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Jr < (< / 4/ $ Mrt. P. D. Herndon, Editor Methodist Visit Methodist Home A large number from Central Methodist church, Kings Moun tain, visited the Methodist Home in Charlotte, on Sunday, March 16. Following a tour of the house and grounds, a picnic supper was enjoyed in the basement and a vesper service was held In the basement chapel at 6:00 p. m. led by Rev. J. H. Brendall, Jr., with special music by the visiting choir, under the leadership of Miss Bonnie Mcintosh. The visitors were delighted with the v arm hospitality of the Home family, and were especially happy to see a former pastor, Rev. H. C. Sprinkle, Sr., who is now a members of the family. It was also a pleasure to observe the beauty of the buildings and grounds. Marqrace Clubwomen Hold Regular Meeting The Margrace club held its reg- 1 ular meeting at the club house j last Friday evening. Mrs. Forest Weaver conducted the devotion. Mrs. James Bolin presided over the meeting in the absence of the president, Mrs. C. W. Falls. Bingo was enjoyed during the social hour. Mrs. Haskell Wilson was welcomed as a new member. An oyster supper with trimmings and a sweet course were served. The hostesses were Mesdames John Cloninger, Floyd Gates and Ben Horton. Misses Jean CMcRae, Sarah Klncaid and Betty Ledford and Jack Crouch, of Gardner . Webb college are spending spring hol idays with their parents. Methodist Youth Outline Activities The Youth Council of Central Methodist church met Monday night with Mrs. B. A. Murray Youth Supt. Reginald Murray, president called the meeting to order, and after the opening pray er, Dorothy Goforth, secretary read the minutes. It was decided that the rum mage sale set for Saturday be postponed, and Ann Mayes was appointed chairman. A 'Possum Hunt was set for next Tuesday, with Friday as al ternate date in case of rain. "Mud" Postum Is to take the MYF and provide dogs. Time set to clean the chapel is next Thursday at 3:30, or by 4:00 for those wishing to change to blue jeans. Mrs. Bun Goforth is to meet with youth. It was decided that Miss Doro thy Hayes, Adult Advisor, help in planning a special program for this Sunday evening at MYF meeting. The following Sunday, there is tp be a play given by girls of the MYF. Mrs. Bun Goforth, who is to meet with the Seniors. ? in April, agreed to help select materials for a special Easter program. A committee was set up to plan the Banquet honoring Grad uates in May. \ It was decided that the" council meet every 4th .Tuesday each month. Cookies and cokes were served, and fellowship ensued. The meet ing adjourned with the Benedic tion. Mrs. Butterworth Fetes Officers Mrs. C. A. Butterworth enter tained the executive' board of the W. S. C. S. of Central Methodist church Friday night. A dinner plate featuring baked ham and accessories was served with coffee, a dessert course was passed. Mrs. Butterworth was as sisted in serving by Mrs. Y. F. Liberty Life Firm To Honor Thornburg GREENVILLE, S. C.,? G. H. Thornburg, of Kings Mountain, was among the production load ers of Liberty Life Insurance Company for 1951 and will be honored by the company at a con vention in Miami Beach the first week in May. Mr. Thornburg will travel with Liberty Life's convention group by special train to Miami Beach, where the company leaders will be entertained at the Martinique and Delmonlco, two oi the re sort's most luxurious hotels. In addition to business mee1 , lngs, the, con vent ion program v Include swimming, boating, golf ing, fishing, and sighseeing. 1951 Senior Class Gift Cotmpleted The trophy case, which was pre sented to the Kings Mountain high school by the class of 1951 as the annual gift, has been com pleted and trophies placed In it. The case was constructed on the second floor of the school building in the corridor to the au ditorium and is in three sections, with complete glass fronts. The gift was presented at grad uation exercises in June of last year by Jack Bennett, class presi dent. Thornburg and Mrs. J. K. Willis, Following the delightful dinner a business meeting was held and resolutions drawn up to be pre sented the W. S. C. S. Fourteen officers enjoyed the meeting. Mrs. B. B. Speideli was a Char lotte visitor Monday. More than 1,100 modern fertil izer plants today serve American agriculture, home gardeners and others efficiently. Beechnut Strained ? Baby ?ooi 3 lor 29c with every purchase of $10 or more! FREE? $10 In Trade IF YOU'RE LUCKY . ? Pick up your lucky Number at any J time up to drawing time. ' These awards will be made to some | lucky visitor to Blalock's at 9 pm. Saturday' FFV Vanilla WAFERS 12 oz. pkg. 33c SPRY 3 lbs. 87c MARCH 22 Armour's Corned Beef 12 oz. can 53c i Qra"ge Juice 2 Can 46 oz. in re usable refrigerator jar Hitching Post No- 2 Can Carolina Maid Plain. Self-Rising LIMA BEANS 10c F100R. 25 lbs. $1.99 Dressed and Drawn Center Slices Lb. FRYERS, lb 53c CURED HAM i ~ - Sirloin and Round Western Steak 99c Monday-Thursday 8 a. m. to 7:30 p. m. bEaLOCK'S % Wilson's Corn King lb. BACON, 39c Friday ? Saturday liVv>. - Shelby Highway Near City Limits I 9 ? ? r/' ?v ' ' ~ ? ?? V " / KINGS MOUNTAIN Hospital Log VISITING HOURS Dallf, 10 to 11 a* m. 2 to 4 p. m. and 7 to 8 p. m. PATIENT UST AT 11:30 A. M. WEDNESDAY! Mrs. Nora Collins, city, admit ted Monday. J. J. -Gamble, Shelby, admitted Monday. Mrs. Dorcas Plonk, route 3, ad mitted Tuesday. Mrs. Eunice Randolph, foute 1, 1 admitted Tuesday. Mrs. J. L. Wright, route 2. " J. A. Hager, route 1, Bessemer City. Martha Clack, 25 Elm street. Lennle Scates, route 3. Marcus Warlick, route 2. ADMISSIONS AND DISCHARG ES DURING WEEK: Mrs. Herman Spouse, 28 Waco road, admitted Thursday, dis charged Saturday. John Bridges, 37 Spruce street, admitted Thursday, discharged Monday.. William Haithcox, Dilling street , admitted Thursday, discharged | Monday. Mrs. France Moss, Grovcr road, admitted Friday, discharged Tues day. .. Clarence h. Jolly, route 2, ad mitted Friday, discharged Mon day. Everette Sims, city, admitted Saturday, discharged Tuesday. \ Mrs. Lillie Carroll. 17 Piedmont avenue, admitted Saturday, dis charged Tuesday. OTHER DISCHARGEES: W. L. Ware, route 2, Friday. Miss Dolly Bingham, route 2, Lawndale, Wednesday. William Bailey, route 2, Frfday. . Betty Welch, 12 Cansler street, Sunday. Mrs. Mattie Gladden, 213 Park er street, Thursday. Mrs. Vera Ledtord, J 06 Rail road avenue, Wednesday. Mrs. Vera Cash, 305 Walker1 street. Monday. Mrs. Myrtle J. Mack, eity, Mon day. Mrs. H. G. Sellers. Cherryville Tuesday. Joseph Bennett, city, Sunday. Florence Allen, city, Saturday. IN MEMORIAM HOYLE? In memeory of Arthur C. Hoyle. One year has passed since that sad day When the one we loved was call ed away; God took him home, it was His will, But in our hearts we love him s.tilj. Please keep him, Jesus, in Thy arms 'Til wo rea-h the shining shore. ; Then, O Master, let us have him , To love as we did before. Louise and. Nat. m;20-pd A 12 year-old Gates County boy has raised the heaviest litter of pigs ever officially wueighed in that county. He is Bobby Ralph, son of Mr. and Mrs. Aub rey Ralph of Corapeake, whose of pigs ever officially weighed pounds each at 06 days of age. Wearable Wonderful 1 1 1 /in u u PAJAMAS Theifi no?d-lookin|( Win|i pijimit are tailored for to ptvine comfort, with loU of room. They won't ride ?p, bunrh, or bind. Soft yet sturdy washable cotton in jomr favor ite colon and the pattern* you want. KEETER'S Busy Session Heard Monday judge E. A- Harrili faced a busy docket In the regular weekly Recorder's court session Monday afternoon at City Hall. City Solicitor Jack White prose cuted the docket. Alfred Davis', charged with as sault, on a female; was taxed with court costs. Immediately after the case was completed, his wife, Mrs. Lula Davis, was arres ted for assault after she had hit Davis, on the porch of City Hall, and threatened his life, officers said. Mrs. Davis was cited for con tempt of court and was placed under a $50 bond. Judge Harrili ordered a warrant drawn against her for assault. Floyd Montgomery Was sen tenced to 24 hours in jail for con tempt of court. One defendant paid the costs after conviction of public drunk enness and four cases were dis missed. Howard Connor of Clover, S. C., received a- 60-day sentence suspended upon payment of a fine of $100 and costs, on a char ge of driving drunk. He was also charged with driving without a license but (hat count was nol prossed. His driver's license was suspended for one year. One defendant, Oakley Schenck, Jr., was tried on four different charges. Judge Harrili combined charges of malicious damage to property and of pub lic drunkenness in giving Schenck a 30-day sentence, sus pended upon the payment of costs. Charges of assault on a fe male and of attempted assault with a deadly weapon were also combined for sentencing. Schenck received a 90- day sen tence on those charged, suspend ed on payment of a fine of $10 and costs and the conditions that he not break any laws of the State and county for a period of one year and that he live peace fully with his wife for one year A charge against Catherine Schenck of affray and malicious' damage to property, was dis- ! Boy Scout News Boy Scout Troop 12. of Kings Mountain, held its regular week ly meeting Monday night at the recreation room of Phenix Want, Burlington Mills, Inc. Main "business of the meeting was preparation for the 'Roll Call and Inspection scheduled for Monday night with District Com missioner Charles Alexander to make the inspection. Twenty Scouts, three . visitors and five adult leaders were pres ent at the meeting. Bill Melcher was introduced to the Troop and announcement made that he had been **dded to the list of adult troop leaders. Henry Kenney, Jr., Roy Long and Bob Huffstetler conducted the remainder of the business, which consisted of International Morse Code work and game playing. A camping trip at Davidson Memorial Boy Scout Camp was planned for the weekend, with Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Huffstet ler as supervisors. Plans are to leave from the recreation room at 4:30 p. m. Friday and return Saturday evening. Carnival Outfit Fails To Appear Dumont Shows. a 35-concession troupe scheduled to appear hece at Plonk Showgrounds all this week, failed to show up as bill ed. The carnival wa~ to appear here under sponsorship of the American Legion. Commander Warren E. Rey nolds. who announced the sche duled showing of the troupe here, said yesterday that the Dumont organization wired him that they were cancelling the contract to appear here. missed. A case against Fletcher Brown, charged with 'lending driver's li cense, was nol prossed. Cases front inued included: Elliott Helms, charged With ] public drunkenness and illegal! possession of non tax-paid whis- 1 key. Emmptt Tate, charged with reckless driving. Final Rites Held | For Mis. Denton Funeral services were conduct ed for Mrs. Sudie Denton, 65, Sun day afternoon at 3 o'clock from Kings Mountain Church of God. Rev. Glenn E. Easom. assisted by Rev-. James Snyder, officiated and burial was in Bethlehem Bap tist church cemetery. Mrs. Denton died at her home on Piedmont avenue Saturday morning from a heart attack. She had been in ill health for several j months. She was a native of Rutherford county but had lived in Kings Mountain for the past 15 years. Mrs. Denton was the widow of James K. Denton who died July, 1949. She is survived by two daugh ters. Mrs, Mincy Morgan and Mrs. David Smith of Kings Mountain and six grandchildren. Reba's Fashions To Open Friday Reba's Fashions, a ladies spec ialty shop, will open for business here Friday morning, according to announcement this week by Daniel D Weiss, owner and man ager of the new firm. The business occupies the R. S. Plonk Estate building on South Battleground avenue, which was formerly occupied by Flte's Shoe Service. Mr. Weiss, until recently, was a partner in Llncolnton's Luv-lee Shop, with his brother, but has recently sold his interest in that concern. A native of Long Islands New York, Mr. Weiss is a veteran of four years infantry service in World War II including duty, in the South Pacific theatre. His wife and seven -week -old son.| Howard Barry Weiss, are nrtw in I Winston-Salem. and will Join Mr, Weiss here in the -near fu ture. Mr. Weiss said his firm would feature budget -priced nparel lor women. ?? . ? Girl Scout Cookies Now On Sale Here Girl Scouts of Kings Mountain received 1,500 boxes of cookies ; last week to begin the annual sale. The sale started Wednesday. March 12, and will continue through March 26th. The cookies sale for forty cents per box. Mrs. J. C. Bridges, public relnv tionship chairman, said that the pew sandwich cookie was going fine in Kings Mountain. The Intermediate troop 6, Lutli-. eran church, Is attempting to sell the most cookies according to number oh roll. Mr*. Jim Simpson is leader. Brownie troop 32, Pres byterian church, is attempting to sell the most according to roll number. Mrs. Harry Page Is lead er. . ' ' * The Negro troops of the David son and Compact school areas received 516 boxes to sell. Mrs. Bridges predicted that thr> cookie sale was going to be a most successful one. with a com plete sell-out. Foimei Citizen Dies In Asheville Mrs. I. s. McKlroy, Sr., elderly widow of a former Kings; Moun tain minister, died Sunday in Adheville at the Asheville Nurs ing. Home. Mrs. McElroy was thought by friends here to be 97 years of age. She had been in declining health since suffering a broken hip last summer. . Funeral rites were held In Nashville. Tenn., where Mrs. Mo Elroy had resided with her dau ghter until the accident last summer. Rev. Mr. McElroy was pastor of First Presbyterian ohurch here from April 1, .1923, until his death on January 10, 1931. Surviving Mrs. McElroy are four children, Mrs^ CO. Crowel) Nashville, Tenn.. Mrs. Martin Crook, Spartanburg, S. C , Proc tor McElroy, of New York, N. V and Rev. I. S. McElroy, Jr., of Richmond, Va. The Easter Parade ' 1 ? *?' ? . ?- . ? ?. . . . Is A Fashion Parade DRESSES New cottons ol "Criskay" wrinkle and Soil resistant. S4.95 and $5.95 TOPPERS . . . For Easter Good 'quality, low price S8.95 and S10.95 COTTON SLIPS Extra nice quality, san'anred. wide lace-trimmed S1.49 SUITS . . . For Easter Lovely sheen gabardine*. Nary, lilac, gray. reds. $1195 to S19.95 -.v LADIES' PANTIES Nylon-trimmed 59c Make Ours Your EASTER STORE McGlNNIS NYLON HOSE * 8 First quality. Sl-guage 15-denior Black-heeled, 80 guage 15-^erier 92c 51.49 f Store
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