Durham to Unveil Daniel Boone Tablet at Public Library
The Daniel Boone Memorial tablet will be unveiled at 3 PM Friday at Durham Public Library. The marker commemorates the Boone Trail highway, features Boone’s signature facsimile, and honors Durham County school children. J H Rich spoke at Durham High School about the trail’s route from Blue Ridge to the sea.
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Durham
Daniel Boone
Boone
Salisbury
Durham County
Boone Trail Highway and Memorial Association
Boone Trail Memorial Association
J. H. Rich
Boone Trail Association
Durham High School
Blue Ridge
Norfolk
American Automobile Association
Fort Dobbs
Tidewater
Yadkin River
Bruce
McMillan
Hillsboro
Eno River
Lawrence
England
Rich
Boone News Roundup Highlights Education Talks and Local Events
Local items note President Dougherty visiting John son City on business and Prof. Greer speaking at Ashe county County Wide Educational Meeting. J. D. Loizeaux spoke to the Boone Chamber on Newfoundland. Miss Stanbury Coffey Moretz and Farthing went to Charlotte for Paderewski. Churches report strong services with Sunday School developments at Lutherans and Methodist folds.
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Dougherty
Johnson City
Greer
Ashe County
Wilson
Boone and
Blowing Rock
J. D. Loizeaux
Plainfield
N. J
Boone
Chamber of Commerce
New Foundland
Annie Stanbury
Ruth Coffey
Lucy Moretz
Elsie Farthing
Charlotte
Paderewski
The
Baptist
F. M. Huggins
Loizeaux
J. M. Moretz
J. D. Rankin
Steele
Box Supper Aids Road Project At Howard Creek Church
A pox supper is planned at Howard's Creek Church on Saturday night December 8 to raise funds for a road project from the state highway near Sands to the falls of Howard's Creek and onward to intersect with the Silverstone and Meat Camp roads. A similar supper on November 17 at Rich Mountain School House raised 85.46 dollars. The church invites the public to participate, with a Cicero quote on virtue included.
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Howards Creek Church
Sands
Howard’s Creek
Silverstone
Meat Camp
Rich Mountain
Stony Fork
Carl Welch
Yuma
Ella Goulds
Gould
Amos Hamby
Ethel Green
School For the Blind
Raleigh
W. M. Shirley
Shirley Hill
Mount Paron
Mount View
Church Services and Thanksgiving Notices across Boone
Local religious listings detail Sunday School and worship times for Baptist, Boone M. E., Advent Christian, Latn, Mt Zion, and Lutheran churches. Upcoming events include Thanksgiving services, orphanage collections, and Sunday School reorganizations with leadership by Rev. M B Woosley, Miss Lelamoretz, Miss Edna Moretz, and Miss Cora Jeffcoat.
Golden Rule Sunday Invitation Seeks National Observance
Coolidge urges the nation to observe Golden Rule Sunday on December 2 marking progress in the Stony Fork community. Reports note Richard Wagner's improving condition after a serious injury from a falling tree though still in danger. Local social news mentions visits by the Green families and others, illnesses, and travel to Statesville and Patterson.
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Coolidge
Nation
Stony Fork
Richard Wagner
Turner Green
Ruth Lee
Winston-Salem
Greene
Geo. Greene
Ben Greene
Jennie Green
Arthur and
Lawrence Green
Patterson and
Lenoir
Clennard Greene
Mount View
Joe Wellborn
Statesville
Russell Green
Wade Green
Thanksgiving Day Reflections From Mt Pleasants Note
A Mt Pleasant column recalls Thanksgiving praise and community life in Watauga County. Notes Rev Jeffcoat and Miss Cora Jeffcoat at Holy Communion near Valle Crucis and Boone, with parishioners and Lutheran congregations organizing Sunday School.
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Watauga
Jeffcoat
Cora Jeffcoat
Holy Communion
Valle Crucis
Light Brigade
Woman’s Missionary Society
Miss Jeffcoat
Boone
Watt Green
Jonathan Moretz
Monroe Townsend
Clark’s Creek
Lutheran Parsonage
Messrs
Perry Townsend
Walter Hodges
Lem Townsend
Noah Townsend
Luther Townsend
Poly Moretz
G. H. Jeffcoat
School dental clinic outreach report
Dr Holden state school dentist completed a month in the county treating 528 children. He performed 660 amalgam fillings 103 silver nitrate treatments 489 teeth cleaned and gave 16 care lectures. Total private cost 2256.00. He reached about half the schools and good will grew among children and parents. Fertilizer firms plan standard mixtures tested by experiment station agronomists next season to cut useless brands and reduce farmer costs.
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Holden
Dercg Sie Aeek
Abs
experiment station agron_omists
State College and Department
Attorney L. D. Lowe Passes After Sudden Illness
On Thursday evening in Banner Elk Avery County North Carolina attorney L. D. Lowe a longtime prominent lawyer in the mountains collapsed at his typewriter and died from brain or heart trouble according to physicians.
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Banner Elk
Avery County
L. D. Lowe
Death of a North Carolina Lawyer Ends Long Career
In less than two minutes life ended for a prominent North Carolina lawyer born 1856 in Surry County. Dave Lowe moved to Bannerck in 1876, gained law license in 1884, served the community with public spirit, and died while preparing a Supreme Court case. Interment followed Tet Monday as family awaited his Florida bound daughter.
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Florida
Hall
Presbyterian Church
Lowe
Gilbert
Rebecca Lowe
Westfield
Surry County
N. C
Banner #ik
Supreme Court
Hattie H. Stinson
James Calloway
Wilkesboro
Mattie Loven
J. G. Loven
Bazaar and Oyster Supper at Blackburn Hotel
The Methodist Church women announce a bazaar and oyster supper on Tuesday December 6 at Blackburn Hotel. Fancy work sale begins at five o clock. salad and coffee will be served until ten. Proceeds support church activities.
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The
Methodist Church
Blackburn
Chen
Death claims R N Hackett former NC congressman
Former Congressman R N Hackett died last Thursday at Long's Sanitarium after weeks of illness from kidney trouble and complications. Interment was at Presbyterian cemetery in North Wilkesboro on Saturday at 10 AM. He was 56, a former Grand Master of North Carolina Masons and counselor for a state railway company. Survived by brother Gordon Hackett of N Wilkesboro and daughter Lois Long Hackett.
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R. N. Hackett
Long’s
Presbyterian Cemetery
North Wilkesboro
Hackett
Masons of
North Carolina
Gordon Hackett
N. Wilkesboro
Lois Long Hackett
Golden Rule Sunday Appeal for Near East relief
President Coolidge proclaims Golden Rule Sunday December 2 nationwide. Citizens are urged to donate by eating bread and soup and sending the saved cost to Near East Relief. North Carolina orphans and refugees need funds as stocks deplete. send contributions to J. M. Scott at 307 Robinson Building, Charlotte.
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Coolidge
North Carolina
Black Sea
J. M. Scott
Robinson Bldg
Charlotte
N. C
Geo. H. Bellamy
J. M. Downum
Worth While Club Grades Contest Promotes Welfare
Public School pupils in sixth and seventh grades compete for prizes funded by the Worth While Club and $2 per grade from the Chamber of Commerce. The event includes a jail visit with civics study and songs for inmates, plus fourth and third graders dramatizing Thanksgiving.
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Worth While Club
Chamber of Commerce
Boone Public School
Cove Creek Public School
Boone
Miss Stokes
Fresh air and good food remind health this season
This piece urges a healthful lifestyle centered on fresh air and nutritious eating. It promotes talking about health, thinking about health, and living healthful as a seasonal reminder.
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Luther League
Mt. Zion
Wm. Winebarger
Edna Moretz
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Bert Townsend
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Stony Fork News
Wear East Rew Tork
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Troug
Tom
Cord
Ially
Ousw
America
Near East
MT. Pleasant News
Merry Christmas
Santa Claus
Christ
W. J. Rowe, JR
Boorle School
Northwest
Banner Elk Home
Wilkes County
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