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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1934
Page
5
Local notes list residents and visitors to Vilas, Boone, Lincolnton and surrounding areas. Mentions trips to Raleigh, Sanford, Cleveland, Johnson City, Charlotte, and New York as well as engagements, vacations, and hospital treatments. Grandfather Rest Camp reports rising tourist interest and amenities.
Mrs. Paul Coffey entertained the Entre Nous Club and guests at her Main Street home on Saturday evening. Four tables played contract bridge with high score going to Mrs. Frank Williams and second to Mrs. Pat McGuire, both receiving gifts. Mrs. LeRoy Campbell of Hickory, a house guest, also received a gift. Refreshments were served to Mesdames Horton, Sam Horton, Mast, Critcher, Councill, McGuire, Moose, Campbell, Horton, Hodges, McConnell, Whitener, Williams, Linney, Isaacs, and Duncan.
A large turnout from the section attended the community singing in Mountain City on Sunday. Miss Margie Baird of Sugar Grove visited Miss Jettie Ward, and Mr. J Lewis Glenn recovered enough from illness to be up. Miss Anna Lou Edmisten and Mr. Dwight Cable were married at Mountain City.
Mrs. R C Rivers and Ralph return from visit to relatives in Olin. Miss Carrie Bryan returns from Marion North Carolina after prolonged visit. Cicero Miller weds Minnie Tugman at Meat Camp. Mrs J F Spainhour regains health. May Yarboro returns to assist Prof Yarboro at Mars Hill school. Mrs Nathan Horton shows a three legged chicken. Rev J G Pulliam returns from Smithfield. Captain Jordon Cook named Linville postmaster. Cora and Lillie Shull visit Nashville guests all summer. Seven supreme court cases heard. Judge Greene record praised. Mr Joe Ward and families visit Rebecca Ward. Ward illness improving.
Miss Pearl Graybeal of Washington College Tennessee married Albert Farthing of Boone in Mountain City Tennessee on May 12 Rev Davis officiated. Mrs Farthing daughter of W B Graybear and sister to Mrs Lovill has worked with emergency relief. Mr Farthing son of ex Sheriff L M Farthing and long in sheriff office now county fish and game warden. They will live in Boone.
Mrs Clint Winebarger and two small children from Todd North Carolina visit Mrs Lula Winebarger in town. Jay Penn and Glenwood Greer share a weekend with relatives in Zionville. Solomon Grogan and Kemp Wilson make a Bristol business trip. Bristol Virginia visitors Mrs Bill Brown and family stay with Ray Hodges in town. Sing ing at Mountain City draws Rev and Mrs Eggers with daughters Mozella Pauline and Ruth Castle. Carl Osborne Zeb and a friend visit from Bristol. A Z Davis and son from Bristol spend Sunday with Victoria Hodge. Birth announced of a son to Mr and Mrs Bill Collins in Chattanooga Tennessee. Mrs Worth Byers visits relatives in Boone.
Miss Sarah Funderburt, a returned missionary from Southern China, will speak at Boone Baptist Church next Sunday morning at 11 o clock. Rev. P A Hicks invites neighboring congregations to attend. The evening service will feature a musical program with the Oak Grove Choir directed by Mr W M Hodges performing several vocal numbers.
An annual Decoration Day service will be held next Sunday at 1 PM at the Phipps and Byrd grave yard. A picnic style dinner is customary before departure. The minister for the occasion has not yet been determined. all friends are welcome.
The Googing Hammer Club of Blowing Rock organized a camping trip Saturday night at the Daniel Boone place. Chaperones were Mr and Mrs Spencer Greene. Attendees included Lois Klutz Blair Sudderth Irene Jenkins Mrs Dee Cannon Margaret Sudderth Elizabeth Walters Oma Greene Virginia Sudderth Bessie Wooten Beulah Tester Dennis Underdown Merriel Gragg Conard Presnell Glenn Presnell Sitney Cannon Jack Rainey Glenn Coffey Richard Gragg Edward Coffey Bill Haynes Jack Haynes of Charlotte.
The community mourns Mrs. George Caudill died after weeks of illness with funeral held Sunday afternoon. John Dyer, brother of Cicero Dyer, died suddenly with services Thursday morning. Rev L F Kent of Shepherdstown visit. Kutups entertained by Dr and Mrs Glenn. numerous families and church activities noted including a May 20 quarterly conference. Mrs. Charlie Church hospitalized with appendicitis May 21.
Mrs Roby Vines is very sick at this time. Dwight Cable marries Miss Anna Lou Edmiston last Saturday in Mountain City Tenn. Genevieve Sherwood has been very sick but greatly improved. Roy Brown and children of Boone visited Frank Vines last Sunday. George Edmiston visited in Boone over the weekend. Mrs Charles Tester stays with daughter Roby Vines for a few days. Rev W D Ashley will preach at Cable graveyard next Sunday at 3 p.m. Mrs James Farthing visited her parents on the Watauga River. Richard Palmer of Cove Creek visited his mother Alice Palmer last Sunday. Stuart Brown and family spent Sunday with Walter Tester. Many Bethel folks attended singing at Mountain City last Sunday.
A lively retelling of a doomed voyage begins with a jovial party setting sail for southern seas. The piece chronicles a string of misfortunes that befall the crew and passengers as their cruise spirals into peril.
Mrs G W Greene a Bakersville resident suffered severe injuries when her sedan collided with a Boone driven car on the Boone Trail Highway one mile west of Boone near Adams post office. She received medical care in Boone then was transported to Grace Hospital Banner Elk for further treatment with a seven inch thigh wound a knee ligament injury and a forehead cut.
Grace Lutheran Church in Boone observes the sixth anniversary with an all day service next Sunday at 11 AM led by Dr. C. L. Miller from Konnarack VA. A noon dinner on the grounds follows with baskets encouraged. Afternoon talks by Mesdames H. R. Kepner of Pottstown PA and J. A. Moretz of Hickory conclude the event.
Friends honor Lula Hughes who died May 13 1934 in a tribute noting her strong faith and unselfish service. The memorial recalls her cheerful, gentle life and enduring religious devotion, with a poem promising she is not dead but away in a heavenly land.
The El ection Board chair R S Swift announces no Republican judges will serve in the June 2 primary under law restricting the ballot to Democratic contests. Democrats Beaver Dam Lewis Norris Blowing Rock Paul Coffey Blue Ridge Sam Tate Boone Roy Hagaman Laurel Creek Edgar Edmisten Meat Camp No 1 Tom Jackson Meat Camp No 2 H C Beach North Fork B F Lang Shawneehaw E Triplett Stony Fork Paul Greene Watauga E B Fox named to replace Republican judges. Appointments for Bald Mountain Elk Cove Creek pending. Swift says this applies only to the primary. Republicans will return for the November election.
The greatest convention will meet at Boone courthouse at 9 45 on the first Sunday in June 1934. Class leaders urged to arrive early for seating as praise to God through vocal music is emphasized. N L Harrison chairs the event with Z T Greene as secretary.
A well known Watauga booster in Charlotte desires to meet a private Boone family willing to provide weekend accommodations for cash or guest privileges. He will be accompanied by his wife and they seek arrangements in Boone. Address Box 1313, Watauga Democrat.
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