Epworth Leagues Hold January Meeting in Forest City
The Epworth League union met Friday in Forest City with Lila G. King reading and Mr Eaves giving remarks. Members from Forest City Oak Grove Pleasant Grove Spindale and Caroleen attended. Forest City won the roll call award for largest attendance. Next meeting set for Rutherfordton February first Friday with a postmeeting treat from Forest City.
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Epworth League Union
Forest City
Mr. Eaves
Ver
Burwell Moore
Bert Moore
Frans Ledbetter
Lila G. King
Eaves
Oak Grove
Pleasant Grove
Spindale
Caroleen
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Tabercle
Epworth League
Rutherford County
Rutherfordton
Santa Claus
Cleveland Folk Live To A Very Old Age
In Shelby a local furniture store sold a piece by telephone to a elderly woman who could not visit the shop. Her son Drew Gentt appeared and, when asked his age, stated he was seventy while his mother was ninety six, highlighting remarkable longevity among local residents.
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Shelby
Drew Gentt
County Bestowed State Board Recognition for Welfare Work
Rutherfordton on January 6 reports Mrs. B. Moss superintendent of public welfare has been informed by Mrs. Mary Camp Sprinkle director of county organization that a monthly report will be presented by Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson commissioner of public welfare at a Pennsylvania social workers institute this month. The example highlights a rural county with four trained workers under constructive welfare efforts.
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Rutherfordton
B. Moss
Mary Camp Sprinkle
State Board
Kate. Burr Johnson
Pennsylvania
Oyster supper to be held at Pleasant Grove church hut
Forest City area notices invite attendance at an oyster supper Friday night January 10 with serving starting at 7 PM. Pies cakes homemade candy and sandwiches will be sold. Community news lists visits and moves among local residents including Mrs J P Hardin family in Cherokee S C Mr J G Baker in Georgia R H Long moving to Lake Lure and church members hosting the pastor Rev W A Barber and family plus other local social updates.
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Forest City
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Pleasant Grove Church
J. P. Hardin
Billie
Martha
Librarian praises Griffin articles from Forest City Courier
Dear Mr Alcock I am impressed with your paper in the Forest City Courier library readers have noticed a New York Times Magazine feature on Sherwood Anderson who edits a small Virginia town paper He notes Clarence Griffin's sketches which we keep for North Carolina clippings Sincerely T Crittenden Librarian
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Wake Forest
Alcock
Forest City Courier
New York Times
Sherwood Anderson
Virginia
Anderson
Clarence Griffin
North Carolina
T. Crittenden
Rev E P White elected pastor at Shiloh church
Rutherfordton K 1 Jan 6 Rev E P White of near Rutherfordton was elected pastor at Shiloh church for this year. Residents Birch Hamrick and T R Walker returned to Detroit after two weeks here. Several local families and visitors are named in a series of brief notes on activities and illnesses. A two year old child of Mr and Mrs Roland Blanton is recovering from pneumonia.
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Rutherfordton
K-1
E. P. White
Shiloh
Messrs
Birch Hamrick
T. R. Walker
Detroit
Mich
Lydia
Maggie Mitchum
Ruth
Lela
Kate Smith
Roland Blanton
Pearl Champion
Spindale
B. M. Jones
Pauline
Annie Morrow
George Propes
Tanner’s Grove
Herbert Cole
Forest City
Jason Cole
Produce More Feedstuff Governor Tells Farmers
Shelby January 6 Governor Gardner says the live-at-home program is lifting the state and Cleveland county farmers are not ruined by higher cotton crops. He urges more hay and feeds for 1930, and to discard scrub bulls to improve dairy herds.
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Shelby
Jan
Gardner
Cleveland County
Cleveland
Raleigh
Mr. Morrow's Florida Trip Reflections From Interlachen to Aiken
Mr. Morrow recounts a December motor trip with his wife and Miss Effie Morrow from Rutherfordton through Forest City Spartanburg and Columbia to Aiken South Carolina. He notes Christmas lights in various towns, praises Aiken as a winter resort, and describes Waycross Georgia and Interlachen Florida. He observes optimism in Waycross and mentions plans for the Rab bit Race next week.
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Interlochen
Fla
Effie Morrow
Rutherfordton
Forest City
Spartanburg
Columbia
Aiken
S.C
Union
Florida
Waycross
G Ga
Diversification Drive Depends on Cleveland County Youths
Shelby January 6 farm and home demonstration agents plan to rely on boys and girls of rural Cleveland to promote Governor Gardner’s live at home program in the governor’s home county. Four club work is expected to strengthen the effort and build a county that lives entirely at home.
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Shelby
Cleveand County
Cleveland
Gardner
Cleveland County
After a younger man has made his first ringing speech he should buy the ring
A terse aphorism admonishes a younger speaker to invest in a ring after delivering his debut address, implying rewards follow bold public speaking and status symbols mark success.
Man’s Head and Pocket Book Compared in Saying
A proverb compares a man’s head to his pocket book noting that value lies inside rather than outside appearance. It emphasizes that inner contents matter more than outward looks in judging worth.
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Ziegfeld
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Herbert Photos
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Shiloh News
W. W. Rimmer
B. M. Hamtick
Joe McCraw
Raffney
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Saston Abrams
Odessa Jones
G. €. Ledbetter
Ledetter
Roduce
Mr. Morrow
Florida Trip
D. F. Morrow
Jacksonville
Interlachen
Rome
A&p
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Zuaker
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Iona Brand
Maxwell House
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