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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1929
Page
3
The chief of the Bureau of Dairy Industry notes 360000 U S cows in testing programs yield about 7500 pounds of milk yearly, double feed costs compared with average cows, and could help solve the nation’s milk supply if production costs are lowered.
An analysis shows per person milk consumption rising from 43 to 55.3 gallons between 1920 and 1926, with Americans far below the desirable minimum. It argues for more high producing dairy cows and efficient feeding, citing a 100,000 cow records study. Suggested rations include ground oats, barley or hominy, wheat bran, and linseed meal.
An unnamed Philadelphia Boy Scout earned praise for a fire rescue on Fitzwater Street. He entered burning No 8 Fox Court, sheltered a woman with flames on her clothes in a blanket, and dragged her to safety before alerting neighbors and fire services. The rescued woman Bessie Reed, 45, was taken to Howard Hospital in serious condition.
Miss Marion Green has been awarded the Julia B Lynch scholarship at Asheville Normal by Mrs Julia B Lynch in honor of Mrs Etta H Brookshire The scholarship is given to the girl at Asheville Normal making the best record in scholarship and for excellence in conduct She will be a member of the sophomore class next year.
Hollis on June 3 hosted a joint meeting of the Rutherford and Cleveland counties postal councils. Hundreds of employees, postmasters, and rural carriers with families attended, plus many locals for a large community picnic. The agenda ran 10:30 to 4 with prayers, addresses, readings, and a question box, followed by an afternoon quartet and talks on efficiency and changes in the postal service.
The International Advertising Convention will be held in Berlin this year. The Borsig Building, a landmark of Tegel’s industrial district, demonstrates modern business architecture. The structure honors the famed locomotive maker Borsig.
Mothers or wives of soldiers who died or were killed between April 5, 1917 and July 1, 1921 whose bodies lie interred in Europe may visit their graves free of charge. Mr. R R Morris of the local American Legion post has received literature on a recent act by the Seventy First Congress granting a free trip for war widows and mothers to burial places in Europe at government expense.
The article states that members of the council seeking further involvement will perform the actual construction and literature work for the museum. Mr. Morris will direct activities, with two experienced builders guiding the effort. Natural stone for the building will come from the land, and the Boy Scouts will collect and mount the exhibition for display.
The Fort Worth Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America plans a natural Texas history museum as a feature building at its 265 acre camp near Monica. Scouts from multiple troops will staff exhibits and operate daily changes in display themes.
In Geraldine Montana heavy spring rains made the route from Geraldine High School to Main Street impassable yet Boy Scouts volunteered to help. Within weeks they constructed a high wide cinder path spanning three blocks connecting the school to the main street. Egotism is the only ism in the world that needs no organization to perpetuate it.
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