Surry Women Sew For England Large Shipment Overseas
Volunteer workers in Surry County completed 1933 garments including shirts dresses hospital wear and infants layettes for Red Cross distribution to England Finland Spain China and unoccupied France Seventy committees and 121 women worked 5125 hours with Renfro Hosiery Mills supplying packing boxes and 200 volunteers lined up for ongoing service in Mount Airy with a county wide organization forming under leaders named by multiple churches and groups.
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Surry County
National Red Cross
R. R. Jackson
A. B. Somerville
Renfro
Howard Key
England
Finland
Spain
China
France
Mount Airy
Reid Jackson
Ruth Sargent Waltz
Motor Corps
G. K. Hale
Clarence Shelton
W. A. Jackson
Baptist
A. B. Macon
Methodist
George Bailey
Jack Beer
Frank Carter
Presbyterian
James Poindexter
Elkin
Mr Grayson Inman Takes Post With Martin Airplane Corp
Mr Grayson Inman of this city has accepted a position with the Martin Airplane Corporation in Baltimore Maryland.
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Grayson Inman
The
Martin Airplane Corporation
Baltimore
Main Street Gets New Surface
State highway crews applied a wearing surface to Main Street from Banmertown Hill to the dry a 9 using asphalt and gravel. The state funds the project as part of the highway system. About 20,000 yards of surface were laid, with an estimated cost of $7,000.
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Main Street
Banmertown Hill
North Carolina Merchants Name Wolfe State Director
At the annual session in High Point W S Wolfe was named a state director of the North Carolina Merchants Association He is a druggist in Mount Airy and president of the Mount Airy Merchants Association The session featured a speech by Mr Kelly predicting a sharp drop in retail sales after the war era and urging merchants to cushion against government action through organization and respect with lawmakers.
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North Carolina Merchants Association
High Point
W. S. Wolfe
Wolfe
Mount Airy Merchants Association
Fntail Federation
Speec
Kelly
Kiwanis to Show North Carolina Variety Vacationland
Mount Airy Kiwanis hosts Ladies Nite with President Joe Jackson presenting the 40 minute sound film North Carolina Variety Vacationland by Mayor Rich ard J. Reynolds of Winston-Salem. The film tours the state from Edenton to Raleigh and Chapel Hill, highlighting beaches lighthouses and Blue Ridge views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
White Sulphur Springs
Paul Green
Edenton
Sandhill
Raleigh
Chapel Hill
Duke
Piedmont Plateau
Geo Sparger Opens Offices On Franklin Street
Geo W Sparger Jr has moved into new offices on Franklin Street at the rear of the Turnmyre drug store block. He handles real estate rental property and serves as agent for fire casualty and liability insurance.
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Geo. W. Sparger, Jr
Pranklin Street
Mr. Sparger
Casualty and
Lability Insurance
Mr and Mrs Rey Harbour Leave For New York City Vacation
Mr and Mrs Rey Harbour departed Saturday to spend a vacation in New York City, with plans to enjoy city sights and leisure time together.
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Mi. Rey Harbour
New York City
Holiday schedule for Mount Airy July 4 closures
Government and business offices will be closed July 4. Banks and post offices shut that day. North Carolina unemployment offices closed July 4 and 5 for two days. City stores close all day July 4 but reopen at 6 p.m. No patriotic program planned unless later arranged.
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Mount Airy
N. C
Savings & Loan Pays Semi Annual Dividend
R D George secretary treasurer of Workmen's Federal Savings & Loan Association announced the largest dividend in 31 years. Stockholders will receive checks July 1 for a June 30 end date at four percent per year. The association reports high earnings and convenient savings growth. Wesley Jeng Wesley Jr. was born to Mr and Mrs Wesley Cook at Westfield Sunday night.
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R. D. George
Sec. & Treas
Workmen's Federal Savings & Loan Association
Jeng Wesley Jr
Mrs
Wesley Cook
Westfield
Woman's $100 Savings Fall To Theft In Break-In
Mrs Otis Deatherage of Plat Rock saved money in a cedar chest and two $50 bills were stolen after a break-in. Will Hodge was arrested and charged with theft and house breaking. Civil action seeks recovery of goods bought with her money. Hodge has a prior record of similar crimes.
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Otis Deatherage
Plat Rock
Pulaski
Hodge
Wild Ride In Auto Proves Costly Spree
In the Recorder's Court Floyd Gant Hutchens pleaded guilty to drunken driving, fined 75, and banned from driving for 12 months. Mathews, arrested on Pilot road after injuring W H Reid of Pittsburgh, Pa, with a total loss Chrysler, Reid treated at Martin Memorial Hospital. Other cases included assault, road penalties, and drunken disorderly conduct with costs due.
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Recorder's Court
Floyd Gant Hutchens
Mathews
Pilot Road
W. H. Reid
Pittsburgh
Reid
Martin Memorial Hospital
Hutchens
Midkiff Hardware
Clyde Alderman
Winston Boyd
Joel McCraw
Alvin Beck
Levi Moncus
Blair Troy
Work Begun On Church Organ at Central Methodist
Work began this week removing the pipe organ at Central Methodist Church to enlarge the alcove and create a new choir loft. Installation of the new organ is planned, but the console and display pipes at the front will not be moved this week.
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Central Methodist Church
New Minister Edward Jeffress Jr ordained deacon in Greensboro
Edward Bedford Jeffress Jr the son of Mr and Mrs E B Jeffress of Greensboro was ordained to the deaconate the first of three holy orders in Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Greensboro Rev J Reginald Mallett of Baltimore preached on the duties of deacons and the path to priesthood Edwin A Penick D D performed the ordination laying on of hands Jeffress read the gospel and assisted at Holy Communion His first act as deacon was to read the gospel and assist at communion He will be deacon in charge of Trinity Episcopal Church in Mount Airy starting July
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Edward Bedford Jeffress, Jr
E. B. Jeffress
Greensboro
Protestant Episcopal Church
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
J. Reginald Mallett
Baltimore
Edwin A. Penick
Jeffress
Jeffreys
Mount Airy
Trinity Episcopal Church
Draft Board Prepares For New Surry Listing
D H Cooke dies after operation at Martin Memorial Hospital in the city. Architect of several Mount Airy structures including the Earle Theatre, he served with the county education board and as town commissioner in 1926. Funeral at First Baptist Church, interment Oakdale cemetery. Survived by widow Daisy Marion Cooke, son Kenneth, daughter Marion Bowman, sisters Pred Bell and Ina Cooke, brothers Will, Gratz, J P Cooke, and Ralph Cooke.
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Dwight Hart Cooke
Martin Memorial Hospital
Cooke
County Board of Education
Board of
Mount Airy
Earle Theatre
First Baptist Church
Oakdale
Daisy Marion Cooke
Kenneth
Durham
Marion C. Bowman
Dallas
Texas
Pred Bell
State Road
Ina Cooke
Winston-Salem
Will and
Gratz
J. FP. Cooke
Mich
Ralph Cooke
Elkin
Mount Airy Patrolman Albert Stanley Tonsillectomy
State Patrolman Albert Stanley, stationed in Mount Airy, had his tonsils removed at City Hospital of Winston-Salem on Tuesday. He will resume duties after recovery.
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Albert Stanley
Mount Airy
City Hospital
Winston-Salem
Local Draft Registration Under Way in Surry County
About 200 men turning 21 by July 1 are to register across Mount Airy, Dobson, Pilot Mountain and Elkin. Dobson and Mount Airy boards schedule July calls of 20 and 22 men respectively. Four missing registrants are being sought after notices were returned unknown.
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Surry County
Mount Airy Territory
Post Office
Dotson Board
Dobson
Pilot Mountain
Elkin
County
Dobson Board
Mount Airy
Florence Folger
Dobson Office
John Edgar Johnson
Marsh Township
James Franklin Rachel
Asheboro
Albert Lee Johnson
Lincoln Tate
Eldora, N. Co
Willie Tate
Group departs for Junaluska from Central Methodist
Eight delegates from Central Methodist Church will depart Monday for a week at Junaluska. Mrs Joe Fowler will drive them to the mountain retreat.
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Central Methodist Church
Joe Fowler
Junaluska
Rev J F Vass to Lead Service at Maple Grove Church
Rev J F Vass of Carroll County will hold services at Maple Grove Church near Pine Ridge on Sunday June 29 at 11 a m. Elder Vass is widely known in the county and draws a large congregation when he preaches.
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J. F. Vass
Carroll County
Maple Grove
Pine Ridge
Vass
Draftee Licks Two On Eve Of Departure
On Mount Airy streets Jarrell engaged in a street fight over a draft eve. He struck Prink Key, leaving him with a dangerous head injury at Martin Memorial Hospital. Jarrell faces assault charges as the draft group heads to camp with him unavailable.
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Mount Airy
Jarrell
Prink Key
Jay
Martin Memorial Hospital
JSR
Key
Recorders Court
Folger Memorial Contributions Reported
Contributions to the Folger Memorial and the Sam Polger Memorial have been received in recent days. The donations are secured by Sam D. Cooke, committee member from Stewarts Creek, and list several donors including Alfred Hirean, J. D. Orwyn, Chester Molder, C. L. Gnow, J. P. B. Gillespie, L. MM. Martis, B. M. Allen, James O Carpenter, O. P. Snow, Mrs. and Mr. Cooke, and A. D. Cooke.
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Sam Polger
Fothorwing
Samd. Cooke
Stewarts Creek
Hirean Alfred
J. D. Orwyn
Chester Molder
C. L. Gnow
J. P B. Gillespie
Also Mentioned on This Page
N. C. Merchant Asso
North Carolina
Kiwanis Club
National Park
U. S. Department of Commerce
U. S. Travel Bureau
Department of the Interior
American Automobile Association
Vistual Education Division
University of North Carolina
Kay Kyser
Hollywood
California
State News Bureau
Apartment of Conservation and Development
Geo. Sparger
Southeastern States
Mexico
Atlantic
Baton Rouge
Plantation
Gulf of Mexico
A i Seaboard
Plantation Pipe Line Company
Standard Oil Company
N. J
Shell Union Onion
Kentucky
Savings & Loan
Will Hodge
Edwin B. Jeffress, JR
Greensboro Daily News
Surry
D. H. Cooke
Pershing Jarrell
Folger
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