Mount Airy Woman's Club builds Surry War Memorial
The Surry County War Memorial Association led by Mount Airy women seeks community funds for a 40 by 120 foot brick memorial to World War I soldiers. Since Armistice Day 1922 they have raised 2516.84 of 3499.84 pledged, purchased Moore Avenue lot, and plan a building with rest room library auditorium kitchen and furnace rooms.
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Surry County
Moore Avenue
City Hall
E. H. Kochiitzky
Reid Jackson
Woman's Club
Larry
Portrait honors late Mrs Johnston in Winston-Salem
A portrait of the late Mrs J Ed ward Johnston will be presented by Boris B Gordon in Winston-Salem. Gordon, a New York artist who painted two portraits of the late Mr R J Reynolds, will donate the work to the city and its high schools. The description notes the life like depiction of Mrs Johnston and her philanthropic legacy, including the Reynolds Auditorium gift.
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J. Edward Johnston
Winston-Salem
Boris B.gordon
New York City
R. J. Reynolds
Johnston
Gordon
Winston- Salem
Winston-Salem Journal
Mr. Gordon
Reynolds
Champ Clark
Hall of Congress
Boies Penrose
Dr. Penrose
Senator
Joseph Wallace McIntosh
United States
Mr. Reynolds
Child Dies After Scalding Bath Accident
Frances Helden, 3, daughter of Mr and Mrs G L Helden of Boling Springs in Spartanburg South Carolina, died after tumbling into a tub of hot water while the mother scrubbed the floor with her back turned.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Frances Helden
G. L. Helden
Boiling Springs
Seigler Merritt wedding unites Winnsboro and Mount Airy
Mina Seigler of Winnsboro S C wed A Haywood Merritt of this city in Winnsboro First Presbyterian Church. The ceremony June 2 featured organist Elizabeth Cathcart, selections by Mrs W L Morris and a Mendelssohn processional. Out of town guests included Merritt relatives from Mount Airy Easley Spartanburg Branchville Columbia and more.
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Elizabeth Cathcart
W. L. Morris
Columbia
S. C
Messrs
W. J. Seigler, Jr
Roger Smarr
Winnsboro
James Hale
O. K. Merritt
Mount Airy
Alice Carter
Kathryn Merritt
Constance Haynes
William Merritt
Merritt
William James Seigier
Winthrop College
Rock Hill
8. C
W. E. Merritt
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
W. E. Merritt Hardware Co
Fairfield
New York
W. E. Merritt, Jr
Elizabeth
Caroline Hess
Spartanburg
Charles Jenkins
Easley
J. M. Rushton
James Murray
Local fish clubs urged to organize for government hatcheries
The article advocates forming Isaac Walton Fish Clubs nationwide to obtain government trout releases for streams. It notes Walter Steele and the Woodruffs planted 1 000 rainbow trout in local waters and cites a Jefferson club that secured 30 000 fish. Organizing here could bring government stocking and attract tourists.
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Walter Steele
Steele
Woodruffs
Longap
Jefferson
Isaac Walton
Jefferson Man
Elkin
Mount Airy
Woods Utt Wedding Invitation Lists June 16
Mr and Mrs William Henry Woods announce the marriage of their daughter Jessie Lillian to L Clarence Utt on Wednesday June 16 at eight o clock in the evening at Oakview White Plains North Carolina Invitations were received here Friday.
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William Henry Woods
Jessie Lillian
L. Clarence Utt
Oakview
White Plains
North Carolina
White Way for Mount Airy Would Modernize Streets
In July Mount Airy plans to transfer its light and power system to Southern Power Company and grant an exclusive electricity franchise to Southern Public Utilities Company. Officials consider installing a white way with 37 ornamental lighting standards along Main Street at about 400 candle power each, funded by the power company and charged to the city at roughly 5.00 per month per standard, totaling about 2 220 yearly.
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Souther Power Company
Southern Public Utilities Company
Mount Airy
Main Street
Rockford
Hines Street
Winston-Salem
Judge Meekins May Name Receiver For Tobacco Assoc
Raleigh June 5 Federal Judge J M Meekins May decide in the Tri State Tobacco Growers Cooperative Marketing Association receivership suit after argument. Colonel Buford urged court action to relieve members from delivering tobacco and to appoint a receiver or at least an executive committee member with periodic audits. He cited a $600 warehouse purchase now on the books at $3 000 and questioned $2 400 moving out, and questioned salary cuts in 1925 and now.
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Raleigh
J. M. Meekins
Tri-State Tobacco Growers’ Cooperative Marketing Association
E. P. Buford
Buford
Alberta
Mount Airy Granite Wins Mount Ary Bridge Contract
North Carolina Granite Corporation of Mount Airy won the $1.522 million cut stone portion of the $15 million Memorial Bridge project across the Potomac. The award by the Fine Arts Commission highlights Mount Airy granite’s polish and production capacity, aided by new electric power lines boosting regional industry.
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Charlotte Observer
North Carolina Granite Corporation
Mount Ary
Memorial Bridge Across the
Potomac
Washington
Fine Arts Commission
Mount Airy Corporation
Mount Airy
Sargent
Southern Power Company
Earthquake Insurance Noted for North Carolina
North Carolina wrote 1 032 020 worth of earthquake insurance in 1925 with a cost of 297 dollars per policy, according to figures in the state insurance commissioner Stacy Wade report. North Carolina had no earthquake insurance in 1924 and no quake damage since Charleston.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Stacy W. Wade
Charleston
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Movement
Moore Street
The
Boris B. Gordon
City of
Elkin and
Power Company
Meekins
Tobacco Asso
Mt. Airy
Ole North State
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