ELKIN
The Best Little Town In
. North Carolina
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ELKIN
Gateway to Roaring' Gap
the Blue Ridge
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VOL. No. XXXVII No. 4
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1948
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24 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS
I SURRY CROP
[ BOXCAR LOAD
SENTTOPORT
Boxcar Dedicated In Mount
Airy Station Sunday
CAR LEAVES TUESDAY
Surry, Yadkin, Wilkes Coun
ties Together Turn In 14
Tons of Food
^ ON THE WAY OVERSEAS
Surry County’s gift to the
Christmas Rural Overseas Pro
gram was a mediocre success as
|[ the boxcar of foodstuffs was dedi
cated Sunday at Mount Airy.
From Surry, Yadkin and Wilkes
counties, it was reported that 14
tons of food material had been
loaded. Donald A. Halsey, assist
ant county agent for Surry, listed
the loading as follows: Wheat,
6.000 pounds; corn, 13,000 pounds;
and mixed canned goods, 9,000
pounds.
The response was not too great,
but Neill M. Smith, Surry County
farm agent and chairman of
CROP in the county, said that the
rally on the weekend saved the
project from failure. Prior to last
Thursday, no appreciable amount
had been given.
The car left Tuesday night,
from Mount Airy and will join
■MlPtfte first of the other cars of the
North Carolina Friendship Train
at Greensboro today (Thursday).
Then from Durham, Raleigh,
Goldsboro, Wilson, and Rocky
Mount others will be joined for
the procession which will mount
to about 30 cars before the ship
ping destination, Norfolk, is reach
ed.
Cash donations, however, can
still be turned in to Mrs. Frances
G. Scott, at the Surry Loan and
^ Trust Company in Dobson. Since
* North Carolina is financing the
entire transportation to its over
seas destination, Mr. Smith said,
it will require more donations to
bear the expense. About $175.21
had been received in the county
through Tuesday.
Sunday’s dedication was in
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JAYCEE AWARD
WILL BE GIVEN
Royall SI rcsses Recipient
Need Not He Jaycee;
Asks For Nominations
SECRET GROUP DECIDES
The Junior Chamber of Com
merce’s annual Distinguished Ser
vice Award will be given in the
latter part of January.
Edwin Royall, contact commit
teeman for the Jaycees, said yes
terday that nominations were be
ing solicited from everyone to be
considered by a secret committee,
^ not members of the Jaycees.
1 “The award is not intended as
recognition of contributions to
the Junior Chamber of Commerce,
its activities, or for business suc
cess, but it is designed for the
young man, between 21 and 35
years of age, of good personal
S' character and ability, who has
F done outstanding service to the
community.” Royall declared.
He stressed that membership in
the Jaycees is not a prerequisite
for the winning of the award.
All nominations should be ad
dressed to Mr. Royall for consid
eration of the committee.
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Charity Drive Soaring
Past $400 In Stretch
More Needy Families Located As
Elkinites Give With Yule Spirit
A Tribune newsboy came into
the office Saturday to settle his
weekly bill with the bookkeeper.
After paying his account, the
boy dug into his pockets and drew
out several crumpled dollar bills.
“Here’s four dollars from my
sister and me,’’ he chirped, . .
for the charity drive.” He turned
and left as cheerfully as he had
entered.
Those in the office watched
Greensboro Pilot Hurt
In Crackup Near Here
V. B. Thomas, 44, of Greensboro,
suffered two compound fractures
of the legs and other injuries in
ced landing of a converted
trainer near Burch Saturday
a
Thomas was on his way
Chicago to Greensboro,
whe/e he is an electrical engineer
at the Greensboro Airport. His
radio is reported to have failed in
the vicinity of Pulaski, Va., where
he had lost his bearings.
He crashed in a dry river basin
near the farm of A. C. Gentry
who helped to take the victim
from the wreckage. An am
bulance was secured and mem
bers of the Elkin-Jonesville Civil
Air Patrol helped to carry the pilot
by litter across a quarter-mile
' stretch to the furtherest point
which it was possible to drive a
i vehicle.
fc Major R. E. Church, command
3 er Of the Civil Air Patrol here,
said that apparently fuel pump
failure caused the trouble which
forced Mr. Thomas to seek land
ing.
The pilot was said to have
spotted the sign, “Chatham.
Blankets,” atop the Chatham
Manufacturing Company, and
first sought to find the Rendez
vous Airpark, which he knew to
be near Jonesville.
Major Church said that the
low-flying plane approached the
Rendezvous field shortly after
dark with lights blinking, a signal
of distress. CAP members were
brought to the field and an im
provised system of lights was set
up with automobile headlights and
flashlights, but the pilot failing
to recognize the position of the
airport a few minutes sooner, de
parted in the direction of Win
ston-Salem.
Mr. Thomas was reported to be
recovering satisfactorily at the
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospi
tal.
quietly as the boy made his way
down the street.
The bookkeeper recorded the
gift among all those given. Her
eyes lingered upon the drying
figures. Somehow the last entry
looked large — larger still than
those of $10, $15 and $25.
. . . And in proportion they were
larger. The boy and his sister had
given, in comparison with other
gifts, what might nearly equal
the story of the boy of whom we
read in grade school . . . who
gave all he had—an apple—to a
charity collection. To those by
whom the collection plate passed,
the apple seemed of more value
than the gold piece, equally as
large, which the king had given.
The newsboy’s money will help
to aid such families as this: A
family including six children of
the ages of two to 18.
The father of the family is
dying of cancer.
Hospital physicians have sent
him home for the remainder of
his life. But there is little income
on which to live — for the father,
the mother and the six children.
Income is gained through only
the meager earnings of the oldest
son. Much of this goes toward
paying bits of the $400 hospital
bill which mounted during the
father’s treatment for cancer.
The only help gotten is from
those in the surrounding commun
ity and help of such organizations
as the Christian Charity Com
mittee.
The newsboy’s money, his sis
ter's and others who give like him
will aid greatly in the recovery
of this family to live normal lives.
And more gifts of clothing, food
and money came into the Charity
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Surry Seal Drive
Nets $3,845.59;
In Home Stretch
Miss Louise Bailey, chairman
of the Surry County Tubercu
losis Association’s annual
Christmas Seal drive, said yes
terday that $3,845.59 on the
$6,000 goal had been collected
up to Tuesday noon.
She said that the drive was
about $421 short of last year’s
total at this time, but expected
a final spurt to come during
this week.
Drive-In Theatre
Bought By Billings
Gordon Billings announced this
week the outright purchase of
the Jonesville - Elkin Drive - In
Theatre.
The company was formerly own
ed and operated by Mr. Billings,
James J. Randleman and Earl C.
James. The purchase from Mr.
Randleman and Mr. James was
made effective December 20.
An improved sound set-up will
be installed and contract has been
made for some of the best pictures
available, Mr. Billings said.
Chatham Will Pay The
Largest Bonus In Its
History For Christmas
KIWANIS SALE
NETS $500.66
Girl Scouts and Chatham
Ramblers Provide Music
For Annual Event
$15.00 FOR AUCTION LOG
The annual Christmas auction
of the Elkin Kiwanis Club, held
last Thursday evening at the Gil
vin Roth YMCA, netted more than
$300 to top last year’s auction
when $487.00 was raised. The
money will be used to help fin
ance the Elkin high school band.
Linville Hendren, president of
the club, bid in the acution block
for $15.00, after being faced with
the prospects of selling the ances
tral family estate or pushing the
log in a wheelbarrow to California.
It turned out that President Hen
dren was being kidded.
It has always been a custom of
the club to sell the auction block
to the highest bidder, when all
other items, which are contributed
to the sale by club members, have
been sold, and tradition calls for
the president to either bid in the j
log or push it to the home of the j
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EAST BEND BOY
FATALLY HURT
Willie Glenn Horn, 20, Dies
In Winston-Salem Hos
pital After Wreck
RITES HELD TUESDAY
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Funeral service for Willie Glenn
Horn, 20, of East Bend was held
Tuesday afternoon at East Bend
Baptist Church, with Rev. T. S.
Draughn, Rev. C. H. Hutchens and
Rev. E. W. McMurray in charge.
Full military honors were given
by the East Bend American Legion
Post, and interment was in East
Bend Memorial Park Cemetery.
The youth died Sunday in a
Winston-Salem hospital from in
juries received Saturday evening
when -his automobile went out of
control and crashed over a 20
f o o t embankment. The accident
occurred on highway 67 between
Boonville and East Bend.
He was released from the U. S.
Navy two months ago, and lived
with his aunt, Mrs. Jesse Horn.
He was born May 7, 1927, son of
Frank Horn and the late Myrtle
Pendry Horn. He spent three years
in the navy, most of which time
he served overseas.
Survivors, in addition to his
father, include a sister, Nell Horn,
of Washington, D. C., and grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Pen
dry of East Bend.
PRESIDENT—E. S. Spamhour,
above, of Spainhour’s Depart
ment Store, was elected presi
dent of the Elkin Merchants
Association at a meeting held at
the City Hall last week. Mr.
Spainhour will serve during
1949, suceeding George W. Isen
liour in that capacity.
NEEDY GIVEN
HELP BY VFW
Burcham Announces Post To
Give ,'55 Baskets of Food,
Clothes, Toys
EEKIN MERCHANTS GIVE
The Elkin post of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars this week com
pleted their campaign to aid the
needy of Elkin.
Commander Russell Burcham
said last night that 35 baskets of
canned goods and other staples,
clothing and toys would be dis
tributed by the group on Christ
mas Eve.
Donations were secured through
soliciting from Elkin merchants.
A list of names of the needy
and articles that would be re
quired for them were prepared
by the members of the ■ post.
Articles were assembled at the
home of the commander where
arrangements for distributions
were made.
The VFW last year helped ap
proximately the same amount of
families.
A list was compared by Com
mander Burcham with George
Farah, head of the Community
Christian Charity Committee so
that duplications of gifts would
not be made.
“At first we thought that it
would not be necessary for an
all-out campaign this year, but a
thorough investigation proved
that families are probably in more
need than the year before," Bur
cham said.
NARROW ESCAPE FOR PILOT — The wreckage of this converted BT 13, army trainer, was strewn over a large area of a dry river
basin near Burch, Surry County, Saturday night, when V. B. Thomas, 44, Greensboro, made a forced landing which injured him seriously.
Looking on with a Tribune reporter is Bobby Gentry, 13, son of A. C. Gentry, near whose farm the plane crashed. (tribune rhoto>
Elkin Furn. Co.
Pays Bonus
Here Tuesday
Elkin prepares for its merriest
Christmas amid the hustle and
bustle of pre-Christmas shopping.
Festivities, already under way,
make a familiar turn this morn
ing (Thursday), when Chatham
Manufacturing Company enter
tains its approximately 2,500 em
ployees at an annual Christmas
party at the YMCA.
After what was termed a “satis
factory year, with the plant oper
ating at full capacity,” Chatham
—under its traditional plan of
sharing profits with employees—
will pay the largest Christmas
bonus in its history, Albert L. But
ler, president, said yesterday.
Chatham closed a t midnight
• Wednesday) and will remain so
until midnight, December 29.
Elkin Furniture Company clos
ed Tuesday for the holidays and
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Stores Here To
Stay Open Until
8:00 This P. M.
Following a meeting: of the
Elkin Merchants Association
held Wednesday morning:, it
was announced that local stores
will remain open this evening:
(Thursday), until 8:00 p. m.,
in order that customers whose
hours of employment m i g h t
make it hard to do their Christ
mas shopping: during the usual
hours from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30
p.m., might avail themselves of
the extra time. Stores will close
Friday (Christmas Eve), as
usual at 5:30 p.m.
will open January 3. Meanwhile,
company employees are enjoying
the annual Christmas bonus which
the firm gave upon closing.
Most Elkin merchants will close
Saturday and Monday while ga
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YADKIN COUNTY
DONATION GOOD
Report Given On Friendship
Train Collection of Food
In County
ABOUT $200 CASH GIVEN
Collection of food in Yadkin
County for the “Friendship Train”
was considered as successful as
the campaign ended last week,
Harvey Gentry, county chairman,
said yesterday.
Mr. Gentry said that the fol
lowing totals were collected in the
drive: four tons of corn, one and
one-half tons of wheat, 500
pounds of mixed canned fruits,
vegetables and nuts, and $187.00
in cash.
The food was loaded into a box
car Monday and made a part of
the train at Salisbury, for trans
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Tribune Will
Close 3 Days
For Christmas
Although a majority of Elk
in’s business establishments will
be closed two days—Saturday
and Monday—in observance of
Christmas, The Tribune will
take an extra day—Friday—In
order that employees may have
a well-earned rest. The Tri
bune will close this eveninl:
(Thursday), and will not open
until next Tuesday morning.
Due to the fact that a news
paper finds it possible to ob
serve few holidays during the
year, it is felt the Christmas
vacation is in order.
Next week’s paper will be
published on its usual date.
Advertisers planning copy for
this issue are urged to release
their ads as early as possible
Tuesday moraine.