Second Primaries Sought for Mount Airy Officials
In Mount Airy on a Monday afternoon Judge Llewellyn announced a second primary for Mount Airy Recorder's Court with a runoff set for June 26. Neal Thompson, tax collector, also sought a second primary for sheriff facing Sheriff Sam Patterson. The two-ballot layout will apply within Mount Airy Township for judge and across the county for sheriff with a lighter expected turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HH. Llewellyn
Mount Airy
Llewellyn
Neal Thompson
KR Os
Westmoreland
Thompson
Sam Patterson
Mount Airy Students Earn Degrees at UNC Chapel Hill
Six Mount Airy area graduates received UNC Chapel Hill degrees at the 60th commencement Monday night. Dr. Andrew J. Warren delivered the main address. Recipients include Hugh Hemmings M D, William Hawks B S in Business Admin, Jesse Graves M D, Charles Robertson M D, Carlos Surratt A B English, Jo Ann Yakley A B English, and Joe Stone B S Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
University of North Carolina At
Hugh Carroll Hemmings
William Atwood Hawks
Jesse Franklin Graves
Charles Gurney Robertson, Jr
Carlos Paul Surratt
Jo Ann Yakley
Joe D. Stone
Dobson
Blackburn Arrives in Seattle After Korean War Service
Donald Blackburn son of Mr and Mrs J R Blackburn Springs Road arrived in Seattle Washington on Monday May 31 after serving in Korea He was met by family and friends at Smith Reynolds Airport Blackburn entered the Army after Mount Airy High School in 1952 trained at Fort Jackson Eta Jima and served on the front lines before becoming a supply sergeant His father and two brothers are World War I veterans who served overseas and he was in the local National Guard for three years before joining the regular army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ste. Donald (James) Blackburn
J. R. Blackburn
Springs Road
Seattle
Wash
Korea
Blackburn
Fort Jackson
S. C
Smith Reynolds
Army
Mount Airy High School
Eta Jima
Eugene
Edward
National Guard
Dynamite theft prompts search of wooded area north of Mount Airy
Police trace dynamite stolen from Lee Construction firm to a wooded area near Mount Airy. Two gases of dynamite, tires, air compressor parts, batteries, electric caps, and a tractor battery are missing plus several large wrenches. Four batteries and a wheel were found at an old city dump. investigators and Lee workers comb Cat Hollow area for remaining items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
W. H. Sumner
Lee Construction
City
Orchard Street
H. O. Waltz
Harry Monday
Old City
Joe Fowler
Sumner
Roy Smith
Monday
Lee
Cat Hollow
Local Couple In Hospital After Food Poisoning
Mr and Mrs Roy Inesecre were treated at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem after a Sunday night trip from a Byrd family reunion on Marshall Street. They suffered severe food poisoning from butterseetch pie. By Monday morning their conditions were slightly improved. Mr Inescove works as a foreman at a local plastic plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Inesecre
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Byrd
Marshall Street
Inescove
Brother of Local Man Dies in Virginia Country Parish
Levi Walker Vass 81 died at noon Thursday at his Piper's Gap home. Survived by wife Louisa Ann. daughters Mrs. Roy Hill of Galax and Mrs. Rush Giad of Hillsville. son Elden Vass of Woodlawn. brother George Vass of Mount Airy. sister Mrs. Julia Martin of Barren Springs. Funeral at Mt. Lebanon Primitive Baptist Church at 10 am Saturday. Burial in Independence Cemetery, Faney Gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi Walker Vass
Piper's Gap
Louisa Ann Vass
Roy Hill
Galax
Rush Giad
Hillsville
Elden Vass
Woodlawn
George Vass
Mount Airy
Julia Martin
Barren Springs
Mt. Lebanon Primitive Baptist Church
Independence Cemetery
Faney Gap
Judge Says Tell The Man I’ve Gone Home Now
A Mount Airy attorney disrupted the Clerk of Court’s Dobson office shouting at Judge Susie Sharp about her week’s end in Surry County. The judge, nearby in the next room, signaled to change the subject. Minutes later Sharp left the courthouse laughing and noting she had gone home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dobson
Susie Sharp
Surry County
Mayor Proclaims June as Dairy Month
Mayor W. F. Carter Jr issued a proclamation urging public observance of June as Dairy Month. He asked civic clubs businesses and citizens to show gratitude to dairy foods which sustain over ten million Americans in dairy and allied industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Carter, Jr
Carter
Youth learns harsh road gang lesson shifts to training school
Surry County 16 year old Joe Baldwin who faced charges of breaking and entering and auto theft told Judge Susie Sharp he preferred the road gang to a training school. After a day on the road with shackles he returned to court changed and agreed to enter the Eastern Carolina Training School instead of joining his peers on the road. He had stolen a Fowler Motors car found at Carolina Beach after breaking into a service station in Flat Rock. The judge ordered commitment to the training school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surry County
Joe Baldwin
Susie Sharp
Dobson
Sharp
J. K. Beads
Baldwin
Sharpe
Jimmy Haynes
Flat Rock
Fowler Motor Company
Carolina Beach
Eastern Carolina Training School
Eastern Carolina
Andy W. White
Oscar Long
Preston Thomas Given Long Prison Term for Assault on Walter Sides
Preston Thomas age 18 received seven to ten years in Central Prison for breaking and entering and assault tied to the robbery of Walter Sides at his mill on Virginia Street. Judge Susie Sharp presided in Dobson Superior Court. Carl Goard remains at large. Other defendants faced varied sentences for drunkenness, theft, and related crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Thomas
Walter Sides
Central
Raleigh
Susie Sharp
Dobson
Thomas
Carl Goard
Virginia Street
Goard
Bernie Norman
Central Prison
Jerry Jarrell
Paul Junior Hazelwood
Sam Childress Dead at 71 in Baltimore Maryland
Sam J. Childress aged 71 formerly of Mount Airy Maryland was found dead in his Baltimore home early Sunday. Born May 18 1883 in Surry County he was a mine operator in West Virginia. Survived by widow Fannie Webb two sons Joe Walter Childress of Ohio Wendell Childress of Baltimore a brother W A Childress of Worth WV and three sisters Mrs Walter Reynolds Mrs Rosa Griffins and Mrs Annie Childress all of Mount Airy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam J. Childress
Mount Airy
Baltimore
Mr. Childress
West Virginia
Surry County
James
Mary Jane Brown Childress
Fannie Webb
Kentucky
Joe Walter Childress
Ohio
Wendell Childress
W. A. Childress
Worth
W. Va
Walter Reynolds
Rosa Griffins
Annie Childress
Marion Simpson Reunion Set for June 18 at Venables’ Home
A Marion-Simpson family reunion is planned for Sunday June 18 at the home of Mr and Mrs Burton Venable on the road between Union Church and Dobson. Relatives and friends are invited to attend and bring a picnic lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton Venable
Union Church
Dobson
American Legion To Install New Officers Thursday
The American Legion will hold a meeting at Veterans Park Thursday night at 6 30 to install new officers. Veterans wives and Legion Auxiliary members are invited. Supper will be served at 6 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Veterans Park
Veterans
The
Legion Auxiliary
Stokes Get New Hospital After Final Inspection
The Stokes-Reynolds Memorial Hospital will be turned over to the county on June 16 after an inspection by the architect contractors and officials from the U S Public Service and the State Medical Care Commission. Mrs Maysie C Petteway will assume duties as administrator on June 15. W W Edmunds and Sons plans to complete a 60000 gallon water storage tank for the hospital before the final tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stokes-Reynolds Memorial Hospital
U. S. Public Service
State Medical Care Commission
Northwest North Carolina Development Association
Hanging Rock State Park
Maysie C. Petteway
Ss. W.W. Edmunds & Sons of
Greensboro
Pollution Hearing On Yadkin River Set In Winston-Salem
The State Stream Sanitation Committee will hold a 10 a.m. hearing today in Forsyth County Courthouse small courtroom to discuss classifying streams in the Yadkin River Basin and to gather public comments on pollution problems. Attending are Surry County official John Cruse and other local leaders, with J. M. Jyrrell presiding and Mount Airy and Elkin pollution concerns covered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Stream Sanitation Committee
Winston-Salem
Yadkin River
Forsyth County
Surry County
John R. Cruse
F. G. Doggett
A. B. Carter
Earle C. Hubbard
State Sanitation Commission
Commission
Orsyth County
Mount Airy
Elkin
J. M. Jyrrell
Raleigh
State Commission
J. W. Whitfield
Pender
J. N. Vann
Ahoskie
Grady Farthing
Boone
Carroll Pr. Rogers
Tryon
Earl Bishopric
Spray
Scott Burkeley
Goldsboro
Hubbard
W. A. Long, Jr
Mr. Hubbard
Me. Hubbard
Flinchum Brendle Family Reunion Planned at Lowgap
A Flinchum and Brendle family reunion is scheduled at O. P. Flinchum's home on route 8 and 9 in Lowgap twelve miles west of Mount Airy on June 13.
James Rudisill Dies Saturday at 4 90 PM Ambulance
James Monroe Rudisill of the Epworth Church section Fancy Gap died in an ambulance en route to a doctor’s office at 4 90 p.m. Saturday He was born July 27 1900 in Belmont County Ohio son of David R and Rosanna Fleming Rudisill Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at Epworth Methodist Church Burial was in the church cemetery Surviving are his wife the former Shirley Dalton remarried August 27 1981 three sons David Curtis and Richard Allen Rudisill of the home and Cpl James Edward Rudisill now in Korea
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Monroe Rudisill
Epworth Church
Fancy Gap
Belmont County
Ohio
David R
Rosanna Fleming Rudisill
Epworth Methodist Church
Clyde W. Falkner
David Hiatt
Shirley Dalton
David Curtis
Richard Allen Rudisill
Cpl
James Edward Rudisill
Korea
Banner Property Proposal Sparks Hospital Site Row
Mrs. J A Hadley of Mount Airy reports Jim Banner urged her to donate land at Rockford and South Street for a hospital site. The hospital committee chose Banner farm land instead, paying $32,000 for 10 acres and planning a road, water, and sewer access, while noting a watershed site as preferred by the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Hadley
Mount Airy
Jim Banner
Rockford and
South Street
Hadley
Hadle
Bann
Banner
Clate
Banner Farm
Tri City
Worth Street
Banner Street
Mr Mabe Dies In Westfield
M R Mabe age 72 died Thursday at his daughter Mrs Sam Smith home in Westfield Route 1 after months of declining health and a stroke. Born in Stoke County he was son of Joshua and Rebecca Mabe and married to Mary Simmons who died in 1942. Surviving are two daughters Mrs Smith and Mrs John King three sons Tre Mabe Sandy Mabe and Sam Mabe one brother Jimm Mabe and one sister. Funeral was held 2 30 p m Saturday at Rockhouse Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Millard Vaden Sandy Stevens and Will Inman officiating burial followed in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M Reid Mabe
Sam Smith
Westfield
Mabe
Stoke County
Joshua
Rebecc Mabe
Mary Simmons
Smith
John King
Trinity
Tre Mabe
Winston - Salem
Sandy Mabe
Jefferson
Sam Mabe
Winston-Salem
Jimm Mabe
Danbury
Rockhous Primitive
Baptist Church
Millard Vaden
Stevens
Will Inman
Mrs. Powell and Kathy Visit Rosa Powell
Mrs. Pete Powell and her daughter Kathy travel from M to spend the week with Mr. Powell’s mother Mrs. Rosa Powell, visiting relatives and staying at the family home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Powell
Kathy
Mr. Powell
Rosa Powell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Surry
William Atwood Hawks, II
JO Ann Yorley
Charles G. Robertson, JR
Mount Airy Area
Carolina
SEC
Donald Blackburn
States
Job
Hugh Carroll Hemming
William T. Bowman
Seab Adams
Coy Hall
Lynchburg
Virginia
Clyde Ledford
Sam Childress
Baltimore, Md
Marion
Simpson
Germany
Alva L. Cruise
1St Infantry Division
Cruise
Howard Cruise
Camp Rucker
Ala
Sume
Chestnut Grove Methodist Church of
King
R. Smith
Bill McGee
Stewards
Flinchum
Brendle
O. P. Flinchum
Lowgap
James Rudisill
Hospital Road
Mr. Mabe
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