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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1930
Page
13
Published weekly by C. E. Alcock in Forest City North Carolina the paper notes the upcoming special election on selling all public utility plants in Rutherford County and urges unregistered voters to register before September sixth to be eligible to vote. It lists staff including editor Clarence Griffin and society editor Mrs E Alcock and calls readers to read both sides of the issue.
The Asheville Citizen and The Asheville Times plan to consolidate into a single strong newspaper under one management. Officials announced last week that merging will end duplication in coverage and advertising and serve readers with a morning and evening paper, issuing one Sunday issue.
A review praising Prof A B Bushong director of vocational agriculture in Ellenboro for a year of department activity. The report cites cooperative marketing and farming gains, notes farming as a top Rutherford county vocation, and highlights Colfax township as a growing sweet potato center with Bushong receiving much credit.
The Courier urges readers in Forest City Spindale and Rutherfordton especially in Forest City to read and study this week’s article by Mr C J Holler and the figures by Mr F P Stratford on the sale of utility plants. The Stratford table shows clearly the advantage of self.
The editor and wife plan a well earned vacation in sunny Florida. For one week the paper will be in the hands of faithful co workers Grif and Bill and Ted and Arval and Doris. They thank friends who will furnish news during their absence.
A Rutherford County week in review highlights The Courier’s 20 pages, the most in the county, signaling Forest City and the area’s prosperity and loyalty to the leading newspaper. A letter from Charlotte praises the weekly, noting its attractive paper and community and hopes for future visits. John Paul Lucas signs the endorsement.
Mr C C Whitacre resigns as local manager of the Romina Theatre Forest City after eight months of successful operation. He will return to Tampa to join Publix Sanger Theatre Corp as manager at one of their houses. Mrs Whitacre and the family depart amid forest city regrets.
At a Town Council meeting a resolution passed directing garnishments or property advertisements on or about September 1 and sale for delinquent taxes. Town of Forest City by Mayor W. T. Davis. Also a stray line about a school child and Courtney's 10¢ Store.
Cliffside notes include visits among residents, a hospital update on Crawford Carpenter, and word of Loran Keeter's death. Social visits span Charlotte, Avondale, Gastonia, and Asheville as locals attend church, prayer meetings, and community events.
John Lester Duncan, a successful bar exam candidate, passed the state bar in Raleigh on Monday August 18. He then visited Spindale with his mother Mrs. J C Twitty, traveled with Elmer of Wilmington and Reich of Winston-Salem to Reno Nevada and California, seeking a western town to settle.
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