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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1936
Page
7
Heavy rains visited Ararat on Monday easing drought as crops and gardens, nearly dried up, receive relief. Last Sunday featured communion service and quarterly meeting at Blackwater Church with a sizable congregation.
By order of re sale of the Superior Court of Surry County in Elsie McHone et al versus Cletus Moser and Ernestine Moser, Henry Folger, Commissioner, will re sell at the Court House Door Dobson NC on Monday June 22 1936 at 12 noon a 15 4 10 acre tract in B E Moser lands part allotted to Henry Moser described as beginning at a rock on Corinth road and running as specified, with a 12 ft cart way reserved for Lot No 2. Sale subject to court confirmation. May 19 1936. 28 4 11 18.
The session was led by W. J. Piint with a pleasant handling of business. Mrs. Dewy Hill, of Ararat, attended summer school in High Point and will return weekends for several weeks. An all day home coming service at Ararat Church is planned next Sunday with speakers and singing. baskets encouraged. G. J. Key shows marked improvement after illness and hopes to be active in a month or two. Gordon Proctor visited Ararat over the weekend and homes to Summerfield. Mrs. Porter Bryant stays with the Proctors in Summerfield this week. Boat riding remains a popular pastime on the Ararat river for local youths. Mrs. J. W. Lawson of route 1 is seriously ill and being taken to the hospital.
Attorney General David T. Wilentz said Col. Charles A. Lindbergh would soon receive part of the $50,000 ransom paid to the Lindbergh kidnapper more than four years ago. The ransom bills totaling $14,860 have been in a Trenton bank since their discovery at Bruno Hauptmann's home.
Studies by B Z Pollock of the Soil Conservation Service and the U S Bureau of Biological Survey show robins and bluebirds derive substantial food from insects and fruit, supporting erosion control and ornamentation. Planting fruit bearing shrubs aids bird habitat and orchard protection.
Notice of Trustees sale of land in Surry County under a 1928 deed of trust. D. L. Hiatt as substitute trustee reads public auction June 13 1936 at 1 pm in front of the First National Bank Mount Airy NC. 194 acre lot known as lot 1 of the Dodson subdivision with a $100 cash deposit required.
The Federal Land Bank of Columbia as plaintiff will auction 59 acres in Bryan Township Surry NC on July 6 1936 at noon at the County Courthouse. Terms require half cash and balance in two equal annual installments at 6 percent interest. The sale is subject to Clerk approval and a possible resale at 2 PM the same day.
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