Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-04-12
News of Week in and
About Blowing Rock
Fire Truck Aids in Suppressing
Brush Fire That Threatened Sum-
mer Homes in Green Park

Blowing Rock, April 1.-THE
fire truck answered it's third alarm
last Wednesday when brush fire
was discovered climbind up the
mountain toward several of the fin
est summer homes in Green Park.
Although the houses were at no time
in very real danger from the fire,
they might have been destroyed if
the flames had been neglected The
summer home of r. A Dunn of
Charlotte was directly in the path
of the fire. The nearest plug was
the one at Ingle's, which was 1000
feet from the fire. Fifty or more
men volunteered to carry the hose
through a rhododendron thicket over
the hill to reach the fire. The flames
were quickly subdued, after an ad-
ditional 500 feet of hose had been
brought to reach that part of the
fire lower on the mountain.
1t is believed that sparks from
logging camp in the gorge caused
the fire. Little damage was done to
standing timber, as the fire was
| confined mostly to underbrush.
Will Operate Picture House
The new building being erected by
! = G. Pitts adjacent to the Sanitary
Barber Shop viii ~ occupied by L
moving picture theater this summer,
| the owners have announced. The
company operating the thc2ter is
composed of G. C. Robbins, Mr.
Pitts and E. G. Underdown.
Only first-run releases will be
shown in the theater, it was said and
whenever other entertainment can
be had, it will be shown on the large
stage, which is being built.
Seating room to accommodate the
large summer crowds will be provid
ed and the theater will have an at
tractive lobby. The owners promise
to open first class theater about
June l.
Pupils to Present Play
The sixth and seventh grades Of
the Blowing Rock school will pre-
sent Saturday night the play Aunt
Jerushy on the War Path" The
performance will be preceded by a
concert by the Blowing Rock Band.
1t will be held in the auditorium of
the school.
Those in the cast are Joe Bolick
as the farmer, Duke Bolick as an old
hypocrite, Sidney Cannon as the
constable, Edward Coffey as mama
ger of the carnival, Grayson Story
as the farmers wife, Virginia Cof-
fey as the hired girl, Edith White
as the old maid, Doris White as the
fortune teller, Blair Sudderth as the
carnival queen, and six or eight
chorus girls. The play will begin
promptly at 1880. Admission will
be Is and 25 cents.
Off to State Convention
Blowing Rocks party to the state
Republican convention left Tues
day morning. Among them were C.
S. Prevette and G. c. Robbins, dele
gates, and j. E. Holshouser. Mrs.
Prevette, Miss Lena Reeves and
Louise Prevette accompanied Mr..
Prevette to Raleigh.
Social and Personal
Mrs G. w. Beverly was hostess
at a birthday dinner Sunday in hon
or of the birthday of her husband,
Rev. Beverly, who was sixty-six on
that day. Guests included Mr.. and
Mrs. W. L. Crisp and Bynum Crisp,
Mrs. G. C. Buxton of Charlotte,
Albert Peoples and Mrs. Cameron
Williams and children. A sumptu-
Gus dinner and lovely birthday
cake were enjoyed.
Edward Ward is reported in a
fairly favorable condition following
an accidental blow which injured his
skull late Thursday afternoon. Mrs.
Bessie Ward Killian who came to see
her brother shortly after he was in
jured was accompanied by her small
| son
Miss Kate Holshouser took ad
vantage of a short vacation from her
duties as librarian in the Winston
Salem public schools to spend Easter
with relatives and friends here.
Howard Klutz who is a student at
Wake Forest was at home for
| Easter.
Miss Dorothy Sudderth and Mr..
and Mrs. Lynch of Charlotte spent
Easter Sunday with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. j. N. Sudderth.