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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1925
Page
7
Mt Airy area residents and relatives from Asheville Durham Stokesdale Guilford College Hollins Furman Princeton Dobson and Dobson area share holiday trips, visits, and new arrivals. Notables include J. J. Matthews purchasing P H Cafeteria and a birth at Mrs Lewellyn’s Dobson home.
Mrs L A W encloses a 1.50 check to renew her subscription to The News for 1925. She expresses appreciation for Saturday deliveries and says the coming year would be incomplete without the paper.
Sherman Nichols connected with the P. and H. cafeteria leases the Jenkins House dining room and kitchen and opens the dining room to the public Monday with good patronage.
A play at Salem School Friday night features performers from the Franklin district. Admission is 10 and 25e with proceeds going to light the school auditorium.
Giles Smith hosted a Suni Set dance Thursday evening at his parents J. D. and Mrs. Smith home. Punch and mints were served during the evening.
Local musician Donna Bolt has a song titled Study To Serve accepted for the Southern Baptist B Y P U Quarterly. Both words and music were composed by Miss Bolt for B Y P U use.
W. E. B. Merritt and John Banner traveled to Currituck sound, North Carolina, on a Wednesday morning to visit friend L. West. They planned to shoot ducks and distributed wild meat to friends on return, stocking up with ammunition and heavy artillery.
Miss Martha Saunders resigns from Jackson Bros and joins Jacksons the women store over Hawka Boylea Co to handle spring line of women and children's wear. They plan to leave within ten days to buy new stock and serve friends.
Miss Misa Verona Hennis hosted a lively January 2 gathering at her home on Hennis Heights. The lower floor was opened for music and games with a cheerful fire and Christmas greens, as college peers and town youths joined in informal entertainment and refreshments.
Miss Lorita Woodruff hosted high school friends on Church Street Friday evening with cousin Miss Faye Woodruff of Galax Virginia as guest of honor. The evening featured games and refreshments.
Phillip George six year old son of Mr and Mrs R A George hosted ten boys and girls Saturday afternoon. Favors came from a Christmas tree and ice cream and cake were served.
The First Baptist Church led by Pastor E. Gibson Davis announces Bible school morning worship at 945 a m and evening service at 700 p m Regular prayer and praise services on Wednesday at 700 p m The pastor will preach next Sunday on Go Forward and The Passover The women begin their annual January week of prayer for foreign missions this week You and your friends are invited to all services Weather will not keep you from worship.
Mrs. William Sydnor entertained three table bridge at her North Main Street home Thursday afternoon honoring Miss Evelyn Marler and Miss Kathrine Hitchcock of Winston-Salem. High score winner Miss Mary Thompson received a perfumizer. prizes included bottles of perfume. A salad course followed the games.
Dr. Boyer will preach to the aged at 11 o clock next Sunday with an evening sermon for the youth. Stewards meet at 7 PM Wednesday with a quarterly conference at 7 30. Josephine Frank Missionary Society met with twenty attendees and one visitor to plan nursery work, and officers were installed by the pastor.
Miss Maggie Shelton wed Dock Johnson of Mount Airy route 4 at 10:30 A M Wednesday in a small family ceremony at the home of Mr and Mrs I V Hutchens Rev J C Dunbar officiated The bride who has worked at the Hutchens and Bowman store for two years wears a blue suit The groom is a leading Surry county farmer They left for a wedding tour and friends extend best wishes
Honor roll names for Union School include first grade Hazel Moore Claude Simpson and Brady Hutson. Second grade features Bessie Stewart John Hutchens. Third grade lists Bernice Key Lenora Simpson Perry Danley Monroe Hutson. Fourth grade includes Ida Buelin Monroe Hardy. Sixth grade names Lacy Moore Rex Venable Davis Key Elmer Whitaker Irene McCraw Stella Stewart. Seventh grade lists Maudina Moore and Clinton Moore.
First Grade Edward Hutchens Arlen Watson. Second Grade Otis Johnson. Third Grade Chester Simpson Thelma Taylor Lula Venable. Fourth Grade Beulah Atkins Zel la Venable Stacie Watson Robert Johnson Howard Watson. Fifth Grade Lillian Johnson Raymond Simpson. Sixth Grade Irene Taylor.
Dec 17 London reports that despite rapid modernization the city will not gain central steam heating in new houses built by the London County Council for middle class tenants. The housing committee cites legal restrictions and prohibitive costs as the main obstacles to adoption.
North Carolina notice to Garland Marshall in Surry County Superior Court that an action for absolute divorce has been commenced. He is required to appear at the Clerk's office in Dobson on the date specified in the order, or respond to the complaint.
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