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"Season tickets will go on sale next ]
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e**ding to an announcement yepterby
William Plonk, business I
naknager of the American Legion
sponsored organization.
Tickets will sell for $3 and will j
admit purchaser to 10 games throu- ,
Xb the first-round district elimina- }
Mftft which end around June 39.'
.Wfst-round eliminations are scheokied.to
begin on June 7 but the (
actadule for Area 4, which includes (
Kings Mountain entry, hats not.been {
htened.
JCings Mountain will play a series
air practice games before the regular
elimination series begin in was
?Med. Majority of games will be |
i?4kyed in the afternoon according to
(peent plans.
{loach Howard. Edens announced > j
Jkls week that practice Will be held
*9 o'clock Saturday morning, with
"tall-week drills to begin Monday
afternoon at 4 o'clock. > )
Some 60 candidates reported for
iMP Initial sessions but the squad
?Mtsihten cut to 35 players. According
ta??late rules oniv 20 olavers can
t*? on a team for first-round eliminations
with a cut to 16 later in the
pttyoffa.
It C. Allen Huils
Ihiid No-Hitter
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??C. Allen, Bethware pitcher and t
i aimer Kings Mountain American |
etaion junior baseball player, pit<*?<i-.hLs
third no-hitter of his ca- i
?"W**-T-uesday afternoon, shutting ;
4 to 0. <
"''hwMKmen got on base, one on a
."tow oass and two on errors. Allen
Mm! oinnrstrikeouts.
Phil Harry, Grover hurler, pitched
(??ne4tiUer at Bethware but his
mates- bunched six errors for four
rwas . Harry had six strikeouts * and i
maikxd. one. '
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! ] Uncle Sain Says
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T*'?>to<ile< poor k?d off when t
adhoMwi pbijir, bat on ihoaUor, lob o
nHod pitch wham Into the eatchor's
111* tfci third stelko. Woll. yoo'd bar*
t? in I right to bowl If |M flow tho
wow who worho aott to goo astao tho hall
aotMHsi rofsatlao koala iw Of taking
OMb-oattra awtf and patting It Into
MMMMMatoo aartoga hoaado throogh tho
ggrahsSTlags plan ho aatoallp woold
Ms hfthng a hsoto raa for sooarltp for
oadfaod-' roontry.
Toor so on try woods aatntoos of aurora
mow to presorro tho aaUsa's soenrlty.
am i lea's seoarttp Is poor soenrlty.
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rfll Eeviy Day
More About Board
Meets ?
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(Cbrit'd from front page) bal
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(1) purchased a Trojan Patrol mo- \jei
or grader from the North Carolina sta
Equipment company for 54,438, less j
;rade-in ?llowance on the present (he
notor grader of 5438. with delivery i rei)
anticipated this month." by
(2) passed the fire limits ordv . *
fiance previously considered pfovi- |ln
ling for fire protection to outside- f}n<
city limits areas along paved high- r?
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(3) amended a city ordinance 'to hel
allow the police department to haul [ thi
iff city streets over-parked or a- cd
bandoned motor vehicles; |3 ti
(4) passed a resolution entering i
into contract with David and Charlie (aj
Cash for use of their Railroad ave- baj
nue property tor a iree parking lot; gel
(5) voted to allow use of City Sta- ga?
dium by the colored American Le- j
eion baseball beam;
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(6) accepted a deed from Burling-1 <
ton Mills Company conveying ma- ter
Jority of streets in the Phenix Mill 4-0
village to the city; 1
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(7) instructed City Clerk Arthur thj
Crouse to prepare a contract for the ias
annual audit of the city's books ^it
with George H. Emery, certified pub Qf
lie accountant of Statesville.
City Engineer E. C. Brandon, Jr., j ^
told the board that the City Stadium |ea
fence had been repaired, its toilets .
cleaned, and that a man has been ",r
assigned to keep the grounds and Da'
premises in proper shape. ^
Hal Ward appeared . before the lin
board with a request for a loading aw
tone in front of his establishment J
an Cherokee street, and the request loo
was granted. th<
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More About
Parking Meters ba
(Cont'd from front page) int
erage motorist was grudging appro- ?r
val of the innovation in the remark,
'Well, I dont like it. but I didn't <
have any trouble finding a parking tin
space." And the average motorist Mc
was correct. Compared with pre- sig
meter davs. the oarkiner Areas thr
might have belonged to a ghost city. I Be.
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City officials didn't think the first jn
check on the meters gave any basis | ^
for future estimating of either how ' Da
much the meters would gross, nor yej
what effect the meters will have on tai
the parking problem. They think a jn,
full week's checking, including a j pr(
weekend, when trading is at a peak, ; pc(
will give a better basis for estima- jas
ting purposes. for
According to contract with the | esPark
O-Meter-company, the city is ret
paying $65 for each meter. There Is ye<
no cash outlay, but the Meter corn vi
iy. will receive 75 percent of the tfll
s take for the first six months jr?
the meters are in operation, and 50 *"
percent thereafter, until the meter
bill is paid. , J
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City officials also reminded citi- cet
zens that the practice of tearing up Wi
tickets for parking violations will IIK
prove both embarrassing and <x>stly,
since the police department has in- arl
st ructions to bring in all violators! ovi
If sent for, the .motorist with an in- | Mi
fraction will be taxed with court
costs, as well as the fine, W)
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North Carolina is now operating
5,090 school busses with a total seat W
Ing capacity of 252,707 according to sh
the State Education Commission.
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3? KINGS MOUNTAIN HEF
port Shots
Y CHARLES CARPENTER
jetty Haynes, who pitched for the
igs Mountain Vets, entered basel's
hall of fame Monday night
:h a no-hit ball game against the
rioir Red Sox of the "just-gettlngrted"
Western Carolina league,
t was an almost perfect game for
Forest City hur.<?r, only two men
ched first, a walk and an error
the left-fielder on an easy catch,
layne's feat may be the first one
organized baseball this season
1 is certain to gain fame for the
okie'' loop.
The next night, just to show how
joes, Bili snakei of the Red Sox
d the Ow ls hitless for 9 and onerd
innings before Don Reo touchhim
for a single. The Owls lost
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). C. Allen, former Kings Mounn
American Legion junior base1
player, hurled a no-hitter for
thware Tuesday afternoon aInst
Grover, his third of his career.
Phe young hurler stopped Grover
^s cold in his entry into.the Hall
Fame again.
IroVer's Harry Hurled a one-hifbut
his team mad? 6 errors in the
> game.
lis brother, Burnie Allen, candite
for the local Legion team again
s year after service as a pitcher
it year, stopped Belwood with five
s Monday. Allen is out for catcher
the juniors this year.
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The local kid league with some
ims sponsored by interested indus
il and business firms, is runig
hot with plenty of thrilling
seball being played.
The rivalry is keen and last week
rlington's Bullets stopped Paue
11 to 3 to take the loop lead
ay from Cora.
iome of the team's in the loop are
king for a sponsor, say one of
> civic clubs, for instance. The
lis are backing their team with
sh, and, after all, it takes a little
mey for even Bantams to play
seball.
t would be a good project for an
erested club athletic, recreation,
boys and girls committee.
dd?
Charles (Specs) Ballard, hard-hit'g
outfielder with the Kings
ur.taln Vets last summer has
ned'a professional contract with
> Forest City Owls ...... Harold
al, also a Vet slugger in 1946 and
inager of the Bessemer City entry
the Western Carolina ,semi-pro
ip last summer, is playing with
n River, a semi-pro outfit. this
ir ..... Jake Early, Kings Mounn
baseball piayer with the Wash;ton
Senators in his 10th year of
>fessional league baseball, drop1
below the -300 mark in hitting
,t week. Jake was hitting .297 (11
37) through Wednesday's gama
good mark for a catcher ....
hember to back your Juniors this
?r.
rinfred Barber
e-Enters Army
>gt. Truman BilLingsley, in charof
army recruiting here, announi
this week the re-enlistment ol
nfred V. Barber, veteran of al>st
10 years service.
K veteran of Worid War II, Mr
rber served as a sergeant in the
my air force. He spent 10 months
erseas in Europe. He is the son ol
f, and Mrs. W. B. Barber and a brosr
ol Cpl. Jack Barber.
KSTERN CAROLINA STAN DIGS
(Games of May 11)
ncolnton 8 2 HOC
elby 7 3 .70<
rest City 5 3 .62:
irgaRton ...5 4 .5M
ndersonville .4 4 .50C
nolr 4 6 .40(
wton-Conover 2 6 .28
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WEEKEND SCHEDULE
Friday
i'nrnct C? ** t"'- ?
K?vci ai i*cwivii-vonuver.
ihelby at Hendersonvllle.
dncolnton at Lenoir,
darion at Mofganton.
Saturday
^cwton-Conover at Forest City.
lenderSortville at Shelby.
^enoir at Lincolnton.
ilorganton at Marion.
MONDAY
forest City at Shelby,
lendersonvllle at Marion,
iforganton at Lenoir. "
Jewton-Conoverat Lincolnton.
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GOSPEL SINGER ? Mr. and Mrs.
Eugene Stnith, above, are wellknown
Gospel Singers and Child*
! ren's workers of Wlnnsboro, S. C.
! They will arrive here Tuesday, May
18. to help with the revival at the
I First Church of the Nasarene. The
revival starts Sunday night. May 16
at 7:30.
Final Rites Held
For Tom Romee
Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon at 4 o'clock at
Canaan Baptist church for Tom Barnes;
39, native of Rutherford county, .
|who died at his home near Kings
Creek, S. C? Tuesday morning at 6
o'clock after surfering a stroke of
paralysis.
Rev. J. A. Merchant, pastor of the
church, officiated/Interment was in
the church ometery.
He had been employed by the .
Margrace Mill for the past 10 years.
He Is survived by his wife, the former
Miss Neva Huskey, and one son
Gary. Other survivors include his
father, Ben Barnes, of Cliffslde, and
the following brothers and sisters:
Benny, Paul, Gilbert, Ed, Homer,
J Iloy. Ralph, Hugh, Bob, Garmon
Barnes and Mrs. Mae Goforth, Miss
Mdry Lizzie Barnes and Miss Joyce
Barnes, all of Cliffslde.
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Representatives of the Mecklenurg
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the historical pageant begining
in Charlotte May 20, will visit
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While here the group will confer
with officials of civic and historical
groups, and is inviting these offiei- .
a Is to attend the prevue dress rehearsal
n Charlotte that evening.
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