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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1955
Page
8
Pvt James R. Carpenter son of Mr and Mrs Roland Carpenter completed basic training at Fort Jackson South Carolina He is assigned to Track School at Fort Knox Kentucky He entered service in January and is a Mount Airy High School graduate.
Mount Airy residents James D. Blackburn Gilbert F. Fleming and Roland Simmons are among 114 students in Gardner-Webbs summer term at Boiling Springs. Blackburn and Fleming are rising sophomores while Simmons is completing sophomore study. The college reports the largest summer session in its 48 year history. 413 students attended the regular year and applications suggest a 30 percent rise next year.
Bob Davidson son in law of Mrs. T J Kerr graduated last week from High Point College with a B S in Physical Education and Science. He was named to Who's Who in American Universities and made second team All State as a sophomore. He captained the basketball team two years and belonged to the Tower Players and Delta Sigma fraternity. His graduation was attended by family members from Indiana Kentucky and this city.
Charlie Preston Minor 83 of Winston-Salem died at 6 15 p m in a local hospital after five years of declining health and nine weeks in critical condition He was born April 16 1872 in Charleston W Va and moved to North Carolina March 17 1933 He worked as a coal miner and later a farmer Surviving are his wife Maggie Bell Fowler six daughters and five sons Funeral services were held at Mineral Springs Baptist Church with Rev R E Adams officiating and burial followed at Montview Memorial Park
Cuff Notes visits Beaufort County as tensions rise between state regions. Dewey Toppin from Belhaven travels via Mount Airy and hints at northern connections. Olla Ray Boyd touts 1948 electoral support and military wheel usage. Ada Taylor notes eastern ignorance of the west. Blue Ridge scenery praised despite complaints. Jaycees traffic plan backfires at Main and Franklin. Miss Mount Airy finalists teased with provocative window display. finals next Friday with free ticket window show.
A flirtatious ad urges women to act now to join a new club and seek romance. It promotes a Thermal Modulation Permanent at The Hairdesigners Beauty Salon located at 416 N Spruce St in Winston Salem, promising renewed social life and confidence.
Cadet Franklin S. Kurtz son of Mr and Mrs Franklin Kurtz of this city Orchard Street received an Associate of Arts degree at the seventh annual commencement of the Junior College at Valley Forge Military Academy Wayne Pa He held the rank of Sergeant in the 700 member Corps of Cadets and belonged to the Anthony Wayne Legion Guard the academy honor guard.
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