Mount Airy Renewal Project Advances With Public Hearing
The Mount Airy Town Board prepares final action on an urban renewal funding plan from HUD after a second public hearing. Residents along Pine Street oppose the plan, arguing the project could affect homes including Chester Mays who calls his house unjustly labeled blighted.
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Mount Airy
Chester Mays
Pine
White House
Mays
Main St
Main Street
Beamer
Department of Housing and Urban Development
W. Talmadge Hiatt Sr
Hiatt
Franklin St
Pine St
Owens and Mays
National Mount Airy Furniture Co names Hans Hatschek manager
Hans R Hatschek named merchandising and marketing manager for National Mount Airy Furniture Co a Bassett division. Hatschek brings 11 years with Bassett plus prior roles at Tomlinson High Point and J L Hudson Detroit. He and wife Helene plan to live near Mount Airy as Essex area projects proceed.
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National Mount Airy Furniture Company
Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc
Bassett
Hans R Hatschek
Detroit
Hatschek
Tomlinson
High Point
J. L. Hudson Company
Mich
Robert Hera
Hassett Ture Tes Haischek
Helene
Mount Airy
Mount Airy Police Lose Second Black Officer
The Mount Airy police department bid farewell Saturday to its second Black officer, James C. Tatum, who left after three months to seek other work. Police Chief Joe Simmons will start interviewing applicants immediately for the vacancy, with criteria including age 21 or older, good health, average height and weight, and a high school diploma or equivalent.
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Mount Airy
James C Tatum
Joe Simmons
Simmons
Uniformed Patrol Division
Department
Mount Airy Bluegrass Festival Opens With Flatt Contract
Lester Flatt headlines the Mount Airy Bluegrass Festival with a five year contract and plans for annual events. About 3,000 attendees flocked to Veterans Memorial Park drawing visitors from New York New Jersey Michigan California and elsewhere. The festival featured Roy Acuff Mac Wiseman the Osborne Brothers and Hee Haw guests with police reporting a single alcohol related arrest and overall orderly proceedings.
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Mac Wiseman
Lester Flatt
Mount Airy
Nashville
New York
New Jersey
Michigan
California
American Legion and
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans Memorial Park
Jack York
Park Committee
York
Flatt
Lovill Creek
VFW
American Legion
Acuff
Osborne Brothers Stringbean
Dobson Poultry Firm Slashes Output Amid Rising Costs
Wilson Laurel Farms in Surry County lowers weekly chick placements from 250 000 to about 200 000 due to feed cost surges and a price freeze. Area supervisor H R Short warns further cuts may follow as profits vanish and workers face reduced hours amid ongoing industry losses.
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H.R. Short
Wilson
Georgia
Surry
Yadkin
Wilkes
Short
Mount Airy police issue 32 warrants and citations
Police served 32 warrants and citations from 6 p m Friday to 6 a m yesterday. Auto law infractions totaled 17 including four drunken driving cases, eight liquor law violations, and seven other small offenses. The piece also covers chicken price pressures and industry responses.
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Mount Airy
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DeWayne Anderson
Eric Hill
Bob Stearns
Eddie and
Andy
Osie, N.Y
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Country Club Road
New York City
Welcome Baptist Church
Dobson Poultry Firm
Wilson Laurel Farms
Surry County
Welch Road
Oren Bradley
Howard Ford
Raleigh
Elkin
Bryant
Dobson
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