SARA NEWTON. Editor Phone 1100
MISS VIRGINIA BELLE McNEELY TO
WED LIEUT. JOHN J. MAHONEY, JR.
The engagement and approach
ing marriage of Miss Virginia Belle
McNeely, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Chalmers McNeely, to Lieu
tenant John J. Mahoney, Jr., of
Boston, Mass., and Fort Benning,
Ga., was anndunced last night at a
lovely buffet supper given at the
McNeely home on South LaFayettc
street.
The group of Miss McNeely's
close friends who were guests were
Invited into the dining room where
the table was covered with a
handsome banquet cloth of im
ported linen and lace outwork em- 1
broidery. Serving as a center ar
rangement was a bowl of sweet
peas in pastel shades on eithertfside
of which were slender pink tapers.
Guests then found their places
by individual place cards at smaii
tables, each of which held a nose
gay of pastel spring blossoms. The
dessert course featured individual
wedding cakes with ribbon stream
ers which bore the announcement,
“Virginia-John, June.”
Mrs. J, C. McNeely, mother of
Miss McNeely, and Misses Betty
and Anne McNeely, sisters of the
bride-elect, assisted in serving and
entertaining.
BRIDGE ENJOYED
Guests were invited to see Miss
McNeely's trousseau after which
bridge was enjoyed. Prizes went
to Mrs. George Wray who heldhigp
and Mrs. George Corn who scored
low.
The bride-elect wore a becoming
frock of aqua crepe fashioned witn
a peplum and trimmed with touch
es of fuschia and purple. Follow
ing the engagement announce
ment, she added a ptfrple orchid
corsage, a gift of Lt. Mahoney, to
her costume.
Guests for the dinner were Mrs.
Wray, Mrs. Corn, Miss Sadie Lutz,
Mrs. Edwin Ford, Mrs. Hill Hudson,
jr., Mrs. James Reinhardt, Mrs.
Walter Fanning, Miss Marjorie
Lutz, Mrs. Lyle Thompson, Mrs.
Earle Hamrick, jr., Mrs. BillLine
berger, Mrs. Dan Paul, Mrs. How
ard Schade, Mrs. William Le
Grand, Mrs. Rush Hamrick, jr.,
Miss Martha Arrowood, Miss Mary
Lyllyan Blanton, and Miss Dovie
I'jgan.
SECOND DAUGHTER
Miss McNeely, the second daugh
ter of her parents, is a 1942 grad
uate of Woman's college, Greens
boro, where she majored in home
economics. She taught in the
Rockwell schools for one year and
has been instructor in the home
economics department of Shelby
High school for the past two years.
She is a popular member of the
young social set.
Lt. Mahoney, son of Mrs. John
Joseph Mahoney, sr., and the late
Mr. Mahoney of Boston, is well
known in Shelby having visited
here on many occasions. He was
formerly stationed at Camp Croft,
S. C. He is a 1937 graduate of the
Suffolk School of Law and is a
member of the Massachusetts state
bar. He was an attorney in Bos
ton until his entrance in the army
in January 1942. In January of this
year he received his commission at
Fort Bennlng, Ga., where he is now
stationed as an infantry school in
structor.
Wedding plans will be announced
at a later date.
Lt. Dorothy Wallace
Wed To Lt. La Porte
Mrs. J. B. Elmore, jr., of Lawn
dale announces the marriage of
her sister, First Lieutenantv Dor
othy Lee Wallace, army nurse
corps, to first Lieutenant Allred
La Porte on Friday, ApiU 13, at
Del Ray Beach. Fla.
A lovely ceremony was perform
ed with both bride and bridegroom
dressed in army uniform*.
Mrs. La Porte attended Falls ton
and Piedmont High schools and is
a graduate of Gardner-Webb col
lege, Bolling Springs. She is a
registered nurse having received
her training at Gallinger Munici
pal hospital, Washington, D. C.
Prior to entering service, she spe
cialized in brain surgery and pay
chiatry cases in Washington, D. C.,
and New York City. At present she
is stationed with the array nurse
corps at the AAP Regional Station
hospital, Coral Gables, Fla.
Lt. La Porte is from Rochester,
NT. Y. He has served three years
overseas with the Sixth army
group ground forces in Africa, Italy
and France. At present he is await
ing his overseas orders to rejoin
his unit.
WEEK-END GUESTS
Cadet Nurses Polly Costner and
Ruth Summey of Shelby Hospital
were the week end guests of the
former's parents, Rev. and Mrs. J.
W. Costner of Lawndale. Miss Sum
mey of Gaffney, is a senior and
will graduate May 12.
Bats are among the most ancient
of mammals.
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VEDA ANN BORG
i Original Screen Play by Edward T. low*
Produced by ALEXIS THURN-TAXIS •
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“THE SIGN OF THE CROSS”
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Also CARTOON — WAR SHORT
, MRS. VAN DUSEN
Miss Lohr Is Bride
Of William Van Dusen
Mr. and Mrs. George V. Lohr, of
Cherryville, N. C.( announce the
wedding of their daughter, Kather
ine Lee, to William Van Dusen of
New York City on Saturday, in the
Lutheran Parish church, in Green
ville, S. C. The Reverend Doctor
Edgar Z. Pence officiated and
George Shelton Lohr gave his sis
ter in marriage.
Mr. Van Dusen, a leading au
thority on world aviation, is direc
tor Public Relations for Pan
American Airways and has been
with the international airline al
most from its inception in 1927. He
accompanied Charles Lindbergh and
other pioneer pilots on many of
the early route survey flights
through Central and South Amer
ica and on the trail-blazing flights
across the Pacific and Atlantic. He
was called into active service by
the United States Navy for a spe
cial mission, just prior to the in
vasion of Europe, and served ashore
with the Army during the battle
for the Normandy landings. Com
mended for his services by the
Navy he was one of the first to
return to this country from the
beach head, and resumed his post
with the airline.
The bride attended local schools
in Cherryville and Black Moun
tain College, near Asheville, N. C.
Woman’s Auxiliary To
Have Presbytery Meet
The Woman’s Auxiliary of the
Presbyterian church will be host
for the 38th annual meeting of the
Woman’s Auxiliary of the Kings
Mountain Presbytery, synod of
North Carolina, on Tuesday, May
1, at the local church.
The general session will begin at
9:43 o’clock with the registration
of delegates and will recess at
12:46 o’clock. Luncheon will be
served at the church, and the af
ternoon session will begin at 1:45
o'clock. Adjournment is at 4:00
o’clock.
Mrs. Ennis Jackson of Gastonia
will preside, and an address will
be made by Mrs. George U. Bau
com of Raleigh, synodical presi
dent. Other important speakers will
be Miss Mary Crawford of Nash
ville, Tenn., returned missionary to
Africa; Mrs. J. W. McQueen of
Avondale Estates, Ga, Bible hi
fi true tor; and Miss Sara Little of
Charlotte who will discuss Sunday
School extension work.
About three hundred members of
the Woman’s Auxiliary of the pres
bytery are expected to attend. All
members of the local auxiliary are
urged to be present, and any vis
itors who are interested in the
work are welcomed.
Lt. Dean Duncan, USNR, will ar
rive this week end to spend a nine
day leave with his wife and daugh
ter at the home of her mother,
Mrs. H. A. Logan, on North Mor
gan street
CALENDAR
THURSDAY
7:30 p.m.—Esther Woman’®
club meets at the club house.
7:30 p.m. — USO girls have
call meeting at USO room.
8:00 p.m.—Evening division of
Woman’s club meets with Mrs.
Elizabeth R. Gibson on Ma
rietta street. Mrs. Harley Ol
sen, assistant hostess.
FRIDAY
8:30 am — Pre-school clinic
held at Marion school.
3:45 p.m.—Ishpenning club
meets with Mrs. A. Pitt Beam
on North LaFayette street.
4:00 p.m.—Cleveland Springs
Country club has bridge tea
with hostesses, Mrs. Charles
Hoey and Mrs. Sherrill Line
berger.
7:00 p.m.—Horace Grlgg class
of Central Methodist church
has picnic supper at home of
Dr. and Mrs. Ben Kendall.
8:00 p.m.—Nurses alumnae as
sociation meets with Mrs. Bill
Doggett, 400 West Warren
street.
Dixon Bridges Honored
On His Tenth Birthday
On Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Paul
Bridges entertained at her home
in honor of her oldest son, Dixon,
on the occasion of his tenth birth
day anniversary.
An hour of games were enjoyed
on the back lawn after which
guests were invited into the dining
room where group pictures were
made.
A two-tiered birthday cake iced
in pink and white centered the ta
ble. Refreshments of cake, candies,
and lemonade were served.
Miss Elizabeth Black, school
teacher of the honor guest, assist
ed Mrs. Dixon in serving and en
ed Mrs. Bridges in serving and en
tertaining. Also assisting were his
aunts, Mrs. L. J. Spangler and
Mrs. James Costner.
About forty little guests attended
DAR Has Program By
Susan Twitty Society
The Benjamin Cleveland chapter
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution enjoyed an excellent
program given ty the Susan Twit
ty society of the Children of the
American Revolution yesterday
when they held their April meet
ing at the Woman’s club house.
Hostesses for the session were
Mrs. H. A. Logan, Mrs. J. L. Park
er Mrs. Yates McSwain, Mrs. C. L,
Haney, Miss Nora Cornwell, and
Miss Abbie Miller.
A delicious dessert course was
served and the usual rituals were
held after which the society mem
bers, under the direction of Mrs.
A. A. Powell and Mrs. E. L. Kem
per, presented a dramatization of
the struggle for the four free
doms: speech, press, religion, and
trial by Jury. The group first de
picted the struggle for these free
doms as they were won in the
United States and incorporated in
the Bill of Rights. Part two of the
drama was a flash-back which
showed how the struggle for these
freedoms had been continual since
the earliest records of man. The
dramatization which was entitled
“Let Freedom Ring” was closed
with the group singing of “Amer
ica.”
Those participating were Tumpy
Hudson, Sue Brevard Morris, Har
rietts Anthony, Kitty Burrus,
Elolse Jarrett, Jo Ann Woodward,
Jennie Daniels, Charlotte Hoey,
Mary Louise Harbison, Jeanne
Eskridge, Dorothy Baber, Ethel
Pendleton, Carolyn Moore, Mary
Alice Arey. and Marilue Roberts.
During the business session Miss
Carolyn Wilson, citizenship pil
grim, displayed her scrapbook to
be entered in the state pilgrim
age. Mrs. H. E. Noell, regent, re
Stai nes-Carpenter
Marriage Is Announced
Announcement Is made today o1
the wedding of Miss Frances Car
penter of Kings Mountain anc
Sgt. Manley O. Starnes of this cltj
and Westover Field, Mass., whicf
took place on Thursday, April 19
at Gaffney, S. C,
Probate Judge Roy C. Cobb per
formed the ceremony.
The bride wore a becoming light
blue suit with navy accessories.
Mrs. Starnes, daughter of Mr
and Mrs. J. S. Carpenter of King;
Mountain, is a graduate of Kings
Mountain High school and has been
assisting in the library there.
Sgt. Starnes, son of Mr. and
Mrs. B. O. Starnes of this city, at
tended the Shelby schools and was
graduated from Kings Mountain
High school. He joined the army
air corps in 1943 and is now sta
tioned at Westover Field.
The bride will continue to make
her home in Kings Mountain foi
the present.
Personals
Mrs. W. A. Thompson of Char
lotte came to Shelby Wednesday
afternoon to visit her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. George Blanton, while
Mr. Thompson is in Memphis on
business. Mrs. Thompson plans to
be here until May 4.
W. A. Spangler, jr., Petty Officer
1/c, left today for Atlantic City,
N. J., to report for reassignment
after spending a 30-day leave with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Spangler on Lee street.
Mrs. Marshall Ramsey and daugh
ter, Jane, of Greenwood, Miss., are
spending about two weeks here with
Mrs. Ramsey’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. F, L. Hoyle, on Thompson
street and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Blumfleld Kendall
and sons, Dickie and Thomas, of
Baltimore, Md., are visiting Mr,
Kendall’s parents, Mr. and Mrs,
B. H. Kendall, on North Washing
ton street. Mr. Kendall will spend
about a week, but Mrs. Kendall
and sons plan to remain for a
longer visit.
Miss Snooks Taylor of Albemarle
will be the week end guest of Miss
Virginia McNeely at her home on
South LaFayette street.
Deloris Ann Willis, daughter of
Pfc. and Mrs. Fred Willis, is a
patient at Shelby hospital where
she underwent a tonsillectomy yes
terday.
Graham H. Anthony of Hart
ford, Conn., is expected to arrive
Saturday to join his wife at the
home of his sister, Mrs. Charles
Meagher, and Mr. Meagher, for t
brief visit. Mrs. Anthony, who has
been spending ten days with hes
husband’s relatives, will accom
pany her husband to their planta
tion near Walterboro, S. C.
Mrs. R. 8. Matthews and daugh
ters, Marietta and Susan, of Col
umbia, S. C., will arrive tomorrow
to spend the week end with Mrs
Matthew’s parents, Mr. and Mrs
F. L. Hoyle.
Mrs. Wade Jordan of Newport
News, Va., is spending two weekt
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs,
Maurice Eskridge, before returning
to join her husband, CpL Jordan,
who is stationed at Camp Patrick
Henry, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Grigg will
spend the week end in Albemarle
with his brother, Claude Grigg and
Mrs. Grigg.
ported on the dinner and recep
tion she attended for the presi
dent general in Charlotte recently,
Visitors were Mrs. Woodward and
Mrs. Henry Lide.
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“WAR AGAINST MRS. HADLEY” and
“THE PURPLE HEART”
CIVILIANS TO
GET LESS MEAT j
New Point Values To Go
Into Effect Sunday;
Less Beef
WASHINGTON, April 26— (JP) —
Civilians will get even less meat
next month—and they’ll have to
give up red points for all kinds ex
cept mutton.
In addition, margarine and most
cheeses will cost more points, as
will some meats.
Announcing new point values to
day, OPA estimated that 09 1-2
per cent of the available meat
supply will require ration points.
This compares with 94 1-2 per cent
now.
The action leaves only about 8,
000,000 pounds of mutton on a
point-free basis.
On a weekly basis, the total
•apply of all meats available
for civilians during the May
rationing period beginning Sun*
day and ending June 2 will be
about 2 1-2 per cent less than
at present.
OPA predicted supplies of veal,
lamb, mutton and pork will be a
shade larger but said civilians will
get 9,000,000 pounds less beef than
in April.
EXTENDING SCOPE
In extending the scope of meat
rationing beginning Sunday, OPA
specified that cull and utility grades
of veal and lamb and all grades
of the less popular cuts of veal
and lamb, such as breasts, shanks,
necks and flanks, should have point
values.
Margarine will cost 12 points a
pound instead of 8; so will all
cheeses classified in group 1—such
as cheddar, swiss and brick.
Changes in meat values include
increases of from 1 to 2 points
a pound for most cuts of all grades
of lamb and veal, increases of a
point a pound on most beef
steaks, decreases of 1 to 2 points
on beef roasts and other beef cuts.
Utility grades of veal and lamb
will carry the same point values
as the higher grades.
Price Administrator Chester
Bowles asid point values were re
stored to the additional grades and
cuts of meat in order to keep
point increases on the more desir
able cuts at a minimum and “to
give every person the best chance
possible to get his fair share of
all the meat that is available for
civilians.”
While calling the meat supply
situation “difficult,” Bowles pre
dicted “definite improvement” in
distribution “in the weeks and
months just ahead” as a result of
the new control program now be
ing put into operation.
Bowles estimated civilians will
have about 214,333,000 pounds of
all meat weekly during May com
pared with 220,000,000 pounds week
ly during April.
The May butter supply Is esti
mated at 3,000,000 pounds more
than in April, but butter will con
tinue to cost 24 points a pound.
DAVID ELLIOT ILL
IN CATAWBA COUNTY
David C. Elliott of Conover,
Route two who suffered a heart
attack Sunday, continues seriously
ill at his home. Mr. Elliott was
bom and reared in Cleveland coun
ty, having moved to Catawba
county fourteen years ago.
Dock Washburn of Virginia
Beach, Va., is visiting his brother.
nooiiuuui,
with a
new, tingling
excitement!
OPENS SATURDAY
NIGHT 10:15 P. M.
PRISONER STATUS
OF SISK, LANE
IS CONFIRMED
Telegrams received today from
the War department by Roy I.
Sisk and Mrs. Artha Lane con
firmed the fact that Pfc. Ben G.
Sisk and Pfc. William Y. Lane
were prisoners of war of the Ger
man government. Both of the lo
cal soldiers had written their fa
milies stating that they were pris
oners before the official notifica
tion came from the War depart
ment.
Pfc. Ben G. Sisk, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Roy I, Sisk of 129 Textile
street, had been reported missing
in action in Belgium since De
cember 19, and a letter written by
him dated January 17, was receiv
ed by his parents on April 16,
stating that he was a prisoner of
war. His wife, the former Miss
Annie Embry is making her home
with her parents on route 2,
Shelby, while he is in service.
Pfc. William Y. Lane, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Lane of Morgan
ton, and husband of Mrs. Artha
Lane of 917 Logan street, had
been reported missing in action in
France since January 22, and a
card was received by his wife from
him that was dated January 30,
stating that he was a prisoner of
the German government. The
card was received on April 17, and
was printed in German, but his
name was signed in ink in his
own handwriting. Mrs. Lane and
their son, Raymond, are making
their home in Shelby while he ie
in service.
Rev. W. H. Poindexter
Accepts New Call
GAFFNEY, S. C.—Rev. W. H.
Poindexter, pastor of Cherokee
Baptist church and Camp’* Creek
Baptist church, in upper Chero
kee county, has accepted a call to
the pastorate of Providence Bap
tist church and will begin hi*
work July 15, it 1* announced by
G. B. Humphries, chairman of the
board of deacon* of Providence
church.
He will succeed Dr. E. J, True
blood, professor of religious educa
tion in Limestone college, who has
served the church for eight years.
Dr. R. A. MacFarland, retired, for
mer pastor of First Baptist church
at Gaffney, will supply Providence
church until Mr. PoinctSXter ar
rives.
Strong alkaline soaps and clean
ing powders will eat away alumi
num.
WEBB
— PLAYING TODAY —
"THE OMAHA TRAIL"
JAMES CRAIG
— And —
"SWING OUT THE
BLUES"
BOB HAYMES
FRIDAY - SATURDAY
"HOPPY SERVES A
WRIT"
HOPALONG CASSIDY
— And —
"MOONLIGHT AND
CACTUS"
With The Andrews Sisters
Schools Close For
Planting Season
GAFFNEY, 8. 0.—A majority
of Cherokee county’s rural district
schools began closing this week for
the principal spring planting sea
son, lasting from six weeks to two
and a half months, County Super
intendent of Education Earley L
Wooten said yesterday.
Some of the negro schools to
rural districts already hare closed
and white schools will begin clos
ing this weekend, Wooten said.
The bulk of the county’s 47 whlta
and 27 negro schools are within
the rural districts which close In
the spring far the planting and In
the fall from about 8ept. 1 to Oct.
15 for the harvest season so that
children may help with the crops
at home.
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