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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1927
Page
2
The Cliffside News is issued weekly in connection with The Forest City Courier, sharing community items, notices, and local updates for residents and readers in Cliffside.
The Daily Vacation Bible School reports strong turnout in week three as children gathered Friday at three for a park outing with lemonade. Rev. Smith preached on Worship and God’s unchanging love. The W M U and BY P U held meetings. Miss Agries Jones will give a reading. Dr Zeno Wall invites attendance at upcoming Shelby meetings with Dr Scarborough preaching.
The Cliffside amateur team beat Chesnee 6 to 1 at Chesnee Saturday afternoon. Cliffside had nine hits to Chesnee's four, with Hughes at short for Cliffside highlighted. Next week Cliffside hosts Chesnee at Haynes Park, admission ten and twenty five cents, and the team also plays at Rutherford County Fair Grounds on July 4.
Mr and Mrs A T Robinson and Mr and Mrs J H Smith thank friends for kindness during illness and death of their daughter Joyce Irene. Grateful for the flowers and prayers. May God bless each reader. The Smiths spent last Sunday in Spartanburg.
The Cliffside Mills Store extends its great stock reduction sale through Saturday July 2 with drastic reductions. Details appear on a page ad in The Courier. A free guessing contest offers a $5 prize to the entrant closest to total customers. no purchase required. All departments open evenings until 8.
Mrs J C Hames hosted a linen shower Friday evening at Mrs Hames home for Miss Mabel Bridges daughter of Mr and Mrs D S B Bridges. Guests included Misses Carpenter Scruggs Jenkins Haynes and more from Forest City Avon Dell Chesnee and Byrd McKinney. Prizes were won and gifts opened as the Cupid aided by Miss Whitaker presented a Green and White decor theme with Queen Anns Lace and Shasta Daisies.
Local notes record visitors from Forest City Charlotte and Gastonia and family gatherings across Shelby area. An eight month old child died at 7 a.m. and was buried at the local cemetery. Various residents spend Sundays at Lake Lure Chimney Rock and Lake Junaluska. Mortgage blanks offered at office with mail order details.
Ada Hamrick, C., Alexander, Pam elia Pruett, Amanda Haynes, Willie, Alice and Coda Carpenter, Virginia and Nelle Moore, Pearl James, Eloise Pruett, Pearl Simmons and Ethlene McCraw appear in a local society notice detailing residents and associated households in the Ada area.
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