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BifJ UeoiponM King* Mountain <MH7 K:1 flillsf Trading Aram 1AOOO ONgvai tml ?*'inkkaMM ot | I local War Price and Rationing ( I T(|U M KO. 98 1 Local News I Bulletins I J riMH FRY Members of the American Legion will hold a fish fry st Ollie \ Moore's pUee between Boiling Springs and Gaffncy Tuesday night iwrvvi iv'' JLuef * at the City hall at 5:45, and trans portation will be available fot all who do aot have it. Reservations shomld be made not later than Monday at Bridges and Hamriek. IKSTAJLIi OFFICERS William Plonk, retiring president of the Kings Mountain Lions club, and H. Tom Fulton, incoming Lion Tamer, attended the meeting of the 8tanley club Tuesday night and installed the officers for the forthcoming year. The Stanley club was sponsored by tho Kings Mountain club. i KIWANI8 MEETING The Kings Mountain Kiwanis , club will hold an outdoor fish sun 1 per at the Lake Montonia picnic grounds Thursday night at T ^ o'clock. In charge of the meeting is the honse committee, including ( Ourney Grantham, chairman, H. Y. Ballard, Drace Peeler, Hugh Or- ( mand, Jay .Patterson and W. K. ( Crook. 63 ATTEND FEED \ Sixty-three members of the local VFW post and War Dads organi- 1 zation attended the fish fry held 1 by the two groups at Joe's Place near Oaatonla last Saturday night. < Members who attended report a ( fine oating with plenty of fish an8 cornbread. | NEW OORBE8PONDENT Mrs. Charles Moss, with this issue, becomes the Herald corres pondent for the Margrace eommu- , nity, and persons having news items of interest should get them to Mrs. Moss not later than Monday afternoon. The Herald, for some time, has been hoping to expand its news , coverage, and the management is happy that Mrs. MosB has agreed to handle the correspondence from ( this section. UNION 8KB VICE Bev. O. O. Lanter, now conducting a revival service at First Baptist church, will preach for the regular Sunday evening union ser vice Sunday night, also to be held ht First Baptist church. Mr. Lanter ' has been preaching at both morning and evening services this week. The services have been wellattended. SOOUT8 AT CAMP Troop 1 Boy Ccouts are at the Piedmont council camp at Tryon this week. Those attending are: Jamea Moas, Bobfy Kimmell, Jack ^ Mauney, Billy Allen. Jack Matthews, Carl Moss, Charles Blanton, , Jaek Barrett, Qene Roberts and Jack Bogie, in charge of tho Troop. ON SHORT TIME 1 J. E. Herndon, owner of Piedmont Bug mill, said this week tliat the mill is now operating only one day per week, due to inability to obtain materials, and he added that the mill may be forced to close altogether, unless the situation im- ' proves soon. AUTO STAMP DEADLINE Poetoffiee officials said Wednesday that the eaje of federal auto use tax etampc, required to be displhyed oa antomobllee bp Sunday, hat been alight in comparison with the number of eara in the city. , Penaltiea are provided for persona who fail to purchase the stamps. The poatoffiee closes Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock. , Ten Found Guilty In Recorder's Court Ten peraona were found guilty of routiae Infraetioaa of the law in the regular Monday morning session of city recorder'e court before Judge O. o. onramn. Lawrence Bteffstetler, Hubert Huffstetler, Jamea Bell, A. K. Harris, aa4 CTlifto^ "Webster were assessed costs for public drunkenness, while Edward O. Whit worth, Laddie Ray Vnis* n a. -1? ^?TK?rum 11m jidpuit wkn found guilty of efcaPgM of poodlng. KddU Bom, found guilty of drunk ob dpi Tin* and of drtYlng, without t Bboboo, wn flood MO ond eooto, and I XelUo^ Metoalf, fennd guilty of din Kings Goforth Propel At Auction Sati Property Includt The property of the laie Mi<? 1. tie Ooforth, proceeds from which are to be need to give medical aid to ; l>oor either free or at reduced cost, will be eold at auction Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. ,i rV iV'ft ij i "1 11 lota fronting Cherokee street and four lota, three with 25-foot front* and one slightly larger, facing 8. Battleground avenne, will be conducted by J. B. Davis, King* Mountain attorney, and it is being sold under the terms of the late Miss Ooforth's will, which specified that the proper ty could be sold as the executor* deemed best, either at private sale or by auction. The plan is to auction the lots separately, then offer the complete bloat auction. Considerable interest has been evi denied in the forthcoming sale in loal business circles. Dixie Home 8tores representatives, who had previously entered a bid for Ihe property, have again shown Interest, as have Dr. D. M. Morrison, of Shelby, and I. O. Patterson, Kings Mountain oil distributor. A. H. Pattorson is trustee, in the ibsence' of Lt. Col. O. P. Lewis, serving with the army dental corps over >eas. Dr. Lewis was named executor >f the estate. Opinion of local business men Is :hat the property, considered highly valuable for business development, I will probably attract bids of from | 112,000 to #15,000. 1 Lions Officers Club Completer I Kings Mountain Lions club officers tor 1045-46 were installed at the meeting of the club last Thursday night at Mountain View house, as 42 members of the club were presen-j ted attendance pins for perfect at- | tendanco during an eight-month period. | Jennings Bryson, of Sylva, gover- j nor of Lions district 31<A. installed the officers and Lowery Austell, of Shelby, zone manager, presented asvards to J. O. Darracott and Carl Mauney for five years of perfect attendance at club meetings. The club also heard a short ad-' dress by former District Governor Bill Osborne, of Bhelbv. Holland Dixon, installed as president of the club, succeeding Wil- , liam Plonw, thanked the club for its confidence and expressed the feeling that the club would go forward during the incoming year "became I know you will give fullett cooper* tion." Other officers installed were: Ja-1 cob Cooper, Billy Housef, and Ed-' win Moore, first, second and third vice-presidents, respectively; J. Q. Darracott, re-elected secretary; Henderson Herndon, treasurer; Tom Ful- ' ton, Lion tamer; Floyd Thornburg, tail twister; Lawreeee Lovell, Otis Palls and J. W. Qamble, two-year directors; and Hanter Allen, one year director. Holdover directors are Carl Mauney and Tolly Bhuford. Receiving attendance pins were: Charles Blaloek, 0. B. Blaaten, John Caveny, Jacob Cooper, J. G. Darracott, H. P. Hi sen, Hubert Davidson, C. C. Edens, B. W. Foster, Tom Fulton, W. Lee Griee, Jimmy. Harris, Qeorge Houser, Billy Houser, Hend erson nernnon, Martin Harmon, Uwrenc.e INovell, Kyle Lynch, W. K. Mauney, Jr., Car) ?Mauney, George Mauney, T. C. MeKee, B. D. Miller, Paul McOinnla, Charlie Mots, Edwin Moore, W. L. Plonk, Tom Pollock, Lee Roberts, Charles Randall. H. L. Ruth, Cari Ramsey, Dave Saunders. Tolly 8huford, C. F. Stowe, Floyd Thornborg, Charles Warliek, C. D. Ware, flam Weir, B. T. Wright, and O. O. Walker. Financial statement presented by the clnb treasurer showed that the club had enjoyed a profitable year, and a summary of the elub's astlrlties showed no leee than 48 principat elub activities. Highlights of the elab's work included the suceeeafnl sponsorship of two horse shows, the sponsorship of a new and fast-growing Lions elab at Stanley, the presentation on Easter of flowerg to wires or families of service men killed, holding of the annual Farmen' night and Ladies' night programs, and aetire nartielna I ' I ? 1 1 tion in the Kings Mountain eolleeton %t clothing. The club alto carried oat the baste Lions service prlgraa in aiding the blind. Measbership shewed a net gain at y *JMpm&MI mted*2 .. 111 rti itijii.ti tSi Trt iW" 'i'li i iiiTitillilii iitiiiitftir'M ' "' f-l!v.' " ?*?' ' >-. .; . Moun KiNOb MOON. M t). 1 ty To Be Sold lrday Morning; :s beven Lots English Wins [Bars, Cluster | With The 100th Divitiva Of The Seventh Army, Germany. ? Former ! THgb. William M. Rnvliib. 379th in | fantry, 100 Watterson street, Kings I Mountain, N. C., has been commie rioned a second lieutenant and re eeived an oak leaf cluster in lieu of a second bronze star in ceremonies held since V-E Day when a total of 41 awards were made to Carolina men of the division. The CWTury Division received it* first rest after seven months of continuous front line fighting when the unconditional surrender of Germany was announced. Its string of battles ou the western front includes the cracking of tie German winter defensive line in tinlower Vosges Mountains near Raon I'Etape, France, last November: storming and capturing the huge ] French fortress town of Bitche o-; the Maginot Line for the first time and the citadel has ever fallen to an attacking force in its 200-year hiatnrv; avinor ?uu vuc aosnuiv UI three German divisions ? including the veteran 17th 88 Division ? during the New Years Eve Nazi counter offensive on the Seventh Army front: assisting in clearing the huge Saar(Cont'd on page three) Installed As i Active Year Series of Advertisements To Support Church-Ooing The Herald plana to present next I week the first in a series of special advertisements in support of the I current city-wide go-to-church cam1 palfu. 1 The layouts were chosen only after investigation of several different series of the type, and the special series is by far the best of this type we have seen. Business flrmg will sponsor the 1 series and the Herald will make every effort to contact all firms | in the city and suburban areas dur- j tng the week end and early next ! week. 1,162 Attend | Church Sunday A total of 1,162 persons attended morning services in nine Kings Moun tain churches Sunday 'morning, indicating an increase over the previous week, when 1,182 attended services at 10 churches. Reports from only nine churches were received this week. Attendance at morning services showed increases at all reporting i churches except the ARP, which ha 1 la drop of five, and at St. Paul's Me* thodlst (colored), whioh has services I on alternate Sundays. | Following are the attendance fig I ures: ARP?church school, 126, mornI ing service, 108. | Central Methodist ? church school | 145, morning service, 142. I First Bantist ? ohurch >*'> morning service, 243, night (union) service, 182. Grace Methodist ? church school. 189, morning service, 73, night, 75. prayer meeting, 12. ! Macedonia Baptist ? church school (173, morning service, 144. night service, 164, prayer meeting, 54. Second Baptist ? church school, 195, morning service, 147, night, 93,, prayer meeting, 35. St. Matthew a Lutheran? church school, 204, mogning service, 213. Wesleyan Methodist ? church gehool, 182, morning service, 75, flight, 62, prayer meeting 31. St. Paul Methodist?church school 14, morning service, 16, night, 11. .Plonk School Stimmer Term Begins Monday The list summer session of the Plonk School of Creative Arts at Aahevllle will open Monday with registration of students, and with fait elaae tchedalee to begin the fol lowing day. The eeaeion will be for eix week*, eoatinoiag throngh Aogoat IS. Jflaa Lava Plonk la director of iha aehoot, while Miaa Lillian Plonk * rr>tl,r?g. t -1. ? *W '' udriy^,;> ' ? * fxiiA ' gwyi?? T3KW EjMfuwW tain H KU1SDAT, JUMB 88, 1&45 City To Observe Fourth Quietly; Firms Will Close Kings Mountain, which as other southern cities, saves its fire-crack era until Christmas and New Year, will celebrate Jul,v 4, American Independence l>ay, quietly, according to Almost all merchants anil other business firms, includiug the First National Bank and financial inntitu hods will be closed all day on Wednesday. There was some lute-rest in closing two days, Mrs. Lyowood Parton, Merchauts association secretarystated, but a petition to that effect, circulated Tuesday, failed to find e nough backers, and the association is recommending that only July 4 be observed as a holiday. The Grand Ole Opry will show here the night of July Fourth. Horse shows are scheduled at North Wilkosboro, under sponsorship of the North Wilkesboro Lions club, and at Darlington, M. C., and it is ex posted that a number of Kings Moun tain persons will pool their A-gas cou pons and attend these shows. ' How ? iv: ... v.?i, mvsi i\>ii|[9 .uoumaiu horsemen report that the sun has been heating down too much and that they will not enter their horses. Though some manufacturing companies will^ be idle on Wednesday, others expect to continue production on the customary full week, since textile production i8 still listed as critical on the production schedule. Though a few people may be able to slip off to the mountains or to beaches, most persons say they wilt take their holiday close to home. Lake Montonia will probably do a thriving business, and there will probably be considerable fishing. Wage Increases Requests Granted j General wage increases of five 1 cents an hour became effective at Ilonnie Mills, Sadie Mills, and Kings Mountain Manufacturing companv Mondav, foeaning that employees of thee three industrial plants will recei\e aggregate wage increases of approximately $.10,000 nnmmlK ? .. , Vlowing granting of' permission liv WLB for the companies to increase pay schedules. The WI.B actions, notification of which was received thi9 week, follows permissions granted five other Kings Mountain companies for wage increases. Sadie Mill officials estimated that the increase would mean a $15,000 ad ditional payroll to their employees, while the increase is expected to add 12,000 annually to the pay of em- j plovees of Bonnie Mill and Kings Mountain Manufacturing company. Narrow Escape; When Padgett 1 'Captain Philip O. Padgett, Kinga j Mountain doctor now home on sick leave from Harmon General hospital, Longview, Texas, went through five major engagements with many narrow escapes?and came home for another. Thp arm v wo? afon/Hw* ? ? ? ?^ w.. .vw> " ho n.vuviiug vu the railroad track waiting to cross iuntil a train pulled out. Busy talking with a friend, Capt. Padgett and his friend failed to notice an approaching train until it was almost too late. Ther got off the track with seconds to spare. This took place last Saturday. | Capt. Padgett, a veteran of 25 months service in Africa, Italy and France, had a full share of narrow escapes in the more than two year* he spent overseas. In one of them, for which he was | awarded the Silver Star, he and his unit was cut off from American forces for three days, ate rations and drank water removed from packs of casualties, and lived the final day without water?until advancing A merican troops rejoined them. The action took place in Italy, when a battalion infiltrated the Hast positions north of Viletrf. The Nads didn't know it nntil it was too late, and the work of this unit touched off the breakthrough which led to the march on, and capture of, Rome. The medical unit was cut off after the fighting elements of the battalion moved forward, and, for these three days, the medical unit was listed as captured. Gaptain Padgett holds battla stars I tot tM JNApiet-rogjpa engagement, the Bome-Arno engagement, the in-' of Bonthtn the Bat [erald Total Of 1,3 Here For Ht fi BMP-' * KILLED IN CBA8H ? Sgt. James P. McGlll, 32, well-known Kings Mountain man, was killed in line of duty on May 23, when tbe plane in which he was being transferred from one evacuation hospital to another crashed near Montefontalne, France. This information was received from the adjutant general last week. Sgt. McOill had been overseas' since August 1944. The letter confirming his death promised a further letter from his chaplain or unit commander. Ellis Killed In Scotland Staff-Sergeant J. B. Ellis, Jr., of Grover, son of J. B. Ellis, and the late Mrs. Ellis, and a nephew of Mrs. M. L. Plonk of Kings Mountain, was killed in Scotland on June 12, according to a war department me* sage received by his father last Frtday. He was killed in a plane crash near Gairlooh, Scotland, while enroute home. S Sgt. Ellis,, n graduate of Grover high school. Mar* Tl'll college end the University of North Carolina, en torr?rl the air corps in August of 1042 .md wa? a radio-operator on a glider towing *" 4". Ife was a veteran o* the initial assaults on Sicily and Italy and was holder of the air medal and one oak leaf cluster and of the Pre? identinl citation. He had I eet? -n England since Y E day and had writ ten his father he expected to he home anv dav and would wire whet he reached the States. The wire which his father thought would tefl him of his son's home-coming told o' his death ihstead. S-Sgt. Ellis is survived by his father, his step-mother and a step-sister, all of Orover. 5 Fail To End Returned Home More Persons Return Canning Sugar Coupons Fourteen mora paraosa? have responded tO UMll oV th? 1n?>l war price end rationing board to return portions of their canning anger allotments, in order that the available supply may be more fairly distributed, according to an announcement by Mrs. Nell Thomson, chief clerk. Returning sugar were: Reola Turner, R-l, Grover, Minnie Heavener, Lackey ?tTeet, W. G. Clark Grover, Mrs. J. B. Be'l, Orover, ,Oarl F. Mauney, 615 E. King St., William L. Plonk, 409 Battleground are., Mrs. J. D. Shaw, 205 E. King St., Dora Dawkins, O. Travis Wright, Route 3, Arthur W. Huffstetler, Route 3, Mrs. Chas. M. Hardin, Route 1, Grover, Mrs. Holland Horn, Route 3, T. 3. Goforth Orover, Mrs. P. E. McTheney, route 1. tie for Oermany and for Central European fighting. Yet, a*a medic, he never carried a gun. Even so, his service with front ... .. ... line Troops won mm and his men the combat infantryman's badge. which, however, the war department decided to replace with n special decoration, since it felt the combat badge would not look well in the light of international law prohibiting mediae! men from carrying weapons. The Oerman medics, Captain Pad gett says, ware frequently captured with weapons ? they explaining that they had to carry them aa protection (Cont'd on ne~e three) An Extra ' v! * * " *. .f< s. 1 H Pa?es I ^ v Today I 36 Register >spital Vote i I Registrations SoarOrFraai Day Saturday Registrations for the July 7 special hoiiil election, in which Cleveland county voters will approve or disj approve a $400,000 hospital building | and expansion program, soared to | 1.336 on the final registration day last Saturday. The registrars did booming business all day, with the final figure one of the largest ever recorded hero lor special elections. Registrations in West Kings Moun tain pre< iuct totaled 755, while registrations in Rust Kings Mountain precinct totaled usl, according to I. Ben Uoforth and Mrs. J'. L). Herndon, registrars. Saturday will be challenge day, with the voting to take nlace the following Saturday. Much interest has been evidenced in the election, and local observers are predicting a large vote in favor of the proposals?which include the building of a 50-bed hospital in Kings Mountain and the remodeling and enlarging of the Shelby hospital. County Attorney Henry B. Edwards, of Shelby, and J. R. Davis, Kings Mountain lawyer, spoke to members of the Kiwanis club at their meeting last Thursday night, endorsing the program. Mr. Edwards explained the organizational set-up for tho Hospitals, explaining that the hospitals would be governed by a 15-member board of trustees, with three trustees to be residents of No. 4 (Kings Mountain) township, three from No. 6 (Shelby) township, with the remaining members to be appointed from the other I iiilie xownsnips. All of the trustees | are to serve staggered terms ami no j trustee cau succeed himself. Stating confidence that the bond issues could be sold at a low interest rate, Mr. Edwards estimated that the tax levy increase for the hospital program would be between eight and Iten cents per *biii valuation. Failure to vote in the election will (Constitute a vote against the proposals. as the election Is "ngainst tlio ' books.'' i i Postal Rules Effect Service Subscriptions The Herald calls the attention of parents, wives, or other relatives of servicemen, partlcu'arly of those in the navy, to postal regulations con cernlng the mailing of newspapers to men overseas. Effective July 1, second class mall (newspapers, etc., cannot be sent to navy personnel with FPO addresses unless a specific request from that serviceman has been received and le presented to the newspaper or other periodical when a subscription Is ts | era. Exception to this rale la that unexpired subscriptions will be continued through the expiration dates. The aame rule has long applied to second class mall addressed to arm? personnel overseas (AFO addresses.) In accordance with these rules, and In ?n especial effort to see that ail service men who want each week's Her&ld receive them, the Herald is publishing today the names of 'of 114 service men whose subscriptions have either already expired, or will expire by July 1. The policy of the Herald is not to | send subscription notices to men In i service, and notices have been mall| ed to relatives of service men In cai see where ths relatives and their proper addresses are known. Following are the 114 service men whose subscriptions have, or will i soon, expire. Publication of the names Is the only means the Herald has of notifying the relatives and the Herald requests the cooperation of each: Pvt. William T. Adams, Pfc. James J. Alexander, T-6 James D. Allen, Pvt. Kalph O. Arrowood, Pvt. John B. Barber, Sgt. James P. Barret, Pvt. Horace I*. Bell. Pvt. Rufus J. Bell, Pfc. Michael W. Bell, Pvt. Jack H. "TJennett, Pfc. Leonard O. Bennett, I Bit O?of|? o. Blalock, 82c Haraafc W. Blalock, Pfe. Howard Bolt; Pfc. Kobart A. Brldcaa, . Floyd . Brldcaa, Op?. OSyda J. Brldcaa, Pat Fraak Brldcaa, Pfc. Wtlllani P. Btuacard- ,' 'A nor, OyL Bwvjaaafn T. OaldwaO, JTrl Joka H. Oa'dwaU, Edward O. Paif ' (Ooat'd oa pace tkraol *a- * ^ ,4 . V*/A