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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1925
Page
9
The Mt Airy News itemizes visits and travel across Mount Airy including Dawn visits by Mrs Nunn of Winston Salem and Miss Dorothy Partridge of Atlanta. Births marriages and relocations are noted along with extended travels to Danville Philadelphia and Winston Salem.
Miss Lettie Gwyn and Mr W R Simpson wed at Idlewild on a Saturday afternoon. Rev D Vance Price officiated the Methodist ring ceremony as Mae Gwyn played the piano. The bride wore tan georgette with matching accessories and corsage of Bride's roses orchids and sweetpeas. The couple plan to attend the Shrine meeting in Winston-Salem before settling on North Main Street.
Mrs. Luther Carlton of Rox remembered as Mary Franklin Hines. Guests included former friends of Mrs Carlton. Delicious refreshments were served at the Graves home on Rockford Road Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs Rupell acted as hostess at a gathering in the J L Banner home on Main Street to honor sister Mrs Field of Winston Salem. Two tables played bridge with top score awarded to Mrs J D Jenkins for a hand embroidered guest towel. A perfume bottle was given to the guest of honor. Iced cantaloupe with cherries and mints were served after the games.
Mr and Mrs Luther Cordell Miller arrived last Sunday from a bridal trip to Washington DC and will reside in Salisbury. The marriage occurred at W W Stutts home in Salisbury on June 21 at 7 PM with Rev Herman Cooper officiating. Mrs Miller was Edna Juanita Sides. Mr Miller serves as local manager of the McLellan store and they currently stay with the Hogan family on Pine and plan an apartment on Rockford Street in the F L Smith home after next week.
The Fannie Heck Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church will sell home baked cakes pies and candy at Whitman’s Music Store on Main Street Saturday July 4. Proceeds support church missions.
The Woman's Missionary Society of Central Methodist Church will meet Monday July 6 at 3 PM in the Sparger room. Mrs. Tom Hatcher will lead the program and a large attendance is desired.
The marriage of Miss Lucy Nelson to Mr. Arthur Ashburn occurred in Bristol Tennessee on a Sunday. They were accompanied by Miss Myrtle Falk and Grady Nichols who were married on the trip. Mrs. Ashburn is the Nelsons’ eldest daughter and the groom, a drug company stockholder, served as Surry County sheriff and later worked with federal Prohibition forces in Norfolk. The couple will travel to Washington and the Virginia valley before returning home in about two weeks.
The Ladies Aid Society of Grace Moravian church invites the public to a July Fourth social in the grove north of the city on Wards Gap road. They offer meals for sale after five o clock Saturday evening to entertain guests and aid in building their new church.
Plans are made to seat the Banner Warehouse for Culpepper Community Meeting starting the first Sunday in August. Rev. Burke Culpepper will be assisted by a singer and organizer. Crowds are expected to fill the venue beyond warehouse capacity due to good road access and past turnout.
Three operations for removal of tonsils were conducted in Dr. Conduff's office last week. The patients included the five year old son of M. S. Pardue, the daughter of Mrs. G. C. Gander of Hagerstown Maryland, and Howard In score of The Hollow Virginia.
The Pythians and families enjoyed a Tuesday picnic in Mt Bethel Church yard with a wide array of foods and refreshments. A Sunday School Rally is planned at Woodville Baptist Church with Rev C L Harris preaching at 11 and speeches by S P Graves and Prof E H Hendren at 2 followed by a sermon by Rev E G Davis.
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