Local Affairs Highlights From Boone Area
Mrs. T. M. Greer returns home after visiting Bertie County relatives. Ed Hodges of Hodges Tire Co visits Charlotte. Several residents host or visit family in Boone Winston Salem and Sugar Grove. A. R. Smith and party tour Savannah Ga. Gregory. A rainbow trout weighing over 18 inches is caught on Watauga River. Hampton-Brown couple wed in Mountain City Tenn. Entre Nous Club hosts bridge at Mrs. Mast’s home. Births birthdays and local society notes filed with names and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. Greer
Bertie County
Ed Hodges
The
Hodges Tire Company
Charlotte
Floyd Palmer
G. F. Messick
Happy Valley
Dave P. Mast
Sugar Grove
Bakersville
C. L. Holland
Jessie McGuire
Boone
George Moretz
Winston-Salem
Moretz
Robert Coffey
Hagaman Linney Clinic
Blanche Hayes
Shepherds, Va
Grace Sherrill
Hazel Macauley
D. S. Love
Adams
Marietta Adele
Poyner
J. H. Brendall Jr
Moyock, Nic
Jennie Mast
Griffith High School
W. J. Mast
Vilas
A. R. Smith
Kathryn
Margaret
Ann
Ralph Greer
San Bernardino
Calif
Geo. Greer
Zionville
Greer
California
Joe McNeil
Rich Mountain
Mercy General Hospital
R. Z. Linney
Hagaman-Linney Clinic
Jim Bryan
Watauga River
James Cloer
Granite Falls
Guilford College
Earl H. Brendall
Duke
H. B. Perry
Valle Crucis
Perry
Allen Sherrill
Plainfield
N. J
Faye Vanney
Hampton—Brown
Gladys Hampton
William Brown
Mountain City
Tenn
J. Amos Hampton
Etta Brown Gragg
Boone High School
Mount Vernon
Bamboo
Mast
Dave Mast
Stanley Harris
Joe Gaither
Mesdames
Paul Coffey
Murray Critcher
James Horton
Zack Linney
Roland Davis
Ruth Isaacs
Coy Moody
Lucy Bingham
Sam Horton
Henry Mast
Cliff McConnell
Russell Hodges
John Horton
Miss Fuller
Rankin Preaches at Methodist Church in absence of pastor
Dr J D Rankin occupied the pulpit at the Methodist Church Sunday morning in the pastor’s absence and delivered a forceful sermon to a large congregation. He urged Christian courage by relating the martyrs Nero era and announced plans for visiting ministers this summer both here and at Blowing Rock. The church will hold mid week fellowship with young and old attendance averaging about 100 last year. Stewards met to discuss funding the parsonage and to strengthen congregation morale through sympathetic encouragement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Rankin
Blowing Rock
Stewards
Board of Stewards
International House comes to the Pastime theater
The all star cast led by Peggy Hopkins Joyce W C Fields Rudy Vallee and George Burns to star in Paramount musical comedy International House at the Pastime Theatre Thursday and Friday June 15 and 16 with Bela Lugosi Lena Andre Sterling Holloway Franklin Pangborn Edmund Breese and Lumsden Hare also featured in a hotel set comedy about a Chinese scientist invention and a traveling crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
W. C. Fields
Rudy Vallee
Stuart Erwin
George Burns
Gracie Allen
Sam Maritza
Col. Stoopnagle
Budd
Cab Calloway
Orchestra
Baby Rose Marie
International House
Paramount
Bela Lugosi
Lena Andre
Sterling Holloway
Franklin Pangborn
Edmund Breese
Lumsden Hare
Compensation Cases Set Across Piedmont and Mountains
Seventy three workers compensation cases, including seven deaths, are listed for hearings before Industrial Commissioner J. Dewey Dorsett in twenty counties over the next two weeks. Hearings include Asheville with thirteen cases in the first week and Winston-Salem with eight in the first week, followed by Greensboro with four in the second week and other towns such as Durham, Elkin, Lenoir, Franklin, and Shelby. The Boone case D E Benfield versus the State Highway Commission is scheduled for June 8 at 9 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
J. Dewey Dorsett
Piedmont
Mountain
Dorsett
Durham
Spray
Mount Airy
Sparta
Elkin
Wilkesboro
Lenoir
Boone
Newland
Asheville
Waynesville
Bryson City
County farm program plans scrub bull removal
H K Sanders farm agent leads a program in Person County to eliminate twenty five scrub bulls and replace them with purebred stock. The effort aims to improve cattle quality and herd health across local farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Person County
H. K. Sanders
Five Cases Disposed of In Recorder S Court Tuesday
Five cases were tried at the Recorder's court Tuesday. Thomas Cowles fined $1 and costs with notice of appeal. Guy Stout four months on roads for intoxicated driving and carrying concealed weapon. Enoch Dugger assault with deadly weapon, judgment suspended. Wiley Greene fined $10 and costs for driving without license. Doughton Greene Levi Watson larceny of one chicken with judgment suspended on payment of costs. Plus truck bid notice for Wa tauga County school routes meeting June 12 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recorders Court
Recorder’s Court
Thomas Cowles
Guy Stout
Enoch Dugger
Wiley Greene
Doughton Greene
Levi Watson
Expression of thanks after death and burial
A courteous thanks note from J. F. Sherrill and family expresses deep appreciation to friends for support during the death and burial of their daughter and sister, wishing blessings of health and happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Sherrill
Notice Board Reading From Watauga Democrat Classifieds
Trespass notices for sale printed on durable cardboard at 20 cents per dozen. Painting services offered with reasonable prices by I R Cornell Valle Crucis NC. Dr C B Baughman ENT specialist to visit Dr J B Hagaman Boone NC first Monday each month for practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watauga Democrat
I. R. Cornell
Valle Crucis
N. C
C. B. Baughman
Elizabethton
Tenn
J. B. Hagaman
Boone
Sycamore Tree Grows From 1861 Handspike Tale
John Smith of Vilas recalls a sycamore on his land that began as a handspike used by his father in 1861 during log rolling. After the work, the battered pole was set in the ground as a fence stake and later grew into a two and a half foot diameter tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Smith
Vilas
Democrat
Smith
Trustees of Edgar Tufts Association Meet Today
Banner Elk trustees of the Edgar Tufts Memorial Association convene at Lees-McRae College on Thursday at 10 30 a m to discuss future policy affecting Lees-McRae College its affiliated industries Grace Hospital and Grandfather Orphans Home The summer opening of Pinnacle Inn operated by the college will be noted and local citizens are invited to attend after the meeting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Tufts
Banner Elk and Vicinity
Fat back price error flagged by ad in Democrat
An advertisement from the Smithey Store in last week’s Democrat quoted fat back at 15 cents a pound while the correct price was 7 cents. The paper regrets the mistake and notes the infamous price hike contradicts the store’s Great Bargain Givers reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithey
Democrat
Also Mentioned on This Page
Len Hagaman
Wake Forest College
Smith Hagaman
Marbeth Winkler
W. R. Winkler
Winkler
Gertrude Vance
Velma McGhee
Mary Kathryn Wilson
Betty Clay
Bobby Clay
Roberta Critcher
Rebecca Moose
Mary Alice Moretz
Josephine Miller
Amy Lee Angel
Kathryn Horton
Carolyn
Mary Sue
Betty Ruth
Dr. Rankin
Methodist Church
Board of Education
Watauga County
N. Hahn
W. C. Greene
Motor Inn
Velma Rivers McGhee
Bitch
Kenneth Linney
Ite
Boone Radio Service
Central Tire Co
Boone, N. C
Guy Hill
Main Street
A. E. Hodges
H. & N. Tire
W. C. Norris
Miller’s Floral Shoppe
East Main Street
Edgar Tufts Association
Spainhour
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