Local Affairs Update From Boone And Nearby Areas
Boone and surrounding towns report travel, visits, and health notes as residents share holiday tales. Eternal Mr. Ester Setzer improves after influenza while others return from visits to Raleigh, Washington, and Florida. Hog killing rises, with a 600 pound boar cited. Mrs. Sarah Grogan visits Boone with Rev. Eggers. The Mills Home superintendent I G Greer discusses new labor in Zionville and health gains among children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
1933
Lloyd Isaacs
Boone
Florida
Watauga
Fred O'Daniel
T. E. Bingham
Ester Setzer
C. L. Rhyne
C. W. Teal
Morehead City
L. S. Jones
Maiden
Ira Critcher
G. K. Moose
Raleigh
James Mast
Washington
Hiram Dougherty
Charles Stevenson
Hickory
Cherryville
John E. Brown
R. L. Clay
Zionville
Philip Greer
Greer
Butler Tennessee couple wed in Blountville ceremony
Miss Virginia Goodwin of Butler and Mr. Robert Moretz of Boone were married in Blountville on December 30. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Goodwin, has studied at Appalachian State Teachers College and is popular in the region. The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Moretz, attended UNC and works with his father in a local furniture business. They will reside in Boone. Also noted is a Christmas tree and bridge party hosted by the Maids and Matrons Club at Critcher Hotel on December 23 with high scores for men and women and gifts exchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Goodwin
Butler
Tenn
Robert Moretz
Boone
Blountville
L. H. Goodwin
Appalachian State Teachers College
Tennessee
North Carolina
Moretz
J. M. Moretz
University of North Carolina
Critcher Hotel
Kenneth Linney
Louise Coffey
David Greene
B. F. Williams
Baxter Linney
M. P. Critcher
Douglas Redmond
A. R. Smith
Annie Dovsher
Effie Fox
Banner Elk
Claude Baird
Elizabethton
Elizabethton Christian Church
Musick
Baird
John L. Fox
John Baird
Valle Crucis
Standard Grocery Company
Virginia
Local items note illnesses and deaths in county
The Democrat reports Mrs. Ill, Mrs. Wyke sinking, and Miss Nannie Banner's death from consumption. Mrs. Council hosts visitors, Rev Hix and Julia Hix wed at New River, and Hiram Wilson’s five year old dies after whiskey poisoning. Senator Zeb Vance in poor health is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Filmore Ragan
Jennie Councill
S. W. 3Oyden
Salisby
Frank Wyke
James P. Taylor
Elk Park
Dr. Council
Our Town
W. H. Bower
Lenoir
Washington
Polly Greer
Grippe
Nannie R
Edward Banner
jIrl R. Hix
A. A. Hix
New River
W. S. C. Cherry
Julia Hix
A. J. Burrus
The
Democrat
Zionville
Hiram Wilson
Zeb B. Vance
Cove Creek Club Plans Lunches and December Program
The Cove Creek Community Club met with Miss Annie Dougherty at the high school home economics building. A Thanksgiving lunch program was praised and a one week lunches experiment for undernourished children was discussed. December program topics include Music Education Gardening and The American Home with various hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cove Creek Community Club
Miss Dougherty
Annie Dougherty
Hattie Johnson
Spainhour
Siffin
Simpson
Home Economics
Walker
Lucy Bingham
Miss Griffin
Handle With Care and Second Hand Wife at Pastime Theatre
The Fox releases feature Handle With Care starring James Dunn Boots Mallory and El Brendel with director David Butler as an absorbing comedy drama about lovers overcoming obstacles. Next Monday and Tuesday at the Pastime Theatre. Also Joins Second Hand Wife with Sally Eilers playing a devoted young woman in love with her married employer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Dunn
Boots Mallory
el Brendel
David Butler
Fame
Sally Eilers
Christmas Morning Illness Shadows Valle Crucis News
Christmas day illness of Mr. C D Taylor unsettled the valley, with neighbors and Dr Perry ministering as he remains seriously ill then improves. Social events include a comical Christmas tree hosted by Mrs Richard Olsen, a Kutups Club bridge, and a New Year party with ad raffles. Attendees include Miss Mina Shull, Mr Jim Horton, and many local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Taylor
Dr. Perry
Sue Taylor
Myrtle Glad Taylor
Mina Shull
Virginia Shipley
Laura
Frank Farthing
Phil Mast
Albert Taylor
James
Robert
Joseph Shipley
Foster Bryant
Ed Shipley
Frank Taylor
Ralph Phillips
James Taylor
Chicago
Richard Olsen
W. W. Mast
Nancy Taylor
Frank Moore
Joe Dixon
Lenoir
T. C. Baird
Jim Moore
Globe
Claude Mast
Essie Clarke
Joe Clarke
Lester Thornton
Charlotte
John Shull
Frank Baird
James Shull
Neva
Joe K. Mast
Watauga River
Jim Horton
Miss Nine Church
Johnson City
Grace Billings
W. H. Wagner
Mar
Florida
T. W. Taylor
Jefferson
Charles Menzies Jr
Charles
Hickory
Valle Crucis Episcopal School
Taylor
Sue
Nancy
J. M. Shull
Ira T. Johnston
Thomas Shull
R. C. Olsen
Leake
Caroline Leake
Henry
Jack Leakers
Two Men Killed in Shelby Jail Yard Shootout
In Shelby North Carolina Deputy Sheriff E W Sanders and inmate Mark Conner were killed after a jail yard shooting mid Saturday afternoon. Sanders age about 38 and Conner about 25 died within minutes after being wounded during the confrontation following Conner’s arrest on a drinking charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanders
Mark Conner
Shelby
N. C
E. W. Sanders
Baron Dedmon
Conner
Red
Dedmon
Kelly
Hemp
Eton
Buffalo collides with Burlington train near Cambridge
A buffalo from a private herd charged a Burlington locomotive near Cambridge Nebraska on Monday. The animal was killed in the collision after breaking through a fence and charging the train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Bishop Cheshire Dies in Charlotte
The Rt. Rev. Joseph Blount Cheshire bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina died at Charlotte Sanitarium at 6:30 Tuesday night. He was in his 83rd year and had been brought in December 16 for treatment prior to an operation that was not performed as his condition rapidly worsened. His illness was described as serious with pains and attributed to blood poisoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
N. C
Joseph Blount Cheshire
North Carolina
Charlotte Sanitarium
Cheshire
Roosevelt Ends His Stay at N Y Capital
President-elect Roosevelt closed his Albany visit with hints of closer federal state cooperation to cut overlapping functions. He bid farewell to Governor Lehman and met New York leaders including Alfred E. Smith, renewing ties with the old “Al” and “Frank” partnership as a White House conference with governors is contemplated. A note cites a Dictionary of American Dates tracing America to 450 A D with a Buddhist monk’s suppposed early visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Albany
Cae Guration
Lehman
White House
New York
Alfred E. Smith
Frank
North Carolina to Have Three Living Ex Governors
North Carolina will soon have three living ex governors as J. C. B. Ehringhaus takes the oath, joining A. W. McLean and Cameron Morrison while Max Gardner returns to status alongside them. The state has rarely seen such a cluster of former leaders, with past holdings and fates noted, including the deaths of Bickett and ties to the Kitchin era. Morrison, McLean, and Gardner are portrayed as enjoying long life and possible political moves in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Max Gardner
A. W. McLean
Cameron Morrison
Glenn
Kitchin
Craig
Jarvis
Bickett
Morrison
McLean
Gardner
Joe Cannon
Messrs
McLean and
Old-Fashioned Pounding to Welcome Brendalls Home
Rev. J. H. Brendall Jr and Mrs Brendall are due to return to Boone from Norfolk Virginia Friday where she recovers from injuries in a holiday car crash The Woman's Missionary Society will host an old fashioned pounding at the parsonage Friday evening with church members invited to join Mrs Brendall is improving from a fractured arm and the minister was not seriously hurt
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Brendall Jr
Brendall
Boone
Norfolk
Woman's Missionary Society
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Mary Frances Linney
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Raleigh Cottrell
Gordon Winkler
Paul Coffey
Roy Greene
Hubert Coffey
Fox—Baird
Willing Workers
Mast
Henson's Chapel Church
N. L. Mast
P. G. Spainhour
Santa Claus
Blanche Stokes
Ophia Bingham
Annie Henson
Phyllis Bingham
Inez Henson
Ruby Mast
Kate Henson
Mary Lee
Blanche Bingham
Rulah Mae Henson
Blanche Banner
Lucy Henson
Flossie Pardue
Mabel Henson
Mesdames Pearl Greene
Mamie Mast
D. T. Brown
Nell Mast
Ruth Bingham
Hamilton MacFadden
Bill
Frances Hauser
Harmosa Beach
Calif
Bishop Cheshire
N. Y. Capital
American
H. & N. Tire Company
A. E. Hodges
Woolworth
Farmers Hardware
Farmers Home. & Supply Co
Boone, North Carolina
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