Local items about people you know in town
A string of brief notices lists residents traveling for summer visits and family gatherings. Names include Gay, Mrs Robertson, Mrs Alley, Mr and Mrs Martin, Mrs Harkrader, Mrs Zeb Hatcher, Mr and Mrs Moreland, Miss Wilson, the Nusbaum family, Mrs Samet and relatives, Miss Peggy Belton, Mr and Mrs Parks, and Mrs A Goldsmith with relatives in Greensboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Harkrader
South Main Street
Zeb Hatcher
Greensboro
Woman's College of the University of North Carolina
Fred Moreland
New York City
Miss Wilson
Oak Ridge
Tennessee
Sammie Nusbaum
Brenda
Sonya
Columbia
Jerome Samet
Sydney Bruce
Samet
Faye Ash
Chicago
M. Samet
Junction Street
Peggy Belton
Woman's College
Graham Parks
Chapel Hill
Luther Martin
North Main Street
A. Goldsmith
Earl Parrish
Local notices and society updates from Mount Airy
Mount Airy society column notes several residents traveling for summer studies at UNC Greensboro UNC Chapel Hill and Greensboro Woman's College. Readers include Miss Verona West Miss Joanne Crawford Miss Pattie Holcomb and others. Administrative notice for estate of BE L Patterson requests claims by May 10 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. L. Patterson
D. L. Hiatt
Mount Airy
N. C
Ward M. Patterson
Admr
EB. L. Patterson
Miss Jean Baskervill Weds George Sparger in Chapel Hill
Miss Jean Carter Baskervill daughter of Mr and Mrs John C Baskervill of Lenoir married George Washington Sparger son of Mr and Mrs George W Sparger Jr of Mount Airy in a quiet ceremony at First Presbyterian Church Chapel Hill at high noon Tuesday June 8. Rev Hilton Seals officiated with Jack Ellin organist. The bride wore a white taffeta gown with Juliet cap and lace details. The couple will live at 508 North Columbia Street Chapel Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Taylor
D. V
Sue Callaway
J. M. Polger
Della Welch
W. L. Dunman
Winston-Salem
H. Cook
Moorehead City
Benbow
J. J. Sparger
Jimmie
A. M. Gates
Ararat
Janet Sumner
United States Naval Academy
Gardner
Arts and Craft Guild
Ruth Sargent Martin
Main Street
J. M. Folger
W. R. Bowman
Rockford Street
Veterans Park
W. H. Spain
The
Astern Star
Asheville
L. G. Luckenbach
Hugh Holcomb
Baptist Orphanage
Salem
Hal Brown
Walter Gibson
Walter
Gibson
Bill Brown
Randleman
A. B. Macon
Burke Development
Hubert Good
Betty Jean
Charlotte
Myrtle Beach
Nancy Lee Beamer
Fred Beamer
Limestone College
Gafney
Bill Holcomb
State College
West Elm Street
Betty Jean Goad
Hubert Goad
Catawba College
Salisbury
Fred McGee
Mount Airy
N. C. State College
Raleigh
Penny Hollingsworth
John Hollingsworth
Swanee Military School
Swanee
Tennessee
Pattie Holcomb
Miss Holcomb
Holcomb
State Cole
Clarence Good
Mary Ellen
Washington, D. C
C. M. Goad
West Lebanon Street
Woman’s Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
Jean Carter Baskervill
John C. Baskervill
Lenoir
First Presbyterian Church
Chapel Hill
George Washington Sparger
George W. Sparger
Hilton Seals
Presbyterian Church
Jack Ellin
University Music Department
Coat donation sparks letter from German girl in Alsfeld
Mrs. Will McCoy’s coat given in Mount Airy relief drive brought a reply from Alsfeld Germany. The letter describes escape from West Prussia to Denmark, internment, loss of family, and gratitude for the American aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will McCoy
Mount Airy
Alsfeld
Germany
America
W. Hilfswerk
West Prusssia
Denmark
Letter from a Father’s War-Torn Family in Germany
A Mount Airy News reader shares a personal letter describing a family’s return from Germany to Alsfeld. The author writes of loss, faith, and resilience after wartime separation, noting help sent for clothing and shoes and longing for future contact with loved ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alsfeld
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Tre
Apex
Rob
Fuller’s Furniture Co., Inc
Mount Airy, N. C
Ford
Chevrolet
Fedden Used Car Co
Virginia Street
J. R. Hines
Lebanon Street
Janet Bondurant
Leaksville
Strother Smith
Z. M. Smith
Oak Ridge Military Institute
Ethel Lawrence
Arizona
New Mexico
Verona West
University of North Carolina At
Grace Foy
Alma Sparger
Walter Leonard
Riverside Military Academy
Gainesville
James Rink
Duke University
Prank Toler, Jr
W. Taylor
Tyre Taylor
Dick Smith
Washington and Lee University
Bill Bailey
Mount Holly
New Jersey
Bill Sumner
Howard Sumner
Wilson Street
Florida
Joanne Crawford
Jimmy Badgett
Bowling Green
Bowling Green College of Commerce
Johnnie Ausburne
H. H. Lowry
Lowry
W. J. Morris
Galax
Route 1
Sunbeam
Home & Auto Supplies
Oak St
Mt. Airy
Greyhound
Greyhound Erminai
Jean Baskervill
George Sparger
Tar Tate Tb
Roca Lee
Ira
Burns
Coleman
Westinghouse
Franklin Street
Belk’s
Burlington Mills
BELK
Mount Auy
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