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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1925
Page
7
Local visitors and travels across Galax Winston-Salem Greensboro and Charlotte are noted. Births include a son for the Boones and an 11 14 pound child for the Cox family. Memorials recall the Harman funeral in Floyd Roanoke area with relatives traveling from Wytheville Bluefield.
Expressman John T. Moore, once a patient at Martin Memorial hospital, was moved to his home Tuesday after illness. His condition is slightly improved.
The 12 year old son of Mr and Mrs S T Childress of White Plains was carried to Martin Memorial hospital Friday seriously ill with Brights disease. His condition is slightly improved though remains critical.
During a visit to town Mrs. E. Scott Hale of Bluefield West Virginia was honored at a bridge party hosted by Mrs. S M Hale on North Main Street. Miss Mae Gwyn won top score and received a prize while the honoree received hand painted salts. A frozen dessert with fruit cake and mints followed.
Mrs. Hartness and Miss Henkle of Statesville addressed Mount Airy Woman's Club members Friday under the Fine Arts department. Hartness spoke of trees with a tourist view of woods in several countries while Henkle described her Scotland visit in a charming manner.
The WCTU’s local chapter shows rising interest through a March gathering at Mrs. Bray’s home with a strong program and attendance. Mesdames Welch and Creveling led programs last quarter while Ful ton and Bray plan next quarter, and the meeting ended with pound cake and ice cream.
In a Tuesday 11 inning game Mount Airy Hi's and Pilot Mountain battled to a scoreless tie before darkness. Dobbins pitched for Mount Airy and Fulk for Pilot Mountain in a pitchers duel with few pinches. Two base hits went to Gunter Needham and Wall as Fulk struck out 12 and Dobbins 9 with umpires Hawkins and Fowler and an attendance of 350.
The T. E. L. class met Tuesday night at Mrs. Emmett Brannock’s home with Mrs. Andrew Stewart as joint hostess. Twenty nine members attended as they discussed expanding to a larger room, with Mrs. E. G. Davin offering space in the parsonage. A social hour followed with black cream wafers and home made candy.
J. F. Cooke of Elkin spent Sunday in the city with his son D. H. Cooke.
The Flat Rock community follows a Red and Blue contest at the Flat Rock Presbyterian church with Blues leading Reds by a small margin during Sunday school on the 22nd. J R Gwyn has left for Greensboro to join Greensoro Granite. The Flat Rock Baptist church interior has been improved as preparations begin for a revival meeting starting Easter Sunday barring unforeseen events.
The public is invited to a debate at the new city high school study hall at 7 30 Friday evening March 27. North Carolina port terminals and water transportation act is debated with Wilson Barber and Clarice Bowman of the 10th grade on the affirmative vs John Taylor and Wade Britt of North Wilkesboro High on the negative. Calvin Graves and Sue Mae Hendren will defend the negative at Lexington against local high school representatives. The triangular series is backed by the North Carolina High School Debating Union and the University Extension Division at Chapel Hill.
The Mount Airy High School 1924 2% Junior-Senior Banquet was held in the Blue Ridge hotel dining room hosting 72 guests. Virginia Martin served as toast mistress with Ruth Dobbins on piano and Kathleen Herman and Walter Martin on violin. Calvin Graves Jr gave the seniors toast, Hugh Merritt responded, and Prof H A Carroll received the sponsors toast. Music featured a quartet Julia Prather Ruth Reece Agnes Galloway Josephine Jackson and choruses by the junior-senior membership.
T E L class play How the Ladies Earned Their Dollar to be repeated at Rockford Street school Friday night March 7 at 730. Admission 10 and 25 cents. Homemade candy on sale. Synopsis lists Mrs Harneh Smart Mrs L P Wrenn Mrs Knowall Mrs Claude Johnson and other named characters with humorous misadventure.
Mrs. M. D. Moore hosted the Inkies Thursday Bridge Club from 3 to 5. Tavish arranged hyacinths and flowers for three tables. Mrs. J. M. Hollingsworth earned the year's high score and the prize a card table. A salad course and hyacinth on each plate completed the gathering.
Auction sale to the highest bidder on Monday March 30 1925 at 10 am at the seller's residence two miles south of Lowgap North Carolina. Tangible farm items include a mowing machine disc harrow section harrow corn planter No 65 Chattanooga plow buggy sub soil plow cider mill two corn shellers organ two steers aged two years cow and yearling fresh in spring heifer two years old fresh in spring twenty bushels of wheat about two hundred bushels of corn and other items not fully listed. Terms announced on sale day by Mrs Sarah Armfield.
First Baptist Church invites all to a Sunday morning sermon on the qualifications and duties of a missionary Baptist church. An evening union meeting with city churches supports Near East Relief. Rev. George R. Gillespie speakers at Friend's Church. a mass meeting follows to aid those in need with a first hand report. Attendance signals concern for suffering.
A secret marriage occurred at Rev. and Mrs. W. J. Walker home in this city weeks ago. Amery Welch of Winston-Salem traveled to Surry to claim his bride Alma Wall of Oak Grove, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Wall. Alma taught at Sheltontown school which closed last Friday, and the ceremony was not revealed until after the school term ended.
Mr and Mrs Q E Brady of San Jose TL spent several days last week with Mr and Mrs A N Stout on South Main Street.
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