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KXWAKIS PROORAM
Patrolman Hal B. Ward will
speak to members of tbc Kinjr*
Mountain Kiwtnis club at their
regular meeting Thursday night at
the Woman'a club at 7 o'clock. Patrolman
Ward will discuss the sub- |
ject "Law Enforcement, with Emphasis
on Safety."
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SATLOK& BUY BONDS
-James Throaeburg-, BM 3c, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Y. F. Throneburg
of Kings Mountain, has written his
parents from his destroyer in Pacifie
waters that the personnel of
his ship bought $21,000 in bonds
duriug the 8eventh War Loan campaign,
against a quota of $5,000.
"I think that should be some sort
of a record," Radioman Throneburg
wrote. "It's an average of about
$100 per man and all but nbout
five or six men bought
4 bonds.''
BOND BALES CORRECTION
Kings Mountain's bond sales during
the Seventh War Loan drive
totaled $552,075, a $30,000 increase
over the previously reported total,
it was learned this week. Addition
of the $30,000 in bond sales came
from an error in the report of the
, Home Building and Loan association.
One bloc of "G" bonds was
not ineluded in the association's
report. , ,
PLENTY OP OOUBT-nrO
Patrolman Hal Ward has had a
busy time since the first of the
week?meet of it spent in court
reams. With Superior Court - sessions
underway in both Gestosis
and Bhelby, Mr. Ward's record
uhows that he testified in three canes
in Gaston ia, went to Shelby for
ono ease, retained to Gas tenia for
another, then was bad in Shelby
for n sixth?nil in n two-day period.
In addition, he testified on
nine eases in city court here and
in other eitles.
entry blanks this week and announcements
of horse shows in
'Newton and at Oreer, 8. C. The
Newton show, with both afternoon
and night programs scheduled, is
. to be held August 15, nnder sponsorship
of the Newton Lions club.'
Beck Moehlman, ringmaster of two
shows here, ' is directing the Newton
show.* The Oreer show is to be
on the night of August 17.
V BROTHERHOOD MEETING
The quarterly meeting of the
"Southern District Brotherhood of
the Lutheran Church will be held
July t9th, 3 .p. m. at the. Ascension
Lutheran ehureh, Shelby, Rev. J.
D. Bheppard, pastor. The speaker
-will be H. E. Isea hoar, Secretary
Home Mission Board, or the Lather.
as of North Chroliaa, and
fee subject will be, "Home Missions
in Neath Carolina." The district
?' o map sees the eeuntiss of Gaston,
..s P1..AI..J n<v. ?uii_
on?no W?wamsisu* pUIMW
. is Invited to attend.
? mnr nuodun
<% ?: WOBnau hu become .a
, member of the King* Mountain .
; poUee department raplaeing U W.
T Onrpenter, who has resigned effae/
mrMr ** n* wmm had <*?.
si actable service with tlm military
police whk'e serving is the army,
according to CXty Manager H. L
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Bev. E.Kitiek, pastor * of
jn?4t Prssbjrterin* thatch, win deliver
the sstmon at ths union ner
vie* Baidhytight" ah; ft ? 'slesh at
dke ABf church. The series of mnioa
sscilm la sponsored by the
-city's uptown chare hen.
fljMHi CHAMQB
Mies *aye Mens, fermsriy a member
of the sains personnel of Keetnr's
Department store, has SCCspt
ed".# petition as schists at clerk at
tlie local'war prtee sad rationing
hsnr^Mitiifass ii|iain Mrs.
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A SILVER STAR for gallantry in
Aschenbrenner, Pinckney, Mich,
gun section and therefore ^nly armed
with several riflemen under heavy fin
in New Guinea. He helped (till the
weapons, food and clothing. The Vt
them.
W. K. Mauney,
Of Lions Labor
Direetora of the Kings Mountain
Lions club laid plans for the holding
of the slab's Second Annual Labor
Day Horse show Monday night, naming
W. K. Mauney, Jr., general ehairaan
of the event, and also naming
committee chairman.
The committee chairmen, named
tkns far ar? Arnnnda ( 'harlio VAuu
Ribbons, J. O. Darraeott; Program
and advertising, W. 1. Plonk; Announcer,
Paul McOinnis; Concessions,
C. C. Edens; Tickets, Henderson
Herndon; Jndgea and Ringmaster, Jacob
Cooper; and Entries, H. T. Pulton.
The elnb sponsored its tirst horse
show last September, and sponsored
a second shoWbr-the spring In? response
to public demand.
Both shows were pronounced highly
successful, both from the standpoint
of entertainment and quality
of horses and horsemanship exhibited.
Members of the board of directors
and committee heads are to meet
again Thursday ni?ht to map further
plans for the event and announcement
concerning classes, entrance
fees, and prizes are expected to be
forthcoming soon.
"We fntl(fpate >another excellent
LaTJbr Day How," said Mr. Mauney,
"and-full plans will be completed
in a few days. We expect to emphasize
classes which will. have particular
appeal io the public as well as
to tne exhibitors." ,j
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second annual Labor Day show had
boas previously made bat ?m? reaffirmed
at the club meeting last
T&mraday night.
Work Completed On
Service Honor Boll
' 'w 'degwamwaA"*
Work on the Kings Mountain service
honor roll board was completed
Tuesday, and the board now Includes
a total of 1,810 names of men from
this area who are in service or who
have seen serviee in the present
conflict.
The renovation of the board, a
joint project between the City of
Kings' htohntain> and the Lions elnb,
was nailer the superintendence of
City' Manager H. L. Burdette.
Ooid stars appear beside the namen
of the serviee men who have given
thetf lives while in the armed ser
vices. 1
In a statement Wednesday, Mr.
Burdette ashed that eitlsena of the
eity survey the board, and farther
ashed that they leave the names of
nay serviee men who might have
been inadvertently omitted at the
elty hall. He alee asked that notation
also bo made of aay correct ions to
the'Bold Star Ust ,
Hilton Board To Close
Wednesday Afternoons
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Tfc* Uml war prioa and rattantoe
S'liuiiHi ttto *r? ir'w. ?
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or ' JflRUIHS
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ictioo ha? been awarded to Pfc. Julius '
Although a member of a light machine '
with a pistpl, A<cbenbrenner advanced
i to knock out a machine gun position
enemy fire. Men like that must hare 0
r Bonds you buy and hold will provide
17. S. Trfjnry Drftrtmeni
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Day Show
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Shelby Juniors Play 1
jFor District Flag
| Shelby's Legion Juniors, leaders f
J la the Western district race for ,
state junior baeeball honors, are
playing Charlotte's runners-op for i
the Western district crown this v
Shelby took tho first |une bo- t
kind tho shntoot hurling of Horry '
McKee In Bhelby Monday night by ?
6-0, bat lost tho eseond In Char- t
lotto Tnoodoy night by lid.
Tbo third (MM wu bolng ployed v
in Bholby Wodnosdoy night, with ]
the fourth of the three-of-flve gome
series docketed for Ghorlotte to- '<
night. 1
In tho game lost night, Bholby i
led Charlotte by o score of 8-3, st t
the end of the seventh Inning. t
Church Going '
Up Last Week
After a low record for the jiroced- V
ing rainy Sunday, attendance at *
Kings Mountain churches increased 8
considerably last Sunday, as 1,081 attended
services at 10 ehnrches.
A total of 1,520 persons were Dres
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ent at church school services.
Attendance by churches follows: !
ABP ? ehureh school, 120, church, 1
112.
Central Methodist ? church school '
125, church ISO.
First Baptist ? church school, 238 '
i hurch, 218. ^
First Presbyterian ? church school i?
158, church, 107, night (union service)
171.
Graee Methodist ? church school,
198, church 84, night, 49, prayer
meeting, IS.
Macedonia Baptist ? church school
151, church 210, night, 105, prayer
meeting, 40.
' 8t. Matthew's Lutheran ? church
school, 194, ehureh, 179.
Second Baptist ? church school,
167, church, 130, night, 89, prayer
meeting, 30.
Weeleyan Methodist ? church
school 144, church, 70.
St. Paul Methodist ? church
school, 25, ehureh, 85.
Courteous En
115 1115 1I01U
The coaitwu ngiBMr of the front
engine of Southern Railway pas*enger
train No. 84 alammad on hit brake*
abort of the Piedmont avenue ero?
lie To?day afternoon and yelled to
m Chief Grnry King that the fir#
track eonld pa?.
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JKBDAT, JUX.Y 36, IMS
William Wells
Home; Suffered .
Wounds Twice
Whether or not the Nazi* ever knew
t, 8-Sgt. William G. Wells, busbaml
f Mrs. Geneva llmlspeth Wells of
ting* Mountain, ami son of Mr. ami
llrs. Oiver Wells of the Bethany com
iiiinity, was a gooil target.
He w as twire put out of art ion hy
ernian tire, first l>y a shell frag
nent which hit htu in lie
lid lator by another big shell kuck>d
out the tank on which he and
our other infantrymeik were riding.
Two other times, the Nazis barely
ttisseil. In October, 1944, when he
vas near the German-Belgium borlr,
a German bullet smashed a Tesanient
he carried in his shirt pockt,
and in the spring of this year, afer
he had crossed the Khine river,
mother Jerry bullet ripped his steel
telnigt, missing his scalp by the
larest fraction of an inch.
Sgt. Wells is now on conveleseent
urlough in Kings Mountain, before
eturning to Cainp Butner hospital,
there he is receiving treatment. He
iu(Tered a concussion in his second
lose brush with Nazi artillery and
till suffers ill effects /rom it.
Sgt. Wells went over seas by "fast
xpress"' aboard the Queen Elizabeth
n July 1944, spent a short time in
Scotland after the ship docked at
llasgow and then went into France
n September.
He won stars for his European
Theater ribbon for three major en{agements
? the Battles of North
Trance, Germany, and the Bulge, He
inderscores the last one as the most
ricious. In addition, he wears the
;ood conduct ribbon, the combat inantry
badge, and his pnrpde heart
rith one star.
His first wound was received near
It. Vfth Rsliiinm sKnul ?' 1 ??
>ehind the line* and occurred shortyafter
his unit had been relieved to
est a little and obtain replacements
They brought the artillery up," he
aid, "and I was standing too close
o where one landed."
The second time the Jerries scored
raa during the final mop-up of the
Masis. ,
We were moving fast," he said,
"with Infantry and armored worktfg
together. "When a tank moved forvard,
infantrymen went aboard. We
ladn't been moving very long when
he tank was hit, knocking it out,
ind killing the four men inside It.
The five of us riding it were all vieims
of concussion. 1 was deaf for
wo days after it."
Sgt. Wells weathered a storm at
pa on his return trip. His ship ran
nto a gale about 200 miles from port
>nd though steaming forward at 19
nots. the ship was actually losing a>out
four knots. But he didn't get
pa-sick.
"I don't understand it," he
imites, "for plenty did.'*j
Holding 96 points under the army
oint system, 8gt. Wells is anticipatng
a discharge. Only 22, he has been
n service three years, nine months.
"When they hand it to me, I
ron 't turn It down,'' he says.
He returns to Camp Butner Anrust
23.
>ld Town Wen
Begins Oaring In
Aa old walla froqaantiy do. ttao
Old Town wall, In tha parking area
acrom from tho Kings Mountain
Drag stars, startsd staling and
caved in this wash.
Whan first noticed, only s small
hols was mads in tho asphalt covering.
Mow tha oQ-barrall alia hols in
tho csmsnt coraat a hols soma six
fast daap and as many wide.
J oat how long ago it was when
tha won was flQad oonld not bs
learned, hot it waa arid ant that tha
wall waa dog by an expert. Tha
sides are as smooths as if they
had baan drilled.
Motorists are warnsd not to park
too close to tha hole until it is fillad
again.
i
gineer Finds
That's Afire
A burning cinder had evidently
fallen on the wooden interior ef th<
beggege ear, ignitiag it.
The train crew thought the fire had
Kaaa eve** nn.4 * , , S O. a.V ? A
wwa> |ra*v v?? KWMMT USI
r?Mkii| Blaakabwrg, S. O., tha fin
blacad i|>ii.
Conductor of tha train wMM Baa
'Willaford, waliknown farm or Kimgi
Mountain raaidant and bntW-ia-lan
of Okiof Kin* who aakad tM
B1llWai| flat to . notify la L
ler aid [
Deilinger's Je
Robbed Of $2,
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of
PLENTY OF FISH IN THIS TALE w
?Shown above Is Richard (Dickie) m
w<
Hunnlcutt, young son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Hunnlcutt exhibiting a th
string of fish he helped to catch at In
Orescent Beach recently.
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Induction Group
Of 16 Departed ;
Sixteen Kingi Morntaiu men were ai
sent to Fort Bragg Tuesday morning
for induction into the armed forces. e'^
The men were sent to fill the
beard's July induction call. n<
A short devotional service was con- re
ducted by Bev. J. G. Winkler, and a
number of Legionnaires and members
of the board were on hand to see the
group off. *'
Willard Meinhardi Hill served as Bl
squad leader.
Others leaving were:
Clyde Durham Blanton, Ray Win- '**
ter Blackburn, James Albert Camp. I
Wilfie Jacob Lookabill, John vVil- **
liam Bennett. Anderson Hayes, Leon ,
ard Bobo Phillips, James Calvin Mullinax,
Charles Hesr.ie Philbeck, Mack **
Rav Camp, Edward Eugene Dover. W
T. Gregory, Theodore Cash. John J?.
rob Thornburg. Henrv Eugene Smith. 08
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Mitchem Appeals
Court Judgments B
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Bill Mitehem, found guilty of publie
drunkenneess and simple assault
on a female before Judge O. C. O ' tr
Farrell in city reeorder's eourt Mon- 1 *e
day, entered notice of appeal from ^
both judgments in a.ease which high- j
lighted the regular weekly session of |
court. '?
In all, 14 cases were tried. Assessed
costs for public, drunkenness s<
were Arthur Pearson, Pauline Childers,
Albert Camp, James Owens, P. ?
I). Scruggs, Broadus Barber, Aeey
Frank Mace, and a negro, John Bur- ol
ris. Pearson was also fined $5 and
costs when found guilty of using pro- ^
>?uv iaugu?|^c. **'
Troy Hannah, found guilty of an- 1*
sault, was assessed plus routs, and
a charge of public drunkenness a- '.7
gainst Joe Gamble, colored, was nol '<
pressed with leave. c*
Glenn Smith, found guilty of speed- te
ing, was fined #10 plus costs. h<
Johnny Walker Burris, negro, was m
found not guilty of a charge of as- B?
sault on a female and plaintiff, Inez Cf
Burris, was ordered to pay the lj
costs. ol
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Henry P. Peterson J
Claimed By Death ??
ri
Funeral services for Henry F. Peterson,
74, well-known retired contractor
and former resident of Kings G
Mountain, were held last Friday aft- ft
emooa from Christ Lutheran church
in 8tanl#y where he had resided for
the past few years, with burial following
in the church cemetery.
Mr. Peterson, while a citizen of
Kings Mountain, was vary prominent
in loeal affairs and superintended
the building of much that now eonst!
tutes the business and residential see
' tiona of the elty.
He succumbed in Memorial hoeplTVwveile
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foltowtag an ftlnoaa of two wooka.
ftorrlrtag an bit wifo, Mn. Joan<?
JnUu Potonoa, two abas, Pa ml
C. Potonoa, Votoraaa koopttal, Aagaata,
Oa_, aa<l Ckartoo ft. Potonoa,
Prodortokobarg, Va., aad foar daagkton,
Mia. Daa KiotUr, Oioginfcarg,
KT Mit- ftDoa OroaoWw, Taa pyta, .
ft. O, Mn. VUHaaa Amotnag, Hlgk
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Today J
FIVE CKMli l'B* OOPT
we 1 Shop Is
250 In Gems
Thieves Get
Jig Haul In
Theft Friday
Two negroes as yet uuapprebenj.
entered fiplli ??? *?* ? ?1
? a ft "CI OUU|?
*t Friday under prt'tense of calling
r a repaired watch au<l made off
th a large quantity ot merchan?e
valued a: $2,250.
Patrolman Hal B. Ward, who is asiting
local police with the invest!itioii.
said that the thieves stole
rings. inliludilig a number of diaonds,
with the lowest priced ring
S.5U, and the highest priced $550.
The rings were in two ring cases
the front counter.
The two negro men. Mr. Ward
ated he was told, entered the jewrv
establishment about 12:05, one
ihe men railing for a watca
hich was being repaired for Thela
Rippey, Kings Mountain colored *
uman.
Asked if he had the receipt stub,
e uegro replied that it had been
St.
Mrs. Charles Ballard, who was wait
g on the negroes, was alone at tba
me, as the two wateh repair men
1 the firm were both at lunch.
A suspect, who had a police record,
d and the negro was told to come
tck later when the wateh repair
en returned.
He strolled to the front, picked out
i anniversary card, returned to the
ick and paid for it. He then atartI
out and his accomplice picked out
lirthday card, paying for it. The
igroes then left the establishment,
turning a few minutes later, asking
tat Mrs. Ballard address the cards
>r them.
Mrs. Ballard told police that she
idressed one card to Pittsburg, Pa,
id thq other to Mooresville.
The negroes then left, atid shortthereafter
Mrs. Ballard missed the
ng cases and notified police.
* IL'ilA Vto.l ? ~ ? *" *
r.... ?..v ua<i a put ice recori,
*? arretted in Qastonia Saturday,
at he was released when he was not
entified as one of the men who had
sen in the jewelry store.
Mr. Ward said that work is si id
?ing done on the ease and that loll
policemen feel the thieves win
s apprehended.
The merchandise was insured.
lamsey Unit Cited For
'hilippine Work
Company "E" of the 151st Infany
regiment, of whieh Freelon Bamy
of Kings Mountain is a member,
is been cited for outstanding perrmance
of duty during the period
r March to 4 April 1945 on CabbalIsland,
in the Philippines..
The Kings Mountain man also has
>nt his relatives a certificate showig
his membership in the Ancient
rder of the Deep as a "Trusty
hellback," signifying his crossing
' the Equator.
A portion of the citation reads:
"Company "E", 151st Infantry
egiment led the assault on Caballo
iland on 27 March 1945. Thi? ?m?n
land, heavily fortified and strong'
held by the enemy in elevely contaled
and well dug in position* in
ivea and tnnnela, presented diffienlt
Train obstacle*. The initial beach>ad
was secured on schedule with
inor losses. The next objective, a
irrow peak affording no eover or
mrealment, could be approached on
by scaling a precipitous hillside
f loose rock which rose 200 feet aDve
the Bay. This was accomplished
iider heavy small arms fire which
igennity and determination by the
ie of ropes. Upon reaching , the
dge the company was subjected to
(Cont'd on page four)
t&ither Ledbetter
laae Is Continued
The trial of Oeitfcar Ledbetter,
King* Mountain maa charged with
murder in connection with the death
of Bobert Brakeflald which oecaxrad
following a Ihwtiag at IMbetter's
Grower read eerriee stetOoa
la June, haa bssa n?Itaasd
aatll the Rsetsabsr in?i ?r c*-.
fjdaiid Oomtty liiriiii Oorrt, tt
ttiw>M? am crwali tbtt tki emd*?
criminal <*cfcrt did mot allow <,
adamato than far trying * tha .C|
Xodgo >11 am K. ttwf. t r~*tr
ram, M miin# ?*? * mm M
Ma
od tar HMf aaam wrata. ;J
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