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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1925
Page
7
Miss Elsie Sparger returns from Wrightaville visit while L W Ashby of Fayetteville stays over weekend. Numerous residents and visitors from Winston-Salem Rockingham Greensboro Decatur Ga and Tampa Fla visit Mount Airy. The Ten Commandments shown at Broadway theater draws praise and Josephine Marshall hosts two dinner parties in town.
H O Blackard of Stuart has acquired an interest in the Standard Service Station at Main and Rockford streets with C A a of this city associated. They have purchased and will operate an automobile laundry within days to provide prompt washing and cleaning services.
Letter from Oscar Southern now in the army at Fayetteville reports a serious auto accident with a broken leg arm and shoulder. He will remain in hospital for weeks and hopes to visit his city friends after recovery. He formerly lived with the late J Z Vaughn and helped in his Moore street shoe shop.
Little Miss Myrtle Foy daughter of Mr and Mrs H M Foy was gravely scalded Monday when she overturned a kettle of hot water. She reached the warm oven and in jumping down caught her skirt on the kettle causing the spill. She suffered painful burns but faces no permanent injury.
Miss Rebecca Cann of Newark Delaware was guest of Miss Mary Mills Fawcett and attended several parties during her brief visit. Fawcett hosted a bridge party with Ruth Reece winning the high score compact and a vanity-case gifted to the honoree. The events included matinee gathering at Broadway with Miss Josephine Marshall and a picnic supper swimming party with Miss Kathleen Jackson at White Oak Park.
A telegram from Rev. Burke Culpepper requests shifting the Culpepper Community Revival date from early August to the latter part, to optimize travel between here and Texas. A quick conference with local supporters found no strong objections to the change. The exact new date will be announced later.
J B Iveys representative Rev H Conrad Blackwell met Mount Airy leaders to set October as the campaign start. The county quota targets 42 children or 2500 dollars with Rev E Gibson Davis as county chairman and Rev James M Hayes of Elkin as assistant. Local committees and sub chairs were announced for Mount Airy Elkin and Pilot Mountain.
Miss Carrie Taylor served as hostess last Thursday at a pretty party for the high school set. Miss Mary Taylor circulated punch from a cool porch bower as guests arrived and ices were served after games.
Mrs Paddison entertains the younger set at her home with Miss Eugenia Johnson and Miss Marian Lee of Albany Georgia as guests. Miss Annie Fawcett wins high prize at three tables of play. Frozen fruit salad and iced tea served after noon. Miss Caroline Kochtitzky of Wilson is an out of town guest.
Mrs. D. E. Hoffman entertained a guest Mrs. L. D. Magette of Winston-Salem with a six table rook game. High score prize went to Mrs. J. H. Gwyn. A salad course with iced tea followed by raspberry ice and angels food cake with salted almonds.
Wriot E S Hendren attended a conference of county school superintendents in Asheville last week.
Raleigh reports a continued heat wave with forecasts of maximum temperatures near 95 across North Carolina for the next 48 hours. By 11 o’clock Raleigh hit 90 degrees with 81 percent humidity at 8 am and June posted 17 days above 90.
The First Baptist Church of Mount Airy lists services with Pastor E Gibson Davis away in King for evangelistic meetings. Rev A R Phillips will preach next Sunday morning, former missionary in South America, and Hon Jacob Folger will speak on Men and Women of Purpose in the evening. The Intermediate Girls Auxiliary plans a July 25 radio carnival on church lawn.
Delegates to the Epworth League Conference in Salisbury gave a fine report at the evening service. Miss Lyde Burcham Thelma Creed and Mrs. Roland Mitchell hosted the Josephine Frank Missionary Society at the Creed home Monday with ice cream and cake. Junior Missionary Society members joined Miss Mae West and Miss Maude Bundy for a lively Wednesday session.
About forty juniors attended a party at the Partridge home on Rockford Street last Friday evening hosted by Miss Mary Elizabeth Partridge in compliment to her cousin and guest Miss Dorothy Partridge of Atlanta Georgia. Refreshments followed a period of games led by Misses Elizabeth Powell, Elizabeth Jones and Margaret Lewis.
A July 4 baseball game between the Wilkes Twins and Dobson in North Wilkesboro ended 5 to 5 after a seventh inning fight. Norman of Dobson cut Alvin Minton on the throat with a knife, then Norman was knocked down by Minton, ending the contest.
Miss Josephine Marshall plans a 5 PM Thursday birthday picnic at W Oxuk Park to honor Mim Davis with Veli na Davis in attendance.
An advertisement touts a cold bottle of Green River as a refreshing choice. The line promises cooling satisfaction and appeals to thirst with a simple product image.
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