Championship 300 at Atlanta Preview of a tight Indy field
One of the most evenly matched USAC Champ car fields gathers for the Championship 300 at Atlanta International Raceway on June 26. Top drivers include Mario Andretti Nazareth Pa Don Branson Champaign Al Gordon Johncock Hastings Mich Bobby Unser Albuquerque N M Jim Hurtubise North Tonawanda NY Gary Bettenhausen Tinley Park IL Carl Williams Grandview ME Joe Leonard San Jose CA George Snider Fresno CA Lloyd Ruby Wichita Falls TX Billy Foster Victoria Canada and more. Qualifying June 24 25 aims for 170 mph to secure one of 30 poles with a purse over 60000 and a 12000 winner.
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Atlanta International Raceway
Roger Ward
Phoenix
A. J. Foyt
Houston
Texas
Mario Andretti
Nazareth
Bee
Don Branson
Champaign
Gordon Johncock
Hastings
Mich
Bobby Unser
Alboqarque
N.M
Roger Me. Cluakey
Tuscon
Reeves Y Sports Turnmyres Hospital 10 to 3 Victory
Summary of multiple local baseball games with winning and losing pitchers, leading hitters, and home run tallies. Included are Reeves Y Sports Turnmyres Hospital 10 3 and Kel.Win categories with Chris Goins and Scotty Parker among top performers.
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Turnmyres-Hospital
First National Bank
Steve Wilson
Sam Gray
Steve Goins
Reeves
Scotty Parker
Randy Parker
Benny Leftwich
Martshall
Bobby Howlett
Chuck Inscore
Hollingsworth
Boyles
Franklin Volunteer Fire Department Hotdog Supper
Franklin volunteers host a hamburger and hot dog supper Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the fire station with homemade ice cream. Proceeds fund a new fire truck, Fire Chief Wayne Easter says, urging public dining with the firefighters to support the project.
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Franklin Volunteer Fire Department
Wayne Easter
Revival begins Sunday at Mountain Park Church
Revival services start Sunday evening at Mountain Park Baptist Church with guest evangelist Rev. Harold Bowe Jr. from Salem Baptist Church Winston-Salem. Services continue through the morning of July as area residents are invited by Pastor Rev. Roy W Johnson to attend.
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Mountain Park Baptist Church
Harold B. Bowe, Jr
Salem Baptist Church of Winston-Salem
Funeral today for J R Marion dairyman of Dobson
The funeral for John Roosevelt Marion 64 of route 2 Dobson will be at 2 PM at Double Creek Church of Christ. A retired farmer and dairyman he died Tuesday at the National Institutes of Health Bethesda Md. He was native of Surry County son of Nathaniel and Mary Hancock Marion. Surviving are his wife Rhoda Smith Marion two daughters Cryce Johnson of route 2 Dobson and Frances Rowlett of Corpus Christi Texas and three sisters Jay Van Jackson Letha Hill and Rishie Doss. Burial Mawsonic rites in church cemetery.
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John Roosevelt Marion
Dobson
Double Creek Church of Christ
Marion
National Institute of Health
Bethesda
Surry County
Nathaniel
Mary Hancock Marion
Rhoda Smith Marion
Cryce Johnson
Frances Rowlett
Corpus Christi
Texas
Jay van Jackson
Route 8
Mount Airy
Letha Hill
Harmony
Rishie Doss
Virginia
Church Cemetery
Funeral for Mrs Kizzie Smith of Ararat Va
The funeral for Mrs Kizzie Smith 83 of Ararat Va will be held at 2 p.m. EST tomorrow at Hunters Chapel Methodist Church. She died at 9 30 a.m. yesterday at Northern Surry Hospital after a long illness. She was born in Furry County to Albert and Elizabeth Johnson Goins. Surviving are a daughter Mrs Tom Young of Ararat and a sister Mrs Aline King of White Plains. The body will lie in state 36 minutes prior to the service at Moody Funeral Home and burial will be in the church cemetery.
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Kizzie Smith
Ararat
Hunter's Chapel Methodist Church
Mra
Tom Young
Ararat, Va
Mia
Aline King
White Plains
Moody Funeral Home
Moore 80 Former Farmer From Lowgap Area Dies
Houston B. Moore 80 of Thomansville formerly Lowgap died yesterday afternoon in a Thomanville hospital after an extended illness. He was a native of Surry County. Surviving are his widow Rebecca Metraw Moore a sister Fanny Cockerham of Lamberburg Virginia a stepdaughter Mrs. Chester McMillan Mount Airy two steps Warren McCraw Mount Airy and C W McCraw Hiattsville Md and several nieces and nephews. The body rests at Moody Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
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Houston B. Moore
Thomanville
Lowgap
Thomanvile Hospital
Surrycoun
Rebecca Metraw Moore
Fanny Cockerham
Lambaburg, Va
Chester McMillan
Mount Airy
Warren McCraw
C. W. McCraw
Hiattsville
Moody Funeral Home
Proctor Loses Labor Battle at Southern Pines Plant
The Proctor Silex Southern Pines plant lost an NLRB appeal in Washington D C. The board orders reinstatement of five of six workers discharged in 1964 and calls for a new union election by secret ballot at the plant after charges of unfair labor practices. The 1UR RMW Union had filed the charges following an August 1964 election defeat.
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Southern Pinex
Proctor-Silex Corporation
National Labor Relations Board
Washington
D.C
NLRB
1Ur-Rmw
NLRR
Antioch Homecoming Services Scheduled at Antioch Baptist Church
The Antioch Homecoming will be held Sunday at Antioch Baptist Church. Rev Brady Snow will deliver the 11 o'clock sermon followed by lunch at 12 30 p m. Singing will feature the Mount Bethel Moravian Choir and the Brethren Four Quartet. Rev John D Bowman invites all to attend.
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Antioch Baptist Church
Brady Snow
Mount Bethel Moravian
Brethren Four Quartet
John D Bowman
Park lighting push gathers community groups in Mount Airy
Sertomans Bill Cooper and civic groups including the Jaycees Kiwanis Lions and Moose Lodge urged Mount Airy officials to fund and maintain lighting for a high school ball field. The effort aims to support Little Leagues and planned recreation parks with night play on a lighted field. Cooper spoke for the group at a June meeting and remains hopeful for favorable action.
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Bill Cooper
Mount Airy
Sertoma Club
Cooper
Sertomans
Jaycees
Kiwanis Club
Lions Club
Fiks and Moose Lodges
Bill Hawks
Gene Bowman
Mount Airy Recreation Commission
Bowman
Commission
Mrs Bruner 85 Buried at Siloam Church Thursday
The funeral for Mrs Mertie Leona Ward Bruner 85 of route 1 Siloam was held at Old Steam Friends Church. Widow of John Wesley Bruner she died Tuesday night in a Yad sopville hospital. Born in Surry County to John and Celia James King Hardy she was a charter member of Salem Friends Church. Surviving daughter Mrs Rd Wall of route 1 Siloam. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
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Mertieleona Wards Bruner
Sdeam
Old Steam Friends Church
John Wesley Bruner
Yadsopville
Surry County
Iyo
John and
Celia James King Hardy
Salem Friends Church
Rd Wall
Route 1
Siloam
Church
New Police Department File Clerk Named Roger Gray Haymore
Roger Gray Haymore of North Franklin Road is appointed Mount Airy Police Department file clerk, taking duties July 1. He is a Mount Airy High School graduate and previously an insurance agent, married to Linda Hale with son Chris. His brother Bobby Haymore moves to Mount Airy Recorder's Court clerk.
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Roger Gray Haymore
North Frankin Road
Mount Airy
Bobby Haymore
Haymore
Charlie Haymore
Price Street
Vermont Puckett
Department
Help Wanted Middle Age Housekeeper
Help wanted for a middle age housekeeper to care for a family of three adults. Apply to Housekeeper, P O Box 367, Mount Airy, N C. tic.
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Mount Airy
TV Personality Teddy Quinn Gains Fame in Bayer Ad
Teddy Quinn, one of four Indiana-raised children, became a household name after starring in a Bayer Aspirin for Children commercial. Fans flooded the company with praise and adoption offers while his family, Mr. and Mrs. James Quinn, relocated to Los Angeles from Indiana. Teddy is now seven and doing well in school and life.
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Teddy Quinn
Teddy
Mike
James Quinn
Los Angeles
Indiana
Sia
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