Surry County schools report rise in enrollment and new buildings
Surry County schools report enrollment up by about 100 to 7600 with 282 teachers. North Surry High joins 45 statewide high schools with a new introductory vocational education course for ninth graders. New Franklin Elementary and North Surry structures, totaling 210000, fund a five year pay as you go plan. Copeland gymnasium destroyed by fire and Dobson gymnasium condemned.
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Surry County
North Surry
Franklin Elementary
North Surry High
Franklin
Copeland
Dobson
Dairy Show Highlights Dairy Animals from North Surry
At North Surry High School 39 young exhibitors showed dairy animals with about 200 spectators. Judge Fred Knott and technicians announced winners across Ayrshire Guernsey Holstein and Jersey breeds with blue red and white ribbons and several grand champions.
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Fred Knott
Raleigh
Freyd A. Kidd
Surry
Charles E. Earnest
Sr. Calf
Ayrshire
Jerry McHone
Guernsey
Steve Lyons
Sanford Unveils Redistricting Proposals in Surprise Conference
Governor Terry Sanford outlined a plan to redraw North Carolina senate districts to roughly 91 000 residents each. The proposal would realign Surry and Stokes counties, add Alleghany, and shift power toward populous Piedmont counties, with a possible constitutional amendment and a fall special session.
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Sanford
Fayetteville
N. C. General Assembly
Terry Sanford
Surry and
Stokes
Alleghany
Cumberland
Snow
General Assembly
Ashe
Piedmont
Assembly
Reggie Simmons Dies at 35 in Mount Airy
Reggie Simmons 35 of route 4 Mount Airy died 9 30 yesterday at Baptist Hospital Winston Salem after two weeks as a patient. He was buried at Oakdale Cemetery with service at Flat Rock Baptist Church led by three pastors. Survived by wife Elois Cain Simmons and six brothers, among others.
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Reginald
Regie) Simmons
Mount Airy
Flat Rock
Baptist Hospital
Wineton-Salem
Surry County
C. V
Elizabeth McDaniel Simmons
Carter
Renfro Hosiery Mills
Elois Cain Simmons
Charlie
Joe Maye
John D. Bowman
Oakdale Cemetery
Moody Funeral Home
Scouts Head For National Confab
Three local Scouts join about 3000 peers of the Order of the Arrow at a national conference at the University of Hillness in Urbana Illinois for a seven day stay. Attending from Mount Airy are Nubbins Goad Post 40 Bobby Gene Ward Troop 539 John Warren Post 506. All are in Old Hickory Scout Council.
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Order of the Arrow
University of Hillness
Urbana
Mount Airy
Nubbins Goad
Bobby Gene Ward
John Warren
Old Hickory
Another Big Duke Charlie Goins Reported to the News
A fragment notes Duke Charlie Goins of route 2 Westfield reported to the news on a Wednesday. Further details are unreadable in the OCR segment.
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Charlie Goins
Route 2
Westfield
Dr Carter to Speak at First Presbyterian Mount Airy
Dr Joseph H Carter native of Mount Airy and staff member at Mitchell College will speak Sunday at 11 AM at First Presbyterian Church. He is brother to A B Carter W H Carter and W Frank Carter Jr of Mount Airy. Pastor D B McCarty invites friends to attend.
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Sere Faye Tecker Lowe
Pilot Mountain
Patricia Anne Pridgen
Wilmington
Linda Lee Flynt
King
Peggy Joan Brown
Dobson
Grace Reynolds Lowe
Sparta
Wanda Evon Cox
Galax
Flore Jeanette Ridge
Lexington
Grace Merevian Church
D. L. Hiatt
B. J. Lawrence, Jr
Cox
Ridge
Brown
Steven Cornett
Trontman
Martina Memorial School of Nursing
Joseph H. Carter
Mount Airy
Mitchell College
First Presbyterian Church
Carter
A. B
W. H
W. Frank Carter
D. 8. McCarty
Mr Rotary Urges Mount Airy Club to Grow Serve
Rotary district governor Charles W. Phillips told 38 Rotarians at Ray's Star Lite Restaurant to stay active, serve others, and grow. He compared progress to desert travelers finding emeralds in sand, urged pride in achievements and effort toward goals, and praised club leadership while praising a guest for study opportunity.
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Mount Airy Club
Charles W. Phillips
Rotary
Ray
Joe Johnson
Phillips
Woman's College
Greensboro
Scherer James
Rotarians
Edinburg
Scotban Reed
North Surry Wins State Experimental Education Program
North Surry High School will join a state experimental program with an Introduction to Vocational Education course. Selected from 138 applications, North Surry is one of 45 schools chosen for the coming year, with 25 using an individual approach and 20 a team approach.
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North Surry High School
North Surry High
Iad
Robert G Dean celebrates 92nd birthday in Mount Airy
Robert G. Dean of 113 Orchard Revert marked his 92nd birthday Tuesday, a day full of family greetings in Mount Airy. Born near Sulphur Springs, he spent over 40 years as a local butcher before retiring, with sister S M Inman of Mount Airy nearby.
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Robert G
Bob) Dean
Orchase
Dayton Gett
Mount Airy
A. L. Langella
S. M. Inman
Sulphur Springs
Market Report from Mount Airy Livestock Market Wednesday
Market quotations show top hogs at 17.25 with heavy top 16. Cows range 11.50 to 15.50, top calves 28.50 with heavy top 26 and No 2 at 25.50. Heifers 11.75 to 20, cows per head 86 to 123, steers 12 to 23, alls 12.25 to 15.75.
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Mount Airy
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Bill
Lawrence Horton
Pine Ridge
Holstein
Molly Horton
William Johnson
Jersey
Sylvia Ann Seal
Mary Lynn Seal
Larry Seal
Ayshire
Teressa Brickell
Jr. Calf
Dennis Cockerham
Teddy Brickell
Roger Dunbar
Tommy Brickell
Jr. Yearling
Ned Gillespie
Ronnie Brinkley
Walter Johnson
Deborah York
Larry Calloway
David Shelton
Jerry Durham
Carl Ray Durham
Melinda Lawrence
Pibinas
Mike Gillespie
Danny Hayes
Mark Johnson
Donnie Dunbar
Mike Seal
N. C. Senate
Senta
Stokes Counties
Senate
Reggie Simmons
Dr. Carter
Nesday
Goins
J. Sam Gentry
R. O. Poplin, Jr
State Board of Education
Pes Hii
Dean
Rare
Joe Jack
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