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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1929
Page
13
The Cliffside News, printed with The Forest City Courier, lists B. E. Roach as editor for the August 8, 1929 weekly issue. The publication appears as a joint edition reflecting a local weekly newspaper arrangement.
Attendance at Sunday School and preaching services fell last Sunday with 322 in Sunday School on time and 19 visitors. Five new members joined, and Alexander Baptist church guests visited multiple departments. The morning scripture was 1 Corinthians 3 9 15 and 2 Corinthians 5 9 11. The pastor preached on The Believers Judgment.
Mr James Beaver of Cliffside died at Presbyterian Hospital Charlotte last Friday evening. Interment was at Prospect church near here Sunday morning with Rev E A Blanton officiating. Survived by wife and parents of Bridgewater and several siblings. Cliffside Mills undertakers handled arrangements. A collision near the Ca tawba river bridge injured the funeral party en route to Charlotte.
Messrs Wardney Wall and Grover Melton of Shelby were en route from Inman South Carolina last Saturday afternoon when their car overturned near State Line. Wall was seriously injured and a passing Alabama motorist delivered the injured men to a local doctor. Wall was taken to his home Saturday evening. Arrests in a Chicago park involve Margaret Barnard who said she had slept there 72 nights.
Mrs W L Bland, 77, died at home near Rutherfordton last Wednesday at 7 15 PM. Her daughter Mrs M C Blanton of Cliffside and many friends mourn her. Funeral and burial were at Piney Knob Baptist Church Thursday at 2 PM with flowers from Circle No 1 of the local W M S.
A Wednesday bridge party hosted by Mrs. Myles Haynes and Mrs. H L Robertson drew guests including Dr and Mrs T C Lovelace of Henriet ta and several local residents. Five tables played for high score prizes won by Mr and Mrs Clyde Mahaffee with an ice course served to attendees.
On Thursday afternoon from five to six o'clock Mrs. Myles Haynes and Mrs. H. L. Robertson jointly hosted a tea attended by more than fifty friends. The rooms were decorated in yellow and orange with a bronze centerpiece and yellow tapers. Mrs. J. C. Hames poured coffee and Mrs. H. H. Jenkins served orange ice. Sandwiches and cake were passed by Mrs. J. C. Hord and Miss J Anna Finch. Mrs. J. B. Jenkins of Avondale, mother of Mrs. Haynes, said goodbye.
Friday evening a gathering at Mrs. Robertson’s home honored guest Miss Anna Finch of Guilford College. Bridge played at six tables. high scores awarded to Mrs. J. C. Hames Mrs. F. S. Hall and Mr. H. H. Jenkins. An ice course served to attendees including Lorene Garvin and others.
Local residents share visits and guests across towns including Thompson at Chine Grove North Carolina and Anne Finch of Guilford College visiting Chestnut Hills. Families from Avondale Forest City Morganton and Shelby swap gatherings as daugh ters and grandchildren spend weekends with relatives and friends in Spartanburg Asheville Morganton and Bridgewater.
Tanner's Grove forest City R-2 Aug 6 announces revival meetings to be led by Rev. R. P. Fikes. The notice records numerous local visits, family gatherings, and social visitors centered around the Carroll, Toms, Huntley, and Gross households, with multiple mentions of W. F. Carroll and B. F. Biggerstaff. It also notes a birth, a Tennessee visit, and various Sunday and Thursday gatherings.
The family expresses gratitude to neighbors friends and mourners for kindness comfort and floral tributes after the sudden death of Mrs Rebecca Wyatte Their thanks extend to all who shared in the bereavement Also notes a 50 mile drive by five year old Robert Jarvis from London before being stopped by a policeman.
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