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MORE ABOUT Lions Ladles Night (Continued From Page One) medy team. Another entertainment Includ ed three sopranp solo numbers by Mls? Mary Wilson, of Charlotte, member of the Charlotte Opera association and in the cast of its forthcoming production of . "Sweethearts" Miss Wilson sang "Lover", "Brazil" and "All the Things You Are". She was ao eompanled by Miss Claire Sim mons, pianist. During dinner, E. E. Marlowe, Lions tall twister, kept busy fin ing and embarrassing as many Lions as possible, meeting with considerable success. -Sam Stallings, president of the club, served as toastmaster. Jack White welcomed the ladles, and Otto Williams conducted a draw ing of special gifts. Each lady present was presented with a fa vor of rhinestone earbobs. C. P. Barry gave the Invocation and group singing was led by Dan Huffstetier. Special guests included Mrs. Robert Miller and Mrs. Charles Thomasson, widows of Lions, Mrs. Don R. Blanton, president of the Junior Woman's Club, and Mr. Blanton. W. K, Mauney, Jr., president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, and also a Lion, was recognized. Traffic accidents caused In juries to 15,123 persons in North Carolina last year.. Lex Ray To Speak At Kiwanis Fete Lex L. Ray, of Raleigh, director of the Staie College Foundation, will be the speaker at the annual ladies night program of the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club to be held next Thursday night, May 1. W. Faison Barnes, chairman of the club's ladies night commit tee, made the announcement. Others on the committee are J. C. Bridges, W. W. Tolleson and Kennetih .Crook. Mr. Ray spoke here last at the Kiwanis club farmers night pro gram, Mr. Barnes said, and is a Widely-known after . dinner speaker. He is a graduate of N. C. State College and is a former executive secretary 6f the N. C. Dairy Manufacturers Assocla. tlort. "... / JAYCEE LADIES NIGHT Chairman Bill Beam announ ced this week that the annual ladles night program of the Junior Chamber of Commerce twill be held at the Country Club on Friday, May 9. Pro gram will be presented by the Kings Mountain Little Theatre, (he said. There were 37,606 traffic acci dents on the streets and highways of the State last year. You are cordially invited to meet JOHN W. LOGAN of the HASS TAILORING CO., of Baltimore Who wilt be with us showing hundreds of men fabrics for. fine Spring and Summer custom tailored clothes at moderate prices on Tuesday. April 29. MARGRACE STORE Margrace Mill Phone 594 . Your ONE-STOP Shopping Center MORE ABOUT City Bocnd (.Continued On Page Sight) with R. S. Dickson Company, fol lowed a report toy Attprney J. R. Davis on his testimony before the Federal Power Commission, seeking a nautral allocation for the city. Mr. Davis said that Ed Wulbum, Dickson representative, had proved of much aid In sup porting the Kings Mountain ap plication and recommended the contract: Mr. Davis expressed op. tlmism that the city would receive an allocation, said he would have to return to Wash ington for cross-examination, and presented a bill tor services of $400, including a fee of $250 plus travel expenses, for his two visits to Washington before the FPC. The tolll was ordered paid. Discussion on the bus terminal delay was advanced toy Mr. Pearson. In the financial report discus-' slon, the city <?lerk said the city's bank balances approxima ted $85,000, with about $18,000 earmarked for the cemetery fund, another large amount cre dited to water and light deposits, and the balance available for budgetary needs. Mr. Fuller es timated that street-paving as sessments not yet billed to pro perty owners would total $11,000. He said that payment of the as sessments would likely prevent an operating deficit for the cur rent fiscal year. The board took a large num ber of more routine actions: 1) It suggested that a commit tee investigate a request of H. R. Parton that the city re-lmburse htm $107.37 for cost of replacing a septic tank drainage line, which Mr. Parton said was de stroyed by the city In Its recent City Stadium grading work. There was a question of proper ty lines, and Mayor Still named a committee including Mr. Wri ght, Mr. Fuller ?and Mr. Davis to Investigate the matter and to make a recommendation to the board. 2) Deferred action on a request (pending a sewerage bond is sue) from Capt. Humes Houston, National Guard commanding of ficer, for a sewer line to serve the National Guard Motor shed. Capt. Houston stated In his letter there is good possibility oX con struction of an armorv here and that sower service would stren gthen the request for an armory. 3) Named Tom Henry, assist ant superintendent of public works, as city plumbing inspec tor. relievelng from this duty L. C. Parsons, superintendent of public works. . 4) Named Mr, Fuller and Mr. Wright to investigate a drainage complaint from E. K. Whltener. 5) Voted a $12 tax refund to Dr. L! P. Uaker and ordered a tax bill charged to Elmer Hardin removed from the book*. Lake Montonla property of both citi zens had been listed erroneously on the city books. 6) Voted refund* of $25 each to Frank Roper and to Forrest Dover, both over-payment on taxi franchise purchases. 7) Voted payment of 126 to Bridges Auto Parts for black topping of sidewalk area done by the firm when It was hard surfacing Its parlnk area. 8) Authorized grading of sev eral children's playground areas. 9) Voted .that no city vehicle shou'd be sent to a private ga ra*?s for .repair until City Me chanic Neil Hullender ordered It 10) Voted installation of street lights on Wilson street, and near the home of Mrs. C. P. Carpenter, Burlington Mill. It approved In stallation of a street light near the Dan Huffstetler property on Bast King street, when addition- 1 al lights are received. 11) Heard the city attorney quote froni the state statutes that the city has power to accept library facilities, regardless of limiting provisions In the deed. Mr. Pearson had questioned the matter. 12) Accepted a street deed from Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Mauney for an extension of Mauney avenue. 13) Discussed at length Instal lation of a fence at City Stadium: The board was to walk the pro posed fencellne and approve it Wednesday afternoon. MORE ABOUT School Voted (Continued Prom Page One) school officials.. ? The Merchants association let ter requested the board to follow a "trade at home" policy In school purchases. Mr. Barnes pointed out that purchases have to be made from firms with state con tracts or by asking bids. The board agreed to follow the Mer chants association request in so far a3 possible under state re quirements for purchase. The let ter pointed out that local mer chants support all school func tions, including purchase of ad vertising space in the school pa per, and that the group felt that the request was not out of order. Mr. Davis offered the motion to re-elect all city school teachers for the 1952-53 school term, Mr. Plonk seconded and the vote was unanimous. Chairman Kincaid telephoned Mrs. Lynch on the motion before the vote was taken and he told the members present that she was In accord with the proposal. The board approved minutes of the February meeting, held on Feb. 18, 1952, after reading by Mr. Barnes. Traffic accidents cost the lives ot 1,071 persons on the highways of North Carolina In 1951. Special Purchase! J ? Bembergs Newton Slogs Monntaineeis Kings Mountain's high school's "baseball club is scheduled to play at Lincolntort Friday alter noon, with an open date coming up Tuesday. The Mountaineers dropped their sixth contest of the season here Tuesday as New ton ? Oonover and "Horn" Isaac had to come from behind to win 17 to 6. After the Tuesday layoff, Rings Mountain Is slated to wind up the 1952 Western AA season with a three game home stand, on May 2 ,6 and 9. ? Dee Guyton, Kings Mountain third baseman, topped the losers hitting attack Tuesday with fotor hits In five trips, Including a *" -doufole. Jim .Crawford, lt>, had 2 for 4. Joe Abernathy, ' lb, had a double and a homer in two official jt r i p s, Ralph Setzer had 3 for Including a double and Pud .i^Mosteller had 2 for 3 Including a homer, for the winners. With Ken Dalton on the mound for Kings Mountain, the winners started with a pair of runs on a base on balls, an error and a hard, ringing doufble by Aberna thy. Kings Mountain came back strong in the bottom of the first, sending two visiting pitchers to the showers and forcing Newton Conover's over-worked south paw ace to take the hill. Don McCarter, c, led off with a walk off starter Sam Salmons and Dean Smith, cf, gained first on interference by the catcher. Guyton slammed a single scor ing McCarter. Smith was. caught off second by a throw from the catcher (but Jim Crawford, lb, BASEBALL SCHEDULE April 2S? Lincoln ton Away May 2 ? Tri-High Home May 6 ? Lincoln ton Hozne May 9? Cliffslde Home (all games at 3:30 p. m.) singled and Dean Spears, If, grounded out to first unassisted for the second out. Salmons walked the next two batters, for cing one run in, and Ralph Tea g. "? replaced him on the mound. Teague hit the first batter, forc ing in another run, and a single by Dalton sent another across and Isaac was called in from left field for hill duty. The slim lefthander walked the first man he faced and forced in the fifth run but got the third out on a pop to first. Dalton held the v'sltors heavy foats still in the second. In the bottom of the second, Kings ' Mountain jumped on Isaac, who had hurled a no-hit ter at the Mountaineers on April 4, for a run. Guyton led off with a double and Crawford \yas safe on an error by the shortstop, Guyton moving to third. Spears sacriflccd the run across. Isaac booted a fly out Abecnathy threw out Crawford at home plate for the second out. Isaac whiffed the next man for third out. The bottom fell out for the Mountaineers in the top of the third. Ralph Setzer, c, and Jack Hester, 2b, led off with singles and Abernathy followed with a three-run homer. Dalton got the next two men but the inning be: gan repeating itself when Jimmy [ Fox, ss, and Donnie MoRee, cf, each singled Pud Mosteller, who had replaced Teague in th^ line up when Isaac took the hill, hut another 3:run homer and Dalton got the shower call. Charles Painter came on and forced the third out, short to first. Painter and Isaac rocked a ong with the score tight before he winners notched three runs in ihe fifth and closed with a big seventh-frame 6-run attack. The box score: NEWTON-CONOVE* AB R H PO A Larry Shook. if 3 2 1 I) 0 Ralph Setzer. c 4 3 3 7-1 lark ilrstei1. 2b. p ti 2 2 3 2 Joe Abernathy, lb 2 2 2 6 1 James Ganlt. 3b 3 1110 Horn Isaac. It. p. If. 2 0.0 0 4 Jimmy Pox, si 4 2 12 0 Donnie McRee, cf .4 a 2 2.0 Sam Salmons, p i) 0 0 0 .0 Ralph Teague. p 0 . 0 0 0 0 Pud Moateilar, If . 3 1 2 0 0 x-Gerald Whlsnont. If 0 10 0 0 TOTALS 35 17 14 XI ? KINGS MOUNTAIN A? ? ? PO A Don McCarUr. c - A ?} J? u Dr an South. ct, P * ? " Dewlll Guyton, 3b i 7 o 11 n Jim Crawford, lb. p. lb i A 0 2 o Dean Spears, rl ? Y o 2 3 Franklin Plott. *s 3 l o 2 J Clyde rails. 2b n o 0 0 0 MlltOO Hope, rl ?* J ? ? Ken Dallon. p i o o O 3 Charles Painter, p. ct 3 0 0 0 4 TOTALS 31 ? ? 31 II X walked for Mosteller in 7th. New -Con!! 3Td~ 6~ 0 3 0 4?1+ Kings Attn. Ji 1 0 6 K; Hester. Ghntt, Isaac, Pox, Mc-Carter X Guytoii Ptott ; RBI: Shook. Setier 3, Hester. Abernathy 3. (lantt. Isaac, MnatellerS. Whlsnant, Mc Caiier, Guyton, Spears, Falls, Hope. Dal ton; 2BH; Setier. Hester, Abernathy. Guyton; HR Abernathy, Mosteller; SH : Isaac. Mos teller. Spears; LOBi New-Con. 12, Kings Mtn 12, BOB; off Salmon 3. Isaac 2. Dal ton 1, Painter 8. Crawford 3. .Smith 1 ; SO; Painter 2. Isaac 3. Heater 1; HO; Sal mon 2 for 3 runs in 2-3 Innings; Teague 1 for 0 in 0. Isaac 3 for 1 in 3 1-3; Heater 0 for 0 In. 1; Dalton 8 for 8 In 2 2-3; Painter 5 for 6 In 3 2-3; Crawford 0 for 3 In 0; Smith 1 for 0 In 3-3; HBP; Teague (Hope); Inter! >rence by Catcher; Setser < Smith ;t bat); WP; Salmon. Painter. Winning Rich er: Isaac; lx>sing pitcher Dalton. I mplres; Thorburn and Guyton. Scorer Parker. IN HOSPITAL I Grady Patterson is sched uled to undergo an operation Thursday in Memorial Hospi tal in Charlotte. METER RECEIPTS A total of $149.73 was collec ted from City parking meters for the week ending Wednes day, according to a report of Joe Hendrick, city clerk. MORE ABOUT Blackburn Continued From Page One changes In the election proce dure made by the 1951 General Assembly, only citizens of the particular dlstrkt decide pri mary contests for the county board of commissioners. All citizens have the right to vote for five school trustees. Two Kinfcs Mountain men fil ed for township magistrate nom inations and were automatically certified as nominees, since Number 4 Township is allowed nine magistrates. They are J. Lee Roberts, incumbent, and Ot to Guyton. Mr. Moore, who seeks the school board nomination. Is a Patterson Grove dairy farmer. He is an active member of the Pat terson Grove Baptist church and of the Kings Mountain Lions Mrs. Dflling's Sister Sacgnnbs Mr*. W. T. Dixon, 52, sifter of Mrs. Charles Dllling, died early Wednesday morning at her home in Klniton after an Illness of several months. In addition to Mrs. Dllling, she Is survived by her husband; two sons, W. T. Dixon, Jr., and Bobby Divon; her mother, Mrs. R. M. Mobley, of Covington, Ga.; two sisters, Miss Sara Mobley, of Tar club. Mr. Ware has long been active in Cleveland County agricultural circles, la a former PMA chair man and a member of the high way commissioner's advisory committee on rural roads. - boro and Mrs. L. L. Moore, of De catur, Ga., and one brother, R, M. Mobley of West Point, Ga. Ifltrangements were in complete yesterday. " __ Neisler, Herndon Elected At Davidson Joe Nelsler, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Nelsler, was recently elected on the Pan-Hellenic coun cil at Davidson college for the year 1952-53. Mr. Nelsler is a rising junior ship in the Sigma Phi Eplslon ship to the Sigma Phi Eplslon fraternity. William Herndon, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Herndon, was re cently elected vlce-preslden of nSigma Phi Eplslon fraternity for the year 1952-53. Mr. Herndon is a rising senior. sssm MM Pick From Oni Team of Fabrics and Colors! Short-sleevesl ? PLAINS CHECKS ? FANCIES ? SKIPDENTS in ??F dV't-V el V & At?? m? Jm ft?. 'SHI'S IP M# Rayons. Cottons. Poplins - by ESSLEY and E & W Every color under the rainbow, incluamq whites. A zoo of de signs. Sizes small, medium, med ium large. large, extra large. 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