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DECEMBER 13, 1934 ToCAL AFFAIRS Miss Callie Greer and Mr. Rub Robinson of Lenoir spent the week ord with Miss Grace Gragg In Booik Miss Martha Hardin is spending i few days visiting with friends in Win ston-Salem. Mrs Guy Foster of Linyille is vis jtir.g for a few days with Mrs. Vel ma McGhee Mrs. Cora L. Councill is consider ably improved after having been righ seriously ill for the past several days Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Hamby wen business visitors to Charlotte on las Monday. Mr. George Trippany and friends Mr. and Mrs. Kirkey. of Massena X. v., visited last week with Mr Trippany's son, Carl Trippany, al A S. T. C., after having spent som< time in Florida during which timr they attended the A. S. T. C.-Southern football game at Lakeland. Mrs. Asa Wilson has returned to her home at Silverstone after having spent two weeks in Hickory and tiramte pans with friends and relatives. Mrs. Wilson reports a very enjoyable visit. Mr. J. M. Campbell of Vilas, who was a visitor in Boone Saturday, is able to walk by the aid of crutches after having had his leg broken a few weeks ago. He is expecting to regain the full use of the limb within a short time. Mrs. John F. Hardin, who has been a patient at the Banner Elk hospital for the past two weeks. Is reported as considerably improved. The news is welcomed by the many friends of the well-known lady. Dr B. E. Reeves of West Jefferson, accompanied by a daughter. Miss Nancy Ruth Reeves, editor of The Skyland Post. Mrs. C. M. Timmons and Master Edwin Duncan visited briefly with friends in the city Monday. Mr. Bart R. Bryan, popular employee of the Boone Drug Company, has been confined to his home for several days with an attack of influenza or similar ailment. His physician says it will be several days befdrn he ia aliln fn ruPti-i * - ? ??l- i Rev. W. C. Payne, the pastor, and I Rev. W. C. Sexton, evangelist, rc- j cently closed an unusually successful j revival meeting at the Meat Camp Baptist Church. There were 38 additions to the church and Rev. Sexton states that he had the best attention that he had ever hud at any church. Readers of The Democrat are asked to peruse carefully the Christmas advertisements appearing this week. Due to heavy trade the first of the week, and resultant delay in securing much of the ad copy, the printing of extra pages was precluded and a crowded condition exists in theso columns today. However, readers will he benefitted by the business messages, and it is hoped that they will recall the dozens of issues devoted overwhelmingly to reading matter, and forbear criticism for the omission of some of The Democrat's regular features. NEWS FROM VALLE CRUCIS Dr. and Mrs. Robert O. Glenn of .Mountain city naa as dinner guests on Sunday Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Shull, Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Mast, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Mast, Mr. and, Mrs. T. O. Balrd and Mr. C. D. Taylor of Valle Crucis; Mrs. Ira T. Johnston and son of West Jefferson. Miss Nancy Taylor Is visiting with friends in Charlotte and Winston-Salem Members of the Episcopal Church had their annual roll call and church dinner on Sunday. The new minister. Rev. Mr. Butt, failed to come. He is expected to arrive this week. Mrs. R. A. Farthing and Mrs. C. D. Clark entertained the Missionary Society on Saturday afternoon. Several members were present. Refreshments were served. Miss Sue Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. D Taylor, who has been county supervisor of Galatan, Tenn., was recently elected head of Woman's Work in the State of Tennessee. Mrs. Joe C. Mast returned home Saturday after spending several days with her sister, Mrs. John Abemethy of Lincolr.ton. MISSIONARY SOCIETY MEETS The Woman's Missionary Society of the Lutheran Church met last Monday night with Mrs. J. A. Yount at the Caro-Jean Inn. The program topic was "Foreign Students in America," led by Mrs. Grady Moretz. Discussion revealed that there are thousands of students from foreign countries who attend school in America. At the close of the meeting Mrs. Dowling, hostess of Caro-Jean Inn, served delicious refreshments. NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' MEETTh (i Notice is hereby given that a special meeting of the stockholders of the Watauga County Bank has been duly called and will be held at the Courthouse in the City of Boone, N. C., 01 the 27th day of December, 1934, at 1:30 p. m., for the purpose of electing directors, electing a trustee for the fractional shares of stock, and for the transaction of any other business which may legally be done by it at said meeting. You are earnestly requested to be present in person. In the event ol your inability to be present in person please execute a proxy and return the same. This 11th day of December, 1934. WATAUGA COUNTY BANK By G. P. Hagaman, Cashier. c Boone High School News a Contributed by the Boone High School Journalism Club. LET S KEMEMBER Crack! Bang! We have been hea " ing all over the campus since Thank; giving the noisy reports of little fin crackers. They have been shot bold! 3 in the halls and sometimes in U t classrooms, but woe unto the pup caught in the act for he is in dang* , of having to go home and be a pti , dent no more! Co-operate, student . and let's keep fireworks where the : belong! WONDER WHY . . . The members of the Civic Sociolog class are getting so social minded ? , Frank Williams prefers a "Sill Soph"? Mr. Crook doesn't trim his finger nails ? Esther Handy (a girl from th West) got acquainted so quickly, es pecially with Earnest Houck ? Mr. Pvatte reads ?jg r4V"~ WW i'lUii y \JL UU1C people's letters (the French ones)? And can you imagine . . . A student body with all honest stu dents ? A book being in the library whe you want it? Earl Greer and Olen Cooke fight ing? EARLY LETTER TO SANTA Dear Santa Ciaus: Times are getting worse and worst I really don't know what this wcrl is coming to. My chances of grad uation have gone glimmering, as nv teachers just don't understand inc My new pants got dirty this morn ing and I'm out of shoe polish: my gir is giving mo the cold shoulder ant me being only a country ham, I havt to take it. Tom Moore and Raymont Hayes have taken Ada Grace Red niont! away from me and nobody lovet me any more. And on top of it all the depression his hit me. because have to "roll my own" as I can't af ford anything but the makin's. Thcj told me if I voted tor Roosevelt I't have an easy time, so on election da; I voted three times before dinner foi liim antl four times afterwards, ant look where I am now. There just ain'l no justice. So I ask you only to bring me sonit sex appeal or something to ease nr. pain. Despondently, ?EDWARD LOVILL P. S. Don't grin when you read this Santa. There are plenty of Senior; in the same fix. K AMIS I.I N' AROUND Well, before Thanksgiving most ev erybody went around with a long face, undoubtedly wondering what they had to he thankful for, and now they're all wondering if there ha; been anything for which they shoulc not be thankful; for didn't we gel three days off for Thanksgiving, ant haven't we got the promise of ter off for Christmas ? Everything's rosy eh? Well, I should say yes! . . . Lis ten, boys, if you want to know whe ther or not you are in the good grae es of the fair sex, why just thin! back to see' if they have ever tok you that you or your actions weri "cute" or not. If they have, the; you're okay! . . . Ya know I read ai infnoaofinor ltf tin r>?\nns th ^ 11JI.VI nv.oiw pvvui uiu uuici uaj It is: "A freshman stood on a burn ing deck. He knew not where to turn 'Aw, what's the use?' he said. 'Bj heck, I'm too darn green to burn!'' Epitaph on the tombstone of an ath eist: "AD Dressed Up and No Plac< to Go." ... In case you haven't heard the latest bright sayings at B. H. S are "The worst I ever heard!" anc "Such crust!" . . . Oh, lady, you shoulc have been at the seniors' party . . . t very, very sweet event! ... I waj very much amused the first day oi the 3now to see a small boy sliding down a slippery incline in a tin wasl pan. . . . Oh, tee, hee! It's the fun niest thing! You know the FrencI students are corresponding with boy: in France and then can hardly mak< out a word in the letters they receive Therefore, their teacher has to inter pret the missives for them, and thei: parents need have no fear of a ro rnance resulting between "our" girl SThe LILLIAN M BEAUTY SHOF Opposite Critcher Hotel BOONE, NORTH CAROLH CHRISTMAS SP1 CROQU7GNOLE PERMANEN St ends, only OTHER WAVES fwj SHAMPOO. FINGER WAVE ; SHAMPOO. FINGER WAVE I , ?? FACIALS, reduced to only ! S Miss Lillian Mae tL A ... WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVE ~ and "their" boys. . . . Robert Quillen says that if a college professor gets to liarpm" about sportsmanship, it means that the home team has lost j the last several games. Ditto! ... I ; guess I'd better run along. Did someone breathe a 3igh of relief ? Why you ungrateful wretch! Toodle-oo!? The Rambler. Home Loan Mortgages !Prove Good Investment; j- i ? [V Wadesboro, N. C. The home mortie loan, after the severe test of the 1! depression, has proven to be a super>r lativelv safe investment, declares P. i-' J. Kiker. Wadesboro. president of the s Xorth Carolina Building and Loan v League. He points out that building ar.d loan associations in this state which invest almost exclusively in home mortgages, have established a v record for safety even better than j the national average. While several y small associations in the state have : gone into voluntary liquidation dur!._ ing the lean years of the depression, most of these will pay, their sharep holders without any appreciable loss; es, he says. ] Referring to recent statements r j issued by the Direetor of Education I j and Research for the American Sav-j ;H!gs, i5unamg and Loan Institute, he| says, "This reveals that there are I three national institutions with seven- j n ty-nine million investors holding thej majority of the twenty-one billion j _ dollars of home mortgages in the Un- j ited States. These are the Building and Loan Associations, the Life Insurance Companies and the Mutual Savings Banks." "Of the total assets of building and .j loan associations at the beginning of | i PASTIME ? THEATRE , BOONE, N. C. "PLACE OF GOOD SHOWS" [ i Program for Week r Of December 17th: t MONDAY, DEC. 17 *' J Woman Knows" with j HELEN HAVES TUESDAY, DEC. 18 "The Girl of the Limberlost" with MARIAN MARSH & RALPH i MORGAN 1 c WEDNESDAY, DEC. 1ft i FUGITIVE LADY with FLORENCE RICE AND NEIL HAMILTON j THURSDAY, DEC. 20 GAY DIVORCEE 1 with GINGER ROBERTS AND FRED ASTAIRE FRIDAY, DEC. 31 "I AM A THIEF" with ; RICARDO CORTEZ AND MARY ASTOR 1 SATURDAY, DEC. 23 | Tombstone Canyon 3 BOB STEELE r (Special Bargain Matinee, 10c, 15c Night Shows, 10c and 25c. EVENINGS, 7:15 and 8:45 " -1 AE I I EiCIAL UNTIL 24th: g T WAVES, with ringlet M $1.50, $3.00, $5.00 jS $6.00, $7.50, $8.00 and Electric Manicure ...$1.00 and HAIR CUT $1.00 #? : Reichert, Manager || 5e 5r SclKS? 'Tr S^^isS O -3* cjr ' ???* /# ** fS. sft! !RY THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C. 1P30. representing Investments of el- : even million people, 98.727 per cent { survived the four years of the degression intact," he said. "Similar investments by life insurance compa! nies and mutual savings banks proved equally as safe." WELLBORN TRIPLETT Of interest to friends here and throughout Northwest Carolina is the marriage of Miss Mabel Violet Triplett and Mr. Russell D. Wellborn of Oeep Gap, which was solemnized at the home of the bride on Saturday afternoon. Dee. 8th, 4:30 o'clock, with Rev. W. C. Payne officiating. Mrs Wollhnm to fhn rvultr /lonnVtV?? - .. -.? v. ......fc....,* of Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Triplett and received her education at Boone High School. She is a young woman of attractive personality, and is popular with a wide circle of friends. Mr. Wellborn is a son of Mrs. Sherman Wellborn, a graduate of Boone High School, and is one of the community's most enterprising young men. A delightful wedding supper was served at the home of the bridegroom's mother. Mr. and Mrs. Well- ] horn will reside at Deep Gap.?Rc-! ported. I SPECIAL NOTICES j LOST?Between Foseoe and Valle Cruris on Saturday night, December S, one truck tire and rim. Finder please notify E. B. Fox. Foscoe, N. C. Liberal reward. (TsED FLTROTTURB?One iron bed, $3.00; 1 heavy spring, $4.00; 1 walnut dressing table, $4.00; 1 5-burner oii stove with built-in oven, $15.00; 1 oak cupboard, $14.50; 2 kitchen tables, 24x36, $2.00; 4 oak dining chairs, $1.50 each; 1 sewing machine, $8.00; 1 6-drawer sewing machine. drop-head type, $15.00; radio cabinets, $7.00 and up; 1 spring seat mahogany rocker, $2.50. All the above furniture in good condition. Easy terms to responsible parties. Higli Land Furniture Co, "Everything for the Home," Depot St., Boone, N. C. MONEY TO LOAN?On good secur icy. See or write S. C. Eggers, Watauga Bank Building, Boone. Itp LOST?December 2nd, between Matncy and Valle Crucis, one truck sheet. Finder please leave at Tester's Store, Matney. Reward. Clyde Tester. Itp LOST?On 8th, between Creston and Amantha, large new horse collar. Finder notify H. G. Perry, Amantha. Reward. Itp MAW WANTED? For Rawleigh route of 800 families. Write today. Rawleigh, Dept. NCL-56-SA, Richmond, ? Va. || NOTK i WATAUGA Bi has just matured This represents 1 gages on homes < ty. It means tha earned profits of and children can gages. We are v of most of these to subscribe for ; Why not thinl ing a savings acc gjr of your family, c W Won' t you al explaining the B it is convenient? |s W atau* ! M Watauga Bank PAGE FIVE Gift Suggestions I Fill your gift list this year from the drug store, economically and with the assurance that the recipients will be delighted with one of the handsome gifts we are displaying. For your convenience we make a few suggestions: I FOR MEN: FOR LADIES: I Smoking Tobacco Cutex Zipper Sets Cigarettes Toilet Sets g II Cigars Perfumes Gift Pipes Powders I Shaving Sets Manicure Sets Shaving Cream Bath Powders Safety Razors Candy - Stationery | Fountain Pens From now until Christmas we are of| fering a very liberal discount on Fountain Pens priced from $5 up. A rare opportunity is presented to buy a Shaeffer Life-time pen at a low price. CHRISTMAS BOXES, WRAPPING PAPER, ETC. Watauga Drug Store C. L. RHYNE, Proprietor T OA OTI A T>T^O l ^ -x^u m IM\I^ m MATURED! I JILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION jg its fourteenth series, 1 90 shares of stock. JS* $19,000.00 of cash and cancelled mort>f men, women and children of this coun- gfa t this number has by sacrifice and thrift $3,040.00; it means that 93 men, women jE|| . boast of a home free and clear of mortery pleased to say that it is the intention ! c? shareholders, and probably all of them, shares in our January 1 st series. j jjg c seriously at this Christmas time of open- jS :ount in our association for some member jg >r for yourself? JS? low us the privilege and the pleasure of uilding and Loan Plan to you at any time ^5* ?a Building & Loan | Association | V. H. GRAGG, Secretary ^ Building Boone, North Carolina J i|| - :* ts-- ^ Si9 v ME a v'/'wA'.-" >fiffl.r V .V -v v jgjg >
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