Siloam Man Drowns as Yadkin Floodcrest Strikes
A 22-year-old Siloam farmer Willie Gray Norman drowned Wednesday in the Yadkin River after a canoe capsized near the Siloam bridge during widespread floods from Agnes. Two companions survived as hundreds watched rescue efforts. Mount Airy reported four and a half inches of rain in the preceding days with more on the way. Flooding closed Hamburg and Bluemont roads, flooded Williams Chevrolet, and inundated O. Harvey Griggs Inc. and Levin's Creek area. Water plants switched to reservoir supplies while Stewarts Creek crested lower than expected.
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Siloam
Yadkin River
Siloam Bridge
Mount Airy
Willie Gray Norman
U. S. Army
Norman
Hamburg Road
Ararat
Bluemont
O. Harvey Griggs, Inc
Oil Company
West Virginia Street
Levin's Creek
Mount Airy Market Reports Sluggish Sale Amid Rain Flooding
Heavy rains and flooding dampened sales at the Mount Airy Livestock Market with 163 head sold on Wednesday. Top hogs brought 26.20, calves up to 49, and cow prices ranged from 135 to 276 per head while other classes sold within 14 to 37.50 per unit.
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Mount Airy
Northern Surry Hospital expansion bids come in under estimate
Four bid groups for an ambulatory care center at Northern Surry Hospital totaled about 600 393 dollars, roughly 225 000 less than directors expected. Low bids by John S Clark Co Mount Airy for general construction 339 000 and others for plumbing heating and electrical, plus 4 198 dollars in alternates, ease funding outlook and may allow immediate equipment purchases.
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Northern
Surry Hospital
John S. Clark Co
Mount Airy
Community Plumbing and Heating Company
Greensboro
Plumb-Mechs Corporation
High Point
Pike Electric Co
Astakhov, Moscow Commandant, Dies at 48
Maj. Gen. Petr Astakhov, commandant of Moscow and the official greeter for President Nixon at the Kremlin, has died at age 48 per Tass. Time and cause of death were not disclosed.
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Moscow
UPI
Petr Astakhov
Nixon
Kremlin
Tass
Countywide Voting Machines Planned for Surry County
Voters across 25 precincts will use new voting machines after county commissioners authorized acquisitions. Dobson precinct praised the machines in spring primary, and 47 more units bring total to 52 with 51 in precincts and one at headquarters. Rental 226 yearly per unit, applied to purchase price. total authorized this year 11 752. Swifter tallies expected, aiming for use before September bond issue.
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Surry County
Elections Board
Dobson
Elections
Taxes Not Bonds on August 22 Vote in Mount Airy
Mount Airy voters face three tax money issues on August 22 to fund a neighborhood recreation program. Mayor Beamer says the board plans to spend money beyond ad valorem taxes without raising overall taxes if the measures pass, favoring small parks over a single large Town Woods renovation.
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Mount Airy
Ma. Beamer
Town Woods
Beamer
Former Resident Catherine Merritt Dies in Charlotte
Catherine Hubbard Merritt 75 formerly of Mount Airy and a resident of the Methodist Home in Charlotte died Wednesday morning in Presbyterian Hospital Charlotte. She was born in Surry County and educated at Greensboro College. Funeral services were held at Central United Methodist Church Mount Airy with burial in Oakdale Cemetery. Pallbearers included Jimmy Sheloff and Bill Holcomb among others. She is survived by husband Oscar K Merritt Sr two sons Robert E Merritt and Oscar K Merritt Jr a daughter Sarah Maurer fourteen grandchildren and sister Mrs Raymond W Harris.
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Catherine Hubbard Merritt
Methodist
Charlotte
Mount Airy
Oscar K. Merritt
Presbyterian Hospital
Merritt
Surry County
Robert Lee
Mary Roth Hubbard
Greensboro College
Central United Methodist Church of
WSCS
Surry Hospital
Red Cross
Weavers Guild
Central United Methodist Church
Oakdale
Jimmy Sheloff
Bill Holcomb
Hale Yakley
Jim Miller
Ralph Levering
Jim Barber
John Lockhart
John Woltz
Sarah M. Maurer
San Antonio
Tex
Robert E. Merritt
Oscar K. Merritt, Jr
Raymond W. Harris
Elkin
Moody Funeral Home
The
American Red Cross
College Offers Public Free Pollution Check Up Clinic
Surry Community College will host a free pollution check up Monday from 5 to 9 p.m. The college’s automotive trades class demonstrates a new 66 000 engine tester that analyzes exhaust to determine pollution levels and engine condition. Readings on four meters indicate if a car is a polluter or properly tuned.
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Surry Community College
Automotive Trades
Broadus Atkins
Dobson
Atkins
Pine Street Wreck Ends in Minor Collision Report
A noon rain collision at East Pine Street and Riverside Drive left a small Volkswagen total loss. Roger Dale Cook, 28, of Mount Airy, drove a 1963 VW west on Pine Street and struck a 1964 Chevrolet driven by Luther E. Ware, who entered Pine Street from Riverside Drive. Cook was treated for injuries and Ware faced charges from Patrolman J. York.
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East Pine Street
Riverside Drive
Roger Dale Cook
Route 6
Mount Airy
Pine Street
Luther E. Ware
Cook
DPD
J. York
Ware
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Bryant
Yadkin
Granite City
Mount Airy Water Plant
Larly
Williams Chevrolet Company
Toast
Stewarts Creek
Market Report
Adjeent
Duke Endowment
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
Astakhov
Ist
Angus Tucker
Pine St. Wreck
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