Rat and Locust Tree Echoes Mark Appalachian Life
Freshmen recount a 18 inch wharf rat wandering Newland Hall while locals joke about Feet Lentz. A Carolina Store scene shows a reluctant shopper and Mildred Greer, then Ester Setzer fells a historic locust tree once shading the Democrat office. John Sherrill frets as the tree’s loss disrupts his workshop path. The Carolean Coffee Shop opens in Boone under Mrs. Dowling’s management.
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Leroy Sossamon
Ce C
Appalachian State College
Newland Hall
Fred W
Lentz
Fred W “Feet” Lentz
Ester Setzer
Carolina
Democrat
Sketchman
Cleveland
Maine
Ester
Temperance Crusaders
Five Thousand Dollars Mailed to Shareholders
Two hundred bank checks totaling about five thousand dollars were mailed to residents as the Watauga Building and Loan Association distributed semi annual profits to prepaid stockholders. Secretary W H Gragg notes there has never been a missed dividend date in ten years and that the 24th series opens January 1. He cites strong sales of installment shares, the association’s role in financing homes in Watauga County, and its solid safety record among North Carolina building and loan groups with nine billion national assetsExpires.
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Watauga Building and Loan Association
W. H. Gragg
United States
Watauga County
North Carolina
Association
Rat Poison Available for Farm Eradication Campaign
Civitan Club officials announced government poison bait for farmers in Boone. The supply is dispensed at City Meat Market at cost with no profit, costing 50 cents per farm, as part of a state wide anti rat campaign in the absence of a county agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civitan Club
Boone
Santa Claus fired for kissing teen on job in Memphis
Harvey E. Mann who impersonated Santa Claus in a Memphis department store was dismissed after a father complained his 17 year old daughter was kissed on Santa’s knee. Mann said he did not recall the incident while describing past performances lifting a bull and touring with the act.
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Memphis
Tenn
Santa Claus
Harvey E
Mann
Florida
Prowlers Loot Otts Place Second Time
Last Saturday night an unknown person forced entry at Ott's Place, a local cafe, and stole $11 from the cash drawer along with a considerable amount of candy. This is the second break in within a few months with no arrests yet.
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Ott’s Place
P. C. Moore Lumber Mill Near Oak Grove Church
The P. C. Moore Lumber Company plans a circular saw mill on the Gross property near Oak Grove Baptist Church and expects operation soon. Mr. Moore of Lenoir heads the project with several workers to be hired. hardwood boundaries secured and logs to sustain ongoing production for the furniture trade.
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P. C. Moore ‘Lumber Company
Oak Grove Baptist Church
Checks for Civil War veterans arrive in county
Pension checks for Lee and Jackson followers and widows of Confederate soldiers arrived last week. Clerk Austin E. South reports eight War veterans from Watauga County receive $182.50 each totaling $1,460, and 27 widows receive pensions totaling $1,450 with 25 at $50 and two at $100.
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Lee
Jackson
Austin E. South
Watauga County
Funeral of Dean Mast Held Friday
Dean Mast 17 son of Clyde and Mrs Mast of Sugar Grove died Thursday from suspected blood poisoning after eye problems and tonsil surgery at Caldwell Hospital. Funeral at Willowdale Baptist Church with burial in family cemetery. Survived by parents three brothers and three sisters. he aided in the family mercantile business during summer and early fall.
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Sugar Grove
Willowdale Church
Dean Mast
Clyde ‘Mast
Caldwell Hospital
Willowdale Baptist Church
P. A. Hicks
G. C. Graham
Young Mast
Eddie Cantor Donates Book to Appalachian College Library
Screen and radio star Eddie Cantor donated his life story titled My Life Is in Your Hands to the Appalachian State Teachers College library in Boone. The volume portrays the actor's career and experiences.
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Eddie Cantor
Appalachian State Teachers College
Boone
Faith Hope and Charity Trees Wish to Spread Christmas Spirit
Three evergreen trees on a mountain side imagine serving others this Christmas. Faith wants to become decorated trees to brighten families. Hope envisions aiding institutions and sharing gifts with children and the elderly. Charity hopes to illuminate a public square for carols and peace on earth.
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Faith
Hope
Charity
Christ
Mrs Sallie Cable Dies After Illness In Boone
Sallie Cable 84, widow of Anderson Cable and former wife of Warren Greene, died at her daughter Mrs. R. S. Swift’s Boone home after several days of heart trouble. Funeral at Bethel Baptist Church with interment in Green Cemetery. Surviving are two sons Dudley and Conley Greene, an adopted son Dayton Greene, a daughter Mrs. R. S. Swift, nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Snow fell ten inches disrupting travel as roads and rail lines faced delays across Watauga.
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Sallie” Cable
Anderson Cable
R.S. Swift
Boone
P. A. Hicks
Bethel Baptist Church
Beaver Dam
Green Cemetery
Timbered Ridge
Dudley, Greene
Conley Greene
Dayton Greene
R. S. Swift
Christmas Budgets by Leroy Sossamon
An essayist vows to observe Christmas differently by trimming burdensome customs and cutting costs. He jokes about selling his purse and checkbook, calculating savings from suspenders and small luxuries, and notes the depression shapes frugal choices while teasing friends’ gifts.
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Leroy Sossamon
America
John H Faucette buried in Bristol Tenn
Funeral services were held in Bristol Tennessee for John Harper Faucette 67 who died after a six month illness. native of Caldwell County he became a leading Bristol merchant and president of Union Trust Bank. Survived by widow son Robert E and siblings J D Faucette G L Beall Laura Faucette and Mrs Frank Garvin.
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Bristol
Tenn
John Harper Faucette
Faucette
Caldwell County
E. W. Faucette
Lenoir
Union Trust Bank of
Watauga County
Congressman's Dangerous Illness Shocks Boone
Hon. Robert R. Butler, U.S. Representative from Oregon, lies near death in the capital city from pneumonia complications. Boone residents learn his condition is grave, with slight hope of recovery. He is well known in Boone, where he has visited his sister multiple times.
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Robert R. Butler
Congress
Oregon
Death
J. C. Rivers
Boone
Butler
Watauga Lodge to Elect New Officers Friday
D Farthing master announces a sad meeting of Watauga Lodge 273 A F and A M on Friday evening to elect new officers for the coming year. He urges full attendance of members.
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Watauga Lodge
D. Farthing
A. F
A. M
Ills of Justice Task Grindings at Watauga Court
The special term of Watauga Superior Court adjourned early as four lawyers including W R Lovill T E Bingham Wade E Brown and J E Holfhouser fell ill with colds or influenza. About a quarter of trials were completed with Judge Sink expressing willingness to return next summer if directed by the Governor.
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Watauga Superior Court
W. R. Lovill
T. E. Bingham
Wade E. Brown
J. E. Holfhouser
S. M. Hartley
Bill Henson
Sink
Test Tube Explosion Injures College Student in Boone Lab
Miss Elizabeth Spears of West Jefferson a senior at Appalachian State Teachers College lost sight in her left eye and suffered facial lacerations when a test tube exploded in the general science laboratory at Boone High School on Tuesday. The blast occurred during a coal gas manufacture demonstration watched by Miss Laurie Stewart under supervision. Spears was the sole injured and was resting well Wednesday morning.
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Elizabeth Spears
West Jefferson
Appalachian State Teachers College
General Science Laboratory
Boone High School
Miss Spears
Laurie Stewart
Lees-McRae Granted Phi Theta Kappa Chapter in NC
Lees-McRae College has been granted the Beta Tau Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Junior College Honorary Society, making it the first college in North Carolina to receive a chapter. Charter members include four from last year’s graduating class and one from the current senior class. The society promotes scholarship character and fellowship among junior college students nationwide.
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Lees-McRae College
Phi Theta Kappa Junior College
Lees-McRae
North Carolina
Phi Theta Kappa
Missouri
Eleanor Winfrey
William Wood College
United States
Phi
Theta
Winton Rankin Makes High Grades at College
Winton Rankin of Boone High School excels at Appalachian State Teachers College. Among 437 freshmen enrolled for fall quarter he ranks in the top seven for grades. Holidays start at noon Thursday, and the new term begins Tuesday January 3.
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Appalachian State Teachers College
Watauga County
Winton Rankin
Boone High School
Revival meetings closed by Rev. Ed Hodges in Tennessee
Rev. Ed Hodges of Oak Grove ended a successful revival at Milligan Baptist Church near Butler with conversions and additions to the church. He previously closed a December series at Key Station noted as highly successful.
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ED Hodges
Tennessee
Oak Grove
Milligan Baptist Church
Butler
Tenn
Hodges
Key Station
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Wiea LA
Uist
Santa
Paul Jones
Mina
Brotherhood
Madge
John H. Faucette
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Caldwell
Union Trust Bank
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National Society
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