Ambulance Driver Critically Injured In Mount Airy Crash
An ambulance en route to a suspected injury in Mount Airy collided with four vehicles on Pine Street near Renfro Street. Driver Clyde Hiatt suffered severe facial and skull fractures and was hospitalized. attendant Denice Hayden escaped with lesser injuries.
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NC 104
Mount Airy
Clyde Harmon Hiatt
West Haymore Street
East Pine Street
Renfro Street
Reeves Ymca
Denice Marion Hayden
Hiatt
Baptist
George Stanley Nichols
White Plains
Jessie Nichols
Pine Street
NEWS Will Close Office Tomorrow
The Office of The NEWS will be closed tomorrow for Christmas Day. Business resumes Thursday morning and Friday's edition will be published as usual. The Tuesday issue on December 31 will not be published and Tuesday content will appear in the January 3 edition.
City Hall Closes Today Through Thursday in Mount Airy
City offices in Mount Airy will close today at one o clock and stay shut through Thursday. They will reopen on Friday. Other departments follow a similar schedule.
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Mount Airy City
City Hall
Procter Silex Trio Involved In Baltimore Plane Crash
A Piper Aztec carrying three Procter Silex officials suffered a crash near Friendship Airport Baltimore at 6 42 p m. Jerome Gamet 45 Mount Airy piloted the craft as the trio Harvey Hartmann 47 vice man Richard Wunder 83 Philadelphia staff were returning from Mount Airy to Philadelphia. All were injured with multiple fractures and facial injuries. One passenger Eddieson had a broken leg and was released from hospital. Relatives from Mount Airy visited the victims and reported steady improvement.
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Oldsmobile
Dodge
Pine Street
Douglas Angel
Airview Drive
Judy Angel
Carolyn
Brian Douglas
Angel
Surry Hospital
Nannie Poteet Ward
Mount Airy
Orville Ernest Ward, Jr
Jocal Hospital
Nichols
Hiatt
Gerald Brewer
James R. Peele
Maynard Lee Collins
Collins
James A. Smith
Procter Silex Corporation
Jerome Gamet
Friendship
Baltimore
Proctor Silex
Harvey E. Hartmann
Manu Richard J. Wunder
Phil
Southern Pines
Philadelphia
Eddieson
Samet
Wunder
Hartmann
Snow and ice bring traffic chaos to area
Snow sleet and freezing rain coated the region with over two inches of slush delaying Christmas shopping. The precip began around 1 am with icy roads and windshields. minor wrecks and stalled vehicles increased as dozens were late for work in Mount Airy. Service stations and garages ran hot as calls surged.
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Mount Airy
Gerages
Bids Exceed Ist Estimates For Dobson Sewer Project
Bids opened for a sewage disposal plant and sewerage system in Dobson show the low bid at 416 thousand dollars, about 49 thousand more than the available funds. The town expects 70 thousand in federal grants and has 297 thousand in bonds approved. Engineers may alter the plan to meet original cost estimates. The disposal plant will be built southwest of Dobson by Gardner Moore and Associates of Asheboro.
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Dobson
Gardner-Moore and Associates of
Asheboro
Weather outlook for today clears. cold with mountain flurries
The weatherman predicts clearing skies and cold temperatures today. Only a small chance of snow flurries remains in the mountains, and the local area is not expected to see a repeat of yesterday's frozen precipitation.
Flat Rock rider in critical condition after fall from horse
A Flat Rock resident is hospitalized in Winston-Salem in critical condition after a Thursday evening fall from a horse. Thomas Wall was found in a driveway near Mount Airy Stock Market, with deputies noting the horse tied to a tree about a mile away. He had a heavy rash on the lower back of the head and investigators continue the inquiry.
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Flat Rock
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Thomas Wall
Mount Airy Stock Market
Wall
Four-Way Fire Crews Battle Linville Road Packhouse Fire
Four-Way Volunteer Fire Department responded Sunday evening around 9 to a packhouse blaze on Linville Road owned by Claude Collins. The structure was totally destroyed before arrival. no valuables were saved. Chief Dan Pardue reported no injuries or valuable losses.
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Claude Collins
Linville Road
Noth
Dan Pardue
Pretty Pilot Mountain Crown Earned by Miss McKenzie
Miss Lee McKenzie, 19, a Greensboro College music major, won Miss Pilot Mountain in the first Pilot Mountain Jaycees contest. Second was Gerald Deane Lawson, third Jane Hart. First prize was $50, with $25 for the runner up. judges selected finalists after swimsuit, talent, and evening gown segments.
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Pilot Mountain
Anna Jane Graham
Gerald Deane Lawson
Frolts
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Jaycees
East Surry High School
Dave Wright
Greensboro
Jane Hart
Gerald Dean Lanson
Lee McKennzie
Lee McKenzie
Greensboro College
J. C. McKenzie
North Carolina
McKenzie
Armtex, Inc
Pilot Jaycees
Natonal Keurels
Jeyeews
Eiti
Toe
Vain
Man Burned to Death in Midnight Inferno
The body of Leon Ashby Timmons, 21, of Mount Airy, was found among the ashes of Keys Grocery Store at 54 Worth Street after a 45 minute blaze that started around 11:15 p.m. Saturday. Fire Chief Ed Brannock said an explosion was reported by an unidentified woman and a locked front door hindered entry. The coroner was notified and the body sent to Northern Surry Hospital.
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Leon Ashby Timmons
Route 2
Mount Airy
Keys Grocery
Worth Street
Ed Brannock
Brannock
Timmons
C. L. Thomas
Surry Hospital
James S Bray dies of heart attack Mount Airy mill founder
James S Bray 79 of 119 Church Street Mount Airy died Friday night of a heart attack at home. He was a Surry County native who moved to Mount Airy from Elbin in 29195 and built Bray's Mill later adding an ice plant. He led the family mill with son James, later Bray's Mill, and remained active until illness. Funeral at First Baptist Church conducted by Rev Kenneth B Wilson. Burial Oakdale Cemetery.
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James Saxton Bray
Church Street
Mount Airy
First Baptist Church
Kenneth B. Wilson
Bray
Surry County
Lacy J
Tassie Louw Chaney Bray
Elbin
Granite City Mills
Bread Street
James
Timmons
Joe
Mabel Brim Tim Mons
Hilda Callahan Timmons
Timothy Timmons
Lonnie Gray Timmons
Burton Timmons
Winston-Salem
Moody Funeral Home Chapel
W. R. Eaton
P. T. Dixon
Midkiff-Sutphin
M. K. Pieasants
Ocala
Fla
W. B. Williams
Zephyr
Oakdale Cemetery
Harry Smith
Roger Boyles
Richard Boyles
James Jackeon
John Bondurant
Donald Southern
Ralph Sykes
Grimes Youth Charged With Lowgap Break-In
Grimes James Grimes 17 of Low Gap was charged after a break in in Lowgap and suspected purse thefts in Mount Airy. About 80 in cash and merchandise were taken. He waived preliminary hearing in Mount Airy Recorder's Court and was bound over to Surry Superior Court. Judge Carroll Gardner placed him on probation.
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Eve James Grimes
Lowsight
Grimes
Mount Airy
Weekend Arrests Report From Mount Airy Police
Mount Airy police records show 23 arrests over the past weekend with 14 by police, 12 by the sheriff, and seven by the State Highway Patrol. Offense breakdown lists eight auto violations and 13 liquor violations.
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Mount Airy
Sheriff's Department
State Highway Patrol
Snow Causes Short Day for Local Stores
Snow and sleet yesterday cut business. Gary Pruett says stores will reopen on normal hours today. They will stay open until 6 p m and close Wednesday, with many remaining closed Thursday.
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Gary Pruett
The
Merchants Association
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Procter Silex Trio
Adelphia Manufacturing and Engineering Staff
Howal
Baltimore News
Miller
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