ELKIN
The Best Little Town In
North Carolina
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VOL. No. XXXVI No. 31
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1948
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REPUBLICAN CHOICE FOR WHITE HOUSE — The Grand Old Party last week picked the couple
shown above, the Thomas E. Deweys, as the party’s choice to occupy the most sought after house in
the United States. Even before the days of the present housing shortage, it was quite a job to move
into the White House in Washington. Nominated last week by the Republican party for the presi
dency of the United States, Dewey, with his wife and two teen-age sons, will move in next January if
elected.
BAPTIST GROUP
MEETS JULY 8-9
158th Session Of Yadkin As
| soeiation Will Convene At
Bear Creek Church
PROGRAM IS OUTLINED
The 158th session of the Yadkin
Baptist Association will convene
at Bear Creek Baptist Church
next Thursday and Friday, July
8 and 9, it was announced yes
terday.
The session will start in the
church, located between Yadkin
ville and Mocksville, at 9:45 on
Thursday, and contains a full
Tthedule for tnat day and for
I^raiay.
Speakers slated for the session !
are as follows:
Thursday morning: Rev. W. C.
Barkley, Mr. G. H. Hudler. Hubert
Evans, Mrs. W. E. Brooks, Dr.
Horace Easom, and Rev. R. J.
Hogan.
Thursday aiternoon: Rev. Coy
R. Miller, Mrs. Ralph Coram. Mr.
J. T. Reece, Rev. W. K McGee,
Msr. T. E. Grigg, Miss Augusta
Reece, Dr. Hoyt Blackwell.
Friday morning: Rev. H. W.
Hutchens, Rev. M. F. Reavis, Mr.
W. N. Ireland, Dr. Zeno Wall,
Rev. J. I. Ki/,er, Rev. Lowell Ren
egar, Rev. A. C. Larrimore, Rev.
E. W. McMurray.
Friday afternoon: Rev. Tommy
Luffman. Mr. R. A. Jessup. Rev.
J. G. Allgood, Rev. D. L. Temple,
Mr. J. Bynum Reavis, Mrs. D. H.
Cravcr.
Bureau Is To Name
Officers At Mt. Park
^The Mountain Park Farm
•ureau will name new officers at
■ community meeting to be held
T9t the Mountain Park school July
7 at 8 p.m.
This is the first community in
the county to start a program of
reorganization, in preparation for
the fall membership drive.
During the evening, the progress
of the Farm Bureau in Surry
County will be reviewed by Bureau
officers and staff members of the
County Agent’s office.
Present officers are: R. E.
Snow, route 1, Elkin, president;
Howard Swift, route 1, State Road,
vice-president; Ralph Beane, State
Road, secretary; and J. Kyle
Thompson, Mountain Park, direc
tor.
Tribune Advertising Gets Results
Sessions For Boys
And Girls Planned
•At Y.M.C.A. Camp
Camp Albert L. Butler, the
new mountain camping area of
the Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A.,
will be opened for two week
long camping periods July 20,
officials announced this week.
Would-be campers are urged
to get their applications in im
mediately as each period will
be limited to 60 campers. Reg
istrations forms are now avail
able at the Y. M. C. A.
The first period, July 20-27,
will be opened to boys and the
senond period, July 27-August
2, to girls.
The cost of a camping period
has been set at $16 for Y mem
bers. For non-members an ad
ditional membership fee of $1
will be charged.
Dewey, Warren To
Head G.O.P. Ticket
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Chatham Plant To
Close Next Week
For Vacation Period
Officials of Chatham Manu
facturing company stated to
day that the week of July 4 has
been designated as a vacation
period for its employees. The
plant will closi at midnight
Saturday, July 3.
Work will be resumed at mid
night, Sunday, July 11. The
Chatham plant employs ap
proximately 2600 workers.
The company said that at the
present time, there is a possi
bility that one or two depart
ments may run a small force
for part of the week.
“This schedule will be work
ed out by the foremen and em
ployees concerned,” the an
nouncement said.
LIONS INSTALL
NEW OFFICIALS
E. E. Shore, Jr., Is Inducted
As New President Of
Elkin Organization
KALTE GUEST SPEAKER
New officers of the Elkin Lions
Club were charged Tuesday night
to “carry on the work to the best
of their ability, and safely bring
the ship of state home in a year,
showing a year of good work in
Lionism,” by John C. Kalte, a di
rector of Lions International.
More than thirty-five Lions J
1 with their guests attended the
j annual Ladies’ Night at the Gil
i vin Roth Y.M.C.A., at which time
I E. E. Shore, Jr., was installed as
president.
Kalte, a resident of High Point,
presented the retiring president,
: Glenn York, and other officers
j with pins and congratulated them
on their work.
Attendance prizes were awarded
to the women present, and pins |
were presented to 21 Lions for |
perfect attendance for the past i
year.
J
A musical selection was offered |
by Mrs. Roscoe Poplin, Mrs.
! Dwayne Irwin, accompanist.
Other officers installed were: !
: Claude Farrell, first vice-presi
dent: Charles C. Alexander, sec- |
ond vice-president: Lewis Alexan- i
der, third vice-president; Glenn |
Lewis, secretary; Ted Griffin,!
treasurer; Tom Parnell, tail twist
er; Jim Crowe, Lion tamer; and j
James Burcham and J. Livingston
Williams, directors.
Recreational Area
Built At Raven-Knob
A recreational area that boasts
a sand beach on a mountain lake
has been opened at Raven-Knob.
Located in the Blue Ridge j
mountains north of Dobson, the
area has been developed for pic
nics and swimming, and offers un
surpassed views of mountain
scenery.
Three Dobson men — S. D.
Simpson, J. Herman Coe, and Al
bert Chaney, manager of the park
— developed the area.
Democrats To
Go To Quaker
City July 12
Politics on a national scale last
week moved into high gear as the
Republicans met in Philadelphia
to pick candidates, write a plat
form, and to perfect their cam
paign machinery.
In a precedent-breaking move,
the GOP. named Thomas E.
Dewey, two-time governor of New
York, to be the party’s 1948 stan
dard bearer. Four years ago
Dewey was defeated for the presi
dency by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Governor Earl Warren of Cali
fornia was named to the second
place on the ticket after he de
clared that his acceptance of the
nomination depended on the vice
presidency being turned into a
working office.
Giddy with visions of an easy
victory in the'November elections,
the Republicans adopted a plat
form patterned more after those
of the Roosevelt campaigns than
their last successful campaign
with Herbert Hoover in 1928.
Representative Hugh D. Scott,
Jr., Pennsylvania congressman,
was named chairman of the na
tional Republican executive com
mittee to run the victory-minded
Republican party.
To master-mind the campaign,
the nominees chose Herbert
Brownell, Jr., who handled
Dewey’s drive for the nomination.
North Carolina Republicans
were high in their praise of the
party's ticket, some going so far
as to predict that their party
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POLIO VICTIMS
IN SURRY NEAR
FIGURE IN ’44
.Mountain Park Youth Be
comes Ninth Case
NO BANS YET REPORTED
Parents Are Warned To Keep
Their Children From Con
tact With Othfers
262 CASES IN THE STATE
The diagnosis of the illness of
a 29-month old Mountain Park
boy as poliomyelitis sent the total
number of infantile paralysis cases
in Surry County to nine, just four
short of the all-time high of 13
cases reported in the epidemic
year of 1944.
The ninth victim of the dread
disease is Bobby Dean Taylor, son
of Jess Taylor of Mountain Park.
The boy has been placed in a
Winston-Salem hospital for treat
ment.
One week earlier, the eighth
case in Surry County this year
was reported from Route 1, Pilot
Mountain. Susan Ruth Brinkley,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. L.
Brinkley, was the victim.
Health Department officials
have not yet recommended any
bans on meetings and other gath
erings.
Officials warned parents to pre
vent their children from having
intimate contact with other chil
dren and warned that they especi
ally guard against children coming
in contact with anyone who is ill.
Vallie Johnson, eight-year-old
child of Claude Johnson of Route
1, Elkin, was one of the polio pa
tients reported earlier.
County Schools Get
$37,835 From Fines
Fines and forfeitures totalling i
$37,835.70 were collected during ;
the fiscal year ending June 30 and !
placed to the credit of the public j
schools of Surry County, George
E. Welch, county accountant, an
nounced this week.
Of this amount, the Elkin
schools will receive $3,776 or 9.98
per cent.
The funds w'ere received from
the following sources: Clerk of
Court, $9,392; Recorder's Court,
Mount Airy, $24,056.95; Justice of
the Peace Courts, $4,367; and the
sale of confiscated property,
$19.75.
Other recipients were; county
school system, $25,308.30 (66.89
per cent>; and Mount Airy
schools. $8,751.40 (23.13 per cent).
Learn-To-Swim Class
Planned At ‘Y’ Pool
—
Four learn-to-swim classes will
start at the Y. M. C. A. pool July
12, it was announced this week.
All non-swimmers are urged to
enroll and take advantage of this
opportunity. The cost will be lim
ited to the regular swimming fee.
The schedule follows:
Boys 15 years and under—10
11 am.
Girls and women—11 a.m.-noon.
Women—5-6 p.m.
Boys over 15 and men — 6-7
p.m.
DEMOCRATS’ CHOICE FOR GOVERNOR — Kerr Scott Satur
day defeated Charles Johnson for the Democratic nomination for
governor of North Carolina in a second primary. Scott received a
majority in Elkin in both primaries, but each time the Surry Coun
ty majority went to Johnson. Scott will run in the November elec
tion against George M. Pritchard of Asheville, Republican candi
date, who is conceded slight chance of upsetting a half-century old
tradition in this usually solid Democratic stronghold.
OLD BELT WILL
OPEN SEPT. 13
Includes Winston-Salem And
Mount Airy Marts; Is
Ten Days Earlier
PLANT LICE HARMFUL
The Old Belt tobacco markets
will open this year on September
13, the marketing committee of
the Tobacco Association of the
United States decided yesterday in
a meeting at Raleigh.
This includes Mount Airy, Win
ston-Salem and surrounding
markets.
This year’s opening on the Old
Belt Markets is actually 10 days
earlier than last year's opening.
However, the “spread” between
the Middle Belt and Old Belt op
enings is 11 days, which for all
intents and purposes’ is pretty
much the same as two weeks’ sell
ing time. It allows for a lot of
tobacco to be transferred from
this area for sale on other mar
kets.
Indications now are that the
Old Belt crop is not nearly as
far advanced as it promised to be
shortly after setting was com
pleted. Tobacco throughout this
section has grown off a little slow
ly.
Indications, too, are that sub
stantial damage is being done by
plant lice — how much remains
to be seen,
Superior Court Set
For September 20
Surry County Superior Court
will not convene until September
20, court officials announced in
Dobson this week.
Criminal and civil terms will
be held at that time.
S. IV. Hawks, ]r.
Named Assistant
Weed Speciaiist
S. N. HAWKS, JR.
S. N. Hawks, Jr., for more than
two years an assistant to the
Surry County Agent, has tendered
his resignation to accept the posi
tion of Assistant Extension To
bacco Specialist for the North
Carolina Agricultural Extension
Service.
Since joining the Surry county
staff in March, 1946, Hawks has
devoted his time to the problems
of tobacco farmers, introducing
practices designed to improve the
quality of cigarette tobacco.
County Agent Neill M. Smith
expressed regret at losing Hawks
and praised his work in Surry
county.
“This transfer is a promotion
for a young, ambitious and de
serving worker,” Smith added.
Hawks’ resignation is effective
July 1.
To Stage Horse Show Monday
Annual Event
To Be Held At
Park Grounds
Several of last year’s winners
and other championship horses
are slated to compete for $1,000 in
prizes at the third annual Lions
I Club horse show- at Elkin’s Mem
orial Park, July 5.
Performances are scheduled for
| 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Local horses, owned by R. C.
i Freeman, Eugene Spainhour and
Charles Calhoun have been enter
ed in the pleasure class of the
Miscellaneous division. Included in
! this group is Midnight, Mr. Spain
| hour's walking horse.
Starwood, a jumper owned by
| C. V. Henkle of Turnersburg, will
[ seek to capture the championship
stakes in the jumper class. Star
wood took the blue ribbon in this
class at last year’s show. The
horse will be ridden by Chuck
Haywood, formerly of Elkin.
In the hunter and jumper di
vision, horses will be shown in
eight classes. Included are hunter
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LIONS AND HORSES ON PARADE — To promote the third annual Lions Club horse show at Me
morial Park, July 5, two Lions, two horses, and several who went along for the ride, paraded down
Elkin's Main street last Saturday afternoon. Left to right on the tally-ho are: Bub Price, local
horseman who donated the animals for the afternoon ride: Mrs. Joe Saylor and daughter, Jo Ann
Saylor; George Yarborough, chairman of the horse show publicity committee; Mrs. James Saylor;
Joe Saylor, chairman of the horse show grounds committee; and driver, unidentified.
(TRIBUNE PHOTO)
Scott Winner
Over Johnson
i _ _
By Huge Vote
Elkin Stores, Bank
Close Monday For
Independence Day
Elkin stores will be closed
Monday, July 5, the Merchants
Association announced this
week.
Association members will also
close Wednesday afternoon,
July 7, as Ls the custom.
Officials of The Bank of
Elkin announced that the bank
also would observe Indepen
dence Day by closing Monday.
ARMY TO SEEK
MANY DRAFTEES
Estimates Will Need Between
225,000 250,000 Be
sides Volunteers
STARTS IN SEPTEMBER
The army estimated today it
will need between 225,000 and
250.000 (in addition to a hoped
foi* 250,000 to 300,000 volunteers)
j to start expanding toward the
I 837.000-man strength authorized
by Congress when it passed the
peacetime Selective Service Act.
I Drafting will start about Septem
! ber 22.
Today’s estimate of the induc
tion rate was a substantial in
crease over previous estimates. A
month ago, defense officials were
talking about inducting between
200.000 and 225,000 the first year.
The army now has 542,000 men.
It won’t jump to the 937,000
immedately because funds for the
next fiscal year, starting July 1,
are not sufficient. So, by July 1,
1949, the size of the army will be
about 790,000.
The new draftees and recruits
will get their basic military shool
ing at training centers established
by eight regular army training di
visions, located at these places:
Forts Ord, Calif.; Jackson. S. C„
Dix, N. J.; Knox, Ky.; Riley, Kan.,
and Camps Chafee, Ark.; Breck
inridge, Ky., Pickett, Va. The
first four centers already are in
operation, the other will be made
ready.
In addition to the division
training units, there will be train
ing in units of subdivision size at
Fort Bliss, Tex.; Camp Carson,
Colo.; Fort Meade, Md.; Camp
Cooke, Calif.; Fort Devens, Mass.,
and Fort Worden, Wash.
Along with the inductees and
volupteers for the regular army,
there’will be training for 18-year
olds who volunteer for one year of
service. (This plan is what was
left of the original universal mili
tary training program which the
administration wanted but Con
gress didn’t favor.) These young
sters won’t leave the United
States.
However, the draftee may serve
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Baptist Revival At
Dobson Starts Sun.
Rev. Nano Stains, pastor of the
West Asheville Baptist Church,
will begin revival services at Dob
son Baptist Church begining Sun
day, July 4.
Services will be held each even
ing at 7:45 p.m. There will be
special music for each service.
During the second week of the
revival, Rev. J. E. Pearson, pastor
of the church, will bring the mes
sages.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
Twin City Author To
Speak Here On Poland
John Wesley Clay, of Winston
Salem, author and traveler, will
speak Wednesday evening, July
7, at 8 p.m. at the First Method
ist Church. His subject will be on
“Poland.”
The meeting is being sponsored
by the Wesleyan Service Ouild.
The circles of the Womans Society
of Christian Service will join with
the Guild for the meeting, taking
place of their regular Monday
afternoon sessions.
The public is extended a cor
dial invitation to attend.
Elkin Is In
Win Column
Second Time
Saturday, Elkin Democrats
again gave a majority to Guber
natorial Candidate Kerr Scott and
for the second time in this politi
cal season voted for a major State
winner.
Latest returns, practically com
plete but still unofficial, gave
Scott a 36,115 vote lead over
Charles Johnson, who headed the
field of six candidates in the first
primary May 29. From 1,895 of
North Carolina’s 1,952 precincts,
Scott polled 216,270 votes to John
son's 180,155.
Surry County clung to its choice
of Johnson, however, giving the
loser 4,064 votes to 2,250 for Scott.
In addition to Elkin, four of
Surry county’s 18 boxes — Bryan,
Franklin, Siloam and Stewarts
Creek — went into the Scott
column. Mount Airy’s five boxes
each gave Johnson an overwhelm
ing majority.
Scott’s Republican opponent,
62-year-old George M. Pritchard
of Asheville, not required to seek
the nomination in a primary, is
conceded slight chance of up
setting a half-century old tradi
tion in this usually solid Demo
cratic stronghold.
In obtaining the nomination,
Scott shattered a few traditions.
It was the first time that a can
didate for governor who trailed in
the first primary was nominated
in the second. There is still con
siderable discussion over whether
the East-West tradition has been
shattered. Scott claims it has not,
that Alamance county is in the
East.
With primary discussions over
and Scott looming as the next
governor of North Carolina, the
talk now turns to speculation as
to the state officials who hold ap
pointive positions who might be
replaced. On this list are A. H.
“Sandy” Graham, chairman of
the State Highway Commission;
Robert Grady Johnson, a member
of the State Utilities Commission
and a cousin of Scott’s opponent;
Paroles Commissioner Hathaway
Cross; State ABC Chairman Carl
Williamson; and Colonel H. J.
(Continued on page eight)
Farmers Urged To
Order Fall Lime Now
Hal E. Collins, secretary of the
Surry County A.C.A., this week
urged farmers to place orders now
for Fall delivery of limestone.
Orders placed now with the
Dobson office should result in de
livery during the month of Sep
tember, Collins said. This would
allow time, he added to spread the
lime^one and file the necessary
reports prior to January 1.
For farmers desiring to buy and
haul their own lime, approval
from the A.A.A. office should be
obtained in order that propor
tional refunds may be made.
Credit will be given for spread
ing lime on any kind of land or
crop, Collins concluded.
Boonville Cannery
Starts Operation
The Boonville Community Can
nery began operation on Tuesday,
June 29. The cannery will be open
to the public on Tuesday and
Friday of each week as long as
there is enough canning done to
justify keeping the cannery open.
Auto Inspection
Lane Opens Here
On Surry Avenue
The automobile inspection
lane, in Elkin for the third
time this year, will open today
at its former location on Surry
Avenue.
Cars are inspected daily from
8 a.m. until 12 noon; from 1
p.m. until 5 p.m.; and on Satur
day from 8 a.m. until 12 noon.