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Mount Airy News in Mount Airy, North Carolina
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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1962
Page
4
Gas mileage and fuel costs for motorists in 1960
The notice discusses how poor fuel efficiency affects drivers, noting trucks average about six miles per gallon and use No 2 furnace oil. It cites nationwide figures from 1960 of 435 million dollars in tolls and 227 million dollars in local taxes and parking fees, and suggests seat belt use reduces fatigue on long trips.
Early 1940s Traffic Safety Notes and Press Tips
A scattered wartime era summary covers May 1942 speed limits, amber front turn signals, and cautionary driving tips. It notes two license plates in many states, reflectorized tags in ten, and safety accessories like rear door locks and back up lights. The piece references automakers and a Churchill quote on engines, plus British outreach to improve highway safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Columbia
Lomax
Merkel
Jaxon
Wilmore
Flint
Crest
Daorria
Cort
Zip
Congress
Winston Churchill
England
Britisafety Castine
New Hampshire
Hillsville Methodist Names New Minister After Conference
After the Holston Methodist Conference in Bristol Virginia a new minister is assigned to Hillsville Methodist. The Rev. Morgan K. Phillips will lead Hillsville, coming from Cassidy Methodist near Kingsport Tennessee. He succeeds Rev. Richard H. Timberlake who moves to St. John Methodist in Chattanooga Tennessee. Timberlake served Hillsville four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holston
Bristol
Hillsville
Morgan K. Phillips
Cassidy Methodist Church
Kingsport
Tenn
Mr. Philips
Richard H. Timberlake
St. John Methodist Church
Chattanooga
Timberlake
Hilleville Church
Highway safety crisis named in travel piece
The article notes rising vacation travel costs since 1957 with room rates up 14 percent and meats 4 to 12 percent higher. It cites Canada traffic deaths around 3000 annually and calls highway safety a psychological enigma, medical epidemic, serial disgrace, and economic waste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Famed Tobacconist of Pilot Mountain Dies Yesterday
Obituary notes the death of a prominent tobacconist from Pilot Mountain after five years of illness. Born in Stokes County to Leftbridge and Susie Linville Joyce, he married Maude Jeasup in 1924. Survived by wife, sons Tom and the Rev Jack Joyce, daughters and numerous grandchildren, service at Brims Grove Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Joyce
Reid Joyce
Route 1
Mount Airy
East Surry High School
Pilot Mountain
Richard
Gardner-Webb College
Ee Ft Dove
Surry
Stokes County
Leftbridge
Susie Linville Joyce
Maude Jeasup
Brims Grove Baptist Church
Fairmont
Winston- Salem
Tom Joyce
Jack Joyce
Pile Mountain
Eli Billings
C. W. Arrington
High Point
Sam Joyce
Pinnacle
Dodd Joyce
Callahan, Fla
Roosevelt Joyce
Bostom
Masa
Rufus Joyce
Winston-Salem
Orange King
Westfield
Jesse Joyce
John Sechrist
Welock
Brim’s Grove Baptist Church
Jerry Satterfield
Tiimer
Cox Funeral
Make Horsesense and Horsepower Work Together in North Carolina
A unified effort by the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles aims to blend horse sense with horsepower to extend vehicle longevity and promote safer, longer lasting transportation. The program seeks practical, everyday driving wisdom alongside engineering. It highlights responsible maintenance and clear owner education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina Department
City Names New School Teachers for Coming Year
Superintendent B H Tharrington announced a full slate of new teachers for Mount Airy schools. Rosa Lee Slate will teach first grade at Rockford. Sarah Frances Hampton first grade at North Main. Margaretta Van der Hoeven fifth grade at South Main. Sally Davis fourth at South Main. Carole M Dowell sixth grade at North Main. Cleta W Rixes junior high. Anne R Cockrell also. Ray Oxendine will be Mount Airy High School football coach and social studies teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meant Airy
Franklin School
Anne R. Cockrell
Ray Oxendine
Mount Airy High School
Catawbaeg
Locals To Attend Kiwanis Confab at Seattle and San Francisco
Mount Airy delegates W S Wolfe and J B Haynes will join 16 009 Kiwanis members at a three week trip to the World’s Fair in Seattle and other points including San Francisco before returning home. They are elected delegates of the Mount Airy Kiwanis Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Wolfe
J. B. Haynes
Wolfe
Mr. Haynes
Mount Airy Kiwanis Club
Ao Toe Noh Carstina
Haynes
Seattle
Washington
Owi
San Francisco
California
Mount Airy
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