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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1924
Page
7
Numerous local notices describe residents and guests: Rev C D Crouch and family in Winston-Salem. Mrs A Goldsmith at the Confederate Veterans reunion in Memphis. Bettie Partridge returning from Atlanta. A E Smith from Kansas City and the Midwest. a birth in Walnut Cove. visits to Salem College and Trinity College commencement. various travel plans and society meetings across Mount Airy and neighbor towns.
Last Sunday two local figures received surprise dinners. Mr T J Monday of this city was hosted at his son Oscar Monday’s home near the Springs for his sixty ninth birthday with many descendants in attendance. In the western county, Rev A J Williams enjoyed a similar gathering at his home as friends brought baskets and celebrated his long service to rural communities.
Baraca and Philathea class members from the county plan to attend the annual convention in Reidsville June 12 to 16. Pennants will be presented for top delegations based on numbers and miles traveled, with parking for a designated official. Registration includes lodging, breakfast in a private home, and reduced hotel or cafe rates. for details contact C. W. Andrew at Blue Ridge hotel Mount Airy.
A box supper is planned at Bannertown school on Saturday night June 7 to raise funds for Oak Grove Methodist Church. The event will proceed regardless of weather and the public is invited to attend.
Mrs. E. C. Banner hosted three tables of bridge on Monday evening in honor of her sister Mrs. Harry Nelms who will soon join her husband in Kingsport Tennessee. Ice cream and cake were served after several robberies.
Dr. R. D. Vann, former Meredith College president and current Secretary of the Board of Education of the Baptist State Convention, will preach at the First Baptist Church next Sunday in this city.
A birthday dinner was held at Francisco last Sunday for Mrs. Martha J. Simmons widow of the late Rev. Joel Simmons. About 300 guests attended and substantial gifts were presented after she lost her home to a recent fire. The event featured top goods from Surry county.
The First Presbyterian Church holds services next Sunday with Rev. Z V Roberson delivering sermons on Burning Hearts and Jepthah's Daughter. The programs include special choir and pipe organ music. A congregational meeting follows the morning service to elect two deacons.
Forty one members were called to the chancel Sunday morning and their credit certificates presented for work done in the Surry Training School. The Philathen Class served a lunch eon to the Evangel istic Club in the church dining room Wednesday evening. The Josephine Frank Missionary Society met at 8 p m Wednesday. The Franklin and Pine street circles served refreshing iced drinks to those attending the Missionary meeting Monday afternoon. The subject was Social Service and Mrs A B Somerville presided. A nursing staff talk from Miss Whitall of Martin Memorial hospital framed the program. The Woman s Missionary Society will host the annual District Meeting next Wednesday and Thursday. Reporter.
Advertisement touts Chamberlains Colic and Cholera Infantum as safe for children and adults. It claims immediate relief from sudden severe intestinal pain and stops weakening diarrhoea, warning that untreated stomach issues in childhood can lead to serious bowel disorders.
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