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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1943
Page
1
A wartime readers’ column from The News features thanks from Prank Toler of Gulfport Field for extra copies to share with service members, and notes on various military personnel and family furloughs, including Goings, Parries, Spane, Thomas, Stewart, Monday, Easter, and others connected to Fort Benning, Brim, Macon, Laurel, and Jacksonville.
Dr Duke Conduff long time instructor in the School of Dentistry at the Medical College of Virginia and recent dental intern at the Medical College of Virginia Hospital will sever ties with the institution. He plans to report for duty with the United States Naval Reserves and will visit his mother Mrs A C Gonduff for a short vacation before reporting for duty on July 1.
Letter from Jiles Tilley of Brim Virginia dated May 27 1943 recounts his Africa campaign experiences from Saffi Port Lyantey El Guettar Sedjanane Valley Bizerte and hospital stay after an exploding rifle grenade He describes air raids battles and faith in service and prayers for his family back home
Carl J. Stewart son of Mr and Mrs Henry Stewart longtime Greenwood store operator in Washington visited his parents last week and has begun training at Camp Croft where he was inducted two weeks ago. He was accompanied by his wife who will remain in Greenwood for the present.
Sgt Ed Worrell has been promoted to Staff Sergeant. His parents, Mr and Mrs Curtis Worrell, have been notified of the rank advancement and the timing is described as taking place somewhere in England.
County commissioners request a new county farm agent to replace A. P. Cobb effective July 1. Cobb previously handled coal transport for the county schools and delivered farm products. The Raleigh office will recommend a successor to ensure the agribusiness program continues with minimal interruption. Cobb is expected to maintain ties with Surry County.
The Arts and Crafts Guild will meet Tuesday June 22 with Mrs Pred Johnson at Mrs Reid Jacksons Main Street work room.
A three car collision near Kernersville Saturday night sent five people to Winston-Salem hospitals and claimed the life of Frederick Koch of Dunkirk New York. The Woltz car carried H O Woltz Mount Airy and his sons Howard and John plus two school friends. Bruce Cornell and Roger Fraley were hurt while Koch died Monday from a fractured skull. The other driver Lee Hester Kernersville also harmed. Investigators blamed no one. Hester’s vehicle collided head on with the Woltz car.
Flora Mississippi reports Roy W. Johnson son of Mr and Mrs B M Johnson Mount Airy Route 4 has graduated from the Ordnance Candidate School at Aberdeen Proving Grounds and received his commission as second lieutenant He is assigned to the 3303rd Base Depot Co 141st Battalion at Flora with the Ordnance Unit Training Center In civilian life he was project supervisor for the National Youth Administration for North Carolina.
James Frye of 104 Moore Avenue Mount Airy has been assigned for 11 weeks of training at the Medical Replacement Training Center Camp Robinson Little Rock Arkansas. After training he will be assigned to a Medical Department unit.
Miss Sara Lou Allred of Woman's College UNC drama groups wins a scholarship for the Plymouth Massachusetts drama festival and will attend the August event.
The Kiwanis program committee has arranged Editor Santford Martin of the Winston Salem Journal to address the club Friday night June 25 in the Blue Ridge Hotel dining room. A large attendance is expected with Lions Club and Elkin Kiwanis invited to join. R W Walters, A B Carter, and John Sobotta coordinated the arrangements.
Mr and Mrs Bealey Chandler announce the birth of a daughter Eleanor Avon on Tuesday afternoon June 8 This is the third child in the family named for the Roosevelts Franklin Delano Chandler is eight years old and Roosevelt Wallace Chandler will be three in November
Miss Louise Johnson left Thursday morning for Washington D C to spend two weeks with her cousin Miss Mannie Banks at her apartment while Miss Emma Banks and Miss Minnie Banks visit relatives in the area and Virginia arriving here Thursday
Seaman First Class Wade S Chandler son of Mr and Mrs Bill Chandler of Dobson has been promoted. He entered the Navy in July 1942 and is stationed at Floyd Bennett Field New York. Also noted are Dan Doby of White Plains now with the Pacific fleet who entered the Navy October 1942 and trained at Great Lakes Illinois. Alvin C Wood son of Mrs Nora Wood has arrived safely on a fleet island entering the Navy August 1943 and trained at Great Lakes Illinois.
Major Dan M. Ellis Sr formerly of Camp Rucker Alabama has been promoted and transferred to Langley Field Virginia where he serves as executive officer for the O3ist Air Base Security He is the son of Colonel Dan M Ellis retired from Avon Park Florida and was educated at Aetna de Manila West Point of the Philippines Philippine Islands He has nine years of active duty The Major's wife and son are currently in Mount Airy for the time being.
Bascomb Henry Douglas aged 61 died at his Mountain Park home Sunday June 13 at 3 30 pm. He is survived by his widow and two sons John Raymond and Henry W of Mountain Park. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Rocky Ford Missionary Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery.
The Duke Power Co notifies patrons that power will be off from 2 to 4 PM Sunday June 20 to repair wire and insulators on the main 44 000 volt line. Extra workmen will arrive from other places to complete repairs quickly by employing several shifts.
The Office of Price Administration introduces new smaller stamp books with 192 stamps across four symbol pages showing artillery, tank, aircraft carrier, and airplane. Each page contains 48 stamps numbered 1 to 48. Applicants must send in forms. those who miss the initial filing will not receive books before August 1. Forms are available at the post office or the ration board starting August 1.
Sheriff 8. C. Patterson and deputies raided Eldora township on Wednesday uncovering a copper still outfit. The operation had been active that day but liquor and workers fled before the raid. About 300 gallons of beer were destroyed and the still seized for its copper as war material.
Mrs John G Liewellyn of Dob End Virginia is listed with her husband Private John G Liewellyn at Camp Lee as part of a World War II era notice.
The North Carolina attorney general ruled Mayor J Pate Pulk of Pilot Mountain cannot hold two offices. He resigned as Pilot Mountain mayor and from the Surry County Rationing Board. Pulk had been a county tax collector under a new tax collecting law and served on the rationing board since January 5, 1942.
Funeral services for Mrs. Kate Foy McCollum 70 were conducted Wednesday afternoon at Central Methodist Church. Rev. C. N. Clark and Rev. W. J. Miller led the rites. A lifelong church member, she was active in the Order Eastern Star Red Cross and United Daughters of the Confederacy which she organized in Mount Airy in 1902. She was native to Surry County and widow of J D McCollum.
The ration office moves to the old A and Z room on Main Street opposite its usual offices. The transfer happened Wednesday afternoon with furniture and supplies relocated from Puller's. The board will use the space rent free while vacant, with public hours 8:30 to 4:50 and two daily gasoline panel board sessions at 11 A.M. and 3:30 P.M. The panel members are O. K. Merritt chairman, Joe Hollingsworth, J. D. Lewis, and George Wright.
A large supply of feed wheat is stored at the Farmers Warehouse in Mount Airy for nearby farmers. Farmers needing wheat in the next three or four months are urged to visit the warehouse and collect it promptly, as storage is available for a limited time only.
At a Mount Airy Lions Club meeting Sam Hennis Jr was elected president to succeed Howard M. Finch for 1943 1944. Officers include Preston Green 1st Vice President Wayne Boyles 2nd Vice President and Frank Carter 3rd Vice President with directors J E Cockerham Marshall Fowler and Earle Benbow. Committees led by Hennis cover Blind Work and Health Finance and Membership and Attendance.
A son, David Charles Mickey, was born to Rev. and Mrs. T. E. Mickey Jr. of this city. Priday in Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem. Mr. Mickey and Ed Jr. are spending time with his parents in Winston-Salem.
A fragment reports a person living simply and answering a higher calling, choosing a reduced scale life rather than pursuing broader labor. The note emphasizes devotion over ambition and a quiet, purposeful existence.
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