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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1930
Page
1
City hall meeting outlines Armistice Day events for November 11 with bands, ex servicemen registration, street parade, lunch for ex soldiers, football, stunts, and street dance. Prizes total 75 dollars for floats and athletics. luncheon for ex servicemen only. future meetings set weekly.
Raleigh reports Governor Gardner paroled E. C. Hilton from the Roxboro state prison camp and 16 other inmates. The governor praised Hilton for courage and noted Hilton aided in uncovering the July break by observing the escaping convict in the cell block. The parole affected 71 inmates in total, including Ibert Moore with a one year sentence for assault with a deadly weapon in Rutherford County.
A government monument was placed Saturday at Lieut Thomas McCullough's grave in Brittain Presbyterian cemetery. McCullough, a Virginia Riflemen officer, died after Kings Mountain in 1780 and was buried there. Clarence Griffin funded the marker, Vermont granite bears his name and Revolutionary Soldier inscription. Griffin has applied for 500 markers for Rutherford county graves, including Confederate veterans, under a new act allowing monuments for both Confederate and other soldiers.
Ex servicemen are urged to tune in Friday from 9 to 9 30 PM for the American Legion program broadcast on a national Columbia network. Commander Johnson of Mooresville NC will speak. Also, Mr and Mrs Clarence P Parks welcomed a seven and half pound son born Tuesday.
Hon Clyde R Hoey of Shelby North Carolina will speak at the Cool Springs high school building Friday evening October 31 at 730 oclock The event marks the close of Rutherford County Democratic campaign Hoey renowned as a speaker will outline campaign issues and voters are invited to hear him.
Presbyterian minister Dr. John S. Wood reports a chance reunion at the International Road Congress visit. Wood, a Barnsley native, identified a Wakefield delegate as a former neighbor from his English hometown. The meeting occurred Thursday with the enthusiastic depiction of the delegates' arrival.
Rutherford County Democratic chairman Stover P. Dunagan lists speaking engagements and rallies across multiple towns in October. Notable speakers include Zebulon Weaver, Felix Alley, J. W. Pless, C. Ridings, Clyde Hoey, and others with events in Ellenboro Harris School Caroleen Gilkey Hollis Mt. Vernon Bostic Henrietta Avondale Union Mills Forest City and times set for 7 30 p m.
Paxton Hall Jr aged died at his home after a three month illness in Forest City He had run the Hall Rudisill Drug Company with J S Rudisill since 1921 Survivors include his widow Winfred Hall a son Stanley Hall and five siblings Services were held at First Baptist church after a Presbyterian service due to capacity with Rev George Gillespie Rev W A Ayers Rev M F Moores and Rev W C Rourke officiating A violin solo by A M Glickman and organ by Mrs Arval Alcock accompanied the service
Dr J M Haymore of Atlanta leads a 21 day evangelistic revival at First Baptist Forest City. Over 30 conversions, many joins, and hundreds rededicate. A Sunday invitation drew 30 to 40 youths to pursue Christian commitment with mothers assisting the church acceptance.
Voters urged to register by Saturday night to vote in November 4 elections. Democrats who did not register before must act now, while those already registered in the primary may not need to re register if not removed from precinct or township rolls. Urge all eligible in the family to register and vote.
The Rutherford County Dental Society met in Cliffside at Haynes Memorial Building on October 14 with a well attended dinner. Dr J W McDaniel presented a paper on anesthetics and committees were named for the First Districtal Society meeting at Iso Thermal hotel in Rutherfordton on November 19 and 20.
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