Portrait Hung Of Supervisor In Nurses Home
In a touching ceremony at the Martin Memorial School of Nursing lounge a portrait of Mrs Bertha Ashby was unveiled. John Lockhart business administrator lauded her nursing career beginning in 1920 noting she was the only member of her class to graduate in 12s. She spent a brief period at Baptist Hospital after the Martin Memorial Hospital burned in 1955 and otherwise served at Martin Memorial.
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Martin Memorial School of Nursing
Bertha Ashby
John Lockhart
School of Nursing
Bob Slate
Martin Memorial Nurses Alumnae Association
Studenta
Kay Withers
Polly Simpson
Ashby
GOP Candidate Named In Suit By Printing Firm
A Fifth District Republican candidate for the U S House was named as a defendant in Mecklenburg Superior Court in Charlotte. Meritage Printers seeks 2744 for nonpayment for publishing the book Opinions on Taxation, with 6040 copies printed and only 8400 paid, alleging the candidate A M Snipes owes for the work. Snipes defeated Richard S napp in the GOP primary and is slated to face Democrat Ralph J. Scott in the fall.
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U. S. House of Representatives
Mecklenburg Superior Court
Charlotte
Meritage Printers, Inc
A. M. Snipes
Elkin
Snipes
Richard Snapp
Winston-Salem
Ralph J. Scott
House
Watershed Group Plans Public Meeting for Stewarta Creek Area
Following a week of preliminary discussions, residents of the Lawint a Creek basin are invited to a public meeting of all landowners in the Stewarta Creek area. The gathering is scheduled for Thamesday evening at Northern Surry High School to discuss watershed plans and local land use.
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Stewarta Creek
Northern
Surry High School
Stewarts Creek
Robert J. Lawill
Paula Creek
Bryce K. Yournis
Autistan
Dstewarta Creek
Saturday Night Blaze Destroys Frame Dwelling
Franklin volunteers responded to a 21 00 call Saturday night at a US 52 dwelling on Shorttown Hill. A five room frame house burned beyond control despite three trucks and an hour of wetting down. The unoccupied house owned by Cephas Payne contained destroyed furnishings and no fire caused injuries. Authorities invited local landowners and residents to join the Stewarts Creek Watershed planning meeting, outlining proposed dam sites and floodplain protections amid a 50 100 acre watershed split between Carroll County Virginia and Surry County with multiple structures expected for flood control.
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Franklin
US 52
Shorttown Hill
Cephas Payne
Open House Sunday at Lovill Building
Open house Sunday afternoon at the Lovill Building on East Pine Street invites the public to visit between two and three o'clock to inspect facilities. The sheriff and county tax collector’s office for Mount Airy township will relocate this week from City Hall Building to the new offices.
Thieves Smash Window at York's Jewelry Store
Police investigated a break in at York's Jewelry Store on Oak Street after a granite rock shattered a window. Thieves grabbed four watches a diamond ring a wedding band and a used ladies ring valued over 206 dollars. Mount Airy Police continue inquiries.
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York
Oak Street
Mount Airy
H. G. Starling Succumbs After Heart Attack
Hubert Golden Starling, 62, of 453 West Pine Street, died Sunday afternoon at Northern Surry Hospital from a heart attack after a short stay as a patient. A native of Yadkin County and retired truck driver, he is survived by a son James Starting of Danville, two daughters Mrs Nellie Martin of Mercanton and Mrs Dore Hicks of Mount Airy, a stepdaughter Mrs Milfred Spicer of Danville, four grandchildren, one brother Mr Luther D. B. Starling of Helmet, and one sister Mrs Martha Crees of Mount Airy. Burial will be in Oakdale Cemetery.
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Hubert Golden Starting
West
Pine Street
Pennek
Jones Funeral Home
Nelson
F. J. Burrraghs
Starling
Surry Hospital
Yadkin
William Thomas
Annie Penby
James Starting
Danville
Mire
Nellie Martin
Mercanton
Dore Hicks
Mount Airy
Milfred Spicer
Beth
Luther DB
Martha Crees
Oakdale
Two-Car Collision Causes Minor Damage on North Main
No injuries reported after a two-car crash on North Main Street Friday afternoon. James Lanadell Hazel Jr., 17, of East Lebanon Street, driving a 1959 Oldsmobile, tried to turn near a service station. Shirley Marie Tilley, 42, of Route 1 Canada, drove a 1957 Ford attempting to pass in a tight lane. Patrolman George B. Questinberry investigated. no charges filed.
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North Main Street
James Lanadell Hazel, Jr
Lebanon Street
Main Street
Shirley Marie Tilley
Route 1
Canada
George B. Questinherry
Mount Airy
Twenty Arrests Reported By Mount Airy Police
Mount Airy Police Department records show twenty arrests over the weekend from 8:30 Friday evening to 4 p.m. Sunday. The breakdown includes ten drunk and disorderly, two stop sign violations, three operate while intoxicated, two public drunkenness, and one each for reckless driving license, larceny, forgery, and a peace warrant.
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Mount Airy
Poolroom Permit Granted By MA Commissioners
At their regular semi monthly meeting Thursday night the Town Board granted Hamp Jackson a permit to operate a pool room on Main Street in the building recently vacated by Weatera Auto Stores.
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Town Board of Commissioners
Jackson
Main Street
Weatera
Use Plan Reveals Mount Airy Land Use Shortcomings
Mount Airy officials received a 38 page Land-Use Plan from the State Division of Community Planning. The study notes residential use dominates 53 percent of developed land and warns future growth will spill outward without annexation. It cites blighted areas downtown, poor street planning, and outdated zoning as key problems. It proposes a central business district, neighborhood commercial zones, a medical business area near Northern Surry Hospital, and about 1,200 acres for industrial use with sites along South Street, US routes, Riverside Drive, and the railroad spur to North Carolina Granite Company.
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Mount Airy
State Division of Community Planning
State Group
Mixet
South
Lwta
Soring
South-Worth-Rockford
Surry Hospital
South Street
US & Pypam
Riverside Drive
N. C. Granite Company
NEWS Employees Will Vacation No July 3 Issue
The NEWS will not publish Tuesday July 3 as staff take their annual Fourth of July break. Personnel will be off from June 1% to July 4 with the office and printing department closed. Publication resumes July 6. The paper issues twice yearly except around July 4 and Christmas Day.
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NEWS
Thoroughfare Plan Gets Board Study Attention
The town's Revised Major Thoroughfare Plan drew board attention at a Thursday meeting. Approved April 19 with local amendments, the plan was sent to the Advanced Planning Body of the State Highway Commission and officially received the local revisions. The local board backed the State version and approved resolutions sent to Raleigh, expected to be reviewed at the July state meeting. Once approved, staking out the Renfro Street right of way may begin, with Mount Airy officials to negotiate final financing with state officials. This plan marks the first in several area projects over the next years.
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State Highway Commission
Raleigh
Renfro Street
Mount Airy
Mount Airy Board Amends Taxi Ordinance
Mount Airy commissioners amended the taxi ordinance at a Thursday meeting. Licensed drivers may choose meter use or a flat hire rate effective June 30. Drivers after June 30 must read and write to complete a manifest. Convicted traffic violators face suspension of taxi licenses at the chief of police discretion.
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Mount Airy
Prine
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GOP
High Point College
Bonnie Simpson
Theae
Meetig
Carrol County
Surry County
Lovill Building
H. G. Starling
Tery
Civcisionare
Board
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