Remember Cliffside

Projects
Articles
News Stories
Yearbooks & Grads

Projects and Memoirs

	William Thomas Tate, "A Little Hill To Climb"
	Where Are They Now?, What happened to my old friends and acquaintences?
	JoAnn Huskey's Cliffside Sketches— Stories of people and events in old Cliffside
	Poems of Cliffside — Selected verse by some of its poets
	The Thompson Columns, 1930s Courier columns by Skipper Thompson
	Jennie Hawkins Metcalfe's Memories, “Turn My Face Toward Cliffside”
	Mabel Cargill's Memoirs, “I remember...”, 1988
	RGee's Corner, emails about yesteryear from Glenn Watkins
	Flashbacks, fleeting glimpses of Cliffside's past

Original Articles

	Snippets from the School Paper (Cliffside Hi-Lights), 1939
	Facts (barely) Worth Remembering, but interesting, nonetheless
	Tomfoolery, pranks and practical jokes
	Pitching In, public picnics in Cliffside
	The Cliffside Way, by JoAnn Huskey
	Interurban Transportation, our little bus line
	Remembering the Filter Plant, by Ben Honeycutt
	The Amazing Preston, when a hypnotist came to town
	Cliffside Pride — Class of 1950, Betty Houser Cromer remembers, a half century later
	Firebugs, burning down the town in the '60s, one house at a time
	Remembering Cliffside...in the old days, Jay Sailors recalls the town in the 1930s and '40s
	Bill Ingram (1913-1999), a touching reminiscence by his son, Gene
	An Incredible Tale, Dr. Rush Shull avoids disaster
	Haywood, the Rooster, the mascot of a company of National Guardsmen in 1934
	"Which Side Are You On?", more on the “march on Cliffside” by labor activists
	Mr. Beatty's Thesis, a study of graduates from 1934 through 1939
	Dr. Jack Hunt's Memories, a talk given at Society Gathering on Oct. 12, 2007
	Class of '43 Gathers Again
	Bringing Them Home, the trip home of Cliffside Railroad's "new" engines
	The Purple Cloud, Cliffside High's teams in the 1920s
	Music Makers, Dewey McDaniel and the home-grown musicians of Cliffside
	The Trip to Cliffside by Bobby Jones
	Eagle Scouts, scouting in Cliffside in the late 1930s
	River Street Memories by Gene Ingram
	Everybody Said She Was Smart, schools days with Geraldine Wall
	Memories of Cliffside by Peggy Blanton Hadden
	Cliffside: The Town That WAS, by Frances McMurray Houser
	Scholarship Fund Established for Mr. D. H. Huss
	Hello, Central..., by Becky Callahan Scruggs
	The Old Romina, by Phillip White
	1988 Reunion Speech, by Walter Dalton
	The Water Boy, by Reno Bailey
	Local Entertainment, by Reno Bailey
	Working in the Mill, by R.G. Watkins
	Mill Hills of the Foothills, Award-winning essay by Haynes Paul Bridges - 1988
	Grandma's Kitchen, by Peggy Putnam Houser
	The Big Shot, by Reno Bailey
	Tearing Down a Town, by Mike Fisher
	Changin' Time, by Reno Bailey
	Punishment I Deserved, by Carolyn Watkins Newton
	Town Clock, by Ina Fortune Haynes
	Mr. Beatty, stories about a great man
	The Goat Man, by Reno Bailey
	How Old Is Grandma?, by anonymous
	A Trip Back in Time, by Carolyn Watkins Newton

News Stories and Columns

	Artist Talks About Cliffside's Connection To Gasoline Alley, Courier, Nov. 18, 2012
	Sparks Operate Own Business; Makes Flavoring, Rutherford County News, Oct. 14, 1964
	Cliffside High Active in War Effort, Courier, April 22, 1943
	Dr. Radford Retires, Courier, Star, News-Enterprise, May 1983
	Glimpses of History, Charlotte Observer, Jul 18, 1995
	Cliffside Girl (Elizabeth Hendrick) Highly Honored, Courier, Apr. 16, 1939
	Dr. J.M. Allhands, Cliffside Physician, Passes, Courier, Dec. 7, 1939
	Dr. J.F. Whisnant, Avondale Dentist, Dies, Courier, Feb. 6, 1936
	Belgian Artist Captures Detail of Adopted Hometown, Courier, May 15, 1995
	Haynes' Cliffside Dream Survives, The Shelby Star, Mar. 14, 1997
	Checkers, The Daily Courier, June 28, 1989
	More Than Just A Fire Truck, The Daily Courier, Mar. 23, 1984
	Pioneers Remembered, The Daily Courier, May 10, 1990
	Old Fiddlers at Cliffside, Shelby Highlander, 1905
	Our 'Big Ben' Goes In For Repairs, The Daily Courier, Dec. 2, 1992
	Clockmaker Toils, The Charlotte Observer, Nov. 29, 1992
	Duke Starts Work on Power Projects, The Forest City Courier, Jan 19, 1939
	Busy Center of Industrial Development, Spartanburg Herald-Journal, Aug 16, 1953
	Century-old Cone Plant Closes, The Daily Courier, Dec 7, 2003
	Cliffside Gets New Phone System, The Forest City Courier, Jun 27, 1955
	Clock in Tower Rules Over Many Daily Activities, The Herald Journal, Feb 16, 1944
	School Research Project Becomes A Book, The Daily Courier, Jan 15, 1992
	The Way They Were, The Daily Courier, Jan 15, 1992
	Jet Crashes Near Cliffside; Pilot Safe, The Rutherford County News, 1964
	An Election Night in Shelby, The Hickory Daily Record, about 1980
	T-33 Jet Trainer Crashes Near Cliffside, The Shelby Star, 1964

	Columnist Dot Jackson's Cliffside series from The Charlotte Observer

		Charlotte Artist Recreates A Classic Carolinas Town, Mar 10, 1982
		Once Thriving Mill Town Now Subsists On Its Memories, Mar 12, 1982
		Small Southern Towns Have a Saving Grace, Apr 2, 1982
		Youngsters Could Use a Helping of Respect, Apr 7, 1982

	Cliffside: Born of Dreams, Dead of Reality, The Asheville Citizen-Times, Feb 27, 1977
	Model School, Rutherford County News, Dec 3, 1986
	Homecoming will reunite members of mill 'family,' The Shelby Star, Mar 31, 1988
	Town like a club, The Shelby Star, Mar 31, 1988
	2,000 Reunite at Home — In Cliffside, The Charlotte Observer, May 9, 1988
	Cliffside, its people have contributed much, The (Forest City) Daily Courier, May 9, 1988
	Cliffside remains in its people's hearts, The (Forest City) Daily Courier, May 9, 1988
	Hundreds flock to community homecoming, The Shelby Star, May 9, 1988
	Cliffside: 'It was a little Mayberry,' The (Forest City) Daily Courier, Jul 17, 1996
	Clock reminds residents of what town once was, The Shelby Star, Jan 24, 1997

Cliffside High Yearbooks & Graduate Lists

	Lists of All Graduates 1923—1959 & Chase High Graduates 1960—1961
	The Cliff-Dweller, Class of 1959	The Cliff-Dweller, Class of 1950
	The Cliff-Dweller, Class of 1958	The Cliff-Dweller, Class of 1949
	The Cliff-Dweller, Class of 1957	The Cliff-Dweller, Class of 1948
	The Cliff-Dweller, Class of 1956	The Cliff-Dweller, Class of 1947
	The Cliff-Dweller, Class of 1955	The Cliff Climbers, Class of 1941
	The Cliff-Dweller, Class of 1954	The Cliff Echoes, Class of 1940
	The Cliff-Dweller, Class of 1953	The Eagle, Class of 1939
	The Cliff-Dweller, Class of 1952	The Senior Cliff Dwellers, Class of 1938
	The Cliff-Dweller, Class of 1951	Old Gold and Black, Class of 1937