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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1941
Page
4
Public notice from Mount Airy News detailing second class postal status and subscription rates for the period. Includes historical post office filing reference and period header.
A compact collection of lines about giving and sharing from Lessing Lowell Virgil and Ovid. The quotes contrast gifts with the value of the giver and warn that gifts lack meaning without the giver.
Editorial urges calm and steady national mood amid wartime rumors. It cites past scares in 1898 and 1917 and warns not to panic over unidentified aircraft or submarine news. Government transparency is praised and Christmas community activities are encouraged to boost morale. Mount Airy stores are stocked, urging prudent purchases to avoid later shortages.
Washington dispatch reports Jean Rankin, 61, refuses to discuss the war or explain her lone anti war vote of last Monday against Japan. Her secretary says Rankin will remain quiet and she rejects being labeled a pacifist.
The speaker urges every citizen to help in the coming struggle by doing accepted jobs buying Defense Bonds and contributing to the Red Cross appeal. He emphasizes diligence and national unity to ensure victory.
The page lists ten trivia prompts about World War II topics including Pearl Harbor date Germany vs Italy in war, a Chicago newspaper name, the largest U.S. tank, Nye’s blame on Japan, U.S. employment, the Captive coal mines dispute, English draft ages, price control bill status, and a diplomat aiming for a touchdown.
Tommy Taylor son of G C and Daisy Shelton Taylor died Sunday at three and a half months. Elder Dave Hiatt conducted the funeral and interment was in Sheltontown Mormon cemetery. Surviving are his parents and four sisters Josephine Winifred Pansy and Mrs Reid Flippir.
Mrs. Martha Payne Key of Lowgap widow of Jack Key died Saturday evening aged 85. The funeral and interment were held Sunday at Mountain View Church and cemetery with Rev. Clyde Bartley officiating.
Rebecca Sue Madison five months old daughter of Fleet B and Nancy Hilda Huddleston Madison of Dobson died Saturday morning. The funeral and interment were held Sunday morning from Union Church and cemetery.
Margaret Perkins LaMarr, daughter of Mrs. A. J. Bowman and the late Robert Perkins Sr., of this city, died from injuries after a Miami Beach auto crash on Tuesday night. She had lived away eighteen years, was alone in the vehicle, and the funeral is planned for Saturday at Holy Angels Catholic Church. She leaves her mother, a daughter Beverly LeMarr of Washington, D. C., and three brothers.
The notice lists multiple medical and surgical patients including Ralph Boyles D J Marion Mrs Wayne Nester Arvin Nester Mrs Gorden Godbee Mrs Dennie Horton Edward Stevens and others. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Carl Cook of Pilot Mountain on December 13. Discharges include Ida Hawks Lillian Freeman Mrs B M Jones and baby Mrs Bert Cox and several others from local hospitals.
Mrs. Sarah Ashburn, 56, died at home after a several week illness. Funeral held Thursday at 2 pm at Haymore Memorial Baptist Church. Burial was in Oakdale Cemetery. She is survived by husband two sisters Mrs. W. A. Cox and Mrs. John Arrington two brothers Andrew Stewart and Henry Stewart, all of Mount Airy.
Mrs. Elizabeth P. L. Bell of Chestertown Maryland finished her one hundredth sweater and donated it to a relief organization sending clothing to the needy abroad.
The choirs of First Baptist Church and Plat Rock Baptist Church perform the Christmas Cantata The Wondrous Light by Stultz Sunday at vesper time. About thirty five singers participate with solos by Alma Webb, Mrs BR Walters, McRae Byrd, and Jesse R. Simmons.
In addition to the Christmas Cantata a Girls Choir will perform O Holy Night under Earl Wray with Mrs L P Wrenn at the organ and Bobby Hughes Loftis playing. The public is cordially invited.
Mary Dous, 61, an inmate at the Surry County Home, died Wednesday from gangrene. She is survived by three sons and one brother.
At 11 oclock A M the Board of Commissioners of Surry County will meet at the above time and place to conduct business. This December 1891? 1041. M Q Snow, Chairman.
December 7, 1941 is cited as a key date. The quiz notes Germany by one minute and references The Chicago Sun. A 60 ton tank demonstration occurred December 8, 1941. Great Britain features among listed entities. A public poll shows 49,400,000 to 1 in favor of John L. Lewis’s closed shop. The range 18 to 51 appears in the final fragment.
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