SPORT SHOTS
.... By Charles Carpenter
Of the two conference teams
Kings Mountain .posted wins over
this season, one went on to de
feat the loop champs and the
other defeated winners of the
two loops in the Western North
Carolina High School Activities
Association.
Lenoir high's Bearcats, led by
Paul Beck (whom many Ameri
can Legion baseball fans will
remember as a Hickory jurior),
topped Wilkes Central 19 to 14 at
Hickory last week to give the
Western (AA) loop champs a vic
tory over the South Piedmont co
champs.
Wilkes won a share in the SP
?- title' after a season of "doubling
up" to become eligible for the
Western loop. They played a pre
vious schedule in the Highland
loop along with the Western
card, on Thursdays and Satur
days.
Lenoir lost oniy to Rutherford
to-SpIndale in the circujt, the 21
19 verdict the first in the last 39
starts for the Bearcats. Wilkes
went through the SP loop sche
dule undefeated but tied by
Mooresville in the opener.
But during the season both
teams lost to Coach Burt Bar
ger's Valdese powerhouse. The
Tigers downed Lenoir 12-0 and
beat W I ikes Central 13 to 7 in
winning 10 and deadlocking one
to take the Highland Conference
crown.
But in the Cherry Bowl last
Saturday night in CherryvlJle
Coach Hlnse Quinn's more pow
erful Cherryvllle high Ironmen
took the measure of the conquers
of the Western and South Pied
mont titles by 33 to 7.
Cherryvllle finished in the
Western runner-up post, winning
six and losing one, that to Coach
Art Welner's Kings Mountain
high Mountaineers. (Several pa
pers over the weekend listed
Cherryville's only loss to Lenoir,
however. The two teams did not
play each other this season.)
Assisting Coach Barger at Val
dese this season was John Char
les, former Lenoir Ilhyne college
ace tailback, who Was at one
time considering a Job with
Kings Mountain high.
Many of the Vajdese stars play
ed on Barger*s Vaidese American
Legion team, while several other
Lenoir aces were Hickory Jun
iors.
And looking back, Cherryville
also took the measure of Lexing
ton, SP co-champs with Wilkes,
in the Dairy Bowl clash two
weeks ago. The Ironmen finished
with 11 wins in 12 starts.
Western Results
The final official Western
(AA) standings as released by
Secretary W. C. Clary, of Win
ston-Salem: j
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Tumi Won TU<1 Lost Pet.
Lenoir .............. 7 01 .875
CtHrrryvlllf ......... . GUI .857
Hickory ... ..... 7 1 1 .833
Shelby 6 0 S .066
Porent" Cliy 4 1 4 .500
Heimont 3 1 . 4 , ,4S7
Marlon . 3 1 4 .437
Nevv'on-f<,Bover ..... 2 2 4 . 375
KINGS MOUNTAIN . 3 1 4 .357
SpiluM*. ...... ..... 2 1 4 .357
Morxanton 0 0 8 .000
Llncolnton .......... .1 ? 2 5 .2530
Kings Mountain had a season
record of four wins, four losses
and a tie, posting victories over
Bessemer City and Mount Holly
(dropped from ' the conference
this year after a brief stay on the
inside) in addition to the loop
work.
Kings Mountain won over
Cherryville and Rutherfordton
Spindale, tied Lincolnton and lost
to Forest City, Marion; Newton
Conover and Shelby.
Davidson Star ? .
Jack Ruth, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Iiilton Ruth, of Kings Mountain,
completed a good season quarter
backing for Coach Crowell Lit
tle's Davidson College Wildcats
last Saturday with a 24-yard pass
to End Dick Kelly to set up his
team's .only score against the
powerful, Orange Bowl bound
Ga. Tech Yellow Jackets.
Ruth has been playing good
ball this year, is high in the Sou
thern Conference's records on
passing. He worked behind a not
too-great forward wall and many
times. had to eat the leather try
ing to spot a pass receiver.
Kuth was a high school sports
star here, ran from the single
wing. At Davidson he took to the
T-formatlon quarterbacklng like
a duck takes to water and, with
the experience he gained this
year, will toe plenty more trou
ble for Davidson opponents next
season.
He is one of the few Kings
Mountain football players to
earn a steady job with a college
eleven. You can count the re
mainder on one hand.
? *<* and Dashes
T.' W. Grayson, Glee A. Bridg
es, W. G. Grantham, J. B. Keeter
and Max Boggs, Jr., are duck
hunting at Ocracoke Island . . .
Bobby Ed ens bagged a big buck
deer at Pisgah National Forest
on a hunt November 19th. His
was one of around a dozen kll
.ed on the hunt which some 300
hunters, Including his father,- C.
C. (Shorty) Edens, was on . . .
We'd like to hear more reports
of hunting and flshng expedi
tions concerning local folk. Give
us a buzz next time you take a
trip . . ? haven't heard any com
ment on Wilton (Charlotte Ob
server) Garrison's recently com
menced col., "All Outdoors", con
cerning the doings of Carolina
sportsmen and news of wildlife.
If you haven't started reading
his notes, better dig up the past
several week's issues and get
started . . Paul Beck, the Hick
ory Junior and more recently the
Lenoir high footballer, made the
North ' Carolina Shrine team, a
long with Jimmy Kiser, of Shel
by, and Ray Yoder, of Lincoln
ton . . . local basketball players
wishing to field a team In the
Shelby Recreation Center rec.
loop are urged to contact Buddy
Medlln here or the recreation di
rector at the Shelby center. Med
lln is trying to organize a team
and we've heard reports of other
prospective teams . . . The Kings
Mountain Keglers, led by Jim
Everhart, have been posting a
good record lrt the Shelby bowl
ing loop.
Many Johnston County farm
ers are buying beef heifers as
foundation stock for establish
llshlng beef herds.
Name 4 North Carolina Top Ranking 4-HVr>
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rpHIPS to the 80th National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago wot*
ffiTOTt four CMd North State dob members for their outstanding
records in the 1MU National field Crops, Garden, Home Improve
ment and Poultry programs. The state winners and brief ou times
of thoir records follow:
Utilising improved field crop production to the home flock, and
methods has earned state honors , thereby making a major contri
f or Clarence Chappell, IS. of button towards the farm economy,
Belvidere, in the 4-H Field Crop* Tommy Sec rest, 19, of Monroe,
program. Long hours and much '
effort went into learning good
farm practices and export use of
farm machinery, but the increase
per acre of food, feed and fibre
crops has more than compensated.
Five years in 4-H dob work this
young farmer has made a re
markable showing raising corn.
cotton, potatoes, soybeans and
peanuts. He has been c member
of the State 100-Bushet Corn
Club twice, this year's crop at
hybrid corn being estimated at
122 bushels to the. acre. The last
three years Clarence has been
county winner in Field Crops
with district and inter county
awards also to his credit. As club
president and junior leader for
five years he has been an out
standing 4-H'er. International
Harvester provided Clarence's
Chicago trip award.
Growing a garden has served a
three-fold purpose for Doris
Wells, 18, of Msrble, state win
ner In the 4-H Garden program.
She has supplied the family with
a variety of fresh vegetables,
reduced the cash outlay for food,
at the seme time promoting
relaxation and good health. Her
trip award was presented by
Alfis-Chslmers. Doris had to feed
and cultivate the soil and spray
the plants for disease to get the
bountiful crop of potatoes, beans,
tomatoes and corn she harvested.
She tends a 18-acre of garden
and also helps out in the family
garden. This young gardener is
also an excellent leader snd
serves aa president of local and
vice-president of County clubs.
Applying the latest scientific
developments in poultry and egg
was named state winner in the
4-H Poultry Achievement pro
gram. In 4-H Club work five
years, he has raised s flock of
more than 5,000 turkeys. When
Tommy started his project at the
age ox 12 Ids knowledge of tur
key production was nil. Today be
is qualified to compete with the
best commercial producers. By
following good sanitation prac
tices, using home grown feed and
having a good watering -system,
be has raised birds that are
healthier, heavier, and return a
good profit. He is now a student
at Wingate Junior College,
Tommie's trip wSs provided by
Dearborn Motors.
A comfortable and attractive
home is no problem to the Wilson
family of Gastonia since their
daughter, Lynda, 18, has become
interested in the 4-H Home Im
provement program. As state
winner in the 1961 program she
was awarded s trip to Chicago
as guest of The Sears-Roebuck
Foundation. Lynda began her
project by improving ner own
room. Some of the heavy work
was performed by her father but
the papering, painting and refin
ishing she did herself. Using a
dark and light green background
with yellow quilted chints for a
scalloped bedspread, valance and
covers, she created a room so
interesting the stste House Fur
nishing agent asked to make
color slides of it for demonstra
tions. The living and dining
rooms, hall and kitchen, were
then rearranged and decorated.
Addition of a few accessories
completed the attractive home.
All of these activities are conducted under the direction of the Exten
sion Service of the State Agricultural College and USDA cooperating.
More than a quarter million I tile Industry in North Carolina,
persons are employed In the tex- ' which leads the nation.
Mrs. Ross' Brother
Burled In Shelby
Funeral rites lor Lemuel S.
Conner, 72. o 1 Shelby, brother
of Mrs. E. V. Ross, of Kings
Mountain, were held Sunday af
ternoon at 3 p. m., for the Shelby
First Baptist church of which he
was a member.
Rev. Harlan Harris, assisted by
Dr. Zeno Wall, officiated. Burial
was In Sunset ceirctery and
graveside Masonic rites were ad
ministered.
A foreman for the Southern
Railway for 25 years before his
retirement several years ago, he
died at his home at 11:15 p. m.
Friday after a year's Illness. He
was a member of Cleveland Ma
sonic Lodge 202 and was- a veter
an of the Spanish-American War.
Other survivors 'Include his
wife, Mrs. Florence Setzer Con
ner; a brother, O. C. Conner, Sr.
of Lumberton; and two sisters,
Mrs. O. C. Lewis and Mrs. Minnie
Poston of Shelby.
Lt Wonsack Receives
Air Medal
First Lt Geonge Womack of
Jacksonville, Fla., (formerly of
Kings Mountain) has been a*
warded the Air Medal for meri
torious achievement while par
ticipating In combat mission ov
er enemy held territory In Ko
rea, the Air Force announced
recently.
A member of the Air National
Guard before he was recalled, Lt.
Womack Is serving with the
49th Fighter Bomber Wing of the
Fifth Air Force, where he flies a
F-84 Thunderjet.
Lt. Womack's wife, the former
Patricia Albea of Jacksonville,
has Just been notified of his pro
motion to the rank of Captain.
Although the 1951 growing sea
son was far from satisfactohy In
many areas, livestock production
In the United States Is now. at an
all-time record level.
I
Three-fourths of all freight 1
tonage moved In the U. S. goes
by petroleum-powered motor
truck.
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