08 Apr 1969
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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1969
Page
1
Mount Airy drew thousands for Good Friday and Saturday as crowds filled streets and parking, with extra police directing traffic. Mayberry Mall and outlying shops reported heavy business and 49 percent more shoppers than last year as Easter fashions went quickly.
The Salvation Army will hold its annual board meeting Monday at 6 30 pm at Grace Morman Church. Captain Jack Edwards leads the local unit and Colonel Gordon Sawyers will be the keynote speaker. Plaques and certificates will be presented to clubs media outlets schools and firms for Christmas season support.
Beginner's Day in Mount Airy city schools will be held on Wednesday April 30 at 1 p.m. All children entering first grade should be registered immediately at the school they will attend. Parents urged to immunize children at health department or by family physician as soon as possible.
Revival services begin Sunday evening at Holly Springs Baptist Church and run all next week. Guest evangelist is Rev Maynard J. Mangum pastor of First Baptist Church of Elizabeth City. He is an ex Marine and Southeastern Seminary graduate active in his denomination. Pastor Eugene F E Edmondson invites the public.
Police patrolman Monroe Boggs spotted Jack B. Thomas 28 an escapee from Davie Prison Camp in a parking lot near Davis Arcade and detained him. A 22 caliber pistol was found in a sack. Thomas resisted and was cuffed. Davie County prison camp authorities later took him into custody.
Clarence L. Beaver stationed at Dobson and serving Surry County is profiled in the Know Your Protector feature in the April 1969 Wildlife In North Carolina. A Cherokee County native aged 23, Beaver joined the NC Wildlife Resources Commission in 1967 after prior military police service and a stint as an assistant manager.
The 71 year old Mrs Mary Jane Leake of Riverside Drive Mount Airy will be buried in Mountain View Cemetery after a funeral at Mount Airy tomorrow at 3 pm. She died Sunday at Forsyth Memorial Hospital Winston-Salem born in Stokes County to James Alex Taylor and Mary Bell France Taylor. Surviving are her husband John Henry Leake two sons John Thomas Smith and William Carter a stepdaughter Irene King Greensboro two stepsons Ralph and James Leake Mount Airy a sister Lavenia Hauser Mount Airy and two brothers Jonah Taylor Mount Airy and James Milton Taylor Norfolk.
Over 2.49 million vehicles were inspected in 1968 with 2,488,907 safety certificates issued. Faulty lighting appeared in 725,648 vehicles, brakes or turn signals in 262,723, windshield wipers in 98,018, horns in 31,107, and unsafe steering in 27,224. Victims paid 2,162,211.9 dollars to fix issues. End of 1968 saw 5,427 stations with 15,445 licensed mechanics.
Funeral services were held for Oscar Floyd Patterson 73 at Needham Funeral Home Chapel. He died Friday at Manorfare Winston-Salem. Born in Surry County to Sam and Mary Alice Logan Patterson he was a retired carpenter. Surviving are four daughters three sons his mother and six sisters. Burial in Pilot Mountain City Cemetery.
Area officers logged 44 new cases at Mount Airy police headquarters over the weekend. Of these, 30 arrests by police, 10 by state troopers, and 4 by sheriff's deputies. Auto violations counted 20 with eight drunken driving cases and liquor law infractions totaling 15. The rest covered miscellaneous offenses.
Crowds turned out across the area for sunrise services despite rain threats and light showers. In Mount Airy, Jim Graveley, 21, was arrested on warrants for larceny and receiving, bonded at 500 dollars, while Grace Moravian Church hosted hundreds for the traditional He is Risen ceremony as sunshine emerged by late morning.
Three Surry County high school students compete for Aubrey Brooks scholarships at UNC Chapel Hill. Jacquelyn Flippin, Diana McAfee, and Edward Radford, all from North Surry and Mount Airy schools, vie for four year awards worth 2800 total. Additional nominees Gerald Hill Martha Miller and Jerry Moore are listed from Lawsenville and Walnut Cove.
Sergeant First Class Jeffery F. Shelton 26 son of Mr and Mrs Fred L Shelton 159 Taylor St Mount Airy has received a Full Instructor certificate at the U S Army Ordnance Center and School Aberdeen Proving Ground Md for completing technical readings and a course series to develop the instructor's technical proficiency.
The Mount Airy Junior High School PTA sponsors a chicken pie supper in the school cafeteria on Saturday evening from 5 to 7 30. Charles Lawrence serves as president of the organization and tickets are available for sale.
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