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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1936
Page
5
Locals and visitors from Washington D C Greensboro High Point and Roanoke travel and stay with friends and relatives in Mount Airy for weekends vacations and weddings. Travel includes hospital and nursing school events with notes on weddings and graduations.
The bi weekly Arts and Crafts Club will meet on Tuesday June 90 at 2 00 p m at Hide away Hut the country home of Atty and Mrs H O Woltz. All members are urged to attend as important business will be discussed.
Mrs. D. C. Lewis and Miss Nancy Lewis hosted a Wednesday evening at Mount Airy Country Club in a picnic supper for Miss Marguerite Bingham of Roanoke Virginia, guest of Mrs. Irene Sydnor. The club house featured summer flowers, sweetpeas and roses as table decor. About thirty couples attended in an informal gathering.
Miss Evelyn Fawcett celebrated in Concord with a three course luncheon hosted by Mrs. Elizabeth Odell. The event honored Miss Fawcett ahead of her upcoming marriage to Robert Jerry Randolph of Austin Texas with Dresden china and floral decor featuring pink roses blue delphinium and yellow gladioli. Guests from Mount Airy included Miss Evelyn Pawcett Mrs Pred Polger Miss Elizabeth Fawcett and Miss Julia Barber.
Postponement announced for the Mount Airy Country Club bridge tournament next week due to unusual social activities this week. R. W. Sparger Mrs. J. B. Yokley and Mrs. William Ashby listed among those affected.
Miss Martha Ann Binder and Mr. Andrew Johnston Coleman Jr. wed in a twilight home ceremony on Pine Street with family and out of town guests attending. The ceremony featured music by Mildred Wolfe and Margaret Schwarze, a Baptist rites setting, and a reception for guests before the couple's going away trip to Pamplico, South Carolina.
Mr and Mrs E G Smith hosted an informal Thursday evening dance at their summer cabin on Green Hill Lake for Miss Evelyn Fawcett and fiancé Robert Jerry Randolph. Their marriage on Saturday June 27 is highlighted as a standout event of the week. Guests included members of Miss Fawcett's social set.
Tommy Hollingsworth celebrated his seventh birthday Tuesday with a party for about thirty boys and girls at his parents home on Cherry Street. Games contests and a birthday cake with ice cream and balloons as favors were enjoyed. He received several gifts from guests.
Mr and Mrs Frank Sydnor entertained a bridal party with a buffet dinner on Saturday night in honor of Miss Evelyn Pawcett and Mr Robert Jerry Randolph whose marriage is set for next Saturday. The table featured a large magnolia centerpiece.
Mrs Robert Smith and sister Miss Bessie Lou Bray hosted a Saturday afternoon tea from 4 30 to 6 00 in the Mount Airy Country Club ballroom. The event featured summer flowers lace cloth and a centerpiece of roses Gypsophila with attendees including Mrs John Foy Mrs Frank Smith and several brides elects and social hosts.
Mrs J H Folger and Mrs Bailey Glenn hosted a midweek luncheon at Mrs Polger’s Rockford Street home for Miss Evelyn Pawcett the week’s bride elect. The event featured green and white decor with sweet peas lilies and a candlelit dining table. An out of town guest Miss Elizabeth Odell of Concord attended.
Miss Marian Wagner entertained at her Cherry street home with a kitchen shower for bride Martha Binder in compliment to her marriage to A. J. Coleman Jr. on Wednesday. Prize winners received kitchen shears kettle and bath crystals while Miss Charlotte Jacobs of Holland Mich. attended as guest.
The article highlights that most well dressed women wear multiple prints, with flower patterns leading. Daytime prints gain darker backgrounds as days lengthen, jackets in linen or silk pair well with plain evening dresses, and the agipper skirt for golfers adapts to wind. A slim figure remains desirable and corsets noted as helpful.
Mrs. George E. Marshall presided over the first Women’s Club institute of the North Carolina Federation at the University of North Carolina June 16 and 19 with more than a hundred attendees. Dr. Frank P. Graham and Mrs. D. D. Carroll welcomed guests as Ham Olson spoke on public speaking and Miss Winifred Mallon addressed the group. The program featured University music and a garden party at Mrs. Carroll’s home with tea, creating a memorable conclusion to the event.
Ellen Brannock hosted a birthday party Thursday night at her parents home on Lebanon Street for her eleventh birthday. About thirty guests attended with pink and white decorations, punch, and a large cake. Prizes went to Katherine Palmer, Jimmie Harrison, and Joy Hampton.
The First Baptist Church will host guest preacher Rev Harold Schaly a Brazilian from South America for Sunday morning and evening services. He is described as winsome and to have suffered for Christ, sharing his experiences in the land to the south.
Miss Mabel Starnes speaks at 2 30 PM urging all in the Surry Baptist Association to attend B U work and training sessions set for July 12 17. Dr Walter L Johnson pastor asks everyone who can to attend the Sunday services. Brothers Schaly and Miss Starnes are noted as capable speakers.
An old drug ad claims sleeping on the left side harms the heart and that Adilerika from W. S. Wolfe Drug Co can relieve gas pressing on the heart. It promises one dose will bring out poisons and let you sleep all night.
Adeline Alderman daughter of Solomon Alderman of Toast died at 11 P M Wednesday aged 43. Funeral services will be held from Pine Ridge church at 2 P M Friday and burial will follow in the church cemetery.
George William Prim died at his South Street home Saturday aged 68. He was husband of Mrs Lillie Southern Prim and father of Mary Treva of High Point and Bud and Howard of Charlotte. Funeral was from Old Hollow Church Sunday at 2 PM with interment at Old Hot.
The brief notice records the death of Annie Ray Pyrtle, a 21 month old child of Henry and Mrs Martha Pyrtle, with limited surrounding details and no further lineage or service specifics provided.
An old advertisement cites Black-Draught as a remedy for constipation and fatigue. Mrs. Ray Mullins of Safe Arkansas endorses the product for its taste and effective relief.
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