Six Thousand In Coins Robbery Probed In Mount Airy
Unidentified man sought after robbing Singleton's Discount Center of over six thousand dollars in cash and checks late Saturday night. Coin thefts from Sands Vending Co on W Lebanon St are also being investigated by the Surry County Sheriff and Mount Airy Police. An attempted armed robbery at the NC Department of Revenue in Thruway Shopping Center occurred Friday afternoon with a stocking masked suspect fleeing after being confronted. Detectives say the coin haul was from a safe with the alarm inoperative and urge reporting any encounters with a person carrying excessive change.
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Mount Airy
Thruway
Ronald Lee Trivett
Singleton's
Trivett
Trivett Trivett
Singleton'’s
Smith St
Earl Sellers
Russell Daniel
TL Johnson, Jr
Sheriff's Department
Sands Vending Co
Miss Mount Airy Heads to Miss North Carolina Pageant
Wendy Whitaker leaves Mount Airy for Charlotte to compete in the Miss North Carolina Pageant. Accompanied by chaperone Mary Stone, she will perform in swimsuit, evening gown, and talent events, with finals Saturday televised. She recently recovered from a foot fracture and will attend a press gathering with 56 contestants at Owens Auditorium.
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Wendy Whitaker
Mount Airy
Charlotte
North Carolina
Miss Whitaker
Mary Stone
Martin Memorial School of Nursing
Elizabeth
Mrs. Stone
Surry Community College Holds 9th Graduation Ceremony
The Class of 1975 at Surry Community College, over 140 graduates, received degrees from President Dr Swanson Richards as James Hutchens and Oscar Smith spoke on facing economic challenges with opportunity. The event in the college gym included the chorus, invocation by Rev Michael Elmore, and a campus reception.
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Surry Community College
James Hutchens
Oscar Smith
Carlos Surratt
Smith
Charles Long
Swanson’ Richards
Surry Community
James H. Templeton
Michael Elmore
First Baptist Church
Dennis Gray Doss
Randy Monroe Dollyhigh
Carolyn Delores Williams
Kim Vickie Hill
Peggy Louise Barr
Rep Diamont seeks new bridge at Ararat in response to bus routes
Representative David Diamont has asked State Highway Officials to replace bridge 128 on county road 2019 near Ararat. He cites repeated citizen requests and the Siloam Bridge tragedy, noting the current bridge cannot be strengthened and has forced school buses to be re-routed to Pilot Mountain Elementary and East Surry High School.
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David Diamont
Ararat
Diamont
Siloam
Billy Rose
Rose
Department of Transportation
Surry County
Pilot Mountain
East Surry High School
Temporary Will Begin This Week Bridge Work
A temporary bridge to span the Yadkin River at Siloam will start this week. Co C, 548th Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade from Ft Bragg builds it after the Siloam bridge collapse on Feb 23 killing four and injuring several. FHA will cover about $80,000 for a one lane 270 foot span with 40 ton capacity, open by July 1.
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Yadkin River
Siloam
U.S. Army
Co. C
20Th Engineer
Ft. Bragg
Rockford
Army
Jacob F. Alexander
State Secretary of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
FHA
Marion
Ohio
Post Office Keeps Open Amid Community Contract Review
The U S Postal Service will keep the Ford post office open at least temporarily while it reviews a bid to run the office under a community contract. The office of Representative Stephen Neal says the post office, in operation for about a century, was set to close at the end of business on Friday May 30.
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U. S. Postal Service
Atford
Stephen Neal
D-N. C
the Postal Service
Nominations Made for Surry County Elections Board
The Surry County Board of Elections will be sworn in June 17 with no expected changes in its makeup. GOP chair Jimmy Miller names Talmadge Hiatt and Edsel R. Love plus a third nominee. Democrat chair Carroll Gardner lists Franklin Miller Joe Watts and Oscar Smith. Both expect renomination and no party changes. Watts is a former chair and Hiatt would likely stay as chairman of the three member board. Gardner calls all three Democrats candidates men of integrity and active past involvement. No changes anticipated per party leaders.
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Surry County
State Board of Elections
Jimmy Miller
GOP
Talmadge Hiatt
Mount Airy
Edsel R. Love
Route 2
Westfield
Miller
Hiatt
State Elections Board
Holfhouser
N.C
Carroll F. Gardner
Franklin Miller
Elkin
Joe Watts
Oscar Smith
Plot Mountain
Watts
Board of Elections
Gardner
Nearly 700 Students To Graduate In County Week
About 685 seniors from Mount Airy Senior High and Elkin High School will graduate by Friday as the 1975 term ends. Elkin’s 74 graduates mark the smallest class in over 20 years. Mount Airy plans 161 graduates with notable speakers and awards.
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Mount Airy Senior High
Elkin High School
Mount Airy
Surry County
Elkin
Bruce H Tharrington
Charles Fisher
Grace Moravian Church
Morris Lamet
Bradley Peavy
Kirsteen Pilcher
Rachel Dugger
Ben K. Graves
Lonnie W. Bledsoe
Supt. Tharrington
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Extension Homemakers Clubs
Dixon Auditorium
The
Elkin Kiwanis Club
Wilkes
Yadkin
Surry
Alleghany
Ashe Counties
Marjorie Adams
North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
N.C. State University
Raleigh
Swanson Richards
Jimmy Marion
SCC
Cheryl Grey Guynn
Dr. Swanson Richards
264Th Engineer
Surry Yadkin District
Roy C. Duncan
Hickory
Neal
R. Shook
Atright
Duncen
Tpr
R.L. Morris
Cpt
E.T. Green
Duncan
Elections Board
Robert Chilton
Chilton
South
Main
Bannertown
Sam Gentry
Gentry
Ofciass
Shoals
East Surry
Sheila Craddock
Grady L. Lewis
Surry Central
Bruce Stewart
Guilford College
R.O. Lanier
North Surry
E. Eugene Causby
Department of Public Instruction
R.O. Poplin, Jr
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