Gardner Addresses Rutherford County Club on Agriculture
Hon D Max Gardner spoke at Spindale on Tuesday addressing Rutherford County club members about European farming, land use, and the need to utilize idle lands. He urged efficient, intelligent farming, noted shifts in North Carolina agriculture, and highlighted growth in poultry and hog shipments and diversified crops to reduce reliance on cotton and tobacco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Max Gardner
Rutherford County Club
Spindale
Rutherford County Life
Sesmn
Charles Haynes
N.C. Harris
J. K. McClure
Evans
Asheville
Z. O. Jenkins
F. Cline
Clyde A. Erwin
Messrs
F. Iarber
K. S. Tanner
W. Payne
Grover Harrill
S. Gettys
M. L. Edwards
S. Elmore
J. W. Matheny
L. B
France
Lloyd George
Combion
England
Great Britain
Cleveland County
North Carolina
Bel Holland
Italy
Christ
Calvia
Large Bridges Family Photo From Ellenboro Reunion
A large photograph depicts the Bridges family of Ellenboro Route 3 led by Mr and Mrs Amos Bridges. The image shows Polly Bridges about 77 seated at the left end of the front row. The Bridges clan gathered Christmas day for a reunion with thirteen children eight married and siv single. The youngest is sixteen. No one in the family has died. kin include sons in law daughters in law and grandchildren. There are twelve grandchildren making it one of the county’s largest and best known families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Bridges
Ellenboro
Route 3
Polly Bridges
Bridges
Siv
Round Hill Baptist Church Sees Leadership Changes
Union Mills January 17 with the completion of the Round Hill Baptist share the church enters a new phase Rev W B Craig is elected pastor temporarily to fill vacancy left by M L Lennon Prof W E Sweatt becomes Sunday school superintendent and Intermediate B Y P U reorganized to three groups Attendance reaches 172 last Sunday the largest in church history Prof Edward Cole will speak at the prayer meeting Thursday at 7 30 PM inviting all to attend
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Union Mills
Round Hill Baptist
W. B. Craig
M. L. Lennon
W. E. Sweatt
Edward Cole
Union| Mills Consolidated Schools
Round Hill Baptist Church
Mrs. Fred Smart Dies After Hospital Operation
Mrs. Fred Smart died at Rutherford Hospital following an operation performed three weeks earlier. Funeral services were held Saturday at First Baptist Church with Dr. W. A. Ayers presiding. Interment was in Cool Springs cemetery. She leaves her husband, three Forest City children, six Bridges sisters, a Bridges father, and two Bridges brothers. she was thirty eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Smart
Rutherford Hospital
First Baptist Church
W. A. Ayers
Cool Springs
Hatchery to Re Open Soon in Forest City
Forest City Hatchery operator Paul Duncan says a 47 000 egg capacity incubator is en route from the factory. The new plant will be in a brick building behind Farmers Hardware Company and reopen by January 25. It replaces the former West End hatchery destroyed by fire with a 10 000 capacity incubator. Incubator alone will house nearly five times the previous output. rest of equipment to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Duncan
Forest City
Igi Eg Ceateriegues
Duncan
Farmers Hardware Company
West End
Mrs Margaret J Clemmer Dies at 70 in Bostic
Mrs Margaret J Clemmer aged seventy died at the Clemmer homestead in Bostic Thursday night after a ten day paralysis illness. She was born October 1, 1857 and married M L Clemmer August 9, 1877. Funeral at Bostic Baptist Church followed by burial at Concord Baptist Church. Survived by seven of nine children C B Clemmer Kan C H of Claremont and Monroe, W D Browne Cherryville, E E Smart Bostic, Ned Clemmer of Bostic. nine grandchildren and sister Mrs Smart.
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Bostic
Margaret J. Clemmer
Clemmer
Bostic Baptist Church
I. D. Harrill
Concord Baptist Church
Spindale Band Presents The Jubilee Minstrels Saturday
Spindale North Carolina January 16 The Spindale Band will present The Jubilee Minstrels Saturday January 21 at 7 30 p m with a seven piece orchestra. The band will open at 7 20 then the minstrel show with twenty one members six blackfaced soloists harmonists and chorus girls. The Blue Ridge Serenaders orchestra accompanies. Admission is charged to benefit the Spindale Band.
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Spindale
Jubilee Minstrels
Black Face
Blue Ridge Serenaders Orchestr
Messrs. Goforth
Lindsay
Spindale Band
Obituary Notes Beloved Bostic Community Saintly Pioneer
Ellenboro native with four brothers Messrs Charles Holobaugh Winston-Salem Ernest Tampa Baxter Gastonia Walter H Mt Holly. Mrs Clemmer lived in Bostic about forty years and was loved by all. A devoted Baptist, she served actively in churches Hickory Grove Gaston County Concord. Husband predeceased her.
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Ellenboro
Charles Holobaugh
Winston-Salem
Tampa
Fla
Baxter
Gastonia
Walter H
Mt. Holly
Clemmer
Bostic
Baptist Church
Hickory I Grove
Gaston County
Concord Baptist Church
Evangelistic Campaign Delayed to August In Rutherford County
In Forest City discussions with Evangeli st George T Stephens of High Point the plan to postpone the Rutherford county evangelistic campaign to August or early fall was approved to avoid conflicts with pre arranged church programs. The general committee will meet in summer to finalize arrangements and ensure full cooperation from all denominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Stephens
High Point
Forest City
Rutherford County
Stephens
Hhot
Jesus
Mary
Iself
Seo. R. Gillespie
Converse Glee Club Concert Set for February 6
The Forest City Kiwanis Club will sponsor the Converse College Glee Club for a concert at the high school auditorium on February 6 at 8. The club, praised for a splendid music department, urges all music lovers in Forest City and nearby areas to attend, promising one of the county’s best attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City Kiwanis Club
Converse Colege Glee Club
Converse College
Forest City
Rutherford County
Central High to Meet Cool Springs Friday Night
Central High School of Rutherfordton will host Cool Springs High School on Friday at 8 o clock in the local gym. The clubs boast evenly matched squads and a recent 26 to 24 Forest City win suggests another tight contest. Both teams played fast, clean basketball with evident friendship and rivalry throughout the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central High
Rutherfordton
Cool Springs
Forest City
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Spindale House
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
A. C. Finch
G. R. Gillespie
Treece
Sedgefield Inn
Belgium
Elenboro
Church
M. L. Clemmer
Ake
Evangelistic
Converse Glee Club
J. C. Harrill
Cory
Beachboard
The
Courier
R. W. Minish
Pneumor
Courtney
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