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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1964
Page
10
Hank Snow opens Friday at Cinema and Pilot Mountain Drive-In in Country Music On Broadway. A ship years earlier trained him as a sailor, lumberjack, and stevedore before radio fame in Halifax. He performs Moving On and A Foot Such Age along with other hits in the show.
More than 30 country songs feature in the motion picture with appearances by Phil Anderson Skeeter Davis Ferlin Husky George Jones Merle Kilgore Porter Wagoner Audrey Williams Hank Williams Jr. The Wilburn Brothers and others. Many songs sold over a million copies.
Senator Sam Ervin notes a deadlock on the civil rights bill as Dirksen amendments seek to steer enforcement southward. Meanwhile committees in both chambers advance money bills, defense and social security topics, and the debt ceiling debate continues amid looming costs and policy questions.
Country icon Hank Snow headlines the new film Country Music On Broadway opening Friday June 19 at the Cinema and Pilot Mountain Drive In. The feature spotlights Snow’s enduring impact on the genre and its stage traditions.
Merie C. McKinney of Mount Airy was fined in Surry Superior Court for failure to appear on June 2 for jury duty. Judge Robert Gambit ordered $20 plus costs and required service for the August term, marking the first local juror fined in months.
Observations show that despite free ad opportunities, only a small number of business men make use of them. The trend suggests limited awareness or perceived value in free advertising channels.
Zion Church schedules a Sunday service at 11 o'clock marking the final worship led by Rev. Dwight Cartner before he leaves to become station pastor at Franklin Heights Church. Rev. Ross Francisco will assume Zion Church duties, sharing time with another church per the Western North Carolina Methodist Conference changes.
The Blue Ridge Parkway drew over 100000 more visitors in May than in 1963. May totals reached 676005 compared with 567496 last May while year to date totals show a decrease from 1967. Asheville district led gains with 57000 more visitors than last May. Buffs district saw 14000 more. Virginia districts James River and Rocky Kanab reported 727000 more travelers in 1963.
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