Local Firm Submits 4 Million Bid on Guilford Road Project
Sherman Simpson Inc of Mount Airy bids 4.726 million dollars for 2.65 miles of Interstate 85 work from I 40 south of Greensboro to US 421. State Highway Commission opened bids from 25 projects statewide in Raleigh Tuesday and will review on February 4 to confirm regulatory compliance before contracts are awarded.
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Sherman Simpson, Inc
Mount Airy
Guilford County
Raleigh
State Highway Commission
Sherman Simpson
Guilford
Greensboro
Dollar Days Set With Extra Hours In Mount Airy
In Mount Airy the three day Dollar Days sale runs Thursday through Saturday with extended all day hours. Merchants plan deep winter merchandise discounts as snow cleanup continues and police advise securing packages in trunks to deter theft.
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Mount Airy
W. Howard Sumner
Fire damages Crawford house on North Main Street
Early Monday fire damaged the Crawford house on North Main Street near Dry Bridge. Twenty one firefighters battled a fierce attic blaze in subzero cold for about three hours, with water lines and pumps freezing. Cause undetermined but suspected overheated flue. extensive damage reported.
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North Main Street
Mount Airy
Dry Bridge
Pike Is Named Citizen of the Year by Mount Airy Chamber
Floyd S. Pike, head of Floyd Pike Electric Company in Mount Airy and president of Mount Airy Hosiery Mills, was named Citizen of the Year at the Mount Airy Chamber of Commerce annual meeting held at Reeves YMCA. The ceremony honored his service to the chamber and local business efforts while snow kept attendance low.
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Mount Airy
Reeves Ymca
Bob Abercrombie
John Mills
Brend Worley
Greensboro
Jack Wilson
Chamber
Floyd S. Pike
Floyd Pike Electric Company
Pike
Mount Airy Hosiery Mills
Chamber of Commerce
James Grimes
New Transportation Committee
First Baptist Church
Opal Forrest
Joe Bill
Buddy) Pike
North Main Street
Wilson
C B. Roberson
Jack Greenwood
H. G. Pendergraft
Earl Watson
James
Jim) Grimes
Snowy weekend freezes Mount Airy area traffic and power
A heavy weekend storm dumped seven and three quarters inches of snow in Mount Airy causing near stationary traffic and widespread power outages. Wind driven cold plus eighteen to two degrees temperatures paralyzed roads. emergency transport aided key workers. utilities repaired lines as crews battled drifts and wrecks.
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Mount Airy
State Highway Patrol
Geo
Duke Power Company
WPAQ
Ward's Gap
Fancy
Fruit School Postponed by Winter Weather
Old Man Winter delays the seventh annual Virginia Carolina Fruit School planned for 9 a.m. at Reeves YMCA. Directors will reschedule and announce new dates once a snowless two days period is anticipated.
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Virginia ~ Carolina Fruit School
Reeves Ymca
Surry County Extends Tax Listing Deadline
Surry County extends 1966 tax listing deadline to February 5 due to heavy snow and bad weather. Tax books stay with listers in their home townships Mount Airy Pilot Mountain Elkin and Dobson. A 10 percent penalty applies for late listings if no further extension is granted.
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Surry County
Vance Thompson
Surry
Mount Airy
Pilot Mountain
Elkin
Dobson
Housetrailer Blaze Doused By Firemen
In eleven degree weather Mount Airy firefighters answered a Sunday call to a housetrailer on Banner Street. The occupant tried to thaw frozen pipes and insulation caught fire. Firemen quickly doused the flames. damage was minor. Owner Schafer Gwyn is listed.
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Mount Airy
Banner Street
Schafer Gwyn
Snow Strikes NC 104 Crash Injures Taxicab Driver
Snow whipped by high winds caused near head on collision between a taxicab and a GMC pickup on NC 104 near Pape Box Mill Road. Harry Hooker of a 1964 Plymouth taxi suffered a severe mouth laceration and was taken to Northern Surry Hospital. Larry Neal Smith, the pickup driver, appeared uninjured. Property damage estimated in the hundreds of dollars. Patrolman R. W.
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NC 104
Pape Box Mill Road
Harry Hooker
Surry Hospital
Larry Neal Smith
R. W
Surry Democrats Name Elections Board Nominees
The Surry County Democratic executive committee meets Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the courthouse in Dobeon to select three nominees for the Surry County Board of Elections. The state committee will review and forward them to the State Board of Elections for a two year term.
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Surry County
Democratic Executive Committee
Dobeon
State Board of Elections
News schedules early edition for Mount Airy Dollar Days
The NEWS will publish on Thursday February 3 instead of Friday to allow readers to view the Mount Airy Dollar Days advertisements. Subscribers are advised the 24 hour advance applies to all notices and ads in the edition.
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Granite City
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