Forest City social notes highlight weddings and travels
Forest City society pages report a six-teacher dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Barber with Amelia Stevenson Pearl Inwell Bertha Jones Mary Simpson Stanton and Raymond Peele among guests. J A Wilkie and W J Bean attend Grand Lodge sessions, others attend Billy Sunday events in Spartanburg and Laurinburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L Barber
Forest City
Ses Amelia Stevenson
Pearl Nwell
Bertha Jones
Mary Simpson
Stanton
Raymond Peele
Bostic News Box Supper Helps Sewing Club in School
Local item reports a box supper at Bostic school auditorium on Friday night January 20 for the sewing club fundraiser. The village notes sickness, social events, church activities, and many residents' comings and goings including visits and remodeling projects.
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Bostic School
Arranging for Institute by Baptist S S Cachers
The Baptist Sunday School officers and cachers met at the pastor's home at 7 30 PM to plan a Sunday School institute to be held here February 19 to 24.
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Baptist S. S
Watson Seeks McCall's Renewals in Forest City
Mrs. S N Watson is collecting renewals for McCall's Magazine under the church plan. The subscription price is reduced to $1. Forest City has more than 100 McCall's subscribers.
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S.N. Watson
McCall's Magazine
McCall's
Forest City
Knights Templar Commandery Formed in Rutherford City
Rutherford Commandery Knigh Templar was organized last Friday night under a prior dispensation. Charter to come later. Officers named include S. N. Watson commander and J. H. Thomas generalissimo. Buffet by Eastern Star ladies. Fifteen charter members and seventeen applications. Next meeting January 27 for degree conferrals by Gastonia Commandery No 28.
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Rutherford
Knigh Templar
S. N. Watson
J.-H. Thomas
F. J. Barber
Eastern Star
Gastonia Com Fice
Mandery
RETURNS HOME OF Rutherfordton soldier McFadden
RETURNS HOME John T. McFadden, a Rutherfordton native and former soldier, arrived in Forest City Saturday with Mr. W. M. Griswold to resume life in his home county. Enlisting in 1920, he was discharged after a army reduction last year and spent months in Canada’s wheat fields before returning to Tennessee and then to Rutherford County. He expresses happiness to be back home.
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John T. McFadden
Rutherfordton
Forest City
W. M. Griswold
Mr. McFadden
Canada
Tennessee
Spelling Match at vacant store near post office
A spelling contest organized by the Parent-Teacher Association is planned Friday evening January 20 at 7 30 in the vacant store beside the post office. Admission is 15 and 25 cents. Sandwiches and hot chocolate will be available. Elderly and younger people will spell against each other for fun and to support the association.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Covington
Ruth Means Francis Holmes
Mattie Lee Flack
Miss Simpson
Parent-Teach Association
Week of January 19 film program includes comedies and shorts
The schedule for January 19 to 25 features Frank McIntyre in You Fat to Fight plus White Horsemen and Century Comedy Sea Shore Shapes with Select News. Antonio Morino stars in Island of Regeneration with two Snub Pollard comedies Do or Die and a Harold Lloyd short, Aesop's Fables, and a Bob and Bill outdoor picture.
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Frank McIntyre
White Horsemen
Sea Shore Shapes
Antonio Morino
Harold Lloyd
Bob and
Bill
Desperate Trails and Dark Mirror Show at Local Theater
Dorothy Dalton stars in Dark Mirror on Wednesday January 25 with Desperate Trails featuring Terry Carey. Tickets 10c for children, 8 1 2? No, 20c for children and 30c for adults. Patrons hear there is real life in the programs and more great pictures to come.
Rex Beach’s Too Fat to Fight on Movie Screen
Rex Beach’s patriotic drama Too Fat to Fight comes to the Movie Theatre January 19 with Frank Melntyre in the lead. The film follows Norman Dalrymple, nicknamed Dimples, a former football star mocked for his weight who longs to serve. A Million Dollar Y M C A donor helps Dimples join the war effort, where he proves a hero before a French officer decorates him in a base hospital.
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Rex Beach
Goldwyn
Frank Melntyre
Frank McIntyre
Norman Dalrymple
Dimples
Helen Brewster
The Dark Mirror Striking Picture At Local Theatre
The Dark Mirror stars Dorothy Dalton in a dual role of society debutante and Chinatown belle. The film, produced by Thomas H Ince for Paramount Artcraft, debuts locally at the Movie Theatre on January 25.
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Dark Mirror
Dorothy Dalton
Louis Joseph Vance
Lasky Corporation
Miss Dalton
Chinatown
Huntley Gordon
Thomas H. Ince
Paramount Artcraft
Death of John Martin Melton Dies After Short Illness
John Martin Melton died at his home last Saturday after a brief pneumonia illness. Born March 19, 1851 in Rutherford County, he was the son of John and Ollie Melton. An obituary detail will be published next week due to space.
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John Martin Melton
John
Ollie Melton
Rutherford County
Perfection Oil Stores Open at New Moss Reinhardt Prices
New Moss Reinhardt Co announces new prices for Perfection Oil, highlighting updated home store rates and value for customers. The notice emphasizes the shift to lower fuel costs and improved availability for local residents.
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Moss- Reinhardt Co
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J. A. Wilkie
Raleigh
Grand Igo
City Lodge
W. J Bean
Grand Lodge
Rutherfordton Western
Nell
Margaret Young
Laurinburg
Nell Young
Newton
Frank
Shelby
Nest
B. Covington
D. C. Abernathy
Spartanburg
J. A Wilkie
Glenn
Billy
C. C. Turner
A. McDaniel
Sterndy
Will
J. F. Weathers
Beulah Moore
Minnie Blanton
D. C. Newton
Little Rock
Ark
Merle McDaniel
Hen
Wallace McDonald
Young Street
Renn Wilkinson
Maragretng
Esther Suttle
Edwi LeGrand
Ruth’ Moore Y
Ser
Womack
Wna Chevrolet
Mr. Harold Long
Charlotte
Billy Sunday
Paul Doggett
Blue Ridge
L. McCardwell
Mooresboro
J. H. Thomas
W. M.S
Methodist Church
Africa
Bostic News
Mr. S. C. Gettys
Hollis
Bostic
Dick Carson
John Harrill
Bert Griffin
Dorothy Hollifield
Bostie
Pinehurst
Huggins
Boiling Springs
Bostic Baptist Church
George Jones
Marsh McKethan
Augustus, Ga
Bud Martin
Maiden
Peoples
The
Baptist Church
Messames A. c Jones
W. C. Bostic
J. C. Scruges
Mesdames
A. H. McDaniel
R. E. Biggerstaff
E. 0. Thomas, H. L. Kanipe
W. C. Blanton and
SN. Watson
Rutherfordt
W. A. Harrill
Knights Templar Commandery
Terry Carey
Reinhardt Drug Company
Rexoll Store
Forest City, N. C
Cole’s Cotton Planters
Cole
Farmers Hardware Co
Winchester
Rian Cons Tant
George Seigmann
Harry Larey
Universal Star
Lynchburg
Chattanooga
Oliver
Flack Harpware Co
Saraware
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