First Annual Pro Am Golf Tourney Opens in Granite City
The Country Club hosted a one day pro am event drawing 30 professionals and 93 amateurs from the Carolinas and Virginia. Furman Hayes won the professional division while Ed Creseingham led amateurs. winds and fast greens produced high scores and crowds watched the action from dawn to dusk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granite City
A. P. Turnmyre
Ameters
Furman Hayes
Gastonia
Ed Creseingham
Carolinas
Virginia
Reidsville set to host State AA title series
Reidsville will face Laurinburg in a best two of three series for the State AA baseball championship after Reidsville beat Canton. Games occur at Reidsville Wednesday at 3 pm, Thursday night, and a potential Friday afternoon game. Laurinburg finished the season undefeated and the series is expected to draw big crowds. All games are 9 innings.
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Reidsville
Canton
Laurinburg
Beideville
Hayes wins golf event at Country Club with 62 score
Furman Hayes tops seven handicap strokes to win the tournament at the 71 Country Club course with a 31 31 62. Crossingham finishes second as Hayes earns 110 dollars from an 800 dollar purse and Crossingham 75 dollars in merchandise. prize money spans many teams and best ball scores across the field including Fritz Mann Orville White and Gene Hamm as the event draws 128 entries from North and South Carolina and Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Crossingham
Hayes
Crossingham
Cap Robertson
Gastonia
Fritz Mann
Badin
Orville White
Aiken
F. C
Mount Airy
Gene Hamm
Bill Patterson
Pilot Mountain
George Ayers
Winston-Salem
Jimmie Hadley
North
South Carolina
Virginia
Joe Earhardt
Barney Roberts
Greensboro
Sedgefield
Larry Taylor
Ray Smith
Claude Bingman
Jimmy Miller
Mount Airy Country Club
Ed Crossingham
Furman Hayes
Johnson Wins Over Barber In Ladies Tourney Finals
Mrs. James Johnson defeated Mrs. Chester Barber 3-2 in the Mount Airy County Club Ladies Spring Handicap final. Johnson and Barber traded holes through 16, with Johnson making key birdies on 11 and 14 to level twice and win on the 16th. Johnson reached the final by beating Mrs. Elder, Mrs. Hadley, and W. H. Carter. Barber advanced after two byes and beating Mrs. Fowler in the semi-final.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Johnson
Mount Airy Country Club
Johnson
Chester Barber
Stalf
Barber
Mount Airy County Club
James Elder
W. B. Hadley
W. H. Carter
Marshall Fowler
Mrs. Barber
Mrs. Johnson
Runaway Fish Reels In Norwegian Boat
A small Oslo fishing boat filled its purse seine with 100 tons of herring only to be dragged under when the school dove. The boat and gear resurfaced moments later and the crew salvaged the catch for transport to the shore canning factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oslo
Norway
Local golfers topple Ed Furgel on National Golf Day
Twenty Mount Airy players defeated professional Ed Furgel during National Golf Day at the Olympic Country Club Lake course in San Francisco. Furgel shot two over par 72 as the locals led by Gene Hamm and J. D. Lewis posted the upset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Furgol
Furgol
Mount Airy
Ed Furgel
Furgel
Olympic Country Club
San Francisco
White Plains Rolls To Fifth Straight In Surry League
White Plains defeated Beulah 13 to 3 in a Surry County League game as Rodney Woodring collected four hits and Gordon belted a homer. Piney Grove beat Pilot Mountain 12 to 7, while Dobson toppled Shoals 18 to 5 with John Henry Hicks strong on the mound.
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White Plains
Beulah
Piney Grove
Pilot Mountain
Dobson
Shoals
Fireball Steel
Garnett Newman
Gordon
Rodney Woodring
White P
Fuse
Hiatt
Surry County
Frank Jones
Bobby Riddle
John Henry Hicks
Hicks
Cecil Warren
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P. G. Wall, Jr
Dick Lawson
Posey Jones
Linville
Three Bears
Mount Airy Bears
Jerry Nester
Jerry
Reynolds
Bears
Nestor
Timmons
Bill Ross
Granite Bears
North Carolina
Bowman Gray Stadium
Bill Myers
Glenn Wood
Curtis Turner
Billy
Wood
Turner
Main Street
Dec Wall
Rbi
James Reynolds
Owen Shelton
Gary Brown
Rayne Wilson
Burton Timmons
Edsel Hiatt
Chick Galyean
Gary Sutphin
Bobby Gwyn
Mel McAdams
E. G. Forrest
Arthur Ham
Charlotte
Cole Moss
Bassett
Posey Isley
Martinsville
Lester Ward
Dixie Hill
Concord
al Smith
Bud Feldman
Danville
Charles Adams
Wayne Boyles
Raymond Smith
Bud Snyder
Norris Hall
Bailey Glenn, Jr
Bailey Glenn, Sr
B. Glenn, Jr
Fred Folger, Jr
Bill Woltz
Newell Baker
Boyd Stout
N. Baker
John Vaughn
N. Bauker
Blair Waugh
Frank Brooks, Sr
A. Ham
Frank Brooks, Jr
Palmer Maples
Brown
P. Maples
Perry Bland
Aubrey Apple-H. Sholer, Jr
Herb Smith
A. Apple
Jack Thorntow
Paul Moorefield
Thurmond Edwards
Jack Norman
T. Edwards
A. G. Wright
FT. Eawards
W. Mills
Joe Zarhardt
J. Zarhardt
Norwood Hodge
Jake Bowman
Emmett Gentry
O. White
White
Bill Tise
Charlie Adams
John Yeaman
George Wright
W. B. Read
Jack Mackey
Julian Baker
Jack Massey
Charles Randleman
Coley Moss
Joan C. Robertson
R. F. Zammello
Charles Farlow
Spee Evatt
al. Smith
Bud Fellon
Pervus Ferree-Bohnson
P. Ferree
Bill Beamer
J. D. Lewis
Mc McAdams
E. G. Forrest, Jr
M. McAdams
M. T. Boylin
W. L. Glancy
Joe Worrell
Bill Snow
J. Worrell
Floyd Rees
Chuck Alexander
Bill Hoover
C. Alexander
Charley Sledge
Lindsay Holcomb
Ed Bullock
Ralph Boyles
Warren Stewart
Joe Chevez
Frank Stone
Bill Helsabeck
Ellis Maples
Sam Blue
Buck Adams
Wally Johnson
Ralph Tilley
Joel
Loo
SELEC
ECHL
Chaney
National Real Estate Exchange
Mount Airy, N. C
Cecil Barker
Fey Clark
H. D. Gillespie
K. W. Grace
Ed Cressingham
Frank Sydnor
Eddie Dorsett
Dr. R. B. C. Franklin
Lewis Webb
Jimmie Miller
Jim Griffin
Robert Haynes
Frank McHone
Bill Waltz
Ben Graves
Surry
Dobson Kemps
Edgerton
Nana-Bush
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