Couple Honored On Golden Anniversary
The sons and daughter of Rev and Mrs. A. Finch plan open house at Dr. and Mrs. R. K. Redwine’s home on Saturday afternoon June 7 from 4 to 6 pm. The Finchs have lived in Mount Airy seven years after moving from Emporia Virginia where Mr. Finch served as missionary pastor. Their children include H. M. Finch principal of Mount Airy High School and Sarah Finch of the N. Main School faculty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Finch
R. K. Redwine
Finch
Mount Airy
Emporia
H. M. Finch
Mount Airy High School
Sarah Finch
N. Main School
Surry Shrine Club Charity Dance Benefits Masons
The Surry Shrine Club with 64 Shriners plans a charity dance tonight June 6 from 9 to 12:30 for Masons only in Mount Airy. H Gale and his orchestra from Winston-Salem provide music. Invitations were mailed to Granite Lodge members, other Masons nearby may attend. Archie Carter is club president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surry Shrine
Local U D C Holds June Meeting
The Mount Airy Chapter U. D. C. met Thursday afternoon at Mrs. A. F. Jones home on Cherry Street. The agenda covered standard reports and chapter business while a Jefferson Davis life program highlighted the session. Refreshments were served by the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
A. F. Jones
Cherry Street
Jefferson Davis
Miss Clem Gunnell Weds Frank Lawrence in Mount Airy
Mrs Roosevelt Gunnell of Rockford Street Mount Airy announces the marriage of her daughter Clem to Frank Lawrence son of Mrs Charles Lawrence Mount Airy and the late Mr Lawrence. The ceremony took place Saturday May 31 at 2 p m in the Methodist parsonage with Rev W N M Cates officiating. They will reside at 160 Rockford Street Mount Airy. Lawrence works for the Carolina Plastic Corporation in High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Gunnell
Rockford Street
Mount Airy
Clem
Frank Lawrence
Charles Lawrence
Mr. Lawrence
High Point
N. C
WN. M. Cates
Lawrence
Carolina Plastic Corporation
Louis Bianco
Betty Jo Bray
Barbara Ann Tatum
Ann Jessup
Julia Jessup
Barbara Jean Nichols
Ann Finch
Patsy Oliver
Roberts. Fisher
Ted Bodenheimer
Chester Mays
Fisher
Margie Hall Weds Ed Johnson in Mount Airy Ceremony
Miss Margie Hall and Ed Johnson were married in a ring ceremony on Saturday May 31 at Haymore Memorial Baptist Church Mount Airy conducted by Rev C E Otey. Only a few friends and relatives witnessed the vows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margie Hall
Edd Johnson
Mount Airy
C. E. Otey
Haymore Memorial Baptist Church
June Jackson and Glenn A Smith Wed in Westfield
Miss June Jackson and Glenn Arthur Smith, both of Westfield, were married Saturday May 31 in a ceremony in the Haymore Memorial Baptist Church pastor's study officiated by Rev. C. E. Otey. They will reside in Westfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June Jackson
Glenn Arthur Smith
Westfield
Haymore Memorial Baptist Church
C. E. Otey
David son College confers Doctor of Music on Thor Johnson
The Commencement exercises at Davidson College saw Thor Martin Johnson receive the Doctor of Music degree. He is conductor elect of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. He then headed to California for Hollywood Bowl concerts and later to Seattle for conducting lectures at the Summer Music School of the University of Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Johnson
Davidson College
Thor Martin Johnson
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Thor Johnson
California
Hollywood Bowl
University of Washington At
Seattle
Edward Jackson to Join Associated Press at NY Desk
Robert Edward Jackson of Mount Airy earns a Washington and Lee University BA at graduation in Lee Chapel. He led Ringtam Phi and the college magazine, presided over Sigma Delta Chi and Phi Kappa Sigma, and will soon join United Press in New York. He is the son of Mr and Mrs R R Jackson of 348 North Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Edward Jackson
Mount Airy
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Lee Chapel
Bride and Groom Elect Honored at Oakdale Home
Mrs Locke Webb and Mr Webb hosted a Tuesday night gathering at their Oakdale Street residence to honor Miss Christine Webb and fiancé Maynard Beamer on their forthcoming marriage. Relatives attended as decorations featured abundant flowers and a chandelier wedding bell. The couple opened gifts as Mr R L Bennett presented a home movie show. Strawberries and shortcake were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Locke Webb
Oakdale Street
Christine Webb
Maynard Beamer
R. L. Bennett
Miss Eunice Cobbler Weds Howard Belton in Simple Ceremony
Miss Eunice Cobbler and Howard Belton, both of this city, wed Friday May 30 in a straightforward pastorium ceremony at Haymore Memorial Baptist Church with Rev. C. E. Otey officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eunice Cobbler
Howard Belton
Haymore Memorial Baptist Church
C. E. Otey
Local youth injured in tree fall a broken arm
Jack Patterson 16 son of Sheriff Sam Patterson suffered a broken left arm when a limb broke while he was in a tree last Friday. The News notes several social visits and local graduations including Mrs Gaynelle Callaway Spivey visiting relatives and Ruth Paddison graduating Converse College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Patterson
Sam Patterson
Gaynelle Callaway Spivey
Woman's College of the University of North Carolina
Sue Callaway
Rachel Callaway
H. L. Puckett
Cana
Cora Swain
Ruth Swain
California
W. E. Woodruff
N. A. Melton
Columbus
Woodruff
C. C. Creveling
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Corkey Fowler
Bobby Whitlock
Billy Bailey
Paige Simpson
George and
Garnett Fawcett
Sparta
R. E. Forest
Myrtle
Mildred Forrest
William Forrest
N. C. State College
Raleigh
Harvey Forrest
John Speer Mickey
E. A. Mickey
High Point College
High Point
Benjamin F. Smart III
Benjamin F. Smart
Martin Memorial Hospital
E. W. Paddison
Paddison
Atlanta
Porson Paddison
Asheville
Mount Airy
Washington, D. C
Joseph Lehman
Rockville
Haywood Merritt
Jimmy Barber
State College
Jane Graves
Greensboro College
Greensboro
William Hilt
Baby
Dayton
Ohio
Hilt
Annabelle Taylor
Guilford College
Perry Taylor
Christine Webb
Jean Fleischman
Meredith
D. L. Coptedge
Nurses Home Coming A Great Success
Mount Airy chronicles a 1921 first graduate Miss Marshall now Mrs Wegleman and a 1931 graduate Miss Eunice Lawson in a celebrated Nurses Home Coming. About 300 attended the luncheon garden party and a hospital dance capped the reunion of 176 diploma holders and two graduating classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
H. D. Wegleman
Mount Airy
Eunice Lawson
Carl Angle
State Board of Examiners
Board of Examiners
Paul Webster
Louis Talbert
School of Nurses
Blue Ridge Hotel
Dogwood
Moir S. Martin
E. C. Ashby
Virginia-Carolina
Bertha Adams Ashby
Louise McCargo Howe
Racine
Wis
Dora Scott
R. E. Hollingsworth
W. F. Beamer
Foster Christian Buys J. D. Simpson Home
Foster Christian, of this city, has purchased the home of Mr and Mrs Dillion Simpson on Willow and will move into their new home in about a month. Mrs Simpson is employed by a large department store in Statesville as buyer of ladies ready to wear and will move there in a few weeks. Mr Simpson has been ill for several weeks in the local hospital suffering from a heart condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster Christian
Dillion Simpson
Willow
Macon Family Attends Chapel Hill Graduation
Mr and Mrs A B Macon and daughter Mrs William Hill of Dayton Ohio and Miss Patti Holcomb will go to Chapel Hill Monday to attend the graduation of Miss Ellen Macon from the University School of Pharmacy. Ellen will remain in Chapel Hill until after the 17 and 18 when she takes State Board Examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Macon
William Hill
Dayton, O
Patti Holcomb
Chapel Hill
Ellen Macon
School of Pharmacy
University
Ellen
Mount Airy WPAQ Radio Station Under Construction This Summer
WPAQ radio station near Mount Airy is under construction on Old West Hill Orchard land two miles away. The 200 plus foot antenna tower rises as a 14 acre site is developed for a 45 by 63 foot building housing three studios four offices a control room and lobby. Financing comes from Ralph B. Epper son and his father. Epper son a Brown University graduate with Navy Research Laboratory experience led the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPAQ
Federal Communications Commission
West Hill
J. H. Crossingham
Mount Airy
Blue Ridge Mountain
Ralph B. Epperson
Mr. Epperson
Visitor Steals Two Sets Of Golf Clubs
Mrs. E. L. Taylor of South Main Street reported a theft from her car Saturday night, two sets of golf clubs valued at 200 dollars. An 18 year old, William Riley Cabe of Greenville South Carolina, was spotted wearing a yellow sweater matching the description and led officers to the items. Cabe was arrested and jailed awaiting a Recorder's Court hearing before Judge H H Llewellyn Monday morning. he was visiting Mount Airy when caught wearing the sweater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Taylor
South Main Street
H. H. Llewellyn
Recorder's Court
Death of Robert W Campbell of Route 2
Robert William Campbell aged 46 of Route 2 died around 11 a m Tuesday from a heart attack. He was the son of William and Lula Robinson Campbell of Stokes County. Survived by wife Vera Loftis Campbell, son Wayne of Myrtle Beach, S C, his mother, two brothers Roy and Roscoe Campbell, and a sister Leona Park all of Route 2. Funeral Thursday at 2 p m from Flat Rock Baptist Church with Revs. H C Barham and O E Ward, burial in Midkiff graveyard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert William Campbell
Route 2
William and
Lula Robinson Campbell
Stokes County
Vera Loftis Campbell
Wayne
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Roy
Roscoe Campbell
Leona Park
Flat Rock Baptist Church
H. C. Barham
O. E. Ward
Midkiff Graveyard
Mrs. Vannie Thomasson Injured In Vehicle Collision
Mrs. Vannie Thomasson Dunnagan Thomas son 71 of 110 Hamburg Street was taken to Martin Memorial Hospital after a moving truck struck her on a Wednesday afternoon. She steadied herself and was thrown down when the truck started sustaining a skull fracture and a hip bruise. Her frail condition makes the injury serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vannie Dunnagan Thomasson
Hamburg Street
Martin Memorial Hospital
Thomasson
Local visitors and residents return from trips
Mr and Mrs Dave Sunderland of Milton visited here on Tuesday. Leslie Jackson returned to Lansing Michigan Wednesday after spending several days here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Sunderland
Milton
Leslie Jackson
Lansing
Mich
Also Mentioned on This Page
Society
Surry Shrine Club
Clem Gunnell
Ed Johnson
G. A. Smith
Thore M. Johnson
Edward Jackson
Associated Press
Miss Eunice Cobbler
Nurses
J. D. Simpson
Young Epperson
Brown University
Naval Research Laboratory
Mount Aiy
James Hope
Petersburg
Robert W. Campbell
Boyles
Vannie Thomasson
Lamm Drug Co
Tan Tanite Cai
Marietta
Marietta Peed
Shieldcore
Artwall
Gal
Kem-Tone, Gal
Westinghouse
Franklin Street
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