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if /. """ .4vr > '" ' ' POPULATION Incorporated Kings Mountain 6^47 Iiamodlata Trading Am 15,000 (figures based cn regtatratlona of1 local War Price and Battening board ) VOflU 66 NO, 36 President Local News Bulletins BTHB&XDB PBOMOTBD Lt. Com. B. C. Etheridge, U8Nt?, husband of Mrs. Dorothy Patterson Etheridge of Kings Mountain, has recently been promoted to that rank, according to information received here. Lt. Com. Etheridge la serving aboard the navy destroy er U88 Edwards. OOVBT or HONOB The regular monthly Boy 8coui Court of Honor will be he**. Thursday night at 8 o 'clock at City Hall. Application blanka should be in the hands of O. W. Myers not later than Thursday afternoon. ' t BLANTON DISOHABOBD T-8gt. Billie B. Blanton, of Kings Mountain, received an honorable discharge from the army last week, following his return . from 37 months of overseas duty with the Mediterranean Air Transport Service. Sgt. Blanton holds six battle stars and has served more than six years in the army. He returned to the United States by air. LBOION MEETING Members of the American Legion ate ham and eggs at a Dutch Supper at the home of Glee Bridges Tuesday night. A large number of Legionnaires, including both veterans of World Wars land II, were present. No business session was conducted. BOND QUOTA Cleveland County's September victory bond quota has been set at $198,044 in Series E, F, and G bonds,' it was announced tbia week, by George Blanton, of Shelby, county war finance chairman. WAB DADfl MEETING Kings Mountain chapter of War will hold their regular meeting Friday night at 8 o'clock at the City Hall, it was announced this week. A full attendance ia being urged. \ m WATTBEflOK DISCHARGED Cpl. C. E. Watterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Watterson, received an honorable discharge from the army at Fort Bragg on September 5. Cpl. Watterson, in service since June 13, 1M2, served 28 months In England and Africa "WTtti the eighth Air Force. HUR8E CADET Miss Rachel McClair, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. ''lain, entered nurses' training at Memorial Hospital, Charlotte, last Friday. FISH FRY Members of the local post of the VFW an.) War Dads will hold a fish fry at the home of Glee Bridges on Saturday night at 8 o'clock. A spokesman for the organization a said that some 2i><> pounds of fish " are being prepared and a large erowd is anticipated. Members are ovno trt.l f\ Ksinn tVinis fomiltoa ??--*? % v? in ??^i mm lumulto ami other guests. . NEW DBUOOIST B. B. Lewis, registered pharmaeist, has accepted a position with ..Griffin's Drug Store, it was announced this week by E. W. Griffin. Mr. TiewU, a native of Ohio, but for the past four years a citizen of Lincoliiton, joined Griffin's on Monday. AT CITY HALL Mrs. Edna Houser Saunders has accepted a position, as bookkeeper for the City of Kings Mountain, it was announced Wednesday by H. L. Bnrdette, city-manager. Mrs. Saunders replaces*.\Mre. Iconise Martin, resigned. KXWAMXS MEBTTNO [Members of the ftings Mountain Klwanis elnb will entertain teachere of the 'Kings Mountain school r system at their regular meeting at the Woman's club Thursday night at 7 o'eloek, when J. G. Morrison, county agent of Lincoln county, _It1 ? U.. -1?v J k. "?M vuurm IOO Ql?u Mil pjupfin/ OHOOX. mouimn Bp1 B. N. Bant*, superintendent of Mkttll, annoaneed Wedneeday ?* enrollment gain of fX> over firat " ^*7 fleam rojx^rtod tut wmV. KnK; ;J:' *?Bmai to aim Jtolow tut yttf, k? ? ^U8, _ >p* tklMna not *' J \ ' * '* 11/"* livings Truman I* llfikn^ V&fe&MB [. , t^S -,,k " ;. .' 41 i m- * I ^ /':' i BHiH I COMBAT TEAM HABD ON JAPSHenry J. Kennedy, Jr., route ii. Kin Winn, and Sgt. Lewi* N. Barts, < marine corpe combat team who acco operation. (Marine Corps photo.) Kennedy's Thr Team Account a WPHTPBM Pifirw < , _ A- three-wan combat team ?f Norl I Carolina Marines knocked off 1 Japs daring the Okinawa opermtioi All members of a reeonnaissanse i nit, Marine Corporal Henry J. Kei nedy, Jr., 20, of route 2, Kings Moti tain; Marine Private First Clai Fred Oaylor, Jr., 22, of Hill stree Warsaw; and Marine Sergeant Lev is N. Barts, 21, of 207 Northeast A enue, Kannapolis, share the credit fc each Nip killed. "We always work together," sai Sergeant Barts. "Each of us dot his job and it pays off." As an i lustration, he told how the trio rou ed three JapB out of one cave. . Posting Kennedy on one aide c the entrance and himself behind I mound of earth n few yards in fron the two waited while Oaylor climbe : over the entrance of the rave an tossed in a smoke grenade. One was shot bv Bart as he ai tempted to escape. The two othci then rushed out of the cave firin their rifles at Bart, only to be kil ed by Kennedy and Oaylor. This same kind of teamwork ?vn used throughout the operation an cost 17 more Japs their lives. Corporal Kennedy who is the so ' of >?r. Henry J. Kennedy Sr., o j route 2, Kings Mountain, fought a Okinawa and Pelcliu as did his eon ! bat tckmmntes Private First Clas I Oaylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fre Oaylor, Br., of Hill street. Warsav j and Sergeant Bart*, son of Mr. an O. Barts of the Kai napQjie address. . < Gridders" Open. Season Sept. 21 Rings Mountain's Mountaineer will open their 1945 football sohe<l ule In the high school stadium her Friday afternoon, 8ept. 21, when the; talcs on the strong Betn\pnt Abbe team, it was announced this wee' by J. R. Huneyutt, high school prtr clpal. Mr. Huneycutt also anuounced ar other home game, with Belmont hig school October 12. Still open Is the November 2 date with arrangement! for a game wit Bessemer City still tentative. Thf schedule follows: September 21?Belmont Abbey her September 28-LOpen. October S?Forest City, There. Oct. 12?Belmont, itere. Oct. 19?Newton, There. Oct. 26?Cherrjrville at 8helhy. Nov. 2?Open. Nov. ft?Ijenolr, Here. Nov. 16?Shelby, Here. Nov. .16?Hickory, there. ? . Moun KINOB MOUNTAIN. N. C., TK s I-j I -A V ?Shown above are left to right, Opl. g? Mountain, Pfc. Fred Oayior, Jr., of >f Kannapolls, members of a three-man anted for 20 Jape daring the Okinawa n Lt cc-man vuuiuai ed For 20 Japs -' Board Not Notified h About Consolidation (> aji Associated Press story carri" ed In last Saturday's papers stated u" that tba Kings Mountain War Price l* and Rationing Board would he ain bollshed hjr October 1, with the ? functions of the local board to be (> handled by the Shelby board after r" that date. v Local board officials,'' However, ,r have received no official notification of the consolidation, it was | stated Wednesday morning. '*: The AP account said that the con' solidations effected in the Ohar' lotte district would leave only 91 paid OP A officials, as compared with 472 at the present time. 8 Meantime an employee of the local board reported being "caught ^ up" with her work for the first ' time since she became affiliated with the local board, t 1 Church Attendance g - . ? l- 74Y i^ast Sunday i ?.? s Attendance at seven Kings Moun,t tain churches totaled 747 at- morning I worship services last Sunday, while j n church school attendance totaled 1,-! f 082. j tj Attendance at the final union scr- j i I vice of the summer at First Presliv- i iS terian church totaled 192. Attendance by churches follows: P( ARP: church school. 118. church, d 104. i. Mncedonia Baptist: church school. 14.1. church. 90. night, 7-1. prayer meeting .IS. Second Baptist: church school, 173. church. 104, night, 107, prayer meo' ing, 25. Central Methodist: church school, 150, church. 120. Orace Methodist: church school,! 153, church, 65, night. 52. prayer I meeting. '* Lutheran: church school, 186, chur1 ch, 180. o First Presbyterian: church school., f 159, church, 84, night, 192. y j I1, Cab Operators Warned To Drive Carefully ? I h The Kings *Mqnr\tain board of aldermen. in regular irionthly session at S) the City Hall Tuesday night, issued r' a warning to tari operator* to ohaerve traffic ordinance* or face licence revocation, passed an amend'tent to the license tax ordinance to ? license professional bondsmen, and | discussed plans for re surfacing cltv streets. City license fee for professional bondsmen waa set at $10 per year. The board also granted a "license to sell beer to Elmer Harris, negro. While no specific action was taken regarding re surfacing of streets, methods of financing the project, along with probable coste, were disv. 'V tain t 4 UESDAY, SEPT. 13, 1915 iings Moi fouth Handed Five-Year Term On Theft Cocnt Tommy Kuff, 16 year-old white Kings Mountain textile worker, was sentenced to serve five years in the state peniteniary at Raleigh Monday morning after pleading guilty to the theft of 9210 in cash from an uncle. Ed Connard. of West Gaston la. The disposition came in the second case to be railed as the September term of Gaston Superior Court for the trial of criminal cases got under way with Judge W. H. 8. Burgwyn on the bench. Ruff recently served a year and eight months in the Jackson Trtining School near Concord for an offense occurring in Kings Mountain. Corvnard told the court that he and a relative had been saving the money to purchase a homestead, and that they had nearly accumulated enough money for the purpose. Ruff admitted that he had been planning the theft for a "long time." Asked to what purpose he had put the money, he explained that he had bought a Buit of clothes had paid some board in Charlotte, and hail spent some of it on a woman with whom he had spent the night. "Tf T had that woman here 1 would give her five years, too." de clared Judge Burgyn, "for eontribu ting to the delinquency of a child yhy. this boy^J.' he said, "is scarcely old enough to be off his nurse'? knee. And here he is up here without compunction bragging about sleeping with a woman." Rev. Elam McSwain Claimed By Death ftpv. r.lum MeAwftln rtH relSrpr Baptist minister, and prominent far mer died Saturday morning at tbre* o'clock at bis bottle In the Oak Grovi cofiitnnnitv. ' t He is survived by his wife, &fr? Annie Blanche McSwain; one sdQ, Lt Clyde McSwain, U. 8. Navy, station td at Great Lakes, 111., two daught ers, Mrs. Wray Thornburg of thi Oak Grove community, Mrs. Ceci Lovelace of Tampa, Fla., three all t?rs. Mrs. John Hamrick of Boilin) Springs, Mrs. Henry Pearson of nea Gaffney, S. C.. and Mrs. David Love lace of 8helby. Also surviving are c grandchildren. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at 3 o'clock at th< Oak Grove Baptist church. The pas tor, Rev. C. C. Crow, conducted th< services, assisted by Rev. Lutbei Hawkins, of Gastonia. Burial tool place in the church cemetery. D~ : A di IUII ixeceives Army Discharge T-4 Lynwood Parton, son of Mr and Mrs. H. R. Parton, of Ki 11 j?j Mountain, received an honorable dls charge front the army Tuesday, fot lowing his return from the Europeun theater of operations last week. Tech. Parton, discharged via th? point route, had a total of 103 point! andparticipatcd in five major e?i gagetnents in France and Germany a.a mechanic with an infantry service company. Tech. Parton is one of the few Kings Mountain men who holds two honorable discharges. He entered service in September 1040 and was discharged the following year. Re-enlisting in February of 1042. he received training in thb United States before going overseas for a 20-month tour of duty. In addition to his five battle stars, for the Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennee and Central htc ropean engagements, he holds the combat infantryman's badge, and the good conduct medal. Entering France via famed Omahs beach six days after D-Day, he fou ght in the hedge-row area, and throu gh the maior battles which resulted in the final defeat of the Germane He describes the hedge row fightind and Battle of the Bulge (Anionnee) as the toughest and nastiest fighting of all. "I "didn't get a scratch," he says, "except maybe some skin barns 1 got bpeanse I dived into fox holet too faet." He returned to the United Stat* via air, eatehing a B-17 from Mar settle to Caaablanca, a C M to Dakai and Natal, and a C-47 into Miami where he arrived in September 6th. lerald 9 I intain Noi Chief Executi To Speak At 1945 City Tax Levy is 60 Percent Paid 8. A. Crouse, city dark, reported Wednesday that $30,743.88 in 1048 I taxes bad been pre-paid through | September 10. the fi$ure represent I lng 60.74 percent of the total 1848 , iavy. The total tax levy for King* Mountain la $65,424.70. Ha also reported that $61,969.60 | or 96 percent of the 1944 levy had ' been paid, to establish one of the j best records for tax collection the j city baa known. In the official sale of property | for 1644 taxes held Monday, only > $475.27 of the 1944 levy remained i j to be paid. | . i Appreciation Stated For j - Horse Show Help ' I ' Holland P. Dixon, president of the j Kings Mountain Lions club, and W. K. Mauney, Jr., general chairman of I 1 the club's recent Labor Day horse show, issued a statement this week i thanking all business firms and eit' ! riens who helped make the show a ' , a success. ' | Named specifically were the mer1 | chants and business firms who bou- j | ! ght advertising in the official horse * j show program, local exhibitors, the I City of Kings Mountain which aided . in preparation of the horse show ring and owners of the York road propj ertv where the show ring and stands | , were erected. | I' -we could not have had a success-' i ful show had It not been for the' | fine cooperation we received," they ' stated, "and we wish to state pUbj lieJy our appreciation, both for ourselves and on behalf of the Lions I club, to the owners of the propef.y i at the old ball park, the exhibitois, I City of Kings Mountain, merchants ! and business firms, and spectators fori their part in making this event a i successful one." 1 i Blanton Is Awarded ' Bronze Star Medal ? , 8-Sgt. Clarence E. Blanton of Kings Mountain, son of Mr. and Mrs. I \V. C. Blanton, has been awarded th ! bronze star medal for meritorious a' I chievement in connection with mill; tary operations in the Southwest PaI cific area, according to information recently received here. Mnrried. Sgt. Blantonwife re! sides at LtrfTe Mountain. 8. C. | The citation accompanying the a- j i ward follows: 'Staff Sergeant Clarence E. Blan| ton. Quartermaster Corps. T'nijen States Army. For meritorious achievement in connection with militarv * operations against the enemy in the Southwest Pacific area and in the I Philippine Islands from 25 January 1 1 1945 to 1 May 101"). The plntoon ?> ! a quartermaster bakery company orj ' ' whicli Staff Sergeant Rlnnton was a j I wen'her hail been operating on two i i islands when order* came to ntov? i ' T'nder Stnff Sergeant Rli.nton's able I leadership and assistnnci. tne tw I ! seetions were collected from the '* I lanils and loaded on five different I ships with the least possible confu* inn and loss of time. On arrival nt | ; Mindoro. Staff Sergeant Rlnnton had j ' the difficult task of collecting the ) e . i equipment which had been landed on two beaches and getting the bakery J j into operation as quick as possible, j | When the platoon landed on Minda- ( ' j nao, both men and equipment wer? | 1 ?o well organised that the hnkerc was turning out bread 24 hours after ' debarkation. This record was made ' possible by the exemplary leadership of Staff Sergeant Rlanton in organ | , ir.ing his platoon into a solid cooper ative unit, and by his able assistance to his commanding officer." ' Bridges Airport Now In Operation Bridges Airport. Olee Bridges' fly- I t ing field off Oold street was In op- ! eratlon Sunday an plane* beg#B landing and taking off on the new alr! port. A 17PP-foot ronway has Keen vlr' tually completed, and Mr. Bridges ?aid he expected to lea*e the airport t to'Martin Plying Service, of Oastonia. r FALSE ALARM The fire alarm turned In TuesI day night proved to be falae. Tt I waa the only alarm of tba week. i n paKes * U Today FIVE CENTS PEB COP) member 2 ive Expected Battleground Preai<lent Harry H. Truman is eaDec ted to visit Kilioa If i?? K-. m _ __ ? Mvuu?wtu unfc" tlefielil anil make aa address on November 2 in conjunction with a trip to Statesville, according to information given Senator Clyde R. Hoey 8enator Josiah W. Bailey at a conference with the North Carolina Senators on Tuesday. The observance of the 165th anniversary of the Battle of Kings Mountain, which turned the tide of victory in the Revolutionary War to the colonies, will thus be Mlvanced from October 7 to November 2 to coilp cide with President Truman's visit. President Herbert Hoover came to Kings Mountain on October T, 19UU, and made an address in the observance of the sesqui-centennial anniversary of the famed battle. In the years since 1930, great celebrations have not been held, though patriotic organizations of Kings Mountain and surrounding cities customarily conduct ceremonies at the battleground on October 7. Last spring, Mr. Truman was Invited to Kings Mountain hy 8enator State Senator Lee B. Weathers, of Shelby, was named general chairman of the committee on arrangements for the President Truman visit on November 2 at a supper for county employees and officials held at the home of Glee Bridges, county board chairman, here last night. General plana stated call for Inclusion of York county, 8. C., and Gaston count; In addition t<? Cleveland county, a parade in Kings Mountain featuring military kmitlt and units to precede Mr. Truman's address at the battleground. Dignitaries from the slate and naUhH in Wnnt^l ?? ' * ? i tnuntn'a adrtiw at the Ktoft | Mountain Battleground. . * Hoev sboitly after hi? becoming president. The suggestion originally came from the county board of commissioners aud State Senator Lee B. Weathers, of Shelby, wrote Ma Hoey concerning the possibility of a presidential visit. j The invitation was tendered to Mr. | Truman, who expressed bis hope that he would be able to come to Kings | Mountain, hut he stated that no definite plans could be mapped until the Potsdam conference was over. 1 The .Vort"u Carolina 8enators renewed the invitation on Tuesday and j the announcement was forthcoming immediately following the meeting. Plans have not been made for tne visit of Mr. Trumou, but Glee A. Bridges, chairman of the board of county commissioners, said Wednesday that a committee of citizens from Kings Mountain and Shelby will be named within the next few days to map the program of events and make other necessary arrangements for the Truman visit. Mr. Truman will speak at Statesville in connocticm with a non-offi,.iu1 t ? 1- - C?.1 ... iuc ..urm v iiroiik. Senate there. It will lie the first trip South for President Truman; and is to ho followe.l t.v visits to Atlanta md Poit Refining, Ga. Floyd Names Legion Groups - i John Floyd. commander of Otis I>. Greene Post No. loo. Anieriean legion. nnnouneeil this week personne. of post committees for the year 194.148. The appointments follow (First* namcil serves as chairman): Membership: John Gladden, Paul Mauney, G. A. Bridges, R. D. Miller, O. O. Walker and P. O. Ratterree. Finance: N. F. MeOill, J A. Nela ler, W. L. Plonk. House and Entertainment: R. I). Miller, Hal D. Ward, John Weaver, Cline Barber. Legal: J. R. Davis, F. R. Rummer*, W. E. Blakely. Publicity: Martin Harmon, Ladd W. Hamriek, W. B. W instead. Service: J. B. Keeter, Clarence l?. Black, John Mauney. Poat Child Welfare: P. O. Ratterree, J. D. Smith, T. A. Pollock. Defense: W. L. Plonk, J. W (Hadden, Paul Mauney. Disaster Relief, Etc.: H L. Burdette, J. E. Herndon, Chas. A. Ooforth. Athletics: Luther Morrison, Chas. K. Warlick. A*-.V% . .Wi