Old mills of Watauga recall a vanished era
The piece recalls the Chatata Valley style grist mills and millers like Julian, Dougherty, and Winkler, once central to county life. It mentions the Dougherty mill near Appalachian College fame, Boone Creek water races, and the social role of mills as gathering places, now fading with progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatata Valley
Lower East
Tennessee
Julian
Bob Rivers
King Street
Wataqua Democrat
Watauga
Charlie Farthing
Boone Creek
Wilson Beech
Dougherty
Winkler
Horton Cabins
Flannery’s Fork
William Wineharger
Meat Camp Creek
I Remember When Gus Hern don Was the Town's Barber
A compact reminiscence notes Gus Hern don as the town’s sole barber, described as a Negro barber of the old school. The piece preserves local memory of a bygone profession and community figure.
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Gus Herndon
Snow Mining Time Buzzes
CATANIA Sicily. This busy season covers Etna snow mining with dawn treks by miners and two wheel carts. Gus knew every man in town and greeted customers. the old coffin factory on West Airline Avenue tied to the neighborhood by workers who moved to Charlotte after consolidation with Charlotte Casket Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catania
Sicily
Mt. Etna
Gus
Europe
Coffin
Airline Avenue
Albion Grocery Co
Squire B. G. Bradley
Stroups
Smiths
Charlotte
Old Charlotte Casket Company
Farmers Back After Attending Heifer Sale in Statesville
Thirty Gaston county farmers plus Dewey Hennessee, farm agent, returned from a one day Proved Sire Heifer Sale in Statesville. Sixty heifers sold at an average 248.15 dollars totaling 14 925 dollars to Piedmont area farmers. A Florida buyer bought 31 animals and a 4 H boy from Iredell county owned the top seller at 400 dollars. Prices ranged 160 to 400 dollars for Guernsey and Holstein cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaston County
Dewey Hennessee
Statesville
Hennessee
Piedmont
Florida
Iredell County
Guernsey
Community notices from Belmont and Mount Holly
Local residents visit relatives in Mount Holly Belmont and Catawba Heights. Military moves include Sg. Jones to Fort Bragg after Japan duty. Rev A A Bailey leaves Centerview Baptist for First Baptist Bessemer City. Church events include family night BTU and covered dish supper, WMU and Brotherhood meetings, and a Gaston Baptist planning meeting. Goshen Free Will Baptist revival led by Rev Raymond Riggs set for September 4 to 14 in Charlotte area.
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France Ware
North Belmont
Ida Johnson
Mount Holly
Roy Lostner
Houston Presley
Albert Murphy
Mary Sherrill
William Sherrill
Belmont
Set
Bob Jones
Japan
Sgb
Jones
Fort Bragg
Ethel Price
Catawba Heights
Pete Benfield
A. A. Bailey
Centerview Baptist Church
tFirst Baptist Church
Bessemer City
Centerview
Caldwell
Bailey
WMU
Brotherhood
Gaston Baptist
Long Greek Baptist Church
Shirley Annn McCarns
Walter Atkinson
Hickory
Troy Pryor
J. W. Carrington
Cornelius, Ga
Patton Pressley
Pressley
Piedmont Association of the Free Will Baptist Church
Charlotte
Girl Scouts of
Goshen
Free Will Baptist Church
Calvert Memorial Building
Youth For Christ
Raymond Riggs
National Foreign Missions Board
Nashville
Child Health Station Opens Tuesday In Springwood
The Springwood Community Child Health Station opens Tuesday afternoon from 2 to 4, with Mrs. Eliza Quinn in charge. Immunizations health instructions and a program by Miss Laura Breaze will be offered, including a nutrition talk by Miss Breese. Arrangements for child care are made and full attendance is urged. First cog wheel railroad Mount Washington completed 1869.
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Springwood
Eliza Quinn
Laura Breeze
Breese
Mount Washington
Summit
Etna Snow Mining to Ice Cream Origins in Sicily
The article traces Etna snow use from ancient Roman times to today noting miners haul seven 120 pound bags daily, melting losses of 20 pounds per bar, selling at 10 Lure per pound. It links Sicilian snow to early ice cream in Catania, where the sun dried snow was eaten decades ago and later shipped globally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etna
Egypt
Catania
Eina
Making a Go Of Life Rean neuteronomy 4:zo u
Philosophical meditation on human spirit and heroism during war. It argues that strength, unity, and spirituality enable peacetime achievement, citing trials faced by doctors and nurses and the resilience of conscience. The excerpt from Roy Smith discusses inner capacity and discipline under strain.
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Mlo
Roy
Smith
Abingdon Press
Baby Boy Dies Trapped In Old Refrigerator
In Steppville Alabama a 19 month old boy named Jerry O Neal Burns died after entering an emptying refrigerator at a farm home. His sisters Geraldine 10 and Elaine 6 survived after air was restored. The coroner says twin Terry Odell Burns may have closed the door trapping the trio while parents worked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steppville
Ala
Grady Moss
Jerry O'Neal Burns
Geraldine Burns
Elaine
Moss
Terry Odell Burns
James O. Burns
Armored Car Test Ends With Dented Merrimac in Birmingham
In Birmingham Alabama police revived the 25 year old Merrimac armored car unused since 1948 to check its stopping power. A 30 caliber carbine test shot bullets through the side and interior leaving dents prompting Sgt C Guy to remark relief that the vehicle hadn’t been needed. A separate note mentions tomato juice and ammonia used to remove skunk odor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
C. Guy
Washington Notebook Secret Government Advice Posing A Touchy Problem
Washington Notebook reports on debates over secret government advice and the transparency of advisory groups. Rep. Emanuel Celler questions who funds and guides confidential advice, citing the Commerce Department Business Advisory Council and other semi secret bodies. The piece notes advisory councils operate with no public records, involving industry leaders and experts, and questions if such advice should be public in a democracy. It contrasts NSAC with other longtime bodies and highlights calls for accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Notebook
Washington
NEA
Emanuel Celler
D-Ny
House Judiciary Committee
Rep. Celler
Department of Commerce Business Advisory Council
BAC
U. S
Blue Unley Ipom
Japan
Winopt
Tokyo
Coring
Haroldiy i Boeschenstein
Oseers- Corning Eestlles
Duende
National Security Advisory Council
Eisenhower
National Secure Council
Robert Cutler
Boston
Dillon Anderson
Cutler
Anderson
Commerce Department Business Advisory Council
James P. Mitchell
Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Advisory Commission
Secretary of Agriculture Barn Lpatt Benson
Butsui
Miami Weather Bureau
Jim Cross Takes Course At General Motors Institute
Mount Holly native Jim Cross was among about 600 graduates at General Motors Institute in Atwood Stadium Plint Michigan. Cross earned a dealers cooperative course diploma and will work with River Valley Chevrolet in Mount Holly alongside his father H J Cross.
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Mount Holly
Jim Cross
H. J. Cross
General Motors Institute
Atwood Stadium
Plint
Mich
Cross
Dealers’ Cooperative
Institute
Mr. Cross
Hiss
H. Ju Cross
Lanny
River Valley Chevrolet Company
Trout Caught With Fly Swatter Near Round Lake
Newberry Michigan report describes a 4d inch trout caught by Mrs John Johnson with a fly swatter aided by her two sons near Round Lake shore. Seven year old Steve spotted the fish and alerted his mother as the youth’s account highlights a playful family moment.
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Newberry
Mich
John Johnson
Steve
Round Lake
Suspicious Area No Storm Threat
A bulletin from Miami reports the area of suspicion in the Atlantic about 1,500 miles east-southeast of Miami has flattened and shows no signs of developing into a tropical cyclone. No further storm development is expected at this time.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic
Painting Your House This Fall and A Robbery Case
An Atlanta report details two bandits rifling a Buckhead store while a publicized home painting guide from Spencer Lumber Co offers fall exterior paint tips. The piece weaves home maintenance instructions with a separate crime note about the Jewelry theft and chase, plus a local Legion meeting and a painterly how to. The article highlights safe prep, weather checks, ladder use, and proper brushing, along with references to paint brands and store assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Lumber, Company
Benjamin Moore
Modene
Union Ladies Host Tea for Mrs Henderson Birthday
Mrs C C Moorhead and Mrs George Wilson entertained a Tuesday afternoon tea at Mrs Moorhead's home honoring their mother Mrs L L Henderson on her 84th birthday. About 33 guests attended as other residents and visitors from Cherryville Bethel Gastonia and Blacksburg circulated through.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UNION
C. C. Moorhead
George Wilson
L. L. Henderson
John Poston
Cherryville
George R. Robinson
Springwood Notes and Weekend Guests Report
Frances Boulware reports a series of social visits around Springwood with relatives and friends from Hayesville Belmont Charlotte Banlo Denver Shelby and Rock Hill. The piece lists weekend hosts guests and family gatherings at homes and a church camp meeting near Denver with multiple Boulware relatives and others.
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Frances Boulware
Springwood
Ben Lamkin
Hayesville
Maggie Lamkin
Charles Satterfield
North Belmont
Junior Webb
Mae Black
Cramerton
Emma Graves
J. C. Duncan
Rock Springs
Denver
Harold Boulware
Ross Boulware
Roman Boulware
Charlotte
David Boulware
Nancy Gail
Lamar
Banlo
Chester
S. C
James Odums
Wray Daniels
Jimmy Davis
Yale
Andrew Bartlett
Kenneth Irvin
Charleston
Odus Irvin
Max Carens
Irvin
Dwight Champion
Cherryville
V. Champion
Ross Gaither
McAdenville
James Irvin
Rock Hill
S. CO
Obie Irvin
Janice
Shelby
Walter Blanton
W. E.irvin
Robert Forbes
Belmont
C. L. Layel
Joyce Jones
Catawba Heights
Bob Jones
Japan
Layel
Winget Urges Import Quotas for Textiles
Washington reports A K Winget leader of the American Cotton Manufacturers Institute called for a positive textile import quota program to curb foreign competition. The move aims to shield domestic mills and stabilize the industry amid global trade pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A. K. Winget
American Cotton Manufacturers’ Institute
Wingate College Graduates Two Belmont Boys
Harold Watts of Dallas and William G. Dunlap of Belmont graduated Wednesday from Wingate College. The ceremony marked one of the largest summer classes to finish at Wingate College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Watts
Dallas
William G. Dunlap
Belmont
Wingate College
Nine Left Dead By Japan Floods
SAPPORO Japan torrential rains in central Hokkaido push toll to nine killed three missing. Thousands of houses flooded or destroyed and acres inundated across the prefecture. Roads cut rail embankments eroded dozens bridges washed away paralyzing rail traffic. Rain totals exceed half an inch with four to five more inches forecast.
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Sapporo
Japan
Hokkaido
Weather Bureau
Charlottean to Appear on Studio One in August
Mary James daughter of Major and Mrs A L James Jr will appear on the August 22 Studio One program at 9 oclock portraying Honor Voysey sister of Edward and daughter of a major investment firm head. Edward uncovers his father s cheating then faces family and duty as he seeks honesty and a better path. James, a 32 year old New York based graduate with Broadway and TV experience, marks her first WEBTV appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Mary James
Major
A L. James Jr
Studio One
Sweetbriar College
Honour Voysey
Edward
Leven
Miss James
New York
Lass
WEBTV
Jack Benny Ends Radio Run to Focus on TV
After 23 and a half years on air, Jack Benny quits weekly live radio to concentrate on television. He hints that old radio shows may be rerun by recording this fall if CBS reaches a sponsor price agreement. Benny plans film and TV appearances every other week and may host or star in one hour TV programs.
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Hollywood
Jack Benny
CBS
Price
Benny
Court records show varied charges and dispositions
In Gastonia Municipal Court matters of record include Pleas of guilty or continued cases for assault with a deadly weapon, affray, disorderly conduct, and trespassing. Several defendants paid fines and costs, with others receiving continuances or dismissed charges. Notable names include Parton, Adair, Fuller, Meeks, Hughes, Hubbard, Davis, and McGie, among others.
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Ceell
Bi Hendricks
Hendricks
John Black
South Oakland Street
Fuller
George Huffman
Westview Street
B. B. Price
Wilkinson
Edith Queen
Rankin Lake
Hood G. Byrum
Ridge Mill
Richard Piller
Cottage Grove
Ore
Eugene Glenn Young
Greenville
Violinist and Wife Reconciled in Encino
LAS ANGELES two attorneys said violinist David Rubinoff and his wife have reconciled and she has withdrawn her divorce complaint. Judge Elmer Doyle was told they are living together again at their Encino home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
David Rubinoff
Walter H. Young
Mertice Rubinoff
Irving Cohen
Elmer Doyle
Rubinoffis
Encino
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Stretch Rollins
Watauga Democrat
Akers Shopping Center
Boyl
Roy L. Smith
Peter Edson
Washington Correspondent
States
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Winger
State Department
Johnny
Spencer Lumber Co
Pat Wate
Atlanta
Buckhead
Myron E. Freeman
Thomas Caisels
Bill Long
Gaston County Health Department
Legionnaires
Nevada
Travelers’ Quartet
Glenn Aldridge
Berlin Ballew
Bill Norris
Weaver Byrd
Tommy Block
A. F. Dalton
Spencer Lumber Company
Union News
Libby Ann Thompson
Patsy Jackson
Bethel
Wagram
Ed Womble
Joyce Dean Moton
Gastonia
Nancy Glenn
Ernest Coffey
Frank
Asheville
J. Frank Wilson
Helen Moorhead
Blacksburg
T. H. Wilson
Mary Glenn Robinson
Montreal
Robingon Cottage
Marion Jackson
Tommy Ratchford
Richmond
Ind
Thomasville
Craig Bigger
Gaston Memorial Hospital
Legion
Winget
Belmont Boys Wingate
Charlottean
Gstoni Mutual Building & Dam Association
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Gary James Lee Hughes
London
Tenn
Ralph Hubbard
Charlante
Earl Davis
Ranln
Marjorie W. Haden
Columbia
Helen Calder McGie
Maney Ford
5. C
Dorothy B. Vanvoorhis
Tuscaloosa
Bill Froneberser
North York Street
Jess Marion
Daytona Beach
Daytona
Diners Club
Ood
Fagens & Denpiann
Mir Braye
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