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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1963
Page
8
Coe charged Johnson with entering Dowell's Supermarket weeks ago and taking over a hundred dollars after entry through a rooftop vent. Gordon's bond was set at 2000 but not posted. Officer Wip perman credited avoiding harm as Johnson wore sock coverings to hide fingerprints. Four empty cartridge cases found at the scene.
The Planning Board may approve minor regulatory variations to fit local terrain and topography. Individuals attempting to bypass the rules after the January 1 effective date face misdemeanor charges and the county attorney can seek injunctions. Eight board members named including Howard Waltz and chairman Keater Sink helped shape the rules to remove health hazards in housing developments.
The Mount Airy board authorized a $5 316 78 payment to J N Pease and Company for engineering services on a proposed water works intake and related facilities, with a $1 816 78 transfer from Water and Sewer Fund to cover the overshoot beyond the $3 500 estimate. They also considered a no storage water plan with Stewarts Creek dam and instructed the city manager to seek health and pollution approvals and potential private deep wells to supplement water. Additionally the board approved a $3 090 switch gear purchase from Graybar Electric without bids and allocated $200 to insulate the City Hall courtroom ceiling. Lester F Hill joins R L Costello & Co as partner in Greensboro.
Joseph Bruce Peele, 1, remains hospitalized in Winston-Salem after a deputy was fatally shot and Peele wounded him with a bullet that struck the officer in the spinal cord. The State Bureau of Investigation handles the case. a woman at Peele's side claimed to be Marian Lea Peele, later saying Marian O Neal. Peele, once of Mount Airy, had ties to Maryland and returned for a vacation. Deputy Trevathen died following a stop after two hit and run incidents in Flat Rock.
Texas extension agent Donnie Dutton notes improved hatch rates when hatching eggs are stored in refrigerated coolers. Research from Texas Agricultural Experiment Station shows hatchability rises about 1 percent vs evaporative cooled rooms, with 62 F storage up to seven days not reducing hatch. Humidity around 85 percent slightly boosts hatch rates over 50 percent, while daily losses grow with longer holding.
Stella Key Simpson 58 native of Surry County died yesterday at the Convalescent Nursing Home in Asheboro after weeks of illness. She was married to Robert F. Simpson and survived by a son, four daughters, ten grandchildren, a stepmother, a stepdaughter and three sisters. Funeral at White Plains Friends Church conducted today at 3 by three pastors. Body to be in church from 2 for viewing. Pallbearers named.
Mr and Mrs Ben Gentry of Round Peak reported that itinerant painters from South Carolina and Georgia took 100 dollars during payment for a paint job on their home. Officers rounded up the group. one returned the money and the couple did not press charges. The roof spray claimed to last ten years and the job lasted under an hour for a 134 dollar bill. Mrs Gentry said she gave what she thought was five dollars but it was a hundred. The man was later held at 55 degrees for 15
Floyd Gwyn 41 passed civil service exams and is hired as a rural route carrier. The Post Office recently expanded six routes to eight. Gwyn, former American Bakeries employee, will report June 22 on Lovers Lane Road. He is married to Betty Lou Durham of Pinnacle and has two children Floyd Jr and James William.
Robert M. Smith of Mount Airy has been chosen as a lay delegate to the Western North Carolina Methodist Conference. His territory covers part of Flat Rock and Bannertown areas designated route two under the new postal setup. The conference will send 22 representatives to the national convention with half clergy and half lay members. Several pastoral changes are expected to be announced today, though not as large as in 1962.
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