Former Kings Mountain Citizen C B Carpenter dies at 90
C B Carpenter, longtime Kings Mountain resident and Democratic Party figure, died Saturday night in Washington at age 90 after declining health. Born December 27, 1886 in Stanley County, he served as Gaston County register of deeds, ran a cotton textile mill with John Mason, later worked for the Internal Revenue Service, and then the Agriculture Department in dairying before moving to Washington. Survived by his widow and two sons, a brother and a niece.
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Highway Victim Unidentified in Rock Hill Incident
Rock Hill August 9 194? authorities continue to seek to identify a young man about 20 who died after a fall from a truck on the Fort Mill highway. A social security card and a name Harvey Steward with 714 Seventh Street Charlottesville Va were reported but police said he was not known at that address. Separately two girls sought for movie contracts vanished Monday with a man in a tan coupe California plates bound for a Palm Beach hotel to meet a photographer. No word has come from them since.
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Keeter's Department Store Reopens After Fresh Paint
Keeter's Department Store unveils a refreshed interior after a new vat of paint. Crews painted ceilings and walls Monday night and finished by Tuesday morning. Mr J B Keeter invites everyone to visit the renewed store.
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Kings Mountain Public Schools Open Aug 30th
Kings Mountain schools set Aug 30 opening with Central School for all white teachers and Davidson High School for others. Six new teachers elected, seven with Bible teacher soon. Coaching staff named. football practice starts Aug 23. McGill’s Esso Service advertises free gifts with 10 gallons plus new facility upgrades.
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Will Rogers Humorous Story Fragment
A fragmentary note references Will Rogers and a humorous story. The text mentions a woven tome and a reference to an office force, with unclear details and names.
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Kings Mountain National Park Lands Major Grant
A late deficiency bill approved $40,000 for administration and museum buildings at Kings Mountain National Battlefield Park. Senator James F. Byrnes offered an amendment to provide the funds, which gained approval in conference and by both houses. Work on the projects is expected to start promptly.
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Bost and Ware Family Motored to Blowing Rock and Boone
Mr and Mrs B C Bost Mr and Mrs C D Ware and family plus Miss Phyllis Ware Master Bud Ware and Mrs Irene Hurtt of Gastonia traveled by car to Blowing Rock Crucis Valley and Boone on Sunday to visit Charlotte Muriel Bost a student at Appalachian State Teachers College Boone for the summer term.
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Creedmore shooting claims Creedmore resident's death
State News briefs report a Creedmore woman Mrs. Early Medrick Cates, 19, shot dead near Ask Tig station. Granville County authorities say a public inquiry will be held. Other items note George Saunders and Leurin Parl Ritchie injured in wreck near Southern Pines, and Wake Forest to add a four year medical school. Com missioner Bresce orders bond for counterfeiting plot suspects in Fayetteville. Deteriorating weather and tobacco market activity across the region are also summarized.
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Kings Mountain Youth Honored in American Magazine
Kings Mountain and New York City residents Miss Jean, E. W. Nest, and Miss Mary Julia Pol Jock are featured among twelve North Carolina high school students honored in the American Magazine’s American Youth Contest. The September issue shows a natural color photo with Selmyn New York as chair. A prior August issue named Miss Mary Helen Ham as a cash award winner.
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Rev R T Baker To Preach Here
Rev R T Baker pastor of Duncan Creek Presbyterian church will preach at the First Presbyterian Church Sunday morning and speak to the Men's Bible Class at the Sunday School hour. He is on Home Mission work in Kings Mountain Presbytery, delivering experiences from the mission. The Woman's Bible Class is invited to join the Men's class for the talk.
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WeGill Reunion Announced for August Sixteenth at Bethel
The McGill family annual reunion will be held August 16 at Bethel. Near relatives are invited to attend and bring well filled baskets.
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Hotel Committee Holds Second Meeting In Kings Mountain
The Hotel Committee, formed from Kings Mountain’s Men's Club, held its second meeting led by Chairman Charles Memansen. Officials, including Charles Benton of Benton Architects, discussed potential hotel projects and future meetings. Maywood Lynch reported traffic data from Sunday, noting 770 cars passed the Mountain Street and Piedmont Avenue corner between 6 and 9 PM.
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Bids Open For Kings Mountain Post Office Project
Bids for the $73,000 Kings Mountain Post Office building will be opened in Washington on September 6. The new Federal building sits on Piedmont Avenue and Mountain Street, with total cost including real estate and equipment estimated at $73,000. Construction may start in early October after bids are reviewed.
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The Herd reunion at Jesse Herd home site
The annual Hord reunion will be held today August 10 four miles east of Shelby at the old Jesse Herd home site. Relatives and friends are invited to spend the day together with a plentiful quich lunch served at noon.
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Mauney Reunion Set With Devotional and Music
The Mauney reunion schedules a Saturday gathering in Lincolnton with opening devotional by Rev. D. P. Radisill and a historical address by Joe R. Nix. Lincolnton superintendent and Dr. B C Cooper of Kings Mountain participate in memorial music, followed by dinner and informal fellowship. An evening program featuring "Palmer Brown" will be presented Sunday August 13, 1989 by Macedonia church Young People with the subject "Missions." Public invitation extends to all.
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Ghosts of Washington Speak Through The President
James Preston reviews a column claiming anonymous voices haunt Washington politics. The piece portrays mythical figures and the President as listening to ghostly advisers. It suggests the Senate has thwarted business interests by failing to act.
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