Mount Airy Delegation Cheers Penny Nichols at Charlotte Contest
About two dozen Mount Airy residents gathered at Ovens Auditorium in Charlotte to support Penny Nichols, the reigning Miss Mount Airy, as she competes among 64 contestants for Miss North Carolina. Nichols, daughter of Merlin and [illegible] Nichols, appeared in the swimsuit division after beginning the competition Tuesday evening.
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Mount A
Ovens Auditorium
Charlotte
Penny Nichols
Mount
Penny
Kay Puckett
Atlantic City
N. J
Tax Review Set Monday
The Surry County Board of Equalization and Review will meet at 10 a m Monday to hear citizens questions about tax assessments in the county. Afterward the commissioners will meet in the agricultural building for evening gown division competition and final judging for Miss North Carolina.
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Surry County
New Tobacco Warehouse Nears Completion in Mount Airy
Harold Y. Hodges and Fred E. Chilton advance a 90 000 square foot Dixie Warehouse off Welch Road adjacent to the railroad to serve the 1971 tobacco sales season. The facility will be the area’s largest, with three warehouses planned to operate in September, including New Farmer’s Warehouse and Hunter’s Warehouse.
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Harold Y. Hodges
Fred E. Chilton
Pilot Mountain
Welch Road
Mount Airy
Dixie Warehouse
Worth Street
Surry County
Hodges
China
Dixie
Spencer's Inc Expands Operations Space On Willow Street
Spencer's Inc of Mount Airy moves into a new 70 000 square foot building on Willow Street to expand cloth production dyeing and bleaching operations with printing designs excluded. Knitting machines relocate as production restarts next Monday. Construction by John S Clark Co. Inc. will enable 206 to 250 more workers.
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Spencer's, Inc
Mount Airy
Willow Street
John S. Clark Co., Inc
Spencer's
J. H. Crossingham, Jr
Lurry's 71 Corn Crop In Trouble in Granite County
County extension agent Charles C. Jackson reports poor stands and multiple problems harming the 1971 corn crop. Weather, insects, improper fertilization, and blight-susceptible varieties reduce yields. samples have been sent to N C State labs for analysis. The CB Club meeting at Veterans Park 7:30 p.m. tomorrow urges member attendance.
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Granite City CB Club
Veterans Park
Charles C. Jackson
Jackson
N. C. State University
Raleigh
Miss Stewart Named to Western Carolina Dean's List
Mount Airy student Karen Arvie Stewart was named to the Dean's List at Western Carolina University for the past quarter. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in sociology social welfare concentration during commencement exercises June 6.
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Sharron K. Stewart
Karen Arvie Stewart
Mount Airy
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee
Miss Stewart
Woman Charged With Unsafe Backing After Starlite Road Crash
Lena Mae Price, 46, of MacArthur West Virginia, changed direction on Starlite Road at about 4 p.m. while backing her 1971 Chevrolet into the path of a 1969 Dodge driven by Billy Ray Johnson, 39, of Mount Airy. The collision caused about 275 dollars in damage. no injuries reported. Price faces a charge of unsafe backing under state traffic regulations.
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West Virginia
Starlite Road
Lena Mae Price
MacArthur
W. Va
Billy Ray Johnson
Cruz St
Mount Airy
Price
Johnson
Rezoning Hearing Set For West Lebanon Street Property
Public notice lists a rezoning hearing at 7 p.m. on Tuesday July 6 in City Hall courtroom. The parcel on the northern side of West Lebanon Street between Howard Street and Lovills Creek seeks reclassification from B-3 Neighborhood Business to B-2 General Business.
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West Lebanon Street
City Hall
Howard Street
Lovills Creek
Law Officers Pay Tribute To Slain Policeman Here
Mount Airy officials and law officers gathered for a memorial service for Monroe Boggs slain in the line of duty on February 25, 1971. The event featured his posthumous induction into the American Federation of Police Hall of Fame in Florida and the International Medal of Honor Award presented by Col. Robert Ferguson. SBI Agent David Beale praised Boggs as a dedicated detective who valued family and faith, urging officers to honor his memory by remaining professional. Chief Simmons unveiled a color photograph and plaque to hang in the department.
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Monroe
Monroe Boggs
Joe Simmons
American Federation of Police Hall of Fame
Florida
Boggs
Simmons
Col
Robert Ferguson
AFP
Ers
Police
Sceriff's Department
Highway Patrol
Ai 1
Mount Airy Elk
SBI
David Beal
Beal
Mount Airy
Two Juveniles Charged With Larceny In Willow Street Theft
Two area youths aged 12 and 14 were charged in juvenile complaints with larceny after Kroger store personnel on Willow Street reported eight packs of cigarettes missing from a checkout counter. The case was turned over to local juvenile authorities and the youths were released to their mothers Tuesday afternoon.
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Kroger
Willow Street
Market Report from Mount Airy Livestock Sale
Market activity shows 569 animals sold on Wednesday at Mount Airy Livestock Market. Quotations include top hogs 18.60, heavy tops 16, cows 6.75 to 11.50, top calves 4085, heavy tops 39, number twos 39, heifers 18 to 26, cows 16.50 to 23, steers 23 to 26.50, bulls 19.50 to 27.50, cows by head 97 to 280.
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Mount Airy
Trial Date Is Set For Accused Killer
The trial date for Bobby Jay McCreary, accused slayer of Mount Airy Police Detective C. Monroe Boggs, is set for September 13 in a Forsyth Superior Court special term. The judge is yet to be assigned.
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Mount Airy
C. Monroe Boggs
Bobby Jay McCreary
Carroll Gardner
McCreary
Forsyth Superior Court
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Chilton
H. S. Williams Construction Co
Mariot, Va
Southern Railway
Welch Bridge Road
New Farmer's Warehouse
Rockford Street
Hunter's Warehouse
Holly Springs Road
Lurry’s
A. G. Webb
J. Raymond Smith
Stewart
Market Report
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