Boone Receives Glowing Editorial From Charlotte Editor
Colonel Wade H Harris editor of the Charlotte Observer visits Boone with Mrs Harris and daughter Miss Cora He writes of the town transformation noting paving new hotel terraces and new stores He praises Bob Rivers of The Watauga Democrat and Trelyon Browne while describing Boone as a mountain hub with roads radiating in all directions and rapid six year changes.
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Boone
Col. Harris
Wade H. Harris
Charlotte Observer
Harris
Cora
Observer
Daniel Boone
Howard Mountain
Bob Rivers
Watauga Democrat
Trelyon Browne
Black Mountain
Rivers
Yass
Creston
Green Valley
Jeffersons
Sparta
Wilkesboros
Residents push for Boone Township road upgrade to Meat Camp area
Citizens along Rich mountain urge immediate improvement of the county road from Highway 69 past Howards Creek toward Sands. They highlight local contributions and call Boone township supervision to secure better maintenance, noting prior limited work and a pending transfer to the road commission.
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Howards Creek
Sands
Democrat
Coffey Place
Frank A. Linney
Boone Township
Meat Camp No. 2
Boone
Meat Camp
Letter From Unknown Citizen Objects To Police Chief Issue
The Democrat reports receipt of a letter from an anonymous writer titled One Who They Did Not Retain in protest of the failure to appoint a police chief and mentioning related charges. The piece notes that such signatures are unusable unless the writer’s identity is known to the publishers.
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Somitizen
Ruth Brown Snyder: New York’s fourth female electric chair
If Ruth Brown Snyder goes to the electric chair in New York she will be the fourth of seven women executed in the state for murdering or helping to murder their husbands.
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Ruth Brown Snyder
New York
Local Notes Highlight Residents Visitors and Business
Local affairs note visits from M W Clay and Miss Gilliam. Carl Barnhardt and Maude Goodwin guest in Boone. I G Greer spoke at Mountain View Institute and Sand Hill Farm Life School. Civil War veteran Thos Love visits. Parks Adams tours Boone area. R L Clay plans Texas trip. Moose family spends summer near Poplar Grove. J B Hagaman family vacationed in Virginia. Rufus Glenn released on bond. jail boarding house praised. J B Steele markets Woodcraft souvenirs. busy season expected.
Hartzog Rushes Boone Summer Home to June Finish
Contractor W G Hartzog races to complete the Widenhouse summer home in Boone. Painters work on the exterior this week as the June 1 deadline nears, with Hartzog known as a hustler in building.
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W. G. Hartzog
Widenhouse
Boone
Mr. Hartzog
Snow and cold recall 1891 crop losses near Rich Mountain
A Rich Mountain resident recalls the May 27 1891 snow storm and hard freeze that killed corn and vegetables. The Sugarloaf farm, later owned by Mrs. Coffey of Boone, yielded replanting crops with a late fall season.
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A. W. Beach
Rich Mountain
Livingston Club Meets with Mrs Linney in May Session
The Livingston Club met with Mrs F A Linney on Monday afternoon May 16. A program and business matters were discussed and Mrs J B Steele reported on a Greensboro conference. Mrs Linney and her daughter served a salad course. next meeting is planned for June with Misses Mary Edith and Margaret Hahn.
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Livingston Club
F. A. Linney
J. B. Steele
Greensboro
Linney
Paul Coffey
Mary Edith
Margaret Hahn
Worth While Club Sows Seeds at Flower Garden Meeting
The Worth While Club met Friday at the Worth While Flower Garden planting seeds and planning summer beautification. Mrs. J L Quills hosted at the Commercial Hotel with refreshment. Delegates Mrs J M Moretz Mrs R L Clay and Mrs W G Greer shared reports on the State Federation convention in Durham. Next meeting set at Mrs Zeb Farthing’s home with Mrs Don Farthing assisting.
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Worth While Club
Worth While
J. L. Quills
Commercial Hotel
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Durham
J. M. Moretz
R. L. Clay
W. G. Greer
Zeb Farthing
Don Farthing
Valley Crucis School News Highlights Local Hike and Play
May 9 hike by six Valle Crucis High School girls to Boone led by Miss Guttry and Miss Gudheim. Mary Horner Society program May 14 featured Hansel and Gretel cast including Virginia Brooks and Nancy Odom, Ophelia role by Miss Guerry, a Hamlet mad scene, Delia Frazier butterfly dance, and solos by Odom Bean Gilbert. Ruthann Clough guided a fourth fifth grade hike to Timothy Mountain summit.
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Valle Crucis
Marjorie Deal
Pearl Moretz
Katherine Witten
Dorothy Simpson
Edith Arthur
Annie Lee Trott
Boone
Margaret Guttry
Carrie Gudheim
Mary Horner
Nancy Odom
Rachel and
Rhoda McBride
Emma Stout
Lavon Parker
Rosa Holloway
Mary Ann Cook
Nancy Tester
Cordie Baird
Hamlet
Ophelia
Margaret Guerry
Delia Frazier
Ruth Bean
Mary Gilbert
Ruthann Clough
Timothy Mountain
Taxpayers urged to list taxes before May 21 in 1927 notice
Watauga County taxpayers must list taxes by Saturday May 21 for the year 1927. Registrars are required to file their final report on Monday May 23 according to tax supervisor H. J. Hardin.
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Watauga County
H. J. Hardin
Mission church youth aid creates African village display
The Holy Cross church Junior Auxiliary held its season finale on May 11 featuring a detailed model of an African village by Miss Virginia Bouldin and Miss Ruthann Clough. Other items included essays on David Livingstone and Liberia. Reverend J P Burke delivered the closing address.
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Blanche Gilbert
Rosa Holloway
Lavon Parker
Rollie Ledbetter
Delia Frazier
Emmie Burns
Virginia Brooks
Holy Cross Church
Virginia Bouldin
Ruthann Clough
Tillie Price
James P. Burke
C. D. Taylor
Marie Townend
Dysart Heffner
Western North Carolina
Vickory
Valle Crugis School
le Petit Chas
Ed Tufts
Alma Potts
J. P. Burke
Camp visit and luncheon sketches amid school life
Alma Potts Delia Fra vier Myrtle Mitchell Lavon Perker and Dave Triplett and Robert Earl Tester Henry Clay Town are listed as guests for two weeks at Camp Hor ner near Brevard N C Pearl Moretz a Valle Crucis School for Girls student and Young Peoples Service group president will guest for two weeks at Camp Hor ner Olive Smith and Mary Alice Baird prepared and served the fifth luncheon to the faculty The menu featured tomato bisque baked chicken peas stuffed potatoes muffins candle salad pineapple banana maraschino cherries chocolate pie and coffee A separate item notes Mrs Anna K Montague arrested on a murder warrant in Neville for slaying Mrs Mary R Cooper with throat cut and skull fractures. Montague a practical nurse had lived with Cooper since her husband’s death five weeks ago.
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Pearl Moretz
Valle Crucis
Young Peoples’ Service
Camp Horner
Brevard
N. C
Olive Smith
Mary Alice Baird
A Neville
Anna K. Montague
Mary R. Cooper
Italian Held in Raleigh on Narcotics Bond
Charlie Compolo an Italian is held in Raleigh with a $10 000 bond awaiting trial before Judge Isaac Meekins next week on federal narcotic charges. Police found 15000 grains of morphine and arycaine as part of a Kin ton haul. he is believed to lead an organized group.
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Charlie Compolo
Raleigh
Isaac Meekins
Ary Caine
Kinton
Bead maker Mack Brooks convicted of murder in Sparta
Mack Brooks of Alleghany county was convicted last week in Sparta for the murder of his neighbor Emory Todd on April 11 and was sentenced to twelve years in the state prison.
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Mack Brooks
Alleghany County
Sparta
Emory Todd
Statewide headlight adjustment stations planned
Arrangements are being made to establish stations across the state for adjusting automobile headlights. The aim is to help motorists comply with recent legislation governing the driving of blind cars.
Unique Hawaiian endemics highlight island plant diversity
The Hawaiian Islands host nearly 700 plant varieties found nowhere else on Earth. Scientists note the unique endemism driven by isolation, diverse habitats, and evolutionary history across the archipelago.
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Hawaiian Islands
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Glynn Gilliam
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Maude Goodwin
Butler, Tenn
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I. G Greer
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Wilkes County
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Watauga Hospital
Francis B. Wilson
J. Frank Wison
Sherwood
Woodruff Motor Company
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Jacksonville
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G. K. Moose
Boone Drug Company
J. B. Hagaman
Lunenburg
Dr. Hagaman
Thos. Love
Vilas
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Johnson County
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Detroit
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Taylorsville
Cynthia Bowles
Boone, R. F. D
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Department of Citizenship
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Sand Hill Farm Life School
Manley McBride
Wiatauga
Rufus Glenn
Charleston
W. Va
J. W. Bryan
Watauga Superior Court
Jail
McKinley
Woodcraft Novelty Company
Canada
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T. M. Greer
Charles Stevenson
J T. C. Wright
Oasis Temple
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W. R. Gragg
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Delia Fravier
Myrtle Mitchell
Lavon Perker
Dave Triplett
Robert Earl Tester
Henry Clay Townsend
Watauga Lumber CO
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J. W. Whitehead
Fountain of Youth Beauty Shoppe
W. B. Mast
Sugar Grove
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Blowing Rock
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