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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1934
Page
8
PRIDAY June 20 Fieldale at Mount Airy. Saturday June 30 Mount Airy at Danville. Tuesday July 3 Mount Airy at Leaksville. Wednesday July 4 Atry ie League.
Mount Airy edged Field Dale 6-5 on Tuesday afternoon at Field Dale. Bowan pitched well for the Bears but Field Dale rallied for three runs in the eighth. Hudson relieved and held the rally, final score Mount Airy 6 Field Dale 5. Fields: Mount Airy 111 020 100 4 Field Dale 020 000 030 7. Batteries Bowman Hudson Zelesky Hodge Whitley.
Mount Airy topped Leaksville 10 to 7 on Friday afternoon as nine early runs gave the Bears a lead they never relinquished. Gough started for Mount Airy and was relieved by Bowman after Leaksville scored two in the first inning. The Bears then ran the lineup around the Tri-City foes, with Gough, Bowman, and Zelesky handling pitching duties.
Public notice announces the dissolution of Batilaryee with Badgett and S R Pruitt as operators. From this date E G Badgett assumes full charge of the business together with all debts and accounts. Dated June 20 1934. FE G BADGETT and SR PRUITT signatories.
Mount Airy plays Leakaville on Red Dick Field Wednesday morning, July Fourth, to finish the Bi-State League first half. A return game with Tri Cities is slated in Leakaville in the afternoon. The Mount Airy club will be partly re organized for the second half with several new players, including a new catcher Lane who came from Wilmington and has moved to Janette, Pa.
Danville overwhelmed Mount Airy 8 to 2 after trailing 2 2 through seven innings. Luter fanned four, allowed thirteen hits and walked seven while Skipper Brett pitched seven strikeouts and five hits. Final score 8 1 3. Batteries Brett Hendrix Luther Zelesky. Umpires Barbour Fowler.
Martinsville routed Mount Airy 15 to 4 at Reddick Field Saturday. Mount Airy pitcher Luber was wild, giving up eleven runs in the second and third. Bortz allowed one more before Hudson closed out the game as Martinsville’s offense exploded.
Boy Scout Troop 38 beat Troop 29 12 to 11 in the opener and 3 to 2 in the second, Monday morning. Sonney Gilbert pitched well in the first game and Gilbert Tillerson starred in the second. James Johnson led hitting in game one with a home run and a double in three at bats. Kenneth Wagner and Quincey Stimpson also contributed strong performances.
The Hendersonville man Joe Dalton, convicted killer of Nora Dalton and her mother, was executed in the electric chair. He appeared docile and spoke briefly to God as the current flowed, ending the life of the “ Skinny Joe” who orphaned his ten year old daughter.
John Berry Crews aged 52 a stonecutter died Friday June 22 at the Porsyth tubercular hospital Winston-Salem after four years as a patient He was widower of Victoria Campbell Crews son of J Hirlam and Mrs J Hirlam Crews of route 2 Survived by two sons Bob and Bill and one brother Will Interment was in Campbell cemetery.
George Belton passes in early manhood after a marriage to Daisy Grantham of Greensboro. Survived by sisters Mrs. Lydia Barker and Mrs. Lou Wright. Funeral from the Friends Church conducted by Rev CC Pearson with Rev D Vance Price assisting. interment in Oakdale Cemetery.
A flag raising will occur at Flower Gap Church on July 4 at 10 o clock. Relatives and friends of those buried in the church cemetery are expected to attend. A truck will collect picnic baskets from Mrs. Sam King’s home. Mr. Hughes Gilbert of Stuart Virginia will deliver the national address before World War veterans raise the flag.
Miss Myrtie Jarvis of Dobson underwent an acute appendicitis operation last Thursday. Several patients from Pilot Mountain Stuart and Sylvatus Virginia received surgical or medical care this week, including Mrs. Fox Lawrence and Miss Edith Cook. The list notes gunshot wound treatment, tonsil surgery, and various medical cases among local residents and rural routes.
Danville scouts a bold half season push hoping Skipper Brett can pitch the last five games in six days to overtake Martinsville. The Bears, rising to fourth place, seek a late surge as Thomas reorganizes the Granite City club to challenge top teams.
Mountain ward discharged the following patients including Miss Mary Neil Short and Mrs. Phil Haskins. Other names include Mr. Roy Hodges Miss Nell Short Mrs. Lillian Hiatt Albert Dobson and Mrs. Wyatt Hunter among others.
A caravan of forty airplanes from North Carolina will visit fifteen cities starting in Charlotte Friday, with Gov Ehringhaus speaking at a send-off. The schedule runs Charlotte to North Wilkesboro Friday, then to Burlington Saturday, ending in Winston-Salem Sunday July 1. The Twin-City field opens at 10 90 A M and programs run 2 00 to 6 00 P M with live loudspeaker broadcasts including pylon races bomb drops spot landings dead-stick landings parachute jumps and stunting. Three planes will be flown by women pilots.
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