Funeral honors 16 year old Blowing Rock victim
Funeral rites paid tribute to Susie Green at Blowing Rock as Community banners closed shops for the service. She died after falling from a truck during a youth outing. Local officials discussed town improvements and tax outlook amid election results.
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Blowing Rock
Susie Green
Theo Greene
Miss Green
R. B. Scales
Miss Greene
G. W. Raby
Hickory
Elizabeth Greene
Susie
South Carolina
John Lewis
Greenes
Johnson City
Tenn
Methodist Church
M. B. Woolsted
C. C. McKaraher
Rumple Memorial Presbyterian Church
The
Presbyterian Church
Shulls ’ Mills
City election draws tiny turnout amid single-ticket race
Voters cast 159 ballots in the city election with only one ticket in contention. Mayor W R Gragg led with 148 votes, while J M Moretz earned 9. New aldermen A Y Howell, T B Moore and C R Greene received 157, 152 and 147 votes respectively, with Tracy Councill at 13. The incoming administration, led by Gragg, will take office tomorrow.
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Citizens’ Mass
W. R. Gragg
Watauga Lumber Company
J. M. Moretz
A. Y. Howell
T. B. Moore
C. R. Greene
Tracy Councill
Howell
Gragg
High School Graduation Exercises at Appalachian Normal
The Appalachian State Normal high school will hold graduating exercises Friday afternoon at 2:45. The program features piano duets by Bernice Gragg and Norma Brown, welcome by William Mast, a Father Time speech by Richard Hodges, class poem by Fred Blair, and valedictory by Norma Brown. Diploma presentation by President Dougherty followed by the farewell song.
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Appalachian State Normal
Bernice Gragg
Norma Brown
William Mast
Richard Hodges
Fred Blair
Hazel Hardy
Lucile Hopkins
Guy Taylor
Mary White
Alice Councill
Willie Reeves
Wallie Maltba
Mary Annie Trivett
Mabel Bingham
Dougherty
Relief Fund Grows as Flood Victims Aid Reaches $336.73
Donations totaling 336 73 have been received from county residents for Mississippi valley flood relief. Contributions are still needed and may be sent to The Democrat or the Watauga County Bank. List of subscriptions includes Three Forks church and local Sunday schools among others.
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Democrat
Watauga County Bank
Three Forks Church
Boone
Valle Crucis
Boone Baptist S. S
the Democrat
Dy OV
Winecdatsor
Noah Winebarger
Radford Townsend
Little Miss Mary Wagner
Fruit crop in Wilkes damaged by killing frost
Wilkes Journal reports heavy frosts last week cut fruit yields severely except in thermal belt orchards. Gold Medal, B C Price, Joe Pearson and Shaley orchards escaped damage while Boone Trail area lost about 12 000 bushels of apples and many peaches.
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Wilkes Journal
B. C. Price
Joe Pearson
Shaley
Boone Trail
Invents Corn Harvester by Sugar Grove Inventor
Oscar Phillips of Sugar Grove demonstrated a corn harvester in Boone, showing a single-row cutter, elevators, and a bed loader. After two years of work the device promises low cost and labor savings, with plans to patent and possibly convert to a manure spreader.
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Oscar Phillips
Sugar Grove
Boone
Statesville
Phillips
Democrat
Birthday Dinner Honors J Rufus Robbins in Blowing Rock
In Blowing Rock on a recent birthday, Mr. J Rufus Robbins was surprised with a dinner hosted by his children at the home of Mr and Mrs C L Dula. Guests included Mr and Mrs Lee Robbins Mr and Mrs Ed Robbins Mr and Mrs Larney Hollers Mr and Mrs Sterling Hartley plus grandchildren, great grandchildren and kin from Buffalo Cove and Patterson. Robbins, long a Watauga County resident and former skilled mechanic, has lately faced health challenges but is hoped to recover and celebrate more birthdays.
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George M. Sudderth
Bowing Rock
N. C. Greene
A.M. Critcher
Lloyd Robbins
C. A.williams
G. M. Sudderth
Ed Robbins
A. M. Critcher
C. S. Prevette
Ll. F. Coon
E. G. Pitts
Sudderth
Blowing Rock
C. L. Dula
J. Rufus Robbins
Robbins
Lee Robbins
Larney Hollers
Sterling Hartley
Kispeople
Buffalo Cove
Patterson
Watauga County
Exile Story Echoes Across Louisiana Flood Struggle
Acadians and French Creoles of St Bernard and Plaquemine parishes flee rising Mississippi flood. Governor Simpson cuts the Poydras levee to save New Orleans as families abandon homes and farms, marching in dust along the East Bank with cattle and belongings toward safety.
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Missippi
Gulf of Mexico
Simpson
Poydras
Lake de Lery
Bayou Terre Aux Boueffs
Breton Sound
Ruthhlessly
New Orleans
Nova Scotia
Grand Bre
St. Bernard and
Plaquemine
Andrew Jackson
Louisiana
East
Mississippi River
Crescent City
St. Bernard Parish
Mississippi
Legion Meeting Plans Fourth of July Celebration
Ex service members are urged to attend the Watauga Post American Legion meeting on Friday night May 6 to finalize plans for the Fourth of July celebration. Post Commander L. S. Isaacs urges prompt decision.
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Watauga Post
American Legion
L. S. Isaacs
Rival pork butchers clash with royal sign prank
In a small English town two rival pork butchers competed for customers. One shop window displayed "Fresh sausage, as supplied to His Majesty the King." The rival quickly countered with a sign reading "God Save the King," highlighting comic rivalry between the merchants.
Wade Stewart Arrested Monday in Tennessee
Wade Stewart wanted in Watauga county on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon was arrested in Mill Creek Tennessee by Deputy Sheriffs Hagaman and Mast. He was placed in Mountain City jail awaiting requisition for return. Arrest followed discovery while he crawled under a building. he was unarmed.
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Wade Stewart
Watauga County
Young Arley Henson
Beaver Dam
Mill Creek
Tenn
H. A. Hagaman
Lee Mast
Mountain City
Tennessee
Stewart
Johnson County
Hagaman
Farthing
Mountain
Death of Dr J C Testerman in Jefferson Boone area
News from Boone reports the death of Dr J C Testerman of Jefferson last Saturday night after a brief illness. Funeral services were led by Reverends Blackburn and Reynolds, with Masonic honors at his former home on Silas Creek. He practiced medicine in Boone, the surrounding area, and Blowing Rock.
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Boone
J. C. Testerman
Jefferson
Blackburn and
Reynolds
Silas Creek
Testerman
Territory
Blowing Rock
Lees-McRae Institute to Close With Homecoming Commencement
Lees McRae Institute Banner Elk will close on May 9 with a homecoming style program. Dr Henry Sweets of Louisville and Dr J H Highsmith of Raleigh will deliver addresses at the baccalaureate and commencement events along with alumnae activities and a banquet.
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Lees-McRae Institute
Banner Elk
Lees-McRae
Literary Society
Grandfather Orphanage
Henry Sweets
Louisville
J. H. Highsmith
Raleigh
Institute
Ally
Rock House
William Greentail
Eirenean and
Philolethean Literary Societies
Charac William Greenhill
Minerva
Gertrude Hickey
Lawen Tate
Jimmy—Mabel Taylor
Mrs Belar Gray Dies At Slab Fork West Virginia
Mrs Belar Gray of Slab Fork West Virginia died at her home last week from high blood pressure and complications. Her remains arrived in Boone Saturday and burial was at Hine cemetery Sunday. She was formerly Pearl Gross daughter of the late I S Gross and sister of Police Chief A L Gross. She leaves a husband mother and several brothers and sisters.
Death of Miss Horton From Vilas Community Shocked
Miss Katherine Horton thirteen year old daughter of Mr and Mrs J B Horton of Vilas died last Saturday morning at nine after a brief pneumonia illness. The funeral and interment were at Henson's Chapel Monday, with many relatives friends and classmates in attendance. Sympathy for the Hortons is offered by the county.
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Katherine Horton
J. B. Horton
Vilas
Miss Horton
Henson’s Chapel
Mary Horton
Normal
Herring-Mast Nuptials Announced in Wilmington NC
Mr and Mrs James Prichard Herring announce the marriage of their daughter Myrtle James Brady Mast to the bridegroom, son of Mr N L Mast, in Wilmington North Carolina on Tuesday April twenty six nineteen twenty seven. The couple will reside at home after May tenth in Mast NC.
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James Brady
Wilmington
North Carolina
N. C
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