Reading boom fuels a new national culture of books
The piece notes the United States as the leading reader nation and cites All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque as the era's most influential war novel. It also highlights Henry VIII by Francis Hackett as a prominent biography and recounts a Taft presidential toast event with Alice Roosevelt Longworth in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Germany
Denmark
Othor
Erich Maria Remarque
America
England
France
Aiography
Henry VIII
Francis ‘Ackett
Taft
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Bryan
Great Art Gallery
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Will Taft
Charlie
White House
Federation of Churches pushes Christian unity in America
The Federated Council of Churches Christ in America promotes cooperation among denominations to serve society and oppose materialism. Leaders in business and professions join to uphold Christian standards in commerce. Sectarian lines fade as unions form among Episcopal, Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian, Congregational, and Christian Churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federated Council of Churches Christ In America
Purose
Methodist Episcopal
America
Morgan Honored as Glen Cove First Honorary Member
The Glen Cove Chamber of Commerce elects J. P. Morgan as its first honorary member praising his civic interest and decade of active involvement.
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J. P. Morgan
Glen Cove
Long Island
Gallery Tickets Available for Jackson Day Dinner
John E. Brown of the Young Peoples Democratic Club of Watauga County says the Jackson Day Dinner in Raleigh on March 15 is sold out and standing room is scarce. He has a few gallery tickets left for those wishing to attend the event.
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John E. Brown
Young Peoples Democratic Club
Watauga County
Raleigh
Mr. Brown
Claude Miller Settlement Note Paid in Boone Case
Citizens recall Boone sued Claude E. Miller of High Point for 10000 dollars and interest. The first note of 500 dollars principal plus interest has been paid. A compromise with one third cash and notes for the rest spared criminal action and covered principal, interest and costs.
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Boone
Claude E. Miller
High Point
Clyde R. Greene
Board of Aldermen
Miller
Tobacco Education Proposal for Watauga Farmers
Apostle of Greeneville Clyde B Austin proposes sending a skilled young tobacco grower to Boone to aid 200 to 300 growers over eight months. The plan, at 60 dollars per week plus board, aims to improve burley crops and long term quality with hands on guidance. He cites potential community benefits and invites I G Greer to arrange the visit or contact him.
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I. G. Greer
Appalachian State Teachers College
Clyde B. Austin
Austin Tobacco Warehouse
Greeneville, Tenn
Boone, N. C
Boone
Cove Creek High Pupils Excel In Civitan Essay Contest
Twelve Cove Creek High School students entered the Boone Civitan Club essay contest. Winners were Jennie Love Lavola Carender and Clint Adams. Principal S F Horton and Mrs Horton attended the Civitan banquet at the Daniel Boone Hotel.
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Cove Creek
Newton Banner
Thornburg
Shaun
Cove Creek High School
Bristol
Johnson City
Boone Civitan Club
Jennie Love
Lavola Carender
Clint Adams
S. F. Horton
Horton
Civitan Club
Daniel Boone Hotel
Robert Bingham
W. O. Bingham
Luther Bingham
Jimmie
Dean Swift
Wiley Hodges Dies After Long Life of Service
Wiley Hodges a respected county elder died at the family home on Laurel Fork owned by his son Clay on Tuesday of last week. The funeral was led by Rev. Ed Hodges at Mt. Gilead church and he was laid to rest in Bair graveyard. He was described as a good inoffensive citizen with many descendants.
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Wiley Hodges
Laurel Fork
Clay
Ed Hodges
Mt. Gilead
Wiley
Watauga School Girl Sets High Grade Record
Miss Susan Winkler eleven daughter of Mr and Mrs P M Winkler of Skulls Mills R F C has passed the seventh grade examination with high marks besting older classmates She has not missed a day at school for three years and is praised as talented industrious and popular Her brother Milton previously made a stronger record and the community wishes them success in high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan
P. M. Winkler
Skulls Mills R. F. C
Milton
Bauguess Enters Race for Eighth District Nomination
Walter R. Bauguess Ashe County attorney announces candidacy for the Republican nomination in North Carolina’s Eighth District. He has chaired the Ashe Republican executive committee for eight years and served on the State executive committee for four. He was a delegate to the 1924 Cleveland convention nominating Calvin Coolidge.
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Jefferson
Walter R. Bauguess
Ashe County
Eighth
Bauguess
Ashe
North Carolina
Cleveland
Calvin Coolidge
Tobacco production plan from Tennessee department
R H Milton outlines a detailed tobacco plan including seed treatment, bed area, fertilization, plant spacing, insect control, topping, sucker removal, barn ventilation, careful harvesting, sorting, tying, bulking, and delivery. He notes copies available via Smith Hagaman, County Superintendent of Schools, with a Jacksonville poultry payment event totaling 1181.14 shared by over 100 Onslow farmers.
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R. H. Milton
Department of of Agriculture and Home Economies
State of Tennessee
Smith Hagaman
Onslow County
Jacksonville
Civitan Club hosts ladies night in Boone at Daniel Boone Hotel
The Boone Civitan Club, led by President George P. Haga, held a Ladies Night Saturday the 22nd with eighty plus members and spouses. A banquet, program of songs, speeches and stunts followed a Washington birthday theme with prize essays, a Kiddie quiz, and a "Ship of Citizenship" contest.
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George P. Hagaman
Boone Civitan Club
Daniel Boone Hotel
George Washington
I. G. Greer
North Carolina
Rev. Kent
Valle Crucis School For
Blanche Smith Ochestra
Lily Dale
Annie Stanbury
Miss Slate
Civitans
J. A. Yount
A. E. South
O. J. Chandler
M. E. Church
South
Boone
I. Greer
Ira T. Johnston
Jeffera
Washington
Mr. Johnston
Civitan
J. Frank Moore
Exi Gaswender
Vaile Crucis School
Virginia Dave Triplett
Vaile Cruc
Civitan Club
Lavola Carender
Jennie Love
Clint Adams
Cove Creek High School
Carolyn Blair
Mary Moretz
Boone High School
Marjory Deal
Valle Crucis School
Joe Bolick
Paul Foster
Glenn Coffey
Blowing Rock
Watt Gragg
Four Boone Ladies Host Live at Home Food Drive
Boone four ladies clubs and the Civitan Club sponsor a Live at Home program at Lovill Hall on Friday night February 28 at 7. Heads of families are invited to bring a box of food for two, made entirely from Watauga-grown products. The event aims to spark interest in a good garden for every home with speakers on gardening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone
Civitan Club
Lovill
Independent Merchants Name Officers for Year
The Watauga Independent Merchants Association met in Boone and formed a permanent organization naming D. J. Cottrell as president T. L. Mast as vice president Grady Moretz as secretary Clyde R. Greene as treasurer A seven member board was chosen W. W. Mast chair A. W. Hodgson W. L. Holfhouser Fred Hodges Milton Greer A committee will draft by laws and a mass meeting is set for Thursday at 7 pm to discuss joining with merchants for joint purchasing and advertising with the Watauga Democrat to boost local consumer prices and bond with the public.
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Watauga Independent Merchants Association
Boone
D. J. Cottrell
T. L. Mast
Grady Moretz
Clyde R. Greene
W. W. Mast
A. W. Hodgson
W. L. Holfhouser
Fred Hodges
Milton Greer
Watauga Democrat
Jurymen Named for Spring Term at Watauga Court
A list of jurors selected for the spring term of Watauga Superior Court in Boone, meeting March 24 under Judge Harding, with two weeks of panels and a docket described as of usual size and not containing major cases.
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Watauga Superior Court
Boone
Judge Harding
W. W. Holman
J. Y. Smitherman
Wade Greene
Jethro Wilson
D. P. Coffey
W. T. Vanvke
Dan Klutz
L. D. Tester
Georgeny A. J. Edmisten
C. M. Critcher
Fred Winkler
B. F. Hodges
Eller McNeil
W. C. Greer
Jones Elrod
Spencer Dishman
EF. G. Greer
Chauncy Moody
A. C. Reece
Charles Simmons
Amos Ward
O. G. Winebarger
Charles Tester
D. C. Coffey
W. A. Main
Carson Masten
Daniel Townsend
George Greer
Arlie W. Brown
E. W. Miller
Walter Brown
Fred Michael
Joe H. Shook
C. A. Church
Walter Baird
J. S. Wellborn
Walter Watson
R. W. Watson
Walter South
Ed Sherwood
Tip Shull
N. N. Colvard
L. Greer
W. H. Reece
J. M. Greer
J. H. Brinkley
M. L. Henson
Grady Greene
J. C. Shoemaker
D. J. Cottrell
Henry Hagaman
V C. Howell
L. T. Tatum
Boone High School Activities Highlight Civic Values
The Boone High School PTA met February 13 in the auditorium. The Civitan Club aided entry into the Citizenship Essay Contest. At chapel on a Saturday morning the school honored George Washington. Helen Darby presented the play The Truth for a Day performed by six girls Rhoda Rollins Beat rice Cullers Belle Black Rubye Trivette Louise Lane Maisie Jean Jones Clara Cottrell Thelma Miller Miss Mudd and Pauline McGhee plus a boarding school note on truthfulness.
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Boone High School
O. J. Chandler
Boone Methodist Church
Excelsior Literary Society
Masonic Lodge
Civitan Club
Boone School
George Washington
Helen Darby
Rhoda Rollins
Beatrice Cullers
Belle Black
Rubye Trivette
Louise Lane
Maisie Jean Jones
Clara Cottrell
Frank Linney
Cynthia Sears
Thelma Miller
Miss Mudd
Pauline McGhee
Watauga County Democrats Back Not Divided in Senate Contest
In Watauga County the Democratic stance shows no split ahead of the June primary between Senator Simmons and Josiah W. Bailey. Voters are split about fifty fifty with Bailey seen as having odds by some and Simmons praised for his long Senate service. Local leaders expect unity in November regardless of the primary outcome.
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Simmons
Josiah W. Bailey
Watauga County
Bailey
Watauga
Senate
Mountain Democracy
Baptist Centennial Planned in Greenville North Carolina
Centennial events mark a hundred years since the North Carolina Baptist State Convention's 1826 organization in Greenville. The extraordinary session on March 26 will feature inspirational addresses, with no business conducted and a program arranged by Dr. William Louis Poteat.
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Baptist State Convention of
North Carolina
Greenville
N. C
Thomas Meredith
Samuel White
Shelby
William Louis Poteat
Wake Forest
East Carolina Teachers’ College
Memorial Baptist Church
A. W. Fleischmann
P. A. Hicks
Boone
Avery County Hatchery Opens Full Operation
The Lees-McRae Hatchery at Banner Elk is now fully operational with a mammoth incubator. Hundreds of chicks will be sent to Avery and neighboring counties, hatchings mainly from Parks Barred Rocks and Tancred White Leghorns. The poultry industry is expanding as farmers shift to pure bred flocks, stabilizing local economics.
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Lees-McRae
Banner Elk
Avery
John R Hagaman Dies at Patterson Home
John R Hagaman of Patterson died at his home last Tuesday and was buried yesterday. He was a Caldwell County businessman, owner of the Yadkin Woolen Mills and wood working shops. His daughter and son in law William Winkler of Boone attended the funeral along with relatives and friends.
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John R. Hagaman
Patterson
Watauga
Hagaman
Caldwell County
Boone
William Winkler
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Donald Jones
Connecticut Experiment Station
Canada
Dr. Jones
Claude Miller
City of Boone
Greeneville Man
Burley
Susan Winkler
Watauga School
W. R. Bauguess
Tennessee Department Issues Tobacco Plan
Ladies OF Town
L Wves
Jefferson Delights
Exie Geswender
Valle Crucis School For Girls
Sente
Auga County
Simmons- Bailey
Greenville, N. C
Avery County Hatchery
Patterson Home
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