Elkin to vote on Alcoholic Beverage Control stores
After enabling legislation by the North Carolina General Assembly Elkin schedules a July 27 referendum to establish and operate ABC stores The vote will affect a tri county area with registration open July 3 to July 17 and challenges on July 24 Registrars and two judges are appointed under the act revenue splits allocate seven percent to law enforcement seven to schools seven to recreation and library and 79 percent to the general fund
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N. C. General Assembly
Elkin
ABC
Surry Tax Rate Rises Five Cents in County Budget
The Surry County board released a tentative budget for 1965 66 showing a five cent tax rate increase from 46 to 51 05 per hundred dollars. The plan covers General Fund Health Welfare items and new programs including anti poverty and mental health. It calls for a countywide reappraisal and new jail quarters plus higher library aid and a fulltime county tax office assistant.
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Surry County
General Fund
Health and Welfare
Welfare
Health Department
Mount Airy
Sheriff's Department
Northwest Regional Library
Dobson
Community College
Judge Lambasts Make Do Courtroom At City Hall
Judge Carroll Gardner attacked Mount Airy Recorder's Court facilities at City Hall calling the public assembly hall substandard and ill suited for court use. He criticized acoustics, seating, lighting, flags, and noise, urging improvements and planning for a new city hall.
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City Hall
Carroll Gardner
Mount Airy
Gardner
Me City Hall
Recorder's Court
Funeral for well known Tobacco buyer Nathaniel W Lovelace
Nathaniel Wooding Lovelace 57 of 1340 Belvue Drive died at home after a heart attack while mowing. He was a veteran buyer for Liggett and Myers and worked the Border Belt and Mount Airy markets for 92 years. Survived by wife Ertecklan, a stepson Bill Stover, brother Richard Lovelace and four sisters. Burial in Highland Park Cemetery, Danville.
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Nathaniel Wooding Lovelace
Belvue Drive
Mount Airy
D. D. Hodges
Priday
Pittsylvania County
W. H
Ruth Lovelace
Lovelace
Liggett and Myers Tobacco Co
North Carolina
Washington and Lee University
Richmond Medical College
Hie
Er Tecklan Lovelace
Bill Stover
Whiteeville
Richard Levelace
Reidsville
Jack Barley
Gretna
Z. V. Ferrell
Danville
Merman Lewis
Cascade, Va
Harry Jones
Driver, Va
Highland Park Cemetery
Danville, Va
Flat Rock Headstart Registration Set for Friday
Registration day for Operation Headstart at Flat Rock School is Friday at 1 p.m. The program begins June 28. Mrs. Maggie Hiatt, the operation director, urged parents of attending children to come to the Friday session.
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Flat Rock School
Maggie Hiatt
Methodists Move Several Ministers at Lake Junaluska
At the Western North Carolina Methodist Conference in Lake Junaluska Bishop Hunt announced about 200 pastoral assignments. Local ministers changing posts include Smathers from Mount Airy Central Church to Lewisville, Bailey to Reidsville Main Street, Taylor to Memorial Benton Heights Monroe, and Smith to Friendship Shady Grove Marion District. Livengood replaces Bandolph in the local area, with Alvord taking over Pinnacle. The conference urged churches to fund moral support aligned with Christian ethics and the race question was urged to be resolved through God's will and timing.
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N. C
Lake Junaluska
Earl G. Hunt, Jr
Frank C. Smathers
Mount Airy
Central Church
Lewisville
Paul R. Taylor
Salem Methodist Church
Memorial Benton Heights
Monroe
Kyle N. Smith
Friendship Shady Grove
Marion
Charles W. Bandolph
Oak Grove
Greater Mount Airy
Pelham-Hickory Grove
Greensboro
Weekend Arrests Reported by Mount Airy Police
Twenty one arrests recorded over the past weekend by Mount Airy police departments include five by lie officers, eight by deputies, and eight by state highway patrolmen. Liquor law violations totaled twelve, auto law violations seven, and two were miscellaneous violations.
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Mount Airy
Shrine Club to Convene Regular Meeting at Ray's Starlite
The Surry Shrine Club will hold its regular meeting Wednesday at Ray's Starlite Restaurant at 6 15 p m President Caleb Hill urges all members to attend.
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Surry Shrine Club
Ray
Starlite
Caleb Hill
Mount Airy stores extend hours for Father’s Day
Members of the Mount Airy Merchants Association will stay open until 9 pm Friday to provide extra shopping time for thousands of customers seeking Father’s Day gifts. Special Father’s Day displays and aid prices will be featured in most stores ahead of the annual Sunday event.
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Mount Airy Merchants Association
Salem Fork Teenager Dies In Head-On Collision
A 17 year old girl, Sue Guise of Elkin route 1, died in a head on crash on US 601 south of Mount Airy Saturday around 7 30 p m. Perry Pratt 16 of Dobson was critically injured riding with her in a 1966 Ford. Sanford Cooke 33 of Dobson driving a 1965 Ford sustained multiple injuries. Patrolman J B Miller leads the ongoing investigation. Funeral services were held at Salem Fork Baptist Church. The victim was a student at Surry Central High School and survived by four brothers and three sisters.
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Mounta
Sue Guise
Elkin
Paul White
Northern Surry Hospital
Mount Airy
Perry Clayton Pratt
Dobson
Ford
Miss White
Sanford Lee Cooke
Cooke
Surry Hospital
J. B. Miller
State Highway Patrol
Pratt
Cooke Wa
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