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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 People In Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin VOL. No. XXXV No. 39 PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. a, THURSDAY. AUGUST 28, 1947 $2.00 PER YEAR 20 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS SCENES FROM LIONS CLUB HORSE SHOW — Above are four pictures which were taken during the Horse Show staged in Memorial Park last week end. At the upper left Mrs. Russell Rurcham is shown handing Link Spainhour of North Wilkesboro a trophy won by his mount. Midnight, in tlie local walking horse event. The magnificent black animal, owned by Gene Spainhour of Elkin, also won first place in the pleasure iiorse class. The grand champion of the show. Red Bird Star, is shown in the upper right photo after Ringmaster II. Glenn York had placed the winning wreath around his neck. George Kapp is mounted on the horse, which was entered by Red Bird Farm of Lexington. Red Bird Star also won top honors in the five-gaited championship stake and the five-gaited stallions and geldings class. The action shot at the lower left shows Chuck Haywood of Turnersburg taking a hurdle on his mount Starwood. The horse was selected as champion juniper of the show after winning the jumper stake, open jumpers class and the knock-down-and-out events. At the lower right are four young ladies who served as ribbon marshals for the event as they posed with Russell Burcham and II. Glenn , York. From left to right are Mrs. Russell Burcham, Russell Burcham, Mrs. YV. YV. Holcomb, Mrs. Phillip Poats, II. Glenn York and Mrs. C. E. Grigg. * (PHOTO BT REDHONI SCHOOL STARTS 8:45, SEPT. 4 Summer Vacation For Elkin School Children Draws To Close On That Date ISSUES INSTRUCTIONS Summer vacations for Elkin school children will end at 8:45 a. m. Thursday, September 4 when all students will report to their first classes of the 1947-48 term. According to instructions issued by N. H. Carpenter, superinten dent of city schools, first year high school students will report to the library for room assignments on the opening day. Children enter ing the elementary school for the first time should report to the auditorium, and all children who attended Elkin schools last year will report to their old class rooms. All classes will be dismissed at noon on the opening day and on Friday. Monday, September 8 will be the first full day of school (Continued On Page Four) WILL SPONSOR FASHION SHOW Junior 'Woman’s Club To Stage Event At Strfte Theatre September 1th BENEFIT OF SCHOOL The Junior Woman’s Club will sponsor a Talent and Fashion Show Thursday night, September 4 at 8 o'clock in the State Thea tre. The latest Fall fashions dis played by Elkin Merchants will be shown. In the afternoon, a benefit bridge and rook party will be giv en at the Gilvin Roth Y.M:C.A. at 2:30 o’clock followed by a fashion show at 4 o'clock. Those desiring reservations for the benefit party are requested to call Mrs. Hugh Salmons at 506-J or Mrs. Jim Dan Hemmings at the Tribune office. The admission will be 50c. The proceeds from the party and fash ion show will be used to help fur nish proper lighting facilities in the Elkin Elementary School. The local merchants are coop erating in every way possible by * furnishing the latest Fall styles to be modeled in the two showings. This is the second year the Jun ior Woman’s Club has sponsored I' “ “ Lexington Horse Is Top Winner In Show Rain Cuts Down Crowd At Lions Horse Show Here Red Bird Star, a late entry from the Red Bird Farm of Lexington, was awarded top honors in the Elkin Lions Club Horse Show here Sunday afternoon before a scat tered crowd of some 300 persons who sat through showers of rain to witness final performances in the event. Champions in 12 classes were named’ in the Sunday show after weather had forced postponement of the performances Saturday night. Entries in the first 11 events were shown Friday night, and the second performance was •neld Saturday afternoon. In addition to winning the award as grand champion horse of the show, Red Rird Star took first place honors in the five gaited championship stake and the five gaited stallions and geld ings events. Two horses owned and ridden by Chuck Haywood of Turners burg won top honors in the jump ing and hunter classes. They were Starwood, who was named cham pion jumper of the show after winning the jumer stake, open jumpers and knock-down-and-out classes, and Norwood, who won the conformation hunter cham pionship on a point basis. Midnight, owned by Gene Spain hour of Elkin, won first place in the pleasure horse and local walk ing horse events, while Wilson Merry Boy. owned by Dr. Moir S. Martin of Mount Airy, captured the amateurs' championship walk ing horse stake. Here I Am. owned by Roy Skill man of High Point, won first place in the-championship fine harness stake, the junioi fine harness and open fine harness classes. Claim Agent, owned by Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Henkle, Jr., of Turners burg, copped first place honors in the hunter stake and open hunter class. First prizes in the three-gaited championship stake, the amateurs’ championship three-gaited stake and the three-gaited under 15.2 events went to Artistic Man, own ed by Cam Cridlebaugh, Jr., of High Point. Phinn Horton III, owned by (Continued On Page Eight) Democrats To Stage County Meet Sept. 13 A county-wide meeting of Young- Democrats will be held at Mount Air.v’s Memorial Park on Saturday, September 13, at 5 p. m., it was announced today by Frank Freeman, Dobson mayor and president of Young Democrat Clubs in Surry Coun ty. Delegates to the state con vention, which will be held in Raleigh the following week, will be elected at the meeting, Mr. Freeman said. A prominent party leader is expected to be present to address the group. A barbecue supper will be served on the ground, and a large attendance is expected for the meeting. Young Demo crat Clubs were relatively in active during the war years and efforts are being made to re-activate the organization throughout the state. WILL AUCTION PULLETS HERE 60 New Hampshire Chicks, Grown By Surry 4-H Club Members, To Be Sold AT LIVESTOCK MARKET An auction sale of 60 New Hampshire pullets, grown by Surry 4-H Club members, will be held at, the Livestock Auction Market here Thursday, Septem ber 11, at l p. m., it was an nounced today by Luther G. Sink, Jr., assistant county agent in charge ol 4-H work. Froceeds from the sale will be used to purchase new chicks in the annual poultry co-operative project sponsored by Elkin Hatch ery and Farmers Supply Company for 4-H members in the county. The firm is offering prizes for the best birds shown in the show. C. F. Parrish, poultry extension specialist of N. C. State College, will judge the poultry. Automobiles do not run down so many people as does gossip. YADKIN COURT DOCKETHEAVY Session Begins Monday With Traffic Violations Being In The Majority ONE MURDER CASE SET One of the largest dockets in history is made up for trial when the Yadkin County Superior Court convenes next Monday morning with Judge J. H. Clem ent, of Walkertown, presiding. The number of cases ready for trial totals 234, according to Clerk of Court Lon H. West yesterday. The majority of the cases are de fendants charged with operating an automobile intoxicated and other traffic violations, toith a few cases set which are expected to take a considerable length of time. Six ladies have been selected to serve on the jury during the week. One of the outstanding cases scheduled for trial is that of Le roy Pardue, young Knobs Town ship boy, charged with the mur der of Walter Holcomb in May of this year. Another case expected to take considerable time is that of Bur ton Key, Glenn and Millard Bell, charged with Highway Robbery. The cases against the two Bell brothers in Wilkes County have also been transferred to Yadkin court and all counts against them will come to trial at the same time. Also scheduled for trial is Buck Nicks, Yadkinville man, charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, the plaintiffs in the two cases being Carl Boggs and Eva Mae Boggs, of Yadkin viile. Forty-six of the cases on the docket are those which have been continued from previous dockets. West Coast Folks Visit Relatives Mrs. Lelan Dunham, grand daughter of A. S. Cockerham of Mtn. Park, and her husband left Saturday for their home in Gar den Grove, California, after a visit of several days with relatives in this section. Mrs. Dunham is the daughter of Jim Cockerham, who moved from Surry County to California about 42 years ago. She visited her un cles, Groves and Alex Cockerham, and her cousin, Police Chief Cor bett Wall on her trip. The Dunhams made the journey by automobile. It was Mrs. Dun ham’s first visit to North Carolina and Surry County, and she said she liked this part of the country very much. REP. DEANE TO SPEAK AT SHOW AND SALE HERE To Address 4-H And FFA Young People In YMCA 4-H LEADER ON PROGRAM D. B. Brower, Jr., of VPI., To Judge Stock In Javcee Sponsored Event MANAGERS ARE NAMED Representative C. B. Deane, oi North Carolina’s eighth congres sional district, will be the princi pal speaker at Elkin's fifth annual Fat Stock Show and Sale Septem ber 16 and 17. He will be introduced by fifth district Representative John H. Folger and will address 4-H and FFA boys and girls in the YMCA at 10 a. m. on September 16. L. H. Harrill, State 4-H leader has also accepted an invitation to appear on the program and will address the young people during the morning session. D. B. Brower, Jr., of the Vir ginia Polytechnic Institute’s ani mal husbandry department, will judge the stock entered in the event. County Agent Neill M. Smith and Sam Atkinson, Jaycee vice president, are co-managers of the event, which is sponsored annual ly by the Elkin Junior Chamber of Commerce. ASK INCREASE IN PHONE RATES Files Application With North Carolina Utilities Com mission This Week SERVES THIS SECTION The Central Telephone Com-* pany this week filed an applica tion with the North Carolina Util ities Commission asking a general increase in telephone rates. In its application, the Company cited increased operating costs and the lowest earnings in its his tory. W. E. Spargei of Mount Airy, North Carolina Manager of the Company, said the Company’s op erating costs are the highest in its history, resulting in a low re turn on its investment and asked that increaseed rates be made ef fective at an early date. The requested increases in rates which the Company said would vary with localities, generally ranges from 25c to $1.25 per month for Business Service and 15c to 75c per month for Resi dence Service, depending upon classification. “In line with our long establish ed policy, we would like to keep rates down,” Sparger said. “They have remained generally the same for the past 20 years, but 1927 rates are not enough for 1947 costs. It is only as a last resort that we are asking for relief now, (Continued On Page Four) ELKIN WOMAN PASSES AWAY Mrs. T. Millard Darnell Dies Wednesday At Hugh Chat ham Memorial Hospital FUNERAL RITES FRIDAY Funeral for Mrs. T. Millard Darnell, 73, who died yesterday morning, (Wednesday) at 11:30 in the Hugh Chatham Memorial Hos pital, will be held Friday at 2 p. m. at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, of which she was a member. Mrs. Darnell was the former Miss Harriet Walls, a daughter of the late Eli Walls and Eliza Nor man Walls. She had been a patient in the local hospital since Friday of last week when she slipped and fell on the kitchen floor in her home on North Bridge Street, fracturing a hip. Surviving in addition to her husband, T. M. Darnell, are one daughter and two sons, Mrs. Lee Lawrence of the home: Noah and Robert Darnell, both of this city; one brother and four sisters, John Walls, Arlington; Mrs. Will Gil liam, Mrs. C. C. Couch, Mrs. Willie Tucker, all of Elkin, and Mrs. S. C. Byrd, Pineville, West Virginia. Rev. David W. Day, pastor, will be in charge of the rites. Rev. J. C. Gwaltney and Rev. R E Adams, of Winston-Salem, will assist and interment will be made in the church cemetery. TO SPEAK AT FAT STOCK SHOW AND SALE — Congressman C. B. Deane, above left, and State 4-H Leader L. R. Harrill have ac cepted invitations to speak at the Jaycee-sponsorcd Fat Stock Show and Sale to be staged here next month. Mr. Deane will be introduc ed by Congressman John H. Folger and will speak on the morning program at the YMCA September 16. MAY CASHBOND AT LOCAL BANK Effective September 2 Ter minal Leave Bonds May Be Converted Into Cash ARE URGED TO HOLD Effective September 2, veterans holding terminal leave bonds may convert them to cash by signing and presenting them, with their discharge certificates, at their nearest bank. Interest which has accured on the securtities will also be paid. Officials of the local bank said they would require original dis charge certificates from veterans wishing to cash their bonds unless the individuals were personally known at the bank. Ex-service men have the op tion of cashing their bonds now or holding them until they mature and drawing two and one-half per cent interest per year from the date of issue. In signing Public Law 254, which provides for con verting the special paper, Presi dent Truman urged veterans to hold their bonds until the ma turity date (five years from init ial date) if possible. “If . . . veterans choose the wise course, hold their bonds and con tinue to draw two and one-half | per cent interest, their dollars will buy more when they cash their bonds after inflationary conditions have eased. I urge veterans not to cash their bonds unless they are in urgent need of the money now,” he said. BIBLE TEACHER FOR 2 SCHOOLS Miss Virginia Smith To Be Instructor For Both Elkin And Jonesville IS QUEENS GRADUATE Miss Virginia Smith of Char lotte has been secured as instruc tor of Bible for the Elkin and Jonesville High Schools. The teaching of Bible in the schools is being sponsored by the Jonesville Elkin Ministerial Association and churches of all denominations in the two school districts are co operating to make this service possible. Miss Smith, a graduate of Queens College, Charlotte, was a Bible teacher in the Selma Schools for two years prior to coming to this city and is secre tary of the Bible Department of the North Carolina Educational Association. Even though Miss Smith is sponsored by the churches, she is a fully accredited high school teacher and will in struct on the same basis as other high school teachers. She Will teach two courses of Bible in the Elkin High School in the morn ings and two courses in Jonesville High School in the afternoons. Bible will be an elective course in both schools, carrying full aca demic credit. Since this is the first year Bible is being offered in the schools, the Ministerial As sociation urges the parents to talk over with their children the possi bilities of taking advantage of these courses. In teaching Bible, all doctrinal questions of a stud ent will be referred to the stud erit's minister. The teaching program will be steered by a committee of laymen and ministers to be.appointed by Rev. Howard J. Ford, president of the Jonesville-Elkin Ministerial Association. Rev. R. G. Tuttle is acting chairman of the Bible Committee and Miss Ophelia Paul is treasurer for the teaching fund. The Yellowstone river is about 1100 miles in length. Are To Test Fire Signals Saturday Noon If you hear a few extra blasts of the fire department’s siren at noon Saturday, don’t be alarmed. Officials of the department plan to make tests to determine whether the siren can be used satisfactorily in identifying the area in which a fire occurs. City Administrator Lewis Alex ander has recommended that a fire alarm system be established that would designate the sec tion of town in which a fire breaks out. Following the sounding of a general fire alarm, additional signals would be sounded at intervals to indi cate the general location of the fire. The system will be tested* following the regular 12 o’clock sounding of the siren Saturday and, if successful, will be adopt ed by the town board. WILL OPEN ON SEPTEMBER 9 Jonesville Schools Delay Un til This Date Due To Late ness of Leaf Harvest FACULTY IS COMPLETE Jonesvile Schools will open Tuesday, September 9 at 9 a. m instead of Thursday, September 4 as previously announced, accord ing to Watt Deal, principal. All Yadkin County schools have de layed their opening dates to Sep tember 9 due to the lateness in harvesting the tobacco crop. A complete teaching staff has been secured for the 1947-48 term A commerical department has been added making a course in typing and possibly shorthand available to the students desiring them. Miss Virginia Smith has (Continued On Page Four) SI ,700 PRIZES MT. AIRY FAIR Surry Event To Be Staged At Veterans Memorial Park September 1-6 PLAN CATTLE EXHIBITS More than $1,700 in cash prizes will be awarded for exhibits at the Mount Airy Fair to be held at Veterans Memorial Park Septem ber 1-6. Home demonstration clubs of White Plains, Franklin, Banner town,'Pilot Mountain and West field will sponsor educational booths with exhibits on clothing, foods, interior decoration and other home demonstration work Mrs. Addie Malone, home econom ics specialist for Duke Power Company, and Mrs. Elizabeth Tuttle, home agent for Forsyth County, will judge the home ex hibits. More than 40 registered cattle are expected to be entered in the Junior Dairy Show, which will be judged by Ray Morrow, president of the North Carolina Jersey Cat tle Club. Jack Kelley, extension swine specialist of N. C. State Col lege, will judge the swine show, which is open to 4-H and FFA cub members in the county. Other judges in the fair will be E. S. Stokes, county agent for Stokes, and Fred O. Olinger. asist ant county agent for Patrick County. LEAF PRICES SHOW DECLINE EASTERN BELT However, Quality Of Tobacco ’Is Reported Lower GREEN LEAF STRONGER Gross Sales Opening Day Totaled 6,534,961 Pounds For Average of $45.32 LUGS AVERAGE IS $56.00 Prices on the Eastern North Carolina flue-cured tobacco mar ket Tuesday showed drops from opening-day averages from 25 cents to $5, the federal-state de partments of agriculture reported. Sole gains over Monday’s prices came for fair orange and low or ange lugs, with jumps of $3 and $4, respectively. The market showed a slightly stronger demand for green leaf and the lower quality of lugs. Av erages on fair cutters and top lugs were $1 to $2 under the Commod ity Credit Corporation support prices. The market reporting service said that quality was slightly low er, on the whole, than on opening day. It was estimated that the Flue-Cured Stabilization Corpora tion received 15 per cent of Mon day’s sales. Gross sales opening day totaled 6,534,961 pounds for an average of $45.32 for the lightest opening day volume in many years. The average was $8.89 below the 1946 opening day sales. Average prices per hundred pounds on a limited number of representative United States grades Tuesday, with changes from Monday. Leaf—Good lemon $54, down $1: fair lemon, $51, unchanged; good orange $46, down $4; fair orange $44, down $2; low orange $36, down $4. Cutters—Fair -lemon $57, down $1; low lemon $54, down $2; low orange $51, down $2. Lugs—Choice lemon $56, down $1; fine lemon $54, down $2; good lemon $51, down $1; fair lemon $39, down $5; good orange $48, down $1; fair orange $42, up $3; low orange $34, up $4. Nondescript—best thin $12.75, down 25 cents. Irregular prices continued yes terday for the flue-cured Border Belt in South Carolina and North Carolina, with most averages showing fluctuations of from $1 to $3 over Monday’s sales. Greatest declines were for in ferior quality marketing with small volume. Some grades now are selling at the lowest level of the season, the marketing report said. There were more common and fair qualities and nondescript and less good to choice offerings. Leaf replaced lugs as the predominant offerings for the first time, with the bulk being low to good leaf and lugs and low and fair cutters. Sales were fairly heavy on most markets, but several reported vol ume not as heavy as expected. This was partially due to heavy rains in some sections that delay ed farmers from getting their crops to the warehouse floors. Battery park, in New York City, comprises twenty-one acres. In the early days of the city the sec tion was a select rcsidental dis trict. Contributions Sought From Individuals, Too Contributions from individ uals as well as from merchants are being: accepted for the fund that will be presented to Chat ham, Elkin and Jonesville players at the “Players Appre ciation Night’’ baseball game in Memorial Park Saturday, it was announced today by Claude Farrell, chairman of the Merchants Association com mittee in charge of arrange ments for the contest. Local merchants are donat ing cash prizes that will be di vided among the three teams, and all gate receipts at the game will go to the players participating. The Elkin All Stars and Jonesville’s Horners are combining their forces against the Chatham Blanke teers in the appreciation night contest which is being sponsor ed by the local Merchants As sociation. Individuals who wish to con tribute to the fund should con tact Mr. Farrell or any one of the following committee mem bers: George Royall, Charlie N. Myers, George Isenhour or Joe Bivins.