ELKIN
The Best Little Town In
North Caroline
THE TRIBUNE
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ELKIN
Gatevay to Route* Gap and
the Bine Ridge
THE TRIBUNE
Serves the Tri-Counties of
Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin
VOL. No. XXXVII No. 29
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1949
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16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
YMCA GETS BIRD COLLECTION — Dr. J. S. Hiatt last week presented a collection of native birds
to the Gilvin Roth Y.M.C.A. He began gathering the assortment in 1926. Here, Dr. Hiatt, left,
identifies a pair of stuffed birds for T. C. McKnight, general secretary of the Y, who accepts the col
lection on the organization’s behalf. < photo by red mom >
FARMWORKERS
PLAN PROGRAM
Every Road In County To Be
Covered In Permanent
Pasture Exhibits
LIST PLACES, WORKERS
Agriculture workers, of Surry
County agreed last week to cover
every road in the county in the
interest of establishing permanent
pasture demonstrations on road
sides.
During a meeting of the USDA
conference, each agriculture work
. er agreed to work a certain road
* thus accepting an assignment.
A list of roads to be covered in
permanent pasture demonstra
tions by workers council are as
follows:
Elkin—H. M. Willis, Elkin to
Mitchell River; Kermit White, El
kin to State Road.
Mountain Park—Jim Dan Ham
mings, Union Hill Road, also State
Road to Mountain Park; Neill
K Cockerham, Mountain Park to
Mulberry; Paul Melton. Mountain
Park to Devotion; and Don Cock
erham, Mountain Park to High
way 21.
Copeland—C. E. Mauney, Fisher
to Quaker Church; George Snow,
Copeland via Double Creek to
Rockford; H. W. Miller, Union
Cross to Siloam; C. D. Smith,
Copeland to Rockford.
■jju Pilot Mountain—Pilot Mountain
agriculture teacher, Pilot to Line
(Pinnacle) to Shoals; W. J. Lovill,
Pilot to Shoals via hardsurface
Road; E. F. Arnold, Level Cross to
Shoals Road; Codell Reeves, Pilot
to Armstrong Station; W. B.
Blair, Chilton Station to Cook
School to Westfield; and Gordon
Denny, New Highway to West
field.
Westfield—Westfield agriculture
teacher, Sheltontown to West
Y field; Glenn Payne, Wood’s Store
to Flat Rock Road; John Tilley,
Woodvillc to Joel Jessup's, back
to Jessup’s Station.
Flat Rock—James Davis. Mount
Airy to i Brim; Morgan Stanley,
Mount Airy to Line via Sulphur
Springs; and Robert Brim, Mount
Airy to Virginia Line via Route
52 Stokes County line via home
to Wood Road.
^ Franklin—Franklin agriculture
teacher, No. 601 truckline to High
way 52; Bill Lowe, Pine Ridge
Lowgap School near Round Peak;
Frank Beamer, Mount Airy to
Beulah line; C. L. Smith, Toast
to county line on New Lamsburg
Road; and W. R. Locklear, Knit
ting Mill to Snow’s Station;
Paul’s Creek to Virginia line via
C. L. Smith’s.
Beulah—Terry Beamer, Frank
(Continued on page eight)
£ Presbyterian Bible
School Being Held
The Daily Vacation Bible School
of the Presbyterian Church is be
ing held during this week. Ir
charge of the school is Miss Doro
thy McCorkle of Lenoir.
In the beginner department
Mrs. Guy Snow is teacher, witf
Miss Jean Combs as assistant
Primaries, Miss McCorkle; Jun
iors, Mrs. Charles Calhoun, Mis:
> Betty Lou Wall, assistant
t pioneers, Mrs. W. E. Davis, teach
er; Pianists, Miss Edna Dillor
and Mrs. O. T. Blackburn. Re
creation is under the supervisor
of Miss Polly Plfice.
The school will end on Satur
day, June 18. Sessions are helc
daily from 9 a. m. to 11:30 a. m
Two Boonville Council
Members Resign Board
Foster Matthews, Frank Steelman
Quit Board Over Budget Adoption
&
Two members of Boonville’s
board of aldermen resigned last
week in protest over the adop
tion of a new town budget and
the reduction of the tax rate
from 70 to 50 cents on the $100
valuation.
Aldermen Foster Matthews,
funeral director and furniture
dealer and Frank Steelman,
garage operator, said this week
they would not continue to serve
because of the procedure follow
ed by other board members,
Wade Shore, banker, and Mayor
Carl Bovender, at last Tuesday’s
meeting.
Matthews said he was on a
business trip to Georgia and
Florida at the time of the meet
ing and that a new budget and
JAYCEES TAKE
THIRD HONORS
Elkin Junior Chamber Wins
In National Competition
In Agriculture
FOR FAT STOCK SHOWING
The Elkin Junior Chamber of
Commerce placed third in nation
al competition at the Colorado
Springs, Col., National Jaycee
Convention last week for their
agriculture work.
The Elkin club took the honor
through the work it did in stag
ing a fat stock show and sale, the
most profitable show of its kind
ever held in the State.
More than 1,200 civic action
programs of Junior Chambers over
the nation were entered in the
29th Annual Convention awards.
Presentation of the awards was
made before 5,000 delegates in
Municipal Auditorium in Colorado
Springs.
STILL WARM FROM STILL — Policeman Ralph East, left, and Patrolman D. J. Caudle look over
[ 90 gallons of sugar liquor, still warm from the still, and a 1934 Ford coach, which they bagged last
week near Dobson. The driver, escaped into an undergrowth. (tribune photo
tm
tax rate was passed in his ab
sence. Matthews said he resign
ed because he did not have a
vote in the matter.
Steelman, who voted against
the lowering of the tax rate,
resigned because his request
that the vote be held until Mat
thew's returned was not allowed.
The business completed includ
ed the fixing of next year’s bud
get.
Town Clerk T. S. Hobson
said the budget for 1949-50 lists
i expenditures of $6,995 and anti
cipated revenue as $6,995.
Mayor Bovcnder is reported
to have said he “tried to co
operate with all the boys—but
they couldn't agree, and I voted
and broke the tie.*'’
State Workers Help
With Baptist School
JVIr. and Mrs. Ivory Couch,
working as representatives for the
State Baptist Board, are helping
to conduct Vacation Bible Schools
in several of the churches of the
Elkin Baptist Association.
Bible Schools scheduled thus
far for the summer months are
as follows: week of June 13, Elkin
First Baptist (Mrs. Couch) and
Mineral Springs (Mr. Couch);
week of June 20, Mt. Pleasant
(Mrs. Couch) and East Elkin (Mr.
Couch); week of June 27, Elkin
Valley (both Mr. and Mrs. Couch) ;
week of July 4, West Elkin (morn
ing—Mr. and Mrs. Couch) and
Macedonia (night—Mr. and Mrs.
Couch); week of July 11, West
Elkin (morning—Mr. and Mrs.
Couch) and Cool Springs (night—
Mr. and Mrs. Couch).
If any other churches in the El
kin Association are interested in
forming Vacation Bible Schools,
they are asked to contact either
Rev. J. L. Powers or Mr. Couch.
Tribune Advertising Gets Results
Girls Leave
Saturday For
YMCA Camping
The Tribune-Y.M.C.A. camp
fund was increased this week
by $13 on the eve of the first
outing. Campers for the girls
division will leave at 9 a. m.
Saturday from the Y.M.C.A.
This period will last until June
28.
The second girls’ camping
period will be held June 28 to
July 8. Boys’ camp will begin
July 8, ending July 18. The sec
ond boys’ camping period will
be held July 18-28.
Contributions this week were:
George E. Royall, $10.
Dr. J. S. Hiatt, $3.00.
COURT FREES
WILKES MAN
Former Drug Store Clerk
Acquitted On Abortion
Manslaughter Charge
•LONG DELAYED TRIAL
A Wilkes County Superior Court
jury acquitted Hugh West, former
North Wilkesboro drug store clerk,
of abortion and manslaughter,
Tuesday, in the July 31, 1947,
death of Miss Pearl Jenkins, 21,
of Winston-Salem.
West, whose case was continued
from term to term since August,
1947, because of injuries he re
ceived in a motorcycle accident
near Southern Pines, was ac
quitted on both counts, abortion
and manslaughter.
The trial began Monday morn
ing before Judge J. Will Pless, Jr.
The principal witness was Grov
er F. Fields of Winston-Salem. He
testified that he brought Miss
Jenkins from Winston-Salem late
in the evening of July 31, 1947,
and that when they arrived here
he telephoned West at the re
quest of Miss Jenkins.
As a result of the call, he said,
West met them at the drug store,
where he was employed, but the
store had closed for the night.
West, he said, ushered him out
and told him to wait. Later he
and Miss Jenkins came out of the
store. Miss Jenkins got back into
the car, he said, and, with Fields,
started back toward Winston
Salem.
About seven miles out on High
way 421, Miss Jenkins told him
she was feeling faint and needed
air, the witness said. She got
out of the car and collapsed at
the side of the road. Fields said
he went for help and after some
difficulty located some people and
went back to the scene to find
the young woman, dead.
Dr. W. C. Thomas, former pro
fessor of pathology at Bowman
Gray School of Medicine at Win
ston-Salem and now a professor
at Temple University in Philadel
phia, and who conducted the au
topsy, testified that Miss Jenkins’
death was caused by air embolism,
which he attributed to attempted
abortion.
West did not testify.
Oak Grove Women
To Sponsor Sale
The Woman’s Club of Oak
Grove Baptist Church will spon
sor a sale of hand-made articles
at the Eagle Furniture Store here
Saturday.
The proceeds will go to the
church building fund.
BONDED LIQUOR
HAULER FINED
Wilkes Negro Gets Suspended
Sentence In Surry Su
perior Court
OTHER CASES LISTED
Elbert Whittington, Wilkes
County negro,, was given 18
months suspended sentence on
condition of $500 and cost last
week in Surry County Superior
Court, on charges of transport
ing and possessing liquor.
The vehicle which Whitting
ton was driving at the time of his
arrest, a 1949 Dodge truck, was
turned over to an auto sales
company on payment of the dif
ference between amount due on
the truck and $2,000. The proceeds
will go to the Surry Board of Ed
ucation.
Whittington was overtaken Ap
ril 23 near Zephyr by Cpl. Sam
McKinney and D. J. Caudle and
Deputy Sheriff Robert Thompson.
His haul, billed as roofing, con
tained 269 cases of bonded liquor.
Two civil cases of interest in
this section were disposed. David
Pardue was awarded $3,012.35 as
a result of a collision between a
motor vehicle operated by Ralph
T. Ogles and a bicycle operated
by Pardue, August 11, 1948.
A suit against John S. May
berry and George A. Hart, trad
ing as City Cab Company, Elkin,
was compromised with $615 going
to the plaintiff Billy Ray Stan
ley.
Other cases included, Otis
Reece, acquitted cn carnal know
ledge charge, and Oscar Davis, ac
quitted on an o.c.i. charge.
Paul and William K. Mangum
were sentenced six months' each
in the Surry Jail for violation of
the narcotic law.
E. Thomas, larceny, sentenced
to 12 months in the State Prison
camp for youthful offenders. Dew
ey Sechrist, larceny, on probation,
and Connie Sechrist, receiving
stolen goods, on probation.
Elmer S. Tate, a.w.d.w., was giv
en an eight month suspended sen
tence. Clarence Stewart, a.w.d.w.,
<Continued On Page Eight)
Gwyn Poindexter Is
Division Engineer
In an announcement made
Monday, Gwyn Poindexter, of
Asheboro, Elkin native, was nam
ed highway division engineer of
District Six, with headquarters in
Asheboro. The appointment is
effective July 1.
Mr. Poindexter is the son of
Mrs. Van Poindexter of this city
and brother to Mrs. J. O. Bivins.
Z. V. Stewart of the Eighth
division which includes Elkin,
was transferred to Asheviile which
is in the 10th district.
Marriage Permits
Listed For Surry
Four marriage licenses were is
sued this week by the Surry
County Register of Deeds. Those
getting permits were Deward
Scott, 18, Brim, Va., and Carrie
Mae Stanley, 19, Elkin; 3ack W.
Blackmon. 21, and Betty Ruth
Bunker, 18, both of Mount Airy!
James Simmons, 26, Thurmond,
and Pauline Lyon, 16, Traphill;
and Burnett Wilson, 25, and Vir
gania Brooks, 18, both of Thur
mond.
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THIS IS BIG BUSINESS — One of the several front yard conces
sion stands along West Main Street which have blossomed forth
following the recession of school for the Summer has five proprie
tors. Four are shown in the group above. The fifth, Sandy Biggs,
was taking his afternoon nap at the time. Customers, left to right,
are Mike Carpenter, Joe Bivins, and Robert Dillon. Proprietors are
Richard Royall, Jimmie Shore, Buddy Farrell and Tommy Roth.
(TRIBUNE PHOTO)
50 Cub Scouts Go
On Train, Car Trip
Approximately 50 Cub Scouts of
the five dens went on an excursion
Tuesday to North Wilkesboro by
car, and returning home on the
train.
Upon arrival in North Wilkes
boro, the cubs were given a treat
at a local drug store, before board
ing the train.
The group was accompanied by
the den mothers, Mrs. Robert
Hartness, Mrs. Ralph Triplett,
Mrs. N. H. Carpenter, Mrs. Bal
tus Holbrook and Mrs. H. A. Es
sick, and den chiefs, Larry James,
Fred Green Eidson and Charles
Fletcher.
Yadkin Home Entered
$250 Goods Stolen
The home of Paul Hemric,
Swan Creek Road, was entered
into last Wednesday and intrud
ers made way with approximately
$250 in clothes, a radio and a
guitar.
Deputy Sheriff W. J. Ingram
said yesterday that part of the
loot had been recovered but the
intruders had not been caught.
Yadkin Missionary
Lands In Honolulu
Miss Ruby Dean Myers has ar
rived in Honolulu where she was
sent by the Baptist students of
North Carolina to participate in
a 60 day missionary service in
Hawaii.
Miss Myers, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. G. J. Myers, of upper
Yadkin County, is an active mem
ber of Zion Baptist Church near
Union Grove.
Funds for the trip were provid
ed by the Baptist Students of
North Carolina, Zion Baptist
Church, Shiloh, Union, Swan
Creek, Pleasant Grove, Flat Rock
churches and friends.
Police Begin
t
Push Against
Fast Driving
Elkin To Play
Two Contests
Here Tonight
The Elkin Blanketeers will
tangle with Wytheville twice
tonight (Thursday) at Me
morial Park. First game will
begin at 6:30 p. m.
Two games scheduled earlier
this week were postponed be
cause of rain.
The Blanketeers go to Rad
ford Friday night and return
here Saturday for an encoun
ter with high-riding Mount
Airy.
COUNTY GRAND
JURY REPORTS
Twenty-Three True Bills
Returned; Five Not
True Bills
REPAIRS BEING MADE
The Surry County grand jury,
June term Superior Court, re
turned 23 true bills and five not
true bills during the term of court
ending last week.
The report continues as follows:
“We have made an investiga
tion of the reports of prior grahd
juries and our investigation re
veals that the recommendations
of those grand juries have been
and are being complied with. The
necessary repairs at the jail, coun
ty home and prison camp all have
been made.
“We find the county institu
tions are well kept and in a sani
tary condition.
“We have checked the guardian
accounts in the office of the Clerk
of Superior Court and find them
in good shape, to our best know
ledge and belief.
“Respectfully submitted, C. M.
Ball, foreman.’’
Youth Escapes Injury
When Car Clips Pole
Benny Jolly, 17, of Roaring
River, escaped injury Saturday
morning when the car he was
driving skidded into a telephone
pole on Elk Spuh Street, breaking
it in two.
Damage to the vehicle was es
timated at more than $100. No
charges were made against the
driver, Police Chief Corbett Wall
said. Witnesses said the vehicle
was not traveling more than 20 or
25 miles an hour at the time of
the accident.
Nearly 1,000,000 housing units
were turned out in 1948.
Arrest Three
In Campaign’s
Initial Week
Three persons were arrested
during the week in Elkin’s new
campaign against reckless and
speedy driving.
Chief of Police Corbett Wall
gave notice yesterday that the
order of the Mayor, Richard T.
Atkinson and the town board of
commissioners that reckless driv
ing be reduced immediately would
be carried out to the fullest.
“As soon as the new patrol car
arrives,” the Chief said, “we will
enforce speeding and other traffic
laws stringently.” Mr. Wall ex
plained that the car would be out
cruising most of the time in watch
against violators.
Two reckless drivers were
charged in last week’s initial drive
and one driver was arrested for
speeding.
The chief added that closer
watch would be kept on stop lights
and other traffic signs. “People in
different sections of town have
been complaining of reckless driv
ing and speeding and it is our aim
to curb this,” he continued.
Mr. Wall reviewed the police
record over a number of months,
calling attention to the fact that
petty crimes and misdemeanors
had been reduced greatly in the
past several years. “Reckless driv
ing is our only problem at this
time.”
It was revealed that oniy 22 ar
rests were made during the month
of April. This included those ar
rests ihade * by local, state and
county officers—not necessarily
confined to Elkin’s town limits.
Chief Wall asked the coopera
tion of the citizens of Elkin in
making the safety campaign a
permanent success.
Kiwanians To Hear
Of War Experiences
The playing of the special re
cording, “I Can Hear It Now,”
which is made up of a series of
major broadcast sequences of his
torical events ranging from 1933
until the end of the war, featured
last week’s meeting of the Elkin
Kiwanis Club.
At this evening’s meeting
(Thursday), John Parris, of Sylva
will give a talk on his ex
periences as a United I*ress for
eign correspondent during World
War II. Mr. Parris covered the
African invasion and later was
stationed in London. Since the
war he has had one book on his
war experiences published and is
now writing a novel which is to
be published this fall.
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BROKEN BACK DOESN’T STOP STATE ROAD MAN — Raymond, Douglas, 39, of the State Road
community five miles north of Elkin who hasn’t taken a step since he broke his back (n an automobile
accident 20 years ago is now getting around at 20 miles an hour in this motor chair he invented and
built with the help of a brother, H. V. Douglas.* Now a busy magazine subscription salesman he cov
ers the Elkin section getting 40 miles to a gallon of gas. His mother, Mrs. Ella Douglas, is shown
above with him as he prepares to leave for business in Elkin. Anyone interested is invited to contact
Douglas for assistance in building a similar motor chair. (Max Tharpe Photo.)
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