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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1929
Page
14
Construction starts soon on the Salem Methodist church near Bostic in R-1. The Colonial brick and stone building will measure 43 by 72 feet with a large auditorium and 12 Sunday school rooms. A Forest City native, Kinard T. Baynard, will design and supervise the project.
Public notice from Mr B B Green, Supt light and power warns that power will be cut off Sunday August 11 from 8 30 to about the noon hour to replace equipment at the power house. Housekeepers urged to note the time and a second Sunday cut off is expected with Courier notice. Joseph Doherty escaped lunatic was captured parading the street in Belfast wearing only a starched collar.
Mrs Grace Avery of London collapsed on the street and died of apoplexy after being chucked into a cell while intoxicated. Belfast resident Mrs Joseph Caughry, wife of a jazz drummer, described him as a musical concussionist.
At Western Electric Hawthorne plant scrap salvage is a major efficiency program. The 200 acre site with 95 buildings and 87 acres of floor space handles 15 million pounds of scrap yearly, valued around 6 million dollars, with about a quarter reused on site. About 75 workers, 40,000 square feet and 50 thousand dollars of machinery support the operation.
Golden Valley Aug 5 news notes a Beatty reunion set for Sunday Aug 11 at the Dan Melton home honoring Mr and Mrs Jack Norworth of Los Angeles California sister to Mrs Melton. Public invited to attend and bring well filled baskets.42 people gathered recently at the Melton home to meet the Norworths and subscribe to The Courier.
Spindale August 5 Rev M F Moores pastor of Forest City Methodist church will speak at the vesper service Sunday at 5 PM at Spindale Methodist church. Music by Spindale Quartette and Spindale Methodist choir. Service part of a summer series with growing attendance. New Sunday school building to be ready by September 1 and a cornerstone service planned in early September.
A social note reports a large turnout from three schools at a day, afternoon, and evening event. A daughter named Jimmie Sue Northy was born Friday to Mr. and Mrs. Russel Northy.
Greenville will host Furman University Coaching School from July 22 to August 3 with Forest City High School coach E V Seitz among the attendees. He will study under renowned coaches W A Alexander Wallace Wade Clyde Littlefield Francis Schmidt Bill Fincher and W J L Hardage during full day sessions designed to boost football coaching skills.
Andrew Dorlash, 70, of Aberdeen Scotland, reportedly married a 16 year old girl as his third wife. Mlle Helen Dravonne of Paris was arrested on charges of robbing 22 men in taxicabs.
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