Tragedy Ties Mount Airy to Link Family in Sub Deaths
Mount Airy residents with links to Edwin Link faced a family tragedy as two men aboard a mini submarine died after a long Atlantic entrapment. Clayton Link, 31, and fellow crewman Al Stover died from carbon dioxide poisoning, while Archibald Menzier and Dr Robert Meek survived initially.
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Florida
Link
Mount Airy
H. L. Weidley
Franklin St
Binghamton, N.Y
Edwin Link
Clayton Link
Atlantic Ocean
al Stover
June Beach
Archibald
Jock” Menzier
Vero Beach
Robert Meek
Santa Barbara
Calif
Weidley
Stanley Roge
Country Club Road
Dentist Leaving Mount Airy July 6
Dr Gary Rosier who started practice in Mount Airy last August will close his office at 158 Renfro Street on July 6. Patient records will be mailed to a chosen dentist upon request between 9 am and noon. records will not be given to patients.
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Mount Airy
Gary Rosier
Renfro Street
Boyd Building
Rosier
Jeanette
St. Pauls
North Carolina
Greg
Unc-Chapel
Fringed Area Zoning Board Seeks Fulltime Planner
Surry County zoning boards describe the Mount Airy fringe area as a terrible mess due to violations of the 1964 ordinance. They urge hiring a fulltime planner to enforce rules, regulate mobile homes and trailers, and back zoning officials as warrants are prepared.
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Zoning and Planning Boards
Surry County
Mount Airy Fringe Area
C. Brannock
Zoning Board of Adjustments
Mount Airy Fringe
Brannock
Dobson
Kester A. Sink
Sink
Engineer Dies at 48 in Mount Airy
Ellis M. Hawks 48 of 221 Church Street died early yesterday at Northern Surry Hospital after a heart attack. He was chief engineer at North Carolina Granite Corp and a World War II and Korean War veteran. Surviving include wife Ann Spain Hawks two daughters and a son, plus his father stepmother and siblings. He was a deacon at First Presbyterian Church and active in Scouting. Funeral arrangements incomplete at presstime.
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Ellis M
Bill) Hawks
Church Street
Surry Hospital
Surry County
Homer and
Sallie Martin Hawks
North Carolina Granite Corp
First Presbyterian Church of
Mount Airy
Ann Spain Hawks
David H. Good
Merritt Island
Fla
Scott Stannish
Orlando
Ellis Marty Hawks, Jr
Homer J. Hawks
Johnny Belton
H J. Hawks
Dundee
Retirement marks 27 years of service for Mrs. Midkiff
Mrs. Bernice Midkiff nursing supervisor at Surry County Health Department retires after 27 years. Dr. K M Caldwell calls her the backbone of the department. Public health nurse Claudia Bryant named to succeed her, with a July 1 start.
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Claudia Bryant
R. M. Caldwell
Surry County
Bernice Midkiff
Department
Midkiff
Booker Midkiff
Health Department
Army Nurse Corps
Ft. Bragg
Rex Hospital
Raleigh
RBC Franklin
Mount Airy and
Elkin
Caldwell
Larry
Rtment
Old Martin Memorial Hospital
City Memorial
Winston-Salem
Bryant
J. A. Bryant
W. Lebanon St
Denise
John Ill
Code Change Sought for HUD Funds in Mount Airy
Mount Airy officials plan an amendment to the city building code to satisfy federal recommendations after HUD threatened to withhold more than 20 million from North Carolina towns. The change would permit use of homogenized fiber pipe in construction, though the renewal project does not involve it.
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Mount Airy
Victor Denton
Denton
Asheville
John Ingram
HUD
Laa
Mount Airy Livestock Market Sales Report
Market recorded 293 animals sold on Wednesday at Mount Airy Livestock Market. Top hogs brought 36.50, calves 65.50, heifers 57 to 81 per head, steers 47.50 for 665 lbs, bulls 40 to 45.75, cows with calves 135 to 466 per head.
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Mount Airy
Mount Airy Police Report Arrests and Citations
Mount Airy police logged 18 arrests and citations during a 24 hour period from 6 am Monday to 6 am yesterday, according to the department brief. Officers cited traffic and misdemeanor offenses and made several custodial detentions as part of the daily activity report.
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Mount Airy
Produce sale eyed at Mount Airy park facilities
Surry County Agricultural Extension office seeks gardeners and farmers to sell surplus produce this summer. Proposal by James McNeil would use Veterans Memorial Park facilities for a weekly sale through July and August. Call 386 8773 to express interest. a small use fee may be charged.
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Surry County
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Link Family, Research
Clayton
Willam
Colorado
Johnnie
Stanley Rogge
Rogges
Rogge
Quality Mills Inc
Weidely
Binghamton
Fila
Smithsonian Institute
Navy
Ray Shinault
Rosewood Drive
Shinault
Joey Snow
H. L. Weidely
Edwin
Marion Link
J. M
A. Haywood Merritt Sr
John C. Munn
Merritt
Franklin High
Market Report
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