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flip' ,v" ' NOVEMBER 26, 1936 LOCAL AFFAIRS Mr. and Mrs. K. E. kitten arid family were visitors to relatives in the vicinity of Maiden iaijt Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe \Y. Mast of Olendale. Md . are visiting friends and relatives in the county for a few liavs Rev. L?. B. Cole ^turned to his home in Adkins, Va, Wednesday after having transacted business in the county for a couple of days. Miss Ccrdie Hodges and Mr. Brannock Triplett. both of Triplet!. wen in marriage November 14th, in a ceremony performed by Rev O M. Watson at. his home in Boone. Mrs. Minnie Fletcher, of Hampton, jrenn.. who has been visiting; at. the home of a sister. Mrs. W. H. Gragg. for the past ten days, is seriously !*?, and little or no change in her condition has been noted. Miss Ethel Wilson returned Sunday to lier home here from North Wilkesboro. where she had been a j?atient for several weeks in a hospital, being treated for a right serious illness The young lady is re-1 ported as greatly improved. Mr. A. P. Widenhouse of Midlands, was in town Tuesday, where he came j to arrange to nave some repair 1 work rinno s\r- V?;? " mi mo icaiucntc. xvir. | Widenhouse states that there is a j vast improvement in business in his \ section following- recent advances in I wages of mill employees. Mr. ami Mrs. C. W. Wilson and I family, who have resided in Cherry- i vale, Kansas, for the past twenty j years, have returned to Watauga j and will make their home in Beaver 1 Dam township where Mr. Wilson! was reared. One son lias been en- J tered in Appalachian College. Mr. A. J. Greer of Yankton, S. O , j and daughter, Miss Kathleen, of Den- ( ver, Colo., will arrive in the county j in time to visit Thanksgiving day with Mr. Cheer's father, Mr. Phillip Greer of Atabel. Mr. Greer, who celebrated his 93rd birthday on the 20th, is reported as being hale and hearty, and persists in doing a certain number of chores about his home each day. Foscoe Home Demonstration Club Meets With Mrs. Brewer Mrs. W. R. Brewer entertained the Foseoe Hume Demonstration Club Tuesday afternoon. Miss Cleta E, .loner gave a helpful demonstration on quick breads, which proved to be! very delirious. The hostess served J .j/.ijo-hjfiji refreshmentc Tin.- members drew names and will I exchange home-made Christmas pros- j ents at the December meeting. fulith and Frances Walker Hostesses to Music Clul? The Music Club of Mrs. Norton's class was entertained in the regular November meeting by Edith and Frances Walker A musical program was given, each one taking part. Edith Walker read a poe.m. After the program a number of interesting games were played. The splendid refreshments that were served were, highly enjoyed by all. Three visitors were Bculah Scott, Jessie Tinunons and Helen Hodges. \i#ueuncement Hsv. L. B. Cole of Boone, and Miss | Hilda Thompson of Atkins. Va., j were married at 2:45 p. m., Novem-1 ber 17th in the parsonage of the M. E. church, south, Marion, Va. The Rev. M. C. Weikii performed the ceremony, the ring ceremony being used. v j The bride is the daughter of Mr. | and Mrs. W. H. Thompson, of Atkins, Va. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mys. A. J. Cole, of Boone. Mrs. Bill Miller Honored At Linen Shower i On Tuesday evening. November 17.! a delightful surprise shower was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Cooke oil Main street. Mrs. Paul Fox and Mis3 Geneva Cooke, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Cooke, were the hostesses at this charming event, and Mrs. Bill Miller, whose marriage was recently announced, was the honor guest. The house was beautifully decorated in pink arid white, and the favors which were in the form of individual corsages were uniquely designed and were of pink and white also. The guests enjoyed bridge and monopoly during the evening. Miss Caroline Blair won the prize for high score in bridge, and Mrs. Vaught Mast won honors in monopoly. Following this the ladies were ushered into the dining room where the honoree was showered with many attractive gifts which were placed under a huge pink and white umbrel-1 la place as a centerpiece. Refreshments were served in the form of pink ice cream and cake3 decorated with pink and white icing. Those enjoying this delightful social event besides the honoree and the hostesses were: Mesdames Edgar Brown. Edgar Cooke, Vaught Mast. Bus Crowell, Misses Lorene Miller. Marguerite Miller, Lucile Miller, Bernice Gragg, Caroline Blair. Elizabeth Cooke. Vclma Brown, Loree Daniels, Jewell Hagaman, Ruby Wilson, Alice Sherrill. Items Froin The Di'msKrat ??f November 25. 18t?7 j The eighth wonder of the world j no rain in Boone on Monday of | : court. Capt. Todd of Jefferson has arrivj ed and seems as full of fun as ever, land don't ?.?***- *** > ? , .^?- oai.> uiuer. i Wc waiit him to live 100 years. Old Mr. Richard Isaacs who lived j on upper Cove Creek died Friday j night with dropsy. Mr. Isaacs was \ quite old. perhaps up in 80 The sheriff informs us thai he tol-j fleeted three thousand dollars in J taxes on last Monday It seems that |"the sheriff 13 doing better than ever: I before. Will Newiand is one of the best j kind of fellows and is looking Well.! j Will has a future before him and we j ! expect him to climb up higher We are sorry to hear of the serious ! illness of Dan W. Hagaman, Esq . of Iliaure 1 Creek, but are pleased to hea: ! of improvement in his condition. Mrs. T. J Coffey raised a bunch of celery this year that was meats- ; ured by the publisher of this paper. ; | The bunch was 17 inches in circum- j j ferance at the root and of extra 1 length. 1 We wrote a local early in the week 1 complimenting the big crowd at j court on being so orderly and no drunkenness. At this writing we have to retract as a number of men showed signs of intoxication and some were drunk. The following attorneys are attend Thanksgiving Party Miss Flossie Moody entertained a group of friends at a Thanksgiving j party Wednesday evening at the j home of Estella Greene. Games were j played and a good time was enjoyed by all Miss Moody, assisted by ( ? o jLioicua auu i ouy ui'CvJio, j served a delightful party plate to j llecne Jones, Ruth Jones. Josephine Jones. VerJic Jones. Beatrice Jones, i1 Mozelle Barnes, Annie Morris, Mary j Cook, Nannie Brown, Wilson Brown. . Boyd Cook. Dana Cowles, Richard; Cheek. Eston Q.ivene, Robert Hartley, j' Max Morris. George Triplett, Warren;' Greene and Geige Hollar. Friday Afternoon Club Holds 1 Semi-Mon tills Mating The Friday Afternoon Club held its j regular semi-monthly meeting Fri- i ! day November 21st, at the home of, Mrs. Joseph Hardin. After the members assembled, the business of!, the- - club wan transacted Mrs. Hardin had prepared a very j interesting program on Thanksg-iv-' ing. carried out ;is follows: "The First Thanksgiving," Miss Eula Todd. "Thanksgiving for What?" Mrs. H. B. Perry. She pointed out in this ' poem the many little things lor which we should be thankful. Piano -solo. "Autumn in Barce- 1 lona," Mrs. Austin South. i: Poems, "Thanksgiving Time." and "The Best of All." Mrs. E. S. Coffey. ! Reading, Thanksgiving Medita-I tions," Mrs. J. D. Rankin. :1 Thanksgiving contest Miss Eula j Todd, winner in the contest received a beautiful handkerchief and bouquet;1 of hand-made woolen flowers. The hostess. assisted by her' daughter, Mrs. Grady Farthing-; serv- ; ed a delicious Thanksgiving parly; plate. Each guest received as? .i kivui a. smaii nasKet of mints. The members present were Mes-! dames D J. Councill. F. A. Linney,! R. K. Bingham, H. B. Perry, B. J Councill, R. M. Greene, M. P. Criteher. Jeff Stanbury. A. E. South, D. F. . Greene. J. D. Rankin, D. D. Dough-, erty. Misses Euia and Jennie Todd, j Invited quests were Mesdanies. Chas. I T. Zimmerman, Paul Townsend and j Grady Farthing. ! Sands Community Club Meets With Mrs. Hodges The Sands Community Club met at the home of Mrs. C. G. Hodges November 1C. with eleven members present. The meeting was called to order by the president. Minutes of last meeting were read and approved. The time was then given to Miss Cleta Jones who gave a very helpful and interesting demonstration on making quick breads and cinnamon buns. Each member received a large cook book. The guests were then invited to the dining room where a party plate was served to the following members: Mesdames W. F. Warm an, Howard Foster, D. W. Cook, Cecil Hartley, J. C. Norris, C. G. Hodges, i Jim Wall, W. J. Honeycutt, Misses Cleta Jones, Mary Cook, Edna Miller. The meeting was adjourned to | meet November 17 with Miss Mary I rw?Lr 1 - - I az.^ iiicmuci i?> urgeo to oe j present, as our Cnristmas program will be planned at that meeting. EXHIBITION PRINTS AT VAL.LE CRUCIS SCHOOL, You arc cordially invited to attend an exhibition of Japanese block prints, which is being sponsored by the art department of the Valle Crucis School For Girls. The prints will continue to be on exhibition for the next two weeks in the school auditorium. JgATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVE mg court, outside of our county at- i torrieys: Wakefield, Bower and New- < land from Caldwell: Blackburn. Councill. Grayson and Lovill from i Ashe. Hon. K Z. Lanney arrived on ; Tuesday. There is a proposition by a firm to 1 locate a pipe factory near Boone if! there -can be enough ivy lands secured. All who have ivy lands near here should not hesitate to let this firm have the privilege to grub the j ivy front their Sands. We are an- j thorized to make contracts with the > owners of ivy lands for this com- j pany. Onc fanner in this county reports? to us i.imt from the first day of last! January to the present he has made : 69 trips to Lenoir and has paid pik-! age to the amount of $51.75. Let; anti-railroad men please make a note j of this How much would his tax be; under the proposition for a railroad ; Perhaps $1.00 per annum. After tile adjournment of court for dinner on Monday the people were; addressed by Solicitor Spainhour and j Hon. E. S. Blackburn on the rail- ! road subscription, both making good j speeches in favor of the county vot- 1 ing the subscription. Most all our people arc for the road and will vote die subscription if the road is located through the county. It is found there is a general interest in the road and it is hoped the survey will he made before the election. The great city of London; England,; ^iu,uuy,wu lire, the most : disastrous lire of modern times: "STILL FLYING HIGH" Dear Aviators: You iead the In- i ternu-diate department again last Sunday with 99'; . It's too bad thai j Carico had to be late. You boys | make my heart glad to see the inter-1 est you are taking in your lessons. | and the way you discuss it with mc . This shows yci arc not only thinking) of the contest, but a tout the lesson, [ too. This is v cry commendable of i you. Just keep this up and yourj pastor and Sunday school superinten- i dent will be proud of you as 1 am. { Official Scoreboard Flying Hours j A. Y. Howell. Jr. 300 John Tat urn 300 j Greer Ho- tges .. 300; Blaine Milter 300 j Johnny Harrison . 200 j Perry Greene ... 300; Sonny Garico i still leading) 320j Gar! Greene 270 j Don't fail to make it one hundred j again Sunday. We want to have iindthci I Tcr- Mi5i"u5j?k?5i ut \>ul" >Cot*OZi. ! I am counting" on you. HKItM AN V\ IL( '< >X. Tv-achcr. ^ Basketball Season Opens At Cove Creek Hi School I The Gove Creek basketball team j opened the 1936-37 season with two smashing victories. The Bethel five were the victims of the first game Thursday afternoon. Two complete Learns were used against them to bang up a score of 2S-16. Friday, the 20th the squad went to Elkland. The Elks played fine defensive and offensive ball the first half, but were held helpless the last session. The final score was 26-10. L. Deal was high scorei* with 3 points in the first half. The team 'est only t wo members, from last year and is expected to be j stronger than ever before. A sched-! ule of 24 games confront them before) they enter the tournament, according* i to Coach Claude P3ratt. (J iris' Team The girls have been organized by I Miss Margaret Spurgeon and have 1 many good prospects for a ball! team. Several regulars were lost last year, but will be replaced by freshmen and others who did not try out last year. The first girls' game was won over Bethel Thursday afternoon, 12-15. Their next game is "at River View Thursday at 2 o'clock. Several improvements have been made on the gymnasium this fall. The floor has been sanded. New lines and the backboards arc being painted. Roller skating after the ball games will continue as before. The first game here will begin at 7:30 o'clock Wednesday with Healing Springs. Other games of the schedule are as follows: Nov. 26?River View Dec. 3?Fleetwood there. Dec. 13?Healing Springs there. Jan. 8?Crossnore there. Jan. 12?Fleetwood here. Jan. zy?oivaanvre here. Feb. 5- Cranberry here. (Open date) Feb. 19.?-Newland here. Feb. 20?Cranberry there. Feb. 26?Lansing here. Games will be played with West Jefferson, Jefferson, Boone and Vir- j ginia-Carolina, but the dates have not been definitely decided upon. NEW SERIAL STORY "Challenge to Happiness," dramatic story of modern love in a great city, begins on November 29th in the' American Weekly, the magazine which comes regularly with the BALTIMORE SUNDAY AMERICAN. Get your copy from your news dealer. KY THURSDAY?BOONE. N. C. Speaks Here > DEAN Pw. B. HOUSE DEAN HOUSE TALKS TO ALUMNI GROUP Watauga Graduates ot universi- , ty Holds Annual Dinner at a Local Hotel On Tuesday evening, November 17. the Watauga group of the Universi- j ty of North Carolina Alumni held Us ! annual dinner at the Daniel Boone j hotel. Thirty-one former students: and guests of Watauga and Wilkes ! counties were present Dr. D. J. Whitencr acted as toastinfaster. In a I aitci opHSBH oi welcome. Dr. B. B. j Dougherty welcomed the alunini to! Boone, told of the advantages of this \ section of North Carolina, urged i them to return often to the county ; scat of Watauga, and spoke of the ! value of having alumni meetings, i The toastmaster then introduced Mr. I J. Mar von Saunders, general see re tary of the University of North Caro- j lina Alumni association. Mi. Saun-! dors spoke briefly of the work of I the ahipmi association and presented j Dean R. B. House, the administrative j head of the Chapel Mill unit of the i Greater University, who was the I principal speaker of the evening. In a very forceful address. Dean House told of the work ol the University of North Carolina in the past, j and expressed the hope mid determination of the alumni that its prog- I ress woutfi remain unchecked in the ! future. The speaker pointed out J that a state university had functions ! Uiat oouid not b?' taken care, of by ' other '''db'ges The University *>; North Carolina is hot competing j with other institutions, but ?.s endeavoring to discharge faithfully aiui effectively its own obligations and duties. Particular stress was given to the graduate school as an index of a university. Dean House frank- j V ly stated that troublesome problems continued to face the university. He believed, however, that they could and would he solved. He emphasized the liheralism that characterizes the I University of North Carolina and! stated that students of today could be trusted farther than those of the ; past generation. At the conclusion of Dean Howe's ; address. Dr. Dougherty expressed tb hope that the university would continue the broad-minded attitude that had always characterized her policy i Out of the county attendants were! Mr.. Tr E. Story, orinrinal of the ! Wilkesboro high school, and Rev. j Watt Cooper, also of Wilkesboro. I An Appalachian ensemble, composed! ofMiss Sarah Leo ArmfieM. Miss Ann Stiles and Mr. Warren Mitchell, furnished music during the dinner, j Officers elected for next year are: j President, Dr D. J. Whitener; vices president, Mr. Mast; and secretary- i treasurer. Mr. J. Harold Wolfe. ; i BEAVER DAM CLUB MET i WITH MRS. ROBINSON The Beaver Dam Home Demon-: stration club met with Mrs. Clyde Robinson on Friday, November 13. The usual order of business was carried out. Miss Jones gave an interesting and useful demonstration on j quick breads. Mrs. Robinson served; ~ uuiiK ox grapejuice and j baskets of candy were presented to | each. After a delightful social hour j the club adjourned. The December meeting will be held with Mrs. Jethro i Wilson.?Mrs. Asa L. Rcece, Repor- j ter. Police Efficiency j A new police officer was anxious j to make a record, and his chance j came very soon. When he was on j his beat he phoned to the poliee sta- j tion and reported: "There's a man] that's been robbed by some othermen and I've got one of them." i "Which one have you got?" asked I the sergeant. | The reply came back: "The man j that was robbed." Now He Knows Stranger: What is the standing of the Spendmore family in this town? Native: Well, I should say they is sort of betwixt and between. They ain't exactly nobody and yet thejf hain't really .anybody. \ s. sTconvention to hold meeting At Mt. Vernon Cliurch onSunday. November 2!lth: Interesting Program Arranged The Sunday School convention for ! the Stony Fork association will he | held at Mount Vernon church on | the fifth Sunday in November, the , 29111, beginning at 1:15 o'clock The | committee in charge has arranged the following program for the meotI ing: Song"Work for the Night is Coming," congregation. Devotions! G W. Gragg. II Timothy 4:5 "The Church Working for the Sunday School," Rev. R. X Shore and Rev. R C. Fgyers "What Work May the Officers and Teachers Do Other Thar Preside and Instruct?" Rev Wm. Brown. Rev. \V ,T. Cook ar.d Mrs. Rena Cook. "The "Work" and Mission" of the Sunday School," Rev. Carl Triplctt and Mrs Stacy Ford. Work. ' Mr. Clyde Egjge'rs, Kubert Teague and Virgil Greer. Give a Workable Plan for an Evergreen Sundav School in all Rural Churches, Rev E. T. Wilcox, Rev J. W. Church, Mr. J. C Mann and Mr. Milton Coffey. Fifteen minutes time will be allowed for discussing each topic. Bethel High School And Community News The Bethel high school girls and boys played a double-header basketball game with Cove Greek on the latter's court Thursday evening:. The gfirls' score was 12 to 15 in favor of Cove Creek, and the boys' score was 16 to 39 in favor of Cove Creek. Messrs. C. M. Dickson and Lawrence Atchley made a business trip to Boone Saturday. It is reported that Mr. Dave Wilson, a former high school student of Bethel high school started for Detroit, Michigan. Monday where he will work for a while. On last Friday, a vote was taken by the respective high school grades as to which girl or boy is the best all-round student in his or her class, and as to which girl and boy in each j class made the most improvement during the last month of school; The' winners were as follows: Best all-! round girl in the eleventh grade, Alma Norris: Bulah Fae Isaacs made the most marked improvement In the tenth grade, Louivc FMmisten was voted the best all-round student and Llovd?Dishmau had mad the most improvement. Reed Har"SPECIAL NOTICES WANTED Local man as furniture j salesman. Answer by letter. Box] r>.. ? - ri ' --v, vyoii- uciiwcnit. HEREFORD CATTLE FOR SALE | Registered bulls, six to ten months of age. Buy before high prices set in. Prices right. River.Plain i Farms, T. W. Ferguson, Mgr., Fer-1 guson, N. C. FOR SALE- Some nice Shoats, Pigs and a Collie pup. Am prepared to vaccinate your cattle against scours, lung worm, etc. Please call me in early stages of your sick stocK and I can help you more. Don J. Horton. Veterinarian, Vilas. N. C. lp FOR SALE Light iruck or would exchange for cattle or light car. Walter Hampton, Blowing Rock, N. C 1 l-2G-2p FINE$ CHRISTMAS CARDS Priced from one cent To twenty-five cents. Look them over. Walker's Jewelry Store. Boone. N. C 11-26 NOTICE- Old gold wanted. Cash for your old gold crowns and bridges. Bring or mail to Dr. Jennings. Newland, N. C. Check by return mail ll-12-4c I GOOD FRTCK TRACTOR $150. 15 uu>.icp?f)Avi skcam cngiiie i>?vw. Ideal sawmill power. Vance Henkle Co., Statesville. N. C. 11-12-3C j LAND POSTED-?No hunting, fishing or trespassing allowed on my land near Foscoe on the Watauga River. (Signed) J. N. ATKINS. 1M 7-4c TYPEWRITERS. Adding Machines repaired. Prompt guaranteed sp.rv. . ice. See Nobles at Watauga Drug Store. tf-c 1 EYES EXAMINED?Glasses fitted complete modern examination room over Farmers State Bank, Mountain City, Tenn., Wednesday each week Glasses complete $7.50 tc S10.50. Dr. "Wellman. 9-17-31 1)11. C. B. BAVI.HMAN, Eye, Ear Nose and Throat Specialist, Elizubethton, Tenn., will be in the office of Dr. -). B. Hagaman ill Boone on the first Monday in each month for the practice of his profession. CARD OF THANKS We thank our many friends for their kindness and sympathy during the illness, death and burial of our dear mother and grandmother, Mrs R. A. Potter. Children and Grandchildren. PAGE FIVE T"~ i moil wo?1 honors for the best stuj dent in the ninth grade, while Clyde j Greene made the inost irnprow ment. i In the eighth grade, vf thgirl3, . Helen Sherwood was voted the host all-round girl and Helen Palmer the most improved. Walter R Johnston was voted the best boy. and Cecil Swift as having made the most improvement. Tn several instances in tlie selection of the successful con] testants name-' above, tlie contests .were very close. Quite 3 number of students not only got a high percent ! age cf votes, but many others re" ceived complimentary votes, ail of | which is proof that a premium is be; ing placed upon persona- conduct in | school. Rev. W. D. Ashley, pastor of the i Baptist church, filled his regular ap! poiiiliner t Saturday and Sunday I Mr Carter Farthing, who has a i position in the prison camp near | Boone, spent the week-end with | home folks. Rev.: \v. D Ashley, pastor of Bethel Baptist church, began a reviva: at Beaver Dams Baptist church Sunday night ! i IF VOL CANT FIND IT anywhere else in town, trv THE SQUARE DEAL GARAGE ! Operated bv Burrel Phillips 11 -26-4p East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Motor Transportation Company. I Buses leave Boone for Johnson City. Knoxville, Chattanooga. all Alabam? and Western States points at 8 a. m.; 3-2:20 p. in., and 9:05 p m Leave Boone for Lenoir. Hickory sxatesvilTc. Salisbury, Charlotte, Asheville, Wilmington and all South Carolina, Georgia and Florida points at 8:25 a m.: 1:40 p. m.; I and 5:10 p. m. For further information call bus station?Phone 45. E. T. & WvN. C. TRANSPORTATION COMPANY BOONE DRUG COMPANY "l.'tn* KEXALL Store 1 PASTIME THEATRE BOONE, N. C. j "PLACE OF GOOD SHOWS" i || Program for Week l| NOV. 30-DEC. 5 I i mon l)a y i i' ksda > . NOV. 30-ISKG. I i "SWING TIME" with Fred Astiro and Ginger Rogers j WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2 I'D GIVE MY LIFE With j Sir Guy Standius i rm iisdav. dec. x j "PIGSKIN PARADE" with Smart Krwin and Xrline Judge FRIDAY, DEC. 4 "THE DEVIL IS A SISSY" with Freddie Bartholomew and ?I. Cooper I sATi'Rnvv nwr % I 'DESERT COED" j with Larry Crnbbe I OWL SHOW Saturday Night Beginning at 10:30 "PANIC ON THE AIR" . 1 with j ,! Lew Ayera and I Florence Rice | 1 'i ? Special Bargain Matinee, 10c, 15c [ Night Show*, 10c and 25c. I MATINEES AT 2:30 & 4:00 NIGHT SHOWS. 7:30 & 9:00 1 i - - S.
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