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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1947
Page
8
Edward Johnson stood as his wife demonstrated accuracy by hitting the ball’s eye five times in a row. He then walked away and she shot him in the right hand with a magazine as a dramatic domestic incident reported in a New Hampshire item.
The list records numerous births on June 2 to June 4 and many patients in surgical or medical care. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Eubanks Moorefield and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Inman with a daughter born June 2, along with patients such as H. M. Moir in Stuart Virginia and Guy L. Byerly. The compilation also cites numerous residents from Ararat Pinnacle Dobson Pilot Mountain and other Virginia locales receiving surgical or medical attention.
An oldtime fiddlers convention will be held tonight at the Dobson School Auditorium sponsored by the Dobson Lions Club. Several string bands will perform with $60 in prizes for the best teams. The program starts at 8 o clock with admission 25 and 40 cents.
The American Legion holds its first meeting at the new Veterans Memorial Park tonight at 8. The installation of new officers will be conducted. Kelly Wall is named the new commander.
In Baltimore a witness mistook a burglar’s coat for a familiar one as he was led from the courtroom. Police recovered the coat, identifying it as the witness’s husband’s and connecting it to the case.
Police Sergt. John E Rooney and Patrolman John V Cunniff responded to an order to inspect an open man hole at Grand and Jefferson drives in Forest Park. Their patrol car’s right front wheel dropped into the hole, halting the vehicle.
Skipper the dog, owned by nine year old Harry Perry, loved the school play and repeatedly headed to the auditorium the day after the performance. He strutted on the stage even before the seats were filled, delighting students and staff in Tulsa.
Public notice states Russell Hiatt and John W. Hiatt are the only agents for Hiatt's Radio Shop. The shop disclaims responsibility for promises or acts of others using their name about radio repair and sales. Owner Russell Hiatt signs the notice.
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