Western Tour Proving Inspiring and Depressing
A Baptist mission family led by Rev. Oren Bradley chronicles a western tour toward the Southern Baptist Convention in San Francisco. They travel from Santa Fe to Grand Canyon, visit Glorietta and Flagstaff Mission, pass through Painted Desert, endure a trailer fire nearby, and reflect on desert hardship before settling near Disneyland.
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Oren Bradley
Southern Baptist Convention
San Francisco
Bradley
Surry Baptist Associational Missionary
Bea
Santa Fe
Glorietta
Grand Canyon
Plagst
Arizona
Flagstaff
Woman's Missionary Union
Home Missions
Painted Desert
Petrified Forest
Bobby
J R Montgomery Former Surry Resident Dies
James Robert Montgomery 84 of Winston-Salem formerly of Mount Airy died Friday evening in a Winston-Salem rest home after an illness of one month. Funeral held Sunday at Cox Funeral Home Chapel Pilot Mountain. He was born in Carroll County Virginia to Robert Hyatt and Martha Harding Montgomery. A retired farmer, survived by wife Martha Branson, three daughters Florence Thomas Mount Airy and Elsie Bennett Winston-Salem Annie Holt Winston-Salem, a son Ervin Montgomery Winston-Salem, and a stepdaughter Mattie McMillan Newton. Burial in Oakdale Cemetery Mount Airy.
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James Robert Montgomery
Winston-Salem
Mount Airy
Pipers Gap
Cox Funeral Home
Pilot Mountain
Montgomery
Carroll County
Robert Hyatt
Martha Harding Montgomery
Martha Branson
Plorence Thomas
Mia
Elsie Bennett
Annie Holt
Ervin Montgomery
Mattie McMillan
Newton
Oakdale Cemetery
Hill Awarded Highest Honor In York Rites
Caleb Haynes Hill receives the Knight of the York Cross of Honour, the York Rite’s top degree. He becomes the 8,840th in North America and the Philippines to gain the award as Freemasonry reports over four million members. Past offices include Master of Ararat Lodge, High Priest of Mount Airy Chapter, Blue Ridge Council head, DeMolay Commander, and Lily of the Valley Priory member.
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Caleb Haynes Hill
York Cross of Honour
Freemasonry
Hill
North America
Philippines
Ararat Lodge of
Masona
Mount Airy
Royal Arch Masons
Blue Ridge
DeMolay
Knights Templar
Lily of the Valley Priory
Order
Law on Death Penalty and Burglary in North Carolina
The article explains capital crimes and their punishment in North Carolina, detailing methods used since 1935 including lethal gas for crimes after 1935 and electrocution for older cases. It discusses why arson and burglary are punished by death, citing protection of the home and the gravity of felonies committed at night. It defines burglary as breaking and entering a dwelling at night with intent to commit a felony, often theft but sometimes rape or other crimes.
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North Carolina
Great Desert
Disneyland
Surry County
Burglary Degrees and Capital Punishment Talked
The Mount Airy News notes legal distinctions in burglary cases based on occupancy at the time of crime. It explains first and second degree penalties including possible life imprisonment and capital punishment history. The piece cites state variations with abolition and restoration of capital punishment.
Mosquito Dried Insects Price Surges in New York
The Wall Street Journal reports a professor raised dried mosquito price by $2 per gram to $12. This yields about $5,455.20 per pound. The insects are used by doctors for allergy tests and in ocularations.
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New York
Wall Street Journal
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D. C. Cockerham
Walsie Callaway
Howard Swift
L. F. Callaway
Kemp Lewis
Cynthia Lewis
J. R. Montgomery
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Bill Holcomb
C. B. Turpin
Johnny Surratt
Jeanette Ayers
Andy Brown
Lynn Cox
Bryant Bolin
Beverly Jarrell
Randy Marion
Kay Powell
Libby Childress
Charles Belton
Sandra Brown
Bill Needham
Jamye
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