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VOL 67 NO 20
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Local News
Bulletins
PIANO BEOITAL8
The second iu a aeries of plan
recitals wiil bo held Thursda;
night, May 16, at the Contra
achool auditorium at 8:10 o'clock
It was announced today by Mri
Tom Tcmpletou, instructor in pi
ano for city schools. Ventured <
the progrum are the high pthoc
piano students and the Girls Trii
and. Gloe Club. *
LEGION MEETING
The Otis 1>. Green Poet No. 151
American Legion will hold it
semi-monthly meeting Tuesday
night May 21, at 7:30 o'clock. Of
flcara for tha coming year will b<
elected, and delegates to ;he de
partment convention, to be held a
Wii'.ton-Balem, will be appointed.
VTW OAIJ. BKBBTXNO
Charlie Warlick, Commander o:
Poit 2288. Veterans of Foreigi
Wan, announced today a call meat
lag to be held at the elty hal
Wednesday, May 22. The meeting
is Important, Mr Warlick statei
And he asks members to be presen
Plans for the Memorial Day *ei
vice will beformalated and delega
tee to the state convention, to b<
held in Winston Salem in June
will be elected.
ATTEND CONVENTION
Rev. and Mrs. L>. C. Pinnix lef
Kings Mountain Monday for Mi
ami, Fla., where they are attend
ing the meeting of 1 the Southeri
Baptist Convention. They will re
tarn to Kings Mountain next week
JAYCEE DINNBB MEETING
The Kings Mountain Junio
Chamber of Commerce will hold it
regular monthly dinner meetin
Friday night at 7:30 at Bridge
Airport according to officials ,
the organization the menu 'will is
elude ham and eggs, with- -. neow
soriee. ' ' 1
EOOUT BOARD MEETINO
The executive board of the Piec
snout Couneil, Boy Scoots of A
sberics, will meet in the privet
dining room of Hotel Charles, She
*>7. on Tuesday Bight, May 21 a
a dinner meeting at 7:10. ' Fran,
n w??.l n.
fl VWU| Vi Vl?>) V U
coating regional director, jri
lead the discussion, with B. 1*
Barnes, of Kings Mountain, com
cil cab scouting chairman, to pr<
aide.
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BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY
The First National bank will b
dosed on Monday, May 20, in ot
r-servance of Mecklenburg Indepenc
ence Day, a legal bank holiday, a<
cording to announcement by ban
officials this week. Depositors ar
other customers are being asked 1
note the holiday and take care o
their bonking basineas in advance
7our Oars Crash
On Oastonia Road
Two Kings Mountain cars were
solved in a fdur car collision on t
Oastonia highway lost Tuesday
boat 10 a. m. which resulted In 1
arrest of Thomas Jenkins of Belmc
charged with driving drank, hit a
run, and damage to per ton and pr
rty.
The two Kings Mountain peo]
involved were Bobert L. Hanna a
Harry L. Davis. Neither Hanna i
Davis were injured. Davis' ear a
. only slightly damaged and Hanni
was not damaged at all.
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Hord, Hamrick Are
Licensed To Practice
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Two Kings Mountain men w
recently licensed as doctors by <
respective state .sxamlnlng boards
'They ape Dr. D. P. fiord, Jr., i
. e< Mrs. D. r. Hord aad the late 1
Hord. lleeneed to practice dfentisl
:r- and Dr. Ladd W. Hamriek. Jr., i
of It^ndUrr L^W. Hamrirk^v
MldjiaKK^wffal3y?57ti it-.. /<?*-,
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Drive Launche/k
Gifts Are Asked^
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Kings Mountain's campaign for the
Emergency i'ood collection was of0
tieialiy launched this week, and \V.
y L. i'louk, chairman, urged a quick
' aud hearty respoose to the appeal
1 far food for starving peoples of the
' aorid.
On bunday, undesignated funds in
1)11 church collections in the community
'' and vicinity are fp go to the fund
u tor fpod, according to actiou taken
by the Kings Mountain Ministerial
association recently, and all churches
are being u.ced to follow this
plan.
5 i in mlHitinn ??.,l V.l.l-..
, ? .vu?^ hum * ti<iar uovv
been designated for the receiving of
f gifts to the fund by school children.
All school children have been asked
9 to bring a gift?either in canned
I- foodstuffs or money ? to aid starvt
ing children abroad, and each school
child is especially asked to take a
small part In this campaign.
While merchants will not be personally
solicited, Mr. Plonk said, gro
f cers in particular are being asked to
a J give at least one ease of canned
. i goods oe the equivalent in cash.
1 '.They should deliver their gifts to
I {Plonk Brothers and Co., or contact
1 i Chairman Plonk.
t. "Fortunately, not many of us
i know what it is to be hungry," Mi
. | Plonk said. "We can hope and pray
e | that we will always be as fortunate,
i, However, in most of Europe and
other contihents, young children, as
well as older people, are- literally
starving to death.
-"This is a great cause. Even if we
t have to deny ourselves just a little '
now to insure our happiness and 1
i. safety in the years to come, un- !
a questionably these gifts will do!
h much to create better international
relations.
I' "Giving to this fund is a good ,
| means of proving that we are truly a
| Christian nation.' ' .
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I Candidal PS
: Beating Bushes
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Though principal political activity
during the past week was limited to
, fast moving by the various candi- (
dates for office, indications that in1
terest in Kings Mountain was still
I picking up was reflected in registration
day figures Saturday, as
' both Kings' Mountain preeinct regis
. j trars reported record registrations
II for the approaching Democratic prir
mary!
* There yrere 70 new registrants in
Blast Kings Mountain precinct, ae'*
cording to Mrs. P. D. Herndon, registrar,
while 100' names were added
to thp book a{ West Kings Mountain
precinct, where Mrs. J. H. Arthur
is registrar.
e Political observers continued to
'* give varying reports on progress on I
individual candidates, which was not |
s* considered unusual
k The sheriff's race continued to'
,(* highlight the show, with one politi
cal observer reporting a boom gTow'
ing for D. L. Willis in Shelby. Ob
l- servers leaning toward Hal. D.' Ward
Kings Mountain candidate, reported
the growing support for him, but
backers of Hugh A. Logan, early entry
and campaign-opening favorite,
were still oozing confidence that he
was and is the man to beat. These
'n* observers concede that Clyde A.
ho Bridges will poll a good vote, but
* they do not believe he will finish
better then fourth. L. E. (Kid)
,n* Woods Is being picked for fifth.
Also reported daring the week w*j
'"V e, pick up in votes for Charlie 8.
William*, Kings Moontain candidate
?le for the- state house of representative
nd es, but Odaa Mall, of Shelby, re,or
mains an odd^-on favorite to win.
The MnmlK. a township eonstable
1 * race remained hardest to get definite
predictions on, though Incumbent
W. L, Blackburn .was listed as i
the man to beat. He is expected to
' receive strongest competition from
Garfield Boystcr, Johnny D. Jon eh,
and Boat Qksgory, with Anatin Liera
brand an<jl Alfred Slayton also exthe
pec tad to poll a alee vdte.
?. Candidates, slmost without exeepkon
tion, were heating the buakee.
dr. Moat Kings Mountain war veterana
try. received a ear? from 'Candidate Lose*
gan, /reminding thstt to gft* ?#*?
rho ed and to drop in a vote tor a fel- I
.[lew veteran, and a big water-color of
tad Logaa ia naval uniform was instancet
sd la the window of Logan's Dry
'at varl^^isi^i^^^^^^?
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OAKDWKEWKKB OHO IK TO SXV<
BoOing Spring* will praMBt a pr
church hars. Tki choir will sins boil
will also present an Interlude of
Ensign Jimmy
Funeral services for Ensign James
Calvin Nickels, , 111. well-known
young Kings Mountain ~ naval flyer
who lost his life in a mid-air plane
-ollision at Marios. Mass, Monday
jfteruoon. will be held here Friday
afternoon at 4:30 at First Presbyterian
church.
The pastor, Rev. P. D. Patrick,
will conduct the services ninl interineut
is to "follow n Mountain Best
cemetery.
The crash, which occurjed during
flight maneuvers, and which claimed
the life of the other pilot Ensign
Ralph ?t TTo'.d, of Casper, Wyoming.was
described as entirely accidental
by Commander Wood, Ensign Nick-'
les' commanding officer. , i
The body of Ensign Nickle^ is being
sent to Klnga Moutataln by truth
and is being acchnipanied by Ensign
Bill Brandt, of Bayonne, N. J., who
had visited Kings Mountain with
Ensign Nickles, and Ensign David
Orr.
_ At the time of the crash, the
Kings, 'Mountain officer was piloting
a Curtis Helldiver.
Ensign Nickles, a graduate of Davidson
college, class of 1943, entered
the navy in July of that year, and
after completing naval flight training,
was commissioned an ensign in
March 19451 lie was last home about
three months ago when enroute to
Quonset Point, R. I? naval air station,
where he has been stationed
since that time.
He was a member of the First
Presbyterian church here.
Ensign Nickles was the son of Mrs.
Eloise Nickles. principal of Park
Oraoe school, and the late Mr.
Nickles.
Surviving, in addition to his mother,
is a sister. Miss Nancy Nickles
teacher at Arlington school, Castonia.
Morgan Lectures
Will End Friday
Concluding services in tlio we^'-'r
series of the Bible conference low
underway at First Prcsbyterinr
church, will be held Thursday and
Friday, as Dr. F. Crossley Morgan
continues his aeries of tectums which
have been heard this week by large
audiences.
|M the afternoon services, held at
4 o'clock, Dr Morgan will conclude
his series of messages 'taken from
Or. Morgan will apeak at 3:00
o'clock Friday afternoon, due to
funeral services to %e held at the
Vhurch at 4:30 for Bnslgn Jamas
-O. Nlckles.
Habbakuk, the prophet, 'while his
subject for Thursday fight will be
"The Terms of Offiatian Discipleship."
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His final message on Friday even'
ing will be on "The Second Coming
Of Christ." .
I "Wie would like for every person
la Kings Mountain to hear this eminent
Bible teacher and preacher,"
said Bey: P. D. Patrick, pastor el
the ahv?h, "end we hope that all
who havejnot heard Dr. Morgan will
theieoTrea of fljla opportunity
tairfcjpr lUi^teecVuding .addresses.'?
in if Vim i
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IDAY, MAY, 16, 1916
I HEBB SUNDAY ? The M-TftM
o goton of music on lands? moraine
ti with organ accompaniment snd
organ selections.
Nickels Kill
No Action Tet Taken
On Obtaining CHef
No appointment of successor to
Chief of Police W. 0. Tlnunons had
been named Wednesday morning,
according to a statement by H. X>.
Burdette, city manager.
Meantime, Chief Timmons completed
hit duties Weauesday and
prepared to take up his new duties
lu Charlotte v.-1th the private detective
agency ho will serve as
secretary-t,c. mrer.
Mr. Burdette said the regularly
i scheduled 1 / ;day night meeting
. of the city commissioners was
I postponed due to the death of EnBiira
nanV.w.
, 0_ ? ?-J 1?WMW*0) uvyuOTT vl
Jisyor^ J^e H. Thomson, and the
. 6Msac?'.of another member ot the
board. Mr. Bnrdette said that several
applications for the position
had been received, bat added that
he could give no Indication concerning
a successor. Ho said the
ib-ttrl voall probably meet within
the next week to conduct regular
business, Including setting up
1946-47 budget estimates, and that
action on the police situation
\-?t>uld probably be tag en at that
meeting.
! Present members of the force
) are N. M. Farr, how officer|ln-charge,
Haywood Allan, Jell O.
j Boney and Clarence Gladden.
! Red Ormand
Legion Coach
j The athletic commission of th
I Otis D. Green Post No. 155, the A
tnerican Legion, announced today th
! acquirement of the services of Hug
| "Bed" Ormand as coach of th
{Post's Legion Junior team.
I Mr. Ormand is a well known King
j Mountain native and has a had
j ground of nine years of AA bast
hall as an infielder, outfielder, an
catcher as well as five years as
manager of professional and sem
pro teams.
"Red" attended Duke 'Universit
. : n.l was u member of the baseba
teem there ir 1921, 22, and 2:?. H
( 'Mitj.inAil the Hnla a# inoo
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l conference pennant and went t
Reading team of the Internationi
league when the college season wi
over. He played with Reading ft
three seasons and was sold to Beat
mont of the Texas league. Aft*
i four hot seasons in Texas he wei
North to the New York-Penn. leagu
| As playing manager of Sail teajn
i "Red" has had a varied earee
i In 1934 he went to the BordeT lei
gue and managed the Chateauga;
, N. Y., team to a pennant. After hi
season with the- New York team, 1
returned to Kings Mountain an
managed semi-pro teams for seven
' ye*
Mr. Ormand began his baseball ei
' feer as a youthful slugger with' tl
[ Kings Mountain semi-pro team <
{1919 which many old-timers will ri
call as being one of the best tean
I the town evr had.
' I Mr. Ormand said today that 1
I j was very happy to be bach ia baa
I ball and that he was especially 'i
' j terested la working with the Amei
rsi T.eginn Junior program.
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28 Registrants ?
Get Physicals >
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In one of the largest calls in re- I ?
cent months, 28 Kings Mountain area j P(
| men went to Fort Bragg Tues.lav for fj
. physical examinations to determine j
their fitness for service in the aruied ,,,
forces. :
The group left only a few hours
before President Truman signed what p
lie called a "bad" draft extension,
i which, among other things, eliiniuat- p
ed inductions and the selective ser- ?
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j vice process on teen-agers, men over jj
j 26, and all fathers. jk
j The loeal board received late. ;
I Wednesday afternoon a telegram i-ti
Ifrom Gen. J. Van B. Metis. State 1 ri
director, outlining the current rule* 1
under the new draft resolution. The j g.
telegram follows: # j t>
"The Congress has passed and the j S1
President has approved legislation e* | j(
tending the Selective Training aod ! u
Service Act as amended to July 1. [?
1946, and including provisions pro- j,
hibiting the induction of fathers and t'|
restricting induction to registrants ; j(
twenty to thirty years of age in- I
elusive. Pursuant to the provisions of ^
1 the above amendment local boards ! )t
will not (repeat not) issue on order | ?|
to report for induction or preinduc-!?i
tion physical exnmniatiou or for- I
ward for induction or for preinduc i j,
tion physical examination or for-Inward
for work of national importanee
any registrant who has not yet j n,
] -eavlied his twentieth birthday. The
j liability of persons eighteen to sixty i
i five to present themselveo for regis j
e tration remains unchanged. Regis- j 1
.- : trants eligible for deferment under | I
e existing selective service regulations,
h ' including registrants twenty six ' 4
e years of ago and over and fathers j J
of auy age, shall continue to *>e de- |
? : ferred. Calls will be filled with men !
t- ; classified in a class available foT j
h ! service in the age group twenty I h
d trough twenty five." j Ia
; Of the group leaving, one regis-! e
t- trant J Norris Earl "Dixon ? wa* | u
I listed for immediate Induction. One n
v i registrant, Charlie Pat'-*ick, failed to n
it report. j
6 | Clyde Howard Rr.nd'e vers named n
o leader of the g-oi.p and orher- it,:.- ci
o I king the trip to Port Bragg were: |g
i | uoue Liivingston Bliase Xeal, Bur t<
la I ley Edward Strickland, Lloyd Frank c
?r lin Putnam, Henry Wheeler Bell. !
j- Henry Wilaon Bennett, Jr., Boyce
ir Henderson, PaskeM Bryant Slatton, h
it James William Peterson, Bobby Eu- tl
B. gene White, Robert Woodford Bolin. h
s, Thaniel Roy Pennington, Lowery Ben
r. son Wilsoi), Leroy Gene Champion, tl
i- Kenneth Edward Morrison, Joe Law- n
p. renee Hord, Wiley Herndon Allen,
is KennetTT Robert ChTMers, Odell o
ie William Patterson, Edward J. G. e
id Burton, Edmon Roland Jackson, Am- ti
ll brose Charles Martin, Jr., Thomas a
Dot son, Charles Wesley Millen, Car e
a- Richard McQinnis, Richard Plato Fos
ie ter, and William Kenneth Carroll. a
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is j J. A. Roscoe will be the speak|
er at the weekly meeting of the p
ie Kiwanis club Thursday night at the a
J WoibM'i club at 7 o'cloofc. Mr. t
a- I Boaeoe is a noted after-dinner c
i- speaker and comedian phitoso- f
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Lions Frolic
Features Plonk
School, Nylons
Some 225 Lions, Lionesses, aud
guests, took part in fun and frolio
it tlie Woman's Club Tuesday night
it the eighth annual Ladies' Night
lanquet of tbo Kings Mountain
^ions elub, featured by an entertain
neut program by faculty members
nd students of the Plonk School
if Creative Arts, of Asheville.
Convening in carnival spirit, ths
articipants took part iu a two and
mohalf hour meeting, featuring spa
ial fun contests, a nylon hose line,
ind a banquet dinner.
With Otto (Toby) Williams serrng
as toastmaster. the meeting olened
with group singing of the
jions song, followed by the salute
o the flag, led by H. C. Wilson. A*
n invocation, Miss Clara Plonk, sorano,
of the Plonk school, daughter
f Mr. and Mrs. C. 8. Plonk, sang
he "Lord's prayer."
During the dinner a guessing conwt
was conducted by J. W. Milam,
rith ladies present guessing the nam
?r of streamers on a midget-sixed
laypole. Both Mrs. Bill Logan and
Irs. Dan Finger were exact with
heir guesses and were awarded
rires.
Immediately, following the dinner
le ladies Were instructed nylon
ose awaited them, but that they
ould have to get in line. They did,
sceiving a pair each from a booth
earing the sign "Macv's Nylon
ine".
As a special gift, Lions President
lolland Dixon, recuperating from
ijuries received when attacked by a
ull. was presented a model bull,
iut Mr. Dixon, a Guernsey breeder,
imjrlained because the model was a
olstein.
Mr. Dixon introduced special
jests at Tlie banquet, aud the proram
was presented by the toastlaster
who introduced Miss Laura
lonk. director of the Plonk school.
In her introductory remarks, Miss
lonk said. "Kducation has three
rime purposes, to find a a^ans of
fe. to become free, and to get
nowledge and technical skill.
"I wish that nil i-ivi?
ake up the work of learning how to
plate education to living."
In opening the entertainment proram.
Mies Clara Plonk, accompanied
y Mrs. Carl A. Plonk at the piano,
ang Ardita's "II Bacio," ("The
dss"), and this wag followed by
aree humorous readings by Mrs. Ana
Cee Styles, member of the faculr.
Mrs. 8tyles folksy<c1,e%^ings kept
ae audience in near-continuous
tughter.
Miss Plonk, then rendered two
lore solos; singing Kern's long-popuir
"8moke Gets in Your Eyes," by
pecial request, and giving Strauss'
My Hero." as an encore.
Miss Laura Bryson, recently reamed
to Asheville after a winter
ith a drama company in 8t. Augus
ne. Fla.. presented two original moologues.
the first a description of
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lath Will Join
Zatawba Staff
Earl Ruth, city recreation director
as accepted a position as basketall
coach and director of physical
ducat ion at Ctatawoa college, ho
iformed the city recreation . comlission
at a meeting Tuesday afteroon.
Air. Kutb will not take up his new
o'.T: um;? September 1, and is to
outinue to direct the recreation pro
ram here until that time, according
s a statement by Glee A. Bridges,
hainnan of the recreation commit
Ion.
The city recreation director ?
lings Mountain'? first ? assumed
tie position here January 1, after
is release from the navy.
He said thia wee? that plans for
he summer program would be a*
otinced next week. x
He is a graduate of the University
f North Carolina, where he captain*
d the 1037 and 1038 basketball
earns, both of which were highly
uccessfnl In both Southern Confernee
apd inter-sectional comj-viltlon.
Prior to entering the service, he
ras connected with the North Corona
Department of Conservation and
levelopment.
Mr. Rnth had been mentioned as a
losslble successor to Beo Camevale
s basketball coach at the uuiversly,
but it la understood that hie %eeptance
of the Qgtaitba college ofer
will eliminate hhn from consider
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