Cagers Cop Pair From Forest City
Gills Win First
Start By 4643;
Boys Win 39-17
King* Mountain' high's cagers
got ofj to a good start In "South
Group, Western AA Conference
play last Thursday night at Cen
tf*|' gynmaniuni as the girls and
. boys varsity clubs posted wins
ovfr Forest City.
The games completed play for
thb two teams prior to the holi
days, wliii action ftchtduled to.be
resumed on January 7, 1955 at
. Cherryvllie.
Coach Elizabeth Collette's sex
tet, playing its first game of the
season, looked sharp in the close
ly-played opener, coming from
behind <?t the end of the first
quarter and staying ahead to
edge the visiting lassies 46-43.
' Coach Don Parker's quint, play
ing without the services of For
ward George Harris, leading let
term an back from last season,
who underwent an appendectomy
on I>ecember 15, overcame a rag- 1
ged first half with a torrid third !
quarter effort to win-go tng away j
by 39-17. 1
Nancy BlBhop paced the scoff I
ing for "Kings Mountain's girls
with 19 points, with Hazel Nance
hitting 13 and -Fern Barrett get
ting 12, The vflnners were trail
ing by one point (10-11) at the
end of the first chapter but with
Bishop hitting 9 points pulled a
head in the second period to lead
by 25-23 dt the half.
The two clubs matched points
In the third quarter and, with
Barrett hitting three goals to
pace the effort, stayed aheadain
the final canto to nail down the.
verdict.
Two players, Janice Alexander
with 25 and Sara Melton with 18,
did all the scoring for the losers.
Coach Col let te started Bishop,
Nance and Barrett at the forward
positions and Kay Henderson,
Gwtn Pearson and Shirley .Ware
at guard. Other forwards on the
club are Doris Jean Sellers. Bar
bara Smith, Derlce Weir, Jean
Arthur, Butch Houser, Jerrle Mo
Carter, Pratt Falls and Faye
Itobbs Other guards are Rachael
Jolly, lettterman from last season,
Annette Lawrence, Jackie Arnet
te. Glenda Spake, Judy Owens,
Jackie Dixon and Mary Ann
Beam.
The opening half of the boy's
contest will probably go down as
a low-scoring record for the. sea
son as the two clubs managed
only 25 points, with Kings Moun
tain getting tlie jump to hold a
1510 lead after the first two pe>
ilods of play.
Coach Parker's quint held the
visitors to two goals in the first
I half, one In each period, and con
nected with steven to gain the half
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j^Jme advantage.
The Mountaineers began to hit
In the third canto and tiw de
fense remained potent. as the los
ers finished oat the struggle with
only seven .point* in the final two
quarters. Forest City got only
four field goals, one in each pe
riod, and added the remainder of
Its points via free throws.
Guard Jerry McCarter sfet the
pace with set shots In the third
quarter and Center Bobby Little
John and G'.iatd Mearl Valentine
Added tip-ins as the Mountaineers
pulled away with a 16-polnt pro
duction, which betterted their first
half mark by one.
Llttlejohn topped the scoring
with 11 points, with McCarter and
Forward Eddie Goforth getting 9
each and Valentine adding eight.
Joe Greenlee topped thfe losers
with seven.
The win was the first In loop
play for the Mountaineers, who
split In two practice games with
Bt^mont Abbey high In the only
other contests played this season.
Coach; Parker started Jerry
Boss and Goforth at the forward
spots, Llttlejohn at center and
Valentine and McCarter at the
guard positions. Other players
seeing action were Jo'^n McfJinnis
and Fred Falls, forwards, Ronnfie
Cole at center, and Earl Marlowe,
Win f red White and. Charles Yel
ton, guards. Other players on the
roster are Harris, who may be
out for the Reason, Forward
Charles Bridges and Guard Bob*
by Wilson.
Thursday's boxtes:
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KIN OS MOUNTAIN (40)
Player Pos. CI FO TP PF FTM I
Haxel /lance, f 8 1 13 2 1
F?-rn Knrrett. f 6 0 12 1 0
Nancy Bishop. f 8 3 19 0 6
Kay Henderson, g, t 1 0 2 4 'Q
Owen Pearson, x 0
Shirley Ware. K 2
Anncllf Lawrence, g I
TOTALS II 4 48 10
FOREST CITY (43)
Sara Melton. t 8 2 18 0 5
Janice Alexander, ( 12 1 25 1 3 |
Pat Throckmorton, 1 0 0.0 0 J
Evelyn Davli,.(. 0 0 0 '0- ?- 0
Cathy lloyle, ( 0 0 0 -0 0
Marilyn Tat*, g 3
Barbara Watklns, g 2
Annie I.. Davis, g 1
Jean Green, 'g 2
Vlrglnln Homes, g 0
TOTALS to 3 43 II
SCOBS ST HMOMl
King* Mounlaln lO l5 10 li ? 48
Forest City 11 10 10 10-43
"*OKnCIAL?r~A. M. Trolano, relent; T.
L. Warllck, umpire; Blllle Mabry, scorer:
Lewis Cole, timer.
. BOYS
KINGS MOUNTAIN (30)
Player. Poi. Q FO TP PF FTM
Jerry lion*, t " 0 0 0 1 0
Kddle Golorth. f .1 S t 1 - I
John McGlnnls. ( 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Kail*. f 1 0 2 0 0
Bobby Llttlejohn, c 5 1 11 2 1
Ronnie Cole, c - 0 0 0 0 0
Mearl Valentine, g 4 0 8 1 1
Jerry McCarter, ? 4 1 9 ' 5 1
Earl Mnriowe, g 0 0 0 0 0
Wlnfrcd While, g 0 0 0 0 0 I
ClMUclcs Yclton. rf 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS It S 30 IS 7
r OB EST CITY Cm
Henry Callahan, ( 0 0 0 0 0
Red How en. ( 1 13 4 3
Mickey Keep, I 0 0 0 0 0
George Lancaster, f 0 0 0 0 0
Stave MBFdln. c ? 0 2 2 1 0
Otllard Mflrrow. c 0 O 0 0 0
Joe Greenlee, g 2 3 T 1 1
Cheater Rutt. g 0 0 0 1 Q
Tommy Calllsoo, g 1 2 4 0 1
Tom Bradley, g 01102
TOTALS 4 ? 17 7 .1
SCORE BY PKBIOPSl
Kings Mountain ? I IS B ? :? j
Forest City 4 0 5 3?17
OFFICIALS: "" Lewis Colo and Leonard |
Wright, scorers; Jerry Led ford, timer.
MORE ABOUT
'North School
Continued from Pag* On*
U ">n 1 of today's Herald. Bids are
to be opened at 2 p. m. on Janu
ary 14, 1955.
Supt. Barnes reported that stu
dents moved Into the new four?
room addition at East Elemen
tary school and into the new six
room building at Davidson school
on November 27 and that state
inspectors were to be here on
Tuesday to inspect the new con
struction.. ' _
The board voted Miss Gussie
Huffstetler a month's extension
ol permission to hire a substitute
teacher and approved minutes ol
meetings of November 15 and 17.
The board also voted to allow
the superintendent authority to
grant the Central school Parent
Teacher association the right to
have use of the gymnasium for
civic entertainments four times
during the school year, with the
school to pay the operating ex
penses, jirovlded application Is
made each time the group wishes
to use the building.
Mr. Barnes presented Chair
man A. W. Ktncald with a copy
of the state school audit
NEW LITHIUM PLANT FROM AIB ? Air view ol Lithium Cor
poration's Bessemer City, North Carolina plant showing crushing
t circuit (lower right) stockpile conveyor and kiln (right crater)
cooler, ore storage silos and roaster (lower right canter). Processing
plant is at the left.
Lithium's Bessemer City Plant
Reported 80 Percent Complete
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THEATRE
FBI. ? SAT. ? 5 BIO HITS
Special Christmas hogicuu
No. 1? CARTOON CARNIVAL
NoJ? "ANTTHING CAN
HAPPEN"
with Jos* Ferrer
and rim Hunter
No. J? -THE NAKED JUNGLE'
la Technicolor
with Charlton Heston
and Eleanor Parker
SUN. - MOM. . TUES. "T
DIANE 29
MINNEAPOLIS. ? ? Construc
tion of Lithium Corporation of
America's Bessemer City, North
Carolina pfant is 80 per cent
completed, according to Fremont
F. Clarke, vice president and
project production manager. Ex
pected onstream in January,
1955; the chemical plant la pro
ceeding on schedule.
Unique in the Industry, the
plant will process run-of-mine
ore directly through the chemi
cal plant, eliminating the hith
erto necessary step of first con
centrating the ore. Freight sav
ings are also effected. The plant
will treat the company's exten
sive deposits of spodumt'-e ore
reserves in the adjacent Kings
Mountain area. "Capacity of the
plant," Clarke stated, "Is great
ly in excess of our St. Louis Park,
Minnesota plant,"
Built to supply Lithium com
pounds to industry at large, the
mine and plant will employ 150
people. Mining operations are a
head of schedule, and an 80,000
ton stockpile of raw ore, mined
by the open cut method, Is ready
for processing. Equipment, all
specially designed, includes a
250-foot roasting kiln with an
11-foot interior diameter. A com
pletely equipped laboratory for
analytical and chemical control
is also being constructed.
Electricity will be used for all
power units, while processing
power will be tapped from the
main line of the Transcontinen
tal Gas Company, which by
passes the plant.
The $7,000,000 expansion pro
ject was firtt announced last
I spring.
MOOSE MEETING
The regular meeting of
Moose Lodge Vio. 1748 will be
held Thursday night at 8:15 at
the lodge on Bessemer City
road.
In general, meats, dairy pro
ducts and grain food product*
prices in North Carolina are be
low last year's. .
IMPERIAL THEATRE
Kinqs Mountain. N. C. 134
,, ... I II , . ? I. .. I Jill I I I II
WEDNESDAY ? THURSDAY . ? DECEMBER 22 23
DOUBLE rEATUU
"MISS ROBIN "MIAMI STORY"
CRUSOE
ta Tochnicolor with Buny Sullivan
with Amanda Blake
Cartoon '
FRIDAY - SATURDAY DECEMBER 24-25
DOUBLE FEATURE ? OPE N AT 1 1 O'CLOCK
"ARROW IN THE "PARIS
DUST PLAYBOYS"
In (rtokelMr with Bowory Beifi
with 8 tor ling Hoyden
Two C&rtoona ? - (*n?d|
MONDAY - TUESDAY cfccEMBER 27-28
"THE GORILLA AT IMtGSr 'V
? In technicolor
with Camtroa MltchoUTand Anno Bancroft
? Vwo Cartoons
WEDNESDAY/. THURSDAY i ' DECEMBER ?2B
nramoir
with John Bayno and Mauxoon OOtaa
3SHmSK3E9B5
MONDAY - TUESDAY
Howard Keel .???
CALAMITY JANE*
bate Driving Day
Accident-Free Here
The City of Kings Mountain
came through "S-D" Day with
(iying colors as no automobile
accidents were reported by
Kings Mountain police for that,
day.
> "Safe Driving Day", which
was observed throughout the
nation November 15, was spon
sored by the President's Com
mittee for Traffic Safety in co
operation with other national
organizations.
Kings Mountain has a record
of 1108 days without a traffic
fatality inside the city limits.
MORE ABOUT
City Beard
Continued From Front Page
* 1
ter, the city's handyman building |
inspector, gas tap salesman,
plumbing, sewer, and gas installa
tion inspector, $300 per month and
to furnish him transportation for
his city duties. Mr. Webster had
been reviving $310 per month,
plus a gas allowance. The board
indicated It would purchaste a us
ed jeep lor Mr. Webster's use.
. 10) Voted installation of a traf
fic signal light at the corner of
Railroad avenue and King street,
if funds are available. The light
would be on the samte switch with
the Battleground ? King street
signal.
All members were present ex
cept Commissioner J. H. Patter
son.
Laying flocks in North Caro
lina 'aid an estimated 109 million
eggs during September ' ? the
highest September production on
record.
DIXIE
e The Family Theatre e
Open 6:30 Daily ? 12:30 Sat.
ADM. 10c & 30c
Check Special Holiday
Ooeninq Time Below
i iiiiii i i.
Bad Abbott
gi| Lou Costello
LOST IN ALASKA'
Effort Underway
To Reospnlze
Baseball League
WAUSAU, WISC _ John Moss.
f enteral manager of Wausau
ports Enterprises, left here Tues
day to spend the Christmas holi
days) with relatives and friends
in Kings Mountain.
While at home, Moss will meet
with basehpll officials to discuss
the possibility of reorganizing
the Western Carolina league, a
move that win have support of
National Minor League aides.
Moss, general manager of the
Wausau "Muskies", professional
football team, recently was ap
pointed here as sales manager of
L; H. Hall Motor Co.
MORht ABOUT
Yul* Holiday
. (Continue } from front page)
open ao usual on Monday.
Finance firms had previously
announced a long weekend clos
ing. First National Bank will
close through Monday at the close
of business Friday, while build
and loan associations will . close
Friday at noon.
The Kings Mountain Herald
will close at noon Wednesday and
will re-open Monday morning.
Kings Mountain industry's holi
day schedule show? Mauney Mills,
Inc., Bonnie Cotton Mills, Consoli
dated Textiles, Inc., Superior
Stone Company and Kerns Bro
thers suspending operations on
Friday and Saturday a-id resum
ing work Monday morning.
Elmter Lumber Company will
close Friday through Monday, re
suming operations Tuesday morn
ing.
Nelsler Mills, Inc., Park Yarn
Mills, Lambeth Rope Corporation,
Craftspun Yarns, and Burlington
Mill* Phenlx plant will suspend
operations Thursday morning and
resume work Monday morning.
Mauney hosiery Company will
close Friday morning and resume
Friday - Saturday
December 24-25
3? BIG FEATURES? 3
3IG CHRISTMAS SHOW
1AJCLUE <*.
DESIW^
ARNAZ%
Bessemer City
Kings Mtn.
DRIVE ? 1H TOEATRE
Wed. - Thnrs.
December 22-23
e 2 BIG HITS 2 e
Joan Crawford
?>r tx ttat >i cotof -t
work Tuesday, white Sadie Cotton
Millfe will close. Thursday morn
ing and resume operations the
morning of December 29.
. Bennett Brick and Tile Com
pany suspended production for an
nual cleaning and overhauling
operations on ?Dumber 14. How
ever, majority of the company's
employees have been husy with '
the overhauling Job, Dorus Ben
nett reported. The firm will close
for the holiday period Thursday
and resume operations Monday.
? '-".IBMHpdny - Thursday - '!?
"THIS IS MY
Starring Linda Darnell ? Dan Darya
tWdciy 10 A.
Big Christmas Kiddie Show: Bring the kids to ,W
Christmas Show and you will have the morning free
?o DO YOUR SPECIAL CHRISTMAS SHOPPING.
Adm. 15c for everybody. *
YOU WILL SEE ? "HOP-A LONG CASSIDY WES
TERN" and THREE (3) Cartoons
Friday And Late Show Friday Night
CinemaScoP^
etches' Hie Savage Portrait of the Devereau'x Dynasty
Torn hy Race Btfriiwsjauhted by j'rejiidicej
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