Armistice Day Plans Near Completion in Rutherfordton
Rutherfordton plans Armistice Day events on November 11 with county wide sponsorship by American Legion posts led by Freds Post No 75. Includes parade, prizes, veterans’ dinner, entertainment, aviation acts, boxing bouts, and speeches by Senator Morrison and possibly National Commander Henry Stephens. Local mills and schools may close to allow full attendance.
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Wilty Post
Forest City
County Club
Ruther» Kiwanis Club
R. E. Price
Cam 1 Morrison
Charlotte
United
Post
T. E. Keeter
Roy L. Hunter
Zora Keeter
Rutherfordton
W. L. Brown
Spurgeon Moss
S. P. Dunagan
Johnie Carnegie
F. W. H. Logan
J. H. Burwell
C. F. Glenn
Clyde A. Erwin
W. W. Nanney
F E Patton
W. H. Sultan
G. B. Yelton
F. W. Javis
R. M. Frew
C. S. Royster
A. C. Duncan
Morrison
Court House
Legion Auxilia
American Legion
Henry L. Stephens
Warsaw
N. C
Forest City papers attract attention in Summit window display
The Summit office showcases seven Forest City papers from different states including Forest City in North Carolina and Forest City in Pennsylvania. The piece notes the News in Pennsylvania and Courier in North Carolina, comparing local news such as bank failures court cases and school openings, and highlights similarities between Iowa and Pennsylvania Forest City papers.
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Forest City
Summit
Forest City News
Courier
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Couric
United States
Illinois
Maine
Missouri
South Dakota
Iowa
Thompson
Crystal Lake
British Bestow Name Tar Heel On Carolinians
By H. W. Kendall. The Guilford Courthouse battle legend is credited with giving North Carolinians the Tar Heel nickname, tied to a Tar River tale where naval stores were dumped to thwart Cornwallis. The claim blends tradition and debate over the river’s name and the lingering wartime incidents in Nash and Edgecombe counties.
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Eastern Carolina
Battle of Guilford
North Carolina
Nash
Edgecombe
Lord Cornwallis
England
Old Country
Tar Heel
Guilford Courthouse
Wilmington
His
Cornwallis
Virginia
Kinston
Halifax
Redcoats
Rocky Mount
Plan All Day Singing at Big Springs Church
Hollis, Oct 5. An all day singing is planned at Big Springs Baptist church near Hollis on Sunday October 11 starting at 10 30 am Professor Wade H Humphries from Gaffney South Carolina will help with music along with other singers from Gaffney The C N Upton quartet from Hickory the Canipe quartet of Lincolnton the Shelby Springs quartet and the New Hope quartet of Earle will attend A Marion quartet is also expected This will be the largest gathering of special singers at one church in years In other news from June 8 to September 8 a 92 day grazing period saw 26 head of steers on 11 acres of carpet grass and lespedera belonging to E E Bell of Pollocksville Jones county gain 2960 pounds.
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E. E. Bell
Pollocksville
Jones County
Tar Heels Origin Story Slips Into Slander Settlement
Narrative traces North Carolina nickname Tar Heel to tar on redcoat heels after Yorktown linked to early history. Parallel report notes Rutherfordton slander suit settlement as C E Laughridge retracts, with Jenks v Laughridge case for damages resolved. Henry Ford are noted for liking old dances but omitting the shimmy from his new car.
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Henry Ford
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Legion Posts OF County
Cameron Morrison
Nober
B. D. Wilson
Cii
K. E. Simpson
P. Dunagan
B. P. Caldwell
Clitside
F. S. Hall
S. L. Powers
E. L. Roberson
L. L. Taylor
Guy Allison
C. M. Butler
W. C. Barnes
Carrie Chapman Catt
Brough
Arkansas
Senator Robinson
Harrill & King Real Estate
Forest City, N. C
Citizens Manufacturing
Forest
H. W. Kendall
Big Springs Church
Petersburg
Yorktown
Washington
North
J. R. Jenks
Bostic
C. E. Laughridge
Superior Court
Rutherford County
Laughridge
Victoria Jenks
Claude E. Laughridge
Ruthherford County
Jenks
C. E Laughridge
The
Florence Mills, Forest
W. W. Richbourg
Forest City Feed & Fertilizer Co
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