Air mail era joys and debutantes spark Charlotte aviation
Francis C. Thompson surveys early public interest in Charlotte’s air mail inauguration. Debutantes Ruth Alexander and others visit the Charlotte Airport as young society crowds learn from veteran aviators. A Spartanburg to Richmond flight and local flights near Rutherfordton highlight growing enthusiasm for light aircraft such as the Waco 10 with Curtiss OX-5 motor and news of Capt. Frank Hawks pursuing long glider flights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliffside
Mar
Charlotte
Birdman
Ruth Alexander
Helenora Withers
Katherine Tucker
Craig Pegram
Eleanor Tate
Spartanburg
Richmond
St. Louis
Missouri
Jie
Forest City
Seaboard Tracks
Rutherfordton Highway
H. F. McCleskey
Frank M. Hawks
Los Angeles
New York
Lockheed “Air Express
United States
Hawks
Kansas City
J McKinney Dead A Rutherford County Link
John M. McKinney 39 died in Oil City Louisiana and was buried in Spartanburg South Carolina. He leaves a father W B McKinney of Mill Spring two sisters and two half sisters including Mrs E D Owen Ellenboro and Mrs W M Stephens Sedalia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. McKinney
Oil City
Spartanburg
S.c
Rutherford County
McKinney
W. B. McKinney
Mill Spring
R-3
Milen McKinney
Dosi McKinney
E. M. Owensby
Malvern Hill
M. R. Burnett
Boiling Springs
E. D. Owen
Ellenboro
W. M. Stephens
Sedalia
Mrs Reed Price Dies In Duncan Creek Township
Mrs Reed Price died Sunday morning in Duncan Creek Township aged about 65. Burial followed Monday at Duncan Creek Presbyterian Church where she was a faithful member. She left two sons Dod Price of Eastern North Carolina and Tom Price near Hollis, and a daughter Mrs Loran Jones near Lattimore. She was a daughter of Wade Price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed Price
Duncan Creek Township
Duncan Creek Presbyterian Church
Dod Price
North Carolina
Tom Price
Hollis
Loran Jones
Lattimore
Wade Price
Mrs Corone Green Dies At 27 In Spindale
Mrs Corone Green of Spindale died at her home Thursday at age 27 after a brief illness. Funeral services were held Friday at Bethel Baptist Church Ellenboro with Rev. I D Harrill presiding. Interment followed at Bethel cemetery. She was a daughter of Mr and Mrs W G Bridges and survived by her parents a sister Ruth Green of Ellenboro and her husband of Spindale. Pallbearers and flower bearers are listed. She was a member of Bethel Baptist Church Ellenboro.
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Spindale
Coren Green
Bethel Baptist Church
Ellenboro
I. D. Harrill
M. M. Huntley
Bethel Cemetery
Green
W. G. Bridges
Ruth Green
H. B. Gosforth
K. K. Green
H. T. Rollins
W. H. Griffin
H. G. Rollins
S.E. Guffey
Miriam Randall
Leona Randall
Sybia Barnett
Grace Harri
Loren Guffey
Wade Griffin
Ethel Weast
Trustee's Sale of Land in Rutherford County NC April 28 1930
Public notice of a trustee sale under a deed of trust dated December 20 1928 by J Y Yelton and spouses to the trustee. Two tracts in Rutherfordton Township described as a 7 1/4 acre parcel and five adjoining ten foot wide lots along Charlotte Asheville Highway, to be sold for cash to the highest bidder at the Rutherfordton Court House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Y. Yelton
Bertie Yelton
S. K. Yelton
Alda Yelton
Register of Deeds
Rutherford County
State of
North Carolina
Court House
Rutherfordton
Rutherfordton Township
J. S. Eaves
T. C. Smith
J. L. Eaves
Frank Cox
Office of the Register of Deeds
N. C
Charlotte-Asheville
Farmers of Granville County plan curb market and mutual exchange
A dated notice from 1930 records Granville County farmers proposing to establish a curb market and organize a mutual exchange as part of their annual marketing program. The document references Rutherford County and the Register of Deeds records for context.
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Granville Coun
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Aviation
Francis C. Thompson
Mrs. ‘Spruce
Stapleton, Va
Cardus
J. M. McKinney
G. M. Huntley & Son Funeral Directors
Free Ambulance Service
West Main Street
Forest City, N. C
Miles
Corene Green
Yfbl
New London
Wisconsin
Stanly
Register of Deeds Office of
Ruther
Ford County
Record of Deeds
R. R. Blanton
General Electric
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
Ally ST
N. B.C
Electric Appliance Co
Southern Refrigeration CO. Charlotte Distributors
Chevrolet
Fisher
Flint, Michigan
Ory, Flint, Michigan
Model Chevrolet Co
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