New Knitting Mill To Occupy Old Argonne Site
Mount Airy gains a new manufacturing firm Davis Mills Inc to occupy the former Argonne Mills site on Willow Street The company organized by R B Davis of Pilot Mountain as president and A Aubrey Fowler as vice president plans to produce men's woolen hosiery using machinery purchased locally The start date hinges on securing a location and no employee or production estimates were provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
Davis Mills, Inc
R. B. Davis
A. A. Fowler
Argonne Mills
Willow Street
Pilot Mountain
New Manufacturing Enterprise
A. Aubrey Powler
Bundle Day a Big Success
Over 400 packages were gathered from city homes responding to the Empty Stocking Committee appeal for toys clothing and food to be distributed on Christmas Eve. Boy Scouts collected the items and moved them to the city hall court room where boxes are assembled for needy families in and around the city.
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Boy Scouts
City Hall Court Room
No Recorders Court Sessions Next Week
Mount Airy police report no recorders court sessions will be held next week amid the Christmas season and the Surry Superior Court term in Dobson. The next sessions are scheduled for January.
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Recorders Court
Surry Superior Court
Dobson
KR. E. Lawrence
Mount Airy
D W Loflin Elected Mason Master In City Lodge
Members of the local Masonic lodge elevated D W Loflin to Master after his year as Senior Warden. He succeeds R W Walters as Master while L Y Haynes W H Foy C Binder and J C Hill were elected to Senior Warden Junior Warden Treasurer and Secretary respectively. A public installation is planned for early January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Lodge
D. W. Loflin
R. W. Walters
L. Y. Haynes
W. H. Foy
C. Binder
J. C. Hill
Lions To Have Football Dinner With Duke Coach Guest Speaker
The Mount Airy Lions Club will host its third annual Football Dinner on Tuesday January 14 at the Blue Ridge Hotel. Duke coach Wallace Wade will be the principal speaker. The event honors the high school football team with a gold football for the captain and top team man. Tickets are on sale.
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Mount Airy
Over $900 Raised In Greek Relief Campaign
The Mount Airy fitting and knitting mills led early giving with about 240 raised for Greek relief. Local committee member Jimmy Kokotas accepted the funds as part of a county wide drive totaling over 900 with hopes to reach 1500 for war torn Greece.
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Mount Airy Fitting Company
Jimmy Kokotas
Les Hatcher
Mount Airy Knitting Company
Hatcher
Kokotas
Elkin
Mount Airy
Surry County
Greece
Moravians Present The Nativity Play at Grace Church
Moravians will present The Nativity at Grace Moravian Church Wednesday night at 7 30 for the Senior young people. Christmas carols will be sung by the choir and music between scenes includes a vocal solo by Gilbert Tillemon Jr and a horn solo by Franklin Boyd. Scenery and lighting effects handled by Rev. or shee.
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Grace Moravian Church
Gilbert Tillemon, Jr
Franklin Boyd
Rev
Or Shee
City Bus Gets Tapped Again
Joe Bill Parris a 21 year old from Mount Airy remains in Martin Memorial Hospital after his car struck a city bus at Gilmer and East Oak Streets on December 13. The battered bus had been parked on the highway without lights and was hit in wet foggy conditions around 11 45 P M. Bus driver Harvey Hiatt 22 was employed by the city.
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Joe Bill Parris
Mount Airy
Martin Memorial Hospital
Mount Airry
Gilmer
East Oak Streets
Parris
Harvey Hiatt
The Wondrous Light Cantata Presented in Mount Airy
Under Earl Wray the First Baptist and Flat Rock Baptist choirs present the Christmas Cantata The Wondrous Light by Stultz next Sunday at 7 30 pm. This marks the cantata's first Mount Airy performance with soloists Alma Webb EB Lewis soprano R W Walters alto Louis Bianco tenor McRae Byrd baritone Jesse Simmons bass. Public invitation extended.
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Earl Wray
First Baptist Choir
Flat Rock Baptist Choir
Stultz
Mount Airy
Alma Webb
EB. L. Lewis
R. W. Walters
Louis Bianco
McRae Byrd
Jesse Simmons
Col J S Ball Dies At 86 After Long Auction Career
Col J S Ball 86 died after months of illness at his son J M Ball’s home on Cherry Street. A Ashville native known as a tobacco auctioneer and land auction official, he spent 49 years in tobacco auctions. He lived in Mount Airy with Haynes and Brown warehouse, active in Granite Lodge and its orphanage fund. Survived by sons J M Ball C M Ball and W E Ball.
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Col
J. 8. Ball
J. M. Ball
Cherry Street
A. S. Hale
Asheville
Green Hill Cemetery
Col. Ball
Mount Airy
Haynes and
Brown Tobacco Warehouse
Masonic Lodge
Granite Lodge
J. M. and
C. M. Ball
W. E. Ball
Los Angeles
Hatcher Case Being Heard In Surry Court
The case against Tyler Smith of Ararat Virginia faces manslaughter charges over the death of Zeb Hatcher a local hardware man in an accident. The state's evidence was concluded at adjournment Thursday and the trial will resume Friday morning December 20.
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Tyler Smith
Ararat
Virginia
Zeb Hatcher
Surry Superior Court
Mount Airy Stores Stay Open Late Through Christmas
Mount Airy merchants announce extended shopping hours with stores open until 9 on Fridays and Saturdays and until 10 next Monday and Tuesday. Extra clerks are on duty to handle rising crowds as Christmas season sales thrive.
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Mount Airy
Surry Man Found Dead In Apple Truck
Christopher C. Ed Jones, 43, a produce trucker from Pancy Gap, was found shot to death in a ditched apple truck near Asheboro last Saturday. A coroner declared he died of a gunshot while in a drunken condition. Services were held at Epworth Methodist Church with interment in the church cemetery. survivors include his widow, three sons and three daughters.
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Christopher C
Ed) Jones
Pancy Gap
Asheboro
Mount Airy
Moody Funeral Home
Jones
Surry
Epworth Methodist Church
The Messiah Concert At Central Methodist Church Sunday
The Messiah will be performed Sunday at 5:00 p.m. at Central Methodist Church with choirs joining under Rev. E. T. Mickey Jr. Mrs Catherine Avery Thrift of the Centenary Methodist Church Windsor Salem will be the contralto soloist. Mrs Sparger Robertson, organ. Mrs Hugh Merritt, piano. a collection will be taken for expenses.
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Catherine Avery Thrift
Centenary Methodist Church Choir
Winston-Salem
Sparger Robertson
Hugh Mer
E. T. Mickey, Jr
Central Methodist Church
Kiwanis Club elects officers for next year
The Kiwanis Club directors elected officers Tuesday night with Joe Jackson named president. R. M. Hudgins of Duke Power serves as vice president and T. E. Smith Jr. is reelected secretary and treasurer. No meeting next week. installation set for the first meeting in January by retiring president A B Carter.
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Kiwanis Club
Joe Jackson
R. M. Hudgins
Duke Power Office
A B. Carter
Lieutenant Ellis to Spend Holidays with In-Laws in Alabama
Lieut. D. M. Ellis Jr. on special training at Port Benning, Alabama, will arrive this week to spend the holidays with his wife and young son at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Ellis.
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D. M. Ellis, Jr
Port Benning
Alabama
M. Ellis
New Carpet In Place At First Baptist Church
A church project led by Mrs. J. D. Sargent seeks cash and pledges to fund a Christmas carpet for First Baptist Church. A committee including Mrs. E. W Paddison and Earl Wray asks for strong support before Sunday when the carpet will be presented. The 30 year old carpet is replaced at an estimated cost of 600 dollars. Curtains and chair cushions are being updated by committee members.
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First Baptist Church
J. D. Sargent
Fokow
E. W Paddison
A. B. Council
P. W. Green
W. P. Shelton
Sarah Pinch
R. W. Walters
J. H. Midkiff
Earl Wray
Regular schedule to resume January 7
The article states that the regular schedule will resume on January 7. No additional context or names are provided in the readable text.
Quality Mills Awarded First Defense Order
The Quality Mills of Mount Airy won a contract to supply 200 000 men's undershirts at an estimated 35000 dollars. Delivery is 1000 dozens weekly until January 1. The order covers about one fourth to one half of the mill's production. delivery bond handled via Burke Insurance Agency and American Surety Company.
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Mount Airy
Woltz
Burke Insurance Agency
American Surety Company
Quality Mills
Alf Thomas Granted Bond in First Degree Murder Case
Alf Thomas, former power company lineman, facing first degree murder charges in the shooting of Will Matthews, tenant farmer, appeared in Surry superior court at Dobson. He was granted a $19 000 bond on habeas corpus with the Solicitor Ralph Scott reserved to proceed. The case was delayed to the next term due to court congestion.
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Alf Thomas
Power Company
Will Matthews
Surry
Dobson
Thomas
Ralph Scott
Danbury
Mount Airy Jaycees Elect Officers for Second Year
Tommy Fawcett named president of the Mount Airy Junior Chamber of Commerce for the coming year at a Monday night meeting at the Blue Ridge Hotel. Oliver Crawley steps down as president, Elmer Badgett becomes vice president, Frank A. Longest secretary, and Joe B. Graves treasurer. A five member board of directors will include the new officers and past president. Installations set for January 2 with a later banquet.
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Tommy Fawcett
Mount Airy
Jaycees
Haywood M. Sparger
Elmer Badgett
H. Grady Hardin
W. J. Seigier
Paul Moorefield
Father Of Rev. J. F. Sellers Passes
Arthur N. Sellars, 65, died at his Johnson City Tennessee home after a long illness. He was a former Johnson City police officer and county deputy. Survived by Rev. J. F. Sellars, two daughters, eight sons, two sisters and 17 grandchildren. Funeral held at his home. he belonged to the First Christian Church.
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Arthur N. Sellars
Johnson City
Tenn
Mr. Sellars
J. F. Sellars
Young People of Friends Church Present Christmas Play
The Young People's Group of the Friends Church will present an adaptation of The Other Wise Man by Henry Van Dyke Sunday at 7 30 pm under the direction of Mrs. G B Hinshaw. A youth choir provides the music and the public is invited.
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The
Friends Church
Henry van Dyke
G. B. Hinshaw
Mount Airy Court Recess Brings Variety of Sentences
Poy McHone, 25, of Mount Airy, is sentenced to 14 months on the roads for highway robbery after changing the charge from robbery with firearms. Pred Patton and Dennis Smith receive 12 months on the roads for robbery with firearms related to a recent gambling group robbery four miles from Mount Airy. Louie Bowman Hill is acquitted of violating prohibition laws. Additional cases include larceny, auto theft, and drunken driving sentences for several locals, with details tied to Mount Airy and Pilot Mountain areas.
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Poy McHone
Mount Airy
McHone
R. B. Kivett
Ramseur
Mount Airy-Hillville
Kivett
Louie Bowman Hill
Pilot Mountain
Mounr Airy
Pred Patton
Dennis Smith
Mount Airy-Dobson
Boyd
Smith
Haze Watson
Raymond A. Willis
Robie Hunter
Grover P. Thomas
Army Private Dies in Fall at Fort Custer
Samuel Thomas a 24 year old private in Company H 10th Infantry died after slipping on ice at Fort Custer near Battle Creek Michigan on December 8. He fractured his skull and died the following Monday. Funeral services will be held at Plat Rock Baptist Church Saturday at 2 30 PM.
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Samuel Thomas
Mount Airy
Surry County
Port Custer
Battle Creek
Mich
Thomas
10Th Infantry
Plat Rock
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Argonne
Piedmont Mills
Radecky
D. C. Rector
D. W. Loflen
Lions
Wallace Wade
Col. J. S. Ball
Zeb Hatcer
W. F Carter, Jr
Merchants’ Association
Surry Man
United Choirs
Handel
Kiwanis
Qualtry Mills
First Defense Order
H. O. Woltz
Civic Club
J. F. Sellers
Fort Custer
Defense
Tommy Macon
Allen Gwyn
Douglas Leitch
John Jones Brown
Joe Norwood
Ed Hines
Hennay Gabert
Harvey Porrest
Tom Werrel
State Ocollegs
Raleigh
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