Thoughts on The Courier and local life in Chico
A reflective column from Chico Illinois on The Courier for Week Lorenzo Luther departure for vacation after months at the post, with comparisons to Calvin Coolidge and public figures. It recalls local graduates, farm unemployment notes, and a tribute to Hamp Geer while touching on youth ideas and older perspectives.
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Spindale
Calvin Coolidge
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Sherill
Rev J W Jones To Become Pastor Of Charlotte Church
Kiwanis club to sponsor a free clinic for crippled Rutherford county children at Orthopedic Hospital Gastonia on Tuesday June 30 at 2 00 pm. Parents urged to contact W L Brown or Dr A C Duncan to reserve transport and note doctors examinations and X rays are free.
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Kiwanis Club
Rutherford County
Gastonia
W. L. Brown
Forest City Kiwanis Club
A. C. Duncan
Rutherford County Club to Meet Friday with Dental Society
The June meeting of The Rutherford County Club will be held Friday at 1 p.m. in the Henrietta community building. It is a joint meeting with the Rutherford County Dental Society. Dr C S McCall of Forest City will lead the program, Harold E Story of Charlotte will be the principal speaker. All members are urged to attend. luncheon served by The Community Woman's Club under Mrs Charles Jame's direction.
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Rutherford County Club
Henrietta
Rutherford County Dental Society
C. S. McCall
Forest City
Harold E. Story
Charlotte
Dental Society
Community Woman’s Club
Charles Jame
Rev J W Jones to lead Durham Memorial Baptist Church in Charlotte
Rev J W Jones, pastor of Mt Pleasant Baptist in Forest City since October, is called to Durham Memorial Baptist Church in Charlotte. He will preach next Sunday and likely move his family the following week, with his last Mt Pleasant sermon on July 28. Jones, a Mobile Alabama native, is a Carson- Newman graduate and 1926 AB, trained in evangelistical work at Southern Baptist Seminary and under Dr L R Scarborough. He and his wife Luva Moore have one daughter and are active in church youth work.
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J. W. Jones
Mt. Pleasant (R
Durham Memorial Baptist Church
Charlotte
Jones
Mt. Pleasant
W. B. Moore
Mobile
Ala
Carson-Newman College
Jefferson City
Tenn
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
L. R. Scarborough
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Calvary Baptist Church
Bristol
Forest City
Forest City Police Death Echoes Forties Killing
An elder recalls that forty years ago Forest City policeman Bill Jones was shot at the Southern depot while attempting to arrest John Parrish. Parrish was jailed for safekeeping but later released on a technicality. bystander G. B. Horn was lightly wounded by a glancing bullet.
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Austin Price
Bill” Jones
Forest City
Southern Depot
John Parrish
Jones
G. B. Horn
Parrish
McDowell
Dinner honoring farmers planned by Rutherfordton Kiwanis
The Rutherfordton Kiwanis club will entertain farmers and their wives from the Gilkey area at a courthouse lawn picnic Thursday at 6 PM. Speakers include Mr. Alydece of San Antonio Texas and Rev. George Stephens.
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Rutherfordton
Promotion for Caldwell County agricultural agent Sutton
Prof D H Sutton longtime Cool Springs vocational agriculture teacher is named Caldwell county agricultural agent and will move to Lenoir in July to begin duties. A NC State graduate from 1920 he previously taught at Bladenboro Farm Life School and in Forest City for six years. No successor yet announced by the school board.
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D. H. Sutton
Cool Springs
Caldwell County
Sutton
Lenoir J
North Carolina State College
Bladenboro
Farm Life School
Rowan County
Forest City
Frank L. Smith Elected Forest City Police Chief
Frank J. Smith, former North Wilkesboro police chief, was elected Forest City police chief at a Dome of Aldermen meeting and will start immediately. W F Toney becomes night officer on July 1, succeeding T F Green. Smith, about eleven years in policing, is unmarried and resigned from North Wilkesboro after a local election dispute. backing letters praise his character, fearlessness, and welfare work.
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Dome of Aldermen
Forest City
Frank J. Smith
North Wilkesboro
W. F. Toney
T. F. Green
Smith
North Wilkeshare
Reinhardt
Dr. Reinhardt
Mr. Smith
Trial hearing details in Rutherfordton murder case
More than 1,000 people packed the Rutherfordton court Saturday to hear state evidence in the preliminary murder hearing of Fred Smart for killing Forest City Chief Austin A. Price on June 6. Dr W C Bostic testified to multiple gunshot wounds and a knife wound, with witnesses Lester and Durham Philbeck and J L Upton detailing Price and Smart’s confrontation and Smart firing on Price. The court found probable cause for murder in the first degree and committed Smart to jail without bond, with governors’ clemency sought for July local special court.
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Rutherfordton
Fred Smart
Austin A. Price
Forest City
Fred McBrayer
Superior Court of
Rutherford
Fred Hamrick
N. C.harris
J. 8
Dockery
Quinn, Hamrick and Harris
J. L. Murphy
Hickory
C. J. Mooneyham
Ridings
R. RK. Blanton
Gardfees
Gra
Lecal
Smart
W. C. Bostic, Sr
Chief Price
Bostic
J. L. Upton
Price
Upton
Lester Philbeck
Caroleen
Philbeck
Durham Philbeck
Fother
Hinto Price
R. M. Taylor
Blanston
J T Jackson Dies at Alexander
John Taylor Jackson aged 48 died at his son Curtis Jackson home in Alexander after six months illness from a heart ailment. Funeral at Mountain View Baptist church in Polk county. Interment Mountain View cemetery. Survived by eight children including Mrs L H Henderson and Annie Bell Jackson. a sister Mrs Nettie Corn. Native of Polk, member of Mountain View Baptist church.
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Inman
S. C
Curtis Jackson
Alexander
Glenn
Clarence
Stella
Grace
Blanche Jackson
Nettie Corn
Mill Spring
Jackson
Polk
Mountain View Baptist Church
Laymen's Day at Pleasant Grove Next Sunday
Pleasant Grove Methodist church will observe Laymen's Day next Sunday morning at 11 15. The pastor will participate but Prof Chas C Erwin will deliver the service. Some laymen will speak and all are invited to attend.
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Pleasant Grove Methodist Church
Chas. C. Erwin
Smith to be appointed chief of police in North Wilkesboro
The Board of Aldermen urge Mr. Smith's appointment with unsolicited letters of recommendation from Judge Finley Bank of North Wilkesboro and other officials. Writers praise his six years as chief of police and say he is expected to arrive this week. Salary set at 125 dollars monthly for chief and 80 dollars for night officer.
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Mr. Smith
North Wilkesboro
Smith
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