Memorial Building Receives Government Approval for Construction
In Washington the Mount Airy Community Foundation received approval from the Federal Board for the Reeves Memorial Building permit. Attorney H. O. Woltz and J. Raymond Smith, with Congressman Thurmond Chatham, presented the claim. Officials gave work the go ahead, with a contract already awarded for the East Pine Street site at about half a million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Board For Building Permits
H. O. Woltz
J. Raymond Smith
Mount Airy Community Foundation
Reeves
Thurmond Chatham
Mount Air
East Pine Street
J W Badgett Dies and Rites Held in Mount Airy
John W Badgett 67 of 244 Rockford Street died at Martin Memorial Hospital after a heart attack. Born June 23 1883 in Surry County he leaves wife Lilie Webb son Elmer Badgett brother Harvey Badgett and one grandchild. Funeral at Rockford Street Methodist Church led by Rev J M Barber with out of town mourners listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Badgett
Rockford Street
Martin Memorial Hospital
Surry County
Frank C
Della Badgett
Badgett
Lillie Webb
Elmer Badgett
Harvey Badgett
Mount Airy
National Furniture Company
Rockford Street Methodist Church
J. M. Barber
George Williams
Morris Shelton
B. H. Markham
S. W. Badgett
C. E. Badgett
Ellen Denny
Ralph Denny
Winston-Salem
Sam Badgett Jr
Raleigh
Lester Wolff
Ashville
Burlin Wolff
Frank Ralph
Elbert
Sadie Badgett
Carthage
J. W. Harrell
Pilot Mountain
Rev. Heckard
Valdese
T. V. Crouse
Cecil Pearman
Stokesdale
Frank Crouse
Oh Susanna Hits At Mount Airy Opera Club
The Mount Airy Opera Club staged Oh Susanna in Rockford Street gym to strong ovations from first and second nighters. Cast included James R Bray as Stephen Foster and Belvin Walters as Aunt Gusta Foster with a large home talent ensemble and a full production team.
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Mount Airy
Stephen Foster
James R. Bray
Swanee River
Gusta Foster
Belvin Walters
Dolores Mills
Susanna Foster
Gene Ford
Willie Green
Laura Bray
Jeanie McDowell
E. P. Christy
James Combs
Gideon Jessup
Louis Bianco
John D. Hiatt
Richard van Smythe
Carrington Paulette
Angus McDowell
Frank Smith
Sidney Jones
Clem
Franklyn Jones
Dingle
Jimmy Haynes
Ed Lovill
Becky
Ruth Minick
Sal
Annie Thomas
Friendly Lions to Sell Brooms for the Blind
Mount Airy Lions Club members will sell brooms in Greensboro downtown next Thursday to Saturday to aid Guilford Industries for the Blind. A broom truck will be parked in the city center for sales and volunteers will canvass nearby homes at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford Industries For
Greensboro
Mount Airy Lions Club
Dobson Man Appointed Veteran's Representative in Salisbury
John F. Comer of Dobson has been assigned as Veteran's Representative in Salisbury by the North Carolina State Employment Security Commission. Comer is a graduate of Appalachian State Teachers College and served 40 months with the army in Europe during World War II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Comer
Dobson
North Carolina State Employment Security Commission
Salisbury
Mr. Comer
Appalachhan
Pilot Mountain Plans Community Center Day Gala
Pilot Mountain outlines a Saturday gala to fund civic activity through a parade led by a Winston-Salem band, a fiddlers contest, a beauty pageant with Uncle Joe Johann as host, and a card drawing for a new 88 Olds. The event supports the Pilot Mountain Community Center formed by 15 groups with officers J. H. Blalock Betty Smith and Motsinger. Attendance last year topped 25 000 and is expected to rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilot Mountain
Winston-Salem
Progr
Joe Johan
Pilot Mountain Community Center
Adirectors
J. H. Blalock
Betty Smith
Motsinger
Aind
Blalock
Mount Airy Man Charged With Truck Larceny
Powell Harrell, 27, of Mount Airy was arrested in Winston Salem Monday night by Forsyth County Deputy R. L. Hedgepeth. He faces charges of larceny of a truck owned by John Stokes, also of Mount Airy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powell Harrell
Mount Airy
Winston, Salem
Forsyth County
R. L. Hedgepeth
John Stokes
Pilot Mountain Cagers Clash With Flat Rock Tonight
Two top Surry County basketball teams meet in a 7:30 p.m. game as Pilot Mountain invades Flat Rock Gym. Both squads are riding winning streaks and sit atop the county league in a nip and tuck clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surry County
Pilot Mountain
Flat Rock
Sgt William Hicks Returns From Korea
Sgt William Hicks came home on emergency furlough to Mount Airy from Korea due to his father John E F Hicks death. He left Korea November 24 and will report for army duty December 26. He resides on Burke Row in the Quarry section and praised South Korean troops when properly led.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hicks
Mount Airy
Sgt
Hicks
John EF
Dan) Hicks
Korea
Burke Row
Twenty Four Hour Prayer Service Set
Thirteen Mount Airy pastors will lead around the clock prayer at Haymore Memorial Baptist Church from 8 p m December 16 to 9 a m December 17. Services aim to aid world peace and accommodate workers with odd hours with coffee offered to attendees. The schedule continues while any pew is occupied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
Haymore Memorial Baptist Church
Missing Dobson Woman Mamie Wood Safe at Home
Mrs. Mamie Wood, 45 or 46, of Dobson, was reported missing after leaving Dobson for Mount Airy on November 30. She was located by Sheriff Shores’ team in Winston-Salem and returned to her home. She had planned to visit Dr Roy Mitchell in Mount Airy and was described as despondent about her health. Mrs. Wood’s husband W E Wood and sheriff's office pursue ongoing inquiries with Mount Airy Police, Dobson family members, and Dr Mitchell’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie Wood
Dobson
BE. G. Shores
Winston - Salem
Mount Airy
W. E. Wood
Surry County
Roy Mitchell
Chest Seeks $7,000 More To Meet Mount Airy Chest Goal
Mount Airy aims at a $20,596 community chest target but has collected $12,700, about 60 percent, with a deficit driving the drive to extend. Chairman Joe Fowler urges public meeting at city hall Monday night to boost funds for local and nearby agencies including the Salvation Army Girl Scouts Boy Scouts and Juvenile Education.
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Mount Airy
Community Chest
Joe Fowler
City Hall
Community Fund
Salvation Army
Rev and Mrs Hecckard Visit Mrs Beamer on Springs Road
Rev. and Mrs. Floyd Hecckard from Taylorsville spent Sunday night with Mrs. Heckard's mother Mrs. Fred Beamer on Springs Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Hecckard
Taylorsville
Heckard
Fred Beamer
Springs Road
Warehouses Salute Great Tobacco Year
Rev. D. D. Hodges reports Mount Airy Tobacco Market closed a record season with over 15 million pounds sold at an average of $52 per hundred. Farmers received more than $8 million and over $2 million extra in payouts, with expanded patronage and new county-area markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. D. Hodges
Mount Airy
Hodges
Mount Airy Santa Claus Turns Out To Be Uncle Ed Brannock
News reporters chased a red suited Santa through Mount Airy streets Wednesday only to learn the mysterious figure is Uncle Ed Brannock, longtime Mount Airy Fire Department protector and sage.
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Santa Clause
Mount Airy
Ed” Brannock
Sage
Mount Aly
School Holiday Break Set For December 20 to January 1
County Superintendent John Comer announced schools will let out on December 20 for holidays and resume classes on January 1. This pause covers all district schools as winter recess. Local families plan travel and activities around the school calendar.
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John Comer
Messiah Set For Traditional Sunday Service
Mount Airy prepares its annual Handel Messiah at First Baptist Church on Sunday December 10 at 3 30 pm. The choir will feature changes in conductor organist and soloists, with John Mickey returning as conductor and new soloists Phyllis Noah Gene Ford and Rebecca Pendleton among others.
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Mount Airy
First Baptist Church
Handel
Glenn Robertson
Earl Wray
John Mickey
Ruby Wray
Sparger Robertson
Rebecca Pendleton
Helen Cornwall
Winston- Salem
Phyllis Noah
Gene Ford
Chester Mays
Christine Beamer
Jamies Bray
Petty Officer Forbis Recalled To Duty
Petty Officer 8rd class Walter Forbis son of Mr and Mrs H L Forbis of Mount Airy was recalled to duty after his battleship Valley Forge put into a Californian port following extended duties in Korean waters His furlough home to Mount Airy was cancelled due to reverses in the Korean theatre of war
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Forbis
H. L. Forbis
Mount Airy
Californian
Valley Forge
Forbis
State inspectors review Surry County schools credit facilities
Mrs. Julia Wetherington and Mrs. Moore from the State Department of Public Instruction examined the county school system last week. They met with principals Thursday and will submit a report later. Plans for the Dobson Ag building are among early state projects with final approval expected about December 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Wetherington
Moore
State Department of Public Instruction
Sunday Bundle Day Drives Cheer for Needy Families
Residents are reminded that Sunday is Bundle Day starting at 2 p m. Exchange Club members with Boy Scouts will collect clothing toys and food for needy families on Christmas morn. Place bundles on the front porch by 2 p.m. Sunday for pickup.
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Exchange Club
Boy Scouts
Tags on Sale North Carolina 1951 Mount Airy city tags now on sale
Mount Airy officials announce 1951 state and city license tags are available at the city clerk’s office next to the fire station. John M. Walker says tags for automobiles and trucks are due by January 1, 1951 and Mount Airy residents must buy city tags or face prosecution. A vehicle list is maintained and buyers must show their 1951 vehicle registration card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Mount Airy
John M. Walker
County Board trims sheriff budget in Dobson meeting
In Dobson Court House on Monday the board cut the sheriff department budget to 13500 while keeping the sheriff salary at 325 and reducing deputies by 250 monthly. The move, aimed at reducing 16450 annual salary cost, may drop one deputy and begins June 30 1951 with a 5600 deputy budget through that date.
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Board of County Commissioners
Dobson
M. Q. Snow
Sam C. Patterson
W. C. Cockman
Wesleyan Methodist
Worth Sweet
Level Cross Methodist
Snow
Board of Commissioners
Sheriff's Department
Surry
Grady Venable's Café Burns Down In Early Afternoon Fire
Fire swept Grady Venable's Place at the Old Lowgap Road near Lovill's Creek Bridge yesterday at 12 30. The café was a total loss with walls collapsing by 1 07 pm. Four people escaped and owner Grady Venable estimated losses at 6000 dollars. Beer bottles exploded and cartridges fired as flames leaped across the road. Karly Jarrell rescued three bird dog pups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Venable
Lowgap Road
Highway 89
Lovill’s Creek Bridge
Lowgap
Prietor
Venable
Mount Airy Stores Extend Hours for Holiday Season
Officials of the Mount Airy Merchants Association announced downtown stores will stay open until nine p m on December 15 and 16 and continue serving until the nine o clock hour from December 18 to December 23. Stores will be closed December 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
Wind Storm Demolishes New Flint Hill Church
The Flint Hill Missionary Baptist Church near Fancy Gap Mountain was leveled between 5 and 7 am by a wind storm. The nearly finished building cost about $2,000 and had 18 charter members. It was not insured, with only a piano saved. Donations will be sent to Rev. Walter S. Jackson in Mount Airy.
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Flint Hill Missionary Baptist
Fancy Gap Mountain
Walter S. Jackson
Jackson
Mount Airy
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Patricia Dowell
Donald Midkiff
Ronald Midkiff
Olga
Wet Head
Pilot Mountain Cagers
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Samuel F. Revenel
Kiwanis Club
Blue Ridge Hotel
R. C. Mitchell
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Flint Hill Baptist Church
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