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Here Friday In Big Tes" Point- A-Minute Eleven To Fiie Big Guns Against First South Group Foe POINT KICKER ? Tackle Ken Cook. 215-pound letterman, has kicked 12 of 14 extra point con. versions this season and has been a steay performer in the big Mountaineer forward wall. Cook hit 11 straight conversions, missed No. 12 and No. 13, but got back on the track with a good one on No. 14. He is the son of City Policeman and Mrs. Bynum P. Cook. Building Code Law Is Cited Building Inspector J. W. Webs ter called attention this week to the city building code, and zoning ordinance, with the statement that many builders are creating costly difficulties for themselves by proceeding with buildings prior to obtaining building per mits. Mr. Webster said principal vio lations of builders occur pn re quirements governing distance from front and side property lines. Under the city zoning ordi nance, passed in 1948, basic re quirements are: 1) On every lot in the residence district there shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than 30 feet. 2) On every lot In the residence district there shall be two side yards, one on each side of the building, with neither of such sidle yards to be less than eight feet in width and the total of such two side yards not less than 16 feet. It is also specified that residen ces erected in the industrial zones must comply with side yard re quirements for residential zones. Some exceptions are provided to the basic front and side yard requirement, based on pre-exist ing frontage lines of adjacent re sidences, and lot slides. Mr. Webster also pointed out that building permits are requir ed prior to beginning of construc tion and that the zoning ordi nance provides that persons guil ty of violation of failure to ob tain a permit, or to abide by the zoning ordinance, is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject . to va fine up to $50 and Imprisonment up to 30 days. It is further pro vided that each day a violation continues is considered a separate offense. , Copies of the zoning ordinance are available at City Halt A careless pedestrian is as guilty is a careless driver. Obey traffic signs and signals when you'ree walking ? The average outo of today "li ves tq toe 14 years old and regis ters some 120,000 miles on the speedpmeter before lss jpnked. Officials Expect Record Turnout For 7:30 Kickoff OoZTmtnS! duleri to ?esf ft are sche" jOherryville high's Trn guns on at Cifv <??? 3 ? *^onmen here >1.0 JsfSim o^day r'sht AA ConfeSC ctaK, son for the Mom?. . 1 e sea" off time is 7*^n ' taineers- Kick" Si S ? d the two games ? Qfi minutes of plavinc* tf^l T" 96 scored a total nf (w; i ~ havte Split-T rl?h \, 96 points- The Citv in H! downed Bessemer *-?y in the opener 42 .n V "pi""' "?"y by M il! SSrJfr^^S^itSS s?orS: a&a?r,i- ?k is ,r? ac,i?n iiMhims' most u S.nd team P'^V'ng ?l' most as much as the starters. by fi^Un'i^tft0'^'1!6-? tfle season ?rtc,uFbTok *"*'? ^?hIngro3?cntloa?rc,h7<l" ? B"l Link. f"m "r v?k? SS?SOn: S?chl^a^ r:??< staff! ? .been added to thfe ruSxi tiikTtid,hj'rrn niavc .?,?_ nd single wing fid Wn- In the op?ner Ville^ fir?I ^ uiCored Cherry. ki?. f'rst touchdown on a dnn ?!Lre?Te '<"? 33 y"rd8dMd Quarwrback"" " Ha'nL"""' T' tn Fnri d rs "Oilman passed S B?oaSrBta?k thk? lettermen on rJL nmen roster are Wade t?S Charles Black, the Mountaineers aonear in tesf tei^al thuape 'or ^e big will Kk ght but Probably End the services of fcnd Dewttt . Blanton, who suffe?. ea a shoulder Injury in hVui. Monday. Eddie GoforJh w"li ^ i " eveT i?ndta^ "P the ?'*<* W nof^tS J08? ?f ?lanton *? MouSSSS,.to 8low hxm^y .. Cherryvllle came out on ton nt laiff Mountalneers at Cherryville winning point??n J pertod JfJ? gamb,e ,n the fourth P^od^after a disputed fumble Curteoua driving Mvfes u toTSf^^ntofC tor Vehicles. Courtesy on the h ghway means sharing the road, allowing ample clearance when I S?n?g: yleWlng 1,16 ri?ht ?' way, P^Per a,gnaU for tu"?. idlmmlngftesd^ and ?ing traffic laws. TIBS TACTS TO PREVENT YOUR CHIU> BE/N6 KILLED, MAtt/lEP OR PKH&JGED BH FIRE, TAKE THESE PRECAUTIONS: > ^ * J# Keep matches out of reach J? Keep children away from stoves and open fires X ? Never leave tWIdren locked 'ma hous& unamended BIG FULLBACK ? Mearl Valen tine, 180 pound fullback, was named "Back-of- the -Week" by the Castonia Gazette last week. Valentine Named "Back-of-Week" Mearl Valentine, Kings Moun .aln high school fullback, was named "Back-of-the-Week" In the Gaston County - Kings Mountain Lincolnton area by the Gastonia Gazette last week. The big, "hard driving fullback won the honor in thte first game he appeared in as a back. In 1952, | Valentine was a promising fresh iman flanker and by the third game of the season had earned a starting berth. That was in the I Cherry ville game, which Kings | Mountain lost 14-6, and was the last gamle of the season for Va lentine. He was clipped from be hind at the knees and suffered a broken ankle. Last eeason, he did not play football but starred on the bas ketball and baseball clubs. Moved into the bull-dozing job at fullback August 16, Valentine took to his chores like a veteran. He shows great promise and by next season should be one of the better backs in the state. Valentine scored threte touch downs in the Bessemer City open er on runs of 1, 15 and 13 yards and rushed 13 times for a total of 122 yards, an average of 9 4 per rush. He played a. little over half of the contest. I^utt Friday against Mt. Holly, Valentine, continued his steady ground gaining but failed to get into the scoring column. He. rush ed 15 times for a total of 97 yards, averaging 6 J5 yards per rush. In the two games he has accounted for 219 yards on 28 attempts, an average of 7.8 yards pter try. He is a junior and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. O. M. (Shorty) Valentine, of Linwood road. Parking Plan Works Well, Officials Say Chief of Police Hugh A. Logan, I Jr., And Kings Mountain ^.Mer chant's Association officials said Wednesday the new courtesy nickel parking system is work, ing handsomely. 1 Since the adoption of the courtesy plan September 9 by the ! city board on recommendation of Chief Logan, Mrs. Elaine Queen, Merchants (secretary reported 73 of 139 envelopes given out had been returned toy Wednesday. The envelopes contained a Com bined total of $7.16, Mrs. Queen said, averaging almost 10 cents per envelope. Mrs. Queen also stated there is a possibility all envelopes have not been turned in toy merchants. In commenting regarding the plan, Chief Logan said he had received several telephone calls and had been contacted person ally toy motorists who indicated complete satisfaction with the new plan. The new system, If all motorists will co-operate," Logan stated,- "will help solve the parking meter fine problem." Parking meter receipts for the week ending Wednesday totaled *148.15. Tap Contracts Now Total 275 The city had sold 775 contract* for gas taps through Tuesday af ternoon, Salesman J. W. Webster reported. Meantime, Mayor Glee A- Brid ges reported that the city has been informed toy its toond attor ney it should receive the *400, 006 proceeds from the recent bond issue sale by October 6. The Mayor al?3 reported that Leo T. Barber Company expects to toe. gin construction on the gas. sys tem about October 1. Mr. Webster said Consolidated Textiles, Inc., has contracted for gas taps in all its company-own ed houses. Tap fee currently Is 910. Engi neers have recommended a $75 tap fee after construction of the system is completed. IIIIIII ?? ll*? M? Central Gridders Slug Hawks 54-18 Six Backs Share Eight Touchdown Win Over Hawks Kings Mountain high school's classy Split ? T attack, working behind an aggressive line aver aging 183-pounds per man, com pletely disorganized a supposedly tough Mount Holly high Hawk de fense here last Friday night and the Mountaineers, with 25 players seeing action, romped over the visitors 5-1-18. Six backs shared tallys in the 8-touchdown 'effort, with reser ves accounting for three 6-point ers. Quarterback George Harris and Halfback Earl Marlowe got two touchdowns each and Char les Smith, Curtis George, Mike Houser and Jerry MeCarter also reached the promised land. Tac kle Ken Cook hit on six of eight ; placements for points af tier touch down, missing on his 12th try of the -season to break a mark of 11 straight conversions. Kings Mountain started the game in business - like fashion, mounting a 64-yard scoring drive after receiving the opening kick off. In the big opening drive, Full back Mearl Valentine accounted for 30 yards, Halfback Marlowe added 14 and Halfback Smith got off a 17-yard romp in the first eight plays. Valentine's final 4 yard effort being stopped a foot short of the goal. Quarterback Harris slipped over for the score on a sneak and Cook split the uprights with 8 minutes of clock time elapsed in the game. Mt. Holly punted on third down after failing to gain on its first series of- downs and the point hungry Mountaineers were off to glory again, marching 50 yards in six plays for the second score. Valentine picked up 28 yards and Marlowe six in the march, with Sipith making the final 17 yards on a beautifully executed "belly" play. . Kings Mountain drew a 15-yard penalty on the extra point play and had to kickoff from ithe 25 yard line, Mt. Holly taking over again on its 49. Quarterback Tony Wilson picked up a yard on the first play and, on the next, tried to pitch back to Halfback Tommy Crawford on a pass try but the play misfired and Guard Ken Clonlnger pounced on a loose ball on the visitors 42. . The Mountaineers were off to the races again, scoring the third touchdown early in the second quarter after a 6-play effort. Va lentlne and Marlowe shared thfe yardage in the march, with the big fullback accounting for 26 and Marlowe going the final sev en yards after hitting for 16 on two previous plays. Two plays later Kings Moun tain had the ball on the Hawk 12, Co-Captain Cloninger recovering another Mt. Holly fumblfe. Harris gained three yards recovering his fumble, Valentine made two and Mai'lowe went to the 3-yard stripe. On fourth down, Harris kept on a~ "belly" play and went over standing up for the fourth touchdown. With 8 minutes lfeft In the half, Coach Shu Carlton sent In his other wrecking crew to man the defenses ar.d the reserves played the greater part of the remaining time in thfe game. Mt. Holly showed signs of life after chalking up a first do*vn on a 15-yard penalty against the Mountaineers but failed to march. End Ted Huffstetler booted beau tifully to ?e Kings Mountain 14 YARDSTICK MB FINAL 8 CORE 54 18 Touchdown* rushing ... 8 8 PAT, placement 6 0 let Downs rushing ? ..... IS 4 1st Down pausing 0 7 1st Downs penalty 2 1 Total rixst DowAb 17 12 Yds. galnod rushing . . 381 99 Tds. lost rushing 10 23 Not Bushing Gain .... 371 76 No. Bus bos attempted . . 51 25 Average per rush 7.3. . . 3.0 Posses attempted 5 18 Passes completed . 0 7 Tds. Gained Passing . " 0 107 Net Bushing-Passing . 381 183 Number of plays (not counting ldcks and penalties where play is nullified) > ... 51 45 Avg. Gain Per Play . . 7 J 4.1 Number of punts P 8 Yards punts wont ...... 0 82 Tds. punts 0 -11 Tds. Punts Retained ....5 0 Number of kickofls 8 4 Tds. klckotfs went .... 848 15S Tds. kickoffs averaged . . 88 1 Tds. KO Beturned 78 84 Ball lest on fumble* ... 1 9 Tds. rumbles Returned . . 8 ? Number of penalties . >. . 2 lu Ttme* enforced .... . I ? Tds. rasnllioil 28 70 TOTAL TARJD3 GA1* ED IN CAMS (add K 1 fumbles to net 588 295 MOUNTAINEER STARTERS ? Pictured above are eleven Kings Mountain high school football play- j ers, lined up in the new Split-T offensive forma. j tion. The group started the first two games of the season and will probably go into the Cherryville game here Friday night with oaiy one new face in the lineup. Pictured, left to right on the line, RE Dewitt Blanton wno is on the Injured list and not expected to play, RT Ken Cook; RG Charles Yel ton. Center Palmer Huffstetler. LG Ken Cloninger. LT Bud Mayes and LE Charles Bridges. Veteran Letterman Eddie Goforth, not pictured, is expect ed to start at right end. The backs arc, left to right, RH Charles Smith. FB Mearl Valentine, QB George Harris and LH Earl Marlowe. (Photo by Carlisle Studio.) HOW THEY DID IT RUSHING: Kings Mountain PLAYER T <3 L Mat A?g. C Smith 3 52 O 52 17.3 McGtnnls 1 14 O 14 14 0 M. Houser 5 55 3 52 10.4 George 4 30 O 30 7.!V E. Marlowe 8 58 0 58 7.3 Valentine 15 97 O 97 6.5 McCarter 7 47 5 42 6.0 Harris 8 28 2 26 3.3 TOTALS 51 381 10 371 7.3 Mount Holly Tony Wilson 10 57 0 57 5.7 Crawford 7 30 8 22 3.1 Kirby 2 3 0 3 1.5 Tommy Wllt-v!- 2 2 0 2 1.0 Culp j 5 7 15 -8 -2.0 TOTALS 2S 99 23 76 3.0 PASSING: Kings Mountain PASSER Att. Comp. Had Int. Yds. Harris 3 O 0* 0 McGlnnls 2 0 0 0 TOTALS 5 0 0,0 Mount Holly Tony Wilson 17 7 0 107 Crawford 2 O. 0 0 TOTALS 19 *7 0 107 RECEIVING: Mount Holly PLAYER Caught Yds. Sherrlll 5 , 11. 16. 16. 11, 21 Huffstetlor 2 6. 26 where Quarterback John McGin nis bobbled the ball and recovered on the 9 to put the winners in a hole. Valentine,. Marlowe and Harris marched the ball out 21 yards and McGinnis' crew took over the attack. ' The reserves struck quickly, with George, Houser, and McCar ter carrying the load. George broke away lor 25 yards, McCar ter went for 23 and Houser ran , 12 to the 3. George slipped over standing up and Copk added his eleventh straight conversion of the season. " About a minute later, the re serves were calling for the over worked extra point kicker again. Kings Mountain took over on the visitors' 43 after a punt and the McGinnis men struck like lightning. Houscr took a quick pitch, vcut back after he crossed the line and raced over the goal on a neat 43 yard scamper. Cook's try was slightly off to the right and the Mountaineers held a 41-0 advantage when the first half ended three plays later. Mount Holly took the second half kickoff and marched 70 yards against the reserves for its first score, taking to the air for 33 yards on three comple tions during the effort. Fullback Tommy Ellison bucked over from 15-inches out for the score and Tackle Dean Sherrin missed the first of two placement tries for points after. A Kings Mountain fumble stopped a McGinnis -engineered drive and set up the second Hawk score a few minutes later. A 26-yard pass from QB Wilson to End Huffstetler was the (big play, setting the tally up on the KM-9. Crawford went over stan ding up for the score and the third period ended with the Mountaineers failing to score. Harris' team came back into the game and marched 54 yards in 9 plays for a touchdown. Val entine returned the kickoff 24 yards and a 15-yard penalty a gainst the Hawks aided the ef fort, Marlowe going over from the seven for the points. Cook's PAT kick was high, barely short ot the crossbar..' The McGinnis team took over and swapped scores with the Hawks to run out the game. Ml. Holly marched 81 yards for its final score, passes from QB Wil son to End Max Sherri!! account, ing for 32 yards to set up the tally on the one, where Wilson sneaked over. Sherrill's pass-try LINEUPS *OS. KINGS MTN. MOUNT HOLLY .L&? Cburles Bridges . ? * Max Sherrllf LT? Buddy Mtyn .... Lane> Funderburk LG ? Ken Cloritnger . Hoy Harp?H' .C ? Palmer Huffatetler ...... Clone Cllne RG- -Charles Yelton Perry Toomcy RT? Ktn Cook . .. . Ra> Loft In RE? 'Dewitt Wanton Ted HufffcteUer, QB? George Hau ls Tummy Wilson HH '--Charles Smith ...... James Culp LI! Karl Marlowe Tomrn* Crawford KB? Mearl Valentine . v Tony Wilson SCORE BY QUARTERS: Kings >lountaln 14 27 0 13- M \ Mount Holly 0 0 12 . ti 18 1 SCORING: KINGS MTN. Touchdowns H Arris U < 1-yd. buck, 1st and 3 yards. 2nd* . Marlowe 2 (7-yds.. 2nd and h-yds., Ith >: j Smith <17-yds.. 1st); George Cl-yds., 2nd>. M. Houser f43-yds , 2nd); MoCattef <1 yd . ?Jth ? . PAT Cook G ? placement ? ? MOUNT j HOLLY Touchdowns ? Tomm> Wilson ?1 ; yd., 3rd>; Crawford (9-yds., ..'iAl, Tuny! Wilson ti-yd.. 4th>. j SUBS: KINGS MTN. ? ond*. KddJe C.o forlh. Tommy Gilbert. J. L Stewarti . Bob Houser. and Charles Clvar> tarkl?*s. iMvid Marlowe. Bob Hopper, Steve Wells, and -Bill Spearman; guards. Buddy Stnftb ami ' I Leonard Wright : renter., Joe. Ormanri : backs, John Mt(?innlSi Jerry M< Carter. Cut ? tis George, Mike Houser, David Falls, anil i Frank Htnson. . MOUNT HOLLY Pa Ires, i Black, pllppard, Davis. Kir by. Arthur. Can- 1 non. Lavender, Jenkins. Stack, Sberrln. j Whitaker. Hardin and Ballard OFFICIALS; Referee ? Nick OKhovleh. Charlotte; I'mplre ? Bob Reed, Charlotte, j Head Linesman ? R. L. Pierce. Charlotte. Field Judge ? George Hooker. Belmont. j for the point fell incomplete. The visitors got-tao_rough on the final Kings Mountain drive, losing two players and about 35 yards in a hurry. The second penalty set up the final score on the one. with McCarter going j over on a handoff from Harris. A fourthday run by McGinnis for 14 yards was the key play. Cook added the point and, after two pJays, that was it ? Kings Moun tain 54, Mount Holly 18. R. L. (Skinny) Pierre, of Char lotte. veteran collegiate and scholastic football official, was the head linesman for the con test . . not ihany games ago, ? Skinny worked a big one, the JV'S To Open Season Heie Thursday, 7:30 ?Coach Fn hI Withers' K r ?:> Mountain high school Junior " ' > sity football ' team la sluiot :->? open Ihc 1951 season a| City dium . Thursday at 7:30 p. r.i ? gainst the Lincolnton high J V club. Admission for the gmqc 1 is been set at 50 and 25 cents n.l a large turnout is expected t> u>> the freshmen and sophontoi v.s. , i their initial test. 'Coach. Withers has been r,i ? ?'??' ing his club through extcii ,i e drills and at times the team h ! completely chocked the varsity re serves in scrimmages. . Only 18 players are still out for the team, Coach Withe: .u ports. The roster: Backs ? Douglas Rath':'ne*, * Kenneth Baity, Harold BUintnn. Hoyle Burton, Tony Goins and Gerald Thomasson. Ends - -'Keith I^ayton, Am! c.v Nickols and Charles Allen. Tackles ? Bill. Davis, .1 Try Laughter and Don Wright. Guards ? Darvin Chast. H, .1. B. Owens, Jerry Wilson, and Rudisill. - Centers ? Don Short and 1'ili Staggs. Wright is out with an inju y ,t present. The probable starting :eim consists of Lay ton and J" " ' <>' ?> at ends, Davis and Laugh ? ! tackles, Chastaln and Owc.ts ?? guanls and Short at center with Rathbone at quarterback, l'.*?"ltv at right half, Thomasson at left half and Blanton at fullback. The game opens a six ? gime Jayvee eard. The schedule: Sept. 23? Lincolnton ? Ilo.r.e. Sept. 30 ? Shelby ? Away Oct. 7 ? Ruth. -Spin. ? Home. Oct. 14 ? Ruth.-Spin. ? Away. Oct. 21 ? Lincolnton ? Away. OcT. 28 ? Shelby ? Home. 1954 Orange Bowl contest in '-'l | ami . . . former Wake ;<"? j standout Nick Ognovich re'e^ecd i the game . . , a large nun." >-\r of | fans, estimated at 1,200 te.'rsicd i out for the contest. At anytime of the ye ir <"!^il jdren are a hazard to the mo ?rist. | Unpredictable, lacking the judg ment of maturity, their p cs.r.co i in or near traffic demand ; cense less care and vigilance an the part of all drivers. 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