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Bulletins
1 w^U-JES?-^
Members of ths Kings Mountain
chapter of War Dads, will meet Friday
night V B o'elooh la the Webb
boildtng, it' wm announced yesterday
by & A. Hsrrill, president, who
urged * full attesdonee. Mr. Ha?
rill sold O namber of Important i*
terns of boslneos are to bo diaenssod.
MXJLOHAKTS DHtEOTOES
Directors of the Kings Mountain
Merchants association are to meet
at the City Hall Monday fight at
la'tliult it ?li ann?anMi1 Ula
wttk by lira. l^awNi
secretary. AH pnbm in lavitedta
lUwrf, m a number of jnattera
of buiim an to bo eonsidarad, it
mi eta tad.
XXWASffll M9STSMI ,
Members of tka kings UoMtob
Xlwaais club. tri& how an adArs?
by A. A. PaweB> thttty lawyer
aad -judge of Claveland County recorder'
court, at the regular meetof
the club at. the Woman'
Club Thursday night at 7 o'clock.
BB-PAVXVO DO MB
The South Battleground avenue
parking area in the main bnilneee
section was re-paved last week,
with Brown Paving company doing
the work. The parking area is now
level with Highway 211. It is understood
that the parking area is to be
marked off in the bear future, in
order to conserve parking space.
UNION 8BBV10B
Bsv. W. H. Btender, pastor of ,
fha T.nthoran nKuenk will nvaeah 1
Sunday night at 8 o'clock at Pint
Baptist church in the weekly un- 1
ion service of up town churches. J
TROOP 6 AT OAlfP
Boy Scout Troop 8, headed by
v Scoutmaster C. D. ^Ware, is extending
the current week at Piedmont
Boy Scout camp ,at Lake Lanier,
Try on. Troop members at camp axe
' 'p??Wy WWtfc- J4W?t oj^JiBith, BoW,
by Hiaaon. The group will return
Saturday. V <{'
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NEW HTJOAB STAMP
Associated Press said Wednesday
' that a new sugar stamp will become
valid oa September 1?maintaining
the current abort ration of
five pounds M fear months.
' PERSONNEL OHAVOB
Kiss Pays Mew, for a short tints
-assistant elerk at the local rationing
board has resigned that poew ,
tlon to aeeept another ia the office
at Kings Mountain Manufacturing
company. Miss Moaa replaces Mrs.
Franklin Stroupe, whose marriage
took place Wednesday.
FIRE 4T.ARM
Members of the city fire depart
ment were called out to tne carnival
grouudeFriday afternoon . about - ^
7 o'clock to extinguish the fire in y
the tranaforaer which furnished
power and electricity for the earn- j,
ival. The transformer and truck on (
which it was carried were badly ,
-damaged, according to Chief Qrady .
?ng. t
LYNCH SBLL8 HOUBB T
Haywood E. Lyneh announced {
thla' week sale of one of the ne#,\
residences he is building on Bidge *
" street to Mr. and Mrs. William IP," Gibbon*,
Jr., of Gastonla. The
house sold is a five-room, one story
dwelling, at the corner of E. Bidge .1
- and Dilltng streets. Mrs. Gibbons Is j
'.the fomer Miss Hasel Oatea, daw .
'' ghter ef Mr. and Mrs. John Oatea
c, Mr. and Mrs. Gibbons and their 1
two children are expected to move
Into their new home early next a
week. _ j
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Morrison On
Draft Board
' ^tstthwr 8, Morrison, well-know*
f World*War It, has been appelated '
; Mr ft ^aether of the local ser.-)^Bj^3Hfea
la the vnenaey ea <
?Nhted hy the i
- reeeat teslg?M(W of J. R Hsrndoa.
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Salute To T1
The HerlM lists today
from the Kings Mountai
preme sacrifice in World
all. To them, an humble
David Homer Barber
John W. Blsckwell
John Burton
Grady Cannier
Earle E. Carpenter
Matthew B. Crisp
Frank H. Orewder
Moffatt D. Davis
Barnes O. Darracott, Jr.
. J. B. Ellis, Jr.
Bobert Lee Falls
Howard Ftpps
jHarvin Foster ,
Howard Oantt
i
Boy E. Harmon
Jacob C. Huffstetler
Colored: Victo
The men included in 1
listed en the Lions Servi
would appreciate learning
have been omitted.
City Looks For
During First \
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Kings Mountain moved along ii
he first week after the announce
ndnt that' Japan had accepted th
Potsdam terms of surrender on ai
jveu. keel, following the first celebra
fng last Tuesday hight and the Wed
ie*<lay holiday; -J
Citizens - pondered the cost of tfc<
var to Kings Mountain in men an:
pent the week listening to the radiu
wondering if the Japanese were plan
ling a huge hoax before striking a
gain in anothdr Pearl Harfcor-typi
dorr.
# Uitirens generally cheered th<
iow? that Oen. Douglas MacArthu
rould command the occupation force)
torn Tokyo headquarter* and the;
sere elated at the news of the re
ease of the fly em who first bomber
'okyo, of Oeneral Jonathan Wain
rright and of Lt.-Ool. Devereaux
rho commanded the gallant garrisoi
n Wake Island.
Many also took out aged antomo
!>iles for the first joy-riding sine*
the tightening of gas rationing, anrl
he evidence was strewn along ,th<
oads, aa rotten tires failed to with
land the sun-heated highways. Ser
'ice stations were doing a briakei
lusiness in tire repair.
The city also greeted the news oi
ifting of other restrictions, includ
ng the 210 wartime controls lifted
douday, and motorists, as well as au
o dealers, began wondering whei
hey would be able to purchase s
tew car.
Prospects appeared not too goor
intil 1046, and one auto dealer re
lOrfed he was selling a vehicle a day
rith no promise of Immediate dcliv
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Among the 210 controls tossed out
ly the War Production Board (ot
o 125 left only 40 are expected t<
>e kent for Imsl were control* m
he manufacturing of:
Metal fnraltare, photographic film
itormge batteries, electric fans, mo
orcyelea, skipping containers, cai
teta, construction machinery, ma
chine tools, oil burmlmg equipment, e
leetric ran gas, paper cupe, stoves.
A Kings Mouatata fnmitors deal
bt received one eleetrie stove la i
hipment Tuesday.
Merchants looked forward to even
toal keen competition la ahoat al
commodities, whoa they heeeme a
reliable, with more flrme antleipe
Hag expansion of preaeat reUi
items, aad with expected opening e
new bnslaesses by some who have 01
ly been awaiting the end of the wa
and by returning ear viae men.
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Mora ntoggorxD
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Sft. Lmlla Mod*, torn of Mr. u
tfra. ObdpN Ktdt, tw mntl
km proinot*) to tWt ronk/mcore
lny to teformatloo roeotrod by V
jot** ?m otWr nIoUtoo ntrntty
t 'j' v. * ' v c.
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??a?iWn., ?!?,. ?. ? ~
iose Who F?ll
the names of the 38 men
n area who gave the suWar
II. These men gave
salute.
Harold D. Jackson
Horace ?. Latham
Winfield Long
F. L. (Pete) Lynn
J. 0. Medlin
W. Robert Millin, Jr.
TrfHitw Rom
Walter Mrialy Moorhead
Jamee P. MeGill
Robert X. Own*, if.
,. f . >1 r? *
SMrttt W. Pajiav
Ookm B. Reynolds
Roland Raece Roark
William P. Smith, Jr.
James G. Ware, Jr.
R. W. Whitesides
r James Carroll
he Gold Star list are those
ce Honor Roll. The Herald
g of any others who might
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ward To Growth
Veek Of Peace
11 Gas Rationing End
e Makes One Man Cuss
n
On the afternoon last week that
- I 5MUUBO rnaoiug . WM 111(10(1, A mo*
U - torUt '4tit?T#d ft M 1c u -?t*tion here
p and told the attendant to put In 10
1 gallon*.
While the gas was being pnt in,
* he eased np to the attendant ana
said, "I'm going on a pretty long
> trip and I sure would like to get
12 gallons."
, "O. K.," the attandant answered,
r "But I only hare two five-gallon
, tickets," the motorist said,
r "Haven't you heard. Bud?", the
service station man asked. "Oas
I isn't rationed anymore."
"Good gracious alive," the man
, yelled, "I paid a dollar apiece for
i these tickets a little bit ago."
i Grid Prospects
Listed As "Fair"
r
, Kings ' Mountain high school football
prospects were described as
"fair" this week, as Coach D. L.
Parker reported that 20 boys are
, now taking daily workouts 'at the
k high school.
The team is expected to be strong
I in the middle of the line which lists
veterans, but replacements must bs
found for Tackle Bobby Groves and
' Jim Black and Jim Hollander, 1944
flan km en.
Big question mark it the backfield,
t with no Tetemns to connt on with flic
f possible exception of Dickie MeGin*
, nis. Gone from last year's baekfield
5 are Houston Black, Bam Clonlnger,
Jack Gunnells and Eugene Jiitehem.
Coach Parker qualified his state*
it ment about the 20 candidates'- by
i* doefully remarking "small boys."
h Schedule for the approaching Mason
has not yet been completed but
currently lists six games, fonr to be
r played away from home.
Already scheduled are the followI*
lagi
, ' Oct. 5?Forest City, There.
Oct. 10?Newton, There.
Oct. 28?Cherry Title at Shelby.
Not. 0.?-Lenoir, Hero
9 Nor. ld-r-Bhelby, Here.
Not. 80?Hickory, There
k flharryriHe has requested that Its
l game, scheduled for Cherryrille^ - be
played at 8helby, due to lack of snf'
fleient playing facilities at Cherryi*
riHe. . >
r Remainder of the schedule will bo
uboimm M quiekir u It 4 Nk,
plat*4; ?M X *. HiHjiitt, klfi
efcool prlaatpat
i -WOOnODT OSIOI
_ Th? VNtaN Cflfela win mit
' Friday ?1SM. 4*f* H *
1 tt'alo?k at tfcs ktoU of Mr*. <h*dy
Iain F
rmr?8dat. auqubt 23, 1945
Joe Neisier
President Of
Club Group
Memlicrs of the board of director
of the Kings Mountain Country Clul
rs?n<Mafton. in, meeting at the City
hall Tu ""lav night, elected J. A. Neb
!er j?r"* le- t of the group, ami ap
pointed emmitteea looking to the
more or leas immediate building of a
country elub.
The association holds a lease on the
West King street property of the R.
S. Plonk estate totaling 51 acres, and
original plans called tor the remodel'
ing of the house on the property into
a suitable clubhouse and the building
of a golf course.
Other officers elected were: O. A,
Bridge#, vice-president, W. L. Plonk
secretary, and P. W. Plonk, treasurer
Only otber action taken by the di
rectors was to obtain permission ol
the members to sell
land on the rear of the property
which extends into adjoining proper
t> said to be under consideration ai
a site for the erection of the King:
Mountain hospital, recently author!*
oil in a bond vote by the citizens ol
Cle-eland county.
The following committees wert
named:
Membership and Finsu, ? : O. A
Bridges, chairman, W. L Plonk, O
| W. Myers and M. A. WaTe.
Fluhhouse: W. K. Manner, chairmnr
C. E. Noisier, Aubrey Mauney an.1
J. E. Herndon.
Grounds: H. T. Pulton, chairman
L. W. Bamrick, J. A. Noisier. and F.
W Plonk.
T*-e g-oup also set a regular monthly
meeting, to - held eaeh thirl
Thursday nb-h* rt 8:30 p. m.
First "Post-War"
; Induction Group Off
Eight men. the majority of them
hist turned 1". left for Fort Bragg
-Wednesday morning and induetion into
the armed forees.
The August call had been for mormon.
but recent cancellation of in
duction of men over 25 limited th<
number.
Rev. L. C. Pinnix conducted a short
I devotional before The men departed
Al?o present were board member.'
roiircscntatives of the American
T egion.
Evans Bvcrs served as squad lead
er. Others in the group were:
C. M. T.ove1aee.
Thurman William Hamriek.
Walter Durham Harmon.
Carl Webb Bridges.
William Houston Black.
Roscoe Junior Chambers.
Henry Mason Blanton.,
Farmers Entert&ip
Lions, Kiwanians
More than 150 members of the
Rings Mountain Lions and Kiwania
clubs were guests at a picnic suppei
at Beth-Ware school last Thursday
night as 'guests of the farmers in the
Beth-Ware area.
Many baskets of food filled the
long picnic tables, and the suppei
was not hindered by a slight rain
which began just as the picknickers
gathered. v
Rev. J. G. Winkler offered the Invocation.
Clyde Randall was chairman of the
farmer group in charge of the supper.
The crowd was estimated at 300.
USES Serving
To Fill Jobs
With the removal of all War Man?
TlOWflf hivlner /? n r?
the WMC-U8E8 office nerving Kings
Mountain ,1a now in better position
to serve both the employer* and
thoee aeeking jobs ih that area, John
M. Canton, manager of the WMC
TT8E8 office* in Cleveland eonntj
stated today.
_clThe primary function of a public.,
empovment office la to bring togethf*v"the
employer who ia seeking
work^fa and the pereon who la seeking
employment," added Mr. Qaaton
Employer* in the Kinga Mountain
area who are la need of worker* an
urged, to liat their needa with the
Kinga Mountain branch office ant
worker* eeekiag employment are or
ged to call at the office cm Cherokei
street to eae what Job# are availabl
rather than goiag from plant t<
plant in an effort to locate work.
The office alee has been deeignat
ed a* an information eoater for vet
crane eeekiag information on theti
rights and v benefits under the Ol
BUI. In addition to eorving as a*
Information center, the efftee ha.
(mm aotkortaod to handlo claims foi
otonns for roadjnatmont illtwurM
and olatma for unemployment com
pralpltiia aaAer tlM reflation* oi
ftf lfortk Carolina TTnnmploymon
OompOMatlos Comia Im1 on.
iff A JM' -1 ^"TSflrT/,, ^ ?
feral dj
HNk| > 1KB
K3u
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AT MOORE OEKERAXi ? Pfc. Jacl
Bennett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ou
Bennett, E. Gold St., Is recelvln
. treatment at Moore Oensral hosplU
' folio win* hi* return last week frot
the European theater of operation)
Pfc. Bennett, who entered service o<
tober 14, 1042, received training a
1 Port Knox and Camp Campbell, Ky
' and served In North Africa and^tal
' With a tank-destroyer unit. He anlt
ed In Charleston, 8. C., August 13.
ilorse Show
Plans Advance
George Wray, of Shelby, beeam
the first exhibitor to enter a hors
in the forthcoming Second Annus
Labor Day Horse Show, sponsored b,
the Kings Mountain Lions elul
j which is expected to be the best shot
| yet presented in the city.
Work on the show is going forwar
| at a rapid pace, it was reported b;
Lions officials Wednesday.
Members of the elub began wor'
on the grounds at the Old Ball Pari
Tuesday, building a show ring am
' facilities for taking care of horses,
j Bleacher seaA will be erected ti
take care of a crowd of 1,500, . am
; advance sale of tickets is being hnn
j died by members of the elub.
' J. O. Darracott. Lions secretary
I yesterday urged all hrosenien t
j make their entries as soon as posst
j ble. Deadline for entries is Thursday
| August .'10.
1 More than >250 in prizes is hetn,
offered in the 16-olasrf event.
Church Attendance
Shows Big Increase
Church attendance in K:ngs Moun
tain was considerably higher las
Sunday, on the basis of reports fron
nine churches. The reports showei
that 1,175 attended morning worshii
services, while 1,355 attended ehurel
school services.
Attendance by churches follows!
ARP?church school, 113. churct
1 131. praper meeting. 36.
Central Methodist ? church aohoc
1 117, church. 163.
1 First Baptist ? church school. 231
church. 220.
1 First Presbyterian ? church ?ehoc
' 119. church. 1041
Grace Methodist ? church school
146. church. 76. night, 60. praye
meeting 18.
Mn edonia Baptist ? church gchoc
134. church. 97. night, 80. prave
1 meeting. 37.
nt. Matthew'* Lutheran ? churc
school 176. church. 167,
Second Raptist ? church school
172, church. 145, night, 7.1, prave
meeting .12.
Wesleyan Methodist ? chute'
church school 14.1. church. 72.
R. And M. Motors Open
Service Department
, K. ami M. Motors, Kings Mountali
Dodge and Plymouth dealer, are an
nouncing this week the re-opening o
. their service department in whic
. they will specialise in repairing an.
servcing all models of Dodge an.
, Plymouth automobiles and job-rat*
trucks.
In charge of the service depart
meat will be E. F. Drake, who ha
. had 25 year* of aerviee in the autc
i mobile busiaeas, including work a
i Brigga Body plant In Detroit, Mieh
, aa well aa at tha Dodge plant there.
I He has recently spent three year
. with Atktuaon>No|fleet, Iae., o
i Charlotte, Dodge-Plymouth distribt
j ton for Western North Carolina as
i South Carolina.
The aerviee department of the eon
pnay has been clossd, it waa statsd
due to inability to aMnin exnartam
[. od ^nmil ud WMC mhkttou.
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nan TomavosT
, Pfo. WmUjt KImt who Wo boo
i rlaltlng fclo poroato on i<MWy fn
Um+, will roport to Port Bitff CO
t rooaoigmsoBt oa flotordoy. Ho bold
t tko Wbot imtaatry bode*, food Ml
d?ot owtel uf two batik oters.
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rnrr c^wt^ vm cor>\
Draft Board
iNotTo Process
|Men Over 25
The Kings Mountain selective aervice
l.o-.r.l receive.t orders last week
directing it to cease processing of reg
V. rants '.'I years of age and overi
but also directing it to continue reg' stering
all men liable for register*tion
? those becoming 18 years of
age an'l men discharged from service.
The i fiat motions followed announce
nient* from President Truman that
inductions would he halted for men
over 2-~ and that draft quotaa would
he dashed.
The order also stated that employ
^ era. of course, are no longer required
B to file deferment re(|uesta on men
_ over 2-> previously classified IT-A,
" II B, or II C.
n The only men over 25 who will
inducted under the present orders
?. will he volunteers.
x No indication was given as to tbo
number of men who will continue to
y to he required under the selective
^ service act. with a nation-wide argument
raging as to whether indnc_
tions should he continued at all.
Naturally, the quotas will he lower,
since about the only registrants avadahle
in the 1.8-25 group are those
becoming IS years of age, since virh
tually all 1-A registrants over 18
have been inducted already.
The navy has announced that it
e will lower its induction requirements
* considerably with in a few days.
I Court Docket Was
v Shorter This Week
d Johnnie Kelley was fined 860 and
> coats in eitv recorder's court Mon-_
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j >iii iwr nrutiKPii itrivinp an 1 driving
k : without a license. in a session wfiien
k | was somewhat shorter tlinn the heart
vy. 2t-rase session of the previous
week.
n ,T. W. Garner, negro. was given a
I month's suspended sentenee and finCil
Mo and sosts for assault on a
female. an>l Robert I.eo Smith, nej
pro, was given .10 days on the roads
0>(o' drunkenness. as was Moody
l- I'hillips.
i'i A lareeny ease, in wh'ih Sam Williams.
eolore-1. al'epoe that another
s negro, Ben Ailnms picked his pocket
anrt relieved him of his poeket-book,
eontainTi>i? ftO and other valuahtes
at the Blue Moon eafe, was continued
until Thursday afternoon at six
o 'clock.
Cbarpes of lr-">kenness against
. Ned White and Melvin Bprouse wero
continued until Monday, as was a
charire of re<-kless driving against
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?-i. jtx. \iuoaiei, coiorea.
h Five Generations Of
Huss Men In Combat
Tuft about every war the portion
>11 of the American continent occupied
by the United States has known has
1 ha<T a Huss in it. *
Cpl. Vance Huss, route 2, Kings
'' Mountain, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ix>v?
Huss, is now home on furlough. He
' is the ureat-groat grandson of Peter
r]Huss. who fought in the French and
I Indian war from 1704 1712.
Newt in service was Peter Huss, IT
* | who fought in the Revolutionary
War, followed by his son, Joseph
^ Huss, who fought in the Civil War.
T.ove Hus?. son of Joseph Huss,
' served in France in World War T.
r and ruefully remarks that hie grandson,
twovrar old Vance, Jr., born
^ the same day Vance Sr.. entered service,
will be about the age for service
in the next war?which he hopes
will never come.
The Husses originally came from
England and settled In Lincoln
county. j
; Hoke, Crook
2 Buy Property
L. A. Hoke, electrical contractor
h and W. K. Crook, garage owner, have
1 purchased from Mrs.. J. 0. Williams
> and Mrs. Harvey Williams a 100x180
foot lot adjolnlhg Cherokee street
I a a. i - t * - a -* -
- ana anunptic IM Dttliatng Of t g*~
' rnge and electrical ebop In the near
j fnture, It ?M aanouaeed Wednoaday.
The lot parehaaad la a portion of .<
, tha property kaowa aa the J. 1*. A.I^
llaoa property.
y. Mr. Croak aaya that ha haa entered
lata eoatraet rrttk O. T. Bennett to
bafld . h SkM p9|? b?Udli| aad
that ho hopoa ?? hara the bolldiaf
taoiplataa by Oetobor 1.
? lb. Hoko eeold not bo reached for
t A atatoaMot ooaaaratay hia boild lay
plana, bat U woe waderetoed that ho .3
k aattotpohad bottdlny a 40aM-feot
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