North Carolina Newspapers

. to. vr " - **. u Iftci I-IMII' mmaa^mfasagsflyoHBrnrrr? V1*? . / <|-i *? ?% Local News Bulletins -?* ., *r ? ? ?Xt /'. $ . v'v n. , hoSSSTLTSSJST^SSSS^""^ Funds from the sale of Cleveland County bond* ? approximately $100,000 ? earmarked for building of a fiO-bed hospital here, were deposited in the First National bank thie week, according to Olee A. Bridges, chairman of the county I board of commissioners. CANCER DRIVE CHAIRMAN hire. B. A. bheuk has been named ehairman of the Kings Mountain phase of the Cleveland County campaign for funds for Cancer control, it was announced Wednesday. ACTIVITIES PROGRAM. lari Bath, city recreation direc tor, announced this wnk that the regular Saturday activities program would move outdoors. wilh eoftball .to replace Winter actlvltiee. Schedule of activities remains the same, he said. HOW SATURDAY WIGHT Aa old-fashioned variety show, featuring a, cake-walk, hog-calling contest and special music will b? held Saturday night at 7:80 ' at >Park Grace school. The show is under sponsorship of Boy Scout Troop ,7. Admission will be IS pnd 25c. KXWAWIS PROO&AM B. T. Hammett, public relations counsel for the Charlotts branch of cnanoard uu of N. J., wUl address member* of the Kiwane dab , si their meeting et the Women 'a club. JThursdsy night et d:30. Member* ?/ the high school girls' end boys' beeketbell teems will be guests of the ehtb et this meeting. TO AO KBVXVAL Bee. Za C. Pis nix, pes tor of Biift Baptist church, will be song lends* et * two*weeks revirel at flnt Baptist ehureh. Lineoluhon, S3nsst fiVSIts Key, pastor of Second Baptist ehureh. Tittl# Bask. Ark* will conduct the eerrisee. Mr. Plnnix will not be stunt from his .. pulpit during """ the iwhmmifiect h*>sai&< . < 1 ; . - \ Bnllier'B Supply Firm ' Is (^tened Charles P. end Oeorge B. Thomaseons, sons of Mrs. C. F. Thomatton wad the late Mr. Thomeuon, ere announcing this week the opening of Thomeseon'e Builder's Supply. The new firm is In temporary location in the Houeer building on Bat tlegronnd avenue next to Plonk Motor company. Charles Thomas son, formerly associated with Elmer Lumber company, hers, was a salesman for National Gypsum company before returning her* a few weeks age. mi.- ? 1. - a I ? . a muBMiun rciurnoa vu KlBtl Mountain laat week from tko Jeiupiisu theater of operation*, following discharge from the army. , Tko bow firm will deal in cement, I Time, planter, maeonite. theetroek, laith*a,dooTa, windo^a, roofing,., paint -,2*11 paper,' flooring, mortar-mix, eel-' -etex, nails, bUilAsri hardware and a -complete Una of building material*. "Bhildlag material* are arrlviag leWty," Oharle* Thomaaaon stated, bat w* expaet shipment* to improve * la the near future. We are glad to be 3a busine** in King* Mountain and hall do our be?t to give prompt deHveriee." Glottis Long's Father Succumbs m Oklahoma I. P. Long, 7?, .father of Cletus Long of King* Mountain, died at hts homo ia Chouteau,- Okla.. 4m March 19. Tnneral rite* were held in Homlry. Okla., on March 23. < \ Mr. Stag. an attorney, maintained office# fa both Hominy and Chouteau. . Ho was a native of MonVoe, prmet tieed law there and /In < Gaptonla betore moving to Aklghoma. / A justice >!ef the peace for matojytoafa. he was / haeera by hia friend* ??W Judge." iii Mr. mad Mm LoW. .and Dewltt Laag, attended the ftmMjlrfiM. Of 11 servTviag children, Cletua % Laag la the oUeet . fi, -r - ih. TI?gro In Hoivltal |i4Sir Ftmm Monday L. *!k*'.'L*'vt A-i> ' . Xiiiffs 4>:. m < * 11 i'.. 1 mi'K-ll'-Ll illJJ" rn1. .M illL J L .11? , 1 LM.?.?lJi|l??l??.l-J.I led Cross I-und F' JMs ^ ?*V At. Totals $3,460; Gifts Are Urged Kings Mountain's Hed Cross fund campaign moved near its goal, according to reports of Wednesday morning which showed the total receipts at $3,460 against the quota of $4,060. Drive officials expressed confidence that the campaign would be successfully completed by April 1, closing date of the drive, but urged all workers to complete canvass and to turn in reports by the end of the week. Atnong the groups still to report are Qrover and the Negro groups. Qrover was officially reported to have a total of $279 in its fund Wednesday, with more to be received. | and the colored groups were expect- | ed to report on Monday. "We are anxious not only to meet the quota, bat to exceed it," J. E. Hern don, chairman of the drive, said * Wednesday. J "0$r. quota was much smaller than ( the 194$ quota, and even smaller in comparison to 1946 quotas of other cities and counties in the state. This was dne to the faet that less demands were made for Bed Cross . fund#, in 1945 than were anticipated. '"file quota of $4,050 was based on I a?a ? a m* 1 umiibm ouuimom imager iigarai. | Contingencies con?tently arise, and 1 we honld like to exceed the quota 1 by a satisfactory amount. "Almost one-half of this amount ' remains right here in Kings Moan- 1 tain and is used to provide Red ' Cress services for the people of No. 1 4 township. ' "If yon haveq't already given, do ' this immediately," he concluded. Walker Sells Cleaning Firm f ' ' I ^ **r r ' 9 ' ' ' * 1 O. O. Walker, proprietor of Walker J>ry Cleaning, announced Wednesday . sale of the. establishment to D. C. MeCurdy of Durham.. .The sale is. effective Monday, April 1, and the firm name will be changed to D. C. MeCurdy Cleaners. Mr.' Walfrea.paeahassd his Jhnsiaasa from the late W. F. Logan several ' year* ago. j He made no announcements con-cernlng his Immediate business plaSk, but said he expected to remain in Kings Mountain. At nresent. Mr. Walker ha* under construction two business buildings on E. King street, one of which will house a bottling plant and the otaer a grocery. Mr. McCurdy is married and has 1 two children. He is a graduate of ' 8liver Springs, Md., National Institute of Dry Cleaning and has sever*, years' experience In fHe Cleaning trade. "It has been a pleasure to serve , the people of Kings Mountain." Mr. Walker said, "and I appreciate their patronage and cooperation. My successor is experienced in the cleaning baaineaa, and eommend his firm to ' onr patrons." Miool Purohtuwa B1e>6h>rt J or Qyn ~B. N. Barnes, superintendent of j oehools, said this week that an or der had be?n placed with Horn Man ufacturing company, Port Dodge, Iowa, for telescopic blether eeate for useln the high school gymnasium. . The bleachers inoiadp. two, eels of eatp one for eaeh side which when not in uee, can be folded in telescope fashion into the walL Beating capacity win be 502. The 1 bleachers are expected to be ins tarred before the 1247 cage season. Mr. Barnes said that the seats are the most modern In gymnasium eqnlpmsnt,* adding that tne Duke University gymnasium is equipped with the same type seats. When the seats are In use, they protrude from1 the waU elgnt feet five lnehas. When folded, only 27 and one-half ;+n . required. , i Mr. Ban ?e said this type ' seat would add to floor space for physical education Instruction ana that the telescopic folding feature has added safety advantages. L B. a KeUl aad C. C. Edeas served as the eehoel beard's eonnalMee^-^oa the pnrehaoe, with Paul HflSb# #<i W. J. Pulkereon serving J^dKt PTte? to (MM. II -* 73*- **7 ~ $jk tvr?jiLi-j IfcYVMBmB t uT' y-ii ? ?4j > , ? \ - ? . *^| w i ^w^pwgMiiaaMMMfcirtwaafcaBfcMM| bbevabd oBoa to tnra ma program hsrs Sunday nifht at 7180 programs to b? 'glvsn In this vicinity Jcunod'? "Banctua", sad Bhsllsy'a ' 200 Present As ^ A ^ H * lr I V. . ?'/. Annual rarmei Some 200 Kings Mountain urea termers. Lions and their guests attended the annual Lions' Farmer's Night banquet at the Woman's eluli Tuesday night, all seeming to enjoy the antics of Culleh Johnson, featured entertainer, in a variety program ?f fun and frolic. , Mr. Johnson, of Station. WBAL Raleigh, presented a humorous program ?f jokes aimed at both farmers and club members, gave impersonations of several radio stars, led a group songfest,, then conducted a "Truth or Consequence" skit la which the participants never eorreetly answered a question, sometimes to the diecomflore of the participants bat not to the audience. Mr, Johnson'* best impersonation srss a Kings Mountain variation of }he Lam 'n Abnor radio show, and tie also impersonated the late President Roosevelt. Jimmy Durante, Bing Crosby, and Frank Sinatra. He wae introduced by Otto Williams, member of the .committee an arrangement* for the banquet. Others in the committee were Allen Heradon. chairman. George W. Mauney, Eugene Patterson and Edwin Moore. Martin Haimba welcomed the farm ers to the annuih" event and * speeftt guest*, inchtding head* of farm agencies and organisations in the county were introduced by H. Tom Fulton. Clyde Randall, on behalf of the farmare present, thanked the club for its UnsnHalHw P. D. Herndon, president of the North Carolina Crop Improvement association, reminded Kings Mountain (armors of the North Carolina fees show to be held in Shelby in January ind urged them to plan now for entries in the event. A delieions chicken dinner was ser red by the ladies of Grace Methodist church. ' Dinner music was rendered by Mrs. Thomas Templeton. Four Arrested [n Tate Theft > * . Two colored men, bne-legged Dub Brown and Junior Leech (alias Carroll) are lodged la city jail on charges of breaking' and entering and larceny in connection. with thelf of jewelry from the C. O. Tate establishment in the Professional building Friday might. Also indicted in connection with the same case, charged with receiving stolen goods, are Elma Harris. negro, .and Thelma Radeon, negress. Police Chief W. C. Timmons said Mr. Tate famished a list of missing items totaling $606,.and that abont >300 in jewelry had been recovered. Brown waa arrested Friday, and police say they fonnd some of the visaing jewelry in a tomato can, bur ied in a trash pile. Majority of it waa found after a search in Oastonia. Leech was arrested in Charlotte, Monday, where Charlotte policemen, aeting on information furnished by the local department, detained Leech when he was trying to enlist in the amy. ., ... ? - Officer N. M. Parr said the pair had entered the second floor jewelry shop by bfeafcjng the latch off the door. If probable cause is found in preliminary hearing here, the qnartet wW hebound tfrer to 8uperior Court v J. $ ^?% ar4^Weal4jlJRaviv^ Metfuur HowTFnderwar ? w? w Tk* awtiag tk tk? Firat Wwlfm Ifathodlit ehureh Wing AmU M >MShm| A I > . #%>*!$ <yOT\*y' >- ' : , -/ncr^ f A.* ' , 1 f! . * . (JBSDAT, KAlOH 2t, lfM I ^ ^g - Sl >? HC?3? ?% *MWW$SZmmm.4?w?. > f nm - v^v: i :r*; fill I ""I Ttfn" iHi ' 'bBH Ib'liii' I "'j^to' V' ' " l . IUHDAT Shown ?bove la the choir of ] it Ontnd tfathodlst. church. The choir's aj Muilcs^ selections on the program lndu Haxfc, My SouL" Lions Hold 's Night Event M High School Baseball 1 Opener On Tuesday Kings UonftUtn . , high school ^ Mountaineers open their IMS base- , haU ;vedule at OUffslde next Tnes- Lrc dap, vanning to the Western Don- l ference wars after several season's th( ' ^a. Needles* to aay, proepecte ere hardy considered bright. w flleeeleet lad la the lot of team f candldatea la Chris Edens, aocond- ? he?nan, but ha'a tnsllgibls and liei won't ba able to play until three weeks of the aeaean bare passed. dut Pitching la alee a weak point. lnt( with P. a Humphries, Ji-ny Hed- Ml glna and Bslph Northcntt the pcla- r dpal prokpecta. Teatettra . starting line-up of the r?slelqg eight Ban ?. follows: max nikeai lb, Billy g_h Oeae Amof. 8V Balph Smith, Sh. n Dwight ware, ss, BAH Oaahlen, If. t Ben CHaaa. of, Bob Ned or Oalrin Ne, Payne, rf, and Den Brltt or Bobby t Huffatetler, o. Lions Benefit " vu rriuay co? Ticket* for the appearance hero of Bashful Bob and hia troup of Bluo ' Ridge Mountaineers, who will present a variety entertainment show at the high school auditorium Friday r.ight at ,8 o'clock, are now on sale 8en by members of the Kings Mountain ic*1 . Lions club, who are predicting a full ?' attendance. 1 Proceeds derived from the attrac- iP1' 1 tion will go to the Grace Methodist sen church building fund .to aid replace ment of the edifice destroyed by fire six several weeks ago. ^ The troups of entertainers, from Lincolnton was organised in 1935. *D( When the war interrupted, Bob 8UB Broome, the master of ceremonies and eac bis troupe went into sendee. The ere troupe reorganised In the army. is For eighteen months the entertain- *ct ers perfprmed at places in the Alen- olli tian Islands and over a radio station J on Attn. When the 'wm ended, the Te>c men daeidad to remain together at a cos nnlt. C Broome said temporary replace- I menta were neceaaary while waiting P?> for the laat two members of the out- wei fit to get their discharges. >nH In the group are three guitars, I mandolin, violin, banjo, piano, string cos bass, a nine-foot rubber hose and A I washboard, a tap dancer, a comedian, dro ' and three singers. pre I Admission is 50 cents for adults, I ! 25 cents for children. dn: C. C. (8horty( Edens is in charge of arrangements for the event and tickets may be purchased either at the door or from any member of the _ j Lions elulb. * ^ jDeath Claims Sister v0,] Of Local People on< tai Mrs. Florence Boss Dobyns, daugh- 0f ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. M. O. wh Roes of Cleveland county, died In b<>< West Chester. Pil, March 23. Funeral serf Ices held there were ' attended by Mrs. D. M. Falls ?f of Kings' Mountain and Mrs. Massls ^ Rm| Self, of Bessemer City. fur^Sng are foar children, Mrs. ? Pngnhs Weelick, Weet Cheater, Fa., rlM .Mrs. 5Wia Dobyns Wyth, Medio, rtL, if P. Dobyaa, Kalamasea, Mich. jn, and T. W. Dobyaa with the army, In ,t< Qen**?y, three brothers, E. V. lose i " " and B. G, Bee*, both of Kfrvjrs Moaa { 1 *t4 ,tat#T Mr* M*m,# ^ rfi 1HI VlllUt IiMB> Ms Mrs. Hsnter Nsteier, of Klifi Or I ? Mountain, was named nsnUry , of i |t the Olerelaad Ooaaty Tbbereal^jni >; A? erald wmmmrmmamwan?iim ihl'jm : u v.<# iViTI B IB B^ B HUfff |?H^^Bf Irevard college which will render i pearanea here will be one of fou la Bhuberfc's "Ave Merle"; lamrick Wins ledical Degree jadd W. Hamrick, Jr.. of Kingi untaio, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. W mrick, was among the 42 senior Bowman Gray 8chool of Medicine aston-Balem, receiving degrees 01 tor of medicine in graduation ex ises at the school on dnnday. )r. Hamrick. who \t nml??iin^ state medical board examinatioi Wednesday and Thursday of thii ?k, will then go to Barnes hosplta shington university, St. Louis, Mo intern eship. [? has been commissioned a first itenant in the army medical corpi ?rve and will remain on inactive y status until completion of hh proeship, expected to be approxt tely pine months. >r. Hamrick at the time of hit dnation was serving as editor ol Journal of the Bowman Gra) ool of Medicine. The commencement address was gl i by Dr. Thomas T. Mackie, ol w York, nationally known author! on foods and nutrition. ght Docket Disposed ! In Recorder's Gonrt fotal of cases in city recorder'i rt hit a new low for recent weeki Monday when only 14 cases came ore Judge O. C. O'Farrell. Majority were of the routine va tylary Biddix, found guilty of pub drunkenness, was given a 30-daj tence, suspended on condition hi re Kings Mountain for a period one year. ,Inrnni*o Woilo ?nlftro/l " ?*?? VWIWIWUj AVUUV lty of disorderly conduct, w*i tenced to 30 days in jail, suspend on condition of good behavior foj months. Viley Belton, Charlie Bowers and y A. Boyd, each were fined $5( 1 costs for drunken driving witl pended sentences of six monthi h. Licenses of Kimbell and Bow were revoked for 13 months. Boyd a South Carolinian and the coun ion was reported to the South Cat la highway patrol. 1. B. Hawkins, found guilty ol klesi driving, was fined $10 and ts. Hher judgments: 1. B. McMurray. David Benton >ry Lefevers and jRoland Mom re taxed with the costs after be : found guilty of drunkenness. iVed Bridges was fined $5 and ts on the same charge. iVoodrow Kimbell, charged witl inkenness and destroying clt; iperty. requested a jury trial. "loyd Hambright, charged witl inkenness, forfeited bond. Bart Attack Fatal ) Russell Guyton funeral services were held at 3:3< 'lock Monday afternoon at the Se< 1 Baptist church at Kings Moua n for Boseell Guyton, 30, membei the Kings Mountain police force o died suddenly Saturday after )n as a result of a heart attack. ifr. Guyton had boon girw a lean absenee beaaaei of ill health ant J been reported better, before ml inf the sudden attack Saturday. rhe Rev. Floyd "Bfollar was li irge of the services, assisted b; v. B. P. Austin spd W. 1? .Harkey terment eyas In Kouptaln Beet, ten iry. ; He is survived by hie widow, Mri iffy Shelton Guytonj four ehlldrf nmy, Dewitt, . Penney, and Nno* lyVonj his wether, Mrs. J. J. Qv9 i, there brothers, , Lawrence a eat VaH* S. 0- ?ttn M. Ohsriott d CMia Guyton of ,K}afs Meuntal 4 ttuf jtottrv Mrs, Panl TV>4< <+ t ?!*. , bMk UM ?k wd MIm tiMtw Ovjtoa, a ' Ktaga Moan tain. 10 pa?es * " Tdday nva osami pbe oopt Two New Firms Receive State Charters Charters of incorporation have been granted to two Kings Mountain concerns by Secretary of State Thad Kure, according to Associated Press accounts from Raleigh in the past week. The chartered concerns arc: Kings Mountain Textile corpora tion, of Kings Mountain, to deal in Textile products, authorised capital stock $100,000. subscribed stock $3,000, by Carl P. Mauney, George Houser and L. Arnold Kiser. Bob's-Cola Bottling compa. y, of k Kings Mountain, to sell soft drinks,. C authorized capital stock $100,000, sub ; scribed stock $400, by R. B. Grigg, Sr., R. B. Grigg, Jr., and J. Robert Ahernathy, all of Gastonla. Carl F. Mauney, one of the Incorporators in Kings Mountain Textile corporation, said Wednesday that this firm would deal in knitted fabrics, now very popular in the East. At the present time, the firm will ra, sell products custom-knitted in eastern mills, but he said that in the ( future plans call for possible erection of a manufacturing plant here. AI mong the products will be ladiee' knitted sport shirts, ladies' bathing suits, and children's mercerised cotton sweaters. | Bob's-Cola Bottling company will ( occupy a portion of the building now I being erected by O. O. Walker ea E. King street. R. B. (Bob) Grigg, one of the . stock-holders and well-known Kings ( Mountain salesman for Gastonia Co* ( ca-Oola Bottling company, could npt t be reached for a statement Wednesday concerning expected capacity of this new firm, or details of possible | opening date. r __________ ' Constable Race ' Is Getting Hot Except for official filing of candidates. including the incumbents of the county school board, and a flurry of candidates for constable of No. 4 township, politics was fairly quiet In 1 Cleveland county this week. 1 Almost all candidates, of course, * were busy seeing folks and mapping strategy tor ttie days when the heat will be on. The county elections board was organized as scheduled last Saturday, ' with Virgil Weathers of Shelby as 1 chairman, and already filed for candi' dates for the constable nomination are J. Garfield Rovster, Ross Qreg' ory and J. Austin Librand, all of ' Kings Mountain, plus Incumbent W. ' L. Blackburn of route 2. 6rover. ' Johnny Jones, former member of the Kings Mountain police depart 1 ment, has previously announced that 1 he will be a candidate, as has Alfred 1 B. Slayton. 1 Mr. Gregory manages the Midway ' Lunch, Mr. Royster works at Mar1 grace Mill, and Mr. Librand works ! at Phenlx Mill. Mr. Librand la a r World War I veteran. Two candidates have also filed for ' the Democratic nomination for mag1 istrate of No. 4 township. They are Lee Roberts, well-known barber, and C. Floyd Williams, publisher of the Kings Mountain News, a monthly ser vicdman's paper. Mr. Roberta os a member of the Baptist church, a Mason. and a member of the Lions club. ' Present magistrate is Boyd Putnam, a Republican. 1 Incumbent members of the sehool ' board who filed this week are Chairman A. L. Calton, Lattimore, C. D. 1 Forney. Sr. Lawndale. W. H. "Coot" Lutz, Waco, B. Austell, Earl, and R. L. Plonk, Kings Mountain. Clyde Bridges and D. L. Willis A#di.Ull- ? * - - ua?o U1&1CU1117 pviv^a ineir ieei zor the seriff's race. , Messick And Musical h jb ells To Appesr Here r The Carolina Assembly Grasp of , Hendersonvllle and Oteaavilla, wtU - present Clarence Messick had his asm leal bells la the high sehtsl andtto riorn next Hoada'y aftsrasaa at . 9 V'jj ' o'clock- ?a Mr. Mesaick has a eolUetlaa at more than 200 types ot aid aad vara <fjg balls made ?T*op(L ?**.?*&> **' ' M , nnssnal materials. He fsatarea fa kto . ^'.sj mu'sieaf' seWtiaiui ?WHh*atfcd*B.ns " ' ; Barty ChiMW HriaeUM IMlsi .W Qsli a QaUmi SaifWk Bm?>JMK.g>Ma As) s Student Council of'ttT/ >1 ? um high '^3