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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1940
Page
2
Elizabeth Pardue, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Pardue, will marry Lester Wayne Vaughn on November 23.
The White Plains Home Demonstration Club met with President Mrs Gaston Christian on Monday December 16 at 7 30 PM in charge of devotionals. Mrs Herman Badgett performed a piano solo Silent Might with variations and Mrs Gurney Robertson sang The Holy City. Grace Pope Brown demonstrated Christmas decorations and after gifts were exchanged a salad course with coffee was served. The club will meet again the fourth Monday evening in January with Mrs Cleve McKinney and cohostess Mrs Dewey Siske.
Weekly farm column from The News Editorial Offices invites readers to submit farm news and questions. Focuses on community farming questions and timely tips for local farmers in Surry County.
A new publication titled Canning Meats explains best practices for meat canning and stresses pressure canners as essential. Mrs. Morris states safe methods require strong canners with tight lids and lists needed supplies and proper cooking guidance before sealing.
New York reports a survey showing production space rising to over 45,000,000 square feet and employment reaching about 382,000 shop workers by mid 1941. Industry orders backlog climbs from 675 million in 1939 to 2.83 billion in November 1940 as firms add $232 million in new facilities and $625 million in 1940 aircraft deliveries.
Entomologist J O Rowell explains how to identify chewing and sucking insects and suggests arsenic of lead as a stomach poison with nicotine as a contact spray. The article also notes winter cover cropping rising in importance for southern agriculture, with 10 million acres planted in 1938 and more than 18 million in 1939, aiming to protect 25 to 33 percent of crop land.
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