Noted Theologian To Speak Here Jan 3
The First Presbyterian Church invites the public to hear Donald Grey Barnhouse D D speak on Christian emphasis Wednesday January 3 at 7 30 p m He has traveled globally visiting missions and lectured at Cambridge Oxford and other leading colleges and universities.
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Donald Grey Barnhouse
D. D
Friends of the
First Presbyterian Church
Dr. Barnhouse
Hawaiian Islands
Japan
Europe
Korea
China
Philippine Islands
Dutch East Indies
Malay Straits
French Indo-China
Siam
Ceylon
India
Arabia
Iraq
Persia
Syria
Palestine
Turkey
Balkans
Africa
Hailie Sellassie
Atlntic
Barnhouse
Russia
Karl Schurz
Germany
England
Scotland
Ireland
Cambridge University
Oxford University
Protestant Theological Seminary
Aix-en-Province
France
Revelation
Christian Truth
Draft quota set at 75 for pre-induction exams
Mrs. Carl Folger of the Surry Local Board 87 announced from the Dobson office that Surry County received a quota of 75 men for the January 9 pre-induction examinations in Charlotte. The December 28 call-up has been raised to 75, with indications of heavy call-ups for 1951 and likely early use of the 21 year old bracket.
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Carl Folger
Surry
Dobson
Charlotte
Larceny Case Bound Over By Mon Court
In Recorder's Court Judge H H Llewellyn sent the trial of A J McCraw and Haustin Jessup for larceny and receiving tied to last Wednesday and Friday's thefts at W K Canter's store near Mt Airy on Highway 601 to the January Superior Court session. McCraw bound over to $1,000 bond. Jessup held as material witness with $500 bond. The state cites blood on merchandise and around a broken window and McCraw's recent hand cut as parallel evidence.
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H. H. Llewellyn
Recorder's Court
A. J. McCraw
Haustin Jessup
W. K Canter
Mt. Airy
Dobson
Superior Court
McCraw
Jessup
Mrs Wes Midkiff Breaks Foot in Floor Furnace Fall
A home accident last Saturday left Mrs Wes Midkiff with a broken foot and bruises after she stepped through an opening in a floor furnace while Mr Midkiff was repairing the unit with the grill removed. She recuperates at her Bannertown home.
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Wes Midkiff
Midkiff
Bomber Saved Through Early Morning Fix by Sgts Gordon and Hillis
Sgt Thomas Gordon DF operator at Shaw AFB aided a B 50 bomber returning from a long flight. With 18 000 feet undercast and three hours fuel, Gordon joined Hillis in a first fix at 0220 after Hillis called the pilot. The two airmen guided the plane toward Hunter Air Field.
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Thomas G. Gordon
Shaw Air Force Base
8. C
Hunter Air Force Base
Hunter Air Field
United States Air Force
Air Force
Shw Air Force Base
I. O. Hillis
AACS
Hillis
Hunter Tower
Hunter
Sgt
Gordon
Local Men Injured In Saturday Wreck
Calvin Junior Bowman and Paul Burnett Quesinberry, both of Mount Airy, were injured around 9 45 p m Saturday when Bowman's car veered off Highway 80 West and overturned into a Fisher River branch near Bottoms. Bowman had hip injuries and a scalp wound. Quesinberry suffered a cut above the left eye. No charges were filed. Officers cited a possible steering failure.
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Calvin Junior Bowman
Paul Burnett Quesinberry
Mount Airy
Bowman
Highway 80
Fisher River
Bottoms
Quesinberry
Alfred G. Jones Dies at Farm Home in Mount Airy
Alfred G. Jones 76 a farmer of Mount Airy Route 5 died Friday at his home after an extended illness born February 18 1874 in Carroll County Virginia son of Sam and Lena Edwards Jones Funeral services were at 2 p m Sunday at the home burial followed in the family cemetery Survivors include his wife former Miss Mary Cagle three sons McKinley Edgar Larkin four daughters and many grandchildren Also survived by one brother two sisters and other relatives
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Alfred G. Jones
Mount Airy
Route 5
Carroll County
Sam
Lena Edwards Jones
Mary Cagle
McKinley Jones
Route 4
Edgar Jones
Cana
Larkin Jones
Early Jones
Roy Jones
Jesse King
Rufus Edwards
Johnnie Jones
Laura Tate
Stretta Edwards
Fries, Va
Auto Driver Makes Brief Cellar Visit
Mr and Mrs Wilson Fulk of North Main Street woke to a crash about 2 am Sunday thinking a bomb hit their house A car fled the street rolled across a vacant lot up a bank into the basement The driver vanished but a dealer license plate traced to Randall France Mount Airy Route 5 The house repair is estimated at 300 to 400 dollars
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Wilson Fulk
North Main Street
Mr. Falk
Randall France
Mount Airy
Route 5
Falk
Half Brothers Meet In Korean Campaign
Two half brothers from Mount Airy met in Korea near Seoul while serving in the U S Army. Master Sergeant Leo J. Riggs and Pfc Billy Thompson, sons of Mr and Mrs Ed Thompson of Welch Street, exchanged letters and spent about three hours together as Riggs’ unit retreated before Chinese and Northern Korean forces.
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Mount Airy
Korea
Dee
Leo J. Riggs
Pfc
Billy Thompson
Ed Thompson
Welch St
Seoul
Thompsons
Sgt. Riggs
Local Man Fined in Hillsville on Liquor Count
Leroy Morrison a Hillsville taxi driver was fined 120 dollars after appearing before Carroll County Trial Justice Court on charges of illegal possession and transportation of whiskey.
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Hillsville
Leroy Morrison
Morrison
Carroll County
Trial Justice Court
Marvin Ellis Dies Thursday Morning Here
Marvin Ellis 67 former acting postmaster and retired Mount Airy post office clerk died at Martin Memorial Hospital at 9 am after a heart attack at home. Funeral at 10:30 am Saturday on South Main Street with Rev. A C Waggoner officiating. Burial Oakdale Cemetery. He was born August 15 1883 in Johnson County and moved to Mount Airy 40 years ago to work for Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad. He retired August 31 1949 after 35 years with the post office. Survivors include his widow Rosa Satterfield two daughters Mrs Dan M Ellis Jr of Miami Springs Florida and Mrs Russell P Hale of Greensboro one grandson and brother Wade H Ellis of Smithfield.
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Marvin Ellis
Mount Airy
Martin Memorial Hospital
Mr. Ellis
South Main Street
A. C. Waggoner
Oakdale Cemtery
Moody Funeral Home
Johnson County
Clayton
Old
Cape Fear
Yadkin Valley
Joseph H. Carter
George K. Shaw
Joseph B. Sparger
Henry Folger
Thomas B. Ashby
Money Order and Registry Department
Ellis
Folger
Jack and
Lena Jones Ellis
Rosa Satterfield
Dan M. Ellis, Jr
Miami Springs
Fla
Russell P. Hale
Greensboro
Wade H. Ellis
Smithfield
Parsons Father Of Mrs Ramey Dies In Virginia
Joseph Bamney Parsons seventy of Mouth of Wilson Virginia died at Martin Memorial Hospital at 1 a m Thursday from a heart ailment. He had been admitted Sunday. He was husband of Mrs Parsons and father of Mrs Earl Ramey of this city. He leaves five daughters and five sons. Funeral arrangements were incomplete yesterday.
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Joseph Bamney Parsons
Wilson
Martin Memorial Hospital
Parsons
Earl Ramey
Walter Rawley Dies in California
James Walter Rawley, age 67 and a Mount Airy native, died Monday in Hawthorne California where he had lived for years. A Masonic funeral will be held in Hawthorne Friday. He leaves a wife two daughters a son two sisters Frances Rawley of Winston-Salem and Mrs Elbert Jarvis of Auburn Nebraska and a brother Albert Rawley of Orlando Florida.
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James Walter Rawley
Mount Airy
Hawthorne
Calif
Rawley
R. P. Rawley
Iss Frances Rawley
Winston-Salem
Elbert Jarvis
Auburn
Nebr
Albert Rawley
Orlando
Fla
Mount Airy Merchants Plan December 27 Meeting
Mount Airy merchants will convene at City Hall offices at 10 a m on December 27 for a special meeting. Officials of the merchants association urged all members to attend.
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Mount Airy
City Hall
The
Merchants Association
Jail Break Attempt Smashed By Local Police Department
Mount Airy police halted a jail break by Bruce Ray McLane 23 of Concord NC who was wanted in a Los Angeles car theft. McLane and hitchhiker Howard Dalton 28 of Logan OH were arrested after a high speed downtown chase. An attempted escape, car theft ties, and a fire in the cell block ended with officers firing a shot as the incident concluded.
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Mount Airy
California
Bruce Ray McLane
Concord
N. C
Los Angeles
McLane
Phoenix
Arizona
G. M. Eldridge
Eldridge
Worth St
Ross Taylor
Howard R. Dalton
Logan
Ohio
Dalton
Navy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Cross Bar
Alvin Blue
Big Boy
Officer Blue
M. F
Pat” Patterson
Sam C. Patter
Surry County Public Schools Dismiss For Christmas Break
Public schools in Surry County release students Wednesday for Christmas holidays with classes resuming January 1.
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Surry County
Roland Cook Breaks Leg In Wreck
Ronald Cook, 16, of the Westfield section, broke his leg Wednesday night at 6 30 when the motorcycle he drove collided with a car carrying a group of Negroes on a dirt road below Westfield. Names of the Negro occupants were not secured at deadline.
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Ronald Cook
Westfield
Father of Mrs Maurice Inman Passes
Charles Gray Wolf died suddenly of a heart attack at his niece Mrs Plemmons home in Winston Salem on December 12. Funeral services were held at West Salem Church with interment in Union Cemetery. He was the father of Mrs Maurice Inman of this city.
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Charles Gray Wolf
Plemmons
Winston-Salem
West Salem
Union Cemetery
Mr. Wolf
Maurice Inman
White Christmas Forecasts Spark NC Virginia Snow Talk
Weather forecasters predict no snow for Christmas in North Carolina while Virginia may see snow on the ground. Local Mount Airy observers note Virginia forecasts often align with this area, leaving residents to choose which prediction to trust.
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North Carolina
Commonwealth of Virginia
Mount Airy Citivens
Virginia
Russell Easter Hurt In Thursday Car Accident
Russell Easter and Hubert J. Payne were involved in a Thursday morning crash on Piper Gap Road two miles northwest of town. Payne’s car burned. Easter suffered a fractured collar bone and minor head injuries. both were taken to Martin Memorial Hospital.
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Hubert J. Payne
Lambsburg
Russell Anderson Easter
Mount Airy
Rt. 8
Payne
Piper Gap Road
Martin Memorial Hospital
Easter
Blood tags to arrive soon for all U S residents
Amvets is sending radiation resistant blood tags to every person in the United States. The tags show the owner name and address and can be used to record blood group and RH type at a blood typing station.
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Surry County
United States
Piper Gap Raid Seizes 100 Gallon Still Near Zion Church
Deputies Roy Smith and Paul Dead-Eye Monday with Sheriff Jackson raided a Piper Gap site near the Virginia line and Zion Church after a Saturday afternoon raid. They destroyed over 300 gallons of home brew, confiscated a steam still, and made no arrests. The operation was located about five miles west of Mount Airy and evidence indicated rye whiskey production.
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Piper Gap Road
Zion Church
Virginia State Line
Roy Smith
Paul
Jackson
Carroll County
Virginia
Mount Airy
Renfro Lodge Now New Masonic Unit
Dobson receives State Board of Education approval for a new agricultural building. Work already starting. contracts totaling over 30,000 go to Falk and Needham Pilot Mountain Harris Electric Elkin Statesville Plumbing. Architect J. M. Franklin Elkin. Building 50 by 80 feet brick veneer with cinder block backing. Houses woodworking welding painting metal and shop classrooms for county agricultural training.
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Surry
John W. Comer
State Board of Education
Dobson
Comey
Falk and Needham Contracting Company
Pilot Mountain
Harris Electric Company
Elkin
Statesville Plumbing and Heating
Statesville
J. M. Franklin
Surry County
Comer
P N Taylor Reports Farm Bureau Texas Convention Gains
P N Taylor of White Plains North Carolina Farm Bureau vice president said the 2nd annual American Farm Bureau Federation meeting in Dallas was the finest national gathering he attended. He noted about 7000 attendees and resolutions shaping next year’s Farm Bureau actions benefiting North Carolina and other states.
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Farm Bureau
P. N. Taylor
White Plains
North Carolina
American Farm Bureau Federation
Dallas
Texas
Surry County
Northwest Carolina
Taylor
County 4-H Group Honored In State
Surry County's 4 H club was among twenty 4 H organizations in the state honored with a $20 prize for a special health improvement award.
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Surry County
Barn of E. L. Woods Burns Thursday Afternoon Fire
A barn behind the lot of E. L. Wood at 227 Rockford Street burned to the ground midweek at 4 10 in the afternoon. Investigators indicate the blaze may have started from leaves burning near the structure.
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E. L. Wood
Rockford St
Mount Airy Forms New Masonic Renfro Lodge
Mount Airy Masons met at the Masonic Temple to institute Renfro Lodge with Past Grand Master J. Giles Hudson as instituting officer. Officers installed include C. B. Shelton and J. Earl Watson among others, with honored guests from Granite Lodge and North Carolina Grand Lodge.
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Mount Airy
Ross Francisco
R. C. Patterson
C. F. Lowry
George W. Jones
A. B. Macon
S. A. Hennis, Jr
Granite Lodge
H. M. Foy
Masons of
North Carolina
Wilbur L. Melver
Grand Lodge of
N. C
M. F. Patterson
Cortez Lowry
Certifield
31St District
Renfro Lodge
Roy Lester Badgett
Charles D. Cruise
John Franklin Blue
John R. Cruse
Warren G. Davis
Troy E. Horton
Thomas Allen Jones
Virgil Davis Jones
William Roy Locklear
Charles Franklin Lowry
Twain Carl Massey
Dennis Wade Moody
Bernard Roger Neal
Raymond Columbus Patterson
Kennis Wynn Pulliam
John Earl Ramey
Clarence B. Shelton
J. Earl Watson
Buck White
Edward Frances Allred
Norris Clark Hatcher
Haswell Claron Jackson
Frank M. Jones
Marriage License Office Closes for Holidays
The Register of Deeds office will close today at 4 30 p m and reopen December 27 at 8 30 a m No licenses issued during the break Licenses valid 60 days from issue No three day waiting period Bring blood test health certificate and parental consent if under 18 Birth certificate advised.
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Register of Deeds Office
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D. G. Barnhouse
First Presbyterian
Llewellyn
Thomas Gordon
Bomber
Fulk
Randall
Walter Rawley
By Crawford Ferguson
Roland Cook
Russell Easter
Santa
Santa Claus
Veterans of Foreign Wars
V.F.W
Veterana Memorial Park
Piper Gap
Masonic
Dobson AG
State Board O. K
P. N. Taylor Lands
Texas Farm Meeting
E. L. Woods
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