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.
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WED - THURS.
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MAN BEHIND
THE GUN"
Technicolor
Comedy ? Cartoon
FRI. - SAT.
Double Feature
Wild Bill Elliott
?IN?
"Vigilante Terror"
First Showing
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ROY ACUFF
and Smoky Mtn. Boys
Alan Rocky Lane
?IN?
"NIGHT TRAIN
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MON. - TUES.
December 28-29
Alan Ladd-Virginia Mayo
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"IRON MISTRESS"
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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.
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1 measure Chest
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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.
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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.
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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
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HIT HO. 3
JANET LEIGH
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GLEN FORD
"white'Vower"
hit ho. s
| , LORETTA YOUNG
"PAULA"
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JOAN DAVIS
HAREM GIRL"
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FRANCES LANGFORD
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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'
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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
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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 <by the club.
All of the families are large
ones, Dr. D. F. Hord, president of
the clui) said. "One family has
eight children and is expecting
an addition soon. Since other
groups are concentrating on
food, we thought we'd work on
the other Items," Dr. Hord add
ed.
The 18 standing committees of
the club were paired to form the
nine committees. Chairmen are
Bill Fulton, B. N. Barnes, G. A.
Bridges, Gurney Grantham, Ro
well Lane, Paul Mauney, B. S
Neill, J. B. Keeter and Jay Pat
terson.
Thte club will not meet Christ
mas eve nor on New Year's eve*.
Next regular meeting will be on
January 7, 1954.
There were 77 Marines killed
or died of wounds during the Con
federate war.
North Carolina hatcheries pro
duced 58.2 million chicks in the
first 10 months of 1953 ? some 11.
7 per cent more than the same
period of 1952.
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