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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<?r
the week endfclg Wednesday
totaled $182.94, according to a
toy City Clerk S. A.
if u4M1A(,
uams Names
Division Heads "I
For Organization I
With appointment of sapen de
partment heads this week, the
Kings Mountain civil defense op
erational picture is completed,
according to announcement by
Ollle Haris, local director of civil
defense.
Harris made the following ap
pointments, to be added to a
group named last week: Clyde
Kerns, head of transportation;
Hilton Ruth, public welfare;
Paul Cole, rescue service; Dr.
Phillip Padgett, medical division;
Charles Carpenter, public warn
ing communication; J, R. Davis,
legal officer; and Rev. P. D. Patr
rick, chaplain.
Previous appointment include;
Patri Mauney,'-" 'ffepnty civil de
fense director; M. K. Fuller, ad
ministrative officer: Police Chief
N. M. Fair, police protection;
^'ady King, fire protection;
??iblic utilities; E.
? and
Twins
Manager
Miles and Ernest Mauney, sons
of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Mauney.
who have appeared in twin pi
ano concerts throughout the
South, have a signed contract
placing them under the profes
sional management of the Char
les S. Pearson Lecture Bureau of
New York, it has been learned
here.
?n.z ? t twins, graduates
' ? * of
Music, Studied at tne Junior
Tnwtkute W Music in New York
and have been working with,
Mme. Isabel Vengerova in New
York.
Hie KingB Mountain artists
have appeared in concert ridtals
in North Carolina, Georgia, Flo
rida, Mississippi, South Carolina,
and Alabama, and am soloists
with Various symphony orches
tras. Their latest appearance in
Charlotte last year with the
Charlotte Symphony OrcheJrtra
before a capacity audience was
an outstanding success. II
They have also appeared on
major radio and television pro
grams apd were selected to play
for the National Federation of
Music Clubs' annual meeting in
Raleigh lh September, 1950. Re
cently they gave a performance
for the International Kiwanis
Club convention held in Miami,
Florida. '
I'he twins arrived home for the
- And will
-'-?Ml ?
Underprivileged children and
needy families throughout the
King* Mount *lft area will have a
??,prri r <'hri*trn? ? (Ml wttk
ttMttm tM efforts of ?u local
civu: clt:;? ? ?
of coot*
mefce Mi |iwjnfcln? dM4Mtrl
?button of toy ? and Christina* bas
ket* to chiidren and famlllei on
bera will meet at Mnuney Hosiery
Mill to pack gilt basket* of sta
pie groceries; candles, and fruits
for distribution along with the
toys on Christmas morning. Club
members will meet at 9 ?. m. ?t
the Mauney Hosiery mill to begin
distribution. 'Lists of needy fam
ilies were compiled through the
Apt Cross and the Kings Moun
tain dty flChoottt
; Un<t??rprtvilejted children of
the area will *** given * Cbrtrt
ma? party Thursday, Pwsaraber
21, at 7:.*) *> 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.