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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1928
Page
8
The Cliffside News is a weekly publication associated with The Forest City Courier. Editor B. Roach oversees reporting and weekly issues in this local paper.
The R R Haynes Memorial housed numerous December events with 36 meetings and many social gatherings since chilly weather began. Troop 1 Boy Scouts decorated the building with cedar trees and lights, aided by Mr M Hendrick, while the interior received Christmas Community Good Turn touches.
Editorial greets the New Year and reflects on celebrations in Cliffside. Bells toll as midnight arrives, editor extends best wishes, thanks contributors, and urges readers to send news notes to Memorial building by Monday afternoon. Subscription remains one dollar for a year.
Dr J C Hord with his family spent last Sunday in Shelby visiting relatives and attending local church services while stopping at a nearby store.
Dr D M Morrison eye specialist will be in Cliffside every Thursday afternoon from 6 to 7 p m. He will have an office with Dr Scruggs during these weekly consultations for eye exams and contact lenses.
On Saturday December 17 George Simmons and Pearl James were married in Spartanburg. The bride is the youngest daughter of Robert James and popular with peers, while the groom is the son of G E Simmons and employed by Cliffside Motor Company. They reside with the bride's parents.
Mrs L G Garvin and her young daughter Carolyn returned from a visit in Anderson South Carolina. Carolyn fell ill shortly after arrival and has been very sick for two or three days but is now improving.
Cliffside residents welcomed a U S government staffer from Louisiana while many students and family members returned home for Christmas. Notables included Amanda and Rosa Mae Haynes, Yates Kendrick, Gifton Jolley, Owen Padgett, William All hands, Craig Watkins, and Aileen Gold. The piece notes school reopenings, local business changes, hospital training, travel to Florida and Raleigh, a New Year party at the Simmons home, and numerous local sociable visits and meals.
Christmas day services featured primary department songs and a Christmas story by Mrs. Chas McCurry followed by choir music. Rev Watson Abrams spoke Sunday evening on The Message of Christmas. Attendance dipped to 310 due to cold. No preaching Sunday morning. supply issues caused changes and an evening song service. Eleven pupils earned 100 percent on last week’s Sunday school awards. The Young Men’s Prayer Meeting meets Monday evenings at the R R Haynes Memorial Building.
A Christmas holidays wedding was held for Vernon McDaniel and Bernice Vassey. She is the daughter of Luther and Mrs Vassey of near State Line, he the son of D P McDaniel and Mrs McDaniel of Cliffside. The couple earns wide congratulations from friends.
Miss Sadie fate hosted a large party with games and a long guest list including Blanche Moore Carrie Biggerstaff Marie Hawkins Bessie Chapman Ruth Reynolds Virginia Hughes Alice Tate Estell Kizer and many others. Estelle Kizer held a Saturday gathering with numerous attendees at refreshments. E W Kizer of Shelby visited W A Kizer weekend. Elizabeth Wall also spent time in Henreitta.
Kenneth McMahan Claude Thomp son Fate McMurry Wesley McMurry George Allhands Varnell Morgan Jack Rudisill of Forest City Robert Hawkins Mr DeWitt Causby and Miss Myrtle Causby spent last week visiting in Greensboro North Carolina Mr Ramond Harris of Shelby was a visitor here Monday Here's wishing the Courier force.
Rev Welton of Boiling Springs delivered two splendid sermons Sunday night. Local youths and neighbors visited relatives and hosted gatherings at several homes, with Elizabeth Wall hosting a party for the young people and a large crowd attending.
Forest City residents Miss Alda Kate and Ozell Moore journeyed to visit relatives in Charlotte Belmont and Duke College while Howard McDonald and Lionell Smith headed to Boiling Springs High School. Ella Trout, Dr. E. V. Hudson, Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Sinclair stayed with relatives. Alick Carswell welcomed a daughter. Families of White and Tate hosted and toured in Florida Lake Wales two weeks.
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