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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1934
Page
5
Local items report visits and travel of residents from Marshall Belmont Spar ta Conover Adams Adams residents illness recovery and hospital updates. The share details include hotel stays at Daniel Boone and Keplars Style Shoppe appointment news at Hodges Tire and Boone Department Store sales and community visitors to Duke Chapel Hill and Fort Bragg around Boone.
Mrs Velma McGhee returned from Statesville Tuesday with her daughter Velma Rivers who had an operation at the Davis Hospital. The child is rapidly recovering. They were joined by cousin Miss Helen Jurney of Turnersburg who will visit with Rivers family for several days. The Livingston Club met June 4 at the home of Mrs Jessie McGuire with many guests. A two course repast was served. The program included hymns prayers talks and readings led by Mrs Paul Coffey Mrs Grady Farthing Mrs Brantley Duncan and others.
Master Jack Choate Whitener was honored at a Saturday birthday party at his home for his fiftieth anniversary. Guests enjoyed games stories and a green and white themed cake with a five candle centerpiece and themed treats.
The article discusses appointing a county farm agent to aid marketing of farm products, promote youth involvement in homes and agriculture, and foster county cooperation through clubs and fairs. It urges farmers to vote on the action next Saturday to determine Watauga's path forward.
Mrs. Charles L. Younce reports strong local interest in the Statewide Child Welfare Survey funded by the North Carolina Department of the American Legion. The effort seeks to identify and assist blind, deaf, crippled, and other under privileged children in Watauga County and to aid those needing industrial rehabilitation. She will be at the relief office in the county courthouse Friday through next week to collect information and encourage civic organization support.
Funeral services today honor Hubert Coffey born in Boone son of the late E S Coffey and Mrs Coffey educated at Appalachian College and employed by the State Highway and Public Works Commission later serving as highway engineer in Sylvia. Attendees include relatives from Lenoir Morganton Mountain City Tenn Statesville and others. Court records note several local case dispositions. Parsley keeping tip also appears.
The text advises holding the bread over a gas flame for a minute to kill mold spores. It claims heat will destroy mold without noticeably drying the bread. The guidance appears to mix safety with food handling steps and may not reflect best practices.
Benbow Wall of Yadkin County installs a 500 gallon tank to harvest rain from a barn roof and uses the stored water in the cattle barn.
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