Dobson Merchants Plan First Annual Banquet
The Dobson Merchants Association and Credit Bureau will hold the inaugural banquet Monday at 7 pm in the education building of Dobson United Methodist Church. Jim Davis, president, says the dinner will cover association progress and feature installation of new officers including T Alberty as vice president and Neil Carter as secretary treasurer. The group formed to aid local merchants and promote business.
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Dobson Merchants Association and Credit Bureau
Dobson United Methodist Church
Jim Davis
T . Alberty
Neil Carter
Dobson
Barbara Davis
Frank Comer
Nell Carter
Garbage collection delayed in Mount Airy
Mount Airy Public Works reports delayed sanitation pick ups due to staffing shortages. Director Sam Spencer says resignations and lay offs have thinned crews and that media and employment services are being used to recruit more workers. Normal schedule should resume once personnel are hired.
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Pubhlic Works Department
Mount Airy
Sam Spencer
Public Works
Mount Airy Considers Tentative Budget At $1.65 Tax Rate
Town board filed a tentative 1973 74 budget based on a 1 65 per 100 rate with public hearing set for June 21. Finance committee chaired by Commissioner Lowry plans further sessions ahead of final adoption July 3 as revenue sharing funds for a North Main fire station and other increases in police recreation streets and library funding are outlined.
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Mount Airy Town
Charles Lowry
Lowry
North Main S
Mount Airy Sets Two Public Kindergarten Sites
Mount Airy Board designates Jones School and Rockford Street School for public kindergarten classes with two instructors Mrs. Robert Ralls and Mrs. Chris Karas. About 78 eligible five year olds identified. 46 will be randomly selected from the two classes, with transportation to be arranged. The program is voluntary and open to roughly 150 of an estimated 190 area children.
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Mount Airy
Tharrington
Box 710
Mount Air
North Main Street
Jimmy Shaw
No Tax Increase Seen Branch Tax Offices Kept
Surry County will keep its three branch tax offices Mount Airy Pilot Mountain and Elkin for at least one year. The County Commissioners reversed an earlier plan to close them and move all work to the Courthouse in Dobson.
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Surry County
County Commissioners
Mount Airy
Pilot Mountain
Elkin
Dobeon
John Munn
Haywood Merritt
Merritt
Inmates to enroll as Dobson program expands in SCC reach
Surry Community College plans a major enrollment rise at the Dobson prison camp program for NCC inmates after road work ends July 1. James Templeton expects 40 to 100 students, with expanded classes in building trades automotive mechanics and basic education plus college transfer courses if funds and demand rise. Two former students now attend as fulltime SCC students, while Danbury and Yadkinville inmates contribute daily, and the site adds more facilities.
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NCC
Department of Corrections
Surry Community College
Dobson
James Templeton
Templeton
SCC
Dobson School
Surry Community
Danbury
Joe Irwin
Corrections Department
Highway Commission
Yadkinville
Irwin
Clyde Reynolds
N.C. Corrections Department
Bryant
Integration of Pulpits Urges More White Clergy in Black Churches
Bishop Earl G Hunt Jr of Charlotte told Western North Carolina United Methodists delegates that the unfinished work of integrating churches must continue with more whites staffing black churches. He cited that about 130 Western Conference churches have integrated programs and four have integrated congregations. He said Blacks attend services hoping for decisive change and to hear Jesus' plan of salvation.
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Lake Junaluska, N.C
UPI
Earl G Hunt Jr
Charlotte
North Carolina
United Methodists
Beer ruling leaves officers unsure on open can issue
State Supreme Court clarification says Mount Airy ordinance conflicted with state law and is invalid only for open possession of beer in public. Officials note the ruling does not authorize public drinking and may hinder prosecutions for drinking in public places. Chief Simmons hopes later legislation clarifies open beer legality.
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State Supreme Court
Mount Airy
Dan Moore
Eee
Simmons
Market Report From Mount Airy Livestock Market
On Wednesday 258 animals were sold at Mount Airy Livestock Market. Top hogs brought 36.10 with heavy hogs 34 and 28.50 to 34. sows 25.50 to 32. Calves topped at 65.50 with heavy calves 63.50 and head prices 24 to 88. Bull calf weights ranged 280 to 470 pounds at 44.50 to 57. heifer calves 340 to 550 pounds at 41.50 to 85.50. Good butcher cows 27.50 to 33.25. canners 24 to 27.25. Steers 565 to 1295 pounds 40 to 50. bulls 780 to 1445 pounds 32. Cows by head 100 to 3490 with some calves.
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Mount Airy
Mount Airy Police Log Shows Eighteen Recent Arrests
Mount Airy police report 18 new arrests and citations in the period from Monday 6 am to yesterday 6 am. Among them 11 arrests for public drunkenness, four traffic violations and three other offenses were recorded.
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Mount Airy
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Paul Nelson
Claude Swanson Childress
Michelle Kuykendall
Main Street Baptist Church
Hendersonville
Hoxie Hoth
Elmer Hodges
and Clayborn Taylor Jr
Hoth
Gaston Brinkley
Wayne Jones
Jones
North Main St
Poplar St
Mrs Steele
Joneses
General Assembly
Market Report
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