Holiday visitors fill Boone with Christmas cheer
Local notes list Miss Gladys Swift and numerous visitors from Huntersville Mountain City Shelby Abingdon Valle Crucis and Charlotte spending Christmas in Boone. Several residents like Dr B E Reeves and Prof J A Williams face losses and injuries. a Valle Crucis citizen John Baird dies with details forthcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Swift
Huntersville
Park Jones
Mountain City
Boone
Bynum S. Dobbin
Legerwood
Democrat
Anita Winkler
Shelby
J. L. Winkler
Sofia Eller
Abingdon
Cicero Greer
Horace Dowling Jr
Charlotte
Jeannette
Carolyn Dowling
Washington
Gurney Brinkley
Raleigh
Mabel Brown
Valle Crucis
Joan Griffin
Brooklyn
N. Y
D. Grady Moretz
Junior
Gastonia
M. W. Beach
Vestal
C. C
Mortimer
Frank M. Payne
Sanford
S. E. Gragg
Skulls Mills
Elijah Gragg
Calvin Coffey
Edgar Brown
University of South Carolina, Columbia
Fayetteville
J. A. Bush
June
Jean
Bush
Chapel Hill
University
J. A. Williams
Ruth Kelly
R. L. Clay
H. O. Dowling
Thomas D. Murphy Co
Red Oak
Mountain
Piedmont
North Carolina
Washington, D. C
Dowling
B. E. Reeves
West Jefferson
Newt Barnes
Christmas Program Highlights Livingston Club Meeting
The Livingston Club held its December meeting on Thursday evening December 20 at Mrs. James Councill's home. Mrs. Jim Horton led the program with a club carol and Bible reading on the birth of Christ followed by Mrs. Horner's reading of The Gift of the Magi and a duet Silent Night by Mrs. J. A. Mullins and another member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston Club
James Councill
Jim Horton
Grady Farthing
Horner
J. A. Mullins
Christmas Week Off Delays The Democrat Publication
The Democrat announces a one week hiatus after Christmas with regular time resuming the following issue. It notes Bishop Bowman’s Episcopal confirmation in Raleigh and reports on Judge Robinson’s conduct during Graham Superior Court. Also mentions Lyda’s Henderson County escape, Perry’s wounding, and opposition to new public-building bills in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democrat
Jacob Bowman
Bakersville
Mitchell County
Pritchard
Episcopal Church
Cathedral of the Good Shepherd
Raleigh
W.S. O’e. Robinson
Graham Superior Court
Rope Elias
Robinson
Elias
Gladstone
Tograph
Ransom
Mexico
Asheville
J. A. Perry
Morganton
John Lyda
Henderson County
Lyda
Perry
Mission Hospital
Congress
Club Social Raises Funds and Shares Toys for Needy Family
After the year start, the club discussed new business and fundraising ideas. Members brought toys and fruit to fill a basket for a needy family. Mrs Mullins distributed gifts from the tree in Santa’s absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. Whitener
Santa Claus
J. A. Mullins
Horner
Joel Crawford
Jim Horton
Fred Aldridge
Blair
Haces Tracy Councill
Mrs. Hoover
Worth While Club Christmas Meeting Celebrated
The Worth While Club held its annual Christmas meeting Tuesday at the Commercial Hotel. Hostesses Mesdames Teal and Qualls presided as carols echoed in a festively decorated lobby. Gifts for county cripples and the needy were gathered to be delivered before Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worth While Club
Commercial Hotel
Mesdames
C. W. Teal
E. S. Qualls
Ralph Winkler
Eric Greer
Marguerite Miller
Princess Cafe
Evening social notes prize winners at club gathering
Dinner was served followed by four progressions of contract with high scores earning prizes for Mrs. B M Linney and Mr. Gordon Winkler. Miss Eric Greer also won a prize for accumulating high score. Little Miss Hope Eller distributed gifts to all present. Guests included A R Smith Rommel Porter B M Linney David F Greene Douglas Redmond Jim Rivers Dean Bingham Eric Greer Anita Winkler Gordon Winkler Bernard Dougherty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. M. Linney
Gordon Winkler
Eric Greer
Letters to Santa Share Wish Lists From Kellerville
Three young locals pen notes to Santa in The Democrat outlining Christmas hopes. Margie Harman asks for a doll and sewing items with Miss Beech Creek serene, while a younger boy requests a doll bed a gun and a toy car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Kellerville
Margie Harman
Beech Creek, N. C
R. L. Harman
Dula Hospital Opens in Lenoir North Carolina
Dr. Fred Dula opens a new modern hospital at Ashe and Boundary streets in Lenoir with fifteen rooms and full surgical facilities. Dr. J. H. Shuford of Hickory joins as surgeon, bringing extensive credentials from the American College of Surgeons and wartime base hospital leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenoir
N. C
Fred Dula
Ashe and
Boundary Streets
Dula
J. H. Shuford
Hickory
A. W. Dula
Watauga County
University of North Carolina
Vanderbilt University
University Hospital
Nashville
North Carolina State Board
Edna Miller
Courtney ‘Bradley
Dula Hospital
Founder of Adams Name In Watauga Came to U S With La Fayette Army
The article recounts Easter Adams widow of John Adams who after his death in 1823 ran farming and household operations. She supported ten children and their descendants, kept thrift records, and marketed weaving goods in new country stores while providing for local schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easter
Mistress Ward
Watauga River
Easter Adams
Three Forks
Boone
William Farthing
Beaver Dam
Cove Creek
Alfred
Leah Adams
John
Watauga
U.S
la Fayette
John Adams
Wilson
Kennel Murder Case Continues With Questioning
In the interrogation at the Kennel Murder case, Miss Lake suggests Mr Brisbane Coe should not hear the pair arriving together. Vance probes Grassi about his coat and hat, noting he carried them to his room to avoid noise. Grassi’s pallor betrays nerves as authorities plan further questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Markham
Archer Coe
Archer
Vance
Brisbane
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Glenn Coffey
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