ELKIN
The Best Little Town In
North Carolina
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VOL. No. XXXVII No. 17
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1949
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GRAHAM NMD
TO FILL POST
jIN WASHINGTON
Vacancy Left By Death of J.
Melville Broughton
ANNOUNCED TUESDAY
Governor Kerr Scott Makes
Appointment After Long
Hold-Out
AT U. N. C. SINCE 1930
Dr. Fiank Porter Graham, pres
ident of the University of North
Carolina, was named Tuesday by
Gov. W. Kerr Scott to fill the
vacancy in the U. S. Senate caus
ed by the death of J. Melville
Broughton.
The Governor made his an
nouncement at a meeting attend
ed by some 600 University of
TTorth Carolina trustees and fac
ulty members to hear the presen
tation of the first O. Max Gardner
Award to the foremost teacher in
the three-unit University system.
He spoke almost casually at the
end of the program in revealing
the appointment of* the Univers
ity of North Carolina president.
“It has become necessary,” said
the Governor, “to name another
U. S. Senator. I had a good num
ber suggested”—there was laugh
ter—“and a good many people
interested in the job.”
He was again interrupted- by
laughter and theii continued, “The
Legislature urged me to make m.v
appointment right away, and I
told them that I was acting as
fast as they were. I did not think
I needed to show any hurry about
it ... As your next Senator, if
your executive committee of the
trustees is willing, I appoint Dr.
Graham.”
The audience stood and ap
plauded long and loud. The Gov
ernor then called on his appointee,
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> DRAIN LAKE
AT KLONDIKE
Many People From Elkin At
Scene As Fish Are Avail
able For The Catching
< HUGE CARP ARE CAUGHT
Klondike Lake, located'at Klon
dike Farm, about four miles north
of Elkin, was drained Saturday
for the first time in its 31-year
history, so that carp could be re
moved and the lake could be
cleaned of silt and trash.
Hugh Chatham, who ordered the
Jlake drained, said that he did not
know at the moment how long the
lake would be allowed to remain
empty.
The process of draining the
large lake began at 6:00 a. m.
Saturday morning, and by twc
o’clock in the afternoon the joh
was done, with a large quantity oi
fish, including huge carp weigh
ing up to 20 pounds, bass in a
variety of sizes, and brim and
crappies being taken from the
lake by use of seines and by hand
V at an improvised dam construct
ed below the large lake dam.
Several hundred people from
Elkin and vicinity visited the
scene during the draining opera
tion, many fishing with their
hands to catch large amounts oi
the fish as they were carried
through the drainage gate.
Mr. Chatham said he was anx
ious to remove all carp from the
k lake, this particularly large anc
" useless species of fish being i
menace to game fish.
Surry County,
Elkin Surpass
Red Cross Goals
Elkin went over its quota for
the annual Red Cross drive last
week, raising $2,605.97, the Rev.
Howard J. Ford, campaign
chairman reported this week.
The goal was $2,250.
Surry County’s total, in the
meantime, soared over the top
with all contributions yet to
be counted. An estimate on
contributions was not available
other than the fact that the
goal of $6,700 for the county
had been surpassed.
C. J, Hyslup, general chair
man of the Elkin drive, Mr.
Ford and the county chairman,
Mrs. Lewis Telle, Mount Airy,
all extended thanks to con
tributors in placing Surry again
in' the group of counties sur
passing their goal.
Each chairman requested
that reports not yet turned in
be attended to at once.
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APPOINTED AS SENATOR BY GOVERNOR SCOTT — Dr. Frank
Porter Graham, president of the University of Nbrth Carolina, was
appointed as United States Senator Tuesday by Governor Kerr Scott
to fill the vacancy caused by the death of J. Melville Broughton.
MOTHER VOTES
BEGIN TODAY
Acceptance of Nominations
To Continue Until Mid
night, April 21
JR. W OMEN SPONSOR
Nominations for Elkin’s “Moth
er of the year" for 1949 begin
today. Acceptances will continue
until midnight Wednesday, April
21. The selection will be announc
ed May 5.
Mrs. Ed Snyder, chairman of
the Junior Woman’s Club nom
inations committee, sponsors of
the affair, explained this week
that the second annual contest
would not require a letter of nom
ination as it did last year. Merely
the name of the nominee, signed
and submitted by mail, will be
sufficient, she added.
The' committee has selected
local judges who will consider
each ballot. The more nomina
tions received for one person, the
more favor it will be in consider
ation for the award, Mrs. Snyder
said. Each nominee will be con
sidered extensively by the board
of judges.
The mother will be chosen for
her accomplishments in church,
civic and community services, and
—the fact that she is a good
mother. An orchid will be pre
sented to her on Mother’s Day.
Mrs. J. L. Hall was named last
year’s “Mother of the Year.” She
was the first selection. The Jun
ior Woman’s Club decided to make
it an annual event following the
popular response, the first event
brought.
Nominations should be sent to
“Mother of the Year,” Box 666,
Mrs. Snyder said. She urged
prompt submitting of nomina
tions because of the time neces
sary for consideration.
A photograph of the winning
mother will be presented through
the courtesy of Redmon’s Studio.
LIST OF SURRY
JURORSDRAWN
April Terra Criminal Court
Begins 25th; Following
Session Starts May 2
JUDGE SINK PRESIDING
Jurbrs were drawn this week
for April and May terms of Surry
Criminal Court which Judge
Hoyle Sink, of Lexington, will pre
side.
* For the April .term, which will
begin April' 25, the following jur
ors were drawn: Elkin — B. C.
Tulbcrt, 1VJ. B. Hodge, Richard
M. Harris, Ed Collins, Lloyd Par
due, J. Hdward Chappell and J.
F. Miller. •
State Road — J. P. Cockerham.
Dobson — Walter Jarvis, Roy
Haymore, W. Ervin Poindexter,
Charles M. Atkinp, George White,
Howard Wilmouth and F. V. Criss
man.
Pinnacle — Otis P. Rogers.
Ararat — Coley Bowman.
Pilot Mountain—Codell Reeves,
K. J. Denny, John D. McDaniel,
Aubrey C. Sheets, D. A. Boyles
and W. Henry Flinchum.
Mqunt Airy — J. G. Greenwood,
(Continued on page eight)
Farrell Named
Head of School
Board Group
Claude Farrell, of this city,
member of the local school
board, was elected president of
the Seventh District North
Carolina School Board Associa
tion at the annual meeting held
at Taylorsville last Thursday.
Mr. Farrell succeeds John Mc
Marrow, of Mooresville, the re
tiring president.
Speaking at the meeting were
Guy Phillips, of Chapel Hill,
and Henry Scott, of Alamance
County, president of the State
association.
R. W. Harris, Mr. Farrell,
and C. S. Foster, members of
the Elkin school board, and N.
H. Carpenter, superintendent
of the Elkin schools, attended
the meeting from this city.
FARM SCHOOL
TO BE MONDAY
Extension Service Specialists
To Lecture On Farm
Management
DOBSON, COURT HOUSE
A farm management school will
oe held at.2 p.m. Monday at the
Sourt House in Dobson. The school
will close about 4:30 or 5 p.m.
Moyle S. Williams and Charles
E. Clark,.farm management.spec
ialists of the State College Exten
sion Service will conduct the
classes, part of which will be de
voted to the “Agricultural Out
look.” The second part deals with
farm planning.
Veterans, farmers and others in
terested in farm management were
invited by County Agent Neill M
Smith.
Mr. Smith said that consider
able discussion would be giver
to emphasize the importance ol
a correct balance between crop
and livestock enterprises.
A movie will be shown dealing
with the subjects on lecture.
Mr. Smith said that this woulc
likely be the last school this
spring, with more classes schedul
ed during the summer when farm
ers have completed crop plant
ing.
YADKIN VOTE
VALIDATED BY
LEGISLATURE
Approved Issuance of Bonds
To Build Hospital
CLEARS UP CONFUSION
Way Is Now Cleared For
County To Move Ahead
With Hospital plans
FOUR SITES APPROVED
The General Assembly at Ra
leigh Monday night passed legis
lation which validated the elec
tion held in Yadkin County De
cember 7, in which a majority
vote approved the issuance of up
to $80,000 to construct a hospital
for the county.
P. D. B. Harding, Yadkin Rep
resentative, wired the Chairman
of the hospital board of Trustees
Monday night that the state-wide
bill he introduced in early Feb
ruary had finally been approved
after four readings in Raleigh.
Yadkin County, which has been
pushing plans for a hospital for
nearly two years, became entangl
ed in red tape after legal meas
ures had been made for an elec
tion which was held the first
week in December, as several other
counties in the state did.
The Hospital Act, under which
the proposed hospital comes, pro
vided that voting be carried
out against the registration.
However, in the General election
in November, voters approved an
amendment to the Constitution
providing that such voting come
under a majority rule.
Representative Harding’s bill
now clears the way for the bonds
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CHURCH MEET
TO BE FRIDAY
Members of Rural Churches
In Surry To Convene At
Dobson Methodist
INTERDENOMINATIONAL
Rural church members from
over Surry County will convene
tomorrow (Friday) in Dobson for
an inter-denominational meeting
for which outstanding speakers
have been secured.
The conference will get under
way at 10 a.m. at the Dobson
Methodist Church.
Following a brief devotional
service. Dr. Frank H. Jeter, editor,
Extension Farm Seiwice, N. C.
State College, Raleigh, will make
an address on the subject, “Re
lation Between Religion and Agri
culture.” Mrs. Virginia Sloan
Swain, extension specialist in
family relationships, will speak
on “Religion and the Rural Fam
ily.”
The sermon of the morning will
be delivered by Rev. R. Stewart
Grizzard, pastor of the First Bap
tist Church in Orange, Va. A
recent address by Mr. Grizzard
before the Virginia Baptist As
sociation on the rural church re
sulted in increased interest in the
rural churches by the entire as
sociation.
After luncheon, Dr. A. J. Wal
ton of the Duke University Divin
ity School will lead a discussion
on “Ways of Improving the Work
of Our Rural Churches.”
The closing address will be giv
en by the Rev. James Sells of the
purisdictional office of the Meth
odist Church in Atlanta, Ga. The
conference will close at 3:30 p.m.
Those who plan to attend have
been requested to bring a lunch
to be served picnic style.
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EVERYBODY HAD FUN — BUT THE FISH — Pictured above are several scenes made at Klondike
Lake last Saturday afternoon when this large body of water was drained for the first time in its 31
year history. Photo at upper left shows two of the fish villians, held left to right by Lee Dudley and
Lonnie Tucker, which were partly responsible for the lake being drained. Weighing approximately
20 pounds each, these carp prey on small game fish, and Hugh Chatham, who ordered the lake drain
ed, said one of the objectives was to clear the lake of such fish. Joe Saylor is standing in back
ground. Photo at right shows that there were also little fish for little folks, as Jerry Carpenter, son
of Mr. and Mrs. N. II. Carpenter, of this city, proves. Bottom photo shows fishermen of all sizes and
ages catching fish of all sizes and ages at a small dam just below the large dam of the lake.
(TRIBUNE PHOTOS)
BONUS MEASURE
IS INTRODUCED
$100,000,000 Bill Would Call
For Submission To
Voters In 1950
WOULD PAY UP TO $500
The General Assembly received
legislation Friday calling for a
$100,000,000 bonus for veterans of
WoiU War II.
KW»resentative Leroy Scott of
Beaufort tossed the bonus measure
into the house hopper. It was re
ferred to the committee on vet
erans affairs.
It would call for submission to
the voters at the 1950 general
election the question of issuing
$100,000,000 in bonds for a veter
ans’ bonus.
If the people approve, every
North Carolinian who saw service
between September 16, 1940, and
September 2, 1945, would be enti
tled to a bonus. The veterans
would receive $10 for each month
of service in the United States and
$12.50 for each month served ov
erseas, not to exceed $500.
The bill would create the World
War II service compensation board
to administer payment of the
bonus. On the board would be
the state auditor, state treasurer,
adjutant general and two World
War II veterans to be named by
the Governor.
Blankettes Breeze Past Two A. A. U.
Rivals In St. Joseph Eliminations
Chatham’s Blankettes breezed
into the quarter-finals of the
National A.A*U. tournament at
St. Joseph. Mo., last night (Wed
nesday) after sweeping by two
first round opponents in their
fight for the girls’ championship.
The Elkin team moved into St.
Joseph with a decisive 63-14 vic
tory over the St. James Center
team from Kansas City, Mo., while
Ruthie Reich and Anne Paradise
put on top-flight performances.
Tuesday night, the Blankettes got
a scare from the Atlanta Blues,
but took a 26-22 contact to move
them forward to the quarter
finals.
Betty Lou Steelman, of Elkin,
lent a bright tint to the Blank
ettes morale when she emerged
the winner of the 21st annual
A.A.U. beauty queen contest. She
was chosen after 20 ballots over
21 contestants. Elected to her
court were Ruth Pulk, Hanes
Hosiery; Agnes Lloyd, Nashville
Generals, Helen Beckman, Denver
Dry-Goods; and Ramona Crowell,
Sanders Motors, Des Moines, Iowa.
• The St. Joseph Gazette report
ed In a feature story that the
Chatham team probably carried
the most whole-hearted support
of their home-town than any team
at the tournament, explaining that
a flow of telegrams had flooded
Coach Don Brock with congrat
ulations and good wishes for suc
cess in the tournament.
Brock, calling from St. Joseph
Tuesday afternoon, reported that
the team looked better than at
anytime during the regular sea
son when they rolled over the
Kansas City team Monday night.
All players were free from injury
and the team spirit was high,
Brock said.
The Blankettes entered the
tournament third seeded and were
placed in the top bracket with
the defending-champion Cook's
Goldblumes, of Nashville, Tenn.
They ran rough-shod over the
first opponent, Kansas City, while
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Officers Find
Looted Safe,
But No Owner
A 200-pound safe, looted and
homeless, was found Monday by
police officers four miles north
east of Elkin. But no one claims
it.
Investigation which led to
the finding of the strong box
resulted when a farm woman,
working in a turnip patch,
found a small metal door which
appeared to be part of a safe.
Deputy Sheriff Ilebcr
Mounce, Chief Corbett Wall
and Patrolman Corporal Sam
McKinney were called, and in
a brief search located the safe
in a power line clearing. The
safe was battered but apparent
ly had not been exposed long
to the outside because it show
ed no rust, officers said.
The box bore the trade name
“Protectall.” Inscribed on a
metal tag were the words,
“Underwriters Laboratory, Inc.,
Classification E, 14053.
The safe, an 18” x 15” was
placed for identification at the
Elkin Jail.
SNOW AUTHORS
TWO MEASURES
Legislation Would Provide
For Election of Dobson
Officials
MT. AIRY JUDGE BILL
Legislation to provide for ap
pointment of the Mount Airy Re
corder’s Court judge, assistant
judge and prosecuting , attorney
by the Surry County Commission
ers was introduced Monday by
Representative George K. Snow of
Mount Airy.)
Mr. Snow also introduced a bill
to outline the method of electing
town officials of Dobson, the Sur
ry County seat.
The Mount Aicy bill would
amend 1913 laws by providing:
The recorder and the proceed
ing attorney of the Recorder’s
Court of Mount Airy Township in
Surry County shall be appointed
by the Board of County Commis
sioners for terms of four years
(Continued on page eight)
THREE INJURED
IN AUTO CRASH
Cars Collide Head-On At
Mountain Park Late
Tuesday Afternoon
HARD RAIN SAID CAUSE
Three were injured Tuesday
afternoon in a head-on collision
near the Mountain Park School,
the accident occurring in a tor
rent of rain.
J. Pat Nixon, 52, Mountain
Park farmer, suffered lacerations
on the neck and was in a semi
conscious condition for a short
period. His condition was better
Wednesday morning. Jimmy
Spoone, 22, Winston-Salem, re
ceived minor lacerations and
bruises. They were taken by am
bulance to the Hugh Chatham
Memorial Hospital in Elkin.
Cpl. W. S. McKinney, of the
State Highway Patrol, reported
that the accident resulted when a
’41 coupe operated by Charles
Arthur Simmons, Route 2, Mount
Airy, was travelling south and
collided with the vehicle driven
by Mr. Spoone. Mr. Nixon, who
was riding in the vehicle driven
by Mr. Spoone, was thrown partly
through the windshield.
Both cars were badly damaged.
It was reported that heavy down
pour of rain blinded the drivers.
Three Cars Damaged
In Jonesville Wreck
Considerable damage resulted
Tuesday from a three-way auto
mobile accident at an intersection
of Highway 21 in Jonesville.
Cars driven by Edward Ray
Miller, Route 1, Boonville, Roman
J. D. Chappell, Route 1, Jonesville,
and Robert Baker, Route 1, Roar
ing River were involved in the
accident.
Cpl. W. Sam McKinney, of the
State Highway Patrol, reported
that the mishap occurred when
Mr. Miller, travelling north in a
’49 coach, attempted to make a
left turn at the intersection. He
was met by the ’39 coupe, oper
ated by Mr. Chappell. Proceeding
to the rear of the Miller car. a
’48 coach, driven by Mr. Barker,
ran into the rear of the former.
No persons were reported in
jured.
Tribune Advertising Gets Results
$80,000 FIRE
RAZES ROARING
RIVER STORES
Blaze Threatens To Wipe Out
Whole Village
STREET FLUSHER USED
North Wilkesboro Fire De
partment Answers Call
Last Sunday Night
UNDETERMINED ORIGIN
Fire of undertermined origin
destroyed an estimated $80,000
worth of property at Roaring
River late Sunday night and
threatened to wipe out the entire
village.
Prevetfe’s Hardware Store, a
warehouse and a small dwelling
owned by Prevette and a barber
shop owned by Millard Duncan
were destroyed, along with all
contents, including a large stock
of merchandise. Insurance was
carried on only a small portion of
the loss.
The North Wilkesboro Fire De
partment answered the call with
1,000 gallons of water carried by
their street flusher. The effort
probably saved the entire business
section of Roaring River and
some residences from almost cer
tain destruction, firemen said.
Fire was raging in the hard
ware store when it was discovered
and the call went out to the fire
department there while the cit
izenry of Roaring River formed
a bucket brigade. The new fire
truck arrived with 500 gallons of
water and kept the fire from
spreading to other buildings until
the water ran out.
As fire began to appear on the
nearby Blackburn Store Building,
the street flusher arrived and fur
ther spread was prevented.
HANES SPEAKS
TO KIWAN1ANS
Says Nation’s Number-One
Task Is To Pay Off
National Debt
AT THURSDAY MEETING
The United States' number-one
task is to pay off the national
debt, “even by the painful pro
cess of taxation,” John W. Hanes,
former Undersecretary of the
Treasury, said here Thursday
night.
“We cannot carry our burdens
and the burdens of the world on
a 100 billion dollar economy,”
said Mr. Hanes, who spoke to the
Elkin Kiwanis Club.
The speaker urged that “our
representatives in Congress” vote
for economy in Government as
advocated by the Hoover plan.
“Down through the ages mil
lions have been suffering from
hunger and squalor, but we take
our present-day standard of liv
ing for granted,” he said.
“Many of our modem conven
iences had their origin in other
countries. Why didn’t those coun
tries take advantage of them and
develop them for the comfort and
convenience of their own people?”
Mr. Hanes pointed out that it
takes $9,000 in tools, including
building equipment and machinery
for each working man, and that
700,000 working men become
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SENIOR PLAY
FRIDAY NIGHT
“Papa Says No,” Three-Act
Comedy, To Be Staged
By Elkin Seniors
7:30 AT ELEMENTARY
“Papa Says No,” a three act
comedy, will be presented Friday
evening March 25, at 7:30 o’clock
in the Elementary auditorium by
members of the Senior class of
Elkin High School.
The entire setting of the play
takes place in a small hotel lobby
in Florida. The story revolves
around the guests there.
Seniors who are in the cast are
Joan Olsen, Jean Brown, Ann El
more, Louisa Roth, Sally Transou,
Jerry Wall, Sue Shugart, Winnie
Luffman, Hal Stuart, “Tip” Free
man, Oliveh Rushing, Sam Shug
art, Nathan Lovelace, Jack Par
due and Bob Jonnson.
Rufus Sneed is stage manager.
Kay Cheek and Donald White are
poblicity chairmen. Dixie Carter
and Coleen Darnell have charge
of the -ticket sales.
Special music will be presented
by the high school glee club.