The Old Fort News Weekly Update
The Old Fort News is published weekly in connection with the Marion Progress, delivering local items and community notes for readers in Old Fort.
25 Sep 1930
Page 1
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Newspaper
Old Fort News
Location
Old Fort, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1930
Page
1
The Old Fort News is published weekly in connection with the Marion Progress, delivering local items and community notes for readers in Old Fort.
The Old Fort Baptist Church hosts the Blue Ridge Association gathering on September 30 and October 1. This second annual meeting is expected to attract many attendees with music arranged by Rev. J. E. Ingle. Officers include moderator W. T. Morgan of Marion, vice moderator C. L. Taylor, clerk Leroy Silvers, and treasurer H. R. Early. The W. M. A. will hold its annual meeting at the same time.
The Oakdale Presbyterian Church near Old Fort holds dedicatory services next Sunday September 28 with morning and afternoon sessions and a noon meal on the grounds. Former pastors Rev J W Foster from Cooleemee NC and Rev J L McBride from Statesville will preach. all work was done by local volunteers and the church is paid for with no offering requested beyond expenses and furnishings.
Mr and Mrs Marvin H Terrell of Ronceverte announce the marriage of their daughter Helen Frances Terrell to Marvin R Houck on July 24 1930 in Bristol Virginia with Rev B F Soublette officiating The bride is a Greenbrier High School graduate class of 1930 and pursued music this spring The couple honeymooned briefly before joining Houck in Morgantown West Virginia for his studies at West Virginia University The bride is granddaughter of the late W P Terrell and has many friends in Old Fort
Rev J E Flow evangelist of Concord Presbytery opens a meeting at Oakdale Monday night after the church dedication to aid Pastor Rev M E Hansel. Rev J L Mcbride former pastor of Old Fort and Siloam churches will preach at Old Fort Presbyterian next Sunday night at 7 30.
Old Fort residents and guests populate a rapid schedule with trips to Asheville Morganton Spruce Pine and Greensboro. Families visit relatives attend church events send students to college and welcome visitors from New York Durham and Spartanburg.
The Old Fort group of Presbyterian Churches lists services by location and Sunday. M E Hansel, minister, conducts worship at Old Fort and Oakdale with specified times including 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. on various Sundays.
The Goodson Allison family thanks friends for kindness and sympathy during the illness of their son and brother R L Goodson and for the many beautiful floral offerings.
A general rule suggests adding a dash of sugar to a pinch of salt when seasoning green vegetables. The sugar restores garden sweetness without artificially sweetening the dish as vegetables lose flavor en route to the kitchen.
In San Francisco the Southern Pacific allows canaries to ride in passenger coaches as personal baggage with their owners, after years of being placed in the baggage car alongside dogs and cats.
The Estrese-St. Dennis conscription board refused two conscripts. A dwarf three feet high could not be placed in the army, and a giant seven feet eight inches was deemed unsuitable due to equipment and accommodation needs.
In Oshawa Ontario David Crawford grows strawberries large enough for a dessert course. One berry measured two and a half inches both across and long among many nearly as big. Crawford, an amateur gardener, tended the patch faithfully. London notes customs paid in the House of Commons. If the light is poor a member requests candles be lit and electric lights are switched on by an attendant.
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