Two Mount Airy Men Killed In Highway 52 Crash
A 1940 Ford coupe left the road near the state line at 11 50 PM and smashed into a culvert, then a moving tractor trailer. Henry Carter Seales 41 and Carl Edward Easter 54 died instantly. Funeral services set for Seales tomorrow 11 AM Moody Funeral Home Chapel. Easter services tomorrow 2 PM Old Hello Primitive Baptist Church. Survivors listed for both men with spouses children and siblings. Virginia State Trooper H K Neff investigated. trucker uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
Highway 52
State Line
Henry Carter Seales
Moody Funeral Home
Granville Gwyn
Oakdale
Carl Edward Easter
Old Hellow Primitive Baptist Church
Robert Rogers
Gray Falk
Shorttown Hill
Route 5
Seales
Velma Easter
Carl Easter
Moir D. Seales
Philadelphia
James C. Smith
Route 6
Virginia Seales
Ararat
Betty Seates
Greensboro
George Seales
Glenn Cox
Virginia
H. K. Neff
Hillsville
Voter Turnout Lags in Surry County Primary
Statewide voting returns show Surry County lags in turnout with 47 611 total votes and only 70 for Republican state officers. Incumbents Howard Hardy Lester Haynes and Marion Whitener led county commissioner ballots while Buck White received 40233 votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Carter
Surry County
Howard Hardy
Lester Haynes
Marion Whitener
Buck White
Serry
I. Beverly Lake
Terry Sanford
Malcolm Svawell
John Dd. Larkins
Sanford
Dro Lake
Lake
Atty
2 3 Years Smith Sentenced In Auto Death Case In Surry
Billy Gray Smith a 19 year old from Cloudville Virginia was sentenced in Surry Superior Court at Dobson on two to three years for manslaughter in the traffic deaths of three Mount Airy residents. He received a five to seven year suspended term and a five year driving ban with conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surry Superior Court
Dobson
Billy Gray Smith
Cloudville
Mount Airy
Winford Everett Cummings
Mary Haynes
Trey Lee Haynes
Smith
Nolo Contendre
Virginia
Robert M. Cambill
Mount Airy High Band and Choir Trip to New York Washington
The Mount Airy High School band and glee club, 41 members with six adult chaperones, depart Sunday for a weeklong tour to New York City and Washington. They plan to tour Radio City and government buildings, stay at the Hotel President, and return by June 1. Mrs Johnson and Mr Johnson lead the group with four additional chaperones listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy High School
New York City
Washington, D. C
New York
Radio City
Rockettes
Charlie Johnson
Washington
Mount Airy
Band
Glee Club
Johnson
Kern Harrell
Oris Johnson
Howard Hooker
W. M. Lewis
Mayors Milking Contest Set For Next Tuesday in Dobson
The top official from each Surry County town will join June Daily Month observances in a 1:30 p.m. milking contest near the courthouse in Dobson. Robert Shaw notes it is the first event of its kind, with Phyllis Arrington, the Surry June Dairy Princess, ensuring a fair milking. Participants include Mount Airy Mayor W. F. Carter Pilot Mountain Mayor Brad Thomas Dobson Mayor W. S. White and Etkin Mayor George Royall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surry County
Dobson
Robert Shaw
Phyllis Arrington
Surry June
W. F. Carter
Mount Airy
Brad Thomas
Pilot Mountain
W. 8. White
George Royall
Etkin
Local Lions Delegates Return From Convention
Delegates from the Mount Airy Lions Club and their wives returned Tuesday morning from the State Lions Convention held in Asheville. Attending from the local organization were Mr and Mrs George Tucker the president Mr and Mrs George Bud Snyder past president Mr and Mrs Roy Nelson and Mr and Mrs DD T Joyner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy Lions Club
Tia
Asheville
George Tucker
George
Bud) Snyder
Roy Nelson
DD. T. Joyner
Milner urges MAHS grads to embrace world citizenship
Mount Airy High School honored 115 graduates in a ceremony led by Dr Clyde A Milner president of Guilford College. Diplomas were presented by Robert M Smith with awards by Supt Bruce H Tharrington. Milner challenged graduates to become disciplined responsible world citizens and to shape educational and religious forces for the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy High School
Clyde A. Milner
Guilford College
Robert M. Smith
Mount Airy School
Bruce H. Tharrington
Tharrington
L. B. Pendergraph
Charlies Hennis
Mary Oren King
Brenda Hair
Milner
Dr. Milner
Con
Camille Arrives in Japan as Philip Heads to Europe
Mount Airy High School summer exchange students Camille Combs and Philip Stanley left Seattle and Montreal respectively as teenage ambassadors of goodwill. Both juniors, Camille will live with a German family on her July to August stay, while Philip plans a Europe trip after a stop in Canada. Both hold American Field Service scholarships and join about 20 Carolinas students chosen for abroad programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camille Combs
Mount Airy High
Japan
Seattle
Wash
James B. Combs
Fairview Avenue
Philip Stanley
Mountreal
Canada
Europe
Philip
Morwan Stanley
Grace Street
Germany
Camille
Carolinas
Franklin Fire Dept Fees Due By July First
Residents within the Franklin Volunteer Fire Department three mile service area must pay the 19 annual fee by July 1 to join the department. After July 1, nonmembers using the service will be billed $75. Fire spokesman James Odell urged memorizing the unit’s phone number ST 6-222.
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Franklin Fire Dept
Three Mile
Franklin Volunteer Fire Department
Fire Department
James Odell
Parsons Fot
Odell
Pranklin
Ares
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carl E. Easter
Henry C. Seales
Mr. Easter Was
Carroll County
Robert W
Meckey Lawcaster
Ruby Stantiff Easter
Gooilie Easter
Madison
Grant Easter
Palmer Davidson
Zeb Easter
Harvey Branson
W. C. Webb
Annie Norman
Mr. Seales
Ramey Vaughn
Burnet Quesinberry
Bob Levil
Joe Seales
Eugene Easter
Norwood Easter
Mr. Easter
Rhody Beamer
Fred Brown
Jack Smith
Merton Smith
Ralph Hiatt
Morris Inman
Henry Scales
Henry Carter Scales
Surry
Eleanor Blackburn
Guy Blackburn
Oae
Franklin High School
Pfeiffer College
Eleanor
Franklin
King
Fine Arte Club
FTA
FHA
Guilford
Queen of Hearts
Peggy Sue
Fine Arts
FTA Clube
Lions
MAHS
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