Four Western AA Teams Split Loop's
Championship Crowns Daring 1952
By Ronald Kltter
CHERRYVILLE Newton
Conover, Lincolnton, Hickory,
and Lenoir won championships in
the three major sports last season
In the Western A A Conference.
"NeWton captured the baseball
title with Lincolnton I girls) anil
Hickory (boy?? taking the basket
ball crown. Lenoir's Bearcats
copped the football championship
for the fourth campaign in a row.
Newton's sensational portsider.
John Issac, cocked up eight wins
in a row last season including the
second no-hit, no-run game of his
rareer. Issac, a stringbean lefty,
hurled his hitless gem against
Cherryville, then tossed a pair of
two-hitter at Hickory and Mor
Ranton, finished up with beauts
vs. Cherryville and Lincolnton..
Big John fanned well over 80 bat
ters during the season with the
Devils, tutored by Harry Lemon,
taking 12 loop victories in a row.
The Newts, who finished two full
contests ahead of second place
Hickory, lost their first gamp of
the session to the Statesvllle Grey
hounds of the South Piedmont
Conference In the Western A A
high school playoff. .The tilt, play-,
od at Statesville, was held to five,
innings by rain with the South
Piedmonters garnering one hit
and a couple of unearned tallies
to defeat the Devils by 2-0. New
ton failed to collect a base blow.
Jim Galther, John Sharpe, Cecil
Jarrett, and Donnle McRae were
the top hitters for the Red Devils
with Gaither, McRae. and Sharpe
hitting .300 or better.
Lincolnton and Hickory were
tops in the basketball picture.
Coach Jack Klser tutored the
Lines to their fifth straight title
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CREOMUCSION
? Cwgfci. Chest Coldi, Ac??* ?
with Hickory coming back t6 the
top after two years' absence. The
Lines toppled seven family foes
twice each, then won the Western
! Conference-South Piedmont Con
ference tourney at Statesville be
fo o going to the state tourney.
Twenty-seven wins were recorded"
by the Llneolntons before Heeds
High handed them a 51-50 set
back in the semi finals of the
state tournament at Aberdeen.
Forwards Shirley Parker, Betty
Snipes, and Kredla Bost provided
the Lineolnton six with the high
est scoring girls' .outfit in West
ern North Carolina. Parker, who
tallied well over 700 points dur
ing the season, made every all
tournament team Including the
ail-loop outfit. Snipes also made
the all-Valdese Gold Metal team
i nd the all-conference sextet.
Guards Mary Jo Elmore, Frances
Gregory, and Betty Smith gave.
Lineolnton the" top guards in the
league.
Joe Buff, Manuel Cohen, Bill
Ishenour, Harold Moore, Joe Pea
tree, James Abernathy, Jerry Bis
hop, and BUI Gaines paced Coach
Gene Miller's Hickory quint to
the boys' crown with a 12-2 mark.
Buff, a (>' 1" forward, and Cohen,
tall pivot man, made the all
league outfit. After establishing
their brilliant conference and non
?conference record (16-2), the Hlc
korians journeyed to Statesville
for the conference tournament.
Barium Springs, a second rated
power in the South Piedmont Con
ference. upset the Hickory outfit
in the first round.
Hill Cross guided the Lenoir
Bearcats to their fourth flag in a
row this past season with an 8-1
record. The victorious session was
the second In a row for Cross,
the ex-Appalachian grldder, who
( replaced Recess Mull, who moved
to the Boone school to assist E. C.
Duggins. The 'Cats spilled Shelby,
' Cherryvllle, Forest City, Marion,
Morganton, Hickory, Rutherford
Central, and Belmont, Newton
Conover's surprising Devils dealt
the Cross-mentored Bearcats
their lone setback. Lenoir, paced
by Flmmett Stevans, Jerry Wa
ters, Willie Lefervers, and Cap
tain A. G. Jonas, rolled up more
than 1000 yards through the air
arid 1500 yards on the ground.
Jonas, the big fullback, carried
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racking up 14 touchdowns. I ^fer
vors, a racehorse tailback, tallied
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pleted 60 for well over 1000 yards.
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through the alrlanes with Stevans
tossing to Ends Wayne Self and
Jimmy Simmons. Tommy Eller,
Happy Setzer,' Little Howard, and
Walter Bean anchored a brilliant
line which held the opposition to
113 points.
Blonton Promoted
To Top Rating
FORT LEE, VA* ? The son of
a Kings Mountain, North Ca<5p
Una family has been promoted
to Master Sergeant, it was an
nounced today at The Quarter
master Training Command, Fort
Lee, Virginia.
Blllie Blanton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. W. Blanton, was promot
ed to the highest enlisted grade
In recognition of his service as
section chief and instructor
In the Quartermaster School lo
cated at Fort Lee.
A 10-year veteran, M/Sgt.
Blanton has seen service in two
wars. During World War II, he
served in Europe- with the 64th
Transportation Corps Group
from July 1942 to September
1945. He also served In Korea
from November 1950 to January
1951 with the 24th (Taro Leaf)
Infantry Division.
M/Sgt. Blanton's wife, Ruth E.
and three children live at PO
Box 615, Kings Mountain. He
was graduated from Central
High School, Kings Mountain, in
1936.
Alfalfa, soybeans, clover, les
pedeza and other legumes are
rich homegrown sources of pro
teiin.
CITY TAX LISTING
The Month of January
All persons are hereby notified that they must list
their property, both personal and real, and all male
persons between the ages of 21 and 50 must list
their polls DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY
as required by law.
SEE THE TAX LISTER
At City Hall Courtroom
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City of Kings Mountain
CLARENCE E. CARPENTER
Tax
By Ltola M. Bywly, Pl?ld B*p.
Ckntoeta Social Swuitr Offic*
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II you are one of the millions
of self-employed people who will
file their second annual social se
curity tax report this year, you
now have Insurance protection
under social security, Miss Mar
garet H. Lowder, manager of the
Gastonia social security office an
nounced today. . .
These are people who made a
social security report of their sell
employment earnings for 1951,
who are fillfTg similar reports for
their earnings for 1952, and who
will have paid the social security
tax for each year. Social security
reports on self -employment earn
ings are made on special forms
and are sent to the Director of
Internal Revenue at the time of
filing Federal income tax returns.
Miss Lowder says that self-em
ployed persons who have been In
work that counts toward social
security since 1950 now have In
surance protection at least until
mid-1955 from that work alone.
If they reach 65 and retire before
then they will be entitled to mon
thly old-age benefit payments; In
case of death before mid- 1955
their families can get monthly
survivors insurance payments.
| Many persons now self-employ-"
ed had previously worked for
wages in employment covered by
social security. This.work is cre
dited, of course, toward being In
sured, and the credits may be add
ed to those earned In sell-employ
ment, Miss Lowder said.
Each additional year of *.vork
covered by the law will extend
the protection for two moi e year i.
She points out that self-employed
persons must make a report and
pay the social security tax once
every year to keep this insurance
protection, in force. After ten
years of work under social securi
ty, a person Is permanently in
sured. Miss Lowder also reminds
them nt the importance of having
a social security card, and of copy
ing the number fronj that card
on the social security report of
self-employment earnings that
they file with their income tax re
turn. Everyone is required to file
a social security report and pay
the tax if his self-employment
earnings are $400 or more in a
year.
Methyl bromide gas has proved
a "very effective" treatment
for controlling weeds, grass and
mematodes in plant beds In tests
conducted by the North Carolina
Experiment Station.
Medical Society
Offers Prizes
In Essay Contest
RALEIGH ? An essay contest
for all high school students in
North Carolina starts January 1,
1953 and runs through February
26, 1953. sponsored by the Medi
cal Society of North Carolina.
Subject of the essay contest is
"Why the Private Practice of
Medicine Furnishes This Country
With The Finest Medical Care."
First prize for the best essay will
be a $600 scholarship, payable
to any college or university, se
lected by the winner, which
meets the standards of the
Southern Association of Colleges
and Secondary Schools. Prizes
will also be awarded to winners
of second and third place essays.
This is the sixth consecutive
year the State Medical Society
has held the contest sponsored
by the Public Relations Commit
tee of thfe State Society in coop
eration with the Association of
American Physicians and Sur
geons. In addition to the prize of
a $600 scholarship awarded the
first place winner, the Public
Relations Committee may choose
to invite, at its expense, the win
ning contestant to ibe its guest
and to present the winning essay
at the annual meeting ot the
State Medical Society in Pine
hurst, May 11 through May 13,
1953.
The three top papers in North
Carolina will be forwarded to the
Association of American Physi
cians and Surgeons for competi
tion in the national contest. Na
tional prizes are $1,000 for .first
prize; $500 for second place;
$100 for third place; and $25 each
for the fourth, fifth, and sixth
place winners.
Essays may be submitted any
time between January 1 and
February 26, 1953. Each High
School Principal Is being re
quested to designate a commit;
tee of three teachers who will,
on February 27, select the two
best essays, from his school.
These two essays will be for
warded by the Principal to the
Superintendent of Public In
struction of the county and/or
city school system not later than
March 5, 3953. The County or
City Superintendent of Public
-Instruction will select the two
best essays from those submitted
by the Principals to him and
forward them not later than
March 10, with covering letter
certifying two essays to be the
best in his school system to Pub
lic Relations, Medical Society of
North Carolina, 212 Capital Club
j Building, Raleigh, N. C.
To enter the contest, a student
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Because of the response to my
article of last December on the
poinsettia. I am repeating the
article with some additions.
The poinsettia has long been
a popular Christmas plant but
probably few people have given
much thought to the fact that It
does come into bloom each year
only at this season. The so-called
blooms are really leafy bracts
which color up a brilliant red.
The true flowers are the small
lnsigniflciant yellowish cups
found in the center of the whole
of red bracts. The poinsettia is
one of a group of plants known
as short day plants because It
will bloom only in the season of
the year with short day length
periods, preferably ten hours or
less. That is why It is always In
bloom during the Christmas
season and not during the summ
er. It could be prevented from
blooming now by lengthening the
day light period to fifteen hours
by means of artificial lights,
how to bring garden chrysanthe
mums into bloom any month of
the year by using shading cloth
to shorten the days and artific
ial lights to lengthen the days.
The Chrysanthemum is also a
short day plant.
How can one keep a poinset
tia plant until next season?
After its usefulness is over,
place it in the basement or some
dry place where it will not freeze
Do not water It, or at least very
little, and let the soil dry up. Next
May bring the plant out, cut the
stem back about two thirds,
wash the old soil off the roots
and re-pot in new soil. From
then on handle it like any other
pot plant. Softwood cuttings
must write and submit to his or
her principal an original essay
of not more than 1500 words on
the topic: "Why The Private
Practice ot Medicine Furnishes
This Country With The Finest
Medical Care." Small packaged
libraries with .bibliography for
use in this contest have been fur
nished each high school and ad
ditional copies of the packets
are available from the Medical
Society Public Relations Office
In Raleigh. V.
taken In July and rooted v.'ill give
you good Christmas bloom.
A good potting soil can be
made by mixing equal parts of
sandy soil, clay loam, and well
rotted stable manure.
The poinsettia Is not an ideal
house plant. It is rather exacting
in its requirements for best
growth. The average home usual
ly does not afford the proper
temperatures, lighc, or atmos
pheric conditions. Poinsettlas re
quire regular wattering- -every
day if necessary- -but not excess
ive watering. They should be
placed where they will get a max
imum amount of daylight and
sunshine. Day temperatures
should be about 70 to 72 degrees
and night temperatures should
never be allowed to drop .below
60 degrees. Sharp fluctuations In
temperature or cold drafts may
cause the leaves to drop. A very
dry atmosphere or one contain
ing gas will do the same. The poln
settia is a short day plant-that
is, it will bloom only when the
days are short (November, Dec
ember, January.) Therefore, after
late October it should not be
placed wher It will be exposed
to artificial light at night. Such
exposure may prevent blooming
or cause poor blooms.
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS
Notice Is hereby given that the
annual meeting of stockholders
of the First National Bank will
be held in the lobby of the First
National Bank, King* Mountain,
North Carolina, on Tuesday, Jan
uary 13, 1953, at 4 p. m.
This the 10th day of December
1952.
E. ABBOTT, Cashier
d-ll-J-1
ADMINISTRATOR S NOTICE
Having qualified aa admlnis- ?
trator for the estate of William L*
Blackburn, deceased, all persons
having claims against said es
tate will please file sasse with
the undersigned on or before the
28th day of November, 1953, or
this notice will be pleaded In bar
of their , recovery.
All persons Indebted to said
estate will please nuuce Immedi
ate payment.
This the 24th day of November,
1952.
G. S. Blackburn, Administrator
for William L. Blackburn,
Estate
Grover, N. C.
J. R. Davis, Attorney.
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