Surry County Schools Pressing Requests for Gymnasiums and Spaces
Surry County School officials report a flood of petitions from Dobson and Pilot Mountain area patrons seeking gymnasiums and athletic spaces, plus requests for Copeland and North Surry facilities. Other needs include upgraded toilets, dressing rooms, and a larger auditorium at Franklin School. District budgets must wait on funds after bond issues, with no new major construction planned this year.
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Surry County
Gentry
Copeland
North Surry
Pilot Mountain
Franklin
Surry Central
East Surry
Surry
Schuol
Supt. Gentry
Homecoming Sunday At New Hope Church
New Hope Baptist Church near Dobson will hold its annual Homecoming next Sunday June 10. Rev W Johnson asks all to attend Sunday School and morning worship, bring a basket, and enjoy a noon picnic lunch following the service.
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New Hope Baptist Church
Dobson
W. Johnson
Blackburn Graduates From Wake Forest College
Blackburn Warren Blackburn son of Mr and Mrs J B Hinckburn Sprngs Road graduated Monday from Wake Forest College with a BA degree majoring in history He is a member of Eyrlon Sigma chapter of Phi Alpha Theta He played on the Mount Airy High School football team and attended Gardner Webb Junior College He made the dean s list and is now visiting his fiancée Miss Martha Burke of Sanford before reporting to Naval Officers Candidate School in Rhode Island later this month.
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Gilmer Warren Blackburn
J. BR. Hinckburn
Sprngs Road
Wake Forest College
Eyrlon Sigma
Phi Alpha Theta
Mount Airy High School
Wake Forest
Gardner-Webb Junior College
Martha Burke
Sanford
Naval Officers’ Candidate School
Rhode Island
Miss Bonnie Sparger Graduates From Medical College of Virginia
Miss Bonnie Sparger daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Sparger of Orchard Street this city graduated from Medical College of Virginia Richmond on Sunday June 3 at 4 o'clock She received a B S degree in Nursing While at school Miss Sparger pursued studies in nursing and medical training and earned her degree in the spring ceremony
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Bonnie Sparger
Ed Sparger
Orchard Street
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
Two Vets to Give Dogs Rabies Shots in Sorry Next Week
Under North Carolina law dogs must be vaccinated. Dr. R E Nicks and Dr. Paul Freer are appointed rabies inspectors. Clinics will be at Level Cross Ararat Post Office at 6 p.m. and Stony Knoll Pilot Mountain at 6:30 p.m. on Monday June 11, Yokum Sparger's Store Beulah at 6 p.m. and Fairview Lowgap Post Office at 6:50 p.m. on Tuesday June 12, and at 6 p.m. Wednesday June 13.
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N. C
R. E. Nicks
Paul Freer
Level Cross
Ararat Post Office
Stony Knoll
Pilot Mountain
Yokum and Sparger's
Beulah
Fairview and Lowgap
Sparger Family Involved In School Activities And Summer Plans
Sparger participated in publication, Glee Club, and student nurses activities. Miss Sparger will arrive Tuesday to visit family before heading to Maine for the summer. Mount Airy graduation attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sparger and daughter Jania Sparger.
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Sparger
Clinic vaccine clinics and prices across multiple stores
A list of clinics at UCombe Store Little Richmond Thurmond Store Walls Supermarket and other sites from June 14 to June 16 offering live virus chick embryo vaccines in dogs over six months. Price set by county commissioners at $2 per dog across all listed clinics.
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Ucombe
Little Richmond
Fred Jarrell’s
Walls
Mulberry
Thurmond
Butcher's
Salem Fork
Bannertown
Lewis Mountain Park
Jackson's
Westfield
State Road Hardware
Tucker & Dezern
Branscomb
Thurmond and Shoals School
Nick
Elkin
Pap Freer
Mount Airy
Freer
Dobson
Homecoming at Ladonia Baptist Church on June 10
The Ladonia Ladonian Baptist Church invites all former pastors and singers to its annual homecoming on Sunday June 10. Pastor Cecil Cooper extends the invitation and a picnic lunch will be served at noon.
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Ladonian Baptist Church
Cecil Cooper
Board Gets Six Road Petitions
The Surry County Board of Commissioners met in Dobson and approved six road petitions. Road 1101 in Dodson township will be 1.4 miles longer to extend to old US 601. Road 1860 in Albion will extend about a mile. Sherwood Drive in Mount Airy township may be state taken and maintained. Roads 2080 and 2061 in Shoals township will be stabilized. Ebenezer Road 1136 in Elkin township will be improved over three miles. Whitaker Chapel Road 2047 will be surfaced over 1.7 miles. The board, acting as recommenders, sends requests to the State Highway Department.
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Surry County Board of Commissioners
Dobson
Dodson Township
Albion
Sherwood
Mount Airy Township
Shoals Township
Ebenezer
Elkin Township
The Ten Virgins To Be Presented Sunday
Main Street will present a play titled The Ten Virgins drawn from Matthew chapter 25 Sunday night at 7 30. It was performed last Sunday at Raven Rock Wesleyan Methodist Church in Ararat Virginia and is to be repeated this Sunday night at Mount Airy Church. A brief sermon by Rev H T Hilton will follow the play.
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Main Street
Matthew
Raven Rock Wesleyan Methodist Church
Ararat
Mount Airy
H. T. Hilton
Miller Family Reunion Held at Route 2 Dobson Home
The Miller family reunion will be held this Sunday at the home of the late Charlie V. Miller on Route 2 in Dobson.
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Supt
Sam Gentry
Dobson Elementary School
County Board of Commissioners
Ridge-Westfield
By Rolfe
Roger
Luther Hodges
Verry Holleman
Ems
Laos
Sophie
Prince Don Juan Caries
Spain
Greece
Erry Lucas
Wit Chamberlain
Cleveland Pipers
Milovan Djilas
Joseph Tito
New Hope Church
Blackburn
Graduate Medical College of
Virgina
Ladonia
Dillon
Whitakers Chapel
State Highway Department
Miller
Hennis
Rockford Street
Hospital Call ST
Scenic Motors
Ford & Mercury
Scenic Motors, Inc
U.S. Highway
Mount Airy, N. C
Haywood
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