ELKIN
The Best Little Town In
North Carolina
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The Elkin Tribune
ELKIN
Gateway to Roarinr Gap and
the Bine Ridge
THE TRIBUNE
Serves the Tri-Counties of
Surry. Wilkes and Yadkin
VOL. No. XXXVII No. 39
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1949
$2.00 PER YEAR
16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
* ANNUAL 4-H
PULLET SHOW
OPENS TODAY
^ Gets Underway At 2 P. M. At
Livestock Market
90 ENTRANTS LISTED
Young Poultrymen To Com
pete For Prizes; Sponsored
By Elkin Hatchery
FOR SURRY BOYS, GIRLS
The annual 4-H Pullet Show
under the sponsorship of the El
kin Hatchery will get underway at
the Livestock Market here today
at 2 p. m.
Ninety pullets which were placed
with 4-H members in February by
the hatchery will be entered. Each
year 10 boys and girls receive 100
baby New Hampshire chicks which
are raised until six months old,
and then nine pullets are sold at
auction and the money is used to
purchase more chicks for the fol
lowing year.
Surry boys and girls entering
the show and sale are Lucille
Cheek, Mountain Park: Rachel
Southard, Mountain Park; Twin
kle Jackson, Elkin; Lois Jean Jen
kins, Little Richmond; Mary Ruth
Badgett, White Plains; Harold
Stanley, Copeland; Jimmy Pratt,
Copeland; Wade Wilmouth, Dob
son; Robert Hill, Beulah; and
Fred Marshall of Franklin.
A similar show and sale will be
held in Mount Airy, Saturday at
Simmons’ Warehouse.
Five girls and five boys who re
ceived their chickens from Helms
Hatchery, Monroe, in February, j
will enter the show and sale as
follows:.
Charles Pardue, Mountain Park; !
Bobby Ray Badgett, Dobson; Ben
ny Creed, Mount Airy; J. W. York,
Mount Airy; Arthur Beamer, Mt.
Airy; Ina Smith, Mount Airy; Ra
chel Edmonds, Dobson; Peggy
Snow, Mount Airy; Margie Simp
’ son, White Plains; and Treva
Hicks, Mount Airy.
Prizes are offered each year by
the Sears-Roebuck Company as
follows: Blue ribbon winners, $20
each; red ribbon winners, $10
each; and white ribbon winners,
$5 each.
Atkinson Is Speaker
At Elkin Lions Club
Mayor Richard Atkinson was
guest speaker at the regular meet
ing of the Elkin Lions Club, Mon
day evening at the Gilvin Roth
YMCA.
In his talk, Mayor Atkinson
compared Elkin with other towns
which took pride in cleanliness.
He stressed that Elkin should be
cleaner, pointing out that vacant
lots should be cleared, buildings
painted, and made other sugges
tions as to how the appearance
of the town could be improved.
Mr. Atkinson told the club how
Williamsburg, Va„ had collected
¥ dividends from the money it had
invested in restoring homes and
business buildings in the last few
years.
The next meeting of the Lions
Club will be a Ladies’ night to be
held Wednesday, September 7, at
Camp Butler, Roaring Gap.
Amateur Horse Show
Set For Labor Day
The second annual Amateur
Saddle Horse and Pony Show,
sponsored by the Old Town Civic
Club, will be held at the Polo
Field, Winston-Salem, Labor Day,
if September 5.
Starting time for the event has
been set for 10:00 a. m., and a 45
minute intermission at noon will
be the only interruption of the
otherwise unbroken string of
events. The show will continue
throughout the afternoon until all
listed classes have been shown.
A total of 29 separate classes of
events h&ve been set by the Civic
Club officials. Pony and saddle
horse classes will take up most
of the program, but other special
attractions are being arranged by
is officials of the show.
Meet Planned Today
To Discuss Contest
A meeting of agricultural work
ers will be held today (Thursday)
in the court room at the Court
house in Dobson for the purpose
of discussing ways and means of
measuring yields of corn for the
annual Surry County Hybrid Corn
Production contest.
Neill M. Smith, county agent, in
making the announcement, said
that important information about
the Mount Airy fair would be told
at this time which concerns the
agriculture teachers’ part in the
farm program.
FUN AT LEAF CURING TIME — Typical at farms where wood is still used to heat tobacco barns is
this scene where young folks gather about this time of the year for fun and eating . . u and caring for
the fires. Here, at the Fred Holder farm near Zephyr, are four cooks with an appetite. Betty Holder,
left, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Holder look on as Reeves Holder roasts marshmallows on a wooden spit.
Other items on the menu include roasted corn, doughnuts, wieners and apples. (tribune photoi
MILK MEETING
TO BE MONDAY
Pegram, Farnham To Lead
Discussion On ‘Milk Mar
keting Situation’
FROM AREA PRODUCERS
A meeting designed for discus
sion of the “milk marketing situa
tion” will be held Monday at 8
p. m., in the Dobson Courthouse,
it was announced yesterday by
Neill M. Smith, county agent.
Mr. Smith said that C. W. Pe
gram, chief of the dairy division
of the State Department of Agri
culture, will speak to the group,
explaining the services to produc
ers now being conducted at the
milk plants by the N. C. Depart
ment of Agriculture.
F. R. Farnham, extension dairy
specialist, will also take part in
the discussion, reviewing the steps
farmers must take to further shift
their production from surplus sea
sons to deficit seasons of the year,
Mr. Smith added.
“We hope to have as many
grade A and grade C and pros
pective producers as possible in
attendance at this meeting,” Mr.
Smith continued, “and of course,
we hope to have all the agricul- ,
tural workers present.”
_
Liquor Haul Lands
Two In Yadkin Jail
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Newman,
35 and 27, respectively, of Cycle,
Route 1, had their trip to Win
ston-Salem interrupted la*t week.
The interrupters were State
Highway Patrolmen J. R. (Red)
Williamson and C. D. Pierce, who
found 12 gallons of nontax-paid
whisky in the Newman’s car.
Mr. and Mrs. Newmon had got
ten two miles beyond Yadkinville
on Highway 421, when their route
was detoured to Yadkinville jail.
The couple were arrested and
charged with, in Mr. Newman’s
case, transporting illicit liquor,
and, in Mrs. Newman’s case, driv
ing without a license. Their trial
is slated for the September term
of Yadkin County Superior Court.
Hendricks Funeral
Held In Boonville
Funeral service for Mrs. Louise
Smith Hendricks of Yadkinville
was held yesterday (Wednesday)
morning at 10 o’clock at Boonville
Methodist Church. The Reverends
W. R. Jenkins, H. D. Gorman and
B. H. Millikan were in charge
of the service. Burial was in Boon
ville Cemetery.
Mrs. Hendricks, widow of Char
lie G. Hendricks, died at her home'
Monday after an illness of several
weeks.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Mark Wishon and Miss Gelia
Hendricks, and one granddaugh
ter, all of Yadkinville.
Elkin-Yadkin Youth
Fellowship To Meet
The Elkin-Yadkin Sub-District
of the Methodist Youth Fellowship
is sponsoring a Youth Revival to
be held at the Boonville Methodist
Church beginning Sunday, August
28 and continuing through Friday,
September 2.
Rev. Bill McCulley of Winston
Salem will bring the messages at
the service which will begin each
evening at 7:30 o’clock with a half
hour of singing, followed by the
revival service at 8 o’clock.
Youth of all denominations are
extended a cordial invitation to
attend these services.
BOXSCORE
OR M.C.HIGHWAYS
Killed August 20 through
August 22 .. 18
Injured August 20 through
August 22 . 178
Killed through August
22 this year . 507
Killed through August
22, 1948 . 425
Injured through August
22 this year 5,798
Injured through August
22, 1948 . 4,515
DR. DOUGHTON
FUNERAL HELD
Father of Mrs. R. B. Harrell
Dies At Home In
Sparta Tuesday
NATIVE OF ALLEGHANY
Funeral service for Dr. James
Lee Doughton, 79, of Sparta, fath
er of Mrs. R. B. Harrell of this
city, was held yesterday (Wednes
day) at 2:30 p. m. at the Shiloh
Methodist Church in Sparta.
Dr. Doughton, a native of Alle
ghany county and a member of
its oldest and most prominent
family, died at his home Tuesday
after an illness of several years.
Dr. Doughton came to Sparta
following his graduating in medi
cine and surgery at the University
of Maryland in 1893.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Blanch Click Doughton and by
two daughters of a former mar
riage, Mrs. Gavin Dortch, Jr., of
Raleigh, formerly of this city and
Mrs. Harrell.
Plan Model Plane
Meet Sept. 11th
A model airplane meet will be
held at the Rendezvous Airpark
near here Sunday, September 11,
and will feature a wide variety of
model plane demonstrations and
model plane contests. Youngsters
from Elkin, Jonesville and this
section are invited to attend.
Harold Bunting, designer of the
model plane jet propulsion cart
lidge, will be present, as well as
various model plane champions
from various sections of the state.
Prizes will be offered for the
best model planes in a variety of
classifications, with separate prizes
for various age groups.
Model plane clubs from Win
ston-Salem, Greensboro and Salis
bury have been invited to attend
the meet, which is being sponsored
by Home Appliance & Metal Co.
Servant To Chatham
Family Dies Tuesday
“Aunt Ida’’ Greenwood, Negrc
servant of the Chatham family foi
approximately 33 years, died Tues
day morning at the home of a son
in Winston-Salem. She was 75.
Born in Surry County, she mov
ed to Yadkin County at an earlj
age. She became Congressman
Thurmond Chatham’s “mammy’
when the Fifth District Represen
tative was a small child.
She is survived by two sons
Thurmond and Joe, of Winston
Salem, and two daughters, Mrs
Beatrice Roberson of Washington
and Mrs. Blanche Revels, Boon
vllle.
EKIN GRIPS
4TH TIGHTER
Although Losing, Blanketeers
Gain One-Half Game On
North Wilkesboro
JONES LOSES THRILLER
Although losing, the Elkin
Blanketeers moved one full game
ahead of North Wilkesboro in their
fight to hold fourth place in the
Blue Ridge League.
The Elkin team dropped a close,
4-3 decision to Mount Airy as Jim
my Jones struck out 15 men Tues
Radio Station WIFM will
broadcast Sunday’s and Mon
day’s Blanketeer baseball games
with the Galax Leafs. Sunday’s
broadcast will begin at 3 p. m.
Monday night's game will be
aired at 7:50 p. m.
day night. Meanwhile, bottom
place Radford sank North Wilkes
boro twice to increase Elkin’s one
half game margin to a full game,
Jones, though showing wildness
at times, pitched masterfully. A
single to centerfield, bobbled by
Manager Tige Harris, gave extra
bases to the Graniteers. A throw
j to home to cut off a runner was
dropped by Gregg Collins as the
runner piled into him.
The game was clinched in the
10th inning when Crissman open
ed with a single to right, Holmes
walked and Paul Beane sacrificed
both runners. Dub Akins was in
tentionally walked to load the
bases and Charlie Hall blasted a
double off right field fence to
send Crissman home.
Elkin will meet North Wilkes
boro here at Memorial Park Fri
day night.
Darnell Resigns
Elkin Police Force
Warren H. Darnell resigned
Tuesday as patrolman with the
Elkin Police Department. He will
accept a position with a trucking
firm.
Chief Corbett Wall said no one
would be selected to replace Mr,
Darnell. The present force will re
main as is, he said.
Surry Baptist S. S.
To Convene Sunday
The Surry Baptist Sunday
School Association will meet with
the Blues Grove Baptist Church
on Sunday, August 28 at 2:3C
o’clock in the afternoon.
The pastor and children of the
Baptist Orphanage, Mills Home
will be present, according to an
nouncement made Tuesday by A
L. Hiatt.
Art Nuss Show
Will Be Held
Today, Not Friday
A story on the sports page,
page two, second section of The
Tribune lists the Art Nuss Ex
hibition sponsored by the Elkin
Wildlife Club as being sched
uled for Friday. The exhibition
and wildlife meeting will, how
ever, be held today (Thursday).
An ad on the same page con
tains the correct date and time.
Three phases will be included
in the show: A fishing contest,
the Art Nuss exhibition and a
meeting of the Wildlife Club to
1 which the public is invited to
accept membership.
ATTEMPT MADE
TO ROB ELKIN
TAXI DRIVER
Levi Miles Struck Over Head
With Blackjack
TWO FARES FOR WILKES
Men Picked Up Here Satur
day Night Also Pushed
Pistol In Ribs
MADE ESCAPE IN WOOD
A local taxi firm employee was
reported to have been beaten by
two unidentified assailants Sat
urday night who were still being
searched for yesterday.
Levi Miles was said to have pick
ed up two men Saturday night
about 9:30, who asked to be taken
to Traphill. One rode in the front
seat and one in the back. It was
reported that while en route, one
of the men struck him on the head
with a blackjack and the other
punched his ribs with a gun, tell
ing him it was a stickup.
Miles, in a dazed condition, got
away, running into the woods, it
was said. He climbed a tree to hide
from the men and stayed there
until 5:30 a. m., Sunday, when
he returned to the car. The au
tomobile was at the same spot he
left it but the battery had been
run down.
Miles was said to have received
aid from a farmer living in the
vicinity who pushed his car off
with a tractor. The assailants did
not take any money, but Miles’
glasses were broken in the melee.
Sheriff Poindexter of Wilkes
boro said that search is being
made, but as yet the assailants
had not been apprehended.
Davis Funeral
Held Wednesday
Funeral service for Isreal Davis,
72, of Dobson, Route 2, was held
yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon
at two o’clock at New Home
Christian Church. The Reverend
Grady Cooley officiated and mem
bers, of Copeland Masonic Lodge
No. 390, of which he was a mem
ber, had charge of the graveside
rites in the church cemetery.
Mr. Davis died at his home early
Tuesday morning. He was born
in Forsyth county August 10,
1877, a son of William W. and
Mary Moser Davis.
Survivors include his wife, the
: former Bertha Simpson; two sons,
Tom Davis of Dobson, Route 2 and
Warren Davis of Rockford; five
i daughters, Mrs. Charles Holder
of Carthage, Mrs. Howard Perk
ins of Olivia, Mrs. Iredell Holder
of Cameron, Mrs. Raymond Simp
son and Mrs. Archie Wood of Dob
son; a brother, Tom Davis of
Ararat; two sisters, Mrs. Pat Ham
lin of Dobson and Mrs. M. Stan
ley of Mayfield, Virginia; 25
grandchildren and seven great
grandchildren.
V
J. vuiig lyV1UVL1 aio
To Meet Sept. 2
The Surry County Young Dem
ocrats Club will meet Friday,
Sept. 2 at Raven Knob Park in
conjunction with the county-wide
Democratic Rally, Louis Alexan
der, president, said yesterday.
Mr. Alexander said election of
officers will be held and delegates
to the State convention in New
Bern will be named at that time.
The Democrat rally, sponsored
by the Democratic Executive Com
mittee of Surry County, will fea
ture Brandon Hodges, State Treas
urer, as^principal speaker.
Five Get Wedding1
Permits In Dobson
Five marriage licenses were is
sued last week at the Register of
Deeds office in Dobson. Those get
ting permits were:
M. V. Thomas, 63, Pinnacle, and
Sally Hiatt, 50, Mount Airy; Mar
ion Foster Snow, 58, Siloam, and
Pearl Mae O’Neal, 49, Ararat; Pete
Galyean, 26, and Irene Sutphin,
17, both of Mount Airy; Carolina
Alex Cash, 25, Bahama, and Es
sie Perry Waldrop, 23, Elkin; and
Rose Williams, 21, Taylorsville,
and Clara Belle Whitlock, 17 (Ne
gro), Mount Airy,
Thompson Reunion
To Be Held Sunday
On Sunday, September 4, the
annual Thompson family reunion
will be held at the home of W. F.
Thompson near Mountain park.
All friends and relatives are in
vited to bring lunch baskets and
spend the day.
American Indian land holdings
in the U. S. total about 52 million
acres.
Elkin Schools To Open
September 8; Teaching
Staff Has Few Changes
FOND SET OP
TO HELP BOYS
Football Players Who Can Not
Afford Shoes Being Help
ed By Elkinites
CONTRIBUTIONS LISTED
A fund was set up this week at
The Tribune office to help El
kin High School football players
who cannot afford to buy football
shoes.
One youngster made an appeal
to a local businessman for help,
and upon further investigation it
was found that others were in the
same need.
The school furnishes all equip
ment with the exception of shoes
and with small contributions from
Elkin citizens, it is believed that
each of them can be outfitted.
Contributions were received
from the following: Hugh A. Roy
all, Claude Fairell, Alan Brown
ing, Jr., Mrs. Alan Browning, Jr.,
Clyde Hall, Bob Isbell, Ted Grif
fin, Mrs. Jim Saylor, Grace Laf
foon, Harvey Laffoon, Gaye Tay
lor, Betty Alice Bowers, Joe Gwyn
Bivins, Carl Plaster, Ola Crowder,
Mamie Dyer and Les Reinhardt.
The Tribune will continue to re
ceive contributions either in per
son or by mail. If more contribu
tions are received than necessary,
the remainder will be turned over
to athletic officials for any such
need that may arise in the future.
STOCK SHOW
PLANS MADE
Seventh Annual Event Here
To Be Held October
11-12 Under Jaycees
61 STEERS EXPECTED
The seventh annual Elkin Fat
Stock Show and Sale, a regional
event covering several counties,
will be held this year on October
11-12, Neill M. Smith, Surry agent,
said this week. The event will
again be sponsored by the Elkin
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
About 61 steers are expected to
be entered, Smith said. Wilkes
County will enter 25; Yadkin, 26;
Alleghany, one; and Surry, nine.
The auctioneer will be Harry
Hamilton, Jr., and the judges will
be R. W. Murdoch and H. M.
Stamey, county agent and assist
ant from Iredell County.
The show and sale are being
sponsored again by the Elkin Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce. Bill
Stevenson is president of the Jay
cees, Charles Neaves in chairman
of the fat stock show committee,
and W. Eugene Jones is chairman
of the agricultural committee.
FORSYTH VOTE
TO BE TUESDAY
Ballots To Be Cast On Ques
tion of Establishing Legal
Liquor Stores
MUCH SUPPORT GIVEN
Winston-Salem and Forsyth
County voters will cast their bal
lots next Tuesday on the question
of establishing legal liquor stores
in the county.
A strong campaign has been
waged by both the wet and dry
factions since the state legislature
approved a measure at the last
session calling for a vote on the
matter.
Both of the Winston-Salem
newspapers, the mayor, and other
prominent town and county of
ficials have been supporting the
campaign for establishment of Al
coholic Beverage Control stores
there.
Opposing the establishmeht of
ABC stores is the “Committee of
100” which is composed of several
civic leaders and led by church
organizations.
Election officials are expecting
a heavy vote on the question, as
the registration books showed a
greater than usual registration
when they were closed Saturday.
Thief Obliges
Essie; Brings
Auto To Elkin
Here’s one car thief who
made recovery convenient for
the victim.
On July 30, while Francis Es
sie was playing second base for
the Mount Airy baseball team,
his automobile was stolen in
Mount Airy. On August 22,
while Francis Essie was playing
second base for the Elkin base
ball team, his car was recovered
in Elkin.
Although the theft was not
reported to the Elkin police,
Patrolmen Warren Darnell and
Raymond Stewart found the
automobile while on a prowl
check Monday night. It had
been left on a parking lot sev
eral nights. No one has yet
been arrested.
SURRY’S DRAFT
BOARD TO MOVE
Dobson Office Closes; Future
Business To Go To
Winston-Salem
REDUCE APPROPRIATION
Surry’s Draft Board office will
close at Dobson Friday and future
business will be directed to a sub
depot in Winston-Salem, it was
announced yesterday.
W. B. White, chairman of Local
Board 87, said he was advised that
the action is part of the reduced
program necessitated by a limited
appropriation. He explained that
the board would continue to func
tion, making classifications and
inductions, should the latter be
resumed.
He also pointed out that youths
are still required to register when
they attain their 18th birthday,
and that they should register with
John W. Comer, in Dobson, who
has been appointed the official
registrar for Surry County.
Registrants of Surry, he added,
should address any communica
tions for the board to Local Board
87, 208 Post Office Building, Win
ston-Salem.
Vandals Reportedly
Smash Plate Glass
A tavern operator reported yes
terday that vandals threw rocks
through two plate windows at his
establishment two miles north of
Elkin.
“Sap” Wilds told Corporal W.
Sam McKinney, State Highway
Patrolman, that he was awakened
Tuesday night by a noise which
he thought to be someone knock
ing at the front door of the tav
ern, but said that he did not an
swer.
Wednesday morning, he said he
discovered the broken panes. No
clue has been found toward ap
prehension of the vandals.
Slight Dip Recorded
In Border Belt Leaf
A slight dip was recorded in
Tuesday’s tobacco prices on fhe
Carolinas Flue-Cured Border Belt.
On the Eastern North Carolina
Flue-Cured Belt, prices remained
firm.
The Federal-State Market News
Service said Border Belt declines
in the majority of instances offset
gains established during Monday’s
sales. 1
Little change occurred • in the
quality of Border offerings. Bulk
consisted chiefly of common to
fine leaf, fair and good smoking
leafing and fair cutters.
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Stag, Drag Sock Hop
To Be Saturday At Y
A “Stag or Drag Sock Hop” will
be held at the Youth Center of
the Gilvin Roth YMCA, Saturday
at 8 p. m.
Bill Fesperman, in charge of ar
rangements, announced that boys
may invite girls or girls may in
vite boys. Shoes will be deposited
at the door, he said, and dancing
will be in stocking feet.
Refreshments will be on sale but
there will be no other charge.
High School’s
New Building
To Be Ready
Few changes were listed in the
teaching staff of the Elkin School
System as preparations were made
this week for the school’s opening,
September 8.
N. H. Carpenter, superintendent
of the system, said yesterday that
contractors expect the new annex
ation building to Elkin High
School to be ready for classes
when students report for 8:45 a.
m„ September 8. Students of all
other schools in the system will
report at the same time to their
respective places.
“Schools in the system are in
the best of physical shape,” Mr.
Carpenter declared, “and we are
looking forward to a very pleasant
and successful year.”
Three new teachers have been
added. They are Don C. Lambeth,
Elkin High School football coach
and director of boys’ physical edu
cation; Miss Eunice Kelly, girls’
physical education and girls’ bas
ketball coach; and J. R. Austell,
high school industrial arts and
band director.
Early registration and schedule
corrections for high school stu
dents will begin Monday, Sept. 5,
for juniors and seniois, and Tues
day, Sept. 6, for freshmen and
sophomores.
Parents are urged to direct their
children in elementary grades,
with the exception of those in the
eighth grade, to report to their
last year’s class rooms.
Students entering elementary
schools for the first time, either
as beginners or as transfer stu
dents, were asked to report to the
auditoriums of their respective
schools. This applies to Elkin
Elementary, North Elkin Elemen
tary and Oak drove Colored
School.
Students who attended high
school last year were directed to
report to their last year’s home
room. Those entering high school
and the eighth grade for the first
time were asked to report to the
gymnasium.
Mr. Carpenter urged parents to
send their children to the first
day’s session even if it means
keeping them out for tobacco
priming later on. The superinten
dent described this as of “utmost
importance.”
The High School annexation,
which was begun during the past
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Kiwanis Entertains
Elkin Blanketeers
The Elkin Kiwanis Club was
scheduled to entertain members
of the Elkin Blanketeer baseball
club at Neaves Park Wednesday
afternoon at 5:30 o’clock, this
meeting to take the place of the
regular meeting usually held on
Thursday evening.
The Kiwanians also sponsored
the Players’ Appreciation Night at
Memorial Park Wednesday at 8:00
p. m., at which time the Blank
eteers were scheduled to meet
Mount Airy.
Vestal To Be Guest
Minister In Iredell
Rev. Clifford Vestal, pastor of
Mineral Springs Church, Jones
ville, will be guest speaker at New
Hope Baptist Church in Iredell
County on Saturday afternoon at
2:30 o’clock.
Rev. Vestal will deliver the ser
vice in the absence of the pastor,
Rev. T. M. Luffman.
More Than Five
Inches of Rain
Here in Two Days
Five and one-quarter inches
of rain soaked Elkin in the two
days that the Yadkin river
swelled to threatening heights
last week. During the entire
week, 5.7 inches fell.
Wednesday presented 2.7
inches for the highest figure.
Tuesday, 2,55 inches was re
corded. ,