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Bulletins F
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SCOUT mrOSMATIOlt *to
O. W, Myers has asumed the 2e
duties of secretary -of the Kings
Mountain district Court of Honor.. *01
.and anounced this week that al. ,
Boy Scouts may obtain merit badge
blanks and other nWessary Pa
forms from him. Mr. Myers will
summer months' V*1
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t MERCHANTS' DIRECTORS
... Officers and directors of the ha
^ Kings Mountain Merchants asso- ^
elation will hold their regular 0j
monthly meeting in the associa- ch
tion offices Monday evening , at jD
7:30. A full attendance is urged. j
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NEWTON TO TEACH M
D. Z. Newton, prominent Shelby ci;
attorney and Bible teacher, will pti
teach the lesspn for the Men's Bi- jar
ble Class of -First Presbyterian Ki
church on Sunday'morning, it was ty
announced this week by O. W.
Myers, class president. Fl<
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AT BOARD MEETINO ' F1
Rev. P. D. Patrick is at Davidson
college today, where-he is attend- of
ing a meeting ol the college's Lc
Board of Trustees. be
- MUNCITAL RESIGNS f
" O, W. Morris, fair , many years 1
principal of Beth-Wtn school, has m
tendered his resignation effective f
with the ehd at me current term,
it Was announced this week by J.
, H. Grigg, superintendent of county
schools. 9. U pyrd, a teacher at be
Be thwart, Witf replace Mr. Morris, pa
. -who is undaMRSd to be entering p?
the laundry Miriness in *oret>i be
City. , dr
The KingalSountaln Lions Club
jsbsl. js&-. s
city council were to be guests at Pl
-the meeting. th
KIWANIS MEETING ?e
J. Dale Stentz, executive secre- J*1
tary of the Shelby Chamber of .la
Commerce, was to speak to mem-4 y
bers of the Kings Mountain Ki- 1
wants club at the regular meting Jba
. at the Woman's Club Thursday 'jn
night at *J o'clock. The program wj
was arranged by the public at
- fairs committee, of which Aubrey | en
Mauney is chairman, Mr. Stentz of.
-was to discuss operations and ^
functions Of a Chamber of Commerce.
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8KB VICE OfHCII H?
Chalmus L. Miller, Cleveland in
county service officer, npnounced *ti
this week continuance pf the reg-/ M
iar Kings MoUritaln schedule in to
order to better serve veterans of IA
the Kings Mountain area. Mr. |M'
(oiitvr wiu am m V/iiy nail nere on ?
Tuesday mornings, from 8 to 11:30 tri
-and on Thursday afternoons, from ftl
1 to 4:30. Local veterans or famlll- o!b
es of veterans are urged to make
use of the services of this office. ur
Feed Ic Set J
F*?i Next Wednesday v
Otis D. Green Poet 155, American
Legion, will hold a supper meeting ?a
at the trout club off the York Road,
r next Wednesday night at 6:30. I
L| ? Notices are to be mailed this week th
W Jj to members listing a choice ofira,
meus between fish and fried chick-1
en, with all members being urged
to notify Adjutant L. G. Hord wHeb
~ thes pr not they will attend. . **
-> Post members who do pot.* have w<
conveyance, to the Trout Club should W*
be at the City Hall by 6 p: m? where
plenty of transportation will be a- f*
Vailafclr! h was announced.
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Kings
uneial Biles
leld Saturday
or I. C. lolly
funeral services for J. C. Jolly, 67,
11-known Kings Mountain citizen
d overseer of all spinning operans
of Nelsler Mills, Inc., were
Id last Saturday at First Wesley- <
Methodist church, with interment
lowing at Mountain Rest ceme y.
,
rhe rites were conducted by the
stor, Rev. J. W. Phillips, assisted j
Rev. P. D. Patrick, pastor of First i
esbyterlan church, and by Rev. S. |
esleyan church.
Mr. Jolly succumbed shout 11:00'
:lock the morning of May 15. He (
d been In declining health for
me time. He was a loyal member;
the First Wesleyan Methodist
urch. He was the son of the late
hn J. and Martha Jolly.
Surviving in addtion to his wife,
rs. Cora Jolly, are seven children,
rs. Mary Blackwelder and Mrs.
yde Blackwell, both of Philadelila,
Pa., Bill Jolly, of Mayo, S. C.,
id Mrs. Chant's English, Mrs. Ellis
ngs, Clarence Jolly and Clyde Jol,
all of Kings Mountain.
Active pallbearers were John!
oyd, Percy Dllllng, Charlie Moss,
ank Roberts, W. J. Fulkerson, and
oyd Jenkins, of Mayo, S. C.
Officers, directors and attorneys ;
the 'Kings Mountain Building k
tan association were honorary pall
arers.
Enrollment Urged
or BandSchool
Officials of the city schools and
tnd association this week urged
irents of band members, as well as
rants of children who expect to
gin band work, to enroll their chll
en In a two-month summer band
hobl Which will he held from June
to August 8.
The school will be under the di
ctlon of Joe Hedden, director of
e band, end tulUotf bgjjnly >8
onship rating as a Class D. band
is year, will graduate to Class C
xt year and that the group will
i playing In faster competition, ma
ng the summer instruction'especliy
necesary.
/1th goal of bind membershlpToo
ere are plentyof vacancies fh the
ind ranks, which numbered 69 dur
g the past year. Several members
.11 be lost through gradi^ati^nAt
present, some 30 pupils have
rolled for the summer course, and
ridalk are hoping for a minimum
60.
Due to boatn.pcarclty and high
Ice of pew Instruments, Director
tddon has Made a check of used
truments available at various in ument
nouses, end Is prepared to
slat parents in the selection of
od use' InstntnuHits for beginners,
representative of the Jack Bergor
ualc company^of Charlotte Is to rj*
the school band room on June 4
mh 3 until | p. m. to display in uments,
and parents interested In
tagging Instruments for their child,
n #AS SUMMas Its* taSlow ? ?. ? I
^uiuawi UWUMVUVll ttIC UTIIIg
ged to be present at that time.
'?
orcM Ana Gets
Wednesday Wetting
Farmers breathed easier Wednesy
afternoon, housewives anticlpa-<
1 less dustlhg chores, and the!
irld generally seemed better after i
e clouds operifed up with'the first
In in several weeks.
Though a ball game was rained
t and Postman Wiley Canton re-1
(ved a nice soaking, nobody
emed to mind, for crops
>re starting slowly and gardens
re. becoming parched and crisp, i
This rains followed several days of
Ise alarms, when fain clouds
mid blow up, then blow nwfe
aycees Tojiake
one 1; Paper Short
The Kings Mountain Junior Chun
t of Commerce will conduct
aprr1?3^,o?usun<uy'nthe
ive similar collections in the past,
ginnifcg at Sunday afteron,
and cttlxana are being request rjuli^a
J u Wa'tei.^rr: 1
Moun
Kings Mountain, N. C.. Fri
Herald Now Has Two ,
Phones. 167 and 283 J
The Herald has had installed an
additional telephone for the con- p
Tenleaos of its subscribers and pa- W
trons and to speed handling of its vj
tslsphOOS traffic.
The Her .ld is retaining its old
number of 167, which is beng assigned
to the society department. H
The new number of 263 Is being as- tho
dgned to the editorial and adrer- c^?
tisingdepartments. :au
Patrons herring society news. "C*1
therefore, arete guested to call 167 n?l
while otber calls should be placed 8Uf
on 263. Kas
Actually, all phones can be cut erc
in to either number. If on# line Is 1
?^*11 the other number, j J*
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Union Service 2
Schedule Given "?
sta
prt
First Baptist, First Presbyterian, t,
Boyce Memorial ARP, St. Matthew s w,.
Lutheran and Centra) Methodist
churches wil again join together inj_u,
holding Sunday evening union ser- ./J
vices this summer it was announced
this week. [ ,
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Continuing a custom of long stand , hui
ing,' union services will be held dur- jvit
ing the three summer months, be- the
ginning Sunday evening, June 8, dei
and continuing through August 31. nal
Schedule of the services follows: *ni
June 8, at First
JUKE C
June 8, at First Presbyterian church,
sermon by Rev. J. G. Winkler, I * J
I pastor of Central Methodist; June 15,1 1a
First Baptist, sermon by Rev. W. L. |
IPressly, ARP pastor; June 22. at *
Lutheran church, sermon by Rev. L. ,
C. Pinnix. pastor ot First Baptist iT
church; June 29, at Boyce Memorial,:;'
ASP, sermon by Rev. W. H. Stender, I *
Lutheran pastor.
JULT 1 d rt
July 6, at Central Methodist, ser- ed
mon by Rev.,P. D. Patrick, Presby- Ap
terldn pastor; 13, at Presbyterian, m?
sermon by Mr. Presaly; 20, at First
lanamnw . die
ST "7 AUUUBT ,T for
August 3, at Lutheran, sermon by fjn
Mr. Pressly; 10, at Presbyterian, ser- j
mon by Mr. Stender; 17, at, Baptist, pu
sermon by Mr. Patrick; 24, at Meth- Qf
odist, sermon by Mr. Pinnix; 31, at ea<
ARP, sermon by Mr. Winkler. (
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Excmu Announced For ch:
Local Postoffice Post wi'
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.. Notice of civil service exs minatlon .
for substitute clerk-carrier for the wh
Kings Mountain postoffice is being
announced currently by the civil .
service commission. ^
Basic rate of pay'for substitute 1
carribr-clerk is $1.04 per hour, with s-;
increments to a maximum pay f>t chl
$1.54 per hour. There id in addition, an
a 10 percent increment for night; '
workand tlme-and-one-half for nei
overtime in excess of eight hours .
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All .a.. nn
mi vciuoiio auivmaucaii/ nave
five points added to their examlnation
rating, and disabled veterans, Fti
widows of veterans, and wives of dis"de)
abled veterans have 10 extra points ??f
added to their examination ratings, j ^
Closing date for the examination for
is June 23, 1947, and applications
must be in by this date. Applicants
must be between the ages of 18 and iva
SO. Full information and application ,
blanks can be obtained at the Kings 061
Mountalh postoffice. I
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TRANSFERRED spi
Miss Martha Plpnk, who has
been home supervisor in "he Farm 1
! Security administration at Bak- - cos
arsvllle and Newland, now holds a Ba
similar position with FSA In New- Ro
ton. She is the daughter of Mr. set
; and Mrs. R. L. Plonk. Be
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Paper Collection g
tage Critical ' "
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, ing with alarm their declining news- j g*
tislng copy to insure affclnst curtail 1
ment in future montlutj
Cardboard boxes, paper bags, and ha
other similar products ai* also in j thl
short supply, * are various typesjow
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day. May 23, 1947
innual Final
cheduled Fi
ev. J. C. Cornette, pastor of Hawrne
Lane Methodist church of
trlotte, will preach the baccaureste
sermon before the high
ooi graduation class, it was an
inced this week by B. N. Barnes,
?rlntendent of city schools, who
re details of 1947 graduating exIses
to be held June 1-3.
lie baccaulaureate sermon will
given on Sunday evening, June
?l2lL*"' awardof
dipiuinas on" J'u
le 3.
igain this year, menfbers of the
iduating class will speak at the
als exercises, in lieu of an out-of.n
speaker, Mr. Barnes said,
ipeaking on the theme "Undernding
through Education," Rob
Lodbetter will discuss "Educan
in the World Today," Betty Hord
' speak on- "UNESCO and Educa
ri Today," John Plonk, jr., will disss
"Significance of UNESCO," and
Li Ann Herndon 'will speak or
caching World Understanding."
Meantime the approximately hall
ndred giaudates have placed inations
to attend the exercises ir
> mails, and all high school stu
its are preparing for final exami
tions scheduled for May 29, 3(
d June 2.
iky Court In
ively Session
thirty-five cases were disposed oi
City Recorder's court before Judg<
C. O'Farrel Monday afternoon lr
tesslon marked by unusual varie
of cases. '
iaskew Thomas of Rock Hll, S. C.
?w a 24 months sentence, suspenc
to pay costs and to pay $29 foi
rll ^nd $7.50 per week until pay
ints can be increased to $10 t
ek for Inadequate support of hii
VilfumTortenbury for drunk anc
orderly drew sixty days in Jal
failure to pay a $10 and cost*
m
Tessle Jones, on fhree counts 01
blic drunkeness, received a fln<
costs on the first and $5 and costi
:h on the other two.
Srady Brown, Paul Jackson, anc
rman Jackson, all involved lr
empted asauit cases, were each
arged costs.
r. B.Mackey, charged with assaul
th a deadly weapon, was fount
llty and was sentenced sixty days
ipended on payment of costs anc
d the doctor bill.
?lyde Propst, for possession ol
ilskey for beverage purposes, wai
ed costs. Donald Sipes, on a slmi
' charge, was given a like fine
its.
>nora McSwaln, of Blacksburg
C., for operating a taxi without i
tuffeur's license, was fined $1(
d costs.
Louise Lively, for public drunken
muu vagrancy, loneuea Dona.
3ene D. Monroe, of Shelby, foi
ining two red lights, was fined $1
d costs. W. L. Garner, of Gastonla
speeding, was fined $5 and coats
ink Qui.in, for operating car or
ilers license, was taxed with thi
its.
Villiam R. Waystaff, of Belmont
no drivers license, paid costs.
""red Neal, for public drunkenness
s fined $5 and costs; and Beau
d Dobbins, on a similar charge, r<
ved a like fine.
leauford Arrowod, for no driven
ense, was taxed with the costs,
ester Dillinger, of Cherryvllle, foi
reding and no drivers license, wai
ed $10 and costs.
Phe following were charged wit!
its for public drunkeness: A. B
rrett, John Mltcham, Frank Heat!
bert Beatty, Frank Wllklns, (Bes
ner Ctiy) StacyHuffstlckler, Hoyl<
Ik, kobert Watson, John Hugh Mc
iln. Ethyl Normand (Charlotte)
??. as < a* ^ ? r _ I
arne muuis inorioiK, va...
tude Morrison, J. W. Thomson
d, Paul Jackson.
g Owners Madid
1 Vaccination Law,
'r.. t
N. C* Stailings, county health of
er, reported Thursday that a chik
d been bluen by a dog here ear)
a week and he reminded all do#
nam that the law requires that al
It be vaccinated against rablej
nually between April 1 and Jul)
B. W. Griffin la in charge of v**
tattoos in the Kings Mountair
;a. >4'
Mr. Stallings said that the danget
rabies Is highest at this tlrarf o:
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feraldlj
Is Exercises j(
jr June 1, 3 D*
Police To Declare then
War On Stray Dogs ??
askc
Police Chief N. M. Fori announ- i mor,
cod this wmU that his department I for' J
will soon hcnrs to 'declare war" on | crar
stray dogs. I e3 Q]
Stating that complaints harre pf
boon received at his offlco almost |K,jn
orory day. Chlol Fori sci U I hat dog ' com
owners aro roqulrod b/ law to jjjar
" ~?n Ynwr i - W-'iv-Nt ; '
property and not allow them to Worl
, roan or stray to o"wr j toper
property anddamago it. strer
Urging citizens bothers ' , the ^isI,
stray dogs to notify police at once, jilR
he said that strrrw rfno? ~o
lar??d or claimed, will be killed. js ^
"We like dogs and don't want ,
I to :UU 'J;;? *? ? '? ot t do * [
somethirg shout the v?;ry bed sit- '
uation in Kings Mountain," Chief
I' Farr scid.
1 Airs
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Javcees Begin i1!;';
' ! ? shoi
Second Year
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| Discussion of board plans for an
, active year of civic work and instal- ??c<
lation of committee members fea- the
j tured the meeting of the Kings Moun 1
tain Junior Chamber of Commerce "aVl
at the Woman's Club Tuesday night. ma1,
well
j Charles F. Thomasson, Jr., new to tl
f (chairman of the club's project com>'
mittee, outlined immediate plans T
i for reviving the Jaycee waste paper hav
pick-ups, the annual Jaycee beauty an*
I contest, and a War Memorial bene- a11 1
, fit, and President Jacob Cooper ex- the
I pressed the feeling that the civic to g
r organization, in its second year tion
' could accomplish as much as any p
i! other group for the benefit of the J
i community. rV
> Mr. Thomasson and Martin Bar- wlli
I mo* gave brief repei^ on the state 000,
, convention held in April, and Pres|
ident Cooper welcomed into club
f membership Bob Abernethy, past
, state president who is transferring
| his membership here. At the same
I nine ne expressed regrets mat Bill
I i Davis, active member of the organ 1,
zation, is moving to Albany, Ga?
, where he has accepted a position
with a radio station in the advert
tising department.
' Club committees on internal af- ,
j fairs include: (first named to serve ?
' as chairman): j \
Attendance?Sloan Wright, Grady
f Howard, Edgar Deese.
* Finance?James Page, W. K. fy,
' Mauney, Jr., Tommy Roberts, James ; ^
'? Bennett. J wo
House?Hoyle McDaniel, Ben Sal- | ^
* lard, J. C. Bridges, Garrison Goforth.1
'' Membership?Vernon Crosby, Dan j 1
II nr.?- ?
riu?CI| A/IWA1C A ttlC. OVI
Program?Bill Logan, George Peel tlu
' er, Martin Harmon, James Houser. coi
Publicity?Chas. Carpenter, Fred mi
r Wright, Jr., Ned McGUl. dli
> Committees on External Affairs )ol
include (first named as chairman"): lot
' Americanism and Veterans' Actlv- sit
J ities?Harold Plonk, W. E. Laughter | foi
; John Pits, Sam McAbee. an
Agriculture?J. B. Falls, James Aij- er<
thony, Roy C. Mauney, Garrison Go
forth.
Aviation?J. C. Bridges, W. F. P*
Laughter. , <m
City Beautification: John Henry
[ Moss, W. K. Mauney, jr., Tommy * '
' Roberts. . ?
Fire Prevention?D. L. Saunders, Jr 1,0
s Charles Patterson, G. C. McDaniel. CO!
Governmental Affairs?James Hou ]
r ser, Paul Walker, Karl Sawyer, Mar- ?
I riott Phifer. Co
Projects?Charles Thomasson, Jr., \0
Benj. T. Ballard, M. L. Harmon, John j ^
1 Henry Moss, Bob Abernethy.'
Public Health?M. D. Phifer, Jam- ^
1 es Harris, Ertle Powers.
Safety?George H. Mauney, Frank 1
1 Cranford, William Page.
Youth Program?Ralph Spearman, A
? Grady rfoward.'Menzell Phifer, J. B. L
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1 Pool Kennedy Named t
1 Shelby Mcm-of-Year *
Paul
Kennedy, son-ih-law of Mrs.
Lona McGlll of Kings Mountain, ?
' was chosen as Shelby's Man-of-theI
Year for the current year and rer
ceived the annual citizenship trophy J<
I ?ocompanying the award the an- of 1
I nual Ladies' Night banquet of the Jtlfi
Shelby Lion* club laat week. hea
f -Mr. Kennedy, in addition to being la 1
ll&lotarian, Mason and active Meth- Hog
- odiat, wai partlAilaHy actiVe in Boy !nea
i Scout work in both the City of Shel- ton
by and Piedmont council, and la cur-1 tali
f rently chairman, of the Jberchanta Pat
( division of the Shelby Chamber of ted
r Commerce. wit
I Mr*. Kerinedy la the former Miss the
Isabel 1 McOHl, of Kings Mountain. aut
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ID Today
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
gion Auxiliary
) Conduct Poppy
ly Sale Saturday
ionor the war dead and aid the
5' living victims," will be the
ae of the annual observance of
iy Day here tomorrow. Every
on In Kings Mountain will be
?d to wear memorial poppy to
row and to make a comriuttion
me welfare of the disabled vetis,
their families and the familit
the dead.
eparatlons for Poppy Day were
g completed today by a large
mittee of American Legion auxy
members, headed by Mrs. Bill
<ers from the Aoxiiiar\^lnd^^*"",S!fc*",",1,?
ating groups will be on the
?ts at an early hour tomorrow
rihuting the poppies and reeeix
the contribution*.
Wthough the second World War
ipping rapidly into the past, we
eve that the memory of the
ng :..e he a* e their lives in
conflict is si HI fresh in the
ris and hears ; of "II of us." said
. Howard. "The dead of the first
!d YV; r have been gone for 29
ra, yet we re~ ember their serand
sacrifice. The poppies
ch wo will put on tomorrow will
iv that we have not forgotten and
grateful for their defense of our
rttrv.
Ve must not forget, either, those
i ljve in suffering and hardship
tuse of war wounds and illness,
disabled veterans, or their chlldand
the children ofthoee who
e died. The contributions we
ce for the poppies go for thetr
Tare, for help which can oome
Item only through this means."
he poppies to be distributed here
e been made by disabled veterat
Oteen. Auxiliary workers will
he unpaid volunteers, permitting
full amount of all contributions
o into the Auxiliary's rehabllita
and child welfare wnrlc
appy Day here will be part of a
lonwide observance In which an
mated 125,000 Auxiliary women
i distribute approximately 25,000
poppies tomorrow.
Davidson
Camp Fond
Honor Roll
With city politics out of the way,
? Herald is again calling attean
to its voluntary contribution
id for speeding and furthering
>ng toward completion of the
>rk at Davidson Memorial Scout
up.
'rankly contributions havo not
tn all that ccild bo desired. and '
? Horald folt this was doe to the
seiderable interest in the recent
mid pal election, rather than
dnterost in the project which
ntly honors the memory of the
e carl Daridiou and medm poa>1*
a nudtd recreational area
r Boy Scouts, other youth groups,
d Kings Mountain citizens genilly.
Local Scouters hare already exaded
a great amount of time
d energy on the project, and
rsons interested in Scouting
it those who lack the time to aid
the work on the project should
offered the opportunity to make
ntri buttons.
[f you write a check, make it
yable to the Davidson Scout
mp fund cm dm ail or bring it
the Herald_ If ifs a cash conbution.
Just bring it around. All
its will be acknowledged, and
ne is to small.
Previously acknowledged
$59.00
nd 1,000 feet ot lumber.
. L. Davis 1.00
>e Lee Woodward $5,00
F. T. Osborne 1.00
otal to-date $86DO
nd 1,000 feet of lumber.
llan Child Struck
r Ante Badly Hart
imet Sella**, eight-year-old eon
Hr. and Mrs.'Wank Sellara of
gs Mountain, suffered severe
id Injuries when he was struck by
B35 Ford driven by Robert E.
era, negro. The accident occurred
r the Shady Rest service station
the Chertyvllle - Kings Moun1
road. Investigation by Highway
rolman Harolotis Dayton Indies that
Sellara wh playing ball
h two other children and ran Into
highway in front of the Rogers
o mobile
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