Local Legislation Battle Wages in Raleigh
Citizens from this county attend sessions in Raleigh as a fierce contest over Surry measures to abolish Mount Airy Recorder's Court and the purchasing agent office unfolds. Dr. Bernard seeks to remove Judge Llewellyn and B F Folger from office amid party aligned votes and Senate doubts.
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Raleigh
Surry
H. Bernard
Recorder's Court of
Mount Airy
H. H. Llewellyn
House
Friends of the Recorder's Court
Dr. Bernard
Llewellyn
Senate
R. T. Joyce
A. M. Smith
Recorder’s Court of
O. Maguire
B. FP
Folger
New River Bridge Planned at Jackson Ferry
The Virginia Highway Commission lets the allotment stand for a bridge over the New River at Jackson Ferry and orders early construction. Opposition from Wythe residents failed to halt the project. The $150,000 structure will span about 200 yards below the current ferry crossing.
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Virginia Highway Commission
New River
Jackson Ferry
Wythe
Literature Department To Meet With Mrs Yokley
The Mount Airy Woman's Club literature department meets in regular session Friday February fifteenth at two o clock in the home of Mrs Oscar H Yokley on Franklin Street.
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Mount Airy Woman's Club
Oscar H. Yokley
Franklin Street
Commissioner Lindsay Defends County Farm Agent Controversy
W E Lindsay of the Surry County Board of Commissioners responds to a February 7 article on the Dobson meeting. He clarifies the farm agent office was suspended for the current fiscal year, not abolished, and notes audit costs and unpaid prior bills. He calls for public release of the audit and details financial strains caused by previous boards.
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Mount Airy News
Dobson
County Commissioners
Surry County
White
Mount Airy Township Faces High School Facility Challenge
Mount Airy and nearby communities confront rapid growth that outpaces school facilities. Suburbs like White Plains Franklin and Plat Rock already need additions or new buildings to house high school programs. The text urges township cooperation to plan a senior industrial high school for 1500 pupils and 50 to 75 teachers, addressing 26 years of needs.
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Mount Airy Township
County Board of Education
White Plains
Franklin
Flat Rock
Board of Education
Plat Rock
Mount Airy
Bannertown
Green Hill
Short Town
Franklin and Plat Rock
Belk’s Department Store Buys Prather Building
The Prather Clothing Stores occupied the North Main Street building for over 40 years. Belk's Department Store bought the property with terms undisclosed. Prather plans to move to the Blue Ridge Hotel block, front changes target occupancy by March 15, and Belk considers extending to Produce Street with dual entrances.
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Prather
North Main Street
Belk’s Department Store
Prather Clothing
Blue Ridge
Martin-Brown Co
Belk Company
Mrs. Cooke to Baltimore For Treatment
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight H. Cooke left Thursday morning for Baltimore Maryland to consult specialists about Mrs. Cooke’s health. She will undergo an operation or treatment as advised by doctors. Dr. C. B. Lawrence of Winston-Salem guides the plan while Marian Cooke stays with Lillian and Ruth Johnson during the absence.
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Dwight H. Cooke
Baltimore
Cooke
C. 8
Lawrence
Winston-Salem
Marian Cooke
Lillian
Ruth Johnson
Coffee furnished to firemen honored by chief
Fire Chief M F Patternson thanks Johnson's Cafe for supplying hot coffee to firemen during Monday night’s blaze. He notes a similar, earlier courtesy on the big January fire when 32 pounds of coffee were provided to firefighters and others at the scene.
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Johnson's Cafe
M. F. Patternson
O B Webb Buys Statesville Plumbing Firm
O B Webb of this city has purchased the McGee Plumbing and Heating Plant in Statesville and assumed control last week. A veteran in heating and plumbing, he returns to business after illness and is praised as a successful, well connected citizen and Mason.
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O. B. Webb
McGee
Statesville
Mr. Webb
Webb
Bus runs away with school children near Fish River
A Dobson school bus rolled backward from a river hill near Mount Airy and plunged down an embankment into a tree. Forty children were bruised or scratched. one boy fractured an arm. The driver was unable to stop the out of control bus before the crash.
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Dobson
Fish River
Long River
Mount Airy
Bowman-Wagner Stores Suffer Damage By Fire Greensboro week
Fire damage hit Bowman Wagner Stores in Greensboro this week. The article notes bids received for a new Mountain Park administration building to cost 62000 with brick and stone trim. Burns-Hammond Co. of Greensboro won the contract March 1 start and August 1 completion with endowment backing from R L Haymore and support from J H Pulgham. It mentions John D Rockefeller Jr as the contractor builder.
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Greensboro
Mountain Park
Burns-Hammond Co
R. L. Haymore
J. H. Pulgham
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Aged Citizen Henry C. Clark Dies at The Hollow Va
Henry C. Clark of The Hollow Va dies suddenly at home after long illness. His wife died earlier this year. He is survived by six children including C. P. Clark of Mount Airy Drug Co and Mrs J W Hylton wife of the Hylton Book and Stationery Co proprietor.
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Henry C. Clark
the Hollow
Mr. Clark
C. P. Clark
Mount Airy Drug Co
J. W. Hylton
Hylton Book and Stationery Co
Child Dies From Drinking Poison In Richmond Family
The two year old grandson of Mr. and Mrs. J B Simmons died after drinking poison medicine prescribed for external use. The child, living with Claude Simmons family in Richmond VA, died after two days. Services were held in Winston Salem at Manuel Bodenheimer Funeral Home. Burial in Salem cemetery. J H Jackson Route 1 died Feb 7 aged 75 after pneumonia. Survived by wife and ten children. Funeral at Hollow Springs church.
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Mount Airy
Route 1
J. B. Simmons
Claude Simmons
Richmond
Winston-Salem
Manuel Bodenheimer
T. C Keaton
Salem Cemetery
J. H. Jackson
Hollow Springs
Messrs
Chilton
Norman
Masons Attend Scottish Rite Meeting in Winston Salem
Masons from this city attended a Scottish Rite lodge gathering in Winston Salem on Tuesday. Degrees from the 4th to the 14th were conferred on many candidates. H. M. Foy of this city delivered the 9th degree, earning praise for his effective leadership. Attendees from here included J. C. Hill D. H. Cooke I. W. Barber and H. M. Foy.
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Winston Salem
H. M. Foy
J. C. Hill
D. H. Cooke
I. W. Barber
Mrs. Lundy to Visit Uncle J W Earp Family in Raleigh
Mrs. Edgar Lundy and her young daughter Bettie Carolyn of Raleigh plan a Monday arrival to visit the Earp family headed by uncle J W Earp. The visit highlights a family reunion in Raleigh.
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Edgar Lundy
Bettie Carolyn
Raleigh
J. W. Earp
Fire Damages Welch Block Stores and Offices
A second floor blaze in the Welch block over Wagner's store last Monday evening caused extensive damage to A. G. Bowman & Son and Wagner's Dept. Store stocks and destroyed offices of Sheriff A. M. Smith, ex-Sheriff C. H. Haynes, Attorney Geo. K. Snow and Paul Webster's paint shop. Fire fought by two engines for two hours, roof burned off, insurance estimated, repairs planned by Welch heirs with Mat Hines, and stores to reopen once adjustments are made.
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Welch
Wagner
A. G. Bowman & Son
Dept
A. M. Smith
C. H. Haynes
Geo. K. Snow
Paul Webster
Sheriff Smith
Haynes
Attorney Snow
Building & Loan Association
Webster
Welch Heirs
Mat Hines
Bowman
Snow
Geo. E. Marshall
Moore Street
Nelson
Local Attorney Recovering After Appendicitis Operation
Atty. H. O. Woltz is a patient at Martin Memorial Hospital after an operation for acute appendicitis on Monday evening. He had visited Catawba and Hickory on Sunday and attended a preaching service before leaving due to illness. Initial concern was indigestion, but Monday afternoon the condition was diagnosed as appendicitis.
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Atty H. O. Woltz
Martin Memorial Hospital
Wolltz
Catawba
Hickory
Funeral of W. W. Walker Friday
The funeral for W. W. Walker of this city, who died Wednesday in Philadelphia, will be held Friday at 3 p.m. from Flat Rock Presbyterian Church. He was 66, born in Scotland, lived in Lithonia then moved here from Lithonia about sixteen years ago. Survived by siblings in Wales Germany and Roumania and three stepchildren Mrs J W Holmes Mrs Collie and George Dobie with the Masons at the grave.
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W. W. Walker
Robert Collie
Philadelphia
Flat Rock Presbyterian Church
Kenderret
Scotland
America
Lithonia
Wales
Germany
Roumania
J. W. Holmes
Collie
George Dobie
Rocky Mount
Stimpson Returns Monday to Hutchens Laundry Leadership
Ervin Stimpson formerly with the Hutchens laundry is set to resume his position Monday, rejoining the organization to lead the operation and oversee ongoing work.
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Ervin Stimpson
The
Hutchens Laundry
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B. F. Folger
D. A. Roberson
Merlin Roberson
G. W. Sparger
C W. Fulton
Martin Bennett
Phillip Warshaw
W. M. Johnson
A. D. Folger
R. A. Freeman
J. F. Hendren
H. H. Barker
Yokley
Lindsey
W. E. Lindsay
Board of County Commissioners
Mt. Airy Township
Belk’s
Prather Building
Blue Ridge Hotel
Bowman-Wagner
Percie
Kate
Callie Cook
Dillard Cook
Tom
Spencer Samuel
Ethel Cook
Mitchell College
C. D. Simmons
Little
Richmond, Va
John B. Simmons
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