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MORE ABOUT Blokely Urges Continued From Page One seals may be placed only on the backs of parages. "Do Not Open Until Christmas" stickers may toe used ? If you're afraid someone ?will peek. The Postmaster particularly stressed the importance of send ing all Christmas cards with three-cent stamps as first clan mall. Actually, savings are very little toy sending your greetings In unsealed envelopes, because the fate for third class mall has been Increased to two cents. Also, first class mail has these advantages: ' Your cards may carry writ te messages. 2. They are dispatched and de livered first. 3. If necessary, they are for warded to new addresses without additional charge. 4. If undellverable, they are re turned If the sender's address is on the envelope. Postal regulations, moreover, require minimum postage of three cents on envelopes smaller than 2 3/4 by 4 inches, or larger than 9 toy 12 inches, whether sealed or unsealed. To avoid last-minute Crowds, Postmaster Blakely recommends that a visit to the post office next week to i>i?chase exra stamps. The star ?p <ll?"?es are short now, and this is one phase of Christ mas shopping that can be done easily. Christmas cards and packages for out-of-tate delivery should be ported well in advance of De Keglers Hold Second Place With Forfeit Kings Mountain's Keglers maintained the runner-up. posi tion In Cleveland County Bowl ing Association league play with a forfeit win over Ella Mill last Friday night on the Shelby Cen ter alleys. Furman Wilson capped the Keglers effort against Ella with a 316 for high set. Ralph Arro wood posted a 130 lor game high. The Kings Mountain entry rack* ed up 1,532 points before the op ponent folded. The Keglers have a league rec ord of seven wins, two losses to hold the second place spot. Shel by's Outlaws are in first place with 9 wins and no losses. The Kings Mountain team has a league scrap scheduled for Monday night at the Center. Other members of the team are Tom Gamble, captain. Bill l<o gan, Albert Brackektt and Jim Everhart. cember 11th. Those for local de livery are sure to arrive by Christmas Day if mailed by De cember 15th. "We anticipate an even heavi er load of Christmas mall this year than In 1950, when both lo cal. and national records were broken," the Postmaster conclu ded. "Consequently," ' we've enlarg ed our stafif of" mall clerks and carriers as much as possible. "The sorting tables and delivery trucks are all set up." he com mented. STONEWARE TRIO... Give him thia nire-to-ple?M gift and be'll think of you for month* to come! Refresh ing Seaforth Shave Ixition . . k creamy Shave Soap . . . tooth ing Men'a Talc... all brisk with that "Come- Heather"| aroma that men like! Gift-boxed B Otkrr ha ndtome Seaforth gift Mb . . , $ 1.50 tm $ 6.00 Griffin Drug Co. Gifts For Everyone! Mountain Street Phone 8 I MORE ABOUT Modern Schools Continued From Front Page tion. A place was set aside lor each, the youngest, the older, and then the oldest students. Playing hookey or avoiding study was un thought of. There was no com pulsary school law for the stu dents attending were there be cause they desired an education. The athletics department was confined to baseball and football, atnce there was no gymnasium for indoor sports. Coaches for sports were unheard of. Usually one of the older boys, having played with the team while in school, coached. Styles of dress for the girls were similar to today's style, ex cept the dresses were longer. The way of dress for boys differed greatly. They wore short pants, that fitted tight above the knees until they were 14 or 16 years old Programs for the school chil dren were enjoyed by all the peo ple of the town. All programs of the town were given in the audi torium. The teacher whom students of the school remembered best was Dr. Blckle. He not only taught school, but was the pastor of the Lutheran church. Many of his students have said, "He was the best teacher that ever taught me, and he is one of the greatest ma .&au.clans" Hla students liked him because he had a dif ferent and more efficient, way of teaching. Although he was very stem and required much study ing. his students respected and adnrilred him. The school building that the pupils attended was all together different. Students entered first a large auditorium or a long hall? used as a class-room. On each side there was a wing, with two rooms down stairs and two up. (These were added later than the picture.) One had to cross through the first two rooms to get to th*. two back ones over the auditorium. A big stove sat in the middle of the auditorium which was furnished with home made seats. The building was made of wood and there were no locks on the doors. In the belfry hung the bell, which when rung could be heard for a half-mile. There were no Janitors to clean the school, instead some of the boys worked off their tuition by cleaning the building. All the boys gathered on the school ground on Saturdays to play. Their favorite game was Fox and Hounds", giving a cou ple a head start, the group would chase them. They usually travel ed as far as Bessemer City or Crowders Mountain In this game. There was a commencement program; but much different from graduation exercises of to wer? n<* Klven. When one had taken all courses possible he simply did not at tend anymore. The commence ment program given lasted over J, thre* nights. The first night was for small chil FIRST SCHOOL Above is a re production of a drawing of Kings Mountain high school as it ap peared around 75 tmh ago .Mrs. M. L. Houser kept the picture and made it available. Writing und er the picture reads: "Captain W. T. R. Bell, Prin. . . .Students pre pared for college and the busi ness pursuits of life . . . The Fall Session . . . will open . . . August 13, 1877/' On either side of the date is nolt-d "Tuition per Ses sion S7 to SIS and "Board per Month $8 to $10. "A Latin phrase is under the date, along with two other curved linos which are too faint to read. Other notations in clude: "Cleveland County . . . . , North Carolina . . . Latin Greek French . . . Drawing Mathema tics ..." By the turn of the cen tury, two wings had been added to the building. dren; the next night a program was given for middleslzed group and the third was for adults. Us ually all seats and standing room was occupied lor all three pro* grams. The type of programs given were just good plays to suit everyone's taste. MORE ABOUT Christmas Parade . Continued From Page One Other units will include vehi cles of the Kings Mountain Na tional Guard company, command ed by Capt. Humes Houston. Oth er members of the Guard com pany will aid city policemen in handling traffic. The opening will also mark the lighting of Christmas street lights and decorations for the first time. Majority of retail stores will close at 5:30 p. m. as. is their regular policy, and Merchants Association officials suggested that persons who wish to com bine shopping with attendance at the parade tq come early and at tend to their shopping prior to 5:30. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Gallant had as their Sunday dinner guests, Fred Gallant. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Morrison and children, and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Barry and children, of Grover. ssa&saa&saass It's Later Than You Think . . . ' ?* ?. _ ??., . t * , * " ; ? , ? . "? ? ,? "jftlV ** <? '?**"* " Today. Marlowe's has a good selection of "big toys." the cars and tracks, tricycles, bicycles, and other specialties your children dream about. The time to buy them is NOW. Selections ore better and there's no danger of last * >* minute failure to find the answer to your child's letter to Santa Clans. And that's not all ... Shop Marlowe's lor dolls, tea sets, model planes, air rifles, gun-and-hoister block sets and many other Christmas specialties. You'll like our selections and you'll like, even better, our low popular prices. Listed and shown here are fust a lew of the many gift items Myers' has ready to fill your list! Come in today! NYLON HOSE L. fl and $1.35 Wool Gloves tor Ladies, Children 59c to $1.98 FOB MEN Essley Dress Shirts . . $2.98 Christmas Gilt Robes $7.95 & $9.95 Brocades and Gabardines Award Sweaters All the colors I Belts $1.00 and $130 4 Sport and Dress Socks . . 39c to 97c Warm Gloves . . $2.98 to $4.95 Lined or unlined Dress Oxfords $5.95 - Salts Topcoats . Hats $3.95 to $6.95 Boys" Cordaroy Shirts Sixes 8 to 18 ' Men's Hoaseslippeis . . $Ut< $3.95 . "Foamtread Solee" CHRISTMAS T $iJM and $1 JO FOB LADIES ? Broadcloths Regulars or slims tiittitji 53c to$1.3e
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