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ELKIN The Best Little Town In North Carolina THE TRIBUNE Is a Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations VOL. No. XXXV No. 35 I * PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C, THURSDAY. JULY 31, 1947 $2.00 PER YEAR ELKIN Gateway to Roaring: Gap and the Blue Ridge THE TRIBUNE Is Read By 14,000 People In Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin 16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS 1 MAKES REPORT TO ROARD ON LOCALAFFAIRS Field Consultant Offers Sug gestions On Many Matters ^ IS PURELY INFORMATIVE Town Commissioners Study Ways And Means Of Long Range Planning METERS ARE DISCUSSED Lee Wilson, Field Consultant for the North Carolina League of Municipalities who has made a study of municipal affairs in Elk in, reported on his findings to the board of commissioners at an in formal meeting in the City Hall ! Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Wilson offered suggestions j relative to street paving, collection ^ of taxes, installation of parking meters, garbage disposal, sewer projects and other municipal mat ters. Town officials emphasized however, that his discussion was of a purely v informative nature and no action was taken on his recommendations. The town board recently auth orized the installation of parking meters for Elkin following an in vestigation and report by City Administrator Lewis Alexander but no selection as to the type meter to be installed has been made. Mr. Wilson recommended the purchase of double-faced me 4 ters, which can be read from both street and sidewalk. He also sug gested that the meters be install ed at an angle to the street so that violations may be readily not ed. Mr. Wilson stated that most towns found the "land fill,” or burial method of garbage disposal most satisfactory. He suggested that the town cooperate with the • State Highway Department on sreet paving projects in order to utilize to the fullest possible ex tent funds set aside by the state government for paving. He recom mended that a more comprehen ^ sive speed limit ordinance be en acted for residential and business districts. City Administrator Alexander assisted Mr. Wilson in his study. Mayor Garland Johnson stated that the report was designed to aid the town board in its effort to effect practical, long-range plan for the betterment of the ”fown. He said officials were high ly pleased with the report. The League of Municipalities | with headquarters in Raleigh, is a I quasi-public organization owned I and operated by 277 member I towns in the state. It was estab lished in 1908 as a means of aid ing towns with technical and ad ’ll ministrative problems, and serves as a clearinghouse of information relative to municipal affairs. Traphill Youth Is Sent To San Diego Don W. Cheek, son of Ira Cheek of Traphill, and Daniel H. Carter son of Thurmond Carter of State Road, were enlisted in the U. S. Navy last week and assigned to the San Diego, California, naval base for preliminary training, it was announced today. Seaman First Class Jessie P. Childress, son of Lawson Childress of State Road, re-enlisted for ac tive duty and was sent to Norfolk, Va., for re-assignment. Chief H. A. Connor, of the Navy Recruiting Service, will be at the local post office on Wednesday and Thursday of each week to in terview applicants for the Navy. Two Are Bound Over By Magistrate Court Leslie W. Carrico, charged with operating a car under the influ ence of liquor, was bound over to the superior term of court under bond of $500 in Magistrate’s Court Monday morning. Garfield Patton was bound over on three counts of reckless driving, speeding and operating a car without driver’s license. Expect To Open Jonesville Track On August 10th The new Jonesville Speed way, located south of Jones ville High. School, is expected to be completed by next week, and a championship stock car race is scheduled to feature the formal opening set for Sunday, August 10. The track will be one of the fastest in this area, and a large field of veteran drivers will be on hand to compete in the opening races. 1 BEAUTY CONTESTANTS — Here are three of the approximately 25 young ladies who will compete for the title of “Miss Elkin” in the Jaycee Beauty Pageant next Wednesday. From left to right are Sarah Jones, Christine Ingram and Betty Lou Steelman. Seventeen contestants for the event have already been entered, and the num ber is expected to reach at least 25 by the deadline next Tuesday. (TRIBUNE PHOTO) Jaycee Beauty Show At YMCA Next Week - A 17 Contestants Already Entered In Annual Event Plans for the Jaycee-sponsored Beauty Pageant to be held next Wednesday neared completion to day with 17 contestants from Elk in, Jonesville, Yadkinville and East Bend already entered in the contest from which “Miss Elkin of 1947” will be selected. Deadline for entries in the an nual event was set for next Tues day at a meeting of ‘Jaycee offic ials Monday night, and approxi mately 10 additional contestants are expected to be entered by that date. The afternoon water show, ori ginally set for 3 o'clock, will begin at 2:30 in order to allow more time for the evening Beauty Page ant to be held in the YMCA at 8 p. m. Top water performers are expected to be on hand for an ex hibition diving and swimming j event. Contestants in the pageant will be guests of the Junior Chamber of Commerce at a buffet supper preceding the selection of Elkin’s beauty queen. Out-of-town judges will select the young lady who will be crowned “Miss Elkin” and who will represent the Junior Cham ber in a state-wide contest at Wrightsville Beach on August 16 Tickets for the event are on sale at stores in Elkin, Jonesville, Yadkinville and East Bend, and at the office of Chatham Manu facturing Company. Jaycee offic ials predict a record attendance for the event. Local merchants and business men are sponsoring entries for the show and are donating prizes to all contestants. Only single girls between 18 and 25 years of age are eligible to enter the event. Contestants entered in the show thus far are Christine Ingram and Caroline Brown, of Jonesville; Mary Ellen Harrell, Betty Cope Betty Lou Steelman, Pauline Wag oner, Eleanor Hayes, Betty Jean Pardue, Ruth Reich, Ellen Coth ren, Pat Harris and Sarah Jones of Elkin; Jessie Dean Russell, Elizabeth Hall and Margaret Mackie of Yadkinville; Helen Tomlinson and Julia K. Williams of East Bend. 41 Persons Killed; 542 Were Injured To Lower June Count Raleigh, July 26.—Motor Ve hicles Commissioner Landon C. Rosser reported today that 41 persons were killed and 542 were injured in 916 traffic accidents in North Carolina during June. The figures compared with 77 fatalities and 486 injured in 788 traffic accidents during June, 1946. Rosser said the 41 fatalities during June showed a decrease of 47 per cent from the 77 who died the previous June. Six of the fatalities and 162 in jured occurred in 380 accidents in cities and towns. On rural high ways there were 536 accidents, accounting for 35 fatalities and 379 injured. Local Airport Is Okeyed For Training The Elkin Municipal Airport has been approved as a primary flight school for G. I. flight train ing under the G. I. Bill of Rights, it has been learned, with classes to start immediately for private pilots course. A limited number of students will be taken per class, it was said. Those wishing to learn to fly at government expense should file | their application now. Heavily Loaded Truck Damages Highway Bridge A heavily loaded truck smashed two of the approach stands to the Donnaha bridge near East Bend Monday after noon and damaged several sec tions of the driveway across the structure. The bride is closed to traffic while repairs are under way, and the local highway office had no information Wednesday as to when crews would com plete the repair job. Motorists traveling east to Winston-Salem must go via Yadkinville until the bridge is re-opened. SPEAKERS ARE CLUB FEATURE Local Lions Hear Talks By District Governor And N. C. League Consultant HORSE SHOW DISCUSSED Robert H. Smith, Lions Clubj District Governor of High Point. I and Lee Wilson. Field Consultant of the North Carolina League of Municipalities, were featured speakers at Monday night’s meet ing of the Elkin Lions Club in Neaves Park. Mr. Smith spoke on the essen tials of a good Lion, and Mr. Wil son gave a brief summary of the purpose and benefits of the League of Municipalities. Plans were also discussed for the Lions Horse Show to be staged in Memorial Park August 22 and 23. The Exposition Building is expect ed to be completed in time for the event, and a track is being pre pared to exhibit the animals. Glenn Lewis and David Brown are in charge of advance ticket sales. Seventy-five per cent of the proceeds from the Show will go toward reducing the indebtedness of the Memorial Park Commission, and 25 per cent will go to the Lions Club blind fund. Yadkinville Racer Is Injured Sunday Melvin L. Dudley, Yadkinville's auto racer, was painfully injured Sunday afternoon while racing on the new North Wilkesboro track, when three cars were piled to gether on the back stretch during a race. It all happened when a racing car driven by Lucky Sauers went out of control and dived across the track in front of other rac ing cars. Bill Blair, driver of an other racer rammed into the wrecked car, and Dudley, going about 80 miles an hour piled into the first two. Dudley was car ried to Wilkes hospital where it required 32 stitches to closd cuts in his lower lip and chin. He re ceived other small cuts and bruises, and his car was badly damaged. Blair was only slight ly injured but Sauer received a head concussion and was still unconscious at last report. Dudley has been racing all this year and has won first prize in three races. Also some other money prizes on various tracks in this section. The Alamo, located at San An tonio, Texas, was originally a omis sion house erected by the Fran ciscan fathers in 1718. BODY OF CHILD IS TAKEN FROM YADKIN RIVER Billie Miller, of Wilkes, Drowned Over Week Ago IS FOUND SATURDAY Body Badly Decomposed When Discovered Lodged Against Log Near Bank WAS FIVE MILES DOWN The body of eight-year-old Billie Dean Miller was found lodged against a submerged log in the Yadkin River Saturday morn ing, three miles east of North Wilkesboro and five miles down stream from Curtis Bridge where he fell into the water July 19 and drowned. Searching parties, haggard and worn from the week-long effort to find the missing child, discov ered the body at 11:30, exactly one week to the hour after the acci dent occurred. Hundreds of volunteers partici pated in the search under the direction of Leonard Harris, of i North Wilkesboro. Members of the searching party who found the body said they would accept the $100 reward of fered by the boy’s stepfather, T. R. Parsons, and present it with other donations to the boy’s mother, Mrs. Nora Miller Parsons of Cricket. J. H. Harrison, Roscoe Porter J. G. Chappell, B. G. Adams, J. L. Porter, L. J. Jennings, C. W. John son, E. Harris and Roby Broyhill comprised the party which discov ered the badly decomposed body. Rumors that the child may have met with foul play were apparent ly unfounded. Coroner I. M. My ers said the boy’s death was caused by accidental drowning. Two companions, Bryce Carlton 13, and Donald Vannoy, 13, were with the Miller boy when he re portedly fell into the river while testing to see how cold the water was. The three youths had plan ned to go for a swim near Curtis Bridge. Billie Dean was the son of Law rence Miller of Obids and Mrs. Nora Miller Parsons. He was liv ing with his mother and step father, T. R. Parsons. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at the Yellow Hill Baptist Church near Summit. Surviving, besides his parents are one brother, one sister and one half brother. VFW TO BUILD NEW CLUBHOUSE Organization Cancels Lease On Present Buildings, Plans Purchase Of Property AIR SHOW TO BE HELD The local VFW Post has can celled its lease on its clubhouse west of Elkin and plans to pur chase property near town for the erection of a new club, officials of the organization announced to day. The Post leased the clubhouse on the Dobson road from Lennie I. White some time ago and has held its regular meetings there. VFW members will meet at the Garland Morrison picnic grounds in Sunset Park next Thursday night, August 7, when plans for the organization’s Air Show will be discussed. September 28 has been set as the tentative date foY the event, with October 4 as an alternate date in case of unsuit able weather. Officials said efforts were being made to obtain Army and Navy planes as added attractions for the show, which will feature stunt and precision flying by top air men of the nation. The show will be staged at the municipal airport on Swan Creek Road. WKBC To Broadcast From Elkin Friday The branch studio of Radio Station WKBC, North Wilkesboro, will broadcast its first program here Friday afternoon when May or Garland Johnson, Rev. Howard J. Ford and Hoyle Cranford are scheduled to speak briefly at the formal opening. Mayor Johnson will go on the air at 2:05 p. m. for the initial broadcast, which will last until 2:30. Following talks by Rev. Ford and Mr. Cranford, the oipening program will feature recorded music. The studio is located at 115 Ya West Main Street. George C. Yar brough will be in charge of pro grams. BODY OF DROWNED YOUTH RECOVERED AFTER WEEK-LONG SEARCH — Members of the .seach party which found the body of young Billie Dean Miller Saturday morning pose for this ex clusive photo following a weary, week-long search. The body was found several miles downstream from Curtis Bridge, where the lad fell into the water while testing to see how cold it was. Many of the searchers worked continuously during the week until the body was found. Identified as to order they are J. H. Harrison, Roscoe Porter, J. G. Chap pell, B. G. Adams, J. L. Porter, L. J. Jennings, C. W. Johnson, E. Harris and Roby Broyhill. The body of the Miller child is covered by a blanket in left foreground. (photo by belli JETER SPEAKS AT JOINT MEET Agricultural Editor Praises Civic Clubs For Interest In Farm Projects ADDRESS IS BROADCAST Frank H. Jeter, agricultural ed itor at State College, was guest speaker last Friday evening at the joint meeting of the Elkin and North Wilkesboro Kiwanis Clubs held at Hotel Wilkes in North Wilkesboro. and delivered an in teresting address in which he sug gested the continuation of agri cultural projects which have been carried out by both the Elkin and North Wilkesboro clubs. The evening’s program was in charge of Bob Smith, of the Wilkes club, who introduced the speaker. Dr. G. T. Mitchell, presi dent of the Wilkes club, presided Mr. Jeter paid high compliments to the Elkin and North Wilkesboro Kiwanis clubs for the far reaching interest they have taken in recent years to promote the agricultural interests of this surrounding ter ritory. He mentioned the various clubs and projects each has been sponsoring to give impetus to bet ter stock raising, more yield to the farm acres, etc. He suggested the continuation of these projects as the best means for building a spirit of cooperation between the rural and urban peoples. He thinks this should be a self-supporting agri cultural state and predicts it will as its farmers come to know they can produce their feed and graz ing crops sufficient to feed all of their livestock. “Industry cah greatly hasten the conclusion of this idea as it proceeds to build plants* to process our own feeds,” he said. The address was broadcast over Station WKBC, of North Wilkes boro. At the meeting of the Elkin club this evening (Thursday), William Edgerton, professor of languages at Guilford College, and a nephew of Mrs. C. C. Poindexter, of this city, will be the guest speaker. Prof. Edgerton, who will go to Columbia University, New York City, this fall as an instructor in languages, for more than two years was a representative of the UNRRA and the American Friends’ Society in Egypt, Italy Germany and Poland. Car Is Recovered, Thief Also Nabbed Local officers went to Bland. Va., Monday to bring back Robert Brown on a charge of stealing an automobile here Saturday night. Brown, of Yards, Va., was ap prehended in the Virginia town and held in custody for officers here. He waived both extradition proceedings for his return and a preliminary hearing on theft charges here. He faces trial at the next term of superior court. Police Chief Corbett Wall, Pa trolman J. W. Williamson and Deputy Sheriff Heber Mounce made the trip to Bland to bring back the prisoner. The city of Baltimore,. Mary land, was first settled in 1662, first given legislative recognition in 1729, and chartered as a city n 1796. TO PLAY — Rev. Stephen Mor risett, member of the faculty of Gardner-Webb College at Boil ing Springs, and a former pas tor of the First Baptist Church here, will play a special organ recital Sunday evening at the Elkin Methodist Church during the dedication of the organ re cently presented to the church by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph P. Hanes, of Winston-Salem. Rev. Morri sett is an accomplished music ian. —Photo by Redmon. ORGANIZATION DRIVE PLANNED Elkin And Vicinity Included In Plan Of National Home And Property Owners BENEFITS EMPHASIZED Elkin and . vicinity are included in plans for a chapter organiza tion and membership campaign soon to be launched by the Na tional Home and Property Foun dation, according to the Founda tion’s headquarters in Washing ton, D. C. The aim of the drive, officials of the Foundation said, is to ob tain increased public support for projects designed to safeguard and enhance the rights and in terests of property owners. Emphasizing the local benefits to be derived from effective or ganization of the owners of homes, farms and other real property, the drive in Elkin and vicinity will be under the general direction of E. M. Shepherd, of Winston-Salem, a Fbundation trustee for the North Carolina district. Every farmer and home owner is eligible for membership in the Foundation, which already num bers tens of thousands of people in all parts of the country. Piedmont Quartet To Sing Over WKBC The Piedmont Quartet, of Elk in, who have been broadcasting weekly over WSJS, Winston Salem, will sing over radio station WKBC, North Wilkesboro, each Sunday afternoon at 5:30 o’clock. The group is composed of Charles T. Jones, piano; Arthur Lee Pendry. Dick Church, Claude Pardue and Jim Anderson. The method of voting in elec tions, known at the Australian system, was introduced into the United States in 1888. DEDICATION OF ORGAN PLANNED Rev. Stephen Morrisett To Play At Service To Re Held Sunday Nijfht GIFT OF HANES FAMILY A special service at which the Aeolian pipe organ recently in stalled in the Elkin Methodist Church as a gift from Mr. and Mrs. Ralph P. Hanes, of Winston Salem. will be dedicated, is to be held at the Methodist Church Sunday evening at 8:00 o’clock. The organ, given to the church in memory of the late Mr. and Mrs. Hugh G. Chatham, parents of Mrs. Hanes, will be played dur ing the dedicatory service by Rev. Stephen Morrisett, formerly pas tor of the First Baptist Church here, but now’ a member of the staff of Gardener Webb College at Boiling Springs. The organ will be formally pre sented for dedication by George E. Royall, chairman of the board of trustees. Rev. Robert ' G. Tuttle, pastor, will be in charge of the dedicatory service, using the special organ dedicatory ritual of the Methodist church. Although the dedicatory service will not begin until 8:00 p. m„ a special musical program will start at 7:30, which will feature preliminary music by Miss Mamie Blackwood, church organist, on the organ and chimes. A num ber of records will also be played on the automatic mechanism of the organ during this period. During the service a special an them will be sung by the choir and a recital will be given by Rev. Mr. Morrisett. The chimes were installed in the organ as a gift of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Royall and fam ily in memory of Mrs. Royall’s parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. John S. Bell, will not be dedicat ed until September. It is expected that Mr. and Mrs. Hanes will be present for the ser vice. Mrs. Hanes, the former Miss DeWitt Chatham, was at one time a member of the local church, as were her father and mother. The public is invited to attend. Mrs. Gentry Takes First Plane Ride Mrs. J. S. Gentry of Mountain Park, who is 82, and who has been visiting her son, Harvey B. Gentry at Boonville, wanted to go to Nor folk, Va., to see her brother, John W. Hamby, who has lived in Nor folk since 1917. She didn’t want to go on a bus and the train schedules didn’t suit her, so she got about half mad and took a plane to the Vir ginia city, although she had never been on a plane before. She says she enjoyed the trip immensely and returned none the worst for her experience, and says she is liable to do the same thing again. Her brother returned home with her, after she spent a week with him. Her sister, Mrs. J. W. Black burn of Elkin, visited with them in Yadkinville Monday. Mrs. Gentry says everything went well with ner on the plane trip, but she can’t understand why houses and fields look so small from the air. “They looked just like dinner plates,” she says. LEAFGROWERS STUDY TURKISH TOBACCO CARE Farmers Of Several Counties View Experimental Work NEW CROPS PLANNED Experts Believe Turkish Leaf Can Be Adapted To Soils Of This Area CURE BY SUN DRYING Tobacco glowers of several northwestern North Carolina counties met on the farm of Blaine Sparks at Traphill Tuesday after noon to view experimental work being carried on in the planting, cultivation and curing of Turkish tobacco. Roy Crouse, specialist in Turk ish tobaccos, discussed various phases of the growing process from planting to curing of the foreign leaf. The meeting was held under auspices of the Extension Service to acquaint tobacco growers in this area with the progress in the experimental work with the Turk ish type leaf. Wilkes County Agent R. D. Smith was in charge of the meeting. Experimental growing of Turk ish tobacco has been carried on in Wilkes and surrounding counties for three years, and a number of new growers are planning to plant crops next year. Experts believe the Turkish leaf can be adapted to soils of this area, and are en couraging farmers to undertake experimental work with the leaf. Curing of Turkish tobaccos con sists of sun-drying in contrast to the flue-curing of domestic types. GIVE SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES Extension Service Releases 1946 Figures Concerning Farmers In Past Year PROGRESS IS NOTED “A Good Year of Peace and Progress” was realized in 1D46 by Tar Heel farmers .and homemak ers, according to the title and substance of the annual report of the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, released this week by Director I. O. Schaub. As the director's report to the people of the state, it views the Extension Service record in twen ty-eight pages of interesting, readable sections on all of the phases of farming, homemaking and youth programs. Thirty eight photographs, taken in all parts of North Carolina, illustrate the report. The record for the first year of peacetime farming since 1940 shows that 241,550 farms and 147,656 farm homes made defin ite changes in practices toward better farming and homemaking. Of the state's 287,989 farms, ac cording to the 1945 census, coun ty or state college personnel visit ed 150,582 different farmsteads, and answered 648,933 office and telephone inquiries for assistance. More than 286,000 farm families were influenced by some phase of the Extension program. A total of 369,939 adults attend ed more than 23,000 method dem onstrations while rural youth re sponded 651,036 strong to swell attendance at more than 18.000 demonstrations for young people. Total membership in the state’s 1,955 4-H Clubs was listed at 95, 483 and 56.021 farm women mem bers of 2,221 home demonstration clubs sold farm products valued at $2,237,465. Leaf Prices Hit High Of $45.49 On Ga.-Fla. Marts Fluc-cured tobacco sales on Georgia - Florida markets reached an average of $45.49 per 100 pounds Monday, the highest of the season thus far, it was reported yesterday. Markets in the Georgia Florida belt opened last week with the flue-cured leaf bring ing an average of 43.92 cents per pound. The figure was slightly under the average for the record opening week of last year, but it was the second highest week in the history of the Georgia-Florida belt. Some decline in averages for lower quality grades was re ported Tuesday, but prices for better quality offerings were generally steady.