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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1925
Page
4
The piece lauds the National Air Transport Co of Chicago as the start of a lasting commercial aviation era. It warns that large investments, tax needs for terminals, and regulatory groundwork are essential, and that success will be judged by measurable achievement rather than sentiment or patriotism.
Beech Creek residents report the death of Mrs. Don Trivett on Tuesday evening after a prior illness. Her funeral was held at Mount Gilead Cemetery with Rev. R. L. Palmer presiding. She leaves a husband and two young children. Services at Mt Gilead and decoration services at Timbered Ridge drew sizable crowds.
Frost damaged crops in Meat Camp with potatoes nearly wiped out and fruit badly hurt though hope remains. Local residents attended county singing at Silverstone. visits include R C Winebarger from Lenoir, James Bryan of Boone with his sick mother, and many others visiting relatives and on business trips around Meat Camp and Cove Creek.
Annie Shall Leake recounts a long journey from Vancouver to Yokohama and Hong Kong to Manila. She describes seasickness, Japanese ports, a December 14 wedding at St John’s Cathedral Manila, a drive to Baguio via Zig Zag road, then settling in Cavite and noting local scenery and life.
Mr A G Miller runs a ten day sale and plans a furniture auction next Saturday. Rocky Point consolidated school building will start soon with a 60 day completion goal. Tad Hampton had tonsils removed in Boone and recovers well. Mrs Amelia Luther is indisposed. Deep Gap Tie and Lumber Co reports strong business. Frosts threaten fruit and chestnut crops. J Q Welch visits from Winston-Salem. Rural mail route from Deep Gap hoped soon. W M Presnell supplies medicines. W H Gragg of Boone won the Rocky Point school contract and has begun work. Weather remains warm and dry. Crops need rain. We will continue to send news.
A humorous local aside celebrates Tete Johnson and his wife as a loving couple. The jest notes an odd domestic anecdote about mutual grooming as a playful detail.
Quote from Ed Purdy on changing childhood: "Little children no longer hang to mothers' skirts. They can't reach 'em." Reflects a social observation in the era.
A monument within Stone Mountain will carve a memorial hall beneath the granite face honoring Confederate women. The vault like chamber will be 321 feet long and 40 feet high with thirteen state columns and bronze doors. The esplanade will host urns with perpetual lamps and walls will display tablets for each Confederate state and units, preserving family records for future generations.
The regular monthly service will be conducted by Rev. S. E. Gragg at the court house Sunday at eleven with communion. Sunday School is at ten. Evening preaching at eight led by Rev. W. L. Trivett. A cordial invitation extended to the community and school to attend.
A large crowd attended the singing at Silverstone Sunday. A girl named Virginia Geraldine was born to Mr and Mrs L M Bing ham. Burglars entered Sugar Grove Post Office last Friday night with a loss of about 20 dollars. W L Coles blood hound tracked the scent to Boone depot. A group of young people hiked to Tater Hill last Sunday. Bynum and Lawrence Banner of Banner Elk visited Cove Creek Sunday. Teachers from Cove Creek attend summer school at Boone.
Customer asks for a cheap summer suit but is told the floor walker is out to lunch, delaying service. The brief exchange captures a small retail moment and the clerk’s instruction.
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