Quiet Thanksgiving Predicted for Hickory, Nov. 24, 1920

Thanksgiving day will be a holiday in Hickory tomorrow and most business places, including the stores and banks, will not be open. There will be the usual church services in the forenoon with turkey dinners shortly afternoon and nothing much stirring until night. A few people will leave tonight for Charlottesville to attend the annual football game between the University of Virginia and North Carolina, and some others will spend the day tomorrow hunting, but for the most part Hickory people will remain at home. The Dokies expect to carry a large crowd to Asheville tonight for the ceremonial. Tomorrow night a spelling bee will be held in the plant of the Hickory Overall Company when the town’s best spellers again will hold forth. At 9 o’clock the Hickory cavalry will give a dance in the armory. The proceeds from the spelling match will be used by the Community Club for purchasing fuel for the needy this winter and the troopers hope to realize a neat sum to be applied to furniture and fixtures for the armory. The Record will not be published tomorrow, but will appear again on Friday. (From the Hickory Daily Record, Nov. 24, 1920)