Sam Flack Best White Wyandotte Flock In State
Sam Flack keeps 165 White Wyandotte hens in Cool Springs Township and earned 1.71 per hen during January to May. D. H. Sutton praises the flock as the best in North Carolina, with numerous prizes and rising egg demand from hatcheries. Flack uses NC Experiment Station feed formula, keeping records and culling regularly. He plans to show birds at fairs this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Flack
Cool Springs
D. H. Sutton
Mr. Flack
State Department of Agriculture
Concert Artist Ruth Rankin to Perform in Forest City
Miss Ruth Rankin, a leading South concert artist, will give a recital at Forest City high school auditorium on Tuesday September 13. The event, sponsored by the local music club, follows her early study at Scarritt Morsville and Winthrop with high honors in 1925. She represented the South Atlantic states in Portland and won a $1000 scholarship in New York, studying with Madame Olga Samanoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Rankin
Forest City
Rankin
South
Scarritt-Morrisville College
Winthrop
South Atlantic
Portland
Oregon
New York City
Olga Samanoff
Henrietta News of Late Interest
Local items note mathe matics teacher Minnie Lee Fagan moving to Brevard High School. Rev J W Clegg promotes The Word of Life publication. Families visit relatives in Reidsville and Greensboro. Accidents near Henrietta bridge and Broad River curve prompt railing discussion. Walter Fanning ill in Asheville. friends express concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courien de Henrietta
Minnie Lee Fagan
Brevard
J. W. Clegg
Word of Life
Greensboro
Ford
Broad River Bridge
Centennial tribute for Miss Rankin’s musical achievements
Miss Rankin received a set of Beethoven Sonatas as a centennial celebration gift for her musical accomplishments. She won the Juilliard Foundation scholarship contest for the third year in a row and plans to return late September to resume studies with Madam Samanoff. Despite her success, listeners this summer say she is modest and unassuming, finding joy in sharing music with others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juilliard Foundation
Madam Samanoff
Rutherford County Epworth League Meet Draws 124
The Rutherford County Epworth League Convention met Friday at a Methodist church auditorium, with 124 members present. Dr. Ashley Chappell of Asheville delivered the keynote on "The Ideal Man or Woman," as Byron Carson presided and Clarence Griffin kept the roll. Linings included songs, violin by A. M. Glickman, and remarks by Rev. M. F. Moores. banners for Salem and Pleasant Grove were awarded for attendance and efficiency. Rev. W. A. Barber spoke on League leadership during the business session. The meeting closed with the hymn Take the Name of Jesus With You and Benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutherford County
Epworth League Convention
Ashley Chappell
Central Methodist Church
Asheville
Epworth Leaguers
Byron Carson
Clarence Griffin
G. B. Howard
T. C. Jordan
A. M. Glickman
R. W. Minish
M. F. Moores
Forest City Church
Chappell
Epworth League
W. A. Barber
High Point
Epworth
Jesus
I M U Circle Holds September Meeting
The Alda Grayson circle of the W M U met at Mrs. B T Hawkins home in Caroleen on Monday evening September 5. President Mrs Waldo Lynch opened with a prayer. The Royal Service program on Our Habits featured readings and discussions led by Mrs C C Higgins. Next meeting will be with Mrs Marlow Hawkins on the first Monday evening next month. Attendees included Mrs Areilla Lynch Mrs Waldo Lynch Mrs C E Sparks Mrs T C Smith Mrs B T Hawkins Misses Othello Ferree Margaret Ora Smart Ethel Ebron Ella Lynch Matilda Ruby Hawkins and Miss Zenobia Neal who leaves for Asheville. Also noting local visits from Mr and Mrs Jake Hill and family of Kings Mountain and Alva Lockman heading to Maryville Tenn. Mr A F Mitchell and family returned home after mountain trip. Several families spent Sunday in Asheville visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier
Caroleen
Alda Grayson
B. T. Hawkins
Waldo Lynch
Ora Smart
C. C. Higgins
Marlow Hawkins
Areilla Lynch
C. E. Sparks
T. C. Smith
Othello Ferree
Jake Hill
Kings Mountain
Zenobia Neal
Asheville
Alva Lockman
Maryville
Tenn
A. F. Mitchell
J. J. Webb
B. A. Hamrick
Tragedy Tells Of James Wilkie Drowning At Lake Lyre
James Wilkie, 19, son of Mr and Mrs Ladd Wilkie of Rutherfordton, was found drowned after a canoe accident at Boulder Inlet on Lake Lyre. Glenn Wilkie, his cousin from Gaffney, S C, was jailed on a charge of attempting to steal the outboard motor. the two had reportedly shifted seats when the canoe capsized. Funeral services were held at the Rutherfordton home with burial at Mountain View Cemetery. surviving are his parents four sisters and one brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin
J. A. Allen
R. L. Hovis
Rutherford County
Glenn Wilkie
Gaffney
S. C
Rutherford
James Wilkie
South Carolina
Boulder Inlet
C. C. Hardin
James
Glenn
Bond
Rutherfordton
W. R. Ware
Graham
Calvin Hardin
George Crawford Whisnant
T. Wilkie, Jr
J. B. Wilkie, Jr
Robert Scoggins
Jessie Lane
Two New Stores Opened in Local Market Row
Mr J L Swink of Woodruff opens a grocery and meat market at Main and Mill Streets with his family in King Street rooms. He has long worked with his father in the business. A Green ville, S C merchant plans a Dixie Mercantiles dry goods outfit in the bank building near Peoples Drug Store around Sept 15. Jack's Coffee Shoppe debuts beside the post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Swink
Woodruff
8. C
Main
Mill Streets
Swink
Smith Apartments
King Street
W. H. McKinney
Greenville
S. C
Bank
Proceedings of Superior Court at Rutherfordton
The Rutherfordton civil court heard and disposed of cases including J P Holbert versus Robert L Reinhardt with $100 verdict and costs, Monroe Hardware versus C Holland and others with $918.58 plus interest, and other judgments ranging from $69.38 to $3,000. The term covered land sales, deed of trust actions, and a will contest involving J P Keeter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutherfordton
Monroe Hardware Company
C. Holland
S. E. Carroll
J. E. Edwards
T. C. Holland
Carroll
Nere
Goodman
W. C. McRorie
P. W. Eskridge
W. L. Silvers
W. E. Spikes
Sara Wilkins
Clara
Geer
Tory
Supreme Court
R. F. Tate
Southern Railway
H. A. Dotson
Cliffside Motor Company
Ed Callahan
A. W. Matheney
J. W. Matheney
J. P. Keeter
Caractors
M. A. Cowan
Aces Auurer Doma. Gamer
Cool Springs Schools Opened in Splendid Order
The Cool Springs Township Schools began the 1927 28 session in a splendid manner. Pupils entered promptly and classes started within fifteen minutes. First day schedules ran on a thirty minute cycle. Enrollments reached Forest City Grammar 700, Alexander Grammar 227, Bostic over 100, Mt. Pleasant over 100, Pleasant Grove 30, and the high school 290. The senior class last year posted a strong record across departments in North Carolina. A vocational class in typewriting and shorthand for town residents will meet at 1 00 p m with fees of 3 00 monthly or 1 50 for a single course, starting September 19 if at least ten sign up. See Mr. Charles C. Erwin or J. W. Eaks. Mrs A W Falvey and Miss Mary Crowell were shopping in Charlotte Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cool Springs Township
Forest City
Alexander Grammar School
Bostic
Mt. Pleasant
Pleasant Grove
Cool Springs
North Carolina
Charles C. Erwin
J. W. Eaks
Wesleyan Church Names New Pastor for Forest City
Rev. Allen F. Connor will lead Forest City Wesleyan Methodist Church after accepting the call. Native of McDowell County, he comes from Lincoln County with thirteen years of pastoral and evangelist experience. He studied at Central Wesleyan College in South Carolina and will relocate his family soon. A. A. Cowan notes a judgment in favor of Jim Williams against Clement-Dunavant Co. for $1473.78 in a compromise damaz? suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen F. Connor
Forest City
Divine
A. A. Cowan
Jim Williams
Clement-Dunavant Co
Damaz
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Henrietta
S. J. Asbury
Chimney Rock
J. P. Hornbuckle
J. D. Mauney
Adam Price
Sandy Mushc
Robert E. Haynes
V. V. Fortune
Hot Springs
Ark
J. Austin Turner, Jr
Mary Sue Turner
Spartanburg, S. C
J. M. Hamrick
Lois Whisnant
Mildred Moores
Greensboro College For ‘Women At
Isaac Lowery
Avondale
Henrietta Bridge
Rutherford Hospital
W. L. Smith
W. H. Fanning
Walter Fanning
County League
Dr. Chappell
Salem
I. M.U. Circle
Alda Grayson Missionary Society
Lake Lyre
Jack
New Wesleyan
A. F. Connor
Alton Davis
Bostle Brick Company
A. W. Falvey
Mary Crowell
Charlotte
Wesleyan Church
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Lincoln County
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