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In City Corporate Limits 6.574
Immediate Trading Area 15,000
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TO ENTER SCHOOL
William P. Ware, for the past
several months substitute carrier
at the Kings Mountain postoffice,
has resigned his position to enter
school at Indiana Technical college
at Fort Wayne, Ind., where he
is enrolling to study engineering.
Howard Stokes Wright who has
; been classified as a temporary (
employee at the postoffice, but ,
who has been Working since prior i
to Christmas, is replacing Mr. ,
Ware as substitute carrier. j
| USED CAR SALES FIRM
j James A. Williams, of Charlotte,
announced this week the opening
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Ivi a W9cu tat aatco jwi ai inc furu* |
er of Cleveland avenue and Lin-,
wood road. The ne>W firm will be }
known as Kings Mountain Auto
Sales' company.,
TAG SALES 893
Several city policemen were busy
yesterday on a man-hunt ? for
auto owners of the city who had
not yet purchased city license plaJtes
for 1948. Meantime City Clerk
! Arthur Crouse reported sale pf
.893 plates, topping all previous'
records. w
BUILDING PEEMITS
One building permit was issued
Muring the last ^iveek by S. A.
Crouse, city cleric, ?t City Hall. Peri
mlt was for construction of a shed
over a loading platform at-. the
oorner of Ridg4 and. City streets,
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LEGION COMMITTEE
Meeting of the athletic committee
from Ofis D. Green Past 135.
The American'Legiop, will be held
at the Herald office tonight (Friday)
at 7:30 p. m. All members of
the committee are urged bo bO presriit.
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I ':. JATCEE MEETING
; Members of the Junior Chamber
-Of Commerce, will hold their regular
semi-monthly suppefcjneetlttg
Tuesday night at 7:15 at the Trout1,
Club, it was announced this weWk
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py j^ea racviiii, secretary.
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LEGION MEETING
Regular monthly meeting of
Otis D. Green Post 156, American
Legion, will he held Tuesday night
kt 7:30 at City Hall. Arhong the
business on the agenda are (1)
. possibility of changing the regular
meeting night, and (2) awarding
Of Victory Medals to members who
"Have made applications by Sgt.
Truman Billingsly, army recruiter
in this area, according to announcement
made by Hubert Aderholdt,
adjutant.
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MERCHANTS' DIRECTORS
. Directors of the Kings Mountain
Merchants association will meet
Monday night at 7:lS at Kings
Mountain Drug Company, it was
announced yesterday by Ned McGill,
secretary, A full attendalj^e
i* urged.
I Self-Service Laundry
To Be Opened Soon
Sam Davis announced this.week
that a self-service laundry, familiarly
known as laundryette. will be
-> operated In conjunction witH Davis
Gopdyear Store, when that firm o4
peps in the near future.in the buildort
Railroad avenue formerly occupied
by R & M Motors.
dir. Davie said yeeterday that the
- self-service laundry would be jointly
dwned by him and J. H. Patterson,
thsk 15 washing machines will be
installed, and (hat a free parking
lot'Will bp Available iifl lolnincr tho
buflding. He added that extractor*
and dryers are on order for VJt in
the self-service laundry.
Mr. Davis has beau operating Tire
Said* and Rebuildera on North Piedmont
avenue for the past {jpgo years.
household appliances, Goodyear tiros
and other products, tire rapping
and other Items fouttd In a store
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for buaine^i in the new location
v - within a week or J" days. M j
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Local Policemen i
Intercept Youths
At Bus Station
Two youthful escapees from the
Gaston county Jail were captured In
Kings Mountain Wednesday afternoon
by Police Officers J. W. Roach
and C. A, Bowers. Five youths escaped
from the jail around 2:40 Wednesday
morning.
The pair, listed as Garrett Williams
f- Willis, 20-year-old textile
worker of Cramerton, and Howard '
Marvin Norris, 17-year-old textile'
worker of Gastonia, were spotted at I
the local bus station waiting for a I
bus and ran when the policemen
drove up. The capture was effected j
arount 10 minutes before the two |
escapees reached their twelfth hour
hour of freedom.
Willis and Nerris were a med with
a can of red pepper Wiich they said
rhPV nhnn^H rn thrnv into tho fan. 1
es of any officers attempting to cap- ,
ture them A decn of playing cards
the pair had, along with the Can of
pepper, was thought to haye come
from Hodges Store, of Gastonia
which was entered early Wednesday
morning.
local police had been on the look4
out for the five escapees since Wed- I
nesday morning and yesterday werej
still on the lookout for the other
three prisoners.
The pair captured here were; turnfi
over to Deputy Sheriff.Raymond
pearman, of Gaston county, affex
he had identified the prironets.
Spearman said the Ave men escaped
from the Jail building, iby walk*
ing past a 'slot rping trusted, at a side
door after they had opened their cell
lock with a spoon and a handkerchief.
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^ J*m?fe Chapman,l7ior
oowrt' action on a larceny charge,
was named by the Gaston officer*!
as the leader and- planner of the
break.
Othem listed in the! break were
Jack Biddix, 17, of Gastonia, a soldier
picked up around Feb. 6 for being
'absent without leave, stationed
at Fort Jackson, S. C., *nd Jack Hunter,
20, of Gastonia, stldier of Fort
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vai'UDU, o. u, wno was arresiea in ]
Gastonla Saturday night on a char- j
ge of non-support of an illegitimate i
Child. Hunter wan on a weekend
pass and was under $500 bond on
the non-support charge.
Charge against Nofrls was?not
known Wednesday. Willis was being
held on a capias awaiting Superior
court action.
'Burglary of a Gastonla store early
Wednesday morning was attributed
to the five escapee* and the
group was reported armed" with a
32 calibre "lemon-squeezer" pistol .
according to the initial report re- j
celved by local police.
. Jailer P. Q. CloningCr said, however,
that none of the escapees are
dangerous men and that there is no
reason for the public to be alarmed.
Biddix and Hunter were thought
to be trying to make their way back
to Port Jackson and Chapman was
thought to be headed for Murphy.
It was reported that nine pther inmates
of the Jail refused to join the
break attempt.
OFFICER RESIGNS
? H, C. Pickens, former Kings.
Mountain police officer, resigned
his position with the local deBflrtmont
offnrd"l\;a ITaK. 1K
Tng to N. M. Farr, police chief.
Second Annual Le
Tournament Begin
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Psllston high school boys basket bal
team, runner-ups In last year's
American Legion invitational tournament
here, yesterday accepted a
bid te play in the second annual affair,
scheduled to get'underway in
Central gymnasium Wednesday
night First game of the scheduled
double-header is set to begin at 7:30
P Doub le-headers will be played
Thursday and Friday, with the finals
set for 8 p. m. Saturday night
Other teams entered In the tournament
Thursday morning are Number
8 high school of Cleveland county,
current leaders in the south zone
M com*tv Dlav and hi#h
school of Mecklenburg county. Both
teams-were entered In die event 1IM
year.
Matthews la currently fit second
Place to the Mecklenburg standings
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Dealers Think Fuel
Shortage Here Over u
.. With, the sun out again Thursday
morning after several days
absence. Kings Mountain fuel
, durt tha critical lual situation for
the winter ol 1947-48 U now alto- .
inatod.
Claude Hambright coal dealer. "
was awaiting scbodulod shipmonts 1
which had boon delayed by a train J
wreck early in the week before
he would say definitely the coal 1
shortage was "out of the woods." J
but he added that none "is now
-sufferfhg."
Oil dealers too expressed confi- (
dence that sufficient amounts r
would be received to take care of r
the demand for the remcinder of j j
the winter. i ?
Band Aid Group >
Membership Grows j
The Jaycee-sponsored Band Aid {.
drive to obtain $4,000 to aid devel- g
opment and growth of the highir
school band was reported "progress- J
ing nicely" this week by W. K; Mau- jf
ney. Jr:rchairman, who stated, how- s
ever, that reports from "campaign ,r
workers were* too incomplete to
make a tabulation to date. t
The Junior Chamber of Commerce *
is seeking memberships to the Kings i
Mountain Band Aid club on the fol- J
lowing basis: regular memberships, I
$1.00; Donor memberships. $2B0 or 1
more; life memberships, $50or more. I
Members of the organization have 1
been working since February 19, 1
and Individual .reports ? yet incom- c
plete ? indicate that the campaign a
will he successful, Mr. Mauney said. I
Meantime, he reported receipt of a
letter from James C. Harper, of Le- ?
nolr, director of.the crack Lenoir t
high schol band which hu made $ c
Habit of winning top national ra- '
tings year-In aifif year out, and '
chairman of the Lenoir Band Loyal- S
ty ciud. Mf. -Harper praised the lo- r
cal group for its effort# to form such 1
s club here The letter to Mr. Maun- t
ey read: ?
"We of the Band Loyalty Club In J
Lenoir.have noted with (merest the l
formation of the Band Ald'CJub In
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wtshtfs Uf the new ord*htealk>n and ;
to congratulate? the Junior Chamber
of Commercd'of your ofty Mr tfils for- 1
ward step and WiflerteS of vIsKnt for '
the future. The hpftti the Kings
Mountain high school: hafajflcrtrg hem t
an enviable rvpytattbrf thMMwl>*t <
the State and your, ditl^ehhlt^ is t
very wisely forming a buh<wes3#ke j
organization to enable It td'dohtUfV ?
ue its fine workahd give this lnval- j
uable training to the youth of ytitir ?
community. After an a oommunhy/s; ,
youth 16 its greatest asset."
Mr. MsUmey meantime urged Jay- '
cee cpmnli.cees to complete their 1
work and to report as quickly as pos- 1
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Youth Rally Set J
For Sunday Night 1
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Youth of Kings Mountain and .
their parents will gather at St. Mat- ]
thew*s Lutheran church Sunday ev-- *
erring at 7:00 o'clock for a Youth ,
Rally sponsored by the King6 Moun- |
tain Ministerial Association.
The feature of the program will
be the showing of the full-length >\
film, "Youth for the Kingdom." The v
picture is 105 minutes long and car- t
rles a wonderful message to'youth ?
and those Interested in youth, according
to an announcement by Rev. t
W. If. Stender, Lutheran pastor. The t
film depicts the problems of youth ?
today, and their needs, and also gi- j
ves some sound advice on solving '
these problems and answering the 1
needs, Mr. Stender said. s
Young people of the community ?
and their parents and friends are 8
Invited to this service, he said.
gion Basketball 1
s On Wednesibiv 2
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and has a completely new team. Bob c
by Matthews, of the 1947 entry In
the tourney here, was voted a berth
on the all - tournament team after ?
his club was defeated in the first jfc
round of play.
Number 3 boasts a greatly Improv- 1
ed team this year and la coached by '
Bill Bettis, popular basketball play- ]
er from that section of the county.
BerryhlU high school, currently
leading the Mecklenburg pack, was g
forced to turn down ah In vita ton to e
play here because of a conflicting t
tourney and Oaffncy high, from Char
okee county, S. C, declined to enter
because of spring football and a 1
back-log of weather - postponed bas- I
ketbtfll games. Oaffney was runner, t
up in the district in the South Cam- C
wile tournament. '-c v* f
Ts 11st on has a 18-8 season's rec- I
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Annual Rec
To Begin IV
Large Threng |j
Attends Annual
Merchants'' Fete
Some 200 merchants, their employees
and guests enjoyed an evening ;
>f hilarious entertainment Tuesday j
tight at the Woman's Club, as'they
aughed at the fun-filled program!
>f song presented by the Gay Nine- j
ies Quartet of Charlotte.
The eighth annual meeting of' the
Cings Mountain Merchants associaion
also featured formal Installsion
of officers, for the coming year,
n a program that was otherwise deroted
to gaiety and entertainment.
H. L. Ruth, chairman of the arran- 4
;ements committee, served as toast- \
naster and retiring president J. W. j
djlam presided. Glee A. Bridges, > 1
irst president of the association, in- 1
tailed the new officers, and recoglized
retiring officers a'nd directors.
Carrying out the theme of the en.- j
ertainment, the banquet program
vas done in Gay Nineties style, and '
ncluded "period" advertising from j 2
Jmelk's Department Store, Plum
Iros. & Company, Eastern OughtPo-Store,
Bridges & Hamrick and
11alock Grocery, with appropriate 11ustratlons.
Among the goods offered 1
or sale were Mcyclea-built-for-two, *
xtra corset stays, bustles, and hor- '
eoollars. Sine Ik's offered a special s
?lnchback model corset.
The Gay Nineties quartet present- ?
>d a 25:minute program of song and d
ipecialty numbers including such
d<t favnrltM ac "T W* ? A ftUI ? t
Sweet-Marie," "No Regret*," "Uttle ,
tnnie Rooney", "When Voa Were J
Iweet Sixteen," and ''After the 9*11". *
rhe singers Were costumed lit &ay \
^Inetfies style, and attracted most 1
ipplaiise with * take-off on .opera 1
mtitttd "Did She Fall tfr W*s She #
Ptta?dj" *ung*
tHen's Plato* Shop, sad to mem-'
?ers of the association for a large1,
lumber of prizes glveit to the ladles <
>r?sem through a drawing. J(
Special guests recognised Includ- 1
d Mrs. Pauline Scruggs, secretary <>
>f the Gastonta Merchants associa- 1
ion, and Mr. Scruggs, Rev. W. L. 8
Grossly, president of the Kings Moun v
ain Ministerial .association, Mrs. 1
? Torn Ffflton, wife of the mayor,
ihjj- Mtss Mary Anne James, who i
>layed dinner mtfste. p
Ih'a short talk at the end of the 1
irQgrany Joe Lee Wooward, new
^resident of the organization, com- a
nended the retiring officer# for fhelr 1
rood work In "building the organ I- r
:atlon to its current high level of r
ictivity," and asked the <x>operatlort v
>f merchants and employees Ih nrta*- t
tlrtg the association stronger and II
nore active In the forthoomlrtg year, o
McBee Sterchi's j
Office Manager
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E, C. McClaln, manager of Sterchi >
}ros. store here, announced this (
veek appointment of John McBee,
if KnnxvlU# T?nn a a mono. B
rer of the Kings Mountain store. 3
The post Is a new position, crea- ?
ed. as the store here moves out of ''
he status of a branch of the Shelby >
itore and Into the Independent clasls j
n the company's operations. je
Mr. McClain also annovihced that c
Jan Huffstetler, until a few weeks , t
igo st salesman with the firm, is a- f
tain a member of this Sterchl sales
tiff.
Mr. McBee, who is already at work J.
tere, asuhned his duties Monday.- A I
lative of Knoxville, he attended the
Jntversity of Tennessee And was i
traduated in 1946 with a B, S. <te- {
tree In commerce. He majored in bus
ness administration. Before coming
tere he held a position with Sterhl's
home office in Knoxville. ' ' a
He is married and a Presbyterian. ^
He is residing at the home of Mr. ?'
tnd Mis'. B. S. Nelll until he obtains
lousing accomodations. 0
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Presbyterians Chose J
few Deacons Sunday ?
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First Presbyterian church, in conrregational
meeting Sunday, elect- "
d four new deacons for three-vsar 1
erm*. y
Thoee aflaeted Included W. B, c
Dromon, W. J. PHilkemon, Dr. P. G. li
?ad*?tt, And Harold HunhJcutt Re- n
Irlng deacon* are P. M. Meiater, Sr., b
1 P. Goforth, J. A. Waller, and LO- a
Mr GaM<r, The ehureh followi tba a
hrae-rwr rotation plan in alactlnt a
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Soy Scout Drive
[s Progressing
Paul Mauney, treasurer of the
Kings Mountain Boy Scout district
said yesterday that while only a
few reports had been received, the
annual fund drive for the district
was progressing satisfactorily and
he anticipated successful completion
of the campaign to raise $2,000
for the 1948 program.
Actual cash already turned in
totaled $275.50, representing five
reports from campaign workers.
"No difficulty in raising the quoto
is anticipated." Mr. Mauney
said: "for the people are aware of
the good work the Boy Scout program
is doing in this community.'
City Auto & Home
Firm Opens Today
City Auto & Home Supply store,
Hngs Mountain Goodrich dealer, o>ens
Friday morning at 9 o'clock in
he Morrison building located at
47 Battleground avenue. The new
lusiness is home-owned and is not
i company store. Six
valuable prizes will be given
rt a drawing to be held Saturday
ifternoon, according to Sam Collins,
llkin native who is manager of the
tore. Everyone who visits the store
in Friday or Saturday will be given
in opportunity to register for the
[rawing, Mr. Collins said, and eviryone
is Invited to visit and inspect
he new, modern business firm.
The new store carries a complete
ine of Goodrich tires, tubes, and oth
r automobile parts and accessories
ind is a dealer for Cjoaley radios, re->
rigeratora, and ranged. The store aU
o has a hardware departmentv
Prizes m be given Include a set of'
dtirhew Goodrich tires, a table mod:
>1 Minerva radio, a Tood mixer, an
uitomatlc elqttric IfOJi, a set of top.
Mr. Collin*, who owns a half interest
in the.new business with John
Cennedy, also of Elkln, U now a res-.,
dent of JCingkMountaln and is a for.
ner Navy veteran, serving as a firstlass
ship fitter: He is single and is
s a member of the American Legion
ind VFW. He has been associated
vith the Goodrich company since
940, '
Garrison . Goforth, well-known
tings Mountain man, has been emiloyed
by the eW concern, Mr. Col
ins announced.
"We are happy, to open our new
lutomobile and home supply store
n Kings Mountain and feel that we
eally have something to offer the
notorlng public as well as the house
rife. W? invite you to visit us and
raspeet our modern business place,"
At. Collins said In announcing the
penlffg.
eleven Cases Tried
[iai Recorder Court
Eleveh eases were tried In City
tecorder Court held at City Hall
Monday aftetnoon before Judge O. C.
VFarrell.
Hubert Clarence Kalis was found
;uflty of driving drunk and was
entenced to three months, suspend>d
on payment of $100 and costs and
oss of his drivers license for one
rear.
William Wallace Parrish requestd
a Jury trial on a driving drunk
harge and his case was referred to
he Cleveland county Recorder court
or hearing.
Ben D. Adams, for possession of
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Easier Buying Ex
Over Weekend; Si
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Kings Mountain merchants are
ntlclpating the start of the annual
laster buying rush this weekend?
1 the weather Is at all favorable.
With Easter falling early this year
n March 28, It means that those
/ho expect to wear new spring finty
on the traditional spring . openng
day will be buying a week earlir
than last .year, If they intend to
teet the deadline.
In iMieraL merchant* ?r? ntfodncr
lore complete stock* of spring goods
Han In several years. For the first
ear since the war. shipments of
prlng merchandise have been re
elved In reasonably full amounts
a January and February, which
wans that local buyers will have
etter choice than In reeent spring
eaaona. Prices are not any cheaper,
nd, in some I nets noes, slightly high
r, but the comparison la good?
lualHy la en the upgrade.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
/ Camnai&n.
roal $5,412
Annual Dinner
Set Foi Tuesday
;At Woman's Club
Annual dinner meeting and kiek.
off banquet for tlie annual Rod
{Cross fund campaign wilt be held at
jtbe Woman's Club Tuesday night
at 7:30, with the campaign, seeking
$5,412, scheduled to begin Wednesday
morning.
Hugh L. Lobdell, Charlotte attorney
and chairman of the Charlotte
i Red Cross chapter's fto.np> service
committee-, will make the feature
| address at the meeting Tuesday.
Tickre for the dinner will be on
isale through Saturday at 51.00 at
Kings Mountain Drug Company, it
. was announced by Mrs. J. N? Gamble
'executive secretary of the Kings
Mountain chapter.
j Meantime, J. G. Daracolt, chhir;
man of the fund drive, issued an ap;
peal for liberal giving on the part
I of Kings Mountain and Number 4
I township ciitzens, as he pointed out
the wide range of service activities
! of the local chapter.
i A report for the month of January
I showed the Red Gross chapter iiere
j handled a total of 153 specific cases
last month, including 21 cases
(tor men-In-service, and 25 for exservice
men.
j In addition, the organization
handled 15 welfare cases, and 23
cases In which civilians were aidi
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I l-u. in uiiet" jnsiances, me v-toss
i handled Investigative duties in obtaining
aid for needy persons from
(Other organizations, placed one per.
| son in a hospital, placed orderstfori
! fuel for 12 persons, o&ained a doe-,
tor for five persons who wore *JT,
and placed 24 prescription orders.
On the routine service ^ide, the
Bed Cross made 17 home visits, and
wrote a large number of letters, seat
several telegrams and made.10 Iom
activities indicates the vast amount'
of service rendered this area by. the1
Kings Mountain Red Cross chapter/"
Mr. Daracott said. "The Red Crass'
is literally a home service agency,
and without it many people woald
suffer needlessly.'.'
He pointed out thai the quota 1$
smaller this year, and added thfct ofthe
total amount 69^ percent ' Will
be retained by the local chapter tot
use at home.
Blood Center Is
To Be Established
John L. McGill, chairman of the
I Kings Mountain chapter, American
i Red Cross, was notified this week
] that the national Red Cross organi-'
; zation will establish In Charlotte a
Regional Blood Center to serve. 30
counties in the Charlotte area.
Representatives of the national or.
ganization will be here within the
next few weeks to discuss the setting
up of the Blood Center and
], Kings Mountain's participation in
'It. '
j According to the information re- *
jceived by Chairman McGiH, Kings
! Mountain will be served through a
| mobile unit. Aim of the program Is
to eventually be able to serve all
jthe blood needs In this area. ..
TO HEAR O'CONNOR
I . Several officials of the Kings v
i Mountain Red Cross chapter will
j. attend the luncheon meeting of
I; area Red Cross officials, to be held
j in Charlotte Friday and at which
Basil O'Conor, national Red Cross
chairman, will speak.
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peded To Begin
locks Improved
| Women will go further into'the
''new look", with continuance of 1
last fall's new trend of lower hemlines.
And they're stilt lower.
i There's not too rrtuch difference
ih men's wear, as far as styles are
concerned. Principal ones are lean* 1
ing of younger gentletrfen to the dou
ble-breasted one-button roll suits,
while a new visfble stfcch is'popular
for slacks. Sport clothes are
slightly varied, with ' the' heavy.
xenixa . SAla ah/wx i
I wic viiwc iciUUilll^ IV
lartty, and ao-calied "college model"
sport coats are being shownwith
slanted pockets. In general, fiowevef,
the three-button suit is retaining Its
popularity, with gabardine, tropical
worsted aikf regular fabrics b?il the
j most popular.'
Merchants ass again pointing oast
that the early buyer wiH get beet
i selections!