Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-07-12
News of Week in and
About Blowing Rock
Hundreds of Visitors at Resort Town
For the Glorious Fourth, Playing
Golf and Enjoying Other Sports;
Girls Camps Open for Season

Blowing Rock, July PA crowd
of visitors, probably running into
the thousands, visited Blowing Rock
last Wednesday for the holiday, al
though no formal celebration pro-
gram was carried out. Most of the
visitors spent their time on the golf
course, motoring, horseback riding,
hiking and bowling. The Blowing
Rock fire department gave a prac-,
tice demonstration in the afternoonl
The only other event was the base
ball game between Bamboo and
Blowing Rock, which was won by the
home team by a score of 21 to 3.
In justice to Bamboo, however, it
should be said that they did not
have all of their regular team here
and had to use. a number of substi-
tutes. The lineup: Bamboo-G.
Cook, R. Barnes, P. Cook, R. Hamp
ton, J. Cook, H. Greene, C. Hodges,
D. Cook, J. Cook; Blowing Rock
H. Oxentine, E. Lentz, B. Holshous-
er, B. Lentz, M. Ward, R. Lentz, L.
Bolick, F. Mays, Skinner.
The two girls camps here, Alloh-
wes-tee, conducted by Miss Mary c.
Thompson of Charlotte, and Yonah-
lossee, conducted by DR.. A. P. KEEP
hart of Greensboro, have started the
season with a varied round of activi-
ties. The Alloh-wes-tee girls have
had hay ride, hike to Grandfath-
er Mountain, and Fourth of July
party. The Yonahlossee girls en-
joyed a picnic dinner on the Coffey
lawn last week.
The work of widening Wonderland
Drive from Green Park to Five
Points has been almost completed
by John Pitts, the contractor. The
road is now "a feet wide through
out this section and is we'll graded.
Lonesome Trail, one of the most
beautiful hiking trails in the resort,
has been improved throughout its
length by workmen employed by the
Blowing Rock Chamber of Com
merce. The trail is now in the best
condition for mixers, and is said to
be better than when it was first
constructed.
Services were held Sunday at all
of the Blowing Rock churches. Rev.
Walter L. Lingle of Richmond, Va,
conducted the services at the Pres
byterian church. Rev. M. Lumpkin
was heard at the Baptist church, and
Rev. C. H. Moser preached at the
Methodist church. Episcopal serv-
ices were conducted by the rector,
Rev. James P. Burke.
Among the entertaining done in
honor of Mrs. Thomas Coffey, Jr., a
Wednesday evening at the home of
Mrs. C. S. Prevette, at which Mrs.
Prevettc and Miss Lena Reeves were
joint hostesses. The table was at
tractive with a centerpiece of roses
thanked by candles. After the din
ner pleasant evening was spent by
the guests, who were Mr.. and Mrs.
Thos. Coffey, Jr., Miss Ellen Coffey,
Miss Dorothy Hayes, C. S. Prevette,
Louise Prevette and Mr.. and Mrs.
Rupert Gillett.
The Lenoir Kiwanis Club will be
the guests Of T. H. Broyhill at May
view Manor on the evening of July
II at 1880. A varied program is
planned for the evening. Among the
entertainments will be Prof. l. G.
Greer and Mrs. Greer of Boone in
their repertoire of mountain folk
songs.
x. M. Critcher, town tax collector,
announces that all 1927 taxes must
be paid by the first of August or
else the property of delinquent tax
payers will have to be sold after
that date. No further extension of