Largest Senior Class Closes School Year With Democracy Theme
The senior class program themed Democracy closed with flags displayed at each end of the platform. Awards to top students included essay cups, medals for Latin averages, all around senior honors, and journal sentinel athletic honors. Frinces Leftwich noted for perfect attendance across eleven years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendergraph
Lions Club
Edward Jackson
E. W. Paddison
Jimmy Miller
Lena Sharp
Patricia Rothrock
Hal March
Stella Tilley
Miss March
Paddison
Cletus Wright
Journal- Sentinel
Northwest
The
Ernest Pour
Jessie Angel
Leonard's
Robert Witt
Lois Bolen
Jewel Box
Wayne Greenwood
Steele's
John Brown
Eleanor Collins
Frinces Leftwich
Mount Airy Country Club Hosts Membership Championship Qualifiers
Golfers at Mount Airy Country Club began turning in their cards for qualifying rounds of the membership championship tournament. The event will be staged as a season opening competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy Country Club
Horton Withdraws From Second Democratic Gubernatorial Primary
Lt Gov Horton ends bid for governor after board rules his eligibility for a second primary. Broughton, Gravely and Maxwell react amid party harmony hopes. Horton’s move ends the second primary plan though requests for runoffs remain in eight congressional and 16 state senate districts.
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Raleigh
Wilkins P. Horton
J. M. Broughton
A. J. Maxwell
Lee Gravely
Horton
Broughton
State Board of Elections
Horton Organization
Efird's Sale Goes Full Speed at Department Store
The Efird's Lease Out Sale is underway and drawing attention as management aims to sell every item regardless of price. Patrons are urged to visit soon as many items are selling out daily and the sale is described as one of the most successful to date.
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Efird’s
Turtle Race Draws Animals From Five-County Entries
Shell dealers sponsor a five county turtle racing classic drawing entries from Yadkin Surrey Stokes Patrick and Carroll counties. The event marks the first official turtle race in the south with tickets offered at Shell stations for 40 cents per person.
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Yadkin
Surry
Stokes
Patrick
Carroll
Shell
Bennett
High Spots Wins Third Place at Scholastic Press Contest
The Mount Airy High Spots newspaper earned third place in the All-American Scholastic Press Contest among thousands of school papers. It received a certificate prized by the student body and was printed in the Mount Airy News office.
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Mount Airy High Spots
The
Mount Airy News
Miss Katherine Folger In Hospital
County friends learn Miss Katherine Folger deys is hospitalized in Reidsville. Mina Polger, daughter of Mr and Mrs B P Folger of Dobson, works on Rockingham County welfare staff.
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Katherine
Germans Drive On New Battlefront Near Paris
German forces launch a fresh offensive along a 110 mile Somme front from Amiens to the sea, crossing the Somme and pressing toward Paris. French defenses hold on most sectors while German tanks and infantry suffer losses and seek to break the Channel ports in the biggest battle since World War I.
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Flanders
Dunkerque
Hitler
Paris
Somme
Amiens
France
Britain
The
Seine
War Office
Weygand
Adolf Hitler
Greensboro Woman Serves on Roosevelt Defense Panel
Miss Harriet Elliott of Greensboro is introduced as a member of Roosevelt’s seven member National Defense Commission. Elliott is identified as a member of the defense council.
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Harriet Elliott
Greensboro
Roosevelt
National Defense Commission
Miss Elliott
A E Woltz Dies In Raleigh
Albert Edgar Woltz 63 senior auditor for the State revenue department in Raleigh for years and a former prominent Raleigh politician dies. Native of Dobson he lived in Gastonia at times and practiced law. Funeral from Dobson Methodist Church and burial in Dobson cemetery. Survived by wife two sons three daughters and many relatives.
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Albert Edgar Woltz
State Revenue Department
Raleigh
Woltz
Dobson
John
Louisa Kingsbury Waltz
Gastonia
Dobson Methodist Church
Infant Johnnie Jewell Dies in Wadesboro
Johnnie Lawrence Jewell infant son of Mr and Mrs J K Jewell of Wadesboro died last Saturday in Wadesboro aged about one day The family formerly lived in Mount Airy where Mr Jewell is employed as a state patrolman
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Johnnie Lawrence Jewell
J. K. Jewell
Wadesboro
Jewells
Mount Airy
Mr. Jewell
Napoleon Bunker Visiting Relatives in Balboa Section
Napoleon Bunker of Balboa Canal Zone visits relatives in the area with his two daughters. Mrs. Bunker will join for an extended stay in the States in coming weeks. He left Mount Airy over 30 years ago but returns often to his old home area. He works as a government attendant at a canal lock.
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Napoleon Bunker
Balboa
Canal Zone
Superior Court Jurors Picked For Two-Week Term
Surry county commissioners in Dobson set a two week Superior court term to begin July 1 with criminal cases first week and civil second. A large public school building plan was not completed. jurors drawn include T. W. Thomas G. W. Creed Kelly Wilmoth R. G. Pranklin Grat Cave W. C. McKinney and others.
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Superior Court
Dobson
Surry County
T. W. Thomas
G. W. Creed
Kelly Wilmoth
R. G. Pranklin
Grat Cave
W. C. McKinney
Jesse Willard
Robert Darnell
W. R. Simmons
G. D. Callaway
Arthur Cooke
Roscoe Childress
G. W. Phillips
Pord Samuels
W. L. Rumsey
Monroe Branch
John A. White
Dock Southard
J. B. Felts
W. L. Lynch
Gordon Denny
Walter F
Sewing Class Opens Monday At High School
Persons interested in sewing are invited to attend a no charge sewing class conducted by Miss Jo Hines Swanson beginning next Monday. Classes will be held in the high school building with entry open to all interested makers.
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Jo Hines Swanson
Mise Gwansen Aake
Town Board Approves Street Cleaning Equipment Purchase
At a recent meeting the Mount Airy board authorized buying a street cleaning tractor with a flushing outfit for 1221 from Granite City Motor Company and a flusher unit for 1885 from Carolina Trailer and Equipment Company. The flusher will be built to the truck in Kansas City and delivered ready for use. It is the first such purchase in 20 years.
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Town Board of Commissioners
Granite City Motor Company
Carolina Trailer and Equipment Company
Kansas City
Mount Airy
Hale Joins Staff of Summer Camp
G Kellock Hale Jr of Mount Airy will be council advisor for the Order of the Arrow at Camp Lasater Winston Salem Boy Scout Camp for the summer season June 19 to July 17. Hale is a staff member honored with the highest award of the Order. Junior staff includes Howard Woltz of Mount Airy in the camp’s 15th summer. The camp is equipped for an attendance of 4 scouts at a time.
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G. Kellock Hale, Jr
Mount Airy
Order of the Arrow
National Brotherhood of Boy Scout
Camp Lasater
Winston-Salem
Hale
Howard Woltz
W. F. Midkiff Improves After Illness
Mount Airy base suffers a brief pause as W. F. Midkiff recovers from illness causing a temporary setback in local affairs and activities.
O. E. S. Members Attend Three Day Wilmington Beach Session
Mesdames A. B. Macon P. A. Boone Kate McCollum Chester Mays and Alma Webb depart Monday for Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach to attend a three day session.
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Mesdames
A. B. Macon
P. A. Boone
Kate McCollum
Chester Mays
Alma Webb
Wilmington
Wrightsville Beach
Red Cross Drive Surges Ahead For Wolfe War Aid
The campaign raises more than twice the second week total as donations are sent weekly to national headquarters to aid European war refugees. The list includes many individuals and local organizations contributing varying amounts from 0.50 to 16.08, with a balance of 164.50 carried from last week and several named contributors such as Miss Ann L. Merritt and Mrs. Gaston Christian.
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Red Cross
Wolfe
National Headquarters
Ann L. Merritt
Temple Service
Patiecinenthales
Bess Merritt
Baisilicteceaigien
Sitieakadhal
L. B. Pendergraph
Gaston Christian
GC. Winder
Csss
Carter Purniture Co
Ninety-Year-Old W L Gwyn Organizes Salem Cemetery Work
W L Gwyn of the Salem Church community invites all interested to meet at Salem cemetery on Saturday June 15 early morning to help with cleaning. Those unable to attend are asked to contribute funds to support the effort. Despite nearing his 90th birthday, Mr Gwyn will participate in the work.
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W. L. Gwyn
Salem Church
Salem
Mount Airy Man Shot Dead at Home Outside City Limits
Oscar Underwood, 28, sitter in parlor with estranged wife of Howard Puckett, was shot four times by 38 year old Puckett who fled to a relative’s home. Puckett surrendered hours later and is held without bail awaiting a June hearing. Underwood is survived by wife and two children.
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Oscar Underwood
Irvin Montgomery
Pilot Mountain
Underwood
Howard Puckett
Puckett
Willie Williamson
Poplar Street
Mount Airy
Oll
Cliff Underwood
D. ©. Starr
R. EB. Smith
Ing
Patrick Man Is Given Life
Stuart Virginia Walter Staples received life imprisonment in circuit court for the fatal shooting of his brother in law Odell Nunn on May 6 Judge J T Clements presided with defense arguing Staples was mentally unsound at the time of the crime.
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Stuart
Walter Staples
Odell Nunn
J. T. Clements
Staples
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