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ELKIN The Best Little Town In North Carolina THE TRIBUNE Is A Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations « ELKIN Gateway to Roaring Gap and the Blue Ridge THE TRIBUNE Serves the Tri-Counties of Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin 1 VOL. No. XXXVI No. 24 PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1948 $2.00 PER YEAR 24 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS X putyraggireara. .— NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS OF THE NEA — Pictured above are officials of the National Editorial Association, who were elected Saturday at the closing session of the convention at Pinehurst, and who arc Elkin’s guests today. They are, top row, left to right: Orrin R. Taylor, editor of the prize-winning Buckeye at Arclibold, Ohio, President: Joseph T. Cook, editor of the widely known Mission, Texas, Times, vice-president. Bottom, left to right: Art C. Gardner, publisher of The News at Crete, Nebr., treasurer (second term), and Don Eck, of Chicago, 111., executive secretary and general manager, .a position he has filled for the past several years. JAYCEES WILL ATTEND MEET Seven Members Are Chosen To Represent Local Club At Convention AT WINSTON-SALEM Seven Elkin Jaycees will repre sent the local club at the state Junior Chamber ot Commerce convention which open tomorrow at Winston-Salem. Dr. V. W. Taylor, Jr., president of the local organization, and Clyde Carroll, retiring state di rectors, and Kemp Reece and Sam Atkinson, newly elected di rectors, will cast Elkin’s four con vention votes. Hoyle Cranford, immediate past president of the local club. Van Dillon, Jr., and H. P. Graham, Jr., will also attend. A number of local Jaycees are expected to at ' tend some of the convention ses sions. Clyde Carroll a member of the state awards committee will at tend committee sessions today. A dinner dance Saturday even ing will climax the convention. Dobson Is Named Committee Head Democrats of the Elkin town ship, meeting at the city hall last Saturday, named Henry C. Dob son, chairman of the precinct cxe ^cutive committee. Mrs. E. F. Mc rjjeer was elected vice-chairman and R. C. Freeman secretary. Approximately 25 party mem bers attended and all present were named as delegates to the county convention to be held at Dobson Saturday. W. Marion Allen, who served as precinct chairman for a number of years did not offer for re-elec tion, presided. Guernsey Sale To Be Held At Lexington County Agent Neill M. Smith has urged 4-H Club members w'ho are looking for Guernsey heifers to investigate those being offered |*t the third Central Carolina Guernsey sale which will be con ducted May 26 near Lexington. The county agent reports that a number of good heifers have been entered in the sale which starts at 12:30 p. m. at Maegeo Farms. The drinking or beverage apple for malting cider has been widely Cultivated in England and France TOnce the 16th century. Broughton To Speak Over WSJS May 18th Former Governor J. Melville Broughton, candidate for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate in the party primary to be held May 29, will speak over Radio Sta tion WSJS, Winston-Salem, Tuesday, May 18, from 12 noon until 12:30 p. m. Governor Broughton will also speak at North Wilkesboro Monday, May 17, at 8 p. m. Garland Johnson, mayor of Elkin, is manager of the Broughton eampaign in Elkin. Mrs. E. F. McNeer is chairman of the Woman’s Division. DRESS REVUE WINNER NAMED Evelyn Waugh Of White Plains Wins County-Wide 4-H Club Contest 57 GIRLS TAKE PART Evelyn Waugh, a member of the White Plains senior 4-H Club, won the Surry county dress revue conducted at Dobson last Satur day by the Home Demonstration Agent’s staff. Participating were 57 representatives of the county’s 21 4-H clubs. Evelyn daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Waugh of White Plains, will represent Surry county at the state dress revue to be held in August. She modeled a cotton plaid dressy outfit, with bag, hat, and gloves of matching material which she had made. The Junior blue ribbon winnei was Mary Faye Jackson, also ol the White Plains Club. She is the 1 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lor Jackson, and Mary Faye modelec an attractive green and white j checked gingham sport dress. The following girls were win ners in the Senior Group. Blue Ribbon Winners — Sabrilla Dob bins, Betty Jean Combs, Treve Hicks, Peggy Terrell, and Gaynel Hall. Red Ribbon Winners were: An na Jean Holbrook, Polly Seal Shirley Waugh, Louise Key, Mil dred Edmonds, Rachel Kidd, am Fannie Lou Simmons. White Ribbon Winners were Fayrene Coe, Jo Ann Culbreth Ruth Nichols, Bonnie Lou Liven (Continued On Page Four) IWO-DAY SCOOT MEETINGOPENS HERE SATURDAY District Camporee To He Held At Neaves Park 100 BOYS ARE EXPECTED -. Blue Ribbon Winners To At tend Jamboree In June At New Y.M.C.A. Camp PAUL PRICE TO DIRECT Sixteen patrols of the Elkin Yadkin District, Boy Scouts of America, will participate in the district camporee to be held May 5 and 6 at Neaves Park. Approxi mately 100 boys and several adults are expected to participate. The scouts will start arriving at the camp site at 8 o’clock Satur day morning for the two-day pro gram. Church services, to be con ducted by the Rev. R. V. C. Rit ; chie, pastor of the Elkin Presby terian church, starting at 2:30 p. m. Sunday, will conclude the ac tivities. The scouts will camp by patrols, choosing sites laid out in advance. The competition will be against established standards and not among the participating groups. A total of 820 points are possible. Those patrols receiving blue rib bons will attend a jamboree to be held June 5 and 6 at the Y.M.C.A. ; camp now' under construction. Judging of the encampment will ; be based on camp craft and scout I craft. Into the first classifica tion will go health, safety and sanitation. Scout craft includes leadership, ability to co-operate and participation. Paul Price, chairman of the camping and activity committee, will be in charge of the camporee. The public is invited to attend the camporee and will find the campfire service at 8 p. m. Satur day and the Sunday religious ser vice especially interesting. Judges will be: Initial inspection, Tom Roth; use of camp site, Guy Fisher; equipment, Buck Hines; food, Hu bert Parker; safety and sanitation. Jack Caudle; program and activ ! ity, Paul Price; patrol organiza ; tion, Albert Bryan; and camp kinks and new ideas, Jim Crowe. Duke Dean To Speak At Peace Rally DEAN HAROLD A. BOSLEY Highlighting the Communitj Peace Rally, which will be held Wednesday evening, May 19, at f o’clock at the State Theater, wil be an address by Harold A. Bosley Dean of Duke University Divinitj School, Durham. Dean Bosley is recognized as ar authority on the European situa tion and other world conditions This will be the speaker’s seconc engagemenf in Elkin as he wa; guest speaker at Elkin Firs) Methodist Church recently, when he was enthusiastically received. The Community Peace Rally ii l being sponsored by the Business and Professional Woman’s Club ; the Elkin Junior Woman’s Club . the Jonathan Hunt Chapter of thf Daughters of the American Revo 1 lution and the American Legior Auxiliary. The program has re : ceived the endorsement of the Elk , in-Jonesville Ministerial Associa • tion, both Elkin and Jonesvilli (Continued On Page Eight) BOARD OF DIRECTORS — Members of the board of directors of the National Editorial Association, on tour with the editors and publishers who are visiting Elkin today, are pictured above. Top row, left to right: Clifford Kaynor, publisher of The Daily Record at Ellensburg, Washington; Bunny E. Esters, editor of the Pioneer-Times at Houlton, Maine; and Alan C. McIntosh, editor of the Star-IIerald at Luverne, Minn. Bottom, left to right: C. W. Brown, editor and publisher of The Enterprise at Ocono mowoc, Wis.; Don Reid, managing director of the Iowa Press Association at Des Moines; and Ed M. Anderson, of Brevard, publisher of five weekly newspapers in western North Carolina. BARBERS HERE PUSH DEMANDS Seek To Have Town Board Pass Ordinance Regulat ing Closing Hours _ ATTORNEY IS RETAINED Representatives of three of Elk in’s barber shops are reported to be actively pushing the demand made to the town board of com missioners last week that ordin ances be passed regulating the op ening and closing hours of the shops. J. I. Cockerham, manager of Cockerham’s Barber Shop against which the action is directed, re fused to comment today on the controversy. The board of commissioners last week postponed action on the re quest. No announcement had been made Tuesday as to a special meeting to consider this matter. The petitioning barbers have re tained James Randleman as their attorney. It is reported that Cockerham has offered to compromise with the other group on hours. The controversy arose because of long hours three of the shops claimed were necessary in ftrder to meet the competition of Cocker ham's shop. Under North Carolina statutes, a municipal governing body has the power to regulate the opening and closing hours of barber shops Tribune Is Winner Of National Award Third Prize For General Excellence Presented At Pinehurst Convention The Tribune last week won a national awajd when it was. pre sented third prize for general ex cellence in the weekly field, cir culation over 1,500, at the Nation al Editorial Association convention at Pinehurst. Tire NEA is made up of approximately 5,000 non daily and small daily newspapers in all parts of the United States. With the winning of the third place national award, The Tribune ran its national prize score to three, having also won first place in 1943 for best community ser vice, and second place in 1945 for general excellence. In North Carolina The Tribune has, in previous years, won gen eral excellence first place award four times, being the only paper in North Carolina to hold this honor. It has also twice won the North Carolina Press Association first place award for best com munity service. A special award for service to agriculture, went to The Skyland Post, of West Jefferson, edited by Mrs. Ed M. Anderson. Winner of first place for gen eral excellence in the NEA contest this year was the New Canaan (Conn.) Advertiser. The second place award went to McMinnville (Ore.) Telephone-Register. The Tribune award was accept ed on behalf of this newspaper by H. P. Laffoon, publisher. In Klkin Community Spirit Is Paramount CHAIRMAN—Charles P. Hel fcnstein, retiring president of the National Editorial Associa tion, is chairman of the board of directors of that organiza tion. Mr. Helfenstein is publish er of the Aroostook Republican at Caribou, Maine. Textile scientists of the South Dakota Experiment Station have found that sunshine has a de structive effect on woolen cloth ■ ing. A Glorious Past, A Bright Future, Is Local Story — By DAN T. HENDERSON Today, you’re in Elkin — “The Best Little Town In North Carolina” — a town that through her achieve ments lives up to the slogan former Mayor J. R. Poindex ter gave her years ago. But a town who in her search for civic betterment has no time to take bows for the slogan which she so gracefully wears. Elkin is a proud town. She is proud of her geographical location on the flood plain of the Yadkin river with the hazy blue peaks of the Blue Ridge mountains rising into the heavens to the north and northwest to form nature’s perfect backdrop. Elkin is proud of her spiritual institutions — her numerous churches repre senting many faiths; her Y.M.C.A., without a peer in the South. She is proud of her hos pital with a total of 74 beds. Elkin is proud of her industrial plants — the Chatham Manufac turing Company, the Elkin Fur niture Company, and several smaller manufacturers. Elkin is proud of her school system^ her Main Street, her ath letic teams, and her civic clubs. Elkin is proud of her growth, of her material gains. She is proud that she has overflowed the cradle staked out for her between a shar.ply rising mountain to the north and a swift flowing stream to the south. She is proud that the city tax valuations of $2,628, 901 in 1933 last year were $4,952, 522 and that the number of her taxpayers had increased over a similar period from 821 to 1,190. Elkin is proud of the agricul tural achievements of her neigh bors over the surrounding coun tryside — of the forward strides being made in the production of tobacco, in the building of finer herds of dairy and beef cattle. Elkin is proud of her people — people who are descended from the rugged, pure-bred stock that (Continued On Page Eight) Touring Newspaper Group To Visit The Chatham Plant Here Tribune Published Day Earlier This Week In order that the papers may be available for members of the National Editorial Association who visit Elkin today (Wednes day) The Tribune is being printed Tuesday afternoon in place of the usual Wednesday printing time. This office will be closed from 12 until 2:00 p. m. today in order that The Tribune force may attend the meeting of the Elkin Kiwanis Club, which is host at a luncheon at the Y. M. C. A., following a tour of the Chatham Man ufacturing Company’s plant starting at 11 o’clock this morning. BREEDERS TO NAME DIRECTOR Applications Received For Jobs In Artificial Insem ination Program WORK TO START JULY 1 The board of directors of the Surry Breeding Co-operative, Inc., Monday received 12 applications for the position of director of the artificial insemination program which is expected to start around July 1. A director and an assistant are expected to be named at the next board meeting May 26. Those named will take one-week courses in operation of the program at North Carolina State College. More than 760 cows have been registered for the program and leaders hope for 1,000 by the time the program starts. Information on the program may be obtained from the county agent’s office at Dobson. R. E. Snow' of Route 1, Elkin, is president of the organization. Other officers are Carroll Perk ins, Route 2, Dobson, vice-presi dent; and Grady Cooper, Dobson, secretary and treasurer. Directors are Franklin Miller, Grassy Creek Dairy, Elkin, N. A. Lowe, Route 3, Mount Airy, and Joel Jessup, Route 2, Mount Airy. MERCHANTS TO HOLD MEETING Local Members Are Expected To Attend State Conven tion At Asheville CREDIT GROUP TO MEET A number of members of the Elkin Merchants Association are expecting to attend the 46th an nual convention of the North Car olina Merchants Association to be held at the George Vanderbilt Hotel in Asheville on May 17-18. In announcing completion of plans for the convention, Willard L. Dowell, executive vice-president and secretary of the state asso ciation, said the convention “promises to be one of the most largely-attended, profitable and enjoyable annual meetings in the long history of this organization”. He pointed out that speakers provided for the occasion are men who have achieved wide recogni tion in their respective fields of endeavor, and are well qualified to discuss subjects assigned to them. Entertainment arranged for the convention will be varied and abundant, including a trip through Biltmore Estate, theatre and bridge parties, a dance and floor show, banquet, and special receptions arranged by members of the Asheville Merchants Asso ciation. An outstanding feature of the meeting will be the awarding of the usual cups and trophies and a (Continued on page eight) Will Attend Luncheon At The Y.M.C.A. Approximately 200 newspaper men and women from all parts of the United States will arrive in Elkin by bus caravan this morn ing at 10:45 o’clock to make a tour of the Chatham Manufactur ing Company, and to later be guests at a luncheon to be staged at the Gilvin Roth YMCA with the Elkin Kiwanis Club as host. Mem bers of other Elkin civic clubs will also attend the luncheon. Members of the National Edi torial Association, which is made up of 5,000 non-daily and small daily newspapers of the nation, the group of editors and publish ers are on a week’s tour of North Carolina, following a three-day convention at Pinehurst the latter part of last week. Following the luncheon here they will leave Elk in for Asheville by way of the Blue Ridge Parkway, visiting ma jor points of interest en route. No effort has been spared to make the visit to Elkin entertain ing and worthwhile. The lunch eon, which is scheduled to begin at 12:15, will be opened with the invocation by Rev. Ralph Ritchie, pastor of the Elkin Presbyterian Church, following which introduc tions will be made by Linville Hendren, president of the Kiwanis Club. After brief remarks by H. F. Laffoon, publisher of The Tri bune, Garland Johnson, Mayor of Elkin, will welcome the guests, ! and introduce Thurmond Chat ham, chairman of the board of the Chatha m Manufacturing Company, who will make a brief address. Response on the part of the publishers will be by Charles i P. Helfenstein, immediate past president of the National Editorial Association. The program, as outlined above, will be broadcast from 1:15 to 1:45 through courtesy of Radio Station WSJS, Winston-Salem. During the luncheon string music and square dancing will be featured by the championship third shift team of the Chatham Company, under the direction of Ovid Wilcox, captain. Orrin R. Taylor of the Archbold, Ohio, Buckeye, newly elected president of the NEA, will be pres ent at the luncheon, as will other newly elected officers and direc tors. In the tour of the Chatham Manufacturing plant, the visitors will be divided into groups of 10, with each group to be in charge of a plant official or other employee who is familiar with the designat ed route, and with at least one Kiwanian accompanying each group, in the tour the groups will be shown how raw wool, both na tive and imported, is blended into the finest woolen blankets, “home spun” suiting material and auto mobile upholstery, known and used the nation over. This year marks the first time the National Editorial Association has ever visited North Carolina, and it is a distinct honor to Elkin that it should be chosen as a stopping point on the state-wide tour. Farm Agents To Tour Missouri Dairy Area Neill M. Smith and O. M. Ful cher, county agent and assistant county agent, will join other county extension agents for a ten day educational tour of dairying activities in Missouri. This is part of the extensive program now under way for ex tension agents. Another group will visit southern Indiana in the near future. Approximately 63 agricultural leaders will make the trip by chartered buses which will leave the state May 16 and return May 25. Included in the tour is a visit to the largest milk plant in the world, located at Springfield, Mo. Dean I. O. Schaub of Raleigh, is director of the tour. DDT spray is effective in pro tecting stored wool from moths.
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