HERALD MYSTERY FARM HO. 18 ? Can you identify this (arm? If you can. you are invited to notify the Hetaid by 6 p* m. Friday. Homes of all persons correctly identifying the farm will bo placed in a hat and theatre tickets will be pre* seated to winners in the drawing. The owner of the /arm is requested to supplv identification of his farm and when he comes by the Herald office will receive a free aerial photograph of his pro* perty. (Herald Photo by Zekan-Robbins. Harlan. Iowa.) Wia; A. Plonk Farm On Cherryville, Road Named Farm Of The Week By Herald Readers onk' Kln?s Moun tain dairyman, was Identified by Herald readers as operator and I nT'17 0-rh?eir?d Mystery Farm ^^f*76 acre farm is lo cated on Cherryvilie Road, w ,onk identification whon H m Tuesday morning J?*** c,a?e bV the newspaper mlSh 2fP m? Up thfe aerial Photo ea^h property given to eflcn farm operator. Operator Plonk also reports adve rtis emk irTroirBiM-" sealed proposals will be re tShlSi ?by }h,e Kihgs Mo"ntain School Board -in the office of the Superintendent of City Schools, SoMOUn?'n' North Carolina, until 2.00 p. M., January 14, 1955, for furnishing all labor, materl J!wP fu and eJtct Contractors are notified that provisions of Chapter 87 Public ? g*w? of 1937, and aa sufossquent ly amended, will be ofoserved In receiving folds and awarding Electrical Contracts. .jAprards Will foe made to the lowest responsible (bidders pro vided it Is to the Owner's Inter est to accept such bids. Deducti ble alternates, If contained in HpM will he used at the fn option in the sequence in the Proposal., The reserves the right to re sny or all folds and to Informalities. SCHOOL ? . . V that he practices rigid conserva tion measures, terracing, and per manent pastures on the farm which he purchased in 1943 from his father, C. S. Plonk, Sr., and the late J. O. Plonk. They built a new home at the site three years ago. An article about the farm ap peared in an edition of the Char lotte Observer several years ago when that newspaper was report ing on soil conservation practices on farms in the area. In addition to dairying and pas ture, Mr. Plonk also reported cot ton, grain, and corn. He said that his favorite livestock was cattle. Operator Plonk was married to Miss Alma Putnam, also of Kings Mountain, in 1938. They have four children, Jeanne, a sophomore at Central high school, Wray, Jr.,' an eighth grade student at Cen tral, Sandra, , a fifth grade stu dent at Central and Linda, a first grade student at Central school. Mr. Plonk Is a membter of the Farm Bureau. The family are members of Resurrection Luther an church. Operator Plonk listed hunting as his favorite hobby: Marketing of pigs produced last spring are being spread over a longer period than last fall', teven though farrowings reached a peak earlier than In the spring of 1953. The seasonal low in pri ces is expected within the next few weeks, probably followed by a modest upturn in early winter. EXECUTRIX'S NOTICE Having qualified as executrix for the estate of Edward Thomas Plott, deceased, all persoas hav ing claims against said estate will pleasle file same with the under signed on or before the 25th day of November, 1955 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery of same. All persoas indebted to said es tate will ptease make immediate payment This the 25th day of November, 1954. * Myrtia W. Plott, Executrix for the estate of Edward Thomas Plott Davis and White, Attorneys 11:25-12:30 EXECUTOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as Adminis trator lor the estate of R. L. Lac key, deceased, all persons having claims against said estate are re quired to file same with the un dersigned on or before the 9th day of December, 1955 or this no tice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. , All persons indebted to said es tate will please make immediate paynfent This the 4th day of December, 1954. Charles P. Lackey, Ad ministrator for R. I* ?? Lackey Estate. 5; Davis and White, Attorneys , 1 f ; 12:9-1:13 'NOTICE OF SALS Under and by /irtue of the po wer of sale contained in a lien given by C. B. Hullender, trading as Kings Mountain 3peedway on the 24th day of August, 1954, to the' undersigned, to secure the payment of same, I will sell for cash on the premises of the Kings Mountain Speedway on SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1985, at 2:00 o'clock p. m., at public auc tion, the following personal pro perty: All of the Bleachers. All of the Fences. One Ticket Booth. Drink Stand. One Road Sorapr One Ford Pick-up Truck. One Two-ton Ford truck. On* Water Wagon. One Racer Automobile. One Hole Diner. ' All Toils. ' All other articles of personal property belonging to C B. Hul lender now at the Kings Moon tain Speedway. This the 14th day of Decern Mr, 1954. * Twenty-six readers identified the Wray Plonk farm on Cherry ville road as Herald Mystery Farm No. 17 and complimentary tickets to Joy Theatre were mail ed to the. four winners on Tues day. Winners of the tickets were Earl Spearman and Mrs. Wayne Wells, both of route 2, David Plonk, of Crescent Circle, and Roy Hammett, of Linwood road. Both Mrs. Wells and Mr. Spear man have won twice before In the newspaper contest. Mrs. Martin Harmon, who was in the newspaper office Tuesday mornkig, drew the winning names from a hat. Any person may en ter' his guess in the contest by calling the Herald office by Fri day at 6 p. m. Winners are an nounced via the drawing. The Herald office was closed from Wednesday at noon until Monday for the Christmas holi days. Majority of the calls wlere placed /Monday. Deadline was Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock. Other area readers correctly identifying the farm were: Grady Howard, Edward Blan ton, Margie Biddix, 301 Railroad ave., Robert Osborne, 706 W. Mountain St., Phil Mauney, Sule Hunnicutt, Mrs. Hill Csflrpenter, Scott Wise, 102 E. King St., Mrs. Paul Le4ford, George Sellers, Mrs. Benton Putnam, Judy Wat terson, Jane Goforth, all of route 1, and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Gam ble, Labon Thornburg, Ray Chll ders, Mrs. Ray Childers, Mrs. Earl Spearman, Wayne Wtells, and Carveth Wells, all of route 2, and, Judy Cox, 914 Woodslde Drive, ' Charlotte, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Hughes, and Shirley Hughes, foute 2. N0T1CS TO STOCKHOLDERS Notlcte is hereby given that the annual meeting of stockholders of the First National Bank will be held in the lobby of the First National Bank, Kings Moutftaln, North Carolina, on Tuesday, Jan uary 11, 1955, at 4 p. m. This the seyenth day of Decem ber 1954. (Signed) R. S. LKNNON Vice-President & Cashier 12:9?> NOTICE OP SALE Under and fey virtue of the po wer of sale contained In a deed of trust given toy William ^ Butler and wife, Marjorie Butler, on the 30th day of April, 1953, to the undersigned as trustee for Home Building and Loan Asso ciation as will appear on record in the Register of Deeds Office for Cleveland County In book 1 409 at page 276 to secure the in debtedness therein mentioned, and default having been made in the payment of same and at the request of Home Building and Loan Association, I will sell for cash at the courthouse door in Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina on Monday, Jan uary 17, 1965, at 10:00 m. nv or within legal hours, the follow ing defecrlbed real estate: BEGINNING on an Iron stake on the line between I. M. Allen and Millard Putnam 344.6 feet, N. 19 deg. 45 min. E. from the old line stump in the holler apd running with said . line N. 19 deg. 45 mln. ~SL 284.9 feet to a point In the middle of the new road and passing over an ' iron stake one the south aide of the road; thence a new line S. 78 deg. 40 mln. W. 2208 feet to a point In the center of said road: thence another new line S. 8 deg. 0 mln. K. 248 feet to a stake In the field; and passing over ar Iron stake on the south side of the road; thence a not he*' new line It. 78 deg. 30 mln. 'g. 90 feet to the RKGfNNTNG. con taining .82 of an acre Being a part at the ImsJ conveyed by William Bowlln and wife, to Lli Allen by deed dated 4th of No Vemfeer. 1949, as will appear or record in the Roister Qf Dorri Office for Cleveland County In book 6-D at page 127. ? This Is the llth of December 1954. "% . ? \;*J% .1 WfU. 8. NETLL, Trustee. !?*?< WM*. DO IT NOW i A Feature on Gardening by the | Kings Mount/ tin Council of Gar den Clubs ' Christmas has come and gone. The' decorations are dry ami shedding. It is time to take down the tree and Jo take down the gla morous Christmas decorations that add to the festivity of the season. You may have received a poin settia for Christmas. If you Jid you will be interested in keeping it. Poinsetiias are not hard to keep and haw bloom next Christ mas. After the leaves have fal len, place the plant in a cool place. It Is. not necessary to wa ter the plant for a few weeks. In April, cut back exctss wood and re-pot in fresh soil. Put in a warm place until all danger of frost is past. Then place out of doors in the ground, or in a pot. Polnset tias may be propbgated by cut ting of mature wood. On a mild day, you may want to get out and work in your gar den. Clean up old flower beds that are ? still around and burn any diseas&d stalks that you may find. You may set shubbery and ro ses. You may plant hardy annu lal flower seed such as alyssum, larkspur, poppy and cornflower. Some, bulbs may be planted (not the Madonna lily.) You may also plant a few azaleas. * And while you are doing these last minute gardfen chores, Spring is not far away. You may enjoy growing some spring shrubs. If you have a few protected golden bells and pussy willows, y9U may bring In a few branches, put them in water and place them in a warm room. Soon they will supply you wit:? otossoms. Happy gp?-denlng! Biddix Is On Duty At Corpus Christ! CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex. (FH TNC) ? At the U. S. Naval Air Station herte for duty is Max E. Biddix. aviation machinist's mate first class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Biddix of Kings Moun tain, N. C. ? , He attended Kings Mountain high school. Personnel with specialist avia tion ratings are charged with keeping aircraft Jn flying condi tion and with the operation and maintenance of electronics equip ment for the pilot training pro gram. ? -? Training in single and multi engine aircraft is conducted at the station. NAS Corpus Christi, headquar ters of the Chief of Naval Air Ad vanced Training, is the largest Naval air station in the world. Average prices paid by North Carolina fanners for most furni ture items on September 15, 1954 were above those paid on the ?ame date h year earlier. ? Chuck Wagon Gong ? Oak Ridge Quartet ?" ? Homeland Harmony ? The Happy Two . (Lercry and Shorty) ? Harmoneert Revelairei ?tLV .'* 'r. j ' ? - ' . Fri, Dec 31 COMMUNITY CENTER Hickory. N. C, Doors open 6:30 ? Sing tug from 7sM p. .n.? iw 31. 1954 to 1 a. nu. Jan. 1, y y. -MS;* ' ? 't'j 2 . *? ' *? -A.V GEN. ADM. Sl.flfcjf RESERVED SEATS fl .50 You dare not knUs this grecttest sing ing in Western Car olina. : v M i i iiffi NEW YEAR'S EVE SINGING Sing Out The Old ? Sing In The New I 6 STAR FEATURE IK PERSON Internationally Famous |- Many of our drvkluous shrubs, trees anil vines are easily propa gated by means of hardwood cut tings taken daring the dormant or winter season. A deciduous trfce or shrub is one that sheds its leaves during late fall and grows a new set of leaves in the spring. Examples of deciduous shrubs are spiraea, crape myrtle, pearl bush, shrub althea and mock orange. 'Cuttings should be made from wood Of thle past sum mer's growth. A convenient sl/e to handle is from six to eight Inches in length and they may be tied in- bundles of 25, 50,_ or 100 cuttings per bundle, taking care that the base ends of the cuttings are together and the top ends to gether. Prepare a small trench in a well drained location, place the bundles of cuttings in the trt?nch with the base ends up and the tops down and cover with sand or sandy soil. The bundles may be placed in a sloping position. They should be covered two or three inches defep. The reason for bury ing the bundles of cuttings upside down is to prevent early growth of shoots and to promote growth of callus tissue and roots on the basal ends of the cuttings because of the heat from the sun. Beforte growth starts in the spring the bundles of cuttings must be taken up and planted out In rows in the garden. In order to conserve space the cuttings may be placed as closte as three or four inches apart in the row with aboyt three fourths of the basal end of the cutting below ground and one fourth above ground. There must always be at least one bud above ground. When only a few cuttings are to be made they may be plant ed directly in the garden row In stead of burying them until spring. Bunch grapes are usually pro pagated by means of hardwood cuttings taken at pruning time. Grape cuttings are cut about 10 to 12 inches long and when set in thte row must have at least one bud above ground and one be low, Cuttings of muscadine and scuppernong grapes are very dif ficult to root and therefore they are usually propagated by layers instead of cuttings. Figs are easily propagated by I hardwood cuttings, as art cue rents and gooseberries and most climbing type roses. Of course it is not to l?e expect ed that ail of the cuttings Will root successfully. The percentage of rooting will depend upon the kind of plant and the care in handling, The rooted cuttings should be allowed to remain where set for one full growing season. Then they may be taken up and moved to a morb perma nent location. North Carolina's commercial hatchfcries produced an estimated 5,126.000 chicks during October? an increase of six per cent above production the same month the previous year. FREE ESTIMATES INSULATION WEATHER STRIPING METAL AWNINGS ALUMINUM SCREENS DON CRAWFORD Phone 607-J Representative of: Norman Harris & Son SlMlby, I*. C. College Students Presented Program . i ? ~ 1 A group of college students presented the vesper program at j Boyee Memorial ARP church Sun- j day. The program, ''Religion On the j Campus" was presented by Don McCarter, who discussed "Re. Iigion at L,eesMcRae", Louise [Patterson, who spoke on "Reli-, gion At Erskine", Jeanene Hall man, who discussed "Religion At | Queens", W. P. Fulton, who spoke on "Religion At Lfen'oir Rhyne", Mrs. M. A. Ware, Jr. who discussed "Books and Babies on the Campus", and Bobbie Gran tham, who spoke on "Religion in Music." ? ? -^|jj Miss Joyce Owens gave the call to worship urid the youth choir,; accompanied by Mrs. Garrison Goforth, organist, sang an an thein. The YPCU honored colibge stu? dents' and servicemen at homo for the holidays at supper at the church Wednesday evening. To folia* ^ Co?66? LOANS FOR HOMES FHA - GI ? Elmer Lumbr : Company can arrange your FHA or GI Loan ? DOWN PAYMENT AS LOW AS FIVE PERCENT OF YOUR CONSTRUCTION COST8. ? IN SOME INSTANCES. YOUR LOT MAY BE YOUR DOWN PAYMENT. ? INTEREST ONLY 4i/27?. . for full information see ELMER LUMBER COMPANY. Inc. 25 PHONES 54 JOIN OUR '55 CHRISTMAS CLUR TODAY ! 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