ELKIN
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VOL. No. XXXV No. 41
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 11, 1947
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PLAYED PROMINENT ROLES IN PLANNING FAT STOCK SHOW AND SALE — A major portion of
the work of planning Elkin's Fat Stock Show and Sale this year fell to the three men above. From left
to right arc Hoyle Cranford, president of the Elkin Junior Chamber of Commerce, sponsors of the
event; Neill M. Smith, Surry County Farm Agent and manager of the show and sale; and Sam Atkin
son, Jaycee agricultural committee chairman and co-manager of the show and sale.
r SCHOOLS IN
YADKIN OPEN
Full Complement Of Teaehers
For Fall Term On
Hand In System
STAFFS ARE ANNOUNCED
Yadkin County schools opened
Tuesday morning with a full
complement of teachers for the
fall term.
Following is a list of the staff
of the eight schools:
Yadkinville school—R. P. Buch
anan, principal; Mary Harding
I,ogene Caudill, Alice Dixon, Mrs.
Mary Louise Buchanan. Arlene
Williams, B. S. Linville, Nora
Shore, Mrs. Margaret Foust Ga
bard,' Mrs. Lucy S. Atwater, Mrs
Juanita M. Brandon, Sara Hol
comb, Mrs. Evelyn Reavis Taylor.
Mrs. Elizabeth Miller Shore, Mrs.
Mildred T?Styker, Garnett Shavis,
Mrs. Grace Cash, Mrs. Lucy Full
er Martin, Phoebe Ann Lyon,
k Mrs. Georgia J. Stafford, Lydia
" Underwood, Katherine Hennessee.
Forbush school — C. B. Money,
principal; Ruby F. Hinshaw, Eu
genia M. Poidexter, Mrs. Mabel
M. Money, Woodrow W. Jennings.
West Yadkin school — C. C.
Wriglft, principal; Bertha Ball,
Daisy Nicholson, Mrs. Irene Ma
Tjettr Shore, Leo Wagoner, Mrs.
.Helen S. Wishon, C. R. Wright,
Mrs. Mrfdolin J. Bell, Mrs. Mamie
C. Gough, Mrs. Lucille Templeton
Williams, Mrs. Laura Joyner Hem
ric, Addie Casey, Mrs. Lillian C.
Arnold, Collie Hinson, Mrs. Alta
Redmond, Mrs. Gladys Newman,
Mrs. Pauline Long, Mrs. Maude G.
± Paris, Lucy Parks, Mrs. Fred
v Money, Ray Madison, H. C. Nicks.
Mrs. Helen Madden, Mrs. R. A.
Allred, Mrs. Thomas F. Miller,
Mrs. Maggie H. Kirkman, Jewell
Kelly.
Jonesville school — Watt Deal,
principal; Jimmy Miller, E. K.
Reece, Clyde Phillips, Elizabeth
Greever, A. H. Wolfe, Evelyn
Spencer, Mrs. Kate F. Key, Leona
Martin, Mrs. Ruby B. Canipe, Mrs.
Anne L. Madison. Mrs. Hazel Nol
an, Mrs. Iris Canipe, Mrs. Mae C.
Brown, Mrs. Catherine B. Wilkins,
Mrs. Amelia T. Holmes, Ruth At
kinson, Walter Calloway, Lois
Parks, Mrs. Eva C. Hine, Mrs.
Pauline K. Boggs, Mrs. Edith
Bray, T. S. Hobson, Mrs. Watt
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71 Arrests Are
Made In Elkin
During- August
Arrests were made for 71 law
violations in Elkin during the
month of August, according to
local police records. The figure
represents an increase of nine
over July’s total of 68, and
marks the second highest crime
month of the year thus far. The
highest number of violations
was recorded in May, when 81
arrests were reported.
A total of 22 persons were ar
rested on the charge of public
drunkenness during August.
The second most frequent of
fense was driving without op
erator’s license for which 11
persons were apprehended. Ten
persons were charged with op
erating a car under the influ
ence of liquor.
Other violations were: speed
ing, 4; illegal possession of
liquor, 4; reckless driving, 3;
assault, 3; assault with deadly
weapon, 3; improper lights, 2;
drunk and disorderly, 2; driv
ing after revocation of license,
2; warrant for assault, 1; fail
ure to pay bill, 1; driving with
out automobile license, 1; im
proper brakes, 1; resisting ar
rest and assaulting an officer.
1.
Enrollment In
Elkin Schools
Shows Increase
Enrollment figures released
today by N. H. Carpenter, Sup
erintendent of Elkin City
Schools, show a total of 1,046
students registered in the four
schools of the city system for
the new term.
The figure marks an increase
of approximately 10 per cent
over last year’s enrollment, Mr.
Carpenter said, and rural chil
dren who have not yet enrolled
because of farm work are ex
pected to increase the number
considerably.
A break-down of the total
enrollment shows 560 enrolled
at the elementary school, 228
in the high school, 220 at
North Elkin school and 38 at
the Negro school.
YADKIN STOCK
SHOW MONDAY
L. I. Case, of N. C. State Col
lege, To Judge Animals
In Show
PROMINENT SPEAKERS
The Yadkin Pat Stock Show,
sponsored by Pomona and subor
dinate granges of Yadkin County
for 4-H and FFA members, will
be held at Boonville Monday aft
ernoon, September 15.
L. I. Case, in charge of Animal
Husbandry Extension at N. C.
State College, will judge the 21
animals entered in the show, and
Mrs. Harry B. Caldwell, Master
of the North Carolina State
Grange, will present the awards.
The program is scheduled to
get under way at 1 p. m. with
music by the North Wilkesboro
High School band. Among the
speakers are Harvey Gentry, mas
ter of Pomona Grange, Harry B.
Caldwell, past master of the State
Grange, and Harvey Dinkins,
Winston-Salem Journal Farm
Editor.
D. R. Perkins, Yadkin County
Agent, will preside as master of
ceremonies.
A total of $150 in prizes will be
offered exhibitors in the event.
ACCIDENT FATAL
FOR RONDA MAN
An early morning accident Wed
nesday took the life of Armstrong
Pardue, 35 year old resident of
Ronda, and injured a companion
William Rumple, Jr., 21, also of
Ronda.
Pardue, said to have been driv
ing the 1940 Ford, and Rumple
were traveling on the newly-paved
Swan Creek Road shortly after
midnight when they came to the
intersection at Highway 421
allegedly traveling at a high rate
of speed, and continued on across
the highway to strike a service
station operated by Bessie Myers
The wrist watch on the arm of
the dead man stopped at 12:45 a.
m.
The automobile plowed into a
brick column at one end of the
station, sheared a gasoline tank
completely off, and continued on
to crash into the front of the
building.
Sheriff A. F. Moxley, who in
vestigated the wreck, said there
were no tire marks to show that
brakes had been applied, and re
ported that the automobile was
completely wrecked.
Pardue died while he was being
carried to a North Wilkesborc
hospital. Rumple, who was hos
pitalized, was released Wednesdaj
morning. He was said to be the
owner of the automobile.
STATE STILL
SEEKING SITE
Continuing Surveys To Find
Suitable Location For To
bacco Experiment Station
CONSIDER 4 COUNTIES
State extension service author
ities are still conducting surveys
in an effort to locate a suitable
farm for the proposed tobacco ex
periment station in western North
Carolina, and a site is expected to
be selected within the next two
weeks.
Farms in Surry, Stokes, Forsyth
and Rockingham Counties are
being considered in the quest for
’ a suitable location. The site se
I lected must have soil conditions
| typical of this section of the state,
j a dwelling house, storage space for
farm machinery and facilities for
curing tobacco.
Several farms in Surry County
have been rejected because of in
accessibility and poor soil. The
sloping terrain typical of the
county is also a disadvantage that
may preclude establishment of the
experiment station in Surry.
EAST BEND MAN
DIES IN WRECK
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N. (I. Hulchcns, Prominent
Citizen, Killed In
Monday Accident
RETIRED MAIL CARRIER
N. G. (Gurney) Hutchens, 72,
prominent East Bend citizen, was
instantly killed about 3:30 o'clock
Monday afternoon when the Jeep
in which he was riding was struck
by a Buick car driven by John
Wilson Moore of Winston-Salem.
The accident occurred in front of
! the Negro church in the eastern
edge of East Bend. Elsie Martin,
driver of the Jeep received unde
termined injuries and was carried
to a Winston-Salem hospital.
No one witnessed the fatal ac
cident, according to Sheriff Bill
Moxley and Patrolman J. W. Wil
liamson, who investigated the
crash. Prom Brewer Hutchens,
son of the deceased, i{ was learn
ed that Elsie Martin drove by his
service station and asked Mr.
Hutchens to take a ride in his
Jeep which he had recently re
ceived from his son, George Mar
tin. They drove to the edge of
town and were either turning in
at the church to turn around or
had driven in and were backing
out when the Buick came over a
rise in the road from the direc
tion of East Bend and crashed
into the Jeep on the wrong side
of the road. Prom all appear
ances the Buick rolled over the
body of Mr. Hutchens.
Moore was accompanied by Jim
Scott of Smithtown, who was cut
over the eye, and Tommie Cox,
who received a broken ankle.
Sheriff Moxley placed Moore
under a bond of $2,000 on a tech
nical charge of manslaughter and
a hearing is set before Magistrate
J. E. Shew on September 17. His
bond was signed by G. B. Smith
erman of East Bend. The Jeep
was knocked or rolled 240 feet
from the place of impact, went up
a bank and turned completely
over with the wheels in the air.
Coroner Jake F. Brown accom
panied Sheriff Moxley to the
scene of the accident but decided
an inquest was unnecessary.
Prominent Citizen
Mr. Hutchens was one of the
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Enlisted men in the Navy who
are higli school graduates are giv
en the opportunity to compete for
the Naval Reserve Officers Train
ing Corps. i
PURCHASE OF
200 PARKING
METERS O.KD
Order Is Expected To Be
Placed This Week
THIRTY-DAY DELIVERY
Yadkin Valley Garden Club
Asks Twice Weekly Gar
bage Pickup In Summer
WOULD PROHIBIT HOGS
The purchase of approximately
200 parking meters was authorized
by Elkin’s board of commissioners
at a meeting in the City Hall Mon
day evening. A committee com
posed of City Administrator Lewis
Alexander and Commissioners
Russell Burcham and J. W. L
Benson will work out minor de
tails in connection with the pur
chase, and the order is expected
to be placed this week.
Manufacturers of the meter
adopted by the board have prom
ised delivery within 30 days.
The board voted to amend the
town parking ordinances to pro
hibit parking on the east side of
Gwyn Avenue from the intersec
tion at Market Street to a point
approximately 500 feet north.
A deed to the street running
west from Elk Spur Street at the
Sunset Park intersection, signed
by C. W. Young, was accepted for
the town by the board.
City Administrator Alexander
presented recommendations from
the Yadkin Valley Garden Club
that: (1) garbage be collected
twice weekly during the summer
months: (2) that no parking be
permitted at any time on Gwyn
Avenue; and (3) that the town
adopt an ordinance prohibiting
the keeping of hogs w'ithin the
city limits after January 1, 1948
The board tabled action on the
requests until the October meet
ing.
The Yellow Cab Company w'as
authorized to place an additional
taxi in service. However, the board
adopted a policy to the effect that
the last cabs authorized would be
the first to be removed in the
event that it became evident that
an excessive number of taxis were
in operation here.
NAME GRAHAM
AS REGISTRAR
Million Dollar School Bond
Election Is Scheduled For
October 11th
BOOKS OPEN SEPT. 13
City Clerk Dixie Graham has
been appointed registrar in Elkin
township for the million-dollai
school bond election scheduled for
October 11.
Regisrtaion books will.be open
for three consecutive Saturdays
proceeding the date of the elec
tion: September 13, 20 and 27
Saturday. October 4, has been des
ignated as challenge day.
Only new voters are required to
register in order to be eligible to
vote. Persons who have lived with
in the precinct for at least four
months and who have resided in
the state at least a year will be
qualified to vote upon registering.
The election will be decided by
the number of votes cast and
without regard for the total reg
istration.
Bond Sales Total
$61,470 In Surry
W. L. Glancy County Chairman
of the U. S. Savings Bonds Di
vision for Surry County, announc
ed today that August sales of U.
S. Savings Bonds for Surry coun
ty totaled $61,470.25. Broken
down into the three series the
sales were: E Bonds $58,470.25;
and G Bonds $3,000.00.
The report for Yadkin County
shows a total of $12,750.75; and
Wilkes Count* sslles amounted to
$23,306.25.
Sales of Savings Bonds for the
State of North Carolina for the
same period were: E Bonds $3,
455,939.00; F Bonds $273,393.00;
and G Bonds $1,591,900. Total
State sales of the three series
were $5,321.00.
The county chairman further
stated in announcing the above
county and state sales figures for
August that “the amount of spare
cash which is going into savings
accounts and savings bonds these
days indicates the concern with
financial security among thous
ands of North Carolinians who are
able to save something despite the
cost of living.” He continued that
“it is particularly significant the
way they are buying and holding
on to Series E Bonds, the people’s
bond, which the Treasury sells
only to individuals.”
Plans Near Completion For
Annual Fat Stock Show And
Sale; Deane To Be Speaker
SPEAKERS AT FIFTH ANNUAL FAT STOCK SHOW AND SALE — Above are the three principal
speakers who will appear on the program at Elkin’s fifth annual Fat Stock Show and Sale. From
left to right are Thurmond Chatham, chairman of the board of directors of Chatham Manufacturing
Company; Charles B. Deane, eighth district Representative in Congress; and L. R. Harrill, state 4-H
Club leader. Mr. Chatham will officially open the auction sale of baby beeves in Memorial Park at
1 p. m. Wednesday. Mr. Deane will speak on the program in the YMCA Tuesday morning, and Mr.
Harrill will address the banquet session Tuesday evening.
FOUR TO FACE
MURDER COUNT
At September Term Of Crim
inal Court Which Will Con
vene At Dobson Monday
WOMAN AMONG GROUP
Four persons are scheduled to
face trial for murder at the Sep
tember term of superior court
which will convene in Dobson
Monday.
Listed on the crowded docket
for trial during the first week of
court are Mrs. Lavora Wood of
Crutchfield, charged with the
fatal shooting of her husband last
January, and R. N. Stewart, of
Ararat, who will face trial for
murder in connection with the
death of John W. Spainhower of
the same section.
Mrs. Susie McMillian and her
son, James Goins, both of Mount
Airy, are slated to be tried for the
alleged murder of Mrs. McMill
ian’s husband, Rawley, whose body
was found in a creek near Mount
Airy on June 4 after he had been
missing for three days.
C. W. Seagle, of Charlotte, and
B. O. Choate, Sparta physician,
both of whom are charged with
manslaughter and abortion in
connection with the death of Mrs
Annie Mae Anderson in a hotel
here last summer, are scheduled
to be tried during the second week
of court. Choate is at liberty un
der bond of $15,000. Seagle is free
pending trial under bond totaling
$8,000.
The case of Andrew Greenwood
vs. The Town of Elkin, which was
expected to be heard in Septem
ber, will not come up until the
January term of court due to the
fact that the current session has
been set aside exclusively for
criminal cases, with the exception
of uncontested divorce actions.
Judge William H. Bobbitt will
preside at the three-weeks session.
Annual Procter
Reunion Is Held
The annual Procter reunion was
held at Hamptonville Sunday with
all the members of the family,
close relatives, and many friends
present. Dinner was served on the
lawn.
Those present were Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Proctor, Zeno and Har
old Proctor, of Hamptonville; Mr.
and Mrs. Brice Campbell, Mr. and
Mrs. Claude Proctor, of Salisbury;
Mr. and Mrs. Curley Proctor, of
Hamptonville; Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Vestal and children, of
Yadkinville; Mr. and Mrs. Parks
Bridges, of Union Grove; Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Brown and children
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Proctor, Doris
Proctor and Sara Lou Shore, all
of Cycle; Mr. and Mrs. Laymond
Johnson, of High Point; Jane
Proctor and Agnes Wright, of
Winston-Salem: Troy Proctor
who is a senior at the A. and M.
college of Texas; and Rosaleen
Lunsford, of Statesville.
One of the best' apnunities that
can be bought is through service
in the United States Navy. The
Navy pays the bill.
Tobacco Markets
Scheduled To
Open Sept. 23rd
Tobacco markets on the Old
Belt, including Winston-Salem
and Mount Airy, are scheduled
to open Tuesday, September 23:
it was announced today.
The belt will operate on a
three and one-half hour selling
day for four days, and is sche
duled to go a four-hour basis
with full sets of buyers on Sep
tember 29.
Because of the late crop this
year it was thought that the
market opening might be post
poned, but the opening date
will be September 23 as sche
duled unless unforeseen events
occur.
CATTLEMEN TO
GATHER TODAY
Aberdeen - A n j? u s Breeders
Expect More Than 200 At
Mocksville Today
COOLEY TO PRESIDE
The annual meeting of the
North Carolina Aberdeen-Angus
Breeders Association will be held
at Boxwood Farm, Mocksville, to
day (Thursday) with an expected
attendance of more than 200 cat
tlemen from throughout the state.
T. F. Cooley, president of the
association and manager of the
Klondike Farm here, will preside
at the morning business session
when new officers and directors
will be elected.
The afternoon program will in
clude talks by W. B. McSpadden
of Knoxville, Tenn., Southeastern
Fieldman for the American Aber
deen-Angus Breeders Association.
1 J. H. Hilton, head of the depart
ment of animal husbandry of N
C. State Colelge, and L. I. Case
and J. C. Pierce, also of State Col
lege.
The Boxwood Farm herd, owned
by Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Wood
son will be inspected by the group
during the afternoon. The Box
wood breeding program has been
widely acclaimed for its produc
tion of outstanding cattle. The
cattle breeders are also scheduled
to visit the White Farms at Salis
bury.
Local cattlemen expected to at
tend the event in addition to Mr.
Cooley, are Thurmond Chatham.
W. A. Neaves, Carl Rose and John
Mayberry. G. Mark Goforth, as
sistant county agent in charge of
livestock work, and a number of
other representatives from this
section, will be present.
Are To Clean Off
Charity Cemetery
There will be a cleaning off of
the Charity Methodist Church
cemetery, near Austin, Saturday
morning, September 20, at 8
o’clock.
All members of the church and
those who have people buried in
the cemetery are asked to come
and help in cleaning off the
grounds.
WHITENER TO
ADDRESS CLUB
President of N. C. Young
Democrats To He Chief
Speaker At Surry Meet
DOBSON, SEPTEMBER 13
Basil Whitener, state solicitoi
and president of North Carolina
Young Democrat Clubs, will be
the principal speaker atr a county
wide meetig of Young Democrats
at the court house in Dobson Sat
urday evening, September 13.
Frank Freeman, president ol
Surry County Young Democrat
Clubs and state YDC chairman
will introduce the speaker.
A barbecue supper will be served
at 6:30, and Mr. Whitener will
speak at 8 p. m. following a busi
ness session. Fifth District Repre
sentative John H. Folger is also
scheduled to appear on the pro
gram.
Delegates to the state conven
tion to be held September 19 and
20 will be elected at the meeting,
and full attendance is urged. The
election of new officers for the
county organization may be held
at the meeting if it is the consen
sus of opinion among members
present that an election is in ord
er. Ordinarily, local elections are
held following the state conven
tion.
Describing State President
Whitener as “an excellent speaker
and an outstanding Democratic
leader,” Mr. Freeman urged that
all Young Democrats of this area
attend.
The meeting was originally
scheduled to be held in Mount
Airy’s Memorial Park but because
of the possibility of rain the place
was changed to the court house
in Dobson.
CATERPILLARS
DAMAGE CROPS
County Agent Smith Warns
Farmers To Be On Look
Out For Insect Damage
OUTBREAK NEAR ELKIN
Farmers of this area are advised
by County Agent Neill M. Smith to
.be on the alert for the appearance
of caterpillars, or “Army worms,”
in their growing crops. An out
break of the destructive worms
was discovered Monday on the
farm of E. W. McDaniel north of
Elkin, Mr. Smith said, and similar
outbreaks may occur elsewhere.
An effective poison for the
worms may be obtained by mix
ing wheat bran and paris green, in
water. A mixture sufficient to
treat three to five acres of crops
should consist of 100 pounds of
wheat bran, four pounds of paris
green and 12 gallons of water, Mr.
Smith stated.
Livestock should not be permit
ted to graze on treated pastures
for several days or until after a
rain.
Farmers who wish further infor
mation on eliminating the worms
should contact the county agent’s
office.
To Hold Annual
Event Here On
September 16-17
Plans were nearing completion
today for Elkin’s fifth annual Pat
Stock Show and Sale to be staged
in Memorial Park next Tuesday
and Wednesday, September 16
and 17.
Approximately 145 FFA and
4-H Club members from eight
northwestern North Carolina
counties will have entries in the
show, and indications are that the
two-day event this year will draw
the largest attendance in its five
year history.
Charles B. Deane, eighth dis
trict Representative, and L. R.
Harrill, State 4-H Club Leader,
will be featured on the program
Tuesday morning in the Gilvin
Roth YMCA. Mr. Harrill will also
address exhibitors and guests at a
banquet session Tuesday evening.
More than $1,000 in cash prizes
will be presented for winning en
tries in the show Tuesday after
noon. D. B. Brower, Jr„ of VPI’s
Animal Husbandry Department,
will judge the show of baby beeves
and select the grand champion
entry.
Thurmond Chatham, chairman
of the board of directors of Chat
ham Manufacturing Company,
will officially open the auction
sale at 1 p. m. Wednesday. More
than 100 buyers are expected to
be present for the auction, which
will be conducted by Harry Ham
ilton, Jr., livestock marketing
specialist of the North Carolina
Department of Agriculture.
All entries in the show must
have been calved since January 1,
1946, and exhibitors must have
personally fed and cared for the
stock entered in their names. The
steers will be weighed in Monday
afternoon preceding the show
date.
PPA and 4-H members will as
semble in the YMCA Tuesday
morning at 10 o’clock for a recrea
tion period to be conducted by
4-H Leader Harrill. Kemp Reece
will open the program with intro
duction of guests, and Mayor Gar
land Johnson is scheduled to
speak briefly. Congressman Deane,
who will speak at 11 o’clock on
“Opportunities for Youth on the
Farm,’’ will be introduced by
County Agent Neill M. Smith. A
movie, “4-H Looks Forward,” will
be shown following Mr. Deane’s
address.
The banquet for exhibitors and
guests will be held in the YMCA
at 6:30 p. m. following the show
in the afternoon.
The event is sponsored annually
by the Elkin Junior Chamber of
Commerce with the cooperation
of the county agent’s office.
Sam Atkinson, chairman of the
J a y c e e agricultural committee,
and Neill M. Smith, county farm
agent, are co-managers of the
show and sale. G. Mark Goforth,
Jr., assistant county agent, will
be ring master for the show, and
L. I. Case, of the animal husban
dry department of N. C. State Col
lege, will be master of ceremonies.
Bible Instructor
To Be Club Guest
Miss Virginia Smith, Bible in
structor in the Elkin and Jones
ville schools, will be guest speaker*
at the meeting this evening of the
Elkin Kiwanis Club, which will be
held at the Gilvin Roth YMCA at
6:30 o’clock. N. H. Carpenter,
superintendent of the Elkin
schools, will be in charge of the
program.
Last week the Kiwanians en
joyed a picnic supper at Neaves
Park.
Stores To Stay
Open Wed. P. M.
Starting Oct. 1
Beginning: October 1, Elkin
stores will discontinue the reg
ular Wednesday afternoon
closing which has been observ
ed during the summer months.
Wednesday, September 24,
will be the final date on which
stores will be closed.
The half holiday next Wed
nesday, September 17, has been
suspended because of the Fat
Stock Show and Sale.