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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1928
Page
3
Beginning Thursday December 6 Cliffside offers new jewelry mesh bags wrist watches pearl necklaces diamonds and watch bands. A large assortment of Christmas toys dolls and tots gifts arrive. Gage hats silk hosiery ladies dresses coats genuine squirrel chokers direct factory slippers 2.95 and Wm Rogers silverware 52 piece set with 25 year guarantee.
Mrs Nancy Miller Robbins died at age 88 in Ellenboro R3 after a fall on November 24 and a suspected stroke. She lived with her son J Tom Robbins at Hopewell Methodist church and was a longtime active church member, with 37 grandchildren and 74 years of continuous church membership. Funeral at Mt Olivet Baptist Church with Rev Hunt.
Thanksgiving visitors in East Avondale included Miss Lila Freeman Shelby Miss Margie Campbell Paw Creek and Miss Georgia Belle Wells Forest City. Mr and Mrs Myles Haynes and son Myles Jr visited Mr and Mrs J B Watkins. Mr and Mrs John Smart Mooresboro visited Mr and Mrs John Layne and Mrs Crate Haynes Sunday afternoon. H H Jenkins and Shirley White drove to Greenville for the football game. Merril Greene and his little daughter of Shelby were guests of Mr and Mrs John Layne Sunday.
The first quarterly conference will be held at Pleasant Grove church Sunday morning. Presiding Elder E. Cole will preach at 11 o'clock, and the conference will follow immediately after the preaching service.
Obituary notes the death of Mrs. William McFarland, 33, at her Forest City home after brief illness. Funeral at Florence Baptist Church with Rev. Harrill, Matheny, and Epley. interment at Cedar Grove. Survived by husband, four children, parents, one brother, two sisters. Church activity highlighted. Also included is obituary for Mrs. Lewis McDaniel, born Sept 15 1869 in Rutherford county, widow with two daughters, and praised as devout and devoted. Funeral at Tanner's Grove with Rev. Fikes and others. burial near church. hymn selections detailed. Contributions noted.
The Forest City Parent-Teachers Association will hold a meeting in the high school on Wednesday December 12. All association members are urged to attend.
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