County Finance Worth More Than Public Health Debate
In a county board meeting last week the State Board of Health proposed vaccinating residents against typhoid at twelve and a half cents per person. The board voted two to one against the offer. W R Gragg offered to join twenty men paying up to five dollars to cover county costs above one hundred fifty dollars. L A Greene and J C Miller opposed spending county funds to eradicate typhoid, as Roy M. Brown notes.
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Board of County Commissioners
State Board of Health
W. R. Gragg
L. A. Greene
J. C. Miller
Roy M. Brown
Thomas B Moore Elected Mayor of Boone
The friends of Mr. Thomas B. Moore announce he has been elected mayor of Boone in Watauga County. The office was offered to him unsolicited as a joke by friends, and he learned of it while in Statesville. He plans a short tenure and vows to govern with justice tempered by mercy, watching his administration closely.
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Thomas B. Moore
Boone
Watauga County
Moore
Statesville
Mr. Moore
Jaik
Blowing Rock Weddings and Local News Summary
Blowing Rock reported four weddings since the last note. Spouses include Larne Hollars and Annie Robbins, Sterling Shoemake and Lena Robbins, Clark Brown and Marjorie Williams, and Wiley Hollifield and Julia Henderson. J H Greene officiated one ceremony at Blowing Rock. Rev Powell presided at another. Town commissioners named G C Robbins mayor, with public interest high for summer crowds. H C Hayes runs a busy store with four clerks. Cooper from Riverside now runs Hayes’ garage.
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Mr. Powell
Blowing Rock
Larne Hollars
Annie Robbins
J. H. Greene
Sterling Shoemake
Lena Robbins
Newland
Clark Brown
Marjorie Williams
Wiley Hollifield
Julia Henderson
Boone
H. C. Hayes
Mr. Cooper
Riverside
Hayes
Private Combs Returns From Front After Narrow Escape
Private Combs son of Mrs Mary Combs of Cove Creek recently visited The Democrat recounting a bitter frontline incident. Cut off with fourteen comrades they were captured by German troops but escaped when the Germans opened fire. Four attackers fell, the fifth escaped, and Combs and his fellow soldiers were briefly prisoners before release.
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Combs
Mary Combs
Cove Creek
France
Democrat
Hathaway
Elizabethton
Tenn
Comis
Train crew injured in lever car derailment near Dougherty
Friday evening after a bridge crew headed to the village on a lever car a crow bar slipped from the car throwing it of the track. Foreman John Calhoun suffered a broken collar bone chest injuries and facial wounds. Phony Rash broke an arm and dislocated a elbow while Lee Johnson had only bruises. Calhoun was taken to a hospital for treatment and Rash and Johnson recovered at home in Cranberry.
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Lelia Winkler
John Calhoun
Phony Rash
Lee Johnson
Dougherty
Calhoun
Mr. Rash
Mr. Johnson
Cranberry
Programme for Forest Grove Teacher Training Class 1919
Night class on May 25 1919 includes music prayer welcome report of work by Roy Dotson value of work by Ruth Hagaman class aim by Prof A J Greene address religious education and diplomas by Rev M A Adams class scheme motto Thy word have I hid in my heart with verse 2 Timothy 2 15 aim My heart in the work The Bible in my heart my mind trained for service.
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Forest Grove
J. H Farthing
Roy Dotson
Ruth Hagaman
Prof
A. J. Greene
M. A. Adams
For Sale Bank of Blowing Rock Shares
Have for sale 30 shares of $50 stock in the Bank of Blowing Rock. Sell quantity to suit buyer. Interested parties please address.
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Bank of
Blowing Rock
Watauga Nears Goal in Armenian Syrian Relief Drive
Watauga reports progress on its Armenian-Syrian Relief Fund with a $600 quota near completion. Chairman Hagaman urges completion, asking Sunday School members to contribute the last shortfall. Entries include Laurel Springs 8. S. 1.02, Beach Mountain Church 11.87, and Individual 1.00.
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Watauga
Hagaman
Blowing Rock Woman Returns From Overseas Service
Miss Josie Watts of Blowing Rock has returned from overseas as a nurse after fourteen weeks in France. She served with the Brenizer hospital unit until ordered home and then joined the field hospital service before coming home. She will stay two weeks at her home with her family.
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Josie Watts
G.S. Watts
Blowing Rock
Miss Watts
States
Brenizer Hospital
Field Hospital Service
France
Lenoir
Real estate bargains offered as war bonds sales fade
An old time ad notes Toward the end of wartime, real estate attracts attention as Liberty Bonds wane. Blowing Rock Realty Co promotes property, insurance pitches urge action, and notices announce administration for D. F. Baird with claims due within 12 months.
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Blowing Rock Realty Co
Geo. F. Blair
Blowing Rock, N. c
Sus
D. F. Baird
BATRD
D.C. Mast
Local notes on residents and visitors in town
Mabel Stems of Franklin, daughter of Solomon Eggers, returns from overseas where he served in the Rainbow Division. A baby girl was born May 6 to Mr and Mrs J M Burkett. J N Robinson of Kingsport Tennessee with son Newton of Oregon visits the community. Lloyd S Isaacs visits town. W H Greer and H C Johnson engage in real estate deals, with Johnson at the Jones place and Greer at Johnson’s near the Baptist Church.
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Franklin
Solomon Eggers
Rainbow Division
J. M. Burkett
J.N. Robinson
Kingsport
Tenn
Newton
Oregon
W. H. Greer
H.C. Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Jones Place
J. L. Thomas
Mr. Greer
Baptist Church
Methodists Rally for Centenary Campaign Across South
The Methodist Episcopal Church South calls May 18 to 25 for a Denominational Centenary drive to raise 36 million dollars for missionary work at home and abroad. Ten million funds to upbuild rural churches, raise ministers’ salaries, and establish mission schools in remote areas. Lay participation urged as churches preserve services even where preaching pastor is scarce. Also a local ad: for sale Hampshire Poland China pigs and two fresh cows by W L Winkler.
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Methodists of
South
Methodist Episcopal Church
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Boone, M. C
T. Thomas Ball Moore
G. C. Robbins
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W. L. Winkler
Private Combs
Blowing Rock Woman
Earl Hardy
N.C
Mabel Stems
Lloyd S. Isaacs
Tern
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Hampshire
Poland
W.L. Winkler
F. H. Coffey
T. F. Seehorn
Banner Elk
N.C. F. P. Jennings
East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad Company
Linville River Railway Company
Allison
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M. B. Blackburn
Boone, North Carolina
Model Mill Company
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John W. Hodges
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