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f WI'HE STAR'S omen SARA NEWTON, Editor Phone 1100 CAI FvnAR WEDNESDAY Community prayer meetings held as follows: 3:30 p.m. with Mi’s. Annie C. Burns, 715 West Oak street. 4:00 p.m. with Mrs. H. A. Logan on North Morgan street. Mrs. W. L. Packard, leader. 4:00 p.m. with Mrs. P. T. Wagoner on South Washington street. Miss Attie Bostick, lead er. J owery-McCraw Engagement Announced Mr. and Mrs. Avery Towery of Cliffsldc announce the engage ment of their daughter, Margaret Lunette, to Sgt. Summie S. Mc Craw, son of Mr. and Mrs. George McCraw, also of Cliffside. No date has been set for the wed ding. Sgt. McCraw is now stationed at Camp Butner, N. C. He has been in the army for four years and returned to the states about a year ago following 30 months of duty overseas. Merritt-O’Shields Vows Jo Be Solemnized Friday The wedding of Miss Myrtle Merritt to Lt. Hurl Edgar O'- | Shields will be solemnized Friday afternoon, August 10, at four-thir ty o'clock at Central Methodist , church. Rev. J. W. Suttle will officiate, and the vows of the double ring ! ceremony will be taken. Wedding musicians will be Mrs. J. J. Hartigan, church organist, and Miss Mildred Crowder, soprano soloist. The couple will have no attend ants. Invitations to the ceremony, which will be a quiet one, have been issued in the city. Miss Garver Becomes Bride Of Zeno Wright Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Garver rf Lawndale announce the marriage of their daughter, Flora Elaine, to Zeno Wright, also of Lawndale, on Saturday, August 4, at the Garver home in Lawndale. < Rev. Carl Wright of Mayo. S. C., oiliciated as the vows were spoken i lit three-thirty o'clock. The bride attended Piedmont ; High school. Mr. Wright is em ployed by the Carnation com pany, Shelby, and the couple will : make their home with the bride- ! groom's parents. Only guests attending the cere mony besides members of the im mediate families were Junior Brac kett of Lawndale and the Rev. Mr. Franks of Black Mountain. i Miss Lois Fortenberry Is Wed To Pvt. Richards On Sunday afternoon, August 5, In a simple and impressive cere mony performed at the home of the bridegroom’s parents, Miss Lois Fortenberry became the bride of Pvt. Clarence Richards. Rev. J. S. Higgins, pastor of the couple, officiated as the vows were spoken. The bride wore an attractive two-piece dress of medium blue with black accessories. Mrs. Richards is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fortenberry of Casar, route one. .. Pvt. Richards, son \f Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Richards, of Ellen boro, route one. has been in serv ice since November of 1942. He has recently returned to the states after a year's service in the Eu ropean Theatres of operations. At the conclusion of his furlough he will report to Miami, Fla., for re assignment. Personals Mrs. E. V. Moore will leave this afternoon for Wadesboro to spend the remainder of the week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Jones. Mrs. Rush Stroup and Mrs. John McClurd returned last night from Mars Hill, Sylva, and Waynesville. Mrs. Stroup attended a commit tee meeting of the board of trus tees of Mars Hill Junior college and attended to other business matters In Sylva and Waynesville. — Miss Vivian Veazey of Charlotte spent the week end here with Miss Carolyn Williams at her home in Beaumondc Terrace. Mrs. Eubert Irvin and son, Rob ert. who have been visiting friends and relatives here, left yesterday for Mullins, S. C., where they will join Mr. Irvin to make their home. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin are for mer Shelby residents. Gerald Allen, student at UNC, Chapel Hill, spent the past week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fay Allen. Mrs. Bernard DeForge and lit tle daughter, Tena Marie, are spending two weeks with Mrs. De Forge's mother, Mrs. H. G. Bailey, at her home on West Warren street. Miss Catherine Farrow returned home Sunday after spending five weeks in Jacksonville. Fla., with her sister, Mrs. C. E. Poston, and Lt. <jg) Poston. They accompanied her home to spend a short leave with their respective parents, Mr. and 1 STATE - TODAY and WEDNESDAY — * ► to GEORGE BRENT fti3&4 ' toDONDtFOIIB to DENNIS O’KEEFE to WALTER ABEL rym p r And to every one\ foon Fontaine is terrific in her first gay, romantic comedy>v HAL WALLIS’PmdMko “**ie Affairs f Susan" with DENNIS O’KEEFE Don DeFore • Rita Johnson • Walter Abel Directed by William A. Seiler -A Paramount Picture ALSO NEWS ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED Miss Muriel Irene Pruett's engagement to Manning Honeycutt, Jr., of Cliffside is announced today by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pruett, of this city. Mr. Honeycutt is a son of Manning Honeycutt and the late Mrs. Honeycutt. The wedding will take place on September 1. Truman Thinks New Bomb Will Shorten War By ERNEST a VACCARO ABOARD USS AUGUSTA WITH PRESIDENT TRUMAN, Aug. 7— OP)—President Truman, confident the new atomic bomb will shorten the war against Japan, today neared the shore of his own coun try which he left one month ago. The president expects to be back in Washington by tomorrow and soon thereafter will fix a time for his radio report on the Berlin Big Three meeting. Obviously eager to share his ela tion over war department advices on the first use of the terrible new weapon, Mr. Truman walked all around the ship yesterday tellin^ crew members about it. First he entered the officers ward room, and, directing them to keep their seats, announced: "We have Just dropped a bomb on Japan which has more power than 20.000 tons of TNT. It was an overwhelming success.'’ He then hastened away to re peat the announcement to sea men lunching in messes elsewhere in the ship. Jubilant cheers arose everywhere he went. Typical of the comment heard on every hand was, "l guess 171 get home sooner now.” Mrs. S. A. Poston and Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Farrow. Miss Katherine Austin of Leaks ville is spending a few days with her brother, B. N. Austin, and Mrs. Austin at their home in the Frederick apartments. Mrs. T. P. ESkridge and daugh ter, Miss Martha Ann Eskridge, and Mrs. Ward Arey are spending this week at Mountain View Inn, Chimney Rock. Miss Attie Bostick returned this past week end from Burnsville where she spent last week making mission talks at nearby churches. Mrs. O. F. Austell of Earl is vis iting her son, Lowery Austell, and Mrs. Austell, on South Thompson street. MANY SCOUTS WIN AWARDS Lt. Poston Talks To Group After Usual Court Of Honor Session A number of advancements in rank and merit awards were given at the Boy Scout court of honor held last night at the court house here, and after the presentation of these awards at the court ses sion, Lt. Carl Poston, former Eagle scout with a troop h-re, now serv ing with the armed forces, talked to the boys. Besides the aw'ards given last night, it was announced that Shem Blackley, Jr., was advanced to Star rank at Piedmont Boy Scout camp recently while his troop was at the camp at Lake I Lanier near Tryon. His name was inadvertently omitted from the list of advancements carried at that time. Advancements and awards made last night included: Tenderfoot—Dean Buff, Gerald Brackett, Wayne Brackett, Franklin Payne, Dean Thackerson, George Hornaday. Second Class — Thomas Hoyle; Robert Hoyle. Henry Hughes, Ed ward Ashe, Charles Edward. First Class—Gerald Price, Reece Honeycutt, Earl Jackson, Eugene Abercrombie, J. C. Trammell, Har old Weaver. MERIT BADGES Bird Study — Renn Drum and Shem Blackley, jr.; bookbinding, Billy Webb; carpentry, Donald Price; first aid, Gene Davis and Kenneth Grayson; handicraft Ri chard Warlick and David Mills; pathfinding, Shem Blackley, Jr. Also Gerald Price and Kenneth Grayson, personal health; Billy Beason, leathercraft; Renn Drum, pioneering; John M. Stuart, pub lic health; John M. Stuart, read ing; Harold Brackett, scholarship: Charles Peeler, wood-carving; and Billy Walker, woodwork. Mrs. J. F. Willis is spending a few days in Gastonia visiting her sister, Mrs. C. E. Craig, and Mr. Craig who is very ill. HUMPHREY BOGART LAUREN BACALL Today Last Times “San Antonio Kids” ‘Amazing: Mr. Forrest’ WED. & THURS. Mrs. Dellinger Feted At A Surprise Shower KINGS MOUNTAIN.—Mrs. Dave Dellinger, the former Miss Thelma (Price of Piedmont avenue, was ; feted Saturday evening at a sur ! prise house-warming party given | at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Putnam on Piedmont avenue by friends. A number of persons attended the party and Mrs. Dellinger re ceived a number of lovely gifts | including some household items and appliances. A refreshment course was serv j ed during the party by the host and hostess, Mr. and Mrs. Put nam. Mr. and Mrs. Dellinger, who were married in South Carolip# on July 15, are making their home with Mr. Dellinger’s parents near Kings Mountain. Mrs. Ballard Honored At A Birthday Party KINGS MOUNTAIN—Mrs. J. P. Ballard was honored at a lovely surprise birthday party given at 8 o’clock Saturday evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. H. Roper, of Clay Street, I|ist Kings Mountain. The house was decorated with a lovely pink and blue color scheme and was adorned by lovely mixed flowers throughout. A tasty course of hot dogs and accessories was served with punch, after which the birthday cake decorated in pink and blue icing was cut by Mrs. Ballard and serv ed to the guests. The other guests included Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Allison, Mr. and Mrs. George Kc .edy, Mesdames Dock Mauney, Bob Lynn, Sam Mal lard, L. B. Turner, Florence Cline, W. G. Hughes, Prank Mallard, Clay Williams, H. R. Murray, Bob Stricklin, John George, Leon Ham rick, and Misses Mildred Ballard and Lottie Guyton. Police Made 134 Arrests In July A total of 134 arrests were made during the month of July by the Shelby police department, the monthly report of Chief W. K. Hardin reveals. Public drunkenness again head ed the list with 55 per cent of ar rests or' a total of 72; there were six arrests each for assault, pro fanity, gambling and prohibition law violations; four each for af fray, assault with deadly weapon and larceny; three each for assault on female, and driving without li cense; two each for breaking and entering, investigation, non-sup part, prostitution, trespass and vagrancy.; one each for beating board bill, breaking, entering and larceny, carrying conceled weapon, driving drunk, reckless driving, re sisting arrest and speeding. —BIRTHS— To Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Rollins, a daughter, bom August 4 at Shelby hospital. To Mr. ani Mrs. Everett Dixon, a son, bom August 5 at Shelby hospital. To Mr. and Mrs. Grady Hum phries, Shelby, route four, a son, bom August 5, at Shelby hospital. To Cpl. and Mrs. Carl Childers, Grover, route one, a daughter, born August 6 at Shelby hospital. Too Much Is Too Much NEW YORK.—(/P)—Harriet Oswald’s fancy for dogs landed her in a Brooklyn court yes terday, charged with violation of the sanitary code. Magistrate Charles Solomon suspended a 60-day sentence, providing she let the ASPCA keep her dogs. It wasn’t that the court ob jected to dogs— But 39 of them in a three room city apartment was a bit too much, ruled the magistrate. DINNER GUESTS Sunday dinner guests of I#rs Baxter Camp of Grover were Mrs. S. H. Duncan and children and Mrs. George Martin of Charlotte. FATALL* WOiJNOfcD IN nut* lWOi SnOOTlNG—A hospital at tendant stands over a wounded man identified by police as John Velardi, 39, of Newark, N. J., lying on the floor of the Greyhound bus terminal in Washington, D. C., who later died in emergency hospital. Policeman William J. Gaylor said Velardi, whose son had been reported missing in action in the Pacific for the last three months, shot and wounded Carl Steele, 29, formerly of Lancaster, S. C., whose condition is reported sfs good, and then turned the gun shooting himself in the abdomen — (AP Wirephoto) STRIKE TOTAL NEAR 64,000 Metal Working Industries Hardest Hit, With 43, OOO Off Jobs By the Associated Press The nation’s strike total was around the 64,000 mark today, as more than two dozen disputes cur tailed and halted production along the labor front. With 23,000 idle at the Wright Aeronautical corporation plant in Cincinnati, the metal working in dustries was the hardest hit, with 43.000 of the total orf their jobs. One of the oldest stoppages on the strike list ended during the last 24 hours, enabling about 2, 700 men and women to go back to work in Kentucky coal mines and affiliated jobs. MINE STRIKE A 29-day old strike which had closed four mines, six company stores and five recreation centers of teh Consolidated Coal com pany at Jenkins and McRoberts, Ky., ended after a personal ap peal by President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers. Lewis told the strikers, members of the UMW and the affiliated United Construction Workers that “this strike Is in violation of the contract with the company.” He urged the workers to “put their grievances in my hands.” The walkout on July 9 resulted from what union officials said was a protest against discharge of sev eral workers. STRIKES ENDED Other stoppages ended during the last 24 hours were at two Vul can iron works plants in Wilkes Barre, Pa., which had idled about 1.000 workers for three days, and at the 10 plants of the Reynolds Met als company at Louisville, Ky., and two at Richmond, Va., affecting 3,500 and 1,500 employes, respec tively. Some 1,500 other employes of the company at New York City and Glendale, L. I., remained out in a dispute over contract nego tiations. No new developments were re ported in the other continuing strikes and walkouts. Rehabilitation Conference Held MOREHEAD CITY, Aug. 7.—<AP) —The North Carolina division of vocational rehabilitation continued its staff conference here today with national workers and meaical men attending. Subjects up for discussion are fiscal affairs, mental tests, physi cal restoration, and report on ac tivities of the past year. The conference, directed by Charles H. Warren, Raleigh, open ed here yesterday and will continue through Friday. ‘New Spirit’ Of Cooperation Aids South’s Industry MONTGOMERY, Ala., Aug. Y.— W—Gov. Chauncey Sparks says the south's plans for Industrial de velopment are being aided by a “new spirit” of cooperation on the part of southern railroads. It became evident after the re cent interstate commerce commis sion order of freight rate equali zation, Sparks said, adding that one of its manifestations was in the form of railroad advertising cam paigns calling attention to the south's industrial opportunities. RETURN HOME KINGS MOUNTAIN—Mrs. Hu bert Bowen and baby have re turned home after spending two months in Laredo, Texas, and Mexico with her sister, Mrs. Yates Conner and Sgt. Conner. Sgt. and Mrs. Conner accompanied Mrs. Bowen to Kings Mountain, and Mrs. Bowen will remain there when her husband returns to tamp. The forested area of Canada Is estimated at 1,220,405 square miles. WEBB — PLAYING TODAY — "HELLO FRISCO. HELLO" ALICE FAYE — And — "MUMMY'S CURSE" LON CHANEY Wednesday - Thursday ROY ROGERS "SONG OF NEVADA" — And — "HI BEAUTIFUL" MARTHA O’DRISCOLL NOAH BEERY, JR. Thfe South African republic be came a part of the British emplrt in 1877. Canada's list of food fishes In cludes almost 60 different kinds. srrs^siei^r^s . . . then distrust, then something worse... in this surprising drama of a tortured heart... LE FEATURE • THURS. - FRIDAY - SAT. ★ How often hare you heard it said, ’Tre paid all my bills except the doctor’s. He can wait”? When we hare recorered, the fearful ur gency of that night call is easily forgotten. In answer to our frantic call, what if the doctor had said, "Oh, it’s nothing serious. Wait until morning and come down to the office.” The chances arc we would agree to pay double if he would come at one. Health is not an item for trade and barter. In fact, the only wealth is health. Consider your doctor bill as yowr best inrestment in the continued enjoyment of life. As pharmacists, we stand ready to fill your prescriptions promptly and accurately. REMEMBER SUTTLE’S FILLS ANY DOCTOR’S PRESCRIPTION
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