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"What Kind of an American Am
J5?" is the topic for the essay con
t?est ending April 15 which ia being
*ep?h.sored by the American Legion
^Auxiliary.
This con-teat is open to all pupils
/gol junior and senior school age.
Information and material for the
?^say's which are not to contain more
Sthan five hundred '500) words may
atoe obtained from Mrs. Josephine
tWeir.
The school winner will receive a
x meda 1 and the state winner will be
; Awarded a set of the "Home Univer
.sity Encyclopedia."
Debating
The Debating Team <Jf Kings
;;M,ountaln high school will debate
^^vith Lee 'Edwards high school of
, Asheville and Brevard high school
; of Brevard on April 1.
Mrs Juanrta Warren, coach, added
tlhat the negative team will debate
? nvith Lee Bd wards at Brevard and
tthe affirmative takes on Brevard at
it^ee Edwards high in Asheville. This
j?s due to the fact that opposing
tfeams must -travel, and Lee Ed
v -swards and Brevard will debate in
iKings Mountain.
The home teams will debate each
Other March 25 for practice, with the
^alternates acting as chairmen. Jean
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Lynch and Haroft England have ta
ken the affirmative and Joyce Falls
Sid James Lybrand the negative in
e query: "Resolved, That the Uni
ted Nations Should Now Be Revised
Into a Federal World Government." |
Alternates for the teams are Myrtle
Hoyle and Demauth Blanton.
Members of the Junior Class have
selected waitresses for the Junior
Senior- banquet which is .to be field
May 6. The following were chosen:
Betty Hawkins, Sarah Kincald,
Betty Cash, Donnie Vee Cook,, Pa
tricia Prince, Ramona Allen, J^an
Lynch, Ernestine Short, Jo Ann
Hayes, Rheta Gamble, and Valeria
Baity.
The students of Kings Mountain
. high school were surprised as well
* as fascinated by Nellie Velote, a 13
year-old French girl who cannot
speak one word of English. Nellie,
the sister-in-law of Marvin Randall,
came to America to live with her
sister who Mr. Randall married
while overseas. Nellie visited the
high school /rench classes and Miss
'Janet Scogins translated her talk.
The French students enjoyed hear
ing Nellie reaji from their French
book.' She even sang a song, the ti
tle of which was "Sur le Pont." Nel
lie's presence has added color to the
foreign language classes, and the
students are looking forward to the
time when she can talk to them in
English.
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I NEWS ABOUT!
if GIRL SCOUTS |
TROOP 11
By Anita McGinnis
The Girl Scout troop number 11
met at the Teacherage due to the
(act that some people were planning
a dinner at the Methodist church.
The girls and their leaders have
planned u cook supper for the
troop next Monday afternoon. The
girls are sharing the ingredients for
the meal. The supper is helping tl\e
girls pass one of the requirements
for the cook proficiency badge. This
week at home the girls are going to
work off other requirements such
as planning meals for the family,
cookingmuffin s, rolls, or cookies,
and planning thie ideal kitchen.
BROWNIE TROOP NO. 14
By Judy Cooper
Brownie Troop No. 14 met in the
Recreation- Hall at the Lutheran
church on Tuesday afternoon at
3:30. We made place cards for the
Investiture Service we are having
Wednesday afternoon, March 9 at 4
o'clock. After our opening ceremo
ny we practiced for our service to
morrow. Mrs. Simpson gave us our
parts for the P. T. A at West End
j school. We are going to sell cookies
: and candy on this Friday, March 11.
I It is for the Juilette Lowe Fund and
j we hope every one will buy' from us. |
We made plans for what we are go
ing to do from now on.
TROOP NO. 4
Girl Scout Troop No. 4, Interme
diate, met Wednesday March 2 at
St. Matthew's1 Lutheran church. E
leven Scouts were present. We are
vorking on our second cla^s badges
this Wednesday. Sue Jane Barrett
taught us a folk song and dance.
Negro Killed
|ln Track Wreck
One Negro man was killed and
I one only bruised in an accident In
volving two gravel dump trucks a
bout a mile and one-half north of
Kings Mountain on the Cheryville
highway last Friday morning a
round 10:30.
Thomas Neal Worthy? 23. of Kings
Mountain, was killed almost in
stantly. J. C. Jamison, also of Kings
Mountain, was only slightly injured.
The fatal accident, investigated
by Patrolmen ,W. R. Wooten, of
Kings Mountain, along with Sgt. W.
L. Hatcher, of Shelby, occurred on a
straight stretch of the highway,
north of the dangerous curve near
Chestnut Ridge.
Officer Wooten said that Worthy
attempted to pass Jamison, ran off
the road and over-turned. Jamison,
seeing the accident in his rear view
mirror, also ran into a ditch but did
not turn over. Worthy died enroute
to medical aid in Kings Mountain
Worthy is survived by his wife.
Gladys, two sons, James H. and Jer
ry L? all of Kings Mountain, and
his father, Harvey Neal Worthy, of
Gastonia. Funeral .services were
held Sunday at 2 p. m. at Gaililee
Methodist church, near Kings Moun
tain, conducted by Rev. J. W. Gam
ble. Burial was in Adams Chapel
cemetery.
i
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MnilK and thousunds of
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c*>untry have d?>idfd ? ?
onoe an<l for all ? to move up to the
magnificent new I'M1) Pontiac.
It's an fmy step to take. becadse the
new 1949 Pontiac? beautiful ami
<li?lingiii?lirrl a* it is ? is still priced
just al>ove t he . lowest! Pontiac it
General Motors' lon>nt -priced eigfu!
As a matter of fart? if you can
afford any new car you can probably
afford one of th^ new Pontiac* !
When you do bny a Pontile ? jbu
will be driving an outstanding
automobile, a car Rik'i a sweet
heart for performance; a car that
just (roes and goes ? mile after mile
? with only ib? minimum of routine
servicing.
In abort, yon will be proud and
happy to own and drive a Pootiai ?
Me most krautijul thin ft on uM>r
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General Mot or* m Lowest-Priced M^ight I
Silver Streak Styling ami striking
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Society News
Davis-Blackwelder
Nuptials ?
The marriage of Miss Peggy Blalk
welder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Waiter E. Black welder, formerly of
Kings Mountain to Mr. Vernon Oaks
Davis, of Duncanvllle, Pa., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Davis, took place
February 26, in Mediator Lutheran
church, Philadelphia.
The Rev. Harold E. Artz performed
the ceremony. The bride who was
given in marriage by her father was
attired in a suit of ice . blue, wore a
halo hat with shoulder veil arid car
ried a white prayer book with baby
pink camelias.
Miss Joyce Blackw.elder who at
tended her sister wore a suit of gray
and navy blue accessories and car
ried an old fashioned bouquet of
American Beauty Roses.
The best man was Mr. Thomas
Rollason of Duncanville, friend of
! the groom.
The mother of the bride was in
pale grey and wore a corsage of red
roses.
The groom's mother, Mrs. "Harry
Davis, wore dark grey and a cor
sage of yellow roses.
Mrs/J. C. Jolly of Kings Mountain,
grandmother of the bride, wore na
vy blue with a corsage of red roses.
<A reception for friends and rela
tives followed the ceremony. The
young couple honeymooned in At
lantic City, N. J., rand will reside
in Duncansville, Pa.
Manly Moorhead Club
Met Friday Afternoon
The Manly Moorhead Junior A
merican Citizens club of the fourth
grade at West School were delight
ed to "have Mrs. W. M. Moorhead,
mother for whom the'elub was nam
ed, meet with them Friday, March
11th. After file club program, Mrs.
Moorhead showed pictures of Manly
and gave an interesting talk on
"Good Citizens."
The club members showed attrac
tive patriotic booklets that they had
made of the lives of four outstand
ing men in American history whose
birthdays 'came in February.
The first page of the booklet was
dedicated to Manly on which 'was
given a brief history of his life.
'John McGinnis is club president
and Marion Ann Beam is secretary.
During the social hour Mrs. Moor
head passed choocolate bars to the
members.
May Queen and Court!
Named At Central
Hazel Floyd was elected May
Queen with Barbara Matthews as
her maid-of-honor in a recent elec
tion conducted by the "K" Club of
the Kings Mountain high school.
Their attendants will be: twelfth
grade, Ev?lyn Roberta, Delores Brid
ges; eleventh grade, Doris. Sanders,
Marilyn Surber; tenth grade, Patri
cia Printe, Jean McRea; nirHh grade
Phyllis Ware, Jean Owens; eigth
grade, Shirley Ramsey and Shirley
Houser, who will be dressed in pas
tel colored shades ,of evening dress;
es which will represent the incom
ing of spring.
"The Urtited Nations" will be the
theme of May Day. The "K" Club
will be in charge of the planning
and carrying out of the festivities
this year, and Mrs. Mabel G. Car
penter will be the advisor.
Miss Falls Celebrates
Birthday
Complimenting - their daughter,
Sarah, on her 14th birthday anniver
sary, Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Falls of
Dunlin, Fla., entertained at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. John Royai
1 6511 Virginia street.
Higl^lyight of the afternoon was
toasting weiners and marshmallows
over an outdoor fife. Several out-;
door games featured the entertain
ment. Vif
Later punch and a large birthday 1
cake iced in pink and white was ser
ved to the 40 guests present.
j Southern Baptists operate through
; their*31 state conventions a total of
I 30 senior colleges, 23 junior colleges, I
| and eight academies.. The Southern
Baptist Convention operates four'
I theological seminaries for the train- 1
j ing of ministers.
? ' 1 '* 1
Kings Mountain Club
Organised At G-W.
BOILING SPRINGS. ? Kings Moun
tain students attending Gardner -
Webb college have., organized a
Kings Mountain club, which has
been chartered by the Student ac
tivities committee.
Officers <if the club are Joseph H.
McDaniel, Jr., president, Edward G.
Campbell, vice-president, and Char
les J. Spivey, secretary and treas
urer.
Other members includo William
Cashion, Richard Foster, Walter
Harmon, William Harmon, James
Hullender, Robert Neill, Bob Patter
son, and Dwight Ware.
First function of the club will be
to sponsor an amateur show, to' be
presented in the near future. ,
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