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DERBY RUNNER-UP
Gene Austin, who lives with his
grandparents, Rev. and Mrs. B. F.
Austin at 601 North Piedmont avenue,
won second place in the annual
Soapbox Derby conducted by
the Gastonia Junior Chamber of
f'/immnrno In c? ~ . _?
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afternoon. Piloting his "Flying
Saucer" to second place laurels
won for young Austin the runnerup
trophy, a Catalina swim set,
trunks and matching shirt.
PATRICK TO PREACH
Bev. P. D. Patrick, who suffered
a painful back injury when he
fell down a seven-foot embankment
at Montreat last week, was
reported improved yesterday and
he plans to deliver the regular
earning sermon at First Presbyrlan
church on Sunday.
FIRE ALARMS
City firemen answered two alarms
Saturday, the first at 12:30
S\ m., to extinguish a grass fire
n Broad street near the Phenix
mill, and the second, at 8 p. m? to
extinguish a trash fire behind the
Imperial Theatre. Chief Grady
King reported no damage. Another
fire occurred Saturday night at
"f:30 when lightening struck the
waste house of Park Yarn mill, resulting
in destrictlon of some
waste. Firemen did not answer
' the alarm. The fire was put out
by/ the mill's sprinkler system.
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LIONS PROGRAM
Henry.McKelvle, president of
the Piedmont Council, Boy Scouts
ot America, will speak to members
of the Kings Mountain Lions
t club at their regular meeting at
tpe high schol cafeteria Thursday
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Tommy Baker, 18-year-old mode!
airplane champion .of Kings Mountain,
set ah unofficial new speed
record for a Jet-propelled midget
pland in Greenville Sunday shortly
before the guiding wire broke and
the plane crashed into the runway
of the Army Air Base there.
Son of Dr. and Mrs. L. P. Baker,
Tommy has been named champion
of the Southeasern states modelplane
air show for the last * three
consecutive years. He captured four
first places in speed classes while
his older brother, Philip, was gaining
second In still another class.
The Jet model crashed after reach
lng an estimated ISO miles per hour.
It Will- be rebuilt in time for an exposition
in Greensboro later In the
summer.
Two of the Baker model with internal
combustion engines reached
speeds of 114 miles per hour in the
Greenville show.
Marine Sends $10
iW Camp Fund
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The Davidson Memorial Camp
fund wAs S10 riches this week
through the gift pi another eor
Ice man.
Latest contribution to fho fund
was recetvod last usshead from
We. J. H? Mauney, a marina serving
with the Jielsdqiiui Ipi batS
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teuton nwv Mpartment mi vice
company at Camp J. H, Pendelton.
Ooeanslde, CaliL ?
Me. Manner's gift runs the total
of gifts In the srald-presented
appeal fos funds for the camp
new being constructed to S248J5.
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To Cashier Post
At Forest City
L. Gilbert Hord, assistant cashle
of the First National Bank who wa
scheduled to take over managemen
of the bank's personal loan depart
ment, has resigned to accept the po
sition of cashier of the Securit;
Bank and Trust Company, of Fores
City.
Mr. Hord tendered his resignatioi
here last weekend, to be effectiv
August 15. After concluding hi
work here he will immediately as
'sume his new duties in Forest Cit;
and expects to move his famil:
there shortly after September 1.
As cashier of the Forest City banl
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i mr. nora win oe executive head o
j the bank's operations.
] Born and reared at Lawndale, Mi
iHord became a member , of th
bank's per^bnnel in January of th
depression year of 1933, and, wltl
' the exception of almost three year
I in1 the navy during World War II
Ihas been associated with the Firs
National Bank since that time.
Active in civic and religious af
, fairs, Mr. Hord is a charter membc
of the Kings Mountain Klwanis clul
and is a past secretary-treasurer o
that organization. He recently com
pleted a term as adjutant of Otis 1
Green Post 155, American Legion
and is a member of Johnny W. Blacl
well Post 2268, Veterans of Foreigi
Wars. He is a director and asslstan
treasurer of the Kings Mountali
Country Club, Inc.
A chief storekeeper in the navy
he served for two years and 10 mon
ths, Including a long term of dutj
in the Panama Canal Zone. For th<
'final"year of his service he was li
I charge of both accounting and pro
curement divisions of his supplj
corps unit
He ,1s a member .of the First Bap
tist church, having served as a Sun
day School teacher, choir director
and Sunday school superintendent
While a citizen here Mr. Hord ha:
made a wiite circle of friends whc
Fourth annual Lions club Laboi
Day Horse Show, which is sbhedul
ed less than one month away, Sep
tember 1, will offer over $1,000 ir
prizes, plus valuable trophys anc
ribbons, in the 23-class event.
Announcement concerning th?
prizes and classes bear out pre
dictions that the forthcoming ?hn?
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is the most ambitious in the history
of the event, which has established
itself as one of the most populai
shows in the area.
The show will open with an aft
ernoon program of 11 classes ai
2:30 p. m., with an even dozen class
es at night .featuring nine stake e
vents.
The program is varied, and desigr
ed to please both spectators and ps:
ticlpants, according to Jimmie Har
ris, general chairman.
One of the new features of th<
show this year is addition jrf a po
ny stake, as well as a pony class
both events offering prize money tc
the winning riders. Usually, tlu
children are awarded only trophyi
and ribbons.
"Stake prize money has been up
ped to $100 In five classes, the raead
ster stake, three-galted stake, walk
lng stake, fine-harness stake, and
five-gaited stake.
Prices for spectators will be tht
same as last year, at $2.00 for adulti
and $1.00 for children on oombina
tion tickets for both afternoon and
evening performances. Individual
performance tickets will be availa
ble at the gate fbr $1.00 andvSOc.
It was announced previously thai
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Tfcnri., will Judge the show, wit!
Mrs. Ben Hendricks as ringmaster
Riles Conducted
Fefr Mrs. Franklin
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday at the home on Cherryvtlh
road for Mm. Pearl McDanlel Frank
lln, 91, who died Monday afternoon
at 4:30 in Shelby hospital after ar
illness Of two years. She had been
ertouaty 111 for the past month.
ll|S?w.|W.^)H. Redmori had charge oil
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Kings Mountain. N. CAllen
and Lee Capture
Big Load Of Whiskey
J. Haywood Allen, former Kings
Mountain policeman and citizen
and now chief deputy to Cleveland
county sheriff Hugh Logan, report
ed Wednesday that he and a Shelby
r police officer captured a big haul
s of liquor Tuesday,
t Chief-Deputy Allen said Willie
Roy Ford, Joe Smith. Joe Goosby.
and another man <vcr? picked up
y on the Shelby-Gaffnev highway in
it a 1941 Buick.
He gave the talley as 59 one-half
n pints, 2 pints, and one quart of legal
el whiskey after he and Officer C. O.
s {Lee h&d counted the car's load.
! The four men were freed after
y I posting $200 bond each and the
y! trial is pet for next Friday.
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Phenix Outing
e Set For Saturday
h Phenix Mills, local unit of Burling
s ton Mills Corporation, will hold for
[? its employees and guests a picnic
t on Saturday, August 9 at Phenix
Park. Activities will begin at four
o'clock in the afternoon, and the din
t ner will be served about 6 o'clock,
b Observing one of the regularly
f scheduled holidays for the employ
ees during the summer months, the
^ plant will close down at the end of
i? the third shift at 6 A. M. and will re
< sume operation as scheduled.
1 Each worker in the plant will be
1 given the privilege of bringing a
1 guest with him, and a large crowd
is expected to be present for the oc?
casion. A number of local civic lead
ers have been Invited, and several
f company officials expect to atend.
i Contests will be held, and to the
winners will go prizes consisting of
- Burlington made products. Registry
f tlon of entries to date show much
interest, and competition will doubt
less be very keen.
The first thing on the schedule
, is a softball game between the ov.
erseers and the spinning doffers.
i This wlli followed by a horse>
shoe tournament for the white men,
\ a horseshoe tournament for the colored
men, a rolling pin throwing
^'epa^TaiJa
served by-Ollie Moore and his assistants.
Alter the dinner, remarks by local
plant officials will be heard, ar
wards will be made and the meet-1
' ing will adjourn.
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1 Fiddler's Convention
Attracts Big Crowd
r An overflow crowd which filled
> the auditorium and some of the
I halls of Beth-Ware school attended
: the Fiddler's convention sponsored
by the Beth-Ware' Progressive club
. Saturday night.
t The convention featured nine
. string bands which competed Cor
. prizes, along with several Individual
Instrumentalists,
i Shorty Millar and his band from
r Iron Station captured first prise
for bands, and Bebby Hoy Is. at Batwood,
took first in the vtella cess?
petition.
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, Friday. August 8. 1947
Conant, Chamber
Official, To Be
Here On Monday
Directors and members of th
Kings Mountain Merchants associa
tion, and other business and indus
i trial leaders are being invited t
attend a meeting in the associatioi
office in the Professional Buildini
Monday night at 7:30, at which Pc-u
W. Conant, national affairs adviso
for the United States Chamber o
Commerce, will outline necessar;
steps in the organization of a King
J Mountain Chamber of Commerce.
' Invitation to attend the meetim
] was issued by J. W. Milam, presi
I dent of the Merchants Association.
j John L. McGill and Aubrey Mau
i ney were among a large number o
business men from the area attend
ing a district national affairs con
ference held in Gastonia last Frida:
1 night.
The conference, Jointly sponsoret
by the Gastonia Chamber of Com
merce and the United States Cham
ber of /Comrm rce, featured address
es by Mr. Conant and L. P. Dickie
of Atlanta, manager of the South
eastern branch of the natonal or
ganiZation.
Both Mr. Dickie and Mr. Conan
expressed the Importance of peoph
"back home" keeping their Con
gressmen informed regarding na
tional affairs, pointing out that tin
elected representatives need, ant
are anxious to receive, these opin
ions on various policies.
| Speaking about the scheduler
(Monday night meeting, Mr. Milan
I said, "For several years there ha!
been discussion here on the organ
ization of a Chamber of Com
merce. Many citizens are confideni
that such an organization woulc
mean much inthe growth, progress
and welfare of the community. Ir
inviting Mr. Conant here, we art
anxious to have the benefit of tht
advice of the national organizatior
in the steps that should be taker
to form such an organization. Wt
hope thai a large number of citizen!
will be present at the meeting Mon
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Legion Committee
C. H. Aderholdt was appointed ad
jutant and Dr. Jacob P. Mauney
general chairman of the building
committee at the regular monthly
meeting of Otis D. Green Post 155
The American Legion, Tuesday
night at City Hall.
Dr. Mauney is to head the tenman
committee appointed by Commander
John W. Gladden to formulate
plans for a Legion building and
submit them to the post for aproval
at the earliest possible date.
Mr. Aderholdt was appointed to
the position to which P. G. Ratterred
was elected after the post accepted
the laser's resignation becau.se ot
had hse'th. Dr. W. L. Mauney was
appelated assistant adjutant to fill
the sfflee formerly held by Mr
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. Stores To Continue
? Wednesday Closing J)
'j Merchants o( Kings Mountain
r who bare been observing a halt- si
,f holiday each Wednesday after
ci
y | noon will continue that policy, ac- ,
s| cording to a poll of these mer- jjr
chants, it was announced yester- I
8 day by Ned A. McGilt. secretary i'r
of the association. ? |"
Mr. McGill reported that the poll
t of 38 members affected resulted | S(
in a vote of 30 to 3 In favor of con*
tinuing the present policy of the js)
Y association which has been in ef- I e)
feet for the past few yeaTS. Five sc
J members failed to cast ballots. [ft1
Directors of the association, in a>
.
ordering the poll, had previously j
voted to abide by the results of '
the voting in determining the !?
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question. i ^
Merchants have been closing at !m
1 noon each Wednesday throughout
the year, with the exception of
the month of December. ^
J On the ballot mailed out last cl
1 week, merchants were asked to G
indicate whether they favored
suspension of the half-holidays j,-]
i from September 1 to April 30. or m
1 whether they favored continuance fil
of present policy.
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I Bites Conducted E
: For C. L Navy E
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. rinai rites tor Clarence Lackey er
, Navy, 55, well-known Kings Moun.
tain citizen, who died Monday morn
ing at 13:45 following a heart at- b?
tack, were held Tuesday afternoon M
at 3:30 *t First Wesleyan Methodist
& n
Rev. J. W Phillips, the paatofrcoh %
ducted the rites, assisted by Rev. C.
A. Hendricks, a former pastor. In- m
terment took place tn Mountain
Rest cemetery.
- Mr. Navy was a member of the
; First Wesleyah church. He had been c't
in failing health since February. A be
, veteran of World War I, he was pro at
> prietor of C. L. Navy Shoe Shop for
the past 15 years. He was born Mar- da
ch 16, 1892, son of the late George
and Sara Brookshlre Navy. .
.. Surviving are his wife. Mrs. Ag- CI'
1 'gie Barrett Navy; two daughters, bii
' Mrs. C. M. Gardner of Bessemer City an
and Mrs. Alonzo Heavener of Kings 1?
, Mountain; ont son, Earl Navy of te<
I Kings Mountain; one grandchild; ry.
three sisters, Mrs. Artie Mitchem St
? and Mrs. Carrie Gantt of Kings
Mountain, and Mrs. Donnle McGee bu
of Charlotte; four brothers, R. E.,
and J. F. of Kings Mountain, R. C.
of Charlotte, and J. S. Navy of Wood
ruff, S. C.
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FIVE CENTS PER COPT
hers Elected
School Posts
B. .V Barnes, superintendent of city
ihools, announced this week emloyment
of 14 new teachers for the
irthcoming school year.
Still vacant are four teaching potions,
Mr Barnes sairl. but added
tat he expected to have the vacanles
filled within rhe next few days
nd in plenty of time for the openlg
of school in September.
Date of opening of the forthcomig
term, usually mid-week in the
rst week in September, will be set
t a meeting of the school board
:heduled for Monday night, he
tid.
Among the new teachers will be
x elementarv donartmonr louft
:s, . 'tr at Central and two at East
:hool, hree in the high school,
iree tea -hers of special subjects,
ad two f t. Davidson Colored' school.
The new teachers are:
Central elementary: Miss Ruth
earn, Shelby, first grade; Miss
ols Watson, Albemarle, seventh
rade; Mrs. Juanita Warren, Kings
ountain, eighth grade, and Miss
ine Hill, Murphy, eighth grade.
High school: Miss Audrey May,
reenville, N. C., home economics;
iss Betty Hoyle, Shelby, commeral;
and Miss Sarah Alexander,
reenville, S. C? English.
East school: Miss Mattle Lea .
lack, Forest City, second grade and
iss Marceline Weathers, Shelby,
rth grade.
Special: Miss Dorothy Llgon,
tarlotte, Bible; Miss Mae Moaella
oore, Murphy, public school mus;
and Mrs. Mary B. Page, Kings
ountain, piano teacher at Blast
id West schools. < Mrs. Page's posi>n
Is a new one. She Was a mem*
:r of the faculty a portion of the
46-47 term as public school music
acher, but resigned prior to the
id of the school term.)
Davidson school: Miss Klttye Mail
Withers, Cornelius, primary;
id Mrs. Elizabeth H. Baker, Win*
tm-Salem, high school.
hi Tuesday Night
Regular August meeting of the
y board of commissioners will
held at City Hall Tuesday night
7:30.
Mayor H. Tom Fulton said yestery
that principal items of bush
ss on the agenda will be discus >n
concerning replacement of City
erk Karl S. Sawyer, who tendered
s resignation last month, and exninatlon
of the audit report tor
16-47, which was being complei
Wednesday by George H. Eme,
certified public accountant, of
atesville.
Mr. Fulton characterized other
islness on the agenda as routinetaly
Thirteen /
(Vied Monday
Thirteen cases were tried before
dge O. C. O'Farrell in regular
tekly session of City Recorder
urt at City Hall here Monday aft-.,
noon.
Russell Smith was convicted of
ivinft drunk and was sentenced
nety days, suspended on payment
5100 and costs. Smith did not
ve a driver's license.
Fietc.ier Hughes, for assault with
deadly v/cupon, was fined $5 and
sts.
Paul Oevint. of Cherryville, was
ed 85 and costs for speeding, a
Tty day sentence suspended on
yment of the fine Wilber L.
lith, of Greenville, S. C., for
;e<iing, was sentenced sixty days,
ipended on payment of $5 ana
its.
Jill Hartsoe, Robert L. Shehan, (
d George Short paid $5 and costs
public drunkenness and the folding
paid costs: Hunter Huff*
ikler (Cherryville), Frank Cook,
rce 8. Rhtnehardt, J. S. Foster,
rgln Ayers and V. C. Rippy.
TRUCK HITS POLE
A McClean Trucking company
actor-trailer knocked down a
tephone pole near the Superior
one company loading platform
> the Graver road early Wedneeiy
morning disrupting service
r around; ten hours. It was re- /
gte* that the cable was broken
to (Old thit two dty transfor* * j
art tone hurled onto the pave* '