Bethel Community Hosts Visiting Friends and Farmers
Bethel residents and visitors are noted in a series of social calls last week. Surnames include Moore, Cable, Farthing, Vines, Edmiston, Perry, Perry, Brown, Vines, Anderson, Edmisten, Billings, Smith, and Rominger with visits spanning Beaver Dam Watauga and Boone areas. Farmers report planting corn as spring work begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel News
S. S. Moore
Lee Moore
Frank Wilson
Upper Beaver Dam
Will Cable
Loy
Alpha Farthing
Roby Vines
Vines
Charles Tester
Watauga River
Maude Perry
Don
Zionville Social Notes Highlight Local Travel Visits
Mrs. W. S. Penn spent the week with relatives in Marion Virginia. Mrs. Sarah Hendrix of Saxon North Carolina visits Aunt Mollie Greer in the village. Worth Byers in CCC service at Globe spent last week with Mrs. Byers here. Mrs. Olin Stephens weekend at Silverstone with her father L S Pennell. Miss Reba Warner visits Mountain City Tennessee with her mother Mrs. Faye Warner. Mrs. Bill Collins and son leave for Chattanooga Tennessee to reside there. Mr. and Mrs. J D Snyder of Neva Tennessee visited. Misses Betty Ruth Greer Madge Castle Ella Reece return from Boone. Charles Wilkinson leaves for Cleveland Ohio to seek work. Mrs. Howard Greer and sons visit Mabel with Mrs. Greer’s mother Mrs. N M Church Sunday. Mrs. Ottie Smith and children visit relatives in Lynchburg Virginia. Mrs. Dana Farthing of Sugar Grove visits mother Mrs. E G Greer.
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Sarah Hendrix
Saxon
N. C
Mollie’ Greer
Worth Byers
Globe
Byers
Olin Stephens
Silverstone
L. S. Pennell
Reba Warner
Faye Warner
Mountain City
Tenn
Bill Collins
Chattanooga
J. D. Snyder
Neva
Betty Ruth Greer
Madge Castle
Ella Reece
Boone
Charles Wilkinson
Cleveland
Ohio
Howard Greer and Sons
Mabel
N. M. Church
Ottie Smith
Lynchburg, Va
Dana Farthing
Sugar Grove
E. G. Greer
Sue
Nancy
Gladys Taylor
R. A. Olsen
Charlotte
Sue Taylor
Gallatin
Laura Farthing
Lenoir
Ben Farthing
Gladys
Frank Taylor
Pearl Mast
Frank Baird
Warren Park
Ralph Church
Mars Hill College
Pember
Basom
Salley
Darwin
Valle Crucis
Charles Menzies
Pete Abernethy
Hickory
Bill Smith
Atlanta
C. D. Taylor
A. N. Mast
T. W. Taylor
Mary Greer
Joe
Arthur Mast
Concord
China Grove
W. W. Mast
Washington, D. C
Burlington
Phil
Leta
Gladys Tester
Selma Thomas
Mary Lee Bingham
Ned Glenn
Letitia Ricaud
Adelaide Smith
Asheville
Beulah Baird
Nina Church
Local residents and visitors noted across Tresco area
Miss Muriel Harmon of Bristol visited her uncle O. J. Harmon. Frances Brinkley spent the week end in Asheville. Mrs. C. S. Billings with her sons Billie and Jimmie visited her parents at Mooresville. J H Brinkley and family visited Oscar Chappell at Shoans Tenn. W M Presnell Thomas Presnell and Earl Henson did business in Asheville. Mrs. J L Reese and her son Gene spent the week end with Rev Roy Davis at Newland. Mrs. W S Frantz of Elk Park with her two sons was in the community Sunday. Maxie Greene returned home from Cabarrus County where she had been teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vilas News
Muriel Harmon
Bristol
O. J. Harmon
Frances Brinkley
Asheville
C. S. Billings
Billie
Jimmie
Mooresville
J. H. Brinkley
Oscar Chappell
Shoans
Tenn
W. M.presnell
Thomas Presnell
Earl Henson
J. L. Reese
Gene
Roy Davis
Newland
W. S. Frantz
Elk Park
Maxie Greene
Cabarrus County
Watauga Falls News And Nearby Items
Mr J Lewis Glenn has been ill but improving. Death noted of Mrs Lillie Greer of Mitchell County sister to the late E M Greer. Club activities include a play at Zion Hill May 19 with Mrs Victor Ward host. Various local visits and church club events described with social details and travel notes. An Ohio newspaper reports a 29 pound muskie caught by Muriel Miller, son-in-law of local residents, complete with measurements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watauga Falls
J. Lewis Glenn
Lillie Greer
Mitchell County
Ohio
Muriel Miller
Mr. Miller
W. L. Haynes
Wills Creek
Plainfield
Muriel
Doc’ Miller
East Canal St
Newcomerstown
Ward Family News From Johnson City Area
Johnson City last week saw Miss Yvonne Ward improving after two months at Jones hospital with observation. Sunday visitors included Mr and Mrs Oscar Ward Rev Wellington Swift and Mr and Mrs Leonard Ward. Mrs Maud Ward was sick last week. Rev J H McKaughn will preach at Antioch Baptist Church Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson City
Yvonne Ward
Jones Hospital
Miss Ward
Jones
Renzo Ward
Oscar Ward
Wellington Swift
Leonard Ward
George Harmon
Fred Harmon
Maud Ward
Dow Harmon
John Ward
J. H. McKaughn
Cove Creek Baptist Church
Antioch Baptist Church
Coffee’s Early Notion Tied to Sheep’s Temptation
A historic note recalls coffee entering human notice in the eighteenth century as observers found the shrub intoxicating to sheep. The curious episode links livestock behavior to the plant’s powerful effects and the dawn of coffee’s global fascination.
Move To Oust Cannon Beaten At Conference
In Jackson Mississippi the Methodist Episcopal Church South rejected removing Bishop James Cannon Jr from active duty. The quadrennial general conference voted 269 to 170 to keep him active for four more years despite critics calling him infirm. Cannon, 69, would retire under the 72 year rule in 1938, with supporters portraying him as persecuted and his opponents labeling him infirm of mind.
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Jackson, Miss
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
James Cannon Jr
Prohibition
Cannon
Washington
Richmond
College of Bishops
Pacific Coast Conference
Boone Genealogist Honored by the American Institute
Mrs Minnie F Watson a Rivers and Farthing family genealogist is named in Who s Who in Genealogy in The Handbook of American Genealogy by the Institute of American Genealogy Chicago The recognition links her to National Clearing House lineage files and to genealogists in 1984 cities 1285 counties and 29 foreign countries enabling broader research reach
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie F. Watson
Rivers and Farthing
United States
Handbook of American Genealogy
Institute of American Genealogy of Chicago
National Clearing House
Good Gardens Require Proper Preparation for Healthy Crops
Dr. R F Poole plant pathologist at State College says disease battles on truck and garden crops come from poor soils. He cites 39 tomato 24 cabbage 23 sweet potato and 21 pepper diseases and urges soil testing certified seed soil amendments and resistant varieties for heaviest losses. Where infection is severe, abandon the plot and choose a new site. He notes spraying and dusting can control some diseases for profitable gardening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Poole
State College
Poole
Sanders quits as G. O. P. chieftain
Everett Sanders resigned as national chairman of the Republican committee citing ill health. A Chicago meeting June 5 will select a successor amid Hoover faction tensions. Former Senator James Watson is the only openly named candidate. liberal members may block him.
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Washington
Everett Sanders
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Sanders
Hoover
President Coolidge
Mr. Hoover
Ogden L. Mills
Senate
House
National Committee
James Watson
Indiana
Sanders’ Post
Men in White to Open at Pastime Theatre This Thursday
Pastime Theatre will feature Clark Gable and Myrna Loy in Men in White starting Thursday. The play, a Pulitzer Prize winner, centers on Dr. George Ferguson torn between duty to patients and love, as his fiancée Laura questions his time. Local interest rises as the show debuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Gable
Myrna Loy
Hamby
Columbia School of Journalism
Gable
George Ferguson
Laura
Reducing Hog Production Revealed as Lucrative Saver
North Carolina swine specialist W. W. Shay says hog reduction under the corn hog contracts is highly profitable for growers. Each reduced hog earns a $15 bounty with sign-up closing May 15. farmers with small corn acreages can contract to cut hog output without trimming corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAA
W. W. Shay
State College
Shay
North Carolina
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Zionville News
Caldwell
Dr. Caldwell
Allists
Boone Genealogist
THE
American Institute
TIRE
Goodyear
Chick
Purina
Wen
Hick
Mullins
Clay
Boone, N. C
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