South Mountain School Teacher Grace Jefferson Dies
Miss Grace Jefferson, 40, longtime South Mountain Institute matron and Baptist missionary spirit, died Tuesday at Rutherford Hospital after a stroke. A Newburg native, she will be buried Thursday in New York, with services also held at Fairview Baptist church in the institute county. She leaves three sisters, two brothers, and a half-brother. brother-in-law J Oscar Newfang accompanied the body to New York.
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Bostic
R-4
Grace Jefferson
South Mountain, Industrial Institute
Rutherford Hospital
Rutherfordt
Southern Railway
Newburg
N. Y
First Baptist Church
Fairview Baptist Church
Jefferson
South Mountain Institute
The
Baptist Church
Baptist Bible Institute of Philadelphia
Berea College
Inlaw
J. Oscar Newfang
Hastings
Hudson
New York State
South Mountain School
Petty Reopens Ladies Ready-to-Wear Store in Forest City
Claude A. Petty, a popular Forest City merchant who lost his store in a July fire, reopens this week in the Romina Theatre building. The redecorated space will feature an Indies ready-to-wear line, with Petty promising appealing selections for local and county women.
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Claude A. Petty
Forest City
Romina
Presbyterian Revival Meeting at Ellenboro
Ellenboro August revival conducted by former Rutherfordton pastor S L Cathey lasts ten days at Ellenboro Presbyterian Church with services at 11 am and 745 pm daily. Friends and public are invited. Also Courtney's store promotes school supplies.
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Presbyterian
Ellenboro
S. L. Cathey
Presbyterian Church
Rutherfordton
Ellenboro Presbyterian Church
Kiwanis Club Seeks Growth for Forest City
Local Kiwanis Club met Monday night to review a questionnaire that asks how Forest City can become a bigger trading center, how to attract visitors and customers, and how to strengthen ties between residents and farmers, guiding a program intended to benefit the city.
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Kiwanis Club
Forest City
Popular Young Couple Weds and Local Civic Plans
A Forest City club surveys six questions on civic projects including mail delivery and a municipal park. The questionnaire, prepared by A C Duncan and J W Dalton, will guide a club work plan to benefit the city. Also reported is the secret July 18 marriage of Miss Lanette McMurry to Frank Winecott Harwell in Lynchburg Virginia.
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Kiwanis Club
Forest City
Ity
Kiwanians
A. C. Duncan
J. W. Dalton
Lanette McMurry
Frank Winecott Harwell
Lynchburg
Virginia
Harwell
J. N. McMurry
North Carolina College For Women At
Greensboro
D. F. Harwell
Grover’s Soda Shop Succeeds Garber’s
Monday a deal closed for Grover R. Kiser to buy B H Garner’s confectionery and soda shop in the Romina Theatre building. Garner, from Brevard, started the business here months ago and saw steady growth. Kiser, a leading local entrepreneur, will operate as Grover’s Soda Shop, renaming it from Warner’s.
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Grover R. Kiser
B. H. Garner
Kiser
Garner
Brevard
Romina Theatre
Warner’s
Grover
Pender's Forest City store opens in West Main
A new Pender's chain store welcomes a large crowd on its first Friday in Forest City. Roland Hamrick will manage the Forest City branch with J. W. Camp as assistant. The shop offers latest sheet music and graphophone records, with weekly arrivals from Stahl's Ten Cent Stores.
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Pender’s
Forest City Motor Co
West Main Street
Roland Hamrick
Cliffside
Wadesboro
Pender
Forest City
J. W. Camp
Stahl
Ten Cent
Miss Grace Harris Weds Fred N Warrick at Home Ceremony
The Durham Herald reports on the August 18 home wedding of Grace Harris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Harris, to Fred Newton Warrick. Rev. Culbreth officiated at the Calvary Methodist church ceremony held at the couple’s residence. The bride, a Peace Institute class of 1929 alumna, is well known in Durham. Warrick works with Eckard's Stores. They reside at 208 Watts Street.
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Grace Harris
M. D. Harris
Fred Newton Warrick
Mr. Culbreth
Calvary Methodist Church
Peace Institute
Raleigh
Warrick
Eckard’s
Musical program at Bostic appeals for Friday night
Rutherfordton and Bostic report court sessions and a scheduled Friday musical program by local talent and the Sunshine Chorus string band. Several divorce cases heard with a mix of voluntary non suits and dismissals. Court continues through next week as officials note travel from New York for Boston Store goods and a London inquiry criticizes policewomen as nosey parkers.
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Rutherfordton
Superior Court
James L. Webb
Shelby
Baxter Givins
T. F. Givins
Ellenboro Manufacturing Company
Southern Railway Company
North Carolina State Highway Commission
Southern Railway
Chimney Rock Mountains, Inc
Grace Little
Recorder’s Court
Bostic
D.C. Toney
John Self
Compro
Sunshine
Docia
Anderson Hutchins
Hugh Hut
Chins
Lucy Phillips
Robert Phillips
George Porter
Lillie Porter
Pearl Strickland
Walter Strickland
Rev A T Stoudenmire Weds Miss Bess Jackson
Avondale notices report the marriage of Bess Jackson to Reverend Arthur Thomas Stoudenmire, pastor of Haynes Memorial Baptist Church Avondale, taking place Tuesday morning at nine in the Duncan South Carolina Baptist church. The item appears in a local announcements column alongside a window advertisement for Courtney's Five and Ten Cent Store.
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Avondale
Landrum Jackson
Bess Jackson
Arthur T Thomas Stoudenmire
Porning
Duncan
South Carolin
Stoudenmire
Haynes Memorial Baptist Church
Courtney
Township Schools To Open Monday
Fire department quickly stopped a gas pump fire at Carolina Service Station on West Main street due to fumes from a cutting rod. The incident spared the station, owned by Walter Haynes and operated by Wade B. Matheny. Sool Springs Township schools will open Monday with expected large enrollment and safety measures planned, including designated registration for first grade pupils and nine o’clock start times.
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West Main Street
Carolina Service Station
Staion
Walter Haynes
Cliffside
Wade B. Matheny
Sool Springs Township
J. W. Eaks
Cool Springs ‘Township
Ief
Chief Price
Forest City
Cool Springs
Community Tennis Club Holds Meeting
The Mount Pleasant Sandy Music tennis club met on the club court Friday evening August 23 in Forest City. Members and two visitors from Old Fort North Carolina and Alabama attended. Several games followed by stroke practice and a watermelon slicing for all.
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Forest City
A-1
Mount Pleasant-Sandy
Old Fort
N. C
Alabama
Birthday Celebration At Lane Home In Gilkey
Friends and relatives gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs Frank Lane in Gilkey on Sunday to celebrate Mr Lane s 28th birthday. A large gathering shared ample food from a grove table as attendees listed include the Lane family plus extended kin from Camp Creek Lane Creek Bostic Gilkey Marion Forest City and Cane Creek and Fork Creek.
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Gilkey
Frank Lane
Lane
Rose Anna Lane
Camp Creek
Ola Newton
Helen of
Bostic
Mall Lane
Cane Creek
Taft Hutchins
Fork Creek
Charlie Woody
Marion
Woody
Martin Woody
Carl Woody
Forest City
Kindergarten Opens Monday Morning at Methodist Church
Merry Sunshine Kindergarten will open next Monday in the Sunday school building. Parents may enroll children ages three to six by calling Miss Nell Young or bringing them to the church at nine o clock next Monday.
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Forest City
Merry Sunshine
Methodist Church
Nell Young
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South Mountain
Miss Grace Jefferson
New York
C. A. Petty
Courtney's
Cool Springs High School
Frank W. Harwell
Grace H. Harris
F.N. Warrick
Durham
Durham Herald
Durham, N
Messrs
E. N. Goldklang
I. J.idelstein
Owo
Boston
Leonard Dunning
London
Joseph Gumbin
Chicago
Police Staten
Rev
A. T. Stoudenmire
Gilkey News
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