Mothers Day Observances Across Forest City Churches
Next Sunday, Mothers Day, churches across Forest City and county plan special services. Congregations are asked to wear a rose or carnation, white for deceased mothers and red for living. The Presbyterian, Methodist, and First Baptist churches schedule sermons and music, with the Junior Epworth League leading Sunday school opening.
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Mother
Forest City
G. R. Gillespie
Presbyterian Church
M. F. Moores
Methodist Church
Junior Epworth League
First Baptist Church
Dictionary Swallowing Gag Leaves Tim Silent
A joke notes Tim swallowed a dictionary and cannot speak, as friends try to learn what happened. The punchline lands on the image of being unable to get a word out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Jidja
Tim
Paying for Fun An Irishman Before a Judge
A man faced charges for beating his wife and the judge set a fine of exactly $2.20. The Irish defendant asked about the extra 20 cents, and the judge explained it was the federal tax on amusements.
Golden Valley church services mark rainy day in May
At First Broad Baptist Golden Valley the crowd gathered for services led by Prof Clyde A Erwin with graves decorated and flowers abundant despite rain. Miss Eva Propes and Mrs Nolia Jackson visited relatives. Rev K N Snipes announced future sermons. Local plays entertained guests before bad roads kept many away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bostic
First Broad Baptist Church
Clyde A. Erwin
Eva Propes
H. M. Propes
Nolia Jackson
Cliffside
H. E. White
Myrle Hunt
Edly Hunt
K. N. Snipes
Golden Valley
Stanley McCurry
Odell Campfield
Mary Melton
Clyde Morrow
Ola White
Fred "Morrow
Claude Anderson
Probable Price of Cotton Next Fall
County Agent F. E. Patton released a table compiled by the Cooperative Extension Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It shows how acreage reduction and a 157 pound per acre yield, the ten year average, would influence likely production and farm price next fall.
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Coton
F. E. Patton
Co-operative Extension Department
U. S. Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Bethany News Highlights Community Ties and Memorial
Forest City R-2 May 3 notes crop planting underway and a memorial service in Bethany attended by a large crowd. Local families, B Y P U participants from Forest City and Canton trip reports, plus visits, births, and social notes fill the page with community life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethany
Mary Toms
Grace Lewis
Nellie Sherrill
Lester Toms
Howard Sherrill
Canton
Mary McDade
Nell
Raleigh Hardin
Blacksburg
S. C
M. L. Morrow
Zelmar Sherrill
Annie Daniels
Dance Proposal Between Friends Sparks Uneasy Pact
A playful exchange in a social scene asks a woman to accompany a good looking man to a dance. She responds with cautious curiosity, seeking confirmation of a suitable companion before agreeing to attend.
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Albert T. Reid
Bethany News
R-2
Mr. Grose
Ter
J. P. Toms
Sim
Memorial
Concord
C. S. Duncan
Helen Duncan
Spindale
Nannie Lee Selvey
Carl Hamrick
J. F. Daniels
Messrs
Reid Carroll
Frank Daniels
J.P. Toms, Jr
Willie
Sinkoe
Sinkoe’s
Dixie Knine
Riverside
Peter
Sinkoe’ S Dept
Forest City, N. C
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