Rambling Sketches Of
Oak Grove News
By Mrs. William Wright
Mr. and ? Mrs. Dewitt Randall
and son, Keith, were Saturday
evening dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Brice Smith and children
Tommle and Kathy, of Clover,
South Carolina.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Watterson
and family had as their Sunday
dinner guests Mr. Ollle Harris of
Kings Mountain and Mr. and
Mrs. Culp Ford and daughter of
Shelby.
Mr. and Mrs. Stokes Wright are
announcing the birth of a dau
ghter, Elizabeth Amanda, in the
Kings Mountain hospital Janu
ary 22nd.
Mrs, Eugene Bell is a patient
in the City Memorial hospital of
Gastonia. ,?
Mrs. Richard Spencer, Mrs. Ed
gar Bell and Mrs. Blanche PhiL
lips spent the day with Mr. and
Mrs. Cramer McDaniel and dau
ghter of Gastonia Wednesday.
Mrs. Cletus McCraver and
Miss Annie Lee Wolfe of Besse
mer City were Sunday alternoon
visitors in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Stokes Wright and children,,
and Mrs -Laura Wolfe- Other vis
itors in the Wright home \vere
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Boyles of
Kings Mountain, Mrs. Meba
Ware of Charlotte, Mrs. Frank
Ware, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. McGill
of St. Luke and Mrs. Stella Ware
of Kings Mountain.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Bun Patterson!
of Patterson Grove were Sunday
guests in the home of their dau
ghter, Mrs. Horace Bell, Mr. Bell
and daughters.
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Lovelace,
Juanita, Kenneth, and Arbradel
la Champion spent Sunday aft
ernoon with Mr. and Mra- Leon
ard Patterson and children of
Kings Mountain.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Boyles
of Kings Mountain were recent
visitors with Mr. and Mrs. De
witt Randall and Keith.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ware and
daughter of Charlotte were Sun
day afternoon visitors with Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Spencer.
Messrs. F. O. Champion, Mai
Spangler and Robert Morgan of'
CONTEST- WINNER ? For herr
ing submitted the winning title
of the 1952 Cooperative Essay
Contest, John L. McCurry, a tea
cher in the Granville School oi
Caldwell County, has boon a
warded ISO. The contest is open
to all rural high school students
of the Carolinas and Is sponsor
ed by the Fanners Cooperative
Exchange, the N. C. Cotton
Growers Association, and the
Carolina Cooperator Publishing
Company. ?
Shelby, and Mr. J. Ollie Harris of
Kings Mountain met with the
Men of Oak Grove church imme
diately after Sunday school Sun
day morning to organize a Bro
therhood. I hope the men will
make a successful go of it. Mr.
Champion is state president of
the Brotherhood and also Broth
erhood superintendent of Kings
Mountain association. Officers
elected: J. W. Watterson, presi
dent; Richard Spencer, member
ship vice president; J. S. Ware,
activities vice president and
choirster; Willard Boyes, pro.
gram vice president; Stokes Wri
ght, secretary and treasurer.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Boyes
entertained the Intermediate
BTU group at their home in
Kings Mountain Saturday night
with a social. A very large crowd
was present and all report a real
nice time. At the close of the so
cial nice refreshments plates
were served by the hostess, Mrs.
Boyles. . " , I
at AMOS & SON
LADIES DUNGAREES
"BIuo Soil Jeanlos"
Size 10-20. short, medium, long
In
Blue and Black Denim
Also Girls
?lie? 6-14
NYLON HOSE
Croup 51-15. mottly ima'l >lx?> ?
: 79c
60-guag? ? site SVi-ll
$1.00
Black Seam H?el>
$1.49
SPORT SHIRTS
SIM* 8 -18
COTTON BLOUSES
3U*I 7-14, 32-38
ONE GHOOT
COTTON BLOUSES
REDUCED
Now? $1.00
Fruit-of-tht-Loom
SILK BLOUSES
$1.98 and $2.98
COTTON HOSE
29c pr.
Telephone 325-W
mercerized
COTTON HOSE
48c pr.
1951 Tourist Season
Best In History
RALEIGH? The 1951 tourist
'season was the best Ln history for
North Carolina's "Variety VaGa
itionland", according to the State
Advertising Division of the Dept.
of Conservation and Develop
ment.
"Every check point showed an
increase over 1950;" said State
Advertising Director Charles Par
ker, "and every indication points
to an even tigger season in 1952."
Major check points at which ac
curate visitor counts are kept in
clude the Blue Ridge Parkway,
where 2,454,294 visitors were
counted for an increase of 629,
433; the Great Smoky Mountains
National Park where the count
was 1,979,208 for an increase of
204,943; the Cherokee Drama
where attendance of 151,740 Was
up 44,600; the "Lost Colony" on
Roanoke Island where attendance
was 53,255, up 760, and Fort Ra
leigh, where attendance of 141,
205 was 6,868 above that of 1950.
Parker said that actual counts
and estimates from mountains to
coast indicated that 6,000,000 peo
ple took vacations or stopped
over in the State on vacation
tours during 1951, and that the
tourist industry brought $300,000,
000 into North Carolina, to make
it the State's-. third largest indus
try in dollar volume, exceeded on
ly by the textile and tobacco in
dustries in which North Carolina
leads the world.
The State Advertising Director
said that tourist industry is also
North Carolina's fastest growing
industry, having Increased in val
ue from approximately $35,000,
000 a year in 1937 when the State
Advertising Program was launch
ed.
? The State Advertising Divi
sion's prediction of Increased
tourist business In 1951 is based
on increased facilities for the ac
commodatlons 0f visitors and
new attractions. Despite difficul
ties, hew motor courts have been
built on principal highways from
the Outer Banks to the Great
Smokies, and these are the favor
ite stopping places for today's
highly mobile vacationists. New
attractions include Extension of
highways to scenic points, not
able among them being paving
of the , Blue Ridge Parkway
through Craggy Gardens and into
Asheville; the extension of the
"Mile-High" spur' Into the Smok
ies from U. S. 19 at Soco Gap; ex
tension of U. S. 158 from Nags
Head to Oregon Inlet and addi
tion to the paved highway on Hat
teras Island, and new bridges and
highways generally making tra
vel easier to vacation objectives.
The spread of the five-day
week with longer paid vacations
and the growing trend toward
two vacations a year ? one in win
ter?is making North Carolina's
tourist industry more nearly
"Year "Round" than ever before,
Parker said, with the new em
phasis placed both on the Mid
South golf and horse resorts and
on hotels, motor courts and res
taurants catering to stop-over
business along main North-South
highways.
Many industries are faced with
the necessity of finding substi
tutes for solid nickel and nickel
clad materials for construction
of processing and handling equip
ment. The substitution of nickel
plating conserves nickel, yet pro
vides some corrosion protection
;wlth the use of less nickel.
Belk's Announces
New Employees'
Hiltoh Ruth, manager of- Belk's
Department Store released de
tails this week of. the new group
Insurance plan which has been
made available for employees of
the firm.
Under the new program each
employee with one year of ser
vice will be given $2,000 ltfe in
surance together with liberal
hospital and surgical benefits.
The hospital insurance consists
of $8 00 a day room allowance,
$60.00 for hospital extra charges]
and a surgical benefit schedule
of $150.00. The entire cost of this
group insurance program is be
ing borne by the firm with no
contribution on the part of the
employee.
The new Belk group insurance
plan is a result of a consolidation
of many different life and hos
pital plans which were carried
under more than 30 different
plans. After a thorough study of
employee needs, it was decided
that a consolidation and stand
ardization of employee benefits
would be most beneficial to Belk
employees.
Under the new group program
the life insurance coverage has
been underwritten by the Securi
ty Life & Trust Company of Win
ston-Salerh, while the hospital
and surgical benefits have been
underwritten by the Liberty Mu
tual Insurance Company of Bos
ton, Massachusetts. These two
insurance companies have work
ed together with the personnel of
Belk Stores Insurance Depart
ment to make available to the
various Belk stores a coverage
for their employees.
Mauney Attends
Conference
RALEIGH? Dr. Jacob P. Mau
ney, Veterinarian of Cleveland
County attended the 14th annual
conference for Veterinarians held
at State College, Raleigh, Janu
ary 22 through January 25.
This annual conference is spon
sored by the N. C. State Veterina
ry Medial Association in coope
ration with N. C. State College.
The features of this meeting are
the lectures and demonstrations
by nationally recognized special
ists in the field of veterinary med
icine.
This year, Dr. Mauney saw a
demonstration on bone surgery in
small animals performed by Dr.
Jacques Jenny of the University
of Pennsylvania; heard the New
York State mastitis control pro
gram described by Dr. H. G, Hod
ges, the supervising veterinarian;
Dr. H. C. H. Kernkamp of the
University of Minnesota present
ed new information and techni
ques in the diagnosis and treat
ment of diseases in .swine. Other
speakers included Dr. Thomas J.
Jones, Dean of Veterinary Medi
cine, University of Georgia; Dr.
E. J. Frick, Professor of Medi
cine and Surgery of Kansas Vet
erinary College; and various spec
ialists in veterinary medicine of
this state.
' In addition to attending the
special lectures and demonstra
tions. Dr. Mauney participated in
the various group discussions
Held on various problems being
encountered by veterinarians
throughout North Carolina.
Dr. Mauney returned to Kings
Mountain following the close of
the conference Friday morning.
T WO -TIMERS
sophisticated
rayon
prints
with
their
?CUTE TRICK
Rayon crepe sleeveless
dress boasts all 'round
box pleated skirt, clever
neckline. Wonderful
two- tone butcher
linen jacket adds to
its charm. Sizes 9-15.
All in Exclusive
Shirley Lee Prints
As Seen In
SEVENTEEN
"MUSIC -IN -THE -AIR"
Scalloped butcher linen jacket
tops wonderful young rayon
crepe print. Spaghetti tie on
sleeveless dress slips through tiny
b jtton holes of jacket. Sires 9-15
ON-THE BOULEVARD"
Lovely rayOn crepe print with
roll-back collar, full shirred
skirt. Add cute butcher linen
jacket for a bright transfor
mation. Sizes 9-15.
other
Shirley Lee
DEPARTMENT
STORE
Home of Better Values
Announcement
Beginning Friday, February 1, 1952, The First National Bank's
Hons
Installment
an
D
Will be located on the Second Floor of the Dr. I. E. Anthony Building
? : v ... v . : v
, ' . * % ' ? ? % *
1 ' . ?
In the Offices formerly occupied by Dr. P. E. Hendricks
INSTALLMENT LOANS AND INPAYMENTS WILL BE HANDLED IN THIS OFFICE
9 A.M. to IP. M. . .
2 P. M. to 4*0 P. M.
DAILY EXCEPT
Wednesday*
9 A. M. to Noon
Saturday!
9 A, M. to 1 P. KL
. v ?
Member FDIC
?
?3t W ? - - .. - ' wmrnrnmm
i
?
Hours
9 A. M. to 1 P. M.
2 P. M. to 4:30 P. M.
DAILY EXCEPT
Wednesdays
9 A. M. to Noon
Saturdays
9 A. M. to I P. M.