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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1933
Page
5
Local residents hosted and visited across North Carolina towns including Charlotte Winston Salem and Morganton with events at Boone. Notable names include Pat and Mildred McGuire Frank B Schumann L F Johnson Roy Keplar Ralph Greene Hazel Dowling and crowd at the Friday Afternoon Club session.
Miss Inez Gragg of Boone married Mr. Kermit Hinson of Kannapolis at the Boone Baptist Church on the first with Rev. P. A. Hicks officiating. Only close family and friends attended. The couple will reside in Kannapolis after the tenth.
Miss Bettye Ruth Green returns to Zionville after months visiting relatives in Ohio and Indiana. Her sister Mrs. Jake Chapman and daughter from Richmond Indiana accompany her for the summer. Several families including the Greers Hodge Isaacs and Collins are visiting or hosting relatives here, with trips from Cincinnati Spokane Post Falls and White Pine noted.
Carl Ragan of Boone was seriously injured Thursday afternoon when a team of horses ran away two miles from Boone on Rich Mountain road. He was thrown from the wagon, struck a log, and his right shoulder crushed. Ragan regained control and drove the team back to town.
Demonstration School will stage A Toy Orchestra Operetta The Princess Has a Birthday on Thursday at 4 30 pm Miss Gladys Bolt directs and invites all to attend free of charge Cast includes Princess Bobby Clay Queen Kathryn McGhee King Greer Hodges Master Melody Robert Lovill Major Scale Junior Hodges and many others Fairsies Gypsies Pixie Pranks Palace Guards and more participate with numerous named students and faculty listed
In a series of notices from the Superior Court of Watauga County, commissioners are set to sell publicly listed lands on Monday August 7 1933 at 1 00 pm at the courthouse door. The arrangements cover three and one half lots in Boone Horton Terrace Elk Township and other tracts in Watauga County as part of tax foreclosure proceedings and divisions among named parties.
Boundaries defined by Colored Methodist Church lands to north and west junaluska road. Conveyance via deed of trust from W. C. Walker and Boyd Walker to secure 1400 dollars to Watauga Building and Loan Association. Sale set for August 12 1933 at 1 p.m. at courthouse door to satisfy the debt. Containing 434 acres more or less. W. H. Gragg, Trustee.
Wind shield and car door glass cutting services offered by Carr Brothers in Johnson City Tennessee. Dr C B Baughman eye ear nose throat specialist to be in Boone monthly. Boons Park home for sale by Irene W Moody. Fashion Shop Boone offers 250 summer hats at 19 cents and 100 dresses slightly soiled at 19 cents.
The grading of the turnpike at Silver Lake near Blowing Rock is almost finished. A few nights ago some individuals built a fence across the turnpike for amusement, and the colored community plans a courthouse festival in Boone on Friday night to raise funds for the church construction. Bob Herndon, once Abe Lincoln's law partner, is now in a poor house in Ohio. J H Taylor of Meat Camp reported his crops look fairly good and spoke on agricultural progress.
Joseph T. Rowland died at his home in West Jefferson after a long illness. Funeral services were held Monday with interment in the community cemetery. Surviving is his widow and a daughter from Trade Tennessee. Rowland was a former college student in Boone and longtime cashier at the First National Bank of West Jefferson before retiring about three years ago. A. P. Ward announces the marriage of his daughter Colletta to Fred Green in Mountain City on the fourth.
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