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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1947
Page
7
Mr and Mrs J E Hicks of White Plains North Carolina announce the engagement of their daughter Hailie Rachel of Danville Virginia to R Kent Tayman son of Mr and Mrs R C Tayman of this city The date of the wedding has not been set.
Zone 2 of the W S C and Methodist Church met June 16 at 2 30 in Central Church with nine churches represented. Mrs A B Macon presided as district officers outlined department work. Light refreshments followed the session.
Miss Nancy Simmons daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert C Simmons of White Plains and Mr Big Link son of Mr and Mrs Floyd Y Link of Salisbury wed at the bride’s home on Friday June 6 Rev Sam Jones officiated with Woodrowe Jones assisting The ceremony featured palms candelabra and roses and music from Made the Opera Lohengrin The bride wore a white dress with heart neckline pearls and a red rose corsage The couple plan residence in Salisbury and the bridegroom’s family attended from out of town The bride is a White Plains High School soprano and the groom has Mt Bula High School roots and Pacific duty in the navy
Miss Sue Shelton was honored at a dinner party hosted by Mrs Peggy Taylor Mrs Bertie Robertson Mrs Nancy Miller and Mrs Roxie Robertson at the Blue Ridge Hotel Saturday evening June 14 to celebrate her upcoming wedding set for Saturday night in June.
Honoree received a silver wedding gift and 16 guests were served four courses. Attendees include Misses Sue Shelton Roxie Robertson Bertie Robertson Nancy Miller Peggy Annabelle Taylor Evelyn Waugh Paule Simpson and others from Winston-Salem Graham Greensboro White Plains Ararat Montclair Burlington Mount Airy and Siloam. The group enjoyed a picnic lunch at Cumberland Knob after church services.
Four men work seven hours each week to cleanse the Holland tunnel using 1500 gal detergent and 20000 gal water. The tunnel spans 6.4 miles and covers over 360000 square feet of tile, equivalent to scrubbing 3000 tiled bathrooms. Cleansing occurs at night to minimize traffic disruption.
Mrs Bianco divided her class into groups to feature less advanced pupils first. In the interlude soprano Katheryn Mays contralto Josephine Pisher baritone Ted Bodorheimer and tenor Louis Bianco, all members of the Piedmont Festival of Winston Salem, performed excerpts from Tales of Hoffman. The advanced pupils then presented classical and semi classical numbers.
Ida, a resident of the Masonic Home for the Aged, was struck by a bus on her first day in New York but had been hospitalized since May 16. With hospital staff help and a heavy spine brace she completed a delayed city tour, funded by the $300 she earned.
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