This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1973
Page
1
The North Carolina Board of Education approved Mount Airy school authorities’ request for the local share of state bond monies totaling 80 000. Local funds will be combined with state bonds to complete the new South Elementary School. contracts were let weeks ago.
Funeral services for Foy Quinten Hiatt 66 of route 2 Ararat Va were held at Mt Bethel Moravian Church with Rev Harold Cole and Rev Joe Crews officiating Burial followed in the church cemetery Hiatt died Saturday at Northern Surry Hospital He was born February 20 1907 He owned and operated a store in Wards Gap and was in the produce business Surviving include his wife Elle Boyd Hiatt two daughters two sons four sisters a brother and eleven grandchildren Five great grandchildren listed Moody Funeral Home supervised arrangements
Southern 500 truck stop on U.S. 52 halted diesel pumps from 7 am Saturday to 7 am Sunday, serving only food. Operator Norwood Hodge says diesel orders cut 20 percent from Exxon, trucks get 30 gallons max, reducing mileage and revenue while drivers linger for coffee and meals. page 9.
Jay York of Beulah in Surry County has been named director of the USDA Tobacco Division Marketing Service. He will split duties between Washington D C and his Surry County home, commuting weekends. York farms tobacco and cattle, serves as an Export Leaf Tobacco buyer, and is active in Republican politics.
A new self service ABC store is to be built on US 58 in Hillsville Virginia with 4000 square feet of space. The site will have adequate parking and is owned by Morris Branscome but leased to the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Expected opening is in late June or early July.
A 350 driver strike halted Carolina Trailways operations in eastern North Carolina and parts of Virginia Maryland Delaware and Pennsylvania. Passengers were stranded in terminals while drivers moved buses to the nearest Carolina Coach Co. garage after late hour talks.
A 17-year-old E. Elkin youth Ricky Conrad Marion appealed a six month sentence for driving while license suspended failing to stop for a blue light and siren and exceeding safe speed. He was bound over for trial in the January term of Surry Superior Court on possession of stolen goods found in a preliminary hearing related to funds taken from Dr Ralph Cooke in Elkin on November 29.
Mount Airy city schools sponsored a two day workshop at Central Methodist Church with about 300 educators. Assistant superintendent Robert Chilton said the event promoted a resource program linking regular and special education teachers to share ideas, exhibits, and four focused workshops in art and crafts, music, math, and science.
Snow sleet and rain caused the Dobson Christmas Parade cancellation and a 10 a.m. postponement, while the Pilot Mountain parade proceeded at 12:30 p.m. Hundreds sheltered along routes as weather worsened. East Homecoming Queen and other entries drew praise. Mount Airy reports 1.23 inches of precipitation with 34 to 45 degree highs, and surrounding counties saw school closures from heavy snow.
John R. Lawrence, 42, Randolph County schools superintendent, received the Honor Superintendent award from the North Carolina Music Educators Association at the recent Durham conference for guiding 19 schools into a new cultural arts program funded locally. He is the son of Charles W. Lawrence and grandson of R. F. Lawrence of White Plains, Surry County.
Wayne S. Wagoner, former Irene M. Dalton of Pilot Mountain route 1, has returned home to Norfolk aboard USS Belknap after a five month Sixth Fleet Mediterranean deployment. He participated in a NATO amphibious exercise and visited ports in Spain France Greece Sicily and South Stokes High School.
New restrictions bar selling swine for breeding in NC as of December 1 unless from validated brucellosis free herds. Announcement by Walter W Cherry, Surry extension agent for livestock, notes a state list of validated herds and offers guidance to herd owners via the Dobson agricultural building.
Stations operating status uncertain with most reportedly closed or working only intermittently last Sunday. Traffic on US 82 was described as fairly even despite the limited station activity and ongoing conditions.
Mount Airy police logged ten arrests and seizures by 6 30 a m today with details unclear due to fragmented OCR. Names and locations are not fully readable.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.