Controversy Over 65 Age Rule for Northern Surry Hospital Staff
Mount Airy residents face a dispute as the Northern Surry Academy of Medicine proposes by laws to bar doctors over 65 from the hospital staff. Critics warn the plan could deprive patients of veteran care from doctors such as Dr. Martin, Dr. Lovill, and Dr. Mitchell, and provoke widespread backlash across the mountain region. The hospital board has not yet been asked to vote on the age limit, with proponents arguing for qualifications of Fellows while opponents call it a personal attack on longtime physicians.
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Tain
Northern
Surry County
Surry Academy of Medicine
Mount Airy
Board of Trustees
T. C. Britt, Jr
Northern Surry Academy
Phillip DeWolfe
American College of Surgeons
Mitchell
American College of Physicians
American College of Surgeon and Physicians
United Fund Meeting Monday in Mount Airy
The annual United Fund of Greater Mount Airy meeting is set for Monday at 7:30 pm at Reeves YMCA. The event celebrates reaching the fund over the top and will elect new board members. Open to the public, attendees will vote for directors, with free coffee doughnuts and a Mount Airy High School talent program.
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United Fund of Greater
Lions Seek Solution To Low Attendance
Mount Airy Lions Club struggles with dwindling turnout. A straw vote showed 25 favor semi monthly meetings and 21% opposed, but the margin was too close to act. President Frank Kurtz adjourned without decision.
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Lions
Kurtz
Charlie Robertson Awaits Hearing For Embezzlement
Charlie M. Robertson 28 of Mount Airy sits in city jail on embezzlement charges involving 393.14 dollars from Home Oil and Gas. A December 11 warrant named Paul Callaway as plaintiff. Robertson was arrested January 3 in Jacksonville Florida and extradition waived. He faces charges of misapplying funds as consignee from a Phillips 66 related firm.
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Charlie M. Robertson
Mount Airy
Home Oil and Gas Company
Paul Callaway
Phillips 66
Robertson
Jacksonville
Fla
Neal Thompson
Callaway
Merchants Elect Six Directors at Mount Airy Dinner
At the Mount Airy Merchants Association annual dinner at Reeves YMCA six directors for 1957 were announced after a merchants ballot. Elected were Ralph O. Boyles M C Henderson Haywood Merritt S A Hennis Jr Porter Cox and Ed Sparger with others serving on the board Joe Jackson A B Macon Roy Hutchens P D Cain W S Wolfe Bill Holcomb Floyd Rees State Director M A Thomas and officers Floyd Rees president Joe Graves VP Mrs Melrose Rhyne secretary Carrie Mills assistant secretary Joe Jackson treasurer. A large crowd attended with merchants employees guests and wives.
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Mount Airy Merchants Association
Reeves Ymca
Merchants Office
Ralph O. Boyles
M. C. Henderson
Haywood Merritt
S. A. Hennis, Jr
Porter Cox
Ed Sparger
Joe Jackson
A. B. Macon
Roy Hutchens
P. D. Cain
W. S. Wolfe
Bill Holcomb
Floyd Rees
M. A. Thomas
Joe Graves
Melrose Rhyne
Carrie Mills
YMCA
Mount Airy Eyes New Industry Plant Site
Development officials in Mount Airy tout a planned new electrical appliance plant to be built over an old Indian camp and graveyard. The firm, unnamed, aims to operate by August 1 in a 95,000 square foot building, creating employment for about 250 residents.
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Renfro
Simmons’ Warehouse
Polio Clinic At Beulah High School
Beulah High School hosted a polio clinic sponsored by the Beulah Home Demonstration Club and Beulah students. Nurses from the Health Department, led by clinic doctor Carey Harris, administered 306 polio shots and organized appointments and surveys.
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Beulah High School
Beulah Home Demonstration Club
Health Department
Carey Harris
Surry NCEA To Hear Dr Depp
Surry County NCEA Unit meets Tuesday at 2 30 p m in Dobson School auditorium. Dr Mark Depp pastor of Centenary Methodist Church Winston Salem will speak on juvenile delinquency. A brief business session will follow.
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Dobson School
Surry County
NCEA
Mark Depp
Centenary Methodist Church
Winston- Salem
Mothers Fight Polio Tonight With Community March
Mothers in Flat Rock Bannertown Franklin Toast and Mount Airy area prepare a polio awareness march tonight. Bells sirens and porch light signals mark the start at seven o clock as officers monitor routes. Each marcher will leave a card reminding families to vaccinate.
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Flat Rock
Bannertown
Franklin
Mount Airy
Double Costs Promotion Deals Declined by The NEWS
The NEWS publishers reiterate that ads must use regular rates and refuse out-of-town promoters offering double rates. They state half the proceeds would go to the promoter, and merchants are assured of standard pricing at all times.
Mount Airy Breaks Ground for Largest One Floor Building
Mount Airy citizens survey the Hay Street Extension site where construction begins on a large one floor building. Project manager John Dwiggins orders blocks and lumber for a tool house while foreman E L Lyons reports rain slows progress. Mount Airy Development Association members visit in drizzle for the unofficial ground breaking with Mayor W F Carter Jr present.
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Joe Fowler
H. O. Woltz, Jr
A. B. Carter
Thomas RB. Ashby
John Woltz
M. A. Thomas
W. F. Carter, Jr
William H. Johnson
Thos. G. Fawcett
R. P. Jones
Mount Airy
Hay Street
John Dwiggins
E. L. Lyons
Greensboro
Mount Airy Development Association
Jaycees Reopen Dogwood Tree Sale for Mount Airy
Mount Airy Junior Chamber of Commerce resumes selling pink and white dogwood trees after high demand last year. White trees cost fifty cents for 24 to 36 inch specimens and pink trees $1.25 for 18 to 24 inches. Orders accepted through February 21 by contacting any JC member or Jack Jones at 1144-R. delivery arranged after arrival.
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Mount Airy
Tobacco acreage reserve program opens in Surry County
Surry County allocates 302196 for tobacco benefits under the Soil Bank 1957 Acreage Reserve Program. Applications on a first come, first served basis open at 8 a.m. in the Dobson ASC office with payments at 18 cents per pound on farm production history. Deadline is March 1.
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Surry County
The
Soil Bank
Weldon B. Denny
Denny
Burley
ASC
Dobson
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Surry
United Fund Meeting
Mount Airy Lions Club
Zation
Frank Kurtz
Charlie Robertson
Ralph Boyles
Ooiation
Sam Hennis
Wolfe
Beulah
Jaycees
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