Lowgap Man Caught Speeding 100 MPH
James Marshall 25 of Lowgap led a high speed chase with Patrolman Josh Howell reaching 100 mph on open highway and 80 mph in town. Ward 26 faced aiding and abetting charges as the pair, seen near Mount Airy, were to be tried before Judge R. S. Westmoreland on February 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marshall
Lowcar
Josh Howell
Ralph Verlin Ward
Lowgap
Marshall
Izzetta Bledsoe
Kozy Korner
Toast
Ward
Howell
Bill Lowe
Mount Airy
Fred Jarrell
Highway 99
Franklin Street
Willow Street
Taylor Street
West Lebanon
Highway 2
Virginia
Pattelman Howell
Marshal
R. S. Westmoreland
Recorder's Court
New Pastor Named at Welcome Church
Rev Hobart McFalls former Asheville evangelistic worker accepts pastorate of Welcome Baptist Church east of town. He preached first sermon last Sunday. Predecessor Rev D E Couch now in Hickory. McFalls is married with son Michael eight. Family to reside in church parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobart McFalls
Asheville
Welcome Baptist Church
D. E. Couch
Hickory
Madison Street Residents Seek Paving Without Curbs
Madison Street residents urged the town board Tuesday night to pave the street formerly Ayers Street without curb and gutter, proposing owner cooperation while officials cautioned against the plan and said they would inspect the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Street
Town Board
Ayers Street
Two Weeks Of Civil Court Starts Monday in Dobson
Dobson will open two weeks of civil court Monday with Judge J A Rousseau presiding. Clerk K W Lawrence announced 32 cases on the calendar and 11 on the motion docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dobson
J. A. Rousseau
Wilkes County
Superior Court
K. W. Lawrence
Slate family moves into remodeled North Main Street home
Mr and Mrs Grady Slate and their children have moved into the former A B Towe residence on North Main Street after purchasing and remodeling the property. The house now features several new rooms following their earlier residence on Lane Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Slate
A. 8. Towe
North Main Street
Lane
New Development Group Seeks City Water Service
Fred Folger Jr leading a new Hunter Park development asked city commissioners to run a water system for the site. A six inch main will be laid by the developers, who also plan a booster pump and a storage tank. If the city operates the pump, costs could be billed to residents of Hunter Park. Hunters Park is developed by Folger Sparger Jr and Hadley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Folger, Jr
Country Club
Hunter Park
Mr. Folger
George W. Sparger, Jr
Jimmy Hadley
Kiwanians To See Movie Tonight
The Kiwanis Club will host a Friday meeting observ ing Boy Scout Week February 5 12. Local Scouts will open the program and a color movie by Robert Merritt from Raven Knob Camporee shows scouts in action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Surry County
Robert Merritt
Raven Knob Caimporee
New Bids Asked For PD Car
City officials voted to solicit bids on a new police car to replace a 1955 Plymouth driven about 50 000 miles. The police department budget anticipates a new car annually if required.
Floyd Rees Named President of Merchants Association
Rees, owner of Rees tion, elected Tuesday at a Blue Ridge Hotel breakfast meeting to lead the Merchants Association. P. A. Tyndall retires as president but stays on the board. Joe Graves becomes vice president, Joe Jackson reelected treasurer, and Mina Patsy Badgett named secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Rees
Rees Tion
Blue Ridge
Rees
P. A. Tyndall
Merchants Board
Joe Graves
First National Bank
Joe Jackson
Jackson Brothers
Mina Patsy Badgett
Mrs Norman In Hospital
Mrs. H. E. Norman of this city was taken to Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem on Monday for an operation on Tuesday. Her condition is reported as satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Norman
West Haymore Street
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Robert Foy Is PTA Speaker at Bannertown Meeting
The Bannertown Parent-Teachers Association met Tuesday evening in the Bannertown school auditorium. Fathers of the school led the program and Robert Poy, president of North Main School PTA, was guest speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bannertown
Parent-Teachers Association
Robert Poy
North Main School
PTA
Holly Springs Names New Pastor Frank Sitton
The Holly Springs Baptist Church has called Rev. Frank Sitton of Morganton as full time pastor. Sitton, a Hendersonville native, has led Southside Baptist Church of Morganton for six years and helped it grow. He served as president of the Catawba River Ministers Conference and held other duties before resigning. Sitton, educated at Valley Springs High School Graham Business School and Gardner-Webb College, will move with his wife and two daughters Elaine and Loretta to Holly Springs and begin work on the first Sunday in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev
Sitton
Hendersonville
Southside Baptist Church
Morganton
Catawba
Jaycees Sponsor Teen Road-E-O In Mount Airy
Mount Airy Jaycees announce a teenage road-e-o on March 3 with 400 area high school students taking written auto safety exams to qualify for driving tests. top 75 by written scores advance to a slow-speed obstacle course judged by local police, highway patrol, and the Junior Woman's Club. The winner earns a trophy and an all-expense trip to a statewide contest with national scholarships of 3100 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
Burton Dinkins
Jaycee Road-E-O
Washington, D. C
Dinkins
Jaycees
Highway Patrol
Garnet Fawcett
Cochairman
The
Will Craddock Resigns From Fire Department
Will Craddock, local volunteer fireman, resigned from the department at a meeting Monday night. He completed 25 years of service and said he was turning the job over to a younger man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Craddock
Hospital admission for H. M. Britts in Winston-Salem
H M Britts of Coun try Club Road was admitted to Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem last week and is scheduled for surgery this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Britts
Country Club Road
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Boy Scouts Take Over City Hall Friday
Scouts stage Civic Day with Mayor oath and mock trial at city hall. Eagle ranks awarded to Vaughn Gwyr and Freddy Schafer. Vaughn to lead city government for an hour with John Simmons as principal speaker and Lions Club honors for outstanding scout advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Methodist Church
Vaughn Gwyr
Freddy Schafer
Jack Leach
Toop 96
Morgan Stanley
Mount Airy Lions Club
Lions Club
Frank Kurtz
John Simmons
W. F. Carter, Jr
Richard Vaughn
Scout Vaughn
Telephone Cables To Be Placed Underground in Mount Airy
Hylton Wright and Macon Neal urged Mount Airy city commissioners for a permit to dig Main Street and install underground conduit from Bank Street to Rawley Avenue with riser poles. The $73,000 conduit and $66,000 cable plan aims to start when weather allows, finish in 1956, and improve service while keeping traffic moving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hylton Wright
Central Telephone Company
Macon Neal
Mount Airy
Bank Street
Rawley Avenue
W. S. Beddingfield
Beddingfield
Main Street
Wright
Neal
Shelton Named Surry County Jailor and Matron
Surry County commissioners met in Dobson and named E. M. Shelton, manager of the county home, as jailer replacing J. E. Eads who resigned weeks ago. Mr. and Mrs. Shelton moved to the county jail and Mrs. Shelton becomes matron. Replacing them at the county home are Mr. and Mrs. Cotis Bates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surry County
Dobson
E. M. Shelton
J. E. Eads
Shelton
Sheltons
Cotis Bates
Marsh Township
Bates
Fuller's Furniture Buys New Building in Town Purchase
Fuller's Inc announces occupancy of a modern building by the local furniture dealer. Manager Fox Lawrence stated that the purchase secures a larger showroom and service space for the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuller's, Inc
Fox Lawrence
Heart Drive Starts in Surry County
Mount Airy residents are urged to support a county heart drive open until February 29. Volunteers from the Jaycees plan to canvass homes on Sunday February 26 to collect donations. Publicity chairman is Mrs. Edwin Reed, with B Spatger Robertson as county treasurer. drives run in Pilot Mountain and Dobson under local coordinators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
Surry County
R. C. Lewellyn
Dobson
B. Spatger Robertson
Pilot Mountain
Lester Brown
Herman Coe
Elkin
Maurice Baumgarner
City Treasurer Ill At Home
City Treasurer J. C. Hill was taken sick at his home over the weekend and has been out for the week. He is suffering with a swollen foot causing trouble on several occasions and is expected to return to work Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Hill
Mr. Hill
Men Renamed To Firemen's Fund Reappointments
Two local men were reappointed to the Firemen's Relief Fund by the city commissioners Tuesday night Attorney A B Carter and Raymond Patterson were named by the board and the fire department organization respectively in keeping with the practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firemen’s Relief Fund
A. B. Carter
Raymond Patterson
Doctor Reelected to North Carolina Nurses Board
Dr Moir S Martin, chairman of the board of trustees at the Northern Hospital of Surry County now under construction in Mount Airy, has been reelected to the North Carolina Board of Nurse Registration and reappointed to the executive committee. He has served many years and earned statewide recognition for his work with the nurses board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moir S. Martin
Northern Hospital
Surry County
Mount Airy
North Carolina
Furnace Motor Goes Bad Not Damaging House
Mount Airy firefighters responded to a 4:50 a.m. Thursday call at Sam Pruitt’s Oakdale Street residence where smoke filled the home. Fireman Homer Hawks said a furnace motor failed and the furnace fan blew smoke inside the house. The response occurred without sounding the department’s siren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy Fire Department
Sam Pruitt
Oakdale Street
Homer Hawks
Pruitt
Election Officials Nominated by County Clavenitto
At the Democratic County Executive Committee meeting in Dobson on Wednesday night, Charles L. Folger of Dobson and R. C. Freeman of Elkin were unanimously chosen for the County Board of Elections. Nominations await State Board approval. Warren F. Alberty remains the Republican member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Lewellyn
Democratic Executive Committee
Court House
Dobson
County Board of Elections
Charles L. Folger
R. C. Freeman
Elkin
Folger
Freeman
State Board of Elections
Warren F. Alberty
Local Men Open Florist Firm on Pine Street
Kent Tayman and J B Banner Jr of Mount Airy announce Airmont Florist at 119 West Pine Street across from the post office. The shop offers a full line of flowers for all occasions. Banner, married to Jane Tayman, recently worked for Southern States Co operative in Warrenton Virginia. Tayman is married to Hallie Hicks of Danville Virginia. They have two children each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent Tayman
J. B. Banner, Jr
Mount Airy
Airmont Florist
West Pine Street
Banner
Jane Tayman
Mount Adry
Southern States Cooperative
Warrenton
Mr. Tayman
Hallie Hicks
Danville
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Chace
Welcome Church
Towe
New Development Group
Floyd
Merchants
Mrs. Norman
Robert Foy
Holly Springs
Frank Sitton
Fire Department
BOY Scouts
Eagle
Atre
Reginald Davis
George Williams
Hugh Peoples
Eddy Simmons
Norman Bowman
Jerry Taylor
Maylan Blackburn
Mickey Watson
Torney
Ben Robertson
Vaughn Gwyn
Johnnie Aldridge
Greg Clifton
James Everett
Walter Shuford
David Adkinson
Billy Withers
Eddy Gray
Wilburn Tilley
Ray Sutphin
Boy Scouting
R. F. Gwyn
Mra
I. A. Schafer
the Mount Airy
Sarber
E. M. Shelton County
Franklin and
Willow Streets
G. M. Sparger
Heart Drive
Firemen’s Fund
County
Clavenitto
Pine Street
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