ELKIN
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VOL. No. XXXVII No. 8
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1949
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16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
AWARD FORMALLY PRESENTED — C. J. Hyslup, safety director for Chatham Manufacturing Com
pany, stands by as the National Safety Council’s Distinguished Service to Safety award is present
ed for the third consecutive year to Chatham. H. E. Williams, center, Spray, president of the tex
tile section of the National Safety Council, presents the plaque to Hugh Chatham, right, vice-president
of Chatham, who accepts the award in behalf of the company. (tribune photo)
Distinguished Safety
Award Formally Given
* Chatham Manufacturing Company
Sets Record For Safety In South
One hundred Chatham employ
ees and guests attended a banquet
at the Gilvin Roth Y.M.C.A. Tues
day night for formal presenta
tion of the- National Safety Coun
cil’s Distinguished Service to Safe
_ty Award.
* H. E. Williams, of Spray, direc
tor of safety for the Fieldcrest
Mills and president of the textile
section of the National Safety
Council presented the award. A
flag to Chatham employee? and
a plaque to officials was present
ed.
James Myers received the Safe
ty flag, a Green Cross for safety
emblem, on behalf of Chatham's
i employees. Hugh Chatham accept
ed the plaque on behalf of offic
ials and the Chatham Manufac
turing Company.
Dr. George D. Heaton, pastor of
the Myers Park Baptist Church,
Charlotte, made the feature ad
dress. He was presented by C. J.
Hyslup, director of safety at Chat
ham.
In connection with the planting
fctoif safety into the minds of em
ployees, Dr. Heaton said. “Give
a man the reason for a task, why
and what is to be done, and he
will take upon himself an in
escapable duty to see that the
task is carried out.”
The speaker said that Chat
ham’s award w a s undoubtedly
made possible three years con
secutively because officials and
heads of departments had seen
that this lesson was taught.
Y “It is not because of loyalty to
the company,. but to a response
Martin, Comrade
To Serve 12 Years
Two men paroled from prison
sentences in North Carolina on
murder convictions began serving
12 years in Virginia this week
, for robbery and possessing burg
lary tools,
Summerfield Martin, 48. of
Winston-Salem, and Joseph Staf
ford, 38, of Sparta, pleaded guilty
Monday to charges of robbing the
safe of an automobile company
at Halifax. Police in North Caro
lina and Virginia sought them
following the robbery1 last Dec.
9. They were captured in South
Boston, just over the North Caro
lina line, three days later.
Half a dozen other robbery
charges also face them in Vir
* ginia.
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Water Tank
Operations
Begin Soon
The r e c e n 11 y-completed
water tank in West Elkin will
go into operation this week
end, Dixie Graham, town clerk,
said yesterday.
Water was pumped into the
reservoir last night (Wednes
day), Mr. Graham said, and a
few minor completions must be
made before water will be op
ened into the lines. The pump
was installed this week.
to duty that this excelling task
has been realized,” he declared.
Safety director Hyslup told the
group that Chatham’s record dur
ing 1948 was the best in the his
tory of the company. There were
only six lost-time accidents in
the plant during a 12-month per
iod last year.
It was also pointed out that
Chatham is the only textile plant
in the South and the second in
the country to win the award
three consecutive times.
Eighteen departments went
through the year without one lost
time accident. The heads of each
such department was awarded a
certificate. Four departments re
ceived certificates for not having a
lost-time accident in five years.
Guests included Forrest Shu
ford, Commissioner of Labor of
North Carolina; L. F. Sorrell,
Deputy Commissioner of Labor, H.
S. Baucom, Director of Safety,
North Carolina Industrial Com
mission; W. B. Underwood, Safety
Engineer, Hartford Accident and
Indemnity Company; C. O. Thur
mon, Claims Adjuster, Hartford
Accident and Indemnity Com
pany; Frank Watson, Assistant
Safety Engineer, Hartford Acci
dent and Indemnity Company;
and O. F. Griffith, Senior Safety
Inspector, North Carolina Indus
trial Commission.
Jonesville Woman
Injured In Wreck
Mrs. Winnie Lee Davis Harris,
18, of Jonesville was treated Sat
urday night at the Hugh Chat
ham Memorial Hospital for in
juries suffered in an automobile
accident in which the car in which
she was riding overturned several
times on Swan Creek Road, Yad
kin County.
Mrs. Harris received a fractured
wrist and multiple bruises and
lacerations.
The driver, Joseph Henry Ad
ams, 22, also of Jonesville, was
dismissed from the hospital after
first aid, and was charged with
reckless driving. The car was
demolished.
Report of Findings
Made By Grand Jury
Surry County’s Grand Jury re
ported last week that 64 indict
ments had been heard since its
panelling and 61 true bills had
been returned. Six indictments
were ’-eturned for the lack of wit
nesses.
Recommendations for minor re
pairs to the county jail were made.
The Jury found the county home
“being run in a capable manner
and in fine shape.”
In the office of the clerk of
court, it was found that guardian
reports were made as required by
law and that bonds were handled
in proper manner.
Minor repairs for the courthouse
were recommended.
Other offices were found to be
»n excellent condition.
The 1948 Tar Heel soybean crop
totaled about 3,500,000 bushels 2
per cent more than in 1947.
MOST COURT
CASES HEARD
Elkin Figures Only Slightly
In Full Criminal Court
Calendar At Dobson
SEVERAL OF MT. AIRY
Most of Surry County’s 200
criminal cases scheduled to be
tried at the current term of Super
ior Court had been disposed of
this week.
Elkin and vicinity figured only
very slightly in the court while
Mount Airy had several major
cases on docket.
Llewellyn Jack Wilkins, who was
charged here recently with break
ing and entering and larceny of
Brendle’s Warehouse, was sentenc
ed on two counts to a sum of not
less than six and not more than
15 years compound sentences, to
be served in the State Prison at
Raleigh.
Featured Mount Airy cases in
cluded Lizzie G w y n Edwards,
Mary Bangor and Martha Ed
wards, all of whom were sentenced
from two to three years for lar
ceny. The trio were found guilty
by the jury of stealing $1,000 from
Robert Johnson, 72-year-old farm
er of Mount Airy, Route 1.
Leroy Martin, of -'/fount Airy,
was sentenced to 18 months for
assaulting the wife of an Army
captain, Mrs. Elsie Hutchinson,
several months ago.
Martin was also given 18 months
on a charge of damage to proper
ty. This sentence, however, is to
run concurrent with the first sen
tence.
Clyde Alderman, of Mount Airy,
was sentenced to two years on
the road for abandonment and
non support.
Tommie W. Boyd, William
(Bub) Beverly and James Easter,
all of Mount Airy, charged with
breeaking and entering, and lar
ceny of an automobile, and other
offenses were given not less than
eight and not more than 12
months to the Boys Division of
the State Prison. For larceny they
were given three to four years at
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JAYCEES NAME
TAYLOR YOUNG
MAN OF YEAR
Award Given At Jr. Chamber
Meeting M^'.day Night
PRESENTED BY FARRELL
Speaker Tells Group Award
Should Give Incentive For
Community Service
RECEIVES KEY, PLAQUE
Dr. Vernon W. Taylor was
named “Young Man of the Year”
Monday night in the Junior
Chamber of Commerce presenta
tion of the annual award for El
kin.
Claude Farrell, former member,
past-president of Jaycees and
award holder, made the presenta
tion.
Mr. Farrell, in making the pres
entation, said that the award serv
ed a useful purpose in giving in
centive to other young men to
promote the community in civic
interests.
“We should always strive to
choose the man for the award who
has shown an active interest in
public health, educational, govern
mental and religious betterment,”
Mr. Farrell declared.
Dr. Taylor is currently president
of the Junior Chamber of Com
merce.
The award, which does not nec
essarily require membership, con
sists of a key and plaque which is
given to the man in Elkin between
the ages of 21 and 35 whom a
secret committee chosen by the
Jaycees decide as deserving on
the basis of service to the com
munity, character and leadership.
ELKIN WOMAN
BADLY BURNED
Mrs. W. M. Wall’s Condition
Said Slightly Improved
Wednesday
IS IN HOSPITAL HERE
The condition of Mrs. W. M.
Wall, of this city, who suffered
serious burns at her home on
North Bridge Street early Monday
morning, was reported by hospital
officials Wednesday afternoon to
be slightly improved.
Although complete details are
unavailable, it is believed Mrs.
Wall accidently overturned some
type of inflammable liquid upon
her clothing, which ignited, caus
ing serious burns to the neck and
face.
Edward Wall, her son, said fol
lowing the accident that both he
and his father were in their rooms
at the time, and were aroused by
his mother’s screams. Mr. Wall
smothered out the flames with a
blanket, suffering painful burns
to his hands, and rushed her to
Hugh Chatham hospital by am
bulance, where she is undergoing
treatment.
Clothing Leader’s
School To Be Held
A clothing leaders’ school will
be conducted Tuesday, Feb. 2, at
the Woman’s Club in Dobson for
women of Surry County.
Miss Julia McKiver, of Raleigh,
extension Specialist in clothes for
Home Demonstration will lecture
and demonstrate tailored finishes
at a meeting beginning at 1:30
p. m.
YOUNG MAN OF THE YEAR — Dr. Vernon W. Taylor, president of
the Elkin Junior Chamber of Commerce, is congratulated by Claude
Farrell, left, as the award for Elkin's “Young Man of the Year” was
made. Mr. Farrell, an award holder and past-president of the Jay
cees, made the presentation.
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Solicitors Must
Get Permission
Of Associations
Anyone Soliciting for church
es in Elkin or Joncsville must
secure permission from the
president of the Ministeral As
sociation, the Rev. C. M. Boggs,
head of the group, said yes
terday.
“It has been called to the
attention of members of the
association that solicitations
are being made on the streets
of Elkin without such permis
sion,” Mr. Boggs said. “We want
to urge citizens to cooperate in
reporting violations and ask
that solicitors help by securing
such permit.”
Both the Ministerial Assoc
iation and the Merchants As
sociation require that solicitors
obtain permit. And credentials
from both should be asked if
persons are doubtful as to the
validity of solicitations, mem
bers of the group said.
Merchants’ certificates may
be obtained from the associa
tion office in the City Hall for
solicitations ojher than for
churches.
Register of Deeds
Deputy Requested
A bill to create a deputy reg
ister of deeds in Surry County was
introduced in the General Assem
bly at Raleigh Tuesday.
Representative George K. Snow,
Mount Airy, introduced the meas
ure. It would provide for appoint
ment of the deputy and a salary
of $900 a year.
Mr. Snow said that he realized
the salary was very small but it
would permit the Register of
Deeds to obtain some assistance
in the office, where the work has
increased substantially in recent
years.
Copeland Masons
Name Burrus Head
Robert S. Burrus has been in
stalled as worshipful master of
Copeland Masonic Lodge.
Other officers are Arthur P.
Graham, senior warden; Wilson
Nesbit, junior warden; F. E.Layne,
treasurer; T. C. Alberty, secre
tary; J. Aubrey Moore, senior
deacon; and Ralph White, junior
deacon.
All-Out March Of Dimes Campaign
SPEARHEAD POLIO DRIVE — Gathering last week to formulate pl^ns for Elkin’s March of Dimes
weie the men pictured left to right, here. Co-chairman Charles Utley is seated. Looking on are
Charles Neaves, co-chairman, Fred Norman, N. H. Carpenter, Bill Cox, Sam Neaves and Jimmy
Childress. (trirune photo)
NEW HEALTH
CLINIC OPENS
Another Monthly Clinic For
Mothers and Babies Ex
pands Health Service
AT THE COUNTY OFFICE
The Surry County Health De
partment is expanding its mater
nal and child health program by
providing another monthly clinic
for mothers and babies. This
clinic will be held on the fourth
Tuesday of each month from 9 a.
m. until 3:30 p. m. at the Mount
Airy office of the Health Depart
ment. The first clinic wil^ be
open on January 25.
The clinic will serve mothers
and babies who are unable to get
good medical supervision other
wise. Emphasis will be placed on
directing new mothers in the care
of the infant and on supervising
babies in the first year of life.
The clinic is made possible
through the cooperation of the
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
and the Sjtate Board of Health. Dr.
Donald Whitener of the obstetrics
department at Bowman Gray Hos
pital is the physician in charge.
Miss Bernice Harris and Mrs.
Maybelle Smith, public health
nurses, will assist.
The clinic for expectant moth
ers will be held as usual on the
second Tuesday of the month from
9 a. m. until 3:30 p. m. at the Mt.
Airy Health Office. Last year 91
mothers received medical super
vision in the monthly prenatal
clinics. The public health nurses
in 1948 made 115 home visits to
mothers and babies.
Legion Plans Dance
For March of Dimes
A square dance will be held be
ginning at 8:30 Saturday night at
the American Legion Hut as a
Legion project to help the March
of Dimes.
For Saturday night only, ladies
also will be charged. Admission
will be $1 per person.
Roy Hall and his Jot ’Em Down
Ramblers are offering their ser
vices free as a contribution to the
polio drive.
Bill Stevenson, Legionnaire,
said yesterday, “We hope a lot of
people can turn out for the af
fair. It is the Legion’s part in the
drive and we want very much to
make it a success. We want peo
ple to come out to dance so others
can walk.”
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Under Way
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Fair Success
Reported Thus
Far In Drive ’
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Elkin’s fight against polio got
under way this week in an all
out campaign for the March of
Dimes.
During the week, Co-chairman j
Charles Utley reported that the (
drive was being concentrated on
business firms and in schools of ]
the Elkin district, both with fair ]
success. ]
A radio show, originating from £
the Elkin studio of Radio Station \
WKBC will feature musical re
quests contributions from 1 to e
2:30 p. m. Sunday. c
Members of the Junior Cham- £
ber of Commerce will act as pa
trols to pick up contributions from i
residences calling the station for f
request numbers. I
A theatre party will be held at s
10 o’clock Saturday morning for
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Another Vote
Required For
Yadkin Bonds
Auto Inspection
Lane Operating
Here This Week
Mechanical inspection
of North Carolina automobiles
will continue through Saturday
at the inspection lane operat
ing on Surry Avenue.
The next inspection will take
place February 16-21.
Semi-annual inspection per
iods will be observed starting
this year. The motor vehicle
manual advises that any motor
vehicle required to be inspected
during a semi-annual inspec
tion period shall not be inspect
ed earlier than five months nor
later than seven months fol
lowing the next or preceding
semi-annual inspection.
The requirement that at least
five months must elapse be
tween inspections shall apply
to those motor vehicles inspect
ed during the last six months
of 1948.
All motor vehicles inspected
on or before June 30, 1948,
must be submitted for the first
semi-annual inspection of 1949
on or before March 31, the
manual states.
SCOUTS HELP
IN CAMPAIGN
Parade To Form Saturday,
Followed By Solicitations
On Elkin Streets
FOR MARCH OF DIMES
Boy Scout troops of Elkin, Pleas
int Hill and Mountain Park were
isked yesterday to participate in
die March of Dimes program Sat
jrday by helping in street solic
itations.
A parade will be formed at 11:30
Saturday morning after which the
Scouts will make a canvass of the
streets for March of Dimes con
tributions. The parade will be
made down Main street, up Bridge,
Market and back to Main by way
if Church street. Scouts will meet
at 10 a.m. at the Reeves theatre
where they will be treated to a
free movie.
Paul Price, Scout leader, said
yesterday that all Scouts of this
area were urged to participate in
the program which he termed
‘very important.” Scouts must be
in uniform, including Cubs, he
said.
Of interest in Scouting in this
area this week was the re-chart
ering of Mountain Park’s Troop
85. Harold Lewis, Scoutmaster,
said that a meeting would be held
Monday night at 6:30 at the
Mountain Park School.
The J. C. Penney Company last
week announced an advancement
award plan for Scouts of Elkin,
rhe award, a certificate redeem
able for $1 in Scout trade at the
ocal store, will be given each
veek on the basis of highest ad
vancement awards. Passing of sec
>nd class tests nets four points;
’irst class, five and one-half; and
?ach merit badge gains one point.
Mr. Frice also announced that
in Elkin-Yadkin District meeting
will be held at the Gilvin Roth
if.M.C.A. at 7 p. m., Tuesday,
leads of the operating commit
•ees will meet, he said, and Scout
nasters of the district have been
irged to be present in order to
nepare for Scout Week, which
vill be held February 6-12.
rhree Surry Men
Off For Induction
Three Surry County men will
eave for induction at High Point
oday (Thursday).
Kyle Lewis Belton, Mount Airy;
Dallas Buford Harvey, White
’lains; and Joseph Brady Inman,
Joute 2. Pilot Mountain; were
elected out of the seven men sent
or physical checkup January 10.
The Surry County draft board
ent 17 men for pre-induction De
ember 29, and three were accept
d.
All pre-inductions over the Un
bed States have been cancelled
or the remainder of the month,
Irs. A. D. Folger, board secretary
aid this week.
There will be no calls for induc
ion during the months of Febru
ry and March,, she said.
Recent Poll
Ruled Void
New York bond attorneys in
formed Yadkin County represen
tative’s this week that the bond
vote on a new hospital recently
approved' at the polls must be
placed before the voters again.
Before another election is held,
the bond attorneys said, it will be
necessary to change the county
finance act, the county hospital
act, and the municipal facilities
act.
Yadkin Representative F. D. B.
Harding, former county attorney,
said Tuesday that he would intro
duce legislation in the General
Assembly immediately to make the
necessary changes.
In the new election, the question
will be decided by a majority of
the voters registered, Mr. Harding
said. The registration books will
be open for two weeks.
Yadkin’s trouble began when it
held a bond election last Fall on
a county hospital issue of $80,000.
By raising $60,000 locally, Yadkin
could obtain about $300,000 in
State and Federal hospital funds.
The $80,000 figure was used to
make sure that enough money
could be obtained to cover any
contingency.
In the meantime, North Caro
lina voters on November 2 endors
ed a constitutional amendment al
lowing a simple majority vote to
carry such bond questions instead
of the old vote against the regis
tration. The change apparently
went into effect while "iga'dkin’s
election was in progress.
Attorney
VFW CONTINUES
MEMBER DRIVE
Extra Effort Put Forth On
50th Anniversary Of
Veterans Organization
DRIVE ENDING JAN. 31
Continuing efforts for increas
ed membership during the 50th
Anniversary of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, the William J.
Jones Post 7794 is setting its sights
on sighing 75 per cent of its
1948 membership by January 31,
1949, Commander Russell Burc
ham said yesterday.
The Golden Jubilee membership
drive committee is composed of
Carl Hinson, chairman, and 12
members, Burcham said.
Burcham said that the post’s
reason for the intensive drive is
to qualify for renewal the stream
er which will be attached to the
organizations colors and awarded
by the national organization if
the goal is reached. Further in
centive has been adddd, the com
mander said; for the post to equal
or exceed its 1948 membership by
February 15, with the presentation
of an autographed photograph of
Commander - in - Chief Lyall T.
Beggs to be placed in the post
meeting room.
The drive will be continued to
meet the 1949 post quota as set
up by the Department of North
Carolina, in order to qualify for
the 50th Anniversary commemor
ative plaque.
P.-T. A. To Hold~~
Panel Discussion
After a short business session
Tuesday evening, January 25, at
7:30 o'clock the Elkin Elementary
Parent-Teachers Association will
have a most interesting and in
formative program in the form of
a panel discussion.
The discussion will be of the
findings of the state School Com
mission’s Report to inform the
public of the existing conditions
in the North Carolina schools.
Meetings of this nature have been
held in many places throughout
the state and have been well at
tended. The public is cordially in
vited to attend.
N. H. Carpenter, superintendent
of Elkin City Schools, \vill act as
moderator and those taking part
in the discussion will be Mrs.
Charles F. Dixon, Claude Farrell.,
Atty. E. C. James and Atty. Lewis
Alexander.
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