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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1967
Page
4
Fragmentary note describes naval air training at Pensacola with a trainee named Poruenia, Fia, and a plan to continue into more advanced exercises for about twelve months before a final report from the war. Main Street aviation context suggests a local clipping about naval flight trainees.
Douglas A. Colbert, son of Mrs Velma J Calbert of Mount Airy, promoted to master sergeant. He serves as a training technician at Kadena Air Base Okinawa with Pacific Air Forces. A Mount Airy High School graduate, he attended Central State College and Pacific Lutheran University.
Davis, owner and manager of High Meadows Estates, was struck by a car at a service station. He was taken to Wilkes General Hospital with minor injuries. his condition worsened and he later died. Driver Lester L. Wood of Pikin was detained as police investigate the loss of money tied to the incident.
Funeral services for Joe A Barnes, a longtime farmer from Mount Airy area, are announced with services at Le Fountain. He is survived by his wife Nellie Farrington Barnes, four daughters including Mrs. John L Thomas and Mrs. Panui Coone, two sons Joseph W Barnes of Yadkinville and Rafus Barnes of Richfield, Calif, and several daughters in Winston-Salem and Lexington. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Pilot Rescue Squad in Pilot Mountain reports progress on a two level headquarters with rear entrance and three vehicle bays. Captain Foster Nunn says completion slipped past July 1 with a training session set for July 17 20 conducted by the North Carolina Department of Insurance. The unit relies on donations and hosts fundraisers while maintaining day and night response via a telephone hook up at 268 4280.
An Elkin woman Florine Beeson, 33, was arrested and charged with passing counterfeit bills. She appeared before Commissioner Ralph Davis and was released on 6000 dollars bond. Police say the fake money has surfaced in North Wilkes and nearby towns, with more arrests expected as the investigation expands.
The funeral for James Melvin Goins 90 of Ararat Virginia was held at 2 20 p m Sunday at Red Bank Primitive Baptist Church. He was born in Stokes County and was a retired farmer. Survived by daughter Ethel Coina and son Cecil Goins. Burial followed at the churchyard.
Proposed bill in the Appropriations Committee and General Assembly aims to lift North Carolina farm produce value by about 50 million dollars over ten years. It requests 208 thousand dollars for the current fiscal year from the general fund to support research at the Agricultural Station on production and processing.
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