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Mount Airy Mail Service Criticized in 50 Years Ago Item
Fifty years ago in Mount Airy the sluggish mail service prompted W. M. Woodruff and Son to hire an attorney and publish the matter, urging postal improvements. A quiet home wedding near Kapps Mills joined Irvy O. Wallace and Mary Franklin Kapps. Attendees from nearby towns spoke at the Laymans Convention in Mount Airy, with plans for the next meeting in Elkin and notes on railroad progress to Statesville and a big Fourth of July celebration anticipated in Elkin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Woodruff and Son
J. C. Kapp
Kapps Mills
Irvy O. Wallace
J. J. Wallace
Rusk
Mary Franklin Kapps
Escor Turner
Burch
Washington
Atlantic City
Asheboro
Edgar Wrenn
Reidsville
Marian Prather
Peidmont Springs
Elmina Mills
Statesville
Garnett Fawcett
Central Methodist Church
S. G. Pace
W. F. Carter
C. H. Pratt
Richmond
Elkin
T. W. Folger
Dobson
Jd. H. Folwer
R. L. Haymore
S. CC. Puce
Surry
Yadkin
Wilkes
Iredell
Alleghany
Ashe
Forsyth