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} ?? RAMBUNG SKETCHES OF Oak Grove News By Mrs. William Wright Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ware had as. their Sunday dinner guests Misses Mary Ellen and Veleree Watterson of Kings Mountain and Misses Je-1 neva Bell and Bettie Lou Phllbeck. Miss Helen Thornburg was the, house guest of Miss Bobbl Dell i Steel of Charlotte during the week' end. ' Master Michael Ware small son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ware is Improving after being quite ill for several days. Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Champion and children were the Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Barnes and family. Stokes Wright visited in the home of Rev. and Mrs. 'Lolan Kanipe of Charlotte Thursday night. Mrs. Mayme Gibson was the Sunday guest of Mr. and Mrs. Quince Phllbeck and family. mm i ,i Thursday guests with the scribe. Mr. and Mrs. Sherrlll Queen and daughter, Carolyn of Shelby and Mr. and Mrs. Tahnadge Queen and son, Steve, of Beam's Mill "spent Sun day afternoon in the home of their grandmother, Mrs. H. T. Wright. Misses Barbara Phllbeck and Roberta Champion entertained Miss Margrete Phllbeck with a birthday party Saturday night In the home of the former. A large crowd was present for the octujlon and all report a nice time. The honoree received many nice and useful gifts. Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Lovelace of Patterson Grove spent the past week with their daughter, Mrs. Frank Ware and Mr Ware. \ Mr. and Mrs. Bayne Randall and little son Bayne, Jr., were recent guests of Mrs. Randall's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilson of Shelby. Negxo News By Mrs. Jessie G. Costner There was a Red Cross meeting held at the City Hall last Tuesday mgnt. kit. aa. Li. campDen was elected chairman of the group, and Rev. J. C. Mitchell was elected cochairman. A talk was made by Mr. 3 Milam, the chairman of the Red Cross drive for Kings Mountain area He talked on the work of the Red Cross. He stated that the Negroes are $ asked to raise-ajvmuch as.$620.50. The group accepted this as the quota for this year. The different groups as churches and schools, accepted # temporarily, their individual quotas The next meeting will be held at the City Hall on Wednesday night. Mar ch 12, at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Mdmmie Jolinsbn is secretary. The leaders of the groups are asked to go to work i and be ready to make a report at the next meeting. Funeral services were held Sun* day for Charles Grier, Jr., 19, son of & died^on Tue^y^Ugjht, Feh 25,^ in wm d^veredby will flvea program at Davidson School on 8onday, March % at 8 p. m. The program la being sponsor ed by the seventh and eighth grades and Mrs. 3. G. Coatner. The admlssion^tee wll^be 50c for adults ^and waukee, Wis., fa home visiting her phrepts, Mr. and Mrs. James Carftroll. Mr. Carroll is still very 111. >' ' P. The Negro' ministers AlUnance 'was organised in Kings Mountain Tuesday night ot last week. The Al... &Uance met at the residence of Rev. v" PJ. W. Gamble. Officers *sra elected fM- follows: Rev. L. J. Cochran, preat*ry. and Rev. J. W.r Gamble, treaajS urer. The next meeting will convene with Rev) D. A. Costner oifet Tracy Street, Thursday night, March 12, at T. A. of Davidson school & ' Will meet Tuesday night; Mhich 11 at 7:30 o'clock. All parents and trlenda aroaxKsd to be present Mr. Caw m fcfj? Jv-j^- v yp| _ VV *' ,< ' %if^'' |*> ' '-^-.'^3p* /Vmm?^Lt| |^Umm ^fw?m^W ttffea f . 'ji'" IMVUBbO CO JJPHF TOQPBO MM fOQMtt WTH11 <'/ . pral tO|1|MTi n. A?W1 AM ^ilUll L. agrM^ln A | I It* J*-*' {#****h?df^yjyrrKwtfrtH?yned branchM 1 .jpQBK JaBKMV TBD^ B? I ? -r. *'V ' v i V1*. 3 Robert B. Osborne I Receives Promotion Robert B. Osborne, former mana-| ger of the Kings Mountain Western Union Office and more recently man ager of the Albemarle office, assu-I med the duties of manager of the 1 Gastonia office on Monday, j Announcement of Mr. Osborne's j 1 promotion was made In last FTi- j day's Issue of the Stanly News and) Press. - I, [. The Gastonia office is one of the busiest on the Western Union circuit in North Carolina and the se- ' lection of Mr. Osborne for the man- 1 agerlal post is a decided promotion. | Ha has been associated with Wes- i tern Union for 16 years, coming to the Albemarle office from Charlottesville, Va., in 1940. After taking over j the post there he enlisted for army duty and saw four years' service ' before being discharged in December. 1945. Mrs. Osborne and their young son, , Robert, Jr., will continu* make , their home In Albemarle due to difficulty In obtaining housing In Gastonia. i '"WW, 'ALiOLi 'lftLit manager of the Albemarle office, | will assume duties as acting man-11 ager when Mr. Osborne leaves. 1 Forest fires In the United States during the 5-year period 1935 to 1940 averaged 215,000 per year. Ten percent of these fires resulted from lightning and other natural causes. The balance, or 90 percent, were caused by carelessness on the part of the general public. t + . * > .. ' r The ' \ , k r . ' ..'yT-s''. A &. ? , - IXM/VI',' , ,,, jr, ^ ^. U .. ;$% 4 ; ' ' 1:;i ' ' ' (? 1 | ; " : 1 - . ^ v.; ^ t : *. ' ^rL. , '..:> - "*" '; ' ?; Sp^' " ' /''V.*' ? '$) ^ '* ?,( ' ' ' '. v"': y E KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD By Way Of Mention ! Lois Seattle / m+mmmmmmmmmm?mmrnm?mmmm?mmmm?mmm ^ Hubert Blanton Qf the Navy spent \ the week end with his parents. I Miss Margaret Ratterree of Ashe- t vllle spent the week end with her j parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Ratteree. ? Marion Blackwell of the navy spent I the week end with his wife, Mrs. Ma t rlon Blackwell. Mrs. R. E. Clark and daughter, f Carolyn, were recent guests of rela- s tives in Atlanta, Ga. They went es- t pecially to attend the wedding of * the former's sister, Miss Betty Bonds v ; Mr. and Mrs. Billy White had as t their guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. 1 iV. L. Watterson, Sr., of the Shelby v Road. e Mrs. M. C. Falls had as her auests c tor the week end Mr. and Mrs. Tommy bridges ot the Long Creek com- g m unity. Mr. and Mrs. R. Lee Blanton and C son Buren, spent Sunday with rela . Clnvt-r Mi. and <s. T quests of Mr. and Mrs. Winfred Hope p >f Asheville. \ Dr. D. M. Morrisi Eyes Examined Tuesday and Friday aften r Red Cross & "i - / . > .. y" V .fl.ee, me war i But the Red C ends. In peace, fighting for hu MIC THI VICTIMS Of MSAST1 of American fa will be there? dotting end al MK OUR WOUNMD VVTMtAI if i ! | MX OUR Gl?. TheRedCroa the GI'S mora The need far Ik MX nil VICTIMS OP ACOM ; by accidents ii 1. V % Tl" war on ac ^ ''' WVIBgyft?1 y'/jj ; ' < -iy.--. >, Thursday, March G, 1947 Movie Available ro Veteran Group 'Decision," a motion picture | vhich explains the program for re- J urn and final burial of World War 3 I dead, is available from the Quar- f ermaster Corps libraries for show- |j ng before interested groups, it was a announced today by Colonel John *. Neu, Commanding Officer of the 3 Charlotte Quartermaster Depot. 3 ^ Showing how a typical American 3 amily might arrive at the decision aaaHMPRfl is to where it wants final burial to >e made of a member of the armed ~ orces who died overseas -during Vorld War II, the film is designed 0 answer many questions frequent- *y y asked by next of kin. The picture jCTf vlll be shown, upon request, to vetran's groups and other interested irganlzations. Requests for showing oi "Deci- (a Ion," which Is about fifteen minu- Jm es in length, should be made to the /% Commanding Officer, Charlotte Qurtermaster Depot, Charlotte, N. C. A .*"?* been 1 laced withW7F7tT^l<^r^o?iWiT,-,,*~MI!*^* Varren County farmer. on. Optometrist Glasses Pitted 100ns 1 P.M. to 5 P.M. j JJllbSC drive is Vy ' V-v V " ' t? v.? ?.* ^ f. * a over. , / -Toss war against miaerv and suffering i , as in war, the Red Cross keepe on figl man happiness and welfare all over tlx WL Hurricanes, floods and si mffies every year. This year, as alwayi with emergency medical aid for the inj utter tat tin honalaM .. eehabilitatii \ ' i is a link with horns. It befos mafntah Is with recreational programs and man it touch of ham* continues! MTS. Every year, 100,000 are killed ar 1 the U. a Red Cross First Aid, Wate Prevention programs help reduce this 1 idents never endt! ... So the Red Cr gfcjf/ : ' . mimamrawan wove, toe raa uxoes nei .. m l.I_ j_ .? ?-*-? uddb wuit aeip wowiTwi a oar wow< XAAimnmiit ?? m oar own community* ssssssbsr: won't lot them down! ^ ' &L ' > ?''s- ' |>hv &4 1 'j. ?' r -j-'. . s / i'&B^w<^ira?8?aiEf^'a'ar9isja'aja's';ij'aiac.fJCia=!?a's.'Hfajaai5ffi.,sjfflHjai8?BP? The Foods You Want I GET THEM AT I McCARTERS GROCERY | King SL Phone 223 J B?> ,=. Ptyt^h^owywy, LoMf Island City, N. T. "mnchl*e<l DmIm: Pepcl-Ool* Bottling Company, Oharlotta, H. O. ribe To The Herald?$2 Per Year + t mg HI W m " <*?' .' - ' ? ? ji never / iting? m ?world. Tike at thousands h the Red Cbosb |oved .. food, -U an km the needy. . v V.; t Jl! i?ye*ed*fc^ .1 ..s<~ "> ':V tV- ^ \<j en guKUuftCQ m praonu their clataet'gjf ' ; i-'. PF'-W* < ,"' . ! >3 <7 'f *\v " - * *i f/Mwfrk .?; < v vi# ' 1 V # l > y personal service*. r ; V ' "* i ^ "* * " * * { v*" .A," . ^ j . '' i ? /J id 10,000,000 injured r / x Safety, eragic tolL ( 4 1 ' 1 , ' f * f !;v \* 055 asi&s you to G/ bub your neip.
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