North Carolina youths win junior garden awards in national contest
Marceline Simmons of Mt Airy Mildred Jester of Durham and Sheldon Murdock of Troutman won southern sectional prizes in the National Junior Vegetable Growers Association fifth annual scholarship contest. They earned $100 scholarships from a $6000 total, with NC also naming a boy and girl bond winners Gerald D Mann and Ethel Compton each receiving $2500 bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
National Junior Vegetable Growers Association
Marceline Simmons
Mt. Airy
Mildred Jester
Durham
Sheldon Murdock
Troutman
Grant B. Snyder
Massachusetts State College
Cincinnati
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Gerald D. Mann
Newart
Ethel Compton
Collinsville
Marcelene
John A. Simmons
Surry County
Meredith College
J. C Jester
Ars
Sheldon J. Murdock
John Carr Murdock
Iredell County
Sheldon
James L. Ammon
Aly, Ore
Jim Spell
Columbia
Miss
Tobacco Sales Top 15 Million Pounds
Mount Airy market tobacco sales exceeded 15 million pounds this week, about three and a half million more than 1944 totals. Prices stayed strong with an average around 428 cents per pound. many piles hit 50 cents, few below 40 cents. Warehouses close for Christmas on December 14 with little unsold stock and no decision on post holiday sales.
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Mount Airy
Chief Williams to Attend Police Convention in Miami
The Board of Commissioners asked Police Chief Lews E. Williams to attend the International Association of Chiefs of Police meeting in Miami Florida from December 10 to 13. Police Commissioner W E Merritt Jr will accompany him. Speakers include J Edgar Hoover H H Clegg and Tom Clark and other senior officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners
Lews E. Williams
International Association of Chief of Police
Miami
Fla
W. E. Merritt, Jr
Piorida
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
H. H. Clegg
Tom Clark
United States
Pageant at Franklin School Friday Night
Home Demonstration Clubs present a pageant in Franklin School Auditorium on Friday December 7 at 7 30 recounting ten years of Surry County Home Demonstration work. The show aims to educate and inspire both men and women with 4 H club history and community progress. Admission is 25 cents for adults and 16 cents for children with proceeds benefiting the County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs.
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Surry County
Pranklin School
County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs
Christmas Messiah Section Planned by United Choirs
The United Choirs of Mount Airy will perform the Christmas section of Handel’s The Messiah at Central Methodist Church. The program is scheduled for Sunday afternoon December 16 at 4 o'clock.
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United Choirs of
Mount Airy
Central Methodist Church
Bundle Day in Mount Airy Seeks Generous Doffing Drive
The Mount Airy Exchange Club sponsors Bundle Day urging residents to donate usable clothing shoes and toys for war torn Europe. The drive runs Sunday December 16 with collection starting at two in the afternoon and bundles to be placed on porches by then.
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Mount Airy
P T A Meeting Set by Mount Airy Group
The Mount Airy Council of Parent-Teachers Association schedules a meeting for Tuesday December 11 at 6 PM in Rockford Street Auditorium. E. C. Belton Jr. presides with H. M. Finch giving the devotional. A choral number by boys from three schools directed by Mrs. Harris and an address by Charles Phillips of Woman College follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy Council of Parent-Teachers Association
Rockford St
E. C. Belton Jr
H. M. Finch
Harris
L. P. Pendergraph
Chas. Phillips
Womam College
Ararat Soldier Discharged After 42 Months Service
Warren C. Cox, 23, of Ararat Virginia, was discharged at Port Bragg on November 30 with 80 points. He served 30 months overseas in the invasions of Italy Sicily and North Africa and earned the ETO ribbon with four battle stars the good conduct medal the infantry combat badge and the victory ribbon.
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Pic
Warren C. Cox
G. R. Cox
Ararat
Army
Port Bragg
Italy
Sicily
North Africa
Private First Class Leftwich Receives Army Honorable Discharge
Private First Class Price A Leftwich son of Mr and Mrs W M Leftwich and husband of Lorraine Jones of Mount Airy was discharged at Fort Bragg on November 23 after 39 months in service including 27 months overseas He served in Africa and Italy Training occurred in Pla Tex New Mexico and Minn He earned the Good Conduct Medal European Theater Ribbon Unit Citation and one battle star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price A. Leftwich
W. M. Leftwich
Lorraine Jones
Mount Airy
Army
Fort Bragg
Africa
Italy
Leftwich
Pla. Tex
New Mexico
Minn
City Officials Eye Juvenile Court Plan for Mount Airy
Mount Airy officials including the mayor and five commissioners consider creating a Juvenile Court to curb delinquency. J Wooster Martin urged expanded education, housing, and mental health services, plus a four point program to strengthen courts, schools, and crime prevention. Police Chief Lewis E Williams supported the effort and offered his services.
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Mount Airy
J. Wooster Martin
Rockford St
W. D. Inman
Martin
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Mr. Martin
Lewis E. Williams
Corporal James H. Norman Receives Honorable Discharge
Corporal James H. Norman, son of Mr and Mrs H E Norman, was honorably discharged from the Army Air Forces at Fort Bragg on November 23 after three years and three months of service. He spent two months in the South Pacific and holds the Asiatic Pacific ribbon with five battle stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Norman
H. E. Norman
Army Air Forces
Fort Bragg
South Pacific
Legion and Auxiliary Gift Drive for World War Veterans
The American Legion and its Auxiliary report a robust drive for gifts to veterans. About 300 gifts valued at $150 or more will be wrapped and distributed to World War II hospitalized veterans via Red Cross channels at Camp Butner in Durham and O. R. D. Greensboro. Christmas gifts for World War I veterans at Oteen and Fayetteville Veterans Hospital are also being prepared. Barry County Legionaries from Elkin Pilot Mountain Dobson and surrounding areas contribute generously to the Gift for the Yanks drive.
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American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Red Cross
Camp Butner
Durham
O. R. D. Greensboro
Oteen
Veterans Hospital
Payetteville
Barry County
Elkin
Pilot Mountain
Dobson
Army and Navy end of World War II troop returns
Secretary Forrestal announced 3,469,415 Army and Navy personnel had been brought home from overseas theaters. Most came from the Atlantic and Pacific, with smaller numbers from the China Burma India area as congestion worsened rail and port flow.
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Washington
James V. Forrestal
Secretary of the Navy
Army
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
China- Burma India
West Coast
War Department
Department
Army Transportation Corps
Dee
Barden Named Assistant Farm Agent for Surry County
Hugh D. Barden of Henderson arrives in Dobson to assume duties as Assistant County Agent for Surry County. He previously served two years as Assistant County Agent in Vance County and taught agriculture in Granville County after graduating from North Carolina State College in 1938. Mr and Mrs Barden and their young son reside in Dobson.
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Hugh D. Barden
Henderson
Dobson
Surry County
Neill M. Smith
Barden
Vance County
Surry
Extension Service
Raleigh
Granville County
N. C. State College
Vance
Granville
Sam Owen Receives Honorable Army Discharge
Sgt. Sam Owen, gunner on a B-29 with 34 missions over Japan and 15 over Japanese held areas, is honored with an honorable discharge. He is from Texas, married to Evelyn Turner of Dallas, and is visiting his grandmother Mrs. W. A. Campbell after leaving military service.
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Sam Owen
W. A. Campbell
Army
Sgt. Owen
Japan
Texas
Evelyn Turner
Dallas
Mrs Bowman George Returns From Mocksville Visit
Mrs Bowman George returns from Mocksville after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs W L Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Bowman George
Mocksville
Mr. and
W. L. Moore
Christmas E-card Gift Service Ad for Mount Airy News
An advertisement promotes placing orders for Christmas gift e cards sent to recipients in Mount Airy and surrounding trade territory. The offer lists a yearly subscription of 62.00 and emphasizes notifying the recipient of the gift.
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Mount Airy
Pvt James Miller Writes From Japan
Letter from Pvt James R. Miller in Yokohama Japan to his Mount Airy parents dated November 10 1945 describes living conditions in a granite building, better chow and radio access. He reflects on wartime devastation in Japan and notes starving locals and general ignorance among many Japs, but observes they do not appear to hate American soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Miller
Japan
J. E. Miller
Mount Airy
Yokohama
States
Roanoke Minister To Speak Saturday Night
Evangelist Fred Garland of Roanoke Va will headline this Saturdays youth rally at City Hall auditorium The 50 voice Pleasant Hill Baptist choir from Elkin and White Plains Lockaby Quartet will perform A Stump it quiz and choruses are on the program The public is invited to attend at 8 00 p m
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Youth For Christ
City Hall Auditorium
Howard Ford
First Baptist Church
Elkin
Friendly Four
Paul Craughn
Fred Garland
Roanoke
Garland
The
Soul
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Lockaby
White Plains Baptist Church
Lions Hear Talk On Atomic Bomb
Dr. Charles Ott head of the Guilford College Chemistry Department spoke to the Mount Airy Lions Club at the Blue Ridge Hotel about the atomic bomb and atomic energy. He noted the vast energy released in atomic reactions versus gasoline explosions and similar fuels.
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Charles Ott
Guilford College
Mount Airy
J Clyde Nichols Dies At Age 13
James Clyde Nichols died at home in Winston-Salem on November 22 after lifelong illness. Born December 29, 1931, he was in seventh grade at Forest Park school and attended Waughtown Baptist Church Sunday School. Survived by parents J Samuel Nichols and Bessie Alf red Nichols, a brother Ray and sister Rebecca, and grandparents. Services were at Waughtown Baptist Church with interment at unspecified location.
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James Clyde Nichols
J. Samuel
Bessie Alfred Nichols
Bertha Street
Winston-Salem
Forest Park School
Waughtown
Rebecca Nichols
H. V. Allred
C. M. Nichols
Mount Airy
Waughtown Baptist Church
Mormon Relief Society Bazaar in Sheltontown Chapel
Members of the Mormon Church announce a bazaar and evening meal at 6 o'clock Saturday in the Sheltontown chapel. Proceeds will go to the building fund and gifts suitable for Christmas will be offered. All members and friends are invited to attend.
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Mormon Church
Sheltontown
Cpl Russell Hines Now In Manila
Corporal Russell N Hines, son of Mr and Mrs J B Hines of Mount Airy North Carolina, serves with the 247 General Hospital in Manila He arrived overseas January 22 1944 at Sidney Australia and had earlier served in Marcus Valley New Guinea and Clark Field Luzon He attended a native Christmas festival Bing Sing in New Guinea lasting three days featuring dances and native dress
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Manila
Russell N Hines
J. BR. Hines
Lebanon St
Mount Airy
N. C
247 General Hospital
Cpl. Hines
Sidney
Australia
Marcum Valley
New Guinea
Clark Field
Luson
Victory Bond Sale Draws Crowd At Rockford Street School
A Rockford Street School auditorium event drew many women and girls for a Victory Bond sale led by Mrs. R. C. Mitchell and Mrs. Hugh Holcomb. Nylon hose prizes sparked a stampede, with 10 given by lottery and 40 sold at auction. top bidder paid as high as 5000 in bonds. Hose donated by J. G. Harrison boosted the drive along with other merchant donations. Oscar Merritt Jr. won a Center Theatre pass for top bond sales, followed by Mortie McMillian and Jerry Mays with smaller prizes.
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Rockford Street
R. C. Mitchell
Hugh Holcomb
Victory Bonds
J. G. Harrison
Harrison
Bond Rally Committee
Bond Action
Geo. Holt
Center Theatre
Oscar Merritt, Jr
Mortie McMillian
Jerry Mays
Walter Brannock Buys Piper Cub in Mount Airy
Walter Brannock, proprietor of a local monument firm, bought the first new Piper Cub at Mount Airy Airport and began flying lessons in a 5 hours 50 minutes record. Mount Airy Aviation owns five planes four trainers and a new charter plane with radio and heater for trips nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Brannock
Mount Airy
Brannock
Mount Airy Aviation, Inc
Plana
Widow of famed war correspondent dies in Albuquerque
Mrs. Geraldine Pyle, widow of Ernie Pyle, dies in a Albuquerque hospital after acute nephritic poisoning. The couple traveled across the United States and beyond, logging over 150000 miles before Ernie was killed on Ie Shima, off Okinawa. They married in 1925, divorced in 1942, and remarried by proxy in 1943 while Ernie served in Africa.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Geraldine Pyle
Ernie Pyle
United States
Canada
Hawaii
South America
Ernie
Africa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marcelene Simmons
Williams
Franklin School
T. A
Ararat, Va
Cpl
James Norman
Legion and Auxiliary
H. D. Barden
James Miller
J. Clyde Nichols
Mormon Relief Society
Russell Hines
Piper Cub
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