Mountaineers Battle
Cherryville Friday
Central Gridders
Seek Win Here
Over Ironmen
Kings Mountain high school's
Mountaineers yvil) be gunning for
their fist victory in the pant 14
games with .Cherryvllle high
-school in ilu; annual encounter
set for '"try Stadium Friday night.
Kickoff is mi for 7:"30 p. m. and
rhe game will mark: honuveiming
for K in g.s,M o u ntn i n .
The Mountaineer camp was
brighter this -Week with the re
rurp of Gerald Valentine, sopho
more tackle and defensive wiz
";?rd. Valentine suffered a cut foot,
missed the' Stanley game l??t
week
Return Of f>IIie Harris, fresh
man badtfield prospect, to the
team alMi tipped spirits in the
Kings Mountain campV il arris
- wet0 ? ordered. i<? quit football by
his -doctor in August, has added
some weight and was allowed to
return (<? the team. ?,'?
This year's meeting of the
Kings Mountain and Ihelryville
teams appears to be a tons-up
?? and 'pre?*ents the Mountaineers
Willi a better than average ehan
re of gaining a Victory according
to many observers.
<'!terry\'ille defeated Crameirtort
-.ind l:a.-? lost to Lenoir and Lin
rolnton iti games this season.
Kings Mountain has defeated
1 ?alias (.'17 7) and Stanley (7-0)
mid lost to Charlotte Tech 1 I to 0.
The {The.rryvjlle lronmenNs at
I /KINGS MOUNTAIN1
^BESS6MI&
CITY
DRIVE-IN
THEATRE
Located on Kings Mountain ?
Bfcssemer City Highway, only
2 Miles from Kings Mountain.
OPEN 7 DAYS PER WEEK
FRI? SAT.. Sept- 29-30
"SAVAGE HORDE"
William Elliott
"Flies Last Night'
'Ftigidl Hare' Cartoon
SUNDAY. Oct.
"RETURN OF THE
FRONTIERSMAN"
Gordon McRae
3 Shorts
MON., TUES., Oct. 2-3
?THREE CAME HOME'
Claudeftc Colbert
Shorts .
Monday & Tuesday
Nights Arc
FAMILY NIGHTS
Adm. 50c per car
FBI.. SAT.. Oct. 6-7
-DOWN DAKOTA WAY"
Roy Rogers and Trigger
4 Shorts
WEDNESDAY A THURSDAY
October 4 & 5
ALLU&ING
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SHOULD
& GIRL
SAY YES
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?ADMISSION 40c
? 2 Shows Nightly ?
? FREE ADMISSION ?
To Children Under 12
When accompanied by parents |
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lack is sparked by Tailback Ran
dall and Wlngback BlackWelder,
both vetreans of the powerful
19-19 team.
? In the Jlnet the Ironmen -are
paced by Captain Paul Mosw, at
center, and Co-Captain Dewey
Lynn, at tackle, both veterans..
More Abe- jt
Floral Fair
(Cont'd from front i?agti.)
Davidson, Mrs. Paul Hendricks,
Mrs. Charlie Cash and Mrs. Ver:
non Crosby.
j Candy, Junior Woman's Club:
i Canned goods, Mrs. K, B. El
1 le.rbo, Mrs. H. T. Fulton,. Mrs.
Campbell Phlfer, Mrs. George Al
len. . i ?
Bazaar (aprons, fancy work),
Mrs. C. E. Neisicr and -Mrs. M. L.
i Plonk, co-chairmen, Mrs. Hi N.
Moss, Mrff. Jay Patterson, Mrs. VV.
1 W. Tollespn, Mrs. Hal Plonk,
I Cakes and pies, Mrs..C. A But
I lerworth. chairman, Mrs. P. G.
i Ratterree, Mrs. J. L Settlemyre,
j Mrs. If. L. Campbell, Mrs. M. C.
j Post on.
Ice Cream 'solicit and serve),
i Mrs. \V. K. Blakely, chairman,
| Mrs! E. Hi Crouch. Mrs. Beit Beam,
i Mrs. Y. F. fhroneburg, Mrs H. R,
Par ton.
Publicity, Mrs P. D. ' Herndoh,
Mrs. Luther Cansler
Chicken salad, Mrs. M A. Ware,
I and Mrs. A. W. Kincaid, co-chair
men, Mrs. J. B. Thomas-son. Mrs.
.1. S. Norman, Mrs H. R. Parton,
| Mrs. M. L H miser,. Mrs Cieorge
Allen.
Notification committee, Mrs!
George, W Mauney, chairman,
j Mr-; V. F Throneburg, Mrs C. A.
: ?U'u>rvvorth. Mb, Byron Keeter.
More About
Local Family
?Cont'd from front ^age>
family of four had only sufficient
time ro esca|u* from the fire. Only
asdic* remained of the home,
furnishings and clothing.
Once again the PresSsleys got a
copy of their farm and home plan
from the council and set to work
to build their home back. All
t hoy had was $t,500 insurance
and Mr. Press ley built by the
hour, with the aid of neighbors,
fortunately, the barn and ma
chine shed had not burned.
In Aprij the Press leys moved
into their new seven-room brrme,
completely refurnished, including
an all electric kitchen A new au
tomatic pump house stands at
the rear of (he hoii.se and a new
lawn and new shrubbery are
*iLf. A while wooden fence
across the farm separates work
areas from the living areas, and
\\ f i i . {he-home was building, so
was a new poultry house
A the same time, the Presslevs
were in process of revising the
farm plan to sow permanent pas
ture in.r increase their live stock!
and poultry production.
Gross' U. S. farm income for
1!C>0 is now estimated at 31.5 hi! -
linp dollars, i-ompafed with 32.22
billion in 1!)-U>. With farm produc- i
tion expenses higher tha,n last |
year, realized net income may t
total about 1.1 billion dollars corn ,
pared with 11 billion in V!>lf) and j
the postwar record of 17. '8 billion '
in 1017. . 1
GASTONIA
Drive-In
Theatre
King* Mtn.-Gastonia Highway
Box Office Open 6:15
Show Begins 6:45
SUNDAY. OCT. 1
"Meet John Doe
Gary Cooper
Barbara Stanwyck.
"Cheyenne Cowboy"
Tex Ritter
News and Cartoon
MON., TOES.. Oct. 2-3 -
"Ichabod & Mister Toad"
in color
A Walt Disney Production with
Ging Crosby Singing
Cartoon and Comedy
WED., THUR., Cct. 4 5
"Boy From Indiana"
Lon McCal lister
Lois Butler
Cartoon and Comedy
FRIDAY, Oct. 6
"Streets of San
Francisco"
Cary Gray
C#wboy and the
Prizefighter"
in colog
Red Ryder
Caryon
SATURDAY, Oct. 7
'Colorado Territory"
Joel McCrea- Virginia Bmce
Cartoon and Comedy
This Is A Tamlly Theatre
All Children Under 12
ADMITTED FREE
?Shows Start At
Saturdays Set
As Playing Day
For Kid Football
Game dates have been shifted
to Saturdays for the remainder of
the grammar grade football lea
gue double headers with the next
pair of contests scheduled for
City Stadium on October 7.
In the second set of the season, j
played last Tuesday night, Park
Grace defeated a good East
school team 25 to 0 and Central
edged West in a thriller 20-14.
Ninth graders added power to
the attack of all schools as the
rules were amended to allow the
upper-classmen to play.
Kickoff return touchdown gal
lops were featured in both games
Tuesday night.
Robert Champion took East,
school's kickoff on his own 40
yard line and went all the way,
Ken Cloninger adding the point
for a , quick 7-0 lead for Park
Grace in the opener.
Jack Fletcher ran Park-Grace's
kickoff back 34 yards but the i
Kast attack bogp'd down.
Champion notched the second
tally for the winners in the sec
ond period, romping over the 10
yard line..
East started another long drive
that went 60 yards but was ^-top
ped on the 2-yard line at the half.
In the final period Bill Rhea
the kickoff back 40 yards and a
gain the East attack failed to hit
paydirt.
Champion added another'!
touchdown on a 55-yard run in
the third period and East's Ter
ly Led ford was almost away for
a score on a 25 yard punt return.
In th efinal period Bill Rhea
slipped over from the 2-yard line
fot the final tally but P^rk -Grace
had to stiffen up on defense a
gain to stop another Bast school
drive on the one yard line as the
game ended.
? Darvin Mass got Central off to
a quick lead, taking a handoff
from Richard George on the kick
off and romping 80 yards for a
touchdown, Fullback Joe Harri
son adding the point after.
West came back with a 50 yard
scoring drive tb knot the count,
Quarterback Jerry Queen mark
ing up 7 points.
MIsb continued the action -pack
ed play in the first period by ta
king the next kickoff back 55
yards on an identical play as his
first touchdown run to set up an
other Central score. Harrison tal
lied the six-pointer and Miss the
point after.
Central climaxed a 70 yard
second quarter drive with a six
pointer to ice, the game. A pass
from Harrison to Cashion and a
lateral to George good for 25
yards set up the score, Moss go
ing over from the 8-yard line.
In the third quarter Bill Huff
stickler and Earl Mauowe ran
the West machine for a Score in a
55 yard drive, Huffstickler crack
ing over for the tally and Mar
lowe ading the point. .
The game ended with West
knocking on the Central goal af
ter a long drive. Two passes were
knocked down in the Central end
zone as the winners beat the
clock.
More About
Telephones
(Cont'd from front page)
in the pending rate case of the
Southern Bell Telephone & Tele
graph Company before this Com
mission they are requesting cer
tain changes in their toll setup
which, if granted, will provide j
Kings Mountain with free service
to Bessemer City, Shelby, and
Grover, and also that these towns
may call Kings Mountain without
Train Hits Empty
Gar Here Friday
A 1941 Chevrolet, in which a
couple and their four little girls
had been oocupanta a few minu
tes previously, was almost com
pletely demolished by a Southern
Railway train last Friday after
noon at teh Cedar -street rail
crossing after thevehicle had
sailed on the tracks. ,
Police Chief N. M. Farr said the
accident took place . at around
3:30 p. m. Friday during a driving
rain and stated that the driver
a toll. No drtubt this will go a
long way, If granted, to improve
the telephone service, or at least
expand it, at Kings Mountain.
"I would like to add to this let
ter the fact that I was much im
pressed with the telephone com
pany's persbnnel in your city, and
I have every reason to believe
that they have every desire to
provide you with the best of tejer
phone jwrvtec. i "?
apparently had misjudged the
location A the Cedar street road
bed on the west side of the cross
ing near Kings Mountain Cotton
oil Co. and had headed up the
tracks when the vehicle stalled.
Owner of the ear was listed as
Arthur C. Eyre, of Oak Ridge.
Tenn. Mrs. Eyre was driving the
vehicle when it stalled and the
couple's four young daughters
were also in the automobile.
Chief Parr said that Mr. ? Eyre
told him thta he had ordered his
family out of the Car and had fun
some 500 feet down the tracks
In an attempt to stop the train.
Parr said the man told him the
engineer ignored his attempt to
flak the oncoming northbound
extra freight train.
The Eyre's were enroute from
Anderson, S. C., on U. S. 29 north
and were reportedly crossing the
tracks to get some icc for a ther*
mos Jug they were carrying.
. Conductor of the trains was D.
6. Ellis of Greenville, 5- C.
California this fall is expeflen
cing Us worst forest fire season ?
in 20 yeafrs.
IMPERIAL THEATRE
Kings Mountain. N. C. Phone 134
FRIDAY & SATURDAY, Sept. 29-30? DOUBLE FEATURE
Show opens at 11 a- m.
"Yellow Cab Man" "Border Rangers"
Red Skdlton Don "Red" Barry
Laurel & Hardy Comedy ? 2 Cartoons and Serial
MONDAY 6, TUESDAY, Oct 2-3
"Loves of Carmen" Rita Kayworth and Glenn Ford
In Col6r Comedy ? Cartoon
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY. Oct. 4-5? DOUBLE FEATURE
"Prince of Foxes" "Mystery at Burlesque"
Tyronne Powen Gary Mash-D. Decker
Comedy and Cartoon
"SEE THE BUG SHOWS FOR LESS"
COMING SOON ? "The Broken Arrow"? "Parisene Follies
Admission 30c ? 9c
Joy Theatre
KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. ? PHONE 500
Friday and Saturday Sept. 29 & 30
"DESERT HAWK"
with Yvonne Do Carlo and Richard Greene
2 Cartoons and Short
Monday and Tuesday Oct. 2 & 3
"JOHNNY HOLIDAY"
with William Bendix and Allen Martin. Jr. -
News and Short
Wednesday and Thursday Oct. 4 & 5
'The Skipper Surprised His Wile"
with Robert Walker and Joan Leslie
News and Short
Dixie Theatre
KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. e PHONE 96
Friday. Sept. 29 Double Feature
"The SECRET of ST.IVES"
With Richard Ney and Vanessa Brown
"BILLY the KID ROUNDUP"
with Buster Crabbe and Fuzzy St. John
Cartoon
Saturday, Sept. 30 Double Feature
"STREETS of GHOST TOWN"
with Charles Starrett and Smiley Burnette
"BLONDE COMET"
with Virginia Vale and Robert Kent
Cartoon
Monday and Tuesday Oct. 2 & 3
"CONSPIRATOR"
with Robert Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor
News
Wednesday and Thursday Oct. 4 & 5
"BOMBS OVER BURMA"
with Anna May Wong and Noel Madison
News
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