Army Couple Gets Transfer Orders To Lexington Citadel
Capt. and Mrs. William Williford receive orders from Charlotte to transfer from Mount Airy where he has led the Citadel since 1958 and raised about $30,000 toward a $65,000 campaign. They depart next Wednesday for Lexington to serve Lexington and Thomasville with the Salvation Army. Capt. Donald Wolff will succeed them in Mount Airy.
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Charlotte
Mount Airy
William Williford
Salvation Army Citadel
Lexington
Williford
Citadel
South Street
Rock Hill
S. C
Salvation Army
Army
Lexington Citadel
Thomasville
Donald Wolff
Kiwanis State Special Awards Night Program
At the Kiwanis meeting tonight they will conduct the third annual Scholastic Awards Program at Mount Airy High School. Awards go to the student in each class with the highest scholastic average for the past school year. Principal Robert Chilton will be guest speaker.
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Kiwanis
Mount Airy High School
Robert Chilton
Mrs. Whittington Rites Tomorrow At Hillsville
The funeral for Mrs. Leavie Tolbert Farmer Whittington 1 of route 4 Lenair Va formerly of Carroll County will be held at 2 o clock tomorrow at Woodlawn Methodist Church near Hillsville by Rev Giles Hall. She died Thursday morning at Baptist Hospital Winston Salem after a week-long illness. Survived by husband J E Whittington who died March 4 1560 daughter of Elisha and Nancy Clark Tolbert. Surviving son Coy Farmer Mount Airy four daughters R H Whittington Morganton C A Whittington Lenoir Grover Hiatt Mount Airy Alma Farmer at home 17 grandchildren 22 great grandchildren and one brother Essie Tolbert Galax Va. Body at Moody Funeral Home Mount Airy then church for 30 minutes viewing. Grandsons pallbearers. Burial in church cemetery.
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Leavie Tolbert
Farmer Whittington
Lenair
Carroll County
Woodlawn Methodst
Hillsville
Giles Hall
Whittington
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Elisha
Nancy Clark Tolbert
J. E. Whittington
Coy Farmer
Mount Airy
R. H. Whittington
Morganton
C. A. Whitting
Airman Completes Special Airborne Training
Monroe E. Hiatt has reported to Hill Air Force Base Utah after completing the special airborne training program at the base. His assignment places him in duties tied to testing paratrooper procedures and equipment during the current training cycle.
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Ate Monroe E. Hiatt
Hill Air Force Base
Utah
Market Report From Mount Airy Livestock Sale
Quotations from Wednesday sales at Mount Airy Market show top hogs at 19 dollars and heavy tops around 16.25, calves up to 28.50 with No 2 pen at about 24, heifers 15.25 to 19, steers 17.25 to 21.25, cows 10 to 16.25, balls 17.5 to 19, with per head figures for heifers and cows ranging roughly 63 to 125 and 86 to 219 respectively.
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Mount Airy
Water Main Break Floods Mount Airy Diamond
Mount Airy officers found a creek of water across the ball diamond behind Mount Airy High School at tew o'clock yesterday morning. A 14 inch underground main ruptured, sending water to the treatment plant from Alfred Mill reservoir a mile away. Valves were closed, tanks checked, and an emergency line from Lovill's Creek activated. Mills and plants with heavy water use were told to restrict operations while repair teams replaced a 12 foot section of pipe. Damage cause uncertain but metal fatigue considered possible.
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Mount Airy
F. G. Doggett
Alfred Mill
Water Department
Lovill’s Creek
Doggett
Mount Airy music scholar receives UNC graduate fellowship
John W. Martin son of Edith L. Martin of 443 West Pine Mount Airy has earned a full graduate music scholarship at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. The Mount Airy High School graduate and UNC class of ’62 BA holder is a clarinetist who played with the symphony maritime band and wind ensemble and made the Dean’s List.
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John W. Martin
Edith L. Martin
West Pine Street
Mount Airy
Graduate School of Music
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Head
Martin
Mount Airy High School
UNC
Mount Airy approves Hadley property sale to Shoppers Parking
At last night’s meeting the Mount Airy Ypen Board confirmed the sale of the Hadley property including the Immer parking area to Shoppers Parking Inc for 42 250. A third bid awaited approval or rejection at the regular meeting. Shoppers Parking must deposit 20 percent and the rest is to be paid by terms agreed with the board. Earlier March 15 an afternoon auction on frontage on Renfro and Pine Streets yielded no bids.
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Mount Airy Ypen
Mount Airy
Renfro Street
Pine Street
Mrs. Doris Flinchum Nelson Dies in Florida
Doris Flinchum Nelson 40, of Orange Park Florida, formerly of Pilot Mountain, wife of Thomas R Nelson, died yesterday in Jacksonville Naval Hospital after two years of declining health. Survived by husband, daughter Daisy Belle Nelson, son Thomas Pete Nelson, father Robert A Flinchum, four sisters and two brothers. Funeral arrangements pending at Cox Funeral Home in Pilot Mountain.
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Doris Flinchum Nelson
Orange Park
Fla
Pilot Mountain
Thomas R. Nelson
U. S. Navel Hospital
Jacksonville
Pla
Surry County
Robert A. (Ber) Ard
Winnie Belle Simmons
Daisy Belle Nelson
Thomas Pete Neilson
Dale Monday
Alexander
O. B. Miller
Winston-Salem
Don Frye
Roger Inman
Tset. Delmer Flinchum
U. & Air Force
Berlin
Germany
Roy Flinchum
Town Issues Reminder To Contractors
Mount Airy Building Inspector Ed Brannock reminded contractors electricians and town boards last December that any building home project over 100 must have a permit. Electrical wiring and new plumbing or connecting to town lines require permits. repairs may proceed without one. The inspection service is available and permits should be obtained before starting work to avoid violating town ordinances.
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Pire
Ed Brannock
Mount Airy
Town Boards of Commissioners
Brannock
Sertomans Hear Austin On Redevelopment Plan
Sertoma Club members at Blue Ridge Restaurant heard Ledford Avwatin discuss Mount Airy housing plan details. The speaker said the housing program aims to raise living standards in substandard areas and outlined proposed areas for development. Dr J C Hut introduced the speaker and Doyle Perdue presided.
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Sertoma Club
Blue Ridge
Ledford Avwatin
Mount Airy
Austin
J. C. Hut
Club
Doyle Perdue
Local figure granted thirty day leave with family
A person is granted a thirty day leave to be with his parents Mr and Mrs W Harvey Hiett and relatives in care. The readable fragment suggests a family-centered departure notice and indicates parish ties to the Hiett name.
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W. Harvey Hiett
Caa
Shoppers Parking Wins Bid on Mount Airy Property
The Town of Mount Airy auctioned Hadley Street property in two stages with eight top bidders on the lots and a final unit bid won by Shoppers Parking Inc. The 11 tract package started at 310 and yielded bids totaling 231500 before the unit bid surpassed individual sums. Shoppers Parking plans a large parking facility expansion downtown pending Town Board approval.
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Southern Propane Gas Company
As Company
Jon Jackson
Shoppers Parking, Inc
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Joy Elaine
William Willipord
Ax” Monroe
HIATT
Market Report
Joan W. Martin
MNC
Pvt
Dennis BR. Bottomley
Fort Gordon
Elaine Bottomley
Franklin Street
T. R. Nelson
Florida
Cox Funeral Home
Sertomans
Hadley
Renfro
City Hall
Joe Jackson
Shoppers Parking
Town Board of Commissioners
Jackson
Gary Pruett
Porter Cox
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