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VOL. VIII. NO. 34
FIRST ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT
COOL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL
L FACULTY COOL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL
The first annual commencement of
the Cool Springs Township high
school was held in the beautiful new
building in Forest City, May 28, 80,
and 31.
The following students were grad
uated: Mae Aldridge, Katherine Bar
ber, Annie Lee Biggerstaff, Boyce
B. Blair, Sue Collins, Chas. Dalton,
Bush Doggett, Vonnie Doggett,
•John * Lester Duncan, Thos. Griffin,
Cortez Hamrick, Hugh Hardin, Reid
Harrill, Janet Holland, Edna Holli
field, Lolan Kanipe, Grace Lewis,
Lewis, Ala May Matheny, Vel
raa Mayce, C. L. Moore, Edward
Moody, Hubert Moore, Margaret
Moore, Craig McClui'e, Mabel Rol
lins, Dan Smith, Louise Womack,
Glen Toms.
Hi-Y Club State Champions.
. The feature of commencement
was the presentation of the State
Bible Study Trophy to the Hi-Y Club
on Friday Evening. This prize, a
beautiful silver loving cup, was pre-
sented by Mr. J. F. Fesperman, of
Charlotte, who is state director of
work for the Y. M. C. A. The
cup was won by a Bible study class
which was conducted -through the
Hi-Y Club, in which they competed
with clubs i|ll over the state in
schools with an enrollment of more
than one hundred boys. These class
es met weekly and studied a pre-
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; scribed course and the examination
j questions were sent out from the
state Y. 31. C. A. office and returned
; there for correction. Mr. Sutton,
| the faculty advisor of the Club, was
assisted in teaching these classes by
Messrs. Ealcs and Lee and by Dr.
McCall and Attorney C. O. Ridings.
The Hi-Y Club was organized this
year and has been one of the most
active organizations in the school.
It has twenty-five members, has met
j weekly and its slogan of, "Clean
I Speech, Clean Athletics, and Hon
, est Class Work," has been a very
j potent force among the boys. The
| cup was accepted by Tom Griffin,
vice president of the Bible class. One
interesting feature of the prize
given by Mr. George Ivey, of Hick
j ory, president of the Southern Desk
; Company. Mr. Ivey was once a resi
dent of Forest City. He was the
! first superintendent of the Florence
i to Forest City people is that it is
| Mills and is most pleasantly remem-
I bered here.
Class Day Stunt.
The class day exercises were very
clever and unusual. They took the
form of a play in two acts, "The
Last Class Meeting." Act one was a
meeting of the senior clays in their
school room for the purpose of prac
ticing the class day. The "meeting"
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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLI NA, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1926
WORK HAS BEGUN ON THE
ALEXANDER MEMORIAL BLDG.
Handsome Sunday School Edifice to Cost Approximately
$65,000 and Be Modernly Equipped.
Work has begun on the Alexander
Memorial Sunday School building,
the handsome new structure to ad
join the' First Baptist church in this
city, and made possible by the gen
erosity of the late J. F. Alexander
and his family and business associ
ate. Ground was broken following a
C:3O prayer service at the First Bap
tist church on Monday morning, May
24, the pick being wielded by Dr. W.
A. Ayers and the first shovel of dirt
by Chas. Z. Flack.
The Alexander Memorial build
ing- is to cost approximately $05,000.
The actual work of construction
has begun and the building is to be
finished within five months. The
architects are Casey and Fant, of
Anderson, S. C., who have been very
successful in church and Sunday
school buildings. The contractors
are W. H. Hand and Son, of Bel
mont, who have a reputation of do
ing fine work and doing it right and
on tijne.
The new building is to be three
stories and of brick construction, and
when completed will be one of the
handsomest in the state —a credit to
Forest City and a monument of en
during remembrance to 1 the real
founder in whose loving memory it
is named—Hon. J. F. Alexander.
The first floor will contain a large
social room and class rooms to be
used by the Men's Bible class and
other adult classes. It will also be
equipped with modern kitchen equip
ment.
The second floor will carry the
main entrance, on the west side of
the church and facing the north. The
two buildings will be connected witfi
a corridor. On this floor will be the
ladies' departments.
The third floor will be occupied
by the intermediate and young peo
ples departments.
Each department will have a sep
arate assembly room.
The building will be modernly
equipped and the equal of any in
the state of its size. Dr. Burroughs,
of Nashville, an authority, passed
on the plans with 100 per cent ap
proval, which is a great recommenda
tion.
The movement for the erection of
a needed Sunday school building was
stax-ted some time ago under the
direction of Dr. W. A. Ayers, and
the consummation of the dream was
LITTLE HOPE HELD OUT FOR
RECOVERY OF GIRL IN CRASH
_ I
Little hope is held out for the '
j recovery ,of Genevieve Hamilton, :
i six year old daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. S. J. Hamilton, of Burnsville,
! who suffered a fracture of the skull
: and a broken leg Sunday when she
! was struck by an automobile driven
i by O. T. Huntley, of Hendersonville, j
| near her home. The child had not I
j regained consciousness Monday af- j
i ternoon.
Witneses said the girl was play- j
ing in front of her home. Mr. Hunt- >
! ley drove by with his family. Genev- ;
| ieve darted out from the side of j
I the road and Mr. Huntley's ear i
J struck her, although he made an ef-1
fort to turn aside. The accident was !
| unavoidable, it was said.
Dr. J. B. Gibbs, of Burnsville, i
was summoned and with Dr. Ilamil-'
ton, he brought the girl to the Mis
sion Hospital where it was found
she had sustained a fractured skull,
broken leg and other injuries.— j
Asheville Times.
Mr. Huntley is Oscar Huntley, of
Forest City, and his many friends:
sympathize with him in . the deplor-|
able accident. The child, we are in-«
formed, succumbed to her injuries
on Monday evening.
Prof. E. G. Lee will leave ;
Greensboro Friday as a delegate to '
the Kiwanis convention at Mon- '
treal. A stop-over will be made at .
Philadelphia, thence to Clayton, N. >
Y., where a boat will be taken for :
Montreal. Four days will be spent at I
Montreal, from there to Quebec and
returning via Portland, Me., Boston
and New York city.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Hill,
May 81, a fine boy—p. Jr.
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made possible by the generosity of
the Hon. J. F. Alexander, who made
it be known before his death that
he would donate one-fourth of the
cost of the structure. There was no
price limit, he agreeing to pay his
one-fourth of whatever amount the
Baptists might raise for the build
ing. Following his lamented demise,
Mrs. Alexander and his relatives and
business associates came forward
with the donations that made the
building of a structure of magnifi
cent proportions possible. In grati
tude and loving remembrance of a
staunch friend and supporter of the
church, the Baptists unanimously
agreed to name the building in his
honor.'
The First Baptist church of For
est City, was organized as Cool
Springs Baptist church in about the
year 1825, and was served by the
following pastors in the order
named.
Rev. William Harrill, Rev. Wade
Hill, Rev. Bailus Justice, Rev. J. H.
Yarborough, Rev. G. W. Rollins, Rev.
J. Bright, Rev. Z. D. Harrill, Rev.
H. C. Dickson, Dr. M. M. Landrum,
Rev. J. E Hedgepath, Rev. E. W.
Wilson, Rev. J. Q. Adams, Rev. J.
M. Hamrick, Rev. S. N. Watson, Dr.
W. A. Ayers
The church was removed from its
former location, which is now Cool
Springs cemetery, which property
still belongs to the church. A brick
building had been erected more
nearly in the center of the city. Here
the work prospered until, under the
pastorate of Rev. J. Q. Adams, the
building became inadequate for the
growing work of the , church and a
new and modern church house was
erected. The beloved and popular Dr.
Adams served the church until his
death-
The next pastor was Rev. S. X.
Watson, now of Bladenboro, N. C.,
who served the church for a term of
four years before removing to his
present charge.
In November, 1922, the church
extended a call to Dr. W. A. Ayers,
of New Bern, N. C., but he did not
come to the pastorate, on account of
the great fire at that place, until
June 1923. The long period in which
the" church was without a pastor
found the work at a rather low
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HENRIETTA-CAROLEEN
SCHOOL CLOSES
Caroleen, June 2.—The Henrietta-
Caroleen High School came to a close
last week :#ter one of the most sue
cessful years in its history., Under
the able supervision of Prof. J. B.
Jones and his splendid corps of tea
chers at both the elementary schools
and the Central High has progressed
wonderfully through-out the entire
term. There has been a larger at
tendance this year than in any pre
vious year, and the students have
enjoyed all > the splendid equipment
and advantages this year that has
come with the modern and beautiful
school buildings that have built.
no dissatisfaction or com
plaints have come about among the
pupils, teachers or parents and the
years work has been a pleasant task
indeed. The splendid cooperation of
the parent-teachers association has
helped wonderfully in making the
years work a grand success.
The Commencement exercises
which began Thursday evening, May
27, was largely attended and enjoyed.
A most inspiring message was deliver
ed by Prof. Newton of Shelby, Gen
eral Supervisor of Cleveland county
schools, filling the appoinment of
Dr. Zeno Wall, who had been invited
to be the speaker of the evening, but
who was unabfe to attend. Prof.
Newton, however filled his place
most ably and proved himself a
speaker of particular mention. His
address of which subject was, "Be
A Man," was well delivered and im
mensely enjoyed by all.
The elementary school exercises
were given Friday afternoon at 2
o'clock at the central school build
ing, when a large number of boys
and girls received their certificates
which will enter them into the high
school work.
The class day exercises v.'ere giver.
Friday evening, May 28, at 8 o'clock
and was an occasion of special men
tion, owing to the beauty and unus
ual arrangement of it. An original
class day playlet, written by members
of the faculty and seniors was titied
"A Vision of the Deaths." The snop
sis is as follows:
Two high school seniors wonders
about the future of the eiass of '2O
of tlte Henrietta-Caroleen high
school. One, much burdened with
work, falls aslep and dreams of a
spirit from the land of the depths
who comes into his harbor land and
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with her attendants makes known to
him many things about his class
mates. The senior awakes; his class
mates come in. The giftorian
awards characteristic gifts, the vale
dictorian makes her speech and the
seniors sing their farewell song.
Saturday evening harked the clos
ing of the exercises and although
with a sadness of the parting and
the seriousness of the occasion, Dr.
J. H. Highsmith, of Raleigh, brought
such an inspiring and instructive
message, filled with so much humor
and wit the evening was filled with
joy and pleasure. His subject for
the evening was: "Educational Ad
vantages Equalized," and much val
uable information concerning the
educational growth and amazing
wealth of our state and nation was
given.
The class roll and officers of the
senior class are as follows:
President—Leigh Harrill—:*lso
valedictorian.
Vice President—Mary Frances
Smith.
Secretary and treasurer—Paul
Head.
Prophet—Pearl Jolley.
Testator—Mary Whitehead.
Salutatorian—Ethel Scruggs.
Historian—Christeen Roper.
Poet—Murk Lock man.
Giftorian—Ethel Scruggs.
Grumbler —Ethyleen Wiikins, Ar
thur Smith.
Class motto-—Out of the Harbor
Into the Depths.
Class Colors—Old Rose and Sil
ver.
Class Flower—Rose.
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Henrietta - Caroleen
High Closes Bai! Season
Henrietta-Caroleen high school
lays aside a season in athletics of
the best. Being "out of sight" in the
county for about two years, shades
of the old form of athletic prevailed
and two of the strongest basketball
and baseball teams in the country.,
wrestled with Forest City for cham
pionship in basketball to be defeat
ed, and also in baseball, although
we take refuge in the fact that at
first of the season wc gi.ve Forest
City theirs. The championship game
was the only full high school taaro
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