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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1932
Page
1
Christmas observance quote urges care for children and the elderly and calls for light not smoke in life. It urges understanding of those around you and making peace with ugly thoughts, ending with love as the strongest force in the world and the communal duty to keep Christmas together.
City firemen will act as Santa Claus delivering gifts to the poor this Saturday night. More than 400 children are expected to be on the gift list, with toys dolls fruit and candy sought from residents. Gifts will be distributed starting at 6 30 pm from the brightly lit Christmas tree at City Hall.
A Mount Airy Loyal Order of Moose committee this week surveys local poor families to provide each with food baskets, toys, candies, and fruits for children. Provisions will be made during the week for the eligible cases.
A Christmas Eve joint concert by a band and local singers invites all to meet at the Blue Ridge Hotel at 11 30 P M. Following a successful previous year the organizers led by Mr Wagner seek wider cooperation to sing Christmas carols on the streets with a combined band and chorus through the town.
Town crews acted quickly to clear Main Street after Friday night snow totals reached six inches. Melted snow reduced drifting, though outlying areas still face lingering patches. A fertilizer house roof at Cox Coal Yard collapsed under accumulated load. Temperatures dipped to six above zero, with several nights near ten degrees. The Friday snow amount equaled 1.36 inches of rainfall.
Mrs Ursula Sheloff underwent an operation Monday. Miss Elizabeth Banner had appendicitis surgery last Friday. Roy Harbour Dobson and E D Bray both underwent appendicitis operations. Julius Wood Siloam and R P Comer Dobson listed as medical case. Several patients discharged including James Thompson Mount Airy and Mery A West Stuart Virginia.
Reports to The News note Wyatt Hall of Pancy Gap Virginia butchered a 742 pound hog aged 22 months, the largest yet. Roy Eaton of route three weighed 480 pounds, costing 312 cents per pound for pork with six gallons of lard. D R Smith of The Hollow Virginia killed two hogs totaling 750 pounds. An adjacent column features pork care tips from County Agent J W Crawford with preservation methods.
Patrick County officers have nearly finished the inquiry into Constable R. B. Sheppard’s fatal shooting near Stuart and the wounding of Officer Joe Prance. One more suspect, Oren Buck, was captured near Johnson City, Tenn. Seven men remain jailed, with indictments and a January 2 court session planned to hear charges and empanel juries.
Mrs. R. R. Jackson and Mrs. J. H. Polger will receive clothing aid applications at City Hall each Tuesday at 1 PM. The plan covers individual cases not yet relieved, with school and rural committees handling other needs. Remaining Mount Airy cases should be referred to the two organizers.
The following prices reflect the market as furnished to The News and corrected weekly by The Mount Airy Produce Exchange and W. B. Harris. Buyers advise keeping all poultry off the market until after the first of the year.
In a Tuesday night election Rev W E Poovey was chosen Worshipful Master succeeding R C Carter. C Binder and Frank Roeselie were elected Senior and Junior Wardens with J C Hill as treasurer and J F Yakley as secretary. Officers to be installed next Tuesday night. Royal Arch chapter to meet afterward and elect 1933 officers followed by an oyster supper.
George Jenkins, a member of the Winston-Salem fire company and driver in the fatal early morning crash that killed his chief, has been released from the hospital. He will spend the holidays in the city with friends. Bernie Phillips faces a January court hearing. sources say the accident was unavoidable and no blame is placed on Phillips.
A Tuesday morning blaze destroyed the T-room house of John G. Ayers near The Hollow Virginia and all its contents. Mr and Mrs Ayers and their eight children escaped with no time to save belongings. Ayers had no insurance due to a lapsed policy about two months earlier.
City schools closed for holiday break will resume studies on Monday January 2. Officials urge students and parents to return on the scheduled first day back with a full week of classes and activities planned.
Paul Nelson of Mount Airy was fined and given mercy on parole after an assault conviction with damages set at 250 plus nearly 200 in hospital bills. Several divorces granted include Hazel Bethea, Annie Hines Smith, J. E. Hooker, and Carrie Cassell. Other sentences covered liquor and drunkenness offenses with road terms up to two years. A bank embezzlement case against W W Christian and A S Lowry was continued to February term. Grand Jury report issued.
The Masonic lodge of Pilot Mountain invites the public to witness the installation of lodge officers in Pilot Mountain. The ceremony begins at 7 30 o clock on Thursday December 29th in the lodge room.
The fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Fulton was celebrated at a family dinner hosted by their son Winston Fulton. Family members gathered Thursday evening to honor the couple and recognize fifty years of marriage.
Buford Clifton and accomplices planned a Christmas liquor supply but were intercepted by Officers Boyd Tilley and Cassell near White Plains Monday night. Clifton wrecked the car, fled, was later captured with 45 gallons of liquor including a 10 gallon keg and a 5 gallon tin can. a Chevrolet roadster was confiscated.
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