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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1936
Page
8
Classified note offers a large supply of high grade cane for chair seating. Contact John D. Thompson Furniture Co for pricing and availability.
The letter to friends and customers thanks them for support after a fire loss. It notes relocation to the old Willow Street garage and promises faster and better motor service.
Renowned Chicago specialist J. Meinhardi will host a one day appearance at the Robert F. Lee Hotel in Winston-Salem on June 15, offering non surgical rupture guidance. He claims his Shield device provides immediate results without surgery or injections and invites only men to attend with no charge for demonstrations.
Having qualified as administrator of the estate of J H Barns, deceased, this is to notify all persons holding claims against the estate to present them to the administrator within 12 months for settlement and recovery. All persons indebted to the estate will make immediate settlement.
Mr Dee Davis 54 died Sunday night in Elberton Georgia and is survived by wife Magmie Robertson Davis and siblings. Funeral held Tuesday at 3 PM from his Charlotte home with Rev W W Peele and Rev D E Camak officiating. burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Relatives from Charlotte joined mourners including John Leitch and Dalmer Lewis.
Mrs Minnie Noah widow of King D Noah died at her Route 2 home Wednesday aged 64 from a heart attack. The funeral was held at Shelton Town Baptist Church led by Elder Norman Reed and burial followed in Indian Graves cemetery.
Mrs Susan Creed widow of Nathan Creed died at 11 30 last Friday at her home on Route 4 aged 76 years The funeral was conducted Sunday at 3 00 P M from the Little Vine Church by Elder Jesse Dunbar with interment in Little Vine Cemetery She was the daughter of William and Sallie Hicks of Georgia
Mrs Sarah Reynolds widow of the late Newel Reynolds of Route 4 died at 5 00 AM Saturday Funeral services were conducted at Korner's Grove Church and cemetery at 1 00 PM Sunday
The Bannertown school term 1935 36 features 20 pupils with perfect attendance. First through seventh grades name students like Bobbie Edwards Bert Gilley Jack Hull June Caudle Margie Simmons George Welch Jr Evelyn Jones and others.
Miss Nannie Martin of Lawsonville, 66, died Sunday at 11:00 A M from heart dropsy and cancer. The funeral was held at her home Monday at 2:00 P M with interment in the new family cemetery.
John William Parries of Route 2 widower of Clara Parries died Wednesday at 1 30, aged 78. He was a native of Stokes County, son of Mr and Mrs Jerry Pares. Funeral held at Mount Rock Baptist Church Thursday at 1 90 P M with interment in Midliff Cemetery.
The Silver Slipper Club of this city will stage its ninth Silver Slipper Ball at Mount Airy Country Club on Tuesday night June 23. John Peddicord and his Winston-Salem orchestra will play from 9:00 P.M. Sherm Nichols has been in Mount Airy arranging details for the event. The orchestra is known for its dance melodies and novelties, and the club ballroom is regarded as the best in the city.
Rev. J M Folger will preach Sunday morning at the Friends Church filling the vacancy left by Rev. C C Pearson who is in Durham attending the Institute of International Relations at Duke University.
Dr. R. J. Banks schedules dog vaccination visits per state law at Deatherage Store Cross Roads 9 to 10 A M Fred Beamer's Store 11 to 12 M Glass Service Station 2 P M George Nichols Store 4 to 5 P M Additional dates will be announced later
Mormon elders will give a free illustrated lecture Saturday at 8:00 p.m. in the Mormon Chapel on Westfield road. The program covers the church's early and present history and views of the Great West.
Miss Mary Hodges hosted a small party at her Mount Airy home on June 6 to honor Ida Hodges on her 18th birthday. Guests presented gifts, enjoyed games, singing, cake and pickles in a festive, neighborly gathering.
Trustee announces sale under a deed of trust dated March 15 1929 to Commercial National Bank High Point now successor trustee due to bank’s incapacity. On June 15 1936 at 2 PM sale at Dobson Court House for cash of lots 2 3 16 17 in Mount Airy described as west Willow Street area. D MacRae attorney High Point NC.
County totals from last Saturday list votes for several offices. Notable tallies include McNeil 1279 and Horton 2022 for Lieutenant Governor, Johnson 4351 for Treasurer, and Scott 3577 for Commissioner of Agriculture, with many other candidate counts provided.
Sanford North Carolina. Franklin Woodrow Jourdan is six months old and healthy. He was born at the bottom of a ten foot well and has attracted widespread notice as visitors come to the Jourdan farm near the Greensboro Sanford road to view the well and meet the child. The family has fenced the well and the boy rides in a yard go cart when sunny. Mrs Jourdan says a radio commentator hopes to feature them on a program. She refuses to speculate on the childs future beyond a wish he not become a bootlegger or a Republican president.
A wry exchange between Riddler and Piddler questions whether a man should reveal every thought and deed to his wife. The Piddler argues intuition and gossip render such honesty unnecessary.
Mrs L M Caldwell of Statesville North Carolina writes Cardui gave her strength and relief from weakness and nervousness after trying it following a newspaper notice. She used Cardui at intervals for twenty five years and felt improvement nearly immediately reporting she was soon up and around. The testimonial continues with other women reporting similar benefits.
The 1935 U S population reached an estimated 127 521 000 with the nation gaining overall while Michigan Wisconsin South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Mississippi Montana New Mexico Arizona and California show declines in the five year comparison. New York remains the most populous state and Pennsylvania second. A table lists 1935 state figures.
Substituted trustee will sell at public auction the Mt Airy area parcel on Southview Street described by metes and bounds. Sale follows a default on a Home Owners' Loan note dated March 20 1934 and recorded deeds. Cash deposit five percent required. sale date June 4 1936.
Mount Airy Rede shines with 16 hits as Mount Airy defeats Reidsville Luckies 11 to 4. Otis Earp relieves for Reds and allows one run while receiving strong support. Dixon leads visitors with power and Cordwood Dixon stands out for Reidsville.
Edward M. Linville as trustee will sell cash in front of the First National Bank Mount Airy NC on the Durham Street side of C L Jones lot. The bid covers the described real property and 8 shares in Workman's Building and Loan Association Series 40 to satisfy the deed of trust with interest costs and taxes. Sale date noted as June 8 1936 with prior references.
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