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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1963
Page
1
All residents are urged to vote on a single-issue referendum on whether Mount Airy should have Municipal Alcoholic Beverage Control stores. Polls run 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. with transportation offered by churches. results to be posted publicly after polls close.
Voters are told to vote for only one proposition by crossing the square left of the proposition. If the ballot is torn defaced or wrongly marked it should be returned for a replacement.
Thousands flocked to area stores during Dollar Days on Friday and Saturday as sun baked shoppers. Clothing items led demand while downtown stores, drug and hardware shops drew steady crowds. traffic was heavy but orderly with police aiding parking.
Mount Airy saw two desegregation sit-ins over the weekend with seven arrests, including juveniles. Five women entered Mount Airy Pharmacy and refused stand-up service, then were jailed for trespassing as others replaced them. A second group sat at Rancheman Drug Company counter, delaying warrants and drawing a crowd before officers moved them along.
Officials say a Dobson man was injured in a ladder fall but not seriously hurt. Details describe an incident on a project site with personnel including Alexander and Gall tren 0 ladder.
The Rev. H. T. Hilton of Wesleyan Methodist Church in Mount Airy is reassigned for a fourth consecutive year by the Colfax conference. The four day gathering concluded Friday with delegates Mrs. W. M. Griffin and Mrs. W. E. Jarrell from the local congregation.
John Raymond Rippey of route 4 driving a 1960 Ford north on South Street stopped at a traffic light when a 1952 Dodge truck driven by Walter Davis Creed of route 1 struck his rear. Creed was charged with improper registration and bad brakes. Patrol officer Beasley filed the case.
Peggy Gilley Brannock 31 of route 6 drove a 1956 Chrysler south on South Street about 12 30 a m Sunday. At Marshall Street intersection she attempted a left turn. About the same time William
Attorney Buck Freeman seeks an injunction to force Mount Airy and Surry County to reconsider a 37500 airport funding appropriation. He argues the expense lacks necessity under NC law and cites Dennis v City of Raleigh to question the measure. Freeman notes no formal finding of necessity and urges withdrawal of the airport project funds.
D. D. Atkinson, son of S. W. and Mrs. Atkinson of Mount Airy route 3, has accepted the principalship at Forest Hills Elementary School in Burlington. He was assistant principal at Turrentine Junior High in Burlington last year and previously taught at Burgaw High Fremont High and Star High. A Beulah native, he graduated Beulah High School in 1951 and earned an A B from Elon College in 1957 and an M A from East Carolina College in 1959. He served in the U S Army 1953-55, discharged as a Sergeant. He is married to Mona Scott of Mount Airy and they have three children Sheree 7 Cal 2 and Leigh eight months. The family resides at 310 E Lebanon Ave Elon College.
A 14-year-old Surry County youth was nabbed after a six week police probe into obscene telephone calls. The unnamed boy lived about five miles from the victim and made daily calls with magnetic remarks to a local housewife and other women. He was placed in his parents custody awaiting Juvenile Court trial.
Blake Williams, 29, seeks to pass a vehicle on the left side when another car blocks the lane. The incident involves tag placement and vehicle positioning. Police report no injuries.
No new cases added to Mount Airy police records over the weekend. Fifteen adult Negroes were charged with trespassing at two area drug stores. Of total arrests, 25 were by police, 1 by the sheriff, 3 by the State Highway Patrol. Eleven liquor cases, four auto violations, and the rest miscellaneous offenses.
Opening day sales on the North Carolina South Carolina border belt totalled 9 045 696 pounds with an average price of 40 78 per 100 pounds down 9 40 from 1962. Heavy low quality leaf and government loan proceeds weighed on officials and growers. Prices by grade varied with some gains and losses reported among primings and common grades.
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