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Watauga Democrat

Location

Boone, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 13, 1926

Page

5

Local affairs note varied in Watauga County life

Corn planting proceeds in the county. Attorny W. R. Lovill and his family move into the old Lovill home west of town. Miss Nellie Page visits from Durham and returns home. Mr. J. C. Smith of Vilas recovers from a stroke in Bristol. A tacky party crowns Watt Gragg with a prize. Cemetery work urged as out-of-town visitors assist with Coffey graves. Street paving progresses with Cranberry stone and Columbia sand.

Watt Gragg Councill Hickory Rambo Mountain City Coffey Boone Foster Columbia S. C

Boone Baptist Plans Budget Purchase of Biblical Recorder

The Boone Baptist church votes to include the Biblical Recorder in the church budget and send it to every home. Sunday School pays half, church pays half, with renewals by next Sunday. A special collection will help cover added costs and no private subscriptions will be solicited. The pastor and family plan to visit Henderson county relatives Monday. The Woman’s Missionary Society meets Monday at 2:30 p.m. All members urged to attend.

Henderson County Woman’s Missionary Society

Forsyth County Classifieds Sample Lost and Wanted Ads

Multiple short notices include a lost log chain near Blowing Rock Road and Valle Crucis with a reward offered, a land sale or subdivision auction interest, various plant prices from Hickory Seed Company, a fifth Sunday meeting request to local churches, and a sales opportunity ad for Whitmer Products with a daily earning potential and required transport.

Middle Fork Church Blowing Rock Road Valle Crucis A. A. Mast Watauga County Whitmer H. C. Whitmer Company Columbus Indiana

Sunday church programs and forest fire alert in Blowing Rock

Worship at Blowing Rock drew a large crowd while the evening service was canceled due to a nearby forest fire. An Epworth League report highlighted a strong Sunday program led by new president Charles Norton as Miss Annie Green will head the next Sunday school. The fire, driven by dry winds, endangered homes along Yonahlassee highway but firefighters kept flames from the Boone Fork area, saving several houses. The community and church will miss the Anders family who return to Gastonia. The M E Church South general conference is in Memphis with bishops addressing policy and work. Sunday school is at 9:45, services at 11 and 7:30, Epworth League at 7.0, prayer and choir 7:30 Wednesday.

Town of Boone King Street Boone and Blowing Rock R. K. Bingham Consolidated Statutes of North Carolina F. A. Linney J. B. Taylor A. C. Church W. D. Farthing Boone Hdw. Co J. F. Moore C. M. Critcher Smith Hagam Epworth League Charles Norton Annie Green Miss Green Boone Fork Yonahlassee Highway Anders Gastonia Andres Methodist Church M. E. Church South Memphis Tenn General Conference Lund

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