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ELKIN The Bes( Little Town In North Carolina THE TRIBUNE Is A Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations / ELKIN Gateway to Roaring Gap and the Blue Ridge THE TRIBUNE Serves the Tri-Counties of Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin S L 16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS VOL. No. XXXVII No. 7 PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1949 $2.00 PER YEAR COUNTY COURT BEGINS WITH 200 DOCKETED Criminal Session Features Divorce Cases Monday NUMBER OF MT. AIRY Few Cases of Local Interest Noted In Court Under , Judge Hoyle Sink LIST MONDAY’S CASES Approximately 200 cases are on trial at the two-week criminal term of Surry County Superior Court now in progress at Dobson with Judge Hoyle Sink of Lex ington presiding. A number of cases which have aroused wide interest in Mount Airy and vicinity arc being tried, ’■•but few are docketed from this area. Monday's cases consisted chief ly of divorce proceedings. Ten marriages were declared dissolved by the court. The cases were as follows: Flossie G. Gwyn, plaintiff, vs Henry E. Gwyn, defendant: J. C. Steelman, plaintiff, vs. Cannie A. Steelman, defendant; Fannie Gunnell Smith, plaintiff, vs. Oscar T. Smith, defendant; Stacie Holy field Mitchell, plaintiff, vs. Har riel Mitchell, defendant; Florence Marie Scott Mikles, plaintiff, vs. Mack P. Mikles, defendant; Paul Hicks, plaintiff, vs. Pauline L. Hicks, defendant; W. B. Hemric, plaintiff, vs. Etta Curry Hemric. f defendant; Jack Ring Sprinkle, plaintiff, vs. Lucille Carrie Sprin kle, defendant; Perry Watson (Continued on page eight) YADKIN SALARY RAISESASKED ^ Representative Harding In troduces Bill To Give Hike In Officials’ Pay WOULD PAY DEPUTIES Yadkin. Representative P.D.B. j Harding introduced a bill in the North Carolina State Legislature last week to give Yadkin County officials salary increases. The increases would be the first ones which Yadkin officials have received since 1939, Representa tive Harding said. They would amount to 25 per cent for each office, he explained. , The bill also would provide two paid deputies for the Yadkin County Sheriff’s Office and would Ikuithorize the Sheriff to appoint P^red Turner and Lloyd Prim, pres i ent deputies, to these salaried positions. The Clerk of Superior Court would receive $2,500 a year, plus $300 for acting as Judge of Juven ile Court. The Register of Deeds would receive $2,500 a year, plus $300 for acting as Secretary to the County Commissioners. The Sheriff would receive $2, 800 a year. The County Accountaint and Tax Supervisor would receive $2, 250, plus $300 for preparing the tax books. The Tax Collector would re ceive $2,250. The two Sheriff’s deputies would receive $150 a month. The Sheriff would have the power to appoint and remove the salaried I deputies. ELKIN CONGRESSMAN CONGRATULATED — Representative Thurmond Chatham of Elkin is con gratulated in Washington, D. C„ after being sworn in as Representative from the Fifth North Caro lina District. Expressing their good wishes are (left to right) Calvin Graves, Winston-Salem attorney and campaign manager in the Twin City for Mr. Chatham; Harold Thomerson of Winston-Salem, sec retary to the new representative; William Stokes of Rcidsville, Rockingham County campaign man ager; Mr. Chatham; Sam Dorsett of Winston-Salem; Milton Cooper, Washington attorney for Chat ham Manufacturing Company; and Dick Chatham, Mr. Chatham’s son. NEW BUILDING IS UNDER WAY Combination Community And School Lunch Room Bein« Built At Boonvilie OF WAR SURPLUS GOODS J Construction of a combination ! community and school lunch room is now underway at Boonville with several organizations in the Boon ville School district taking part, such as the Boonville Board of Trade, Veterans, Boonville Grange, Home Demonstration Clubs, Farm Bureau, Future Farmers of Amer ica, Future Homemakers of Amer ica, Missionary Societies and other individuals who are not members of any of the above organizations. The building was purchased from Camp Butner in the Spring, dismantled and moved to Boon ville during the Summer. Work of rebuilding the structure was begun in the Fall. The erection of the building has been rapid as the people of the community have been contributing their labor to a great extent. As it is a community project, everyone is urged to contribute some of their time to speed up the completion of the building and to put it in use. All persons who help with the construction by labor or cash will be given due recognition. Youth Night To Be Held Saturday Night A youth night program spon sored by the Elkin and Jonesville Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y clubs will be held at 8 p.m., Saturday in the Gilvin Roth Y.M.C.A. gymnasium. Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y clubs from Mount Airy have been invited as special guests. About 40 mem bers are expected to attend the event which will feature refresh- : ments, ping pong, shuffle board, i checker tables, indoor horse shoes and dancing. • The taximeter was invented in ■ 1895. HEADS MASONS — Loman C. Richardson was installed Tues day night as master of Elkin Lodge 454. C. O. Garland, past master, conducted the installa tion. Other officers are Fred O. Eidson, senior warden; H. C. Bowman, junior warden; R. E. Smith, secretary; A. O. Boles, treasurer; I). T. Galloway, sen ior deacon; Cortez Lowery, jun ior deacon; M. H. Royall, tyler; D. C. Dickson, chaplain; Adrian Nixon, senior steward and Her man Royall, junior steward. N.C. DONATIONS TO CROP SENT Forty-Two Carloads of Food stuffs Leave State For Shipment Overseas MOKE COLLECTIONS DUE Forty two carloads of corn, wheat, canned milk, canned meats and other foods left North Caro lina farms and towns the week before Christmas for shipment to needy areas overseas, it was an nounced yesterday by Wayne Mc Lain, state director of the Christ ian Rural Overseas Program. Though the market value of this Christmas gift amounted to more (Continued On Page Four) AT MARKET OPENING — Farmers and livestock dealers and breeders came by the hundreds to the opening of the new Elkin Livestock Market which took place last Thursday. Here part of the crowd can be seen as articles of all sorts are auctioned just before the livestock sale which is held each week inside the market barn. • < tribune photo h CONSERVATION MEETING TODAY Forsyth County Chairman, Others To Meet With Croup In Charlotte CONGRESSMAN TO SPEAK M. A. Hester of Forsyth county chairman of the Tri-Creek soil conservation district and two other supervisors of the local district will be in Charlotte tonight (Thursday) and Friday for the sixth annual meeting of the North Carolina Association of Soil Con servation District Supervisors. Chairman Hester will report on Tri-Creek district progress in 1948 and list accomplishments expected in 1949. Going with Mr. Hester to Charlotte are Claude W. Ram sey of the Beulah School com munity, representing Surry Coun ty, and Frank Hobson, Boonville, representing Yadkin County. Speakers include Representative Harold D. Cooley, congressman from the Fourth District and chairman of the House committee on Agriculture; Dr. J. H. Hilton, dean of the school of agriculture at North Carolina State College and director of the North Caro lina Experiment Station; W. K. Beichler, state forester; Dr. T. S. Buie, Southeastern regional con servator for the Soil Conservation Service, of Spartanburg, S. C.; and Kent Leavitt president of the National Association of Soil Con servation Districts, of Millbrook, N. Y. Congressman Cooley’s address tonight at the Selwin Hotel, Char lotte, will be open to the public. Studies made by district super visors last year on each district's land and water resources will be summarized at the meeting. SMITH URGES MORE CATTLE County Agent Says Standard Of Living In Surry Would Be Made Better IN ADDRESS TO LIONS Increased production in dairy farming was urrjed Monday night by Neill M. Smith, Surry County farm agent, in a talk to the Elkin Lions Club. “We have enough feed produc tion in this county every year tc amply supply the needs of 20.00C dairy cattle,” he said. 'Seven thousand dairy cows are in production in Surry now, Mr. Smith said. He emphasized that there was room for many more. He cited the disappointing re sults, of bepf cattle in this section and said that tobacco, which is 80 per cent of the farming done in Surry County, should not be the sole source of income for farmers. “I am not discouraging the raising of tobacco,” Smith said, “but I am saying that dairying could be made possible in addition to the tobacco grown. It could enrich the soil, make the people of the county healthier and pro vide a better standard of living through increased income for the farmer,” he declared. “According to the 1947 Farm (Continued On Page Four) CUB SCOUTS ELKIN AREA ARE FORMED Joe Gwvn Bivins Will Serve As Cubmaster First Meeting of Entire Pack To Be Held Here Thurs day, January 20 CUBS, MOTHERS LISTED A Cub Scout pack, comprising of boys from 9 to 12 years old, has been organized here with Joe Gwyn Bivins as Cubmaster. The first meeting of the pack will be Thursday, Jan. 20, to which fathers of cubs have been espec ially invited. In cases where the father in unable to come, the mothers have been asked to be present. Den Dads, Garland Johnson, W. R. Poplin, Fred Edison and Mar vin Holcomb, make up the pack committee. Linville Hendren will head the committee. A bird-house building contest will be held commencing today through Boy Scout Week which ends February 12, Paul Price, Scout leader, has announced. Cub Scouts of the Elkin Yadkin Dis trict are eligible. First, second and third prizes will be given on structures judged on adaptability, how easily clean ed, originality and craftmanship. The four dens of the pack are: Den 1 — Mrs. Ralph Triplett, den mother: Paul Gwyn, Jr., Troop 48, den chief; cubs. Ralph Trip lett, Billy Davis, Tommy Harris, Henry Hensel, Jr., Charles John son, Kedron Norman, Sonny El more and Joe Price. Den 2 — Mrs. N. H. Carpenter, den mother: Fred Eidson, Jr., Troop 48, den chief; Cubs, Buddy Farrell, Mike Carpenter, Billy Eid son, Clinton Hatch, Bob Noe, Bill Poplin, Richard Royall and Jimmy Shore. Den 3 — Mrs. W. R. Hartness, den mother; Charles Fletcher, Troop 46, den chief; Cubs, Bobby Hartness, Lawrence Laxton, Gale Eidson and Ross Fox. Den 4 — Mrs. B. R. Holbrook, den mother; Davis Reece, Jr., Troop 25, den chief; Cubs, Donald Byrd, Jimmy Gray, Kent Hol comb, Wally Holcomb, Eddie Hol brook and Donald Myers. Dens will meet once each week with den mothers at their homes. The entire Cub pack will meet once a month with the Cub moth er at the Presbyterian Church. The organization of- the pack was made following a course taught by James Crowe on Cub bing to mothers of prospective members. Those interested in the for mation of new Cub packs have been asked to contact Paul Price. KIWANIS HEADS ARE INSTALLED Ladies Night Meeting Held At Which District Gov ernor Makes Talk CLUB MEETS TONIGHT New officers who will serve the Elkin Kiwanis club during the en suing year were formally induct ed into office last Thursday even ing at a ladies’ night meeting held at the Gilvin Roth Y.M.C.A. District Governor Spurgeon Boyce, of Durham, installed the new officials following a brief but interesting talk. C. L. Leary, the new president, was installed in ab sentia, being unable to be present due to a death in his family Other officers installed were Rev Howard Ford, vice-president, anc Julius Hall, secretary-treasurer New directors who were also in ducted into office were Charles W Armstrong, Jr., Harry Hensel, Rev Ralph Ritchie and Hubert M. Wil lis, who were elected to serve foi two years. Other Kiwanis direc tors are T. C. McKnight, R. W Harris, C. J. Hyslup, and E. S Spainhour. Retiring President Linville Hen dren presided over the meeting which featured, in addition to the installation ceremonies, violin selections by Mrs. Livingston Wil liams, accompanied at the pianc by Mrs. J. Henry Beeson. During the program a number of attendance prizes were awarded to the ladies, and at the conclusion of the meeting Chatham Blankets were presented to the speaker and Mrs. Boyce in behalf of the club by Kiwanian Hoke Henderson. The Kiwanis meeting this even ing (Thursday), will concern “Ki wanis Education,’’ which will be discussed by Kiwanian Ralph Ritchie. The Adirondack range of moun tains; in New York state, cover an area of 12,000 square miles. March Of Dimes Drive Begins In Surry With Goal Set At $11,700.00 CHATHAM SAYS PLAN SENSIBLE New Fifth District Congress man Agrees With Truman’s Proposal On Labor LIKES ‘PEACE’ STRESS Thurmond Chatham, E 1 k i n’s favorite son and congressional representative of the Fifth Dis trict, last week described as “quite sensible’’ President Truman’s pro posal for retaining some of the better features of the Taft-Hart ley Act in the labor relations leg islation that the 81st Congress is expected to pass. Mr. Chatham referred specif ically to the President’s State of the Union message to a joint ses sion of Congress last week, when Mr. Truman suggested that it re peal the Taft-Hartley Act and re enact the Wagner Act, plus some modifications of Taft-Hartley Act provisions covering jurisdictional strikes, certain types of secondary boycotts and special executive powers for the President to use in the event work stoppages threaten to stall the national economy. The Taft-Hartley Act ought to be modified, Mr. Chatham observ ed, but, said he, it does have some good features. He voiced particular pleasure at the President's emphasis on world peace. “We have a lot of knotty prob lems to solve.” Mr. Chatham said, “but all of them are relatively minor in comparison with the question of maintaining world peace.” The new congressman termed Mr. Truman’s presented program as, on the whole, “evolutionary.” SMITH NAMED BANK DIRECTOR Lewellyn Reports Rank Had Reasonably Successful Year During 1948 AT ANNUAL MEETING R. G. Smith, Elkin manufac turer, was elected a director of the Bank of Elkin at an annual stockholders’ meeting here last Tuesday. Officers and other di rectors were reelected. R. C. Lewellyn, president of the board, reported that the bank had had a reasonably successful year during 1948. Other officers are Garland Johnson, executive vice-president, B. F. Folger, Jr., vice-president and cashier; and Miss Ophelia Paul, assistant cashier. Directors are B. F. Folger, Jr., R. C. Freeman, Garland Johnson, R. C. Lewellyn, E. W. McDaniel, W. A. Neaves, and J. R. Poindex ter, chairman. C. M. Boggs Named Head Of Ministers (PHOTO BY REOMONl TIIE REV. C. M. BOGGS The Elkin-Jonesville Ministera Association elected the Rev. C Marvin Boggs president for thi coming year at a meeting of th< organization held Monday at thi Jonesville First Baptist Church. Mr. Boggs succeeds the Rev Ralph V. C. Ritchie, pastor of thi Elkin Presbyterian Church. The Rev. J. L. Powers, pastor o the East Elkin Baptist Church was named vice-president, and thi Rev. J. D. Wyatt, pastor of thi Mount Pleasant Baptist Church State Road, was chosen treasurer The Rev. R. J. Hogan, of thi First Bantist Church of Jonesville and the Rev. R. G. Tuttle, of thi First Methodist Church of Elkin were appointed to the Bible com mittee. CHILD FOUND AFTER SEARCH Eva Vestal, Yadkin Count: Child, Wanders Two Miles From Home FORM SEARCHING PART^ Eva Vestal, two and one-hal year-old daughter of Mr. a n < Mrs. Hugh Vestal, whose home i in Yadkin county about fiv miles south of Jonesville, wander ed away from home last Saturda; morning, causing an alarm am search of the farm and woodei area of her home until late in th afternoon when she was returnei by a neighbor of nearly two milej distance who found the little gir muddy, scratched by briars am (Continued On Page Four) Comer Terms J 949 Appeal “Most Crucial” The 1949 March of Dimes cam paign will open Friday with the most intensive fund-raising drive in Surry County in 11 years. John W. Comer, chairman of the Surry committee, announced yesterday that the county's quota had been set at $11,700 and that the fund-raising appeal for this chapter of the National Founda John W. Coiner, chairman of the Surry County March of Dimes drive, will speak over Radio Station WPAQ, Mount Airy, at 4:30 p.m. Sunday in connection with organization in the county. Also on the pro gram will be Mark Summer, field representative of the Na tional Foundation, and J. F. Yokley, of Mount Airy. tion for Infantile Paralysis “is the most crucial” in the organ ization's history. The campaign 1 will end January 31. ; Charles Neaves and Charles Ut ley have been named co-chairmen of the drive in the Elkin area. Sam Neaves will head the cam paign at Chatham Manufacturing (Continued On Page Four) MART OPENING HELD THURSDAY - Hundreds of Farmers And - Livestock Dealers, Breed ers Attend Sale Here TO BE HELD WEEKLY Opening was held Thursday of the Elkin Livestock Market to which hundreds of farmers and livestock dealers and breeders from this section attended. T The market, owned by Yadkin Valley Packers and operated by Bub Price and Paul J. Brown, will be open each Thursday throughout .the year. Last week’s first sale prices brought 33 and Vz cents per pound f for top veals; 25 and Vz cents for j good steers; 12 to 15 cents for „ canners and cutter cows; $21 per * hundred for top hogs; and $15 to ' $18 for heavy hogs and sows. * f Dr. C. E. Nicks is veterinarian j for the market and Harve Ireland j is auctioneer. ; Preliminary sales outside are 1 featured before livestock sales be ’ gin on the inside at which items , of any description may be barter i ed and sold. The market is located off Bridge street on the Yadkin River. REUNION — Little Eva Vestal, 2V£-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Vestal, of Yadkin Coun ty, whose home is located about five miles south of Jonesville, is pictured safe in her mother’s arms after having been lost from morning until late Saturday afternoon, when she wandered away from home. The child was found muddy, and frightened, crying near the home of Mrs. Will Hutchens, right. Mrs. Hutchens, who lives nearly two miles away, didn’t know who the child was, but news of a search by Sheriff Moxley, several highway patrolmen, members of the Elkin Emergency squad and neighbors, soon reached her ears, and the happy reunion followed shortly thereafter. (tribunk photo)
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