Juvenile Suspect Tied to Mayberry Mall Theft Case
Mount Airy police and sheriff deputies cracked the case after an early Friday theft at W T Grant in Mayberry Mall. An estimated 2000 dollars worth of guns tapes recorders radios stereos tools and wrenches were reported stolen. By Saturday noon a 16 year old Mount Airy juvenile was arrested and a warrant issued after detectives secured more evidence.
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W T Grant Company
Mayberry
Mount Airy
Sheriff's Department
Local youths linked to store break in and thefts
Mount Airy police report a 17 year old Bannertown resident Bobby Kay Wright charged with breaking and entering larceny and receiving in a store burglary. Officers recovered several items and two tape recorders at Wrights home while two rifles remain missing. Investigators pursue warrants for a third youth as 1,224 park visitors included 38 picnickers and 6 hikers at Pilot Mountain State Park.
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Bannertown
Bobby Kay Wright
Wright
Drr Armstrong
Mount Airy
Pilot Mountain State Park
Auto motorcycle collision claims rider in Pinnacle
A fatal mishap occurred when a auto and a motorcycle collided injuring Douglas Leon Nelson 3 of route 2 Pinnacle. He was the rider of a 1971 Harley Davidson.
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Douglas Leon Nelson
Pinnacle
Bloodmobile marks second day of donor drive in Veterans Park
Red Cross from the Charlotte regional center runs a two day blood collection at Veterans Park aiming to exceed 300 pints. Donor eligibility expands due to long gap since last unit visit. O negative, B positive and B negative are in short supply. County totals lag behind, with Surry residents at 1 061 pints and 933 pints donated this fiscal year. Emergency weather and crash reports are included with a separate item on a fatal motorcycle collision near Pilot Mountain involving Nelson and Needham, and funeral arrangements for Nelson noted.
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Red Cross
Charlotte Regional Center
Veterans Park
Granite City
Surry
Old Mount Airy Gym Demolition Set After Condemnation
The Mount Airy school board will raze the condemned old gym in three weeks after approving four demolition bids led by Virginia Carolina Paving Co at 5975 dollars. Demolition starts Friday and should finish this month, paving way for a new gym by Thanksgiving 1973.
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Mount Airy
Supt . H. Tharrington
Virginia - Carolina Paving Company
Tharrington
Town to Lose 61 Man Facility as TexElastic Moves Work
About 61 local employees of TexElastic Corporation will lose their Mount Airy plant operations by December as the facility closes and production moves to Archdale. The Archdale plant will absorb all machinery to improve space use and reduce costs while offering jobs to local workers, though the 11 hour drive may deter many from transferring.
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Carolina Elastic Company
Teaklastic Corporation
US Bypass
Ariington Street
Archdale
Wayne Lackey
TexElastic
Mount Airy
Lackey
TexElastic Corporation
Raeford
Teens face multiple charges in car crash fleeing cruiser
In Surry District Court two area teens, Benny Ray Haynes 18 and Donald Kay Akers 16, face charges after a late Sunday incident where a police cruiser was struck by a fleeing Simca. The car wrecked on South Street near Franklin Street and was found abandoned near Pine State Knitwear. Haynes is charged with driving with license revoked, operating while intoxicated, failing to display blue lights, public drunkenness, and allowing an unlicensed person to operate a vehicle. Akers faces unspecified charges. No injuries reported and about 150 dollars in damage. Both must appear in court.
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J S
Beck) Edwards
Chevrolet
Brenda Whitaker Needham
Pilot Mountain
Carson Street
Nelson
Needham
Northern
Surry Hospital
Edwards
Stokes County
Woodrow W
Matilda Lawson Nelson
R. J. Reynolds Industries
Winston- Salem
Joan Sams Nelson
Dandra Annette Nelson
Surry District Court
Roger Lee Reeves
Mount Airy
David Gardner
West Virginia Street
Pirates Inn
Mayberry Mall
Benny Ray Haynes
Donald Kay Akers
Mount Airyom
Haynes
Haynes and
Akers
Final Rites Held For Local Barber Elmer Timmons
Elmer Columbus Timmons 55 of Mount Airy died Friday after a long illness at Forsyth Memorial Hospital Winston-Salem. Funeral services were held Sunday at Moody Funeral Chapel with Masonic burial at Oakdale Cemetery. He owned Timmons Barber Shop and was a member of Flat Rock Baptist Church and Granite Lodge 322 AF and AM. He is survived by his mother Liszie Moser two sisters and a daughter and a son.
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Elmer Columbus Timmons
Mount Airy
Flat Rock
Forsyth Memorial Hospital
Winston-Salem
Moody Funeral Chapel
Oakdale
Boyd Hopkins
Flat Rock Baptist Church
Grand Lodge of North Carolina Masons
Mr Timmons
Surry County
Walter and
Liszie Midkiff Timmons
Granite Lodge
Mount Airy Kiwanis Host Christmas Party Tonight
The Mount Airy Kiwanis Club holds its annual Christmas party and ladies night at 6 30 PM at the Mount Airy Elks Lodge. A buffet dinner will be served and all members wives and guests are urged to be on time.
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Mount Airy
Elkin Airport Manager Named David C Dickson Jr
Retired Air Force Major David C Dickson Jr. is appointed manager of Elkin Air Service Inc. to fill the vacancy after the retirement of former manager Dale.
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Elkin Air
David C. Dickson, Jr
Air Force
Elkin Air Service, Inc
Dale
Baptists Build Parsonage and Office in Surry Association
Welch Road site chosen for a 1800 square foot parsonage and 32 by 38 foot office building to house the superintendent of missions and conference room. Charlie Craughn of Dobson is contractor. project funded by association and member churches with a $62 700 budget. Lonnie Brown chairs construction planning following crowded parsonage on North Street. Completion set for next spring.
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Welch Road
Surry Baptist Association
Charlie Craughn
Dobson
Association
Surry Association
Superin
North Street
Oren Bradley
Two Local Hosiery Mills Plan Merger
Renfro Hosiery Mills Co and Barber Hosiery Mills Inc announce a merger plan approved by both boards and pending stockholder approval. If approved Barber stockholders would trade Barber shares for Renfro stock with the merger to take effect January. Both firms, based in Mount Airy since 1920 and 1938 respectively, employ about 950 workers and supply socks to national chains as they coordinate plants and expand operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renfro Hosiery Mills Co
Barber Hosiery Mills, Inc
Barber
Renfro
Robert E Merritt
Claude L. Speight
Mount Airy
Sun Blind Driver Crashes Car on Durham Street
A driver blinded by the morning sun struck a parked car about 7:30 am Sunday on Durham Street near the Marshall Street intersection. Sermac Lester Jones Sr., 18, of S14 Willow Street, operator of a 1882 Plymouth, was not injured when his car hit a parked 1967 Plym.
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Durham Street
Marshall Street
Sermac
Lester Jones, Sr
S14
Willow Street
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Armstrong
Danny Wood
Fritz Booker
Armatrong
W T. Grant
Pany
Danbury
William Nelson
Denbury
Coz
Horne
Hardbank
Hammer
South Street
Franklin Street
Heeves
Gardner
Ed Pine State Knitwear
E. C. Timmons
Kiwanis Meeting
Baptists
Lonnie Brown i
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