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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1945
Page
4
The Local W C T U will meet Tuesday at 8 o clock in the home of Mrs. George W Sparger Jr with Mrs W L Marsh as associate hostess.
First Lt Ruth McGill and First Lt Nelson M Pettinger married Saturday May 19 1945 at 4 30 PM in the Fort McLellan Alabama post chapel Chaplain Grant officiated with a double ring ceremony The couple knelt before white satin cushions and white gardenias The bride wore a beige uniform and carried a white Bible The groom wore army dress and the couple is noted for their service in World War II Pettinger has 28 months overseas and holds the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf cluster ETO ribbon with stars and the Combat Infantryman badge The bride is from Kings Mountain and attended Martin Memorial Hospital Training School for Nurses The wedding was attended by Lieut Zimmerman and Lieut Michael Rodemeyer with Mrs Rodemeyer as matron of honor
Miss Naomi Holloway of this city will receive her diploma from Benjamin Franklin University Washington D C in exercises at the Mayflower Hotel Friday evening June 15 where she will earn the B C S degree A reception and dance follow in the hotels main ballroom Her sister Mrs J S Belton and niece Miss Pedgy Belton travel to Washington for commencement and will stay a week with Miss Holloway who will remain in Washington with the accounting department of OPA She plans to take the North Carolina State Board examinations as public accountant.
Circle No 2 of Haymore Memorial Baptist Church met with Mrs Richard Simmons on Worth Street Thursday evening June 7. An interesting program titled Our Today's Youth was presented and refreshments were served by the hostess.
Misses Lena and Carrie Sparger spent the past weekend in Bristol Tennessee as guests of Mrs. Tom Gibbons.
Mr and Mrs Andrew Mizell Burton of Nashville announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Jean to William Franklin Carter III Lieutenant in the United States Army Air Force now at March Field Riverside California son of Mr and Mrs William Franklin Carter Jr of Mount Airy The marriage will be solemnized early in July The bride elect graduated from David Lipscomb College and George Pepperdine College and led Zeta Kappa sorority and May Queen honors The groom is grandson of the late Judge Carter and John A Young and studied Davidson College and Sigma Epsilon Fraternity with Beaver Club leadership.
A list of local patients being treated and newborns includes Lucille King, Mrs J Guy Jackson, Mrs R A Tilley, Mr and Mrs N E Semones with a daughter born June 12, Cecil Benge, Mrs Dixie Hawks, Miss Lorene Clay, Mr and Mrs Elmer Patterson with a son born June 9, Isaac Easter, C R Lowe, Harvey Hendricks, Mrs S A Hennis Jr, Click Green, Mrs Walter Bryant, Rufus Pike, Jack Burkhart, Mrs Claude Adkinson, William L Kirkman, Miss Paulie Dollyhigh, Bruce Williams, S C Marshall, several named children and adults listed as medical, surgical, or accident patients.
A Virginia reader asks if a sixteen year old may attend movies with a boy despite her mother’s objections. Another writes of a North Carolina fiancé who was engaged to another. Louisa offers cautious judgment on engagements and risk. A mother asks about sending her twelve year old to a Boy Scout Camp near a lake fifty miles away and Louisa advises trusting responsible leaders and using the chance to learn to swim.
Miss Ann Inman of Wake Forest College is home for summer vacation. Lieut Col Frank Foy on convalescent leave from Camp Beale California is with his family and mother Mrs John Foy. Mrs Frank Foy and children, formerly at Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland, occupy his mother’s home during his overseas service prep. Cpl W E Bill Patterson, son of Mr and Mrs M F Patterson, is in a Camp Lee Virginia hospital recovering from injuries when a truck overturn caused the accident. two other men were hurt but none fatally.
Miss Betty Lou Britt, daughter of Mr and Mrs T N Britt of this city, received the Bachelor of Science degree during Northwestern University 87th annual commencement in Evanston Illinois on June 13. President Franklyn B Snyder spoke at the exercises and Bishop Edwin F Lee addressed the audience. Rev Duncan H Browne spoke at the baccalaureate on June 12.
James Lee Ferrell 59 of Hamburg Street Halifax County Va died last week at his home from paralysis. He was a native of Halifax County and is survived by his widow Mollie Jones Ferrell three daughters Elizabeth Ferrell Mrs Raymond Newsome and Mrs Mc Kinley Booker and six grandchildren. Funeral from the home Saturday at 10 a m conducted by Revs C L Harris and Fred Journey.
The annual Girl Scout flower show at the Blue Ridge hotel highlighted superior blooms with roses dominating in hybrid tea floribunda and miniature classes. Twenty exhibits crowned winners led by Mrs. Hugh Holcomb and several Merritts across categories such as miniature arrangements shadow boxes tea pot arrangements and dinner table displays.
Mount Airy War Price and Rationing Board orders halt canning sugar coupon issuance due to OPA shortages. Can suppliers cut the per person limit to 15 pounds with no relief yet. Farmers must file for slaughterer permits by July 1 if slaughtering for sale. those for personal use exempt. Gasoline ration stickers and B and C coupons expire June 30. exchanges allowed. service stations surrender by July 10.
The local board members and clerks received peaches from Theo Smith in Surry. This small courtesy event highlights community ties and local outreach by residents.
A Georgia peach grower sent peaches from one of Mr. Smith's orchards to the ration board as a token of appreciation for their services.
Mrs Kenneth Hayes and children Martha Ann and Carole of Martinsville Virginia visit her sister Mrs Charles Lowry and family here. The Reverend Kenneth Hayes attends a Baptist convention in Bristol Virginia and will join them next weekend with other relatives.
Boxes filled with items service men want are packed and ready for mailing at Welfe's Drug Store. The display also includes empty boxes and a selection of gifts for customers.
Charles N. Clark pastor outlines services with Sunday School at 9 45 morning worship at 11 nursery class at 11 00 and evening worship at 8 00. Week events include Marianna Howard class meeting Monday 8 00 with Mrs Leonard and choir rehearsals Thursday 7 00 and Saturday 7 45.
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