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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1944
Page
4
A brief historical note from Mount Airy News records editors W. M. Johnson and J. B. Johnson. It cites archival dates 1868 to 1934 and mentions second-class mail status under the 1872 act with a final word Cry.
A collage of lines praising noble virtue and great leaders. Includes Arthurian and classical figures, from Tennyson and Byron, noting fortune, dead sovereigns, and the shaping of fate for each man’s destined role.
Selected speakers for bond sale rallies at area schools include Judge BE Bivins and Dr C N Clark at Franklin on June 23, David Hiatt and W E Woodruff at Longap on June 26, and W E Woodruff with Rev Dalmar Hodges at Bannertown on June 27.
Senior Mount Airy Girl Scouts presented a well received flower show in the Blue Ridge Hotel dining room. Entries spanned seven groups from table arrangements to miniature displays with florists contributing pieces as a courtesy. Local club volunteers assisted, entry required only a ticket purchase.
Entries were judged without identification tags in view. The Scouts presented Miss Davis with a lovely flower bowl in appreciation of her courtesy to them.
At Hide-A-Way Hut near Salem, Atty and Mrs H Osler Woltz hosted 375 to 400 Quality Mills employees for a Friday June 16 picnic supper and dance. The Lions Club then held its annual Ladies Night at the Walts cabin with barbecue Brunswick stew and post supper dancing for 85 to 100 attendees.
Mr and Mrs Fate Scott of Lon gap report their son 8/Sgt C L Scott is missing in action in Italy. He serves with infantry. Sgt Scott is a brother of Police man Scott of the city. The report was received Friday June 9.
Mrs Alfred Wellons staying with Mrs D H Cooke to be near her parents Rev and Mrs Lindsay spoke by telephone with her husband overseas. Mr Wellons reported the reception was perfect though she had some hearing difficulty.
June 4th. about 8500 miles. New Prime Minister of Italy. Battle of Midway June 6 1942. 1066 under William the Conqueror. a Caterpillar tractor with devices to level land and move dirt. Gen. Charles De Gaulle. the Russian at Tarnopol about 570 miles from Berlin. nobody knows usual guess 52 divisions. the division of its hull into water-tight sections to localize damage and make the ship harder to sink.
Charles H Merchant argues farmers should buy War Bonds to fund the war while protecting themselves from inflation. He urges holding bonds to maturity, despite cash needs, to shorten the war and provide a sound investment for farmers and the nation.
Revival services will be held each evening at Ararat with W Edgerton in charge under Miss Cleta Briles urging attendance.
Questions ask dates of Rome occupation and Normandy invasion anniversary, Norman invasion timing, definitions of a bulldozer, and who called France bound to a fully armed oppressor. It also queries which army approached Berlin last week, German army strength in France, and ship compartmentation.
A church event brief lists worship at 8:00 PM and a Boy Scouts meeting at the same time. The notice provides minimal detail and confirms scheduling for the congregation.
I SAW IT IN THE NEWS.
The board at Mount Airy reported a list of local men sent for army induction this week after passing pre induction examination. Names include Paul Allen Brown Tony Monroe Gwyn Paul Martin Lane James Greene Y Claude Allen King Lester Wayne Vaughn Egra Grady Inman Dallas Caleb Jackson William Orville Taylor John L. Jessup Clinard Evang Junior Aldine Joyce Albert James Coe Clayton Raymond Adams William Martin Smith Jr Randall Matthew Jackson.
Sgt Thomas Grant Macon of Mount Airy North Carolina is overseas in England undergoing a course to prepare him for combat duties. His next station will be near where American bombers take off to attack the Nazi war machine. Previously he worked at Fiat National Bank.
Mrs E W Paddisom hosted a Wednesday garden party on Pine Street honoring Miss Patricia Whitlock with Miss Dorothy Bunker and Mrs Frank Toler Jr sharing honors. The hostess presented Miss Whitlock with red crystal vases and Miss Bunker with blue crystal vases as about thirty five guests enjoyed sandwiches and tea.
Greetings are extended to Jack Nichols on his twenty first birthday observed on June 21. He is presently somewhere in England, marking a personal milestone abroad.
Miss Jean Foy hosted a theater party Monday night for her house guest and cousin Miss Caroline Main of Roanoke Virginia and Miss Lola Dawson of Rocky Mount, guest of Miss Caroline Merritt.
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