North Carolina editors gather for Banner Elk convention
The North Carolina Press Association meets in Banner Elk for its sixty second annual convention. Edgar Tufts showcases the region’s growth with a junior college hospital and orphanage. Attendees tour Watauga County while enjoying mountain scenery and a mix of hospitality and news lore. Senator Bob Reynolds Judge John Parker and John Dickinson attend events as the craft celebrates in the mountain air.
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Banner Elk
America
Edgar Tufts Memorial Association
Bob Reynolds
Bob
John Parker
John Dickinson
Handwriting on the Wall Enjoys Nantucket Readers
Mr. and Mrs. Guy H. West and their daughter Jimmy returned to Clarksburg West Virginia on Sunday after a two week visit with Mrs. West's parents Rev. and Mrs. W. L. Trivett on Nantucket Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inquirer and Mirror
Nantucket Island
Guy H. West
Jimmy
Clarksburg
W. Va
Summer school largest in entire state at Appalachian
Appalachian State Teachers College reports its first summer term as the state’s largest assembly of public school teachers. Ninety-eight hundred students total across Boone and Dobson campuses, with representation from nine states and Iraq Asia, and counties across North Carolina.
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Appalachian State Teachers College
North Carolina
J. D. Rankin
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
New York
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Iraq
Asia
Boone
Dobson
Psy
Watauga County
Ashe
Iredell
Watauga
Jack Allred
Ella Austin
Sam Austin
Wendell Ballou
Morris Barnett
Gladys Bingham
Mary
Lee Bingham
Ruth Blair
Della Trene
Clark
R. L. Clay
Ollie Jean Coffey
Betty Collins
Mack Cowles
Carl Dennies
Zeb Dixson
Edwin Dougherty
Eunice Dawson
Homer Eggers
A. L. Eggers
Roy Ellison
Two Lincolnton Women Injured in Car Crash
Two Lincolnton women suffered serious injuries when their car skidded and overturned on Blow ing Rock Road five miles from Boone on Monday morning. Ethel Hoover, a student at Appalachian State Teachers College summer school, fractured her leg. Frances Ruth, visiting Hoover, broke a pelvic bone. Driver John Bingle was uninjured. They received initial treatment at Hagaman Clinic and were later taken by ambulance to a Lincolnton hospital.
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Lincolnton
Blowing Rock
Boone
Ethel Hoover
Appalachian State Teachers College
Frances Ruth
Democratic Meeting To Be Held Monday In Watauga County
The Young Democratic Club of Watauga County will hold an organization meeting in the courthouse next Monday evening at 8 o'clock to elect officers and name delegates to the State Convention of Young Democratic Clubs in Asheville July 27 28 29. Senator Robert R Reynolds is invited to address the meeting and may attend. The chairman Jim Rivers urges a large turnout.
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Young Democratic Club
Watauga County
Jim Rivers
Young Democratic Clubs
Asheville
Robert R. Reynolds
Rivers
Mrs. King Dies in Texas Telegram Details Paris Death
A telegram to Mr. R. R. Hodges reports the death of his niece Mrs. Howard King in Paris Texas. Mrs. King earlier bore the name Miss Olla Hodges, daughter of the late Colonel Jake Hodges once a resident of Watauga County.
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King
Texas
R. R. Hodges
Paris
Howard King
Olla Hodges
Jake Hodges
Watauga County
Record yields bring smiles to county farmers
Watauga County enjoys its best growing season in years with estimates of eight hundred thousand to one million bushels of Irish potatoes, plus thriving cabbage and beans. The Tennessee Valley Authority guides certified seed production with 1500 bushels Maine seed planted under government standards, while local kraut output and cattle and sheep numbers rise amid improving markets.
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TVA
Watauga County
Watauga
Tennessee Valley Authority
Avery
C. B
Johnson City
Tenn
Game Farm at Banner Elk Promising Project
At Lees McRae College Banner Elk the game farm run by Edgar Tufts has bred ruffed grouse and hosts plans to reserve 700 acres for a grouse refuge. Ducks quail pheasant and wild turkey are raised and sold nationwide as breeders. Breeding stock will need years to grow before any releases.
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Banner Elk
Lees-McRae College
Edgar Tufts
Tufts
Publisher Walter Sutton and wife stay at Daniel Boone Hotel
Mr Walter W Sutton publisher of the Greensboro Patriot and Mrs Sutton were guests at the Daniel Boone Hotel over the weekend.
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Walter W. Sutton
The
Greensboro Patriot
Sutton
Daniel Boone Hotel
Reynolds Speaks As Press Meet Opens At Banner Elk
Near one hundred editors and publishers with their ladies gathered in Boone for the sixty second annual North Carolina Press Association convention at Banner Elk hosted by Edgar Tufts. Pinnacle Inn serves as headquarters with talks by W S Sturdevant Robert Reynolds Parker and John Dickinson outlining state issues and mountain scenery highlights.
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Banner Elk
North Carolina Press Association
Edgar Tufts
Tufts
Boone
Pinnacle Inn
Lees-McRae College
Tennessee Valley Development
W. S. Sturdevant
Robert R. Reynolds
United States
John J. Parker
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Parker
Watauga County Bank Earns Tepid Praise For Deposit Equality
State Bank ing Department says the Watauga County Bank met requirements and will distribute $40,000 cash to all depositors. Officials from Federal and State authorities have reviewed the bank in Boone and noted improved liquidity and repairs aided by Federal Loaning agencies. The Washington directive demands equal treatment of time and checking deposits and progress toward this goal is described as instant and abundant.
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Watauga County Bank
State Banking Department
Washington
C. G. Armfield
Judge Armfield
Statesville
R. Vance Brown
John G. Allen
Boone
Federal Land Bank
Columbia
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Salisbury
Allen
Yew Breeders at Cook Named State Hatchery Farm Supervisor
Multiple fish stock moves unfold as trout from Marmon Hatchery in Pineola and the Roaring Poets State Hatchery are released into Rutherwood Fish Hatchery pools to replace losses from water diversion. County Farm Supervisor Newton Cook urges Watauga residents to plant fall gardens and cooperates with families needing seeds from the Relief Office.
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Cook
Rutherwood Fish Hatchery
Charles E. Smathy
Roaring Pools
Smathers
Marmon
Pineola
Roaring Poetis
Newton Cook
Emergency Relief Administration
L. M. Farthing
Watauga County
Lee
Health Clinic Set to Open Next Tuesday at Boone
A second child health clinic opens Tuesday the 17th at the Demonstration School building in Boone hosted by Drs J B Hagaman and H B Perry. Dr Baughman of Elizabethton joins Hagaman. eye exams glasses at cost. tonsil adenoids at the same low rates. Miss Theodosia Watson relief director will help cover expenses for a limited number of relief families. notify her of children needing aid.
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Boone
J. B. Hagaman
H. B. Perry
Hagaman
Dr. Baughman
Elizabethton
Tenn
Theodosia Watson
Relief
Miss Watson
Junior Order Council Install Officers Next Term
Daniel Boone Council No. 129 Jr. O U A M will install officers for the new term at its regular meeting Monday night July 23. The officers include Clyde R. Greene as past councillor Ralph G. Greene as councilor O J Harmon as vice councilor Russell D Hodges as financial secretary B Kelly Osborne as treasurer Linney Walker as recording secretary Dallas Shoemake as assistant recording secretary Finley Shore as conductor Vilas Moretz as warden James Carter as inside sentinel Tom Shore as outside sentinel C H Blackburn as trustee.
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Daniel Boone Council No. 129
Clyde R. Greene
Ralph G. Greene
O. J. Harmon
Russell D. Hodges
B. Kelly Osborne
Linney Walker
Dallas Shoemake
Finley Shore
Vilas Moretz
James Carter
Inside Sentinel
Tom Shore
Outside Sentinel
C. H. Blackburn
Lambs Bring Good Price At Farm Sales
Mr M J Williams of Sovill reports selling 11 lambs totaling 1040 pounds at seven cents a pound with smaller sheep kept on the farm. Neighbor Clyde Danner sold four lambs at the same rate from the farm where produced, saving drift by selling on site. Messrs Clifford Norris and Clint Norris of West Virginia spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs T J Norris in Boone.
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M. J. Williams
Sovill
the Democrat
Clyde Danner
Williams
Messrs
Clifford Norris
Clint Norris
West Virginia
Mrs
T. J. Norris
Boone
Local Park to Be Developed by Legion
At a Watauga Post American Legion meeting last Friday plans were outlined to build a cottage in Legion Park to house a park manager. Promoters and citizens discussed turning the park into a county wide social center with a community building seating at least 1,000. Leonard Wilson was named county wide chairman to raise funds and materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watauga Post, American Legion
Legion Park
Leonard Wilson
Record Sale of Cars Reported for June
Chevrolet sales set a record in June with 17 new units delivered and 23 used cars sold. W R Winkler, president of W R Winkler Chevrolet, told The Democrat the month topped previous records and showed strong demand for the new Chevrolet in the region.
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Chevrolet
W. R. Chevrolet Company
W. R. Winkler
the Democrat
Winkler
Relief group weighs rural school grounds upgrade
The local relief administration in Watauga considers improving rural school grounds. Miss Theodosia Watson asks interested parties to visit her office to discuss their specific problems.
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Watauga
Local Relief Administration
Theodosia Watson
Home Loans Routed to Greensboro District
Wade E. Brown, Watauga County attorney for the Home Owners Loan Corporation, says local loans will now be processed through the Greensboro district. Previously, Watauga County loans were handled by the Asheville district.
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Wade E. Brown
Watauga County
Home Owners Loans Corporation
Greensboro
Watauga
Asheville
Rev Levi Greene Hurt In Automobile Crash
Rev Levi Greene a noted Baptist minister of Deep Gap was injured Sunday when his car left Blowing Rock road near the power dam and struck a building. He received care at Dr Hagaman's office then was taken to Wilkes Hospital where his condition was not serious and he was released to his home Tuesday. The car was nearly demolished and the porch of the building damaged. He was en route from Caldwell County to Hopkins when the accident occurred.
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Levi Greene
Deep Gap
Blowing Rock
Greene
One DWI Case Heard by Recorder Bingham
One case was heard in Judge John H. Bingham's court Tuesday. John Speck of Charlotte was charged with driving an automobile while intoxicated. He was fined $50 and costs, and his driving license was revoked for 90 days. The judge noted a light docket and believed the crime wave was receding in Watauga.
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John H. Bingham
John Speck
Charlotte
Recorders Court
Bingham
Watauga
Wheat crop forecast for Whitman County
The Democrat reports a letter from J P Todd of Lancaster Washington noting the harvest is starting his area and predicting an eleven million bushel wheat yield for Whitman County with the crop looking good.
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J. P. Todd
Lancaster
Wash
Todd
Whitman County
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