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e.kin The Bes^ttle Town In Nor* Carolina THE"TRIBUNE Is A Men*1* of the Audit Bureau'f 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. 28 s PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1948 $2.00 PER YEAR 16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS ■jDr. Franklin To Return If Salarj Raised i Health Boa'd Seeks Larger nnual Grait The approval of a $1,90 in crease in the salary of the wealth officer, called for in the 1948 1949 budget for the Surry ounty Health Department, is neessary for the return of Dr. R.B. C. Franklin to his former psition, officials indicated this wee. An overall budget incrase of $4,592.50, which will alloy salary raises for all but one empiyee of the department, will be souht, ac cording to John W. ComeJ chair man of the Surry Count: Board of Health. The current oerating budget calls for $32,907.5 Dr. Franklin resigned s Surry county health officer Feluary 1 to accept a Wilson reseaih posi ^ tion. It is understood the he has ^ purchased a home in Mont Airy, having the assurance o several officials that the salary iise will be provided by the agenc’S which furnish health departmet funds. Since his resignation, tin position has been vacant except for one week when the post w'asfilled by Dr. H. E. McTyre of Vinston Salem. According to reports the in creased budget has alreay hit one snag, the Surry Count: Chapter of the American Cancc Society i havine dpprpnspri t.hpir nnrnnrin Upn $468.75 instead of providing th^ increase of $371.25'ailed for in the budget. According to initial estimates, the town of Elkin will nt be ask ed to increase its curre t approp riation of $1,560 annully. Surry county will be asked toirovide an additional $2,000 and fount Airy an additional $1,200. "he county this year furnished $6,200 and Mount Airy $1,700. Some of the salary inreases are mandatory under Meit System Council regulations fo classified employees. The present salary o the health officer is $6,540. Uncr the new budget this will be iicreased to $8,460. Four register'd nurses in public health now rectving $1,920 annually, are to be rased to $2, 040. One junior saritarian will receive an addition 1 $180, to raise the salary for hat classifi cation to $2,400 anmally. One senior general clerk, low receiving $1,920, stands to receve a $240 in (Continued On P.ge Eight) iris Pigtail ^eague For Softbal Formed A softball progran for girls was inaugurated this w«ek by the Gil vin Roth Y.M.C.A. with the for mation of the Pigtiil League. Girls interested h this program are urged to attend the next prac l*lc ui uuc ui uic icauia ui the league. Each -earn will prac tice on its community field. Y officials are planning wiener roasts, swimming movies and othe>- activities far members of the ceams. Practice schedule: Pleasant Hill, Monday at 9 a. m.; North Elkin, Wednesday at 9 a. m., Elkin, Tuesday and Friday at 8:30 a. m. Heart Attack Fatal To Thomas Pruitt, 74 ■Funeral service for Thomas fruitt, 74, who died unexpectedly Thursday night at his home four miles east of Elkin of a heart at tack, was held at 2 p. m. Saturday at Friendship Baptist Church. Mr. Pruitt suffered the attack while returning to his residence from a packhouse. A son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Pruitt of Wilkes county, he had been a member of1 Friendship Baptist Church, near here, for 35 years. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Ida Carter Pruitt; two sons, Ray mond and Ed Pruitt; two daugh ters, Mrs. Harvey Martin and Mrs. Homer Barker, all of Elkin, Route 1; 15 grandchildren; two great grandchildren; one brother, David || Pruitt of Thurmond and one sister, gMrs. Tempie Johnson of Fries, Va. ^mRev. T. S. Draughn was in cnarge of the rites, and interment was made in the church cemetery., Chief Wall Warns Against Shooting Within City Limits A warning against the firing of guns in Elkin was given this week by Corbett Wall, chief of police. Chief Wall called attention to a municipal ordinance which makes the discharge of fire arms unlawful within the incorporate limits of the town. Violation of this ordinance is a misdemeanor, punishable by 30 days in jail or a fine of S50. TWO PASS AWAY 12H0URSAPART Mr. And Mrs. William E. Stan ley Die In Little Rich mond Home DOUBLE R I T E S TODAY Mrs. Sallie Moseley Stanley. 67. of the Little Richmond Church community, died exactly 12 hours after tlie death of her husband. William Emory Stanley, 68. Mr. Stanley died at 2:45 p. m. Monday, and Mrs. Stanley died at 2:45 a. m. Tuesday. A double funeral will be held today, (Thursday) at Little Rich mond Baptist Church at 2 p. m. Dili i<U Will UC 111 L11C LI1U1L11 DflllC tery. The Revs. Scales Draughn and Woodrow Wishon will be in charge. Mrs. Stanley was born in Surry County, the daughter of Jamilton and Nellie Bray Moseley. Surviv ing Mr. and Mrs. Stanley are two daughters. Mrs. Horton Gentry and Miss Perlina Stanley, both of Elkin, Route 1, and three grand children. Mr. Stanley also has the follow ing survivors: two brothers, Ros coe and Henderson Stanley, both of Elkin, Route 1; three sisters, Mrs. Ella Draughn of Elkin, Route 1, Mrs. Lela Holms, and Mrs. Laura Gilmer, both of Walla Wal la, Washington. SEVEN ENLIST MONTH OF MAY Three Veterans Among Group Joining Army, Sergeant Colvard Announces QUOTA AGAIN EXCEEDED Seven men, three veterans among them, were enlisted during the month of May by M/Sgt Sher man E. Colvard, army • and air force recruiting sergeant, enabling the Elkin office again to exceed its quota, it was announced this John J. King, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. King of Jonesville, a veteran of the European Theater of Operations, re-enlisted in his former grade of corporal. King, serving with the Signal Corps, earned the Good Conduct medal, E. A. M. E. campaign ribbon with one bronze star, A. P. T. campaign ribbon, and the World War II Vic tory medal. Carl W. Mastin, son of C. B. Mastin of Ronda, who served 33 months in the Pacific Theater with the 27th Infantry held the grade of Pfc.. at the time of his discharge and was re-enlisted in this grade. He wears the American Theater ribbon, the A. P. T. cam paign ribbon, the Good Conduct Medal, and the World War II Victory medal. Lincoln W. Lyons, son of Mrs. Janie Lyons of Thurmond, has been re-enlisted in the grade of corporal, the grade which he held during his service in the European Theater with the Quartermaster Corps. In addition to the E. A. M. E. campaign ribbon. Lyons wears the World War II Victory medal and the Good Conduct medal. Other enlistees were: Walter Lee Wood, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ford R. Wood, route 1, Ronda; Gilbert Jack Wall, son of Mrs. Gail Murphy, route 1, East Bend; Thad D. Parker, son of Mrs. Sally B. Parker, Boonville; and Conrad H. Cummings, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Cummings, Boonville. HONORED — Frank H. Jeter, agricultural editor of North (Carolina State College for 32 years, was awarded the honor ary degree of Doctor of Science by Clemson College, his alma mater, during the institution's 52nd commencement service to day. The degree was conferred by Clcmson’s President, Robert F. Poole, who lauded the noted college editor as a pioneer in the field of agricultural journa lism. Editor Jeter was cited for over three decades of service toward the advancement of ag ricultural education and farm progress in the South. He thus became the first college farm editor in the United States to receive a doctor’s degree in recognition of his editorial at tainments. VOTE PLEASES SENATOR-ELECT J. Melville Broughton States He Feels Like “Adopted Son” Of Surry PLEDGES CO-OPERATION J. Melville Broughton, who won the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate in the May 29 primary, in a letter receiv ed here this week said that he feels almost like an adopted son of Surry county. The Senator-elect, in a letter to H. F. Laffoon, editor and publish er of The Tribune, pledged his continued interest in every under taking that will add to the pro gress and happiness of the people of "your great county.” Senator Broughton's letter fol lows : June 7, 1948 Dear Harvey: I was pleased to receive a copy of The Elkin Tribune containing the tabulation of the official vote in Surry County. Also, I am deep ly grateful to you for your thoughtful letter of congratula tions. While I had previously heard about the unofficial total in the county, I was very much interest ed to have the benefit of this detailed report. Needless to say, I was highly gratified at the out come in Surry County. The over whelming vote which I received places Surry near the head of the list in the Broughton victory column. While I carried sixty-one coun ties in the State, with a total of ficial majority of over twenty four thousand, I was particularly grateful for the majority in Surry County in view of the many pleasant visits that I have had there. It has been my good for tune on innumerable occasions to be invited to events of county wide significance, either at Elkin • Continued On Page Eight) Youth Night To Be Held At Legion Hut Youth Night, sponsored by the American Legion, will be held Fri day evening from 7:30 to 11 p. m. at the American Legion Hut. All Jonesville and Elkin high school students and guests are invited to attend. During the evening dancing and games will be enjoyed. Youth Night was held during the Winter months and it is hoped that the attendance Friday will merit having these recreational programs for the young people during the Summer. New Hope Baptists Plan For Homecoming New Hope Baptist Church, near Dobson, will observe the annual Homecoming July 13, with an all day service, according to Rev. E. M. Eldridge, pastor. Sunday school will begin at 10 a. m„ and preaching at 11 o’clock. Dinner will be served on the grounds at 12 o’clock. There will be special singing and ■ speaking in the afternoon. You are cordial ly invited to attend. SEVEN HORSES, BARNS BURNED BY LIGHTNING Storm Takes Heavy Toll Sun day Night In Yadkin DOES GREAT DAMAGE Feed Barn Near Yadkinville Burns, Destroying Two Fine Animals REECE IS LARGE LOSER Two large feed barns and seven head of horses and mules were destroyed by fire Sunday night about the same hour near Boon ville and Yadkinville, after each barn had been struck by lightning, during a storm. Two miles east of Yadkinville the feed barn of Jonah Williams was struck and immediately blazed up from end to end. In this barn was tw'o good horses, both killed. One is thought to have been killed by the bolt of lightning, but Mr. Williams says one of them was running around in the stable when he got to the barn. He was pow erless to reach it. In the barn also was 100 bales of straw and some other feed. Nothing was saved and he carried no insurance. Three miles east of Boonville the large feed and storage barn on the Graham Reece farm, near his home, was struck by lightning, during a storm. Three mules and two horses perished in this fire, along with some farm machinery and a lot of feed. It is believed some of the stock was killed by the lightning. One mule was released but ran back into the fire, while another was released but was so badly burned it, naa to be killed. Mr. Reece I carried a small amount of insur | ance. Neighbors who responded at both fires were helpless to do any- ! thing toward saving stock or feed, j NAME BURCHAM TO STATE POST ; Local Commander Of Elkin VFW Is Elected Junior Vice-Commander MRS. BURCHAM HONORED Russell Burcham was elected junior vice-commander of the North Carolina Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the annual encampment held last week at Winston-Salem. Burcham serving his second term as commander of the local William J. Jones Post 7794, ran second in a field of four on the i first ballot. In a lightning gain of strength, reminiscence of the late Wendell Wilkie's victory at the national Republican convention, he captured the office on the second ballot. This post gives the local man a decided advantage in tlie race for senior vice-command er next year and state command er at the 1950 encampment. Mrs. Norma Burcham, wife of the new state officer, became president of the Fifth District of the V. F. W. auxiliary. She is serv ing her second term as president of the Elkin auxiliary. A tight spot in meat supply is forecast for late summer, the Of fice for Food and Feed Conserva tion warns. Continued garden production for late summer and early fall will be useful, will save expense for scarce meat, and will supplement effectively the food supply of this country and the world. FROM BEHIND IRON CURTAIN — Exiled peasant leaders of six European countries behind the iron curtain opened their first post war conference with a joint declaration that they are determined to liberate their peoples from communist terror. Left to right, are: Dr. George M. Dimitrov, of the Bulgarian national agrarian union; Dr. Vladko Macek, Yugoslav peasant leader of the Croatian peasant party; Ferenc Nagy, deposed premier of Hungary, representing the Hungarian small-holders party, and Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, former deputy premier of Poland, of the Polish national peasant party. WILL INSTALL OFFICERS 29TH Special Meeting Of George Gray Post American Legion Planned For Hut ALL VETERANS INVITED New officers of the George Gray Post No. 114, American Legion, will be installed at a special meet ing of the post at the Legion Hut. June 19. A barbecue supper will be serv ed and a dance given during the evening. All veterans of this area are in vited to attend, Legion officials said. Members of the Legion Aux iliary, the William J. Jones, Post, Veterans of Foeign Wars and the V. P. W. Auxiliary are urged to be present. State Commander Ray Gallo way of Wilmington has been in vited to conduct the installation of Herbert P. Graham, who suc ceds Bill Stevenson as command er. Other officers to be installed are: Charlie Alexander, first vice commander; Maurice Bumgarner, second vice-commander; Ray mond Vestal, adjutant; Henry Beeson, service omcer; waiter Safrit, finance officer; Joe Tran sou, athletic officer; T. P. May berry, guardian; Bill Stevenson, historian; Ellis Harp, sergeant-at arms; and D. E. Dickson, chap lain. J. W. Freeman’s Car Stolen Sunday Night A car belonging to J. W. Free man was stolen from its parking place in front of his Church street residence Sunday night, officers reported this week. No clues have been found since the vehicle was reported missing Monday morning. A 1947 Chev rolet, blue five-passenger convert ible coupe, the car carries license No. 507-537. Dairy Truck Involved In Accident Monday A hit-and-run Lincoln Zephyr and a truck operated by Klondike Farm were ivolved in an acci dent at Bridge and Spring streets Monday morning. Investigating officers have been unable to apprehend tire uniden tified driver of tiie Lincoln. No damage was reported to the truck although several gallons of milk and a case of empty bottles were destroyed. The truck was going south on Bridge street and the car west on Spring street when the accident occurred. “Miss Elkin” To Receive Title At Jaycee Pageant Eleven girls have already enter ed the Miss Elkin pageant to be held next week at the Gilvin Roth Y.M.C.A., officials of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, sponsors of the pageant, announced this week. Dr. V. W. Taylor, Jr., Jaycee president, stressed that the recog nition and rewarding of talent were the primary objectives of the pageants which the Junior Cham ber of Commerce are sponsoring in all parts of the country. State winners compete at At lantic City for $25,000 in scholar ships as well as the Miss America title. Last year’s winner was a Memphis Sunday school teacher. Miss Helen Tomlinson, ‘‘Miss Elkin of 1947,” will crown the queen of the 1948 pageant. At 2:30 p. m. the water carnival I will start at the Y swimming pool. Later the contestants will be guests of the Jaycees at dinner. The talent show will be held on the stage of the Y.M.C.A. at 8 p. m. Requirements for contestants are that a girl be between the ages of 18 and 28, single, residing within 25 miles of Elkin, and pos sessing talent. Those seeking the honor of be ing Elkin’s representative at the Miss North Carolina pageant at Wrightsville Beach, July 17, are: Lynn Oliver, Jonesville; Betsy Richardson, Elkin; Louisa Roth, Elkin; Sarah Nell Mathis, Jones ville; Magdalene Burcham, Jones ville; Kathleen Burcham, Jones ville; Edith Johnson, Jonesville; Mary Lou Dobbins, Boonville; Kathleen Brown, Boonville; Pauline Wagoner, Route 1, Elkin; and Marjorife Shamel, East Bend. Blaze Destroys Furniture Store The Blackwelder Furniture Company, located three miles north of Statesville on highway 21, was completely destroyed by fire early Tuesday morning. Owned by N. M. Blackwelder, who also has interests in the Blackwelder-Mathis Furniture Co., of Jonesville, and stores at Dobson and Mooresville, the large two story building burned completely to the ground despite the efforts of Statesville, Mooresville, Taylors ville and Harmony firemen, who were hampered in their efforts through lack of water. Origin of the blaze is unknown. Mr. Blackwelder estimated the loss at $150,000. He said he would re build the structure. AREA LAUDED BY CHATHAM “Have Not Yet Dreamed Of Possibilities Of The Piedmont Section” SPEAKS AT BANQUET Thurmond Chatham, Democra tic nominee for Congress, said at a Chatham Manufacturing Com pany Employee-Employer Dinner last week that “We have not yet dreamed of the possibilities the Piedmont area offers.” He praised the resources of the Piedmont, which he defined as bounded on the south by Green ville, S. C., and on the north by Danville, Va. "The climate, land, education and spirit of the people make the section as near paradise as it is possible to find,” Mr. Chatham declared. Mr. Chatham spoke of Elkin as unique and outstanding, a “true American community.” He said that from Albert L. Butler, presi dent of the firm, down to the newest employee in the mill, the Chatham employees in Elkin were the “smartest crowd of people in the textile industry.” “I want to finish out my life working with you and for you,” he said. He also asserted that he would rather have the support of his own people than any in the land. The dinner, attended by about 500 employees, was held at the Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A. and was sponsored by the Lucy Hanes Chatham Clubs, composed of women employees of the Chatham (Continued On Page Eight) Y.M.C.A. Inaugurates Recreational Program A movie program which will in clude a serial is being planned for boys and girls of the community at the Gilvin Roth Y.M.C.A. each Saturday morning at 9 a. m. All youngsters of the community are invited to participate in this pro gram. Boys of the Pleasant Hill and North Elkin communities are in vited to turn out for programs of recreational and playground ac tivities to be held on Tuesday and Friday at their school athletic fields. Football, basketball, soft ball and other games are planned for these programs which will start at 9 a. m. Boy Scouts Are To Entertain Kiwanis The Elkin Kiwanis Club will be entertained at the Boy Scout hut in North Elkin this evening by Troop 46. The meeting will be in the nature of a dedication of the hut, the building of which was sponsored by the club. Last week’s meeting featured a musical quiz contest, with Dr. Ver non Taylor taking first prize, and Harry Hensel second. Water Tank Is Approved For W. Elkin Area Chatham Players Are Selected For West All-Star Tilt (Another All-Star Game Story On Page Six, Section Two, This Issue). A pitcher, a catcher, an out fielder and two infielders, in addition to Manager Tige Har ris, will be the contribution of the Chatham Blanheteers to the western all-stars for the in tra-league Piedmont Semi-pro League game to be played at Graham, June 27. Cotton Harris, Greg Collins, Bill Cross, Veo Story and Woody Mabry were selected at a meeting of managers of the western clubs at Winston Salem Tuesday. At an earlier meeting. Tige Harris, manager of the league-leading Blanke teers, was selected to pilot the western squad. RECREATIONAL PLANS MADE Jonesville Lions To Sponsor Far-Reaching Program For Youngsters And Adults JIM MILLER TO DIRECT A summer program of recrea tion, designed to reach boys and girls between the ages of 10 and 18, will get under way in Jones ville Monday, under the sponsor chip of the Jonesvtlle Lions Club. The announcement was made by Jimmy Miller, Jonesville high school coach, who will direct the prorgam. The program will benefit 250 youngsters in the Jonesville area in addition to adults who will par ticipate in two softball leagues, with a planned total of 12 teams. An organizational meeting has been called for the Jonesville high school athletic field at 9:30 a. m., Monday, June 14. All interested boys and girls in the Jonesville area are urged to be present at that time. The program is being arranged so as to avoid any conflict with a similar program being arranged by the staff of the Gilvin Roth Y.M.C.A. This is the first time such a program has been under taken in Jonesville. Such sports as softball, baseball, volleyball, outdoor basketball, horse shoes and badminton will be offered. Participating youngsters will be divided into two groups — 10 to 14 and 15 to 18 — Coach Miller said. MANYSCOUTS ATTEND MEET Camporee Is Held Saturday And Sunday At Hanging Rock State Park IS REWARD FOR PRIZE Scouts and scouters—a total of 71—attended the camporee held last Saturday and Sunday at Hanging Rock State Park. Troops from Jonesville, Elkin and Ronda were represented. The week - end outing was awarded the 60 scouts attending as a prize for receiving blue rib bons at the camporee held at Neaves Park, May 5-6. Paul Price, chairman of the camping and activity committee was in charge. Colan Pardue, scout master of Ronda troop 91, and Watt Deal, advisor of the Jonesville Explorer Post, participated in the special camp fire and Sunday school pro grams. Two Winston-Salem troops, spending the week-end at Hang ing Rock joined the local boys in some of their activities. The outing featured swimming, boating, camping, fishing and a hike to Moore’s Knob. In December, 1947, the farmer was receiving 55 cents out of every dollar spent for food, compared with only 40 cents during 1935-39. However, the cost for marketing food in December was the highest it has been since August of 1920. Stop Lights To Operate Until 12:30 An authorization to advertise for bids to furnish an elevated 75,000 or 100,000 gallon water tank for the West Elkin area was given by the Elkin board of commission ers at the regular June meeting Monday. The commissioners instructed the Police Department to operate the traffic lights of the town un til 12:30 a. m. in an attempt to lessen the possibilities of acci dents. (In a sirpilar move, Police Chief Corbett Wall announced yesterday that a stop sign had been erected on Spring street, just east of the Bridge street intersection. This intersection has been the scene of several wrecks during the past few weeks). Other business included the au thorization to purchase one car load of six inch water pipe and three fire plugs, approval for the erection of three street lights, and the purchase of approximately three-quarters of an acre of land adjacent to Memorial Park. The commissioners called atten tion to the municipal ordinance forbidding persons to attach signs to telephone and electric poles in Elkin. The need of increasing the sup ply of water to West Elkin has been recognized since pre-war years. Several years ago a 200, 000 gallon tank was contracted for with the R. D. Cole Manufacturing Company of Newnan, Georgia. The contract was to be cancelled should any action of the Director of Priorities in the National De fense Program render delivery im possible. A failure to qualify for the necessary priority prevented the erection of the tank at that time and the contract was can celled. The erection of a 75,000 or 100,000 gallon tank at this time is expected to take care of the water needs of the West Elkin area for a number of years. The water pipe, to be ordered for delivery not later than August 15, is to be installed on Eller Street and Oakland Drive. Two street lights were authoriz ed for the Woodruff development and one for the Mayberry develop ment. Land located on the west bank of Big Elkin creek, near Memorial Park, was purchased from Joe A. Saylor for $300. Mayor Garland Johnson presid ed at the meeting which was at tended by Commissioners C. N. Myers, J. G. Bivins, Russell Bur cham and J. W. L. Benson. East Elkin Man Hit By Lightning Sunday j Howard Moncus of East Elkin was treated for burns around his left eye and arms Sunday night at me riugn unamam Memorial Hospital after being struck by lightning in the kitchen of his home. Moncus, holding a pan of water in one hand was disconnecting an electric clock when the lightning struck him, hospital attaches said. His injuries did not require hospitalization. Annual Meeting Of Surry W.M.U. Set The Surry W. M. U. annaul as sociational meeing will be held at Fancy Gap Baptist Church, Fri day, June 11, with Miss Elizabeth Norman, associational superin tendent presiding. The meeting will begin at 10 o’clock. Miss Ruth Provence, state W. M. U. executive secretary, Raleigh, and Miss Kimiko Kaneshiro, a Japanese-Hawaiian student from W. M. U. training school in Louis ville, Ky., will be guest speakers. Others taking part on the pro gram are Mrs. George K. Snow, Mrs. A. G. Webb, Rev. Sam Jones, Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Otey, Mrs. A. Finch, Mrs. Hurley Webb, Mrs. J. S. Bray, Mrs. Fred Norman, Mrs. Isaac Jones, Mrs. John Simmons, Mrs. J. E. Edwards, Miss Frances Hanes and Rev. and Mrs. J. E. Pearson. For sure results at small cost— try Tribune Want Ads!
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