Finleys Return from East Visit Highlight Valle Crucis Ties
The Lenoir News-Topic notes Mr and Mrs Finley Mast of Valle Crucis returning from a month long trip to Washington Maryland New Jersey and New York to visit their son Claud Mast near Darlington Maryland and Mrs Edward Lund in Orange New Jersey The piece recalls Mrs Mast weaving fame with a Blue Room White House rug woven for Mrs Woodrow Wilson and notes ongoing demand for Mast loom products with ties to Washington and local visitors.
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Lenoir
Finley Mast
Valle Crucis
Washington
Maryland
New Jersey
New York
Claud Mast
Darlington
Gentlewoman’s League
Woodrow Wilson
White House
John Summers
Mast
Appalachian School Recital and Community Church Activities
A recital at the Appalachian Training School received high praise as one of the best yet. Boone's Methodist District Stewards met in Boone to plan duties. Boone beat Elkark 40 to 28 in a Friday basketball game. Fall term exams closed, winter term starts the 20th. enrollment set a year’s best for this period. Dr. Morgan of Salisbury and Dr. James E. Hillman visited to advance church and teacher work. Sunday services featured diverse church cooperation with Rev H G Hardin delivering a strong sermon on godliness, and Baptist members attending the Methodist service. J W Williams led a presiding elder service and the quarterly conference opened in good order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Training School
North Wilkesboro
The
Methodist Church
Boone
Elkark
Morgan
Salisbury
North Carolina Lutheran Synod
Sands
James E. Hillman
Raleigh
H. G. Hardin
Tryon Street Methodist Church
Good Baptists
M. B. Woosley
E . Huggins
J. W. Williams
J. M. Downy
Red Cross Drive Sees 440 Southern Towns Rally
Southern towns report strong early progress in the annual Red Cross roll call. Atlanta division figures show 440 communities participating with Thomasville NC reporting a 1000 member quota met as the drive aims at 250000 members in the South.
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RED Cross
South
American Red Cross
Atlanta
Thomasville
North Carolina
American Legion
Grandfather Orphans Home Thanksgiving Appeal
North Carolinians are urged to donate one day’s wage to the Grandfather Orphans’ Home at Banner Elk, aiding 25 babies in the new baby cottage. The appeal emphasizes giving through churches or community offerings, urging readers to support the mountain children on or near Thanksgiving Day.
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Banner Elk
Friday Afternoon Club Enjoys Pilgrim Themed Meeting
The Friday Afternoon Club gathered at Mrs. B J Councill home with yellow and white motifs and a Ye Olden Time program. Prof I G Greer sang folk songs, Mrs J D Rankin spoke on the Pilgrim Fathers, and members dressed as Puritan maids in a bonnet pinning contest. A letter from Mrs John Gilmer urged federation work and a cemetery cleanup was scheduled. New members Mrs J F Hardin and Miss Annie Stanbury were welcomed, with next meeting at Mrs J C Councill.
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B. J. Councill
I. G. Greer
J. D. Rankin
New England
Leyden
Tracy Councill
David Greene
John Gilmer
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
J. F. Hardin
Annie Stanbury
J. C. Councill
F. A. Linney
Thanksgiving services and missionary notes at Baptist churches
Sunday School at 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. B Y P U at 6 p.m. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 p.m. A Thanksgiving service is planned Thursday night at 7 p.m. for the orphanage with a collection. A similar service and fundraising are set for Blowing Rock Friday night. Mrs. Hamlet, returning China Missionary, spoke to the Y W A. Her talk impressed the girls. a new book titled Bunk was noted by the Boston Traveller.
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THE
Baptist Church
Y. P
U’s
Blowing Rock
Hamlet
China
Prizes for Best Baby Beeves at Western Cattle Sale
At the third annual Registered Hereford sale in Asheville on November ninth, prizes of 250, 50, and 25 will be offered for the best baby beeves. Calves must be born after April 1, 1923. Judges from the Raleigh animal husbandry division will select winners. The Farmers' Federation aims to boost beef production in Western North Carolina and improve soil fertility through cattle finishing.
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Asheville
Central Bank & Trust Company
Raleigh
Madison
Henderson
Buncombe
North Carolina
Hubert Clapp
Swannanoa
Oliver Alexander
Morgan Ashworth
Fairview
S. F
L. Chapman
Federation
Morrison Calls for Supreme Court Review of Bowie Railroad Act
Governor Morrison asks Attorney General Manning to seek a Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of the Bow ie act authorizing building or stock in certain railroads. He says state payments for surveys and studies should wait until the court decides validity and urges prompt action before further expenditures.
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Raleigh
Tom Bowie
Lost Province Railroad
Supreme Court
Morrison
Manning
General Assembly
Eral
Court of Finality
Finish the Task Campaign Urges Church Pledge Drive
A church association calls for a 75 million Finish the Task campaign to collect pledges for foreign, home, and state missions. It urges every church to pay vows, fund the orphanage with a Thanksgiving offering, and send all State Mission payments before November 30 as books close.
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God
State Mission Board
F. M. Huggins
Worth While Club Bi Monthly Meeting Recap
The Worth While Club met November 16 at Mrs. R. L. Bingham's home. Reports covered cemetery improvement and charity with clothing for needy children. Members planned a prize for local students and discussed supporting Mount Airy Club's community house. A Luther Burbank program capped the afternoon with a social and games.
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Worth While
R. L. Bingham
Rowe
Mount Airy Club
Bone
Luther Burbank
W. G. Hartzog
Burbank
D. J. Cottrell
Huggins
A. T. S. Boys Beat Elk Park in 40 to 28 Showdown
A. T. S. boys defeated Elk Park 40 to 28 in a snappy game with a second-half comeback by the home team. The A. T. S. girls opened their season at home against Elk Park, and Thanksgiving brings a visiting Elizabethton squad for the annual clash.
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Elk Park
Elizabethton
A. T. S. Boys
Worth While Club to Meet at Mrs Cottrell Home
The Worth While Club schedules its next meeting at the home of Mrs. D. J. Cottrell on November 30. Members are reminded to bring refreshments and share plans for upcoming events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worth While Club
D. J. Cottrell
Governor Morrison Proclaims Thanksgiving Day 1923
North Carolina Governor Morrison proclaims November 29 1923 as Thanksgiving Day praising prosperity and calling on citizens to worship give thanks and aid orphans and the weak through acts of generosity. Proclamation dated November 15 1923 in Raleigh.
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North Carolina
Noth Carolina
Cameron Morrison
United States
Raleigh
Thanksgiving Pageant at Mt Pleasant Lutheran Church
On Thanksgiving day at 11 a.m. Mt. Pleasant Lutheran Church offers a pageant titled The Temple of Praises by Elda M. Piero. A playlet The Spirit of Thanksgiving will be performed by boys and girls with a male choir providing music. More than thirty characters participate and the services are said to be impressive and beautiful. The Lutheran congregation plans a Sunday School in Boone at 9:45 in the Episcopal Chapel inviting all men women and children not attending elsewhere to join.
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Mt. Pleasant Lutheran Church
Elda M. Piero
Boone
Episcopal Chapel
Push the Red Cross Roll Call Urges Immediate Enrollment
In the past year the Red Cross aided 15 south disasters, spending 163,500 dollars on relief. The appeal asks pastors, Sunday school leaders, teachers, the American Legion, and other charitable persons to enroll members now and send funds and names to treasurer W. D. Farthing in Boone, North Carolina.
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South
Red Cross
American Legion
W. D. Farthing
Boone, N. C
A. J. Greene
J. M Downum
Why Be Well Flow Do You Live Fall Planting Best for Roots
The Washington Star notes Jud Tunkins on patent medicine ads attract health seekers. A Punch headline asks Flow do you live with the witty answer Only just. State College horticultural workers advise fall planting of trees and shrubs to heal wounds and establish roots for spring growth.
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Jud Tunkins
Washington
D. C
Evening Star
Punch
London
Horticultural Workers
State College and Department
Also Mentioned on This Page
MR. and
Mrs. Finley
Columbia Record
Appalachian School
Grandfather Orphans’ Home
Messrs Holcomb
Edgar H. Tufts
Banner Elk Orphan Asylum
Bunk
Frank
Boston Traveller
Farmers’ Federation, Inc
Bowie
the Worth While Club
Lutheran Church
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