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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1961
Page
8
Mrs. Calhoun, 82, native of Patrick County Virginia, lived much of her life in and around Reidsville. The obituary notes her long residence in the area and her local ties.
The Imperial Tobacco Company, Britain’s largest maker, announces a rise of one penny per pack of cigarettes, with pipe tobacco priced up by one to two pennies per ounce. The government tax portion on the tobacco hike is cited as 43 cents.
The nation's road spending for the next six months will surpass all previous periods, with an estimated 140 million dollars for 1911 and about one million dollars daily during the building season excluding Sundays and holidays. Local taxes bonds state appropriations and private subscriptions are included. The WCTU met at M E Church, hear Rev Silas C Swallow, and plans for next meeting.
Executor Charles H Venable notifies all creditors to present claims against the William Howard Denny estate in Surry County North Carolina at Route 1 Box 152 Charlotte NC by June 20 1962 or be barred by recovery. Debtors should settle promptly. Dated June 13 1961.
A round up item lists a $1.50 fare and a train leaving Mount Airy at a.m. Edwin Canter of this town serves as a delegate to the Young Men’s Christian Association at Montreat, appointed from War Renton High School where he studied last year. An Opera House event on June 30 will benefit orphans from Oxford Orphan Asylum, with tickets at Gwyn’s Drug Store. Miss Ella Gonter of The News is on vacation in Fayetteville and Wilmington.
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