Surry County: Beauty, Industry and Civic Life
The piece surveys Surry County’s blend of natural recreation around Pilot Mountain and Blue Ridge Parkway, noting planned parks at Raven’s Knob and a Greensboro Red Shield camp. It highlights the county’s mix of agriculture and emerging industry, civic forums at Elkin and Mount Airy hotels, and a 1912 courthouse dispute that shaped local politics.
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Surry
Blue Ridge Parkway
Cumberland Knob Park
Old Hickory
Surry County
Elkin
Mount Airy
Dobson
Shifting Party Loyalties Mark County Politics Through Decades
The county swung between Democrat and Republican across decades. In 1880 a Democratic vote led, 1884 saw Pyre York a Republican native son beat Scales, a Democrat. By 1886 it returned to Democratic, then 1896 backed Daniel Russell the Populist Republican. In the 1920s John H. Folger, a Democrat, built a dominant political organization for several elections.
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Pyre York
Scales
Daniel Russell
John H. Folger
Pfohl to Ordain John M Walker at Grace Moravian
John M. Walker will be ordained a Moravian minister at Grace Moravian Church by Rt. Rev. J Kenneth Pfohl. He will be installed as first full time pastor of Hope Moravian Church on June 18 by Dr. R Gordon Spaugh. Walker, native of Mount Airy, earned a BA from Moravian College and a BD from Moravian Seminary. He is married to Katherine Palmer and is son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Walker. The Hope Church is six miles west of Winston-Salem on US Highway 158.
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John M. Walker
Grace Moravian Church
J. Kenneth Pfohl
Walker
Hope Moravian Church
R. Gordon Spaugh
Hope Church
Winston- Salem
U. S. Highway 158
Mr. Walker
Moravian Seminary
Mount Airy
Grace Moravian
Homecoming Sunday At Slate Mountain Church
The annual homecoming at Slate Mountain Baptist Church Route 2 Mount Airy will be on Sunday June 4. Services start at 10 a.m. followed by a picnic lunch at 12 30 p.m. In the afternoon Union Hill Friends Choir will sing. All former pastors and friends are invited.
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Slate Mountain Baptist Church
Route 2
Mount Airy
Union Hill
Ravian College Leadership in Student Activities 1958
Ravian College has long stood as a prominent leader in connection with student activities across both college and seminary settings, shaping campus life and youth engagement.
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Ravian College
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