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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. 10
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1949
$2.00 PER YEAR
22 PAGES—/THREE SECTIONS
Dime March
In Elkin Is
Over *4,400.00
Better Than
$1 Per Man
At Chatham
Wei
Elkin inarched over its doubled
quota in the Infantile Paralysis
fight—and dimes are still being
counted.
Charles Neaves, co-chairman of
e campaign here, reported yes
terday that should all the sources
counted in last year’s drive be
also counted for the one just past
Elkin would have surpassed doubl
ing the 1948 quota by several hun
dred dollars.
A total of $4,400 was collected
from Elkin and Chatham Manu
facturing Company. Of this
amount, $3,200 will go to the Surry
County drive.
A break-down of Chatham em
ployee donations show that better
than one dollar per man was given
to the drive. Of the $2417.48 given,
$1121.28 will go to Surry County;
$664.20 to Wilkes; $596. to Yad
kin; $30. to Forsyth; $3. to Davie;
$2.50 to Iredell; and 50 cents to
Alleghany.
T* SatfT*Neaves was chairman for
the drive at Chatham.
“This is very good,” Mr. Neaves
said, “considering that $1,200 is
being turned over to drives at
Yadkin and Wilkes counties who
have representatives in the Chat
ham employ.”
From the town of Elkin, approx
imately $2,000 had been turned in
up to yesterday, exclusive of pro
ceeds from Elkin High School.
Mr. Neaves pointed out that last
Mear Elkin raised $1,800 for the
^K'ive. Included in this amount
was all that was raised in Chat
ham. This year more than half
Chatham’s proceeds went to the
counties where workers resided. If
this were to be included in the
quota as was done last year Elkin
would have more than doubled the
1948 total and would have gone
over its quota this year by several
hundred dollars.
Hej'6>v last week an auction was
held, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Cub
Scouts and Brownie Scouts partic
ipated as well as the Woman’s
Club and other civic organiza
tions.
In a jingle contest for children,
designed to aid the March of
Dimes, Julia Ann Leary, daughter
of Mr. and Mrys. Clifton Leary,
was named winner. She completed
«J last line of the jingle, “A
ler that people can’t see is on
the rampage in our land of the
free . . . your dimes will help
keep it away, so start them march
ing today, she was awarded a
table radio which was ,donated
to the drive fry employees of the
local theatres.
During the drive, Co-chairman
Charles Utley reported the theft
of one of the March of Dimes
boxes, thus adding to the candi
dates for the “meanest thief in
the world.”
Wagoner Rites
Held Tuesday
Funeral service for Mrs. Martha
Jane Cook Wagoner, 73, of Jones
ville, was held at 11 a.m. Tuesday
at Swan Creek Baptist Church.
a/ The Reverends D. L. Temple and
Clifford Vestal officiated and bur
ial was in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Wagoner died late Satur
day at a Winston-Salem hospital
after an illness of one month.
She was born in Wilkes County,
the daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Franklin Cook. She was a
member of Arlington Baptist
Church. Her husband, Soloman
Wagoner, died in 1947.
She is iurvived by eight daugh
ters, Mrs. Mamie Tally of Yad
kinville, Mrs. Lillie Barker of
MjJjeaksville, Mrs. Nellie Groce of
^ Cycle, Mrs. Elizabeth Willey of
Ronda, Route 2, Mrs. Maiy Haynes,
Mrs. Sally Haynes, Mrs. Minnie
Moody and Mrs. Mrs. Omie Shel
don, all of Jonesville; four sons,
Harrison and Garfield Wagoner
of High Point, and Bill and Everett
Wagoner of Jonesville; a brother,
Garfield Cook of Sidney, 111: 41
grandchildren and nine great
grandchildren.
The mountain districts of Vir
pi^ and West Virginia yield some
anberries.
Vicinity Joins
South, West
In Snow Weather
Snow pelted down Sunday
over the counties of Surry,
Yadkin and Wilkes along: with
many other parts of the South
to join the Mid-West in weath
er that has been severest there
in recent history.
Small flurries began in, Elkin
Sunday afternoon and by night
fall a white coating: lay over
the area. As the blanket deep
ened, occasional sleet showers
added to the snow layers and
by morning: Elkinites driving
to work did well to use chains
on their tires.
Schools were closed Monday
over Yadkin and Surry coun
ties and folks generally stayed
home.
Slush and dirty snow was
piled along the streets of down
town Elkin and began disap
pearing only with the increase
in temperature Tuesday.
Both Monday and Tuesday
were characterized with fair
skies and little wind.
PRISON SURVEY
IS CONDUCTED
Out of 91 Prisoners Paroled,
Five Never Went To
School; 58 Below 7th
ONLY ONE TO COLLEGE
•Out of a total of 91 prisoners
paroled from the state’s prison in
July and September, 1948, five had
never been to school and 58 had
not gone, beyond the seventh
grade, according to data compiled
in a special study made during
those two months by former Com
missioner of Paroles Hathaway
Cross and his staff.
The remaining 28 parolees had
received some high school edu
cation, but only eight had gone
as far as the 11th grade and only
one had gone to college.
Parolees are generally repre
sentative of the prison population
as a whole and these figures can
therefore be considered as an in
dication of the background of
other prisoners.
A breakdown of the parole com
missioner’s records reveals that
the 91 parolees received schooling
as follows: no schooling, five
(three Negro, two white); first
grade, two (Negro); second grade,
six (two Negro, four white); fifth
grade, nine (five white, four
Negro4; sixth grade, twelve (six
white, six Negro); seventh grade,
20 (12 white, seven Negro, one
Indian); eighth grade, nine (six
white, one Indian, two Negro);
ninth grade, seven (six white, one
Negro); tenth grade, four (three
white, one Negro); eleventh grade,
seven (six white, one Negro); Col
lege, second year, one (white).
Twelve of these parolees were
20 years old or under. Thirty
nine were in the 21-30 age brack
et; 23 were between 31 and 40;
ten were 41 to 50; five were 51
to 60; two were' 61 to 70.
Thirty.four of the parolees had
no dependents. The remaining 57
had a total of 162 dependents, in
cluding 52 partially dependent
and 110 solely dependent.
Initial employment to which the
parolees were sent on release in
cluded 19 to agriculture (14 as
farm laborers, four as sharecrop
pers, one as farm owner), twelve
to industry and 55 to miscellan
eous jobs. Five who were sick did
not go to jobs.
J. O. Bivins Hurt
At Basketball Game
J. O. Bivins, town commissioner
and co-owner of the Basketeria, re
ceived a painful back injury Sat
urday night at the Jonesville
Elkin high school basketball game
when a player fell into the sec
tion where he was sitting.
Mrs. Bivins said yesterday that
her husband is resting at the
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hos
pital. His injury at first was not
believed to be of any consequence.
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PORTABLE POSTOFFICE — The rolling postoffice, a sorting and dispatching unit which is sched
uled to begin operations in this area Saturday, is shown here on a trial run Monday. In the top
photo, Postmaster J. F. Moseley, left, looks over the interior of the postoffice on wheels as J. B. Mc
Gee, Greensboro, district superintendent of railway mail service, explains the operation. Bottom
photo shows the exterior of the bus in the Elkin postoffice yard. (photo by redmon)
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WORE SCHOOL
BUSES ASKED
Jill To Appropriate $2,100,
000 For 000 Buses Intro
duced In The House
IVERLOADING IS CITED
Raleigh, Jan. 31,—A bill to ap
iropriate $2,100,000 for state pur
hase of 600 additional school
iuses during the next two years
/as introduced in the house to
light.
The bill, offered by Representa
ive Ronald Hocutt and others,
muld set aside $1,400,000 for bus
urchases in 1949-50 and $700,000
or 1950-51 The measure was re
orred to the Appropriations Com
littee.
Representative Hocutt said this
mount would provide about 400
lore buses the first year and 200
lore the second. They would be
i addition to buses already in
peration.
The school bus bill would give
id to counties which “have been,
nd still are, financially unable to
aise by reasonable taxation suf
icient funds to purchase the nec
ssary additional school buses.”
At present, counties buy buses
rginally and the state replaces
liem as they wear out.
The bill said that because of an
lsufficient number of buses, many
re “unsafely overloaded.” Also.it
dded, many have to be put on
ivo or more routes and many
:hool children must leave home
t an unreasonable hour and re
am home after dark.”
“The safety, health, social and
ducational life of many pupils
re adversely affected by such
xtended hours and uncomfortable
onditions,” the sponsors wrote.
ligh School Band
Entertains Club
The Elkin Kiwanis Club was i
ntertained last Thursday evening i
y the Elkin high school band, i
hich under the direction of Band
istructor Mason Emde, played (
number of selections, which ,
erg greatly enjoyed. ,
Although only recently organ- ;
led, the local band has shown i
ist progress, and many of the ;
dwanians were agreebly surprised
t the excellence of their perfor- ,
lance.
N. H. Carpenter, superintendent !
f Elkin Schools, was in charge 1
f the program, and presented the i
and.
RE-ELECTED—Dr. V. W. Tay- |
lor will again head the directors
and stockholders of the Cedar
brook Country club. A meeting
last week determined an election
of officers. Enthusiastic recep
tion was given to the progress
of the club.
CEDARBROOK
HEADSNAMED
Dr. Vernon W. Taylor Re
Elected President At Meet
ing of Stockholders
CLUB PROGRESS GOOD !
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Dr. V. W. Taylor was re-elected
iresident of Cedarbrook Country i
”lub at a meeting of stockholders <
ast week. j
Henry Dillon was named vice- t
Dresident and Bill Stevenson was ]
;hosen secretary-treasurer.
Directors named were Rich At- j
cinson, Bob Lankford, Delos Un- j
ierwood, Dr. S. A. Bell, John
Bagar and Abe Harris. Hardin
jraham and H. W. Thompson, ]
iirectors of last year, were held ;
)ver. ‘
James Amburn reported yester- e
lay that there “was an enthusias- i
ic reception of the work and pro- 1
tress going on at the club.” He
ilso pointed out that a good stock ]
)f fish in the lake makes it pos- j
■ible to open for fishing season.
During the business session, the f
)hysical year was changed from c
fanuary to June 30. The annual
itockholders meeting will be held
he third Thursday in July in- t
itead of the fourth Thursday in s
lanuary. j
HIGHWAY MAIL
TO START HERE
Route From Greensboro To
Boone Includes Yadkin,
Surry and Wilkes
ro BEGIN ON SATURDAY
Effective Saturday, regular
Highway Post Office service will
ae inaugurated between Greens
Doro and Boone on which Elkin
will be serviced.
Also included in the stops will
ae Boonville, Yadkinville, Ronda,
Soaring Rivfcr and North Wilkes
aoro.
The first trip will make the
Sfadkinville stop at 5:49 a.m., at
3oonville, 6:06 a.m., at Elkin, 6:37
a.m., at Ronda, 6:54 a.m., at Roar
ng River, 7.11 a.m. and at North
iVilkesboro 7:34 a.m.
Evening runs will make stops in
tforth Wilkesboro at 5:31 p.m.,
Soaring River, 5.21 p.m., Ronda,
3:35 p.m., Elkin, 6:03 p.m., Boon
/ille, 6:27 p.m., and Yadkinville
5:45 p.m.
The morning trip leaves the
Ureensboro terminal at 3:30 a.m.,
md arrives at Boone at 10:45 a.m.
rhe afternoon and evening run
will leave Boone at 1:45 p.m., ar
•iving at Greensboro at 9 p.m.
The inaugural run, for the pur
pose of handling first trip covers
ind permitting the public to view
he vehicles will be made between
Greensboro and Boone on Feb
uary 4.
Exchange will be made daily ex
:ept Sunday at all offices. Ex
ihange will be made at Yadkinville
ind Boonville in the post office
obby. Mails for Jonesville will
>e dispatched at Elkin by mail
nan.
Man Hurt When Auto
^oes Out of Control
Ernest Bates, 30, of Elkin, Route
. was seriously injured Sunday
ifternoon when his car went out
if control, struck a tree aricl turn
d over near his home. He suf
ered a severe spine injury and a
acerated arm.
Bates was thrown from the car.
le is a patient at Hugh Chatham
Memorial Hospital.
Garnie Pruitt, owner of the
utomobile and a passenger es
aped with minor bruises.
According to the U. S. Census
ureau there were 27,550,000 per
ons living on farms in tire U. S.
anuary 1, 1947.
Dollar Days Values
To Be Featured Here
By Elkin Merchants
TO OBSERVE
SCOUT WEE
Program For Entire Week To
Be. Exercised By Scouts of
Elkin-Yadkin District
TO PARADE ON FRIDAY
The nation’s 2,200,000 members
of the Boy Scouts of America will
mark the 39th anniversary of the
organization during Boy Scout
Week which opens Sunday, Feb.
6, and closes Feb. 12.
The anniversary will be observ
ed in every city and town and
most villages and hamlets
throughout the nation and its ter
ritories. Its theme this year is
“Adventure — That’s Scouting;”
and the activities during the cele
bration will be related to the
theme.
Scouts of the Elkin-Yadkin Dis
trict of the Old Hickory Council
will observe the week with the
following program:
Sunday — Scout Troops are
urged to wear full uniform in at
tending Sunday School and
Church. Monday — Scouts are
urged to take part in their school
program by participating in Chap
el Exercise or Class Program.
Tuesday—Scouts should help with
something around the house and
in the home. Wednesday—Scouts
should make a special effort to
see how many good turns can be
done in one day. Thursday—Each
Troop is urged to plan some good
turn for the Sponsoring Institu
tion. Friday — All Troops are in
vited to Elkin for a wiener roast,
Fun Rally and a picture show.
Sunday — There will be a special
Scout service held at the Jones
ville Methodist Church at 2:30 p.m.
All Scouts have been asked to be
present in a troop body.
A parade of Cubs, Brownies,
Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts will
be held Friday, Feb. 11. They will
convene at the Gilvin Roth Y.M.
C.A. at 1:30 p.m. The High School
band and the American Legion,
who will furnish a color guard, will
march. From the Y, the Scouts
will march to the City Hall and
here will climb aboard the fire
truck for a ride downtown.
Honorary town officials, taken
from the scouts awarded highest
honors, will be named at a lunch
eon given by the Bon-Ton res
turant. Scouts from Troop 91,
Ronda; Troop 85, Mountain Park:
Troop 54, Pleasant Hill; and Troop
46 and 48, Elkin, will participate.
Other troops in the Elkin-Yadkin
District will attend similar events
in Jonesville and Boonville.
Davis Reece is chairman of the
camping and activities committee,
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Jonesville High
Elects Superlatives
The sophomore and freshman
classes of Jonesville High School
have been electing superlatives of
their respective classes as a means
to raise funds to purchase a set of
silverware for the Home Econom
ics department of the school.
A fee of five cents was charged
to nominate a person for a super
lative and votes were one eent
each.
The sophomore class raised a
total of $19.38 and the freshman
class contributed $22.50 to the
Home Economics fund.
Superlatives of the sophomore
class were Norma Jean Minick,
biggest flirt; Donna Jean Long
worth, most popular; Doris Vestal,
cutest; Jerry Blevins, neatest;
Fern Underwood, prettiest; Rachel
Rushing, friendliest; Donna Jean
Longworth, best personality; An
nie Lee Haynes, best dressed;
Rachel Rushing, wittiest; Sara Lee
Ferguson, most athletic, and Ruth
Cheek, best all around.
Freshman superlatives were Ed
na Blackburn, prettiest girl; Car
olyn Bryant, cutest; Greta Woot
en, best all around; Gwen Dickson,
best personality; Gwen Dickson
most popular; Vena Osborne,
friendliest; Betty Jean Roberson,
most studious; Blanch Armstrong,
neatest; Irene Minick, best dress
ed; Virginia Myers, most talented;
Doris Long, most athletic; Justine
Rushing, wittiest and Blendon
Martin, biggest flirt.
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TO SPEAK HERE — John A.
Park, Sr., editor and publisher
of the Raleigh Times will speak
to the Elkin Kiwanis Club
Thursday night at the Gilvin
Roth Y.M.C.A. Mr. Park, who
made a tour of Germany recent
ly, will tell of the program
which he inaugurated in the
United States for Books-For
Germany which is designed to
help those people to learn more
of the American way of life.
QWANIS CLUB
TO HEAR PARK
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Jeed For Books In Germany
To Be Emphasized By
Raleigh Publisher
IEGAN BOOK MOVEMENT
The need in Germany for more
formation concerning the United
tates and especially for books
nd magazines printed in the
nited States and telling about
re “American Way of Life” will
; outlined before the Elkin Kiwa
is club Thursday night, at 6:30
t the Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A. by
ohn A. Park, Sr., editor and
ublisher of The Raleigh Times,
[r. Park was in Germany this
ast summer with a group of
merican newspaper publishers
id editors and was impressed
ith the almost complete lack of
aoks and other teaching aids in
le German schools, where an
'fort is being made to teach
nglish as well as German.
“I decided then and there that
; soon as I got home I would
i everything I could to send more
merican books and magazines to
ermany,” Mr. Park said. “Not
lly are the hundreds of thous
ids of German children eager
id hungry for more information
lout the United States and for
ore books and magazines to read
id pictures to look at, but the
der people as well want and
3ed more of this material.
“So that is why I have helped
•ganize this campaign in North
arolina to collect and send more
>oks to Germany. It is also the
ason the State Superintendent
Public Instruction, Dr. Clyde A.
rwin, has become so interested
this cause and is urging the
hools, school children and school
■rsonnel in all sections of North
arolina to cooperate in it.”
Organizations have either al
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[ospital Again
On Approved List
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hos
tal was again placed on the list
approved hospitals of the Amer
an College of Surgeons for the
ar 1948.
The list of approved hospital in
e United States and Canada
is officially released at the an
1 meeting of the Board of Reg
ts of the American College of i
irgeons, which was held in :
icember. The listing indicates '
spitals of 25 beds and over ’
lich have complied satisfactorily 1
th the fundamental require- <
ants that assure the best care ]
the sick and injured. i
The American College of Sur- *
ons, representing some 15,800
iding surgeons in the United
ates, Canada and other coun- (
es, carries on extensive work <
sh year in improving hospital c
’vice. a
Majority Of
Stores Are
Cooperating
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
will be Dollar Days in Elkin.
This big merchandising event,
now held semi-annually, is spon
sored by the Elkin Merchants As
sociation, with a majority of Elk
in merchants cooperating.
The pages of this issue of The
Tribune, which went to press one
day earlier than customary so that
it might be widely circulated prior
to the beginning of Dollar Days,
contain the advertising of the
merchants who are offering spe
cial values, and readers will find
it profitable to study these ads so
that they may be forearmed with
knowledge of where the biggest
and best values may be found.
Elkin merchants have been
planning for Dollar Days for many
weeks, and have obtained many
special purchases which are being
passed on to their customers at
real dollars and cents savings.
Buyeri representing local stores in
the large northern markets have
aided in this search for bigger and
better values, and the customers
of local stores will reap this value
harvest by visiting local stores on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
After those days, the Dollar Day
Bargains will noc be on sale.
Everyone interested in real
money-saving values is urged to
visit Elkin during the big three
day event, where they will find a
.copdial welcome and courteous at
tention.
Superlatives Named
At Boonville High
Superlatives of the senior class
of Boonville High School were
elected recently.
They are: Most popular, Mar
tha Taylor 'and Grady Lakey:
cutest, John Shore and Farene
Ray; most intelligent, Walter
Stinson and Lucille Stanley: best
all-round, Roselyn Bryant Smith
and Kent Brendle; most likely
to succeed, Bill Thore and Laura
Hobson: most athletic, Bobby
Stinson and Fay Taylor; most
valuable, Allen Woodruff and Con
nie Holcomb; biggest flirt. Fairy
Matthews and Bobby Stinson;
friedliest, Betty Moxley and Hay
den Moxley.
Best looking, Walter Stinson
and Betty Moxley; neatest, Allen
Woodruff and Rarebe Ray; loud
est, Benny Webb and Arlene Ben
ton; wittiest, Betty Norman and
John Shore; most conceited, Grady
Lakey and Fay Taylor; cutest,
Hayden Moxley and Lucille Cas
stevens; most dependable, Marie
Swaim and Walter Stinson; most
musicial, Kathleen Swaim and
Grady Lakey.
Surry Loan and Trust
Re - Elects Directors
The Surry County Loan and
Trust Company, Dobson, re-elect
ed incumbent members of the
board of directors at a meeting
last week of stockholders.
They are Marshall C. Fowler,
chairman; W. A. York, J: Herman
-oe, J. D. Lewis, E. W. Holt, John
Sabotta, R. M. Smith, R. C.
Llewellyn, W. L. Glancy and R.
Posey Jones.
Snow Forces Plane
Down At Rendezvous
A Piper Cub with three flyers
vas forced down at the Rendez
vous Airpark late Sunday by lack
)f fuel and the snow and dark
less. The trio were en route from
31oomfield, Pa., to Huntsville, Ala.
rhey ran into snow a short dis
.ance from Elkin about 5 p.m.
Dnly 30 minutes gas supply was
eft when they landed here. The
nen were Dale C. Johnson, Roy
r. Peterson and William H. Cuff.
New chemicals have been devel
iped which help check heating
>f grain in storage bins. The
hemical is sprayed on the grain
s it is stored.
tie oure lo Attend hi kin Dollar Days Thursday—Friday—Saturday