Pledges Reach Substantial Total for Sunday School Rooms
Spindale on April 8 reports pledges totaling 3138.40 toward a new Sunday school addition. Every member could pledge from 25 dollars to 50 cents monthly for a year, with J. H. Puckett pledging 100 dollars for The Patriotic Sons of America. A three day Chautauqua opens April 25 featuring Pamahasika Society Circus, Dr. Wirt Lowther, Tooley Operatic Company, Dr. A. M. Hyde, and Robert O. Bowman plus a play “Her Temporary Husband.” Local mills and citizens have raised 825 dollars for Boy Scout work in 1929, with R. E. Price coordinating efforts and aiming to surpass 400 dollars.
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Pamahasika
Society
Wirt Lowther
Tooley Operatic Company
A. M. Hyde
Robert O. Bowman
Groceries Face Value Quip Sparks Light Banter
A playful exchange centers on the phrase face value with jokes about a Cy clone and a mother in law visiting. The dialogue suggests light humor about credibility and household goods.
Hulled oats show strong value for hog rations
Ohio, Iowa, and Illinois tests from 1927 and 1928 found hulled oats outperform corn as a hog feed when substituted partially or fully. Hull oats yielded faster gains and lower feed per 100 pounds of gain, with profitability despite higher whole-oats prices. Stations suggest using hulled oats at corn price or slightly higher. April verse closes with a local reader note from Mrs. W. E. Stacey.
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Ohio Experiment Station
Ohio Station
Robinson
Gerlaugh
Ohio
Iowa
Linois
Ten Thousand Attend Shrine Ceremony in Rutherfordton
More than ten thousand people from Rutherford County and surrounding counties joined Oasis Shrine Temple of Charlotte and Asheville for ceremonies. A parade formed from Main Street to the courthouse, where Mayor Justice presented Potentate Lee A Folger with a ceremonial key. The day included a large picnic supper on the courthouse lawn and a dance at Lake Lure, with many Shriners spending the night in Chimney Rock and Rutherfordton. Notables from North Carolina Masonic leadership attended.
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Rutherfordton
Rutherford County
Charlotte and
Asheville
Shriners
H. D. High
Shriner Club
Joe Denardo
Belyond Spindale
Lee A
Main Street
Washington Street
M. L. Justice
Potentate Folger
Lee A. Folger
Potentate
Rutherfordton, N
Chimney Rock
Lake Lure
Shelby
Forest City
Tryon
Hendersonville
John 15
Phoeais
North Carolina Masonic Lodge
Greensboro
What Is a Boy By Meadville Kiwanian
A Kiwanian from Meadville Pennsylvania warns that boys will inherit and implement all current policies and plans. They will run desks in the senate, occupy the supreme bench, govern cities and nations, and judge books. The note urges paying serious attention to the rising generation.
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Senate
Supreme Bench
Meadville
Penn
Kiwanian
Blue Ridge buys Shuford dairy plant in Hickory
The Blue Ridge Products Company owned by J. L. and J. L. Taylor buys the Shuford dairy and ice cream plant at Hickory and plans an up-to-date facility. It will serve Hickory Lenoir Lincolnton and Newton with additional sub-stations at Marion Morganton Forest City Spindale Shelby and Lake Lure.
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Blue Ridge Products Company
Messrs. J
Harris students cultivate 131 acres cotton in project
Harris High school vocational agriculture class will grow 131 acres of cotton this season as part of their project work. The Farmers Bank and Trust Company of Forest City will provide financial aid to students needing support, per teacher H W Bingham. The effort underscores a drive toward stronger agricultural education and dairy sire campaigns in Catawba County.
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Farmers Bank and Trust Company
Forest City
M. W. Harriss
Harris
St. Harris High School
Farmers Bank
H. W. Bingham
H. W. Bingham, Teacher of Agri-Lof Utmost Importance To the Futw
Catawba County
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Spindale Methodists
Chautauqua
Tim
Jim
Forest City, N. C
Rutherford County Laundry
Forest City, N.C
April
W. E. Stacey
Bostie
N. C
Asheville and Charlotte Shriners
Shelby, N. C
Shuford
Harri
Chevrolet
Fisher
Michigan
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