Game and Fish Club Organized Here
A Boone county sportsmen delegation formed the Watauga Game and Fishing Club at the Daniel Boone hotel to protect local game and fish. Officers elected: President F. A. Linney, Vice President Robert W. Pulliam, Secretary Richard R. Johnson. annual dues set at 1.00. Plans include trout stream improvement and landowner fishing access, plus a bounty on snakes and hawks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone
Daniel Boone
James W. Bryan
Watauga Game and Fishing Club
F. A. Linney
Robert W. Pulliam
Richard R. Johnson
J. W. Bryan
Grady Farthing
R. K. Bingham
Lindburgh Reaches Virgin Islands on Caribbean Flight
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh completes another leg of his Caribbean tour landing at St. Thomas after a ten hour five minute flight from Caracas. About 2,000 locals gather despite rain to cheer the aviator as a 21 gun presidential salute marks the milestone.
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St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Virgin Islanders
Charles A. Lindburgh
Caracas
Venezuela
North Carolina Population Figures Updated by Census Bureau
The census bureau estimates North Carolina’s 1927 population at 2,897,000, an increase of 320,000 since 1920 and 246,000 from unofficial 1921 figures. The state health board at Raleigh was notified of the update.
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North Carolina
Bureau of Census
United States Department of Commerce
State Board of Health
Raleigh
Highway Commission Will Not Seek More Funds
The North Carolina state highway commission, in session, unanimously passed a resolution declining to ask the next General Assembly to authorize an additional bond issue for future state road construction. Chairman Frank Page declined to comment on the resolution or any discussed Tarheelia road plans.
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Highway Commission
Raleigh
Jan
State Highway Commission
General Assembly
Frank Page
Commission
Tarhelia
Normal Normalites to Face Piedmont in Key Friday Clash
U S N S meets Piedmont College here tomorrow with a 7 p m start after a successful road swing. Tonight the squad plays East Tennessee Teachers College in Johnson City Tenn aiming to extend a 9 3 record and remaining schedule. John Spencer Bassett 60 renowned author and historian died in Washington two hours after a motor car collision. his Asheville home is noted.
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Piedmont College
Johnson City
Tenn
East Tennessee Teachers College
Rutherford, Catawba
Wingate Colleges
John Spencer Bassett
Washington City
Mr. Bassett
Asheville
Senator James A Reed to Speak at DAR in Raleigh
Senator James A Reed of Missouri, an avowed Democratic presidential candidate, will address the North Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution in Raleigh on March 27. The program spotlights Reed as a featured speaker for the state DAR event.
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James A. Reed
Missouri
North Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution
Raleigh
Witty Exchange Highlights Social Theater
In a playful exchange from the era a speaker laments not knowing a wife while another retorts on the nature of pleasure. This terse dialogue reflects social wit and campus style humor common in period collections.
Lowden's bid for the Republican nomination outlined
Albert W. Fox profiles Frank O. Lowden, Illinois governor and farm policy advocate, detailing his health, resolve, and preconvention campaign stance. Fox notes Lowden's leadership on farm relief, willingness to study methods, and his 1926 Sweden Denmark trip informing cooperative farming in America.
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Albert W. Fox
Washington Post
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Mr. Lowden
Mr. Fox
Lowden
Sinnissippi Farm
Dawes
Hoover
Sweden
Denmark
Farmer
Northwest
Watauga Building and Loan Posts Strong Year
Watauga Building and Loan Association reports a solid year ending December 31, 1927. With the first series matured, shareholders received 26000 in cash and cancelled mortgages. assets total 351801.39, up 86896.71 from last year. Prepaid stockholders earned six percent, installment shares eight point four percent.
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Watauga Building and Loan Association
Jenkins & Smith
W. H. Gragg
Building and Loan Association
Mrs. Nelia Presnell Dies After Stroke at 61
Mrs. Nelia Presnell widow of Thomas Presnell of Brushy Fork died at the Hagaman home Thursday after suffering a stroke earlier that day. She 61 and had lived as a housekeeper in Boone area. Funeral held at Willowdale Baptist Church with interment nearby. Survived by son Vance Presnell of Vilas.
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Thos. Presnell
Nelia Presnell
Thomas Presnell
Brushy Fork
George P. Hagaman
Frank Moore
Winston-Salem
Hagaman
R. C. Eggers
Cove Creek Notes Appoint New Home Economics Supervisor
Mrs. Kate R. Curtis of Cleveland Tennessee has taken charge of home economics at Cove Creek High School. She is a University of Alabama graduate. The girls' basketball team beat Boone High School 24 to 14. The school plans a negro minstrel soon as fundraising. Mrs. Clark Swift and Mr. N L Mast are mentioned among local staff and illnesses.
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Cove Creek Sugar Grove
Kate R. Curtis
Cleveland
Tenn
Cove Creek High School
Boone High School
N. L. Mast
Clark Swift
Howard Simpson
Mr Boldin Improves After Auto Wreck Near Green Park
J A Boldin, badly injured in an ice slick wreck a week ago one mile from Green Park hotel while driving a truck home from Boone, is improving in the local hospital and is considered out of danger. Passersby carried him to care after the skid and slide on thin ice.
Turning over a New Leaf at the Jail Visit
In a visiting day scene a prisoner vows to reform. A kindly speaker urges meditation and correction as he replies that his next job will be with gloves. The anecdote appears in American Legion Weekly.
Watauga’s First Brick House and Old Mill Tale
The Boone Trail passes Vilas to an ancient mill with an overshot wheel grinding corn for locals who follow old customs. Across the road stands Watauga County’s first brick house built by Benjamin Councill about 82 years ago, likely with bricks from Johnson City. Neighbors joined in a house raising, sharing food, drink, and a day of labor ending in a social feast and dancing.
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Ruper Gillett
Winston-Salem Journal
Vilas
Boone
Benjamin Councill
Polly Horton
Sherwood
Negborhood
Mexico
Watauga County
Horton
Groundhog Shadow Forecast For Early Spring
Weather lore says if the groundhog sees its shadow at daybreak, it will retreat back underground and six weeks of rough weather follow. If the sun is hidden all day, spring is near.
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Sol
Sanity evidence heard in Hickman murder case
In Los Angeles the sanity trial of William E. Hickman opens with defense depositions alleging a lineage of mental illness. Testimony cites grandfather Otto Buck deemed crazy, mother Eva Hickman once confined for nervous disease, and a family history of instability. The case, begun earlier this week, is expected to run several days.
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Los Angeles
Cal
William E. Hickman
Arkansas
Hickman
Otto Buck
Eva Hickman
Arkansas State Hospital
Thos. Hickman
Kansas City
Thos S Watson Stricken by Paralysis in Lenoir
Thos S Watson of the Virgil section lies in critical condition at the home of his son in law George Greer at Lenoir after a stroke suffered while returning from the Yadkin Valley with a load of corn. He has not spoken since and friends fear for his recovery.
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Thos. S Watson
Virgil
George Greer
Lenoir
Watson
Yadkin Valley
January Temperatures Logged at Daniel Boone Park
Mrs S M Ayers records January temperatures at Daniel Boone Park. The coldest day was the 2nd with 16 degrees below zero, the warmest on the 28th at 54 degrees, and the month’s average temperature reported as 26 degrees.
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S. M. Ayers
Daniel Boone Park
Land of Beginning Again
Poem excerpt describing a hopeful land where mistakes and selfish grief are shed like old coats. It envisions forgiveness and kindness, reimagining past wrongs as gains, with laughter as the core aim for a fresh start.
Misery Moon charms Blowing Rock audience despite cold
In Blowing Rock Feb 1 the play Misery Moon drew praise from a smaller crowd due to near zero weather. A. E. Mercer starred as the title character with a full local cast including Miss Annie Greene and Velma Cannon.
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Blowing Rock
Blowing Rock School
A. E. Mercer
Annie Greene
Mr. Castle
Mr. Tutt
Velma Cannon
Pearl Webb
Rosebud Reese
Paul Foster
Spencer Greene
Edna Miller
Watauga Post 130 American Legion to Meet Friday
The Watauga Post No. 130 will hold its regular meeting at the Legion hall Friday February 3 at 7 45 p m Some important matters will be brought before the post Members are urged to attend Com S S Isaacs Commander J W Norris Adjutant Submarine slogan Join the navy and see the next world Bridgeport Star
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Watauga Post No. 130
American Legion
Legion Hall
S. S. Isaacs
J. W. Norris
Adj
Navy
Bridgeport Star
Representative Berger Seeks Federal Fund to Fight Illiteracy
Washington on January 31 Representative Berger the sole Socialist in Congress proposed a bill for a 12 006 000 federal literacy fund. The plan would provide 2 000 000 for the first six years to aid states in addressing illiteracy and counter mob activity linked to ignorance.
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Washington
United States
Berger
Wisconsin
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Col
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GOV
Watauga Building and Loan
Watauga
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Thos. S. Watson
Vaughn Hartley
Fred Hartley
Hartley
Trene Jenkins
Omer Coffey
Edward Robbins
Charles Robbins
Edward Coffey
Luther Green
Dennis Coffey
Jay Castle
Norman Pitts
Verdola Wal
Arlene Jenkins
Coffey
Opal Pitts
Beulah Elise Pitts
Bessie Weoten
Stuart Cannon
Pyrevette’s
Gem Cafe
Cannon
Lena Miller Robbins
G. C. Robbins
Margaret Miller
Louise Prevette
Dave Story
Nancy Ward
Bettie Jane Robbins
Grace Hartley
Bill Williams
Grover Robbins
R. V. Norman
Knoxville
Charlotte
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