Surry County forms committees to study water problems
At the request of the North Carolina Board of Water Commissioners a Surry County committee was organized to inventory water problems county wide. Subcommittees will study agriculture municipal industrial recreational and wildlife issues with meetings at the Agriculture Building in Dobson. Neill M. Smith chairs the project and F G Doggett serves on the industrial municipal group.
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North Carolina
Surry County
F. G. Doggett
Dobson
Neill M. Smith
Surry
Reid Stewart Appointed New Tax Collector
Reid Stewart was named the city tax collector replacing Mary Carlton who resigns July 1. Stewart, son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Stewart of North Main Street, will start duties immediately. He attended Mount Airy Schools and Roanoke Business College, later working for Duke Power and Carter Hosiery Mills as a bookkeeper.
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Reid Stewart
Stewart
Mary Carlton
Andrew Stewart
North Main Street
North Street
Mount Airy
Roanoke Business College
Duke Power Company
Carter Hosiery Mills
Three To Attend Loan Convention From Local Savings Bank
Dr Moiry S Martin John So botta and Wade Davis Key of Workmen s Federal Savings and Loan Association will attend the annual Carolina Savings and Loan convention at Carolina Beach hotel starting Sunday. They will participate all four days and return Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moiry S. Martin
John Sobotta
Wade Davis Key
Workmen's Federal Savings and Loan Association
Carolina Savings and Ue
Carolina Beach
Building Here Slows Down Mount Airy Construction
A May report to city commissioners shows building activity in Mount Airy slowed with only one new home permit issued for James Cox on Bluff Drive at $10,000. Various repair and addition permits were granted to local residents, totaling several thousand dollars, and the lone alarm fire call was Mount Airy High School. Two out of town calls cost $100 each to North Carolina Granite Corporation and Don Hemmings on Route 2.
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Mount Airy
James Cox
Bluff Drive
W. A. Porter
Durham Street
Frank Kurtz
Wrenn Street
Lola Martin
Elm Street
Jim Hollingsworth
Cherry Street
Dennis Henderson
Hamburg Street
Joe Haynes
Main Street
Mount Airy High School
North Carolina Granite Corporation
Don Hemmings
Judges announced for Miss Mount Airy 1957 pageant
Lucien Wrenn Jr Jaycees Judges Committee chair announces five outstanding judges Frank Spencer Roy Thompson Mrs Marshall Spears Mrs Patricia Bryan and J H Culler for the 1957 Miss Mount Airy contest A judges dinner is set for June 14 at the Blue Ridge Hotel prior to the parade on Main Street which starts at Reeves YMCA and ends at the Triangle Twenty two units compete including Miss Mount Airy 1056 Dot Tyndall and eleven contestants for the crown Tickets are on sale from Jaycee members and the event will be held June 14 at 8 p m in the Mount Airy High School Auditorium
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Bave Wright
South
George Gobel
Mount Airy
Mount Airy High School
Dave
WSJS
Lucien Wrenn, Jr
Jaycees
Frank Spencer
The
Winston-Salem Journal
Roy Thompson
Marshall Spears
Durham
Patricia Bryan
J. H. Culler
Piedmont Airlines
Blue Ridge Hotel
A. Nichols
Main Street
Reeves Ymca
Misa Dot Tyndall
Jaycee Club
Mayor Carter Wins 212 Votes in City Election
Mayor W F Carter Jr. tops city race with 212 votes as the sole Democrat nominee with no opposition. In Ward 1 Carter secures 99 votes while Frank Jones garners eight write ins. Maynard Beamer gains 102 votes for commissioner. In Ward 2 Carter collects 118 votes, James B Combs also 118 for commissioner. Beamer and Combs assume duties at July first meeting for a four year term.
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W. F. Carter, Jr
Carter
Frank Jones
Maynard Beamer
James B. Combs
Beamer
Combs
Charlotte Firm Low Bidder On Jail Addition
Bids opened at City Hall show Alliance Construction Company of Charlotte submitting the low bid of 13 800 for the jail addition. R L Crita and Son of Toast gave a low bid of 1 690 on peers by Partier ogi and Heat a Company provided the heating bid at 64. Invaan Bieta Company submitted the only electrical bid at the town board Tuesday night. The total bid for the project was 16 826.
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Alliance Construction Company
Charlotte
R. L. Crita and Son
Toast
Partier Ogi
Invaan Bieta Company
Town Board
J W Pell Jr Receives Four Year Football Scholarship
James Weldon Pell Jr son of Mr and Mrs Weldon Pell of this city has earned a four year football scholarship to Forest College. Pell has played four years of Mount Airy High School football and is a member of the lee Club and the Hi Club.
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James Weldon Pell
Weldon Pell
The
Forest College
Pell
Mount Airy
Lee Club
Hi- Club
Five Mount Airy men face federal liquor charges
Five Mount Airy area men were arrested by three federal agents on charges of sale removal and concealing non tax paid whisky. Defendants Truman Troy Johnson Glenn C Cochran Charlie H Holt James Willie Branson Coy E Slate appeared before U S Commissioner E G Webb and were bound over to the U S Federal Court under $500 bonds each Cochran could not post bond and was turned over to a U S Marshal for assignment The undercover operation included agent Haywood Weddle of Winston Salem native Mount Airy route 4 involvement
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Mount Airy
Truman Troy Johnson
Route 4
Glenn C. Cochran
West Pine Street
Charlie H. Holt
Route 6
James Willie Branson
Route 5
Coy E. Slate
U. S
E. G. Webb
Cochran
Haywood Weddle
Winston-Salem
Kallam Graduates From Oak Ridge Academy
Douglas Steven Kallam son of Mr and Mrs Allen Kallam Route 4 is graduated from Oak Ridge Military Academy in Oak Ridge He earned a gold medal as Most Athletic in School two stars one for basketball and was captain of the basketball team He is a 1955 White Plains High School graduate who attended Oak Ridge for two years.
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Douglas Steven Kallam
Allen Kallam
Route 4
Oak Ride Military Academy
Oak Ridge
Kallam
White Plains High School
1956 Bel Air Stolen From Franklin Street
Mount Airy police received a report Wednesday afternoon that 1956 Bel Air Chevrolet driven by Mrs. Creed disappeared from Franklin Street. The car was parked there while she worked at Mount Airy Knitting Company. she initially suspected her husband may have taken it to Winston-Salem for parts.
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Mack Willard Creed
Route 5
Mount Airy
Franklin Street
Creed
Mount Airy Knitting Company
Winston-Salem
Local businessman undergoes eye surgery in Read City
Morris W. Monday of Read City entered Northern Surry Hospital Wednesday for eye surgery. The local businessman’ condition and details remain understated in this brief update.
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Morris W
Country Club
Surry Hospital
Clauton
Brintle 30 Dies Suddenly of Heart Attack in Winston-Salem
James Wilson Brintle 30 died of a heart attack at his Cloister Drive home in Winston-Salem. Born November 23 1926 in Surry County he was survived by his widow two daughters a son and his parents six siblings and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Dover Baptist Church with burial at Moody Funeral Home arrangements.
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James Wilson Brintle
White Plains
Cloister Drive
Winston-Salem
Mr. Brintle
Surry County
Jerry
Ellen Dollyhigh
Rausie Hall
Jackie Lou
Alda Lynn Brintle
Wilson Gray Brintle
Warren Fletcher
Luther Edmonds
Garnet Culler
Coy Creed
Route 4
Dover Baptist Church
Mrs Johnson In City Hospital
Mrs Bobby Johnson formerly Miss Lynda Pell is a patient at City Hospital in Winston Salem after a leg operation on Monday. Her doctors report the condition satisfactory and in stable care for recovery.
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Bobby Johnson
Lynda Pell
City Hospital
Winston-Salem
Mount Airy Boy Earns Roadeo Trophy
James Jessup of Mount Airy received a golden winged trophy from the Nova Carolina Motor Carriers Association at Monroe on Sunday during the State Teenage Roadeo organized by the Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce. Jeff B. Wilson, director of Information and Safety for the state trucking group, presented the award.
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James Jessup
Mount Airy
Nova Carolina Motor Carriers Association, Inc
Monroe
Reunion Set For Easter Family Gathering
Jasper Bester announces a family reunion to be held Sunday June 16 at St. Paul Church in Jasper.
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St. Paul Church
Jasper Bester
Ashby Receives Dental Degree at UNC Commencement
John L. Ashby Jr. earned the D.D.S. degree at UNC Chapel Hill’s 163rd commencement on June 3. He served as class vice-president 1956-57 and was president of the Delta Sigma Delta Delta fraternity, noted as outstanding. He earlier studied three years at Davidson College with Kappa Sigma membership.
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John L. Ashby, Jr
John L. Ashby
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
John
Delta Sigma Delta Delta
Davidson College
Kappa Sigma
John Olive to Attend Savings and Loan Meeting
John W. Olive executive secretary of Mount Airy Savings and Loan Association will attend the North Carolina Savings and Loan League annual meeting on June 10 and 11. The Cavalier Hotel in Virginia Beach hosts the event with officers from North Carolina associations expected. The program features industry leaders and round table discussions on recent decrees in the field.
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John W. Olive
Mount Airy Savings and Loan Association
North Carolina Savings and Loan League
Cavalier
Virginia Beach
Savings and Loan Associations
North Carolina
Patterson Undergoes Gall Bladder Operation
Raymond C. Patterson of Taylor Street underwent a major gall bladder operation Monday morning at Northern Surgery Hospital. His condition is reported as improving.
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Raymond C. Patterson
Taylor Street
Northern
Surry Hospital
John J. Law, Former Resident, Passes Monday
John J. Law 86 longtime Mount Airy area resident died Monday in a Winston-Salem hospital after a long illness. Born December 3, 1870 in Stokes County he was a son of Jim and Susan Lackey. His wife Cora Belle Cobbler died in 1918. Surviving are a son Wesley Law and several daughters including Lillie Law, all of Rural Hall areas.
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John Jackson Law
Mount Airy
Hay Community
Rural Hall
Winston-Salem
Stokes County
Jim
Susan Lackey
Yao Cora Belle
Wesley Law
Bural Hell
Sin Lillie Law
Rural Hell
Mount A Faces City Sewerage Plant Plan and Costs
Mount A NC plans a sewerage treatment plant to protect the Ararat and Yadkin rivers. J Pease and Company estimated $1 334 900 total cost with $644 400 for outfall lines and $690 500 for treatment facilities. Federal funds of $250 000 may offset costs.
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North Carolina
Mount A
Sta
Yadkin
J. Pease and Company
Charlotte
Ararat
Lovills Creek
J. Wn, Pease and Company
Ind
Mount Ai
J. N. Pease and Company
Bowman eee Appointed To Mount Airy School Board
George, a resident of South Main Street, was appointed to the Mount Airy School Board Tuesday night by the town board. He replaces Dr. Moir, who resigned earlier, and is the son of Mrs. R. A. George. He has ties to the Agivy Chair Company and is a parent of two.
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Bowman George
South Main Street
Mount Airy
George
Moir
Martin
R. A. George
Mr. George
Bey
Agivy Chair Company
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C. D. Smith
W. H. Hardy
Siloam
Robert Burrus
Robert J. Lovill, Jr
Ralph Beane
State Road
W. L. Smith
John Hewett
George 8. Averette
Louis Alexander
Elkin
Sam G. Austin
Glenn Stone
Pilot Mountain
P. G. Beck
J. W. L. Benson
C. Richard Hoskins
Earl Conrad
Fred Poindexter
Elmer Hodges
Longap
Joe Fowler, Jr
Clem Thomas
Charles E. Earnest
Harvey Laffoon
W. H. Johnson
Jack Bennett
H. H. Lowry
Ralph Epperson
Hennis Epperson
Dwayne Ervin
Weldon Denny
L. F. Truesdale
Teachers of Agriculture
Lonnie Tickle, Jr
Beta Sigma Phi
YMCA
Lillie May Sclem
Gamma Delta
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Raymond A. Smith
Leonard Mills
C. W. Cockrell
Stenney King
James Weldon Pell, JR
J. W. Pell, Jr
Bond
Douglas
Brintle
Mrs. Johnson
Mount Airy Boy
Roadeo Trophy
Ashby
John Olive
Patterson
John J. Law
Bowman Eee
Jessie Boyd
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