New Winston Highway survey posted prompts bids near March
State Highway Commission posts map at Dobson court house marking the Winston-Salem to Rural Hall upgrade. Officials expect bids around March 15 for a rebuilt route that avoids railroad crossings and shifts travel past Pilot Mountain Pinnacle Dalton King while drawing protests from King and Dalton residents.
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Pilot Mountain
Averal Hall
Court House
Dobson
State Highway Commission
Winston-Salem
Rural Hall
Pinnacle
Dalton
Dalton Hill
King
King and
Federal Bureau of Roads
Dickinson to Speak at Lincoln Day Dinner in Greensboro
Senator Lester J. Dickinson of Iowa, possible Republican presidential nominee, will address the North Carolina Republicans at a Lincoln Day Dinner at the King Cotton Hotel in Greensboro on Wednesday evening February 12 at 8 00. State leaders and county officials will attend and reservations may be made via D L Hiatt of Mount Airy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester J. Dickinson
Iowa
North Carolina
King Cotton Hotel
Greensboro
Dickinson
D. L. Hiatt
Mount Airy
Death Claims Mrs. A G Webb's Father
Mr. David Cruise died January 25 at his home near Snake Creek Virginia in Carroll County at age 75 after an illness. He was the father of Mrs. A G Webb of Mount Airy North Carolina and one of the county's prominent citizens. He was predeceased by his wife eight months earlier and is survived by five sons five daughters a twin brother and two sisters Edgar L Cruise Keystone W Va Samuel D Cruise Portsmouth Ohio Levy M Cruise Oscar H Cruise Mrs C M Goode Mrs A G Webb Mount Airy N C Mrs Frank Cornell and Mrs A G Dickenson Williamson W Va and Mrs Noah Jackson Pulaski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Cruise
Snake Creek
Carroll County
A. G. Webb
Edgar L. Cruise
Keystone
W. Va
Samuel D. Cruise
Poultry Clinic Set at Poplar Camp Mills Friday
Poplar Camp Mills on North Main Street hosts a free poultry clinic at 3 00 P M Friday February 7 directed by D Earl Sanger Poultry Pathologist head of THE NEWS Poultry Department and assisted by L A Meyer both noted poultry experts Raisers may bring sick chickens turkeys or poultry troubles to the clinic for free guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poplar Camp Mills
North Main Street
D. Earl Sanger
Sanger
Poultry Department of the News
L. A. Meyer
Anniversary Of Scouting To Be Celebrated Here
Mount Airy marks the twenty sixth anniversary of the scouting movement with a week long program. Scouts nominate city government officers for a future term, hear a Roosevelt radio talk, and host Dr James E West. Two party groups meet at local churches to nominate leaders and a public vote on officers is planned at Gibson Ice Cream Parlor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
James E. West
Kit Carson
Daniel Boone
Central Methodist Church
Mr. Laughridge
H. E. White
Gibson
Trinity Episcopal Church
First Baptist Church
Gibson's
Grand Theater
Priday
Cona
James Brown Recovering At Home After Hospital Stay
James Brown, seventeen, son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Brown, returned home from Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital in Elkin after several operations and blood transfusions. He remains quite ill and faces months of recovery ahead.
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James Brown
Ernest Brown
Hugh Chatham
Gold Ring Found In Hollow Tree Mystery Near Mount Airy
Mr. Jacob Mosely finds a gold finger ring inside rotted wood in a hollow tree while a helper and his eight year old daughter Iona search for firewood. The ring’s origin and age remain unknown as the timber came from distant dense woods away from inhabitants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Mosely
Mount Airy
Ward's Gap
Mr. Mosely
Dr Anscombe To Be Club Speaker At Mount Airy Meeting
The Mount Airy Woman's Club opens its Friday meeting to hear Rev. Franklin Anscombe D D. of Winston Salem professor of history at Salem College speak on The United States Policy In The Far East. Members are urged to keep the date and bring friends.
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Mount Airy
Merchants to Hold Annual Meeting in Blue Ridge Hotel
The Mount Airy Merchants Association will meet in the Blue Ridge Hotel banquet room on Tuesday February 11 at 6 30 for its annual election of officers and several discussions. Topics include coordinated store hours and the possible hiring of a full time secretary led by a committee including Pay Harrison Jackson Kochitzky and Thomas. Present officers are President W Carter Jr Vice President H M Foy Secretary and Treasurer W S Wolfe Chairman of the Board J G Harrison and directors Poore R K Jackson Hale Loviit Woodruff Glancy. About fifty members are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
H. M. Pay
J. G. Harrison
R. R. Jackson
O. W. Kochiitzky
M. A. Thomas
W.S. Wolfe
W. Carter, Jr
H. M. Foy
W. 8. Wolfe
Walter Poore
R. K R. Jackson
M. Hale
G. C. Loviit
W. E Woodruff
W. L. Glancy
Rockford Street P T A Meeting Tuesday Evening
The Rockford Street school P T A will meet in the school auditorium Tuesday at 7 30 P M Mrs B H Williamson will lead the program examining The Child Our Potential Citizen and give a short Pounder’s Day talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford Street School
B. H. Williamson
Pounders
Winston-Salem Hosts North Carolina Sunday School Convention
About a thousand delegates from across the state will attend the North Carolina Sunday School Convention in Winston-Salem February 17 to 19. Centenary Methodist Church will serve as headquarters with Rev. Shuford Peeler announcing participation by renowned religious leaders including Dr. Oscar F Blackwelder and Bishop William P. McDarell. The program features a pageant “The World at Prayer and the Gateway to Good will” directed by Prof. H Augustine Smith.
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North Carolina
Winston-Salem
Centenary Methodist Church
South
Shuford Peeler
Salisbury
Sunday School Association
Oscar F Blackwelder
Washington, D. C
H. Augustine Smith
Boston University
Harry C. Monro
International Council of Religious Education
Chicago
William P. McDarell
Prof
Smith
Noted Educator Will Address Kiwanis Club
The Kiwanis Club plans a Valentine Ladies Night banquet at the Blue Ridge Hotel with Dr. Clyde A. Milner as guest speaker. Milner, president of Guilford College, is noted as a sought after speaker in recent years. The program committee previews additional activities for an enjoyable evening.
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Teers
Kiwanis Club
Ant
Blue Ridge
Clyde A. Milner
Mrs W W Levill Honored On Birthday
Mrs W W Levill was honored by relatives including Madame Robert Lovill J W Levill and Grover Lovill at a family birthday dinner on February 35 in the Lovill home. A three tier cake and sweet pea corsage marked the celebration for the 80th birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Lovill
Meedame
Robert Lovill
J. W. Levill
Grover Lovill
Dr End
Representative Introduces Bill to Name Road Blue Ridge Parkway
Doughton introduced a House bill to officially name the scenic road the Blue Ridge Parkway, linking Great Smoky Mountains and Shenandoah national parks. The measure would place the National Park Service in jurisdiction over the parkway and its lands, with mutual recreational-use consideration.
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Doughton
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Shenandoah National Park
Blue Ridge
National Park Service
Flat Rock PTA Meeting Date Announced
Flat Rock P T A invites patrons of the school to attend an evening meeting. The precise time is stated as o clock in the evening.
Lawrence Sawyers Weds Miss Frances Falk
Miss Frances Falk of Pilot Mountain and Lawrence Sawyers of this city married in Hillvale Virginia on January 23 with Rev Showater officiating. They were accompanied by Miss Geneva Shelton and Mr Curtis Bingham. The bride is daughter of D D Polk and attended high school and Teachers College at Boone. The groom is son of EB R Sewyers of this city.
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Frances Palk
Pilot Mountain
Lawrence Sawyers
Hilleville
Showater
T Hillevile
Geneva Shelton
Curtis Bingham
DD. R Polk
Ehian Teachers College
Boone
EB. R Sewyers
Snow Passes Bar Examination in Raleigh Listing
J A Snow former railway mail clerk of this city is among the few who passed the Raleigh bar exam last week. Out of 108 applicants 25 were licensed and 57 had previously failed, some four or five times. Snow retired from the postal service two years ago after 30 years, then entered Wake Forest College with Dr Gulley’s law class. He remains in Wake Forest while awaiting word on his future law practice location.
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J. A. Snow
Raleigh
Mr. Snow
Wake Forest College
N. ¥. Gulley
Wake Forest
Birthday Ball brings in funds for infantile paralysis
About 300 attendees filled the Rockford Street Gymnasium for the President's Birthday Ball on January 31. The event raised 51.79 with 36.25 for local needs and the rest to the Warm Springs Foundation in Georgia. Funds support infantile paralysis efforts via the Surry County Health Department.
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Rockford Street
Warm Springs Foundation
Georgia
Pee Dee Hester
Wilson Barber
Surry County Health Department
Health Department
Mount Airy postmaster vacancy attracts applicants
Uncle Sam calls for exam to fill Mount Airy post office job held by J B Sparger who will complete 12 years in May 30. Applicants must be 30 to 65, wage 3000 yearly, with wartime veterans age waiver. No written thesis or geography history tests. selection based on training experience and fitness via financial and character report. Blanks available at local office with Feb 18 deadline.
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Uncle Sam
Mount Airy
J. B. Sparger
Civil Service
Womanless Wedding By Junior Order Planned At Siloam School
Members of the Junior Order United American Mechanics will stage The Womanies Wedding at the Siloam schoolhouse on Wednesday night February 12 at 7 30. A mock divorce trial follows. Admission is 15 cents with proceeds to buy a Bible and a U S tag for the school. Public patronage is solicited.
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United American Mechanics
Siroam
United States
G Men Capture Escaped Patrick County Fugitive
Federal officers including G C Wolts and Hobart Rakes were involved in recapturing Hobart Rakes in Danville after he forged a federal attorney's name to gain release from a federal penitentiary. The capture followed a tip and involved officers Saunders Wotts Nowlin Mayberry Poster and Palmer, with J Edigar Hoover commenting on the forged stamp. Rakes had been serving time for conspiracy under the revenue laws and had escaped years earlier.
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G C. Wolts
Hobart Rakes
Danville
Esten Rakes
Patrick County
Federal Department of Justice
America
Rakes
Federal Penitentiary
Federal
Atlanta
James Damron
Huntington
West Va
Saunders, Wotts
Nowlin
Roanoke
O.S. Mayberry
Poster
Palmer
J. Edigar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Gram
Georgie
Taylor Shackleford announce marriage in Hillville
Mr and Mrs A A Taylor announce the marriage of their daughter Thelma Prances to Mr Richard Shackleford. The rites were solemnized in Hillville Virginia on December 16, 1936.
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Mra
A A. Taylor
Dsaghter Thelma Prances
Richard Shackeford
Hilleville
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Winston Highway
A.G. Webb
City
Dr. Anscombe
Woman's Club
Twin City
W. W. Levill
Blue Ridge Parkway
Flat Rock P. T. A
Frances Falk
Freedom of
Hobart
G. C. Woltz
Taylor-Shackleford
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