coming increasingly important to
tobacco growers now that domes
tic supplies of tobacco are ade
quate and the future level of ex
ports uncertain.
Hiatt Speaker At
Elkin Lions Club
Elkin Lions Club met at the
regular- dinner session Monday
evening at Gilvin Roth YMCA.
Highlight of the evening was a
humorous talk by Dr. J. S. Hiatt,
superintendent of Hugh Chatham
Memorial Hospital. His subject
was, “Enjoy Life — It’s Later
Than You Think.’’ Lion Claude
Farrell introduced the guest
speaker.
Lion Glenn Lewis, chairman of
the local concer drive, announced
that the goal for Elkin had been
reached and that when complete
reports are made that the quota
of $1,000 will be' exceeded.
Two Are Injured
In Auto Accident
Jack Leatherwood, 24, and Gene
Howell, 21, both of Wayncsville,
were injured when the automobile
in which they were riding failed
(o make a sharp turn on the Elk
m-Dobson highway about three
miles east of Elkin last Friday
night.
The two young men were en
route to Mount Airy to visit
friends when the accident occur
t-ed. Both received treatment at
the Hugh Chatham Memorial
Hospital.
The first agricultural experi
"nent station in the United States
was established at Wesleyan Uni
versity, Middletown, Connecticut,
n 1878.
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Freeman Named
Dobson Mayor,
Succeeds Self -
Dobson voters were almost
unanimous in re-electing Frank
Freeman as their mayor in a
town election Monday, but in
dicated a wide range of choices
for members of the town board
of commissioners.
J. Herman Coe, Frank VV.
Comer, Mrs. P. B. Folger, F. B.
Madison and John Alien Snow
were elected as commissioners
in a close race involving nine
contestants. John Allen Snow
and Mrs. P. B. Folger polled 64
votes each to edge out R. B. '
Blackwelder, who received 60
votes. Grady Cooper and Wal
ter Blevins received 50 and 36
votes, respectively.
Frank W. Comer polled 86
votes, the highest number of
any candidate. Mayor Free
man and J. Herman Coe each
received 84 votes.
John Alien Snow, the only
new candidate for the board of
commissioners, received 64
\otes. He will succeed A. li.
Folger, Jr., who is enrolled as
a student at Wake Forest Col
lege.
Charlie Coe was elected town
constable with 64 votes over
George Wood, who received 25
votes.
Take Game From North Wilk
esboro Last Friday By
17 To 4 Score
BOONVILLE ON FRIDAY!
Elkin high’s Bucking Elks |
chalked up their seventh straight i
victory of the season with a 17-4
win over North Wilkesboro last
Friday.
Bill Jurney pitched a six-hit
game and fanned an even dozen
North Wilkesboro batters. Robert
McCann performed well behind
the plate with 13 put-outs to his
credit.
Scores by players were: Couch,
three runs, two hits; Jurney, two
funs, three hits; Harris, two runs,
two hits; Osborne, one run, two
hits; C. Eldridge. one run, one hit;
Parker, two runs, one hit; Park,
one run, one hit; McCann, three
runs, one*hit: Lawrence, two runs,
two hits.
The Elks meet Boonville at 3:30
:cmorrow afternoon in Boonville
ind play Gray High of Winston
Salem Saturday afternoon on the
,ocal field.
GAME SCHEDULE
IS ANNOUNCED
Will Be Played By Members
Of Yadkin County Base
ball League
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A schedule of games to be play
:d by members of the Yadkin
bounty Baseball League was re- i
eased yesterday by V. T. Howell, i
iecretary of the organization.
First set of games to be played |
ire scheduled for Saturday, May
0, as outlined below:
Yadkinville vs. East Bend All
Jtars, at East Bend; Forbush vs.;
jonc Hickory, at Lone Hickpry;
luck Shoals vs. North Deep Creek,
t Deep Creek (Wishon’s Store);
last Bend Cubs vs. Fall Creek, at ;
’all Creek school.
Second set of games arc sche
duled for Saturday, May 17, as
ollows:
Lone Hickory vs. Yadkinville. at :
radkinville; Fall Creek vs. For- :
usli, at Forbush school; East i
tend All Stars vs. Buck Shoals, at
yest Yadkin; Deep Creek vs. East <
lend Cubs, at East Bend. <
In announcing the schedules,
ac secretary also asked all man- <
gers in the league to please file <
ames of their players along with
reir umpires names by May 10 i
ith the secretary. 1
A meeting of the managers and 1
fficials of the league will be held l
i the Yadkin County Courthouse c
riday night, May 9, at 8 o’clock. .
ach manager is requested to I
ring his umpires for approval and £
)r instructions. | c
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Surry
’ageant
Health King and
Queen Crowned
Monday Morning'
Nearly 800 4-H Club members
from 16 Surry county schools
crowded into the court house at
Dobson Monday morning for the
annual 4-H Health Pageant and
Dress Revue. Climax cf the event
was the crowning cf Surry's
health kings and queens by Luth
er G. Sink, assistant county agent
in charge of 4-H Club activities.
Lorine Snow, of the Dobson 4-H
Club, was crowned senior health
queen, and Marie Hunter, of the
North Elkin Club, wore the crown
of the junior queen. Sam Taylor,
of the White Plains Club, was
named senior king, and Darrol
Simpson, of the Copeland Club,
reigned as the junior king. The
health winners were selected by
Dr. R. B. C. Franklin, Surry coun
ty health officer.
County Agent Neill M. Smith
welcomed the club members and
visitors.to the event, and issued a
stirring challenge to young people
to improve their health.
Following Mr. Smith’s address,
a style review was staged under
the direction of Mrs. Bess G. Dav
enport, assistant home agent for
Surry county. Nearly 75 girls par
ticipated in the review as models
for dress and sport dresses. The
models were divided into senior
(girls over 14» and junior (girls
under 14 > groups for judging. Bet
ty Johnson, of Copeland, Evelyn
Waugh, of White Plains, Anna
Jean Holbrook, of Elkin, and
Fayrene Coe, of Copeland, were
named winners in the senior girls’
division. In the junior group, top
honors went to Sabrilla Dobbins,
of Dobson, Fannie Lou Simmons,
of Franklin, Betty Lou Hunter, of
Flat Rock, and Peggy Harmon,
of Elkin.
Second place honors went to
Ruth Nichols, Barbara Jean Park
er and Shirley Waugh, of White
Plains, and Patsy Lou Flippin and
Kay Hardy, of Siloam. Third
place contestants were Arlene
Bryant, of Franklin, Nivjo
Draughn, Fairy Lee Atkinson, and
Betty Cassell, of White Plains,
Peggy Nell Collins, of North Elk
in, and Annie Mac Hiatt, of Fiat
Rock.
Judges for the senior group
were Mrs. Frank Freeman, of Dob
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Newly Elected Mayor And
Hoard Of Commissioners
Hold Meeting Monday
PLAN PLUMBING CODE
Elkin’s newly-elected governing
body held its first meeting in the
city hall Monday night with May
or Garland Johnson and four
board members attending.”
Mayor Johnson and Commis
sioners J. O. Bivins, R. C. Free
man, and Charlie N. Myers were
sworn in for new terms by Justice
of the Peace j. L. Hall. Russell
Burcham, who is serving his first
Lerm as commissioner, was sworn
in by Mayor Johnson. Commis
sioner J. W. L. Benson was not
present.
City Clerk Dixie Graham pre
sented bills for April, which were
approved for payment.
The board also:
1. Voted to amend the town or
dinances to permit the Williams
Riding Devices, of Morganton, to
appear in Elkin next week. Pre
viously enacted ordinances pro
vided that such shows could be set
ip within the city limits only for
benefit of orphanages. The new
uling would also allow shows
rom which proceeds would go to
lie exposition building fund.
2. Authorized City Clerk Dixie
Jraham to purchase doors for the
:ity jail and vault.
3. Rejected a request for a li
ense to set up a shooting gallery
in Main Street.
4. Voted to continue a previous
lolicy of refusing to sell city
iroperty below the White Swan
jaundry on the grounds that a
luilding on the property would
onstitute a traffic hazard.
5. Appointed Joe i^aylor as City
dumbing Inspector and voted to
xlopt a plumbing code for the
ity.