--Birth—Born to Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Pearce, Saturday morning, a daughter, Leslie Kathleen.
--Birth—Born to Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Keever on Suttle Street, June 14, a fine daughter.
--With Plumbing Firm—Miss Kathleen Dorsey of Forest City has accepted a position with the Shelby Plumbing Company here.
--Masonic Notice—Cleveland lodge No. 202 will meet in called communication Tuesday afternoon June 15th for work in third degree at 5 p.m. Adjournment will be about 6 o’clock and meeting will be called again at 8 p.m.
--Gets License—Mr. Craig Runyans, who has been employed with local undertakers for some time, recently passed the state board of examiners and has received his license as an embalmer. Mr. Runyans is with the Palmer Funeral home.
--Annuals Here—High school annuals, published by the graduating class of this year, have arrived and will be on sale for the next few days at Alexander’s jewelry store. All who have paid for their copies, and all who wish to secure one, are asked to call for their copy at once.
--Making Good—Shelby people will hear with pleasure of the success of a former Shelby boy in state banking circles. Mr. Ben Roberts, son of Mrs. Eliza Roberts, of Shelby, now assistant cashier of the National Bank of Rocky Mount, goes to Dallas, Texas, July 9, representing his bank at the meeting of the American Bankers Association.
--Off for Chapel Hill—H.C. Thompson, son of Z.J. Thopson was off Saturday for Chapel Hill for a summer course of study. Young Thompson is planning preliminary studies looking to a medical degree. Last winter he was principal of the Henrietta-Caroleen school. Formerly, he attended Duke University. He says it will require four years of further college work to secure an M.D.
--Open Office Here—The Happy Valley Lake Estates has opened headquarters I Shelby, with Messrs. E.J. Tillman and S.E. Powers in charge. This development is located between Lenoir and Blowing Rock, comprising according to Mr. Tillman, some 6,000 acres. P. L. Wright, who developed Druid Hills at Hendersonville, is president of the new company formed this spring.
--How’s This?—“Too wet to plow this morning,” was the statement of Ed Dixon of Belwood—which is something rather unusual for Cleveland County of recent weeks. A heavy rain fell about 4 o’clock in the afternoon in the Belwood section on over in Lincoln County and Monday morning the ground was too wet for plowing in certain sections of upper Cleveland. Farmers in that section estimate that the downfall was worth thousands of dollars to the crop.
--Shelby to Attend—the following from the Statesville Daily about the horse show there will be of local interest: The race track for the horse show, which will be held on Monday, July 5, is being completed today. It is a quarter-mile track located at the end of Woodlawn Drive on the Taylorsville road, on the Wilson farm. Mr. C.A. Stearns, who was in Asheville this week, reports that many people from the mountain metropolis will be in Statesville for the show Little, big horse dealer from Camden, S.C., Dr. J.S. Dorton and Messrs. Charles Doggett of Shelby were in Statesville yesterday making arrangements for entries in the show. “We expect at least 5,000 people here for the show,” said Mr. C.A. Stearns today.
From page 5 of the Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., Monday, June 14, 1926
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