Local notes of visits and health in Watauga area
Local affairs detail weekend visits among residents of Taylorsville Stony Point Boone and Collettsville. Hospital updates note appendicitis case and improving condition. Naval Academy applicant Kambrich returns from Boone to Annapolis with accolades. Friday Afternoon Club hosts Will Rogers theatre party at Pastime with Boone Drug Company refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Kambrich
Dorris Anderson
Boone
Annapolis
Naval Academy
National High School Commission
Idaho
Kambrich
Watauga
Eula
Jennie Todd
Will Rogers
David Harum
Boone Drug Company
Mesdames
Frank Miller
H. B. Perry
Birthday Party Honoring Lucille Wike On Her Ninth
Mrs. Poly Wike and Miss Edna Warden hosted a birthday party Tuesday April 24 honoring Lucille Wike on her ninth birthday. Guests included Lucille Cooke Mary Alice Cooke Betsey Mae Johnson Kathryn McGhee Betty Ruth Winkler Kathleen Gragg Bobbie Clay Betty Ruth Williams Annie Lee Angel Mary Alice Moretz Trula Gragg Robert Lovill Tom Winkler and Charles Younce. The guest of honor received many gifts and a cake and lemonade were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poly Wike
Edna Warden
Lucille Wike
Mary Alice Cooke
Lucille Cooke
Betsey Mae Johnson
Kathryn McGhee
Betty Ruth Winkler
Kathleen Gragg
Bobbie Clay
Betty Ruth Williams
Annie Lee Angel
Mary Alice Moretz
Trula Gragg
Masters Robert Lovill
Tom Winkler
Charles Younce
Local Notes Highlight Sheriff Visits and Bank Scandal
The Democrat notes Sheriff Monroe of Rowan attending court as a Ramsey case witness and praises Sheriff Calloway and A H Boyd of Caldwell. It reports B B Webb promoting Statesville Marble Works and alerts to the J R Holland bank theft of about 60000, with the bank solvent. It also mentions a recent Charlotte fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democrat
Todd
Blackburn
Monroe
Rowan
Ramsey
Calloway
A. H. Boyd
Caldwell
Timberlake
Sheriff Boyd
B. B. Webb
Statesville
Charlotte
J. R. Holland
Merchants and Farmers National Bank
Holland
Charlotte Democrat
Death of Mrs Minerva Walsh in Johnson City
Mrs Minerva Lee Walsh 68 died at a Johnson City hospital after a brief illness. Survived by husband W C Walsh daughter Mrs Lora E Dunn Pensacola Florida sister Mrs Lizzie Franklin Newland NC. Funeral from 21 Alabama Street Johnson City conducted by Rev William R Rigell and Rev R R Carrier. Interment at Milligan cemetery. She long operated a hotel in Elk Park making many Watauga County friendships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minerva Lee Walsh
Johnson City
W. C. Walsh
Lora E. Dunn
Pensacola
Fla
Lizzie Franklin
Newland
N. C
Walsh
Alabama Street
William R. Rigell
R. R. Carrier
Mrs D C Howell 58 Dies at Todd After Stroke
Mrs D C Howell aged 58 died at home in Todd Sunday night April 22 after a brief illness from a paralytic stroke. Funeral Tuesday at Blackburn Chapel M E Church with Reverends Smith and Winkler. Interment in Howell cemetery. Survived by husband and eight children including Willett in Kannapolis Wiley Grace Worley Moretz Fred Hoover Annie. born Liza Norris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. Howell
Todd
Blackburn Chapel
M. E. Church
Smith
Winkler
Howell Graveyard
Willett Howell
Kannapolis
Wiley Howell
Grace Howell
Mooresville
Worley
W. E. Moretz
Kan
Mrs. Absher to Speak at Legion Meeting Friday
Mrs. W. R. Absher of North Wilkesboro state president of the American Legion Auxiliary will address a joint meeting of Watauga Post and Auxiliary at Legion Hall next Friday night. Ex service men and their wives are invited. Refreshments will follow the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Absher
North Wilkesboro
American Legion Auxiliary
Watauga
Legion Hall
Trade Offer at Mary's Place for 5c Cats
A trade note from Mary's Place next to Smithey's announces a deal offering five cents in exchange for a ten cent purchase of cats. The fragment lacks full context or dates but implies a local sale or barter.
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Mary’s Place
Smithey’s
Yonahlessee Delphians Hold Last Meeting
The Yonahlessee Chapter of the Delphian Society held its last meeting of the spring on Tuesday afternoon. It closed an interesting study on Our Debt to the Middle Ages. Members plan a summer gathering with Miss Eula Todd at Jefferson. date to be announced. Regular programs resume next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Delphian Society
Eula Todd
Jefferson
Mrs Roby Long Dies At Home In Florida
A Florida death notice reports Mrs. Cessa Colvard Long died in Orlando on April 8 after months of illness. Burial occurred the same day in Orlando. The Long family long resided near Boone in Oak Grove and later moved abroad. Surviving members include her husband G Roby Long and daughter Miss Mabel Long who died in January.
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G. Roby Long
Orlando
Fla
Cessa Colvard Long
Long
Oak Grove
Boone
Florida
Watauga
Cemetery Committee Appeals for Donations
Messrs B J Councill and J S Stanbury have led maintenance at the local cemetery and appeal for donations to continue beautification. They will not solicit funds themselves, will contribute their share, and guarantee moneys will be used prudently to sustain care of the burying ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
B. J. Councill
J. S. Stanbury
Messrs. Stanbury
Councill
Watches Repaired the Better Way by Experienced Craftmen
Walker's Jewelry Store in Boone offers watch repair by craftsmen with long experience. Repairs include jewelry soldering and spectacles with guaranteed, better work at lower long term cost. Come and get better service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker’s Jewelry
Boone
Valle Crucis Community Notes on Obituaries and Social Visits
Funeral attendees from Blacksburg Virginia to Patterson New Jersey and Tennessee were listed along with family ties. Social events included Nancy Taylor hosting a bridge and dance for Sue Taylor of Galatin Tennessee visiting her parents. Local residents saw transfers in insurance and manufacturing firms and updates on illnesses and recoveries. Frances Farthing accepted a position at State Hospital Morganton.
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C. D. Taylor
Rubin Farthing
J. M. Shull
D. F. Mast
R. O. Glenn
Mountain City
Tenn
W. H. Wagner
Polly Basom
Lyman Burker
Hickory
William Mast
Liberty
Washington, D. C
T. W. Taylor
Grace
Pearl Mast
Nancy
Sue Tay
Lor
Wilma Baird
Gladys Taylor
R. A. Olsen
Messrs
Frank Moore
Frank and
Gilbert Taylor
Frank Baird
Frances Farthing
State Hospital
Morganton
Free Orthopaedic Clinics Announced for Watauga Area
Howard Walker announces free orthopaedic clinics in Gastonia on Tuesdays at the N C Orthopaedic Hospital in Lenoir on the third Thursday morning each month in a frame bungalow opposite Odd Fellows Home in Winston Salem on the second Saturday morning monthly and at the County Health Department courthouse in Gaston County. Free examinations and treatment are offered for children with posture issues, crooked feet, bowed legs and other deformities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Walker
Watauga County
Gastonia
N. C
Complete Scrapbook File in New York Artist Quarters
In New York on Lexington Avenue a man keeps the town’s most complete scrap book file. Artists seeking authentic pictures of costumes animals or gadgets turn to his collection for rentals.
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New York
Lexington Avenue
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Ray Estes
Taylorsville
Stony Point
N. B. Smitley
Ed Smithey
Carrie H. Bingham
Watauga Building and Loan
W. T. Payne
W. T. Jr
Virginia
Lee Reeves
Horace Dowling Jr
A. J. Payne
Sherwood
H. O. Dowling
F. B. Wilson
Cleveland
Ohio
Cove Creek
Gladys Swift
Huntersville
Malcolm Laxton
Parlear
Kings Creek
Jasper Moore
Rome Moore
Mack Moore
Pansy
Shirley Moore
Collettsville
Frank Estes
H. Grady Farthing
Grace Hospital
Banner Elk
Gus Donnelly
Creston
F. H. Hodges
Winston-Salem
Hodges
O’hanlon
J. L. Hayes
Walter
Chuckey, Tenn
Washington
Hubert Coffey
Asheville
Post Office Department
William Slattery
Harley Branch
James A. Farley
Pastime Theatre
George Raft
Carole Lombard
Heaven
Lionel Barrymore
Una Merkel
Judith Allen
Tom Brown
Clark Gable
Myrna Loy
George White
Rudy Vallee
Alice Faye
Tombstone Canyon
Ken Maynard
Boone Drug CO
Rexall
Cemetery Committee
Sundz
Farthing Field
Reins - Sturdivant Ambulance Service
North Carolina
Spain Hours, Inc
Boone’s Shopping Center
Farmers Hardware & Supply Company
Boone, North Carolina
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