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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1969
Page
6
Governor proclaims June as Dairy Month to spotlight the dairy industry and its economic impact in North Carolina. The NC Milk Commission notes 1968 deliveries of Grade A milk totaling 224,755,000 pounds and fluid milk sales to consumers at 1,120,714,000 pounds. Granite City area hosts three dairy distributors.
Memorandum to the Welfare Board from Carl R. Brittain shows a 50 percent rise in public assistance applications year over year. May figures list 451 Old Age Assistance cases with 440 recipients getting 50 405 monthly checks. 3 520 to the State Medical Pool. AFDC had 164 open cases with 163 recipients receiving 17 979. 2 096 paid into the Medical Pool. Disabled aid totaled 19 909 across 262 cases. May had 265 open. Medical payments and vendor disbursements are noted for aged and family aid.
Reeves YMCA executive Terry Gwinn announced Ken West will run a two session tennis clinic at the Y on June 12 sponsored by the N C Tennis Association. West ranks among North Carolina's top amateur players and will conduct morning and afternoon sessions. Dolphin catch follows gulf stream fishing by Mount Airy sportsmen who netted about five pounds of fillet. cost roughly fifty dollars per pound. crew includes John Gardner John Brown Vance Cox Dr S M Boyd James Eider.
The report shows aid to the permanently and totally disabled totaling $7,916.15 with seven of 26 open cases receiving benefits. Vendor payments increased by $7,911.88. Sixty four child labor certificates were inspected. seven people made support payments under court order. and 283 cases received non financial assistance.
A reflective quote noting that demanding the world fit one’s ideas leads to inevitable disappointment and frustration. It emphasizes the folly of rigid certainty and the value of flexible thinking.
Eight Surry County residents earned degrees at UNC Greensboro during the June 1 commencement. Jane Ellen Allred and Linda Jane Vernon, both magna cum laude with BA degrees, led the group. Others included Louise Crusenberry, Ruby Cox, Roy Boles, Teddy Vaden, Johnny Foster, and Paula Hinshaw, with degrees spanning BA and master's programs. One thousand twenty four graduates total.
The first swimming classes start Monday at the Reeves YMCA with beginner sessions at 10 11 and 12. Advanced swimmers meet Tuesday and Thursday at 10 pm while women over 16 may join Tuesday and Thursday at 11 am and 1 15 pm. Gwinn notes there is still room to wait for lessons.
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