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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1943
Page
2
In Quantico Virginia on June 21 1943 a Marine reports widespread weekend fatigue causing poor performance. A field trip produced 36 out of focus photographs later blamed on a misaligned lens during a movie school retake and a new assignment coordinating with Officers Candidates and Reserve Officers.
A Marine writes of rushed work preparations and delays from MPs at Officers grounds. He recalls a weekend in Washington with friends, a Zoo visit, and walking miles from Quantico. He notes meeting Louise, tent city, and hope to meet a Japanese with a camera someday. He longs for home for Father's Day.
The report names patients from Virginia and North Carolina, including Ployd Wood Ararat and Arthur Wiperman Ararat as surgical patients and J L Lawson Pinnacle as medical. Discharges include Rev. N C Coggin and several named individuals. A birth is noted for Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman on June 20 and for Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Payne on June 19.
Charlie Callahan a farmer and widower aged 68 died suddenly Friday June 18 1943 about 1030 am of a heart attack while en route to the mill for feed. He leaves three sons Jesse in Lexington Bill and Herman of Dobson and four daughters Mrs Frank Moore Mrs C C Sprinkle Mrs W A Elmore and Mittie Callaway all of Dobson. Also three brothers Ben Portsmouth Tom Dobson and John H West Virginia and three sisters Mrs Dick Preeman Mrs Dick Snow of Dobson Mrs Ed Clifton Mount Airy and 18 grandchildren. Funeral was held Sunday at 1030 am from Little Vine Baptist Church with Elders Press Stone Gray Fulk and Robert Reagan officiating and burial in the church cemetery.
By order of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Surry County North Carolina an execution sale is set for July 5 1943 at 1 PM at the court house door in Dobson. The lands lie in Dobson Township bounded by J H Nixon E L Hodges Ira W Hodges and Ford Park Heirs with a described starting point on the old Burrus road and a line running 30.24 chains.
North Carolina Surry County Superior Court action names James R. Smith and Ethel L. Smith as defendants in a case filed by Surry County and the Town of Mount Airy. Court papers indicate service by publication will proceed to notify the defendants.
Defendants must appear or demur to the complaint within thirty days from July 2, 1943. If not, the relief prayed for by the plaintiff will be granted. Clerk Pred Llewellyn signs the June 14 1943 notice for Surry County Superior Court.
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