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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1932
Page
5
Mrs Mary Kennedy Green and her son visit Boone while the U D C Chapter schedules a June 21 meeting at 3 30 with Mrs Joe Cooke to welcome all members. Other items include residents visiting, family travels, health updates, a marriage announcement, and social club gatherings with bridge prizes and garden notes.
Our county items report L W Estes buying a farm near Oakland California for 12000 dollars and J F Spainhour raising stock for a turnpike project with about 2000 dollars raised. Also Virginia railroader Jont Horton visits, Rev Calvin Farthing taking pastorates in Cool Spring Flat Top and Zionville, NC. Congressman W H Bower injures himself on a cable car but continues about his duties. a 7th inst wedding at D Norris home Mead Camp unites McCoy Moretz and Miss Norris with best wishes from Watauga friends.
Mesdames Paul Coffey B Hollifield David F Greene and Misses Eric Greer Ruth Coffey Louise Coffey Ruth Benfield Anita Winkler and Annie Dougherty are listed as guests attending the social gathering.
The report notes strong Sunday school turnout with 116 attendees last Sunday. Rev. Ashley will conduct his usual services next Saturday and Sunday. Superintendent Asa Greene invites all to arrive early for the 10 a.m. session.
D P Bowman and family of Hickory were weekend visitors in Blowing Rock. Claude Setzer improves after illness. Bower Williams and Dallas Coffey return from Johnson City and Elizabethton Tennessee. Cloyd Deal visits his aunt Odell Deal. Mrs J M Knox and Misses Clara and Bertha Knox arrive for the summer. Mrs Howard Coffey and Miss Mabel Coffey return from Statesville and Scots NC. Grady Greer spent days in Charlotte. Charles Greene returns home after months in Elizabethton Tennessee. Miss Blair Suddreth attends Banner Elk as delegate to the Christian Endeavor Society conference. Joe Panella spends weekend in Blowing Rock.
In Le noir on Sunday after an 11 o clock night storm Rev. Sexton Buchannon united John H. Johnson of Gate City Virginia and Miss Mary F. Rowan of Amory Mississippi. Witnesses were John Hodges of Boone and Dennis Anderson.
The Boone town commissioners levy license taxes for 1932 33 covering autos hire and garages per seat for hire buses barbers beauty parlors and other trades. The schedule includes rates for hotels laundries peddlers moving picture shows slot machines and more with calculations per item and per unit.
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