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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1964
Page
4
The Mount Airy Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors its annual Junior Golf Tournament. The event will be held this year with participation from local youths and area golf clubs.
Mrs Eloise Mayberry of 101 Fairway Lane receives a trophy from Stuart Sailfish Club for the largest Ladyfish caught in the winter tournament ending April 30. The event at Mount Airy Country Club included a weigh in of three pounds one ounce. Jaycee activities plan golf project to boost youth participation, with entry blanks from Mount Airy and White Pines pro shops or Jaycees Hiatt and Abercrombie.
The seventh annual Dobson Horse Show organized by the Methodist Youth Fellowship plans a July 24 event at Dobson Elementary School with 200 entries forecast and a new wooden rail ring. Prize money rises to 860, two judges will oversee English and Western classes, and Amateur 5-gaited Stake is added. Franklin Freeman returns as manager.
NASCAR modified sportsman action returns Saturday at Bowman Gray Stadium with two racers seeking a third win of the season. Buren Skeen and Pee Wee Jones each own two triumphs as seven race program features heats and a 40 lap main for modified and portaman cars, plus hobby and novice races.
Sixteen ladies competed in the Laders Golf Association Play Day at Mount Airy Country Club. Division A honors went to Mrs W J Miller Jr for low gross and Mrs W H Carter for low net and Mrs William Hadley for low putts. Division B saw Mrs Dew ell Gough as low gross with Mrs Roger Inman Jr and Mrs Frank McHone tying for low putts. Division C awarded low gross to Mrs Ed Early and low net to Mrs Johnny Prather with Mrs Maurice Inman for low putts.
The Veterans Administration outlines when a veteran may get extra compensation for a dependent parent with service related disabilities. It also advises reporting income changes to the VA promptly to avoid overpayment and confirms WWII Korean Conflict veterans have the same pension basics as WWI veterans.
East Surry High School appointed Tommy Childress as head basketball coach after Jimmy Dew resigned to enter private business. Childress, a Mount Airy and Catawba College basketball alumnus under Sam Moir, emphasizes defense and will also coach football baseball and track and teach general science and physical education.
Columbus sheriff reports confiscated moonshine sugar to be repurposed for distributing Sebine oral vaccine doses. Bulk sugar from raids will be swapped to several restaurants to produce vaccine lumps, with an estimated total around 2000 units.
In Montgomery Alabama thieves soak bread in whiskey to intoxicate pigs, then load them into cars and trucks. The pigs show no resistance and no squeals, allowing the theft to proceed unnoticed.
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