Miss Davenport Wins Local Miss Mount Airy Pageant
Miss Davenport takes top honors at the Miss Mount Airy pageant with audience cheers and camera flashes as judges name Judy Wipperman Miss Congeniality and announce runners up Nancy Beasley Martha Vatgehn Donna Hartman. Davenport earns a 400 dollar scholarship and a trophy while Beasley and Hartman collect scholarships and trophies. Road to Greensboro July 17 leads to state Miss North Carolina contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kester Sink
Mitchell
Judy Wipperman
Nancy Beasley
Beasley
Martha Vatgehn
Donna Hartman
Misa Davenport
Jet
Mary Oren King
Misa King
Mix Davenport
Davenport
Greensboro
North Carolina
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Carol Dix
Misa Ann Puckett
Weneena Watson
Jewell Lowry
Lena McKnight
Miss Hartman
Miss Vaughn
Miss Beasley
Miss Wipperman
Weekend arrest report shows low activity in Mount Airy
The Mount Airy Police Department logged 13 weekend arrests with five by the sheriff s department four by the State Highway Patrol and nine by the police department. Auto law violations accounted for five cases and liquor law violations for six. the rest involved miscellaneous offenses.
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Mount Airy
Sheriff's Department
State Highway Patrol
Police Department
Whitaker Reunion Scheduled at Pilot Mountain Home
The annual Whitaker reunion will be held Sunday at the home of Gilmer Whitaker in Pilot Mountain, two miles east on NC 288.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitaker
Gilmer Whitaker
Pilot Mountain
NC 288
Colts halfback Tom Matte Refurbishes Antiques as Hobby
Baltimore Colts running halfback Tom Matte pursues a second passion by refurbishing antiques. The star player balances football duties with a hands on hobby, restoring pieces and selling select items. Matte finds both focus and relaxation in his workshop between practices and games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Matte
Baltimore Colts
Snow Sees 150 Million Education Surplus In Next Biennium
Snow projects a 150 million education surplus barring a slump and expects federal state or local steps to fund college education as current high school financing. He supported highway safety bills including an inspection bill that failed, voted against grounding the State Patrol airplanes, and backed retirement boosts for teachers and state employees for those retiring after July 1, 1963. He cites defeats but notes he moved several local bills through the assembly and values prior legislative experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snow
State Highway Patrol
Assembly
Miss Harvey and Roger King Vow Friday in Intimate Home Ceremony
Patricia Ann Harvey and Roger King exchanged wedding vows Friday evening in a double ring ceremony at Reverend Milton Sewell’s home. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J W Harvey, wore a white satin lace dress with pearls. The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. James N King, is a North Surry High School graduate employed at Renfro Hosiery Mills. They will reside at 1408 Rosewood Drive in Toast.
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J. W. Harvey
Merritt Street
Mount Airy
Mount Airy High School
Renfro Hosiery Mills
King
James N. King
White Plains
North Surry High School
Rosewood Drive
Shrine Club to Meet at Ray's Starlite Restaurant
The Surry Shrine Club will hold its regular monthly meeting Wednesday evening at 6 15 at Ray's Starlite Restaurant.
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Surry Shrine Club
Ray
Starlite
Dairyland traditions noted in Wisconsin mill scene
Bread tray crackers and sugar maples accompanied by drinks from a milk pail symbolized the nation’s dairy heritage. Mrs. Evin Moore and Mrs. Leonard Mills awaited in jeans and large straw hats as milk maids, while farewells were said to Bill Campbell amid a crowd described with scattered, unclear text.
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Wisconsin
Evin Moore
Leonard Mills
Bill Campbell
Local Girl Named Treasurer of State Teen Democrats
June Hooker daughter of Mr and Mrs J Howard Hooker of Mount Airy was elected treasurer of the North Carolina Teen Age Democrats at the convention in Raleigh. The installation followed elections with Secretary of State Thad Eure as guest speaker at the banquet.
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Mixes June Hooker
J. Howard Hooker
Wilton Street
Mount Airy
Raleigh
Misa Hooker
Thad Eure
Mrs Dezern Hosts Shoals Home Demonstration Club
The Shoals Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs J N Dezern home Friday night with eleven members present Devotions were led by Mrs Clyde Ashburn who read Psalm 148 and shared a short story
Devotional Club Honors Linda Ashburn. Records Peach Freezing Tips
The group closed the devotional period with a reading of a hymn by Panny Crochy. A report on freezing peaches and summer peach dishes was given by the food conservation leader. The club voted to present Linda Ashburn a gift for making name plates and helping install them. Mrs. L. A. Matthews led the months long project. A bed linen gift went to the Jack Marion family after a winter fire. Clyde Ashburn was named secretary, replacing Bernice Rodgers. Several members attend homemaker week in Raleigh. Refreshments were served after the social hour.
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Panny Crochy
Linda Ashburn
L. A. Matthews
Jack Marion
Clyde Ashburn
Bernice Rodgers
Raleigh
Local Personal Notices Reach Wide Social Circle
Mrs. C W Mayberry returns home after weeks with daughter and family in Columbia Ohio. Guests include Albert Jones San Diego Washington DC Henry Perry McLean Va and John Bustin Winston-Salem. Lamar Jones Atlanta and Gordon Jones Greenville visited aunts last week. Families and friends from New Orleans Blacksburg Des Plaines Des Moines Charlotte and Winston-Salem shared visits and weekends amid travel news.
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C. W. Mayberry
John Fiam
Columbia
Ohio
Hester J. Leland
C. W. Taylor
Albert Jones
San Diego
California
Joseph McKean
Washington, D. C
Henry Perry
McLean, Va
John Bustin
Winston-Salem
Lamar Jones
Atlanta
Atlanta, Ga., and Gordon Jones
Greenville
S. C
Ralph Cooke
Houston Simmons
New Orleans
Mrs Hylton Wright Honored In Fayetteville
Mrs Hylton Wright Grand Representative of Wisconsin in North Carolina of the Order of the Eastern Star was the honoree at a Sunday night reception after church services in Fayetteville Friends were invited to call at the Holiday Inn from 10 to 12 Hostesses were Mount Airy Chapter O E S Wisconsin was represented as a diary land theme Greeting the guests was Mrs Bill Campbell dressed as a dairy maid Evin Moore in dairy farmer attire attended the dairy bar and served Wisconsin cheese with a flag bearing Mrs Wrights picture
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Hylton Wright
Wisconsin
Caroline
Order of the Eastern Star
Fayetteville
Holiday Inn
Mount Airy
Bill Campbell
Evin Moore
Wright
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Gene Frye
Aaa
Arger CernrRy
Penney’s
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Mr. King
Patricia Ann Harvey
Roger (. King
Milton Sewell
Shrine Club Meeting
Meet
Mrs. Dezern
Shoals HD Club
Woodrow Wish
Gene Puckett
Oakland Mission
Ash Hill
D. M. Creed
Uys
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Frigidaire
Hylton Furniture & Supply Co
N. Main Street
Mount Airy, N. C
Car
Stewart
Carol
Pat Stewart
Warren Moss
Blacksburg
Edenman
Watkins
Con
Larry
Des Plaina
Titinaia
Thad Daher
Charlotte
H. P. Stewart
Phil Crawford
Wits
Espore
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