Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-28
RUSH WORK ON
YONAHLOSSEE
Additional Steam Shovel to be Placed
on Road to Hasten Grading Pre-
Paratory to Surfacing; Power Co.
Reduces Light Rate

paratory to Surfacing; Power Co.
Reduces Light Rate
Blowing Rock, Feb. 28.-Another
steam shovel is to be placed on the
Yonahlossee road in few days to
hasten the work of grading in prep
aration for the topsoil. Additional
workmen will also be started on the
job as soon as the weather clears,
and the work, already progressing
rapidly, will be further hastened as
spring approaches.
Clearing for the new route by tax
ing out some of the dangerous curves
has reached the Cone estate at Sandy
Flat. The hedges along the Gone
line have been moved back, so that
no delay will be met when the crews
start work nearer to Blowing Rock.
1t is hoped that the road will be
ready for travel some time early in
the summer.
Light Rates Reduced
The Blowing Rock Power and
Light Company, subsidiary of the
Public Service Company of Cleve-
land, Ohio, has reduced the local
light rate from twenty cents to ten
cents kilowatt hour.
In connection with this reduction,
it was said by George Robbins, local
manager, that the company's power
line from the Shulls Mills plant to
Cove Greek will be finished in a few
days after some additional material
has been received. Mr.. Robbins said
that only about ten days work re-
mains on the line, and that it should
be in operation some time in March.
This line will supply light and
powe rto people living along the
line from Shulls Mills to Vale Cru
els and Cove Greek.
Large Crowd Sees "The Wren"
An unusually large crowd was en-
tertained Saturday night in the au-
ditorium of the Blowing Rock school
with the play, "The Wren," present
ed by the fifth, sixth and seventh
grades of the school. The spectators
came away praising highly the acting
of the pupils and the coaching of
their teachers. Those i'll the cast
were: Blair Sudderth as Mrs. Julia
Danna; Billie Coffey as Robert
Danna; Pauline Greene as Jane
Danna; Elise Pitts as Sarah Wood
ston; Jay Castle as Donald Drew;
Elizabeth Greer as Nanny; Mae
Teaster as Mrs. Harriet Greenston;
Carroll Greer as Reginald Greenston;
Gladys Pitts as Mrs. Cecilia Danna
Fordston; Oma Greene as Corinne
Fordston, Pansy Gragg as Binkie;
Shuford Edminsten as Rodney
Blake, Sr.; Mary Lou Young as Mrs.
Rodney Blake; Arnold Bolick as
Rodney Blake, Jr.; and Murriell
Gragg as Judge Gray.
More than $40 was raised by the
play and will be used for the benefit
of the school.
Mrs. Holshouser Entertains
Mrs. Howard Holshouser delight
fully entertained at bridge Thursday
evening at her home here. Before
starting the bridge games, she had
cake contest, in which Mrs. R. V.
Norman of johnson City, Tenn, won
lovely cake. Tables were arrang-
ed for bridge, and at the conclusion
of an enthusiastic game, prizes were
awarded to Miss Ellen Coffey for
high score and to Miss Anne Greene
for low score
The following guests were pres
ent:: Misses Connie Moody, Ellen
Coffey, Ethel Holshouser, Anne
Greene, Lena Reeves, and Sarah
Banner; Mr.. and Mrs. Rob Greene,
Mrs. Ralph Norman, Spencer Greene
and Eubert Holshouser.
Personal
j. H. Winkler went last week to
Greensboro, where he attended
banquet given to the Chevrolet deal
ers of the state. With him was Mrs.
Winkler and their guests, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. S. Miller.
Miss Isabel Gamble of New York
was last Friday married to Robert
S. Gibbs at the summer home of
her father on the Yonahlossee road
near here. Mrs. Gibbs is the duagh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Gamble
of Athens, Ga. During the winters
their home is in New York.