Symposium for Elderly at Surry Community College
A symposium for older residents will be held at Surry Community College today from 1 30 to 4 90 p m sponsored by the Surry County Mental Health Society with Mary MecPeak as organizer. Speakers include Dr William Pearson director of psychiatry at Bowman Gray School of Medicine and Dr George Hamilton clinical director of Forsyth Medical Center.
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Surry Community College
Surry County Mental Health Society
Mary MecPeak
William Pearson
George Hamilton
Pearson
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Hamilton
Forsyth Medical Center
60 Cent Rate Is Adopted In Dobson Budget
The Dobson Town Board approved the 1975 76 budget totaling 572 725 with a 60 cent per 100 valuation tax rate down 25 cents from the prior 0 90 rate. The hearing drew no public comment and the town will have the county s lowest rate aided by federal revenue sharing funds. Only 12 000 of ABC store revenue is included in the coming year budget.
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Dobson Town Board of Commissioners
Dobson
Wilford Moser
Honor for Floyd Pike by Northwest NC Development Assn
The Northwest North Carolina Development Association honored Mount Airy contractor Floyd Pike with a memorial resolution at Doughton Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Pike, a former association president, was found dead June 12 in a Durham motel bathtub.
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Laurel Springs
Floyd Pike
Mount
Local Lawyer New Appointee New Surry Elections Board Begins Two Year Term
Two new and one returning member joined the Surry County Board of Elections in a Dobson ceremony. W Talmage Hiatt continues as chairman, Edsel Love is reappointed, and Stephen G Royster, 28, joins after moving to Mount Airy last year. Royster, a Cumberland Law School graduate, vows hard work and learning on the job. Marge Folger named executive secretary.
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Surry County
Mount Airy
Cumberland School of Law
Birmingham
Alabama
Grover
Otis M. Oliver
Bannertown
Elaine Holland
Winston Salem
Pilot Mountain
Royster
Student Bar Association
Edsel Love
Route 2
Westfield
Hunter's
Holly Springs Road
Love
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Westfield Pta V
Hiatt, Hiatt & Collins
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Hiatt
Joe Watts
Elkin
Watts
State Board of Elections
Marge Folger
Three men charged in Mount Airy kidnapping and auto theft
Surry County deputies arrested Joe Simmons, David Lee Smith, and Rickey Lee Carter on kidnapping and auto larceny charges after they abducted Mount Airy High School junior Freddie Willis, tied him to a tree near the Virginia line, and stole his 1974 Ford Mustang. Willis, who rode with them to N Main Street, escaped after about 30 minutes and notified authorities. The suspects were jailed with no bond set by noon Thursday.
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Surry County
N Main St
Mount Airy
N.C. Granite Corporation
Willis
Lowgap
N.C
Virginia Line
Sheriff's Department
Longan
Reeves Center to Host Up With People Show
Reeves Community Center announces Up With People will perform on Thursday June 26 at 8pm with a $2 admission. About 300 young performers from three international casts travel the circuit, while 3,000 participants have joined since 1968 and 600 new students apply monthly. The two hour program blends dance and soft rock, touring 10 months yearly across the United States.
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Up With People
Mount Airy
Reeves Community Center
U. S
U.S
Tuscon
Arizona
Brussels
Belgium
Canada
Europe
Atlanta
Washington
Boyles
Bray
Recapping
Burton Dodge
New District Scout Executive Appointed
Bruce Gray Jr of High Point named district executive for Surry and Stokes counties in Old Hickory Council. He succeeds Val Jennings and will focus on leader engagement, Explorer growth, and youth programs across Cub and Boy Scout troops.
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Surry
Stokes
Old Hickory
Boy Scouts of America
Bruce Gray, Jr
High Point
Val Jennings
Pilot Mountain
Gray
High Point College
Order of the Arrow
Armharrie Council
Tax Rate Gets Approval in Surry County Budget
Surry County commissioners adopted a 14.3 million budget for 1975 76 with a 48 cent property tax rate, about a nine percent increase. Public hearing drew no citizens besides commissioners as the rate was approved after initial reductions, with school funding a major casualty. Mount Airy schools saw a 15 cent levy restored from a two cent cut, financed by shifting 54 thousand dollars from capital outlay to current expenses, while utilities and supplies costs loom.
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Surry County
J. Sam Gentry
Gentry
Mount Airy
Robert H. Chilton
Hatcher Scholarships Awarded To North Central Graduates
Two 1975 Hatcher Scholarship recipients were selected for careers in medicine and home economics. Janet Hodges of Dobson and Paulette Sutphin of Mount Airy will enter Surry Community College transfer program. the renewables cover two years. The selection praised citizenship potential and high school records.
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David B. Hatcher
Col. Hatcher
Surry Community College
Janet Lynn Hodges
Harley Hodges
Route 1
Dobson
Paulette Sutphin
Paul Sutphin
Route 6
Mount Airy
Wayne Motsinger
SCC Financial Aid
Motsinger
Miss Hodges
Surry Central
Future Teachers of America
The
Future Homemakers of America
National Honor Society
School Drama Club
Girl's Athletic Association
Student
R. Charles Long
Janet Hodges
North Surry
Hatcher
Fourth Rape In 10 Months At Mount Airy
Mount Airy police investigate the fourth rape in ten months. Detective Donald Armstrong says the latest assault shares similarities with previous cases and the State Bureau of Investigation aids in an intensified probe. Earlier rapes occurred mid August and February with multiple women affected.
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Mount Airy
Donald Armstrong
Armstrong
Bannertown School Sale Planned July 19
Mount Airy Board of Education votes to auction Bannertown Elementary and Rockford Street and North Main Street schools starting July 19. North Main and Rockford to be sold later. sale may allow ongoing use of auditorium for the Community Center until lease ends. Proceeds go to capital outlay for new construction.
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Bannertown
Mount Airy
Rockford
North Main
Fine Arts Council
Surry Community Action Program
Board of Education
Tharrington
South Main School
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New Surry Elections Board
State House
State Senate
Westfield Road
Republican Executive Committee
Raleigh
Chilton
North, Central
Michael Anthony Rodgers
East Surry
Barbara Gail Welborn
Mount Airy Senior High
Debra Lynn Jolley
Elkin High School
Robert Chilton
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