Activity Light City election registrars had an urttjusy Saturday as the .books opened for the first tlm? for the January 16th city bond election re/erendum. Activity was slight, most reg istrars reported, and the one new registrant, plus two transfers, handled >by Ward 1 Registrar C. L. Black was about average for the day. The 'books will ibe open on Sat urday, again, and for the last time on January 2. Only persons Who have their names on the registration books will be eligible tp vote in~ the January 16 election, when the voters will determine whether the city shall borrovV $200,000 for sewer improvements, $250, 000 for water system Improvements, and $150,000 for a recreation plant. Each of the Issues may be fa vored or opposed, and the suc cess or failure of one will not affect the other. The citizens will also determine whether the .board of com mis &iomvrs, shall be authorized to in stitute a tax of five cents per $100 valuation for recreational purposes. County Loop Action Slows Until Ian. 5 Bothware's high's cagefs were scheduled, to entertain Waco last night (Monday), with Gro ver moving to Casar in county (basketball loop action. Next games on the card are set for January 5. On last Friday night, Grover won two from Boiling Springs, the girls hy 33 to 27 and the boys Gti to 39. Tommy Keeter paced the hoys slaughter with 24 points. Cathy ilairfbriight had II, Betty Faye Watterson 10 and Sue Keeter '8 for the winning Grover girls. Beth ware split with No. Three last Friday, jtiu- girlsa winning by 33 to 20 and thf* boys losing by 46 to 39. On January 5, Lattiiftore is scheduled at " Bo; h ware and JVfooreshoro at Grover. DixiE $ 'X % GANGS'! WED - THURS. Randolph Scott ?IN? MAN BEHIND THE GUN" Technicolor Comedy ? Cartoon FRI. - SAT. Double Feature Wild Bill Elliott ?IN? "Vigilante Terror" First Showing ?ALSO? ROY ACUFF and Smoky Mtn. Boys Alan Rocky Lane ?IN? "NIGHT TRAIN TO MEMPHIS" ?ALSO Serial - Cartoon MON. - TUES. December 28-29 Alan Ladd-Virginia Mayo ? IN? "IRON MISTRESS" MORE ABOUT Chmtmas Holidays Continued From Front Paye reported, and will resume opera tions on December 28, after be ing closed all week. Craftspun Yarns, Inc., will sus pend operations from 6 a. m. De cember 24, to 6 a. m., January 4, and .is paying each employee a Christmas bonus o'f $8, or about a day's pay, .Supt, G. C. Kelly re ported. Consolidated Textiles, Inc., Supt. Lamar Moore said, paid a $10 bonus to each emplpyee, but will be out of operation for two weeks, until January 4. He said he anticipated a "good year" in 1954. P. M. rtfeisler. Sr., said that Nelsler Mills, Inc? will close some departments of its Pauline and Margraee plants only for the weekend, beginning Thursday. Some departments are closed for the wdek. Sadie Cotton Mills,- paying a bonus approximating two percent of wages, will suspend operations Wednesday and will resume on January 4, according to report of George H. Houser. I,ambeth Rppe Corporation is taking a week's holiday, Manager Frank Burke^ald, arid will re sump operations Monday, Decem ber 28. liurlincton Mills Corporation suspended operations at 10 p. m. Saturday night, and will resume at 10 p. m. Sunday, December 27. Slater Corporation will close Wednesday night, according to Supt. C. W, Cradic, and will re sume operations December 30. Park Yarn Mills Company will be closed from Dec-ember 24 until Monday, January 4, according to J. C, Smathers. ' Elmer Lumber Company wllL take a long weekend beginning Thursday. .Office personnel will be on hand Monday, but full ope rations won't be resumed until Tuesday, December 29. Foote Mineral Company will close Christmas Day, and Superi or Stone Company will take a long- weekend, suspending ope rations from Wednesday until Monday, December 28. Herald Publishing House will close from noun Tuesday to Mon day, December 28. nans ot Kings Mountain Man ufacturing Company, which 1ms operated only a week in Decem ber were not available, General Manager Aubrey Mauney was out-ol-town Monday, and Supt. J. 11. Patterson could not be reach ed. Short Docket Heard lit City Court Here A short session of City Recor der's Court was heard in City Hail courtroom here Monday after noon. Judge Jack White presided. Majority of cases docketed for hearing were continued until Monday, December 28. A case charging John J. Johnson with operating a motor vehicle while under tne influence of intoxicants was transferred to Shelby for trial by Jury. Cases charging two defendants on public drunkenness counts were continued. Bond was forfeit ed in a case charging Sherman R. Clark with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence I of intoxicants, and bond in a simi lar case charging a defendant : with public drunkenness was for leiied. Cases were continued chargjng Ivey P. Kpley with operating a motor vehicle while under the in fluence of intoxicants. J. N. Dix on. reckless- driving, Wilbert Mc Swain, abandonment and non support. and Acie Mace, with as sault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. MOKE ABOUT 1 measure Chest Continued From Front Page vln Crawford. Persons may register each time they visit a Treasure Chest store. No strings are attached, with 00 obligation to purchase any article of merchandise. The principal re quirement is that a person must be present to Win. A husband may answer for a wife, and .victe versa, but otherwise substitutions art ruled out. IMPERIAL THEATRE* Sings Mountain. N. C. Phone 134 TODAY. TUESDAY; DECEMBER 22 "ISLAND OF DESIRE" in technicolor Linda Darnell - Donald Gray 2 CARTOONS WED. - THURS.. DEC. 23-24 DOUBLE FEATURE "THE STAND AT "REVENUE APACHE RIVER" AGENT" Julia Adams with Douglas Kennedy Stephen McNally COI OR CARTOON FRT. - SAT . DEO. 25 - 26 ' DOUBLE FEATURE aj ::r^c^K red river THE WHITE RANGE" WITCH DOCTOR" With John Wayne with Susan Hayward 2 CARTOONS - SERIAL MurtuM Y ana luuuAr. utbbnubnivM "THUNDER BAY" In technicolor with James Stewart 2 CARTOONS "Wishing each and everyone a wry Merry ChrUtma* and a Happr New Tear" and thanking you for your liberal patron age during the past year. ' . . Retailers Open Later This Week Kings Mountain retailers are observing Saturday hour# throu ghout Christmas Eve and a few are advertising "open 'til 9 p. m. through Christmas Eve." ? The schedule most popular is a 7 o'clock closing hour for de partment stores, ti o'clock ior hardwares, and 6:30 for furni ture dealers, with grocers re maining open until 7:30 or later. After Christmas Eve, most stor es will be closed for a long, three-day weekend, reopening for business on Monday, Decern her 28. The stores will resume their Wednesday half-holiday on December 30, but will not obser ve New Year's Day as a holiday, according to recommendation of the Merchants association board of directors. Exceptions, to the. closing sche dule are drug stores, which will be open as usual on Saturday. Kings Mountain Drug Company will be open for two hours in the morning and for two in the aft ernoon on Christmas Day,. Grif fin Drug Company will observe Sunday hours. Theatres will be open as usu al, as will some service stations. Silver Dollar Grill, customarily open 24 hours per day, will close for a long weekend, from Wed nesday night at 10 o'clock to Monday morning a 5 a- m. The City Hall office will be closod Thursday, Friday.- and Saturday, re-opening on Mon day, December 28. V. P. Kambright's Rites Tuesday Funeral services for Varn Pn.ft Hambright, 69, of Hunters ville, brother of Dewitt and Quay Hambright of Kings Mountain, will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from Hopewell Presbyterian church in Charlotte. Rev. Henry Schuhn, the pastor, will officiate, assisted - by the Rev. J. K. Weyland of Fort Mill. S. C., and the Rev. Mr. Patterson of Davidson. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Hambright died. Friday morning at a hospital j;i Con cord. He had been in declining health for two years and had been seriously ill since May of this year. Mr,. Hambright was born July 21, 1884, In York County, S. C., the .son of the late David R. and Mary Ann Dixon Hambright. He was a member of Hurfters ville Presbyterian church. Mr." Hambright is survived by his wife; four daughters, Mrs. Caroline Nezas of East Hampton, Conn., Mrs.. Evelyn Orner of Washington, D. C? Mrs. Roxa Anne Jasper of Germany, and Mrs. Margaret Walters of Wash ington, D. C.; two sons, Vern Pratt Hambright, Jr., of the home afid David Robinson Hambright of Baltimore, Md.; eight sisters, Mrs. Wade Milan and Mrs. J. Ar thur Page. both of Spartanburg, S. Mrs: Eugene Price of Ashe villc, Mrs. Myrtle Matthews and Mis. C'le: us Royster, both' of Creensboro. Mrs. Carol Barber and" Mrs Oct a via King, both of ' h i r : ? > t e, ah(l Mrs. Irna Ross of Columbia, S. C.? his two broth ers; and- six grandchildren. Resurrection Service Set A special Christmas Eve ser vice will be held at Resurrection '.utheran church at 8 o'clock, featuring a Christmas message by Dr. Laura Plonk, director of the Plonk School of Creative arts, of Asheville. Special music will be present ed by the church choir and by Miss Clara Plonk, soloist. Miss Nancy Plonk and Miss Nan Jean Gantt will give special readings. Program for the service fol lows: Prelude. Hymn, "Joy to the World." Bible Reading, Nan Jean Gantt. Anthem, "The Carol of the Lit tle King." choir. Scripture, Nancy Plonk. Hymn, "Angels from the Realms of Glpry." Shristmas message, Dr. Laura Plonk. Offertory. Benediction, "The Lord's Pray er," .Clara Plonk. MORE ABOUT Merchants Ready Continued From rn ge One other bad weather gear to tramp the streets and obtain gifts. Some stores offered bargains on height -of-the-season goods, principally in ladies ready-to wear, which was plagued all sea son by unseasonably warm wea ther< Men's furnishings dealers re ported the first flurry for their topcoat offerings occurred in the recent cold weather that found temperatures dropping well be low thte freezing mark. Weather observers were pre dicting "it could snow" for Christ mas Day, bur there was no surety to the observation. The first Continental Marine Unit formed as a regular Marine Detachment were on board the "Cabot". . Caddy Goes Wading To Save His Pooch Sunday's low temperatures made it no decent day for a dip in the lake, but a Negro caddy, S. J. Smith, at the Kings Mountain Country Club golf course went wading anyway. The reason was more than a lost golfball for a foursome of diehard links enthusiasts. The caddy's pooch was ice skating on the little lake of the fifth hole when the thin coat ing of Ice crunched through. The little dog scrambled and scrambled, but each time it looked like he was safe the ice would break again. Finally the caddy stripped off pants, shoes and socks, walked in and rescued his pup. The golfers say. the pooch would have drowned, other wise. The golfers ignoring Sun day's wintry .blasts were W. L. Plonk, John Smathers, Oscar Myers, and a fourth, who re ported the dog incident, but asked that his identity not ibe revealed, since his appearance on the golf course was in lieu of some . Sabbath afternoon church work that had been tentatively scheduled. "B" Boys To Drill After Holidays Kings Mountain high school J will field a ninth grade boys bas ketball squad, the "Bees", who will be coached by Shu Carlton and John Gamble. The "B" team will start drills after the holidays, with a sche dule to be drawn then also. The group will drill on Tuesday and Friday afternoons, game | dates lor the varsity cagers, and J on Monday and Thursday nights j after varsity practice. Coach John Charles is tutoring j the junior varsity, which has been working out at the same time as the varsity quint all season. Mr. Gamble, a stellar tackle on the past season's Appalachian , State Teachers College football j team, is a practice tteacher, work in? under the direction of Coach , Carlton. He is in his senior year | at the school. MORE ABOUT City Gas Continued From Page One been opposed by Public Service Company of North Carolina, headed by Charles Zeigler, through its attorney. R. Gregg Cherry.' Public Service has ob tained distribution franchises in Rutherfordton and numerous oth- 1 er Carolina eitiles. ? SCHOOL BOARD Regular December meeting of the Kings Mountain dis trict board of school trustees was scheduled for Monday night, according to Superin tendent B. N. Barnes. Bessemer City KINGS MTN. DRIVE-IN THEATRE ALL NEW and BETTER Than Ever! ALL NIGHT SHOW Saturday. Dec. 26th STARTS AT HUNS TIL DUSK. DAWN 7B-I-G FEATURES B-I-G STARS I Come on out ? G?t up a Party HELP RING ic the NEW YEAR I YOU NEVER SEE THE SAME SHOW TWICE MIT WO. I GREGORY PECK "ONLY^HE VALIANT" HIT HO. t GARY COOPER ? Ill ? "GOOD SAM" HIT HO. 3 JANET LEIGH ? IH ? 'TWO TICKETS TO BROADWAY" HIT HO. ? GLEN FORD "white'Vower" hit ho. s | , LORETTA YOUNG "PAULA" HIT HO. ? JOAN DAVIS HAREM GIRL" I HIT WO. r FRANCES LANGFORD "PURPLE DIARY" US AF Enlistments Are Invited ?Applications are now being ac cepted 4\y the U. S- Air Force for the Aviation Cadet program, ac cording to Sgt. Garl D. Peak,.; county area recruiter. Class be gin every two weeks. The program, combining all phases of training, takes ap proximately 16 months for pilots and approximately 24 months for aircraft observers. In order to apply civilians must take a transcript of his academic, cre dits and birth certificate to the nearest U. S. Army-U,. S. Air Force Recruiting Station, Air Force 'base, or his nearest Avia tion Cadet Selection Tteam. The ? Recruiting Station will furnish Government - paid transportation directly to the nearest air base for a medical examination and personal inter view, then if these are success fully completed final examina tion will be scheduled by an air crew classification testing de tachment. Qualifications for the pilot pro gram are as follows: age, 19 to 26 1/2 years; must have high school education; must pass ap titude test designed to test fly ing; must be single; male citi zen, and miist agree to remain single during training period; must be in good physical condi tion as to the eyes, ears, heart, teeth, height, and weight; and must have high moral and per sonal qualifications, as determ ined by board of Air Force offi cers. . Qualifications for the aircraft observer program are ais follows: age 19 to 26 1/2 years; must have completed 2 years of college in accredited institution (60 semes ter hours or 90 quarter hours to ward a baccalaureate degree); must pass a written qualifying examination- and the aircrew classification test battery, which are designed to test aptitude for flying. Must be single, male citi zens, and agree to remain single during training period. Must have same physical condition as for Aviation Cadet Pilot Training except less stringent visual re quirement. Applicants must have high moral and personal qualifications. Sp;t? Peak is in Kings Mountain every Tuesday from 9 o'clock un til 4 o'clock, and in Shelby the other days. '54 Tax Listing Starts January 4 Tax listing in the City of Kings Mountain arid Number 4 Town ship will get a slightly delayed start in 1954, due to the calendar break, it was announced this week by Clarence Carpenter, city list er, and Conrad Hughes, Number 4 Township lister. Since New Year's Day comes on a Friday, kick-off day will be Monday, January 4th, in Kings Mountain, with both Mr. Carpen KINGS MOUNTAIN' ? and BESSEMER CITY , DRIVE-IN THEATRE Located on Kings Mountain . Bessemer City Highway, only 2 Miles from Kings Mountain. OPEN 7 DATS PER WEEK Phone 1027-J ? Kings Mtn. TODAY. TUESDAY Dec. 22 "THE ALL AMERICAN" with Tony Curtis and Lori Nelson ? ALSO? 20 MINUTES OF SHORTS 20 MINUTES OF CARTOONS WED. - THURS. - FRI. December 23 -24 -25 "SO THIS IS LOVE" in technicolor with Kathiyn Grayson and Waltsr Abel 20 MINUTES OF SHORTS 20 MINUTES OF CAHTOONS DECEMBER 26 ALL NIGHT SHOW SDN. . MON. - TUES. December 27 - 28 - 29 "EAST OF SAMATRA" In technicolor with Jeff Chandler and Marilyn Maxwell 20 MINUTES OF SHORTS 20 MINUTES OF CAHTOONS Mon. & Tues. Nights Am Family Nights EVERT WEEK Adm. 50c per car ? 2 Shews Ntobtihr ? Stattsa at 0?k Admission 40c Collins Transfers ; To Grover Posftoflice A. F. Collins, a familiar figure to route 1, Kings Mountain resi dents for the past score of years, completes his tour of duty as the mail carrier for Rural Route 1 this weekend. Mr. Collins is not retiring, though he has spent more than 32 years in the postal service. He is returning to the Grover post office, where he first started carrying thte mails, and will as sume the Route 1, Grover, vacan cy on Monday, December 28, Mr. Collins, who lives at Gro ver, will be succeeded temporari ly by Edwin Moore, substitute postal carrier at the Kings Moun tain postoffice, until a regular appointment is made, Assistant Postmaster George Hord said Saturday. ter and Mr. Hughes on duty at City Hall courtroom. Both tax listers will be at City Hall through January six days weekly with the exception of Sat urday afternoon, January 9, Sat urday, January 16, and Saturday afternoon, January 23. On the excepted dates Mr. Hughes will be at Grover to ac commodate citizens of that area. The tax listers pointed out that all property owners are required to list their properties for taxfes, that owners of dogs, television sets, diamond rings, guns, auto mobiles, and other property must list it for tax purposes, and that every male between 21 and 50 must list for poll taxes. Kiwanis Santa To Nine Families >? ' . ?_ . Kings Mountain Klwanians are seeking to make Christmas a happy time for Members of nine Kings Mountain families. With the entire club serving on the project, nine committees have been at work for several days now preparing baskets of fruits, nuts and candies, tree ornaments and gifts for the nine families chosen *, Joooi., ,"; I , i /? I Q ?'G / / . wrftei; 'gfs?? I ^r^-r-Ssywc SL**?I ^^7/i *>?, I J ** -T- I