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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1926
Page
8
The Cliffside News reports weekly society items from Avondale to Gaffney. It notes visits by Dr. W. H. Anderson and family to Cliffside Mills, church events, and family gatherings. It lists illnesses and funerals, vacations, and small-town travel to Chimney Rock, Gaffney, and Spartanburg, with local store staff changes and school notices.
Rev Collis Cunningham of Alabama spoke to Baptist Sunday school teachers and officers last Thursday evening, urging evangelistic focus. He and Rev Mrs R C Smith hosted him. he then went to Washington DC to begin work as an instructor in Maryland. The church reports perfect weekly records as Sunday school and preaching. Miss Hawkins leads the Intermediate department with about one hundred members.
Haynes' Store No 1 Avondale advertises a big money saving sale lasting through Saturday July 31 The Forest City Courier is offered for one year at 1 00 during the sale Courier readers are urged to take part in the offer and become friends of the paper
The Loyal Workers Class of the M E Sunday school met Monday night with Mrs J G Garvin to plan a measuring party to be held in the Memorial building next Friday night They will invite the Boys Class of the local M E church and the boys and girls classes of the Avondale M E church as their guests.
The article notes no wedding this week but mentions an upcoming wedding. Scouts met Monday and planned an overnight hike for Friday and a return to Lake Lanier Camp soon. Residents, including Misses Coda and Alice Carpenter with Mr. Dewey Blanton, traveled to Chimney Rock and Asheville. Fire struck the Hamrick barn near Cliffside, destroying two mules and farm contents after a lightning strike during a storm. Several locals, including G. C. Haynes and family, and B. P. Caldwell's group, spent the day with relatives in Shel by and Forest City.
Mt Pleasant news reports Professor Lennon of Alexander School delivering a Sunday sermon on The Loneliness of Jesus. He based it on two questions about why men go away from God and where they go, listing nine reasons including resistance to heart change and fear of man. Revival to start in August with Rev. Childress assisting. Mrs Toms and children arrive to visit.
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