n ifiiH g; | | irf ;-?? 4Pi aaw? I'tHH? I Iff iO^a^rJ ?, && ?ffyi Up i, ' w : A ? . Local News Bulletins COUMTBY CLUB DANCE A pre -Christmas dinner-dan for club members will be held Saturday night at the Kings Mountain Country Club. Music will toe furnished by Gene Wallace and his 'band, from Gastonia. Dinner will be served at 8 o'clock. CABOUMO The Kings Mountain Choral Society will lead community singing of Christmas carols Saturday night bom nine to 10 o'clock in front of Jacob S. Maunay-MannorijU Library. The community is urged to Join in the songfest. \ LEGION VASTY Members of Otis D Green Post 155, the American Legion, * and their wives and lady friends are invited to attend a Christmas Party at the Legion Building on East Gold street Saturday night at 7:30 o'clock , according to announcement by Adjutlifct James Bennett. Re freshments will be served. IK GLEE CLUB Miss Pat Nelaler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hunter R- Neisler, and a freshman at Mary Bald win College, Staunton, Va., is one of 45 new members of the college glee club which num bers 84 voices. TEEN-AGE DANCE A dance for the Teen-Agers group of the Kings Mountain Country Club will oe held at the club Christmas night with mu sic by Gene Wallace ?ad his hand, beginning at 9 o'clock. STORY HOUR No story hour will be held this week at Jacob 3. Mauney Memorial Library. The sessions will be resumed Friday, Janu ary 5. . JATCKK MmSTBEL The. Jaycee Minstrel of 1951 has been tentatively schedul ed for the nights of February 16 and 17. according to announ cement by officials of the or ganization. . lions wort men The Kings Mountain Lions ?club will not hold ita regular .meeting on next Tuesday night Tssright's Christmas party for underprivileged children will take the place of the regular .meeting. Cm TAG SALES 1 Sale of City auts tag* for 1951 totaled 237 Wednesday, ac cording to report of S. A. ? (-rouse, city cleric. lAJtK ROLmAT The First National Bank wUl close with the end of its opera tions on Saturday and will re open on Wednesday morning. Both Christmas day and De cember 26th have been declar ed bank holidays by Governor W.Kerr Scott MKTBK RECEIPT3 Parking motor receipts f m , in t&* Mason* Hsll by theiUnge Mountaift Lien* > (Cont'd on {Mg* eight) OUR WISH THIS YEAR- AS ALWAYS I St. Luke's Christmas Story | And tt cam* to pass in those 1 days. that there went out a de cree from Censor Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was gor eraor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, everyone Into his own city. And Joseph also want up from Galilee, out of the city of Ifaxaxreth. into Judsa, unto the , city of David, which Is called Bethlehem; (because ho was of tka boose and ltnsage of Da rid:) To bo taxed With Mary, his espoused wife, being groat with child. And so it was, that, while they Were there, the days wore accomplished that she should bo dolivoiod. . And she brought forth her Snpplemenb Total $15,815 King* Mountain city school teachers and principals received ? total of $15,815.07 in supple mentary salaries for the school year 1949-50, according to an nouncement by B. N. Barnes, su perintendent of city schools. Checks were paid out Monday, December 11. in amounts deter mined by the State Board of Ed* (Cont'd on page eight ) first-born son, and wrapped him In swaddling clothes. and laid him in a manger; because them was no room (or them in the inn. And there were In the same country shepherd* abiding in the fields, keeping watch ores their node by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shown round about them: and they were sore a fraid. And the angel fold unto them. Fear not: for, behold, 1 bring you good tidings of groat ley which shall be to all peo ple. For unto you Is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign onto you; Te shall find the babe wiappod in swaddling clothes. Retailers Will Be Open Until 7 P. M. Kings Mountain merchants will obeerre longer hours, be ginning Thursday njght and tlnuing through Saturday night. In order to accommodate last* minute Christmas shoppers. Majority of department, furn i iture and jewelry stores will , observe Saturday hours, re maining open until 7 p. m while grocers will be open ap proximately a half-hour longer. Moet merchants will re-open for business on Tuesday morn ing. They will be open en Wer nesday morning and close Wed needay at noon, resuming the customary mid-week half-bol- I iday. | WOW Square Dance ) Tonight At 8 * . M. A pre-CHrirtmes square dance will be held at tJie Arcadia Skat ing Sink Thursday night, begin a? at 8 o'clock, under ?p6nsor p of the Kings Mountain Woodmen of the World | Wood tu>it are anticipating a large crowd to r the party, end Smith, who to in chargeot ar rangement*. paid a good string band would f on hand to turn ish the musk. ' X--'' 1 Admission w ili.be 75 cents par t person. \ lying In a manger. And suddenly there was with ths angel a multitude of the hMTwiy host praising God, and saying. . Ok>ry to God in the highest and on oarth peace, good will to war a m#fi? And It came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shep herds said one to another. Let as now go even onto Bethle hem, csad see this think which ts come to pass, which the Lord hath made known onto as. And they came with haste, and found Mdry. and Joseph, and the babe lying in a man* ger. And when they had seen It, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. St. Luke 2:1. 17. Bank To Alter Hoax Schedule { The Flfst National Bank is an nouncing today a schedule change effective January 2, 1951. Effective that date the bank will be open 'for general bank ing business from 9 a. m. to.i -p. m., rather than until 2 p. m. The I bank will continue to close at noon on Wednesdays. The personal loan department will continue to be open from] 3 p. m. to 5 p. m., daily except j Wednesdays. The new schedule will enabl* j tho bank to give its patrons bet ter serrice, President P. R. Sum mers pointed out in making the i announcement. "Under the present schedule,"' Mr. Summers *?aid. 'tome of the officers and tellers are out of the bank for lunch from 11 ?. m. un til the 2 p. in. closing hour. This has resulted In considerable de lay in serving patrons during those hours, particularly during the weekend. By changing the, le, sll officers and tellers ^Amnd at sll times dur l banking day. it should ?Hmtoste sll delays for taking deposits, casft payiiig socounts, ar -s, or in * ? ,1 . /?.?*?? - 'a Woodward Assets Sold For SimSO Public auction Monday of the assets of the estate of Joe Lee Woodward, trading as Woodward & Son Men's Shop, brought $1, 926.50 in a final confirmation hearing in Charlotte, following on unconfirmed auction at the former place of business here ear lier in the day. The auction here at 1 p. m. su pervised by L. T. Hamrick, trus tee in bankruptcy, and Henry B. Edwards, attorney for trustee and creditors, both of Shelby, brought bids totaling $1,971.50 for mer chandise, fixtures, a lot at Lake Montonia, and a 1941 Chevrolet automobile. This figure wag al tered with rebidding and the re lease of some items to the own er of the building, Mrs. W. P. Putnam, at the 3:30 p. m. ?>n firmation hearing at the Meck lenburg County courthouse in Charlotte, before R. Marion Ross, referee in bankrutpcy. WeHons and Slnkoe, salvage firm of Charlotte, paid $1,570 lor the largest total purchase. This figure included $1,550 for a lump purchase of merchandise ap praised at $2,815.18 and $20 for a desk and porta'bje typewriter. Three Kings Mountain busi ness men and the Charlotte firm completed "bids for the auctioned assets. Tolly Shuford, Kings Mountain resident and owner of the Bessemer City Ice & Coal Co., bought a cash register for $115. A desk and chair, $25.50; radio $10; and 1941 Chevrolet, $150, went to Coley Freeman, owner of a fleet of taxicabs. John Ches hire purchased a group of unat tached fixtures Including wrap ping counter, clothing forms, tie rack, three chairs and a footstool for $25. Cheshire also bought a lot at Lake Montonia, appraised at $200, for $31, stipulation being that the lot remain with Mr. Woodward until his death. Purchases of four glass show cases end two tables to the Sin koe firm and attached shelving to (Cont'd on page eight) Postoffice Rush In Fall Swing As usual this time of year, the most booming business in town is enjoyed or suffered, depend ing on viewpoint, at the Kings Mountain port office. Seven extra workers including clerks, carriers, and parcel post workers have been added to the regular staff to handle Christmas mail ttia* according to Postmas ter W. E. Blakely, should pour in to and out of the post office in greater volume than last year. Pe?k day thus far was Mon day, dMi-ing which $550 worth of stamps was sold. The sale of two- ( ceht stamps has already reached 100,000 and with the remainder of the week ahead, Mr. Blakely fig ures the 120,000 mark of last year will be passed. Extra employees for the holl day rush are Demauth Bianton, Houston Black, Bill Allen, Har vey Bumgardner, Mary Beth Hord, George Tolleson, and Charles Ware. Citizens Completing Last Minute Details Herald Will Close Until Next Tuesday With publication ol today's edition, the Herald will sus pend operation* until Tuesday morning. December 26th. clos ing for the cuitomary Christ mas-season holiday. In today's edition, a large number of the city's merchants. Kjirvice establishments oth er business llrms are saying "Merry Christmas'* to their friends and patrons through specially ? prepared adrertl* ments. The edition also includes a large number of timely sugges tions for last-minute gift shop pers. This week's Herald was pub lished one day earlier than cus tomary in order to benefit the merchants and to glare the Her ald staff an additional day of rest. Next week's edition will appear on regular seta-stale un der date of Friday. Decettumr 29th. Blood Quota Set At 325 Pints The Kings Mountain blood cen ter haa 'been assigned a quota of 325 pints, of blood to be collected between December 13 and June 30, 1951, according to notice re ceived by Mrs. J. N. Gamble, sec retary of the Kings Mounaln Red Cross chapter. This amount will be collected in three bloodmoblle visits be tween now and June, 1951, Mra Gamble stated. Original quota for the local unit called for collec tion of 398 pints of blood .from Oc tober 1 to June 30, but this figure was reduced to the current quota with the collection of 70 pints from October 1 to December 13. Word haa also been received at the local Red Cros? office of na tion-wide expansion of the blood collection program through an immediate advance of $3,000,000 toy the Defense Department. These funds, part of a total o/ $12,000,000 set aside by the de partment, will be used for the collection and handling of whole blood for overseas shipment to the armed forces and for the new civilian defense plasma stockpil ing program. In explaining its Joining with the Red Cross in a Joint blood col lection program, the Department of Defense made the following statement in the release received here "While the Red Cross has the basic organization and experien- < ce to handle this new task, the] new and greatly expanded blood program of the armed forces re quires additional funds beyond the planned budgetary estimates of the Red Cross." Pennies Make DoUais: Parking Meters Pay Off $104155 Chattel Every part of every penny and nickel now dropped into the parking meters In Kings Moun tain's business district remains in the city'* revenue fund. For, unmarked toy celebration, the city on November 28 officially con cluded pay mi t of $10,855 for 167 parking meters purchased May 10, 1948. According to City Cle/k S. A. Crouse, the meter? grossed f <*tpt# sf <2033153 from May 1 X 1948, thro*Jjrfov*mb<* 30, 1 950. Ott/H*. |9.47?33 remmU+i in city IfMHW. ? ' '1 :Payimnf Mr the metaos trait ' j 41 ? . . ?>/ been made in monthly Install ments since they were put In op eration May, 12, 1948. $eveaty f?ve percent of receipts from the meters each month for the first six months end 50 percent there after went Into payments. The remainder of receipts became city revenue. With the November 23th payment of $321.50, the me ter* became city property, lock, stock, and cllnktng coins. pre -meter' day* parking apace in the business Astrict was to be had only by dawn arrival for -wot* or for shopping. After - (Cont'd on pace eight) ' Industry Sets Brief Holiday Schedules Here Kings Mountain citizens were ? busy this week getting ready for the annual Christmas holiday. It Was a busy time tor almost everyone and few citizens could report their Christmas shopping completed and everything other wise in readiness for the annual observance. Most people were planing to use the final pre Chrlstmas. weekend to good ad vantage, completing the necessa ry details to make Christmas complete. For some it meant more shop ping .others would be decorating, others would be working with civic groups and church groups In making Christmas jmeny for the needy and in preparing spe cial Christmas prograrm in the religious vein. The holiday would not be very long for the bulk of the popuk tlon. ; With industrial activity at u high level, few concerns . were planning more than a long week end for a Christmas holiday. Most Industrial plants will resume operations early next week. The holiday periods compared favor ably with those of last year, and are in marked difference to Christmas holiday periods of 1948, when the holiday really pneant work cessations. Christmas 1950 in Ktngs Moun tain will be a Joyful one, in spite of. Ihe Korean War. and tTie strained internqtii al situation which causes many p expect the nation to become Involved in full . (Cont'd on page eight) Guard Reports 50 Vacancies "It appears inevitable that men between the ages of 17 and <15 are going to be called into ser vice In thearmed force*. Join the National Guard and serve with men you know." The statement came from Capt. Humes Houston, commanding of ficer o | the Kings Mountain Na tional Guard company. Capt. Houston, who lias bee* given authority to increase the strength of the local company to 108 men, s;iW this week that so.no 10 eiili.icea in ;hc puarW company have been received fei the past two weeks, but that 50 vacancies remain He has previou?|y announced that veterans enlisting for guard service will be accepted at former ratings, where - the company's plan of organization fists vaca? ciea in thpse ratings. He also has pointed out that, up to the present time, men in tke National Guard have not been drafted for service. Information about Re nice tn the company, a communications unit, can be obtained at the Na tional Guard armery ?n Bee son's C.-cek Road. The Armory Is open from 8 a. m to 5 p. m. daily.