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Newspaper

Forest City Courier

Location

Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 29, 1930

Page

9

Young Ellenboro Woman Dead

Ellenboro May 26 The death of Miss Lucy A Wright 27 after eight months illness of tuberculosis shocked the town Funeral services were held from Bethel Baptist church Ellenboro Thursday at 430 pm Rev I D Harvill officiating Interment Bethel church cemetery She was a daughter of Mr and Mrs J D Wright Survived by parents two brothers and one sister Miss Maude Wright all of Ellenboro Pallbearers named The floral offering carried by several young women Miss Wright long active in Ellenboro Presbyterian church and Sunday school and a devoted B Y P U member at Bethel Baptist church Also noted a humorous classroom exchange about parents teamwork.

Ellenboro Lucy A. Wright Bethel Baptist Church I. D. Harvill Bethel Church Miss Wright J. D. Wright Maude Wright Grady Hamrick Ewart Burns Frank Hamrick Yates Martin Rex Long Emmett Hamrick George Hand Fay Daves Kathleen Grace Turner Sarah Ruby Inez Harrill Pauline Wright Margaret McKinney Josephine Ellett Mae Ellen Hamrick Janie Tedder Nell Culbreth

Colfax Fair Approved To Return This Fall

Colfax Chamber of Commerce and the school agriculture department plan a three day fair with community homecoming and high school days. Prominent speakers include J F Beam D R Coffield Rev W R Rourk Fred Harrill and M C Hirill. Officers are A B Bushong president J E Beam vice president M E Bridges second vice president Curtis Price secretary Bettie Green treasurer Fred Harrill publicity manager. Hamrick string band provided music to a large crowd at Ellenboro meeting.

Ellenboro Chamber of Commerce J. F Beam D. R. Coffield W. R. Rourk Fred Harrill M. C. Hirill Agriculture Department The Fair Association A. B. Bushong J. E. Beam M. E. Bridges Curtis Price

Green River Association to Hold Special Fifth Sunday Meeting

Green Hill hosts the Green River Baptist Association on June 29 for an all day program. Rev. B P White speaks on geography, Rev J A Brendell on church membership, Rev A G Sorrells on articles of faith, Rev C C Grogan on church and Sunday school, Prof W E Sweatt on orphanages and duty, Rev G P Horn on relation of churches to the association, and Rev Chas B Trammel on relation to the state convention.

Green Hill Green Hill Church Green River Baptist Association Green River Association B. P. White J. A. Brendell A. G. Sorrells C. C. Grogan H. C. Culbreth W. E. Sweatt the Alexander Schools, Inc Association G. P. Horn Chas. B

Death claims Mrs. M. W. Head at Melvin Hill community

Mrs. Margaret Westbrook Head, 69, died May 19 at her daughter’s home after a week of paralysis. Funeral at Melvin Hill Brethren Church with Rev. Reid and Rev. West. interment in churchyard. Survived by six children including Dr. W. T. Head and Mrs. A. C. Gilbert. husband Is. E. Head died a year ago. Twenty grandchildren and several siblings also listed.

Melvin Hill Margaret Westbrook Head W. H. Gilbert Church of the Brethern W. A. Reid Schoolfield J. K. West Spindale F. C Land M. C. Westbrook Chesnee S. C Thomas Westbrook Glensdale N. C Retta Kimbrell Henrietta S. P. Jones R-2 Flick Thrner Virdenda Cantrell Fingerville 8. C Rel

Outdoor Good Manners in the Woods and Parks

A call to campers and hikers to leave areas as found, preserve wildflowers and trees, and extinguish fires. Encourage clean campsites and responsible recreation to keep America the Beautiful.

America

Trustee's Sale of Land in Rutherford County NC

Public auction to the highest bidder at the Rutherfordton court house door on June 16 1930 at noon for a lot described by metes and bounds on McFee Street in Rutherfordton North Carolina. The sale enforces a $3000 deed of trust against Henry C McFee and Bertie Edna McFee and is conducted by the named trustee.

Henry C. McFee Bertie Edna McFee Rutherford County North Carolina Court House Rutherfordton Rutherford S. P. Dunagan K. J. Carpenter J. C. Twitty Kiwanis County Club

Cystex 48 Hour Test Ad From Peoples Drug Store

An old fashioned drug store advertisement promotes Cystex for bladder irritation with claims of quick relief and a money back guarantee. It emphasizes sleep disruption backache leg pains and fatigue and offers the product at 60 cents with a shopping location listed.

Peoples Drug Store

Peanut energy claim sparks term peanut head origin

A psychologist states half a peanut fuels half an hour of hard thinking, prompting a lighthearted note on the origin of the phrase peanut head.

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Lucy Wright James Colfax Fair Green River Baptist Association Meeting Hartford Fire Insurance Company Forest City M. W. Head J. F. Caldwell A. C. Hines Luther Horn A. D. Cantrell J. Hj. Cantrell W. D. Westbrook Reva Pauline Westbrook Mary Gladys Cantrell Velma Steadman Juliette Gilbert Bessie Henderson Hettie Hannon Head Office of the Register of Deeds National Bank of High Point R. R. Blanton Cgoulvney Want Sandy Music Caroleen Avondale Shiloh School Holly Springs Broad River Church Harris Station Tanner’s Grove Alexander Mill Hopewell Hollis Washburn’s Bostic J. D. Logan Cane Creek Ruth Uly Gilkey Union Mills Hampton’s Chimney Rock Ledbetter White House Twitty Ford Union School Hall l Pidiuilt Drug Co Cliffside
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