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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1930
Page
14
The Cliffside News notes Memorial Day misstatement and outlines upcoming church events. Rev. J Allen Hunni and Dr S E Welchel preached this Sunday while Dr Welchel and family attended. Memorial services are planned and Truett union posted 99 percent attendance. Next Sunday features baccalaureate preaching by Dr Combs with local graduates and choir participation.
Mrs Margaret Moore died Wednesday of last week at her home near Race Path at age 85. She married at 15 and lived through the Civil War with her husband. Funeral held Thursday at Oak Grove M E church led by Rev J M Goode of Boiling Springs. Pallbearers included L C DeBrule Thomas Moore Slato Clyde Moore. Flowers carried by Dears L C DeBrule Ruby DeBrule J L Causby Martha M Moore. Cliffside Mills undertakers handled arrangements.
Community notices recap a Friday night music recital at the school auditorium with Miss Beulah Heafner students, hospital updates include Dr G Oren Moss transfusion relief, and several local residents recovering from surgeries and illnesses. The seventh district social scene covers picnics, church gatherings, and decorations plans as commencements approach.
Mrs Dow Wilkie died at her home near Chesnee on the North Carolina side of the line in Sulphur Springs Township. The funeral was held Thursday afternoon at Oaks Grove Methodist church near Caroleen, with Rev D H Rhinehardt officiating. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers included J N Biggerstaff Joe Randall Earl Biggerstaff Cletus Biggerstaff Joe Biggerstaff and Tom Biggerstaff.
Recitation and declamation contests are set for Thursday at the school auditorium. Commencement exercises occur except the baccalaureate sermon at the Baptist church next Sunday evening. Friday hosts seventh grade graduation, Saturday features the senior play College Hobo with Helen Thompson coaching. Sunday sees the baccalaureate sermon by Dr Combs at Myers Park church. Monday presents class day exercises. The class comprises eleven girls and eleven boys.
Miss Julian Mae Jolley age thirteen died Friday morning at five at her grandparents home in Fairview where she lived with her mother. She had been ill for months. Funeral services were held Sunday at Mt Pleasant Baptist Church led by Rev E P White. Hightower and Matheney undertakers were in charge.
Memorial services are planned for Saturday afternoon May 24 in Holly Springs. Residents are asked to attend and help clean the cemetery and church yard on Thursday afternoon. Mrs Samantha Cole is improved after illness. Local attendance noted at a Shiloh service. various residents visited family and attended services, with several visits and social calls around Memorial Day events.
State college entomologist H Brannon notes Mexican bean beetle now statewide threatens home garden beans. He advises magnesium arsenate spray applied to leaf undersides, beginning at first beetle sighting, with weekly to ten day intervals, two to four sprays, and stopping as pods form.
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