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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.
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-.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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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Tuttle, Boggs
Transferred;
Hiatt Renamed
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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
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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).