Troy Smith Wins US 52 Contract for Added Lanes
Trey Smith Construction Co of Mount Airy secured the contract to add about six miles of traffic lanes to US 82 and connect to the four lane US 52 near Pilot Mountain. The bid was 2,450,427.76 dollars. Work includes two southbound lanes on the west side, grading surfacing bridges and fencing. Construction should start soon and run about a year and a half to complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trey Smith Construction Co
Mount Airy
Raleigh
Boones Hill
Cook's School Road
Pilot Mountain
Smith
Winston Salem
Joe Bennett Receives Eagle Scout Award at Stoney Ridge
Joe Bennett 16 of route 1 Westfield earned the Eagle Scout Award at Sunday services at Stoney Ridge Baptist Church. Willis Overby presented the award to Bennett of Piedmont Springs Troop 412. A North Stokes High School student in Danbury, he has been scribe patrol leader and quartermaster and holds 22 merit badges.
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Joe Bennett
Jack A. Bennett
Route 1
Westfield
Stoney Ridge Baptist Church
Willis Overby
Piedmont Springs
Bennett
North Stokes High School
Danbury
Order of the Arrow
North Stokes Monogram Club
Elks Plan Yule Fete For Underprivileged Children
Mount Airy Elks Lodge schedules its annual Christmas trip for orphans and underprivileged children up to 10 years old. The fete runs Sunday December 22 from to 5 pm with candy treats and Christmas items for attendees. A B Withers is coordinating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
Three Vehicle Pileup Injures Mount Airy Man
A three car crash on South Franklin Road near Snow Hill Drive early Monday injures Stonie Dunbar 27 of Mount Airy who was treated and released. Jethro Martin 58 of Mount Airy faces charges for failure to yield right of way as debris and vehicle damage mount to totals.
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South Franklin Road
Snow Hill Drive
B. B. Oliver
Stonie
Leo Dunbar
Airview Drive
Mount Airy
Northern Surry Hospital
Jethro Thomas Martin
Route 1
Chevrolet
Oliver
Plymout Dunbar
Lacy Eldridge Blansett
Alfred Mill Road
Maye Leaves Flat Rock Church Pastor Post
The Rev. Joe Maye resigns as pastor of Flat Rock Baptist Church effective December 31. He cites two job offers college instructor or clinical psychologist and reflects on a long ministry including a new education building and near term sanctuary project. Maye, a Morganton native, is married to Dorothy and has a son Bennett.
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Joe Maye
Flat Rock Baptist Church
Flat Rock Church
First Baptist Church
Hillsville
Morganton
Dorothy Whisenant
Alse
Bennett
Mount Airy
Maye
Drexel High School
Lenoir Rhyne College
Duke Divinity School
Wake Forest University
Radford College
Flat Rock
Pendergrast Sells Mill Interests
H G Penny Pendergrast confirmed by phone that he sold his interests in Lynne Hosiery Mill on North South Street. He said he plans to spend Christmas holidays with his two sons returning home from school.
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H. G
Penny) Pendergrast
Lynne
North South St
Surry Man Faces Two Federal Charges
Hillery W. Barker, 34, of Lowgap Route 1, is free on 3500 bond to appear at the May term in Winston-Salem for selling non tax paid whisky to an undercover Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Unit agent. He is also charged with possessing a sawn off shotgun in violation of the National Firearms Act. Barker waived a preliminary hearing before U S Commissioner Bradley J. Cameron in Winston-Salem Wednesday. The investigation involved the Surry County Sheriff's Department ABC officers and Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Unit agents.
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Hillery W. Barker
U. S. District Court
Winston-Salem
Aeontax
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Unit
Barker
U.S
Bradley J. Cameron
Winston, Salem
Surry County
Physical Therapy Space Opens at Northern Surry Hospital
Northern Surry Hospital opens a basement physical therapy area with 600 square feet for rehabilitation. Edgar Johnson from Winston-Salem will visit twice weekly to treat fractures strokes and injuries by appointment, utilizing heat massage exercise and whirlpool. The hospital also showcases a crash cart used in cardiac emergencies and plans a future coronary care unit pending funds.
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Northern Surry Hospital
Winston-Salem
John Kh Lockhart
Edgar Johnson
Johnson
South Street
Lockhart
Longap Area
No Influenza Epidemic In Surry County Says Health Director
Dr. R. M. Caldwell, Surry County health director, reports no influenza epidemic in the county. A rise in 24 hour virus and some influenza cases exist but not at epidemic levels. hospital counts remain normal for the season. vaccination shipments targeting the elderly and at risk are being organized.
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Hong Kong
Surry County
R. M. Caldwell
Lions Club Ladies Night Tonight at Reeves YMCA
Mount Airy Lions Club hosts Ladies Night at 7 p.m. with dinner at the Reeves YMCA. John L. Taylor presides. Roy Nelson, program chairman, announces Eugene Nichols of Greensboro will deliver a humorous address on tuberculosis. A vaccine arrival is expected in about two weeks and vaccinations will start then.
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Mount Airy
Surry Winners at Northwest Banquet Earn Top Rural Prize
Beulah community won 300 dollars as best large rural community in the Northwest North Carolina Development Association district. Dobson took 125 dollars for third in small towns. Eldora 75 as rural runnerup. Surry County received 100 dollars for outstanding countywide travel and recreation. Kennedy Sharpe of Alexander County was named the new association president. About 800 attended the Elkin YMCA ceremony.
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Beulah
L-County
Northwest
N. C
Dobson
Kennedy Sharpe
Alexander County
Floyd Pike
Mount Airy
Missing Man Found Dead in Old Cate
Richard Lee Barker 37 was found dead about 8 p m Friday by his wife and family who had searched for him. He had been missing since Tuesday morning and was last seen entering an empty building opposite Mount Airy stockyard on Hamburg Road. Coroner Dr C L Thomas and deputies ruled death likely from cardiac failure with nosebleed. no foul play suspected and no inquest planned. Surviving wife son and daughter and his mother and four brothers.
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Richard Lee Barker
Bluemont Road
Mount Airy
Barker
Mount Airy Stockyard
Hamburg Road
Surry
C. L. Thomas
Thomas
Surry County
Maylon
Annie Eliott Barker
Thelma Howlett Barker
Dennis Wade Barker
Mary Ann Danley
Simpson, Sherman Simpson Inc. Lead Low Bid for County Road Project
Sherman Simpson Inc Mount Airy was the apparent bidder for 9.545 miles of grain road improvement in County according to an announcement from the State High Commission after bid openings. The bid aid will be reviewed before a contract is formally awarded.
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Sherman Simpson, Inc
Mount Airy
State High Commission
Truck Driver Injured In Crash On Fancy Gap
Clarence Eugene Merryfield of Green Bay Wisconsin was treated in satisfactory condition at Northern Surry Hospital for a severe head lacerage after a Friday morning crash on Highway 42 four miles north of the North Carolina line near Fancy Gap. He drove for Pre fabricate Co of Farmer City Illinois when his southbound tractor trailer loaded with steel went out of control on a double eight five curve, scattering debris along the highway and ending on its side against rocks with the hood smashed.
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Clarence Eugene Merryfield
Greenbay
Wisc
Surry Hospital
N. ©. State Line
Fancy Gap
Pre-fab Tre Co
Farmer City
Funeral rites for Howard Barker held Sunday
The funeral for Howard Barker of Mou Airy was held at 3 o clock Sunday at Moody Funeral Chapel. Burial followed in Hollow Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery.
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Howard Barker
Mou Airy
Moody Feral Chapel
Primitive Baptist Chu Cemetery
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Martin's Grill
Diane Atkins
Sturdevant Life Insurance
Susan Craughn
Reid's Dept
Gail Pratt
Fashion Beauty
Hilda Johnson
Alberty Oil Co
Gail Oakley
Dobson Jaycees
Georgia Snow
Style Shop
Betty Snow
Kitchen Ease Sales
Pat White
Ferguson's Jewelry
Sandy Marion
Stanley Realty Co
Carolyn Holcomb
Ideal Fiorist
Karen Dockery
Dobson Esso Service
Troy Smith
Lacle
Jimmy Johnson
Garson McMillian
Jefferson National Forest
Bobbys
Carl McMillian
G. McMillian
Elks Plan
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Franklin Road
Dunbar
Blansett
Virginia
Surry Community College
Pendergrast
Surry Man
Heart Unit
Ltik
Santa
Mayberry Mall
Lions Ladies Night
J. Sam Gentry
Howard P Mills
George Marion, Jr
Max Brown
Elkin
Edwin Duncan, Sr
Sparta
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Old Cate
Inrash
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