ELKIN
The Best Little Town In
North Carolina
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ELKIN
Gateway to Roaring Gap and
the Blue Ridge
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Serves the Tri-Counties of
Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin
VOL. No. XXXVI No. 44
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1948
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20 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS
^Traffic Cases
Jam Criminal
Court Opening
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Two Receive
Prison Terms
For Entering
The disposition of traffic cases
in which the defendents entered
pleas of guilty occupieed the
greater portion of the first two
days of the criminal term of Surry
county Superior Court which con
vened Monday at Dobson. Judge
P. Donald Phillips is presiding.
The Grand Jury returned a true
bill in the case of Hilary Gwyn,
Mount Airy negro, charged with
the murder of his cousin.
Wade McCraw and Seldon Tal
ley, charged with breaking and
entering, entered a plea of guilty
and were sentenced to terms
ranging from two to three years
in Central Prison.
Robert Sprinkle, charged with
i larceny, received a four-month
» road sentence.
Charged with bastardy, Earlie
Gibbons pled guilty and was
ordered to pay $750 for the sup
port and maintenance of his child.
The charge of aiding and abet
ting a robbery against Willie
Mullis was continued until the
next term of court.
Connie Snow, charged with as
sault on a female, entered a plea
of nolo contendre. A 90-day road
sentence was suspended for 12
months.
Ray Slawter, charged with re
|P sisting arrest, and Joe Jessup,
“ charged with interfering with an
officer, both entered pleas of
guilty and were given four-month
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FIVE CHILDREN
SLIGHTLY HURT
Receive Cuts And Bruises
When Jonesville School
Bus Overturns
ON SWAN CREEK ROAD
Five school children received
treatment at Hugh Chatham Hos
pital for minor cuts and bruises
last Thursday morning following
an accident in which the Jones
ville school bus they were riding
went out of control and turned
over on its side.
Children injured were Leo
Swaim, 8, of Jonesville; Willie
Dean Pinnix, 8, of Cycle; Betty
Cheek, 16, of Jonesville; Roger
Cheek, 13, of Cycle, and Shirley
Cheek, 14, of Jonesville.
The accident occurred on the
Swan Creek highway as the bus,
en route to the school with 37
children aboard, began to “weave,”
according to the driver, Odell My
ers, 16, of Swan Creek. Myers
said he was driving at about 15
miles an hour, and that when he
applied the brakes, one of the
wheels locked, causing the heavy
machine to swerve and turn over
against a low bank. He said he
quickly cut off the ignition and
opened the emergency door so
that the youngsters could get out
at once.
Myers also stated that Yadkin
county school mechanics who ex
amined the bus following the acci
dent, stated that there apparently
was a defect in the front axle and
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spring assembly.
Passing motorists, who appear
ed on the scene immediately fol
lowing the accident, carried the
injured children to the hospital.
All were treated and dismissed.
Klondike Plans
Sale of 37 Cows
On October 11
The sixth Klondike Guernsey
sale will he held Monday, Oc
tober 11, at 12:30 p. m. at
Klondike Farm.
Salley Sales Service, Orange
burg, S. C., will be in charge of
the sale. Auctioneers will be
Col. Glen G. Lecky, Holmesville,
Ohio; Wi'liam Z. Salley,
Orangeburg^ s. C., and Arthur
E. Brantley Orangeburg, S. C.
Four bulls and 33 females
are being offered in the sale
from over all the Atlantic Sea
board.
Chest X-Ray
Drive Starts
Here Monday
All citizens of Elkin and this
area have again been reminded
by county health officials of
the free chest x-ray service to
be available at the local health
office, in the city hall, start
ing Monday, October 4 and
continuing through October 12.
Health authorities point out
that periodic chest x-rays can
be a major aid in stamping out
tuberculosis, which can be eas
ily cured if found in its early
stages. They also stated that
in having a chest x-ray made,
a person need not undress, and
that the entire procedure will
take but a few minutes time.
Cooperating in the x-ray
drive here are the Elkin Mer
chants Association, Junior
Woman’s Club, V.F.W. and
V.F.W. Auxiliary, Boy and Girl
Scouts and the Ministerial As
sociation.
RECORDS FALL
ON LEAF MARTS
Both Winston-Salem And Mt.
Airy Report Highest Av
erages In History
TOP AVERAGE IS $57.421
The Winston-Salem Tobacco
Market Monday chalked up the
highest average in its history —
$55.01 for every 100 pounds.
Sales Supervisor Joe R. Wil
liams reported 1,610,904 pounds
were sold for a total of $886,132.72.
Also the Mount Airy Tobacco
Market registered the highest av
erage in its history Monday, Mar
shall C. Fowler, supervisor of
sales, reported. He said the mar
ket sold 413,280 pounds for $237,
294.10, an average price of $57.42
per hundred pounds.
The day's average at Winston
Salem topped the previous high
of this year’s sales. The average
was $54.16 on opening day.
Previous highs were recorded
during World War II years, when
tobacco occasionally hit $51 or $52
on daily averages, Mr. Williams
said.
The Tobacco Stabilization Cor
poration took 189,946 pounds of
Monday’s offerings or a percent
age of 11.8, Mr. Williams said.
Throughout the flue-cured to
bacco markets the report of high
er prices for most grades was the
same. The U. S. and North Caro
lina Departments of Agriculture
reported prices in the Old Belt
went up $1 and $2 for most leaf
and lugs. Common red leaf, fair
orange primings and best thin
nondescript rose $6 for the best
gains of the day.
The few declines recorded, $1
and $2, wrere mostly for lugs and
smoking leaf. Cutters and smok
ing leaf were reported fairly
steady.
Alexander Named YD
District Organizer
R. Lewis Alexander, local at
torney, has been appointed organ
izer for the western district for
the Young Democratic Clubs, Bed
ford W. Black, Kannapolis, state
organizer, announced this week.
’ Black, named to his post recent
ly by State Y.D.C. President Clif
ton Blue, has assured the senior
party that the young blood in the
party will add the necessary
punch to guarantee an over
whelming victory in November.
Alexander recently completed a
year’s service as Y.D.C. chairman
for the Fifth Congressional Dis
trict.
Hyslup Meets With
Truman Safety Group
C. J. Hyslup, safety director of
the Chatham Manufacturing
Company, has been notified of his
appointment by President Truman
as a member of the Committee on
Engineering of the President’s
Conference on Industrial Safety.
This week Hyslup is attending
a meeting of the committee in
Washington, which is meeting to
plan the nationwide industrial
safety conference scheduled for
the early Spring of 1949.
HERE ARE THREE OF FIVE CARS INVOLVED IN WRECK — Automobiles seemed to have been
scattered everywhere following a five-car accident on the Boonville highway near the Rendezvous Sun
day evening about 7:00 o’clock. Pictured above are three of the cars involved. Auto pictured at top
was driven by Ejdsel Brown, of Cycle, who was accompanied by Miss Patsy Doss, of Boonville. Both
were treated at |lugh Chatham hospital. Car in center was driven by Alvin Bruce Childress, of Yad
kinville. Two passengers, Vermeil Cave and Doris Mendenhall, both of Boonville, were also given
hospital first aidi The car in bottom photo was driven by Lester Ervin Trexler, of Boonville, Route 1.
wheel and fender. Car No. 5, (not shown), was
(TRIBUNE PHOTO)
Four ‘ Injured Sunday
In Five-Car Accident
Automobiles Hold Rendezvous Near
The Rendezvous On Boonville Road
Cars from four scattered com- |
munities reached a spot on the
Boonville highway near The Ren
EARLY DRAFT
CALL EXPECTED
May He Called Under Selec
tive Service Act Before
November 1st
MAIL QUESTIONNAIRES
Indications were this week that
the first call for Surry county
men under the Selective Service
Act would come before November
1.
At Dobson, local draft officials
announced that the Surry county
board would meet Friday after
noon to consider questionnaires
which have been returned from
those in the 19-25 age group.
Questionnaires were mailed to
those men with a single, nonvet
eran status.
Mrs. A. D. Folger announced
that the draft board office would
be closed October 6 because of an
11-county regional meeting of
draft board clerks scheduled for
North Wilkesboro. Mrs. Folger
stated that at that time a state
draft official would outline pro
cedure to be followed in processing
records of registrants.
dezvous at the same time Sunday
night and joined another car
parked nearby for a five-car col
lision.
Four people were treated for
cuts and bruises at the Hugh
Chatham Memorial hospital here;
estimated damage in excess of
$1,000 was reported; and indica
tions were that three drivers
would be charged with violating
the law.
The accident occurred just east
of Jonesville at 7 p. m. Sunday,
according to Cpl. W. S. McKinney,
state highway patrol, who inves
tigated.
It is understood that Alvin
Bruce Childress, route 1, Yadkin
ville, and Edsel Brown, Cycle, both
drivers of automobiles involved,
will be charged with reckless driv
ing. Brown and Patsy Doss,
Boonville, who was riding in the
car with Brown, were treated for
cuts and bruises at the local hos
pital. Vermeil Cave and Doris
Mendenhall, occupants of Child
ress’ car, were also treated.
Lester Ervin Trexler, another
driver, is expected to face charges
of operating a vehicle without a
license.
Damage to Brown’s car was es
timated at $400. Cars driven by
Joe Bill Davis, route 2, Dobson,
Childress and Trexler were each
damaged in the extent of approxi
mately $200. Damage to the fifth
car was slight.
September is being observed as
National Youth Month.
HOME COUNCIL
GROUPTOMEET
Demonstration Members Will
Assemble On October 5
At Yadkinville
ARE TO HEAR REPORTS
Sixty-five home demonstration
council members will assemble in
the Woman’s Club Building in
Yadkinville on Tuesday, October
5, at 10:30 a.m., for their last
meeting of the year.
The following county project
leaders will give reports: Com
munity Service, Mrs. Jack Brown
of the West Yadkin Club; Home
Management, Mrs. Charles Sofley
of the Huntsville Club; Family
Life, Mrs. Bill Moxley of the Yad
kinville Club; Health, Mrs. Stant
Hinshaw of the Branon Club;
House Furnishings, Mrs. June
Hinshaw of the North Oak Ridge
Club.
These clubs, Walls, Smithtown,
Boonville and Huntsville will have
charge of the program consisting
of the devotion given by Mrs. F.
E. Hurt of the Boonville Club and
Special music. Lunch will be serv
ed at noon by these clubs.
Mrs. Foy Norman, president and
Mrs. Arlie Steelman, secretary of
the council will preside.
A very interesting afternoon
program is planned which will
consist of a demonstration on
“Selection of Small Kitchen
Equipment” given by the Exten
sion Home Management and
House Furnishings Specialist of
Raleigh. Anyone interested in
this demonstration is invited to
come.
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Commission Will Be
Named By Board To
Administer Airport
LANE TO COME
BACK 3 TIMES
Motorists To Have Chance
For Car Inspection Before
January 1 Deadline
ISSUE NEW SCHEDULE
The mechanical inspection lane
will be in operation here three
times before the January 1 dead
line, according to a schedule re
leased this week by the depart
ment of motor vehicles.
The lane is scheduled to be
operated in its Surry Ave. loca
tion October 18-21; November 16
20; and December 16-21.
During the next three months
lanes will also be in operation in
North Wilkesboro, Yadkinville and
Mount Airy. North Wilkesboro
dates are October 11-16; Novem
ber 6-12; and December 7-13. The
inspection service will be available
at Yadkinville October 9-15;
November 8-13; and December
9-14. The lane will be in oper
ation at Mount Airy October 23
30; November 23-30; and Decem
ber 23-31.
All motor vehicles of the year
models 1938, 1939, 1943, 1944 and
1945 must be inspected on or be
fore October 31 to comply with
inspection regulations. Vehicles of
the year 1940 and 1942 must be
inspected before November 30, and
1941 and 1949 models must be
inspected before December 31.
YOUTH GROUP
TO MEET HERE
Epworth Training School To
Be Conducted At Meth
odist Church
ON OCTOBER 4TH TO fiTH
Miss Nell WeblS^of Salisbury,
and Harold Hipps. a student at
Duke University will be the lead
ers of the Epworth Training
School to be conducted for the
Elkin-Yadkin Sub-District of the
Methodist Youth Fellowship, Oc
tober 4-6 at the First Methodist
Church.
Miss Webb, director of youth
work in the Western North Caro
lina Conference of the Methodist
Church, will teach a course on
"Methodist Youth Fellowship.”
Mr. Hipps is president of the
student body of Duke Divinity
School and an outstanding. re
creational leader.
To open the school a dinner will
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Democrats Will
Hold Big Rally
In Reidsville
Democrats open their 1948
campaign in the fifth district
Wednesday at a rally at Reids
ville at which Gubernatorial
nominee Kerr Scott and Thur
mond Chatham, district coi}
gressional nominee, will be the
principal speakers.
A barbecue, to be served in
the Reidsville Armory at noon,
will start the day. The speak
ing will start at 1 p. m.
Party leaders, in extending
an invitation to voters of the
district, predicted a large at
tendance. Some counties are
planning to run chartered
buses to the rally, they said.
CHATHAM FAIR
OPENS OCT. 7
Interesting, Attractive And
Worthwhile Exhibits Are
To He Feature
WILL STAGE BIG REVUE
The annual Chatham Employ
ees’ Fair will be formally opened
at 1 p.m. October 7 and will close
on the night of October 8 with
the Chatham Revue of 1948.
Officials say that indications
point to interesting, attractive
and worthwhile exhibits for this
year’s event.
A square dance contest for the
three shifts will again be one of
the fair’s features. This event is
scheduled for the night of Octob
er 7. An all-star team to be
chosen during the contest is ex
pected to compete in state com
petition. The “C” shift team has
copped top honors in this depart
ment for the past two years.
The Revue has been labeled the
“loudier and funnier” perform
ance ever produced here. Five acts
will feature the show. A woman
less wedding will climax the Re
vue, which will include acts en
titled "One Man’s Album of Fam
iliar Music,” “African Antics,”
“The Lovelorn School of Matri
mony,” and a new, novel piano
act.
The exhibit hall will be opened
at 7 a.m., October 6, for the set
ting up of displays. All displays
will be arranged on that day ex
cept cooking and flowers which
will be entered October 7.
Judging will begin at 10 a.m.,
October 7.
The 1948 oat crop is estimated
at 1.5 billion bushels.
Case Against
Town Settled
By Judgment
The town of Elkin will establish
an airport commission to admin
ister the affairs of the Municipal
Airport under the terms of a
Judgement handed down by Judge
P. Donald Phillips, presiding at
the civil term of Surry county
Superior Court.
The Board of Commissioners is
expected to consider the judge
ment at the regular monthly
meeting to be held Monday.
Action in the airport case was
initiated by Andrew Greenwood,
a citizen and taxpayer of the
Town of Elkin, in his own behalf
and on behalf of all other citizens
and taxpayers of the town who
wished to join against the Town
of Elkin, Mayor Garland Johnson,
Commissioners R. C. Freeman,
Charlie N. Myers, J. W. L. Ben
son and J. O. Bivins, and former
Commissioner Carl C. Myers, as
municipal officials and individuals.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Vestal, owners
of the airport property, and Blue
Ridge Aviation, Inc., which oper
ated the airport, were also made
parties to the complaint.
Judge Phillips’ judgement fol
lows:
This cause coming on to be
heard and being heard at the
September 1948 Term of the
Superior Court of Surry County,
before Honorable F. Don Phillips,
Judge Presiding, after the report
of the Referee had been filed and
after the Jury had been impan
eled, the parties hereto agreed
upon the terms of a settlement,
with the approval of the Court,
the Court having intimated that
on the admissions of the plead
ings he would rule that the con
tract between the Town of Elkin
and Blue Ridge Aviation, Inc.,
(Exhibit 2 of the complaint) was
invalid and void as a matter of
law,
It is, therefore, adjudged and
decreed by the Court as follows:
1. That the contract between
the Town of Elkin and Blue Ridge
Aviation. Inc., (Exhibit 2 of the
complaint) is hereby declared to
be invalid and void as a matter
of law, and that all the right,
title, interest and estate of Blue
Ridge Aviation, Inc., in and to the
premises described in said exhibit
are vested in the Town of Elkin.
2. That the lease from H. H.
Vestal and wife, Charity Vestal,
(Exhibit 1 of the complaint) is
declared to be valid and legal,
and that any rentals hereafter
accruing to H. H. Vestal and wife,
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SCHOOL OF PRACTICAL NURSING — Pictured above are the students of the school of practical
nursing, only recently inaugurated at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. Students shown, now en
gaged in the initial phase of classroom work, are, seated left to right: Betty Joe Daye, Jonesville;
Sterling Browning, Elkin; Doris Blackburn, Pleasant Hill; Mary Alexander, Pleasant Hill. Standing,
left to right: Mrs. June Moore, Dobson; Mrs. Mary Williams, Boonville; Mrs. Dorothy Gillette, Syra
cuse, N. Y.; Doris Meachum, Albemarle; Pat Young, Elkin, and Frances Stevens, Yanceyville. Mrs.
Anne Arnold Cain, registered nurse, the class instructor and co-ordinator of the school, is pictured at
(PHOTO BY REDMON)