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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1929
Page
12
Local notes drift through Forest City with names like Ridings Byrd Tate and McDaniel among visits to Charlotte Greensboro and Atlanta. Friends travel for family gatherings and short trips. Reading pairs of residents L. J. Tucker Newberry S C and Augusta Ga. figures with mentions of dancing and a garden seed sale at Farmers Hardware Co.
A listing touts Hearts in Dixie as the first all talking singing and dancing all colored cast feature with 200 entertainers. It also promotes Redskin starring Richard Dix with colored color production as the most beautiful screen picture.
Mr H Townsend of the British General Post Office lauds American telephony ideals in a speech to the Institute of Public Administration. He cites Gifford of AT&T describing a national free service with instant, clear, inexpensive long distance calls, aiming to remove distance and border barriers to dialogue.
Arrival times for Seaboard and Clinchfield trains at Forest City published for information. Seaboard No. 109 south arrives 10 30 a m, No 21 south 12 18 p m, No 22 north 4 21 p m, No 118 south 6 15 a m, No 36 north 10 05 a m, No 35 south 5 20 p m, No 114 north 8 40 p m, Clinchuita No 87 north 10 45 a m, No 88 south 4 48 p m, No 110 north 11 20 a m.
A complete telephone exchange with a semi mechanical switchboard has been installed on Tagus Ranch near Tulare, California. The four teen stations use 185 poles 177 crossarms and four miles of copper wire, marking what is believed to be the first ranch installation of this kind in the state.
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