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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1929
Page
3
The Cliffside News reports on the weekly Courier edition published in Cliffside City, noting ROACH as a term or name tied to circulation or garbled imprint. The item reflects a brief, publish‑season notice without detailed events or names beyond the local paper tie.
Attendance rose at Sunday School last Sunday with over one hundred more than the prior week. Rev. Smith delivered timely sermons on the scriptures, and the church’s eight hundred seat main floor nearly filled for the Sunday school convention. Dr. J. B. Davis spoke on The Bible, and Mt. Pleasant in Cleveland Jo won the banner amid delegations from several churches. The week includes a monthly church business meeting and no Bible study that week. G A s met Monday night at the Memorial Building.
Grade by grade lists show students from 1C to 7 with names such as Frances Packard Clyde Sargee Lillian Rhymer Joe Benson Dennis Fay Hardin Edith McSwain Robert Shuford Frank Aldridge Glenn Watkins Grace McCurry Harold Fowler Ruthie Green Bernice Tate Melvin Wyatt Polly Carpenter Elizabeth Winn Cable Tate Sara Allhand Mary Lee Robinson Willie Green Alton Edwards Rachel Fortune Eula Gosey Verlie Lawing David Colvin Pinkie Green Joe Dedmon Maude Scruggs Pauline Scruggs Harry Hendrick Beth Caldwell Lillie Blanton Emma Lee Jones Ethlene Keeter Eloise Ramsey Jeraldine McCurry Lou Anne Emory Mal McMurray Grace Scoggins Herman Greene Daisy Lee Carpenter Wytle Bridges Lucile Gold Inez Tate Evie Haynes The note mentions a meeting in March and a fragment about a beauty parlor in Milwaukee with a quoted Luke text and an inquiry about a resume of an old ladies' home.
Local items report Dr. F Bobo Scruggs leaving for Shelby after nine years of practice, with friends sad to see him go. Several visits and weekend stays noted from Waters, Humphries, Shuford, McDaniel, Webb, Marsh, Lancaster, Collins, Isenhour, Hughes, Haynes, and others. Scout Court of Honor planned for Cliffside February 26 with 7 30 pm start in Cliffside Hall. A brief Italy law notes kissing under moonlight punished, with two marriages postponed.
Mrs. Smith McGinnis, aged 79, died Sunday afternoon at her son Johnny McGinnis’s home near town after several days with pneumonia. Funeral and interment were held Monday at Mt. Pleasant church in Cleveland county at two o'clock. Rev. D G Washburn conducted the service.
Sulphur Springs Forest City R-1 report reorganization of the B Y P A with officers led by President Joyce Bland and vice president Pauline Cole. Other posts include Bible leader W V Tarlton treasurer Alton Kendrick secretary Marvin Harris song leader L M Robbins organist Bertie Lee Kendrick and group captains Annette Hopper Annie Henson Selma Hopper Ruby Robbins. Weekend visits and a pound party for Annette Hopper are noted along with several other local social mentions.
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