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S - Mia.* logwood Farton, preiifent
T?f llM Juior Woman's club, ^t|
tardajr asked all members . to bring
Ugpifta for hospitalized aervicamen tc
- ^ kor a at latar than Friday. "At the
^ . : |U?11 ume, only rive gifts bsve
1 "b??n turned in, end the club ' quoi?rifl
to ta 2S," Mrs. Parton said. Gift
> to hospitalized servicemen, she add
.* ed will take the place of the cus s.
1 ternary elub Christmas gifts to
\ other groups.
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r f i jl KTWAKI8 MEETING
g B, V. Eeid, of Cnarlotte, manager
} of Swift and Company, will speak
'> : to members of the Kiwanis club at
their regular meeting at the Wo'
sman's club Thursday night at 6:30
recording to an announcement by
*' b elub officials. Mr. Reid's topic wit
p; bo "Pood."
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; ti Bgt. Ruren Neill, son of Mr. and
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J? *rc* Newport New*, V*., on Tue*ry.
4*7 afternoon, following hi* mrrlj':
Tgl from the European Theater of
tj Operation*. Bgt. Nelll wu yexpeetii
Jag to report to Fort Bragg for
diaeharg* and ia expected heme
erKiia a few day*.
OLXVB OALU mO
:V , | Lt Boa CHI re, aan of Mr*. S. B.
yf'-'' Olive, telephoned hi* mother from
!J m Weal Oaaat pert thl* weak, (at*
M lowing Ma retan free* the Bwtfto
^ em. 14. Olive le aapaetad to . ** '
P *** i* Kimge Mountain wtthta *
Itejb. J$ ^
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totaled iMioil WadB
a?% k ?e aaaoaneed by Mr*
ft C. Btob Bamriak, Jr., af Shelby,
: '& '' *>ira' to>? ehalrtoaa. K?. Hamriek
"l 11 f3kld that Bangle Bay .n the King*
1* V>. ? "Moaataln eehoola, held laat week,
-4lj vatdM la an additional 190.91 for
K "the coaaty fund to fight tobereu&
loMa. She atated that only about
fc one-third of pereona receiving
$ Ghriatma* seal* in the mail earn
i jjg ~paign' lad forwarded money for
S the eeale and brged that all perbXtik
? eoni mall eheeka for the eeale im|#
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^'5ft Mem he re of the Klnga Mountain
h^ST I Xdona club will meet at the Woaeaa'e
Club Tueeday night at 6:30
ahd will hear an addreea by Sdir
. wrard McHahaa, diet riot governor.
' ; ^mr*The meeting is being held on De
3 -camber 18 in place of the regular
-VV .3 | meeting which wee acheduled for
1 * | -Chrlatmae night
SZaODZZVBS QUI
I s Bobert Kexmeyer, of Bocheetor,
. * 3 :N. T., anther and world traveler,
| wjll apeak to member of the CleyeI
-tend County Scecntlvea elab at
I their dinner meeting at Hotel Char.
? lee, 8heH>y, Jfriday night at 7 oVfcM,
I' clock. Mr. Xaeamayer will dieeuee
Wi-i ih* "object 'What Boeala Meant
m? I.,to ^
!^vf f I oitt uobhsb tam
S City offielela reported Wednee8
' day that 00 new 1046 city Heenee
x | tylatee hare been boqgkt $X local
B motorieta, aa they urged- othera to
frf:# 8 'boy now and avoid Che laet-minute
^ - 1- Tv"il- Ideenee platee are required to
.3 be bought and dlapl^yed on auto?
mnoMlee by Tauuary \ 1. ,
MBS. B6T.T.6BH BBSTfljrS
Mr*. Charlee 'Ballard, Who wan a
member of the etaff of Bellinger *e
-Jewel Bhop, reaigued 'her poehlen
? on DoeeiSber 1. lira. Ballard la ?
j - gtlllag her haabaaa home from the
"Baelflc Theater la the near future.
<> g 'The firm is bow under the' mqpago
aoutfcly Court tIt
H#*** for Boy BeouU of the King*
* i- Alfht ot the efturtroom of tho
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Earl B. Ruth
CityRecreatit
w Karl B. Bath, of Charlotte, former
basketball star at the University of
North Carolina, and recently released
from active duty in the navy, has
been employel as city recreation su1
pervisor anil will assume his duties
on January 1, it was announced Wednesday
by Mrs. E. A. Sheny, secretary
of the city recreation commie4
sion.
Mrs. Shenk stated that Mr. Ruth
comes to Kings Mountain highly recommended
for the position which
the commission has been endeavoring
to fill since last spring.
The program, will be financed
through funds raised last May in a
community campaign.
Mr. Buth was 'graduated from the
University of North Carolina in 1938,
served for two years as physical education
director of Piedmont Junior
high school in Charlotte, and served
as assistant superintendent of State
parks from March to September 1941.
At that time he returned to the University
of North Carolina and / was
awarded a- master's degree is phyfS
cal education there in 1942.
He served in the navy as a welfare
and recreational officer.
"It is with pleasure that we announce
the appointment of Mr. Butn <
to fill this position," Mrs. Shenk
said, "and. from the high nissaiedatloa
-he has teesbei, we an atfMsat
that he wilt saMMsilnttr mr
form tke Mm of ?tty wnMw1
OperrlMr." .
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' Routine Omm Pasture i
, WMkly Court Barton
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KoObt eoairU, tie majority of
tfcoa fOr poblie dimiifcmmmrw, fomtorod
fomdrjTb city -rocorimr's eomrt moMm
?Mt nattai i? fl^illllw of
Marvin "Helm*, found
driving nn automobile eithout n IP
Milt and in' a drunken condition, waa
fined $80 and costs an both eonnta,
in liaa of a three-month road sentence,
and Harold Lee.Diddlx, taxi
driver, waa fined 928 and eoati -for
speeding.
Aaaeaaed eoata for ^rnnkenneaa
were Willie B. Payne, Bobert C Porter.
Herbert MeteaT?, Nathan Bright,
Balph L. Bay, W. C. Brown, Ora Blvena,
Max W. Whitworth, and Ldoyd
Mitchem. Balph Morrow waa fined
$5 and eoata on tie. tame charge, and
Madge Grigg, was also fined $5 and
eoata for drunkenness and dlaorderly
conduct. Joseph P. Tarlton, also char
ged with drnnkenness, failed to appear
and forfeited bond of 123
Kenneth McGaha was fined $10
and eoata for driving with improper
lights, and Mildred L. Biggera was
banded the same Judgment for driving
without a license. *i t
In eases tried in special session
December 6, Jilee Cornwall waa fined
$180 and eoata for violation of the
'Turlington net, while Clyde Thomas
and Cornelius Crosby ware each fined
$60 and eoata on the same charge.
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crowd estimated at mar? than
3.000 persona thronged into' King*
Mountain Tueeday nfternpon to aaa
Santa Claue and the Chrtstmss parade-1
put en hy the King* konutain
Merchant* association. ) \ \
Old Nfek hrriVed by airplane par
eehndule and eoemed to "be at hone
perched aeroea the ne?k of a stale*
i moth elephant, one of two la the pa< >
> rade. j
The city basinets section was
Crowded with people long before the
parade began, as youngsters strained
t? gat a good vantage point.
- The parade wae led by the OUy
police ear, followed by the hlgWtep
nka Bk.lV- kl-k ?v? i-i?
IH HWiy pi|B wo BOO I Dtia WIWB
played wall la rpite of the fWI|lB
I weather. Next eame the
" track, \ well-laden with j in|plw,t
followed by an amy track, atatttgtyi
ladea, with the two elophante aad
Santa Claaa folloyring.
The etate highway patrol ear wa?1
next la line, followed by a groap of j
bo ye and glrle on doeoratod bteyelee,
with a track of a.leeaifanltara
flm bringing op.tMe tWi. ? ..
RanUa Olaae thro* <*t -pi** * 6t>
candy aad other proeenta a* loaf aa
hla nrpply looted. '
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KIMOS IIOWTAIK, N. 0., rii
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Is Appointed
on Supervisor
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I Herald Christmas Issue
| To Appear December 24
The Herald will publish a special
Christmas edition on December 24,
and will skip Its regular edition of
December 27.
There are two principal reasons
for this Christmas week chance:
(1) for many years merchants and
business firms hare been usln* Her- I
; aid advertising ijite for Christmas
I greetings to Kings Mountain clu|
sons and since the December 27th
| edition would follow Christmas,
I some have requested the earlier publication;
(2) the earlier publication
date will give the Herald staff an
opportunity for a well-deserved
Christmas sestdoiL
Correspondents and subscribers
are requested to remember this
change and get In news and other
material early. The special Christmas
edition win be In the mails
0SP7 should be at the Herald office
noon Saturday, December 22.
Football Team
(fpnored Tuesday
Almost 200 persons jessmed - the
turkey dinner, beer a talk by
JEhright, University 0t South Carellaa
athletic dimeter,, nnd to boaer
Ugh* school football team at the
annual f oethall banquat of th* Kings
IKowtaia Uw dob. ' - .
to play by the 4M6rfo4t ball season.
Mf. Plonk gjso .eiBad .tor support,
of all eirio organisations of the eity
"In aeetng to it ttttt the elty stadium
la completed bf vest year.'*
'Also preheat at the meeting were
Joe Patrami, assistant coaeh at U8C,
and Ted Twomey, t former Notre
Dame ail-American and U8C line
coach.
Mr. Enright, who hat recently returned
to the University of Booth
Carolina after a tonr of'doty in the
navy, is athletic direetoa and head
football coach. His team meets Wake
pforestj in a New Year's Day bowl
game at Jacksonville, Fla., in a re- I
newal of the tight 13-13 tie played
by the two teame at Charlotte Thanks
giving Day.
Coach Don Parker announced awards
for team members, each of
.whom stood and announced his name
and position.
On. Ill) 4>.-> . 1.1- ???- ? -?
??? v.*?Tt m Ulg I?UgQ WDOD QO I
aroee, announced his mam* and mid, I
"Left-haeST*
Other guests at the meeting were
J. E. Hnneyeutt, high aehool prtnel*
pal, and Thoma* Templeton, faculty
member.
Mr. Earlght gave a humoroui talk,
-/peeiltxing in gridiron joke*, bnt he
jeloaed with a serious mote.
I Bemarklng on the aehool team'*
record, he congratulated the team
member* for their work on the foot*
ball field.
"Ton hare aUrted well," he eald.
/'Football bnilda yon physically and
It bnUd* yon mentally. Ton 're learn*
ing to be a better eitiaea ' through
learning diaeipline and team play. Tt
ia ftn* to learn to be a good loeer.
That'a sportsmanship. Bnt yon U i
wfcfa want to win, and that'e the
way it ahonld be."
Following Mr. En right 'e talk,
Ooeeh Twomey showed the group
I motion pietnreo of USO-Clemaon and
UBO-Mlami games.
Goal Bnpply Limited
Ab Cold WeaUier Hit#
Am King* Mountain shivered la the j
eoldeet of this winter'* eoid ana pa, ,
.Clqnf* Hamhrlght," Kings Mountain
deal dealer, Wednesday warned local
eittaen* to conserve their fuel sssi*.
ptiM, atatiag tkat Ui local ropply U
*01 timtUd.
AijMiti of coal koro arc atOI boJMtrWr"
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Legion Of mowtfn;
Award Is Given '
To Dr. Padgett (
Dr. Philip G. Padgett, of Kings ~Z
Mountain, now returning to hi* med- '
iral practice here following his re- J
cent discharge from the army, has
received the Legion of Merit Award
for meritorious conduct for a 14month
period of combat service in
Italy and France. i
Former Captain Padgett received .
the award Saturday.
The citation accompanying the
medal follows:
"Philip G. Padgett, Captain, Medical
Corps, 111th Medical Battalion,
lor exceptionally meritorious conduct
in the performance of outstanding
services iu Italy and France
from 10 January 1944 to 19 Febru- - J
ary 1945. During the bitter days of !
the Italian winter campaign. Cap- 1
tain Padgett, aa surgeon of the 1st {
battalion, 142nd Infnntry Regiment.,
braved enemy shellfire to establish
his aid station and treat all meu j .
wounded during the crltial operations.
In the drive to, and beyond Borne,
Captain Padgett, then 2nd battalion
surgeon, worked tirelessly, frequently '
exposing himself to assist the aid men J
in removlag the wounded and effect
the quickest possible evacuation of c
all casualties. On one occasion durlmg
the advanee through Southern Prunes,
he worked for 22 hours with- w
out rust iu order to treat 155 wound- B
ud us*. Throughout the operations in ,
wMik ths xugbuent participated, Cap
tain Padgett, by his constant attsn- .
Host to -duty, and his disregard for ^
frptaouai comforts and safety, eontributod
materially ts the combat ef
SMney of his salt by Insuring too )e
mi prwapt affective nodical at
teatton, ui Wo actions reflect tho
Mfliii* eretH egon kinwefct and tko
Tlfodl^DepailMsnief m| Mini ?
tiow awarded tho Silver Star. ^
Gifts Are Urged
For Servicemen >>
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Harry Page, chairman of the citirem
committee in charge of the **
"Gifts fbr Yanks Who Gave" cam- ?'
paign, issued an appeal Wednesday ?
to all citisens of Kings Mountain for ?J
100 additional gifts, in order that the '
city will meet its quota of 270 gifts. ,
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Mr. Page said that th? aittm ?? ? i
be received by noon Friday, In order J
that they may be ahipped Saturday. Deadline
for reeeipt of the gifta has *
already been extended.
Persons supplying gifts are re- o
quested to have -them wrapped la
Christmas paper and leave them at 1(
one of the following places: Griffin's t<
Drug Store, the Bed Cross office in
the City Hall, Kings Mountain Drug I
Store, Bridges and Hamrick or at fi
the Pauline Mill offiee. )?
Members of the American Legion ^
have supplied 80 gifts for the hospital m
ised veterans and members of the C|
Lions club gave sSme 40 at their .
meeting Tuesday night. (|
"These gifts are needed immediately,"
Mr. Page said, "in order that 0
we might, in a small way, brighten *
Christmas for men who have been h
wounded in battle and now are on '
the slow road to recovery."
Only smnll gifts are being request- L
ed, ineluding stationery, tobacco >3
pouches, playing cards, and gifts of
similar type.
Another Manuf
Is To Begin Op
Equipment for Velma-Craft, anoth- V
Mr new Kings Mountain manufaetur- ?
lag enterprise,' has arrived, and the _
Mna will begin* manufacturing ehen- j
die spreads sad shag ruga as quiekly ,
as ths machinery ean be set np, it
wae -aanoaaeed this week by C. G. J
White, one of the partners la ths (
Tka inr plant, loeatod on tko York
rood, in ownod by Mr. Wklto and
Qoorto'W. Mannoy, Klnp Honntata
rotton kpokor, aad'wltl bo ttndor' tbo
aottvo oMBOafcopiant of Vonion Crooby.
' Tko company u nnmod for tko wW; .
00 of Mr. wkito and Mr.-Mannoy.t
Mr. Wklto told tkat tko Ann would
omploy pboat BO pomono par olfki
braid
,oan "E
Report Shoe
9f "E" Issue
merchants To Be Open
ill Day On Wednesday
The majority of Kings Mountal
bnslnoss firms will bo open fo
business next Wednesday after
noon for tbe convenience of Christ
mas shoppers, It was announce!
this week by Hilton Roth, ?reci
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w? Mtg MUUUU116 UIOClatlOD
It *u also announced that th
majority of flzma will observe Bat
/ day hoars on the final thre<
shopping days before Christmas?
Friday, Satnrday and Monday, De
comber 2d, 22, 24?which mean
that the firms will be open 01
these dates until 8 p. m.
Most firms closed yesterday aft
ernoon. Mr. Both said ths decisloi
was reached after a re-check o
merchants' opinions. Buslnea
firms win have a two-day Christ
MM holiday, rloalng on Decernb?i
25 and 28.
Voluntary Ban Asked
Against Fire-Crackers
Mayor J. H. Thomson and Polit
hief W. C. Tlmmoas this week 1
ted statements asking Kings Mom
kin eitlsens not to shoot firwerael
rs, particularly in the np-town bns
see section, as they pointed out tl
sngere Involved.
Mayor Thomson pointed oat th
angers' ta life and limb of ahoetis
re-c rankers la congested areas, as
Ided that many returned sere ice me
em battle sones are still recupera
g from war wooads:
Iff.
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" As we are neerlng the Birthda
l ewteil ten beam. mM, nap
>t eC^SwiSifelp^'Ael* tlhrvl
mind those who would parehhee at
Iseharge fltwneken, that eve
toogh the terrible war % over, an
tere la peace on earth once agali
tere are thousands of persons I
nr great land, and in the war-toi
inntries throughout the world, dei
toe, hungry and poverty strickei
here are also many thousands <
tsabled service men lying in hosplti
eds, whose hearts would be mad
lad to receive even a smalt remen
ranee on Christmas Day. So instea
f purchasing firecrackers, let us a
?llow the lesson taught us throug
le parable of the Good Samaritaii
Live and help others to live'
xocal Soldier Hay
lave Wrong Overcoat
Soldier, do you have the wron
vercoatt
The Herald has received the to
iwina ? 1?
p ...... ...... M KU'CAJJIIUI
>ry:
"On the night of Dee. 3 my soi
>avid J. DeLaney, was discharge
rom Fort Bragg. He rode into Chs
>tte in the same taxi with a Cp
name unknown) from Kings Mom
sin; in Charlotte their overcoat
'ere exchanged. My etfn's overeoi
jntained hia Purple Heart, and dl
harge button. This Purple , Heai
aunot be replaced. The coat my a?
as now la about size 34, has a pal
f kid gloves, a corporal's stripes an
patch in the pocket. If you eoul
elp us locate my son's overeoi
;ze 38 which the above mentione
pi. has we would be very gratefu
Tie address Is: Pfc. David J. Ik
aney, 2105 Vail Ave., Charlotte, i
r. C.
"Thank you,
Mrs. Mary Downs DeLaney."
acturing Firnr
era tion Soon
tamerical Error
lanses Near-Riot
_The Herald got somewhat of a
eft-handed compliment last Thanlav
The office telephone itajrtd boxy,
to hooeewlaae ud grocere called te
iheck on tk? oh wiMh Item la
Om weakly ration ealondar.
It rood: "Soger atiaip Ho. 3d
par* rail*."
Of naerae, thl? Hit all an arror,
tart It yractloa&Ks faaeed a riot.
Tta Orror resulted beeaoee of ttu
Raaes oC the VrtaMJf proofreader
Tta arror la rtfftllaf, bat tt wa
too to loan how closely Herald
jrtbOUiiliia wpt ttaahr pagan
haVo bbei
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FIVE GENTS PEH Utw.
Quota
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If S Total Sales
is $118,115.00
Sale of "E" bonds spurted to a
near-record figure last weekend And
during the first few days of this
a i week to send Kings Mountain well
r over the top on the Victory Z/OM
campaign, with total bond sale* of
490.820. an** -!??
, - - , I ?%? TV A V LA filOyilQ ID "E*'
I j bonds included in this total.
j At the same time, state campaign
| officials announced that sale of "E"
J>onds through December 31 would ap|
ply to Victory Loan quotas, thong*
9 | the drive officially ended December
8, and J. R. Davis, Kings MounJ
tain chairman, urged purchase of
' i this type bond for Christmas gift*.
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The Victory Loan total was one
of the best in all the loan campaigns
i with^the "E" bonds sale* far exf
; eeeding the amount of this type bond
s sold during the 8eventh War Loan
. campaign.
Mr. Davis, who has headed all of
the Loan campaigns, issued a statepent
praising the cititens of this #
(tree for their support of the drive:
p "Kings Mountain citizens have
,c rallied behind thie campaign to give
it one of the beat records of all the
*' drives. For a time, the drive seemed
?* to be lagging, but the total at sales
through this week shows that Kings
^ Mountain has done its part.
"The people who purchased the
* bonds are to be congratulated, aot
* ealy on their patriotism, but om
* their foresight, tor government
a beads remain the beet la inveetaaeate
t- sad the beet wag to fight inflatien.
" 1 also wish to thaak the bo ad tssuing
ageate who have doae a fiae
jod in kaadllag nil the additional
work involved ? lad at no profit
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* l? Ftifowja* 1$ Jfca report by laaaid
lng ngont* of bona anlea during th?
M Victory Loan campaign (figures ind
elude report up to Wednesday morn?.
ing):
a First National Bank $308,195
Home- B. and L. Assn 84,750
?- Pauline Mill ' 850
?. Post Office 2,125
>f Margrace Mill 9,900
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le Total , $490,820
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" Aldermen Limit
Number Of Taxis
The City of Kings Mountain will
issue no additional taxi licenses, ac'
cording to action taken by the City
g Board at its regular monthly meeting
Tuesday night.
1k.
H. It. Burdette, city manager, said
the board, after hearing a delegation
i of taxi men request limitation, ahJ
greed to set the maximum for Kings
p. Mountain at 21, the number of taxis
,l_ now operating in the city.
s". This action has been taken in a
number of surrounding cities and
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? naa oeen under consideration by the
* board.
rt He added that the number of taxis
h aow operating here would be one per
'r 750 persons, using an estimated pop*
ulation figure of 15,000 persons,
which includes Kings Mountain and
surrounding area.
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? M. A. Ware Injured
i, When Hit By Auto
M. A. Ware, well-known Kings
Mountain man, sustained a broken
~ collar bone aqd painful bruises when
I he was struck by a car on West
I Trade street in Charlotte Satarday
night.
Mr. Ware was given treatment at
Memorial hospital, Charlotte, bat M
~ now at his home here. He hope* to
be back at work Thursday.
He said the car which struck him
was driven by a negro under tlie lafinance
of aleohol.