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Junior Chamber To Buy Isolette The Junior Chamber of Com merce has voted to purchase a-! nother “isolette” for Kings Moun- j tain hospital. Announcement of the plan to purchase another unit for free use of Kings Mountain area pa tients, was made at the regular dinner meeting of the club, held’ at Masonic Hall Tuesday night. It was reported that the club’s board of directors had voted $400 for the unit and that a gift of $100 had been made for the pur chase. Election by the board of direc tors of delegates and alternates to the state convention in Ashe ville next month was also an nounced. Named as delegates Were Bill Jonas, George Thomas son, Clavon Kelly and Hubert Mitcham and alternates were listed as Paul Walker, R. G. Plonk, Jr., Bill Eldon and Char les Dixon. The club voted to assess the membership two dollars each to defray expenses of the state di rectory and voted to transfer its contracts for birthday calendars to the Junior Womans Club. Dr. N. H. Reed urged members to sign contracts willing their eyes to the Eye Bank For Resto ration of Sight, Inc., a non-profit organization furthering conora transplants. He asked that any citizen in terested in willing his eyes to the organization contact him at any time. F. C. Humphries was a guest of the club and Bob Cox, a former member, was also present. Pre sident Wilson Griffin presided. Mullinax Rites Held Sunday Funeral services for Morgan Mullinax, 75, of Bessemer City, and father of William Mullinax, were held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock from Grace Lutheran church, Bessemer City. The Rev. Hugh Barringer, the Rev,. J. Clyde Yates, of Charlotte, and the Rev. J. M. Pickier, of Great Falls, S. C., officiated. Burial was in Mountain Rest cemetery. Mr. Mullinax, who died sud denly Friday morning, was born January 25, 1880. He was the son of the late William J. and Janie Martin Mullinax. His wife, Mrs Ella Gregory Mullinax, died in 1946. Other survivors include five sons, Homer Mullinax, of Gas tonia, Horace Mullinax, of Green Seeing"is Relieving ^CMlfOU.na4H&W*t? What french scientist (1822-1895) MADE v WONDERFUL DISCOVERIES fl ABOUT GERMS. ALTHOUGH f WITHOUT GLASSES HE COULD HARDLY FIND HIS WAY AROUND HIS LABORATORY ? SEE NAME /N YERTEP HERE f &n3J.svd stnol~ eO-t^C ifon, knout"? The AMERICAN PUBLIC S PEN PS *30,600,000,000, A YEAR ON LEISURE ANP RECREATION.... . BUT ONLY #300,000,000. ON EYE-CARE. . 1 A PERSON WHO LOSES ONE EyEONLY LOSES ABOUT /& OF HIS TOTAL FIELD OF VISION. Excessive watering OF EYES IS ONE OF THE SYMPTOMS WHICH CALL FOR A VISUAL CHECK-UP SAYS THE BETTER VISION INSTITUTE. Employment Here Remains At Peak, Employment Service Manager Says General business conditions in Kings Mountain area remained good in March, Franklin Ware, manager of the Kings Mountain Employment service office, re Coves Springs, Fla., Archie Alex, and Robert Mullinax, all of Bes semer City; a daughter, Mrs. Fred Bell, of Great Falls, S. C.; four 'brothers, Jasper and Stacey Mullinax, of Crowders Mountain section, and Christopher and James Mullinax of Gastonia; and a sister, Mrs. Frank Maier, of Spencer Mountain, 30 grandchil dren, and 12 great-grandchild ren. Active pallbearers were M. L. Rhyne, J„ E. Harper, James Ban ner, David Coon, Gene Froneber ger, Earl Rhyne, James Hill, and Leonard Warrs, all of Bessemer City. ported Wednesday. Mr. Ware’s records for the four-week March period showed a continuance of the high level of employment reported for the first two months of the year. During March, claims for un employment compensation pay ments averaged only 169 per week. The employment office had 70 job orders, and filled 63 of them, while accepting new work applications ..from 85. The office file of work seekers totaled 343. Majority of March job place ments. were in the textile and mining industries, with pre-Eas ter business resulting in addition al demand for workers from re tailers. Construction worker demand was reported off slightly from February. The Easter bunny came early . . . and left a bundle of buys for little fashionables ! Each dress a sure crowd pleaser, seeing your darling daughter through a delightful summer! From $3.98 EASTER BAGS - and - BONNETS Every Little Miss will adore one of our handsome Bag-and-Bonnet Matching Combinations. They're just the thing for the Easter Parade ! $3.98 Easter Bonnets $1.49 to $2.98 KEETER’S Prison Terms Given Youths Four Kings Mountain youths received prison sentences in March term of Cleveland County Superior court on charges of breaking, entering, and larceny. Judge J. C. Rudisill presided. Receiving prison sentences were Jack Woods, 22, five to 12 years, Wade Bagwell, and Bobby Dean Smith, both 16, two to six years, and William Edward Hol mes, one to three years. Woods, Bagwell, and Smith were bound over to Superior court March 28, after waiving preliminary hearing in City Re corder’s court. Holmes was bound over to Su perior court March 29, after pro bable cause was found against him in City Recorder’s court. The arrest of the youths solved a series of break-ins and thefts which occurred in the past sev eral months in Kings Mountain, Cleveland and Gaston counties, and Cherokee and York counties in South Carolina. Thieves Swipe Cash From Central School \ metal cash box containing $68 and a $20 check was stolen from Kings Mountain High sch ool supply store room some time Tuesday night. Principal Rowell Lane reported to police Wednesday morning that the thief or thieves entered the building through a classroom window. Entry to the supply store room, he reported, was made by breaking a door panel with a hammer and then break ing the lock. The money taken, Mr. Lane re ported, was $50 in bills, $15 in quarters, and $3 in fifty cent pieces. Child Hospitalized After Accident Franklin Belcher, six-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Bel cher was admitted to Kings Mountain hospital Friday for treatment of minor injuries sus tained as the result of running into the side of a passing taxi cab. The accident occurred on Phenix street. .Police listed Fred Wehunt, of 117 Wells street, as driver of the taxi. The child was discharged from the hospital Sunday, Dr. Ken neth McGill, attending physician said, after X-rays determined the child had no broken bones. The estimated 382,000 cows in Tar Heel milk herds during the September 1953 February 1954 period represent the highest level in mijk cow numbers in a de cade. ElECTRAfl MAGIC * COOKING <Uoii, hst. Monomial «SSA TJ/AWifxeiee foods 3-vmam Aon room tomporatvrol Cools hot dishes for fastor serving. All Aese PLUS features la Ae new Afag/c Chef! 0 Red Wheel Oven Heat Control 0 7 Speed Surface Unit Controls © Instamagic Super-Speed Unit O Deep Well Cooker O Surface Unit Safety Light $269.95 P&N APPLIANCE CO. Next to Center Service Phone 13 I' KINGS MOUNTAIN Hospital Log VISITING HOURS Daily, 10 to 11 a- m. 3 to 4 p. m. and 7 to 8 p. m. PATIENT LIST AT NOON WEDNESDAY: Chris Raines. Lillian Gill. Will Harris. Clarence Carpenter. Mildred Bell Dover, route 3, ad mitted Friday. Rebecca D. Early, Box 492, ad mitted Friday. Betty Banks, route 2, admitted Saturday. William Belt, route 3, admitted Saturday. Sallie Whisnant, route 1, ad mitted Sunday. Mrs. Betty Bowen, route 1, Grover, admitted Sunday. Manuel Bridges, route 2, ad mitted Monday. Georgia W. Fite, route 3, ad mitted Monday. David Henderson, route 2, ad mitted Monday. P. Q. Hambright, route 2, ad mitted Monday. Samuel E. Smith, 805 E. Second street, admitted Monday. Leola Webb, E. Ridge street, admitted Monday. Andrew Winey, 106 Cansler street, admitted Monday. Arthur Frye, Baker street, ad mitted Tuesday. Janie Brooks, route 1, admitted Tuesday. Laura McSwain Ross, 401 De Kalb street, Shelby, admitted Tuesday. Carrie Thompson, 4 McGinnis street, admitted Tuesday. Man Shoots At Dog, Wounds Two Women Edith and Mary Lou McGill, Negro mother and daughter of 416 Childers street, were slightly injured Saturday afternoon when both were struck in the right leg by ricocheting shots from a 12 guage shotgun. Police said the accident, which occurred on Childers street, re sulted when Louie Crocker, Ne gro of 417 Childers street, fired the gun in an effort to frighten a dog who was chasing chickens. Neither mother nor daughter were hospitalized, police said. Leglo&v. Observing Child Welfare Month Local Legionnaires will join their three million fellow mem bers throughout the nation in Observing April as The American Legion’s annual Child Welfare month. “It will be the 18th annual ac centing of April as Child Wel fare Month,” explained Rev. Mil ton <B. Faust, of Salisbury, State Commander of The North Caro lina American Legion. “One mil lion members of The American Legion Auxiliary also are partic opating in the observance.” The purpose of the anual ob servance of April as Child Wel fare Month is to acquaint the public with the tremendous ac tivity of The American Legion in this field, with the needs and problems of children and with the accomplishments and future objectives of these activities, Commander Faust stated. “How many people know that The American Legion and its af filiated groups — the Auxiliary and 40 & 8 — have since 1925 expended more than $122,000,000 in direct emergency financial aid to needy children?” Commander Faust asked. “We are spending for this purpose more than six million dollars a year. Most of this money goes for food, cloth ing and medical treatments. These are some of the little known facts about our child wel fare program which we want the people to know about during A pril.” Theme for this year’s observ ance, according to Commander Faust is ‘“Let’s Have Fun!” “We have discovered over the years that working for and with chil dren is genuine fun!” he declar ed. Commander Faust is Director of Evangelism of the Presbyteri an Church, North Carolina Synod. State Chairman for the Legion Child Welfare Committee is World War II veteran Mrs. E. Barbara Clayton, of Asheville. The nation’s feed industry broke all production records in 1954. Total output for thte 12-mon th period was 35 million tons — or an increase of four per cent over 1953 production. BOSTITCH B-8 Stapler A low-priced stapler that Is really good. • A desk fast ener, a hand stapler, and a . tacker, all in one. $o -4° ONLY jC—— HEBALD PUBLISHING HOUSE Phones 167 & 283 Honor Society Inducts Seven The Central high school Na tional Honor Society inducted j seven new- members at indue- I tion ceremonies at the school Tuesday. New members are Butchie Houser, Donna Cheatham, Caro lyn Brown, Bobby Cushion, Har old Jackson, Flem Mauney, and Gary Allran. Other members of the society are Anita McGinnis, Christine Still, Martha Baker, Joyce XJlad den, Joyce Owens, Peggy Rippy, Joyce Dixon, and Dewitt Blanton. Flag Should Fly On Easier Sunday The American Flag should be flown on Easter Sunday. That’s the word from C. Leroy Shuping, Jr., of Greensboro, chairman of the Americanizm committee of the Department of North Carolina, the American Legion. Mr. Shuping also pointed out that it is permissable to fly the flag during daylight hours any time, as well as on national and state holidays. Citizens desiring flag code In formation booklets should con tact James Bennett, American Legion Post 155 commander. Two Slightly Injured In Trailic Mishap Police reported this week a three car collision in which two persons sustained mipor injuries. Listed by police as injured in the accident were Joyce Owens and Jean Downs Arthur. The accident, police reported, occurred Sunday afternoon on East King street. Cars involved were a 1955 Plymouth driven by Edward W. Hollingsworth, of 177 S. Liberty street, a 1947 Chevro let coupe driven by William Britt West, of 823 N. Weldon street. Gastonia, and Jean Downs Ar thur, of 200 W. King street, driv ing a 1951 Pontiac. The accident resulted, according to the report, when the Chevrolet was struck from the rear by the Pontiac, knocking the Chevrolet into the Plymouth. The Chevrolet and Plymouth were stopped in a traf fic lane awaiting a car to make a left turn. Damages as a result of the accident were estimated to total $460. Monday, police reported, a 1955 Ford driven by James F. Alex ander, of Charlotte, struck a state highway sign on Cleveland ave. Driver of the car, police said, stated he was blinded by an oncoming vehicle and lost control of the car. Damages were esti mated to total $15. Thursday, vehicles driven bv Jay Hart Patterson, of 207 Pax ker street, and Joe Albert Whit ley, of 910 Long street, Paw Creek, were involved in an acc; dent on Cleveland ave. The acc. dent occurred, police reported when Patterson operating a Be:, semer City Upholstry Company truck, atempted to make a lef. turn. Burlington Names New Vice President GREENSBORO — The election of James L. Eskridge as a vice president of Burlington Mills was announced today by Walter E. Greer, Jr., vice president of Bur lington Industries. Burlington Mills is the man-made fiber fab rication member of Burlington Industries. With Burlington since 1946 ex cept for a period from 1951-53 when he was associated with Stonecutter Mills in an executive position, Eskridge has broad gen eral responsibility lor Burling ton’s filament weaving opera tions, including commission throwing and tricot knitting. A native of Shelby, Eskridge at tended elementary and high schools there. He later attended Clemson College going on to Philadelphia Textile Institute where he received a textile de gree in 1937. Broiler chick placements in the Central - Western areas of North Carolina totalled 4,147,000 during January — or 15 per cent above December placements, Giw New' PYREXFlameware for Easter Try "Flame ware" for 30 days — if you're not fully satisfi ed, return and get your money back! Modem Top-Oj-Stove PYREX Ward Lets You See What's Cookingl mart-looking, crystal-clear PYREX O Flamewarc is specially tempered for use over direct heat! It makes totf-of stovo cooking surer, easier, more fun—* because you see what’s cooking! Matched sets make marvelous gifts—comic in and see them! PERCOLATORS let you see your coffee perk—to the exact strength yiiu like! Lock-on covers. 4-cup size, $2.75; 6-cup size, $3.45. O-cup size, only $3.T5 DOUBLE BOILER shows you the water level at a glance! You can also use it as two saucepans-" cover fits both bowls. Handy hang-up rings. V/r-quart size, only $3.95 SAUCEPANS have hand-fitting, stay-cool handles, lock-on covers, hang-up rings, handy pouring lips! They clean easily, lj^-quart, $2.50; 2-quart, $2.75. 1-quart size, only $2.25 TEAPOT allows you to watch tho tea steep to just the strength you prefer! Lock-on cover and stay cool handle make pouring safe and easy. 6-cup size, only $2.25 Kings Mountain, USED CAR CO. LOCATED AT CORNER E. GOLD & YORK ROAD COME IN-MAKE US AN OFFER ALL THESE CARS ARE ON THE MONEY—MAKE US AN OFFER ON ANY OF THESE CARS AND WE WILL SAVE YOU MONEY. New '55 FORD Crown Victoria *54 FORD Customline '53 BUICK '53 FORD '53 DODGE '53 CHEVROLET '51 FORD '50 CHEVROLET 4-door '50 PONTIAC '48 CHEVROLET ALL CARS WITH RADIO & HEATER—ALL READY TO GOl ALSO SEVERAL GOOD PRE-WAR CARS —Prices Aie Right To Sell— Come Around And See For Yourseli ALL PAPERS ARE HANDLED IN OUR OFFICE WE ARE ALSO AGENTS FOR FARMERS UNION INSURANCE O AUTO LIABILITY O GENERAL FIRE See Us Now For Fire Insurance For Your Home or Auto Liability—at 25% Less! COME IN AND VISIT US TODAY Kings Mountain Used Car Co* Phone 1364-J Corner E. Gold & York Rd.
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