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ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1947
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y VOL. No. XXXV? No. 31
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WAIVE HEARING
AFTER SERIOUS
ACCIDENT HERE
Collision Takes Place At In
tersection On Church St.
SURRY MAN BADLY HURT
Truck Driver and Companion
Attempt To Flee After
Hitting Motorcycle
BONDS TOTAL $3,000.00
George W. Angel, 41, and Jesse
L. Stewart, 19, both of Clover, S.
C., waived preliminary hearings
and were bound over to superior
court on several charges resulting
from a collision between a truck
and a motorcycle here late Satur
day afternoon.
The accident occurred at the in
tersection of Church and Spring
\ Streets, presumably when one of
~ the vehicles ran through the red
light there. The truck, driven by
Angel, was headed west on Spring
Street and crashed into the
motorcycle, ridden by Alonzo Lay
ell, 47, of State Road, as it was
passing the intersection going
north.
Officers said Angel and Stewart
attempted to flee the scene of the
accident, leaving Layell lying in
the street with a badly mangled
right foot. A bottle of liquor was
found in the glove compartment of
the truck. Both men had been
drinking, officers stated.
Angel faces charges of operating
a vehicle under the influence of
liquor, hit and run driving, violat
ing the prohibition law. and driv
ing without operator’s license. His
bond was set at $2,000. Stewart is
being held under $1,000 bond on a
charge of aiding and abetting in
hit and run driving. James Ash
ley, Negro, third occupant of the
truck, was released after paying
costs on a charge of drunkenness.
The men were employed by E. H.
Moser, of Hickory, Route 3, owner
of the truck.
Layell is recovering at the Hugh
' Chatham Memorial Hospital. For
ra’time it was feared that his foot
would have to be amputated, but
his condition Wednesday was re
ported as improved, and it was
thought that his foot would be
saved.
1 Elkin Girl Singing
L In Famous Pageant
Manteo, N. C. — Dorothy Walk
er, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. F.
Walker of Elkin, N. C., is in Man
teo this summer with the West
minster Choir from the Westmin
ster Choir College, Princeton, N.
J., to sing in the chorus of The
Lost Colony, whose tenth anni
rsary season runs from July 1 to
teptember 1 in the Waterside
Theatre at Fort Raleigh.
Miss Walker attended Elkin
High School and Flora MacDonald
College, and is now a student at
Westminster.
The choir again this year will
use its stay in Manteo as a period
of training for its fall and winter
concert tours. It has come here
each summer since 1937, when
The Lost Colony was first produc
ed. The play, which dramatizes
the earliest English attempts to
colonize the New World, will have
49 performances this season.
Two Are Bound Over
To Court By Justice
B. K. Mullis, 35, of Hampton
ville, charged with hit and run
driving and operating a car under
the influence of liquor, was bound
over to superior court under bond
of $500 by Justice of the Peace J
L. Hall in Magistrate’s Court Mon
day morning.
Windell Roby Wood, 25, oi
Boonville, route 1, was bound ovei
on a charge of operating a cai
under the influence of liquor. H(
is scheduled for trial at the Julj
term of court in Dobson nexl
week.
Swimming Pool
Schedule Is
Changed For 4th
The YMCA announces a
change in its schedule for Fri
day and Saturday, July 4 and
5, for the convenience of pat
rons who are spending the hol
idays at home and wish to use
its facilities.
The swimming pool will be
ppen for the public from 10 a.
i«. to 12:30 p. m.; from 2 p. m.
to^ 5:30 p. m.; and from 6:30
ip. m. to 9:30 p. m. on each of
kthese days. The game room
ill be opened at 10 a. m. rath
pr than the usual 11:45 a. m.
the two mornings.
The regular schedule will be
resumed Monday.
Dr. Johnson
Named Surgeon
For Southern
Dr. Harry L. Johnson, chief
surgeon at Hugh Chatham
Memorial Hospital here, has
been appointed local surgeon
for the Southern Railway, ac
cording to an announcement
from Washington.
Th° apponitment was made
this week.
In event any local railway
employee, trainman, passenger
or any other person should be
injured on or by the railway,
Dr. Johnson would be author
ized to administer treatment.
SURRY MEN ON
HEALTHBOARD
J. F. Yokley, Mt. Airy, And
H. F. Laffoon, Elkin, Nam
ed To Advisory Group
HEALTH ASSOCIATION
The appointment of H. F. Laf
foon, publisher of The Tribune,
and J. F. Yokley, of Mount Airy
as members of a newly-formed
Advisory Board to the North Caro
lina Good Health Association was
announced last week by I. G
Greer, of Thomasville, president of
the association.
The Advisory Board, consisting
of 94 leading citizens throughout
the State, will assist in the cam
paign to improve North Carolina
health standards by carrying on
the fight against disease and pov
erty in every county.
First meeting of the Advisory
Board will be held Friday, July 11
at the O Henry Hotel in Greens
boro. Kay Kyser, honorary vice
president of the Good Health As
sociation, will be present to dis
cuss with the Advisory Board the
future work of the association
Following the opening meeting at
11 a. m., Dr. Thomas Parran
Surgeon General of the U. S. Pub
lic Health Service, will speak at
an informal luncheon at 12:30.
Tentative plans have been made
to initiate Good Health campaigns
on the county level that would be
patterned after the state-wide ed
ucational and publicity campaign
of recent months. The Advisory
Board will play a leading role in
the effort to improve health con
ditions and make the people oi
the state more health conscious.
Conference Drive
Has Goal In Sight
The Western North Caroline
Conference drive for building anc
endowment funds for four Metho
dist schools closed last month witl
the goal of $1,245,000 in sight, ac
cording to a report by Dr. J. S
Hiatt, executive secretary of the
campaign.
A total of $934,130.37 has al
ready been collected, Dr. Hiatt re
ported, and more than enougl
funds have been pledged to ful
fill the Remainder of the quota
Contributions include a $300,00(
gift from James A. Gray and $100
000 from H. A. Dunham.
The funds will go to Methodis
schools for the construction of ad
ditional buildings and to increase
endowments. Brevard, Greensbore
College, High Point College anc
Duke Divinity School will benefi
from the campaign, known as the
Methodist College Advance.
Movies To Be
Shown At YMC.A
The outdoor movie prograrr
scheduled at the YMCA last Fri
day evening was postponed be
cause the films did not arrive ir
time, but the pictures will b<
shown this Friday (July 4) at i
p. m., it was announced today bj
Walter Safrit, director of youns
people’s activities.
The movies will include a Bibl<
story, a comedy and a short fea
turing Frank Sinatra.
Mr. Safrit said the progran
should be of special interest t(
young people. The public is in
vited to attend.
Annual Homecoming:
To Be Held Sundaj
The annual homecoming will bi
held Sunday at Maple Spring
Methodist Church, with a picnii
dinner served on the lawn at 12:31
o’clock.
A circuit-wide singing will be
gin at 2 o’clock and other quar
tets are invited to participate.
A series of revival services wil
begin Sunday to continue through
out the week with services to be
gin each evening at 7:45. A cor
dial invitation is extended to thi
public to attend.
YADKIN VALLEY
HAS NEW HOPE
FLOOD CONTROL
House Committee Recom
mends $8,232,000 Fund
PART IS FOR THIS AREA
Army Engineers Will Deter
mine How Much Of Fund
To Be Used On Project
DEANE SEEKS $2,000,000
New hope for the Yadkin Valley
Flood Control Project was born
last Friday when the House Ap
propriations Committee in Wash
ington recommended an expendi
ture of $8,232,000 for flood pro
jects throughout the nation, in
cluding the Yadkin plan.
Army engineers will determine
how much of the funds are to be
used for flood control planning on
the Yadkin River, but Represent
ative C. B. Deane said, “It is likely
that ... we will obtain more than
the $75,000 requested in budget
estimates to initiate the Yadkin
flood control program.”
The funds will be used only to
finance preliminary engineering
and planning work on the project,
and actual construction of the
four proposed dams may not get
under way for some time. But Mr.
Deane expressed pleasure that a
start has been made in the direc
tion of flood control. “ . . . It’s at
least an opening wedge in our long
fight to end the annual Yadkin
flood tragedy,” he declared.
Following the recent flood, Mr.
Deane had requested a $2,000,000
appropriation for starting con
struction work immediately on the
project.
Hawks Is To Attend
Workers Conference
S. N. Hawks, Jr., assistant coun
ty agent, will attend a three-day
conference of tobacco workers next
week at Florence, S. C.
Tobacco men from Surry, Rock
ingham, Guilford, Nash, Johnson,
Lenoir, Wilson and Pitt Counties
will be represented at the confer
ence, which begins Tuesday, July
8 and lasts through July 10. Rep
resentatives at the meeting will
also visit the South Carolina to
baccd experiment station near
Florence on their trip.
Mr. Hawks has been working
with tobacco farmers of Surry
County on production and market
ing. The trip will be a professional
improvement tour, and expenses
will not be borne by the county
agent’s office.
Judge Bivens Named
Head Of Surry Bar
Judge E. C. Bivens of Mount
Airy was elected president of the
Surry County Bar Association at
a recent meeting in the County
Clerk’s office in Dobson. He suc
ceeds W. R. Badgett of Pilot
Mountain, who did not desire to
1 continue as president due to fail
. ing health.
D. L. Hiatt of Mount Airy was
- elected secretary of the associa
■ tion.
' The new president appointed
» Fred Folger of Mount Airy as
I chairman of the calendar commit
; tee. Other members appointed to
! the committee were Earl C. James
of Elkin and J. H. Blalock of Pilot
Mountain.
Donkey Baseball
Game Here Tonight
Outstanding citizens of Jones
ville and Elkin are scheduled to
ride mounts in a donkey baseball
garrfe at the Memorial Park ath
letic field tonight (Thursday) at
8:30.
The event is sponsored by the
William J. Jones VFW Post Num
ber 7794. Half the proceeds de
rived from the game will be do
noted to the Elkin Park Commis
i sion, and will be used to help
i finance the park program.
A small admission fee will be
charged.
To Hold Conference
At Mineral Springs
! Conference will be held Satur
> day night at the Mineral Spring
: Baptist Church the pastor, Rev,
) Clifford Vestal, has announced
Rev. P. C. Parks will deliver the
■ message. »
Sunday school will begin at 9:45
and morning worship at 11, with
I the pastor in charge of the ser
- vice.
Rev. Vestal will begin a series
■ of x-evival services at North Cool
! eemee Baptist Church beginning
Sunday night.
TWO HELD IN TRUCK-MOTORCYCLE COLLISION — George W. Angel, driver of the truck shown
above, and his companion, Jesse L. Stewart, are be ing held for trial in the superior court as the result
or a collision late Saturday afternoon between the truck and a motorcycle ridden by Alonzo Laycll. The
xccident occurred at the intersection of Church and Spring Streets. Layell suffered a severely crush
ed right foot.
(TRIBUNE PHOTO)
Memorial Park Field
Is Officially Opened
Chatham Blanketeers And McCrary
Eagles Play In Exhibition Game
Mayor Garland Johnson ’
scheduled to toss out the first
in the exhibition contest bet’
the Chatham Blanketeers f
Asheboro’s McCrary Eagles a. i
official opening of the new Me
morial Park Wednesday night.
H. F. Laffoon, publisher of The
Tribune, was to be the Man
Behind the Plate for the first
pitch.
The four sets of bleachers were
expected to be filled with a capa
city crowd for the game, which
was set for 8 p. m.
N. H. Carpenter, superintendent
of Elkin city schools, and Bill
Lineback were to shaie duties as
masters of ceremonies. The game
was to be announced over a tern
WILKES GIRL
SHOT IN LEG
Esther Bauguess, 15, Sutlers
Broken Bone In Accident
Sunday Evening
OFFICERS INVESTIGATE
Esther Bauguess, 15, daughter
of Curtis Bauguess of Thurmond,
suffered a broken leg when she
was shot Sunday afternoon at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Bertha
Brown, of the Joynes community.
The bullet struck the center of her
leg above the knee and broke the
bone, it was reported.
Miss Bauguess told officers that
Ruffian Kennedy, 21, was holding
the pistol and that she was scuff
ling with him when it was fired
accidentally.
She was brought to the Hugh
Chatham Memorial Hospital here
for treatment.
Corporal Sam McKinney of the
State Highway Patrol reported the
facts to Wilkes County officers,
who are investigating the incident.
Veterans Office To
Close July 4 And 5
Edmund P. Robinson, service of
ficer for the Veterans Service of
fice, has announced that the of
fice will be closed Friday and Sat
urday of this week in observance
of July 4. He is located on Main
Street in the Greenwood building.
Mr. Robinson will be in his of
fice as usual Monday morning at
8:30 o’clock.
Swim Class To Be
Held At ‘Y’ Pool
A “learn-to-swim” class for
boys and girls between the ages of
eight and 14 will be conducted at
the YMCA pool Monday, July 7.
The class will begin at 10 a. m.
Young people who are planning
to go to camp this summer are
urged to take advantage of the
instruction.
According to the Cigar and To
bacco Journal, published in St.
Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota,
the total number of cigarettes
smoked in 1900 amounted to 34.9
for every man, woman and child
in the United States. Now this
figure, according to the same au
thority, has increased to 2,000.
porary public address system set
up for the occasion.
Prizes for Chatham players who
got the first home run and other
“firsts” were contributed by Elkin
merchants.
Fresh from a 21-8 win over
Mayodan Tuesday afternoon, the
Blanketeers were given a better
than-even chance of taking the
Asheboro team, current leaders of
the Piedmont Semi-Pro loop.
Skipper “Tige” Harris gave the
probable starting line-up as fol
lows: “Lefty” Parclue (lb), Jimmy
Miller (2b), Woody Mayberry
(3b), "Sleepy” Vaughn (ss), E. D.
Lane (If), Dick Stockton (cf),
“Tige” Harris (rf), Jim Mauney
or Tom Pardue (c), and "Red”
Powers (p).
As The Tribune went to press
Wednesday afternoon, Mayor
Johnson had not disclosed wheth
er he would use his special super
deluxe speed ball for the first
pitch or his tricky curve slow ball.
Catcher Laffoon stated that he
was slightly rusty at the game and
hoped the mayor would perform
with his usual expert control.
HUGE CROWD TO
ATTENDSESSION
Farm-Home Week To Feature
Talks By Eisenhower, and
Dorothy Thompson
PLAN DEMONSTRATIONS
Designed to be of interest to
both men and women, the 1947
Farm and Home Week, to be held
at State College August 25-29, will
offer the expected record-break
ing attendance entertainment as
well as many new ideas on farm
and home practices.
The series of demonstrations
which are scheduled on practically
every farm enterprize have been
arranged to let both men and wo
men see and actually take part.
It is beleived that through this
type of training, the subject mat
ter can be better explained and
more easily grasped. Several sec
tions will be in progress at the
same time so the farmers and their
wives, can take advantage of the
subjects in which they are most
interested.
Under the guidance of John W.
Goodman, assistant director of the
North Carolina Extension Service
and secretary of the annual event,
a series of highly entertaining and
educational features have been ar
ranged including some the nation’s
top personalities who have accept
ed invitations to speak at the con
vention. Among these are Army
Chief-of-Staff, Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower, and Miss Dorothy
Thompson, noted journalist and
world traveler.
There will be the usual interest
ing farm exhibits and many types
of demonstrations on the use of
them.
Kiwanians Hear
Report Thursday
.The Elkin Kiwanis Club, meet
ing at the Gilvin Roth YMCA last
Thursday night, heard detailed re
ports of the recent Girls’ State by
Libby Royall, Alice Blake Dobson
and Doswell Gentry, who attended
from Elkin.
PIERCE TO BE
CHIEF JUDGE
Assistant Professor Of Ani
mal Husbandry To Take
Part In Livestock Show
MT. AIRY ON JULY 4TH
J. C. Pierce, Jr., assistant pro
fessor of animal husbandry at N.
C. State College, will be chief
judge at the Livestock Show to be
staged in the Veterans Memorial
Park at Mount Airy July 4.
A total of $450 in cash prizes
will be awarded the winning en
tries. $150 of which will go to 4-H
and FFA club members for baby
beeves shown in the event.
County Agent Neill M. Smith
and Frank Jones, Mount Airy
VFW Commander, co-managers of
the show, announced that about
60 horses and mules, and 25 baby
beeves will be shown. Entries are
limited to Surry County farmers.
The event, sponsored by the
VFW and American Legion posts
of Mount Airy, in cooperation with
the county agent’s office, will get
under way at 10 a. m. with a pa
rade from South Main Street to
the new Veterans Memorial Park
north of the city on Highway 52.
Fred S. Royster, president of the
Tobacco Warehousemen's Associa
tion, Congressman John H. Folger
and Harvey Dinkins, Winston-Sa
lem Journal’s Farm Editor, will
speak on the program at the
park’s grandstands.
A pony race will be held follow
ing lunch, and the baby beeves
will be shown as the next event.
The show of horses and mules will
conclude the program.
Line-Ups For July 4
Double-Header Listed
Line-ups for the Knee-Pants
League’s Fourth of July double
header at the Memorial Park ath
letic field tomorrow afternoon are
as follows
Nationals — Haynes (p), James
<c), R. Brown (lb), Burch (2b),
B. Brown (ss), Harris (3b), Hol
comb (If), Saylor (cf), Richard
son (rf), Vestal, Hunter, Osborne
(utility).
Americans — Walters (p),
Steele (c), D. Pardue (lb), Free
man (2b), Atwell (ss), Park (3b),
Barnette (If), Collins (cf), Lash
mit (rf), Gilliam, Eidson, Medley
(utility).
Junior Nationals — Nance (p),
Irvin (c), Burch (lb), James (2b),
Creed (ss), K. Vestal (3b), Owens
(If), Travis (cf), Mayberry (rf),
Lewis, Graham, Lovelace (utility).
Junior Americans — Transou
(p), Lackey (c), Wagoner (lb),
Sedberry (2b), Eldridge (ss), Shu
gart (3b), Wilmoth (If), Day (cf),
Osborne (rf), Hicks, Young, Rich
ardson (utility).
R. H. Abernathy will coach the
Nationals of both leagues, and
Lott Mayberry will coach the
American and Junior Americans.
The first game will be called at
2 p. m.
Furniture Co. Giving
Week’s Vacation
M. R. Bailey, superintendent of
the Elkin Furniture Company,
states that the plant is closed this
week in order to give the em
ployees a full week’s vacation with
pay.
Mr. Bailey said the factory
would reopen Monday on a full
time basis, and that business at
this time is very satisfactory.
Tribune Advertising Gets Results
Farmers Will
Vote On Leaf
, \
Matter 12tli
Citizen Wants
Elkin Moved
For The Summer
City Administrator R. Lewis
Alexander has been called upon
to investigate a number of
municipal problems since his
new office was set up June 10.
And quite a number of citizens
have offered suggestions de
signed to facilitate the admini
stration of town affairs.
Last week, a citizen came up
with the brightest idea of all:
In view of the increasingly hot
weather, couldn’t the City Ad
ministrator make arrangements
to have Elkin moved to the
mountains for the rest of the
summer?
Mr. Alexander admitted that
the plan sounded like a good
one, but decided that the board
of commissioners might not
think it very practical. It will
not be submitted for their con
sideration.
53 LICENSE ARE
ISSUED IN JUNE
Register Of Deeds Office In
Dobson Does Big Marriage
Business During Month
AVERAGE 13 PER WEEK
Twenty-two marriage license
were issued at Dobson during the
past two weeks by Mrs. Bertha M.
Shinault, Surry County Register
of Deeds. Total for the month of
June was 53.
Couples issued license for the
period from June 17 to July 1 were
as follows | <#1
June 17 — Posie Lawson, 25,
an’d Lillian Barker, 18, both of
Elkin; John Stanley, 21, and Hel
en Banner, 17, both of Dobson.
June 18 — Terry R. Scott, 24.
and Eara Gentry, 21, both of Mt.
Airy.
June 19 — Wyatt Bradshaw
Partridge, Jr., 33, and Alma Sice
loff Yokley, 52, both of Mount
Airy; Jack Wayne Thacker, 21
and Marion Lorine Marshall, 19,
both of Mount Airy; Arvil John
son, 20, and Peggy Colleen East,
18, both of Mount Airy.
June 20 — Buford Luther Seal,
21, and Gladys Virginia Hill, 19.
both of Mount Airy; Harold M.
Granuccie, 20, of Wallingford.
Conn., and Saxa Lou Allred, 23, of
Mount Airy.
June 21 — Jack Nichols, 24, and
Mary Belle Cressman, 20, both of
Mount Airy; Junior Hodges, 19, of
Dobson, and Lois Smith, 17, of
Mount Airy.
June 23 — Clyde Hiatt, 22, oi
Mount Airy, and Georgia Blair
Boyd, 17, of Cana, Va.; Calvin
Belton, 22, and Claudine Springht
19, both of Mount Airy.
June 24 — Douglas Morris, 18,
and Crissa Kinder, 18, both of
Pulaski.
June 25 — James Leonidas
Penny, 21, of Raleigh, and Marce
lene Mae Simmons, 18, of Mount
Airy.
June 26 — Henry Hughes, 45,
and Nelia Bunker, 36, (Negro),
both of Mount Airy.
June 27 — John R. Sechrest, 24,
of Winston-Salem, and Mildred
Martin, 19, of Tobaccoville; Sar
gent D. Duffield, 52, of Mont
Claire, N. J., and Rachel Elizabeth
Haynes, 48, of Mount Airy; Frank
C. Duffield, 37, and Margaret S.
Cizmarick, 33, both of Burlington,
N. J.
June 28 — Clarence Lawson. 21,
and June Carol Davis, 17, both of
Pilot Mountain; Fletcher A. Mar
tin, 28. and Pauline Easter, 22,
both of Mount Airy; Curtis M.
Fowler, 26, of King, and Rosetta
C. Payne, 31, of Rural Hall.
June 29 — Vaxter Shelton, 21,
and Darlene Cantrell, 18, both of
Mount Airy.
July 1 — Glen Dixon, 21, and
Goldie Inez Smith, 20, both of
Mount Airy.
Ronda Lad Treated
For Snake Bite
David Caudle, six-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Thurmond Caudle
of Ronda, was released from the
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital
Tuesday after receiving treatment
for a snake bite.
Voting' Places
Set Up In Surry
For Referendum
Twenty-two voting places have
been set up in Surry County for
the state-wide tobacco referendum
to be held Saturday, July 12, to
determine whether tobacco farm
ers favor a voluntary assessment
of 10 cent per acre to finance the
program of Tobacco Associates,
Inc., in maintaining and develop
ing export outlets for flue-cured
tobacco.
Poll holders for the vote will be
selected at a meeting of officers
of the Surry County Farm Bureau
and agricultural leaders at the
court house in Dobson this morn
ing (Thursday) at 9 a. m.
Each of the county’s 14 town
ships will have at least one voting
place, and a large vote is expected
by farm leaders.
Claude H. Thore, chairman of
the PMA committee for Surry
County, and the two members of
his committee. Garland Denny of
Pilot Mountain, and Sam A. Hold
er of Mount Airy, designated the
following points as voting places:
Elkin township — North Elkin
School; Marsh township — Little
Richmond School; Rockford town
ship — Copeland School and J. E.
Stanley’s store; Siloam township
— Siloam School; Shoals town
ship — Shoals School; Pilot
township — Pilot Mountain
School: Eldora township — Eldora
School and Union Store; Dobson
township — County court house;
Bryan township — Mountain Park
School and Zephyr School; Frank
lin township — Blevins Store;
Stewarts township — Pine Ridge
and Beulah School; Mount Airy
township — City Hall, Flat Rock
| School and White Plains School;
Long Hill township — Needham’s
\ Service Station; Westfield town
I ship — Wook’s Store, Hunter’s
Store and Cook’s School.
County Agent Neill M. Smith
said that any person sharing in
the proceeds of the 1947 crop of
flue-cured tobacco is eligible to
vote. Expressing his approval of
the plan, Mr. Smith pointed out
that the eocf of the program, at
10 cents per ac; -' was insignificant
in comparison to the benefits that
would accrue to growers of flue
cured tobacco.
A two-thirds majority vote .. :ll
be required for the levy to go into
effect. The polls will be open
from 6:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m.
If the referendum carries, the
assessment of 10 cents per acre
will be effective for three years
(1947, 1948 and 1949), and an
other vote will be held in July,
1949, to determine whether the
plan is to be continued.
Negro Robbed By
White Hitchhiker
John Hall, Negro employee of
the Graystone Inn at Roaring
Gap, was robbed of $20 by a white
hitchhiker near Boonville last Fri
, day.
Hall told officers he was en
route from Roaring Gap to Elkin
; when the unidentified hitchhiker
stopped him at a service station
, and asked for a ride. Hall said
when the car approached Elkin
, the man stuck a gun in his side
and told him to keep driving.
After the car passed through
Boonville, the hitchhiker forced
: him to drive off the highway into
a side road leading through a
, wood area, Hall stated. The man
then relieved him of his money
and fled.
Firms Here To
Observe 4th
As Holiday
Chatham Manufacturing
Company officials have an
nounced that all departments
of the mill will be closed Fri
day and Saturday, July 4 and
5, in observance of Independ
ence Day.
The Elkin Furniture Com
pany has been closed this week
in order that employees may
have a vacation. The factory
will resume operations follow
ing the Fourth of July week
end.
The Merchants Association
announced last week that all
| member business firms would
| be closed for July 4, but would
' re-open Saturday.