Boone Daily Hints at Local News and Social Gatherings
Local affairs note Miss Bernice Gragg visiting grandparents in Grand Father and many graduates from Training School in Johnson City. Meetings and visits include Dr L N Glenn and Br c Ranvill to Dr Me G Anders home, improvements at the new Methodist church, and Mrs Setzer regaining health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Gragg
Mrs. Shook
Johnson City
L. N. Glenn
Gastonia
Br. c Ranvill
Lincolnton
Me. G. Anders
Setzer
New Methodist Church
J. G. Pulliam
Washington, D. C
E. P. Marshall
Santa Maria
Cal
L. G. Perkins
Wakefield to Visit Blowing Rock Boone and Sugar Grove
Dr W H Wakefield M D of Charlotte will hold eye ear nose throat and glasses fittings clinics at Blowing Rock Hotel on Tuesday July 24 Boone at Blackburn Wednesday and Thursday July 25 26 and Sugar Grove Friday July 27 The doctor limits his practice to diseases of the eye ear nose and throat and to fitting glasses.
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W. H. Wakefield
M. D
Charlotte
Blowing Rock Hotel
Boone
Blackburn
Sugar Grove
Meeting of Parent Teacher Association
The PTA held a Tuesday afternoon meeting at the Public School with teachers delivering talks on school problems and model work. Prof Hillman introduced the school and model school concept, a social intermission followed, then several business matters were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent Teacher Association
Prof
Hillman
Miss Blanche Smith Hosts Seventeenth Birthday Party
Miss Blanche Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs A W Smith hosted a birthday party at Water Street Monday evening. Roses and pot flowers decorated the room. After games music and refreshments Mr Horton Gragg and Miss Nelle Smith served ice cream and cake. Winners Mr Charles Younce and Miss Floy Cannon received prizes.
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Blanche Smith
A. W. Smith
Water Street
Nelle Smith
Horton Gragg
Charles Younce
Floy Cannon
Smith
A Trip Over the Boone Trail Turned Northward into Wilkes
The editor and his daughter took a Sunday drive along the Boone Trail Highway enjoying a Ford car on the ascent to the Blue Ridge. They stopped at Larkin Welborn’s to sample cherries and noted Mr. B W Taylor’s large apple orchards. The scenery, views and mountain grade impressed them, recommending a Watauga trip for travelers from downstate.
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Boone Trail Highway
Blue Ridge
Wilkes
Larkin Welborn
B. W. Taylor
Watauga
Friday Afternoon Club Hosts Evening of Entertainment
Mrs A E South hosted the Friday Afternoon Club on June 29 with a Japanese decorated room and a program including piano solos by Mrs Lester Brown and Mrs A E South, readings by Mrs I G Greer, and a vocal solo by Mrs O L Hardin. The hostess and Miss Herring served a menu of chicken salad sandwiches and candies, with Mrs O L Hardin to host the next meeting.
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A. E. South
Lester Brown
I. G. Greer
O. L. Hardin
Miss Herring
Sprain
Indiana
Silverstone Items and Tragic Death Cast Gloom
Community notes from Silverstone report illness among Mr and Mrs R A Smith and lingering sickness for Miss Ethel Isaacs trip to Cincinnati. Tragic death of Arlie Cornett after being run over by a log train on Rich Mountain shocks residents. B Y P U group elected officers and awarded diplomas to study participants.
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R. A. Smith
Ethel Isaacs
Cincinatti
Ohio
Roy
Rom Lawrence
Chestnut
Arlie Cornett
Mettie Greer
Nora Mast
Emma Mast
Lillie Lawrence
Vera Byers
Paul Tugman
Ethel Wilson
Earl Icenhour
Rosa Isaacs
Clay Mast
Earl Wilson
Iva Wilson
Don Perry
Albert Wilson
Hazel McGuire
Ollie Culler
Measles Outbreak and Local Happenings at Meat Camp
Measles cases total at least eighty five in two months on Meat Camp though currently one family affected. Edward Dancy died at home Saturday. burial at Zionville Sunday. Minnie Winchare and Maud Winchare visited. Mrs Eugene Moretz and child ill. Margaret Beach visited. former teachers seen again. Rev A L Wilson preached at Proffit Grove. Lelia Miller very ill but hopes for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Irish Dancy
Zionville
Minnie
Maud Wincharve
Eugene Moretz
Margaret Beach
A. L. Wilson
Proffit Grove
Lelia
Larkin Miller
Back Your Home Town Paper
Ex Governor Francis of Missouri urges support for local papers. He says the paper donates free lines to the community and that editors, though not perfect, are the best investment for towns, doing more for the community than others with minimal cost. He notes editors often take the right stance on moral questions.
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Francis
Missouri
Notice to settle debts at C A Ellis Store
All persons indebted to the C. A. Ellis Store are urged to settle now. If not paid, the accounts will be sold at the courthouse door after due notice in the paper and other public places. J. W. Winkler, Trustee.
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C. A. Ellis
Court House
Otter
J. W. Winkler
June Chronicle Of Car Accidents In North Carolina
Greensboro Daily News reports June motor vehicle accidents with 6 fatalities 54 injuries including 29 serious and a carryover fatality. Notes curve causes, unknowns, and a bumble bee incident while urging systematic study to identify real underlying factors and reduce future fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Veterans Court House Meeting for Claim Adjustments
Ex service men urged to attend at the Boone Court House Saturday night with C numbers to receive aid. State Commander will attend along with a Veterans' Bureau representative. Bring a buddy for possible helpful information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone
The
Veterans’ Bureau
For Sale Ford Touring Car 1921 Model at Blackburn Hotel
Ford Touring Car 1921 model with starter in good shape offered as a bargain. See J. R. Gragg at Blackburn Hotel for details and inspection.
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J. R. Gragg
Blackburn
Wanted Black Smith and Garage Man for Newland NC shop
Public notice seeks a first class Black Smith and Garage Man to run a combined blacksmith shop garage and machinery business immediately. Apply to Thomas W. Hopkins at Newland North Carolina Box 51.
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Thomas W. Hopkins
Newland
N. C
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Alamance County
Blanche Lewis
Ashe County
Brinkman
Charles Cranor
Wilkesboro
L. L. Critcher
Cranor
Maxwell Gray
Democrat Force
North Carolina Bar Association
Blowing Rock
Mayview Manor
Walter Alexander
Ella Hardin
Osteopathy
Chang Hardin
Route 1
Chattanooga
Tenn
Watauga County, Bank
Walter Johnson
Jefferson Recorder
John G. Dawson
Goldsboro
House of Representatives
Glidewell
Reedsville
State Bar Association
Boone Trail
North Wilkesboro
B. R. Brown
Shoans
Tennessee
Lenoir
Meeting OF
N. L. Mast
L. A. Greene
G. P. Hagaman
W. D. Farthing
Austin E. South
Miss Pearl Hodges
Watauga County
He. A 'S
Greensboro
Greensboro Daily News
P. G. Spainhour
American Legion
Boone Methodist Church
Boone Drug CO
Rexall
Eastman Kodaks and
Symphony Lawn
Lord Baltimore
Whitman’s
Liggett’s
R. D. Jennings
Blaeburn Hotel
Carolina Land Company
Porto Rico
Nancy Hall
Charleston
Wakefield
Baltimore
Red Field Beauty
Bermuda
Valdosta
Dorris
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