Local clubs host bridge and social events across Friday to Thursday
Maids and Matrons Club hosted Mrs. Frank Williams with 1 members for three table bridge and prize awards include a hand-painted cookie jar and candle holders. Entre Nous Club gathered at Mrs. Gaither's with four tables of bridge, prizes to Mrs. Coffey and Ruth Coffey, plus a salad course. Worth While Club met with Mrs. P. A. Hicks, elected J. M. Moretz president, listened to piano selections, and enjoyed strawberry short cake. Cove Creek Community Club held Thursday meetings with 12 members, adopting Service Above Self as motto and planning a meal program for underweight schoolchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Williams
Paul Coffey
Jim Rivers
Williams
Ruth Coffey
Dean Bingham
David Greene
Douglas Redmond
Joe Crawford
William Davis
Eric Greer
Ruth Benfield
Louise Critcher
Gaither
J. M. Gaither
Cherry Park
Mesdames
G. K. Moose
James Councill
Tracy Councill
John Horton
David Mast
James Mast
S. F. Horton
Russell Hodges
Cliff McConnell
L. S. Isaacs
P. A. Hicks
Worth While Club
J. M. Moretz
Hicks
Lucy Moretz Davis
Frank Miller
Mesdames Miller
Davis
W. C. Greer
J. A. Williams
Cove Creek Community Club
Cove Creek Community Woman’s Club
Cove Creek High School
Annie Dougherty
Cove Creek
Christian Jones and Lucy Christian Wed in Mountain City Tenn
Mr Major Jones and Miss Lucy Christian were married in Mountain City Tennessee on Wednesday May 18 The couple are the children of local families and have attended State Teachers College here for two terms They plan to reside near Boone after the ceremony
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren G. Booker
State Board of Health
R. M. Rothgeb
State Budget Bureau
Boone
Appalachian Teachers College
Mr. Booker
Democrat
Watauga
Gordon Battle
Christian—Jones
Major Jones
Lucy Christian
Mountain City
Tenn
W. S. Christian
E. J. Jones
State Teachers College
Lawrence-Wilson marriage announced in Trade Tennessee
Announcement of the marriage on Wednesday May 18 at Trade Tennessee between Jerry Wilson of Boone and Bertie Lawrence of Trade. The ceremony was at the bride’s home. Mrs. Wilson is the daughter of John and Mrs. Lawrence. The groom is son of Frank Wilson of Silverstone and works at Central Barber Shop in Boone. They will reside here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence—Wilson
Trade
Tenn
Jerry Wilson
Boone
Bertie Lawrence
Wilson
John Lawrence
Frank Wilson
Silverstone
Pleasant Grove Church Events and Local Incident
Weather is favorable for Silverstone area as Rev. G W Sebastian fills services at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Glenn Tester was injured by a falling tree, treated at Grace Hospital in Banner Elk with no skull fracture and improving. May 30 is cemetery cleaning at John Mast, June 4 temperance program at Pleasant Grove Church, and a birthday dinner for Uncle Jake Swift at John Eggers home with Rev Sebastian preaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Sebastian
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
Glenn Tester
A. T. Tester
Grace Hospital
Banner Elk
John Mast
Pleasant Grove
John Eggers
Jake Swift
Eggers
Social notes from Blowing Rock and nearby towns
Rev. Sexton Buchanan spent several days in Bristol last week. Miss Blair Suddreth visited Boone. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Crisp were in Charlotte with Stewart Cannon. Miss Cora Greene returned home after winter in Southern Pines. Mamie Hawn of Hickory visits The Pines Lodge. Stewart Cannon and family visited Charles Cannon. Henry Greene of Hampton Tennessee visited here. Miss Marjorie Coffey sails Friday for Biddeford Pool Maine for summer. Rowan Walters of Florida visited Grover Walters. Mrs Otto Bowles of Hickory opened Esprit d Amour beauty shop. Montesanti dry cleaners moving into Southern Pines area. Sidney Blackmer and Lenore Ulric visiting at Blackmer Cottage. Green Park Hotel remodeled and opens Saturday night with a dinner dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sexton Buchanan
Bristol
Blair Suddreth
Boone
Lee Crisp
Charlotte
Stewart Cannon
Cora Greene
Southern Pines
Mamie Hawn
Hickory
the Pines Lodge
Charles Cannon
Henry Greene
Hampton
Tenn
Marjorie Coffey
Biderford Pool
Maine
Rowan Walters
Florida
Grover C. Walters
Otto Bowles
Esprit d’ Amour
Montesanti Dry Cleaners and Dyers
Sidney Blackmer
Lenore Ulric
Blackmer Cottage
Green Park
Soviet Decree Grants Old Regime Survivors Access to Co op Stores
The Soviet government issued a decree relaxing policy toward the declassed remnants of czarist rule. About five percent of the population will become eligible to join consumer cooperatives, enabling them to buy food and goods at minimum prices. Previously only party members could shop there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Communist Party
Banks Remain Closed Monday for Memorial Day
The Watauga County Bank and the Peoples Bank and Trust Company will not be open next Monday giving employees a holiday observance for Memorial Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watauga County Bank
The
Peoples Bank and Trust Company
Card of Thanks and Notices From Local Ad Pages
Special notices thank you notes express gratitude for kindness during illness and death of a mother. The Range States notes promote Hampshire mutton sires and high priced cuts. A few registered rams offered by J. W. Norris Boone NC. Also ads seek Irish potatoes eggs chickens ducks roosters. Stove sale notices from Edw N Hahn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Miller
Hampshires
America
J. W. Norris
Boone, N. C
Mrs Payne 72nd Birthday Celebrated in Boone Gathering
A large crowd gathered at Ed Payne’s Boone home Friday for the 72nd birthday of Mrs. J. M. Payne a long-time Watauga resident. Relatives from Marion West Jefferson Blowing Rock and Nashville attended with a grand cake and baskets of food on hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Payne
Boone
Ed Payne
Watauga
Payne
Alexander County
Blowing Rock
A. L. Payne
Nashville
Tenn
A. B. Graybeal
Marion
Coleman Payne
West Jefferson
W. C. Payne
J. L. Harrison
D. L. Wilcox
Carl Payne
Sam Austin
Shulls Mills
P. M. Winkler
Eleana Vandyke
Quick Roosevelt Win Seen by Louisiana Delegation
Senator Huey Long reports the Louisiana 20 member delegation at the Democratic National Convention will back Franklin D. Roosevelt. He says Roosevelt will be nominated on a single ballot with the unit rule likely yielding all twenty votes for the New Yorker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Huey Long
Louisiana
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Long
Roosevelt
Auto license tag found near Boone requests owner
A found auto license tag near Boone is identified by the Democrat office. The owner may pay for this notice to reclaim the tag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone
Democrat
Temperance Program at Pleasant Grove Church
A temperance program will be given at Pleasant Grove Church Silverstone on June 4 at 7 30 p m followed by an address by Professor I G Greer. The public is cordially invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Grove Church
Silverstone
I. G. Greer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Minnie Watson
Louise Farthing
Lenoir
M. L. Shipman
Labor and Printing
Suma Hardin
Davis Hospital
Statesville
Addie Little
Crettie Bingham
Rutherwood
Fort Sanders
Knoxville, Tenn
Paul A. Coffey
Watauga Fishing and Hunting Club
Daniel Boone Hotel
Pearl Hartley
Wilkesboro
Misa Bonnie Jean McBride
Sherwood
J. S. McBride
Baptist Memorial Hospital
Memphis, Tenn
Walter Horton
Daniel Boone Park
Ber Moody
C. L. Ryan
Watauga Drug Company
S. C. Eggers
North Carolina
Ralph Farthing
W. D. Farthing
Ralph
Cabarrus County
Dock Benfield
Miss Benfield
A. E. South
Jeff Stanbury
Sarah Coffey Vaught
Butler, Tenn
A. C. Farthing
Julius Coffey
Ernest
Charles Lewis
Perry
Margaret Clay
Winston- Salem
Morganton
C. L. Rhyne
Mrs. Hicks
Smithey’s Store
N. Hahn
Mrs. Payne
Grist
Raps Morrison
Morrison
Senate
Duke Power Company
Solon
Commissioner of Labor
Skulls Mills
Tom Bowie
Bob Reynolds
Central Tire Co
Wade McGhee
Farmers Hardware & Supply Company
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