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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1929
Page
11
On Thursday September 12 1928 readers express belief that playing fair is better than winning dirty. They praise football for physical and mental hardiness and admire the man who bears hard knocks without whimpering, endorsing Coach Seitz's educational leadership.
The South Mountain Industrial Institute located eighteen miles north of Bostic opened its eleventh session Monday morning with fifty students, most supported by the institution as parents are dead or unable to pay. The school relies on free will offerings from friends to cover upkeep and education costs, with food, money, and clothing needed.
Editor R E Price urges renaming Rutherfordton to Rutherford to simplify spelling and pronunciation. Dr W C Bostie backs the move noting it would ease visitors and require little legal action. Many Southern counties already align county seats with county names, Yorkville being recent example.
School opens September 2 at Forest City High and Coach Seitz leads future football stars on the field. The piece argues high school football teaches teamwork, loyalty to the group, and good sportsmanship, noting the value of scrimmage practice for the first string players and the effort of those on the second team.
An editorial argues that owning a home builds patriotism, responsibility, and better citizens. It contends dangerous radicals lack ownership, praises homeowners as the core of a progressive, well governed town with strong schools and churches, and urges Forest City to remain a community of homeowners rather than boarding houses.
The Spindale Methodist church opens its new Sunday school building with a full day of events and the tenth anniversary of the church. The $15,000 stone tile structure includes classrooms for all ages, a ladies parlor, auditorium, basement recreation room, kitchen, and modern facilities.
The article notes that insects have existed for about 50 million years, vastly predating humans, who have been around for roughly 500 thousand years. It contrasts the extensive longevity of insects with the relatively brief span of human existence.
Robert Berkey of Wichita and Mrs Jane Mandeville of Pay plead guilty to stealing. She faces release after admitting guilt while an elderly man celebrated a 991st birthday, tying to a claim of long Sunday school attendance for a decade.
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