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POPULATION City Limits (1940 Census) 6.574 Immediate Trading Area 15,000 (1945 Ration Board Figures) VOL.59 NO. 40 Local News Bulletins METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the 21st week of operation, which end. ed Wednesday; totaled $159.10 according to a report by S. A. Crouse, city clerk. KIWAN1S MEETING Members of the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club were to hear an address by Basil Whitener, prominent Gastonia lawyer and district solicitor, at the regular meeting at the Woman's Club Thursday night at 6:30. Members were being asked to note the change in time from 7 o'clock. JATCEE MEETING 7 P. M. Junior Chamber of Commerce is | scheduled to meet Tuesday at the Woman'a club at 7 o'clock Instead of the 7:30 hour used during the ' summer. Plans for a membership drive to enroll 25 percent more members during October will be discussed. Winkler Expected To Be Reassigned Rev. J. G. Winkler, who is completing his seventh ^ear as pastor of Central Methodist church here, will | probably be reassigned to Central churcfh at Asheboro, according to a speculative story' appearing in Thursday morning papers from the annual session of the Western North Carolina Methodist conference at High Point. Members of the local chwch say their information from the conference beats out this prediction. Expected to succeed Mr. Winkler IB Is Rev. J. H. Brendall, pastor of the . Tranklin Methodist church..Prior to going to Franklin, Mr. Brendall held ? ? * - - a n?vj. .. i ir.^L. ^ JI xne pastorate ox otcuiwuw church of Albemarle. 'Appointments are to be announced Friday. Two New Cases Polio Develop Kings Mountain tallied up two more cases of polio during the past week. They were the first cases reported in almost a month. The two polio victims are: Harvey Ruppe, 16, son of Paul Ruppe, who lives at the Phenlx Mill. Young Ruppe became ill In a local theatre Tuesday, and his case was diagnosed as polio the following day. He exhibited weakness in both arms and both hands. He is being treated at home. ' i Johnny Nixon, vnree-year-old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Nixon, who live on City street, who is exhibiting a weakness of the left side. He is receiving treatment at the Orthopedic hospital in Gastonia. Both cases were reported by Dr. Paul E. Hendricks. He said that families of both had been quarantined. The two additional cases placed Kings Mountain's total during the Jdfe epidemic beginning in the summer ?t28. Courtesy Campaigi Monday ; Pinner I Courtesy will-be the keynote in] Kings Mountain retail establishments during the forthcoming two weeks, beginning Monday, as the majority of retail firms participate in a campaign to make courtesy the paramount consideration in selling. A secret committee of Judges will choose the olty's most courteous clerk each week during the cam\ paiga and prizes will be awarded to the winning Clerks. The Judging is to t>e done on Dasics 01 approacn, knowledge of merchandise, and attitude. One of the highlights of the twoweek campaign will be, a dinner for retail personnel to be held Monday night at the Woman's Club at 7:30. After the dinner, which will be supplied by participating firms, a special film, "By Jupker" will be shown, which takes some sample > situations In retail selling and points out the advantages between courtesy and discourtesy. Only 125 psrsone esn be accommodated at the First Day School Attendance Belov Last Year's Total With the ban on public gathering for children under 16 lifted in NUm ber 4 township, Kings Mountain cit schools got off to a delayed openin Monday morning with a total en rollment of 1,645 pupils. The total represented a net los of 20 pi/hils from last year. ' Cause of the loss was a short er rollment at Davidson colored schoo according to the report by B. I Barnes, stiperintedent of cit schools Enrollment at Davidso scnooi totaled azo in tne eiemer tary classes, and 42 high school pi pils, 53 pupils less than on openin day last year. Enrollment ih white schools shoi ed an increase of 33 on the firs day. There was a gain of 38 in th elementary grades and a loss of fiv in the high school. Mr. Barnes said colored school er rollment had been Increasing thi week, and that Principal J. A. Git son attributed the lo$6 to lack c knowledege that school was oper Ing. At Park Grace school, the oper ing day enrollment was 171. accord ing to Mrs. James McGill, actin principal. Figures from . last yea were not immediately avallabl< Mrs. J. C. Nickels, principal, is r? cuperating from a recent illnesi Mrs. Frank Hoyle is substitute tea cher at the school. Supt. Barnes reported grade load reasonably equal, with only on "over-loaded" grade. This occurre at West school where some 50 pupil entered the first grade. This situa | tion was being alleviated Thursda i by effecting transfers to oth? I orarfoe Mr. Barnes also reported that tw teachers are still needed to complet the complement. Full-time replace ments have not been obtained fc Miss Mozelle Moore, public schoe music teacher, and lor Miss Jan Hill, teacher of the eighth gradi Mrs. J. K. Willis is substitute teach er for .the eighth grade. Rites At Graver For War Hero Funeral services will be held Sun day afternoon at 2 o'clock at Grove Baptist church for T-5 James Broad us Roark, 30, of route 1, Grover, wh i was killed in action in ^Tmany o March 6, 1945. Interme-t will be 1 Grover cemetery with military hon ors to be conducted by Co. M., 120t | infantry, Shelby National Guar ' company. Rev. Smodt Baker, pastor of Grc ver Baptist church, will conduct th rites at the church, assisted by Rei J. T. Pharr, pastor of Grover Presbj terian church. Members of the Grover Veteran of Foreign Wars post and the Amei lean L.egion post win serve as pai bearers and honorary pall bearers. He was a son of Mrs. Margaret V Roark, of Oakland drive, Shelby, former resident of Grover, and th late James A. Roark, of Grover. H was a graduate of ? Grover hig school and was a member of Grc ver Baptist church. He entered the regular army 1 August 1935 and at the time of hi death was serving with Co. G., 395t infantry. His body was sent horn from Henri Chappelle cemetery i Belgium. , , The body will remain at Harri (Cont'd on page five)",. ii Will Begin s Scheduled dinner and retail firms are beln requested to make their reservation immediately with Janies B. Simpso i secretary of the Merchants'asaocla i tion, or with Hilton Ruth, chairma of the association committee hand ling the campaign. The tickets wi cost SI.25 each and will bo avails ble Friday morning, i A statement from the aasociatlo | reads: I "The merchants of Kings Mour tain believe that courtesy is conta gtous and hope that an epidemic c courtesy can be.promoted that wi spread to every individual. The met chants want Kings Mountain to b known as the friendliest city in th county. In the state, and in the na tton." 1 Tf\e film "By Jupiter" Is also ach duled for showing before civic 01 ganlzattons of the city. Other members of the arrange ments committee are E. E. Mai lowe, Charlie Blalock, and Charll Spearman, Kings Mountain. N. C I World Communion Rites To Be Sunday ^ Kings Mountain citizens will join with all citizens oI the world on Sunday tor the eighth annual observance of World Wide Communion Sunday, s Kings Mountain ministers, i- i through the Ministerial Associay tion and individually, are urging g full attendance at all churches >- Sunday- AH churches here core i? At ' ???A (Sfi j iu uie ttunu- w iae >s < Communion observance. 1 Under the world-wide program, >- communion will be observed at 1. every hour during the day at some * part ol the globe. I Scouts To Get g High Awards N The Brotherhood of the United Lue theran Church in America, will hold e its biennial convention in Allentown, Pa., beginning October 4th. A special part of this convention 1S will be the Scout Service on Monday afternoon at 3:00 p. m. at which ' time, Dr. ,C. Franklin Fry, president of the United Lutheran Church will present the Pro Deo et Patria Church ' award to a group of Boy Scouts who * have completed the requirements. B Among the Scouts receiving the a'r ward will be Gene Ashby Mauney and John Lawrence Still, of troop 2, St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, S- Kings Mountain, N. C. To receive the Pro Deo et Patria award (for God and Country,) a boy is must hold the seal of a first class e, scout, or higher, must have contrid buted 150 hours of service to the s church or community, and must ali so have a knowledge of the church y to which he is a member, its creed, ;r give evidence of daily Bible reading and prayer; must be a regular ato tendam at both Sunday school and e church and must pass a comprehen.. sive examination before the local ,r ; church board. To complete vthe re,1 quirements each Scout is assigned e some subject or project: an essay or building a miniature altar. Scouts Mauney and Still both built miniature altars, replicas of the altar in their church. Attending the convention with thes two scouts will be their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Garland SStill and Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Mauney. Aubrey Mauney is a member of the National 'Committee on Scout Work in the Lutheran church. He is also J* a delegate from the Brotherhood of j St. Matthew's church to the conven* tion. Mr. and Mrh. W. K. Mauney ? will also attend the convention with Mr. Mauney representing the North Carolina Brotherhood. Others from 'J Kings Mountain attending the Allen . town convention will be Rev. and a Mr?. W. H. Stender, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Mauney and Miss Christine Still. After the Brotherhood convention is completed, Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Mauney, Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Mauney and Mr. and Mrs. Stender will go to Philadelphia for the biennial con ' vention of the United Lutheran Chur ch in America, opening on Wednesday, October 6th. Mr. Aubrey Maun. ey is a delegate form the N. C. Syn' od to this Convention, a e Nine Cases Heard h, In Recorder's Court >: I . * Nine cases were heard in regular n weekly session of City Recorders is court held at City Hall Monday afth ernoon before Judge O. C. O'Farrell. e ' The session was marked by only n one conviction on a public drunkenness charge. Is Of the remaining eight cases, five were for traffic violations and three * ! for illegal possession of whiskey. | 'Paul Franklin Wells, of Clover, S. C., was fined $10 and costs of court for speeding. Marshall C. Beam, of Cherryville, for running a red light, paid costs. Clyde Adams, for running a red g light, paid costs. is Lewis Bates Davis, of Shelby, for n running a red light, paid costs. l* John P. Morgan, listed from the " 1 state of Texas, forfeited a $50 bond I- i nn A ? ?' j u*> i* vuauuii lur sjAftrui rig. 1 James Griffin forfeited a $25 bond '* on a charge of possessing liquor il' legally. Forest Boyles, for possession on . non-tax paid liquor, paid a fine^of ? | $15 qnd costs. .t ' f Case against Furman Hlllard II Boyles, charged with possession of * non-tax paid liquor, was dismissed. ?, imz* e JUDG> NOMINEE * di ?-? ? i-i GT i. namricK, jt? was named ' the Democratic nominee for Judge e of county recorder'# court by the r- Cleveland County Democratic Executive committee Monday night, t- Mr. Ham rick, who ha# been servr lng as Judge since the death of e W. L. Ange% u... pposed for the nomlnat 4 f ' . . ' : ""' ?' - . .". .' V- ".V.- > ' _ . ? .. October 1. 1948 John F. Ware Succumbs; Rites Conducted Sunda] Funeral services weie held Sun day at 3 p. m. at El Bethel churci for John Fietcher Ware, 64, who die f suddenly at his home on Waco roa i last Saturday morning around si j o'clock. j Rev. J. G. Winkler, pastor of Cen ' tral Methodist church, officiated, as j sisted by Rev. E. A. Bingham, pas tor of El Bethel church. Burial.wa j in the church cemetery. A native of Cleveland county, h : was long a prominent blacksmit | here and was a well-respected citi I zen of his community. ' He was ! member of Central Methouist chut ch. He had been in bad health lor sev j eral years but his passing came ra ther suddenly. He was a son of th ! late Mr. and Mrs. George Ware-. Survivors include his wife, th former Ursula Ware, three son: George and Paul Ware, of King Mountain, and Belvin Ware, c Pageland, S. C., three daughter* Mrs. H. P, Dixon and Mrs. Ralp Mauney, of Kings Mountain, an Mrs. Van Rape, of Camden, S. C four brothers, George Ware, of Ashe -vllle, Tom Ware, of Shelby, Weigh i- Ware, of Newland, and Robert War , of Kings Mountain, three sister. I Mrs. Jasper Brinson, of Telham, Ga and Mrs. Leon Ware and Mrs. W. A Williams, of Kings Mountain, an< five grandchildren. Active pal bearers were Otto Wil liams and HHliard Black, of King Mountain, Rudisell Ware and Cleg] Goforth* of Kannapolis, Bufor< Ware, of Shelby, and Woodrow War of Forest City. meeting un aa Set For Friday An open meeting will be held a City Hail Friday night at 7:30 to ac quaint the public with Alcoholic Anonymous ? the unique nation j wide organization begun in 193 which now numbers 80,000 mem bers and which has been credited with curing as many, habitua I drinkers. * The meeting is being sponsored b; I local members of the organization j The local group holds regular meet j lngs each Thursday and Sunday ev enings at Room 13, Morrison Buiid ing, at 8 p. m. The many unusual features of th organization is that there are no of fleers, no dues, and no publicity ii a personal sort of way. A person af flicted with the alcoholic disease i informed of AA by some membei He is encouraged to sober up, joir and help some other drunkard bea 1 _ in - , ins mness. The public is invited to attend th open meeting Friday night. "We are anxious to acquaint loca citizens with the organization," I spokesman said, "for with furthe knowledge of the aims and work ings of the organization, we belie more people can be helped." Harris Funeral Home Buys New . Ambulance A new, modern Miller Cadilla ambulance-duplex has been put chased by Harris Funeral Home at cording to an announcement yestet day by J. Ollie Harris, owner. The new vehicle arrived in King Mountain Wednesday night am was driven from Belle Fontaint t Ohio, by M. C. Poston, employee a j the establishment. i "We are happy to add this mos ; modern and best equipped ambu lance-duplex to our establishmen in our efforts to have the most up i to date service available for King j Mountain area patrons," M'. Harrl Haircuts, Movies On Program As 1 Passers-by not conversant with th I situation might have thought Mon day afternoon that Kings Mountaii waa the scene of a bicyclist conven tion. , But that wasn't the reason at all The polio ban had been remove and the young folk of the cit; didn't waste any time at all In has tenlng to the city's movie houses af ter the ton* "dry spell", durini which time they had to bis eonten with comic books and other readini material and couldn't enjoy th pleasures of Roy Rogers' heroic res cues, nor the thrilling activities o "Tito Whip" and Supset Carson, (jpe citizen counted 32 bicyc!? kI&v-,> .v -; {..V; ^"jjzj. < -J' k , " - - ' 1 lerald ' i , . " J Woman's CI r Floral Fair < ? I . j . h Retailers To Suspend \ Weekly Half-Holiday X Kings Mountain retail meti. chants will suspend Wednesday | afternoon half-holidays after October. according to action taken by s directors of the Kings Mountain Merchants association at a meet0 ing Monday night, h The directors voted to recom[. mend to its members and other a merchants that the half-holiday be suspended lor the months of 1 November and December to bet- e | ter serve customers during the | i- pre-Christmas buying season, e 1 According to present plans, the I firms will resume the mid-week e half-holiday after Christmas. 5 Hunnicutt Heads \ ! Blood Program Harold Hunnicutt, prominent {, Kings Mountain citizen, has. been a e ] elacted chairman of the Red Cross t '? chapter blood service progran. ac- s > [ cording to an announcement by a chapter officials this week. Mr. Hunnicutt was named by offi- c jeers and directors of the Kings * I Mountain American Red Cross chap- b | ter at a meeting held on September F 5 23 and he accepted the post this e week. J , Mrs. Marion Ritzert, Atlanta re- F gional office representative of the i Red Cross, met.with Chairman Hun- d niedtt in Kings Mountain on Wed- F ! nesday to map plans for the local blood service program. Mrs. Ritzert d was here the previous week when , she made an address before Red b Cross chapter officials, heads of ci; -iAfic organizations, and other inter- 'b ": estei citizens on the blood service 8 program. ; F - 5 At the first meeting the Atlanta . representative told the group that . j nlanc noli f/\ ? /i 1 n r* n (maKII ? ? *!* J V.HII 4W| Ot MUill^ CI UlUUliC Ullll 1 to Kings Mountain twice yearly to j ?. obtain blood from 200 volunteer doy nors on each trip. The blood would I 1, then be processed into plasma at j . Charlotte. Ci | The purpose of the blood service . program, which is nation wide, is E to bbtain plasma in event of any ^ e emergency, caused by epidemics. > other such disasters, or war, Mrs. p n Ritzert explained. I t Mr. Hunnicutt, along with Mr. and s Mrs. J. L. McOill and Mrs. J. N. V r- Gamble, executive secretary of the '* local chapter, attended the opening e ? of the regional blood center in Char h lotte on Tuesday. . ' n Mrs. Ritzert is to return to Kings E Mountain next Thursday to meet 1 with Chairman Hunnicutt and oth- d a er committees to be appointed, Mrs. F r Gamble announced. ! 1 . " "We are very forunate to have Mr. m c Hunnicutt serve as head of the local t blood service program," Mrs. Gam-!| oie said, 'because he has long been I i interested and acauainted with I _ blood-donor problems in Kings Mountain and has had expedience ."in obtaining donors when tney have c been needed." , ? . ? Kiser on County Board O! Welfare ? C i \ d L. Arnold Kiser, prominent Kings g Mountain textile man, was appoint- i v t ed this week to the Cleveland Coun- 1 ii ty Board of Public Welfare/ Mr. Ki- \ ,t ser succeeds W. K. Mauney. a Mr. Kiser is a former member of i c< t the Cleveland County hospital n - board. i< s Other members of the board are jj s Gene Schenck, chairman, and Geor- n ge Hoyle. b And Baying Polio Bam Ends 1? C e In front of the Imperial Theatre and., tJ - a large number was alee parked in n i' front of the Dixie. j J Barbers also reported rushing bus- b lness from the small fry, who unl- I ^ I formlv climbed on the board to lose I 1 over-long lock*. n y Merchants, too, Were doing ther e i- best business of the season. Child- n - ren's wear was In demand again for (l 2 the beginning of school. t Sunday schools will re-open to 8 2 the younger folk on the forthcoming c e Sunday, and attendance la expected 11 !- to break all records. , *1 >f Most of the young folk would even admit they were glad that school e waa starting. Vi't Aw ?; . ' *?'. %' - f '* 10 Pages | (J Today ' i ?. v ;X " / t . v * ' * ' ' * PRICE FIVE CENTS ub To Give October 29 Co-Chairmen Name Committees Foi Annual Event Mrs. John L. McGill and Mrs. Jesse V. Riser, who will serve as co-chatrnen of the annual Woman's Club Moral Fair, announced this week hat the event will be held on Frilay, October 29, and also announc d committees who will be in char[e of the many divisions of the antual Fair. The Floral Fair plans are similar o those used in past years, the cohairmen announced, with meals to >e served at the Woman's Club at ha U ' ..?r iiwm uuur ana in mc evening. 'rizes will be given for the best howing of flowers, for best candy, akes, pies, and cookies, and for enries in the bazaar! Each week the Herald will carry he findings of the various commitees. The committees are reported tlready at work and expect to mate he Fair a record-breaker from the tandpointts of entries and attendnce. Committees appointed by the co hairmen follow: Solicit Prizes: Mesdarnes L. J. Ab ott, H? E. Lynch, W. L. Ramseur, L H. Webb. Distribution of Prizes: Mesdarnes . K. Willis. M. H. Biser, L. E. Abbott I. E. Lynch. Solicit and Serve Ice Cream: Metr ames Robert Miller, Carl Davidson, [. L. Campbell, H. ft. Parton, Solicit Kitchen Supplies: Mesames B. N. Barnes, t. B. Ellerbe. Gold street: Mesdarnes J..N. Gam- y .. le, C. T. Cornwell. . Mountain street: Mrs. E. L. Campell, Miss Carlyle Ware. .. King street: Mesdarnes O. C. O''arrell, B. N. Barnes. Gaston street: Mrs. W. B. Thomson Piedmont avenue: Mesdarnes W. J. Gantt, O. W. Myers. Railroad avenue: Mesdames H. I. Moss, E. B. EUerbe. Parker street: Mrs. W. F. Houser. Ridge street: Mrs. Carl Davidson. * East King street: Mrs. A. W. KinRid. Bazaar and Apron: Mesdames C. !. Neisler, Hal Plonk, J. H Patterson [. N. Moss. ' Canned Foods: Mesdames H. T. 'uiton, jr., M. L. Plonk, L. L. Benson . M. Patterson. Committee on Judges: Mesdames If. W. Tolleson, Gordon Riley. Cakes, Pies and Cookies: Mesdams Ws R. Craig, E. C. Brandon, P. D. lerndon, B. M. Ormanld, J. S. Nortari, P. G. Ratterree, J. N.' Gamble, >. C. Mauney, J. L. Settlemyre, Jr. Candy, Junior Woman's Club: Mes ames J. B. Fails, Bruce McDaniel, > 1. S. Oates. Menu and Food Purchase: Mes< Cont'd on jAtge fivel History .1 il oi me Woman's Club (Ed. Note?A short history of the rganization, growth, and developlent of the Woman's Club, Kings fountain's major women's civic oranization," was written by three eteran and faithful members of ie group?Mrs. C. E. Nesler, Mr9. 1. L. Plonk and Mrs. H. T. Fulton? ^ ' t the request of Mrs. J. L. McOlll, o-ehairman of this year's Wo- . lan's Club Floral Fair. The Herald i printing it today as a timely story 1 connection with the announcelent of the Club's Floral Fair, to e held October 29. > ' "It was during the lifetime of Dr. atrick that, the first united efforts 'ere made in the improvement of ie town. The town, at that time ad little funds for improvements, he cemetery got only the yearly leaning. At t>r. Patrick's suggestion ie ladies organized a cemetery com tittee. In doing so they began con 'touting shrubs &nd_ plants fc> eaumy rn? grounds, rne late Mrs. ?wu neai was untiring in her tint* to promote this?work. In the leantime, this committee conceivd the idea that other civic items eeded attention and this organize* lon was made into a Civic Leaguo. "E. C. DweiJe became mayor t! Ings Mountain, and under his exellent administration the care of te cemetery was added to the reports fbili+v of the town. "We are proud of the fact that lings Mountain can boast of having (Cont'd on page five) # * ""
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