Mount Airy Women Raise Funds for Youth Clean-up Program
United Church Women of Mount Airy reported 1537 dollars raised for the Summer Youth Clean-up Program to the Town Board of Commissioners. The project aims to hire ten youths under public works supervision to beautify the town, with 463 dollars still needed to meet the estimated 2000 dollar cost.
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The
United Church Women of
Mount Airy
Town Board of Commissioners
Department of Public Works
Construction Worker Dies After Fall at Mount Airy Site
Ray Birchfield age 50 a Holston Steel Company employee died after a fall from an elevated position at Spencer's Inc Willow Street Mount Airy. He was treated at Northern Surry Hospital then Baptist Hospital Winston-Salem for a broken back. Funeral services were held in Bristol Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer’s, Inc
Willow Street
Mount Airy
Baptist Hospital
Ray Birchfield
Holston Steel Company
Bristol
Winston-Salem
Birchfield
Nine Girls Vie In Mount Airy Pageant Weekend
Nine contestants parade today in open convertibles along Main Street then perform tonight and Saturday at Mount Airy High School. Miss Maria Beale Fletcher hosts and presides as mistress of ceremonies. Finalists and runners up receive scholarships, trophies, and assorted prizes including gowns, jewelry, and apparel from local merchants.
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Mount Airy High School
Mount Airy
Maria Beale Fletcher
North Carolina
Jane Davenport
Main Street
Elm Street
Cherry Street
Reeves Ymca
Fletcher
Bowvies
Davia
Jessup Brown
Jackson Brothers
Harrisons
Randy Marion
Mabel MacMillian
Tammy
Sandra Patton
Nancy Simons
Oklahoma
Cynthia Still
Martha Vaughn
Maria
Miss Fletcher
Moore Campaign Rally Set for June 25 in Dobson
A Moore for governor rally is planned next week at the county courthouse in Dobson with 7:30 p.m. start. Featured speaker J Melville Brougher Sr will discuss politics. local organizers include Charlie Randleman and Jack Folger. The event features entertainment acts and a Miss Mount Airy pageant note outlining contestants and judges.
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Dan K. Moore
Dob
J. Melville Brougher, Sr
J. Melville Broughton
Raleigh
North Carolina
Charlies Randleman
Mount Airy
Moore
Surry County
Jack Folger
Guardsmen Near End of Fort Bragg Training Encampment
About 140 National Guardsmen from Mount Airy and Elkin nearing completion of a two week active training encampment at Fort Bragg. They will return by motor caravan to home armories this weekend. Captain Frank Toler announced four promotions including Willis Fulton to Specialist, Buddy Amburn to Sergeant first class, John Whitener to Staff Sergeant and Thomas Bryant to Sergeant First Class.
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Mount Airy
Elkin
Fort Bragg Military Reservation
120Th Inf
Terry Sanford
The
Airate
Frank Toler
Willis d. Fulton
Pilot Mountain
Speces
Fulter
Post Office to Convert Boiler System to Automatic Heating
The local post office awarded a $6,190 contract to H. V. Allen Company of Greensboro to convert the furnace from coal to an automatic fuel-in system. The project must be finished within 90 days, with heating by switch on when cold weather returns.
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U.S
H. V. Allen Company, Inc
Greensboro
Fire Hits House In Boone's Hill
A residence on US 2 south of Boone's Hill owned by Jesse Cains burned about 5 15 p m Wednesday. Banertown Volunteer Fire Department arrived to find a northwest second floor room ablaze. Fire was knocked out in minutes but upstairs furnishings were ruined and water caused further damage downstairs. Firemen remained on scene about an hour.
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Boone’s Hill
Jesse Cains
Bannertown
Leo McDowell
Prisoner McCreary Recaptured After Escape From Work Release
Surry County inmate John McCreary, serving 12 to 14 years for assault on a female, escaped from probation work release at a Dobson poultry plant saying he would “get a little freedom.” He was arrested in Asheboro, brought back to Dobson, tried in Recorders Court, and sentenced to 12 to 24 months on a road work gang under state supervision.
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Surry County
Dobson
Asheboro
Recorders Court
State Highway Department
McCreary
Sheriff's Department
Clann
Irvin Bowl
Dobsen
Mount Airy
Highway Head Spikes Rumors On Route I-77
William Babcock, director of the North Carolina Highway Department, and Douglas B. Fugat of Virginia dismissed rumors that I-77 through Surry County to Virginia was settled. Ground crews north of Elkin spurred speculation of progress as North Carolina favors an eastern route while Virginia prefers a westerly path. no final agreement exists, with possible 1967 start if a route is agreed.
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William Babcock
N. C. Highway Department
Douglas B. Fugat
Virginia
Surry County
Elkin
North Carolina
Neo
Babcock
Charles M Ball Rites Set Today
Graveside rites will be held at 11 o clock in Forsyth Memorial Park for Charles Monro Ball eighty of Winston Salem who died Wednesday in Mor ganton hospital He was a former Mount Airy resident and real estate agent who owned a tobacco curing equipment factory until 1942 He was born in Bancombe County to Goi J S and Louarne Cordelia Deaver Ball He was a Baptist and survived by two brothers James M Ball and William E Ball The Rev W Randall Lolley will officiate
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Forsyth Memorial Park
Charles Monro
Ball
Winston-Salem
Mount Airy
Morganton
Bancombe County
Goi
J. S. and
Louarne Cordelia Deaver Ball
Louise Reynolds
James M. Ball
William E. Ball
W. Randall Lolley
Salvation Army Mount Airy approves 1965 budget
The Salvation Army Mount Airy Citadel Advisory Board met at Starlite Restaurant with Dennis Moody presiding and approved a 19656 budget of 25126. About half funded by United Fund and the rest by donations. Building plans awaiting Avanta formal approval, project on S South Street. Lt. Cecil Brogden leads local unit.
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The
Salvation Army
Mount Airy Citadel
Starlite Restaurant
Dennis Moody
United Fund
Citadel
Avanta Office
Free-For-All At Long Horn Cafe Sparks Multiple Charges
A melee at the Long Horn cafe on Hamburg Road Saturday at 4:30 pm led to assault with deadly weapon warrants against Thomas William Butcher and Jerry Aubrey Leftwich by Jerry Inman, with countercharges from Leftwich and others. Judge Parl Ramey to rule on merits tomorrow at 10.
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Long Horn
Hamburg Road
Justice of the Peace Parl Ramey
Jerry Inman
Route 2
Mount Airy
Thomas Wiliam Butcher
Jerry Aubrey Leftwich
Bobby Inman
Leftwich
Texo Matthews
Bobby Matthews
Junior Inman
Ramey
Market Report Mount Airy Livestock Prices Wed
Market report from Mount Airy Livestock Market shows top hogs at 16.50, sows 10.25, top calves 25.15 with heavy 23, No 2 23, heifers 11.50 to 15.50, cows 9 to 15.50, steers 14.75 to 20, bulls 11 to 14.50. Heifers head price 50 to 87, cows per head 3 to 190.
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Mount Airy
Don’t Mutilate Traffic Markers Ahead of Primary
Mount Airy police chief W H L Sumner warns against mounting political posters on traffic control signs before the first primary. He says signs are costly to remove and declares such acts illegal with possible indictments for offenders. The public is urged to restrain political enthusiasm and keep signs unaltered.
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Mount Airy
W. H L. Sumner
Ilegal
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J. Melville Broughton, JR
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Suzanne Quesinberry
Mer
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Buddy Wayne Amburn
Hay Street
Herman Amburn
Mt. Airy
Amburn
Misa Margaritta Hiatt
Proctor Silex
John Wayne Whitener
White Pines Country Club
National Guard
Hickory
Ann Pressier
Valdese
Whitener
Thomas Gray Bryant
SFC
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Jack Morton
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Pfc
Junior White
Nations Guard
Charles M. Ball
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