Poverty Head Named Poverty Head Named
Claude A Campbell of Fayetteville was named District Program Co ordinator for the Yadkin Valley Economic Development District Inc The 33 year old former assistant director of Sand hills Community Action Program will set up operations at Boonville and hire staff Interviews will fill assistant director and technical aide posts The program may use 387000 in poverty funds for 1965 06 with most claimed for Headstart programs in local schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude A Campbell
Fayetteville
The
Yadkin Valley Economic Development District, Inc
Carroll Gardner
Campbell
Sandhills Community Action Program
Carthage
Yadkin
Appalachian State Teachers College
Westfield
Surry County
Boonville
Probable Cause Found In Officer's Shooting Case
In Pilot Mountain a judge ordered two youths held without bond for first degree murder in the death of Officer James Thomas. Donald Dennie Ray Heath 21 and Jimmy Heath 17 of Westfield Town were brought to Pilot Mountain City Hall for the hearing amid maximum security as they await trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dobson
Pilot Mountain Recorders Court
Richard Reid
Devoree
Pilot
Donald ‘Dennie
Ray Heath
Jimmy Heath
Westfield Town
Pilot Mountain
Ihes
Mount Airy
Buck Faw
Donnie Heath Ever
Chare
Jammy Heath
Charlie Montgomery
Heath
Jimmy
Thomas
Donnie
Fan
Reid
Ers
Donnie Heath
Rach
Harry Edwina Nichols
Montgomery
News Staffer Bids Farewell To Granite City
Charles Heatherly, a two year News sports reporter, leaves The NEWS for a Courier-Tribune posting in Asheboro. The article notes his local presence, military service, marriage to Evelyn Powell, and the staff’s well wishes as he departs Mount Airy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granite City
Charles Heatherly
Courier-Tribune
Asheboro
Heatherly
Total
Uncle Sam
National Guard
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Evelyn Powell
Surry Central High School
the News
Mount Airy
New Gas Company Seeks Pipeline To Granite City
Blue Ridge Gas Company representatives met Mount Airy officials to outline plans for a pipeline and natural gas service across ten incorporated areas and two rural communities including Mount Airy. The non profit group aims to tap Salisbury line then run US 601 north, with construction hoped to start in 1967 pending franchise hearings and regulatory approvals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Gas Company
Granite City
Blue Ridge Gas Company
Board of Commissioners of
Mount Airy
Charles Randleman
City Hall
Thomas B. Ashby
N. J. Blackwood
Chatham Manufacturing Company
Elkin
N. 8. Forrester
North Wilkesbero
Salisbury
US 601
Yadkinville
Boonville
Dobson
Jonesville
Arlington
Ronda
Roaring River
North Wilkesboro
Wilkesboro
N.C. Utilities Commission
Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Company
Mount Airy Officials Plan School Use for 1966 67
Mount Airy City School Board outlined 1966 67 use for North Main Street and J J Jones School buildings for northern district students. Grades 1 3 will be at North Main and 4 6 at Jones with no full consolidation due to space and timing limits. A long range plan is under study with Raleigh planning consultants visiting this summer to aid evaluation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy City
North Main Street
J. J. Jones
Amine
Division of
School Planning
Raleigh
Mount Airy
Lucas
Old Springs Road
Fred Butner
Winston-Salem
Rockford Street
South Main
Bannertown
South Main Street
Market Report from Mount Airy Livestock Market
On Wednesday 461 animals were sold at Mount Airy Livestock Market. Quotations show top hogs at 24.85 dollars, sows 17 to 19, top calves 22.15, heavy tops 20, with a standout lot No 2 pen at 30.50. Heifers 16 to 20, cows 14 to 19, steers 19.75 to 23, bulls 16 to 23. heifers by head 84 to 100, cows by head 90 to 167.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
Bloodmobile exceeds goal with 176 pints collected
Red Cross executive secretary Grace Vaughn reports 176 pints donated yesterday from 37 first-time donors. Thirty-five donors were temporarily rejected as the two day visit to the city continues with a 300 pint quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Grace Vaughn
Mount Airy Stores Extend Hours for Father's Day Weekend
Mount Airy merchants will stay open Thursday and Friday to accommodate late shoppers. The extended hours run until 5pm on Thursday afternoon and 9pm on Friday, announced by John E. Mills, president of the Mount Airy Merchants Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
John E. Mills
Mount Airy Merchant's Association
Pruett Steps Down as Mount Airy Chamber Leader
Mount Airy Chamber of Commerce accepts Gary Pruett resignation as membership committee chair. Burton Dinkins of Duke Power named successor. Six new members added bringing total to 15. Chamber plans Raleigh trip August 1 to present assets to Commerce and Industry staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Roberson
Groundhog Mountain
Mount Airy Chamber of Commerce
Gary Pruett
Burton Dinkins
Duke Power Company
Pruett
City View Mote
Oakdale Knitting
Cooke Trucking
Surry Oil Jobbers Association
E. R. Short and Sons
Parkway Insurance
Thedustrial Development Committee
Chamber
Raleigh
Mount Airy
Commerce and Industry
Congressional Action Committee
U.S
B. Everett Jordan
City County Map Project Plans Published Ad Space Offered
Mount Airy Chamber of Commerce with Superior Map Company plans a city and county map due by late summer. At least 5,000 copies will print for advertisers and Chamber distribution over about two years. The map will show expanded street revisions and include Surry County on one side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randlieman
Federal Utilities Commissions
Securities Exchange Commission
Mount Airy
Schneider, Schaefer and Aassociates
Baton Rouge
Albert Switzer
Albert Switzer Associates
Chamber of Commerce
James Grimes
Vic
Chamber
Surry County
North Carolina granite ships Civil War memorial to Arkansas
Workmen at North Carolina Granite Quarry completed a 19 ton monument from an initial 21 ton rough stone for Cobb Memorial of Marietta Georgia. The stone, carved and etched by quarry workers, features a Confederate Army scene and inscriptions praising the Third Arkansas Infantry Confederate States Army and the pride of Arkansans.
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North Carolina
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Arkansas
Ap Ge
Cobb Memorial Firm
Marietta
Georgia
Third Arkansas Infantry
Confederate States Army
State of Arkansas
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T. G. Manuel
Gardner
James Thomas
Piedmont
William V. Montin Construction Company
Oklahoma City
Okla
Montin
Randieman
US Internal Revenue Department
Weet
DR Alig Oe Te Eee
Market Report
University of Georgia At
Athens
University
Mammoth
Pheote
N. C
Ark
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