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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1973
Page
1
Rehearsals for the 1973 Miss Mount Airy Pageant start Monday with 13 contestants directed by pageant chair Don Beverly. Sponsors provide $50 each. the winner earns a $600 scholarship and a $500 wardrobe grant. The event runs August 17 18 at Mount Airy High School Auditorium with swimsuit and evening gown rounds plus a three minute talent routine.
More than five inches of rain in six days floods low areas and washes out two bridges on Meadow Creek Taylor Road. Creeks swell, roads blocked, and crops damaged as workmen replace the broken bridge. Rain totals exceed July's rainfall.
Fifth District Congressman Wilmer Mizell will hold open office hours across seven counties during the August recess. The schedule begins Friday in Ashe County at the Jefferson courthouse from 9 am to noon, then Alleghany Sparta 1 30 pm to 5 pm, Wilkes Wilkesboro 9 am to 4 pm Saturday, Dobson Surry County 9 am to noon and 2 to 5 pm Tuesday, and Danbury Stokes County 2 pm to 5 pm Wednesday.
As retail beef prices remain frozen, stores and abattoirs react to shrinking supplies. Mount Airy markets report steady demand and farmers withholding cattle, while some restaurants consider buying cattle on the hoof to bypass price controls. Dealers note scarce cuts and rising market prices as nationwide limits appear.
Mount Airy’s registrar is Jacqueline Shelton of the City Codes office. Voters must register with Shelton or at the county office by Aug 27 to vote in city, county, and state elections. City ballot post cards contain a misprint reversing city voting sites. those with Rockford Street School or Mount Airy Senior High School designations must vote at the correct location.
Henry Clay Crouse of Lexington has graduated from the 54th Highway Patrol Basic School and will serve in the Mount Airy area. The school at UNC Chapel Hill covers 92 subjects and 662 hours, about one college year, with Lt. Clay Fox noting six graduates from the 34th Basle School.
The N C license agency begins operations in Mayberry Mall to handle vehicle registrations and related tasks. Ruth D Hawks will run the office after completing DMV training in Raleigh and is joined by Robert Lovette who praises the agency as a broader service than plate sales. Hours are 9 am to 5 pm weekdays with a lunch break.
The first bonds from last fall's $7 million county bond issue are slated for sale August 14 at 11 a.m. at the Local Government Commission office in Raleigh. The initial offering totals $1,325,000, including $1 million for school building needs.
Bids for a Town of Mount Airy waste treatment plant expansion, valued at more than $1 million, are to be opened at 2 p.m. today. The project, reviewed by the town consulting engineers, aims to boost treatment capacity by over 50 percent and a summary is to be presented at the 7 p.m. board meeting.
A weekly headcount shows 2360 visitors at Pilot Mountain State Park with 710 picnickers and 783 on hiking trails. The remaining count relates to a separate note about a 325000 bond anticipation for a college initiative.
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