ELKIN
The Best Little Town In
North Carolina
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ELKIN
Gateway to Boarlnc Gap and
the Blue Bldfe
THE TRIBUNE
Serves the Tri-Counties of
Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin
VOL. No. XXXVII No. 21
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C.t THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1949
$2.00 PER YEAR
16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
A GREAT DAY FOR THE FARM LADIES — Seven hundred members of Home Demonstration Clubs of three counties poured festive
enjoyment upon Elkin Thursday at their annual Spring Festival. Mrs. William Key, left photo, of the Buggaboo Home Demonstration
Club, Ronda, was the oldest member present. She came in a wheel chair decked out in black taffeta and reported having a fine time.
She is 82 years old. And officers were elected for the coming year. In top right photo, Mrs. P. N. Taylor, retiring president of the 11th
^ District Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs of North Carolina, stands at left of the group of. newly-elected officers. They are,
left to right from Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Hugh Atkinson, Siloam, 2nd vice-president; Mrs. A. T. Whittington, Elkin, president; Miss Nora Nich
ols, Toast, secretary; and Mrs. Charles W. Gough, Hamptonville, first vice-president. Bottom right photo shows Clifton Leary, president
of the sponsoring Elkin Kiwanis Club chatting with leaders of the club seated clockwise at the end of the table: Mrs. Irby W'alker, Greens
boro, treasurer of the Associated Women of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation; I\{rs. Charles Sewell Otterbein, Ind., administra
tive director of the Associated Women of the American Farm Bureau Federation; and Mrs. P. N. Taylor, White Plains, (tribune photos
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TWO CHARGED
► STEALING MEAT
(iarnie Brown, Ed Johnson
Arrested In Thomasville
By Local Officers
IN SURRY COUNTY JAIL
Gamie Brown, Elkin, Route 1,
. and Ed Johnson, Rusk, were ar
^ rested Tuesday on charges of
stealing three hams and other
pork products from A. A. Cave,
State Road.
Elkin police officers were noti
fied by Thomasville officers last
week that hams were being sold
there at $5 each by men from
this area. At the same time it
wras reported by Mr. Cave that
i the meat had been stolen from
jrhis premises.
Deputy- Sheriffs Robert Thomp
son and Heber Mounce and High
way Patrolman D. J. Caudle and
S. L. McKinney took Mr. Cave to
Thomasville where he identified
the meat. Several witnesses iden
tified Brown and Johnson as the
men who had possession of the
meat.
They were arrested and placed
in the Surry County jail at Dob
y son.
VFW Sponsored Show
To Be Here Monday
The James H. Drew Shows will
come to Elkin-Jonesville Monday
through Saturday next week under
the sponsorship of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars, William J. Jones
p Post.
The show will be in coordination
with the committee on celebration
of the VFW’s Golden Jubillee. It
will be located on the left of
Highway 67 adjacent to the Pepsi
Cola plant.
Features will include a merry
go-round, ferris wheel, chair
planes, educated monkey circus
and sideshow, and concessions.
More Delinquent
Surry Draftees
Report To Board
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All but 26 of the delinquent
Surry County- registrants who
have failed to return question
naires to the Surry Draft Board
have been located, Mrs. A. D.
Folger, secretary, reported this
week.
Action will be taken soon, she
said, unless they report at an
early date. Names were publish -
ed in all the county papers two
weeks ago.
Two more names were added
this week when the where
abouts of James Jester Tate,
Mount Airy, and Paul Junior
Babe, Elkin, could not be learn
ed.
Dr. 0. W. Yales
Is To Conduct
Revival Series
DR. O. W. YATES
A week-long revival will be held
beginning Sunday at the Elkin
First Baptist Church at which
Dr. O. W. Yates, Georgetown, Ky.,
will be the conducting pastor,
it was announced yesterday by
the Rev. Howard J. Ford, pastor.
A native of North Carolina, Dr.
Yates is the brother of Ira Yates
of Elkin. He was graduated from
Wake Forest College and was for
10 years head of the Bible De
partment of Ouchita College.
Arkadelphia, Ark. He is now pro
motional secretary of Georgetown
College, Georgetown, Ky.
Music by the choir under the
direction of Mrs. Howard J. Ford
I will accompany the services which
; will begin each evening at 7:30.
Services will continue through
Sunday, May 1.
Chinese Missionary
To Be Here April 27
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The Rev. G. R. Wopieldorf,
missionary to China, will speak at
i the mid-week service. April 37,
> at the Presbyterian Church.
A native of Lexington, Va., Mr.
1 Womclday served in China from
j 1923 until the outbreak of the war.
i During the war he and his fam
i ily served one of the Winston
Salem churches. They are now
awaiting visas into China.
Mr. Womelday spoke to the
Presbyterian Church here a year
ago. Following his visit, the local
church raised more than $1100
for foreign missions in the Pres
byterian Program of Progress.
Kenaf, a distant Oriental cousin
of cotton and okra, holds promise
of becoming America’s newest im
| portant fiber crop. Kenaf fiber
has been found excellent fpr mak
ing twine, bags and burlap. It
fully competes, with jute in yield,
j cost and strength.
CUPID CHASES
BUNNYRABBIT
Twenty-Three Couples Obtain
Permit For Marriage At
Registrar’s Office
AT SURRY COURTHOUSE
Dan Cupid pushed the Easter
Bunny all oter Surry County dur
ing the past week and kept Mrs.
Bertha M. Shinault, county reg
ister of deeds, busy filling out
marriage certificates. Twenty
three couples had applied through
Tuesday.
Those getting permits were as
follows:
Ralph Thompson, 22, and Eva
Hall, 23, both of Mount Airy; Rog
er Lowe, 26, Lowgap, and Ethel
Hawks, 23, Mount Airy; Frank
Childress, 20, and Levenia Ed
wards, 19, both of Mount Airy;
Mayer Beasley, 21, and Mazie
Easter, 21, both of Mount Airy;
Wayne Pack, 19, and Jane Child
ress, 21, both of Mount Airy; Lloyd
E. Estes, 30, Philadelphia, Pa.,
and Ruth J. Payne, 32, Mount
Airy; Lloyd Lawrence Money, 23,
and Ella Nevada Collins, 23, both
of Elkin; Joseph Golden, 20, and
Evelyn Carter, 19, both of State
Road; S. R. Grubbs, 27, and Anna
Lee Marsh, 23, both of Mount
Airy;
Bernard Mitchell, 25, Pinnacle,
and Violet Shinault, 27, Mount
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96 Cases On File
For Surry Court
Beginning- Monday
Ninety-six cases are on the
calendar for the April term
of Surry County Superior Court
beginning Monday with Judge
II. Hoyle Sink presiding.
Featured among the number
of cases will be that of W. D.
Inman, Mount Airy magistrate,
on the charge of embezzlement.
The court will end May 4.
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Southard Home Is
Destroyed By Fire
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Tal
madge Southard near Mulberry
Primitive Baptist Church in Surry
County was destroyed by fire of
unknown origin at 1 p.m. Sun
day. Destroyed in the fire were
many Southard family antiques.
Only a small amount of insurance
was carried.
Two Cars Damaged
North of Elkin
Two automobiles were badly
damaged and one person was
treated for minor face injuries
when cars operated by J. P. South
ard, 72, of State Road and Win
dell Steele, 24, collided Sunday,
six miles north of Elkin. A. F,
Mounce, 67, a passenger in South
ard’s car, was the only one in
jured.
Clean-Ups Launched In Elkin And Jonesville
Elkin Jaycees
Head Cleaning*
During Week
Clean-up Week in Elkin got off
t.o a good start Monday with clear
I and cool weather and a holiday
making work around the house
easier.
The project, sponsored by the
! Elkin Junior Chamber of Com
merce. seemed to have caught the
spirit as was evidenced by the
clearing of rubbish, grass mowing,
painting and tidying up of most
of Elkin's homes.
Emphasis fltes been placed on
the riddance of breeding, places
for flies and mosquitoes and fire
hazards.
The aid of the Town of Elkin
was promised by Mayor Garlanl
Johnson last week in making the
week a success.
James Shore, chairman of the
committee on Clean-Up listed this
week a number of items to be
cleared in the project in the yards,
around the hoyse and at places of
business. Fire hazard prevention
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GETS EARLY START — Dr. Vernon Taylor, retiring president of
the Elkin Junior Chamber of Commerce, and Mrs. Taylor, are
getting an early start this week in cleaning their premises. This is
“Clean-Up” week in this vicinity and is sponsored by the Elkin
Jaycees in the support of public sanitation and prevention of fire
hazards. (tribune phcto9)
700 ASSEMBLE
IN ELKIN FOR
FARM FESTIVAL
Mrs. A. T. Whittington, Elk
in, Named Group President
MRS. SEWELL SPEAKS
Gathering Told Bulwark Of
Strong Nation Lies In
Rural Home Unity
HOME DEMONSTRATION
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Seven hundred farm women of
Surry, Yadkin and Wilkes Coun
ties were told here Thursday that
the last bulwark of a strong na
tion would always lie in the unity
of the American farm home.
Mrs. Charles Sewell, Otterbein,
Ind., administrative director of
the Associated Women of the
American Farm Bureau Federa
tion, sounded this keynote at the
third annual home demonstration
Spring festival of the 11th North
Carolina District.
Addressing a fashionably attired
group, which the speaker herself
described “like ; a great bed of
pansies,” Mrs. Sewell outlined a
program of improvement for the
farm homes of North Carolina and
the country, placing special em
phasis on the health and educa
tion of the farm youth, “agricul
ture’s future.”
The program, sponsored by the
Elkin Kiwanis Club, lasted five
hours, including songs and recre
ation and addresses by leading
farm women of North Carolina
and District 11.1
Also appearing were Mrs. Irby
Walker, Greensboro, treasurer of
the Associated Women of the
North Carolina Farm Bureau Fed
eration; Dr. Ellen Winston, Ra
leigh, commissioner of the State
Board of Public Welfare; and
John H. Harris, horticultural ex
tension specialist.
Officers for the coming term of
the 11th District were named fol
lowing the final address. Mrs. A.
T. Whittington, Elkin, was elected
president; Mrs. Charles W. Gough,
Hamptonville, first vice-president;
Mrs. Hugh Atkinson, Siloam, sec
ond vice-president; and Miss Mora
Nichols, Toast, secretary; Mrs.
P. N. Ta.vlor, White Plains, out
going president, presided at the
meeting.
In summing up the challenge
to the farm women, Mrs. Sewell,
who in 1947 was one of the United
(Continued On Page Eight)
Renfro Herald
Editor Resigns
R. Allan Jessup, for the past six
years editor of the Renfro Herald,
Yadkinville, resigned that post
early in January because of other
duties. Mr. Jessup agreed to serve
as editor until a successor could
be named.
Mrs. Carroll Transou was re
cently named editor to succeed
Mr. Jessup. She took up her du
ties April 1.
Mrs. Transou was formerly con
nected with the Daily Advance in
Elizabeth City, and was also affi
liated with radio station WGAI in
Elizabeth City before her marri
age last fall.
Mrs. George Long, who has
been assisting Mr. Jessup as asso
ciate editor for the past three and
a half years, also resigned early
in the year but she will remain
with the paper in a part-time ca
pacity for some time.
Jonesville Drive
To Start Monday
With Lions' Help
In view of the need of a com
munity clean-up campaign, the
Lions Club of Jonesville, assisted
by the Scouts will sponsor as a
civic betterment project the clean
up of the Jonesville community
during the week of April 25-30.
All business establishments and
citizens of the town have been
urged to cooperate during the
week by cleaning their premises of
all trash and unsightly matter.
Trucks will collect the trash and
garbage from the curb on Wed
nesday, April 27, at which time
the Lions Club, assisted by the
scouts of Troop 25, will man the
trucks and haul the trash away.
Mayor Gilliam declared this
week that the clean-up week
should be a very worthwhile proj
ect, adding, “I sincerely hope that
all citizens of our town will worjf
with the members of the Lions
Club in this undertaking. I no
tice many of our sidewalks which
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BEST SPELLERS — Top photo,
# Joan Teague, who has just de
feated Bill Tulbert for the Elkin
championship in the elimination
progress for the State Spelling
Bee, stands. Joan, right, is a
seventh grade student of North
Elkin School. Bill, left, is a
sixth grade student at Elkin
Elementary. Carlene Hemric,
Dobson School eighth grade stu
dent, bottom photo, was declar
ed winner of the Surry County
contest. Joan and Carlene will
go to the finals in Winston
Salem in May.
(TRIBUNE PHOTOS)
MORE CANCER
FUNDS NEEDED
Elkin Residents and Merch
ants Contribute $760.41
Up To Tuesday
GOES INTO FINAL WEEK
An appeal for increased con
tributions to the Elkin Cancer
Drive was made yesterday by
David Brown, town solicitations
chairman.
Mr. Brown reported that Elkin
Merchants and residents had con
tributed $760.41. up to noon Tues
day with several sources yet to
be reported. He pointed out,
however, that the town turned in
$1081.49 in last year’s drive and
a higher quota had been set for
1949.
Only one more week remains in
the campaign here.
Lewis Alexander, chairman of
the Surry County drive, reported
the county campaign to be pro
gressing fairly.
4- H Movie To Be
Shown In Elkin
“The Green Promise” will be
shown at the Reeves Theatre, May
5- 6, sponsored by the Elkin El
ementary 4-H Club, Mrs. Grace
P. Brown, Home Demonstration
agent for Surry County announc
ed this week.
SOLDIER DIES
IN AUTO WRECK
Corporal Wayne C. Byrd 13iet
In Accident At Roaring
River Curve
HOME ON FURLOUGH
A North Wilkesboro soldier
home on furlough was instantly
killed about 5 p.m. Monday on a
Highway 268 curve at Roaring
River which has claimed three
other victims in the past five
years.
Highway patrolmen identified
the victim as Corporal Wayne C
Byrd. 26, member of an army de
tachment stationed at West Point
Byrd died when the 1941 Ford
which he was drivin’g*s'went out ol
control down a 30-foot embank
ment about 10 miles west of here
William Ray Wood, owner of the
vehicle, escaped without serioue
injury.
Byrd’s body was cut almost com
pletely in two in the accident
when it jammed in a half-opened
door, officers reported. The dooi
had to be sawed off before the
body could be extracted. Death
was believed caused by a fractur
ed skull, however. Patrolmen J
A. Reeves and R. H. Hilliard in
vestigated the mishap.
The soldier, a veteran of several
years’ service in the army, wai
slated for overseas assignment tc
Japan upon completion of the cur
rent furlough.
He is survived by his parents
Mr. and Mrs. Sol Byrd, North
Wilkesboro, Route 2; two broth
ers, William V. Byrd of Elkin, and
Jones Byrd, Route 2; and foui
sisters, Mrs. Leroy Porter, Mrs
Eugene Sebastian, Mrs. Ray Rich
ardson, and Mrs. Wayne Brown
all of Route 2.
Mrs. Rainey Speaks
To Concert Group
Mrs. W. P. Rainey, secretary ol
the Civic Music Concert Associa
tion in Winston-Salem, stfoke t(
the officers, directors and volun
teer workers of the Surry-Yalkii
Community Concert Association a1
a meeting of the Gilvin Roth Y
M. C. A., Monday evening.
Mrs. Rainey explained the pos
sibilities of the local organization
John Thayer, a representative ol
the nationwide Community Con
cert Service, New York Office
also spoke to the group. A twen
ty minute sound film on “A Car
negie Rail In Every Town” was
shown.
Mrs. Robert L. Kirkman, Jr.
president of the Surry-Yadkir
Community Concert Association
presided over the meeting.
COUNTY, ELKIN
SPELLING BEE
CHAMPSNAMED
Dobson School Has County’s
Best Group
WINNERS GO TO FINALS
Carlene Hemric Wins For
Surry County; Joan Teague
Takes Elkin Title
OF DOBSON, N. ELKIN
. Carlene Hemric, 12, Dobson
High School eighth grade student,
was declared winner last week of
the Surry County Spelling Bee.
Joan Teague, seventh grade stu
dent of North Elkin School was
named winner of the Elkin Spell
ing Bee. Both students will par
ticipate in the State contest to be
held May 2 in Winston-Salem.
The county champion, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hemric,
Route 1, Elkin, outspelled all com
petitors also in 1948 to qualify for
the finals in the Twin City.
Joan Teague, winner at Elkin
won the finals over Bill Tulbert,
sixth grade student of the Elkin
Elementary School.
Second place award in the coun
ty went to Shirley Waugh, White
Plains School eighth grade stu
dent. Third place went to Keith
Denny, Pilot Mountain School
eighth grade student.
Grade winners were as follows:
Grade t w c — Wayne Sykes,
Franklin School, and Irving Bay
les. Pilot Mountain School, tied.
Third place went to Joby Cook,
Westfield School.
Grade three—1st, Hazel Ham
lin, Dobson School; 2nd, Mary Lee
Wall, Eldora School; 3rd, Alma
Jean Norman, Mountain Park
School.
Grade four—1st, Iris Shelton,
Eldora School; 2nd, Geraldine
Love, Westfield Sehool; 3rd, Patsy
Bates, Little Richmond School.
Grade five—1st, Glenda Hall,
Westfield School; 2nd, Mary Jane
Boyles, Pilot Mountain School;
3rd, Shelvy Simmons, Dobson
School.
Grade six—1st, Hazel Wall,
Mountain Park School; 2nd, Ruby
Cave, Dobson School; 3rd, Betty
Chilton, Pilot Mountain School.
Grade seven — 1st, L u c i 1 e
Draughn, Dobson School; 2nd;
Desarary Leatherman, Mountain
Park School; 3rd, Violet Payne,
Westfield School.
Grade eight — 1st, Mary Faye
Jackson, White Plains School;
2nd, Rachel C r i t z, Franklin
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Gene Hall Painfully
Injured In Accident
An automobile accident on the
Devotion highway Sunday result
ed in serious injury to Gene Hall
and badly damaged a vehicle
owned and operated by Charles
Neaves, both of Elkin.
The two were returning from
Devotion Sunday afternoon on a
winding road when Mr. Neaves
lost control of the car resulting in
an overturning.
Mr. Hall suffered a toe and a
collar-bone fracture, and possible
fracture of a vertebra.
Charlotte Man To
Address Kiwanians
Ray A. Furr, of Charlotte, a
past district governor of the Caro
linas District and present editor
of the Carolina Kiwanian, will be
guest speaker at the meeting of
the Elkin Kiwanis club this even
ing (Thursday), at the Gilvin
Roth YMCA.
The Kiwanis club did not hold
a regular meeting last week, due
to attending the luncheon Thurs
day at noon during the Home
Demonstration Club Spring Fes
tival.
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Elkin Getting
Quieter With
Years, Wall Says
“Elkin has been quieter dur
ing the past 60 days than in
any period in my 11 years
on the police force,” Chief Cor
bett Wall said yesterday in re
viewing the police record.
Only 60 men were arrested
during the months of Febru
ary and March he pointed out.
“Last year was the quietest
year since I’ve been here,” the
Chief continued. “Up until
that time there were approx
imately two arrests a day in the
town.”
Only once during the Chief’s
career has he ever had to pull
a gun in making an arrest,
“and even then I didn’t have
to use it,” he said.