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Local News
Bulletins
CHRISTMAS SERVICES
Q ?> an I 'I I ll I'll- t -V> i c- c>A?iri/iA0 nSitLi*
u|/vvtai vuiiviiiiiao act v icca c* p me
First Presbyterian church Sunday.
At 11 the service will be one of
music and scripture "Great Tidings
of Great Joy" by the choir.
. The vespers service at 5 o'clock
R j will be a candle-lighting devotionY/
al service. "The Light of Life, presented
by the Woman's Auxiliary.
A warm welcome to all.
CHRISTMAS SCENE
Central Methodist churbh will again
present a Christmas Scene
this year. It v/111 be on display beginning
Friday evening. The
doors will be open to the public
from 6:30 to 9 o'clock each evening.
The general public is invited
to come by the church to see this
Christmas scene. Christmas carols
will be played on the Tower
Chimes each afternon at 5 o'clock.
i final Rites Held
Fot Bud Lockridgc
(Funeral services for Aaron And
erson..<Bud)'L6ckrtdge, 68, of rout<
1, Clover, S. C., well-known formei
Kings Mountain citizen, who wai
instantly killed when his pick-uj
truck collided with an automobih
on the Clover-York highway Satur
day night, were held Monday morn
injt at 11 o'clock at Bethany A. R. P
church in York county. Intermen
was in the Bethany cemetery.
Dr. W. P. Grier, pastor of the Clo
ver A. R. P. church, conducted th<
service, assisted by Rev. Mr. Grif
finl pastor of Bethany church.
The driver of the automobile
identified as Harold Robinson o:
R Clover, was treated for Injuries a'
the Divine Saviour hospital In York
sum uiivcn wjrrc *iuw K ine iinu
| of the accident, antTYdrk county PO
" 1 Iceman D. Ford said that no charg
es had been made in the head-or
crash.
A native of York county, Mr. Lock
ridge had lived in the county mosi
of his life. He wa? a member of Clo
ver A. R. P. church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Pear
Lock ridge; four daughters, Mrs. lOnr
, mie L. Grissom of Lowell, Maty A
lice, Janie Maxine, and Dellia Lock
ridge, all of the home; four - grand
children; and one*great-grandchild
[ Veteran Killed In
[ Hunting Accident
Funeral services wc>e held Saturday
at 2 p. m, at Sharon Methodic
church for lames Ponder, 2&, lifelong
resident of Cleveland count)
and overseas veterans of World Wai
II urtio died Instantly Thursday afternoon,
Doc. 11, from accidental dU
charge of a gun while rabbit hunt
J. M. BaTber and Rev. 1. N
Wise conducted the services.
Inquest, was deemed unnecessary
toy Ollie Harris, Cleveland county
coroner, after' investigation of ttii
accident. Sheriff Hugh A. Logan and
Deputy Sheriff C. O. Lee aided th<
investigation. v~
Bonder, his brother, Edward PonA
der, and T. P. La 11, of Shelby were
f hunting rabbits on the farm ol
' Glean Oliver, south of Kings Mountain.
Lall, K was stated, spotted s
rabbit across a creek and started tt
fire .When hta foot slipped' on thi
bank and the gun's charge flew
wihL the load taking effect in Jama
Bonder's heart Bonder was standing
' Acrogs the creek. . a >&
Jasnes Ponder la survived by hli
wife, the former Miss Margaret Hbr
ton^n^dauglrters, Roes frDay and
der,?f"'she5?y and Max ooder, a
' MM^atterson Springs. < r/i i-i
] Kings
Phenix Bonuses
To Total SUMMO;
Yule Party Set
I Christmas bonuses amounting to
j approximately $10,000 are being
paid this year to employees of Phenix
Mills, unit of Burlington Mills, it
was anounced today by George B.
Peeler, superintendent of the local
plant, who also announced plans for I
the plant's annual Christ.nas party
to be held on Sunday, Dec. 21.
Payment of the bonuses again this
year was made possible by favorable
i business conditions and continued '
high production, superintendent f
Peeler said. On a company wide basis
Burlington Mills will pay out i
approximately $600,000 to produc- J
nun employees.
The annual Christmas party for
children of employ* * of the plant
will be held at 2:30 p. m. on Sunday
afternoon, Dec. 21 in the plant. Gifts
will be given to children 10 years of %
age and under, and a program of _
group singing, recitations and car- T
ols by the children will be given. '
The Rgv. G. W. Fink will offer the j invocation
and will speak briefly. :q
The program is under the supervis- ?
Ion of a committee composed of X
Gertie Roper, Carrie Barber, Bessie ?
Davis, Effie Wiggins and Grace i
Huffstickler. I
I Holidays will be observed begin-i
' ning at the end of the second shift1
on Tuesday, Dec. 23, and ending
. with operations being resumed at
> the beginning of the third shift on i
r Sunday night, Dec. 28.
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> Young Loftin Up
To Old Tricks
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Major William Loftin was up to >0
" his old tricks Sunday?this time in ?
! Shelby ? and the result is that he *
has been lodged In the county jail j *
since, under $1,200 bond after being ?
bound over to Superior Court on i *
charges of stealing $66 from the <
choir room of Shelby's Lutheran
xhMHihi - ?'-I
This same yen for removing val- ?
uables got the ninth-grade high
school student and football player j
in trouble around this season in | f,
1945. After a wave of choir room rob i ^
beries here, the city police depart- ;
ment'set a trap and young Loftin, II
then only 15, walked into it. j li
He* was sent to Jackson training
school at Concord and was paroled
last.summer, with six months of his M
term remaining. i
Now 17, young Loftin entered N
school, and, according to Principal th
J. E. Huneycutt, has made passing
grades on His school work, played in
on the football ?team, and "has giv- \
en his teachers no trouble at all."
Loftin was apprehended Sunday c
by Joe Craver, member, of the Shel- | '
by Lutheran church, after he had i io
taken money from the purses of | ,,,
Mrs. J. D. Sheppard and Mrs. Mary | ^
LoulaeCrowder. fit
t He was sWl In Jail Thursday; A
' morning. According to Sheriff Hugh j
' Logan, who said bond had not lJa
r been made. ln
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Christmas Eve Service d<
. Set By Latlienms
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' On Christmas Eve, Wedrfesday ev- _
' enlng, Dec/ 24, a Christmas service Jl
i of cAndles and carols wilt be held at
I the St. Matthew's Lutheran church.
( A beautiful candle-lighting pro- tb
gram. In which every worshipper, w
[Will participate hhs been arranged, th
> lThe senior choir, under the direc- al
f thm of Mrs. i. E. Herndon, wlU ren- in
der special ifiusic. and the pastor
I Will bring A Christinas message.
> The pUbHc Is invited to attend.
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l business district created considers
? t>le excitement. A batch of tar, beinff
ui#d t# repair the street alone:
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AGED LAftpMARK SOLD AGJ
70 years, has been sold again,
ers, David and Charlie Cash, j
Photo by Bundy.
lash Brothers Bnj
ro Erect New Tli
tores Will Observe
wo-Day Yule HolidayKings
Mountain merchants will,
recording to customary policy observe
two days for,Christmas hoidays
this year, it was announctd
yesterday by Ned McGiU. secetary
of the Merchants associaion.
The big majority of Kings Mounain
stores will be closed both December
25 and December 28, as
sill the First National Bank and
ether financial instUutions. Governor
Cherry has already Issued
lis annual proclamation declared
December 26 a legal holiday.
l Kings Mountain Laundry has
mnounced that it will be closed
full weekend, also taking Sato-day,
December 27. as a holiday,
ind the Herald will be closed
ram Dactmhur 23 until Mnn.
lay morning th? 29Ul
Merchants will imbbii the Wedleec^tyUl-fcoUdays
on *? <*? .
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L I. Gault. Jr.
Aasosiic Master
C. J. Gault, Jr., well-known Kings
ountain grocer, was elected Worlipful
master of Fairview Lodge
o. 339, AF & AM, at a meeting at
c lodge hall Monday night.
Other officers elected for the comic
year are:
William A. Walker, senior war?n;
Paul Owens, Junior warden; J.
Keller, treasurer; Paul W. Walk',
secretary; Dr. W. L. Mauney, senr
deacon; Marriott .Phifer, junior
?acon; Bruce McDaniel, senior
eward; Oscar McCarter, junior
eward; and J.-A. Walker, tyler.
It was announced that the annuMasonlc
banquet will be held in
inuary at a date to bt announced
the near future. Those on the
inquet committee are P. D. Hern>n,
S. R. Suber, and C. J. Gault, jr.
Christmas Pageant
L| flnt Baptfit
The young people of the First Bapit
church supported by the choirs
ill present the pageant, "The Blriday
of the King" Sunday evening
: 7.30. Those who will have apeakig
parts are as follows:
Interpreter: Peggy Smith.
Abraham: Demauth Blanton.
Judah: Bobby White.
Spirit of Prophecy: Gladys Sexton.
Angel of Life: Betty Knox Davis.
Angel of Annunciation. Juanlt*
unftete
Angel of Praise: Joan Stewart
Angel of Wisdotn: Martha Cox.
Am?1 nt Wnruhlrv Rf>Mv Cn?h
Others who will lake part in the
igeant are Sidney Bond, loe Hord,
ilph Hu)lender, and Archie Costit.
The music will bn directed by
hi L C Pints, an J i?ie pageant
r Miss Luhi Maf 1*ague. The pub*
c id cordially Mvt.ad to attend.
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Price of admission will be 60
nts, tax Included.
TWp are looking forward to a big
owd on Friday night," a spokes
an for the club arsapgements
ihl. "Sonar- dancing has proved
i popular hare now ma it enoe
Hh both old and young alike.'
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Friday, December 19, 1947
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\IN?The old Mountain View Hotel, a Ki
most likely lor the last time. As quickly <
>lan to ten it away and use the site for e
f Hotel, Plan ?
leatre On Site
The Mountain View Hotel property p<
was sold last Friday by DuCourt j ci
Mills, Inc., to David E. and Charles w
E. Cash, it was announced by the a,
'Cash Brothers this week. w
j The new owners said that the [
frame building ? a Kings Mountain
i landmark ? will be torn away as d<
quickly as present occupants of the di
building move, and that the lot will n<
be used for their planned new motion
picture theater, which, it had ,
been previously announced, was to L.
have been constructed on Railroad
avenue on the lot adjoining the R. .
& M. Motors building. j j.
The transaction, on which the con- I
slderatlon was not announced, was
awanged by P. D. Herndon, Kings
Mountain realtor.
The lot included in the property
fronts 100 feet on Railroad avenue
and 210 feet on Mountain street.
The new theater is to be built on b?
j the corner and will occupy a space 13
134 by 134 feet. David Cash said yes- a|
terday that use of the remaining por
tlon of the property had not been
dimmed. Ij
ffcst information obtainable by ?
the Herald indicates the hotel build- W
ing is at least 70 years of age, hav- M '
I 1 n C hddn (VIIlUDrtdH i r*> A. a hrttAl
| two store buildings in 1676 or 1877.
I It was operated by the Misses Agnes j
J and Emma Norris as a hotel for 36 ] *
j years and enjoyed a wide reputation ?er
for hospitality and good food. , 1
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It was sold at auction by the at !
Misses Norris in 1936 to W. K. Mau- i illr
i ney, D. C. Mauney and L. Arnold Ki- j P. 1
' ser for $13,820 and then sold by t me
, these owners In January 1945 to ete
David -L. Saunders at an announc- :
I ed purchase price of $17,000. j f
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P. D. Herndon purchased the pro- j du<
! perty from Mr. Saunders in July We
11946 and sold it to DuCourt Mills, A.
j Inc., in September 1946. Neither pur- of i
jchase price was announced,, but fi- j Mo
I gure most promiently mentioned in led
j the sale to DuCourt Mills was $24,- nut
I000. the
For several years the hotel has A
been under the management of Mr. rui
and Mrs, Hal D. Ward, who are cur- ^
rently building a home on Mountain
street.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce *
used toy drive, conducted here last ced
week on Thursday and Friday, was pag
termed a huge success with a large hor
quantity of toys collected, majority
of them In good condition, accord- t
I ing to W. 5. Fulton, Jr., chairman of l^i
the club's Christmas activities com- 2e
m it tee who had charge of the col
lection. ' , _ "ro
. Jaycees are repairing other toys ?n<
and dolls and will work with the
Kings Mountain Lions club in distrlbution
of the gifts for needy and
underprivileged children In the-city.
Lions are donating clothing and uj
food stuffs, fruit, and candy will al- ml
sd be included in the Christmas bundles.
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"We are happy to know that so
many more mote fortunate children ^
In Kings Mountain have given to
generously to the used toy drive and
we wish to thank everyone who con- * ?
trlbuted," Mr. Fulton said this week.
Committee members also express _
ed appreciation to members of the
Kings Mountain band who aided the ^
drive by making house-to-house col- ?J
lections during the drive. *,
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SCHOOL HOLIDAYS m
City school children are looking 9j
forward to this afternon at 3:45 at
; When the fin?i bell will ring mi
marking the temp-wary end of at
achool and .the offWal beginning ?
of- Chriatma* holidays. All city Kli
, aphool^s will, append operation* re?
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ings Mountain landmark for
as it is vacated the new owni
new motion picture theatre.
hristmas Herald
? Appear Tuesday
As has been the custom (or the
ist several years, next week's
lirlstmas edition of the Herald
ill be advanced from the regular
ate to enable the staff to enjoy a
ell-deserved Christmas holiday.
The paper will be dated Tuesry,
December 23. with some local
stribution on Monday afterson.
The edition will be used by mailt}
of merchants for their
Iristmas greetings to patrons,
id the Herald will make an elrt
to contact each business firm,
erchants are requested to give
me advance thought to their
>py for this edition, for which the
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tfviuvuii) uouuuuo is datura ay
omorrow) at S p. m. News deadas
is Sunday at 3 p. m.
The December 23rd edition will
I the last Herald to appear in
47. The subsequent edition will
>pear on January 2. 1948.
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inal BHes Hdt
or I. P. Lewis
'uneral services were held at Kee
Funeral Chapel in Rutherfordtor
iday afternoon at 2 o'clock foi
eph Preston Lewis, 83, who diec
3:45 Friday morning after a lonj
less at.Che home of his son, Dr. O
Lewis, in Kings Mountain. Inter
nt was in the Rutherfordton cem
cy.
tev. IrOy Jackson, pastor of Firs
Jtist church of Rutherfordton, cor
ited the service at the Chapel anc
stern Star Lodge No. 91 A. F. i
M., of Rutherfordton, had chargt
graveside rites. John C. Vance, o
unt Herman Lodge, of Asheville
the service, attended by a largi
nber of masons and friends o:
i family.
l native and life-long resident ol
therfordton, he had been a mem
of Western Star Lodge for 5i
irs. He was the son of the law
ston and Martha Blanton Lewis
1 was a member of First Baptls
irch. He was born Jan. 8, 1864
i would have reached his 84ti
thday In January. He was a re
>d mail carrier.
lis wife, Mary Taylor Lewis, pre
ed him in death toy four weeks
islng away on Nov. 15 at th<
ne in Rutherfordton.
le is survived, in addition to Dr
vis, by one daughter, Mrs. Geor
W. Ferguson, of Gastonla, on<
ther, W. E. Lewis, of Forest City
i two grandchildren.
ash On As Last
Ian to Start Eai
toe Christmas rush is definitely
ierway here.
toe post off ice department is at
dy reaching the madhouse stage
piles of mail?tooth incoming ant
going ? quickly replace thoa<
ee Just handled, and clerka a
narrs Saturday law* sssOwSst.
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irs Mountain retail stores arc jH
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/U Today
PRICE FIVE CENTS
With Oil Short
Many Aie Seeking
Yule Log To Burn
Last vcar j* ?. - eoai: this year it's
T'lctay a year r*o the coal strike
had nisi boon sett.ed. and coal user;
were still worried over possible
arrivals, Nobody coid. hut they
canto clo-e.
I iii' result was that several coal
users switched to oi> and persons
making new installation! accented
oil burners.
Now the squeeze is on for oil.
One dealer said yesterday that
he had a little on hand and was doing
some personal rationing until
his supply is exhausted. This will
OCCUTO in niliu? suffioionr limo hr*
said. to provide an unduly long, enforced
Christmas vacation, for he
won't receive any more shipments
until January.
Big hold-up is transportation, created
by the shortage of tank cars.
Railroad rolling stock is still short
, in all types of cars, but tank cars
seem to be most short. New rail cars
are being buiit, but until last month,
the car-building program was
not keeping pace with the junking
1 of old ones.
While the situation is less serious
for coal users, it is still not possible
-1 to order up several tons for Immediate
delivery. Coal dealer Claude
Hambright said he was taking no
advance orders, refusing all orders
until coal is actually in the yard.
This method, also a form of personal
rationing, is working out very
well, he said, and no coal user has
been without coal. The transportaI
tion situation, tn this instance shortj
age of coal cars, is also a big factor.
Mr. Hambright is urging coal users
i to make their supplies last as long
as possible, since three mdfe big
I coal-using months remain.
Fuel oil users don't need to be
urgea. iney Know chat profligacy
might mean some cold homes on
cold days.
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Fred W. Plonk, prominent Kings
. Mountain business man, was elec
j ted president of the Kings Mountain
t i Country Club at a Joint meeting of
r | the incoming and outgoing boards
i ! of directors Tuesday night.
' j P M. Neisler, Sr., was elected vice
' I president, and Carl F. Mauney was
l re elected secretary treasurer,
I while George W. Mauney was nam|
ed assistant secretary-treasurer.
Mr. Plonk, who has been serving
[las vice-president, will succeed Joe
, A. Neisler, while George W. Mauney
' will succeed L. Gilbert Hord, tvho
. is now living in Forest City.
Election of officers was the prinl
cipal business conducted, with rej
mainder of the agenda concerning
routine business, the secretary reported.
PARKING CHECK-DP
* Chief N. M. Farr said Thursday
? that beginning today city policemen
are being instructed to tag
cars for parking violations "where
local cars are left in restricted a>
reas for an undue length of time."
t In the half-hour areas, a person
may park a few minutes overtime
without fear of having to pay the
penalty for over-parking, but the
warning is being issued for the
half-day parkers, Chief Farr said.
' These will be tagged for the penalty,
according to the chief.
AT ECONOMY GROCERY
Walter Q. Huffstlckler is now
employed at Economy Grocery at
431 North Piedmont avenue it was
I announced this week.
-minute Shoppers J
diet?Next Tear Jj
r i And, of courae, the big rush Is expected
to begin In full this morning.
For the benefit of last-minute
> shoppers, several firms hkve obtainI
ed last-minute shipments of special
s Christmas merchandise, and there
t are some special buys available in
apparel, toys, and other gift Hams.
There seems to be no shortage of
radios this year, but dealers report
,r thkir stocks are moving fipL
Christmas candles are already on
the ecarte list, and mpst .buyers are 5
placing advance orders or buying
on Hie spot. White shirts for men are
not too plentiful, but gkoMafty oner- {: i||J |l
chants are offering more varied se?
. lections and greater quantltiee of ap g
. parel, furniture, toysvand appliancH
ceo than they have been able to