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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1947
Page
5
Morrison Jr and party visited Tuesday with Fred Scott Thomas of Lake City. Numerous residents travel to Greensboro Greenville and Chicago for family events, work, or vacations while others attend summer schools and shop New York markets for ready to wear.
L. S Mays faced counts tied to the loss of money belonging to Bill Keys, the sole survivor of the Fries airliner disaster that killed 18 of 19 aboard. In Grayson County court last week Mays was sentenced to one year in the state penitentiary after Keys testified he carried money on his person before the crash and later found it missing. Sheriff Munsey Wingate testified finding a $100 bill on Mays and that Mays produced a letter and an airplane ticket belonging to Keys.
John Mallard Marion 85 died Tuesday at 7 30 at his Route 4 home. He was widowed. his wife Mary Cave Marion preceded him in September 1946. Survived by three sons Jack Delmar and Proud all at home four daughters Ella Coley Atkins Bingman and Whitt of Route 4, 36 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Funeral from Piney Grove Church at 2 p m Wednesday Elder James Creed officiated. burial in church cemetery.
Mrs Ailene Davis 72 of Route Five died at her home at 2 45 p m Tuesday June 10 Funeral from the home at 2 p m Wednesday with interment in Oak Grove Methodist The body remains at Moody Funeral Home until Monday June 16 at 2 p m as her son Frank a maritime service member with his ship due in Philadelphia and Capt Ralph Prevett of Oak Grove Methodist Church attend the service
Round Peak Lodge announces a special communication Friday night at 7 30 at the lodge hall in the first degree. W M N A Lowe and J C Moott preside as officers in charge.
Miss Jessie Jones daughter of Mr and Mrs Jesse R Jones of Mount Airy Route 1 and Morris G Davis son of Mr and Mrs Jesse R Davis of Dobson Route 2 were wed at 11 am Saturday June 7 at the bride's home. Rev Woodrow Jones officiated. Roses lilies and palms decorated. After the ceremony guests and bridal party attended a reception. The bride a White Plains High School Draughn's Business College graduate works as bookkeeper at Quality Auto Store in Mount Airy. The groom a Copeland High School graduate served two years in the army and now works at Carolina Plastics Corporation. They will live with the bride's parents for now.
Mrs. Martha McCraw Hawks 69 wife of Floyd Hawks died at local hospital June 5 from heart and bowel trouble. Survived by husband seven sons Henry Roscoe Hawks Mount Airy Andy Hawks Woodlawn Va Howard Solomon Roy Hawks Fancy Gap Va Thomas Hawks Sparta four daughters Esther Ida Tabitha Hawks Mount Airy home 21 grandchildren four brothers Dixie McCraw California Roby McCraw Idaho Wyatt Troy McCraw Oregon one sister Mrs Sarah Williams Oregon Funeral held 2 p m Saturday with Elders Walter Beasley Garland Allen officiating.
The Mount Airy Youth Council executive committee and standing committee chairmen plan a meeting Monday June 16 at 8 p m in City Hall Philadelphia. Reports note a flight claim of 7 minutes 11 seconds from New York to Philadelphia by Capt Charles E Yeager in a P 84 jet fighter.
A medical discussion stresses that delaying treatment for breast lumps reduces cure chances. It emphasizes early detection by a family doctor, noting that cancer can be treated with surgery X ray or radium if caught early and that denial often leads to fatal outcomes.
Mount Zion Baptist Church near Ararat North Carolina invites all for a homecoming on Sunday June 15. An all day program begins at 10 a.m. with preaching at 11 a.m.
A sergeant confronts a recruit who arrives for parade with an unfastened button asking if the issue is sun-bathing. The exchange underscores discipline and dress standards during inspection.
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