Sparger Robertson To Head 1950 Polio Drive
Sparger Robertson is named to head the 1950 polio fund drive in City and County Surry County plans a county wide effort January 16 31 with committees to be formed from civic groups, businesses and schools to raise funds similar to last year as 1949 yielded more than 40 000 polio cases nationwide and urgent aid is needed locally by volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparger Robertson
Surry
Russell
Sparger
Robertson
National Foundation
Hemmings Accepted Into UNC Medical School Class of 1950
Hugh Hemmings son of Mr and Mrs H Hemmings Route 4 Mount Airy has been accepted into the University of North Carolina School of Medicine for the class starting fall 1950. He is a Wake Forest College senior set to earn a B S in general science in 1950 and is a member of Beta Beta Beta and Alpha Epsilon Delta honorary fraternities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Hemmings
Wake Forest
Alpha Epsilon Delta
Mr and Mrs J D Lewis Move To New Burke Home
Mr and Mrs J D Lewis occupy their new home in Burke Development after moving from Willow Street. The Willow Street house was bought from Mr and Mrs G Thomas Fawcett who will move in once repairs are finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. J. D. Lewis
J. D. Lewis
Burke Development
Willow Street
Mr. Lewis
G. Thomas Fawcett
Exchange Club To Sponsor Dance Tonight
The Mount Airy Exchange Club will sponsor a New Year’s dance tonight at the Blue Ridge Motel. Doors open at 8:30 p.m. Admission is 61 per person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exchange Club
Mount Airy Exchange Club
Blue Ridge Motel
Haynes Couple Spend Two Weeks Vacation Abroad
Mr. and Mrs. J. B Haynes are on a two week vacation travel stint. The couple plans to visit notable sites and enjoy leisure activities during their holiday period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. J. B Haynes
Federalist To Feature United Nations Dinner
Mount Airy chapter of the United World Federalists sponsors a dinner with a United Nations theme on Thursday January 5 at 7 pm in the Masonic Temple. Each menu item represents a country with entertainment planned by Eastern Star members and local women natives of other countries. Reservations encouraged with Miss Grace Vaughn at Red Cross Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
United World Federalist
United Nations
Masonic Temple
Eastern Star
Eontent
United World Fedeaalist
Alan
Grace Vaughn
Red Cross
Singer Sewing Center Opens On Main Street
Announcement of a new Singer Sewing Center opening next Friday at 61 Main Street Mt Airy between Earle and Center Theatres. The shop will sell Singer machines and sewing notions with services including repair and buttonholes and hem stitching. Sewing classes are offered day and night.
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Singer Sewing Center
Mt. Airy
Main Street
Earle & Center Theatres
Singer
Sydney Samet Reburial Rites Set In Iowa
The body of Second Lieutenant Sydney Samet, killed over Austria on August 23, will be returned for burial in Keokuk Iowa. Funeral services are set for January 10 at 10 a.m. with burial in a national cemetery. Surviving are his parents Mr M Samet Mount Airy and Jerene Samet of Chicago two grandmothers and other relatives. Samet was born April 15 1924 in Mount Airy and was a bombardier during service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney Samet
Austria
Keokuk
M. Samet
Lieut
Lamet
Mount Airy
Mount Airy High School
State College
Raleigh
Department of the Army
Wiateina
Ind
L. Vogel
Cearco
Jerene 3
Chicago
Lest
Samet
Sammie Nussbaum
Columbia
D. C
J. B. Gray
Greensboro
Burlington
Services Today For Bobby Gray Dalton
Bobby Gray Dalton three year old son of Bud and Ester Gwyn Dalton of Mount Airy route 4 died at Uhre local hospital at 4 40 p m Wednesday after a two day illness Surviving besides the parents are one brother Wayne Dalton.
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Bobby Gray Dalton
Bud
Ester Gwyn Dalton
Mount Airy
Route 4
Uhre
Wayne Dalton
Christmas Wreck Forces Injuries In Mount Airy
On Christmas Day a car driven by 17 year old Joe Bill Brown of Mount Airy route 5 ran off Ward Gap road on a sharp curve. The vehicle skidded 89 feet and struck a car carrying Dr. I L Richards. Paul Gravely 15 and Donald Ray Thomas 14 suffered fractured pelvises. Gravely also had a head injury. Douglass Marshall was scratched. Brown was charged with reckless driving.
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Martin Memorial Hospital
John R. Lavely
Joe Bill Brown
Mount Airy
Route 5
Ward Gap
I. L. Richards
First 1950 Baby Prizes in Stork Race for 1960
The MEWS announces the annual Stork Race for the year 1960 with gifts for the first baby born in the New Year section near Mount Airy. Entries must reach The NEWS office by January 2 noon. winner to be announced January 6. The page advertises rules and lists many prizes for local births.
Checker Champion Here Tonight
Tommie Wiswell of Brooklyn N Y the nations leading exhibition authority on checkers will perform at the Weiner Burger on Rockford Street tonight at 7 under Mount Airy Checker Club. Dave Midkiff Granite City champion will play Wiswell blindfolded with Winston Salem’s champion checkers on hand.
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Tommie Wiswell
Brooklyn
N. Y
America
Rockford Street
Mount Airy
New York
Crews
Winston-Salem
City Observes Holiday January Second
In observance of the New Year the city banks and post office will be closed Monday. Retail stores of all classes will be closed for the day. Postmaster Thos B Ashby says there will be no city delivery or KR F D delivery service Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. B. Ashby
KR. F. D
Chest Directors To Meet Monday Night
The directors of the Millount Air Chest will meet at City Hall at 7 30 announced Thursday by Chairman Thomas B Ashby. Chairmen shy under the ee e est are asked to be present at the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millount
Onder
Thomas B Ashby
Eee Est
Funeral rites set for local resident at Flat Ridge Church
The services will honor the deceased at 2 PM today at Flat Ridge Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Walter Dalton of Pilot Mountain Route 2 and maternal grandmother Mrs Emaline Gwyn of Ararat are named in the notice.
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Walter Dalton
Pilot Mountain
Route 2
Emaline Gwyn
Ararat
Flat Ridge Baptist Church
Fox hunter rescues injured farmer after mule’s clue
Daniel Edgar Jefferson 60 of Mount Airy area lay trapped with a broken leg after a mule kicked him on December 21. Fox hunter Goard, scouting nearby, followed the mule to the wooded site and located Jefferson in critical condition. An ambulance transported him to Martin Memorial Hospital where he received treatment.
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Daniel Edgar Jefferson
Mount Airy
McBride Road
Sicacannaie
Goard
Mr. Jefferson
Citizens secure Atlanta engineer to survey Mount Airy recreation needs
Charlies M Craves of Atlanta has been secured by the Mount Airy Parks and Recreation Commission to survey needs for better parks and facilities. Graves, hired December 16 and paid by citizens, will report within 90 days with data on a Community Center, pools, outdoor parks, schools, and other issues facing civic leaders. He will advise on using existing resources to meet current and future recreation needs. Harold D Meyer, director of the
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies M. Craves
Atlanta
Mount Airy
Graves Ia
Harold D. Meyer
Christmas Trucker’s Tale Amid Roanoke Fires
A Chester PA truck driver on holiday furlough shares his Christmas sacrifice for family. Mount Airy firefighters battled a tree blaze behind Miss Irene Smiths home caused by an opossum in a hollow oak. Firefighters Belton and Beverly arrived to contain the flames before Miss Smith’s return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
Irene Smiths
Moir Belton
Otis Beverly
Miss Smith
Hugh Merritt Starts Road Construction Venture
Hugh Merritt, vice president of Renfro Massery Mills, enters road work using a tractor with road attachment. He tests his new gear on Buck Smiths road, drawing mixed reactions as rain delays plowing and a neighbor complains Merritt’s ditching lies in the road center.
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Hugh Merritt
Renfro Massery Mills
Hugh
R. P. Jones
Buck Smiths Little Road
Ploud Reece
Hospital News Patients and Birth Announcement
Hospital notes list patients including John Elix Hicks Route 2 medical Mrs Wiliam Edgar Peele surgical and Donald Ray Thomas Route 5 accident cases. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Raymond M Dellinger with a tractor work detail noted.
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John Elix Hicks
Wiliam Edgar Peele
Ray Stafford Carter
Radford
Donald Ray Thomas
Richard Lee Riddle
James Wealey Barker
Walter Windell Bruner
Ararat
Paul Gravely
Baby
Vass
Hillsville
Belle Webb Conduff
Raymond M. Dellinger
Grady James Venable
Elmer Waltz Hodges
Arthur Lee Jones
Robert Andy Brannock
Galax
Lewis D. Telle
Clifford Huey Bond
Pines
Junior Clyde Parrish
Claudville
James Franklin Beane
Dobson
Carolyn Page Branch
Route 4
John Fred Cox
Stuart
Abe Reid Pendleton
Sammy Haywood Sechriat
Pilot Mountain
Daniel Edgar Jefferson
Route 2
Robert Hall Edwards
Suisum
California
Millie C. Martin
Patrick Springs
Harry Doss
Payton Green Gordon
Lawn
Robert Lee Young
Lillie Anderson
Erdman Neal
Boone
Ray Chester Goins
Delays in Newsroom Pause Holiday Observance and Birth Announcements
The note records a slow return to normal after the holidays with delays and postponed items. It lists numerous birth announcements and patients, naming families from Virginia and North Carolina towns, plus dozens of individuals with medical, surgical, or accident statuses.
Dr Lewis D Telle Undergoes Appendectomy
Dr Lewis D Telle of Martin Memorial Hospital was operated on last week for appendicitis. He is reported to be steadily improving. The procedure was performed at Christ- hospital facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis D. Telle
Martin Memorial Hospital
Christ
Hairy Baby Gift Selection Narrowed by Judges
A rushed contest stage trims to a fine line in selecting the baby gift prize as vendors and shops including Pitt National Bank J C Pencey Co Center Theatre Boyles Shoe Store Bowman Electric Turnmyre's and several department stores are listed among participants. Local businesses such as Kirkmac Maytag Belk's Hollingsworth Poore McLellan's Pirestone Roy's W Wolfe Hauser Cash John H Midkiff Hardware Thompson Parnkure Carl Steele and Jackson Brothers are noted in association with the event.
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Pitt National Bank
J. C. Pencey Co
Center Theatre
Boyles Shoe
Bowman Electric Company
Turnmyre’s
Efird’s
Kirkmac Maytag Company
Belk’s Department Store
Hollingsworth Drug Company
Poore’s Grocery
McLellan’s
Pirestone
Roy's Jewelry
W. & Wolfe Drug Company
G. C. Hauser
John H. Midkiff Hardware
Thompson Parnkure Company
Carl W. Steele
Jackson Brothers
State Tax Office to Run Five Days Weekly
Howard Hooker deputy tax collector for North Carolina Department of Revenue announced that effective January 1 the Department of Revenue will operate on a five day week excluding Saturdays and Sundays. The announcement notes administrative efficiency and standard work hours for staff and taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Hooker
North Carolina
Girl Scout Delivers Christmas Greeting to Mount Airy Mayor
Brownie Scout Margaret Miatt daughter of Mr and Mrs Harvey Tiatt of Mount Airy a Trefoil 14 member presents a Christmas message from the Girl Scouts to Mayor W F P Carter Jr The greeting thanks the community for support and wishes Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
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Brownie
Margaret Miatt
Harvey Tiatt
Mount Airy
Treop 14
Girl Scouts
W. F P. Carter, Jr
Surry County
Employment Service Revised Office Hours
The State Personnel Council approved new hours for the Employment Security Commission from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday starting Jan 3. The office will be closed on Saturdays, extending weekday hours to eight and eliminating Saturday work.
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State Personnel Council
Employment Security Commission
Pipcemant
Virginia Wins Corn War With Tar Heels In County Battle
Virginia tops North Carolina in a corn yield contest with a record 36 bushels per acre, a statewide total of 75,566,000 bushels, beating last year’s harvest and the 10-year average. North Carolina posts four bushels more than last year. The challenge began when Virginia Governor Tuck and North Carolina Governor Kerr Scott accepted the wager last February.
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Virginia
Lina
Tous
North Carolina
Kerr Scott
William M. Tuck
Harrison Couple Heads to Honolulu for Ocean Voyage
Mr and Mrs J G Harrison depart Mount Airy for an extended stay in Honolulu Hawaii. They travel by train to California then boat to Honolulu for a four day voyage, visit twelve days with their son and family, then return by the same route. Dr Harrison serves on the staff at Queens Hospital in Honolulu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Harrison
Mount Airy
Harrison
Honolulu
Hawaii
California
Dr. Harrison
Queens Hosiital
Men Arrested After Stolen Buick Ride Near Winston Salem
Russell Warren McHone 24 and Harry Beasley 26 both of Mount Airy were arrested in Winston-Salem after a stolen Roadmaster Buick was driven to the bus station. McHone allegedly stole the car. Beasley rode with him and claimed he missed his bus. Beasley released on bond. McHone jailed for hearing January 3.
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Russell Warren McHone
Harry Beasley
Monn Airy
Winston- Salem
Sherm Nichols
Blue Ridge
McHone
Coy E. East
Beasley
Arlys Poore
Winston-Salem
Beasiey
Mount Airy
Dobson
H. H. Llewellyn
Recorder's Court
Matt Satterfield
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Daniel Jefferson
Dorothy Brinkley
Roanoke, Va
Mrs
Monroe A. Brinkley
Route 1
Chester
Georgia
Ford
Pennasylvania
Washington
United States
Hospital News
William Vester Martin
C. Ashby Matthews
Joel Walter Simmons
Robert Donald Mills
Bibert Lee Hull
Charlie BR. Simpson
R. B. Proctor
Charlie Jones
John Moore
Bobby M. Needham
Ernest John France
John Henry Heath
Arnold Lee Easter
Wilmer
Paul Mawka
Dexter Raymond Mosley
Sam Wesley Simpson
Joseph Conway Newsome
Luther Cable
Lester Odell Qerden
Joe Boyles
Mont Smoot
Kitty Sue Dilern
Hobart Lester Gimmons
Theresa Nancy Duncan
Wm. Wiley Phillips
John Wilde Branch
Odell
Ervin Parker
Grover Buxton Holfield
Henry Garland Marshall
Ellis Reid Nelson
Bari Claudie Peele
Russell McHone
Tar Heels
Mr. and
Mrs. Harrison
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