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TRIBUNE
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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. 46
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1949
$2.00 PER YEAR
20 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS
-250 MILES OF
ROADS LISTED
FOR SURFACING
-In Counties of Surry, Wilkes
and Yadkin
TO COST $650,000.00
Paving Will Start In Earnest
In The Spring, Commis
sioner Announces
80.2 MILES IN SURRY
Approximately 250 miles of dirt
roads were listed this week to be
paved in Surry, Yadkin and
Wilkes counties by Highway Com
missioner Mark Goforth of Le
noir.
Goforth said that $650,000 will
be spent for these three counties
on stabilization—turning muddy,
slick-clay roads into all-weather,
Crushed-stone surfaces.
Paving will start in earnest in
the Spring, Mr. Goforth explained.
The empha'sis during the next six
Commissioner Mark Goforth
announced today that letting
contract for surfacing of the
Zephyr road from Mountain
Park to Dobson would be made
immediately.
Since the first list of roads
was made, the Mitchell River
Road between Mountain Park
and Coekerham’s Store has also
been listed for paving.
months will be on stabilization.
Highway forces already are stock
piling crushed- stone in large
Quantities throughout the division.
Surry w’ill get 80.2 miles of pav
ed roads; Wilkes, 107.5; Yadkin,
62.8 miles.
The allotments of money to each
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, INVESTIGATING
A RIFLE BARRAGE
Bullets Rake Side of House of
Yadkin Man In Sudden
Attack Friday
NO ONE IS INJURED
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Yadkin County officers are still
investigating a barrage of rifle
shots which raked the side of a
Yadkin County man’s house in a
sudden attack Friday night.
The surprise assault, which left
seven bullet holes through both
sides of a bedroom, came against
Harold Bell, young World War II
veteran, who lives about four
miles west of Brooks Cross Roads
on Highway 421.
Sheriff Bill Moxley and Deputy
Sheriff Fred Turner, who have
been investigating the shooting,
said Bell told them he had just
left the house about 15 minutes
before it happened, and no one
was injured.
Neighbors said they heard the
rifle reports around 8 o’clock, and
immediately afterwards saw a
Ford coach pull away from the
front yard and speed down the
highway, with the lights out.
Sheriff Moxley said ballistic
tests were being made of the lead
slugs which were dug out of a
back wall after passing over the
bed, and that tire marks had alsc
been examined. No suspects have
been found, he reported.
Bell, • who works on the mid
night shift at Chatham Manufac
turing Company, and his wife, a
Wilkes county native, have beer
separated for about two weeks
Sheriff Moxley said.
Mt. Airy Officer
Is Himself Stuck
With Bogus Bill
Mt. Airy, Oct. 7—Of all the
counterfeit bills that were pass
ed in the Granite City last week
only one person was unable to
get his money back—Capt.
Howard Sumner of the local po
lice department and chief in
vestigator of the force.
Believe it or not Capt. Sum
ner was showing a few of his
friends the difference between
a counterfeit $10 and a good
one. He took a $10 bill from his
billfold and had a bad one from
the pile that had been turned
in. He placed the two on a
white sheet of paper and press
ed dowTi to show that the ink
from the good bill would come
off and the ink on a counter
feit bill was dry and could not
be removed.
Before the attraction wa$
completed a Secret Service
agent saw the bill and told Cap
tain Sumner that both bills
were counterfeit, and sure
enough the test proved it.
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AT THE ANNUAL FAT STOCK SHOW HERE — Carl Cleary (top photo) of Wilkes County displayed
the prize winning steer at the seventh annual Elkin Fat Stock Shot/'(fMd here Tuesday and his win
ner netted him $1,085 from the North Wilkesboro Kiwanis Club. Miss Anna Jean Holbrook of Elkin
| (bottom photo) is shown with her reserve champ which netted 85 cents per pound from Hugh
i Chatham. Center photo shows the top six of the judging and contributing members to the show’s suc
: cess. Left to right, first row, are Caroline Ferguson, Jack Allen, Bobby Steelman, Bryan Campbell,
Anna Jean Holbrook and Carl Cleary. Back row are Howard Colvard, assistant Wilkes agent;
Howard Stamey, assistant Iredell agent; Neill M. Smith, Surry agent; Roger Murdoch, Iredell agent;
G. V. Woodard, assistant Yadkin agent; L. I. Case, of State College; D. A. Halsey, assistant Surry
agent: W. N. (Bill) Stevenson, president of the Elkin Jaycees; Fred York, Jaycee in charge of the
show; and Paul Choplin, Wilkes agent. (photos by reomoni
KLONDIKE SALE
AVERAGE GOOD
Klondike Poppy Brings Top
Price At Annual Sale;
' Sold To A. L. Brown
A V E R A G E $1,160 HEAD
Klondike Poppy, a six-year-old
cow consigned by Klondike Farm,
brought the top price at the sev- i
enth Klondike Guernsey Sale held
here Monday.
Guernsey breeders from over
the Atlantic Seaboard paid an
average of a little over $1,160 a
head for five*bulls £?nd 28 cows.
The 33 animals, featuring the
blood strain of famous Langwater
Foremost, brought a total of $38,
425. It was a sale in which bid
ding was generally consistent.
"Most of the animals brought sub
stantial prices and very few drop
ped to a low bracket.
Klondike Poppy, sold to A. L.
Brown, owner of Clear Springs j
Farm, Concord, was the top ani- '
mal of the sale at $4,000. Klondike ,
.Poppy was sired by McDonald
Farms Predictmost, a bull' with ,
an international reputation, out
of Klondike Royal Matilda, an
outstanding cow in her town right
with impressive forebearers.
George S. Coble, owner of Mae
go Farms, Lexington, one of the
1 largest Guernsey breeders in the
South, bought the bull that top
ped the sale (also consigned by
Klondike), Klondike Raider’s
Crescent, for $2,600. The bull, al
most exactly a year old, is a son
of the outstanding Klondike herd
I sire, Klondike Hollirader, whose
seven nearest dams have records
averaging 14,552-727. His dam,
Klondike Pearl, with some of the
most acceptable Foremost blood
back of her, is a young cow which
is confidently expected to finish
her current test (the third) at
900 or more pounds of butterfat.
j Klondike Farm consigned two
other bulls. One was purchased
by O. J. Fletcher, McColl, S. C.,
for $1,025, the other by J. C.
Rawls and Sons, Kings Mountain
i for $575. McDonald Farms, Cort
j land, N. Y., sold a bull to Dale
! Rumbell and J. F. Davis, Living
ston, Wis., for $900, and A. L.
BSrown sold a bull to James H.
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HEADS KIWANIS — Rev. How
ard Ford, above, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, was elect
ed as president of the Elkin Ki
wanis Club for the year 1950,
at last Thursday’s meeting of
the club. Mr. Ford will succeed
C. H. Leary in that position.
C. J. H.vslup was elected vice
president.
FORD NAMED TO
HEAD KIWANIS
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Is Elected By Acclamation;
Hvslup Named As
Vice-President
DIRECTORS ELECTED
Rev. Howard Ford was elected
by acclamation to head the Elkin
Kiwanis Club as president during
1950 at last Thursday’s meeting
of the club, which featured the
annual election of officers. Mr.
Ford is serving as vice-president
during the current year, and will
succeed C. H. Leary when he takes
office as president next January.
C. J. Ikslup. a member of the
present bolard of directors, was
elected by acclamation as vice
president. J. L. Hall was also
elected by acclamation to succeed
himself as treasurer, a post he has
filled for years.
Four new directors were also
elected, each for a two year term.
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Legion To Sponsor
Second Square Dance
A square dance will be held at
the George Gray Post 114 of the
American Legion at the Legion
Hut, Saturday night.
This is the second in a series of
fall-winter dances to which the
public has been invited. Jack Rob
inson is chairman of activities.
Also, Tuesday night, Dr. J. S.
Hiatt will be guest speaker at
Ladies’ Night in a regular meet
ing of the Legionnaires. A short
movie about the American Legion
National Convention will be shown.
A Legion spokesman said this
week that plans are now being
made to have a “bigger and bet
ter” annual “Turkey Shoot”
Thanksgiving. W. N. (Bill) Stev
enson and Gwyn Franklin are in
charge.
Elkin Observes Fire Prevention Week
Chief Brown
Lists Way
Of Prevention
Elkin is observing Fire Preven
tion Week.
Under the sponsorship of Ray
Collie, chairman, and the Junior
Chamber of Commerce, the drive
has included a number of activities
to impress upon local citizens the
need of cleaning up their property
and taking inventory of their
premises for ways to eliminate
fire hazards.
During the week demonstrations
by Mr. Collie and the Elkin Fire
Department have been made, and
posters and pamphlets have been
distributed in the downtown sec
tion to familiarize passersby with
the project.
Monday night a demonstration
complete with fire truck and
equipment was made before crowds
between movies at Elkin theatres.
In emphasizing the importance
of observing Fire Prevention Week,
Fire Chief Brown said today that
a single afternoon or evening will
be enough time to rid homes of
the most common fire hazards.
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Baby Beef Brings 31.7
Cents Per Pound Here
$1 Per Pound
Paid To Top
Beef Entrant
Baby beef on the Elkin Fat Stock
sale brought an average of 31.7
cents per pound yesterday (Wed
nesday) while the grand champion
steer brought an average of $1
per pound by the North Wilkes
boro Kiwanis Club.
Carl Cleaiy of Wilkes County
sold his 1095-pound steer to the
Wilkes organization for $1,095.
j Hugh Chatham purchased the re
| serve champion belonging to Miss
Anna Jean Holbrook for 85 cents
per pound.
Total poundage for the sale
amounted to 5,285, it was report
ed by County Agent ' Neill M.
Smith. Total sales amounted to
$15,946.81.
I Entrants were as follows: Sur
1 ry County—Anna Jean Holbrook.
! Frankie Combs, J. B. Gentry, Ash
! burn Atkinson, Gray Nichols,
(Shirley Blackburn, Billy Smith,
Genevieve Money, Frank Hutchens,
j Wilkes County — Carl Cleary,
Edith Marie Ferguson, Caroline
1 Ferguson, N. C. Huffman, Hugh
j Mathis, Reba Cleary, Toby Wel
born. I. T. Mathis, Roy Huffman.
Lloyd Huffman, Rodger Mayberry,
Wayne Huffman, Billy Mathis,
Troy Mathis. Fred Finley, S. D.
Eller, Don Mathis, Rex Sparks and
Ted Mathis.
Yadkin County — Kenneth
Campbell, Bobby Steelman, Jack
Allen, Charles Allen, Joe Allen.
Bryon Campbell, Donald Mann,
Roy Sheck, M. F. Scott, Leo Col
bert, Bill Shores, Bobby Jean Wag
oner, Alvis A. Smitherman, Thad
Joe Matthews, Bill Bryant, Mar
ion Welborn, Sherrill Wall, Jerry
Wall, Sherrill Bryant.
GIRL SCOUTS
DRIVE IS ON
Campaign Reported To Re
Progressing With Suc
cess; Ends Friday
FOUR T R 0 O P S FORMED
The drive for funds to finance
Girl Scouting in Elkin and Jones
i ville which is underway is meet
ing with much success, and will
continue until Friday.
Mrs. Hubert Parker and Mrs. C.
L. Davis are heading the drive in
Elkin and Jonesville, respectively.
During the past week four Girl
Scout troops have been organized
in Jonesville, under the direction
of Mrs. Carter Dickson.
Committees for the various Elk
in troops were announced this
week as follows: For Troop 1 for
Brownies with Mrs. Charles Ut
ley as leader, the committee will
be composed of Mrs. George
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TIME TO CHECK HAZARDS — These three persons demonstrated this week the importance of check
ing fire hazards in the homes. Demonstrations will be given today at Elkin schools at the climax of
the week’s project. Left to right are Fiery Felix (Ray Collie), the fellow who smoked in bed (Fidell
Sale), and Chief Ted Brown. (tribune photo)
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Tribune To Go Twice
Weekly On October 31
Publishing Dates Will Be Mondays,
Thursdays; New Subscription Rates
The Elkin Tribune—for 37 years
a weekly newspaper will be pub
lished twice a week beginning
Monday, October 31.
H. P. Laffoon, publisher, in mak
ing the announcement today, said
a change in frequency of publica
tion had been under consideration
for several months, but difficulty
in obtaining sufficient supply of
newsprint and other obstacles pre
vented an earlier change.
The newspaper, heretofore, has
been published on Thursdays, will
be issued on both Monday and
Thursday of each week.
In giving notice of the change,
Mr. Laffoon declared that he sin
cerely thanked the readers and
advertisers of The Tribune for the.
liberal patronage and cooperation
given the paper since it was es
tablished by H. G. and W. E. Nich
FARM HAND
Whereabouts of West Vir
ginia Coal Miner Mystery
Since Monday
LEFT CAR, CLOTHING
Mystery surrounds the disap
pearance Monday of a West Vir
ginia coal miner from the home
of Decatur Gentry, Surry farmer,
for whom the missing man was
employed.
Walter Flasher, 49, of Pitts
burgh, who had previously worked
for the Gentrys when not working
in the mines in West Virginia,
left the house Monday to go to
a distant field to dig sweet pota
toes. When he failed to return aft
er a reasonable length of time,
someone "went to the field in
search of him. They found a buck
et of freshly dug potatoes, but
no trace of Flasher. A short time
later the potato digger was found
across a path leading through the
nearby woods.
Up until Wednesday noon, des
pite a search of the fields and
woods adjacent to the Gentry
home, no trace had been found of
the man. He had left his car,
which contained his clothes, his
coat, and a banjo, in the Gentry
yard. The car keys were in the
switch.
Mrs. Gentry described Flasher
as a quiet type of man who “nev
er gave anybody any trouble.”
She said he had worked on their
farm in years previous, and that
on one of his trips back to West
Virginia to work in the mines,
he had sustained a severe blow on
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ols 37 years ago under the title of
The Weekly Informer.
At that time the paper was
printed on a 10x15 Chandler and
Price job press, one page at a
time. Today the paper is printed
on the latest model Goss Cox-O
Type newspaper press, eight pages
at a time, with the paper coming
out of the press folded and ready
to mail. The Tribune also uses the
raent, consisting of Alodel 14 lino
types, Ludlow typesetting machine
and Elrod slug and rule caster.
The Tribune, as a weekly news
paper, has won more National and
State honors from press associa
tions than any other paper in
North Carolina. It has received
the award for general excellence
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Organ Presented To
Presbyterian Church
A Hammond organ was pre
sented to the Elkin Presbyterian
Church Sunday by Mr. and Mrs.
T. C. McKnight in memory
of their sons who were killed in
World War II.
The Rev. R. V. C. Ritchie, pas
tor of the church, said this week
that a service will be held at the
church soon to dedicate the organ
in memory of the sons, Capt. John
C. McKnight and 1st. Lt. Ben
G. McKnight.
Mrs. Charles Poplin is the
church organist.
MOXLEY TAKES
LOAD OF BOOZE
Haul Is One of Biggest Car
loads of White Liquor
Taken In Yadkin
CAUGHT MONDAY NIGHT
One of the biggest carloads of
white liquor caught in Yadkin
County this year fell into the arms
of the law a few miles south of
Yadkinville early Monday morn
ing.
Sheriff Bill Moxley, accompan
ied by Deputy Sheriff C. Russell
and Highway Patrolman C. B.
Pierce, spotted a 1934 ford coach
on Highway 601 about four miles
south of town equipped with over
load springs and gave chase. How
ever, they could not pass the car
due to heavy traffic.
A few minutes later the car
turned east on a dirt road toward
latest in composing room
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Wilkes Entry
Awarded Top
Jean Holbrook of Eikm held thp ,.
grand reserve ribbon,^ /j I
More than 1,000 peYsons attends
ed the show held at the agricul*
ture exposition building grounds
as 4-H and F.F.A. members from
four^petf'nties entered 56 steers
jstr^ne event.
Stock Honors
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A steer owned by Young Carl
Cleary of Hays, Wilkes County,
was named grand champion of the
seventh annual Elkin Fat Stock
Show here here Tuesday. Anna
Jean Holbrook of Elkin held the
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The contest, which is held each
year by the Elkin Junior Cham
ber of Commerce, was under the
management this year of Fred
York of the Jaycees and Neill M.
Smith, Surry County agent.
Frankie Combs of Elkin was
awarded the runner-up prize for
her steer while showmanship
prizes were awarded to 1—Billy
Smith of Rusk, Surry County; 2—
Kenneth Campbell of Yadkinville,
Yadkin County; and 3—Bryan
Campbell of Yadkinville, Yadkin
County.
Tuesday's show was judged by
Roger W. Murdoch and Howard
Stamey, agent and assistant agent,
respectively of Iredell County.
Showmanship was judged by L. I.
Case and Sam Buchanan, animal
husbandry specialists at State Col
lege Extension Service.
DRIVE FREED
IN ROAD DEATH
Samuel G. Harris Exonerated
In Death of Dafron 0.
Davis of State Road
RENOVATE COURT ROOM
Samuel G. Harris was exonerat
ed Wednesday in the death of
Daffron O. Davis, of State Road,
who died recently as a result of
injuries received when struck by
Harris’s automobile.
Twenty-four other cases were
disposed of in the newly-organ
ized courtroom above the city hall.
Judge H. H. Llewellyn was in
charge.
Other cases were:
Boyd Sineth, o.c.i., $100 and
cost.
Boyd Sineth, no operator’s li
cense, $25 and cost.
Artie Warren Gentry, o.c.i.,
$100 and cost and surrender li
cense.
George Hamby, public drunken
ness, cost.
George Hamby, a.w.d.w., 12
months, $50 and costs; road sen
tence to take effect if defendant
molests or goes on property oc
cupied by Sonia Hamby or drinks
any intoxicating beverages for a
period of two years.
Adolphus Hayes, o.c.i., $100 and
cost. Appealed to Superior Court,
December term, under bond of
$3.00.
Delmar Marion Vanhoy, speed
ing, not to operate motor vehicle
for 90 days. Suspended on defen
dant's paying cost of action. 90
days suspended.
Gwyn Forrester, public drunken
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Ashby Moved To
N. Wilkesboro;
J. F. Bivins Here
The transfer of Charles G.
Ashby from Elkin to North
Wilkesboro was announced yes
terday by Mark Goforth of
Lenoir, commissioner of the
Eighth Highway District. J.
Frank Bivins will succeed Mr.
Ashby at his post here.
Mr. Ashby will assume duties
as office engineer at the Eighth
Division office. Mr. Goforth ex
plained that under the bond
money program the highway
department feels that an exper
ienced field man is needed as
office engineer and that Mr.
Ashby would be ihe proper man
for the job.
Mr. Bivins will have charge
of the Second Division which
is comprised of Alleghany, Sur
ry, Wilkes and Yadkin Coun
ties.
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