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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1921
Page
3
Multiple s for sale farms and residences in North Carolina. opportunities to join Rawleighs business for adults 21 to 46. rentals include a 4 room house with basement on Hines Ave. additional listings note a 350 acre farm near Key Point and a 7 room residence in Seagrove. local names include C R Murphy, S A Hennis & Co., Dr Isabelle E Brown.
For sale or exchange one five passenger Ford car in good running condition. Will exchange for a two horse outfit and harness. H. C. Lawrence Round Peak North Carolina. For sale a good horse, buggy and harness a good 1 and 2 horse wagon a good spring delivery wagon any Jersey cow fresh price 76 Bronexs
About 26 residents on Wards Gap road above the cemetery now have an electric line feeding from the city system. With a power surplus the city will supply lights to nearby areas where residents install their own lines to join the city grid. The recent line cost roughly $25 per connected household.
Mrs E C Banner entertained two parties honoring her sister Mia with guests Harry Nelma of Kingsport Tennessee and Mrs S T Combs of Lithonia Georgia staying as house guests of Mrs W B Haymore. The afternoon gathering featured sweet peas, three rook tables, a frozen salad course and iced tea. The evening event hosted young married couples with another rook game.
The Women’s Club starts summer organized play Tuesday at Rockford Street School North Main Street School and Mrs J A Jackson residence with story telling and games at 3 20 P M on Tuesdays and Fridays for children ages six to fourteen. Women helpers meet Mrs J A Hadley’s home on Pine Street Saturday at 3 30 P M to be trained. The Fine Art department holds its first meeting Friday at 4 P M in the Blue Ridge Inn parlors inviting interested ladies.
Miss Lillie Key, twenty nine, native of Surry County, died at her Cumberland County home in Virginia on May 29. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs B A Key and had lived in this section until four years ago. A Methodist and well liked, she had suffered from tuberculosis for some time.
Mrs R J Reynolds widow of the late R J Reynolds of Winston-Salem and J Edward Johnston were quietly married Saturday night at 7 at Mrs Reynolds country estate Reynolds by Rev D Clay Lilly pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Louisville Ky The ceremony took place in the large reception hall Flower-bearers were Misses Mary and Nancy Reynolds and ring-bearer Master Smith Reynolds Mrs Johnston is daughter of Mr and Mrs Z T Smith and active in civic affairs Johnston son of Mrs Willis P Johnston of Davidson N C is connected with the leaf department of the R J Reynolds Tobacco Company After a buffet supper the couple left for New York to sail for Europe on their honeymoon
FE Reece of this city sells his stock to A J Hill B M Dickerson and son S H Dickerson. Reece retires for rest after years in the goods business. The new firm, from Patrick County, plans to cut stock with attractive prices and add new goods. They will buy and sell country produce.
The Ivanhoe High senior class graduates with honors and honors a late classmate Carlos R. Coletrane who died from the flu in his sophomore year. The class buys a bouquet for his grave and the historian Raymond Painter honors his character and faith. Friends also give flowers to eight classmates after diplomas.
Mrs. 8. T. Combs of Lithonia Georgia is the guest of Mrs. W. B. Haymore at her home in town during an informal visit.
Miss Leota Lineback and Joseph B Poore, both of Winston-Salem, married Sunday at the Koontz home on Petterson Avenue. The ceremony was by Rev T C Keaton of North Winston Baptist Church with few relatives present. The couple will reside in the city after a wedding trip.
Mrs Newton Vreeland of Minoa New York says Chamberlains Tablets have helped her and her husband for five years. She uses them during travel and after meals for heavy feelings or dullness and urges others to take them for constipation or indigestion to feel better.
The Lovill-Dix company begins construction of a massive ice box in its basement to support a growing business. The box will store eggs, bananas and other perishables and has capacity for two car loads of product.
The A. E. Steele shoe store adds a complete shoe repairing outfit installed in the rear. Two experienced workmen oversee epoxy and repairs. They handle all kinds of work usual to shoe repair and already attract a large amount of business.
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