InTorea I
ton, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. W.
Blanton. u now wiring with the
army in Korea, according to in
formation received by his par
ents recently. Sgt. Blanton has a
total of eight years in the army,
including three years in the Eu
ropean Theatre during World
War 1L Following that term of
service and prior to his. re-enlist
ment in July 1949. he was a rep
resentative of Imperial Life In
surance Company here. Before
sailing for Japan on December 8.
ho was stationed at Fort Lee. Va.
His Wife and two children also
resido here.
Ten Cases Completed
In Recorder's Court
- . \ " ?' j V > . J
Ten cases were completed in ?
recorder's court through Monday
according to a -study .of court rec
ords on file at. City Hall..
Four defendants drew fines af
ter conviction, on charges of pub
lic drunkenness and one defen
dant waa fined on two separate
counts of public drunkenness.
Burg In Ayers, 50, was ordered
to jail for 30 days on a drunken
ne^s charge and was- ordered to
not use alcohol for two years and
to seek employment outside the
eity limits.
John Burrls was ordered tp pay
costs and to pay a bill on a char
ge of failure to pay fare.
Leroy Wilson, on two counts of
[passing worthless check, was or
dered to pay costs on each count
and to make the checks good.
Livestock schools are being *
held in more than <10 counties of j
the State during January and j
February.
Rambling Sketch;? OX '
Oak Grove News
: By Mrs. William Wright
Mr. and Mrs. Crawrord I/Ovelace
and family had as their Sunday
dinner guest Rev. C. C. Crow of
Earl.
Mt. and Mrs. Edward Bell and
son of Swainsvllie were the Sun.
day guests of Mr. ?nd Mrs. Sam
Bell and children.
Mrs. Estelle Turner and child
ren spent awhile Tuesday after
noon with the scribe
Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Lovelace
and daughter, Mrs. J. W. Watter
son and little grandson, Keith
Randall, spent the day Tuesday
With Mrs. Horace Bell.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bell and'
children were Tuesday evening
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
James Ledbetter and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Stokes Wright
and sons. Miss Betty Bell and
Miss Fern Bell of ^Swainsvllle
spent Sunday In the home of Mr.
and Mrs. William Wright.
Mrs, F. C. Ware entertained a
large group of ladles with a Stan-,
ley party Tuesday night. Those
present from out of the communi- ,
ty wer? Mrs. Earl Morris and |
daughter, Mrs. Myers Hambrlght,
Mrs.- W. F. Stone, Jr., of Beth
Ware, Mrs. Charles Goforth, Mrs.,
Dewitt Randall and Mrs, Will
Watterson of Patter?cii Grove,
and Mrs. Menzell Pnifer and Mrs.
Buford Ware of Kings Mountain,
j Mrs. Eugene Bell and children
had as their Tuesday dinner
I guests Mrs., Sam Bell and daugh
ter, Gall, Mr. and Mrs. William
Wright.
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Korean Veterans
Eligible For Legion
Korean war veterans are now j
eligible for membership in the!
American Legion.
Congress passed a bill amend
ing the act incorporating the or- ]
ganization this week. Veterans
must have an honorable dischar
ge or separation or the official
date of cessation of hostilities
must have been set before Kore
an vets actually may join the
organization.
The bill reads:
. "Sec. 5. That no person shall i
be a member of this corporation |
unless he served In the naval or |
military services of the United ,
States at some time during any (
of the following periods: April
6, 1917, to November 11, 1918; De- !
mHpaMKnaaBmwK
CHOO CHOO COMING? Char
lie (Choo Choo) Justice. AH
Amerlca football -player at
UNC and Washington Redskin
star, is scheduled to come here
Friday, January 26th with the
Carolina Clowns basketball
team for a game against the
Kings Mountain Stars. Reseir? 1
ed seat tickets are going last
for the game, sponsored by the
Mountaineer Club. Inc.
Awards Available
For Legionnaires
Kings Mountain Legionnaires
have until February 15 to qualify
for ''Cocke O' The Walk" awards
according to James (Bunk) Hou
ser, membership chairman.
Members who solicit four mem
bers before that date are tligi
ble for the card and cap orna
ment of a ''Cocke O' The Walk"
Legionnaire.
Membership in the organiza
tion is four dollars a year and re
ceipt blanks may be secured from
Mr. Houser or from the Legion
Building, which is open every ?af
ternoon and night except Sun
day.
cember 7, 1941, to September 2,
1945; June 25, 1950, to thedate of
cessation of hostilities, as deter
mined by the United StateS Gov
ernment; air dates inclusive, or
who being citizens of the United
States at the time of entry there
in, served In the military or na
val services of any of the gov
ernments associated with the<
United States during said wars
or hostilities; Provided, however,
That such person WhtU have an
honorable discharge or separa
tion from such service or contin
ues to serve honorably after any
of theaforesaid terminal dates."
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Bethware Socks
"Bees" In Pah
Bethware'j high school's bas
ketba!i teams swept a double
header from Kings Mountain
high sehool "B" teams at Central
gymnasium Wednesday night,
the hoys winning a thriller 30 to
28 and the girls winning a close
game 28jto 20.
Coach Jack Sink's . "B" Boys
team trailed throughout the first
half and at the half was six
points back at 10-16. The "Little
Hill Runners" fought to a 21-all
tie in the third period and were
trailing by only one point with
two iminutes to go but couldn't
pull the game out of the- fire. ?
IForwaid Cook hit for 6 goals
and three charity tosses to lead
the scoring with 15 points. Staggs
and Bolin each had four points
for Bethware.
; Paul McGinnls paced the los
ers with six points. Clyde Falls
had 5 and Dick McMackin and
Ollie Harris 4 each for the "Lit
tle Mountaineers." '
Francos Pridmore had 14
points for the Bethware girls and
Jeanelle Anthony had 8 to pace
the scoring. Geneva Ware had 9
points for the losers and Barba
ra Gault had 7.
The box scores:
Kings Mountain Boys (28)
Player. Pos. g fg tp pi ftm
McMackin, / 2 0 2 1 4
Smith, f 0 0 0 0 0
Harris, f 2 0 4 2 1
Crawford, f 1 0 2 0 2
Brlggs, c 10 2 11
Welch, c 113 2 0
McGinnis, g 3 0 6 3 1
Guyton, g 10 2 10
Falls, g 2 15 2 1
George, g 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 13 2 28 13 8
Bethware Boys (30)
Player, Pos. g fg tp pi ftm
Boiin, f 2 0 4 1 0
Cook, f 6 3 15 0 3
Bridges, c 1 2 4 3 2
Ross, g 1 1 3 * 3 2
Staggs, g 2 0 4 2 2
Totals 12 6 30 9 9
Score at half: Kings Mountain
10, Bethware 16.
Officials: Parker and Klmmell.
* * * *
Kings Mtn. "B" Girls (20)
Player, Pos. g fg tp pf ftm
Ware, f 4 19 0 3
S. Falls, f 113 0 2
Gault, f 3 16 2 4
Walker. I 0 0 0 ' 3 0
Cline, g ft 0 0 4 0
Payne, g 6-0 0 3 0
Pilling, g 0 0 0 0 0
Smith, g 0 0 0 0 0
Howell, g 0 0 0 0 0
Blanton, g 0 11 10
Davis, g ' 0 0 0 0 0
Costner, g 0 0 0 3 0
Totals 8 4 20 16 9
Bethware Tiirls (28)
Player, Pos. g fg tp pf ftm
Anthony, f 4 0 8 1 0
Pridmore, f 5 4 14 1 &
Patterson, f 1 0 2 0 0
Anthony, f 0 0 ,0 0 0
Champion, 1 0 2 2 0
Bell, f 1 0 2 0 0
Allen, g .0 0 6 2 0
Bonham, g 0 0 0 2 0
Short, g 0 0 . 0 1 0
Bolin, g 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 12 4 28 9 6
Score at half: Kings Mounain [
"B" 8, Bethware 13.
ORDINANCE TO REGULATE
SPEED OF TRAINS THROUGH
KINGS MOUNTAIN :
Whereas, the freight trains and
passenger trains operated by the
Southern Railway Company
through the Corporate Limits of
Kings Mountain at times have
been operated at an excessive
rate of. speed -which might en
danger the lives of the citizens
of Kings Mountain and due to
several complaints on the part of
the citizens of said city, It is ad
visable to regulate the' speed of
said trains:
At the tegular meeting of the
Mayor and Board of Commis
sioners for the .City of Kings
Mountain on Wednesday, Janu
ary 10, 1951, upon motion of Com
missioner, B. H. Bridges and sec
onded toy A. H. Patterson, Com
missioner, the following odri
nance was unanimously adopted:
i
That it shall be unlawful for
any person, persons!, firms or cor
porations to operate a train over
the tracks of. the Southern Rail
way through the City of Kings
Mountain either a freight train or
a passenger train at ? greater
rate of speed than, thirty -five (35)
mi less per hour,
a.
That any person, persons, firms
or corporations violating this or
dinance shall be guHty of a mis
demeanor and upon conviction
shall be fined Twenty-five ($25.- i
00) Dollars or thirty (30) days tn
Jail for each separate violation
of this ordinance.
3- I
That this ordinance shaM be In ,
full force and effect from end af
ter the 15th of January, 1951.V
The foregoing ordinance was
unanimously adopted on this the
1.0th day of January, 1951.
J. E. HERNDON,
Mayor, for City of Kings Moun
tain.
S. A. CROUSE, City Clerk
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CAGERS "TIP-OPT" SEASON HE HE F? .DAY NIGHT ? Kings Moun
tain high school varsity boys and girls basketball teams play NCSD
a) Central gymnasium Friday night in the first Western (AA) home
games of the season. Above is a shot oi the tip-oli against Dover Mill
in the first practice game, played on December 8.
Central Cagers Open Home Schedule
Friday Night Against NCSD Teams
King* Mountain high school's
varsity cagers open tho home
basketball season here Friday
night against N. C. S. D. First
game is to get underway at 7
p. rn. at Central gymnasium.
On Tuesday night, Kings
Mountain's teams Journey to
Cltffside lor another Western
(AA) conference clash and ?re
scheduled to return to Central
gymnasium next Friday night to
play Tri-Hlgh a return go.
TYl-Hlgh downed Central in
both ends of the schedule opener }
Tuesday night at Caroleen in the
only loop games to date.
, NCSD and Kinga Mountain did
| not meet in 1950. '
Coach Jack Sink ds scheduled
, to take the <?? teams to Shelby
Thursday night, January 18, for
a scrap with the Shelby high
teams. Coach Sink is to rele'ase a
complete "B" team schedule next
week.
r
Cagers Drop Pair
To Tri-High Teams
In Schedule Opener
> An error by the storekeeper
"fouled -up" a post-game free
throw that would have tied the
?core had It been good and the
K!nga Mountain high school
"Mountaineers" dropped the o
pening Western (AA) conference
game of the season to TYl-High,
of Caroleen, 54 to 53. The varsity
girls lost 37 to 66.
Guard Johnny Riser was fouled
as the game ended with Kings
Mountain apparently on the short
end of a 51-55 count! With the
crowd milling under the basket
and all over the floor, Klser miss,
ed his shot, the only miss of five
tries during the game.
Coach Don Parker said that a
re-check of the acorebook Wed
nesday showed the score before
Kiser's free throw try should have
read 53-54 and a good toss would
have sent the game into overtime.
Kings Mountain trailed at the
half 20-27 but managed a three
point lead 40-37 at the end of the
third (period. The Mountaineers
scored 13 points to IT for the win
ners in the fourth quarter.
Forward Charles Painter led
the scoring for Kings Mountain
with live goals and 4 charity
tosses for 14 points. Guard Steve
Jones hit live goals and two free
throws for 12 points.
Beard for Trl-Hlgh had 19
points and Packard 16.
Audrey Byars had 18 points for
the Kings Mountain girls and
Eva Nell Ross had 12. Packard
had 35 points for the winners
sand Owens had 21.
Kings Mountain trailed all the
way, 9-17 at the quarter and 23
44 at the half.
Kings Mountain meets N. C. S.
D. here Friday night at 7 o'clock;
ATTENDS MARKET
Dan Huffstetler, manager of
Baird Furniture, returned Wed
nesday afternoon from Chica
go, 111., where he attended the
semi-annual Furniture Mart
The box scores:
Kings Mountain Beys (53)
SSG&ir f?*" \ ** ** # itm
Klmmell, f 4 0 8 5 i
Painter, f . 5 4 14 2 4
Jate, c 3 17 0 1
Mauney, c 1-0210
Jones, g 5 2 12 3 0
Kiser, g 3 4 10 3 1
Totals 21 11 53 14 ~7
Tri-High Boy* (54)
Player, Pou. g fg tp pf ftm
Packard, f 7 2 16 3 C
Beard, f 8 3 19 2 4
Elmore, c 4 19 0~1
Huskey, c 0 0 0 4 2
Williams, g 113 4 2
Shytle, g l\ 2 l 5 2 0
Davis, g ' 1 0 2 0 1
Totals 23 8 54 16 10
? Score at half: Kings Mountain
20, Tri-High 27.
Officials: O. C. Connor and Max
Putnam.
Kings Mountain Girls (37)
Player, Fob. g fg tp pf ftm
Ross, i 6 0 12 2 3
F. Falls, f 3 17 3 3
Byars, f 8 2 18 3 3
Loftln, g 0 0 0 0 0
Walker, g 0 0 0 3 0
Prince, g 0 0 0 2 0
Cline, g 0 0 0 1 0
Totals' 17 3 37 14 9
Tii-High Girls (68)
Player, Poe. g fg tp pi ftm
E. Holly'd, f 2 1 5 0 1
Packard, f 17 1 35 0 2
Owens, 1 9 3 21 2 . 3
Yelton, t 3 0 6 0 1
P. Hoily'<I, f 0 0 0 0 0
ilarris, f 0 1110
Mitchell, g 0 0 0 0 0
Byerg, g 0 0 0 3 0
Rob't'son, g 0 0 0 0 0
Wilson, g 0 0 0 1 0
Metton, g ? 0 0 0 1 0
Hay, g .0 0 0 1 0
E. Mitchell, g 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 68 9 7
Technical Fouls ? Kings
Mountain: Cline,. Walker; Tri
High: Yelton, Packard.
Score at half: Kings Mountain
23, Tri -High 44.
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the
Home Building & Loan Association
will be held at the
CITY HALL COURTROOM
Thursday Afternoon. January 25, 1951. at 5 p. m.
J 12-18
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