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l POPULATION In City Corporate Limits 6.574 5R. , -t Immediate Trading Area 15,000 '!( . . . f. ... ,v ' V . " * ' ? / . VOL. 58 MO. 10 Local News Bulletins BAND-PARENT MEETING Parents of school band members and other Interested citizens will meet at the high school auditorium Thursday night at 7:30, to reorganize the Band-Parent association, it was announced this week by Joe C. Hedden, band director. All interested citizens are * ' being urged to attend. The band will present a short concert prior to theorganizational meeting. - men ot the World will hold an lm- I. portant meeting at the WOW hall over Delllnger's Jewel Shop next . Tuesday night at 7:90. Members interested in serving on the degree , team are especially urged to at- ] tend. Those selected for the team will get a one-week encampment . at Tecoah, Ga? with all expenses j paid, it was announced. , kxwamis Ktrrnio 1 Rev. W. A. Kale, pastor Central, . Methodist church, Shelby, will be , the guest speaker at the regular weekly meeting of the Kiwanls dub to be held at the Wofnan's , -Club Thursday night at 6:30. t IN NEW MEXICO Pvt. John Lewis Read, aon of . Mrs. Ula W. Head at Cramerton, formerly of Klnga Mountain, Has J reoently completed bash: training at Port Jackson, S. C, and is now stationed at White Rand* Proving -Grounds. Las Cruces, N. M., proving statton for the V-2 rocket Jk Memben^of the Junior Chamber ! -Of Comerce held their regular se- 1 nil-monthly meeting at the Wo ' Mpthnrtlftt WillotfiT frnitml t ! 5tiindflv mArninff TKa ntmHot ??>lik fJvi ouiiM^r uHi|DiiiK> i iivvunricii wnn ^^ ^ ^ V ^ tH ' FUner#. rltes~for-ThoroM^aIvlii 'f Sonlvteg *** ftla wtf* Mr?. Flora K^Opwry Spunw, two {ma> Billy ?1_ #IM nmli<H !!> I 11 la Fin. ?u w ?2rtSSTB^S&SSm^SL ?*y, Fed Lryrii Ala., mml Mary i^e ' F Ml ?*a^> I"jk I i? H^\ Kings 1, il Scout Fund Quota Almost $499 Short Contributions to tbs Kings Mountain district Beg Scoot fund are approximately $400 short of tbs 12^500 quota it wds announced this wsok by B. S. NeilL finance committee chairman. Mr. Nelll reported toted contributions of S2.107.02, but indicated wvuuowm xnox uw quota will be met. f He eald reports are still to be received from several solicitors, and be urged that the work be completed as quickly as possible. Farmers And Lions Laugh With Saner ' SIMM JWM'.JUiHL Wtt' ikes... and their hosts, member of Kings Mountain Lions club, got together *t the high school cafeteria last Thursday night for a fun-filled evening at the annual Lions club Fanner's Night banquet. Humorist Mack Sauer, diminutive author, publisher and speaker from Leesburg, Ohio* was the speaker of the evening and kept his audience In high-good humor'for 49 minutes as he rattled off a steady sequence >f humorous stories, built around the theme of "Brotherhood." The meeting opened with group tinging of "America," led by Charlie Warllck, Carl P. Mauney led the pledge to the flag, and C. P. Barry gave the invocation. Following the dinner, served by Grace Methodist ehurch. Earl Berkley was welcomed as a new member of thr dub by * 4iwn, Kliu A. r. weiCOITl Ml the farmer*. Special guests, IncludlnjT ofOclalr at various farm organizations, wete recognized by H. O. (Toby) WfUftni* Prior to the address of Mr. Sauer, Pool Mauney outlined plans for con structkm here of a freezer-locker plant, complete with airtypes of procestng h<|lM*>ntbht and storage facilities, and pointed out that such a plant would offer farmers an expanded market for their products. A total of SO farmers indicated inter which'contlmied * th^ address, as Mr. Sauer recounted Anecdote*1 poetry, and . witticisms from '0 -OsandhlHr Wxhauhdhle Hiuneral services for Mrs. Lizzie Lackey Seism, 47, wife of fear! Scts~r ??4i? uviu rtiuajr iiio(UH1|| ?l u.'w o'clock *t Vknttton CrOv$Baptlst Church, with intermeht to follow In the Church cfindtery,.' , J,; ; <r ^The^rltOT^^^be^ wnducted a long lllnes about 9 o'clock Wednes day morning at Shelby hospital. ] Surviving ari he husband and son, Purvis Seiarn, and four brothers, Wilt, Lee and Sid Lackey, all ot Akrop. Ohio, and Prank Lackel ol ShelbyMrs. Seism was a member M Cen tral Methodist church here, but had *i*?nd-d the Patterson Qrovrr church f>r nta.V years. tW' r"" " ' '' a ' -'Zh Goforth Car Snoihsd w p^-UM * j JFT * pV, Most motorists Who argue with a essSsiSi K1 n jvjj?!1 ^ M|. |\| tii*ii*tti '^1 Goiotth hlmwlfi , ,w * /' > Mour King* Mountain. N. C-. T Two Persons Injured In Wreck Monday* Two persons were "not seriously , injured" in the collision of a 1941 | Plymouth coupe and a 1946 Interna! tional pick-up truck at the corner of King and DiUlng qtreets here Monday afternoon at $ o'clock, according j to local police, with the driver of the Plymouth, Harold X. Lee, of ! Mooresboro, charged with driving | drunk and released under a $100 I bond. The driver of the truck, listed as a | Mr. Cunningham, was rushed to the ! hospital in Gastonla and a Mrs. PoI well, one of the four occupants of | the coupe, was also rushed to Gastnpta. Both were reported yesterday llf 5 Jtt tlon, nothing serious, hov/ever. Occupants of the coupe were listed as Mrs. Powell, her son, and his wife and the driver, Mr. Lee, all of Mooreshoro. Officer Lebon Thornburg, who investigated the wreck, reported that the Plymouth was traveling west on King street and the truck going east at the time of the accident, the couple * apparently . driving on the wrong side of the road. The truck driver cut across the road evidently trying to miss the oncoming vehicle, he said, with the front of the coupe striking the truck near the right door, causing considerable damage to both vehicles. Officer Thornburg stated that the coupe skid marks measured 33 feet and th?f truck, 34 feet. Police chief N. M. Fsrr reported that Lee was scheduled to appear in Shelby Recorder's court yesterday on charges of speeding and reckless driving boOked against him here. Legionaiies urged To EiudlQaickly Announcing that 373 members had signed for 1947, membership chairman John W. Glddden, stated that Otis A Green Post-155, The American Legion, would ^ave to sigp^at ^""** * tact unsigned members and get them onthe organization rolls within the next two weeks. Commander W. J. Fulkerson presided at the meeting and announced that letters In support of the Bouth Piedmont teacher-pay boost plan mat tarn r^UtoC lastmonth^meet Gregg Cherry, Senator Lee Weathers ft?? cpresentative Odus Mull, he The organization voted to present a medal In memory of local dead of both wars to the'winner of the oratorical contest and voted to accept the quota of four boys for Boys State this'year to be held at Chapel Hill In June. The post agreed to sponaoi one boy, with one tfo be sponsored by Bethware school, and the Other 'jtwo by local civic clubs. W. K. Smith was named Boys State officer to complete the unexpired term oi Ladd W Hamrlck, now a resldenl Of Boiling Springs. r Members of the post also agreed j to the selling pf reserved tickets foi , the Legion - sponsored basketball tournament here March 12 through <mWhl uom to anuurrvxuE T-i A number Of Kings Mountain Lions are expected to join oth1 em throughout District 31-a at \, Cherryvllle Thursday night for a. banquet meeting honoring Clifford D. Pierce, president of Lions International. The meeting will be t held at Carlton Clubhouse at 7:?. chabtzb jtbksd SSSaSiSS itain I ? * * hursday. March 6.1947 H Drive For $6205 R< Launched Monday Calling (or a quick Initial puah toward the local <8^05 quota, Dr. A. J. Eastwood, Limestone college professor and prominent citizen of Gaffney, S. C., keynoted the 194? Bed Cross fund campaign in Kings Mountain in an address before some 125 of the assembled canvassers Monday night at the Womans club in the local klfekoff banquet preceding the drive which began here Tuesday morning by the some 160 oua worKers. . Fund campaign chairman J. w. Milam announced yesterday ?hat the drive-Is proceeding rarluiy but that tnittal reports hade not been turned In arid no definite report of i progress so far can be made; Unofficial reports In from different canv^ase? Me gatlfylng.^he aald, and palgn In Orover and Paul Mauney la co-chairman of the local drive. Telling the workers assembled at the kickoff banquet to "sell yourself on the Job first ? and Ate rest la easy; Americana are 100 percent behind the Bed Cross," Dr. Eastwood stated the key word in American mttu la '"preparedness, and the >. Bed Cross must be prepared to meet i any emergency, both here at ^ome and abroad, and must serve lmmedi ately in disaster to relieve suffering. The Bed Croat most continue to aid the vTar veterans in hospitals, must be prepared to give cheer as well aa physical help to woundpd fighting i men in hospital*),All over the conn-, r try, even though Red Cross services ' are not a*1 real aa they seemed to ho I during the war." Stating tfxat 7b percent of the local V quota will remain, Jn . the Kings > Mountain chapter, Dr. Eastwood c Kald the local unit must be prepared t to function in any emergency at home. 1 In conclusion Dr. Eastwood said { "there is something which the Red I Cross stands for?thO spirit -of help . mi, W reueveing sunertng, of service ? that ha* a spiritual value that is good for our social order." ? I John Lt McGtll, chapter chairman, presided over the bantp^'siHWiM L and Mr. ltilam called the roll ot can -vaeeprs. Dr. Eastwdt* was iim.'sc ed by Rev. W. L. Presaly, pastor ol | Boyce chury^ - TI i Arrange I Rtv. 'T? L? Ctihwfll fptilof 4rf (git 1 tftnti tintw IiiwSr mill1 **ti Ieraldl id Cross Quota ; Liberality Urged ! _ Want Ad Department: Top Sell Is Wanted As a pubUe sorvict the Korald is moving tho following classified admtlwawt to tho front pogot WANTKDi Oao am of top oolL badly noeded to ohflp* up school playground. Hlghoot prlcoo paid. Contact C. C. Kimono, chairman, city ochool board park and playground rcnunltoo. Band Sponsoring school band, will be held at the high ochool gymnasium Friday night at A full program of entertainment is, being 'planned, including various contests tor prizes. I ? .*. ....... . ? cwtivwiu^ UlC A UftilLi; Will beheld. All students of the school and their parents are being urged to attend and Join In the tun. Admission will be ong box lunch for girls, and 29 cents for boys, with the proceeds going to the band. Tw? Flnmd For Driving Drunk; 3 For Gambling , \ . . Lewis Huffstetler, of Kings Mountain, and Henry Bertalot, of Valdese, wt? found guilty of driving drunk in Recorder's Court here Monday afternoon and each was given a six months sentence, suspended on pay meat of 990 and costs and 2u*s of hi? drivers license, .i Paskell Slayton, Willie Mlxon, and Zeb Woods were fined 95 and costs by Judge O. C. O'Farrel on charges of gambling. The three men were picked up by police officers last Friday night near the Cora Mill and were charged with gambling with cards. Gatther P. Hayes, of Bessmer C^ity, for speeding and no drivers licenue, was fined |10 and costs; Waller > J. Kenley, of Gastonia, for speeding was fined 910 and coeta; Ed Huffstickler, for possession of liquor not on his own property, costs; Carrie Mace, for simple assault, case dismissed; Joe Wallace, of Clover, S. C. no drivers license, forfeited band; and liurbert Blanton of Shelby, for possession of whiskey not on his Lewis Fits, plaintiff fat a ease in allowed to withdraw charges on pay ment of soots of court. Already under a thirty day fusptnoM lenience wiin a yvy v gooc iummw ior puouc wvnKmqcM Wood row Kimbrell WUHtltlMwl tc thirty days InJW phi* thirty foi breaking good behavior on public drunkenness dNm,.! 4^.; &J\S, Jhn Sttm, of King* Mountain and Ruby A. Morris, of paatonla both forfeited bond on ptiMid drunk enneea chargaa and the -fbikwlni wera fined on similar charged: Mck WUdon, of Shelby, China pbvla, Geo ltetton, R. W. Ho] lis, of Besemei City, ten Seagla, Hlwatha Parker and William Early, i %% City firemen ^teuffltuiahed * graae fire on CherokeeStreet Tuesday afternoon ^o'clock I ; v, 1 Q Pages j I L Today FIVE CENTS PER COPY | Southern Bell To Add Third Shelby Circuit Another telephone line between ' Kings Mountain and Shelby has | been engineered and approved for j construction, F. A. Fin ley, assistant j manager of the Charlotte district | of Southern Bell Telephone and Telj egraph company, told the Herald j this week. I Mr. Flnley said he could make no | definite statement regarding con1 struction of the additional line, but that he knew the project was ap1 proved for earliest possible construction, depending on availability of materials and manpower. He said It was his opinion that work wnnM lu ? -...1.1-1- - ??? ovancu wiimn me next few months. 1 '"lirniil III Hf n I J iiri -II I J tain line wold mean a 50 percont increase in these facilities, since two lines are now available. Mr. Finley, accompanied here by W. C. Adams, official at the GasItonia office, said that 158 persons are now on the waiting list for telephone service here, as of February 22. Principal difficulty at present in installing new telephones is outside cab|e facilities. He sal0 he hoped * the situation would be alleviated in the near future. Gill Scooting Moving Forward One of the most forward steps recently in Girl Scouting for this section was the organization of the "Pioneer Girl Scout Area Council, Inc.," which Includes Cleveland County, Gaston County and Lincoln County. This Is the first area organ! .. 3 zation of its kind in the southeast ,yS and is proving very successful. With the executive leadership, and help which the area council is able to provide, Girl Scouting should taxe rapid strides in this section. | To those who contributed so geni erously to assure Kings Mountaip being included in this Area Council go the grateful thanks of the Scouts, leaders and council Workers. ^W^M^IyfSr o'w^My'emi *10; J. E. Herndon Co., $25; Sadie Mill, $50; First National Bank, $10; Plonk Brothers, $12.50; Beik's Store ; i $10; Kings Mountain Manufacturing Co., $50; Bonnie Mill, $50; Keeter's Ci/vr* MS. ?J ** * * utwc, ??/, aim mn. nnnur lay, 93.. Anyone desiring to make a contribution to this work may do so i through Mrs; Wm. H. Stender and i anyone desiring to help . With the Scout work in Kings Mountain, to train girls and create better citizens and urgently asked to contact Mrs. Stender. Local Bill Passed \ By Senate March 1 K- ' . | The following report as to pro- , i gress of Senate Bill No. 195, a local j bill introduced relating to the title I of the city clerk, was made this .week by the Institute of Govern j ment:' . ;* " v-M , SB 195 ? Introduced by Weathers | February 28. i "To amend the charter of the city of Kings Mountain so as to designate the Clerk to the Board ot Com- . 1 ; mlssloners City Clerk." (Would provide that the Clerk to the Kings 'PU Mountain Board of Commissioners be known as "City Clerk" and would I substitute the title "City Clerk" in L the city charter and in any other . >jj : Public-Local or Private Acts tor the title "Clerk to the Board of Commissioners" or "the Secretary to the ( Board.") To Counties, Cities and .Towns. ',|jB February 28, reported favorably by Senate committee. March 1, passed second and third i readings in the Senate. Ml ?. #\M> i punroQi nappy wn Kings Mountain rJW[IJdllfe club I leaders were jubilant Tuesday as. their "divorce" bill was passed by' ' % the State Senate and sent back to | the Mouse (or agreement on minor , amendments. 1 The bill, in effect, will separate the adttvtttsf of the game and inland > fisheries division (ram the Departi nu nt of Conservation and develop- J . The affiliated wildlife clubs of the sute had contended that money from the sale of hunting and fishing >JH ' Ueewess was not being used to Increase wildlife fat the state. curtdcotrrT J Pack meeting of the Cub Scouts will be held in Central Methodist church basement Friday evening ./-SI at The parents of all Cubs M sue Mrgsd by Cub leader J. WFin-. ,M Jg9
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