Annual Ruth County Older Boys Conference Opens Friday
The Fifth Annual Ruth County Older Boys Conference opens with a Friday banquet at Central School. Toastmaster B. D. Flack and greetings from Rutherford Edwards open the program, with Clyde Erwin delivering the principal address. Saturday features an athletic program at Central High, a Duke University speaker Ray Carpenter, and a Sunday session with Furman’s Harry Clark.
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Centralchool
B. D
Rutherford- 1
Edwards
Flack
Clyde. Erwin
W. W. Peele
First Methodist Church
Charlotte
First Baptist Church
W. R. Eaves
Ray Carpenter
Duke University
Durham
Sturday
J. E. Berry
Spindale House
Central High School
Allen Frew
Davidton College
W. W. Nanney
Rutherfratton
J. H. Hill
Womans' Club elects Carl Huntley city librarian
A Monday meeting at City Hall elected Mrs. Falvey to preside as chair and Carl Huntley to serve as city librarian. Donations of popular fiction by Mrs. Coleman and Mrs. Barber were announced. The club also nominated officers for 1929 80 and voted a donation to send flowers to soldiers at Oteen Hospital.
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Womans’ Club
Ruth Roland Weds Ben Bard in Los Angeles
Ruth Roland, renowned for war films, marries Ben Bard in Los Angeles. Roland had left acting, built a fortune in real estate, and may return to the screen.
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Ruth Roland
Ben Bard
Los Angel
Roland
Kiwanis Hosts Local Cagers At Meeting
Forest City Kiwanis Club welcomed high school basketball coach E V Seitz and ten players at a weekly gathering. Dr A C Duncan gave a talk on supporting athletic clubs, and Fred Blanton replied for the team. The group voted to sponsor the city library with the Women’s Club.
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Forest City Kiwanis
E. V. Seitz
A. C. Duncan
Fred Blanton
Seitz
Carlisle M'Rorie Taken by Death in Rutherfordton
Carlisle M Rorie aged 23 died at home of his parents Attorney and Mrs. W C McRorie after illness of over a year. Funeral at Rutherfordton Methodist Church with Dr W Ware in charge. Survived by parents three sisters and five brothers. He attended Oak Ridge Institute 1925 26 State College Raleigh and Duke University. He worked for the State highway commission and was active in the Methodist church and Alpha Beta Rho at State College.
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Rutherfordton
Carlisle McRorie
W. C. Mc Rorie
Rutherfordton Methodist Church
W. Ware
M. F. Moores
Forest City
Hot, Springs
Ark
Richmond
Central High School
State College
Methodist Church
William Brown 58 Dies After Short Illness
William Brown, aged 58, died at his home in the Stonecutter section on Wednesday night after a brief illness. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon in Marion, with interment in Marion Cemetery. He had worked at the Stone Cutter Mill until retirement a few weeks ago, and is survived by his widow and several children.
Rutherford County Club Meeting Set in Rutherfordton
Rutherfordton March meeting of The Rutherford County Club will be at the Lan tern Tea Room opposite the courthouse Friday starting at 1 o clock. Dr W Walter Peele of Char lotte First Methodist will give the main talk on Good Citizenship and also speak at the Older Boys Conference banquet that night at Central high school. Miss Lela Morris will present musical selections during dinner. Members must RSVP by Thursday night and the public may attend with prior notice to ensure a meal plate.
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Rutherfordton
Rutherford County Club
W. Walter Peele
First Methodist Church
Char- Notte
Peele
Central High School
Lela Morris
Lahtern Tea Room
Grammar School Operetta Tuesday in Forest City
The Forest City grammar school will present an operetta titled Fairies are Really Truly on Tuesday night March 19 at 7 45 in the school auditorium. Cast includes Virginia Magness Lilah Gordon King and Ola Pearl Houser with many named attendants and fairies listed. a 10c sale of rooted ferns and rose bushes appears at D M Stahl's 10 Store.
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Forest City Grammar School
Virginia
Howard Magness
Lilah Gordon King
D. M. Stahl
City Library Receives Strong Community Support
Forest City rallies to aid the city library with energy and progress. Donations reach 300 dollars and 56 standard books as committees organize book showers and plan a youth party. Mrs Carl Huntley named librarian and will lead cataloging and planning with Women's clubs and church groups supporting subscriptions and magazines.
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Forest City
Carl Huntley
Woman’s Club
Huntley
Winthorpe College
Unusual trial opens as Joyce case moves to Trenton
Chief of Police Chas R Price and Joe Waters travel to Trenton New Jersey to testify in the federal case against William Joyce alias Walter E Morris a Woodbury New Jersey man charged with using the mails to incite murder and for employing a fictitious name The witnesses include Postal Inspector W S Brown and Paulsboro postmaster The takedown began when Price posed as Waters to secure evidence against Joyce in a staged letter scheme with federal officers assistance.
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Chas. R. Price
Joe Waters
Trenton
N. J
William Joyce
Walter E. Morris
Woodbury
United States Circuit Court
Joyce
Chief Price
Forest City
W. S. Brown
Bridgeton
Paulsboro
Post Office
Operetta The Maid and the Golden Slipper at Cool Springs High
An operetta The Maid and the Golden Slipper will be staged by Cool Springs High School students on March 22. Boys and girls from all township schools will participate in the evening performance.
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Maid and the Golden Slipper
Cool Springs High School
Foreign business leader to open Forest City store
Popular merchant plans a new department store in Forest City after closing Sinkoe stock. The move follows the liquidation and signals renewed local commerce led by the regional businessman.
Sinkoe’s closing out sale. Stein to open store here
Sinkoe's Department Store quits Forest City to focus on stock buying and reduce stores. A giant going out of business sale starts Friday with reworked stock and many sales staff. Lee Stein, manager, will stay and run Stein's Department Store after the sale, renovating the building.
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Sinkoe
MR. Stein
Sig
Lee Stein
Sinkoe’s Department
Forest City
Sinkee's
Sinkee
Courier
Sinkee’s
Stein's Department Store
Sunday School Training Course Opens March Seventeen
The Rutherford county standard training school for Sunday school leaders opens March 17 at 3 p.m. in the Alexander public school building and runs through March 22. It targets Methodist workers but welcomes any church workers. Courses include general subjects The Spirit and Genius of Methodism and Worship led by Rev W A Newell and F M Williamson. Specialization courses are Primary Pupil and Beginner Lesson Materials and Methods taught by Mrs W L Watson and Mrs C V Woosley under the direction of C V Woosley. Certifications awarded for completed work. past year 71 units awarded. this year officials hope for over 100 units.
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Rutherford County
Alexander
W. A. Newell
Gastonia
F. M. Williamson
Methodist Church
Florida
W. L. Watson
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
High Point
C. V. Woosley
North Carolina
Death Claims Alexander Woman Lissie Skelton
Mrs Lissie Skelton of Alexander died Friday at 7 10 PM after pneumonia. Funeral was held Sunday in Hartwell Georgia at Sardis Baptist Church with burial in Sardis Cemetery. She was a Hartwell native who lived with daughter Mrs Dillishaw for about 15 years. Survived by one daughter, three brothers, two sisters. Her body shipped to Hartwell for burial. She was a longtime member of Hartwell Church and valued mother to many in the village.
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Lissie Skelton
J. N. Dillishaw
Alexander
Hartwell, Ga
Sardis Baptist Church
Sardis Church
Airs. Skelton
Hartwell
Dillishaw
H. W. McCullough
South Carolina
Sam Dillard
Elberton
Stein Noted as Leading Figure in City and County
The passage portrays Mr. Stein as a prominent broker of progress in the city and county, active in movements for advancement and generous in support of worthy causes. It notes his recent completion of a handsome home on Arlington street and mentions his wife and two children.
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Stein
Arlington Street
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Furman Univers
Ecco
Soys
AIL
Coat Troops
Athletics Associations
Heath
Carl Huntley City Librarian
Farmers Hardware Co
Cool Springs
Kiwanis Club
John Dalton
Sub
Carlisle
William Brown
Dotty
Eugenia Harrill
Teddy
Ted Huntley
Ola Pearl Houser
Helen Caldwell
James Pruette
Billy Harrill
Ernest Robinson, Jr
Thomas Byrd
Charles Moore
James Moore
Boyd Early
Forrest Long
George A. Leathers
Frances Dorsey
Irene Greene
Rena Gordon
Margaret Bell
Sara Hamrick
Virginia Hill
Florence Walker
Eleanor White
Kathryn King
Statha Gilliam
Marjorie Philbeck
Treva Lawrance
Madelyne Scruggs
Gladys Reinhardt
Pauline McMurry
Ruth Harrill
Frances Digh
Ruby Price
Madge Watkins
Mary Lonie Hardin
Mary Sue Hamrick
Bernice Dorsey
Irene Monteith
Virginia Searcy
Modine Montieth
Lois Harrill
Henrietta Price
Agnes Price
Gloria Price
Madge Allen
Nancy Freeman
Madge Whisnant
Frances Gillespie
Elizabeth Harrill
Geraldine Horn
Trilby Hewitt
M. W. Harris
Ellen
Max Duncan
David Gillespie
Howard Carpenter
Sevil Horn
Loran Edington, Jr
Robert McFadden, Jr
Thomas Moore
Billy Gibson
Teal Davis
Kathryn Blanton
Nell Abernethy
Virginia Morris
Marguerite Bodie
Gladys Allen
Elizabeth Sanders
Mabel Sanders
Lavinia Haynes
Myrtle Morrow
Lillian White
Rowell Hamrick
Garnet Doggett
City Library
C. R. Price
Joe Laters
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