 In the late 1920s and early '30s, Broadus Escoe Roach was a well-known and well-respected figure in our town. He "ran" the memorial Building from 1922 to 1931, was organist at the Baptist Church and was active in youth activities, including the Boy Scouts.
Roach left Cliffside sometime in the '30s. We've wondered what happened to him, then discovered a 1969 article about him that explains everything.
And don't miss the connecting-the-dots story of Mr. Roach's painting of Chimney Rock.
A lot of memories were brought to the surface back in December 2003 when the old Mill at Cliffside closed its doors. The Daily Courier preserved many of Herman Jones' and Selma Jackson's thoughts and memories of their decades spent in the old mill.
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One morning in January, 1944 a block of buildings housing Paul Carpenter's grocery store, Virgil Wall's shoe shop, the movie theater and a filling station all burned down. It's in The County, under History.
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Early on a Sunday morning in the fall of 1942 at the old Riverside Filling Station two miles south of Cliffside, there was a fight and Newell "Snag" Pearson lay dead, his skull fractured and his throat cut. Although the death certificate called it murder, and arrests were made, no one was ever held responsible for Pearson's death.
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The audacious robbers took over $35,000, then shot up the bank's windows as they made their escape. Even our Baptist minister—with a borrowed pistol—was in on the hunt. As far as we know, the robbers are still at large. If you know their whereabouts, call the sheriff.
In 1992, after nearly 70 years of continuous operation, the parts of the old clock were wearing out and required expert attention. Its hands were still and the big bells no longer rang. Cone Mills spent thousands for the overhaul. Two newspapers ran substantial stories on the clock's resuscitation.
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We've run across a "new" story of the
famous plane crash in 1964. In this one, there are some interesting
reactions and quotes from several towsnpeople and a funny followup
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 One Sunday in the summer of 1953, the Spartanburg Herald-Journal devoted an entire page to story and pictures of Cliffside, which at the time had existed for 54 years. The article gave extensive coverage to the cannery, the Boy Scouts, the Lions Club and the "new" American Legion hut (formerly the "colored school").
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Did you know your Haynes Bank account had no number, they used your name? It says so right here in a 1967 profile in the Charlotte Observer. Of course, small banks were not computerized at that time. And the largest loan the bank would make was $40,000. Ah, yesterday.
From The Rutherford County Sun, dozens of articles and columns from the late 1920s, describing events both tragic and humorous; changes to the town; advertising by Cliffside stores and businesses; and community, school and church news.
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Back in the thirties, Clarence Griffin had a series in the Courier called "Our Neighbors" that profiled interesting personalities in the county. In an issue in March, 1939 he wrote a nice profile of Cliffside's only lawyer, Kenneth McMahan.
In the fall of 1938 a ceremony was held to dedicate the new Scout Cabin at North Main and Beason Road. It must have been a proud moment for the town and its teenage boys. This old clipping describes the brand new facility and tells who was at the ceremony.
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In a sidebar story, Grover Haynes, Jr. tells about his scouting days when the cabin was new.
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