Providence Sunday School Sees Growth and Training Attendance
The Providence Sunday school in Forest City Rhode Island reports 105 attendees last Sunday and aims to grow further. Members from the community attended the Cokesberg Training school at Avondale Methodist church led by R E Wilson of Memphis Tennessee. Credit recipients from Providence include several Smiths, Tonys, Carvers, and Christys. Mrs Sara Florence and her son Joe arrived from Virginia to visit W L Smith and family, followed by M L Hopper and family visiting the Smith household.
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Forest City
Providence
Cokesberg
Avondale Methodist Church
R. E. Wilson
Memphis
Tenn
R. L. Smith
W. L. Smith
Lee Toney
Ida Smith
Bertha Carver
Eloise Christy
Laura Smith
James Carver
R. L Smith
Dan Christy
T. B. Toney
Sarah Florence
Joe
Virginia
M. L. Hopper
Rutherford county tax budget shows higher debt service rate
The Rutherford County budget for the year starting July 1 1931 increases debt service tax to 45.5 cents from 13.5 and sets a current year levy of 153.23 thousand dollars after deducting non tax revenue. A 12 cent capital outlay tax for schools replaces last year’s 2 cents with a net overall rate around 87 cents, offset by state gasoline tax changes and bond maturities.
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The
Courier
Rutherford County
Mainenance
Debt Service Fund
Debt Service
Board of Commissioners
Edison Institute Receives Millionth GE Refrigerator
General Electric’s millionth refrigerator will be presented to Henry Ford for the Edison Institute of Technology in Detroit during a nationwide radio program on June 20. Gerard Swope and Floyd Gibbons will participate from New York and Detroit, with Ford accepting in Detroit. The ceremony highlights rapid American appliance gains and parallels with other mass-market milestones.
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America
Gerard Swope
General Electric Company
General Electric
Henry Ford
Edison Institute of Technology
Detroit
Ford Museum
Swope
National Broadcasting Company
New York
Ford
Edison Institute
Floyd Gibbons
Radio Cele
Brity
Detroit Institute
John S. Young
N. B
Three Ball Games This Week End
Three local ball games are listed with Mickory facing Forest City Alexander Thursday night on the local field, Tucapau returning Friday and Saturday. The week opened Tuesday with Spartanburg in Palmetto league action, Forest City Alexander winning two of the first games here but losing to Shelby 4 to 2 Saturday. Large crowds attend each contest, and the ad urges fans to come enjoy the games and support the club.
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Mickory
Forest City-Alexander
Tucapau
Spartanburg
Palmetto
Shelby
Five Farm Women Selected For Honor
Five farm women from Wayne Currituck Vance Jones and Rowan counties are named Master Farm Homemakers by North Carolina State College and The Farmers Wife. The honors will be conferred July 29 at the state convention with brief speeches and responses detailing each woman’s community work, family health and education efforts.
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Wayne
Currituck
Vance
Jones
Rowah
North Carolina State College
National Farm Women’s Publicaton
St. Paul
Minnesota
E. L. Peele
Pikeville
Wayne County
J. J. Forbes
Shawboro
Currituck County
Lucille Reynolds
Star
The
Farmers’ Wife
Home Demonstration Department of State College
City Hall Audit Under Way by Local Firm
Mr B A Bedenbaugh of Geo B Wilson Co accountants Charlotte is auditing the city hall books. The work will last about two weeks with the city finances published in August revealing the financial statement and public insight into finances.
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B. A. Bedenbaugh
Geo. B. Wilson & Co
Charlotte
Card of Thanks from Ross Family
A Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for sympathy during illness and death of wife and mother. The message acknowledges beautiful flowers and is signed by Tom Ross and children.
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Tom Ross
Raspberry Of Great Promise Developed At State College
C F Williams associate horticulturist at the North Carolina Experiment Station reports a new raspberry hybrid from five years of breeding. The cross combines Latham red raspberry with Asiatic stock to endure southern conditions, offering high quality flavor and vigor. Williams plans distribution after surplus plantings next season and wider tests across North Carolina.
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State College
C. F. Williams
North Carolina Experiment Station
South
Williams
North Carolina
Great Pyramid Builders and Planting Advice
Herodotus estimated 100000 men labored two decades on the Great Pyramid. The note urges readers to plant late corn beans and early turnip seed now, inviting them to see the offerings.
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Herodotus
Farmers Hardware Co
Knife Wounds Suffered in Family Altercation in Forest City
Collins brother Grady inflicted knife wounds on Collins in a July altercation in Forest City. Collins, about 25, is hospitalized in Rutherford, while Grady is jailed awaiting action. Fred Collins rests in hospital, with conditions reported as improving.
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Forest City
R-2
Collins
Rutherford Hospital
Grady Collins
Fred
Spital
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Twe Farmers Hardware Co
R. W.inters
Baraie
Forest City, North Carolina
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