' V..:, .?\.
POPULATION
tn City Corporate Limit* 6.574
Immediate Trading Area 15,000
*.mT *
VOL. 58 NO. 50
' Jf ' I
j
. mWrn
- al .
SANTA CLAUS ON HIS PRE-CHI
float of the Kings Mountain Merc
* ner and Blltsen, or a couple oth<
which was designed by J. L. Settl
not Indentitled.
i
I I
Local News
Bulletins
* .
EXECUTIVES CLUB
Jeff Williams, well - known humorist
from Chickasaw, Okla., will
address the Cleveland County Executives
club at its dinner at Hotei
Charles, Shelby, Friday night at
7 o'clock. Reservations should be
in the hands of Secretary W. M.
FicKlen, h;^ noon Friday.
WILLIS RE-APPOINTED
J. K. Willis, mall messenger for
. thO local postofflce, was low bidi
^ der' among three men entering
bid* for the contract job and was
re-aippointed to that position, It
was announced by Postmaster W.
E. Blakely.
RANGERS QUARTET
The Rangers Quartet, radio artists,
featuring Hovie Lister, master
Of the ivories, will appear in
person at Bethware high school
auditorium next Tuesdav nieht at
8 p. m., it was announced by Mrs. ,
Charles Owens. The program is
under sponsorship of the BethWare
Home Economics club.
3 MUW8WICK STEW
Tt\e Ladies' society of El Bethel
Methodist church will serve supper
at the church Saturday night
at 6 o'clock. The menu will feature
Bniqgwlck Stew, coffee and desMrt
and the eating fee will be
U&. A bazaar will also be a feature
of the event.
J fT V . f
.
j LUTHEHAN PARTY
This members of St. Matthew's
Lutheran church will, gather Tuesv-x
day evening, Dec. 16, for the an.
nual Christmas party. An evening
of entertainment, decorating, games*
refreshments will be enjoyed.
A cordial Invitation to attend Is
' PIZ8BTTER2AM FILM
At V:SO Sunday night at the
Presbyterian church a Christmas
moving picture called "Child of
Bethlehem" sHll be shown. It will
Interest both young and old, In Its
portrgyei of the etory. A cordial
Invitation fa* extended to all.
LUTHERAN SERVICE
"ChrUtmas Blessing*" is the title
of the service to be held at the
y. ; ' JLuthelaq church, Sunday evening,
Deeeqher 14, at 7:30 p. m. The
osrvict constat* of the showing of
tho Mautlful colored ChurchCraft
illdsa. The public Is cordially
Invited.
and has taughUa NoiS^awMna
school* for several years. An addttkNMi
teacher was awarded the
loe*i Mtiobl dud to a student over'
1.
. --liVl-V -m ^wa^^E * "**P| B I?Bv* i
Kings
A. ? .. ? ?
Hp^
^^ k^Pt W&W^R
: ^?B'. > *&&. - '}:*m&*....
rt ifji^A:.^ ' ' " I1 i lii 'liVlil Jlibl'llnili Lull 'i
USTMAS VISIT?Shown aboro 1> Sant<
hants association Just before last Frid
er of Santa's reindeers, can be seen In
iemyre and built locally. The Christina
> .:
Big Christmas Paz
Even Though Som<
?*In
spite of an on-the-march mix- (
up In which one portion of the pa- IJ
raae got temporarily lost, tne Dig
Christmas opening parade delighted
a record crowd of youngsters and
their parents last Friday afternoon
who jammed the city streets to get
a preview of Old Nick for 1947.
The little folks were young and
younger, from virtual babies in
arms, to larger ones who could maneuver
for themselves, but even the : i
youngest were jumping with, excite
ment to see Santa.
None were disappointed. J
Old Nick appeared on a reliiuecr
float, and as he passed along the ^
way threw oyt candies and other
Christmas favors along the route. 1
The parade began only 10 minutes
late at 5:40, and there were still ]
traffic jam-ups at 6:30. ,
In the parade contests, the juag- J
es reported the following winners:
Pet division, Joyce Biser, first, Con- '
nie Bennett, second, and Billy Sty- !
ers, third. Wagon division, Maxlne
Jackson, first, (only entry.) Bicycle
division: George Hord, jr., second,
and Elizabeth Sisk, third. First-place j
winner was a ouiiiguruiier cnna, dui
his first name could not be learned. ,
Checks for $10 went to first place <
winners, while second place winners 1
received $5 and third place winners >
53. ,
' 1 1
Gaffney high schol band recelv- <
ed 525 for first place in the band con
test, while Shelby collected the second
place $15 check. Kings Moun- -|
tain, as host band, did not compete. ]
' 1
following was the parade order
of march as It began: patrol cars,
city officials car, Gaffney band, Boy ,
Scout units, bicycle contestants, glee
club float,- wagon contestants and
clowns, Queen City Coach company
Cinderella float, SJielby band, pet
parade contestants. Girl Scouts, Miss
Christmas car, Kings Mountain band
Santa Claus float, tire truck.
The girls glee club sang Christmas
carols to the strains of a small
.foot-pump organ, and. prior to the
parade the Methodist church chimes
played a half-hour concert of ca_
: ^ , .
Christmas lighu were turned on
for the parade.
Bobbie Simmons, "Miss Christmad"
at Kinga.Mountaln, and .har
attendants rod* In a fancy convertible
auto, and the Bridges Airport
Jeep was gaily decorated foe the pa
CoU?idp|MpotoU are Victory Chcv>
*11>
Mour
Kings Mountaic , N. C.. F
( l* i ~ C * 4J
. ; ? . _-w< ? i
^JV;. >-|f? ' V
i Clous aboard the Christmas
lay's Christmas parade. Doni
the background oI the float
is bunnies in the picture were
ade Successful
s Units "Got Lost"
School's Yolo Holidays
lo Begin Next Friday
It's only 11 shopping days 'til
Christmas, but Christmas Is nearer
for school children.
Annual Christmas holidays will
begin at the Close of school next
Friday afternoon. December 19,
and the Christmas vacation will
not end until Monday morning
Jfmn. 5. according to an anSSSSfiLVBarI,e,',u'
-?? ????T?
City Fathers
Hold Session
The city board of commissioners,
In regular meeting Tuesday night
at City Hall, voted to accept the gift
af a portable iron lung tendered by
the Junior Chamber of Commerce,
:onsidered purchase of a street
sweeper, and heard monthly reports
In a meeting confined principally
to routine business.
Martin Harmon, on behalf of the
laycee organization, informed the
board of the proffered gift and addjd
that the only maintenance expense
would be annual replacement
af rubber gaskets on the plate fittings,
which would cost a^out $47
annually.
On motion of Commissioner Tommy
Ellison, seconded by Commission
Br Marriott Pl}Ifer, the city accepted
the gift "'with deep appreciation."
Interesting by-play at the meeting
Was appearance of Booth Gillespie,
representing Velma-Craft Mills,
inc., locgl manufacturers of chenille
products and Kex-Tex rugs, in which
Mr. Gillespie sought relief from a
11.50 penalty assessed for late payment
of the city privilege license
lee.
The board was adamant, as was
Mr. Gillespie, who continued to contend
that he had not received nolice
of the tax being due, and therelore
should not be penalized. In the
course of the conversation, it develjped
that both Mayor Fulton and
Commissioner Ellison had paid penalties
for late payment of their privilege
license fees.
Discussion had continued for
sometime when Mayor Fulton said,
'I'll pay the penalty, if you'll get
Hit of here." Mr. Gillespie agreed,
promising the Mayor a bedspread.
The board voted to change the
classification of Floyd Williams,
previously listed as Job printer, to
the miscellaneous division and oonCont'd
on page 4 this section)
iv? laycees Want
iMe T* Needy
tt and have ban, urglna donation
9< used toys to the drive In bulletins
?ftS pnyimy Is local Schools.
iayoees wlil work with the Kings
Mountain Urns club 4?distributiSn
bf the toy* collected with the Lion*
flying clothe* ?nd food etuff*. Jaynm
wB aW give fruit* And candy
t wai added. jnatt tg&tmi/m
itain H
riday. December 12, 1947
Hamrick Sells E
Phenix Store 1
To Floyd Payne \
I Floyd Payne, well known and
j popular former postal clerk, an- j
| nounced this week that he and Mrs.
I Payne had purchased the Phenix
J Store business from Earl Hamrick.
| Consideration was not announced,
i but included the inventory and fix- I
tures, plus a lease on the building, j
Mr. Payne, who will actively manage
the firm, said the company j
which had formerly been ineorpora- j
ted had been dissolved .and would 1;
(be operated now without ineorpora- i j
[ tion.
Mr. Payne recently resigned as a
{ posiai c'.crk here, after spending two
I years at the Kings Mountain post- ,
office. He is a veteran of World \
jWarr II. with three years and four ]
j months service? three years of it in
j the Southwest Pacific. Before enterj
ing service he worked as an employ1
_ e r-?i ! - - f - - - - -
>ee ul rnenix stores, inc., ior live 1 ,
years, and spent three months at '
the store when he returned from service,
prior to becoming a postal
clerk.
He is a member of the American m
Legion and VFW. Ljc
"We are happy to announce ourig^
purchase of the Phenix Store, and!^
invite all the old patrons of the j at
firm, as well as ne wones, to visit |da
jus. We shall make every effort to'Gf
supply top quality merchandise at ^
| fair prices at all times," the new te<
j owners said. j ?
Hearing Tests I>
Being Conducted 1
Hearing tests, to ferret out school
children's audio defects, are now .
underway in Kings Mountain.
A representative of the state i .
-board of health is conducting the j j
tests to determine which children,
if any, have hearing defects. e
JP"or the tests, two machines. are ! '
; -being -used, 'bot h - of which have j &
been given to the county health de- j ior
partment by the county's Kiwanis inj
clubs. A group - testing machine, gi- int
ven by the Shelby Kiwanis club is i thi
first-used, indicating which of a j
group tested have hearing defects, j ^
Then the audiometer, purchased by !
the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club,!
and the same type machine used by |
'medical ear aneciallcta lc hooH I 1
ferret out particular hearing defects. ' onFirst
testing of students began'tec
I Thursday, Superintendent of Schools \ in
j B. N. Barnes said.
; n
Unlawful To Possess u
Fireworks Chief Says (J
Police Chief N. M. Farr emphaslz!
ed in a statement this week that the 1
firecracker law passed by the last cit
General Assembly states that pos- nu
session of the pyrotechnics by any to
person is unlawful and that persons ao
caught with fireworks on their per- thl
son or In their homes are liable to Sh
prosecution under the act.
The new law, effective last-July 1
states that " pyrotechnic (any and
all, kli\ds of fireworks and explo- -J0,
slves, which aroused for exhibition [
or arnusement "phrposes) cannot be a>
manufactured, purchased, sold,
dealt In, transported, possessed, re- '
I celved, advertised or used in North ca
Carolina. on
Two exceptions state that county
commissioners are authorized to Is
sue permits for use of fireworks at |)
fairs and common carriers are permitted
to receive, transport, and deliver
fireworks In the regular course
of business without permit. ?
a
"A violation of the act Is a mis- tl
demeanor, with fine or Imprison- p
ment, or both left to the discretion T
of the court," Chief Fan said.
WOW To Hold Square S
Dance December 28
- *
Woodman of the World officials
announced tfcls week plana for a
square dance at Central gymnasium
Dec. 26 at 8 p. m., honoring oollege c
students home holidays.
vtted to attend, the n
aid, with the dance
ait the request of
inounced by (ho or
the local camp de*
?y camp in attendsitae
at the annual district booster's M
ui"MU1* ~
T. P. Lsil, district manager, was
toastmaater at tha affair rlvtn hv
the mlll'a ladles club. Nick NeWberry,
of Charlotte, cute manager, waa ^
, the principal cfeaakcty
Next ycar*a meeting will be heW be
erald
'rank Watsor
Vith Hardwai
Egi<
i^^-4 a
^r ifl
hei
jJ K#L^|
sat
|^H rep
Jer
[SSIONAHY AT BOTCE MEMORI- Wa
? Rev. W. C. Halliday. a rale- wit
inary of the A. R. P. church in (sto
txico for 20 years, will speak at Fai
th morning and evening services | V
Boyce Memorial ARP church Sur. : fro
y. Mr. Halliday will show pictures a I:
the ARP work in Mexico at the wa
ening service. The public is invi- the
I to attend. - Gai
I v
ions, Kiwanians '?
'o Hear Dr. Ban ;
. I Far
Pr. V. Ward Barr, pastor of the 1 ^
rst Baptist church, of Gastonia, l'01
II address a joint-meeting of the r?b
ngs Mountain Kiwanis and Lions wh
tb which will be held at the high ecl
tool cafeteria Thursday evening, nov
cember 18, at 7 o'clock. j Pls
rhe two civic clubs have made It . P
policy in the -past to hold occas- j,er
tal joint meetings, and the meet- ; a.
I this year was aranged by the ,*
;er club relations committee of *
i two organizations. Jn
ioe Lee Woodward' represented
j Kiwans club, and William Plonk
? Lions club in arranging the pro- iFa.
itn. j
Dr. Carr wil come here highly rec- .IV
imended as a speaker, it was sta- ! A,
I, and an interesting program is !__
prospect. j Vi
lames Chairman j *
I Dimes Drive i,
mo
3. N. Barnes, superintendent of Fal
y schools, will again head the an- in
al March of Dimes drive for funds def
fight polio in Kings Mountain, | E
cording to announcement made chi
Is week by Walter L. Fanning, of ten
elby, Cleveland County chairman.
Mr. Barnes said plans are now be- an
? mapped for the campaign, and j ^
at it Is possible his committee will Fal
Id an advance "March of Dollars" Mo
Ive among business and industrlfirms,
prior to the first of the year. ^ e
However, the regular March of
mes solicitations will be conduct- ?
in January. The campaign hon- LaJ
i the late President Roosevelt. if*'
y * U-1 ^r
Ida
Fater, Light, Power wh
ted Breaks Record Mrc
| tai:
City of Kings Mountain's Do- 1 {
imbti 1 billing for wcrtsr, light Fa'
nd power consumption covering Kro
M month of IVovombor. broke all
nrieu records according to Maor
R. Tom Pulton.
Total billed out in this departi?nt
was flL4te.23. divided as *
allows,
9,008,000 gallons of water S2,- jn
57.74. fu
1SM74 kwh (Ughts) *7.140.10. pt
90.000 kwh (power) 92AMM. M
Total billing for the month of $1
ctober was SU,tlfcM. sa
luying On Upswing
LILsI? c.J. V. i
uvppeia awn ?w '
u dorailtely oft tft* apawlng fftftT da!
wk 4?th? buying tempo 1ht?a?- 1
wimtho influx of more Chniat* ^
|j
4 moving around to varkHuTftor- PK
OQ Pages
ZD Today
PRICE FIVE CENTS
i Charged
*e Rohherv
rgument Over
istol Swapping
eads To Arrest
Lewis Frank Watson, of Andrews,
it week confessed robbery of Brids
& Hamrick hardware here dur\e
the night of Nov. 18, according
N. M. Farr, local chief of police.
Vatson, handsome youth, was
ked up by Gastonia police on a
rrant for assault originating in
drews and admitted the robbery
:e to Chief Farr and Glee A. Brid?on
Dec. 4.
Varrant for his arrest on the astlt
count came after Watson had
ortedly traded with an Andrews
n, a pistol stolen here for anothpisfol.
The gun exploded when
itson fired it and he got in a fight
h the man in trying to get the
len gun back, according to Chief
rr.
Vatson was traced to Gastonia
m Andrews after he purchased
>us ticket to the Gaston city and
s picked up at his rooming house
re. He was reportedly working in
stonia.
Vatson claimed to have executed
break-in here by himself. He
s cut on the hand while entering
building through a ventilator on
roof. He still had scars of a
und on his hand when picked up,
t said.
'hree pistols and some ammuni*
i were reported missing after the
bery. Watson had one with him
en he was arrested, one was pawn
in Gastonia, and police here
v have the two guns. The other
tol was reported sold in Andrews,
'relimlnary hearing will be held
e next week on the bridges &
mrick charge, Chief Farr said
d Wednesday.
Meantime Watson is being held
Gastonia for the next term of
?erior court there on charge o?
aking and entering an automo?
firm there, according to Chief
T.
ites Conducted
or Joe A. Falls
l large throng attended the fun1
Sunday afternoon at the CenI
Methodist church for Joe A.
Is, 86, who died last Saturday
rning in a Gastonia hospital. Mr.
Is had sustained a broken hip
a fall three weeks prior to his
ith.
lev. J. G. Winkler, pastor of the
trch, conducted the rites, and inment
was made in Mountain Rest
netery. The body lay in state for
hour prior to the rites.
i native of Cleveland county, Mr.
lis, was well-known in Kings
II ntn I n an<4 tiro D n f/M-n* KvImI#
u ii in 111 aiiu ?*an a iwi mri ui ii.i\
nufacturer. He was the son of
1 late James H. and Catherine H.
lis.
Surviving are two sons, Oliver
lis, Kings Mountain, and Roland
lis, Greensboro, six daughters,
s. Leola Whltworth, Lowell, Mrs.
Styers, Greensboro, Mrs. Jessie
littimore, Bear Creek, Mrs. Bessie
:key, Mrs. Andrew Petrosino, and
s. Lenora Paytje, of Kings Mounn.
Uso surviving Is a brother, Mark 1
lis, 24 grandchildren, and ten
at-grandchildren,
I
BANGLE DAT SALE
Sale of T-B bangles by Girl
Out Troop 12 here last Saturday
suited in a total of 165.97 for the
unty Tuberculosis fund, it was
innounced by Mrs. W. G. Stallgs,
executive secretary. Total
nds received to date In the camilgn
to rai*e $8,000 Is $4,687.79,
rs. Stallings said, with a "total of
,957.80 received from the mall
le of Christmas seals.
1 ; ' ^' ? 5 X ** *
?dTOff Lists
kut weekend,^wlth.
lie fhrtrtmea eho$p*r thtojwr
1 find wide* selection* la King*
untaln *uw ttuul hi any Chrlat*. .
> mm displaying it *
"he merchant*, however, are not
Sltriw walt*to*do their buying;