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m a I \ Centrah 1 'C POPULATION Incorporated Kings Ho out* In 8.B4 Immediate Trading Aim 16,000 VOL. 67 NO. 39 Local News Bulletins KIWANIS MEETING L. J. sclteuck, Carolina re pre (tentative for Libboy-Owens-Fori Ulass company, will address mein bers of tile Kings Mountain Ki wauis club at tlieir regular meeting at the Woman's Club Thursday night at 7 o'clock. Accomyanyini Mr. bclienck will be Walter in llobbs, secretary of Pritchart Paint au<l Glass company, Char lqtte, who will make demonstra tions with glass. Subject of th( program is "Thioga You Don't Know About Flat Olass." LION'S MEETING Solicitor Basil Wbiteuer, of Oas touia, will address members of the Kings Mountain Liotis club ai their regular meeting at the higt school cafeteria Thursday uigni -1. -V. 11- iVUlnll, - sinwif i V li .i i World War 11 veteran, is a form er state president of the Jutiioi Chamber of Commerce and a form er Uaston representative in the state House of Representatives The paogram has been arranged by T. M. Shuford. The meeting will end promptly at 8 o'clock to allow those who wish to attend the fair, it was announced. NOW, "JAYCEE8, INC." Certificate for incorporation of the Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce was today filed ip the office of Thad Eure, secretary of state, naming Hoyle McDaniel,' Vernon P. Crosby and Martin L. Harmon as Incorpora -a 1-~ .1 l-.A ?UV Torn. urguiiiAcu iam nuuci nm. aid from the established 8helby club, the Kings Mountain organl ration expects return of the cer tificate sometime this week. PRESBYTERIAN RAIiLY DAY Sunday School and morning wor ship service at First Preabyteriar church will be unified into one ser vice on Sunday for Rally Day Miss Nancy Nickels, assisted by the superintendents of department! in the children's diviBion, has pre pared a special program on the topic "Teach All People." , AVIATOR GET TOGETHER Archie Costner. Lester Watter son, Glee A. Bridges. Mr. anc Mrs. Kertit Huffstetler and Dai Huffstetler were guests at a fisl fry at Bridges Airport in Shelby Saturday night, when Paul Bridges, owner of the new port, and John Stowe were hosts at a fish fry tc aviation-minded citizens of the county. . Methodists Will Convene Methodists of North Carolina w convene at Asheville next Wednesdt for the annual North Carolina Met odist conference. Among those expecting to attei from Kings Mountain are Rev. J. < Winkler, pastor of Central Method! chnrch, and Mrs. Winkler, B. 8. Nei delegate from the church, and Mi Neill, and A. H. Patterson, alterna Holnontn. , The Board of Stewards of the loc church has requested that the Co ference re assign Mr. Winkler to tl local pastorate for what will be b sixth year here. Conference headquarters will 1 the George Vanderbilt hotel. Gardner-Webb Tx> Ask State Baptist Backing LA resolution'urging support of tl plan to project Gardner - Webb Ju lor College Into the state Bapti family of colleges was adopted 1 trustees of the school whl in speel session at Boiling Springs Monday I ternoon directed the recommendath to the Sandy Bon and Klnga Mod tain Baptist Associations which me October 0 and 24|)i respectively. The yote was naanlmons after tal enthusiastically supporting the Id bad been made by President Phil. 1 llott, O. Max Gardner, acting cha man of the meeting; John W. Sntt secretary to the board; Rev. Walt L. Hicks, Horace Eaiom, Mrs. T. Lovelace, Mrs. Rush Stroup and ii. Mull. The aetion, if approved, will me that the. college #111 have the bar lag of 'the 4o?oOO Baptist from N tl Meets Hiel J Kings ~ Aldermen Pass $20,000 Street | Bond Ordinance _ The Kings Mountain board of aldermen, in special meet lug at'the City Hail on Monday, passed an ordinance ( authorizing "Tssuanee of tk'l.iH.nj in bonds for street' improvements. The ordinance is published m today's issue of the llerald on page T Bi*j H. L. Burdette, city manager, sai'i the ordinance was passed to defray * costs of street repairs made last fall and winter. Ho said the city had anticipated ( paying for these improvement repairs out of funds which would have been derived from the special bond election held iu July, bad this issue been favored. Under the laws of North Carolina. Mr. Burdette said, a city is porniitel t to issue bonds for necessary niuuici i tiu I nuri-irffl tin t<> tu'r>.thiril? af tKn J not reduction of the city's bonded debt in the previous fiscal vear. Ii 'f I'lT'iWU'Wl'U'LB 1 11* Ui Ill'llif'.lttW tain reduced its bonded indebtedness $31,000. Thus the $20,000 it virtually the maximum amount that the city can issue without submitting the or dinance to a vote of the citizens. I The ordinance will take effect 30 days following its publication today, unless a petition for its submission to the voters is filed in the meantime. In such an event, the ordinance would be submitted to the voters for api provaL "This issue will not entail any in ^ crease in city taxes above present levels." Mr. Burdette said, pointing out that the city has reduced its bonded indebtedness $186,000 in the past six years. Saunders Buys Davis Interest David L. Saunders has purchased ; the interest of William L. Davis in Maunders and Davis. Kings Mountain ' haberdashery, it was announced this week by the interested parties. The transaction was completed last Saturday fur an unannounced sum. The firm, one of Kings Mountain's newest retail establishments, was opened last April 11 by Mr. Davis and D. I). Saunders, son of David L. Saunders. I Active management of the concern i will be in the hands of D. D. Sauui ners, it is understood. ' "The firm will continue to operate under the present firm name of Saun dors and Davis," the owners announ i ced, stating that no change in policy i is contemplattd. "We look forward to continuing to serve the citizens of Kings Mountain with an excellent selection of quality men's wear in all departments," they stated. Mr. Davis made no announcement concerning his immediate plans, hut issued a statement in which he stated his "appreciation for the kindness ill and cooperation accorded me" during iy the time he was associated in the h- firm. id o- Logan Addressed VFW 9t At Tuesday Meeting ' Hugh A. Logan, Democratic nominee for sheriff of Cleveland county, was guest speaker at the semi-monthly n meeting of Johnnie W. Blaqkwell Post j9* 2268, Veterans of Foreign Wars held , at Womans club on last Tuesday 1,9 night. ' Mr. Logan, a veteran of World War II, spoke of the need for improved methods of law enforcement in thJ county, citing that a well qualified salaried force of deputies could be secured for less than the present costs of commission pay for the office cer*n. He atated that a salaried force could offer the citizens better and cheaper protection, al , if- Avis Warlick Chosen For Fair Queen Contest ?Bt Miss Avl? Male Warlick of King. Mountain will compote with repreeentatives of several other North Caroea Una cities in a contest to select the queen of the Southern Btatei Fair, ,r to be held In Charlotte early next le< month, it was learned this week. *r Mis. Warlick, who was winner of C. third place In the North Carolina 0. beauty eontest last mouth, was notified of her selection by Oene Lowing, sn Southern States Fait public relations k- head. he Now a student at Florida Southern *1 college, at Lakeland, Flu., Miss Varan lick will arrive here Sunday, October a* a. Three winners from the group win t)4L chosen at a. dinner in Charlotte WW fo**wlet ** ^ lory In Fi ; Mow KINGS MOUNTAIN. N C w f ""s^ _Jv fiMrHPli EjK^Vr Sf Vwf^H^K^9K5i EpSS 9lfw^ r ^ I Vj^B wr ? | Bfl I I B SHOWING AT CLEVELAND FA] mid, and replete with gorgeous girls | enlng grandstand feature at the Ole Sunshine Helpi Fair Swings int Alstons Make UNC With Rebuilt Home Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Alston, Jr., are now living In their uewly-bull* trailer, parked under a tree In one of the trailer camps at tho University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, thanks to the qnlck work of the Elmer Lumber company, who rebuilt their wrecked trailer from the floor up In a week's time. Tommy, the ex-GI, yrho lost his trailer In a highway accident, secured a student loan to pay for tho newly-built "home," and left for Chapel Hill on Saturday morning, so that he was on hand to enter the University on Monday morning. Having had their hopes of getting I to college dashed by the accidental smashing or their trailer, the couple was very happy Indeed to reach their destination at last with their home on wheels. n\ 11 c ueveiana ocene Of Lutheran Meet I I \V. K. Muuiiev and Aubrey Maunec | of Kings Mountain, will bo among o64 laymen and pastors, coming from | congregations of every size, from the I smallest mission to tbe largest city parish, in all parts of the United states. Canada. Alaska, and Hawaii, who will ussemhle in Cleveland, Ohio. October 5-12. to conduct the loth biennial convention of the United I,u theran Church in America. They will be the official representative of 32 synods that united 30 years ago to form the largest Lutheran body iu this country. They will be addressed by Dr. 8. C. Michelfelder, newly elected executive secretary of the Lutheran World Federation and representative in Europe of the American Section of the Federation, an American who has just returned from work in all parts of Europe. Dr. Franklin Clark Fry. United Lutheran Church president and former Akrin pastor, will report Oin his conference with Lutheran lead I cis iu Ciurupu during .a.ukubi. Home | missionaries and missionaries from Japan, China, India, Africa. Booth America, and the West Indies, will address the convention with calls for vigorous Christian action in the missionary fields In America and in every part of the world. All boards and agencies of the Church will report and recommend. The mood of the convention will be set by a report of the president, Dr, Try, on October 8, the opening day, and by a sermon by the Rev. Dr. Walton H. Greever, retiring secretary of the Church, at a special communion service. OPA OOVBOLIDATXON The Shelby OPA office will wind up Its affairs on Priday, consolidating with the Gaston board in Gastonia, and persons here hsving business with the board shoald visit the Gastonia office, it was annotsneed this west. Roger application and pther blanks may bo obtained bj writing the board. rst Home ilain I THURSDAY, SEPT. 26, 1946 tl ?* tp ruht musical, the Fantasies o I music, ooetumes, settings and light L He M*Lt. Kh?lhv S?ntcm . s As Cleveland 0 High Gear With the sun shining Wednesday in fine late-tteptember fashion, Kings . Mountain school children ? or eer- , tainly the majority of them ? made j tracks to the Cleveland County Fair- | grounds, and the fact that they were ! one-day late didn't seem to make ^ any difference. The sunshine brightened spirits ol just about everyone, from fair offi- | rials to spectators alike, and helped] dry out the sea of mud which had ! | marred the opening on Tuesday. 1 With three big days left, tbe pre; diction was still holding that the ; ! twenty third renewal of the minimi l j Cleveland County festival w ould he a j record-breaker in all departments. Though the weather was anything; 1 but good over the weekend. and i'hough the World of Mirth shows which hold forth on the midway got ! in late following a long jump from j showing the previous week at Allen- I town, l'a.. thousands of fair goers braved Tuesday's mud anyway to get I i to the showgrounds. One local citizen j i enruute Oastonia Tuesday night mi l ! Ho re was a steady stream of traffic I moving westward. | By Wednesday. everything was | at high gear. Kings Mountain school children , ; man originally upoii scheduled to get I I free tickets to the fair on Tuesday. j l.ut the bad weather ami late arrival of the midway attractions resulted in ' a lasr-niinute change in plans. In tHe final throe big days. several! special attractions are scheduled. } Horse racing is on tap for Thurs- 1 day and Friday, with auto racing I | scheduled for Saturday. Each evening, Oeorge A. Haniid I | shows presents attractions in front j of the grandstand. ! Kiser Named Board Chairman l Arnold Kiser, Kings Mountain InI dustrialist, was elevated to the chair | uianship of the county board of hos| pitai trustees, at a meeting of the* j group held last Wednesday. | | Mr. Kiser, who wus vice-chairman I of the board, succeeded J. D. Lino| berger, who had resigned from the | board. K. T. LeOraud, jr., was named vice-chairman. Mr. Kiser was one of the original nppoThtees to the board of trustees from Number 4 township. Two new members were welcomed to noara memoersnip: Jack R. Dover, jr., who succeeds J. D. Lineberger on the board and who was also named a member of the building committee and James Comwell, who succeeds Tom Lattimore, also resigned. Sketches ot the proposed wing which is to be built at the west end of the hospital if present plans are carried ont will be considered at a meeting of the boilding committee to meet withia the next few days. These sketehes were prepared by Walter Hook, Charlotte architect. On the com mtttee are Kleer who will act as chairman; J. R. Dover, R. T. LeGrand, jr., and Clifford Hamrick. The trustees also recommended the employment of a registered anesthetist, if this meets with the approval of the medical staff. Steps were also taken to increase slightly the charges for anethesia in case the registered worker Is secured. 1, ~$T4- ~vv*' . .. Game Frid lerald i T P 'r U t> it i h Ivl u I \ ^liit i_e t. h J a ch "* tin | ac |,? lc; I" \. C)l " 1 f 1946. produced bp George A. Ha- v<.i ig, will be a daily afternoon and ev , b I nJ McMackin Buys Gamble Business ! | rni Sale of Gamble Esso station to Liiul 111 say McMuckiu, formerly with MeCov | n>e Service station here, w as announced j *'r this week by Ted Gamble, owner of . 'as tlie firm. The sale took place Septem . tfa her 17 uud Mr. McMackm will take < our on the first of the mouth It jov was aunounced. j ( Consideration of the sale was no: ! es aunounced. j tal The transaction does not involve | >e the building or the lot. both owned a|t bv Grady Patterson, K?so distril.utor ; tor this area. j 1 The station is located at the corn the tr or King a reel nuu Clcvctui' : a? : me en ue. in Mr. Gamble, also formerly cot net- en I ted with McCoy, aunounced that lie j ]>u| had no immediate plans for the pres- ' eiit but stated that be would remain ' iu Kings Mountain. i lot I set Furniture Company Now Features Jewelry j Harold Coggins. manager of Kings , g] Mountain Furniture company here, an nnutu-ed this week that, his firm is J j now representative lor Gibson Associa te.t .Jewelry Genders. a wnlelv known ^,rm' Mil The display case was recently ill-I stalled and composite line of jewelrv j 1 installed, featuring, among other nrti- i wu des, several nationally advertise! of lines of ladies' and men's watches. j pu' Mountaineers, H Friday In First N With workers busy building audi- eov tiotial temporary bleachers in order Bil to accommodate the anticipated over- j Inn flow crowd. Central high's Mom- t siv taineers, black and gold clad gridiron j fen toughs, were hard at work yesterday . ] af'ernoon under a boiling sun in city j up fta-lilim drilling for Friday night's i|,g skirmish with Hickory high Red Tor-j 0I1 nados. Game time is 7:30. I fir; Xo injuries are reported in the Ca- , nipe-canip with nil the 'Cats ready jj. for the first night football game in ( ^r{1 the history of Kings Mountain high Qp) school athletics anil their first 1!M0 , appearance before a home crowd. j President Glee A. Bridges of the j. Kings Mountain Kiwanis club, donor , of the lighting system in the stadium. | . will fnrmprlv nrPscnt ths lifirhtn i _. > ? 1 'l Hi the City of Kings Mountain and the t(l(1 ^oard of Education in pre-game cere- , monies. ^ Clyde Canipe, former Appalachian , college coacb and nowMn his first * year as coach of the Mountaineers, | (j announced changes in the starting line-up tUlff should give the 'cats more offensive power. ^ Heading the change is the moving .. left tackle Boh L<edhetter into the backfield as blocking back and the fin shifting of veteran bruiser, 190 pound Bill Cashlon from blocking to full 1 hack. gai "Roundie" George, recently re Kli turned veteran subjected to several De rulings af ineligibility bnt finally Oe< certified as a football candidate, Ha moves up from the bench to take over Mi left tackle duties, leaving Jake Har- Bo ry and Bam Mitehem fighting it out for the starting tail back spot. Bli Dwight Wane rounds out the start- Le Ing backfield gt wing back. Ha Bill Dettmar, recipient of the 'Cats Wi touehdown pass in the Llncolnton en Ca -v1 r r... .-. fay Night 1 9 Pages I " Today FIVE CENTS PEE COPY aycees Honor eachers, Safety 'rogram Started Bull nti nclioul *y?lciu teu'liuls a? i-ls mot Willi Ca[ilslu L. \\ , Hcue nni ml lu I'oVic IJepiu tuieut f I ul 1 rail u- UniMuii. us -ptuUer, til,- .\1 ui.ii.itiii .Ibi.ioi Cusiiiititt of tiilueiro clii* tally launched a satei auip.i.0i, iii :Uc c ly ui a u.iiuer ctii?jj hell last Fiiitay at 0 p. ut. at utral s.li'/ol calcteiia. litcalicrs i lass ut tuu First Baptist urtti mi i ui tae dinner utter which \uv Bill Baiis uehuuied tire tea. vis. 1>. N. Baruis, superintendent city scliuuls made tUe tespuuse tor e teachers. ,lay.ve I'lu-Tlut lluyle McDuuiuI, tiiij* us ma-tut ut curc-iiiumcs. iu luceil t a|ita;ii iiuukle. I'ulliiiK oil ?i lleul tuactiers at.I ciV'C :Hht/:i'iuii, to cuopvratu with te3 I i. in i.'iiii itio irutti' i|eat-s la .nil *.in ima. i ii pt a iu livable no;t.iat \..i:ii ? aro|it.a's tiutfic death mi vmr i 1 3I0-1 ai nlei.1- are caused by a iiiu ut virvum-taiue?i" be stated. Ililik iiliu liiit. iu I hat I Uaiu and u may prewiit an accident aul ir a lite." He vailed on those iii authority to uyze me citi "? i sj.? r i i te iu aeclhis unit through ( luca:urn, enforcent, a it ii engineering in control the jldfltl. 'We learned in Charlotte t hat you n't |i(iice flie parking problem first the street plan, hut that movent of traffic must lie considered st. then loading and un loading, and tly pngkiug, in order to control iffic." he said. Soting that traffic fatalities are vcr in states where driver training 1 traffic safety arc required eoursin high schools, he called on eduiiun authorities to inatnll the cour"High school students of today drivers of tomorrow,'' he stated. President Mr Daniel announced that. ? .Jn.vfee* have purchased 'safety ii.' mvtal caution signs, to place streets near the city's schools an*l led on the teachers to tench their l>ils safety. Dtlier guests included Mrs Heukle, iml Mis. K. ('. Selvey, of Chartc. find .1. K. Uunevcutt, h gh tool principal. remen Extinguish laze Monday Night vings Mountain Pi?e Department nvered a (till early Moidnv night mi Waco roml to extinguish a [ill blaze. r'iretncn reported th:it n chimney s burning out endangering the roof the home. The Maze uh? quickly t out thev Stated. ickory Meet ight Game inter and a power on defense, and 1 Black flank the powerful 'Cat 9, supported l>v Boh Neil!, defen* e left tackle, and Ueorge at deisivu right tackle, fnl Harmon and ltov Boheler plu^ the center of the wall, with start; center Bud Medlin dropping hack defense to hack up one half of tha it line of defense. 'oncb Canipe, in commenting on ' Liucolntou game, stated that his en players ? Harry, Mitchem, and arge ? played an exceptionally id hrnnd of football for their it game and that the line was pa.* ularly outstanding on defense. 'The hoys made a few mistakes up Lincolnton but I was well pleased. ey played a swell game," he staI. N5ach Don Parker. who scnnted Hickory - Shelby game last Frir, stated that the Red Tomadoea ii nred to be about aa strong aa irolnton, indicating that Friday [ht'a encounter will be a bang-up libition. ?oach Canipe announced yesterday it the squad will work out tonight 7 p. m. in city stadium in their al drill before the game. Probable starting lineup for the ne Is: Qfs Mtn. Hickory ttmar le Hill orge It Thompson rmon lg Beard ; dlin c FT* heler rg Dowda ill rt Miller *ck re Oraig dbetter qb U'l ./Ml irry or Mitcbem Ihb Paynn ire rhb Marlow shion fb Furlong