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Newspaper

Forest City Courier

Location

Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jan 10, 1929

Page

3

Baptist Church Notes Reflect Post Epidemic Reset

The Cliffside News reports influenza waning in town with Sunday school attendance at 821. Pastor Smith delivers sermons from Exodus and Genesis while the adult Bible class grows and a Junior Union banner is earned. Mr J W Crawley’s death is noted, with church mourners recalling his faithful service. Workers Council seeks full attendance at Memorial Building meeting. Bible study topics shift from Esther to Tob.

Pastor Smith Junor J. W. Crawley The Sunbeams Workers Council Memorial Building

Shelby guest Kathleen Hord visitors Dr and Mrs Hord

Miss Kathleen Hord of Shelby is staying with Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Hord for several days as a guest.

Kathleen Hord Shelby J. C. Hord

Passing of J Wesley Crawley Ends Quiet Life at 75

The town mourns as J Wesley Crawley dies at his Reservoir Street home after a two week illness. A devout Baptist for 35 years, he leaves three daughters Charity Callie and Mrs R L Bullard and two sons S J Crawley and Hugh Crawley. Funeral conducted by Rev Roscoe C Smith with hymns and scripture, burial in local cemetery.

J. Wesley Crawley Reservoir Street Mr. Crawley Roscoe C. Smith Rev. Smith Messrs Brady Crawley Ceph Crawley Gordon Broadus Crawley I. D. Lowery Alton McDaniel Mesdames O. R. Hardin L. T. Collins J. L. Sizemore John Frye U. S. Tate Bertha McCraw

Card of Thanks for J Wesley Crawley death notice

We express sincere appreciation to friends and neighbors for kindness during our father J Wesley Crawley s illness and death and for the beautiful flowers. Scouts met Monday night to attend the Hi team versus Forest City Hi s game. locals won 35 to 16. Mr J E Scruggs is expected to return home this week from Oteen Government Hospital where he has been a patient for several months.

J. Wesley Crawley Hi Team Forest City Hi’s J. E. Scruggs Oteen Government Hospital

Local Happenings Including Visits and Hospitalizations

Dr G 0 Moss and Miss Pamela Pruett accompanied little Hanna Lou Pruett to Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte for observation and treatment. Mrs J P Carpenter and family visited the hospital and report Mr Carpenter is improving. F L Freeman and family from Forest City with Miss Sarah Armstrong dined with Mr and Mrs J B Freeman. John McFalls and Gastonia guests stayed with R E Carpenter and the Earleys at Dobbinsville. Miss Gladys Robinson visited Etta Bostic at Trinity. Tim Dire and children from Floyds Creek stayed several days with George Jolley.

G. 0. Moss Pamela Pruett Hanna Lou Pruett Presbyterian Hospital Charlotte J. P. Carpenter Alice Arthur Carpenter F. L. Freeman Forest City Sarah Armstrong Spindale J. B. Freeman John McFalls Gastonia R. E. Carpenter Earleys Dobbinsville Guy Hawkins Gilbert Causby Theron Jolley Gladys Robinson Etta Bostic Trinity Tim Dire Floyd’s Creek George Jolley Uwana Jolley Spartanburg S. C. Robinson Dillard Marshall Herbert Paris John Scogt J. C. Gins

Infant Dies in Forest City R-8 Community

In Cmiths Grove Forest City R-8 on Jan 7 the infant of Mr and Mrs Jasper Yelton died about ten o'clock Wednesday night. Funeral services were held Thursday at two. The column also notes visitors and social events including Pauline Bridges with Mary Elizabeth Crowder, visits to Spartanburg, and a near comic aside about 9,000 Irish women joining a modesty crusade. Renowned figures Einstein and a Carnegie Institute convention are mentioned with light humor about future announcements.

Forest City Jasper Yelton Pauline Bridges Mary Elizabeth Crowder

Annual Inventory NEEDED On All Good Farms

Raleigh North Carolina January 1 The annual inventory is advised for larger farms as a balance wheel of farm business and management It reveals gains or losses in equipment stock and supplies and helps plan improvements Rat control grain storage and equipment rele­vant maintenance are highlighted Inventory also prompts recovery of borrowed tools and acts as a physical guide for repairs and optimization The article urges all modern farms to adopt this practice

A. T. Holman State College Holman

Mooresboro R-1 community notes and New Year events

A list of local happenings from Mooresboro R-1 includes attendance at Trinity Sunday services where Rev. M. M. Huntley delivered a sermon on the New Year. Amoree Robinson, after a serious mastoid operation in Asheville, has returned home improved and hopes to resume college soon. Wilbur Flynn and his wife returned to Columbia, S C, after Christmas with local family. Several local residents attended the New Year’s party.

Mooresboro R-1 Trinity M. M. Huntley Amoree Robinson Asheville the Normal Wilbur Flynn Columbia S. C Tom Dedmond Irvin Flynn

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the Cliffside News Cliffside News Th. Forest City Courier Roach Editor Baptist Church Cliffside Mills Furniture Store Cliffside, N. C Cmith’s Grove Lee Bailey Mrs. C. M. Yelton Charlie Wall Patty Jane Charlie, Jr Sid Wall Goldsboro N. C New Theatre Romina Walter H. Haynes Charles Carpenter Chapel Hill T. J. McKinney Ireland Clyde Hollifield Modesty Crusade Chesnee Will Crawford Annie Mae Andrews Pauline Guffey Alma Hardin B. H. Bridges W. H. Allen L. C. Crofts Pauline Crofts Ruth Crowder Mary Wilson Hardin Lee Crowder W. B .Harrill Roland Smith Claude Hudson Forrest Fortenberg Mrs W. P. Crowder Joe Duke Avondale Willie Andrews Ruth Lewis Frank Gregory Pearl Mae Anderson Gaffney Fraiser Smith Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh Einstein Raleigh Goodyear Tires Goodyear Rubber Company Goodyear Victor Shaw Tire Company Cliffside Motor Co Hudson-Essex and Whippet Automobiles
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