Local Happenings in Boone and Nearby Towns
Miss Velma Rivers visited friends in Johnson City over the weekend. J. Frank Robbins opened a new groceries line in the Ellis building. Mr. Malcomb McGhee married Miss Lou Baird at the Methodist parsonage with Rev. Woosley officiating. Dr. English will visit Watauga Hospital on Dec 8 and 9 to assist Dr. Perry. Noah Winebarger transacted business in Boone and renewed his Democrat. Conrad Jones and Ruth Welch wed at Boone Methodist parsonage on Thanksgiving. Carroll Adams moved from Silverstone to Boone to live with his daughter Josie McGuire. Jim Rivers and others from the Wilkesboros visited Thanksgiving. Mrs. Rivers among them. James Councill visited from Transylvania with a Thanksgiving dinner in Brevard. George Hayes and family left the county jail for Brushy Fork. Lee Gross and family now occupy the jail as deputy sheriff. J. F. Roten and wife of Denver Cole left for Florida after visiting Watauga. Ex-Register of Deeds E. M. Harmon handles office work with Pearl Hartley at Blowing Rock preparing to move Boone work next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velma Rivers
Johnson City
J. Frank Robbins
Ellis Building
English
Tenn
Watauga Hospital
Perry
Noah Winebarger
Boone
Democrat
Conrad Jones
Ruth Welch
Wilkes County
Woosley
Register of Deeds
E. M. Harman
Pearl Hartley
Blowing Rock
Lona Cook
Deep Gap News Roundup From the Local Section
Report covers Mr. A G Miller auction success and Rufus Idol’s wagon mishap near Taylorsville. Notes Deep Gap advertising badges arrival, urge for business donations, and social suspensions at Rocky Point due to sickness. Mentions local visitors B L Greene and Mrs Mary Miller and December winter forecasts as Christmas nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Miller
Miller
Rufus Idol
Taylorsville
Idol
Deep Gap
Deep Gap Business Building Club
Rocky Point
B. L. Greene and Sons
Mary Miller
Watson
Winebarger
Thanksgiving fund thanks and appeal to sponsors
The Democrat thanks all contributors to the Grandfather Orphanage Thanksgiving fund and the Worth While Club for a handmade comfort. The fund will be forwarded by week’s end. more donations are welcome to support a mountain orphanage amid ongoing campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Democrat
Randolph farmer plans thirty acre crop next spring
A Randolph County farmer believes his hilly land can be kept from washing by planting thirty acres to a crop next spring. He expects the method to stabilize soil and improve yields across the hillside farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lespedera
Randolph
Birthday Pounding Feeds Mount Pleasant Lutheran Parsonage
Early on November twelfth cars gathered at the Mount Pleasant Lutheran parsonage as four congregations from the Watauga Pastorate sampled the surprise inching toward dinner. The celebration included two birthday cakes for the pastor and his wife and a pantry loaded with coffee, cereals, meats, fruit, vegetables, and cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Pleasant Lutheran Church
Notice a Good Pair of Mules and Wagon for Sale
John E. Brown of Boone North Carolina offers a good pair of mules and wagon for sale. The notice lists the sale date as November 27 and provides no additional terms or contact details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Brown Boone
N. C
Also Mentioned on This Page
Malcomb McGhee
Methodist
Lou Baird
Carrol Adams
Zionville
Silverstone
Josie McGuire
Adams
Jim Rivers
Max Gray
J. T. Privette
Dock Caudill
Wilkesboros
Mrs. Rivers
Sproles
James Councill
Transylvania County
B. J. Councill
Brevard
George Hayes
Brushy Fork
Hayes
Lee Gross
Gross
Sheriff Farthing
J. F. Roten
Denver
Cole
Watauga
Florida
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo, Ohio
Karty
Dr.kings Co
Mt. Pleasant
Mount Zion
Holy Trinity
Grace
Yount
Holy Communion
Clark’s Creek Mountain
Bank of
Blowing Rock, N. C
Lenoir
Russel Barlow
N .C
Boone Battery
S. M. Ayers
Mgr
Ellis
Boone, North Carolina
the Peoples Bank
Watauga County Bank
Boone, N. C
N. L. Mast, L. A. Greene, B. B. Dougherty, S. E
J. F. Hardin
Watauga Farmers
North Wilkesboro
North Carolina
E. E. Eller
The
Watauga Furniture & Lbr. CO
W. R. Gragg
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