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City Limits 7.193
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Immediate Trading Area 15.000
(1945 Ration Board Figures)
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T o d a y
VOL. 61 NO. 52
Sixty-First Year
Kings Mountain, N. C.. Friday. December 29. 1950
Established 1889
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Stallings Will Head
Annual Polio Appeal
Local News
Bulletins
> JAYCEE PARTY
Members of the Kings Moun
tain Junior Chamber of Com
merce will hold a club dinner
dance at the Kings Mountain
Country Club Saturday night.
A buffet dinner will be served |
at 7 o'clock.
NEW YEAR'S DANCE
The Kings Mountain Country
Club will hold a New Year's
Night dinner dance at the club
on Monday evening. Gene Wal
lace and his orchestra will furn-.
ish music for the dance. Dinner
will be served at 8 o'clock and
members are: asked to make re
servations as early as possible.
KIWANIS DIRECTORS
Incoming and outgoing di
rectors of the Kings Mountain
Kiwanls club will hold a dinner
meeting at the Woman's Club
on Friday evening at 7 o'clcok.
Purpose of the meetlog^ill be
to organize tot the ooming
year.
m
HALF-HOLIDAY
Merchants resumed this week
the customary Wednesday
half-holiday. The half-holiday
had been suspended during the
Christmas shopping season to
better accommodate the buying .
public. \r
PARKING MONEY
. A totaLof $186.63 was collec
? ed from the city's parking me
ters Wednesday according to a I
report by City Clerk S. A. Grou
se. The mortgage on the meters
has been paid for and all col
lections stay 1n the city treas- I
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HoUdofQiiie Here,*
Fifteen Cases Tried
Mountain spent a quiet
<5hristm*? weekend according to
Police Chief N. M. F?rr who re
ported no wrecks and compar- 1
atlvely few arrests. Only fifteen ;
cases were tried in recorder's!
Court at the regular we?fcly ses- j
?lon held Wednesday aftemdoh |
Nine defendants were convic
ted oti charges of public drunken
neas and were ordered to pay fin- 1
<es and/or coats of court. > J
Bill Beatty, 23, was sentenced
QiijptiijijW'flwj' ? under the super
vision of the county commission
er*. Beatty was Charged with pub
lic drunkenness and violations of |
terms of previous conviction*. :
vt ' Anderson pAld cgata "W&,
charges of assault, disorderly con
4uet and public drunkenness.
CiiftiOfc- " jj|?)hii?ner
<J*y, pas coats ? fter conviction
operating a vehi
cle with improper brakes,
v Walter Eugene Brooks, charged
abandonment and non -sup
port, was ordered to pay costs and
to pay $10 weekly to the clerk for
support of his family.
ivfiwey ftanisey paid a fine of
flO and costs after conviction on
. Augru^tA Tailed, of Slay, s. C.,
was fined $100 and costs and or
dered not to operate a car in Nor
th Carolina for twc^Jmfw efter
conviction on charts of driving ,
drunk and without ftn operator's
license.
pSNfbdBe W, Faison Barnes pre
aided. .
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Joycees Sponsoring
Dane* Friday Might
, The Kings Mountain Junior
Chamber of Commerce will s/>on
?me a pubHc dance at the Mfh
wjfliool gymnaaium Frldajr Jjttt
^JWfeioVeteck to midnight, Itjfi
ilMlwifir"" 1
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Fund Campaign
To Begin Here
On January IS
Sam Stallings, industrial engi
neer of Burlington Mills' Phenix
plant, will serve as chairman of
the 1951 March of Dimes cam
paign in Kings Mountain.
Announcement of the appoint
ment of Mr. Stallings was made
Wednesday by Rotoert Morgan, of
Shelby, county chairman of the
drive which will have as its goal
$20,000 to fight infantile paraly0
I sis and to provide treatment for
victims of the dread disease.
The Cleveland County chapter
of the National Infantile Parayl
sis Foundation currently shows a
$6,812 deficit, Mr. Morgan said,
the deficit representing excess of
treatment costs for Cleveland
_County patients over funds col
lectedTn previous years. He poin
ted out that 11 cases of polio oc
curred in the county during 1950
and that the chapter is also pay
ing for brace adjustments and
periodic medical ctieck-ups for
more than 30 other county vic
tims of polio.
Quota for the Kiag* Mountain
area has jfot yet been' wet, tout
Mr. Morgan said It wOuld proba
bly approximate $6,000 for Num
ber 4 Township.
Mr. Stallings is an active Meth.
odlst and Lion.
Ho said yesterday that he
would announce his solicitation
organization in the near future.
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Franklin Avenue
Open to Traffic
The new mfllion-dollar Frank
lin avenue strip of Highways 29
and 74 was opened to traffic this
week. "
The 3.2-mlle piece of road in
Gastonia is a smc ::h, wide con
crete strip and will eliminate the
detours which have been neces
sary during the construction pe
1 riod.
, Gastonta's Franklin avenue
was once known as the "worse
piece of road on Highway 29,'" It
was a patch-work of ruts and
holes, with much of it bisected by
rail tracks.
Price Of Milk
To Advance Here
- Milk price* la Xla?* Moun
tain will gdfonet next week.
Mo?t milk distributor* have
Informed retailers that they
?tll eWbo the p rice of milk
approximately one cent per
| quart, eMectlrs January 1.
The distributor!. hare been
(need with rising cost* a?d can
absorb the Inoum mo long,
er. one distributor told the Her
hU
I. M. Patterson
Rites Conducted j
On Wednesday
Funeral services were held at
the home Wednesday morning at ;
11 o'clock for John Martin Patter
son, 80, prominent retired bus!
.nessman who died Monday night ;
at 9 o'clock after an illness of j
several years.
Rev. W. L. Pressly officiated j
and burial was in Mountain Rest
cemetery.
Mr. Patterson was long a Kings
Mountain grocer and was former
ly secretary-treasurer of Kings
Mountain Cotton Oil Company.
He was a member of Boyce Me
morial A. R. P. church and was a
Mason, having received his 50
year pin over a year ago.
He was the son of the late Em
anuel and Barbara Shuford Pat
terson.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Roberta Simonton Patterson, a
son, Malcolm and two daughters,
Misses Marian and Leone Patter
son, of Kings Mountain; two bro
thers, George V. Patterson, ' of
Gastonia, and Ed Patterson, of .
Kings Mountain; and two sisters, '
Mrs. G. D. Hambrlght, of Kings
Mountain, and Mrs.' Charles Bor
ders, of Jacksonville, Fla.
Active pallbearers were Nor
man McGill, Harold Plonk, Fred
Plonk, Lloyd Patterson, Garrison
Golorth, J. E. Anthony, Jr., Wen
dell Phifer and John O. Plonk, Jr.
Firemen Overtime
City firemen have been work
ing overtime during December
and particularly during the past
week.
The tally on fire alarms
through Thursday afternoon was
18 for the month, ten of them in
the period from Saturday through
Tuesday.
Fortunately, the majority of
the fires were grass and woods
fires and resulted In no damage.
One alarm was to extinguish a
fire In the Victory Chevrolet
Company's paint shop and this
was accomplished with only
slight damage resulting.
Oddly enough, the firemen had
two alarms at the same time on
Saturday at 1:15 p. m. On Sun
day, there were three alarms at
the same time, also at 1:15 p. m.
Firemen got to rest on Christ
mas Day, but their "business'
started again on Tuesday.
John Petty Rites
Held On Sunday
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Funeral services were held Sun
day at 4 o'clock at Grace Metho
dic chureh for John Petty, 65,
of Grace street. Rev. T. W. Hager
officiated and burial was in
Mountain Rest cemetery.
Mr. Petty <hm last Friday in
Shelby hafpiial mtifr lliness of
eight week*.
He was a native of Cherokee
County, S. C., and was formerly
employed by Loom -Tex Mill.
He is survived py his wife.
Merchants Change Minds; Most
j| Qfaerve New Year's Holiday
' On the basis o I a nrr?T
Thursday morning by the Kings
Mountain MeichontH associa
tion, it appeared' that moot re
tail firms of th? city woukl ob
Nm Now Toot's Day as a hol
i iday.
Tho day Is not customarily ob
served as a holiday In Kings
Mountain, bgt, with tho groc
ors doing tho Initial missionary 1
work, a large number of flans
indicatod thoy would not opon
on Monday, -thns providing re
tail personnel a long weekend
moot department store*.
XMtor'i Deportment Store,
which closed on efctra day dur
ing the Christmas weekend, an
nounced It would be open Mon
day. Phi 1st Hardware also in
dicated It woaM be open for
bactaoM as amaL bat Bridges
& Hamrtck said it would take
the holiday.
The First National Bank will
be closed bat the Home Build
ing & Loan and Kings Moun
tain Building ? Learn will be o
It wiH be e holiday for the
W.fUeon Bane* eea
the association, was still
togont** *^"1 Thursday erf
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1950 Was Busy Year
News Review Reveals
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KIWANIS PRESIDENT ? L. E.
Abbott. Kings Mountain banker,
is the newly elected president oi
the Kings Mountain Kiwanis
club. Ke will be installed as
president at the meeting ol the
club next Thursday night. Mr*
Abbott succeeds Hugh Ballard.
Final Bites Held
Foi Mis. Gunnells
Funeral services were held
Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock at
PlxaL Baptist cku?h lpx Mrs. Oc-e
Strflup Gunnells, ?? who died
rMonday morning at 7:15 a. m. at
her home on Oriental avenue.
Rev. T. L. Cashwell, the pastor, !
and Rev. W. F. Monroe, of Temple I
Baptist church, officiated and bu
rialwas^in Spencer Mountain
cemetery" near Gastonia.
She had been In failing health
for two years. , . I
Mrs. Gunnells was a member j
of High Shoal^ Baptist church.
Her husband, Robert Gunnells,!
died 47 years ago.
Survivors inchide two sons, O. j
T. and Robert I. Gunnells, both
of Kings .Mountain, a brother,
Sam Stroup, of Kings Mountain, |
a half-brother, A. A. Jones, of
Llncolnton; a sister, Mrs. W. A. j
Hawkins, ot Kings Mountain, six
grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
Tag Sales Delayed;*
Ahead of 1950 Pace
%
Despite a late start, sale of city j
automobile license tags for 1951 ]
is considerably ahead of 1&50
sales at this date last year ac
cording to Mrs. Ray Kirby, assis
tant city treasurer. -
The 1951 plates were several
days late in arriving from the
manufacturer but sales through
Wednesday had reached 371 as
compared to sales at 278 last
year. Tags went on sale Decern
toer 7th.
All city' residents are required
by city ordinance to purchase and
display license plates for all ve
hicles by January 1st.
A total of 1,123 tags were sold
for 1950.
Following the usual pattern,
the Number One tag was sold to
Mayor J. E. Herndon and No. 2
to Mayor Pro-Tem Hal Ward,
commissioner from Ward 4.
Tag No. 3 is displayed by Ward
One Commissioner A. H. Patter
son. No. 4 by Ward 2 Commission
er Carl Mauney and No. 5 toy
Ward Cormmissioner Tommy El
lison.
The next five tags are display
ed by Police Chief N. M. Farr (No
6>,Cty ClerkS. A.Crouse (No. 7),
City Administrator M. K. Fuller !
(No. 8>, Mrs. Kirby (No. 9) and
Superintendent of Public Works
Parsons (No. 10).
Methodist Choir
Sings Cantata
The 18-member choir ot Central j
Methodist church presented the
Christmas cantata "The Holy ;
Child", by Thomas Adams, in
special services at the church
Sunday afternoon.
The cantata was presented un
der the direction of Mrs. Aubrey
Mauney, choir director, and solo
ist* included Miss Dotty Smkh,
Miss Barbara Grantham. Arthur
Walker ami B. S. Peeler, it.
Prank 1 In Pethel accompanied at
the plan*, ?nd. wtth Mrs. Mauney
at the organ, collaborated on two
'iiyil ptaasdoo* ?
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City Had Full j
Quota of Both
Good, Bad News
The year 1950 comes to an end
Sunday night, giving way to 1951.
The beginning of the new half - j
century was an eventful one, both j
for the world and for Kings
Mountain.
The big news of . the year was
the Korean War, a continuing
chapter of news that is still far
from completed and which may
lead to all-out war only five-plus
years after the end of World War
n.
Effects ' of the war in Kings
Mountain, as shown by a review
(of Herild headlines included the
renewal of the selective service ?
process, higher prices, brisk tex
tile activity, recall of reservists to
the armed serv ices, and new army
casualty lists saddening Kings
Mountain homes.
Locally, there was plenty of
big news too. In the good news
division were beginning of con
struction of Kings Mountain hos
pital and paving of several rural j
> roads. A continuing news event of
the year was the thuS-far unsuc
cessful effort* ggl tarai
inal for tbe city, which has been
a flag stop since February 16.
Otherwise, citizens here had
some interesting experiences in j
the local part of the national cen- 1
sus-taklng job, deplored the cur- j
tallment of mail delivery sched
ules, and got excited ever county
and state political races 1n the
spring. The American Legion post
purchased a building and the^
Kings Mountain Country Club]
paid off its mortgage.
" The city proved 'liberal again, i
supporting eight fund drives for,
various causes, adding another in j
providing a life-saving operation
for Kaye McCarter who had a
fatal heart condition, contribut- ;
J ed clothing in a P^TA drive, and
j bought poppies. Most participated !
I in helping the needy at Christ- i
jmas.
It was a unique year business- '
wise. Generally, most industrial;
{concerns had a prosperous year,!
( with several plants getting back
into operation unaer new own- 1
ersh lp. These included Loom -Tex j
Corporation, Lambeth Rope Cor
poration. and Foote Mineral Com
pany. Mauney Hosiery Company
increased its production with
more building and machines. Tn !
the retail f iejd, It was a good year
lor furniture and appliance deal
ers and automobile concerns.
Soft goods merchants could not
brag about the first eleven mon
ths, but benefited from a heavy
Ch_,?iUnas - Shopping season. The
far.ner was ravaged by the boll
weevil.
1 Balrd Furniture was the major
new retail firm opened, but sev
eral others closed their doors.
Six Kings Mountain men ap
peared on army casualty IJsts.
Pvt. Rufue G. Kuffstickler, Pvt.
Billy Owen and S/Sgt. Henry R.
Franklin were reported niSsing
In action, and Pfc. Charles E.
Howe, Pfc. Jack E. Reynolds and
Pfc. Floyd K. Clark were wound
ed in action.
There were several tragic dea
ths. Four persons were killed in
an auto-car wreck at the King
Mountain intersection, Marvin
Randall was killed by a train,
James Wyte, Jr.. lost his life in a
freak accident, and Franklin
Greer was crushed to death.
Death a .so removed a number
of well-knowp citizens including
John North Sfnith, Robert D. Mil
ler, Joseph Stanhope Mauney,
Mrs. William H. Dettmar, Frank
lin Grady Watterson, Luther Ral
ph Mltchem, Leone Ware, W. O.
Falls, Hunter Caldwell, W., C.
KImmel, W. G. Hughes, Mrs. Joe
Cole, Mrs. Howard Jenkins. Mrs.
Gene Ware. W; M. Hord a; id J. M.
Patterson.
The Herald's major headlines
of 19S0 follow^
January ,
Hospital Construction Expected
%o Begin Soon; Gastonia High-,
way to Gel Dual Lane- Citizens
Donate 85 pints of Blood for Area
Bank; Mailney To Head March of
Dimes; B. A. L Dividends $19.
301 90; Evans Engineer with Road
(Cont'd to page twelve) I
Phone Rental
Fees To Advance
On January 1
Beginning Monday, Kings
Mountain's 16-plus telephone
subscribers will start paying
higher rentals for the privilege of
calling their neighbors an J the
cbrner grocer.
Rate increases recently authori
zed'by the North Carolina Utiliti
es Commission become effective (
January 1, and, since rental fees
are payable in advance, will be i
reflected in January 1 billings.
Some additional service will be
available for residential subscri- |
bers, who will now be able to call
Shelby and Grover without pay
ing toll charges. This service was
previously granted business sub
scribers without charge..
At some future date, all tele
phone subscribers here will get
free service to Bessemer City, ac
cording to announcement by E. N.
Qrr, Jr., Gastonia district mana
ger. Mr. Or r said the free service
to Bessemer City wiU.be provided
when certain equipment installa
tions are completed.
Long distance tolls remain the
same, as do installation fees, but
semi - public telephone su bscribers
will find their guarantee rate hik
ed frorrt 15 cents per day to 21
cents per day.
Biggest Increase will <be for.
business telephones, with most j
subscri'Tiexy paying $1.75 per |
month additional rental. Most j
residential users will be paying
75 cents more per month.
The following rate table shows
the new monthly rates as com
pared to the present rates which
expire December 31
Business Phones
New Old
One-party ..$650 $4.75
Two-party $5.75 $4.00
Four-party $500 $3.50
Rural * $3.50 $2.75
Residential
One-party ' $3.50 $2.75
Two-party $3.00 $2 1Z ,
Four-partv $2.50 $2.00 '
Rural " $2.50 $2.00]
40 County Men
To Be Inducted
Forty Cleveland County men !
Will be Inducted into the army on j
January 19.
The Cleveland County selective 1
service board has received orders
to furnish that number of men
for Induction on that date.
On January 12 the Board will
fill a pre-lnduction quota oi 75
men.
Orders for .both groups are to be
mailed in the near future, (accord
ing to announcement by board
officiate.
To fill the pre -induction call,
the board will dip heavily into its
registrants in the 20-year old
group.
Annual Tax Listing
Will Begin Monday
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PASSES SUNDAT ? William M.
Hord. above, for 40 years a welt*
known Kings Mountain grocer,
died Sunday. He was 81 years old.
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Funeral Held
For W. ML Hord
Funeral services for William
M. Hord, 81, who died Sunday af
lusmopn after an lllnes# o I two
! years, were held at First Baptist
church Tuessday afternoon at 3
! o'clock.
Rev. T. L. Cash well, Jr., offici
ated and burial was in Mountain
Rest Cemetery.
M. Hord was a prominent
Kings Mountain grocer for 40
years until he retired 12 years a
go. He was a member of First
Baptist church.
His wife, the former Miss Cha
rity- Keller, died six years ago.'
Survivors include the ten
children, Charles Hord, of Char
lotte, Jake and Horace Hord, of |
Kings Mountain, William Hord, i
of Bridgeport, Conn., Kiser Hord, [
of Washington, D. C., MrW. D. B. j
Wallace, of Goldsboro, Mrs. L. W.
Davis, of. Concord, and Mrs. Bun |
Goforth, Mrs. Jim White and Mrs. j
G. V. Petty, alj of Kings Moun- |
tain; three sisters, Mrs. Joe Ken
drick, of Cherryville, and Mrs. J. >
C. Keller and Mrs. Ed Hord, of
Kings Mountain; 26 grandchild
ren and four great-grandchild
ren.
Active pallbearers were Wil
liam Miles Hord, Jake Hord, Jr.,
W, M. Baker, Dorus Bennett, Wil
liam H. Wallace and Lemly Ro
berts.
JAYCEE MEETING
Regular meeting of the Kings
Mountain Junior Chamber of
Commerce will be held Tues
day evening at 7 o "clock at the
Woman's Club. The meeting
?will be devoted to work of tihe
forthcoming Jaycee Minstrel,
according to announcement by
W. Faison Barnes, president.
1951 General Assembly To Convene
Wednesday: Issues Are Listed
The 1951 session of the North ]
Carolina General Assembly wrtl
convene next Wednesday.
Cleveland county wIH be repre
sented by one new and one vet
eran legislator. Clyde Nolan, of
Shelby, will be in the Senate, suc
ceeding Senator Lee B. Weathers, I
while Representative B. T. Palls, !
I Jr., will return for anottter term
in the House of Repi jsentaives.
Newsmen and political observ
ers are predicting an eventful seis.
slon, with moat of the business of
the legislature to concern finan
cial matters.
Size of the budget requests for
the forthcoming two years were
greatly Increased, tout some gues- 1
sers feel the Advisory Budget
eMttmttilftn 'has already slashed
some of the requests.
Sure to get top tilling will be
(efforts of teachers to get pay in
creases. They will seek a mini
mum salary scale of $2,400 for
beginning teachers with "A" cer
tificates plus experience incre
ments Up to $3,600.
Other matters on the agenda
wftl Include the renewed effort
of QtunfcipaUttes to get more rev
enue from the gasoline tax, a?<l (
a possible new effort to get a (
state-wide liquor referendum.
In local matters, the county 1
board of commissioners Is oom !
mitted toy resolution to seek ?
change in the county govern men - j
tal set up, whereby the board
would be expanded to five mem- j
toers, and the city parks and recre- j
Ration commission had hoped to
obtain pa/^sage of a bill permit- j
ting use of parking meter re- J
celpts for recreation purposes.
Governor Scott is scheduled to '
give his "state of the state" mes- !
sage on January^ or 5, but he had
bean very coy in Indicating what
recommendations he will make
There is some speculation that'
the governor will ask removal of
certain sales tax exemptions.
In general, the legislators' pro
Mem will be finding enough rev
enue to meet demand for servi.
CCS.
Most observers are predicting a
longer -than-usual session, with
pressure being applied from ma
ny quarters to cut state spending
In the face of huge increase* in
federal spending. \
City, County
Listers To Be
At City Hall
The annual johof listing raxes
beg ins Monday.
B. D. Ratterree, county list tak
er, and Joe McDaniel, Jr., city list
taker, will bo at the, city hall
courtroom from 8:30 to 5 p. m. *o
accept the property declarations.
The city lister will be on the
job every weekday. Mr. Ratterree
will follow a similar schedule
with the exception of January 11,
18 qnd 25, when he will be at
Herndon's Store in Urover to bet
ter accommodate citizens of that
area.
All owners of property, both
real and personal, are required to
list their properties for taxes dur
| ing the month of January and the
law provides penalties for those
who fail to Iwi and for those who
do not list within the month.
Male persons between the ages .1
of 21 and 50 arc required to list
for poll tax, and farmers are al- ?
so required to make a farm re
port.
Tax officials are urging all ci
tizens to complete the listing Job
as early as possible, 1n'order x6 :
avoid the customary iast-minute
rush.
"By listing in the early day*
of the month," they pointed out,
"delays will be virtually elimina
ted."
New Bank Honrs
9 a. m. to 1 p. m.
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Patrons of the First National
Bank are' being reminded again
this week that, effective next
Tuesday, the bank will close an
hour earlier each fall business
day. ' , .
The bank will be open daily
from 9 a. in. to 1 p. in. lor general
banking business, excepting
Wednesdays, whea the bank will
close at noon. ?
The personal loan department
will be oj/ !n from 3 to 5 p. m. In
the after.ioon, and officers o f the
bank will also be o? duty duricf
these hours to handle loans and
other related business.
The now schedule wiH enable
the bank to have it* full staff on
duty at all times during the full
day's schedule for general bank
ing, officials have pointed out
They feel the change will speed
up service to all patroaa.
Notices to patrons concerning
the change in. schedule will be
mailed with December bank
statements.
Hughes Clothing ,
To Close Saturday
Hugfces Clothing Company,
Kings Mountain haberdasheiy,
will clow its brancla here at the
end of the business day Saturday.
Clyde K. Hughes, owner of the
establishment, announced 3ast.
month that the firm was closing.
its Kings, Mountain oraneh arxfJ
for the pasrt month has conducted
a going-out-of- business sale.
Mr. Hughes purchased the bqn
iness from D. L. Saunders last r
January. He a!so operates a
men's store and ladies' shop fit
Union, S. C,
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Jaycee* To Colled.
Paper January 7
The Kings Mountain Junior ,
Chamber of Commerce will
conduct a paper collection on.
January 7, according to an
nouncement yesterday by Fat* .
son Barnes, president- . ; . '
The pick-up will be another
in a regular schedule of col
lections conducted by the }ef>
cess.
The drives are coodnctaSl for
two purposes: l)to salvage
waste paper: 8) to earn twaewr
foe the public parks ehd wdtfg
atlon fund.
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