69
Population
Greater Kings Mountain 21.914
City Limits (1966 Census) 8.256
City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9.300
CvMt«r lua9* Mouatcdo tlffiua u dftrivad Iram iSa
apaarj Ualtad StatM lurtou ol th« Cannui i«po>t o
loaiNsnr IMi. oad lacludM th« 14.990 populailoa o
Numtoat 4 Towashlp. and th« remaining 6.124 Ifoa
Numbar 5 Tawathlp. In ClaYtlond County and Ciowdar
Mouptcdn Towubtn In Goaton Counts
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Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspapei
VOL 81 No. 48
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, November 27, 1969
Sevenh-Ninth Year
PRICE TEN CENTf
Back In Business,” Neisco’i Jim Dickey
City Board Gets Puition
For Expanded
Okiidy Committee
rvice
darned; Dickey
Tit Ghaiiman
I By MARTIN HARMON
J_ ^ city boarJ sUkIv romimiltoe _
; wilj investigate need for addition
al taxicab seivice in Kings
Mountain, as result of a pcdt.on
filed with the city commission
a:'. , signed by an esimaled 200
i persons.
Appearing in support ol the pe
tition were two cab ojierators, Pete
Floyd, cl Dixie C'ab Company, and
Wiibur Hamrick, ol Liberty Cabs.
The .study ('cmmittee, authoriz
ed by unanimous vote ol the com-
mbion, and appointed by Mayor
John Henry Moss, includes Com-
mfe^sioniTS Jim Dickey, chairman,
WiS. biddix and Ray W. Cline and
Ciiy Attorney Jack White. The
ccfnmittee was asked to report
nJt later than the meeting ol De-
; (J'.iber 23 and prelerably by the
r Lrccmher £ meeting,
i The petition reads:
“We. the undersigned, having
ftd hand knowledge ol the short-
ugi of taxi service in Kings Moun
tain, especially on the week end.s,
M]:s.uttezwo]1h
Died Wednesday;
HadBwenHip
I Pettingill Butter-
Volunteer Fire
Group Is Made
I City Department
! The city emnmision, by resolu
tion, made the city’s volunteer
fire Uopartment, organized in
! 1931, a department ol the city un-
! der the supervision, rules and reg-
j ulatioa*' oi the city’s department
I o. sa.et>.
The resclution reads in part,...
in order to promote organized
training programs, insurance ben
efits, and other rules and regu
lations whi.-h would bo for the
best interests of the citizens of
Kings Mountain as well as for the
Says
Mountain Joins EPIC Bankiaptcy
Petition lUed
For Generating Plant Study
j Mrs. Flore
^^rworth’’ Srln ^ ‘ ^‘^resf 61' the volunteer fire
I terworth, br|iied Wednesday , department...
' morning at b:fc,rn. in the Kinds'
\ Mountain ho^j The commission also authoriz-1
I Mr... BuUeilt'h suffered - Mayor to receive either for-
I broken hip dull a fall
< at hei heme afc North v^asion nt rtti, udi ■\a » u
Iftreel. Hei conln had vvorsen- J”‘_. ^
j 1 _ Mosr told the commission
She was a natV>| Xew Hamp-
iffprpH H leiejvt eiinei lor-
informal bids on a major ^
Ih Gaston "I"*" ""“I I
M
rre you to take action to pro-| .
|c the people with better taxi jw
STUDENT TEACHER Nonno
Lee Childers, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. L. Vlt Childers ol Kings
Mountain, will recehre her de»
gree in January from North
Carolina University ot Durham.
Miss Childers, a 1965 graduate
cf Compact high schooL is doing
her student teaching at Shep
ard high school. Durham, under
the supervision of Mrs. N. E.
Boston and Principal J. M.
Schooler.
[UiNt af most of my cusiomers. where a fellow worker found bond on this charge. He
Transportation here hasn't grown him and look him to the hospital. I trial in Gaston Superior
;-vice
Please consider the increase
both industry and population
nring the twenty years since
he last franchl.se for new taxi
rviee was grantt^d. Of the 22
|»x/*cabs currently licensed to op
jnjlr in Kings Mountain, only IS cavators,
Id be in operation at any one
■en time. During periods of bad
athoi, Ol busy periods, .sueli as
>ek-end.s, it is sometimes impas-
i)lr tc obtain taxi seivice.
Please consider the facts and
elp us solve this problem.”
Mr. Floyd told the commission, getting
I brirty this petition at the re- ing to
Thoriiburg Hurt
In Accident
shire, daughter late Mi. and
MiS. Freflerick Pligiii. She was
a member of Cen|united Meth-
odisi church.
Mr. Butterwortl|.- ^ retired
salesman.
Surviving besii
worth are their
Ir. Butter-
ICharles A.
illahassee.
it i.s anticipated cost ol the reno- i
vation will be less than $750C. at!
vvhich figure formal bids would be;
rt^quired. He noted that current i
estimates arc preliminary. |
Plans exhibited to the c-om-'
missioners call for removal of all
utility department bookkeeping
operations to the south side ol-
ficf, with this office to be en-
Butterworth, Jr. -- —
Fla., two grandchit^ and her the partition
sister, Mr.s. Ethel W|ty of “
corL, New Hampshir
tuneral arranger^ which
are incomplete will i^mounced
by Harris Funeral H
CHAIRMAN—'Don Jones, sup
erintendent of Kings Mountain
district schools, has been ap
pointed chairman of the mayor's
coomsittee bn human relations.
Commission
is Unanimous
.'n Its Action
By MARTIN HARMON
■ Kings Mountain Tue.sday night.
I unanimous* vjie ol the city
j commi.ssion, became the 21th
iNorih Carolina powem-disfributing
j(.ity to join the Electric Power
I .n the Carolina (KPICJ) organiza
Hen.
The cities di.stributing power,
winch they no'A purchase from
I three publi: uUilities (Duke Pow-
j cr. Carolina Powei & Light Cum-
|pan>. Virgiria Electric & Power
company*, o.xpets tr collaborate
in obtaining a teasibility study
on whether the cities .should join ^
with the Rural Electrification As- i
' sociation cooperatives to build
power generating facilitie.s.
By MARTIN HARMON
Noisco, nic., owner of Mnrgrace
and Pauline Mills here, filed pe
tition for reorganization in federal
district court in New York Mon
day under Chapter XI ol the bank
ruptcy act.
The result. Plant Manager Jim
Dickey said Wednesday afternoon,
“is that operating funds in quan
tity are already in hand.” Ho
^dded. ‘ Undei the reorganization
"T)Ian. weTc bad; in business."
George Horvath, treasurer of
Nelsco, pres^mted an affidavit to
the court stating that an inde
pendent outside third party has
agreed to provide $1,650,(K)0 to
help in the reorganization of the
firm during the voluntary (Chap
ter XI) bankruptcy proceedings.
The third party has been iden
tified as the Teamsters Union
Pension Trust Fund.
Lemmons Cii<
On TMMCoui
Rudolph Lemmons
I ver, free on bo*id pe
' of murder and assautjfj^ g
! deadly weapon, was chi ogj
; urday night with breal|
BelattonsBody
Members Named
Newell Thornburg, landscaper | entering a locked taxi
with Champion's Landscaping Ex-1 taking a cab driver’s
was injured Saturday • .City Police Sgt.
when a tree he had pushed up said he arrested Lemmlvjjjj
with a bulldozer slipped off the; allegedly took a coathan|^n^
blade and knocked him unconsci-1 optmed a taxi in which
ous. icr, W^ T. Clary, slept.
Mr. Thornburg was clearing allegedly took the wallei
land for Carl Champion Saturday ! the sleeping Clary. The
afternoon. He said he reimembered according to Clary, co
off the bulldozer and between $-40 - $60.
the back of the house I Lemmons is free on ■)
between the pre.sont tax office and
utility billin;, cffice.
The cramped Mayor's office is
to be enlarged by incorporating
the present, no-longer-used area
occupied by the judge's bench. An
pval ccunter. elevated 6.E inbhes,
will be provided for commission- o u i ^ ,
era. the rttt rteric. dry attt^ey: r .
and the .press in the courtroom chaifman of the! Tlie study cost is to be defray-
tiial with a 70-seat capacity au- committee on human re- ej by the participating cities on
titorium. lations. a pro rate basis to be determined
Iho board also voted to aciver- Jones succeeds Rev. Robert ^h^o Pirv
tise for bids on a three-quarter M*ann. pastor of First Baptist .. \oled to par
If Gro-
I The commissi m voio was o-O in
favor o: Commissioner W. S. Bid-
di.v’. motion, with Commisisoner
j Ray W. Cline seconding. Commis- i
sionoi Jim Dickey, not able to be :
present, addressed a letter of sup-
‘ P'.rt for the action to his fellow,
commission memb('rs. !
EVANGELIST — Rev. Roy Whit
tington of China Grove is evan
gelist for revival services which
began Wednesday at Kings
Mountain Church of God Serv
ices are at 6:30 p.m. each eve
ning and special singing each
night will be a feature of the
services. Rev. T. O. Dennis, pas
tor, said.
Apartment Is
Gutted By Fire
and ton truck with chassb and cab.
Mn. Childers'
Rites Conducted
church, who just recently beramo
Kyle,
He was discharged from Kings on the murder charge an.
Mountain hospital Sunday but; Cleveland Superior Court oi
was to enter Charlotte Memorial, assault with a deadly we|
hospital Thursday morning for a charge,
week of tests and observations.
He substained injuries of his
right jaw and forehead, a black
eye, a cnat tongue, broken off tooth
and bruises.
The Thorn-burg family reside in
the Oak Grove community.
K
Wlo
v4th the city.”
Mr. Hamrick said. “Ho i Mr.
'loyd» speak.'-- for me.”
Mr. Floyd pointed out that a
Veiling of 22 cabs Rad been im-
i>Csed since 1949. He said week
end traffic is more than the cab
indu.siry cun handle adequately.
Mr. Hamrick corroborated. Both
refened to traffic from grocery-
stores plus other normal traffic.
New Firm
Opened Monday
Kentucky t Fried Chicken of
Kings Mountain opened for busi-
s Monday.
he new Kings Mountain firm
located on East King Street in
t^andsome new quarters.
^Melvin C. Faucette of Kunnap-
9i.s is manager of the firm.
Buiord Cline Appeals To Be Heard
By Judge Ervin In Superior Court
Trial of the condemnation ac- of Charlotte, attorney for Mr.
iseb 04 poieaijisa oxicaeS B piinq Cline and W. K. Mauney, Jr.,
the city’s efforts to obtain 93 ac*os trading as a partnership Double
foi the Buffalo Creek reservoir B Ranch, filed answers Wednes-,
dam site are scheduled to be day in two other condemnation
heard in Cleveland Superior Court actions, and answer.s being almost
by Judge Sam J. Ervin III next
\Voek.
One appeal concerns points of
law on rulings by Clerk of Court
Paul Wilson and will be heard
In iudge’s chambers. City Attor
ney Jack White said, while the
^econd appeal—finding by three
elerk appointed cemmissioners
North School P-TA
Barbecue Dec. 5
North school Parent • Teacher
Association will sponsor a barbe
cue Friday, December 5th, with
serving from 5 until 7:30 p.m. at
the cafeteria.
Plate? aje $1.25 lor adults and
75 cent.c tor students. Take - out
orders will also be available, said
a spoke.sman.
Ratterree Lions
'Banquet Speak
Pride Ratterree. Kings
tain mHtive and assistant coar
of the Peach Bowl - bound Soiit
Carolina Gamecocks, will be th
principal speaker at the SOth an
nual foo*baIl banquet of th
Kings Mountain Lions club.
Coach Ratterree who starred
at tackle for Wake Forest in the
foities, subsequently played pio-
fessional football before enter
ing the coaching ranks. He was
assistant coach at the Citadel be
fore joining Paul Dietzel’s staff
at South Carolina.
The Gamecoclis won the At*,
lantic (Toast Conference chani-'
pionsaip end will meet West Vir
ginia ih the second annual Peach
Bowl game at Atlanta.
Pruitt To Show
Palestine Slides
Funeral rite.s for Mrs, Ann Del
linger Childers. 35, wife of James Junius Hayw^ood and
Albert Childers, were held Sunday
at 2 p.m. from Temple Baptist Other members re-appointed in
church, interment following in elude J. Lee Roberts,
Mountain Rest cemetery. ; Dickey, Grady How'ard, William
Mrs. Childers died Friday morn- Eugene McCarter, Hu-
ing at her home after several Adenholdt, Mrs. Vickiria Bess
year’s illnes.s. and Leonard Smith.
She was the daughter of the _
ate Mr. and Mrs. J.'Clarence Del- JaVCeeS To SeiVe
FamilyDinner-
J Kin- Mountain Jayocr.- will
mer na^tnt Sunday dinner at the Kings
ritnf ’ Mountain high .school caleteria
Sunday from 12 noon until 2 p.m.
ticipate by 4 to 3 vote. Mayor
Thief of the kings Mountain Aux-i
iliarv Police Force voting aye.
i ^ The cit> of Faycttevlille. larg-
Vice-chairman of the group is municipal pow'ci distributor in
Rev. R. L. Garvin, pastor of Mount state, is a member of EPIC.
Zion Baptist church. Mrs. Charles major municipal distribu-
Alexander is secretary. the state, i.s a member cf
Newly-appointed rntnihers are Tajor munieipal di.s
tributors in EPIC are Statesville,
.\IbemarU'. Lexington and Con
cord.
^Editor’s Note; Kings .Mountain
Jam«^ vies with Fayetteville and Con
cord a*- municipal di.strihutor with
lowest rates.)
The resalulion adopted by the
commission Tuesday nigh! pro
vides that EPIC has full authority
to appear in behalf of the orgr
I The court name I Roy Cabitt
j as referee in the bankruptry pro-
ce<‘dings.
I Neisco, successor firm to
ichusetts Mohair Plu.sh Company,
I in addition to the two plants here,
owns Belmont Mil] in Shelb,., un-
I der lease . purchase opJion to
1 Miles Baker, also of Shelby, and
another small mdl in Boili
, Springs, also undo/ a lease-]- r-
:chase option to another opera
tor.
Mafsathuseits Moaai: plush
[Company purchased the seven-
!plant Neisler Mills, Inc., opera-
; tion on Decembe/ 15, 1935. Plants
at Ellenlwro. Mayo and Page-
; land, S. C., have been sold in the
The A. H. Cornwell Apartments, interim.
Kings Mountain landmark on Xeisco is a New York corpora-
East King street, was razcKl by! tion with offices at 520 Kith
lire early Saturday. : avenue, New York City.
Howard Robinson, Jr.. Ees.semer Horvath said the firm's in-
City realtor, who had just pur-idebicdness stems from an insuf-
chased the five-unit apartment ficient cash flow, which I'esiilte.i
house and was remodeling it, said from an “inordinately high” ov
the fire originated in the down- erhead. The infusion of new oap-
stairs rear apartment whore an ital, and a cut-back in operating
electric healer was burning in a ^ expen.ses will enable Neisco to
bathroom. ; oirei-ate succc.s.sfully again, the af-
He estimated damages at $27,- fidavit .said. Horvath said some
00(1 He has insurance coverage of streamlining of ovo.hcad has al-
$15,0(X{. i je.ad> been done.
Mr. Robinson said he had no im-i The petition listed assets total-
mediate plans for replaoina the ing S1,616,4S9. including inventory
apartment houseand hasn’t decid- ipkdgc $130,(K)0; property,
ed what ho will do with the prop- plant and etjuipment 51,3ST,S’92‘
operates 45 deposits, .$S2.500. Liabilities' in-
erty. Mr. Robin.son
rental units in Bessemer City and
operates the 66 Drive-In Re.staur-
clude notes, loans and n-ortgages
payable, $1,754,765; accounts pay
able. $534,230; taxe.s, $442,56S;
and inteiost. $303,401.
al ritps.
Mrs^Chil- The Family Dinner is open to
an ('hiMerJ^nf Vi interested publi. and plate.;
Me, TerV A V adults and $1.00
hnmn-^^V K of , fcr Children. The menu will fea
nomp, SIX brothers, Harold,
Thomas, Herman, Lester and
pollinger, all of Cherryville;
isters. Mrs.' J. A. Hubbard
rs. Calvin Blalock, both of
Mrs. David Keener of
liton and Mrs, Lonus Va-
of Cherryville.
pallbearers were Harold
John Davi.s. William Ray,
Tirray. Norman Davis and
White.
Irom hospital
ture ham with all the trimmings.
Pre-eed.'- will benefit the civic-
club’s charity projects in the area,
said Bob Scoggins, chairman.
State Group
Re-Elects Hord
an-
^ ^-7- c-itv.
.omn-.ission North Carolina Gtili- frorih'’o builtrinn'h",
nor c™nm.ss,on..sfaU anrtfocioral Ti.osclay into a house on Manic
ccur.s, OI other agency on matters street Miss Marearot n.mwe’i
pertainin« tc the foasihili.y study. „ad mo^ed 0,^; farweei:Tom
the apartments into a home she
ha.s purchased from Mrs. Dai.sy
Barrett Quoc^n on Canslcr street, i
Only one o: the five-unit apart-; Dc-dication ol two children to
rneiiN w'as rented at the time of the church will be held at the
the lire. Mrs. Beth Ramsey, third ; mornin<; worship hour at 11 0’-
shift employe, was not at home! ' loek Sunday at Kin-s Mountain
layloi lieid, 7.1, will be held Sun- h1 ' Bah'is' church,
day aftern>,n at 3;3(! al Bynum’s pined ‘
Rites On Sunday
For Mrs. Reid
Funeal rites for .Mrs. Bertha
Dedication
Rites Set
B. Alderman, pastor
lal United Methodist
derwent surgery Mon-
gs Mountain hospi-
s discharged from
I Tuesday.
Di. D. F. Hord, Kings Mountain
dentist, ha<^ been re-elected
serve third term a> socretary-
treasurei o] the North Carolina
Society ol Dentistrj loi Children.
Di. Hord attended a meeting of
the state group Tuesday. Friday
and Saturday at Wrlghtsville
Beach N. C.
identical. ’ Rc»v. Mitchell Pruitt, pastor of
In both actions., defendants Chestnut Ridge Baptist church,
deny need of lh(‘ city for the will show slides on Palestine, pic-
amount ol acreage sought, deny tures he made on a recent visit
*' will be used np t needed nui> to the Holv Land, Sunday at 5:30
Itc purpo.se, and question legal p.m. at Kings Mountain Baptist
grounds on which the condemna- church.
JWelley, 17, Badly Ruined,
"^wd Much Better Wednesday
Chni>el A.MFI Zion church
Mr.s. Reid. loi the past 16 year-;
an employee of Kings Mountain
hospital, died in a New York hos-
}utal lu'iX Friday. Death way at-
!rrbut(*d t( ('ancei.
.^he wa.« the widow of Monroe
to K^id. Central school junitoi, who
(lie l in 1930.
She was a member of Bynum’s
•Chape) chin/h.
Suvvivinc are five ehildren.
Paul Ri'id. Aaron Reid and Mis.s
(^u.ssie Keid. all of King.® Moun
tain. .Mi.s.<= Cuba Reid, of Newark.
N. J.. and Mrs. Elizabeth Reid
>'ave\. nt .New York ('ity. Two
ehildren are decea.sed, Janie.s
R(**d and Lena K(»id. Also survix*-
in^ ari' a .'jislei, .Mr.s. Kmm.t lav
lor Wilson, and a brother, ('lyde
Taylur, both ol Kings .Mountain.
Six ui-uidr-hildren and two
to city firemen about 1
According to the Kings Moun
tain Fire Department, the house
was beyond saving when they
were alerted. Only part ol the
walls were left standing.
PRESBYTERIAN
Dr. Paul Ausley will use the
topic. “Deficient Re
ligion” at Sunday morning
worship .service at 11 o’clock at
First Presbyterian church.
To be received are Kenneth
Lewi'- Dellinger. Ji., small son of
.Ml. and Mrs. K. Lewi.*^ Dellinger,
and Rickie I^ec Willi.s, small son
of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Ix‘o Willis.
The Sunday morning .services
will begin the Season ol Prayer
foi Foreign Missions which will
b( concluded on Decembei 7th
with the giving ot the Lottie
.Moon Christma.e offering foi mis
sions. Rev. James M. Wildei. pas
tor, will use the sermon topic,
( “Additional Power.”
Seven Thanksgiving Services Set
At Kings Mountain Area Churches
tion actions were lodged.
Several points in the defend-
that the city should pay lyii. Cline ants’ answer refer to the differ-
$31,5(X) for the 93 acres—will be
a Itivy trial.
/The city has placed the $31,-
5Win escrow with the clerk.
The point-of law matter had
Initially been scheduled for hear
ing on Friday. However. Judge J.
^-AV. Jackson, of Hendersonville, ad
journed court Tuesday morning
informed attorneys for the
city and Mr. Cline that he was
^dering the matter continued to
tollcwing week.
^^udge P. C. Froneberger, of
Gastonia, was to have presided at
the current two-week civl term of
court, but could not due to Illness.
Meantime, Ernest S. pcLancy,
ence betwon indicated reservoir
water level at 736 elevation and
the 744 elevation to which the city
seeks to acquire property.
Defendant' contend they have
long been and expressed willing- |
provide easement for the schedule:
17. senior at Hun- kitclien when the explosion o<*-
Ischool in Ga.stonia ' curred, came running, and aewrd- iTre n 'ur-u
ler Craftspun Yarns I ing t) Mrs. Kellov nrovenied hiklren .survjci
^G. C. Kelley and badly burned yout'h Dorn running - '^411 con-
reported “much outside and jumping into the wa-
fmoter\.
Terr;
ter ]
and
The program will begin a week SuperInH''L''‘7‘'^”*,‘ i\iaiey, prcveniea me jfp^
ot special services in the Week Mrs. Kel^* _ , "J ^ from running (Uu i the funerd i*eiemr.n -..vi
ol Pra.yer foi Foreign Missions on improve!^ reported much outside and jumping into the wa-, b e ,al .* lil h^- in Bynum's 'I nd
tho thorn.., “In Tho Powor of His forinK tll'‘^®''t?' “f 'he rivor. "RoRgie got Terry ; c.|u,r,.h .I.. ^ ^ ' '
Spirit.” ffate, hanV^f burns of the, to the kit:chcn sink and put the
Mrs. J. B. Keetei, prayei chair- Mrs. Satui-day. fire out with the sprinkler.”
man for the Women’? Missionary , ages wciV , ?'’1' ^aid there was no
S'jfiety, said that prayer services morning telephone in their cabin an:l the
will be held at the church on this' still requil neighbors weren’t home, .so Link
ness to provide easement for the schedule: Monday at 10 a. m.,' a patient Ho is started in a truck with Kelley to
eight-foot floodage area the city’s Tuesday at 7:30 p. m., Wednesday | Memorial ■ hospital. At Lineherger’s Fish
engineers envisage. at 7:30 p. m.. Thursday at 3:30 Sheered®, . he^was stopped by long
Under condemnation action pro- p. m. and on Friday the sarrr'tu- ■ gie Link, iw's/riena. Keg- lines ol Saturday night traffic
cedure. Clerk of Court Wilson will ary will bo open for meditation \ senior, with'
now name three rommis.sloners and prayer from 1C a. m. until s' Terry Kel
HoHd0y For Some
Thonksgiving Day
Four churches have s.heduled
Thanksgiving Day breakfast? and
.service-; are set by three others.
Men of the Church ot F'irst Pres
byterian church will serve break
fast from 7:30 until 8:30 a.m. in
the church fellowship hall.
Men ot tlie Church ol Kings
Mountain Baptist church will
serve breakfast from 7 until 8:.30
a m. in the church fellowship
hall. At 9 a.m. R(‘v. James M.
Wilder will conduct a servi/e of
worship on tho theme,
Thankuil are ,Y'ou?”
Men ol the Church of Central
in each action t' e.stablish a value p. m. . ! had gone to]
on the property. The week’s program will be the river at
Also landing is appointment of concluded on IJccembei 7th with | Saturday. Y’oi
three, exammissioner.s in the John the presentation of the Lottie i ing to light
D. Cline condemnation action. Moon Chri.stmas Offering foi For-! place, added
elgn Missions. ' plodod in hii
School children will got a holi
day fhir week.
Kings Mountain di.strict schools United .Methodist church wiil sen-e
D f 1 outdone. Reggie took, reopening on Monday. At Boyce Memorial ARF church
he^ni^h!'*o^hfm^ tn"the%-%"^^ Carried i Virtually all King? Mountain Rev. Charh?? Edward? will lead L
he night on him to tlie first policeman he husines.‘*es will be ’ ' —
^oys cottage .aw directing traffic.” An a^bu- day .today.: wcllar:!!
|ey was try-
pi the fire-
and il ex-
Ifnk, in th^
lane was .summone-l.
In (Gastonia Mr. Kelle.v is an
•*X('cuti\o with Tc.xtiles, Irio.
. fcIHwed bv breakfast tc be served
(lal institutions, city haJl, and the by Men of the Church at 8
po.sl office.
Indu-^trie? will oix'rate on regu
lar schedule.
Lutheran church. Ro\. Churle?
Easlev will use the topi;, “Known
By Our Hnrv(‘st.”
C<mgregation‘* of Di'on Presby
terian church and Shiloh Pr(‘sbv-
terian church will hold a service
of worship al 9 a.m. at the Shiloh
church in Grovei with Rev. Ro')-
ert Wil.son delivering the mes
sage.
Tlic King.*' Mountain Ministerial
Association sponsored a commun
ity - wide Thanksgiving service
“How Wedn<»sday night in Central
school auditorium. Di. C. C. White,
suiM'rintendenl ol the Gastonia
District of the United Methodist
church, delivered the sermon.
Combined choir? ot Central NTeth-
odist. First Presbyterian and Kings
Mountain Bapli.';l cliurchos .sang
two anthems and variou.s minis”
tens of the city offered Thanks-
a.m. giving prayers and led responsive
in the church fellow.ship hall. raadings. Allen Jolley directed
A Service of Worship will be the song service and Mrs. Aubrey
held al 10 a.m. al St. Matthew's MaunrS was organist.