Local Girl Entered In Miss Small Town America Contest
Forest City Courier announces a town contest to pick the beauty who will compete nationally for Miss Small Town America. Local winner earns a two foot engraved loving cup, town fame, and a shot at nationwide glory with judges Florenz Ziegfeld Lasky and Fred Runde. Contest entry is open to unmarried girls over sixteen. final local event is Sept 5 at Horn’s Theatre with public admission.
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America
Florenz Ziegfeld
Jesse L
Fred J. Runde
Ziegfeld
L. Lasky
Famous Players Lasky Corporation
Autocaster News Service
Iss
Horn’s Theatre
Courier
Forest City
Jesse L. Lasky
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation
Local Cup Promotes Forest City Beauty Contest
The Forest City Courier announces a local beauty contest at Horns Theatre on September 5 with a silver loving cup prize for the winner titled Miss Forest City. The winner may be photographed coast to coast and entered in the national contest. Entries urged with no cost or work required. judges have been selected for the event.
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Forest City
The
Rev
G. R. Gillespie
A. C. Duncan
J. T. Gilbert
Sheriffs Plan Next Year Meeting Site Set
About fifty counties attended the State Sheriffs Association convention in Rutherfordton August 14 and 15 despite rain. Officers were re elected: President E D Hunt of Oxford, VP B Skull of Hertford, Sec Treas D A Glover of Wilson. Next convention chosen for Morehead City. A motorcade to Lake Lure and a Kiwanis banquet followed.
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Rutherfordton
State Sheriffs’ Association
Charles Boger
Jackson Training School
Concord
Court House
E. D. Hunt
Oxford
B. Skull
Hertford County
D. A. Glover
Wilson County
Morehead City
Lake Lure
Rutherfordton Kiwanis Club
Methodist Church
J. W. Pless
Fof Marion
Koontz Daves Bride In Salisbury Wedding
Guy Daves son of Mr and Mrs W Newton Daves of New House section married Miss Juanita Koontz in Salisbury on August 14. Juanita, daughter of Mr and Mrs Eugene C Koontz, is a Salisbury teacher and social favorite. Daves, a Wake Forest graduate, has taught in Salisbury and Rowan County and will lead Black Mountain schools next year. The couple will reside in Black Mountain after a wedding trip.
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Guy Daves
W. Newton Daves
New House
Salisbury
Juanita Koontz
Eugene C. Koontz
North Carolina College For Women
Rowan County
Daves
Wake Forest College
Columbia University
Black Mountain
N. C
Forest City notes and a social gathering at Sulphur Springs
Aug 20 Sulphur Springs Forest City R1 reports on recent storm damage to crops, a birthday party hosted by Estelle and Joyce Bland with many locals, sickness lists for Ruby Robbins and Bessie Henson, condolences to the Robbins family after the burial of the small son of Mr and Mrs Tommy Robbins, and a reminder of Sunday services at Sulphur Springs with a 11 am service and 2 30 pm Sunday school.
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Estelle
Joyce Bland
Myrtle
Ruby
Annette
Selma Hopper
Annie
Vera Henson
Lillie
Maudie
Ina
Leona Robbins
Katy Mae
Nellie Greene
Pauline Cole
Myrtle Matheny
Marvin
George
James
Herman Eaves
Jack
Charles
Britt Hopper
Lloyd
Horace Owens
Howard
Kenneth Cole
John
Ernest Bland
Aliss Myrtle Hopper
Providence
Tommy Robbins
Spindale
Sulphur Springs
M. M. Huntley
Nationwide Beauty Contest Crown Cup Winner Named
The National Cup will be awarded to the winner of the Nationwide Beauty Contest titled Miss Small Town America. The two foot tall bakelite based cup is engraved with the winner’s name and presented by Publishers Autocaster Service in 1928.
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Publishers Autocaster Service
Revival Meeting Draws Crowd in Mooresboro Area
In Mooresboro Aug 20 a revival gathering at Race Path drew many locals. Music led by Jim Robinson. visitants include Lyton Proctor family and Troy Hawkins from Greenville DC. Rae Robinson stayed with Goyen Wall. Champion family hosted Bob Champion and children. S. C. Robinson and daughters Iris Rae returned from Columbia. Revival set to begin at High Shoals with broad invitation.
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Mooresboro
R-1
Race Path
Jim Robinson
Cool Springs Township Schools Begin 1928-29 Term With Budget Cut
Cool Springs Township Schools open Monday at 8 30 a m with book lists and a plan to omit third grade English unless state mandate. Teachers are listed across multiple schools and grades, reflecting a hopeful start and an economy driven tax reduction from 66 to 64 cents.
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Cool Springs Township
Cool Springs
State Department of Education
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Miss Small Town America
Autocaster News Service of
New York
Forest City Courier
the Courier
United States
Small Town
Fred J. Runde A
North Carolina
Ruby Robbins
Bessie Henson
Mrs. C. M. Hopper
Mt. Pleasant
Lyton Proctor
Genaise
Troy Hawkins
Greenville, D. C
Washington
Miss Rae Robinson
Mr. Goyen" Wall
Mrs. Wall
Henrietta
Plato Champion
Bob Champion
Bill Curtis
George Elam
S. C. Robinson
Iris
Rae
Columbia, S. C
Bert Crosby
High Shhoals
Strong Corps of Teachers For
Op! Springs Run
I. W. Eakes
Miss Harper
Erwin
Sara Bailey
Agnes Barnes
Melvin Crowder
Gaines
Sally Bailes
Rebecca Perrin
D. H. Sutton
E. V. Seitz
Gertrude Prince
Grace Rogers
Forest City Grammar School
A. C. Finch
Ottilie Long
Clara Harrill
Elizabeth Wilkie
Mary Garrison
J. V. Ware
Dovie Harris
Margaret Bostie
Burwell Moore
Kara Myers
Ruth Barnes
J. W. Griffin
Jean Andrews
Anne Lawrence
Ruth Morris
Frances Gladden
Minnie Flack
Louise Graham
Elsie Barber
Helen Bobbett
Mae Farnham
Alexander Grammar School
Eugene Allison
Ola Wilkins
Eugenia Randall
Katie A. Harris
Lissie Blanton
Louise Lattimore
Nola Patrick
Bostic
Morgan Cooper
Reba Price
Margaret ,Philbeck
F. A. Brown
Dorothy McDaniel
Hilda McDonald
Glenn Harris
Pleasant Grove
Annie Sue Harris
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