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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. 21 PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C.,. THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1948 $2.00 PER YEAR I 22 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS JORDAN GOES ON TRIAL IN ’ TWIN sum Judge Gwyn Orders Drawing Of Special Venire MISTRIAL FOR CANTRELL Man Charged With Rape Of Daughter Returned To Jail On 11-1 Count OTHER CASES HEARD >4 Lonnie A. Jordan went on trial yesterday for his life in Superior Court at Dobson. Last week the Grand Jury returned a true bill charging Jordan with murder. An 11 to one deadlock Tuesday sent Jack Cantrell back to the cell in the Surry county jail which he has occupied since February, when a warrant was issued charg ing him with rape of his ten-year old daughter, Nancy. Jordan faces a charge of first degree murder for the twin slay ing of Mrs. Blanche Roupe and her daughter, Arleda, at their Mount Airy home March 21. Jordan, who entered a plea of not guilty, will face a jury drawn from a special venire of 30 men, ordered by Judge Allen H. Gwyn for the trial. The Cantrell case went to the ^jury at 5:15 p. m. An hour and 40 minutes later the jurymen filed back into the court room and re ported to Judge Gwyn: "We have tried hard and work ed hard, and are at our wit’s end.” When the jury spokesman re ported that the body stood 11 to one, the judge ordered a mistrial and dismissed the jury. Cantrell is being held without bond, pending a new trial, expect ed during the June term of court. Cantrell took the stand in his own behalf Tuesday just before noon. He denied that he had ta ken Nancy into the woods near wieir Flat Rock home and raped her. He claimed that he wasn’t at home the afternoon the alleged attack occurred. Jim Hicks, also of Flat Rock, corroborated Cantrell’s testimony, telling the court that Cantrell was with him on that afternoon. Then the State called Mrs. May Wellborn, a neighbor of the Cantrells, who testified that she was at the Cantrell home the af (Continued On Page Eight) HOSPITAL SITE IS GIVEN 0. K. Seven Acre Warden Tract Is Deemed Number One Site For Memorial Hospital ^ HAS ALL REQUIREMENTS Yadkinville, April 28.—(Special) .—A committee of Yadkin officials met with State and Federal Gov ernment men at Yadkinville Mon day for the purpose of viewing a number of sites in and around Yadkinville for the proposed Yad kin Memorial Hospital. The site selected as the best and most desirable from all stand points was the seven acre tract of land known as the Warden lands, located three blocks northwest of the court house and just east of the Yadkinville cemetery. This land is almost level and nearly square in shape, has good drain age and is near water and sewer lines. The lands belong to Paul Warden of Yadkinville and Beech er Warden of Winston-Salem. The site inspection party com ing here Monday was composed of R. E. Hamilton, hospital adminis trator of the Medical Care Com mission, Raleigh; B. K. Jones, con struction engineer; a sanitary en gineer; W. H. Newell constructior engineer for U. S. Public Health Service; and Mr. Blazer, architec tural engineer. Representing the county were S. H. Brewbaker anc E. R. Crater of the county com missioners, Doctors H. A. Brandon W. L. Wood and S. A. Bell, Mayoi F. D. B. Harding and W. E. Rut ledge, general chairman. The next move will be to ac quire title to the land and set up z board for building and othei things that come along. Step bj ^step the committee reports pro gress in the project, but it wil take time to complete details, etc. before building can begin. When completed the hospita wil be dedicated as a memorial t< those Yadkin boys who lost thei: lives in the late war. Donation will be solicited shortly for fund to pay for the site which must b< furnished by the public, totalini "about $4,000. i LOCAL FESTIVAL PARTICIPANTS — Three local men, who will take part in the Spring Festival of Home Demonstration Clubs taking place at the Gilvin Roth Y.M.C.A. today are, left to right, Linville Hendren, president of the Elkin Kiwanis Club, sponsor of the meeting, Garland Johnson, chairman of the Elkin Agricultural Council, and Thurmond Chatham, chairman of the board of the Chatham Manufacturing Company, who will deliver an address of welcome. CONCERT DRIVE LAUNCHED HERE Board of Directors And Work ers Are Special Guests At Dinner Meeting DRIVE TO END MAY 1ST Te board of directors and work ers for enrolling members in the Surry-Yadkin Community Con cert Association were special guests at the opening dinner meeting of the association mem bership campaign Monday night at the YMCA. The dinner launch ed the intensive campaign week which actually got under way Tuesday morning of this week and will close at noon Saturday, with headquarters located at Hay es and Speas Furniture Company. Only those people whose appli j cations are received at the cam paign headquarters or from the field workers will be permitted to attend the series of concerts to be staged here next fall and win ter by some of the world’s most famous artists. No tickets will be sold after this week's campaign ends, nor will single tickets be sold to any one performance. At Monday night’s banquet, Mrs. Robert L. Kirkman, Jr., president of the local organization, presid ed over the meeting and told of the origin and history of the con cert series. Miss Mary Idelia Ben son, assistant general diairman, explained the plans and purposes of the world’s largest concert booking agency and of the spon soring organization’s, Elkin Jun ior Woman’s Club, plan to bring to this city at least three concerts featuring top - ranking musical artists. Earle L. Hawkins, Columbia Concert representative, who is assisting this week in the cam paign to solicit memberships, was on hand to explain in detail the (Continued On Page Eight) J-C’S INDUCT NEW OFFICERS I)r. V. W. Taylor Succeeds Hoyle Cranford As I'resi dent Of Group FIVE “TIRED OLD MEN” — Dr. V. W. Taylor, Jr., was in stalled as president of the Elkin Junior Chamber of Commerce at an installation meeting and ladies night held Tuesday at the Gilvin Roth Y.M.C.A. He succeeds Hoyle Cranford. Horace Yelton, western vice president for the North Carolina Junior Chamber of Commerce, Forest City, and Mrs. Yelton were present for the installation. State Jaycee President Ed Ellis and Ed Pickard, secretary-treas urer of the state organization, sent their regrets at being unable to attend the meeting. Mr. Yelton, in installing the new officers, congratulated the lo cal organization on the fine record of performance that it had made. Hoyle Cranford, in relinquishing the office of president, was high in his praise of the work of com mittee chairmen and members during his term of office. Officers installed in addition to the president were Sam Atkinson, first vice-president, Kemp Reece, second vice-president, Clyde Coth 1 ren, secretary, and Hugh Salmons , treasurer. New directors are Her man Holcomb, Lewis Alexander [ Henry Dillon and Van Dillon. > Five members were graduated • and joined the group of formei i members who were honored at the ; meeting. in this group were s Hoyle Cranford, C. L. Davis, Clyde : Carroll, Gilbert Meed and Bill Freeman. Traffic Lane To Be Back In Elkin May 4-12 The mechanical vehicle in spection lane will operate in Elkin May 4-12 under a revised schedule released this week by the Motor Vehicles Department in Raleigh. The lane was originally scheduled to visit Elkin May 7 hut with the addition of Pilot Mountain to its itinerary, a new schedule was necessitated. Lane No. 8 serves Wilkes, Alleghany and Surry counties from Elkin, Pilot Mountain, Mount Airy, North Wilkcsboro, and Sparta. NOMINATIONS TO BE CLOSED Saturday Is Last Day To En ter Candidate For Elkin’s Mother Of Year RESPONSE IS SAII) GOOD Nominations to name Elkin’s mother of the year will close Sat urday of this. week. Response thus far has been exceptionally good, according to Mrs, E. R. Snyder, Jr„ chairman of the plan, sponsored by the Elkin Junior Woman’s Club, to select Elkin's favorite mother. Although a large number of nominations have been entered, it is felt that there are many more eligible nominees that should be included in the number to be judged, and for this reason heads of the plan urge that more let- . ters of nomination be mailed to j "Mother,” care general delivery, | Elkin, before the deadline on Sat- | urday. Just state facts concern ing the mother of your choice for this honor, Mrs. Snyder said. On Mother’s Day, when the winner will bp acclaimed, she will be honored with an orchid from the club and her picture will ap pear in the next week’s issue of The Tribune. — 4-H PROGRAM TO BE HELD MAY 3 Health Pageant And Dairy Team Demonstration Set For Court House | TO NAME KING, QUEEN The annual Health Pageant and Dairy Team Demonstration will be held in the Surry County Court House at Dobson, May 3. The program, held under the super vision of the Home Demonstration Agent, will run from 10 a. m. until j noon. The Health Pageant will honor the healthiest boy and girl from Surry County's 22 4-H clubs. County health department offi cials have scored the contestants on the basis of present condition and health record, including im provements shown. The king and queen will be attended by a junior king and queen and a court. Seven boys and seven girls will be in the j court. Four dairy food demonstration teams will compete in the Home Demonstration Agent’s office on 1 Friday for the honor of making the demonstration at the meeting Monday. Dobson 4-H Club will enter teams in milk drinks and butter cakes. A butter cake team from Beulah and a milk drink team from White Plains will compete. Wilma Frances Broome, a mem ber of the Franklin 4-H Club, is president of the Surry County Council of 4-H Clubs. WILL CONDUCT CLINIC SERIES Pre-School Program To Get Under Way In This Area Today ARE REQUIRED BY LAW A series of pre-school clinics for this area to start April 29 has been announced by officials of the Surry County Health Depart ment. At these clinics various im munizations will be given. These immunizations are required by law before a child enters school. Those parents who find it impossible to bring their children to one of the scheduled clinics should bring them to the Elkin office of the health department any Thursday between the hours of 9 a. m. and 4 p. m. Private physicians can give the immunizations and in such cases certificates signed by the physician listing immuniza tions given should be brought to the school at the opening of the Fall term. Clinics will be held as follows: North Elkin School — April 29 at 10 a. m. Mountain Park School — May 6 at 10 a. m. Elkin Elementary School — May 13 at 10 a. m. Little Richmond School — May 27 at 10 a. m. Little Richmond (colored) —, May 27 at 1 p. m. North Elkin (colored) — May 30 at 1 p. m. Immunizations will be given for small pox, diphtheria and whoop ing cough. YADKIN VOTES SCHOOL BONDS Small Majority On Basis Of Unofficial Returns Assures School Expansion $480,000 IS AUTHORIZED Yadkin County voted yesterday by a 96 majority in favor of a $480,000 bond issue for a school improvement program, according to complete but unofficial returns gathered by School Superintend ent Fred Hobson. The vote was 2,032 for the issue and 1,927 against it. About 4,800 persons had registered. The bonds will make possible an improvement program covering both new buildings and additions to existing structures. About $108, 000 will be used to provide four classrooms, a science laboratory, a library-study hall, home eco nomics rooms and a gymnasium in the Yadkinville District. Other improvements designated by the County Board of Education are: Negro High School, $40,000 for the addition of five classrooms. West Yadkin, $90,000 for four classrooms, a science laboratory, a library-study hall and a cafe teria. Jonesville, $17,000 for an agri cultural building and additional land. Forbush, $17,000 for a cafeteria and an elementary gymnasium. Fall Creek, $24,000 for a cafe teria and gymnasium. East Bend, $42,000 for library study hall, home economics rooms, a cafeteria and an agricul tural building. Courtney, $44,000 for a library study hall, home economics rooms and a cafeteria. Boonville, $98,000 for four class rooms, a science laboratory, a li brary-study hall, home economics rooms and a cafeteria. Cafeteria space at Courtney, East Bend, Fall Creek and For (Continued On Page Eight) ♦ ________ 400Farm Women Of Surry And Neighboring Counties Are To Attend Special Meeting Here NEWSPAPERMEN TO VISIT ELKIN Will Have Luncheon And Make Tour Of Vfilltham Plant On May 12th NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Between three and four hun dred editors and publishers, rep resenting weekly and small daily newspapers from all parts of the United States, will be Elkin’s guests Wednesday, May 12 during a tour of the state by the National Editorial Association. The newspapermen will first meet at Pinehurst for their annual convention on May 6-8. On May 9, travelling in buses, they will begin a week's tour of North Caro lina that will cover all sections. Scheduled to arrive in Elkin at 11:00 a. m., the publishers will first make a tour of the Chatham Tribune To He Issued On Tuesday Week of May 10th Due to the fact that the Na tional Editorial Association will meet in Elkin on May 12th, The Tribune will be issued on Tues day of that week instead of Wednesday, which is the usual press day, although we carry a Thursday date line. This is being done in order that we may iiave the paper for distribution to the NEA mem- ( bers on Wednesday and also that members of The Tribune staff may attend the meeting. We will greatly appreciate ad vertisers bearing this in mind, as well as correspondents and others who have news items for this edition. The Tribune office will be closed from 12 until 2 o’clock on Wednesday, May 12th. Manufacturing Company plant, following which they will be guests at a luncheon to be held at the Gilvin Roth YMCA, sponsored by the Elkin Kiwanis Club. Follow ing the luncheon, which will also be attended by other Elkin civic clubs, the group will leave for Asheville via the scenic highway. Highlights of the luncheon pro gram will be broadcast by WSJS, Winston-Salem, from 1:15 to 1:45 p. m. The convention and tour will mark the first time the National Editorial Association, of which The Tribune is a member, has ever come to North Carolina. CANCER DRIVE IS UNDER WAY Total Of $686.62 Raised Dur ing First Week, Chair man Shore States OTHER REPORTS DUE E. E. Shore, Jr., chairman of the drive to raise funds in the Eikin area for the American Cancer So ciety, announced that $686.62 was raised during the first week. The drive will continue through the month of April, the goal being $1,100. Employees of the Chatham Manufacturing Company con tributed $324.08 of the total. A canvas of this group was made by , members of the Lucy Hanes Chat ham Club, with Mrs. Dot Sprinkle j serving as chairman. Several districts are yet to re port. Mr. Shore pointed out that 60 per cent of the contributions re ceived would be used in this com munity. Forty per cent goes to the national organization for re search. Individuals who wish to con tribute to this drive may do so by mailing donations to American Cancer Society, Post Office Box 483, Elkin. Early Florida New Crop potatoes are now being moved to market in sizeable volume, USDA reports. A very good yield of excellent quality is indicated. luii. VISITING SPEAKERS — Featured speakers for today’s second an nual Spring Festival of Home Demonstration Clubs are Miss Ruth Current, upper left, State Home Demonstration Agent, James T. Conner, Jr., upper right, Extension Entomologist, Miss Iris Daven port, lower left, editor of the. Woman's Department, “Southern Ag riculturist," and Mrs. Virginia Sloan Swain, Extension Specialist in Family Relations. Elkin Students Visit Historic Washington Spots Washington, April 28 — More than a score of seniors from the Elkin high school are in Wash ington this week touring points of interest and studying at first hand the methods of Federal Government. The group is under the direc tion of Miss Emma Cook, a teacher at the school. The stu dents spent one day of their tour on Capitol Hill, and called at the office of Senator Clyde R. Hoey for a chat. They also visited the galleries of the House and Senate and the Su preme Court Building. Other points of interest on their tour included the Con gressional Library, the Bureau of Printing and Engraving, the Smithsonian Institution, the Washington and Lincoln Me morials, and many other his torical spots. MAN SHOOTS SON-IN-LAW Harding Harris, Of Ronda, Dismissed From Local Hos pital After Treatment WAS SHOT IN GROIN Harding Harris, 26, a resident of the Ronda community, was dis missed from the Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital last week where he was recovering from a gunshot wound received several days ear lier at the home of his father-in law, Cicero Combs. Sheriff C. G. Poindexter, stated that Combs, who admitted the shooting, is now under bond. According to the account of the affair as told the sheriff by both Combs and Harris, Combs shot Harris in the left groin with a 22 rifle when he was trying to enter the home of Combs, where his estranged wife, daughter of Combs, was staying. Combs told the sheriff that Harris came to his home about 2:00 a. m. and asked to get into the house, that he ordered Harris away and that he later came back and tried to get in. On his second attempt to get into the house Combs shot Harris, according to his'story. SQUAD RENEWS PLEA FOR FUND Local Emergency Group Is In Need Of Public Financial Aid For Equipment MAY MAIL DONATIONS The Elkin Emergency Squad has renewed its plea for public finan cial support to provide needed replacements for water rescue equipment. This is the first time since 1944 that the squad has turned to the public for financial aid. At that time, contributions made it possible for the local group to purchase an iron lung. The rising popularity of water sports during the summer months makes the urgent need of the squad for water equipment. Last summer four water rescues were undertaken which proved hard on some of the equipment. It is the policy of this group to offer assistance in this immediate area and to go to the aid of local residents anywhere. The public response to this call for funds, which was issued last week, has been slow. Persons plan ning to contribute are urged to do so immediately in order that this equipment might be secured. Squad members expressed ap preciation for the contributions received so far. Contributions should be mailed to Elkin Emergency Squad, Box 611, Elkin. A coupon to accom pany contributions will be found on page one, section two, of this issue. Calls for the services of the squad should be directed to Hayes and Speas Funeral Home. Dick Vanhoy Taken On Three Charges Dick Vanhoy of Jonesville was | arrested Saturday night by Sheriff ; Bill Moxley, Patrolman J. W. Wil i liamson and Deputy C. Russell, on three charges of reckless driving, possession of whiskey and trans porting whiskey, and his 1940 Ford was confiscated. When arrested Vanhoy had $2, 275 in cash on his person and gave a cash bond for his appearance Monday before Magistrate Roger Russell, when he waived a trial and gave bond to September court. Shoshone Falls, in Idaho, are i forty feet higher than Niagara | Falls. Annual Meet To Be Held Today At ‘Y’ The second annual Spring Fes tival of Home Demonstration Clubs, being held today at the Gil vin Roth YMCA, is expected to draw more than 400 farm women from Surry, Yadkin and Wilkes counties. Four well-known farm and home experts will be on hand to offer the feature addresses. In this group are Miss Ruth Current, State Home Demonstration Agent, Mrs. Virginia Sloan Swain, Exten sion Specialist in Family Rela tions, James T. Conner, Extension Entomologist, and Miss Iris Dav enport, editor of the woman’s de partment of Southern Agricultur ist. The Kiwanis Club is sponsoring this meeting. The program was ar ranged by the Home Demonstra tion Agents of the three counties, Mrs. Grace Pope Brown, Surry County, Miss Irene Brown, Yadkin county, and Mrs. Annie H. Greene. Wilkes county. Linville Hendren, president of the Elkin Kiwanis Club, will be the first speaker and will welcome the guests. He will be followed by Garland Johnson, mayor of Elkin, and chairman of the Agri cultural Council, who will intro duce Thurmond Chatham, chair man of the board of the Chatham Manufacturing Company, who will make an address of welcome. Miss Current will follow Mr. Chatham. She will extend greet ings. The featured speaker of the morning session will be Mrs. Swain, whose subject will be “The Importance of the Family in the World Today.” Following Mrs. Swain’s speech, Mr. Hendren will issue a luncheon invitation. The luncheon session will be followed by Miss Davenport’s ad dress on the subject, “Bigger Things Can Be Ours.” She will be introduced by Mrs. Arlie Steel man of Yadkin county. Mr. Connor will be the conclud ing speaker. His subject is “In sect Control.” Mrs. P. N. Taylor, president of the Surry County Home Demon stration Council, will preside. Mrs. A. T. Whittington of Wilkes coun ty will offer the devotional which will open the festival. Mrs. Gas ton Christian will direct the sing ing. 6 FROM STOKES SEEKING TOGA Five Democrats And One Re publican In Race For Seat In N. C. Senate DUNCAN BEGINS DRIVE The flurry of interest caused by the last minute filing of numerous candidates before the April 17 deadline has died and interest on the political front has waned. Five candidates from Stokes county have filed for the Demo cratic nomination for . the Surry Stokes senate seat and one Repub lican has entered the six-man race. O. H. Hauser, Westfield, Wil liam F. Marshall and J. W. Neal, Walnut Cove, J. S. Garner, King, and Dallas C. Kirby of Danbury are seeking the nomination on the Democratic ticket. J. Ellis Coon of Pinnacle is the Republican can didate. Robert Duncan, Stokes county publisher, who is opposing Thur mond Chatham, chairman of the board of the Chatham Manufac turing Company, for the Democra tic nomination for the Fifth Dis trict congressional seat, has open ed a campaign scoring big busi ness and monopolies, adopting a platform based on the principles of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Testament. Duncan has made several pub lic addresses, including one at Dobson, and recently started a program of weekly radio ad dresses. Although the Chatham cam paign has not come in the open, it is understood that he is campaign ing actively.