Blowing Rock Church Considers Joint Pastorship
In Blowing Rock the Baptist church may share a pastor with Cove Creek after Rev. F. M. Huggins leaves in December. Details hinge on a December 5 meeting as Boone seeks a full or part time arrangement and the Cove Creek plan to split services two Sundays monthly.
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Blowing Rock
Cove Creek
F. M. Huggins
Huggins
Boone
Baptist Church
Abingdon
Budget Commission
Appalachian State Normal School
Advisory Budget Commission
Raleigh
General Assembly
Thomas H. Coffey
Watauga County
Coffey
Cyrus C. Babb
Hickory
R. L. Farmer
Blowing Rock Hotel Hill
T. C. Canipe
Baptist State Mission Board
Canipe
Chapel Hill
Bear Hunting on Black Mountain Traps Two Large Bears
Dr. J. M. Hodges of Boone and a seven man party hunted Black Mountain October 26. They bagged a 200 pound bear, another bear was killed by a separate party, and Kettlefoot the legendary 600 pound brute remains at large with a cub. The group included Charles Miller Jim Hampton Dr. Dorsey John Knight Millard Hodges and Caskey Hodges.
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Black Mountain
J. M. Hodges
Boone
Hodges
Dr. Hodges
Caskey Hodges
Dr. Dorsey
Caskey
Kettlefoot
Charles Miller
Jim Hampton
John Knight
Millard Hodges
Businesses closed today for Armistice Day observance
Store, banks, garages and all places of business in the community are closed today in observance of Armistice Day. Notice to this effect is given elsewhere in these columns, which also authorizes the closing of business on November 25, Thanksgiving Day.
Teachers' Certificates Require Immediate Record Submission
County teachers must send their certificates with full credits for Budget reporting. The November Budget will be adjusted soon and any teacher who has not filed a current certificate or who renewed since last year will be credited by the state with their old certificate and salary.
Measure of Our Thankfulness urges support for NC orphans
A Thanksgiving appeal urges North Carolinians to donate a day’s wages to local orphanages. The piece praises 25 state institutions as worthy beneficiaries and links charitable giving to Christian duty and personal integrity.
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North Carolina Orphan Association
Old North State
North Carolina
Surplus Found in Watauga County School Funds
A. T. Allen, CPA, finishing a county audit in Raleigh, reports Watauga County Board of Education shows assets $14,046.90 above liabilities, countering prior deficit claims of about $26,000. The audit details total assets and current liabilities as presented.
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County Board OF
A. T. Allen
Certified Public Accountant
Board of Education
Watauga County
Raleigh
Allen
President Coolidge Proclaims Thanksgiving Day 1926
President Calvin Coolidge proclaims November 25 as a general day of Thanksgiving and prayer. The article notes nationwide prosperity, moral reflections, and calls for charity toward the less fortunate. An honor roll for Blowing Rock school’s second month lists students across grades one through nine.
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Coolidge
Blowing Rock School
America
Calvin Coolidge
United States
Washington
Valle Crucis News Highlights Social Visits and School Event
Mrs John Dyer and Mrs Luther Nave of Mt City visited Mrs J L Tester. Mrs Arthur Mast has improved after illness. Valle Crucis school box supper succeeded to raise funds, featured by a Thomas band concert. Mr T W Taylor, Miss Wilma Baird and Frank Baird dined with Mr and Mrs Howard Mast in Boone. Visitors from Concord came to see valley relatives.
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Frank Baird
Howard Mastin Boone
J. H. Hobby
Goodwin
White
Concord
Sheriff Farthing Sets Tax Collection Tour for 1925 26
Sheriff L. M. Farthing announces dates and locations for next month to collect taxes for 1925 and 1926. He notes low collections so far this year and urges taxpayers to meet him and settle promptly. See add elsewhere in this paper.
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L. M. Farthing
Cove Creek High Wins Doubleheader As Community Credits Education
Cove Creek high school defeated Boone high 39 to 9 and New River 31 to 7 in a Friday basketball doubleheader. Local events included Rev Uriah Farthing visiting for chapel and Rev L A Hurst's birthday dinner with the Cove Creek Baptist church. John Skelton Williams, former comptroller of the currency, died in Richmond of heart trouble.
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Sugar Grove
Cove Creek High School
Boone High School
New River
Uriah Farthing
R. L. Coughton
Doughton
S. F. Horton
Bertie Phillips
Belle Petit
Harry Caldwell
Gaffney
S. C
Cove Creek
Greensboro
W. F. Sherwood
Cove Creek Baptist Church
L. A. Hurst
John Skelton Williams
Richmond
Election results show first Democrat governor in South Dakota
The article notes W. J. Bulow wins the South Dakota governor race defeating Carl Gunderson, aided by a Republican faction unhappy with rural credit loans of 47 million dollars. It also covers Emerson’s win in Wyoming and broader GOP gains in other states.
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South Dakota
Nellie Ross
Wyoming
W. J. Bulow
Carl Gunderson
Gunderson
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W. C. Clawson
Joe Panella
Mr. Panella
T. H. Coffey
Statesville
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Lenoir
Rae Critcher
Black MT
Peoples
Evelyn Brown
Francis Pitt's
Mary Louise Williams
Jewell Hartley
Nellie Gray Sides
Alma Lowdermilk
Beula Lowdermilk
Wake Casel
Dean Jenkins
Daniel Kluttz
Lewis Lowdermilk
John Keller
Nancy Ward
Ruby White
Blanche Wooten
Evelyn Jenkins
Bettie Robbins
Gladys Teaster
Paul Kluttz
Dave Hartley
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Elizabeth Greer
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Beulah Teaster
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Luther Greene
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Mary Wooten
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Cora Greene
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Dewey Story
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Harlen Coffey
Parks Knight
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Margaret Sudderth
Lois Kluttz
Elizabeth Sudderth
Velma Cannon
Edna Miller
Lucile Raid
Bynum Crisp
Valle Crucis
Sheriff Farthing
Robert L. Doughton
O. F. Poole
Doughton Poole
Beaver Dam
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Laurel Creek
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Stony Fork Peeves
Watauga Wesers
Frank C. Emerson
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T. L. Oddie
Nevada
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Prohibition
Congress
George H. Combs, Jr
Missouri
Combs
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Oklahoma
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David I. Walsh
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William M. Butler
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New York
Elmer Thomas
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Harry Hawes
George N. Williams
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R. P. Ernst
Kentucky
Car Hayden
Ralph H. Cameron
Arizona
Millard O. Tyding
O. E. Weller
Maryland
Ritchie
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