Mount Airy Notes and Local Personal Visits
Mrs. Henry Elliott of Catawba visits daughter Mrs. H O Woltz. Several couples and families travel to Radford Virginia and Lexington District attending visits and weddings. Dr J S Foster of Winston-Salem to preach at First Presbyterian Church with a congregational meeting called to consider calling a pastor after services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Elliott
Catawba
H. O. Woltz
J. S. Foster
Winston-Salem
First Presbyterian Church
Kathleen Jackson
Sullins College
Bristol
Louise Rothrock
Col. Farmville
Alma
Sormor
Winston- Salem
D. KE. Hoffman
Miss Combs To Speak At Central Methodist Church
Miss Beasie Combs, a returned missionary from China, will speak at Central Methodist Church at 7 30 P M on Monday Sept 28. The Mission Study class reorganized for fall meets this afternoon with Mrs J D Minick to study New Day In Latin America. The Baraca class elected officers and meets weekly. the Culpepper meeting energized the class which fills the prayer room on Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Combs
Central Methodist Church
J. D. Minick
Latin America
Webster Browning
Calvin Graves
Beasie Combs
China
Philathea
Baraca Clase
Central Methodist Sunday School
Hrad Partridge
Will Lewis
D D. Bow
See-Treas
Floyd Poore
Jno
Folger
W. C. Andrews
Asat
Clase
Culpepper
Mount Airy
Miss Ruth Dobbins Hosts Enjoyable Party
A Young People's Party hosted by Miss Ruth Dobbins Friday evening featured lively conversation and about thirty attendees. Refreshments included ice cream cake and mints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Dobbins
Birthday gathering for Miss Josephine at the Marshalls
About 15 girls met September 14 at Rev. and Mrs. A. H Marshall’s home to celebrate Miss Josephine Marshall’s birthday before she left to continue studies at the university. The party featured a candle lit cake and informal plates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H Marshall
Josephine
The
North Carolina for Christ and Parents and Children
The First Baptist Church invites members to attend Sunday services next Sunday with sermons on North Carolina for Christ and Parents and Children. Pastors urge a sacrificial free will offering for State Mission Program and its needs. Evening sermon continues the Ten Commandments series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Baptists of the
South
Moravian Band Forms At Moravian Church Meeting
About 22 young men gathered at the Moravian Church Tuesday for band practice with the Church Committee and visitors present. Sam Tesh organized the band this summer and will lead it with Met Vance Vaughn, while a trainer from Winston-Salem gives instruction. Meetings will be on Tuesday nights and invitation extended to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravian Church
Ladies Aid
Sam Tesh
C. D. Crouch
Vance Vaughn
Winston-Salem
Tesh
Mocravian College
Bethlehem
Mr Sargent Wins Memorial Contract for Gears Memorial
Local readers learn J D Sargent of Mount Airy North Carolina has received the contract for the memorial to Edward Pop Gears. The granite monument will be built by leading horsemen, using Mount Airy granite, in Columbia Tennessee, Gears birthplace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier Evening Argus
Montpelier
Vermont
J. D. Sargent
Mount Airy
N. C
Edward
Pop) Gears
Sargent
Columbia, Tenn
Gears
Surprise Picnic Dinner for Mr and Mrs Burrus
A large group from Mount Airy and Winston Salem visited Rockford North Carolina to honor Mr and Mrs John Burrus with a noon picnic. The spread included fried chicken roasts sandwiches pies cheese pickles fruits and milk with a blessing. The gathering spanned five generations and praised the Burruses long lives and Christian example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
Winston Salem
Burrus
Weiner Roast For Visitors At Buck Shoals
Mount Airy Sept 22 A weiner roast was given at Buck Shoals last Friday night in honor of Miss Evelyn Holt of Richmond Va guest of Miss Anna Baughan.Participants included Evelyn Holt Margaret Leitch Kate Jackson Thelma Saunders Irma Saunders Anna Baughan Mesars Fred Saunders Clay Saunders Howard Hooker Paul Worth chaperoned by Mr and Mrs Weldon Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
Buck Shoals
Evelyn Holt
Richmond
Anna Baughan
Margaret Leitch
Kate Jackson
Thelma Saunders
Irma Saunders
Fred Saunders
Clay Saunders
Howard Hooker
Paul Worth
Weldon Parker
Louie Burton
Small Son
Mendenhall
Clemmons
William Webb
Mr. Webb
Washington, D. C
Anna Haughan
Ilax
Hillaville
Ernest Workers
Flat Rock Presbyterian Church
R. L. Berry
Mesers
W. W. Walker
Jack MacKenzie
Rob’t Midkiffe
Tom Hicks
Benton Hicks
Woodleaf
Doings of Route 4 Residents and Local Church News
Doings of Route 4 residents Mr and Mrs Boss Gardner and two children and J W Gardner of Pine Ridge returned from a visit to Mr Mat Gardner in Columbia DC touring Camp Jackson and other points. J Luther Wood and family move to Mount Airy this week. Rev Everett Craughn admitted three new members into Calvary Baptist at Laurel Bluff Sunday. Franklin school opens Sept 28 with eight teachers hoping to add one more. Jesse Edwards family visited Winston-Salem. Weather brought good showers but left earth dry. Glenn and Kermet Wood hosted Maggie Jones Sunday school class. best wishes follow them to their new town home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boss Gardner
J. W. Gardner
Pine Ridge
Mat Gardner
Columbia
D. C
Camp Jackson
J. Luther Wood
Mount Airy
Everett Craughn
Calvary Baptist Church
Laurel Bluff
W. G. Williams
Franklin School
Jesse Edwards
Ernest
Jettie
Roy
Winston- Salem
J. W. White
Glenn
Kermet Wood
Maggie Jones
Folger Named Chief Bank Examiner in Fifth District
W P Folger of Washington formerly of Dobson was appointed chief national bank examiner of the fifth federal reserve district during the past week. He will succeed Edwin F Rorebeck who resigned months ago. Folger has seven years experience in bank examining and will supervise all examinations in the district including the District of Columbia Maryland Virginia West Virginia North and South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Folger
Washington
Dobson
National Bank
Fifth
Federal Reserve District
Folger
Edwin F. Rorebeck
Rsuit
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
North
South Carolina
Mob Attacks Jail Gates in Asheville Seeks Black Suspect
A mob of about 2000 men stormed the county jail in Asheville seeking Albert Mansel, a Black man accused of assaulting a white woman. They entered the yard, wrecked gates, and later learned Mansel had been moved to a local sanatorium for safety after the attack near Sunset Mountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Albert Mansel
Mansel
Sunset Mountain
Mark Those Who Give Bad Checks Say Merchants Should Act
Statesville editor J Paul Leonard of the North Carolina Merchants Association argues in the Retailer that marking people who pass worthless checks would curb losses. He says public sentiment and enforcement are key to making the bad check law effective until a court rules otherwise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Statesville
J. Paul Leonard
North Carolina Merchants 'Association
Carolina
Supreme Court
Leonard
Amundsen Plans May Polar Flight In N-1 Dirigible
Capt Roald Amundsen will launch a May 45 hour flight from Spitzbergen toward the North Pole aboard the Italian N-1 dirigible acquired for the mission. Col Umberto Nobili, as pilot and designer, leads a crew including Lieutenants Larsen Dietrichsen and Lincoln Fillsworth with eighteen members total. The journey starts Rome to Putnam England then London to Tronhein before reaching Spitzbergen for the pole flight and Alaska. The airship will be wireless equipped and heated for extreme cold and Italy seeks a leading role in the expedition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Roald Amundsen
North Pole
Spitzbergen
Umberto Nobili
Amundsen
Pole
Tevere Today
Nobili
Larsen
Dietrichsen
Lincoln Fillsworth
Putnam
England
London
Tronhein
Spritbergen
Alaska
Col
Italy
Baby Cottage For Orphan Babies
The contract for a brick baby cottage at the Methodist Children's home on Reynolda road was awarded, with work starting immediately. The 20-baby facility, including dining and kitchen areas, will cost about 30 000 dollars and should be ready in six months, funded by a local donor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
Methodist Children’s Home
Reynolda Road
Sounding Cave in San Isabel Forest Hurls Hat to Surface
A cave in the San Isabel National Forest Colorado erupts with a loud boom when a straw hat is dropped inside. Intermittent wind forces drive the hat from the cavern to the surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Isabel National Forest
Colorado
Farm Agent Finishes Test of Fertilizers
Gaston county Farm Agent L. B. Altman reports a fertilizer trial by J. A. Hager of Cherryville township to prevent potash starvation in cotton. Plots with no potash and two percent potash thrived poorly while four and six percent plots remained healthy, indicating at least four percent potash is needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gastonia
J. A. Hager
Cherryville Township
L. B. Altman
Gaston County
Mr. Altman
Mer. Hager
States enact title certification laws to curb car disposal
Twenty two states have enacted certification laws for automobile titles to prevent wrongful disposal of motor cars. The new measures require proof of title ownership before transferring or discarding a vehicle. Authorities say the reform aims to reduce theft and fraud in auto transactions.
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Mt. Airy News
Mt. Airy
Mrs. Rhoten Hines
Radford, Va
S. T. Kiger
King
W. FB. Goin
Roey Culler
W. D. Wall
Nannie Fulton
Charlotte
H. O. Waltz
Hom
Willow Street
FE. G. Davia
Kentucky
Missa
Nina Cook
Dallas
Texas
D. H. Cooke
Robert Reece
Princeton, W. Va
R. W. Reece
Mias Mary Haynes
Baptist Seminary
Louisville
Christian Service
Frank Elliott
Sargent Duffield
North Wilkesboro
Julia Absher
G. P. Watkinen
Lena of
Albemarle
D. W. Price
Anna Mendenhall
High Point
Mount Airy High School
Hugh Holcomb
Mr. Holcomb
J. R. Lawrence
Victoria Lawrence
S. S. Lawrence
Oklahoma
D. V. Price
A. F. Hoss
J. W. Dobbyns
Kingsport
Tenn
C. E
A. C. Anderson
Galax
S. M. Hale
James B. Mitchell
Gladys M. Holbrook
Eirkin
Office of Register of Deeds
Surry County
John E. Marion
Marion
A Young People’s Party
First Baptist Church
Mr. Sargent
John Burrus
Rockf Wd
Weiner
Route 4
Polar Explorer
B. H. Millikan
Jones DE
Green River
Elizabeth Walstead
Cara Nome Toilet Goods
Hollingsworth Drug Company
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