Local Residents Visit Friends and Attend Nearby Events
Mt. Airy News notes many residents visiting friends in Galax Virginia Welch West Virginia and Greensboro along with calls on family and colleagues. Guests include Eugene Beamer Chicago Ill and D C Beamer, Dick Kendrick New York, and Roy Leftwich Keystone W Va. The column lists travels to Lincolnton Guilford College Converse College and Brenau College with appearances by Frannie Foy Miss Jessie Woods and other community figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Foy
Greensboro College For Women
J. B. Long
Ardee
Yadkinville
Hugh Holcomb
Jessie Woods
Guilford College
Pre nuptial honors for Miss Mary Mills Fawcett
A six course dinner at the Blue Ridge Hotel last Thursday honored Miss Mary Mills Fawcett, who wed Atty. Fred Folger in town Tuesday evening. Hostesses were Misses Agnes Galloway Julia Prather and Josephine Jackson. eleven guests attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Mills Fawcett
Atty
Fred Folger
Blue Ridge Hotel
Agnes Galloway
Julia Prather
Josephine Jackson
Belle Graves
Mary Lo Haynes
Alice Folger
Nell Folger
Isabel Smith
Katherine Marion
Kathleen Jackson
Winfrey and Goad Wed in Hillsville Virginia
Miss Elsie Winfrey and E. Dewey Goad were married at Rev. L. C. Parks home in Hillsville Virginia. They planned an extended honeymoon through the Shenandoah Valley visiting Natural Bridge Luray Caverns Lynchburg and other points before settling in a new home in North Mount Airy. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Winfrey and the groom is a local business man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Episcopal Church
Mary Mills Fawcett
Fred Folger
Nell Folger
John Ashby
Charles Banner
Greenshore
Mesare
Donald Rector
Thomas Ashby
Phyllis Wood
Lynchburg
Kathleen Jackson
Linville Martin
Winston-Salem
William Hadley
Katherine Fawcett
Elizabeth Fawcett
J. H. Folger
Brussels
Arthur Marshall
Unity Church
Columbia
Walter Carter
Belle Graves
Mary Low Haynes
Mary Armfield
Lenfeaty
N. B. Mills
Statesville
Will Folger
Washington, D. C
Fawcett
E. G. Smith
Greensboro
N. C. Marion
Alice Folger
Anna Reetor
John L. Ashby
Jesse Hogan
G. Trotter
Eldte
WT. G. Fawcett
First National Bank
Thomas Swcett
Canada
Stuart Halll School
Staunton
Atty
Duke University
Recorder's Court
Points North
North Main Street
Fawcett-Folger
Charles
Misa Omelia O'Hanlon
Winston-Satem
Mise Phylis Wood
Mise Charlotte Hunter
Tatwell
Statenville
Mont Clemmons
Mich
T. G. Fawcett
Pete Hammond
Freemont
Neb
John H. Folger
Allen Mills
Emma Bell
Garland Shelton
Lonnie Mills
William Allison
D. M. Ausley
Roy Rankin
Loui McKesson
S. L Cushing
Lewis Poston
C. V. Henkel
Dorothy Henkel
Elsie Winfrey
E. Dewey Goad
Hillsville
Rev. L. C. Parks
Shenandoah Valley
Natural Bridge
Luray Caverns
North Mount Airy
Runaway Marriage Joins Kathleen Tatum and Wilbur Graham
Kathleen Tatum of Roanoke Virginia wed Wilbur Graham of Salisbury in South Carolina on Monday. Tatum visited relatives in the city when the couple, aided by mutual friends, were united in Salisbury before traveling to South Carolina for the ceremony. Graham runs the Pigley Wigley store in Salisbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Kathleen Tatum
Roanoke
Wilbur Graham
Salisbury
Tatum
W. Fulton
J. R. Sargent
Graham
Pigley-Wigley
County Schools Set to Open September 28
County board orders six month schools to open Monday September 28. Board of health regulation requires all attending children to vaccinate against smallpox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Board of Health
Johnson Pittman marriage in Charlotte announced
Mr and Mrs J E Johnson announce the marriage of their daughter Kate to Mr Robert E Pittman on Monday the twenty fourth of Aug nineteen hundred twenty five in Charlotte North Carolina Mrs Pittman is the editor’s daughter and trained as a nurse in Charlotte after local high school graduation Mr Pittman works in the automobile business in Charlotte and they will reside there after a Wrightsville Beach honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Johnson
Kate
Robert E. Pittman
Wrightsville Beach
Birthday Party for Little Mattie Lee and Cruz Short
About forty children attended a Saturday afternoon birthday party for Mattie Lee and Cruz Short. Guests enjoyed lemonade on arrival, lawn games, and were treated to cream and cake before leaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Lee
Cruz Short
Everybody's Doing It Drinking Green River
A compact advertising snippet promotes Green River as a popular drink with enthusiastic phrasing. The tag line emphasizes ubiquity and social appeal of consuming Green River.
Susan Merchant dies at 73 in Mattoax Virginia
Miss Susan Merchant formerly of Surry County died at her home in Mattoax Virginia on August 25 following several months of poor health. She was 73 years 7 months old and leaves a brother A D Merchant and sister Miss Sarah Merchant. Funeral at Epworth Church conducted by Rev Stimpson. Burial in Epworth cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattoax
Susan Merchant
Surry County
A. D. Merchant
Sarah Merchant
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