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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1944
Page
1
Sergeant Julius E. Jackson Jr. of Mount Airy is reported missing in action over Germany while serving as chief engineer and aerial gunner on a B 24 Liberator. Staff Sergeant Arthur F. Carter, also from Mount Airy, is listed as a prisoner of war in Germany after being missing in an earlier air raid.
Pictured above is S/Sgt. C. L. Scott son of Mr and Mrs Fate Scott of Longap. He was reported missing in action in Italy where he served with the United States forces during the war.
Sergeant Tuttle E. Pardue Jr son of Mr and Mrs E Pardue of 203 Spring Street is missing in action over France since June 14 wife Vergle Lee Goad reports He was upper turret gunner on a B 17 Flying Fortress bomber and went overseas in May stationed in England Pardue completed a mechanical course at Gulfport Mississippi and earned his gunners wings at the Army Flying Field Laredo Texas He entered service in March 1943.
John J. Brown Jr son of Mr and Mrs J J Brown Sr of Mount Airy was commissioned a second lieutenant last week at Port Monmouth New Jersey after completing the signal corps course at the officer candidate school.
Kenneth K. Jones Jr of Mount Airy begins a nine week pilot training course on four engine Liberator bombers at Maxwell Field Alabama. After completing the course he will receive additional training within the AAF training command.
At a regular meeting last Tuesday the Lions Club voted to sponsor the Mount Airy Horse Show to be held September 1 and 2. The club will handle advertising ticket sales and gate duties. Local horse owners are expected to compete with guests from other towns and prizes will be awarded.
Thomas C. Mills, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Mills of Mount Airy, has been advanced to Seaman First Class at the naval air station in Jacksonville. He serves in the boat house division at the Jacksonville station.
Gaston Lee Simmons 76 retired Mount Airy merchant died Sunday afternoon after years of declining health. native of Stokes County he lived in Westfield before moving to town 25 years ago. Survived by widow Mattie George Simmons one son Carl five daughters two brothers four sisters. Funeral Tuesday at 3 pm from First Baptist Church with interment in Oakdale Cemetery.
L. L. Dillon, trapeze artist with the Crescent carnival in Mount Airy, fell from a ladder after an act. He tumbled about 75 feet, suffering a compound fracture of the left leg a broken arm and other serious injuries. His condition is critical at the local hospital.
Local Chairman W. L. Glancy says the ORD Band from Greensboro will give a 3 p.m. concert at Rockford Street Auditorium Mount Airy on July 4. A large crowd is expected as the band features soldiers turned musicians. Admission requires a $25 war bond or more. Tickets available at banks, the building and loan, and the post office through July 3. bonds and tickets sold at the door on July 4.
A district office meeting for used car dealers will be held at the Forsyth County Courthouse in Winston Salem on Friday June 30 at 8 00 p m. District Price Liaison Officer D C Goff and District Commodity Specialist G J Bennett will explain ceiling price regulations for used passenger cars effective July 10 and answer questions. Similar sessions will follow in Salisbury and Greensboro on July 5.
Pvt. Monroe Hooker of Francisco, son of Mr and Mrs Elijah Hooker, was found dead near his home Tuesday afternoon. Investigators say he shot himself about 11 30 at Fort Jacksons nearby. He was on furlough from military duty and no motive was given.
Lt. Thomas Fawcett returns home on leave from Maim Pia and will be transferred to Tampa Florida to resume duties.
Pvt. Quincey Stimpson and wife Mrs. Stimpson from Charlotte visited Sunday and Monday with his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Stimpson in Montgomery.
The Surry County health department urges parents to keep children under ten at home for several weeks due to an epidemic of infantile paralysis. A Winston-Salem park and pool closed after multiple cases in the region. One case has been reported in Surry County on Lowgap road. 62/C and Mrs Ralph Boyles are due Friday for furlough at home after duty at Little Creek Virginia.
Surry County aims to purchase a B-29 Superfortress with E bond funds. The county's E bond quota is 607000, with about 105000 sold so far. To reach the goal 495000 must be raised by July 8. An ORD Greensboro event at Rockford Street Auditorium on July 4 will promote bond purchases.
Sheriff Sam Patterson announced a raid Saturday afternoon in the Stewarts Creek area between the old and new Lowgap highway destroying four 1200 gallon stills and 500 gallons of beer found inside. Deputies Kirby Holder and Arthur Guyer conducted a second raid Sunday June 18 near Fishers removing a small 50-gallon still with no arrests.
The remains of Mrs Luella Ward Hines of Greenville C widow of Rev Robert Bentley Hines were interred beside her husband in Oakdale Cemetery after a Sunday service at 3 pm led by Rev O N Clark D D. Surviving sons Rhoten Radford Blair and Etheldred Greenville a daughter Mrs Herbert M Poy and fourteen grandchildren attend.
Next Tuesday July 4 is observed as a national holiday in Mount Airy and nearby towns. Government agencies banks post office and war price and rationing board offices will close and mail delivery and window service will be unavailable.
Pfc Warren Stewart, former local high school football star and team captain, in England with the air corps, has sent his parents a large picture of the bomber his group is responsible for. The air and ground crew of 46 men stand before the ship in dress uniform. The airfield location is censored, but it is in England or Scotland.
Postal clerks report slow demand for the $6 federal auto sticker required by July 1. Officials warn it is a violation of federal law to operate a car on the highway after June 39 without the sticker.
H. Broome, former principal of White Plain High, is selected to lead Franklin High School for the coming year. He succeeds Prof. H. C. Gadd who has headed the school.
Ind Lieutenant Allen Gwyn received his navigator commission and wings at Hondo Texas and is spending a furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs J H W Gwyn. He has been assigned to a unit and will report January 12 at Lincoln Nebraska.
Judge A. E. Tilley of Mount Airy and W. E. Matthews of Pilot Mountain represented Surry County as delegates at the Republican convention in Chicago. The party selected Dewey of New York for President and Bricker of Ohio for Vice President.
Mrs. Charles Blackwell Keesee, vice president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution, died in Martinsville Virginia Sunday after a brief illness. She suffered a hip fracture after returning from a National DAR meeting last April where she was named vice president general. Active in Virginia and national women’s work, she had long travel and local ties to granite industry periods. Funeral attendees from this city included several relatives and friends.
Private First Class Eugene Blackburn twenty one son of Mr and Mrs J R Blackburn Mount Airy Route five has been reported slightly wounded in action on Biak Island New Guinea June first according to War Department release Blackburn overseas after training at Sault Ste Marie Michigan his brother Edward Blackburn is in training at Camp Beals
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