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Cliffside Historical Society

About Us

The Cliffside Historical Society wants you!

The Cliffside Historical Society is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to collect and preserve the history, memories and lore of Cliffside, in the form of documents, articles, photographs and written or recorded memoirs. This Web site is a part of that effort.

We need members and contributors. The individual membership fee is only $10 per year ($15 per family)—and you can buy lifetime memberships. Cash donations beyond that will be most appreciated.

Members (called “Friends of Cliffside”) receive The Cliffside Chimes, newsletters filled with history and memories, news of the projects we're undertaking and the progress we're making, and previews of material coming soon on Remember Cliffside.

There are four such newsletters a year. Here is a sample of one of the issues in this PDF file. We hope you will check it out.

If you are not already a member, we need you—not only for your cash contributions, but to become involved in one or more of our projects. We need people to do research: to interview and record the stories of our older residents and former residents of Cliffside and nearby areas; to help search for facts, identify photos, create archives, etc. We also need people who like to write, who are curious, who like to get to the bottom of things. You don't have to live in or even near Cliffside to help.

 

Active Members

Current as of June 4, 2009. Lifetime memberships are highlighted. If your name no longer appears here, your membership has lapsed. We urge you to renew. Just select the Application tab and print copies for applying.

Name
Renewal Date
  Name Renewal Date
Abernethy, Pat 10/12/2009 Johnson, Murrell 3/1/2010
Amos, Yvonne 10/11/2009 Jolley, Jerry F Lifetime
Atkinson, Mack 2/17/2009 Jolley, Sara 9/17/2009
Bailey, Benjamin W 1/20/2009 Jones, Bob & Betsey Lifetime
Bailey, Don Lifetime Jones, Matt 10/11/2009
Bailey, Reno & Betty Lifetime Kavadellas, Janet Matheny Lifetime
Beason, Bill & Pamela Lifetime Kerr, Marilyn Moore 10/11/2009
Beason, Lee 2/13/2010 Kokoska, Jane H Lifetime
Biggerstaff, Buzz & Beth 9/25/2009 Lancaster, Albert D. 7/15/2009
Biggerstaff, Elizabeth 1/3/2009 Landreth, Horton & Jerene 10/11/2009
Biggerstaff, Virginia Lifetime Lawrence, Marcus S 1/5/2010
Bridges, George 11/18/2009 Lemmons, Charles H 1/8/2009
Butler, Cathy Smart 10/11/2009 Loeber, Greta Harmon Lifetime
Campbell, Henry 10/11/2009 Macon, Emily Cromer 10/11/2009
Cantrell, Daphne Lifetime Mancino, Charles 8/11/2009
Cargill, Anne C Lifetime Martin, Ruby Earls 10/11/2009
Cargill, Paula C Lifetime Mashburn, Jane Lifetime
Carroll, Stephen Lifetime Mashburn, Myrtle G 10/30/2009
Carpenter, Ed 11/3/2009 Masters, William H 10/11/2009
Cauble, Jim 1/16/2011 Matheny, Gene Lifetime
Clement, Suzanne Thompson 11/16/2009 Matheny, Mal 10/11/2009
Condrey, John 8/10/2009 McCurry, Hazel 4/25/2009
Condrey, Johnny 10/11/2009 McCurry, Melvin K 1/2/2009
Condrey, Ron 10/22/2009 McCurry, Warren 4/25/2011
Condrey, Steve 11/1/2009 Miller, Hannah 10/11/2009
Crawley, Danny & Polly 10/11/2009 Miller, Helen 10/11/2009
Cromer, Snook 10/12/2009 Millis, Wayne 10/11/2009
Culbreth, Ann Beatty 4/26/2009 Moser Jr, Max 12/14/2009
Davidson, Gerard 1/14/2011 Nanney, David Powell Sr 10/17/2009
Davis, Sam 10/14/2009 Nanney, Frank 10/11/2009
Dedmon, Ruby S 11/1/2009 Needham, Edwin & Wanda Lifetime
Dedmond, Gene & Rebecca 10/11/2009 Norville, Jerry 1/8/2009
Dedmond, Marc 10/11/2009 Norville, Naomi 12/1/2009
Dedmond, Roger 6/1/2010 Norville, Vance 10/11/2009
Della Mea, Carolyn 9/13/2009 Pace, Betty Raines 10/11/2009
Delorme, Debra 11/9/2009 Packard, Margie 10/11/2009
Deyton, Catheryn 10/11/2009 Padgett, John & Bernice 10/11/2009
Dillingham, Bobby 8/4/2009 Phelps, Sherry H 2/25/2009
Dobbins, Melvin J 11/15/2008 Poteat, Linda 9/2/2010
Dobbins, Steve & Edie 9/12/2009 Powell, Ronald D 11/2/2010
Dothard, Rose Patsy 10/14/2009 Pressley, Dennis & Joyce 10/12/2009
Drum, Amy Bridges Lifetime Price, James Lifetime
Earls, Elizabeth S 1/16/2010 Price, Joe 10/21/2009
Epperson, Sara S 9/4/2009 Price, Vickie 10/11/2009
Eskew, Jane Lawrence 9/16/2009 Putnam, William L 10/11/2009
Evans, Geraldine 8/7/2009 Randall, Bertie Adair 1/4/2011
Floyd, Bill & Joyce 5/3/2009 Reid, Ashley & Ginny 1/9/2010
Fowler, Michael & Family 1/15/2010 Robinson, Hazel 10/11/2009
Frye, Sue 1/24/2010 Ruppe, James H 10/12/2010
Garrett, Pam Campbell 9/4/2009 Sanders, Osteen Norville 12/1/2009
Godfrey, Faye A 1/1/2010 Scruggs, Buster R 8/18/2009
Goforth, Kim 10/11/2009 Scruggs, Dean & Rebecca 8/10/2009
Goode, Eloise W 10/30/2009 Scruggs, Ed W 10/27/2009
Grayson, Elizabeth S 1/26/2010 Scruggs, George 10/11/2009
Griffin, Betty Shull Lifetime Sisk, Dean & Judy 10/31/2009
Hames, Ann Hammett 10/11/2009 Sisk, Josh & Megan 12/30/2009
Hamrick, Ed Lifetime Smith, T Wayne 10/11/2009
Hamrick, Jane R 10/11/2009 Sparks, Toby Lifetime
Hamrick, Nellie Jo S 10/12/2009 Speaks, Joan Wilson 4/20/2012
Hardin, Kate 10/30/2009 Stancil, Shirley Ruppe 5/3/2009
Harmon, Mike 12/3/2009 Stockton, Martha Honeycutt 5/6/2010
Harris, James 10/11/2009 Summey, Rodney 10/11/2009
Haynes Jr, A Myles 4/3/2010 Swing, James & Frances 9/15/2009
Haynes Jr, Grover & June Lifetime Swing, Janice Lifetime
Haynes, Charles & Lavonne 8/27/2009 Talbert, Robin 1/11/2010
Haynes, George E Lifetime Tate, Judy 1/4/2010
Haynes, Jim 10/19/2009 Taylor, David 10/11/2009
Heffner, Diane 9/4/2009 Thomas, Michael 11/25/2009
Herndon, Darrell 10/11/2009 Thompson, Shirley Crawford 9/12/2009
Hill, James Eddie & Deborah 1/7/2010 Tinkler, John Bruce Lifetime
Hill, William B 1/3/2014 Turner, Mavis Lifetime
Hinson, Ann McMahan 5/3/2010 Wallace, Jack 10/14/2009
Holland, Trudy 11/17/2009 Wallace, William Lifetime
Honeycutt, Ben L Lifetime Waters, Carolyn G 8/7/2009
Houser, Evelyn 1/6/2011 Watkins, Joe & Debbie 11/16/2009
Houser, Frances M 1/6/2010 Weathers, Buddy 1/10/2009
Houser, Wayne & Peggy 10/11/2009 Webb, James 7/22/2009
Humphries Jr, Archie 10/12/2008 West, Kenneth N 10/18/2009
Humphries, Ben 10/12/2009 White, Don L 10/11/2009
Humphries, Steve 10/11/2009 White, Phillip 10/13/2009
Hunt, Jack Lifetime Wilkie, Steve 9/26/2008
Hunter, Neal & Joyce 7/24/2009 Willis, Patsy M 1/24/2010
Huskey, JoAnn 7/5/2009 Wilson, Daisy Lifetime
Ingram, Bill 10/13/2010 Winn, Jane 9/17/2009
Ingram, Gene 4/17/2012 Winn, R D Lifetime
Ingram, Harry 1/2/2010 Womack, Deb 10/12/2009
Ingram, James 8/5/2009 Wortman, Dan B 10/11/2009
Johnson, Clay 10/11/2009    

 

Board Members

 

 

Officers of the Society are:

  • President: Don Bailey
  • Vice-President: Jim Ruppe
  • Treasurer: Betty Bailey
  • Secretary: Dee Webb

 

The Board of Directors:

  • Betty Bailey
  • Don Bailey
  • Reno Bailey
  • Buzz Biggerstaff
  • Anne Cargill
  • James Harris
  • Horton Landreth
  • Jim Ruppe
  • Janice Swing
  • Dee Webb
  • Phillip White

 

The photo is not of our board, nor even our officers. The young man at the upper right is Charles H. Haynes and the others are probably some of his friends at Guilford College, about 1895. (From the Hazel Haynes Bridges collection)

 

 

Web Site Sponsors

a Monthly sponsorship is only $25. Please become a sponsor for one or more months. You will be "given" the next open month(s), or any month you request, if available. Just click the Application tab. Linked sponsorships are done in memory of others.

  2007 2008 2009 2010
January   Buzz & Beth Biggerstaff James Price McKinney-Landreth
 Funeral Home
February   Don Bailey Marc Dedmond's Carolina  Trophies & Screen Printing McKinney-Landreth
 Funeral Home
March   Jim Ruppe James Price McKinney-Landreth
 Funeral Home
April   Joyce Hunter Marc Dedmond's Carolina  Trophies & Screen Printing McKinney-Landreth
 Funeral Home
May   William Wallace Grover & June Haynes McKinney-Landreth
 Funeral Home
June Grover & June Haynes Gene & Nancy Matheny Marc Dedmond's Carolina  Trophies & Screen Printing McKinney-Landreth
 Funeral Home
July James Price Ashley & Ginny Reid Ashley & Ginny Reid Ashley & Ginny Reid
August Jim Ingram Marc Dedmond's Carolina  Trophies & Screen Printing Horton Landreth McKinney-Landreth
 Funeral Home
September Mavis Turner James Price James & Juanita Haynes McKinney-Landreth
 Funeral Home
October Myles Haynes, Jr Marc Dedmond's Carolina  Trophies & Screen Printing James & Juanita Haynes McKinney-Landreth
 Funeral Home
November Gene & Nancy Matheny James Price James & Juanita Haynes McKinney-Landreth
 Funeral Home
December Marc & Janice Swing Marc Dedmond's Carolina  Trophies & Screen Printing McKinney-Landreth
 Funeral Home
McKinney-Landreth
 Funeral Home

  2011 2012 2013 2014
January Phillip White Bill Beason Jane Mashburn Linda Webster Poteat
February Sam Davis Bill Beason Joan Speaks Carolyn Della Mea
March William Wallace Bill Beason Virginia Biggerstaff William Wallace
April Gerard Davidson Bill Beason Geraldine Evans CHS Class of 1956
May Carolyn Waters Bill Beason Geraldine Evans CHS Class of 1956
June Cliffside Mills, LLC Bill Beason Geraldine Evans CHS Class of 1956
July Carolyn Waters Bill Beason Geraldine Evans CHS Class of 1956
August William Wallace Bill Beason William Wallace CHS Class of 1956
September Phillip White Bill Beason William Wallace Elizabeth Scruggs Grayson
October William Wallace Bill Beason Dean & Becky Scruggs William Wallace
November William Wallace Bill Beason Marilyn Kerr William Wallace
December William Wallace Bill Beason Marilyn Kerr William Wallace

  2015 2016 2017 2018
January William Wallace      
February William Wallace      
March S.L. Hamrick      
April        
May        
June        
July        
August        
September        
October        
November        
December        

Contributors

This is a list of the 248 readers who, prior to our establishing the Historical Society, supported this Web site in the form of cash contributions, submitted stories and/or photographs, praise, advice, corrections or good wishes. Your continuing support makes Remember Cliffside possible. Click the Application tab.

Abernathy, Pat Humphries Hamrick, Max & Pat Miller, Barbara
Aldrich, John Lindsey Hamrick, Nellie Jo Scruggs Miller, Hannah
Alley, Chad Hamrick, Phillip E. Miller, Harriet Tarleton
Atkinson, Mack Hanson, Mike Miller, Joe
Bagwell, Hazel Hardin, Madeline Scruggs Miller, Ralph
Bailey, Benjamin W. Harris, Hylan Mintz, Molly
Bailey, Betty Shellem Harris, James Mintz, Sandra
Bailey, Brendan Harris, Joan Moore, Butch
Bailey, Don Harris, Keith Moore, Peggy
Bailey, Gaynell Owens Hawkins, Bob Moss, Buzzy
Bailey, Ruby Fraser Hawkins, Sam Nanney, B. Powell
Baker, Mary Adair Haynes, Grover C. Jr. Nanney, Frank
Bedford, Debbie Haynes, Jim Nanney, Ray
Biggerstaff, Buzzy Haynes, Myles, Jr. Neal, Leon
Biggerstaff, Colleen Head, Flo Nell Needham, Edwin
Biggerstaff, Jack Hefner, Robert Newton, Carolyn Watkins
Biggerstaff, Virginia Padgett Hendrick, Mack & Avis Norville, Jerry
Bostic, Yates Higgenson, Dave O'Sullivan, Nancie
Brackett, Becky Condrey Higginson, Dave Owensby, Earl
Bridges, Hazel Haynes Hill, Bill Padgett, John & Bernice
Bridges, Suzy Hill, Debbie Thomas Parris, Ruby
Butler, Betty Whitaker Hill, Sam Peterson, Randy
Camp, Tom Hines, Bonnie Mintz Phillips, Johnny
Campbell, Henry Hines, Terry Powell, Ron
Cantrell, Daphene Ledford Holland, Jill Price, John & Louise Wall
Cargill, Anne Holland, Jim Price, Vickie
Cauble, James Hollifield, Betty McCombs Quarles, Bobbie
Champion, Richard Honeycutt, Ben Raines, James
Chandler, Dena Watkins Houser, Evelyn Hollifield Randall, Mike
CHS Class of '56 Houser, Frances McMurray Reid, Ashley & Ginny Ann
Clardy, Harold Houser, Peggy Robinson, Ruby Scruggs
Clement, Suzanne Thompson Houser, Terry Rumsley, Lynn
Cobb, David Howell, Ron Ruppe, Jim
Cobb, Steve Hoyle, Dan Sammons, Shelby
Condon-Silliphant, Victoria Humphries, Ben Scancarelli, Jim
Condrey, Ron Humphries, Charles & Ramona Scott, William
Connor, Donna Humphries, Lula Goode Scruggs, Becky Callahan
Connor, Jeri Padgett Humphries, Max Scruggs, Ed
Crow, Judson O. & Jeri Hunt, Gary Scruggs, June
Culbreth, Ann Beatty Hunt, Jack Scruggs, K.D.
Dalton, Al Hunter, Joyce Atkinson Scruggs, Mary
Dalton, Walter Huskey, JoAnn Atkinson Searcy, Maude
Daves, Rebecca Allen Huskey, Mrs. Damon Sementilli, Kristina
Davis, Anita Price Ingram, Bill Shuford, Gene
Davis, Joey Ingram, Gene Shull, Rush III
Davis, Lillian Ingram, Harry Silver, Robert & BJ
Davis, Sam Ingram, Jim Simmons, Bob
Dedmond , Roger Ingram, Laverne Simmons, John
Dennis, Jeanne Jackson, Dot Slocumb, Wayne & Diane
Deviney, Charles Johnson, Marie Waters Smith, Juanita Davis
Dothard, Patsy Ingram Jolley, Chris Sparks, Jim & Tommie
Dula, Michael Jolley, Jerry Splawn, Frank
Earls, Thomas Jolley, Leonard Stacey, Ray & Teresa
Ellis, Dr. Ed Jones, Barry Stancil, Shirley Ruppe
Epperson, Sara Scruggs Jones, Bob & Betsy Steele, Ben & Loree
Eskew, Jane Lawrence Jones, Herman Strahl, Joe
Evans, Geraldine Kavadellas, Janet Matheny Stricker, Bill
First, Fred Kendrick, Jerry Swing, Mark & Janice
Fisher, Mike Kerr, Marilyn Moore Talbert, Robin
Fisher, John & Beth Landreth, Horton Tate, Jennifer Hawkins
Flint, Cathy Lauterer, Jock Teasley, Kenneth
Floyd, W. D. Lovelace, Dirk Thompson, Shirley Crawford
Frye, Sue Brooks Lowery, Dot Beason Toney, Sheila
Gamble, Vera Lowery, Kay Turner, Betty Nance
Garrett, Pam Campbell Luckadoo, Michelle Walker, James M.
Gillis, Doug Luckadoo, Hubert & Theresa Wallace, Jack
Gold, Joe Lyles, Betty Haynes Wallace, Nancy Brown
Goode, Bill Marsh, Dan & Sheila Wallace, Roland
Goode, Johnny Manship, Sara Wallace, William
Gosey, Cindy Martin, Ruby Earls Waters, Carolyn
Greene, Debbie Mashburn, Myrtle Watkins, R.G.
Greene, Donald Mason, Judy Dedmondd Weathers, Buddy
Greene, Jackie West Mauney, Richard Webb, James D.
Greene, Marshall Mayse, Sarah Huss West, Kenneth
Greene, Maxann McBrayer, Jane White, Phillip
Greene, Norma McCraw, Mary Edna Wilkins, Jeff & Sylvia
Hadden, Peggy Blanton McCraw, Trey & Rebecca Williams, Cynthia Champion
Hames, Debbie McDaniel, David Williams, J.B.
Hames, Dennis Wayne McDaniel, Larry Wilson, Donna
Hames, Mark McDaniel, Marvin Winn, Jane
Hamrick, Caroline McHugh, Joe Wolfe, Frances
Hamrick, Guy & Helen Meade, Gene Wortman, Danny
Hamrick, Jane Robinson Mikulee, David  

 

Application

Click here to print copies. Pass them out to your friends.

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Society News

The Second Annual Society Gathering Posted Nov. 1, 2008

This year's Gathering on Friday night, October 10, had a strong panel of speakers: Jim Ruppe, Ben Honeycutt and Don Bailey, who were was captured in these nice photos by Marilyn Moore Kerr.

Jim, Ben and Don

Over 90 enthusiastic friends of Cliffside had a grand time enjoying themselves and the speakers, who related their childhood and boyhood memories. Don gave an interesting talk on the history of Cliffside churches. On this night and the next day, we gained 35 new members and 24 renewals.

Jim, vice president of the Society, extends this message:

Thanks for all your help in making the Cliffside Historical Society’s weekend a most successful one! New memberships and renewals were up over last year. Souvenir sales also showed an increase. The hard work by a number of people helped to make the events a success.

In the corporate world, it would be time to do a post-mortem, while the events are still on everyone’s mind. This poll will be used to guide the Society for next year’s meeting, determining what went right, what went wrong, and ways we can improve next year’s meeting and Cliffside Day.

This would include everything from initial planning to the program, facilities, selection of speakers and any items that you feel need to be addressed or would be helpful. Your input is important and any comment, no matter how brief would be appreciated!

Please email you comments to me at jimruppe@yahoo.com