County Institute Formed at Dobson County
A county unit of the Institute of Government was organized at Dobson with officers named including R A Freeman as chair and W G Lewis as secretary. An advisory committee with county officials was tasked to study the county salary schedule and report changes. The oath of office was given to November elected officers. the county commissioners saw J W Lovill replace N A Lowe. Farmers asked to continue farm agent work, with funding split between state and federal government. no action was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Lovill
N. A. Lowe
W. J. Swanson
Pilot Mountain
M. Q. Snow
Elkin
Mr. Swanson
Freeman
J. H. Folger
R. Pyron
Mountain Park
F M. Dobson
J. P. Jones
Dobson
N. J. Martin
Paul Burch
Rusk
McKellar-Shelton Marriage Announced
A Hillsville Virginia wedding report states Miss Jessie McKellar and Jack Shelton wed August 15 before Rev. J C Carper. Mrs. Shelton is the daughter of John McKellar of Mount Airy Route 2 and a Mount Airy High School graduate class of 1932. Mr. Shelton is the eldest son of Rosie Shelton and the late Tom Shelton of Route 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsville
Jessie McKellar
Jack Shelton
J. C. Carper
Shelton
John McKellar
Mount Airy
Hosiery Mill Opens Caf é for Employees at Renfro Mill
Renfro Hosiery Mill on Oak Street now runs an on site cafe to feed its large workforce and visiting public. Prices are low with oyster stew 5c beef sandwich 5c and meals 20 to 25c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renfro Hosiery
Oak Street
S. P. U. Company Hosts Nut Waffle Demonstration
Miss Addie Malone of the staff demonstrated electric waffle irons at the S P U company Mount Airy office on Wednesday afternoon assisted by Miss Lilian Sparger and Miss Cooke. Waffles and coffee were served to visitors from 2 to 5 30 P M with many compliments for the nut waffles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie Malone
Mount Airy
Lilian Sparger
Well Known Colored Woman Elizabeth Ann Roberts Dies
Elizabeth Ann Roberts a prominent elderly Negro Mammy of the old school died suddenly Saturday at her Rockford street home. Born Elizabeth Alfred she was married to Penn and is survived by four children John Penn Alice Crawford Adrian Penn and Ernest Penn. Burial took place Wednesday from the South street colored Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Ann Roberts
Rockford Street
Alfred
Penn
John Penn
Alice Crawford
Adrian Penn
Pennsylvania
Ernest Penn
Winding Gulf
W. Va
South Street
Colored Methodist Church
Lovill Family Dinner Hosted by Grover Lovill
Mr and Mrs Grover C Lovill hosted a family dinner Sunday at their North Main Street home. Guests included Mrs W W Lovill mother of the host Mr and Mrs J W Lovill Mr and Mrs W B Lovill Dr and Mrs R J Lovill Miss Elizabeth Lovill Mr Frank Lovill Mr and Mrs C L Beamer and Mr and Mrs Lather Beamer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover C. Lovill
North Main Street
W. W Lovill
J. W. Lovill
W. 8. Lovill
R. J. Lovill
Elizabeth Lovill
Prank Lovill
CL. Beamer
Visiting Speakers Address Club in Mount Airy
The December meeting of the Mount Airy Woman's Club featured Mrs. B. F. Long of Statesville, chair of the literature department for the North Carolina Federation of Woman's Clubs, and Miss Carrie Hoffman, president of the Statesville Woman's Club. Long spoke on Louisa May Alcott and her works marking 1932 as her birth centenary. Hoffman described Alcott's home from a personal visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
Mount Airy
B. F. Long
Statesville
North Carolina
South
A P Turnmyre Buys Mt Airy Drug Co
An order of court this week confirmed the sale of Mount Airy Drug Co to A P Turnmyre of the city. The store, under receiver A G Webb, will operate as Turnmyre's Drug Store next to the Bank of Mount Airy as a cash drug store. Turnmyre, of Turnmyre & Lamm, is an experienced registered druggist. Mr Lamm will manage the business and Turnmyre will devote his full time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy Drug Co
A. P. Turnmyre
A. G. Webb
Mocksville
Clement
Turnmyre
Hicks Family Called to Chicago Over Son’s Illness
Mr and Mrs J Pete Hicks of route 2 travel to Chicago after a Sunday message announced their son Walter Hicks aged about eighteen is seriously ill with spinal meningitis. They left about 10 30 Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Pete Hicks
Route 2
Chicago
Walter Hicks
True Spirit of Christmas Gift
The article urges simple gifts reflecting humility over showy presents. It recalls the first Christmas gift, a infant in a manger, as a symbol of God’s love and calls for keeping holiday offerings modest and tasteful.
Fatal Shooting of Youth in Patrick County
Joe Gwyn 35 of Ararat Virginia is jailed in Stuart on murder charges in the fatal shooting of Protch Marshall 21 of Ararat on a Willis gap road near their homes after a scuffle with a Montgomery boy. Authorities say Gwyn claims accident while others dispute it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Gwyn
Ararat
Alex Gwyn
Stuart
Protch Marshall
Arnold Marshall
Willis Gap
Patrick County
Marshall
Gwyn
Montgomery
A. M. Gates
Flat Rock PTA Meeting Slated for Monday Evening
The Flat Rock PTA will hold its monthly meeting Monday at 7:30 PM in the school building. All members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flat Rock P. T A
Oratorical Contest Winners Named for District Honors
Cola Fulp of Elkin will represent Surry County in the district elimination contest in Winston Salem on December 16. Five counties including Surry will compete for a state berth in Raleigh in January. James Randieman won five dollars in the Mount Airy district and will receive his prize in chapels on Friday. Schools from Mount Airy and Copeland in Mount Airy district and Mountain Park and Elkin in the Elkin district competed Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cola Fulp
Elkin
Mountain Park School
Surry County
American Legion
Winston-Salem
Surry
Stokes
Forsyth
Yadkin
Davie
Raleigh
James Randieman
Mount Airy
Booe
Randieman
Dobson
Copeland
Mountain Park and
Eikin
New Regulations Allow Brief Christmas Messages in Mail
The post office department ruling permits a brief Christmas message on unsealed envelopes and folders as well as the sender’s name. No other messages may be written. Cards and folders incur a 1 percent cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Big Hogs Now Being Butchered in Surry
The News reports a busy pork season with record weights in Surry County. J E Southern of Pine Ridge kills a 704 pound hog rendering 13 gallons of lard. W H Sikes of Laurel Bluff and family report several large hogs including a 870 pound pair. Local pig dealer W L Shaw and Lee Cooke posted 2,353 pounds across four hogs. Other cited hogs range 600 to 660 pounds with substantial lard yields from corn-fed animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Southern
Pine Ridge
W. H. Sikes
Laurel Bluff
Mr. Sikes
Chas. Sikes
I. W. Reece
Lee Cooke
Shaw
Cooke
Luther Beamer
Jordon Edwards
Toast
R. N. Marion
Shoals
Marion
Miss Maybelle Poovey Honored At Duke
Miss Maybelle Poovey a Duke University senior and daughter of Rev and Mrs W E Poovey read a paper on The Folk Lore of Birds at a Raleigh joint session of the North Carolina Historical Society and the N C Folk Lore Society. She was one of two Duke English department students chosen to represent the college at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maybelle Poovey
Duke University
W. E. Poovey
North Carolina Historical Society
N. C. Folk Lore Society
Raleigh
Market Report From Mount Airy Produce Exchange
Market report notes prices prevailing when supplied to The News and corrected weekly by The Mount Airy Produce Exchange and W. B. Harris. Buyers advise keeping poultry off the market for a few weeks as prices are expected to rise later in the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy Produce Exchange
Harris
Mount Airy Wholesale Produce
Mrs Chrissie McHone Dies At Thirty Funeral Held
Mrs Chrissie McHone wife of William McHone of White Plains died Sunday at age thirty. Funeral services were conducted Monday from Union Hill Church by Rev Ira Ferguson. She is survived by her husband and four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chrissie McHone
William McHone
White Plains
Union Hill Church
Ira Ferguson
Hospital News Births and surgeries in Mount Airy area
A list of newborns and medical procedures includes John Hollingsworth born December 1 to Mr. and Mrs. Hollingsworth and Rolfe Neill born December 4 to Mr. and Mrs. Neill. Surgeries include Mrs. Homer Hawks and Emory Taylor, with several patients discharged from the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pendleton
John Hollingsworth
Jerry Nester
Hillsville
Rolfe
K. A. Neill
Homer Hawks
Mount Aliy
Emory Taylor
Pilot Mountain
Little Jimmie Lamm
L. M. Lamm
5. B. Jones
Mount Airy
H. R. Westmoreland
John P. Frank
E. B. Steele and
Baby
Ararat
G. N. Shropshire
D. B. Collins
Siloam
City Firemen to Act as Santa Claus
The local unit of the United Daughters of the Confederacy hosts a musical tea at the Community Building on Friday evening supervised by Mrs. J. Will Hollingsworth and Miss Leslie Rothrock. Light refreshments will be served as members bring gifts for the Old Ladies Home inmates at Fayetteville. Each member may invite five guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Daughters of Confederacy
J. Will Hollingsworth
Leslie Rothrock
Old Ladies
Fayetteville
These Young People Surprise Friends Marriage in Hillsville
The marriage of Miss Louise Witt to Mr. Harvey Gray Hennis was solemnized in Hillsville Virginia on Sunday November 13 and announced here last Saturday. Rev Schowalter officiated at Hilleville Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Hennis is the daughter of D Green Witt of this city and a Mount Airy High School student. Mr. Hennis is a Mount Airy High School and Georgia Military Academy alumnus who worked at Hennis Motor Co. They left for a delayed wedding trip to Atlanta and other southern points, a secret initially kept by friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Witt
Harvey Gray Hennis
Hillsville
Schowalter
Hilleville Presbyterian Church
Hennis
D. Green Witt
Mount Airy High School
Mrs. Haywood Merritt Club Hosts Bridge Afternoon
Mrs. Haywood Merritt hosted her two table bridge club Thursday afternoon. High score went to Mrs. Walter D. Leonard and second high to Mrs. John Prather. A tempting course of refreshments followed the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haywood Merritt
Two Table
Walter D. Leonard
John Prather
Mrs. J. D. Saunders Dies at Winston-Salem
News came today of the death of Mrs. J. D. Saunders at her Winston-Salem home. She lived here with her husband who oversaw cement street work on Orchard and Taylor streets. Suffered heart trouble, was briefly a Duke Hospital patient. Survived by husband and two young children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Saunders
Winston-Salem
Repeal Proposal Downed In House
Washington Dec. 5 The Democratic repeal proposal led by Speaker John N Garner failed in the House by 272 to 144 short of the two thirds required. Garner said no further vote will be held this session if defeated. The record shows a 17-27 margin in favor but short of the constitutional standard. The text of the proposal would repeal the Eighteenth Amendment via a constitutional amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John N. Garner
Garner
House
Lsat
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
Fire Department Christmas Toy Drive Prompts Donations
Chief J B Belton asks residents to donate toys clothes and fruit for a Christmas Eve distribution at the city hall lot tree. Firemen will prepare items during the evening and distribute gifts to about 400 or more children. Deadline for names is Saturday December 17th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Belton
Santa Claus
Sheriff Announces Tax Land Sale For 1931 County Taxes
Sheriff John D. Thompson advertises a sale of numerous land tracts to satisfy 1931 county taxes. The sale is set for the first Monday in December. Those paying by that date have sale delays overturned upon covering costs and penalties. Some names on the list have already paid. others can still pay before next Wednesday to be removed from the list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Thompson
Music Program Friday Afternoon at Community Building
A musical program directed by Miss Leslie Rothrock of the Mount Airy Woman's Club will be presented at the Community Building Friday afternoon. The program features North Carolina music composers and all club members are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Rothrock
Mount Airy
Haynes-McBride wedding of Milas Haynes and Carl McBride
Milas Gladys Haynes and Carl McBride were married quietly on Saturday November 27 in a ceremony conducted by Rev. C. D. Crouch. Witnesses were Miss Stacy Spencer and Carl Haynes. The bride wore a blue suit and harmonizing accessories. The couple, residents of the city, will live with Mr. and Mrs. John Jarrell, sister of the groom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milas Gladys Haynes
Carl McBride
C. D. Crouch
Stacy Spencer
Carl Haynes
C. W. Haynes
L. C. McBride
John Jarrell
Jarrell
Rites Held For Mrs. E. T. Lazenby At Statesville
Funeral services for Mrs. E. T. Lazenby Sr were held at New Hope Baptist Church Statesville where she had belonged for fifty years The service was led by Rev W L McSwain with assistance from Rev W M Swain of Winston-Salem Interment followed in the church cemetery Floral offerings were described as large and beautiful Mrs Lazenby was remembered as a gentle Christian woman devoted to family church and neighbors Her passing reflected her closeness to God and faith
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Lazenby
New Hope Baptist Church
Statesville
Also Mentioned on This Page
County Institute
The
Institute of Government
County
Fred Folger
R. A. Freeman
W. G. Lewis
John Llewelly
Lovill
Mt. Airy Drug Co
Patrick
Flat Rock P. T. A. Meeting
James Randleman
Duke
Market Report
Hospital News
Gray Hennis
Mrs
Mrs. Saunders
Sheriff Thompson
Uary
Statesvile
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