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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1926
Page
13
The Cliffside News notes Cliffside Mills Company awards cash prizes for neatest premises. A committee inspects homes in Cliffside and Avondale starting Tuesday, grading properties and compiling winners list, with possible rechecks for ties.
Sunday school attendance rose from the prior week. Several leaders and two department superintendents resigned, W R Bierley departing for Asheville and Nora Freeman returning home to Forest City. A Model Bible Class was organized with officers, colors, motto, and aims, meeting weekly to raise the Sunday school to an Advanced Standard.
A wedding surprise to friends united Roy C. Hensley of Old Fort and Bessie Harrill of Cliffside. The ceremony occurred at the bride’s North Main street home on Saturday evening August 28, with J P R B Watkins presiding. Congratulations were extended by many friends.
We buy or sell all lands of real estate. We can get what you want or sell what you need at the right price. Sales conducted. A general real estate business. See us before you buy or sell. Cyclone Auction Forest City.
School opens September 6 with registration on September 3 and 4. Prof. B P Caldwell announces the teachers for grades 1 through 7 and the high school department led by Principal Mont Campbell. New and returning teachers are welcomed as Cliffside anticipates a bright year.
Mooresboro route 3 Aug 31 residents report a quiet period with many visits guests and family gatherings. Sidney Wall returned from Goldsboro while Ophelia Hames trained as a nurse in Shelby hospital. Pashia Byers is very ill and awaiting recovery.
Mt Pleasant area reports a big turnout at the Sulphur Springs singing convention. An all day singing is planned for Mt Pleasant on August 12 with dinners on the grounds and invites to all church choirs to join. Local residents Howard Matheny and Robert Harris of Charlotte visited family, while others traveled to Asheville and Mars Hill.
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