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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1935
Page
4
Entry notes describe second class matter handling at the Mount Airy post office with postal procedure details and classification. The fragment indicates mailing processes and designation for periodical or organizational mail routed through the Mount Airy facility.
R P Rawley of Winston-Salem visited THE NEWS to place an ad for the old Rawley farm sale on Fancy Gap road. He recalled J E Johnson as a kind editor who fed him lunch as a boy and hosted him on a train trip, stressing early life impressions shape character.
Morganton residents plan to meet Capus M. Waynick, chairman of the State Highway Commission, Monday to discuss completing Highway 181 and related links. He will join a morning motor tour, then attend a 1 PM lunch at the Caldwell Hotel where local leaders will discuss the county road program. luncheon plates are 50 cents.
Galax Gazette notes Mount Airy and Mount Airy Lowgap highway construction depends on the next North Carolina highway funds allocation. Editors urge honoring a prior gentlemen’s agreement with Virginia officials to complete the road, citing two current paved outlets and a need for two more.
A Virgina reader urges North Carolina to finish the Galax to Mount Airy highway link to improve southward outlet. The letter emphasizes better roads via Lowgap Fries and Ivanhoe to Wytheville and the Lee Highway, noting shortfalls since Virginia built its segment six years ago.
Mrs. EF. 8 Hendren Miss Sarah Graves and Miss Cordelia Johnson received complimentary letters from the North Carolina Department of Education central committee. Their classroom projects submitted for examination will be incorporated into a new unified state course of study. Each woman was offered a free summer school scholarship at a state college in appreciation of her work.
Rev J A McKaughan of Greensboro announces he is not engaged this summer but offers to conduct a series of meetings for any church in Surry County for a few weeks. A Baptist minister and native of the county, he can be reached at 308 Woodlawn Ave Greensboro NC.
Charles Naylor Jr celebrated his sixth birthday Thursday at his parents home, Charles Naylor Sr and Mrs Naylor hosting. Games for youngsters were played on the lawn, a lit cake with ice cream was served, and the birthday boy received numerous gifts and novelty favors.
Elbert Clifton brings four years at Cox's Dairy Winston-Salem to Prudential Dairy. He is described as a man of good character, well trained, and highly recommended.
More than half a million trout destined for Western North Carolina to aid hatcheries. John D. Chalk, state game and inland fisheries commissioner, announced an allotment of 480000 rainbow trout from Wytheville Federal hatchery and 100000 brook trout from Erwin station. Some fish released, others held for later distribution.
The poem speaks of uncertainty about a loved one's path and asks if their work succeeded or was prayer. The speaker imagines walking with the beloved under starry skies and follows a nightly longing for companionship with Lucile Oakes Sparger.
Evaporated milk is digested more quickly than raw or pasteurized milk or milk boiled briefly, highlighting faster gastric processing for the condensed product.
Harry Lester Thomas aged 18 died at home on Route 5 from blood poison after a pimple infection. He was the son of George and Mrs Gracie Noon kester Thomas and would have turned 18 in August. Survived by father step mother and half brothers Cecil and George Jr. He was active in Salem Methodist Church. Funeral was held Wednesday at Salem Church, conducted by Rev J L Ingram and Rev J R Johnson, with a large crowd in attendance.
Lester Pruitt aged 1 year, son of Posie and Minnie Overby Pruitt, died at home in Patrick County Virginia on Saturday from pneumonia. Interment followed in the family cemetery on Sunday.
Word arrived of the death of Otto Kochtitzky in Cape Girardeau Missouri. He was 80 last May and had been in good shape recently, leaving a letter saying he felt fine. He was a civil engineer who spent years in swamps and forests and once lived here. His wife Miss Wade of Virginia has been paralyzed for about a year.
Justice agents disclosed pits planned long before the May abduction. They prepare to present secret evidence to a Federal grand jury seeking indictments of Harmon M. Whaley and William Mahan for the $200000 kidnapping. Hoover tied pits to the Robles case and described a Spirit Lake pit with chains and tools.
In a shift from the big car sale, Greenstoro Patriot notes gardening advocates urge expanding wheelbarrow sales to support home projects and outdoor work. Local merchants respond with promotional offers and stock updates.
Dr. C E Nicks of the state board of health reports tuberculosis and Bangs disease found in 10 cattle from herds supplying Mount Airy milk. Quarantined animals will be disposed of this week under federal rules. Slaughter at approved plants in Greensboro if meat is to be sold.
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