ELKIN
The Best Little Town In
North Carolina
THE TRIBUNE
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ELKIN
Gateway to Roarinc Gap and
the Blue Eldie
THE TRIBUNE
Serves the Tri-Counties of
Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin
VOL. No. XXXVII No. 24
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1949
$2.00 PER YEAR
20 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS
DOBSON MAIL
ROUTE ASKED
< BY VET GROUP
Proposed Elkin - Dobson
Schedule Drawn Up
PROMPT MAIL NEEDED
Resolution Asks For Star
Route; Mail Volume
Is Cited
COPY TO CHATHAM
A resolution endorsing and
recommending the establishment
of star route between Elkin and
Dobson was adopted last week by
the William J. Jones Post of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars here.
Commander Russell Burcham
Reported that the local post unan
imously adopted the resolution
after a discussion which brought
out the disadvantages of. the pres
ent mail delivery between the two
communities.
It was pointed out that mail
leaving Elkin did not arrive at
Dobson, the county seat, for a per
iod of from three to four days.
The distance is approximately 18
miles between the two towns.
Prompt mail service between
Elkin, the second largest Surry
town, and Dobson, the county
seat, is a necessity, the resolution
continued. Approximately 175 let
ters leave Elkin each day for Dob
son, and approximately eight to
10 thousand letters leave Dobson
per month for Elkin.
[ A proposed schedule was made
as follows for the route:
Leave Elkin 7:45 a. m„ arrive
Dobson, 8:30 a. m.; leave Dobson,
8:30 a. m... arrive Elkin, 9:15 a.
m.
Leave Elkin, 3:30 p. m., arrive
Dobson, 4:15 p. m.; leave Dobson,
4:15 p. m., arrive Elkin 5 p. m.
A copy of the resolution was
sent to Thurmond Chatham, Fifth
District Congressman, and to the
United States Post Office Depart
ment.
COUNTY HEALTH
LISTS CLINICS
Pre-School Clinics To Give
Vaccinations and Medi
^ cal Inspections
The Surry Health Department
this week announced the following
schedule for Pre-School Clinics:
Thursday, May 12, Sheltontown
9:30 a.m.. Chestnut Ridge 11:00
a.m., Westfield 1:00 p.m.;
Monday, May 16, White Plains
9:30 a.m., Dobson 1:00 p.m.;
Tuesday, May 17, Jones High
*1:00 p.m.;
Wednesday, May 18, Mountain
Park 10:00 a.m.;
Thursday, May 19, Eldora 9:30
a.m., Pilot Mountain 1:00 p.m.;
Tuesday, May 24, Shoals 1:00
p. m.;
Thursday, May 26, Siloam 9:30
a.m., Copeland 1:00 p.m.;
Monday, May 30, Bannertown
9:30 a.m.
The Pre-School Clinics are to
give vaccinations and medical in
|?i spections to children who will
enter the first grade in the fall. ;
To enter the first grade the child
must be six years of age on or
before October 1, 1949.
According to North Carolina
law the child must be vaccinated
against whooping-cough diphther
ia, and smallpox before entering
school. Parents are requested to
bring the child's immunization
card, if he has one, to the Pre
School Clinic. This card will show
which vaccinations the child had
so that booster doses may 6e given
if necessary.
Parents are requested to bring
the child to the clinic, so that
they can give accurate informa
tion on the child and receive use
ful advice on the welfare of the
child.
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Elkin High
Graduation
To Be June 9
Graduation exercises for El
kin High School will be held at
8 p. m., June 9. N. H. Carpen
ter, superintendent of the city
school, announced this week.
Sue Harris Shugart has been
named valedictorian and Win
nie Luffman, salutatorian.
Dr. Clyde A. Irwin, State
. Superintendent of Public In
struction, will be main speaker
at the exercises which will be
held at the Elementary School
auditorium.
The Baccaluareate Sermon
will be delivered Sunday, June
5 at 8 p. m.. by the Rev. J. C.
Gwaltney. Class Day will be
held at 5 p. m., June 7, at
Memorial Park.. ^
FOUR-H SHOWS APPRECIATION — It was 4-H'night at the Reeves Theatre Friday night. The Elkin club, under Mrs. E. H. Holbrook,
and the Surry clubs, showed appreciation for the work of Elkin civic clubs with the presentation of plaques by L. R. Harrill, state leader.
Winners of club exhibits were awarded prizes also by Mr. Harrill. Photo shows, left to right, Bobby Lee Cockcrham, winner of the boys’
exhibit; Howard Ford, who received a plaque for the Kiwanis Club; Walter Jones, who received an award for the Junior Chamber of Com
merce; Mr. Harrill; E. E. Shore, Jr., with an award to the Lions Club; Garland Johnson, who received a certificate for 10 years personal
service to the 4-H Club; Charles Utley, theatre manager, and Anna Jean Holbrook, winner of the exhibits among girls of the Surry 4-H
Clubs. < (PHOTO BY BELL)
TALENT SHOW
PLANSBEGUN
Rehearsals Under Way For
American Legion Bene
fit Stage Show
INCLUDE BABY CONTEST
Rehearsals are under way for
'Laff It Off,” an Elkin talent
show to be sponsored by the
American Legion here Thursday
md Friday next week at the State
rheatre. Curtain time will be 8:13
p. m. The proceeds of the show
will go to pay the balance due on
the post hut.
The play will be under the di
rection of Mrs. Florence Moor, a
former director in Little Theatre
ictivities at Louisville, Ky„ Miami,
Fla., and Birmingham, Ala. She
ilso has been connected with sev
eral Broadway shows.
In connection with'the show, a
paby contest will be held begin
ning today and the winner will be
mnounced on the stage at the
show opening. Any child of pre
school age may enter with no en
sry fees. All required will be a
photo which will be returned
vhen the contest is over. Pictures
will be displayed at a downtown
store and votes from the public
will be one cent e^ch. Voters may
:ast as many ballots as they so
vish.
The master of ceremonies in the
production not only introduces the
various singing and dancing num
pers but also interviews the eldest
pandmother, the grandmother of
he community who has the lar
jest number of children, the old
est resident of the community,
md the gierchant who has been
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Y To Open Camp Butler
June 18; Funds Needed
Camp Albert Butler, located
"our miles above Roaring Gap,
will open June 18 for summer ac
tivities among Elkin boys and
girls.
The camp, under supervision of
he Gilvin Roth Y. M. C, A., will
ae opened for older girls, June
18-28; younger girls, June 28
July 8; older boys, July 8-18;
younger boys, July 13-28. Girls
nay go to both girls camps if they
wish and boys may go to both boys
:amps.
The Elkin Kiwanis Club and the
Slkin Tribune will cooperate with
the Y. M. C. A. to make available
iid to boys and girls needing fin
mcial assistance. The cost for
?ach camper in Elkin and vicinity
will be $25 for each 10-day camp
ng period, and $30 for non-resi
ients.
The Kiwanis Club has worked
with the Y. M. C. A. for the past
YMCA To Open
Pool Monday For
Summer Months
The Galvin Roth Y. M. C. A.
swimming pool will open for
Summer season Monday at
3:30.
Weather permitting, the pool
will then remain open every
week day from 3:30 to 5 except
Saturdays when it will he open
from 10 to 12 a. m., and 2 to 5
p. m. This schedule will remain
in effect until June 1 when a
new schedule will be used.
JERSEY CATTLE
SALE IS HELD
Top Animal In Yadkin Valley
Jersey Parish Sells
For $350
CONSIGNORS ARE LISTED
The top animal of the Yadkin
Valley Jersey Parish sale here
Friday sold for $350 to O. O.
Grabs, of King. The sale was at
tended by a large number of far
mers from several counties.
Biltmorc Daconis Beth, the top
animal, was consigned by W. T.
White, Elkin. Most of the heifers
were brought by F. F. A. boys and
4-H Club boys and girls.
Consignors and buyers of the
sale were as follows:
Robert J. Smith, King, one
heifer to Walter W. Thomas, To
baccoville; Lucille Mathis, Roar
ing River, one heifer to John C.
Jester, East Bend; W. W. John
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several years in securing volunteer
donations for boys and girls who
could not pay all their owrn ex
penses. In some cases all the ex
penses of deserving campers have
been paid, but mostly a part of
the expense of those who could
not pay all of their way.
A campaign will begin immed
iately to secure funds for those
who cannot afford entirely the ex
pense to the camp. T. C. Mc
Knight, general secretary of the
local Y. M. C. A., said yesterday
that those wishing to make con
tributions to the fund should con
tact him. A committee from the
Kiwanis Club, The Tribune and
the Y. M. C. A. will investigate
those cases needing financial as
sistance.
The Y. M. C. A. will furnish
transportation for those who do
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FINAL COURT
CASESLISTED
Minor Criminal Cases Dom
inate Calendar For Last
Days of Session
FEW DIVORCES GRANTED
Another session of Surry Coun
ty Court came to a close Thurs
day under Judge H. Hoyle Sink.
Cases not already reported
were:
Bealey Chandler, Jr., peeping
tom, sentenced to Surry jail four
months, $100.fine and costs.
Arthur Butcher, v. p. 1., 60 days
Surry roads.
Tommie G. Barker, worthless
check, 30 days, Surry roads.
James Fred Bentley, o. c. i. and
reckless driving. Not to operate
a vehicle for one year, $250 fine.
Lester Lee Gates, petty larceeny,
Surry roads 90 days.
Jimmie Dobson, non-support of
illegitimate child. Costs, $150 for
use and benefit of child.
Raymond Arthur Newman,
reckless driving. Prayer for judg
ment continued 12 months on
condition of good behavior, fine,
$25.
Jack Wilson and Luther Dish
man, larceny, State Prison four to
five years. Judgment continued on
charge of receiving stolen goods.
R. H. Williamson, embezzle
ment. Prayer for judgment con
tinued for two years on condition
of paying costs and complying
with probation rules for 12
months. Restitution $259.03 to
Pilot Life Insurance Company.
John Calvin Brooks, o. c. i., Sur
ry jail 90 days and costs. Suspend
ed sentence two years on con
dition of $250 fine payment.
Divorces were granted in the
following cases:
Katherine L. Lowe v. David A.
Lowe; Haver Towe Hawks v.
Poindexter Hawks, Jr.; Anna
Cockerham Chilton v. Sanford
Chilton; and William C. Coulson
v. Thelma F. Coulson.
Highway Accident
Demolishes Auto
Highway 601 two miles north of
Yadkinville was the scene of an
early - morning collision last
Thursday when an automobile
turned over two times after strik
ing a truck loaded with lumber.
James C. Vestal, of Yadkinville
Route 2, was traveling north on
the highway in a 1948 Chevrolet
truck when he was struck by a
1935 Ford coach driven by Fairy
Lee Gaither, Boonville colored girl,
who was allegedly blinded by the
truck’s lights.
Highway Patrolman C. B Pierce
$aid the Ford was completely de
molished, and the truck was dam
aged about $200. Accompanying
the driver of the Ford were Katie
Mae Russell and two-year old
daughter, and Richard Williams,
all of Yadkinville, and James
Sales, of Boonville. All of the oc
cupants were cut and bruised.
Llewellyn Named
Mayor of Dobson
In Town Election
John Llewellyn ^as elected
Mayor of Dobson Monday in a
biennial town election. He re
ceived 37 votes.
A board of commissioners
was named as follows: J. Her
man Coe, 38 votes; Frank Com
er, 36 votes; Grady Cooper, 36
votes; J. S. Gentry, 36 votes;
and F. D. Madison, 32 votes.
Clifton Smith was registrar
for the voting and Cecil Fol
ger and Walter Blevins were
judges.
LIONS BROOM
SALE SUCCESS
45 Dozen Brooms, 69 Floor
Mats Sold In Blind Bene
fit Canvassing
ITEMS MADE BY BLIND
Members of the Elkin Lions
Club and their wives sold 45 doz
en brooms and 69 floor mats last
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
for the benefit of the blind.
The merchandise was made, by
employees of Industries for the
Blind. Greensboro. Part of the
proceeds of the sales went to buy
12 pair of glasses for children in
Surry County who could not oth
erwise afford them.
Glenn Lewis, secretary of the
local club, said yesterday that the
Lions had sponsored 18 projects
during the past year.
The Lions Club of Elkin works
in cooperation with the Surry
County Welfare Department in
furnishing needy persons with
glasses. The State does not fur
nish funds for glasses but its
Welfare Deepartment finds those
in need of attention. With the
cooperation of the Welfare De
partment as to persons needing
attention, the Lions Club takes
from their “blind fund’’ money to
purchase eye-glasses for those
persons.
Blanketeers Bumped;
Wythcville In Lead
Elkin’s Blanketeers dropped to
the cellar of the Blue Ridge
League Tuesday night when
Mount Airy took a 7-5 decision at
the Graniteers’ home park.
Radford nosed North Wilkes
boro, 7-6, after suppressing an
eighth-inning rally. The Wilkes
team was forced out of the league
lead.
In the other Blue Ridge contest
Tuesday night, Wytheville surged
to the lead with an 8 to 1 victory
over Galax.
Dreams are rare among indi
viduals past 65, according to the
Encyclopaedia Britannlca.
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FOUR OF SURRY
TO HELP ROAD,
SCHOOLGROUP
Committee For Better Schools
and Roads
TO LEAD SURRY DRIVE
Farrell, Johnson, Lawson and
Patterson Named For
Co-Chairmen
PART OF N. C. PROGRAM
The names of four persons who
have accepted co-chairmanship
of Surry County’s Committee for
Better Schools and Roads were
announced at Raleigh this week
by John Marshall, executive sec
retary of Better Schools and
Roads, Inc.
They are Claude Farrell and
Garland Johnson of Elkin, D. B.
Lawson of Pilot Mountain, and
Sheriff Sam Patterson of Mount
Airy.
The four will spearhead a coun
ty drive for voters’ support of the
Better Schools and Roads pro
gram, which faces its biggest test
on June 4 when the people of
North Carolina will vote on the
issuance of bonds for school and
road building.
The appointment of the Surry
County men and their acceptance
as leaders of the local effort
marks the beginning of a state
wide program to inform all Tar
Heels of the need for better
schools and roads and to im
press upon all voters the signifi
cance of the June 4 bond election
for the economic and social life
of North Carolina.
The co-chairmen said their first
job would be to encourage regis
tration of voters for the election.
In this connection, however, they
pointed out that no special regis
tration is required. Any citizen
now on the registration books
can vote, and citizens who are
not already registered may do so
on May 14 and May 21 at their
polling places, they said.
NEW $20 BILLS
ALARM HOLDERS
Money Thought To Be Coun
terfeit Explained To Be
New Currency
DIFFERENCE EXPLAINED
The appearance of new $20
bills with color tints slightly dif
ferent from the regular currency
has caused much concern in this
area, officials *of the Bank of
Elkin reported this week.
Franklin Folger, speaking for
the' Bank this week expressed the
opinion that no counterfeit money
is in circulation and explained
the difference in the bills which
has caused undue alarm.
“A counterfeit bill is usually
the work of an amateur,” Mr.
Folger said, ‘‘and it is made by a
photostatic copy or by hand en
graving. A genuine bill, printed
by the government, is done with a
lithographing machine on an ex
cellent engraved paper interwov
en with silk thread. It is not
likely that this grade of paper
could be used by counterfeiters,”
he said.
“Also,” Mr. Folger continued,
“it is practically impossible for
workmanship of counterfeiters to
compare with that of government
experts.
“We are of the opinion that
this change in plate which has
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EUROPE SOUND — Miss Mary Ellen Harrell, left and Mi>s rhyilis
Johnson, both of Elkin, will sail June 14 from New Vo?% for Agape,
Italy, where they will participate in a work camp for the World
Council of Churches (youth department). While there they will
help to build a Protestant Youth Center. The camp will consist of
approximately 60 students, including 15 American boys and girls.
The camp will last eight weeks. Miss Harrell ^nd Miss Johnson ex
pect to return around the first of September.
(Miss Johnson’s Photo by Redmon)
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400 Breeders
To Stop Here
On Farm Tour
GETS DISTRICT POST—Dr.
Vernon Taylor, Jr., immediate
past president of the Elkin Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce, was
elected vice-president of the
second North Carolina district
of Jaycees at their State Con
vention in Asheville last week.
He will serve a two-year term.
TAYLOR NAMED
TO JC OFFICE
Local Jaycee Named Vice
President of Second Dis
trict At Asheville
ELKIN CLUB IS AWARDED
Dr. Vernon Taylor, Jr., was
elected Friday second district
vice-president of the North Caro
lina Junior Chamber of Com
merce at the State Convention in
Asheville.
In addition to the election of
the Elkin club’s immediate past
president to the office, the Elkin
Jaycees won first place in sports
and recreation and second place
in agriculture service. A plaque
was awarded for each honor.
Those attending the convention
were Dr. and Mrs. Vernon Tay
lor, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Bill Steven
son, Van Dillon, Jr., Ed Royall,
Herbert Graham, Jr., and Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Carroll.
The second district of the N. C.
Jaycees is comprised of Watauga,
Caldwell, Catawba, Alexander,
Wilkes, Ashe, Alleghany, Yadkin,
Iredell, Davie, Rowan and Surry
counties.
Plan Health Pageant
Monday At Dobson
A 4-H Health Pageant will be
held at Dobson, Monday at 10 a.
m. for boys and girls in the 4-H
clubs of Surry County.
A king and queen, who are
judged the healthiest and who
have the best health achievements
during the past year, will be
crowned. The healthiest boys and
girls in each club will be in the
court.
A dairy team demonstration
given by Shirley Waugh and Ruth
Nichols, both of White Plains, will
be held in connection with the
pageant.
Between 4 and 8 per cent of
the population is left handed.
Cattle Group
To Be Guests
Of Chatham
Thurmond Chatham, of Elkin,
will be host to over 400 Guernsey
breeders from all parts of the
United States at his Klondike
Farm tomorrow (Friday). The
group will also have a chance to
inspect southern industry when
it makes a tour of the Chatham
Manufacturing Company. A lunch
will be served the visitors at the
Gilvin Roth YMCA at 1 p.m.
These events are in conjunction
with the 72nd Annual Meeting
of The American Guernsey Cat
tle Club at Asheville on Wednes
day, May 11.
A pre-meeting “Southern Tour,”
started Sunday afternoon when
George Watts Hill, Rougemont,
was host at his Quail Roost Farms.
Monday’s program included the
10th Quail Roost Maxim Gurn
sey Sale at Rougemont and a buf
fet supper at the Guernsey farm
of G. S. Coble, Lexington.
The main event Tuesday was
a Panel Discussion on Herd Prob
lems at Asheville: National au
thorities on dairying were mem
bers of the Panel board. A ban
quet was held that evening. The
Annual Meeting of the Guernsey
Club was held at the Asheville
Auditorium, Wednesday morning
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ELKIN DRIVE
PASSES MARK
Cancer Campaign Exceeds
Last Year’s Total By
51-Cent Margin
DAVID BROWN BRAISED
A final tabulation on Elkin’s
Cancer Drive shows $1,082 collect
ed, surpassing last year’s total by
51 cents.
Lewis Alexander, chairman of
the county drive, yesterday re
ported that tabulation on the
Surry campaign had not been
completed but expressed satisfac
tion in the results of the Elkin
drive.
“David Brown, our local chair
man, has done a splendid job in
the campaign and I would like to
extend thanks for the American
Cancer Society to him and to
those who helped him make this
another successful campaign,” Mr.
Alexander said. “Elkin, as always,
came through with their share.
If all towns and cities in the coun
try were like it, funds aplenty
would be available to carry on a
tremendous cancer fight.”
Mr. Alexander said that plans
were underway now in the coun
ty to set up a cancer detection
clinic for the use of everyohe in
the county.
He explained that 40 per cent of
the money given to the cancer
drive would stay here in the coun
ty. The remainder would go to
the American Cancer Society for
research and for disbursement to
localities where needed.
Brakes Fail, Elkin
Lady Goes To Church
Quick thinking on the part of
Mrs. Wayne (Tige) Harris, of this
city, wife of the manager of the
Elkin Blanketeers, averted what
might have been a serious acci
| dent when the brakes failed on
the steep Church street hill Wed
nesday morning shortly after 8
o’clock.
Mrs. Harris, accompanied by a
friend, had carried her son, Tom
my, to the elementary school, and
was coming down Church street
when she found it necessary to
apply the brakes. Nothing hap
pened, and the. car increased in
speed.
Hoping that she might be able
to. make the turn at the intersec
tion of Market street, an ap
proaching car nullified this ave
nue of safety. So, rather than risk
a collision, she steered the car to
the left into the yard of the Pil
grim church where the soft
ground mired it to a stop just be
yond the entrance steps.
Results: no hits, no runs, no
errors.
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