| POPULATION
la City Coiporate Limits 6,574
\ Immediate Trading Area 15.000
VOL.58 ' NO. 30
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BEAUTIES RECEIVE AWARD
Mill Avis War lick, "MUi Ki
the banner reading "Mlse Ki
the Becond annual Jaycee bea
runner-up; Mice Jenelle Smit
honors. Martin Harmon, chat
gentleman with face covered
was master of ceremonies. PI
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Local News
Bulletins
RE-ELECTED
L Arnold Klser, of Kings Mountain,,
was re-elected chairman of
the Cleveland county hospital
board of trustees at the meeting
KA Meoel W^l-a I? OU -It.. 1 -
use |ivuy item in ouciuy iui
week.
5jp soclatlon secretary, said several
Important items of business axe on
the agenda and he urged all officers
and directors to make a special
effort to attend.
LIONS MEETING
Members of the Kings Mountain
Lons club were to hear an address
by J. G. Morrison, county agent of
Lincoln county, at the regular
meeting of the club Thursday
night at the high School cafeteria
at T o'clock.
SINNER FOB FIREMEN
The Men's Bible Class of First
Presbyterian church will entertain
members of the city fire dep&ftment
at a dinner in the Fellowship
Room of the church Tuesday night
at 7 o'clock. It was announced by
O. W. Myers, president of the class
Rev. J. G. Winkler, pastor of Central
Methodist church, will make
-a short talk following the dinner.
jutrftfunnvERSARY
All business firms are being reminded
to display flags on Friday,
August 1, in connection with
the.40th anniversary of the founding
of the army air force and in accordance
with a proclamation by
President Truman. Reminder was
k.. -k. -
IOOUCU wjr UlC motMMUiirO nsau^ia*
tlon.
; ATTEND MEET
' Mrs. Mary Goforth and Mrs.
Ruth Gamble attended a Red
Cross conference In Winston-Salem
Thursday. Topic of the
meet was home service.
Amos Bobbers
1Set Font Tears
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Tour men Who were involved li
the Amos and Son robbery here lai
December were sentenced In Cleve
land Superior court Tuesday.
M i. Clyde and Grady Norris, Rolan
. /Brook*, and Floyd Prultt wee* eacl
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sentenced lit Oaston cooru^or rot:
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S?Mayor H. Tom Fulton, shown ab
ng? Mountain of 1948", are presents
ngj Mountain of 1947". signifying t
nty contest. Left to right from Miss V
h, third place, and Miss Frances Line!
rman of the event is in the backgrou
by the mayoral arm U George Flower)
loto by Bandy.
Miss Margiette C
"Miss Kings Mom
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Miss Margrette Cashion, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Casnion, was
named "Miss Kings Mountain of
1947" at the second annual beauty
pageant of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce held last Friday night
at the high school auditorium.
Second place hoonrs went to Miss
Frances Lindsay,* daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Lindsay.
Miss Jenelle Smith was third
place winner, with Miss Virginia
Moss adjudged fourth.
As current "Miss Kings Moun- ;
I tain," the tall attractive brunette
J will revive an all-expense paid
irip tor neraeu ana a cnaperone or
her choosing. The winner at Wilmin^on
will represent North Carolina
in the Miss America contest at
Atlantic City, N. J? in September.
Miss Undsay will also receive
an expense-paid trip, representing
the city at the Sixth Annual Coasttal
Festival at Morehead City, August
28-30.
Both Miss Cashion and Miss Lindsay
will receive gifts of Donnelle
gloves from Picardy Manufacturing
company, Brooklyn, N. Y., while
Miss Smith received an RCA radio,
, and Miss Moss a Parker pen and
pencil set, the latter gifts complli
ments of the Kings Mountain Lions
club. .
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Judges for the event were Julian
Wdldrop and Bill Baley, both of
. Shelby, Ben Kudisell, of Cherryvllle
Harrelson Yancey, Gastonia,. and
Horace Yelton, Forest City.
. George Flowers, of Shelby, seived
as master at ceremonies.
The oontestants appeared fhst
In evening gowns and then in bath
lng suits, to the musical strains
played by the Teen-Town Cats, Gas
tonkr orchestra, which also furnish
ed music for the Beauty Ball which
followed the contest at the high
school gymnasium.
Awards were presented Jointly by
Mayor H. Tom Fulton and Miss Avis
Warllck^ "Miss Kings Mountain of
' 1946." . *- ??D.
Other entrants were Misses Fran.
ces Huffstetler, Dollen Montleth,
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t.?hC7 uuuiyu uuvei anu
Colleen Martin, v
Program acknowledgements stated'appreciation
to Walters Flowera
and Allen's Flower Shop tor
fjoral gifts, and to Kings Mountain
Beauty Shoppe, Ansell Beauty
, Shoppe, aiM Vera's Beauty Shop for
make-up assistance to the contes1
lilfe V*' ; t
t Miss Caahlon was sponsored by
- Mauney Hosiery company, Miss
Lindsay -by MeCurdy Cleanere-Dy<1
era, Miss Smith by Otis O. Green
h Post 196, American Legion, and I
o Miss Moss by .Plonk Motor ComtotnnoN
< annual reunion 'and homecom*i
held thla week end, with the plc,.
| nlc to he" at neon Saturday and ;
s| tt^honafeoming i^Long^Crgc
* the flftjettTevent 1 **
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owe holding microphone, and
ag Miss Margrette Cashion with
be honor she had just won in
failiek are Miss Virginia Moss.
Isay, who won second place
nd at extreme left, and the
i. Shelby radio announcer, who
ashion Crowned
itain Of 1947"
' Lions Horse Show
Officials Named
Martin Goodrich, of ttasbville.
Term., will serve as judge, and
Mrs. Ben Hendricks, of Shelby,
will serve as ringmaster, for the
Fourth Annual Lions Club Labor
Day horse show, to be held at City
| Stadium September 1, it was ani
nounced this week.
The show steering committee I
has been at week this week, and i
full details conceretng the show.
announced asset vreefe.
Mr. Goodrich was highly recommended
%e the dab as a jadgs.
I it was stated, and Mrs. Hendrtclrs.
! well-known throughout the area
I for her activities in connection
i with snows, strna last year as J
i ringmaster.
Jaycees Schedule
Paper Collection
Members of the board of directors
of the Junior Chamber of Commerce,
at a dinner meeting at the
country club Tuesday night, voted
to conduct a city-wide scrap; paper
pick-up on August 24, and made
plans to make a distinguished service
award for young men in January.
The scrap paper pick-up will take
the form of previous collections con
ducted by the organization.
The distinguished service award
will go to the young Kings Mountain
man, age 35 or under, who is
adjudged to have given greatest
civic service during 1947. The award
is to be made in January.
Drace Peeler was named chairman
of the 1948 national convention
Committee of the club. Next
year's convention will be held in
Philadelphia and plans are underway
now to insure large local repre I
sentatlon at the convention.
The directors are urging full attendance
of membership at the regular
meeting of the club August 5
in prder that a complete check can
| be made on advance ticket sale for
the Shelby-Kings Mountain softball
game scheduled for September
6.
Prince Is Member
Of Soldiers" Choir
Jack A. Prince, Service Co., 180th
Parachute infantry regiment, 11th
Airborne Division, sang with an
{all-soldiers choirs at the dedication
of the new post chapel at Camp Schi
mmelpfennlg, Sendal, Honshu, Japan,
on July 6, <1947. The choir was
personally complimented by JlMi.
Gen Joseph M. Swing Division com
mander. Others there were Brig.
Gen Mlley, Commanded; Division
Rear, Col. Reynolda'Condon, commander
18B?h Parachute Infantry
Regiment The^me?i^ was^dellv1
s nl
Ms1
itain F
Friday. J?Iy 25. 1947
Thomas Tem]
Charges In (
Large Delegation
To Attend WOW
Georgia Conclave
Oman a, Nob.?Company M. 97th
"legmenl. Unitorrn Hank, Wood/non
of '.no World Life Insurance Socio\
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)> Ciptain Leo A. Bray, will go to
Camp Toccoa, Ga., this weekend to
take part in the district encampment
of this Semi military Woodmen
organization, .''.:lv 28 to Aug 2.
In addition to Captain Bray, others
expected to attend the encampment
from Kings Mountain are the
17 members of the society degree
team and W. F. England, Bryan
Hord, Ray Jmith, Rufus Kiser. E. O.
Bridges, and 'V. H Wilson, officers
of the organizaCon.
Company M, will be attached to
First Battalion, Second Regiment,
commanded by Major R. Frank
Patterson, Kannapolis, which is
made up of companies from Shelby,
Kannapolis, Sylva and Kings
Mountain. They will compete with
twenty other companies from South
Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Georgia
and Tennessee in field drill,
floor work and athletic contests.
Brigadier General Barrington T.
Hill, mayor of Wadesboro, N. C? will
be camp cammander, directing the
week's training program and competition.
W. C. Braden, national secretary
of the Woodmen Society and commanding
general of its Uniform
Rank, and Adjutant General E. E.
(Blue) Howell, both of Omaha, will |
be present to review the encampment
activties and present trophies
and prizes to companies and indlvld
uals in competitive field drill, floor
prork and athlete contests. Dr. Herbert
B. Kennedy, medical director
of the Woodmen Society, will be
surgeon general.
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wilting women Ulan
To Meet Here Friday
The Willing Workers Club, an officers
club of the V/oodman Circle
will meet atthe Woman's clubhouse
Friday evening at 7:30.
Mrs. Sudie Peele, president, will
preside and the hoitor guest will
be Mrs. Meriam Early, state president
of Charlotte. The Kings Mountain
Grove will be hostess group at
the meeting.
A large number is expected to
be present with officers and members
from Shelby, Ellenboro, Lawn
dale, Mooresboro and Grover attending.
Among the distinguished
guests expected is Mrs. Lou Moorhead
of Shelby, district manager.
One feature of the program will
be the appearance of Miss Joyce
Falls, who will give several readings.
During the social hour the group
will participate in a community
songfest aud afterwards refreshments
will be served.
Mrs. War lick's
Brother Buried
Funeral services for A. J. Smith,
71, of Portsmouth, Va., a brother of
Mrs. A. P. Warllck, were held Friday
afternoon at Frst Baptist church In
Cherryville.
Interment was in Black cemetery
in Cherryville..
He died after a lingering illness.
and is survived in addition to Mrs.
Warlick, by the following: hie wife,
five daughters, and two sons.
Kings Mountain ]
Pays $12,150 For
The old Presbyterian church property
at the corner of Piedmont avenue
*nd Mountain street became
the property of the Kings Mountain
Furniture Company as the oon
negation approved sale to highest
bidder in congregational - meeting
on Sunday.
Sealed bids were taken on the
property, with the local furniture
Arm high among three bidders. Sale
price of the property was $12,190. '
The furniture company's b|gV>p
ped a bid by B. 8. Feeler of *11,810.
and aJoint bid by C D. Blanton and
J.^Derracott of *11.7?h ^
Ierald
pleton Faces ]
Cleveland Suj
Check-Flasher Plys
Trade For Tidy Sum
I U a man uslnq the nsn? of Cs>
car Banks wants you to cash a
check, your best bet is to call the
local police department as quick
t? ' *
ly as posoioie.
A man using this ncrme height
about tive-ten, weight ISO poundf
and between 32-35 years of age
operated his trade of check-flash'
ing quite successfully here earl\
this week, victimizing, by known
count, at least three business e3
tablishments.
I Total take was ia excess ol
S200.
Police are on the lookout for the
j culprit and warnings have beer
I issued to other police agencies tc
| be on the lookout for Mr. Banks.
Crash Injuries
'Fatal To Mintz
Jack O. Mintz, 41, Bessemer Cit
cafe opeator, and former operati
of a service station near Kin{
I Mountain, subcumbed at 9:30 Tue:
day night at Shelby hospital folio
ing injuries sustained in an aut<
mobile accident near E( Bethel chi
ch Saturday night.
j Funeral services were held at th
chapel of Sisk Funeral Home, i
Bessemer City, Thursday mornin
at 11 o'clock, with Rev. Mr. Crave
rector of Bessemer City Episcopi
church, officiating. Interment fol
lowed in Pisgah cemetery.
The accident occurred about thre
mitP5^JVPRt nf K" in ore Mountain u/ha
Mintz car, reported by a witness t
have been traveling at a high rat
of speed, went out of control. Th
car over-turned several times, conn
ing to rest 160 yards from the spc
it left the road. The car was coin
pletely demolished. Haroldotls Da
ton, state highway patolman, ir
wife, Mrs. Sallie Hamrick Mint
and two son, Jack Mintz, jr., an
William James Mintz.
Baptist Group Attend
Riagecrest Assembly
Mrs. W. M. Logan, BTU director c
the First Baptist church, Miss Lul
Mae Teague, church educational d:
rector, Mrs. Edna Gallman, who wi
be in charge of meal preparation fc
the group, and 19 BTU membei
left Thursday on a chartered bus ft
Ridgecrest Assembly Grounc
where they will attend the Soutl
em Baptist Convention for a weel
Those attending are Betty Hayt
Peggy Smith, Gladys Sexton, Jea
Cash, Faylene Falls, Jo Ann Stewa
Mary Beth Hord, Beulah Rhea, Jea
McClean, Billie Sue McDaniel, Chi
lotte Jenkins, Barbara Matthew
Cornelia Ware, Evelyn Cline, K,
thryn Ware, Betty Cash. Gerry G
gan, Bobby White and Billy Gei
Amos.
During the week there, the grot
will attend study courses in tl
mornings and participate in varii
recreational activities in the afte
noons. Each night inspiring pr
grams will be offered with a vie
to the needs of the many depa
ments of the BTU.
IN SDMMEB SCHOOL
T P U.lnn.l/llltt Li?L
w. ti. (1UUCJ WUl I,
principal, entered summer schoc
at Appalachian State Teacher
college at Boone yesterday. Dur
lng the six-week term Mr. Huney
cutt, who holds a master's degre
will take work designed to qual
ify him for a master principal'
certificate.
furniture Compan
Church Property
auction of the property on June 2
The congregation did not confir
sale to Mr. Parton, returning tl
matter of sale of the property
the building committee, which li
eluded P. M. Neisler, J. B. Thamo
son and Paul Mauney.
Arrangement to sell bythe sealer
bid method was then arrrtved t
'
There was speculation amor
business circles thrt King* Moui
tain Furniture company could ui
the property, which fronts 75 fo
said l^^^he^ha/i|o^| an
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Embezzlement
perior Court
Sisk Prosecuting
Witness In Case
' Involving SI,685
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i. Mountain, i:: 11 mcni iv n
Clove!.?:i - .'.hit'". i ' in"1
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charges jf ecr.w.! ins
' former js-ob iFrank
i Sisk, Kings Moun> >in .r. >r'i 11 ?r>, is
the prosoeu':r.g -Mini's?
Sheriff H A Logan. [r , issued
[ | capias on Wednesday, iollowing the
grand jury hearing on Tuesday He
s did not arrest Mr. Ternpleton, il
i I lowing, hirn time to make up bond,
> 11 which was set at $2.0<XV
The charges grew nut >f ipera
| tions of S and T Furniture company
I which was opened here on North
Piedmont avenue last winter. Mr.
Sisk said that the business opened
with himself is owner and Mr Tern
pleton as manager.
The bill of indictment handed
Sheriff Logan orders him to have
)r Mr. Ternpleton in court to answer
charges of the state for embezzles"
ment In the October November term
* of Superior Court
ir The bill of Indictment specifically
charges that Thomas Ternpleton.
from December 12, 1946, to May 15,
ie 1947, was the agent of Frank F,
n Slsk and was entrusted to receive
? money for Stsk with which to buy
n furniture, further stating that
11 "Ternpleton, knowingly, wtlllngful'*
ly, fraudulently, corruptly, unlaw
fully, and feloniously, did embeze
zle and convert to his own use and
n did take, make away with, and ae0
crete with intent to embezzle, and
_ fraudulently convert to his own use
t- . .
e tne saia sum of $1,685.89 in money
belonging to the said Frank F.
,t SlBk."
Mr. Templeton, former eighth
y grade mathematics beacher, resign I;
e<) ai a member of the faculty fol1years,
and is a graduate of Cataw"
ba College. He is a native of North
Wllkesboro.
Rites Conducted
,< For Mis. Eakei
U
Funeral services were held at 611
Bethel Methodist church Sunday for
*r Mrs. Elizabeth Eaker, of Kings Moun
s, tain, who died in Shelby hospital
?r near midnight Friday from injuries
3 received when struck Thursday by a
V car driven by O. T. Thrift.
is At an inquest held by Cleveland
n county coroner J. Ollie Harris Monrt
day night in "helby the accident
m was termed "unavoidable." The re?r
port read: "The deceased came to
s, her death when hit by an automobile
a- driven by G. T. Thrift. Accident unat>
voidable," was the report from the
te inquest called by Coroner Ollie Har?
ris.
ip
ie The accident occurred in front of
>(j Mrs. Eaker's home on Highway 74.
*r. Her father. J. C. Earwood, who waa
0. killed In an automobile accident last
w January, was the first victim*of a
r. fatal highways accident in the coun
ty for 1947.
Mrs. Eaker was the fifth fatal
victim of a highway accident in the
,1 county.
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3 highway patrol, reported that Mr#.
Eaker, an expectant mother, wai
crossing the highway behind a truck
e when she ran directly into the path
of the Thrift car.
3 She Is survived by her husband,
Richard Eaker; two children, Linda
, and Bonnie Eaker; her mother, Mrs.
y J. C. Earwood.
McGill Clan To Meet
August 7 At Bethany
8- The annual McGill Reunion will
ro be held at the Bethany A. R. F. chureh
near Clover, S. C., on Thursday
to morning, August 7 at 11 o'clock.
i"?* A very Interesting program haa
>* been arranged, incluudlng an ad*
dress by the Rev. E. B. McGill, Jack*
j. somdlle, Fla. Prizes will be givon to
the following: Oldest lady And gen*
tleman present, largest family presif
ent, person traveling the' longest
n- distance, and the youngest child proa
t ant. J
H The family and friends of the Clan
m hrpivoSiiio/b^^h^irbefoulS
m ad by a ptcafe dmnsr on the grounds
a- ^^AnnotttieNgwmt conoemhy 1& V^jj>