Eisenhower Wins Big in Nation and North Carolina
A landslide national victory for Dwight D. Eisenhower with 442 electoral votes and 39 states led to Republican gains in Congress. North Carolina backed Adlai Stevenson in a close race at the state level, while national results signaled unity and a peaceful transition as Truman prepared to hand over the presidency.
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VFW Auxiliary Plans Poppy Day Sale Saturday
Mrs Henry Johnson president of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, post 201%, announced that Buddy Poppy Day proceeds will fund veteran welfare in the city. A large group of workers will sell poppies this Saturday to support disabled veterans and their families.
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Henry Johnson
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Johnson
Congress
Veterans Administration
Central Telephone raises rates for Mount Airy area
The State Utilities Commission approved a $140 680 annual rate increase for Central Telephone Company customers in Mount Airy Surry County and other listed exchanges. Commissioner Harry T Weatcott called the move necessary and just and reasonable. Central operates exchanges in Asheboro Biscoe Boonville Can dor Dobson Elkin Leaksville Spray Mocksville Mount Airy Mt Gilead North Wilkesboro Pilot Mountain Ramseur Roaring Gap Seagrove Sparta Troy West End West Jefferson Yadkinville.
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Surry County
Central Telephone Company
State Utilities Commission
Central
Harry T. Weatcott
Asheboro
Biscoe
Boonville
Candor
Dobson
Elkin
Leaksville- Spray
Mocksville
Mt. Gilead
North Wilkesboro
Cable Firm Buys Surry Dairies in Mount Airy
Cable Dairies of Lexington purchased Surry Dairies in Mount Airy and began operating the plant last Saturday. The plant, run for fifteen years by W. J. Shuford, will keep existing staff and add refrigerated trucks. The site becomes a distribution center for Cable products in the area.
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Cable Dairies of
Lexington
Surry Dairies
Mount Airy
W. J. Shuford
Dobson Men Arrested For Stealing Chairs
Two Dobson men were arrested Wednesday night for stealing porch chairs from a local home. Columbus Wesley Branch aged 16 and Robert Milton Johnson aged 4 are charged with taking two chairs from H. L. Forbis on Willow Street. They were released on bond.
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Dobson
T. J. Hale
Columbus Wesley Branch
Robert Milton Johnson
H. L. Forbis
Willow Street
Jury Rules Dickerson Insane in Murder Case
A 12 member jury in Dobson found C Ed Dickerson of Mount Airy insane and unable to manage his affairs after a sanity hearing. He is charged with murdering his wife and will be sent to the State Hospital at Morganton. The verdict followed witnesses and doctors declaring schizophrenia and long-term insanity. The case arose from a petition by the defendant’s brother S H Dickerson, with suit by Will Taylor administrator against Dickerson.
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C. Ed Dickerson
Mount Airy
Dickerson
State Hospital
Morganton
Kermitt Lawrence
Ralph Scott
Danbury
H. O. Woltz
Howard O. Woltz
Fred Folger
Fred Folger, Jr
Bowman School of Medicine
Winston- Salem
Forsyth County
Lloyd J. Thompson
Richard C. Proctor
Johnnie Collins
Collins
Negro murderer to be returned to Mount Airy
Sheriff Sam C. Patterson and Captain W H Sumner will travel to Chicago to pick up Levi Sawyer a local Negro accused of murder and held on a fugitive from arrest warrant Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson signed extradition papers Sawyer allegedly beat Willie Moore to death with a cue stick in a pool room in August 1951 FBI notified local police Sawyer was captured in Chicago and agreed to extradition, he will be jailed in Mount Airy for a preliminary hearing likely Monday.
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Mount Airy
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Chicago
Ilinois
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Illinois
Adlai Stevenson
Sawyer
North Carolina
Willie Moore
FBI
Ralph Scott
Danbury
Patterson
Sumner
Earl Ramey
Recorder'’s Court
Surry Men Tried In Federal Court
In Winston Salem on the fall term opener Judge Wilson Warlick presided. Fred Thomas Payne and Fred Lee Berrier received four and three year federal sentences for transporting a stolen truck to Virginia and back in separate vehicles. Other defendants faced internal revenue and postal law charges with fines, suspensions, or probations in the same session.
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Surry County
Winston- Salem
U.S. District Court
Wilson Warlick
Newton
Johnson J. Hayes
Wilkesboro
Fred Thomas Payne
Fred Lee Berrier
Mount Airy
Payne
U. S. Reformatory
Petersburg
Berrier
Ashland
Pulaski
James Arlise Dowell
Rufus Jarrell
Longap
Route 1
Roy Brannock
Banquet at Grace Moravian Church Honors Men
The Ladies Auxiliary of Grace Moravian Church held a Friday 6:30 p.m. banquet in the church basement honoring the men and young men of the congregation. Robert M. Smith was guest speaker on political topics. Rev. H. B. Johnson led a quiz program.
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Grace Moravian Church
Robert M. Smith
H. B. Johnson
Escapees Seized by Hillsville Officer
Three escaped convicts from Road Camp 23 in Halifax County were captured in Hillsville Virginia on Friday morning by Police Officer L. E. Jenkins. The men Harvey Owen Denson Sidney Allen and Tate Lee Hamilton were returned to the camp after the arrest following a pursuit along Route 58.
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Halifax County
Hillsville
L. E. Jenkins
Harvey Owen Denson
Sidney Allen
Tate Lee Hamilton
Jenkins
Junior Woman's Club Bazaar Set for December Two
Mount Airy juniors announce a Christmas bazaar at the Y on December 2 to aid the needy. The sale features baked goods, handmade gifts, novelty ties, wrapping supplies, stocking fillers, stuffed animals, and doll clothing crafted by members to help holiday shopping and mess-free meals.
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Mount Airy
Warehouses To Close Tuesday
The eight tobacco warehouses in Mount Airy close for the day next Tuesday and reopen Wednesday morning with sales as usual. The holiday observes Armistice Day. All three Mount Airy banks will be closed along with many local offices and county government agencies.
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Mount Airy
Couple Suffer Heart Attacks at Baptist Hospital
While visiting her husband at Baptist Hospital last Friday Mrs. C. F. Hennis Sr. suffered a heart attack and is in critical condition. Her husband remains hospitalized with an unchanged condition.
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Baptist Hospital
C. F. Hennis, Sr
Mr. Hennis
Two Mount Airy Teens Arrested for Disorderly Conduct
Dwain Ottis Angel 17 of route 4 and Billy James Hodges 18 of route 3 were arrested Saturday night at Center Theater Owl Show by Patrolman J B Howell. The pair faced disorderly conduct charges, a longtime theater disturbance issue. They were released after posting 50 dollar bonds.
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Mount Airy
Dwain Ottis Angel
Route 4
Billy James Hodges
Route 3
Center Theater
Owl Show
J. B. Howell
Muffler Violator Arrested Here By Patrolman Rhyne
Allen C. Robertson a 17 year old visitor was arrested by Patrolman J P Rhyne for having no muffler on his car Saturday afternoon at two o clock. He was released on a 50 dollar bond and will be tried in Recorder's Court this week.
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Allen C. Robertson
J. P. Rhyne
Robertson
Recorder’s Court
Tar Heels See South as Two-Party Shift Debate
Democrats say Eisenhower's strong southern showing does not signal a durable two party system in Dixie while Republicans hail it as a crack in the South's Democratic stronghold. North Carolina totals show Stevenson leading and Eisenhower within 100000 votes of about 1.1 million cast as state canvasses proceed. Jones defeats incumbent Jones to elect the first Republican congressman since 1928 in the 10th District. Governor Umstead sees no major rise in Republican strength.
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Eisenhower
South
Dixie
Adlai Stevenson
North Carolina
Charles Raper Jones
Hamilton C. Jones
Stevenson
State Board of Elections
Raleigh
William B. Umstead
Durham
Pfeiffer College Student Visits With Parents
Jimmy Patterson, a Pfeiffer College student in Misenheimer, spent the weekend visiting with his parents.
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Jimmy Patterson
Pfeiffer College
Misenheimer
Surry County Stays Democratic in High Turnout Election
In the 15,800 vote county tally, Stevenson narrowly beats Eisenhower 8,205 to 7,505 as Democrats win key local offices. Mount Airy No 3 favored Eisenhower, but results from all 18 precincts showed Stevenson carrying the county by midnight. Democratic wins include State Senate, State House, Register of Deeds, and County Commissioners.
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Fire House
Stevenson
Ike
Constable
Surry County
Fiszenhower-Stevenson
Surry
Eisenhower
Dobson
Senate
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Umstead
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Congress
Chatham
State Senate
Marshall
Fowler
Hiatt
Shinault
Coe
Smith
Snow
Love
Bryant
Hutchens
Woman Candidate Elected To State House From Stokes
Grace Taylor Rodenbaugh, a Democratic winner from Stokes County, becomes the first woman seated in the State House in years. Her election may disrupt floor recognition routines as lawmakers adjust to addressing "the madam from Stokes" and the shift from "the gentleman from Stokes."
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Stokes
State House of Representatives
Grace Taylor Rodenbaugh
Stokes County
Local Visitors From Pigeon Cove and Gardner Webb Students
Miss Bessie McKellar of Pigeon Cove Massachusetts visits her brother Donald McKellar and relatives here, a former Quarry Road resident now living in Massachusetts. Bill Scott Stanley Rose and Bobby Estes, Gardner Webb College students in Boiling Springs, spent the weekend with their parents.
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Bessie McKellar
Pigeon Cove
Mass
Donald McKellar
Quarry Road
Miss McKellar
Massachusetts
Bill Scott
Stanley Rose
Bobby Estes
Gardner Webb College
Boiling Springs
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