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Baptist WMU Holds Annual All-Day Meet The Woman’s Missionary Union of the Kings Mountain Baptist as sociation held its annual all-day meeting yesterday at the First Baptist church. The observance was held during the samf hours throughout the Baptist churches of the world. The session opened at 10:30 o’ clock with Mrs. W. P. Biggerstaff of this city. Associational superin tendent, presiding. The theme of the meeting was “Thanking God and Taking Courage’’ and the study was a look at the foreign fields in which Baptist mission aries serve. The program was di vided Into the following sections: the period of thanksgiving, the period of confession, looking at the fields, and looking at the future. Dr. Zeno Wall, pastor of the First Baptist church, opened the session with the prayer of thanks giving, and parts of the study were given by delegates from the va rious churches which compose the Kings Mountain association. Miss . Attie Bostick, retired missionary to ^China and a member of the As sociation, closed the day's meet ing. A luncheon was served at 12:15 o'clock in the dining room of the church. About 100 delegates from the 43 churches which compose the As sociation were present. Country Club Has Friday Bridge Tea The Cleveland Springs Country club bridge tea was held yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the club house when Mrs. Frank Love was hostess to the group. Seven tables were in play. Delicious refreshments of fruit cake, coffee, and toasted cheese sandwiches were served prior to play. At the end of the usual num ber of progressions, scores were added and prizes awarded. Mrs. Jap Buttle won high score prize, and Mrs. Earl Meacham received the consolation gift. Club guests included Mrs. Ralph Grimes of LaFayette, Ind., guest of Mrs. E. A. Eskridge; Mrs. J. S. Wilkins of West Jefferson, guest of Mrs. Parts Yelton; and Mrs. Russell Broadus of Montgomery, Ala., guest of Mrs. Earl Meacham. Shelby Mill Party Fetes Service Men The Junior Woman’s club of the Shelby mill entertained last night at a lovely dinner and social ev ening at the clubhouse honoring servicemen from the village whc have recenUy returned home. Christmas decorations had been used throughout the club, they in cluded a lovely Christmas tree, a profusion of iighted candles, sil ver bells, and evergreens. After a delicious three-course dinner had been served in the din ing room, an evening of games and dancing was enjoyed. Each guest present received a Christ mas gift. Fifty guests attended the party. Chemistry Club Has Dance In School Gym The Chemistry club of Shelby High school sponsored a delight ful Informal dance last night In the school gymnasium. Enter tainment began at 8 o'clock and lasted until 11 o'clock. The gym had been decorated In the Christmas colors of red and green with twisted crepe paper streamers and big bows of white crepe paper used for adornment. Refreshments of punch and cook ies were served from the refresh ment table during the evening by members of the club, Shirley Buskey ,and Johnny Storey. About 200 members of the high school set attended the affair. Mrs. Sara Vassey is sponsor o! e Chemistry club, and Miss Kit ty Wray la president Marion P.-T.A. Plans A Christmas Program The Parent-Teacher association of Marion school will have a special Christmas program given at its meeting Tuesday night at J:15 o’clock In the school audi torium. Mrs. W. L. Angel’s room will* be in charge of the program and will give a Christmas storj and a playlet. Patrons are cordial ly invited to be present. Thomas Wolfe’s Mother Dies NEW YORK, Dec. 8—Mrs. Julia Elizabeth Wolfe, 88, mother of the late author, Thomas Wolfe, died last night. She was a native of Asheville, N. C. Lincolnton Rotary To Hear McBrayer C. B. •'Pat” McBrayer, local at torney, will go to Lincolntor Tuesday where he Is to be princi pal speaker to the Rotary club at Kts luncheon meeting. He wit ake as his subject > elopmenl •f tha U- a eontsitutiou. •CALENDAR* MONDAY Circles of W. M. S., First Baptist church, meet as fol lows: 3:00 p.m. — Vena Aguillard with Mrs. Stough Hopper. Mary Archer with Mrs. Wil lis McMurry. McMillan with Mrs. L. J. Baley. t 3:30 p.m.—Attie Bostick with j Mrs. Horace Easom. Bethany with Miss Maude Hightower. Carey with Mrs. R. J. Ruck er. Louise English with Mrs. Buna Bostick. Alda Grayson "with Mrs. D. G. Mauney. Ann Judson with Mrs. J. R. Elmore. Fanny Heck with Mrs. Rob ert Wilson. 4:00 p. m.— Pauline Lide in the Young people's department. 7:30 p.m.—Susan Anderson in the Philathea classroom. Iriabelle Coleman with Mrs. S. S. Summey. 7:30 p.m.—O. M. Mull class j has banquet for returned ser vice men and wives at First ! Baptist church. 7:30 p.m. — WSCS, Central Methodist church, has Harvest Day party in Senior - Young People's department of church. TUESDAY 4:00 p.m. — Reader's Book club meets with Mrs. Rush Stroup and Mrs. John Bennett at the Stroup home on West Warren street. 4:00 p.m —Junior G. A. meets at First Baptist church. 7:15 p.m—Marion school P. T. A. lias special Christmas pro gram in school auditorium. 7:30 p.m.—Fidelis class,First Baptist church, has banquet at church. •PERSONALS1 Mr. and Mrs. Russell Broadus ol ! Montgomery, Ala., formerly of Ral i eigh, are visiting in Shelby. They | are at present staying at the home ! of Ml's. Pitt Beam on ftforth La Payette street. : Mrs. R. E. Laldlaw is expected tc return to her home In the Fred erick apartments this week-end af ter undergonig treatment at Shel by hospital. Mrs. Bernard O. Stephenson and Mr*. Gerald Morgan have return ed home from New York City when i they spent a week. Mrs. Fitzhugh Dodd, who form erly worked at Belk's Department store, is critically ill at Bowman Gray hospital. Win >n - Salem | where she was carried Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Kemp Huss and son, Kemp, Jr., are visiting Mr Huss’ father, L. J. Huss, in Lin colnton. Mr. Huss has just receiv ed a discharge at Ft. Bragg after serving overseas as a technical ser geant with the 71st division for ll months. Among the out-of-town people who attended funeral services -Thursday for Billy Joe Mttchum were his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Smith of Brucetoc Mills, West Va.; I/r. and Mrs. I E. Mitchum and Mr. and Mrs Quinton Mitchum and son, Rusty of Edisto Island, S. C.; and Mrs | J. Lewis Cordray of Greensburg Pa., Mrs. Stanley Teets of Frlends ville, Md„ Miss Mary E. Smith ol Corbin, Ky., Cpl. Russell S. Ropp of Keesler Field, Miss., and Paul I C. Ropp, SM 3-c USNR, of Nor | folk, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Bobb Shinn are spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. B. N. Austin. Mr. Shinn has just received a discharge from the army at Auburn, Calif. Mrs. J. L. Jenkins, Jr., will arrive tomorrow from Wilmington tc spend the day with her parents Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Byers, and tc join her husband who Is spending the week end with his parents Rev. J. L. Jenkins, and Mrs. Jenk ins of Boiling Springs. They will return to their home in Wilming ton tomorrow night. Cpl. Russell S. Ropp of Keeslei Field, Miss., and Paul C. Ropp, SM 3-c, I/SNR, fo Norfolk, Va., will re turn to their bases Tuesday after spending emergency leaves with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Free Ropp. Cpl. Ropp is also visiting his wife at Doub)e Shoals. Mr. and Mrs. John Henry ot Wilmington are spending about ten days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rex Phillips. -BIRTHS AT SHELBY HOSPITAL To Mr. and Mrs. Amos Gram bine. a daughter, born December 7. To Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Lovelace, a son. bom December i 7. To Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Thomas Grover, route 1, a daughter, born December 7. The national debt In 1845 waf almost fm,#QP,P00. EXECUTIVES TO MEET FRIDAY Kazmayer Will Wind Up 1945 Series Hete Fri day Night “What Russia Means to Us” will be the subject that will be dis cussed by Robert Kazmayer, one of America’s leading platform speakers, in the closing number of the 1945 series of programs by the Cleveland Executives club, the De cember Dinner Call revealed to day. Secretary J. w. Osborne said reservations are being received for the occasion the courtesy of which is being extended to nearly a score of new members enrolled already for the 1946 program. He said it is hoped that the 150 ros ter limit will have been reached by the December 14 session and that applicants thereafter will go on the waiting list. Mr. Kazmayer’s views on the new world-wide interests for the United States in the post-war world are backed by his wide travels in recent years in the Par East, Europe and Russia. Al though still in his middle thirties he has gained a national reputa tion as an analyst and speaker on the new problems, new oppor tunities and new duties which ex ist on every hand for America. HRS. THOMPSON HURT IN WRECK Mrs. W. W. Thompson, Shelby route 1, suffered a laceration of the neck, and two automobiles were severely damaged last night in a collision which took place in front of New Prospect church on the old Cherryville road. Mrs. Thompson was treated and removed to her home and her condition is not be lieved to be serious. Automobiles driven by W. W. Thompson and Dougles Sweezy met head-on on a blind curve. Both were traveling slowly but were badly damaged. Thompson was driving north and Sweezy was com ing toward Shelby. The accident was investigated by Sgt. W. * L. Hatcher of the state highway pa trol. Central Methodist Presents Dr. W. A. St anbury Tomorrow Dr. W. A. Stanbury, noted theo logian who is now superintendent of the Gastonia district of the Methodist church, will deliver th< sermon at Central Methodist to^ morrow at 11 o’clock, the Rev W. A. Kale announced this morn ing, after which he will also pre side over the first quarterly con ference of this church year. Dr. Stanbury, widely known ir Methodist church circles, came tc his new post after the annual Me thodist conference adjourned las! October. Immediately prior to that time he was pastor of the Cen tenary Methodist church of Win ston-Salem. He has also held pas torates at Wilmington. Charlotte Raleigh and Greensboro, is s graduate of Duke university and | a memo f its board of trustees and hoi honorary doctorates from Duke and the University ol ■ North Carolina. : MRS. CARBONE CONFERS WITH HER LAWYER— Capt. Darrell Beschen (left) sits beside Mrs. Jean i Carbone, British bride who wants to divorce a Rochester, N. Y., man to marry Beschen, as she confers j with her lawyer, H. J. Hoffman (right), in Dubuque, la., on her interr|itional marriage mixup. (AP Wire i photo). ; Yuletide Parties For Clubwomen Are Announced Miss LaUna Brashears, county | home demonstration agent, an nounced this morning the schedule for community club Christmas par ty meetings to be held at the following designated places: Mon | day, Dec. 10, Zion club at the I club roo mat 2:30 o’clock; Tuesday, S. S. B. at the club room at 2 o’clock; Wednesday, Double Springs club room at 2:30 o’clock Tuesday, Doggett at 2:30 o'clock; Wednes day evening, Elizabeth club at the ; home of Mrs. Joe Moore; Thurs jday, Padgett club at 2 o’clock at the S. B. Whitaker home; Thurs day, Frances club at 7:30, place to be designated later; Friday, No. 3 club at 7 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Jessie Lowery; Friday, Beu lah club at 2 o’clock at the home of Mrs. W. G. Sweezy. V-D Clinic Held At Kings Mountain First venereal disease clinic held under the auspices of the j Cleveland county health depart : ment since the resignation of Dr. Z. P. Mitchell as health officer a month ago was held yesterday af | ternoon at Kings Mountain under the supervision of Dr. Phil Pad I gett, Kings Mountain physician, who volunteered his services. Attempts were being made tc work out a s milar arrangement for ^Shelby through the coopera tion of local physicians, howevei details had not been definitely worked out this morning. 125 Ballots Are Returned Approximately 125 ballots have been returned in the voting for Chamber of Commerce directors now in progress. J. Dale Stentz, secretary of the Chamber of Com merce said that he hoped manv more votes would be mailed over the week-end. Two hundred and fifty ballots carrying the names of the 10 nominees were mailed out. Oliver T. Hayes, Jr., Promoted To Captain Among North Carolinians re ceiving promotions from the rank of first lieutenant to captain is i Oliver T. Hayes, jr., of Kings ; Mountain, according to an an nouncement bv the War depart ment. L. Z. DobbinTls On His Way Home T-5 L. Z. Dobbins, whose home is in Shelby, is on his way home from service in the Pacific thea tre of operations, according to word received here. Dobbins Is one of 1,100 high-point army vet erans whom the "Magic Carpet” is bringing back aboard the USS Tripole. Ralph J. Morehead Is Promoted Ralph J. Morehead, whose wife lives at 1014 S. Morgan street, has been promoted to the rank of first sergeant. He is with the 97th di vision in Okayo, Japan. Higley W. Harmon Arrives In California Sgt. Higley W. Harmon, who has been on duty in the South Pa cific for the past two years, has arrived in San Diego, Calif. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Harmon of Baltimore, Md., for merly of Shelby. He and his mo ther will sptnd the Christmas holidays in Shelby with his sis ter, Mrs. Ralph Morehead. Woodrow W. Grayson Home With Discharge Pfc. Woodrow W. Grayson, son .of Mr. and Mrs* Bob Grayson of Shelby, has arrived home with an honorable discharge from the army at Paris, France. His duties were connected with supplies. He entered service in 1941 and was overseas more than three years. mnn fbohh OBLBHOmfl A REPLEl'C'PICTURE —Today Last Times— “Along The Navajo Trail” -And “Call Of The Wild” • MON. - TUES. • ■ .-Also1 Grooming Gifts DESK KIT . . . With rouge appli cator, complexion lotion, lipstick and powder. BATH der scented ley. BRUSH UP . . . with a black plas tic beauty gadget of lip rouge, brush, mirror. NAIL KIT . . . Forged steel nip pers, scissors, file, tweezers, brown leather case. | Husband Of Grover Woman Appointed IU, S. Attorney T. A. Uzzell, husband of the for mer Miss Sadelle Harry of Gro ver, has been named to succeed Assistant U. S. Attorney Worth McKinney in the Western North Carolina district while Attorney McKinney serves on the U. S. prosecution staff for trials of ma jor Japanese war criminals. Mr. Uzzell had been recommended for Rural Schools To Close On Dec. 21 J. H. Grigg, superintendent of county schools, announced today that rural schol children will en | joy a nine-day vacation when coun | ty schools close Decemer 21 for j Christmas holidays. All schools will j re-open on December 31, he said. I Although only five school days will j be missed it was pointed out that children will ha^e the benefit of two week-ends. the post by Senator Clyde R. Hoey. ALICE FAVE EXTRA COLOR CARTOON LAUNCH FIGHT | ON DIPHTHERIA - -— | State Board Of Health j Pleads For Immuniza tion; 59 Deaths RALEIGH, Dec. 8 —W)— The State Board of Health Issued a plea today for Immunization against diphtheria and reported there, had been 59 deaths in North Carolina through October, and 1,317 cases through November. Tne figures represented a 100 per cent increase in deaths from diphtheria over the comparable period last year, and a 120 per cent increase in cases. Most of the deaths were children under five years of age. The department said that “for sometime prior to the present flare up of diphtheria In North Caro lina, there was a decline In the demand for toxoid, the immunizing agent, through the use of which diphtheria is prevented.” OCTOBER, NOVEMBER Of the total number of cases re ported to December 1, the depart ment said 737 developed during October and November. The Octo ber death toll was 24, or within 13 of the total for 1944. Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, State Health Officer, said that “if the present situation continues, then it Will be necessary to serve notice on the parents of unimmunized children that they have just 40 days in which to comply with the state law —and within the parently obliga tion — or be named in warrants charging them with violation of the law.” The law provided for Immuniza tion of children between six and 12 months of age; or, if the child has not previously been immunized, then before he or she enters school. CONRAD BRINGS DOUBLETROUBLE BALTIMORE, Dec. 8— Tmwfais brought Conrad Furrow* Aram Westfield, Mass., to the John* Hopkins hospital and 1m lM'OMQftt trouble for the hospital. His trouble is an old gwoWba* wound, unpleasant remind* Of A hunting accident long ago. The hospital’s trouble 1* feat Furrows measures seven feet, eight inches in height. When he first arrived, the doc tors really were stumped by th* bed problem. They solved tt by finding a seven-foot bed. Now, by curling up in it, Furrow* 1c able to squeeze under the blanket*. Hi* bed at home is an eight-foot job. Luckily for the hospital, Furrow* brought his own bedroom slippers. His feet are so big he’s never bothered having them measured just gets shoes made to order. But manufacturers once told him hi* size was about X or 80, about Amt times the average. Sandy Plains Group Serving USO Sunday Ladies of the Sandy Plain* Bap tist church will serve dinner at the USO service center tomorrow and again the following Sunday, it Is announced by Mrs. Draper Wood, chairman. The center will be dosed Bil lowing the December 30 dinner to be served by ladies of the Faded! church. A dinner will be served Christmas day and the Sunday preceding but arrangement* for those have not been made a* jut by any group. Toronto Is Canada's greatest to dustrial and commercial center. Violation is punishable by a fine £ $50 or 30 days imprisonment. ! Don’t Be Misled^ They’re Heartfree — TODAY (ONLY) Leo GORCEY STATE MONDAY, TLHS DAY, WIDHfltDAY H»n* tamo* Hte terrors of , T$ovoo,;*o«*; BIG in? | ea«»! The mightiest of Ati mo pkturosl '”3 SIS' Herring PAUL MAUREEN WALTER HENREID • O’HARA • SLEZAK .» BINNIE BARNES • JOHN EMERY ALSO NEWS -LAST TIMES TODAY “AND NOW TOMORROW” ALAN LOMTTA LADD end YOUNG Jr
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