Road work progresses on Lenoir area highways
Two large concrete bridges on the Lenoir Hickory and Lenoir Wilkesboro routes are finished. Grading and topping near completion to the Wilkes line, with a two mile link still being worked on. Development potential rises as roads traverse land owned by T. H. Broyhill. Local figures and visitors attend various civic and church events in Caldwell County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenoir
N. C
Lenoir and
Wilkesboro
T. H. Broyhill
East Lenoir
F. Horton
Cove Creek High School
Caldwell
Baptist State Convention
Raleigh
W. C. Tyree
J. C
J. L. Teague
J. A. Boldin
Baptist Church Announces Sunday Services and Pledge Update
The Baptist church invites all to worship with services at 10 a m and 7 p m The pastor continues a series on the New Birth The original pledge cards go back to the pledgers and unpaid pledges may be paid if possible Three circles met last Monday Circle 1 hosted by Mrs I G Greer at 2 30 Circle 2 by Mrs J Frank Moore at 2 30 Circle 3 by Mrs E S Coffey at 2 30
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Circles of the Baptist Church
I. G. Greer
J. Frank Moore
E. S. Coffey
The Feller Who Fears Error Stays Put
A proverb-like line notes that a person who fears being wrong will remain in their current position rather than risk change. It emphasizes caution over growth and suggests comfort in familiar ground.
Cove Creek School and Vicinity News Highlights
The play The Little Clodhopper by local talent raised more than 47 dollars for Henson chapel church. High School girls beat Boone 16 to 10 on the local court. Box supper netted 135 dollars for Willowdale Baptist church. Marriage Clark Swift and Maggie Phillips noted. Several residents traveled to Florida for winter, others attended court in Lenoir. A Runaway horse injured Paul Bingham but he recovered to return to school. The infant Mast child died last Sunday and was buried Monday. Care for Don Horton’s hospital stay and speedy recovery wished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clodhopper
Henson Chapel
Winnie Thornburg
Gertrude Bundy
John O. Ellington
Frank P. Hill
Dallas
Jamestown
Clayton
Newberry
S. C
H. E. Deal
B. S. Dugger
Florida
S. F. Horton
Lenoir
Boards of Education and Commissioners
John M. Tuttle
Cove Creek
Boone Girls
Paul Bingham
G. D. Bingham
Willowdale Baptist Church
Don J. Horton
Grapes Pruning Advised By County Agent Steele
County Agent Steele urges pruning grape vines now with December or January best. Pruning renews fruiting wood and should follow the chosen training system. Keep strong canes, grow wood for next year, and remove dead diseased weak wood and suckers. John B. Steele.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Steele
How to Be Popular Boost Your Country and Business
Advice urging immediate civic and local effort to boost the town and its people. Emphasizes timely action to gain reputation while warning that death could end chances for advancement. May reflect a civic or self help perspective of the period.
Friends of Mr Ed Luttrell Recovering From Auto Crash
The many friends of Mr Ed Luttrell will be glad to know that he is recovering from the near fatal auto accident chronicled in last week's paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Luttrell
Trustees Change Lees McRae School Year Schedule
Lees McRae Institute trustees approve shifting the school year from April–December to September–May. Attendees from Concord Presbytery and Lenoir First Presbyterian joined, with a supper hosted by the student body. Trustees also reviewed the hospital project and planned additional buildings for the Grandfather Orphans Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lees McRae Institute
Edgar Taft
Fraser Hood
Davidson College
George W. Hall Hickory
J. H. Beall
A. A. McLean
Lenoir
J. T. Pritchett
J. A. Bush, Jr
C. D. Guire
Rock House
Grandfather Orphans Home
Roll Call Supper and Epis Copal Meeting at Valle Crucis
About seventy communicants of the Episcopal church gathered December 3 at the Mission school dining room in Valle Crucis for an annual roll call and supper. The meeting followed a series of November group sessions studying church responsibilities from the book My Father's Business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valle Crucis
Episcopal Church
J. P. Burke
Harding Hughes
Greensboro
Mission
New Church Building Fund
Seventh Grade Examinations Collaboration Request
County Superintendent Smith Hagaman asks teachers to report needed copies and proposed exam dates. State department opens branch office no 6 at Watauga County Bank for auto and truck license sales and title applications. Mr and Mrs W H Gragg left on a business trip to Asheville Sunday evening and have not returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Hagaman
The
State Department
Watauga’ County
W. H. Gragg
Asheville
Ask Completion of Highway No. 69
A Wa tauga county delegation led by the Board of County Commissioners Senator-elect John E. Brown and Representative I. G. Greer traveled to Winston-Salem to petition the State Highway Commission for completing project 69 from Jefferson to Newland. The Linville Improvement Company backs a Shulls Mills Foscoe Linville route while supporters downriver favor Banner Elk to Newland. the aim is to have the road completed, via either path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
John E. Brown
I. G. Greer
Boone
Shulls Mills
Valle Crucis
Foscoe
Jefferson
Newland
Linville
Banner Elk
Co operative Marketing Said To Have Come To Stay
Raleigh reports North Carolina farmers embrace cooperative marketing after the Eastern Carolina Produce Exchange at Mount Olive Calypso and Mount Olive signed three year contracts. George R. Ross notes past losses followed by profits and surpluses shared among members as proof the plan works and farmers gain value from joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
George R. Ross
Ross
Eastern Carolina Produce Exchange
Calypso
Mount Olive
Children Helped by Boone Teachers at Thanksgiving Service
In Boone a Thanksgiving service organized by public school teachers gathered many children to bring food for distribution to widows and orphans. The hall filled with corn potatoes beans apples meats and canned goods. The collected items will be given to the needy as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone
Elgin man recalls lucky penny myth on bridge
A Bristol Times and Mirror reader reports a tale from Elgin about tossing a penny over a bridge at a first train crossing. He says the coin brought luck but the string nearly tangled during retrieval.
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Bristol Times and Mirror
Duke to Found Duke University and Endowment Plan
James B. Duke makes a 40 million gift for education and benevolence. A 6 million land and building fund funds the new Duke University site. Endowment proceeds support orphanages churches rural Methodist ministers Davidson Furman Johnson C. Smith hospitals and other charities in North Carolina and the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Duke
North Carolina
Duke University
Methodist Episcopal
Davidson College
Furmany
Greenville
S.C
Johnson C. Smith University
Charlotte
Deservering Charitites
Third Grade History Program Impresses P T A
The P T A meeting on Friday December 5 featured a third grade history program with impersonations of Columbus Ponce de Leon Sir Walter Raleigh Virginia Dare John Smith Pocahontas and Miles Standish. Dr Alexander of Columbia spoke in the Training School auditorium drawing attention away from the principal speaker. Despite rain the meeting was well attended and entertaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teachers Association
Alexander
Columbia University
New York
Columbus
Ponce de Leon
Sir Walter Raleigh
Virginia Dare
John Smith
Pocahontas
Miles Standish
Notable Visitors At Training School And A Close Basketball Game
Reverend Woosley led chapel at the Training School amid a thunder shower and gusty weather. Crossmore edged the Training School 28 to 26 after a tense back and forth in Friday’s showcase. Distinguished visitors Dr. Hunter, Dr. Alexander, and Dr. Hillman toured campus, spoke on teacher prep, board education, and school work, and expressed strong interest in the school’s programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Downum
M. B. Woosley
Methodist Church
Crossmore
Crossnore
H .T. Hunter
Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School
Thos Alexander
Peabody College
Columbia University
James E. Hillman
Hunter
Alexander
Hillman
Chapel
State Board of Education
Fisheries Commission Nears Completion of Five Hatcheries
J. K. Dixon of Trenton says North Carolina will soon have five hatcheries in Haywood Watauga Alleghany Marion and Fayetteville with three trout facilities and two bass facilities. Eggs ordered total 800000 rainbow and 500000 brook trout with initial shipments starting December and later self production reducing costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Dixon
Trenton
Fisheries Commission
Raleigh
News and Observer
Haywood County
Balsam
Watauga County
Boone
Alleghany County
Roaring Gap
Marion
Fayetteville
Pete Murphy
Walter Murphy
House of Representatives
Morrison Hatchery
Dixon
U. S. Bureau of Fisheries
Pennsylvania
Bass Hatchery
Watauga Hatchery
Meats Camp Notes Amid Rain and Illness
Local column reports heavy east rain yet finds beauty in fall. Mentions Mr N E Moretz and J R Miller on a business trip to North Wilkesboro. Sickness seen in community likely light flu. Mrs J C Proffit visits son W H Proffit in Sands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. E. Moretz
J. R. Miller
North Wilkesboro
Kemp Wilson
Chestnut Grove
Baptist Church
Peffcoat
J. C. Proffit
W. H. Proffit
Sands
Miss Ola
George Main
Tamarack
Foscoe Happenings and Local Visits Report
Local notes describe ongoing hog slaughter and sausage making. Visitors include Miss Alena McCain and Miss Minnie Coffey returning from an eastern state trip and J D Coffey with family visiting Blowing Rock. Grief over Mrs Patrick's death and concern for Mr Ed Luttrell’s injuries are noted. community kindness and meals are described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foscoe
Eber Gragg
Alena McCain
Minnie Coffey
J. D. Coffey
Blowing Rock
Charlie Cole
H. Brinkley
Cove Creek
McCain
Sheriff Young
Ronda Davis
Noah Chuck
Todd
Virginia Coffey
Woodie
Skulls Mills
Walters
W. H. Byrd
Patrick
Ed. Luttrell
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Lenoir- Hickory
Caldwell County
Ralph Boldin
Marshal
Milton
Lee Powell
Boldin
Teague
E. H. Kerby
Ruth Boldin
Lucy White
Daisy Barlow
Winnie Powell
A. R. Barlow
Miss Bender
Miss Kirkpatrick
Merrit
Spurling
Daisy
Scottie Sue
Olive Barlow
Cove Creek School
Steele
Trustees OF
Lees
I Rae
Wataugans
Winston-Salem
State Highway Commission
Co-Operative
Duke
Watauga
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