Blood Drive Travels Through Surry County
Red Cross bloodmobile aims for 250 pints with stops in Pilot Mountain today at the Methodist Church from morning to 5 pm and in Dobson tomorrow at the agricultural building from noon to 6 pm. Volunteers and donors receive refreshments from the Pilot Mountain Woman's Club and the Dobson Lions Club. Acute shortages target O negative and B positive blood types.
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Red Cross
Pilot Mountain
Dobson
Methodist Church
Pilot
Good Neighbor Home Extension Club
Dobson Lions Club
Pontiac swerves to avoid car. hits parked Chevrolet
A 1964 Pontiac driven by Roger Lee Pack 17 of Ararat Virginia swerved left on Main Street at about 6 p.m. to avoid an unknown car, striking a parked 1965 Chevrolet owned by William Ashley Kirby 41 of King. Property damage about 225 dollars with no injuries. No charges filed.
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Roger Lee Pack
Route 1
Ararat
Main Street
William Ashely Kirby
King
Pack
Mrs W B Hadley Heads to Bermuda for Visit
Mrs. W. B. Hadley departed Sunday for a two week visit to Bermuda.
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W. B. Hadley
Bermuda
Police Arrest Quartet 11 Warrants Issued
Mount Airy officers nab four youths in a spree of vending machine thefts. Ronald Keith Wilson, 21, plus three youths from Virginia, Willie Barrett 17 Albert Carroll 19 and Larry Goins 16, face multiple charges including breaking and entering larceny and possession of burglary tools. Authorities recovered machines rings and tools linking the group to the crimes. A master key and other gear were seized as evidence. A court hearing is scheduled in Mount Airy Recorder's Court.
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F. R. Ramey
Ptl
Monroe Boggs
Ramey
Mitchell Davis
Ronald Keith Wilson
South Main Street
Wilson
Larry Junior Goins
Route 2
Stoneville
Willie Perry Barrett
Hillsville
Albert D Carroll, Jr
Radford
Virginia
Carrell
Goins
Barrett
James Stevens
Carroll
MccClean
Surry Piaza
Wood
Main Street
Mount Air
Doctor Named Regional Pathologist for Four Counties
Dr. Andrew J Kapear of Northern Surry Hospital is authorized by the North Carolina State Board of Health to perform autopsies in Surry Alleghany Ashe and Yadkin counties. He will work with county coroners and law enforcement to determine causes of death and may testify in court. He has served as a visiting pathologist in multiple hospitals and is married with one child.
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Andrew J Kapear
Northern Surry Hospital
R. P. Hudson, Jr
North Carolina State Board of Health
Chapel Hill
Kapear
Superior Court
Surry
Alleghany
Ashe
Yadkin
Lula Heats Conrad Hospital
Yadkinville
Alleghany County Memorial Hospital
Reynolds-Patrick Memorial
Stuart
Kapcar
Pennsylvania
Mount Air
Maxine
North Surry Band Wins Second at Dogwood Festival
The North Surry High School band directed by Joseph M. Goliehon took second prize in Class B at the Carolina Dogwood Festival in Statesville on Saturday. Bands from North Carolina Virginia and Tennessee competed.
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North Surry High School
Joseph M. Goliehon
Statesville
North Carolina
Virginia
Tennessee
Mount Airy Votes on ABC Stores Today
Mount Airy voters decide whether to permit Alcoholic Beverage Control stores in town. Polls open 6:39 am in North Ward auditorium and 6:30 pm in Rockford Street South Ward. Officials and advocates urge a yes or no decision for the single ABC issue with results expected within an hour after closing.
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Mount Airy
ABC
Wets
Drys
Main Street
North Ward
North Main St. School
Fine Arts Center
South Ward
Rockford St. School
Elizabeth Lovill
W. E. Burrus
R. C. Cook
Marie Hooker
Tom Brinkley
Barney Williams
Ed Clark
Board of Commissioners
S. M.mack Wood
Mount Airy Board Advances Routine Projects and Codes Update
Mount Airy commissioners approved extending a six inch Creed Street water main and adopted the 1964 National Electrical Code for the town. They reviewed financing for a Soil Conservation Service water storage project near Stewarts Creek and approved taxi permit for Lafayette Clyde Leftwich.
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City Hall
Mount Airy
Toast
David Beal
Lafayette Clyde Leftwich
Take A New Approach Speaker Tells Teachers
Dr. Kenneth Newbold urged a new partnership with state officials to fund education, calling for targeted spending and early grade focus to reduce later dropouts. He warned against repeated biennial lobbying and urged less cloistering and more real world education. Mount Airy High students performed at the Blu-Vue Restaurant. Supt. Tharrington introduced the speaker and new NCEA unit officers were installed.
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Mount Airy Ncea
General Assembly
NCEA
Verona West
Annie Thomas
Gladys Bailey
Helen Gardner
Eddie Patterson
Mount Airy
Dr. Newbold
Weekend Arrest Totals at Mount Airy Police
Mount Airy police headquarters logged 28 new cases over the past weekend. Of these, ten arrests were by policemen, nine by deputies, and nine by troopers. Auto law infractions totaled 15, including 13 drunken driving cases and five liquor-law infractions. The remainder covered miscellaneous offenses.
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Mount Airy
Court Term Slated for Surry Superior Court May 5
A two week term of Surry Superior Court for criminal cases is set to begin May 5 in Dobson. Over 200 cases appear on the trial calendar plus 13 on the sei fa.
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Surry
Stolen Auto Found In Pilot Mountain Arrests Made
A car stolen from the Heli day Inn at Pilot Mountain was recovered after Deputy T G Manuel spotted it on Dodson Mill Road. Three youths fled. Paul Phillip Gwyn 16 and William Keith Puckett 16 were arrested at a Mr Thompson home on Dodson Mill Road. A juvenile was cited to court. The car was returned to its owner.
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Heliday Inn
Pilot Mountain
T. G. Manuel
Dodson Mill Road
Manuel
Jim Taylor
Paul Phillip Gwyn
Route 1
Mount Airy
Mr. Thompson
Four Men Charged in Pilot Mountain Policemen Murder
The list of cases includes four men charged with murdering two Pilot Mountain policemen in February. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Westmoreland of North Main Street are patients at Northern Surry Hospital with Mr. Westmoreland in critical condition and Mrs. Westmoreland satisfactory.
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Pilot Mountain
Homer Westmoreland
North Main Street
Northern Surry Hospital
Westmoreland
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Surry County
Phernalia
Ptl F. R. Ramey
R. C. Haymore
Mount Airy Recorder's Court
Dr. Kapear
Kenneth Newbold
Greensboro
Alcoholic Beverage Control Election
Alcoholic Beverage Control
William Keith Puckett
Thompson
Fuckett
Taylor
Puckett
J. W. Crissman
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