ELKIN
The Best Little Town In
North Carolina
THE TRIBUNE
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The Elkin 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. 10
PUBLISHED MONDAY AND THURSDAY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1949
$3.00 PER YEAR IN NORTH CAROLINA
18 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS
I
Seen Along...
The Elk Trail
. . . Child asking mother, “Why
does everybody ask me what Santa
Claus is going to bring me?”
. . . Downtown baseball enthu
siasts discussing yesterday's major
league player deals.
. . . Long-necked motorists jam
^♦ning traffic on North Bridge
"street where “motorcycle Indian
bit the dust.”
. . . Little Ann Lewis, age 3,
saying she didn't have time to
write a second letter to Santa
Claus.
. . . Oaye Taylor and Bonnie
Moore inviting number of friends
over to help clean house for the
holidays.
. . . “New stovepipe" smell of
diesel engine as it pulled into
Elkin depot on maiden run this
morning.
. . . Man in deep study crossing
Main street, entirely unaware that
he was holding up two lines of
traffic.
\ . Small boy coming into Tri
ne office to ask if he could see
the advance proofs of “The Lone
Ranger” comic strips.
. . . Man in hallway of apart
ment house asking arriving visitors
if they would be interested in
buying a Christinas tree.
. . . Very small baby in arms of
its mother puckering up to cry,
liut changing mind at last moment
*and giving off with pint-size
meeze.
. . . Passerby finding folly in
reminding Mrs. Jim Dan Hem
mings that she picked the only
parking space on the street where
meter was out of order.
. . . Out-of-town police official
discussing recent killing here with
Chief of Police Corbett Wall. Dixie
^Graham hesitantly nodding his
7 head when visitor asked if it was
Elkin's first.
. . . Feed dealer squinting
through a glass door, undecided
whether or not to set up bags
in front of the store. “Maybe
rain, maybe snow, maybe ... I
don't know.”
. . . Lady motorist on Bridge
street impatiently honking horn
and muttering to herself as cars
ahead failed to jump out of the
way the instant traffic light
changed to “go.”
. . . Remarks on recent flop in
forecasting snow: "Think I'll go
out into the beautiful, beautiful
W, snow," and "Just my luck. They
sold the only sled in town long
enough for me.”
New Comic Strip
Added By Tribune
The Tribune has added another
comic strip to its list of features.
Beginning Monday, a new strip
entitled "Jackie” and drawn by
A1 Smith, former cartoonist for
the New York Herald-Sun and
New York World, will appear in
each Monday issue of The Trib
une.
This is the second comic feature
to be published in The Tribune.
The Lone Ranger is currently be
ing run in both Monday and
Thursday editions.
Yadkin Board’s Vote
Delays Bond Matter
Yadkin County's Commissioners
last Wednesday voted to defei
until a later date the matter con
cerning the issuance of bonds foi
building a county hospital.
Commissioners voting for the
deferment were H. A. Norman, J
W. Garner and W. H. Wagoner
fTwo other commissioners, Mar
shall Shore and S. H. Brewbaker
did not vote on the question
County Attorney Lafayette Wil
liams was reported as opposed t(
the issuance of bonds.
DIESEL ENGINE
BEGINS RUN ON
SOUTHERN LINE
Modern Kail Transportation
Reaches Into Elkin Today
TO START FREIGHT RUN
$160,000 Locomotive Replaces
Steam On Winston-Salem,
N. Wilkesboro Line
VISIT IS UNANNOUNCED
Modern rail transportation
reached across the Yadkin Valley
into Elkin this morning when a
new diesel locomotive stopped on
its maiden run from Winston
Salem to North Wilkesboro.
The 1,500-horse power engine,
gleaming and smelling of newness,
drew a number of spectators in
its unannounced appearance. En
gineer T. I. Speas poked his head
out the door of the cab as the
locomotive pulled up to a stop at
Bridge Street complaining that he
wasn’t told of the new run. “I
didn't have time to wear my Sun
day suit,” he said.
Beginning tomorrow the locomo
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HAYES TO RUN
IN HOUSE RACE
Elkin Man Narrowly Missed
Victory In Last Demo
cratic Primary
TWO OTHERS ANNOUNCE
Noah Hayes, Elkin hardware
dealer, has announced plans to
enter the race for the Surry Coun
| ty seat in the State House of Rep
i resentatives.
A three-way race looms as
Howard O. Woltz, Jr., young
Mount Airy attorney is expected to
oppose Representative George K.
; Snow. Mount Airy attorney, along
| with Mr. Hayes.
Mr. Hayes was defeated narrow
ly by Mr. Snow in the last pri
j mary.
It is considered likely that for
mer Senator R. Posey Jones,
1 Mount Airy tobacconist and in
| surance man, will run again.
Surry County gets a Senate seat
1 in the General Assembly next term
j in its traditional alternating ar
i rangement with Stokes.
The two counties comprise one
Senate district and the office is
I switched from one county to the
other with each session.
Senator William Marshall of
Walnut Cove, Stokes County, rep
resented the district last session
Senator Jones served in the 1941
Legislature.
Surry’s last House contest in the
1948 Democratic primary was close
with Mr. Snow defeating Mr
Hayes by 64 votes.
The new contender, Mr. Woltz
| is a Mount Airy native, a graduate
of the University of Virginia and
I has practiced law in the Granite
City for several years as a mem
ber of the firm of Woltz and Bar
| ber.
SING PLANNED
BY JONESVILLE
About 250 Voices From Jones
ville Schools To Present
Program
YULE MUSIC FEATURED
A choir composed of approxi
mately 250 voices from the Jones
ville High School and Elementary
School, will present a program ol
Christmas music on Sunday after
noon at 5 o’clock in the school
auditorium.
The choir is under the directior
of Mrs. Loman Richardson, coun
ty supervisor of public schoo
music, and Mrs. Kenneth Dudley
Two songs, "Away in the Man
ger’’ and "The Little Lord Jesus’
will be sung by a choir made up
of voices from the primary grades
, The sixth and seventh grade!
will sing four selections. “Shep
herds H u r r y to Bethlehem,'
“Christ Is Born" and "The Angel:
We Have Heard on High." Th<
fourth and fifth grades will forn
an echo choir for this group o
songs.
"Hosanna" is to be sung by th<
eighth and ninth grades and tin
high school glee club will sing “1
Yuletide Greeting” and “O Hoi;
Night.” The final selection on th<
program will be “Let Our Glad
ness Know No End.”
During the program, the audi
ence will be invited to participate
in group singing.
CHRISTMAS IS IN THE AIR — That Christmas is in the air in Elkin these days, anyone ran plainly see. The decoration of the business district with the lights aglow at
night is only a symbol of the feeling of joy and good cheer in the hearts of the townsmen as the happy season rolls around again. True, there are ten more nights before
good old St. Nick pays his visit, but the children arc all ready for him and are anxiously awaiting the coming of Christmas morn. (tribune photoi
METHODISTS’
PROGRAM SET
Christmas Music To lie Pres
ented Sunday After
noon At Five
FOUR PARTS PLANNED
i The First Methodist Church
choir will present its annual
Christmas music program Sunday
afternoon at five o'clock.
The complete program was an
nounced today by Mrs. Dwayne
Irwin, director of the choir. The
program will be as follows:
Part I, O Holy Night (Adam)
by the women's chorus, Joseph
Came Seeking a Resting Place
iWilloughby), The First Noel, and
O Quit Your Pastures.
Part II, Cherubim Song, <Bort
niansky). The Angels and the
Shepherds, Silent Night »Gruber)
and Once in Royal David’s City
(Gaunlett).
Part III, Infant So Gentle
• Gascon), Bring a Torch, Jean
ette Isabella, Masters in This Hall
! (Whitfcrd», and Nativity Carol
• Graf) by the women’s chorus.
Part IV, Joy to the World. (Ma
son), Hallelujah (Handel), and
Fourfold Amen.
Soloists will be Mrs. Maurice
Bumgarner, Phyllis Johnson,
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Story of David
Watkins Conies
To Tragic End
The story of little David Wat
kins who had stolen the hearts
of his fellow townsmen of Elkin
ended on a tragic note last
night. *
The six-year-old boy, a vic
tim of leukemia, died in Tampa,
Fla., at 6 p. m. after a severe
hemmorrhage yesterday.
David’s story was first made
known to the general public
1 through an article in The Tri
bune Dec. 5, the day after he
> S received an early visit from
Santa Claus. Local doctors had
said there was little chance of
;j his'living until Christmas.
> Then a drive was started
1 by radio station W1FM to get
the money to send little David
to a doctor in Tampa, who said
; he thought he could help in the
! case. Almost $500 was raised
L for this purpose and David and
r • Mrs. Watkins started their trip
' to Florida last Friday.
Today. David’s father and
grandmother were on their way
to Tampa also to return with
5 the boy’s body and his mother.
t
Sunday To Be Day (>f Offering
For (Community’s Churchgoers
Charity Fund
Reaches $412
Of $1,000 Goal
Churches of Die community
will take offerings Sunday for
food, clothing and money for
the Community Christian Char
ity fund which today had gain
ed $412 of its $1,000 goal. Food
and clothing had also mounted
substantially.
The Thurmond Chatha m
Unity club pushed the offering
greatly at noon today when
they presented $100 to the Rev.
George Farah for the charity
fund at a luncheon. They also
announced that they would dis
tribute 53 baskets during
Christmas to needy families.
Others contributing to the
community campaign were as
follows:
A friend, $1.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. L. Ben
son, $10.
George K. Snow, Mount Air.\,
$5.
A friend, $25
Mrs. R. L. Reinhardt's third
grade, basket of food and box
of clothing.
Elkin Intermediate Girl Scout
Troop HI. toys.
I»r. and Mrs. M. O. Fox. $25.
Mrs. Henry Dillon, clothing.
Henry Woodruff, $5.
Mrs. Fred Colhard, $3.
Oakboro Principal
Lauds Elkin School
Elkin High School has been
congratulated for its acceptance
i in the Southern Association of
' Colleges and Secondary Schools by
J. L. Haynes, district principal of
the Oakboro High School.
In a letter to The Tribune this
week, Mr. Haynes lauded the
School Board and Superintendent
1 N. H. Carpenter. Said he, "Very
few schools are able to enter the
SACSS. This means that Elkin
High School has equipment, teach
ers’ certificates, and other desir
ables that the average school is
short in. When any school reaches
this standard, you can be assured
that someone has put forth a great
J amount of labor.”
A poll of 105 major college foot
ball teams shows that almost half
I are using the two-platoon system
j of substitution.
TO HEAD MERCHANTS—M. L.
Gaston was announced new
president of the Elkin Merchants
Association yesterday following
an election by directors. He
will serve for the 1950 year, suc
ceeding retiring president E. S.
Spainhour. Mr. Gaston is man
ager of the J. C. Penney Com
pany here.
GASTON NAMED
M. A. PRESIDENT
Merchants Elect Manager Of
J. C. Penney’s As Head
For Coming Year
TO SUCCEED SPAINHOUR
M. L. Gaston was elected pres
ident of the Elkin Merchants As
sociation yesterday for the 1950
I year. He succeeds E. S. Spainhour.
He is manager of the J. C.
Penney Company and has been
i active in the Merchants Associa
tion for several years.
Luther Baker was elected vice
president and Mrs. Hugh Green
wood was re-elected secretary.
Jones Holcomb. C. N. Myers,
John Kennedy, A. T. Whittington
and H. F. Laffoon were named
new directors for the year 1950.
Directors who were elected last
year and who will continue
; through the coming year are E.
1 S. Spainhour, Claude Farrell,
| George Isenhour, Luther Baker
i and Abe Harris.
I
Tour of Needy
Homes Reveals
Families’ Needs
Christmas—a time when good
folks think about and do some
thing for their less fortunate
neighbors — is approaching.
Here in Elkin and Jonesvillc
and outlying sections the needy
won’t be forgotten this Christ
mas, thanks to the VFW, the
TCU club and the Community
Christian Charity fund.
Few realize, however, the
thoroughness of the Communi
ty Christian Charity committee
in its investigations. Few know
the real need existing here in
their own midst.
A reporter’s trip with the
committee’s leader, George C.
Farah, revealed yesterday the
honest need of some people and
the method of screening such
families to make certain that
the money, the food and cloth
ing folks are donating to the
committee are apportioned fair
ly and where the need demands
it.
Families where little children
wore shoes that were worn out
and too small were visited.
There were places where the
head of the house could not
work because of illness. And
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VFW To Give
Baskets To
Needy Families
David Brown, chairman of
the VFW Christmas Cheer
drive, announced today that his
committee had collected $105
plus canned goods and other
staples and an abundance of
toys.
He said that the VFW would
furnish between 30 and 35
baskets to needy families in El
kin during the Christmas sea
son.
The committee, Hubert Shep
herd, Eoscoe Poplin, Jack Rob
inson, Ralph Smoot, Raymond
Vestal, Jim Dobbins, Maurice
Bumgarner and Charles Swift,
will begin deliveries next Fri
day about noon and will con
tine through Saturday to visit
families on the list.
BAPTIST CHOIR
PRESENTS SING
Annual Christmas Music Pro
gram Will He Given On
Sunday Night
SOLOISTS ANNOUNCED
The Baptist Church Choir will
present its annual Christmas music
program Sunday night at the
church beginning at 7:30 o’clock
Mrs. Howard J. Ford today an
nounced the complete program
along with soloists and members
of the choir.
In order, the program will be
presented as follows:
Christmas Song (Bach), Adestc
Fideles, O Come, O Come Imman
uel (Elmore), And the Glory ol
the Lord (Handel), How Beautifu!
Upon the Mountains (Harker)
Pastorale Symphony (Handel)
Meditation (Massenet).
Part two: Joseph Came Seek
ing a Rest Place (Willoughby), At
Lately We Watched (Black)
Shepherds in the Hush of Niglil
(O'Hara), The Angel’s Song
(Stickles), Sanctus (Gounod)
Gesu Bambino (Yon), O Come
Little Children (Schulz).
Part three: No Candle Wat
There and No Fire (Lehman)
Sleep Holy Babe (Ganschow)
Shepherds Story (Dickinson), Hal
lelujah Chorus (Handel), March
of the Magi (Dubois).
Soloists will be Mrs. Jamet
Eidson, Miss Jacquelyn Brown
Miss Anne Carter, Miss Mildred
Freeman, Jack Walker, George
Littman and Dr. Vernon Taylor
Members of the choir were listed
as follows:
Soprano—Mrs. Rosetta Nichols
Mrs. James Eidson, Mrs. G. H
Tatum, Mrs. J. F. Moseley, Mis
Lucille Long, Mrs. J. C. Brown
Janet Walker, Lynn Oliver, Wilma
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|
Seven Couples Get
Marriage Licenses
Marriage licenses were issued tc
the following couples at the Dob
son County Courthouse during the
past week:
Weldell Steele, State1 Road, 25,
and Barbara Blivens, Dobson, 18.
Charles E. Willy, Lowgap, 22, and
Ruth E. Pruitt, Mount Airy, 23.
Calvin McHone, Mount Airy, 24,
and Edith Hiatt, Mount Airy, 19.
Claybourne Loue, Siloam, 22, and
Fay Wall, Ararat, 17. Burnie
Thomas Ring, Westfield, 21, Bet
ty Lou Collins, Pilot Mountain, 18,
Dallas J. Payne, Mount Airy, 20,
Mary E. Hicks, Mount Airy, 20, and
Moir Young, Ararat, Va., 26, and
Bertha Marshall, Ararat, Va.
DAIRYMEN TOLD
N. C. MILK NEED
IS STILL HIGH
Two Hundred Dairy Produc
ers Meet At Dobson
PRICE DROP EXPLAINED
L. Y. Hallentine, F. R. Farn
ham. Dairy Leaders Speak
At Courthouse
BREEDING IS DISCUSSED
Two hundred dairy producers
learned last night that the demand
for milk in North Carolina is still
greater than the supply.
An open meeting which they
attended at the Surry County
Courthouse in Dobson was planned
by Farm Agent Neill M. Smith
for the purpose of discussing the
outlook for dairy producers during
the coming year. Mr. Smith said
a surplus or excess of milk last
Summer caused prices to drop and
kept many dairy farmers in Surry
County from expanding their faci
lities.
At the meeting were Commis
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LIGHT JUDGING
DATE IS GIVEN
Friday, Dec. 2.1 Is Named For
Picking Christmas Con
test Winner
JUDGES ANNOUNCED
Judging for the Christmas
Lighting Contest sponsored by the
Elkin Junior Woman’s Club will
take place on Friday, December
23, according to an announcement
made today by Mrs. Hugh Sal
mons, chairman.
In the outside decorating con
tests, judges will be Mrs. Mason
Lillard, Linville Hendren and
Mrs. E. C. James. Judges for the
interior decorating contest are
Mrs. H. H. Hensel, T. A. Redrnon
and Mrs. R. G. Smith, Sr. If en
tries in the contests warrant it,
j additional judging committees will
i be selected.
The Christmas Lighting contest
is being sponsored for the purpose
of urging homeowners to help
make the town more beautiful
| for the yuletide season by decor -
i ating their homes inside and out.
The contest is divided into two
parts. Prizes will be awarded for
the best outside decoration and
! for the best interior decorations.
Interested persons may enter one
) or both divisions of the contest,
but are urged to do so immedi
ately. Persons who wish to compete
are requested to contact Mrs.
1 Hugh Salmons, giving their name,
address and the division of the
contest they wish to enter.
The outside decorating contest is
in charge of the Junior Woman’s
Club assisted by the Senior Wom
an’s Club which is conducting the
interior decorating contest.
CLUB TO HOLD
AUCTION SALE
Kiwanians Will Donate Pro
ceeds of Yearly Event To
Elkin School Band
AT YMCA THIS EVENING
The Elkin Kiwanis Club will this
evening stage its annual Christmas
Auction following the regular din
ner meeting at the YMCA begin
ning at 6:30 o’clock.
Proceeds of the auction this
year will go to the Elkin High
School Band, a project sponsored
by the club.
In recent years several hundred
dollars have been raised at each
auction, and it is hoped that a
record-breaking figure may be at
tained at this evening's meeting.
The auction operates in the fol
lowing manner: each member of
the club brings some article of
value to the meeting, and then
these articles are auctioned off to
the highest bidder. The last article
to be sold is always the auction
block which, by tradition, must
be bid in by the president of the
club, or else the president faces
the task of pushing the heavy
log to the home of the success
ful bidder. It is not coincidence
that the heaviest bidding for the
log usually comes from the Ki
wanian living the, longest way
from the YMCA, nor is it co
incidence that the president in
most cases is always the high bid
der. "*
This evening’s meeting will mark
the last meeting of the club be
fore Christmas,