| RECREATION
I ROUND-UP
A meeting of Little League of
ficials and coaches hold at City
Hall Monday night it was decided
that Coaches James Connor of
Bur-Mill and Lewis Falls of Jay
Cees would pilot Kings Moun
tain's entry in Little League All
.Star play this year.
Below are tile players that havC:
lx-cn chosen to report tot prac
* ice at the Little League field |
Thursday afternoon:'
Park- Grace Bob .Smith. Jer
ry Morris, Jerry Wright, Banks j
l.ASTONIA kings MOUNTAIN MIOHWAY
FREE CANDY
i ? ir The Children
at the Box Off ire
r.vEay night
THURS., LAST DAY
July 16
Captain Pirate
in technicolor
with Louis Hayward
and Patricia Medina
COLOR CARTOON
FRI. ONLY. JULY 17
The Bowery Boys in
Bowery Battalion
5 CARTOONS
SAT. ONLY. JULY 18
DOUBLE FEATURE
The Wild Heart
in technicolor
with Jennifer Jones
? Also ?
Bandit Queen
COLOR CARTOON
SUN. ONLY. JULY 19
DOUBLE FEATURE
RUBARB
in technicolor
with Ray Milland
? Also ?
Cross Wind
in technicolor
with John Wayne
COLOR CARTOON
MONDAY - TUESDAY
July 20-21
MR. UNIVERSE
with Jack Carson
and Janis Page
COLOR CARTOON
WEDNESDAY - THURS.
July 22-23
tst Kings Mountain Showing
CARAVAN
in technicolor
with Stewart Granger
. 2 COLOR CARTOONS
OPSM ALL YEAR
cs R 6:30 p. m,
Kid:L"e Fai:y Land
7NLY orr or r r -i in
NORTH TAROt.t" A
t* T? J"
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o n ? < t > 9 i '
? M?rr;-Co -Point J
? Wal.ivi Pool
? Sw.n js
Over 50 Paintol Car
toon Character;
? t?*o Dressing Up
? Ho Baby Sitting
# No ParUing Wozr.es
Good r ai?;ly
Entertainment
OI4t 104!
? AS I ONI A KINGS MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY
Guyton. Jerry Jones, and Bob
Biddix.
Jay-Cees ? Don Gladden, . Jr.
Wltetstine, Jerry Black, Mike Mc
Kee; Mike B. Ware and Don Par
ker. . . '
Bur- Mill Don Tignor, Bud
Connor, Jerry Wright, Ken Holli
field. Johnny .Carpenter and Bur
ton.
Kiwanis ? John Hardin. Fred
die Hambright, Dave Plonk, Rick
McDaniel, and Bob Osborne.
flitting continued to dominate
League play with Johnny Carpen
ter and Jerry Morris holding on
to the one . two spots with aver
ages of ]529 and .538 respectively.
The ten leaders and their aver
ages: Jerry Morris, P. G? .536;
Johnny Carpenter, B. M., .529;
Bud Conner, B. M., .444; Freddie
Hambright, K? .439; Johnny Har
din. K., .436; Jerry Wright, B. M:,
.425; Don Tignor, B. M.. .411;
Banks GUyton. P. G? ,40S; Mike
Ware, J. C., .406; Bob . Smith, P.
G? .400.
The recreation department a
gain took over 75 boys and girls
swimming Wednesday afternoon
and Bridges Hardware furnished
a truck and driver for the outing.
One of the largest crowds of
the season was at tho local gym
nasium Thursday night. New
square, dance records are now on
the pirk and everyone is in
vited to visit and participate.
Darts, ping-pong and . shuffle
board are a few of the games
available for enjoyment and the
hours are daily 9 to 12 and 2 to
5 and 7 to 10 on Thursday and
Friday nights.
Ki/igs Mountain has been cho
sen as the site of this year's
men's Softball district tourna
ment. The Junibr Chamber ol
Commerce is sponsoring the e
KINGS MOUNTAIN'
and
BESSEMER CITY ,
DRIVE-IN
THEATRE
Located on Kings Mountain
Bessemer City Highway, only |
2 Miles from Kings Mountain. |
OPEN 7 DATS PEB WEEK
Phone 1027-J ? Kings Mtn.
TODAY, THURS.. JULY 16
"Man On A
Tightrope"
Fredric March
Gloria Grahame
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
July 17 and 18
"Powder River"
in technicolor
Rory Calhoun
Corinne Calvet
? also ?
30 MINUTES OF
CARTOONS
LATE SHOW EVERY
SATURDAY NIGHT
AT 11:30
SUNDAY. MON., TUESDAY
July 19, 20 and 21
"The Girl Next
Door"
in technicolor
June Haver-Dan Dailey
Dennis Day
Also 2 Cartoons
JMW'I ? M ?-?? ' ? ??'
Mon. I Tito .
Night r A e ;
Far- --I: a is f
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WEDWiiS: AY <? THURSDAY J
July ?2 ani 23 ? 2 days
"Cdl Ms r.Iadcm"
Eth?' Meinan anJ
Donald O'Connor
News .
? l Snow* Nightly ?
Starting at Duslc
A <* r i 4 ft s I o n 40c
? y REE ADMISSION ?
To Children Under IS
Wh*r> occotr.parued by parents
V;
IMPERIAL THEATRVT
Kinqs Mountain. N. C. Phone 134
TODAY. THURS . JULY IS DOUBLE FEATURE
"Carrie" "L?sl Planet
w.th Jennifer Jone-i
Cartoon
FHI ? SAT.. JULY 17 18 DOUBLE FEATURE
0??N AT 11 O'CLOCK
Airmen"
Star Cast
AT U O'CLOCK "Gun Smoke'
TaXl in technicolor
*vith Dan Dailey with Audie Murphy
2 Cartoons ? Serial
MONDAY and TUESDAY, JULY 20 and 21
'Show Boat" in Technicolor - Cartoon
with Ava Gardner and Howard K?el
WED. ? THURS.. JULY 22 23 DOUBLE FEATURE
"Somebody "Thunder In
Loves Me" God's Country
in technicolor Rex Allen
Betty Hutton
Cartoon
"See the Best for Le??? Admission 30c 3c
j IN A U S T R 1 A? Pvt. Jack M.
Crouch, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H.
Crouch, of Kings Mountain, Is
serving with the 202nd Military
Police in Salzbury, Austria. Be
fore ehtering the service he at
tended CardneT - Webb college,
Boiling Springs, where he was
< active on the football squad. His
| address: Pvt. Jack M. Crouch RA
14485936 202 MP Co.. APO S41,
I c/o PM. New York. N. Y.
vent, Red Layton of the parks
and' recreation department can
furnish further information for
icims desiring to enter. Fin try
deadline is August 1.
The J>lati?r Bros. Plushers have
a very fine semi- pro baseball
??eam and local citizens are urged
"j to attend the games. Such local
' I stars as Jim KimmeH, Ken Spen
j cer. Bobby Wells. Lefty Moss and
many others are ?n the team. The
home games are being played in
i City Stadium.
I KINGS MOUNTAIN
Hospital Log
I VISITING HOURS
Daily, 10 to II a. m.
t to 4 p. to. and 7 to 8 o. to. |
PATIENT LIST AT NOON
WEDNESDAY:
Willie Adams, city, admitted
i Friday, June 26.
Mrs Duffie Guyton, route 3,
city, admitted Friday, July 3.
Regal Thomas Williams, city,
admitted Saturday, July 4.
Ozzie Kinsley, 24 Gordon st.,
city, admitted Thursday.
R. L. Lackey, route 3, city, ad
mitted Thursday.
Carolyn Petty, route 1. city, ad
mitted Friday.
Mrs. Lucille Jenkins, Cherry
ville, N. C., admitted Saturday..
Mrs. Frances Green, route 2,
city, admitted Sunday. ,
Mrs. Ruth Lee Ruff, Mauney
Avenue, city, admitted Monday.
Mrs. Louise Alexander, city,
admitted Monday.
Mr*. Betty Jean Allen, city,
admitted Monday.
Bernice Fortune, city, admitted
I I Monday.
Mrs. Hal Morris, route 2. city,
j admitted Tuesday.
Mrs. Clara Bollinger, city, ad
! mitted Tuesday.
Mrs Louise Farnsworth. route
j 3,' city, admitted Wednesday,
j .Mrs. Jack Hutchiris. 205 S. Gas
ton st.. city, admitted Wed ties -
? d.t
Jimmy Mole. 101 city street,
j admitted Wednesday.
Gale McDaniel, city, admitted
I Wednesday.
| * *
Moose Organizers
To Meet Thursday
A hitHMiniy to advance the or
[ il ion ir. Nmsjs Mountain, >?:.
? !. <? i vjt* of the L >yal O .!*- ? ? <
' * \v|l I !>.- .hclil T.n'- s-lrt'." '
, ? ?:t Curlingion Mills i ecrea ?
ii >rv. center. according. to .1.1
? :v. ' :i ; t!u> '.vt cK l?y t ? ; ? i. ! j
. " < membership diiiH'Soi". 1
Mr. M<?s;:i;< i *.ri 1 the o:^ant ?? 1
??'!?? . i>; the Kings Mountain .??? '4V ;
? - t'i o.-I. es<;ng and. that a ny :r,ot)
' 1 \ t" s of age a M oldeivare in
;? attend the Thuisday,
ii^ht session. lie pointed on: :
1 .i.U ? sj?? fv tiscys?i.>n of <il! phases '
i' 'h. >1: guu.kition would ho cits- |
cusv.vl.
1 .il.io ?>.??! "d that the t.oya. j
Onlc.- of Mpo*e is the second lav '
gest li ii.f.iiai order in the world.
I
METER RECEIPTS
1 A total of S167.65 was eollec
| ted from the city's parkins: me
L. te:\s Wednesday morning, ae
? tiding k> a report hy the city (
treasurer's office.
BRIDGES REUNION
Annual Bridges reunion will '
be held at Bridges Airport Son
day according to announce
ment hy Cde?? A, Bridges, who
has invited all members of the
family and friends to attend the
event.
NOTICE OF SALE
We. the undersigned, as trus
tees for St. Luke's Evangelical
Lutheran Qhurch will sell for
cash on the premises of the
Church property, the church
building, together with nil the j
benches and fixtures located with !
the Church on SATURDAY, AU- !
?MUST 15. 1953. at 10:00 o'clock j
1. m. The ilrtirch Is locate^ about 1
7 miles Northwest of Kings Moutv j
tain on the old Waco Road. The
Church building and the fixtures
will be sold separately and the
trustees reserve the right to re
ject any or all bids.
The purchaser will have 90 days
in. which to remove the building
off of the premises, together with
the timber.
We wirt also sell a small tract
of virgtn timber on the church
property.
This the fith day of July, 1953.
A. S. Kiser,
James M. Lackey,
Rufus L. Plonk,
Trustees
7:16?8:6
JUNIOR BASEBALL
Area 4
3rd. Round Results
(Area Seml-Flnals)
July 9?
Cherryville. 5, Shelby 4.
( Cherry vi lie winner of series
20).
Gastonia won series on Hick
ory forfeit (polio)..
Championship Series x
RESULTS
July 1??
Gastonia 5. Cherryville 4.
July 14
Cherryville 7, Gastonla 6.
SCHEDULE
Wednesday, July 15 ?
Cherryville at Gastonia.
Thursday. July 16 ?
Gastonia at Cherryvilla.
Friday. July 17?
Final .(5th) game of series, if
needed. Site , Undecided, Kings
Mountain a possibility.
STATE SEMI-FINALS
July 21 ?
Start of series between Area 4
winner and Area '3 winner for
Western Championship. Area 1
vs Area 2 for Eastern Champion
ship.
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
i July 29
. Start of series between West
ern and Eastern champs for
State Championship.
Foote, Ciaitspun
Hook Up Friday
Foote Mineral Company and
Craftspun hook up in a county
loop headllner at the Craftspun
field Friday at 6 p. m.
Foote defeated Lawndale 9-8 in
an extra-inning softball loop
thriller at Lawndale Tuesday af
ternoon with Charlie Mathis on
the mound. Carl Wilson and Bob
by Herndon each had three hits
for the winners.
The line score:
Foote 200 023 02?9 12~2
Lawndale 331 000 01?8 6 2
Mathis and G. McDaniel; Kocl
and Bracken.
On Monday at Foote. Coach
Carl Wilson's team defeated Gas
ton Electric of Gastonia 20-8 with
a devasting 25-hit attack lead by
Wilson and Nathan McDaniel
with four hits each.
The line score:
Gaston Elee. 012 011 3 8 8
Foote . 048 305 x? 20 25
Ramsey and Glover; F. Thron
burg and N. McDaniel.
On last Friday, Foote lost to
Shelby WOW 5-3. Bud Huffstet
ler had two hits.
The line score:
Shelby WOW 500 ' 000 0 -5
Foote 000 000 3 3 6
Ponder and Rimvons; Mathis and
McDaniel.
Coach Wilson announced that
Foote will enter the district tour
nament in Kings Mountain Au
gust 7-8. In fifth place in county
loop standings, . Foote will also
enter loop playoffs, an eight-team
? double elimination event.
i
Plushers Defeat
Gaffney 7 to 2
Slater Mill Plushers, Kings
Mountain semi-pro baseball team,
downed Gaffney here at City Sta
dium, last Saturday afternoon 7
to 2 behind the six-hit pitching
of Bobby Wells, Belmont Abbey
hurler.
Ken Spencer, N. C. State col
lege baseball player, paced the
10- hit Kings Mountain attack
with a triple- and two singles, F.
Reynolds had three for four and
Jimmy Kimmell two for four as
the Plushers went out front and
were never headed.
Wells, Spencer and Kimmell
were teammates on the 1951
Kings Mountain American Legion
junior baseball team.
The lineups:
Gaff nay ab r h Slater ab r h
McKlnney. If 4 0 1 HIpps, cf -too
McGrart. 2b 4 0 0 Spencer, c 3 3 3
Petty, ef 4 0 0 Reynolds. It 4 0 3
Hammett. p 4 0 O Moss, lb 4 0 0
Scates. 3b 4 1 2 Reynolds, rf 4 1 1 1
Hampton, rf 4 0 1 Kimmell. 2b 4 2 2
Mayfletd. h 3 0 0 Hawkins, is 4 11
Tlndall. c 3 1 1 Smith. 3b 4 0 0
Wylle. lb -3 0 1 Wells, p 4 0 0
TOTALS 33 2 6 TOTALS 35 7 10
Little League
Contests Open
Members of Kings Mountain's
Little League teams and citizens
of any age are eligible to enter
two contests for free trips to the
1953 Little League World Series
and other prizes.
Players may enter an essay
contest and any citizen may en
ter a photographic contest.
Persons interested in entering
the contests are invited to secure
further information from Red
Layton at Central gymnasium.
Entry deadline is August 1. j
LITTLE LEAGUE
RESULTS
July 10?
Park Grace 13, Kiwanls 4.
Jaycees 8, Kiwanis 0.
BurMil 11, Park Grace 9.
July 14 ?
BuilMil 9, Kiwanis 3.
Park Grace-Jaycees called
(darkness* top of 6th Park Grace
leading 1310.
SCHEDULF
Friday. July 17?
Park Grace at Kiwanis.
BurMil at Jaycees.
Tuesday, July 21 ?
Park Grace at BurMil.
Jaycees at Kiwanis.
Friday, July 24?
Park Grace at Jaycees.
Kiwanis at BurMil.
(End of Schedule).
AT DONALDSON
S/Sgt. George W.. (Bill) Black
well, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B.
Blackwell, now living in Green
ville. former residents of Kings
Mountain, has been assigned to j
the Donaldson Air Force Base
following completion of two '
years duty in Japan. j.
S 'Sgt,. Blackwell has been in J
the service for three years. He
spent a leave here recently.
Mecklenburg Scouts
At Camp York
Approximately 85 Mecklenburg
County Girl Scouts are expected
to attend a two-week encamp
ment at Camp York , beginning
Friday.
The camp will close August 1.
Miss Genleve Watklns, of
Charlotte, Is director for the
camping program, according to
an announcement received here
this week.
Bible Recitation
Won Camping Trip
Linda Gall Kirkus, 11-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clif
ford Kirkus, has won an all ex
pense paid week stay at Camp
Wabanna, located 35 miles from
Washington, D. C., on Chesapeake
Bay,
She won the award for out
? 1 .
standing accomplishment In Dai
ly Vacation Bible school in one
of Washington's leading Presby
terian churches by reciting 100
Bible- verses,
Gail, who is visiting her aunt
and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Claude
\V. Barnett, was the youngest of
five to win the trip.
The group is to leave for Camp
Wabanna on August 3 and is to
return to Washington, D. C. on
August 10,
Tigers Play Here
Thursday, Saturday
The Kings Mountain Tigers
are scheduled to play the Shelby
Elk Raiders at City Stadium
Thursday night at 8 p. m.
On Saturday night the Tigers
are scheduled to meet an as-yet
un- named opponent also at 8
p. m. '
VJkk&S^ 'jmtvu
SALOME
CHARLES LAUGHTON
NDERSON r Sir Ccdric HAADWICK?
r SYDNEY ? Mmrtrn SCHWARTZ
Amo4d MOSS ? Aba BADEL
JOY Theatre
KING? MOUNTAIN. N. C. PHONE 500
Air - Conditioned
Late Shows Mon. - Wed. - Fri. - Sat
Wed. - Thurs.
John Payne
Jan Sterling
?in?
'The
Vanquished"
Technicolor
Plus ? News ? Cartoon
Sterling Hayden
Eve Miller
"Kansas Pacific"
In Color
Comedy - Cartoon
Late Show Saturday 1 1 :30
Monday - Tuesday
Your Eyes Will See The Glory . . .
COUJMMA WCTVK
RITA
HAYWORTH
STEWART
GRANGER
Please Note:
THIS GREAT AND WONDERFUL PICTURE WILL
BE SHOWN AT OUR "REGULAR" PRICES.
REUNION
Annual William and Susan
Randle reunion will be held
Sunday, July 26, at the Bethle
hem Baptist church Fellowship
Center. A picnic lunch will Jt>e
spread at 12 o'clock noon and
everyone is invited to attend.
LUTHEB BENNETT
1017 UK WOOD MO. PHONE Ml
FARM BUREAU
*<?<?1 fin Iiiiimm C*.
lift liw.r? tt C?.
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DixiE
KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C.
ADM. * 9c and 20c
Wed. - Thuis.
. ANTHONY OUINN. ma nuiT
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? Plus ?
Cartoon - Novelty
FrL-Sat.
Double Feature
OUNN (DMOND
FORD O'BRIEN
RHONDA
FUMING,
1
cowboy I
A Pirimount Pictur* V
? also ?
The East Side Kids
? in ?
'Let's Get Tough"
? Plus
' Serial ? Cartoon
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don't cost you extra.
And those "extras" alone, at no '
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nals, twin sunshades, lighter, trip
mileage indicator, automatic glove
box light, dual map lights, oil-bath
air cleaner, full-flow oil filter,
vacuum pump, bumper guards
front and rear? they're all yours
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