Club Elects Woman Of Year At Mount Airy Meeting
The Junior Woman's Club at Reeves 7M CA elected Mrs. Lawsie Kirkman Woman Of The Year for outstanding service. Kirkman chaired the Clothing Closet. club praised its second place in competition and gave her a gift. Raymond Smith Jr urged support for the Community Chest drive. the club volunteered to lead the residential campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeves 7McA
Lawsie Kirkman
Howard Foy
Ben Graves
Mount Airy
Diplomas Earned By Local Insurance Agents
Fred D. Kirkman and Roy B. Harris agents for Imperial Life Insurance Company earned diplomas for completing an 18 week course for trained underwriters with a 100 percent grade. The program trained leading agents in all types of insurance and was held in Asheville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred D. Kirkman
Roy B. Harris
Imperial Life Insurance Company
Asheville
Rehearsal Party Honors Gail Dee Hunter and J Phil Hodgin
Mrs W R Hunter and daughter Ruby hosted a rehearsal party Friday evening at their West Lebanon Street home in honor of Miss Gail Dee Hunter and J Phil Hodgin who wed Saturday. Green and white decorations complemented the bridal color scheme. Guests included wedding party members friends and out of town guests. Refreshments featured individual cakes nuts mints and punch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Hunter
Daugher
Ruby
West Lebanon Street
Gail Dee Hunter
J. Phil Hodgin
Franklin Show Cast and Schedule for Benefit
The Franklin Rari tan Club announces the local talent show cast led by Donna T. Keane with a three act comedy Purdy's Last Resort as the main feature. Performances start last night with a final show Friday at 8 06 in the Franklin School Auditorium. Reserved tickets available at Blue Ridge Hotel lobby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Raritan Club
Donna T. Keane
Franklin School
Blue Ridge
Purdy
Laat
James Christopher
Bill Terry
Ola Moser
Donald Byrd
Benny Mosley
J. W. McIntyre
Mara Nichols
Glenn Hatcher
Ollie McIntyre
Joe Hall
Girl Scouts
Franklin District
Jimmie Hiatt
Ruth Blackburn
Mary Carter
Eva Joy Caudle
Annie Kay Hall
Gail Moody
Diana Mosley
Sarah Mosley
Judy Norman
Fay Slate
Adelaide Sink
Piney Grove WMU Meets Tuesday
The Woman's Missionary Union of Piney Grove Baptist Church met Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the home of Mrs Claude Parker on Linville Road with twelve members present. They discussed selling Christmas cards and wrapping paper for treasury proceeds and adjourned to meet next month at Mrs Wade Atkins home. The Sunbeams met concurrently with eight members and were led by Mrs Lester Woodring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Missionary Union of
Piney Grove Baptist Church
Claude Parker
Linville Road
B. M. Johnson
Ralph Hardy
Treasury
Luncheon Honors Mary Louise Boyd Bride Elect
Miss Mary Louise Boyd, bride elect of Sunday, was honored at a luncheon hosted by Mrs. G. F. Pruett Jr. on West Lebanon Street. The event featured a music measure motif in green and white with ivy and glittering sequins. Guests included the honoree's mother Mrs. Katherine Boyd and other friends as she prepares to marry Jack C. Hall on June 19 at Grace Moravian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Louise Boyd
G. F. Pruett, Jr
West Lebanon Street
Miss Boyd
Jack C. Hall
Grace Moravian Church
Katherine Boyd
M. N. Hall
Virginia Peorv
Lynda Ann Pell
Barbara Hull
Jo Ann Palmer
Wednesday Rites Unite Miss King and Bruce Wilcox
Miss Barbara Jean King daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul King of this city married Bruce Wilcox son of Mr and Mrs C R Wilcox at 4 40 p m Wednesday in Dobson Courthouse Justice of the Peace F V Crissman officiated The couple were accompanied by their parents The bride wore a baby blue dress with white accessories and red carnation corsage The bride attended Mount Airy High School and works for Renfro Hosiery Mille The groom attended Flat Rock High School and recently discharged from the U S Army after two years including seventeen months in Korea They will live with the groom's parents for the present
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Jean King
Paul King
Galloway Street
Bruce Wilcox
C. R. Wilcox
Dobson Courthouse
Justice of the Peace
F. V. Crissman
Mrs Walters Recital At Rockford Street School Tonight
Mrs Rufus Walters presents her music class in recital at Rockford Street School this Friday at 8 p m. UNC Chapel Hill music major John Martin will be guest soloist performing a Weber clarinet piece Concertino with pianist Miss Wagoner. Numerous piano solos by listed students include Carol Collins Carol Ayers Marilyn Fleming and more with Lara Branscomb Mary Moore Pulliem and Marvin Draughn noted among other class members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Walters
Rockford Street
John Martin
UNC
Chapel Hill
von Weber
Miss Wagoner
Carol Collins
Carol Ayers
Marilyn Fleming
Mary Beth McDonald
Gail Lineback
Donna Hayes
Martha Morris
Betty Hayes
Garnet Cox
Louise Parks
White Plains Cannery Set to Open This Wednesday
C. B. Turpin, agriculture teacher, announced the White Plains Cannery will open Wednesday, June 22 with patrons asked to arrive by 9:00 am. The cannery will operate each Wednesday through the summer and fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Turpin
White Plains
Arthur Beamer In Hospital
Arthur Beamer son of Mr and Mrs Frank Beamer of this city route 1 is a patient at Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem where he underwent minor surgery Wednesday His condition was reported as good and he is expected to return home early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Beamer
Frank Beamer
Baptist
Highland Park Baptist Young Married Class Meeting Notes
The Young Married Class of Highland Park Baptist Church met at Mr. and Mrs. Wade Frye's home Saturday evening with 18 members present. Robby Holder led devotionals. New officers for the year include Woodrow Beamer president Bill Surratt vice president Mia Beamer secretary treasurer and Mrs Mary Ruth Beamer social chairman. Assistants to Mrs Blackmon are Mrs Laney Frye Mrs Charlotte Collins and Mrs Hazel Surratt. Party games and refreshments were served by Mr. and Mrs. Frye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Park Baptist Church
Mia
Wade Frye
Robby Holder
Woodrow Beamer
Bill Surratt
Betty Blackmon
Mary Ruth Beamer
Mra
Frye
Circle Meets With Mrs Moser at Rockford Street Church
The Woman's Society of Christian Service circle 2 of Rockford Street Methodist Church met at Mandy Moser's Orchard Street home Tuesday evening with eight members present. The program opened with a hymn, a discussion on Toward a World Fellowship was led by R. G. Carpenter, and a closing prayer followed. Refreshments were served after the business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Circle 2
Rockford Street Methodist Church
Mandy Moser
Orchard Street
R. G. Carpenter
World Fellowship
Zion Church Plans Bake Sale on Main Street
The Zion Methodist Church announces a bake sale Saturday morning at the Sears' Order Office on Main Street. A variety of baked goods will be available for purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zion Methodist Church
Sears’ Order
Main Street
Dinner Honors Mrs. Marion Goins at Mount Airy Home
Mrs. Marion Goins was honored with a surprise birthday dinner Sunday at her home on route 6 Mount Airy. Her husband children and other friends attended and she received many nice and useful gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Goins
Route 6
Mount Airy
TV Courses Now Underway
Morgan Stanley attends philosophy of education via television at his home. Dr. Frank lin H. McNatt of WCMC leads the six week UNC and State College program aired on Channel 4 Chapel Hill. Classes run Monday Wednesday Friday 8 30 to 9 30 p m with mail assignments and credit toward graduate work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan Stanley
Franklin H. McNatt
WCMC
Mr. Stanley
UNC
State College
Channel 4
Chapel Hill
Mechanic Wins TV Set at Quality Auto
Raymond Gunnell mechanic at Willow Street Garage won a new television in a weekly giveaway held by Quality Auto and Hardware Store on Franklin Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quality
Raymond Gunnell
Willow Street
Quality Auto and Hardware Store
Franklin Street
Ararat Man Promoted to Army Sergeant
Ararat Virginia resident Raymond Culler Jr has been promoted to sergeant in the U S Army. He entered service in May 1953 and served eight months in Korea. He is now stationed in Hawaii where he operates a bulldozer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Culler, Jr
Mra
Raymond Culler
Ararat
Sgt
Culler
Korea
Hawaii
Stephenson Grimes Wedding Invitations Issued
Wedding notices announce the marriage of Barbara Pearl Stephenson to Lester Grimes junior. The ceremony on Saturday July 2 at eight o'clock in the evening will be at First Baptist Church in Orlando, Florida, with a reception at 1216 Chichester Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle Reid Stephenson
Barbara Pearl
Lester Grimes
First Baptist Church
Orlando
Florida
Chichester Avenue
Mrs. J. P. Marler Dies at 84 in East Bend
Mrs. J. P. Marler known as Granny Marler, 84, of East Bend Route 1, died at 2 30 a m at her daughter’s home in the city after declining health. She was born in Surry County, lived much of her life in East Bend, widow of 1942, survived by son Walter, daughter Mrs. Vogler, two grandchildren, three great grandchildren and a sister. Funeral at Prospect Methodist Church Friday at 2 p m with Reverends Smither and Holderfield officiating. burial in church cemetery. Pallbearers listed include Gertie and Carl Davis Esker Lawson Virgil Matthews Clark Stimpson Floyd Matthews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.P
Granny) Marler
East Bend
Route 1
B. B. Vogler
Marler
Surry County
Walter Marler
East Bend; One Daughter, Mrs. Vogler
Lucy Douglas
Morganton
Prospect Methodist Church
Glenn Smitherman
Mr. Holderfield
Burid
Gertie
Carl Davis
Esker Lawson
Virgil Matthews
Clark Stimpson
Floyd Matthews
Birth Announcement for Daughter at Great Lakes Navy Hospital
Mr and Mrs James P Midkiff announce the birth of a daughter on June 12 at the U S Naval Hospital in Great Lakes New Jersey. The baby weighs 8 pounds 11 ounces. Mr Midkiff is a Navy Technician Third Class in electronic school at the base. He is the son of Mrs Bessie Midkiff of this city route 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Midkiff
U. S. Naval Hospital
Great Lakes
Midkiff
Navy
Bessie Midkiff
Route 2
Promoted to Captain Leads Mount Airy Army Reserve Unit
K. K. Jones, commanding officer of Company B, 321st Infantry Regiment, receives promotion to captain. The ceremony occurs at the Army Reserve Armory in Winston-Salem after organizing Company B last summer and taking command on August 1. Jones is a World War I bomber pilot, Air Force Reserve veteran, and former National Guard leader. He lives at 624 Maple Street, is a rural mail carrier, and is married to Mary Virginia Spane with a stepson, Joseph L. Curtis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Reserve
Mount Airy
K. K. Jones
321St Infantry Regiment
Army Reserve Armory
Winston-Salem
Jones
Air Force
Air Force Reserve
National Guard
120Th Infantry
Maple Street
Mary Virginia Spane
Joseph L. Curtis
Doctor May Open Office In City
Dr. Charles R. Winters, a civilian doctor who served with the U S Army in Germany,Sighted in Mount Airy and expressed pleasure with the city He may open an office there in Mount Airy. He has accepted a current post at a Knoxville hospital to practice and teach students. He met Glenn Dawson and Donald Himmings from his German unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army
Germany
Mount Airy
Charles R. Winters
States
Frankfort
Personal News From Town Figures Return From Trips
Mr and Mrs John R Creed and Mr and Mrs Clifton Johnson returned Sunday after eight days at Niagara Falls and Toronto Canada. Morgan Hodge and Mrs Irene West of Washington DC were weekend guests of Mrs S A Hawks. Mrs Paul Allred of White Plains returned Sunday after weeks with her daughters in Washington and Arlington. Miss Allred accompanied her mother home. Mrs Sparger Robertson and daughter Charlotte left Tuesday to visit friends in Andrews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Creed
Clifton Johnson
Niagara Falls
Toronto
Canada
Morgan Hodge
Mis
Irene West
Washington, D. C
5S. A. Hawks
Paul Allred
White Plains
John Vellebre
Elizabeth Allred
Arlington
Miss Allred
Sparger Robertson
Charlotte
Andrews
Plane Kills Yard Worker In Maryland
Andrew C. Slemp Jr., 47, an airplane mechanic, was mangled to death in his Colledge Park yard when a plane he worked on rolled forward off chocks and struck him with the propeller. His wife alerted neighbors and he was pronounced dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colledge Park
Andrew C. Slemp, Jr
Slemp
Franklin Gossip Page Highlights Local Social Roundup
A Franklin social column lists local residents seen out Saturday night at a drive-in, movie outings, and weekend rides. It notes couples and groupings including Gray Bryant, Arnold-Doug Tate, Bobby Bel Ellen Senter, Ishmael Forest, Jerry Dodson, Peggy Keye, Jessie McCraw, Billy Ray Goins, George Coble, and others with mentions of Cumberland Knob trips and vehicle details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Gray Bryant
Arnold
Doug Tate
Bobby Bel- Ellen Senter
Yours Truly
Ishmael Forest
Jerry Dodson
Peggy Keye
Jessie Mc.Craw
Jessie
Billy Ray Goins
George Coble
Carole
Zane
Peggy
Johnny
Loretta
Gray
Ruth
Pee Wee
Pat
Hampton
Billie Faye
Russell
Bobbie
Donald
Cumberland Knob
Pee-wee
Local teen chatter and social notes from a small town
A string of casual lines records youths and neighbors sharing gossip about friendships romances and weekend plans. Mentions Peggy Keye Loretta Jarrell Billy Belton Robby Norman and others at home gatherings the ice plant and church going with light humorous asides.
Mrs Joy Becomes Hospitalized After Road Crash
Mrs Frank Joy, traveling from Deep River to visit her hospitalized son in Boston, also became a patient in the same hospital after her car collided. She suffered head injuries while her husband convalesced at home from a recent operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deep River
Conn
Boston
Frank Joy
Flint firm to convert ship into US Overnight Flotel
A Flint company buys the Western States to create a passenger ship hotel called the US Overniter in Tawas City Michigan. The 263 room flotel will feature shops and a public sun deck for tourists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tawas City
Mich
Flint
Western States
U. S
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Ayell
Oa. Ae
Piney Grove
WMU
Miss King
Mrs
Mrs. Walters
Sparger Insurance Agency
Automobile Casualty
Clayton Chappell
Hilleville
South
Oea
Unappen
Roanoke City Mills, Inc
Roanoke, Va
Circle
Mrs. Marion Goins
Ararat, Va
Man
W.S Wo Tre
John H. Midkiff Hardware
Fannie Allen
Johnny Williams
Loretta Arrell
Everalle
Evelyp Caudle
Betty Sue
Louis Blackburn
Billy Ray
Carele Dunbar
Loretta Jarrell
Barbara Flippin
Roger Leonard
Tim Simpson
Bill Jessup
Bill Norman
James Marion
Naomi Cruz
Norma Hawks
Joe Louis
Philco
Rrival
Cale
Moon
Philco Radio
Mount Airy, N. C
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