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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1929
Page
14
A Forest City Kiwanis board meeting at the new City Hall approved forming a Boy Scout finance committee of F. I. Bater Dr. A. C. Duncan and M. H. Hewitt to organize a fundraising drive next week for the Piedmont Council. Tribute to Scout McCarton recalls his modest service and impact on the community.
Spindale hosts the Rutherford County Boy Scouts Court of Honor on April 23 at the Spindale House. Scoutmasters and scouts preparing for advancement must bring certificates to Scout Executive R. M. Schiele by Tuesday morning. Merit badge forms and advancement blanks available from county vice president Clarence Griffin.
Julian Edelson a 13 year old Boy Scout of Malden Massachusetts alerted police and fire crews when a gas leak on Danielson Street caused seven people to be affected and rushed twenty five neighbors to assist. The incident prompted ambulances to transport the injured to Idea Hospital.
In La Crescenta California at the corner of Orangedale Avenue and Florentica Drive Boy Scouts honor Scout Paul McCarton with a memorial tree in the park. The article notes his death but provides limited details beyond the tribute and location.
Social notes from Shiloh April 15 report Mrs. B M Jones visiting in Forest City as Mr. Champion remains ill. Birthday gathering at Ruth's Will Mitchum home. Mrs M R Champion visits Blackstone Virginia home folks. Mrs Pink Kiser buried at Shiloh with Rev M M Huntley officiating. Odessa Jones spent week with Gilford Ledbetter in Spindale. Local visits include Culbreths Sparks and Hardin in afternoon. Newborn Alfred Snyder reported to J A Smiths.
Local notes indicate H R Niswonger and family hosted meetings in Rutherfordton with county agent F E Patton and home agent Miss Laura discussing vegetable and orchard work. A naturalist lecture on lions and a science program by M A Holly Springs is planned for Shiloh school next Sunday afternoon.
Community farming activity described as farmers easy planting crops and preparing. Local visits include J W Phillips family with relatives in Forest City and Chesnee visitors. Several residents mentioned by name attending gatherings, dinners, and a surprise birthday for Nettie Hopper. Mary Francis Smith illness update and various family visits across Spindale Chesnee and Caroleen.
Fifteen juniors attended a B Y B U social at Lucy Crowder’s home with Japanese dress, games, cakes, and fruit. Several residents hosted and visited kin including Crowders, Fortenberrys, Luckadoo, Bridges, and others. Drifting notes report Mrs. A L Hardin ill. A quip about stock marketers mocks gravity law.
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