Farmers Federation Builds Mountain Produce Market
Western North Carolina grower groups push wholesale shipping of green tomatoes and mountain vegetables. The Farmers Federation expands marketing co operatives in several counties, weighing production know how and sturdy co operation against the challenge of national and inter state markets. The goal is profitable development through combined production and marketing while expanding the regional supply to key consuming centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Farmers Federation
Thomases
Federation
Farmers Federation Organization
Western
The
Land O” Lakes Creameries _association
Market Growers Journal
Southland
Virginia
Tennessee
Southern Marketing Journal
Chadbourn
Columbus County
United States
Mountain
Carolina
Birthday Dinner Honors Mrs Z D Harrill in Ellenboro
More than 300 guests attended a birthday dinner for Mrs Z D Harrill at her home in Ellenboro marking her eighty years. The event featured remarks on southern markets and suggested potential vegetable production in western North Carolina, with notes on cooperative marketing and regional farming ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellenboro
Z. D. Harrill
Long Branch News notes visits and a 57 year marriage
Forest City Sept. 12. Mr and Mrs McEntire of Spindale visited Mr and Mrs J W Godfrey. J E Morrow stayed with Loyd Godfrey. Godfrey relatives took a fishing trip to Bridgewater. A large family gathering followed a bountiful picnic under a cherry tree. Mrs Harrill, married 57 years, is noted for spryness and lifelong good health. She was Rebecca Greene before her marriage to Rev Z D Harrill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City
R-1
Dock Godfrey
R. G. Williams
Munroe Godfrey
Willis Mor
J. C. Harrill
Granite Falls
N. C
Mise Carrie
Zadie Harrill
C. G. Hamrick
Ellenboro
J. W. Horne
Lattimore
Fred
A. B. Harrill
Bethel Baptist Church
Z. D. Harrill
Harrill
Rebecca Greene
Mooresboro R-1 Community News Highlights
Sept 12 report from Mooresboro includes Odell Padgett sermon at High Shoals on The Ten Commandments with a large crowd. Local social notes mention visits to Spartanburg and Greenville, a Cliffside concert, and Lake Lure outings. Community efforts note gathering stations solving mountain cream marketing and monthly farmer incomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mooresboro
R-1
Odell Padgett
Little
First Baptist Church of
Charlotte
High Schoals
Padgett
Henrietta
Farm club organized at Cool Springs High School
Students at Cool Springs High School formed a local chapter of the Young Heel Farmers on Friday September 9 with forty four members. The statewide NC sponsored group aims to promote vocational agriculture thrift cooperative buying leadership and community spirit through projects contests and educational activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cool Springs
Vocature
Cool Springs High School
Young Heel Farmers
Agricultural Teachers of North Carolina
Green Hand
Farmer
Carolina Farmer
Rave
Wyman Wood
Percy Likens
Burless Blair
Albert Blanton
Clyde Griffin
Doris Tate
Norris Wells
Norman Morgan
J. P. Lewis
Frank Laughridge
Ted Phillips
Devenny Summers
Don Padgett
H. C. Vickers
Delvert Harris
Spurgin Hamrick
Robert Whitlock
Ralph Dycus
Grady Bridges
Herbert Flack
Ralston Hardin
Kyle Vance
Reverend Simpson Promoted to Church Education Role
Brevard Methodist pastor Rev. 0 L Simpson has accepted appointment as assistant editor of the General Sunday School board of the M E Church South and will move to Nashville. He led Brevard to about a hundred new members in nine months and oversaw a $12,000 parsonage build. He previously taught pastors at Duke and earned degrees from Emory and Henry, Emory, Boston University and Harvard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Simpson
Brevard Methodist Church
General Sunday School Board
M. E. Church
South
J. Chandler
D. D
Central Church of
Asheville
Brevard
Mr. Simpson
Nashville
Tenn
Brev
Spindale
Simpson
Duke
M. E
North Carolina
Hi Fourth
Weaver College
Weaverville
Emory
Henry
Boston University
Harvard
Impson
Europe
Durin
Mobile
Uni
States Army
Brevard News
Balloon over Rutherford County ties into Gordon Bennett Cup
Crowds in Ruth erford county watched a large balloon drift south after the Gordon Bennett trophy race kicked off in Detroit. Officials praised pilots of the Belgian and Italian entries as the craft crossed the Southern Appalachians toward North Carolina, with sightings around Marion Lake Lure and Rutherfordton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutherford County
Detroit
Wallonie
Appalachian
North Carolina
Marion
Lake Lure
Rutherfordton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Zeb Green
Dale
Buncombe Coun
Farmers’ Federation
Long Branch News
Lumley
S. C. Robinson
Gladys
Iris
Rae
Spartanburg
Mavis Dedmond
Ethel Kirby
State Line
J. L. Proctor
Genoise
Troy Hawkins
Greenville
S.C
Joyce Parris
S.C. Robinson
Cliffside
Charlie Wall
Shelby
Sid Wall
Roy Greene
Alexander
G. W. Jolley
John Scoggins
Iris Robinson
0. L. Simpson
Spindale Methodist Church
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