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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1944
Page
2
Local sports brief notes Red Shields 2 3 400 results showing wins for Baptist 16 Methodist 3 and Combination 10 while Red Shields 0. Next Tuesday no games due to bond show at Rockford Street auditorium. Thursday Baptist faces Combination and Red Shields meets Methodist.
Duke leads Recreation Basketball standings with an 8 point edge on 1st Monday while A AVG shows a close race with 1,000 points in the loop.
Consumers demand berries picked and delivered the same day to ensure freshness. Suppliers emphasize strict quality control to maintain plump texture and full flavor from farm to table.
Willie Wells writes from overseas recalling a song about not fishing and wishing to fish trout in Seward's Creek again. He speaks for many soldiers who fight to finish the war and return to the simple pleasures of home like trout fishing, beer with friends, and Mom's baking.
Results show Davidson 24 Carolina 20 last Wednesday. Duke 18 Carolina 17. Wake Forest 17 Davidson 12. Next Monday no gates due to gym painting. Next Wednesday Wake Forest meets Carolina and Davidson plays Duke.
The piece lists Big Ten scorers with figures such as Hollingsworth 61 Beamer 51 and Gar Fawcett 41 along with others. It also notes a recurring Special Recreation event: a dance at the gym every Friday night from 8 to 11.
Elbert Esker Danley age 26, son of William Wilson Danley and Mary Simpson Danley, died in a Raleigh hospital Monday night after a back injury from a fall linked to epilepsy. Funeral Thursday June 29 at New Home Christian Church with burial in New Home Cemetery. Survived by parents, three brothers Ellis Charlie and Monroe, and two sisters Christine and Mrs Lester Doling high, with Monroe serving in Italy.
The two week Vacation Bible School at Friends Church closed with a Sunday night commencement program. It enrolled 55 pupils with an average attendance of 43. Teachers included Mrs. Ruben J. Payne superintendent and Mesdames W L Dunman E J Brown James Owens J R Carpenter and the Rev Mr Payne. Activities featured playground visits tea parties and treats for children. The program showcased the work with a playlet Children Day Dreams and exhibits included scrapbooks for use by child patients at the local hospital.
A sprawling hospital notes section lists numerous surgical patients by name and town across Virginia and North Carolina, with several births announced. Names appear alongside Dobson, Hillsville, Pilot Mountain, and Galax locales, plus dates in June for newborns and several accident and medical admissions.
At the Southern Quadrennial Conference in Atlanta Georgia the Methodist Church consecrated two new bishops Bishop Paul N Garber of Duke University assigned to the Geneva Switzerland area and Bishop Costen J Harrell of Nashville Tennessee assigned to the Birmingham Alabama area Retired were Bishop A V W Darlington and Bishop Hoyt M Dobbs
Miss Patricia Rothrock of Greensboro rising senior at Woman's College UNC Greensboro completed a course at Lake Junaluska Youth Caravan Training Center and will serve seven weeks in Louisville Kentucky conference churches. She was among 320 Methodist girls chosen for summer work assisting worship evangelism world friendship service recreation and youth programs with an adult counselor.
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