Elkin Blanketeers Defeat Mount Airy 7 5 in Vic-Car Young League clash
The Elkin Blanketeers beat the Mount Airy Knitters 7 to 5 in Elkin on Saturday night. Smith pitched shutout innings late to seal the win as Pete Gaimbili had four hits for Elkin while Jones led Mount Airy with a double triple and single in four at bats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkin Blanketeers
Mount Airy Knitters
Elkin
Smith
Mount
Pete Gaimbili
Jones
Mount Airy
Mt. Airy
Warren, King and Dorsett
Smith and Comer
YMCA Softball League Schedule Shows Evening Games
Schedule lists YMCA softball matches for wet June 30 and YMCA Church League for July 1. Home teams listed first play at 6 o'clock on designated fields including High School, Plastic, and Vet fields. Teams named include Barber Hosiery Grace Mo avian Ashburn Hosiery Lynne Hosiery Renfro Hosiery D and W Factory and First Baptist Flat Rock and Central Methodist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barber
Grace Moavian
Sealtest
Renfro
Ashburn
Lynne
National Guard
Carolina Lastic
Cam
Flat Rock Baptist
First Bapst
Flat Rock
Central Methodist
Friends Vet
Flat Rock Presbyterian
Aunt Bethel Moravian
YMCA Swimming Schedule Shows Family Night And Open Swim
Family night runs every Tuesday and Thursday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Participants must be 15 or older or accompanied by a parent. Open swim is daily including Sundays from 1 30 p.m. to 5 p.m with no age limit.
Two Await Hearing In Fate Scott Case
Wayne Cockerham and Jesse Lawson are jailed in Su ry County under $2000 bond each for beating and robbing Fate Scott near Sandy Level on June 12. Lawson was arrested in Danville Va on June 17 and returned. Cockerham was captured at Fort Jackson S C last week. They await a Superior Court hearing after Scott was taken to Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem with head wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Cockerham
Jesse Lawson
Surry County
Fate Scott
Lawson
Danville
Cockerham
Fort Jackson
S. C
Superior Court
Scott
Sandy Level
Baptist
Mack Haynes Accepts Florida Assistant Coach Post
Donald Mack Haynes of this city has been named assistant football coach at Titusville High School in Florida. Last month he graduated from Appalachian State Teachers College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald (Mack) Haynes
Titusville High School
Florida
Appalachian State Teachers Col
Haynes Named New Physical Education Teacher at Titusville High
Mack Haynes, 25, son of W C Haynes, will teach physical education at Titusville High in Louisiana after four years on Appalachian College football and a state championship run at Mount Airy High. He served at Fort Jackson South Carolina and is married with a one year old daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone
Iad
Titusville
Haynes
Appalachian
Mount Airy High
Fort Jackson
S. C
Mack
W. C. Haynes
Fries To Play Knitters Here Tonight
The Mount Airy Knitters host Fries in a Virginia Carolina League contest at Reddick Field, game time 8 p.m. Elkin visits Galax, with Saturday night games featuring Elkin at Mount Airy and Galax at Fries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
Elkin
Fries
Reddick Field
Galax
Billie Miller Portrayed As Local Golf Champion
In Black Mountain on June 21 1964 Grandview Court hosts a note about Billie Miller losing the NC Women’s Golf finals to Marjorie Burns at Waynesville. The writer praises Billie calling her a champ and predicts she will win next time despite the setback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Mountain News
Billie Miller
North Carolina
Marjorie Burns
Waynesville
Grandview Court
Black Mountain
N. C
N.C
Grandview
W. Miller
Millers
Billie
Mrs. Burns
Mount Airy
Widow of Roland B. Early Dies at 79 in Winston-Salem
Mrs. Eugenia Gertrude Early, 79, widow of Roland B. Early, died Friday at her Winston-Salem Route 4 home after years of declining health. Born May 10, 1875 in Davie County, she lived in Forsyth County since 1913 and was a Baptist. Survived by two daughters, a son, three brothers, and a sister. Funeral at Vogler's Chapel, 2 p.m., burial in Forsyth Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugenia Gertrude Early
Winston-Salem
Roland B. Early
Davie County
Mocksville
Henry
Mary Ward Holman
Early
Forsyth County
R. B. Eagle
Winaton-Salem
Leonard Weil
Raleigh
OH. Early
Mount Airy
Guy Holman
Peter Holman
Marshalltown
Iowa
Ernest Holman
Oklahoma
Sallie Bolich
Newton
Vogler’s Chapel
Charles Stevens
Forsyth Memorial Park
Six Rockford Street Couples Wed 50 Years
Six couples from the Rockford Street community in Mount Airy observed their 50th wedding anniversaries. The pairs include Hon. and Mrs. John H. Folger 203 Rockford Street Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Frank 240 Rockford Street Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Partridge 254 Rockford Street Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Creveling 241 Rockford Street Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Merritt 162 Rockford Street and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ashburn 132 Andrews Street.
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Mount Airy
Rockford Street
John H. Folger
J. W. Frank
W. B. Partridge
C. C. Creveling
C. R. Merritt
Sam Ashburn
Andrews Street
Oliver brothers spend six weeks at YMCA Camp Hemlock
George and Bud Oliver sons of Dr and Mrs Otis Oliver are spending six weeks at YMCA Camp Hemlock near Waynesville as part of a family summer program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George and
Bud Oliver
Otis Oliver
YMCA
Camp Hemlock
Waynesville
North Carolina to extradite Carl Goad to California
Mount Airy North Carolina June 29 1954 Captain W H Sumner left with J Earl Ramey and Charles Lowry for San Francisco to bring back Carl Goad 21 held on assault and robbery charges from May 12. Extradition papers signed by California Governor Knight. NC will bear extradition costs estimated 800 to 1000 dollars.
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W. H. Sumner
J. Earl Ramey
San Francisco
Calif
Carl Goad
Walter Sides
Mr. Ramey
Goad
Charles Lowry
California
Goodwin J. Knight
North Carolina
Intermediates Head to Camp Grier From Two Churches
A group of intermediates from Flat Rock Presbyterian and First Presbyterian churches left Monday for Camp Grier in Old Fort near Asheville to spend a week. Attendees include Harold Warren, Lanie Clement, Geraldine Monday from First Presbyterian and Tommy Childress, Jerry Gates, Jimmy Monroe from Flat Rock. Rev. Harry Barnett accompanies as pastor. They return Saturday afternoon.
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Flat Rock Presbyterian
First Presbyterian
Camp Grier
Old Fort
Asheville
First Presbyterian Church
Harold Warren
Lanie Clement
Geraldine Monday
Flat Rock Presbyterian Church
Tommy Childress
Jerry Gates
Jimmy Monroe
Harry Barnett
Youth who wanted road leaves training school
Joe Baldwin, 16, escaped from the Eastern Carolina Training School after he requested to join a road gang. He was captured at Flat Rock and is jailed in Mount Airy, awaiting return to training school following a prior breaking and entering and auto theft case. He had earlier been tried in Surry County Superior Court and was arrested after a car theft from Fowler Motor Company and a service station break in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Baldwin
Mount Airy
Eastern Carolina
Surry County
Susie Sharp
Road Gang
Judge Sharp
Rocky Mount
Baldwin
Flat Rock
Jimmy Haynes
Fowler Motor Company
Carolina Beach
Three Injured In Worth Street Car Collision
Three men sustained injuries in a two car crash on Worth Street early Saturday at the Banner Street curve. Ray Ledford 24 Charlie Matthews 23 and Henry Lb Jack McCormick all of this city were taken to Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem Matthews suffered severe cuts and bruises while the others were released. McCormick was driving when Ledford’s car collided head on at the curve. The vehicles were demolished. Jack Hailey 24, also in the Ledford car, was uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worth Street
Ray Ledford
Charlie Matthews
Henry Lb
Jack) McCormick
Banner Street
Worth
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Matthews
McCormick
Ledford
Jack Hailey
Landresses Visit Roanoke Mother-in-Law After Vacation
Mr and Mrs Royce Landress of Roanoke Virginia visited Mrs D H Cooke the Landresses mother in Roanoke Wednesday and Thursday of last week. They were en route home after a vacation trip in Western North Carolina.
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Royce Landress
Roanoke
Repair Now for Leaky Radiator on Dixie Street
Don’t drive with a leaky radiator or faulty cooling system. Let us repair it now to avoid major repairs later. Dixie Street. JACK BROWN, Owner.
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Knitters
Ymca Church League
You
Firestone
TownTire Service
Tire Headquarters
Pilot Mountain
Virginia-Carolina League
Parrakeets
Virgil Jones
Spring St
the Bowery Boys
Manhattan
Hatch
Cartoc
Coor
Technicolor
N. Jerry Bee
the Beilarious Story By
Damon Runyon
Talamt
Aleo
Mack Haynes
E. H. Early
Mount Airy, N.C
Westroup
Hollingsworth Drug Co
Main
Willow Street Garage
Dixie Street
Jack Brown
Opticians
North Main Street
Johnson Furniture
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