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ELKIN The Beal 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. 32 PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1948 $2.00 PER YEAR 18 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS . —■ " -i--- - ■' -' ■« DRIVE TO NAMI Eisenhower a< NOMINEE GROW! Draft Leaders Confiden General Will Accept ALLEN SUPPORTS “IKE Truman Backers Freely Prt dieting First Ballot For President N. C. TO CAUCUS SUN DAI Ignoring the latest "No!” fror General Dwight D. Eisenhower, hard core of "Ditch Truman Democrats grimly renewed thei uhive this week to nominate th general for President anyway. CAge said he couldn’t take th nomination. They hoped, how ever, that he wouldn’t refuse t run if chosen by the conventio opening Monday. But other politicians were free ly predicting a first ballot victor for President Truman. And Democratic National Chair man J. Howard McGrath seize Local Man Is All Out For Eisenhower “I would like an opportunity to vote for Eisenhower and in tend to vote for him as long as I can.” So said W. Marion Allen, prominent Elkin attorney, who will join Democrats from every part of the Ihiited States in Philadelphia Monday to choose the party's nominee for presi dent of the Cnitrd States. Mr. Allen leels that other delegates from the state’s Fifth Congressional District share his feelings in the choice of a can didate. The four delegates Jrom this district will cast two Rotes. North Carolina delegates will have 32 uninstructed conven tion votes. Mr. Allen plans to leave Elk in Saturday afternoon and to arrive in Philadelphia Sunday to attend the eaucus of the state delegation that evening. the opportunity to call for part unity r— for "proclaiming th achievements of our party and il leadership.” Momentarily slowed, the Eisen hower bandwagon got going ahea in this way: James Roosevelt, Californi state chairman and son of th late President Franklin D. Roosc velt, declared the Democrat should nominate Eisenhower as "national candidate.” He renewed the call for a can (Continued On Page Six> GOSPE SINGING 4 TO BE TAUGH1 Vaughn Music School Offer Courses At Elkin Valley Baptist Church TO LAST THREE WEEK On Monday night, July 12, Vaughn Normal Music School wi begin at Elkin Valley Bapti; Church. It will continue throug July 30. There will be three weel of great opportunity for everyon for every student will receive can ful attention and the very best < instruction. There will be two sessions dail; one in the morning and one i night. The school is non-demonin* tional. Elkin Valley is just tl meeting place. Classes for the b< ginners as well as the most ac (Continued On Page Six) * 300-Pound Safe Stolen Yesterday From Local Office A 300-pound safe was stolen early Wednesday morning from the office of the Winston-Elkin Motor Express at Jonesville V. 1*. Renegar, manager, re ported yesterday. Renegar stated that the safe contained approximately $60C in cash and checks in addition to valuable papers. Guy Scott, an agent of the State Bureau of Investigation and Sheriff Bill Moxley, ol Yadkin county, are conducting the investigation. FREED — Sam C. Patterson, i Sheriff of Surry County, was i freed in federal Court Tuesday ” on a charge of maliciously r shooting a prisoner during a e raid on a distillery. A nol pros was taken when the case was c called in district court at Roa noke, Va. SURRY SHERIFF FREE OF BLAME 1 _ . I Patterson Absolved Of Guilt In Wounding Of Prisoner During Still Raid ' NOP PROS IS TAKEN Surry County Sheriff Sam C. Patterson was freed Tuesday of a charge of maliciously shooting a prisoner during a raid on a distillery. A nol pros was taken when the case was called in United States District Court at Roanoke, Va. Howard C. Gilmer, district at torney, was quoted as saying the Government's investigation show ed that Sheriff Patterson acciden tally wounded Clay Golding when the officer's pistol discharged as he tripped and fell. The shooting occurred on July 27, 1946, just 300 yards on the Virginia side of the North Caro lina line about five miles north east of Lowgap. Golding suffered a fractured leg ! and was believed to have been permanently crippled by the in jury. Ho was placed on a year's probation on a consolidated charge of distilling, removing and con cealing illegal whisky. y e I „ Sheriff Patterson had accom panied Federal officers in the raid. They were under the im pression that the still was in North Carolina rather than Virginia. d FREEMAN HEADS DOBSON LIONS Is Installed As President Of Group To Succeed J. Herman Coe S M 1 T H VICE-PRESIDENT r s a 11 it n s if r, it e Frank Freeman, an attorney, was installed as president of the Dobson Lions Club this week, suc ceeding J. Herman Coe. O. H. Allison, secretary of the Winston-Salem club and a past district governor, was the princi pal speaker and conducted the in stallation. In addition to outlin ing the duties of the new officers Allison reported to the club on the recently held state convention. New officers are: Neill M Smith, first vice-president, vice S N. Hawks; John G. Lewellyn, sec ond vice-president, vice Rev. E. M Hoyle; Ivey Rogers, third vice president, vice Lee Thompson; Jaj Rosendahl. secretary - treasurer vice Bausie Marion; Eddie Bryant lion tames, vice R. B. Blackwelder: Fiank Comer, tail twister, vice, F B. Madison. P. G. Bolich and Harvey Holl were installed as directors for two year terms, succeeding J. E. Pear son and Ivey Rogers. Carry-ovei directors are John W. Comer anc Aubrey Moore. J. Herman Coe presided. Local Girl Is To Embark For Japar Miss Mary Sale, daughter ol , Mrs. W. S. Sale, North Bridg« Street, will leave today (Thurs day) for Seattle, Washington where she will embark for Japar on July 15th. As a member of the Army civ ilian personnel doing recreatior work, Miss Sale plans to remaii in Japan for two years. Miss Sale is a graduate o George Peabody College, Nash ville, Tennessee, where she ma jored in English and minored ir Art. She was formerly employee in Washington, D. C. Tribune Advertising Gets Result, BERLIN CRISIS VERY GRAVE; PROTESTS SENT U. S., Britian and France In Joint Action NOTES ARE DISPATCHED i - In Recognition Dispute Has (ione Beyond Direct Solu tion By Military CONTENTS ARE SECRET The United States, Britain, and France protested this week to Russia against the Soviet blockade of Berlin. It was the gravest development in the Berlin crisis. The protest by the three powers was seen as recognition that the dispute had gone beyond the pos sibility of a direct solution by the Big Four military governors in Germany. Separate notes were handed to ! Soviet ambassadors in Washing ! ton, London, and Paris. The contents were kept an offi cial secret. But diplomats said they are similar. They said it could be taken for granted the language is stiff. The Western Powers have de nounced the blockade as a Rus sian move to force them out of the German capital. On Sunday Marshal Vassily D. Sokolovsky, Soviet commander in | Germany, refused assurances that the food and fuel blockade would I be relaxed. The notes followed, j The reason for keeping the | notes temporarily secret appeared to be not so much a question of diplomatic courtesy as a joint de cision to give Russia sufficient time to weigh both the requests and the implications of a refusal. It appeared certain that the notes: 1 Called for immediate action to permit normal resumption of traffic by road, rail, and barge into the Berlin capital. 2—Made the granting of this request a preliminary condition | for any further discussion on Berlin’s affairs. 3 Reaffirmed in strong terms the determination of the Western Powers to remain in Berlin so long as the German occupation con I tinues, as a right won by the war. 4 Asserted that continuance of ■ the food and fuel blockade strikes ; primarily at the 2.000.000-ocld l Germans in the Western Berlin zones. SS Representative Here Twice Monthly A representative of the Win ston-Salem office of the Social Security Administration will visit Elkin on the first and third J Thursdays of each month, offi ; cials announced this week. Interested persons may contact the representative on the second i floor of the City Hall. TEN ENLISTEES ACCEPTED HERE Three Recent High School Graduates Enter Under New Training Program JUNE QUOTA EXCEEDED Three recent high school grad uates, one a veteran, enlisted in the army and air force during the month of June through the Elkin office to raise the total for the month to ten, 200 per cent of the quota. Under the new program for high school graduates, enlistees pick a trade school before enlist ment. Max A. Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Brown of Boonville, a recent graduate of Boonville high school, enlisted for the air force. After receiving basic training at San Antonio, Texas, he will enter radio school at Scott Field, 111. Hassie A. Key, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Key of Ronda, also selected the air fbrce and will at tend radar school at Keesler Field, Miss., upon completion of his basic , training. He finished Ronda high i i school in June. James R. Stimpson, colored, a 1948 graduate of East Bend school, i will attend a bulldozer school at Fort Belvedere, Va. A veteran of naval service during World War II, he will receive a refresher : course at Fort Dix, N. J. Other enlistees were: for regular i army, unassigned, basic training I to be received at Fort Jackson | S. C., Henry N. Bates, son of Mr, (Continued On Page Six) HISTORY IN THE MAKING — R. Ivey Moore, center, an official of the Home Chair Company of Ronda, and two sons, Jim, left, and Dudley, right, became Eagle Scouts at a Scout Court of Honor meeting held last week at North Wilkesboro. For the Boy Scouts of America this was a history making event. Father And Two Sons Become Eagle Scouts Unprecedented Event in History Of Scouting Occurs In N. Wilkesboro i An unprecedented event in the history of the Boy Scouts of America occurred in North Wilkes boro last week when a father and his two sons simultaneously be came Eagle Scouts. R. Ivey Moore, an official of the Home Chair Company, Ronda, and Motorists Are Urged To Take Driving Test All persons whose last names start with E, F and Cl are urg ed to go to the city hall and take their driver’s license ex amination, Thurmond Stewart, local examiner, said Tuesday. Office hours for Elkin are 8:30 to 10:30 a. m.. and 1:00 to 3:00 p. m. on Mondays and Tuesdays, and 8:30 a. m. to 10:30 a. m. on Saturdays. Due to so many people wait ing to take their examination, a rush always develops at the last moment, of which the period ending June 30 was no exception. Such a rush will also develop in the last days of the current period if motorists insist upon delaying, Mr. Stew art said. This works a hard ship upon both the motorist and the examiner. his sons, Dudley and Jim, reached the highest rank in the scout or ganization before a capacity crowd gathered at the First Methodist church for the court of honor meeting. According to data received from National Scout headquarters, this was the first time that a father and his sons had become Eagle ; Scouts on the same date. The Eagle badges were awarded by Dr. Gilbert It. Combs. J. D. Moore. Jr„ brother and uncle of the new Eagle Scouts, read a con gratulatory letter from Boy Scouts j of America to Jim and Dudley Moore. Mrs. Ivey Moore presented the Eagle emblems to her sons and Mrs. J. D. Moore, Sr., presented i the high ranking emblem to her j son, It. Ivey Moore. Kiwanians Meet On Scenic Drive The Elkin Kiwanis Club held I its annual out-door meeting atop j ' the Blue Ridge on the scenic! j highway Wednesday evening with dinner served picnic style by the Gilvin Roth YMCA. At last week’s meeting reports I on the recent national conven ; tion at Los Angeles were given by Delegates C. J. Hyslup and Dr. W. B. Reeves. School For Practical Nurses To Be Opened A one-year program for the training of practical nurses has been organized at the Hugh Chat ham Memorial Hospital, it was announced today by E. L. Swan son, administrator. This program is sponsored jointly by the hospit al and the division of vocational education of the State Depart ment of Public Instruction. Plans are being completed for the admission of the first class which will begin on September 1, 1948. Because of the lack of rooms available at the Nurses Dormitory, individuals residing in or near Elkin, who can commute from home to the hospital, will be given first consideration. However, a hmited number of students may reside at the dormitory so inability to commute will not be the sole deciding factor in choosing appli cants. An admission fee of $50.00 will be made to cover cast of uni forms and books. This fee may be paid in full on the day of ad mission or in installments conven ient with the student. A small cash allowance will be given to each student after the first month of training. Uniform laundry and meals while at the hospital will also be furnished. Requirements are: citizen of the United-States, in good physi cal condition, of good moral char actcr, at least 17 years old, pre ferably a high school graduate but Must have completed at least one year in a standard North Carolina high school or its equivalent. Re quests for applications should be mailed to Mrs. Anne Arnold Cain, co-ordinator. School for Practical Nursing, Hugh Chatham Memor ial Hospital, Elkin, North Caro lina. The length of course of study will not be less than twelve months, covering both hospital experience and classroom instruc tion. Classes will be conducted at the Elkin high school and at the Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. At the end of the twelve month period, having sat isfactorily completed the prescrib ed course of study and duly grad uated, the student will be eligible to apply for a license for the practice of practical nursing. This course of training was made possible in this State by the passing of the North Carolina law relating to Practical Nursing, which became effective June 1, 1947. Two such schools are al ready in operation; one for white students at the Alamance General Hospital, Burlington, and one for Negro students at the Duke Uni versity School of Nursing, Dur ham. Both schools are filled to capacity. Polio Cases In Surry County Reach Figure Set In 1944 Outbreak $ -----_-A LIONS HORSE SHOW IS HELD Sensation Princepts, Five Gait ed Horse, Wins Grand Champ Honors LARGE CROWD AT NIGHT Sensation Princepts, a five gaited horse ridden by Pete Cole, took Grand Champion honors at the third annual Lions Club horse show at Memorial Park Monday. A near-capacity audience at tended the evening program after sizzling heat had limited the afternoon crowd to approximately ICO. Glenn York of Elkin served as ring master. Other officials were: B. B. Tucker, Port Worth. Texas, judge: John Thigpen, Chapel Hill, master of ceremonies; and serv ing as ribbon marshals, Mrs. David Brown, Mrs. Woodrow Hol comb, Miss Oline Royall, and Mrs. Clyde Griggs. In the five-gaited division Sen- I sation Princepts, ridden by Pete Cole, took first place honors with second place going to Bonnie Dare, third place to Annie Royal, owned by D. F. Sturdivant, and fourth place to Pat Sensation, ridden by Roy Breedlove. In the three-gaited division the champion stakes was won by Genius Majesty, ridden by Pete Cole, with second place going to j1 Symphony in Gold, ridden by Roy Breedlove, and third place to Three Cheers, ridden by Billy Wilkerson. The walking horse division championship stakes was won by Hiram Walker, ridden by J. B. Smith; second place went to Blue Moon, owned by Dr. B. E. Pulliam ( and ridden by Wade Stepp; in third place was Stepping Mare, owned and shown by Dr. Pulliam; fourth place winner was Midnight, owned by Eugene Spainhour; fifth place was awarded to Gold Cain, owned by W. P. Gaddy. In the roadster division, the championship stake was won by Mercury, driven by Jim Dickey, 1 with Bonnie Dare, driven by Beck Moleman, taking second place honors. In the hunter and jumper divis ion, the stake was taken by Saska, 1 with Southern Lady, ridden by Jack Crowder, in second place. ' Starwood, ridden by Chuck Hay (Continued On Page Six) DR. FRANKLIN EXPECTED SOON Former Surry Health Officer To Assume Duties Some Time This Month FUNDS ARE PROVIDED Dr. R. B. C. Franklin will as sume his duties as health officer of Surry county sometime this month. John W. Comer, chairman of the Board of Health, announc ed earlier this week. Dr. Franklin returns to the post, which he vacated February 1 to accept a research position at Wil son. Since that time the office has ( been Vi cant with the exception of a one-week period when the post was Idled by Dr. H. C. Me- ( Tyre of Winston-Salem. In his announcement, Comer stated that the necessary funds to meet the increased health depart ment budget of $37,500 for the fiscal year 1948-49 had been pro vided. Only one health depart ment employee will fail to receive a salary raise under the provis ions of the new budget. Surry-Yadkin R.E.A. , To Meet Saturday Surry-Yadkin R. E. A. will hold its annual membership meeting at i the Surry county courthouse in Dobson at 2 p.m. Saturday. Regis- ; tration will begin at 12:30 p.m. Featured on the program will i be speakers and special music. , During the afternoon an electric range and refrigerator will be given away. : All members of the R. E. A. are 1 cordially invited to attend. < Elkin Physicians Offer Suggestions Concerning Polio In the absence of a full time Surry County Health Officer and with the approval of the Surry County Health Depart ment, the physicians of Elkin wish to make the following sug gestions to the public concern ing Infantile Paralysis (Polio myelitis) : 1. Encourage the children to play at home or in small neighborhood groups. 2. Children should have ade quate rest and a good diet. 3. Vigorous exhausting exer cise may be harmful. 4. Traveling any great dis tance is not recommended. 5. Children who show signs of illness should be put to bed and kept away from others un til nature of illness is deter mined. 6. Rigid attention to sanita tion, personal hygiene, elimi nation of flies, gabarge disposal and sewage disposal are of vital importance. There is no cause for undue alarm at the present time. Every citizen is cautioned to avoid transmitting r ii m o r s. Above all, do not become pan icky. Similar recommendations have been published in many other cities and towns. Your cooperation will certainly help. ANNOUNCENEW VEHICLE RULES hanues In Safety Inspection Law Are Made To Speed Up Process INSPECTIONS A HE SLOW A now set of rules and regula ions was put into effect this week >y the Slate Department of Motor Vehicles to speed up its mechan ,cal inspection program. The new rules are necessary, an ifficial said, because only 250,185 )f the state’s 802,252 registered /chicles had been inspected at the ■nd of June. The new rules require that, ef fective immediately: 1 All motor vehicles of year models up to and including 1936 ind vehicles of year models 1947 ind 1948 must be inspected by \ugust 31. 2— Year models 1937 and 1946 must be inspected by September 50. 3— Models 1938, 1939, 1943, 1944, md 1945 must be inspected by Oc ober 31. 4— Models 1940 and 1942 must re inspected by November 30. 5— Models 1941 and 1949 must je checked by December 31. The regulations say that during 1948 any vehicle may be presented for inspection at any time prior ,o the expiration of its time limit. Local Man Escapes Injury In Accident Roy Gregory, driver for the Carolina Ice <fe Fuel Company, of ,his city, escaped with minor jruises and scratches about 8:00 /clock Thursday night when the ruck he was driving, loaded with ,wo tons of salt, went over an em jankment at Fishers River, be :ween Dobson and Mount Airy, .urning over several times. The truck was en route to Elkin md was coming down the grade ipproaching the bridge when a passenger car, headed toward Mount Airy, entered the bridge from the other end. Unable to .top the heavily loaded truck in ,ime and faced with the alter rative of smashing into the pas ;enger car on the narrow bridge ar going over an embankment, Gregory chose the latter. The truck was badly wrecked yid salt was scattered in all direc :ions. However, about half of it, :ontained in paper bags, was salvaged. Some 16,000 birds from 25 States were entered in the Na ional “Chicken of Tomorrow” :ontest. First Case Is Reported In This City Infantile paralysis cases in Surry County for 1948 Saturday reached the all-time high of 13 cases reported during the epide mic year of 1944. The first case to be reported in Elkin during the current outbreak was that of Mary Ellen Crater, ! six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ab Crater, who has been placed in the Baptist Hospital at Winston-Salem for treatment. Other new cases reported were: Ruby Geraldine Goss, two-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn M. Goss of King, stricken while at Pilot Mountain; Carol Ann Brooks, three-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ro bei t Brooks of Mount Airy, receiv ing treatment at the ORD hospi tal at Greensboro. Kenneth Bullins, 19-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Bullins of Dobson, receiving treatment at : the ORD hospital at. Greensboro. This is the first year since 1945 that infantile paralysis, has been reported in Surry County. In 1945 one case was reported. The cases reported this week from Elkin, Pilot Mountain and Mount Aiiy are the first cases to be reported this year from muni cipalities. Previously reported cases were from rural areas. Officials of the Gilvin Roth Y.M.C.A. reported that attend ance for their summer recreation j al program had fallen off heavily i and listed the poliomyelitis out break as the cause. In the ab sence of specific health depart ment instructions, the Y program will continue to operate. No de cision to cancel the summer camp i program at the new Albert L. Butler Camp has been announced. Mayor Garland Johnson, on be half of the Elkin Board of Com missioners, pledged the co-opera tion of the town to the health de partment and local physicians in (Continued On Page Six) Surry 4-H Clubs To Have Camp July 19-23 ! More than CO applications have been received from boys and girls in Surry county for the 4-H Club | camp which will be held at Hang ing Rock State Park in Stokes | county. Applications are still being re ceived for the camping period which will run from July 19 to July 23. Mrs. Grace Pope Brown, home demonstration agent. Miss Ange la Taylor, her assistant, and Donald A. Halsey and O. M. Ful . cher, of the county agent’s staff, will direct the camp. Elkin-Yadkin Youth Group Holds Picnic The Elkin-Yadkin Sub-District of the Methodist Youth Fellowship held a picnic meeting at Neaves Park on Thursday night, July 1. Elkin, Jonesville, Center, Mitchell Chapel, Boonville and Yadkinville churches were represented. The worship program was con ducted by the Center Church. Then Bob Hughes, the recreation chairman, was in charge of a campfire program. The first copy of the Sub-District Newspaper was distributed by Kent Brendle, pub licity chairman. Unusually Quiet Holiday Week-End Reported Locally Residents in the Elkin Jonesville area let race track drivers do the speeding over the week-end and practiced temperance in their other ac tivities. Authorities in Elkin and Jonesville reported an unusual ly quiet holiday week-end on both banks of the Yadkin River. No arrests were made in either of the towns and no ac cidents were reported.
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