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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1931
Page
5
Local notes report Miss Louise Farthing visiting relatives in Wilkesboro and several residents from Deep Gap Morganton and Watauga enjoying weekends with family. Mentioned are nursing trainee Hazel Gragg, a rye harvest record, a Mountain City wedding, a rock car incident near Boone depot with one near miss, and community figures like road engineer Jim Councill.
Gerald Landham a county employee was tar waterproofing the courthouse tower when a hawk attacked. He struck with a tar brush delivering a solar plexus blow. Both retreated and disappeared into unknown parts.
In Valle Crucis Mrs D F Mast hosted a June 20 shower for honoree Mrs Robert Glenn. Guests included Mrs Glenn and relatives from Hickory Benson Chicago Zionville Statesville South Carolina Ingalls Maryland and Valle Crucis. Refreshments featured congealed fruit salad sandwiches strawberries with whipped cream cake grape juice and coffee.
Miss Wilma Baird hosts a bridge party at Mrs. Robert Glenn's home with prizes for high scores won by Wilhelmina Shull and Frank Taylor. Gifts, refreshments, and a guest list including Blanche Horton and travelers from Chicago, Atlanta, and Charleston mark the social afternoon.
The Blowing Rock Methodist Church will hold sermons Sunday at 11 AM and 8 PM led by Rev. Mr. Stafford for the summer. He will arrive in Boone next Saturday and work with Dr. Chandler in Boone and Blowing Rock.
In Boone last week two cases were tried. Arraigned before Mayor Moretz, B. C. Johnson faced a drunkenness charge and was released on costs of 3.95 dollars. Mrs. Clyde Miller stood before Justice Edwin N. Hahn on assault and battery charges and paid costs of 8.80 dollars.
District Engineer James H. Coun eill arrived Monday with assistant E. Ford King to set up offices in Boone. King has supervised Jackson County construction and will move his family here. Counill says B. S. Howard of Lenoir will assist in highway work across five counties under his supervision.
County extension horticulturist E. B. Morrow urges successive plantings of beans tomatoes and sweet potatoes to assure late season yields. He recommends baring strawberries for new runners planting tomatoes deep for moisture and sowing corn varieties with staggered dates and nitrogen support. Regular spray or dusting with magnesium arsenate protects beans from beetles.
County wide Sunday School revival planned from June 26 to August 2 with volunteer workers and a last Sunday offering for bus fare. Churches listed will receive a worker for one week. a community survey and enrollment push will precede nightly studies, with diplomas for thoseExamining the book Building a Standard Sunday School.
A report to The Democrat states Dr. C. H. Barriman manager of Hodges Drug Company at Blowing Rock married in Burnsville on the 13th inst. Details were not available at press time.
A gray cloak was left on Sunday in Boone or on the road to Vilas. Return to White Hall at the college. Pigs and pups for sale. Fine Poland China pigs and collie pups. Don J. Horton Vilas North Carolina 25 2.
Dr. C B Baughman an Eye Ear Nose and Throat specialist will be in Dr J B Hagaman's office Boone on the first Monday in June for professional practice.
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