Local Affairs Highlights From Boone and Nearby
Brevard visitor Mr. Roy Johnson spends time with friends in town. Local residents attend events in Charlotte, Lenoir, and Banner Elk. An infant dies. burial in city cemetery. Mrs. John Sherrill remains critically ill at Banner Elk Hospital. Christine Peake returns home to Clinton after 18 months in East Boone. A meteorite sighting near the Virginia line described with vivid detail by Mr. Taylor of Boone Route 1.
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John Wellborn
John Sherrill
Boone
Banner Elk Hospital
Christine Peake
T. L. Crowell
East Boone
Clinton
S. C
R. A. Taylor
Boone Route 1
Democrat
Taylor
Mr. Taylor
Virginia Line
Blowing Rock Man Granted Divorce in Arkansas
Mr. C. R. Span of Blowing Rock returned home from Little Rock Arkansas where he had resided for three months. On April 6 he was granted a divorce from Pauline White Span after six years of marriage.
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C. R. Span
Blowing Rock
Little Rock
Ark
Pauline White Span
Blowing Rock Elementary to stage Sorry of Sunnyside operetta
The Blowing Rock High School elementary department presents two shows Friday night April 21 at 800 o clock. The program includes the operetta Sorry of Sunnyside and a Tom Thumb Wedding promising to be among the best entertainments ever produced by the elementary department.
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Blowing Rock High School
Sunnyside
Old Time Potatoes Varieties Then and Now
Old time potato varieties draw inquiries as planting shifts. Early Rose once led, now yielding to others. Reports mention a long red spud carried like stove wood and the Blue Peerless prized in the past. The Democrat asks readers to report if Blue Peerless or other old varieties still exist.
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Democrat
Thompson
Elihu Thomson
Relic pistol found in Rich Mountain field by uncle
Mr Ollie Smith of Zionville brings a Civil War era cap and ball pistol fragment to The Democrat. The three inch barrel weapon lacks handles though hammer and trigger remain. it was unearthed by Rufus Smith. Other notes mention John H Miller’s brick brooder house in Orange County built for 7.50 with logs and homemade shingles.
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Ollie Smith
Zionville
Democrat
Rich Mountain
Rufus Smith
John H. Miller
Orange County
Don Matheson
Local Notes From Our Early Filer Items
Attorneys Councill Spainhour and Coffey attend Lenoir Court this week. Mrs. Frank Hollars of Wa tauga River dies after grippe. Carrie Bryan returns from Marion visit. Callie Winkler back from Elk Park teaching post. Mrs. Councill ill but improving. Paul Chatham of Chatham Manufacturing checks wool in county. Turnpike work advances. opening hoped by mid to late June. W M Francum ends Deerfield school. resumes in a month. W L Bryan repaints hotel and outfits parlor in former store room. Sunday School organized at Three Forks Church with 50 pupils. Baptist Church in Boone to organize next Sunday. Norris correspondent notes Noah Winebarger and Martha Lockabil marry at Meat Camp. plan to live at Meat Camp headwaters. J W Horton of Cove Creek reports a 464 pound pig. S M Dugger’s article on Mitchells tragedy runs long but not printed this week. Coxey’s Army grows to 300. passing Pittsburgh toward Washington. two months to reach destination. then plan to traverse Virginia and the Carolinas.
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Democrat
Councill
Spainhour and
Coffey
Lenoir Court
Frank Hollars
Watauga River
Carrie Bryan
Marion
Callie Winkler
Elk Park
Paul Chatham
Chatham Manufacturing Company
W. M. Francum
Deerfield
W. L. Bryan
Three Forks
Boone
Norris
Noah Winebarger
Martha Lockabill
Meat Camp
David Greene
J. W. Horton
Cove Creek
S. M. Dugger
Mitchell
Hal English
Coxey
Pittsburgh
Penn
Washington
Virginia
Carolinas
Noted Educator Phelps Visits Appalachian State Teachers College
Dr. Shelton Phelps dean of Peabody College graduate school spoke to students on The Normal School Method of Education in Teachers Colleges. He praised Appalachian State Teachers College for sending many students to Peabody for graduate work, noting all have excelled.
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Shelton Phelps
Peabody College
Appalachian State Teachers College
Phelps
Peabody
Special Programs at Grace Lutheran Church
Grace Lutheran Church East Boone announces Good Friday services from 12 noon to 3 pm and a sunrise Easter service at 6 am with Holy Supper. An 11 am Easter Sunday program by the Sunday School follows. Reverend J A Yount invites the public.
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East Boone
J. A. Yount
Frank Parker Stockbridge on Ability in Tough Times
The writer notes that many capable men fail to help themselves in hardship while some who were not standout performers advance during hard times. He parallels Shakespeare’s idea that faults lie in ourselves and observes that prosperity brings a new crop of capable individuals.
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William Shakespeare
Brutus
Unemployed reliance on relief and a nail on progress
A reader argues that unemployment relief breeds non workers while sharing a Georgia convict story of financial ambition. Chicago hosts the Century of Progress exposition promising broad entertainment and stimulus to business. Elihu Thompson, 80, is praised as a foremost inventor still at work. A Manchester case rules a policeman not a worker. A teaser promotes America Weekly insert with a Qing dynasty tale and imperial romance.
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Chicago
Furnished Boone Home For Rent Near College
Wanted to rent a furnished home near the college in Boone. Address Home c o Watauga Democrat. Also state certified baby chicks offered by Oak Grove Poultry Farm and Hatchery Granite Falls N C D R Moore Manager with latest reduced prices delivered. 3-23-4¢
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Boone
C-O Watauga Democrat
Oak Grove
D. R. Moore
Granite Falls
N. C
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Roy Johnson
Brevard
Messrs
Lionell Ward
Charles Younce
Charlotte
J. C. Fletcher
H. P. Dougherty
Greene Heights
Councill Cooke
J. D. Rankin
McG. Anders
McTyere
Chester Freeman
Graydon Spargo
Gastonia
L. F. Kent
W. H. Wagner
C. D. Taylor
Cicero Dire
Valle Crucis
J. M. Horner
Asheville
Rev. Kent
New York
Teachers College
Grace Lutheran Church
Frank Parker
Stockbridge
ONG Ina
Watauga Kraut
Scott County
Maine
Lower Carolina
Carolina
Carolina People
Carter Melvin
Georgia
Carter
Manchester
England
Ch’ien-Lung
Hsiang Fei
Jehol
America Weekly
Baltimore American
I. C
N. M. Greene Boone
Begonias
Miller’s Floral Shoppe
East Main ST
Watauga County
D. M. Edminsten Depot Street
Boone, N. C
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