Jury rules heart failure caused Mrs. Reddick death
A coroner's jury found Mrs. Harden Reddick died January 19 from dilation of the heart, with no evidence of foul play. Tests showed a healthy skull and a weakened heart, supporting the natural death verdict after testimony from the husband, doctors, and investigators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Reddick
Harden Reddick
Reddick
Higgins
R. E. Smith
R. A. Freeman
D. C. Lewis
A. E. Creed
P. S. Rothrock
Charlie Haynes
T. B. Ashby
Robert Jarvis
Smith
Freeman
Thompson
Hillsville Rebuilds After Fire With New Brick Stores
Hillsville Virginia businessmen award contracts for two modern two story store buildings and a hotel to replace the wooden structures burned in a recent midnight blaze. Galax Martinsville bidders win with prices over twenty thousand dollars. Nuckols Drug Store and Gwynhard Hardware will be rebuilt with offices and a two story layout. Hotel Carroll to offer 16 rooms, lobby and dining, steam heat. Masons form committee to plan a new lodge hall on the old site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsville
Mount Airy
Galax
Martinsville
Nuckols Drug Store
Gwyn Hardware
Hotel Carroll
Masons
Dexter Goad Recovering From Illness
Prominent Hillsville attorney Dexter Goad has been very ill with pneumonia after influenza. Reports circulated that he died, but later accounts confirmed he is alive and improving and expected back in his office within weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter Goad
Hillsville
Mount Airy Post Office Gets $150 000 Federal Fund
Congress approved funds for federal building construction including Mount Airy with a 150000 appropriation to buy a lot and erect a post office. Approval by Budget Bureau and Post Office Department followed, clearing the path for plans to start soon amid earlier farm relief delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appropriations Committee
Congress
United States
North Carolina
Mount Airy
Budget Bureau
Post Office Department
Congressional Committee
Pender Grocery Co Opens New Store Here Today
The Pender Grocery Co opens a new store in the Putton block, formerly Money's barber shop. Manager T. L. Starling, a native of Mount Airy and son of E. J. Starling, leads the shop carrying a full line of groceries, fruits, and vegetables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Pender Grocery Co
Putton
Money's
T. L. Starling
Mr. Starling
E. J. Starling
Pender
Mount Airy
Plymouth Teacher Visits Parents Before Texas Aviation Training
Mr. Walter Robinson, a Plymouth teacher, is visiting his parents in this city before heading to Texas to train for aviation service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Robinson
Plymouth
Texas
Veterans of Foreign Wars Elect Officers for Post 2019
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No 2019 elected W R Eckenrod as commander and Carlton Carter as senior vice commander at its meeting. The post, instituted February 11 1931, will name itself at the next gathering in Eckenrod's Studio on Tuesday night February 24 at 7 30. All veterans with foreign service are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
W. R. Eckenrod
Carlton Carter
Robi. S. Johnson
W. B. Evans
D. W. Loften
J. R. Poindexter
Kent Harman
E. M. Lineback
J. S. Belton
J. G. Greenwood
Ben F. Edwards
Eckenrod
Prominent Yadkin Couple Celebrate Golden Wedding
More than 200 friends and relatives celebrated the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hurt at their Boonville area home. The couple, married in 1881, raised seven sons and a daughter on the Yadkin River farm near Burch Station. Uncle Jim recounted their cross river marriage aided by corn stalk firelight and a ferry ride to the Surry side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Hurt
Boonville
Larry
Yadkin
Mrs. Hurt
Uncle Jim
J. M. Jones
Yadkinville
Jim
Dobson
Surry County
Surry
Aaron Woodruff
Surry Side
Squire Woodruff
Laura
Yadkin River
Burch Station
Washington State
Oregon
Montana
Georgia
Veterans Bureau Aids Ill Ex Soldier In Florida
Mrs. Charles R. Johnson of Jacksonville writes that her husband, a wounded and gassed veteran, is gravely ill with dropsy after a year of poor health. The Veterans Bureau provides $150 monthly and in home attendant care, and Mrs. Johnson urges ex soldiers to demand what they are entitled to.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy News
Charles R. Johnson
Jacksonville
Pia
Johnson
France
Aged Man Albert King Dies at The Hollow Virginia
Albert A. King aged 82 died at his home The Hollow Va Monday about 12.25 a.m. The funeral was held Tuesday at 2 p.m. with interment in the family cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert A. King
the Hollow
Mrs. Johnson Hired as Community Nurse
The Community Charities fund hires Mrs Henry Johnson a registered nurse to serve one month. She will visit homes of the poor to care for the sick and teach families proper nursing and nourishment. She will work with Dr Foster and Mrs Erwin, freeing them for county visitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Charities Fund
Henry Johnson
Garland Dobie Dies at Age Ten in Rockford
Garland Dobie ten year old son of Mr and Mrs C E Dobie of Rockford died at home Sunday night. The funeral was held Monday afternoon with interment in New Hope cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland Dobie
C. E. Dobie
Rockford
New Hope
N D S Hill Dies Suddenly At Home In Westfield
N D S Hill 63 a Westfield farmer and former county commissioner died suddenly Monday morning while waiting for breakfast. He had been ill months after surgery at Martin hospital. Survived by wife two daughters five sons and 40 grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Westfield Friends Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. D.S. Hill
Westfield
Mr. Hill
Martin Hospital
Westfield Township
Westfield Friends Church
J. T. Smith
Hospital Notes From Pilot Mountain and Nearby Areas
B D Venable of Pilot Mountain enters hospital Thursday for operation next Monday. Tom Edwards son of Arthur Edwards undergoes mastoid operation. Mrs Ruth Booker Winkler is very ill with pneumonia and pleurisy. Creed Bryant of Shorts Creek seeks diagnosis. Rev G W Clay of Cooleemee seeks diagnosis and x ray treatment. Mrs Floyd P Joyce of Pilot Mountain seeks treatment and probable operation. Mrs P S Brannock had acute appendicitis operation Saturday night. Mrs J B Jackson of Lowgap is a medical patient. Mrs Bud Tickle is a medical patient. Ben F Johnson to leave hospital soon after appendectomy two weeks ago. Mr and Mrs J W E Prather returned from Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. D. Venable
Pilot Mountain
Tom Edwards
Arthur Edwards
Walter Winkler
Ruth Booker
Creed Bryant
Shorts Creek
G. W. Clay
Cooleemee
Floyd P. Joyce
P. S. Brannock
J. B. Jackson
Lowgap
Bud Tickle
Ben F. Johnson
Relief Measure Aims to Redeem Lands in Surry Stokes and Wilkes
A bill introduced by Surry representative C H Haynes would allow landowners in Surry Stokes and Wilkes counties whose lands were sold for prior tax years to redeem by paying due taxes plus eight percent penalty and costs by December 1 1931. It also delays tax land sales to after December 1 1931 for 1930 taxes and caps attorney fees at ten dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surry County
Surry
C. H. Haynes
Stokes
Wilkes
Stokes and
Board of Commissioners
No Immediate Danger of Meningitis Outbreak Here
Health authorities say there is no immediate meningitis epidemic threat despite recent local deaths. Dr M T Foster and a State Board of Health representative reviewed cases in Mount Airy and Mount Airy area schools with no evidence of epidemic meningitis and no school closures advised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Health
Raleigh
M. T. Foster
Mount Airy
State Board of Health
Missionary Talk At Elkin Church By Naomi Howie
Miss Naomi Howie visits Elkin Priday to address the missionary society of the Elkin Methodist Church. She is joined by Mrs. J L Woltz district secretary for the Mount Airy district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naomi Howie
Elkin Priday
Missionary Society of the
Elkin
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New Hillsville
Dexter
Congressional
World Court
Mineitoiro Adatcl
Japan
International Court of Justice
Peace Palace
Christie
Walter Christie
Linden
N. J
Veterans Bureau
Mrs. Johnson
Haynes
N. D. S. Hill
Hospital Notes
J. W. E. Prather
Florida
Surry, Stokes and
General Assembly of
Grand Theatre
Cyrus Hall McCormick
McCormick Homestead
Steele's Tavern
Virginia
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