Crowds Pack Blowing Rock as Summer Week End Peaked
Large week end crowds filled Green Park Mayview Sloping Rock hotel and nearby quarters as Blowing Rock enjoyed a busy summer spell. Notable visitors include Wade Harris editor of the Charlotte Observer with church services and a grandparentage fundraiser noted. Mr. and Mrs. Duke Custer of Washington DC stayed with J S Williams. dinners hosted by Dorothy Hayes and Janice Greene highlighted social events.
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Blowing Rock
Green Park
Mayview
Slowing Rock Hotel
Martin Cottage
Barked Inn
Nans Wade Harris
The
Charlotte Observer
Duke Custer
Washington, D. C
J. S. Williams
Memorial Service at Baptist Church Sunday
Boone Baptist Church holds memorial service on Sunday at 11 a m for seven members of the congregation who died in the past year. Readings, prayers, songs, a reading of resolutions, and talks by Prof I G Greer and Rev Smith Hagaman are planned.
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Boone’ Baptist Church
G. W. Gragg
Col. W. L. Bryan
W. R. Gragg
Claud Gragg
Richard R. Johnson
Marcella Cooke
D. D. Dougherty
L. C. Wilson
I. G. Greer
Smith Hagaman
Jesus
Miss Lila Dula Honored at Weekend Party
Blowing Rock August 13 Miss Lila Dula was the honoree at a party given by sister Miss Ruby Dula. Guests included Manila Dula Estha and Cleda Dula De Estie Collins Ruby Byers Ruby Richards J J Teague Bettie Hickory Z M Koontz A H Dula O J Coffey Murrah Coffey Staple Collins Lloyd Craig Jess Bailey Emmet Griffin O D Gragg Earl Gragg Spencer Collins and other friends present at the gathering with games and a dining room reception.
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Miss Dula
Blowing Rock
Lila Dula
Ruby Dula
Z. M. Koontz
Manila Dula
Estha
Cleda Dula
de- Estie Collins
Ruby Byers
Ruby Richards
J. J. Teague
Bettie
Hickory
A. H. Dula
O. J. Coffey
Murrah Coffey
Staple Collins
Lloyd Craig
Jess Bailey
Emmet Griffin
O. D. Gragg
Earl Gragg
Spencer Collins
Musical program at Watauga courthouse by Boone’s Chapel M E church
Under Boone's Chapel M E church auspices a colored musical and literary program will be presented at the Watauga county courthouse Friday August 16 at 8 30 p m Admission is small and proceeds go to church purposes.
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Boone’s Chapel
M. E. Church, Colored
Watauga County
Civitan Club Reports Livestock Efforts and Nearby Plans
About forty Civitan members and guests met for the monthly session near the homes of A. E. South and W. H. Gragg. Gragg announced progress on forming a county Livestock Association and noted an upcoming courthouse meeting on Saturday August 17.
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Civitan Club
Civitans
A. E. South
W. H. Gragg
South
Gragg
Hagaman
Civitan Gragg
Civitan
J. B. Bivens
Raleigh
D. W. Vinson
McCullie
The
New York Life Insurance Company
Carroll
Reidsville
W. R. Bauguess
Jefferson
Salisbury Club
Taylorsville
G. K. Moore
I. G. Greer
J. F. Moore
Twin Cities
Ashe
Daniel Boone Hotel
Foscoe Summer Activities Highlight Local Visitors
Foscoe reports a successful Bible school and a progressing public school taught by Paul Bentley and Mabel Henson. Visitors come from Key West and California, with locals fishing the Watauga river and a Friday baseball game between Foscoe and Grandfather schools ending 16 to 15 for Grandfather.
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Foscoe
Lenoir
Grandfather
Paul Bentley
Clyde Henson
Grandfather School
Weather Summary for Aug 4 to Aug 10 at A S T C Station
Average max 77 degrees and min 56 with an average 67 degree temperature. Daily range peak 81 on the 6th. 8 a m reading 72 and highest 85 on the 10th. Low 52 on the 4th. Rain 0.30 inches total with 0.12 inches in 24 hours on the 8th. Four days with .01 inch+ rain, two clear days, five partly cloudy days. Thunderstorms on the 4th 7th 8th and 9th.
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Co-Operative Station
A.S.T.C
J. T. C. Wright
Teachers Named for Boone High and Demonstration School
Announcement lists Boone High principal David P. Mast of Sugar Grove and a full teaching roster for both Boone High and the Demonstration school. Noted exceptions include one remaining domestic science instructor for the high school.
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Boone High School
David P. Mast
Sugar Grove
Nell Coffey
Eula Hodges
T. M. Greer
R. H. Harmon
Paul Gordy
Edna Holsclaw
Chappel Wilson
Gladys Bolt
Estelle Pye
Ethel Bouchelle
Jane G. Eliason
Annie Stanbury
Margaret Lumpkin
Esther Flem
Revival services at Cove Creek Baptist kickoff next Sunday
Next Sunday at Cove Creek Baptist Church revival begins with an 11 o clock morning service. Dr Gordon will preach The Unused Power in Religion. A choir is forming and home prayer meetings precede the evangelistic series lasting ten nights with sermons on The Scandal of the Church and other topics.
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Cove Creek Baptist Church
Gordon
Christ
Memphis
Tenn
Tenn., To Take Training In Nursing At Our Baptist Hospital
Cove Creek High School
Soviet reports three White Russian attacks on Manchurian border repulsed
Moscow reports three White Russian assaults backed by Chinese on Soviet outposts in Manchuria were repulsed. Several Soviet soldiers were killed and wounded, with additional casualties at various locations since diplomatic break with China.
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Moscow
Manchuria
Manchurian
China
Kraut Factory Expands Output in Watauga
Mr. W. F. Miller visits the North Company kraut plant as five new fermenting vats raise capacity to 50 tons each doubling output to 1,000 tons. Cabbage acres rise from 40 to 722 this season with contracts for 15 tons per acre. About 25 workers to be hired. output includes 40,000 cases plus juice. Plans include extending operations next year with beans greens and hominy.
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W. F. Miller
The
North Company
Miller
H. Neal Blair
Watauga
Democrat
Canning Company
Isaacs Midsummer Values Drive Record Isaacs Department Store Sales
Isaacs' Department Store owner L. S. Isaacs reports a record midsummer sale with strong turnout from Watagua and nearby counties. Continuous advertising and lasting low prices keep customers returning, with replenished stock and no closing plans as the event continues.
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L. S. Isaacs
Isaacs
Watauga
Revival at Baptist Church Begins September 15
Rev. B. E. Morris of Western Avenue Baptist Church Statesville will assist Rev. P. A. Hicks in a series of revival services starting September 15 at the Baptist church here.
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Baptist Church
B. E. Morris
Western Avenue Baptist Church
Statesville
P. A. Hicks
The
Mrs Mary Ann Hartzog Dies at 95 in Bluefield West Virginia
Mrs. Mary Ann Hartzog grandmother of W G Hartzog of this city died at her Bluefield home last Friday at age 95. Funeral services and burial will be in Bluefield Sunday. She had been a Baptist church member for 77 years. Attending the funeral were W G Hartzog of Boone and Mr and Mrs J F Hartzog of Idlewild.
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Mary Ann Hartzog
W. G. Hartzog
Bluefield
W. Va
The
Baptist Church
Boone
J. F. Hartzog
Idlewild
Daniels Calls for a Library in Every North Carolina School
Daniels urged an eight month term and a library in each school to foster reading. He highlighted new library buildings at Chapel Hill and Greensboro and Duke University, praising biographies of Andrew Johnson and Andrew Jackson as inspiring examples. He stressed the school as community center and noted college presidents on stage with him.
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Josephus Daniels
Appalachian State Teachers’ College
North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Greensboro
Duke University
Daniels
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Jackson
Raleigh
Old Hickory
America
J. J. Foust
North Carolina College For Women
Richard G. Cox
Gulfport Park College
Mississippi
Blowing Rock
Dr. Dougherty
Mr. Daniels
Branch
Graham
Badger
Dobbins
Navy
I. G. Greer
Prof. Greer
Europe
B. B. Dougherty
Asheville
Association of County Commissioners
Board of Equalization
Doughery
Tipton Greene
Rock Mason
Dougherty
Watauga County Livestock Association Eyes Thoroughbreds
The newly formed Watauga County Livestock Association mails questionnaires to census stock and breeds aims to place thoroughbred bulls in each township. A meeting is set for next Saturday at 2 pm in the courthouse to discuss sheep, lambs, and sheep-raising data and to boost intensive stock raising.
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Watauga County Livestock Association
G. P. Hagaman
Livestock Association
Four Lawyers Form New Boone Law Partnership
Bingham Linney and Ralph G Bingham announce the formation of Bingham Linney and Bingham with offices in Boone and Wilkesboro. T E Bingham and Baxter M Linney will handle Boone affairs while Ralph G Bingham remains in Wilkesboro. Brown and Bingham dissolve with Mr Brown continuing in his post office building offices.
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John E. Brown
Brown
Baxter
Graf Zeppelin to Circle Arctic Then Reach Tokyo
The Graf Zeppelin plans a northward arc over the Arctic circle to within 900 miles of the North Pole on the second leg of its world flight. After a dawn takeoff from Friedrichshafen the ship will fly toward Berlin and then toward Kasigma Ura near Tokio five days later. Commander Hugo Eckener calls this northern route the safest shortest and best for reaching Japan and completing the leg on schedule.
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Friedrichshafen
Arctic Circle
White Sands
North Pole
Berlin
Siberia
Kasigma-Ura
Tokio
Japan
Hugo Eckener
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific
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Vance
Presbyterian Church
Orovenage
Young Peoples
Christian Endeavor
Virginia Coffey
Elizabeth
Helen Sodderth
Lois Klutz
Marth Bolick
Margaret Abernethy
Corein Knight
Lucille Reid
Ing
J. M. Gaither
Eula Todd
Mildred Harwell
John T. Howell
Cove Creek Baptist
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