Christmas Concerts By Two Area High Schools
Two area high schools sponsor Christmas concerts with combined bands and choirs. At 3 30 p m Sunday in the Fast Surry High School gymnas ium seventh and eighth graders perform before the high school band. Ed Whitner directs the band. The Mount Airy Junior and Senior High School bands and the Junior and Varsity singers present a 7 30 p m program next Thursday in the school auditorium with Jim Graeber directing the bands and Mrs Madge Johnson directing the choirs. A reception by Band Boosters follows in the school cafeteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surry High School
Ed Whitner
Mount Airy
Jim Graeber
Madge Johnson
Smith Installed As Mayor Appoints Department Heads
Pilot Mountain swore in Kenneth A. Smith as mayor succeeding J. C. McKenzie. Clyde W. Fulk and Keith Badgett became four year commissioners joining Kermit Lewis and Bruce Nelson. Badgett named finance commissioner and Falk to police and fire. Meeting date moved to the first Monday at 7 30 p m.
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Pilot Mountain
Kenneth A. Smith
Edward Elliott
J. C. McKenzie
Elliott
Clyde W Fulk
Keith Badgett
Kermit Lewis
Bruce Nelson
McKenzie
Smith
Falk
Mount Airy Completes 1.2 Million Water Sewer Extension
After 18 months of delay the Mount Airy water and sewer expansion is finished. The final inspection found most work satisfactory with minor items to fix. The project, begun March 1971, extended eight to 18 inch sewer lines and six to twelve inch water lines through annexed areas, improving fire department water readiness.
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Mount Airy
J. N. Pease and Associates
Propst Construction Co
Concord
Sam Spencer
Spencer
Propst
Moint Airy
Public Works Department
Fire Department
1 77 South Of Elkin To Open
Interstate 1 77 south of Arlington to U S 421 at Brooks Crossroads is to open in about two weeks. Signs and markings by Burns and Inc Shelby and Jaussen Janias Co of August Ga under a $5 579 contract. Pavement is complete and allows travel from north of Elkin to U S 421 avoiding U S 21. The section to Statesville is under paving with a July 1974 completion.
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Arlington
Brooks Crossroads
Burns and Inc
Shelby and Jaussen
Janias Co
August
Elkin
U.S. 21
U.S. 421
Statesville
Charlotte City Limits
Director A G Webb Retires Son Succeeds Him At Workmen's Savings
A G Webb retires after 44 years as director of Workmen's Federal Savings and Loan Association citing ill health. His son FE B Webb, longtime treasurer, is named replacement. Board awards plaque and records a formal resolution praising Webb's service and growth of the organization. Workmen's operates headquarters in Mount Airy with branches in Pilot Mountain and Sparta.
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Workmen's Federal Savings and Loan Association
G. Webb
Webb
FE. B. Webb
Wrenn Avenue
The
Savings and Loan
F. E Rees
WM. Lewis
A.B. Webb
Workmen's
Main and
Rawley Avenue
Mount Airy
Pilot Mountain
Sparta
McKenzie to Continue County Law Enforcement Study
Outgoing Pilot Mountain Mayor J C McKenzie said he will see the two year county wide law enforcement study through. He remains on the Criminal Justice Planning unit of the Piedmont Triad Regional Council of Governments through July.
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Pilot Mountain
J. C. McKenzie
McKenzie
Piedmont Triad Regional Council of Governments
R L Ashburn Funeral Today
Robert Lee Ashburn 79 of 1211 Williamson Ave died yesterday at Northern Surry Hospital. Services at 2:30 p.m. today Moody Funeral Chapel. Born in Surry County to James and Sarah Key Ashburn, he was a retired welder. Survived by daughters Eilene Zimmerman Orlando and Lorraine Lee Winston-Salem. sons Eugene Ashburn Fayetteville and Eugene Ashburn Mount Airy. sister Molly Peele Siloam. Burial at Holly Springs Baptist Church cemetery.
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Robert Lee Ashburn
Williamson Ave
Surry Hospital
Moody Funeral Chapel
Surry County
James
Sarah Key Ashburn
Eilene Zimmerman
Orlando
Fla
Lorraine Lee
Winston-Salem
Eugene Ashburn
Fayetteville
Mount Airy
Molly Peele
Siloam
Holly Springs Baptist Church
Mount Airy Livestock Market Report Prices
Market report shows 414 animals sold on Wednesday at Mount Airy Livestock Market. Hogs top at 35 to 42.50 dollars, heavy hogs 36 to 47, sows 30.50 to 39. Calves high at 40.50 to 63, steer calves 285 to 475 pounds 33.75 to 46.50, heifer calves 320 to 585 pounds 30 to 39. Beef heifers 27.75 to 30.75, butcher cows 25 to 30.50, canners and cutters 15 to 24.75, steers 825 to 740 pounds 36 to 37.50, bulls 27.50 to 38.50, cows with calves 107.50 to 400 per head.
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Mount Airy
Unemployment Insurance Rates Rise On Wage Increase
Raleigh reports unemployment insurance taxes will rise starting soon after the state Employment Commission says rates increased 10 percent despite a 26 percent rise in wages. A payroll tax change is needed when wage growth exceeds insurance increases.
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Raleigh
UPI
State Employment Com Commission
License Examiners Announce Year End Holiday Closures
Mount Airy office closes Friday December 21 and reopens January 2. Dobson site stays shut through Christmas week. Pilot Mountain office operates December 26 and returns to normal January 2. All offices resume regular schedule beginning January 2.
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Mount Airy
Dobson
Pilot Mountain
No Lights On State Tree In Raleigh Ceremony
North Carolina state tree, a Fraser fir, stood bare to symbolize electricity conservation. Governor James Holshouser announced that the spirit of Christmas would light the tree, as his daughter Ginny placed a small white dove on a branch, marking the simple ceremony attended by the governor and family.
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Raleigh
UPI
North Carolina
James E. Holshouser , Jr
Downtown Christmas Lights To Shine 6 to 9 P M Tonight
Mount Airy merchants announce lights will be turned on at 6 p m and burn 6 to 9 p m nightly through December 24. Burton Dinkins says energy savings from reduced hours may offset the shorter display. Downtown stores report strong Christmas business despite weather.
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Burton Dinkins
Mount Airy Merchants Association
Dinkins
Merchant Association
Lions Club Honors Gardner Stone And Watson For Work
Mount Airy attorney Carroll Gardner named Lion of the Year at the annual Lions Club awards night. The event at Rays Starlite Restaurant drew about 93 members and guests as Ted Watson received the Service Award and Saeek Stone earned a special award for extra effort.
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Mount Airy
Carroll Gardner
Lions Club
Gardner
Rays Starlite Restaurant
Blair Eubanks
Lion Club
Eubanks
Ted Watson
Watson
Toast
Saeek Stone
Renfro Mills
Steve Taylor
Lions
Taylor
Lee
John Hamilton
Calvin Woodruff
Ceme
Lions*Club
Hamilton
Sgnce
Wachovia Bank
Salers
Mount Airy Lions Club
Harold Stone
Parade in Dobson Rescheduled For Saturday Morning
The Dobson parade returns with bands floats and a girls van rolling at 10 a.m. after last Saturday’s freeze and snowout. Jimmie Davis president of the Dobson Merchants Association says most floats will be ready with art singing and community participation.
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Dobson
Jimmie Davis
Dobson Merchants Associations
Arta
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Kenneth Smith
City Hall
W. Maynard Beamer
Beamer
Public Works
Pease Engineers
As Town
Joe Graves
A.G. Webb
E.G. Webb
R. L. Ashburn
Market Report
Gardner, Stone and Watson
Hylton Wright
Roy Nelson
Bryant
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