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What's New - 2002
See “I remember...”, the memoirs of Mabel Bridges Cargill in the Memories section. You'll find the full text of her essay, along with her biography and family pictures, and a poignant news item about her parents.
There are more old articles in the In The News section, in a category called Cliffside Christmas. They tell of the excitement and preparations for Christmas in our town in the late '20s. There are also some letters to Santa from children you might know or remember, and a couple of interesting seasonal ads for the Cliffside Mills Store.
For those with ties to Cleveland County, we've issued an appeal for your help in the creation of a forthcoming book Cleveland County, NC Heritage Vol.2.
Added two new entries to Suggested Reading List.Added another Real Hero, Otha Harmon, whom we had inadvertently omitted from the World War II section.
Added December's Photo of the Month, "Mill Officials," contributed by Mack Hendrick.Revised Flashbacks content in the Memory section. Improved the access to each writer's contribution. Added a new Flashback by Ray Nanny. Added a whole new "department" in the History Section, Cliffside in World War II. You'll find about 100 new photos, several interesting newspaper accounts about servicemen, some history of the times, and other goodies. Added, in the Odd's & Ends section, Who's Looking at What on Remember Cliffside?, hit counts for a few of the approximately 750 pages on the web site. Added five pages of new pictures of Cliffside Day.
Added a new Flashback, cleaning floors with clay.
Rgee's at it again. Don't miss his "Old Cars and Young Girls."Added a "CD offering" link on the front page. Now you can buy a CD copy of the web site for viewing offline (much faster than a dial up connection), gift-giving, or keepsake-ing. Added November's Photo of the Month, "Duke Village," contributed by Anita Price Davis and Duke Power Co.
Added 29 new names to the Contributors list, for a total of 103 generous supporters.In Flashbacks, added a new memory—the joy of going to town—by Ray Nanney.
In The River photo gallery, we've added three remarkable Mack Hendrick photos of the “drawing the pond” ritual, starting with this one. You'll be seeing more of Mack's photo collection in the days to come.For your convenience, on the Links page, added links to the web sites of The Forest City Courier (Digital Courier), The Shelby Star (The Star Online) and The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte.Com). On the front page, added a “Site Map” button. The site map shows, on a single page, nearly all the site's article and gallery links.
In the Miscellaneous section of “In the News” added “Bull Not Tamed,” a saga of the chase for Tubby Hawkins' long horned steer.
Added two more pages of pictures to the Ponies on Parade.Added two items to “In the News.” Under Tragic Events, added 1938 obituary of Forest Bailey, killed in hunting accident. Under Miscellaneous, added articles on a political speech made in Cliffside prior to the 1928 elections, and the election results. Added Charles H. Haynes' obituary, “County Builder's Rites Conducted,” from The Forest City Courier, April 28, 1958.
Added an item, “Remember Jo Jo?,” to Odds & Ends.
Added “The $5.00 Automobile” to RGee's Corner.Added five more pages of pictures to the Cliffside Remembrance Day gallery. In the Memories department, in the section called “RGee's Corner,” we've added four new installments (with October dates) on Glenn Watkins' life and times in Cliffside. If you haven't run across this section before, you must read his reminiscences. It's a view of Cliffside's “old days” that you'll find nowhere else.
Added a promotion piece on the front page for Rgee's Corner.Under Photo Galleries, Present Day Pictures, added 30-picture gallery of pictures taken during Cliffside Remembrance Day on October 12. Added new aerial picture gallery. Nine photos of present day Cliffside. In the History Section, Mike Fisher writes about his dad: “The Right Side of Fish.” Added October's Photo of the Month, "Autumn Leaves," contributed by Harold Clardy.
In Odds and Ends, added “An Amazing Coincidence.”Added “More #110” section of Cliffside Railroad Gallery (21 great train photos, newly-acquired by Jim Scancarelli). Added new Present Day photo Gallery with 85 pictures of locations and people. Added new feature to front page: Upcoming Events, promoting Cliffside Remembrance Day on October 12. Added new photo to the end of the Aerial gallery. Find your house on River Street.
Added 12 new pages (15 new photos) to end of Family photo gallery, starting here.
Added new items in Did you know?Added new Photo of the Month.
Added three items in In the News section. Look under School News for “Senior Superlatives,” under Changes in Town for “New Bridge,” under Community Columns for “Live Cliffside News.”
Added 48 photos in Groups photo gallery, in Community, School and Informal categories.Added a topic called “The New Romina” in the Miscellaneous section of “In the News.” You'll find two Sun articles and an advertisement about Forest City's new (in 1929) Romina Theater—built, owned and operated by Walter H. Haynes.
Added a couple of items to “Did you know?”Added a new original article in Memories, Grandma's Kitchen, by Peggy Putnam Houser, about her grandmother, Evie Hicks, who lived in the Mt. Pleasant community.
Also added a couple of new Flashbacks by our chief Shelby correspondent, Sam Davis, about Cliffside taxis and buying shoes.
Added a new original article in Memories, Working in the Mill, by R.G. Watkins. Learn what a “Smash Hand” is, and what a “Tie In” machine does!In the main navigation bar, removed button for “The Poem” and replaced it with one for “In the News,” a whole new section with over 25 articles and columns from editions of the late 1920s of The Rutherford Sun, describing events both tragic and humorous; changes to the town; advertising by Cliffside stores and businesses; and community, school and church news. (The Poem is now under Odds & Ends.) In Haynes Legacy section, under History, added 1926 news story profiling Charles H. Haynes and announcing his plans for a significant expansion of Cliffside Mills.
In Photo Gallery section, added Photo of the Month for August 2002, of Walt Suggs' Shoe Shop.In Landmarks section, added profile of Cliffside's Lakeview (roller) Mills from a 1927 edition of The Rutherford County Sun.
Added new items to Did you know? article in Odds and Ends section.In Photo Galleries section, added 12-photo Ponies on Parade
gallery.
In Memories, added award-winning essay “Mill Hills of the Foothills.”In Memories section, added reproduction of The Cliff Echoes, Cliffside High's 1940 year book. Contains all words and pictures used in the original.
Added new item to Did you know? article in Odds and Ends section.
Redesigned front page in order to promote contents of site.Added important new book to Suggested Reading list: Real Heros, Rutherford County Men Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice During World II.
Added two new Updates regarding the “Women at the Pump” and “Footbridge” photos.
Added a new Odds and Ends item: “Home Needle Case”Added new section under Landmarks: The Cliffside Railroad with history, stories and pictures of the CRR. Added two new features:
(1) “The Haynes Legacy” with history and pictures of R.R. Haynes, his family, and some of Cliffside's earliest citizens and activities. Find it in the History Section.
(2) Photo of the Month. You'll find it on the Photo Gallery index page.
(Note: RRH's Letters have been moved from History to inside Haynes Legacy.)Added 7 titles to Suggested Reading list. Added 11 new photos to Postcard Gallery. Added about 20 names to Contributors page. Sorted names for reader's convenience. Added “Double-dog dare” to Odds and Ends. Added “Cliffside - Homecoming will unite members in mill 'family',” article from The Shelby Star, Mar 31, 1988 to Memories section.
Added item to Updates page.Added Gallery I (of three galleries) of Jim Scancarelli's model of a small southern mill town, based loosely on his memories of Cliffside. Accurate or not, it's fun to look at.
Added item to Updates page.Added an item by Peggy Putnam Houser in the Flashbacks section. Added article “How All This Works” to the Odds and Ends section. It tries to explain how you're able to view the pages of this website on your computer.
Added new item to Updates page.
For your convenience, added links to most recent What's New entries (this page).Added “Town like a club,” article from The Shelby Star, Mar 31, 1988 to Memories section. Added “Solid Citizen,” an article on the late Jim Goode, to History section.
Added more items to “Updates” and “Did you Know?” sections. And in the “Help Wanted” section please plan to peruse our plea for pony pictures.Added new item to Odds and Ends, “15 Reasons Why You should Come to Cliffside Mills Store” (old newspaper ad). Added new Updates section, reached through a button on the home page, that corrects and clarifies information presented on “Remember Cliffside.” Added a Flashbacks item by Jim Haynes.
Added a new item to “Did you know?” Those in The Shelby Star's reading area should look for an article about this website in The Star on Monday, May 13. Those in other areas can read it in the Lifestyles section of the Star's website. Look under the “Flashback” listing in the Lifestyles lineup.Added new article titled “The Big Shot” to Memories section. Added items to Flashbacks, Did you know?, and Odds and Ends. Added the long-awaited Town Map. Added Flashback by Mike Fisher. Revised order of entries in Flashbacks and What's New pages. To avoid the necessity of viewers having to scroll to the bottom, new entries will appear at the top of the lists.
Added new photo gallery, “Families of Cliffside,” with 23 photos.Added to Memories section: newspaper article Clock reminds... from The Shelby Star; another RGee' Corner installment titled Paving Main Street; and Tearing Down a Town, an original article by Mike Fisher. Added additional story to “Mr. Beatty” page. Added link on main page to “Help Wanted” list of categories for which we need information. Added “Reading List” button to all menu panels. This feature presents a suggestion list of over 20 books that have southern settings. Added new Early Years photo gallery, with 13 pictures. Added newspaper article Cliffside: 'It was a little Mayberry' to Memories section. Added two original articles, “Mr. Beatty” and “A Trip Back in Time” and a 1988 newspaper article “Back to Cliffside” to Memories section. Added picture to Town Clock essay in Memories section. Added new item in Flashbacks. Added news item “Cliffside Has Enough Cotton” to Odds And Ends. Added “Model School” article and pictures to Memories section. Added correction to the article Symbol of an Era in the Landmarks section. Added 16 new photos to “Scenes Around Town” gallery; more “Speak Cliffside” items. In Photo Galleries section, added new “Faces at the Mill” gallery, with 27 pictures. Added new names to Contributors page. Added more items to “Do you speak Cliffside?” page. In Photo Galleries section, added 13 pictures in Cliffside Railroad “Trackside” gallery. Added 6 new photos to Postcard gallery. In Photo Galleries section, added 38 pictures of engines 108 and 110 under Cliffside Railroad gallery. Added two new Under Construction gallery categories: Mill People, Demolition. Added more items to “Do you speak Cliffside?” page. Added ASU Library's Pathfinder for Rutherford County to Links page. In Photo Galleries section, added 26 pictures of engine 40 under Cliffside Railroad gallery. Added more items to “Do you speak Cliffside?” page. To the Flashbacks page added two items by Carolyn Watkins Newton and one by Tom Camp. Added Buddy Weathers and Tom Camp to Contributors page.
Added, in the Memories section, articles “Cliffside remains in it's people's hearts” and “Cliffside, its people have contributed much” from the The (Forest City) Daily Courier.In Photo Galleries section, added 6 pictures of engines 18 and 26 under Cliffside Railroad gallery.
Added Ben and Loree Steele to Contributors page.In the Memories section, added three missing paragraphs to RGee's “The Old Gym” and a new RGee column called “Ropes, pulleys and reed hooks.”
In Photo Galleries section, added 13 pictures of Diesel engines under Cliffside Railroad gallery.Added Peggy Houser and Frank Splawn to Contributors page; activated guestbook Established website
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