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VOL. 58 NO. 17
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Local News
Bulletins
VETS PLAT SATURDAY
The Kings Mountain "Vet."
baseball club of the Western Carolina
semi-pro league will play an
exhibition game In Bessemer City
?? n?i?ht St 7:30 o'clock with
SS19\mMAUUUL~ nil',., nm ,?
Jp- that city as host team.
BLACK HOMEBS
Jim Black's inalde-the-park homer
failed to bring the Central
high school Mountaineers total
runs to winning distance over the
Cliffaide high school team yesterday
in City Stadium and the visitors
went home with a close 9 to 8
Western ooafeceaoe victory.
xsaauum dibectobs
The monthly meeting of directors
of the Kings Mountain Merchants
association will be held
Monday evening at 7:80 in the association's
Offices in the Professional
building. Pull attendance
is urged.
ics ckkam suppeb
The Woodmen Circle will have
an old fashioned Ice cream, supper
Friday night tt the home of
lira. Sudie Peele at 7:80. Several
games will be played. WOW members
are invited to attendto
attend contention
i Charles P. Thomasson, Ned McGill,
fYed Wright, Jr., and Martin
Harmon will leave today fbr
Morehead CUX, Where they will
^attend the 13th annual convention
of the north Carolina Junto j
Chamber of Commerce.
It Servlces^wi 11 begin each evening
?,r ax f :au, ine puonc is invited to attend.
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MARTIN TRANSFERRED
M-Sgt. Jesse E. Martin, son of
Mrs. M. B. Martin, route 2, Kings
Mountain, has been transfered to
recruiting duty atGreensboro, according
to an announcement from
the Army Air Field, Fort Worth,
Tegaa. Sgt. Martin, who was at'j
Pearl Harbor, on December 7,1241,
later served with the eighth air
force in the European theater. 1
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HONOR STUDENT \
Waynesboro, Va.,. April Id,?Cadet
Thomas P. Baker, sen of Dr.
and Mrs. Luther P. Baker, of SOO
N. Piedmont ave., achieved honor7
-roll rata* at Fiahburne Military4!
School, Vfaynesboro, Va., for thd.^J
academic month ending March
having met the requirements ot .l
an average of 85 or above and proficiency
in every subject.
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LODOB Mxnma '
Fairview Lodm Nn 3Sfl will
^ J King* Mountain high school mu ;><>.
tartans arc among more than ^OOO
.. K^orth Carolina school student* OOOt
te
The King. Mountain bend, under
Jg?,??he direction of Joe Hedden,jKt for
Greensboro yesterday morning for
a full day's UhKlula One of 82
school tendi MrtkiMtiiiff, ,? th6
Kings Mountain band tool, part In
the ciase^Dmmtoala^ltoiceMn
jfctltion, musicians had to earn an ?
M('r\n .rating In district competition.
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layes, Phi
Barnes Qected
New President
Of Western Loop
At the anual meeting of the Western
North Carolina Activities association
held in Barium Springs, Mon
day, Aprl 21, B. N. Barnes, superln*
tendent of City Schools, was elected
president of the Asociation, replacing
R. W. Carver, who recently resigned
as superintendent of Hickory
schools. W. B. Bullock, superinten"f
V?w??wlU Htv schools will
s5n??"S"vSSTPfrii ft? i i {'," sf?r u*
B. Johnston, superintendent of Barium
Springs orphanage will serve as
secretary and treasurer.
The association is dlvldmi into th?
Western conference and the South
Piedmont conference sad regulates
and sponsors activities In the
schools. Mr. Barnes has been a member
of the executive board of the
association since about about 1934
and has been active In the work of
the association since Its organzatk>n
In 1909, the Kings Mountain high
school beng-a charter member.
The association Is now made up
of 30 schools extending to Troy In
South Piedmont conference to Hendersonville
in the Western conference.
Jack Klser, Principal of Ltacolnton
high school, will replace 1
Mr. Barnes on the exocutlVe board. I
Other members of the Board are
Lloyd Little, coach, Shelby, R, N.
Gurley, superintendent, Newton City
schools; R. E. Gardner principal. Mor
ganton high school; Wilburh Clary,
coach. Children's Home, Winston- 1
Salem; Roland R. Morgan, auperin- c
teodent, Mooresville city schools. a
The group voted that athletes of *
the schools who had signed profes- (
slonal contracts are ineligible to
Compete In conference high school c
games. 1
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fA dhgM AMB JLa ABg t
w|lllXCl|;JK09MVdtlOll; n
may be resumed ln*the church edl- !
fice, according to Rev. P. D. Patrick, r
pastor. ^ "" ' s
Cost of rendvating the building a*
verely damaged by a Sunday mornhog
lite on January 20, was about ]
(25,000. The damage was largely 1
covered by Insurance. _ 1
All pews in the main aud|taMum,
pulpit furniture, and other church
furniture has been completely re- 1
finished, a new carpet has been laid i:
14 the auditorium, and the whole
church has boot re-painted and c
re decorated. New lighting fixtures t
have been installed by L A. Hoke, 1
Kings Mountain electrician. ?
Southeastern Construction compa- 1
ny of Charlotte was general contrac i
tor on the renovation Job. c
Aftft?h* initial Interruption, chur
ch services have been conducted I
first at the-Woman's Qlub, and 1
since at Central iachool-auditorium. r
Members of the building commit- c
tee included ?aul Mauney, chairman,
I. H. Thomson, sccretary-treas *
urer. Dr. W. JL Ramseur, Hunter Nets
ler, E. A. Harrfll, Mrs. O. W. Myers,
Mrs.- C. E. Netaler, and Mrs. Joe H. ]
Thomson. '
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wotc* BaM fa lr
Months Rnniind tine J
It's a good watch that will run af- ?
ter being buried for 18 thontha r
Which means that Leonard Huff- t
stetler, 306 Patfcer street, has a good 1
pne. 's
In October 1945 In plowing the .
garden,-Mr. Huffstetler lost his wrist J
watch. Several days search was to *
3s?^ri,2.,,?.
stetler unearthed the wa%^W U
ed?Udtinga At ie"epalr shJp*pS? o
obMrwk|9
X9v Will pf^t DvMPOCUBI I
Hrndd. <ilt I I
Moun
Xing* Mountain, M. G?Tt
fer, Wilso
Registrations Still
Few For City Voting
ItfUtrailou fer the forthcoming
city elections were only slightly
mere brisk last Saturday, ac- '
cording to some ef the registrar ?hooks
will be open for the municipal
election through Saturday
May 10 at the MMpietive polling
places. However, unregistered per- 1
sons who do net list their names 1
with the Ward 1 registrar C. L.
Black by Saturday, May S. will not J
be eligible to vote In the school 1
trustee election en May 6. A
Slight chengi in Ward 1 else- V
Hiy aWrlrls was announced this
M. *mx in
the ettdal notice of election hv I
th* City of Kings Mountain. ?
In last week's oloctlon no tics. n
ths Ward 9 officials war* listed as ?
Carl Puyoour, registrar, and Frank b
Groan and XX C. Paysour. Judgss. ?
D. C. Puysour Is osselny as rogU- o
trar, with Carl Fay sour as Jadga. t(
wbllo Mr.'Groan U boing raplacod w
as a Judgo by Sam Smith.
Tbs polling placso arot d
Wards 1 cmd 1 City Ball. a
Ward *. Phsnix Mill Stars. 11
Ward 4. Kings Mountain Manu- b
factoring company clubroom. b
Ward & Victory Chevrolet corn* >
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Kincaid Appointed
To School Board ;
if
Arnold W. Klncald was appointed w
sat week by members of the board it
< trustees of Kings Mountain city ai
tehoola to Oil the Ward 3 trusteeship ai
racancy created by the departure of
G. White. Xli
Mr. Klncaid's term, with two years ei
if the regular six year term remain- rn
ng, will expire, in 1949. at
Mr. Ktncaid has been a citizen of m
tings Mountain for about 18 man- in
ha and resides on Church street, a
noving here from Bessemer City
/here he still retain^his. bostne^j
Mr. Kincatii fs now a member of
Irst Baptist church here and Is a 1?
nember of the Kings Mountain Ki- t?
vanis club. 'V * q'
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Lutherans Will Hear 1
Or. Yost On Sunday t?
Dr. John I* Yost, president of the *
.utheran Theological Southern Sem
nary, Columbia. S. C., will preach
it the St Matthew's Lutheran chur- t|
h, Sunday morning, April 27th, at
he 11:00 a. m. service. the post-Eas .
$? season i* given over to the cauae
>f higher Christian education, and .
>r. Yost will b^feg a special measa- p,
:e on this phaae of the work of the (
:hurch. A
Oh Sunday afternoon. May 4, at 5 u
?. m. the Choir or Lenolr-Rhyne colege
will preaent a concert of sacred &
nusic In observance of Higher Edu- cl
ation month, C
The public la cordially invited to n
worship at these special services. p
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Merchants' By-Laws 3
:omnittw At Work d
A committee appointed by PresI- 5
lent J. W. Milam at the last board
1 directors meeting met In the Mer
hant association's office Monday m
vening, April 21 for the purpose'of I
naking amendments and rewriting
he hy-laws of die Kings Mounain 1
ferchants' association. / I
This committee included E. C.
ifcClaln, chairman, J. Wilson Craword,
J. B. Keeter, and Bad McGUl, [Hi
steretary: 7^ . g
When the changes are approved m
y the BoArd of Directors at the rag- w
fir., monthly muting, copies will m
printed, and placed in the hands q
Mhe entire membership of the as- cj
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tursday. April 24.1947
n Seek 1
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Hot Contest
Willi Three
Phone Service
Ibont 50 Percent
Df Normal Here
* By vtrtue c/l'o'ng hours on tne*pari '
f supervisory employees and a
ight operator, plus return to work
f a non-union employee who had
een on leave, the Kings Mountain
fflce of Southern Bell telephone
ompany has been giving service up
> about 50 percent of normal this
reek.
M. W. Ottley, from the Charlotte
[strict engineering division, has be
>mc a good operator who "knew
te lingo," and has been working aout
14 hotfrs dally, while Mrs. Roert
McDanlel, local manager, work
tg some 12 hours dally. Night Opertor,
Mrs. 1. T. Hamrick is also oprating
on long schedule and Mrs.
[argaret Ware returned to work
londay.
Mrs. McDaniel, reporting again
tat cooperation of the public "has ,
ten wondreful," said that callers
111 greatly aid the insufficient staff
they look up the numbers they
1sh to call: With the addition of
lany telephones recently, the oper-',
tors do not know all the numbers
s former^
Meantime the nation-wide tie-up
ragged on, with the National Fed ation
of Telephone Workers and ,
lanagement representatives still
t Impasse. On several occasions ,
sttleraent of the strike appeared im ,
inent, only to have further. diffiilties
arise.
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Anticipated throng of 200 Kiwaning,
their wives, and gt^sts will j
>nd the annual ladies night ban- .
uet of the Kings Mountain Kwani
club at the Woman's Club tonight ,
t 7 o'clock.
Feature of the annual banquet will
e a program by Mrs. Alva G. Max- 1
ell, Atlanta monologulat, who has
wide reputation for her parody of
woman's club meeting.
She has given readings all over
te southeast and the Atlanta press
as referred to her as the "Cornelia
tis SklnnerT of the'South.
Mrs. Maxwell is a writer of plays,
ageants and other articles. She is
member of the National Leagud of
tnavlnan Dan U/amaam ???
?*Ks?avmi a cu nuiucii miu petal prcs I
lent of the Atlanta Branch. She haa <1
one much church work and haa e-1
Ited the Church Woman, the offl-?
ial publication of the National
ouncil of Federated Church Woten.
She is Commander of the Fifth
istrict of the American Cancer
ociety, past President of the Allani
Woman's Club and Is on many <
elfare boards in Atlanta.
Members of the. committee In
Wfi of the event are: L. Arnold
Iser, chairman,. Joe A. Neisler,
eorge H. Mauney, Aubrey Mauney. ,
'our Boys Named
?or Boys State
Names of four Kings Mountain ]
if h school hoys who will represent -i
ie Kings Mountain area at Boys j
late, American Legion sponsored
immer governmental course, in
hapei Hill June 2 through 15. were
nnounced yesterday by W. K Smith *
tls D. Green Pest 155 Boys State
iftlrmtn. >. t
Sponsored by three Kings* MounKte
civic clubs and the loer?l lesion
ost, the boys will atend the week>ng
session itong with boys tram
U over North CarolinfiFV ^
During the epurse of the weak the
oys will elect s governor end other
late and local officials and handle
mi tine government business, on
The thiM Central high school boys
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lerald
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]ommissio
Looms For )
Candidates
School Trustee Filing
Deadline Next Wed.
Though a total oi fire candidate*
hare formally anmupneed
their candidacy for various offices
in the forthcoming municipal *that
none had filed official notice
of candidacy.
The city charter requires that
LLLIIlltflllt.. vh. ?4-fc ?. * ?
flea UU notice in writing with the
city clark aat latar than five days
bafora tha a lac tl on, and that aach
port a filing fan of S&00.
ItawdHna for filing for tha Ward
1 achool U uotof paat la ftarafora at
claaa of business at tha City Hall
Wadnoaday April 30. with alactlon
to ha bald April May I.
Daadlina for filing for municipal
offices is 5 p. m. Wodnasday, May
7.
Mrs. Sisk Heads
Central P-TA
Central school P-TA met on Wednesday
night, April 16, in the high
school auditorium with, an attendance
of 80. Many fathers were present.
The Kings Mountain band under
the direction of J. C. Hedden opened
the meeting with a 30 minute
conqgbt. William Hopper gave a very
tnsgwlng devotional, assisted by
two of his students, Misses Joyce
and Faylene Falls. Miss Mary Ann
James was In charge of the program
Tor the evening. She presented the
Girls' Glee ciub, a baritone solo by
Silly Amos end piano selections by
Ma* Pauline Maunay.
gave a short reviev^oMJie ^yeai^s
WOrk an* the accomplishments of
P-TA. She also pointed out that the
goals of P-TA should be carried
through the summer and into our
next school year.
Election of new officers was held
with Mrs. Frank Slsk being elected
president; Mrs. O. W. Myers, vicepresident;
Miss Margaret Paysour,
secretary; Mrs. Hunter Neisler, treas
urer.
The final meeting of the year will
be held on Wednesday, May 14, at
4 o'clock in the high school library.
Girl Scout Group
To Btoet May 6th
The Cleveland County Girl Scout
association will hold its tri-yearly
meeting in the educational building
of the Lutheran church Tuesday,
May 6 at 7:30 a. m. Miss Fannie Tim
berlake, executive director, Mrs. Dra
per Wood president Cleveland coun
ty council, Mrs. B. E. Laidlaw, program
director will be guests.
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<*ti \airt ocoui, nrowmes, parents,
leaders, Troop committees and anyone
Interested In Girl Scout work
la invited.
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Revival Being Held
Jit Naxarene Church
A series of revival services, which
began last Sunday night, and which
will continue through May 4, is being
conducted at the First Church of
the Naxarene, which is located off
Falls Street on Cherokee.
W. Roy Stewart, evangelist from
Nashville, Tenn., is bringing a message
each evening at 7:30, and the
pastor, Rev. Harry Crump, issues a
hearty welcome to everyone to attend.
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Clothing Collects
is Muumnm iii i,
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Kings V.Mmtain leaders of the locel.
part of the campaign now underway
throughout North Carolina to
raise a pound of old clothing per per
son are concentrating this week Oft
rile collection which they hope wiU
total a minimum <* 7,000 pounds.
tfafe.ltasy B. Qoforth, publicity
chatanan of the steering committee.
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coiuflnwa inrougn way u. out that
the group fcopee to ebmptote the ma*
or pmtim ot the tuk thla week.
Boxee are located in all dwudul
at the city to receive the clothMK *
Only clothing to being collected In
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FIVE CENTS PER COPY 1
ner Posts 1
Vard 4 Spot I
Announced ]
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City Election J
Campaign Now |
Wanning Up f
5te?
municipal political arena this week,
two of them as candidates for Ward
4 commissioner, which with an
nouncement or a candidate for that
post last week, makes it a threeway
race. x]
Announcing this week were:
O. T. Hayes, Sr., and H. C. WilsOn.
both for Ward 4 commissioner.
T. J. (Tommy) Ellison, for Ward 3
commissioner.
Marlott D. Phlfer, for Ward 5 com
missioner. . ?
The week's announcements leaves
the posts of mayor, Ward 1 and 2
city commissioners, and Ward 1
school trustee without candidates.
I Deadline for filing for school trus- ^
I tee is 5 p. try April 30, with election , >
I to be held May 6. ' ,-fl
Deadline tor filing for municipal
offices Is 5 p. m. May 7, with election
to be held May 13. Va
l The announcements by Mr. Hayes
land Mr. Wilson, plus the previous /I
! announcement by John Henry Moss
past week, indicates that the Ward
j 4 race will, as usual, be of the warm
. variety.
Political talk has been on the in- $
' crease during the past week, followIng
'a brief quiet period after passage
of the bill amending the city
I charter.
| In announcing his candidacy for >!S|
i the Ward 5 commissioner post, Mr. J9
Phlfer saiid, "Having been a life.long
citizen Qf Kings Mountain, I
of Kings Mountain with favor to
none, and fair-dealing to all."
Mr. Hayes, In announcing his candidacy,
said, "I believe in governjment
of the people, by the people
| and for the people ? on all leveia.
municipal as well as federal." '"*? *
Mr. Wilson and Mr. Ellison made
no formal statement other than an;
nouncing that they would be in the
forthcoming race. .ji
i Mr. Hayes, who Is with the North
Carolina Revenue Department, has
i lived in Kings Mountain since movi
lng here as a child in 1885 from
I Lincoln county. He Is the father of
! seven children, resides at 211 Fulton
street. Is a member of Central Methodist
church and a Mason.
Mr. Ellison, owner of Ellison Grocery,
Is a former textile overseer. He
is a native and life-long resident of
Kings Mountain and resides on Cle- *3
1 veland avenue. Married, he is the faIther
of two children, a member of
'Grace Methodist church, a Mason.,
and former member of the Kings .
Mountain district Boy Scout executive
committee.
Mr. Wilson, who lives at 416 N.
Piedmont avenue, has been a citizen
of Kings Mounaln since 1933. He
is clothroom overseer at DuCourt
1 Mills, Inc., and the father of four
children. He is a member of the
Kings Mountain Lions club, now ser
ving as Lion tamer, and Is a member
of Central Methodist church. Active
In Boy Scout Work, he Is Scout!
master of Troop 4, and was chair{man
of the district camping commit
] tee which was Instrumental in malt
ing possible the establishment of
Davidson Memorial camp.
Mr. Phl/er, son of Mr. and Mrs. .yjffl
Campbell Phlfer and associated with
his father In Phlfer Hardware company,
is a veteran of World War n.
(Cont'd on pagS four)
i Goal Here I
000 Pounds JI
toshes, Cotton feed bags, children's
books, toys, games and dolls. '(W
D. L. Saunders, chairman of the
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wo* <|w?ea ?ew
report* from war-devastated area*,
which show the need for the aid:. 1'v!
"In China, 20,000,000 persona starved
to death this summer in two
provinces .,. In India, famine hovers
>,, stevedores still dome on A- jj
merlcan ships (n Bremenhaven and ,i.l
Other European cities to. raid our
garbage cens tor their families," ' ? -yfj
"This clothing is badly needed," >
Mr. Saunders said, "and t am sure
(here ure tow Kings .Mountain people
who cannot find a pound of cloth
log they have discarded which is Vj?
still quite usable. Please take It t?
your church for shipment to these