Kipling Verse Echoes From Dobson Office
In Dobson, Attorney Freeman quotes Kipling while testing a knife, recalling his father Alex Preeman and the Master as a source of praise and blame. He recites three stanzas from When Earth's Last Picture Is Painted, noting the joys and burdens of skilled labor and the idea that none work for money or fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Freeman
Dobson
Kipling
Magdaline
Peter and Paul
Alex Preeman
Surry Superior Court
Mr. Preeman
Attorney Freeman
Earth
Aluminum drive and baseball game critique in Mount Airy
The article urges Housewives of Mount Airy to collect aluminum pots for airplane production while condemning a recent Martinsville Mount Airy baseball game as a farce. It notes Governor Broughton’s joke at a state association meeting, praises Main Street paving, and mentions Sheriff Harvey Boyd predicting dry weather based on a 15 pig arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells
Wayne Boyles
Mount Airy
Harvey Boyd
Notice of Commissioner Sale In Surry County NC 1941
The commissioner will sell on site in Mount Airy Township near White Sulphur Springs a tract in Mount Airy and a second tract described with bearings and bounds totaling about 3.35 acres. The sale follows a Superior Court re sale order in the Hatcher estate case against Gurtha Hatcher and others. A deposit is required to prove good faith. Dated June 5 1941 by R. B. Westmoreland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Surry County
Mount Arry Township
North Carolina
White Sulphur Springs
Mount Airy
John Sparger
Gwyn
Willis Gap Road
Johnsons Creek
Ford
Spargers
Beare
East End Mill
Jas. H. Sparger
J. R. Reynolds
Montgomery's
Jackson's
Ford and Hospital Develop Tiny Portable Baby Incubator
Ford Motor Company engineers and Henry Ford Hospital officials in Detroit unveil a compact low cost pigmy incubator for premature babies. The portable unit fits on a kitchen table, runs from a standard light socket, and aims to lower rural infant mortality by placing twenty units in communities without full hospital access. Manufacturing plans and price details are to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit
Michigan
Ford
Weather Signs Prove Unreliable in Town Gossip
A town rumor mill buzzed as Ware houseman Romney Simmons and Sheriff’s sign questioned signs of dry weather. Nine fox hound puppies in a back lot were cited as a weather omen. Fingerprint Willis Jessup claimed the city patrols search his home at dawn for lightning bugs, a supposed rain indicator. The officer called the bugs a sign, but locals report the earth remains scorching and signs fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romney Simmons
Willis Jessup
Price controls urged to curb furniture price rises
Washington June 4 price control chief Leon Henderson warned that ongoing price increases in the furniture and refrigerator sectors threaten inflation. He urged 47 major manufacturers not to raise prices further without consulting his office, noting sharp recent hikes and a likely June surge in the furniture price index.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Wrashington Furniture Company
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Notice to creditors in Fitzhugh Lee Smith estate
Administratrix Mrs Lula Elma Case Smith notifies all claimants against the estate of Fitzhugh Lee Smith to present claims at 185 Rockford Street Mount Airy North Carolina within the legal period or be barred from recovery. Debtors must settle promptly. Dated May 29 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzhugh Lee Smith
Rockford Street
Mount Airy
N. C
Lula Elma Case Smith
Fitzhugh Lee
Smith
Straightiened Out Train Chat About Time Change
A short dialogue shows a passenger asking when the five fifteen train departs and a conductor replying with a quarter past Stranger time. The exchange highlights confusion over time changes and schedules.
Governor Broughton Proposes Expanded Highway Patrol Duties
Governor Broughton told newspaper boys that the state will use new legislation to enlarge the highway patrol. He cited a Statesville story and said 189 men are on duty now. About 100 candidates will attend a summer school, with 25 chosen to join and report possibly in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigon
Broughton
Statesville
Foreclosure Sale Of Mill Property In Mount Airy NC
By authority of a deed of trust dated February 26 1940 Dillard Cook and Lucy Barnes Cook mortgaged to E G Webb trustee. Defaulted the property near State Highway 66 Now U S 121 in Mount Airy to be sold at public auction July 5 1941 at 1:00 PM in front of Granite Mercantile Company. Sale to satisfy debt costs and interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillard Cook
Lucy Barnes Cook
E. G. Webb
Register of Deeds
Surry County
Granite Mercantile Company
Mount Airy
North Carolina
C. N. Glass Corner
Love, Williams and Love
Costa
Commissioner sale of 97 acres with church lot in 1941 notice
By order of B F Poiger administrator in a special case against B M Pike and others, the commissioner will sell on site for cash the 97 acres more or less described by old road lines and landmarks in Mt Herman area, excluding 2 3 10 acres for church lot. Date shown June 9 1941. Terms and exact boundaries recorded in the deed proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Poiger
J. C. Pike
V. B. M. Pike
Mt. Herman-Aabury Road
Mt Herman-Asbury Road
Old Road
Mt. Herman Methodist
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Peter and
Paul
Sam
Worth Street
Westmoreland
Ford Engineers
W. G. Brim
R. B. Smith
Brim
Dodge
Fowler Motor Company
Mount Airy, NC
Moonstone Meat Chest
Kelvinator
Duke Power Company
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