Hit Hickory Here At Park At 8 p. m.;
lost First Game At Shelby Tuesday
? ? ? " ? ?
Kings Mountain's 1953 Ameri-.
tan Leg.on junior baseball team
Is scheduled to open the home
schedule at City Stadium Thurs
?ay night against Hickory after
dropping the season opener at
Shelby Tuesday night. Game
time Is 8 oV?loek.
On Saturday, Kings .Mountain
U scheduled at Ashe vi lie, on
Tuesday at Griffith Par* against
wiarlotte and on next Wednes
Urd^hos,s to Gastonia at City
,JS*rl Marlowe will probably
f ue. ?ouml as"lfinment a
gaist Hickory Thursday night as
Ooaeh- Hal Dedmon was forced to
use tnree chunkers at Shelhv
Tuesday nighty aneitjy
Albert Anderson, southpaw
frf ln?. <>f the 1952 team start
f, ii i i ? relieved after one
full Inning iby <Jlles Bell, Beth
ware righthander who went six
Minings. Beth ware's Ralph Hord
pitched the final three outs.
.Graver's Bih Wells, two-year
rv, ? 1 veter*n, and William
Campbell t>0th righthanders, are
SiVti:" "" ""C"",K ",a"
Infielders on the team are
Snffo,, u y* Kennth Roberts,
Milton Hope Palmer Short of
M^rTT, C'l!y' Georee Harris.
?-n VSleatine and Je"y Rosa
Barnc?<* and Charles
Smith are the catchers and out
James Abemathy,
Bobby Wilson. iRannie Arnette!
ier a'Ui Kenneth Clonln
j~lnh!f,liC??"!Cer's of the t?am
Ollle Harris and W. L. Plonk.
Mr Harris said this week that
the financial position of the team
i* not good and that attendance
at the games here, plus coopera
tion of ihe members of the post
in conducting the program, will
determine whether Kings Moun
tain will be able to finish the
season.
Admission to home games has
been set at 25 and 50 cents, he
said.
Kinjj.s Mountain dropped a
p<Jir of practice igames to the Ft
Mill. S <\. juniors last weekend
although gaining a forfeit win in
last Friday s game here when
the vLsiting coach caused his
team to be run off the field
"-Mill was loading by 13 to
12 after coming from behind
when the visiting coach protest
ed violently during a discussion
of the Ft. Mill ?itcher's motion
tiolding. .runners on base. Plate
ITmpire Bruce Thorburn ordered
? he game forfeited.
u-iAt Kw Mil1 Saturday night.
Kings Mountain fell behind and
was unaftle to close the gap.
Moat Pjaje.s on the team saw
? iction both nights, with South
5sr',?ArKde2?"-. wiffi?? 10 hu
Friday """""" hu'?"'
Kings Mountain s batters were
ilS % ,nRrt ?nlA tww hi,s ?t Shei
n?? n fi. y off tho offerings of
?h?r 5?(,S' a S'H*C(V rlghthan
?, w?nt sevpn innings.
naw h young south
Paw, who pitched the last two
KIm^m111011.1 Jf'v'ng up a hit.
*+ 'nj,s Mountain threatened in
the second Inning after giving
*ip four runs i? the o?nh*
KWi?C' t Pi ^M,S- Nltmber Three
High school player, led off with
a slngle but was forced at second
on a field's choice. James Aber
'thy singled for Kings Moun
tains last hit but Bridges struck
?out the next two hitters to end
ine frame.
Bridges loaded the bases with
three wallw in the third after
rwo were out but retired the last
ai^r on a hoi grounder to sec
ond.
tvvo runs in the
third with five runs, in the six
with five and the eighth with
?*?nd and poured it on in the
TO PLAY HERE ? Charlie Bol
lard, Kings Mountain citizen, fa
scheduled to play here at City
Stadium on June 26 for the Shel
by Clippers In a Tar Heel League
game against the Llncolnton
Cards. Ballard is a former high
school and legion star and has
been with the Shelby club for
several years and ranks among
the top hitters in the loop. The !
game here Is being sponsored by
the KlwaniB club.
four. ' .
Shelby got 17 hits off the three |
pitchers and. drew 9 walks,
which combined with eight
Kings Mountain errors to ac
count for the 20 runs.
The box score:
K1MCS MTN. AB R H PO A
Palmer Short, ss 1 O o t '2 I
Oconee Harris. :ti> 3 ' o n o l
Dean fluskey. at* l o o o l
Kenneth Ro|>crl*, 2b 4 * t? , 0 2 2
Carl Harnette. e 3 ft o . 0 0
J. 'IV Kills, i f 1 u I 4 O
Bobb\ Wilson, tf I O. o l 0
Jam?*s Alieinarthy If -I o 11 0
MUton Hope. It* .1' o (i ^ .9 0
v? Ken Cloninger I 0 0 0 0
Albert Anderson, p i 0 o 0 0
(.lies Hell. (? 2 0 O O 0
Ralph Html, p 0 ? it U 0 1
XX Charles Smith 1 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 29 0 2 24 7
SHELBY AB R H PO A
Jim Henson. 2b 3 4 113
z Hamrlck. 2b 2 10 0 0
Roger Pearson, is 5 2 3 1 4
1M ? Deal . sr* 1 1 1 O 0
Jerry Hav\Jtlns. c ' JS 3 3 . 13 1
Herman MeCinnls. 3I>4 3 2 1 2
Charles Bird. If 4 2 3- 0 0
Gerald Humphries. cfM 0 0 1 0
Jaek Floyd. d 2 110 0
Don Rollns. lb .*S 12 8 0
/.At -? Hiunton. Hi 1 (t 0 2 0
Marvin Fortenberry. r? I 1 0 0
Don Bridges'. p i t 0 II 1
* Johnny Patterson 1 o o 0' 0
I Cecil Bailey 0 0 t> 0 2
i TOTALS 45 20 17 27 13
k Struck out for Hope In 9tb
I xx? Grounded out for Honl tn 9th.
/ * File*! out for Bridges tn 7th.
t t ~ Safe on error for Henson In ,8th.
//. Strigled for Pearson In 8th.
/././. K'lcd out f?>r Rollins In 8th
Klnqt Mtn. Juniors 000 000 000? ^~0
Shelby Juniors 425 005 04x ? 20
I Errors Short 2. Huskev J Ri'is. Aber*
utihy Hope. Hell. Rollins: RBI Henson 2.
Pearson 'J. Hawkins. McGlnnts 3. Blt*d 4.
Fortenberry ; 2BII: ?Bird. 3BH Pearson.
| Bird ; SB; Short 2. Henson. Hawkins 2.
I Bird. Rollins. Sacrifices: Hawkins: DP:
Hawkins to Pearson to Rollins; LOB. Kings
j Mtn 9. Shelby 11; BOB: Off Anderson .V
(Bell 2. Hord 2. Bridges 6. Bailey 1; SO:
'Anderson 2. Bell 4, Bridges 12. Bailey 1:
i Hits off Anderson 2 for t> runs In 1 Inning:
j Bell L"> for 14 runs In t i: Honl 0 for 0 runs
1 In 1. Bridges 2 for 0 runs In 7,- Bailey 0
i for 0 runs tn 2. Wild pitches: Anderson.
(Hell: PB: Barnette 2: WP: Bridges: LP
Anderson; t'mplres; Bill Walters and Ray
I Smith, Scorer: Carp: Time 2:40.
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j ;
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he will attend the Philco dealers
and salesmen convention.
The firm was one of 100 in
North and South Carolina to win
an all-expense -pa id trip to the
convention in a three-months con
test among dealers recently.
The total firm had 6,700 points
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KINGS MOUNTAIN*
Hospital Log ?
VISITING HOURS
t
Dally, 10 to II ? m. 1 .
2 to 4 p. m. and 7 to 8 p. m. j
PATIENT LIST AT NOON WED
NESDAY:
John P. London, Blacksburg, S.
C., admitted April 18.
Mrs, Nina Bridges, Charlotte,
N. C., admitted Friday, May 15.
B. H. Elliott, Shelby, N, C. ad
mitted Friday, May 15.
Mrs. Vista Elliott, Shelby, N.'
C-. admitted Ffiday, May 15.
Dwight Moorhead, Morresboro,
N. C., admitted Friday, May 15.
Mrs. Nell Bumgardner, route
2, City, admitted Tuesday, May 19.
Maude L. Gladden, route 1, City,
admitted Saturday, May 23.
Mrs. Robert Parrlsh, 313 Dil
lon St., city, admitted Sunday,
May 24. f
Mary Goode Go.orth. route 1,
city, admitted Tuesday, May 26.
Mrs. Margaret Pearson, city,
admitted Sunday,
Miss Virginia Byers, Shelby, N. j
C., admitted Sunday. 1 > J
Mrs. Louise Campbell, route 4,
Gastonia, N. C., admitted Mon
day. |
Mrs. Jeannette Frisbee, route |
2, city*, admitted Monday.
J. J. Gamble, Shelby, N. C,, ad
mitted Monday.
Ruby Guinn, route- 2, city, ad
mitted Monday. I
Mrs. Evelyn Spencer, Poplar I
street, city, admitted Monday. I
Miss Doris Riddle, route 2, city,
admitted Tuesday.
Manjle Smith, city, admitted
Tuesday.
Mrs. Mary Webster*, route 3, '
city, admitted Tuesday.
Mary K. Smith, 402 S. Cansler
st-, city, admitted Wednesday.
\mif R A nrtrrm
Graduation
Continued From Front Page
ton Reading medal.
Nora Jane Deese, First Na
tional Bank high school Spelling
award.
Linda Biser, First National
Bank Elementary school Spell
ing awar<L-__
Dolores Davidson, Central, Ki
wanis citizenship award.
Janelle Btdsole, Central, Plonk
scholarship.,
Clarence Thomas (Sonny) Mc
Danl^.1, Jr., Central, Kings Moun
tain Little Theatre Oscar award.
Rev. Phil Shore gave the ben
ediction.
On Sunday night, Dr. W. P.
Gerberding gave the invocation
and Rev. W- L. Pressly read the
scripture. The mixed cnorus sang
"We Thank Thee Lord" toy Bort
niansky and Rev. P. D. Patrick
introduced Dr. Hay. Rev. H. Gor
don Weekley, Jr., gave the .ben
ediction.
(For picture and names of the
62 graduates, see page 2, section
one.)
Sidney Lackey
Funeral Friday
Sidney Lackey, 50, resident of
Akron. Ohio, and former resident
of Kings Mour^ain and Cleve
land county, died in Akron, Ohio,
Monday.
Mr. Lackey had moved to Ak
ron 25 years ago and was asso
ciated with the Good Year Rub
ber plant corporation there.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Friday at 11 o'clock a. m.
from Bethlehem Baptist church.
Rev. R. El Robbins, pastor of the |
church, will officiate and burial j
will follow in the church ceme- j
tery.
The body will arrive at Harris
Funeral home Thursday at 4:33
p; m. and will remain there until
one hour prior to the service i
when it will be taken to the
church to lieln-tsate.
Survivors Include three broth
ers, Frank Lackey of Shelby, and
Will and Lee Lackey, both of
Akron, Ohio.
RESIGNS ? R?t. W. L. McSwain
has tendered his resignation a*
pastor of two Kings Mountain
area Baptist churches, David's
Chapel and Allen Memorial.
McSwain Resigns
Pastorates Here
The Rev. W. Lawrence Mc
Swain of Kings Mountain, route
2, pastor of David and Allen Me
morial Baptist churches, tendered
his resignation at services last
Sunday. ? ?
Mr. McSwain has served these
churches since tt'e first of March
1949, coming here from the Glen
Alpine Baptist church. Hp will
continue to serve in his prestnt
pastorate throughout the raor.lh
of June, when his resignation
will become effective. After clo
sing his ministry here he will
move with his family to Hollis
where he will serve the Big
Springs and Mount Olivet
churches of the Sandy Run as
sociation. The present pastorate
of Mr. McSwain is his third, he
having served at Harmony and
at Glen Alpine before coming to
the Kings Mountain association,
his native association.
Mr. McSwain Is a graduate of
Wake Forest college and of the
Southern Baptist Theological
seminary at Louisville, Ky., hav
ing received the degree of Mas
ter of Theology from the latter.
Mrs. McSwain attended the Wo
mans' Missionary Union Training
school, Elon college and Lenoir
Rhyne college, and has taught
in the schools of Glen Alpine and
Kings Mountain.
During the four years of work
on the present field, each of the
two churches has made marked
progress along several lines:
Each has had an increase in mem
bership; each has strengthened
Its organizational life; each has
liquidated a sizeable debt; and
each had a building budget for
future building and Improve
ments.
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and has been assigned to the
Signal Corps at Camp Gordon,
Go. Private Hord was Inducted
Ifato the armed forces on March
24th.
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