Weekend Fires Hit Drug Store and Market in Mount Airy
Two fires struck Mount Airy businesses over the weekend. A fire in a third floor storeroom at Turnmyre Drug Store on North Main Street was controlled by local units with smoke and water damage to second floor offices. cause suspected as defective wiring. Separately Willis Supermarket on Fancy Gap highway burned Sunday around 1:30 p.m., roof flames hampered containment. structure destroyed. Owner L A Bud Willis estimated $30,000 loss, about $15,000 covered by insurance.
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Mount Airy
Turnmyre Drug Store
North Main Street
Flat Rock
Ter
Willis
Fancy Gap
Here
Franklin
L. A
Bud) Willis
Violators To Get Extra Careful Look This June
The Highway Patrol will intensify a program called Selective Enforcement through June with increased patrols at accident-prone locations. Corporal George Everington said the emphasis targets vehicle and pedestrian violations and drivers licenses will be checked along with other infractions. He urged motorists to drive carefully as vacation traffic rises and road hazards grow with summer travel.
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Cpl
George Everington
Everington
Savings & Loan Officials To Attend Asheville Meet
About 400 officers and directors and wives from over 90 associations will attend the seventh annual North Carolina Savings and Loan League convention opening Thursday at Battery Park Hotel in Asheville. Mount Airy participants include A B Carter president of Workmen's Federal Savings and Loan Assn Mrs Carter and John Sobotta director. They will return to Mount Airy late Sunday as the three day meeting features talks by leaders and experts in related fields.
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Savings and Loan
North Carolina Savings & Loan League
Battery Park Hotel
Axheville
Mount Airy
A. B. Carter
Workmen's Federal Savings & Loan Aassn
Carter
John Sobotta
Boy's Leg Broken In Freak Accident
Richard Gerald Puckett a 14 year old boy is in Northern Surry Hospital with a broken left leg. The limb broke twice just below the knee when he was caught between a service station air pump and a parked car. He was with 16 year old Michael Stephen Hall when the mishap happened. Hall touched a wire or switch under his mother’s car causing it to move forward and pin Puckett against the air pump. He is recovering and wished it had occurred during school time.
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Richard Gerald Puckett
Surry Hospital
Puckett
Vermont Puckett
North Main Street
Michael Stephen Hall
Reid Hall
East Poplar Street
Ourg Hall
Local Man to Appear on This Is Your Life
A Highland Park resident travels to Hollywood to appear with Ralph Edwards on television's This Is Your Life. Chester Cook will greet a former army officer from Birmingham, Alabama who was driven by Cook during World War II and is now a distinguished golfer. The show airs Wednesday at 10 on Channel 12.
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Highland Park
Hollywood
Calif
Ralph Edwards
Chester Cook
Birmingham
Als
Flag Day Observance At Elks Lodge In Mount Airy
Elks Lodge 2061 Mount Airy hosts Flag Day observance at 7 30 PM at Fike Lodge on Main Street. Exalted Ruler Badgett invites public for a patriotic salute aligned with the 13th anniversary of the flag’s adoption and a theme of unity amid international tension. Police records show 21 weekend arrests, including nine for intoxicants and seven traffic offenses.
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Mount Airy Lodge
B.P.O. Elks
Fike Lodge
S&s. Main Street
Burton BE. Badgett
Old Glory
Continental Congress
William 38. Hawkine
Couer d'Alene
Idaho
Hawkins
Elks Honor Flag Day Pioneering Tradition
An Elks leader noted that the Order began observing Flag Day in 1907 making it the first fraternal organization to pay tribute to the Stars and Stripes on its birthday. The comment highlighted the long standing union of service and patriotism among members.
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The
Elks
Order of Elks
Chilton Wortman Get Scholarships
Dean Arnold Perry announced thirty North Carolina teachers won summer study scholarships at the University of North Carolina School of Education. Among the recipients are Mount Airy educators Robert E. Chilton principal of Mount Airy Junior High and Ivo A. Wortman history instructor at Mount Airy High. Each $100 scholarship covers either June 9 to July 19 or July 20 to August 27.
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North Carolina
University of North Carolina School of Education
Arnold Perry
Mount Airy
Robert E. Chilton
Ivo A. Wortman
Mount Airy High School
Tom Sawyers fatally hurt in 52 crash near Mount Airy
An 18 year old from White Plains died when a tire blew on a Ford auto along Highway 52 two miles south of Mount Airy. Two passengers were injured, one seriously, as the car plunged off a ravine. The fatality was identified as James Odell Sawyers born November 4 1942. Funeral arrangements set for Blackwater Methodist Church.
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White Plains Area
James Odell
Tom” Sawyers
Surry Hospital
Mount Airy
Surry County
Carl L. Thomas
J. W. Tolbert
Will Tolbert
Paul Key
Marion Falk
Montague Puckett
White Plains
Moody Funeral Home
Fred
Mandy Tolbert Sawyers
Sandra Isley
Daniel Odel Sawyers
Larry Sawyers
Ray William Sawyers
U. S. Army
Japan
Ed Atkins
William H. Harrison
George Jones
Puckext
Tom Sawyers
Dean Hudson Orchestra To Play For Summer Dance
Dean Hudson and his orchestra will play for the summer dance at Mount Airy Country Club tomorrow night. Members may bring an in town guest if they desire.
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Dean Hudson
Mount Airy Country Club
Nationally Famous Hillsville Band In Parade Here Friday
The outstanding Hillsville High School band from Hillsville Virginia will be a principal feature in the Miss Mount Airy pageant parade Friday at 4 o'clock. Also appearing will be the J. J. Jones High School band from Mount Airy along with 13 Miss Mount Airy contestants in convertibles. The Hillsville unit, a 120 piece group directed by Calabrese, has earned national recognition in parades and festivals and will soon represent Virginia in a Chicago parade. Citizens recently raised 9000 dollars for band uniforms.
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Dairy Princess
FHA
Monogram
High Point
Carole
Surry Stokes American Legion
Mount Airy
Shirley Ann Kennedy
Hazel Kennedy
Shirley
Mount Airy High School
Wake Forest College
Flat Rock Baptist Church
King
Hillsville (Va
Jaycee
James Slate
Hillsville
J. J. Jones High School
Judith Ann Beamer
Annis Hensley
Marlene Moseley
Beatrice “Beadie” Handy
Betty Collins
Barbara Martin
Nancy Holder
Judy Coe
Peggy Sue Chilton
Eleanor Blackburn
Betty Lou Chilton
Nancy Carele Chilton
Shirley Keay
Hillsville Baoa
Him Calabrese
Virginia
Chicago
Hillsville High School
Washington
D. C
United States
American Legion
Blaefield
W. Va
Calabrese
North Carolina Savings and Loan Meet in Asheville
The North Carolina Savings and Loan League will hold its annual three day meeting at the Battery Park Hotel in Asheville beginning Thursday. The event features speeches and round table discussions by industry leaders with attendees from Mount Airy including Mr and Mrs John W Olive and J Marion Burke. Mr Burke serves as president and Mr Olive as secretary treasurer of Mount Airy Savings and Loan Association.
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North Carolina Savings and Loan League
Battery Park Hetel
Asheville
Mount Airy
John W. Olive
J. Marion Burke
Burke
Olive
Mount Airy Savings and Loan Association
Local youths plan Florida golf trip before winter return
Bob Ashby and Jerry Westmore will travel to St. Petersburg Florida to compete in the Junior Golf Tournament. They will then return to Mount Airy with Ban's grandparents Mr and Mrs 4 E Cockerham who have spent the winter in Florida.
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Bob Ashby
Jerry Westmoreland
Florida
St. Petersburg
Fla
Mount Airy
Ban
Mra
E. Cockerham
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Willis Grocery
Savings & Loan
Turnmyre Drag
Elks Lodge
Chilton
Wortman
Donald B. Watson
Ernest Watson
J. B. Howell
Copeland
National Furniture Company
Winston-Salem
Blackwater Methodist Church
Mies
Pfeiffer College
Dowell Kennedy
Route 2
North Surry High School
Hazel
Florida State Univ
Order of Sun Dial
BSU
Phi Beta Kappa
Hillsville Band
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