Watauga County Notes Highlight Local Life and Death
Clarence Dixon Fred Anders and Elmer Rankin attend Wesley Bible Class Federation meeting at Lake Junaluska. Rev W A Lutz to preach at Grace Lutheran. many local clergy and residents noted in church and social items. Lucinda Harman of Cove Creek dies in St Petersburg Fla. funeral planned at Watauga old home. Local sales, land deals, and community visits mark a busy week in Boone and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Dixon
Fred Anders
Elmer Rankin
Wesley Bible Class Federation
Lake Junaluska
W. A Lutz
Brunswick Ga
Grace Lutheran
St. Luke’s Epispopel
H. W. Horton
Ashe County
Boone
Bonnie Younce
C L. Younce
W. S. Isaacs
Chas. L. Younce
Lucinda Harman
Cove Creek
St. Petersburg
Fla
Watauga
J. D. Sheppart
Albemarle
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Bailey’s Camp
Our Town
Jeffcoat
B. Robertson
Cabarus County
Isabel Shack
Danville
Cora Jeffcoat
Gene Bell
Amos Morris
W. Y. Warren
O. F. Mason
C. H. Pugh
Anders
Annie Toppings
Endicott
N. Y
Lloyd Summers
Cherryville
W. H. Anderson
Martha
Marion
Mattie Toppings
Taylorsville
Hiddenite
North Wilkesboro
Owen
Erwin, Tenn
Miami
W. H. Gragg
G. M. Trivett
Birmingham
Watauga County
Theological Seminary
Solon Moretz
H. Bingham
Watauga Valley
Tenn
T. E. Bingham
W. J. Wagner
Banner Elk
Johnson City
Wagner
W. L. Peace
Oxford
S. C. Eggers & Co
J. S. Stanbury
Lyon
James H. Taylor
L. L. Taylor
Route 1
Taylor Motor Co
W.L. Bryan
G. P. Hagaman
Marion Va
Z. V. Sherrill
Fitzhugh Hurley
Shrevesport
The
Democrat
When Letters Go Wrong and The Dead Letter Toll
The article details postal losses from misaddressed mail, citing 21 million letters deemed dead last year and 806000 misdirected parcels. It notes $3 million in checks and money orders lost, $92,000 yearly return postage, and $1.5 million annual address-lookups. It urges careful addressing to save money. It also mentions May railroad gross earnings rising by $11,141,200 and calls for protective legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department of
United States
Post Office
Uncle Sam
Notice of Mortgage Sale in Watauga County
Mortgagee T. E. Bingham states Wm Hix and wife Elizabeth defaulted. On August 17 1925 at 1 pm at the county courthouse door the 17 acre 181 rod tract described by prior deeds will be sold to the highest bidder for cash to satisfy $445.06 plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Hix
Elizabeth Hix
Court House
Watauga County
E . Cannon
E. W. Cannon
T. E. Bingham
Notice of Sale in Watauga County North Carolina
T C Bowie trustee will sell to the highest bidder for cash at Boone courthouse door on August 18 1925 at 1 pm the lot described in the 1921 Jenkins Lovill deed Lot 3 in the Jennie D Lovill partition proceeding containing 33 3 4 acres more or less to satisfy bonds totaling 2700 and costs. Sale held under a deed of trust against property of T F Lovill and Josephine A Jenkins et al.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine A. Jenkins
John A. Jenkins
E. F. Lovill
John Graybeal
T. C. Bowie
Court House
Boone
Watauga County
North Carolina
T. F. Lovill
Jennie D. Lovill
Superior Court
Meat Camp Church News and Local Observations
Regular services noted at the M E Church with Rev Williams and Uncle Billy Thompson from Abingdon. Reelected Rev L A Wilson preached at Proffit Grove. Boone ministers and local families, including the Moretz and Winebarger clans, are listed with weekend visits, the start of Winebarger School, and a trip to Lenoir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
M. E
Billy” Thompson
Abingdon
L. A. Wilson
Proffit Grove
H. W. Jeffcoat
Boone
Miss Joyner
Salisbury
N. C
N. E. Moretz
Emory Bryan
Rich Mountain Section
John Beach
Lester Carroll
Boone R. F C
Claud Norris
Maud Winebarger
Coburnia
David Michael
Trade
Tenn
J.L Lewis
Bessie Graybeal
Ashe Co
A. W. Hodgson
Lucile
Lola Overcash
Concord
Verlie Winebarger
Loyd
Clyde Winebarger
Kodak Finishing Offers Prompt Mail-Order Service
The ad claims modern methods and long experience guarantee better work and urges mail orders. It emphasizes prompt, efficient service and states money cannot buy better results.
Moretz Family Figures in Boone and Charlotte Visits
The text notes J A Moretz of Moretz-Whitener Clothing Co. Hickory and P W Moretz contractor Boone N E Moretz merchant Meat Camp with absent J M Moretz of Boone. Rev W A Lutz and wife from Charlotte now Blowing Rock visited Sunday. N E Moretz left for Asheville for sanatorium treatment with hopes of quick return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
J A. Moretz
Moretz-Whitener Clothing Co
Hickory
P. W. Moretz
Boone
N. E. Moretz
Meat Camp
J. M. Moretz
W. A. Lutz
Charlotte
Blowing Rock
Asheville
Frog Essay Made Famous by Chicago Board of Education
A quirky piece features a Norwegian youth’s essay praising frogs in a humorous mock-archaic style. The text notes two dog bites by boys last week, one in Indiana and one in New York, and mentions Willis in the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Board of Education
Indiana
New York
Wills
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J. S. Mullen
Dothan
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H. E. Deal
Sherwood
W. .L Winkler
W. S. Goodnight
Granite Falls
W. L. Bryan
Bryan
Long Hope Creek
Greer
Mabel
John Combs
J. M. Greer
T. F. Joyill
KODAK
Ing and Printing
J. M. Bawgus Boo
North Caro
Mii O
Foote
Boone Drug CO
Boone Hardware CO
Riendly
Watauga County Bank
County Bank
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