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Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 7,206
The figure for Greater Kings Mountain Is derived from
the 1955 Kings Mountain city directory census. The City
Limits figure Is from the United States census of 1950.
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VOL 68 No. 50
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, December 12, 1957
Sixty-Eighth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Local News
Bulletins
, AT CITY HALL
Mrs. Furman Wilson, recently
named city office stenographer,
assumed her duties Monday.
Mrs. Wilson fills the vacancy
created by the promotion of
Miss Grace Carpenter to assist
ant city clerk.
RALLY DAY
Lawson Brown, principal of
Kings Mountain high school,
will be the speaker at Rally Day
exercises Sunday afternoon at
3 p. m. at Dixon Presbyterian
church. Mr. Brown’s address
will be held following brief ex
ercises by the Sunday School
departments.
COURT OF HONOR
Boy Scout Court of Honor
for Kings Mountain district boy
scouts will be held at City Hall
Thursday night at 7:15 P- m
with a cub leader, scout leader,
and explorer advisor round
table to be held during the
court.
ONE FIRE
Kings Mountain Fire Depart
ment reported one fire during
the past week. A blaze was ex
tinguished Monday at the home
of Lemon Carter on Cranford
Road. Firemen reported consid
erable fire, smoke, and water
damage.
RECUPERATED
Dr. W. L. Ramseur returned
to his office Tuesday after re
cuperating from his recent ill
ness.
Utflouno
N The congregational meeting
at the First Presbyterian chur
ch Sunday, resulted in the elec
tion of four new deacons. They
are Lawson Brown, B. M. Hay
es, Jr., Hall Goforth, and Char- •
les A. Neisler.
BOARD TO MEET
The city board of commission
ers will convene Thursday
night at City Hall at 8 o’clock
for the regular December meet
ing. Mayor Glee A. Bridges said
the agenda, as of Wednesday, is
short.
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for the
week ending Wednesday at
noon totaled $157.51, with $131.
76 acruinfe from on-street me
ters and another $25.75 from
Cherokee parking lot meters,
City Clerk Joe McDaniel report
ed.
CITY GETS CHECK
The City of Kings Mountain
received this week a cheek for
$852.15 from the Treasurer of
North Carolina representing
quarterly payment of the city’s
share of utility franchise tax
es.
KIWANIS MEETING
Showing of the film, “Green
Light Ahead”, a film on high
way safety, will feature the
Thursday night meeting of the
Kings Mountain Kiwanis club.
The club convenes at the Wo
man’s club at 6:45 p. m.
MEETING SITE CHANGED
The Men’s Bible class of Cen
tral Methodist church will meet
Sunday morning in the parson
age, rather than in the church
sanctuary, it was announced by
the pastor, Rev. James B. Mc
Larty. ,
TO TAX SEMINAR
Mrs. W. B. Logan will leave
Sunday for Raleigh, where she
will attend a week’s tax semi
nar to be held at N. C. State
college. Courses in both state
and federal, tax laws will be
given.
NAMES SOUGHT
Know a needy family in the
Kings Mountain area you’d like
to see have a merrier Christ
mas? Citizens are asked to mail
names and addresses of needy
families to PO Box 162, Kings
Mountain. The letters nped not
be signed.
Jaycees Receive
Christmas Trees
Over 800 balsam trees have
arrived here from Canada in
connection wi‘h the Jaycee
Christmas tree project.
Tree sales will be made at
the vacant lot on the Cherokee
Mountain St. corner.
The trees, ranging in size
from 2 to8 feet are priced from
$1.50 to $3.00.
Persons with advance deposit
coupons may pick up their
trees now, it was announced by
John Warliek.
LODGE MASTER—Fred Weaver
was elected Monday night to ser
ve as master of Fairview Lodge
AF & AM for the coming year. He
will succeed Thomas D. Tindall.
Weaver Eleceted
Masonic Master
treci weaver, Kings Mountain
dry cleaner, has been elected
master of Fairview Lodge 339, AF
& AM, for the coming year. Mr.
Weaver will succeed Thomas D.
Tindall.
Other officers elected at Mon
day night’s meeting were: Frank
Ballard, senior warden; I. C. Dav
is, junior warden, L. A. Harmon,
treasurer; and Thomas D. Tindall,
secretary.
Appointive officers by Mr. Wea
ver to serve next year are: Bruce
Thorbum, senior deacon; Ralph
Harrison, junior deacon; Paul
Cole, chaplain, Ben H. Bridges,
senior stewart, and Denver. E.
King, three-year trustee. Still to
be named is the junior deacon.
Installation night is tentative
ly scheduled for December 30,
with Past Masters Arnold W. Kin
caid and Paul Owens conducting
the installation rites.
W. King Street
Is Re-Opened
West King street, closed for
street improvements for several
weeks, was to be re-opened to U.
S. Highway 74 traffic Wednesday
night.
Spokesmen for Spangler &
Sons, contractors for the improve
ment job, made the announce
ment Wednesday afternoon, after
obtaining approval of the city en
gineer, W. K. Dickson, of Char
lotte.
The change will mean a sur
crease from traffic noise for resi
dents of W. Mountain and Tracy
streets, which have been detour
routes during the construction.
Pat Spangler, of the contract
ing firm, said last week he was
very regretful the widening of
West King couldn’t hqve been
completed on a normal schedule,
(»ut that heavy rains had slowed
he work.
Spangler & Sons completed an
other city job last Friday, when
they poured a portion of sidewalk
on South Piedmont avenue to
Gold street.
Church Honors
Octogenarians
St. Matthew's Lutheran church
honored two of its elder members
Sunday, both of whom have at
tained the age of 88.
They were Henry W. McGinnis,
recently retired cobbler, and Mrs.
J. H. Garrett.
Sunday was Mr. McGinnis 88th
birthday. Mrs. Garrett had attain
ed her 88th year in November.
Dr. W. P. Gerberding congratu
lated Mr. McGinnis and Mrs. Gar
rett in a brief talk during Sun
day school, and their respective
Sunday school classes conveyed
them gifts.
Blocking Award
Goes To Herndon
Little Guard
is Awarded
Plonk Trophy
BY NEALE PATRICK
Herald Sports Editor
A 145-pound former band mem
ber is the 1957 recipient of the
Fred Plonk Blocking Trophy
which goes annually to the best
blocker on the Kings Mountain
High School football team.
He is Bill Herndon, small, but
tough senior right guard for the
Mountaineers. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Henderson Herndon
of Route No. 2, Kings Mountain.
He has been a regular guard for
two years after making his choice
of playing football over playing
in the high school band his sop
homore year.
The handsome engraved trophy
was presented at the Lions Club’s
annual footba.ll banquet honoring
the Mountaineer football team
and coaches at the Woman’s Club
Monday night.
Football coach John Gamble
who made the presentation, said
the selection was made following
a study of the movies of Moun
taineer games during the past
season. The mentor said that
Herndon’s blocking best exempli
fied the type of blocking the
banquet's chief speaker, Warren'
Giese of South Carolina, describ
ed in coaching clinics last sum
mer.
The award of the blocking tro
phy shared the spotlight at the
annual grid banquet sponsored
by the Kings Mountain Lions
Club with an inspirational and
informative talk by the young
head mentor at the University of
South Carolina, Warren Giese.
A native of Milwaukee, Wis.,
and an assistant coach at the
University of Maryland for sev
eral years, Giese gave three lea
sons why he is happy he moved
south to coach and live. _ ?
“I am not a native of the
south,” he pointed out, “But I am
rapidly becoming a Southerner,
and glad of it.”
He listed three things about
the south which stands out in his
mind as:
(1>—The tremendous friendli
ness of people in the South. He
elaborated:
“I remember when I first visit
ed Columbia for an interview in
connection with the South Caro
lina job. When I walked the few
blocks from the hotel to the cam
pus, almost everyone I met nod
ded or spoke to me, a complete
stranger. I called my wife that
night and told her of the friendly
people down south. She warned
me not to trust those folks. ‘You
haven’t played a football game
yet,’ she said. But I can say that
50 percent of the people in Col
umbia still speak to me. . . and
1* haven’t beaten Clemson in two
years.”
CZ)—me great interest in
sports in the south. He explained:
“Interest in school sports is de
clining in the north. In Maryland,
for instance, the state Board of
Education has limited schools to
a total of 20 games in football
and basketball combined. Con
trast that td the tremendous in
terest in school sports in this
area, and to games like the
Shrine Game in Charlotte last
Saturday, which raised some $127,
000 for the Hospital for Crippled
Children.’’
(3)—The high moral values
and the religious attitude of per
sons in the South.
“I want to raise my children
in the South”, said Giese, “where
people have high sense of values,
and the youths have an interest
in something besides standing on
the corner with a switchblade.”
Speaking directly to the mem
bers of the Mountaineer football
team, Coach Giese reminded the
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Beware, Beware, Police No Santa;
Chief Ware Says 'Whammy' On Deck
Beware of the heavy foot, autt
drivers, for you might run afou
the city’s "whammy”.
Christmas spirit notwithstand
ing, Acting Chief of Police Mar
tin Ware says he’s been instruct
ed by the board of commissioner!
to operate the speed-timing de
ice and to hail heavy-footed driv
ers to city court.
And Acting Chief Ware says
he’ll follow the orders.
"The idea is to slow traffic, noi
to hail folk to court,” Officei
Ware commented, "but it seems
to be the board’s thinking tha'
some drivers won’t slow unless
forced.”
' Chief Ware said the city’s
“whammy” won’t be operated on
any set schedule nor on any spe
! cific street, but will be operated
: as a mobile unit—meaning it may
be switched to various streets
during any 24-hour period.
The “whammy” hasn’t been
used in recent weeks.
The electrical device employs
two rubber tubes and meters the
speed traveled between the two
tubes. Victims of the device re
late it’s impossible to slow speed
sufficiently between the two tubes
if a driver is traveling much more
than the speed limit. In the city
that’s 35 miles per hour.
SUPERINTENDENT — W. B. Gri
mes. Jr., a Georgia native, assum
ed the duties of superintendent
of Burlington Industries’ Phenix
plant on Monday. Mr. Grimes
succeeds Charles Sanford, who
has joined the Ranlo plant.
Grimes Phenix
Superintendent
Walter B. Grimes, Jr., assumed
the duties of superintendent of
Phenix Plant of Burlington In
dustries Monday.
He succeeds Charles Sanford,
who has been transferred to the
company’s Ranlo Plant.
Mr. Grimes, a native of Geor
gia, comes to Kings Mountain
from the Goodall-Southern divi
sion where he served as superin
tendent of the Hot Springs^ plant
in Western North Carolina.
Born in Gainesville, Ga., Mr.
Grimes is a graduate of Georgia
Institute of Technology. Mrs. Gri
mes is the former Katherine Ad
kerson Wood, of Washington, D.
C. They have two boys, ages ten
and four. They are members of
the Presbyterian church.
Gift-Buying
Pace Quickens
Kings Mountain retail sales
people were stepping lively this
week as the buying pace quick
ened in preparation for Christ
mas.
Merchants said “business could
have been better” last weekend,
but later amended their reports
when totaling the weekend sales.
Idonday and Tuesday were
busier than usual, and retailers
guessed that Christmas gift-buy
ing would produce rush business
beginning Thursday.
With Christmas less than two
weeks away, retailers noted, T’s
time to complete gift lists.
Inventories of Christmas-type
merchandise remain good in all
lines, with good selections in toys,
jewelry, apparel, novelties, and
hard goods—including both large
and small appliances. Drug stores
report ample stocks of candies,
cosmetics and the other speciali
ties they offer.
Crocers are ‘aking advaVice or.
ders for Christmas turkeys, hams
and other items for Christmas
dinner. The grocery rush will be
concentrated, as always, at the
last minute, wi‘h peak ptirchas
ing anticipated during the final
three selling days prior to Christ
mas.
Retail stores are now open six
full days weekly to accommodate
Christmas shoppers, the mer
chants having suspended until
after Christmas the mid-week
half holiday. Majority of stores
are gaily decorated in ‘he Christ
mas-season motif, and those firms
selling big items, like furniture,
appliances and automobiles are
inviting their customers to buy
on easy credit terms. Some say
“Buy now, pay next year.”
West Students
To Give Festival
Students of West Elemental}
school will present the annua]
music festival, “The Spirit ol
Christmas” on Friday, with twc
performances scheduled at the
school auditorium.
Mrs. Richard McGinnis, cit>
schools music director, is direct
ing the festival which will be
presented at 7: CO p. m. Friday
A performance will also be held
at 1 o'clock Friday afternoon foi
those persons who may not b«
I able to atend ;he nighr perform
I ance.
Fritz Reports
Blood Program
Organization
Rev. R. Douglas Fritz, chairman
of the Kings Mountain Red Cross
blood collection program, an
nounced Wednesday he was com
pleting organization of a com
munity-wide committee to in
crease blood donations here.
He also announced that the
group would gather for a lunch
eon meeting Friday at noon at
La Royale Restaurant to discuss
plans, both long-range and for
the forthcoming visit of the Red
Cross Bloodmobile on December
30. .
Mr. Fritz said he anticipates
the committee will install the
“group credit program”, where
by any industry which finds 20
percent of its employees donating
blood during a six-month period
will qualify for group blood cre
dit. In this event, all employees
of the particular industry will re
ceive blood donor cards, covering
a six-month period, and specify
ing that blood will be available
to tffe employees and their fami
| lies without replacement require
I ment.
Currently, persons receiving
blood without the donor card
(given to individual donors) must
agree to replace the blood by ob
taining other donors.
The following will represent
the particular firms.
Sadie Cotton Mills, George Hou
ser; Phenix Plant of Burlington
Industries, R. B. Payne; Craftspun
Yarns, Jack Cross; Bonnie Cotton
Mills, Dewey Randall; Mauney
Hosiery Company, Sam Stallings;
Neisler Division of Massachusetts
Mohair Plush Company, Joe Aus
tin; Foote Mineral CompanvTBen
H. Goforth, Jr.; Lithium Corpora
tion of America, Bruce Thorburn:
Mauney Mills, Rufus Mitcham:
Lambeth Rope Corporation, J. T.
Malcolm.
Still to be named are represen
tatives from Park Yarn Mills,
Kings Mountain Manufacturing
Company, Slater Mills, and Su
perior S*:one Company.
B. F. Maner will handle busi
ness firm solicitations for blood
uuj iui a.
Attending Friday’s noon meet
ing will be Miss Antoinette Beas
ley, of the Red Cross area staff,
j and other Red Cross area officials.
[ Pressly, Kesler
J To Be Interviewed
Nominees for Morehead Scho
larships to the University of
North Carolina will be interview
ed by a county committee Thurs
day (tonight) at Hotel Charles,
Shelby.
Among *he applicants are Stev
j en Kesler and James Pressly, of
! Kings Mountain,
j Three of the 14 local appli
cants will be chosen for a district
level interview to be held in Char
lotte. The committee includes in
addition to Chmn. Virgil Wea
thers, Mrs. Aubrey Mauney of
Kings Mountain, Clint Newton,
Jr., and Mrs. Rush Hamrick, Jr.,
both of Shelby.
Scholarship awards will be
i mad^ after the Shelby and Char
I lot*e screenings.
Since the program was begun
five years ago, approximately 30
scholarships have been awarded
annually.
The John Motley Morehead
Foundation scholarships are re
stricted to boys, and are award
ed on the basis of leadership,
potential and ability, without re
gard to financial need.
Christmas Play
Set For Sunday
The church school of Central
Methodist church will present its
Christmas play, “Jewels For The
King,” Sunday afternoon a* 5 o’
clock.
The entire church school will
he represented by choirs from
each department. Members of the
Senior Class will be in the cast.
The play is under the direction
of Mrs. Fred Withers, Mrs. C. T
Carpenter, Jr., and Miss Joyce
Simpson.
Presbyterians Set
Yule Activities
The First Presbyterian church
will feature several special ser
vices during the Christmas sea
son; The Joy Gift service, De
cember 22nd, the Christmas tree
service and carolling, Decem
ber 23rd, and the Christmas
Day service at 10:00 a. m.
The public is especially invit
ed to the Joy Gift service to be
held at 7:30 p. m. Sun., Decem
ber 22. This service will strive
to tell the Christmas Story
through scripture and song. The
narrator is R. G. Plonk, Jr. and
the music will be presented by
the Chancel, Youth, and Junior
Choirs, under the direction of
Miss Julia Lee Ribet. Mrs. Jam
es Page will serve as pianist for
the service. This service is one
of the highlights of the church
year.
Baptist Dissidents Postpone
Naming Go-Between Group
MISS KINGS MOUNTAIN IN LOCAL PARADE — Miss Jane Byars.
! "Miss Kings Mountain" in the recent Carolina Carrousel, performed
for the homefolk last week when she appeared in the Kings Moun
tain Christmas opening parade. A high school senior. Miss Byars
was elected to the honor by the high school student body.
(Photo by Wilson Griffin)
Woman's Group
Gives Charity
Appeal Plans
Some youngsters may have
empty stockings Christmas morn
ing if appeals being made via
numerous charitable media are
not heard.
In Kings Mountain several civ
ic groups and churches have
launched projects designed to pro
vide funds, food, and toys for the
needy this Christmas season, and
one women’s club group has in
cluded one family of the commu
nity as year-round project in the
Help-a-Home category.
Women in the International Af
fairs department of Kings Moun
tain Woman’s club are inviting
any contribution of food, cloth
ing, and/or household furnish
ings for a needy 10-member fam
ily. Gifts should be directed to
the Red Cross office for distri
bution.
Members of the department
were acquainted with the partic
ular family’s need by Mrs. J. N,
Gamble, Red Cross worker here,
who invited Mrs. Haywood E.
Lynch, also a member of the In
ternational Affairs department,
to visit in the family’s home re
cently.
Some gifts have been received,
including a collection of $14 made
at the Woman’s club depart
ment’s* recent meeting, gifts of
diapers by the Pink Ladies aux
iliary of Kings Mountain hospital,
a $10 donation by the Jennie
Maner circle of First Presbyter
ian church, a bedspring and-mat
tress donated by a Kings Moun
tain furniture store, and dona
tions from Otis D. Green Post
155, American Legion and Le
gion Auxiliary.
In the especially “needed” clas
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Mis. Crosland
Dies Wednesday
Mrs. J. W. Crosland, mother of
Mrs. Paul Hendricks of Kings
Mountain, died early Wednesday
morning at her home in Bennetts
ville, S. C.
Mrs. Crosland, wpllknown
here, had visited the Hendricks
family frequently and had just
recently returned home after
spending a visit here. She had
not been ill.
Dr. and Mrs. Hendricks left
Wednesday for Bennettsville.
Funeral plans are incomplete.
Merchants Set
Holiday Schedule
Majority of Kings Mountain
retail establishments will take
a two-day Christmas holiday !
and will also be closed on New j
Year’s day, according to an- j
nouncement yesterday by Mrs.
Elaine Queen, secretary of the
Merchants’ Association.
Mrs. Queen said directors vo
ted the holidays at a Tuesday ‘
meeting. The holiday schedule
is provided in association by- .
laws. ,
The merchants will also ob- '
serve Saturday hours on Mon- ]
day and Tuesday prior to
Christmas. This means that
majority of department stores
will be open until 6:30, with
grocers remaining open slight
ly later.
Charity Food,
Toys Asked
Kings Mountain Jaycees an
nually distribute food and toys 1
to brighten the Christmas sea- ,
son for needy families, and, as
customary, they are sponsoring '
‘‘his year’s Buy-A-Can, Leave-A
Can project.
The drive is a charitable cam
paign designed to provide food
for the needy in the Kings Moun
tain area.
Citizens are asked to deposit
food in baskets located at all !
grocery stores, or, if they prefer. ‘
to give cash in coin boxes located '
in many business firms in the ,
city. '
The drive is being advertised :
via placards placed throughout
‘he city and via a page newspaper
advertisement supported by 15
business firms.
Robert H. Goforth is chairman
of the Jaycee project committee
which includes Joh*n Warlick,
Ken Jenkins, Luco Falls, Clinton
Jplly, Bob Rhea, Manley Hayes,
Jackie Barrett, and Raymond Go.
for*h.
Baptist Choir
To Give Cantata
Annual Christmas canta*a,
i “The Music of Christmas” will be
presented by the adult choir of
First Baptist church Sunday af
ternoon at 5 o'clock.
The 22-voice choir is directed
by Mrs. F. R. McCurdy.
Soloists for the musical pro
gram will be Mrs. Fred Ruth and
Mrs. Blake MeWhirter.
Leaders Of Business Development
Firm Mapninq Plans To Sell Stock
Acting officers and directors of
Kings Mountain Business Devel
opment, Inc., and other citizens
were meeting Wednesday night to
formulate plans for a sale of
stock in the corporation.
J. Wilson Crawford, acting pres
ident, said prior to the meeting,
he had discussed the forthcoming
stock sale both with local citizens
and with representatives of simi
lar firms in other communities.
He hopes, he said, for full parti- j
cipatiort by every citizen of the j
community.
The corporation was organized
under the direction of the Kings
Mountain Chamber of Commerce.
Aim of the corporation, as its
name implies, is to attract new
industries to the Kings Moun
tain a'rea.
The corporations will sell stock
for $10 per share and is author
ized to sell up to 10,000 shares.
It is empowered to purchase
real estate, construct buildings,
and enter into lease-purchase a
greements with other firms.
Other acting officers are Fred
W. Plonk, vice-president; and Ben
H. Bridges, Jr., secretary-treasur
er.
Acting directors, in addition to
the officers, a^e W. K. Mauney,
B. S. Neill and Glee A. Bridges.
"The community is badly in
need of additional job opportuni
ties,” Mr. Crawford pointed out.
"Industry is moving South and
similar corporations in neighbor
ing communitieshave been quite
successful in attracting new in
dustrial citizens. It seems reason
able that Kings Mountain can do
the same.”
Weir States
Compromise
To Be Sought
Members of First Baptist chur
-h dissenting on the proposal to
mild a new ehureh building at
he corner of Sims and W. King
treets met Sunday afternoon, but
lid not name a go-between com
nittee to represent the group in
ts efforts to retain the church in
ts present site.
W. T. Weir, a deacon, presided
>t the meeting and asked for
lomirtations for a go-between
■ommittee.
Glee A. Bridges, a former dea
■on, suggested that appointment
)e delayed until a future meet
ng, a suggestion accepted by the
froup.
Mr. Weir said he understood
dr. Bridges will appear before
he board of deacons at a meet
ng soon to seek if some compro
nise can be effected whereby a
‘hurch will be maintained in its
>resent site and whereby the
-hurch s assets will be divided on
m equitable basis.
The church property is various
y valued. However, in the past
;even years the church has ex
>ended approximately $100,000
or the building of an educational
luilding, purchase of the former
ferald building, and other adja
■ent real estate. The church also
las about $80,000 earmarked for
i building fund.
A total of 102 members of the
r21-member church, Kings Moun
ain s largest, had previously
dgned a statement of intent to
seek to retain the present church
>ite. Spokesmen for this group
lave also indicated legal action
nay be forthcoming, in event
iome compromise is not effected.
Mr. Weir said no meeting is
scheduled by the dissident group
or the forthcoming Sunday and
hat it is unlikely the group will
gather again before Christmas.
Several deacons favorable to
noving the church site and Rev.
Vubrey Quakenbush, the pastor,
tlso a supporter of the new site
lecision, attended but did not
•ommen‘ during the meeting.
Mrs. W. B. Logan transcribed
verbatim the proceedings of the
Brief talks in favor of retain
ng the present site were made
)y Airs. J. K. Willis, J. B. Keeter
ind Mrs. F. A. MeDaniel.
Rumors have been current that
'bureh income, since October 23
'ote by 253 163 to accept the pro
ved site, has been halved. Dr.
A. F. Hord, treasurer, said that
•hurch income since October 1
las averaged abou* $1100 per
Sunday, which, he said, is $419
>hy of the $1519 weekly budget,
-.ast Sunday’s collection was
51051.96. Collection on September
12 was $1029.26, on September 29,
51280.58.
Schools List
Yule Holidays
Christmas-season holidays for
Kings Mountain and Park Grace
students will begin Wednesday
wi*h these schools to resume reg.
ular schedules on January 2.
In the county system, schools
will close on Friday, December
20, and resume operation on Mon
day, December 30th.
At Grover, Principal James
Scruggs said he is to be informed
Friday of the definite holiday
schedule of Grover pupils though
it was anticipated schools in the
county would follow the same
schedule allowing students a 10
day holiday.
This III Wind
Blew Five-Spot
‘Tis an ill wind that blows
no good.
Some proof of this state
ment can be found in Ralph
(Babe) Ware's Monday ex
perience.
The c-i‘y filter plant operator
noticed a green fleck of paper
fluttering from his auto’s front
grille. A believer in neatness.
Mr. Ware plucked it out to
throw it in a waste can.
Then he stopped short.
The green piece of paper was
a five-dollar bill, a little mud
dy, but none the worse for
spending purposes.
Mr. Ware guesses someone
lost the five-spot on the street
and the wind blew it ‘o its lodg
ing place in the grille.
Mr. Ware said he wished he
knew who lost the bill, but in
the absence of this knowledge
would do some Santa Claus
work with it.