Bids Sought for Toast Post Office Building Contract
Postmaster General John A. Gronouski announced bids for an improved or new building to house Toast postal operations under a five year base with three five year renewals. Owner rents to the Post Office. capital outlay covers equipment. taxes paid by owner. Bids due July 15, 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Gronouski
Post Office Department
Toast
Lloyd C. Loomis
P. O
Atlanta
Georgia
Forger Nabbed Detainer Filed in Mount Airy Check Fraud
A May 20 spike of forged checks targeted Mount Airy merchants. Barbara Barney, 31, linked via a license, was arrested in Lexington after Winston-Salem warrants surfaced. Detainers filed. she faces trial in Mount Airy for charges tied to the two sets of checks totaling 246.85 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
Lexington
G. M. Eldridge
Winston-Salem
Barbara Barney
Eldridge
Three Fires Keep Firemen Busy Across County Weekend
Three house fires and a smaller blaze stretched Four-Way Volunteer Fire Department crews over more than 10 hours. A Friday night home on Lovers Lane burned to ash with a missing occupant, while a Saturday mattress fire and a Sunday two story Westfield home fire caused total losses. One volunteer was injured by glass during the Loftis fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MD 103
Lovers Lane Road
Dan Pardue
W. E
Bill) Loftis
Lovers Lane
Carter
Westfield
Frank Jessup
Viola Jackson
Jack Joyce
Loftis
Podiatrist to Open Mount Airy Office Next Week
Dr. Stephen C. Lechner a Winston-Salem podiatrist will open offices in the Smith Building North Main Street Mount Airy next week. He will be in the office every Tuesday and Saturday afternoon. Lechner a Chillicothe Ohio native is Ohio University and Ohio College of Podiatry trained and served in the U S Army Medical Corps three years in Germany before resuming practice in Winston-Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
Ohio College of Podiatry
Cleveland
Ohio
Germany
U. S. Army Medical Corps
Clerk Warns on Probate Rules for Post 1953 Documents
Mrs. Martha O Comer, Clerk of Superior Court in Surry County, told local lawyers and the public that the county clerk’s office will not accept for probate or recording any documents executed after July 1, 1953 unless the words Drawn by and the draftsman’s signature appear on the charge. She noted checks in Mount Airy were drawn on an Asheboro bank and two in Surry County, with the draftsman clearly designated on the cover page. The rule does not bar holographic wills, which must be entirely in the deceased’s handwriting and found among valuable papers. The clerk cited the state law requiring the office to judge the sufficiency of acknowledgments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha O. Comer
Superior Court of
Surry County
Lexington
Mount Airy
Asheboro
Elkin Hosts Fourth Annual Fiddler's Convention
The Elkin Jaycees sponsor the annual fiddler convention in Elkin Memorial Park with a rain site at Dixon Auditorium. Over 78 bands are invited, including one from Missouri, for the fourth annual event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkin Jayecees
Elkin Memorial Park
Dixon Auditorium
Missouri
Inaccurate Instrument Records Prompt Probate Delays
The article notes frequent probate delays due to missing required information on deeds chattel mortgages and other documents. It cites issues arising from records not being properly recorded in the clerk and Register of Deeds offices and calls for clearer filing to avoid public inconvenience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register of Deeds
25th Reunion Held By 1940 Graduates
The Mount Airy High School 1940 class marked its 25th reunion at the Starlite Restaurant with blue and white decorations. Rev. Kyle N. Smith gave the invocation, Robert L. Hines served as MC, and guests included H. M. Finch and others. A service honored late members, ballots named 1965 honorees, and attendees enjoyed dinner, dancing, and a diploma replica for each graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy High School
Starlite
Kyle N. Smith
Robert L. Hines
Charlotte
H. M. Finch
L. B. Pendergraph
Valeria Shuford
Ada Haymore
Mary Ellen Lassiter
Rich Square
Earl Sime
Winston-Salem
Finch
William Frank Carter
Ralph Swanson Crawford
Bernard Thomas Grubb
Paul Martin Layne
Mary Louise Merritt Whitlock
Mary Josephine Peare Creel
Millicent FE. Whetstone
Dot Bunker Almy
White Plains
N. Y
Paul Webster
Braxton Turpin
Jack Leach
Rebecca Calloway
Jessie Angel
Jesse Smith
Irvin Gentry
George Welch, Jr
Wayne Greenwood
Caleb Hill
Kyle Smith
Pilot Mountain Police Catch Trio
Pilot Mountain officers W. J. Fulton and James Thomas detained three Virginia residents after spotting two hams and a case of beer in a pickup on the US 52 Bypass. The trio claimed they took the items from Neely's Grocery on Fancy Gap Mountain Virginia. Virginia authorities were notified and extradition warrants issued. the suspects waived extradition and will be transported to Virginia to face Carroll County court on theft charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilot Mountain
W. J. Fulton
James Thomas
Virginia
US 52
Neely's
Fancy Gap Mountain
Mount Airy
Carroll County
Surry Slayer Gains Parole
Edgar Woodrow Marsh, 41, once sentenced to death for the 1951 Mount Airy taxi driver murder, was released by the State Board of Paroles. He confessed to striking Allen Phillips with an axe over cab fare, with the death sentence commuted to life, then 40 years, and a concurrent nine month escape term from Alleghany County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Woodrow Marsh
Mount Airy
State Board of Paroles
Raleigh Dispatch
Marsh
Allen Phillips
Terry Sanford
Alleghany County
UNC Pharmacy announces spring honor roll includes Paul Gray Martin
The University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy names 30 students to the spring honor roll. Among them is Paul Gray Martin of Pilot Mountain, listed for academic distinction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy
Paul Gray Martin
Pilot Mountain
Publication Schedule Adjusted For Holiday
The NEWS will skip next Tuesday July 6 and resume regular Friday cycle July 9. Friday issue will be printed Thursday for delivery and ads. newsroom copy due by noon Wednesday.
Bond sales lag in Surry County in 1965 drive
Savings bond sales in Surry County lag state figures for the first five months of the year. National totals show 22,282,524 dollars or four percent of the 53,100,000 goal, while May sales were 37,971 and five month county total 179,184 or 37.9 percent of the 1965 county goal of 472,590, per G. Thomas Fawcett, county volunteer chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surry County
Tarheelia
G. Thomas Fawcett
United Savings and Loan Wins Downtown Mount Airy Auction
United Savings and Loan Association of Mount Airy received the deed to a large downtown Mount Airy block bounded by North Main Oak and Market streets. The title was recorded yesterday at the Dobson courthouse after weeks of negotiations. The property will host a new savings and loan office with plans for redevelopment and added parking to revitalize the downtown area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Savings and Loan Association
Mount Airy
Dobson
United High
North Main
Oak
Market Streets
VFW Installs New Officers at Friday Ceremony
Veterans of Foreign Wars Claude F Hooker Post 2019 installed its new officers at the Armory Building in Veterans Park. James Leach served as installing officer, with Junior Hiatt named commander and Roscoe Campbell, Tom Samuel, Lewis Chilton, and A L Hiatt as key leaders. Appointive officers announced include Troy Vernon, C Inman, Harold Golding, Calvin Blair, Jack Warren, George K Snow, and Jack Leach. The post has 212 members and meets the second and fourth Fridays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Leach
Junior Hiatt
Roscoe Campbell
Tom Samuel
Lewis Chilton
A. L. Hiatt
Veterans Park
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Claude F Hooker
Legionnaire
Troy Vernon
C. ©. Inman
Harold Golding
Calvin Blair
Buddy Poppy
Jack Warren
George K. Snow
Jack Leach
Two Boys State Posts Earned by North Carolina Lads
Leslie Tilley of 214 Orchard Street was elected commissioner of agriculture at Boys State held at Wake Forest College. Jerry Martin of Muse Avenue was named an associate justice of the Supreme Court as Mount Airy boys joined a full Council of State and Supreme Court bench. The week long program was sponsored by the American Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Tilley
Rex Tilley
Orchard Street
Boys’ State
Jerry Martin
Frank Martin
Muse Avenue
Supreme Court
Wake Forest College
Mount Airy
Council of State
American Legion
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Toast Post Office
S. C. Lechner
Podiatrist
Elkin States
Royce Watson
Portland
Maine
Ralph Gunnell
Wayne Brannock
Zack Smith
Melba Tesh
Frances Chandler Smith
Eva Lou Bowman Millier
New Jersey
George Welch
Frances Haynes
Lee Kirkman
Bill Snell
Starliters
Mildred E. Jones
Rebecca Galloway
Surry Slayer
United
VFW
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