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Immediate Trading Area 15.000
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Breakdown
L ii City Bndget
| Expense Given
'Published herewith is a departmental
breakdown of expense of the
municipal government of the City
offings Mountain, according to the
1917-48 fiscal yea^ budget recently
adopted.
The oudget; more than a quartermill..
dollars, la published today
in ordinance form on page 1 of Section
2.
Administrative department?Total
913,695. Salary, mayor and commissioners,
$1,200; salary of city manager^
81200; salary, city attorney, 8100
salary, city clerk and treasurer, $2,355;
salary, assistant city clerk and
treasurer, $1,890; salaries, extra-help
8300; stationery and printing, $500;
office supplies,^ $200; postage and
f i / 8600; printing and stationery, 8300.
f Jk Fire Department?TotAI $6,330.
Salary, driver $1,980; salaries, firemen,
$2,500; uniforms and equipment,
$150; supplies, $1,000; truck,
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vellrig, $180; miscellaneous, $100. I
General Expense?Total $10,349.47. ]
Auto licenses, $153; legal expense,
$750; vital statistics, $150; tax listing
and books, $350; tax advertising,
$100; in&urpnce and bonds, $2,000; 1
public library, $600; public welfare,
$600; auto expense, $720; municipal
dues and subscriptions, $126.47; |
maintenance of building, $800; miscellaneous,
$1,500; engineering services,
$1,000; discounts allowed, $1,000;
fuel, $500.
Water and Sewer Department?To- j
tal, $24,384. Salary, superintendent,
$1,350; salary ."filter plant operator, j
$2,400; labor, $7,470; poWer, $2,400;
pipe and'fittings, $2,500; meters,
and boxes; $2,000; chemicals, $900;
hydrants and repairs, $400; truck expense,
$600; gas and oil-trucks,
$45Q> wetter tax, $64; miscellaneous,
$750!Jtefcphond, $50: fuel, $100; Mbdtmory
supplies, $100; gas artd'eW,
engines, $300; supplies, $700; ma(Cont'd
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Home Completed
rThe Klng^ jSlIountaln Laundry expects
to occupy its new quarters on
Childress street by the middle of Au- j
gust, It waK announced' this week by |
Paul Mauney, co-owner 6f the firm.
The new building, which Is being
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h u|is nrri\, rrjii ui*u
firm four times the floor space of Its
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I NeW presses have been bought,
and further new equipment will be
added* ?* needed, Mr. Mauneysaid.
He-atoo announced that the laundry
will inaugurate apfck-up and
?St. Mauney Shd^ljtHanlll purK'
chased the Kings Mountain litmdry
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Of Annual Labor
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James (Jimmie) Harris, wellknown
Kings Mountain man, will
serve as general chairman of the
fourth annual Lions Club Labor.Day
Hprse show.
Announcement of Mr. Harris' an- I
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pointment as chairman of the annual
event, which has become one
of the most popular fall shows In
this area, was made at the meeting
of tHe club last week by W. K. Mauney,
Jr., president.
H. Tom Fulton will serve as cochairman
with Mr. Harris. ' ,. , ,
Committee chairmen named for
the show are: George Houser, tickets;
Charles Thomasson and ..J. G.
Darracott, grounds; J. W. Milam and
Howard Jackson, program and advertising;
Ned McGill and , JRlchard
Barnett, entries; Hubert Davidson
and H. Tom Fulton, ribbons; W. L.
Plonk, Judge*; Sam Weir and Ben
Ballard, concessions; Jacob Cooper
and Hal Waikl, entertainment; and
Martin Harmoel; publicity.
The club last year presented an &f
ternoon and evening show at the,
City Stadium which was well-attend
ed and featured some of the best pro
fesslonal and amateur horsemen
through the Piedmont Carolinas, in
addition to a large array of fine horses.
"We are looking forward to anoth
er fine show," Mr. Harris said, stating
that full information regarding
clashes for the event will be announced
in the near future.
Program of the meeting last week
featured an aridreaa h? w w
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ders, of Black Mountain, Lions governor
of District 31-A. Mr. Saunders
cited the gpod work of the organization
throughout the world, pointing;
out that, its work in sight conservation
and aid to tbO blind alone was
Justification fbr participation in the
Lions program.
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Shown above Is the now Dodge buu
bool fee nee In extra-curricular at
Day Hone Show
Gifts From fopcm. ARP
Class Boost Camp Fund i
Grand total of contributions to
the Davidson Memorial Camp
fund yesterday totaled S238J5?
the fund aided materially during
the past week by a contribution of
$56 by members of Garrison Bible
Class, of the Boyce Memorial ARP
church, and a S10 gift from a sol- 1
dier in Japan.
The gift from Japan came from
Pfc. Jack Pktnfce, son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. B. Prince, now on duty
with service company of the 188th
Par debute infantry regiment at
Camp Schimmelplenning. Sendai,
Honshu..
* Pfc. Prince'is a former member
of the scout troop of which the
lata Carl Davidson, for whom the
cdmp 'ls a memorial, was scout*
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G. A. Bridges, chairman of the
county board of commissioners, P.
ft Summers, president of the Kirst
National Banit Ned McGill, secretary
of the Kmgs Mountain Merchants
association, and-it number of
citizens, of the. Patterson Grove and
Oak Grove communities were present
in Shelby Monday morning at a
hearing before Highway Commissioner
Watson to support a request
for a hard-surfaced road to link
these communities with Kings Moun
tain.
In supporting the request, Mr. j
Summers pointed out that these com
mu'rflties are among the oldest in the
vicinity of Kings Mountain, that i
their population is heavy wfth estab
llshed rural mail routes, businesses
school* churches, mid cotton gins,
and that these facts indicate the nec
esslty for a hard-surfaced road to allow,
this section of Cleveland edunty
and iw Inhabitant^ tq further progreesln
the fating \ '<// 5 >
commissioner Watson promised
fun consideration of the request
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Friday. July 18, 1947
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At Club
The Kings Mountain Country Club
is offering 2Q monthly memberships
'at $3.00 monthly for golfing priviI
leges only, it was announced yesterday
by W. J. Fulkerson, of the greens
committee.
The monthly golfing membership
Mr. Fulkerson said, entitles ^se of
the folf course any day in the week,
but'.will not include clubhouse, lock j
er and shower room privileges.
Other non-members of the club (
may play golf on Mondays, Tuesi
days, Thursdays and Fridays for
gree fees of 50 cents per round of
nine holes, it was announced, with
loss of privilege to persons failing
to register and pay for each nine holes
played.
"We aBk the cooperation of all
playing goif to at all times leave the
greens in good condition, for the
persons following," Mr. Fulkerson
said. "A burlap bag has been placed
at each green to smooth the green
before leaving.
"Caddie fees have been temporarily
set at 50 cents per nine holes
played, and efforts are being made
to have mote and better trained caddies
available," he continued.
He also announced that arangements
can-be made by club members
both ladles and'gentlemen, fbrgoli
Instruction by A' professional. jHe
said that instruction given Itfj a
group of as many as six would be at
*2$ I per hour, while fees for individual
instruction would be $5.00fper
ho#.
| ftp. Fulkerson urged persons liWsh
lngito take one of the limited numberjof
monthly golfing memberships
to contact him at once, and al&oauggested
that persons desiring the services
of a professional contact, him
tod tmake arrangements.
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Jaycees To Pr
Beauty Contej
Kings Mountain beauties will vie ]
for the honor of being named "Miss (
Kings Mountain of ItM?"
night at 8 o'clock at the high school
auditorium in the second annual
beauty pageant of the Kings Mountain
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
A large crowd is expected to wiu
ness the annual spectacle, which*
will be followed by the annual beau
ty ball at the high school gymnasium.
Admission for the beauty contest
is 60 cents pes person, while combi- |
nation tickets for both the contest
and dance are available for (1.50
each. Individual tickets for the dance
only may be purchased at the
door for $1.00 each, it was announced
yesterday by the committee. No
advance sale is being conducted on
;'J Mayor H. Tom Fulton and MissT
(Avis Warlick, winner of the contest
last year, will collaborate In presenting
the awards to the winner after
the out-of-town Judges com
plete the task of naming the 1947
Miss Kings Mountain.
Among the valuable awards a
waiting the winner will be a complete
wardrobe of Donnelle gloves. 1
and an all-expense paid trip to Wil- IJ
mirtgton for the state contest. Sec- .
ond place selection of the judges ] 1
will receive a partial wardrobe of J
gloves and will receive an all-expense
paid trip to Morehead City to I
represent the city in the Coastal Fes- I
tival. I
George Flowers, radio announcer
of Station WOHS Shelby, will serve
as master of ceremonies at the event,-with
music to be furnished by
the Teen-Town Cats, who will also
play for the beauty baJ,L
The contestants will appear twice,
first in evening gowns, then in bath
ing suits, and they will be judged
on a point system. They will appear
by number and not be name.
Entries in the event are: Miss
Colleen Martin, Miss Frances Lindsay,
Miss Virginia Moss, Mis3 Caroolyn
Dover, Miss Frances HuffstetleT
Miss Jacqueline Falls, Miss Nancy
Dickey, Miss Margaret Cashion, Miss
Edith Coins, Miss Jertelle Smith, and
Miss Dollene Montieth. |
Jaycees meantime have been work
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Goforth-Richardson
High Praise From
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Accoifl'rj to reports reaching 11
Kings Mountain, "Catch on the; t
Wing" a play-co-authored by Mlssj\
Frances Goforth of this city, was en- , i
thusiastically received by theatre- ' <
goers and critics alike at its initial i
performances at the Theatre-n-the If
Dale, a summer stock theatre in New I [
Milford Conn. The play, a comedy in l
three acts, opened on Jtjly 2 and i
played tO'capacity audiences for four 1
days, the maximum time allowed fof <
the rigid schedule of the New Mil- t
ford theatre. f
"Catch on the Wing" is the result r
of the combined talents of Miss Goforth
and Mr. Howard Richardson, t
who collaborated her Jtji wf Jtlngit
the play. Mr. Rtiij^rasoh'ia-also co- t
author of the-?easeful play WMtR f
of the Moon," In which MisaCMMIt i
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lngs InTSeW Tflnf. FMlaaelpnia, Chi c
cago, VflHtfMM, Boston, and Qtfc- I
er cities. <
Attervlewing the "prolong
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1946 City Taxes
13.8 Percent Paid
A total of 93.8 percent of the
1946 tax levy woo paid by Kings
Mountain citlrens through June
30. and 40-plus percent of the 1947
levy had been prepaid through
that date, according to figures announced
by Karl S. Sawyer, city
clerk and treasurer this week.
The high payment record on
1946 taxes showed taxes paid of
*6,828.89 against the total of S71.280.68.
leaving only 54^451.79 unpaid
at the end of the fiscal year.
Of the 1947 levy of S81.000 (estimated).
payments already made
by dtlsens taking the prepayment
discounts total 332.574^1, a 27jB
percent increase over prepayments
375.75 in taxes had been paid by
the due date.
Mr Sawyer reminded delinauent
taxpayers that advertising of property
for sale for taxes begins in
August and urged Immediate payment
to avoid added costs.
Legion To Sponsor
Rangers July 31st
American Legion baseball officios
announced this this week 'hat
hey are planning to spansor the
tangers Quartette along with the
larmoneers here in the high school
luditorium on July 31 in support
if the Junior baseball program in
ICings Mountain.
Listed as the world's greatest pirn
1st, Hovey Lister, "the man with a
housand fingers," is the main atraction
on the three-hour program
hat also includes the famous radio
jerformers from Tennessee, the Harnoneers.
Famous throughout the south as
ine of the best radio quartettes, the
tangers claim to have the world's
owest bass singer.
Earnest S. "Buck" Huifstetler ts
hairmnn of the committee sponsor
ng the show with advance sale of
ickets expected to go on sale next
veek.
Play Draws
Drama Critics
eviews given the play was one in
he Litchfield (Conn ) Knriiitr?
vhlch said, in part, "The TheVren
the-Dalo, clown In New Milford,
an elalm a measure of fame for Itelf
by having provided the means
if bringing to life an absorbing new
day by Howard Richardson1 artd
'ranees CJoforth bearing the lntrigung
title of "Catch on the Wing." For
lere is an adroitly written work of
ibvious authenticity, lovingly and
irlliiantly directed and abmost unionmly
well-acted, which is sure to
ing the bell on Broadway."*
Other reviews were equally ehhusiastic.
The New Milford Tlntfa
iredlcted' a long Broadway run for
Me pltry and Robert Coleman, critic
br the New York Dally Mirror, conaneated;
"It is evident that Richardion
afid Mlas Goforth are playwrlfaea
ir'integrity rind imagfriation. Thfey
Cttow htm to faahton characters and
ilalogue that are hot dull.'" Highly
fgniflrant waa the fact that the
iMy toeetved V YavdMMri' revttw
rom Variety, moat Influential putfll