Agenda for Mount Airy Town Board Meeting Tonight
The Mount Airy Town Board of Commissioners meets at 7:30 this evening in City Hall to discuss a privilege license ordinance for the coming year, revenue estimates for three options, a potential refuse collection fee, a real estate consultant fee tied to a Renfro Street property sale, and possible Town involvement in extending water service to Mount Airy Development Corporation property.
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Mount Airy
Renfro Street
Washington spelling champ heads to national bee finals
Janie Dockery, 14, Surry County spelling champion and regional Bee winner, leaves Sun day for Ashington to join 70 finalists in the 35th annual National Spelling Bee. A student at Dobson Elementary, she is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Monroe Dockery who run a 135 acre farm nearby.
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Janie Dockery
Surry County
Journal and Sentinel Bee
Ashington
D. C
Dobson Elementary
Monroe Dockery
Few Weekend Arrests But Charges Serious
Only 11 arrests were noted on Mount Airy police docket over the weekend. The count was lower than usual, but several cases involved serious alleged offenses including manslaughter. The same case also listed charges of reckless driving.
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Mount Airy
Speeding Over 100 Miles Per Hour Reported
Police logged multiple arrests including assault on a female speeding non support drunk and disorderly caps for speeding violation of prohibition laws public drunkenness and no operators license in the latest incident rundown.
Stewarts Creek watershed tour reviews feasibility
A Virginia and North Carolina soil conservation inspection led by Elmer Hodges and Lonnie Thompson examined Stewarts Creek watershed in Carroll and Surry counties. Local Watershed Committee members and SCS staff raised plans for an official watershed area to access funds for flood control dams, with Virginia officials also in attendance. Observers reported favorable impressions of a practical watershed improvement program.
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Elmer Hodges
The
Soil Conservation Service
Lonnie Thompson
SCS
Raleigh
Stewarts Creek
Carroll County
Surry County
N. C
Robert Lovill, Jr
Mount Airy
Clyde Hayes
Cleo Stanley
Kester Sink
Brady Johnson
J. E. Trevathan
Zeb Gillispie
Emer Hodges
Charles Jackson
Ray Norman
Taylor Inman
Surry Ascs
J. Marvin Hardy
Claude W. Ramey
ASCS
Retired Mount Airy Teacher Heads South to New Teaching Post
Mrs. Zeb Hatcher ends 20 years in Mount Airy’s schools where she taught fifth grade and served as night house mother at Martin Memorial School of Nursing. She plans to move to Atlanta to teach there while continuing her community work. She notes the reward of shaping young lives and values each child as an individual.
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Zeb Hatcher
Mount Airy
Hatcher
Martin Memorial School of Nursing
Atlanta
A. L. Clark, Jr
United States
Virginia Man Killed In Auto Crash After High-Speed Chase
A Cana Virginia man, 23, died at Northern Surry Hospital after a high-speed chase ended in a collision on US 52 near Mount Airy. Four others were injured including two Cana residents and a Mount Airy couple. Strickland faced manslaughter and reckless driving charges with a $5,000 bond. Chappell’s funeral was held at Epworth Methodist Church.
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Cana, Va
US 52
Mount Airy
Billy Ray Chappell
Surry Hospital
Wayne Jones
Cana
David Alfred Strickland
Strickland
James Clyde Johnson
Lola Johnson
Johnson
Bobby Ray Easter
Route 1
Bill Lowe
Ing
Northern
Sugry Hospital
Jones
Mount Airy Jail
Mount Airy Recorders Court
Retiring Teacher Embraces New Civic Life
Mrs. George K. Snow retired from teaching after 20 years in the sixth grade at South Main Street School. She plans more time for First Baptist Church activities, the American Legion Auxiliary, Hospital Board, and Arts and Crafts Guild while encouraging new teachers.
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the Affairs of
First Baptist Church, Is
The
American ‘On Auxiliary
Hospital Auard
Arts and Crafts Guild
Poultry Producers Meeting Tomorrow
The Pilot Poultry Producers Association will meet tomorrow night at 7 p.m. in the Dobson Elementary School cafeteria. Charles Pugh of North Carolina State College Extension Farm Department will discuss the status of marketing order problems for broilers.
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Pilot Poultry Producers Association
Dobson
Charles Pugh
Extension Farm Department
N. C. State College
Johnson Named Auction Sale General Chairman
Claude Johnson has been named by the Mount Airy Kiwanis Club as General Chairman of the auction sale to be held October 13 at Veterans Park. The sale will be in cooperation with the home demonstration clubs of Surry County.
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Claude Johnson
Mount Airy Kiwanis Club
Veterans Park
Surry County
Retiring Mount Airy Teacher Plans Return Next Year
A longtime Mount Airy teacher reflects on leaving the local field for reasons of age and family, saying home feels right here but regret remains. She vows to return after the current school term and advises new teachers to have patience, noting the retirement is seen as both gain and loss for the town.
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Mount Airy
Georgia
Lad Has Eight Years Perfect Attendance
Dennis Ray Riggs, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray C. Riggs of North Franklin Road, graduated from the Franklin School eighth grade last week. He received his promotion certificate and his eighth consecutive perfect attendance certificate. He will enter North Surry High School in the fall.
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Dennis Ray Riggs
Ray C. Riggs
North Franklin Road
Franklin School
Dennis
North Surry High School
Mrs Bill Holland Graduates At Catawba College
Elizabeth Brinkley Holland of Salisbury was awarded an A B degree in English from Catawba College on Monday. A 1958 Mount Airy High School graduate, she is the daughter of Mrs H Baine Leonard and the late Charles G Brinkley of Canada and now lives at 136 Mahaley Avenue Salisbury.
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Bill Holland
Salisbury
Catawba College
Holland
Mount Airy High School
Elizabeth Brinkley
H. Baine Leonard
Charles G. Brinkley
Canada
Mahaley Avenue
Local Church Calls Minister of Education
At a Sunday morning business meeting First Baptist Church voted to call Melvin B. Anderson of Asheboro as Minister of Education. He will arrive June 27 with his wife and two sons, settle in Rock Bluff Park, and bring decades of church and teaching experience to Mount Airy’s ministry.
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First Baptist Church
Melvin B. Anderson
Asheboro
Anderson
Kenneth B. Wilson
Mount Airy
Rock Bluff Park
Colorado
Indiana
Barbara D. Kinlaw
Columbia
8. C
Vernon Aubrey
Stephen Murray
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Washington
Ford
Virginia
Jedt
Kester Sink Farm
Mrs
Buck Edwards
Robert Montgomery
J.W. Whitener
Whitener
U.S. 52
Chappell Was
Carroll County, Va
Andrew and
Lena Tate Chappell
Shelba Shaw Chappell
Daugh
Ter
Cinda Lou Chappell
William Andrew Chappell
James Chappell
Charles Welch
Route 5
Claude Arrington
Hampton
Grady Sechhrst
Phyllis Ann Chappell
Roscoe Gwyn
Grover Holder
Mount Airr
Scene Master
Roy Starling
Epworth Methodist Church
Walter Turner
Forest Church
Church
George K. Snow
George K. Snow Jr
George Snow
Poultry Producers Meeting
Lad
Catawba
Colorado State College
Southern Baptist Seminary
Louisville, Ky
U. S
U. S. Army Adjutant General School
Wilson
Ralph Epperson
WPAQ
Buck White
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