Notable Boone Social Roundup and Visitors
Boone residents welcomed relatives from Sanford Charlotte and Hendersonville while travelers from Hickory Bristol and Kingsport dropped in for visits. Local events included a Crowell family reunion planned for August in Charlotte and a Friday Afternoon Club gathering hosted by Mrs. Stanbury featuring Baby Clay's readings and a Madeira linen prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Stanbury
M. P. Critcher
Stanbury
R. L. Clay
Bobby Clay
G. K. Moose
H. G. Farthing
Miss Clay
Zionville Notes Return Visits And Local News
Mrs. Fred Farthing returns to Wytheville after visiting her daughter in Zionville. A Younce family meeting occurred in Kingsport with Zionville attendees including Millard Wilson G C Greer and wives and children Flora Am brose Brown Cras Wilkinson family. Mrs. Moretz and son Ralph visit Watauga relatives. Mrs. Moretz formerly Ella Wilkinson. Mrs. Lloyd Eller improves at Hagaman Linney Clinic. Mrs. Jake Chapman and daughter visit Dana Farthing in Sugar Grove. Miss Virginia Penn returns from Lenoir after a week with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Cushing
Tiny Crow
Asheville
Boone
B. E. Templeton
Greenville
S. C
Woman's Missionary Society of the
M. E. Church
Earl Greer
Hagaman-Linney Clinic
M. W. Beach
North Wilkesboro
Marion
Bradley Welfare
Winston-Salem
W. L. Winkler
Skulls Mills
Welfare
Winston-Salem Journal-Sentinel
W. H. Anderson
Lloyd L. Summer
Cherryville
Mattie Toppings
Zionville
Fred Farthing
Wytheville
Lula Winebarger
Younce
Kingsport
Tenn
Millard Wilson
G. C. Greer
Flora
Ambrose Brown
Cras. Wilkinson
Phil Moretz
Ralph
Watauga
Cove Creek News Highlights Local Travel and Events
Mr and Mrs H E Deal and their son are on an extended trip through South Carolina Georgia and Florida Rev Cooke of Duke University conducts a Cokesburg Training School at Henson's Chapel Mr Howard Walker Cove Creek High agricultural teacher leads thirty two Future Farmers of North Carolina to the Chicago World’s Fair John Walker S Horton and James Mast join the party Edna Bingham hosts the Cove Creek Home and Garden Club Leta Tester and Beulah Baird from Valle Crucis visit Louise and Ruby Johnson Mrs Clarence Ellis and her son from Washington DC have been visiting lately
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Hagaman
George P. Hagaman
Boone
Beaver Dam
Young Hagaman
Anita Winkler
Kate Wilson
Chicago
Canada
Niagara Falls
New York
Gus Donnelly
Creston
Willard Cole
North Wilkesboro
John Brooks
Hickory
Charles Stevenson
Helen Whitener
Stevenson
Winston-Saem
J. E. Wagner
Quarryville
Wagner
Pennsylvania
Cove Creek
H. E. Deal
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Cooke
Duke University
Cokesburg
Henson's Chapel
Howard Walker
Cove Creek High School
North Carolina
John Walker
S. ¥. Horton
James Mast
Edna Bingham
Cove Creek Home and Garden
Leta Tester
Beulah Baird
Valle Crucis
Louise
Ruby Johnson
Clarence Ellis
Washington, D. C
School Books for indigent children face tighter year
The county urges teachers to reuse old texts where possible and evaluate each request before county aid. Parents must first discuss needs with teachers, as funds for new books will be limited. Smith Hagaman, County Superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Hagaman
Sketches From Bamboo Sunday School Opens With 85 Students
A new Sunday School started Monday under the guidance of teachers in charge with 85 students enrolled on opening day. The note mentions Mr J M Payne and family visiting Ashe and Watauga before returning to Alva Oklahoma. Burglars were driven from the T L Critcher and son store by gunfire from Ira and T L Critcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Payne
Girs
Alva
Okla
Ashe
Watauga
Payne
G. F. Critcher
Boone Route 1
E. E. McGuire
Local notes from The Democrat on July 19 1894
County politics and church fundraisers report as Cox reorganizes alliances and D Millard Norris is on duty as a brandy gauger. A third party convention endorses Greene Patton Spainhour for local offices. Whiskey auctions realize 120, 133 and 200 per gallon. Ice cream supper raises 32 25 for a church house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cox
D. Millard Norris
Boone
LE. L. Greene
R. L. Patton
Congress
J. F. Spainhour
R. L. Councill
Burglary Foiled at Wiley Vanney’s as Vanney Helpers Capture Escapee
A boy alerted authorities to sounds near Wiley Vanney’s store. Critcher heard shots and Captured escapee Pea nut Coffey, a seven year robbery convict, with Coffey taken to Boone jail. A parked truck with four to five men nearby suggested a planned goods theft. Bamboo vs Wild Tigers game interrupted by rain. Bamboo trails in mid inning as they plan to finish soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiley Vanney
Critcher
Peanut” Coffey
Mr. Critcher
Boone
Bamboo
Wilkes County
Wild Tigers
Tigers
The
Card of Thanks for Earl Greer
We thank friends for unusual kindness during our son Earl Greer illness and for the many flowers sent. We deeply appreciate the consideration from friends and neighbors. Mr. and Mrs. John F. Greer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl
John F. Greer
Local Social Notes From Meat Camp and Roanoke Area
Mrs J N Kabler and Milton Norris of Roanoke Va visit Mrs Kabler's aunt Mrs C C Greene. R A Greene family spend Sunday with brother B B Greene. Ilene Jones weekends with Mable and Jack Cook at Rutherwood. Richard Whittington family visit N L Barnes family in Wilkesboro. Smith Miller dies at Meat Camp home on July 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Kabler
Milton Norris
Roanoke
Wilkesboro
Pas Time Theatre Week Offers Starladen Lineup
Manager A E Hamby unveils a week of features at the Pas Time Theatre. Monday spotlights James Dunn and Sally Eilers in Hold Me Tight. Tuesday brings The Big Brain with Phillips Holmes and Fay Wray. Midweek shows King Kong with Robert Armstrong and Fay Wray. Friday stars Constance Bennett in A Bed of Roses. Saturday features The Phantom Broadcast with Robert Armstrong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Hamby
Pastime Theatre
James Dunn
Sally Eilers
Big Brain
Phillips Holmes
Fay Wray
Robert Armstrong
Constance Bennett
Wireless Studios
Teachers Meeting for Principals in Boone August 7
A meeting for all principals in Watauga Ashe Alleghany and Caldwell counties is set for Monday August 7 at 10 am at the college in Boone. The note includes high school and elementary principals and counts one teacher from a one room school as principal. Dolores, famed art model, is now in a dime museum. London studios report poverty and oblivion for the city’s studio pet. The American Weekly issue available with next Sunday's Baltimore American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone
Dr. Highsmith
Watauga
Ashe
Alleghany
Caldwell
Smith Hagaman
Dolores
London
American Weekly
Baltimore American
Special Notice Lost English Setter in Boone Area
Lost bird dog described as black and white tick. Return to owner Roy Keplar in Boone for reward. Also on sale six purebred Hereford heifers bred to line-bred bull for October delivery at farm price and six purebred bull calves offered by R G Shipley Vilas NC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Keplar
Boone
R. G. Shipley, Vilas
N. C
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C. W. Teal
Charles Jr
Sanford and Dunn
Shirley Waters
Frank Hauser
Shelby
Roy Greene
Ray Estes
Ethel Bouchelle
Katherine Harwell
Gidney
Higgins
Charleston
W. Va
Will Cook
Kermit Henson
Kannap Olis
W. R. Gragg
W. L. Scoggins
William
Henderson, N. C
Joe Crawford
J. F. Rivers
Sanford
George Thomasson
J. L. Winkler
Wiley Lewis
Bristol
Rob Rivers
C. H. Moser
Hendersonville
Lucile Miller
Concord
Cabarrus County
Kay Boatright
Wiley Hartzog
T. Len Cook
Howard Jurney
Raleigh
J. W. Farthing
Jurney
Ruth Whitener
John H. Norris
Lees-McRae
Lees-McRae College
Banner Elk
Duke Endowment
Wild Cat Lake
Democrat
Holly Springs College
Butlers Tenn
W. B. Councill Jr
Mitchell
Yancey
Ada Horton
Happy Valley
Caldwell County
Hamilton Blackburn
Cora Blackburn
Callie Greene
Blackburn
Ambrose Weaver
Wilcox
Lenoir
L. L. Greene
Boone Radio Service
K. I. Dacus
Boone 108
Miller’s Floral Shoppe
East Main Street
U.S
Guernsey
W. C. Howell
W. C. Greer
Howard Sr
Boone, N. C
Fairbanks-Morse
Central
Daniel Boone
Lower Carolina
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