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Newspaper
Kings Mountain Herald
Location
Kings Mountain, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1949
Page
1
Funeral rites for Mrs Paul Manget, a former Kings Mountain citizen, were held in Newnan, Georgia, after her death on July 18. Parking meter receipts for last week totaled 123.13 dollars per City Clerk A. Crouse.
City Hall issued a permit Monday to D. C. Maun ey to relocate a building near the corner of East King Street and Cleveland Avenue.
Luther McSwain Jr and Bob Huskey of the Beth Ware 4-H Club attend the 16th annual 4-H Club Week at North Carolina State College in Raleigh.
An old time fiddlers convention featuring seven string bands will be held at Beth-Ware school at 8 o clock this week. Admission will be 25 and 50 cents.
The Mountaineer Club Inc. will hold a meeting Friday night at 7 30 p m at the Kings Mountain Herald office. Members are urged to attend as on time and discuss upcoming activities and plans.
The regular meeting of Otis D Green Post 155 American Legion will be held Monday night at 7 36 at City Hall, announced by adjutant David J Delevie.
Rev L C Pinnix pastor of First Baptist will deliver the sermon at Sunday night's union service at 8 o clock at First Presbyterian church. The subject will be The Victorious Life.
Rev W P Grier Jr of Rock Hill South Carolina will fill the pulpit at Boyve Memorial ARP Church for morning services on Sunday. The pastor Rev W L Presaly and his family are on vacation.
George Moss, superintendent of the city water works, travels to Durham this week for the annual convention of state's water works operators to be held at Duke University.
Annual memorial rites announced for Old Capernaum Cemetery near Waco. Services begin at 11 a.m. with dinner on the grounds. The memorial service is scheduled for Sunday August 7 in the afternoon.
City school board trustees announce a Wednesday auction at 1 PM on the premises for the Cline house. Current high bid is $700 by Wray A. Williams. House must be removed within a reasonable time after sale.
Charles Kerault a high school student from Charlotte earned a trip to the national Jaycee convention after delivering a speech before the North Carolina state convention at Asheville He was to speak before members of the Ashe Ville chapter and the Jaycees committee chair praised his effort noting the speech impressed the audience and judges
Kiwanis and Lions clubs schedule a Labor Day style horse show on October 5 in Kings Mountain. Jimmy Harris is chairman with W G Grantham as co chair. committee heads include Drace Peeler Sam Stallings Hal Ward Harry Page Byron Keeter and others at a planning meeting at Byron Keeter’s home. The event succeeds the annual Lions club show and Harris previously chaired the 1947 Fourth Lions show.
Officers destroyed two liquor stills about three miles south of Kings Mountain early Thursday morning. Constable W. G. Ellison Chief Deputy J. H. Allen Deputy D. H. Street and R. O. Hord helped lead the raid. About 15 half pint jars of white lightning were seized. Arrested were Luther Burns accused of manufacturing liquor and Guy Butler and Ben Beatty charged with aiding and abetting manufacture and transport for sale.
About seventy Kings Mountain area children attended Lake Crawford day camp this summer under a cooperative program by local industrial plants and the Kings Mountain Woman's Club. Plants paid 3.50 per child for a week of native study crafts swimming with qualified instructors. The program, supervised by Mrs. F. B. Felton, included trips for other groups later in August and aims to support a community playground and swimming pool as part of the Build a Better Community contest.
The Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce will sponsor an Air Show at Morrison Airport on Sunday afternoon August 28. Sam Collins is general chairman and reports plans for an excellent show. CAA approval is awaited but not expected to hinder the event. further announcements will follow.
Pink Bell a 40 year old Negro was bound over to the next term of Cleveland county Superior court under a 2300 dollar bond Monday in acordes court on a charge of rape. Judge Faison Barnes found probable cause in the case at regular weekly session of court held here at City Hall Monday. Bell was arrested July 29 on a warrant by Eloise Webber his sister and charged with rape of her daughter's 11 year old girl. The act allegedly occurred July 22 while the family remained at church. Bell pleaded not guilty. Other docket cases included a public drunkenness conviction. Richard Wood's reckless driving case was dismissed. Samuel B. Jackson reckless driving fined 35 dollars and costs. Donnie Hue Gamble operating with improper muffler fined 10 dollars and costs. James L. Bell fined 5 dollars and costs for illegal possession. Withrow Brown driving without an operators permit fined 25 dollars and costs.
The Kings Mountain Country Club hosts its regular monthly club night with dinner and dancing featuring George LeCroy and his Quintet from Gastonia. The entertainment committee announced the program and urged members to reserve early for themselves and out of town guests.
Major A. L. Bulwinkle announced he will not seek another term in Congress, fueling speculation on successors. Possible contenders include Basil Whitener, J. W. Osborne, Carl Howard, Clarence Ridings, and others amid Democratic power struggles with Gov. Kerr Scott and North Carolina leaders.
The Cleveland county tax collector advertises property for sale for delinquent 1948 taxes this week. Kings Mountain tax collector will begin advertising for delinquent taxes next. Penalties and advertising costs must be paid. The delinquent tax penalty is four and a half percent with a 25 cent weekly advertising fee. City collector S. A. Crouse urges all who have not paid 1948 taxes to settle before next week.
Raleigh officials announce businessman Joe Lee Woodward’s appointment to the Research and Extension Committee of the North Carolina Merchants Association. Willard L. Dowell, executive vice president, says the committee will study and recommend plans to promote the association’s interests and new services.
James B. Simpson, secretary of the Kings Mountains Merchants Association, resigns hoping to vacate by September 1. President Harold Coggins says no definite action yet. Simpson led the group for 14 months, expanding services and credit data, with promotions including Bargain Days and a city wide Courtesy campaign.
The city school board advertises for bids to renovate the heating plant at Central School adding two new boilers and allied equipment for modernized, more efficient operation. Bids due at 10 a.m. August 17. plans available from the Superintendent or Shelby architect W. W. Breeze. The board reserves the right to reject all bids.
Rev C G Isley of Winston Salem will lead a week of revival at El Bethel Methodist Church starting with morning services at 11 o clock Sunday. The revival runs daily through August 13 with continuaed worship and preaching.
The board of school trustees approved bids totaling 43 059 dollars for additions to West Grammar School, including two classrooms an office a first aid room and a music room. General contract 31324 dollars went to R Lowman Shelby heating to Cash Plumbing and Heating 6695 dollars plumbing to Cash Plumbing and Heating 1570 dollars electrical to L A Hoke King Mountain with an estimated 120 day construction. fixtures cost estimated at 2000 dollars.
Funeral rites for Mrs. John Hoyle, former Kings Mountain citizen, were held Sunday in Maiden after her death Friday at noon. She was reared in Kings Mountain and was sister of Mrs. J H Davis, Luther Barrett and F C Barrett. She had suffered a long illness.
Pianist Miles Mauney of Ringe Mountain will perform a benefit concert at the high school auditorium Friday night August 19 for the Col Frederick Wambright chapter DAR. Regent Mum F Summers announced the event and noted DAR gratitude and a ticketed tea for Kings Mountain citizens interested in music.
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