Mount Airy News items reflect social events and local visits
The Mount Airy News from June 18 1914 covers a busy local scene. Mr N T Hutchins of White Plains ferried his son to Greensboro for an appendicitis operation. Misses Kelly Bess Moneyhon and Ollie Cox visit from Bristol and Galax for an automobile party with a picnic at Brewer's Spring. Community leaders visit and speak from the forestry service to Baptist unions, Camp Fire girls camp on Fulton farm, and church meetings across Mount Airy. Notices include lost money, travels to Clifton Kansas, and hospital stays in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.T. Hutchins
White Plains
Greensboro
Kelly Bess Moneyhon
Bristol
Ollie Cox
Galax
Brewer's Spring
State Baptist Young People’s Union
Mount Airy
Th Baptists
North Carolina
Galaxia
Lillie Hale
Star Sewing Circle
Flat Baptist Church
Treasury
Dr. Trotter
Madison Ga
A. G. Trotter
Blind Surry County Man Rises To New Ventures
Spurgeon Booker, once a bright Mount Airy youth, lost his sight at 21 after illness but pursued education at the Raleigh School for the Blind. Graduating with honors at 32, he became a skilled musician and proficient typist, then started a broom and mattress factory with machinery and building already prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surry Counties
Spurgeon Booker
G. M. Booker
Mount Airy
Ralegh
Debeon
Tere
Hie Efforte
Variety Store Classifieds and Hardware Offers
Local ads list rentals on Spring and Moore Avenues and houses on Granite Street. Hardware, millinery, farm equipment, and mercantile offers from F L Smith Hardware, J L Harrison, W E Merritt Co, and W W Burke. Carload roofing Paroid and McCormick harvesting gear promoted with cash purchase incentives.
Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Schaub in This City
Mrs. Elizabeth Schaub, aged 86 years and 20 days, died Sunday morning at her home after a week of confinement. She was born near Donnaha, married Thomas Schaub at 17, and had seven children, with several surviving. A Methodist member, her funeral was held Tuesday at 9:30 a.m., with interment in the old Methodist cemetery beside her husband Julius Lineback and others attending from Winston-Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Schaub
Richmond Township
Donnaha
Thomas Schaub
Methodist Church
W. H. Willie Con
Ted
Old Methodist Cemetery
Julius Lineback
V Montgomery
Mixes Josie and
Marion Montgomery
Winston- Salem
Mrs Roth and daughter visit Turker on Rockford Street
Mrs John Roth and daughter Mine agen of Elkin are guests of Mrs Roths sister Mrs G G Turker on Rockford street. Miss Mary Mebane has been teaching school in the west near her parents Dr and Mr BW Mebane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Roth
Mine Agen
Elkin
Roth
G. G. Turker
Rockford Street
Mary Mebane
Mr BW. Mebane
Aged Citizen John F. George Dies at Elkin Home
John Franklin George, about seventy, died at his Elkin home on Wednesday after a period of declining health. He was a brother to the city editor and led a life of notable usefulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Franklin George
Elkin
Moon
George
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Mi Airy
N. C
John L. Banner
Holcomb
George E. Marshall
Government Forestry Department
J. M. Hill
Willow Street
Katherine Price
Lawrence
Oklahoma
Fulton Farm
R. M Smith
First Baptist Church
Lange
R. D. Garland
Richmond
Kate Fulton
Mende
Sallie Fulton
Walnut Cove
Ed Wrenn
Reidsville
P. L. Hawks
Little Miss Love Banner
Tom Smith
Westfield
Carrie Nweton
Wilmington
Albe Steele
Dobson
J. W. Earp
Estelle Leonard
Elk Ridge
Baltimore
Susan Gentry
Winston-Salem
Kernesville
Main Street
First National Bank
Emma Haralty
Messrs Reid
Hobart Jackson
Clifton
Kansas
Joe Jackson
Iris Whitlock
Baltimore Maryland
A. B. Spencer
Bennettsville
S. C
Nile Haynes
W. S. Taylor
Washington D. C
Joyce Nutt
Danbury
M.S Armistead of
Durbar
Luther Brown
Robert Penn
Martinsville, Va
Florence Smith
Helen Smith
Eugenia Patterson
Elder F. P. Branscomb
Laurel Fork Va
Mountairy
Business Builders
Spring St
W. W. Burke
I. L. Harrison's
F. L. Smith Hdw. Co
Harrison’s
W. W. Wood
J. L. Harrison's
F. L. Smith
J. L. Harrison
W. E. Merritt Co
J. L. Harrison’s
F. L. Smith Hdn. Co
Big Line Childrens
Harrison ‘S
Moore Ave
Granite Street
H. Schafer
Harrison's
McCormick
Joe Kirkman
Mt. Airy
N.C
J. C. Council
F. L. Smith Hdw
W. Bk. Merritt Co
Lundy
Schiong
Knox
En F. L. Smith Hardware Co
Knights Jewelry Store
Lundy's
Schloss
Knights JewmSre
Schloss Bros. & Co
Lundy’s Clothing Store
J. A. Jackson
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