Dear Diary Teens Share A Summer Travel Memoir
A long, humorous diary recounts 1959 1969 Mount Airy high school memories. Jimmy Frye narrates travel through New Orleans Cape Town St Louis and Niagara Falls with classmates and local figures. The entries blend celebrity sightings, campus events, and social life with playful nostalgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Sleepy
William Edgar Allen Burrus
Fay Lowry
Allen
Penton Hiatt
Feyton
Bill
Dirty” Dawson
First Baptist Church
Prench
Gerry Mays
Sally Rand
Coach Shelton
Dear
Dairy
Pred Rierson
South Africa
Pred
Owen Horton
Yvonne
Dot Tile
Allgirl
Betty Jean Lineberry
el Chincho Hotel
Ramona Inman
Dear Dairy
Africa
Jennie Lee Pruitt
Jennie Lee
Libby Shelton
Cape Town
Dear Diary
Preddie
New York
Charlie Atkins
Joe Bolen
Lillie Mae Money
Virginia Smith
Betty Dinkins
Charlie
Joe
James Jackson
Nora Prances Lackey
James
Cassadol Corporation
Nora
Niagra Falls
Jim Stevens
America
Gordon Hennis
Stevens
Hilda Snow
Jimmy
Hilda
Evelyn Greenwood
Nut House
Pat Fears
Associated Press
WPAQ
Niagra Palls
Jack Childress
Edna Herring
Genteman
Philharmonic Symphony
John Kiger
John
Washington
U. S. Congress
Mount Airy
Barbara Seagraves
Babe” Watson
Stadium
Whien
Joan Pruett
California
Ole
Harry White
Harry
Main St
Oscar Merritt
Reddick Pield
Helen Tate
Arlyn Hughes
Arlyn
Helen
Rockford
Southeastern School Assembly
Mary Burton
Mal Davis
Louise Jacobs
John D. Cook
George S. Williams
U S
John D
Winston- Salem
Pilot Mountain
Joanne Crawford
Junior Needham
Winston-Salem
Hester
Eleanor Hatcher
Mexico
Paul Webster
Paul
PF. B. I
Pearl Haley
Gun
Gray Lee
Hatchet
Harbor
Bobby “Bruiser” Poore
Randall “Black-jack” Welch
Bill “Shotgun” Smith
Jessie James
Pete
First National Bank
St. Louis
Diary Webster
Roger “Rabbit” Ayers
Webster
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Peggy Miller
Cleo Thomas
Jackie Hart
Betty Jo Brannock
Woelfe Drug Co Touts Fungicidal Teol for Athlete’s Foot
The advertisement claims the germ grows deeply and must be reached to kill. It promotes TEOL with 90 percent alcohol that purportedly penetrates more germs, offering a 35 cent refund within one hour if not satisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woelfe Drug Co
Kad Gives Up After Barbara’s Engagement to Chatham
Kad ends his pursuit as Barbara announces her engagement to Dick Chatham. Other news items are noted but held for next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack Haynes
Murf
Salisbury
Jean Kerr
Jimmy McMillian
Red Springs
Evelyn Phillips
Bill Slate
Kad
Barbara
Dick Chatham
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jimmy Frye
Ailey
S .Ee
Veradean Fieming
Marie Crauhn
Betty Jean Johnson
Herbert Sutphin
al Jolson
Donald Poore
West Coast
Gene Harmon
Gene
Yale
Lettie Page Inman
San Francico
Raven Knob Park
Hanging Rock Park
Fairy Stone Park
Mill
Delores
Russell
Henrietta
Don Hiatt
Carolyn
Hugh
Mary Ann
Joyce Ann
Gilbert
Dora Ann
Toni
Charles Harries
Arlen
Bobby Beamer
Clara
Claude
Nan
Don Stanley
Warren Moore
Ben
Ed Brannock
Dickie
Dale Phillips
Don Council
Dan Slate
Jackie Palmer
Jennie Lee Boyles
Bill Fourqureau
Juanita Snow
Delores Mills
Roger
Curtis ‘Seedham
Corky Fowler
Martha Hall
Martha
Grace
Kermit
Margaret
Alice
Wade
Polly
Marvin
Jesse
Nancy
Bettye
Jimmy Midkiff
Mack Wood
Nat
Gloria
Lucille
Elbert
Ogla
Franklin
Joan
Sonny
Joyce
Billie Nell
Bobby Combs
Jimmy Robert
Jo Ann
Mike
P. J. Snow
Bill Cable
Bobbie Ray
Bobby
Joby
Mrs. Hull
Marianna Hines
Bill Bailey
Sadie Poy
Roy F Edwards
Donald Tesh
Springfield
Ohio
Hilbert Frieming
Raven Knob
Betty Jean Collins
Eggleston
Earl Niemi
Mary Jean Lewis
Sleepy Burrus
Bruce Yakley
Hollingsworth
Gray
Samm’s
Clarke
P. S
Holcomb
Lennox
Wonio
Holcomb Hardware
Mt, Airy
W. M. Wall
Hollingsworth Drug Co
S. Main St
Banner Bargains
Kellogg’s
Super Suds
Rinso
Moore Avenue
Bowman
Aed
Seo
Igi
Dogo
Fesnee
Celene Spies
Bowman Electric Co
Pine St
Mount Airy, N. C