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What's New - 2012
02/01/2012 February's Photo of the Month reveals (exposes?) Cliffside's latest social organization, the USPS Morning News Club, Chapter #28024. What it is, is a subset of the local population that spends a part of each weekday morning in and around the post office, drinking coffee and sharing their knowledge, both real and imagined.
Much has been written about “the Cliffside Cemetery,” as if it is the only one in town. But it isn't; there is another just west of the school. Since at least the mid-1940's the Haynes Grove Cemetery has been used by many of Cliffside's black families.
We can see the huge stack and the giant plume of steam, but that's about all that's visible at Duke Energy's massive modernization of the Cliffside Steam Station. Recently Duke released a set of photos that will bring us up to date on the project.
There was a time when Cone Mills would sponsor day-long picnics for the townspeople on the school's ball ground. Here are some photos from the '70s and/or '80s. You might show up in one.
February's site sponsor, in fact sponsor for the entirety of 2012, is Bill Beason. We greatly appreciate his contributions.
Please, please keep your membership up to date. Go here to check your expiration date, and, if it's earlier than the current date, please renew. If your name is missing from the membership list, you also need to renew. Just print out an application/renewal form and send it with a check to the address on the form.
01/01/2012 January's Photo of the Month is an exterior shot of Cliffside's old filter plant. It's titled "Last to go?" for a reason. It's about all that's left of the old town's buildings. Along with the photo is a slide show of images made inside the plant by James L. Harris.
Who owned Cliffside? R.R. Haynes didn't just jump into the Cliffside enterprise with only his own money. The Cliffside Mills corporation issued 2,500 shares of stock. Who owned those shares? Here are several lists of shareholders from May 1914 until the day Mr. Haynes died.
On the day after he died, or the next, when the train carrying the body of Mr. Haynes passed through Spartanburg, a newspaper reported it.
How in the world could you void the warranty on a train locomotive? Well, the Cliffside Railroad managed to do it, back in 1924.
In "The Cliffside Way" JoAnn Huskey relates a story of the neighborliness and generosity of a wonderful woman, Ruby Mintz.
January's site sponsor, in fact sponsor for the entirety of 2012, is Bill Beason. We greatly appreciate his contributions.
“Look! Up in the sky!” No, not you, silly. That's the title of this article by Jim Ruppe recounting the exploits of early (1919-1920) aviators over Rutherford County. Even Santa Claus flew over, dropping presents.
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