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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1936
Page
4
City Engineer W D Merritt used a home made diving helmet to descend 20 feet at the Mount Airy reservoir to repair a pipe collection, avoiding emptying the lake and saving fish. Assistant Doggett aided the operation as air pumps kept the helmet pressurized to prevent water ingress.
Adequate home wiring requires proper outlet planning and approved materials. Convenience outlets, floor outlets, and double sockets ease use while heavy loads need special outlets. Place utility-room outlets at about three feet, baseboard locations elsewhere. avoid overloading circuits to prevent dimming lights.
Miss Virgie Marion and Troy Willard of Mount Airy were quietly married Wednesday evening June 3 in Hilleville Virginia by Rev. Clinton A Brabston. The bride is employed at Pine State Knitting Mill and the groom is a carpenter. They reside with the bride’s grandparents on Taylor Street.
The writer moves from the Far East to the Near East recounting diary limericks about India Ocean heat and Red Sea voyages. He notes the July 23 arrival at Port Said and a twelve hour Suez Canal transit, praising De Lesseps and outlining the Panama canal effort and American success against mosquitoes.
The marriage of Miss Theo Fields of Chapel Hill to Mr. Frank M. Carlisle Jr. of Tarboro was solemnized at Trinity Episcopal Church in a private 4:00 PM ceremony conducted by Rev. E. M. Winbourne. The couple will reside in Tarboro after a wedding trip. attended by Mr and Mrs. F. M. Carlisle and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Carlisle of Tarboro.
The Christian Endeavor Society of Grace Moravian Church hosts a Goose Party and ice cream supper on the church lawn Saturday night June 13 starting at six. Attendees will enjoy sandwiches cakes cookies ice cream and lemonade. The goose will be fed silver and in exchange offers small packages with trinkets and toys.
The article cites Mrs. Gerbert W. Hunt of Hallville Texas claiming Cardus eased her monthly cramps and fatigue. She says pain and nausea vanished after starting Cardus and praises its effects. If Cardus doesn’t help, she suggests consulting a physician.
Health Note by Ralph J. Sykes M D Health Officer explains pellagra as a deficiency disease caused by poor diet. Emphasizes milk, fresh meat liver greens and whole grains, plus dried yeast. Warns symptoms include digestive issues sore mouth and sun exposed skin rashes, with spring flare and risk of weakness mental illness and death.
Surgical patients include Miss Ruth Joyner Hillsville and Master Robert Christian Pine Hall. Medical patients include Mrs C Holyfield Dobson Miss Ida Hawks Pancy Gap and Mrs George L Nunn Francisco. Discharges include Robert Christian Pine Hall Mrs George L Nunn Francisco and others.
Siloam Carlorg Route 4 J B Inman Parute 1 Eugene Joye Route 2 Mrs M gmgymri P FP Draughn Route 4.
The White Plains school library will be open to citizens of the White Plains community and district every Saturday from 4:00 to 5:00 PM. About 600 new books were added last year and catalogued. The library will be supervised this summer by Berta Taylor Robertson and Mrs. G W Christian.
Miss Mary Lee Hodge a student at Continental College of Beauty Culture in High Point will spend the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs D 8 Hodge.
Textile Outlet Stores will open Saturday June 13 at the Callaway building opposite Wolfe Drug Go. The Mount Airy store is the fourth in the chain with others in North Wilkesboro Greenville and Henderson. B B Brown of Burlington manages and plans further expansion using local help and North Carolina made merchandise.
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