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VOL. No. XXXVII No. 18
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SWISS MINISTER HERE — Charles Bruggman (center), Swiss
minister to the United States, visited Elkin Tuesday to speak at a
luncheon of the Lions Club. While here he was taken on a tour of
the Chatham Manufacturing Company along with his wife (left).
Here a trio, Mrs. Bruggman, the minister and E. E. (Buck) Shore,
Jr., president of the Lions Club, pose for a photo following Mr.
Bruggman’s address.
Swiss And Americans
See Alike--Bruggman
Minister To U. S.
Speaks To Lions
On Elkin Visit
“There are hardly any people
anywhere whose political con
ceptions are more alike than
'« the Swiss and the Americans,”
Charles Bruggman, Swiss For
Jr eign Minister, declared here
Monday.
Mr. Bruggman, who was ac
companied by his wife, spoke
briefly to a special luncheon of
Elkin Lions Club at the Gilvin
Roth Y.M.C.A.
“We w’ould like to extend our
relations with America,” he con
tinued, “and we hope always
to have a market here and al
4 ways expect to import American
goods.” He explained that Switz
erland imports doubled their ex
ports on the American market.
Speaking of the world peace
efforts, he declared, “We in
Switzerland will cooperate in
the effort to maintain peace so
long as our frontiers are not in
vaded. but if they are we will
fight to the last man.”
'£> The Foreign Minister explain
~'ed that Switzerland came un
scathed out of the war only “by
some kind of miracle.” He cred
ited the peace maintenance of
that country to three reasons:
(1) poverty (2) rugged frontiers
(3) every Swiss a soldier.
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Mr. Bruggman was presented
a Chatham blanket by Hugh
Chatham, vice-president of the
Chatham Manufacturing Com
pany.
YADKIN OVER
DRIVE QUOTA
Red Cross Campaign Said To
Have Topped $1,250
Quota For Year
THANKS ARE EXTENDED
Early reports indicate that the
$1,250.00 Red Cross campaign for
the Yadkin County chapter went
over the top for “a home run hit,”
Harvey Hinshaw, chairman, said
today.
Mr. Hinshaw extended thanks
from the chapter to the many
splendid workers in the campaign
under the leadership of campaign
chairman Mrs. Margaret Gough,
who was assisted by vice-chair
man Miss Irene Brown, Home
Agent. f
"There is no other organization
in the country which could have
put the 1949 Red Cross campaign
across with the ease and success
as have the County Home Demon
stration Clubs,” Mr. Hinshaw
said. “Hats off to the ladies.”
Mrs. Gough, president of the
county Home Demonstration clubs,
stated that she was greatly re
lieved that it was all over and
that it had gone over so well.
“The campaign was thrown at us
like a jack-in-the-box and frankly
I was scared to death we could
never make it,” she said. “I’m
glad it’s all over, and I'm grate
ful to all the workers.
Klondike Farm
Cuts Milk Price
1 Cent Per Quart
Klondike Farm operators in
dicated today that Guernsey
Grade A Pasteurized Milk and
Lactic Cultured Buttermilk will
be reduced one cent per quart
effective Friday.
Officials explained that the
reduction was in keeping with
the dairy’s policy of cooperat
ing with customers when it is
possible to cut production
costs.
DEANE REPORTS
ON BASIN BILL
Commends Action of Army
For Additional Appropria
tion On Yadkin Valley
CITES CHATHAM’S WORK
Representative Charles B.
Deane commended last week the
action of the Subcommittee of the
Committee on Appropriations on
Civil Functions of the Department
of the Army for an additional ap
propriation for flood control for
the Yadkin River Basin Project
in North Carolina. The approp
riation of $70,000 for planning of
the Reddies No. 1 and Reddies No.
3 projects in Wilkes County now
clearing the House brings to a
grand total the sum of $160,000
that will have been appropriated
for planning.
The Eighth District Congress
man stated that, in view of ex
tensive surveys carried on by the
District Engineer at Charleston,
the Chief of Engineers in Wash
ington is favorable to granting
authority to proceed with one high
dam on the Reddies River located
near the site of the original Red
dies No. 1 in lieu of the two dams
authorized for that stream. The
Chief of Engineers office has ap
proved the preparation of a de
finite project report for the one
high Dam, on the Reddies River.
Deane further stated that con
struction plans will be advanced
to the point that construction of
the Reddies River Project may be
initiated promptly when funds
for that purpose are made avail
able by Congress.
The Congressman pointed out
that the President ruled that no
new projects be started this fiscal
year and the House Committee on
Appropriations concurred in this
decision.
Representative *Deane cited the
efforts of Elkin’s Congressman
Thurmond Chatham, of the Fifth
District, declaring that, “He is
most conversant with the needs
and problems of the Yadkin Val
ley and has contributed greatly
to the overall planning.”
The congressman added that
“Mr. Chatham and I both are
very optimistic over the prospect
of getting construction funds
authorized for the completion of
the project as soon as the plan
ning state has been completed.”
Tribune Advertising Gets Results
WOULD EXTEND
COURT TO TAKE
IN THIS AREA
Bill Introduced In Legislature
By George Snow
FOUR NEW TOWNSHIPS
Under Plan Elkin Would Be
In Jurisdiction of Mount
Airy Recorder’s Court
SAID TEMPORARY MOVE
Surry Representative George K.
Snow introduced a bill Tuesday to
extend jurisdiction of the Mount
Airy Recorder’s Court to include
Dobson, Marsh, Bryan and Elkin
Townships.
The court could hold sessions
in each of these townships when
necessary.
The measure was described by
Mr. Snow as a temporary move
to take care of Surry Court needs
until a county-wide Surry Court
with jury trial powers could be
established.
Another bill setting up this
County Court was introduced last
week and approved yesterday by
the House Committee on Courts
and Judicial Districts.
The bill introduced yesterday
also would give the Surry County
Commissioners authority to fix
the compensation for the judge
and other court officials. An
amendment is to be added, Mr.
Snow said, which will provide for
clerks.
The county commissioners al
ready would be given authority
over appointment of the judge by
another measure introduced some
time ago.
SIX CHARGED
WITH LARCENY
Three White, Three Negro
Men Held In Theft of 700
Yards Plant Bed Cloth
ELKIN STILL DESTROYED
Sheriff Sam C. Patterson said
last week that six men, three
white and three Negro, had been
charged with the larceny of 700
yards of plant bed cloth and were
under $300 bonds each for their
appearance at Surry County Su
perior Court. The men arrested
were Grover Scott, Junior Epper
son and Bob Hazelwood, and John,
Bill and Lewis Mitchell, Negro
brothers, all of the Siloam sec
tion.
Three hundred yards of plant
bed cloth were stolen from Bur
ton Venable and 200 yards from
Ralph Dollywhite of Turkey Road,
and 200 from Dan Hemmings of
Dobson.
Officers making the arrests were
Deputy Sheriff Elbert Eades, Jail
or Johnnie Collins, Roy Smith and
Charles C. White. The officers
spent three days investigating the
thefts and rounding up the cul
prits, Sherfif Patterson said.
Sheriff Patterson also reported
the destruction of a 25-gallon cop
per still Saturday in Elkin Town
ship. Nobody was at the still when
the officers arrived, the sheriff
said, and no arrests were made.
Deputies making the raid were
Heber Mounce and Bob Thomp
son.
Elkin Firm Files
Corporation Charter
The Home Appliance and Metal
Company, Inc., of Elkin, this week
filed in the office of the Secre
tary of State Thad Eure a certifi
cate for incorporation.
The certificate, to deal in ladio
equipment, listed authorized capi
tal stock at $100,000, subscribed
stock $400 by J. C. Brown, Jones
ville, Clyde Hall, Fred Eidson and
David Brown, all of Elkin.
Thorpe To Speak
At Kiwanis Meet
Phil Thorpe, member of the in
vestment firm of Merrill, Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner and Beane, will be
guest speaker at this evening’s
meeting (Thursday), at the Elkin
Kiwanis Club, which will meet at
the Gilvin Roth YMCA at 6:30.
Mr. Thorpe will discuss the
stock market and investments.
Jonesville Junior
Class To Give Party
A pie supper and square dance
will be held by the Jupior Class
of Jonesville High School begin
ning 7:30, Friday night. An ad
mission of 10 cents each will be
charged. Ralph Hanes’s Serenad
es will play.
LEAD CANCER DRIVE — David Brown, left; and Lewis Alexander,
right; wilj lead the American Cancer Society’s annual campaign
for funds in Elkin and Surry County. The drive begins Friday. Mr.
Brown was named to head Elkin solicitations and Mr. Alexander will
lead the county drive. The county’s quota is not yet available.
County Council
Of 4-H To Meet
Monday At Dobson
A 4-H County Council meet
ing will be held Monday at 10
a, m., at the Courthouse in
Dobson.
The Dobson 4-II Club will
give a demonstration, “Be A
Good Citizen At Home,” and
Miss Salud Rafols, Philippine
worker studying at Mount Airy
with the Surry County Health
Department, will address the
council.
ADAMS RITES
TO BESUNDAY
Jonesville Soldier Was Killed
In Southern France,
August, 1944
AT FALL CREEK CHURCH
Funeral service for Pfc. Gaither
A. Adams, 38, of Jonesville, will be
held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at
Fall Creek Baptist Church. The
Reverends Clete Simmons and D.
G. Reece will be in charge, with
graveside service being conducted
by the William J. Jones Rost of
the V.F.W.
Pfc. Adams was killed in action
in Southern France August 16,
1944. He was born in Yadkin
County February 24, 1905, son of
the late David S. and Sarah Mar
tin Adams. Before entering the
armed forces he was engaged in
farming.
Survivors include three sisters.
Mi's. Cora Cummings and Miss
Essa Adams of Comers Rock, Vir
ginia and Mrs. Samantha Bryant,
Jonesville; four brothers, Robert
Adams of Ronda, James S., Burrus
and Decatur Adams, all of Jones
ville.
The body will remain at Mackie
and Hinshaw Funeral Home in
Yadkinville until the hour of the
funeral.
SANITARIANS
MEET FRIDAY
Central Piedmont District To
Be Guests of Surry
Health Department
DR. NORTON TO SPEAK
The Surry County Health De
partment will be host Friday to
the quarterly meeting of sanitar
ians of the Central Piedmont Dis
trict, which comprises 12 coun
ties.
The meeting will begin at 10
a.m., and end at 4 p.m.
Dr. J. Roy Norton, State Health
Officer of North Carolina, will
be the featured speaker. His
broadcast will be heard over Radio
Station WPAQ from 1:30 until
1:45 p.m.
Others appearing on the pro
gram will be William Broadway,
district sanitarian, of Asheville:
H. O. Bealmear, district milk san
itarian, of Asheville: and B. L.
Jessup, district sanitarian, of Con
cord.
New films on sanitation will be
shown. The afternoon session will
be devoted to group discussions
on various phases of sanitation
work.
Dr. Grey To Open
Baptist Hour Series
Dr. J. D. Grey will open The
Baptist Hour series,. “Consider
Jesus,’’ Sunday from Atlanta. He
is the first man chosen to preach
an entire series of 13 weeks since
the program’s inauguration in
1941, according to S. F. Lowe, di
rector of the Radio Commission
of the Southern Baptist Conven
tion.
In May Dr. Grey begins his 13th
year as pastor of the First Bap
tist Church of New Orleans, La.
For ten years he has conducted
“The Gospel Hour” over WSMB,
New Orleans, and now has three
regular services broadcast over
local stations each Sunday.
Farm, Religious Group
Holds Dobson Meeting
Farm and religious leaders and
laymen from various sections of
North Carolina met at Dobson
Friday for a rural life conference
to study the needs and oppor
t.unites of the rural church and
how it might serve country peo
ple more effectively.
Dr..Samuel Levering of Ararat,
Va„ successful orchardist and for
mer professor at Cornell Univers
ity, addressed the conference on
“The Relation of Religion and
Agriculture.”
“All truth is of God, whether
it be the science of farming or
the science of living. And it is
not contradictory,” Dr. Levering
said. “Farming is a case of find
ing out what God’s laws are and
following them. People should not
blame God when they fail to ob
serve these laws,” he said.
“Land is a trust and should be
left in better condition than it is
found. To allow land to waste is
a violation of God’s will, just as
any other sin is,” Dr. Levering
continued.
“The farm home is an essential
i factor in successful farming, and
the farm family has as much
right to relief from drudgery as
any other family. The farmer has
a responsibility for more than
merely making a living; he must
also be a good citizen of the com
munity, interested in its total wel
fare.
“His interest extends beyond his
immediate community, and he
should have knowledge of and
participation in decisions affect
ing the world. Every person has
a moral obligation to work for a
lasting peace and world security—
or else there will be no people left
to engage in good farming. Our
best approach to peace is through
a world government based on
law, as the states, counties and
nations are made peaceable by
law.’’
Mrs. Corine Grimsley of Ra
leigh, specialist in family relations
of the home demonstration de
partment of the State College
Agricultural Extension Service,
spoke of the importance of hap
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SECOND ANNUAL
STUDENT RALLY
TO BE TUESDAY
Social Standards Conference
To Be Held At Y.M.C.A.
KEY SPEECH BY DUNCAN
Sponsored By Hi-Y and Tri
Hi-Y Clubs of Jonesville
And Elkin Schools
SCHOOLS WILL RECESS
The Second Annual Social
Standards Conference for Jones
ville and Elkin schools will be held
Tuesday at the Gilvin Roth Y.M.
C.A. under the auspices of the
Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y clubs of the
two systems.
The Rev. Herman Duncan, of
the First Methodist Church of
Concord, will be the keynote
speaker in a program which will
last during the entire school day.
Students will not attend classes
for the day but will go to the ‘Y’
for the program which begins at
9 a.m., Miss Mary Ellen Harrell,
girls’ work secretary, announced.
During the day students will
divide into 10 different discus
sion groups as follows:
“Preparation for My Life’s
Work,’’ by the Rev. Howard Ford
Elkin First Baptist Church, “Phys
ical Fitness and Values to be Re
ceived,” by Wiley Fleener, Physi
cal director of the Winston-Salem
Y.M.C.A.; “Leadership,” by Whit
field East, boys’ work secretary
of the Winston-Salem Y.M.C.A.;
“Race Relations,” by the Rev.
Robert G. Tuttle, Elkin Metho
dist Church; “Moral Problems of
Girls,” by Elinor Montgomery,
girls’ work secretary of the Y.M.
C.A., Rock Hill, S. C.; “Moral
Problems of Boys,” Dr. Vernon
Taylor, Elkin; “Personality Plus,”
by a representative of Winthrop
College, Rock Hill, S. C.; “Citizen
ship Privileges and Responsibil
ities,” by the Rev. Marvin Boggs,
Jonesville Methodist Church;
“History Being Made,” by Lewis
Alexander, Elkin lawyer; and
“Christianity and World Brother
hood,” by the Rev. Ralph Ritchie,
Elkin Presbyterian Church.
Special music and entertain
ment will follow recesses of the
morning and afternoon sessions.
The conference will begin at
9 a.m., ending at 3:15 p.m.
CATTLE SALES
POINTED OUT
Jersey Cattle Parish Sale To
Be In Elkin, May 6, Coun
ty Agent Announces
OTHERS ARE LISTED
Attention was called this week
to the Jersey Cattle Parish Sale
to be held in Elkin, May 6. Neill
M. Smith, county agent, said boys
and girls in FFA and 4-H Clubs
were especially urged to partici
pate.
“Quite a number of sales of in
terest to dairy cattle raisers will
be staged in this section very
soon,” Mr. Smith pointed out.
He explained that many Surry
Countians would be interested in
attending these out - of - county
sales.
Fifty registered Guernsey fe
males will be sold at the Greens
boro Fair grounds, April 2, 12:30
p.m. Catalogues may be obtained
by writing Ward Snarr of Siler
City.
The third annual Forsyth Coun
ty Guernsey Sale will be held
April 4 at Forsyth fair grounds,
featuring top cattle, Mr. Smith
continued.
And a Holstein cattle sale will
be conducted April 7, beginning
at 1 p.m., at the Guilford County
Farm, U. S. Highway 70, two miles
east of Greensboro. The sale is
to be sponsored by the North
Carolina Holstein Breeders As
sociation. Catalogues may be ob
tained by writing F. L. Holcomb,
Box 888, Fayetteville.
Deane Presides Over
U. S. House Monday
Congressman Charles B. Deane
was signally honored Monday
when he was called to the speak
er’s chair by Speaker Sam Ray
burn to preside over the U. S.
House of Representatives, during
the debate arid passage of a bill
involving rent control for the Dis
trict of Columbia.
In view of the honor as well
as the responsibility and following
a long established custom when
a member presides over the House
for the first time he is presented
with a gavel autographed by the
Speaker.
Raw cotton supplies are inade
quate in most European countries.
Elkin’s Town
Mass Meeting
To Be Friday
TERMINATES TENURE—Gar
land Johnson, who has served as
Mayor of Elkin for four years,
announced this week that he
will not seek re-election to the
post. Only two incumbent town
commissioners have reported
their intention to participate in
the town nominations at Elkin
Elementary school Friday.
YOUTH WEEK
TO BE HELD
Island Ford Baptist Church
To Hold Event Begin
ning Sunday
PROGRAM IS LISTED
Youth week is to be observed
at Island Ford Baptist Church
beginning with the Training Union
service at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, April
3. The youth of the church will
have charge of all services and
business of the church for one
week.
Services scheduled for the week
in addition to the Sunday services,
are a mid-week prayer service on
Thursday evening with Mrs. Bill
Martin and Miss Pearlie Wilhelm
in charge, and a Youth Singing
on Saturday evening, April 9 with
Johnny Dowell in charge.
Officers for Youth week are
Hazel Knight, pastor; Louise Hol
leman, choir director; Bobby Sue
Martin and Dorothy Mann, pian
ists; Otis Williams, B.T.U. direc
tor; Mrs. Faye Winebarger, Fran
ces Dowell and Sally Anne Madi
son, B.T.U. leaders; Roy Casstev
ens, Sunday School superintend
ent; Bill Holleman, Opal Jones,
Sammie Dowell, Mary Ellen Holle
man, Lorene Mendenhall, Modean
Holleman and Madeline Dowell,
Sunday School teachers; Ruth
Newman, secretary; Bill Martin,
chairman board of deacons; Roy
Casstevens, Bille Holleman, Sam
mie Dowell, Otis Williams, Bobby
Newman, Johnny Dowell and
Charles Mendenhall, deacons;
Ruth Holleman, Barbara Wine
barger, and Hilda Dowell, clean
up committee.
Special music will be presented
at the services by Miss Dona
Longworth, John Madison, Island
Ford quartet and Youth choir.
Five Couples Get
Marriage Permits
Marriage permits were issued to
five couples at the office of the
Register of Deeds in Dobson last
week. They were as follows:
Marshall Eads, 22, and Jestine
Mayes, 22, both of Siloam; Char
lie R. Reece, 21, Dobson, and Ma
bel M. Nichols, 28; Toast; Otto
Reginald White, 17, and Nellie
Marie Marshall, 17, both of
Ararat, Va.; Lawrence G. Sey
mour, 27, and Ruth Nelson Woods,
24, both of Kannapolis; and Carl
J. Davis, 20, and Hattie Jane
Hiatt, 18, both of Mount Airy.
Authority On Racing
Asked For Jonesville
Legislation to give the town of
Jonesville power to regulate or
prohibit automobile racing, mo
torcycle racing and outdoor thea
tres in its suburbs was introduced
in the North Carolina Legislature
yesterday by Representative P. D.
Boone Harding of Yadkinville.
The measure would give the
Jonesville governing board such
authority within one mile of the
city limits, except that it would
riot extend within the town of
Arlington or beyond the borders of
Yadkin County.
Mayor Johnson
Will Not Seek
Re-election
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Elkin’s biennial political mass
meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m.
Friday at the Elementary School
auditorium.
Only two of the incumbents will
be seeking re-election to the coun
cil. Mayor Garland Johnson, who
has headed the board of com
missioners for four years, has in
dicated that he will not be a
candidate for re-election.
H. P. Graham, who has been
prominently mentioned for can
didacy as mayor, could not be
reached at press time concerning
the possibilities of his running.
Russell Burcham, incumbent,
gave no indication as to his plans.
Joe Bivins, incumbent, has re
ported that he will not seek re
election.
Richard Atkinson has announc
ed his candidacy for mayor while
present councilmen R. C. Free
man and J. W. L. Benson also will
seek another term. Others indi
cating their candidacy are Hugh
A Royall, David Brendle and
Albert Crater.
Mayor Johnson, reporting his
intention of not running again,
issued the following statement
yesterday:
“Since I shall not be a candi
date for re-election as Mayor of
Elkin, I should like to use this
occasion to thank our citizens
for their excellent cooperation
during my two terms of office.
I am particularly grateful to our
people for their kindness, thought
fulness, faithfulness and confi
dence during these four years of
service in municipal affairs. You
have honored me and I am very
grateful to everybody.’’
SURRYORDERED
TO PAY TILLEY
About $4,000 To Be Awarded
Deputy Sheriff As Result
Of Broken Leg
HURT DECEMBER 1947
At a recent hearing before a
commissioner of the North Caro
lina Industrial Commission the
County of Surry was ordered to
pay to Deputy Sheriff Rex I.
Tilley damages totaling about $4,
000 as a result of the injury he
received when he suffered a brok
en leg in line of duty as an offi
cer of the county.
The commission ruled that
Sheriff Tilley was entitled to $24
a week for the time he was totally
disabled, and an additional $24 a
week for 120 weeks. The total
amount the county will have to
pay Sheriff Tilley is in the neigh
borhood of $4,100, based on a total
disability of 52 weeks and 120
weeks partial disability.
Sheriff Tilley broke his leg in
December, 1947, in a liquor raid
on the Haystack Road near Free
town in Potts neighborhood. The
Surry officers entered the area
where the still was being operated
under gun fire. Sheriff Tilley
slipped and broke his leg.
Non-Support Charged
To Hamptonville Man
Chester A. Shore, of Hampton
ville, was bound over to the next
term of Yadkin County Superior
Court on a charge of non-support
after a hearing before Magistrate
Roger Russell in Yadkinville Sat
urday.
Mrs. Shore, the former Mildred
Dobbins, contended that her hus
band had failed to support her
and their three children for the
past four months.
Redmon, Peters Win
N. C. Photo Prizes
T. A. Redmon and Troy Peters
of Redmon Studios, Inc., were
among the winners of the North
Carolina Photographers Associa
tion’s annual contest at King
Cotton Hotel, Greensboro, Mon
day.
Mr. Redmon was third place
winner in the division of portraits
of women.
Mr. Peters won the first place
award for a still life picture.
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