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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1957
Page
4
An insurance adjustor explains a $7500 award for a leg loss while a $5000 payout for a husband loss prompts a quip about getting another husband. The exchange leads to a humorous anecdote about religion and beliefs.
Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey Circus will bring six performances to Memorial Coliseum on North Cherry Street Winston-Salem starting Monday. The article notes the circus ended a 86 year era in Pennsylvania and discusses changing times and evolving transportation and venue trends for the show.
A judge tests the wedding vows prompting the bride to fearfully remark that the officiant might scare the groom into backing out. The scene centers on romance and nerves as the couple confronts expected vows and domestic promises.
Army Specialist Harvey W. Hairston, married to Christine of Route 2 Mount Airy, was assigned to the 88th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion at Camp Hanford Wash He entered the Army in January 1965 and was last stationed in Detroit Michigan He is the son of Mrs Nora B Hairston of Ararat Virginia
In Mount Airy News June 1 1907 readers learn the Lowgap Road Stewarts Creek bridge is usable and subscriptions go to C L Beamer or L W Scott Inman. The Big Show promises lavish performances with aerial acts and special rails for transport. Tickets go on sale June 3 at Thalheimer's and Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem with prices 1 50 2 00 2 50 and 3 00 and half price for under twelve matinees.
Street chatter notes a plan to build a modern hotel in the city to be named Merchants Hotel. The proposal promises an up-to-date facility and broad civic support as part of a broader wedding party social scene.
An obituary note states that the subject died on age sixteen this year at the age of 101. Further details are not provided in the readable text.
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