lAt
Christmas Season
OPENING
You Are Cordially Invited To Visit
Allen’s Flower Shop
Holiday House
Thursday, November 7
10a.m.to9p.in.
Holiday House at Allen's features
Christmas arrangements, door pieces
(wreaths, swags), candles and holders,
and do - it - yourself materials.
Grover
The Sunbeams met at the First
Baptist ehrurch Monday afternoon!
with their leaders, Mrs. Hoodj
Watterson and Mrs. Charlie Rob
inson. i
-Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day from 7 till 9 p.m. Association
— Centrai Training School is be-'
ing held this week at the Eliza
beth Baptist church near Shelby.
I Dr. Max Polley conducted serv
ice at the Shiloh Presbyterian
church Sunday morning. Dr.
Polley is with the Religious de
partment at Davidson College.
A Stewardship Supper will -be
held at the Shiloh Presbyterian
church Wednesday night—Host
ess will be Mrs. Edith Morgan,
Mrs. Mary Houser .Mrs. Lucille
Kiser and Mrs. Thelma Ham-
bright.
I Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
C. L. Owensby wei-e Mr. and Mrs.
Terry Murchison and daughters,!
Paula and Cindy of .Morganton.
.Mrs. Ethel S. Godfrey and Mrs.
Nancy Sherrer of York, S. C.,
Mr. and Mrs. "Buck” Humphries
of Shetby, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Owensby of Shelby and .Mrs. Carl
Bolin.
Thoma.s Owensby of Shelby is
spending several weeks with Mr.
and .Mrs. C. L. Owensby.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bell of,
Belmont were Sunday guests Of!
Mr. and .Mrs. Brjan Shuford. |
several days at the beach with
some friends from Morganton.
Mrs. Julia Norman, Mrs. Hood
Watterson, Mrs. Bert Westmore
land, Mrs. Hattie Allen, Mrs.'
Gazzie Allen and Mr. and Mrs.
Gene Conner and children at
tended the reception of Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Turner, Route 3,
Lawndale on their sixtieth wed
ding anniversary last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Keith White an
nounce the 'birth of a daughter
at the Kings Mountain hospital,
October 31.
Miss Elaine Pruette, a mem
ber of the school faculty at Al
len • Brook jn Charlotte, spent
the weekend with her mother,
Mrs. Ola Pntette.
Mr. and Mrs. Dixie Graham of
Elkin, spent a few days with Mr.
and Mrs. R. D. Moss.
Mr and Mrs. John Greene of
Gastonia and Miss Ruby Moss of
Charlotte spent last weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Moss.
Mrs. Kenneth Tessener is at
tending the Cosmetic Art Beauty
College in Shelby.
Mrs. M. C. Hardin spent the
weekend with her sister, Mrs.
Dewitt Patterson in Kings Moun
tain.
_ land said, “that safety belts aj
Officials View Trend To Fewer I ipuspess . of injuries, in
Tiaflic Accidents During '68 ' fsHrS
RALEIGH-Motor Vehicle De. categories through Septemlwr of; Ts^rimpiv
partment officials are viewing this year than wore recorded dur. {oQiigh." ' "
with cautious optimism a trend | ing the same period of 1967. Act-
to fewer traffic injuries eslab-jual figures were 39,761 tor 1967 ^ Howland did express one lesf
lishod on the streets and high- as compared to 39,3S.‘5 for 196S. ■ vation about the reduction in j
ways of North Carolina during; , . • Juries. “I'm afraid,” he sai
the first nine months of 196.S. i year’s total for serious ..(hat a portion of the decrease i
The officials are particularly during the nine-month serious injuries may be accountw
pleased that the most signiflcanf: was 18,616. This year the for by the increa.se in traffi,. j.
pieasen mat me most stgniiican/:
drop has been in the category of; 1®1^1 1*®® dropped approxnmately
serious injuries — those involving^ percent, to 18,075. Allowing foi
broken bones, bleeding wounds'increase in the number
and tflhor severe physical impair^! drivers and vehicles, the de-
'crease is an even more impres'
Mrs. F. B. Hanioright spent
last weekend in Greensboro with
her .son and daughter-in-law. Dr.
and Mrs. Rufus Hambright!
Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Crtwv-
ford were Sunday guests of Mr.
and Mrs. James Toney and Mrs.
C. R. Crawford near Cliffside.
Mrs. John Bennett of Houston,
Texas arrived Thursday for a
visit with her sister, Mrs. H. L. i
Beam and other relatives here. I
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gibbons
of Gaffney were Sunday guests
of Miss Ava Gibbons. !
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Byers,}
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Smith and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce!
Lofty of Spartanburg and Mrs. j
Doris Whitener of Blacksburg, •
were Sunday guests of Mr. and i
Mrs. J. A. Smith. |
Mr. and Mrs. Emory Morris ofi
Norfolk, Va. spent a few days'
with her mother, Mrs. B. F. Bird.
Mrs. Renn Abernathy spent
Mrs. Charles Byers and chil
dren Chet, Robin and Darren and
Marilyn Turner of Florence, S.
C. spent last Friday and Satur
day with Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore
Byers.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Tedder, Lib
by and Hilda visited Mr. and
Mrs. Malcolm TTedder last Sun
day.
Andy Davis of Western Caro
lina University spent last week
end with his parents, .Mr. and
Mrs. A. B. Davis.
ment.
According to the department’s
Driver Education and Accident
Records Division, there have
been 376 fewer injuries in all
Honse Plan
b Available :
A full basement is one of the
’features in a house plan availa-|
ble to Cleveland County citizens 1
through the Agricultural Exten-}
Sion Service. 1
sive 7.5 percent in the serious in
jury category.
Motor Vehicles Commissioner
Ralph L. Movvland attributes the
drop in serious injuries partly to
the installation of new safety de
vices on cars and to the increas
ing willingness of motorists and
passengers to use safety belts.
“There can be no doubt," How-
talities. Oars are faster than
and accidents are occuring
higher rates of speed. This, o(
t?ourse, turns what might have
b<*en a serious injury into a fa.
tality."
“Still, we feel we are making
progrttss,” the Commissioncf
eluded, "Wo are goin gto coniin.
up promoting tlie use of safety
belts and we arc going to actc|.
enate our efforts to arrest spisvi.
ers and other traffic law violat
ors.'
WIND
SONG
Pvt. Robinson
With 4th Infantry
U. S. ARMY, VIETNAM (AH-
T.NC) — Army Private First
Class William J. Robinson, 18,
-son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter W.
Robinson, 504 E. Penh. Ave., Bes
semer City, N C., was assigned
Oct. 5 to the 4th Inifantry Division
in Vietnam as a rifleman.
His wife, Judy, lives in VVlIl-
iamston, S. C.
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Electric guitar, man.
Electric^^a^n, too,
Plans for the house. Plan No.
7180, also call for many other
features which make this house
outstanding, according to H. W.
EXameron, County Extension
Chairman.
Among these features arc
“three ample bedrooms, a pleas-
antly proportioned living room
with optional fireplace, a func
tional kitchen . dining area, and
outstandirtg storage facilities.”
The first floor of the house
contains 1,440. square feet of
floor space. The basement con
tains another 1,4-40 square feet
and the carport calls for 336
square feet.
The compact U-shaped kitchen
has sufficient counter area and
storage space for the average
family. The dining area has a
built-in desk or sewing center.
Complete working drawings of
the plan are available from the
county extension office or from
the extension agricultural engi-;
neer at North Carolina State Uni- [
versity. The plan was prepared |
by the U. S. Department of Agri-'
culture as part of a nationwide '
effort to help people in rural |
areas obtain better housing. }
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® PRINCE MATCHABELLI
Ee can’t get yon out of
his mind when Wind Song
whispers your message..,
Available as Perfume, Cologne Parfumie, Bath Oil,
Dusting Powder and Sheer Essence Body Lotion.
KINGS NOUNWNI
DRUG COMPANY
TO CELEBRATE OUR
CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE
sura ASUCCEsI* mountain ONE HOUR MARTINIZING
Could you csll their
mtuic an electric outlet?
The elecfrie age is in. Take
it from the kids who've got the
beat. And it's growing bigger
every day.
Bigger sounds. Bigger worlds
to conquer. Bigger energy to do
MON. . TUESDAY
& WED. SPEQAL
• TROUSERS • SKIRTS
• SWEATERS
• SPORTCOATS
MIX
OR
MATCH
15
EVERY DAY
SPECIAli
SHIRTS
TO CELEBRATE OUR AN
NIVERSARY AND SHOW
OUR APPRECIATION FOR
YOUR PATRONAGE WE
ARE GIVING AWAY . . .
G. L PORTABLE
12 - INCH T. V.'s
lAONDRYEO
CRISP &
BRIGHT
EACH
25c
MON. ■ TUESDAY
OR WEONESDAT
SPECIAL
MEN'S OR LADIES'
2-PIECE
SUITS 85c
it. And a bigger value than ever
for today's electric generation.
Fact is, a dollar now buys a
Piedmont Carolina family about
twice as much electricity, on an
average, as a dollar did thirty
LADIES'
DRESSES . .85c
years ago.
Pretty groovy, when you
think of how the price of almost
everything else has gone way up.
EACH TIME
YOU VISIT ONE
TOUR MAHTINIZ-
ING — REGISTER
FOR A CHANCE
FOR FREE T.V,—
A LUCKY win
ner WILL BE
drawn AT THE
END OP EACH
rWO WEEK
PERIOD FOR A
T. V. THIS WILL
BE DONE UNTIL
WE HAVE GIVEN
AWAY 5 T.V.'s
One HOUR
Duke Power
NO EXTRA charge!
FOR ONE HOUR
SERVICE *
S07 EAST KING ST.
"mmiiim:
THE MOST IN DRY CLEANINO