County Asked to Put Up 226000 For School Maintenance 1927 28
After three trials W F E Woodruff was sworn in as a member of the county board of education at Dobson following the resignation of J D Thompson. The oath was taken with a proper Bible after a mix up with a hymn book and a dictionary. The new board includes W R Badgett T M Marsh J F Carter W KE Woodruff and J J Richards. The budget to run schools for the coming year totals 296000 up from 208000 last year due to buses and consolidated schools. Prof Hendren estimates an increase in state funds may reduce the county tax. The board sticks to its minimum teaching certificate requirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. FE. Woodruff
County Board of Education
Dobson
J. D. Thompson
Mr. Woodruff
Towit
John Richards
Badgett
John
Court House
Prof. Hendren
Woodruff
Frank Lewellyn
W. R. Badgett
Pilot Mountain
T. M. Marsh
Ararat
J. F. Carter
Elkin
W. KE. Woodruff
Mount Airy
J. J. Richards
Messrs. Marsh
Badge
Hendren
Lurry
Local Happenings From W. C. T. U. Meet and Visits
Community notes list the W. C. T. U. meeting with Mrs. Charlie Taylor on Tuesday June 14 at 3 PM. Multiple residents visit relatives and attend events in town and nearby states including Duke University commencement and Mayo Clinic clinics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Taylor
J. A. Cooke
Oak Grove Methodist Church
Elizabeth Perkins
Haynes
W. A. Newell
H. B. Holcomb
Cornelius
First Beans Reported From Local Garden Harvest
J R Hines of Lebanon Street, foreman at Mount Airy Furniture Co., picked a gallon of snap beans from his garden on Monday for his Tuesday dinner marking the season’s first harvest noted by the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Hines
Mr. Hines
Lebanon Street
Mount Airy Furniture Co
New Residents Entertained by Mount Airy Hostess
Mrs C Binder hosted Mount Airy’s new residents on Tuesday evening. Five bridge tables played with two high and two low score prizes awarded to Mrs L A Bye and Mr Lackey for high scores and Mrs Vincent Kleine and Mr Bye for low scores. Nora Binder, in a pink organdy gown, distributed score cards. After the game, refreshments were served in two courses a salad followed by strawberry shortcake topped with whipped cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Binder
Mount Airy
L. A. Bye
Lackey
Vincent Kleine
Mr. Bye
Nora Binder
Mrs Query Welch Visits Then Homecoming at Patterson Farm
Mrs Query Welch of Charlotte returned Monday after a week with her parents Mr and Mrs Ed Patterson. The Pattersons moved into a new home built on the site of their former house destroyed by fire. Farmers welcomed good rains and many finished setting tobacco as Arthur Jones of Morganton visited his mother Maggie Jones and served as a Buraca-Philathea class delegate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
Query Welch
Charlotte
Ed Patterson
Arthur Jones
Morganton
Maggie Jones
Sheriff restrained from holding tax sales in Surry County
Proceedings started in court challenge the new tax sale law as retroactive and unconstitutional. The restraining order halts land sales scheduled for June 26 while allowing collection by personal property levy and voluntary payments. The case, heard by Judge Harding, names Mrs. N C Marion and others as petitioners representing tax payers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haynes
Dobson
Harding
Winston- Salem
Mre. N.C. Marion
D. W. Hemmings
W. L. Sage
Pomel
Surry County
Boneday
W. W. Carter
He A. Freeman
Hew
T Citzens
Mountiny News
Elkin Tribune
Chevrolet to Add Two-Story Showroom on Willow Street
A. M. Smith arranges ground work for a two story addition to the Surry Sales Co. building on Willow Street. A adjoining room will extend the showroom for the Chevrolet line while the upper level stores cars and supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Smith
Willow Street
Surry Sales Co
Chevrolet
Round Peak Veteran Robert W Boyles Dies at 87
Round Peak citizen and Civil War veteran Robert W Boyles died at his Round Peak home Sunday night at age 87 after a week with paralysis. He left a wife and six children and was a former prosperous farmer. Survivors include Wayne Carlyle and Glenn Boyles of Round Peak, his grandsons. Funeral held at 3 30 P M Monday with burial in the family burying ground at Round Peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Boyles
Round Peak
Boyles
Wayne, Carlyle
Glenn Boyles
Duncan Dillan Wedding at The Hollow Virginia
A formal wedding united Hasile Duncan and James C Dillan at the home of Mr and Mrs W S Duncan in The Hollow Virginia on a Saturday evening June 4 Rev C D Crouch officiated Missley Bowman played the bridal chorus from Lohengrin Bridesmaid Isabelle Duncan, sister of the bride, attended The bride wore a gray flat crepe ensemble with matching accessories and a bouquet of brides roses The couple left for a honeymoon tour through North Carolina Virginia and West Virginia
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S. Duncan
the Hollow
Hasile
James C. Dillan
Rev. C. D. Crouch
Missley Bowman
Mia
Duncan
North Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Found Dead in Boyles Bros Store During Anniversary Sale
A night intrusion at Boyles Bros Store ends with the death of Mr Hy Price found by J Boyles. The scene shows torn sale tickets and a tightly clenched sale bill in his hands. The incident is noted alongside an advertisement on the paper’s back page. Mrs Joe Byerly of Lexington visited Mr and Mrs E C Kapp over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Boyles
J. Boyles
Mr. Hyrice
Hy Price
Boyles Bros
Surry County to Hold Civil Court in June
A two week civil court term will begin in Dobson on Monday June 27 with Judge N E Townsend presiding. Jurors drawn by the county commissioners include H F Holyfield O K Merritt H K Badgett M T McKnight J F P Mosley S D Marstall K H Snow J L Poindexter and others. Jurors are excused on the first day for the motion docket and again on July 4 as the second week begins with no session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dobson
N. E. Townsend
Townsend
Miss West Leaves for California Nursing Education Trip
Miss Lula B. West departed for San Francisco to attend the National League of Nursing Education meeting June 6 to 10 as a representative of the North Carolina State Nurses Association and the State League of Nursing Education. She will travel home in about three weeks via the northern route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula B. West
San Francisco
Cal
North Carolina State Nurses Association
N. C
Local Dokies Parade with Mount Airy DOK Club Banner
A large delegation of the local Dramatic Order Knights of Khoras san will attend the Greensboro ceremony Thursday afternoon and evening. At 6 30 PM they join the parade carrying the Mount Airy D O K K Club banner and all wear white trousers and black fez with the prescribed fezzes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dramatic Order
Knights of Khorassan
Greensboro
Mount Airy D. O. K. K. Club
Baraca Philathea Meet Earns Praise In North Carolina
The seventeenth annual Baraca Philathea gathering in Mount Airy highlighted hospitality and a theme of Christian friendliness. Sessions featured Dr. A. E. Corey and reports from classes on relief work and conversions, with Dur ham chosen as the 1928 convention site and officers elected for Baracas and Philatheas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Baraca- Philathea Association
Mount Airy
First Baptist Church
W. F. Carter
World Wide Union
Henrietta Heron
Cincinnati
Ohio
N. Buck
Baraca
Philathea
First Baptist Philatheas
Burlington
Euvenire
Methodial Church
Woman'’s Club
E. C. Bivens
J. H. Folger
D. W Daniel
Celmson College
A. L. Smoot
Salisbury
Durham
Lake Junaluska
Baracas
C. W. Andrew
Elliott Shaw
Henderson
Roy Bennett
Hendersonville
R. P. Snell
Raleigh
Dr. E. H. Broughton
L. V. Byrd
S. E. Tucker
High Point
R.S. Heitman
Winston Salem
John D. Berry
Philatheas
J. T. Shouse
Winston-Salem
Andrew
C. B. Shelton
E. H. Broughton
Barnea
W. W. Dickerson
Shelton
W. A. Newell
Marshall A. Hudgson
Syracuse
N. Y
Mr. Hudson
Smoot
Lindbergh
The
School Board Debate Ahead on Mount Airy Election
Moir G. Martin, chairman, states at a joint meeting that the town faces a June 28 election on raising the school tax to 60 cents and adding 10 cents for deficit funding. A similar bill passed in Surry County asks the Legislature to authorize the levy. The board warns of shortened terms and all-day sessions if the measures fail and invites citizen inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
Board of School Commissioners
Board of Town Commissioners
E. H. Kochiitzky
Surry County
H. O. Woltz
Moir
Martin
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Olive
Duke University
KR. C. Weatherman
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New York City
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Davenport College
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N. C. C. W. Greensboro
T. E. Smith
Miss Smith
John Foy
Grace Foy
Howard Foy
Norfolk
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Joe Byerly
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H. F. Holyfield
O. K. Merritt
H. K. Badgett
M. T. McKnight
J. FP. Mosley
S. D. Marstall
K. H. Snow
J. L. Poindexter
C. G. Adams
W. H. Sides
A. L. Bunker
J. G. Wood
G. C. Atkins
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J. H. Waller
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J. A. Tilley
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Sam Simpson
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North Carolina Granite Corporation
J. D. Sargent
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