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HEusfS^RKflH^yKEDft p'fj Ob lYlday evening, Dm. 18, the P Member* of 8t Matthew ' Lutheran Bfti'yBhnreh will "gather in the Beereation Kij Boom for the aanaal Chriatmae par| ij, the '' Hanging of the Green*." K<^fawJhhp* eom* t0 enJ?7 felK^IUereetiea hall where Chriatnaa* aeP ' tlritiee will be haauaiag from bow E^i - attl Chriatma*. There will be |Uf .g^oarel ringing aadja wUl hoar mmm i ? ^ wwmm I HAU-HOLXDAT# Kim?a MouUb ftaaaelal knM* ttfc" i "i 111 71{?t NttUul bulk, Hwi K-lJUag* HomaUiB BiUdta| u4 Liu ^MMeUtioa ? in enttatlai U tkia wm) Majority of Erf the dty'i retailor* h?M mpiaM regular aid-weak half holiday lijwiy *. _^>to?^a.,^LMmC-kh. R.. thiol half-holiday* aad arrange to /,.T^Madaet thiir bnalaeio daring regu. xxwAinB MBBrara ? "Luther 0. "Boliek, of Hickory, &'& - nyoiideot of the North Carolina LuH^KwMrfh Brotherhood, will ipmk' to ^tana%0? of the,King* Monntnin Ki BK^^awihaU elub at their regular meeting tSgj^fiBfortdaT night at d:30 at the Wo ^j^^^gyh*h Club. Mr. Boliek -4i a paat : - '' wmcnt ox iu? nicaurj aiwurna V7W itiiuumt 01 Johnny W. BUekwell Vrw- will hold a 1m> .and-egg tuppOr nt Bridge* ^irport ^4^ijjgA8h?e*a?y night. Doe. tl, it wu *** woeh.- No gupper j?? ?, will bo charged, and all member* S&&vWjtore Mag argod to attend. ' Next gnlar meeting ft the post will be In^MbSbe mill m^Vt;f|PyjPP*|Fp w E&fl^tjaa?'/|fr bo at City, Hall in *hi* look ttim t^S^SCB^?iiilela P. lftall>,.01oTOland eennty . ftgooplfei offie?r, will hot bo at City EM Win continue his ay mowing and Thure k 'afthedale aext WHk needy eaterday. id meHBerahip commitMl M \Jk/J might at ftSO idward ' stjore H ~?H aMn^ by ~7oe LN ealdant of the ?Tganl MOVE BBBI re. W. K. Smith, formBtte, have moved their the Herndoa apartmtain atreet. Mr. Smith I aaeoctated with J. E. pany here M the peat he, was forpiMr*'.***B*ugh and Ifonehet, i of OkifMli had Ata World war II raUf. irred three yeara with European waters. L,WSa | to ill Method la t [DTIVBS OXitTB ' r, satire Seotelt leeIter and a nataraMaed Isen, wffl addiM'r^W* &L?^S?|& T ationa for the meeting mm*.iJBiyw.'ilrV?T~7f,Vi" J n /i BVC^Hiil^^VHd^'Aii Z*:y+iZffo \,lfAA':->'^'j> ?Birnf7ii.iH {y. v^<if?^jx0^Qwfiuoi i.. SuJLTotfjrCC WMijP^ ,{f fl QSQjEft AJ . II \j Schedule Given King* Mountain Centriil Ugh Moan tairoer 1M7 conference football achedale, released this week inelades the loop ' top leaau and 'three foes the locals did not play this past eeaeon. Morganton, Marlon, and Charlotte (Tech). / Forced to take on the two top winners, Morganton and Marion, by vlrtae of their finish in the top bracket of the loop, the Mountaineers fnee one of tKelr toughest schedules In years and with only one nmbsr of im i?ts mnu| ista teg tbe HistoricalClty~<Jaeea* City (ni ' Tint (Its wfsmii paw in > way froae bean with the AMI knM M? affair U be mW off oi OeUbar II, h?ro win City Madlaa ana. Tkt oaly ntualai letteneaa trtn the 1M teste la oeate* Bad Medtta. oetstaadiag performer aa defease ta hi* line-backer position. Sept l??Hea4ereonTme?there. Sept. 86?OPKN. Oat.. I?Harlan?tkara. Oct 10?Horgaatoa?there. Oct. 17?Bath-Spin dale ? there. Oct 84?-Che rryville-?there. Oct 81?Charlotte (Tech)?here. Nov. 7?Lenoir?^here. ? Nov. 14?Shelby?here. Nov. 21?OPEN. Nov. 25?Lineolnton?here. C 1 C-l- C J . ociti oaic mail Over Half Mark Total receipt* from sole of Christ hum wtli la Cleveland county up to Wedheeday . morning were according to an announcement from Mm. Buah Hamriek, Jr., of . Sheby, chairman of the annual campaign i '*, *, * v f , The .drive ha* tbu* panted the halfway mhtk toward.reaching thu *0,000 ;Q?>8a*uday * tk^.waek, ?rl Scoots will he on etreet* and in bosinane kouaos'of Shelby mad King* MounlUn nailing the double-barrel eroea, which in the nymbol of the T-B Pernoan who rechlTbd Chrtetman ncala through the mailn are being urged to return oanh or check for - the nealn immediately. Part 6f the reeeiptn gone for the purchase ef giftn for lifBhreular patientn at Black Moua tsixx AA4 8WI tut The fund > adminii tared by the Cleveland County Tubereuloeia nmniHn tion for both educational and remedial work la flghtiag tubereuloeia. ' ?v' * **' , Baptist Churches In G-w Fund Campaign Kiagn, Mountain ana Baptist churches aeeepted quotas totalling gSJRM for the Gnrdnar-Webb aaliem* eaiew meat fund, it ?n uaouHl Tuesday. First Baptist ehureh accepted ? qsoU of $0,000, while quotas of $1,000 Seek wove accepted by Beoond Baptist ehureh, Maedonia Baptist church, a*d f Patterson (hrm church. David shore) accepted a quota of $800. The Kings Mountain 'Baptist ate? CiatiOn la endeavoring to nUso a quar tar million dollar endowment fund foi the ehureh college at Boiling Springs h 0it j Police Pore? .. ,T\ . Adds ISro Officers ;Vv " #. "' ] s .' V Two additions to Kings Mountait police department patrol force were a* i Bounced here this weak by N. hL Fari chief of the local eenstabolary, . HatfH O.' Pfekane.' of 'Llneolnton i veteran of tout years eervieh. wit) the U. 8. Marine Carps has attorned force after aer* j i VSl f . Af E Knroa ii^tSSSRS^E^8^ M.< ^*1?'^ lUrt *2? Malqr iM' If m nA Mo. Z. M, Wtm. Mi ot4*m* **T ^ WttTS"^ mr >? 1? IW HcW pgrtBUlKl lIl'MMrkW(mmniiT by onAM S* tllf !!?> M ?M ? the really m*+mmm ytoyn la the loop. He was also mum far the 1MB lorn anmar team tarn year. Neill Again On All-Star Robert Neill, atellar tackle of thi King* "Mountain Central high Moun taineers, was selected by coachea re presenting the 16 eehoole of the Wet tern class A. conference, in a meetinf at Hickory last Tuesday night, to fll his 1M5 All-Conference position a tackle for the 1MB edition of the loo] 'dream team,' according to an , an announcement from conference of fie! ft la. Neil] VII selected om lftat year' team, becoming the first local playc ever to bo selected on the bono: aquad for two year* in a row. , { The husky Wens tain eer lineman wm the only Central High playpr tqbgUltl paced ?he on the squad, and Cherxyriml.i aai Marion, with two ?&.-leed the H? which also ineltUfcfcd whirect Olty, Ua colatom and Shelby -alearwfch King f Mountain. " The team: '' Bnd#?Naaney,. Mrwt Olty; Pad gait, <Marion. v .-7. Tacklee?Nelll, iKlage Mountain Duncan, Morgaatoa^ Oaarde?Hord, Morganton; Lawia| JL&icolnton,'r '- W1-. .*Y 1 Center?Blaehwood, Chan/rilte. Backe?WilHams, Worgamtoa; vuini Cherryville; Cheek, Shelby;. Bader, M (tea. Mrs. Grant's Father Dies: Bites Today Thomas Eber Dixon. M, died yestei - day 1b Manorial hospital at Gaetoai ? after a )<*f illnoaa. H# tod Brad i ' Oaatoaia far the part, tart Jrtt to was a native of Clexsland oounty a* had spent ?0?t of hla Ufa hare whM k he was engaged in frtiaiif. Ha wi the eon of the late Henry and tea | Potent Dixon. . > He' U Survived by kfi wife, Mr*. 0< . ra Dixon; two daughters, Mrs/ Bobei Oooh, of BoQlag; Springs, mk Bom) 1 Grant, of Hinge Mountain, a eon, E< . gar DtiAmrot KannapOHa. . ^ He also leaves nine grandchildren, Funeral will be held Thnreday afte noon at g o'eTSfl al gBK Zpar Baptii church. Bites will be directed by Be' Jeaaa Blaloek, Interment.-arTO tal place in the ?hur$b oemstery.. GOFOBTH WItH 8TBBCHTS , Charles A. Goforth, Jr., ban ac, cept?d a position in the Je**lry doj pajrtment of Bterclrt'f. 'tewaa an nMneed thia week. Mr. Goforth as 'sawed hie duties en > -T^TT - 7 Banquet Held ! ^Ey Witt abort speeches, a good dinner J aad football pictures highlighting the' ' iLyrf?ip?. the Kings Mountain Lions I Bfeta^tered the high school footKg&fe ernual banquet at the nqNH^Hy?'-!tyu'r'* last Thursday [fftde %r Beatti# Feathers, coach or >*. C- \ft'i bowl-bonad Wolf pack be V MM -L2? Lioas, coaches mad mem ; Me* >< Igh aehool gridiron aggre MM. Wh? gar its. - l#r^S vthera was introduced by eat tappHM 55 la a good la* nser by spinning rib-tickling football fb tha aartoaa pan of kia talk, Mr. Ybathers listed tlx principal traits whisk a boy lea ma la football aa followat eooperatioi, loyalty, pelsa. I elf i Bat ml, to fight adversity and iearalag to bastls. 1 WTJalu-. Oibiok. Mlxri of the SUto football oqid, aad on otbor Kiega Mountain grid graduates bo hod known, aaylag, "Thojr oro oa * , fioo genMemeu oa I aver eooched." He reauuked that Pride Battarroe. 1 fopaer Woke Foreat tackle oad more recently member of the profeaaloual ^ ' Oreenaboro team, had payed for Mm i one year If Appalachian and had '* then gone to Wake Foreat. "After that firat year," he laugh? ed, "I sow much too mpch of him." i ' , Mr. Gorriaoh. in introducing Mr. d - Feathtra, a toted that high aehool foot i ball had made rapid atridea of ,ad> t [ vaneement in the paat few yeara. 1 Clnb Preaident Don HlanYon aerred t aa teoataaater, oad Martin Harmon r It proaented Mr. Oarrlaon. * r Invocation waa given by Bev. W." t L. Preaaly. " | Otto Willlotaa welcomed the foot' I boll team, congratulating than oad d Coachee Clyde Coaipe and Don Pot- h her ea the exeellaat record of the o a team in winning acven of 10 gamee. i 1 m follows: Baddy MefHIa, Bill Har- J 1 mbn, Bebsft Wetij, jfcenaetb Georf* ' BobLodbetter, Boy Bohelor. Dwight * #*tw. Bob JUrly, BUI OanH. Jim < .5 Blaek, Bill Qaafcloa, Dw . Crawford, I - Bill iDettmar, Jtb J. PI oak nl Jake .Hany.^i: t j > Ooqamltte la charge of tbo banquet j Included Mr. WfiBatuy Charlie Mooo. >. and W. J. Pdlkerson. . ? 3^ deUehws dinn er,featuring chleV t 0 - FoUowing'the banquet Coaeh Boa- ^ there afcowed notion pletom of the State-VMI aa? State VPl gaiaee. Or. , or 400 persona were present to see the \ . mo^oar. > ' J Crowd of ifiOO Saw , Santa Olana 1Igfjp 1 ,t Santa Claos eamo to town last Fri- \ g day afternoon and had his nsnal fine , ? roeeptlon as an estimated crowd of , ? mora than *,500 people toned oot _ M? St. - ? - J-a. ' ? ? ius vuo sumuu vreoft ' ' * ? ?,? * ] Arriving on sehedolo by plane ?l ' ' Bridge* Airport, the red-clad, white- | bearded harbinger of Christmas joy ' f was carried by city fire truck through the business aectioit, escorted by the ' Xlags Mountain band, to the City I Stadium. ^ vX- 3 ? t - J it There tne Kings Moon" Mor- | r. chants association handed out treats is to the yonng folk, and presented a 80-minute fireworks display.Chrietm&s TTgfffJMn the business die . triet were turned on for the occasion. The youngsters were wide-eyed ss usual at the opportunity 18* see tie * gentleman they expect to visit them December id. They started gathering long, before parade time, ? want Of fnel, but tie prospects were d Kings MflW^aln Oottom OO ooesp^ \ lerald . Ma: ' Ate '* ' * David Saunde To FiO Ward Mty License Tags )n Sale This Week City lloanaa U(i for 1947 wont on aalo at tha Traaanror'a offlca In Ctty Hall this VNk. All oar owners IMac within tha corporate limits of tha city ara ra quired by law to porehaae and to display city lloanaa platoa aw thalr vehicle, Karl Ba^yar, city txoaanrTfcte yoar'a tap will bo tho mm ] r*nT taaTara'inWbod to ba dto Colored Man ii?ucu oy car Hodge Phlfer, 90 year old negro of bo Ebeneser community near King* 4oantain, was almoat instantly kills 4 Puesday night when hit by a truck | aid to bars been driven by Lee De'inney, 40, of Kings Mountain, who s under a $1,000 bond on a charge of i nanslaughter in connection with the tceident. > i The aged negro diea as he was beng rushed1 to Kings Mountain to a loetor. At the time of the accident he s said to have been walking down he road meeting the truek. The accident took place two miles iorth- of Kings Mountain on the Cher ( yville road near L. W. Barrett's (tore at about 7:20 p. m. Tuesday ' light. The LMvenney track wag found a andoned near, the scene of tb* aeei lent and he was arrested two hours . iter la Kings Mountain as the driver if the vehicle. .'J. . Investigation is being eondncthd by i sgjsraigrasi^i ' J- TV % ?* ;" ' -'?* - 4 * ' r%. % ' r ?-? Bank Will Pay Sxtra Dividend First National bank stoekholders rill receive an extra dividend of one ' >ereeat this week end aa the bank < nails out cheeks to stoekholders for he regular semi-aaaual two percent { Hvidend and additional ehOeks eoVerng the sxtra dividends. F. R. Summers, First National prosdent, said tnat dividends will be paid 1 o stoekholders of record Dee. 7. I Total dividend payments for the rear will thus .be five percent. Par ralne of the steek is $100 par share. ... * ' "t Rites Are Conducted For Cramp's Mother Funeral aervieea for Mrs. Fannie K en nor Craaap, 81, mother of Bev. Bar* ry E. Crump, pastor of the Ohareh of dieTNnsarene here, wars heU Sunday it the Piaevllte Methodist church, sritK interment following la the Pinerille eemStery. The "rites were eoadueted Bev. fcfr. Faulkner, pastor of Plaevtlle Mb- ihodist ehnreh. Mrs. TJramp had boon i * a.# 4*.. MS- -a ** a- ? mvoiu?r UJ. IM nneYlilV CDTinSB TW Mn. Crump succumbed At her home is Ptnsytlle Sunday afternoon. Rurvlvihk, in addition to bar ami Item Are feur nana, two brother*, a aia* tar, 21 grandchildren and 19 greatgrandchildren . < Grandchildren served aa'pallbearer'. ' ??????? TBA1H8 RB8T0RBD The Southern-Railway announced thla week rettoration of sereral trains Which had "been taken off rag-, slar rnn* on November 2)5 dne to the Coal, strike. Among thoaa rasterad are frains'96 and 80 between Washington UVAQ**. litizens^jNow ^ t 'aiWate.' ' "f* f' \* * -W ^WIUdNWHHlr SibfllK'IflEMtifttu&^S^HHH^^Bi IIP Ttfday * yV 3j . fiv* OBHTI vn OOPT rs Appointed 3 Vacancy David L. Saunders, well-known bust* nee* man, wae appointed by the city board of aldermen to fill the unexpir* ed term of Ward 3 alderman at the regular December meeting of the board held at City He 11 Tuesday night. Mr. Saundera succeeds Ladd W. Ham riek as a member of the board. Mr. Hamriek moved his . residence to Boil ing Springs laat month. The new alderman first came te Kings Mountain 20 years ego aa overpeer at the old Dilllng Silk mill. Ha Inter spent six years with Ws?lfae??w . lag here nine years ago to open Sana* data Dry Cleaning which he still eps rates. Ha and his son. D. D. Saunders are own sis of Saaaders aad Davis, haberdashery which wae opeaed last spring. Mr. Saunders U a member of the Llama clsb, a 8h riser and was far , amber of Grace Methodist (tank. Mr. Saunders' tarn, along with Mow of other member* of the board, will expire in May 1947. Appointment of Mr. Saunders wai the highlight of Tuesday night's board meeting. According to Karl fjawyer, city rlerk, the board heard routine monthly reports from various city departments and rescinded the no parking order on the North side of Mountain street in the bloek occupied by Victory Chevrolet company. The street is to be marked off and a "one-hour limit imposed. Jaycees Set Yale Party . The Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce will give a Christinas party for children under 12 years ?f age at the Dixie Theatre Saturday morning, December 21, at 9:80, it MnjMua/fsdswdS)' -by Sloan wrtgSt, mcmbeif , of the special committee handling arrangement for the sveat. '-< Plans eall for showing of several motion picTHre -v cartoons, featuring Donald Duck, Popeye, hnd other favorites, and a Christmas treat is td be given nil who attend, Mr. Wright said Further announcements concerning the Christina* party are to be gives next week. Gtirl In Oermany Oeta V00 Cloak ~~ A Kimga UwuiMb citizen baa recently received a latter from a yonng alas of Krkhelw. Germany, thanking her, for a coat aba bad received through TTNNBA, sad which was gives by the King* Mountain eitisem during the Victory Clothing "Collection laat year. Yke letter waa written is English and iairudea referenoee to the poverty in Germany today. It follolht: "Many thanks tor your token of \ friendship whleh I got yesterday afternoon. The eloak is fit and I shall wear bin* with thankfully thoughts (of you. Now we have very eold days, therefore I am glad to have a mantle, {t warma the body aad the heart too, but not the atoahch, whfh la mostly emptyl. No offense; buf in home, we have not muelT to cat. the daily honors of life we almost don know flBftkilkff fthont Any Aa*W #a4kan 1?w/aK J, - _? w . mm < v? ably he it in BuuUi captivity ul we loet our native winntry fonr years ago and ran never go back. Oaa yon Imagine what mean* to I8?e the home: If. I should be matter of yonr iarffBhge, I would tell yon may a* bout onr life, though I ft* not very intonating. "Onee- again many thanks and with' a Hearty fartfwelL "Brery your Lilly Kerpa." MIm TTerpa Uvea in the American oeenpatio-a tone. *'?;'.* '? Business Telephone, Bates Take InariMe.
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