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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 Serves the Tri-Counties of Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin VOL. No. XXXVI No. 19 PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1948 $2.00 PER YEAR 16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS PLAN TO BRING BEST MUSICAL > ARTISTS HERE Surry - Yadkin Community Concert Asso. Formed JUNIOR CLUB SPONSOR Would Give Series Of Three Concerts To Be Conducted Next Fall And Winter TO LAUNCH DRIVE 26TH A plan to bring a group of top a ranking musical artists to Elkin r for a series of at least three con certs, to be conducted next Pall and Winter, was launched this week with the formation of the Surry-Yadkin Community Con cert Association. Meeting with a representative of Community Concert service, a branch of the world’s largest con cert agency, Columbia Concerts, Inc., of New York, the Elkin Jun ior Woman’s club organized the association as the preliminary step in establishing a permanent concert series here on a business like basis. Chosen to head the new or- i ganization as president was Mrs. * Robert L. Kirkman, Jr., who said the plan involves a membership campaign which has been sche duled for the last week in this month, with headquarters at Hay ^ es and Speas Furniture Store. ! During the campaign week, be ginning April 26, club members | will take applications for member- 1 ship in the association, after! which no membership tickets will be sold and no single tickets to 1 any one concert will be sold at any time. Mrs. Jack Holcomb will serve as headquarters chairman for memberships, assisted by Mrs. Earl Conrad. Local townspeople will be solicited to assist with the membership campaign. Other officers will include Mrs. Walter Safrit, first vice-president; ] Mrs. Hoyle Cranford, second vice president and general chairman; ^ Miss Mary Idelia Benson, third * vice president; Mrs. Earl Conrad, secretary; and Mrs. Fred York, treasurer. After the close of the member ship campaign, the local commit tee with the directors will choose the artists for the coming season from a list that includes major concert groups, singers, and instrumentalists now before the public, the president said. It has been pointed out that all mem bership dues of the non-profit association will be used for the purpose of engaging the artists and defraying the small campaign expenses. Those already named to serve on the Board of Directors, as elected by the Junior Woman’s club, are Mrs. Robert L. Kirkman, Jr., Mrs. Hoyle Cranford, Mrs. Earl Conrad, Mrs. Jim Dan Hem minus, Miss Alice Dixon, Dave Smith, Dr. John W. Jolley, Mrs. A. O. Bryan, John Sagar, T. C. Mc Knight, Garland Johnson, Rev. Ralph V. C. Ritchie, Mrs. J. H. Beeson, James Booher, Mrs. W. B. Reeves, M. E. Motsinger and C. J. Hyslup. C. A. P. HEARS FLYING TIGER Robert L. Scott Speaks At Organizational Meeting Of Elkin Unit EQUIPMENT IS RECEIVED Col. Robert L. Scott, Deputy Commander of the Civil Air Patrol and author of "God Is My Co Pilot,” spoke on the development and promotion of C. A. P. at an organizational meeting of the Elk in squadron held last week at the Y.M.C.A. Capt. Robert E. Church, com manding officer of the local squadron, reports that numerous applications have ,been received and as soon as these applications have been approved by C.A.P. the first meeting of the local unit will be held. Capt. Church stated that interested persons should contact him for information and appli cation blanks. Training equipment' has been received which will be used by the Elkin squadron in the C.A.P. pro gram. A Col. Scott touched on his war ” time experiences in his address. He won fame as a "Flying Tiger" in China. Col. Scott expects to return to Elkin within six weeks to attend a meeting of the local unit. Col. George Washburn, state commander of C.A.P., and other officials attended the meeting ^ here. \ : 1 WINS SOIL CONSERVATION SPEAKING CONTEST — Miss Wilma Lou Nichols, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Silas Nichols of Elkin, received congratulations and a S25 check from Linville Ilendren, president of the Elkin Kiwanis Club, after taking first place in the Soil Conservation Speaking Contest last week at Dobson. Miss Nichols is a student at Elkin high school and a member of the Elkin 4-II Club. (TRIBUNE PHOTO) ELKIN GIRL IS SURRY WINNER Wilma Lou Nichols Takes First Place In Conservation Speaking Contest DISTRICT M E E T NEXT Miss Wilma Lou Nichols, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Silas Nichols of Elkin, was chosen to represent Surry county at the district Soil Conservation Speaking Contest to be held at Lenoir April 9. Miss Nichols was selected over two other contestants in the county speaking contest held last week at Dobson. Miss Bonnie Jean Moore, daughter of Mr. Dwight Moore, route 4, Mount Airy, re presenting Copeland school, took second place. Third place was won by Billy Midkiff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Midkiff of Route 2, Pilot Mountain, repre senting Pilot Mountain high school. Linville Hendren, president of the Elkin Kiwanis Club, presented the first prize of $25 on behalf of the club. Second prize of $15 was offered by the Mount Airy Ki wanis Club and the $15 third prize was given by the Dobson Lions Club. J. Herman Coe, president of the Dobson Lions Club, pre sented the second and thrid place prizes. The contest, sponsored by the Surry U. S. Department of Agri culture Council, was judged by Dwight Williamson, Yadkin Coun ty Agent, Ned Hood, soil conser vation representative in Yadkin county, and G. V. Woodard, as sistant County Agent for Yadkin. The Council hopes to create in terest among high school stu dents in the program of the Soil Conservation Service through these contests. Miss Nichols is a student at the Elkin high school and a member of the Elkin 4-H club. The winner of the district con test at Lenior will compete in the state contest to be held in Raleigh April 16. PRESBYTERIANS HOLD^MEETING Approximately 140 Young People Stage Rally In Mount Airy Sunday ELKIN IS REPRESENTED Approximately 140 Presbyterian young people met on Sunday aft | ernoon at the First Presbyterian Church in Mount Airy for their j annual Spring Rally. Gilbert Yarborough of Lexing ton was elected president and Betty Lou Wall of this city was named district chairman for the Mount Airy ^district. Speakers at the Rally included Miss Sara Little, assistant direc tor of religious education for the Synod of North Carolina; Miss Grace Lyons of Chattanooga, Tenn., a student at the Assembly’s Training School, Richmond, Va.; Alf Taylor, a student at the Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Va„ and Dr. George Mauze, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Winston - Salem, concluded the meeting with his installation of officers for 1948-1950. Those attending from this city were Edna Dillon, Jim and Bill Edwards, David J. Causey, Betty Lou Wall, Polly Price and Mary Liles Freeman. Young Democrats To Stage Meeting Here YD SPEAKER — Basil YVhiten er, Gastonia, will be the princi pal speaker at the rally of Fifth District Young Democrats at [ Elkin Friday. The meeting will open at the Hotel Elkin at five o'clock. KIWANIS CLUB APRIL FOOLED Jokesters “Seriously” Suggest That Slot Machines Be Placed In Schools WHIPPED C REAM IS SOAP Last week's meeting of the Elk | in Kiwanis Club featured a heat ed discussion of the advisability of placing slot machines in local 1 schools and the YMCA as a source of revenue for various public proj ects, soap bubble dressing for des sert, meat balls stuffed with cot ton, and various and sundry other highlights, all of which finally ! turned out to be one huge April Fool joke. The plan to place “one-armed bandits,” or slot machines in the schools and the YMCA, broached in staged seriousness by a member of the club, and backed by other members who were in on the joke, i saw blood pressure reach new heights on the part of those who took it seriously. Scotch tape, , cleverly applied to the piano «keys, ! caused such discord that the pianist also suffered momentar i lly from high blood pressure, and soapsuds, posing as whipeream | on some of the desserts made it : appear as if the unfortunate ones were suffering from rabies. Following the meeting, which was greatly enjoyed by all, a spe cial called meeting of the club di rectors was called, and Dr. W. B. Reeves and C. J. Hyslup were elected delegates to the Kiwanis International Convention to be held at Los Angeles in June. At this evening’s meeting (Thursday), Miss Wilma Lou Nichols, Surry county winner in the soil conservation contest, will be a guest. Basil Whitener, Of Gastonia, Chief Speaker _____ , Basil Whitener, Gastonia, will be the principal speaker at the rally of Fifth District Young Dem ocrats to be held here Friday. The meeting will start at five o'clock with a social hour at the Hotel Elkin according to Lewis Alexander, district chairman. At six o’clock a chicken supper at $1.50 a plate will be served. Plans call for the meal to be served at Neaves Park, but in case of in clement weather it will be served' at the Legion Hut. Young Democrats, office hold ers, and candidates from the Fifth District are expected to attend. In addition to the principal speaker; three Superior Court judges have indicated that they will attend, wil speak briefly. These include Judge Allen Gwyn, Reidsville, Judge J. H. Clement, Winston Salem, and Judge Leo Carr, Bur lington. Mr. Whitener is solicitor of his district. He is immediate past president of the state Young Democrats and a past state presi dent of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. M\ss Suf.ie Sharpe, Reidsville attorney, who is district vice chairman of the organization, will also attend. YADKIN WINNER — Walter Stinson, of Roonville, pictured above, won first prize of $50.00 in the soil conservation speaking contest held at Yadkinville last week, and will represent Yadkin County in the district contest. A member of the Future Farmers of America, he placed second in the county contest for two years. Other winners were Edward Hobson, East Rend, second place; Marie Reavis, Courtney, third place; and Thomas Miller, West Yadkin, fourth place. Blanketeers Play Catawba Here Today The Blanketeers get their sec 1 oncl test of the season today when they entertain Catawba at Memorial Park at 4 o’clock. Yes terday the Chatham team met Lenoir-Rhyne. The first league game is sche duled for April 28. On Saturday the Blanketeers will play Appala chian College at Boone. LIONS CLUB TO BACK ANNUAL CANCER DRIVE Plans For Local Campaign Now Being Formulated E. E. SHORE CHAIRMAN Governor Cherry Proclaims April Cancer Control Month, And Urges Support MRS. VAUGHN CO. CHAIN. The Elkin Lions Club will spon sor the annual drive to raise funds to be used in the fight against cancer, club officials have announced. Plans for the com paign are now being formulated under C. E. Shore, Jr., who will serve as chairman. Mrs. Jim Vaughn, Mount Airy, is Surry county chairman. Governor Cherry last week gave his official backing to the work of the North Carolina Division of the American Cancer Society in a proclamation setting aside April as Cancer Control month, and calling for North Carolinaians to “support fully” the Society’s cam paign for research, education and service. Mrs. George E. Marshall, of Mount Airy, State Commander of the Society’s Field Army, was, present for the signing of the! document. Proclaiming April as Cancer Control month has been an annual affair for Governor Cherry. Text of the proclamation fol lows : “Cancer is a disease which was old when the empires of Alexander and Caesar were young. It affects all plant and animal life. Its lethal touch is felt in one of ev ery two American homes. Last year it killed more than 188,000 Americans, more than 2,600 in the State of North Carolina. It menaces every individual. “Nevertheless, in recent years our laboratories have developed j several leads to the secrets of: cancer. They have shown that a i measure of control can be exer cised over this cruel killer, and j they give the hope and the prom ise that someday cancer will be! conquered completely. “Because lives are being saved through the American Cancer So ciety’s program of research, edu- j cation and service, “Because there is a great need I for the expansion of these services,; and “Because it is the right and duty : of each citizen to dedicate some of his time, his talents, his energy j and his money to the benefit of his community in this mighty ef fort to conquer cancer, “Now, therefore!, I. R. Greg'g Cherry, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby pro claim the month of April, 1948, as Cancer Control Month, and it is my request that the people of North Carolina support fully the American Cancer Society’s cam paign for research, education and service.” John D. Larkins, Jr., Trenton attorney, is the Society’s state campaign chairman. Kilts run WAK VICTIM SUNDAY Body Of Hubert W. Cheek, Jr., To Be Returned Here For Burial PLAN MILITARY HONORS Funeral service for Pfc. Robert Watson Cheek, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Watson Cheek, of Traphill,, who was killed in ac tion on the Volcano Islands in the Pacific on March 11, 1945, will be held Sunday at 2:30 p. m. at Knobs Baptist Church, near Aus tin. Full military honors will be accorded by the William J. Jones Post No. 7794, V.F.W. of this city, Commander Russell Burcham said. Pfc. Cheek received his train ing at Paris Island, Camp Peary, Va., and New River. He was in the Marine Corps for twenty-one months and had served eight months overseas at the time he was killed. Cheek was a graduate of Ronda High School and was employed at Chatham Manufacturing Com pany at the time he entered ser vice. His body will arrive at the Rains-Sturdivant Funeral Home in North Wilkesboro today (Thursday) and will be carried to the home of his parents Satur day afternoon. Survivors include his parents; three brothers, Virlin, Phillip, and Tommy Deal, all of the home; and four sisters, Mrs. Kermit Lyons, ElkinSybil, Phillys and Earlene, also* of the home. Major Policy Stands Taken By Commission At Monday’s Meeting HIGHER COURT TO TRY JORDAN Mount Airy Barber Bound Over For Superior Court On Two Murder Charges APRIL TRIAL POSSIBLE A 15-year-old girl told a hushed and crowded courtroom Tuesday that she saw Lonnie A. Jordan, 50-year-old barber kill her mother. The girl, Margaret Roupe, was the only witness called at the pre liminary hearing in Mount Airy Recorder’s Court for Jordan, ac cused of slaying Margaret’s moth er and sister — Mrs. Blanche Roupe 33-year-old supervisor of waitresses at a cafe, and Arleda Roupe, 18, cashier at the same restaurant. Judge E. C. Bivins consolidated the murder charges for the pur pose of the 20-minute hearing. Jordan entered a plea of not guilty. The barber was represent ed by Fred Folger of Mount Airy and John G. Prevette of Asheboro. Solicitor Robert J. Lovill Jr„ called Margaret to the stand. The girl’s testimony was similar to information given officers at the time of the shooting. Jordan, who police said fired a bullet into his face that same night, watched the court proceed ings quietly. The wound on his face was almost healed. Judge E. C. Bivins found prob able cause, and bound Jordan over for trial at Surry Superior Court at Dobson on two charges of first degree murder. He was held with out bond, and returned to the county jail at Dobson to await trial. Court officials said it is pos sible that the case may be dock eted for trial during the term of Superior Court which opens April 19 at Dobson. HOBSON CALLS FOR BOND SALE Yadkin County Needs New School Buildings, Super intendent Says ALEXANDER IS HEARD A joint meeting of the Boonville Board of Trade and the Pomona Grange in Boonville Tuesday heard Fred Hobson, superintend ent of Yadkin county schools, say that if Yadkin county was to benefit from the Federal Aid to Education bill now under con sideration in Congress, citizens of the county must authorize the sale of a bond issue for the county schools. The federal bill provides a three point program designed to in crease teachers’ salaries, reduce the teacher load, and enrich the program of instruction. Mr. Hobson pointed out that since there is not an empty class room in the white schools of the county additional buildings are necessary if the county expects to reduce the teacher load. Any enrichment of the program of instruction would also require more class room space. Lewis Alexander, Elkin attor ney, spoke to the group on gov ernment. The subject of his speech was "Do It Now, Do It in a Month, or Never Do It.” Veterans Commission Manager Transferred Edmund P. Robinson, manager of the Elkin district of the N. C. Veterans Commission, has been transferred temporarily to Char lotte, commission officials have announced. During the absence of Mr. Rob inson, the local office will remain open with Miss Pearl Wilhelm in charge, John W. Clay, manager of the Greensboro district, will visit the Elkin office each Friday. Office hours are 8:30 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. and on Saturday from 8:30 a. m. to 12:30 p. m. Some sleep walkers can eat, speak, and have the senses df touch, sight and hearing, even tho still asleep. UMSTEAD’S LOCAL MANAG ER — E. W. McDaniel, prom inent Elkin business man and farmer, has accepted the posi tion of local campaign manager for William B. Umstead of Dur ham, who is seeking re-election to the United States Senate, subject to the Democratic pri mary. Mr. McDaniel will handle the Umstead campaign in Elkin, Marsh, and Bryan townships. POLITICS IS TAKING STAGE E. W. McDaniel To Manage Umstead Locally; To Name Broughton Man Soon JOHNSON OPENS DRIVE North Carolina politics this week came to Elkin's Main Street. United States Senator William B. Umstead announced from Washington that E. W. McDaniel, prominent Elkin business man and farmer, had accepted the position of manager of the Umstead cam paign in the Elkin area of Surry county. Other Surry men associated with the Umstead campaign are R. J. Lovill, Jr., Mount Airy attorney, and Dr. Oscar W. Smith, Pilot Mountain. Mr. McDaniel will handle the townships of Elkin, Marsh, and Bryan. H. O. Woltz, county manager for J. M. Broughton who is op posing Umstead for the Demo cratic nomination for the senate, (Continued On Page Four) ROAD RELIEF IS PROMISED Yadkin County Citizens Are Promised Something Will Be Done About Mud DURING ENSUING WEEKS Yadkin County citizens may get some relief from the poor condi tions which have existed on the country roads all winter if present plans are carried out, it was learned this week. As a result of a request from the Boonville Board of Trade last month members of the State Highway Commission have prom ised improvements of all roads in the county during the next few weeks, Paul Mathis, Secretary of the board, said. In addition, a member of the commission stated they were try ing to secure a rock crusher for placement in Yadkin County to enable the force to gravel the several stretches of bad secondary highways, Mr. Mathis reported. In a letter from the Division Engineer for this section, it was stated that when work began, particular attention would be placed on the main road in the Oak Ridge section, which has been impassible the greater part of the winter. The Division Engineer also stated that he had received no complaints whatever from the citizens in Yadkin County regard ing the bad state of the dirt roads this winter, and that it had been considered that the roads in the county were as good or better than in many other counties in the state. Paving, Parking Memorial Park To Be Affected A two-hour parking zone for Market street, a definite policy on paving, and the acceptance of a recommendation of the park com mission which authorizes a major change in the operation of Me morial Park were announced by the Board of Commissioners at a regular monthly meeting Monday. Market street, running east and west one block north of Main street, was put into a two-hour parking zone after the commission heard reports indicating that this street was used sparingly by the parking public. It was estimated that 30 days would be required to obtain and install necessary equipment in the present meters to allow for the additional hour. Fees will continue to be five cents an hour but the new equipment will allow a maximum of two hours instead of one as the pre sent equipment does. In the event that the required equipment is installed before the estimated date, the new policy will not go into effect before the end of the 30-day period. Several citizen committees were present at the meeting to request that action be taken towards im proving the streets of the town. The announced policy provides for the town to assume all costs for intersections and to furnish the necessary grading. The cost of the base and surface treatments is to be borne by the property owners on a “pay-as-you-go” plan. On those streets where property owners do not desire hard surfaces but are seeking improvement of existing dirt streets, the commis sion announced that the town would haul and lay all stone that property owners could buy. It was pointed out at this point that this applied only to public streets and not to drives on private property. Hubert Parker, representing the park commission, offered a re commendation by that body that the commission accepted which would relieve the town of the fin ancial responsibility of Memorial Park. During the past year the property was operated by the town at a small profit. Since the possi bility of an operating deficit exists it was announced that the park would be turned over to the Elkin high school and the Chat ham Athletic Association. These organizations will alternate in be ing responsible for the grounds— the Chatham group controlling the park during the summer months and the school during the winter. These groups will assume re sponsibility for upkeep and im provement of the property. Any other groups desiring to use the field will have to obtain it from the organization in charge at the time. Mayor Garland Johnson pre sided over the meeting which was attended by all commissioners. SEWER PROJECT BID ACCEPTED Jonesville Commissioners Au thorize Construction Of Extension ALONG HIGHWAY NO. 67 The board of commissioners of the Town of Jonesville has ac cepted the low bid of approxi mately $2,700 submitted by George T. Spruce of Fayetteville for the construction of sewerage exten sion, according to Mayor Z. Bent Martin. The bids, which were opened at a meeting of the board on Mon day, cover the laying of 1,000 feet of eight inch terra cotta pipe and the construction of five manholes. The extension will tie into the primary system at Rose and Mar tin garage and extend along the north side of highway 67. Mayor Martin labeled this as one of the major improvements to be made in Jonesville in recent years. The new system will serve several business enterprises in the area including the Pepsi-Cola plant now under construction.
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