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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1930
Page
7
A group of linemen in Missouri used a clever method to string wires across the Cage River. A fox terrier wore a light line to the far bank, pulling the line through icy, treacherous conditions. The dog crossed slowly yet reached the opposite shore, enabling the wire to be secured.
Report summarizes 1928 telephone activity: Canada 31.4 million long distance calls. Chicago averaged 4.07 million calls daily, up 4.2 percent from 1927. New Jersey 796 million calls, up over 50 percent from prior year. Rochester installed its 100000th telephone on April 4 at William J. Lewis Jr residence. Also notes forest service lines in Cherokee National Forest Tennessee and two new dial telephones in Manhattan.
Forest City news notes Dan Smart of Forest City filled Rev Epleys appointment at Bethany. Local visits include Mr and Mrs Guy Lewis and daughter Mary Lois at Mr and Mrs Arthur Grose. Cards, rheumatism update, and social visits among Carrolls Lewis McDade Lane and Scruggs. Baltimore American and Atlanta Journal ads at Stahl s Ten Cent Stores.
Organization meeting of extension classes under University of North Carolina will be held at Rutherfordton Spindale High School Tuesday afternoon September 30th at four o clock.
Revolutionary relics are wanted for exhibit at Kings Mountain October 7. Mrs. O B Carpenter of Kings Mountain chairs the relics committee and will pay transportation and insurance. Relics shipped to her will be returned to rightful owners after the celebration.
Dr. R. M. Andrews of Forest City Route 2 Bostic preserves a cow hide said to carry the remains of Wm Robertson from the Kings Mountain battle. The artifact, kept by a relative, is likely to be exhibited at the Kings Mountain celebration in October.
Dr William Marvin Scruggs a renowned Charlotte surgeon and son of Mr and Mrs R P Scruggs of Rutherfordton is among 414 North Carolinians listed in Who's Who in America this year. The edition features 29 704 top American men and women.
A Sept 22 gathering at the home of Mr R H Henson featured an old time singing. Attendees included Rev Clyde Carver and family, Miss Nellie Vickers, Miss Mary Ruppe, and many local residents from Dardleen Henrietta Gliffside Avondale Alexander Chesnee and surrounding areas. Dexter Bridges and wife welcomed a baby girl Mary Lillian on Sunday.
Autograph books photograph albums and scrap books offered at ten cents each by tnbYs Ten Cent Stores with a display or sale note indicating the price and item types.
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