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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1932
Page
5
The Blowing Rock Exchange opened with Lena Reeves in charge. Residents including Mrs. Lovill, Mrs. Harris, and Edna Harris visit or return from trips. Local figures like ex-Sheriff Hodges, Grady Moretz, and J. L. Qualls are noted with family ties, business moves, and hospital recoveries.
Mrs. Sam Horton entertained the Entre Nous Bridge Club and guests at her Cove Creek home. High score went to Mrs. Jim Rivers with second to Mrs. John Horton as tables blossomed with summer flowers and a salad course with iced tea followed. Attendees included Mrs. Gus Donnelly of Wake Forest and many local residents.
Residents discuss a daily vacation Bible school run by the Baptist Church and a special Boone term of court attracting community members. Visits include Mr Wilkinson, Dr Jordon Billings, and Mrs J L Reese who is recovering. Teachers from Vilas Cove Creek travel by car to Appalachian State summer programs daily.
North Side Farm reports progress in Azalea Heights with nineteen lots sold and homes built. Notable local residents from Winston-Salem Raleigh Four Oaks and Meredith College are listed among those with homes there. Camp Yonahlessee for girls opens July 1 run by Dr. and Mrs. A P Kephart.
Miss Violet Greene of Valley Forge Tenn spent the week end with Grady Greene. Rev Raymond Hendrix of Perkinsville preached at Brushy Fork Baptist Church. Roy Hayes died from accidental gunshot wounds Thursday shocking the community. Earl Colvard family visited A D Adams. Ivan Hayes of Elizabethton Tennessee finished a week visit. Mrs Philip Bentley of Laurel Fork spent the week end with locals.
McNess Company seeks steady work with good pay for a reliable man to call on farmers in Watauga County. No experience or capital needed. Write today to Department P, Freeport Illinois.
Mrs W L Winkler hosted a Wednesday afternoon party at North Side Farm honoring her daughter Clelle Moore on her ninth birthday. Guests included Katherine and Margaret Smith and others from Winston-Salem and Boone. nine candles atop a red and white cake. The Livingstone Club met with devotionals led by Mrs James Horton and a program on Citizens Responsibility for Crime.
A weekend storm brought heavy rain hail and lightning to Vilas and surrounding regions causing crop damage and melted transformer and telephone fuse plugs. Linesmen spent Sunday repairing lines while Section Foreman W H Brown and crew cleared clogged tiling after flood overflow. Miss Maxie Greene new teaching post Cabarrus County schools. Little Eugene Bingham remains ill but shows some improvement. Mr and Mrs Dosher and Miss Greene and Susie Banner returned Friday from Shulls.
A call meeting of all Democratic voters in Shawneehaw Township will be held at Matney schoolhouse on Friday night June 24 at 8 30 p m All voters are urged to attend.
In a courtroom scene a prisoner admits guilt before a jury of twelve women, insisting he would not even fool his own wife, prompting the judge to urge silence. The exchange highlights a controversial moment in trial proceedings.
Dr. C. B. Baughman an ENT specialist based in Elizabethton Tennessee will be in Dr. J. B. Hagaman's Boone office on the first Monday of each month to practice. Also real estate and farm listings from Carr Brothers Johnson City Tennessee advertise selling houses baby farms and farm products with easy terms and down payments.
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