College Program Opens on Campus at Surry Community College
The fundamentals learning laboratory at Surry Community College in Dobson opens Monday in the new campus facilities. B White assists W E Lods. Reece runs labs in Mount Airy, with the lab offering adult high school completion and remedial college courses. The program uses individualized programmed materials and serves adults with evening hours from 7 to 10 p.m. Contact James H Templeton, director, at 386 4955.
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Surry Community College
Dobson
B. White
W. E Lods
Reece
Mount Airy
James H. Templeton
Doctors Suit Is Continued In Mount Airy Case
A malpractice suit against Dr. Benjamin Lawrence Teway of Mount Airy was continued this week in Surry Superior Court. The $400 000 claim by Laura Gene Galloway and her mother Lois seeks $500 000 for the loss of the girl’s leg and pain plus $100 000 for medical bills. The 1965 first trial found no negligence, but the plaintiffs appealed and won a new trial.
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Mount Airy
Surry Superior Court
Benjamin Lawrence Teway
Laura Gene Galloway
Lois Galloway
Lawrence
State Supreme Court
Mount Airy Holds Biennial Local Election
Mount Airy will hold a general election Monday with polls open 4 20 am to 4 20 pm for 12 hours. Ward One voters choose M. A. Marty Thomas at North Main Street School, Ward Two voters pick Charles Lowry at Rockford Street School, and Bowman George runs for commissioner at large after a May 22 primary. Write ins allowed.
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Mount Airy
North Main Street
Rockford Street School
M. A. Marty Thomas
Thomas
James R. McNeil
Juarry Progressing With People and Products At The Quarry
The North Carolina Granite Corporation at Mount Airy proud of its open-faced granite quarry and its people. James Allen, 27, became first Negro journeyman stone cutter in the Southeast after three years of training. The firm notes strong skilled demand from major projects such as Rhode Island bridge work.
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North Carolina Granite Corporation
Mount Airy
James William Allen
Lacy Vernon
Jes Strickland
Allen
Grady Inman
Quntry
James
Vernon
Washington, D. C
Atlantic City
Seaboard
State of
Rhode Island
N. C. Granke Corporation
Neo Leas
Stewarton Hospital Patient Remains in Serious Condition
Carl Stewart of Country Club Road stays at Northern Surry Hospital after Monday surgery. Complications postoperation have hospital officials listing his status as serious, a situation viewed as a significant concern and potential turning point.
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Carl Stewart
Country Club Road
Surry Hospital
Oak Ridge School Holds Commencement With Senior Fulton Present
Charlie Fulton of Mount Airy attended the Oak Ridge Military Institute commencement on Sunday. A member of the class of 18386, Fulton was the oldest student in the 1888 class, having studied at the school for two years.
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Oak Ridge Military Institute
Oak Rider
Fulton
1917 Mount Airy graduates honor reunion at Blu-Vue
Mount Airy High School Class of 1917 held a reunion Wednesday evening at 6 30 at the Blu Vue Restaurant. The 50th anniversary program featured a class play Kentucky Belle, readings, and introductions. Attendees included past officials and teachers with 33 seated at tables as former classmates shared memories and greetings from across the country.
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Mount Airy High School
Kentucky
Lillie Mae George
Lacile Haynes
Elizabeth Sparger
Osler Woltz
Luciie Haynes
Claude Ashber
Thelma Debie
Ira T. Turlington
John P. Wynne
Marcus Reyd
Jobe L. Ashby
Mount Airy Livestock Market Top Hogs And Cattle Prices
Market report notes 49 animals sold Wednesday at Mount Airy Livestock Market. Top hogs and heavy tops brought around $21 to $36, sows up to $36, calves to $32.40, heifers $16.50 to $20.50, cows $33 to $21, steers $18.25 to $24.25, bulls $20 to $28.25. Heifers sold per head from roughly $4 to $107.50 and another range $117.50 to $240 for different lots.
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Mount Airy
Funeral rites for J. M. Ball at Winston-Salem church
Funeral rites for J. M. Ball, former Mount Airy resident, tobacconist and auctioneer, will be conducted today at First Baptist Church in Winston-Salem. He died Wednesday night in a Winston-Salem hospital. Surviving are his wife Lillian Crawford and daughter Mrs. Paul Snyder of Maryland.
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J. M. Ball
Winston-Salem
Mount Airy
First Baptist Church
Lillian Crawford
Paul Snyder
Alary Land
Two Arrested on Hub Cap Larceny Charge
Two area youths were arrested Wednesday evening by Lurry Deputy A. E. Stephens and charged with larceny of hub caps. Released on bond pending further action.
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Lurry
A. E. Stephens
Simpson's Grocery Burglary Report in White Plains
Sheriff's deputies investigate a break in at Simpson's Grocery White Plains. A lock was broken Saturday night after closing, $315 in cash taken from a concealment place and six cartons of cigarettes stolen.
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Sheriff's Department
Simpson's Grocery
White Plains
Sheriff Seeks Aid For Family Of Slain Woman
Sheriff Jim Taylor asks for public aid for the nine minor children orphaned by the death of Mrs Reatha Riggins Oakley in Round Peak. Ministers aid placement in care facilities while an elder sister cares for the kids interim. Donations of food shoes and clothing are requested at the Mount Airy sheriff's office on East Pine Street. The nine children include three girls aged 17 14 and 4 and six boys aged 11 19 9 7 5 and 2. Two weeks earlier the family home was destroyed by fire.
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Reatha Riggins Oakley
Round Peak
Jim Taylor
East Pine Street
Mount Airy
Surry Officials Rally Against County Board Elections
A Surry County group visited the state capitol to oppose a bill allowing popular elections for county school boards in North Carolina. The delegation included local figures such as Charles Palger and others from Palger, Airy, and neighboring areas.
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Surry County
State
Acheol
North Carolina
Surry
Palger
Airy
Es Ney
Charles Palger
Ian
Head Start Programs Approved for Four County Area
The Office of Economic Opportunity approves 1967 summer Head Start programs in Surry Davie Yadkin and a fourth county. A grant of 236.16 funds services for 1198 children including education medical social and nutritional aid. The program begins June 26 and runs several weeks with county directors V G Prim and another social services head coordinating from a central Boot office.
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Office of Economic Opportunity
Surry
Davie
Yadkin
Carroll F. Gardner
Yadkin Valley
Sonnel
v. G. _Prim
Mount Abe
Saas
Boot
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J. D. Bartle
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John W. Holmes
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Lucile Haynes
Mildred Hill
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William Thomas
Greensboro
Mary Spaugh
Claude E. Teague
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