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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1977
Page
10
Weekend estate auctions draw growing crowds in Surry County as buyers seek bargains on antiques and farm machinery. Auctioneers Milton Coe and Garson MacMillian note rising attendance driven by wide advertising, with about 40 percent of attendees buying and 60 percent just browsing.
The fifth Mt Pilot Bluegrass Festival runs Wednesday to Saturday June 25 at Lester Flatt's Bluegrass Park Pinnacle featuring Flatt and Nashville Grass and the Osborne Brothers with a Friday fiddle contest winner set for the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. Bands from all 50 states and abroad attend while Tweetsie Railroad hosts Old Time Railroaders Day with Charles Kuralt as guest speaker. Emerson Lake and Palmer perform June 28 at Greensboro Coliseum with a 70 piece orchestra. Grandfather Mountain hosts Singing on the Mountain June 26 with Rev. Bob Harrington and groups Sego Brothers Naomi and Arthur Smith. The ninth Old Time Fiddlers and Bluegrass Convention in Chilhowie VA runs Friday and Saturday with $2,280 in prizes. The Sword of Peace Summer Celebration runs July 6 to Sept 3 in Snow Camp NC with tickets $3.50-$4.50, season $7-$10. Johnny Guitar Watson and The Whispers perform June 25 at 8:30 p.m. Carrie Lucas also appears. Estate auctions and bargain finds are noted with tips from experts on inspecting merchandise and hiring qualified auctioneers. Tickets for Greensboro venues, area bars, and Reznick's Winston-Salem list $6 advance, $7 day of show.
The Living Land An Outdoor Guide to North Carolina offers a first comprehensive directory to the state's parks forests rivers lakes coastlands refuges and reserves. Author Marguerite Schumann lists 78 public places with locations routes facilities plus concise notes on geology biology and history.
Bright Leaf Drive In presents Final Chapter Walking Tall at CINEMA Downtown offers For The Love of Benji Maybe AAY CINEMA screens Smoky And The Bandit Pilot Drive In runs Final Chapter Walking Tal through Thursday all titles holdover across venues
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