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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1966
Page
1
North Carolina’s Mount Airy unit Company A 2nd Battalion 120th Infantry earned the Eisenhower trophy for the second straight year, recognizing superior performance in all company activities during the past year.
Pilot Mountain Civitan Club hosts its annual dinner at 6 30 pm at the Holiday Inn Restaurant where the citizen of the year will be unveiled. Ninth District Congressman James T. Broyhill will be the featured speaker. Tickets are available from club members. about 150 guests expected.
The Rev. D. D. Hodges a 50 year old Baptist minister and local tobacconist was seriously injured when his car was struck from behind by a vehicle driven by Gray Knott and pushed into a second car driven by James Shinault. Hodges is in Baptist Hospital Winston-Salem with paralysis in the legs. The crash occurred on NC 87 near Quaker Road three miles east of Mount Airy. Hodges wife Lelia and daughter Phyllis were in the car. Hodges had just attended a 60th wedding anniversary dinner. Knott was cited for following too closely. Other injured were treated and released.
Vestal Wiley Inman 45 of Orlando and his daughter Mona Gay Inman 13 were killed when their car veered in heavy rain on Highway 71 near Adel Georgia. Surviving are a wife and three other children in fair condition. The bodies rested at Moody Funeral Home in Mount Airy awaiting funeral arrangements.
The 4 Way Volunteer Fire Department purchased three two way radio units. A sales representative tested the system last night at the Fiat Rock fire station. The main unit is on the pumper writ, a base station at the station, and a remote unit at the Fiat Rock Service Station. The setup links with county rescue squads and existing equipment to improve on call communications.
The SOE issues a late ultimatum affecting Jones, with officials signaling a final deadline and potential actions if demands are unmet. Details emphasize the dispute dynamics and procedural steps guiding the confrontation.
A long read on frugality assesses how readers manage income and savings. It weighs buying at regular prices, asking service fees in advance, delaying home repairs, budgeting for savings, understanding interest calculations, and sensible household choices to cut costs. The piece also mentions school desegregation issues, appraising consumer thrift and practical money-saving tips.
The North Carolina School of the Arts invites drama students from high school and college levels to audition through June 30 at Winston Salem. Dr Osvaldo Riofrancos dean will interview applicants for the fall session starting September 1966. Interested students should request appointment now by mail to the Dean of Admissions in Winston Salem. Edwin Cox, son of Mr and Mrs Porter Cox, visited the city over the weekend.
Principal R Poplin reported after day one of summer school at North Surry High School that vacancies exist in most classes. Four teachers run five days weekly from 8 am to noon through August 12 with a July 4 holiday, no fees, and make-up courses for transportation issues. Adults may enroll in typing if vacancies remain.
Four-Way Volunteer Fire Department answered a 2:45 a.m. call Saturday to Horton House on Pruett Hill near radio station WPAQ. Ray Horton owned the vacant brick structure which held attic flames high in the sky. Fire Chief Dan Pardue said the attic and roof collapsed while crews, aided by three pumps and about a dozen men, prevented spread to lower rooms. Mrs Jeter Tucker alerted by the roaring blaze, and Pardue turned the investigation over to County Fire Marshal Roy Cain.
Mount Airy Jaycees ask town commissioners to add a recreation director in the 1967 68 budget and fund half the costs of a new recreation park and its lights. Estimated lighting costs run 6000 with 500 annual maintenance for three summer months.
Mount Airy police logged 29 arrests over the past weekend with 13 for liquor violations and eight for state or local law infractions. The remaining cases covered various miscellaneous offenses.
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