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✓ ELKIN The Best Little Town In North Carolina THE TRIBUNE Is A Member of the Andit Bureau of Circulations the Elkin Tribune % ELKIN Gateway to Roaring Gap and the Bine Ridge THE TRIBUNE Serves the Tri-Counties of Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin t VOL. No. XXXVII No. 44 PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1949 $2.00 PER YEAR 20 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS YADKIN COUNTY GUERNSEY SALE NEXT THURSDAY To Get Underway At 12:30 In itf Yadkinville School Garage 23 ANIMALS ENTERED Yadkin Guernsey Breeders Association To Sponsor Their First Sale GIVE CONSIGNER LIST The Yadkin County Guernsey Breeders Association will sponsor their first sale October 6 in Yad kinville, it was announced this week by D. D. Williamson, county agent. The sale will get under way around 12:30 p. m. at the school bus garage in Yadkinville, Mr. Williamson said. * A list of consigners and their animals is as follows: J. R. Allred, one open heifer; Allan Brooks, one fresh two-year-old cow; R. D. Campbell and Son, one bred heif er; H. W. Doub, one open heifer; Lucy Bell Matthews, one bred heifer; Lester Miller, one fresh two-year-old cow; S. G. Miller, one fresh three-year-old cow; Lee Pinnix, one bred heifer; G. W. Prim, one open heifer; Foy Reece, one bred heifer; Wilson Reece, one bred heifer; Ella Mae Shore, one bred heifer; M. F. Shore, four bred heifers; T. D. Smitherman, one open heifer; Henry Sofley, one open heifer; J. A. Williams, one bred heifer and one open heifer. Five of the animals are open ftyufers, four of the cows will be fresh just before sale date and 14 of the heifers will freshen during October, November and December. Any person interested in pur chasing good bred high quality Guernseys is invited to attend this sale and bid on the above animals, Mr. Williamson said. All 23 animals were selected and consigned from breeders in Yad ' kin County. Ward Snarr, Siler City, will be auctioneer and R. A. McLaughlin, manager of Mageo Farms, Lexing ton, will read pedigrees. All animals are fully negative and will be sold and guaranteed to be breeders, Mr. Williamson de clared. s t I r t a v I X c -.WOOD SESSION TO BE STAGED Will Demonstrate Pulpwood Harvesting Next Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday FORESTRY PROGRAM Pulpwood harvesting demon strations will be held Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week at three locations in Surry County, it was announced this jjkweek by County Agent Neill M. fimith. On Tuesday at 1:30 p. m., a demonstration will be held at the W. B. Williams farm behind the Mountain Park school. Wednesday at 1:30 p. m., at the W. A. Neaves land just across Big Elkin Creek on Highway 268, a demonstration will be given, and also Thursday at 1:30 p. m., near the Rusk post office at John Martin’s land on Highway 268. Mr. Smith described the dem onstrations as a beginning of the forestry program this year in Sur ry. John L. Gray and Walter Kel ler, assistant extension foresters, will aid Mr. Smith and Walter m Parham, assistant agent, in the demonstration. Three main activities of the demonstration will include: (1) A discussion of need of place for pulpwood harvesting in growing a crop of timber plus some instruc tion in selection of trees for tim ber plus some instruction in selec tion of trees for trimming where practical. (2) Discussion of spec ifications, prices, methods of pay ment, where and when to deliver wood at the yard, etc., and (3) Use of bow saw, practice with the f, bow saw and filing and setting the bow saw. f c r C t f t t 8 a £ \ t 8 J 1 i S c 1 1 I i Two of Surry-Yadkin } Area Named Officers g Two students of the Surry-Yad kin area were elected to posts in the N. C. State College Agricul tural Club recently, it was an nounced this week. Arthur Bryant of Yadkinville was chosen treasurer and Howard Thompson of Mountain Park was ‘Selected reporter. ^ Other officers include Max G. Erwin of Forest City, president: Leon Holland of Charles, vice president; and Dodridge Guyton of Elizabethton, secretary. j c r r c <3 i: t C a 2 -1 GIRL SCOUT LEADERS — Elkin Girl Scout leaders are shown above talking with Miss Mary John son (standing), community adviser for North Caro'ina from the Girl Scout Regional Office in Atlanta, Ga. They are, front row, left to right, Mrs. R. G. Smith, Jr., and Mrs. Charles Utley. Second row, left to right, Mrs. George A. B. Moore, Mrs. Harry L. Simard, Jr. and Mrs. Seymour Meisler. Absent when the picture was made were Mrs. W. A. Mcllwee, Mrs. W. E. Davis, Mrs. Max Cooke and Miss Grace Laffoon. Miss Johnson was in Elkin to teach a four day training course for Girl Scout leaders from Mount Airy, North Wilkesboro, Dobson, Elkin and Statesville, which was held September 20-23 at the Gilvin Roth YMCA. (tribune photo) Hydroelectric Power 4ddition Recommended Another Yadkin Flood Control Survey Asked A re-survey of the Yadkin River o that provisions for hydroelec ric power may be added to pro osed flood control projects was ^commended at Raleigh last week. The recommendation was made y the Governor’s Advisory Com littee on the Comprehensive De elopment of Flood Control and [ydroelectric Projects. The committee said in a state lent: “We favor a restudy of the flood ontrol problem on the Upper radkin in the light of present ec nimic conditions, provided that he present program is de-author sed by Congress, so that all as ects of the flood control problem f that area and the possibility f using any dam or dams con idered essential for flood control (Continued On Page Eight) MD JURY IS WELL PLEASED lurry Installations Are In spected and Found To Be In Good Condition 1UGGESTS SMALL REPAIR Surry County installations were ound to be in generally good con ition last week, according to a eport by the grand jury. In the report to Judge J. H. dement, presiding at the current srm of Surry Superior Court, the Dreman, S. A. Hennis, Jr., made he following statements: “We, the Grand Jury of the eptember term, 1949, of the iurry Superior Court herewith ender our report of the trans ction of our body, to wit: “We have heard testimonies of 0 indictments, and have return d 30 true bills. One indictment /as called by the Court through he defendant pleading guilty. We re returning two indictments for ick of witnesses. “1. With reference to the rison camp, we found the same in i-l shape. With reference to the upervisors and attendants of the amp and their duties, we would ke to commend them very high f. “2. We inspected the County lome and found it in general in ood condition. “3. We inspected the Court louse and found same to be in ood condition. "4. We inspected the County ail and make the following rec mmendations: (a) Shower floors eed repairing. <b) Screens need epairing. “With reference to the general ondition of the jail and to- the uties of the attendant, same is 1 very good order. We feel that ae small recommendations on the ounty Jail should have prompt ction. “Respectfully submitted, this Dth day of Sept., 1949. S. A. Hennis, Jr., foreman.” Politics Behind Yadkin Dam Fight Say Authorities Difference of opinion among engineers is the reason given by authorities at Raleigh for delay in the Yadkin River flood control and power program. Some engineers think several small dams are required, others insist one big dam will do the job more economically. Back of this technical reason, how ever, is a lot of political maneu vering. Congressman Robert L. Doughton and Congressman C. B. Deane do not see eye to eye on the project. Doughton fav ors emphasizing flood control with only secondary, if any, consideration for power de velopment. Deane favors utilization of proposed dams for both purposes. But there is more than that involved. The big dams pro posed would inundate a lot of fertile land in Caldwell County, j which is in Doughton’s district, while almost sole benefits from flood control would accrue to Wilkes, Yadkin and Davie Counties, which are in Deane’s district. Each Congressman is properly looking after the in terests of his own constituents. Council Leaders Meet Here Tuesday Scout leaders of the Old Hickory Council met here Tuesday night to outline plans for the coming financial campaign for the Boy Scouts. The meeting was presided over oy Howard Ford. Representatives gathered at the Gilvin Roth ifMCA from Ashe, Elkin-Yadkin, Stokes, Watauga, Wilkes, For syth and Surry districts. CHILD BITTEN BY RABID DOC Tooth Marks About Dog’s Body Indicate Possible Con tact With Other Animals WAR ON STRAY DOGS ON Elkin residents were warned to day to be on the lookout for rabid dogs after a seven-year-old child in the Pleasant Hill area was bitten severely by a mad dog. Dr. J. R. Johnson said yester day that the oldest child of Silas Luffman was attacked Monday afternoon while returning from school by the dog and was thrown to the ground where the animal bit him severely. The head of the dog was sent to State labora tories and was found to be a postive rabies case. Tooth marks about the dog’s body indicated that the animal may have been in fights with num erous dogs in this section. Dr. R. B. C. Franklin, head of the Surry County Health De partment said yesterday that he will be working with police offi cers in an attempt to rid this section of stray dogs and asked the cooperation of dog owners in having their dogs vaccinated. It is a state law that all dogs be vaccinated with anti-rabies vac cine. Klondike Cattle Sale To Be Oct. 10 The seventh Klondike Sale, a Guernsey cattle event which reg ularly attracts interested breed ers from over all the Atlantic Seaboard and sometimes from even the far Western States, will be held at Thurmond Chatham’s Klondike Farm Monday, October 10. Thirty-eight animals will be of fered, 33 females and five bulls. The parade of the cattle will be conducted Sunday afternoon, Oct. 9, with the sale following Monday, October 10, at 12:30 p. m. George B. Salley, of Salley Sales Service, Orangeburg, S. C., will be in charge of the sale. CHOATE CASE IS AGAIN PUT OFF IN SURRY COURT Health of Sparta Doctor Giv en As Reason For Extension ON PHYSICIANS’ WORD Trial Set Yesterday For Doc tor Charged WUh Crim inal Abortion OTHER CASES LISTED The trial of Dr. B. O. Choate of Sparta, charged with perform ing a criminal abortion, set for trial yesterday (Wednesday) in Surry Superior Court, has been continued by Judge J. B. Clement on motion of attorneys for the defendant. A statement from doctors at St. Altaians Sanatorium, Radford, Va., presented to the court, declared that Dr. Choate had been a pa tient at the hospital on different occasions since his trial in Surry Superior Court two years ago. The statement concluded with the assertion by the doctor at the hospital, “in my opinion, Dr. Choate is still in serious condi tion, and in my opinion, a trial in the Superior Court on the charges now pending against him j in Surry County might seriously affect any chances that he may have for a recovery and might - j cause a complete breakdown dur- ; ing the progress of the trial.” Dr. Choate was convicted by a | Surry County jury and given a prison term on one to three years. An appeal to the Supreme Court gained him a new trial. Other cases completed in court last week and through Tuesday this week were as follows: Mickey Fulk, disposing of mort gaged property, capias instanter . issued. Walter Phillips, Jr., speeding, ' alias capias issued. Robert Shelton, o. c. i., and driv i ing after revocation, alias capias , issued. Jimmy Haynes, tampering with witness, continued. Garfield Pike, non-compliance with judgment, alias capias issued. Elmer Tate, non-compliance with I judgment, continued to next term of court. James Leake, non compliance with judgment, two years on county roads. Homer Hawks, aiding and abet ting in B. and E., L. and R., ac quitted. Dallas Marion, H.B.L. and R., ordered to serve 12 months sen tence suspended in April term 1948, and two years on county roads, suspended provided defen (Continued On Page Eight) Three Community Meets Next Week Three community meetings for farmers of Surry County are set for Monday night at 7:30, Neill M. Smith, county agent, said yes terday. At the Shoals school, S. H. At kinson, president of the Surry Farm Bureau, and J. LeRoy Stew art, president of the Siloam Farm Bureau, will assist Claude W. Al len, Jr„ in the meeting. At Eldora, Neill M. Smith and Assistant Agent Donald A. Halsey will hold a meeting. Walter Parham, Alonzo Davis, T. F. Beamer, Grady Jarrell and P. N. Taylor will conduct a meet ing at the Beulah school. Law Says Birds Don’t Belong On Windshields Bird owners may be arrested if their birds are in the wrong places. Cpl. W. Sam McKinney, of the State Highway Patrol, said yesterday that orders had come down from the head of the de partment that charges are to be made with automobile own ers . violating the State law against use of obstructions on windshields. ' “This law includes toy birds and other tiinkets used by some car owners as decorations and ornaments on their vehicles,” MsKinney said. He said that orders were not to warn . . . but to arrest violators. ARARAT MAN IS AHEAD IN RACE H. L. Badgett Takes Lead In State-Wide Wheat Growing Contest 47.8 BUSHELS PER ACRE H. L. Badgett of Ararat is well out in the lead in the North Caro lina State-wide wheat growing contest, according to information from the North Carolina Crop Improvement Association. Mr. Badget got a yield of 396.6 bushels of wheat from 7.4 acres of land, which figures 47.8 bushels per acre. His nearest competitor, whose address was not given, got a yield of 43 bushels per acre. The State average is much less than half of Mr. Badgett’s yield. To produce his yield, Mr. Bad gett obtained three bushels of At las 66 seed v heat from the Crop Improvement Association and an additional five bushels from the FCX in Statesville, seeding the five bushels under contract for the FCX. These eight bushels were sufficient to seed the 7.4 acres. On 15 acres of similar land in 1948, Mr. Badget made 373 bushels of Red Heart wheat. He regards the new Atlas strain of wheat as one of the finest contributions to agriculture in small grain in the history of the Crop Improve ment Association. Mr. Badget cultivates approxi mately 70 of his 87-acre farm. Club To Be Host To Varsouvianna Group The Elkin Kiwanis Club, which meets this evening (Thursday), at 6:30 o’clock at the YMCA, will be host to 30 members of the Var souvianna Club from Appalachian State Teachers College at Boone. This group of dancers will give an exhibition of folk and square dancing at the Chatham Fair at 8:30 in the YMCA gymnasium. Mrs. Joy Miller Kirchner, pro fessor in the physical education department of the college will ac company the group and will speak to the club on the growing popu larity of square and folk dancing. At last Thursday’s meeting, Rev. Archie Ellis, of Salisbury, made an interesting talk to the Kiwanians and their teacher guests concerning his recent visit to Father Devine’s Heaven. The talk was greatly enjoyed by all present. The city of Utica, N. Y., is a large textile center and manufac tures about one-third of all U. S. knitted underwear. Chatham Employees’ Fair Begins Tonight - •>-—____ Square Dance Will Feature Ninth Event Chatham’s ninth annual Em ployee's Fair will get underway to night (Thursday) at 8 o’clock with a square dance for everyone. Entertainment will highlight the 1949 Fair while a full house of ex hibits is also expected. Tonight, the Varsouvianna Club pf Appalachian State Teachers College will give a special exhibi tion performance of square dan ping under the direction of Mrs Joy Miller Kirchner, professor in the department of Physical Edu cation. Tomorrow, the Chatham Review pf 1949 will be the main event, showing a cast of 50 employees vho will present “Old District School.” They will play the parts )f students 50 years ago. Pupils in the cast will include (Continued On Page Eight) g TO DANCE HERE TONIGHT — The Varsouvianna Club of Appalachian State Teachers College will give a special exhibition performance of square dancing here tonight at 8:00 o’clock. The group is under the direction of Mrs. Joy Miller Kirchner, professor in the department of physical education at Appalachian. A general square dance for everyone will follow. j i; a f v Changes Made In Methodist Church Posts TO COME HERE—The Rev. J. W. Braxton of Forest City has been named to succeed the Rev. Robert G. Tuttle as pastor of the Elkin First Methodist Church, it was announced at the annual meeting of the Western North Carolina Conference held in Winston-Salem last week-end. Mr. Braxton comes to Elkin from Forest City. (The Tribune re grets it was unable to receive a picture of the incoming pastor of the Jonesville Church in time for this week's issue). TWO OF YADKIN GET SENTENCES Pinnix, Shore, Tried In Win ston-Salem City-County Court Tuesday / i FINES, TERMS ARE STIFF Two Yadkin county boys who engaged in a police chase in a liquor-laden car in Winston-Salem on August 22, were tried in City County court there Tuesday. Tommie Pinnix, 24, of Cycle, was assessed about $700 in costs and fines, was given sentences as follows: reckless driving, $250.00 and costs and two years suspend ed for five years, drivers license revoked three years; violating pro hibition law, $100.00 and costs, 12 months on roads suspended five years; hit and run, two years on the roads, drivers license revoked three years. In addition to above he was ordered to pay $107.25 for dam ages to a parked car he hit trying to escape, and $186.41 for dam (Continued On Page Eight) GIRL SCOUTS PLAN MEETING 1949-1950 Season To Get Under Way Monday With Gathering At YMCA ASK MOTHERS ATTEND The 1949-50 Girl Scout season will begin Monday immediately liter school at the Gilvin Roth ifMCA for all girls wishing to be iome Brownies, Girl Scouts or Senior Girl Scouts. Mothers of the ;irls are extended a special invi ation to attend the meeting in )rder that each troop will be able o have a troop committee. This year, due to the increasing lumber of girls in the Scout pro iram, there will be five troops. The troups and leaders will be as fol ows: Troop 1 for Brownies, Mrs. Charles Utley, leader; Troop 2 or Girl Scouts, Mrs. A. B. Moore, eader and Mrs. R. G. Smith, Jr., issistant leader; Troop 3 for Girl Scouts, Mrs. Seymour Meisler, eader and Mrs. Harry Simard, lr., assistant leader; Troop 4 for Jrownies, Mrs. William E. Davis, eader and Mrs. Max Cooke, as istant leader; Troop 5 for Senior Jirl Scouts, Mrs. W. A. Mcllwee, eader and Miss Grace Laffoon, .ssistant leader. Brownies are from seven to nine ears of age; Girl Scouts are from 0 to 15 years of age, and Senior Jirl Scouts must be in high school, 'he high school girls are espec illy invited to become Senior Girl ■couts. All Elkin and Jonesville iris are invited to join the scouts. The Girl Scout leaders have ast completed an intensive train lg course and they hope to have larger and better scout program ar the year. ! Tuttle, Boggs Transferred; Hiatt Renamed _ J Changes involving several Meth odist churches of this area were made at the annual meeting of the Western North Carolina Con ference which met in Winston Salem during the past week-end. The Rev. J. W. Braxton of For est City was named to succeed the Rev. Robert G. Tuttle as pastor of the Elkin First Methodist Church, while the Rev. J. M. Brandon, Jr., of Hiddenite, was selected to suc ceed the Rev. Marvin C. Boggs as pastor of the Jonesville Metho dist Church. Rev. Braxton is a native of Ala mance county and has served in the Mt. Pleasant circuit in Guil ford County from 1933-39 then at Central Church, Asheboro, 1939-44 and has been in Forest City for five years. Mr. Braxton is mar ried to the former Miss Dessie Lea Little and they have four children, Alice, J. W. Jr., Lawrence Scott and Billy. Mr. Tuttle, who -served in Elk in for four years, will go to Statesville to become pastor of the Broad Street Methodist Church. Mr. Boggs, who also served four years at his post, has been trans ferred to Oak Summit Church, near Winston-Salem. Dr. J. S. Hiatt was re-appointed superintendent of the Hugh Chat ham Memorial Hospital and di rector of Golden Cross. Other appointments of interest in this section were: Rev. O. D. Smith was returned to the Elkin circuit and Rev. I. A. Stephens (Continued On Page Eight) CLUBS ARE TO ATTEND MEET Members of Elkin and Jones ville Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y Groups To Camp Butler TO PLAN FOR SEASON Members of the Hi-Y and Tri Hi-Y Clubs of Jonesville and Elk in will attend a retreat at Camp Butler Saturday and Sunday. Discussion groups have been planned to help club members make plans for the coming sea son. Club presidents who have headed plans for the retreat are Jim Harris, Prances Crowe, Charles Madison, and Kay Price. Taking part on the program will be Virginia Blackburn, Polly Biv ins, Carolyn Rary, Frankie Mor rison, Norma Jean Martin, Ben Price, Tommy James and Alvin Eldridge. In charge of devotional pro gram will be the club chaplains, Betty Llneberry, June Hicks and Bobby James. Advisors of the group attend ing will be Misses Dot Perry, Helen Guthrie, Charlie Utley, Don Lam beth, Jess Hutchinson and Mrs. Max Cooke. Accompanying the group will be T. C. McKnight, general secretary of the YMCA, Max Cooke, boy’s work secretary; Elinor Montgom ery, girl’s work secretary and Mrs. J. P. McNeely, dietitian. The group will leave at 1 p. m. Saturday and return on Sunday afternoon. On Sunday the clubs will enter tain delegations from Hickory, and discuss programs and projects for the clubs for the coming year. X-Ray Exams To Be Held Here Next Week Representatives of the Surry County Health Department will return to Elkin Monday for X ray examinations for residents of this area. The unit will be at the Elkin branch on the second floor of the Town Hall from 9:30 a. m. to 4 p. m. X-ray examinations began at Chatham Manufacturing Com pany Monday and will continue through tomorrow (Friday).
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