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EVANGELIST — Rev. J. J. Thorn, burg of High Point will begin a week of evangelistic services Sunday at Seconiiltaptist church. Thornburg Revival Speaker Rev. J. J. Thornburg of High Point, Kings Mountain nattive and former pastor of Patterson Grove Baptist church here, will begin a week of evangelistic ser vices Sunday at Second Baptist church. Services, at 7:15 p. m. each ev ening, will continue through March 5th. Mr. Thornburg is a former member of the Second Baptist church. Norman Ring will direct the song service each evening and special music will be a feature of the services. “We invite the interested com munity to join with us in these special services”, the pastor, Rev. Albert Hastings said in making the announcement. Church Attending Chicago Convention Pr. Wayne C. Church, Director Some women f,ever give a name... just a ■ Phone number.' M-G-M PRESENT® ELIZABETH TAYLOR LAURENCE HARVEY EDDIE FISHER A JOHN O'HARA S BUTTERFIELD DINA MERRILL ClnemaScope Md METRQCOLO* 8 CHILDREN — 25c STUDENTS — 50c ADULTS — 60-75C Sat. I HERBERT l. YATES presents Incident starring LINDA DARNELL • DALE ROBERTSON JOHN LUND • WARD BOND TRUCOIOR • A Republic Production ATTACK I Sun. - Mon. - Tues. Cinb maScOPE COLOR by DE LUXE COMING MARCH k °-3 — "GO LIATH & THt DRAGON" MARCH 5-6-7 — "SUN DOWNERS" MARCH 12-13-14 — "MISFITS" MARCH 15-16-17 "GO NAKED in the WORLD" Consolidation To Be Studied The initially - named commit tee of the Cleveland County C3i izens Committee for (Better schools will make a survey and report on pros and cons of con solidation of all schools into one county administrative unit. IHarold Love, of Shelby, Chair mtan of the county committee, an nounced appointment Wednes day of the organization’s admin istrative and organization corn mdttee, with Lloyd Bost, of Shel by, as chairman. “There has been considerable conversation concerning the ad visability of consolidating all schools of a county into one ad ministrative unit,” Mr. Love commented. "The duties of this eomlmittee will be to survey re sults of consolidations in other oounties and to report the pros and cons to the full committee. At the present there are only two accredited high schools in Cle veland County, Shelby and Kings Mountain, and the consolidation idea has developed in interest in eaualizing educational oppor tunity for all children of a par ticular county.” Local area citizens named to the committee are (Mrs.W. L. Mauney and George H. Mauney, of Kings Mountain, and Bill (Mc Carter, of Grover. Other mem bers are James Cornwell, Lalti more, Vaughn Whitaker, No. 3, Wyte iD. Royster, Fallston,' J. Bailey Phelps, Shelby, Lawton Wintman, Casar, James Elam, Lawndale, Ed Cline, Waco, and Jack Vincent, Dover. , of Research and Testing for Mecklenburg Schools, is attend ing a convention of the Amenear Educational Association in Chi cago this week. !He will be on program Thurs day, at which time he will giv a summary of his dissertation "An Evaluation Of The Status and Functions of Public Schoo Research Bureaus in Cities of 50,000 to 250,000 (Population.” Or. Church is the husband o the former Lula Mae Teague. ALWAYS S1.00 PER CAR LOADI Thurs. - Fri. - Sat. 4 Big Hits HIT NO. 1 ___ "THE BIG BEAT" - color HIT NO. 2 -1_ "MR. ROCK'N'ROLL" HIT NO. 3 ---__ "THE WILDEST" HIT NO. 4 ___ "GO. JOHNNY. GO" Sun.-Mon.-Tues. 2 Big Hits! THE MOST DIABOLICAL , VEHCEAHCE THAT | ■ EVER SCARRED I A THE FACE Of % || THE WEST! m am mm VKJ/* Lm Mum OWm one FOOT IN helu CO STARRING Dolores iui Barry Coe CinimaScopE COLON by DE LUXE 2ND HIT! - Brigitte Bardot "MLLE, STRIPTEASE" Always $1.00 Per Car Load SPEAKER — Claude B. Woltz Bessemer City author and attor | ney, will be guest speaker a the Thursday meeting of the Ro I tary club. Woltz To Speak To Rotarians Claude B. Woltz, Bessemer Citj author and attorney, will addres; members of the Kings Mountair Rotary club at itheir Thursday meeting. i The club convenes for lunch eon at 12:15 at Kings Mountair Country Clulb. Charles E.. Dixon, program chairman, will introduce Mr Woltz, and President Tom Trotl will preside. IMr.. Woltz is author of “The Cry of A Bastard,” a new booh recently published. He uses hi hometown of Dobson as the set ting for the book. Dobson, N. C. is the county stat of Surry Coun ty and is located in the center of the county with Mt. Airy on the West and Elkin on the East. Mr. Woltz’s father was the late Eh*. John R. Woltz, superintenden of health in Surry County foj over 40 years. A practicing attorney in Bes stmer City, Mr. Woltz is als* judge of Bessemer City record er’s court. (MORE ABOUT) Jim Yarbro (Continued From Front Page) stuffs, but Ms net return' has re mained virtually the same lot many years. “The high cost of food comes from processing fry distributors,' Dameron said. He noted tAat la bels and packaging materials on an example carr of tomatoes cos much more than tile actual food inside. The agriculture specialist said that 1 he farmer got only three cents out of the average retail price of 19.3 cents for a loaf of bread in 1958. Quoting from the survey of the Agriculture Department again, fie added, “Retail food prices have increased 20 per cent in the past 10 years. But prices received' by farmers for food have declin ed eight per cent in the same 10 /earn" Presidents, of the co-sponsoring faycee clubs are Robert Goforth' >f Kings Mountain and Martin bVhisnant of Shelby. Jack Lutz •vas the Shelby Jaycee award chairman for the event. NO WRECKS City Police officers reported n-o automobile accidents within the city limits of Kings Moun ain during the past week. NOTICE OF HEARING ON RE-ZONING PE'iTTION Notice is hereby given that the 3oard of Commissioners of the! 31 ty of Kings Mountain; North' Carolina, will conduct a public i tearing at City Hall courtroom >rr Thursday, March 9, 1961, at 1:30 p. m., on a petition of prop ?rty owners to re-zone from res dential area to business area the following property bounded by Blast King, South Gaston and south Carpenter streets: Map 200. Block 5, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, >, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13 and 14. jBy order of the Board of Com missioners. This the 22nd dav of February. | L961, S. H. McDANlEL, JR. City Clerk 2:23-3:1 p Jimmie Rogers Chili Wills i ► Luma Patton nel/ms * S/f£Pf/£f?0 0f JMNGDOMCOAf£ CinimaScOPE - COLOR by 06 J.UXE h Shows 7:00 - 9:30 (On the South Screen) TONITE thru SATURDAY DRIVE-IN The fines/' and the targes/' STARTS SUNOAY THRU WEDNEDAYl 2 NEW HITS . . . CURT JURGFUk tNlftXMCtf* URCffwtri tuT 0» KXU'AHMA , HAYLEY , i ■“ n ft *•**■! * lUwt • - rvxK rm\ >”l8wB«jr ON NORTH < SCREEN FRI. » SAT. SUN. BIG SPEED SHOW' FREE PASSES • SI CAR LOAD Wild Chase Netted Adams Still Sentence '.Tames Edward Adams, Negro resident Of 202 Watterscn Street was ordered ito pay $150 in fines, plus the costs of court on four charges in Monday’s count ses sion which resulted from a chase Saturday night involving Adams, three other Negro youths who were passengers in the car driver by him, and Officer John Leach. Officer Leach testified that Adams pulled out from McCoy’s Service Station on E. King Street and took off very fast down the street. He said he clocked Adams at 80 miles per hour In the 35 mph zone. Leach said he chased the car out of the city limits, called back : to the police station via radio and notified them to ask for help. He said he finally caught back up with the car near the Buffalo bridge on Shelby road, but that it left him again. He lost the car altogether at the intersection of Highway 74 and 74-A and didn’t know which road the boys had taken. Giving up the chase he turned back toward Kings Mountain, but was notified before he came in to go to Shelby to identfy four boys being held by county au thorities. The boys had been picked up as they were parked on a dirt road off 74-A. Adams was charged with speeding 80 miles an hour in a 35 mph zone, reckless driving, failure to stop far a siren, and no operators license. Judge White handed down - one year sentence, suspended up* on the condition he not be issuet a driver’s 'license for five years he be of good behavior for >twi years, pay a $100 fine and th casts of court on the first tfiffe counts, and a 30 day sentence suspended upon payment of $50 fine and the oosts of court or the no operator’s license charge Robert Eugene Edgerton, Can sler Street; Robert Smith, Jr., 411 Ellis Street; and George Turner Jr., 103 Rosewood Street; al charged with aiding and1 abet ting in the case were given a year’s sentence, suspended' upor the condition they be of good be havior foe two years, pay x $5( fine and the costs of court. Other Dispositions: Charles B'. Barrett, Morris St. non-support, found not guilty. Mary Lou Wade, Route 1, no operator’s ficense, 30 days, sus pended upon payment of a $25" fine and the coats of court. Jerrick Grady Foster, Blanton Street, driving with an expired' operator’s license, 30 days, sus pended upon payment of a $a fine and the costs of court. Mrs. John Ledford, non •’compli ance- with the-compulsory school law, prayer tor judgment con tinued until the end of the school' year to see if the child attends school. Uoe Franklin Barber, route 1, no operator’s license and impro per muffler, capias issued on failure to appear in court. Charles P. Cook, 113 Spruce St., asrsauft on a female and resist ing arrest, asked for fury trial. Tn another case for which he Had been ordered to pay a $50 fine and the costs of court, his attorney asked for a 60"day con tinuance during which time Cook its to be admitted to the state hospital for a psychiatric exam ination and observation: James Edward Dalton; Gas tonia, improper license’plate, 30 days, suspended upon payment of ithe costs of court. Dalton was arrested by Officer Ellis King at 2:30 a. m. on February 16. Morrte Hunter, 40$'W. Ridge St., interfering with an officer, 90 days, suspended upon the con rl: tions he not violate-any orimi rtl laws of the state of North Carolina for siSc months, pay a $10 fine, and pay (the costs of court. Waiter C. Brown, 109 Watter soh Street, worthless Check, con tinued until next Monday’s court session. Ingie Eugene Crarig, larceny of a serving tray from the Silver Villa restauran/t, noli pressed with leave. Richard Manor* Gaines, 106 City Street, driving under the influence, posted a jury fee. Samuel Richard Shook, Gas tonia, improper muffler and exceeding a safe speed, 30 days, suspended- upon payment of a $5 fine and the costs of court. Ernest Van Thomas, driving after suspension of license, pos ted a jury fee. dames R. Parker, improper passing, 30 days, suspended upon payment erf half the costs of court. Gary Lee Short, improper muf fler, |30 days, suspended upon payment of half the costs of court. George Albert Rooce, Sr., stop light violation, 30 days suspended uoon payment of half the costs of court. Lawrence Muliinax, speeding, 30 days, suspended upon half the costs of court. ' Hoyle Edward Owens, viola tion of prohibition law, 30 days, suspended upon payment of the costs of court. Eight counts of public drunk enness were also on Monday’s court docket. WEST P-TA Mrs. Margaret Ward will present a program concerning the school lunchroom at Mon day evening’s meeting of West School P-TA. The association meets at S p. m. at West 1 school. KINGS MOUNTAIN 1 Hospital Log VISITING HOURS 3 to 4 p. m, and 7 to 8 p. m. | Daily 10:31 to 11:31 a. m. j PATIENT UST AT KINGS MOUNTAIN HOSPITAL AT NOON WEDNESDAY. Ruth Alexander. Mrs. Fed Bradley. Mrs. Jack Crosby. ( Havana Davis. Henry G. Davis. Sidney Dulin. (Norma Gardner • , Mrs. Alonzo Goforth, 'Mrs. Franze Greene. , Essau Logan. Hoey Marshall. ; Jack Moore. Cynthia McCoy. I I (William Phifer. MJrs. Lula Reep. Mrs. Ernest Strickland. ADMITTED THURSDAYY -Mrs. Amgelique Cheshire, Coun try Club Drive, City. Dorithea Wells, Center Street City. ADMITTED FRIDAY Becky Gordon, City Street City. Harold' Hunnicutot, Jr., Pied mpnt Avenue, City. Mrs. Roy Moss, Star Route Blacksburg, S. C. Charles McClain, Route 3, City Mrs. Florence Roberts, Route 2, City. Lindburgb Smith, Route 1 City. ADMITTED SATURDAY (Fred Burton, Catherine Street City. Judy Collins, Route 1, City. Eulah Smith, Route 1, Besse mer City. i , ADMITTED SUNDAY L. L. Alexander, Westover City. AJ Dorsey, Blanton Street, City. Mary Lou Hunt, City. Mrs. Bob Ledbetter, York Road City. Mrs.. Eugene Lefevers, Phil ips Drive, City. i Jack Turner, Grover. Mary Elizabeth Hopper, Wash ington Avenue, Bessemer City. • ADMITTED MONDAY ■Mrs. Glee Bridges, West Gold Street, City. I Mrs. Amos Dean, N. Piedmont Avenue, City. Pat Moore, City Street, City. Baxter Melton, Baker Street City. Mrs. John Moore, Route 2, Bessemer City. , June Alice Peterson, Grover. Stephen Strickland; McGinnis Street, City. Evelyn Wood; Fai'rview Street, City. ADMITTED TUESDAY Mrs. Prances Jones, Graver. ADMITTED WEDNESDAY Mrs. Bill Davis, Binge Street, City. _ Late Classified 3ABY SITTER and genera! •housekeeper wanted to five with family. TELEPHONE j 739-2266: 2:231 2 Nabbed After Break-In Try Bobby Howard Wilson, 24, and James Clifford Smith, 33, both of Gastonia were arrested early Wednesday morning by count} officers and are being held ii jail on attempted breaking an. entering charges. The arrests came after a pass ing motorist notified police he had observed someone attempt ing to enter Blalock’s Park Inn on U. S. 74, west of town at about 3:00 a. m. When officers Paul Byers and Gus Huffstetler arrived no one was in the area, but a broken window at the rear of the build ing indicated an attempt to ente had been made, Byers said, i An alert was sounded to be or the lookout for the two men who were seen by the motorist, and then later spotted walking a Ion' a street toward town! They were arrested in a ca near the Gaston County line. MORE ABOUT __ Harris VContinued From Front Page) form an organization. | 'Dr. Young, the president, told the coroners they would do well to concern themselves With high Way safety as an initial pro gram, and other spokesmen cri tkazes as archiac and old law which requires a coroner’s jury to be sworn in the presence of the body of the deceased. > (Mr. Harris said the organize tion contemplates a sub-organi zation of perhaps four districts (MORE ABOUT) School Library (Continued, From Front Page) Kke the library because I find al most anything I need. It helps me to understand things I don’ understand. I can do more work in the library because it is so quiet I can hear a pin drop. I also like the people who work it the library because they are so nice' and are willing to help rrn find anything I need.” From a freshrrian boy and a newcomer to Kings Moontaii were these comments: “To m< the library is a way to providf enjoyment for others and me. It provides good books and maga zines for students to read. It also provides encyclopedias anc dictionaries to help students with their homework. I myself could not get along without (the li brary.” A senior girl said, “I think Kings (Mountain high school has one of the nicest libraries I have seen. Now that a new wing has been added, there is more room for study and reference work. The library is also quiet and I can concentrate on my work.'The books are arranged neatly and orderly on the shelves and are easy to find. The librarian and her assistants (members of the Library club) are always willing* to help me find things I cannot find.” North Carolina ranks "10th in. the nation in .the number of ber colonies. MORE ABOUT March Delivery (Continued From Front Page) had been purchased. 3) Voted not to buy a twenty year bond for the roofing work done at Central School recently since the bond only covered fau lty materials and improper in stallation. 4) Heard a report from Supt. Barnes that Mrs. Nell Self Griggs of Cherryville had been hired to replace girls physical education teacher Mrs. Nancy W. Hartsoe who resigned recently. 5) Elected Charlie Parrott as janitor at Davidson School, re placing Roger Schenck who quit recently. 6) Unanimously voted to leave the $90 per year teacher salary supplement on the schedule of 180 days per year as originally stipulated. Since the enactment of the supplement the state has raised teacher duty days to 183. 7) Approved payment of a $22.75 bill from Davis & White for legal work in connection with options on the Phifer Road school site. s) Heard a letter from Dr. Charles Carroll of the State board of education surveying athletic policies of 'the state schools. Dr. Carroll requested that the school fill in the state board on its administrative po licy concerning athletics. Supt. Barnes told the board the system has a policy, althou gh 'it lis not ia written one. He sta ted the Kings Mountain schools operate within the regulations of the Western Carolina Activities Association and the rules of the State Advisory Board. However, he noted it appears the school! needs a formal table of regulations concerning extra curricular activities. The board tabled action until a later date. 9) Voted to pay mileage ex pense tof seven cents per mile in curred by Davidson .School Prin cipal on trips to Salisbury and Greensboro to attend profession al meetings. 10) Voted (to give an eight day extension on the sick leave of Mrs. Carl Logan, East Elemen tary school teacher. Mrs. Logan was fll for 28 days and the leave only covered 20. 11) Instructed Supt. Barnes to employ Attorney J. R. Davis for the condemnation of the proper ty adjacent to Central School needed for a service road and owned by Mrs. Garland E. Still. The board for some time has been trying to purchase the plot but had come to no satisfactory arangerrrent due to a controversy over boundary lines. 12) Heard a report from Supt. Barnes that a dissident group of school patrons is seeking a se cession bill from the state legis lature to allow them to with draw from the newly consolida ted No. 4 Township schools. Mr. Barnes said the aforementioned is the extent of his information, but he felt the board should be informed. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our friends and loved ones for their thought fulness during the illness and death of our beloved mother. THE BALLARD FAMILY Bethware Wants More Voters The county board of commis sioners was informed by the elec tions board cNairman this week that the elections board feels n new registration is needed ana that a card-index system should be installed county-wide to speed voting in future elections. Meantime. Bethware Democra tic precinct committee members have stated the iBethware pre cinct can be expanded and can provide election facility to more voters with ease. (Mrs. J. if. Arthur, West Kings Mountain registrar, said the West Kings Mountain pollbooks now list over 2700 voters. With a big turnout of voters, as occurred at the November 8th general election, processing of voters couldn’t keep pace with long lines' which formed and counting chores weren’t complet ed until 5 a. m. the following morning. i , Chairman Ralph Gilbert, of the county elections board, specifical ly mentioned the West Kings Mountain situation in his conver sations with the county board of commissioners Monday. He said the card-index system is more costly, since the cards must be re-alphalbetized follow ing each election, but he said the savings in time to (the voters would justify the cost He noted that Shellby precincts employ the card-index system advantageous Jy. He also told the commissioners that the eleations 'board has au thority to order any of the chan ges desired, but that the elections body felt it a courtesy to inform the county commission, since; the coat would accrue to the county. Mr. Gilbert was invited to pre sent an estimate of costs invol ved in modernizing the system. Franklin To Face Larceny Charge George Franklin, 17-year-old Kings Mountain youth, is sche duled to face charges of grand larceny in next Monday’s session of City Recorder’s Court. The charge, a felony, resulted from the alleged theft by Frank lin of money from Thrifty Service Station on ET. King Street where he was employed. Desk Sgt. Earl Stroupe said Wednesday he was not informed as to the amount allegedly ta ken, but a grand larceny charge is brought on the basis of $100 or more. Caroline Kennedy Likes Rag Doll One of Caroline Kennedy’s fav orite dolls is a gift from Ralph Tucker, Cleveland County’s as sistant tax collector. It is a rag doll which Mr. Tucker purchased from Mrs. Sail lie Mauney, of Shelby, and for warded as a birthday present to the President's daughter. Mrs. Mauney is an invalid who specializes in making rag dolls. The doll and Caroline were featured recently in a pictorial story in Look Magazine. First Quality NYLONS Pair 39c IBREGULAR SEAMLESS ROSE...2 for $1.00 ASSORTED PATTERNS BATH MAT SETS.88c CHILDREN'S — SIZES 4 TO 12 POLO SHIRTS. .39c Children's Size 3 to 8 Polo Shirts.2for$l Large Ass't. Realistic Plastic Flowers _ 10c up Reduced to Jewelery.... 12c-14e-38c lust Arrived! LADIES' & GIRLS' NEW SPRING HATS 31.00 to $199 22 x 44” 24 x 48" BATH TOWELS Decorator Colors FULL SIZE CHENILLE BEDSPREADS White and colors 2 for $5.00 MEN'S • SPORT SHIRTS Small - Medium - Large Short Sleeve 87c COLLARS REDUCED TO 26c. 29c. 39c &48c EAGLES 5-10-25c STORES s. Battleground Ave.
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