ELKIN
The Best Little Town In
North Carolina
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ELKIN
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- the Blue Ridge
THE TRIBUNE
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VOL. No. XX.XVI No. 36
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1948
$2.00 PER YEAR
20 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS
*$600 Netted
Locally In
Polio Drive
Radio Show,
< Auction Sale
Play Parts
Residents of the Elkin-Jones
ville area have contributed more
than $600 within the past week
for the Central Carolina Conva
lescent Hospital now under con
struction at Greensboro, George
Yarbrough, drive chairman an
nounced yesterday.
A two-hour request program
aired Sunday over radio station
WKBC, North Wilkesboro, Sun
day afternoon resulted in contri
butions amounting to $375.05. Of
this total, $115.35 were contribut
ed by residents of Jonesville.
On Monday night, merchants
of Elkin contributed various pieces
of merchandise which were sold
at auction from the stage of the
If Lyric Theater, netting $190.75.
Other contributions have amount
ed to more than $50.
The Pleasant Hill Baptist
Church added $25 to the fund in
a contribution Tuesday.
On Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday of this week employees of
the Chatham Manufacturing
Company will be given an oppor
tunity to contribute through a
plant campaign, C. J. Hyslup an
nounced this week.
A permanent hospital is being
.constructed at Greensboro for
Jlpolio victims throughout this sec
tion of North Carolina.
Local residents have through
this week to join the list of con
Tnoutors. Funds can be contri
buted at The Tribune office, The
Bank of Elkin, or WKBC. Funds
received will be forwarded to the
Greensboro hospital committee.
DOBSON GIVES
POLIO FUNDS
Residents Of County Seat
Contribute $175 To
Date For Hospital
EXPECT TO- GIVE MORE
Dobson residents counted $175
and estimated that a total of $300
would be raised as that town’s
contribution to the Central Caro
lina Convalescent Hospital for
ipolio patients now under con
struction at Greensboro.
Neill M. Smith, chairman of the
drive for the Lions Club, stated
that in addition to the $175 al
ready reported approximately $50
(had been deposited in "polio
cans” placed throughout the area
in public places.
Smith praised the work of four
young ladies who, he said, did
most of the personal contact work
for the committee. These were
Bertha Jewel Hemmings, Marj
Sue Norman. Vivian Trevathan
and Mary Nance Blevins.
Other committee members are:
from the Lions Club, John G
Lewellyn, J. Herman Coe, Floyd
Crissman and J. E. Eads; from the
D o bs o n Woman's Club, Mrs
Aubrey Moore, drive treasurer
and Mrs. R. L. Folger.
Dehorning cattle is a good prac
tice because this will prevent them
from 'injuring one another.
Amateur Air
Show To Be
Held Sunday
The air show, scheduled for
August 1, will be held Sunday,
August 8, weather permitting,
at Rendezvous Airpark, Capt.
R. E. Church, commanding of
ficer of the Elkin squadron,
Civil Air Patrol, sponsor of the
event, announced Wednesday.
Bad weather last Sunday
caused cancellation of the show
that will include flying dem
onstrations, new type aircraft,
and other aerial events.
DRAFT OFFICIAL — C. A. Mc
Neil, local soft drink bottler,
has been recommended to serve
with the Surry county draft
board which is currently being
set-up. Mr. McNeil served on a
similar board which supplied
personnel for World War II. •
McNEIL WILL
AGAIN SERVE
Veteran Of World War II
Draft Hoard To He Mem
ber of New Hoard
OTHERS ARE N A M E I)
C. A. MeNeil, member of the
Surry county draft board during
World War II. has been recom
mended to serve with the organ
ization which is currently being
established to induct youths 19-25
into military service, it was an
nounced this week.
Serving with McNeil on the
Surry board will be W. B. White,
Dobson, also a member of the
former group, and Marion Burk,
Mount Airy insurance agent who
is a veteran of World War II.
Frank Freeman, Dobson attor
ney. has been recommended as ap
peal agent.
The recommendations were
made by a three-man committee
— Kermit Lawrence, clerk of
court; John M. Comer, superin
tendent of the Surry county
schools; and A. P- Fulk, chairman
of the election board — at the
request of Governor R. Gregg
Cherry. Appointments to the
posts will be made by the presi
dent of the United States.
Comer, who made the an
nouncement, said he thought the
board might organize and begin
operating early in August. The
formation of the organization will
be on instructions of the state
draft director.
McNeil, Elkin soft drink bottler,
served throughout the life of the
; draft board which supplied per
| sonnel for World War II.
Dr. R. B. C. Franklin, Surry
health officer, will be the board’s
medical examiner, Comer added
Mrs. A. D. Folger, Dobson, is ex
pected to be appointed secretary
of the board.
Dr. Franklin
Assumes Duties
Dr. R. B. C. Franklin assumed
the duties of Surry County Health
Officer August 2 and in that posi
1 tion will supervise the public
health program throughout the
!county.
Dr. Franklin vacated the post
February l to accept a research
position at Wilson. He is mak
ing his home at Mount Airy.
Welch Condition
Is Still “Grave”
George E. Welch, epunty ac
i countant undergoing treatment at
Duke University Hospital, on
Monday had “his best day yet,’
according to reports from Dobson
His condition, it is understood
| is still critical. Sunday night his
j condition had been termed as
[ grave.
ELKIN BOARD
ASKING BIDS
ON WATER TANK
100,000 Gallons Capacity For
West Elkin
COMMITTEE IS NAMED
Eller Street Residents Re
quest Sewer Lines Re
Available
TO RELOCATE METERS
The Elkin Board of Commis
sioners at a regular monthly
meeting Monday night instruct
ed the town clerk to advertise for
bids to construct a 100,000 gallon
water tank in the West Elkin area.
Bids will be opened at 2 p. m.,
August 16.
In other action, a committee
was named to investigate sewerage
needs on Eller Street, space in
the business area was allotted for
cab use. and the shifting of some
parking meters authorized.
A delegation of more than a
half dozen Eller street residents
! requested that sewerage lines be
| made available to them. The
present practice of disposing of
j sink water through open drainage
ditches has been termed unsani
1 tary by officials of the Surry
county health department.
Red Rose, Jonesville taxi opera
tor, was granted a parking space
just off Main street on North
Bridge street.
The commissioners instructed
the police department to relocate
on Church street parking meters
now in use on the lower west end
of Main street in an area now re
served for doctors. Suitable park
ing space nearby is now in use by
the doctors.
R. H. Moore, Asheboro consult
ing engineer, was engaged to draw
plans and to supervise the con
struction of the 100,000 gallon
water tank which will be erected
on a 100-foot steel tower just off
| Harris Avenue in West Elkin.
HUNDREDS SIGN
AS DIXIECRATS
Approximately 20 Surry
County Residents Sign Pro
gressive Party Petitions
LOVILL W IRES OLIVE
More than 700 Surry county
voters signed petitions last week
to allow the Dixiecrat candidates
a place on the state ballot in the
November election but it was not
known yesterday whether the
movement in North Carolina had
met with success.
Approximately 20 persons sign
ed the progressive petitions in this
county and an announcement
from Raleigh Tuesday indicated
i that this party had secured the
right to place its candidates on
S the ballot.
Of the signatures on progressive
petitions, 12 wrere from Elkin
township but a majority of the
signers were declared ineligible.
The petitions were circulated by
Stokes and Forsyth county men,
i it was reported.
Dr. R. J. Lovill has served as
| Dixiecrat head in Surry county,
j He reported yesterday that he ex
j pects at least 650 of this county’s
i petitioners to be ruled eligible.
Dr. Lovill said that had there
been more time he feels that three
| to five times as many names
| could have been obtained.
"I found that sentiment in the
county is 95 per cent in favor of
the States Rights Democrats,” Dr.
Lovill said, "and believe that Gov
ernor Thurmond will carry North
Carolina if he is allowed a place
on the ballot.”
In a telegram; to Hubert E.
Olive, chairman of the state board
of elections, Dr. Lovill said in
part:
"I believe that if through ques
tionable legal ruling, you deny the
States Rights Democratic party
to be printed on the N. C. ballot
it will be the worst thing that
has happened to the Democratic
party in North Carolina. .
Hamptonville P. 0.
Moved To W. Yadkin
The Hamptonville post office,
located at Brooks Cross Roads for
the past two years, has been mov
ed to a building at West Yadkin
school, it was announced this
week.
A movement is reported under
way to consolidate the post offi
ces of Hamptonville and Cycle.
ROBBERY NETS $1,500 — This was the scene which met the eye
of Butner-McLeod Motor Company officials last Thursday morning
when they arrived at work to find the company safe had been open
ed and approximately $1,500 in cash taken. Henry L. Butner, left,
who with K. V. McLeod, operate the business, and Ernest McC’urr.v,
extreme right. arc pictured as they look the situation over. Tools
used by the robber may be seen on the floor where he left them, as
well as various papers from the safe. (tribune photoj
*1,500 Cash Taken
In Burglary Here
Safe Opened At Butner-McLeod
Motor Company; Leave Large Sum
Approximately $1,500 in cash
was stolen from the office of But
ner-McLeod Motor Company last
week, company officials reported
to police.
No arrests have been made, ac
| cording to investigating police, but
| three law enforcement agencies
have been called in and officers
appear hopeful of arrests soon.
Corbett Wall, chief of the Elkin
j police department, is being assist
1 ed by Guy Scott, state bureau of
investigation, ^nd Sam C. Patter
j son, sheriff of Surry county, in the
investigation. Monty Boone, chief
of police at Mount Airy and a
finger-print expert, has also co
operated with local officers.
The building was entered some
time Wednesday night through
the only window in the building
that could not be locked. Muddy
Two Men Injured In
Motorcycle Wreck
Two young men were hospitaliz
ed this week as a result of a mo
torcycle-automobile accident near
Elkin last Sunday.
Edward Steele, 14-year-old resi
: dent of route 1, Elkin, suffered a
i fractured leg, and Wilbur Slawter,
21, suffered a fractured leg and
i arm.
The injured, with a person, were
reportedly riding the motorcycle
at the time of the accident. No
other injured were reported.
foot prints led to the office. There
a window was removed, supposed
ly to allow for the blast in open
ing the safe.
After drilling four holes into
the safe door with equipment
found in the shop, the blast
method of opening the safe was
seemingly abandoned. The dial
was pried off the door which en
abled the safe-cracker to reach
the lock mechanism and open the
door.
Approximately the same amount
of currency was left as was taken,
officials of the concern said.
A Coca-Cola vending machine
was broken into at the same time
and robbed of an undetermined
amount of small change.
Yadkin Escapee
Still At Large
No leads to the whereabouts of
Elmer “Dunk” Vestal, who sawed
his way out of the Yadkinville jail
last week, had been reported by
police late yesterday.
The 32-year-old Jonesville man
j was being held in default of a
; $2,000 bond, charged with the
j robbery of Dale Winters, Yadkin
i ville man, which allegedly netted
| him $500 last May. Two other
I men face similar charges.
Millions of Americans know the
comfortable feeling a nest-egg of
I U. S. Savings Bonds provides.
Dental School Is Badly Needed,
Local Dentist Tells Kiwanis Club
Thr desperate need in North
Carolina for a state dental school
was stressed last Thursday even
ing by Dr. E. G. Click, Elkin den
tist, in an interesting and reveal
ing talk to the Elkin Kiwanis
Club.
Speaking on the subject “Prob
lems of Basic Dental Service in i
North Carolina,” Dr. Click quoted |
a great many figures to bear out I
his remarks, the gist of which
was Ihe appalling lack of suffic
ient dentists in the state to take
care of the requirements of the ;
people, and the difficulty faced
by all young men who wish to
make dentistry their profession.
Dr. Click pointed out that in
1947 there was only one dentist
i to every 3,778 people in North
I Carolina, and he said that this
state ranks 6th from the bottom
among the states of the U. S. in
number of dentists.
"The dental profession in Nortii
Carolina,” he told the Kiwanians,
"is becoming an ‘old age’ profes
sion due to the f«act that there are
not enough new dentists coming
along each year to take the place
of dentists who die or who retire
because of age.”
At the present time this state
needs three or four tunes as many
dentists as now are practicing,
and that to hold the present ratio
the state needs 43 new white den
tists and 11 colored dentists each
year.
As matters now stand, he said,
young men in this state who wish
to study dentistry are dependent
upon out-of-state schools, and
that these schools are having to
turn men away who are citizens
of their home states, Thus it is
almost impossible for a North
Carolina young man to gain entry
into an out-of-state school.
The solution to this problem,
Dr. Click said, would be the for
mation of a school of dentistry
at the University of North Caro
lina as a part of the Good Health
Program. No dental school, he told
his listeners, is fully self-support
ing, but must be supported either
by the state or by endowment, and
that the university, under the
good Health Program, would pro
vide the logical solution by pro
viding a state-supported school.
It would take one and one-half
(Continued on page eight)
Dollar Days Values
To Be Featured Here
By Elkin Merchants
LEAF CROPS
SAID GOOD
County Agent Neill M. Smith
Says Fine Yields Are
Expected This Year
SUGGESTIONS ARE GIVEN
Tobacco crops in Surry county
wore termed as excellent by Neill
M. Smith, county agent, in a
statement this week.
Corn and pasture crops also in
dicate good yields, according to
the County Agent.
“Surry county was spared the
extreme drought experienced by
other counties in this section of
the state and as a result our har
vests should be good,” Smith
added.
Corn, which stood the drought
well, has profited from recent
rains and a good crop is assured,
he said.
Rain has improved pastures and
the growth of lespedeza, Smith
pointed out. Lespedeza acreage is
at a new high in Surry county this
year, lit' said, as the result of a
campaign this spring by members
of the county agent’s staff and
other county agricultural workers.
Smith urged farmers to take
advantage of the moisture in the
ground and to seed permanent
pastures by September 1. Alfalfa,
he said, should be seeded during
the period, August 15-31. Seed
dealers throughout the county
have alfalfa seed on hand.
Farmers desiring more infor
mation have been invited to con
i tact the county agent’s office at
j Dobson. Bulletins are also avail
j able.
SURRY SCHOOLS
TO OPEN SEPT. 2
This Date Said Definite Un
less Health Department
Decides Against It
DEPENDS ON POLIO
Surry county scnoois will open
| September 2 unless health depart
ment officials advise against it,
| John W. Comer, county school
superintendent announced this
week.
Due to the current outbreak of
j infantile paralysis all such forms
i of youth activity are banned at
present but officials hope that the
epidemic will have waned suffi
ciently by that date to permit the
opening of schools.
All Surry county schools, with
the exception of the Mount Airy
and Elkin systems, are in the
! county system.
Harvest of cantaloupes is ex
pected to reach its peak in the
Scotland County area during the
first week in July.
Buses Are Ready
For School Term
In Better Condition
North Carolina’s school bus
fleet will begin the Fall term in
better condition than at any
time before the war. Controller
Paul Read of the State Board
of Education said last week.
Reid said that the State now
is able to get “pretty good de
livery” on new buses, although
the cost stands at a record
high. He said the State has
been successful in “pretty well”
removing the old, hazardous
vehicles from the highways, al
though there undobtedl.v are a
number of buses which need
replacing. “There are many
we would replace if we had the
appropriations,” Reid said.
Reid said that recent im
provements in secondary roads
also will make the school trans
portation job easier this year.
HOPE BREAK IN
POLIO IS HERE
Only One New Case Has Been
Reported In Surry County
During Past Week
$7,600 IN FUNDS GIVEN
The National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis last week sup
plied a request of the Surry coun
ty chapter by furnishing $7,600 to
! be used in the care of patients
1 and promised additional funds as
needed.
Surry county health depart
ment officials reported only one
1 case this week which pushed the
, county total for 1948 to 28 and
I expressed the hope that this was
! the long-awaited break in the epi
demic.
State health officials reported a
state-wide total of 1,139 through
Tuesday with only 16 cases re
ported that day. the lowest daily
total in nearly a month.
The lone victim reported in
Surry since July 24 is Virginia
Ann Brinkley, one-year-old
daughter of Mrs. Florence Brink
ley, Toast, who is hospitalized at
Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem.
Dr. R. B. C. Franklin, Surry
county health officer, was quoted
j as saying that if the current
downward trend continues the ban
on youth activities could be lifted
soon. No attempt will be made to
modify the ban, it was stated, un
til two weeks after the last case
is reported. Steps will then be
taken to lift restrictions gradu
ally.
Bausie Marion, treasurer of the
Surry chapter of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paraly
sis, reported that the funds re
ceived from the national organiz
ation would cover obligations
through the month of July. The
local chapter pays all expenses
for treatment and care of Surry
county polio victims. During the
seven-month period ending July
31, $12,239.73 was expended in
providing this service.
Marion estimated that an addi
tional grant of $7,000 would be
needed during the month of Aug
ust. Funds for the remainder of
the year will be supplied by the
national group. The national
foundation estimates that $2,000 is
required for each polio victim.
Health Department
Releases. Budget
A budget totalling $35,460 for
the fiscal year 1948-49 was re
leased this week for the Surry
county health department.
The expenditures will be as fol
lows: salaries, $27,190; travel, $4,
610; and operating expense $3,
660. ,
The revenue will be provided by
local funds, $24,300,' state and
federal funds, $11,160; with a
total of $35,460.
Hog prices in April and early
May were the lowest since the end
of OPA price ceilings in late 1946.
Majority Of
Stores Are
Cooperating
Today, Friday and Saturday are
Dollar Days in Elkin.
This big merchandising event,
which was held annually prior to
the war but discontinued until
now due to the scarcity of mer
chandise, is sponsored by the Elk
in Merchants Association with a
majority of Elkin merchants co
operating.
The pages of this issue of The
Tribune contain the advertise
ments of the merchants who are
offering special Dollar Days
values, and readers will find it
profitable to study these ads so
that they may be forearmed with
knowledge of where the biggest
j values are to be found when they
| visit Elkin stores.
In order to provide free parking
space for all visitors to Elkin dur
ing the big three-day event, the
large town-owned lot on South
Bridge Street, about two minutes
walk from the heart of Elkin’s
business district, has been opened
as a parking lot where visitors
may park as long as they desire.
Signs will point the way to the
free lot.
Dollar Days will provide many
outstanding values that will mean
dollars and cents savings to those
who take advantage of them, but
it is important to remember that
these bargains will be on sale
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
only. Local stores have been pre
paring for the event for months
I and many special purchases have
been provided which will mean
savings galore.
Elkin merchants extend a cor
dial welcome to everyone to visit
j them during Dollar Days.
SURRY BOARD
OKEYS BUDGET
Transacts Numerous Routine
Matters At Meeting In
Dobson Monday
JURORS ARE SELECTED
The Surry county board of
commissioners at a regular
monthly meeting Monday approv
ed without change the county
budget for the fiscal year 1948-49,
as advertised.
During the meeting, a jury list
for the September term of civil
court was drawn and two appoint
ments, one temporary, were ap
proved.
In conjunction with the meet
ing a public budget hearing was
conducted which resulted in no
protests.
Mrs. Lillian K. Johnson, who
has served as a county employee
for a number of years and more
recently with the town of Mount
Airy, was named to fill temporar
ily the position of county ac
countant during the illness of
George E. Welch.
The commissioners approved the
appointment of J. E. Eads as a
special deputy for the Dobson area
(Continued On Page Eight)
“Meanest Man”
Steals 2 Fans
At Hospital
Officials of the Hugh Chat
ham Memorial Hospital have a
candidate for “the meanest
man of the year” title.
Within the last month, two
G. E. electric fans, valued at
approximately $60 apiece have
been stolen from the hospital
library.
Louis E. Swanson, hospital
administrator, reported that
one fan was stolen last wreek
and the other approximately a
month earlier.
r Be Sure To Attend Elkin Dollar Days Thursday - Friday - Saturday!