County Offices to Merge Health Welfare and Schools
John W. Comer, county superintendent, travels to Raleigh and Chapel Hill to seek approval for district boundaries and consolidation of the health welfare and school offices. Aims to save costs while maintaining services with winter relief funding set at half a billion dollars. Comer plans offices in Dobson and Mount Airy with weekly trips to Elkin and Pilot Mountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Comer
Raleigh
Chapel Hill
Comer
Health Department
Congress
Court House
Dobson
Mount Airy
Elkin
Pilot Mountain
Moravian Church Names New Pastor for Grace Moravian
Rev Ed T Mickey Jr of Winston Salem has accepted the pastorate of Grace Moravian Church in this city. He is a Moravian Theological Seminary graduate and son of Mr and Mrs E T Mickey Sr. of 104 Belews Street. The church has 150 members and a Mount Airy granite church building. He will begin July 1 succeeding the late Rev John Sprinkle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed T. Mickey, Jr
Winston- Salem
Grace Moravian Church
Mickey
E. T. Mickey
Belews Street
Winston-Salem
Moravian Theological Seminary
Bethlehem
Theological Seminary
Moravian College
John Sprinkle
Mr. Sprinkle
C. D. Crouch
Mount Bethel Moravian Church
Mr. Crouch
Mount Airy
North Carolina
Merchants Push Lowgap Road Start
The Merchants Association urges state highway chairman F E B Jeffress to begin the Lowgap highway project using the ten million dollar federal road fund. A meeting Friday produced resolutions calling for immediate action as surveys are complete and assurances have been given that work will start within weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F E. B. Jeffress
State Highway Commission
Merchants Association
Highway Commission
Jeff
Will Complete New Shell Station Early
The Shell filling station on Main street nears completion with roofing, tanks, and pumps installed. Crews push work to pour concrete for driveways and parking areas so the formal opening on July 4th can proceed. The plant is built by Quality Northwestern Oils, Inc., and Lonnie Tickle will operate the station after years with B. and H. Service Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Quality Northwestern Oils, Inc
Lonnie Tickle
Changes In Game Laws For 1933 34 And 34 35
Martin Bennett, Surry County game warden, reports major changes in state game laws focusing on license costs and season dates. Resident licenses drop to 60 cents, state-wide resident to 2.10, non-resident to 10.10. central zone covers Surry and nearby counties. Open seasons vary by zone with multiple species exempted. Deer, bear, squirrel, opossum seasons detailed. beaver buffalo elk doe deer pheasants and ruffed grouse have no open season in 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Bennett
Surry County
Raleigh
Surry
Kiwanis Meet Friday Evening at Blue Ridge Hotel
The Kiwanis Club holds its regular meeting at the Blue Ridge hotel Friday at 6 30 p m Attorney A D Folger of Dobson will speak on the program Mr and Mrs Will D Merritt left Wednesday by auto for Chicago to attend the fair and will visit several days in Wisconsin
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Blue Ridge Hotel
A. D. Folger
Dobson
Will D. Merritt
Wedneday
Chicago
Wisconsin
Graveyard sentence for four youths in High Point
Four High Point youths aged 17 to 19 were sentenced by Judge Teague for grave desecration. They will serve five nights each in the graveyard under court supervision from 10:30 PM to 4 AM to study the dead without disturbing ghosts, a warning to others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teague
High Point
Evangelistic Services At Flat Rock Baptist Church
Rev J H Hall pastor announces revival series with Rev O H Hauser from Westfield to conduct services at Flat Rock Baptist Church starting next Sunday night June 25 at 8 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flat Rock Baptist Church
J. H. Hall
O. H. Hauser
Westfield
Building and Loan stockholders meet in city hall
The Building and Loan Association held its annual meeting in the city hall last Saturday night. The old board was reelected with W G Sydnor presiding and R D George reading the financial statement showing undivided profits of 536,695 and total assets of 640,000. Directors and officers are listed, and Rev W E Poovey will preside over a district conference in Jefferson next week with pastors and delegates attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Building & Loan Association
W G. Sydnor
R. D. George
A. G. Bowman
M. 8. Martin
A. G. Webb
T. H. Worrell
G. C. Levil
T. C. Barber
John Sobotta
Joe Hollingsworth
D. C. Lewis
W. G. Sydnor
M. H. Sparger
Sec
Treas
W. L. Sydnor
Polger
Carter and Carter
W. E. Poovey
Mount Airy
Western North Carolina
M. E. Church
South
Jefferson
Industrial Bank To Close Local Office
Industrial Bank announces the Winston-Salem branch will close on June 30. The Mount Airy branch will merge with the home bank in Winston-Salem, with staff and customers to be served by combined loans and deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank
Winston-Salem
Mount Airy
Win -Salem
Yhe
H Bank
A Connect
Bank O
Policemen to Hold a Charity Ball in Goldsmith Building
A policemen charity ball will be held in the Goldsmith building Saturday night from 8 to 12. The affair is informal with square and round dancing on the program. Admission is 50 cents with ladies free. Reynolds orchestra will provide music and punch will be served.
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Goldsmith Building
Reynolds Orchestra
Punch
Large crowds attend church with Bishop Mouzon weeklong
In intense heat crowds flock to Edwin D. Mouzon’s services with high evening attendance. Bishop Mouzon delivers a convincing gospel while Mr. Ralph Johnson mentals youth work. Children and Young People services draw hundreds daily and changes to Saturday schedules are noted for children and Young Crusaders. Out of town visitors and visiting ministers attend throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin D. Mouzon
Bishop Mouzon
Ralph Johnson
Nashville
Tenn
Johnson
Sorge
Mouz
Merchants Gather in Winston-Salem for NC Association Meet
Mount Airy merchants are urged to attend the North Carolina Merchants Association convention in Winston-Salem next Monday and Tuesday. Topics include the new sales tax beginning July 1 and its consumer impact. Commissioner A. J. Maxwell will speak on enforcement and collection. W. S. Wolfe invites all Mount Airy merchants, with a program of banquets golf picnic and other entertainment planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
North Carolina Merchants Association
Winston-Salem
Commissioner of Revenue
A. J. Maxwell
W. 8. Wolfe
Erchants Association
Twin City
Ford Agency Forms in Mount Airy as New Firm
A new automobile agency for Ford cars has been formed in Mount Airy by Louis Tolbert and Mr. Redman, with former Granite City Motor Co. connections. They have secured Ford dealership terms after meetings in Norfolk and are arranging location details and a shipment of new cars for sale. Local ministers also planned union Sunday night services for July and August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E Fords
Mt. Ayrdrgar
Louis Tolbert
Ford Cars
Mount Airy
Redman
Norfolk
Ford Motor Co
Granite City Motor Co
Ford
Public Health Appeal Urges County Board to Keep Health Department
At eleven o clock Monday morning July Ord the County Commissioners will decide the fate of the County Health Department. The appeal asks residents to attend in Dobson on July 3 to endorse continuation of health work amid calls for financial economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ord
Board of County Commissioners
County Health Department
Health Department
Dobson
County Board of Health
Home Grown Tomatoes Mark Gardeners Early Harvest
Mr WH Cody reports a Break of Day tomato weighing about a pound from his April 27 plantings with first harvest on Sunday June 18. Mr B F Sparger has Earliana tomatoes ready Monday. Heat and drought threaten crops, with no rain since early June and a rising water draw at Mount Airy’s pumping station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WH. Cody
Mr. Cody
B. F. Sparger
Mount Airy
E. W. Kearney
Kearney
Commissioners Review Land Assessments and Budgets
The county commissioners met to review land assessments amid about 50 applications for review. The tax supervisor will investigate and report later. Assessments were cut 20 percent with options for further reductions in special cases. Budget talks focus on health department and farm agent allotments. Mr. Folger leads county budget as hearings begin July. Delegations will present for health and farm agent planning. The panel aims to curb costs to ease the tax burden, possibly curtailing some county activities. Mr and Mrs Yakley plan travel to furniture markets and the Century of Progress expo in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Folger
Health Department
J. A. Yakley
Chicago
Caleb C Matthews Dies At Siloam
Funeral services were held at Siloam Methodist Church for Caleb Calvin Matthews 65, who died Monday morning at Martin hospital after a period of ill health. He is survived by his wife Nellie Stimpson, four children Henry Vivian Matthews in Tallahassee and Ruth Stella and Woodrow Matthews of Siloam, and sister Miss Mollie Matthews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siloam Methodist Church
Caleb Calvin Matthews
Siloam
Martin Hospital
Mr. Lewis
Dobson
R. E. Ward
Matthews
George W. and
Nancy Crews Matthews
Porsyth County
Nellie Stimpson
Henry Vivian Matthews
Tallahassee
Fla
Ruth
Stella
Woodrow Matthews
Mollie Matthews
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Moravian Church
Shell
Met
Bennett
High Point Municipal
B. & L. Stockholders
Poovey
Mr. Chatham
City
E. W. Fox
Hickory
Bishop Mouton
Pox
Mount Alry
Mouzon
Ford Agency
MT. Airy
Union Church
Central Methodist Church
J. W. McFall
Haymore Memorial Baptist Church
J. T. Mangum
First Presbyterian Church
C. C. Pearson
Priends Church
FP. Bove
First Baptist Church
R.S. Howie
Rockford Street Methodist Church
M. PF. Booe
Friends Church
A. P. Turnmyre
Harry Binder
Pharmacists
Charlotte
John Redman
Lng
Roy CC. Mitchell
Caleb C. Matthews
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