Mike Brelich Leads Blue Ridge Hitters Rise of Radford Star in League
Radford right fielder Mike Brelich leads Blue Ridge League batting with .429 and tops scoring, hits, totals, and triples. Wayne Harris, Tommy Bass, Don Lavigne follow. Sam Wilcox hot on home runs. Graniteers and Mount Airy wins headline a busy week of league action.
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Mike Brelich
Blue Ridge
Radford
Howe
Brelich
Wayne Haris
Elkin
Tommy Bass
Wytheville
Don Lavigne
Frank Lubb
Doug Shores
North Wilkesboro
Tom Horton
Sam Wilcox
U.S. ERP Loans and Grants Top $19 Billion Totals
Since World War I end the United States has provided 19.049 billion dollars in loans and grants to ERP nations. Great Britain leads with 6.337 billion, followed by France at 4.337 billion.
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United States
Great Britain
France
Moose Fall to Quality Mills in City Softball Thriller
The Moose suffer their first loss as Quality Mills defeats them 14 to 10 last Thursday. Mount Airy Chair Company and Boys Club share top spot with three wins, while Quality Mills and Moose sit tied with two wins and one defeat in a crowded City Softball League.
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Blue Ridge
Wytheville
Whitesboro
Mount Airy
Watson
Crewe
Mount Airy Chair Company
The
Moose
Quality Mills
Quality Nine
Forrest
Tayman
Gilbert
Quality
Mills
C. Watts
Hardy
W. Prye
Willard
Cooke
Charles Lawrence
Henry Gardner
Boys Club
Watsons
National Guard
Dixie Clothleva
Blue Ridge Supply Co
Mount Airy Chair Co
Iduhsu
Rossie George Wins Monthly Medal Playoff
Rossie George won the Men's Monthly Medal after a playoff with Cecil Hennis. Both posted net 69, George claimed the trophy by victory in the playoff, earning a sterling spoon. Ladies tied for low net were Mrs. Frank Sydnor and Miss Mary Gwyn with 67, to be decided in a forthcoming playoff. Mrs. W. H. Carter was third with 70.
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Rossie George
Cecil Hennis
Mr. George
Hennis
George
John de Geiger
James Johnson
Frank Sydnor
Mary Gwyn
W. H. Carter
Farm Mortgages Rise Four Percent in 1948
The Agriculture Department reports farm mortgages rose four percent in 1948. Total farm debt stood at 5.108 billion dollars on January 1, 1949, up 226 million from the previous year.
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Agriculture Department
Recreation Program Starts Here Monday
The City Recreation Program of Nelally opens here Monday for the summer. Coach Wallace Shelton heads the program with assistants Ray Reed Harry Monday and Claude Midkiff. Activities run at Rock ford Street gym 9 30 to 11 30 a m and 2 30 to 4 30 p m Poore Park 2 30 to 4 30 and Reddick Field 9 30 to 11 30 a m Girls only may use the gym in the afternoons.
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Nelally
Wallace Shelton
Shelton
Ray Reed
Harry Monday
Claude Midkiff
Rockford Street
Poore Park
Reddick Field
Mount Airy Granite Bears announce 1949 schedule
Mount Airy Granite Bears led by coach Wallace Shelton outline a 12 game 1949 schedule with five conference contests including Gray Mineral Springs Leaksville Reidsville and Hanes. Key seniors depart but team touted as one of the state’s best. Games listed with locations.
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Wallace Shelton
Mount Airy
Joe Bolen
Shrine
Harry White
Paul Webster
Charles Atkins
Jimmy Prye
Pat Fears
Bears
Ray Reed
Charley Hall
Traffic Deaths Rise in Early 1949, Conference Reports
Traffic deaths reached 6 610 in the first three months of 1949 an average seven per cent higher than the same period in 1948. Philip B Fleming chairman of the Presidents Highway Safety Conference cites the figures. The 1948 toll was 32 000 a two per cent drop from 1947.
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Philip B. Fleming
President's
Zale Cerdan rematch view recalls title match reflections
The writer revisits fight photos to assess why Marcel Cerdan defeats Tony Zale. Cerdan dominated from the first round and outmatched Zale, whose career high point was reclaiming the middleweight crown against Graziano. Cerdan’s superiority suggests Zale should not return to fight the Frenchman. Graziano may lack the edge to counter Cerdan’s class and power.
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Marcel Cerdar
Zale
Graziano
Cerdan
Cerdan-Roach
Roach
Prenchman
One Minute Sports Quiz and Property Boundary Note
Answers cover Hank Greenberg at Cleveland Indians, Bill Holland winner, Linda Darnell, Mickey Heafner, and the 1936 Olympics in Germany. Then a confusing boundary description dated May 21, 1949 for a 20 2/5 acre tract, with steps and landmarks listed, signed by Pred Polger, Commissioner.
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The
Cleveland Indians
Bill Holland
Linda Darnell
Mickey Heafner
Germany
Sassafras
Pred Polger
Commissioner Sale Published In North Carolina Court
A court-ordered commissioner sale in Surry County North Carolina lists Mrs Gertha Hatcher et al as plaintiffs and Joe H Hatcher as defendant. The sale covers lands in Mount Airy township bounded by Allison Belk and Ethel Pell with Johnson Creek and Ararat river nearby. The deed details begin at a hickory sprout in J M Pultons line and proceeds through river bounds and various bearings and distances to a sycamore stump.
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Surry County
North Carolina
Gertha Hatcher
Joe H. Hatcher
Mount Airy Township
Johnson Creek
Ararat River
Allison EB. Belk
Ethel S. Pell
Fulton Lands
J. M. Pulton
Ararat
C. N
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Lic
Crissman League
Graniteers
Zikin Blanketeers
Treece
Essie
Wray
Hall
Jack Holt
Nixon
Blanketeers
Solters
Charley Hope
Radford Rockets
Flowers
Akers
Holt
Akins
Pet
Eggleston
Kairis
Nan Eeean Ene
Wwwl
Mount Airy Chair
Blue Ridge Supply
P. J. Coe
Marsh
Morris
Childress
Watson's
W. Frye
Stone
Hiatt
Tony Haynes
Ausborne
Spain
Dixie
Chappell
Gene Fleming
Dixie Clothiers
Perry
News City Softball League
A Mills
Mary Gwyn Tie
Galax
N. Wilkesboro
Hamlet
Laurinburg
Wilson
Concord
Jay
Mineral Springs
Leaksville
Reidsville
Winston-Salem
Harding
Charlotte
Hanes
Eikin
There
Hank Greenberg
Hollywood
Washington
Adm
Western Electric
Carl W. Steele
Cli
Nchfield
Stoker
MT. Airy Coal Yard and Grocery
Willow St
Cor
Lebanon & Main
Mavis
Bor
ORL
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Haynes Telephone
Haynes Coal Co
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