Local Affairs Highlights From Boone and Surrounding County
Long column notes births and visits with Hodges family at Boone. Ed Hodges welcomes son Ralph Maynard born Monday. Local residents including Widenhouse, Walton, Greene travel, teach, or return home from Cleveland Detroit Marshville and Kings Mountain. Weather and crops improve after rains. fish and game wardens report favorable conditions. An obituary for Jesse Greene of Kings Mountain Kentucky is noted. Rexall August sale announced. numerous community events and family reunions detailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Stepp
Lenoir
Boone
Jesse Greene
Wataugan
Kings Mountain
L. P. Greene
J. R. Mast
Sugar Grove
Louise Coffey
Ruth Benfield
Ruth Coffey
Hubert Coffey
Remmell Porter
Livingston Patton
Mae Kirksey
Clear Water Beach
George Maine
R. M. Owen
Tamarack
Grandfather Mountain
J. M. Shull
Valle Crucis
Dick Hodges
Johnson County
Tennessee
Texas
Julia Johnson
Gragg Cottage
Davidson College
Stanley Harris
Amantha
Will Hodges
James Carter
Enoch Swift
Harris
Will Greene
Neva
Tenn
Johnson
Ed Greene
Watauga County
Mr. Greene
James Smith
Greene
New York City Sees High Auto Theft Recovery Rate
Report shows eighty percent of stolen automobiles in New York City are recovered. Authorities emphasize prompt reporting and rapid response aid recovery.
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New York City
Mrs Newton Banner Celebrates 80th Birthday
Mrs Newton Banner of Sugar Grove celebrated her eightieth birthday with a July 15 dinner for forty two at home. Aunt Sophronia led the cheerful mood as flowers arrived and Ralph Gray Bingham Jr. sang. Out of state guests included Mr and Mrs J C Mast Bel Air Md Mr Hard Dougherty Russellville Tenn and Mrs FE Lund West Orange N J.
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Newton Banner
Sugar Grove
Sophronia
Ralph, Gray Bingham Jr
Winston-Salem
J. C. Mast
Bel Air
Cove Creek Dozen Club Meets With Mrs R N Brooks
The Cove Creek Dozen Club gathered July 26 with Mrs R N Brooks. After a brief business session guests played progressive hearts. Top score went to Mrs Charles Bingham, consolation to Miss Amy Henson. invited guests included Mesdames Coy Billings Dave Strother Sam Bingham Ralph Bingham and Misses Amy Henson Virginia Bingham. An ice course was served.
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Cove Creek
R. N Brooks
Progressive Hearts
Charles Bingham
Amy Henson
Mesdames Coy Billings
Dave, Strother
Sam Bingham
Ralph Bingham
Virginia Bingham
Friday Afternoon Club Hosts Mrs Tracy Councill
Mrs Tracey Councill was hostess to the Friday Afternoon Club on July 26 on the porch enjoying a summer breeze and flowers. A bird contest entertained guests. Mrs A E South won an embroidered towel as a prize. Hostess Mrs J M Gaither aided by guests including Miss Hartman Savannah and Mrs Chandler Moose Saxon Gaither Perry Boone. The club will meet August 8 with Mrs R K Bingham.
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Tracey Councill
A. E. South
J. M. Gaither
Miss Hartman
Savannah
Miss Joins
Greensboro
Mesdames Chandler
Moose
Saxon
Gaither
Perry
Boone
R. K Bingham
Most Crichéd Hostess to Livingstone Club
Mrs. Joe Crawford hosted the Livingstone Club at her Winkler building apartment. President Mrs. H. W. Mast opened the meeting as topics ranged from a district meeting in Winston-Salem to religious and social issues, with talks by Mrs. J. B. Steele and Mrs. Milton Greer. Refreshments followed. next gathering with Mrs. Duncan.
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Livingstone Club
Joe Crawford
Winkler Building
H. W. Mast
Mast
J. Frank Spruill
Young Peoples Missionary Society
Winston-Salem
Mae Miller
Miller
J. B. Steele
James Horton
Horton
America
Milton Greer
Brantley Duncan
Duncan
Where O Where by W A Watson about Otto Wood
A poem by W A Watson laments Otto Wood escaping Raleigh prison with a girl’s aid. It imagines his flight across fields seeking shelter while mocking his fate. Part II calls him back to prison labor to repay debts and notes political ads offering business shortcuts.
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Otto Wood
Raleigh
Tree sitter in Rocky Mount fall ends endurance contest
In Rocky Mount a mass tree sitting event for prizes ended when 18 year old William Andrews fell 15 feet from a platform. He sustained a fractured skull and broken shoulder but doctors expect recovery barring complications. Ten boys climbed trees as spectators watched closely.
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Rocky Mount
William Andrews
Andrews
15000 Refugees Flee Indus Flood In Sind Region
Flood waters from the Indus and its tributaries force 15000 people from upper Sind to seek safety in Karachi and Sukkur. Refugees stream by rail and road as embankments threaten the railway line. Shikarpur, a city of about 50000, faces imminent submersion.
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Karachi
India
Indus River
Sukkur
Sind
Shikarpur
Church Announcements from Dr Chandler and Rev Gragg
Dr O J Chandler pastors two services at 11 a m and 7 p m with Sunday School 9 45 a m Epworth League 6 15 p m prayer meeting Wednesday and choir practice Friday at 7 p m. Advent Christian Rev S E Gragg hosts Sunday School 9 45 a m and morning service at 11 o clock.
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O. J. Chandler
J. D. Rankin
Chandler
Epworth League
Deen
Advent Christian
S. E. Gragg
First Baptist Church Sunday Services and Activities
Pastor Rev. P. A. Hicks leads Sunday School at 9 45 a m with J T C Wright as superintendent. Worship at 11 a m and 8 p m. B Y P A meets at 7 p m and Brotherhood at 7 p m. Mid week prayer on Wednesdays at 8 p m.
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First Baptist
P. A. Hicks
J. T. C. Wright
Brotherhood
Lutheran Churches Grace Boone and Clark's Creek Services
Lutheran churches announce monthly and weekly services with 11 am preaching on the first Sunday Grace Boone and second and fourth Sundays elsewhere. Sunday School at 9 45 am weekly. Luther League at 7 pm Sundays. Holy Communion and parish notices. Pastor J A Yount invites the public.
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St. Marks, Bailey’s
Virgil Bradshaw
George L. Sawyer
Luther League
Holy Communion
Clark’s Creek
Perry Townsend
J. A. Yount
Watauga Charge Rev Burgess Services and Sunday Schedules
The notice lists Watauga Charge churches led by Rev A Burgess with preaching times on the first and third Sundays at Henson's Chapel 11 am and 7 pm on the first Sunday 7 pm on third Sunday plus Sunday School at 9 45 am led by J B Horton Epworth League 6 pm Valle Crucis holds 11 am first and third Sundays with Sunday School 10 am led by J M Shull Epworth League Wednesdays Blowing Rock preaching second and fourth Sundays 7 30 pm Mabel preaching second and fourth Sundays 3 am Sunday School 10 am led by Mr Moretz DEMOCRAT WANT ADS PAY
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A. Burgess
Henson’s_ Chapel
J. B. Horton
Epworth League
Valle Crucis
J. M. Shull
Blowing Rock
Mabel
Moretz
Fox Theatres Switch to Newspaper Ads Only
The Fox Theatres Corporation plans to advertise all current programs exclusively in newspaper columns. G S Yorke, director of advertising, cites flexibility rapid program changes better decorative use larger space and easier corrections as key benefits for hundreds of cinemas from the Mississippi to the Atlantic.
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New York
Fox Theatres Corporation
Mississippi
Atlantic Seaboard
Fox
G. S. Yorke
The
Roxy Theatre Tops Weekly and Long Term Gross Records
The Roxy Theatre in this area holds the record for weekly gross business and for the overall period of its operation. It has never used any advertising medium other than newspaper notices to promote itself.
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Roxy Theatre
The
Roxy
Newspapers Helped Film Grow From Fad to Industry
Mr Yorke argued that newspapers aided the motion picture business as it evolved from a fad into a major national industry, noting their support for many small houses and the overall development of cinema.
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Yorke
Ford Plant at Dearborn Completes World’s Longest Conveyor
The Rouge Plant in Dearborn Michigan unveiled a three and a half to four mile long suspended hook conveyor with a daily capacity of 300000 parts weighing over 2000000 pounds. It replaces freight cars and trucks for internal transfers and supports Ford’s mass production system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rouge
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn
Michigan
Ford
Machin
Sembly
Ford Company
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Ed Hodges
Ralph Maynard
R. Ross Donnelly
Helen Ae
Marshville
A. P. Widenhouse
Midland
East Main Street
Ruth Walton
Robert Coffey
Daniel Boone Park
Frank Brown
Frank Greene
Cleveland
Ohio
Watauga
Allen Adams
Detroit
Mich
Roby Adams
Robert Brown
Salem
Iowa
Baptist
Boone Drug Company
Ruth Robbins
J Frank Robbins
Earl Reeves
Reeves
Old Home Place
Laurel Springs
Ashe County
Mrs. Newton Banner
Cove Creek Dozen Club
R. N. Brooks
Tracy Councill
W. A. Watson
John D. Rockefeller,” Sr
Lutheran
Grace
Watauga Charge
Fox Movie Theatres
Aastime Theatre
Jack Perrin
Franklin Farnum
Buffalo Bill Jr
Rio Grande
Clara Bow
NAVY
Ruth Chatterton
Boone Drug Co
ALOS
Harris Brothers
Boone, North Carolina
Work Sox
Hanes Union
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