Cliffside News Of Late Interest Highlights Local Life
Local society items note visits and events in Rutherfordton and Cliffside. Miss Lucy McFarland stays with cousin Miss Elizabeth Hendrick. Maurice Hendrick hosts fish supper for about twenty in Rutherfordton. a surprise birthday dinner for Mr. A. S. Moore at Fairview. sewer project progresses, redirecting outlets from river to below town. Families visit Spartanburg, Chestnut Hill and Union Mills. Melba Jarrett and Ruth Hawkins host a party at the Proctor home. Owen Padgett improves after illness. a son born to Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Hughes on Friday August 10th. news items welcomed next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliffside
Lucy McFarland
Charles McFarland
Rutherfordton
Elizabeth Hendrick
Maurice Hendrick
Ferry Springs
A. S. Moore
Fairview
Moore
W. L. Suggs
Una Edwards
Mack Duncan
A. M. Nelson
Spartanburg
S. C
J. Y. Padgett
Cecil Bridges
Baxter
Splawn
Chestnut Hill
N. C. Bennick
Bennick
Rhodes
Union Mills
Melba Jarrett
Ruth Hawkins
M. C. Proctor
Mooresboro Road
Owen Padgett
Hueda Padgett
Race Path
Owen
Cliffside High School
Winegate College
C. T. Hughes
Sulphur Springs Visit and Local Obituaries Moment
Forest City reports Rev. A Melton preached at Sulphur Springs with baptisms of Miss Zennie Randall and Henry Mathis. S. A. Bland, age noted, died August 1 leaving a wife, two sons, 17 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Local families, visits, and a Harris reunion at Gaffney, SC are listed along with a birth to Otto Hopper on August 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City
A. Melton
Sulphur Springs
Melton
Zennie Randall
Henry Mathis
S. A. Bland
Bland
Mr. Bland
Summer
W. B
Train Arrivals and Schedules Listed
Rail timetable shows Seaboard trains 21 109 22 113 36 35 114 with south and north arrivals from 1 18 pm to 11 20 pm and Clinchfield 3% north 10 45 am plus south 38 4 48 pm. Details include multiple runs and directions with main arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaboard
South
North
Southern
Clinchfield
Ars
Funeral for Mrs. Maggie Costner
The community mourns the death of Mrs. Maggie Vickers Costner who died at her Gastonia home. Funeral services were held at Floyd's Creek Baptist Church with multiple pastors officiating and interment in Floyd's Creek cemetery. Survived by husband William Costner, daughter Martha, mother Mrs. Adolphus Vickers, and several Vickers siblings. Flowers and pallbearers named. community attendance noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City
R-2
Maggie Vickers
Gastonia
Floyd's Creek Baptist Church
W. B. Jenkins
A. G. Melton
Mr. Warren
W. L. Sanders
Floyd's Creek
Cemtery
Costner
William Costner
Martha
Adolphus Vickers
Ossie Haynes
Gaffney
Craig Roberson
Caroleen
Horace, Crawford
Thomas
L. R. Vickers
Fannie
Ruth
Annie Lou Vickers
Lucy Costner
Etta Lynn
Pauline Lynn
Myrtle Lynn
Ruth Freeman
Pall
Messrs
J. McKeithan
S. J. Wise
C. R. Towery
L. Towery
L.surges
Herman McGee
V. L. Palner
Revival meeting under way at Salem Methodist church
Bostic North Carolina August 13 The revival now underway at Salem Methodist church is assisted by Rev. Hin thaw former Rutherford College president and Pastor Rev J E Hipp. Public invited to attend all services this week Epworth Leaguers at Hollis Methodist Church led a program last Sunday. Visitors include Sidney Melton of New Orleans and Lucy Higgins at Lenoir Rhyne. Beulah Philbeck returned to Gaffney to work. Clifton Bostic visited Lattimore. George Harrs and wife Harris stayed with Washburn family in Hickory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bostic
Salem Methodist Church
Hin'thaw
Rutherford Colege
J. £. Hipp
Salem Epworth Leaguers
Hollis Methodist Church
Sidney Melton
New Orleans
Lucy
Hickory
Harris
LE. N. Washburn
Five Injured In Forest City Auto Crash Near West Main
A Thursday afternoon collision near the Model Chevrolet building on West Main Street left five people injured. A Ford roadster driven by Charlie and Henry Shehan of Oakland collided with a Ford sedan carrying Mr Nicholson, his wife, and three South Carolina children. The roadster rolled over, pinning Charlie Shehan. he was hospitalized with cuts and bruises but not life threatening. Nicholson and the three children suffered minor injuries from broken glass and received care at Dr Bostie’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Model Chevrolet Company
West Main Street
Charlie
Henry Shehan
Oakland
Mr. Nicholson
South Carolina
Forest City
Nicholson
Young
Charlie Shehan
Prominent Men in Talking Movies Except Coolidge
The item notes that nearly all leading figures have appeared in talking pictures, with Calvin Coolidge as the exception. It mentions Tom Heeney losing to Gene Tunney with no alibi and remarks on breaking traditions. It then shifts to Four H club members from 35 counties planning county club camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Coolidge
Tom Heeney
Gene Tunney
Shiloh News Birthday Gatherings At Owens Home
A large family gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Owens celebrated Mrs. Owens sixty eighth birthday and Hollis Owens thirty second. A noon dinner followed thanks by Edward Cole with many relatives and friends from Ellenboro Lincolnton Inman Cardleen Spindale Holly Springs and Henrietta. The B Y P U at Shiloh hosted a program at Holly Springs Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutherfordton
R-1
J. M. Owens
Ellenboro
Kistler
Lincolnton
John Owens
Willie
Sallie Owens
Inman
S. C
W. E. Owens
Whitesides
Tom Ferree
Cardleen
H. M
Owens
Avondale
Edler
Jasper Cole
Chldren
Maggie
Myrtle
Edward
Howard Cole
Holly Springs
A. S. Jones
W. M. Jones
B. M. Jones
Odessa
Estelle
Beatrice
George
Boyd
James Jones
Jason Cole
Avery Ruppe
Landrum Tate
Crowder Family Notes From Smith's Grove
SMITH'S GROVE Forest City R13. Bir W P Crowder and son Lee and daughter Mary Elizabeth attended preaching Wednesday at Sandy Plains near Cleveland county. They were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs John Bowen. W P Crowder filled his usual appointment at Henrietta Saturday and Sunday. Mrs W P Crowder and Mrs Lon Hardin spent Sunday with Mrs Andy Grose. Sam Brown Carl Haulk and friends of Spin al e visited Mr Paul Crowder Tuesday. Visitors to the Crowder home Saturday night included Roy Hardin Harvey Helton Howard Yelton and Misses Gertrude Pinkie Fortenberry Messie Yelton Annie Bell and Katie Yelton. Mr and Mrs Lee Crowder spent
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City
W. P. Crowder
Lee
Mary Elizabeth
Sandy Plains
Cleveland County
John, Bowen
Henrietta
Lon Hardin
Andy Grose
Sam Brown
Carl Haulk
Spinale
Paul Crowder
Roy Hardin
Harvey Helton
Howard Yelton
Gertrude
Pinkie Fortenberry
Messie Yelton
Annie Bell
Katie Yelton
Lee Crowder
Weekend visits and church group notices in Rutherfordton
The report lists local social visits including Misses Pearl and Mary Elizabeth Crowder with cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Hutchins with Yelton family, and many neighbors at Fortenberry home. It notes Smith's Grove church prayer meetings every Wednesday night, a Senior B. Y. P. A. social this Saturday, and welcomes visitors and members to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. S. Small
Rutherfordton
Misses Pearl
Mary Elizabeth Crowder
Three Rutherford Schools Closed by Board of Education
At a Rutherford County Education Board meeting on August 6 the Glenwood Strickland and McKinney schools were closed. The three small schools housed sixty one pupils last year and will have busses transport students to Harris. No consolidation due to lack of suitable site. Harris will gain five rooms to handle the increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutherford County Board of Education
Glenwood
Strickland
McKinney
Broad River
Harris
Harris School
Visiting Police Officer Barrs In County This Week
Sergeant C. D. Barrs of the Hickory police visits Rutherfordton Spindale and Forest City this week for a ten day vacation with his wife and two children. Barrs formerly served Forest City and Spindale police, led rural police in the county, and was a county traffic officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Barrs
Hickory
Mr. Barrs
Rutherfordton
Spindale
Forest City
Ninety three fertilizer salesmen attend state college course
Ninety three fertilizer salesmen and dealers attended the annual short course at State College on August 7 8 and 9. Tom Tarheel says the best part of August is the time for picnics barbecues swimming parties and all day preaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State College
Tom Tarheel
Court Victories on Looks Stir Debate About Beauty
Readers discuss how some women win cases or gain leverage in court by using physical appearance and adornments. The exchange weighs the impact of looks on legal outcomes, highlighting societal bias and fairness concerns.
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8. A. Bland
Texas
Harris Famison
Otto Hopper
Mrs
Maggie Costner
Floyd’s Creek Baptist Church
Washburn News
Shiloh News
W. C. Morrow
Paul Tate
Alexander
Gus Ruppe
Annie
Morrow
Estelle Jones
Gilford Ledbetter
Yates Spurlin
Brittin Hines
M. M. Spurlin
Robert Pintiff
Shiloh
Frank Hutchins
C. M. Yelton
Lee Newton
L. C. Fortenberry
Lynette Newton
Smith's Grove
Board OF Education
Sgt
Fisher
America
Forest City Motor Company
Forest City, N. C
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