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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1926
Page
3
Community leaders propose a county pageant to depict social moral and educational progress since acquiring Watauga County from Native Americans about 150 years ago. Plans include school reenactments old time funerals and weddings relic displays and prizes for best produce and crafts.
The Waatauga Building and Loan Association formed in June 1921 has spurred Boone's growth from 317 residents to a booming 500 percent increase in five years. From no assets in 1921 it reached 250000 dollars by July 1 1926, aiming to make Watauga County a hundred percent home owning area.
A nostalgic poem about the North Carolina hills celebrating their majesty and memory. The speaker cherishes childhood days, friends, and homeland, despite future changes, and expresses a hopeful dream of returning in life’s later years. The hills remain unchanged while other things evolve.
The county builds and repairs over 150 homes and supports a local building and loan association offering 6 to 12 year loans. With about 400 subscribers, it has earned 73-10 per cent since formation and outperformed most state associations. The piece urges small communities to form such associations for security and local prosperity. It notes that North Carolina had 231 associations reporting to the Insurance Commissioner in 1925, with 148 showing less assets than Boone’s. It extols home ownership as a safeguard of liberty and references Briand and Ford in a pro industrial production frame.
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