II Kings Mountain Social
And Personal News
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kings MOUNTAIN, Dec. 30. —
Ur ana Mrs. L. J. Cloninger an
nouncr the marriage of their daugh
lfr Annie Ruth to Martin Frederick,
tW wedding taking place at York,
s c on Deceber 24th. Mr. Fred
riick is the son of Rev. and Mrs.
j v Frederick of Gastonia. The
rounx couple will make their home
in south Webb Street in Gastonia.
The American Legion Auxiliary
held its regular meeting at the
home of Mrs. Pride Ratteree on Gold
S-reet on Tuesday afternoon.
*” The home was lovely with deco
ctions suggestive of the Christmas
season.
The meeting was called to order by
the president, Mrs. J. N. Gamble,
n ho set forth the purpose of the
Auxiliary. Prayer was offered by
Mrs B F. Ormond. Fourteen mem
bers answered the roll call.
A delicious sweet course was
scried by the hostess.
Remember The Poor
Mrs. Paul Mauney, Miss Virginia'
Parson, and Rev. P. D. Patrick, ac
companied by a large group of ju
nior girls, sponsored by the Amer
ran Legion Auxiliary of the Otis
D Green chapter brought much
Christmas cheer to the shut-ins of
Kings Mountain and inmates of the
Cleveland County Home, by singing
Christmas carols.
The Auxiliary assisted by the
L-gion arranged a beautifully light
ed tree on the squkre up town
which was much appreciated by the
public.
Mr and Mrs. 8. R. Suber had as
guests during the Christmas season
Dr. and Mrs. Sidney Hood of Gas
tonia and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Roster
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Lipford and
Miss Margaret Kendrick spent
Christmas in Mount Holly with re
latives.
Miss Lollie Mitchem of Lincoln -
inn was a week end guest of Mrs.
H A. Goforth. Miss Mitchem was
a class mate of Mrs. Goforth at
Asheville Normal.
Mr. and Mrs. Emory Huston of
Georgia. Mr. and Mrs. William Mc
Gill and family of Yemmasee. 8. C.
end Rufus McGill of Greenville vis
ited Mrs. Istura McGill' for the
holidays. .
Mr and Mrs. Allen Herndon of
Kannapolis were recent visitors in
Kings Mountain.
Students At Home
Among the students from various
schools - spending the holidays in
Kings Mountain are Misses Elisabeth
Neill, Dorothy, Douglas and Mary
Faust Plonk, Fairy Grace Patterson,
Mary Sue McGinnis, Alyne White,
Kc'.cn Williams, Lenora Fulton,
.’can Ware. Madge McDaniel. JeS
<• James, Margaret Cooper, Maude
Dingier, Martha Plpnk, Sara Mae
Falls, Crodoine Moss, Billy Ware,
Fred Finger Ray Plonk, Rhea Bar
ber. Thoas Roberts, George Plonk
and W'endell Phifer.
Miss Virginia Owens of Ruther
ford ton has accepted a position
with the Grace Beauty Shop and
is staying with Mrs. James Dickey
on King Street.
Anthony Cansler of Infield, spent
' he holidays with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. George Cansler.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady McCarter
and son and Miss Mary McCaslin
were recent guests of their parents
at Crouse.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kennedy, Mr.
"nd Mrs. Leroy McGill of Gastonia,
Mr and Mrs. Elmer McGill of
Morten and Mr. and Mrs. John Mc
Gill visited their mother, Mrs. Lon a
McGill on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Black were
attests of Mr. and Mrs. Grady Pat
terson on Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Anthony
and family of Gastonia were recent
guests of relatives here.
Reid Sellers has returned to Col
ombia. s. C. after several days visit
h°re ,ith his sisters. Mrs. Marion
Goforth and Miss Emma Sellers.
Mrs. Sellers and son, Worth, will
'"turn to Columbia latter part of
this week.
Miss Ruth Putnam has returned
ln Charlotte after spending the holi
days here and in Lawndale.
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Yarboro and
*'’n. Jim and Miss Nancy Hord
'err reernt dinner guests at the
'’ome of Mr. and Mrs. Max Wil
son. near Shelby.
Gee Patterson and family of Rock
S. C. and Miss Margaret Ware
of Gastonia were dinner guests of
Miss Carlyle Ware on Christmas
day.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D Ware and
fhildrrn spent the day at the home
of the former’s parents. Mr. and,
Mrs. Charles Ware on Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Goforth,
Mr and Mrs. Ben H. Goforth and
family were recent guests at the
h°me of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Go
forth at Elbethel.
Mrs. Ben H. Goforth and Miss
pebecea Bradford visited friends'
relatives at the Hospital in!
i:, nterj-MUg recently.
Mr and Mrs. B £. Feeler and
Mtruly "isited the latter's mother,
*trs Charles Drace in Grr *r dur
"le the holidays.
Mrs. ixj'a Whitworth of Lowell
• ini il«u(jitter, Miss Mary h'llzw belli
't (Irwiskotu visited Hie loriuer's
,llolb“r. Mrs. .lop Phils.
Mr. and Oliver Fails and
s v ■
| daughter, Shirley, spent the week
end with relatives in Greensboro.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Slyers of
Washington, D. C„ are visiting at
I the home of the former’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Winfield Styers. .
Rev. and Mrs. A. G. Sargeant and
family spent Christmas with rela
tives near Hendersonville.
Hal Morris, accompanied” by his
brother, Vaughan Morris of Ashe
ville has returned from a visit to
his father in Eastern North Car
lins.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Osborne spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Secrcast at Splndale.
Mr. and Mrs. Ermon Martin had
as guests Mrs. Fred Martin and
children of Maiden.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Parris and
children spent Christmas in Clover
and Uncolnton.
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Campbell had
as guests for the Christmas season
| their children, Mr. and Mrs. Roy
| Campbell and family of Archdale
and Mr. and Mrs. Banks Campbell
of Gastonia.
Miss Ruth Jenkins and Patrick
Curley of Washington, D. C., are
visiting the former’s mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miller re
turned today from Virginia where
they spent Christmas with the for
mer's parents.
mr .ana mts. Hazel urensnaw or
Belmont were recent visitors of
Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Goforth.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hughes,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Campbell and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Baker,
Mr. and Mrs. William Hughes, Mr.
and Mrs. BUly Carroll and Mr. and
Mrs. Ermon Martin and son, Bobby
Gene were dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon Hughes Sr. Christmas.
Jack Parsons, who is a medical
student at Jefferson Medieal Col
lege in Philadelphia, is home for
the holidays. He will return to Phi
ladelphia on Sunday, Jan. 3 to
continue his studies.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Troublefleld
and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Allran
were recent guests of Mrs. A. L.
Allran.
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. McDaniel
were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Crawford at Bethany in
York county.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Hord had as
their guest for the holiday season
Mrs. W. G. H. Ware and son, BUly
of MooresviUe. On Christmas day
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Williams and
family were their dinner guests.
Dr. and Mrs. Schenck of Greens
boro are guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Aubrey Mauney.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hasty and
children of Charlotte visited Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Roberts.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Watson and
baby were recent gfists of the let
ter’s mother, Mr a Lizrh Everhart.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Olive had as re
cent guests Mrs. John Hutchinson
and son, John of Charlotte, Mrs.
Annie Alford, Paw Creek, Mrs. Lu
cille Byers and Roy Gunter Byers
of Rock HU1 and Mr. and Mrs. Hy
att Jackson and daughters, Misses
Naney and Rebecca of Henderson
ville.
Mrs. Hugh Hoke of Lincolnton
and Miss Winifred Fulton of North
WUkesboro have returned home af
ter visiting in Kings Mountain dur
ing the week end.
Mr. R. E. Kerr had as guests for
Christmas Mr. and Mrs. Joe E.
Kerr, and Billy of Greenville, S. C.
Mrs. W. L. Johnson of Swannanoa
and Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Kerr of
Rock HU1, S. C.
The many friends and relatives of
Dr. R. M. Kerr of Columbia, 8. C.
will be glad to learn that his
young son, Bobby, who has been
quite U1 with pneumonia has recov
ered.
Beth-Ware 4-H Club
Has Regular Meeting
^Special to The Star.)
(By EUZELIA Me SWAIN)
The Beth-Ware 4H club met on
Tuesday, Dec. 32nd. The president
Elizabeth Randle, presided at the
meeting. Program as follows club
pledge, Song Silent Night.
Cheers were given those winning
honors at achievement day. Eliza
beth Randle won a trip to 4H club
congress; Lamar Herndon won first
prize on corn a watch. Euaelia Mc
Swain won a watch for making the
most improvements in 4H club work
in 1936. Harril Herndon won a
prize. Virginia Randle and Prank
Dover won first prize on team de
monstration at the county fair.
Myrtle Reynolds and Wayne L.
Ware won second prize.
Elizabeth Randle told the club
about her trip to Washington and
Chicago. She told of the interest
ing scenes she saw and of her trip
to the White House.
After the program officers for the
New Year were elected as follows:
President. Lamar Herndon; vice
president, Virginia Randle; secre-j
tary. Myrtle Reynolds; Song leader!
Katherine Queen: recreational,
leader, Wayne L. ware; reporter.
Euzelia McSwain.
Club adjourned with their motto:
Make the Best Better.
A slight earthquake in the early
construction Of tlie Ciohlrti Ualu
bridge at Sar, Francisco rocked the
74fi foot towers so much that the
workmen became ill.
REORGANIZATION
TO GO THE WAY
F. D. R. WISHES
*7 BYRON PRICE
Chief of Bureau, The Associated
Press, Washington
For the last hundred years pro
posals for reorganization tn tlse
; federal government have produced
I more taftc than action.
I Usually the results have been
I negligible, and the maneuvering,
i m It was, superficial for the
i sake of effect only. More likely
■ than not this suited the politicians
involved.
Comes now the year 1937, with
talk of reorganisation and economy
again In’'the van. Mr. Roosevelt
j himself has spoken with some di
rectness on the subject. He said
j emphatically that his essential pur
J pose was a sound business organlz
; atlon, and intimated there would
i be no drastic chopping off of agen
i eies. Economy was to be of second
j ary consideration.
Nervous bureaucrats, members of
congress and others immediately
pounced upon his comment for
some Inner significance. It seem
ed to coincide neatly with the re
, turn to Washington of many sen
• ators and representatives. What
better economy textbook could they
j ask?
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Three Survey* Overlap
i Again, Mr. Roosevelt is not a
stranger to the wet Anger test of
public opinion. If necessary, he still
can advance or retreat from his
original position. Something o^ a
paradox has come about through
the reorganization discussions, for
three committees which overlap to
a certain extent in personnel and
purposes are studying the huge
government structure. The avowed
purpose of each is to eliminate dup
lication of activity.
Senator Byrd heads the senate
committee and he is an old-time
campaigner for economy. As gov
ernor of Virginia he waded through
more than 100 departments and
ended up with 11 units, each re
sponsible to him. If his action
there can be taken as a criterion,
his remedy would seem to be a
mixing of consolidation for the
sake of better administration with
outright reduction in personnel.
How, then, will he feel about in
timations from the White House
that new cabinet phetsjnay be cre
ated. that the saving of money is
incidental to effective administra
tion? The senator has been at odds
with the President before.
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Logical Time To Act
Mr. Roosevelt obviously does not
want a breach to develop In the
handling of reorganization. That
might be why he said he intended
to confer with Buchanan, chairman
of the special house committee, and
Byrd. Their ideas then could be
disclosed privately to him.
Now. If ever, would seem the lo
gical time to pursue simplification
measures. The President holds
such a whip hand, over congress
that even some Republican mem
bers have remained silent though
opposed to a measure rather than
risk the ire of their constituents.
The last Presidential campaign
evoked a great Republican outcry
against government expenditures.
It would not seem feasible then for
i a Republican senator or represen
tative to raise his voice openly
against economy, even though
some pet scheme of his own was
caught in the wringer. Instead, he
probably would suffer in silence.
A hint of how reorganization
generally may work out can be
found in what happened to the ru
ral resettlement administration.
The President said resettlement was
to be transferred to the department
of agriculture.
Not a protest was heard. Previ
ously resettlement was one of about
a hundred Independent agencies
set up by executive order. Consid
erable reshuffling as to the admin
istrative functions and places of
these agencies can be expected.
All in all, the reorganization sit
uation is about the same as pre
vails in other federal problems.
Congress may squirm for a time,
but in the end the President will
get what he wants.
FARMER SHOULD BE
PAID FOR HUNTING
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—<AV
The government called on the farm
er today to come out from behind
his "no hunting signs" and make
profitable peace with visiting sports
men.
“The farmer,” said Col. H. P. Shel
don of the bureau of biological sur
vey, “should have no more hesita
tion in putting a cash price on his
i pheasants, quail and rabbits than
he does on his wheat, poultry and
| butter.”
The government has Issued a neat
little booklet instructing the agri
culturist on the fine points of col
lecting fees. ,
An annual lecture has been in
stitute dby the royal society and
the department of scientific and in
dustrial research. England, to honor
the memory or Sir Charles Parsons,
inventor of the compound steam
turbine.
Using strips of mullet tor bait.
D. 8. Hudson, of Stuart. Fla., caught!
nine Mpefish.
Today's =====
SMALL TALK
-I By MRS. RENN DRUM
NO. IT WASN’T TOO MUCH TURKEY AND FRUIT CAKE,
not even the constant nibbling on candies, in fact, I haven’t
I wen Bii'it at an.
The above la an explanation of
no column In the last two days, in
case anyone has missed it. It took
me two days, however, to rest up
after having three Sundays, hand
, running, to stand up to. Maybe
I they weren’t really 6undays, just
sort of hybrid days, a cross be
tween Sundays and holidays. At any
rate, for a gal who works in a news
paper office, three days of keeping
pace with four small legs, two small
tongues and two very agile young
brains is a stretchout.
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Besides that, 1 have a score to
;setle with Sama Claus. He must
be slipping. He left on my hands a
movie projector which wouldn't pro
ject. so that I spent moet of Christ
mas day poring over an instruc
tion sheet, adjusting bands and
screws until I was dizzy, and watch
ing Mickey Mouse straggle drunk
enly across a sheet of white card
board.
Finally, after something like
twelve hours of this, mixed with a
large amount of back-seat project
ing. I exclaimed disgustedly, "Well,
I guess I’ll have to take it back and
exchange it."
I’m still explaining in very con
vincing tones that I simply meant
j we’d take it to one of the Shelby
shops in the hope they might be
able to fix it, even though ours
came straight from the North Pole.
All of which reminds me strongly
of Matilda Morris’ remark, "We
don’t give our children credit for
I much Intelligence when It come* to
I Sant* Claus, do we?"
, I also hold against him » toy vic
trola, which carries a guarantee I
didn’t ask for: to stop all adult
conversation and force the neigh
bors to move out.
And I’m charging up to him the
loss of several hours sleep and a lot
of extra practice In hurdling over
toys. The only thing he forgot was
a pair of wings for me. to enable me
to get across the room without-fall
ing and breaking both my neck and
my disposition.
AS A FITTING CLIMAX TO
Christmas my three-year-old took
the family skeleton—one of them—
out of its closet and rattled It.
When Mrs. J. B. Jones, head of his
Sunday school department asked
him Sunday morning if he had any
collection he solemnly replied,
"No, you know, my mother spent
every penny we had for Christmas.”
So, that's what I get for trying
to teach him to tell the truth.
AND FRANCES AO NEW REPORTS
UiRt her young daughter. Betsy
Ford, ran a connoisseur’s eye over
a box of candy Christmas night
and announced, “I’ll take a brassier
nut please."
She obviously Isn’t as familiar
I with Brazil nuts as with feminine
wearing apparel.
ANOTHER THING"SANTA FOR
got was to return that »5 football
lost at the beginning of the holi
days by the group of youngsters who
make up South Washington street's
sandlot football team. That football
was snatched right out of the air,
before their eyes, by as strange a
coincidence as they ever expect to
meet.
Someone made a beautiful punt,
the ball sailed through the air In a
graceful arc but. Instead of coming
to rest In some lad's arms as It
should have done, It dived wickedly
into the back of a passing truck
and rode gaily away In search of a
new footbal team.
It left bhelnd It sheer conster
nation, but not speechless conster
nation. Those boys set up a howl
of protest and ran down the street
behind the truck In a body but hu
man motors aren't equipped to
overtake high powered trucks and
the ears of the truck's driver were
deafened by the roar and rattle of
his vehicle to the extent that he
never dreamed he had accidentally
acquired a ball.
Thu question now before the
team Is not learning signals or de
riding who's to carry the ball, but
how to raise another 15.
NICEST OF THE CHRISTMAS
cards were those which brought a
note of personal greeting from the
sender: those sent by the Horace
Griggs, bearing one of Edith’s poems
on friendship; another similar one
with a picture of the sender's home
and a folksy verse, also composed
by the mistress of the house shown;
and those several others which,
though they bore the conventional
Christmas scenes and verses, also
brought a note from some friend
with whom the exchange of letters
Is rare.
Now that the tumult of Christmas
is over I'm already enjoying the
taste of those sure-to-eome after
Christmas letters from distant
friends who write only once or twice
each year, Just often enough to
keep friendship ties from breaking.
WANTED TO
Ten Acres
TOP SOIL
WITHIN THE CORPORATE
LIMITS OF THE CITY OF '
SHELBY IF POSSIBLE. IF NOT,
CLOSE TO THE CITY.
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Presenting a congratulatory mes
sage devised with the utmost sincer
ity and directed to all the citizens of
our community! It is our message to
you for the NEW YEAR!
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WE take occasion to extend to every merchant, store keeper, and pri
vate citizen in our community CONGRATULATIONS on their
achievements in 1936. It was a promising year ... to look back to ...
but how much more wonderful is the year 1937 to look forward to!
We join you in anticipating even greater things to come from our mu
tual efforts in the year ahead
Shelby Building & Loan Association
CHAS, C. BLANTON, President. J. FRANK ROBERTS, Sec.-Treaa
LOWERY AUSTELL, Assistant.
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