Larceny case leads to two youths’ arrest in Mount Airy
Police say a 17 year old and his 10 year old brother confessed to multiple larcenies after a purse snatching on North Main Street. A second suspect, Carroll Grayson McHeene, was charged with theft at Roses Store. Police urge residents to lock cars and secure packages during holidays.
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Mount Airy
Charlene Easter
North Main Street
Cleve James Grimes
G. M. Eldridge
Vasili Beketov
Judy Lawson
Route 1
Ararat
Grimes
Sgt
Eldridge
Beketon
Carroll Grayson McHeene
Germanton
Polio Drive Officers Named by Surry Chapter Leader
The Rev. W. E. Burrus announces officers for the 1064 National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis drive across Surry County. Dr. Carl L. Thomas is publicity chairman. area chairs include D J O Dell Toast and David Worth Myers with others in Mount Airy and Franklin Community guiding campaigns. Teen program led by Joy Baker at Mount Airy High, with a future speaker list and film showings promised.
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W. E. Burrus
Surry
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Carl L. Thomas
D. J. O'Dell Toast
David Worth Myers
Elkin
Clarence R. Lambe
Mount Airy
Surry County
R. E. Stewart
Fred Cothard
W. A. Miller
White Plains
W. F. Cockerham
State Road
Monroe Johnson
Beulah
Kim Jackson
Fritz Booker
Bannertown
Surry Court Term Begins in Dobson
A civil term of Surry County Superior Court opened in Dobson with 37 cases listed. Judge Harry C. Martin presiding. Seven cases scheduled for yesterday, six for today, and six to be docketed. The small claims calendar holds eight cases and the motion docket has 19 cases.
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Surry County
Painter Injured Falls From Ladder in Surry Incident
George Worth aged 45 of 1020 Spring Street was painting a house at 1339 North Main Street near Grace Street when he fell from a ladder about 10 45 o clock yesterday. He sustained serious fractures to his right leg and foot and was taken by Moody ambulance to Northern Surry Hospital for initial treatment before being transferred to Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem for further care.
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George Worth
Spring Street
Worth
North Main Street
Grace Street
Moody Ambulance
Surry Hospital
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Pancake Jamboree Proves Huge Success at North Surry High
Mount Airy Kiwanis Club hosted the two day Pancake Jamboree at North Surry High School. President P. D. Cain reported ticket sales totaling $1,967.50 as hundreds queued in the school cafeteria for the Kiwanis and students prepared meals. Profits after expenses will benefit the school athletics program.
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North Surry High School
Mount Airy Kiwanis Club
P. D. Cain
Olive Named Director of Northwest North Carolina Development
John Olive has been named a three year director for the Northwest North Carolina Development, indicating a key governance role. The appointment reflects ongoing regional economic planning and leadership inclusion for the organization.
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John Olive
Northwest North Carolina Development
Surry County to Study Establishment of Community College
A Steering Committee in Surry County met in Dobson to review a final plan for a survey report to the State Board of Education in Raleigh. The study details current and projected student numbers within 10, 20, and 20 miles of the county center.
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Surry County
Dobson
State Board of Education
Raleigh
Surry County Considers Community College Plan Bond Issue
A county survey shows 563 graduates with 9 percent in trade or nursing schools and 56 percent not pursuing further education. A proposed community college would serve non college bound residents, with a $500 000 bond plan over twenty years contingent on State Board approval and a 1966 fall opening target. Strong local support noted.
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Financ
Curminaris
State Board of Educate
Surry County
State Board of Education
Mount Airy Chamber appoints new association head
Over the weekend John Woltz president of the Mount Airy Chamber of Commerce announced the appointment at the request of association officials.
Workmen's Sets Open House Here
Workmen's Federal Savings and Loan opens its new North Main Street headquarters with a Friday open house from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Miss Jeanne Swanner and clown Emmett Kelly will greet visitors, with door prizes and brochures for guests. Carter describes modern features, direct lines to Pilot Mountain, two way radio to the branch and appraiser, plus tours of offices vaults teller windows and parking. The two year project showcases satanite stone symbolizing the institution's durability serving more than 15 000 customers.
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Workmen's Federal Savings and Loan Association
North Main Street
Rawley Avenue
Jeanne Swanner
North Carolina
Pilot Mountain
Carter
Financial Corporation
Mount Airy
Main Street
Airy
Family Community Relations Talk by PTA Council
The Mount Airy PTA Council will host a two hour conference on Family-Community Relationships beginning at 1 30 pm Thursday Whitfield East of Winston-Salem YMCA will speak and lead discussion on strengthening family ties and community links The event aims to foster broader citizen involvement and is open to all residents regardless of PTA membership.
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PTA
Mount Airy City
Whitfield East
Winston-Salem Ymca
East
PTA Council
Powell's Restaurant Theft Reported on West Lebanon Street
Sheriff deputies investigated a Friday night break in at Powell's Restaurant on West Lebanon Street. Intruders shattered a back door glass to unlatch it and stole between 40 and 50 dollars in change and a ten dollar ball.
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Sheriff's Department
Powell's Restaurant
West Lebanon Street
Sheriff's Deliares
High Winds Strip Area as Death Toll Grows
Severe gusts and heavy rain battered Mount Airy and surrounding towns with 1.77 inches of rain. A Civil Air Patrol plane was flipped at the airport, homes and chimneys failed, and trees toppled. The storm triggered power outages, trailers overturned, and a fatality near Fishers Peak.
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Civil Air Patrol
Mount Airy
Antos
Bannertown
P. D. Cain
Woodland Baptist Church
Woodland Drive
Cana
Galax
Cloudville
Ararat
Atttack
Roy Boyd
North Wilkesboro
Blue Ridge High School
Quarry Family Loses Home In Night Fire
John Gwyn and family on East Linville Road lost their dwelling to a late Saturday night blaze. A passerby alerted Four-Way Volunteer Fire Department. firefighters arrived about 5:30 PM amid a NW wind driving flames skyward. The three room frame house was gutted and heavily damaged by smoke and water.
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John Gwyn
East Linville Road
Star-Studded Mount Airy Parade Takes Final Form
Mount Airy 1963 Christmas Parade runs 10 30 Saturday with Miss North Carolina Jeanne Swanner and Emmett Kelly Jr. joining Miss Mount Airy Jane Davenport. High Point color group and many floats, bands, trick cars, and churches sponsor a 20 000 spectator event along Main Street.
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Yuletide
Emmett Kelly, Jr
Ringling Brothers Circus
Kelly
High Point
Lam Haynes 73 Rites Held After Long Illness
The funeral for Lam Haynes, 73, of 413 Woodruff Street Mount Airy, was held at 3 PM Sunday at Moaty Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Ray Troutman and Rev. Roger Merritt officiating. He died Saturday morning following a 17 month illness. He was a Carroll County Va native, son of Calvin J and Sarah Utt Haynes. Survived by wife Lillie Mae Johnson six sons Carl Robert Jonmie Frenk Haynes Herman Haynes Mack Haynes a brother Charlie Haynes and three sisters Mrs Calvin Jones Mrs T Lowry and Mrs Alvin Jobnewn.
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William Columbus
Lam) Haynes
Woodruff Street
Mount Airy
Moaty Funeral Home
Ray Troutman
Roger Merritt
Haynes
Hig Home
Carroll County
Calvin J
Sarah Utt Haynes
Lillie Mae Johnson
Carl
Robert
Jonmie
Frenk Haynes
Herman Haynes
Winston- Salem
Mack Haynes
Charlotte
Charlie Haynes
Calvin Jones
T. ©. Lowry
San Diego
Alvin Jobnewn
Winston-Saheen
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Polio
VFW
File Adama
Maiden Lane
Claude Johnson
East Lebanon Street
C. L. Scott
Ed Pranneck
Donald Reetor
Financial Institution
FE. C. Collins
W. 8 S. Wolfe
Doris Hartman
Jessie Angell
Franklin
Pat Hardy
Pearl Starling
Wayne Easter
Vera Simmons
Richard W. Reid
Marthalene Davis
Rockford
Lawrence Patton
Flat Rock
Floyd Baker
Shoals
Surry Court
Painter
Olive
County College
Surry Commissioners
Robert 8. Burrus
Council States Family
Frank Halderfield
Route 2
Fishers Peak
Ward's Gap
Claudeville
The
Emmett Keily Jr
Lam Haynes
Rites
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