ELKIN
The Best Little Town In
North Carolina
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ELKIN
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VOL. No. XXXVII No. 23
PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1949
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NEW MAYOR AND
BOARD ELECTED
,IN ELKIN VOTE
Total of 289 Ballots Cast In
Polling Monday
ATKINSON IS MAYOR
Group Sworn In Monday
Night By Justice of The
Peace C. A. McNeil
MAYOR PRO-TEM NAMED
Richard J. Atkinson was elected
I mayor of Elkin Monday in the
largest vote ever recorded for a
town election here.
In spite of torrential showers
289 Elkinites turned out to cast
their votes for a mayor .and five
commissioners.
M Mr. Atkinson received 289 votes.
\J. W. L. Benson led the list of
commissioners with 289 votes. J.
j D. Brendle received 285, Hugh A.
Royall, 284, A. M. (Ab) Crater.
282, and R. C. Freeman. 275.
Others receiving votes were Dr.
Vernon W. Taylor, 9, Harry H.
Hensel, 8, Dr. C. A. McNeil, Jr.,
3, and Russell Burcham, 1.
The mayor and commissioners
were sworn in Monday night by
C. A. McNeil, justice of the peace.
R. C. Freeman was appointed
mayor pro-tern while all other
city officials, including the chief
of police, town clerk and town at
torney were reappointed.
Mr. Atkinson, who is part own
er and manager of Surry Tractor.
Company here, is the first native
^ born Elkinite ever to become
mayor of the town.
Past mayors and their birth
places have been Dr. J. W. Ring,
Kernersville; J. F. Hendren, Ra
leigh; E. E. Harris, Sandy Ridge,
Stokes County; W. W. Boyles,
Pilot Mountain; R. J. Lewellyn,
Dobson, Dr. M. A. Royall, Chest
nut Ridge, Yadkin County; J. R.
Poindexter, Wilkes County; and
Garland Johnson,’ Benson. ■
LION OFFICERS
TO BE ELECTED
Nominations Place Charles
Alexander To Run Un
opposed As Head
* CLUB MAKES DONATION
Election of officers of the Elkin
Lions Club will be held May 30, it
was announced at a regular meet
ing of the organization Monday
night.
Those nominated thus far are,
president, Charles Alexander;
first vice-president, Claude A.
^fan-ell and C. C. Wright; second
vice-president, Pied Eidson and
Lewis Alexander; third vice-presi
dent, Tom Parnell; treasurer,
Dwayne Irwin; secretary, Glenn
Lewis; Lion tamer, Jim Crowe
and Francis Jarvis tail twister,
David Brown and new directors,
Joe Saylor, Ted Griffin and K. V.
McLeod.
It was reported to the club that
a check of $100 had been pre
sented to Dr. J. S. Hiatt to buy
w equipment for the Eye, Ear, Nose
and Throat clinic at the hospital.
Visitors at Monday’s meeting
included Bausie Marion and Miss
Hankins of the Surry Health De
partment. Instruction on meth
ods of handling blind cases in
Surry County was given.
Highway patrolmen D. J. Caudle
and Sam McKinney were intro
duced as new members of the club.
Two Hurt Saturday
In Road Accident
Two teen-age youths were
slightly injured when the pick-up
truck in which they were riding
overturned between Fairview and
Crutchfield about 8 p. m., Satur
day.
The youths, Billy . Snow, 19, of
Dobson, Route 3, driver, of the
truck, and Eugene Hamlin, Jr., 15.
were treated at the Hugh Chat
ham Memorial Hospital.
Snow suffered an injured hip
and Hamlin received lacerations
and bruises.
East Bend Seniors
To Present Drama
The senior class of East Bend
High School will present a four
act play: “The Road to the City,’’
in the school auditorium, 8 p. m.,
Friday.
The cast includes Lorene Shore,
Nelda Williams, Ann Speas Iiar
tin, Lou Ray Wilhelm, Edv/ard
Hobson, Carlyle Norman, Ci u y
Smitherman, Tosso Angell and
Royce Ring.
A sponge was carried by Rom
an soldiers as a drinking vessel.
ELKIN’S MOTHER OF YEAR — Mrs. T. Mason Lillard was chosen
by ballot from residents of Elkin and by consideration of a group of
judges to be Elkin’s Mother of 1949. The project is the second an
nual choice held here by the Elkin Junior Woman’s Club.
(PHOTO BY REDMON)
ELKIN NAMES
HONOR MOTHER
Mrs. T. M. Lillard Chosen,
“Mother of 1949” By Resi
dents of Town
JUNIOR WOMEN SPONSOR
Mrs. T. M. Lillard, 105 Gwyn
Avenue, has been chosen Elkin’s
“Mother of 1949.’’
Mrs. Ed Snyder, chairman of
the Mother of the Year committee
of the Junior Woman's Club, said
this week that the selection was
made by local judges among a
large amount of nominations by
Elkin residents.
Mrs. Lillard is the mother of
four daughters, each of whom
completed her education from the
local high school, and at Queen’s
College in Charlotte. The oldest
of Mrs. Lillard’s daughters, Mar
garet Lillard Smith, died in 1938.
Two of her daughters are now liv
ing in Elkin, Mrs. John Sagar
and Mrs. Van Dillon, Jr. The
other, Mrs. Robert Harris, is now
living in Chicago, 111.
After completing her business
training at Woman’s College, Uni
versity of North Carolina, Mrs.
Lillard came to Elkin as secretary
to Hugh Chatham, Sr., who was
then president of Chatham Man
ufacturing Company. It was here
that she met and married Mason
Lillard, an official of Chatham,
and himself a pioneer in the civic
and church improvement and
growth of Elkin. Mr. Lillard died
in 1943.
Mrs. Lillard has been consist
ently active in the civic and
church life of Elkin. She was the
first president of the Elkin P.T.A.,
and headed this organization for
several years. She also served for
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National Girl Scout
Worker Visits Here
Miss Nancy Johnson, commun
ity advise from the National
Branch Girl Scout Office in At
lanta, Ga., met with local Girl
Scout leaders and committee
members at the Gilvin Roth Y. M.
C. A., Tuesday.
Miss Johnson spoke to the group
on the training program; program
planning and developing new
troops to expand scouting in El
kin. An expansion program in the
local scout program is planned
for Pall.
May is the final month for Girl
Scout meeting and the Brownies
and Girl Scouts are busy work
ing on Parents’ Night to be held
May 27. At this time a scout
investiture service and court-of
awards will be held. In conjunc
tion with Parents' Night will be
a program of folk dances.
Miss Louise Shelton, executive
director of the Winston-Salem
Girl Scout area, will be present
to make the awards.
Register Issues 3
Marriage Licenses
Only three mariage license;
were issued last week in the Suits
County Register of Deeds’ office
at Dobson. They were, Vincenl
Waddell, 29, Elkin, and Ines
Cheek, 23, Yadkinville; Pies Jenk
ins, 47, and Annie Inman, 34, both
of Mount Airy; and Elmer Grej
Eads, 28, and Rebecca Queen, 20
both of Mount Airy.
Dobson Girl
Runner-Uo In
State Spelling
Carleen Hemric, 12-year-old
Dobson School student took
runner-up honors in the State
Spelling Bee held in Winston
Salem Saturday. Anita Strad
er, Rural llall School, won first
place.
Miss Hemric was one of the
three contestants who were in
the finals a year ago.
SURRY COURT
CASES SLOW
Divorce Cases Take Good Por
tion of Time For Trials
At Dobson
MEAT CASE COMPLETED
Cases in Surry County’s Crim
inal Court slowed down last week
after Monday’s opening docket.
Few cases of wide interest were
completed after Tuesday.
Garnie Brown and Ed John
son, of Rusk, were sentenced to
serve two to five years in State
Prison last week. They were con
victed on charges of stealing
country hams and salt pork from
the smokehouse of A. A. Cave of
State Road community. Judge
Hoyle Sink pronounced sentence
after both men had pleaded guilty
to the charges.
Other cases were as follows:
Joe McHone, acquitted on a
breaking and entering charge.
Bobby Hemmings, breaking and
entering and larceny, six months,
Surry County Jail.
Charlie Hall, o.c.i., $200 and
cost, 12 months suspension of
driver’s permit.
Roy Ayers, assault on female,
six months in Surry County Jail.
Zeno H. Absher, Bruce Joines,
Arl B. Cockerham, larceny and
receiving. Each sentenced five to
seven years on the larceny charge.
On receiving stolen goods, a five
year prayer for judgement was
issued.
Divorces were granted to the
following: Neva M. DeBrule vs.
Willie B. DeBrule, M. Lacy South
ern vs. Kathleen Owens Southern,
James Monroe Walker vs. Betty
Marie Walker, Annie Tucker vs.
Herman Tucker ,and Pies Jenkins
vs. Della Pruitt Jenkins.
White Appointed
Soil Assistant
Kermit White of Dobson has
been appointed conservation aid
for the Elkin branch, Tri-Creek
Soil Conservation District. He
succeeds Jasper Chipman, who was
transferred to the Wilkesboro of
fice.
H. M. Willis is head of the Elk
in branch. ,
Bank To Observe
Memorial Tuesday
The Bank of Elkin will be clos
ed Tuesday, May 10, in observance
of Southern Decoration Day.
The bank will be opened on
Wednesday, May 11, for business
as usual.
Only the male nightingale sings.
YADKIN CATTLE
SALE TO BEGIN
AT l:OOFRIDAY
Animals To Be Sold For Foun
dation Stock
BRED, OPEN HEIFERS
24 Head of Popular Breed
Cattle Will Be Offered
On Block
CONSIGNERS ARE LISTED
A Yadkin Valley Jersey Parish
sale will be held in Elkin, Friday,
May 6 beginning at 1 p.m. Twenty
four head of cattle will be offered
including bred heifers and open
heifers.
All of the animals to be sold
will be from popular blood lines
and are considered good founda
tion stock for dairymen or veteran
farm trainees who desire to start a
purebred herd.
The consignors of the animals
are: C. C. Alexander, Roaring
River, W. T. Allen, Pinnacle,
Powell Atkins, Mt. Airy, P. E.
Burch, Mt. Park, Henry D. Flem
ing, Boonville, O. O. Grabs, King,
Bobby Hobson, Boonville, Curtis
Hobson, Boonville, J. G. Hobson,
Boonville, Keith E. Johnson, Boon
ville, W. W. Johnson, Boonville,
Lucille Mathis, Roaring River, C.
Tom Murphy, Boonville, Roy W.
Reece, Boonville, James I. Smith,
King, Robert J. Smith, King, E.
A. Stinson, Boonville, R. E. Snow,
Elkin, W. T. White, Elkin.
The Yadkin Valley Jersey Par
ish is made up of Forsyth, Stokes,
Surry, Yadkin, Alleghany, Ashe,
Watauga and Wilkes counties.
ELKIN BANKER
STATE OFFICER
Garland Johnson Becomes 1st
Vice-President of N. C.
Bankers Group
ECONOMIST ADDRESSES
Garland Johnson, Elkin banker,
became first vice-president of the
North Carolina Bankers Associa
tion Saturday as the association
convention advanced its officers
according to custom.
J. Herbert Waldrop, of Green
ville, was elevated to the presi
dency.
The group was told that indus
try should cut prices across the
board to help current business
letdown or “disinflation” stabilized
itself at a point lower than present
levels but still satisfactory for ef
ficient producers.
Foresight dictates “that prices
be adjusted pretty well around, in
stead of the slight and occasional
changes that have already been
observed,” said Dr. Charles W.
Williams, university economist.
Williams said the current let
down was caused in part by the
end of the sellers’ market after
the postwar demand for consum
ers goods was met. But he as
serted he had "great confidence
in the American people’s continu
ing desire to buy” if they have the
money. ‘ ,
Disabled Veteran
Wins Boonville Post
A disabled World War II veter
an was elected Mayor of Boonville
Tuesday in the most spirited elec
tion in the town’s history.
Carl Bovender defeated Mayor
Troy W. Martin by a vote of 143
to 98.
Practically the entire registra
tion was voted in the election.
Elected to the Board of Alder
men were: Wade Shore, F. R.
Matthews and Frank Steelman. J.
A. Speas, incumbent, was defeat
ed. Shore is the new member.
The vote for the Board was:
’ Shore 212; Matthews 155; Steel
man 117; T. S. Hobson 87; John
Hunter 19; Albert Parker 11;
George Williams 105 and Speas
. 99.
, Goforth Appointed
\ Road Commissioner
Mark Goforth of Lenoir, busi
’ nessman and farmer, was last
week appointed commissioner for
the eighth district of the State
Highway Commission. He suc
ceeds J. Raymond Smith of Mount
Airy.
Dr. Henry Jordan of Cedar Falls
r was appointed chairman of the
State Highway ^Commission.
George Cople, Lexington dairy
• man, was the only commissioner
; reappointed.
New commissioners were sworn
l in yesterday (Wednesday) «morn
3 ing, after which they held their
first meeting.
All appointments were for terms
. expiring May 1, 1953.
Norman Elected
American Legion
Commander Here
FRED NORMAN
Fred Norman, Elkin insurance
man, was elected Tuesday night
commander of the George Gray
American Legion Post 114. He
succeeds Herbert Graham, Jr., to
the office.
Other officers were: First vice
commander, C. R. Alexander:
second vice - commander. Jack
Robinson; adjutant, Eugene Ald
ridge; sergeant-at-arms, Joe Har
ris; chaplain, Cortez Lowery; fi
nance officer, Raymond Vestal;
athletic officer, Keith Mayberry;
historian, Herbert Graham, Jr.;
service officer, Bill Stevenson;
and guardian, T. P. Mayberry.
Pre-School Clinics
Announced For Area
Pre-school clinics conducted by
the Surry County Health Depart
ment will be held this month as
follows:
Elkin Elementary School, May
5, 9:30 a.m.; North Elkin School,
May 9, 9:30 a.m. Dr. R. B. C.
Franklin will conduct the physical
examinations and Dr. M. O. Fox,
the dental examinations.
The North Elkin Colored School
clinic will be held May 9 at 1:30
p.m., and the Little Richmond
Colored School at 1:30 p.m., May
11.
The Little Richmond white
school will have the clinic at 9:30
a.m., May 11, and Mountain Park
School, May 18 at 9:30 a.m.
GROUPPLEADS
FOR LIBRARY
Surry County Commissioners
Hear Appeal From Coun
ty Residents
HEARING IS FAVORABLE
. A plea for a county library was
heard Monday by 30 interested
representatives before the county
commissioners monthly meeting.
J. N. (Buck) Freeman, Mount
Airy attorney, appeared as spokes
man for the group which includ
ed principals and teachers of
schools, Home Demonstration
leaders, Farm Bureau representa
tives and civic club leaders.
A favorable answer was given
the delegation, but commissioners
reported that funds for the library
would depend upon whether or
not it could be included in the
budget.
Also appearing before the board
in support of the library program
were Mrs. Hugh Atkinson, vice
president of the Home Demonstra
tion County Council; Miss Helen
Rex, representative of the State
Library Commission; Mrs. Glenn
Hall, Westfield; and Mrs. Clinton
Moseley, Franklin.
Burglars Break In
Two Places In Area
Burglars broke into North El
kin School and Jonesville High
School Saturday night to add to
the list of recent breakings in
this area.
Saturday night’s breaking of
the North Elkin School lunch
room marked the third time the
room had been entered by burg
lars since it was completed a few
weeks ago.
Jonesville Water
To Be Off One Hour
Due to necessary repairs to a
master meter, water service in
Jonesville will be cut off for one
hour Saturday afternoon from 3
to 4 o’clock, it has been announc
ed. All Jonesville residents are
asked to take note of this fact so
as not to be inconvenienced dur
ing the brief shut-off any more
than possible.
GUERNSEY CLUB
TO VISIT HERE
ON SOUTH TOUR
Represent Total of 45 States,
And Foreign Countries
WILL VISIT KLONDIKE
Thurmond Chatham, 5th Dis
trict Congressman, Will
Act As Host To Group
AROUND 300 EXPECTED
Members of the American
Guernsey Club of 45 states and
several foreign countries will stop
at Elkin and Klondike Farm Fri
day, May 13, on their tour of the
Southern states.
Following their annual conven
tion at Asheville on the 10th, 11th
and 12th, representatives will
make Elkin their first stop of the
tour.
Thurmond Chatham, Elkin con
gressman and owner of Klondike
Farm, will be host to the group
at a luncheon at the Gilvin Roth
Y.M.C.A. Friday at 1 p.m. Mem
bers of the Elkin Kiwanis Club
will also be guests.
T. F. Cooley, manager of Klon
dike Farm, said this week that
approximately 300 persons would
make the visit here. Following the
luncheon the group will tour Chat
ham Manufacturing Company and
then go back to Klondike where
animals and dairying processes
used by the farm will be demon
strated.
From Elkin, they will go to Win
ston-Salem, then to Kannapolis
before going to South Carolina
and other points south.
COUNTY GRAND
JURY REPORTS
Twenty-Six Indictment Testi
monies Heard; Twenty
six True Bills Returned
SATISFACTORY REPORT
The Surry County Grand Jury
reported last week that testi
monies of 26 indictments had been
heard by them and that 26 true
bills had been returned.
Other reports were made as fol
lows:
1. With reference to the prison
camp, the present wash house has
been in the past and is at present
• a fire hazard and should be by all
means replaced with a fire-proof
structure.
2. With reference to the Febru
, ary Grand Jury report applying
to windows being broken, some
windows and screens have been re
paired, others are in bad need of
repair at present.
; 3. We recommend that the
building of some sort of storage
house for meats, vegetables, etc.,
be constructed inside the prison
grounds.
4. We also recommend that the
water tank be repainted and re
paired, also all frame buildings
inside the prison fence and in use
at present be repainted.
5. We recommend that glass in
1 Cooks hall door be replaced at
once, has been broken for several
years and is in a dangerous con
1 dition.
| We commend the supervision
and attendants of the camp and
their duties. Commended very
: highly.
, The county home was inspect
ed and it was found that porch
\ floors had been broken and were
| in need of repairs. All broken
windows in, barns should be re
[ placed. Found county home in
generally excellent condition.
' Inspection of the Court House
in general as to the recommenda
tion made by the Grand Jury in
the January term of Surry Court,
and is at present being complied
as best as possible.
^ Inspected Welfare office, Clerk
of Court, Register of Deeds and
• other offices, and all were found
i satisfactory.
) Inspected county garage. Satis
i factory.
It was found that recommenda
f tions made by the preceding jury
■ was complied with.
; The jury report was signed by
■ I. A. Schafer, foreman.
Home Demonstration
Week Is Celebrated
Surry County is this week cele
brating Home Demonstration
i Week.
l Six hundred home demonstra
: ticn club women in the county are
1 highlighting their achievements
- this week with talks over radio
; stations, style shows, tours, teas,
) luncheons and parties for boys
- and girls, Mrs. Grace Pope Brown,
i home demonstration agent, said
yesterday.
Special Vote
Planned For
Road Measure
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Burglars Make
Grocery Haul
At East Elkin
Burglars made a general
merchandise raid here Tuesday
night when East Elkin Grocery
was entered.
Store workers reported that
650 pounds of sugar, five car
tons of cigarettes, two stalks of
bananas and $23 in change was
found missing when they came 1
to work Tuesday morning. En- ‘
trance was gained through the
feed room door on the front 1
side of the building. Little evi
dence as to the manner used in
breaking the lock was left. The
lock was missing.
ELKIN TOTALS
CANCER FUNDS
$1045.00 Turned In From
Area By Solicitors Under
Chairman Brown
THANKS NOTE WRITTEN
Elkin contributed $1045.00 to
the American Cancer Society drive
here last month, David Brown, lo
cal chairman reported yesterday.
This amount failed to reach last
year’s by only $36.49, but can
vassers are at present attempting
to push the amount over the last
year’s total before the final report
is turned in.
Mr. Brown reported that $556.83
was solicited from merchants and
individual donations. Chatham
Manufacturing Company em
ployees turned in $326.95. The
Girl Scouts turned in $100.96 on
a “tag day” canvass while cups
distributed through the business
section yielded $37.56.
A letter of thanks was issued
this week to Elkinites who helped
in the campaign. Mr. Brown’s
note is as follows:
“My sincere thanks to Miss Lois
McKnight and the girls who as
sisted her in handling the collec
tions at Chatham. To Mrs. G. A.
B. Moore and the Girl Scouts.
To Miss Mary Ellen Harrell and
the Tri-Hi-Y girls. And to my
fellow members of the Lions Club,
Ted Griffin, Bob Kirkman, Her
man Guyer, Tom Parnell, L. M.
Latham, E. E. Shore, Jr., Dr. Ver
non Taylor and Clay Watts.
“And thanks to the merchants
and individuals of Elkin and to
the employees of Chatham Manu
facturing Company who gave lib
erally.”
Kiwanians To Attend
Lexington Meeting
Elkin Kiwanians will not hold
a regular meeting this evening
(Thursday), due to the Third Di
vision meeting of the Carolinas’
District which will be held at Lex
ington at the Lexington country
club.
A number of local Kiwanians
are planning to attend, and will
leave Hotel Elkin at 4:45 p. m. in
a chartered bus. All members
who axe going to make the trip
have been asked to be at the hotel
by that time.
Miss Bostian Hurt
In Beach Accident
Miss Ruth Bostian of Wilming
ton, granddaughter of Prof. Zeno
H. Dixon, is a patient at Duke
Hospital, Durham, following an
accident, Sunday.
Miss Bostian was with a party
of friends at the beach, when she
dived into shallow water, narrow
ly escaping death.
She was taken to Duke Hospit
al by ambulance where examin
ation revealed that her back bone
was broken and pressing upon
her spinal column, causing para
lysis. 1
Installation Planned
For Jonesville Clubs
The annual Jonesville Hi-Y and
Tri-Hi-Y installatioh of officers
will be held Monday night at a
banquet for club members and
their parents at the Gilvin Roth
Y.M.C.A.
Watt Deal, principal of Jones
ville High School, will address the
group on “Gateway to New Adr
venture.”
Surry County
Registration
Set May 7-21
f
A special bond election will be
leld in Surry County June 4 on
he issuance of 200 million dollars
itate secondary bonds, and 25 mil
ion dollars state school plant
:onstruction and repair bonds.
Registration books will be open
Tom Saturday, May 7 at 9 a.m.,
rntil Saturday, May 21, at sunset.
Various registrars in the county
will be at their polling places for
•egistering voters on the Satur
days of May 7, 14 and 21.
The election will be held on
the two propositions of whether
the State of North Carolina shall
issue 200 million dollars in bonds
for paving and repairing second
ary roads in the state, and the
issuance of 25 million dollars to
pe used by the counties for school
plant construction and repairs.
Under instructions from the
State Board of elections, the reg
istration books for this section
will be held as has been reported.
A. P. Fulk, chairman of the
Surry County Election Board, ex
plained this week that this elec
tion is not a special registration,
therefore all persons who are now
registered on the general election
registration books will not have
to register again for the election.
“Persons not p o s t i v e as to
whether or not they are register
ed in the general election regis
tration books should see their
precinct on one of the three Sat
urdays mentioned,’’ Mr. Fulk said.
JONESmEHI
GROUP ON TOUR
Seventeen Girls, Eight Boys
Make Pilgrimage To
Washington
PLAN RETURN FRIDAY
(Tribune Washington Bureau)
Washington, May 3. — It was
ladies day in Washington Tues
day for the young girls of Jones
ville High School, who are to start
their capital pilgrimage.
The girls numbered seventeen,
but there were only eight boys
from the school which gave the
balance of power to the ladies.
The young Carolinians swarmed
across Capitol Hill asking ques
tions, listening to guides, and
finding out what went on on the
House floor.
Group leader is Miss Elizabeth
Greever, English teacher, who
said boys and girls alike had al
ready found their Washington
junket “well worth while.”
Sixteen year old Edna Wagner,
16, who wants to manage a bus
iness when she finishes school,
had admiration for the skillful
debaters on both the House and
Senate floors.
Betty Jean Pardue, 17, here for
the first time, didn’t know just
what impressed her the most . . .
"Everything here is so interesting,”
she added.
Edna Ferguson, 17, and Peggy
Morrison, 17, wanted to see Lee’s
Mansion with its remnants of old
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Blue Ridge Loop
At Last Gets Full
Start; Elkin Loses
The Blue Ridge League at
last got off to a full start Tues
day night when all six teams
completed contests.
Wytheville’s Statesmen won
their second smashing victory
against no defeats when they
battered Elkin’s Blanketeers,
13-6, on Wytheville’s home
field. McAllister led the Vir
ginia team with four hits in
five trips to the plate. Hamp
ton and Mabry led the Blanke
teers with three for four and
two for three respectively.
North Wilkesboro took their
first contest of the season with
a 6-2 victory over Mount Airy,
which had lost its first game
to Wytheville.
Galax’s Leafs won thefr first
game over Radford by 6 to 2.
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