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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1924
Page
5
Boonetown notes visitors from North Carolina and Virginia. Mrs. Eller and Mrs. Younce host sisters while Andrew Watson tours Blowing Rock and praises new highways. Construction progresses on the Dixie Theater and a filling station near the Watauga Bank, with plans for courthouse interior updates under discussion.
Mrs. Florence Rominger, wife of D A Rominger, has been named postmaster at Rominger and moved the office to her home last Friday. Her husband Coy Rominger reports steady improvement at Johns Hopkins hospital. Mrs. E F Tester of Butler visits daughter Aver Rominger this week. Traveling salesman R R Trivett, in the area last week, says times are the hardest he has seen after 12 to 15 years in the business.
The article notes residents sowing oats and preparing to plant corn. It mentions John Mast traveling to Shulls Mills on business and Rev. Monroe Presnell preaching at Hard Shell Baptist church last Sunday.
Mrs. Arthur Mast represented the Womans Missionary Society at Sta tesville. Mrs. Freeze of the Mission School faculty traveled to Atlanta for her father’s illness. Miss Alice Taylor supplied in class during the absence.
Elizabeth Reese remains unimproved. Boyd Greene badly cut his foot at work on new ground. Residents plan corn planting. Dewey Moretz and Edward visited Jones home. D C Byers visited. Rev Amos Hampton filled in for Rev D M Wheeler at Rich Mountain on May 3. Community urged to start roast up Howard's Creek project soon.
Mr Carl Story and Mr Will Moody are building two new structures on Cove Creek. Willowdale residents plan to dedicate a new church for Sunday School on May 4. Other notes include social visits and a poultry record: Roy Adams raised 30 eggs from 30 hens in one day.
Local notes report rain delaying corn planting and updates on residents. Mrs C C Adams remains very ill. Tom Wilson has moved to a newly built home. Rev R C Eggers preached weekend services. three discourses noted. Weddings: Hobbie Mast and May Daugh ter married April 28. Ray Mast and Pauline Greer married April 29. George Eggers sick with pneumonia fever.
Community brief recounts local health concerns and visits. Charlie Hardy suffers an leg abscess while Wade Norris is ill at J L Harkleroad's home. Families move between Princeton and Doe Ridge with updates on farming plans and social visits. Reverend Amos Hampton visits Rich Mountain and Camp Nelson events are announced. Apple crop prospects improve for the county.
Mrs Emaline Moretz and Mr Arthur Moretz of Deep Gap visit Mount Pleasant. Joe Burkett on business in Bowie. Several residents busy with Irish Cobblers and field corn planting begins. New Ford roadsters noted and local road improvements praised. Dr Jeffcoat and Mrs Jeffcoat upgrade to a roadster. Mrs Cynthia Johnson and relatives visit Mountain City Tennessee. Dr G H Jeffcoat attends church with Mrs Jeffcoat. Patrolman Green works on road near Sands. Thomas Moretz and Boone family attend Luther League event at Mount Pleasant.
The column mourns Uncle Pat Coffey and notes the passing of elder community members. It also reports on Mrs. Steve Coffey recovering from surgery and Mrs. H S Wagner's declining health. Carrie Waters visits Le noir and Blowing Rock with grandchildren, Rev Bob Isbell to preach in the school house, and the Sunday School organized with Lloyd Hodges as superintendent. A large group from the area traveled to Linville.
A Sunday scene in Linville and surrounding areas includes visits from Banner Elk residents to sick relative Mrs H S Wagner and a large Foscoe to Watauga Church gathering for prayer and B Y P U. Proceeds from a Skulls Mills box supper reached about $60. Plans for Meth odist services at upper Meat Camp and a Hopewell church sermon by the presiding elder are announced as farmers progress.
Regular services at the Lutheran Church drew attendees from Meat Camp and nearby communities. Visitors included Finley Brown from Rich Mountain, Lonzo Miller of Gap Creek with Oldsmobile, and multiple Boone area residents visiting relatives or on business trips.
The Board of Education and County Superintendent with representatives of the State Department of Education will study a countywide consolidation plan as required by law. Changes are unlikely this term, possibly two or three later. county committeemen will review the plan in summer.
A political notice aimed at Democratic voters in Watauga County promotes a candidate seeking the nomination for Commissioner of Labor and Printing. The candidate notes the current incumbent has served sixteen years and expresses a plan for one term, citing twenty one years of prior service.
Porto Rico potato and sweet pepper plants ready for shipment. Minimum orders and pricing include 5,000 plants for 12.50 and leading tomato varieties at 1 per thousand. Delivery guaranteed within three days of order. Mail or express from Valdosta, Georgia. Satisfaction guaranteed.
A personal notice from Con Clinton in North Carolina announces his candidacy for the office of Commissioner of Labor and Printing. He cites teaching and newspaper editing experience, mentions Wake Forest College graduation in 1892, and explains he cannot visit the county or write personal letters. He asks readers to rely on the county paper for notices and pledges to deliver high quality public service.
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