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VOL. X—No. 12
POPULAR YOUNG
WOMAN PASSES
Mrs. H. R. Laßoone, Nee Mary
Helen Gamble, Passes Af
ter Brief Illness
Mrs. H. R. Laßoone, nee Miss Mary
Helen Gamble, died at the home of
.her mother, Mrs. J. L. Gamble here
Saturday afternoon after a short ill
ness.
Funeral services were held from
the First Baptist church here Sun
day afternoon with Rev. W. A. Ayers
officiating. The music was in charge
of Mrs. Hague Padgett. Mrs. Nell
Padgett Norris sang "No Night
There," a favorite selection of the
deceased. The pallbearers Messrs.
George Carpenter, Herbert Moore, C.
L. Moore, Charles Crowell, Charles
Whitlock and Thomas Blanton. The
flower girls were eight ytfung ma
trons.
Those from out of town attending
the services were her father-in-law,
Mr. Laßoone, two-brothers-in-law and
three sisters-in-law, all of Pickens,
S. C.
Mary Helen was born December
10, 1908. She joined the First Bap
tist church on September 24, 1912, at
the age of 13. She was baptised by
Dr. J. R. Bateman, of Asheville. She
loved her church work but was es
pecially fond of her Sunday school
class.
She is survived by an infant son,
mother, two brothers,- Tench and
Hubert Gamble, two sisters, Jewel
and Butell Gamble, three half broth
ers and sisters, as follows: Benjamin
and Charles Gamble, of Golden Val
ley, F. S. Gamble, of Wadesboro,
Mrs. Lee Moffitt and Mrs. Raney
Harrill.
SPECIAL STUDENTS SERVICE
At the First Baptist Church, next
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock a
special student service will be held
The college students at home for the
holidays, the students of the Forest
City schools, also the teachers of the
city are invited to be the guests of
the church. There will be special
rpusic and the pastor will deliver a
message of helpfulness to the stu
dents.
TELEPHONE OPERATORS
EXTEND THANKS
We, the operators of the local
telephone exchange wish to thank the
following for the nice things they
received for Christmas:
J. F. Weathers, P. D. Gilliam, Drs.
Verner and Duncan, Dr. Bostic, Jr.
and Sr., Mill, Industrial
Bank, Flack Hardware, Spindale Of
fice.
LOCAL NEWS
(Rev. H. C. Sisk)
The church was over crowded at
the Missionary Methodist church
Christmas Eve night to see the pro
gram given by the Sunday school
children. Every one present seemed
to enjoy it, and said it was the best
program ever given in the Mission
ary Methodist church. After the pro
gram, a number of, presents were
given out. The church surprised the
pastor, Rev. H. C. Kiser, with a num
ber of lovely gifts, also Rev. H. C.
Sisk received a lot of nice presents,
which they seemed to appreciate very
much.
All six of Mr. Sam Hardin's chil
dren are in bed with measles. The
three children of Mr. McClure John
son, Buster and Virginia McCluney
and Junior Newton-all have measles.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Stepp and
little son, of High Point, spent Christ
mas very pleasantly with Mr. and
Mrs. Lon Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones started Tues
day to visit their daughter, Mrs.
Vernon Sanders, of Albemarle.
Little Miss Emma Sue Daniel, of
the Frog Level section, is spending
this Week with her grandmother, Mrs.
R. S. McCluney.
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Funderburk,
Mr. and Mrs. William Funderburk
and daughter, Grace, visited in Char
lotte Christmas day.
Mr. and Mrs. Dock Owens and
family, of Wadesboro, spent Christ
mas with relatives here.
Mr. Willard Wallace, of Cherry
ville, spent Christmas holidays with
friends here.
FOREST CITY COURIER
MRS. JAMES LONG
DIED SATURDAY
Ellenboro Lady Passes After
Suffering Some x Time
With Complication of _
Diseases
Ellenboro, Dec. 27.—Mrs. James
Long, aged about sixty five years,
passed at her home here Saturday
evening after being confined to her
bed for sometime, suffering from a
complication of diseases.
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon at two o'clock at
Hopewell Methodist church. The
services were in charge of Revs. D.
J. Hunt, Z. B. Harrill, I. B. Harrill
and Rev. J. E. Hipps.
Mrs. Long is survived by seven
children, as follows: Arthur, of Wil
mington, Rex, Charles and Russell,
of Ellenboro; Mrs. C. C. McKinney,
of Ellenboro, Mrs. A. B. Padgett and
Mrs. Lovelace, of Bostic. Her husband
died about three years ago. Two sons,
Samuel and Fay, lost their lives in
service in the World War. Nine
grandchildren also survive.
COUNTY SCOUT OFFICIALS
TO MEET JANUARY 3
An important meeting of the Ruth
erford County Scout Committee will
be held at the Lure Cafe, Ruther
fordton, on Tuesday night, January
3rd, at 6:30 o'clock at which time a
Dutch supper will be served at 75c
per plate, according to an announce
ment made Tuesday by County Chair
man F. C. Kinzie. This meeting is
one of the most important of the
year and one which calls for the at
tendance of every member in order
to transact the business incidental
to the annual meeting of the Pied
mont Council, which is to be held at
the Iso-Thermal Hotel on the night
of January 17th;
In addition to the regular business
of the Committee in completing the
work for the year 1927, the commit
tee must bring recommendations to
the annual, meeting of the council
for the election of a vice president
representing this county who will
likewise serve as .chairman of the
Rutherford County scout committee.
The other four Counties which with
Rutherford County make up the
Piedmont Council are looking to us
to make the annual meeting of the
Council on January 17th, the great
est meeting ever held in the interest
of'boyhood. We can do this" if every
member of our Committee will join
together at our meeting on the 3rd
to-complete our work for the past
year and to do our part in con
nection with the Annual meeting and
the work in our County.
PRESBYTERIAN NEWS
Preaching services at the Forest
City Presbyterian church Sunday
morning, January 1, at 11 o'clock.
Subject of morning sermon "Pros
perous New Year," at 7 o'clock p. m.,
the sermon subject will be "The Open
Door." Rev. G. R. Gillespie, super
intendent of home missions will bring
both messages.
Sunday school each Sabbath morn
ing at 10 a. m. with Dr. G. P. Reid,
superintendent and classes for all
ages and sizes. Graded lessons are
taught. Come and enjoy our fine fel
lowship. The little church on Cherry
Mountain street with a big welcome.
year has flown swiftly
by on the wings of time. Have we
accomplished all we had hoped to?
Have our responsibilities and obliga
tions to the church of Christ been
satisfactorily met? Are we satisfied
with our attendance upon the services
of the church of our preference? Has
the church loyalty rung true? We
doubt that any of us can answer
these and many other questions aris
ing among the memories of the past
months and days as satisfactorily as
we would like, we can, however, so
order our days of the approaching
year as to have no doubts or fears
when it too shall draw to an end.
SEVERAL ARTICLES LEFT
OUT THIS WEEK
Due to the smallness of this week's
paper we are forced to leave out
several articles ■ and news items,
! among them an excellent write-up on
the Christmas cantata at the Metho
dist church. These articles will be
' carried over and used next w 7 eek.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA DECEMBER 29, 1927
On Monday, January 2, the Forest
City All-Stars will meet the Miami
Basketball Club, of Miami, on the
local court.
The roster of the Miami team in
cludes former college players of note.
Heading the list is Bob Hunter, cen
ter of Queens University, Canada,
standing six feet six. This giant is
nevertheless fast, and handy with
the ball under the basket.
The other Miami center is Frank
Butler, Fordham, an expert shot
and good passer. Butler plays a
cool, hard game and can be counted
on when the going gets rough. Also
used as forward.
The forward positions are covered
Forest City, R-2, Dec. 26. —Among
those who spent Christmas day with
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Moore were Mr.
and Mrs. B. R. Douth and son, Ray,
of Charlotte, Mr. Crawford Moore, of
Charlotte, Miss Alda Moore, of Wins
ton-Salem, Miss Kate Moore, of Bel
mont, Miss Ozelle Moore, of Durham,
Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Moore and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. M. McDaniel and
family, Mrs. D. M. Carver and fam
ily, Miss Nannie Carroll.
A short program was given at Ada
ville Saturday evening after which
Santa Claus gave nice treats to the
Sunday school children and the many
presents were taken off the tree.
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Mcßrayer had
as their guests Sunday Mr. and Mi's.
Broadus Mcßrayer and children of
Shelby, Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Mc-
Brayer and family of West End, Mi.
and Mrs. Wilber Mcßrayer and son,
Charles, of Forest City, Mr. and
Mrs. Glenn Smawley, Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon Yelton.
Misses Alzora Henderson, Carrie
and Virginia Mcßrayer spent Monday
night with Miss Ruth McDonald.
ARCHITECT AND BUILDER
HOME FOR HOLIDAYS
Messrs. H. L. Hyder and Kynard
Baynard, contractor and architect
respectively, spent the holidays here
with their home folks. These gentle -
ment have just completed the con
struction of a school building in Dil
lon, S. C. This was the fourth school
building that they 1 lve erected in
that county. Among heir prospects
for the new year is a fifty thousand
dollar Masonic Temple and $75,000
school building at Latta, S. C.
REV. M. A. ADAMS RESIGNS
Rutherfordton, Dec. 28. —Rev. M.
A. Adams, pastor of the First Bap
tist church of Rutherfordton, has re
signed, his resignation to take ef
fect January 8.
Rev. Mr. Adams has been with
the church since April 1921. A pul
pit committee was appointed to in
vestigate and make plans to secure
another pastor.
Mr. Adams will likely accept work
with the Baptist state board. He
will continue to make Rutherfordton
his home.
Miami Basketball Club Here January 2nd
ADAVILLE NEWS
by George Miske, (Capt.) and Wayne
Wirey. Miske ran on the cross-coun
try team at Cornell in 1921 when that
team took all honors as intercol
legiate champs. He is shifty on the
court, a good passer and fast on
the cut which he combines with a
deceptive feint. Wirey of Franklin,
the other forward, is one of the best
shots ever turned out by the State
of Indiana. He can be counted on
for his baskets in every game.
j The guards are Joe Hoffman,
! Maryland, and Jim Houck, Gettys
| burg. Hoffman took stellar State
j guard honors in Maryland three
j years ago. A sturdy, reliable defen
jsive man and very aggressive. Houck,
'on the other hand, is Miami's best
BASKET BALL
The Forest City Outlaws went
down in defeat before the fast
Spindale House Junior team here
Friday by a score of 34 to 20. Hor
ton with twelve points led the vis
itors and Gurley with ten points was
high scorer for the locals.
On Monday afternoon the "Mon
ograms" defeated the "Outlaws" by
a score of 48 to 35 in a loosely play
ed game. Blanton was high man for
the winners with 24 points to his
credit.
Meet Olson's Swedes
Olson's Terrible Swedes, America's
premier professional basketball team
defeated the Forest City All-Stars
here Tuesday night by the score of
83 to 52 before a crowd that taxed
the capacity of the Cool Springs gym.
The All-Stars threw a scare into
the Swedes by holding them 15 to
10 during the first quarter.
In the second quarter the Swedes
let loose a dazzling attack, scoring
26 point to the All-Stars one. The
score at the half was 41 to 11.
The score at the third quarter was
57 to 22. The Swedes scored 16
points during this quarter to 11 for
the locals.
In the last quarter the All-Stars
out played the Swedes, scoring 30
points to 26 for the Swedes.
Cartwright, with 24 points, led the
scoring for the visitors, while Davis,
with 18, was high scorer for the
locals.
* * *
Play Tonight
The Forest City All-Stars will play
Wake Forest Collegiates at the Hi
School Gym tonight (Thursday) at
8 p. m. Admission 25c and 50c.
KIWANIS CLUB
The Kiwanis Club held an inter
esting meeting Monday night. The
program was in charge of Mr. R. W.
Minish, who had some of the
ladies of the music club furnish en
tertainment. A piano solo by Mrs.
Minish, two number by Mrs. Nell
Norris, and Christmas carols by Mrs.
R. R. Howes, Mrs. R. E. Biggerstaff,
Mrs. J. F. Weathers and Mrs. Nell
Norris were enjoyed by the Kiwan
ians. Several visitors were present.
New officers will be installed next
Monday night.
bet on following shots off the board
and getting the offense started.
All the men handle the ball with
ease and pass with precision. The
short pass game is stressed but the
boys can drop them in from outside
when the short shots are stopped.
Their passing game is the big stick,
however.
The huddle system will be used as
well as the old style of signalling
plays on the tap. So far, in early
season practice tilts in vicinity of
Miami, the huddle has worked, and
it should prove a novelty on South
ern courts. The team is steadily get
ting into last year's stride and
should be hitting on full when the
official season opens December 6th.
ENTERTAINS FOR MISS THOMAS
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Minish enter
tained a number of friends on Tues
day evening, December 27, in honor
of Miss Eula Thomas, of Washing
ton, D. C., who is the house guest of
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Thomas. The house
was lovely in its decorations of
Christmas greens. Progressive rook
was played at three tables, and Mrs.
Nell Padgett Norris sang a number
of beautiful solos, accompanied by
Mrs. Minish. A delicious ice course
with candy and salted nuts was serv
ed by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. J.
H. Thomas. The guests present were:
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Thomas, Mr. and
Mrs. E. O. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Young, Mrs. J. F. Alex
ander, Mrs. Nell Padgett Norris, and
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Doggett.
McCLELLAN-WALL
Announcement of the wedding of
Miss Lou Wall to Mr. John McClel
land of Berea, Ky., on December
17th, was made today. The wed
ding occurred in Berea, Ky., where
Miss Wall was attending school. Mr.
McClellan is a native of Berea. Mrs.
McClellan's home is in Forest City.
She is the niece of Dr. C. S. McCall.
Mr. R. Blanton Biggerstaff and
Miss Leona Rollins are to be mar
ried today. The groom is the son of
Mr. R. E. Biggerstaff, >\vhile the
bride-elect is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. G. W. Rollins. They are
among our most prominent young
people and will have the best wishes
of hosts of friends.
Attorney and Mrs. C. O. Ridings
have just received invitations to, and
will attend, a reception by Gov. and
Mrs. McLean at Raleigh, on Monday
afternoon, 3 to 6 o'clock.
Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Harrill enter
tained a number of relatives and
friends at a sumptuous Christmas
dinner Tuesday evening. Genuine
Southern hospitality was displayed in
a manner to make the remembrance
of the joyous occasion to be long
remembered by those fortunate
enough to be present.
Mrs. Asbury H. Nanney, of Union
Mills, died Friday night and was
buried Sunday. A more extended no
tice of the passing of this noble wo
man will be given next week.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
PARTY TUESDAY
Approaching Marriage of Miss
Mary Long to Mr. R. C.
Hair Announced
Mfsses Ottilee and Kate Lone: en
tertained on Tuesday afternoon at
4 o'clock at their home on Main
street at six tables of progressive
bridge. The home was very artistic
with its holiday decorations. After
several games were played the first
prize a handsome handkerchief went
to Miss Bunnah Jones, second prize
to Miss Margaret Bostic a tin horn,
the third a guest prize two hand-made
handkerchiefs to Mrs. R. C. Alex
ander a recent bride. Miss Mary Long
the honoree was the recipient of a
handsome suit of pink crepe-de-chine
I lingerie.
Miss Ruby Moore gave%everal de
lightful instrumental numbers during
the afternoon.
A delicious salad course was serv
ed and on each plate was found an
announcement card in the shape of
a half moon, with cupid holding his
hands over the eyes of a bride to be
as though asking "Guess Who"?, be
low were found M. T. L. R. C. H.
1927, in this way announcing the
engagement of Miss Mary Thompson
Long to Mr. Robert Clifton Hair, of
Pineville. The tally cards at the
tables were a bride and groom sit
ting on the moon, encircled with
stars. Miss Ottilee Long received at
the door attired in a flesh colored
georgette stydded in brilliants. Miss
Kate Long wore a turquoise blue
taffeta trimmed with a lavander vel
vet bow studded with brilliants. Miss
Mary Long the bride-to-be was very
charming looking in a pink taffeta
trimmed with flounces of tulle and
flowers made of tulle in pastel
shades.
The invited quests were: Misses
Annie Bridges, Clara Han-ill, Bertha
and Bunnah Jones, Ruth Meares, Mar
garet Young, Polly Huggins, Myrtle
Hemphill, Ruth Moore, Margaret
Bostic, Robbie Biggerstaff, Margaret
Ware, Mary Crowell, Viola Randall,
Claire Reid, Alice King, and Mes
dames W. W. Moore, F. R. Wilkins,
Nell Padgett Norris, R. C. Alexander,
C. E. Alcock, R. R. Blanton, C. C.
Blanton, J. M. Burkholder and Mrs.
Otto Long, of Shelby. The following
young ladies served: Misses Ruby
Moore, Ethel Moore, Margaret Moore,
Kathrine Barber and Ruth Doggett.
Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Harriss visited
the family of the latter's father, Mr.
J. W. Goldston, at Goldston, N. C.,
during the holidays.
SHILOH NEWS
Rutherfordton, R-l, Dec. 26.—AJ1
the teachers of Shiloh faculty are
spending the holidays at their homes.
Miss Elva Spurlin was the dinner
guest of Miss Lois Robbins. Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilford Ledbetter of
Spindale, spent Saturday night at Mr.
B. M. Jones'. ,
Mr. Lionell Smith of Boiling
Springs school is at' home for the
holidays.
Messrs. Timmorrs and Quay Spur
lin returned home recently * from
Sassafrass, Ky., where they have
been working several months.
Mr. Willie Morrow and family vis
ited in Sandy Mush Sunday.
Miss Ruth Morrow spent Saturday
night with her cousin Miss Lois Rob
bins.
Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Jones and
children and Mr. and Mrs. Gilford
Ledbetter spent Christmas day in
Forest City with Mr. and Mrs. C.
M. Champion and Mr. and Mrs. Her
bert Cole.
Miss Foy Jackson is spending the
holidays with her parents at Inman,
S. C.
Mr. Arthur Nash from Duke Uni
versity is at home this week.
Misses Annie and Ella Hamrick,
visited their cousins Misses Odessa
and Estelle Jones last Wednesday
night.
Mr and Mrs. Herbert Cole of For
est City spent Monday at Mr. Jason
Cole's.
Mrs. J. A. Smith and son J. u
spent the week end with Mr. am
Mrs. Paul Hawkins at Alexander.
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