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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1927
Page
4
Public notice announces circulation books open to all as second class matter at Mount Airy Post Office under the act of Congress of March 8, 1872.
The city greets North Carolina Baracas and Philatheas in a large convention, praising the movement’s impact on churches and the community. A warm welcome promises comfortable stays, continued friendship, and mutual aims, hoping visitors linger beyond the session.
The flood nears the Gulf after devastating the upper Mississippi region. As many as 600000 people are displaced and donations top ten million dollars. About a hundred Baptist churches and the Sugar Bowl sugar cane area in Louisiana are flooded.
The article urges enforcement of new fishing laws to restore fish in streams. It warns that illegal seining with baskets or traps is punishable as a misdemeanor, reporting to W L Steele could earn a five dollar reward on conviction, and cases rise to the Superior Court.
The article notes the cost will be charged to the case and the seining man may end up fifty dollars out after settlements. The statement frames the effort to protect the fish and its financial risk, with time as the measure of success.
The State of Virginia advances the Fancy Gap road from Hillsville to the mountain summit. Grading is two thirds done toward the top and nearly to the foot of the mountain from the NC line. The road will be open at all hours once work resumes and hard surfacing will come later. Officials expect the Fancy Gap route to surpass other regional mountain roads in quality.
Mrs. E. F. McKinney leaves next week for a three month course at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill where she will serve as matron of the Grimes building. Mr and Mrs T N Brock attended Furman University commencement in Greenville South Carolina and were accompanied home by their son Joe who was a student there.
At Idle Wilde the engagement of Miss Mae Gwyn to Lafayette William Ashby was announced during a bridge party after a rock event. Guests included Miss Genie Gwyn Mrs R E Ashby and Mrs W R Simpson as hostesses. Mae Gwyn a Greensboro College graduate and Fayetteville resident was dressed in cream taffeta with roses and lilies for the occasion.
Mrs. Frances Ringgold Cockey marries Philip N Gallaway on May 9 1927 in Baltimore Md. Gallaway son of Mr and Mrs R J Gallaway lives in the city and is a Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point employee after Annapolis Naval Academy training. They will reside in Baltimore. Mrs J G Powell and daughters Lavinia and Mary Elizabeth attend commencement at NCCW Greensboro this week for Mary Leslie Powell graduates.
Raleigh May 25 The Tobacco Growers Co operative Association under receivers will pay all its outstanding debt of about 4 4 million from 42 000 000 pounds of tobacco on hand out of 70 000 000 pounds when receivers took charge. Distributions to former members depend on crop size and market status.
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