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Technical Gentei Survey Planned A delegation of Kings Moun tain businessmen attended a luncheon last week at Hotel Charles in Shelby in the interest of furthering an Educational Center in Cleveland County. The luncheon was sponsored by Shelby’s Chamber of Com merce. The group decided to effect a survey to determine the need and location of such a center in the county. The survey would inclu de all Industry in the county and would examine the technical skilled labor needs such as ma chinists, and mechanics. How many are employed now and how many needed would be re ported (to the state. If the survey showed a need and the school were approved, the dounty would have to fur nish a building for the school. All equipment, supplies and in structors would be financed by the state and federal govern ment. Floyd Gheris, director and co ordinator of the Industrial Edu cation Center in Asheville, ad dessed the group and explained the purpose of such centers and the steps necessary to obtain one. If the center were approved for Cleveland County, comple tion of plans and opening of the plant would take two years. The center would be operated through the three county school departments and would train persons from age 16 up. The delegation at the lunch eon from Kings Mountain inclu ded B. N. Barnes, superintendent of Kings Mountain City Schools; John Cheshire, president of the local Chamber of Commerce; Au brey Mauney of Kings Mountain Manufacturing Company, W. L. Mauney of Bonnie Mills, Neal O. Johnson of Foote Mineral Com pany, W: K. Mauney, Jt., of Mau ney Hosiery Mills, George H. Mauney of Mauney Mills, Inc., Ben Grimes of Burlington Indus tries’ Phenix Plant here, and Joe Austin and R. G. Plonk of Nois ier Division of Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company. Official Poster for 1960 Heart Fund Campaign ' ' -1 I J OFFICIAL POSTER for 1960 Heart Fund Campaign, which will be conducted here and in all other American communities throughout February, is shown above. The campaign reaches its climax on Heart Sunday, Febru ary 28, when more than 1,500,000 Heart Fund volunteers will par ticipate in a house-to-house resi dential cuineciion throughout the nation With The Farm Women By Maidred Morris i (Items this week from Forsyth,' Hoke, Mitchell, Bertie, Hender-, son, and Carteret Counties.)* ■ N. J V. G. A. CONVENTION Carlene McGill of Forsyth County recently attended the National Junior Vegetable Grow ers Association held in Washing-; ton, D. C As state winner in the fruit and vegetable use demon stration, Carlene received the expense paid trip. Mrs. Betty Friddle, assistant home economics agent, reports that Carlene was second place winner in the nation and receiv ed a NJVGA pin, ribbon and watch. BUSINESS ANALYSIS PRO JECT Several families in Hoke Coun ty will be working on a farm and home business analysis project this year. The latest aids and techniques in planning, simplified programming, and record keep i rvrr will tx available to the fam ilies. According to Mrs. Ma: y Lou. NOTICE Monday, February 15 IS THE LAST DAY TO BUY I960 AUTO LICENSES Without Penalty City Ordinance Requires That Car Owners PURCHASE and DISPLAY VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS BY FEBRUARY 16 Failure to abide by the law may result in a $5 Penalty. Tags on sale City Office and Police Dept. City Of Kings Mountain Roman, assistant home economics agent, the objectives of the pro ject are to gain an indication of progress made by farm fami lies, to assist the participating farm family in keeping accurate and useful farm records, and pro vide the most modern planning, aids and techniques to the farm families participating. REMODELING "Remodeling an old house is never easy,” says Frank Young of the Clarissa community in Mitchell County. (Mr. and Mrs. Young have been engaged in a complete remodeling project dur ing the past few years. Starting from plans drawn up several years ago, the Youngs tiave installed a bathroom, in stalled an oil furnace, and just finished giving the exterior a face-lifting. QUICK THINKING SAVES MONEY Quick thinking has saved Mrs. John B. Cowan of the Connaritsa community the cost of a reuphol stery job on a chair. She had a chair with decorative upholstery tacks down the arms that were causing the upholstery fabric to rust. Miss Susie Parsons, assistant home economics agent, reports that Mrs. Cowan replaced the tacks with gimp and glue which saved her the cost of buying new material. FAMILY ROOM STORAGE Mrs. O. C. Feagan of the Tracy Grove Home Demonstration Club in Henderson County, did not waste any time in putting into practice ideas which she gained at a recent club meeting. She ar ranged for her husband to see the family room slides showing storage built into a family room for sewing machine, sewing sup plies, typewriter, and other nec essary supplies. Mrs. Kathleen Hodges, home economics agent, reports that Mr. Feagan completed a convenient desk and sewing area foy his family within a few weeks after seeing the slides. PINE NEEDLE BASKETS Do you know how to -make bas kets out of pine needles? Mrs. Alex Taylor of Harlowe commu nity in Carteret County, has had much experience in the art of ma king baskets. “Mrs. Taylor recently conduc ted a workshop for other women in thaf county,” says Mrs. Floy Garner, home economics agent “She does beautiful work and stresses the necessity of produc ing quality craft articles.” ~ ii ..— Watches Repaired With Precision Our skilled craftsmen restore your watch to accurate time-keep ing promptly, at low cost. ALEXANDER JEWELRY S. BATTLEGROUND Famous Fine FAMOUS MAKES... ALL SIZES . TOP QUALITY ... ALL REDUCED \OOKATlHEfE SWAN6J... ■ $39.50 Volue *29 $49.50 Volue *38 Many of these are floor samples . . .some are one-of-a-kind . . . all are brand new . . . most are in original factory cartons ... all are sob ject to prior sale ... all are terrific once-in-a lifetime bargains! BUY NOW AT REAL SAVIN6S! S. RAILROAD AVE. PHONE 93 Gardner Webb No. 1 School Survey Shows Boiling Springs — A survey completed Jan. 26 on the where abouts ol 1,183 college students from Cleveland, Gaston, and Ru therford counities showed Gard ner-Webb as number one college for the area. The Boiling Springs school, centrally located for the three counties, has 280 local students] currently enrolled. These include: 160 from Cleveland, 53 from Gas ton, and 67 from Rutherford. Ranking second in choice is Appalachian State Teachers Col lege with 224 students from the j three counties. Of these 73 are from Rutherford, 91 from Gasiton and 60 from Cleveland. North Carolina State College comes] third with 208 students from the area including 69 Clevelanders, 96 Gastonites, and 43 Rutherfbrd ians. The survey was made by John E. Roberts, director of publicity at Gardner-Webb, who worked in cooperation with registrars and admissions officers from Gardner-Webb and 10 other out standing colleges in North Car olina. The schools selected for j the survey were those most often chosen by students from the three counties involved. The 11 colleges and universi-i ties include four state-supported institutions and seven church re lated schools. Only undergradu ate students are represented by the survey. Gairdner-Webb and Mars Hill are the only junior colleges involved. The 11 institutions have 738 students from Gaston County,! 453 from Cleveland and 292 from Rutherford. Hundreds of students from these counties are studying in other accredited col leges, but these are the .schools most often sought by -high school graduates from the area. In addition to the undergradu ate students surveyed, the coun ties also have hundreds of native | sons and daughters in graduate programs, medical and nurse I training, and in various trade 1 and vocational programs. A eon 1 servative estimate is that over 4,000 people from the three coun ties are engaged in some type of i study beyond the high school le i vel. ( A complete breakdown oi tne survey findings, in addition to figures given for Gardner-Webb, Appalachian, and N. C. State, i shows 205 ait the University of North Carolina including 56 Cl j evelanders, 106 Gastonites, and I 43 Rutherfordians; Belmont Ab bey had 9 from Cleveland and 192 from Gaston, with no stu dents from1 Rutherford. Western Carolina College has 29 Ruther fordianis, 63 from Gaston, and 25 from Cleveland; and Lenoir Rhy ne totals 98 with 25 from Cleve land, 69 from Gaston, and 4 from Rutherford. The total drops ito 63 for Wake Forest with 26 from Cleveland, 23 from Gasiton, and 14 from Ru ! therford. Six Clevelanders attend : Davidson, alnog with 23 from Gaston and another six from Ru therford. Mars Hill has 11 each from Cleveland and Gaston, with 10 from Rutherford; and Mere dith’s figures for the three res pective counties are six, 11, and three. Davidson SCHOOL NEWS DAVIDSON DOWNS COMPACT 4436 Capitalizing on a sharp toward wall, Davidson High Boars scam pered and passed their way to a 44-36 win over Compact High. This was victory number 7 tor the team. The Cobras and Cob rettes silently left the gym with their heads bowed in disbelief and amazement. Our prominent juniors led the team to victory, Jimmie Davis and Earnest Hood. The prominent senior players are: John L. Wells, Johnny Pres ley anl Author Davis. This game was played Friday, February 5. The girls scored a 39-36 win over Compact. Our prominent players are: 'Christine Brown, Margaret Hunter, Flossie Gard ner, Elyse Allison, Mary Adams, and Joanne Hickmon. Now isn’t that a team? You can’t beat it anywhere. Coaches — Mrs. Shu fond and Mr. J. A. Gibson. P. T, A. NEWS The P. T. A. of Davidson High School holds its meeting the sec ond Tuesday night in every mon th. All parents are urged to at tend these meetings. President— Rev. R. L. Garvin, Secretary — Mrs. Catherine Wilson, Principal —Mr. J. A. Gibson. There were 9,085 acres of hy brid corn grown for seed certifi cation in North Carolina in 1959. ■ SAfC AS AMERICA 9 U S SAVINGS BONDS 250 PAIRS Corduroy Pants & POLISHED COTTON Slim Jims Sizes 3 to 8 — $1.59 Value Men’s Suits $30.95 Values MEN'S WASH & WEAR PAJAMAS $1 J2B MEN'S DRESS PANTS Values to $9.95 SPECIAL PURCHASE 3E MEN'S JACKETS $13.95 Values Thousands of Yards HIGH GRADE PIECE GOODS Values to $1.79 C SPECIAL PURCHASE 35 BOY'S JACKETS ) $10.95 Values mi ENTIRE STOCK LADIES & CHILDREN'S STRETCH LEISURE T I G H T S 1 500 MEN'S FLANNEL & BROADCLOTH SPORT SHIRTS FINAL CLEARANCE 200 PRS. LADIES SHOES Values to $5.99 PLONK Established 1899 S S 0 S r| S: I co. 8
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