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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1929
Page
9
A L Johnson known as Andy Johnson, 23, formerly of Alma Mills spinning department, died Saturday morning at City Hospital after a weeklong hospitalization for pneumonia. He was a resident of Gaffney, South Carolina, and his death was reported from there.
Funeral services were held at Mount Olive Baptist church near Cowpens with Rev. D. H. Rhinehardt officiating. Burial followed with Zeno Blackwell in charge. Survivors include parents Dave and [Mrs.] Johnson of Cliffside and siblings in Chesnee Gaffney Forest City Cliffside.
Avondale grammar school ends a term with Tuesday and Friday commencement exercises. Sixth graders present plays including The Mirth provoking school room and The Gypsy Festival. Seventh graders host the program with diplomas and perfect attendance certificates awarded to thirty students. In Rutherfordton a newborn infant was found dead in a sack near a branch crossing the highway on May 16.
Miss Anna Bell Collins entertained friends at a pound party on Thursday night in Forest City R-2. Guests included Cleo and Elsie Guffey Doris Hudson Nannie Lou Eurelia Sinclair Francis Callahan Reba Moore Odessa Emma Irene Dix Etherleen McCurry Janie Smith Milburn and Graham McCurry Earl Clyde Moore Billie Kinett Arthur Colon Goode Alva Dix Willis Callahan Marvin Hudson James Willis and many others. The table was spread with cakes candy and apples.
Arrival times for Seaboard and Southern trains listed for inform ation only. Seaboard numbers 109 21 22. 10:30 a.m. 12:12 p.m. 4:91 p.m. Southern numbers 113 36 35 114. 11 a.m. 8:40 p.m. 4:48 p.m. 8:40 p.m. Clinertieta 37 88 110 listed with 10:45 a.m. 4:9 p.m. 9 a.m. arrival times. Subscribe to The Courier.
A newborn believed born alive was found drowned in a sack after heavy rains. Authorities pursued the mother with a search. three arrests reported. A skeptical observer warns of dangers as poison gas debates surface following wartime use.
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