, ELKIN Tie Best Little Town In Caro fHE North rolina TRIBUNE It A Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations 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 (Continued On Page Four) , INVESTIGATING A RIFLE BARRAGE Bullets Rake Side of House of Yadkin Man In Sudden Attack Friday NO ONE IS INJURED 4 ► * 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. \ 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. r~~"~ 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 — 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. (Continued On Page Four) 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. (Continued On Page Four) 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 (Continued On Page Four) 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) L 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 (Continued On Page Four) 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 (Continued On Page Pour) 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 (Continued On Page Pour) 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 r» . t 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 ¥ 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 (Continued On Page Four) 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. L