Local Mount Airy News Highlights 1952 Ventures and Honors
Gibson Gwyn to open Sanitary Grocery and Meat Market with sister Sandy Hutchens after leasing Poore building on South Main. CAP cadets John C. Kirkman Garland L. Gentry and Jack Smith attend summer camp at Shaw AFB. Surry hospital drive nears end with Dr Moir S Martin address. R D George elected NC Savings and Loan League president at Virginia Beach. Pilot Mountain marker and other NC markers designated. Local wedding Norris Hatcher Jr. and Nancy Gordon. Tar Heel Girls State attendees Patsy Ausburne Jewel Smith. Mount Airy earns Pedestrian Protection Certificate. Patrick County VA schools name Charlies Moir new Stuart HS assistant principal.
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Gibson Gwyn
Mount Airy
Poore
South Main Street
Sanitary Grocery
Sandy Hutchens
Mount Airy Squadron
Quvil Air Patrol
Shaw Air Force Base
8.C
CAP
United States
John C. Kirkman
Garland L. Gentry
Jack Smith
James V. Law
Patrick County
Charlies Moir
Sam Moir
Francisco
Stuart High School
Moir
Appalachian State Teachers College
Boone
Mount Airy High School
Washington Mills Reopening Promised by Trustee
Richard A. Gilbert, court appointed trustee for Washington Group, aims to resume operations at 14 textile and apparel plants including Dobson and Lowgap. About 277 workers at Dobson and 60 at Lowgap were laid off last week as the firm files for bankruptcy with $11.7 million debt. The trustee says the goal is to reopen all plants as soon as possible, with no date set yet.
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Middle District Federal Court For
Gilbert
Virginia tightens driving laws and shuts plants plan
Virginia lawmakers set new fiscal year rules including fees for DUI program entrants and mandatory accident reporting for all drivers. A turn on red on one way streets is allowed after full stop and pedestrian yield. Interstate speed limit set at 55 mph. car and tractor trailer limits unified on major roads. Car inspections extend to one year after purchase. In North Carolina, a Services Co. executive faces a court overseen plan to restore profitability amid plant closures and mass layoffs across multiple states, with Mayodan hardest hit and thousands affected.
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Richmond
Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program
State General Assembly
Assembly
of Services Co
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
James Gilley
Hospital faces tight budget amid occupancy slump
Lockhart notes federal controls press local costs and favors education on personal health and incentives for free health care. He cites a precarious occupancy rate this year while confirming the hospital’s finances remain stable but require careful budgeting.
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Lockhart
Hospital finances aided by 260000 tax boost
Lockhart cites a 260000 special tax district transfer as crucial to the hospital's finances. Without the levy he says room rates would rise about nine dollars per day and Medicaid and Medicare losses would hit hard. He argues the tax support moderates costs and curbs systemic pressures.
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Lockhart
Blood drives to meet rising need in Surry County
Regional Red Cross officials warn blood use has surged and Fourth of July demand will grow. The Surry County chapter plans a bloodmobile visit at Jorans Park from 1 to 4 PM on Monday and 10 AM to 3:30 PM on Tuesday with the Film Raritan Club assisting in publicity and logistics.
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Red Cross Center
Charlotte
Surry County
American Red Cross
Jorans Park
Charles Dams
Airy Bi Mountrogram Committee
Raritans
Mount Airy Police Cite Six in Recent Period
The Mount Airy Police Department issued citations from June 22 to June 23 naming Deborah W. Chilton age 26 of Pilot Mountain speeding Robby Campbell of Mount Airy assault with a deadly weapon Patty Faye Cooper age 20 Route 5 Mount Airy public disturbance Debbie Leonard age 18 124 West Lebanon Street Mount Airy public drunkenness public disturbance and Jack Simmons age 51 of Pilot Mountain violating a zoning ordinance.
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Mount Airy
Deborah W. Chilton
Pilot Mountain
Robby Campbell
Taylor St
Patty Faye Cooper
Route 5
Debbie Leonard
W. Lebanon St
Jack Simmons
Accidental Gunfire Kills Wilkes Co Youth
Wilkes County youth Michael Deer Smith, 11, died after his brother Robert Kent Smith, 14, discharged a 22 caliber rifle while playing. Sheriff Bill Anderson said no charges will be filed. autopsy planned. The gun belonged to the father and witnesses included several other children.
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Wilkesboro
Wilkes County
Michael Deer Smith
Robert M
Doris Smith
Ronda
Wilkes General Hospital
Smith
Robert Kent Smith
Bill Anderson
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North Carolina Savings and Loan League
Virginia Beach
North Carolina Department of Archives and History
Franklin
Longap
White Plains Baptist Church
Dobson Road
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Tommy Preston Gordon
Norris Clark Hatcher, Jr
Norris Clark Hatcher
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T.C. Ausburne
Hadley Street
Jewel Smith
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Carolinas
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M.W. Boone
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AAA
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Mayodan
Monroe
Union County
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