Copeland Group Seeks Reinstatement of Parker at Surry Central
About 20 Copeland area Agriculture students and parents petition County Superintendent J Sam Gentry for the reinstatement of W E Parker as agriculture teacher at the new Surry Central High School for the coming term. Parker was dismissed after the county board reduced staff. The delegation, estimated at about 100, threatens to appeal to the State Board if unsatisfied.
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Copeland
J. Sam Gentry
Pausiings
Dobson
Gentry
Albert Dockery
W. E. Parker
Consolidated Surry Central High School
Parker
Surry Central High School
County School Board
Dockery
State Board
The
Cope
County Board of Education
Sentative
Surry County
Surry Central
Cecil Ring
NE Wisman
Consolidated
A. G. Bullard
State of Vocational Agriculture
Lions Install 61-62 Officers
The Mount Airy Lions Club installed the new officers for the 1961-62 year. George Tucker, retiring, thanked members for their support. W. J. Monday, with 23 years of perfect attendance, was installing officer and lauded Monday’s service. New officers include Earl Watson president and John Hamilton first VP.
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Mount Airy Lions Club
George Tucker
W. J. Monday
Lions
International Committee
Dhet
Earl Watson
John Hamilton
Buck Pruett
Cecil Warren
F. A. Archer
Otis Wimbish
George Reeves
Bil Neuber
J.L. Richard
Monday
John Franklin
J. ©. Hill
Resece Stewart
Bruce Tharrington
Mount Airy
Lions Club
Watson
Tucker
Mount Airy Knitting Company
Holiday Closings For Town County Mount Airy
Mount Airy merchants observe the July 4 holiday by remaining closed all day Tuesday with reopening Wednesday. The Mount Airy Post Office, financial institutions, County Agricultural Building offices, Dobson courthouse, and State Revenue Office will also close Tuesday. The Driver's License Examiner’s office will be closed Tuesday.
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Mount Airy
Dobson
County Agricultural Building
State Revenue Office
Commissioners Postpone Meeting
The Mount Airy Board of Commissioners have postponed their regular first Tuesday meeting from July 4 to July 31. Persons with matters to present to the Board are asked to note the one week delay in the meeting date.
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Mount Airy Board of Commissioners
Carter Returns To City After League Meeting
Mayor W Fravuk Carter returns from Raleigh where he attended the executive committee meeting of the North Carolina League of Municipalities. Carter has been serving as first vice president of the group.
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Raleigh
N. C. League of Municipalities
Carter
Mount Airy Lions install new officers as code panel forms
Mount Airy Lions Club installs new president Earl Watson, who pledges service with heart and head. Retiring president George Tucker receives gavel, pin, and plaque. The Advisory Codex names officers for subcommittees. town adopts the 1958 North Carolina State Building Code.
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Chief Brannock
N. C
Mount Airy
Hospital Tax Reduction Cuts Local District Rate
Surry County Board of Commissioners on June 23 cut Norther Hospital District tax from 13 to 10 cents per $100 valuation, saving about 21000 for fiscal 1961 42. Debt service dropped from 5 to 3 cents and maintenance from 8 to 7 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surry County
Eight Township
Hospital Board of Trustees
NEWS Closed Through Wednesday for Fourth of July Break
The NEWS office will be closed today through Tuesday for the annual Fourth of July vacation and will reopen Wednesday July 5. No paper published on Tuesday July 4. Publication resumes with Friday’s issue.
Local Teacher Promoted to Major in North Carolina Guard
Governor Sanford promoted Robert Overton Poplin Jr from Captain to Major in the North Carolina Army National Guard. Poplin, principal of North Surry High School, is a Wake Forest College and Appalachian State Teachers College alumnus with multiple Army service schools. He has served since 1937 in the Officers Reserve Corps and held posts in Elkin, Concord, and Hickory with the 120th Infantry before his current assignment.
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Terry Sanford
Robert Overton Poplin, Jr
North Carolina Army National Guard
Poplin
North Surry High School
Ronda
Route 4
Mount Airy
Wake Forest College
Appalachian State Teachers College
Boone
Artillery School
Officers Reserve Corps
N. C. Army National Guard
120Th Infantry
Elkin
Third Battle Group
Concord
2Nd Battle Group
Hickory
Surry Leaf Harvest Set To Begin Today In Pilot
Tobacco harvest starts today in Pilot Mountain area. County crop conditions are generally good. A 3.5 acre Hyatt field four miles from Pilot Mountain on NC 268 is far ahead of others. Hyatt grew his own tobacco plants. Broadleaf Hicks transplanting began in early May and finished by May 10. Hyatt reports a 99 percent stand with 18 inch plant spacing in four foot rows.
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Surry
Pilot
Pilot Mountain
Herman Hyatt
NC 268
Hyatt
Winston- Salem
Mount Airy
Flat Rock Baptist Calls New Pastor to Fill Pulpit
Flat Rock Baptist Church named Rev. William R. Eaton to fill its pulpit vacancy after the resignation of Rev. Joe Maye. Eaton, formerly pastor at Greenway Baptist Church in Boone, is a Winston-Salem native. his father is a local fire captain.
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Flat Rock Baptist Church
Joe Maye
William R. Eaton
Mr. Eaton
Greenway Baptist Church
Boone
Winston-Salem
Mra. W. J. Eaton
Winaston- Salem
Mount Airy Office Closed Two Days for Holiday
Governor Terry Sanford ordered all North Carolina Employment Security Commission offices closed Monday and Tuesday July 3 and 4 for holiday observance. The Monday closure substitutes for Veterans Day closing for the Mount Airy office.
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Mount Airy
Terry Sanford
N. C. Employment Security Commission
Planning Board Meets New State Representatives
The Mount Airy Planning Board met Tuesday at City Hall to become acquainted with new state representatives Gary M. Cooper and Bruce Briggs from the Western Piedmont Planning Office. Chairman H. O. Waltz, Sr. led introductions as the board discussed local plans and progress.
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Mount Airy
City Hall
Piedmont Planning Office
H. O. Waltz, Sr
Gary M. Cooper
Bruce Briggs
Western Piedmont Planning Office
Division of Community Planning
N. C
New Local Pastor Edits Charge at Flat Creek Church
The Rev. Eaton, holding degrees from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and Wake Forest, and a ThM from the latter, received a pastoral certificate from N Baptist Hospital. He is married to Edna Bennett of Winston-Salem with two children, Tim and Melia Kay. The family will reside at the Flat Creek Church parsonage and he will lead his first Sunday service in the morning worship.
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Wake Forest College
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Wake Forest
Department of
N. ©. Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Edna Louis Bennett
Tim
Melia Kay
Eatons
Flat Reek
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Ter
Surry County Loan & Trust
Col
Codes Committee
Town Board of Commissioners
Howard Woltz
Robert Merritt
William Crite
Ed Brannock
CLUS
Jones
Pruett
Hamilton
Stewart
Wimbish
Archer
Neuber
Finch
Sturtevant
Franklin
Tharrington
Hill
Board of Commissioners
R, O, Poplin, JR
Flat Rock Baptist
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