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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1947
Page
2
Mrs. A Pinch plans an open house to honor her parents golden anniversary at the home of Dr. and Mrs. R K Redwine on Saturday afternoon June 7 from 4 to 6. Reverend and Mrs. Pinch are longtime Mount Airy residents.
The Surry Shrine Club, formed about four months ago with 54 Shriners, will host a Charity Dance tonight January 6 from 9 to 12:30 for Masons only. Harold Gale and his orchestra from Winston-Salem provide music. Invitations extended to Granite Lodge members. other nearby Masons are welcome. Archie Carter serves as club president.
Mount Airy Chapter U. D. C. met Thursday afternoon at the president Mrs. A. F P. Jones home on Cherry Street. The business hour included routine reports and chapter business. The historic program highlighted the life of Jefferson Davis. Refreshments followed hosted by the hostess.
Miss Clem Gunnell and Frank Lawrence were married Saturday May 3 at 2 p.m. in the Methodist parsonage in High Point. The couple plans to reside at 160 Rockford Street Mount Airy. Lawrence works for the Carolina Plastic Corporation in town.
Miss Margie Hall and Ed Johnson, both of Mount Airy, united in marriage on Saturday May 31 in a ring ceremony at Haymore Memorial Baptist Church. Rev. C. E. Otey officiated with a small gathering of friends and relatives as witnesses.
Miss June Jackson and Glenn Arthur Smith, both of Westfield, were married Saturday May 31 in the Haymore Memorial Baptist Church study with Rev C E Otey officiating. They will make Westfield their home.
The Rev and Mrs H B Johnson attended commencement at Davidson College on Sunday and Monday. They witnessed the concert fight for California where he will conduct a series of concerts at the Hollywood Bowl and later perform elsewhere.
Robert Edward Jackson of Mount Airy will receive a Bachelor of Arts from Washington and Lee University at Lexington Virginia today. He will soon join the New York staff of United Press after a prominent role with Phi Kappa Sigma and the local high school paper.
Mr and Mrs Locke Webb hosted a Tuesday night shower and movie party at their home for the bride to be. Relatives attended a fete with abundant flowers and a chandelier wedding bell. After gifts, Mr R L Bennett showed home movies while strawberry shortcake was served.
Miss Eunice Cobbler and Howard Belton, both of this city, were married Friday May 30 in the pastorium of the Haymore Memorial Baptist Church. Rev. C. EB. Otey officiated in a plain ceremony.
Jack Patterson 16 son of Sheriff Sam Patterson broke both bones in his left arm after a limb snapped from a tree last Friday. The column also lists visitors, graduations and travels including Gaynelle Spivey a UNC faculty member, long-time reader H L Puckett from Cana Va, and several family tours and college graduations in North Carolina and neighboring states.
The Nurses Home Coming drew about 176 diploma holders from the School of Nurses with 300 attending the garden feast and 45 at a Gab Party hosted by Mrs. Paul Webster. Dr. Moir S. Martin and Dr. E. C. Ashby received lifetime fountain pens. Buckeye pins adorned the luncheon, and visitors joined the Virginia Carolina Warehouse dance to close the celebration.
Poster Christian of this city purchased the home of Mr and Mrs Dillion Simpson on Willow and will move in within about a month. Mrs Simpson is employed by a large department store in Statesville as buyer of ladies ready to wear. Mr Simpson has been ill for several weeks in the local hospital suffering a heart attack. The sale was handled by Martin Bennett.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Macon and daughter Mrs. William Hitt of Dayton Ohio and Miss Patti Holcomb are mentioned in a reader notice or social item.
Mount Airy prepares for WPAQ station operation this summer with a 200 foot tower and a 35 percent complete brick building housing three studios and four offices. Ralph B. Epper son 26 finances the project with his father a farmer nearby. Epper son, a Brown University graduate in radio engineering, served at the Naval Research Laboratory during World War II.
Mrs. E L Taylor reported two golf club sets were stolen from her car on Saturday night. An 18 year old, William Riley Cabe of Greenville South Carolina, was spotted wearing the stolen yellow sweater and later directed officers to the clubs. Cabe was jailed awaiting a Recorder's Court hearing before Judge H H Llewellyn Monday morning.
Robert William Campbell 46 of Route 2 died about 11 a m Tuesday of a heart attack. He was the son of William and Lula Campbell of Stokes County and is survived by wife Vera Loftis Campbell son Wayne of Myrtle Beach brothers Roy and Roscoe Campbell sister Leona Park. Funeral Thursday at 2 p m from Plat Rock Baptist Church with burial at Midkiff graveyard.
The White Plains Home Demonstration Club met Tuesday afternoon in the White Plains tea room with cohosts Mrs. Grady Badgett Mrs. Roscoe Childress and Mrs. Jim Lawrence. Thirty members and two visitors attended as they toured Camden area homes including the Davis residence.
The feature tour showcased about twenty varieties of roses in the rose garden. Homes of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gant, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Kidd, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Clements were examined for outdoor living spaces, pool design, location, and construction. Remodeling details at Sam Cassell and P. N. Taylor homes were noted for convenience, color, and wear. Mrs. Lillia Ball’s house drew attention for decor and wall tones. Refreshments followed and plans formed for a district meeting at King.
Mrs Vannie Thomasson 71 of 110 Hamburg Street was taken to Martin Memorial Hospital after being struck by a moving truck Wednesday afternoon. Witnesses said she did not realize the truck would move and she was thrown down suffering a skull fracture and hip bruise. The injury is described as quite serious given her frail condition.
Ronda H. Jack Goings former resident of Mount Airy died May 23 at Fort Belvoir Hospital Maryland. He is survived by his wife China and five children Buren John Hildrec Weldon Versie and Charlene. Services were held May 27 at Chambers Panera Home and interment followed in Arlington Cemetery.
Mr and Mrs Dave Sunderland of Milton were visitors here Tuesday drawing attention in a brief society note. The item highlights a local residence and cordial social activity without further details.
In Matewan a Hatfield named Hubert McCoy was killed. the 1947 trial of a Hatfield for manslaughter follows. The old feud’s memory fades as neighbors, intermarriage, and time soften the enmity while violence still lingers in mountain history.
The tenth annual North Carolina Division Children of the Confederacy convention will meet at the Woman's Club in Greensboro next Wednesday. Lizzie Lindsay Chapter of Greensboro hosts the one day session. Mrs. P. S. Rothrock of Mount Airy leads as third vice president and state director of Children’s work. Essays were assigned with prizes totaling 106 dollars to be awarded to members.
Ernest K. Steele remained alive after five days trapped beneath an overturned automobile near a busy highway. Surgeons warned amputation of part of his right hand might become necessary as he fights for recovery.
Bill Petterson has returned to Richmond following a visit with his parents Mr and Mrs M F Patterson.
Horace Easom resigns as director of education and music at First Baptist Shelby and is elected Brotherhood and Foundation secretary for the Baptist State convention. He will set up an office at 30 North Tryon Street Charlotte by June 1 to oversee a 1.5 million dollar relocation and enlargement program for Wake Forest College. The committee of 17 chose him in Asheville last November.
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