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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1927
Page
10
The Cliffside News is published weekly in connection with The Forest City Courier. This notice confirms the cooperative relationship and timing for combined community coverage and distribution among local readers.
Dr J S Rudisill has served sixteen years as the local druggist and moves his family this week to South Broadway in Forest City. His wife’s piano work and daughters Dorothy and Jack are noted for church and scouting activities. He will stay a few days while a successor is installed.
Mr and Mrs Jay Hicks and their son of Alexander are visiting Mr and Mrs P C Hawkins, sharing a family gathering and hospitality during the stay.
Picnics were popular last week as church groups gathered at various sites. Preparations for the Daily Vacation Bible School start Monday morning June 13 for children ages five to thirteen, with teachers for Beginners Primary and Junior Departments. A storm disrupted Sunday services but many attended the sermon on James. Mr. Watkins joined by letter from Mars Hill College. Dr. E N Orr preached at the school auditorium instead of evening services. Rev Ware and wife return from China mission fields and will be at the church Wednesday drawing a large crowd.
DY SCOUT NEWS reports Troop No. 1 met briefly due to other work and adjourned to May 31. The troop and Troop No. 2 plan a June 6 departure for a week at Piedmont Council Camp, with many boys preparing for the Court of Honor and merit badge tests.
Hollywood voices say Babe Ruth holds a distinct screen niche as a big kindly romantic character in a baseball drama for First National. Cast and crew praise his unique persona and potential impact on cinema alongside other film industry figures. Meanwhile a Methodist church project advances with July completion anticipated, featuring hillside grading, a brick boundary wall, parking, and auditorium refinishing.
Mrs P C Hawkins is improving amid a stream of arrivals and departures. Jennie Beachboard of Caro leen visits with Miss Essie Ledford while Mr Craig Watkins returns from Mars Hill College for summer. Families from Winter Haven Florida join locals here for the season and Drs Stevens Hudson visit from Winston-Salem and Cramerton. Local guests attend sermons and college trips, while real estate services invite buying and selling in Forest City with Cyclone Auction Co. 52 tf.
In Ellenboro on May 30 a large Sunday school crowd gathered despite rain. Local students Pauline Culbreth, Paulines sister Lorena Culbreth, Louise Elliott and several others left for colleges Carson Newmann Meredith and Davidson for summer breaks. A Bethel B Y P U outing to a river below Boiling Springs went well with lunches and fishing gear. On May 28 a party at Pauline Culbreth home featured games and numerous attendees including Hamrick Wright Harrill and Daves among others.
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