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Store, and Maunyy Textile Interest*,
including Bonnie, Sadie, M aunty,
and Maundy Hosiery Mi Us, and
Kings Mountain Manufacturing
Company..
Regular football cleats are out
Jawed in the program, with tennis
shoes to be regulation. Outdoor
basketball shoes, a tennis-type shoe
with rubber cleats moulded into the
soles, have been approved and West
school coaches have almost com
pleted outfitting of the "Blue Devils"
with this type shoe, through player
purchase and public subscription.
Coaching lineup at the schools
Include:
to. West ? ??b NeiM and Pink
X Ware, former Kings Mountain high
\ school stars. Nell) also played at
Gardner-Webb. ,
At Central ? Bill Harmon and Bob
Hyfistetler, former high school stars.
Harmon also played at Gardner
r
Webb.
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A; Park- Grace ? W. J. Fulkerson
and James Gibson. Both are former !
college stars, Fulkerson at ASTC and
Gibson at N. C. State. The former is
a former Kings Mountain high
oohoo; coach and the iatter a former
backfieid star at central high.
At Kast ? Don Ellison and Bud
Medjin, former Central high stars.
The four teams will run from va
rious auack formations and each
team boasts of some fine material
in the lineups. Several promising
eighth graders are playing in the
program, players that will graduate
to the high school team next year.
A large crowd of fans Is expected
to turnout few *he initial games of
the program. In event <)' rain Satur- .
| day night, the games will be played
on Monday nigh*.
October 1
Park-Grace ?!?. Central.
j East vs. West.
October 8
Park-Grace vs. East.
Central ?*. West.
October IS
Park-Grace vs. West.
Central vs. East.
October 22
West vs. Eqst.
Central vs. Park-Grace.
October 29
West vs. Central.
East vs. Park-Grace.
November S
East vs. Central.
West vs. Park-Grace.
November 12 or 19
All-Star Game.
City Plans Purchase
Oi Three Vehicles
Tlie city board of commissioners
in special session Wednesday aft
ernoon, authorized advertising for
bids on purchase of a passenger car
for the police department and two
trucks.
It also authorized painting of the
City Hall, improvements to the of
fice now occupied by the Red Cross,
, and other minor repairs to the build
ing within the limits of the current
year's budget.
In line with the authorisation, the
city is advertising today for bids on
purchase of the automotive equip
ment, including a five- passenger
four-door sedan, three-quarter ton
pick up truck, and a one and one
half ton truck.
Bids are to be opened at the City
Hall at noon October 11, and deliv
ery is required within 30 days of
acceptance of bids, The city reserves
the right to reject any or all bids.
The city is also advertising for
sale a 1942 Plymouth sedan now be
ing used by the police department
and a halftpn truck now being u^ed
by the Water department. Bids are
also to be opened at noon on Octo
ber 11, and persons bidding on the
equipment are required to post a
cashier's check with the bid in the
amount of 10 percent of the bid.
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KINGS MOUNTAIN'S LEADING JEWELERS
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With U . S. military forces at five
times liieir prewar, strength. * record
number of American Red Cross work
ers are- serving them throughout the
world.
More than 2,000 Red Cross repre
sentatives today are stationed at 1.300
military installations uiul 123 hospi
tals here and overseas. About 1,400
staff workers are serving troops in
this country. The others are working at
occupation and defense posts abroad
Only during the peak year* ?'>f World
War U were ? larger numbci on duty.
The duties of these Red Cross work
ers are as varied as the locale in which
they work, involving a wide range of
welfare services that contribute to mili
tary morale. They may include tiding
over a soldier's wife with grocery and
rent money until her family allowance
check comes through, or getting a wel
fare report on an Eskimo serviceman's
mother via wether bureau radio.
Sometimes it means petting word of
a family emergency to a sailor with
the fleet in the Mediterranean.
Service of the Red Cross worker ill
a military hospital may be helping a
man through the difficult hour when he
learns that he will never be well aua<n
or. removing the worry that often
stands in the way ol his recovery.
I'nder federal statute arvd regu
lations of the Army, the Navy, and
the Air Force, the American Red
Cross furnishes volunteer aid l? the
' sick and wounded of the armed
forces and acts in matters of \olun
tary relief and as a medium of com
munication between the people of I
the United States and their armed J
forces.
In the last year Red Cross staff '
members handled mere than I ('2.0(H)
welfare cases in military herjiitals.
More than 600 professional Red Cross
workers are stationed at <(? army hos
pitals. '26 navy hospital?. J.r.d i '? air
force hospitals.
For the able-bodied, too. whatever
the problem or wherever the rcrvice- i
man is stationed, the chances are that I
Golf Tourney j
To Get Underway
The annual Kings Mountain
Country club championship golf
tournament is scheduled to get un
derway ihis week with qualifying
rounds to be played on Saturday
and Sunday.
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Pat HoVis is the defending cham- .
pion and will be defending his
crown against the field. .
Prizes will be awarded In each
flight, according to Buck Pre.?siey,
club professional, who made the an
nouneement.
"Every golf member is urged to
enter the club championship iourn
amen; and to qualify on Saturday
and Sunday." Mr. Pressly said.
The longest home run in baseball
was hit by Babe Ruth in 1919. It's
distance was 387 feet.
RED CROSS HAS RECORD
SERVING U. S. ME LIT AR Y FORCES
?Enter
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Force Uase, Hawaii, lends a helping
hand to a young marine, enrnute. fiom
ik?ajalein lo his Maine home on emer
gency leave. a .
ihe Ked Cross has ? field workel on
Uie spot or nearby who can help try
lo soive it.
In this country 361 field director*
and their assistants cover 148 hits*
stations. 31 substations. and itin
ierant stations. During the last vear
field directors at camps handled more
than i'72,0(K). cases Health ami wel
fare- r< ports rcqntsted by scrviceinen
iir their. families were the most cem
ji :oii type of help a: i.ed for. More than
17S.0C0 such ? u.'cs were recorded. The
r.i xt mori frequent type of request
wj.s that it volv'nc leave or extension
if.ki.vi-. I.iie Ked -Cross cannot irrant
.iiw. but military authorities depend
upon !:n- liiurtuai ion for reports of
undit.ii.s , underlying leave request's.
rht .-e'ea>es run ibto many thousands
tu it v i ar.
Ai road, Rrd Cross coverage is al
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I ft j-ioise, 1.*'.' twill ami Women
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