Men’s Club Organized Here Tuesday Night
Initial steps for a new social Men’s Club were taken at a meeting in Boone at the Critcher Hotel Tuesday. J A Sproles was elected president and Robert W Pulliam named secretary and treasurer. A organizing committee will draft bylaws and a constitution and seek an appropriate name. The roster includes Tracy Councill J A Sproles R D Hodges J B Taylor L S Isaacs O L Hardin P A Coffey M P Critcher J F Greer T Milton Greer W E Comer and others.
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Critcher Hotel
Boone
Critcker Hotel
J. A. Sproles
Robert W. Pulliam
O. L. Hardin
W. E. Comer
Clarence Dixon
Tracy Councill
R. D. Hodges
J. B. Taylor
L. S. Isaacs
Cove Creek Happenings Highlights From February Events
Rebecca Taylor represented Sugar Grove at a declamation contest at Lenoir Rhyne College in Hickory. The Cove Creek Clarion newspaper debuted under student editors and faculty adviser. A Glee Club concert pleased attendees, led by Louise Wetmore. Home economics students hosted a luncheon for officials. The Cove Creek boys won three basketball games in Caldwell County, defeating Patterson High and two Lenoir students.
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Sugar Grove
Rebecca Taylor
Lenoir-Rhyne College
Hickory
S._ F. Horton
Cove Creek
Silverstone
Glee Club
Louise Wetmore
Cove Creek High School
Board of Education
Ruby Mast
Grace Hurst
Ruth Thomas
Ruth Greer
Frances Farthing
Caldwell County
Patterson High School
Lenoir
Patterson
Wanted in Davidson County false pretense case and manhunt
Judge Ogelsby ordered a capial for George F. Bingham of Watauga County. Bingham is wanted in Lexington for false pretenses after trading for a store with notes secured by mortgages on land claimed at 34 acres. The deed allegedly described more land than existed and the suspect disappeared after taking stock and fixtures. Coffey, a Lenoir native, is serving a life sentence in Wisconsin for the murder of Hattie Hales Coffey, whom he allegedly married in a bigamous union.
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Ogelsby
Davidson County
George F. Bingham
Watauga County
Lexington
Bingham
Bond
William M. Coffey
Lenoir
Wisconsin
Waupun
Hattie Hales Coffey
Coffey
Civitan club banquet links Boone and Abingdon leaders
Virginia citizens from Boone and Abingdon met at the Daniel Boone hotel in a Civitan club banquet with mayors, college presidents, and business leaders from both towns. Speakers extolled citizenship, harmony, and cross state ties, while a prize went to Mrs. J. F. Moore and attendees listed from both communities. News items include judicial pay raise and tax proposal, plus a Texas preacher fined for loud hallelujahs.
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of Boone and
Abingdon
Daniel Boone Hotel
Abingdon Civitan Club
Boone
Geo. Moore
Martha Washington College
I. B. Wells
Civitan Club
I. G. Greer
Appalachian State Normal School
Swanee_ River
Carolina
Old Virginny
C. D. Curtis
Civitan
Phil Smith
Abingdon Club
E. W. Potts
B. B. Dougherty
Dougherty
Virginia
North Carolina
J. F. Moore
H. M. Elliott
Con T. Rush
N. O. Akers
FE. S. Clark
T. H. Crabtree
Fred C. Parks
F. H. Moore
A. W. Croswhite
C. J. Ritchie
T. H. Francisco
J. E. Clifton
Roby C. Thompson
Eileen Davenport
E. A. Potts
John W. Neal
J. Paul Campbell
R. D. Hodges
W. E. Comer
G. P. Hagaman
Smith Hagaman
Edith Knight
J. M. Gaither
Ruth Dotson
Blanche Gaither
W. H. Gragg
Ford Refused Billions For Plant In History Making Offers
Washington lawmakers heard that Ford Motor Co turned down three offers of 1.6 billion dollars for its plant in five years. John W. Prentiss testified that Henry and Edsel Ford rejected the cash proposals. The brokers Hornblower and Weeks allegedly led the high valuations. The case concerns a 1919 sale of minority stock to Henry Ford and tax disputes.
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Ford Motor Company
Henry
Edsel Ford
John W. Prentiss
New York
Henry Ford
Weeks
Ford
Mitchell Man Donates Deer Herd to North Carolina
Former State Senator J E Burleson of Spruce Pine Mitchell county gifts his private deer herd of about 500 to North Carolina for care and possible state preserves. Major Wade H Phillips directs conservation efforts and Burleson offers land for a state preserve with neighbor W W Bailey ready to assist.
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North Carolina
J. E. Burleson
Mitchell County
Wade H. Phillips
Department of Conservation and Development
Burleson
Raleigh
Sutton
W. W. Bailey
Always in Trouble featured at Deep Gap consolidated school
Deep Gap notes a February play titled Always in Trouble staged by Brownwood school talent with thirteen cast members. Local events include a fatal self inflicted shooting by a Mitchell Greene relative and various community updates on residents, business prospects, fox hunting, and church meetings.
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Deep Gap
Deep Gap Consolidated
Brownwood School
Mitchell Greene
Watauga-Wilkes Line
Charlie Greene
Roy Greer
Lenoir
Abner Watson
Elk Creek Lumber Company
Radium Springs Corporation of America
Ashe County
A. E. Wellborn
J. A. Watson
Princie Green
Levi Greene
Rutherwood Church
Plays at Cove Creek High School entertain Cran dall actors
Two plays presented Thursday night at Cove Creek High School featured talent from Crandall Tennessee. The first play That Rascal Pat and the second Always in Trouble drew a large audience and were enjoyed by many.
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Cove Creek High School
Crandall, Tenn
Rascal Pat
Fire truck aids quick Blowing Rock blaze at Young's Cafe
Blowing Rock's new fire truck was dispatched after a rubbish fire under Young's Cafe floor was spotted by Chief Gene Story. Firemen quickly extinguished the blaze with Engineer Rob Greene driving the truck and Assistant Chief Lloyd Underdown directing efforts.
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Rupert Gillett
Blowing Rock
Young’s Cafe
Gene Story
Rob Greene
Lloyd Underdown
Panella
Boone Road
Underdown
Jurors Drawn For Spring Watauga Superior Court
A list of jurors drawn Monday for the Watauga superior court to convene in Boone on Monday March 28 with Judge Moore presiding.
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Watauga Superior Court
Boone
Moore
House Passes Soldier Loans Bill Direct to Veterans
The House approved unanimously a bill allowing direct government loans to World War I veterans on adjusted compensation certificates. Loans will bear 6 percent interest and be administered by the Veterans' Bureau under General Hines.
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House of Representatives
United States
Interesting Meeting of Watauga Post No 130 American Legion
The Watauga Post No 130 American Legion held a well attended meeting in the old Watauga County Bank hall. The Ladies Auxiliary joined, refreshments were served by A W Smith and Auxiliary members, and plans for a Fourth of July celebration were set in motion.
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Watauga Post No. 130
American Legion
Watauga
W. E. Comer
Vance C. Howell
W. H. Gragg
A. W. Smith
Deer misreported killed in Triplett community
Corre spondent retracts claim a deer was killed last week and reports the animal remained alive after being seen near the Hayes home. Social visits include Mr and Mrs Walter Watson of Boone visiting in Triplett.
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Triplett
Cal Greene
Jacob S. Hayes
Walter Watson
Boone
D. M. Wheeler
Mount Pleasant Church
James Watson
West Virginia
N. G. Wheeler
Ed Hampton
James Hayes
Hestoria Miller
Will Greer
W. S. Carroll
Virgie Wheeler
Bluefield
W. Va
Jessie Dean Hayes
Bettie Hayes
Blue Ridge Happenings and Local Notes
Groundhog forecasts six more weeks of cough weather as Caldwell officers destroy a distillery on government land near the line. Mrs. Finley Gragg improves after illness while Merrit Coffey plans to open a Blowing Rock shop after barbering study in Charlotte. Rev N Baldwin’s death saddens the Blue Ridge area. Will Elkis and Etta Gragg enjoy a Caldwell honeymoon. Paper money from ancient China is noted.
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Caldwell
Caldwell County
Finley Gragg
J. Allen Gragg
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Abingdon Civic Organization
North Carolina General Assembly
Supreme and Superior Court
Winston
Houston
Texas
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Washington
Wall Street
Mitchell
Blowin
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Greene
John J. Blair
Consolidated School
G. C. Robbins
J. T. Miller
Ed Underdown
Blair
Green Park
Baily
Wonderland Drive
Laurel Park
Blowing Rock Hill
Joe Panella
Charlotte
Herman Cone
Moses H. Cone
Bald Mountain
Geo
Wilson Beaver Dam
M. M. Cornett Perce
Beaver Dam
Stony Fork
Ae Eee Miller
G. W. Church
J. S. Baird
Shawneehaw
C. E. Townsend
Shawneelaw
F. Townsend
Shawnee
David Yates
Shawn D. W. Lawrence
W. C. Calloway
E. H. Hollifield
Watauga Co
W. Rowe
Hill Isaacs
Jethro Wilson
W. L. Austin
Lee Robbins
F. F. Holder
Blue Ridge
W. C. Lyons
Boone Boone
Ba Idol
W. T. Baird Watauga
Lonnie Greene Watauga
Cone
Mayview Park
Paul Kluttz
George Sudderth
Siulls Mills
Coral Gables
Fla
Miami
Florida
Mayview
Mayview Manor
Legion
Triplett News
China
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