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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1955
Page
3
Mrs. W D Luton and daughter return to Virginia Beach after visiting sister Mrs. T C Britt Jr. Oregon. (Note: The summary condensed to fit constraints while preserving named individuals and places referenced in the source text. )
Misses Mary Welff and Carolyn Maddrey of Winston-Salem visit Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Boyles in the city. Mrs. Gilbert Waggoner of Ports- Dr. T. C. Britt Jr. returns after heart disease studies at Duke University. Mrs. Ronald Boyles Jr. comes home from Laurens after time with her father A Trollinger.
Mr and Mrs O B Ashburn and daughter Frances hosted a swimming party at their North Main Street home for their son and brother Jimmy turning 17. About 25 guests attended with refreshments on the lawn and a birthday cake featuring an airplane. Miss Mary Wolff of Winston-Salem visited from out of town.
A community missions course was held at the Salem Baptist Church route 2 Dobson on Monday evening at 6. Sponsored by Womans Missionary Unions, the sessions taught the Community Missions Guide to 31 adults led by Mrs Isaac Jones and Pastor Clayton Macemore. Rev R L Wilson taught The Secret Next Door to 23 junior boys and girls, while Mrs Wilson led 25 intermediate boys and girls in Let’s Go Exploring.
Circle To Meet Circle 2 of the WSCS at Central Methodist Church will convene Monday evening at 8 oclock hosted by Mrs. John Elliott Woltz on Green Hill Road.
Mrs Haywood Merritt and her daughter Miss Anne Merritt of Country Club road returned home after attending two weddings in North Carolina. They were bridesmaid for Miss Sarah Sue Tindale in New Bern on June 11 and then in Moorehead City for four days before stopping at Tarboro for Mina Merritt who was an honor attendant at Miss Anne Moye’s Salem College wedding on June 19.
Corporal and Mrs. Jack R. Renger announce the birth of a son named Jack Timothy, weighing six pounds two ounces, born on Monday in June.
Mise Juanita Dix served as gent of honor at a miscellaneous shower hosted by Mrs. Johnny Geiger Jr. at Mrs. Carl Tilley’s Taylor Street home. The couple will marry Sunday at Plat Rock Holiness Church. guests numbered about twenty, with a green and white color theme and corsage china gift.
Mrs Renegar, formerly Carlene Tickle, daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Tickle of Towson, is noted at the Army Hospital in Fort Bragg.
A Wednesday afternoon stork shower for Mrs. John Springthorpe Jr. featured pink and blue decorations and a corsage of pink flowers and baby’s breath. Gifts lay on the dining table with a pink and hive arrangement as a centerpiece. Refreshments included sandwiches, cheese dreams, brownies, pink and white mints, and punch.
The Banner Grove Home Demonstration Club met at Merc. Jim Jackson's residence on Westfield to discuss activities and plans for upcoming community projects.
On Thursday June 14 the Raritan Club held a business meeting with fifteen members and one visitor present. Mrs. Jackson presided and announced dinner service for charter night. A jelly making demo was given by Mrs. Elbert Sutphin. Mrs. Coy Short demonstrated cheesecake. Hostesses and assistants served cheesecake potato chips and iced tea.
Mrs Emma J Foster of Washington DC revisits brother and sister in law Editor and Mrs W M Johnson this week. Mr and Mrs J W Sechrier Mrs Mamiebell Cole and Mrs Ernestine Simmons return from a weekend at Hungry Mothers Park Virginia A L Red Ward is recuperating at home Quarry section after returning from Bap-
Birth notices report a daughter Jody Lee McCraw born June 19 to Mr and Mrs Billy McCraw Jr at Route 5 with weight 10 oz. Another daughter Vicky Gaye Surratt born June 21 to Mr and Mrs Lowie Lee Surratt at 824 Davie Street. A son Johnny Wayne Jarrell born June 22 to Mr and Mrs Grover Jarrell at Route 4 with weight 11 lb 5 oz. Syken Caldwell OB Clinic moves to 715 North Main Street. Hospital says a patient underwent surgery Tuesday.
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