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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1956
Page
4
The Harbour family reunion is planned for Sunday at the M. G. Harbour old homeplace near Level Creek. Relatives and friends are invited to attend and bring a picnic lunch.
Miss Mae Gwyn of Wards Gap Road, washing clothes by a spring, found three black racer snakes entwined in an old oak and another on the ground. She returned with a .22 rifle and shot the tree snakes. the ground snake escaped. Gwyn works at Renfro Hosiery Mill and is in her late twenties.
In Acts 26 Paul testifies before Felix and Festus, recounting his transformation on the Damascus road and his mission to Jews and Gentiles. He stresses that salvation rests on the risen Jesus, and he remains not ashamed of his witness despite opposition.
John William Thomas 76 of Asheboro died in a Durham hospital after a year long illness. He moved from Surry County to Randolph County two years ago. Survived by two daughters, Mrs Bufort Bryant and Mia, John Frank Truitt of Boonville. sons Troy Thomas, Dallas Thomas, Ervin Thomas. sister Mrs Dora Wilmoth. Funeral at Charity Baptist Church Boonville at 3 p.m. Burial in church cemetery.
Dr Edgar M Gwathmey a noted Southern educator and former Converse College president in Spartanburg D C died Thursday after a brief illness He was 90 and his death followed that of his daughter in law Mrs Badgett's father was mentioned in the report
The text notes the death of Converse College's third president who served 22 years before retiring. He was married to the wife referenced, father to a Winston-Salem daughter in law Roy Mitchell, and a Richmond native. Survivors include three children and six siblings. The deceased previously led the Norfolk division of William and Mary College and held advanced degrees from the University of Virginia.
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