Local Happenings in Boone and Watauga County
Local residents report visits and marriages including Wingate Hamby and Lula Miller on August 18 in Boone. Court and tax updates as the county sets a 1926 levy of 1.50 per hundred, while Duke Dean W A Wannamaker to address graduates.
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Wingate Hamby
Lula Miller
J. W. Bryan
J. P
Deep Gap
Board of County Commissioners
Ealh
Hubert Coffey
Highway 69
Ashe County
Boone
Watauga County
Court House
Card of Thanks for Arlie Williams Obituary
The Williams family thanks friends for support during the death and burial of their son and brother Arlie. Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Williams, Grady Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. N. Perkins
Mary Jones
Gastonia
Chas. Perkins
Charles Perkins
J. D. Perkins, Jr
Fort Thomas
E. P. Marshall
Santa Maria
California
J. A. Loven
Linville
N. C
L. B. Perkins
Washington ,D. C
R. W. Pulliam
Chapel Hill
J. L. Cottrell
Elizabethton Tonn
Arlie
T. K. Williams
Grady Williams
Local ads offer vinegar barrels chicks and farm services
Watauga Packing Co advertises apple vinegar at 40 cents per gallon with a Monday August 23 sale date and 25 gallon oak barrels offered cheap. The firm also contracts cabbage deliveries for kraut production around September 1. Also social notices advertise for sale of airdale puppies and rental rooms plus sewing work at home and farm animal stock from Acme Farms Farmville NC 8-19-12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watauga Kraut
Watauga Packing CO
H. Neal Blair
Friday Afternoon Club Hosts Summer Social at Mrs Councill Home
Mrs Tracy Council led a Friday Afternoon Club gathering on August 6th on a wide porch decorated with Shasta daisies. Guests from Charlotte including Mrs Orndorff Mrs F B Smith and Miss Matthews enjoyed a salad course mop ed cream and brownies before adjourning until the next meeting at Mrs B J Councill's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. J. Councill
Rivers Announce Birth of Daughter Sarah Rebecca
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Rivers announce the arrival of a daughter, Sarah Rebecca, on Wednesday, August 18. Mrs. Rivers before marriage was Miss Virginia Butler.
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James C. Rivers
Sarah Rebecca
Rivers
Virginia Butler
Expression of thanks for J N Davidson death and burial
The family of J N Davidson expresses sincere thanks to the people of Koone for acts of kindness during the death and burial. They wish the same sympathy to all during their sorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koone
J. N. Davidson
Life's Mirror Poem Fragment by Panne
A reflective verse notes losing perception and sorrow when joy and tears vanish. The speaker ruminates on the emptied life without keenness to feel or respond to bitter or cherished moments.
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Panne
Democratic County Convention Address by Ex Governor Morrison
Ex Governor Cameron Morrison will be present at the Democratic County Convention to address the people and speak on progressive goals. The event invites local citizens to hear Morrison's remarks and participate in the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone
Watauga Dairymen
Cove Creek High School
Angus W. McLean
Cameron Morrison
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James Brawley
Greensboro
S. C. Brawley
Durham, N. C
Will Baird
Valle Crucis
Hopkins
Bernard Cook
Katherine Hopkins
Galax, Va
Raymond Fletcher
Bristol, Tenn
Lillian Hopkins
Watauga Superior Court
R. A. Anderson
Elizabeth Fletcher
W. A. Wannamaker
Duke University
College
Kenneth Linney
Statesville
Ruth Rankin
Roy ‘Rutherford
Portsmouth
Milton Rutherford
Chicago, Il
Gene Hunt
Atlanta
A. E. South
Stuard Hodges
Kentucky
J. M. Hodges
R. L. Doughton
E. M. Greer
Sugar Grove
Normal School
Ephriam Miller
Tennessee
Mr. Green Miller
Vilas
Chas. Lewis
Ralph Greene
A. J. Greene
Lara Shoun
Chaos. Cowles
S. E. Gragg
Dick’’ Horton
Ferrell, Pa
Cove Creek
Horton
Wataugan
Normal College
F. A. Linney
Democrat
Airdale
R. E. Knapp
J.R. Latham
Homaid Dress CO
Amsterdam
N. Y
Rhode Island
Acme Farms
Farmville
Hodges Wrug Co
Life’s
Democratic Ex. Committee
Sora
Tudor
FORD
Ford Automobile
Henry Ford
Taylor Motor Company
Boone, North Carolina
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