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I fc%K*a - ? Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, February 18, 1954 Shrty-TWrf Yc,r , PRICE FIVE CENTS Local News Bulletins HAVE MUMPS 3*. and Mrs. D. F. Hord and daughter, Barbara, are confin ed -to their home with mumps. MOVED THURSDAY Rev. and Mrs. R. L. Hardin and family moved Thursday from Kings (Mountain to the Berryhill community, in Meck lenburg county, where Rev. Mr. Hardin assumed pastor ate duties Bunchy 9t Berryhill Baptist church. - ON HONOR ROLL Miss Jean Elizabeth tMoRae has been listed on the second ihonor roll group for the se mester at Lenoir-Rhyne col lege, Hickory . In a news story In last week's Herald Miss Me diae's name was inadvertently listed as Elizabeth Rhea. ON DEAN'S LIST OAK RIDGE.? Louis Arnold Kiser, Jr., of Kings Mountain, has >been placed on the Dean's list for the semester ending January 25. A "B1 'average or better Is required to "be placed ?a the Dean's list C^det Kiser Is a sophomore at v ik Ridge Military Institute. TREASURE CHEST Genolka Ray won $30 in trade certificates at the weekly draw ing last. Thursday ih the Mer ' chants 'Association treasure chest promotion. The drawing is again set for 3:30 p. m. Thursday in front of Cooper's, ?A v Inc., with the Jackpot at $408. , BTU CLINIC "A pSffl fur UTIlcei* and lead ers of the Baptist Training Un-' ibn.of Kings Mountain Baptist association will be held at Fitst Baptist church here on :.::J Monday night at 7:15, it was Logan. Mrs. Broughtoa McGinnis, BTU < t i r < ' t ? ' r , Will oomiiu-i jthe clin ic. MAUNEY IMPROVED D. C Mauney, wflo has been a patient at Memorial Hospl v tal, Charlotte, for the past nine day 8, was reported Improved Wednesday. Mr. Mauney en tered the hospital on Febru ary 9 foe check-up and obser vntlon. He hopes to return home within the next few days. ' ON THE AIR ... There will be a series of ra dio broadcasts, "Your Schools Report" from Radio Station WKMT each Friday' at 5:45 p. im., beginning February 1ft. The broadcasts will feature the students in various activities Of the schools. . PROMOTED Billy Throneburg, of Rad ford, Va., son of Mr. and Mrs. Y. F. Throneburg, of Kings Mountain, has been promoted to the position of chief senior chemist by Hercules Powder Company, and Is being trans ferred to the Kingston, plant about March 1 J^lOlNS ' *Mrs. Jake Hord has Joined the. sales staff of Keeter's De partment Store, It was an nounced this week. Mrs. Hord will fill the vacancy In the ready-to-wear department cre ated by the forthcoming retire ment of Mrs. Orr Weir. V v. ; ? NEW SCHEDULE Kings Mountain Building & ?Loan association will adopt a new schedule of office hours, effective next week, It was an nounced by Ben H. Bridges, secretary ? treasurer. The as sociation office at 113 W. Mountain street will be op~n from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m- daily, except Wednesdays, when it will close at noon, and Satur days, when It will close at 1 pro- . ; MERCHANTS DIRECTORS Directors of the Kings Moun tain - Merchants association will hold a Dutch Supper meet ing at New South Restaurant Monday e.enlng at 7 o'clodt, according to announcement by John Lewis, president. Mr. Lewis Mia ui Itoped all direc tors wpuld make a special ef fort to attend since the Mon day. session will be the first of the new association year. Mis. Hullender, Elder Citizen, Succumbs At 80 * Funeral services lor Mrs. Sara Frances Hullender. 90, one of thte community's oldest citizens, were held Saturday afternoon at Cen tral Methodist church of which she was a member. Interment followed in Pleasant Hill church cemtetery. Mrs. Hullender died Friday morning at 4:30 at Kings Moun tain hospital. She had been in ill health for the past six months. The widow of J. D. Hullender, who died in 1934, she was a dau ghter of the late Griffin and Eli zabeth Sparks Sanders. Surviving are two sons, C. W.. Hulltender, of Kings Mountain, and iVy B. Hullender, of Gas tonla, a sister, Mrs. Minnie Coo per, of Washington,' D. C., 11 grandchildren, 23 great-grand children, and eight great-great grandchildren. The funeral rites were conduoN ed by Rev. P. L. Shore, Jr., pastor of Ctentral Methodist church, who was assisted by Rev. George Lin gle, of Gastonia. The body lay in state at the church for an hour prior to the final rites. Bites Thursday For L B, Peck Funeral services for Lewis B. Peck, 51, twelfth division high way engineer and father of L. B. Peck, Jr., an Employee of Superior Stone Company here, will be held at 11 o'clock Thursday morning at Central Methodist church, Shel by. Graveside rites and Interment will take Place at Fairvlew come tery, in Albtemarle, at 3:30 Thurs day afternoon. Mr. Peck died at Shelby hos pital early Tuesday afternoon fol lowing a heart attack suffered early that morning. He had become a Shelby citi zen in 1949 when transferred thter* as chief highway engineer for the division. Prior to that time, he had held a similar posi tion in Albemarle. Mr. Peck was well-known in Kings Mountain, where he visited frequently in connection with highway matters. He had been employed by the State Highway Department since 1920. He graduated from N. C. State College in 1921 and received his degree In engineering from N. C. State in 1928. Mr. Peck was a member of Central Methodist church of Shel by, Shelby' Elks Lodge, was a Mason and Shriner, .Veteran of1 World War.I, member of 40 and 8, and had received the Silver Beaver award for his work with the Boy Scouts: . He is also survived by his wife, Mrs. Irene Taylor Peck; and four daughters of the home, Mary An na, Irene Taylor, Nancy Durham and Betty Louise Peck; two grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. George French of Raleigh, Mrs. Arthur Furr of Albemarle, Mrs. W. M. McCorkle of Charlotte, and Mrs. Charles Rowe, of Falls Creek, V*.-. ) Mayor, Attorney Back From Capitol * Mayor Glee A. Bridges and At torney Jack White returned from Washington, D. C., on Monday following a week's stay in tha, Capitol where they appeared be fore the Federal Power Commis sion in support of the city's plea for an allotment of natural gas. Thte city's hearing, previously scheduled for February 8, was not called until Friday. Brief tes timony was heard on Friday with the' remainder being heard oif Monday, Mayer Bridges said, He expressed optimism that the city will receivto a natural gas allot ment, previously granted tenta tively several months ago. fc K. At, I, on r I, vfcGUI are serving as co-chairmen of the Kinga Mountain *#ea MfM appeal for the Cleveland County Chapter of the American Heart Associa tion. - In a Fetter t6 eitlwns this week, the co<?*ialrmen point out that every second death la attributable to heart disease And that all the funda obtained ate used either 1) to educate citizens on heart mO* intents and pn?v?hfive measures, or 2) to purchase equipment us able In relieving and alleviating aliments created by heart disease. Under the arrangement, 55 per cent Of the mortey collected re mains fin Cleveland County with the oeunty chapter, of which peoige It flou*>r. Dr. Paul K. V* ?? -r':* 2 : Grissom President Of Optimist Club New Civic Glob To Close Charter Roll February 25 J. Neal Grlssom, assistant man ager of Harris Funeral Home was elected president of the Opt, mist club of Kings Mountain at a meeting last Thursday night' at the Corner Cafe, at which, time the newly . formed club was of ficially made a par* of Optimist District 18 and Optimist Interna tional. Other officers elected were James E. White and Emory C. Nicholson, vice-presidents; Thorn as J. Owens, secretary . ti-casur er; and Clarence E. Carpenter, J. P. Laclcey, James A. Lybrand. m~ - Cdllins. J. K. Willis Jr. and Dan Huffstetler, directors. The club will meet twice mon thly, on the second and fourth Thursdays, at the Corner Cafe. The next rbgular meeting of the local group will be held Thurs day night, at which time the Shel by club will present a "model" program lor the new club. The club's charter will be held open until rfext Thursday's meet ing and mfen who become mem bers of the club prior to, or at that meeting will be charter mem bers. Formal chartering ceremonies will be held April 8th, at which time the cluKs charter, approving U aiuilatc club in Optimist International, Will be presented . ! Thursday's meeting marked conclusion of steps taken several weeks ago to initiate the forma tion of a dub here. The new club was sponsored by the Shelby club, which was .organiasd in Febru ary lfes.- ^lby members at tending the meeting Thursday weffe L. J. (Bill) Bailey, president, SKi Waldrep, past president, BUI Blanton, and C. L. Vaughan. The Kings Mountain club will form a part of District 18, Hugh A. Cranford of Charlotte, gover nor, which comprises clubs locat ed In North and South Carolina. John M. Parkier, field repre sentative of Optimist Internation al explained to the charter mem bers the objectives and purposes of the Optimist club movement. "The Optimist club Is a civic organization with Ideals for the highest achievement," he said "It challenges the best that is in its members. Both the Optimist Creed and the objects of Optimist International are applicable In the life of every right-thinking man, and when sinderely follow ed, their inspiration and influence are dynamic." He p (Anted to the youth program being carried on by more than 900 Optimist clubs under the organization's slogan, "Friend of the Boy." In accepting the presidency of this new group, Mr. Grlssom pled ged that the local club would take an active part In civic welfare and would soon engage In a defi nite youth activity. "W* are proud to become a part of Optimist International," he - ild. "Not o:Hy do Optimists clubs take part In every worth while civic work, but thtey also have earned distinction for their efforts to guide our boys along the right roau j useful citizen ship." . GRASS Am City, firemen answered one call during the past week, ac cording toC. D. tWare, fireman. 'Monday afternoon at 12:30 p. m- firemen answered a call to extinguish a grass fire in ? va cant lot on First street. Hendricks and C. Kings Mountain area director!. , Already the Chapter has provid ed emergency oxygten equipment j lor both Shelby and King* Moun tain hospitals which may be ob tained on the order of any doctor without d^rfcj'lor * 72-hour pe riod. Kings Mountain hospital haa two sets of the emergency equip ment. The co-cWunen also netted that two HFortJi ? Carolina Medical schools, Duke *nd Bowman Gray, received research grants In 1953 totaling $56,000 from the Ameri can Heart Association by North Carolina dtteens last yesr. S;]?ti/<*ns are aslced to rtake do nations to $, L, McGlU, either In | person or by mail. [fill, mmmmm HH OPTIMIST PRESIDENT ? j. Neal Grissom, above, was named first president of the Optimist Club, Officially organized here last Thursday night. Board Approves East Bemodeling Final plans for remodeling the existing East Elementary school building to provide a new cafe teria and . lunchroom wtere ap proved by members of the Kings Mountain district board of school trustees in special meeting last Thursday night at 8 p. m. The East school project now awaits final, state school board hnilriinpr planning cnmmlttPP np. proval of ftie blueprints before bids will be askted. The state school board has al- 1 ready approved final plans for construction <Jf a new four-room structure at East school. Bids will be asked both sepa rately and jointly on the new con struction'* and remodeling pro: Jects, with the work to begin on the new structure as soon as pos sible. The remodeling project Is to begin in June, after the pre sent term of school. The board discussed a proposed joint land purchase with the city parks and recreation commission which would provide the board additional land for Davidson school. J. L. Beam, Jr., of Cherryville, architect for the East school building program, met with the board and presented the plans, which he sal? meets all require ments of thte state committee and the state cafeteria planning com mittee. Mr. Beam said the remodeling plans incorporate the following provision^: a new cafeteria, kit chen and combination library and dining area; adequate lighting; fireproofing of the boiler and coal storage rooms to meet re quirements of the state fire mar shall; and standard toilet rooms. The board also authorized Principal Rowell Lane expenses to attend the national principals meeting In Milwaukee, Wis., and approved plans to repair the roof of Central auditorium. Chairman A. W. Kincaid pre sided and Trustees J. R. Davis, Dr. P. G. Padgett and Fred W. Plonk attended. Jaycees To Give Magician Show The Junior Chamber of Com merce will sponsor a two-day per formance by "Preston, the Magi cian," according to action taken at the regular meeting of the group at Masonic dining hall Tuesday night. Tentative dates for the show are April 23 and 34. R. B. Hellams, of Clinton, S. C, representative of Mr. Preston, presented details of the show to the club. "/ J. L. Wllk!e, of Shelby, state membership chairman,' 1 was a guest of the club and ihducted Bob Rosberg as a new member. Mr. Rosberg is employed at Foote Mineral Co. President Paul Walker presid ed and announced details of the club's annual election of officers, to be held the second meeting In March. .. He named a nominating com mittee of Joe Hedden, Bill Fulfon, W. K. Mauney, Jr., Grady Ho ward and Jack White. com mittee is to report at the next meeting. K. E. Morrison reported on the state quarterly board meeting, held in Greensboro last weekend. Mr. Walker announced that the club's board of director* had vot ed not to present a minstrel show this year. Ralph FTow, an employee of Foote Mineral Co, was also a guest of the club. BSrwjffSlS* * Kings Mountain B. & L Assets Topped Million Kings Mountain Building & Loan association stockholders cli maxed a busy day for their asso ciation Tuesday night by re-elect ing their eleven directors, adding a new director, and hearing a re port by Ben H. Bridges, secretary treasurer, that the association's assets had reached one million , dollars In January for the first time in the long history of the association. The secretary's report was also highlighted by the announce ments that 1) the association has been accepted for membership in the Federal Savings and Loan as sociation with all savings ac counts now insured up to $10,000, 2) that the $12,000 rebuilding and modernization program of the as sociation offices J? now complete, and 3) that a new system of com plete machine posting and ac counting has been installed. The new director elected by the association stockholders Is R. L. Lewis, of Bessemer City, farmer and dairyman and one of the principal stockholders of Son rise Dairy, of Gastonia. Other directors of the associa tion, all of whom were re-elected, are W. K. Mauney, R. L. Mauney, J. C. Keller, J. C. Lackey, Ben H. Bridges, C. W. Hullender, Dr. L. P. Baker, J. R. Davis, W. M. Gantt, J. E; Mauney and Clyde Jolly. Following the stockholders meeting, the directors re-elected all officers as follows: W. K. Mauney, president; J. C. Keller and J. C. Lackey, vice-presidents; and Ben H, Bridges, secretary treasurer. Davis and White were re-elected attorneys for the as sociation. ? Mr. Bridget^ in his report nn the affairs of the association for the year ended December 31, 1953, said that the association in creased its assets by $138,000 dur ing the yeftf, upped its savings accounts by $97,000, and increased its loan totals by $80,000. said the association .list!, ft bout 1,300 stockholders, almost equally divided between savings accounts and loan accounts. The stockholders meeting fol lowed an open house held in the afternoon and attended by about 200 persons. Favors were provid ed for all visitors, Including flow en and measuring spoons for ladles, cigars for the mien, and balloons for children. Officers and directors assisted the office staff in serving as hosts for the occasion. The open house marked completion of the asso ciation modernization program, which included complete interior ad exterior redecoration, interi re-arrangement, installation of central heating and air-condi tioning, and installation of new office furniture and furnishings. Guests , called from Shelby, Cherry vl lie, Bessemer City, and Gastonia, as well as from Kings Mountain, the register showed. Rev. David Morris Resigns At Temple ?Rev. David Morris has resigned as pastor at Temple Baptist church to become associated March 1 with Dr. Larry (Mayo, First Baptist church, Smithfield. Rev. Mr. Morris is to toe pastor of Pecan Grove church mission of the Smithfield church. He al so expects to continue his studies at Southeastern Baptist -Semi nary, Wake Forest. Mr. Morris has served as pas tor of Temple Baptist church for over a year, coming to Kings Mountain from Southern Baptist Seminary, Louisville, Ky. Announcement of Mr. Morris' resignation was made Sunday at morning church service. The Morris family expects to; move to Smithfield the first week ot March. Mrs. R. L Lewis . ? ? ?_? ?' '? ?' fV.'t ;'*? ? ? ? . '! Bites Conducted Funeral rites for Mrs. Mary Mc Arthur Lewis, 67, of North Wilke?tooro, were held Wednes day, with brief rites Wednesday morning in North WHkeaboro and with final rites at First Preebyterlan church, Lumber ton Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Lowis was the mother of Dr. B. E. Lewis, husband of the former Miss Dorothy Plonk, of Kings Mountain. Mrs. Lewis died Monday night at the home of hef son. She had been in declining healtti ? num. toer of ytatt. She waa the former Miss Mary Martha Arthur, of St. Pauls, and the widow of R. T Lewis, of Lum/berton. Surviving, in addition to her son, are three slater*, four broth - v idchlldren. ? .,v Health Men Check! On Parrot Fever Parakeet Owners Alerted; Reports From Lab Coming County and state health autho rities are awaiting laboratory re ports from the United States Pub lic Health Service to determine whether human cases of parrot fever, a pneumonia-like disease, may have originated in Kings Mountain. Dr. Z. P. Mitchell, county health officer, and Dr. Martin P*. Hines, representative of . the North Caro Una State Board of Health, were in Kings Mountain Wednesday morning making further checks to determine whether parrot or parakeet fever, known medically as psittacosis^ exists here. Dr. Mitchell emphasized that he die7, hot wish to appear "alar mist", but that there is a possi bility the disease is extant here, qmong both bird and humans, and he urged that parakeet own ers who become ill contact their family physician at once. Symptoms of parrot fever, he added, Include fever, chills, head ache, coughing, muscle soreness and others commonly attributable to pneumonia and related respi ratory diseases. Attention of county and state health authorities was draw^i to Kings Mountain, where numerous persons are breeding the birds, by the Tennessee Board of Heal tli. A Tennessee chinch was' 111 and the tentative diagnosis was parrot fever. It was learned that a parakeet owned by the Tonnes sea n was purchased, or other wise obtained, in Kings Mountain. Definite diagonals awaits return of the report from the U. S. Pub lic .Health Sentec. laboratory ft Montgomery, Aft., whert? E>r7 Hlnes said, officials are "swamp ed". On blood tests made here Wed nesday morning, It may require two weeks to get the report, Dr. Hines noted, adding that local physicians have been informed of the situation and are in position to cope with It. Dr. Mitchell declined to make public the names of local people who may have been victims of the disease, pending receipt of the laboratory reports. Persons who own ill parakeets are also requested to contact the county health department at once, Dr. Mitchell said. Revltewing the history of par rot fever. Dr. Hines said that par rots and parakeets were banned from interstate commerce In the early thirties, after the disease had reached epidemic proportions and caused a number of deaths In California. In 1950, the rules were relaxed, and the parakeet busi ness has boomed, aided and abett ed by a huge smuggling opera tion from Mexico, hte continued. North Carolina still requires certain Information concerning pslttaclne birds shipped into the state and the law also requires everyone who "sells, breeds, pur chases, handles, or otherwise deals in birds of the pslttaclne family" to record each transac tion, the record to show number of birds sold, purchased or trad ed. ? DIMES TOTAL UP Total Kings Mountain area donations to the 1954 March of Dimes campaign stood at $5, 412.04 WeJnesday, according to a report by J. C. McKlnney, treasurer. Jobless Pay Claims Drop To 510 Here The employment situation in Kings Mountain is improved, a drop in claims for unemploy ment compensation indicates, Franklin Ware, manager of the Kings Mountain office of the State Employment Service said Wednesday. Claims dropped to 510 last week, and Mr. Ware reported all industrial establishments operating this week, though sbmc are on part-time or less than capacity basis. However, Mr. Ware listed no spot points" ? where more than 20 layoffs require that the Employment Service staff visit plants to take unemployment claims. There was no confirmation at the local employment office on reports that Carlon division of Carlton Mills, Inc., (formerly Beaunlt's Frieda Manufactur ing Company) is to begin ope , rations soon. The Gastonia Ga zette reported last weekend that the . Crowder's Mountain mill would resume operations soon. K. M. B & 1 Insures Accounts , Announcement is being made this week and was made to stockholders Tuesday night that Kings Mountain Bnlldlng & I-onn association has become a mem ber of the Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation and that its savings accounts are in sured up to $10,000 on each ac count. Th.> Kings Mountain Building & Loan association was estab lished In 1907L * ? ? *, Sen H. Bridges, secretary-treas urer, said he was proud to an nounce the affiliation of the Kings Mountain association with the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, and in strumentality of the United Sta tes. "While the association is op erating quite satisfactorily and while there is r.o substitute for good management policies, the insurance of savings accounts adds another measure of safety to the deposits in our associa tion," Mr. Bridges said. He pointed out that it is now possible for. a man and wife to have $30,000 in association sav ings completely insured, $10,000 each in separate accounts and #10,000 in a joint account. Troop 2 Window Display Winners Troop 2, St. Matthew's Luther an church, was adjudged first place winner Saturday in the Boy Scout window displays, conducted as a part- of thte annual obser vance of Boy Scout week here. The Troop, whose display was presented at Sterchi's, won a prize of $10. Troop 5, sponsored by the Goodfellow's club, was given the second place prize of $5. Thfe dis play of Troop 5 was at Baird Fur niture Co, Third place winner of $2.50 was Troop 1, First Presbyterian church, who displayed at McGin nis Furniture Co. " Judges were E. C. .Nicholson, Joe Hendrick, Sam R. Suber and C. D. Ware. Kings Mountain Builder Tom Sellers Drowned In Catawba River Saturday Funeral services for Thomas Watson Sellers, 44, Kings Moun tain building contractor, were held Monday afternoon at Grace Methodist, church. The pastor, Rev. C, L. Grant, officiated and was assisted by Rev. Yancey Car ter, of Second Wesleyan Metho dist church. Interment was made In Mountain Rest cemetery. Mr. filers drowned In the fri gid waters of the Catawba river, about two miles above Buster Boyd bridge, on Saturday after noon. His body was recovered 20 hours after the accident, near the spot his empty motor boat was seen circling by Floyd Sanders, of Kingi Mountain, who had ac companied Sellers to the river to try out a new outboard tnotor. York County Coronor M. P. Nichols ruled that no inquest was necessary and that the drowning was "obviously accidental". According to Mr. Sander;, he had turned his back to' the river after seeing Sellers pull away from the bank. When hi suddenly heard an unusual noise, he turn ed around and saw only the emp ty motor boat, circling 150 yards from shore. Life saving crews of Gastonia and Rock Hill, S. C., collaborated in recovering the body. Mr. Sellers was a veteran of World War II. Born September 9, 1909, he was the son of Mrs. Amanda Eaker Sellers, and of the late John A. Seller*. In addition to his mother he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Wilma Hall Sellers of the home; seven brothers, Pink Sellers of Besse mer City. John Sellers of Gaston ia, Marshall, Charles, and Sche ntk Sellers of Cherryvllle, Henry Sellers of Salisbury, and Frank Sellers of Kings Mountain, and three sisters, Mrs. J. A. Eakfer of Kings Mountain, Mrs. R. O. Black of Gastonia, and Mrs. Archie Gat tls of Belmont Petition Shows 43 Favor BurMil Recreation Site A group of 43 persons, des cribing themselves as adjoining and nearby property owners to the Turlington Mill Corporation property proposed for a recrea tion plant site, have filed a peti tion with the mayor in which they support the BurMil site for the proposed- plant. The petition is regarded as an answer to the opposing petition ot 14 other nearby property own ers who oppose the use of the BurMil property for a recreation plant, according to Tillman Pear son, who circulated the petition. The text of the petition follows: "We, the undersigned, taxpay ers and property owners, wish to express our wholehearted approv al to the location of a playground and recreation center on the Bur-', lington Mill property adjoining and near our homes and proper ty. "Wte feel that it would be a vast improvement to the town and community. Moreso, than what it is being used for at present (hog pens and trash dump). "The children will enjoy It, and it's to their future we must look. Having a mutual love for chil dren and their interest at hfeart, we would appreciate It very much if the Recreation .board, the May or, and City Councilmen would give this site their approval." Those listed as signing th'e pe tition arte: Mr. and Mrs. Tillman Pearson, Mrs. Luther P. Joy, Mr. and Mrs. Doyt Falls, Mrs. Gallie Lanier, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Payne, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Yates, Mrs. Artie Mitchem, Bob Pear son, Isaac Ray, James Fletcher, Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Parrish, Mrs. B. T. Bumgardner, Mr. and Mrs. Aclp Mnre. Mr nnr< Ma Mark Taylor, Marlon Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. David Burton, A. R. Haw kins, Eunice Lockridge, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stroup, Mr. and Mrs Tom Strlngfellow, W. L. Huff stetlter, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. MU len, Mrs. Rosanell Moss, Mr. and Mrs. D. Huilatetler, Mr, and Mrs. Flay Pearson, "Mr. and Mrs. Roy Phillips, Frank Davis, Raymond K. Hartsoe, W. B. McSwaln, and Frank N. Roper. Entas To Open Shoe Firm Friday Gus Entas Shoe Store, a new Kings Mountain business enter prise, will open .for business in the Putnam Building on West Mountain street Friday morning, according to announcement this week by the owner. Mr. Entas also operates a shoe store in Belmont. He is a native of Gastonia. Mr. Entas said his firm would feature Douglas and Sir Walter shoes for men, Fashioncraft and Jolene shoes for women, and Billkins for children. The Putnam 'building waa most recently occupied by Wee Folk Shop. Easter Service Committee Named Committee on arrangements for the annual Easter sunrise ser* ' vice was named at the regular monthly meeting of the Ministe rial Association, held at Central Methodist church Monday at 10 a. m. Rev. Gordon Weekley, Rev. Phil Shore and Rev. B. F. Austin were named to the group and plans for the service Were dis cussed. Two new members were wcl corned to the group, Rev. Doe . Wilbanks, pastor of the Church of God, and Rev. A. D, Holt, pas of First Church of the Nazanene. Wives of members will be guests at the March meeting, a breakfast to be held at First Pres byterian church with Rev. P. D, Patrick, Rev. W. P. Gerberding, ' Mr. Shore and Mr. Weakley as sponsors. Congressman Jones Seeks Re-Election Congressman Woodrow W. Jones, of Rutherfordton, in } formed newspapers of the 11th Congressional district, that h? was filing for re election to the House of Repx-esentatiVes on Wednesday. Congressman Jones said he would base his re-election ap peal on his record of "economy In government". Mr. Jones, a Democrat, seeks Venomlnatlon subject to the May primary, Republicans will choose their nominee at a district conven tion.
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