Linville-Blowing Rock Road Nears Completion
The Yonahlessee Road Route 28 linking Blowing Rock and Linville is nearly finished. The Avery County section is paved with tar and rock except for a one mile stretch near Blowing Rock. Tourists currently use the old road, with a forty minute trip expected once the new mountain segment opens. The Highway Commission preserved natural beauty, forbidding rock removal, while Nelle L Teer & Company built the road using Federal Emergency Relief funds and state supervision.
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North Carolina
Blowing Rock
Linville
Avery County
South
Highway Commission
Nelle L. Teer & Company
Durham
State Highway Commission
New Tobacco Sign-Up For Acreage Reduction Plan
All Watauga tobacco growers without signed contracts are asked to contact Superintendent Howard Walker for information on the acreage reduction proposal.
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Watauga Tobacco
Howard Walker
Hayden Burke Protests Result of Judicial Race
Hayden Burke protests irregular Republican votes in Wilkes County from the June 30 primary. He filed a formal protest supported by affidavits and cites attorney general rulings and a state elections precedent. The Wilkes County board declined to recanvass or purge ballots, with exceptions filed and an appeal to the State board of elections.
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Wilkes County
State Board of Elections
Alexander County
Board of Elections
Wilkes
County Board of Elections
Recanvass
Luther Farthing Dies After Long Public Service
Luther Farthing an esteemed Watauga County educator politician and public servant dies after a long career. He taught at Holly Springs College and in Watauga and Ashe counties won academic honors at graduation and held posts as sheriff and district supervisor. He also worked with the Emergency Relief Administration and was active in the Baptist church. His death shocks the region where he served with dedication.
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Zionville
Cove Creek
Holly Springs College
Butler, Tenn
D. D. Dougherty
Holly Springs
Farthing
Watauga
Ashe
Democratic Party
House of Representatives
Valle Crucis Bank
Watauga County
Sheriff Farthing
Board of Education
Emergency Relief Administration
Luther Farthing
Widening Planned for Blowing Rock Road Begin Soon
Work is slated to start about the tenth of the month to widen Blowing Rock road from its intersection with the Wilkesboro road. The project aims to improve traffic flow in the area.
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Blowing Rock
Wilkesboro
Money Making Line in the Dairy Herd
Purina Mills outlines how to calculate the cost of keeping a dairy cow for a year and identify which cows exceed the money making line. The article notes pasture, hay, ensilage, grain, and labor costs, plus calf and manure value, vets, and herd expenses, with profits from cows above the line funding management and investment returns.
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E. B. Powell
Purina Mills
Dairy Department
Road widening planned on eight tenths mile in NC
A project to broaden the roadway by six to eight feet covers eight tenths of a mile at a contract price near $5 000. Similar work will start in Blowing Rock from the Episcopal Church to Green Park Hotel due to heavy summer tourist traffic. Chatham County sheep growers sold wool cooperatively this season for 7 cents a pound above local market.
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Blowing Rock
Episcopal Church
Green Park Hotel
Chatham County
Unusual upright piano for sale with liberal terms
An upright piano is offered for sale with flexible terms for a responsible party who has already paid part of the price. Prompt action is urged to secure this bar gain. Box 478 Concord WC.
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Democrat
Boone, N.C
Itc
Tano
Concord
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Emao
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Boone, N
Boone
Frank Greer
N.C
Hampshire
Hinshaw School of Beauty Culture
North Wilkesboro
N. Car
Western Electric Light and Power Plant
Dayton
Watauga Democrat
Walker's
Magness Piano Company
N. Lafayette St
Shelby, N. C
C. B. Baughman
Elizabethton
Tenn
J. B. Hagaman
J. H. Brendall Jr
W. H. Byrd
Blowing Rock, North Carolina
Hi-Land Cleaners
Blue Ridge Studio
The
Mountains
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