ONE OF FLOATS TO APPEAR HERE ? "Cracker
Expreau" is one of the several floats which will
la Kings Mountain's 1954 Christmas
opening parade scheduled by the Kings Moun
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tain Merchants association for December 8. The
float pictured is sponsored by Lance, Inc.. of
Charlotte.
December 8 Parade To Be Biggest
Christmas Opening In History
Kings Mountain's biggest-ever
Christmas opening parade will
be held Decpmber 8, according
to present plans of the Kings
Mountain Merchants association.
Sam Collins, who with Fred W.
Plonk, u; In charge of the parade
plans, said Wednesday that at
least a half dozen floats will ap
pear in the par ado. five smart
stepping high school hands, and
numbers of local units, including
the National Guard company. Boy
Seoul, CWrl Scout, and HrOwnie
Scout groups, and several high
school tjueens.
Fittril entry list for the parade
isyel incomplete, Mr. Collins said,
but he said the present list indi
cates the Dbcemt>er H parade will
top all previous Christmas open
ing events in Kings Mountain.
Announcement will he made
next week on the line of march,
hour, and other specific details.
Float* in the parade will in
clude the "Cracker Express" of
Lrfuico, inc., another by Queen
City/Coaeh company and a mam
moth Santa Claus float with pran
cing reindeer. lx>n I?ve, of Queen
City Coach Company, has also j
informed the parade managers
that hie will ride his famous wnite !
stallion, Sir Charles Allen Jr., in
the parade, and that his company
will also enter one of Its modern
deck and one half buses.
Christmas Seal
Sale Progressing ,
Contributions totaling $1,100
for the benefit of the county Tu
berculosis association's 1954 !
Christmas seal campaign were re- j
ported by the county TB associa- 1
tiiwi Tuesday.
Mrs. 11, M Jarrett. executive j
director, urged all individuals and
' firms to contribute to the cam- j
paign, goal of which is $10,000. j
The county was short some $3,000
:*t its IOTkI quota.
? Oenerfll contribution letters '
cortt .fining three sheets of Christ
mas seals went out to 6,500 Kings
Mountain area citizens Monday j
morning. Mrs. Jarrett noted that
three sheets of the familiar seals I
are t?eing sent out this yfcar, an
increase of one over previous
years,
"We hope, she said, that citi- !
*ens will increase their donations.
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Luckier Pin Third
Loss On Alleycaks
The Lucky Five. handed the Al
ley Cats their third loss of the
season at Shelby Community Cen
ter Monday night as the Keglers
downed the Independents.
The scores:
games or hov. it
Lucky rno (6-7 ) Alloycots (11-1)
Itifrndon 289 Bluer 286
Hauler 2<lfi Carpenter 299
Unwell 320 GnmblV 3U&
Clnrk .-Ml Kindred 312
Am?\vo<Kl . 29s Wan- 297
I TOTAL ISO TOTAL . 1S00
llll(H l.lnv Klnil nil. 117.
! ItlKh S.l Clark, :H1.
Keglots ((-7) tndependanU (4-10)
I Kvi-rhnrt -JS:) ll?inrt<k , 276
Falls ' 296 Morrison 300
Jonu* 2A1 Htrbrr 263
Wrlnlit .'Kill llrttckott 313
Wilson '285 lihea 297
TOTAL U75 TOTAL 1448
| Hluli Une - Wright, 128.
Ulfch Set ? WrlKtit, 360.
New School Site
Not Yet Chosen
Site of a proposed elementary
school building in the north sec
tion of the city had not been se
lected by the Kings Mountain
school board on Wednesday.
School board chairman A. W.
Kincald and Superintendent B. N.
Barnes were in Raleigh on Mon
day discussing the city's school
building program with state
school board officials. "
Mr. Barnes reported that plans
for Central school re-llRhtlng
were approved and that bids will
be sought after specifications are
complettyl.
State officials are studying
plans for a North elementary
building, he said, and will for
ward recommendation on size of
the . structure after approval by j
the strite school board.
The local board has been con- 1
sidering two sites ? one at the i
corner of N. Cansler and Walker '
streets and the other north of |
Lackey st. between Itamseur st.
and N. Piedmont ave. A state sur
vey team recommended the Lae- j
key st. site on the basis of "a j
center of pupil population" in a
report on a survey made here
on July 7.
Funds arc needed badly," she add- !
od.
Grady Howard and Paul Wal- '
ker are co-chairmen of the drive
in Kings Mountain.
Shelby Now Tops
In Loop Legal Race
Shelby has been ruled South
Group champs and Vaidese,
North Group winner, gets ^he
? Western Conference crown by
default as the result of a
WNCHSAA executive commit
tee meeting at Mooresvilte Mon
day at which Rutherfordton
Splndale's wins Were ordered
forfeited via use o I an over age
player.
The shake-up leaves Kings
Mountain in a tie for third
place, but with Lincolnton, and
moves Forest City to the No. 2
spot.
Shelby had closed shop for
the season when the action took
place and was unable to meet
Vaidese. Lexington, South Pied
mont champ, declined to play
Vaidese for the WNCHSAA
championship, an event previ
ously ruled out after the new
groupings of the schools.
South Group. WeBtern AA
Conference WNCHSAA*
Team W T L Pet.
Shelby 5 0 1 .833
Forest City - ' ' 4 11 .750
KINGS MTN. 3 1 2 .583
Lincolnton "3 12 .583
Chercyvllle 3 0 3 .500
Belmont** 0 14 .100
Ruth.-Spindale** 0 0 5 .000
(* ? includes Belmont wins for
feited to Forest City, and Lin
colnton and Belmont tie for
feited to Cherryville by action
of WNCHSAA Executive Com
mittee on Nov. 15 and Buth
Spindale wins forfeited to
Shelby, Forest City, Lincoln
ton and Cherryville by WNCH
SAA action on Nov. 22.)
(** ? Belmont vs. Buth.-Spin
dale game not counted.)
MORhi ABOUT
Lackey Rites
(Continued from front page )
of Kings Mountain, and Rev. Ja
cob L. Iwickey, of Charlotte, two
daughters, Mrs, Raymond Mann,
of Kings Mountain, and Mrs.
Floyd Shoaf of Llnwood (near
Lexington), a brother, J. C. Lac
key, of Kings Mountain, and two
sisters, Mrs. L. M. Wolfe, Kings
Mountain, and Mrs. Frank
Stroupe, of Hammonton, Calif.
Eight grandchildren and one
great grandchild also survive.
Pailbearers were R. L. Plonk,
Arnold Klser, A. S. Kiser. Dan
Finger, Charles E. Goforth. artd
W. P. Sweezy.
AT ' GR&YSON'S
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FBJtE! GOME AND REGISTER!
On Christmas Eve Grayson'.* v/ill give to sonr.e tacky ticket-holder a
hc.tdsome 21 -inch Westinghouuo console Television Set. Nothing to buy I
Just visit Grayson's and register. You may be the lucky one. Register
o 'ten as you visit the store. v; ?
GRAYSON'S JEWELRY
Easy Termsl
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Easy Terms I 1
Coach. 2 Players i
In Bowl Contest J
Dewitt Blanton and Ken Clon
inger are members of the East
team, of which Coach Shu Carl*
ton is assistant coach, which Is
scheduled to fac& the West team
in the annual Optimist Bowl
game In Ashevllle Thursday after
noon.
The Thanksgiving Day contest
will bring together some qf the
| finest high school players evter to
Krform In Western North Caro
ia.
| Coach Carlton and his two play
ers, along with Buddy Mayes,
East team student manager, left
for AsheviUe the middle of last
week and have Ween busy In drills
since then. .
The Kings Mountain coach ap
peared on WLOS-TV prior to the
professional football game last
Sunday with a report on the East
squad and several players have
also appeared on programs dur
ing thte week.
Coach Carlton, who was assis
tant coach on the 194d North Car
olina team for the Charlotte
Shrine Bowl game, received 4'
nother honor this week when he
placed In the top five among
some 44 western area coaches in
a preliminary ballot to select the
west team coach for the annual
NCHSAA footbajl game at
Greensboro next August. Another
ballot will be taken among the
coaches to select one of the top
five for the Job.
County Cagers
Rest On Friday
Bethware high's- cagers move
I to Lattimore Tuesday night and
I C? rover moves to Mooresboro to
continue Cleveland County Bas
i ketball Conference play.
Bethware dawned Grover in a
doubleheader last Tuesday In
the opening games of the season.
Both teams are idle Friday
On last Thursday at Bethware.
Coach Jeff Wells' clubs evened
the count with Tryon in a pair
of practice games.
Bethware's girls won an over
time contest 57-52 after finish
ing with Tryon at 50-all at the
end of the regular playing time.
Laura Morris .paced the winners
with 33 points and Lib Bolin had
19 as Bethware led at the half
by 37-34. Paysour paced Tryon
with 20.
In the boys game, Bethware
scored a 48-40 verdict with Jack
Barrett hitting 15 and Ralph
Hord 14. Lynn had 16 for the lo
sers.
Bethware's girls boast six let
termen, including five starters
from last season and All -County
Guard Wllma Ledbetter. Delia
Champion fills out the forward
threesome with X^orris and Bolin i
and Lib Barrett and Nancy Bell
run the guard positions along
with Ledbetter.
Coach Wells' boys are in better
shape than last season; with
four lettermen. In addition to
Forward Hord and Guard Barrett,
they are Bobby Canipe, g, and
Ken Yarboro, c. Jesse Putnam
holds the other forward post.
KIWANXS CLUB
Rev. H. G Week ley, pastor of
First Baptist church, was the
speaker at a noon meeting
Tuesday of the Kiwanis club.
The club's scheduled meeting
was Thursday (ThanKsgivlng.)
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SUN. - HON. - TUES.
CINEMASCOPE
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JANET LEIGH ?
DAVWFARRAR*
BARB \RA RUSH
WEDNESDAY . THUH5
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Police Department
Collecting Toys
Kings Mountain police depart
ment issued a reminder this week
that broken toys are still being
collected by the department.
Broken toys collected will be
mended by members of the de
partment and distributed Christ
mas to children of needy fami
lies. Chief Hugh A. Logan, Jr.,
said that all toys, < either large or
small, will be appreciated.
Monies donated for the needy
fund and not used during Christ
mas will be held in reserve In the
police needy fund and distributed
through the year when necessary
to families in need.
Persons wishing to contribute
may do so by calling 254. x
Surgeon Group
Inducts Plonk
Dr. George W. Plonk, of Ralei
gh, was among more than 1,000
surgeons inducted last Friday
as new fellows in the American
College of Surgeons in cap-and
gown ceremonies closing the an
nual five-day. clinical congress
of the world's largest organiza
tion of surgeans, held at At
lantic City, N. J.
Dr. Plonk; son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. S. Plonk, of Kings Mountain,]
is on the staff of Rex hospital,
Raleigh. A graduate of the Uni
versity of North Carolina, he at
tended the University's medical
school for two years, then com
pleted his medical work at iJef
fprson University, Philadelphia,
Pa. After interning at Lakenau
General hospital, he served on
active duty with the army in
Italy, then spent two years at a
hospital in Murphy, N. C. He
returned to Philadelphia for a
further study in surgery at Uni
versity of Pennsylvania and
took a residency at Lakenau, toe
fore going to Raleigh for the
general practice of surgery. His
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OPENS 4:45 SHOWS: 5?7?9
Beginning Monday, November 23
Monday - Tuesday -Wednesday and
Thursday Will Be 2 For 1 Days * # #
2 People For Price of 1.
(They must com* up to the Box Office Together).
Adults Only. Kids 10c. Yes. the Dixie is truly your
Family Theatre Nowl
Friday. - Sat. ? Doable Feature
Charles Starrett in "TWO-FISTED RANGERS";
Deiney Martin in "TENNESSEE CHAMP"; Plus "MAN
WITH STEEL WHIP." Also Cartoon. ?
Mon. - Toes. ? 2 lor 1 Days
BIO FIRST RUN PICTURE '
Glenn Ford ? Gloria Graham In
"HUMAN DESIRE"
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NEXT WEEK:
Wed. - Thnrs. ? 2 fori Days
( 2 ADULTS FOR THE PRICE OF 1)
'.u,
Dana Andrews ? Jeans* Crate
"DUEL IN THE lUNGUT
Big Held Is Expected For Amateur
Stock Car Bace At Speedway Sunday
JANE POWELL
HOWARD KEEL
Suit - Mon. - Toe
?' Itoiilttwi* '88," 2$L 30
1 mm m i
Wednesday Only
November 24
The Best II Ubilly Sh^w
of all Timell
Thur. - Fsr'i. -
November 25, 26, 27
The Biggest and Best
Thank&g'vrfig
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Solomon't Miwl"M C-M'l
Some 30-35 hopped - up stock
cars are expected Sunday for tu.e
strictly - amateur racing event at
Kings Mountain Speedway. The
i;ace is to get underway at 2 p. m.p
with time trials starting at 1
o'clock.
Wlnford Marteen, track mana
ger, said yesterday that some 20
South Carolina drivers have al
ready entered, along with the 10
previously announced entrants.
"It will be a bigger and better
rape than the track opener here
on Nov. 6," Mr. Marteen said. "1
urge everyone to go to the church
of his choice on Sunday morning
and come to the races in the af
ternoon," he added.
Manager Marteen said that hot
dogs, coffee and cold drinks will
b? available at the track, which
has a 1,000-seat grandstand , and
Is a one-half mile clay track,
steeply bnked.
More than 1,000. persons were
on hand for the track opener.
Admission to the race is two
dollars and Promoter Clyde Hull
erider has announced that chil
dren under 12 will be admitted
free W charge.
I wife is the former Miss Margaret
I Cooper, daughter of .Rev. and
[Mrs. E. C. Cooper, of Kings
Mountain.
Fellowship entitling the reci
pient to the designation, "F. A.
C C." following his name, is a
warded to doctors who fulfill
comprehensive requirements for
acceptable medical education
and advanced training as a spe
cialist in one of the branches of
surgery, and who give evidence
of good moral character and eth
cal practice.
Bessemer City
Kings MW
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Matthews' Brother
Dies Of Leukemia
George Preston Matthews. 55,
brother of Eugene Matthews,
Herald mechanical superintend
dent, died at Duke hospital last
Friday night at 10:20. Death was
attributed to leukemia.
He had been ill lor the past ten
weeks. *
Mr. Matthews, born in Sted
raan, had lived in Attmore. Ala.,
for the past 12 years, where he
was chief bookkeeper for a lum
ber concern.
Surviving, in addition .to hfsi
brother here, are his wife, a dau
ghter, two grandchildren, a broth
er and sister.
Funeral details had not Ween
learned here, but were probably
held Mn Attmore Tuesday.
The University of Maryland I
has tested an experimental har- 1
vester that picks tomatoes 50 per i
cent faster than the average pick- 1
ore
Junior Baseball Age
Limit Is Increased
Age limit for eligibility of play
ers In the American Legion junior
baseball program has been set
back four months, according to
information learned here last
week.
The new ruling states that boys
born on September 1, 1937 or
thereafter will be eligible to par
ticipate during the 1955 season.
The previous eligibility date
was January 1 ? i. e. boys born
on or after Jan. 1, 1937 were teligi
ble in 1954. ' < - ;
Two players on the 1954 Kings
Mountain Legion team will again
be eligible next seasoji under the
new ruling. They are Winifred
White, infielder, and Cecil Shope,
Bessemer City southpaw pitcher.
Pitcher Ralph Hord missed by
three weeks gaining another sea
son of eligibility. Outfielder
George Harris gained another
season and now has two seasons
of eligibility remaining.
Based on reports received from
growers, the 1951 peanut crop in
North Carolina is estimated at
261,950,000 pounds, or three per
cent below the 1953 crop.
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TODAY, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25
"SOUTHWEST PASSAGE"
in technicolor with Rod Cameron
Cartoon
FRIDAY - SATURDAY NOVEMBER 26-17
Double Feature -^Opens at IT" o'clock
"GHOST . v "FOUR FACES
CHASERS'* WEST"
, with Bowery Boys with Joel McCrea
Two Cartoons ? Comedy
MONDAY ? TUESDAY NOVEMBER 29-30
"FRANCIS lOINS THE WACS"
with Donald 0*Conner. Julia Adams, and Francis,
the Talking Mule
, ' Two Carttons
WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY ' DECEMBER 1-2
"LETS DO IT AGIN"
? in technicolor with Jane Yrman and Ray Mil and
? Cartoon
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Stereophonic
Sound
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Lost Times Thursday:
"RICHOCHET ROMANCE"
Starring:
Marjorie Main ? Chill Wills
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