Craftspun , Grover Win Openers
In Softball Tournament Here
Foote Eliminated
By Mount Holly
In Final Frame
i ttditur's. Note- See scorca on
Fnger 7, Section i.)
Graver's Minette Mills team
antf the Craft spun Yarns, Inc.,
mm won opening round games
lerp last Friday in the Mid-Wes
tern North Carolina Softball
tournament hut Foote Mineral
Company was eliminated from
play on Saturday night in a Close
contest."
Grover defeated Qufnn Gulf
Service of Gastonia 5 to 1 in the
first game of the tournament,
played at G:3fl p. m. last Friday,
at City Stadium.
In the third game last Friday,
Crafts-pun defeated IJroyhill Fur
aiture of Lenoir 7 to. 2 behind the
one-hit pitching of Roy Pearson.
On Saturday night in the se
cond game of the four-game card,
Foote came from behind to tally
three runs in the top of the final
frame to deadlock the score with
Motmt Holly (?nly to allow the
winning run in the bottom half
to take a 1-3 loss.
Tippy Francis and' Mill Little
cacti gut a pair of hits in C.rover's
Thit attack on Jack Lynn of
Qniiin Gulf. Little had a triple
and Gene Turner contributed a
rffxihle for the big blows.
Wade Vaughn held the Gas
tiNtia nine to four bingles. three,
Vy Chick Quinri who got two tri
pies for game hitting honors^ It
was Grover's 24th winr in 27 starts 1
I 1
this season,
Craft spun got off to a shakey
start afiekl but scored six runs
in the .first three innings and set
tled down to hold Broyhill at bay
from the third on. Pearson's one
hitter was marred by four errors,
the Lenoir boys scoring both runs
without benefit of the hit.
The winners five hits were
split, Rocky Ford, Fred Kiser,
Audley Tignor, Tom Ross and
Tib Bennett getting one each.
Harry Conway, the losing pitcher,
got the only blow off Pearson, a
lead-off single In the fifth.
Behind 3 0 going into the top
of the seventh,' Foote rallied to
tie the score on hits by Bud Huff
stetl^r. Bob Herndon and Carl
Wilson loading the bases, an er
ror, a walk to Harold Pearson
and a pinch hit single by Tom
Cordon.
Wilson pitched for the losers,
and after giving up three runs in
the first two frames tightened up
to keep Mount Holly. away from
the plate until- the fatal seventh.
Dave Riley tossed two- hit ball
until the 7th for the winners,
Shelby Mill edged Rex of Gas
tonia 1-0 in tl\e second game Fri
day night as the winners scored
the game's (inly run in the third
on an error and two Singles.
Jim Moorehead was the win
ning pitcher, allowing only two
hits to blank the scrappy Rex
youngsters. Nub Pike, the loser,
was touched for only three, hits.
In the final game of the Friday
card, Akers ''Truckers" poured a
cross 9 runs in the opening frame
and staved off two' rallies by
Ridgeview Hosiery of Newton to
win 10 to 5,
Jerry Rimmer had three hits to
pace the Akers attack as Kill Wll
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son tossed effective five-hit ball.
The losers used three pitchers,
with Southpaw John Yancey com
ing in from left field to put a stop
to the "Truckers". He had two
hits, as did Boots Sigmon and
Harry Hawn.
In the opener Saturday night,
Lenoir Recreation Center came
from behind to eliminate Smyre
Mil! of Gastonia 5-2.
Rartdy Hudson pitched a three
hitter for Lenoir but allowed two
runs in the opening frame when
Bill Fraley singled to lead off
the game, Jimmy Kimmell walk
ed and the pair executed a dou
ble steal. Fraley scored while the
pitcher was tossing out the next
hitter at first and Kimmell slip
ped in when the first baseman
threw the ball away as the form
er Kings Mountain high perfor
mer kept running on the play.
Hudson settled down and his
mates worked over five runs off
Jim Fagen on as many hits.
Hudson Hosiery of Shelby edg
ed Morganton 2-1 in the third
game Saturday as each team got
five hits but the Cleveland Coun
ty boys stole home for both runs.
Ed . Ponder scattered his five
hits over as many innings. Max
Whisnant was the loser.
Bo Davis, ace pitcher with Dal
las. was tight in the pincjies al
lowing only three runs on eight
hits by Corinth Reformed church
of Hickory. Dallas scored two in
the third and went on to win 9
to 3.
Johnny Fields had two hits for
Dallas, Jim Teeter a homer on
a Texas leaguer behind first base
and Bob Crunkleton a triple to
pace the attack. Dicky James and
liobby Dellinger each had two
hits for the losers. Pinky James,
the losing pitcher, allowed only
efeven hits and got a double.
Wheat Farmers
To Vote Friday
Each person on a farm grow
ing 15 acres of wheat that is in
terested in the wheat crop is eli
gible to vote in the wheat mar
keting quotas referendum on Au
gust 14.
According to state officials of
the Production and Marketing Ad
ministration, any person declar
ing his Intention to plant over 15
acres of wheat this fall is also eli
gible to vote. This declaration can
be made to referendum commit
tees or poll holders'.
Absentee voting is also permit- 1
ted. PMA officials say anyone
planning to be out of his county
on Friday, August 14 can request
a ballot and vote by mail.
The PMA committee in each
county has announced polling
places. Each county PMA office
will be a polling place, and other
polling places have been estab
lished in most counties.
The polls will he open from 7
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Area Softball I
Tourney Resumes
Thursday Night
Craftspun and Grover are
scheduled to play in quarter-final
action as the Mid-Western North
Carolina Softball tournament
continues at City Stadium Thurs
day at 6:30 p. rn.
The two Kings Mountain area
teams advanced after first round
play last Friday and Saturday
along with six other te^ms from
the starting field of 16.
Grover Is slated to hit Lenoir
Recreation Center in the third
game of the night, at 8:^0 p. m.
Craftspun is scheduled to tan
gle with Dallas in the finale of
Thursday's card, at 9:30 p, m.
The opener at 6:30 p. m. pits
two Shelby teams, Hudson Hosi
ery and Shelby Mill and two Gas
ton County powers, Akers Mo
tors and Mt. Holly are set to go
in the second game at 7:30.
Friday night's games pit the
Grover- Lenoir winner against the
Mt, Holly - Akers winner in the
opener at 7:30 p. m., with the
Hudson - Shelby winner to meet
the Craftspun ? Dallas winner at
8:30 in the semi-finals.
On Saturday night, the Friday
losers are to tangle for consola
tion honors and the third place
trophy, with the finalists to do
battle at 8:30 for the champion
ship trophy and a $100 check to
wards expenses to the state tour
nament at Canton August 24-29.
The tournament here is being
sponsored by the Junior Chamber
of Commerce. District Commis
sioner Jess Taylor of Shelby Is
directing the event.
Craftspun is expected to get
Bo Davis, Dallas ace. as a pitch
ing opponent, while the locals will
probably counter with Roy Pear
son. who tossed a one-hitter last
Friday night.
Grover is expected to use Wade
Vaughn against Lenoir's Randy
Hudson, Mt. Holly will probably
go with Dave Riley against Ak
ers' Bill Wilson, and Hudson will
most likely use Ed Ponder against
Shelby Mill's Jim Moorehead.
Admission to the tournament
is 25 and 50 cents nightly and a
large crowd is expected for the
final three nights. Proceeds go
into the Jayoees youth fund.
a. m. to 7 p. m.
Although only around 6,000
North Carolina farms will be af
fected by marketing quotas, PMA
officials are urging all eligible
wheat growers to vote. They point
out that a'vote by a small North
Carolina producer is equal to that
of the nation's largest producer.
They are also labeling this refer
endum as one of the most impor
tant in recent years.
Prices of livestock have risen
from their June lows and prices
of top grades are expected to re
main at a higher level than dur
ing recent months.
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City's Boom Haul
To Go Down Drain
If the air seems slightly
heady Friday afternoon about
4 o'clock, think nothing of It
Th? unusual aromas most
probably will bo emanating
from an estimated 30 gallons
of white, non tax-paid liquor,
sometimes known as "moon
shine," "popskull," or just
plain "com." which the police
department is planning to pour
into the city sewer system.
The pouring starts at 4 o'
clock in front of City Hall. The
public is invited, but no re
freshments will be served, of.
cers stated.
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City Revenue
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$1,857.87;" recorder's court, $511.
55; water plant, $8,091.60; main
tenance of water system, $1,
285.11; sewer maintenance, $3,
206.72, light and power, $5,679.
58; capital outlay, $11,621.22.
Other than the two major bad
guesses, the city received less*
money than anticipated from
sale of auto tags, from sale of
permits and cemetery lots, and
from water and sewer connec
tions, tout the amounts were mi
nor and compensated for by ex
cess of receipts over amounts
anticipated in several other ca
tegories.
Tax receipts were greater than
anticipated by $11 138.11, total-*
ing $113,005.98 against anticipa
ted collections ol $102,867-87.
During the year, business
firms paid the city $6,027.11 for
privilege licenses; auto owners
spent $11,097.50 toi city auto tags,
and maldoers paid the city $7,
334.37 in court costs. The park
ing meters again returned a tidy
sum, $7,847.13, plus an addition
al $635 in meter violation fines
at one dollar each.
Powell street aid from the
state was worth $27,155.58 to
the city treasury and the state
intangibles tax refund was $3,
061. 50. The city received $530.25
for digging graves, and fisher
men s^ent $884 for permits to
fish at city^lake. Outside city
limits citizens paid the city $870
for fire protection, and sale oi
supplies and services returned
$3,865.73 to city coffers.
From all sources during the
year the city received $431,378.
31 and spent for all purposes
$451,516.67.
At the end of the year, the
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Experts Outline Science Of Safety
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per month pay Increase for
three electrical department line
men. Supt. Allen made the re
quest and said his departmental
budget would allow it.
8) Voted to advertise to r bids
on painting the inside of the
city water tank.
9) Authorized installation of
a telephone extension in the al
ley behind the business district
to operate with the Battleground
avenue phone used by the po
lice department.
. 10) Authorized payment of
$225 to the city recreation com
mission. if the money proved a
vailable. The sum was needed,
Commissioner Harold Phillips
explained, to pay bills owed toy
the commission for miscellane
ous equipment.
The city deferred action on
renting a lot for storage ?f tele
phone poles. Mayor Glee Bridges
said he could ofotain a lot from
L. A. Kiser, and others, nfear Sla
ter Brothers plant, .at a rental of
$12.50 per month. The board
suggested checking on availa
bility of a lot near the (building
formerly occupied 'by Kings
Mountain Laundry.
Commissioner Grantham said
he had received complaints from
Roy Connor concerning the con
dition of the premises of an ad
joining lot, which had been re
zoned for business purposes
sometime ago, but had not been
utilized. The board authorized
Mayor Bridges to consult E. T.
Plott, owner of the lot, concern
ing the complaint.
The Mayor read a letter from
Foote Mineral Company thank
ing the volunteer fire depart- ,
ment for its efforts in exting
uishing a grass fire on Foote
property.
All decisions were unanimous,
with all members present.
city's cash .balances totaled $64,
300.61, including $14,664.67 In
the cemetery fund, the latter
spendable only for permanent
improvements to Mountain Rest
cemetery.
Many North Carolina livestock
farmers are currently faced with
a severe feed shortage and the
only thing left between them and
bankruptcy is their dwindling
supply of hay and silage.
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Kings Mountain traffic -safety
record during 1952 received spe
cial recognition Tuesday night as
the city received a citation from
the American Automobile Asso
ciation for having had no pedes
trian deaths las.t year.
The presentation was one of
the features oi a program on traf
fic safety at the Kings Mountain
Lions club, with policemen, city
officials, Kiwanis and Jaycee of
ficers as guests.
Cfther features of the program
were short talks on particular
phases of traffic safety by ex
perts in the particular fields.
Robert Ellet, superintendent of
Pickens County, S. C., schools,
outlined his experience with driv
er education courses and the na
tional results in the field. He said
major portion of the wrecks are
due to "the nut at the wheel", and
that the younger drivers cause a
greater proportion of the acci- 1
dents. "They're better drivers
than I am," he added, "but they
take chances older people don't
take." He said driver education
courses have been effective in
reducing accidents.
Herman Hoose, Charlotte traf
fic engineer, told the club how a
traffic engineer does his job, find
urged public pressure to require
officials to leave off rule-of
thumb traffic direction and adopt
soundly, engineered recommenda
tions. He said the flow of traffic
could be speeded and made safer,
too.
Bill Ivey, chief of police of
York, S. C., last year's winner
among 1,400 cities of the nation
al traffic safety aWard, outlined
the operations of the York police
department in combating traffic
accidents. Essentially, he said,
York never misses an opportunity
to remind both citizens and new
comers to drive and walk care
fully. .
The AAA citation was present-'
ed to Mayor Glee A. Bridges by
Lee Smith, of the Carolina Motor
Club.
Ed Pickard, also of the Carolina
Motor Club, served as master of
ceremonies. t tgf
Highway Patrolman C. D. For
tune asked the help of all citizens
and civic clubs in cutting the out
side-city accident toll. He pointed
out that Cleveland County, which
had only 12 highway deaths in
1952, has already 15 this year.
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Harmon Property
Bid Now $8,140
M. L. 'Harmon, Sr., was again
the high 'bidder for the T. N.
Harmon Estate property at Sat
urday's commissioner's re sale.
Mr. Harmon's high bid was
$8,140 stood after sometimes
brisk bidding between him and
B. D. Ratterree, local realtor,. The
bidding had begun at Mr. Ratter
ree's $7,911.75.
Under legal procedure for
commissioner sales, the bid will
stand Open for ten days from
date of sale, through August 18.
An increase of five percent of
the present high bid "would nec
essitate another re-sale. Four
sales of the property, at the cor
ner of Battleground avenue and
Falls street, have been conduc
ted.
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