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SP I POPULATION I h City Corporate Limit* 6.574 j$p I Immediate Trading Area 154)00 58 WO. 6 1,093 Fa1 1 l Local News ?2 Bulletins | L AVIATION BOOT Cleveland Aviation ciub will hold a dinner meeting here at the Woman* club on Tueeday night at 7 o'clock with Haakel Deaton, l * speaker. Flhn* of the receltfMi-" F? ami air-tour will be shown. W BSD CROSS DIRECTORS Officers and directors of the Kings Mountain chapter, American Red Croat will meet at the Red Croea office In the City Hall Thursday night at 7:45 for the purpose of planning the 1947 fund drive, according to an announcement this week by John L. McGlll, ? chairman. A full attendance la being urged. EIWANIS MEETING The regular Thursday night meeting of the Kings Mountain Klwanis club will be devoted to a program concerning a community quick-freeze unit, according to the weekly Slnawik. Paul Mauney Is In charge of the program. The meeting will be convened at the Woman's Club at 6:30. - i-.-PTIST EDUCATION Rev. Tom Schofleld, secretary of the Visual Aids, Radio and Publicity department of the N. C. Baptist State Convention, will speak ?t a meeting at Eastslde Baptist church in Shelby Thursday night At 7:30. Representatives from 53 Baptist Churches are expected to v hear die program which will feature latest movie and projection e m jk colored woman, ot??mwvb- street Tuesday afternoon. Chief Grady Kings said the damage was very slight. The fire In the roof caught from a defective flue. ?; C1TT BOARD MEETING The Kings Mountain city board ? of aldermen is scheduled to hold jilts regular February meeting next Tuesday night at 7:30 at the City ,Hail. City Manager H. L. Budrette "said. Wednesday only routine bus' lness Is listed on the agenda. TAX LISTING Bright D. Ratterree, city tax Met> tax, said this week.he would be at m' 0 t?e City Hall dally fax.the ensuing ftnp weeks completing; transports 4 $non of listings. Personatwho fall: ?d to list way see Mr. Rattenae.at any time during that period. Deadline on listing fell last Friday, and late listers are subject to penaltl i ?* m , . -??? RATIONS GIVE LIBERALLY Patrons of Cash Brothers theater enterprises here, at Mt Holly and Cramerton contributed a totgl of ?MM0 to the Mareh of Dimes through donations at the theaters, ;? David Cash reported this week. ,.f Figures for the cities follow: Dixie, $438, Gaston and Holly at Mt. Hfelly. $448, Victory at Crtunerton, ; :'i\' t Ay*'i" * ' .c BOSSES ROLL AGAIN X ,Jjm?a Alice Ridenhour'sj^ienlor 1 SSsrsa H >.Cfcy. The touts go to the class i -i havlns lamest parent ire presentstSHt SSBT5?S?!g?EST1 I* * ' aO|S^V/! #t iM? E* , MkiSwjJBw?sj22* JT a^s 'r' L r,V .:vr: Kings iror Petitii 0 ' : I King Winter Arrives 1 In All His Majesty Kings Winter, who. except for a conplo of throats oar Iter In tho I season. hod boon troatlng Kings Mountain dtlsen* quite nleely during 1946-47, visited In full fores Tuesday night and kept local residents huddling next to stores or running to escape Mi Mid wraujer prop owl# naa only soon gmral about 14 dsgisss woo tbo utsiogs. with bote Alloa, route S. 1 farmor zspacttog IS bgnu at hte 1 otor showed 10 degrees bat bo was 1 herring trouble getting folks to b?- t lioro It and declined to ?tn his ' . namo fat publication. 1 Meantime. tbo tool and antliissss dispensers did a rushing \ IWlriflffffr 1 ] Semi-Pro Baseball! Loop To Be Formed Representatives from six baseball towns, with a seventh asking to def I inltely be counted in, met at City I Hall here last night and began the task of forming a semi-pro league \ composed of eight teams, with the 1 actual organizational meeting ache- ' duled for February 19 In Shelby. i Towns represented Included Kings Mountain, Shelby, Rock Hill, Besse- 1 mer City, Forest City, and Cherry- ,, ville, with Valdese being counted as < definitely interested. Other towns 1 interested in entering the league Include Llncolnton, Newton-Conover, . and Gaffney. 1 ] The representatives here indicat- t Insure future operation. Shelby Wtll 1 be hosts to the other towns representatives In a meeting Feb. 19 .that . will give the loop its send-off. Kings Mountain was represented t by John H. Moss, who presided over t the meeting, J. I* Woodward, H. Y. Ballard, and H. L. Burdette; Bessemer City by W. R. Sherman, Jud * Harmon, and D. H. Carpenter: Rock - Hill by Roy Hughey and S. L. Fowler 1 Forest City by J. B. Hill and James 1 Alexander; Shelby by Kays Gary J and Dick Young, Star reporters; and ! Cherryvllle by Mun Randall. Ptediyteikn ContradLet j Announcing that contract for repairing damage suffered in the reoent f irst Presbyterian chifrch fire 1 had been let to Southeastern Construction company of Charlotte and 1 . that work Is to begin 'MXt ep, Rev. p. D. Patrick, the pastor said , Wednesday that regular Sunday , services will be held at the high , school auditorium effective this , Sunday. , Sunday school will convene at 1 9:45 a. m. to be followed by the regular morning service st U o'clock, j Since the fire early this month, the church services have been held ' at the Woman's club. Mr. Patrick said that four additional deacons were elected at a con gvsgatlonrl meeting last Sunday. - They ate IC. A Harrill, Sam Weir, Hu i bert Davidson, and narry Page. j j' .The Session of the church Is deeply grateful to the Board of True tees and to Superintendent B. N. hmu fu -II?i -?? uuiw uiraBmiu?ui|| uw DIIM i school building," Mr. Patrick said. 'I Moun 555E555S53B3m55CCSSSC55&&SS35^5525552"^X Kings Mountain. N. C~ Thi on Askinj Boiler Explodes Damaging Home Of S. JL Mauney The home of Mr. arid Mrs. S. A. Mauney on North Gaston street was severely damaged Wednesday afternoon about 4:35 when a steam boiler, furnishing heat for the house, exploded. The blast wrecked the hallway arvrt front living room, vlrtuallv dp rooms, damaged other rooms, blew out all front window panes, and blew doors off their hinges. Mr. Mauney himself, only one borne at the time, narrowly escaped serious injury and possible death. He said he was In the kitchen at the time and had started to go to the basement to examine the furnace, which had not seemed to be beating properly . Earlier Wednesday morning, he laid, Zeb Falls, Kings Mountain Manufacturing company mechanic, bad visited the home to repair a leaking valve on the boiler water system. Jt wcc the asumption that the wa ter tank on the boiler had insuffl:ient water, causing the explosion, rhe tank was blown through the ball floor and was laying atop the iebrls. The boiler was burst. City firemen answered an alarm but found no fire, other than in the 3urst boiler. A piano in the front living room was blown over in the floor, and the front of the house was almost a total wreck. B March 01 Dimes Gills $1,18140 ? _______ B. N. Barnes, head of the Kings '' Mountain March of Dimes cam- J ?aign, reported yesterday that a to- * :al of $1,184.40 has been received to 8 late, including, receipts collected by * school children and by free will col* eodhna.at Kings Mountain motion fl JSurejEmlses. ^ ^ me campaign Is continuing, Mr. 1 Sarnes said, adding that he ant lei- I sated considerable more contribuions tram city business firms, vhlch have not yet been solicited. w Funds from the annual March K >f Dimes campaign, started some J" fears ago in honor of Franklin D. ^ Roosevelt and being continued in e] memory of the late president, are n ievoted to care of infantile paralysis victims and to research to find 7 (letter methods Of prevention and rare, for the dread disease which " most frequently strikes children, w leaving them mangled for life. Mr. games said a total of $438 d was contributed by patrons of the Dixie Theatre, while $135 was con- cl tributed by patrons of the Imperial a Receipts from school solicitations ~ in lower than last year, with only Davidson Negro school showing an D, Increase over last year. ? Donations to date by schools fol- P; ;ow: Central primary, $03.75, Cett-I P xal gramar, $164.45, Central high w Khool, $3230, East school, $12030, T West school, $06.45, Davidson tl Khool, $5137. Total from all schools cl 161130. . <c The campaign has been underway q tiere for two weeks. . tf ?i?, p' commissioner sworn o Dr. 8. S. Royster was sworn In 14 as new member of the county board of commissioners by Clerk , of Court Everett Houser Tuesday. n Dr. Royster was appointed by Mr, , " Houser on .ecommendaUon of the coifllty Democratic executive com- . MlMM UM ? t? O..M ?m? Mil. E * umiMiirKBy die H committee's vice-chairman, end a J. K. Wllllis,attended the msettaftf j fl of the committee from Kings \ tJ Mountain. i si s Choose JffilanTfl Son In 1947-48 t 1 rohn L. McGlU w*?<.*elected for ; I 2SJS3?t1 <1 ^m U Mcdtll U M*| pre*)- n tain I i'? . irsday. February 6. 1947 ; Change BIDOE ON BOAS INTO DAVIDSOJ re H. C. Wilson, loft and C. C. (31m 1 a group of Scouts and Scoutors n< Ison Momorlal Camp site off tho Yoi rogrsss on thp road was going fan (aunoy for uso of bis tractor last w rely ongagod In tho work Include xy Pattermon, and Scoutmaster Lorn ion and Mr. Edena, and nyby Boy Ir. Edons this woek reminded that couter detail loaves the City Hall i eathor permitting. Reporting an excellent advance lie, W. L. Plonk, chairman of the ings Mountain Boy Scout district lid this week a crowd of at least )0 Cubs, Scouts, Scouters and Parits are expected to attend the anual district banquet to be held at le Woman's Club Monday night at o'clock. Concurrently with the announcetent concerning the banquet plans, ir. Plonk announced appointment (a committee to handle the annual oy Scout financial campaign sche uiwi w pegin on iuesoay morning. Members of the oommUtee In barge of raising the S3,900 quota, re B. S. Weill, chairman, G. A. Brides, J. B. Keeter, J. H. Thomson, J. . Keeter, B. S. Peeler and C. D. lanton. In addition to annual reports on rogreas of the Boy Scout move- i lent in Kings Mountain during the ast year, to appear in the banquet rogram, the meeting will be feaur I by an address by Rev. J. Lewis 1 bom burg, of China Grove, an acve Scouters for many years and repient of the Silver Beaver award k service in the organization. I The dinner will be served by the race Methodist church and tickets ?the event are RL00. They may be uurchased from Aubrey Mau.tey,, hairman Plonk, or any Scoutmassr. The banquet is a feature of annu- J I Boy Scout week February 9-16, immemorating the founding of the Krvement on February 8, 1910. On Sunday night, a special union srvioe for Boy Scouts will be held t Boyce Memorial AHP churCh at :30, with Scouts expected to at?nd by troops. Rev. Mr. Preesly will The program for Monday night's ' 'Cont'd on page eight) ,, , . - , ; tlMlllirwilUUM Vtlcdiiit HamimMt m ' M Th? dlziAcr wfts In th? Mtuw of -? ? 1 V ? ~"1' . > *i *a?; v lerald s In City < I MEMORIAL CAMP?Shown abovf II rty) Edens. snrreying the handiwork iw buty making a road Into the Doric road. Mr. Edens said this week that raid and iaeued appreciation to Paul1 ookond. Senators who hare boon acHarold Hunnicutt, Aubrey Mauney, j ly Dettraar, in addition to Mr. WU- ! Scout are working on the project! more workers are needed. The Scout ach Saturday morning at .9 .cl . m*: . Boy Scoot Banquet Mauneys Donate $10^00 Fund The W. K. Maunoy family of Kings Mountain has mods a gift < of 31&000 to tho Chapel Hill ,Lutlwap church parsonage fund, ac cording to a ropost appearing in tho January iasuo of tho North j Carolina Lutheran, published at ( Saliusbury. r\ . v ] The news item follows: "Tho. Boo. E. C. Cooper, pastor, . i Holy Trinity, Chapel H1U, N. O, < announces in the January IS bulletin that "A Parsonage rand of 1 SIOOOO for tho Chapel mil Church i has boon looelsod hwn'ijio w. K. i Mauney family of Kings Moun tain." 11 ' H1 Kiwanians Want Dial Telephones < j Member, of the Kings Mountain ! Kiwanls club at their meeting last Thursday night passed a resolution requesting that Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company in- 1 stall a dial telephone system here to improve local service, and also , urged improvement in line communicatlon. The resolution as passed by the club was turned over to theorganization's public afairs committee tor handling. This committee includes Aubrey Mauney, J. L. McGlll, Hunter Nelsler, J. E. Herndor* O. W. Myers and ML L. Burdette. The club also heard an Interesting I address by Horace Grigg, county superintendent of schools. Stay Home II1947 Tog b Not Aboard Two men were up In Recorders court here this week on socount at state 1947 license plates. Sam Williams was charged with boats tot operating a ear Without state 1947 plates had was erdsred not to drive until he aaoured and dts played them. I ^plroperlj ? / r -r : ' y 1 ^ Pages | / Today FIVE CENTS PER COPY Charter Mayor Would Be Elected At Large Under Proposal A total of 1,093 "citizens, resident!. and registered voters ot the City of Kings Mountain," have sign ed a petition addressed to Cleveland county's representatives in the North Carolina General Assembly asking changes in the city charter as follows: (1) To elect a Mayor at large sofar as residence of candidates for alderman is concerned, but to allow voters in all wards to vote for one candlate in each ward. This information was announced Wednesday by E. A. Harrlll, prominent Kings Mountain attorney, who said he drew the petition for a citizens group which he declined to 1dentity at the present time. He said the petitions are being cl-.jlated in all portions of the city and that "they are going lUce wildfire." He pointed out that provision is made on the petition for a citizen to sign "yes" or "no" beside his name, either approving or disapproving the proposition as set forth. Mr. Harrill said Wednesday morn ing that the petition had h????n nr?>. sented to 1,098 persons eligible to sign It as citizens of the City of , Kings Mountaln|. Of this number, one citizen had voted "no", 1,093 had signed "yes", while four persons had declined to sign. Of the four, Mr. Harrill raid, three are connected with the present city adminlstra tion. The proposition in full follows: "Kings Mountain, N. C., January, 1947." "To Hon. O. M. Mull, Representative, Hon. Lee B. Weathers, Se. ator, Raleigh, North Carolina. Gentlemen: The hereinafter proposal has been presented to each of us, the undersigned citizen, residents and registered voters of the City of Kings Mountain, for our consideration, and we have expressed our wish after our respective names by writing the word "Yost -or "No." THE " ' r PROPOSITION Fully realizing that our present Charter of the Cltyof Kings Mountain does not sufficiently provide tor democratic representation by popular vote guaranteed to the citizens by the Constitution of North Carolina, therefore; We respectfully request you Gentlemen to introduce and have enacted a bill at this present Session of th6 Legislature amending the present Charter of the City of Kings Mountain to provide that a Mayor Bhall be elected by a vote of the peo pie at large, and that the candidates tor Aldermen or Commissioners in each Ward be voted on by all the registered voters in any election thereafter held for the election of said officials, and tne candidate in each Ward who receives a majority of the votes in said election be declared the elector to represent said Ward, and that Mid elector shall qualify and assume the duties of Alderman from the respeoMve wards along with the Mayor elected at large. We mean that candidates for Councilmen be voted on by all regis tered voters in the town. We express our wish by placing after our respective names the words "Yes" or "No." (Cont'd on page eight) Wildlife Ball; To Be Tonight A wildlife rally, sponsored by the Kings Mountain Sportsmen's WildLife club, will be held tonight at 7:30 o'clock in Central high school auditorium, with one of North Car>llna's leading sportsmen, E. A. Yoss, of Charlotte, as principal ipeaker, it was announced this week by Joe Lee Woodward, KMSWC president. KMSWC is a recently formed Itlnra UmihNIm - -"p- Vif VliUMXl 1W11 VI hunters, fishermen, farmers, and wildlife lovers whose main objectives are to gain better relations betweeri farmers and sportsman and to Increase game In the local area. Ihe club is affiliated with the North Carolina Wildlife Federation. Inc., composed of some 90X100 members In 100-odd clubs in almost every oounty In the state. A member of Mecklenburg Sportsmen's Wildlife dub and one of the founders of the pteeent state Federa I tion, Mr. Vosa is on# of the most tn- J formed authorities en the needs end propagation of wildlife in the state (tn interesting speaker, he helped term and is a member of the local
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