ELKIN
The Bat Little Town 1b
• North Caroline
THE TRIBUNE
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ELKIN
Gateway to Roaring: Gap and
the Blue Ridge
THE TRIBUNE
Serves the Tri-Counties of
Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin
VOL. No. XXXVII No. 1
PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1948
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22 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS
* 200 WORKERS
LAUNCH YMCA
MEMBER DRIVE
Carolinas’ YMCA Executive
Addresses Kickoff Dinner
SPEAKS ON PATRIOTISM
McKnight Urges Non-Par
ticipants To Support
Annual Campaign
CITES HELP TO YOUTH
The annual YMCA membership
drive was officially launched here
/Tuesday night at a banquet which
approximately 200 workers at
tended.
' J. Wilson Smith, secretary of
the YMCA's of the two Carolinas,
spoke to the group on patriotism.
“If I were to choose a topic to
talk on,” he said, “it would be
‘The America I Almost Forgot.’ ”
Five things were listed under
this topic upon which Mr. Smith
expounded: Unbroken homes, the
judiciary system, America—land
of opportunity, churches and fin
ally, the love and devotion given
to our young people.
T. C. McKnight, secretary of
the Gilvin Roth YMCA, told the
group why the campaign was
sponsored.
He said that some hesitate to
give to the program because they
do not participate in the YMCA.
I “Donors should not take this
"attitude,” he declared, pointing
out that the YMCA in Elkin spon
sors, in addition to the facilities
offered in the building, more than
1.000 in club programs supported
by money given to the campaign.
In this way underprivileged chil
dren are given recreation and
health that would ordinarily not
be afforded.
The drive is headed by E. S.
Spainhour as general chairman of
the membership committee, which
Sis made up of George E. Royall,
D. G. Smith, Garland Johnson,
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SOLDIER RITES
TO BE SUNDAY
Funeral To Be Held At Fair
view Baptist Church For
Sgt. Farris L. White
WAS NATIVE OF SURRY
Funeral service for Sgt. Farris
L. White of Dobson, Route 2, who
was killed in action in Italy, Sep
tember 15, 1944, will be held at
Fairview Baptist church at 2 p.m.
Sunday.
Sgt. White was born in Surry
county on November 5, 1923, the
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. White.
He entered service October 18,
1943, received basic training at
Camp Wheeler, Ga. At the time of
his death, he was serving with
the 34th '“Red Bull’’ division of
the Fifth Army.
In addition to his parents, he
fU survived by his wife, the for
mer Miss Marie Hinson, two
daughters, Patricia Anne and
Nancy Carroll, of this city; three
sisters, Mrs. Victoria Nixon, Mrs.
Vallie White and Miss Vera White;
two brothers, Fox and Fred White,
^ "all of Dobson, Route 2, and his
grandmother, Mrs. Ella Key of
Dobson, Route 2.
Rev. J. W. Calloway, Rev.
Grover Tilley and Rev. Cecil
Hooper will have charge of the
service. Burial, with full military
honors by the William F. Jones
Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
will be in the church cemetery.
Auto Stolen Tuesday
From Elkin Resident
A 1946 Plymouth, belonging to
Jim Dobbins, was stolen Tuesday
night from his driveway on Gwyn
A.venue. A passerby reported that
Vfce saw the car being driven out
•"Of the yard about 7 or 7:30 p.m.,
but thought the owner or some
member of the family was operat
ing the vehicle.
* Police Chief Corbett Wall said
that the automobile bore the
license, 507726—NC.
2 Hurt Last Week In
Auto-Tractor Wreck
J. D. Money and Dwight Pardue
were treated last Monday at the
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital
for injuries received in an acci
dent involving an automobile and
. a.i farm tractor.
* Money, who was driving a, 1940
coach ran into the rear of a trac
tor driven by Pardue on Highway
421, near Cycle. Both vehicles were
damaged considerably.
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Stores To Close
For Holidays,
December 25-27
Elkin merchants will observe
Christmas holidays Saturday,
December 25, through Monday,
December 27, Mrs. Beauford
Stanley, secretary of the Mer
chants Association, announced
yesterday.
The decision was made at a
meeting of merchants Tuesday.
During Christmas shopping
season the stores will maintain
their regular hours of 8:30 a.
m. to 5:30 p. m.
Wednesday afternoon clos
ings will begin January 5, 1949,
and will continue through Sep
tember 14, 1949.
CARTER SPEAKS
TO CROP GROUP
Sunday, Dec. 12, Set As C. R.
0. P. Day For Churches
In Association
SHIPPING PLANS MADE
The Rev. Robert Carter of Dob
son, spoke at a meeting of the
Elkin-Jonesville Ministerial As
sociation, Monday, in connection
with the CROP program in Surry
county.
The Ministerial Association set
Sunday, December 12, as CROP
Day in the churches of Elkin and
Jonesville. On that day, food and
money will be collected as our
communities’ contribution to the
North Carolina Friendship Train.
It is understood that the Elkin
CROP committee, headed by May
or Garland Johnson, is making
arrangements for a local depot
where the food is to be gathered
and then for transporting the food
to Mount Airy, where the Surry
county box car will be waiting.
Staples that may be given in
clude all non-perishable foods,
such as whole grains, beans, nuts,
dried fruit and canned meat. Also
raw wool and cotton as well as
money.
The money will be used to buy
foodstuffs wholesale and also to
help in transporting and distribu
tion of the food from here to Eu
rope.
CROP distribution will be han
dled by the European churches.
In this country every national de
nomination has at least one rep
resentative on the CROP board of
directors.
ACA ELECTION
TO BE TODAY
Committeemen To Be Nom
inated And Elected For
Surry County
VOTING PLACES LISTED
Nomination and election of
committeemen to administer the
1949 Agricultural Conservation
Agency, acreage allotments and
quotas, price support and loan
programs, will begin today
(Thursday) at 9 a.m.
Delegates will be named to at
tend the county convention Fri
day to elect a county committee.
Only three committeemen will
be elected for each township. For
ty-two will now serve in the coun
ty.
Articles of the association per
mit owners, operators, tenants, or
share croppers to vote in town
ship elections, provided they are
participating or cooperating in
any of the programs administered
by the county committee.
Hal E. Collins, secretary of the
Surry County A. C. A. said that
the committeemen would be re
sponsible for measures to make
tobacco adjustments for 1949 and
new cropland changes for 1949.
Voting places for the county
are as follows:
Bryan, Mountain Park; Dobson,
Courthouse: Eldora, Eldora
School; Elkin, North Elkin School;
Franklin, general voting place
(near Caleb L. Matthews'); long
Hill, Needham’s Service Station;
Marsh, Little Richmond School;
Mount Airy, City Hall; Pilot, Pilot
Mountain School; Rockford, Cope
land School; Shoals, Shoals
School; Siloam, Siloam School;
Stewarts Creek, Pine Ridge; and
Westfield, Woodville.
Hi-Y Makes Tour
Of Chatham Plant
The Elkin Hi-Y Club made a
tom- of the Chatham Manufactur
ing Company Tuesday on one of
their club projects.
They were led by Paul RoyaU,
Sam Gray and Buck Hines, boys
work secretary and club leader.
FARM GROUP
MEMBERSHIP
OVER 1,700
Deadline For Minimum Quota
Finds Surry Over Top
CAMPAIGN CONTINUES
Farm Bureau Directors Meet
Monday To Make Other
Goal Plans
ATKINSON WINS PRIZE
The Surry County Farm Bureau
membership drive soared over the
1700 mark Tuesday at the dead
line was reached for the minimum
quota. Minimum quota was 1600.
The board of directors of the
Surry Farm Bureau will meet
Monday at 2 p. m., to make plans
for reaching community goals and
to select a delegate to attend the
American Farm Bureau conven
tion in Atlantic City, N. J.
At a state-wide meeting in
Raleigh last Saturday, S. H. At
kinson was named winner in the
Edward A. O’Neal contest. He was
awarded $100 on his expenses to
the national convention.
Neill M. Smith, county agent,
said this week that if Mr. Atkin
son attended the convention, he
will represent the eight counties
comprising the seventh district
of the Farm Bureau organization.
Second and third alternates
were Paul S. Newman, White
Plains, and J. H. Hunter, West
field.
The board of directors will
select a delegate to the conven
tion as a result of having reached
the minimum quota up to Novem
ber 30.
The county agent said that the
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TB CAMPAIGN
AT $1449.70
Drive Chairman Says 400 Ac
tive Cases Of Disease
Now In Surry
ELKIN GETTING SHARE
Miss Louise Bailey, chairman of
the Surry County Tuberculosis
Seal drive, reported yesterday
that $1449.70 of the $6,000 quota
for the county had been reached
up to noon Tuesday.
“We are progressing about even
ly with what should be turned in
to reach the quota, “Miss Bailey
said, “but have only four weeks
of the drive left until Christmas.”
“It may be of interest to those
who are thinking about giving to
the drive, that in Surry County
there are now 400 cases of Tuber
culosis in all stages of the disease.
In order to find these cases and
keep them from spreading into
your homes, we must have funds
with which to work.
“Many donors do not realize
that 75 per cent of funds raised
stays right in Surry County to
fight the disease on the spot.
Twenty per cent to the National
Tuberculosis Association for edu
cation and research,” she added.
Miss Bailey pointed out that
three-fourths of the counties in
North Carolina have lower death
rates from tuberculosis than does
Surry County. "Our donations may
bring us into a more healthy cat
egory,” she observed.
Statistics for the county show
that Elkin and Chatham Manu
facturing company have received
more than half of the X-rays
given free in the county. In 1948,
Elkin received 3,105; Chatham,
2343; Dobson, 810; and Pilot
Mountain, 698.
SANTA COMES TO TOWN — Santa Claus arrived in town Saturday morning on the Southern Rail
way passenger train to officially open the Christmas shopping season, and to pay his annual visit to
the children of this and neighboring communities. Top photo shows Mr. Claus surrounded by as
many children as could get near him as he mounted the Elkin fire truck to ride to the State Theatre
for a Christmas party. Lower photo, made from the train upon which Santa arrived, shows the hun
dreds who were at the depot to greet him.
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NOMINATE TWO
FOR COMMITTEE
Vote On Surry County Com
mitteeman To Be Held Mon
day Through Saturday
THORE NOW HOLDS POST
Claude W. Thore, farmer of the
Dobson township, and Claude W.
Ramey, farmer and instructer of
farmer veterans in Stewarts Creek
township, have been nominated
for the office of county commit
teeman to serve on the Tri-Creek
District soil conservation group.
Voting will be held Monday
through Saturday next week. Elec
tion will be by ballot, and all
qualified voters in the regular
popular elections will be eligible.
Elections will be by counties rath
er than by districts.
Mr. Thore will be running to
succeed himself. Mr. Ramey serv
ed for five years as conservation
aid for the Soil Conservation Ser
vice aiid was assigned to the Tri
Creek District program in Surry
County.
At the first meeting following
election, the three committeemen
will reorganize to elect a chair
man, vice chairman, and Secre
tary. The man elected as chair
man will be designated as District
Supervisor from Surry County,
and will attend District meetings
outside the county, and for this
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Hundreds Of Children
Greet Santa Saturday
Hundreds of little Elkinites
greeted Santa Claus Saturday
on his pre-season appearance in
this section.
The old gentleman arrived at
10:45 a.m., by way of train and
drew a tremendous ovation as
he stepped down from his spec
ial car into the arms of his
cheering admirers.
Saint Nick passed slowly
through the crowd, stopping to
embrace bright-eyed, eager tots,
getting a mental list of what
some of them want for Christ
mas.
On Bridge Street, near the
crossing, a fire truck stood load
ed with tousled heads, some of
them wearing firemen’s head
gear—all cheering madly.
Santa made his way to the
truck, climbed aboard, and with
a trail of little ones following,
was taken up Main Street and
to the State Theatre where he
and the kiddies sang and enjoy
ed animated cartoons. Here Mr.
Claus gave candy to his little
friends.
Admirers ranged in size from
babes in arms to 10 or 11 years
of age. Some of them had no
front teeth, but toys were the
principal items in their Christ
mas stocking wishes.
Santa made his arrival a bit
late but children waited. And
when he stepped from the train,
the little ones had to compete
with grownups for the first
glimpse of the old boy.
One little girl who rested in
her mother’s arms, expressed the
tense excitement in all of them
when Santa asked what she
wanted for Christmas. Said she
. . . “I just forgot!”
Legion To Sponsor
Dance, December 17
The American Legion will spon
sor a Christmas Dance at the
Legion Hut Friday, Dec. 17, from
9 to 12 p. m.
“Geechee” Robinson, trombone
and trumphet specialist, and his
orchestra, which has just com
pleted a Northern tour, will play
for the occasion.
Contributions Are Badly Needed
To Aid Less Fortunate Families
The joy of Christmas is not
complete without the light in the
eyes of a child on Christmas morn
nor the smile and good tidings
the memory of the Yultide brings.
In the interest of happier holi
days, the Christian Charity Com
mittee in our town is striving to
make this Christmas a joyful one
for all underprivileged children in
this area . . . and to extend a
helping hand for those families
in need, granting a warmth of
friendship from us, who are more
fortunate.
Families in our very own midst
are in need of help . . . lives of
some of them actually are depen
dent on the help of their neigh
bors.
For instance . .. one pastor re
ports that two from his church,
an elderly couple, who live alone,
are in poor health with little aid
and little money on which to sub
sist in their senile age. The hus
band is not expected to live. This
Christmas looms darkest and most
trying in their life’s comradeship.
The husband, about 65, is under
free doctor’s care, but the med
icine costs. And with a meager
income of $30 per month, it is a'
wonder that they can be clothed
and sheltered and fed.
There are no relatives or chil
dren living in this vicinity . . .
their livelihood is largely depen
dent on the charity of those who
will give help.
This case is one of the major
cases which the Christian Charity
Committee has found, and one
that will be helped with the gifts
you grant them.
The drive is now a week old.
A total of $30:50 has been turned
into the campaign headquarters
at the Tribune office.
The Wednesday Study Club, in
memory of little Eric Johnson,
who died Saturday, has donated
$5.50 to the drive. It was request
ed by Mayor and Mrs. Johnson,
parents of the child, that those
who were thinking of sending
flowers, please donate the cost
toward helping underpriviledged
children at home and abroad.
The Tribune gave $25. to start
the drive.
Contributions will be received
at the office from now until
Christmas. The committee encour
ages such gifts as money, unper
ishable foods, clothes, and toys.
LICENSE PLATE
SALEIS BEGUN
Will Be Sold At Butner-Mc
Leod Motor Company In
Elkin Vicinity
BLACK ON ORANGE TAGS
Distribution of 1949 license
plates for North Carolina began
yesterday (Wednesday) at the
Butner - McLeod Motor Company
here for vehicle owners in this
area.
Office hours will be from 9 a.
m., to 4 p.m., and Saturdays, 9
to 12 noon.
For the second straight year,
two license plates will be required
for each vehicle in North Caro
lina.
Coleman W. Roberts, Carolina
Motor Club president, said this
week that the ’49 plates will have
black letters on an orange back
ground—a reverse of 1948. Last
year North and South Carolina
had the same color scheme which
proved confusing, but this year
South Carolina has switched to
new colors — silver and black.
The new license fee law which
provides for basic price instead
of a different rate for every pas
senger car of different weight will
be in effect for the second year.
The three basic figures to be used
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Surry’s First
Draftees Leave
For Army Service
Surry County’s first draftees
in the new Army conscription,
left Dobson Monday morning
to be inducted into the Armed
service.
Vestal Haynes and William
C. Edwards, of Mount Airy,
and Willie A. Phillips, Jr., of
Elkin, began their Army life at
High Point, taking the oath for
21 months service in the new
United States Army.
They left by train Monday
night to Fort Jackson, S. C.,
where they will undergo basic
training under the armed for
ces’ new program of tempered
discipline. Four months of “sat
isfactory” service and the new
men will advance from the
rank of “recruit” to “private.”
COUNTY HEALTH
MEET SATURDAY
Teachers Select And Will Par
ticipate In Group
Conferences
TO BE HELD AT DOBSON
A county-wide meeting of Surry
teachers will be held at 9 a. m.,
Saturday at the Dobson High
School to plan a health program
for the year.
Teachers have selected and will
participate in group conferences
on the phases of “Social and
Emotional Growth,” by A. F. Gra
ham, Copeland School, chairman,
“School Environment and Teach
er Screening,” Rebecca Allen, Beu
lah School, chairman; “Nutrition,”
Virginia Coltrane, Franklin School,
chairman; “Safety,” Glen R. Brid
ges, Dobson School, chairman;
and Physical Education, James C.
Hiatt, Franklin School, chairman.
Consultants who will meet with
the various groups are: Mrs. Ann
Cain, Hugh Chatham Memorial
Hospital; Miss Bernice Harris,
Public Health Nurse, Surry Coun
ty Health Department; Mrs. Eun
ice Scott, Nuritionist of the State
Board of Health; Mrs. Laura
Lowe, Health Educator, Greens
boro City Health Department;
Bausie Marion, superintendent of
Public Welfare in Surry; Hubert
Willis, Soil Conservation Service,
Elkin; Mrs. Grace Pope Brown,
Home Demonstration Agent for
Surry; Neill M. Smith, Farm
Agent; Mazie Jones, Health Edu
cator; R. B. Blackwelder, Super
visor of Driver Education; David
Hatcher, Supervisior of Safety
Education; John W. Comer, Sup
erintendent of Surry Schools; and
Mrs. J. S. Gentry, Supervisor of
Surry County Schools.
$5,000 BLAZE
MONDAY NIGHT
Most Damage On Andrew
Greenwood Apartments Is
Caused By Water
PENNY IN FUSE BOX
The Andrew Greenwood Apart
ments of East Main Street were
damaged to the extent of about
$5,000 Monday night mostly from
water used in extinguishing a fire.
Fire Chief Ted Brown said yes
terday that the .fire was appar
ently caused by the use of a penny
in the place of a burned out fuse.
The building, owned by Andrew
Greenwood, housed business firms
on the first floor, and three resi
dential apartments on the second
floor.
The apartments were occupied
by Miss Annie Mae Haynes, Mrs.
Thelma Seagraves and Mrs. Mary
Byrd. Miss Haynes and Mrs. Sea
graves were working on the even
ing shift at Chatham Manufac
turing Company, and were not
home at the time.
Tuttle Is On Group
To Select Scholars
Rev. R. G. Tuttle, pastor of the
First Methodist Church, has been
chosen a member of the Regional
Committee which will select can
didates from North Carolina for
the six Angier B. Duke Scholar
ships to Duke University.
The West Central Region Com
mittee for men will meet February
21-26 to select five candidates in
their region for the prizes. At
Duke University the candidates
will be chosen through a process
of testing, evaluation of records
and personal interviews.
Prizes amount to $3,000 if the
student remains eligible for the
four year period or $750 per year.
YADKIN COUNTY
SAFE BURGLARS
STILL HUNTED
Unable To Locate Safe Taken
From Jonesville Firm
STILL INVESTIGATING
Three Men Arrested In Con
nection With Burglaries
In Yadkin County
RELEASED UNDER BOND
Law enforcement officers were
still searching in Yadkin County
this week for a safe taken from
the Yadkin Valley Packer’s Com
pany, Jonesville, two weeks ago,
containing $41,000 in bonds and
nearly $1,000 in cash.
Sheriff Bill Moxley said three
men, Ernest Brown, 30, of near
Boonville, Hickman Norman, 33,
Crutchfield garage operator, and
Jesse Garfield Patton, farmer liv
ing between Boonville and Jones
ville, had been arrested in connec
tion with the thefts.
Patton, described as a partner
of Ernest Brown, who had pre
viously been arrested, was booked
on two charges of breaking, en
tering, larceny and receiving.
Sheriff Moxely said the man was
charged with entering Roby Wag
oner’s Store, on Highway 67 be
tween Boonville and Elkin, Oct.
31 and taking seven tires, two
cameras, cigars, and 300 pounds
of sugar; and Mack Ashley’s Ga
rage Nov. 13 and taking a weld
ing tank and equipment.
Patton was scheduled for trial
at the last Yadkin Superior Court
term on charges of assault on a
female, non-support and reckless
driving, but did not appear. Sher
iff Moxley said the man was also
wanted in Winston - Salem on
charges of reckless driving and
damaging property. His bond has
not been set, but the sheriff said
it would proably be $8,000 to $10,
000.
Brown, a farmer liing between
Boonville and Crutchfield, faced
the same two larceny counts, and
in addition a charge of stealing
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FRIENDS HOLD
YOUTH MEETING
Harmony Grove Church Host
For Fellowship
Conference
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
A three-day session of the
Friends Youth Fellowship Con
ference was held Friday through
Sunday at Harmony Grove Friends
church to mark the third session
for the group.
The conference featured several
addresses and discussions by Yad
kin County members of the Friends
churches, as well as by visitors
from other sections, as a part of
the Yadkin Valley Quarterly Meet
ing.
New officers were elected at the
end of the session. They are Roy
Steelman, Deep Creek Church,
president; L. W. Sharpe, Winth
rop, Vice-President; Cassie Lou
Williams, East Bend, Secretary;
and Nell Warden, Pilot View,
Treasurer.
Discussion Friday evening in
cluded “Early Historic Testimony
of Friends on War and Peace,” by
Arthur Mackie, Harmony Grove;
“Present day Trends In Friends—
Testimony On War and Peace,”
Cassie Williams, East Bend; “Spir
itual Basis of Friends Peace Tes
timony,” Wilma Sloan, Hunting
Creek; “Frieends Peace Testimony
at Work,” Arthur Bryant, Deep
Creek.
The group heard an address on
“Chrisian Youth and Conscription”
by Mirian Levering, and “Organ
izing for World Peace,” by Samuel
Levering.
Dr. Edward F. Burrows, head of
the history department of Guil
ford College, gave the conference
message Sunday morning.
J. W. L. Benson
On Safety Group
J. W. L. Benson has been named
safety representative for the Chat
ham Manufacturing Company in
a county-wide organization for
safety, sponsored by the National
Safety Council.
The meeting was held at Mount
Airy.
The purpose of the council is
to promote traffic safety through
educational activities over the
radio and through the press, and
to make surveys and studies that
will aid each community in the
county in promoting accident pre
vention.