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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1964
Page
1
Mount Airy High School offers a summer instructional series with enrichment courses in personal typing reading development and public speaking. Registration starts Friday at 8 30 AM with the session running 32 days and includes make up courses if registrations justify.
Lloyd L. Golding Jr. of Leakeville and formerly of Mount Airy is named president of Whispering Pines Mortgage Company and Insurance Agency. The announcement, made by A. B. Hardee, notes Golding’s education at Mount Airy High School Dravaughn’s Business College Winston-Salem UNC Chapel Hill and the Banking School of the Carolines. He and his wife and daughter will move to Whispering Pines to establish a permanent home in the Sandhill area’s new residential golf resort.
Joe A. Fell Jr. of Pilot Mountain presides over a three day Southeastern School Board meeting in Daytona Beach Florida. The organization covers 13 southeastern states and the session is held at the Daytona Beach Plaza Hotel.
The Franklin Raritans meet Thursday at 7 p.m. Guest speaker will be Bob Amick international vice president of the Raritan Club. Members are urged to attend and bring a prospective member.
The 8 by 12 foot tally board at The NEWS office drew crowds as hundreds viewed the county returns. Police controlled the street while runners fed totals via special lines to Publisher James E. Johnson, with radio reports updating readers at home. Johnson says June 27 second primary will bring another busy night.
Mixa Elizebeth Sykes daughter of Dr and Mrs C L Sykes of Mount Airy received a Bachelor of Arts in French at Salem College The 192nd session saw over 90 graduates The ceremony featured Dr Ellen Winston US Commissioner of Welfare and Rev John A Redhead as Baccalaureate preacher Sykes served as head line editor of The Salemite
Surry County voters exceeding 7 500 cast ballots with Randall Reeves defeating incumbent Howard Hardy for county commissioner in Siloam. Snow carried the county but was defeated in the state Senate race by J Worth Gentry. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dan Moore led in the county but lost the district. GOP shows weak turnout with five county candidates.
Mr. J. P. Frank and Mrs. Frank attended the Duke University commencement exercises over the weekend. Their daughter in law Harriett McGehee Frank graduated, while their daughter Becky Frank served as a marshal at the ceremony.
Mrs. Melinda Fannie Cockerham Duncan 99 of Mount Airy widow of Ben Duncan died Sunday at Northern Surry Hospital after a long illness. Rites are today at 2 p.m. in Moody Funeral Home chapel with Rev. F J Burroughs and Rev. Charles Triplett officiating. Burial in Oakdale Cemetery. Surviving: son James R Duncan, daughter Susie Shaw, six grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren.
Vandals entered Surry Central High School Saturday night through a pantry window and pried open doors to offices and the staff lounge. Police say the breakin caused extensive damage with a damaged secretary desk, torn ventilator, and emptied coin machines, with an estimated loss of only a few dollars beyond the costly window. Authorities believe a juvenile offender is implicated and will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
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