Blowing Rock club plans June 20 cleanup campaign
The Blowing Rock service club held a meeting at Mrs. Harry Martin's home on Main Avenue and scheduled a community cleanup for June 20. Residents inside the corporate limits are asked to gather trash near streets for pickup by trucks, with prizes from $1.50 to 75 cents for the largest piles.
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Blowing Rock
Harry Martin
Main Avenue
Dulong
Charlotte
J. A. Panella
Critcher Apartments
Lanes
Valie Crucis
Barber Hartley
Meat Camp notes and local visits in Ashe county
Regular church service at the Baptist Church on upper Meat Camp last Saturday and Sunday. Local residents return from Bristol and trips to Jefferson Warrensville and Ashe area noted. Community news includes church visits, missionary talk, and a forthcoming Wide Awake Club meeting at Riverview schoolhouse on Thursday.
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L. A. Wilson
Baptist Church
Upper Meat Camp
Manley Moretz
Bristol
A. W. Hodgson
Jefferson
W. Jefferson
Warrensville
Ashe
Vick Chemical Co
Greensboro
Finley
Cook
Mount Bleasant
N. C
Woman's Missionary Society
The
Lutheran Church
Mt. Zi
Leonard Wilson
Boone
Proffit Grove
Edna
Eleanor Moretz
Verlie Winebarger
H. W. Jeffcoat
Mount Pleasant
Eugene Moretz
Edward Moretz
W. D. Farthing
Houck
George Main
Tamarack
Wide Awake
Riverview School House
Rev Hampton Preaches Regularly at Blue Ridge
Mr A H Dula recuperates in Baltimore at Johns Hopkins hospital reporting Capt Lov ill of Boone NC improving. Dula enjoys hospitality of Mr and Mrs Jas Moore. People visited Blowing Rock last Sunday while Mrs M A Wright visits brother J G Coffey Foscoe. Commodore Church works at Blowing Rock and Alfred Church caught two ground hogs previously followed by animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton
A. H. Dula
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Capt. Lovill
Boone, N. C
Mr. Dula
Jas. Moore
Blowing Rock
M. A. Wright
J. G. Coffey
Foscoe
Roby Coffey
Commodore Church
Alfred Church
Olive Dula
County farmers eye poultry shipment cooperative
Counties seek to start joint carrot shipments for poultry following the success of Macon County’s John V. Arrendale. The cooperative effort led by the county agent draws attention from neighboring mountain counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John V. Arrendale
Macon
Mrs Rivers laid to rest in Boone funeral service
Mrs. R C Rivers wife of Col R C Rivers of the Watauga Democrat died after months of illness. Born January 7 1861 she was 63. Funeral in the Methodist church with Rev Mrs B Woosley and Rev F M Huggins officiating. Interment in Boone cemetery.
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Rivers
Methodist Church
H. L. Wood
Methodist
B. Woosley
F. M. Huggins
Baptist Church
Boone
Community fairs urged as measure of progress plans June
Raleigh North Carolina May 30 Farmers and farm women urged to organize community fairs with elected officers and active committees. A well planned premium list is essential and should be prepared now with county agents to fund printing and distribution. Plans for exhibits, including hay and strawberry preserves, should start as soon as possible and calls for volunteers are welcome.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
J. M. Gray
State College of Agriculture
Ku Klux Klan Burns Fiery Cross Above Lovill Pinnacle
A large flaming cross stood nearly 30 feet high atop the Lovill pinnacle last night signaling Ku Klux Klan activity in the area. Observers note strong local attention with opinions divided on the group’s presence and strength in the county remains unclear.
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KU Klux Klan
Lovill
Invisible Empire
Old Folks Day at Fairview Church Features Elder Wisdom
Z. T. Watson recalls Fairview Methodist Church old folks day with Rev. Griggs sermon, Uncle Wash Norris 98, and a community dinner. He praises aging veterans of the cross, notes lessons from history, and urges youth to heed elders’ wisdom.
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Fairview Methodist Church
J. M. Griggs
Todd N. C
T. G. Williams
Uncle Wash Norris
Uncle Wash
Fairview
Our
Three Forks Baptist Church
Three Forks Church
Shell
Jesus
Cross
Rheoboam
Babylon
Z. T. Watson
Halifax County Wool Crop Soars With Strong Yields
County Agent C. E. Little J. John reports about 200 pounds of one fourth blood and 800 pounds of Delain fleece. Farmers are offered 46 cents per pound for the new four blood wool.
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Halifax County
C. E. Little J. John
Appreciation for Sympathy on Death of Devoted Wife and Mother
The management expresses sincere appreciation for letters and telegrams of sympathy after the death of a devoted wife and mother. They note she was the best, a Christian character who did her duty to family neighbor and God and died without an enemy.
Tennessee Angler Has Luck in Watauga Waters
Col. Z A Robertson of Globe Realty & Auction Co visited Boone this week and bragged of catching 17 pounds of bass at the New River Light and Power dam, largest fish 5 1/2 pounds. The firm opens a new street Howard Street with a public auction Saturday June 14 offering choice lots and promising fourfold returns on Boone property.
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Z. A. Robertson
Globe Realty & Auction Co
Boone
Isaac Walton
Democrat
Watauga Co
Howard Street
Friday Afternoon Club Hosts Delightful May Meeting
The Friday Afternoon Club gathered at Mrs. Sproles home on May 30 for an azalea decorated afternoon. Guests solved Transposed Letter Rhymes with four tying for perfect results, prize awarded to Mrs Woosley. A fruit salad tea followed, then exchanges and departure with praise for the pleasant event.
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J. D. Rankin
Largest crowd ever at Appalachian Training School opening
The Appalachian Training School opened with an estimated hundreds of attendees as housing and local boarding houses filled to capacity. Officials have not issued a formal report yet, but registration continues with an unusually large turnout due to the school's popularity and other advantages.
Worth While Club Meets at Mrs Trivett’s Locust Street Home
Mrs. W L Trivett hosted the Worth While Club on Locust Street last Friday with a flower decorated home. The meeting opened by the president after devotions by Mrs Bennett. A program on wild flowers featured talks by Mrs McConnel Mrs Wright and Mrs Graves. Mrs Bennett received a flower basket. Refreshments of strawberries cream cake and coffee followed. Miss Nell Trivett provided music. Next gathering set for Friday June 13 at Mrs Smith Hagaman’s home.
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W. L. Trivett
Locust St
Bennett
McConnel
Wright
Graves
Tryon Farmers Ship First Iceberg Lettuce Load
May 27 in Tryon alerts that the first car load of iceberg lettuce grown in western North Carolina will be loaded tomorrow. P C Squires, Polk County Farmers Federation manager, notes several express shipments have outsold Colorado and California lettuce in northern markets. Asheville guests J G K McClure and Mr Goodman of Asheville expected.
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Tryon
North Carolina
P. C. Squires
Polk County Farmers’ Federation, Inc
Colorado
California
J. G. K. McClure
Mr. Goodman
Asheville
Watauga County
Former Wataugan Buried in Garfield
Funeral of Hiram Gragg 80, Confederate veteran and pioneer of the Palouse, was held at the Garfield Presbyterian church with Rev. Vicker officiating. Survived by daughter Callie Simpson of Pendleton Oregon. Gar fields notes urge State Farmers Convention at State College July 23 24 25 and summer pig feeding to raise fall market potential.
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Garfield
Watauga
Hiram Gragg
Palouse
Presbyterian Church
Vicker
Gragg
North Carolina
Whitman County
Callie Simpson
Pendleton
Oregon
State College
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B. T. Taylor
Stony Fork
Taylor
W. P. Welch
Deep Gap
Bowie
Mount Vernon
Mt. Vernon
Watson Sisters
Miss Hinshaw
Rocky Point
W. A. Watson
Blue Ridge
Mrs. Rivers
Watauga Democrat
Tennessee
Watauga Waters
Washington
Beaufort County
Appalachian
Appalachian Training School
W. W. Shay
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