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What's New - 2010
03/01/2010 The Photo of the Month, "The Lineup," shows a group of mill men whose job was to make denim, lots and lots of denim.
During WWII, Cliffside's high school students contributed in many ways to the war effort, collecting scrap, buying savings stamps, even helping farmers harvest their crops.
In our History, Profiles section, there's a nice article on John Wilkins, father of a large Cliffside family. He came to Cliffside in 1918 (at the age of 18), and was a plumber for most of his life.
In 1969 Cliffside native Troy Houser, then the editor of the Forest City Courier, wrote a story on our town Clock's 50th anniversary. Story and pictures here.
Don Bailey has a new book, Cliffside, North Carolina: The First Half Century covers in great detail the history of our town from its earliest beginnings in 1899 through 1959. Read more on the front page.
This month's sponsor of the Web site is, once again, the McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home. And, once again, our thanks.
02/01/2010 Their (the Company's) inbox was never empty. They received many letters, from job seekers, former residents, etc. Here are a couple.
In 1907, an 11-year-old Cliffside boy whacked a dynamite cap with a hammer. It exploded and blinded him in one eye. Seven years later, he sued the Company for negligence, claiming its workers left the cap lying around where he could get it. Did they? Or was he lying? See what you think. Read “Was Justice Served?”
Daisy Keeter Wilson recalls her years growing up in Clifside. She was born in 1916, and is now in her nineties. She's Joan Wilson's mom. Read Daisy Wilson Reminisces.
From a small newspaper called The Clipper, here's a brief biography of Miss Pamelia Pruette.
Photo of the Month is the interior of another Cliffside landmark, the Fairview Service Station, and of two well-regarded citizens.
This month's sponsor of the Web site is the McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home. As always, our thanks.
Where are they now? This month Sherry Harris Phelps is the object of our inquiry. (Check out our new “Where are they” gliding panel on the front page.)
In The County, under Places, we have a history of a long-forgotten—at least long-unmentioned—site where annual camp meetings were held. It was the Rock Springs Campground.
01/01/2010 The Photo of the first Month of this new decade is a nostalgic look down a road you'll all remember, or still travel.
There are nice profiles and photos (under History, Profiles) of Grover and Ina Fortune Haynes, written by their son, Grover Haynes, Jr.
On your way to Shelby, did you ever stop in at Jenkins Grocery at Fairview, just over the county line? We've immortalized it (if you can do that to places) in Landmarks.
We've added 78 new photos in a new WWII image gallery, and improved (we hope) the looks and navigation of this very important part of the History section.
We've unearthed an old letter (1901) from R. R. Haynes to a friend, in which he relates the progress being made in building the Cliffside Mill. Surprisingly, for a go-getter like Mr. Haynes, things were moving pretty slowly.
And our thanks to Steve Carroll, of McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home, for being this month's Web sponsor.
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