Local Social Notes From Oakland News Forest City
Mr and Mrs B R Douth and son Ray of Charlotte visited their mother and grandmother Mrs A C Moore. Mrs Z V Geer returned from Kentucky after visiting Homer Biggerstaff. Mrs Kate Moore came home from Belmont for vacation with Mrs A C Moore. Miss Ozelle Moore returned to Duke University for summer school after visiting her mother. Miss Ila Hamrick of Spindale spent the week-end with her sister Mrs E M Devinney.
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Forest City
R-2
B. R. Douth
Ray
Charlotte
Kate Moore
Belmont
A. C. Moore
Ozelle Moore
Duke University
Ila Hamrick
Spindale
E. M. Devinney
Enjoyable Lawn Party at Alexander Mill
June 11 Alexander Mill Miss Gladys Greene hosted a delightful lawn party at her home with electric lights and music from Miss Stella Freedman. Guests entered through Mrs. Greene and Denise Gamble kept the register. refreshments followed. Attendees included Emma Dixon, Wright, Emma Price, Corene Steadman, Zelda Newton, Estelle Price, Annie Mae Newton, Lucile Steadman, Ina Holland, Esther Charisson, Alda Jones, Jack Bland, Edna Kizer, and Furman Briggs among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Mill
Gladys Greene
Stella Freeman
Miss Greene
Denice Gamble
Cliffside
Emma Dixon
A Wright
Emma Price
Corene Steadman
Zelda Newton
Estelle Price
Annie Mae Newton
Lucile Steadman
Ina Holland
Esther Charission
Alda Jones
Jack Bland
Edna Kizer
Club boys boost pig club with ten purebred Duroc sows
Granville County club boys Roy Greene Delias Hooper Charlie and other names purchased ten pure bred Duroc sows to start their pig club work this year. Topdress with nitrogen side dresser when corn is knee high and when cotton is ready for first cultivation after chopping. Waiting later loses advantage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rafe Hoyle
Horace Dixon
Roscoe Blankenship
Ike Randall
Lawrence Coffee
Reid Waters
Robert Neal
Locke Hicks
Raymond Condry
Leonard Branch
Elmer Branch
Roy McFarland
Frank Kizer
Granville County
Roy Greene
Delias Hooper
Charlie
Donice Gamble
Daisy Pritch
Poisoning the cotton boll weevil brief leaflet 37
A concise guide issued by the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington explains methods to poison the cotton boll weevil. The pamphlet outlines practical steps for farmers to control the pest, focusing on safe application and timely measures to protect cotton crops.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Nineteen Months Old Child Claimed by Death
Funeral services were held at Holly Springs church for Clayton Harrill Robbins nineteen months old son of Mr and Mrs Lester Robbins The death Angel has taken a second Robbins child in two years He is survived by parents two brothers and two sisters many relatives and friends Interment was in Holly Springs cemetery Flowers were carried by Emma Lou and Mary Sue Henson Geneth Ingle Kathleen Quinn Evelyn Robbins Ruthie Frashier The service was led by Rev B M Hamrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Lou
Mary Sue Henson
Geneth Ingle
Kathleen Quinn
Evelyn Robbins
Ruthie Frashier
Holly Springs
Sandy Mush notes from Forest City June gathering
Local items report Roland Morgan visiting his parents in Forest City after teaching in Alabama, Dorothy McDaniel at Raleigh Sunday School, and dinner guests including Wade D. Bostic and other families. Also listed are visits by Myrtle Grose, Hightower, Grace Harrill, and Sarah Robbins, plus a Shelby doctor performing tonsil removal in a remote Alaska settlement and visits from Spar tanburg residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City
R-1
Roland Morgan
Alabama
J. S. Morgan
Dorothy McDaniel
Raleigh
M. R. Reed
Bobby” Reed
J. R. McDaniel
W. W. Hicks
Myrtle Grose
Hightower
Spartanburg
E. A. "Matheney
Reverend D J Hunt in Holly Springs Visit
June 9 service noted as Rev D J Hunt filled regular appointment at Holly Springs. Funeral for little son of Mr and Mrs L Robbins held Friday at Holly Springs with Rev B M Hamrick officiating. Pallbearers named Dennis Jenkins Robert Kelly Martin Kelly Claud Powers. Flower girls listed Kathleen Quinn Ruthy Frashier Genell Ingle Evelyn Robbins Mary Sue Emma Lou Henson. Floral offering described as beautiful.
You can't convince a self made man of his loss
A compact reflection on pride and reputation, noting a self made man may not acknowledge his own losses. It contrasts the lasting weight of good deeds with the neglect of a tainted name. The piece also wittily mentions a Christmas neck tie as a trivial object reflecting misfortune.
Debaters Medal Awarded to Miss Josephine Young
Weaverville North Carolina June 11 The fifty third annual commencement of Weaver College was concluded June 4 The inter society debate Saturday night saw Mnemosynean Delphian team win The Forest City entrant Miss Josephine Young was one of the two team members and received a gold medal Monday evening for winning the debate and showing greatest improvement in the year
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Weaverville
N. C
Weaver College
C. H. Trowbridge
Josephine Young
Forest City
Young
Wool auction at Macon County pool in Sylva
Sheep growers of Macon County sold 3000 pounds of wool at the cooperative pool recently held at Sylva.
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Macon County
Sylva
Unclear Trial Testimony on Domestic Incident
Henry Rawson of Chicago testified that breaking a chair over his wife's head was an accident while discussing a woman's first baking weight, suggesting the piecing together of a domestic incident in a courtroom setting.
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Henry Rawson
Chicago
Boardinghouse Musings on Loneliness and Faith
A reflective piece notes a man’s isolation when he towers above others and the lessons a girl learns in a boarding house. It ends with a blessing for those who give gifts at Christmas without expecting anything in return.
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Robert King Harrill
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Sette
Fisher
America
Buick Motor Company
Eunty
Michigan
Forest City Motor Co
Rector Robbins
Miller Freeman
Mt. Vernon Church
Bostic
Edd Allen
Morgan
G. M. Cole
Jim Splawn
J. T. Robbins
John Honeycutt
Jim Henson
Betsy
Melvin Hill
Ensley Crawford
Bertha Splawn
Ebbie Sue Matheney
Gladys Roach
Nancy
Nu Grape Bottling Co
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Magnesia
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