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BnrMQ Is 1962 LL Champions Five games were reeled off in Utile League play Last week to complete the regular season ac tion with BurMil downing Park Grate 5 to 0 to take the 1962 Kings Mountain Little League championship. The Lions were upset 5 to 2 by the Rescue Squad but back ed .into the runner-up position when the Jaycees fell to the Op fimts 5 o 1. Rounding out the league’s first - division teams is the Ki wants nine which routed the Po lice Club 13 to 1 and pinned the Optimist 8 to 3 to leap past Rarfc Grace in the standings. yjurMil got two - hit, thirteen strikeout pitching from Darrell PUlnam in posting its 5-0 shut wri ylotpry over Park Grace. The wrii rdn the champs record to 12 mins and 1 loss. Jfthll-h Carroll unleashed the Rig blpw for the winners, a two rtm triple In the fifth inning, ltocky Bennett had two singles to lead the BurMil hitters. Sieve Bell and Charles Green collected one hit each to account for all the Park Grace hits. The Kiwanis scored five runs in the second and six in the third in the 13 to 1 defeat of the Po lice Club Wednesday. Ricky Grahl and Richard Ethe ridge were the leading hiters for the winners. Grahl had two sin-; glds and a double for a perfect night at the plate. Etheridge had two singles and three runs scor ed for four trips. Four hits accounted for five runs as the Rescue Squad upset the second - place Lions Thurs day night. Green was the win-j •ner.for the Rescuers as he allow ed only two hits in picking up the win. The two for three posted by Reynolds led all hitters at the plate. Five runs in the bottom of the fourth provided the Optimist •Vfth margin to spare as they Jumped the Jaycees 5 to 1 in the lightcap Thursday. Nelson Conner and Bowen were h» big guns for the winners. Each had a two-base hit In the i!" fivn-'un inning. Joe Cornwell had a single and » double in two plate appear ances to lead the losers at bat. In a makeup game Friday night the Optimist went Into the ifth frame with a one-run lead and came out trailing by four as the Kiwanis picked up win num .• v" in th e night '. The six run fifth provided all the dif ference as the Optimist fell 8 to 3. Larry Gantt singled and dou bled in two at bats for the los ers. Darrell Whestine had two hits and two runs in three trips for the winners. Line Scores: Pol. Cl. 001 000— 1 2 3 Kiwanis 256 OOx—13 15 2 BurMil 010 031—-5 6 0 Park Grace 000 000—0 2 0 Res. Sq. 022 0015—5 4 3 Lions 020 000—2 2 4 Jaycees 001 000—1 3 3 Optimist 000 50x—5 4 2 Kiwanis 001 061-8 5 0 Optimist 101 010—3 4 5 CARD or THANKS We wish to express our heart felt thanks to our many friends and neighbors and to l5r. W. L. Ramseur and Miss Lithia Lank ford for their many kind expres sions of sympathy at the lass of our beloved mother and grand mother. Mrs. Laura Freeman. Mrs. W. R. 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They were guests of Mrs. Maggie Bess, aunt of Rev. Taylor. | Mr. and Mrs. Plato Pressley and children, Mr. and Mrs. John Bess and children motored to Wilmington Sunday to tour the SS North Carolina Battleship. After the tour they went to Sea breeze Beach where they had din ner, then went out to Port Fish er. On their return they visited the J. A. Gibson family of Row land, N. C. Mr. and 'Mrs. WilEe C. Thorn ton and children of New York City were over night guests of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Brown. Mrs. Thornton and Mrs. Brown are sisters. They were enroute to Albany, Ga., to visit other relatives. Mrs. Mary Lizzie Roberts and daughter, Shirley, have returned after spending two weeks in Philadelphia With relatives. They arrived Sunday morning. Mrs. Zenobia Falls Horton left Thursday for New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Smith and baby daughter of New Haven, Conn., left Sunday night after spending a week with relatives. Mrs. Teana Rhodes has return ed to her home in New York City after visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Brown of East Ridge street. Mrs. Sadie Gist spent several days in Charlotte last week with her sister-in-law. tMrs. Hopie McCoy has return ed from New York City after visiting her brother, Linwood Thombs, and children, Perry and Bernard, who accompanied Mrs. McCoy on her return. iMr. and Mrs. Isaac Arrington and daughter, Bernice, spent the weekend in Rocky Mount visit ing relatives and friends. . Miss Dannette Arrington left! Saturday to spend a few weeks in New York and New Jersey. Mrs. Gladys Gill, ‘Mrs. Lelia Garner, have returned from vis iting relatives in New York City and Great Neck, Long Island, Brooklyn, New York, Stanton Island. They also visited their aunt in Providence, Rhode Is land, and many places of inter est in the city. Refreshments will be sold Sat urday evening on the lawn of Miss Odessa Shield, ‘beginning at 4 p. m., sponsored toy the Senior Usher Board of Bynum Chapel AME Zion church. The public is cordially invited. The third Sunday, August 19 will be Home Coming at Bynumj Chapel AME Zion church. The beginning of revival meeting at the evening service at 7:30. Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Blanton returned back to New York City after an extended visit with their aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. John Jackson. Mr. and Mrs. Blanton resided at their home on West King street. Mr. Bolden Blanton of New York is now visiting his cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jackson, and his aunt, Mr. and Mrs. John Jackson and friends. Pour fatal traffic crack ups occurred in North Carolina last year when drivers were appar ently taken ill according to a special study toy the State De partment of Motor Vehicles. Other conditions affecting the driver’s physical make up be fore the crash Included fatigue 15, asleep at the wheel 25, de fective eyesight, hearing, etc., 33; condition unknown 296. The study showed the rest (942) were “normal.” In all there were more than 100,000 drivers involved in mishaps ranging from minor traffic brushes through deadly collisions. The fatal mishaps re sulted in 1254 dead by year’s end. Change of Temperature It’s a good idea to'have a temperature change during a meal. A cold salad or rel ish tray may provide a wel come change when the rest ‘ of the meal is hot. THRT'S n FRIT MRS. U.S.SAVINGS BONDS OF 1962 CHOSEN FROM SI PARTICIPANTS * IN "MRS. AMERICA" CONTEST & AIRS. EMILY TERR ALL OF ST. HELENS, ORE., IS MRS. O. S. SAVIN&S BONDS OF /R62. MRS. TERRALL IS aootc, MOOSEFEEPER, mnl/ner and refin/sher op HEP OW fURN/JURE V SHE ALSO BUYS U S. SA VINE'S BONDS BBSULARLy AND ENCOURAGES HER THREE SMALL SO,VS 7S> SAVE AT SCHOOL. W/TH O.S. SAV/N&S STAMPS. i ■>& e MARGIN OF SAFETY ' WORLD WAR!/, A DOWNED AMERICAN FLYER LASSOED A as, SOS's PERISCOPE AND WAS JOINED 70. SAFETY UNDER ENEMYf/RE/.AM - JlSIk THE DOLLAR!. ZTYOO INVEST fNU. S. SA V/NGS BONDS GO R&Nr 70 HOOK for tour country now, as well as for youR future. North Carolina suffered 60,844 motor vehicle mishaps during 1961, a two percent increase over the previous year. Slightly more than half of the pile ups occurr ed in rural areas according to records of the State Department of .Mkxtor Vehicles. Personal In juries resulting from these ac cident canoe to 34,438 for the year. In accounting for all in juries, however slight, the ve hicles agency was guided by the definition ‘‘complained of pain or suffered momentary uncon sciousness at the time of acci dent.” Last year’s auto injuries were 28 percent greater than re ported the year 'before. Over 100,000 drivers banged into each other or were other wise involved in some type of traffic mishap in North Carolina last year. In a statistical flash back the State Department of Motor Vehicles reports a full 50 percent of the drivers were in le gal error at the time of the acci dent In other words ithey acted unwisely, unsafely and unlaw fully just before the smash up. The most frequent violations in cluded failed to yield right of way 10,206, speeding 9956, wrong side of road 7881, following too closely 7110, reckless driving 4196 and driving drunk 3154. Law violators are accident ma kers! Civil Defense Course Offered The Cleveland County Civil Defense Office has arranged for any interested person in the county to attend the Office of Civil Defense Staff College, Bat tie Creek, Michigan, where a course in Shelter Management is being taught the week of Sep terraber 16. Plans for taking a large group of Clevelanders to Civil Defense School in Brooklyn, New York, were cancelled last (February due to the Department of Defense making changes in the training program. It is hoped that at least 40 persons will be able to attend Civil Defense School and take the course in Shelter Manage ment which is designed to teach one how to manage persons liv ing in a fallout shelter during a nuclear war. Part of the instruc tion will include living in a fallout shelter for a short period. It is vitally important that at least one person from each Cle veland community attend this class. Plans have been made to leave Shelby on Saturday, September 15, and return Sunday a week later. For this course only, the minimum cost per individual for transportation, lodging, and food, w $35. The cost does wot in clude tips. 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