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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1966
Page
2
A school diary notes festive activities across the week including decorations in the halls, Dianne Bolcomb supervising chairs for a Christmas setup, and physical education trials by Geo Spainhour and Al. The junior high school paper released midweek coinciding with a choir performance of the Christmas story and an evening return after early dismissal.
Mount Airy News is published every Tuesday and Friday by James F. Johnson, publisher. Located at 128 Moore Avenue, Mount Airy, NC, P.O. Box 808. Phone 786-4141. Second class postage paid in Mount Airy. Subscription rates: $3.06 yearly in Surry and adjoining counties, $4.00 yearly elsewhere. Member NC Press Association.
Students and teachers sign off with a festive wish for joy and good cheer. The text notes a lively gym party with music and dancing, ending near midnight as the week closes and Christmas holidays arrive in bright spirits.
In Mrs Sierloff's first grade class students made chairs and decorations and staged a birth of Jesus drama. Mrs Williams' room created a Christmas choir while social studies covered world transportation and railroads. Classes exchanged Christmas cards, and a program is noted with birthdates for Cheryl Mitchell.
The family of Buster Slanter expresses gratitude for the comfort and sympathy shown by neighbors and friends during their recent loss. Their kindness will be remembered with gratitude.
Students decorate a large tree in the lunchroom and create elaborate Christmas displays. The Student Council coordinates a food drive for the Salvation Army with two boxes full downstairs. Class projects include pine cone trees and a hornet nest tree sprayed with gold. PTA plans rebound of old books after Christmas.
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