Local Affairs and Social Notes from Boone
Miss Nell Trivett heads to Mocksville to teach in city schools this fall and winter. Several locals and visitors, including Mr. Len Hagaman at Wake Forest College, Mrs. Coffey of Lenoir and Miss Lula Freeze, and families from Charlotte Akron Winston-Salem and Washington visit Boone area. Community updates cover illness boot visits tax supervisor McBride improving after a heart attack, and a pair of June apples sent by John H. Mast. Socials highlight Mrs. Annie Coffey hosting the Friday Afternoon Club with autumn decor and readings, and Ruth Isaacs hosting the Entre Nous Club with bridge and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Farthing
Ozark
Kerr
Chicago
Watauga County
Farthing
John Farthing
Beaver Dam
Missouri
J. M. Moretz
J. C. Farthing
T. Hill Farthing
Boone
Mrs. Kerr
Blowing Rock
Calvin Greene
Isaacs
Ruth Isaacs
James B. Mast
Mesdames Paul Coffey
David Greene
Cliff McConnell
Russell D
Valle Crucis Community Hears News Of Chaplain Move
Rev L F Kent accepts call to Shephardstown West Virginia and plans to leave October 15. Florence Landis briefly visited the Mission School. Several social events include bridge at Polly's Tea Room and a fruit plate party. Shifts in faculty and local illnesses noted along with various visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valle Crucis
L. F. Kent
Shephardstown
W. Va
Florence Landis
Mission School
C. D. Taylor
Alverda Caudill
Washington, D. C
George Caudill
Tom Taylor
Wilma Baird
Sam Horton
Coy Billings
Henry Mast
Richard Olsen
Dave Mast
Annie Dougherty
Annie Mae Sherwood
Polly Basom
Gladys Taylor
Pearle Payne
Nancy Taylor
Frank Beard
Howard Walker
George Rowe
Charlotte
Gilbert
Frank Taylor
Roy Ellison
Lucy Bingham
Guest
Simpson
Nannie Smith
Reisterstown
Hannah Moore Academy
Gilbert Taylor
Howard Mason
Lula Taylor
Chicago
Wilhelmina Shull
J. M. Shull
R. O. Glenn
Glenn
Claude Moore
Freemont
Francis Farthing
Gertrude Perry
Bristol
Polly
John
Birth of Betty Sue Smith in Zionville
Born to Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Smith on Monday morning a daughter named Betty Sue. Visitors include Mrs. Fred Farthing of Wytheville and families from Mountain City and Silvester. Local residents and travelers, such as Hope Eller and Wade Reece, are mentioned in weekend visits.
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Zionville News
O. L. Smith
Betty Sue
Fred Farthing
Wytheville
Lula Winebarger
Jake Chapman
Joyce
Richmond
Ind
N. T. Byers
Silverstone
Ivan Church
Mountain City
Tenn
Chas Wilkinson
Hope Eller
Boone
Faye Warner
Henry Miller
Wade Reece
Bristol
Local News Briefs Highlight Family Visits and Community Spirit
Sunday School at Pleasant Grove reports strong attendance while visitors from Russellville Tennessee join friends. A. B. Culler hosts relatives led by Emery Culler and Ralph Culler from Lynchburg Virginia. Tobacco cutting dominates talks as growers anticipate good seasonal profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Isaacs
Pleasant Grove
Dougherty
Sally
Russellville
Tenn
Emery Culler
Chucky
Tom Culler
Ralph Culler
Mabel Culler
Lynchburg
A. B. Culler
Local Matney News Notes Farm Work and School Runs
Farmers dig potatoes and run small operations while R L Triplette updates his home. Mrs. Mattie Baird improves after illness. Matney transports about twenty high school students to Cranberry and lists three students at A S T C Laura Carender, Leta Tester and Harry Michael. Delia Smith returns from Tennessee to enter school. Marvin Baird spent 63 days in hospital at Ban.
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R. L. Triplette
Mattie Baird
Matney
Cranberry
Laura Carender
Leta Tester
Harry Michael
Delia Smith
Tennessee
Marvin Baird
Henry Baird
Ban
Local Notes From Kingsport Area
A resident contracts blood poisoning from a skinned heel while in the region. Walter Church returns to Kingsport after visiting family and resuming work in a machine shop. Effie and Lois Baird of Matney work in Granite Falls mills. A Methodist revival here recently closed. Miss Lennis Hogshead visits her uncle Mr. Lee Carender and returns home to Butler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Church
Kingsport
Effie
Lois Baird
Matney
Granite Falls
Methodist Church
Lennis Hogshead
Lee Carender
Butler
Miss Margaret Haga Struck by Lightning During Storm
Miss Margaret Haga daughter of Rev and Mrs K L Haga suffered a severe shock from lightning while removing clothes from a line during a Monday afternoon electrical storm. The bolt ran along her left arm and side, knocked her down and left her unconscious for a time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Haga
K. L. Haga
For Sale and Lost Notices from Local Advertisements
Central's Solid Leather Shoes for the whole family. Five to Five Store. FOR SALE Six purebred Hereford heifers bred to a fine bred bull delivery Oct 1 at reasonable farm price. Also six purebred bull calves at affordable price. R G Shipley Vilas NC Lost One 32x6 Goodyear tire and International rim on Banner Elk or Beaver Dam Road. Return to D T Brown Reward Kincaid and Clay.
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Central
R. G. Shipley, Vilas
N. C
Goodyear Tire
International Rim
Banner Elk
Beaver Dam
D. T. Brown
Kincaid and Clay
Storms Recall Lightning Deaths And Record Weather Totals
The Avery Advocate notes storm events including a killed horse near Earl Carpent er, and a previous lightning strike on K L Haga in 1913. It lists weather data with 47 degree low, 5.26 inches total precipitation, 16 days with measurable rain, and dates of fogs thunderstorms halos and rainbows.
Weather Summary for August at State Teachers College
The Cooperative Weather Station at State Teachers College reports August figures with an average maximum of 77 degrees and a minimum of 58 for an average temperature of 67 degrees. The mean daily range was 19 degrees, with a greatest range of 30 degrees on the 25th 26th and 28th. 6 pm temperature averaged 70 degrees, while the highest reading reached 85 degrees on the 28th.
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Co-operative Station
State Teachers College
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Nell Trivett
Mocksville
Len Hagaman
Wake Forest College
F. H. Coffey
Lenoir
Lula Freeze
W. L. Trivette
J. Frank Norris
Mr. Norris
John H. Norris
Charlie Rowe
Alice Reice
Akron
Ohio
J. P. Taylor
Winston-Salem
Taylor
Donald Dean
Washington
A. S. Harris
Frank Payne
Sanford
Kelly
Mack Reid
Adelaide Farris
Art Robertson
St. Louis
Nellie Tester
Kay Boatright
John W. Hodges
H. C. King
Seattle
Wash
Nice
Mr. King
County
Northwest
John H. Mast
Zionville
W. N. Ragan
Golden City
Ragan
J. Smith McBride
Sherwood
McBride
M. P. Critcher
Joe Hardin
Mrs. South
D. D. Dougherty
Tom Baird
Joe Clark
Clark
Molly Mast
Freeman’s
Pathfinder
Matney News
W. H. Sims
Myers
Fairbanks
H. C. Martin
East Boone
Boone Feed Co
Anne
Virgilina
Mr. Hodskins
T. C. Battenhill
Cardus
Fletcher
Castoria
Magnesia
Phillips Milk
Vick
Thedford
Dr. Haywood
Sloans Liniment
Nature’s
Watauga Drug Co
C. L. Rhyne
Earl Carpenter
Mr. Haga
Avery Advocate
Appalachian Shoe Shop
College Street
North Carolina
Sport Oxfords
Spainhours Inc
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