Granite City Native Crowns In Potomac
Ephriam Jones 40 of Washington and formerly of Mount Airy drowned last week in the Potomac River near Washington when his boat capsized. A companion also drowned and two others were rescued. Jones body found Sunday evening after Coast Guard search ended. Funeral at Moody Funeral Home chapel conducted by Rev. Will Warner with burial at Korner's Cemetery. Survived by Joe Jones Mount Airy Route 2 McKinley Jones High Point Besuford Jones Washington and sister Mrs Pete Burdant Langley Field Va.
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Ephriam Jones
Washington
Mount Airy
Potomac River
Jones
Coast Guard
Janes
Moody Puneral Home
Will Warner
Korner
Ers
Joe Jones
McKinley Jones
High Point
Besuford Jones
Pete Bondurant
Langley Pield
Wake Forest Sees Surprising Enrollment Boost From Surry County
Seventeen Surry County students attend Wake Forest College where record enrollment reaches 2211. The article lists seniors John James Hugh Holcomb Bob McNeill and John Moseley among others plus five from Elkin and three from Mount Airy. Major gifts include the Smith Reynolds Foundation Fund and the Reynolda estate provide Wake Forest with a large building site and funds for housing and campus construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surry County
Wake Forest College
Surry
Elkin
John James
Hugh Holcomb
Bob McNeill
John Moseley
Moseley
Pi Kappa Alpha
David Pletcher
Baptist Training Union
Pive
Mount Airy
Charles Randleman
Fay Clark
Clark
Edward Lovill
Hugh Sutphin
Graham Joyce
Lovill
Dobson
Wake Forest
Alonso Poiger
James White
Robert Folger
Wilbur Witt
White
Delta Sigma Phi
Robert Smith
Pilot Mountain
Robie Davis
Lowgap
Trem Bowen
Pinnacle
Smith Reynnolds Foundation
Winston-Galem
Charles 8. Babcock
Reynolda Estate
Andy Griffith Named In UNC Honor Society Initiation
Andy Griffith of this city is among fifty five new University of North Carolina students initiated into the Order of the Old Well. The group includes freshmen sophomores and upperclassmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Griffith
Andy Griffth
University of North Carolina
Pred Folger Jr to Receive Duke A B Degree at 96th Commencement
Pred Folger Jr son of Mr and Mrs Pred Polger Mount Airy will receive the A B degree at Duke University's 96th commencement Monday June 6 at 10 30 p m in Duke Indoor Stadium Priors He starred as a football player for Coach Wallace Wade and has received offers from professional teams but plans to enter Duke Law School next fall.
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Pred Folger, Jr
Pred Polger
Mount Airy
Duke University
Duke
Priors
Wallace Wade
National Guard Plans Special Demonstration in Surry County
The county National Guard unit will host a demonstration for high school boys at Veterans Memorial Park on Monday June 6 at 7 p.m. Commander James R. Bray says the event aims to boost the unit ahead of a proposed Mount Airy armory. A recent Winston-Salem trip featured an M-11 rifle firing. 20 more men will travel there June 11 and 12. recruits may qualify for the trip by joining within two weeks. James D. Blackburn was promoted to private and sent to cook's school at Fort Jackson, S.C.
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National Guard
Surry County
James R. Bray
Veterans Memorial Park
Bray
Mount Airy
Winston-Salem
James D. Blackburn
Cook
Fort Jackson
8. C
City Election Here Monday in Mount Airy
Mount Airy voters head to the polls Monday to choose a mayor and five commissioners all unopposed on the Democratic ticket. Incumbent Mayor W. F. Carter Jr. leads, with candidates Tom Jones W A Poore John P F Frank and W Feyfer as at large commissioners.
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Mount Airy
W. F. Carter, Jr
Tom Jones
W. A. Poore
John PF. Frank
Fey
Funeral services held for two Surry County natives
Funeral services occurred Wednesday for Mixes Connie Mae Nunn 20 and Livvie Richards Rogers from Mount Airy and Durham who died in a two car crash between Conway and Myrtle Beach on Monday. K D Kiger of Beral Hall died at Conway hospital at 2 am Wednesday as a third victim. Mr Pegram and the Kigers were injured with conditions listed as serious but not critical and satisfactory respectively. Nunn and Rogers were native to Surry County and Mount Airy with surviving family listed.
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Surry County
Conway
Myrtle Beach
D. C
Mixes Connie Mae Munn
Ralph and
Byasie Simmons Nunn
Mount Airy
Livvie Richards Rogers
Durham
Viola Richards
Route 3
K. N. Kiger
Beral Hall
Kiger
Edward Pegram
Rural Hall
Pegram
Miss Nunn
Beulah High School
Walnut Cove
Carl Nunn
Nell Nunn
Rogers
Mount Airy High School
Watts Hospital School of Nursing
Edwin Rogers
Uwee Urothers
Swaieed
John
Robert Richards
William Howell
Chapel Hill
Mary Ruth Richards
Mrs J R Llewellyn Dies After Fall in Dobson
Lula Waugh Llewellyn aged 87 died May 2 after a fall about ten days earlier in Dobson. Born April 1 1863 in Dobson to Harron and Nancy Waugh she lived her life there and was a Christian Church member. She was married to the late James Robert Llewellyn and survived by three sons and two daughters with interment in Dobson Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula Waugh Llewellyn
Martin Memorial Hospital
R. C. Carter
L. Hoffman
H. H. Liewellyn
R. Cleve Liewellyn
Dobson
C. Manly Liewellyn
Concord
B. Frank Folger
Dobbrother
John B. Waugh
Kokoma
Ind
Dobson Cemetery
Funeral Services Today For Lt William Bunker
Funeral services for Second Lieutenant James William Bunker of Winston Salem who was killed in Northern France on November 5 1943 will be held at Holy Angel Catholic Church Friday at 11 am. Father Paul G Termer will officiate. Burial will follow in Oakdale cemetery. He was born December 10 1918 in the Panama Canal Zone, son of Napoleon and Myrtle Creed Bunker. Surviving are his parents three brothers and three sisters with relatives listed.
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Punerc
James William Bunker
Winston-Galem
France
Holy Angel Catholic Church
Paul G. Termer
Oakdale
Bunker
Panama Canal Zone
Napoleon
Myrtle Creed Bunker
Napoleon Bunker
Jack
Chester Bunker
Frank Bunker
University of North Carolina
Justice Clemmer
Mary
Ruth Bunker
Winston
Drivers Warned About Licenses In Surry County
Highway patrolmen warned all Surry County drivers with last names starting H to K that those found driving after June W without proper licenses will be hauled into court. The license examiner will be in Mount Airy on Thursday Friday and Saturday until noon.
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Surry County
Jcense
Mount Airy
Lincoln Pelley to be guest soloist on WPAQ program
Lincoln Pelley of Boston will be guest soloist on The Operatic Hour Sunday on WPAQ radio. The broadcast airs June 5 at 3 30 p m and recalls his many Mount Airy friends from former visits.
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Lincoln Pelley
Boston
Mount Airy
WPAQ
Death by own action ends Garland Gentry case near Dobson
Garland L. Gentry 56 taxi driver was found fatally shot near Dobson with a double barrel shotgun beside him and a forked stick used to trigger it. He left a note saying he could not go through with hanging and had attempted drowning after being arrested on a charge of attempted assault. Funeral services were held at Mountain Park Baptist Church. He was born in Surry County April 19, 1844. He is survived by a wife and two sons.
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Garland L. Gentry
Woods
Dobson
Gentry
Raymond Hanks
Elkin
Temple Service Station
B. Y. Graves
Mountain Park Baptist Church
C. BE. Otey
Delmar Hodges
Buria
Surry County
Frank M
Augusta Mayes Gentry
Alpha Lawrence Gentry
Irvin Gerry
Buddy” Gentry
Foley Gentry Airy
Rowte
Melson
Rev Howard L Barham resigns as Flat Rock Baptist pastor
Rev. Howard L Barham who led Flat Rock Baptist Church for nearly three years announced his resignation on Sunday May 22 with the effective date set for August 28. During his tenure 76 joined by baptism and 15 by letter, with others awaiting baptism. A parsonage was purchased and the Sunday School expanded through his work.
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Howard L. Barham
Flat Rock Baptist Church
Barham
Flat Rock
Mountain Park resident and opponent meet in semifinal pairing
Mountain Park's Marlar C. Gentry faces Ghaly F. Coctay Gapeteun in a semifinal round. The match advances a local interest in the district tournament.
Utah Centennial Quartet Visit Planned for Mount Airy
The Utah Centennial Quartet of the LDS Church will visit Mount Airy on June 9 and 16. They perform at the L D S Chapel on June 9 at eight o clock and before the V F W on June 10. The group tours North Carolina and Virginia and appears on radio stations and Richmond television. Performances are free and open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints
Mormon
Mount Airy
L. D. S. Chapel
Westfield Highway
Staand Owens
North Carolina
Virginia
Richmond
Vicinity
Mrs Maggie Owens 82 Dies at Mount Air
Mrs Maggie Cobl Owens 82 died at 5 16 am Tuesday at the home of her sister Mrs Sam A Hennis Sr 141 Lebanon Street where she had lived for years She was widow of William Owens who died in 1920 Born Randolph County February 6 1867 daughter of John and Susan Swaim Cobl Funeral 2 30 pm Wednesday at the home of Mr and Mrs Sam A Hennis Surviving a sister Mrs Hennis and several nephews and nieces
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Maggie Cobl Owens
Sam A. Hennis
Lebanon Street
William Owens
Owens
Randolph County
John
Susan Swaim Cobl
Large Vote For State Bonds Expected Here
County and state polls will be open at usual precincts. Surry County would receive 580000 for school buildings with 200000 in Mount Airy for a new high school and 2424000 for road building. The General Assembly apportions 250000 per county as equal share of a 25 million school bond and 330459 per pupil, based on 1947 48 daily membership.
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Mount Airy
Surry County
Surry
General Assembly
Reed
North Carolina
Vernon to Be Buried Here Today in Mount Airy
The body of Private Wade M. Vernon will arrive at Moody Funeral Home at 10 a m from New York City with a military escort. Services are at Calvary Baptist Church at 2 p m conducted by Rev. Ed Thornburg and Chaplain J S Gardner. Surviving wife Thomas, parents Monty and Mrs Vernon, four brothers and five sisters reside in Mount Airy and surrounding areas. Burial in Italy July 26 1944 follows.
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Wade M. Vernon
Moody Puneral
Priday
New York City
Monty Vernon
Mount Aly
Puneral
Calvary Baptis Church
Ed Thornburg
Jess Dunbar
J. S. Gardner
Italy
Miss Thomas
Brady
Pettis
Jack
Reid Vernon
Mount Airy
Jette Riggs
Mary Key
Ararat
Rachel Willard
Grace
Doris Vernon
Mrs Whitaker 63 Dies at Pulaski
Mrs. Whitaker aged 63 died in Pulaski born Patrick County Virginia May 9 1885 daughter of James A and Columbia Smith Childress funeral services were held at 230 p m Wednesday at Blue Ridge Presbyterian Church led by Dr D S McCarty of Mount Airy burial followed Survivors include husband William Whitaker Hillsville four brothers Reverend Robert W Chil another brother and other relatives noted in the obituary
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Patrick County
James A
Columbia Smith Childress
Blue Ridge Presbyterian Church
D. 8
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Arnie Hodge
Nancy Beamer
Franklin
Granite City
Potomac
Fred Folger, JR
Ream ED
Ares
Livvie Rogers
Rockford Street
Moir S. Martin
R. Carrington Paulette
Chester Stewart
J. R. Llewellyn
William Bunker
Garland Gentry
Utah Centennial Quartet
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - Day Saints
Maggie Owens
Mount Air
Hennis
Seaad Bien
W. M. Vernon
James Holder
Gardner-Webb
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