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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1928
Page
7
Four Danville business leaders spoke to the Kiwanis Club on cooperation and ethics, stressing interdependence, credit associations, and luncheon clubs. They argued that rivals often become allies, discounting the old idea that all is fair in love and war, to advance the city’s development.
D F Beachboard buys stock goodwill and business of Jones Grocery Co taking charge Tuesday. He is an experienced merchant who ran success at Caroleen. The Jones Grocery Co founded by J N Jones April 20 1917 has prospered. Tom Jones remains with Beachboard for a period as Courier predicts a larger trade ahead.
Mr. Welford Alcock of Louisville with his father C. E. Alcock spent summer at Chimney Rock. A small boy slipped near Pulpit Rock and nearly fell over the cliff. Alcock shouted to grab a pipeline and the boy held on until rescued. The parents, overcome with nerves, did not learn the boy’s name.
Mr and Mrs Earl Fortune of Irwin Tenn visit relatives in Caroleen while Mr and Mrs J J Hamrick take a trip to Wilmington to visit friends. Mrs Alexander of Georgia visits sister Mrs Rutledge. A new double tennis court near the ball park draws local youth. Epworth league attendance rises and Miss Ethel Rutledge and Miss Dorothy Shober speak on Lake Junaluska. Mrs E E McCurry promotes fall felt hat line.
Bell Telephone Laboratories researchers grow a single iron crystal by passing an iron wire through a specialized apparatus. The wire is heated and cooled across a 900 C zone, causing atoms to attach to one crystal as the hot form converts and releases atoms. Magnetization studies aim to reveal valuable insights for iron and other magnetic materials used in telephony.
Just received a new line of fall felt hats in the latest shapes shades and colors. Mrs. E. E. Curry offers the collection, highlighting a seasonal update for shoppers seeking stylish headwear.
The Salem News notes continued rain after a dry spell with crops looking fine. Local social items list visitors to Earl Stacey, dinners with Bud McDaniels, weekend visits with R. E. McDaniel near Ellenboro, and attendance at Philadelphia Baptist Church. A revival near Sunshine draws a large crowd and a boy named Vernon Terry breaks both arms in a fall from wheat straw.
Forest City evangelistic meeting draws many from the area with Dr. Scarborough delivering stirring sermons. A large Sun day school crowd, singing afterward, and several visitors from Greer S C contributed music. Nearby families and churchgoers planned to return for next Sunday's 6 30 pm program closing at 7 30. Several local youths headed to Young Farmers Camp near Wilmington, with teachers accompanying.
The item mentions Miss Reba Price visiting in Gastonia last Sunday and Miss Mayo Mayse returning home from summer school last Friday. No further context or events are provided.
The Doggett reunion will be held Saturday, August 18, at the home of J. S. Doggett near Bethany church on Forest City R-2. All Doggett family members and relatives are invited to attend. It will be an all day event and attendees are asked to bring well filled baskets.
Invitations have been issued for the wedding of Marquis Wood Lawrence and Velma Patterson at the Baptist church in Coats North Carolina on Wednesday evening August 1. Lawrence is son of L. C. Lawrence of New Bern and formerly lived in Henrietta where his father managed the local Henrietta store. He is a Duke University 1925 graduate and nephew of Rev. C A Wood of the Wins ton Salem children s home.
A Washington D C hotel features a phone in every bathroom signaling a trend toward enhanced guest service in upscale lodging. The notice also mentions public official actions in Rutherford County involving school district planning and condemnation procedures tied to a property in Knox Sunshine District No 10.
Rutherford County Board of Education seeks a court appointed panel of three appraisers to condemn and appraise about 4.5 acres in Logan's Store Township North Carolina. The land owner named is Clyde N England with possible interests in the parcel adjoining C D.
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