Chase Ends In Crash After High Speed Pursuit
A state trooper chased a fleeing 1957 Mercury near Flat Rock, NC 165 and Lovers Lane, leading to a head on collision with a 1950 Chevrolet. One Mercury occupant, Roger McBride, 18, was shot in the hand and shoulder by a family member during a residence dispute. all involved were treated at Northern Surry Hospital, with McBride under investigation. Bowman, the Mercury driver, faces charges of reckless driving speeding and failure to stop for an officer's siren.
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C. M. Ammons
Flat Rock
NC 165
Lovers Lane Road
Hambure Pond
Mercury
Mount Airy
Hazel Baldwin Hill
Robert Edgar Bowman
Lexington
Hill
Roger McBride
Route 3
Walter Goins
Cloudville
Surry Hospital
MecBride
McBride
Clean Up Drive Set For Tomorrow
The Community Betterment Committee of the Chamber of Commerce with 11 Mount Airy Boy Scout troops plans a cleanup along highways into Mount Airy from 1 to 3 pm Saturday. About 100 scouts will haul refuse using trucks from volunteer fire departments rescue squad sheriff and local firms. Area roads to be cleaned include U S 82 Bypass from U S 52 A north to Boone Hill Boone Hill on U S 82 Business north to Friends Church Lebanon Street from Randleman’s Drug Store west to NC 103 from ex limits to Flat Rock. Local officials hope the effort spurs citizens to launch their own cleanup campaigns.
Insurancemen To Get Charter For Northwestern Association
Carver J. Peacock of Durham, president of the North Carolina Life Underwriters Association, will present a charter to the Northwestern Life Underwriters Association in the Mount Airy area next Thursday at the BliVue Restaurant at 6:30. Peacock collaborates with Life of Georgia Life Insurance Co. in Durham. Officers include James C. Horton president Prudential Bill Riges vice president Durham Life Worth Haynes secretary Durbar Life and Bennett Gates national committeeman State Capitol.
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Carver J. Peacock
Durham
North Carolina Life Underwriters Association
Northwestern Life Underwriters Association
Mount Airy
Peacock
Life of Georgia Life Insurance Co
Northwestern Association
James C. Horton
Prudential
Bill Riges
Durham Life
Worth Haynes
Durbar Life
Bennett Gates
State Capitol
Mount Carmel Church Hosts Parents Night Program
The Vacation Bible School at Mount Carmel Baptist Church presents its annual Parents Night on Sunday evening at 7:30. School children will perform a program for parents and community friends.
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Mount Carmel Baptist Church
Mount Airy Scout Cleanup Drives Pride in Town
Grimes urges residents to show pride in Mount Airy by cleaning property along the Way. Scouts will collect trash beer cans and debris dumped along the highway by thoughtless motorists, aiming to improve the town’s appearance.
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Mount Airy
Grimes
Mount Airy litter cleanup aims to boost tourist appeal
Debris and litter are to be dumped in a lawd fill off U S Highway 52 south of Mount Airy. The committee hopes the project will raise citizen awareness of yard and vacant lot litter. It aims to make Mount Airy and its approaches more attractive to tourists during summer vacation months.
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U. S. Highway 52
Mount Airy
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