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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1972
Page
1
A smoldering blaze destroyed the condemned Mount Airy high school gymnasium a day after Virginia Carolina Paving Co began dismantling it for a new facility. Firefighters contained the fire as demolition crews and school staff watched, losing salvaged equipment and belongings in the blaze.
Rumors spread over the weekend that Sheriff Jim Taylor and Donald Benson of Williams Chevrolet are in line for state appointments in Raleigh. Benson is linked to a District Highway Commissioner post or a State agency job, while Taylor says he would consider offers after family discussion, though he is content as sheriff for now.
The Franklin Volunteer Fire Department will hand out free Christmas treats to Franklin district children starting at 9 am on Sunday at the fire department. Firemen will fund the project themselves and Santa will visit the firehouse during the day as part of the community effort.
Members of First Presbyterian Church will present their annual Christmas cantata and Gift Service Sunday at 5 p.m. under Sands Beam's direction. The service highlights offerings to retired ministers, missionaries, and wives and children, with gifts and a candlelight service concluding the event. Public invited.
The funeral of Mrs Rosetta Key Marsh 88 widow of J W Marsh of Ararat was held at Mount Zion Baptist Church. She died Saturday at Northern Surry Hospital. Born in Surry County to John and Sallie Hiatt Key she left five daughters and two sons as survivors.
Funeral services for Ernest Linwood Brown 96 of Mount Airy were held at Salem United Methodist Church where he was a longtime member. The retired tobacco warehouseman received an honorary life membership at Salem United Methodist Church. Surviving are three daughters and two sons with burial in the church cemetery.
James Sollie Patterson aged 91 of Winston-Salem died Sunday at Forsyth Memorial Hospital. Funeral services are 11 am today at Voglers Reynolds Road Chapel with Masonic burial at Pilot Mountain City Cemetery. A Surry native, he was elected county treasurer in 1914 and served on the Surry County Highway Commission in the 1920s. He was a charter member of Pilot Mountain Masonic Lodge 4 and survived by a daughter, Mrs George C. Wright Sr of Mount Airy.
A brief memorial mentions a sister Mrs. Nannie Bryant of Mount Airy alongside other family members. The note highlights kinship ties and regional connections within the local obituary notices.
Carl O Booker 72 of Toast died Thursday at home after a heart attack. He was born in Surry County to Jesse and Mary Handy Booker and owned Booker Service Station and Grocery. Survived by wife Edna Stewart Booker two daughters Gene Fieming and Cheries Martin a son Bill Booker seven sisters and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were the deacons of Haymore Memorial Baptist Church.
Police arrested Michael Anthony Jennings 16 of Mount Airy and charged him with breaking and entering larceny and receiving in the December 1 1969 W T Grant store theft. Earlier a 15 year old Mount Airy juvenile and a 17 year old Bobby Ray Wright of Bannertown were named in warrants. Wright not yet captured. About 2000 in guns radios stereos tape players records and ammunition were stolen with roughly a third recovered. A hearing for the Beasley Street youth will be scheduled in Surry District Court before a juvenile judge.
Federal revenue sharing funds flow to Mount Airy and surrounding counties after years of talk. Mount Airy receives 00 762 for city needs while Surry County gets 189 108 with towns like Dobson and Pilot Mountain also listed. Officials plan to use funds for projects such as a new city hall and county jail with federal approval required before spending.
Mrs Edith Quesinberry Bryan of Hilleville, wife of William F E O Bryan, died recently. Funeral services were conducted yesterday at Vaughn-Guynn-McGrady Funeral Chapel.
Two patrolmen B L Reeves and D G White responded to a call at Doe's Drive-in on West Lebanon Street Sunday evening when unknown vandals broke the windshield of the officers' cruiser. The culprits could not be identified.
The Mount Airy Lions Chub Hill unit holds a 7 o clock gathering at the Elks Lodge. The annual Christmas party includes a meal and entertainment. Ladies will receive gifts. members, wives, and guests are invited and urged to attend on time by club officials.
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