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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1935
Page
4
The notice indicates the Mount G post office is designated as second class matter under federal law, filed in accordance with Congress action. It asserts mailing procedures and eligibility for postal services under the act cited.
The piece argues against amending the Constitution to empower a single executive figure. It stresses the three-branch framework, two thirds approval for changes, and warns of risks if leaders gain dictatorial authority. It ties constitutional safeguards to labor regulation and global economic competition.
Dr N Y Gulley dean of Wake Forest law school retires after 41 years of service. He taught Blackstone and prepared state license exams shaping many students with practical legal lessons.
The article recalls Dr. Gulley through former students like J. E. Johnson Editor of THE NEWS and Senator J. W. Bailey. It notes Johnson earned a law diploma signed by Gulley and Dr. Taylor while obtaining his A B, and Bailey later practiced law. Johnson valued Gulley’s teachings, and Gulley’s diploma hangs alongside his Wake Forest diploma in THE NEWS office.
A vintage editorial urges Sunday rest for women and girls who manage housework and cooking. It recalls visits to homes on Sundays and argues for lighter kitchen labor, simpler meals, and beverages to make the Sabbath a day of pleasure for all, including mothers and daughters.
The piece argues that hobbies do not derail success, citing leaders who pursued varied interests such as botany, marble carving, and hiking. It discusses the Appalachian Trail’s origin from a Washington official’s hobby and praises rose gardens of Col. J. L. Ludlow, urging readers to adopt outside interests to expand earning power and influence.
James M McKinley Ward longtime resident of the city died suddenly at his West Poplar Street home Friday evening about six from a heart attack after two years of illness and three months of severe attacks. He was 86 sisters survived and funeral held at 3 PM Sunday at Oakdale Cemetery with ministers Johnson and Price officiating.
Clinton Osborne of Galax Virginia lost his left hand in an accident while cleaning and oiling a gun for a hunting trip. He works at a local mill, is hospitalized in Galax, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Osborne. His aunt Mrs. W M Johnson and cousin Miss Louise visited Galax family.
Mount Airy merchants hold a dinner at Blue Ridge Hotel to honor J Graham Harrison a local merchant recently elected head of the North Carolina Merchants Association Harrison was active locally and served as president and state vice president before this appointment The local group presented the Presidents Cup for membership gains at the recent state meeting
Lieutenant W T Mitchell of High Point a government licensed pilot will return to Mount Airy with his four place cabin plane on Saturday and Sunday June 8 9 for passenger sight seeing flights from Taylor's Field on the Fancy Gap Road.
The National Boy Scout Headquarters announces that official Boy Scout uniforms will be sold exclusively in Mount Aity by Belk's Store. Belk's will carry a full line of uniforms including all articles recommended by National Headquarters for official wear.
Helen Chilton and Glendy Branscome operated for acute appendicitis. Mrs. Gillespie and Mrs. Dunivant underwent procedures, while many others were treated as medical patients or discharged. Patients include Raymond Gunnell, Raymond Wilson, Mrs. Branscome, and Mrs. Love among others from Pilot Mountain to Hillsville and Lambsburg.
The Superior Court will convene on Monday July 8 for civil trials. A panel of 24 men is drawn for the first week and 12 for the second. The presiding judge is not announced. First week jurors include J Matt Shelton Early Freeman F P Simpson Robert Posey Jr Seldon C Davis J H Beeson H E Beamer Rine Goings J A Sparger J B Patt erson J E Southern Welch Bowman C O McCann Dixie Ramey C H Davis B F Gentry W R Simmons C F Carson S C Hudspeth J W Kiger Dewey Simpson D A Robertson W B Hale D W Coe. Second week jurors include Lee Cook Luther M Brower C W Key J B Hamby John Moody J Monroe Hiatt J A Hiatt Hugh A Royall G P Jackson B N Bean J B Transou Nelson Gentry.
Mrs. R. M. Lamm has returned to her home in New York City after visiting her sister Mrs. M. A. Pendleton.
Invitations issued to about a hundred girls and boys to be guests of Miss Sadie Wolfe at the Mount Airy Country Club Friday evening from 8 to 11 o'clock. The event will be informal and limited to schoolmates of the hostess.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Merritt and their children left last week for a trip to Washington DC and other points. They travel by car and trailer with sleeping quarters, lockers for clothes, running water, ice box, cook stove, and ample space for food and necessities.
Dr and Mrs S A Conduff left Monday for St Paul Minnesota where Mrs Conduff entered the Mayo clinic as a patient. She had been a patient locally and sought advice elsewhere and was carried by ambulance to Bluefield West Virginia. Their son Duke Conduff had not been informed at the time of writing.
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