Watauga Folks News and Local Appointments
Miss Ruth Coffey visits relatives in Bristol Tennessee and Miss Velma Rivers returns from Johnson City. Mr and Mrs Bob Ellis of Knoxville guests at C A Ellis home. Verna Wilson assists Register of Deeds Gragg. Rev S E Gragg to preach at Valle Crucis Church on Sunday 11 oclock. Subject Signs of the Times. Miss Mable Toppings returns to Boone after teaching in Albemarle graded schools. Flossie Day home from Washington DC visiting Roby Day. Thomas Wilson of Silverstone improving after appendicitis operation. Miss Crawford of Boone attends nurse duties with Ethel M Evans of Carbon Indiana returning home to Terre Haute for Indiana State Normal. Watauga County Bank directors meet, resolutions in memory of W C Coffey adopted and L A Greene elected Vice President to succeed Coffey.
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Ruth Coffey
Bristol
Tenn
Velma Rivers
Johnson City
Bob Ellis
Knoxville
C. A. Ellis
Verna Wilson
Register of Deeds
Gragg
E. Gragg
Valle Crucis Methodist Church
Mable Toppings
Albemarle
Boone
Flossie Day
Washington City
Roby Day
Thomas Wilson
Silverstone
N. C
Miss Crawford
Engagement Announced and Local Updates From Watauga County
Mrs. Ada Worth Penn Coffey announces the engagement of her daughter Alley Henry Penn to Mr. M. R. Earnhardt of Le noir North Carolina with a wedding planned for July fifteenth. Also notes bond exchange instructions for temporary liberty bonds through the Federal Reserve Bank Richmond. Local items cover road funding pause, Boone hardware ad, school reopenings, staff changes, and campus development at Appalachian Training School including a lot purchase near Lovill Home and plans to remove two small houses for campus improvements.
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Ada Worth Penn Coffey
Miss Alley Henry Penn
M. R. Earnhardt
Lenoir
N.C
Federal Reserve Bank
Richmond
Watauga County Bank
Adv
Appalachian Training School
Johnson
State Board
Lovill Home
Kimber Johnson
Printing Outfit For Sale In Boone North Carolina
Advertising notice for a complete printing outfit offered by Wagner A Reese of Boone NC includes one press, form size, 20 fonts, rules leads ornaments cuts furniture composing stick and more. Described as a dandy job printing setup with quick payback. Price 40 dollars. June 10. 2te
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagner A. Reese
Boone
N.C
North Carolina
Watauga County
St. Lewis Trimmed Hat Co
Superior Court
D. F. Main
North Fork ‘Township
Ninetyth Birthday Celebrated at Hodges Home
Celebrants gathered last Sunday at Capt. William M. Hodges old home in Poplar Grove to honor his ninetieth birthday with a lavish repast. Hodges, a Confederate Army officer and respected citizen, is praised for his health and character. He has three living children, thirty grandchildren, sixty four great grandchildren, and a great great grandchild. He is the second son of Rev. Larkin Hodges and a grandson of Edward Moody, a Revolutionary soldier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Hodges
Poplar Grove
Capt. Hodges
Larkin Hodges
Edward Moody
Methodist Congregation Moves Services to Court House
The Methodist Sunday school and congregation outgrew the church building so starting next Sunday at 10 o clock services will be held in the court house to allow larger congregations and better work. A men’s class will be organized with officers and teacher elected by the men affiliated with the congregation. All eligible men are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Death News From Clinch Field And Welfare Work
Mr J A Sproles learns of his brother death and hastens to Shull s Mills for the noon train. Miss Mary Ston from Elk township, bedridden for seven years, is moved to Banner Elk Hospital where Dr Tate plans return home soon after recovery. Prof Roy M Brown, welfare worker, aided many county residents, sparking hope in the community. Local ads list hardware needs, farm sales, and an ef fation sale in Watauga County with court notices and land descriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Sproles
Clinchfield
Shull’s Mills
Mary Ston
Elk Township
Banner Elk
Roy M. Brown
Tate
Prof. Brown
Watauga
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The
Ethel M. Evans
Carbon
Ind
Reltives
Indiana State Normal
Terra Haute
W. C. Coffey
L. A. Greene
Coffey
Boone Hardware Co
T. P. Adams
Russellville
Isaac Dougherty
Tennes
Ethel Lewis
Peoples Bank and Trust Co
Ira. Criteher
Bamboo
W.R. Gragg
Watauga Supply Co
Register
Wilson
High Motor Co
Oakland
General Motors Corporation
Packarle
Highway Motor Company Dealers
Wilkes
Ashe, Alleghany, Avery
Hee
Catawba Creamery Co
Valle Cruci
N. Chow
Sensible Six Motor
Appalachian Theater
Marguerite Clark
Paramount
Arguerite Clark
New York
Mack-Sennett
McCormick Binders
McCormick
W. R. Stoffel Hardware Co
Mountain City
Tennessee
Valle Crucis
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