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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1933
Page
5
Local notes record the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Howard Mast and multiple relatives and visitors in Boone. Walter Worth visits his aunt Mrs J S Moody in Boone while Emery James and Leonard Roup tour from Sparta. Nell Trivette guests in Gastonia, and several locals attend events from Blowing Rock to Kannapolis.
Wanted to rent for the summer or purchase a baby carriage with a top and rubber-tired wheels. Respond to Write Box 91 Blowing Rock North Carolina.
The engagement and approaching marriage of Miss Louise Coffey to Mr. William C. Black of Staunton Virginia was announced Monday evening by her sister Mrs. Frank Williams during a Maids and Matrons Club gathering. The couple plans to wed August 15 at home with Miss Coffey a Boone North Carolina native and teacher at the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind. Black leads the violin department at the Staunton school and teaches at Fairfax Hall Waynesboro. A five table bridge session followed with prizes awarded to Miss Louise Critcher and Mrs. G K Moose and a vanity set for the bride elect.
Mrs. A E South entertained the Friday Afternoon Club on June 23 with guests and summer decor. Virginia and Elizabeth South performed piano solos and a duet, Virginia shared original poetry, and a tied contest in A T Quiz awarded Mrs Steele a prize. A two course luncheon followed.
Little Miss Pauline Blalock has returned home from Grace Hospital after serious truck injuries and is recovering well. The Leatherwood Lumber Company in Cornettsville Kentucky restarts its plant and Fred Harris resumes filing duties. Visitors include Charles Harris of Ban Gallie Florida and Lynn Dewey of Orsino Florida with a honey shipment. They traveled with over 4000 pounds and departed Montezuma Monday with under 1000 pounds, planning a return visit this year. Mr and Mrs Frank Garrison of Morganton are visiting, Kathleen Franklin returns home from Greensboro, Lucile Bagby visits Miss Bootsie Swift, and many residents attended the singing on the mountain last Sunday. Uncle Sum Banner, 92, remains mobile and reflective. Linville hotels and Camps reopen bringing business to Montezuma.
Local Goodyear dealer A. E. Hodges warns that warm weather and heavy weekend driving will end many worn tires. He notes inflated risk of blowouts and punctures as tires thin with long use. The shop offers free weekly tire inflation and condition checks for motorists.
The Seventh Commandment, a daring sequel to Road to Run, comes to the Pastime Theatre in Boone next Monday. The film portrays the jazz age dangers to youth and the perils of modern romance with an educational aim. Filmed in Hollywood’s B B B Cellar Cafe, it probes divorces, real love, and women’s fears as Hollywood’s first all talking sex picture.
The Woman's Missionary Society of Boone Methodist Church presents Heaven Bound, a pageant by 25 Cleveland County Negroes, at the courthouse Thursday with a 3 PM matinee and 8 PM evening show. Proceeds aid church work. cast includes biblical figures and spirituals like Swing Low Sweet Chariot. Dr C B Baughman, ENT specialist, will visit Boone on the first Monday each month.
Physicians tout purification as the foundation of health and urge a Calotabs cleansing course. The ad claims Calotabs purify the blood by activating the liver kidneys stomach and bowels with 10 cent and 35 cent packages sold by all dealers.
Bishop Cheshire preached in Boone on Tuesday. Miss Etta Mae Dougherty visits family in the week. J Polk Todd of Morganton marries Miss Mary C Moore of Mulberry. Baptist church on Howard's Creek planned near James McGhee's. W B Councill houses repair materials for Nathan Horton home on Main Street. Corn scarce and rising price, some at one dollar per bushel. Ashe County distressed by corn shortage. Debate set July 12–13, 1894 between Reverends Sherwood and Burrus over baptism questions. Gov Tillman and Sen Butler engage in bitter campaign for U S Senator. Industrial Commission opposes 7.6% increase in workers' compensation premiums. Dan C Boney notes rise justified by recent figures. impact shown across steel, construction, and road work sectors.
The text cites percentages for sectors like quarrying, logging and lumbering at 16 and 41 percent respectively. A doctor patient exchange asks about health with comments on swollen legs, noting minor swelling but suggesting it does not disturb the doctor.
For sale announces new wallpaper stock at low prices by Carr Bros. in Johnson City Tennessee, with contact phone 5104. Also listed are wind shields and car door glass services by Carr Brothers and radio repair services by H J Dailey in Boone with office contact at The Democrat. A Boone home for sale furnished and debt free is offered by Mrs Irene W Moody with Box 463.
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