Public Pulse Wanton Discrimination in Mount Airy
A Mount Airy letter from T. J. Lowry Jr. on 285 South Street complains of selective town services. He cites neglected street sprinkling garbage pickup and telephone service on South Street versus Church Street near heavy traffic, accusing officials of bias toward laboring residents. He questions police presence and notes election-time attention favors across the railroad tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Street
Mount Airy
South Street
Central Telephone Co
Comer Answers School Charges
A reader disputs a recent Elkin Tribune advertisement, stating he never fired a teacher and did not dismiss four teachers in Surry County this year. The letter requests the publisher print the correction for accuracy.
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The
Elkin Tribune
Elkin
North Carolina
Laffoon
Surry County
Surry County Schools Chief Denies Firing Teachers Over Politics
In a letter to the editor Superintendent John W. Comer denies accusations that he dismissed four Surry County teachers for backing Thurmond Chat ham or John Folger. He calls for a court inquiry and defends Republicans Henry Wolfe and Walter Callaway as not acting with party aims. The piece also notes Miss Beamer, top valedictorian, finishes a 12 year program in ten years and earns a Reader's Digest subscription, a Limestone College scholarship, and superlative titles.
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Surry County
Thurmond
Chatham
Congress
Polger
Courts of Justice
Henry Wolfe
Walter Callaway
Thurmond Chatham
John Folger
John W. Comer
Mount Airy
Miss Nancy Beamer Tops Lions Club Essay Winners
Nancy Lee Beamer, a local graduate, won the Lions Club Essay contest and received the silver loving cup and ten dollars. Other winners were Gray Sydnor, Peggy Watts, Bill Badgett, and Bob Whitlock, with all class winners earning essay medals. Beamer will return the cup at the start of the 1946 47 school year for display in the school library.
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Nancy Lee Beamer
Lion's Club
Gray Sydnor
Peggy Watts
Bill Badgett
Bob Whitlock
Miss Beamer
Public Auction of Property Under Deed of Trust in Surry County
Under a deed of trust dated March 5 1945 and recorded in Book 157 page 268 in Surry County NC Dora Watson and F C Watson defaulted on notes. Trustee John E Badgett will sell at public auction for cash in front of Farmers Bank the land beginning on the west bank on an iron stake of Highway No 52 with a 17 degree west line for 270 feet.
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Dora Watson
F. C. Watson
Surry County
North Carolina
John E. Badgett
Register of Deeds
N. C
Farmers Bank
Property description and deed details in Pilot Mountain area
A legal notice from June 5 1946 describes a lot on Highway No 62 east of Pilot Mountain with boundary paths along old and new highways to satisfy notes in a deed of trust. Trustee John Fe Badgett signs the document dated June 5 1946 with docket numbers 14 21 28 5.
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Pilot Mountain
John FE. Badgett
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Public Pulse
T. J Lowry, JR
Carl W. Steele
Main
Mount Airy, N. C
Deface Fres
Goodyear
John H. Midriff
Comer
the News
CP Ee A
Atla
Nancy Beamer
Harrison Mutual Burial Association
Sales — Service
Haynes Coal & Oil Co
Ore Praon Mk Ma
U. S. Army
Tris Pa Ieee
I. L. Richard
Fulton Building
James Oliver Curwood
John Litel
Joan Woodbury
Bob Steele
Madge Bellamy
Prooklyn
Britain
Late Show
Weagle - Harrison
Joan Leslie
Robert Hutton
Janie
Aes
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc
Lane
Gondip
Dudungramh
Cace-Cole Company
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