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Mount Airy News

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Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1927

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Ford unveils new car line with six body types and prices

Henry Ford markets the new Ford with a nationwide advertising push and a Detroit showing. The line features four wheel brakes hydraulic shocks and a top speed of 55 to 60 mph. Prices range from 325 to 570 for passenger models and 460 to 610 for trucks with various bodies. production target is 1000 cars daily by January.

Henry Ford Ford United States Granite City Motor Co Detroit Edsel Ford Ford Motor Car Co

Skull Fracture After Late Night Fight In Si loam

Fletcher Hardy, 45, sustained a skull fracture and badly mashed nose in a Sunday morning assault at Si loam after a fiddlers convention was canceled due to measles and scarlet fever. Dr. J. T. Flippin treated him. deputies arrested Joel Key and Everett Moss. Key admits striking Hardy with a rock after Hardy attacked him. Moss denies involvement. Bond set at 500 for Key’s hearing when Hardy recovers.

Fletcher Hardy Martin Memorial Hospital Siloam Hardy T. Flippin Flippin Haynes Joel Key Everett Moss Young Key Moss Key

Four Martin Memorial Nurses Pass State Board

Four members of the 1927 Martin Memorial Hospital graduating class passed the North Carolina State Board examinations. Miss Pullen remains at Martin Memorial Hospital as night superintendent. Miss Dudley is in Roanoke Virginia as private nurse. Misses Triplett and Walker are in Wil Sheriff? (likely Wilmington) where they will do private nursing. Miss Triplett is on special duty at the hospital here.

Pullen Triplett Walker Dudley Martin Memorial Hospital North Carolina Miss Pullen Martin Morial Hospital Miss Dudley Roanoke Misses Trip Wil Sam Miss Triplett

Distinguished Visitor Dr Albertus Perry Tour Ends Visit

Dr Albertus Perry D D a guest in the city Tuesday is touring the South for the Boring Travel Service of New York City where he serves as group director and lecturer. He dined with Sheriff and Mrs Haynes and was invited to return for a lecture.

Albertus Perry D. D Dr. Perry South New York City F. D. Holcomb C. H. Haynes Holy Lands Sheriff

Ten Co op Warehouses Remain to Be Sold in Tobacco Case

Durham November 27 There remain only 10 co operative warehouses left over from the defunct Tri State Tobacco Growers Co operative association in this section. Two frame houses at Ayden and Apex sold for 3200 dollars. Snow Hill likely to sell in December while the other nine go about March. Remaining warehouses listed at Snow Hill Zebulon Goldsboro Smithfield Wilson Rocky Mount Greenville Washington Warsaw and Wallace.

Durham Tri-State Tobacco Crowers Co-operative Association He Ldt W. G. Bramham Ayden Apex Snow Hill J. Bramham Goldsboro J. N. Gorman Greenville M. C. Sorrell Snow Gill Zebulon Smithfield Wilson Rocky Mount Washington Warsaw Wallace Mr. Bramham Tobacco Growers’ Association Isaac M. Meekins Tri-State

Shields Trio Will Give Pro gram Here

The Shields Trio, three sisters Ivine Laurene and Hattie Bell, perform a program at the Rockford Street school auditorium Monday evening December Sth at 7 p.m. The sisters, noted for charm talent and strong voices, present dramatic sketches monologues songs and period impersonations with Ivine a singer and pianist Laurene a dramatic reader and singer and Hattie Bell a cellist with fine technique and tone.

Rockford Street Shields Ivine Laurene Hattie Bell Possesen

Small Boy Struck by Car in Cana VA Fractured Skull

Cameron Easter a six year old boy from Cana Virginia was struck by a car near the aviation field on Saturday afternoon and suffered a fractured skull. He reportedly jumped from a truck he rode on and ran into the road, the car driven by Mr Culler struck him and threw him some distance. He was taken to the hospital where he remains a patient. Witnesses say Mr Culler is free from blame in the incident.

Cameron Easter Cana Culler Mr. Culler

Boy seriously wounded in Virginia shooting accident

The three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Newman of Dog Spur Virginia is in Martin Memorial Hospital with a gunshot wound to the abdomen and hip. The injury occurred a week ago when the child’s brother fired the weapon during play. He is listed in serious condition but slowly improving.

Lawrence Newman Dog Spur Martin Memorial Hospital

Miss May McArn To Wed Dr John L Ashby

Laurinburg announces the engagement of May McArn daughter of Mr and Mrs Daniel Hunter McArn to Dr John La Fayette Ashby of Mount Airy. The wedding will be during the Christmas holidays.

May McArn John L. Ashby Laurinburg Daniel Hunter McArn May John LaFayette Ashby Mount Airy

Quarterly Conference at Salem Methodist Church

The first quarterly meeting for Salem Methodist Church will be held at 11 o'clock Saturday morning Dec. 8 with preaching by Rev. E. W. Fox.

Salem Methodist Church E. W. Fox

Death Toll Reaches Ada McCreary in Home Tragedy

Ada McCreary widow of the late Thomas McCreary dies at her Fancy Gap road home on Thanksgiving Day. The family, already struck by a September lightning accident that killed four relatives and a worker, faced more sorrow as her funeral was held at Mount Carmel Church, with the previous victims also buried there ten weeks earlier.

Ada McCreary Thomas 8. McCreary

Woman's Club Cook Book Still Available for Gifts

The Woman's Club holds a limited number of club cook books suited as Christmas gifts for women of all ages. The club president recently shipped a dozen copies to another state after a Mount Airy resident requested copies for neighbors who wanted them, underscoring the book's wide appeal.

Mount Airy

Money For Soldiers of Late War

All World War veterans with no adjusted compensation certificate should apply before January 1, 1928. About half a million ex soldiers remain unlisted. this community has many. The local American Legion post, with Geo. K. Snow, offers to file applications at no charge for ex servicemen.

Geo. K. Snow American Legion

Moravians to Hold Love Feast at Grace Church

Grace Moravian Church invites the public to a love feast at 2 30 p m next Sunday with an address by Atty Fred Folger. The usual sermon will be delivered by Pastor Rev C D Crouch at 11 a m and all are welcome.

Grace Moravian Church Atty Fred Folger C. D. Crouch

Tillman faces Chicago mob over lynching stance

In Chicago, U. S. Senator Ben Tillman proclaimed he would lead a mob to lynch any assailant of a woman, as police shielded him from outraged crowds. News items note varied local happenings including Walter Wellman’s polar voyage plan and several town notices.

Ben Tillman U. S South Carolina Chicago Walter Wellman North Pole Grady Fulton Ton First National Bank Carma Georgesmempa Winston

Lena Gates and Weldon Inman Married in Simple Ceremony

Miss Lena Gates became the bride of Weldon D. Inman in a simple ceremony Saturday afternoon November 26 at 2 o'clock in Roy D. Vance’s home. The couple’s friends presented gifts as the guests gathered and congratulations poured in. The event sparked local attention as pages and family members shared celebrations and well wishes.

Arge Lena Gates Weldon D. Inman Roy Revalbir Prigg Hero Aakers Court Bill Dee Theo

Surry Boy Makes Good as Farm Agent

At a Kiwanis meeting J H Folger filled in for the announced speaker. The piece highlights C T Hall’s son and Halifax County Va County Agent Hall, re-elected for a fourth year, praised for improving farming methods including terrace work, crop rotation, lime and legumes use, poultry care, pest control, and club work, with broad local approval coming just before Thanksgiving.

C. T. Hall Pine Ridge Hall A. & £. College Raleigh Halifax County Board of Supervisors Halifax

Additional Names of Surry Soldiers

Mount Airy News publishes a corrected World War I soldier list with 46 new names from Surry County reported by Mount Airy Woman's Club volunteers. Readers urged to report omissions to Mrs. P. S. Rothrock. final list to be printed on a single sheet for free distribution once corrected.

Mount Airy P. S. Rothrock Rothrock Pine Street E. W. Amburn Ladonia Edward C. Ashby Joseph Henry Allred Ernest Briggs Rockford William Brim France Dobson A. O. Bryan Elkin James B. Bell Albert Richard Folger Paul P. Gwyn Paul Gilliam Joseph G. Greenwood Byron W. Gentry George Gray G. C. Graham Frank Joyce B. L. Jeffords Robert Johnson Egbert H. Jones Lacy Carl Simmons George K. Snow DeWitt Sparger Claude Woltz Charlie White Martin Shelton Thaxton Tucker

Samet Fire Insurance Suit Settled Out of Court

Nine suits by Max Samet former merchant of King North Carolina against seven fire insurance firms to recover 36000 on stock and fixtures burned in 1925 were begun in Guilford Superior Court and ended yesterday after attorneys said a compromise was reached terms to be made public.

Greensboro Max Samet King Stokes County Guilford Superior Court Neipat Y

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