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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1931
Page
6
Mrs C E Alcock hosts a Saturday dinner in honor of relatives and guests. The column lists numerous visits and stays by residents and visitors from Danville Kentucky to Charlotte and Asheville, with notes on travels to Lake Junaluska Chimney Rock and other towns.
On Wednesday evening July 22 members of the Methodist church held a picnic at Dr McCalls spring. Social hour ran six to seven with games for women and men competing in horse shoe. Lunch followed with fried chickens and blessing by Mr Williams. Prizes went to Mrs W G Magness for best dressed married woman Miss Margaret Moore for best dressed single girl and Mr Ernest Watkins and Attorney J A Duncan for best horseshoe pitching.
Montford's Cove Union Mills district report notes Mrs. Joe Parker seriously ill for two weeks. A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Wilson, with mother and child doing well. Mrs. Hicks Hemphill and children visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Early, at Old Fort. Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Hall hosted Sunday dinner guests, including Mr. and Mrs.
W C Nanney and Mr and Mrs Adam Morgan of near Union Mills and Miss Mary Rhodes are mentioned. Mrs Elijah Parker has been ill but improving. Miss Dora Connor is seriously sick with wishes for recovery. Miss Clara Rhodes visited from Isothermal hotel with Mrs H C Rhodes. Miss Floriene Hall from Shingle Hollow visited Cove friends. Families attended a picnic at Shingle Hollow Tower on Mr W J Hardie’s farm. Oak Hill school opened July 27 with Miss Gertrude Hemphill as teacher and best wishes for the term.
Two carloads of Flake White and Jewel Lard advertised with eight pound buckets priced at 86 cents each at Horn's Cash Store. The brief notice promotes bulk paint and shortening supplies common to a penny newspaper ad from a small town merchant.
Rutherfordton July 28 The seventh annual convention of the State Sheriff's association will be held in Rutherfordton August 11 12 All general meetings will be in the courthouse auditorium according to ex sheriff W C Hardin president of the association
No Cliffside items appear this week as editor B E Roach travels to Charlotte with his brother who entered a hospital for treatment. Roach returned Tuesday and has been too busy to compile his regular weekly budget of news.
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