Mount Airy appoints J Marion Burke to school board
J Marion Burke of Mount Airy was named to the Mount Airy School Board to fill the seat of W S Porter who resigned effective June 30. Robert A Smith was reappointed to a three year term. Burke and Smith were chosen by unanimous vote led by Commissioner John P Frank. Burke, a 21 year insurer and realty operator, is a Navy veteran and active church member married to Mary Henri Gillum with two children.
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J. Marion Burke
Mount Airy Insurance
Mount Airy School Board
W. S. Porter
Burke
Smith
John P. Frank
A. B. Withers
Schoor Board
Mr. Burke
Mount Airy
Mary Henri Gillum
Brenda
Gil
Pacific
Surry County
Selective Service Board
First Presbyterian Church
University of North Carolina
Masonic Club
Shrine Club
Granite Lodge
Jones Named Commissioner by Clerk
R P Jones a Democrat nominee for county commissioner was appointed Monday to fill the seat of the late Marshal C Fowler. The appointment by Clerk E W Lawrence is effective immediately. Jones of Mount Airy would have joined the board in December as a regular member, given party norms in Surry County.
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R. P. Jones
Marshal C. Fowler
Superior Court
E. W. Lawrence
Mr. Jones
Mount Airy
Surry County
Public Reminded Of Law Against Air Rifles
City board heard repeated complaints about youths shooting air rifles and endangering children's eyesight. City Attorney A B Carter reminded officials an existing ordinance bans air rifle use within corporate limits. Parents urged to keep children from using them. mothers are worried.
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A. B. Carter
Mrs Thompson Admitted For Observation At Baptist
Mrs Alvis E Thompson of Ararat Virginia was admitted to Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem Sunday for several days of observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvis E. Thompson
Ararat
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
City to transfer gas franchise to Southern Propane
City commissioners approved transferring the franchise from Piedmont Gas Company to Southern Propane Gas Company of Mount Airy. Charles Lawrence stated plans to convert to a tank system, keep gas prices, and upgrade customer equipment at no charge. He also intends to buy all Piedmont Gas Company undertakings in the city.
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Piedmont Gas Company
Southern Propane Gas Company
Mount Airy
Charles Lawrence
Lawrence
Webster Twins Earns me At Wake Forest And U
Paul D Webster II and Phil Webster twin sons of Mr and Mrs Paul D Webster earned degrees at Wake Forest College and UNC Paul D Webster II will receive Doctor of Medicine Sunday at 2 30 pm at Bowman Gray School of Medicine Wake Forest Winston Salem with Dr Paul Dudley White to speak He is a Mount Airy High School graduate class of 1949 and UNC chemistry BS 1962 member of Gamma Epsilon and Alpha Omega Alpha He will intern at Boston City Hospital in Boston MA Phil earned UNC BS in dentistry and will continue studies there The brothers hail from Church Street in the city
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Paul D. Webster
Phil Webster
Church Street
Wake Forest College
University of North Carolina
Paul
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Wail Chapel
Wake Forest
Winston- Salem
Paul Dudley White
Boston
Mass
Mount Airy High School
University of Richmond
Gamma Epsilon
Bowman Gray
Bowman Gray Journal of Medicine
Alpha Omega Alpha
Phi Chi
Boston City Hospital
Night Gas Leak Halted On South Main Street
Workmen and Piedmont Gas Company crews battled a gas leak on South Main Street after an underground cable cut ignited fumes and a flame blaze in Dr. Renzo Sutter's yard. Fire officials credited smudge pots with preventing a possible explosion as crews plugged the line around midnight.
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South Main Street
Piedmont Gas Company
Renzo Sutter
Piedmont Gas
H. L. Forbis
Dr. Sutter
J. Ed Brannock
Howard Chandler
Hylton Wright
Brannock
Mount Airy Horse Show Plans Near Completion
Detailed plans for the Annual Mount Airy Horse Show at Veterans Memorial Park on June 29 30 are rapidly coming together officials report. The event showcases local riders and horses with community organizers coordinating venues schedules and participant entries.
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Veterans Memorial Park
Gardner Receives Law Degree From Wake Forest
John Charles Wayne Gardner son of Mr and Mrs M C Gardner of Dobson route 2 graduated May 21 from Wake Forest College School of Law with a Bachelor of Law He served in Army Korea and completed law studies in two and a half years He is married to Pansy Simmons and was active in Phi Delta Phi Student Bar Association and Young Democrats Club A horse show in Mount Airy will be held June 29 30 with top talents and judges including Jeff Harston Bud Hamilton and Marty Thomas proceeds aid Mount Airy schools
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John Charles Wayne Gardner
M. C. Gardner
Dobson
Route 2
Wake Forest College
Phi Delta Phi
International Legal Fraternity
Student Bar Association
Young Democrats Club
Gardner
Lenoir Rhyne College
Army
Signal Corps
Army Security Agency
Korea
Wake Forest School of Law
Pansy Simmons
America
Jeff Harston
Nashville
South
Mount Airy
Six From Here To Be Initiated Into Shrine Sat
Six Mount Ainy citizens will travel to Greensboro Saturday to be initiated into the Shrine as Oasis Temple members. The initiates are Rev. W. E. Burrus, Joe B. Graves, Roger W. Inman Jr., Wallace Johnson, D. W. Joyner, and George M. Snyder Jr. Local Shrine Club officers and members will also participate in the program.
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Mount Ainy
Greensboro
Oasis Temple
Oasis Temple Aciive A.A.O.N.M.S
W. E. Burrus
Joe B. Graves
Roger W. Inman, Jr
Wallace Johnson
D. W. Joyner
George M. Snyder
Surry Shrine Club
Carl M Baber Undergoes Surgery At Elkin Hospital
Carl M Baber manager of the local Employment Office entered Elkin Hospital last Monday for an operation performed that day. He had suffered a heart attack weeks earlier and hoped to return to work Monday but grew ill requiring surgery. He is to remain hospitalized this week then recuperate at home before resuming duties.
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Carl M. Baber
Elkin Hospital
Mr. Baber
Bids Set For Major Mount Airy Street Paving
City commissioners let ten street paving contracts totaling 60550. Sherifl Paving Co of Winston Salem won curb and guttering for 32750 and Graham and Son won base stone and treatment for 27800. It’s the largest residential paving project in the city’s history and may be finished before winter unless weather delays occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherifl Paving Company
Winston-Salem
Graham and Son
Mount Airy
F. G. Doggett
Tractor-Trailer Accident Sparks $12,000 Loss in Mountains
Abraham Glenn of Kingsport Tennessee escaped serious injury when air line brakes failed causing his tractor-trailer carrying 21 hogsheads of burley tobacco from Bowling Green Kentucky to Reynolds Tobacco in Winston-Salem to plunge down Fancy Gap Mountain after he leapt clear at 2:20 am. The truck traveled 800 to 1,000 feet before stopping on a boulder. The trailer and tractor were a total loss with about 21 hogsheads and 21,000 pounds of tobacco discarded.
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Abraham £. Glenn
Kingsport
Tenn
Fancy Gap Mountain
Glenn
Bowling Green
Kentucky
MD, Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem
Blue Ridge Tavern
New Morning Worship Hours At First Baptist
Beginning Sunday morning and through September 2, First Baptist Church will hold worship at 8 30 with Sunday school at 9 45. The pastor Rev Preston J Taylor announced the summer hours. Communion will be observed Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Preston J. Taylor
Ralph Scott Introduced at Rotary Club by Fred Folger Jr
Democratic congressional candidate Ralph Scott was invited as a guest of Fred Folger Jr at the Rotary Club. Folger introduced Scott and noted they were former political rivals yet remain friends. Scott thanked the club and urged appreciation of civic engagement.
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Ralph Scott
Fred Folger, Jr
Rotary Club
Folger
Revival Planned At Paul's Creek
Revival will begin Sunday at 7 45 p m at Paul’s Creek Baptist Church Rev Woodrow Jones pastor announces Paul Key of Pilot Mountain will conduct services each evening at 7 45 o clock
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Paul’s Creek Baptist Church
Woodrow Jones
Paul Key
Pilot Mountain
Mrs. Harvey Boyd Returns Home After Cataract Surgery
Mrs. Harvey Boyd has been released to recover at her Oakdale Street home after a several day stay at City Memorial Hospital in Winston-Salem where she underwent an eye cataract operation. Her condition is reported satisfactory.
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Harvey Boyd
Oakdale Street
City Memorial Hospital
Winston-Salem
Employment Office To Move On July 1
The North Carolina Employment Office in the Haynes Building on North Main Street will relocate on July 1. Staff have not been told the new location yet, with several sites under consideration. J. B. Haynes confirmed he was informed the office will vacate the building on July 1.
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North Carolina
Haynes
North Main Street
J. B. Haynes
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Marion Burke
Robert Smith
Robert A. Smith
Jones
Mrs. Thompson
City Gas
Paul D. Webster, III
Webster
Phil
Howard B. Yow
Robert Merritt
C. B. Robertson
Clark Lackey
Central Telephone Company
A. L. Forbis
J. C. W. Gardner
Wallace Shelton
The
Horse Show Association
Bill
Bob Dillon
Charlotte
First Baptist
Scott
Paul’s Creek
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