Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1927-03-03
News of a Week
At Blowing Rock
No Reason Why Consolidated School
Will Not be Established-Deed
Filed for Gone Homesite

Blowing Rock March Some
misunder: landing was caused by a
news dispatch of Monday that the
special legislative act in regard to
the financing of Blowing Rocks $35-
! 900 consolidated school might not
be passed The first impression given
by the dispatch was that Blowing
Rock might not get the school.
County Superintendent Smith Ha-
gaman, however, reassured Town
! Councilman c. A. Williams, by point
ing out that $25O,OOO of former
state bond issue for buildings is still
left and that there is no reason why
some of this will not be available for
the Blowing Rock school.
MIR. Williams reported Mr.. Haga-
man as feeling certain that the funds
for building the school would be forth
coming.
Deed Filed for Cone Building Site
A decd filed in the courthouse 1T
Boone Friday conveyed to Herman
Cone the site for his $4,000 summer
mansion in Blowing Rock. The site
comprises five lots in Mayview Park,
which were bougt by Mr.. Cone at
Auction last August Mr.. Cones final
bid was $500.
The lots were sold under the usual
Mayview Park restrictions: that the
land must be used for residence
property only, that no hotels or room
ing houses are to be built thereon,
that the building is to be of the sim
gle residence type; that it must face
the street; that no COW or pigs be
kept on the premises, but that pri-
vate stable may be kept provided it
is sanitary, and that service houses
be screened by plants or trellis work.
Work on the Cone mansion has al
ready been started by the contrac-
tors, j. A. Gardner of Charlotte and
Paul Kluttz of Blowing Rock.
Highway Progress
Laying of the surface rock on the
Blowing Rock end of the Lenoir and
Blowing Rock highway has been COM
pleted and the working crews are
ready to begin laying the tar to form
the penetration macadam When this
is done laying of the surface rock
will be started from the rock crusher
a mile below Green Park towards
Bailey's Camp.
Tidings of Spring
In spite of the freezing weather
! of the last three days of February,
robins have appeared at Blowing Rock
plants are budding, and Clerk of Su-
perior court South reported that on
a recent visit here he saw a butter
fly.
Personal Mention
What it's sponsors say will be
the biggest dance of the season in
| Blowing Rock is announced for Thurs
day night in the Robbins building.
At the time of going to press efforts
were being made to obtain the Boone
High School orchestra to provide the
music An overflowing punch bowl
was promised the guests.
Mrs. Pearl Hartley, Neil and Lu-
ellie Hartley spent the week end here
with Mr.. Lee Crisp.
Mr.. Campbell and Mr.. John Crisp
of Lenoir were here Sunday visit
ing Mr.. Lee Crisp who is recovering
from stroke of paralysis. Cecil
Critcher and George Crisp came from
Southern Pines Sunday to visit Mr..
Crisp and returned Monday Mrs. r.
V. Norman of Cumberland Gap,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Crisp, is ex-
pected Saturday.
Mrs. Donald Banner of New York
is visiting her parents here, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. D. Cannon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe PAMELA and Miss
Anne Ward attended the dance in
Boone Saturday night.
James Coffey, Bynum Crisp, Susie
Greene and Velma Cannon formed a
theater party at the Pastime Theater
in Boone Saturday night.
Personal items for this column
ehould be given to the correspondent
by Monday afternoon of each week
or mailed to him in time to be de-
livered by that time.
Mr. las. H ISbel of Lenoir was