Old Fort News Highlights Local Growth And Monuments
The Old Fort section reports strong activity with the Extract works hiring 100 more workers and purchasing wood worth over 1200 dollars weekly. A granite arrowhead monument is being prepared for May ceremonies, aided by the Woman's Club. Shell Oil expands storage and adds tanks and a warehouse at Clinch Cross, with a new delivery truck after starting Feb 12. Col. D W Adams notes rapid market progress.
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Old Fort
Monument Association
Woman’s Club of
Shell Oil Company
Clinchcross
Marion
Col
D. W. Adams
Old Fort Forms Two Glee Clubs For School Music
Miss Edith Rowe Grady piano teacher led voluntary singers to form two elementary and high school glee clubs in Old Fort. Twenty members each, meeting weekly to prepare for the county commencement program at East Marion. The effort aims to create a permanent school musical organization and improve daily chapel singing. Members listed include Billy Dalton through Cadell Camp with two soprano groups and notable illness recovery of Margaret Jordan. Visitors from Marion and Darlington noted.
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Old Fort
Edith Rowe Grady
East Marion
Billy Dalton
J. R. Harris
Ike Caplan
Nannie Sue Sandlin
Doris Crawford
Mary Sue Young
Mary
M. Johnson
Gladys Rowe
Exama Manick
Rowena Smithey
Edith Lackey
Rena Hendley
Lorene Grant
Juanita
Little Mary Jean Fisher Narrowly Escapes After Fall
Small daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry C Fisher fell from a moving sedan traveling about forty miles per hour and broke an arm. She was reported in town Monday morning with her usual happy smile.
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Mary Jean Fisher
Henry C. Fisher
Mrs Fisher Hosts Easter Cantata Social Evening
The Baptist choir met at the church for Easter Cantata practice with guests from Biltmore Church. Mrs Henry Fisher hosted a social hour at her home with a salad course after the rehearsal. Asheville visitors included E O Buckner 0 Wonder Mrs W J Barnard and Thelma Wilkinson. Others joined were Mr and Mrs L J Epley and their daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Lee Jordan of Asheville. Additional visitors included I Geo Lee and Pearl Lee Gilliam of Asheville with Mr and Mrs John S Bradley. Mr and Mrs L D Greene were guests of Mrs Georgia Grant. N F Steppe of Marion and Raleigh visited Mr and Mrs Bradley.
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L. J. Epley
Lee Jordan
Asheville
I. Geo. Lee
Pearl Lee Gilliam
John S. Bradley
L. D. Greene
Georgia Grant
N. F. Steppe
Mavion and
Raleigh
Funeral of Mrs Journey In NC Ends Week of Sorrow
Mrs S F Mauney returned home from Statesville after visiting her sister Mrs Sam Journey who died at Davis Hospital after two weeks illness. She was the eldest of eleven children of Rev Frank Bradley of Gastonia and is survived by husband father five sisters and five brothers. Funeral was held Saturday March 15 with interment in Olin cemetery. Her son Francis accompanied her home from Old Fort Friday to attend the services.
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Journey
S. F. Mauney
Statesville
Sam Journey
Davis Hospital
Geo. Sandlin
Asheville
John S. Bradley
Will Rowe
Gladys
Edith R. Grady
Una Platt
Marion
Baxter Moose
Bula Kanipe
Millie Kaniper
Gladys Warren
Dave Osborne
Oscar Blalock
Zolia Clark
Johnson City
Tenn
A. L. Sherrill
Cody Craven
James Robinson
Frank Allen
John Jordan
Maggie Allen
Jordan
Old Fort School Stages Unusual Music Program
A Thursday chapel program at Old Fort School showcased local talent with Gaston Rhinehardt and Charles Gregg on guitars, Ralph Gregg on violin, Woodrow Harris on harp, and singers Joe Lee Burgin and Merrill Kanipe. Gaston and Joe Lee surprised listeners with yodeling as visitors applauded the performance.
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Old Fort School
Gaston Rhinehardt
Charles Gregg
Ralph Gregg
Woodrow Harris
Joe Lee Burgin
Merrill Kanipe
Gaston
Joe Lee
Call for Aid March 28 Parish Offering for Relief Fund
Old Fort ministers join County Relief Association in a Sunday March 28 offering to support welfare work for the poor. The committee urges all residents to attend church and contribute to the fund for county wide organized charity.
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Old Fort
County Relief Association
Presbyterian Church Service Schedule Old Fort Week
Services for the week begin Sunday March 28 at Old Fort include Sabbath School Children’s Worship at 11 a.m. Christian Endeavor at 6 45 p.m. Public Worship at 7 30 p.m. Prayer Meeting Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. An offering at the Sunday service aids the McDowell County Relief Association. J L Lackey slowly improves while Siloam J C Sandlin, recently ill, can sit up briefly.
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Presbyterian
M. E. Hansel
Old Fort
Christian Endeavor
McDowell County Relief Association
Siloam
Old Fort Social Notes Highlight Regional Visits
A flurry of visits and hospitality fills Old Fort as residents host friends and relatives from Asheville Marion Statesville Lenoir Morganton and Raleigh. Guests include Miss Eunice Wilkinson Mitch el College, Miss Nancy Miller Montreal Normal, Mrs. Estelle Lavender, and many others with weekend activities and local trips.
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Eunice Wilkinson
Mitchel College
Statesville
Nancy Miller
Montreal
Eastern Star Officers Installed at Old Fort Chapter
The Old Fort Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star held a March 17 meeting and installed officers for the year. Names include Mrs. Don Gosorn as Worthy Matron and J. E. Melton as Worthy Patron, with several other elected officers and staff. Delicious St. Patrick's Day color scheme refreshments followed.
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Old Fort
The
Order of the Eastern Star
Don Gosorn
J. E. Melton
J. N. Nesbitt
J. M. Charles
Daisy Moody
Mus
W. F. Grant
Myrtle Nichols
Anna Neblitt
Vesta Walden
Marshall
C. F. Barnes
Mary
Jame Grant
Adah
Ruth
G. W. Rhinehardt
Esther
Marion salesman buys Nesbitt stock to sell in two days
J L Nichols of Marion purchased the bankrupt stock of J N Nesbitt and Company of Old Fort on Thursday at 11 am. He opened the sale Friday at 9 am and by Saturday 5 pm the entire stock and fixtures, priced at one quarter of former value, had sold. Inventory exceeded two thousand dollars.
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J. L. Nichols
Marion
J. N. Nesbitt and Company
Old Fort
Birthday Party for Ruth Moody in Old Fort
Miss Ruth Moody hosted a birthday party at Old Fort, Rt. 1, on Saturday afternoon. Attendees included Misses Jean McKay Edna Mae Crawford Ja Ledbetter Edith Huskins Maude Gladys Quinn Mary Tate Dorothy Clara Margaret Susie Joe Eller Harold Moffit Sarah Ellen Moffit Bill Rabb Cecil Moody and Billy Moody. Games were played and refreshments served by Mrs E M Tate and Mrs Moody.
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Old Fort
Rt. 1
Ruth Moody
Jean McKay
Edna Mae Crawford
Ja Ledbetter
Edith Huskins
Maude
Gladys Quinn
Mary Tate
Dorothy
Clara
Margaret
Susie Joe Eller
Harold
Sarah Ellen Moffit
Bill Rabb
Cecil
Billy Moody
E. M. Tate
Married Woman Fears Gas Eats Only Baby Food
A Mrs. M. Gunn claims three years of baby food due to gas, but Adlerika eases symptoms in one spoonful. The ad touts Adlerikas effect on both upper and lower bowels removing hidden poisons and improving eating and sleep. Streetman Drug Co.
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Adlerika
M. Gunn
Streetman Rrug Co
Old Fort News Submissions Instructions Posted
Old Fort news items should be sent to Miss Gertrude Dula editor of the Old Fort News page and not to the Progress office. Mailing boxes are at Old Fort Drug Store and Bradley Drug Store. Postal box 191 Old Fort NC.
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Old Fort
Marion
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OLD Fort News
Gertrude Dula
Glee Club
Margaret Jordan
R. L. Morgan
Nell Gilbert
Darlington
S. C
J. C. Sandlin
J. L. Lackey
Sabbath School
Oakdale
Aes
Mrs. J. L. Lavender
Columbus, N. C
Estelle Lavender
Mabel Underwood
Frances Stevens
W. H. Early
D. H. Gosorn
E. J. Burgin
Lenoir
Frank Robertson
Ashevilley
Icks Hemphill
Paul Curtis
Iowa
Aleda Gilleland
Aston Park Hospital
J. F. Gilleland
Frances Miller
Nelle Porter
Frances Walker
C. M. Justice
Annie White
W. O. Nichols
C. Silver
Morganton
Hazel Swenn
Davie MaeArney
Karl Kelly
Otis Grant
Geneva Early
Spencer Noblitt
Dysartsville School
E. R. Rogers
Lytle
Brasington
W. W. LeFevre
Rutherford College
Lee School
Black Mountain
Ted Hyams
Brevard
Geo. Hyams
I. H
Greene
Tom Pritchard
Catherine Finch
Ross
Gus Silvers
Walter Nichols
Frances McCurry
Everlyn Lineberry
Carl Swann
J. A. Swann
Harry Greene
Jim McKinney F
Bakersville
Dock Greene
Helen Watkins
P. H. Mashburn
Henry Ragle
Eastern Star Order
Ford Motor Company
Saturday Evening Post
Fisher Motor CO
Gld Ford
N. C
OUR
Old Fort, N. C
J. S. Bradley, Pres
F. M. Bradley
Rogers Silver Company
Rogers Silver
Anderson-Whisnant Furn. CO
Burgin
Farmers Federation Hatcheries
Asheville, Spindale and Sylva, N. C
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