ELKIN
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VOL. No. XXXVI No. 25
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1948
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VFW OFFICERS
* HERE FRIDAY
Prominent State Officials Are
To Be Present
BANQUET AT THE YMCA
To Present VFW Citizenship
Award To Mrs. Lila Wood
ruff, Of Jonesville
BURCHAM COMMANDER
Prominent state officials of the
-^•Veterans of Foreign Wars will be
on hand for the installation of of
ficers of the William J. Jones
Post 7794, V. F. W„ at a banquet
meeting at the Gilvin Roth Y. M.
C. A. Friday at 7 p. m., Russell
Burcham, post commander, an
nounced this week.
A highlight of the meeting will
be the presentation of the V. F. W.
Citizenship Award to Mrs. Lila S.
Woodruff of Jonesville.
Auxiliary officials will install
new officers of the local auxiliary
following installation of post offi
cers.
E. C. Snead, state commander
of Wilmington, will present the
award to Mrs. Woodruff, who has
been an active worker in veterans
affairs during and since the recent
war. She corresponded and sent
packages to many soldiers during
the period when the United States
rffhad large forces abroad. This is
Hthe first time that the local post
|^Bas made this award.
The principal address of the cv
^tening will be delivered by Hugh G.
Chatham, vice-president or the
Chatham Manufacturing Com
pany.
A. C. Ingram, state adjutant and
quartermaster of High Point will
install the new officers . . . These
include Russell Burcham, who sue- j
ceeds himself as commander; Carl;
Jiinson, senior vice-commander; i
MBolin Foster, junior vice-corn -'
Slander; Roscoe Poplin, quarter
^Knaster; R. Lewis Alexander, suc
^ceeding himself as chaplain; and;
^t>r. J. Moir Hall, succeeding him
self as surgeon.
Mrs. Alberta C. Varner, of
Greensboro, state president of the I
V. F. W. Auxiliary, will install;
new officers in that branch. These
include Mrs. Russell Burcham.
succeeding herself as president;
Mrs. Blair Morrison, senior vice
president; Mrs. Doris Holcomb,
junior vice-president; Mrs. Daisy
K. Crouse, treasurer; Mrs. Mamie
Harris, chaplain; and Mrs. Mary
Hinson, conductress.
George Fulp of Leaksville, fifth
district commander, and Harry
VanderLinden of Hickory, state
senior vice-commander, are ex
pected to attend.
Other Auxiliary leaders who
have indicated that they will at
tend are Mrs. D. M. Swayngim of
Winston-Salem, fifth district j
president, Mrs. Mae L. Cook of
Winston-Salem, state conductress,
and Mrs. Mary Alice Moody of
Greensboro, state secretary.
Commander Burcham will pre
side.
TWO ROBBERIES
IN YADKIN CO.
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One Victim Taken For Hide
And The Other Winds
Up In County Jail
SUSPECTS ARRESTED
Two unlucky citizens lost a
total of around $1,200.00 in Yad
kin County in two different rob
beries Sunday, Sheriff Bill Moxley
said yesterday.
The first one occurred when
Dale Winters, who lives near
Boonville, came up $500 short af
ter a ride with three men whom
he first thought were friends but
who turned out to be looking for
mcney.
The four of them rode around
Sunday in the Yadkin-Surry
Wilkes section until Winters dis
covered that his wallet, which
contained five Dills of one hun
dred dollars each was missing.
When he complained of the
' loss to the others and mentioned
the matter of the law, the three
men refused to let him out of the
automobile, whereupon Winters
secured a tire-tool and started
working one of them over with it.
He then got out of the car and
contacted Sheriff Moxley at Yad
^►kinville.
Sheriff Moxley, assisted by oth
er officers, arrested Ernest Ash
ley and Paul Flynn, and are
seeking Ernest Vestal.
Second Robbery
Curtis M. Fowler, roadhouse
owner of Winston-Salem, was the
second victim of robbery Sunday
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AUXILIARY OFFICIAL — Mrs.
Alberta C. Varner, president of
the state auxiliary of the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars, will in
stall the new officers of the lo
cal organization at the V. F. W.
banquet to be held at the Y. M.
C. A. Friday night. Mrs. Varner
is from Greeensboro.
Peace Rally Financed
By Local Civic Clubs
The Community Peace Rally
which was scheduled for 8 o’clock
last night (Wednesday) at the
State Theatre was made possible
through the efforts of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce, Jonesville
and Elkin Lions Clubs, Kiwanis
Club and American Legion in co
operation with four women's clubs,
the Professional Woman's Club,
Elkin Junior Woman’s Club, the
Jonathan Hunt Chapter of the
daughters of the American Revo
lution and the American Legion
Auxiliary.
Harold A. Bosley, Dean of Duke
University Divinity School, Dur
ham. recognized as an authority
on the European situation and
other world situations, was to
make the principal address. This
was his second speaking engage
ment here.
COMMISSIONERS
REFUSE TO ACT
IN BARBER ROW
Groups Told To Arbitrate Dis
pute Over Hours
NO SIGN OF AGREEMENT
Randleman Scores Action Of
Commissioners In Declar
ing Executive Session
WANT PEOPLE TO JUDGE
The question of opening and
closing hours of Elkin's barber
shops was back in the hands of
the barbers this week and that
group appeared to be no nearer a
solution than when tney asked
the Elkin Board of Commissioners
to adopt regulatory measures two
weeks ago.
At a call meeting of the com
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tended by the full commission
and the mayor, representatives of
the barber shops involved, and
numerous spectators, the town’s
governing body instructed the
barbers to arbitrate the matter
themselves,
The commission went into
executive session to discuss the
question after hearing represen
tatives from both sides, and in so
doing brought a blast from James
Randleman, who represented the
group of barbers seeking to have
hours regulated.
“The only recourse for the re
maining 95 per cent of the barb
ers, after having failed to get the
Town Commission of Elkin to set
hours, and with all forms of
agreement among themselves
having failed, is to carry the
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Broughton Motorcade
Visits Eight Counties
Numbers 103
Cars And 400
Supporters
A motorcade, which at its peak
numbered 103 cars and 400 sup
porters, barnstormed through
eight Piedmont counties Monday,
proclaiming at every stop the
cause of Broughton-for-Senate.
The rolling display of campaign
strength started from the Surry
county courthouse at Dobson,
gaining in number as it visited
Yadkinville. Mocksville, Salisbury,
Statesville, Taylorsville and Le
noir to be climaxed at North Wil
kesboro, where 1,000 persons at
tended a barbecue at Smoot Park
and heard an address by Candi
date J. Melville Broughton.
A number of local men, includ
ing R. Lewis Alexander, H. P.
Graham, J. Livingston Williams,
W. M. Allen, Fred Norman, Scott
Nixon, Grover Hanes and Luther
Collins, participated. Local man
ager of the Broughton-for-Senate
movement, Garland Johnson, was
unable to attend due to a bank
ers’ convention at Pinehurst.
The caravan was arranged by H.
O. Woltz of Mount Airy, Surry
county manager of the Broughton
campaign.
Tuesday morning Broughton
addressed 150 farmers at Mount
Airy and moved on to Winston
Salem, where he delivered a ra
dio address later in the day.
At North Wilkesboro, Broughton
urged rural areas to take advan
tage of the Hill-Burton Act, which
provides funds for hospital con
struction. He cited the lack of
adequate hospital facilities in
many sections of the state, and
said this situation should be rem
edied as soon as possible. He
proposed action by the federal
government to aid states in school
building programs, as well as in a
program to boost teacher salar
ies.
Speaking over station WSJS in
(Continued On Page Eight)
Surry Baptists To
Meet At Salem Fork
The Surry Baptist Sunday
School association will meet at
the Salem Fork Baptist Church,
located on the Dobson-Mountain
Park highway, Sunday, May 23, at
2:30 p. m.
Rev. Powers, pastor of the
Westfield Baptist Church, will be
in charge of the message, preced
ed by a devotional exercise, bus
iness session and special music.
TO HEAD VETERINARIANS—
Dr. C. E. Nicks of Elkin was
elected president of the Central
Carolina Veterinary Medical
Association at a meeting of the
association in Greensboro last
week, lie has taken an active in
terest in the affairs of the asso
ciation for sometime.
PRESS AND CIVIC LEADERS AT N. E. A. LUNCHEON HERE — Following the luncheon given to
members of the National Editorial Association by the Kiwanis Club at the Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A. May
12, press and civic leaders posed for the picture above. Left to right, Linville Hendren, president of the
Kiwanis Club; Harvey F. Laffoon, publisher of the Elkin Tribune; A1 Resell of Siler City, president
of the North Carolina Press Association; Miss Beatrice Cobb of Morganton, secretary-treasurer of the
state group; Thurmond Chatham, principal luncheon speaker; Orrin R. Taylor, editor of the Buck
eye at Archbold, Ohio, president of the N. E. A.; Charles I*. Helfenstein, publisher of the Aroostook
Republican at Caribou, Maine, chairman of the board of directors of the N. E. A.; and Mayor Garland
Johnson, who welcomed the guests. (Additional pictures, page 1, section III) (tribune photo by belli
SCOUT PATROLS
WIN RIBBONS
Sixteen Groups Attend Camp
oree May 15 And 1(>
At Neaves Park
TOTAL OF 89 ATTEND
Sixteen patrols, the entire num
ber participating, representing
five troops of the Elkin-Yadkin
Boy Scout District, won blue rib
bons at the Camporee held May
15 and 16 at Neaves Park, Paul
Price, chairman of the camping
and activities committee, an
nounced.
The units competed against
established standards and in win
ning blue ribbons earned the right
to attend the Award Jamboree to
be held at the new Y. M. C. A.
camp June 5 and 6.
A total of 89 scouts, represent
ing Ronda, Pleasant Hill, Jones
ville, and two Elkin troops, at
tended. This number gave full
troop participation.
Price, labeling this camp as
one of the best ever sponsored in
the district, praised the work of
the patrol leaders and gave them
the lion’s share of the credit. He
pointed out that of the total at
tendance, 43 of the boys were!
tenderfoot scouts, who lacked ex
perience in scout craft and camp
craft.
The campfire service on Satur
day night featured skits by vari
ous patrols and singing led by
Rev. Marvin Boggs, pastor of the
Jonesville Methodist Church. A
religious service on Sunday after
noon, led by Rev. R. V. C. Ritch
ie, pastor of the Elkin Presby- j
terian Church, closed the two-day
program.
Chatham Asks I Vess
To Fight For I Vaco
Final Rites For
R. L. Harris, 87,
Are Held Friday
RICHARD L. HARRIS
Funeral service for Richard La
Fayette (Uncle Dicki Harris, al
most 87, was held at 11 a. m. Fri
day at the home on West Main
Street, with Dr. J. S. Hiatt, super
intendent of Hugh Chatham Me
morial Hospital, officiating.
Mr. Harris died unexpectedly of
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NEA Members
Visit Elkin
During* Tour
Seven bus loads of members of
the National Editorial Association
visited Elkin last week for a few
| hours to tour the Chatham Man
ufacturing Company plant and to
attend a luncheon given by the
local Kiwanis Club and, after
labeling the stop-over as the high
light of the state-wide tour, left
for Asheville and two additional
days of sight-seeing.
Thurmond Chatham, in the
principal luncheon address, called
for the support of the small press
of America in the movement for
world government as a means to
permanent world peace.
At the conclusion of his address,
Chatham presented Chatham
blankets to Orrin R. Taylor, editor
of the Buckeye at Archbold, Ohio,
N. E. A. president, and to Charles
P. Helfenstein, publisher of the
Aroostock Republican at Caribou,
Maine, who is chairman of the
board of directors of the press
group and retiring president. He
announced at that time that
blankets were being mailed to all
N. E. A. members on tour who had
registered at the Pinehurst con
vention.
Chatham declared that progress
demands peace and offered the
world government as the best
means of obtaining a permanent
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Dedication Of Hospital Annex Planned
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Bishop, Board
Chairman To
Be In Charge
The newly completed three
story addition to Hugh Chatham
Hospital here will be formally
dedicated Thursday, May 27, at
2:30 p. m. with Bishop Clare Pur
cell and Rev. L. B. Abernethy, both
of Charlotte, in charge of the
dedication ceremony. Dr. Aber
nethy is chairman of the board of
directors of the hospital.
The new annex, completely
modern in every way, provides the
hospital with much needed space.
In addition to providing an addi
tional 16 beds, it also houses of
fices and treatment rooms, Doc
tors’ Library, in memory of the
late Dr. Charles Haywood, former
surgeon; office of medical records
librarian, and the ear, eye, nose
and throat department, which is
under the direction of Dr. Frank
Fleming.
Also housed in the new annex is
a new and modern heating system
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TO DEDICATE NEW ANNEX — Pictured above is the new addition to Hugh Chatham Memorial Hos
pital, which will be dedicated on May 27. The new addition will provide room for 16 additional beds
as well as office and treatment rooms, and a new central heating plant which will serve the entire hos
pital. (PHOTO BY REOMON)
Two First Place
State Awards
Won By J-C’s
American Legion
To Name Officers
At Meeting Friday
The American Legion will
meet at the Legion Hut Friday
at 6:30 P. M., for the election
of officers for the coming year.
Kemp Reece, post adjutant,
in making the announcement,
urged a full attendance and
promised a short meeting.
APPLICANTS
INTERVIEWED
Check On Those Seeking Job
Here As Postmaster
To Fill Vacancy
FOR U. S. CIVIL SERVICE
Interview and investigation of
all applicants for the position of
postmaster at Elkin are being
conducted in behalf of the U. S.
Civil Service Commission by
Woodrow W. Bowman and Charles
Gardner, investigators for the
fourth regional office, it was an
nounced this week.
Procedure being followed is in
accordance with an act of Con
gress, effective June 25, 1938, re
lating to the method to be used in
filling vacancies at first, second
and third class post offices.
I The matters which the Civil
Service Commission chiefly con
siders in grading applicants are:
kind, extent and success of exper
ience; extent of public contacts
and success in meeting and deal
ing with the public; industry, re
sourcefulness and initiative; per
sonal attributes and the absence
of disqualifying defects in char
acter and physical condition.
The Civil Service Commission
gives careful and impartial con
sideration to all applicants, and
certifies the names of the three
highest eligibles for appointment
in the classified civil service by
the President, subject to confirm
ation by the Senate.
The investigator is limited to
ascertaining and reporting the
facts, makes no recommendation
as to who shall be found the high
est eligibles. That decision rests
exclusively with the Civil Service
Commission in Washington, D. C.
KIWANISPLANS
SPECIAL EVENT
Ladies’ Night Meeting Will
Celebrate 25th Anniver
sary Of Club Here
SAUNDERS WILL SPEAK
The Elkin Kiwanis Club will
celebrate its 25th anniversary this
evening (Thursday), at 7:00
o’clock with a ladies' night meet
ing at the Gilvin Roth YMCA.
Past District Governor J. Mar
yon (Spike) Saunders, of Chapel
Hill, will make the principal ad
dress, following which he will
award 25-year certificates to char
ter members of the club. Mr.
Saunders will be accompanied by
his wife.
A musical program has also been
arranged, with Mr. and Mrs. Du
Pre Rhame, both talented musi
cians, of Furman University,
Greenville, S. C., as featured ar
tists. Mr. Rhame is past gover
nor of the Carolinas district.
The meeting will open with the
invocation by Dr. E. G. Click. Fol
lowing the dinner, Linville Hen
dren, president of the local club,
will extend greetings, and turn the
meeting over to Carl C. Poindex
ter, who will act as master of
ceremonies.
Copeland Alumni To
Hold Meeting May 23
Alumni of Copeland School will
hold their annual meeting imme
diately following the baccalaur
eate sermon on Sunday, May 23, at
3 o’clock.
The seniors and members of the
faculty are invited to be guests.
The alumni and former students
are requested to bring a picnic
supper.
Locals Make
Good Record
For The Year
Elkin's Junior Chamber of Com
merce took first place awards at
the state convention held last
week at Winston-Salem, recogni
tion being received for activities
in agriculture and sports.
Approximately seven of the
state's 72 clubs competed in each
of the two fields.
In sports, the local club spon
sored seven major projects during
the year, and in agriculture spon
sored the Elkin Fat Stock Show
and entertained 4-H and F. F. A.
members prior to the show.
Competition included such proj
ects as the Greater Greensboro
open golf tournament which
brought the Greensboro club sec
ond place.
Hoyle Cranford served as presi
dent of the Elkin Jaycees during
the past year.
The seven projects promoted by
the Elkin organization were: Con
struction of tennis courts; Knee
pants Baseball League for 12-16
year-old boys; Yadkin Valley Con
ference high school basketball
tournament; Jaycee Football Bowl
game between the combined Jon
esville-Elkin team and Granite
Falls; Swimming and Diving con
test at Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A.
pool; sale of season tickets to Jon
esville and Elkin high school
sports events, netting each school
nearly $1,000; and the North
State Conference basketball tour
ney. Elkin officials said they plan
to promote the same things and
others during the coming year,
one being the forthcoming sec
tional semipro baseball tourney.
ELKIN FINALS
SET FOR JUNE 1
Thurmond Chatham To De
liver Principal Address At
Local Commencement
TO AWARD 40 DIPLOMAS
Diplomas will be presented to
40 members of the senior class of
Elkin high school at graduation
exercises to be held in the audi
torium of the elementary school
June 1 at 8 p. m.
Thurmond Chatham, chairman
of the board of the Chatham
Manufacturing Company, will
address the graduates.
Commencement activities will
start with class night to be held
May 28. On May 30, Rev. R. G.
Tuttle, pastor of the First Meth
odist Church, will preach the bac
calaureate sermon.
Exercises for the elementary
school will be conducted Monday
evening, May 31. The North El
kin program is planned for the
morning of June 2.
R. W. Harris, chairman of the
school board, will introduce Mr.
Chatham. Diplomas will be pre
sented to the high school gradu
ates by N. H. Carpenter superin
tendent.
Scholastic honors for this year’s
class were won by Elizabeth Ann
Royall and Ruby Alexander.
Libby, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh A. Royall, maintained
a four-year average of 98 to be
named valedictorian. Ruby,
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Arvil
Alexander, lias an average of 97.4
for four years and is salutatorian.
Senior class officers are John
Cockerham, president; Doswell
Gentry, vice-president; Peggy
Walters, secretary, and Gene
Nicks treasurer.
Miss Emma Cooke is class spon
sor.
Death Claims Mother
Of James A. Uldrich
Mrs. T. P. Uldrich, 72, mother
of James A. Uldrich of this city,
died Thursday of last week at
her home in Abbeville, South Car
olina.
Surviving in addition fo Mr.
Uldrich are the husband, four
other sons, and five daughters; 41
grandchildren and 11 great
grandchildren.
Funeral service was conducted
Saturday in Abbeville.