ELKIN The Best Little Town In North Carolina THE TRIBUNE Is a Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations The Elkin Tribune ELKIN Gateway to Roaring Gap and the Blue Ridge THE TRIBUNE Is Read By 14,000 People In Surry. Wilkes and Yadkin t1 ■ -■== VOL. No. XXXV No. 32 PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY. JULY 10, 1947 $2.00 PER YEAR 20 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS Parking Meters Authorized For Elkin By Board Sewer Project In East Elkin Given Go-Ahead The board of commissioners voted unanimously to adopt the use of parking meters in Elkin at a meeting in the city hall Mon day night. The action came after City Ad ministrator Lewis Alexander had presented a comprehensive report on his investigation of parking » meter operations in various cities \ throughout the state. Mr. Alexander's report indicat ed that meters had solved the parking problem in towns having them in use. Revenue from the meters averaged between $95 and $100 per year per meter in the towns contacted by Mr. Alexander. Representatives of several man ufacturers of meters will be asked to come before the board at its next regular meeting on August 4 and bring samples of the vari ous types of meters. The City Administrator’s report showed i that the cost of parking meters ( ranges from $49.50 to $75 each. Mr. Alexander also reported on a number of other municipal problems, including garbage dis posal, street paving, and applica tions for new taxi cabs. Three alternatives for garbage disposal were discussed: incineration, bury ing and dumping. Mr. Alexander stated that health authorities ad vocated burying as the mo§t sani tary method. Members of the board expressed the opinion that a bid on as many street paving projects as possible should be obtained at the same time in order to obtain the low m - est possible prices. The board voted to endorse the proposal of Yadkin Auto Sales to secure a license bureau for Elkin. At present, North Wilkesboro is the nearest point at which Elkin automobile owners may obtain license. A delegation of citizens from v'VNorth Elkin, headed by Livings ”ton Williams, presented a request that the board continue efforts to effect the' paving of Oakland drive through the use of state funds. Citizens from East Elkin ap peared at the meeting in behalf of the proposed sewer project for l*. that section of town. Commis sioner J. W. L. Benson stated that a survey .and plans for the project had been completed, and indicat ed that actual construction would probably begin within 90 days. City Clerk Dixie Graham was au thorized by the board to adver tise for bids on the project. I Mayor Garland Johnson and : Commissioners Russell Burcham, S r. c. Freeman, J. O. Bivins and J. W. L. Benson were present at the meeting. NEW OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED Hoyle Cranford Is New Presi dent Of Elkin Junior Chamber Of Commerce ED ELLIS PRESIDES Ed Ellis, president of the North Carolina Junior Chamber of Com merce, presided at the Elkin Jun ior Chamber’s installation of new officers at a meeting in Neavet Park Monday night. Hoyle Cranford was installed at new president at the ceremony Dr. V. W. Taylor and Sam Atkin son took offices as first and sec ond vice-presidents, respectively Other new officers are Fred Nor man, treasurer, and Lewis Alex ander, secretary. Clyde Rudd Edwin Royall, Kemp Reece anc Bill Stephenson were installed at new directors. Retiring President Bob Lank ford spoke briefly at the meeting and Mr. Ellis gave a short talk or the national convention at Long Beach, and plans of the organiza tion for the coming year. The new president, Hoyle Cran ford, said he was looking forwarc to a full year of community ser vice for the Elkin Junior Chambei .of Commerce. Wives and friends of Elkir r^Jaycees, and former members 01 i the organization weer guests at i the meeting. Tribune Advertising Gets Result; ■ 1 Ladies’ Night To Be Observed By Elkin Kiwanians Dr. Charles W. Armstrong, cf Salisbury, newly - elected president of Kiwanis Interna tional, will be guest speaker at the Ladies Night meeting of the Elkin Kiwanis Club this eve ning (Thursday) at the Gilvin Roth YMCA. President Carl C. Poindexter urges every member of the club and his lady to be present. The meeting will begin at 7 o’clock. PLEADS GUILTY MANSLAUGHTER Foster Martin On Trial In Surry Court In Death Of Hawley McMillian TRUE BILLS RETURNED Foster Martin pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter in su perior court Tuesday as he went on trial for the death of his step father, Rawley McMillian, Mount Airy furniture worker whose body was found in a stream three miles north of Mount Airy on June 4. The grand jury returned true bills against Mrs. Susie McMillian, wife of the dead man, and James Goins, another stepson of the late Mr. McMillian. They were nam ed as accessories after the fact, I but their cases were continued to the next term of court. Earl Reynolds, principal witness in the case, testified Wednesday that the late Mr. McMillian had come to the home of Mrs. Mc Millian and got in an argument with Foster Martin, who was part ly intoxicated. Reynolds said Mr. McMillian threatened Martin with i an axe and Martin got a shotgun, | but the gun was taken away from him. Martin was expected to be sen | tnced Wednesday afternoon by Judge W. H. Bobbitt. CLUB MEMBERS TO SEE PAGEANT Twenty-Four 4-H Youngsters Leave Dobson For Trip To Manteo HAVE CHARTERED BUS Twenty-four 4-H Club members J of Surry County left Dobson yes i terday morning for Manteo to see Paul Green’s famous pageant, “The Lost Colony.” In charge of the group were Mrs. Grace Pope Brown, home demon stration agent, and Luther G. Sink, Jr., assistant county agent. A chartered bus took the group on the trip and is scheduled to re turn tonight from the two-day, overnight journey. Home Demonstration and i-H , Club leaders who accompanied ' the group in addition to Mrs. Brown and Mr. Sink wore Mrs. L. C. Patterson, Mrs. Madge Bad ’ gett, Mrs. Dewey Sisk and Mrs. Faye Draughn of White Plains; ; Mrs. Woodie Pruitt of Mount ; Airy; Mrs. Curtis Mann of Cope | land; Miss Marthalene Davis and Miss Evelyn Holyfield of Rock ford; and Mrs. S. N. Hawks, Jr. of Dobson. Four-H Club members making the trip were Rachel Johnson, Evelyn Waugh, Raedelle Patter son, Polly Seal, Bobby Marshall and Sam Taylor of White Plains; Doris Nichols and Wilma Frances Broome of Franklin; Mary Fian ces Goode and Bonnie Lou Liven good of Flat Rock; Betty Swift, Dot Harris, Grover Dezern, Bobby Cockerham, Billy Smith, Arlie Cockerham and Vance Thompson of Mountain Park; Bobby Perk ins, Billy C. Smith and Garrett Ray Simpson of Copeland; Nor man Gordon and Curtis Needham of Pilot Mountain; Aaron Tilley of Westfield; and Brent Shinault of Dobson. What the public thinks of cot ton products, and the extent to • which it prefers and buys them, will be the final measure of how I much cotton can be produced on ■ I American farms. FIRST WOMEN GRAND JURORS — Shown here are the first two women ever to serve on a grand jury in North Carolina. They are Mrs. J. A. Sale of Elkin, left, and Mrs. W'. D. Inman of Mount Airy, whose names were drawn Monday for duty with the Surry County grand jury at Dobson. The names of two other women. Miss Effie Crater and Mrs. Neerva Hyatt, were drawn for duty, but they were excused by Judge William H. Bobbitt. (Another grand jury photo on page 8, this section.) POLL HOLDERS ARE NAMED Twentv-Tvvo Polling Places Set Up In County For Im portant Leaf Vote ON SATURDAY, JULY 12 Claude W. Thore, chairman of the PMA Committee in Surry County, has designated 39 poll holders for the tobacco referendum to be held Saturday, July 12. Twenty-two polling places have been set up in the county for the referendum, which will determine whether tobacco growers are will ing to assess themselves 10 cents per acre to finance the program of Tobacco Associates, Inc., in ex panding and developing export markets for flue-cured tobacco. County Agent Neill M. Smith urging a heavy vote in favor of the plan, said the program should result in improvements of markets in this country as well as export markets. He predicted a possible movement among growers of cot ton, wheat and other crops similar to the program of Tobacco Associ ates, Inc., in developing and main taining world-wide markets. Poll holders who will be on duty all day Saturday in the 14 town ships of the county are as follows: Elkin—J. W. Gentry, Don W Cockerham and Wilma W. Thomp son: Marsh—R. G. White and Charlie White; Rockford—John M. Hardy (at Copeland), V. W. Coe and J. E. Stanley; Siloam— John H. Hardy and J. E. Poindex ter; Shoals—Sam W. Scott, R. E Barber, John Allen and Gray Lane; Pilot—Bruce Nelson and John W. Dennis; Eldora—Lacy Simpson and Hoyt Badgett; Dob son—Walter Jarvis, Marvin Wil moth, Ellis Haymore and E. W Wilson; Bryan—John Nixon and Bryant Smith; Franklin—I. F Armfield and Charles J. Carson; Stewart’s Creek—Walter Edwards Luther Beamer, Elmer Hodges and Robert Richards; Mount Airy— D. C. Haymore, R. S. Johnson, C. M. Turpin and Robert Jones; Long Hill—Jesse W. Stewart and Roscoe L. Chilton; Westfield—Tom An derson, Glenn Payne and C. E. Jackson. 2 COMPETE IN DEMONSTRATE Surry 4-H Club Girls Take Part In Dairy Foods Event At Greensboro MEMBERS BEULAH CLUB Ivylyn Sparger, president of the 4-H County Council, and Vernelle Wood, both of whom are members of the Beulah 4-H Club, competed with contestants from five other counties in a Dairy Foods Demon stration in Greensboro yesterday The two 4-H girls gave demon strations in making cottage cheese and cottage cheese salads. Mrs Bess Davenport, assistant home demonstration agent for Surry County, instructed the girls in pre paring for the event. Miss Sparger won outstanding honors in clothing achievement competition last fall when she was awarded a $200 scholarship at Chicago in a national contest, and has been prominent in 4-H Club w