East Surry Awards Presented at Pilot Mountain Ceremony
East Surry High School held Senior Awards at the school with numerous honors. Notable recognitions included Verna Key for leadership, Rick Burrus and Lee Griffin among scholars, and Jinger Jones as second top academic senior. Chief marshals were Susan Stone and Bob Cooke with marshals listed.
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East Surry High School
Pilot Mountain
Hessie Johnson Matthews
Verna Key
Danforth
I Dare
Mark Midkiff
Sharon Bowman
David Jessup
Jinger Jones
Charlie McCarther
Brenda Matthews
Amy Rogers
Vanessa Meadows
Shirley Beck
Lawrence Logan
Robin Smith
Tom Davis
Sharon Hauser
Donald Smith
Patsy Durham
Rick Burrus
Lee Griffin
Paul A. Reid
Pilot Mountain Women's Club
Karen Chilton
Sherri Nunn
Civic Club
John Edwards
B.G. O'Brian
Surry Community College
Linda Horton
Danny Sisk
Alan Ward
Brenda East
Sandy Marion
Teri Falk
Deborah Scott
Cynthia Hunter
Cheryl Flippin
Gail Martin
Tim Parker
Mark Vogler
Donald Taylor
Jeff Kuhl
Dean Stone
J.C. Triplett
Kim Bruner
Robin Matthews
Julie Simmons
Susan Wilson
Teresa Tilley
Joann Quesinberry
Sheila Cooke
Faye Johnson
Ronnie Bingman
Terry Branscome
Jeff Chilton
Gabe Ziglar
East Surry
Surry County Population Grows 7.8 Percent 1970–75
Population estimates from the Office of State Planning show Surry County up 7.8 percent from 51,415 in 1970 to 55,400 in 1975. Mount Airy leads with a 14.1 percent rise, while Dobson, Pilot Mountain, and Elkin also gain.
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Surry County
Office of State Planning
Surry
Mount Airy
Dobson
Pilot Mountain
Elkin
North Carolina
Wilkes County
Wilkes
Yadkin County
Gasoline tax deduction faces repeal in House vote
The House Ways and Means Committee narrowly voted 18 to 17 to remove the itemized deduction for state and local gasoline excise taxes as part of President Carter's energy program. The Gephardt amendment aims to raise about 700 million dollars annually, with aides noting only about a quarter of taxpayers itemize and the poor typically do not.
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Washington
UPI
House
Ways and Means Committee
Richard Gephardt
D-Mo
Carter
Gephardt
Final Preparations For Philmont Trip By Area Scouts
Area 22 day high adventure trek to Philmont Scout Ranch New Mexico will include 72 boys and nine adult leaders from Old Hickory Council with two senior patrol leaders. Expedition leader Monroe Wilson leads four Philmont expeditions. trip departs Mount Airy June 17 and includes stops in New Orleans Houston San Antonio Juarez and Grand Canyon before reaching Philmont for three days of training.
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Philmont
New Mexico
Old Hickory Council
Boy Scouts of America
Monroe Wilson
Mount Airy
Buster O'Neal
Andy Webb
Surry County
Stokes County
Ed Gray
Lawsonville
Lewis Wood
Welbert Wood
Danberry
Bruce Gray
Surry
Stokes Counties
Greyhound Bus
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