Mine Letteimen !
JU Central Camp
Nine lettermen are among the 25
or more candidates who have re
ported for practice at Kings Moun
tain high school baseball camp
which got underway two weeks ago.
With the first loop game set for
four weeks away (April 15 against
Cliffside - here) Coaches Everette
Carlton and Don Parker hatfe had'
the squad at the ball pask most af
ternoons after school despite some
mighty cool weather.
Lettermen are back at every , po
sition except catcher and third base,
with the lineup as follows: Infield,
Jack Ruth, first, Boyce HuffStetler,
second. and Jim Cobb, short; out
field, Jim Lybrand, Richard White,
and Dwight , Alexander; and pitch:
er.s, Carl Moss, Don Ellison, and Jer
ry Cloninger, all righthanders. Only
Huffstetler and Alexander bat left
handed among the veterans.
Candidates, for the catching Job
include Curtis Wright^ Jimmy Guy
ton, and Joe Costner. Wright oats
left, (luyton and Costner right.
Other candidates include: infield,
Billie Shytle, Vernon Smith, Fred
Tate, Jackie Barrett, Ken Dalton,
and Don m mgardner; outfield,
Steve Jones; and pitchers, Harold
Pearson, Horace Cunningham, and
Charles Painter, all righthanders.
. The 1949 Western conference
schedule:
April IS? Cliffside? 3:30
April 19 ? Lincolnton- ? 7:30
April 22 ? Cherry vi He ? 3:30
April 26 ? Newton-Conover ? 3:30
April 29? Trl High? 3:00.
May 3? Cliffside? 3:00
May 10? TH High? 3:30
May 13 ? Newton-Conover? 3:30.
May 17? Lincolnton ? 3:30
May 20 ? Cherryvllle ? 3:30
(Darker Lines Represent Home
Cames.)
Late Classifieds
rCMI SALE: A five room house on
Alexander street. See Herbert Dov
er. m-18-pd.
t/.lV. Scouts Help Refugee*
The United Nations Scout Association, sponsors of a drive for clothe*,
toys and food supplies from members of the U.N. staff and delegates,
collected approximately two tons at supplies at a ceremony heltf
at Parkway Village, Jamaica, New York (above). The clothing
was turned over by the Scouts to the American Friends Committee
for distribution to needv twrwiw, espec'allv Pa?-s?,i"e ref
Lake Montonia Annual
Meeting Held March 8
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All officers were re-elected at the
annual meeting of Lake Montonia
Club, held at City Hall on March
8, and a new set of by-laws were
adopted.
I Two new directors were elected by
thje members present. Joe Grimes, of
Cleveland county, and Claude Wy
rlck, of Gaston, were elected for
three-year director terms.
Officers and old directors of the
club are: Frank Young, Gastonia,
president; E. W. Griffin, Kings
Mountain, vice-president; H. R.
Hunnicutt, Kings Mountain, secre
tary - treasurer; B. S. Neill, jr., Gas
tonia, assistant secretary . treasur
er; T. C. McKee, Kings Mountain,
and C. L. Spencer, Gastonia, direc
tors with one year remaining; and
John Weaver, Kings .Mountain, and
Logan Calls Hawaii
To Get In On Shelby
Carl Logan, local meat market
operator, is quitea "ham" on the
airwaves.
Harold Hunnieutt, another rabid
short-wave operator, told this one
on Carl, the other day.
Logan, who has a short-wave set
at his home on West Gold street, de
cided to tune in on C. W. Ham's fre
quency in Shelby the other night
and bat the breeze. He discovered
Ham talking to a fellow "ham" in
Honolulu, Hawaii.
Not to be outdone, Logan tuned
his set in on tne Honolulu "ham",
over rode Ham, and told the opera
tor, several thousand miles away, to
ask Ham. in Shelby 10 airline miles
away, to get in touch with him, he
wanted to talk over some things.
Bill Leigh. <5a9tonia, directors with
two years remaining.
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Give To The
REIT CROSS
1949 QUOTA $620240
RECEIPTS TO DATE. ZJSV35
YET TO BE RAISED S3.3S9.6S
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The Red Cross is the lone welfare agency in Number 4
Township. Year help is nee4d U the |a4 Cross is to be
able to serve as it shoaldL
Of each dollar yon give. 81.7 cents remains for local
RED CROSS work.
Make Your Donation Today
This message presented as a civic service by
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NEISLER MILLS, Inc.
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Cranford Dies
(Cont'd from front page)
daughters, Mrs. Atmar Morrow, Al
bemarle, Mrs. Ben Harris, Flint
Mich., and Miss Sarai Cranford, at
home. Also surviving are four bro
thers, Lacy L. Cranford, associate
editor, of the Stanly News and Press
at Albemarle, Fred Cranford, Troy,
Charles Cranford, Albemarle, and
Jesse Cranford, ?hina Grove, and
one sister, Mrs. C. M. Davis, Great
Falls, S. C; 13 grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren.
A son, Frank Cranford, lost his
life in an airplane crash here in
1947,
On Monday morning, the manage
ment of Craftspun Yarns announced
that the plant would suspend opera
tions for the week out of respect to
Mr. Cranford.
Active pallbearers were Frank Ro
per, James Williams, Sam McAbee,
Rush Bolin, John Hullender. and
John Foster. Honorary pall*>?arrers
were A. H. Patterson, L. L. Alexand
er, John Mauney, J. R. Davis, Will
Stone, N. H. Kelly, and A. H. Corn
wall.
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"Career Day"
(Cont'd .from front page)
and Mrs. J. B. Falls will outline the
Work of a beautician. Paul Mauney,
Neisler Mills official, will outline
the general field-of textiles, and W.
K. Crook will discuss mechanics.
Secretarial work will be discuss
ed by R. A. Evans, of Evans Busi
ness college in Charlotte and Gas
tonia.
Arrangements for the "Career
Day" Program were launched by
Mrs. W-. T. Weir, high school librar
ian, and Mrs. Mary B. Goforth. man
ager of the local employment ser-,
vice branch.
Rowell Lane, high school princi
pal, said the vocational studies
would be continued in the higher
grades, using as a text a phamplet
prepared by Mrs. Goforth and en
titled "From School to Job."
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Miss Summers
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tal with tour modern English selec
tions: "Love's Philosophy" by Quil
ter; 'The Unforseen" by Scott;
"Spinning Song" to an old German
Folk-tune; and "Prelude (A Cycle of
Life)" by Ronald.
Accompanists for Miss Summers*
will be Mrs. Nell Polger Glenn, pi
anist, and Miss Margaret Vardell,
organist, both of the School of Mu
sic faculty at Salem.
Miss Summers came to Salem Col.
lege in the Fall of 1947 as a Junior,
having taken her firts two years of
college work at Marion junior col
lege. At Salem ahe has been a mem
ber of the choral ensemble, the
home church choir, a member and
secretary of the German club. This
year she is house president of
Strong dormitory and a representa
tive to the executive, judicial, and
legislative boards of the student
government association. She will re
ceive a Bachelor of Music degree
from Salem upon her graduation in
May.
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Red Cross
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smaller budget will cause less serv
ices and impair the work of the or- 1
ganizatlon at a time it will be even I
Legion To Purchase
Plans Per Building
Proposed plans for a 40 feet by
100 feet building were announced
at regular monthly meeting of Otis
D. Greene Post 135, the American Le
gion, held at Cfty Hall Monday
night.
Paul Mauney, vice-commander,
presided and Hubert Aderholdt act
ed as adjutant. Arou d twenty mem
bers were present.
Hal Ward, member of "the build
ing committee, reported that his
group had ordered plans drawn by
an architect, to be delivered around
the first of April. Plans will be pre
sented to the membership before
contract is let.
Next regular meeting is schedul
ed for April 11.
more needed."
Initial report of the colored divis
ion showed eight groups had either
exceeded or met their quotas and
.resulted in total contributions of
$237.20. Exceeding their quotas with
102.5 percent were Mt. Zlon Baptist
church and Ebenezer church, while
these met their quotas: Mt. Calvary
church, Vestibule church, Davidson
high school. Compact high school,
Daniel McKay Lodge 58^, and Mo
saic lodge No. 4.
Mr. Mauney urged Red Cross cam
paign workers to complete their
work as quickly as possible and
make reports in order that "some
clean up wofk may be done, if nec
essary."
The colored division will meet a
gain on March 31st at the City Hall.
Rigid Enforcement
Of Dog Law To Begin
Kings Mountain police will begin
rigid enforcement of -the stray dog
ordinance according to announce
ment by N. M. Farr, chief of police.
Stray dogs roaming the streets
of the city' will be shot, the announ
cement said. Dogs are required by
city law to wear collars and city dog
tags.
"Tightening down of city dog or
dinance at this tirtte is precaution
ary," Chief Farr said, "because of
the many instances of r.abid dogs
and, other animals in Upper Cleve
land county and in Gaston and oth
er surrou Tiding counties."
No^rabid animals have been re
ported' recently in the Kings5 Moun
tain area, he said. '
Final Services Held
For Mrs. Rhynehardt
Funeral services for Mrs. Effie
Lang Brown Rhynehardt, who died
Sunday night at midnight were held
Wednesday at 4 o'clock at the El
Bethel Methodist church, of which
she was a member.
Rev. E. A: Bingham, pastor, officd- *
ated. Interment was in the church
cemetery.
Surviving are one son, 3. B. Brown;
one brother, J. H. Lang of Gastonia;
one sister, Mrs. Ella Dillard of
Kings Mountain; and three half
brothers, L. L., C. C., and W. M. Lapg
all of Gastonia; and her nephew, J.
B. Lang.
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