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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1925
Page
8
The I I O O F Juvenile Band and entertainers from the Odd Fellows Home at Goldsboro will present a fine and varied program at the Hall next Saturday night. The show features male female and mixed quartettes choruses musical readings and comedy with admission set at fifteen and twenty five cents.
Mrs C C Tate hosted a miscellaneous shower for bride elect Miss Carpenter last Thursday. Guests gathered in the hall, admired cape jessamine and daisies, and contributed hemmed dish towels as gifts. A clothes line displayed many gifts and Jojo the predictor forecast more showers.
Miss Mary Sue Edwards Mabel Bridges and Jennie Hawkins entertained friends with a moonlight picnic last Friday night visiting a spring near State Line church for a bountiful supper. Guests included Nelle Virginia Moore Coda Carpenter Melrose Hawkins Pearl James Alice Carpenter Maude Jackson and others along with chaperones Mr and Mrs L H Campbell and Mr and Mrs Cornelius Martin. Also noted are a USDA finding that farm wages have risen over 200 percent in 60 years.
Mr T B Waters formerly residing in Erlanger died after illness in Salisbury Hospital. Funeral held in Gaffney South Carolina last Sunday with attendance by Mrs C M Collins and Mrs J R Padgett and children. Mrs Waters sister of Mrs Padgett. Waters family and friends here were shocked. Mrs Waters and son Herbert visited afterward.
On Sunday afternoon at three o'clock the Baptist church will ordain five deacons. The public is invited. Dr. Ayers, pastor of First Baptist Church at Forest City, will preach the ordination sermon.
Local notes report Sue Wilson recently graduated Baylor College Telton Texas is spending the week. Mrs J B Freeman spoke at Sunday school and the close S school made a fine talk. Miss made a motor trip via Hendersonville Asheville Yadkin Mountain and Marion. W G Morgan spent the week end at Union Mills. C B Martin visited Ve T Martin I rvin returned after weeks away to her home. Misses Belle Allen Spartanburg S C and Margaret McFalls Gasconia arrived for the Carpenter Webb wedding Wednesday. Mr Beattie Prize and family moved back to be with local Baptist church. Rev Roy Water helped with church work Friday. Mr and Mrs W F Blanton moved to Forest City. Mrs J L Cooper spent a few days at Shelby hospital. Dr J S Rudisill and family left for Blowing Rock.
Dr. Rudisill will attend the meeting of the Pharmaceutical Association. Hendersonville visitors G K Moore Jr and Dan Hawkins, Spindale visitors D A Poteat and son Clarence, and other residents and guests are noted. Several extended visits occur with families in Bessemer City Gastonia Hendersonville Gaffney and Kingsport as locals entertain and travel.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy McDaniel are mentioned along with Mr LeRoy Holland. Sunday visits include J W and family, J C Toms, and T J Toms. Ruby Toms saw Ola Hunt. Forest Hunt visited Vonne Hamrick. The Holland family and a Georgia trip are noted. Toms health is briefly reported as ill.
Forest City and Mrs A C Moore Ozelle Mr B Q Moore and Mr and Mrs M R Car Sunday in Spartanburg with Moore and Mrs Carrolls broth Mr Taylor Griffin. Misses Carrie and Virginia McBrayer were weekend guests of Mise Ellie Culbreth. Mr Fred McDonald and family with Miss Ruth McDonald spent Wednesday at Chimney Rock fishing. Mrs Frank Robertson is sick at this writing.
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