School Trustees
In Busy Session
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The Kings Mountain board of
school trustees, in regular mon
thly session at Central school
Monday night conducted a mass
of routine ?bufiiness.
Only three members were pre
sent, Chairman Arnold Kincaid,
who presided, and trustees J. R.
Davis and -?'red W. Plonk.
Major action of the session
was approval of plans tot a Joint
purchase with the city parks
and recreation commission of
property from Way A. Williams.
The board voted to pay $6,000
for It's portk?n of the property,
needed for the new .Negro school
site.
In other actions, the board vo*
ted to;
1) 'Purchase a service sink for
West school cafeteria.
2) Authorize hiring of substi
tute teachers for school princi
pals to attend, a state depart
ment of education health meet
ing at Moiganton.
3) Authorize the chairman
and Secretary B M. Barnes to
work with the contractor on se
lection of hardware and lighting
fixtures for the West school
building project and to pay any
additional cost of the items not
Included in the contracts.
4) Use n^te funds for the East
school building program.
5) Authorized the treasurer to
draw money from the $60,000
now on interest at First National
Bank as needed for the West
school project, which Is being;
paid from local funds.
The board also considered '
without action a change of in- i
surance carrier and a request for j
band sur.vrrrr school.
Th:- hoard is being urged -to r
enter flip state school building |
insurance program and the board j
agreed to make further study of
the matter. ' *
Joe lledden nad requested ;
board approval of plans to con
duet a band summer school and
to also offer a summer typing
course. The group deferred ac
tion and announced intentions
to further discuss the proposal
with Mr. Hedden, who did not
attend the meeting.
Mr. Barnes reported that the
board has received $7,827.81 j
from the recent sale of bonds by |
the county board of commission- |
ers and announced the city's j
share of the first $25 million In '
school bonds voted by the state
as ?12.63237, based on the 1952- |
53 membership average of 1,806
pupils.
He also reported that he was
expecting additional bids on the
Central school flag pole and re
ported, in reference to a propos- I
al to purchase, for $2,000, a 1
grand piano from a Shelby firm, I
that a Charlotte dealer told him I
the board could buy a similar
piano at any time for that fig
ure.
Superintendent Barnes also re- J
ported that Marlon Parkard, o(
Shelby, had not made a survey, j
authorized by the board, of the
Central school lighting situation
and tha< he expects a final ans- j
wer from Consolidated Textiles
on a board request to purchase
additional play ground area for
East school.
Baskoball 'backboards purcha
sed by the board -jome weeks a
go have arrived, he said, but e
rection Is awaiting grading work
on the playgrounds promised by
the city.
'Robe' Scheduled
Foi Palm Sunday
Kings Mountain Little Theatre
has begun rehearsals on "The
RoM"; to be presented at Central
school auditorium on Palm Sun
day, April 11. at 8 p. m.
R. G. Plonk. Jr., made the an
nouncement and said the play,
given last spring by the group,
was being presented again at the
request of the Kings Mountain
Ministerial Association.
Mrs. Aubrey Mauney will again
direct the production, based on
the "best seller" by Lloyd C. Dou-'
glas. .
Many members of the 1953 cast
will again take roles in the new
presentation, Mr. Plonk said.
The program will be a union
service and the public is invited to
attend No admission will be cha
rged but an offering will be tak
en.
East School Bidr
Axe Bong Sought;
Kings Mountain district board
of school trustees Is advertising
this week for bids for the con
struction of alterations and addi
tions at East Elementary. Bids
will be opened at 3 p. m. on March
26.
The project calls for the con
struction of a new four room
building at the school and for the
alteration of the present building
to provide a new lunch room and
kitchen, for fire proofing the boil
er room and for re lighting of the
present structure.
Bids are being asked on the
new construction and on the al
teration both separately and in
combination.
Plans and specifications are on
file <ind open to public inspection
at th* office of B. N. Barnes, city
schools superintendent, at Cen
tral school. .
MORS ABOUT
Griffin Named
( Continued front* front page)
sored the new member,' pinned
a japel 'button on Mr. Flow.
Gus Entas, Kings Mountain
merchant, was a guest of the
club.
The group cancelled the seed
Uled meeting of April 20, voting
to attend the district two meet
ing in Shelby on April 19 at'
which district elections will be
held. Jack White ia a candidate
for the district vice presidency.
President Walker took the oc
casion to express to the club his
apreclatlon for the cooperation
accorded the officers this year.
Jaycee W. K. Mauney, Jr.,
chairman of the Red Cross fund
campaign, urged Jaycee assist
ance In th? annual drive and
told the group that the effort
"is not going at all well to suit
hie."
He reminded the group that
some $3,400 of the $5,430 goal is
to remain with the Kings Moun
tain chapter for it's welfare and
other work here. "I want, to urge
all of you to do everything you
can to help with this effort," he
said.
The group recited the Jaycee
Creed at the close of the meet
ing.
MORS ABOUT
Davidson Creek
(Continued from front page)
th, and Miss Grace Carpenter,
stenographer, from $43.50 to $48
per week, the increases to be re
voked if additional help is re
quired.
4) Raised the pay of Forrest
Dover, City Hall Janitor, from
$40 to $45 weekly.
5) Voted to send up to four vo
lunteer firemen to district fire
school.
6) Approved, after long discus
sion, addition of a city policeman
to keep the force at full strength
during vacation season.
7) Referred for investigation
by Commissioner T. J. Ellison re
quest of Mrs. J. M, Rhea for sew
er service to a tenant house on
King street and water service to
another rental dwelling outside
the city limits.
8) Voted payment of $15 per
month to City Clerk Joe Hen
drick for his duties as bookkeep
er for the city parks and recrea
tion commission, the funds to be
paid from parking meter receipts.
MORE ABOUT
Masons
Continued From Pan* One
be recognized bv Past Master D.
E. Tate.
Mr. Hartseil will be presented
by Dr. Charles H. Pugh, senior
warden of the Grand Lodge of
North Carolina.
Tickets for the banquet are a
vallable at $1.25. per person from
James B. Simpson. Joe H. Me
Daniel and D. E. Tate.
MORR ABOUT
Lions
Continued Prom Page One
club regards as one of its most
important and enjoyable annual
events."
Some 200 area farmers. Lions
and special guests are Expected
to attend.
Ratterree Sharing
Office With Dixon
B. D. Ratterree, Kings Moun
tain realtor, has opened an up
town office at Dixon Insurance
Agency.
He will share office space with
jHarley Dixon and will also assist
with the insurance business, Mr.
Dixon said.
The office Is located at 137 S.
battleground avenue.
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Wed. - Thurs.
Wendel Corey
Evelyn Keyes
First City Showing
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Both New And
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"The Hunchback
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Jaycee Cagers Advance To finals
Of Belmont Tonmament Saturday
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Two Kings Mountain high basketball
plafui hav? * ?en named to the South
Croup. Western AA Conference all-group
team picked by the loop's coaches.
OUte Harris was named to a forward po
sition on the club and Milton Hope gained
a tie for a fnard spot
Ruther lord ton ? Sp indole, winner of the
group crown and the Western championship,
placed three men to lead the selections.
Kings Mountain was the only other team to
place two men.
No all-Western loop club was picked, due
to many ties for th? spots. Harris was one of
the top five In the conference who was voted
to a position where no ties wer? involved.
Forward ? OUi? Harris. Kings Mountain.
'Forward ? Tie: E. J. Huffs tickler, Huth.
Splndale; Emmett Michael. Llncolnton;
aiSd Douglas Padgett. Ruth. . Splndale.
Center ? Tie: William Carpenter. Ruth.-Spln
dale; and BUI Scruggs. Cllffslde.
Guard ? Donald Turner, Cherryrllle.
? Guard? Tier Robert McNalr. Forest City;
and Milton Hope. Kings Mountain.
1954 All-South Group Team
Thte Kings Mountain Jaycee's
Little League basketball team ad
vanced Into the finals of the Bel
mont Optimist club tournament
Tuesday night by downing top
seeded Red Shields of Gastonla
by 17 to 15.
Kings Mountain will meet the
winner of thte St. Leos - Rotary
game for the championship 'Fri
day night at 8 p. m. at the Bel
mont gymnasium.
Tuesday's battle was defensive
from start to finish, with each
team setting up a tight zone that
was not penetrated. All shots
were made from outside or from
the free throw line.
The victory was the third
straight in the tournament for
Kings Mountain, who posted win$
over Belmont Lions on last Sat
urday night by 35 to 18, and Bel
mont Optimist club on Monday
night by 34-21.
There will be a meeting for thte
purpose Of organizing a softball
league for men Monday night at
7:0Q p^ m. at the City Hall. All
interested parties are urged to at
tend.
The number of sheep on United
States farms on January 1 at 30.9
million wa# 3 per cent less than a
year earlier and the smallest
since 1938.
Strong demand for both fresh
and frozen eggs is holding prices
received by farmers slightly a
|bove a year ago.
Central Pre-School
Clinic April 13
Pre-school clinic for children ex
pecting to enter Central school
for the first time next September
will be held at 9:30 a. m., 6n April
13, it was announced by Mrs. L.
E. Abbott, chairman of the Cen
tral P-TA pre-school clinic com
mittee.
Mrs. Abbott asked that all pa
rents of entering children make
plans to bring their children to
the clinic, noting that school of
ficials need to have an accurate
count on beginning students in
order to assess faculty require
ments properly.
Mill Is Adding
New Warehouse
Work is now underway on a
major addition to the cotton
warehouse of Park Yarn Mills
Company.
John C. Smatliers, Park Yarn
official, said the new brick ware
house would add 17,000 square
feet of floor space and would pro
vide needed cotton storage space.
Bennett Construction Company
is handling the construction.
Peach, plum and Cherry trees
are propagated by shield budding.
Friday - Saturday ? 2 Big Hits
7m* hue
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Sunday ? Monday - Tuesday
VISIT OUR SELF-SERVICE CONCESSION
TEAR OUT AND SAVE YOUR |
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GASTON 1A-KINGS MOUNTAIN HI&HWAY
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Thursday ? Final ? Also Cartoon
A WAR STORY WITH A BRAND NEW TWIST.
Rod Cameron
Moore Uninjured
In Auto Mishap
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Patrolman O. R. McKInney, Jr.,
reported there were no personal
injuries sustained in an accident
occurring on Highway U. S. 29
new the Silver Dollar Grill on
Wednesday at 2:40 p. m
Accordlng to the officers, a
1946 Bulck operated toy Jade
Bruce Moore, of route 2, was tra
veling north on U. S. 29 at a
speed of SO miles per hour and
was forced off the road by an
oncoming car, which was pass
ing another vehicle. The car roll
ed down an embankment, Mc
KInney said.
Property damage to the Moore
vehicle was estimated at $300
Bites For Owens
Sunday At 3 P. M.
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Funeral rites for Cpl. Billy An
drew Owtens, 19, who was killed
in action in Kyedong, Korea on
July 27, 1950, will be conducted
Sunday at 3 p. m. from Temple
Baptist church with Interment
following in Memorial Park in
Mountain Rest cemetery.
Rev. B. F. Austin and Rev, W.
F. Monroe will officiate. The bo
dy will arrive at Harris Funteral
Home Saturday morning and will
remain there until Sunday at 2
o'clock when it is taken to the
church.
The Kings Mountain soldier
was stationed on Okinawa before
his unit, Hq. Co., 29th Division,
3rd Battalion, was sent to Korea.
He enlisted in the army at Fort
Jackson, S. C., December 17, 1948.
He had been reported missing in
action for over three years.
Cpl. Owens is the son of Mrs.
Emmie Owens Ben field, of Gantt
st., and the late James Owens.
Hte is a native of Pickens county,
|S. C., and attended Kings Moun
tain high school before entering
the service.
He is a member of Temple Bap- 1
tlst church.
Cpl. Owens is survived, in addi
tion to his mother, by his step
father, Horace Btenfield, and a
brother, Charles H. Owens, of
Kings Mountain.
Members of Post 155, the Amer
ican Legion, will serve as pall*
I bearers.
United States milk production
in 1953 reached 120.2 billion
pounds, a net record.
Two Matches
Left For Kegtax!
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With only twojpatches remain
ing In Kings Moantain Bowling
Lea gut play, anything could hap
pen to the standing* ? regarding
second place and the other posi
tions, that Is.
The Alley Cats, with a record
qJ. 23 wins and five defeats, have
closed hooks on the first place
The 'Cats mctet the Luckies,
who have an 11-17 mark, and the
Mountaineers, 12-16, tangle with
the Independents, 10-18, in the fi
nal scraps, set for Shelby Commu
nity Center Monday night and on
March 29. ... Vr j
In action last Monday, the 'Cats
stomped the Luckies 1549-1420 ,
and thte Mountaineers edged the |
Independents by five pins, 1495
1490.
Albert Brackett, in a losing
cause, topped the scoring with a
359 to set a new season high set
mark. Other leade-J were Fred
Wright, Jr., 339, Ralph Arrowood
338 and Furraan Wilson 321.
Monday's score*:
MATCHES OF MABCB IS
1S-IS l?inU (IB-IS)
rig nor 331 Falls . 270
Kezzlah 304 HouacT 263
Wright 336 Low 301
Clark ' 303 Carpenter 297
Gamble ? 318 Braekelt > 3R9
SCORE 1495 SCORE 1?M
High Line ? Ifcxfcell. US.
LkUm (11-17) Alter Cats (tJ-S)
Everhart 290 Howell *07
281 Morrison " 387
Jonas 240 Hamrick 303
Kelly 279 Ware .VJJ
Wilson 321 Arrowood 336
SCORE 1420 SCOSE 154S
High Line ? Arrowood. 128.
Campbell Member
Of Accounting Finn
Announcement of the opening
of offices in Wilmington, Del., for.
the practlde of public accounting
from Charles 6. Campbell,
former Kings Mountain citizen,
, have been received here this |
week. ... J
According to the announce
ment, Mr. Campbell is in partner;
ship with two othter men, E. Paul
' DuPont, Jr. and Edward A. Camp
bell (no kin), and the firm will
operate undefr the trade name
Campbell and Campbell.
The announcement was dated
March 15, The offices are located
at 218 West 9th street, Wllming
tooi> DeL
Mr. Campbell, son of Charles
B. Campbell and grandson of
Mrs. E. L. Campbell, has held a
position in the tax department of
PHONE I MB KINGS MTN.
500 J | N. C.
WE ARE SAYING IT WITH PICTURES
TOD AY - THURSDAY - FRIDAY
ITS GREATNESS WILL SPEAK TO YOUR HEART
Gerberding Lists
Sermon Subjects
! Pastor W. P. Gerberding Is
preaching a series of Lenten ser
mons in St. Matthew's Lutheran
church. Forthcoming Sunday mor
ning themes are:
Mar. 21 "Love in Four Dlmen
Equi table Security Trust, Wil
mington, Del, lor the past eight
years.
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sions"; Mar. 28 "Forgiveness and
Reconciliation"; April 4 "The
Mark of a Disciple"; April 11
"The Royal Sufferer".
Wednesdays at 7:30 p. m. Dr.
Gerberdlng will discuss:
March 24 "Pilate, the Dodgter";
March 31 "Herod, the Play Boy";
April 7 "Barabbas, the World's
Choice"; April 14 "The Two Thi
eves".
The Pastor currently is conduct
ing an instruction class for non
members during Sunday school.
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TODAY. THURS., MARCH 18
"THE FIRST
TIME"
with Robert Cummings
and Barbara Hal* -
DOUBLE FEATURE
"BEHIND
SOUTHERN LINES"
with Out Madison
as Wild Bill Hickok
2 Cartoons
FBI. - SAT.
CH 19-20
DOUBLE "FEATURE
OPEN AT 11 O'CLOCK
"FLIGHT TO ^CANYON
MARS" RAIDERS"
in color
with Marguerite Chapman with whlP Wilson
and Cameron Mitchell and Pnny Knight
Comedy ? 2 Cartoons
T MONDAY AND TUESDAY, MARCH 22-23
"THE WINGS OF THE HAWK"
with Van Heflln and Julia Adams
_ CARTOON
WED. - THURS.. MARCH 24 25 DOUBLE FEATURE
"STAR OF TEXAS" "THE PICKUP"
with Wayne Morris with Beverly Michaels
2 Cartoons
' Seo The Best for Less ? Admission 30,---9c
Bessemez City - Kings Mountain
DRIVE-IN THEATRE
SHE PLAYED WITH FIRE ONCE TOO OFTEN!
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0X0 MOORE ? HUSO HAAS ? KDI CAMJUf 7: 9: 10:30
1 2nd Big Feature
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COLOR BY
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? Starring ?
Charlton Heston
FRIDAY and SATURDAY B
2 ? Big Feaiures? 2 ?:
HfPPlll * Shorts ? 2 Cartoons
9: 11:30 m
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