Methodist church in Boone pays off debt then closes chapter
Sunday the Boone Methodist church celebration ended with the congregation raising the remaining 1005 dollars to fully pay the debt on the church building. The effort followed a long struggle supported by the Conference, General Boards, and Building and Loan aid. Also noted is the death of Mrs Story at 69 years, mother of Romy Story, a former Normal High School and University student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone
Conference and General Boards
Story
Romy Story
Lona Cook
the Normal
Zees
Worth While Club Holiday Social Fun and Games
J F Greer and Mrs Hugins hosted the Worth While Club annual holiday social with husbands. Miss Lucy Moretz, Hazel McGuire, and Hugh Watson led music and games. A mock wedding and a button hole contest entertained guests before a late dinner of imperial salad, saltines, cocoa, and mints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lars. J. F. Greer
Hugins
Worth While Club
Lucy Moretz
Hazel McGuire
Hugh Watson
Chas. Stevenson
Kiwanis Orthopaedic Clinic Helps North Wilkesboro Cripples
The Kiwanis Orthopaedic Clinic of North Wilkesboro offers free treatment for cripples including children with clubbed feet and deformities. The clinic meets on the second Saturday monthly in the Commercial Club rooms with Dr. Robert A. Moore. next session is January 9. Some patients are treated locally while others require Winston-Salem or Gastonia hospital care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Orthopaedic Clinic
North Wilkesboro
Commercial Club
Winston-Salem
Rotary Club
Gastonia
Kiwanis Club of
Robert A. Moore
Wilkes
Cove Creek High School Holiday Notes and Attendance
Local residents and staff spent holidays with family in North Carolina. Notables include Carlton Mast, Blanche Horton, Mary Lizzie Horton, and Gertrude Bundy. Marriage announced: Blanche Henson to Lewis Reece on December 24. Perfect attendance lists by grade show names such as Mast, Horton, Banner, and Henson. High school perfect attendance: 55 of 120.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton’ Mast
Blanche Horton
Meredith College
Mary Lizzie Horton
Appalachian State Normal
Gertrude Bundy
Home Economics Department
Jamestown
N. C
J. F. Spainhour
Chas. J. Greene
Morganton
Morristown
Grover Atkins
Joseph Mast
Blanche Henson
Lewis ‘Reece
S. F. Horton
Florida
Helen Banner
Ruby Johnson
Ruby Mast
Ruby Glenn
Ora Mast
Pauline Mast
Margaret Mast
Carson Mast
David Horton
Len Wilson
Joe Banner Nell Henson
Jack Henson
Frances Mast
Josie Mast
Clay Mast
Bob Bingham
Louise Johnson
Francis Mast
Ruth Sherwood
Fleenor Hodges
Ruby Wilson
Gladys Mast
Muriel Horton
Susie Banner
Erin Smith
Henry Heunson
Tommy Presnell
Anna Trivett
Lucile Trivett
John Stansberry
Mae Norris
Blanche Green
Penley News Notes Local Doings and Affairs
Reports from Penley recount fox hunting by Edgar Bradshaw and party, injuries from a fall, visits by Charlie Story and Della Triplett, corn shucking at Milton Bradshaw, and local trades. Other items include weather woes, school dismissal, whooping cough in Barker children, and travel for business or family visits.
Boone Methodist Church Cleared of Debt After Six-Year Build
The Boone Methodist Church construction, begun in 1920 under Rev J R Walker and Rev G C Brinkman, faced a $13 000 debt but received substantial outside gifts from Greensboro Charlotte Winston Salem and other towns. The local congregation raised the final $4 000 last Sunday and the church will be debt free this week with completion aimed this spring and Sunday School capacity expanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone Methodist Church
J. R. Walker
Mr. Walker
Court House
G. C. Brinkman
Boone
Brinkman
Greensboro
Charlotte
Winston-Salem
Conference and General Board of Church Extension
Boone Cpk + ime
Womans Missionary Society
Valle Crucis News Holiday Reflections and Local Updates
The Valle Crucis column recaps Christmas festivities ice skating on the river and moonlight outings. It notes travels to Florida by Wilson Lowrance Clyde Calloway and Julius Yates and updates on local teachers, illness, and family moves. An oyster supper for the church fund raised about forty dollars and new faculty joins Valle Crucis School for girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Clarence Lowrance
Clyde Calloway
Florida
Julius Yates
P. G. Spainhour
Cove Creek High School
Lydia Harrell
Jake Harrell
Matney
V. C. School For Girls
Womans Auxiliary
Baptist Church Plans for 1926 and Church Activities
The F M Huggins led Baptist Church announces Sunday School at 10 am with W R Gragg as superintendent and worship at 11 am and 7 pm. A Wednesday prayer service and choir practice. W M S raises funds to furnish a Meredith College dorm room. Messages hope for a successful year with steady effort and holiday reflections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Huggins
Meredith College
Meredith
Fosc oe Christmas Celebrated Quietly in Village
Christmas passed off quietly with a good school program and successful church box supper. Locals note visitors from Canton and Boone and plan for a thoughtful New Year emphasizing reading the Good Book.
Local Boon News Reflects Community Ties and Moves
Attorney J B Councill transacted legal business in Boone as editor D Clinton Nance of the Northwestern Herald weekended there. Sam Atkins plans to move to Vilas after selling his Boone home. John Earp dies in Boone paraly sis. Kelsey Atkins to return to Shulls Mills as Whiting Lumber restarts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Clinton Nance
The
Northwestern Herald
Boone
Sam Atkins
Wiley Mast
Vilas
Kelsey Atkins
Norton
Democrat
Shulls Mills
Whiting Lumber Co
Beech Creek
Whiting
Atkins
Shaler Gilley
East Laporte
Local postal receipts rise in latest figures
Postal receipts for 1924 and 1925 show a notable increase. The year ending December 31 1924 totaled 7659.69 dollars, rising to 9311.71 dollars for 1925 and 1926. The last quarter figures show 2126.00 dollars for 1924 and 2564.51 dollars for 1925.
Items from Vilas Holiday Notes and Moves
The Christmas holidays passed quietly. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Reese left for Cleveland to make their home. Rev A J and Mrs Greene entertained Saturday night for Gordon and Aubrey Eggers of Carson and Newman College with Rev R N Brooks Tom Elliott Thelma Alma Hayes Annie Smith Lara Shoun Grace Smith Virginia Bingham present. Mr V M Presnell left for Florida with Jim Bingham and Ronda Fox. Mrs Will Isaacs is ill this week. Annie Smith Laura Shon and Alma Hayes teaching at Dutch Creek spent the weekend here. Thelma and Alma Hayes have returned home after visiting Mrs V M Presnell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Reese
Cleveland
Ohio
A. J
Greene
Gordon
Aubrey Eggers
Carson and
Newman College
R. N
Brooks
Tom Elliott
Thelma
Alma Hayes
Montezuma
Annie Smith
Lara Shoun
Grace Smith
Virginia Bingham
V. M. Presnell
Ayrshire Champion Glen Goerd Marion Star
Glen Goerd Marion Star, a daughter of the champion and tracing to ex champions, proves worthy of her lineage. As a senior three year old she produced 18 783 pounds of milk and 736.22 pounds of fat ranking third among red and white producers and earning the silver medal of the Ayrshire Breeders Association. Bred and owned by Glen Foard Farms of Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Goerd
Marion Star
Ayrshire Breeders” Association
Glen Foard Farms
Pennsylvania
Ayrshire Breeders Association
Also Mentioned on This Page
Helen Bingham
Leola Atkins
James Sherwood
Mamie Isaacs
Ben Horton
Marion Deal
Nell Norris
Nell Henson
Mattie Lou Harman
Penley
Edgar Bradshaw
Angeline Bradshaw
Blanche Greer
Hite Ford
Narlie Bradshaw
Charlie Story
Della Triplett
Will Story
Milton Bradshaws
Bud Nelson
John Hawkins
Bradshaw
Henry Barker
Alex Greene
Lenoir
Lum Bradshaw
Rock House Creek
Millard Coffey
Carolina Bradshaw
Julia Penley
Henry Barrer
Sum Bradshaw
Conrad Story
Will Stories
Luther Triplett
Nelia Robbins
Finley
Methodists
Valle Crucis
Myrtle Caudill
Springhope
Annie Clarke
Henry
James
Frank Taylor
Phil
William Mast
Virginia
Ruth Shipley
J. K. Mast
J. H. Shipley
John E. Baird
Elizabethton
Ed Lawrance
T. C. Baird
Alice Tayloe
Valle Crucis School For
Dr. Powell
Richmond
Elsie Farthing
B. W
R. A. Farthing
B. W. Farthing
Beavers Dam
W. D. Clerke
Statesville
Lola
Willametta
Grandfather
Foscoe
Jess Coffey
Canton
Olena McCain
Emma Coffey
Ralph Story
Mrs Waters
Grover Robbins
Blowing Rock
Frank Garman
John Presnell
Cone Farm
J. B Councill
Jefferson
Paul Coffey
Eunice
Essie Goodnight
Lincoln County
Edna Hodges
Mt. Pleasant Cabarrus County
Int ' Boone
Charley Watson
B. C. Johnson
J. A. Williams
State
Jennie Coffey
John F. Hardin
W. C. Coffey
Minnie Culver
Kinston
Culvers
Butler, Tenn
Lou Shull
Joe €. Shull
Jim Rivers
John Earp
Walter
John
Postamster Farthing
J. Frank McGhee
Durham
Duke University
James H. Green
Skulls Mills
Kingsport
Tenn
State Normal
Frank Ray
Annice
Kelley Osborne
J. W. Bryan
Ashe County
Ray
A. E. South
Watauga County Bank Force
Charles Younce
South
Boone Novelty Shops
Ayrshire
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