Farmers Push Haying Chore on Redbrush Road Field
Fifteen year old Mike Hyens guides a tractor and side delivery rake to rake oats into rows for Glenn Branch and Hutchens families. The field, cut last Friday, dried in the sun and should yield hay bales stored for animal feed. Despite Agnes rains ten days earlier, upland oats appear to survive well and benefit from the water.
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Redbrush Road
Mike Hyens
Route 7
Mount Hy
Glenn Branch
Mike
Branch
Redbrush
Dobson Mount Airy Propose Hold The Line Budgets 1972 73
Dobson and Mount Airy unveil budgets for 1972 73 totaling about 250 000 more than the prior year yet with no tax increase. Mount Airy keeps 1.65 tax rate while Dobson stays at 1.50. both rely on Powell Bill receipts and county sales tax gains to fund higher spending.
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Dobson
Mount Airy
Granite City
Ambulance Crew Delivers Baby in Hospital Hallway
At about 12 30 am Wednesday two EMTs from Northern Surry Hospital transported a Mount Airy mother to Baptist Hospital. The birth began in the hallway and finished on the fourth floor obstetrical ward as the crew handed over a mother and newborn to hospital staff.
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Surry Hospital
Baptist Hospital
Mount
Allen Busby
Billy Bennett
Busby
Bennett
Five Teens Held In Mount Airy Break In and Vandalism
A citizen tip led Mount Airy police and sheriff's deputies to arrest five teenagers just before dawn on charges related to breaking into soft drink machines and vandalism. A car tied to the suspects was found with tools bearing matching paint from the damaged sites.
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Mount Airy
North Franklin Road
Wilkey
Blithe Spirit Set For Staging Here
Mount Airy residents can enjoy a local production of Blithe Spirit by summer drama classes at the Fine Arts Center. The Noel Coward farce about a deceased wife returning as a ghost unfolds in eight performances with Clara Clark and Sandy Smith in lead roles.
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Mount Airy
Fine Arts Center
Noel Coward
Charles Condomines
Condomine
Clara Clark
Sandy Smith
Nancy Wrenn
J. Edison Drake
Judy Beamer
Ann Wood
Blake Noah
Herschel Harper
Bectonenen
North Main Street
Peak Fourth of July Travel Brings Highway Safety Plea
Peak accident period begins tonight through Sunday in Surry County as patrols mobilize for the Fourth of July travel. Sgt. C R Shook notes rising crash rates in Mount Airy and across the state, urging motorists to drive carefully and take breaks. North Carolina logged 25 highway deaths last year with projections of up to 34 fatalities this year.
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Surry County
C. R. Shook
State Highway Patrol
Shook
Mount Airy
Deas
North Carolina
State Motor Club
Northwestern Bank appoints three Mount Airy directors
The Northwestern Bank in Mount Airy announces the addition of John C. W. Gardner Robert E. Merritt and Richard Vaughn to its board. Gardner a lawyer with Gardner and Gardner is a Wake Forest law graduate and Korean War veteran. Merritt head of Renfro Hosiery Mills a NCSU and Mount Airy High School alumnus. Vaughn president of John S Clark Company and Riverside Building Supply a NCSU engineering graduate and former U S Army lieutenant. All are active in local civic groups and church or community organizations.
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Mount Airy
Northwestern Bank
James R. Younger
John C. W. Gardner
Robert E. Merritt
Richard Vaughn
Gardner
Gardner and Gardner
Lenoir Rhyne College
Wake Forest University
V U. S. Army
Mount Airy Kiwanis Club
Elks Lodge
First Baptist
Pansy Simmons
Terri Lynn
John Co. W
Merritt
Renfro Hosiery Mills
Mount Airy High School
N. C. State University
U.S. Naval Reserve
Cama Clarkson
Charlotte
Caroline
Frances
Edward
Mary Louise
Sallie
Vaughn
Johns. Clark Company, Inc
Riverside Building Supply, Inc
Surry County
U. S. Army
Reeves Ymca
United Fund
Mount Airy Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Dogwood
Boy Scouts of America
Central United Methodist Church
Betty Kay Separk
Raleigh
Carol and
Rick
Mount Airy Livestock Market Auction Report
Market totals show 485 animals sold on Wednesday. Hogs top at 28 dollars, heavies 26, sows 12.50 to 20.50. Calves hit up to 49.70 with heavy 47.50 and calves by head 25 to 71. Bulls and steer calves 33.50 to 44, heifer calves 27.50 to 35.50. Steers 695 to 810 pounds bring 31 to 37.50, 900 to 1270 pounds 29 to 29.10. Good butcher cows 23 to 27.25, canners and cutters 28.75 to 31.25, cows by head 13.97 to 12.50.
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Mount Airy
Scott Seeks Disaster Declaration for Surry Area Flooding
Gov. Bob Scott asked the federal government to declare five North Carolina counties disaster areas due to Hurricane Agnes floods. Surry Forsyth Stokes Yadkin and Rockingham were named with estimated damage at 3.75 million. He seeks 62 thousand for drainage and sewer work plus 165 thousand for utilities repair.
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Bob Scott
North Carolina
Surry
Forsyth
Stokes
Yadkin
Rockingham
Red Cross Seeks Disaster Aid After Agnes Floods
The Red Cross mobilizes for flood relief from Agnes as Surry County in North Carolina reports a $1870 quota for flood relief. Grace Vaughn notes $864 collected and $1006 still needed from United Funds and local groups across Mount Airy Pilot Mountain Westfield Albion. Edward J. Gully says 30,000 families may need help and 112,000 refugees were sheltered along the eastern Seaboard at the peak, from Florida to New York.
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Rapid City
South Dakota
Seaboard
American Red Cross
Surry Red Cross
United Fund of
Mount Airy
Pilot Mountain
Westfield Baptist Church
Albion Missionary Baptist Church
Miss Grace Vaughn
United
Mid-Atlantic
Red Cross
Edward J. Gully
Carolinas
Florida
New York State
Mount Airy News Office Holiday Schedule
The Mount Airy News office will close Tuesday July 4 for a brief holiday. The Tuesday edition will publish Monday night and the office will operate all day Monday. After the holiday regular operations resume Wednesday morning with no editions omitted.
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The
Mount Airy News
Rotary Installs '72-73 Officers
Mount Airy Rotary Club installed 1972 73 officers at Blu Vue Restaurant noon Tuesday. Tom Schwab of Fulton Insurance Agency was named president, Harris Bradley became vice president, and C B Roberson was re elected secretary treasurer for his 19th term. New directors include John Lomax Duke Power Robert Merritt Renfro Hosiery Lucky Moody Moody Funeral Joe Patterson Pike Electric and Steve Petliz. Jim Grimes earned five years perfect attendance. Schwab presented Stevens the past president pin plaque.
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Mount Airy Insurance
Blu- Vue
Tom Schwab
Fulton Insurance Agency
Mount Airy Jaycees
Chamber of Commerce
The
Elks Lodge
Schwab
Nancy Fulton
Rotary Club
Harris Bradley
N. C. Foam Industries
C. B. Roberson
John Lomax
Duke Power Company
Robert Merritt
Renfro Hosiery Mills
Lucky Moody
Moody Funeral Home
Joe Patterson
Pike Electric
Steve Petlitz
Mount Airy Woman Donates Major Gift to Local Field
Mrs. N A Lowe of Mount Airy gave $1000 to the Mount Airy Optimist Club for a community playing field for Little League and youth sports. Club treasurer RK Hiatt praised the timely donation as crucial to finishing lighting, a well, bleachers, and concessions as volunteers press toward completion before the summer season.
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N. A
Bill) Lowe
Mount Airy
RK. J. Hiatt
Hiatt
AAA Drug Store
Lowe
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Powell
Federal Wage and Price Board
Internal Revenue Service
D. W. Wood
Williams Chevrolet Company
Market Report
Scott
Surry Area
Rotary
Jim Grimes
Stevens
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