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Bulletins
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xxwjunm pbookam
Vln? LL Walter W. Chanery,
\ le^^ieer?ltiag dWtrietTwlllbe la
ak|i|l of the program at Uo nge
M? mnHnf of tko Blags Mewatain
ItMal^^tolMkoU atU? Wo"Oooyoattn
Bowoltln Pngna."
Ako te be heard am tko pray are
rSgi. D?aH L. Baaait asd Sgt.
X>wight Ftnaio.
1 1 jj. i i 1 ii.i. i i i
ram rom amoni
laplojaao af Sterchi Broa. atora
Ban were geaeta on Tneoday alght
fal- Shelby . of Mr. and Mrs.
Wrad Balrd at a turkey dinner at the
Balrd home. It was the annual employee
get-together of Sterchi emylagreae
of Shelby Forest, City, and
Kings Mountain.
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WW FOUOBMAN
James Loroa Thornburg, for over
fire yean a member of the Shelby
police department, has aeeepted -a
position with the local constabulary
. -according to an announcement by
Chief N. M. Farr of tha Kings Mountain
police. He served with the
. Nary daring the war and is n for.
mar Kings Mountain Central high
Mel athlete.
sssjstsr
fmm tried la tkl*
*<" ?lty Himtar'i
Ity Hall km iut Ho*
pa bile drulHMM aa
aaty-two oaaaa triad bjr
added to the long Uat
I of penoaa triad far
LMT ware mat tamed!tat
are ttafkt to
the IMC record* of
the court tar* ftr pntr
idared a not juilty Tfclarebting
O. O. Moore
^Maaaaaiea f i
xwr tataeeoa wa* Johnnie
wa* fiaed CIO aad
eoetof* driving without a driver'a
BeefcM md Adam" Oakee wii land
with tW ?mU for the eeat offence.
Yaae* Pr<t *11 fonnd guilty en
an Affray ekarge and waa taxed triih
" *e?n
Ijgjpfr P*M of $8 mad eoata for pah
Bd dnttahaaaeoe war* William B. #er
CUtehena, Tracy Stewi,
John O. Wilaom and
me taxed with eoata
tonnoMi Ben Oooper.
'Baxter Hayeo, 0. R
Borrow and Rufua
is In *
tbulary
i Kings Mountain Po
'ttCOUepartment during the month of
Katimhai show throe reaignatione and
'' ' V one aoeeptanee according to informattenreloaaed
thia week by Police
, Jtar.'
leasee Levon "Thornburg was accept
*& into the department to fin the va eaney
of 0. I* Onrry? reelgned.
, - . - reaignation of Boyoo P. Stone
watKnoooptOd' oa November 89 and
. r?. O. on November 15.
..'r;' Btadd-rhiw' holn with the douertment
I ^ (ft
#? '* - a '. ^WsM jT?
yz3Rri^Hp8yjww'^ 3* e^e^l*j^ * S
PPP';'
? To Ma
' Kings
Plants
Lions Directors
Endorse High
Teacher Pay
. Director* of the King* Mouatal
Lioa* clabMo?d?y *ight^e?dor?odtS
juT Somtk PMa?t district ud A
Charlotte Obeerror.
Tala pay Mate, which will approxl
ate a 40 pororat laeroaae ow proa
?rt riff,
porooat Mora than the wuma uk
00 by tho North Oaroliaa Bdoeattei
aaoaeUtlom.
For tbo paot aororal weoha, NCBJ
offlolate C. W. PhUlipo aad Claw
Nffia an JU. U rwlw
dtetrtetc throughout the aUte, MM
tially for- aaklag too llttlo of - thi
1047 General AsaeaeMy.
The resolution of tie Hons dlrec
tore la to bo forwarded to State Sen
ator Lee B. Weathere aad Bepreeenta
tire Odna M. Mall, both of Shelby.
Teaeher pay la expected to be on<
of the moat torrid iaaaea to reac>
the General Assembly's 1947 aeslThn
which convener in January.
Action by the Liona directora wai
tnken at the regular December meet
ing Monday night.
o I
Flyers Hear Travis,
Eat Fried Chicken
Newly elected offieera of the Cleve
land Aviation club were inatailed ii
offiee at tbe regular meeting of th<
group held at the Woman's Club Tnei
day night.
They are Brad Moeer, president
Harold Haaaleatt, vice president, Oa
tW imp * tiitr futa
ripg fried tkkkn, ud heard t home
^Mr addrees by fldi Travis, CharlotU
Otetrm columnist.
Atru|MMati were ttidt dnrlij ?
bariaaee nwiw for-a large" repreeea
tatioa of flyer* from this eouhty ?
the annuel Miami, Vie., eir ebow fa
be eteged la January.
WAT. |tIJ
With only slightly more than on?third
of the goal raised, citizens
througheat the county are being
urged to return eaek or cheek fee
the familiar OksUtmaa seal* they
reeeired la' thematic last week. Goal
of the campaign is #S,000 and receipt*
to date total over *2,800. The
i fund* are need la combatting toI
berenlosis and for providing emergency
relief to tabeealar patients.
Coal, Or Lack <
Big News As IV
An it was the nation, eoal wu stll
the big story la Kings Mountain foi
the peat week, and though there wei
immediate optfcahpa concerning th<
rwumpviun ui upoauuns (
Mills plants, eltixsns still gave th?
coal sltoation their most strict atten
ion. '
And tome had, very goed reason ai
they watched the week's low tempera
tares make farther inroads into th<
home eoal supplies which were moving
to the dwindling point.
To a question, "Is anybody suffer
ing?" Claude Hambright, eoal dealei
said he didn't think sq.
He was hoping for release of sev
oral ears of coal by directive and saic
his supplies of stoker and furnam
eoal were still regarded as adequaW
for the immediate future.
He added, however, that mine stoel
piles are dwindling and, as" about ev
eryone else, hoped for an early retail
to work by the miners..
Initial reaction to the #3,500,00#"fln<
handed the United Mine Worker* an<
the #10,000 fine put on John jL Lewli
in federal court Wednesday**# fha
U would not pat the mlasgl baek ti
work.
Meantime, cltisese Mnftr am
j^~*wW 1 1 ^ >^TyMnWTT^T .77T!
ke 1946 1
v Moui
I
KIN08 MOUNTAIN. N. 0.
Resum
Fireworks, I
To Feature 1
a Merchants Are Open
9m f? ? ^T^rnmwZmm
tHn'w aU^ln <ly ?^VJtowiS
1 n SSs?
t sszkp?^*M>!iip>r<?i ii'kou!
dan ud will mhm tki Waftnw
- d*7 afternoon slnrtnf on January 1
1M7.
; J. R. Davis Is
| County Attorney
J. B. Davis, prominent Kings Mom
tain attorney, was appointed count,
attorney on Monday by the Clevelan
connty board of commissioners, afte
they had been sworn in for anothe
two-year term of office.
Mr. Davis succeeds Henry B. Ed
wards, who recently refunded ovo
$9,000 to the eounty following alle|
1 stA *?1 3?
vvi w<vi viMtgvBy ?uu Tfuu JUMV jrnu*,
' waived hearing la county court 01
' two counta of forgery.
The Kiaga Mountain attorney ia i
, former representative la the Generi
t Assembly and haa for many year
1 bee} eaa pX Xko ehyV letting attoi
Serving their foarth tenaa a* cos
. missloaors are dee A. Bridges, Ma
, WaahbOra and D- D. Lattimor* M
Lattimore waa ehoaea ad chalrmaa o
i the board, succeeding Mr. Bridget
. and Mr. Washburn waa named vic<
f ehalrmaa.
> Charlea Q. Billing of Kinga Mom
tain was re slOitsd ooanty auditor.
Joe 0. Whlsaaat, fomef county al
torney. and C. C. Hess, both Shelb:
lawyers had declined the count
attorney *e poet before h was tendei
ed to Mr. Davis.
viwiiw mWMMBP
AOOU8TA, 0aVint Lt. W.
B. Dogma, infantry, Enaband of
Mrs. W. B. IiQgan, Kiaga Moaataia,
'K. C., was' among pafTeata who ar
rlv#d hare recoatly for further treatmeat
at Oliver General hoepital!
Of It, Week's
[ercury Drops
1 ventorlea at a record high since 1941
r end though a few lteaaa are short i
white dress ahlrta, nylon hoae, shoe
l and n few other items? many nor
r article? ere available than during Do
> cember 1945.
IndoatrlalUts are beset with shii
ping problems, but many have beei
i ihlpplng considerable quantities b;
motor express and thus the eurtaile
> rail shipments will not complete!;
f close off the outlets.
Superior Stone company will b
. considerably hampered by the rail ce
r bargo, as a big portion of their crus'
ed stone has been moving by rail.
W. M. Moorhead, of the- Souther
1 Railway office here, said Wednesda;
9 he knew only what he had read i
s the papers regarding the rail curtail
menu and did not know what passen
t ger trains would be taken off regula
. runs.
I Tli? measure Included:
(1) Clamping of an embargo on al
l rail freight and exprees ahtpmeati
1 with the exception of eommodlDe
i and enppliee neeeeeary to the autr
I teaanea of pablie health and eafetj
> effective It:01 % la. Friday.
' (8) Order of a; aaaaad 88 pereen
.A. M? ?I?? *- I. - - --
F tire Us#? p. mv Suds?. ?
i (?) Umit ?f tiw wdiM'M^fni
, f??t to ftv? ponN?
11 diDpdvtd tkd t
llfWere
lisp 1
THUBSDAY, DEO.
ie Uper;
Old Nick Art
fule Opening
The lMd Chrlatmaa enopping eeai
1 Clana Mkw kU annual rtalt her*
k glee yeugetera a print of the fell
[ they expect to riait then Chrieta
l *r?'i ii iit r- T .j
I Old Saint Nleholaa la ?chedaled
I arrive by plane at Bridget Airport
r approximately 6 o'clock. The h:
eehool bead will be on hand to m*.
him along with i eity fir* track
i frsasftirf i fcf-rr Iff c ntnsrfr, ithran
> the business district "to City Btadic
where children will be given fay
by the Kings Mountain Merehnntc
, soelatlon.
After hit arrival at the Stadium,
15-minute fireworks display will (
max the event.
W. P. Laughter, secretary of t
Merchants association, said this we
that Christmas lights will be turn
on in ,the business section as pre
1 ously scheduled, since this ITTrea is ?
8 included in the federal governmen
\ brownout edict,
d
r The parade line of march is as f
r lows: Bridges airport north to Watl
son street to Mountain street, ei
1- on Mountain to Bailroad avenue, si
r th on railroad to the Gold street r
p crossing, then to Battlegromsd, a
T North on Battleground, to MounU
d street, and thence east to City Btadi
? In the event of unduly Jnelemt
j weather, which would prevent Bui
, Claue' arrival by air, the event v
.., b? atafed *? Monday, December
<h? eank* vtfnee and with the wm?
ringewenU.
* "The Kinga Mountain me re ha
r' have gone to considerable work a
* expense t* provide a eultable Chri
' mae party for tie children of I
h community," Mr. laughter aaid W
neaday, "and we are eonfident tt
'* thia year'a celebration will certaii
equal, if not ourpaaa former eventa
'* thia kind."
f
y An estimated t.500 persons jaatn
? the buaineea district for laat yea
Chri i twee parade.
Jaycce*-Plan
Ynlft Prnorrnm
King* Msuntsln Junior Chamber
- Commerce, in it'a regular semi-mom
ly dinner meeting held at Cent:
school cafeteria last Tuesday nig
voted: (1) te in rite the IMC Mount*
eer football squad and eoaebea to i
neat dinner meeting on December 1
(2) to sponsor Arthur Smith and 1
^ Cmcksrjueks, with Grady Cole as n
* ter of ceremonies, here on Decern*
t 20 with proceeds going to the Grt
9 Methodist church building fund; a
(3) to sponsor a Christmas party 1
children of the town, naming Jayc
Bill Davie as generaal chairman
J the Christmas activities program.
J Other routine business matters w(
d alsd taken care of and Dan Fing
Y wns accepted into the club as a n<
member.
e
n Highlighting the meeting waa t
ij dinner honoring the football tea
with plans being made to Invite
u college coach to be guest speaker. O
y. er matters to be included on tKo pi
rj gram are atill tentative and will
|. announced at a later date.
Famous radio artists from Chariot
r Arthur Smith and his Crackerjae
with Grady Cole, will present th<
program on Friday night. Dee. 20,
1 the high school auditorium us t
' Junior Chamber's contribution to t
* building fnnd far (he new Grace k
I* aV^.J?l_4. - S - * * *
luuuin courcn, 10 replace IU 0141 0
r' deatroyed by fir* some month* ago,
wu announced. Ttlme of tha progn
will b* announced at a later 'data.
iAlao
Included an the Chrlatmaa i
>1 tlvitta* committee ia addition to 1
a Dafb war* the followiagi Ifaaxal P
a far, Grady Howard. Paal Volker, D
d Ptbgar, flaaa MoAbee, Oaarga Uaaa
t. oat WH Pago. Parpoaa of tUa, at
. adttaa ia te ptaa aaUrtntnaaant t
? ooatr oUldraa during the CWM
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Friday At
Heralc
4
ations 1!
Interviewers Here
gk To Take UCC Claims
Five Interviewers from the Nor
i Carolina Unemployment Commissi
I will be here today at the Pauline a
Mary race mills to take claims f
unemployment compensation ai
veterans' readjustment allowance,
Mrs Oofortk pointed est that v
?- -; ^SU^risi%ek>tJmT
to Other employees are ragnlted to i
at tabttah a mm week waiting parte
igh Oenoerslag the lfargraea Paalt
ort shutdown (scheduled to end Mc
to dap, Ha. OoTocth aald that no
on quired waiting parted and would 1
a- Immediately eligible for bentfl
should they become unemployi
through no fault of their own do
lay the course of the next
" months.
Workers in Industrial or bnslne
firms employing eight or more p<
ek sons who earned as much as ill
e(i daring 1945 are eligible for unei
vi. ployment benefits ranging from
|0t minimum of four dollars to a mar
t >s mum of $20 weekly, based on averi
weekly earnings.
Mrs. Ooforth said the TTOC sent
ol* lnterrlwen here and elsewhere wh
ter large groups are out of work to be
ist ter serve ths' unemployed worker*
oo
? Alderman
2 May Be Named
it* _____
Principal business of thp . rtgv
monthly meeting of the city board
*** aldermen, to tue place next Tuesc
night ht City Hall, will be posfffllfc'
Bt? petutmeat of a Ward 8 "fBhneil mi
ud b*r'
H. L. Burdette, city manager, m
;he Wednesday that
m ? ? -- ?? yv> VI
,a" nkttcn, other then presentation
Mt routine report* wma lilted on the
gende thai far. *
of He enid it wni likely tile eomn
eionere would chooee a Ward 3 eld
lWj mm, to eneeeed Lndd ?r Himr
r,9 who hoe mo red to Boiling Springe, 1
profound leek of knowledge ee to (
identity of the "pertieuler Werd
eitixen.
A eoaree eloee to the boerd indie
ed loot week thet Derld L. Ssund
wee the most likely eppointee.
other* ender consideration, W. B. 1
gnn, nr\v ve\r*n, it now on. eeti
duty with the emy for hoopitall
of tion, end thie feetor ii thought liti
th* to eliminate him from ednilderetfon
ml The eppointee will lerve until M
ht. 1M7.
in
t'l STEWART EEBKLI8TB
17: Bey Stewart, eon of J. A. Stewer
ill o k? -J *
? v* *v?.v ( u?o mo-cuuiiru in IE
ins artny, reporting to Fort Bragg o
>er Monday, November 23. He serve
ce daring "World War II foh almot
nd three yeara, with a long period c
!or duty in Africa. Italy and Franc
ee He held the rating of corporal o
of discharge.
? Football Banc
Features Featj
he
mi Annual Lions football banquet tu
a oring members of Central high sehi
th football team will be held tonight
rO' the high school cafeteria at 7 o'clo
be with the Southern conference's 'Cos
of the Year,' Beattie Feathers of t
^ N. C. State 'Qator Bowl-bound Wo
I,. as featured speaker of the P
jl'r gTtXn^
All member* of the high *ehi
^ team which had a seaion ' record
aeven vletoriea and three one-toni
down losses, and Coach Feather* u
ne The public at large will be m
it ndtted free to the showing of m.
am tloa pietnree of esVerai im? Bta'
games la Central aodttorta begl
slag around 8:80 p. m. aooordlag 1
J'- W. J. PmlkereoB, member of tl
V" Lions otab arrangsaasnta oaaaltte
an
sy bis party ? exported to soaaist
m- assistant coach Bob Saffridge, I
tor Oeergs Allea and J\m OTbeoa, KD
taa Mean tain members of the Wolfpeel
. and mrtf Clyde Oaafpe and I
htop PdoWff dee sjaaaf 4ka IU4 mifll a
?nw was gwi
(HP whieh taatadee Wilton Oandeoa, spo
faB^or of tike OhlMdt* Otstmi, a
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5 O'clock
I 16 TaT
I A v 1 oday
FIVE CENTS PEE COPY
Monday
Neisler Mills
? [Are Installing
Z Oil Burners
it
'* I The bij{ Marirraee
* down sine* Ike night of November 2J
dVe to tba coal strike, will roaumo Op
*" eration* Monday, Paul Mauaey, offl*
1^ *', St CO"r**y' rv- - - -~
Heaumption of op* ratio a* will bo
**" complete with the poeelble exception ?,
* of the fiaiahiag plant, Mr. Mauney JJ
? aaid. ~
enii
It wan origoally announced that the
po rllrl. irovli w??)? rifsr/v.' n?tH tJ?e
w minora return to the pita, and the earbe
lier resumption of production la due
Ita to installation of oil burner* which
td will enable the plant to uae oil inatead
r- of coal for a major portion of ita op*
12 erative need*.
M Mr. Mauney said resumption of work
^ in the finishing plant depends on the
jq completion of installation of the oil
n. burners.
* The announcement from the compauy
that work would be resumed was
classified as "good new*", not only
tor the approximately 900 employee#
** affected by the Lewis-enforced layoff
but for the community us well.
I. The Xeisler company's Kings Moun
tain payroll is approximately one-third
the city's textile payroll, aud, with
the possibility that the coal strike
could continue for several weeks, paoa
pects for a long layoff which might
have carried through the Chrlatmae
season waa discouraging to the whole
I community, accordTng"To opinions and
ilarI :? ?? h *
^ .tynwiuui vDKta. tae piM'VMi,
lay Otherwise, the city's industrial
p- plants were still operating at fall prt
ran- duction, and W. K. Mauney, Jr., gen?
sral manager of Mauney Hosiery eom
pany ? next in line of local plants
experiencing operating difficulties
** doe to the coal shortage ? was acts
0 optimistic yesterday and said Us eoai
a* pany "will be able to struggles throu*
. gh until the Christmas Kblidays at
1 least." The hosiery mannfaetaring
firm, which employs 125 persons, may
also install oil burners, Mr. Maoney
said, in event the eoal situation is not
' | relieved in the near future.
^ Legion Christmas Gift
of Deadline 6P.E Holiday
'jar
Ire Commander W. J. rnlkeraon, of
sa* Font 155, the American Legion, jreesly
tsrdar reoneeted nssmfc? en
port to ho to their OkrMoui gifts
ay for hospltaJlsod TtUraoi at Bridge*
and Hamrlck rtoro by 6 p. m. Mas
day afternoon, Deo. 9."
Gifts are to bo sort by the Anxt,
lllary of the port to wounded * and
ie sick veterans in hospitals at Otoon
n and Fayetterllle and donoffe arfaak
d ed to select a gift that will be saltit
able.
if All legionnaires who have not ale.
ready donated a gift are asked to do
a so by the Monday afternoon deadline.
luet Tonight
hers, Movies
>n- will introduce the featured speaker,
jol The Wolf pack mentor scored the
at first big upset of the season when his
ck team defeated Duke's Blue Devils it?
eh the opener. He is n graduate of the
he University of Tennessee, where under
If- General Bob Nevland he was chosen
ro- an All-Ameriean back for two yeare.
He has an impressive professional re*
sol cord, being chosen on the Al!-"Pro
of 'dream team' for two years,
sh* By gniding his Wolfpaek to a seant*
son's record of eight wins and two
one-touchdown losses, Coach Feathers
^ was chosen as the Southern ' confer*
^ enee's 'Coach of the Vwr' aeeording
_ to W. J. Fnlkoraon of the Idone clnb
U" _ _ ...
M oommutM la ebtift of arranging tho
program for tho grid banquet. ' BU
' team has accepted an invitation to
play in the New Tear'a Day elaaele
_ at Jackeonvllie, the 'Oator BowL'
ef Aleo a farmer Teaneeoe All-Amort'
d eaa aaaletaat coach Saffrldge will
g* help give the beaqaet a decided A1V
i? American atmosphere.
>ea Notion pietare at eeveral of the
eta Mate football gamee ef the carreat
rt# year will be a highlight ef the pew
ftp gram it wee aaaeaaeedL
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