Items

• photograph of Aaron's Place in the Ararat Community

  photograph of Aaron's Place in the Ararat Community. After Willie Bowman retired; his son Aaron operated a place where young people could hang out. It was open on Saturdays until midnight and on Sundays until 11pm. On school nights; it was off-limits. The strongest drink was "Double Cola," and no foul language was accepted. The business remained in the family until 1953. Other entrepreneurs later operated businesses from the building.
  

• photograph of Willie Tucker who owned a shoe shop in Pine Ridge Community

  photograph of Willie Tucker (1901-1965) who owned a shoe shop in Pine Ridge Community
  

• photograph of Willie and Vinnie Bowman of Bowman's Grocery Store

  photograph of Willie and Vinnie Bowman of Bowman's Grocery Store
  

• photograph of Willie Bowman standing behind the counter in Bowman Grocery Store in the Ararat Community.

  photograph of Willie Bowman standing behind the counter at Bowman Grocery Store in the Ararat Community. Willie built this store in 1920.
  

• photograph of Nora Ousley Glover owner of Nora's Café

  photograph of Nora Ousley Glover owner of Nora's Café
  

• photograph of Nora Ousley Glover owner of Nora's Café

  photograph of Nora Ousley Glover owner of Nora's Café; formerly Nora's Place which was located on the corner of South Street and Virginia Street in the area called Needmore.
  

• photograph of the Log Cabin Social Hall of Sandy Level Community

  photograph of the Log Cabin Social Hall of Sandy Level Community. In the 1930s Luther and Willie Rawley provided asocial room called the Log Cabin Inn in their basement. All who came enjoyed home-cooked food; drinks and music
  

• photograph of Leona's Beauty Salon

  photograph of Leona's Beauty Salon on North Main Street/ Wards Gap Road Mount Airy established in 1958
  

• newspaper article "Local Youths Taking Active Role in Improving Virginia St. Neighborhood"

  newspaper article "Local Youths Taking Active Role in Improving Virginia St. Neighborhood"
  

• newspaper article "New Surry Day Care Center Set to Open on August 24"

  newspaper article "New Surry Day Care Center Set to Open on August 24" refers to Day Care in Madoc Center
  

• handwritten explanation of Madoc Center heating system's history

  handwritten explanation of Madoc Center heating system's history
  

• newspaper column Ebony Notes by Marth Joyce " Teen Advisory Council has first meeting December 9 at Madoc Center"

  newspaper column Ebony Notes by Marth Joyce " Teen Advisory Council has first meeting December 9 at Madoc Center"
  

• newspaper column Ebony Notes by Martha Joyce "Meeting Thursday August 17 to plan Madoc Center schedule"

  newspaper column Ebony Notes by Martha Joyce "Meeting Thursday August 17 to plan Madoc Center schedule"
  

• memorandum from Martha Joyce with the Surry Section of the National Council of Negro Women requesting a key to Madoc Center for proposed activities

  memorandum from Martha Joyce with the Surry Section of the National Council of Negro Women requesting a key to Madoc Center for proposed activities
  

• newspaper article "4 Projects in Surry Get Grants"

  newspaper article "4 Projects in Surry Get Grants" including Surry Day Care Center in the Urbana Housing Development
  

• petition to the Housing Authority and City of Mount Airy concerning basketball court upkeep on Virginia Street

  petition to the Housing Authority and City of Mount Airy concerning basketball court upkeep on Virginia Street
  

• letter from Mount Airy Housing authority to YVEDDI concerning Surry County Coordinator James Richard Crump

  letter from Mount Airy Housing authority to YVEDDI concerning Surry County Coordinator James Richard Crump
  

• letter from YVEDDI to Housing Authority of Mount Airy concerning in kind space donations for Title VI Nutrition Program for the Elderly

  letter from YVEDDI to Housing Authority of Mount Airy concerning in kind space donations for Title VI Nutrition Program for the Elderly
  

• letter from Housing Authority of Mount Airy to County Community Action Program concerning poor condition of Madoc Center

  letter from Housing Authority of Mount Airy to County Community Action Program concerning poor condition of Madoc Center
  

• letter from YVEDDI to Madoc Center concerning Surry Day Care Inc. and funding

  letter from YVEDDI to Madoc Center concerning Surry Day Care Inc. and funding
  

• letter from the Housing Authority of Mount Airy to Yadkin Valley Economic Development District concerning space for the Northwest Child Development Program

  letter from the Housing Authority of Mount Airy to Yadkin Valley Economic Development District concerning space for the Northwest Child Development Program
  

• memorandum from Surry Community Action Program concerning Summer Neighborhood Youth Corp

  memorandum from Surry Community Action Program concerning Summer Neighborhood Youth Corp
  

• document from Yadkin Valley Economic Development Authority and Surry County Community Action Program concerning applications for Head Start enrollees

  document from Yadkin Valley Economic Development Authority and Surry County Community Action Program concerning applications for Head Start enrollees
  

• letter to Surry County Community Action Program from NC Department of Social Services concerning grant to Urbana Day Care Center

  letter to Surry County Community Action Program from NC Department of Social Services concerning grant for improvements to the Urbana Day Care Center
  

• letter and petition from Urbana 4-H Club to Housing Authority of the Town of Mount Airy

  letter and petition from Urbana 4-H Club to Housing Authority of the Town of Mount Airy concerning continued use of the Madoc Recreation Center