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ELKIN The Best Little Town In North Carolina THE TRIBUNE Is A Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations ✓ Tribune ELKIN Gateway to Roaring Gap and the Blue Ridge THE TRIBUNE Serves the Tri-Counties of Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin VOL. No. XXXVII No. 40 PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1949 $2.00 PER YEAR 20 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS , DRINKS, AUTO LAW BREAKERS FEATURE COURT 20 Cases Are Disposed of Here » Wednesday FINES ARE HANDED OUT Suspended Sentences Also Given In Number of Cases By Recorder ORDERED FROM TOWN Twenty cases were, tried at yes terday’s session of Recorder’s Court in Elkin. Most trials con cerned public drunkenness and traffic violations. Cases tried by Judge H. H. Llewellyn were as follows: John Parks, o.c.i, nol pros. Earl Carlton Day, speeding, $10 and costs. Eugene E. Prevette, speeding, $10 and costs. Richard Ernest Finney, public drunkenness, costs. Edith Holms, public drunken ness, costs. Herman Walters, public drunk enness, costs. James M. Clubb, speeding, $10 and costs. Fred Cooper, public drunken ness, 30 days in jail, costs, sen tence effective if defendant found in Elkin within next four months. Robert Allen, stop sign viola tion, costs. Horace O. Farrington, public drunkenness, costs. Grace Prevette, public drunken ^ness, 30 days in jail, costs. Sen tence effective if defendant found on streets after 11 p. m. (Failed to pay costs. Sentence effective). Juanita Lewis Hemric, no oper ator’s license, $25 and costs. Mason R. Miller, o.c.i, four months in N. C. public works, $100 and costs. Sentence effective if defendant fails to surrender li cense or if found guilty of public i drunkenness in 12 months. Radford Clyde Cook, public drunkenness, 30 days and costs, Sentence effective if defendant takes any intoxicant for 90 days. LaVerne Clarence Cockerham, improper license, $25 and costs. Floyd Alexander Roseman, pos session of illegal whiskey, costs of action. Floyd Alexander Roseman, dis turbing peace, $25 and costs. '§■ P. D. Benton, public drunken ^ ness, costs. Not to be seen in Elkin for 90 days. David Lee Whittington, reckless driving, four months in N. C. public works, $50 and costs. Sen tence effective if defendant oper ates an automobile in North Car olina for period of six months. Truck driving in line of occupa tion excepted. Luther Anthony, o.c.i., without proper state license, four months on roads, committed to highway department. * ELKIN WINS 2 OVER RADFORD Blanketeers In Fourth Place With One-Game Margin Over N. Wilkesboro MOSTAK GIVES 3 HITS Elkin turned back Radford in a double-header here Tuesday night by 4-1 and 4-3. The victories enabled the Blanketeers to take a one-game margin over North Wilkesboro’s Flashers who split \fr their twin bill. Johnny Mostak put down the Radford team on three hits in the first game while his own mates were collecting six safe ties. The Blanketeers pulled the first game out of the fire with a three run uprising in the fourth inning. Horace (Huck) Hubbard walked, Stockton was hit by a pitched ball and Ericksen was safe on an infield hit. The three runners scored when Pitcher Wilson threw wild at first base attempting to throw out Ericksen,. who bunted. In th^-second game, Dick Pat terson’s single and a base hit by Jim Hayworth accounted for a run which broke a 3-3 tie in the eighth inning. In addition to the split between Galax and North Wilkesboro, league-leading Mount Airy divid ed with Wytheville in other Blue Ridge contests. Elkin will entertain North Wilkesboro here Friday at 7:45 p. m. They will play a double-header with Wytheville here Monday night starting at 6:30 and will M meet Mount Airy here for the fin 1 al scheduled game of the season Tuesday night at 7:45. BATS CAN SEE Bats are not totally blind. W. W. Whitaker, Elkin Merchant, Dies Thursday \V. W. WHITAKER Funeral service for William Wesley Whitaker, 69. was held Saturday morning at 11 o’clock at the home. The Reverend Robert G. Tuttle was in charge and burial was in Hollywood Cemetery. Pall bearers were members of the Vol untary Fire Department of which Mr. Whitaker was honorary chief. Mr. Whitaker, Elkin’s oldest merchant, died Thursday after noon at three o’clock at his home on Church Street, following a critical illness of several weeks. A native of Pilot Mountain, he was a son of Henry and Adeline Lenvia Whitaker. In 1900 he came to Elkin to engage in business. He served for 25 years as chief of the Elkin Fire Department and was named honorary chief for life upon his retirement as chief in 1939. Mr. Whitaker also served on the town Board of Cimmission ers, and he drove the first auto mobile ever to come to Elkin. Ill health forced him to close, five weeks ago, his grocery store on Main Street which he had op erated for 49 years. He was a man of many talents and hobbies. His scrapbook con tains almost a complete history of the town of Elkin for the last half a century. Rare coins and photo graphs are also among his many collections. His office safe throughout the years served as a depository for valuable documents, deeds and wills of his friends. He was a member of the Elkin Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife, the former Lottie Harrell of Pilot Mountain, to whom he was mar ried 52 years ago; two daughters, Mrs. Errol Hayes of Elkin and Mrs. Hoy Moose of Mount Pleas ant; two sisters, Mrs. G. T. Sim mons of Petersburg, Va., and Mrs. J. E. Young of Walkertown, and four grandchildren. PULLET SHOW PRIZES GIVEN Ten 4-H Club Poultry Raisers Awarded Ribbons In Elkin Hatchery Show HELD HERE THURSDAY Ten 4-H club poultry raisers were awarded ribbons in the an nual Elkin Hatchery 4-H pullet show held here last Thursday, Dbnald M. Halsey, assistant Surry farm agent, announced this week. Blue ribbon prizes went to Nel son Pratt of Copeland, Fred Mar shall of Beulah, Rachel Southard of Elkin and Lucille Cheek of State Road. Red ribbons were awarded to Wade Wilmouth of Dobson, Harold Stanley of Cope land, Robert Hill of Beulah and Mary Ruth Badgett of White Plains. White ribbons went to Lois Jean Jackson of Dobson and Twinkle Jackson of State Road. Awards were made by Claude Farrell and C. E. Money, co-own ers of the Elkin Hatchery, who gave 1,000 baby New Hampshire chicks each year to be placed with 4-H boys and girls over the county for raising. Mr. Halsey pointed out that when the chicks reach six-months old, each boy and girl return enough pullets to buy back 800 chicks for the next year. Ir this way, he said, the chain will continue from year to year. Wedding Permits Issued To Three Only three marriage licenst were issued last week at the Sur ry County register of deed’s of fice. They were received by the following: Richard T. Chatham, Jr., 23 Winston-Salem, and Barbara Fol ger; 21, Mount Airy; James El more Sprinkle, 20, Elkin, anc Beulah Carolyn Elmore, 22, North Wilkesboro; and Fred D. Kirk man, 18, Mount Airy, and Peg gy Bingman, 16, Ararat, Va. i EXTENDED CITY MAIL DELIVERY TO BEGIN TODAY Several Streets Are Added To Postal Service SOME HAVEN’T COMPLIED Proper Numbers And Mail Receptacles Must Be Plac- • ed Or No Delivery STREETS ARE LISTED Extended city mail delivery will begin today (Thursday) on sev eral streets which prior to this date did not receive such service. However, Assistant Postmaster W. R. Poplin pointed out yester day that many residents have pot complied with the provisions nec essary, to earn delivery. Proper receptacles and house number must be placed before service can be obtained, he said. Those areas tQ which service has been extended are: 1100 Block, Elk Spur; Reeves Lane, Newman Street, Victoria Avenue, Masonic Drive, Virginia Road and West Spring Street (loop), Chatham Drive to Hendrix Street, Woodruff Drive (consist ing of one block, Ridge Avenue, one block east and two blocks on Woodruff). Also, effective September 16, RFD routes extended will be: RFD 1—extended to include Hawthorne Road to Highway 268 and will circle the last block on the East side'of Hawthorne Road. RFD 2 —extended to serve GI Hill sec tion, consisting of Oakland Drive and Neaves Lane and also to serve Westover Heights. To obtain the RFD service, Mr. Poplin advised that boxes be in stalled on the highway and a list furnished the postoffice of all per sons who are to be served through that box. Nurses’ Class To Graduate On September 7 REV. L. B. ABERNETHY Rev. L. B. Abernethy of Char lotte, formerly of this city, and chairman of the Board of Trusttes of Hugh Chatham Memorial Hos pital, will make the address at the graduation exercises of the class of practical nurses of the Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. The graduation ceremony will be held Wednesday evening, Sep tember 7, at 8 p. m. at the First Methodist, Church. Dr. J. S. Hiatt, general super intendent of Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital, wil preside at the ceremony and Rev. R. G. Tut tle, pastor of the First Methodist Church will lead in prayer, fol lowed by a solo by Miss Bonnie Jean Moore. Following Rev. Abernethy’s ad dress, N. H. Carpenter, superin tendent of Elkin City Schools, will make the presentation of cer tificates. Dr. Harry L. Johnson will award the class pins and Bibles to the graduates and Mrs. Ann Arnold Cain, director of the practical nursing schools will present awards to the honor students. Members of the graduating class are Mary Elizabeth Alexander, Doris Ellen Blackburn, Betty Joe Daye, Cora Frances Stephens, Mrs. Mary Woodruff Williams and Pat Young. Town Council To Meet On Sept. 12 The monthly meeting of the El kin Town Council will not be held Monday because of Labor Day, Mayor Richard T. Atkinson said yesterday. Instead, the meeting will be postponed until September 12. HEADS BOYS’ WORK — Max Cook of Kannapolis, former Uni versity of North Carolina foot ball player, will assume duties today as secretary of boys’ work and physical education director of the Gilvln Roth YMCA. Tak ing over as girls’ secretary will be Miss Elinor Montgomery of Rock Hill, S. C. COURT DOCKET BULGES AGAIN Monday Will See Opening Of Yadkin Superior Court At County Seat J. A. ROUSSEAU JUDGE Yadkin County Superior Court will convene in Yadkinville next Mornday morning for the trial of criminal cases under presiding Judge J. A. Rousseau of North Wilkesboro. A total of 220 cases have been docketed for the one week term, a few cases less than were set for trial at the February term. A majority of the cases are traffic violations, most of which have been set for the opening day. A total of 50 defendants are scheduled to be tried for operating an automobile while intoxicated, while 35 cases are docketed for violation of the prohibition laws. A court calendar has been drawn by Solicitor Avalon E. Hall, as was required by a law passed by the last session of the state legislature, which lists some ma jor cases. Set for Thursday is the much continued case of Dennis Swaim, charged with assault with a deadly weapon against J. A. J. Royal. Clerk of Court Lon H. West said it was due to be tried as scheduled this term, with all witnesses hav ing been summoned. Also set for trial Thursday is the case of Tom Driver, local man charged with assault with intent to rape. One of the major cases set Tuesday is that of Walter Ken nedy charged with manslaughter. On Wednesday, one of the cases will be that of Carl Brown, charg ed with criminal assault. COURTTOOPEN SEPTEMBER 19 Three Weeks of Criminal Session On Schedule Un der Judge Clement JURY LIST IS GIVEN Surry County Superior Court will open three weeks of criminal court September 19 under Judge J. H. Clement, it was announced this week by Kermit W. Lawrence, Surry clerk of court. The jury list for the coming term was listed as follows: Elkin—Henry E. Dillon, Mrs. Lola Key, A. D. Harmon and Stone Cooper. State Road—J. P. Nixon, Frank Adams and Mrs. A. P. Haynes. Mountain Park—Willie H. Hol comb. Dobson—Grover Branch, David Riggs, Orville Bledsoe, Floy Mc Con Gardner, Porter G. Hardy, Clarence Benge and Paul Kidd. Siloam—Sam Tilley. Pilot Mountain—C. R. Fowlers Miss Susie Hyatt, Carl B. Dodson, R. Howard Hunter, Manuel Chil ton, Brady Inman, Zela Lovill and Wiley R. Simmons. Mount Airy—W. E. Jarrell, J. D. Simmons, Wilford Summer, Otis Beverly, R. D. Fletcher, James E. Johnson, H. J. Hawks, Clyde Hill, F. C. Gunnell, Charlie Riggs, Lawrence Branch, D. M. Nester, Wayne Boyles, Harvey M. Danley, W. H. Critz, Roy Jones, Earl W. Tate, Ed Bray, Lester E. Moore, Tom Smith and W. B, Hadley. Pinnacle—Jerry Marion and P. I. Sawyers. Toast—Otis A. Galyean. Belgium is the most densely populated European country, ac cording to the Encyclopaedia Britannica. MONTGOMERY, COOKE BEGIN DUTIES AT Y T. C. McKnight Looks To “A Highly Successful Year”' TAKE POSITIONS TODAY Cooke Will Direct Physical Education And Have Charge Of Boys’ Work NEW GIRLS’ SECRETARY Two replacements at the Gilvin Roth YMCA will assume duties to day, beginning what General Sec retary T. C. McKnight expects to be “a highly successful year.” Max Cooke, a graduate of the University of North Carolina and a former Tar Heel football play er will assume’the position of di rector of physical education and secretary of boys work. Miss Eli nor Montgomery, formerly con nected with YMCA work in Rock Hill, S. C., will assume the position of girls’ work secretary. Miss Montgomery's appointment was announced earlier. She is recog nized as one of the leaders in Y work in the South, Mr. McKnight explained. Mr. Cooke majored in physical education at Chapel Hill. He re ceived his master’s degree this week. Mr. McKnight became ac quainted with Mr. Cook's work while leading the Y work at Kan napolis. Mr. Cooke succeeds Milton (Buck) Hines as boys’ work secre tary. Mr. Hines has returned to his position at Chatham Manu facturing Company, a job from which he was relieved temporarily to fill a vacancy left by Walter Safrit last winter, Mr. McJCnight said. A Presbyterian, Mr. Cooke and his wife, Helen, will reside at the home of Mrs. Susie Chatham. The camping program at the Y is expected to be accelerated, Mr. McKnight said, because of the wide experience Mr. Cooke has in camping. Miss Montgomery, a Baptist, will live in the Lineberry Apart ments. She will lfave charge of the Youth Center in addition to her girls’ work duties. NEW TEACHERS IN JONESVILLE Jonesville School To Open Tuesday At 9 A. M. For 1949-1950 Session SHORT CLASS AT FIRST Jonesville School will open Tuesday at 9 a. m. for the 1949-60 term, Principal Watt Deal an nounced this week. New teachers will include Miss Dorothy Blake, Mrs. Mae Pardue, Mrs. Fred Harris and Reid Low der. Returning members of the fac ulty are: Mary Speer, Elizabeth Greever, Jesse Hutchinson, Aubrey C. Fuller, Dorothy Perry, Edward Miller, Leona Martin, Mrs. Kate Key, Mrs. Ruby Canipe, Mrs. Hazel Nolan, Mrs. Iris Canipe, Mrs. Anne Madison, Mrs. Cath erine Wilkins, Mrs. Amelia Holmes, Mrs. Annie Goin, Mrs. Mae Brown, Mrs. Edith Bray, Mrs. Lois Parks, Mrs. Mildred Harris, Mrs. Ella Lee Martin Fuller, T. S. Hobson, Walter Calloway, Mrs. Ethel Deal, Harvey Madison and Mrs. Helen Dudley. School will operate to noon for the first week or so, Mr. Deal said. In the first U. S. Census, in 1790, Virginia, with a population of 747,610 had the largest number of residents. Forsyth and Stokes Vote Down ABC Store Plans Drys in Forsyth and Stokes Counties marked* up thumping victories in bitterly contested county-wide liquor referendums Tuesday. A total of 27,759 Forsyth voters, a record, trekked to the polls. Of that number 15,734 voted against establishment of state controlled liquor stores, and 12,025 voted for them. In the 15 precincts of Winston Salem the wet forces triumphed, but dry forces in the rural areas offset the city-voting tabulation. In Winston-Salem 8,645 wet votes were counted against 7,342 dry votes. In the 17 rural Forsyth County precinctfc the drys cast 8, 392 votes and the wets 3,380. In Kernersville Township of Forsyth County a record 1,158 voters went to the polls and the drys racked up 796 votes de feat ABC store advocates who cast 362 votes favoring establishment of liquor stores. Irj Stokes County^ 18 of the 21 precincts reported 2*194 votes for ABC stores and 3,105 against. Re turns from the remaining three precincts were not counted until late. All are rural precincts and were expected to vote dry as they did in a similar election in 1937. In 1937 Stokes voted dry by a vote of 2,050 for to 2,690 against. The election 12 years ago, like this year’s, was hard fought. Although the pre-election bat tle had waxed hot, officials re ported that there were no dis turbances at the polls and that the elections were held without incident. f HEADS SPEAKER LIST — Brandon Hodges, State treasurer, will be principal speaker at the Surry County Democratic rally to be held at Raven Knob Park tomorrow. Other speakers include John Llewellyn, Garland Johnson, John Folger, Frank Freeman, Kyle Thompson, Claude Farrell, D. B. Lawson and Mrs. Howard Hardy. ARLINGTON MAN FACES CHARGES Rufus Bryant Arrested For Hit-And-Run Following Accident Here TO BE TRIED SEPT. 14TH Rufus Bryant will be tried in the Elkin Recorder’s Court, Sep tember 14, on charges of hit-and run driving and operating a car under the influence of intoxicants. Bryant, who was driving a ’33 sedan, was reported to have col lided with a car driven by Clyde Copeland at the Gwyn Avenue Market Street intersection. Unable to operate the damaged car, Bry ant was said to have taken it afoot across the new bridge. He was apprehended at his home in Arlington by Highway Patrolman Corporal W. S. McKin ney after a foot race near Bry ant’s home. Witnessing officers reported that McKinney made the tackle in spite of interference by the family. Considerable damage to both ve hicles resulted from the collision. Hensel, Mann Attend Kiwanis Convention H. H. Hensel and O. W. Mann represented the Elkin Kiwanis Club at the 29th annual conven tion of the Carolinas’ District of Kiwanis International at the Uni versity of North Carolina which convened the early part of the week. On exhibit at the convention was a bulletin board prepared by Linville Hendren and Hubert Wil lis, showing the activities carried on by the local club during the past year. The famous opera “Madame Butterfly” was pronounced an ab solute failure when it was first performed. Surry Schools’ Opening- To Be September 8 Surry County schools will be gin classes September 8, except at Low Gap where sessions are already under way, John W. Comer, superintendent of Surry schools, announced this week. It had been announced ear lier by N. H. Carpenter, super intendent of Elkin City Schools that that system also would open on September 8. PLAN “LITTLE THEATRE” HERE Organization of Group Dis cussed At Meeting Held At YMCA Tuesday TO MEET AGAIN ON 8Tfl Preliminary plans for organ izing a “Little Theatre” for Elkir and this area were discussed at £ meeting Tuesday night at the Gil vin Roth YMCA. Taking part ir the discussion were Mrs. Jame: Howard, Mrs. Jim Dan Hemmings James Booher, Miss Erline May berry. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Whip ple and Vicki Alexander. General plans were- formulatet and another meeting will be helc Wednesday evening, September 7 at the YMCA at which time of ficers will be elected. At the Tues day meeting the number and du ties of officers were discussed. A number of local people wil be contacted before that date, bu since it will be impossmle to con tact everyone, organizers askec that any interested person get ii touch with one of them, and com< to the September 7 meeting. Also, any person interested ii working on properties, lighting costumes, make-up, music, direct ing and casting is asked to con tact Mr. Whipple at Radio Sta tion WIFM, or other members o the group. Permission was granted b: Charles Utley, manager of the lo cal theatres, to use the stage o the State Theatre for presenta tions, and also adequate time ove WIFM will be made available fo: radio presentations. Notables To Speak At Mt. Airy Evenl U, S. Senator Clyde R. Hoey Governor W. Kerr Scott, Congress man Thurmond Chatham and Dr Henry Jordan will be main speak ers at the Mount Airy “Farmer’! Day” to be held Thursday, Sept. 8 The event is sponsored by thi Mount Airy Rotary Club, the to bacco warehouses and the Mer chants Association. It will include a parade and £ beauty contest. Police have an nounced that parking meters wil not. to be used during the day. SURRY PARTY LEADERS PLAN MEET FRIDAY Brandon Hodges To Speak To Democrats At Raven Knob TO GATHER AT 6:30 P. M. Program Chairman Johnson Says Democrats From En tire County Invited NAME OTHER SPEAKERS Brandon Hodges, State treasur er, will be principal speaker to morrow (Friday) at a Surry Coun ty Democratic rally at Raven Knob Park. The meeting will get underway at 6:30 p. m. Garland Johnson of Elkin, pro gram chairman, said yesterday that Democrats from over the county had been invited to attend the gathering, which will include an outdoor dinner. Also appearing on the program will be John Llewellyn, chairman of the county executive committee, who will officially open the pro gram; Program Chairman John son; John Folger of Mount Airy, former Fifth District Congress man; Frank Freeman, Dobson at torney; Kyle Thompson, Mountain Park farmer; Claude Farrell of Elkin, new, member of the State Board of Education; D. B. Law son of Pilot Mountain and Mrs. Howard Hardy of Siloam. Election of officers- of the Sur ry County Young Democrats will be held at the same time with R. Lewis Alexander of Elkin, presi dent, officiating. Serving on the ticket commit tee will be Tom Lewis and H. G. Thompson, Mountain Park; Hen ry Dobson and Garland Johnson, Elkin; Charles Folger, Herman Coe and Mrs. Bertha M. Shinault, Dobson; Howard Woltz, Joe Fow ler, Jr., and Martin Bennett, Mt. Airy; and Oscar Smith and Dick Lawson, Pilot Mountain. LEGION OPENS MEMBER DRIVE Norman Reports “Rest Fin ancial Shape Local Post Has Ever Enjoyed’’ NOTE BURNING SLATED An American Legion member ship drive got underway this week in the midst of what Commander Fred Norman declared the “best financial shape the local post has ever enjoyed.” Charlie Alexander, vice-com mander of the post, is heading the campaign for new members which will be climaxed with a note i 1 \ l burning within the next month , when new members and wives and ■ girl friends will be invited. Commander Norman solicited the membership of every veteran in this section because of the “set I up of veterans oragnizations to ; handle any problems or claims that might arise.” He pointed out l that the American Legion would t begin this week to help veterans ! make application for insurance. A special veterans aid office has been set up in the same building as the Veterans Ad ministration Service office on Main Street. The office will operate full time under Roy Kane who will help veterans fill out forms for receiving in surance premiums dividends. I GROUP APPEALS SCOTT’S HELP r Delegation Asks Governor To Support Proposed Flood Control Program LED BY J. E. JUSTICE A delegation from Wilkes, For syth, Davie and Surry counties last week asked Governor W. Kerr ■ Scott to support a proposed flood control program along the Yad kin River. • The group was headed by John E. Justice of North Wilkesboro, chairman of the Yadkin Valley Flood Control Committee. The Governor advised the com mittee to confer with Gwyn B. Price, chairman of the State Rural Electrification Authority, to “see if they can work out anything.” Army engineers have been ■ studying the problem of flood con trol on the Yadkin—and its tri (Continued On Page Eight)