ELKIN
The Best Little Town la
North Carolina
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ELKIN
Gateway to Roarin* Gap and
the Blue Ridf e
THE TRIBUNE
Serves the Tri-Counties of
Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin
VOL. No. XXXVI No. 29
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1948
$2.00 PER YEAR
18 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS
TWO-WAY RADIO
r SYSTEM TO BE
> USED BY CABS
Antenna To Be Placed Atop
Water Tank
YELLOW, CITY TO MERGE
Final Federal Communica
tions Commission Permit
Awaits Antenna Location
TOWN GROUPS APPROVE
The town board of commission
ers at a call meeting yesterday
granted permission to City Cabs
and Yellow Cabs to install an
eight-foot radio antenna on top
__the water tank back of the ele
mentary school to be used in pro
viding two-way radio service for
the twelve cabs operated by the
two concerns.
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f mei
Pinal permission from the Fed
eral Communications Commission
is being withheld until such time
as the exact location of the an
tenna is furnished. The selection
of the water tank was made since
it is the highest spot available.
The cab operators offered to
turn over their cabs and the ra
dio system to the town in case of
an emergency.
Included in the approved mo
tion was a clause which would
provide for the moving of the an
tenna upon 30-day notice from
the commissioners. An annual
r rent of $1 will be charged.
" The motion to approve the site
was made by Commissioner Rus
sell Burcham and seconded by C.
N. Myers. J. O. Bivins, only other
commissioner present, voted for
approval. Mayor Garland John
son presided
John Mayberry and George
Hart of City Cabs, and Dewey
Mayberry of Yellow Cabs appear
ed before the commissioners. They
were represented by W. M Allen
and associates.
The operators announced at the
meeting that the two concerns
ftould be merged under the name
Cftty Cabs.
TWO KILLED IN
PLANE CRASH
Robert E. Ashby, Jr., Nephew
Of Mrs. H. B. Holcomb,
Was Craft’s Pilot
OTHER VICTIM SOLDIER
Robert Edward Ashby Jr., son of
Robert E. Ashby, Route 5. Mt.
Airy, and nephew of Mrs. H. B.
Holcomb of this city, was killed
instantly at 10:30 a.m. Monday
when the plane he was flying
crashed about 100 yards from his
father’s home three miles from
Mt. Airy.
Funeral for Ashby was held
Tuesday at 4 p.m. at the home of
his father. Burial was in Oakdale
Cemetery.
Ashby was owner and operator
of the Idlewild Brick Works of
MA Airy.
AAshby's companion, Pvt. George
JtlUius Robertson, 17, of Toast,
died in a local hospital several
hours after the accident. He was
on leave from the air training
command at San Antonio, Tex.,
at the time of his death.
An active member of Post 2019,
Veterans of Foreign Wars of Mt.
Airy, Ashby had 65 missions over
Europe as a bomber pilot, to his
credit. He was born in Guliford
County.
Surviving are his father, co
publisher of the Mt. Airy Times;
his wife; one son. Edward, IV;
one daughter, Lou Ellyn: one
sister. Mrs. Lettie Leach of Raleigh.
Robertson was a son of Mrs.
Mamie Robertson Matthews, and
the late George Robertson. Sur
viving are his mother and step
father, Ben Matthews; five bro
thers, Johnnie Robertson of Chi
cago, Richard Robertson who is
w^J^the army in Japan, Charles,
RiMnond and Roosevelt Robert
soyall of the home; one sister,
Mre. 1
MK. Nina Scales of Route 1, Mt.
Airy; one half brother, Lum Rob
ertson of Mt. Airy; one half sister,
Mrs. Mary Taylor of Mt. Airy.
^ (The body will remain at Moody's
Funeral Home.)
Automobile Tires
Destroyed Sunday
Two tires were cut and destroy
ed Sunday afternoon on an auto
mobile belonging to Jack Vestal,
Deputy Heber Mounce, of the
Surry county sheriff’s office, re
ported yesterday.
Vestal, an employee of Hensel
Dumber Company, was fishing at
mouth of Mitchell River and
^hmV»arked his car nearby.
w NoP clues were reported.
Lions to Install
E. E. Shore, J r. as
New President
E. E. SHORE JR.
E. E. Shore, Jr., will be install
ed as president of the Elkin Lions
Club during the annual Ladies'
Night, to be held June 29, Glenn
York, retiring president, announc
ed this week.
The principal speaker for the
occasion will be John H. Kalte,
High Point, director of Lions In
ternational and holder of the
title Outstanding Lion of North
Carolina.
Robert E. Smith of High Point,
deputy district governor of Lions
district 31 -B. will present various
awards to local members.
Also to be installed at this time
will be Claude H. Farrell, succeed
ing Shore as 1st vice-president;
C. R. Alexander, succeeding Fred
Eidson as 2nd vice-president;
Lewis Alexander, succeeding Hoyle
Cranford as 3rd vice-president;
Glenn Lewis succeeding Farrell as
secretary; Ted Griffin, succeeding j
Davis Reece as treasurer; Tom [
Parnell, succeeding C. R. Alexan- !
der as tail twister; and James
Crowe, succeeding Clyde H. Grigg
as Lion Tamer.
J. Livingston Williams and
James Burcham will be installed
as directors for a two-year term,
succeeding Jim Crowe and Glenn
Lewis.
Named to attend the state con
vention at Greensboro, June 20
22, are the incoming and retiring
presidents and George Yarbor
I ough.
“MISS ELKIN”
IS NAMED HERE
—
, Pageant At YMCA Brings To
Close Annual Jaycee
Beauty Contest
WILL REPRESENT CITY
"Miss Elkin of 1948” was select
ed last night (Wednesday) at a
pageant given at the Gilvin Roth
Y.M.C.A. by the Junior Chamber
of Commerce.
The selection was made after
press time, making it impossible
for The Tribune to report the
event before the issue of June 24.
Two Elkin girls were last min
ute entrants in this year’s event.
They were Ann Scott and Dixie
Rose.
Highlighting the pageant was a
talent show on the stage of the
Y.M.C.A. at 8 p.m. Performances
during the talent show were the
deciding factors in naming this
year's queen, who was crowned by
Miss Helen Tomlinson, "Miss Elkin
of 1947."
The winner will represent Elkin
at the Miss North Carolina page
ant to be held at Wrightsville
Beach, July 17. The winner of the
state contest will compete for
$25,000 in scholarsh is awarded to j
winners in the Miss America con
test to be held later at Atlantic
City.
Earlier yesterday, the contest
ants participated in a water carn
ival at the Y.M.C.A. pool. Prior
to the talent show, they were
dinner guest of the Jaycees.
Johnson Clan Plans
Walnut Cove Meet
On Sunday, July 4 the family,
relatives and friends of the late
Sidney L. Johnson will meet at
the old home place in the Walnut
Grove Community for an all day
reunion and picnic lunch. All rel
atives and friends are cordially in
vited and the descendants of Sid
ney L. Johnson are especially urg
ed to attend. Bring your family
and your lunch basket and spend
the day.
More than half of North Caro
lina’s cotton acreage is now grown
on an organized, one-variety pro
duction basis.
CAMP PROGRAM
IS WORKED OUT
BY LOCAL YMCA
Youngsters To Enjoy Camp
ing Without Leaving Elkin
SET UP TWO PERIODS
Planned For Boys And Girls
Who Will Not Be Able To
Attend Other Camps
GET INFORMATION AT Y
For 100 boys and girls, the fun
and thrills of a week at camp will
be provided without their leaving
Elkin under the day camp pro
gram being w'orked out by the
personnel of the Gilvin Roth
Y.M.C.A.
Accomodations will be available
for 50 youngsters, between the
ages of eight and fourteen, during
each of the two camp periods—
June 21-25 for boys and June 28
July 2 for girls.
Registration forms are available
at the Y for this program which
will cost Y members $1.00 and
non-members an additional $1.00
to cover Y membership. The regis
tration fee will cover the cost of
final day of camp.
This program is designed to
offer an opportunity for all
around development of Christian
character under Christian leader
ship. All activities will be based on
the four-fold purpose of the Young
Men’s Christian Association: phys
ical, mental, social and spiritual
(Continued On Page Eight)
ELKIN TO NOTE
HEALTH WEEK
Mayor Proclaims June 20-26
As Public Health Nursing- |
Week; Urges Cooperation
J-C BACKS OBSERVANCE
Mayor Garland Johnson called
on the citizens of Elkin to* co
operate fully in observance of
Public Health Nursing Week, June
20-26, in a proclamation issued
this week.
The observance is being spon- I
sored in Elkin by the Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
The Mayor’s proclamation fol
lows:
"Whereas, public health nursing
service begin in Elkin in 1946,”
and since that date our people
have become increasingly aware
that public health nurses can help
them meet many of their prob
lems during illness, and can teach
them to apply the rules of health
that frequently prevent sickness:
"And whereas, many citizens do
not yet understand that each and
every one of us has a part to (
play if our nurses are to do their 1
best work here in the control of j
epidemics, the early detection of ;
remediable defects, the prevention
of disease and the adoption of
good health habits;
"And whereas, the health of all
the people is of utmost importance
to happiness and progress in
Elkin, and public health nursing [
service a highly important factor
in bringing health to all the
people;
"I, Garland Johnson, Mayor of
Elkin, hereby proclaim June 20-26
Public Health Nursing Week, and
urge everyone to cooperate fully in
the observances, to the end that
more of our citizens may know
how to use the public health nurs
! ing services, and may lend their
support to expanding these
services.”
THREE INJURED IN SATURDAY AUTO CRASH—The photos above were made a few minutes after a head-on collision between a truck
and a sedan on the Swan Creek highway about 4:30 Saturday afternoon, in which three men were badly injured. Top photo shows Hayes
and Speas ambulance attendants lifting James Ireland, of Yadkinville, into the waiting ambulance. Ireland and Paul Hemric, who suf
fered a badly lacerated leg, were riding on the truck pictured below. Tommie Mathis and his son, Blaine Mathis, of the Cycle community,
were occupants of the sedan, the former receiving a dislocated hip. Stains on the highway in the foreground of lower photo are gasoline,
blood and whiskey. A case of white whiskey was being transported on the truck. (tribune photos)
Shoe Factory Road
To Get Hard Surface
The state highway department
Tuesday started the grading of
Shoe Factory road, between Elk
Spur street and highway 268, in
preparation for the surface treat
ment which will be laid.
This will provide a paved street
to Memorial Park.
REPORT SEVEN
POLIO CASES
Current Outbreak Does Not
Indicate Epidemic For
Surry, Officials Say
ALL FROM RURAL AREAS
Seven cases of poliomyelitis in
Surry county have been reported
this year, officials of the health
department reported yesterday.
The seventh case was reported
June 8, following by one week the
sixth case. The outbreak of new
cases have followed closely this j
time pattern.
Officials said that the current
outbreak does not indicate an ep
idemic for this county.
Four cases have been reported
from route 4, Mount Airy, and one
each from route 2, Dobson, route
1, Dobson, and route 1, Elkin.
OFFICERS WILL
BE INSTALLED
Special Installation Meeting
To He Held By Local Le
gion Post Saturday
GRAHAM IS COMMANDER
Members of the George Gray
Post No. 114, American Legion,
will install new post officers at a
special meeting to be held at the
Legion Hut Saturday night, which
will also feature a barbecue sup
per and a dance.
The post has invited members
of the Legion Auxiliary, William
J. Jones Post of Veterans of For
eign Wars, and V. F. W. Auxiliary
to attend Saturday’s meeting.
J. B. Bell w'ill prepare the bar
becue which will be served at 7
o’clock. The Rebels, local
dance band, will play for the
dance which will follow the meet
ing.
State Commander Ray Gallo
way of Wilmington has been in
vited to conduct the installation
of Herbert P. Graham, Jr., who
succeeds Bill Stevenson as com
mander.
True rubies have been found in
the United States, in the Cowee
valley in North Carolina.
Prisoners Sample Whiskey While
Patrolman Pursues Rum-Runner
Highway patrolmen had quite a.
busy day and an interesting time
Saturday, what with wrecks, liquor
j runners and alleged automobile
; thieves on their menu.
The wreck story will be found
elsewhere in this issue, but the
| particular chain of events this
j story is concerned with began
March o, when a red Ford sedan,
1947 model, belonging to Roy
Martin, of Boonville, was stolen
from an Elkin street and appar
ently disappeared into wherever it
is stolen cars disappear to.
However, about a week ago the
body of the car was identified and
seized at North Wilkesboro, after
a bit of sleuthing on the part of
Corporal Sam McKinney, high
way patrolman of Elkin. Once
the body had been definitely iden
tified by its owner, it was seized
by Patrolman Sid Carter, of
Wilkes, who spent quite a bit of
time puzzling over what to do
about it being mounted on a dif
ferent chassis, but not too much
time to prevent them from later
arresting three young men of the
Traphill section, Zeno Absher, Arl
Coekerham and Justic Richardson
and charging them with the theft
plus a bit of woodland auto face
lifting.
Saturday, Highway Patrolman
Dillard, of Wilkes, and D. J. Cau
dle, of Elkin, were en route to the
Dobson jail with the three men
when, over in Yadkin near the
Boles farm, their attention was
aroused by the appearance of a
colored man by name of Lester
Martin, who was driving in such
a manner as to run Patrolman
Caudle off the road. Ordering
i him to halt, their worths fell on
unheeding ears as Martin depart
ed in haste.
Whereupon Patrolman Dillard,
the three prisoners in his car, gave
chase, and after a mile or so the
chase ended when Martin wrecked
his machine, taking to his heels.
Patrolman Dillard, whose charges
were handcuffed, jumped out of
his car and gave chase, catching
the negro.
Upon returning to his car with
his new prisoner, he found the
negro had been transporting six
gallons of whiskey, and that his
other prisoners, rather than at
tempting to make a getaway,
were gathered around the various
fruit jars sampling their contents.
It all ended up with the three
white men being jailed at Dob
I son from where they later were
' released on bond, and the negro
being charged with reckless driv
ing, speeding and transporting.
Jonesville Plans
Program To Serve
Advanced Groups
A complete recreational pro
gram, designed to reach boys
and girls up to 20 years of age,
will get into full swing in Jones
ville Monday, Jimmy Miller,
Lions Club recreational director,
announced yesterday.
The program will include
softball, volleybail, badminton
and other sports.
AUTO IS STOLEN
AND DESTROYED
Two Charged With Taking
Automobile Belonging To
Yadkinville Citizen
1 HAS FORMER RECORD
Dewey Styers is under $1,500
bond and his partner, Thomas
(Tommie) Groce is under $800
bond for their appearance at next
term of Yadkin superior court on
charges of stealing an automobile
belonging to Harvey D. Hinshaw
in Yadkinville after midnight Sat
urday night, and completely
wrecking it later one mile east of
Yadkinville.
Styers is charged with larceny
of the car and driving drunk;
Groce is charged with aiding and
abetting in both charges. When
the car was wrecked at a speed of
between 80 and 90 miles and hour
it turned over three times, head
on.
Groce was knocked out and was
carried to a hospital where he was
treated until Monday and releas
ed. Styers was unhurt. In addi
tion to the two charges Styers is
charged with driving after his li
cense were revoked.
Patrolman C. B. Pierce and De
puty Sheriff C. Russell, who wit
nessed the accident give this ac
count of it: They were parked on
the court house square when a
car began acting suspicious
around the square. When it pull
ed up in front of Inscore & Gra
ham Grocery Co., and threw,the
lights in the store, the officers
started their motor. At this the
other car took off, going east at a
high rate of speed. When they
passed the Groce Motor Co., the
two cars were making over 80,
(Continued On Page Eight)
TOBACCO TESTS
STARTED HERE
Ten Varieties Planted To De
termine Resistance To
Black Shank
SEARCH IS CONTINUOUS
Two tobacco variety tests have
been started in Surry County re
cently, according to Farm Agent
Neill M. Smith.
On the farm of Charlie Miller
of Dobson, Route 2, in soil in
fected with black shank, 10 dif
ferent varieties of tobacco have
been planted next to each other.
All of these varieties have some
resistance to the disease. The
test will determine which variety
has sufficient resistant to with
stand heavy infestations of black
shank and at the same time give
a good yield of high quality cig
arette tobacco.
S. H. Comer of Elkin, Route 1,
is co-operating with the exper
imental station and the Surry
County Extension Service in con
ducting an official tobacco va
riety test. This test is a contin
uation of the efforts of the ex
perimental station, extension
service and farmers concerned
to find which variety of to
bacco will be best suited for each
section of the State.
This search for the best va
rieties is a continuous thing be
cause new varieties are being de
veloped each year and the de
mand for types of tobacco changes
from year to year. Right now,
Mr. Smith said, the demand is for
thin, bright tobacco suitable for
the production of cigarettes.
No Clues Found In
Esso Plant Robbery
Deputy Sheriff Heber Mounce
announced yesterday that Surry
county officers are continuing the
investigation of the recent at
tempted robbery «t the Standard
Esso Company's office here.
No leads have been reported.
Term of Civil Court
Scheduled For July
Court officials announced in
Dobson this week that a civil term
of Surry County Superior Court
would be held during July. The
next criminal term is expected to
be held in September.
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THREE INJURED
INCOLLISION
SATURDAY P.M.
Cars Meet Head-On On Swan
Creek Highway
WHISKEY IS INVOLVED
Shotgun And Pistol Also
Found In Wreckage By
Investigating Officers
TO PREFER CHARGES
Three people were hospitalized
and a considerable amount of
white likker was lost as the result
of a head-on smashup between a
stripped-down A - m o d e 1 Ford
Truck and a V-8 sedan on the
Swan Creek highway Saturday
afternoon about 4:30 o’clock.
Paul Hemric. 26, of Ronda,
driver of the truck, was the most
severely injured of the three, sus
taining a badly slashed leg and
contusions of the scalp. A com
panion, James Ireland, 24. of
Yadkinville. suffered numerous
lacerations and bruises. Tommie
Mathis, of Yadkin county, a pas
senger in the sedan, which was
driven by his son, Blaine Mathis,
suffered a dislocated hip and
abrasions. His son escaped with
minor cuts and bruises. The elder
Mathis was released from the hos
pital Monday, and Ireland was re
leased Tuesday. Hemric is still
undergoing treatment.
The accident was investigated
by Highway Patrolman J. W.
“Red” Williams, of Yadkinville,
who indicated that Hemric would
be charged with transporting
whiskey and operating a rrfotor
vehicle with improper license.
The accident took place a short
distance beyond the Elkin Air
port, scattering a case of moon
shine whiskey, contained in half
gallon fruit jars, hither and yon.
The whiskey, which was being
transported on the truck, inter
mingled with the blood of the
wreck victims as an ambulance
was awaited, and but for prompt
first aid on the part of Jack
Caudill, of the Elkin Emergency
Squad, whose home is nearby, and
Hugh Laffoon, local bus driver
who arrived at the scene of the
(Continued on page eight)
4-H Clubs To Attend
Camp During July
The 4-H Clubs of Yadkin Coun
ty are going to camp the week of
July 12-17, at Camp Fellowship
near Statesville. Only 4-H Club
members are eligible to attend. As
this is not such a busy week on
the farm, a large attendance is
expected. Members expecting to
attend camp should get their ap
plications in right away along
with a $2.00 deposit, explains G.
V. Woodard, assistant farm agent.
The total fee is $6.00 plus a
list of vegetables and groceries to
be brought from home. The final
date that applications will be ac
cepted is June 26.
Parents are reminded that their
children will be well cared for as
they will be under the supervision
of several adults. All swimming
will be attended by two life
guards.
The program for the week will
be mostly recreational, however,
some very helpful and interesting
instruction is being arranged.
Coy Shore, Thurmond,
Loses Arm In Mishap
Coy E. Shore, 44, of Thurmond,
had his left arm amputated Tues
day as a result of injuries received
at the Chatham Manufacturing
Company.
Shore, whose condition was
termed satisfactory by staff mem
bers of the Hugh Chatham Mem
orial Hospital, caught his arm in
a picker machine, plant officials
reported.
Five Teams Beat
Deadline To Enter
Baseball Tourney
(Another J-C district tour
nament story on page three,
section two, this issue).
Five semi-pro baseball teams
from northwestern North Caro
lina beat the June 15 deadline
by minutes to qualify for the
district tournament to be spon
sored here by the Junior
Chamber of Commerce June 25
— July 3. This pushes the
total number of teams entered
to 23.
Latest entrants are Reynolds
Camels of Winston-Salem, Pin
nacle V. F. W„ Oak Ridge,
Walkertown American Legion
and Graham.
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