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* - -f TQb M WO. 99 . Local News Bulletins t KXWAKIS PROORAM Patrolman Hal B. Ward will speak to members of tbc Kinjr* Mountain Kiwtnis club at their regular meeting Thursday night at the Woman'a club at 7 o'clock. Patrolman Ward will discuss the sub- | ject "Law Enforcement, with Emphasis on Safety." \ SATLOK& BUY BONDS -James Throaeburg-, BM 3c, son of Mr. and Mrs. Y. F. Throneburg of Kings Mountain, has written his parents from his destroyer in Pacifie waters that the personnel of his ship bought $21,000 in bonds duriug the 8eventh War Loan campaign, against a quota of $5,000. "I think that should be some sort of a record," Radioman Throneburg wrote. "It's an average of about $100 per man and all but nbout five or six men bought 4 bonds.'' BOND BALES CORRECTION Kings Mountain's bond sales during the Seventh War Loan drive totaled $552,075, a $30,000 increase over the previously reported total, it was learned this week. Addition of the $30,000 in bond sales came from an error in the report of the , Home Building and Loan association. One bloc of "G" bonds was not ineluded in the association's report. , , PLENTY OP OOUBT-nrO Patrolman Hal Ward has had a busy time since the first of the week?meet of it spent in court reams. With Superior Court - sessions underway in both Gestosis and Bhelby, Mr. Ward's record uhows that he testified in three canes in Gaston ia, went to Shelby for ono ease, retained to Gas tenia for another, then was bad in Shelby for n sixth?nil in n two-day period. In addition, he testified on nine eases in city court here and in other eitles. entry blanks this week and announcements of horse shows in 'Newton and at Oreer, 8. C. The Newton show, with both afternoon and night programs scheduled, is . to be held August 15, nnder sponsorship of the Newton Lions club.' Beck Moehlman, ringmaster of two shows here, ' is directing the Newton show.* The Oreer show is to be on the night of August 17. V BROTHERHOOD MEETING The quarterly meeting of the "Southern District Brotherhood of the Lutheran Church will be held July t9th, 3 .p. m. at the. Ascension Lutheran ehureh, Shelby, Rev. J. D. Bheppard, pastor. The speaker -will be H. E. Isea hoar, Secretary Home Mission Board, or the Lather. as of North Chroliaa, and fee subject will be, "Home Missions in Neath Carolina." The district ?' o map sees the eeuntiss of Gaston, ..s P1..AI..J n<v. ?uii_ on?no W?wamsisu* pUIMW . is Invited to attend. ? mnr nuodun <% ?: WOBnau hu become .a , member of the King* Mountain . ; poUee department raplaeing U W. T Onrpenter, who has resigned effae/ mrMr ** n* wmm had <*?. si actable service with tlm military police whk'e serving is the army, according to CXty Manager H. L H V - > ' vMUOMSXETIOB Bev. E.Kitiek, pastor * of jn?4t Prssbjrterin* thatch, win deliver the sstmon at ths union ner vie* Baidhytight" ah; ft ? 'slesh at dke ABf church. The series of mnioa sscilm la sponsored by the -city's uptown chare hen. fljMHi CHAMQB Mies *aye Mens, fermsriy a member of the sains personnel of Keetnr's Department store, has SCCspt ed".# petition as schists at clerk at tlie local'war prtee sad rationing hsnr^Mitiifass ii|iain Mrs. ***** ? ?-?-? VO MM|| ft (MMUttl pnautoa at WUmix Uifa, tm. wiiaw TO n OLOCID Tfc* lootl ,tTo* Priet aa4 Bationiv " ' booril iiw 1m ?1Mo4 to tho W*iwda>, Aacwt Ey^-fcaa.'^s ;Y * fat V.HK1 iTflnirT til 1 Kings HAMSQK ? by WOOC 1 ^ gSfrj^^^ll^Siah^t^ < A SILVER STAR for gallantry in Aschenbrenner, Pinckney, Mich, gun section and therefore ^nly armed with several riflemen under heavy fin in New Guinea. He helped (till the weapons, food and clothing. The Vt them. W. K. Mauney, Of Lions Labor Direetora of the Kings Mountain Lions club laid plans for the holding of the slab's Second Annual Labor Day Horse show Monday night, naming W. K. Mauney, Jr., general ehairaan of the event, and also naming committee chairman. The committee chairmen, named tkns far ar? Arnnnda ( 'harlio VAuu Ribbons, J. O. Darraeott; Program and advertising, W. 1. Plonk; Announcer, Paul McOinnis; Concessions, C. C. Edens; Tickets, Henderson Herndon; Jndgea and Ringmaster, Jacob Cooper; and Entries, H. T. Pulton. The elnb sponsored its tirst horse show last September, and sponsored a second shoWbr-the spring In? response to public demand. Both shows were pronounced highly successful, both from the standpoint of entertainment and quality of horses and horsemanship exhibited. Members of the board of directors and committee heads are to meet again Thursday ni?ht to map further plans for the event and announcement concerning classes, entrance fees, and prizes are expected to be forthcoming soon. "We fntl(fpate >another excellent LaTJbr Day How," said Mr. Mauney, "and-full plans will be completed in a few days. We expect to emphasize classes which will. have particular appeal io the public as well as to tne exhibitors." ,j ih. ?1,,K ...... It. k'WWVU V& ?UV VtWM IfV V^VOOUI -IkD second annual Labor Day show had boas previously made bat ?m? reaffirmed at the club meeting last T&mraday night. Work Completed On Service Honor Boll ' 'w 'degwamwaA"* Work on the Kings Mountain service honor roll board was completed Tuesday, and the board now Includes a total of 1,810 names of men from this area who are in service or who have seen serviee in the present conflict. The renovation of the board, a joint project between the City of Kings' htohntain> and the Lions elnb, was nailer the superintendence of City' Manager H. L. Burdette. Ooid stars appear beside the namen of the serviee men who have given thetf lives while in the armed ser vices. 1 In a statement Wednesday, Mr. Burdette ashed that eitlsena of the eity survey the board, and farther ashed that they leave the names of nay serviee men who might have been inadvertently omitted at the elty hall. He alee asked that notation also bo made of aay correct ions to the'Bold Star Ust , Hilton Board To Close Wednesday Afternoons _ . . tf. Tfc* Uml war prioa and rattantoe S'liuiiHi ttto *r? ir'w. ? <nn, inM iiimiliiii III witk Moun KINO8M0UN i jxIS, N V T? Snhwqes Y COWAN or ' JflRUIHS litfwgW ictioo ha? been awarded to Pfc. Julius ' Although a member of a light machine ' with a pistpl, A<cbenbrenner advanced i to knock out a machine gun position enemy fire. Men like that must hare 0 r Bonds you buy and hold will provide 17. S. Trfjnry Drftrtmeni ?????????????? | Jr., Chairman | Day Show , ? Shelby Juniors Play 1 jFor District Flag | Shelby's Legion Juniors, leaders f J la the Western district race for , state junior baeeball honors, are playing Charlotte's runners-op for i the Western district crown this v Shelby took tho first |une bo- t kind tho shntoot hurling of Horry ' McKee In Bhelby Monday night by ? 6-0, bat lost tho eseond In Char- t lotto Tnoodoy night by lid. Tbo third (MM wu bolng ployed v in Bholby Wodnosdoy night, with ] the fourth of the three-of-flve gome series docketed for Ghorlotte to- '< night. 1 In tho game lost night, Bholby i led Charlotte by o score of 8-3, st t the end of the seventh Inning. t Church Going ' Up Last Week After a low record for the jiroced- V ing rainy Sunday, attendance at * Kings Mountain churches increased 8 considerably last Sunday, as 1,081 attended services at 10 ehnrches. A total of 1,520 persons were Dres * I ent at church school services. Attendance by churches follows: ! ABP ? ehureh school, 120, church, 1 112. Central Methodist ? church school ' 125, church ISO. First Baptist ? church school, 238 ' i hurch, 218. ^ First Presbyterian ? church school i? 158, church, 107, night (union service) 171. Graee Methodist ? church school, 198, church 84, night, 49, prayer meeting, IS. Macedonia Baptist ? church school 151, church 210, night, 105, prayer meeting, 40. ' 8t. Matthew's Lutheran ? church school, 194, ehureh, 179. Second Baptist ? church school, 167, church, 130, night, 89, prayer meeting, 30. Weeleyan Methodist ? church school 144, church, 70. St. Paul Methodist ? church school, 25, ehureh, 85. Courteous En 115 1115 1I01U The coaitwu ngiBMr of the front engine of Southern Railway pas*enger train No. 84 alammad on hit brake* abort of the Piedmont avenue ero? lie To?day afternoon and yelled to m Chief Grnry King that the fir# track eonld pa?. "1^ don't^^a^^ra y {>.h'- v *. -$ tain t JKBDAT, JUX.Y 36, IMS William Wells Home; Suffered . Wounds Twice Whether or not the Nazi* ever knew t, 8-Sgt. William G. Wells, busbaml f Mrs. Geneva llmlspeth Wells of ting* Mountain, ami son of Mr. ami llrs. Oiver Wells of the Bethany com iiiinity, was a gooil target. He w as twire put out of art ion hy ernian tire, first l>y a shell frag nent which hit htu in lie lid lator by another big shell kuck>d out the tank on which he and our other infantrymeik were riding. Two other times, the Nazis barely ttisseil. In October, 1944, when he vas near the German-Belgium borlr, a German bullet smashed a Tesanient he carried in his shirt pockt, and in the spring of this year, afer he had crossed the Khine river, mother Jerry bullet ripped his steel telnigt, missing his scalp by the larest fraction of an inch. Sgt. Wells is now on conveleseent urlough in Kings Mountain, before eturning to Cainp Butner hospital, there he is receiving treatment. He iu(Tered a concussion in his second lose brush with Nazi artillery and till suffers ill effects /rom it. Sgt. Wells went over seas by "fast xpress"' aboard the Queen Elizabeth n July 1944, spent a short time in Scotland after the ship docked at llasgow and then went into France n September. He won stars for his European Theater ribbon for three major en{agements ? the Battles of North Trance, Germany, and the Bulge, He inderscores the last one as the most ricious. In addition, he wears the ;ood conduct ribbon, the combat inantry badge, and his pnrpde heart rith one star. His first wound was received near It. Vfth Rsliiinm sKnul ?' 1 ?? >ehind the line* and occurred shortyafter his unit had been relieved to est a little and obtain replacements They brought the artillery up," he aid, "and I was standing too close o where one landed." The second time the Jerries scored raa during the final mop-up of the Masis. , We were moving fast," he said, "with Infantry and armored worktfg together. "When a tank moved forvard, infantrymen went aboard. We ladn't been moving very long when he tank was hit, knocking it out, ind killing the four men inside It. The five of us riding it were all vieims of concussion. 1 was deaf for wo days after it." Sgt. Wells weathered a storm at pa on his return trip. His ship ran nto a gale about 200 miles from port >nd though steaming forward at 19 nots. the ship was actually losing a>out four knots. But he didn't get pa-sick. "I don't understand it," he imites, "for plenty did.'*j Holding 96 points under the army oint system, 8gt. Wells is anticipatng a discharge. Only 22, he has been n service three years, nine months. "When they hand it to me, I ron 't turn It down,'' he says. He returns to Camp Butner Anrust 23. >ld Town Wen Begins Oaring In Aa old walla froqaantiy do. ttao Old Town wall, In tha parking area acrom from tho Kings Mountain Drag stars, startsd staling and caved in this wash. Whan first noticed, only s small hols was mads in tho asphalt covering. Mow tha oQ-barrall alia hols in tho csmsnt coraat a hols soma six fast daap and as many wide. J oat how long ago it was when tha won was flQad oonld not bs learned, hot it waa arid ant that tha wall waa dog by an expert. Tha sides are as smooths as if they had baan drilled. Motorists are warnsd not to park too close to tha hole until it is fillad again. i gineer Finds That's Afire A burning cinder had evidently fallen on the wooden interior ef th< beggege ear, ignitiag it. The train crew thought the fire had Kaaa eve** nn.4 * , , S O. a.V ? A wwa> |ra*v v?? KWMMT USI r?Mkii| Blaakabwrg, S. O., tha fin blacad i|>ii. Conductor of tha train wMM Baa 'Willaford, waliknown farm or Kimgi Mountain raaidant and bntW-ia-lan of Okiof Kin* who aakad tM B1llWai| flat to . notify la L ler aid [ Deilinger's Je Robbed Of $2, ? of PLENTY OF FISH IN THIS TALE w ?Shown above Is Richard (Dickie) m w< Hunnlcutt, young son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hunnlcutt exhibiting a th string of fish he helped to catch at In Orescent Beach recently. ______ ' in ti: Induction Group Of 16 Departed ; Sixteen Kingi Morntaiu men were ai sent to Fort Bragg Tuesday morning for induction into the armed forces. e'^ The men were sent to fill the beard's July induction call. n< A short devotional service was con- re ducted by Bev. J. G. Winkler, and a number of Legionnaires and members of the board were on hand to see the group off. *' Willard Meinhardi Hill served as Bl squad leader. Others leaving were: Clyde Durham Blanton, Ray Win- '** ter Blackburn, James Albert Camp. I Wilfie Jacob Lookabill, John vVil- ** liam Bennett. Anderson Hayes, Leon , ard Bobo Phillips, James Calvin Mullinax, Charles Hesr.ie Philbeck, Mack ** Rav Camp, Edward Eugene Dover. W T. Gregory, Theodore Cash. John J?. rob Thornburg. Henrv Eugene Smith. 08 ' b? Mitchem Appeals Court Judgments B F Bill Mitehem, found guilty of publie drunkenneess and simple assault on a female before Judge O. C. O ' tr Farrell in city reeorder's eourt Mon- 1 *e day, entered notice of appeal from ^ both judgments in a.ease which high- j lighted the regular weekly session of | court. '? In all, 14 cases were tried. Assessed costs for public, drunkenness s< were Arthur Pearson, Pauline Childers, Albert Camp, James Owens, P. ? I). Scruggs, Broadus Barber, Aeey Frank Mace, and a negro, John Bur- ol ris. Pearson was also fined $5 and costs when found guilty of using pro- ^ >?uv iaugu?|^c. **' Troy Hannah, found guilty of an- 1* sault, was assessed plus routs, and a charge of public drunkenness a- '.7 gainst Joe Gamble, colored, was nol '< pressed with leave. c* Glenn Smith, found guilty of speed- te ing, was fined #10 plus costs. h< Johnny Walker Burris, negro, was m found not guilty of a charge of as- B? sault on a female and plaintiff, Inez Cf Burris, was ordered to pay the lj costs. ol b. Henry P. Peterson J Claimed By Death ?? ri Funeral services for Henry F. Peterson, 74, well-known retired contractor and former resident of Kings G Mountain, were held last Friday aft- ft emooa from Christ Lutheran church in 8tanl#y where he had resided for the past few years, with burial following in the church cemetery. Mr. Peterson, while a citizen of Kings Mountain, was vary prominent in loeal affairs and superintended the building of much that now eonst! tutes the business and residential see ' tiona of the elty. He succumbed in Memorial hoeplTVwveile ? ??? MtpVmVUD, foltowtag an ftlnoaa of two wooka. ftorrlrtag an bit wifo, Mn. Joan<? JnUu Potonoa, two abas, Pa ml C. Potonoa, Votoraaa koopttal, Aagaata, Oa_, aa<l Ckartoo ft. Potonoa, Prodortokobarg, Va., aad foar daagkton, Mia. Daa KiotUr, Oioginfcarg, KT Mit- ftDoa OroaoWw, Taa pyta, . ft. O, Mn. VUHaaa Amotnag, Hlgk W ' ; ,. 'K\??z 8 Pages I Today J FIVE CKMli l'B* OOPT we 1 Shop Is 250 In Gems Thieves Get Jig Haul In Theft Friday Two negroes as yet uuapprebenj. entered fiplli ??? *?* ? ?1 ? a ft "CI OUU|? *t Friday under prt'tense of calling r a repaired watch au<l made off th a large quantity ot merchan?e valued a: $2,250. Patrolman Hal B. Ward, who is asiting local police with the invest!itioii. said that the thieves stole rings. inliludilig a number of diaonds, with the lowest priced ring S.5U, and the highest priced $550. The rings were in two ring cases the front counter. The two negro men. Mr. Ward ated he was told, entered the jewrv establishment about 12:05, one ihe men railing for a watca hich was being repaired for Thela Rippey, Kings Mountain colored * uman. Asked if he had the receipt stub, e uegro replied that it had been St. Mrs. Charles Ballard, who was wait g on the negroes, was alone at tba me, as the two wateh repair men 1 the firm were both at lunch. A suspect, who had a police record, d and the negro was told to come tck later when the wateh repair en returned. He strolled to the front, picked out i anniversary card, returned to the ick and paid for it. He then atartI out and his accomplice picked out lirthday card, paying for it. The igroes then left the establishment, turning a few minutes later, asking tat Mrs. Ballard address the cards >r them. Mrs. Ballard told police that she idressed one card to Pittsburg, Pa, id thq other to Mooresville. The negroes then left, atid shortthereafter Mrs. Ballard missed the ng cases and notified police. * IL'ilA Vto.l ? ~ ? *" * r.... ?..v ua<i a put ice recori, *? arretted in Qastonia Saturday, at he was released when he was not entified as one of the men who had sen in the jewelry store. Mr. Ward said that work is si id ?ing done on the ease and that loll policemen feel the thieves win s apprehended. The merchandise was insured. lamsey Unit Cited For 'hilippine Work Company "E" of the 151st Infany regiment, of whieh Freelon Bamy of Kings Mountain is a member, is been cited for outstanding perrmance of duty during the period r March to 4 April 1945 on CabbalIsland, in the Philippines.. The Kings Mountain man also has >nt his relatives a certificate showig his membership in the Ancient rder of the Deep as a "Trusty hellback," signifying his crossing ' the Equator. A portion of the citation reads: "Company "E", 151st Infantry egiment led the assault on Caballo iland on 27 March 1945. Thi? ?m?n land, heavily fortified and strong' held by the enemy in elevely contaled and well dug in position* in ivea and tnnnela, presented diffienlt Train obstacle*. The initial beach>ad was secured on schedule with inor losses. The next objective, a irrow peak affording no eover or mrealment, could be approached on by scaling a precipitous hillside f loose rock which rose 200 feet aDve the Bay. This was accomplished iider heavy small arms fire which igennity and determination by the ie of ropes. Upon reaching , the dge the company was subjected to (Cont'd on page four) t&ither Ledbetter laae Is Continued The trial of Oeitfcar Ledbetter, King* Mountain maa charged with murder in connection with the death of Bobert Brakeflald which oecaxrad following a Ihwtiag at IMbetter's Grower read eerriee stetOoa la June, haa bssa n?Itaasd aatll the Rsetsabsr in?i ?r c*-. fjdaiid Oomtty liiriiii Oorrt, tt ttiw>M? am crwali tbtt tki emd*? criminal <*cfcrt did mot allow <, adamato than far trying * tha .C| Xodgo >11 am K. ttwf. t r~*tr ram, M miin# ?*? * mm M Ma od tar HMf aaam wrata. ;J .'/ ? *. J* *^>v- >^. , j. /O.-V' >*<-' riiViilSM
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