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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1934
Page
1
A nostalgic piece laments the contrast between Mother’s Day celebrations and Father’s Day. It argues fathers bear silent burdens while offspring demand more material gifts, hoping future generations will honor the “old men” who faced hardships and unappreciated sacrifices.
Two sixteen year old girls parade through Boone, wearing frayed gowns and bargain shoes while crowds of summer visitors mock them. The scene exposes class divisions as the girls face ridicule, heartbreak, and a failed act.
In a campaign year many candidates for county offices are described as cagey and cordial. The piece notes how hopeful aspirants avoid direct nomination talk, greet supporters with politeness, and criticize taxes and teaching salaries while aiming for harmony and presidential support. Also reports Irish potato crop progress with digging starting in Beaufort County, NC.
More than one hundred insurance men gathered at Mayview Manor Blowing Rock for the thirty seventh annual North Carolina Association of Insurance Agents convention. President C W Coghill of Rocky Mount presided with state official Dan C Boney presenting an address on producing back to prosperity.
A Seventeenth District American Legion and Auxiliary meeting was held in Boone with Vice-Commander Alexander of Spruce Pine as toastmaster. Miss Rachel Payne Sugg explained the Child Welfare Survey aims, and Hon. W. R. Lovill of Boonney delivered the principal address to more than fifty World War veterans.
Carlisle W. Higgins of Sparta was confirmed as district attorney for the Middle North Carolina District and will begin duties around July first. He will resign as solicitor of the Eleventh Judicial District. Allen H. Gwyn of Reidsville is slated to fill the unexpired Higgins term as solicitor.
The public is invited to illustrated art lectures and exhibits sponsored by A S T C the State Department of Public Instruction and directed by Miss Leila Mechlin Washington DC The first lecture The Chicago Art Institute by Harshe will be June 22 at 8 15 pm delivered by Prof G P Eggers Announcements will follow about lectures on Italy and Her Art by Dr Amos Abrams American Decorative Arts by Cornelius read by Prof Guy Hill The project is directed by Miss Katherine Harwell Hyde County farmers plan to cooperatively sell wool sheared from their sheep Mr W F Miller has missed work due to illness.
A faulty plug of Red Coon chewing tobacco bought by Jim McGhinnis of Boone last fall allegedly contained foreign substances injurious to health, producing a $500 jury verdict against Taylor Brothers Tobacco Company in Recor ders Court. Defendants will appeal to the Superior Court.
A group of pastors from Avery Watauga Wilkes and Ashe counties met at Boone Baptist Church on Monday June 18 and organized the Northwestern Baptist Pastors Conference electing Rev P A Hicks Boone as president and Rev P E Downs West Jefferson as secretary The conference will meet quarterly Rev Roy Davis Newland Rev Dewey Danner Crossnore and others discussed mountain association promotion A lunch was served by church ladies The next meeting will be at West Jefferson Baptist Church September 17.
The residence of James Lewis near Trade Tennessee was completely destroyed by a fire last Saturday evening. All furnishings and edibles were lost, and several chickens perished. The frame house likely caught fire from a defective flu with no loss estimate available.
W H Walker, county chairman of the Tobacco Control Association, announced that 127 federal rental checks totaling 870 dollars have been received and are available at the Board of Education office starting Monday. Signatures must match contracts and receipts. unclaimed checks return to Washington after ten days. A second installment of 10 percent of 1933 sales will be distributed later.
The American Legion sponsors a statewide Child Welfare Survey in Watauga County urging every World War veteran to register with Mrs. Charles Younce at the county courthouse. Volunteers should locate all physically handicapped children and report them, with Watauga leading the state in cards sent for the week ending June 7.
The Woman's Missionary Union of the Three Forks Baptist Association held its annual meeting at Blowing Rock Baptist Church with 100 delegates attending from across the county. The program featured devotions, prayers, talks on prayer and stewardship, a lunch hosted by Blowing Rock WMA, and musical and youth presentations.
Official canvass reports L S Spurling of Lenoir renominated for another term in the Sixteenth District by a majority of 12 037 over Theodore F Cummings of Hickory The total vote was Spurling 17 019 Cummings 4 982 and the result comes from the State Board of Elections.
Ivan Moretz, 35, of upper Meat Camp, is in critical condition from a knife wound near the spine extending toward the heart after a Sunday brawl involving Frank and Link Trivett. Willard Greene jailed as accessory. Frank and Link Trivett at large. sheriff investigating with reports of firearms in use.
First term enrollment at Appalachian Teachers College rises twelve percent to 808 teachers, with 60 holding bachelor degrees and 2 with masters. Certificates range from elementary B to grammar grade A. An auxiliary summer session at Dobson adds 82 students, bringing total to 890. Students come from 92 colleges. 564 are alumni. The next largest group is 43 from the Women's College of UNC.
Pension checks for the four remaining Confederate veterans and for 24 surviving widows have been received at the Clerk of the Superior Court and are being delivered. Those unable to come may request mailing or have them sent for. The four veterans are J. E. Luther, Enoch Swift, William Norris and Lemuel Green.
Certification of the Sev enteenth District judgeship vote is withheld while the State Board of Elections investigates alleged irregularities in Wilkes and Alexander counties. Burke supporters claim multiple voting in North Wilkesboro Township. Rousseau backers cite double voting by both parties in Alexander County. Primary results show Burke 4841, Rousseau 4746, Ragland 1024 across six counties.
Hon Josephus Daniels ambassador to Mexico and Mrs Daniels along with Mrs Ickes and Chief Engineer Browning visited Boone on Thursday. They toured Blowing Rock and Smoky Mountain Park then the Cherokee Reservation before heading to Raleigh and on to Mexico City.
Miss Helen Underdown announces a new old law requiring threshing operators to keep official records of small grain acreage and production. The Register of Deeds will issue free threshing cards and notify operators to ensure accurate data for crop control committees. Operators should contact the county records office immediately.
Civilian Conservation Corps enrollments to meet the state quota will start in Charlotte on July 2 and run to July 18. Watauga's allotment will be recruited in Asheville on July 6 and will include eleven applicants.
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