Mount Airy Youth Is Veteran of 23 Combat Missions In Far East
Airman Etheridge L. Maner of Mount Airy received the Air Medal at Okinawa for his role as a Superfortress gunner in B 29 strikes damaging Communist targets. A 23 mission Korean veteran, he is returning to Mount Airy soon and is the son of Etheridge L. Maner Sr. and his wife. He is a Mount Airy High School graduate formerly employed by Carolina Plastics before enlistment.
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Mount Airy
Far East
Etheridge L. Maner
Ray Cole
Okinawa
Maner
United Nations
United States
Mount Airy High School
Carolina Plastics Firm
Mount Airy class objects to Rev. Hux on Bible edition
A Mount Airy High School history class sent a telegram to Rev. Martin L. Hux in Rocky Mount protesting his plan to burn the New Revised Standard Version Bible. The students urged an investigation of the King James Bible’s origin and the edition’s aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy High School
Martin L. Hux
Rocky Mount
Arnold Ramey
Janie Waggoner
Margaret Jones
Dickie Freeman
Hux
America
North Carolina
Emmanuel
State Baptist
Local Youth Fatally Injured in 1952 Alleghany County Crash
Mary Andrews aged 15 a Sparta High School 10th grader died after a Mount Airy car wreck near Whitehead when a front tire punctured causing the vehicle to roll twice. The second roll pinned her beneath the car. Driver Jimmy Lee Easter and two other teens were uninjured.
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Mary Andrews
Sparta High School
Whitehead
Mount Airy
Miss Andrews
F. C. Be
Jimmy Lee Easter
Toast
Curtis Miller
Audrey Irvin
Sparta
Alleghany County
Bible’s new revision sets brisk selling pace
Across the nation buyers rush to secure the Bible new revision as 1,000,000 copies sold in eight weeks. Rev Luther A Wiggle of Yale Divinity School notes the initial million sold in two days and demand continues to match printing speed.
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Luther A. Wiggle
Yale Divinity School
In American Committee of Biblical Scholars
Wake Forest Fans Approve Colors Of 1953 License Tags
Wake Forest supporters celebrate black and gold 1954 license plates as tags go on sale at Crossingham Tractor Company on Willow Street. Mrs. Alvin Blue reports 12 000 tags on hand with sales limited to weekdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays 9 to noon. All cars must display the new plates by February 1 with one tag per vehicle. W A Jackson of the Coca Cola plant in Mount Airy was first in line to buy a 1953 license, securing tag W-42508.
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North Carolina
Crossingham Tractor Company
Willow Street
Wake Forest
Alvin Blue
W. A. Jackson
Coca-Cola
Mount Airy
Death of H C Monroe Marks End of Mount Airy Granite Era
An 85 year old Scotch immigrant and former granite quarry pioneer Hugh Campbell Monroe died after a long illness in Mount Airy. He helped establish the quarry with the Woodruff brothers, retired due to ill health, and was a 50 year Masonic member who served as lodge master in 1904. Born October 10 1867 in Furnace Scotland he came to the United States at 18 and settled in Mount Airy 57 years ago. He is survived by his wife and son Arthur G Monroe. Funeral at Flat Rock Presbyterian Church with burial in Oakdale Cemetery under Masonic honors.
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Mount Airy
Hugh Campbell (Duffy) Monroe
Woodruff Brothers
Masonic Order
M. F. Patterson
Masonic District
North Carolina
Furnace
Scotland
Hugh C
Margaret Campbell Monroe
Monroe
United States
Massachusetts
Isabella Gould
Mount Desert
Maine
Harry Barnett
Flat Rock Presbyterian Church
Oakdale Cemetery
Kiwanis Concessions Stand Earns 292 At Mount Airy Games
The Kiwanis Club at Mount Airy operated a football concessions stand at Floyd Poore Park during four home games. Profit totaled 292 dollars with 146.44 turned to Youth Foundation president Hugh Merritt for youth group use. The rest funds Kiwanis general charity fund.
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Floyd Poore Park
Mount Airy High School
Kiwania Club
Bowman George
Kiwanis Club
Youth Foundation
Hugh Merritt
John D. Thompson Estate Auction Today
The estate of John D. Thompson is to be sold at 10 30 a m with George W Sparger Jr as selling agent. The sale includes a North Main Street home and several business properties and residents. A complete list of property and times is published elsewhere in the newspaper.
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John D. Thompson
George W. Sparger, Jr
North Main Street
CPA Celebrates Civil Air Patrol Birthday at Airport Party
The Civil Air Patrol marked its birthday on December 1 with a party and radio quiz at the airport. Supper followed, and the squadron plans a Monday meeting at 7 PM in Room A at the Reever YMCA. all members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Air Patrol
Ita
Reever Ymca
State World Federalists Set December Meeting In Rocky Mount
The sixth annual North Carolina Branch United World Federalists convention runs December 6 and 7 in Rocky Mount. Pierce Butler Jr. will keynote the banquet at 6 30 p.m. December 6. Thorp Jr. notes other state speakers. UWF aims to strengthen the United Nations through education and action, with Norman Cousins as national president and Henry Brandis Jr. as vice chair.
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North Carolina
United World Federalists
Pierce Butler, Jr
Supreme Court
Butler
St. Paul Minnesota
Princeton
Harvard
UFW Executive Council
Rocky Mount
William L. Thorp, Jr
UFW
United Nations
United World Federalists, Inc
U. N
UWF
Asheville
U. S. Congress
N. C
U. S
Norman Cousins
Saturday Review
Henry P. Brandis, Jr
University of North Carolina Law School
D C Lewis Receives 1052 Highway Safety Award
D C Lewis of Surry Sales Co was presented the 1052 Highway Safety Award by the North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association in Raleigh. Dr Charles F Carroll Superintendent of Public Instruction attended a luncheon honoring dealers who loaned new cars to high schools for driver education. Governor-elect Umstead paid tribute to honorees as T A Williams chaired the meeting.
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D. C. Lewis
Surry Sales Company
North Carolina Automobile Dealers’ Association
Raleigh
Charles F. Carroll
Lewis
William B. Umstead
T. A. Williams
Greensboro
Dealers’ Association Highway Safety Committee
Freedom Crusade Fund Drive Opens Here On Monday
Fred Folger Sr Surry County director of the Crusade for Freedom drive says funds will be collected here next week for a national goal of 4 million dollars The Crusade supports Radio Free Europe Asia and other activities The effort is endorsed by President elect Eisenhower who urges public participation.
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Freedom Crusade Fund
Fred Folger, Sr
Surry County
Crusade For Freedom
Radio Free Europe
Asia
Eisenhower
Meters In City Found Out Of Order
Complaints from parking violators claim meters were not working after feeding the machines. Captain W H Sumner ordered a Wednesday night check, finding 18 of about 175 meters faulty and many me ters failing to wind or underpaying, causing revenue drop.
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W. H. Sumner
Christmas Lights To Be Turned On In City Tonight
Christmas lights and decorations on Mount Airy’s downtown streets will be turned on tonight thanks to merchant donations. The festive display will illuminate each night through the holiday season.
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Mount Airy
Mount Airy Debates 100 Bed Hospital Plan and Bond Need
City hall session between the Mayor, commissioners and five Martin Memorial Hospital directors ends with no decision on a bond plan to fund a new 100 bed hospital. Officials weigh sewer and water costs, state and federal aid, and potential county participation in sharing the burden.
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Martin Memorial Hospital, Inc
Groupe
Mount Airy
Ruth Beasley Killed in Mount Airy Car Crash
Emma Ruth Beasley 20 of Mount Airy route 1 died Sunday night when the 1939 Chevrolet struck an oak stump on Cautus Ford Road near Highway 52. George M. Samuels 49, driver, was cited for manslaughter and released on $2000 bond. Other passengers were Beasley's sisters Shirley 16 Thelma 14 and brother Sammy 10. no others injured.
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Emma Ruth Beasley
Mount Airy
Route 1
T. A. Gwaltney
Cautus Ford
Highway 52
George M. Samuels
Martin Memorial Hospital
Samuels
Mitchell Yields 2426 Pounds Per Acre Of Tobacco Crop
John H. Mitchell of Dobson raised 5,580 pounds of White Gold tobacco from 2.3 acres, averaging 2,426 pounds per acre. He sold at Mount Airy Market for $3,589.52, about $64.32 per acre, with the crop measured by the county surveyor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Mitchell
Dobson
Mount Airy
Mitchell
Building Superintendent Dies Of Heart Attack
Fred Forney Wilson 52 of Hickory Route 3 foreman for Hickory Construction Company died at Martin Memorial Hospital at 4 p.m. Wednesday after a heart attack. Born March 20, 1900 in Catawba County, he came to the area two years ago and helped complete the First Baptist Church education building and the new YMCA.
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Fred Forney Wilson
Hickory
Hickory Construction Company
Martin Memorial Hospital
Mr. Wilson
Catawba County
Henderson
Cora Setzer Wilson
First Baptist Church
YMCA
American Legion Meets Tonight at Memorial Park
The American Legion holds an important meeting tonight at 7 30 at the Veterans Memorial Park. All members are urged to attend and refreshments will be served after the business. Ross Lon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Veterans Memorial Park
Ross Lon
A M Short Buried Sunday In Oakdale Cemetery
Albert Matthew Short 77 of 1438 Lebanon Street died Friday in a Winston Salem hospital after years of illness. Born February 26 1875 in Surry County he married Huldah Critz on June 19 1901. Survived by four daughters and two sisters. longtime Mount Airy contractor and police officer buried at Oakdale Cemetery following services at Central Methodist Church.
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Albert Matthew
Matt) Short
Lebanon Street
Winston-Salem
Mr. Short
Surry County
Huldah Critz
Oskdsle Cemetery
Bruce Simmons
Jimmy Cox
George K. Snow
Jesse
George W. Sparger, Jr
Charley EB. Cox
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Far East Air Forces
U. S. Air Force
Col
Etheridge Maner
Jimmie Lee Easter
H. C. Monroe
Lithumnia, Ga
Mr. Monroe
Arthur G. Monroe
H. ©. Monroe
Kiwanians
CPA
State World
D. C. Lewis of
Surry Sales Co
Local Government Commission
Hopital
North Mount Airy
Tares
Ruth Beasley
A. M. Short
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