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i ? 111 ? ? ? ? m it ? Central Quint In 52 to 44 Win Over Forest City Kings Mountain defeated Foir. cst* City high's boys at Forert City Tuesday night 52-44 for the fifth win in six starts this sea son. Forest City's, girls won the opener 56 47. Coach Don Partoer's quint put in a third quarter blitz to pull far enough out front. tc ride out tlwuepntest after leading .by only tvMuInt, (29-27) at halftlme. oWter Ollle Harris paced the successful effort with 27 .points against the man-to-man Forest City defense. Forward MUton Hope, evidencing a ibad night, got 10* points for hinner-u$> 3;on-j ors. V / The Mountaineers started' strong, hitting the hoops f?r 16i points in the opening frame.; Harris was thetyg gun, hooking; In five goals and adding thr^ free tosses for 13 of the 16 mark-1 ers. Hope had a goal and Quard Richard George ? free throw foi> the other points. In the second quarter, Harris hit two more goals to close the first half with 17 points. He also picked up three personal fouls In the first two periods. Hope . > added a goal and two charity shots, George a goal and Guard Don MeCarter a goal and a free throw as the Mountaineers went Into the rest period with a 29-27 advantage. Harris and Forward Ronnie Layton each hit two quick goals to move the winners out fast in th? third canto. Harris added two more goals and Hope and George one each to the margin as the Mountaineers held the host team to 8 points during the quarter. Forest City out-scored Kings . Mountain 9-7 in the final chap ter, with Harris taking his fifth personal early in the period aft er scoring two free throws to end his total at 27 points. Hope ani Layton .added 'field goals and George a foul shot to hold mar gin. Center Robert McNai* had 21 points to pace the losers. It was the second win over Forest City lor Coach Parker's cagers and ran their South Group, Western AA Conference record to "5-47-r-_good^ for second place In ? the loop standlngsT Kings Mountain trimmed Forest City here last December 18th In the Season opener 43 to 25. The Forest City sextet again proved too imuch for Kings Mountain's lassies, winning* the opener despite a strong last-half told hy the .visitors. Trailing 30 16 at haiftime, Kings Mountain came back strong to out-score the winners <by five points in the last two periods. Nancy Bishop had 18 points to lead the Kings Mountain scor ing. Nora Deese had 13 points and Fern Barrett 11 in the bid 'for a second victory of the sea son in six starts. Forest City edged Kings ?Mountain 40-37 here In Decem ber in the final minutes of the game. Sara Melton was again the big thorn, hitting for 24 points in Tuesday's battle. Lon ice Scruggs had 20 points. In the field goal percentages department, Kings Mountain's <boy$ boa Is on 21 of 49 shots for 42.9 percent accuracy. Harris was tops with 04.7 (11 hits, six miss es). Lay ton had 60 percent (three hits, two, misses) ; McCar ter 50 percent (1-1); George 25 percent (2-6); and lloue 23.5 per ?cent (4-13.) Hope's shots were going in the -basket but wouldn't stay, Red Layton, who kept the records, said, but Harris and Layton ac counted for three goals each off the backboard on his shots. The McCarter and George to Layton to. Harris combine proved very effective, he said, with Harris hitting on 8 of 10 tries off this attack. George drove in for two goals and MoCarter hit a set shot from mid-court. The box scores: GIRLS Kings Mountain (47) piotm. *o?. o -ro n w rTM Nancy Bishop.- f 7 4 18 15 Kern Barrett. ( ft 1 11 1 4 Nora June Dce*e, f 5 3 13 3 1 Butch Mouser, ( 10 2 0 0 Du ice Weir. ( 0 3 3 1 1 Bachcal Jolly, g 4 Jane urmanU. K 2 Pat Davis, g 3 Gwcn Pear ton. ( 0 0 0 0 0 Shirty Ware, k 1 Jackie Arnette, g 0 TOTALS U II 47 U II Forest City (56) Sara Melton, f 10 4 '* 3 1 Lople Scruggs, I 9 8 30 0 3 Carolyn McGinnls. (3 3 8 3 3 Betty Lane, t 9 0 0 0 0 Susie Sheldln, t 0 0 0 0 0 Dot Grlndsllft. g. f 3 ? 0 ? 4 4 1 Marilyn Tate, g 4 ' Martam Heal. g a* Anna Lou OavU. g ? 3 Cant Bradley. g - l > MWIrtm. g i -"fMuy Week, g 1 TOTALS t4 t St M 7 Technical route) Watktaa. SCOAJE BT ?E*IOD?l rosxsT cm il IF n~ iuoi m?. > t n ' OFFICIALS: Pat pwwi. scorer. BOYS Kings Mountoln (52) Rain. Foe. O FO TF FF rTM Bonnie Lay ton, f S 0 6 3 3 Mil ion Hop*. I 4 3 10 4 1 O aorta Harrl?. f 0 0 0 3 0 Ollle Karri*, e 11" t Jl 5. 4 tWra McCarter g 1 13 4 1 Richard George. (33013 total! ti to si it it Potest City (44) .Bob Neal. f l 0 2 5 0 -Kle Smart. ( 0 112 0 'Atflaa Flaek. t o 0 0 0 Jlshan, I 0 0 0 0 Malelr. e 7 7 21 o ? Ingle, g 4 8 11 4 8 ilk Hammed. * 2 0 4 0 0 T. Price, g 3 1 '? 2 4 TOTALS IS It 44 It It ?BT PERIODS: u ? u ? ?=? T3S 8 1e>ta?. wMih y. W. Freshmen, 'Bantams' To Hit On Thursday "Hie Kings Mountain high school freshmen bpys cagers are slated to r jet the recreation de partment's "Bantams" at Cen tral gym Thursday at 7 ?p. m. No- admission charge will be made and all citizens are Invited to witness the game. Coach Shu Carlton, along with John Gamble, practice teacher, Is coach in ji the ninth gradeis. pe?" Caput, ;;j| wolves Split Kings Mountain and Lincoln - ton high school's "B" basketball teams split a twin bill at Central, gymnasium here Monday night, the visiting girls winning the o pener 44-19 and the Mountain eers coming back to take the Wolves 34-32 in the nightcap. Derlce Weir r--*ced the Kings Mountain sextet with 14 points us the Lincolnton lasdies pulled far out front in the final period. In the boys game, Coach John Charles' quint jumped into the lead early and stayed on top un til the last three minutes, when the visitors went ahead 29-28 on a free thrown by Guiird Bynum, whoihad tied the contest with a field goal moments before. With 50 seconds on the clock, Guard Bonnie Cole put the Mountaineers ahead for good at 31-30 with a charity toss. Forward Fred Falls paced the winners with 13 points. Center Charles Bridges had eight and Cole had seven. Kings Mountain's boys hit on 11 of 49 shots from the floor for ; 22.5 percent accuracy, with I Falls' 4 of 11 for 36.4 tops. Lin colnton had 23.5 percent, hitting on 12 of 51 tries. The boxes: OIRtS King* Mtn. "B" (19) Llocolntoa ">" (44) ra ft it ra rr tp Weir, t 4 fl 14 J. Delllnger, f 3 1 7 McCarter, (Oil Illi-r. ( 113 Gibbons. t 0 0 0 Burkf, ( 4 19 Guyton. f 0 1 1 Punlch, f 3 2 8 Nanrc, f 0 1 1 Gilbert, t 6 1 13 Sellers. ( 0 0 OSelf. t 0 0 0 Kails, ( O 3 2 SI ma. t 0 0 0 ?GUARDS: Arnette. D. Aderholt, f 2 0 4 Ware, Ifardln. GUARDS: Shuford. Spake. Blddlx, M. Benfleld. Cody. Burr. Owens. Boyd, Black. Peeler, Je. Delllnger, Thomp : ion. Cull. 4 11 19 1? 6 44 SCORE BY PERIODSi . ?:was~??fwT""B" 8 i 9 i? 1? IJMCOL1TTOH "B" H 4 4 IB? 44 OFFICIALS: Don McCarter, rthmi Mtl ton Hop*, umpire.' Pat Owen*, icortr; Billy lumfsidiut, timer. BOYS Xlngi Mtn. ' B" (34) Lincolnton "B" (32) ra rr tp ra rr TP Falls, t 4 3 13 McConnell, 1113 Jackson, f 10 2 Gamer. ( Uousrr, t 0 0 0 Kamseur, f Ormand. ( 0 0 0 Byrd, t Bridge*, c 1 6 8 Smith, o 2 19 Barnea, c 0 0 0 Butt, e Oil Wilson, g 2 0 4 Schronce, e Col*, g 3 17 Shurord. g 10 2 McCarter. g 0 0 0 Gardner, g 3 17 George, g 0 0 0 Bynuni, g 4 2 10 Cocnrane. g 1 0 2 11 It 34 II 9 30' * ? Jackson (KM) scored Held goal for Lincolnton. OFFICIALS: Lewts Colo, scorer. MORE ABOUt Capacity Crowd ( Continued from front page) taker), a hymn tunc, In which the twins showed their beauti fully balanced singing- tone quality. The "Duettlno Concertante" by Mozart (arr. Busoni) follow ed a light and sparkling compo sition. typically Mozartian, with a perky, delicate theme. Next number of the first groUp was "The Lark," ,by Glin ka. Other numbers included were "Variations on a Theme of Bee thoven, Opus 35" by Saint-Saens, "Fetes," by Debussy, an<J "Lar ghetto" by Poulenc. In the last group were "Pre ludes" in C Sharp minor, No. 2, and E flat minor, No. 3.. by Ger shwin with their blues strains and syncopated rhythms. "Pan tomime. from El Amor Brujo" by de Falla, with its Spanish fire, and the flippant "Paraphrase on Airs from "Die Fledermaus" >by Strauss- Dovacs. Very generous with encores, the twins also played "Waltz" in C major: Arensky, "Sheep May ?Safely Gra?e": Bach, "Polka", from the ballet "Age of Gold"; Schostakovitch, "Turkey in the Straw" and the "Blue Danube." MORS ABOUT Unemployed Continued From Page One each week he is unemployed. Maximum number of weeks* the (benefit* are available dur ing a. benefit year la 28, while the maximum benefit check is $30 per week. The minimum benefit payable la $7 per week. The total of claims for unem ployment benefits at the Kings Mountain branch for the month ending January 25, follows: Week ending January 3, a to ?*al of 554 claims. Week ending January 8, a to tal of 990 claims. Week ending January 15, a to tal of 51Q claims. Week ending January 22, ? to tal of 732 claims. Mr. Wa.e ?aid that Tuesday's claim total alone totaled 168 claims, Including 52 initial claims. 9 Generally, one textife man re ported, textiles ar? In a hand-to mouth situation. However, he added, customer* are demand ing immediate shipment when they place orders. Two Big Clashes To Have Important ' Bearing On AA Conference Standings Kings Mountain .and Shelby clash on the hardwood at the Shelby Community Center Friday night in the big Western AA Con ference battle of the year for Cleveland County. The girla op euer Is slated lor 7 p.m. and a large turnout Is expected at the spacious center court On Tuesday night, Kings Moun tain will be host to Rutherford ton ? Spindale, with the boys bat tle salted to haVe an Important bearing on the standings in thte South Group, Western AA Con ference. RUtherfordton - Spindale hand ed Kings Mountain its only defeat on the Rutherford County court January 8 (49-39) and has won six of seven games to date, losing only to undefeated Lincolnton (44-37), Kings Mountain will take a 5-1 record into the Shelby battle Fri day. Shelby has posted three wing xin six starts and appear to be. an improving 'club. Shelby has won games from Cllffside (51-22), Belmont (72-38) and Caroleen (in overtimle Tues day night). The Lions have lost to Lincolnton (51-29), Forest City (50-48) and Rutherfordton-Spin dale (44-37). Coach Don Parker's quint has defeated Forest City twice (43-25 and 52-44), Caroleen (49-34), Cliffslde (53-37) and Cherryville (50-35), while losing only to Ruthterfordton-Spindale. Kings Mountain has not yet met the undefeated Lincolnton five, the first meeting scheduled here on February 9. The Moun taineers have also not yet mtet Belmont, last Friday's scheduled game being postponed by bad weather. Shelby's girls also have a 3-3 record, winning from Cllffside (54-49), Belmont (4943) and Car oleen while losing to Lincolnton ! BASKElftiiL Schedules - Results ; .?! FrU Jan. 29 ? Kings Mountain ?t Shelby (Community Center). Bethware at Grover Tum., Feb. 2 ? tRuth. -Spindale at Kings Mtn. Grover at Fallston fielwood at Bethware Results Tun.. Jan. *?6 ? * Kings Mtrv 52, Forest City 44 Girls ? Forest City 56, Kings Mountain 47 Fri., Jan. 22? Belmont, at Kings Mtn. ppd Bethware 43, Moortesboro 40 Girls ? Bethware 78, Mooresboro 68 (70-20), Fortist City (52-38) and Rutherfordton ? Spindale (61-43). Rutherfordton - Spindale's girls have a 6-1 record, losing only to Lincoln ton (66-33) while defeat ing Belmont (56-26), Caroleen (52-48), Kings Mountain (42-31), Cherryville (64-42), Cliffside (65 39) and Shelby (61-43). Coach Elizabeth Collette's girls defeated Cherryville (39-29) and lost to Forest City twine (40-37 and 5647), to Rutherfordton -| Spindale (42-31), to Caroleen (57 42) and to Cllffside (49-32). PLAT SATUltDAT Thc recreation department's Little League and. "Bantam*' cagers are scheduled against Gastonia's Red Shields club in a double-header at Central gym Saturday at 9 a. m. 1,344 Tar Heels suffered tem porary loss of their driver's 11* cense in 1953 for speeding ovter 75 mph in an automobile. Neills "Snowed Out" I At Valdese Friday Bob and Dave Nell), two Kings Mountain men who do night work as men In stripes during the basketball season, got snow ed out at Valdese last Friday night. "All a misunderstanding," Bob Neill, who regularly serves as county tax mapping record keeper, commented on press re ports that he and his (brother dis appeared into the snowy night of Oatawiba county air at half time of the girls game. "We shouldn't have ever gone," he continued, "due to threatening weather, tout the umpire-in-chief said he'd had no weather reports from Valdese school officials and insisted we try it. As It turned out, most teams cancelled out Friday night games, as Kings Mountain did." "At half-time during the girls' game," Me. Nelll related, "we took a peek at the snow and it was coming down fast. >We had to get some gas and wanted to check the weather. Dave told somebody he'd call back from the service station if we couldn't finish the game. So we went to a Purol station and found the weather bad and the reports worse. We asked the service sta tion man to call the Valdese principal and tell him we'd_ have to start lor home. As it happen ed, we didn't get any further than Hickory."' Mr. Neill said that a conversa tion with a Hickory Daily [Record sportswriter on Saturday Indica ted that Hickory, the visitor, was glad the game ended when it did. Had it not, the Hickory squads would have been ma rooned In Valdese for the night, he reported. | "We regret the situation, and | the misunderstanding tout we'd do the same thing again," Mr. I Neill noted. Kiwanis Clnb Had Buy Year The 79ym ember Kings Moun tain Kiwanis club had an active year during - 1953, aocording to a report hy Jtowell (Lane, chairman of the club achievement commit tee, at the meeting of the or ganization last Thursday even ing. M(. Lane listed major events of the year's work for several comittees and noted that the net membership gain during 1953 totaled six, or 9.24 percent. The club had an average attendance of 77.87 percent, the report show ed. Highlights of the club's boys and girls work Included spon sorship of a delegate to Boys State, donation of lumber to the Negro Girl Scout camp, award of a citizenship medal to a high school student, sponsorship of a boy's basketball team, and spon sorship of a little let^gue base ball team. rn public and business affairs, the Kiwanis club conducted a successful "Get Out the Vote Campaign" for the May city e lection, and sponsored resolu tions asking the construction of a county health center, and ask?( ing provision at Shelby hospital' for quarters for mental patients awaiting admission to the state hospital. . Among the many aids for un derprivileged children were four loans to students, organization of a Negro Boy Scout troof , out fitting of two boys .with school clothes, paid expenses of a stu dent to Union Mills school for one month, distributed an esti mated $500 in goods to needy families at Christmas, and dona ted to the (Red Cross, and the Christmas Cheer fund o f the State Hospital for the Insane. The club, . noting It had IS wheel chairs in use, reported ad dition of one to its inventory during the year. Improper use of driver's li cense resulted in loss of driving privileges for 55 North Carolin ians last year. ??$$$ Harmons To Attend Press Institute Mr. and Mrs. Martin Harmon will go to Chapel Hill Thursday, where they will attend the 29th annual Mid-Winter Press Insti tute of the North Carolina press association. Mr. Harmon will preside at the Friday afternoon group meeting of non-daily newspapers. Dis cussion will cover the 1953 non daily newspaper contests. Mr. Harmon sterved as chairman of the contest committee, along with W. C. Russ, of the Waynesville Mountaineer, and Cordon Tom llnson, of the- Mocksville Enter prise. The press awards will be announced Friday evening. Dover Janitor At City Hall Thte city's paid firemen were relieved of city hall Janitorial du. ties at a special meeting of the board of commissioners last Thursday night. According to the minutes, of the meeting, the board voted to employ Forrest Dover as Janitor at $40 per wfeek, effective Mon day, January ?5. In turn, the fire men were to be relieved from their janitorial duties and their pay chopped by $20 per month. Otherwise', the board adopted a resolution to petition the North Carolina Utilities Commission for a re-hearing on Its certificate of convenience and necessity Just granted. The city wants to serve outside city limits areas, and City Attorney J. R. Davis said the re quest was filed at the Instance of the City of Shelby, which also seeks to serve areas outside the city limits of Shelby, Including Grover. ' i The board also authorized an expense-paid trip by Mayor Glee Bridges and City Attorney Davis to Ratelgh to confer with autho rities there concerning the use of monies voted in a special bond election January 16. Lions Members Hear Minister "The severest of troubles can be blessings," Rev. R. Douglas Frit4 pastor of Resurrection Lu theran church told members of \>e Kings Mountain Lions club Tuesday 7 lev. Mr. Fritz further declared that the only way to handle trou Vhi is "to get on our kriees and tuj r -them over to God." Citing examples, many of them humorous, Rev. Mr. Fritz "~'nt ed out that no successful n hod had otherwise been developed for handling troubles, which, he con tends, Is a major problem In a busy world that refuses to alow down its pace. He noted that es capist methods multiply troubles, that worry makes troubles worse, and that self-pity is of no use. "It's bad business to worry a bout something you can't help, a decision that is made, and a fact that already exists," hte ex plained, and added that people would worry less if they didn't try to be self-sufficient. Mr. Frftz spoke on a program arranged by William Plonk. v Prior to the address, J. W. Web. Fter outlined plans for the annu al Lions club broom sale for thte benefit of the blind, to be con ducted in March. MORE ABOUT . Optimist Club Continued From Page One are already members of the new ly organized club and other pros pective members havte been list ed. Other interested citizens are ?invited to attend Thursday night'a meeting. Present members of the Kings Mountain club are C. E. Carpten ter, Robert Herndon, Joe H. McDanlel, Jr., Emory C. Nichol son, Hugh A. Logan, Jr., James E. White, Tommy Owens, Sam D. Collins, James G. Lay ton, James A. Lybrand, L. E. Davis, W. L Arrowood, Martin Ware, J. Neal Grissom, Bobby Sanders, Major Loftin, Sam Mitch em, S. A. Blan ton, John Lackey, Donald Stowe, and Herbert Kimble. ?"kina gPpg SAT., IAN. 30 8:00 A. ML CHICK SPECIAL Chicks To Each Adult (18 or over) Visiting The Fan Center Saturday From S a. m. Oil As Long As They Last.
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