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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1929
Page
5
Washington reports leaders in Congress promise to support a relief bill authorizing the farm board to spend 500 million dollars to stabilize agriculture. Senator McNary of Oregon urged giving the board full scope to use the relief measures as the legislation moves toward enactment.
Obituary notes Mildred Marcella Cooke 14 died May 15 1929, daughter of Mr and Mrs L Len Cooke. Survived by parents and four sisters including Mrs Wm Tunnell Bernice Pearl and Ruby Cooke. Active in Boone Baptist church and music, organist for Girls Auxiliary and Jr B Y P A. Funeral drew large crowd and floral tributes.
Listings include cherries for sale from Catawba Creamery Hickory NC roomed rental Boone NC two furnished rooms Yadkin Valley mule for sale Yadkin Valley or Hodges Gap old Grandfather clock wanted Baby chicks weekly hatch Wilkes Hatchery Chestnut timber cutting by Edminston Bros Chevrolet truck for sale and Light Six Nash touring offered Deep Gap NC with contact cues and dates.
The board of education will consider letting contracts to transport about six hundred children for the 1929 30 term. Routes include Zionville Cove Creek Blowing Rock Deep Gap Boone Todd and other areas. A meeting to discuss details is set for Monday June 10 with interested contractors. Dr A G Jones ear eye nose and throat specialist will visit Boone June 3 and 4.
Sheriff L. M. Farthing will sell on Monday July 1 1929 for cash the real estate of F C Ward in Boone township described as Brushy Fork tract between Boone Trail highway and J W Ward lands bounded by F C Ward Andy Greer and Pauline Henson etc to satisfy Mrs Joe K Mast vs J A Woodie S C Ward W W Mast showing a judgment of 194 98 with credits 78 28 plus costs and interest.
By virtue of an execution directed to the undersigned sheriff from county on the 7th day of May 1929 in Lyon Healy vs Carter Cook for 116.13, I will on Monday July 1 1929 offer for sale the right and interest of Carter Cook in Lots 197 196 and eastern half of Lot 195 in the Daniel Boone Park addition to the town. Sale at Boone Trail Highway bank line and then along the highway to the start. Dated June 1 1929. By H A Hagaman D S.
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