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ELKIN The Beet 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. 26 = PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1948 T $2.00 PER YEAR 20 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS VFW OFFICIALS ^ ARE INSTALLED ATT MEETING Mrs. Lila S. Woodruff Is Pre sented Award HUGH CHATHAM SPEAKS Local And State Officers At tend Banquet Held Here Friday Evening BURCHAM IS RE-NAMED 4k Installation of post and auxili ary officers, presentation of a citizenship award to Mrs. Lila S. Woodruff, of Jonesville, and an address by Hugh G. Chatham, vice-president of the Chatham Manufacturing Company high lighted a banquet meeting last Fri day of the William J. Jones Post 7794. Veterans of Foreign Wars. The meeting, attended by mem bers of the local post and state of ficers of the V. F. W„ was held at the Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A. E. C. Snead, state commander of the V. F. W., presented the V. F. W. Citizenship Award to Mrs. Woodruff on behalf of the local organization. This is the highest honor which the V. F. W. can be stow upon an individual, Snead said, and added that to his knowledge it was the first time that a woman had received the •V. award in North Carolina. ; Mrs. Woodruff was honored for fher untiring efforts in the veter Hjn.s’ behalf during and after World War II. She was active during the war in corresponding with service men overseas and m mailing packages to them. Since the ter mination of hostilities she has turned her attention to job-place ment and veterans housing. Snead reviewed this service to the veterans and touched also on the active role Mrs. Woodruff plays in her community. In the principal address of the evening, Chatham called on the .veterans to stand on their own feet, stating that the world does hot owe the veterans a living. He pointed out that they had fought (Continued on page eight) CLUB OBSERVES 25TH BIRTHDAY J. Mart on Saunders Is Princi pal Speaker At Gala Ladies’ Ni^ht Event CERTIFICATES AWARDE1) The Elkin Kiwanis Club last Thursday evening celebrated its 25th aniversary with a ladies’ night meeting at the YMCA which featured an address by J. Maryon Saunders, of Chapel Hill, past Dis trict Governor; a musical program by Mr. and Mrs. DuPre Rhame, ^ the former a past governor of the Carolinas District, and the award ing of certificates of honor to charter members of the club. Mr. Saunders made an unusu ally interesting address, going back 25 years into history and re counting the events of the day at the time the local club was or ganized. He also congratulated me liud upon us eAueuem jecoiu during the years. Mr. Rhame, a bass-baritone, and director of music at Furman Uni versity, Greenville, S. C., sang three numbers, "On the Road to Mandalay," "The Lonesome Road" and “Song of the Open Road," all of which were greatly enjoyed. Mrs. Rhame accompanied at the piano. » Following Mr. Saunder's address he presented charter member 25 year certificates to the following Kiwanians: Dr. E. G. Click, H. F. Laffoon, H. P. Graham, H. C. Graham, A. O. Bryan, J. H. Beeson, James R. Poindexter, Carl C. Poindexter and Dr. Roy B. Har rell, all of whom were present. Charter members who were not present were R. G. Smith, F. M. Norman. George E. Royall, W. A. Neaves, W. M. Allen, and J. G. Abernethy. Special "Legion of Honor" cer tificates, awarded only to charter members of 25 years unbroken membership in the club, also went to George E. Royall, J. R. Poindex ter, Dr. Roy B. Harrell and Carl C. Poindexter. President Linville Hendren pre * sided over the meeting with Carl C. Poindexter as master of cere monies, who awarded attendance prizes to Mrs. E. W. McDaniel, Mrs. Harry Hensel and Mrs. Ira Yates. Chatham blankets were presented to the wives of Mr. Saunders and Mr. Rhame. This evening’s meeting (Thurs ^ day), will be in charge of Dr. H^Iarry L. Johnson, chief surgeon at MRS. LILA S. WOODRUFF HONORED BY V. F. W. — Mrs. Lila S. Woodruff of- Jonesville, standing at left, receives the V. F. W. Citizenship Award from State V. F. W. Commander E. C. Snead at a ban quet meeting held last Friday evening at the Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A. The award, highest honor which the V. F. W. can bestow on an individual, was presented on behalf of the local post in recogni tion of Mrs. Woodruff’s service to veterans during and after World War II. Mrs. Hugh G. Chatham is seated at left and Russell Burcham, commander of the local V. F. W. post, at right. (TRIBUNE PHOTO BY BELLI GRAHAM NAMED LEGION HEAD Is Elected Friday As Com mander Of Local Post To Succeed Stevenson RE - NAME ALEXANDER _ Herbert P. Graham, Jr., will i serve as commander of the George 'Gray Post No. 114, American \ Legion, as a result of an election held Friday at the Legion Hut. He succeeds Bill Stevenson. Re-elected for another year were Charlie Alexander, first vice-com mander, Walter Safrit, finance of ficer, Joe Transou, athletic officer, and Henry Beeson, service officer. Maurice Bumgarner was named second vice-commander, succeed ing Fred Norman. Kemp Ree.ce will be succeeded as adjutant by Raymond Vestal. For the first time the post nam ed a guardian and chose T. P. Mayberry to fill the position. Bill Stevenson was elected his torian, a position left vacant last year by the death of F. W. Gra ham. Other officers named were Ellis Harp, sergeant - at - arms, vice Harry Clay Price, and D. E. Dick son, chaplain, vice Lewis Alexan der. Special installation services will be conducted during a buffet sup per and dance to be given at the Legion Hut, June 4. The state Legion commander and other prominent officials of this veter ans organization have been invited to attend. CHATHAM PLANS BANQUET HERE Employer-Employee Event At Y. M. C. A. To Be The First Held Since 1939 WILL HAVE ORCHESTRA A Chatham Manufacturing Company Employer - Employee banquet, the first such event to be held since 1939, will take place Friday evening, June 4, at 7 i o’clock at the Gilvin Roth Y. M. | C. A. Thurmond Chatham, chairman ; of the Board of Directors, will be I the dinner speaker and Mrs. Chatham and Mr. and Mrs. Albert I Butler will be special guests for the occasion. An entertainment program emphasizing an evening of fellowship and fun for all em ployees and their husbands or wives is being arranged by mem bers of the Thurmond Chatham Unity Club and the Lucy Hanes Chatham Clubs. Immediately after dinner, danc . ing will be enjoyed in the banquet ! hall with music provided by John | Peddicord's ten-piece orchestra of 1 Winston-Salem. Those who do not join in the dancing will be welcomed as spectators. Dance To Be Given By Legion Saturday The American Legion will spon sor the second in a series of round dances at the Legion Hut Satur day night from 9 p. m. to mid night. Music will be furnished by The Revelers, local orchestra,. Tribune To Announce Vote Election Night To Broadcast Returns Over Public Address System From News Office In order to be of service to this community, The Tribune will stage an election party Saturday night to bring election returns j from Surry and adjoining coun ties, and from throughout the state, as fast as they become available. A loud speaker system will be DR. FRANKLIN MAY RETURN Negotiations With Former Health Officer Are Be in« Carried On IS NOW IN WILSON Indications were strong this week that Dr. R. B. C. Franklin, former Surry county health offi cer. would return to that position around July 1. John W. Comer, Dobson, chair man of the Surry county Board of Health, said that negotiations are being carried on with Dr. Frank lin and that there is a strong pos sibility of his returning to the post which he resigned February 1 to accept a Wilson research position. Surry county has been without a health officer since Dr. Frank lin’s resignation except for a one week period when the office was filled by Dr. H. E. McTyre of Win ston-Salem. installed, through the courtesy of ‘he Gilvin Roth YMCA, so that all w'^ons who gather in front of The Trio. ° office, may hear the returns as tm ■ are broadcast. State returns will picked up and rebroadcast throug. ‘he pub lic address system by a 'jal high-powered radio, kindly loam. to this newspaper by Tom Morri son, of this city. Returns from various parts of Surry and adjoin ing counties will be secured via the lines of the Central Telephone Co. Returns will be broadcast as fast as they become available, starting as soon as possible after the polls close. Everyone is invit ed to attend and hear the re turns as they come in. In order that the vote may be gathered and broadcast as fast and accurately as possible, The Tribune office will be closed to all except those actually engaged in obtaining the ballot figures. 50-Gallon Still Is Destroyed In Bryan Surry county deputies Sunday destroyed a 50-gallon still in the Bryan Township near White Rock Church, the first to be found in this area recently. Jack Elderton, H. C. Mounce and P. C. Sprinkle found the still which had been in operation ap proximately five days earlier. No mash was found. The investigating officers re ported that no arrests were made. SCHOOL FINALS TAKE SPOTLIGHT FOR NEXT WEEK Majority Of Schools Plan Complete Services CHATHAM SPEAKS HERE Elkin Seniors To Present Play At Elementary School Tomorrow Night GRADUATES ARE NAMED High schools of this section are turning spotlights this week on commencement exercises and other activities of the graduating seniors. A majority of the schools are planning complete services, in cluding baccalaureate sermons, class nights and commencement addresses in addition to the awarding of diplomas. Elkin High School Elkin’s program starts Friday night with class day exercises to be held in the auditorium of the elementary school. This will fea ture a two-act play — wedding of Miss Senior Class and Mr. Life of Service and the Tenth Wedding Anniversary Celebration. Libby Royall will play the bride, John Cockerham the groom, and Harry Johnson, Jr., the minister. Included in the cast are 17 other roles with the remainder of the class appearing as guests. N. H. uarpenter, scnooi supenriwimaii will give the bride away. Sunday evening at the elemen tary school auditorium the bac calaureate sermon will be deliver ed by Rev. Robert G. Tuttle, pas tor of the First Methodist Church. The invocation will be offered by Rev. J. D. Wyatt, pastor of the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church. Rev. J. C. Gwraltney, pastor of the Elkin Valley Baptist Church, will read the scripture. Mr. Wyatt will offer the benediction. Graduating exercises will be held at 8 p. m., June 1, in the elemen tary school auditorium. The prin cipal address will be made by Thurmond Chatham, wdio will be introduced by R. W. Harris. N. H. Carpenter will present diplomas, and awards. The valedictory will be given by Libby Royall and the salutatory by , Ruby Alexander. Rev. Howard J. Ford will offer the invocation and the benedic tion. Class officers are: John Coek erham, president; Doswcll Gen try, vice-president; Peggy Wal ters, secretary; Gene Nicks, treas urer; Libby Royall, giftorian; Margaret Click, historian; Peggy Walters, poet; Sara Holcomb, prophet; and Gene Nicks testator. Mascots of the class are Peggy Bivins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gwyn Bivins, and Sandy Biggs, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Biggs. Commencement marshalls are Sue Shugart, chief, Winnie Luff man, Hal Stuart, Roberta Wood ruff, Jenny Transou and Sara Martin. Members of the graduating class are: John Henry Cockerham, Doswell Gentry, Peggy Lee Walters, Gene (Continued On Page Eight) Campaigns Stepped Up As Primary Politics Go Into Home Stretch Parties To Nominate Candidates Saturday -—•> _ Girl Scouts To Aid Auxiliary Saturday In Sale of Poppies Saturday will be observed as I’oppy day—a day each year, that Americans pay tribute, by wearing their memorial flower, the poppy, to those who gave their lives in America’s service during the two World Wars. Members of the American Legion Auxiliary assisted by Elkin Girl Scouts, will distri bute flowers on the streets Sat urday. The purchase of a poppy will be aiding the Wars’ living victims. * In remembrance of America’s heroic dead and in helpfulness to her living disabled and de pendents let us wear a poppy on Memorial Day. FINAL P.-T. A: MEETING HELD Remarkable Growth Shown Ry Organization During Past Year | MRS. DIXON PRESIDES Showing remarkable growth and greatly improved interest in t Teacher-Patron co-operation dur ing the past year, the Elkin Par ent-Teachers Association brought to a close its years activities with | a large membership attendance at the meeting Tuesday night at the j School auditorium. Mrs. Charles j Dixon, the retiring president, pre j sided and heard the reports of achievement made by all the com mittee heads. The new officers for the coming year were installed by Mrs. Earl James; and expres i sions of appreciation for the bet I ter cooperation by patrons and ' parents were voiced by Elemen tary Principal Denver Holcomb and Superintendent of Schools, N. H. Carpenter. Of unusual interest was the re port of the Finance Committee, 'headed by Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Parker and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hartness. Showing net revenue for the year of $902.17, of which all was obtained by special proj ects except dues collected of only (Continued On Page Four) JONESVILLE GRADUATING CLASS OF 1948 — Shown above are members of the 1948 graduating: class of Jonesville High School who will receive their diplomas Friday evening. They are, left to right, Evelyn Armstrong, Doris Reece, Ann Wood, Aleine Ingram, Nancy Ann Mayberry, Magdalene Burcham, Dixie Rose, Betty Jo Daye and Nancy Holcomb. Second row, Rufus Shoffner, Hazel Brown, Louise Ma this, Betty Mae Hemric, Columbia Gilliam, Jerrie Wright Boyd, Alta Owens, Mildred Vestal and James Hanes. Third row, Charles Em erson, Ranny Smith, Harvey Bryant, D. C. Swaim, Ray Freeman, J. C. Minish, Helen Hemric, David Reece and Benny Martin. Mascots are Chris Chnipe, left, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Canipe and Mary Jane Reece, right, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Reece, Jr. , (PHOTO BY REOMONl State And County Races Slated For Voters’ Decision Democratic and Republican voters will go to the polls Satur day, May 29, to pick nominees for state offices, congressional seats and county offices. Throughout the state polls will open at 6:30 a. m. and close at 6:30 p. m. In Elkin, ballot boxes will be lo cated in the fire department building on West Market Street next to the City Hall. Dixie Graham will serve as reg istrar at the Elkin polls. Judges will be N. J. Blackwood, Democra tic, and C. B. Franklin, Republi can. Candidates to be voted on fol low: CONGRESSIONAL SEATS — For United States Senate (short and long terms): J. Melville Broughton and William B. Um stead; Fifth Congressional Dis trict: Thurmond Chatham and Bob Duncan. STATE OFFICERS—For Gover nor: W. F. Stanley, Sr., Charles M. Johnson, Oscar Barker, R. Mayne Albright, Olla Ray Boyd, W. Kerr Scott: for Lieutenant Governor: Dan Tompkins and P. Tavlor: for Secretary of State: Thad Eure and Jothn T. Armstrong; for State Auditor: Rtenry L. Bridges and Charles W. Milter* for State Treasurer: Brandon P. Hodges, James B. Vogler and Z. W. Fra zelle; for Commissioner of Labor: (Continued On Page Four) DOBSON YOUTH HELD IN WRECK Willie Winfred White, 17, Dies Monday At Martin Memorial Hospital MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE Manslaughter and reckless driv ing charges were brought against Clarence McCormick, 15-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mc Cormick, of Dobson, Tuesday af ternoon by State Highway Patrol men J. R. Lavely and T. A. Gwalt ney in connection with the acci dent Monday in which Willie Win fred White, 17, of Dobson was fatally injured. The youth ar ranged a $1,000 bond for his ap pearance at a hearing, the date for which will be set later. The six youths, McCormick, White, Thurmond Hayes, Warren Hutson, Wilson Bean and Robert Hemmings were en route to Mount Airy about 1 p. m. when the accident occurred. The patrol men said McCormick was operat ing the car at a high rate of speed on a curve two and one half miles from Dobson. The youth lost control of the machine near Pish Creek bridge and the car over turned several times down a 30 foot embankment. First reports were that the youths said a car forced their machine off the highway. Patrolmen said no other car was involved in the accident. Young White died in the Mart in Memorial Hospital, Mount Airy, at 6:45 p. m. the same day. He had been working in his father’s store at Dobson, and was a son 'Of Willie and Elsie Hud speth White. The other five were injured but did not require hos pitalization. Surviving are the parents; three brothers, Paul, Wade and Glenn White; five sisters, Beu lah, Imogene, Eleanor, Frances and Hazel White, all of the home; and the grandmothers, Mrs. My tilda Barber of Elkin and Mrs. Fannie White of Dobson. Funeral service was held at Union Cross Baptist Church at 2 p. m. yesterday (Wednesday). Rev. Scales Draughan and Rev. Wood row Wishon were in charge of the rites, and interment was made in the church cemetery. Last-Minute Appeals To Voters Made Primary politics went into the home stretch this week, but any thunder connected with the final dash failed to reach to this section of the state. Nowhere in this area has inter est in the forthcoming balloting reached the pitch shown in the primary races two years ago. Both candidates for the Fifth District congressional seat now held by John Folger of Mount Airy have stepped up radio time and newspaper advertising. Candi dates for governor and the United States Senate have also increased advertising in this area and one of the senatorial candidates visit ed Elkin during the week. In county races, hard personal campaigning by the candidates is reported but on the surface only glassy serenity is noticeable. Thurmond Chatham* candidate for the Democratic nomination for the Fifth District congressional post, departed from his personal Thurmond Chatham of Elkin, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Congress from the Fifth District will wind uu his campaign with a radio ad dress to be heard over station YVSJS, Winston-Salem, from 8 p. m. to 8:30 p. m. Friday, May 28. campaign this week and made a radio address, his first public poli tical appearance of the campaign. He repeated the plea made sev eral times before in addresses to private groups for world govern ment as a step towards world peace. More school buildings, higher teacher salaries, Federal aid for rural road-building, and a “live-at-home” program for North Carolina, that includes building of industry in rural sections, were also advocated by Chatham. He pledged a fight to have Fed eral highway funds spent where (Continued On Page Four) BODY OF D-DAY VICTIM ARRIVES Pvt. Ernest J. Holbrook Of Jonesville Killed In European Invasion FINAL RITES ON SUNDAY The body of Pvt. Ernest J. Hol brook, son of Mrs. Lillie Holbrook and the late Early N. Holbrook of Jonesville, who lost his life on D Day June 6, 1944, will arrive at the Hayes and Speas Funeral Home Friday. Pvt. Holbrook entered service October 18, 1942, and trained at Camp Crowder, Mo., going over seas in February of 1944. He was 23 years old at the time of his death.. Survivors include his mother and five brothers, Paul, Robert, Joseph and Daniel Holbrook, all of Jonesville and David Holbrook, of Elkin; three sisters, Mrs. Shore Hutchins of Jacksonville, Fla., Mrs. Charlie Waldrup and Miss Evelyn Frances of Jonesvile. Funeral service will be held Sun day at 2 p. m. o’clock at the Jones ville Pentecostal Holiness Church, with the pastor, Rev. R. J. Wells, in charge. Service will be at tended with full military honors by the William J. Ilones Post No. 7794, Veteran of Foreign Wars. Interment will be made in the Jonesville cemetery. Surry Court Term To Convene July 12 The June term of Surry County Superior Court has been cancelled and the next court term will con vene in Dobson, July 12, court of ficials announced this week. New trials for Dr. B. O. Choate, Sparta physician, on charges of criminal abortion, and Jack Can trell, charged with the rape of his ten-year-old daughter, are scheduled to be called during the July term.
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