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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1954
Page
3
A new nonabrasive liquid cleaner for porcelain claims to remove sink tub and wash basin stains without hard scrubbing. It uses a wet wipe application with sponge or cloth and leaves surfaces gleaming without odor or skin irritation.
Mr. and Mrs. Dayton R. Davis of Portsmouth Va return home after funeral for Mrs. Davis mother Mrs J R Venable. Families and friends visit, travel and attend summer programs from Dobson Sparta Durham Winston-Salem Oak Ridge and New York City to UNC Chapel Hill Duke Guilford and State College courses and work assignments.
Miss Gay Nell Hall and Jarrette Rowe Sudduth announce their engagement. Miss Hall, a Greensboro College graduate and Bay County teacher, will wed in late summer. Sudduth, son of Panama City residents, attended Gulf Coast Military Academy and the University of Florida and works with his father. Miss Nancy Reece attends summer school at UNC Greensboro.
Miss Sarah Ann Hilton daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Lee Hilton of Thomasville Route 1 married Jimmy Gray Journey son of Rev and Mrs Fred Journey at Southside Baptist Church Thomasville. The double ring ceremony featured music by Madison Weddle and Claude Carrick. The bride wore Chantilly lace satin with a bouffant skirt and lace jacket, veil, and carried a white prayer book with an orchid. Guests included maid of honor Mrs Bobby Boswell, bridesmaids Mrs Ralph Beckerdite and Mrs Glenn Hilton, best man Glenn Hilton, and ushers Bobby Boswell Royce Maxwell Allen Leonard Colon Nifong. After a reception in the church hall the couple will live with the groom’s parents. The bride wore a gold taffeta travel dress with orchid corsage for the trip. she is a North Davidson High School graduate and the groom attended Mount Airy High School and works at the Thomasville Chair Company.
Arthur Beamer appointed business manager for the Carolina Quarterly at UNC for the coming year. He is a rising senior majoring in accounting, son of Frank and (Mrs) Beamer of Mount Airy Route 1, and previously served as business manager for Franklin High School paper and annual.
Miss Shirley Reynolds and Cpl. Bobby J. Fletcher wed at the bride’s home in Ararat with Rev. R D Fletcher performing the ceremony. Attendants included Miss Carol Fletcher and Hoyal Jones. A reception followed as the couple plans to report to Fort Eustis and Fort McLehan where the groom serves in the Army Chemical Corps ROTC.
Cadet Joseph E. Brannock, son of Fire Chief and Mrs J Ed Brannock, will attend an ROTC summer camp. The program seeks to develop leadership, drill skills, and basic military training for high school cadets.
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