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Immediate Trading Ansa 15.000
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VOL. 59 NO. 48
Local News
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> VFW MEETING
A special meeting of Johnny
W. Blaekwell Post 2268, Veterans
of Foreign Ware, will be held at
the City Hall at 7:30 Friday night,
according to an announcement by
Lynwood Parton, commander. Mr.
Parton said the meeting Would
l..t nnlu knn. U_ 1
an uvui, anu lie uigeu
u full attendance.
METER . RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for the.
29th week of operations, which
ended at noon Wednesday, totaled
5168.18 according to an ar nouncement
from the office of ?. A.
i Crouse, city clerk. The cler t reminded
citizens that as long as
stores are open on Wednesday afternoons,
meters will be operated
and will require deposits. .
BEER TAX DISTRIBUTED
Kings Mountain will receive $5,.562.23
as its share of the beer and
wine tax collected by the State of
North Carolina, according to announcement
by the State Department
of Revenue this week. The
tax?s are distributed on a per capita
basis. Kings Mountain's pdrt
represents beer taxes solely, since
legal sale of wine has been banned
here since 1946. Cleveland
County's share in the total was
$47,168.74. T ;
FIRE ALARM
City firemen answered an alarm
at 10:57 k. m. Thanksgiving morning,
to extingufirFfire at S. &
T. Grocery. No report ofdamage
IA , could be obtained, but it'was u n - j
derstood damage wafs small. %
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Auto Lane Heie
Two More Days |
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Motor vehicle inspection lane No.
4 will remain here through Saturday
at noon to inspect autos for mechanical
defects. j
The lane set up for business Tuesday
on Tracy street, between Moun- 1
tairi and Gold streets. < .
Ail motor vehicles of the year models
1940 and 1942 are required to
be inspected by November 30, while
all motor vehicles of the year models
1941 and 1949 are required to
be inspected by December 31. The
lane is scheduled to return to Kings
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Book Fund Now i
Totals $1200
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J. Byron Keeter, ctfalrman of the
campaign for the Jacob S. Mauney
Memorial Library Book Fund, announced
yesterday total receipts to
date of >1,200.
He said the campaign has not yet
been completed, and that more gifts
are anticipated.
Money from the annual campaign
is used evelusively to purchase additional
books for the library.
List of donors announced by
Chairman Keeter follows:
Neisler Mills >500.00
Superior Stone Co. 100.00
P J. B. Thoma?9on 50.00
Elmer Lumber Co. 50.00
Firat National. Bank 50.00 *1
Keeter's Stores, Inc. 50.00.
Belk'g Dept. Store 50.00 lj
I. . Dixie Theatre 25.00
jt Myers' Dept. S^fOre 25,00
Crawford's Grocery 25.00
Claude H. Hambright 25.00
J. E. Henrdon Co. - 25.00
1 ' I.G.Patterson 20.00
% ' Herald Ppfc. House ' 30.W ,{
Bridges 4 Hamrick 20.00
Cooper's, Inc. 15.00
Bennett Brick & Tile Co. 15.00
Phifer Hardware Co. 15.00
Kings B. * L. 15.00 ,
City Auto A Home Supply 10.00
McCurdy Cleaners 1000
? Haywood E. Lynch 10.00
| A. H Patterson - / , 10.00 !
Ted Weir 10.00
I J. C. Caveny 1
v (Margraee Store) 10.00
' Kings Mountain Drug Co, 10.00?
I. B. Goforth 5.00 .
1; McGinnis Furniture Co. 5.00
K Leslie McGinrvU . 5.00
H. Tom Fulton 5.00
Grayson's Jewelry 5.00
Central Barber Shop ' 4.00
> Kings Mtn. Shoe Shop . 2.00
; MSCs rter's Grocery 2.00
' f. C. Lackey 2.00
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GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY?Mtmbm
celebrate the 50th anniversary of U
The services will mark the 50th az
church. The building was erected ii
Church W\
Golden At
JJoyce Memorial AKP church ,rgU
observelts Golden AhYlfceTsary tvltl
special services on Sunday.
Following Sabbath school at thi
regular 30 o'clock" hour, a program
of,cl\urch history will be given, in
eluding detailed reports from th<
beginning of the church in 1&98 . t<
the present year.
Picnic-style lunch will be. serve<
in the basement of the ?abatl
school building at 12:30, and a spe
cial memorial service at 2 o'clocl
will complete the special program.
Invltatiohs have been mailed ti
former members anH frienrtc nf th.
church to attend the special Goldei
Anniversary services, and a largi
crowd is expected from other citie
as" well as from Kings Mountain.
Members are being asked to brinj
well-filled baskets of food for th<
dinner. They should be placed 01
the tables in the basement of th(
Sunday school building, it was an
nounced. #
Girl Scout Board
Moots Horo Monday
The Girl Scout Area Board of Cle
vHand, Gaston, and Lincoln coun
ties will meet here at the Woman'i
Club, Monday afternoon at 2 o'clocl
according _ to announcement thi:
week by Miss Fannie Funderburk
executive director.
The two*hour session will featun
a review of Girl Scout progress ii
the area during the past year and i
formulation of plans for activitle
during 1949. Also on the*progran
will be a motion picture film entit
led "The Administrative Job of thi
LoOai Council,".
Local citizens interested in Gir
Scout work are being urged to at
tend the meeting.
Mountain December 27.
Lions Club's Won
To Begin Friday
Kits* Mountain was busy obser
ving Thanksgiving Thursday.
Big dinners, featured by turkej
and the trimming* was the. order o
the day. though some families pbst
poned the traditional rrriddle-of-the
day repast until the evening hour.
ttoe to the late start of schoo
this year, school children met ful
schedules. But at ledit one schoo
cafeteria had turkey on the menu.
Business firms were closed for th<
day, with the exception of drug stor"
es, eating places, and service at a
tione. Otherwise the business sec
Hon was qu'et. A few hard-worklni
businessmen were seen to sneak in
to their establishments, but most o
them made the visits momentary
Some industrial plants were operat
irg regular schedules. CKy office:
were closed and the auto inspectioi
lane closed shop for the day.* *
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1 New Phone Directory . "
Mailed This Week ?
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* Kings Mountain telephone sub- .
" scribers got a pleasant surprise this
P week when they received their new Pe
0 telephone drectories. *-1
For the first time, Kings Moun- lo
1 tain received a "Kings Mountain" nc
1 [ directory, with numbers of the local to
" [exchange listed in the front pages ar
* of the book.
0 On subsequent pages are listed be
e the directories for Grover, Shelby, I ar
1 and Lattimore. Missing from the ye
e new directory are the directories for,
s Cherryville and Waco. ]
Some 10 pages are consumed for j J
, the Kings Mountain directory, as j
B compared with eight in the oid di-1 9
^ rectory, indicating a large increase J]
p iii uuiuirci ux auuscnuers since ine
. last directory wag published in 1947.
Sain Postpones ?
Turkey "Shoot" ?
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The Kings Mountain Sportsmen s
s Wildlife club turkey shoot, schedul- hi
< ed last Monday afternoon, has been
s postponed to a later date according j
;,j to Harry Page, president.
j The Monday shoot-date was post- tls
e j poned because of rain and ,the event
i I was postponed indefinitely after (-c
i i rain again swamped the range area
s : on Tuesday afternoon/ . '
i Announcement is expected next j
- "| week on the new date for the shoot, j
e | which was originally a "Tfcanksgiv- |
ing" event but in all probability now 1 Ba
I becomes.a "Christmas" turkey shoot. ] kn
Prize list for the event included an
five turkeys and numerous other pe
events. he
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tailless Wedding _
Night At 8 P. ML *
- and bright, to embarrass the weathJ
er prophets who had predicted more
It ( rainy weather. But few minded, for
f j it made trips to visit kin and friends da
- ideally pleasant. eh
' ] It was also a good day for foot,
ball fans. Holding major interest r_
') was the regular Turkey Day encoun- "j!
J ter at Columbia, between Wake Forr'ast
and South Carolina, though a
number of Kings Mountain folk > '
- r Journeyed to Salisbury for the Oa- aa
' 1 tawba-Lenoir-Bhyne aklrmiah, an- toi
* j other i.-adttijuai Wmm* and the Da- vvl
* vldaonlFurman game in Charlotte.
Almost all churches started their f)a
f Thanksgiving observance on Wednesday
evening with special servl- gj,
' i ces. Exceptions was the AHP church M,
, which held tts regular Thasksgtving
, morning service at 7 o'clock, followed
by a breakfast in the basement f.
of the educational room. The attend- alt
Vl ance was large. ? K!
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/ember 26. 1948
onntiy Club (
tockholders ,
Fame Directors
large group atteribed the annual ]
iner meeting of stockholders of a
?"Kings Mountain Country Club, *
last Friday night, elected di- j
rtors for next year and heard re- 1
rts from officers and com mi tee !
airmen on activities of the past i
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rhe reports showed the club had
erated profitably during the past
ar, with a large number of activ- <
es, with some capital improve>nts,
and with a large member- '
Ip.
Directors for 1949 were named u- 1
nimously, following presentation
the nominating committee report
J. L. McGill.
Those elected included: Hunter
isler, Paul M. Neisler, George W.
luney, M. A. Ware. W. L. Plonk,
. L. P. Baker, Ertle Powers, Claude
imbright, George Hcuser, L. E.
ibott, Otto (Toby) Williams, and
irtin^Harmon,
Directors will orMnIjp in ih?
m days, Retiring President Fred W.
dhK said yesterday. According to
e by-laws of the club, directors
ime the officers.
President Plonk presided over the
eeting,. and Carl F. Mauney, sec-,
tary-treasurer, read the financial
port for the year's operations. OtWilliams
outlined the activities 'a
the social committee, and George. I
. Mauney gave the report of the
bunds committee. The house com 1
Ittee report was made by Hunter J
tisler. J. \V. Milam, reporting on
e work of the membership com -,
ittee in the absence of O. W. My- .
s, reported all stock sold wfth no
ere available. He added that mem
rships, with no voting privileges, c
?re available in small numbers at J
00 plus federal tax. ^
It was announced that Elmer Lum
r Company had given materials (r
building of the club's pro shop.1
Mr. McGill were F. R. Summers c
iminating committee in addition
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id J. A. Neisler.
President Plonk thanked the mem r
rship for their excellent support c
id cooperation during the past s
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Vebb To Speak ;
It Union Service c
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Judge E. Y. Webb, of Shelby, will f
eak. on "Temperance" at a special '
don service of all churches of the 1
mmunlty on December 5, accord- |C
g to an announcement this week S
Rev. W. L. Pressly, president "of J
e Kings Mountain Ministerial as- t
ciation. ||
The service will be held at the
gh school auditorium,
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Special music will be rendered by ,
v. L. C. Pinnix, pastor of First Bap-,
it church. ?i
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Judge Webb,' former member of c
ingress and for many years a fedal
judge, tendered his resignation 1
President Truman several months 1
o. ' j
A forceful speaker and prominent J
iptlst layman, Judge Webb is
town throughout the state as an [
dent '"dry," and he frequently o-1
ned sessions of court over which C
presided with eloquent cohdem- j ii
ition of the evils brought about by g
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'inal Rites Held f!
oi Miss Mauney
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Funeral serviceswere.held Thurs- s
y ? 3 o'clock at Grace Methodist t<
urch for Miss Mary'E. Mauney, 64 1 "
?0 died. Wednesday morning a- j |
und 2 a. m. in a Shelby hospital. | J
ferment was in Concord Methodist
urch cemetery, located between
ssemer City and Cherryvllle. ,
Rev. G. W. Fink, pastor, officiated
riSfed by Rev. J. H. Brendall, pasr
of Central Methodist church of t<
tich she was a member. h
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Ehe was bom in Gaston county, t(
ughter of the late James L. and c
mra Frances Carpenter Mauney.
te had beea a resident of Kings
ountain for 92 years. | P
Survivors Include two brothers, W. r
Mauney and J. B. Mauney, and a i<
der. Mrs. F. F. Heavner, all of t
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Christmas <
To Feature i
aycees Seek Used
Toys Tor Children
Are there some used toys in your
attic or basement or back closet
that your children have outgrown
or havegiven up for' new ones? j
If so. the Kings Mountain Junior
Chamber of Commerce is requesting
that you dig them out
and deliver them to Victory Chev- 1
rolet Company. The Jaycees plan
to put them in good condition and '
distribute them to Underprivileg- '
ed Children at Christmas.
Persons unable to deliver the
toys to the receiving station are
asked to call W. K. Maunney. jr.
chairman of the Joyces committee,
and arrangements will be made to
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pick up ine toys.
Among the Articles desired are
Just about everything under the
general term "toys." from toy au- I
tos and machines, to kiddie books. ' <
games, wagons, dolls, tricyaies.
scooters, and any other similar i- i
tem. i
"It will be a good opportunity I
to make a lot of children happy I
who would otherwise have a desolate
Christmas," Mr. Mauney said. '
?. P. Barber
Sites Conducted
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Funeral services for George P- Bar-, '
>er, 82, native of Cleveland county '
ind reared farmer of the Bethlehem '
ommunity, were held Tuesday af- '
ernoon at 3 o'clock at Bethlehem
(aptist church, of which he was a 1
nember.- >" ,j i
Rev. T. W. Fogleman and Rev. W.
i. Camp conducted the rites, and 1
nterment took f>lace:in the church 1
emetery, i
Mr. Barber succumbed at 11:52 (
iunday night at the home of his
laughter, Mrs. J. Marvin Wright, on
oute 2. Mr. flarber had been in de- ,
lining health since suffering a
troke of paralysis in March, but j
te had been seriously ill only a day (
trior to his death.
Mr. Barber was the son of the late
ohn and Mary Goforth Barber. His I
vife, the former Miss Maggie Ware,
I1e<f three years ago.,
Surviving are four sons and three
laughters. In addition to Mrs. Wrifht.
they are Mrs. D. M.-Teague and
diss Estelle Barber, both of Char- ',
otte, Paul Barber, of Morganton,
llyde B. "Barber, of Concord. and
lam and Otis Barber, both of Kings
fountain. Also surviving are eight
;randchildren and three great-:
[randchiidren.
Active pallbearers were Frank
Vare, James Ware, Hudson Bridges,
lilllard Black, Lemuel Ware abd D.
i. Barber.
Honorary pallbearers were dea <
ons of the Bethlehem Baptist chur
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WOW To Give
Square Dance
The Kings Mountain W. O. W.
lamp will sponsor a post-Thanksgiv
ng square dance at the high school
ymnaslum Saturday night, be:lnning
at B o'clock.
Hamrick's string band will be on
and to furnish thd music, and a
arge crowd is expected to attend.
"Square dancing is proving quite
opuiar here, because it's good entrtainment
for young and old," a
pqkesman for the organization
aid, "and we are looking forward
a have a big crowd out Saturday
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lungs mountain ui
Dianksgiving Holic
Kings Mountain citizens who at- i
end the "Womanlesa wedding at the
igh school Friday night are biting >4
romlsed an evening of hilarious en- '
ertainment by the sponsoring Lions i
lub. jgg
Paul McGInnis, chairman of the ^
roject, said details are virtually
omplete, following Tuesday night's 1
eheartal, but he did not divulge thej <
dentlty of the participants other 1
han his previous announcement 1
hat Glee A. Bridges would be in the <
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
Opening
Big Parade
Merchants
Tale Party
Plans Given
Santa Claus, particular friend of
he young 101k, wlH makehis annual
-hristmus visit to Kings Mountain
text Tuesday afternoon in time to
ake Dart In the annual fhr! ?>'
opening ceiebration of the Kings
vfouhtain Mercnams association. * .
This was the word yesterday ot
fames B. Simpson, Merchants Association
secretary, who was busy mating
final plans for the annual paade,
which is expected to attract a
large throng of onlookers.
rlne parade is to form on Gold
street and will get underway at 4:30.
It will include five handsome floats,
teveral bands including the Kings
Mountain high school organization '
ander the direction of Joe Hedden,
clowns dressed in the Christmas motif,
a bicycle group, the city fire wagon
and other features.
The parade line-of-march will be
is follows:
Gold street to Railroad avenue,
north to the King street overhead
oridge, east to the Jacob S. Mauney
uibrary, south to Mountain street,
.vest to Battleground and south on
Uattleground to the break-up point.
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rwnjjs mountain mercMants, mean
While,, were busying themselves
with Christmas riecoratton plans.
Work was already, underway' the
first of the week in some stores, and
almost all others would be finishing
up special Christmas windows and
Interior decorations- by Tuesday.
For shoppers it would be the best
Christmas season since 1941, for ..
merchants' shelves and counters are
already Weli-l-qtien with special
Christmas-season offerings. Apparel,
in well-known brands and high
in quality, is'avaiiable in profusion, ,
and the year's toy crop again, features
many new it etna to delight the
young. Wheel goods are back, with '
everything from tricycles up and
down.
City To Annex
Crescent Hill
At. a special meeting this week,
the city board of commissioners
took initial steps to extend the city
limits of Kings Mountain to include
all of the property in the Crescent
Hills residential development.
The annexation, if consummated,
will Include approximately 18.68 acres
of land. , ;
According to public notice printed
in today's edition of the Herald, the
board will annex the property to the
City at a special meeting to he held
at 4 o'clock on December 20. .
According to the present city map,
more than half of the Crescent Hills
development is already included in
!he city limits, with: the remaining
portion outside.
Tht* riuhlip notirv?-annniinr>ina the
proposed limits extension points out
hat objection to the proposed annexatlon
on the part of 15 percent
if the residents of the area, or of 15
percent of the residents of the city,
vouid require an annexation vote
'or either <or both' groups. Objecion
would have to be made in the
form of a petition and persons slgnng
the petitions would be eligible
inly if they voted In the recent burematorial
election.
The Crescent'Hill development is
>wned by Fred W. Plonk and Hal S.
I'lonk. Some 25 houses have been
juiit on the development thus far,
?nd haVe been sold to home-buyers.
bserves Annual
lay Quietly
ole of the bride.
"We do have a large number of
ttars in the cast," Mr. McOinnis said
'and there are a number of new vacations
In the wedding which have
ikely not been seen befbie nar
von't be again."
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Proceeds from the show go to the
'ions Christmas Fund for the Unierprivileged.
Admission is 30 cents
lor children. 60 cents for adults, tax
moulded. The" wedding" Is,achedut- *
>d to begin at 8 8o'clock." f
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