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Theatre Play Well Received Kings Mountain Little Thea tre's production, Laura, presented N it Central school auditorium Sat urday night, received much praise from play-going residents of the area. Under the direction of Mrs. A. B. Chandler, the play was highly entertaining, with a well-rounded, near-professional cast. Some 250 persons attended the perfor mance. . , Outstanding roles were portray ed by Robert Osborne. Wh6 was cast as Waldo Ly decker, a critic and the "murderer" In the mys tery drarrta. Bruce Thorburn. as Hark McPhcrnon. the detcctlve, Hob Goforth, as Danny Dori/an, a youthful music lover, and Miss Bernice Harrison, as Laura. i. The play was well cast, with .Delbert Dixon, Mrs. W. J. Melch .<r, Mrs'. Sam Stalilngs and Sonny MeDaniel portraying excellent ? supporting roles.' Credit for a most excellent stage setting is due the members of the production staff commit tees. . B S. Peeler. Jr.. Clay <Mud?| Foston, Faison Harnes. Dick Ca nady, A. B. Chandler. Robert C'ioninger, I. Ben Goforth, Jr.. Dudley Rainey. C. J. Splvey. Sam Stalilngs. Jack : White. O. Z. White. Jr.. and Rudi Wuennen berg were on the stage and set < ornrhittee. \V. J. Melcher and Mr. Goforth served on the lighting committee; Mrs. Faison Barnes, on wardrobe and make-up; Mrs. F. A. McDan iel, Jr., on make-up; Miss Emelyn Gillespie and Mrs. Wuennenberg, properties'; Mrs. K. M. Leopard and Mrs. I. B. Goforth, Jr., promp ters; Mrs. C T. Carpenter. Jr.. and Mrs. Bruce Thorburn, tickets; , and Mrs. M. A. Ware. Mrs. Au brey Mauney. Dr. and Mrs. P. G. Padgett, Mr. Chandler and Mr. Peeler, ushers. Mrs. Mauney and Mrs. O. Z. White. Jr.. served on the program committee; Mrs. H. L. Campbell designed the program cover; Mr. Osborne, Mrs- Campt>ell and Sleek Carpenter, served on the publicity committee i and Mrs. Jack White, Mrs. Clay; Post on. Mrs. Dudley Rainey, Mrs. Mill 1 ludspeUvand Mrs. Sam Mitchem. served as hostesses. Annual Fiddlers Meet Friday Annual Fiddlers Convention, sponsored by the Progressive Club of Hethware school, will l>e held Friday night at Ho'clbek.ttt Hethware school, according to an nouncement made by Edwin Moore, memherof the club The hands participating are: ? t'horry Mountain Boy.s of Bos-lic; No 3 Ramblers, -Ear.le; Tar -Keel Ramblers. Kings Mount tin; Fve retf'e Ham rick' and his play boys; , "'lu'lby; Phillip Sisters. Shelby: Siidth Band, Waco; and String i Vtnd of lilacksburg. Admission will be twenty five -.ind fifty cents. Grover Six Dumped From County Play Grover higth school's girls' ba's-| Ketball team was eliminated] from the annual Cleveland, t'ounty , Baxkethall league tourn-t .iment at Shelby, last week; (Trover's powerful sextet fell; v iftlrn to the Piedmont lassies in lie opening semi-finals game of .'lit' event. The visitors went on : > win the girls' championship j Piedmont . had previously put: axe to the Grover tv>>^' team.' Fallston' won the ?boYs". title, j OUR DEMOCRACY? byM.t 'IT'S A FREE COUNTRY 1* -a true phrase , our one usee? too often (n defense Of' AN UNFA IK OK. UNSOCIAL ACT OK SPEECH. THIS IS A FREE COUNTRY- OUT THAI" FREEDOM CARRIES WITH IT THE RESPONSIBILITY Of RESPECT FOR THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS, AND OF OBSERVING THE LAWS MADE &Y THE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OF A FREE PEOPLC. FOR THE CITIZENS OF OUR DEMOCRACY, THE VITAL TASK IS TO MAINTAIN THE PRINCIPLE THAT PEKSONAL UBGK.TY NIFAMS PEKSONAL KESPONS/O/L/TY? SO WE CAN ' KEEP OURS A FREE COUNTRY. . MORE ABOUT Student Musicians < Continued From Page One V cedent on Wednesday In the piano contest. She played "Invention No. Ill" by Bach. "Sonata" by Beethoven, and "Pavane" by Ra vel. Superior rating was won by Gil bert McKeivie for his trombone solo of "Thought of Love". The boys quartet of Beth were high school was rated good with their arrangement of "Spacious Firmament". . Luther McSwain. Jr., baritone soioisti received a rating of ex cellent with his arrangement of "Invictus" by Bruno' Huhn. The CUrls trio also received good. They sang "Ship Asaiiing Now"; Mrs. T. K. Jackson, music teach er at Bothware, accompanied the 1 gnnip.s. Miss Spivey Given Award In Fashions Miss Shirley Spivey. daughter of Mrs; W. j. Spivey. received honorable mention in advanced Fashion illustration in a recent Annual exhibition of student work at Rlngling School of Art. The announcement was made by George R. Kaiser, Jr.. executive secretary. The twenty first exhibition opened March Oth unci continued through March 15th. The fashion ail awards were made by Blr ginia S. Thier, 1 'SI ?.\ rei><>rts thai chemical fertilizers provide farmers with :iu effective means of building the t.md for increased future production as well as playing an Important part in current pro duct ion. N inet\ nine per cent of all loco- 1 motives placed in service by I'.'S. i railroads tr. the first nine months ' of 19i>l \\ ere diesel electrics. Final Dog Clinic Set Here Friday With the final city dog vacci nation clinic scheduled for City H-.I1 from ':X to 3:30 p. m., Dr. Z. P. Mitchell, county health officer today issued a warning that the new county dog ordin ? "has teeth ih it" and "we intend to see that it is carried out." . "1 want to urge the people of i Kings Mountain who own dogs, ! that for the sake of themselves | and their community, to haVe ! your dogs vaccinated. It has been | encouraging to see the response j to date, but we must get all dogs in the county vaccinated," he said. "If a dog owner doesn't think { enough of his animal ? to have him vaccinated, he should turn him over to the county dog war den for disposal. We must rid tiie county of all stray dogs, ani-j mals they prey oh livestock, tur- j keys, chlrkens and otl>er domes- 1 j tic animals,*', he continued. Carvel Blanton. of Shelby, is ' the county dog warden and a i county dog pound has been set | tip in Shelby near the water j works and incinerator on Lee I street, he reported. | Mr. Blanton is doing a splen did job and deserves the cooper ation of all citizens of the coun ty in seeing that the county dog ordinance Is properly carried out," he added. Dr. J. P. Mauney, Kings Moun tain veterinarian, will conduct the final dog clinic at City Hall Friday afternoon. Dr. Mitchell j repotted that Dr. Mauney has; done a highly creditable job of running the clinics, which are! to be conducted annually, along j with the other three \eterinar ians in the. coutny. "Dr. Mauney processed 450 dogs in one day. a county rec ord." the county health officer reported * Who Sard ? ?<* // /'* the first * * . ? ? * hundred dollars ?-H saved which tells" ? m c and Who Said "Small amounts, saved here regu larly. add up surprisingly fast" ... ? WE have been saying that for years, because we want everyone to know how true it is. YOU can be pleasantly surprised at how quickly your money will grow it you only give it a chance. Stop in and open an account next pay day. and find out. the profitable way. . . ai6 ausoQ Mdipuy ?HP' H ome Building & Loan A, H. Patterson. Sec.-Treas, I Cost of the vaccination is "vir tually free,' I>r. Mitchell said. ! "If the dog is listed for taxes, as he should he, the vaccination charge tof $1.00i may be de ( ducted* from the owner's tax hill." ? ' Under the new county plan, lost or strayed dogs will be pick . ed up by the warden and kept in the county pound for at least 15 days. Kt forts will he made by t the warden to find the dogs own ers or prospective owners, )\0 | sai.i... "People are throwing" away dogs now just like they have been turning cats out of their ho,.:es. .This practice of unkind iu'ss !<> dumb animals must be stopped and persons held re <P?#ttsible for their animals," he ? added. Rev. Williams Called As Pastor ! . The Midview Baptist church re j cently called Rev. James (Buddy) Williams for supply pastor until one can be obtained. Rev. Williams is known in Cleveland and surrounding coun ties. He Is married to the former Miss Virginia McDaniel. "The church members feel very fortunate to get the services of these young folks," ^stated Cletus Long, deacon of the church. El-Bethel Youth to Give Program The Young People of El-Bethel church will give a program Sun day evening at 7 o'clock at Pen ley's Chapel according to an an nouncement from Rev. R. L. For bles. There will be preaching ?er- 1 vices at ?1- Bethel Sunday at 111 a. m. MORE ABOUT McPherson Continued From Page One Brendall, pastor. Mr. McPherson will discuss Im pressions gained from his trip to Europe and the Middle East last year and will show pictures of scenes made on the trip. Mr. Brendall extended an invi tation to the public to attend the special program. Mr. McPherson, in addition to his activities as managing editor of the Shelby Star and- vice-presi dent oi the Star Publishing Com pany, is president of radio station WHCC at Waynesville. Also ac tive in trade circles, he was for four years the representative of the Southern Newspaper Publish ers association on the American Council on Education for Journal ism. He Is the author of "Church man, Let's Go to Press", a phamp let which outlines improved meth ods of presenting church news. The phamplet Is now in its fifth printing. MORE ABOUT Bridges Receives Continued From Page One new aerial observers wings his next assignment will be Tyndall AFB, Fla., for four weeks of ad vanced interceptor training in the F-94 Jet Prior 'to entering cadets, he served as a technical instructor at the Airplane and Engine me chanic school at Sheppard AFB, Texas. M ORE ABOUT Re-Valuation (Continued From Page One ) 4 Township, worth $4,170 in 1945, is on the tax books at $1,917. A 53-acre farm in Number 4 Township, worth $3,690 in 1945, is on the tax books $1,749. The new appraisal values are to be used for the {lr?t time next year. ' The commissioners indicated they anticipated taxable valua tions will top $100 million, with a consequent lowering of the tax rate to its lowest level in many years. Since 1947 more than 250 per sons have been trained at N. C. State College as technicians for breeding work. The training covers a period of one week. Huffstetler BurMil Softball Manager -- Bob Hufstetler, former star high school athlete and profes sional basobal" pleyr, hah been named to manage the Phenlx Men's Softball team this sum met. Mr- Huffstetler succeeds Jack Bridges. He was named At an or ganizational meeting of the team held last Friday afternoon at the plant's recreation rooni. Bridges paced the Bu-rMll team to the Men's Softball League championship last season. initial practice session has been called for Monday after noon at 3 o'clock at the Phenlx athletic field. Manager Hufstetler will repre sent the club at the league meet ing scheduled tor City Hall to night (Thursday). Tate Mentioned On All-NC Sqnad Fred Tate, senior center on the past season's Kings -Mountain high school 'boys' basketball team, was given an honorable post mention on the Greensboro Dally News' all-state prep squad. The News' team was announc ed In last Sunday's edition pnd was composed of players from AAA. AA and A schools In the state. : Tate failed to' place on the all-Western Conference team. He scored 170 points in 17 games this season for runner-up scoring honors and was a leading play maker on the squad. MORE ABOUT Bumgardner ( Continued From Page One ) and Mr. Brackett, of Casar, first were elected to the board In 1948. Mr. Cllne became a Demo cratic nominee in 1948 following the death of Dr. S. S. Royster. Other announced candidates for county and district offices are: For the North Carolina Senate ?Clyde Nolan, incumbent, and Robert Morgan, both of Shelby. For the North Carolina House of Representatives ? B. T. Falls, J jr.. incumbent, Shelby lawyer. For register of deeds ? Dan i Moore, Incumbent, of Boiling 1 Springs. Hartsoe Ordered To Giant Camp Junior Hartsoe, 19-year-old Kings Mountain baseball play* er, has received orders to report to the New York Giants farm club training camp at Mel bourne, Fla., on March 31. A promising rlghtshanded pit cher, Haiuoe was signed last July by Giant Scout Bill Harris, of Charlotte. After completion otf s prlng training at the Florida base, he expects to be assigned to the Oshkosh, Wis., club of the Wis consin State league. Value of Ashe County's farm products for 1.951 is estimated at $8,100,000. Track's Antics Spell "Ghost" At Wheel? What goes on here? City police reported a "ghost" story here this week. Bob Earney, who operates an lee cream parlor on Second street, at Craftspun mill, said he had noticed his panel tmck mo ving backwards and forwards without a driver on several dif ferent occasions last week. He didnt report the "mystery to po lice at that time because he fear ed he'd be doubted, he said. ? So, he attached a burgler a larm system to his truck. Tuesday night, Mr. Earney re ports, the alarm wont otff In the locked truck and he jumped out Of bed, ran to the door wltti his shotgun and turned on the poech light. He reported, police said, that he could see completely through the truck windows and no one was In the vehicle. The truck was still locked, the engine was not in operation hut the truck had backed up the hill against a tree and the rear wheels had dug out a hole in the ground. He called police this time. Officers P. A. Hawkins and W. G. Ellison, who Investigated, say that, thus far, they have failed to refute the "ghost" theory. There are more than 100 chem ical nitrogen plants in the United States and In addition large quanlties >f nitrate of soda are imported from Chile. The largest known meteorite crater, Chubb Crater In Northern Quebec, is 1,325 feet in depht. ANNOUNCING THE RE-OPENING OF OUR Auto Body Shop AND PAINT SHOP We Are Proud To Announce That Leonard "Andy" Anderson Is Now Associated With Our Firm. ? ? ? ? ? 0 \ ? ? ? WE INVITE ESTIMATES ON YOUR BODY, FENDER, & PAINT WORK Putnam Bros. 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