Dry Forces Rally in Watauga County Prohibition Push
A large crowd gathered Sunday in Boone and Cove Creek as speakers lament the effects of alcoholism and urge church groups and county residents to support the dry amendment. Leaders including J. F. Spainhour and Clyde R. Greene urged organized campaigns, while a slate of dry judges was proposed for the November 7 ballot and precincts prepared for repeal election procedures.
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Watauga
Cove Creek
Greer
United Dty
Mr. Greer
Dr. Poteat
Johnson J. Hayes
W. C. Newland
Clyde Hoey
J. F. Spainhour
Mr. Newland
North Carolina
Morganton
Boone
Reynolds
Clyde R. Greene
W. F. Miller
J. S. Stanbury
John W. Hodges
W. D. Farthing
W. W. Mast
Valle Crucis
Ciry
Board of Elections
Bald Mountain
Will McGuire
Beaver Dam
W. W. Wilson
Will G. Todd
Blue Ridge
Roy Keller
Blowing Rock
D. P. Coffey
Dean Swift
Elk
V. C. Cox
Laurel Creek
Luther Ward
Clyde Brown
John Penley
North Fork
J. M. May
Stony Fork
Elbert Norris
Shawneehaw
Charles Townsend
Fred Hatley
County Board of Elections
J. A. Yount
Mrs James S Thomas Dies After Sudden Illness
Mrs James S Thomas aged 65 died at her Zionville home last Sunday after a brief illness. Funeral services were held at Zionville Baptist Church by Rev R C Eggers with burial in the local cemetery. Survived by husband seven children and five grandchildren.
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James S. Thomas
Zionville
Zionville Baptist Church
R. C. Eggers
Thomas
Lees-McRae College Opens at Banner Elk September 6
Banner Elk college to begin its thirty-fourth academic year on September 6 with registration for new and returning students. The institution will operate as a four-year junior college for the first time, offering the last two years of high school and first two years of college. Over two hundred students enrolled, including several from Watauga.
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Banner Elk
Lees-McRae College
Watauga
Friday High School Scores and Saturday Schedule
Last week Boone beat Oak Grove 9 to 7 with Elk edging Bamboo 6 to 3. Blowing Rock defeated Vilas 15 to 3 and Mabel routed Oak Grove 25 to 0. Saturday schedule shows Mabel at Bamboo, Elk at Blowing Rock, Oak Grove at Vilas.
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Boone
Oak Grove
Elk
Bamboo
Blowing Rock
Vilas
Mabel
Watauga League
Pet Bamboo
Senenee
Boone Blowing Rock
Death Claims Boone Confederate Veteran
William R. Spainhour, born October 8, 1844 in Burke County North Carolina, served in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia beginning 1863. He fought at Chancellorsville, was wounded, later taught school in Nebraska Tennessee and North Carolina, and lived much of his life in Boone. Known as Uncle Billie, he was a model citizen and leader in war and peace.
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William R. Spainhour
Burke County
North Carolina
Virginia
Skinner's Neck
Fredericksburg
Jackson
Young Spain
T. J. Jackson
Chancellorsville
J. E. B. Stuart
Spainhour
Richmond
Raleigh
Nebraska
Tennessee
Boone
Sutherland
Montezuma
Cleveland
Tenn
Jennie Parks
Ida Hardin
Billie
Confederacy
Lees-McRae opens football practice in Banner Elk
Lees-McRae College began football practice with 25 candidates issued equipment under coach Fred Dickerson. Ten more are expected this week as the team prepares for a season opener at Western Carolina on September 23 at Cullowhee, facing a tough schedule with limited positions to develop.
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Dickerson
Card of Thanks for Sickness Death and Burial
heartfelt appreciation to friends and neighbors for kind deeds and consoling words during sickness death and burial of husband and father moral wish that others receive such comfort when death comes Mrs Roy F Williams and Family Plus lottery ad promising $1000 a year for life and other prizes with details in the Sunday Baltimore American.
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Roy F. Williams
Baltimore American
Grandfather Orphans Home Canning Season Record
Banner Elk reports the Grandfather Orphans Home achieved its busiest canning season with 9 618 quarts processed last month. The cannery supplies Crossnore School and private residents in Avery and Watauga Counties on cash and share terms, preserving beans applesauce beets carrots rhubarb blackberries huckleberries squash corn turnip greens and tomatoes. Needs for next year are largely met.
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Grandfather Orphans Home
Crossnore
Avery
Watauga County
Grandfather Home
Blowing Rock Club Thank Boone Businessmen for Carnival Support
The Blowing Rock Community Club extends thanks to Boone businessmen for support at the recent carnival in the neighboring town. More than four hundred dollars was raised for Dr. Mary Cabell Warfield to use in her baby clinic.
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Blowing Rock
Boone
Mary Cabell Warfield
Boone Sketches Highlights From Page One
A column notes light social items and local happenings including visits by Mr. Oscar Brown of Knoxville and Miss Eureka Mast of Rominger. Town residents Roy Hicks and family move to Granite Falls. Weekend visitors Dr. Paul Madron and Prof. G P Eggers with A J Greene. Oak Grove tops Vilas in a cellar championship baseball game by one point.
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Oscar Brown
Knoxville
W. H. Brown
Eureka Mast
Rominger
E. F. Sherwood
Dr. Abrams
G. P. Eggers
A. J. Greene
Vilas
Oak Grove
J. L. Thomas
Archie Qualls Passes State Bar Examination
Archie Qualls son of Mr and Mrs J L Qualls of this city passed the State bar examination and is admitted to practice. The report notes higher failure rates due to tougher tests and mentions his legal education at Wake Forest College.
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Archie Qualls
J. L. Qualls
Qualls
Wake Forest College
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mabel Club
Watauga Baseball League
Mast
Henry Greene
E Trippney
Hagaman
C Burkett
Norris
W. Cook
W. Hampton
Trippany
R. Cook
Burkett
Greene
D. Cook
Critcher
Astime Theatre
Richard Dix and
Doris Kenyon ,II
Carole Lombard
Gene Raymond
Katherine Hepburn and
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Lionel Barrymore
Miriam Hopkins
George O’brien and
Greta Nisson
U-drive-it
Miller’s Floral Shoppe
East Main Street
Central
Wolverine
UCTS
United States
Watauga Building & Loan Association
W. H. Gragg
R. H. Hardin
L. A. Greene
R. L. Bingham
A. W. Smith
C. M. Critcher
W. L. Holshouser
Dr. R. H. Hardin
Grady Farthing
R. C. Rivers Jr
G. P. Hagaman
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