Schedule of Watauga County Baseball League late season games
Mr. C. M. Critcher announced the July to September schedule for the Watauga County league with teams Vilas Bamboo Oak Grove Blowing Rock Mabel Elk and Boone. Remaining games include Vilas at Blowing Rock Elk at Mabel Oak Grove at Bamboo Blowing Rock at Vilas and more with Boone and Elk to add two extra matchups.
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C. M. Critcher
Watauga County Baseball League
Vilas
Oak Grove
Blowing Rock
Mabel
Elk
Bamboo
Boone
Watauga League Club Standings and Upcoming Games
Bamboo hosts Mabel after last Saturday's Bamboo 5 Mabel 1 result while Elk beat Vilas 23 to 7 and Blowing Rock defeated Oak Grove 24 19. Next Saturday Vilas plays Bamboo Oak Grove faces Blowing Rock and Mabel meets Elk.
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Mabel
Elk
Vilas
B. Rock
Oak Grove
Preserve Grandfather Mountain Forests Urged by Rufus Gwyn
Rufus L. Gwyn of Lenoir warns that cutting remaining spruce and balsam on Grandfather Mountain would scar the Blowing Rock Linville scenic road. He urges federal protection by adding the mountain to Pisgah National Forest or purchasing it as a state park to safeguard watershed, climate, and recreation for the Linville area and broader Blue Ridge region.
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Rufus L. Gwyn
Lenoir
Blowing Rock Country
Blowing Rock
Linville
Gwyn
Champion Fibre Company
Yonahlossee
Pisgah National Forest
National Forest
John’s River
Watauga
Tennessee
Linville Improvement Company
Linville Company
North Carolina
North
Mr. Gwyn
Blue Ridge
Maryland
Georgia
America
Tenness
West End
Grandfather Mountain
Andre Michaux
Alleghenies
Appalachians
North America
Michaux
Alps
Boone State Game Preserve
Civilian Conservation Corps
Watauga Man Recalls Snow Removal and Local War History
J Polk Todd, formerly of this region, writes of sixteen feet of snow cleared from a Washington mountain pass on the Fourth of July and notes a frigid midsummer. he also comments on wheat losses, rains improving the crop outlook, and higher prices. He recalls Stoneman raiders buried in Watauga County and notes the death of Elijah Norris’s father during their march.
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Watauga
J. Polk Todd
Lancaster
Washington
Boone
Pacific Northwest
Stoneman
Elijah Norris
W. G. Todd
Todd
Watauga County
Mr. Todd
Growing old and thinking big in a curious column
An 83 year old neighbor exclaims she is aging and still keeps her teeth after a medical check. A Paris wheat price note contrasts with admiration for France's economic resolve. A brain feature discusses vast neuron counts, mental capacity, and Frank Rentz who, despite no pupils, earned a UW law degree at 24 through perseverance.
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Paris
France
Frank Rentz
Frank
Baer Earns Title Shot After Schmeling Knockout
California heavyweight Max Baer defeated former World Champion Max Schmeling in the tenth round to earn a potential title clash against the Sharkey Carnera winner on June 29. Promoter Jack Dempsey, Baer’s chief backer, sees Baer as a successor to Tex Ricard in big time boxing.
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Max Baer
California
Fisth
Max Schmeling
Germany
Sharkey -Carnera
Jack Dempsey
Baer Schmeling
Baer
Tex Ricard
Blowing Rock Public Library Opens at Schoolhouse
The Blowing Rock Library at the schoolhouse opens Tuesday and Thursday evenings seven to nine and Saturday afternoons three to five. Visitors pay a two dollar deposit, with one dollar returned on departure. The Library, run by the Blowing Rock Community Club, seeks donations and new books, especially fiction.
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Blowing Rock
Hob Nob Inn
Camps Move Toward Guardian Work in River Gorge
Camps are at work in Johns River Gorge near Globe and Mortimer and could extend to the mountain itself. The mountain is described as crucial for rainfall protection and as a source of streams and timber development.
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Johns’ River
Globe and Mortimer
Vinci Iron Tonic Pushes Strength After Childbirth
Mrs M Gunstone says after giving birth she was thin and nervous until she used Vinci iron tonic. The product claims to restore strength and gain weight and is sold at Watauga Drug Store.
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Vinci
Also Mentioned on This Page
Watauga League
Mabel Blowing Rock
Vilas Boone
Rufus Gwyn
A. T. Robertson JR
A&p
White House
Bokar
NBC
Ann Page
Ellies
Avo
Winona Oeste
Frank Parker Stockbridge
Ion
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