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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1933
Page
5
Boone community notes detail Easter visits and work trips. Franks Miller returns from Raleigh with other residents including the Gragg family from Mars Hill College and the Winklers of Sparta. Also mentioned are health, births, a local court trip, and a Two-for-One sale promotion at Watauga Drug Company with gardening tips.
Oarkaty Filer A. S. Adams of Cove Creek is discussed as a potential deputy sheriff. J. C. Horton is named for Legislature. other local officials Baird Fletcher and counts attend Federal Court in Statesville. Greene of Blowing Rock boasts fox hunting success. stockholders meet Boone and Blowing Rock Turnpike next Saturday. A Cove Creek wedding. Senator Vance dies after stroke. Carolina politics and Senate succession debated. Armfield favored as Vance’s successor.
Roy Dotson, a 49 year old NC teacher, his daughter Ola Farr aged 24 and son Hight Dotson aged 20 will all receive Bachelor of Science degrees from Appalachian State Teachers College on May 5. The trio studied together this year as mother Mrs. Dotson and Mr. Farr watched. The family plans teaching careers in the state with Hight also earning a science and physical education diploma.
Next week at Pastime Theatre features The Animal Kingdom with Ann Harding and Leslie Howard. King of the Jungle stars Buster Crabbe in a lion taming tale. Oliver Twist with Dickie Moore and Irving Pichel runs Thursday and Friday April 27-28. Tim McCoy stars in Fighting for Justice on Saturday the 29th.
The Cove Creek High School junior class hosted a garden themed reception for the seniors on Friday night April 7. Decor featured blue and gold, jonquils, hyacinths, and ferns. Guests enjoyed music, games, tables of treats, a dance program, and a Boone orchestra with ninety attendees.
Two men are needed for a permanent grocery store position offering $22.00 weekly with steady increases for qualified workers. Applicants must be willing to work. canvassers need not apply. Apply at Albert Mills 28349 Monmouth Cincinnati Ohio.
The Blowing Rock School Elementary Department stages a Tom Thumb Wedding and operetta Sunny of Sunny Side on Friday April 21 at 8 p m. Audience learns a long cast list with roles from Bride Anne Mae Dula to Sunny the favorite and a large chorus of orphans. A small admission will aid school purposes.
North Carolina truck owners plan to mobilize in Washington to transport beer into the state. The move follows a May 1 legalization for sale, while a Senate bill in Raleigh already permits bringing beer into the state and storing it prior to that date.
The Friday Afternoon Club met at Lovill Home with Miss Eula Todd hosting. Guests solved jig saw puzzles marked with name eggs then watched a college girls group perform Say It With Flowers. Refreshments included a salad course served by Jennie Todd Lena Moretz and Mrs. McConnell.
The Etude Music Club met at Katherine Underdown’s Blowing Rock home on April 12 with eleven members attending. The program featured performances by Vera and James Norris, Laura Ruth Hagaman, Clarica White, Margaret Smith, Katherine Underdown and Mrs Hill, Elizabeth South, and Virginia South, including titles Slumber Song Silvery Night Chatterbox Over the Waves Moon Mother and Berceuse.
Milton Mast and Mrs. Hill hosted a small gathering with their daughter assisting as hostess and guests including Mrs. A. R. Smith, Guy Hill Jr. and Merritt Hill. The note urges reading The American Weekly in Sunday Baltimore American for life expectancy science.
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