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POPULATION to City Corporate Limits 6.574 bnmodlato Trading Area 15,000 , VOL-58 NO. 11 " * ???? i , . , i . | RedCrossQuo Subscribed,M 1 L;cal News ? .. 1 | Bulletins I' LIONS MEETING Members of the Kings Mountain Lions club will hold their high school cafeteria. Program Chairman Howard Jackson has not divulged the nature of what lie terms a "surprise" program. COURT or HONOR The regular March Court of Honor tor Kings Mountain district Boy Scouts will be held at the City Hall Thursday night at 7:45. A full attendance of Scouters Is keing urged. TOUR or shxlby The sixth grade of Park Grace school made a tour of Shelby Wednesday afternoon, visiting Radio Station WHOS, the Shelby Daily Star,'county and dty buildings. The educational tour of the county seat wis sponsored by the nchool P-TA. Mrs. Nevette Hughes Is sixth grade home room teacher: " " m ' f'A. i.. j, . . flAWWrs ae wi -?A.Jr? U now a. ! INJURED IN PALL j Miss Ray Humphries suffered a , toroken hip and leg Tuesday night ^ h *who suffered a slight paralytic ?trike Tuesday, was reported as - seasonably good on Wednesday ******* , V S5 j**CKE MEETING .. Members at the Kings Mountain -Junk* Chamber of Commerce will told their regular semi-monthly -dinner meeting at the Worn.-) I . ' Club Tuesaay night at 6:30. PresWant Hoyle McDanlel said severMM 'matters of parficu lar impor- i r *ance are on the agenda, and he is | ' nurging a full attendance. 9 II * stWo *KW. fOUCKMEN T \M Two additions to the local coh- ll arUbUlary include Jim Petty. who s . served on-the force here last sum- \| mer, and Jessie W. Roach, of For- rfl City, formerly with, the Chim- I Bey Rock, department. The two I - new men asiUmied duties this r week according to -Chief N. M. | Farr. I 1 Police officer Lebon Thorn- J /. | S* ' V * \.? ' ta One-Third lilam Reports 1947 Fund Drive Progressing Toward Goal Contributions to the annual Red >oss fund campaign in Number 4 ownshin totaled *9 1 fin nn U/a/lnnD I ; ?1-?- ?vii ?? KUiica* lay afternoon, it was announced 'V * W Milam, drive chairman. Am&LtiL'g.llJLUJ LlJ.l'P Qau k* al slightly more than one-third the quota and represent virtyial romplete' reports from the uptown wstnese section and outlying busliess districts in Kings Mountain, as veil as near complete reports from he group handling Industrial gifts. No reports had yet been received, dr. Milam said, from Industrial em>loyees divisions, residential, rural >r coolred divisions. ; The chairman expressed himself is well-pleased with the progress >f the drive thus far and stated full onfldence that the quota would be ached. i *. At the same time,-he urged cam>aign workers to complete their , olicltatlons as quickly as possible. "I feel that the campaign if off to i good start in the first full week of vork," Mr. Milam said. Pointing to the need for funds, the hatrman emphasized the fact that 19 percent of the futsdf will remain vith the local chapter tor work in lumber 4 township. "And the other 21 percent," he \ ontinued, "goes for such humane ind needed work as emergency relet at times of sudden calamity, \ turns sid training, life saving train ng and the many worthwhile functeats of this organization which was he outstanding service agency of frarl^fo" he Tenth Annual Oratorical conest sponsored by the North Carolina department of the American Le- 1 lion will be held at the high school tudltorlum Thursday morning at .0:30, with the winner to receive the ' )tls D. Green Post -Medal and to ' epresent the city in a county con- j est at Shelby's Junior high school < in Friday afternoon at 3:30. Contestants will deliver a prepar- ' id oration of not less than ten or j r.ore than 12 minutes. ^ Medal to the winner i^ given hy he Local Legion poet, while the vlnner of the county. contest Wjll ' lartlclpate in a division contest. E- 1 lmtnatlons continue throughout the >tate and national levels and the ' vlniier of the national contest will I eceive a $4,000 college scholarship. High school officials are collabnating With the local post in arrant ! ling the contest Martin Harmon is chairman of the lOst oratorical committee. s ' . 1 Expected-to participate in the con- , est this morning are Man Webb and ieulah Rhea. , , "."'i'iV " ? * ' 1 ~ > .'-.J School Lunch Price Advanced A Nickel 1 Since March 3,! school children vho buy their lunch at school enfeerla* have been paying 20 cent* per neal Instead at 15 cents*'' * * Increase was made necessary, $U>erlntendent B. !jf. Barnes said, "be. ause of virtual exhaustion at fedsr1 funds which have been subsiding the school lunchroom program, ^Jtr, Barnes said the March subsidy, vould total four cents per meal SsrST'"' *""" wBOifflv. ?'".V ::\>K tf. "*>- ' V- ^-"-T" <\: ';- f ' .? " " " ' '"' Moun Kings Mountain. N. C., Tfc Uncle Sam, State Expecting Taxes i Saturday night at midnight la the deadline (or paying 1948 income taxes. While this matter oi taxes has been among the favorite (?) topics ol conversation (or the past I severed days, both federal and ' state revenue oflldals are reminding the public that income tax returns. and payments, must be in the malls ana postmarked prior < to midnight Saturday. March 15. j In the case ot federal taxes, persons wh odo not have regular wa gee subject to withholding are required to (lie estimates for 1947. | as well as anal 1946 returns. i To aid taxpayers, a repreeenta- t ttve of the North Carolina Bevenue I 'iff** V"* announced that i *bs7^fe irrw IUUI Ml' II room all day Friday.; s j Easter Sunrise Service Anasmi) Rev. W. L. Pressly, pastor of Boy- g ce Memorial ARP church will deiiv- t er the message at the annual Easter , Sunrise service at Mountain Rest cemetery. r Announcement that the annual , service would be held was made t following regular monthly meeting of the Kings Mountain Ministerial association at the Lutheran church study Monday morning. S. R. Suber, caretaker of the cemetery, Is collaborating with the ministerial association in arranging the service. It was also announced that the association, in April, plans to sponsor a concerted drive for clothes and food for Europe. Include^ In plans for the drive will be a man meeting at which the motion picture "Seeds of Destiny," an authentic picture of conditions in occupied countries will be shown. The film wac edited by the Church World Service/ The ministers are also planning a | cooperative training school forchurch workers to be conducted In May. Further announcements are to ^be ' Local Students Play In EiiAine Recital \ . ' \ J .? ? II 4 The Erskine College orchestra, which includes amonsr Its m?m. bers three students from Kings I Mountain, was presented in recital St the college at Due West, 8. C? last _ Friday night by the Fine Arts De- e pnrtment. t Ben Goforth, son of Mr. and Mrs. i Ben H. Goforth, played a French born solo, Chopin's "Nocturne in E I Flat" \i Other Kings Mountain students in a t'je orchestra are Miss Doris Phlfer. le tvmpartlst, md Malcolm Patterson, riutlst. . The orchestra was conducted by ? R. J. LeMftster. T \ Selections played included: ? "Festal March"?Cadman. "Petite Suite de Ballet" 4- Gluch- J Motte. \ "Valse Bluette"?Drigo. 1 "A1 Fresco"?Herbert. > .* "Hungarian Dance Number 5 "? y Brahms. Patterson &adi i Association; Funds y y.\ ' / . I. H. Patterson, well-known Kings ] Mountain-busines man, was elected a president of the Kings Mountain * Band association at the reorganization meeting held at the high school last Thursday night. Other officers elected were: W. G. Grantham, vice president; Mrs. Paul Mauney, secretary, and B. N. Barnes treasurer < Following announcement by W. K. \jj Mauney that he would make a 66??t?p of <800 to a fund prfey auioUU WU UUIWWIM OOnatcii, the group voted to raise $1,BOO aanually to Mippott the school * b*Byron K t , B. g. N 111, P 1 precision to the popp for the inter* i MAHI M Mtj ff Aft/to/C In Myg fttif nBririinniif nftotfe^ ut mhiir eittiMfl rm.il j r gpr-jjer.. itain I v . 7 tursday. March 13.1947 Board Votes In Busy Meet Cage Tourney ' First Bound Finals Tonight Final half of the first round of j >lay In the American Legion spon- [ wred high school boys basketball ournament gets underway tonight n Central gymnasium with Fall- | iton's Flying Five going against the ; a?,... ..i. -.vi ... 11 *| j Ym i tchool in thaopener and Belmont > Abbey's Ramblers facing a rugged, ough Worth Brook quint in the folow-up game of a twin bill, with the irst game scheduled to begin at r:30 p. m. Opening night's .winners (winners >f the two games Wednesday night) neet in the opening battle of the leml-ftaals on Friday night with onight's winners tAngling in the tecond game. 1 Winners of Friday night's games ' neet for the tournament champion- ? ihlp at 8 p. m. Saturday night with I he second game of the double head Latttneere and Piedmont advanced to the semi-finals of the t Legion tournament last night i with wins eras Cesar and No. , Thsee In a pair of exciting basket- i ball games witnessed by a large j crowd. V . ' M laMmen with Bob Cabaniss leading the wag with 14 points, c dawned Casar by a score of M to a ? in a does game. Andrew Klmoro- , led hie team's searing with six Prints, the team wsnkskwl by c sickness el two pUmrs and the . reach. Odus Whitworth. who wore i unable to ho here. ^ We^^fs^ P?Ued Keel# 11. ttftllfcift tO 111* _ P?lSrt??ore and Ptninshl tangle * in the jlr.tgame W the ssma-ttnri oTtiM p. m. FrWay ntghTmCe? | trcd gyawosltta. Pscoad gam of 1 ths ?mi-final round will bo botwsen the winner* of tho two j games tonight. ' I r to be between the Kings Mounaln Independents and an as yet untamed foe. e Chief referee of, the tourney is tj )on Parlter, local high school coach, * vlth Clyde Canipe, W. J. Fulkerson, w >nd BUI Hopper handling scoring J tnd timing duties. o Trophies and awards will be pre- t( en ted Saturday night t> the win- K ting team and to the runner-up. Top b ward of the tourney is a 17-Jewel 0 srlst watch to bd given to the playr chosen as the best sport during rl he games. Trophies wtU be awarded A he two top teams. c ^Tournament officials announced, ^ esterday expectations of a large c (Cont'd on page eight) ^-organized Band p Wfll Be Sevghl lox Supper Netted J 5122.15 For Band * Last Friday ftMbFs botaaftt box e supper at the high ssbuul for the n djdbjd^wHtedJliaLlS. itwy V . ? "? S M G<m!r? Grocery M %-W " ' ' lerald Stadium Impi ing OnTuesdi Kiwanis Club Hosts \ To Fanners Tonight p A large number of Xings Mountain area farmers will be guests of f the Kiwanis club tonight at 6:90 * at the dele club's annual Farmer's Night meeting. Among the features of the program will be showing of the Esso 4film "Meet North Carolina.'' which has been widely heralded tjt throughout the state and which yc the General Assembly adopted as *re by the club's agriculture commit- fa toe which includes Wray A. Wll1 <nm in * " ' ? imk * v*. runvnon? b ii Dr. W. L. lomwur. J. B. Thomas- ei, on, H. T. BCcGUl and Dr. Jacob ?r Maunty. Tbo mooting will bo bold at tho m Woman'i club. Gi Freezei-Lockei % Plans Advance ?_ In meeting Wednesday afternoon "p, he temporary directors of the Kings pi, fountain Locker Plant, Inc., laid dans to proceed with sale of stock }n n the corporation looking to an ear- jn| y meeting of stockholders to set up w ormal organization. pe Certificate of incorporation of the ompany Was filed Monday in the 41, fflce of Secretary of State Thad au Jure at Raleigh. mi The company, with an authorized bu apital stock of $100,000, listed sub- tj0 cribed stock of $600. Value of stock pu s $100 per share. 1 Paul Mauney, chairman of . the {p emporary group of directors, re- cb winded persons interested in the rojcct that purchase of stock gives, ye reference on rental of locker space cjt it the proposed plant. tei Other temporary directors are P. p|, rtrco ut iiiwvBiinii miia ireezmg ed 00171s. ] Wife Arrives i liter Long Wait !> ? * :? 1 cit James Lawrence Lockhart, adopt- taj d son of D. E. "Pop" PhilHps, care-1 iker at Lake Montonia near Kings; pa fountain, Was a happy man last wa reek. After waiting since August, 945 when he expected his wife and ^ aby tjo set 6all from England to err heir new home In the United Sta- fa| as, the long awaited pair arrived in en ings Mountain Friday morning a- jnj oard the Southern's famous No. 29 jat n the* last leg of their long trip. MrS. Lockhart was, before her mar; Qj lage in Manchester, England, in th< ipril, 1945. Miss Jessie Lowe, of that b0 ity. The baby's name is James L? I ] p. They arrived in New York on Mar h 4 aboard the USS Washington. 1 an Tlre^, but happy, Mrs- Lockhart atr fated she "liked it fine here" and j qU bought Lake Montonia "a beautiful su; lace." | du Mr. Lockhart has recently accept- j gn d a position in Gastonia. > de .antral P-TA Heon >' Slrl Scent Program ( "! Members of Central Parent-Teach- ' ? r association, In regular monthly tee ting at the high school library Wednesday afternoon, heard a pro- c(1 ram on Girl 8couting presented by hi. Irs. R. E. Laldlow, Cleveland coun- ly ir Girl Scouting chairman, and a . roup of Shelby Girl Scouts who b)( ave Information about the pro- ^ rwn- pc The program was arranged In con Lj ectlon with GUI Scout week, now en Mrs. LaMUtaMrto was Introduced jj, y Mfrs. W. H. Stender, outlined the _ Istory of the movement and Its vglAt the conclusion cf their program 1 resent for'"theTmeetinc. F Mrs, 1. G. Wlnhi' r cc. Jucted the pentag devotional. 1 During the business session Mrs. Bs aul Mauney reported on the organl we ttlon of a Kings Mountain Said er* noditloti. Mr. My Pttttrion wu drl West wwg ** w* lected president of this ?ggaftl?- vts on. , T i A nominating committee was ap Kli rtlw^d art - Ow^vsot'w .... -a ^ MiAri *|.A I . . _ l?y ffiraa* . lMISC ICTl mprt /.Vi-'T." xF\%Pgl 0$V % Y -M ' "v ' . >. *'- A > . -K V.*Ba V',"<v? " *" '.*." * i 1 C Pages ID Today FIVE CENTS PER COPT ovements ly Night fooths Petition 'or Recreation 'enter Tabled The city hoard of aldermen, in a isy session at the city hall Tuesiy night, <1> Took under advisement a peion signed by some 350 ten age tuths requesting a large youth recation center; (21 Passed p resolution to Install lief fflU U,Ww,IHK 1 HftoW cillties at the city stadium; '3) Officially "called" the regular ennlal city election for May 6 for fction of five city commissioners, id two school commissioners; (4) Adopted the new standard Ilk ordinance which prohibits dewy and sale of milk lower than ade C Raw. n. l. nurdette, city manager, aald e board discussed at length the tltlon from the teen-agers, agree g that a considerable problem exs in that direction. It was pointout, however, that it was a manyled question and that the probro would require much study and annlng for solving. After John Henry Moss, active semi-pro baseball circles and act g president of the recently formed estern semi-pro league, had spared before the board requesting iproved facilities at the city staurn, the board passed a resolution thorlzlng the instalatlon of a perinent septic tank with temporary ildlngs for toilets and construc>n of a two-room dressing room, eipped with showers. In officially "calling" the election accordance with the present city arter, the board complied with ituatory requirements which this ar calls for the biennial election of y officials and to fill expired rms on the school board. Only exring tenuis thatof W^rdJUnerm WftSr, to fill the two-year unexred term of C.ti. White, who mo?? to Gaffney several months ago. Fred W. Plonk appeared before the ard to ask If the city would take er sewer and wateflinefc in Cresit Hill resldentiat "develoDmenr ten sufficient dwellings were e- /; ? rted.^The board, lh effect, said es." . '>$ tt also approved transfer of the y bus franchise from Kings Moun n Bus Company to Kings Mounn Bus Company, Inc., a technical pe/ transfer which Mr. Plonk said *" 3 is being arranged. The board also agreed to approve > application to the federal govlment of Harold Plonk for predicated houses for resale to vetins, and passed a resolution namt Karl S. Sawyer city clerk. The ter action was another technlcali made necessary by recent passage a bill defining the functions of ? city clerk, secretary to the ard, etc. Plato Heav'ener appeared before ? board asking the. city to cow*-; open storm drain on ' Canslfcr eet which, he told the board, freently became trash-logged, reItlng In flooding of his property ring rainy weather, TW board afed to Investigate and take action emed necessary. Routine reports completed the sesin, at which all members were ?sent. ' The petition filed by the teen-age uths follows: . VJB 'We, the young people of Kings >untatn. North Carolina would e to express to you, the City Coun- || ?Vi stwrmmiv mm m wsna c to have done (or us Immediate- , 'Foremost in our minds la the promt of juvenile delinquency which very important. W*. the young >ple of Rings Mountain get blamfor being wild and that our parte have not brosigtrt -ua up right thia the only way a young per- jSaa i can be brought up? Certainly t, but In our city today, juvenile (Cont'd on page eight) MMMk \F WH|
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