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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1920
Page
1
Sunday notes report social visits and travels around Forest City and Spartanburg area. Mentions Miss Forest Guy Earle Wilde visiting Forest City, neighbors painting homes, property changes on Main Street, a school oil company appointment, and local family gatherings including games and a reunion nearby. District activity spans Spartanburg and Marion regions with several residents visiting and returning.
A Sept 20 news note from Cliffside reports out of town visitors attending a millinery display. Misses Rilen and Carpenter showcased a large collection of hats, with strong attendance noted. Carpenter departed to resume studies this year.
The Forest City school association elected officers including Mr Watson as president Mrs P J Barber vice president and Mrs J E Caldwell secretary plus four teachers. About a dozen ladies were named as members and a call was issued for more to join. The group aims to improve cooperation between parents and the school and hopes this will be the best year yet. A meeting is set for Monday at 3:30 PM in the high school building.
A reception will be held Friday from eight to ten o'clock at Rev. and Mrs. Grose’s home on Main Street Forest City in honor of the teachers of Forest City Graded School. Patrons are cordially invited. several locals and visitors are mentioned including Ollins of Lockhart and the J. K. Dean Company.
A historical piece argues housekeeping has shifted from private family labor to factory and public systems. It contrasts ancestral self sufficiency with modern regulation of food, clothing, housing, water, and garbage and calls for collective opinion on these matters.
Miss Ethyl Robinson leaves for Trinity College this year. Mrs. B McDonald visits Spartanburg to see aunt Mrs Johnie Carson. Mr James Trout is home briefly before a trip to Charlotte on the 24th. Mr Tom Carpenter of Stanley guests Mrs Van McMahan. Miss Ida Long of West Minister hosts Miss Flora Marks. Mr H W Trout of Saluda makes a Forest City trip. Miss Ada Long and Mr Homar Biggerstat visit Thermal City for hunting Sunday.
American junior volunteers fund and run orphans homes and schools across Europe including France Belgium Montenegro Albania and Italy. They provide meals and schooling for thousands of children and have raised about a million dollars while expanding efforts in health education combatting blindness and cholera.
The American Red Cross has sent six million dollars in food clothing and medical supplies to Balkan nations since operations began in Central Europe aiding Bal ka Romania Bulgaria Albania Montenegro Serbia Bosnia and Greece. Funds financed hospitals orphanages dispensaries mobile units and reconstruction while tractors and farming tools were provided to agricultural areas. By year end Red Cross agencies will likely withdraw as locals reach normal living standards through self supported systems.
The Board of Aldermen and the Mayor urge taxpayers to study the Sept 30 election deciding the 1920 tax rate. If approved the rate is 8.5 dollars per thousand, meaning a $1000 valuation would pay 8 dollars for one year. Voters are asked to vote carefully and not against the tax.
Mrs A- Haine entertained her Sunday School Class and the missionary society at the Baptist Church program. The afternoon featured songs and talks including My Faith Looks Up to Thee and Do We Appreciate the Bible. Reproductions of missionary lives were shared. A social hour followed with ice cream and cake. Mrs McDaniel’s hosting is yearly anticipated by members.
Mr Dean, longtime Florence Mills carding overseer, leaves this week to become superintendent of a large Petersburg Virginia cotton mill. He will move his family there soon. He served as choir master at the Baptist Church and led the Florence Mills Band for years.
Rutherfordton hosts a Rutherford County Farmers Union meeting on Monday October 4 at 11 a m. All locals urged to attend. Found watch and chain. Owner prove property and pay for this notice. B Z McDonald West End Forest City.
The Big Merchant Tailors Edward E Stauss & Co promise iron clad guarantee on Edesco finest made to measure clothing. Garments, linings and trims are fully guaranteed to satisfy or they will not be sold. See the line at nt.
Lloyd Y Biggerstaft administrator of estate of J S Biggerstaft in Rutherford County North Carolina calls all heirs and creditors to exhibit claims by September 26 1921 at 179 Woodfin Street Asheville or be barred. Debts should be paid promptly. Dated September 16 1920.
Market quotes show small gains and losses with mixed sectors. Major indices fluctuated with technology and energy shares directing the day’s moves. Traders watched for inflation signals as quarterly results roll in.
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