Cuban Refugee Named Mount Airy Methodist Pastor
Alberto Rodriquez a Cuban refugee will lead Hatcher's Chapel Mount Hermon and Pleasant View Methodist churches on the Mount Airy circuit. He and his wife and three daughters traveled from Havana to Miami to Charlotte to Statesville last August 24. Rodriquez has worked with the conference Board of Missions staff in Statesville and will attend pastor's school at Duke University in July.
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Mount Airy
N. C
Lake Junaluska
Alberto Rodriquez
Hatcher's Chapel
Mount Hermon
Pleasant View
Rodriquez
Havana
Miami
Charlotte
Statesville
Cuba
Board of Missions of the Conference
Broad Street Methodist Church of
Surry
Duke University
Rodriguez
University of Havana
United States
Mitchell College
High Point College
Two Town Boards Plan Joint Meet
Two Town Boards of Mount Airy will meet tonight at City Hall in the courtroom. The Citizens Advisory Committee will convene first with reports from Sam Spencer on planning studies, followed by Gary Cooper on study status. Ledford Austin will address public housing and show a related film. The Planning Board will review zoning code studies and set a public hearing. Roy Hutchens chairs the Citizens Advisory Committee. Bowman George is vice chair. H. C. Wolts chairs the Planning Board. G. C. Lovill is vice chairman.
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Mount Airy
City Hall
Citizens Advisory Committee
Sam Spencer
Gary Cooper
Community Planning Division
Ledford Austin
Public Housing Authority
Planning Board
Town Board of Commissioners
Roy Hutchens
Bowman George
H. C. Wolts
Se. G. C. Lovill
Driver Charged In Tot's Death
Ralph Stanley, 37, of Mount Aity route 5, was charged with manslaughter after the death of Blaine Lambert Overby on May 18 on Pipers Gap Road. The boy reportedly crossed in front of a pickup driven by Stanley. He posted $1,000 bond pending a Mount Airy Recorders Court hearing.
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Ralph Stanley
Route 5
Mount Aity
G. P. Brewer
Blaine Lambert Overby
Pipers Gap Road
Stanley
Mount Airy Recorders Court
Simmons Reunion Sunday at Holly Springs Baptist Church
The Simmons Reunion will be held Sunday, June 17 at Holly Springs Baptist Church. Preaching at 11:30 followed by a picnic lunch on the grounds at 12:50. All family members, relatives, and friends are invited to attend.
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Simmons
Holly Springs Baptist Church
Baptist Kindergarten Fills Teaching Posts
The First Baptist Church Kindergarten fills all teaching posts with Rev Ken dren set to open August 30. Four and five year olds attend 9 to 12 daily aligning with public school hours. three-year-olds attend Monday Wednesday Friday 9 to 12. Staff includes Mel Anderson as education minister, Mrs Celeb H Hill as fulltime Children's Work Director, Mrs James Sessoms assisting four year olds, Mrs James McNeil in four year olds, Mrs Melvin State assisting, and Mrs Harry Gilbert as three-year-old guidance leader. Faculty will attend a Ridgecrest workshop August 2 through ?.
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First Baptist Church
Kendren
Mel Anderson
Anderson
Celeb H. Hill
James Sessoms
James McNeil
Melvin State
Harry Gilbert
Ridgecrest Assembly
James Barry
Testerman Gets Prison Sentence
A 14 year old, Jerry Lee Testerman of Mount Airy, was sentenced to 5 to 15 years in Surry Superior Court for the fatal shooting of Bobby Ray Puff on May 10. The judge called the punishment lenient given the youth involved and the chance to reform.
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Jerry Lee Testerman
Mount Airy Wala Chop
Surry Superior Court
Bobby Ray Puff
Frank M. Armstrong
Visit Highlights Jeff Davis at Grandparents' Home
Jeff Davis of Charlotte is visiting his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Lewis, of Kackwood Drive, during a family stopover.
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Jeff Davis
Charlotte
Mrs. J.D. Lewis
Kackwoed Drive
Racing Charged In York Death
A White Plains resident Earl Randolph Wilson aged 21 was charged by Patrolman J W Edwards with willfully operating a car in speed racing on US 1 in the Mount Airy area. The may 30 crash involving Homer York led to York’s death when his car overturned multiple times. Wilson posted a $500 bond pending a Mount Airy Records Court hearing on June 25.
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Homer York
White Plains
J. W
Buck) Edwards
Earl Randolph Wilson
N. C. Highways
Wilson
York
Mount
Church Child Care Center Opens With Department Approval
The local church has remodeled and redecorated its facilities and acquired modern equipment for a new kindergarten. The program will operate under supervision and with approval from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, with church officials collaborating closely to establish the facility.
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N. C. Department of Public Instruction
Mail carrier bound over on postal charge
Graham Walter Joyce a Mount Airy postal worker with 11 years in service waived preliminary examination before U S Commissioner Abner Alexander Winston-Salem on charges of violations of postal regulations. Joyce posted a $500 bond for federal court appearance. A Postal Inspector from Atlanta filed the complaint alleging in January he took money for a money order and stamps for his own use.
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Graham Walter Joyce
Mount Airy
Copeland Man Killed As Car Plunges Into River
Charles Taylor of Meant Airy died when his 1955 Buick left NC 268 near Pairview and sank into the Fisher River around 4 am. The car, just bought Friday evening, was found by an ecrop-dusting airplane. Patrolman Robert L. Montgomery located the wreckage. Taylor’s body was recovered from the submerged vehicle. He was a Pine State Knitwear employee and World War I veteran. Surviving are his wife Faye S Taylor a son and a sister. Funeral at New Home Church of Christ with burial in the church cemetery.
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NC 268
Pairview
Fisher River
Highway Patrol
Robert L. Montgomery
Charles Taylor
Taylor
Filet Mountain
Fisher River Bridge
Carl Thomas
Surry County
Ate
Pine State Knitwear Company
West Virginia
Thomas
Mary Virginia Robertson Taylor
Mra Faye Sinpaon Taylor
Grandson of Mount Airy Woman Killed in Sumter Auto Wreck
Mike Burch 16 of Greenville South Carolina died when the car he rode in struck a bridge abutment near Sumter County. Three other passengers were seriously injured. A rising Greenville High School senior, he was visiting Myrtle Beach prior to the fatal crash and was laid to rest at Greenville Memorial Church. Surviving relatives include his parents Billy and Dorothy Burch and a brother. Funeral attendance from Mount Airy included Mrs. H P Stewart and several Stewart family members.
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Mike Burch
Greenville
S. C
Henry Stewart
North Main Street
Mount Airy
Sumter
Young Burch
Myrtle Beach
Greenville High School
W. A. Burch, Jr
Stewart
Billy Burch
Dorothy Burch
Lifesaving Proves Arduous Task To Swimmers
Lifesaving began yesterday at the Reeves YMCA with 22 students in a mixed class for juniors and seniors. Under Dave Diament the four instructors demonstrated that skilled lifeguard training requires effort, as students practiced face immersion and preliminary strokes before towing a victim. The course runs daily through Friday from 9 to 12, with YMCA and Red Cross instruction and a roster of participants and staff listed.
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Reeves Ymca
Dave Diament
YMCA
Red Cross
Glenn Fowler
Peevy Hranneeck
Pat Andrews
Jane Blackmon
David Johnson
Roxtney Simmons
Charles Vaughn
John Hamilton
Dennis Hirale
Jeffre Vaughn
Methodists Announce Charge Changes at Lake Junaluska
At the Western North Carolina Methodist Conference annual meeting in Lake Junaluska last week several pastoral changes were announced. Donald L. Fisher will lead Level Cross as minister and parish director, coming from Tobaccoville’s Mount Pleasant Tabernacle charge. Alberto Rodrigues, a Cuban refugee, joins as approved supply minister in the Mount Airy circuit. Wallat E. Ryan moves from Mount Airy Circuit to the New Hope Circuit in Winston-Salem district. Robert M. Smith Jr. of Danbury, son of Robert Smith of Mount Airy, is assigned to Smithtown charge in Yadkin County.
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N. C
Lake Junaluska
Donald L. Fisher
Level Cross
Tobaccsville
Mount Pleasant-Tabernacle
Mount Airy
Alberto Rodagues
Wallat E. Ryan
New Hope
Winston-Salem
Robert M. Smith, Jr
Danbury
Robert Smith
Smithtown
Yadkin County
Police Records Show 20 Arrests Over Weekend
Twenty persons were arrested over the past weekend from Friday 6 pm to Sunday midnight. Charges included two speeding and no operators license cases, with single counts of reckless driving driving after license revocation racing capias to Superior court manslaughter operating a car intoxicated and capias to Superior.
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Trevasaing
Capias
Superior Court
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Baptist Kindergarten
Testerman
Poff Ami
Ray Ven Moore
Poff
South Main Street
Puff
Moore
Ainnt
Bobby
Northern
Surry Hospital
Bertha Poff
Aleo
Racing
Copeland
Charles Steven Taylor
Kate Hazelwood
High Point
New Home Church of Christ
H. B
Headen
Carl Bowles
Buria
Moxy Panera
Clase
Methodists
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