Christmas Parade Lineup Nears Completion in Mount Airy
Mount Airy gears up for its annual Christmas Parade set for Saturday at 10 a.m. with more than 50 units, 11 bands, and a grand march along Main Street led by Congressman Wilmer Mizell as grand marshal.
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Mount Airy
Granite City
Earon Dinkins
Merchants Association
Veterans Park
Orchard Street
North Main Street
Workmen's Federal Savings and Loan Association
Main Street
Dinkins
Wilmer Mizell
Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association
Area preps for annual two day Thanksgiving pause
Area residents begin two days of holiday shutdowns and reduced activity as Thanksgiving approaches. Many stores banks and offices close Thursday with some services on duty, schools end for the week and area churches host services with guest speakers. Rabbit and deer seasons opened. police expect a quiet holiday while Christmas shopping starts Friday and runs to Christmas Eve.
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Area 7
Mount Airy
Surry County
Union
Calvary Baptist Church
T Living
Flat Rock Baptist Church
Grace Moravian Church
Granite City
Cans Stolen At Pike House
A Pike County residence on 1311 North Main Street was burgled while the residents were away. Police say a pipe wrench opened a basement door and a pry bar forced an inner door to access the main floor. Missing were cameras watches money and three guns a Luger a pistol and a shotgun. Investigators continue.
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North Main Street
Pike
Copeland Named Vice President at Chatham Manufacturing
R. Clyde Copeland, a native of Dobson, was appointed vice president in charge of manufacturing at Chatham Manufacturing Co. of Elkin in 1941 and became director of manufacturing in 1960. The promotion was approved Thursday at a directors meeting.
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Dobson
R. Clyde Copeland
Chatham Manufacturing Co
Elkin
Redevelopment Sale Incomplete in Mount Airy Auction
The Mount Airy Redevelopment Commission conducted a public auction of land on South and Virginia Streets. Several tracts sold for amounts including 20800, 31050, 21800, 250, 1500, 1550, 1575, and 1575, totaling 23200, with remaining land to be offered later after finding buyers.
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Mount Airy
H. C. Woltz, Sr
Willow Street
Kroger
Spencer's Inc
S. K. Harrell
Harrell Oil Co
Millis
David Hemmings
The
Redevelopment Commission
Pilot Mountain Park Attendance Report
Park Superintendent Larre Milton reports Pilot Mountain State Park logged 1806 visitors through Sunday with 580 picnickers and 99 hikers counted in the total.
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Pilot Mountain State Park
Larre Milton
Box Left At Water Line Site Contains Dynamite
Mount Airy police found a box with a live stick of dynamite at a US 601 water line project site. Officers removed the explosive for safe storage and warned construction crews to account for all explosives to prevent accidents. The incident occurred around 3 a.m. Friday near Mount Airy.
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Mount Airy
Nine arrests logged by Mount Airy police
Mount Airy police recorded nine new arrests from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. yesterday. Of the charges, five were for auto law violations including one drunken driving case, two for liquor laws, one capias was served, and one man was arrested on an assault charge.
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Mount Airy
Urbana Housing Street Shootout Ends With Arrest
Three Mount Airy police units cordoned a Urbana Housing Development home on Leevill Street after a man threatened a resident with a shotgun. Thomas Strickland, 18, refused to surrender, fired once, then gave up as officers used a loud speaker. A 12 gauge shotgun was seized. A hearing on the assault charge is scheduled in Surry.
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Mount Airy
Leevill Street
Urbana
Hous
Strickland
Surry
McCraw Receives $500 Scholarship Named for John N Jackson
Roger L. McCraw of Mount Airy a Virginia Tech dairy science senior won a $500 scholarship sponsored by Dairy men Inc named in honor of the late John N Jackson of the Shenandoah Valley. He is the son of Mr and Mrs J G McCraw and a Hillsville High School graduate.
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Roger L. McCraw
Mount Airy
Virginia Tech
Dairymen, Inc
John N. Jackson
Shenandoah Valley
McCraw
J. G. McCraw
Hillsville High School
Funeral for William Harrison Held at Dennyville Church
The funeral for William Jack Clinton Harrison aged 83 of Cycle route 1 occurred Sunday at Dennyville Baptist Church with burial at Oakgrove Baptist Church cemetery. Surviving relatives include two sisters Mrs. Bill Holcomb of State Road and Mrs. Leo Weed of Dobson and two brothers Grover and Fred Harrison of Dobson.
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William Jack Clinton Harrison
Dennyville Baptist Church
Oakgrove Baptist Church
Bill Holcomb
State Road
Leo Weed
Dobson
Grover and
Fred Harrison
Dr Britt Home Dr T C Britt Jr Mount Airy Address
Dr Britt Home Dr T C Britt Jr of 216 Grace Street Mount Airy is mentioned in connection with a local notice. The fragment indicates a person named Britt connected to a residence in Mount Airy.
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T. C. Britt, Jr
Grace Street, Mount Airy
Sharpe Hospitalized After Heart Attack
Attorney P. M. Sharpe of 342 West Pine Street was admitted to Northern Surry Hospital at 4 p.m. Saturday with an apparent heart attack. Officials say he is recuperating satisfactorily.
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P. M. Sharpe
West Pine Street
Surry Hospital
Mount Airy News Thanksgiving Week Printing Plan
The Mount Airy News announces its Thanksgiving weekend edition will print Wednesday night. The office closes Thursday and reopens Friday morning. Advertising and news copy must be in by 10 a.m. Wednesday. Distribution starts Wednesday night with racks filled. postal mail runs Friday. Regular schedule resumes next Tuesday.
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Mount Airy News
Carpenter Killed In Flat Rock Saturday
A 27 year old self employed carpenter was found dead in a Flat Rock ditch Saturday morning from a shotgun wound to the abdomen. Clonard R. McBride of Mount Airy was identified. A 15 year old juvenile is in custody as the investigation continues. Funeral services were held at Moody Funeral Chapel with burial at Korner Grove Cemetery. He leaves a daughter Rebecca Lynn and several siblings.
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Mount Airy Kiwanis Club
North Surry High School
Kiwanis Club
Flat Rock
Clonard R. McBride
Route 4
McBride Road
Barbara Keith
Burke Road
McBride
Moody Funeral Chapel
Korners Grove Cemetery
Mount Airy Cashoree Promoter Draw Fails Again
The Mount Airy merchants sponsored Cashoree promotion held Saturday at 4 p m produced no winner for 300 Cashoree dollars. Jimmy W Wagoner of route 1 Mount Airy had his name drawn but the prize carried over to Saturdays 4 p m drawing, raising the total to 9 Cashoree dollars.
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Mount Airy
Cashoree
Jimmy W. Wagoner
Sam Baer 62 Dies Suddenly in Asheville
Sam Baer 62 of Asheville and former Mount Airy merchant died unexpectedly yesterday in an Asheville hospital. Funeral services at Morris Funeral Chapel in Asheville at 2 p m with burial at Leu Pollock Memorial Cemetery. Survived by wife Ruth Kaufman and son Allan Baer.
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Sam Baer
Asheville
Mount Airy
Morris Funeral Chapel
Leu Pollock
Baer
Fair Store
Main Street
Blockton
Ala
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Bryant
Garles
Pike House
Jim Hazel
Town and Country Realty
Charles R. Jones
Pilot Park
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W. J. C. Harrison
Dr. Britt Home
Sharpe
Mount Airy Public Library
Rockford Street
Mount Airy Woman's Club
Junior Woman's Club
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Flat Rock Sat
He Was Born
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Hattie Young McBride
Rebecca Lynn McBrid
Columbia, D. C
Margaret
Mary Lou McBride
Jesse Payne
Glenn McBride
Reg Young
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