Ellenboro Adds Vocational Agriculture to High School
Ellenboro will open August 16 with a new vocational agriculture department for the 1926 27 term. The program teaches crop and livestock production and marketing, with field trips and a yearlong focus replacing a foreign language. B Bushong to teach. school improvements include basement concrete work and five new rooms, all by local labor.
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Ellenboro
Thellenboro
B. Bushong
Granite Falls
Caldwell County
John Ellis Dies in Cleveland County
John Ellis died in the Pine Grove section of Cleveland county on Tuesday July 13 after several weeks of illness due to heart trouble and dropsy. He was 74 and a respected citizen of lower Cleveland. His wife predeceased him. Surviving children include Clif of Savannah, Sam the bicycle man of Shelby, Gordon and Boyd, three daughters Mrs Virgil Harmrick of below Shelby, one daughter in Knoxville, Tennessee, and another in Rutherford County.
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John Ellis
Pine Grove
Cleveland County
Lower Cleveland
Clif
Savannah
Sam
Shelby
Gordon and
Boyd
Irgil Harmrick
Knoxville
Tenn
Rutherford County
Rollins Joins Rutherfordton Post After Shelby Tenure
The Shelby Star notes Grover Rollins moves to Rutherfordton to continue his life’s work. An efficient, modest candidate for clerk of court, Rollins earned praise in Shelby for his thoughtful nature and hard daily routines. Rutherfordton welcomes a valued, well-read new resident.
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Shelby Star
Rutherfordton
Rollins
Southern Railway
Shelby
Interesting Visitor Seeks Local Insight at The Courier
Mr P L Bridges of Woonsocket R I guest of Mayor Lawrance and relatives called at The Courier office. An expert linotype operator with a Woonsocket paper, he hails from this county and recalls Forest City growth after decades away. Boll weevils threaten southeastern cotton fields, dampening farmers hopes for calcium arsenate.
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P. L. Bridges
Woonsocket
R. L
L. C. Lawrance
Courier
Bridges
Ledger
Cicero * Green
Forest City
Forest City Financial Audit Reports 1926
City of Forest City auditors present a complete fiscal year 1926 statement. They detail bank reconciliations, uncollected taxes, old bad debts written off, street assessments, and asset inventories. The report notes investments, notes payable, bonds, and proposed safeguards, with a surplus of 14 363.30 in general fund and a 11 491.35 profit in Water and Light.
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Forest City
N. C
General
General Fund
Water and Light Department
F. B. &T. Company
Wats Capital
Forest City NC Balance Sheet May 31 1926
Municipal financial record listing cash on hand and at local banks, receivables including 1925 taxes, and capital fund surplus. Notes show Schedules for Farmers Bank of Forest City and Farmers Bank & Trust Co with trust and savings accounts and reserves for errors. Amounts include 19,741.47 and 128,344.16 totals and 2,842.02 reserve line.
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Forest City
North Carolina
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Broadway Garage
Forest City, N. C
J. H. Thomas
Reinhardt Drug CO
Cii
Candy Kitchen
John Thomas, Prop
Postoffice
Forest City, N.C
A. B. Bushong
John
Elli
Cleveland
Grover Rollins
Rutherfo
Board of Certified Accountants
Building and Loan Association
Webb
Caldwell
J. B. Rodgers
Certified Public Accountant
Farmers
National Bank of
Farmers Bank
Ings
Farmers Bank & Trust Co
Liabil
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