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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. 48 PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 30, 1947 ! 16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS $2.00 PER YEAR Atkinson Says Farmers Must Organize Now Farm Leader Asks Unity In Leaf Crisis “Britain's ban on American to bacco imports rocked every ele ment of the flue-cured industry, but for the farmer himself the crisis proved beyond doubt that unless farmers are fully organized 4^ they can never hope to overcome such emergencies when they arise,’’ S. H. Atkinson, Surry County Farm Bureau President, declared today. “As soon as the ban was an nounced,” Atkinson pointed out, “the North Carolina Farm Bureau and the American Farm Bureau moved quickly to pave the way for resumption of British buying. Carl T. Hicks, Walstonburg, North Carolina Farm Bureau Tobacco Committee Chairman, went to ^ Washington immediately to meet with United States and British government officials in an effort to protect the interests of the many farmers who still had huge amounts of tobacco unsold. “R. Flake Shaw, Executive Vice President of the NCFB, conferred with Washington and State offi cials by phone and kept in touch with the American Farm Bureau headquarters constantly. In short, the entire machinery of the State and National Farm Bureaus was geared to action to help flue-cured growers to avert a catastrophe.” Atkinson said that the all-out efforts of the Farm Bureau to re store British tobacco buying through the Commodity Credit Corporation or a similar agency emphasize the seriousness of the situation. The suddenness of the (Continued on page eight) In a move to protect tobacco growers from heavy losses as a result of the British ban last week on further buying of American tobacco this year, the Agriculture Department an nounced Tuesday that the Commodity Credit Corporation would be permitted to buy the amount of tobacco England normally would have purchased had the ban not been placed in effect. The emergency move will probably re-open “flue-cured tobacco markets shortly,” ac cording to Charles E. Gage, di rector of the department’s to bacco branch. Specialists estimate that the program will require an invest ment of some $25,000,000 by the government, but that the plan should stabilize flue cured tobacco markets for the remainder of the 1947 season. * To Discuss Farm Bureau Campaign Leaders of the Little Richmond Community Farm Bureau will meet Tuesday evening at 7 o’clock in the Little Richmond school to discuss results of the farm bureau membership drive in that area, according to C. C. White, presi dent of the farm group. “Prospects of reaching the goal of 35 members look good,’’ Mr. White said. The membership campaign in the Little Richmond section is be ■ ing conducted by R. G. White, J. E. Poindexter, Thurman Cocker ham, J. S. Greenwood, Vernon Holder, Jim Jenkins and C. C. White. Alumni Group To Elect New Officers At Meeting Monday New officers for the coming year will be elected at a dinner meeting of the Northwest State College Alumni Club at White Pines, cast of North Wilkesboro, Monday evening at 6:30. “Pop” Taylor, general alumni secretary, and a prominent faculty member of N. C. State College, will be a guest at the meeting. All State College alumni from Surry, Yadkin, Wilkes,' Ashe and Alleghany counties are ur ged to attend. Manslaughter Case Hearing Continued Preliminary hearing for John Wilson Moore, Route 2, Winston Salem, charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of N. G. Hutchens, 72, of East Bend, has been continued until Satur day, November 8. according to Magistrate J. E. Shew of Yadkin ville. The hearing was originally scheduled for Monday of this week. Mr. Hutchens was killed September 8 in a collision between an automobile and a jeep at East Bend. COLLECT LARGE SUM IN COUNTY Clerk of Court Shows $6, 668.80 In Fines And Court Costs In September PART TO SCHOOL FUND A report compiled by Kermit Lawrence, cleik of superior court in Dobson, show's that a total of $6,668.80 was collected during the September term of court in the approximately 75 cases in which defendants were taxed with costs or fines, or both. Of this amount. $3,125.00 repre senting fines imposed by the court, has been paid into the county school fund as provided by law'. A total of $2,104.51 was collected as clerk’s fees, solicitor's fees and stenographer’s fees. Officers and witness fees included in the bills of cost collected amounted to $933.35, which was disbursed to persons entitled to receive the funds. A total of $505.94 was col lected and disbursed to prosecut ing witnesses and other persons for damages sustained as describ ed by court order. The latter figures also include a state tax of $2 and a fee of $2 for each case tried. The tax is collected by the clerk and paid quarterly to the State Department of Revenue. Sums accumulating from the $2 fee are paid to the state treasurer for the Officers’ Retirement Fund. Mr. Lawrence also prepares re ports following each term of court for the department of motor ve hicles and the department of jus tice. The later department re quires data on each defendant convicted in criminal cases, and the department of motor vehicles requires information in all cases involving automobile accidents. One hundred and fifty-two cases were disposed of during the Sep tember term of court. GLENN BELL IS AGAIN NABBED Wilkes Man, Under Sentence Of 15 Years, Charged With Operating Still BROTHER FACES DEATH Olenn Bell of Wilkes County, a brother of Marvin Bell who is awaiting execution for the crim inal assault of a Pleasant Hill girl last year, will face two federal charges at the November term of U. S. District Court at Wilkes boro. / He was arrested over the week end on a charge of operating an unregistered still, and U. S. Mar shal Edney Ridge of Greensboro said Tuesday that he had been re arrested and charged with at tempting to bribe a Federal of ficer and “attempting to rescue property taken or detained by an officer of the United States.” * Bell was given a preliminary hearing before U. S. Commissioner Ralph Davis at North Wilkesboro and bound over for trial at the No vember term of Federal court. His bond was set at $7,500. Bell and his brother, Millard Bell, were convicted in Yadkin Su perior Court last month on charges of impersonating officers and highway robbery in operating a speed trap near Brooks Cross roads. Each was sentenced to 15 to 20 years in prison on the two charges. They appealed and were freed under bond of $15,000 each. 1 INSTALLATION OF METERS IS NOW UNDER WAY Two Hundred Parking Gad gets To Be Located Here READY BY NEXT WEEK Are Being Placed On Princi pal Streets In The Business Section SAYLOR IS IN CHARGE Installation of parking meters on Elkin business streets got un der way Wednesday morning, and the devices are expected to be in operation by next week. Two hundred meters are being set up in the downtown area which city authorities hope will elimin ate the acute parking problem here. Superintendent of Public Works Joe Saylor is directing the instal lation work, and a representative of the parking meter company will arrive next week to instruct police in the maintenance and servicing of the meters. A new member has been added to the police force who will be as signed to traffic work exclusively, Police Chief Corbett Wall said to day. The new officer is Robert Thompson, of near Lowgap. He assumed his duties here Monday and expects to move his family to Elkin as soon as living quarters are available. Chief Wall and Mr. Thompson have been attending a course on traffic problems in Mount Airy this week. The traffic school was under the direction of the State Bureau of Investigation and was designed to aid law-enforcement officers in coping with parking and traffic problems. Three Are Bound Over By Justice Three persons were bound over to the superior term of court by Justice of the Peace C. A. McNeill in Magistrate’s Court Monday morning. Two brothers, Harvey Hugh and John Finney, both of Route 1, Jonesville, charged with operating a car under the influence of li quor, were bound over under bond of $500 each and Banner Tilley, Jr., 20, of Roaring River, charged with reckless driving, was bound over under $300 bond. Jaycees To Hold Christmas Party At its regular dinner meeting in the YMCA Monday evening, the Elkin Junior Chamber of Com merce voted to hold its annual Christmas party and dance on December 26. The group voted to invite members of the Junior Woman’s Club and former Jaycees to the event. Arrangements for the party were left to a commit tee headed by Haddon Kirk. President Hoyle Cranford pre sided at the meeting. Roonville Boy [fins Honor At FFA Convention WADE MARTIN HOBSON Wade Martin Hobson of Boon ville was one of nine North Caro linians who won the American Farmer Degree presented at the national Future Farmers of Amer ica Convention in Kansas City recently. Selected from’ the total FFA membership of 238,269, the top young farmers earned the award on the basis of their accomplish ments in farm work, reports of which were submitted at the con vention. A total of 189 winners were named for the honor. Records submitted showed that the honored youths had earned an average of $5,725 from their su pervised farm projects, and $1,130 from other sources. The boys own ed livestock, poultry, land and equipment with an average net worth of $9,500. The national convention was held in connection with the Amer ican Royal Livestock and Horse Show. LIONS TO GIVE MINSTREL SHOW Program At State Theater Next Tuesday To Feature Local Talent Exclusively LIONS CHORUS TO SING The Elkin Lions Club will pre sent a Minstrel Show at the State Theater Tuesday evening, Novem ber 4, at 8 o’clock. The program, featuring local talent exclusively, will include several numbers by the Lions Chorus under the di rection of Mrs. Gwyn Franklin. The show will be presented by a cast of seven Lions, with Lewis Alexander as interlocutor. Also featured on the program will be music by a string band, a solo by Dr. V. W. Taylor, Jr., and several renditions by the Lions Quartet composed of C. C. Wright, '‘Buck” Shore, Jr., Clyde Walker and Charlie Alexander. Proceeds from the event will be used to defray part of the ex penses involved in staging the re cent Lions Horse Show, and in other community projects spon sored by the club. Fight Against Disease Is Expanded In County Dr. Franklin Making Progress In Co. Program Dr. R. B. C. Franklin, a native of Canada and head of Surry County’s Health Department since 1939, is developing a continuous ly expanding program to fight dis ease in this area. One of the indications of the progress made by the county’s public health department is the fact that over 14,000 chest X-rays were made in Surry county last year, compared to only 650 during 1946. The purchase of a $10,000 X-ray machine last year increased the effectiveness of the campaign against tuberculosis, a disease in which Surry County ranks near the top among North Carolina counties in number of cases. But the fight against tubercu losis is only oj>e phase of the county health department’s work. Health personnel are just as ac tive in the fight against other diseases, and render a variety of services in connection with the ef fort to improve the county’s health. Immunization, birth con trol. maternity service, infant care, school hygiene, adult hy giene, aid to crippled children, (Continued on page eight) COUNCIL MEET TO BE CALLED Surrv USDA Members To Plan For Participation In Soil Conservation Contest A meeting of the Surry IJSDA Council will be called early next month to plan participation ol Surry boys and girls in the annual soil conservation speaking contest next spring, it was announced to day by Neill M. Smith, chairman of the council. The subject selected for the contest is "Soil Conservation and its Relation to the Economy of North Carolina.” Sponsored by the North Caro lina Bankers Association, the con test was initiated two .years ago to stimulate interest in soil con servation practices. The event has developed from a sectional into a state-wide affair. Civic clubs of the county will be invited to provide prizes for school and county winners, Mr, Smith stated, and each winning contestant will have an oppor tunity to present his speech at community farm meetings follow ing the contest. School students who plan to en ter the contest are urged to begin preparing their speeches now. DOBSON SCHOOL GIVES STUDENTS DRIVING COURSE — Program May Be Set Up In Other Schools GET DRIVING PRACTICE Automobile With Dual Con trols To Be Used In Teach ing Student-Drivers BLACKWELDER IS HEAD A Driver Training and Safety Education course was added to the curriculum at Dobson High School last week, and the new pro gram of instruction may be set up in every high school in the county next year. The course consists of 90 hours of classroom instruction and a minimum of 10 hours in “behind the-wheel” practice. It has the approval of the State Board of Education and is sponsored by the t American Automobile Association, ! the Chevrolet Motor Company and the Carolina Motor Club. Cars used in the course are be ing furnished by the Chevrolet company from a factory pool set up for that purpose. Schools qualifying for the course will re ceive cars without cost. A new five-passenger sedan Chevrolet, received through the Surry Sales Company of Mount Airy, will be used in the driving course at Dobson. The vehicle j is equipped with dual controls to I facilitate the teaching of proper driving technique. New drivers will be trained in observing traffic regulations as t well as in skillful starting, stop j ping, parking, night driving and other good driving practices. The driving instruction coyrse | at the Dobson school will be un der the direction of R. B. Black j welder, who recently completed a | course for instructors conducted by the State Highway Patrol at Chapel Hill. Students 16 years of age or older are eligible for the course. Classroom work will consist of instruction based on a series of five text books provided by the automobile association. The texts include “The Driver,” “Driver and Pedestrian Responsibilities,” “So ciety's Responsibilities,” and “How to Drive.” Every phase of automobile op eration is covered in the program of instruction. Figures are quoted to show the limitations of an au tomobile, and particular emphasis is placed on the high rate of traf fic accidents. Each student’s abil I ities in judgment of speed, tim ing and reaction to various situa tions are measured through the use of various devices. The course has been used in other states and has resulted in a great reduction in highway acci- i dents, it is reported. Superintendent of Surry County ; Schools John W. Comer expressed the hope that the course might ; be offered in every high school in | the county next year. Services Planfied For Thanksgiving At the last monthly meeting of the Elkin-Jonesville Ministerial Association, it was decided that the two cities would hold separate Thanksgiving services. In Elkin, the service will be held at the First Baptist Church, with Rev. Robert G. Tuttle, pastor of the First Methodist ChurclY to bring the message. Rev. R. J. Wells, j pastor of the Pentecoastal Holi ness Church, of Jonesville, will be in charge of the Thanksgiving ser vice to be held in Jonesville at the First Baptist Church. Both services will begin at 8 a. m. o’clock and the public is ex- j tended a special invitation to at- | tend the service in their respect- i ive community. Rev. J. C. Williams Passes Away Sunday Rev. John Cephas Williams, 65, of Fremont and father of Mrs. Jack L. Caudill, of this city, died Sunday afternoon after preaching his last sermon the morning of the same day. He was pastor of the Fremont, Eureka, Yelverton and Black Creek Methodist Churches, and had been in the ministry for 33 years. Surviving in addition to Mrs. Caudill are the widow, Mrs. Mag gie Dixon Williams; one other daughter, of Wilson; one son; five grandchildren, one brother and three sisters. Funeral was held Tuesday at Fremont Methodist Church and interment was made in the Glenco Methodist Church cemetery near i Reidsvllle. TO HEAD KIWANIANS—Lin ville Hendren, above, was elect ed president of Elkin Ki wanis Club at its meeting last week. He succeeds C. C. Poin dexter. NAME HENDREN KIWANIS HEAD C. H. Leary Is Elected Vice President of Club; Hall Named Treasurer DIRECTOR^ ELECTED Linville Hendren, serving this year as vice-president of the Elkin Kiwanis Club, was elected presi dent for the year 1948 at the an nual election of officers meeting att he YMCA last Thursday even ing. He will succeed Carl C. Poin dexter. C. H. Leary was elected vice-, president, and Julius L. Hall was elected treasurer to succeed him self. The vote, by acclamation,1 was unanimous. Eight directors were also named at Thursday’s meeting, four to serve two-year terms and four to serve for one year. Those named for the two year term were: R. W. Harris, C. J. Hyslup, T. C. Mc Knight and E. S. Spainhour. One year directors were: N. H. Car penter, Walter Combs, George Royall and D. G. Smith. During the meeting, while votes were being counted, Dr. E. G. Click and his double quartet, com posed of various members of the club, entertained with a number of songs, followed by group sing ing on the part of the club. This week’s meeting, to be held at the YMCA Friday evening at 7 o’clock instead of the usual Thursday, will be in the form of a ladies’ night-Hallowe’en party, with a variety of entertainment on schedule, featured by Mr. and Mrs. Joe King and ‘ Brandywine.” A. GLENN SHORE DIES TUESDAY Boonville Man Passes At Hos pital'Here After Illness Of Nine Days FUNERAL ON THURSDAY A. Glenn Shore, 73, of Boonville, Route 1, died Tuesday night at 9:45 p. m. at the Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital after a serious illness of nine days. He was born August 6, 1874 and is the son of the late David Shore and Peggy Huff Shore. He was married to Dora Cas stevens in 1906 who survives. Also surviving are four sons, Ernest of Cycle; Gray and Julius of Boon ville and Sidney of Yadkinvillc; four daughters, Mrs. Ruby Cas stevens of Boonville, Mrs. Eva Hill and Mrs. Jettie Swaim of Win ston-Salem and Mrs. Rosalind Haynes of Jonesville; one brother, Dan Shore of Harmony, and ten grandchildren. A sister, Mrs. An nie Poindexter of Winston-Salem, died Saturday. Funeral service will be held to day (Thursday) at 2:30 p. m. at Mitchell’s Chapel Methodist Church with the Rev. H. D. Gar mon, Rev. Clete Simmons and Rev. R. L. Speer in charge of the services. Jonesville Plans Hallowe’en Party Fun for all is the slogan of the Halloween carnival to be held Fri day night at 7 o’clock at the Jonesville school gymnasium, sponsored by the Jonesville facul ty. Prizes will be awarded for the best costume, and a king and queen from the elementary and high school grades will be crown ed. Cake walks, fortune telling, ball throwing contests and side shows will feature the amusement hall, and eats will be available. Proceeds obtained from the event will be used toward improve ments of the school. Bodies Of 12 Soldiers This Area Returned HOSPITAL ON APPROVED LIST Hugh Chatham Memorial Is Among Medical Centers Okeyed For Expansion IS PRELIMINARY MOVE Elkin’s Hugh Chatham Memor ial Hospital was among the medi cal centers approved for expansion by the State Medical Care Com mission at a meeting in Raleigh Tuesday, but local hospital au thorities had no information as to the funds that would be avail able or what steps would be neces sary to initiate an expansion pro gram. Dr., John A. Ferrell, executive director of the medical care com mission, said the approval of hos pital sites was a preliminary move. Before contracts can be let, com munities must submit detailed plans which must be approved by the commission and then by the United States Public Health Serv ice, Dr. Ferrell pointed out. The Ashe County Memorial Hos pital in Jefferson was also given preliminary approval for expan sion, and the Martin Memorial Hospital site in Mount Airy was approved for the present hospital but not for expansion. J. S GARNER PASSES AWAY Aged Yadkin Man Dies At His Home Near Branon Church After Illness FUNERAL HELD FRIDAY Funeral services were held Fri day afternoon at Branon Friends church for J. Sanford Garner, 91, who died at his home near Branon church late Wednesday night, af ter an illness of several months and serious for three weeks. Rev. Mrs. Perlie Key and Rev. R. L. Speer conducted the services. Bur ial followed in the Harmony Grove Friends church cemetery. Mr. Garner was a well known citizen and retired farmer. He had been a member of Branon church for many years. He was married in 1886 to Miss Nancy M. Hol comb. Survivors include the widow; three sons, J. W. Garner, of Brooks Cross Roads, former chair man of board of county commis sioners; Walter C. Garner and Robert L. Garner, Yadkinville, RFD; four daughters, Mrs. D. A. Reynolds of Yadkinville; Mrs. Walter West, Yadkinville, RFD; Mrs. W. *A. Arnold of Hampton ville; and Mrs. Swanson Lamb of Lambsburg, Va.; 29 grandchil dren and eight great-grandchil dren. Patrons’ List Completed Here Patrons’ list for the Barter Theatre of Virginia productions, sponsored by the Junior Woman’s club, to be staged here this sea son is complete. The following names have been added to the list which appeared in the Tribune two weeks ago as citizens who will have a definite part monetarily in bringing a high type of enter tainment to this city through the Shakespearian play, “Twelfth Night’’ to be staged at the Elemen tary school auditorium November 20. “The Barrets of Wimpole Street’’ will play April 8. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Calhoun, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Freeman, Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Garland, Dr. and Mrs. James H. Howard, Atty. and Mrs. Hoke Henderson, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hatch, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Harris, Mrs. Ed Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Meed, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. McDaniel, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Poindexter, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Page, William T. Roth, and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Spain hour. Junior Woman's club officials ask that anyone who has inad vertently been omitted from the list or failed to have been con tacted, to please notify Mrs. Clyde Cothren at Harris Electric Com pany. t Brought Home From Foreign Battlefields Twelve men from this area were imong the approximately 250 STorth Carolina World War II dead vhose bodies were returned to this country Sunday from European aattlefields. The fallen soldiers are the first )f thousands of war dead being Drought to the United States from military cemeteries in Europe at die request of their next-of-kin. The U. S. Army transport Joseph V. Connolly docked in New York narbor Sunday with the first load of caskets. Following military Deremonies the bodies were land 2d at Brooklyn Army Base. The bodies of North Carolina men are being taken this week to the Quartermaster Depot in Char lotte. From there they will be sent under military escort to the next-of-kin. The men from this area are: Sergeant James C. Powers, son of Rev. J. L. Powers of Elkin; Pfc. Emmitt R. Cockerham, son of Alex W. Cockerham of Mountain Park; Pvt. Glenn D. Llewellyn, son of Henry Llewellyn, Route 1, Dobson: Pfc. Warren F. McHone, son of Mrs. Warren F. McHone, Roaring River; Pvt. Ira H. Smoot, son of Charley S. Smoot. Route 1, Trap hill; Pvt. James A. Stanley, son of Mrs. Nellie Isaacs Stanley, of Rusk: Sergeant Roy W. Hutchins, son of Thursie S. Hutchins, Mount Airy; Pvt. Marvin H. Martin, son of George W. Martin, Mount Airy; Pvt. Clyde E. McDaniel, son of Charlie B. McDaniel, Route 1, Harmony; Pfc. Glen F. New, son of Mi’s. Lelar Simmons, Mount Airy; Pfc. James C. Shelton, son of James C. Shelton, Sr., Mount Airy; and Pfc. Glenn M. Tilley, son of Terry Tilley, Route 4, Mount Airy. Last week the body of Pvt. Thomas B. Tate, first serviceman from Surry County to lose his life in World War II, arrived in Mount Airy where his funeral was con ducted with full military honors. The late Pvt. Tate was among the first war dead to be returned from the Pacific Theatre. He was killed in a truck accident in New Cale donia on December 20, 1942. The local VFW post will con duct a military funeral for Ser geant*Powers when his body is re turned here. Mrs. J. L. Woltz Dies In Mt. Airy Mrs. Issie Mildred Richards Woltz, 73, wife of Surry County’s coroner, Dr. John L. Woltz, died Tuesday morning at 10 A. M. at her home home in Mount Airy. Born in Surry county, Mrs. Woltz was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Richards. She spent practically her entire life in the county. Surviving are the husband; two sons. Attorney H. Osier Woltz and Greer C. Woltz, prominent Mount Airy textile manufacturers; one daughter, Mrs. K. C. Elliott of Durham; two brothers, John Richards of Dobson and Jesse Richards of Mount Airy; three sis ters, Mrs. Pattie Richards of Mount Airy, Route 3, Mrs. Allen Oakley of Boonville, and Mrs. James Sparger of Mount Airy, and six grandchildren. Funeral was held at 3 p. m. yes terday (Wednesday) at Central Methodist Church, of which she was a member. Rev. Frank Jor dan, pastor, officiated, and inter ment was made in the Oakdale cemetery. Men Interested In Volley Ball Asked To Meet All men interested in the starting of ,a volley ball class are urged to come to the Gilvin Roth YMCA gymnasium at 7 o’clock tonight (Thursday). . Classes will be conducted for a period of time previous to starting play, in the Volley Ball League, which w^l be organized in the very near future. Volley ball classes will be held on Tuesday and Thursday even ings from 7 to 9 p.m.