I IFVfnrs* bisad on rnUtnttoM of
Churches Wi!
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Citizens Urged
. To Be Present
For Services
ChuTohea of Kings Mountain are
-axpscted to be filled Sunday as almost
all of them join with churches,
throughout the world in the shcth
annual observance of World-Wide
Communion.
.</* Ministers of Kings Mountain are
tanking appeals to their members to
'vjattend communion services on Sun
amj in a re hedieation to the princpies
of Christ.
_ Majority of the services in Kiug
asonntaiu win do new at tne morn
ing worship hour, though the coin
m union service at ARP church will
be held at theVvening worship which
begins at 7:30.
In a statement this week, Rev. P
D. Patrick, president of the Kinjjs
Mountain ministerial association and
pastor oi First Presbyterian church
"Many different races, languages
anr religious denominations will be
present at His Table during the 2-t
hours of Sunday, October 7. v
"This year the Lord's Tscle will
*>e set by world Christians in strange
lands and on far seas; Ln rained chapels
and within great cathedrals; in
hospitals, under trees In the tropicst
on eold wastelands of the North, ln
lands formerly filled with internment
'Campa and prisons. '
"With the war at an end, it la a
time not onlc to rededieate onr lives
"to the principles of Christ bnt to offer
thankfulness for peace." *
Legion Auxiliary Held
"Meeting Tuesday Night
The American Legion Auxiliary of
the Otis P. Green Post No. 168 met
Oct. 2, 7:30 p. m., at the home of
Mrs. James'Ware with Mrs. Cjtus
JTiUt Mid Mrs. Llojrfl Phtfer tr Joint
hoit esses.
'Mrs. Bnth Gamble the presiden*,
nresided. Mrs. Cvrns Palls
lain, gave a devotional program. Mrs.
Pride Ratterree, secretary- and treasurer,
gave the financial report.
The following officer* were elected
'for the coming year: ^Mesdnmes Panl
Manney, president, O. O. Walker,
"Vice president, Pride Ratterree. see
. retaTy and tree sorer, Cyras Falls,
cfiapliin, James Ware, historian.
Mrs. Gamble presented to the Auxiliary
a Department citation which
was awarded by the Department for
fulfilling all obligations during past
7^.
. A -membership certificate showing
honor roll achievement vss also
-.presented for attaining membership
quota.
Membership* does were paid to
Mrs. Ratterree. A large percentage of
the members were - present. Also
number of Invited guest*.
There ?u a llraly discussion concerning
the Qo-Qetters Club la which
the Auxiliary Is to. participate for
the purpose of obtaining new members
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" Mrs. Olee Bridges and Mrs. W. W.
Souther had charge of a program een
tared around membership.
After the meotltig adjourned the
hast mas served a- deUcious salad
with accessories,' followed by a sweet
' eoarse. ?
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eCommunion
Polio Strikes Bridges;
Team Plays Forest Oity
King* Mountain high school foot
ball tona will op*n Its conference
football muou Friday night when
It lnvadee Forest City with tho arclight
affair ochodulod to bagln at
8 o'clock.
Tho toam will bo playing _mlnna
two regulars, Everett Bridge*, who
was stricken with Infantile paralysis
last Thursday and who Is new
receiving treatment at Memorial
hospital, Charlotte, and Bobby X>eabetter.
who broke a shoulder in a
practice tea*Ion over two weeks ago.
Ala on tbo injured list since the
Belmont Abbey game is Dickie
Foster, letterman, who suffered in
Injured knee. |
Ooach Don Parker, however, wae
hopeful that Foster would be able
to see action.
Forest City customarily has a
strong team; bnt little is known about
the caliber ol the 1945 edition.
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Julian Property
Auction Saturday
The Julian pfdperty on East King
street, comprising 62 lots suitable for
home sites, will be Sdid at auction
Saturday afternoon at 3 d'clock, with
owners of the property and P. D.
Herndon, real estate agent handling
the sale, anticipating spirited bidding
for the property.
- George Allen is to serve ss auctioneer.
Mr. Herndon, announcing the sale
lost Wweek, said that each lot has a
25-foot front facing either King
street, Deal street or the York road.
The lots are of varying depths. The
pivpvrfcj WBB ^ormenr os^n Dy the
high school as an athletic field.
, Mr. Herndon said that terms may
tc? .arrange*}, with as-little as one
tilrd down payment required to purchase,
and he stated that a high bidder
on any one lot will have the priv
ilege of taking two additional adjoining
lots at the same figure.
. Plat of the property is available at
the home of Mr. Herndon.
Sunday Bally Day'At
Lutheran Qhurch
Sunday, Oct. 7, is Rally Day at St.
Matthew's l/utheian chureh. At tho
Sunday School hour, 9:45 a. m., a pageant,
"The Word for the World,"
by Henry Snyder will be presented
by members of the school under the
direction of Mr?. Myron Rhyne.
Those taking part include:
Mother Church: Mrs. L. P. Baker,
Jr.
Saaday School: Bobbie Ledbetter.
Dally Vacation Bible school: Miss^
Elolse Randall.
Youth: .Miss Peggy Bgker.
Hi Ma:George Houser.
Luther League:, Miss Joyce Pall*.
' 8[>eelal Music will be rendered during
the pageant including a boys'
chorus at)d male trio. The public' is
' cordially. invited.
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Bulletins
VTW MBETINO
Members of Johnny William Blackwell
Boat No. 2268, VFW, will i
bold their regular semi-monthly "
meeting Friday night at 7:30 at tba .
City Hall. Comma ruler Charlie Warlick
said that the meeting is Itn- *
porta ut aud urged a full attendance.
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WRITE8 ARTICLE { r
An article appearing in the Sep- i i
teinher issue of thd Carolina-Vir- ' f
ginia Retailer, official orguu of the 1
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tion was written by Mrt. W. B. |?
Logan, of Kings Mountain, who is I t
president of the Uastonia Credit ' J
Women 'a Breakfast Club. The ar- !
title, entitled "Oastonia Credit <?
Women Ardent 4 Breakfast Club' j?
Bupporters," gives the history <K i
that group aud its present activiti- , ;
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HOBD BAdK AT BAKB |1
L Gilbert Hord, until recently a , 1
navy chief petty officer, has been 11
Pleased from the service and la !'
buck at the' First National Bank | v
here. He f?*?med hia duties at the j
bank on Monday. CPO Hord spent | I
a long tour of duty in Panama and 1
has recently been stationed In Chi- j
ego. j .1
STORE IS BOLD I
J. E. Msnney has announced sale t
of J. E. Mauney Store in East i
Kings Motiatain to Tommy and t
! Warren EllisOtL. Tommy Ellison, a t
fermer employee ot the firm has re- 1
cenOy been affiliated with Phe- 1
nix Mills, Inc., while Warren Ellison
has rdeently returned from duty i
in the armed forces. The firm will
now be known as Ellison Orneerv.
LIONS MEETING I
Members of the Kings Mountain
Lions clnb will hear an address by
Bev. JT. G. Winkler, pastor of Central
Mstl*?44at <kn^h,. at the regti- j J
lar meeting of the club at Moan- '
tain View hotel Thursday night at j
7<30. ' '
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CHUBCH ATTENDANCE
Church attendance reports were *
received from only four churches
this week, showing 647 present at c
church and 765 at Sunday school !
services. Beporting churches were 1
the Presbyterian, Central Methodist
Lutheran and ABP.
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8CHQOL LUNCHROOM
B. N. Barnes, superintendent of
srhools, announced this week that '
a lunch room is now in operation
at Davidson eolered school, with '
some 90 to 100 meals being served
daily. Lunchrooms are nova heinv '
I o .
operated in all of the city schools
Mr. Barnes said, with a large ntun- r
ber of meals being served at each 1
nnit. 1
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YOUTH OEKTBB TO OPEN
The Yonth Center at the Womans 1
clnb, which has been closed for
the past few weeks for renovation,
will be open again Saturday night '
at 7 o'clock, it was announced This
week by officials. All members are' ^
urged to be present. n
KXWANTS MEETTNO *
The Journalism class of King* 1
Mountain high school, under the J
instruction of Miss Elisabeth Kee.
rwill present the program at the
regular meeting of the Kiwanis
club at the Woman's club Thurs- '
day night at 7 o'clock, The program
has been arranged in observance
of National Newspaper wetk, '
October 1-8.
HONORAM.T DX8CHABOBD
Lt George Wo mack has received 1
an honorable discharge from the '
Army. Lt. Womsek waa stationed
, at Vletorville, Calif. He is visiting
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George
Rgt. CUrMee 8. Plout, Jr., ?ot? j
7f#N trttiw, t*kl?f p?rt ^
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E7BSDAT, OCTOBER 4, 194S
Solicitations
Will Get Un
fwo Groups
Get Exams
For Service
Two groups of Kings Mountair
nen, one white and one colored, hi?v?
eeeived pro-induction examinntioni
n the past week to determine thci
itucss for duty in the armed forces
A group of 20 white men went t<
'ort Jackson, S. C., last Friday, an<
group of 14 colored men left Wea
lesday to receive examinations a
*ort Bragg.
Gordon Stanford Baruptt" wn? nam
d leader of the group of white men
>t!.er? in the group were:
J a men Boyee Crocker, Jr., Jame
Mvin We?t. E. B. Mote, I). W. lJove
Harold Vaughn Bridget, Richard Le
?ell, James Oliver Campbell, Jame
Hufu* Hale; Wesley Blant'on Johnn;
iVilliam ifetealf, fharlie .lames It
er. William Walter 8tr6Up, Clarenei
rbomas Dixon, Jr., John Piukncv D
er, Charles Edward Hoark, Ear
Vndrew Harlow, Claud Lee Philbeek
I'lato William Bennett, Avery Elli
ilorriton.
The colored men who left Wednes
lay were:
Aaron Reid, Hiwaetha Parker, Eat
ie March, Charles Shepherd, Jr., Ju
lior Blake, Joe Thomas Bell, Hil
lames Patterson, J. R. Crosby, Rot
rt Dye, Jr.,, William Edward Sand
irs, Cornelius Vanderbilt Avers
^oyce Saddler, Manuel Robert Lei
"arris, Lee Cunningham.
New Veterans
ntf... n i
viutc vrpciiGU
Daniel S. Jones, contact represen
;ative for the Veterans Administrs
ion,* has announced opeiing of an ol
'ice* in' the Masonie Temple buildim
n Oastbnia, and has asked veteran
if the Kings Mountain area nee thi
Office to obtain information abou
eterans'""benefits and other needs.
Mr. Jones said that the office i
ipen from 8:30 a. m. to 5 p. m. , am
hat he may be reached by telephon
ng 185, Oaatonia.
He said that he would be in She)
jy on alternate Wednesdays, begin
ling Wednesday, October 10*
The Veterans Administration i
esponsible for the administration o
ill laws enacted by Congress provid
ng benefits to veterans, and to ' de
>endents of deceased veterans of al
cars. The laws include pension, com
>ensatlon, retirement pay, insurance
eadjustment allowances, medics
nedieal treatment, hospital and dom
ciliary care; burial and funeral es
>enses, vocational rehabilitation; ed
isaftriw ? ? ?? 4?
v???vu auu viniuui^, guaranty o
oans for purchase of homes, farm
ind business property, he said.
The purpose of the contact serviei
s to render every possible assistant
o veterans and their dependents ti
his area by advising and eomselinj
vith them on matters pertaining t
heir elalms. To advise regardini
lupporting docnments that are r?
inlred, snch as birth certificates, ma
iage Weenies, divorce decrees, etc
ind to help in filling out applieatioi
or an benefits to which they may bi
ntitled under the law.
It it intended that the services rei
lered by the representative of th
Veterans Administration through th
Contact Office, shall supplement th
existing -facilities of service organi
atlgas and service officers.
.-Aho,- ?: sees ring a guaranty o
togaa fer homes, business, or farms
in all eases, it is neeessnry for th
r<^rpJ|N Md-. thf loeal lendei t<
handle the satire transaction witl
I>e Veterans Administration Loai
Inarantee office located nt 109 W
!rd st, Charlotte.
nmtm i? Conducted
for Kdgir W; Carroll
Taj.nj ?.iili?. fPT Mg? WIU01
rsM/.'s
l*n*Q *t 4 'eHek Monday moralmi
lerald [
For United
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! Hospital Trustees ' (
| Survey Local Sites *
Members of the county's hospital (
board of trustees met In Kings
Mountain Tuesday afternoon and /
surveyed proposed sites for the "
county hospital unit which is to be
built here.
> "The board looked over the sites ci
- and took the matter under advise- h
' ment," said O. E. Neteler, one of ti
r the members of the board from rs
Kings Mountain. cj
> Sites under consideration are tbe 8
E. 8. Plonk estate property on W. T
King street, properties of ^the
* Phenlx Mills, Inc., on Cleveland ti
avenue, the residence of Charles 8. p
Williams on North Piedmont aven- b
ue, and 8. A. Mauney property on
the Cherryvllle road.
3 According to a bond Issue pass- j
' ed in the summer, the county Is r<
e authorized to build a $160,000, 50- t<
h bed hospital unit here.
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; Jenkins Given ?
TermFor Arson?
ti
i- J. W. Jenkins, Kings Mountain P1
man, was sentenced to six months on
the roads in city recorder's court ^
I- this week, after being found guilty ?
1 on a charge of arson. ^
i- The case highlighted a heavy doc
ket, including a large number of ron>,
tine infactions.
t Receiving suspended sentences on J*
payment of costs, after being found
guilty of drunkenness, were Elmer ?
Ross, Albert Leigh, Stanley Pearson.
Frank Odell, Logan Ramsey, James
Otto Ham, and Flay Sheppard. \
Bill Ross was fined $5 and costs P1
for disorderly conduct, as was Hal *
Hanes.
I James Boyd, colored, was fined $10
and costs otf charge of assault en a 6
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i riumD. -
Fined *10 and costs on charges of
? sneeding. were John Woods. David *
* Barbery. Leonard R. Cherry and f
s Amzie McXeely. "
1 Paul Frine, found guilty of public
drunkenness, was fined $5 and costs. 1
8 and Sam McKee. found guilty on ?
* the same charge, appealed the judge
'* ment to Superior court. |
I Oaston Sales Barn
Will Be Open Soon
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f O. O. Jackson, owner, manager,
. announced this week the forthcoming*11
opening in the near future of Qaston n
I! Sales Barn, Kings Mountain's first
. business establishment of this type. *
The Oaston Sales Barn, located S ^
,1 miles East of Kings Mountain off the
. Oastonia road, will be a 50x100 foot ai
barn, with pens for rattle and hogs, ,
|. and Mr. Jackson said that auctions of
f livestock will be conducted each ^
s Tuesday afternoon following the ]2
pening, with Mr. Tountz, well-known
a livestock auctioneer to conduct the!
e auctions.
i? Mr. Jackson said he hoped to be 8
5 able to hold the first auction on Ocs
tober . 16, but that problems of obg
taining material might cause an una- *'
k voidable delay. 8
r He said that private sales and pur j1,1
,, chases would begin next week,
a The barn is modem throughout, I
? with a private office for n veterinar- J
ian, and other features. Including
i outside runways, the structure Is 70*
e 100 feet. s<
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e Plans Are Ready For f
Southern States Fair
CHARLOTTE, Oct. 1. ? Southern *
g States Fair officials, making ready
# for their first exposition since tho "
I, return of peace, have set Wedensday
, October 17, as "Thrill Day" for the p
week-long fair that will bo staged at
grounds just north of Charlotte on
the Concord Road October 15-20. The B
thrill show, starting at 2 p. m. will J
feature the most hair-raising, death
dafying feals hatched up to date by
Xaek Kochmsn'? Hell Drivers. p
I Wirt (hit tmllilAllRl A# /I
' tkH fair'a program aattled, Dr. J. 8. pi
' Dtrtoa, pmldrat aad goaoral mana|
gat of SeatWn Btataa Fair, d tar loo- J
I odl tUt proparatloaa for tfca rrtat, |(
* flttt at boo lta war-dnratloa aaapoa- p]
*Ua la lM^ wore "moving right a- ol
Ihi" with ^MtaJaa :yttlUg float T
? tooahoa to tho groaa* aad balUUaga. tt
t Theer-afTMalr alraadjr aia lotttatg -m
k eairttaeta far a^iblt apart aad ara. g
' baUg ? ar ii that a ho?t of taaair ta
* afal ofcibita wfll bo latladad la tfca |j
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1 A^ges
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FIVE Ox-.NTS PBB COPY
War Funds
On Tuesday
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)fficials Plan
Concentrated
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campaign nere
Byron Keeter, chairman of tho
ity 'a United War Fund committee,
nnounyed Wednesday that plana for
te Kings Mountain campaign to
lise $">,000 for the 22 member agonies
are virtually complete and that
vtive solicitations are to begin o;t
uesday. ?
Mr. Keeter said that the commitDC
planned a fast, concentrated cam
nign, and that he and other officials
toped to complete tho drive in the
Durse of a few days.
"All citizens are now very busy,"
dr. Keeter stated, "and there is no
?ason to prevent a quick, eoncentra
>d campaign which will not only be
ucftessful but will vsave the time of
ersons active in the campaign."
Proceeds from the drive go to 22
gencicsj some of which provide enjrtainment
and aid to service men,
nd the others providing relief to
ations which, until recently, were In
he hands of the Germans and Jaanese.
The worthiness of the appeal has
een endorsed by President Harry 8.
ruman and Governor R. Gregg
berry, both of whom made radio adresscB
in behalf of the campaign
ues'duy night.
Kings Mountain does not fail to
leet its quota on chnritable calls of
kis kind," Mr. Keeter said, "and
ur citizens will again respond to
lis worthy appeal.
"We must not forget the many ser
icemen still overseas, nor the peoles
of formerly occupied nations,
ho, without our help, face starvaion
this winter. Tt is an opportunity
> show our thankfulness for the
nd of the war and at the same time
? demonstrate kindness ?nd charity., U
> the needy peoples of the world,
i donation to this fund is a personal
ontribution to strengthen uur ouriternational
relations."
Miss Franklin
Church Official
Miss Pearl Franklin, of Hickory,
now promotional secretary of * the
'irst Baptist church here, it was anouneed
this week by Rev. L. C. Plnix,
pastor of the church. ^
Miss Franklin, a graduate of Mare
I ill and Ivenoir-Rhyne colleges, has
een a member of the faculty of Oxord
high school near Hickory and
ssumed her duties here on Monday.
It was announced that Miss Frankn
will be in the church offirn on
fountain street eaoh morning except
hursday from P o 'clock to noon,
he office telephone number is 260-J
Miss Franklin is now residing at
he home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
isk.
"We are glad to announce that
liss Franklin has accepted this po- . ition,"
Mr. Pinnix said, "and we
re sure that her work will mean
inch to the church audits members."
^esbyterians Will
Lttend Church Meets
Rev. P. D. Patrick, Pr. W. L. Ram ur,
elder from First Presbyterian
hurch and J. O. Parraeott, elder
rom Pixon church will attend a
met ing of the Synod of North Carlina
at Pavidaon college next Tuesay
throogh Thursday noon.
Preceding the meeting of Synod,
lere will be a Home Mission eonferice
on Monday at 2:30. Rev. Mr. ?j
atrick and C. E. Neialer, Jr., will
ttend.
liss Griffin Has Part a
n Drama At Intermont 'A
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BRTRTOL, Va. ? The Pramatles
apartment of Virginia Intermont
ollege announces its forthcoming 'a
roduetion of the play which haa been M
trilling broedway andiencee for 8
ears and atih holds their attention, d
Meph Keeaelring's Comedy in three , 'Sj
ta, "Arsenic and Oold Laee.'f The
lay is set in the living room of the
4 Brewster home In Brooklyn, If.
* on h late September afternoon of
in preeent day. : . - ,
Try-onte warn held on If On day srr- .''fl
ing aod the eaet has been choeea. 4
Flea Jeanne Griffin of Kings Moan- <
dn N. 0.. has boon saioeWd to play