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Newspaper

Forest City Courier

Location

Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Oct 21, 1926

Page

8

Sandy Run Baptist Association Holds Notable Session

The thirty-seventh annual Sandy Run Baptist Association met October 6 and 7 at Walls Baptist Church with 49 of 51 churches sending delegates. Rev. C C Matheny was re elected moderator and G B Pruett clerk while S C Gettys was elected treasurer. The meeting approved Boiling Springs High School becoming a Junior College starting next year. Leaders from state Baptist groups attended and spoke on missions education and orphanage work. Next session will be at Holly Springs near Hartis.

Sandy Run Boiling Springs High School Kings Mountain Gastonia Boiling Springs Chas, E. Maddry Raleigh Baptist State Mission Board W. R. Beach The Biblical Recorder M. L. Kestler Thomasville Baptist Huggins State Baptist Education Board Kestler Kings Mountain Association Green River Association T. T. Long Atlanta R. N. Childress Caroleen Holly Springs Hartis

B Y P U of Sulphur Springs Seeks New Members

Sulphur Springs Forest City Route 1 reports that the B Y P U met Sunday night at 7 with a good program and a call to join and bring a friend. Nearby visits include Mr and Mrs J I Wall and Mr and Mrs Jim Goforth with S A Bland and W M Hopper families, plus attendees at Caroleen Baptist church singing and local family visits. A newborn daughter arrived Sunday to Otto Hopper. Local residents, including Henson and Hopper families, shared Sunday visits and weekend travel to Spartanburg.

Forest City Route 1 B. Y. P. U. of Sulphur John Reid Thomas Hicks W. M. Hopper Caroleen Baptist Church Samuel Henson Lake Lure Pink Hardin Otto Hopper T. C. Matheny S. P. Greene Cliffside W. B. Bland Myrtle Ruby Annette Hopper Mae Miller Bessie Henson Joyce Bland Pauline Cole Ruby Robbins A. L. Henson

Caroleen B Y P U Elects New Officers

Caroleen Oct. 18 The Caroleen B Y P U met for a social hour and business meeting Friday evening in the dining room of the church. The pastor Rev R N Childress presided. New officers were elected: Everett Hawkins president Ruth Piercy vice president Faye Allen secretary Verna Hawkins treasurer Mary Lou Francis corresponding secretary Kenneth Dobbins chorister Estelle Hawkins pianist Eulas Hawkins librarian Ella Lynch Bible Reader's Leader Margaret group captain No 1 Eunice Melton group captain No 2. During social hour games were played and refreshments served cocoa and cake.

Caroleen Caroleen B. Y. P. U R. N. Childress Everett Hawkins Ruth Piercy Faye Allen Verna Hawkins Mary Lou Francis Kenneth Dobbins Estelle Hawkins Eulas Hawkins Ella| Lynch Margaret Lynch Eunice Melton

Mr W T Toms Dies at Lattimore

W T Toms 75 died at home in Lattimore on Tuesday afternoon October 12 after a yearlong illness of paralysis. A Rutherford County native, he spent most of his life in Duncan's Creek Township and was a longtime member of Lattimore Baptist Church. Funeral was held Wednesday at 2 pm with ministers L M Harrill Zeno Wall Rush Padgett and J C Gillespie officiating. He married Katie Palmer and they had ten children, eight surviving, plus a wife, sister I H Weeks, 16 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Granddaughters Wilbur McBrayer and Maude Grose of Forest City are noted.

Lattimore W. T. Toms Rutherford County Duncan's Creek Township Lattimore Baptist Church IL. D. Harrill Zeno Wall Rush Padgett J. C. Gillespie Katie Palmer Polkville R. V. Toms Shelby Water and Light Plants W. V. Toms Charlotte J. P. Toms Eastside Mill C. C. Toms John M. Best Furniture Company Shelby L. C. ‘Toms Shelby Ice and Fuel Company J. H. Toms Consolidated ‘Textile Corporation Joe Jones Katie Toms First National Bank I. H. Weeks Marion Wilbur McBrayer Maude Grose Forest City Mr. Toms

Things You Should Know About Walking For Health

Practical health note urges walking over sitting to improve nimbleness and overall fitness. Outdoor walks on varied terrain praised as superior to vehicle travel, with emphasis on using all body parts and avoiding sedentary behavior.

P T A in Bostic Plans Monthly School Programs

Bostic October 18 The P T A met in call session October 14 with strong attendance from parents and teachers. They proposed monthly school programs and a study plan focusing on Katherine Booth Clibborn's Our Children to address playground and classroom needs. The group aims to unite parents and teachers, support children, and encourage well doing, while focusing on a healthy vigorous school serving the public.

Bostic Parent- Teachers Association of Katherine Booth Clibborn P.T.A

Ellenboro Vocational Students Build for School and Plan Halloween

Ellenboro news reports agriscience students under their teacher built three library tables twelve science lab stools and twenty four ag class chairs in the school shop. Boys receive two 90 minute shop periods weekly and learn home repairs. Plans for a Halloween show on October 29 are underway in the auditorium. County agent vaccinated forty four hogs from Pasquotank farmers to avert cholera, valued at five hundred dollars.

Ellenboro Ellenboro School Pasquotank County

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