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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1925
Page
8
The Cliffside News, weekly publication in Forest City Courier, lists Clyde A. Roach, Una Edwards, and editors as associates and the editor respectively.
On May 7 1925 Avondale Methodist church announces a joint Mother's Day service with Cliffside M E church next Sunday at 11 00 a m Rev M W Heckard will deliver a sermon titled Mother music will accompany the service Attend and honor God's gift to you Mother.
Mr. George Jones died suddenly at his home last Friday night. He resided near Prospect church and was well known in the area. He was laid to rest in Prospect cemetery on Sunday afternoon. Miss Nell Hart spent the weekend at Lenoir.
Rehearsals have started for the senior play Aaron Slick From Pumpkin Crick a clean rural comedy promised to be the best ever. Clyde R. Hoey will deliver the commencement address Friday night during graduation exercises on November 25. Rev W W Akers of Lincoln ton will preach the baccalaureate May 24 at 11 00. Supt Clyde A Erwin and Prof Charles C Erwin visited Asheville to interview prospective teachers at the Asheville Normal school.
Revs. W. T. Tate of Caroleen Chas H Stevens and B E Roach attended the Bible Conference at Spartanburg last Friday afternoon and evening and heard Dr J Campbell Morgan the world famous English Bible scholar.
Miss Grace Bland and Mattie Black recently underwent operations at Shelby Hospital and are back home. M C Blanton has been ill since Sunday but is improving. James Blanton of Shelby spent the weekend with family. Louis Humphries returned home near Gaffney after days with Dr. and Mrs. Rudisill. Junior Order members attended a district meeting in Shelby with good reports. Various locals including Annie Hall, Anabelle Logan, Dorcas Biggerstaff, T B Bland Jr and Jonas Waters were seen about town. Several visitors from Spartanburg, Rutherfordton, Alexander and Opelika were noted, along with travels to Rutherford College and Charlotte.
Avondale May 5 A series of revival meetings led by Pastor Rev Heckard continues for two weeks at the Methodist church with services nightly. Mother's Day will be observed Sunday morning with a special sermon on the word Mother. Mrs McArthur and her daughter Dorothy Edward of Louisville visit Rev and Mrs W B Jenkins. Miss Gladys Waldrop guests of Rutherfordton parents.
Oak Grove R-2 held commencement exercises on Friday with a play and a post program speech by Rev. Huston. The seventh grade diplomas were presented by R. E. Price. A Friday ball game on Oak Grove ground ended 15 to 4 in favor of Oak Grove against Pinehurst. Local residents including Miss Eugenia Randall, Mrs. Alice Dobbins, and the Randalls' family were noted in social visits and travel to Rutherfordton, Forest City, and nearby towns.
The New Hope section reports visitors Sunday at the home of Mr T E Randall and Mr G C Nanney of Boiling Springs. Miss Geneva Harrill of Spindale spent time with Misses Eugenia and Pearl Randall. Oak Grove played Pinehurst Saturday afternoon, a tight game with Pinehurst winning 10 to 7. Mr and Mrs Z E Dobbins spent Saturday night with Mr and Mrs S T Green.
Memorial service announced for Ade ville next Sunday morning. E L and A H Moore of Hampton Virginia visited their parents A C Moore and attended services at Pleasant Grove Saturday and Sunday. J S Crow and family also attended Memorial at Bethany Sunday.
Churches increasingly schedule Memorial services on weekdays. The Baptist Association meeting at High Schools last October spurred protest against Sunday services. proponents hope all denominations will move services to weekdays to prevent Sunday schools from demoralization and missed sermons during May to summer due to dinners and travel.
Poem celebrates spring with birds singing and gentle nature imagery. It imagines fairies, dew, buds, and a warm earth, suggesting God’s renewal and a universal gratitude. The piece contrasts winter’s nap with blossoming earth and calls readers to recognize divine love in creation.
A fragmentary verse scene conjures a night of moonlight and revelry. It evokes a crowded, dreamlike atmosphere with white mule, good old crow, and a lark after a crowd moves beneath the moon. The speaker longs for personal time away from his wife and home, seeking brief escape.
Memorial services were held at Bethany church last Sunday with a large crowd. Mr and Mrs Raleigh Hardin and family of Blacksburg S C attended the memorial at Pleasant Grove and Bethany. Van Rogers of Charlotte and Miss Claire Holtzclaw of Canton visited Sherrill family and attended Bethany services. Louise and Blanch Womack stayed with Aunt Nannie Harrill and Aletha McDade visited her aunt and attended Bethany memorials.
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