Community notes from New Hope area residents
New Hope news records visits and events around town. Turner and children visit at W P Davidson home. W P Wilkie and others attend T E near Harris gathering. Kennedy sisters and Lela and Alice host friends. Marvin Turner, a minor student at Boiling Springs, returns home and preaches at Sandy Springs. Community members Elbert Westbrook and R J Tate visit W P Davidson. Masters Hoyt, L B Wilkie spend time with grandparents. Lee Thompson from Saluda stays with uncle. local business and lines of travel noted.
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New Afternoon
Tanner
W. P. Wilkie
Robert Owensby
Monne Honeycutt
Boiling Springs
J. A. Turfi
Sandy Springs
Pstor
M. D. Blanton
L. D. Wilkie
W. P. Wilkie Elbert Westbrook
R. J. Tate
W. P. Davidsons
Masters Hoyt
L. B. Wilkie
Wilkie
Broughton Strickland
Hiiing Springs Junior College
Lee Thompson
Saluda
H. B. McMurray
Eber Tanner
L. D
Retail Coffee Prices Drop Sharply
The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company announces drastic price cuts on its Bokar Red Circle and Eight OClock coffees. The move follows a wholesale price tumble and aims to pass immediate savings to customers across its 15 000 stores in the United States and Canada. The company emphasizes its long standing policy of aligning purchases with market conditions.
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Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
United States
Canada
A&p
Aar
A&P’s
Forest City Church Holds Pledge Service
In Forest City First Baptist members gathered Sunday afternoon to pledge support for the coming year. It marked the third time the church has used this plan to fund its work with positive results. Committee members receiving pledges were Mrs. Charles Ford W L Brow Charles Z Flack and G B Harris. Preparations for Christmas services include a cantata by the choir and a pageant by Sunday school teachers and officers. The pageant committee comprises Mrs W C Bostic Jr Mrs R E Biggerstar and Miss Margaret Young.
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First Baptist Church
Charles Ford
W. L. Brow
Charles Z. Flack
G. B. Harri
W. C. Bostic, Jr
R. E. Biggerstar
Margaret Young
Avondale Social Notes Highlight Thanksgiving Visits
Misses Lila Freeman Polly Martin and other locals spent weekends visiting Spartanburg Easley Charlotte and Fayetteville. Thanksgiving gatherings included Mr and Mrs Hawkins and Mr and Mrs Smith. Granny M A Smith improves while a timber demonstration notes $65 income per acre and benefits from thinning pine stands.
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Avondale
Lila Freeman
Polly Martin
Spartanburg
S. C
Vivian Prince
Easley
8. C
Esther Yelton
Dorothy McDaniel
Sandy Mushc
Charlotte
Thinning Pines Demonstration Turns Pine Stands to Profitable Stove Wood
G M Hatley of Hudson Caldwell county thinned an acre of 29 year old pines under county agent supervision. Ten cords of stove wood were produced and sold at $7.50 per cord with conversion costs of $5.25 per cord, yielding net profit of $2.25 per cord after labor. Hatley did most work himself with $10 paid for sawing.
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G. M. Hatley
Hudson
Caldwell County
P. M. Hendricks
Auction sale of Harrill Estate held Saturday
Harrill and King sold the estate of the late H P Harrill in Forest City last Saturday afternoon. Despite extremely cold weather a large crowd attended the auction and all property sold. The close in property was among the finest investment prospects in the city. Three small nearby farms, part of the estate, were also sold and brought good prices.
Eskimos Eat Candles as Dessert Jokes Echo Civilization
A quip contrasts past Eskimo candied desserts with modern tech snacking. The exchange features an explorer remark about civilization and an elderly response about electric light bulbs. The brief humor centers on cultural progress and an age difference in perception.
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Explorer
Yo-Yo Fad Proclaimed as Nation’s Lasting Peace Hope
Lenoir News extols the yo-yo as a national pastime and potential unifier. It lauds youth leadership in skill, predicts a lasting calm and renewed focus, and humorously notes adults’ budding addiction upon attempting the toy.
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Lenoir News
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Hartford
Insurance & Realty Co
G. B. Harrill
Sec’y.Treas
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N. C
Avondale News
R. C. Smith
Smith
Howard Hawkins
Dan L. Smith
Ruby Smith
Ruth Robertson
Grace
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Greenville
Joe S. Hawkins
George Philbeck
P. B. Freeman
W. H. Crater
Bessie Harrill
Hartley
Graeber
Gaeber
Harrill
America
Mah Jong
James
Leroy
Eveready
Eveready Model
Harris Oil Co
Forest City, N. C
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