State and National Briefs From August News Roundup
Canoga Park residents press sidewalk repairs after years of wear as women walk in streets to avoid ruined stockings. Leon Hingham Jr of Seattle dies in Mt Rainier search efforts. family grieves as rescue divers seek his father’s memory. Queen Elizabeth thanks American women for aid to Britain in a shared cause. An auto theft occurs when Truett Dean is helped after a fall, his wallet and $38 stolen. US Marines report aerial maneuvers near New Bern. several bombers identified in farmer regions. A white man is sought near Wilmington after a fatal shooting tied to Chesterfield incidents. William Hogan Jr dies in Bakers Sanatorium from injuries sustained at White Lake.
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Longmire
Mt. Rainer National Park
Wash
Leon Hingham, Jr
Seattle
Mt Rainer Glacier
Taulmaberton
William Strowd Hogan, Jr
Bakers
White Lake
Young Hogan
McGill Clan Holds Reunion At Smyrna Church
The annual McGill Reunion convened August 31 at Smyrna A R P Church Smyrna North Carolina with a large enthusiastic crowd. John L McGill Kings Mountain Norman McGill Kings Mountain and others participated while Rev Ron Baird and Dr W P Grier delivered addresses. Officers were elected D M Ellen Bishopville SC president Job L McGill Kings Mountain NC vice president Miss Mary Frances Hord Kings Mountain acted as secretary treasurer and a plane dinner was served.
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McGill
Smyrna A. R. P
Smyrna
N. C
Leroy McGill
Gastonia
Clin
John L. McGill
Kings Mountain
Norman McGill
Kags Mountain
McGill ‘Law
D. M. Ellen
Bishopville
8. C
Job L. McGill
York
S. C
Williams ‘Thomason
S.C
McGill Renson
Mary Frances Hord
Robert Whitesides
Smyrna 8
Paul J. Kennedy
Shelby
Laughing Around the World With IRVIN S. COBB
A famous New York Catholic dignitary warned his driver to hurry and avoid delays. The chauffeur sped through traffic, prompting a police stop. The officer saluted as the dignitary asked why the car was halted, and the officer explained the area’s speed enforcement. The dignitary’s response implied lessons on caution to the driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Omer
New H. S. Principal Hunneycutt Arrives at Central School
Mr J E Hunneycutt is elected principal of Central School succeeding D M Bridges. He and Mrs Hunneycutt arrived from Rutherfordton and stay with Mr and Mrs B Peeler. Supt N Barnes praises the appointment noting Hunneycutt’s Hendersonville roots and UNC MA degree.
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J. E. Hunneycutt
Central School
D. M. Bridges
Hunneycutt
Rutherfordton
B. & Peeler
N. Barnes
King Mountain
Hendersonville
N. C
U.N. C
Youth Crusade Week at Central Methodist Church
Youth Crusade Week features Morning Watch at 7:00 AM with breakfast by church ladies Noonslay Prayer and Vespers on the lawn Evening public services at 8:00 PM with music by the Junior Choir and sermons by Rev L C Sprinkle and Rev C E Murray Public invited Banquet on Friday at 8:00 PM plantation style tickets 25 cents Ossining N Y Aug 12 Sing Sing inmate Richard Whitney regains name after prison identity number 94685 dropped earlier
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Methodist Church
L. C. Sprinkle
C. E. Murray
Spencer Memorial Methodist Church
Charlotte
Negro Methodist Church
Right Of Way Through Cleveland Now Secured
Attorney I L Campbell reports the Cleveland County right of way secured with only a few landowner signatures outstanding. Two thirds of the pipe line’s route lies on Plonke and J B Thomasson properties. Construction of the 89 mile line, laid with tarred pipe, will carry refined products or crude oil from refineries and production sites. Completion under rush schedule may take five to six months, with maintenance walkers patrolling and narrow ground strips dug two to two and a half feet deep.
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Baton Rouge
Wshoro
N.C
Plantation Pipe Line Company
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic
Seaboard
Plantation Pipe Lite
Standard
As Company
N. J
Shiell Union Oil Barrels of Petroleum
Petroleum Products Corporation
Standard Oil Com
I le Campbell
Eure
Cleveland County
York Highway
Baumview Station
Campbell
Plonke
J. B. Thomasson
Ftmnburg
Bexiy
Tneh
Will Rogers Humorous Story From English Toastmaster
A fragmentary note describes Will Rogers sharing a humorous tale linked to an English peasant life and a toast to the Prince. The intended scene references a wartime France setting and an awkward moment related to drinking before a toast.
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Will Rogers
Prince
France
Unclear excerpt with royal meeting prompts word fragments
Fragmentary OCR text describes a meeting between a pilot and a prince, including references to Tam the Prince of Wales and a playful exchange about recognition. The garbled lines hint at a wartime scene with a flying squadron and the prince acknowledging a pilot the next day.
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Bill
Tam
Prince
Wales
King
Kings Mountain School Opens September 3
The Kings Mountain school opens on Wednesday morning September 3 at 3:30 A M daylight saving time per Supt B N Barnes. A general teachers meeting is set for Tuesday September 2 at 10:00 A M. Barnes says he is busy lining up openings and resignations have mostly been filled to ensure a smooth start.
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Kings Mountain
B. N. Barnes
Barnes
Lions Club Steak Supper Draws Contest Winners
Lions President Myron Rhyne presided at the Minute Grill in Gastonia for a steak supper hosted by the Monta Lions Club. Lions Billy and Carl Mauney led the program a question and answer contest with Lawrence Lovell winning the cash prize.
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Kinss Monta Lions Club
Gastonia
Myron Rhyne
Lions Billy and
Carl Mauney
Lion Lawrence Lovell
Rhyne
Lake Montonta
Two Mountain Boys to Represent Town at Boys State
Two local youths Ei kene Matifis Jr and L Ren Goforth will represent Best Town at the Boys State Chapel event next week. The Stour Department of American Legion sponsors the trip, praising the Mik honor and civic responsibility. Mountain Kiwanis Club plans to send a delegation and hosts a Sunday visit for the boys.
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Kings Mountain
Ei Kene Matifis, Jr
L. Ren Goforth, Jr
Boys Sta Chapel HI
Otis 1
Ten Post
Americ
UK Mountain Kiwanis Club
Teay Boys
Local Board Decision On Draft Appeals In High Point
The Local Board reports only four appeals so far, all decided in line with the law. August 12 in High Point notes the issue. A meeting in the South will consider problems arising from government action freezing silk stocks for hosiery manufacturers.
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Lon
High Point
South
Eleven selectees named for Fort Bragg training start
Notice lists eleven registrants to depart for Port Bragg on August 16 at 7:00 A M by special bus after breakfast, arriving 12:48 P M. The group includes William Mike Dixon, John Edgar Elam, Leonard Paul Beattie, Eugene William Gibson, PA Champion, Charlie Jones Taylor, Charles Evans Stewart, and others, with endorser details.
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Port Bragg
Stanard
Pere Vragi
Uly
Fort McPherson
William Mike Dixon
John Edgar Elam
Leonard Paul Beattie
Eugene
William Gibson
Charlie Jones ‘Taylor
Charles Evans Stewart
Deferred Men Should Aid Says Metts
General Von Metts, North Carolina state Selective Service director, urges deferred registrants to offer their civilian defense service. He notes many deferments are for physical unfitness but that those registrants can still perform work for defense agencies or planned organizations. Public information on registrants is available through local boards during office hours, with confidential items limited to physical condition and withheld from public view.
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von Metts
Re Wective
Sevice
Fennra
North Carolina
FE. van B. Metts
Selective Service
Puge
McGills Of Gaston Reunion Planned At Arbor Bethel
The McGills of Gaston clan will hold their annual reunion at the Arbor at Bethel on Wednesday. A program begins at 1 PM with Baird leading devotional and Rev. Carl Herman of Ashland, Pa., delivering a short talk. The clan history will be offered for sale, a picnic lunch will follow, and clan members are invited to attend with baskets.
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McGhs
Gaston
Bethel Wednesda
KN. Baird
Carl Herman
Ashland
Eale
Townsend Plan and old age pension hearings stir debate
Column notes Washington observers interpret Senate committee hearings on old-age pension as pro Townsend Plan. Dr Francis Townsend attends hearings as discussions frame Social Security Act. A discharge petition seeks to push H R 1045, offering $308 monthly at age 60, with 217 House signatures needed.
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Washington
Senate
Jude 10
Townsend
Francis Townsend
Downe
California
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