ELKIN
The Beet Little Town In
North Carolina
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VOL. No. XXXVI No. 7
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1948
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18 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS
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Report Made
'By McElwee
In City Case
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Says Charge
Not Proved
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By Greenwood
Attorney W. H. McElwee of
North Wilkesboro, referee in the
case of Andrew Greenwood vs. The
Town of Elkin, has submitted a
report to the clerk of the superior
court in which he concludes, in
effect, that funds expended by
the town for the construction of
the municipal airport on Swan
Creek Road were net, in the eyes
of the law, derived from ad val
orem taxation because such
charge was not proved by the
plaintiff.
Mr. Greenwood had contended
in his complaint that funds
authorized for the construction of
the airport were derived from the
^ levy of ad valorem taxes and that
such action was illegal inasmuch
as the question had not been sub
mitted to voters.
however, Mr. McElwee's report
stated that “the burden of proof
is on the plaintiff . . . <and> the
plaintiff has failed jn his legal
duty to carry this burden . .
The report stated further that
all funds collected by the town
were deposited in one common
bank account and that the entire
collections were “co-mingled to j
the extent that all identity as to
source was lost.” Due to such
manner of handling the funds, "it
is not possible ... to ^determine
accurately the source of the funds
expended by the Town of Elkin in
the construction, maintenance
and operation of the airport . .
the report read.
Mr. McElwee was appointed
as referee in the case in February
of last year by Judge Frank M.
Armstrong.
Among the questions Mr. McEl
wee was ordered to determine, in
addition to the question of wheth
er the town expended funds deriv
ed from ad valorem taxation in
the construction of the airport,
w-ere these: <1) The amounts ex
pended by the town from any
source for the construction, main
tenance and operation of the air
port: 121 Whether C. C. Myers
was a member of the Board of
Commissioners of the town of El
kin and was also a stockholder,
director or officer of the Blue
Ridge Aviation, Inc., at the time
the town entered into the contract
for tiie construction of the air
port and <3» Whether the con
tract between the town and Wel
don Weir for the grading and
construction of the runways at the
airport was entered into in viola
tion of the law.
According to the report, Mr.
McElwee found that the total
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Hoy Scout Leaders
Of District Meet
Scout leaders of the Elkin-Yad
kin District were scheduled to
meet in the YMCA Wednesday
evening at 6:30 for a round table
discussion of plans for Boy Scout
Week, February 8-15, and the
general scouting program for the
^ year, it was announced yesterday
by Paul Price, chairman of the
camping and activities committee.
Expected to attend the meeting
were Lester Long of East Bend;
Colin Parduc of Ronda; J. D.
Hemmings of Mountain Park;
Odell Couch of Pleasant Hill;
Johnny Sears and Watt Deal of
Jonesville: and Jimmy Harrell,
Buck Hines. Tom Roth and Paul
Price of Elkin.
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Parking Meters
Have Holiday
Wednesday P. M.
On Wednesday afternoons,
when local stores arc closed, it
will not be necessary to drop a
penny or nickel into the park
ing meters when you park,
Dixie Graham, city clerk, said
yesterday.
The parking meter law will
not be enforced at any time
when Elkin stores arc closed,
Air. Graham said.
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SURRY SALE OF
BONDS $191,360
W. L. Glancy Announces Fig
ures For County During
Month of December
YADKIN SALES $40,672
W. L. Glancy, county chairman
of the U. S. Savings Bonds Com
mittee for Surry county, an
nounced today that, according to
information received from Allison
James, state director, in Greens
boro, sales of Savings Bonds for
the period December 1, through
December 31 for Surry county
totaled $191,360.50. Broken down
into the three series the sales
were: E Bonds $136,360.50, and G
Bonds $55,000.00.
Sales in Yadkin county for the
same period were $40,672.25. Wil
kes county citizens bought a total
of $23,683.75 during the month.
Bond .sales for the entire state
of North Carolina for the same
period were: E Bonds $6,856,159.
50; F Bonds $589,095.50; G Bonds
$1.651 400.00:. total $9,096,655.00.
North Carolina's Bond sales for
this December were $600,000 more
than sales in December 1946.
“Although a full report on the
total year's Savings Bonds sales
by counties will not be available
for another week,” Mr. Glancy
stated, “the available figures show
♦ Fiat Mnrfh Parnlinti vpat'hpH nvpr i
90% of the $94,000,000.00 sales
quota for 1947 with sales totaling
$85,285,851.25.
"Leading industrialists and
bankers of the nation, meeting
with Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder in December, urged im
mediate further vigorous action as
an anti-inflation measure to
spread the national debt through
Savings Bond sales with the
Bond-a-Month Plan and the Pay
roll Savings Plan," Mr. Glancy
said, "and a special campaign to ,
increase Bond sales in January |
and February is now getting
underway.”
V. F. W. Auxiliary
Seeks New Members
The V. F. W. auxiliary is fea
turing this month a membership
drive to continue throughout Jan
uary. Eligibles to join in the or
ganization include wives, sisters
and mothers of over-seas veter
ans. The chief object of the auxi
liary organization, as explained by
officers of the post, is to assist
local veterans and their families
when opportunities arise.
Anyone interested in joining is
asked to contact the president,
Mrs. Russell Burcham, or secre
tary. Mrs. J. Livingston Williams,
or captains of the membership
teams, Mrs. Dudley Lloyd or Mrs.
Mrlza Guyer.
The next meeting, wlueh is to
be a social meeting, will be held
Thursday night of next, week, at
3 o'clock with Mrs. Claude C.
Stuart.
Tuttle To Speak At
Meeting Of Kiwanis
Rev. R. G. Tuttle, pastor of the
Elkin Methodist Church and him
self a Kiwanian, will speak at this
evening's meeting (Thursday), of
the Elkin Kiwanis Club, which l
will be held at the YMCA at G:30
o’clock.
At last week’s meeting the pro
gram was largely devoted to or
ganization for the ensuing year’s
work and the announcement of
committees and committee chair
men.
During the session C. C. Poin
dexter. past president, was pres
ented with a fountain pen and
pencil set. •
Copeland Farm
Bureau To Meet
The Copeland Farm Bureau
which includes Rockford and
Siloam, will meet in the Copeland
school Friday night at 7 o'clock,
it was announced yesterday.
The program will include a dis
cussion of ways to improve utiliza
tion of land and labor on' the
farm. Methods of obtaining max
imum yield and higher quality
tobacco will also be discussed.
TO HEAD MARCH OF DIMES DRIVE — John YV. Comer, above
left, is county chairman of the 1948 March of Dimes Campaign
which opens today throughout the nation. Sam Neaves, right, will
direct the drive in the Elkin area. A goal of $5,720 has been set for
Surry County, and Elkin is asked to raise at least $2,000 of this
amount.
March Of Dimes To
Be Launched Today
Police Car Is
Badly Damaged
In Accident
Elkin's police car was badly
damaged Tuesday afternoon
about 3:30 o’clock when it ran
off the road near Friendship
Church on the Dobson road
and overturned.
Policeman Ci. II. Payne, who
was driving the car back to
Elkin after attending court at
Dobson, said the accident oc
curred when he was blinded by
the sun on a curve. The car
plunged down an embankment,
evidently striking trees or other
obstacles. The grill and trunk
of the vehicle were crushed,
and several windows were brok
en. Damage was estimated at
S500. No accident insurance
was carried by the town.
Raymond Wilmoth and Ban
ner $parks were returning to
Elkin with Mr. Payne when the
accident occurred. The occu
pants were shaken up, but none
were injured seriously.
AARONS. SPEER
DIES TUESDAY
Prominent Citizen Of Near
Boonville Passes After Ill
ness Of Two Weeks
FUNERAL RITES TODAY
Aaron S. Speer, 79. prominent, |
citizen of near Boonville. died at
Tuesday afternoon, following a j
serious illness of two weeks.
Mr. Speer was a well known
citizen and farmer. In his young
er days he was engaged in the ■
manufacture of chewing tobacco .
with his father, the late J. M.
Speer. He was elected as Yadkin
county surveyor for several terms. |
He was a native of Boonville and
had spent lus life in that section.
Mr. Speer was married to Miss !
Martha Thompson, a daughter of
Dr. Thompson of Lowgap, who j
survives, together with the follow
ing children: :
Six sons, Paul Speer, James i
Speer and Albert Speer of Boon
ville; Kim Speer of Winston-Sa- i
lem; Bill Speer of Ballston Spa,
N. Y., and Felix Speer of Mexico
City, Mexico; one daughter, Miss
Mary Speer of the home; one
brother, E. P. Speer of Dallas,
Texas; five sisters. Mrs. N. C.
C. Dobbins and Mrs. J. L. Mot
singer of Boonville; Mrs. W. B.
Howard, Fullerton, Cal.; Mrs. L.
N. Royal-. Los Angeles. Cal.; Mrs.
Byron Wilkins, of Plymouth,
Michigan.
Funeral services will be held at
Boonville Baptist Church this
i Thursday* morning a* 10:30,
with the pastor, Rev. J. I. Kiser in
charge. Burial will be in the fam
ily graveyard oil the Speer plan
tat ion near Boonville.
Agent Seeks Names
Of Turkey Growers
Turkey raisers of Surry County j
or persons interested in raising !
turkeys are asked to send their
names and addresses to the Coun
ty Agent’s office in Dobson,
Monthly data on developments j
in connection with raising the j
fowls will be mailed to interested j
farmers, according to County:
Agent Neill M. Smith.
$5,720 Is Set
As Goal For
Surry County
The annual March of Dimes
Campaign was officially launched
today (Thursday) with $5,720 set
as the goal for Surry County's
contribution to the fight against
Infantile paralysis.
Fifty per cent of the funds col
lected will be sent to national
■headquarters, and the remaining
half will be retained by the county
for local use. John W. Comer,
superintendent of Surry County i
Schools, is county chairman for |
the drive.
Efforts will be made to raise at
least $2,000 in Elkin, according to
Sam Neaves, local chairman. Mr.
Noaves has been cottfuiod to his
home by illness this week, and
final plans for the campaign here
had not been completed Wednes
day afternoon. However, Mr.
Neaves stated that theaters and
other businesses and individuals
who assisted in the campaign last
year would again be asked to aid
in the fund-raising effort.
The Elkin Emergency Squad has
also agreed to aid in the effort to
reach the campaign goal of $2,000,
Mr. Neaves said. Last year, under
Chairman Neaves' direction, the
campaign in Elkin resulted in
contributions totalling well over
$2,000.
The campaign against polio is
being launched in communities
throughout the nation today. The
drive this year marks the tenth
anniversary of the founding of the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralvsis. which was started in
1938 by the late President Frank
lin D. Roosevelt.
Members of the Surry County
Infantile Paralysis Chapter are
John W. Comer, chairman; Bausie
Marion of Dobson, secretary and
treasurer; and the following mem
bers of the board of directors:
Sam Neaves, Elkin; Wilkerson
Gordon. Pilot Mountain: J. F.
Yokley, Mount Airy; and Luther
Byrd, Westfield.
Archeologists have unearthed a
complete tavern in Greece, with
all equipment intact — drinking
cups, games, etc. It was used 200
B. C. The excavation was made in
Corinth.
$90,000 Is In
Budget For
Control Plan
President Truman's proposed
budget of 539,669,000,000 for
the fiscal year 1948-49 includes
590,000 for completion of plan
ning work on Reddies River
dams Number One and Number
Three, which are part of the
Yadkin-Pee Dec Flood Control
Program, according to Eighth
District Representative C. B.
Deane.
Initial planning work is al
ready under way, 570.000 hav
ing been allocated previously
for the two dams to be built
above North Wilkcsboro. This
phase of preliminary planning
will be completed next Sum
mer. and the 590,000 now being
sought will cover preparation
of working drawings and speci
fications for actual construc
tion. .
Funds to cover actual con
struction will be included in
budget requests to be submitted
in January of next scar.
TAXI DRIVER !
GETS 10-YEAR
PRISON TERM
Eugene Childress Pleads Guil- j
ty To Manslaughter
IN DEATH OF HIS WIFE |
Other Cases Are Disposed Of
In Surry County Term
Of Criminal Court
FINES SENTENCES GIVEN
Eugene Childress, Mount Airy
taxi driver on trial for the second
time in the fatal shooting of his
wife last April, was sentenced to
10 to 14 years by Judge Allen H.
Gwyn in Superior Court at Dob
son Tuesday. He had entered a
plea of guilty to involuntary man
slaughter, contending that his wife
had been shot accidentally.
Childress was convicted in July
of second degree murder and was
sentenced to serve 17 to 20 years
by Judge William H. Bobbitt. The
case was appealed to the State
Supreme Court which ordered a.
new trial, saying that Judge Bob
bitt had failed to instruct the jury
that it could return a verdict of
manslaughter or second degree
murder.
On the witness stand Monday,
Childress said the bullet which
killed his wife had been fired ac
cidentally when he tossed the
pistol on the bed in a room of
their home. Former Mount Airy
Police Chief L. F. Williams testi
fied that the automatic pistol
which reportedly had killed Mrs.
Childress was faulty. He said the
weapon would fire when the safety
latch was closed. Ethard Leon
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Directors Of Farm
Bureau Will Meet
Directors of the Surry County
Farm Bureau wjll meet in the
court house at Dobson Friday aft
ernoon at 2 o'clock to select com
mittees for 1948 and to discuss
plans for attending the State
i Farm Bureau Convention to be
j held in Asheville next month.
The chairmen of the commit
j tees named will be invited to at
! tend the state meeting, which is
scheduled for February 2, 3. and 4.
The board of directors will also
determine what proportion of the
delegation's expenses will be met
by the farm organization.
Committees are scheduled to be
named for the following: Poultry;
Tobacco; Fruits; General Crops;
Dairy and Livestock; Edward A.
O'Neal Club; and Agriculture,
Business and Industrial Relations.
Surry Poultry To
Compete In Show
The. poultry entries of A. L.
Love and Son of Mount Any will
compete with more than 10,000
entries from the United States
and Canada at the 100th annual
Boston Poultry Show to be held at
the Mechanics Building in that
city January 20-24.
More than $55,000 in prize
money is being offered at the
event, which will commemorate
the centennial of the American
poultry industry. Among the prin
cipal attractions will be the A and
P Food Stores’ Hall of Fame
where champion birds of the
show will be displayed in specially
decorated cages.
Listed on the show program are
many meets of nationally known
poultry organizations.
Newspapermen Of 44
States To Pay Visit
To Elkin In N. C. Tour
SOIL CONTEST
PRIZES LISTED
Winner !n Event To Be
Awarded $ 1 0 0 Savings
Bond; Second Prize $100
EXPECT MANY ENTRIES
First prize in the Soil Conser
vation Speaking Contest this year
will be a $400 savings bond, ac
cording to an announcement by
Fred Greene, secretary of the
North Carolina Bankers Associa
tion, which sponsors the contest
annually in conjunction with the
Soil Conservation Service.
Second prize in the contest fin
als will be a $100 bond, and the
third place contestant will receive
a $50 bond.
The winning speaker will also
be awarded an expense-paid trip
to the Bankers Association State
Convention and will present his
l speech at the meeting.
This year, for the first time, the
I contest'will be state-wide in scope.
! .1. Frank Doggey , extension soil
| conservationist, is contacting
counties in the eastern part of the
state this week which did not have
entries last year, and will tour the
western section at an early date.
In addition to the prizes for the
finals of the contest, awards will
be made to school, county and
group winners.
The event is designed to develop
! greater interest in conservation of
tne soil
Jonesville Couple
Havr Narrow Escape
Mr. and Mrs. Thad Martin
wort' discharged from the Hugh
Chatham Memorial Hospital Wed
nesday after receiving treatment
for a near-asphyxiated condition
sustained when they were over
I come by gas fumes in their trailer
i home in Jonesville Tuesday morn
! ing.
The couple was found nearly
unconscious by Mrs. W. C. Oliver,
; mother of Mrs. Martin, when she
I passed the trailer and heard
. moans. The t wo were taken to the
I hospital by ambulance.
I Mr. Martin and his brother
j operate a bakery here.
I Marriage License
Issued At Dobson
Marriage license were issued in
' Dobson during the past week to
j the following couples by Surry
j County Register of Deeds Mrs.
Bertha M. Shinault:
| January 10 — Thomas Wayne
Puckett, 26, and Laura Louise
Biunett.. 19, both of Mount Airy;
Calvin Woodruff. 21, and Lottie
Moody, 22. both of Mount Airy;
Charlie C. Young, 22, and Vcrgic
E- Norman, 19. both of Mount
1 Airy; Sanunie R. Overby, 28,
j Mount Airy, and Ethel Iris Phil
I lips, 20, Toast.
January 17—Oakley M. Walker,
Jr.. 21. and Helen Arlene Freeman,
! 20, both of Mount Airy.
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Chatham Again Wins
High Safety Award
To Be Presented
At Annual Dinner
At Y Tuesday
The Distinguished Service to;
Safety Award of the National j
Safety Council will be presented to !
Chatham Manufacturing Com
pany at the annual banquet of t he
Chatham Safety Council in the j
Gilvin Roth YMCA Tuesday even- j
ing at 6:30, it was announced j
yetserday by Saftey Director C. J. j
Hyslup.
The award will be made by Dr.
George D. Heaton, pastor of the
Myers Park Baptist. Church of
Charlotte, who will be principal
speaker at the meeting. Dr. Hea
ton, a member of the North Car- j
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Medals To Be
Awarded To
Qualified Vets
Victory and American De
fense models will be awarded
to qu»lif'ied veterans of World
War II at ceremonies in the
American Lop ion Hut Thursday
evening, January 22, at 7:00
o’clock, by Master Sergeant
Sherman T. C'olvard, local re
cruiting officer.
Veterans should bring their
original discharge certificates
to the meeting. Sergeant Col
vard said. Relatives of deceas
ed veterans may also receive
medals at the meeting.
The. program, sponsored by
the American Legion Post, will
also include a showing of the
film, "Food and War.”
TO SEEK STATE POST —
Lieutenant Governor L. Y. Bal
lentine, above, announced last
week that he would seek nom
ination for the State Agriculture
Commissioner’s post following
W. Kerr Scott’s surprise an
nouncement that he would not
be a candidate to succeed him
self. Mr. Ballentine had been
considered as a possible candi
date for Governor prior to his i
announcement. Some observers
felt that Mr. Scott might be
cotemplatlng becoming a can- j
didate for Governor, although
he stated Monday that he be
lieved it was “a little too late to
get in the running.”
ELKINMAKES
CLEAN SWEEP
Varsity And Junior Varsity
Boys and Girls Win From
North Wilkesboro
PLAY BOONVILLE NEXT
_
Elkin High's cagers won their (
fifth consecutive victory of the,
season with a 45-31 conquest of
North Wilkesboro Tuesday night
on the latter’s court. The girls
topped the Wilkes sextet by a 26
10 count, and the Elkin Junior
Varsity coppeci an easy, 23-9 win
10 give me jocais mree victories
for the night.
Brady Osborne led Elkin's scor
ing with 16 points, wlrile Bill Jur
ney was close behind with 10
counters. Paul Blackburn was
oustanding on defense for the
Elks. Eller led the losers with 11
points.
Transou sparked the Jayvec at
tack with seven points. Roberts
scored five tallies and Johnson
got four.
Sara Parker led the offensive
for the girls, hitting the hoop for
11 points. Eidson tallied eight
and Royall, five. Dameron led
the defensive play of the locals.
The Elks meet Boonvillc Friday
night in their seventh test of the
cage season.
Former Elkin Man
Is Given New Job
James K. Paul, son of Mrs. W.
E. Paul of this city, was named
vice-president of the First Na
tional Bank of Winston-Salem at
the annual meeting of the bank’s
stockholders Tuesday morning.
Mr. Paul has served as cashier of
the bank since going to Winston
Salem from Wilmington two years
ago. He will continue in that
position and will also serve on the
board of directors.
Mr. Paul has had extensive ex
perience in banks in Elkin,
Greensboro, High Point and Wil
mington. He is a member of the
executive committee of the North
Carolina Bankers Association.
H. S. Stokes was elected presi
dent of t he banking house to suc
ceed Charles M. Norfleet. In his
annual report to stockholders, the
retiring president said that 1947
was the best year since the bank's
organization from the standpoint
of earnings.
A satisfactory brooder, plenty of
hopper space from which to feed
suitable and ample number of
w’aterers, range shelters, adequate
nesting facilities, roosting racks,
catching hooks, nets, or screens,
and incinerators with which to
dispose of all dead birds, when
properly used, make for better
health and higher production of
the farm poultry flock.
Convention
Of NEA Set
For May 6-8
More than 400 newspaper pub
lishers from 44 states are expect
ed to visit Elkin in May as part of
a week-long tour of North Caro
lina following the 1948 National
Editorial Associatipn convention
at Pinehurst on May 6. 7 and 8.
The group is scheduled to ar
rive in Elkin at 11 a. m. on May
12. Following a tour of the Chat
ham Manufacturing Company
plant, the publishers will be en
tertained by the Elkin Kiwanis
Club at a luncheon meeting in the
Gilvin Roth YMCA, to which all
civic clubs of the city will be in
vited. From Elkin, the newspap
ermen will continue their tour of
the state with visits to Charlotte,
Asheville. Waynesville and Bre
vard. The tour will be climaxed by
an all-day visit in the Great
Smoky Mountains.
The three-day business session
in Pinehurst will mark the first
time in history that the National
Editorial Association 1ms held its
convention in North Carolina. The
association members, representing
5,600 weekly, semi-weekly and
small daily newspapers through
out the nation, will be guests of
the North Carolina Press Associa
tion. The North Carolina De
partment of Conservation and De
velopment is assisting in making
arrangements for the extensive
I tour, which is designed to dis
1 play the state's advantages from
i the coast to the mountains.
The convention was held in
1 Texas last year and brought that
: state an estimated half million
dollars worth of publicity.
Miss Beatrice Cobb, publisher of
I the Morganton News-Herald and
: chairman of the entertainment
j commit tee of the North Carolina
i Press Association, is in charge of
arrangements for the proposed
state tour. H. F. Lalfoon, pub
lisher of The Tribune and a mem
ber of the committee, has mado
arrangements for the group’s en
tertainment in Elkin.
Young War Veteran
Attempts Suicide
Here Wednesday
Janies Davis, veteran of
World War II who was report
edly discharged for a neurotic
condition, slashed his throat
and wrist with a razor blade in
the City Lunch on Wain Street
about 3 o'clock Wednesday aft
ernoon. evidently in an attempt
to end his life.
Witnesses said he went back
to the men's rest room and
called a waitress several mo
ments later to tell her that he
had cut his throat. An am
bulance was called and he was
taken to the Hugh Chatham
Memorial Hospital for emer
gency treatment. Officials
there said his condition was
apparently critical as The Tri
bune went to press.
Mr. Davis had spent some
time in veterans' hospitals since
his discharge from the army, it
was reported, and application
had been made to have him re
admitted. Witnesses said ho
knew this and preferred to at
tempt suicide lather than re
turn to a hospital. He had re
portedly attempted to end his
life on several other occasions.
MARCH OF DIMES
FIGHT
INFANTILE
PARALYSIS