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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1932
Page
4
The Mount Airy News includes the publisher line J. BE. Johnson & Son and an origin note declaring second class matter status at Mount Airy post office under the 1872 act.
The newly elected legislature heads to Raleigh for a sixty day session to tackle state finances. The piece argues politicians govern and business methods could curb public spending, warning that state credit is limited and continued borrowing is unsustainable.
The obituary notes F. M. Bohannon rose from a small Winston job to wealth through tobacco manufacturing leaving $700,000 to four children and their mother as guardian. Now, a bad investment by the wife and her lawyer has wiped out the fortune, though the writer suggests the children may fare as well without it.
At a special Granite Lodge meeting in the Masonic Temple Tuesday night officers for 1933 were installed. Names cover master through secretary plus finance orphanage home and house roles, with attendance and publicity noted.
Mount Airy Woman's club meets Thursday at the Community Building to hear Dr B B Kendrick head of the history department at the Woman's College UNC Greensboro discuss Debts Foreign and Domestic. Members note the shift from Friday to Thursday for the meeting.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reports a 6 n per cent rise in employment and 2.3 per cent in payrolls for Oct 15 to Nov 15 in the seventh district, the first increase in eight months. Dodge Brothers in Detroit announces 17 per cent rise in retail deliveries of passenger cars for the week ending Dec 17, marking the seventh straight weekly gain.
New York leaders in the leather industry say the estimated five percent drop in 1932 shoe output signals an encouraging future for the hide and leather industries. The 1932 decline is viewed as slight given adverse conditions.
Chicago dealers expect about 4300 buyers for retail stores at the national furniture exhibition opening soon. Attendance would surpass last year as manufacturers report strong interest and orders.
New York reports heavy engineering contracts totaling 22 461 000 for the week ended December 19. The amount, up 3 500 000 from the prior week, sits just above the four week average, per the Engineering News Record.
Dean H. M. Mumford of the University of Illinois college of agriculture, reviewing 1932 farm conditions, said price levels are likely to rise in 1933. He also anticipated business readjustments starting in 1932 would raise employment and push toward a general revival.
Baby Ralph Brannock is an empyema case. Wesley Badgett suffers a severe chest injury from an automobile crash. Kathleen and Louise Short rest fairly comfortable. H. H. Llewellyn is a medical patient. Roland Norman has a left leg fracture from a fall. Mrs John Roberts is a medical patient. A baby was born to Mr and Mrs Albert Johnson on December 27. Mrs George Midkiff is a surgical patient. Baby Glenda Edwards is seriously ill. S F Campbell sustained head lacerations after being knocked down by a car. Howard Cook is listed as a patient. Mrs R P Comer is a surgical patient. Discharged from hospital: Jimmie Lamm Belton Jr Mrs G L Byerly Mrs Earl Ramey Mrs D W Brown Mrs H R Westmoreland Mrs C W Chilton Emory Taylor Oscar Marshall Daisy Hutchens.
A confrontation over a school fight escalates as a father confronts his son Bobby who admits breaking a promised no-fight rule and urges his father to break his own threat of a thrashing. The exchange centers on parental discipline and student conduct.
Heavy rains pushed rivers in Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas to flood stages. The Pearl River in central Mississippi and the Arkansas at Fort Smith drew attention while most flooded areas remained uninhabited with limited damage. Some roads became impassable as water rose along the Leaf and Pascagoula rivers and eastern Arkansas streams threatened further inundation.
A White Plains community meeting is set for Monday night at 7 30 at White Plains High School. Principal R A Sullivan notes two features piano solos by Miss Madge Stone and readings by Miss Grace Marshall. the event aims for a large attendance.
Gulfport Mississippi officers set a bloodhound on a burglar's trail in swampy woods as the suspect fled. The dog later turned up abandoned, tied to a tree and emaciated, while the burglar remains at large.
Mrs. George J. Stine, long time Mrs. Santa Claus in Kansas City, says hard times ease the role as she prepares gifts for 5000 children. Teachers donors and merchants aid with dolls clothes and food while students help with distribution.
The passage argues money is needed for physical existence but does not buy the finer joys of life. True compensation lies in doing work well, which brings joy in the heart as well as in earnings.
An advertisement for Reaves Sanitary Lotion claims rapid relief from itchy skin by penetrating germ sites. Sold at Turnmyre's Drug Store in Mount Airy North Carolina or mailed direct for 50 cents with relief guaranteed or money refunded. Reaves Laboratories based in Asheboro North Carolina.
A memorial note for Annie Lee Matthews daughter of Mr and Mrs W E Matthews of Pilot Mountain North Carolina. The piece recalls her sunny smile and small violet like smile and bids comfort to a broken home as she blooms in heaven. It is signed by Savanna Lee Norman of Ararat North Carolina.
Miss Estelle Gunnell married Harvey Andrew Johnson in a Hillsville Virginia ceremony on December 26 at 4 PM in the home of Rev. R. H. Showalter. Mrs. Johnson is the daughter of Mr and Mrs James Andrew Gunnell of Mount Airy route 1. Mr. Johnson is the son of Mr and Mrs Robert Johnson of Mount Airy route 2. The couple has many friends hoping for joy and happiness.
Prior to the Burke Robertson wedding rehearsal host Donald Rector entertained at his Willow Street home with a stag dinner in honor of the groom T. R. Robertson. Attendees included best man James Robertson of Buchanan Va and ushers Henry Folger Marion Burke Gray Sydnor and D C Rector. A four course quail supper was served.
Mrs. F. L. Smith hosted Monday evening with two tables of rock in compliment to her cousin Mrs. E. L. Sides Sr of Greensboro. Neighbors attended and enjoyed ambrosia and fruit cake after the game.
Mr and Mrs S A Pulks of Galax Virginia announce the marriage of their daughter Sarah Allen to Em mett Sparger Banks of Mount Airy North Carolina on Wednesday December 21st.
A deed of trust agreement by Lace Holyfield and wife details two tracts of land in Surry County to be sold at public auction at the courthouse door in Dobson. Descriptions cover 58.25 acres in Florence Holyfield’s allotment and two additional parcels totaling 75 acres, with references to surrounding owners and recorded book pages. The notice is dated December 28, 1932, by trustee A. D. Folger.
Clarence Holyfield and others publish a notice dated November 25, 1927 recorded in book 105 page 157 in Surry County. They announce an auction on Saturday January 28, 1933 at 1 PM beginning at a stake the northwest corner of the property.
Thousands of physicians recommend Calotabs a nausealess calomel tablet for breaking up a cold. One or two taken at bedtime with milk or water purges by morning purifying the system and restoring appetite. Sold in 10c and 35c packages at drug stores.
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