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4 ELKIN The Best 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. 33 PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1948 $2.00 PER YEAR ■ .. . ...fgj? 16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS RING OF POLIO mm TIGHTER AROUND ELKIN — No New Cases Are Reported In Town OUTBREAK IN YADKIN Seven New Cases In Surry Pushes County Total For Year To 23 Cases YADKIN CHILD DIES The ring of infantile paralysis j this week drew tighter around Elkin but no new cases were re- I ported and the 1948 mark re mained at one. In other parts of Surry county, reports of seven new cases pushed the county total for the year to 23, ten more than the previous high of 13 reached during the ep idemic of 1944. Yadkin county, where last week only one case was reported this week counted seven cases, includ ing one death from the disease. Through last Saturday Wilkes county reported six cases. New cases in Surry county were reported from the Mount Airy and Pilot Mountain sections. Closer was the report of a new Yadkin county case approximately one I mile from Jonesville. Mary Ellen Crater, six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ab Crater, remained the lone polio victim in Elkin during the current outbreak. The onset of this case is listed as June 29. Trudy Pardue, four-year-old daughter of Mr,, and Mrs. Lake Pardue of Hamptonvillc, died Tuesday night at a Gastonia 1 hospital, six days after being strickcned with poliofnyelitis. New cases in Surry county were reported as follows: Patricia Sue Cox, two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cox, route 1, Pinnacle, hospital ized at Baptist Hospital, Winston jfialem; Ruby Cox, eight - year - old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cox, route 1. Pinnacle, hospital- j ized at Baptist Hospital, Winston- j Salem: Douglas Griffin, seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Grif fin, Mount Airy, hospitalized at Asheville Orthopedic Hospital: Peggy Bowen, six - year - old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Bowen, route 2, Pinnacle, hos pitalized at Baptist Hospital, Win ston-Salem: Jimmie Hodges, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hodges, route 3. Mount Airy, hospitalized at Baptist Hospital, Winston Salem; Avery Michael Shore, five-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Avery C. Shore. Pilot Mountain, hospital ized at Greensboro ORD. The report on the seventh case was incomplete at the Surry County Health Department when The Tribune went to press. Offic ials said that the victim was a girl, surname Venable, of Pilot Mountain, who was hospitalized Tuesday night at Winston-Salem's Baptist Hospital. The mother of this victim was reported to be the •jjjfcister of the father of the two jCox children who were reported this week from route 1, Pinnacle, as polio victims. In addition to the case reported (Continued On Page Eight) Texas Triplets, 20 Months Old, Victims of Polio * Triplet Kiris, 20 months old, were in serious condition, all three stricken by infantile para lysis, in the EdinburK. Texas, polio clinic Sunday. Two of the blonde little sis ters were brouKht to the clinic of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis Friday niKht and, Sunday niKht, the grief stricken parents brouKht the third little Kiri to the hospital ,in the family automobile. Nurses at first were unable to tell the babies apart. They printed their names on adhes ive tape a*nd pasted the tape to their bodies. However, at tendants now can tell the bab ies apart by their varying symp toms. One of the little girls was said to be in the “acute” ward and the other two in the “ser ious” ward. None of the child ren yet have been placed In an iron lung or oxygen tent. Dr. William Kitto and Dr. Wayne Hart, heads of the clinic, said they believed this was the first case in medical history in which a set of triplets con tracted polio. The clinic has 62 patients, most of them under three months old. GATHERING OF R.E.A. STOCKHOLDERS — Stockholders of the Surry-Yadkin Membership Cor poration, which operates hundreds of miles of REA powerlines in four counties, are shown on the lawn of the Surry County court house at Dobson during a recent meeting. Election of officers and dis tribution of prizes highlighted the annual meeting. <photo by quentin davis studioi -* - Jaycees Report Loss On Baseball Tourney Lack More Than $600 With Which To Meet All Obligations In Event The Elkin Junior Chamber of Commerce this week reported a loss of more than $600 in con nection with their sponsorship of the district semipro baseball tour nament held here recently. The figures were contained in the financial report of District Commissioner Sam Atkinson which club officials made public. Total gate receipts, the report showed, amounted to $1,137.25. Of this amount, $193.33 were paid out LAUREL BLUFF MAN ARRESTED Alex L. Nichols Alleged To Have Had Carnal Rela tions With Child BOND SET AT ,$2,000.0(1 Alex Li. Nichols, 53, of Laurel Bluff, was bound over to the September term of Superior Court on a charge of carnal knowledge of a female under the age of 16 in Mount Airy earlier this week. He is being held in the Surry County Jail at Dobson in lieu of $2,000 bond. Nichols, who missed a hearing last week because he "stopped off for a few beers,” was charged with having carnal knowledge of Betty Lou Atkinson, 14-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Atkinson of Laurel Bluff. According to Solicitor Robert J. Lovill Jr., the Atkinson girl was the only witness to testify against Nichols. He said she told the court of having had intimate relations with Nichols for a period of more than a year and a half in the woods near her home. Site said they had been intimate for the first time when she was 12 years old. The last time, sne said, had been when Nichols went to Gra , ham, where she had b#en sent by her parents to keep her from Nichols, to bring her home. She i said the accused told her that her mother was very ill. She refused to go at first, she added, but j couldn’t tell if he was lying or I not. According to police, Nichols had | been bothering the girl for some : time and her parents had sent | her to live with an aunt in Gra ham. Nichols wrote her several : letters which the aunt intercepted ; they said. Nichols was arrested in Graham 1 on a charge of kidnaping, the Solicitor said, but was releasee under bond and returned home He was arrested at Mount Airy or June 21, on a carnal knowledge charge by Sheriff Sam Paterson He was released under $2,000 bond which was posted by Fred Jarrell He was a nightwatchman at Laure Bluff Mills. ___ V.F.W. Plans Special Meeting Friday Nighl A special meeting of the V.F.W has been called for Friday nigh at 7 p. m. at the Gilvin Rotf Y.M.C.A. by Russell Burcham post commander. Delegates and alternates to th< National Encampment will bi elected at the meeting. Com mander Burcham has urged a ful attendance. * in federal taxes, leaving a net gate of $943.92. As local sponsors, the Jaycee organization received 50 per cent of the net, $471.96, and assumed all expenses resulting from actual tournament play. These expenses amounted to $1,152.64, according to the report. Of the remaining gate receipts, 20 per cent went to the winning team, the Chatham Blanketeers; seven and one half per cent to the runner-up, Hanes Hosiery; two and one half per cent to the third place team, High Point All stars; ten per cent to tire state commissioner; and ten per cent prorated to participating teams for milage. Umpires provided the largest expense—$479. For the use of Memorial Park and lights, the organization paid $280. Balls and rosin bags were listed at $235.16. Miscellaneous item s, including janitor service, increased the total to the $1,152.64 mark. Officials highly praised the work of Atkinson and his com mittees in staging the 23-team tournament that provided local fans with 23 games over a nine day period. As tournament chair man for the Junior Chamber of Commerce, Atkinson had received ! an appointment as District Com missioner from the president of the- National Baseball Congress. The deficit will be made up from surplus funds, club officers said. Farmers Urg-ed To File Soil Reports Surry county farmers who filled out 1948 Farm Plans with in tentions of carrying out soil im provement practices were urged this week to file performance re ports by Hal E. Collins, manager of the county AAA office. No meeings will be held thru j out the county, as in the past, Collins stated, necessitating far mers visiting the Dobson office where trained assistance is avail able in completing the reports. Farmers are required to turn in all receipts and bills for lime, phosphate and seed for perman ent pasture purchased under this program. SURRY-YADKIN R.E.A. MEETS Estimated $800 Worth Of Prizes Distributed Among Stockholders GWYN B. PRICE SPEAKS The annual stockholders’ meet ing of the Surry-Yadkin Member ship Corporation, which operates hundreds of miles of REA power lines in Surry, Yadkin. Forsyth and Stokes counties, met recently at Dobson. Directors were elected and prizes were given. All the old board of directors were re-elected. They are: S. A. Holder, president: W. L. Smith, vice-president; Joe Pendry, secre tary: and Johnny Collins, treas urer. Other members of the board are Eugene Shore, W. T. White, J. S. Key, G. T. Dorse, and H. W. Doub. There were a number of prizes given. Jim Doss won an electric stove: R. E. Gordon, a washing machine; Mrs. Daisy Edmonds, a floor lamp; T. R. Nelson, a radio; and Mrs. Bertha Shinault, a fan. Other prize winners were R. L. Herman and L. G. Duggan. An estimated $800 worth of prizes were given away. Gwyn B. Price, who is chair man of the North Carolina Elec tric Authority, made the principal address. The administrator of the REA in Washington, D. C„ sent his greetings by letter. In the message, the administrator, Wick ard, stated that the REA could "take pride in the knowledge that by building a strong electric co op you are helping to build a bet ter and stronger rural America.” The Surry-Yadkin Membership Corporation is now operating 818 miles of rural lines serving al most 32,600 farm homes in Surry, Yadkin, Forsyth and Stokes coun ties. Cutouts Or Whistles Prohibited On Cars Motorists who have fixed their ; exhausts or mufflers on their cars i/to sound like a “wolf whistle” are violating the motor vehicle laws, Patrolman Dwight Caudle, of the State Highway Patrol cautioned today. Patrolman Caudle said the whistles have often been mistaken for a siren and have confused other drivers. Section 20-128 of the Motor Vehicle laws of North Carolina prohibits any type of muffler cutout on a car. Were Hie / is/i Biting ? Great Snakes Alive, But This One’s Dead Great snakes alive! Except this one was dead. What’s more, it was a rattler, fully 11 years old, and as it basked there in the sun and dust of the Mountain Park-Devotion road, it lacked just one inch of being four [ feet long, with a mid-section fully | as big around as a man’s fore - arm. • This particular rattlesnake was run over and killed by Robert , Nicks and Gene Aldridge, both i local young men. Nicks, driving a , | Jeep and accompanied by Charles ! Colhard, was returning from a ; j fishing trip last Sunday when he : spotted the large rattler in the ■ road, and ran over it before it 11 could get out of the way. Gene i A 1 d r i d g e, accompanied by his brother, Dale, was in a car direct ly behind, and he too, hit the snake. Even a big tough rattler couldn’t stand up under such treatment as that, but even though badly crushed, it took some extra-cur ricular activity to kill it. The snake’s triangular-shaped head was nearly two inches across at the widest part, with long, needle-like curving fangs. Ald ridge said it ejected at least a teaspoonful of venom when they exerted pressure upon its head with, a stick. It’s tail was capped with 11 rattles. Oldtimers here said it was the j biggest rattle snake they had I ever seen in this section. DISCUSS WAYS AND MEANS OF FIGHTING POLIO Doctors And Public Officials Meet In Mt. Airy SPRAYING UNDER WAY Mayor Johnson Appeals To Elkin Residents For Cooperation RAD SPOTS REPORTED Officials of Elkin and Surry county this week continued their drive to halt the spread of infan tile paralysis as residents of the county found themselves on the northern edge of an epidemic area where the disease was reported spreading rapidly. Tuesday night, doctors, public officials and officers of the Surry county chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paraly sis met at the invitation of Mayor Frank Carter, of Mount Airy, to discuss ways in which the county can cooperate during the current outbreak. R. Lewis Alexander, Elkin's town administrator, reported that the job of spraying unsanitary Officials of the Surry County Health Department have an nounced that a prominent leader in the Greensboro fight against infantile paralysis will speak in Mount Airy Sunday. His address will be carried over station WFAQ, Mount Airy, at 4:45 o'clock. The Mount Airy station is heard at 740 on radio dials. areas within the Elkin town limits with DDT was progressing satis factorily after having been delay i ed several days by rain. Mayor Garland Johnson, in an | appeal to all Elkin residents, ask ed for full cooperation at this time in an attempt to prevent a local outbreak. “Too much can not be done for the health of our community,” | the Mayor added. Citizens were asked to obtain DDT for domestic use as assis | tance to the municipal program to stamp out flies and disease i bearing insects. Local residents have reported numerous spots to town officials , to receive the DDT spray. Alexander, who is directing the j program with the sanitation off ! icer of the Surry County Health Department, promised that all re j ported areas would be investigat ed. Municipal officials and health department employees will meet in Mount Airy Sunday to discuss with a Greensboro expert further | steps to be taken in Surry county. John W. Comer, president of the Surry unit of the Infantile (Continued On Page Eight) AMATEUR AIR SHOW PLANNED To Be Staged At Rendezvous Airpark August 1; Civil Air Patrol Sponsors TO SHOW NEW PLANES Plans were going forward this week for the amateur air show to be staged August 1 at Rendezvous ; Airpark, officials of the Elkin squadron, Civil Air Patrol, spon I sors of the event, announced. Several local pilots have indi ! cated that they will participate : and invitations have been extend | cd to local and visiting pilots to j enter. During the afternoon several ; new models of airplanes, some of 1 which have never before been dis played in Elkin, will be shown. Some of the new planes will be available for sight-seeing flights. Jake Brown, local model plane | flying enthusiast, will have on I display and will fly the first Jet 1 propelled plane to be flown in this | vicinity. Squadron officials said that a series of quiz contests will be con ducted and practical and comical prizes awarded to participants. Legion Ladies Night To Be Held Tomorrow The Ameiican Legion Ladies Night will take place Friday night at a supper meeting of the organization to be held at the Legion Hut at 7:30, Raymond Ves tal, post adjutant, announced this week. As an added feature, a movie | released by the United States I Army will be shown. Town Board Approves Budget For 1948-49; Increase Of *22,069 MISS NORTH CAROLINA — Miss Ratty Osborne, 18-vear-old blue eyed brunette from Shelby, who won the title of Miss North Caro lina Saturday night at Wrightsville Beach, relaxes on the beach with a friendly Dalmatian. A voice student at Limestone College, Gaffney, S. C„ Miss Osborne will represent North Carolina at the national beauty contest at Atlantic City, N. .1. REGISTRATION PLANS TOLD Cherry Calls On County Offi cials To Recommend Draft Hoard Personnel S T A R T S A U G U S T 30 Male residents of the United States between the ages of 18 and 25 will start registering for com pulsory military service begin ning August 30, it was announced this week. As the state's part in setting up the draft machinery, Governor R. Gregg Cherry has called on the clerk of court, the chairman of the board of elections, and the county school superintendent in Surry county to submit recom mendations for draft board mem bers. This is the same method used in 1940. The state director will call on this committee for names which will be submitted to the president for appointment. No time has been set for submitting the recommendations. The roll call will start with 25 year-olds and proceed downward by age groups until September 18, when youths w'ho turned 18 on or before that date will register. Youths who become 18 after September 19 will be required to register within five days after their birthdays. Under the law, only those 19 through-25 may may be inducted for 21 months of military service. Eighteen-year-olds may escape the 21-month hitch by volunteer ing for 12 months service and thereafter signing up with an ac tive reserve. Ten age classifications were (Continued on page four) Hamptonville Girl Succumbs To Polio Funeral service for little Trudy Pardue, four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lake Pardue of Hamptonville, will be held in the home today (Thursday) at 3 p.m. with Rev. F. A. Wright in charge. Burial will follow at Asbury Church cemetery. Little Trudy died late Tuc^flay night, the first polio fatality, of the year for Yadkin County. She was stricken last week with infan tile "paralysis and wap carried to Gastonia Orthopedic Hospital, where she had been for six days prior to her death there at 11:16 p.m. Tuesday night. She was born April 22, 1944, at Hamptonville, daughter of Lake and Maydonna Messick Pardue. Surviving besides the parents are one brother, Jerry, and three sis ters, Misses Evelyn, Linda, and Vivian Pardue, all of Hampton j ville, who have been quarantined ; after being in contact with the | victim in their family. Service Honor Roll In Elkin Torn Down The Honor Roll bearing the names of the men of Elkin Town ship who served ^during World War II, which stood on the Meth odist Church lawn, was torn down the latter part of the week. The Junior Woman's Club erect ed the service roll to honor the local members of the Armed forces. No plans have been made to preserve the names. BAPTISTS PLAN YOUTH REVIVAL J. ('. Mitchell And Neil Ellis, Future Ministers, To Conduct Services TO CONTINUE ONE WEEK The First Baptist Church of Elkin will hold its annual Youth Revival during the week of July 25 to July 31, with J. C. Mitchell and Neil Ellis conducting the ser vices. Both of these young men are graduates of Mars Hill College and are now attending senior col leges in furthering their prepar ation for the ministry. Mr. Mitch ell was present last year at the initial Youth Revival services at the Baptist Church and his mes sages were well received. He is now attending Wake Forest Col lege. Mr. Ellis, from Roanoke, Vir ginia, is at present the State Pres ident of the Baptist Student Union of Virginia. While attending col lege in Virginia he has made an impressive record in religious activities. Neil Ellis will be present Sunday morning for the opening service and the theme ‘'Christ For Me" will be carried out throughout the week. Ketchel Adams is chairman for this year’s revival and the music is under the direction of Miss Mildred Freeman. The mem bers of the church and people throughout the city are looking forward to a week of prayer and inspiration in furthering God's Kingdom on earth. State College Alumni Meet Here Tonight The Northwestern Club of the State College Alumni Association will meet here tonight at 7 p.m. at the Gilvin Roth Y.M.C.A., ac cording to an announcement by James A. Graham, Laurel Springs, president. Allan Nelms, field secretary of the Wolfpack Club and Beattie Feathers, head football coach, will attend. Nelms will explain the func tions of the Wolfpack Club and Feathers will discuss prospects for this fall. Estimate Of Valuation Is $5,370,000 The town commissioners Mon day approved a budget for the fiscal year 1948-49, calling for expenditures of $127,296, an in crease of $22,069 over last year. Included in the increased ap propriations are raises for certain municipal employees, additional permanent improvements and slight increases for supplies neces sitated by rising costs generally. The commissioners took under consideration the request of a delegation from Victoria street for the construction of a sewerage line and approved a request of Percy Barker to reimburse him as new homes arc constructed for a 700-foot water line in the Elkin Land Development off Elk Spur Street. The budget showed that esti mated assessed valuation for this year has been set at $5,370,000, a net gain of $418,000 over 1947-48. The rate of $1.40 on $100 valua tion is being maintained. For contingencies, the commis sioners appropriated the largest single increase, $8,634.80, to bring this figure to $16,340, as compared to $7,705.20 for the past year. In cluded in this appropriation is funds for permanent improve ments, such as a new water tank, additional sewerage lines, and transit pipe. It is estimated that these three items will necessitate expenditures amounting to $32, 500, the balance which will be provided from surplus of approx mately $30,000 now on hand. Only one unit of the local gov I ernment will operate on less funds this year than last. The ceme tery is being cut from approxi mately $1,100 to $900. The care taker bears this and more as the only municipal employee receiving a salary cut. His annual wage has been decreased $320. Salary raises for city employees amount to approximately $4,000. Police department personnel and the town clerk received salary in creases of $25 monthly. This raises patrolmen to $175 monthly, and the police chief and town clerk to $275 monthly. The street department, with an increased appropriation of ap proximately $6,000, tops all other departments for additional funds. The police department was in creased $4,000, the water depart ment $2,000, and the fire depart ment $400. The administrative department benefited from a de crease in attorney fees from $1, 800 to $500. Appropriations for operating expenses and supplies were based on expenditures during the first six months of 1948. L. F. Mathis was the spokesman for the Victoria street delegation. A number of new houses are being constructed along this street which runs between Elk Spur and West Main streets. Action was post poned until the cost of the pro ject could be ascertained. Barker, in his request, pointed out that he was constructing a house 700 feet from the existing water main. The line to his house is to be laid at his expense and as new houses are built along the line the town will reimburse him. Ownership of the line will pass to the town when the total cost has been met. Children Banned At All Gatherings In Yadkin County The Yadkin County Health Authorities issued an edict yes* tc.iday afternoon forbidding the gathering in public or private places of all children under 16 years of age, in Yadkin county. The health order includes Sunday School, swimming pools, picture shows, reunions, or any other gathering where children may congregate. The health officers stated that drastic action would be taken when the order was violated, and it is done as a safeguard to the public, as more cases of polio are reported in the coun ty.
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