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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1972
Page
2
New students entering Mount Airy High School including transfer students and community newcomers must register in the office of Principal Billy Tyson from Monday to Friday between 8 am and 4 pm.
The oldest known manuscript of the Bible was discovered in a convent on Mount Sinai in the Arabian peninsula. This 4th century Bible is surpassed in age only by parts of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Mount Airy News publishes Tuesday and Friday from 319 Renfro Street in Mount Airy North Carolina 27030 It has long served the community since its 1880 establishment Second class mailing status noted here for readers and subscribers
The notice states a single copy price of 10 cents and a yearly rate of 4 dollars in Surry and surrounding counties, while the annual subscription elsewhere costs 5 dollars.
The daughter of Mrs. Cecil Forrest Hennis Jr. of Mount Airy, Katherine Fawcett Hennis, earned stewardess wings from Piedmont Airlines after a four week Winston-Salem training. A Mount Airy High School graduate, she attended Surry Community College and is based in Washington DC.
A reader honors the late John P. Grubb and thanks the Northern Surry hospital staff. The letter praises nurses aides orderlies telephonists Pink Ladies and all helpers, noting the care and love shown and asking prayers for the medical team.
Katherine Hope Johnson daughter of Mr and Mrs Wallace Allen Johnson Sr of Mount Airy has earned stewardess wings from Piedmont Airlines after completing a four week training course at the Winston Salem home office She attended Virginia Intermont College and East Carolina University and previously worked at Hospital Pharmacy She is based in Atlanta Georgia.
Leaf sales across eleven flue cured markets in South Carolina set new records last week with prices averaging $81.94 per hundredweight from 15,270,299 pounds sold for $12,?. Prices for this week are expected to stay high amid strong demand and ongoing market strength.
Mrs. James W. Nichols of Mount Airy North Carolina thanks those who aided her father in his last hours, offering blessings for every individual who assisted during his illness.
Debson service station at Main and Kapp Street in Dobson has been named best Citgo outlet in the state and operator Raymond F. Brown advances to the finals of the 1972 Service Station of the Year contest by the N C Petroleum Council. Brown will compete with other branded stations statewide.
Tobacco officials say the bottom leaf to bacco, worst of the 8 C. crop this year, fetched the highest prices last week. Buyers targeted light low-nicotine leaf hugging the ground per W. E. McElveen of the Federal State Tobacco Market News Service. Baskets down the stalk sold well above price support. top leaves gained only $1 to $3 over support. Over 90 percent of baskets on warehouse fliers last week averaged better than $80 per hundred pounds.
A Durkan County station operator, a native of Surry County and 11-year business veteran, is a Dobheon High School graduate and treasurer of the Mobson Saddie Club. He also manages a Little League baseball team. Married to Geneva Wriagat of Surry County, they have four children and attend New Hope Baptist Church.
Leroy Brooks of route 2 Piatttown reported to police about 12 40 pm Thursday that someone forced entry into his parked Volkswagen at Perry Manufacturing. Missing were a spare tire and wheel and a roll of electrician's tape. Entry was gained by breaking a vent glass.
Surry Bend Sales aims to raise 500000 for the year, county volunteer chairman G Thomas Fawcett said. The effort shows the county's fundraising drive with Fawcett coordinating volunteers and community support to meet the ambitious goal.
A concise reflection notes that government appears to be shaped by pressure groups representing the people, suggesting influence beyond direct voter input.
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